The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 14, 1900, Page 1

Tall, VOLUME LXXXVIII—NO. 106, SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1900, PRICE FIVE CENTS MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND BODIES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AT GALVESTON. The Hurricane-Swept City Pa- trolled by Troops and Citi- zens' Committee and a Semblance of Order Is Appearing --- Relief Work Well Carried Out. ALVESTON, Texas, Sept. 13.—More than 2000 dead bodies have been identified, and the estimate of Mayor Jo hat 5000 Is perished in Saturday’s hurricane does not appear to be magnified. The city is being patrolled by troops and a citizens’ committee, and a semblance of order is ap- pearing. From all parts of the United States and some por- tions of Engl many thousands of dollars are pouring in for the relief of Texas’ destitute storm sufferers. Trainloads of provisions and clothing are also hurrying toward Galveston. losses are mounting higher as details arrive, and some estimates for Galveston reach as high as $20,000,000. There are 25,000 homeless here to be taken care of, and it is a question whether the city can or will be rebuilt. There seems to be a disposition on the part of the leading citizens, however, to start 1 y where the storm left off and raise a new city of the old. es Prope from COAST COVERED |EIGHTY-FIVE PASSENGERS LOST ON FLOODED TRAIN A WITH BODIES FOR | MILES INLAND| EW ORLEANS, Sept. 13.—The Btates this morning received a telegram from Hc John H. Poe. r of the State on, residing at Lake Charles, at elghty-five lives were lost on and Interstate train which left Board of Ed- early Saturday morning from r having made connec- the Southern Pacific train which city Friday night. Mr. Poe was the passengers on this train, and | fortunately, together with a few others, he sought safety in the lighthonse at Bc ivar Point i was saved. The train reached Bolivar Point about noon and all gentleman on the ing th , preparatory to cross- The wind blew so swiftly, wever, that the ferry could not make a for a few minutes, started it back toward Beaumont. The wind increased so rap- coming in from the open sea, that the water had reached a level with bottom of the seats within the cars. t was t me of the passengers. e nearby lighthoust. his telegram orts eighty-fi way or drowne in some of > from New Orleans, as the direct nections with the vhich left here were a large of New Orleans passengers ard. It is known tha - - ¥ to | of these were bound for ston. Those > we n d to spend over fi lighthouse on almost no HOUSTON THE HAVEN OF THE UNFORTUNATES HOUSTON Tex . 1 of the unfortu ins have alre ween $00 and 1000 of the stley crowd the 13.—Houston is te people dy brought survivors, Men bare. s and coatless, uised and black- and heads, were numerov wealth and refinement fre- hatless and shoeless, with gowns €, were among the refugees. Some- here would be a man, wife and a r two, but these cases were rare, all of those who came in having the loss of one or more members family ere there so many sad hearts. ft of wives and children, women who were widowed, childiren who were parentless—it was enough to touch the t of any one, and it did so. Never were there more heroic acts. Although a week ago the people had happy homes, quentl they are now homeless and penniless. They bore up bravely. True, they all wore sad expressions, but there was no whimpering, no complaining. They were 21l made to feel that Houston is now their home, that they are welcome and that « for their comfort and welfare done. They are being housed d those in need of medical at- es, | tention are placed in the hospitals, where they receive every Many of the ref- ugcees to reach Houston had tasted little ral pyres b Fifty t at y ; are busy cut of 1o food since the storm. Geori 1 st to e AN APPEAL TO AID CATHOLIC SUFFERERS WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—The Catholic See Galveston suffered considerably from the recent storm and an a-~~eal Wi. be issued by Dr. Dubois, according to in- LIFE-SAVERS ESCAPE. % > General Su- formation here, asking for liberal dona- £ : -saving ' tions to restore the church and socleties , egrams from the which were founded in 1847. When the : trict, dated | Sce of Chicago suffered a loss of $5 000,00 L g fire that the of twenty-nine years ago its bishop was the reciptent of contri- butions from every See In the country, which enabled him to rebuild his fallen churches, and the e assistance it is expected will be given to Galveston. WORK OF THE SANTA FE. CHICAGO, Sept. 13—Vice President Morton of the Santa Fe to-day received a | message from L. J. Polk, the company’s had and the station man kee and Iveston wre dren in lifeboats SEA manager in Texas, that the work of re- T0 constructing bridges and tracks leading 13— A telegram | to Galveston was proceeding rapidly and announcing that the company was devot- ing all its energles to the transportation of supplies, medicines, physicians and purses to the stricken city. He said it is impossible {0 forecast just when the lines wifiobe in full running order. ent Kimball of the from the keeper at states that the barges =co’' and Mona were swept to sea in ecent storm and that their crews are obably lost. preparations were made to run the train| anding, and the conductor of the train, | lowing it to stand on the tracks | E O S S R A s o , dis BURNING THE it RECKAG D RUIM. ONE OF THE MANY SCENES OF DESOLATION AT GALVESTON AND AN ARMY OFFICER WHO IS ACTIVE | IN RELIEF WORK. S Additions to the List of the Unfortunates Who Died Amid Wind and Wave. Among Those Who Per= | ished in the Galveston Disaster Were Ninety | Inmates of the Cath= olic Orphan Home. HOUSTON, Tex., 13.—Following | are names of persons killed at Galveston | that have not heretofore appeared in the 1“3!5 of dead: A\ BERHARDT, ermann, wi and Mrs. Tobe: | seven children hildren; A. Alb R. L. Allardice, nelia Alle: len; John Alph Sept . and wife: daugh! Herman Ack- n; Bradley aghter rge Gurnett hild olored nd three children: | | ©ALHOUN. M Miss E: Orphan Home, or William a rbett and four 1 EAS) : Mrs. Crom Miss Nel ., New Orleans Mrs. and brother; H. Carey child. IDARRELL, A, and five M. Durby; Miss T. F. children; Charles Davis; M. E. Deltze and two sons; Mrs Dinter and daughter; Ellen Donahue, Utica, N. Y.: Mary Donahue, Utica, | § N. Y.; George Doil and wife: Frank Dol and Dotty; Jim Doyle; Richard E. d: Charles Eckett, James Ed- | amily; ——Eisman, wife and child; ! ’0‘004&00“#“&00‘%“ ‘: GALVESTON IS CONFRONTED BY A NEW HORROR [ + Bodies Thrown Into the Sea Floating Back and Must Be Disposed ALVESTON, Texas, Sept. 13.—Gal- veston is beginning slowly to re- cover from the stunning blow of last week, and though the ci G of by Burning. —— ¢ . %esrs to-night to be pitilessly des- icr ated the authorities, the commercial and | ALLAS, Tex.,‘SepL 13. | the industrial interests are setting thelr —The cry still comes forces to work and a start has at least been made toward the resumption of busi- ness on a moderate scale. The presence of the troops has had a beneficial effect upon the criminal classes and the fear of a brief but desperate reign of anarchy now no longer exists. The liquor saloons have at least temporarily gone out of business and every strong limbed man who has not his own abode to look after is being pressed into service, so that, firsc of all, the water service may be resumed, the gutters flushed and the streets lighted. The further the ruins are dug into the | Breater becomes the increase in the num | ber of those who perished as their houses tumbled about their heads. On the lower | beach yesterday a searching party found a score of corpses within a small area, going to show that the bulwark of debris that lies stralght across the island con- ceals many morc bodies than have been | accounted for. Volunteer gangs continue their work of hurried burial of the corpses they find on the shores of Galveston Island, and at the | many neighboring points where fatalities | attended the storm. It will be probably. many days yet, however, before all the floating bodles have found graves. Bodies Washed Up. Along the beach bodles are constantly | being washed up. Whether’ these are | those which were swept out into the guif and drowned, or simply the return ashorc | of some of those cast into the sea to guard against terrible pestilence, there 1s no means of knowing. In any event the Assoclated Press correspondent in a trip across the bay yesterday counted several from Galveston for disinfect- ants. It is the one hope of saving what is left of the pop- ulation. Telegrams are pour- ing into Dallas and every other Texas city asking for lime, carbolic acid and any- thing else that will operate to purify the air. A new horror is confront- ing Galveston—the second dis- positien of many of the dead. Bodies thrown into the sea are floating back to the city. They must now be disposed of by burning. Disinfectants be- come more needful as a conse- guence of this new feature in the situation. B R R R R R R D S S SRS R R R R K e sassascssssssssassaad ] | | WKIBBEN TELLS OF TERRIBLE CONDITIONS WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—The War De- partment has received the following tele- gram from General McKibben, who was sent to Galveston to report on conditions there: HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 12.—Adjutant General, Washington: Arrived at Galveston at 6 p. m., having been ferried across the bay In a yawl | boat. It 1s impossible to adequately describ- | bodies tossing In the waves with a num- the condition existing. The storm began about lher of carcasses of cattle and horses, the 2 j:;‘l’fi“",l;]:z;""‘:;l';;'l"“;"t‘:}" Zon- | stench of which was unbearable. In many antly inc 2 el x night. The island was inundated; the helght | PAFS Of the city the smell of decomposing of the tide was from eleven to thirteen feet. | 188D 18 apparent. Wherever such in- The wind was a cyclone and with few excep. | Stanéés aré found the authorities are free- tions every building in the city fs injured. |1y disinfecting. Only to-day a babe lashed Hundreds are entirely destroyed. All the for- | t0 & mattress was picked up under a resi tifications except the rapid-fire battery at San | dence in the very heart of the city and Jacinto are practically destroyed. At San Ja- | buried. . cinto every bullding except the quarantine ha | The city still presents the appearance of been swept away. Battery O, First Artillers, | widespresd . wreck and ruin, . Little -has been. done to clear the streets of the ter- lost twenty-eight men. The officers and thelr families were all saved. Three members of the | pible tangle of wires and the masses of wreck, mortar, slate, stone and glass that Hospital Corps lo Names will be sent as | soon as possible. Loss of life on the Island is \hPresenc,e of —Troo ps in the Has Checked the Reign of Anarchy. Relief and Reconstruction Proceed. bestrew them. Many of the sidewalks are impassable. Some of them are littered with debris. Others are so thickly cov- ered with slime that walking on them is out of the question. As a general rule substantial frame buildings withstood better the blasts of than those of brick. In other i however, small wooden stru terns and whole sides of houses | been plumped down in streets or back yards squares away from where they originally stood. Work of Reconstruction. Here and there business men. have al- | ready put men to work to repair the dam- age done, but in the main the commercial interests scem to be unable to follow the lecad of those who show faith in the rapid have | rehabilitation of the island g The appearance of the newspapers to- day after a suspension of several days is having a good effect, and both the Ne and the Tribune are urging prompt suc- coring of the suffering and then equal promptness in reconstruction. It is diffi- cult to say vet what the ultimate effect of the disaster is to be on the city. Many people have left and some may never re- turn. The experiences of others still here were so frightful that all will not remain if they can conveniently find occupation in other cities. The bulk of the population, however, is only temporarily panicstricken, and there are hosts of those who helped to' make Galveston prosperous who look upon the | catastrophe as involying only a temporary halt in the advancement of the city. What is most bothering business men at present is what attitude the railroads, and especially the Southern Pacific, will as- sume with respect to reconstructing. The decislon of the transportation lines will do much more than anything to resiore confidence. Big ships, new arrivals, rode at anchor to-day in front of the city. They had just reached the port and found the dock and pier damage so widespread that no accommodation could'be given to them. Thesy found sheds torn away, freight cars overturned and planking ripped off. Steamers High and Dry. The steamships reported ashore in early reports are, save two, the Norwegian steamer Gyller and the British steamer Norma, still high and dry. No examina- tion is yet possible as to the condition of those still on the send. Apparently Galveston has no immediate need for ships. The destruction of the bridges of all the ratlroads entering the city makes it well nigh impossible to fur- Howard Eisman, James Ellas and two children; John W. English, wife and children; ads. ANCHON famtly, Mr. and Mrs. Falken- Fickett and four children, John Fiegel, Mra. Figge and four children, Mr. Franks and and Mrs. Harry Foster and three children; Thomas Fox, wite tour children: Charles S . -.V’_ mmanuel, Mr. and Mrs. Eppendort, Sump- tricken City, rl y Fr hagen, Joe Fedo, Peter Ferwerder, Mrs. davghte Mrs. Floehr, T. C. Fornkesell, Mr. Corinne Fredericks, Fuerst | ABEL and wife (colored), and fiv fidren, Galllshaw Lillle Gaires and . Joe two Charles Clausen and regg and four children, | nish outgoing = cargoes. These bridges were each about three miles in length, and the work of reconstruction will be a stupendous undertaking. | One of the most serfous results of the | storm has bean the wrecking of the elec- tric light and street car plants. The city has been In darkness for several nights and only a few concerns which operate their own {lluminating service are enabled to do busines: Nearly every residence has gone back to the primitive candle. The absence of street lights drives all who have no imperative business on the streets to their homes at nightfall, but the work ‘of the patrol system is made more diffi- cult thereby and the opportunity for loot- ing greater. The motormen deserted their cars when | jaughters, family of f Captain Edward ( ALL, Charles (colored) nah, L. Harris, Thomas Harris, wife and three children; Mrs. W. D. Harris and som, Tom Harrison and wifs, Charles Hassler and wife, Hasselmeyer family, Mrs. W. W. Haugh- ton, Willlam Hetdmann Jr., Sophie and Willle Helfenstein, Mrs. M. P. Hepnessy and two nieces, Martin Herman and two children, Mrs. John Herzey, Mrs. Higgins, Hobeck and Florence Holmes, Mrs. Holmes (colored), and three children and Maggte Hubell, arles Hull (colored), 'our children. rs. August Han- son, Peter Hu: the fury of the wind and the rush of the | JACKMAN, > children; William water made It no longer possible to oper- H. Jaeger, John Jaeger and wife, Mrs. Curt ate them. Attempts are being made now | Jaecke and three children, Jadles E. Jennings to get the cars in_shape again. The great | and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Jennsen and five chil- destruction of iivestock has eliminated | dren. Asa Johnson. wife and son: Julian John- carriages and cabs as a means of trans- | *o2. Johnson child, J. B. Johnston, wife and portation, and the need of the trolley | {ro chiidren. s Auice “banstol. M S promises to beccme a most pressing one | four children,: Mariin Joihe | When rebullding begins. Johnston and Among the worst sufferers by the dis- 3 Mrs. Junke, Mrs. Colina Junker. r te: J. €. Keaton. wite aster were the churches. Nearly every | F& tldren; Charles L. Keil one of them felt the effect of the storm. Kelly, wife and th children; | Some of them are wrecked beyond repair. | wite and daughter, Mrs. Annie Kennelly, Fred [ Relief Work Proceeds. Kenter and daughter, James Kirby and three | ehildren, Mrs. George Kirby and two children, | Mr. Kieinicke and wife, Fred Klenmann and wife, Mrs. W. T. Knowles and three children, E. D. Kuder and wife, Oscar Kuhn, wife and three children. Henry Kleinmann and wife, Newton and Carl Klindlund, Tom Kempf and wite, W. C. Kemp and wife, William Kotte, Mrs. John Kimlo and two children. Thomas Kelly, wife and two children; Jos Kreckerre, wife and three children. ANE, Rev. Mr., and family; F. Lane and family; Lang, five children; James La- peyre, wife and four children; H. Larson and | two children: Genevieve Laukhefte: Mrs. W. L. Lawson and child: H. L. Learman; Professor Leverman; Joe Lemeler and four children; — Leon, two children; Mrs. Gracie Leslie; — Let- | _The work of relief continues. Mayor | Jones and his associates are bending { every. nerve to open a direct line of trans- portation with Houston by which he may | be enabled promptly to receive the great | | quantity of provisions which are now on | the way to the city. “I wish to say, however,” sald Mayor Jones, “we have made such arrangements as will make it possible for us to feed the | needy until we can get in our supplies. We are relieving every case presented to us. I think within a day or two our trans- fporla!lon facilities will be sufficient tem- | porarily to meet our needs. Galveston | has heiped other citles in their distress, | termann. wife and two children: Mrs. P. A. despite her size, and We are consoled by | Levine, daughter and two sons; W. W. Levy; the generousiresponse of the country to | Mrs. Lewis and two echildren; John Londer, our appeal.” wife and seven children; Mrs. Livingston; ! The relief committee is striving to sys- | Charles H. Licyd, wife and son: | tematize its work, and there is undoubt- | Locke; Mr. and Mrs. Loskman: Lockstadt, wife and three children; Miss Mag- zie Loasberg: Mrs. E. Lorance; Ed G. Low Herry Ludeke, wife and son: E A. Ludwig mother; —— Ludeker; John Lindern and edly distress here which ought promptly | to be relieved. Weazen-faced, bare-footed | children were engaged yesterday in the streets in eagerly appropriating spollea and cast-off stocks of foqd. The commit- Miss Anni Alexander Marlo; possibly more than one thousand. All bridges are gone, water works destroyed and all teje- graph lines are down. Colonel Roberts was in the city and made every effort to get telegrams through. The city is under the control of a committee of citizens and perfectly qulet. Every article of equipment or property pertain ing to Battery O was lost. Not a record of oy kind left. The men saved have nothing | but the clothing or their persons. Nearly all are without shoes or clothing other than their shirts and trousers. Clothing necessary has been purchased and temporary arrangemeuts made for food and shelter. There are probably five thousand citizens homeless and absolutely destitute, who must be clothed, sheitered and fed. Have ordered twenty thousand rations and tents for 100 from Fort Sam Houston. Have wired commissary general to ship thirty thousand rations by express. Lieutenant Perry will make his way back to Houston and send this telegram. McKIBBEN. DISTRESS IS APPALLING. SEABROOKE, Texas, Sept. 13.—There are but few people left here, and they REPORT ON DAMAGE TO GOVERNMENT WORKS WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—General John M. Wilson, Chief of Engineers, U. S. A., has been endeavoring to communicate with the officers of the engineers in charge at Galveston to ascertain the con- ditions of the fortifications and the har- bor improvements, upon which more than $8,000,000 has been expended. General Wil- son also was anxious to know whether there had been any loss of life among the men in his department. This morning he received two dispatches, one of which had been delayed in transmission. They are s follows: GALVESTON, Sept. 10. — General Wilson, Chief of Engineers, Army, Washington: Hur- ricane caused tide twelve to fourteen feet above ‘mean low: jetties seem to have settled, canpot vet be with tide three feet above, probably seri- arc starving and need clothing. Thirty- | ously damaged. Batteries practically ruined, three out of thirty-four houses have | nothing but concrete portions left; casemate, floated away and twenty-one persons were | torpedo bulld'ngs, warehouses, coal wharf, drowned in this little place. The distress | wiped out; dredge Comstock, beached on Peli- s appalling. | can flats, will have to be dug out; crew all ' saved. Tug Anna at Velasco, in Brazos River, has not yet been heard from. Assistant En- sineer Talifor was on the Anna: Superintend- ent Campbell probably also. Superintendent Hinkle, at Aransas Pass, not yet heard from; other assistants and clerks safe. Captain Jud- son’s wife reported here drowned; cannot verify this; self and family safe. Rafferty, Baxter, Nichols and Longive safe. They have prob- ably wired department aiready. Further de- talls of importance as ascertained. RICHE, Engineers. GALVESTON, Sept. 12.—Chief of Engineers, Washington: Tug Anna ashore in Brazos River, just below lighthouse: all hands safe. Depth of water in usual entrance channel hers reported shealed to twenty feet; probably is deeper ewhere. Have arranged with Con- tractor Clarke to float Anna, also to bring his dredge from Plaquemine Bayou here to dredgi out Government dredge Comstock so she may be available for urgent work. RICHE, Engineers. DAMAGE DONE AT FORTS. GALVESTON, Tex.. Sept. 13.—Captain Charles S. Riche, U. 8. A., after he had completed a tour of Inspection of the ! tee has instructed the local drug stores , wife and child; Amendio to provide the pocr and needy with medi- | Matie: R. McCamish, wife and two daughters; | cines at the expense of the relief fund. Mrs Charles McCluskey and two daughters, - | Mrs. B. MeCormick and Pour ildren, Mrs. M. T i R J. McMillan, Mrs. McNeil and family; v —— McPheters, wife and children: Mrs. Jo- G;\:n_\mem SR M e O Ve e seph Mealey, Joseph Mealey, Mrs. Mielhulan; e g | Jokn Medsel, wife and five children: Charies “Jetties sunk nearly to mean low tide | level, but not seriously breached. Chan- nel at least as good as before, perhaps better; twenty-five feet certainly.” The damage at Fort Crockett, Captain Riche says, is not serious. The shore line | at Fort Crockett has moved back about | | Mosley (colored); —— Milan, wife and four | chitdren; Lesite Miller, Louis B. Mitchell (col- | cred), Mrs. Annte Mitchell and son; —— Mot- fett, wife and two children; John Mongam, Mike Mcnoghan and family, Jobn Monoghan and wife, Mrs. Morrow and four children, Miss Maggie Moore, Mre, Nathan Moore (colored), 600 feet. Fort San Jacinto apvears to be | E. W. Moore, — Moore and two children, badly wrecked. The San Jacinto batteries Mo. re, wite and seven chil- could not be reached vy lund, and inspee- | aren: D. wife, Hammond Morton tion was from a distance. The sand around these batteries Is pretty well leveled off to about two or three feef V. Mu - above mean low tide. t!aren, Mrs. J. W. Munn Sr.. Mrs. Anna Mu er: Hermana Myer, wife and At Fort Travis, Bollvar Point, the dam- | fi¢ and daughter; Herma 2 age is great. The shore line Kas moveq | daughter; Hermann Myer, wife and son; Mrs. | back about one hundred feet on the line | C. J. Myers and one child, Mrs. Netmann and | of these batteries. daughter ALL [N ORTH. Miss Archie. HIS RELATIONS PERISHED. | children. LA JUNTA, Colo, Sept. 13.—C. J. ‘ o Sealy, a young man of Galveston, who is | in this city, has recefved a telegram from | JPAISLEY. Willlam: Mra. J& 1. Rark; Mise the Mayor of Galveston Informing him of Mollle Parker; Mrs. M. Pellins; Mrs. M. the death of twenty-one of his relatives, | Pinney and two sons; James P. Perry Jr., wite among whom are his mother, two sisters | and two children; Charles Peterson, wife and and three brothers. He sald to-day that he did not beileve he had a relative left <n earth. and four children; Albert T. Morse, wife and three children; »—— Mulcahey and two ehil- AKLEY, F.; Mamie O'Connor: Charlotte Olds, colored: George Ormond and five Continued on Second Page.