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Show Great Heart of America Is Touched ' and millions Subscribed For The Unfortunates. ; Up to the hour of going to press over SI .'"'00.000 has been subscribed by the American people for the Galveston sufferers, suf-ferers, showing that while the American Ameri-can people are great money makers, they are charitable at heart and quick to respond to those in distress. In the appalling disaster at Galveston Galves-ton the Catholic Cathedral, one of the handsomest in the country, together -with the Catholic orphan asylum, con- vents and schools were swept away. ' Many of the Sisters and orphans un der their immediate charge perished in the awful torrents. Galveston is an old Catholic city, founded by the Spanish, and in addition addi-tion to St. Mary's Cathedral and the beautiful episcopal residence of the Bishop of the diocese. Rt. Rev. N. A. Gallagher, D. D.. has many institutions, i both educational and charitable. It has or had before this great calamity five parochial schools, with an attendance attend-ance of nearly fifteen hundred pupils. The following is a list of the institutions institu-tions nearly all of which, according to latest reports, were entirely or partially wrecked, and hundreds of children were drowned or killed. St. Mary's Cathedral has only its walls now standing, as shown in the picture on this page. Rt. Rev. Bishop Gallagher has made an appeal to the country for aid. St. Mary's University, administered by ten fathers of the Society of Jesus, four scholastics and five lay Brothers, and having a roll of 119 students. St. Angela's Ursuline Convent and Academy, thirty-eight Sisters, sixty boarders and 100 day scholars. . .. Sacred Heart Convent, the mother house and novitiate of the Sisters of St. Dominic. Sister M. Pauline, superior. There were sixty Sisters in the convent, con-vent, and connected with it was the j Academy of the Sacred Heart, with twenty-five boarders and seventy-five j day scholars. - i St. Mary's Infirmary, conducted by j the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate I Word. One hundred and fifty patients j and forty Sisters; Mother St. Mecttilde, J " superior. i I St. Mary's Orphan Asylum, conducted Bishop Gallagher of-Galveston Word. Ten Sisters and ninety orphans; j Mother St. Gabriel, superior. j ' St Joseph's Academy of the Sisters f Divine Providence. Two hundred pupils pu-pils and eight Sisters: Sister Mar. su- 11 orphanage and Industrial School for Colored children, containing thirty -ne inmates. Of the ninety sTsTeTs ond orphans in lhc Orphans Home nearly all I peris bed in 'the flood. The asylum or home was cated down the island, where the effects of the hurricane were the most s.-rious. At St. Mary's Infirmary only I .Rht r-ersons escaped, and they were, mostly attendants, i There were sixty inmates in the con vent and only a few have been accounted ac-counted for.. Mother Pauline, the su, J penor. is a native of Newark N. J. In ; the world she was known as Miss Can-non Can-non Fhe entered the Dominican Sis- terhood in G-ah-ston fourteen yean, ago. At the time she was made mother superior she was only 25 years old, "nd was the youngest mother j jupenor in anv Catholic diocese. It was fehe who rai,ed the money for the bu of the convent in Calves ton. Mother Pauline has regularly vtedNe Jer -,v at intervals of three years for th JuVpose of getting 'oung g.rls to Jer order. From Newark and other rfties and towns in the state she has lakento Galveston no-less than twen-ty-six young women. Bihop Gallagher of the Catholic dio-!f dio-!f r,lvesim has issued a call for S iSstante for the suffers.. Practically every Catholic church and institution in the stricken city has been : destroyed, and money, clothing and j provisions are urgently needed, more ! particularly in the charitable institu-i institu-i tions. The handsome cathedral, one of the most imposing structures of the city, was not spared by the storm, and j it is a wreck. For the present, how-; how-; ever, aid is asked for the immediate wants of those who were left homeless and destitute. The Catholic Orphan Asylum, where more than 100 little children and twenty-rive sisters perished, was about one mile outside the city. It was situated upon the beach and only a few feet above the bay, su that when the waves washed over 'the sand bar upon which the city stoad the whole building fell. Galveston. Tex., Sept. IS. Galveston citizens are discussing plans to prevent a repetition of the recent disaster. Everybody takes it for granted that the city is to be entirely rebuilt on its present site. Congressman Hawley advocates the building of a breakwater, beginning at the south jetty and extending westward, west-ward, paralleling the shore of Galveston Galves-ton island for a distance of about seven miles. With a base of twenty-five twenty-five feet and crown of eight feet, capped with heavy granite blocks, he believes this will break the force of a tidal wave and adequately protect Galveston. v In answer to an inquiry sent him as to the intentions of the Southern Pacific Pa-cific towards Galveston, Charles H. Tweed, chairman of the board, has telegraphed tel-egraphed to the Galvesfon cotton exchange ex-change as follows: ! "Work on our improvements at Galveston Gal-veston has already been resumed, and is being pressed forward as rapidly as possible." The work of clearing the streets of debris is progressing rapidly under the perfect organization instituted by military mili-tary rule, under Adjutant General Scurry. More than 2,000 men are engaged en-gaged on the work. Ninety-eight bodies are reported as having been found in the wreckage and removed today, to-day, making a total of 1,S01 victims so far recovered. fThis list is far short of the accurate number of dead found, because there are no official records. Bodies found are buried or cremated, and no systematic record has been kept. The storm wrecked almost every vault in the six cemeteries, and many of the dead were washed to sea in metal cases. So far only one casket has been found. It had been carried three miles from the vault. The extension of the electric lighting light-ing system continues. By tomorrow the distance from Twentieth to Twenty-seventh Twenty-seventh streets and from the bay to Broadway will be equipped with lifhts. More than 200 skilled mechanics were brought here today from Texas cities. The total number of dead is still estimated es-timated at from 5,000 to 6.000. The newspaper list is over 4.000. The names of many negroes, Mexicans, Italians and other foreigners can never be se- j 'cured. There are no developments which j would lead to the belief that the es- timate of a property loss of $20,000,000 is too high. While one occasionally finds a business man whose property has not suffered greatly, it must be stated hat the class is hopelessly in the minority and that large losses are the rule. ' The work under the direction of the health department was continued with vigor today. Disinfectants are distributed distrib-uted over the city, and large quantities are arriving. Over a carload of disinfectants disin-fectants was taken from the wharves todav and sent to the health department depart-ment supplv department, and almost as much was taken from that place and distributed over the city. As fast as it can be done the city is being placed in a thoroughly sanitary condition. condi-tion. . . The sick and wounded are receiving the best of treatment, and the facilities facili-ties are such that any one needing medical attention can have It by applying. ap-plying. ' Beside the other hospitals and medical relief stations already in serv- j ice the marine hosp:.al and refuge camp was opened this afternoon and j will accommodate a large number of j patients. Persons able to travel have j been taken from the hospitals and sent ; in the revenue cutters and by other means of transportation to Houston and other relief stations on the mainland. main-land. The outlook from a health standpoint is very encouraging. Three pile drivers are at work closing clos-ing up the breach in the Galveston Bay" bridge made by the steamship Roma. The rebuilding of the bridge is progressing pro-gressing rapidly and it is expected trains will be able to cross Thursday. Orders have been issued to all freight j to proceed to Galveston. The one bridge will be heavily taxed to accommodate accom-modate all the trains. The tracks on Galveston island will be completed to the bridge tomorrow noon. Engines are again running into the Union station sta-tion and switching in' the wharf yards and are bringing freight to the ships in port. . . I The waterworks system is being gradually restored and the mains are now supplying the various hospitals. Miss Clara Barton of the Red Cross has been tendered the use of the old Sealy building, formerly used by the eeneral offices of the Santa Fe railway, Ind has opened a depot for supplies. he has sent orders for foods, medicine and surgical dressings, and clothing and shoes.. Otherwise she has reconi- IIIL ' .in i. 1N5 op CATriOUC.; THIS PICTURE SHOWS THE RUIIS OP TIIE .FAMOUS OLD CATHEDRAL CA-THEDRAL AT GALVESTON. - - " mended that money be sent here. as. the merchants can supply a great many things needed. A bureau has been established to take a complete census of the city. General Scurry has ordered that all families living within a block of the pile of debris back of the district entirely en-tirely swept away shall move out as a sanitary precaution. I The anxiety to leave the city is dying j out. At 6 o'clock this evening . the I revenue cutter Galveston took a large j number of patients from the Sealy and I St. Mary hospitals. These are to go to Clinton and there be transferred to railroad cars for Houston. The revenue cutter Winona will take a I number of other sick and wounded tomorrow. to-morrow. She made, a trip yesterday, returning this evening. Each cutter is accompanied by relief nurses. A barge load of provisions and a barge load of bridge material were brought from Houston today. The provisions pro-visions are donations from various quarters and the bridge material is to , be used in getting a bridge across the bay on which trains can move this week. Rain Causes Discomfort. Early this morning there was a sharp shower of rain the first since the storm. While it lasted but a few minutes, min-utes, it showed how absolutely necessary neces-sary it is to get the buildings of the I town is something like their nor-I nor-I mal condition as soon as possible. In the residence portion of the town I the rainfall undoubtedly caused at least a great amount of discomfort, for hundreds of houses which were not ab- solutely uninhabitable during the prevalence prev-alence of fair weather were drenched and deluged, and the weary people sheltered were made all the more miserable. mis-erable. Galveston. Tex., Sept. 1!). Governor Savers Sav-ers tonight telegraphed the following signed statemer.t to the Associated Press, in which he places the loss of life in Texas ?.t 12.c'i0: "The situation in all parts of the stricken strick-en district, so far as known to me, is Improved and will, I believe, should we have fair weather, continue to improve. The method of distributing the contributions contribu-tions of the people has become systematic Hnd is reduced to the lowc.-i expense possible pos-sible and in this I have had the hearty and voluntary assistance of th? railroad, telegraph and telephone companies, all if whom have promptlyand. without charge transmitted supplies and messages, besides be-sides eontribuiJng to the relief of the sufferers. suf-ferers. Galveston is being managed by its own municipal authorities, supplemented supple-mented by the assistance of committees appointed of its best citizens, and abo by the aid of General Scurry. I am also informed that the I'nited States marshal. Dr. Grant, has rendered and is rendering i most valuable aid. The state revenue ! agent, Mr. Jameson, has also been sent i to Galveston and will assist in the pending pend-ing work. "Judge Taliferro of Houston, a gentleman gentle-man of integrity and experience, has taken charge of Brazoria county and the mainland of Galveston county, and I have already transmitted, to him quite a large sum of money to be used for supplying sup-plying that particular disitrict. besides having previously shipped to Andlefon, Alvin and Velasco a very large quantity of flour and bacon. The county judge of Fort Bend county has charge of supplies for that county. He has already bejn furnished with a large shipment of Hour j and bacon. The sheriff of Waller county has been directed to organize the sui-fering sui-fering communities in that county, and I so soon as I am notified of the organization organ-ization in Waller county, supplies will be rapidly forwarded and there need be no' apprehension hi that each and every ev-ery atfiicted community will at the ear-lie'st ear-lie'st moment practicable receive an abundant supply of provisions. In purchasing pur-chasing these provisions, 1 have bought only those of good quality and at wholesale whole-sale prices, their transportation from the place of purchasing to their destination being free of cost. "I ' have supplied Galveston with sufficient suf-ficient money to pay reasonable wages to all laborers who will assist in cleansing the city and removing the vast amount of debris that has accumulated. Provisions and clothing have also been shipped there to supply those who are needy and unable to provide for themselves. I have, als-o made ample provision cr rtie relief of the sufferers as. they reach and pass through Houston frimi Galveston. As soon as I am able I shall give to the public a complete com-plete itemized statement of all money received re-ceived by me, how ii has, been distributed, etc. "The loss of life occasioned by the storm in Galveston and elsewhere on the southern coast cannot be less than 12.00D lu es, while the loss of property will probably prob-ably aggregate JiV.OCO.iJOl). Notwithstanding Notwithstand-ing this severe affliction, T have every confidence that the stricken districts will rapidly survive and that Galveston, from her present desolation and sorrow, will I arise with renewed strength and vigor. "To the people of the Tnited States, whose magnificent generosity and prompt action have done so much for the relief cf the storm sufferers. I, as governor, beg to tender my most profound and most grateful acknowledgments, assuring them that their generous benefactions will be held in tasting remembrance by the people peo-ple of Texas. "We have not been left to stand alone in our trouble, but messages of earnest sympathy, accompanied by l'arge contributions contri-butions in money and supplies, and also in personal assis'tance. through the Red Cross and other benevolent societies, have had the effect to relieve the situation of much of its sadness and misfortune. (Signed) "JOSEPH D. SAYERS." |