Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-03
ORDER COMES OUT OF CHAOS
Mobile Back on the Map and
Estimates of Loss shrinL
Materially

mOBllsE, Ala, ONt, 2.-Nltn teieBIdph
wires working in SUFFICIENT numbers to
carry all business; with all railroads In
operation except thd New orleans division
conditions are now almost normal. The
Louisville and Nashville brought in three
passenger trains from the north and late
today sent out number OF freight trains.
The work done in restoring this line has
been really wonderful. 1t Is impossible
to convey to anybody who did not see
1t. an adequate conception of the con-
dition of the track. even as late as last
Saturday.
Conditions down the bay and along the
coast are rapidly improving and many sec
tions are reporting now that their first
estimates Of damage were too large In
this city, for example. two days after
the storm, prominent Insurance men were
positive in their assertions that the loss
would amount to between s4.O00OOO and
s5.0o0,O00. The same men now place the
figures at s,Ooo.0OO. Proportional reduc-
tions arc made in reports from other places
visited by the gale. The total loss of life
has not been more than 100. but it is not
possible even yet to give a correct aggre-
gate.
Mobile breathed much easier today when
~ was dSGcIAhlncO lldl Ine tIOTll WHICH
caused so much anxiety yesterday would
not arrive.
Forty-FOur Lighthouses Damaged.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. G--Forty-four
lighthouses either swept into the sea and
lost or the structures 80 badly damaged
that no lights can be shown, and four light
house keepers drowned during last weeks
hurricane is the summary Of the report
made by United States Lighthouse Inspec-
tor Sears of New Orleans. These lights were
located on the coast and adjacent islands
between the mouth of the Mississippi river
and Mobile. Mr. Sears did not investigate
the lighthouse losses between Mobile and
Pensacola He has not yet made public an
estimate of the money loss involved.
Nebraskan's Brother Dies
WASHINGTON, oct. 2.--From Major
General Wade. commanding the eastern
division of New York, comes further de-
tails of the damage wrought by the hurri-
cane at southern army posts The COM
manding officer at Fort Barrancas, Pensa-
cola, confirms the report of the drowning
| of Quartermaster Sergeant Maurice G.
O'Berlander and Private Rex A. Jordan,
both OF the Twenty-second company OF
| coast artillery. The bodies were not recov-
cred. Jordan's nearest relative was Mrs
| Phillips, sister, living at Scotia. Neb
The quartermasters steamer Poe was
saved through the splendid work of the
captain and crew. The launch Mendenhal
was washed ashore and hes with boilers
! displaced and connections broken. The es-
timated loss at Fort McRae is $4,000, al
i Barrancas 5000 and at Pickens $4,000
! There has been no definite news. from For
! Morgan, Mobile, since the storm.
Red Cross VIII help
I The American National Red Cross decided
to receive contributions for the relief of tn,
storm sufferers in the gulf states and sen
! instructions to the ysfsidents OF all stat,
I branches of the ORGANIZATION asking then
! TO make announcement that they will re
4 ceive money for purposes indicated. Per
sons living In states which have no Re,
Cross branches may send their contribution
to the national treasurer Charles Hallan
Keep, assistant secretary of the Unite,
States treasury
, The weather bureau tonight announce
that the gulf depression is slowly tillin,
up and does not now present any alarming
features The continuous fall of rain II
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia hal
caused flood stages in a number of rivers
Fright at Pensacola.
4 PENSACOLA Fla, Oct. 2.-After a rest
less night Pensacola awoke this morning
TO renew the work of rescue and rebuildins
Realizing the condition of the city, Gov
ernor Broward of Florida today wired tn
mayor Of Pensacola, Charles II. Bliss, tha
if the citizens desired he would immediatel
issue proclamation calling upon the peopl
of the state and the outside world for as
sistance. As yet the offer has not bee
accented