Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-14
RETURNING 10 LIE
The Work Of Restoring Order and
Authority Progressing Rapidly
at Galveston.
Business in Some Lines Resumed
and Good Sanitary Work is
Being Done.
Generous Responses to Appeals For
Aid Relieve Much Of the
Suffering.


desolate. the officials and the commer-
sctal and industrial interests are setting
their forces to work and start mas at
least been made toward the resumption
OF business on moderate scale. The
presence of the troops has had bene-
fetal effect on the criminal classes and
the apprehension of brief but desper-
ate reign of anarchy now no longer ex-
lists. The liquor saloons have al least
temporarily gone out of business and
every strong limbed man who has not
his own humble abode to look after is
being pressed into service, so that, first
u all, the water service may be re-
suined. the cutters flushed and the
streets lighted.
The further the ruins are dug into
the greater becomes the increase in the
INST OF those Who persisted as their
homes tu,nbled above. their heads On
+ the lower beach yesterday a searching
party found a score of scorpses within a
small area, going to show that the bull
Wark of debris that lies straight across
the island conceals many more bodies
y
teer gangs continue their work Of hur-
ried burial of corpses they found on the
shores of Galveston island and at many
neighbor!ng points where fatalities at
tended the storm. II will proba bly, be
floating bodies have found nameless
graves. Along the beach they ar. con-
stantiN being washed up. Whether
these are those who We're swept out into
the gulf and drowned or are simply the
5Netuin 10 shore of those cast into the
sra TO guard against a terrible pesti-
lelre there is no means of knowing. In
any event the Associated Press corre-
sitaldsilt. in trip across the bay yes
sltel daN.A counted seven bodies tossing in
ttis WaNess with a score of horses and
cattle he stencil from which was un-
bearabie In various parts of the city
tlle ssneii of decomposed flesh is still
apparent. Wherever such instances
are found the a,,thorities are freely dis
INJECTING Only yesterday babe dashed
3 % a mattress vas picked up under a
residence In he Very heart of the city
5ani!. was burned.
Inc city still! presents the appearance
of widespread wreck ane ruin. Little.
has been doas 10 clear the streets Of
the terrible tangle Of wires and the.
masses of wreck, mortar, slate, stone
and glass that beset Them. Many of the
sidewalks are inapasss BILE. Some OF them
are Uttered With debris others 50
5t1iclS,y' covered WI TN slime that walk
ing on them is our Of he question. As
"a general rule substantial frame build
$iags Withstood bettei the blasts of the
gale than those Of brick. In other in
stances. however. small wooden struc-
sttll,es cistelns and Whole sides of
houses have been pumped down in the
streets or back yards squares away
from Where they originally stood. Here
and there business men have already
put men TO work to repair the damage
done but in the main the commercial
interests seem 10 be uncertain about
following the lead of those who appar-
sntiy show faith in the rapid rehabili-
sation2 of the island city.
The appearance of the newspapers
last evening after suspension Of sew
raj days is having a good effect and
both the News and Tribune are urging
prompt succoring OF the suffering and
then equal promptness in reconstruc-
ton. 1t is difficult to say yet what the
ultimate effect of the disaster is to be
ON the city. Many people have left and
some may never return. The expert
ences of others still here We're so
frightful that all will not remain if
they can conveniently find occupation
Z in other cities.
The bulk of the population. however,
is only temporarily panic-stricken, and
/ there are those WHO look upon the ca
tastrophe as Involving only a temporary
halt in the advancement of the city.
4 What is most bothering business men at
4 present is what attitude the railroads
f and especially the Southern Pacific, are
TO assume With respect TO reconstruc-
4 ton. The decision of the transportation
3linea viii cc more than anything else to
restore confidence.
4 Big ships. new arrivals, rode al anchor
4 yesterday in front Of the city. They haG
Il just reached the port and found the
Is docks and pier damage so Widespread
4 that no accommodation could be giver
! them. They found sheds torn away
I freight cars overturned and plankins
ripped off. The steamships reported
1 ashore in early reports are. save two
i the Norwegian steamer Gyller and the
7 British steamer Norma, still high ant
dry.
/ No examination is yet possible as t.
the condition of those still on the sand
|sbut the big tug Willmott has arrived
from New Orleans and her assistance |!
Ito be given those vessels which can bt
4 got off to deep water again. Apparently
i however. Galveston has no immediate
need for ships. The destruction of TIL,
bridges of all the railroads entering tn,
city make it we'll nigh impossible to fur.
4 nish outging cargoes. These bridge:
/ We're each about three miles in length
i and the work Of reconstructing Will b,
/ a stupendous undertaking.
One of the most serious results of TIL.
storm has been the ripping in the cleo
/ trio light and street car plants The city
A has been in absolute darkness for sev,
eral nights, and only a few concern.
who operate their own illuminating ser
vice are enabled to do business Nearl.
every residence has gone back to TIL,
4 primitive candle. The absence OF stree
4 lights drives all who have no imperativ,
business on the streets to their home.
at nightfall; but the work of the patro
4 system is made more difficult thereb,
and the opportunity for footing greater
The motormen deserted their car.
4 when the fury of the wind and the rust
4 of the water made it no longer possible
4 to operate them. Attempts are beint
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