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ATLANTA
papulation 130.000
Ilomn 36.000
Telephone* 15.000
MkIo lines of railroad* Seven
Mil** of street railways 150
Denting rspltnl 122.000.000
VOL. 1. NO. 134.
Georgian.
GEORGIA
ropntntlon ...... 2.500.W
Milos of st on in rnllrnnds 6.500
Miles of electric railways 400
Cotton factories 130. spindles.. 1.500.000
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29,1906.
■p-pT/ITTi, On Trsln* FIVB CENTS.
Jtrxvlljjlj. in Atlanta TWO CENTS.
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Send an Army of Occupation to Cuba at Ohce”—Secty. Taft to Roosevelt
5,600 UNITED STATES TROOPS ARE BEING MOBILIZED
TO BACK UP THE SEIZURE OF CUBAN GOVERNMENT
SCENES IN MOBILE, ALA., AND PENSACOLA, FLA., STORM-SWEPT CITIES OF THE GULF
Windsor Hotel, Royal street. Mo
bile, which was damaged $5,000.
Barracks at Fort Raranco*. Pen
sacola. Damage heavy here.
The United States government
building at Penaacola, Florida.
Soldiers at Fort Mc
Pherson Included in
General Orders.
SECRETARY OF WAR
DECLARES HIMSELF
ISLAND GOVERNOR
American Marines Now
Guard Treasury Bldg, in
the City of Havana.
Washington, Sept. 29.—
Secretary Taft cables Chief
of Staff Bell this morning:
"Make immediate prepa
rations to send an army of
occupation to Cuba."
The dispatch was taken at
once by General Bell to Act
ing Secretary of War Oliver
who wired it to the president
asking for instructions.
MANY LIVES REPORTED LOST AND DAMAGE DONE
BY THE HURRICANE AT PENSACOLA AND MOBILE
BIG VESSELS DRIVEN
ASHORE AND RUINED;
THIEVES ROB HOMES
Washington, D. C., Sept. 29.—Fir.i
expedition ordered to bo mobiliaed at
Newport Nowa. Va., 5,600 men.
Without waiting for an anawar from
the proaidont, Acting Secretary of War
Oliver issued orders for the immediate
mobilization of the first expedition at
Newport Nowa., Va. It will conaist
of 5,600 men, aa follows:
Two battslions Fifth infantry, Platta-
burg, N. Y.
Two battaliona Eleventh infantry,
Fort D’Ard A. Russell, Wyoming.
Two battalions Seventeenth infantry,
Fort McPherson, Ga.
Two battaliona Twenty-aeventh in
fantry, Fort 8heridan, III.
Two battaliona Twonty-aighth in
fantry, Fort 8nelling, Minn.
Two battaliona Elavonth cavalry,
Fort Dea Moines, Iowa.
Two battaliona Fifteenth cavalry.
Fort Ethan Allan, Vermont.
Fourteenth batteries, field artillery.
Fort Sheridan, III.
Sevantaanth and Eighteenth batter
ies, mountain artillery, Vancouver bar-
racks.
Two companies engineers, Washing
ton barracks, D. C.
Five Thousand Houses in the City of
Mobile Damaged By the Great
Storm of Last Wednesday.
CHURCHES AND STORES
WHECKED BY THE GALE
Water Covers Many of the Streets—Wharves
Washed Away—Bales of Cotton Lost
and Shipping Practically Ruined.
HATH LIST
FROM STORM
IV REACH 15
Lives Reported Lost
From Many Small
Towns.
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT
TO FURNISH SHARE OF
TROOPS SENT TO CUBA
Though the Seventeenth Infantry *ta-
tloned at Fort McPherson has received
no official orders to leave for Cuba, It
Is stated In dispatches from Washing
ton that two battalions from this regi
ment will be detailed for Cuban duty
was never In better shape.
The Seventeenth has 760 non-com
missioned officers and enlisted tnen,
all ready and willing to occupy Cuba
if there la any fun to be looked for
ahead. The officers believe that the
work will be mainly police duty and
and ordered to Join other • troops at do not evince any enthusiasm over the
The following vessels have been en-
FH'Kcd for the transportation of the first
expedition to Cuba:
The transport Sumner, which will
curry 55 officers and 768 men.
Tho Monterey, 46 officers and 202
men.
The City of Washington, 66 officers
•Od 202 men.
The Seneca, 55 officers and 524 tnen.
The Niagara, 56 officers and 596
men.
The Panama, 90 officers and 1,000
and
The Admiral Schley, 43 offle
3-jO men.
The Admiral Sampson, 43 officers and
1.000 men.
The Admiral Dewey, 43 officers and
350 men.
The Admiral Farragut, 43 officers anti
3-'" men.
All of these ships which, with the ex-
’"Ptlon of the transport Sumner, are
merchant transpoits, have been irdereu
m Newport News as-rapidly as possf-
From reports received from Mobile, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla.,
which seem to have suffered to an enormous extent as a result of the
hurricane which lashed the gulf coast Wednesday, 100 persons lost
life.
The aggregate property loss is estimated at from $8,000,000 to
$10,000,000.
Scores of great steamers and hundreds of smaller craft in the
harbors of Pensacola and Mobile were driven a >re nnd destroyed.
Wharves were wrecked. Five thousand houses at Mobile were da
aged.
For ten miles along the coast in the vicinity of Pensacola all
houses have been damaged or entirely destroyed. Reports indicate
that the greatest loss of life was among negroes.
Fear is felt that the navy yard near Pensacola has suffered groat
damage. Several warships are at the yard and they may huve been
wrecked. ,
Fight big ships and a revenue cutter at Mobile were sunk at
their wharves and smaller vessels were thrown on shore. The
Mobile business quarter was devastated and the food supply is said
to be running dangerously low. The snme is true of the situation at
Pensacola.
Some of the smaller towns on the gulf between Mobile and
Pensacola are said to have been wiped off the map. To add to the
horror of the situation, thieves are looting houses and the authorities
arc having difficulty jn stopping the work of the robbers.
At Mobile orders have been given to shoot all persons found
robbing homes or business houses.
The streets of Mobile and Pensacola are a mass of wreckage.
The railroad tracks have, in many cases, been washed up. Eleetrie
light, street railway and telephone nnd telegraph systems have
been put out of commission.
Fears are felt for persons and property at Gulfport and Biloxi.
Neither place has been heard from since the storm struck the
It is stated that the Louisville nnd Nashville rnilr’oad suffered
n loss of fully $1,000,000 by reason of the damage done to its tracks
and bridges.
Special to The Georgian.
Montgomery. Ala., Bept. 29.—It la
thought that when the entire llal of
deaths from tho hurricane become
known It will be between 60 and 100.
Some eatlmatea place It at 76. Ix»a of
llvea has been reported from the terri
lory embraced within a radlua of 60
mllea of Mobile.
The dead so far reported from dif
ferent places la as follows:
Navy Covt.
MRS. D. I, A DIMER AND TWO
DAUGHTERS.
ALEXANDER JOHNSON.
HENRY JOHNSON.
Condsn.
MRS. SIMON KLOSKY.
LITTLE GRANDSON OF MRS.
KLOSKY.
SUSAN CREVILLON, SERVANT
OF MRS. KLOSKY.
O. WERNETH.
MRS. O. WERNETH.
MRS. 8. M'RAE.
MISS M'RAE.
MRS. HENRY TURNER.-
CAPTAIN .1. STEVENS.
THREE MISSES ALEXANDER.
EDWARD HUELAND.
MRS. HUELAND.
THREE HUELAND CHILDREN
THREE UNIDENTIFIED BODIES
ON THE BEACH.
Bayou La Batrs.
TWO BROTHERS NAMED CAR-
RAWAY.
Alabama Port.
MRS. ELIJAH NELSON.
Del Champa.
MRS. A. L. 1IAZEN, OF NEW CAS
tle, pa.. And two children.
ONE UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN.
TWO UNIDENTIFIED NEGRO
CHILDREN.
THREE NEGRO MEN KILLED B1
FALLING HOUSES.
MRS. HENRY WARMICK.
Soon Ready to Sail.
The Sumner will probably aall for
*mvport News today. The Monterey
an d city of Washington arc In New
York harbot and can be made ready
"i'hln xeven daya.
The Seneca and the Panama are due
nt New York on the 30th Inst., an.l cun
I* ready In live daya.
The troops will be carried on deck or
Continued on Pago Two.
MOBILE
Mobile, Ala.. Sept. 29.—Seventy-five
lives are known today to have t)een
lost In the terrible hurricane that de
vastated this and other cities. The
damage to property Is estimated at
between J 3.000,'MO and $5,000,000.
PENSACOLA
Flomaton, Ala., Hept. 29.—According-
to reports received here from Pensa
cola, Fla., that city suffered tremen
dous loss in the hurricane which raged
all of Wednesday night and the great
er part of yesterday. It Is believed
fully 25 person* lost their life; maybe
The storm struck th‘s city Wednes- . more. The body of George Morgan, a
day night and *ontlnued with unabat- iMheraian, Ini* been recovered. Three
ed fury until 10 o'clock Thursday | British sailors from a steamer In the
morning the wind at times reaching a harbor are said to have been drowned,
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SMALL BOY STRAYS
FI
Lewis Htewart Mayo, aged 7. was
playing In hjs yard,at 83 West Harris
street early Saturday morning. He be
came so interested In a passing lee
wagon nnd Its cargo that he followed It
down the street, and that Is the last
that any one In Harris street has seen
of Lewis.
The disappearance of the small boy
was reported to the police station a*
soon as he was missed, at 9:30 o'clock,
but though the blueroat* have looked
through all the streets, they have seen
nothing of a blue-eyed blond boy with
tan slippers nnd stocking* and a blue
blouse. Mrs. Mayo Is very much wor
ried and Mr. Mayo says he is afraid
Lewis found some had boy* and Is hav
ing too good ;i time to come home.
It lx believed that the youngster will
return like the prodigal non long before
the hour tor the fatted calf at supper
time.
Newport News at once.
Major Wal*. tn-charge of the offices
of the department of the gulf, stated
Saturday morning that he had received
no notification regarding the movement
of Atlanta trogps, knew nothing about
Cuban matters, nor about any ordora
to mobilise an army of occupation.
At Fort McPherson early In the af
ternoon no orders had been received.
Colonel Van Orsdale stated that he
could not state whether or not march
ing orders would be received. There
was a busy atmosphere about the reser
vation. however, and It was evident
thnt the Seventeenth will not be caught
unprepared.
The regiment 1s In lino trim and no
matter which two battalions arc drawn
from Its ranks the men will he fit and
fine. They returned last Tuesday from
Chlckainauga Park, having hiked 200
miles on their way and making n
forced march on the last day In their
hurry to reach Atlanta. The regiment
prospect. Just who will command the
battalions selected from the‘Seven
teenth Is not known. The officers of
the regiment are .as follows:
Colonel J. T. Van Orsdale, Lleuten
nnt Colonel Charles McClure, Major
James A. Maney, Major Edward Cyno-
weth. Major Frank B. McCoy, Chap
lain F. B. Doherty. Captain B. C.
Morse, Captain Carl Relchmann, Cap
tain James H. Frier, Captain Henry
J. Hunt, Captain Mathlaa Crowley,
Captain B. F. Hardeway, Captain
Thomas I,. Smith, Captnln Oscar J.
Charles, Captain Robert C. Davis. Cap
tnln Percy M. Cochran, Captain Robert
O. Van Horn, Captain Adolph H. Hue
get.
First Lieutenants H. P. Hobbs, Fred
erick Goedecks, Winfield Harper. C. J.
Nelson. C. S. Frank, Oliver F. Snyder,
W. R. Kendrick, Thomas Stnryer, Sec
ond Llsutennants II. W. Athbrook, D.
M. Chastain, W. E. Holldny, H. K
Bradford. O. M. P. Murphy. C. M. Hut
lor, W. 8. Drysdnle, M. K. Spladlng,
iui> o. uijmmit, m. rj. niiituiuiK,
J. D, Burnett. E. J. Cullen, F. J. Oster-
man, O. R. Byrd.
COTTON CROP DAMAGED
TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT.
Spcrlnl to Tho Georgian.
Meridian, Miss., Sept. 29.—The storm
which visited Meridian and vicinity
Thursday begnn manifesting Itself
Wednesday night, and lasted for about
24 hours. All telephone and telegraph
communication with\fhe outside world
were shut off until 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. There were no trains run
ning on any of the roads south of here
until today. The damage to crops and
orchards Is enormous. It Is estimated
thnt 25 per cent of the cotton crop Is
a loss.
No fatalities are reported. There Is
no appreciable damage to any resi
dence or place of business yet report*
ed.
The wind ranged from 40 to 6C miles
per hour and the rainfall averaged
Inches.
CYCLONE AT SELMA
DESTROYS COTTON
El
Housd With Occupants
Caught Up and Totally
Demolished.
Special lo The Georgian.
Selma. Ala., Sept. 29.—The Insa to
cotton In Dallas county from Thurs
day's storm followed by the heavy
rains of Friday, will amount to half
million dollars, according to estimates
aggregated today from farmers who
have reached the city. It Is estimated
thnt one-third of cotton that was open
and unpicked In the fields was blown
out and will be practically a total loss.
State Treasurer J. Craig Smith was
here, after a visit to his place In South
Dallas, and he estimates the loss at
one-thlrd. Com Is also damaged, but
cotton has suffered to about ten thou
sand bales In this county alone.
cyclone passed northv of Selma
Friday afternoon between 6 and 0
o'clock. It took a funnel shape and
dipped down at various points In Its
track. The house of O. L. Little, oc
cupied by his wife and three children,
was caught In the whirling wind and
demolished, the occupants being blown
out Into e cotton patch. Walter, the
two-year-old son, was badly Injured
by timbers falling upon him.
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FIFTEEN DIE
OK PENNSY
Seventy-Five Persons
Are Said to Have
Been Injured.
Philadelphia, Sept. 29.—In a rear-end
collision of two passenger trains on the
Pennsylvania railroad at Eddington
near Bristol, Pa., nineteen miles north
of here, today, a number of persons,
estimated at from nine to fifteen, were
killed and muny Injured.
The Philadelphia express, which left
New York at 7:30 o'clock a. m, crashed
Into the renr end of the Long Branch
special, which had stopped above the
station at Eddington to make repairs
on the engine. Tho last car of the local
was cut In two as though by a knife.
The car ahead of It was smashed Ihto
kindling wood.
Tho first of the dead to be taken
from the wreck was a woman. The
body of a man was next remover). An
other was taken out. arid then It was
seen thnt others were In the wreck,
and that fifteen had been killed out
right.
At least seventy persons are reported
seriously Injured.
The New York express was making
almost a mile a minute when its en
gineer sighted the Long Branch spe
cial at the further end of a curve. He
reversed his engine and applied the air
brakes, but he was Jhen so near to the
local that the speed of his train was
barely checked when the crash came.
The engine plowed Its way through
the second car and reduced It to splin
ters. Some of the passengers Were
hurled In the air, while others were
crushed to death by the engine. Pn*.
sengers on the last two cars were either
killed or Injured.
The uninjured went to the aid ot
those pinned In the wreckage. The
first of the dead to be taken from tha
wreck was Miss Brown, daughter of
Dr. Brown, of Elizabeth,. N. J. Her
head was rut off.
Columbus Wentz Conference.
Special to The Georgian.
will make a strong effort to secure the
nezt meeting of the South Georgia con
ference In this city. It has been fifteen
years since the conference held a meet
ing here.
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP LEAGUE
APPLICATION BLANK.
I hereby make application for membership In t)ie MUNICIPAL OWN
ERSHIP LEAGUE.
I favor the ownership of a gas and electric lighting plant by tha city
of Atlanta.
Remarks:
Occupation
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