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Miss Clara Barton also endorsed the appeal, saying: "Could
the people of our generous country see as I have seen in its
dreadful reality the desolation and the destruction of homes by
thousands, the overwhelming bereavement in the loss of near and
dear ones, and thle utter helplessness that confronts those remaining,
the appeal of Ma-or Jones for continued help would meet with
such a response as no other calamity 11as ever knownr"
REVIEWING THE SITUATION.
Reviewing the situation in Galveston, a correspondent comn
mnunicates the following: "On Sunday following the storm all
saloons were closed by order of the Alavor. On the following
Sunday several saloonists began selling liquor on the quiet. They
were arrested and taken before Adjutant General Scurry, who
warned them they must not repeat the offense. A prominent
saloon man was arrested for disobeying the order and was put to
work in a street cleaning gang. Dr.Donaldson, chief surgeon of
one of the relief corps, says it will not be necessary for the outside
surgeons to remain here longer than two or tllree days more.
He has written an article for a medical journal commenting upon
the comparatively small number of seriously wounded and sick
persons. He explains the absence of a large number of seriously
wounded persons by saying that most of those so wounded were
drowned, but says it is surprising that more people, especially
women and children, did not get sick from such trying experiences.
"Efforts are being made to open the public schools on
October i, the date set before the storm for their opening. Three
of the school buildings can be made usable at slight cost and it
is planned to hold two sessions a day.
"The estimated losses to the life insurance companies at
Galveston are about $500,000. Most of those who carried old line
life policies escaped. The fraternal orders will lose quite
heavily.
"The Gulf Port Trading Company addressed a letter to General
Manager Polk of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railway,
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