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———- , The Atlanta Georgian. vol. I. NO. 42. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1906. PRICE: MARfCED BY WRECK AND RUIN IS PATH OF VIOLENT CYCLONE Forests Are Uprooted, ; TUESDA Y’S STORM IN A TLANTA PLA YS SEVERAL SOR TS OF HA VOC Houses Are Blown Down and Many Left Homeless. Track of Storm Was 200 Feet Wide and Moved in a zig zag Course. Pine Forests Swept Down, Blocking the Railroads Through Section It Passed. Reprots that have been re ceived here from the track of the cyclone that passed through Georgia Tuesday afternoon indi cate that- thd damage will reach high up into the thousands when it all becomes known. The cy clone, which traveled in a north westerly direction, first gathered shout AVaycross, and traveled in a zigzag course, rising and dip ping to the ground, across in the direction of Albany, but seems to have spent itself before reaching there. It was most violent at Tifton, where many houses were blown down and several injured, one fa tally, and many are left home less. ONE FATALLY INJURED, SEVERAL BADLY HURT AND MANY HOMELESS S|m lnl Id Th* Georgian. Tifton, Oa.. June 13.—Yesterday aft ernoon at 1: 3o o'rlnrlf a’ cyclone of un usual violence /ruck Ttflon. destroy ing property In Ihe residence portion of ihe town to the value of 110,000 and Injuring several persons seriously, one man, Irvene Proctor, fatally. The wind came from a northeasterly direction In a slaxag course, with Its force confined to a space of 100-feet. A dosen residences with the furniture of the occupants were destroyed. The plant of the Tifton Manufacturing Company was badly damaged. A Inrge number of, negro shanties were absolutely demolished, fences, shade trees and window lights were destroyed, nearly without exception, In the district where the wind was fierc est. All electric, telephone and telegraph wires In the city are down. The Presbyterian Church was com pletely moved from Its base and blown to the ground. The wind destroyed crops and timber for two miles on either side of Tifton and many pine trees were blown acroes the tracks of the rnllroads. A majority of the occupants of the houses destroyed are without homes or funds this morning and dependant upon the efforts of friends for relief. About 4200 was raised last evening to he used In assisting them. STORM BEGAN AT MANOR CLEARED ALL IN PATH FOR NEARLY TEN MILES speeinl to The Georgian. Waycroes, Oa.. June It.—A cyclone, which juippcd about In this section of ■he state for nearly a hundred mites, commenced at Manor, twelve mites from Waycross, at 3 o'clock yesterday sfiernoon. The wind first landed on top of D. C. Carmichael's hourfe at Manor and carried away the lightning rods and several boards. Then for a distance of eight or ten mllea the tornado swept everything In Its way, clearing every nee and bush In a path a hundred Jurds wide. The dwelling and out buildings of Hdtry Corbitt, four miles out. were «»ept away, and the young son and 'laughter of Mre. Corbitt were perhaps family Injured. Dr. Dunk James' dwelling waa also destroyed, and the family were burled In the ruins, but no "he was Injured. The cyclone then made a Jump to»a P unt near Hasty, where small dam age wns done. From Millwood, Pear- a,n. Kirkland and all Ihe way up to Tifton. come reporta of damage, but no '«• of life has occurred so far as Is known. A Waycross drummer, who waa at Pearson yesterday afternoon, heard the r "ar of the cyclone several miles away. *nd parts of trees blown from a great distance felt near his feet. At Manor stumps and pine trees *hich have been standing In an old ""id for years were uprooted by the '"trifle wind. heavy gale raged AROUND AMERICUS DAMAGING CROPS Ppew-ifti to Th# fU-orgtan. Amerlcu» f Ga., June II.—Quite a vale here yeaterday which vu prob- ah *y 'auaed by the tornedo on the 4 Hundreds of trees were uproot- b ut other than thl# and the damage the corn cro* which was not very * r *at f no other has been reported. CYCLONE PASSED NORTH OF ALBANY NEIGHBORHOOD. '■'••ml t.1 The Ueorglan. Albany, Oa., June tl—There Is noth- definite obtainable here about the ">■ lone which. It Is reported. passed ’"■rough the neighborhood of Tifton, z.rth of here. IN THE DARK30 MINUTES MAR Y MARBLE AND CHIP PLA Y TO SCARED CROWD W HILE the storm was raging at Its height Tuesday night, rain waa being driven against the Casino In sheets and the wind whistling and screaming around the corners of the playhouse, suddenly there came a crash as of falling timbers and the lights went out. The two hundred or more of the audience were hurled Into a chaotic frama of mind and In the utter darkness a panic seemed imminent. None knew what had happened or what would come next. ' But Mary Marble and Little Chip saved the day and for thirty minutes In the pltch-llke gloom they entertained the audience with their extem pore fun-making after having quelled the panic. It was during the last act and the specialty song of "Mlrandy" by Mary Marble. All during the performance the wind and rain had been beating with terrific force against the north and east sides of the building. Then an unusually severe gust of wind struck the building, blowing down the shutters In the gallery of the house and threatening evesy moment to lift the roof from Its fastenings. The lights suddenly went out anil fully half of the audience jumped to their feet and turned to the exits. Little Chip, however, came to the assistance of Mary Marble and with the chorus which wss hastily assembled, a specially act was gone through which was not on the program. After a moment of hesitation the audience was again seated and In appreciation of the remarkable coolness of the favorites on the stage, encore after encore wasdemanded and given and for fully half an hour the two performers kept 'up a round of continuous nonsense that eclipsed any other number on the program. After waiting a reasonable length of time for the return of the lights. Mary Marble discovered a candle which she kindly loaned the orchestra, and amid the most enthusiastic applause ever accorded any artist at the Casino, the performance was brought to a successful close. But she had sung "Mlrandy" clean through Just twepty-two consecu tive times. MADDOX'S SHADE TREE BLOWN DOWN THIRD TIME F OR the third time In Its short life a shade tree, belonging to R. F. Maddox and having standing room on the Ellis street side of Mr. Maddox's Peachtree street home, was blown down In Tuesday night's storm. And Wednesday Mr. Maddox, whose very name Is synonymous of persever ance, will for the fourth time set out this tree. This tree has, like the elevator boy, had many ups and downs. Four ups and three downs, In fact. But Mr. Maddox 1s particularly fond of this particular tree and feels that because of Its unfortunate disposition to fall before temptation It needs to be help Bo he is planting It for the fourth STORM-SHOT WINDOW MUTILATESHEA VYDESK Trees Uprooted and Many Phones Ruined. WORST SUMMER STORM HERE IN MANY YEARS Wind Only Reached Official Ve locity of 32 Miles an Hour But Was Terrific in Spots. HE wind storm Tuesday afternoon did not fall to produce some freaks, not the leant peculiar of which was the blowing In of a heavy plate glass window. In the office of A. A. Meyer In the Century building. About 6 o'clock Mr. Meyer was sit ting at his desk, which Is of heavy oak, when he noticed that the wind caused the glass to bend In slightly. A minute later a sudden blast broke the glass, sending a thousand small pieces of It crashing all over the room. Mr. Meyer's forehead was severely cut In two places by the flying glass, while In the oak desk heavy gashes,-some nn Inch deep, were cut by pieces of Ihe window pane. Julian A. Baxter, of the firm of Mil ledge A. Baxter, In going out of n door In his office In the Century building had his hand badly mashsd by a slam mlng door. While going to catch a car Tuesday afternoon. Dr. C. C. Green, of 361 Whitehall street, fell on the slippery sidewalk at the corner of Forsyth and Marietta streets, fracturing his hip. He waa attended by Dr. Willis Westmore- land, after which he wax taken to his home. MARBURY SA YS STORM WAS NOT A CYCLONE ‘Tuesday night's terrific wind and heavy rain, which piay be called a storm, was not a tornado or cyclone," says Local Forecaster J. B. Marbury. The storm was caused by unusual barometric difference within a small area, the high being over the central states and the Atlantic coast and the low over the Gulf coast where the storm was centered. 'Tornadoes almost Invariably come on n hot murky day. when Intense heat causes such atmospheric conditions ax to bring about a disturbance that la evinced In electrical disorders and winds of great velocity. While we had a wind Tuesday that reached a veloc ity of 33 miles an hour, we had no cyclone, nor did Tifton. "The center of the storm Tuesday night was on the gulf const, where n very low barometer prevailed. Farther north a much higher barometer caused the winds to be drawn south, and the drawing in, caused by the low on the gulf, necessitated the meeting of two strong forces, which caused the storm that was felt throughout Georgia Tues day. “Had there been a cyclone It would not have been northeast of thx storm renter, ax lx Tifton," said Mr. Marbury, when asked If there was any connec tion between the Atlanta and Tifton storms. "The effect of the storm If precipitated Into a cyclone would have been southeast of the center, which Is In Florida THtnn was on the wrong side of the center for a cyclone. The Tifton disturbance was In all proba bility nothing more than a similar one to ours yesterday and last night. If there were any buildings blown down, they were nn doubt defective, and not capable of strong reslstancs.' "The weather Tuesday was too cold for a cyclone. It wns nothing more than the tension caused by the dif ferences In the barometer In n com paratively small area There waa no similarity to the Oalneevllle storm, which occurred on a day such as I de scribed. whenMhe temperature was high and the humidity was very heavy." $100,000 WAS SPENT • IN CHATHAM PRIMARY Special to The Georgian. Savannah, Oa, June 13.—A clesn sweep wss made by the People's Dem ocratic League In yesterday's county primary, the majorities ranging from 2S5 In the sheriff's race, to 613 In the race for Judge of the city court. The vote cast was 6,163, out of a registration of 6,146. The lead which Ihe victors obtained at the opening could not be overcome. The election was one of the most orderly In years. Stovall wss defeated for the state senate nomination by Stephens by 433. Votes were freely bought, It Is claimed, by each side, and It Is estimated that th# contest cost 6100.000. The success of the new faction will causa a desperate fight In January In the mayoralty and aldermsnlc elections and may result In smashing the pres- SJu machine, of which W. W. Osborne The vote Is as follows: Judge of city Court—Davis free man. 3.361: Thomas P. Ra venal, .,- " 4 County Sheriff-Thomas F. Screven, amerwaa invent tyre. Jr, 3,361: John J. Horrigan, 3,- 146. Coroner—Dr. H. R. Stanley. 1,316; Dr. J. O. Keller, 3.733: Dr. Oeorge M. Norton, 1,160. Treasurer—Waring Rusaell, 3,364; C. H. Carson, 3,601. Senator—W. B. Stephens, 1,116; Pleasant A. Stovall, 3,166. ' Representatives In General Assembly —David C. Barrow, 3,361; A. Pratt Adams, 1,176; Joseph McCarthy, 1,- 111; A. A. Lawrence, 1,711; J. Ran dolph Anderson, 1,711; John Rourke, Jr, 3.710. Clerk Superior Court—J. K. P. Carr, 6.163. Clerk City Court—Waring RusssIL Jr, 6,146. County Surveyor— E. J. Thomas, 4,- Tax Collector—Thomas F. Thomp son. 4.161. Tax Receiver—M. 8. Baker, MM. Tree# were uprooted, gardens ruined, cornices of houses blown off, tslephonea put out of business, people Injured, and much other trouble caused by the terrific rain anil wind storm which started In Atlanta Tuesday morning nbout 1 o'clock, became terrinc . nt night and did not die until early on Wednesday morning. The storm began early In the morn ing and the rain felf for almost twen ty-four hours, but It was not until the afternoon thnt the wind which caused so much damago to the surrounding territory attained much Velocity. The rain began falling nt ; *2 o'clock on Tuesday morning, first lit a slow drli- tle, which was Intermittent with heavy downpours accompanied ^l>y a strong east wind. Ita effect "he felt In the early part of tha day Mostly on the downtown streets whJFr .the high buildings created a droit which In creased the already 1,1* velocity of the wind, which at (Irp* was thirty- two miles an hour. -T Nearly Four Inches Vf Rain. Lata In the afternoon the wind In creased In strongth nipt nbout dark the rain began to fall Id continual tor rents. This continued until daybreak Wednesday, and In. (Its, time 1.47 Inches of rsln fell. eTJjfc was record ed at the weather biirikiu from the hours of 7 p. nt. Tuetejitg until 7 a. m. Wednesday. Most of .vile rain fell be fore midnight, howevert From the heglnnltnr of the rein I'""-.I"' nooning untlLef "■ look "t night 1.3d Inches fell.piling the totnl for the stornt 3 33. Tjfc temperature Wednesday mornlug .>Mt 42 degrees, while Tuesday 3 datnH^f hlghm* pre- [ vailed. The lowest temperature Ti day was 62, while early Wednesday mnrnlng 59 wnH registered by Ihe thermometer In the weather bureau Though It was the month of June and Atlantans expert the weather to b< moderately warm, they were content plating warm fires Tuesday night, and many of those who rode down town Wednesday morning on the streetcars were glad to sit bealds a dosed win dow. The air was unusually fresh and (he nlmoephere wee perfectly Chilly June Weather. The cool wind which accompanied the rain Tueadey morning caused many to don thslr raincoats, and It was a wintry scene that presented It self to pedestrians on the street Tues day. Business was almost paralysed In the retail districts, for ladles did not care to risk the displeasure of a sum mer cold, not to speak of the dlacom fort from carrying around several skirts In that rain. They stayed at home rather then court the elements, which were nil out warring. Those few who had to be nut and about moved In n hurry, for umbrellas were of little use, so strong was the wind around the corners of the high build Ings In the business district It was a stay-at-home day, even In Uie bnslness center of Atlanta.. With the Increase of the velocity of the storm nbout dark, those who had expected to attend the bicycle races and olhsr places of amusemsnt called everything In for the night, and, as a result Jack Prince for once postponed the little entertainment ha was going to pull off at Piedmont park, at 60 cents per person entertained. The street cars ware deserted after dark, and the streets down town, with wa ters of the rain pouring down them, enjoyed n bath within the privacy of their own homes. Many Telaphontt Out The telephone companies were bad ly crippled locally, as tha high wind caused much crossing of wires. In both systems, thare were about 600 tel ephones ont of service Wednesday morning, and It will be two daya be fore nil of them will be In working or der. The telegraph companies experi enced some trouble with their wires, on which linemen were put to work early Wednesday morning. A few fusee were burned out In tne local of ficer. The rallronde were not eertoualy Inconvenienced by the rain, end no re ports of any waahoute have been re ceived. The fire alarm system In the city was badly damaged and •Chief Joyner gave orders last night that the should not depend nn the sys tem In reporting fires, but should use (he telephone. Trees Upreetsd. In every part of the city trees were damaged and many young fruit trees of ths city and In the country nearby were uprooted by the high wind. In every part of Atlanta Wednesday morning people wen heard talking of the storm and the damage to gardens and trees, though no fatuities were re ported as a result of ths falling trots end Ihe cornices which were blown off a number of houses In ths suburbs where the wind had full piny. OIRL BURNED TO DEATH IN BUFFALO BUILDING WestinghouM Is Honored. By Private Leased Wire. Berlin. June 11.—The Technical Unf varsity has confsrred on Oeorge West. . I nr house, th* American Inventor, the a bakery shop and the upper floor as • - - ■ *— *Uvln* apartment. By Privets Leased Wire. Buffalo, N. T., June II.—Berths Bander, 14 years old, was burned (o death early this morning In a fire which totally destroyed a two-story frame building at No. Ill Mills street. The building was occupied by August Zl'xlsr. the lower floor being used by MOBS HOWL FOR LIVES OF MARYLAND NEGROES WITH N, Y, LIFE MORGAN'S MAN QUITS AS ONE OF TRUSTEES. Report of Fowler Probing Com mittee Expected To Be Ready in Ten Dayi. By Private Leased Wire. New York, June II.—George W. Per kins formally ends his career with the New York Lift Insurance Company to day when his resignation as trustee goes lo the board of directors. The final report of tha Fowler In vestigating committee will be ready In about ten days and n special mealing of Ihe board will be ca'led lo recelro ll. two firTscaused BT CROSSED WIRES Troops Ordered Out to Protect Black Prisoners. ■ 11W VMli l|Ul 1 'ipw “ 1611 611V HIM Wp has appsalsd to Governor Swan- through Adjutant Charles J. An on, of Virginia, for mors troops. The storm Tuesday afternoon and night caused crossing of wires In every part of Atlanta. Fires resulted from this In two Instances. About midnight Ire cams In contact with a lead pipe In the home of Wktker P. Inman nt 411 Pearhtrea street, melting It and causing a small blase, which waa ex tinguished by the chemical apparatus carried by Ihe firemen, who arrived In a few minutes. About I o’clock crossed wires caused a blase In Ihe residence of William F. Wlnecoff at 411 Peachtree street. Tha By Private Leased Wire. Easlvllle, Va., June 11.—The mob In tent on lylnchlng the negro suspecL Simmons, has now Increased to two thousand about the Jail. Major Hall- monsky, of Company K, of (ha Sevtn- ty-flrsl Virginia Volunteer regiment, finds ha con not cope with Ihe mob, and hat appealed to Governor Swan son, d arson, MOB SHOOTS A NEORO IN HANDS OF OFFICER By Private Leased Wire. Princess Anns, Md., June It.—All night, a howling mob has been In posseeslon of the depot station here, walling for xha arrival of a special ■rain on which Edward Watson, a negro, who was to be brought from the peninsula lost night and Jailed here for sn assault upon a farm hand employed by Samuel Bamss, st King's creek, 10 miles south of Salisbury. Watson was arrested close to the railroad station at Parksley. The news soon spread, and before long a mob of 1,000 had congregated about the depot. When the train arrived from Eaelvllte, Va., where Simmons wee confined. It contained hundred! of excited people, who had gone there to help lynch Blmmona. An attempt wae made to take Wateon from tha ofilcere, but It failed. In the mlx-up, the negro was shot through the ahoulder. He waa locked up. Early today, Ihe eheriff of Somer- act county telegraphed to Governor Warfield, of Maryland, for froopa to , elating " ' “ thoritlea would be unab jail In case of attack. HOLDS 500 AT BAY WHILEHOUSEBURNS, THEN KILLS HIMSELF BEFORE SETTING FIRE TO HOME, VET. FILES WILL DOWN IN GOTTER Precipitated by a sudden guet of wind Into a raging atreem af water In the gutter on Auburn avenue between Piedmont end Butler Tueeday night, Nat Lumpkin, n while man about 31 much yeara old, whoaa uncertain stride from too much drinking was not strong 'enough to combat tha high east wind SOAKED WITH GASOLINE sgnlnsl which he was trying to walk, MAN BURNS TO DEATH 1 saved £Tb. d «£*"*.rrirai rf'pniM? ■— " ~ i man Thompoon, who fished hint out of By Private Leased Wire. the water and took charge of him. Decatur, III., June 11.—Bobert Mere- Lumpkin was walking east on Au- dlth waa III end rubbed hlmeelf with burn avenne when ha fell and waa al- what ha thought waa coal oil. It was 1 ntost completely submerged In tha gaanllne, end when be atruck a match, water la the gutter, which had been the whole upper part of his body waa, converted Into a veritable river by the enveloped In flames. Before neoletance , heavy downpour of rain. Hie face reached him he wae burned so badly waa badly Is'-raled from Ms fell on that death followed In a short time. the etona blocks. "See How a Brave Soldier Can Die," Oriei Suicide to Crowd. Ily Trieste I,ease<l wire. dentil Norwalk, I'nnn.. sensing sulfide of rapt Youngs, a civil war vein one of Ike greatest irnsai memory of rrstdeets here After selling are to I I- Inin, «rise.I with s shotgun is and Ihe ineml* ' 111 ' perauui parlsH awed rlmrnt until tb« lit hrere retir es of tile hr«l|. rWor* tnkln* hi* llff b» #xr|n i UI#, M ga tv’a off Irv a nil J fllftl hi* MRS, SHEPARD WALKER ID QUICKLY RELEASED On Tueadey Ihe rase against Mrs. Shepard Welker, who rune a boarding house on Washington street, was brought UP again before Justice Or mond. After hearing the testimony of some twenty-five witnesses, the justice dismissed Ihe case brought against the lady. A. W. Far l Ip gar, the well known grocer: W. E. Treadwell, A. McLeod, j. A. Frits all testified that the < harncter of the defendant waa that of h lady, and they had naver heard on>thing against her character. ll forth that two women ca recently and requester! her donation for (he burial of < Afee's son, and I hat she 1 given them |! She never again- Other wltn---. - te, Mrs. Walker had been .hung work for the past Two wltnrssra ah fact that they hi fd many llm-w