Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1900 — STORIES OF THE STORM [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STORIES OF THE STORM

Two more kodak fiends are said to ha*c been shot by soldiers. The number of business houses resuming trade is increasing rapidly. The total number of people fed in tlve teu wards Saturday was 16,144. Many refugees are in r pitiable condl*tiou, some of them showing unmistakable evidences of insanity. Water mains in Galveston are being repaired as hastily as possible, and some are now in working order. A remarkable escape is that of a ba.'teryman, who was picked up at Morgan's Point, after a five days’ fight wifA the waves. Congressman Hawley of Texas bitterly attacks the statement of Quartermaster Baxter that Galveston Las been hopelessly ruined. No accurate statement of the amount of supplies received can be obtained t>s they are being put in the general stock as soon as received. An appeal is now made for Texas points besides Galveston. There nr? probably fifty small towns and couimuui ties needing aid. The condition of the dead is frightful; The huryiug squads have-been compelled to tie cloths saturated with disinfectant* over their mouths and noses. The city’s electric light service is completely destroyed and the city electrician says it inay be sixty days before tlie business portion can be lighted. In view of all the existing condition* it is no wonder that the ery is “Get tl e women and children to the mainland;

anywhere off the island," nor is It a woiider that with one small boat carrying only 300 passengers nnd making bnty two trips a day people fairly tight to be takc'i aboard. The clearing-up process Is being pushed with vigor, but it will be many days before nil the debris is removed. A number of streets are now In fairly/good condition. Supplies and money are pouring in from all over the country. The committee in charge have refrained from making public the exact amount of cash receive] so far, but at least seven figures are needed to express the total. This la beIng used judiciously, so far at can be observed, and the good effect of the presence' of aueh reliof fund in the city lb apparent

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