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The Atlanta Georgian.
VOL. L NO. 42.
Morning Edition.
ATLANTA, GA„ THURSDAY, .JUNE 14, 1906.
Morning Edition.
PRICE:
MARKED BY WRECK AND RUIN
IS PATH OF VIOLENT CYCLONE
Forests Are Uprooted,
Houses Are Blown
Down and Many
Left Homeless.
Reports that have been re
ceived hero from the track of
the cyclone that passed' through
Georgia Tuesday afternoon indi
cate that the damage will reach
high up into the thousands when
it all becomes known. Tho cy
clone, which traveled in a north
westerly direction, first gathered
about Waycross, 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 wero blown
down and several injured, one fa
tally, and many are left home
less.
TUESDA rS STORM IN A TLANTA,
PLA YS SEVERAL SORTS OF HA VOC
ONE FATALLY INJURED,
SEVERAL BADLY HURT
AND MANY HOMELESS
Fperlnl to The .Georgian.
Tifton, Qa.. June 13.—Yesterday aft
ernoon at 1:10 o'clock a cyclone of un
usual violence .struck Tifton. destroy
ing property In the residence portion
of i he town to the value of 310,000 and
Injuring several persons seriously, one
man. Irvene Proctor, fatally.
The wind came from a northeasterly
direction In a slgxag course, with Its
force ronflned to a space of 300 feet.
A dozen residences with the furniture
of the occupants were destroyed. The
Plant of the Tifton Manufacturing
I'mnpany was badly damaged.
A large 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 across the tracks of
the railroads.
A majority of the occupants of the
hoe sea destroyed at* without homes or
funds this morning and dependent upon
the efforts of friends for relief.
About 3200 was raised last evening
to be used In assisting them.
IN THE DARK30 MINUTES
MARY MARBLE AND CHIP
PLAY TO SCARED CROWD
w*
r HILE the storm was raging at Its height Tuesday night, rain was
• 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 hundied or more of the audience were hurled Into a chaotic
frame of mind and In the utter darkness a panic seemed Imminent. None
knew what had happened or what would come n-?xt.
But Mary Marble and Little Chip saved the day and for thirty minutes
In the pitch-llke gloom they entertained the audience with their extern*
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 qf wind struck the building, blowing down the
shutters In the gallery of the house and threatening every moment to lift
the roof from Its fastenings. The lights suddenly went out and 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
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 twenty-two consecu
tive times.
MADDOX'S SHADE TREE
BLOWN DOWN THIRD TIME
STORM BEGAN AT MANOR
CLEARED ALL IN PATH
FOR NEARLY TEN MILES
Fcedal to The ftpo.’clnn.
Waycross, Qa„ June 13.—A cyclone,
which jumped about In :hla aectlon of
the state for nearly a hundred mllea,
commenced >t Manor, twelve mllea
from Waycross, at 2 o'clock yeaterday
afternoon.
The wind flrat landed on top of D.
C. Carmichael's house at Manor and
carried away the lightning rods and
erveral boards. Then'for a distance of
tight or ten mllea the tornado swept
everything In Its. way. clearing every
tree and bush In a path a hundred
yards
The dwelling and out buildings of
Henry Corbitt, four miles out, were
swept away, and the young eon and
dauahter of Mrs. Corbitt were perhaps
fatally Injured. Dr. Dunk James*
dwelling was also destroyed, and the
family were burled In tba ruins, but no
one was Injured.
The cyclone then made a jump to a
point near Hasty, where small dam
age was done. Prom Millwood, Pear-
ion, Kirkland and all the way up to
Tifton, come reports of damage, but no
lose of life baa occurred so far as is
known.
Waycross drummer, who was at
Pennon yesterday afternoon, heard the
roar of the cyclone several mllea stray,
and parta of trees blown from a great
distance fell near hla feet.
At Manor stumps and pine trees
which have been standing In an old
field for years were uprooted by the
terrific wind.
POSITION HE HELD
®v Private Leased Wire.
New York, June II.—George W. Per
kins formally ends hla career with the
New York Life Insurance Company to
day when hla resignation as trustee
r i a to the board of directors.
The final report of the Fowler In-
vt (gating committee will be ready In
shout ten days and a special meeting
Of the board will be called to receive It.
HEAVY GALE RAGED
AROUND AMERIOUS
DAMAGING CROPS
kc-lal to The Georgian.
Amerlcus, Ga., June 13.—Quite a gale
raged here yeaterday which was prob-
* bl Z caused by the tornado on the
rjs»t Hundreds of trees were uproot-
hut other than this and the damage
the corn crop, which was not very
* r eat. no other has been reported.
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 downa. Pour ups
and three downs. In fact.
But Mr. Maddox Is particularly fond
of this particular tree and feels that
because of Its unfortunate disposition
to fall before temptation It needs to be
helped.
So he Is planting U for the fourth
time.
STORM-SHOT WINDOW
MUTILA TES HEA VY DESK
HE wind storm Tuesday afternoon
did not fall to produce some
freaks, not the least peculiar of
which was the blowing In of a heavy
plate glass window In the ofilce of A.
A. Meyer In the Century building.
About 5 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 fnrehend was severely cut In
two places by the flying glass, while In
the oak desk heavy gashes, some an
Inch deep, were cut by pieces of the
window pane.
Julian A. Baxter, of the firm of Mil-
ledge A Baxter, In going out of a door
In his ofilce In the Century building
had his hand badly mashed by a slam
mlng door.
While going to catch a car Tuesday
afternoon, Dr. C. C. .areen, • of 152
Whitehall street, fell on the slippery
sidewalk at the comer of Forsyth and
Marietta streets, fracturing his hip. He
was attended by Dr. Wlllla Westmore
land, after which he waa taken to hts
home.
MAR BURY SA YS STORM
WAS NOT A CYCLONE
“Tuesday night's terrific wind and
heavy rain, which may be called a
storm, was not a tornado or cyclone."
says Local Forecaster J. B. Marbury.
•'The storm whs caused by unusual
barometric difference within a small
area, the high being over the central
statea and the Atlantic coast and the
low over the Gulf coast where the
storm was centered.
"Tornadoes almost. Invariably come
on a hot murky day, when Intense heat
causea such atmospheric conditions as
to bring about a disturbance mat Is
evinced In electric**! disorders and
w inds of great velocity. While we had
a wind Tuesday that reached a veloc
ity of 32 miles an hour, we had no
cyclone, nor did Tifton.
•The ’ center of the storm Tuesday
night was on the gulf coast, where a
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 the etorm
renter, as Is Tifton," said Mr. Marbury,
when asked If there waa 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. Tifton waa on the wrong
side of the center for a cyclone. Tho
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 no doubt defective, and not
capable of strong resistance.'
"The Weather Tuesday was too cold
for a cyclone. It was nothing more
than the tension caused by the dif
ferences In the barometer In a com
paratively small area. There waa no
similarity to the Gainesville storm,
which occurred on a day such as I de
scribed, when the temperature was high
and the humidity was very heavy."
$100,000 WAS SPENT
IN CHATHAM PRIMARY
Special to The Georgian.
Savannah, Ga, June 12.—A clean
sweep was made by the People s Dem
ocratic League In yesterday's county
primary, the majorities ranging from
235 In the sheriff's race, to 312 In the
race for Judge of the city court.
The vote cast waa 3,153, out of a
registration of 3,813.
tvre. Jr.. 3,231; John J. Horrlgan, 2,-
341.
Coroner—Dr. H. R. Stanley, 3,215;
Dr. J. G. Keller, 2,722; Dr. George M.
Norton, 1,130.
Treasurer—Waring Russell, 3,234; C.
IL Carson, 2.301.
Senator—\V. B. Stephens, 3,215;
Pleasant A. Stovall, 2,853.
ills -.hirii Ihe victors obtained Representatives In General Assembly
The lead which the victors ommimu _ Da " (d BlITOW> li2M; A . pr att
CYCLONE PASSED NORTH
OP ALBANY NEIGHBORHOOD.
H-dsl to The Georgian.
Albany, Go, June II.—There Is noth-
“•*. ''"Onlte obtainable here about the
G ’-one which, it Is reported, passed
' : <ugh the neighborhood of Tifton.
“erth of hers.
at tha opening could not be overcome,
The election was one of the most
orderly In years.
Stovall was defeated for the state
senate nomination by Stephens by 427.
Votes arete freely bought. It U'
by esch side, and It Is estimated that
the contest cost 3100;000. ...
The success of the new faction will
cause a desperate fight In January In
Ihe mayoralty and aldermai
rot machine, bf which W. W. Osborne
la head.
The vote Is as follows:
Judge of City Court—Davis Free
man 3.151; Thomas P. Ravenel, 3.-
7< County Sheriff—Thomas F. Screven.
1,303; John Schwarts,
111.
Clt> SirtSbsriil-Jame. U. Meta-
Adams, 3,373; Joseph McCarthy, 2,-
113; A. A. Lawrence, 2,733; J. Ran
dolph Anderson. 2,733; John Rourlu,
Jr.. 2.730.
Clerk Superior Court—J. K. P. Carr,
3.151.
Clerk City Court—Waring Russell,
Jr., 3.148. „ , ^
County Surveyor—E. J. Thomas, 3,-
154. „ _
Tax Collector—Thomas F. Thomp-
*°Tax Receiver—M. 8. Baker, 3,130.
Trees Uprooted and
Many Phones
Ruined.
Wind Only Renched Official Ve
locity of 32 Miles an Hour But
Was Terrific in Spots.
Trees were uprooted, gardens ruined,
cornices of houses blown off, telephones
put out of business, people Injured,
and much other trouble caused by the
terrific rain and wind storm which
started In Atlanta Tuesday morning
about S o'clock, became terrific at
night and did not die until early on
Wednesday morning.
The atorm began early In the morn
ing end the rain fell'for almost twen
ty-four hours, but It was npt until Ihe
afternoon that the wind which caused
so much damage to tho surrounding
territory attained much velocity. The
rain began falling atk 7:51 o'clock on
Tuesday morning, first In a slow drls-
'ale, which was Intermittent with heavy
downpours accompanied by a strong
east wind. Ita effect was felt In the
early part of the day mostly on the
downtown streots where the high
buildings created a draft whleli In
creased the already high velocity of
the wind, which at times was thirty-
two miles an hour.
Nearly Pour Inches of Rain.
Late In the afternoon the wind In
creased In strength and about dark
the rain began to fall Jn continual tot-
rents This continued until daybreak
Wednesday, and In .that time 2.47
Inches of rain fell. This was record
ed at the weather bureau from the
hours of 7 p. m. Tuesday until 7 a. m.
Wednesday. Moat of the rain fall be
ginning of the rain
Tuesday morning until 7 o'clock at
night 1.36 Inches fell, making the total
for the storm 3.33, The temperature
Wednesday morning was 68 degrees,
while Tuesday 8 degrees higher pre
vailed. The lowest temperature Tues
day was 63, while .early Wednesday
morning 58 was registered by the
thermometer In the weather bureau.
Though It wgs the month of June anil
Atlantans expect the weather to be
moderately warm, they were contem
plating warm fires Tuesday nlRlit. and
many of those who rode down town
Wednesday Xii.trp tiu-.,,n dhr streetcar
fflad-biffdP'lre.idV ff clr-fel -win
dow. The nlr was unusually fresh
and the atmosphere was perfectly
clear.
Chilly June Weather.
The cool wind which accompanied
the rain Tuesday morning caused
many to don their raincoats, and It
was a wintry scene that presented It
self to pedestrians on the street Tues
day. Business waa 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 dlscom
fort from carrying around several
skirts In that rain. They ntayed at
home rather than court the elements,
which were all out warring. Those
few who had lo be out and about
moved In a hurry, for umbrellae were
of little use, so strong was the wind
around the corhera of the high build
Ings In the business district. It was a
stay-at-home day, even In the hualnesa
center of Atlanta.
With the Increase of the velocity of
the atorm about dark, those who had
expected to attend the bicycle races
and other places »f amusement called
everything In for the night, and. ae a
result Jack Prince for once postponed
the little entertainment he was going
to pull off at Piedmont park, at CD
centa per person entertained. The
street cars were deserted after dark,
and the etreets down town, with wa
ters of the -aln pouring down them,
enjoyed a bath within the privacy of
their own homes.
Many Telephones Out.
The telephone companies were oad-
ly crippled locally, as the high wind
caused much croselng of wires,
both systems, there were about 800 tel
ephones out of service Wednesday
morning, and It will be two days be
fore all 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
fuses were burned out In tne local of
fices. The railroads were not seriously
Inconvenienced by the rain, and no re
ports of any washouts have been re
ceived. The fire alarm system In the
city was badly damaged and Chief
police should not depend on the sys
tem In reporting fires, but should use
the telephone.
Trees Uprooted.
In every port of the city trace were
damaged and many, young fruit trees
of the dty and In the country nearby
were uprooted by the high wind. In
every part of Atlanta Wednesday
the storm and the damage to gw
and trees, though no fatuities were re
ported as a result of the falling trees
and the cornices which were blown off
a number of houses In the suburbs
where the wind had full play.
HOLDS 500 AT BAY
LONGWORTHS REFUSE
TO VISIT LEOPOLD
By Private Leased Wire.
l-omlon, June 11.—The Longworths have declined an Invitation to vlel.
King I-eopotd of Belgium.
LOVE WAS NOT BLIND
EVEN IF COUPLE WAS
Bt. Louis, Mo., June 13.—A dlyorce
suit waa filed here today In which the
plaintiff, the defendant and the co
respondent are all blind. The suit Is
that of Charles W. Ilalley against his
wife, Amanda Flora Rurr Ballsy.
The suit reveals a romance which
probnbably has no parallel In point of
■he unique features Involved. Charles
W. Ilalley, aon of a well-to-do cltlsen
of Kant Ml. Ixiuls, met, wooed and
won, at the Missouri Hchool for the
Blind, Miss Amanda Flora Burr, the
flillnd daughter of the late WIIMem
llurr, formerly president of the Bt.
OP
Louis National Bank and at one time
eonsldered among Ihe wealthiest men
of Bt. Louis.
After her marriage Mrs. Ballsy
regular allot
reived a regular allowance -from her
family. Then she rams Into poaaaealnn
of 330,000 two years ago by tha death
of her mother;
Mrs. Bailey, according to her hus
band's allegation, met Charles • K.
Heavy, a blind man, with Whom, ha
asserts, sfie has become Infatuated.
He saya that Mrs. Bailey recently told
him that she no longer loved him and
that she felt that she could not live
without Heavy.
MS. K. JONES
OUT FOR BRYAN
By JAMES K. JONES.
> Rock. Ark., June n I have
pref-
Llttle
already Mated In Interview
•ranca for Wllllfim .1* nnin^* it
the next Democratic Mandard bearer.
I believe he Iwll bo tho next president
of the United Htatea.
Mr. Dryan never waa and will not in
the future be governed by. eelfliih am
bition. The present wldeepreml and
apontaneouN movement In favor of
Dryan la the logic of event*. Dryan
wai the pioneer of the polltlce which
are now eo emphatically and unrnle-
takably approved by the public at
large.
LEFT POO ATLANTA
BUT DISAPPEARED
Westing house Is Honored. ,
By Private Leased Wire.
Berlin. June 13.—The Technical Uni
versity has conferred on George West-
inghouse. the American Inventor, the
degree of doctor of engineering.
T Print. Leascl Wire
south Sorwalk. Conn.. June a-The
sweatee suicide of ('aetata Charles J.
Vonnss. s dill wsr retersn. baa caused
one of the area lest eensaUone within tha
eiaatofy of realilenta here.
After aettles «re to Ms home the rap-
tala, armed with a shot gas. Md.at ley 6M
pereoss sail the members of the fire de
partment until the building had bees re
duced to uahes.
Then with the eirlamatloa, "fire bow a
brave soldier can die." ha blew off tbs top
of Ida head
Before talilac his life he Halted the same
gala's office and Bled hla will for probate.
Special to The Georgian.
McRae, Oa„ June 13.—In ft fit- pre
sumably of mental aberration, Olln
Pharr, cashier of the Cjtlxens' Bank
of thin city, has disappeared. He left
here Hunday to attend the bankers'
convention In Atlanta, but was not
present at any of the aeanlona.
The clerical force of the Merchants'
Hank of this place worked yesterday
and last night on Pharr's accounts and
this morning report a shortage of 14.-
000. At a meeting of the stockhold
ers this morning It was promptly paid
In. There were no Indications of wrong
doing beyond Ibis, aa he took with him
a small amount of currency, leaving
Intact several thousand dollars In the
vault.
The bank officials and his friends
are endeavoring to locate him and
there will he no prosecution should
he return. Mr. Pharr Is about 40 yearn
of age and has been connected with
the Cltlsena' Rank since Its organisa
tion five years ago. His wife and chil
dren live here.
GIRL BURNED TO DEATH
IN BUFFALO BUILDING
Buffalo. N. Y, June 13.—Bertha
Bander, 14 years old, waa burned to
death early this morning In a fire
which totally destroyed a two-story
frame building at No. 223 Mills street.
The building was occupied by August
Ziegler, the lower floor being used by
a bakety shop and the rpper floor sa a
living aparimtnt.
SALARY INCREASE
FOR POSTMASTERS
STATE OF GEORGIA
Special to The Georgian.
Washington. D. C, June II.—In
creases In the salaries of Georgia post
masters ware announced today, as fol
lows:
Athena, 32,730 to 32,100.
Halnbrldge, Mllledgevllle, 32,100 to
32,200.
Fitzgerald. 32.000 to 31,200.
Foreyth, Fort Valley, Madison, Cov
ington, Eastman. 31,300 lo 31,700.
Hartwell, Jeeup, Cairo, 31,300 to 31,-
400.
Adel, Baxley, Ocllla. Bylvanla, 31,100
to 31,300.
Albany, Brunswick, 31,500 to 33,300.
Aihburn, Greensboro, McRae, Mon
tezuma, Montlcello, Commerce, Doug
las 11,300 to 11,300.
Jackson, Monroe, Blakely, Eatonton.
Pelham. 31,300 to 31,100.
Jefferson, Lafayette. Laurencevllle,
Lithonla, Lumpkin. Boston, Buena Vis
ta, Rossvllle, 31,100 to 31,200.
LaGrange, Moultrie, 31,300 to 32,000.
Lavonla, Warrantor!, 31,000 to 31,100.
Loulsvlllt. Mlllen, Blacks hear, Blue
Ridge, Canton. Bwaltuboro, 31,300 to
31.300.
Macon, 31,100 to 11,500.
Calhoun, 51.100 to 11.300.
Camilla, Decatur, Sylvester, 31,200
to 31,100.
Carrollton, 31.700 to 31,100.
cedartown. 31.300 to «:.00u.
Dalton, 32,200 to 32.100.
MACK SAYS BRYAN
L BE
n In
ti,mat
Richmond, Vo., June 11—
tervlew today Democratic
Committeeman Norman E. Mack, of
Buffalo, on Ihe Democratic outlook,
aatd:
"I believe Bryan will be renominated
for the presidency by acclamation In
the next national convention. I also
believe a Democrat from the South,
that part of the country which has el-
ways been Democratic, should !>e pre
sented as a candidate for the nomina
tion for tha vies presidency, not be
cause It Is the South aa much aa be
cause It Is Democratic and always con
sistently so.”
WON'T INDORSE BRYAN.
Austin. Tex., June 13.—The
Democratic executive committee
meeting here refused to adopt i
lutlon Indorsing W. J. Bryan fm
Idem. The reason urged agalni
action waa that Senator J \V.
may he a candidate for that of
SCHOONER SINKS;
CREW
Special to The Ger
Wilmington, N. O, June 13 -Will
,II» set, a large three* meat ed nrhoon
er, though to be the E. A Hebe
■unk during laat
of ('Vapefear bar. T
with coal, waa from
way to the West Ind
veeeel le believed to
lag Pan shoala befon
Her crew le probui
fH t* mile* Mouth
• SHhanc, Lmded
•Nrfi*lk, on her
* The wrecked
t\* "truck Kry<
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