Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-19
LOSSES AT GALVESTON
Estimates Of the Dead Raised 10
Six thousand.
MAY REACH BEYOND.
The Property Destroyed WIN BE About
e., 900, ,OOO-fear Of Pestllence
somewhat Allayed 90 Work
- Of Clearing Progressing.

Galveston. Sept, ts.-The situation
continues TO improve. The work has
boon brought down 20 business basis
and system and order displayed in the
various departments would furnish
cause for considerable surprise 20 any
one who might return 10 Galveston
after an absence of ihrcc or four days.
One feature that has canssd better
feeling and a r1ore pronounced willing.
nes. 20 work is afforded by the fact that
the 'time of nll of the liborers employed
h bring kep, ai headquarters. The
men have been assured II compensation
for their labor and. quite naturally, they
now 90 about their unpleasant tasks
with rmuch better faoo thad hereto
fore.
There arr not N many irritating con-
fiicts Of authority n there have been in
the past. when the progress of the work
was In some cases materially hndered
by petty demonstrations Of personal
feeling The Galvostonians who are en.
gagged In the work. and who are being
given such valuable assistance by people
from the outside. are beginning 20 real.
ize that such things only retari the
rehabilitation Of the city. aud It Is
gratifying 20 observe that they act
accordingly 4 thorough investigation
reveals the fact that every department
l. as well organized a. Is possible under
the circumstance and that everything
l. harmonious
Supplies aud money are now coming
IN from all over the country For rea.
I SIMS which should he obvious. the com.
mitteo in charge have asked the news
paper correspondents % refrain frnm
sending ont the exnct amount Of cash
received so FAR. but 10 will o. no viola
tion % confidence O. state that AZ least
seven figures are needed 20 express the
amount Tia. Is being u.ad iudiciously
aud the good fleets % the rrc,euce u
such a relief fund In the city are already
becoming apparent
There is -till AN almost inconccivable
large amount of work o. bs done. and
the good people % the country should by
no means relax their efforts Much
money Is still needed. and the charita.
bly inclined should see that 10 l. forth
coming Galveston. assisted ia her
hour Of need. viii sometime become the
Galveston Of old. ever ready o. respond
% appeals for aid iTom elsewhere
Tho state militia companies which
have been stationed here have been do
ing splendid work aud many Of the men
are now Of the belief that they should
now BE- allowed 10 return IN their home,
and troops sent from other parts Of IN,
state 10 dll their places They hav,
seen hard and almost continuous duty
and Il would really b. the proper thinl
o. do II the matter Of transportation
does not stand In the way, 20 let then
return and send others 20 replace them
Reluctantly one is forced % the opin
ION that the estimate Of 5000 Is too low
for the dead. and that the number vii
~ as high as 900. and perhaps ever
above that figure This conclusion ha
not been reached without considerable
thought aud careful investigation Tn,
death list will reach the total Of 483
with the additions sent out Monda,
night. In addition 10 all this. II mus
b. remembered that ohly very smal
number of the negroes who perishel
In the storm have been reported Afte
considering all these facts one can hard
ly do anything else but conclude tina
the total will be- above GO0O.
Everyone has tried 10 b. as conseryu
tive and careful as possible In maxim
estimates, both as 20 the losses Of lif
and property. hut in view Of al Of th
features OF this part of the situation {
be- seen now, II Is not possible 10 reiter
ate the former estimate Of 5000 Judg
Morgan Mann asserts the list would 3
as high rs 700. The exact number. d
course. will never be definitely known
One can only hops that these larger n
Inmates will prove too high, aud that /
least "A part of the horror Of the work
the storm will not bc 20 strongly
evidence.
There are no developments whic
would lean 20 tho belief that the est
mate Of property loss Of s22, 800, 900
too high. While one occasionally I'm,
u business man whose property has n
suffered greatly. 1t must be stated thl
the class is hopelessly in the minorit
and that large losses are the rule.
The people are becoming more choe
full evsry day aud IL is moro than r
markable 20 observe the composu
exhibited by some Of them under. q