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, the MORMINO NEWS. I
J VstaM.ishedlSßO. INCORPORATKDIS** -
| J. H. ESTILL, President. )
TERRORS OF THE TORNADO.
Fcariul Havoc at New Orleans, Pen
sacola and Mobile.
Desolation and Death in the Marshes
Around Mobile That Almost Equals
the Horrors of the Visitation Among
the Sea Islands —A Score of Lives
Lost in the Vicinity of New Orleans.
The Blow at Pensacola the Worst in
the City’s History.
New York, Oct. 3. —The Sun’s special
from New Orleans says: 11 A terriffic
storm struck New Orleans late Sunday
nir'lit. coming from the northeast, and
rafted here all night and part of yester
day. sweeping to the south from here
along the line of the Mississippi river,
through the parish of Plaquemine to the
gulf. The storm was one of the worst
which ever visited this part of the coun
try. and as far as can be learned twenty
’ four or more persons were killed and
probably three times as many wounded,
some fatally.
•The wind had reached a velocity of
forty-eight miles an hour at 8 o’clock Sun
da;. night, when the anemometer of the
weather bureau was destroyed, and it
constantly increased in force until 2
o'clock a. m., when its velocity was esti
mated at sixty miles an hour.
INTENSE ALARM.
‘•The crash of sheds and buildings
blown down, trees torn up and houses un
roofed caused intense alarm, and most of
tin- population of the city remained up all
night expecting their houses to be blown
down.
"Among the buildings destroyed was
the Saraparu street market, which
crushed several buildings in its fall.
"The Burdette street Mission 'church,
tiie cotton yards sheds of the Northern
railroad, Coleman’s boiler shop, the
Pythian hotel and a number of other
buildings were unroofed.
"The revetment levee on Lake Pontehar
train, which protects New Orleans from
overflow on the rear, was washed away,
the water sweeping over it fifteen feet or
more. Many of the yachts there were
sunk or injured. The track
of the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad was badly washed for 15
miles and it will be several days before
it can run trains.
THE DEATHS IN TIIE CITY.
“Three deaths and one porson wounded,
severely if not fatally, is the mortality
record in New Orleans. Below the city
it is far worse, especially in Plaquemine
parish. Here the wind reached a velocity
of 100 to 125 miles an hour, sweeping
everything before it. The parish seat of
justice, Pointe ala Haclie, a town of 2,000
people, was the worst sufferer. In the
town not a single house escaped injury.
The court house and Catholic church, the
principal buildings in the town, and some
twenty other buildings were destroyed
and the situation was so threatening that
the greater part of the people, fearing de
struction in their buildings, camped out
in the streets all night in the heavy rain.
The air was filled with debris and the
wind was blowing so fiercely that many of
them had to anchor themselves against
trees to prevent being blown away.
FATALITIES AT POINTE A LA HACHE.
“Four grown people are known to have
been killed in Pointe ala Hache, and
several children, but ho w many is not ex
actly known. Among the killed are Mrs.
Leon LaFranche, wife of one of the lead
ing merchants of the town, and Mrs. E.
Levanders, wife of a well-known law
yer.
“It is probable that the mortality will
be greatly increased when news is re
ceived from far away settlements on the
gulf coast below Pointe ala Hache.
"In the orange counties of Louisiana the
crop was ripe upon the trees and about to
be harvested. It was completely destroyed
in the storm with a loss of £150,0000n this
ono item. The crop on the orange farms
of Bradish Johnson, the largest in the
south, had been sold to a fruit dealer in
New Orleans, Mr. Oteri, for's6s,ooo. It
is said that there is not an orange left on
the trees and it is the same ail the way
down the coast.
“Telegraphic communication was cut
off with nearly all places yesterday.
Skiffs were sent out in the swamps about
Lake Pontchartrain, and forty people were
rescued in more or less danger from the
storm.
Theistorm came from the north and
northeast and southwesterly direction.
“The sugar district escaped the worst of
the blow. Thera is much damage to rice
and sugar cane.”
the DAMAGE AT NEW ORLEANS SIOO,OOO.
N> w Orleans. Oct, 3, 11 :10 p m.—The
storm lias passed, and though the wires
are still down news is trickling into the
?tty from the surrounding country, but it
is not possible' to give a fairly accurate
estimate of the damage wrought by the
iury of the elements on Sunday night
and Monday morning. The damage
* on ‘‘ in the city and in the
mi r run considerably over
8100,000. The extremes of the conserva
tive cstimalts and exaggerated opinions
are so wide apart that it is difficult to
approximate the loss in the country, the
ma ~r portion of which is confined to tho
parishes of Jefferson and Plaquemine,
and more particularly to tho latter. The
upper limit of the storm was not more
tnan a dozen miles above the city. The
s.onn was not as severe as that of 1888.
Here this year the principal sufferers
were the shipping interests. The losses
lude the ferryboat John Hanley, the
s [* am launch Shannon, the Grace Pitt, a
steamboat and a half dozen coal barges
“Honging to Pittsburg firms, which went
Electric wire poles were toppled over,
neds uuroofed and all the electric wires
Jffered great damage. At West End
„ ‘evee and railroad tracks were
greatly damaged.
SMALL TOWNS SEVERE SCFFERERS.
Pointe ala Hache, Bohemia and Pres
fin towns in Plaquemine parish,
•it the brunt of the storm. Several
•’uses were blown down and much terror
felt by the residents until the storm
J™. speut itself. The loss will be heavy.
V?‘ TmFrunce and her babe were
111 killed in escaping from
‘ ' lr “dine, which was shivered by the
r "y At the Empire mill, near Pointe
b n , , e ’ a J’oung mulatto woman was
. ‘‘d by falling timbers. Many per
. 1 s were bruised, but the dead list is
, . lu “’ far as kuown, to the three
,•■• 'Honed. Most of the plantation
• ” v barns, sheds and fences suffered,
• many thousands of dollars will have
” si suit in repairing them.
f, , "V < ' r “ u *e crop of Plaquemine runs
, , ‘ -db.nilo to 400,000 boxes. A conser
l’uts the crop this year at
j, . ' * his was before the storm. Ills
and., 1 ,., ll ‘'t these figures will be cut
u Ml p er oent, making
tivjje Jlofning
a money loss of S2SO,(XX). From
Poydras plantation south most of the cane
was blown down. No plantations escaped.
What the loss will be depends on future
conditions. If there is a period of favor
able weather, a late freeze, the cane will
have time to recover and the loss will be
comparatively small. Kice in Plaquemine
parish has suffered a great deal, much of
it having been blown away and much in
jured.
DAMAGF. TO THE RAILROAD.
The Louisville and Nashville railroad is
tied up. A mile of its track at English
lookout has been wrecked. The pier
head of the Pearl river bridge is badly
injured and the roadbed generally washed
out, the wind having blown the water of
Lake Borgne across the landing in groat
volume and velocity. No trains have ar
rived since Sunday. Wrecking trains
are at work at the scene of the trouble.
The company posted a bulletin this morn
ing, saying it would have no trains to
day. Efforts, however, are to be made to
transfer the government mail by boat.
It will be two or three days before trains
can be got through, and a week or more
before the road will be in fair running
order, and a month before the track and
roadbed can be made as solid as it was
before the storm.
The Shell Beach railroad expects trains
from Plaquemine to-night, and Grand
Island road expect to move trains to-night.
The morning train on the latter road did
not materialize this morning.
A NIGHT OF TERROR.
Many prominent residents of the city,
including business men, were caught by
the storm at the fishing camps on the
English lookout and had a night of ter
ror. All the huts weathered the storm
except one. There was no loss of life,
but the citizens who had been caught at
that point could not get home owing
to the washout on the Louisville
aud Nashville, and were brought to
town on Capt. Poitevant’s tug, which
crossed the lake. On the way over the
tug encountered a schooner, bottom up,
and two others dismasted and wrecked.
It was impossible to learn if there had
been any loss of life, but it is feared there
was.;
A large number of people of this city
are virtually quarantined at the resorts
on the Mississippi sound. These are un
able to get to town owing to the damage
to the bridges and Louisville and Nash
ville washouts. Communication with the
city is somewhat difficult on account of
fallen telegraph wires and poles.
News reached here this evening from
Port Eads that the wind blew eighty
miles an hour there on Sunday night and
that at the mouth of the river John
Casey, the night watchman of the jetty
company, was drowded while attempt
ing to cross the pass. It is thought his
boat was shattered by the Morgan
steamer El Cid, which was going to sea.
The poor fellow’s cries were heard but
it was impossible to send a boat to him.
A STEAMER PETS TO SEA.
The steamer El Cid went to sea in the
gale, carrying with her the bar pilot,
Capt. Williams, as no boat could venture
alongside to take him off. The signal
service station and apparatus were blown
down, but the wind instrument of the
United States engineers weathered the
storm.
At Shell Beach the club house was
wrecked and the fishing camps damaged.
Grand Isle, a summer resort lying in
the gulf, directly in the path of the storm,
is said to have been utterly destroyed, and
it is known that the loss of life is
large. Many people were there spending
the delightful early autumn season and
numbers of those who had spent the late
summer months in their cottages had not
yet started for their homes. The hotel
aud the two long rows of cottages which
constituted the resort are said to be gone
and it is feared that the loss of life at this
point will be great.
In the parish of Plaquemine, the vil
lages of Bohemia, on the marsh and
Shell Beach on Lako Borgne wore wiped
out and at least four lives lost in each
place. On both sides of the river, the
sugar, rice and orange crops suffered a
great deal of damage.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE.
On the west side the loss of life is re
ported to have been very great. It will
be some days before the full extent of the
damage wrought will be known, hut it is
feared here that the grand total will
pale into insignificance the number of
deaths reported from the storm which
recently devastated the Atlantic coast.
BAYOU COOK SWErT AWAY.
Yesterday a lone and ragged fisherman,
who had been a member of the fish
ing colony at Bayou Cook, where
all the oysters bearing that name
are furnished, and which is located
about seven miles back of the Buras set
tlement, came to the Socola canal, which
is located on the west bank of the Missis
sippi, opposite Pointe ala Hache, and re
ported to the keeper of the locks of the
canal, Ozene Martin, that of the 300 peo
ple who composed the colony but thirty
escaped. He described the visitation as
in the nature of a tidal wave which
swept everything before it.
While nothing definite had been re
ceived from Grand Isle, there
was a general impression at
Pointe ala Hache yesterday
that a great disaster had occurred there.
It was even reported that the water had
swept elver the island carrying everything
before it in its awful fury, and much anx
iety is felt about the safety of the 200 or 800
inhabitants who were known to have
been there. Tiie report also said that the
big hotel had been swept away. While
this has not been confirmed, such a ca
lamity was possible in view of the terri
ble violence of the storm at Bayou Cook,
as reported by tho lone fisherman.
Report also had it that the settlements
at Chenier Amanda, which is directly
across the bay from Grand Isle, had been
the scene of a terrible loss of life, but
this also lacked confirmation. No com
munication was possible with those
points and it will doubtless be several
days before the extent of the calamity is
made known.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE FEARED.
Mobile, Ala., Oct. 3.—The details of the
storm which broke with such fury over
the gulf coast Monday morning and raged
with increasing fury for five or six hours
are just beginning to come in. and as was
feared the indications are that the loss of
life in the low lands of the city has been
very great. There is no doubt that it will
be a week or longer liefore the full story
of the storm, with all its details of death
and destruction, will be fully told.
The sun rose clear and bright this af
ternoon, as if endeavoring by its warm
radiance to dispel the gloom cast over
the city by the wind and waves. The in
undated [Kirtion of the city, early, pre
sented an auimated ap|>earance and the
work of cleaning out the muddy sediment
from the stores desposited by the re
ceding water and the debris from
tiie streets was pushed with that
energy and vigor that characterize the
average MobilUn. The damaged goods
were removed from the stores aud ware
houses to places where they could l>e
dried out. Bridge gangs and sectlou
hands were busy along Commerce street
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 189&
repairing the damage to the culverts,
bridges and the roadbed of the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, which runs along
the street nearly a mile.
CASUALTIES TO SHIPPING.
Among the casualties to shipping, the
following are all that are known up to the
present, time:
The eastern shore steamer Crescent
City, beached, on the western shore of
tho bay. two miles below the city.
The river steamers Lee and Lotus were
driven on the marshes, high and dry,
about two miles above the city, and will
probably both be a total loss.
The sloop yacht Annie L., owned by A.
M. Marshall, is almost bottom up near
the mouth of Chickasabogui creek, and
may possibly be saved in a damaged con
dition.
In addition to these vessels, quite a
number of barges were blown in the
marshes that line both banks of the river
north of the city, and one of the barges
used in the dredging work on the chan
nel was also blown high and dry on the
eastern shore, a quarter of a mile below
the city.
The beautiful shell road which wound
along the western shore of Mobile bay for
a distance of nine miles through glades of
moss-festooned magnolias, is almost a
total wreck, involving a loss that, if it
can bo replaced at all, which is extremely
doubtful, will involvean outlay of between
SIO,OOO and $15,000. To-day it is washed,
and whore the road once wound around
the bend of the shore are nothing but
masses of logs and driftwood piled in
almost inextricable confusion, while
across that portion of the road which the
storm has left intact trees have been
blown down in a tangled net-work of
foliage that makes passing even on foot
very difficult.
NEW ORLEANS CUT OFF.
Communication direct between Mobilo
and New Orleans b.v rail has been totally
cut off and will probably not be resumed
for weeks to come.
Between this city and Scranton the
VVesternUnion has barely a pole left stand
ing, though the Postal fared somewhat
better.
Betwoen Venitia and Scranton, thirty
or forty houses were blown down, but no
lives have been reported lost.
At various towns along the route
twelve churches were wrecked, five of
them being located at Grand bay.
In Scranton and at East Pascagoula,
four miles distant on tho sound, houses
were blown down, stores flooded and
stocks damaged, while at East Pasca
goula, which is the port of entry, the
entire beach is said to have been wreck
ed, The losses at the two points are said
to reach SIOO,OOO.
The Louisville and Nashville bridge
across the Pascagoula is slightly
damaged, two or three spans having been
loosened and • badly washed. Between
Scranton and West Pascagoula, a dis
tance of about forty-five miles, three
miles of the track and road bed has been
washed away. There is a three masted
schooner across the track at West Pas
cagoula.
There are no authentic reports from
points south of Mobile on the Louisville
and Nashville, except that two spans of
the Biloxi bridge are washed away.
The damage to the Louisville and Nash
ville is beyond computation at this
time.
Keports from Montgomery are to the
effect that the bridge across Three Mile
creek is damaged, aud that a portion of
the Tensas bridge is washed away. There
are 400 trees across tho track between
Bay Minette and Dyas creek, a distance
of about ten miles. No trains can get
any further south than Bay Minette, and
several washouts are reported.
FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
A row boat trip of the marshes made
to-day by an experienced newspaper re
porter reveals a tale of desolation and
death that will almost iequal those sent
out a month ago from Savannah and the
sea islands.
At every point touched,! houses were
completely gone, while the upper eastern
shore was swept as if by a western
cyclone. From Blakely as far southeast
as reports could be had the natives report
only death and destruction. For
miles inland, the trees aro
laid low and much loss of life
is reported all along the shore. Tho
rumors over there would place the loss of
life at fifty, but possibly not more than
tweut.y-fivc perished. This side of
Blakely, in the marsh, whole families
have beeu swept away, and the actual
loss of life will probably never be known.
The reporter who made the trip rescued
several children and tied up two un
known bodies, one of a girl aged 17, the
other of a man aged about 35, both ap
parently Germans.
SEVEN CHILDREN RESCUED.
Five children, the eldest not over 8
years of age, were found tied together in
the marsh opposite the mouth of Marshall
river. They said their father and mother
had gone in a boat after the house. They
couiu give no intelligible account of them
selves, being evidently German.
A little farther up the river two more
children were rescued. Where those
children came from could not be learned,
as the only family known to reside on the
point where they were found was that of
Mr. Desson. whose wife was drowned.
There was a Manilla man and
his family who lived a little
distance up the shore who were reported
drowned, and the children are probably
theirs, but, speaking no English, the
children could not make themselves
understood. The children were taken to
the uvwoC of u widow on Pole Gat bay,
whose house remained intact.
In the upper delta of the rivers, run
ning into Mobile Bav the streams are re
ported to be full of floating bedding, fur
niture and household effects, showing
that the reports of suffering and death
from this quarter are not overstated.
Owing to the sparseness of the settlement
of these marshes and their inaccessibil
ity except by means of small sail or row
boats, it is probably that many have per
ished whose identity will never be re
vealed.
FATE OF THE MARSH GARDENERS.
The spots inhabited by the marsh gar
deners are only a few feet above mean
low water, and the houses are generally
built on piling as a precaution agaiust
high tides. So far only one family, the
Bangles, are known to have escaped
death. Their continued absence from
their accustomed places in the market
house will probably be the only way in
which their fate will ever be ascer
tained.
In this city, there was great damage
done to the shades trees and many valu
able trees were blown down aud many
beautiful flower gardens were wrecked.
Only one house was blown down, a small
one story affair, though many were par
tially or wholly unroofed.
An attempt was made to-day to gather
from the merchants some approximate
estimate of their losses, but it was soon
found impossible to get anything like a
correct estimate in this way, as many of
them were unable to form any estimate.
There is no doubt that the damage will
reach at least $250,000.
This is a very conservative estimate,
and may be largely exceeded. The Plant
line steamship Florida, and the
Fruit Importing Company's steamer
Nicaragua, the former from Tampa
and the latter from Bluefield, arrived to
day about thirty-four hours overdue.
They report having encountered the
storm about thirty miles off Mobilo bar,
which is said to have been about the cen
ter of the storm. They report that the
storm was blowing 100 miles an hour.
TERRIFFIC AT PENSACOLA.
Two Buildings Blown From a Wharf
Into the Bay.
Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 3.—The most de
structive storm that Pensacola has ex
perienced in twenty years began at 6
o’clock yesterday morning and raged with
increased fury until late yesterday even
ing. The nearest approach to yesterday's
gale was the storm of 1881. The storm
had been brewing since Saturday. Hard
rains fell Saturday afternoon and Sun
day, but a storm of such great intensity
was not expeeted by any one. At 4a. in.
yesterday the wind freshened and the
rain increased. By sa. m a terrific south
east gale was blowing, which continued
at the rate of fifty miles an hour until
noon, when the wind shifted to the south
and increased to sixty miles.
Between 2 and 3 p. m., it began
to shift to the southwest and at 2:45 p. m.
the storm had reached its climax, the
wind at this time having reached a veloc
ity of 36 miles an hour. The rain fell in
torrents and was swept in blinding sheets
through the streets. At the Bay front
people stood in a drenching rain, watch
ing the mighty elements in their work of
destruction. No loss of life has been re
ported, but upon every street uprooted
trees, broken fences and roofless build
ings testify to the storm's force.
BCILDINOS BLOWN INTO THE BAY.
On Bay street wharf a large building
used by Warren & iCo. for smoking fish
was blown into the bay. It was stored
with cured fish, and their loss will be
great. On the same wharf a dwelling
with its contonts was lifted from its foun
dation aud dropped into tho bay. The
greatest damage was on the bay.
The Portuguese bark Josephiae and the
Norwegian bark Wilhelmina were blown
on the beach. One of the vessels is in a
dangerous position, but it is thought that
both can be floated.
The fishing smack Isabella is also on
the beach. Before the storm reached its
height several steamships that were
taking on cargo, raised .-steam and ran
down to the lower bay, where they had
plenty of sea room. Every stick of tim
ber in the bay was cast adrift and is now
strewn along the beach for miles.
Railroad communication is cut off. The
mail train on the Pensacola and Atlantic
road, which left here for Jacksonville
yesterday morning at 6:SO o’clock, could
not gojfarther than Bohemia, ou the bay
shore, and was compelled to return. The
1:35 p. in. train on the Louisville and
Nashville road also encountered wash
outs and was compelled to return to the
city. The only traiug, reachin the city
during tbe.day was from the north at4:35
o’clock a. m.
All telegraphic communication was cut
off before 10 o’clock yesterday, the wires
being down iu every direction, and no
news of the storm could be sent out last
night.
FEARS OF A LABOR RIOT.
Strikers Threaten to Burn the Car
Shops at Decatur, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 3.—Gov. Jones
received news to-night from the sheriff
of Morgan county, of which Decatur is
the county site, saying there will be
trouble at Decatur to-morrow and treeps
will be needed. Decatur is the cite of
the large machinery and car shops of the
Louiville and Nashville system of rail
roads.
Since the strike a few weeks ago more
or less trouble has been brewing between
the union men and the men sent there to
take the places of the strikers. The
shops employ 1,000 operatives. A reduc
tion in their wages was the cause of the
strike.
Another telegram received by Gov.
Jones from Decatur, said tho strikers
have threatened to burn the shops thero
and only by' the aid of troops can they he
prevented from doing so. It urged the
dispatching of troops there to-night.
Gov. Jones lias issued an order calling
out tho militia at Birmingham. The
troops will take the midnight train and
arrive in Decatur before daylight. Lieut.
J. B. Erwin. U. S. A., stationed here,
went up to-night with the other state
militia officers. They will take charge
of the troops at Birmingham.
ROSARIO’S RECAPTURE.
The City Surrendered to the Govern
ment Without Resistance.
London, Oct. 3.—Senor L. L, Domin
guoz, the Argentine minister to Great
Britain lias received the following dis
patch, dated Oct. 2, from the Argentine
minister of foreign affairs:
“The city of Rosario, of which tho
rebels had possession, surrendered yes
terday without resistance on the arrival
of the national troops.
“The province of Santa Fe has been
pacified and the whole republic is now
quiet.
“The government has been supported
by the people. The army and navy re
mained loyal.”
Strike Riots in France.
Paris, Oct. 3.—Striking coal miners
started riots last evening at 1 Alvin, de
partment of Pas-de-Calais, aud Drucourt,
department of Eure. In both towns mili
tary and police quickly dispersed the
crowds. Nobody was injured.
Argentine’s Revolution Ended.
Buenos Ayres, Oct. 3.—Senor Alem, a
radical leader, has been arrested in this
city. The rebellion is believed to have
been suppressed throughout the republic.
A London Builder Fails.
London. Oct. B.—The failure was an
nounced to-day of Abraham Steer, a
builder and contractor of No. 83, Victoria
street, S. W., for $309,000.
Belgium’s Striking Miners.
Brussels, Oct. B.—Thousands of coal
miners are quitting work to Join the
strikers in the Charleroi and Borinage
districts.
Three Deaths at Hamburg.
Hamburg, Oct. B.—No new cases of
cholera were reported to-day but three
death.- occurred
Tillman Wins a Suit.
Washington. Oct. 3.--The Palmetto
trade mark case from South Carolina,
Gov. Tillman against the commissioner or
patents, was decided to-day by Justice
Bradley in the district supreme ooifrt in
favor of Gov, Tillman.
SIX NEW CASES AT JESUP.
Waycross and Waresboro Found Free
From Infection.
The Sanitary Condition of Waresboro
Particularly Good—Fifteen New
Cases Reported at Bunswick and a
Big: Increase Expected on Account
of the Weather Conditions—The
Government Surgeons Working
Like Trojans to Prevent the Fever
From Spreading to New Places.
Jesup, Ga., Oct. 3.—Surgeon Murray
arrived this morning at 5 o’clock on a
special train from Brunswick. As soon
as he had visited the sick and made all
necessary tests, he reported six well de
veloped cases of yellow fever. The fol
lowing are the names of the parties with
the diseases: Mrs. F. P. Rowland, wife
of a telegraph operator; Miss Gray, sister
of Mrs. Rowland; Mr. and Mrs. George
Ogden: Mr. Warren's child, aud a colored
woman named Taylor. The latter is sit
ting up aud will be out in a few days. Miss
Gray’s condition is reported as serious.
Shortly after the examination of the
patients by Surgeon Murray, he was
asked what he thought of the situation of
affairs hore. He replied that fever had
been here for some time and that he con
sidered it quite sorious. Ho will have
all precautionary measures taken to pre
vent the spread of the plague to
any other points. A strong guard
will be placed around the
town, and no one will be permitted to
leave except by way of Camp Detention.
A TELEGRAM FROM MURRAY.
The following telegram was forwarded
to Surgeon General Wyman by Surgeon
Murray:
Six cases declared In four parts of the
town. Evidently the disease has been hore
for the past three weeks. Will send some
parties to camp to-day. Will employ a train
to carry them to Dock Junction. I was at
Garili this morning. I think there are cases,
but had no time to provo them.
Surgeon Murray says that he did not
stop at Bellevista and could not state
what the condition of affairs was there.
Ho is sorry that he did not have time to
visit the sick when here on Sunday last
and then determine tho state of affairs.
Surgeon Murray is commended by a great
many for frankly stating tho
true status of tho disease, while,
on tho other hand, a few
are condemning him for claiming the
sickness to be yellow fever, saying it was
only done for capital. The most conserv
ative people believe that the fow who
condemn tho surgeon in such a harsh
maunor will regret their action before a
great while.
It seoms that we are in for a siege of
the plague, and we have some brave and
determined men that will remain through
it. The oldest inhabitants claim that so
much excitement never before existed in
the community, not even during the riot
of 1889. People are leaving by private
conveyance. Only ono left ou the s[>eeial
for Camp Detention, Col. John W. Ben
nett, representative from this county.
Only two stores in the place were open
this evening besides the two drug stores.
PLUCKY OPERATOnS.
Operator Rowland is at his post of
duty, although suffering with yellow
jaundice and only out of bed with yellow
fever about one week ago. His wife and
sister-in-law have well developed cases ot
yellow fever. Such work as this certain
ly deserves credit. Night Operator Clark
is at his post of duty also, and the volume
of business now handled by him and Mr.
Rowland is enormous.
Mayor Steele, by direction of Surgeon
Murray, has had twenty-five guards
placed around the town to prevent any
others from leaving or entering unless
they will go via Camp Detention. Sur
geon Murray was directed by Surgeon
Goneral Wyman to take charge of af
fairs here and requested Mayor Steele to
take charge until he returned from
Brunswick. Mayor Steele will tako
charge as captain of the guard upon tiie
return of Surgeon Murray, and in addi
tion to the guards a marshal and three
assistants have beeu placed in the
town to take care of property and pre
vent any depredations. A census
has also been ordered taken of tho num
ber of the population.
HOW THE FEVER GOT IN.
Yellow fever must have reached here
through the inefficient quarantine regula
tions. Train crews from Brunswick were
allowed to spend the day and night here,
and the passenger coaches were placed
on the track directly iu front of the
passenger station, where they remained
during the night. During the first quar
antine, all persons here were allowed to
board the cars and converse with tho
Brunswick refugees. This state af affairs
has oven existed at times since quaran
tine was established on Sept. 18.
Passengers were allowed to remain in a
car ou the north “Y, ” and any
one who desired could communicate with
them. The conductors and engineers on
trains from Brunswick were permitted to
enter the town for tho purpose of signing
train orders. Much blame is also at
tached to some of the officials of the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
road who would go into Brunswick, spend
the day and return here on the train
running between Jesup and Dock Junc
tion aud wait over for the regular north
bound trains from Jacksonville.
RAILROAD OFFICES MOVED.
The East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor
gia office has been moved to the coal
chute two miles above the city. All
trhough business will be transacted from
there by way of Doctortown and Dale’s
Mill.
The city by 7o’clock to-night was almost
dc|H>pulated of the white citizens. It has
been raining here since last night, which
makes the situation more serious.
Drs. Tuten and Little report one new
case to-night, thatof Jim Taylor, husband
of tiie colored woman reiiorted above.
Mrs. Charlie Warren gave birth to a
hoy to-day weighing nine pounds. Mrs.
Warren is reported doing well by Dr.
Little.
Drs. Tuten and Little are the only phy
sicians giving any relief to the sick. The
others are reiiorted indisposed, but hope
to be on duty in a few days.
Dr. Lincoln arrived to-night at 9 o’clock
from Savanuah. He made no house to
house inspection, as was stuted in Savan
nah this afternoon.
NO FEVER AT WARESBORO.
Waycross Also Free From Infection
of Any Kind.
Waycross, Ga , Oct. 3.—Surgeon Gen
eral Wyman ordered Surgeon DeSaussure
to Waycross and Waresboro to inspect
case* of sickness at those places, which
had been reported to him as being sus
picious. Dr. DcNaussure arrived here
this morning and went direct to Wares
boro. He found that there wore no sus
picious cases there. Dr. DcNaussure re
turned here this afternoon and after in
spection pronounced the city all right and
free from any suspicious sickness. Ho
returned to (lump Detention on a spoeial
train to-night.
Mayor Knight wired Surgeon General
Wyman to-day as follows: “Please give
me the author of the rumor that
warranted your sending I)r DoSaussure
here to inspect Waycross. He pronounced
the city all right. A. M. Knight, Mayor.”
A telegram was received hero from Sa
vannah late this afternoon inquiring
about a suspicious death at this place
which was reported there to-day. There
was no foundation for such a rumor.
There has not beeu a death here in
several weeks.
Tiie following proclamation was issued
to-day by Mayor Knight. “On account
of the prevalence of yellow fever in Jesup
and on St. Simon’s and Jekyl Islands a
rigid quarantine is hereby declured
against those places. No persons, bag
gage or freight will be permitted to enter
the city of Waycross. The officers aud
employes of the railroad companies and
the citizens of Wa.lfcross are requested
to assist in enforcing this quarantine.”
It is leurned that the object of Surgeon
DeSaussure’s visit here to-day was to in
vestigate the cause of the death of Gapt.
E. H. Crawley, who died twenty-three
days ago. After learning all the facts iu
tiie case he pronounced his ailment mala
rial fever.
WARESBORO COMES OUT ON TOP
No Fever There and no Local Causes
to Produce It.
Waresboro, Ga., Oct. B.—Dr. P. G. Do-
Saussure, a marine surgeon from the de
tention camp, arrived here at 11 o’clock
this morning with orders from Surgeon-
General Wyman. The news soon spread
over town that tie had come to see a sus
pieious fever case. This was a great sur
prise to the authorities, as well as to the
citizens. He made a personal viclt to
almost every house here and found no
suspicious cases, as was stated by your
correspondent in to-day's issue. Wares
boro’s sanitary condition and health
record challenges investigation, for, as
was remarked by Dr. DeSatissure to Dr. J.
M. Spence, the mayor, to-day, there are
no local causes for diseases of any kind, a
compliment he said lie was unable to pay
any other town of her size in proximity
to the seacoast. The pre-emption secured
by vigilance and ordinances is second to
none. While tho town was amazed at the
vilifying report which brought into our
midst a sight never witnessed before, a
visit from a marine surgeon, the evil in
tended lias worked to our good, since the
high authority of the surgeon’s report
will set at rest the question mooted by
some enemy of Waresboro. Waresboro
is free from disease and from any cause
producing infection. At a mass meeting
of citizens this afternoon several commit
tees wore appointed to solicit sub
scriptions for tiie Brunswick sufferers.
They expect to ship them a good lot of
provisions the latter part of this week.
WYMAN ON THE ALERT.
Tho Marine Hospital Department
Holding the Fever in Oheck.
Washington, Oct. B.—Active measures
are being taken by the marine hospital
service to prevent the spread of contag
ion from Jesup, Ga., where one death
from yellow fever resulted Saturday
night and was proven by the autopsy
held Sunday, and where six other cases
aro reported to-day. Surgeon General
W.vman has ordered Dr. Lincoln of Sa
vannah to Jesup to act as sanitary inspec
tor of the marine hospital ser
vice. Drs. Samuels and Murray
are already there. A small
quarantine station is ready for use. In
structions have been given all railroads
to allow no trains to stop at Jesup ex
cept such as may be necessary to put off
supplies. Inspectors havo also been de
tailed ito watch all trains, so that refu
gees may not escape and carry the con
tagion with them.
INVESTIGATING RUMORS.
The department has been unofficially
advised of rumors of cases at Waycross,
Waresboro, Gardi and Bello Vista. Dr.
DeSaussure was sent to investigate Way
cross and Waresboro and Dr. Murray was
to-day not only at Jesup put investigated
the alleged suspicious cases at Gardi and
Belle Vista, both of which are on the
line between Brunswick and Jesup. Two
additional immune doctors have been
ordered to report to Surgeon
Murray for duty, one of them
being Acting Assistant Surgeon Booth of
Shreveport. In response to an inquiry,
Acting Assistant Surgeon Kenan
wires Surgeon General Wyman, from
Darien, a short distance from Brunswick,
that the place is healthy aud every effort
is being put forth to keep away refugees.
Authority has been given to employ ad
ditional guards if it becomes necessary.
BRUNSWICK’S RECORD.
Fifteen New Cases—Fears of a Big In
crease Owing to the Weather.
Brunswick, Ga., Oct. 3.—Throe deaths
were officially reported to-day. Miss Rosa
Nisi, the infant of Blount Bowen aud Mrs.
Emma Willis, all white.
Fifteen new cases of fever were report
ed to-day as follows:
Whites—Miss Ella Ford, corner Grant
and First aviuiuo: Willie Lucree, corner
E and L streets; Harold Morgan, 708 M
and Gstreets; Mrs. J. J. Speurs, 524 B
street; Fred Winchester, 506 First ave
nue; Theo Johannesen, Jekyl Island; J.
B. Mock, 814 C street, relapse.
Colored—Thomas Fisher, 604 Thirteenth
street; Essie Campiield, 420 Albany street;
Sallie Winchester, 412 A street; Mary
Reddish, 500 South Albany street; Pris
cilla Reynolds, 703 South Amherst street;
William Moore. 121 Ellis street; Elbert
Bobbins, 807 North Bartow street; Joseph
Carpenter, 710 South Amherst street.
Discharged—Murray Furlow, Mary
Nelson, Mrs. Iverson Wallace, William
Winchester, ail white; and Wesley High
smlth, colored.
Two of the deaths to-day reported were
unofficially reported by the Morni.no
News eorres[>oudont last night.
There were three physicians. Surgeons
Murray and Faget and Dr. Hugh Burford
absent from tp-dav’s meetiug. Surgeon
Murray was attending matters at Gardi
and Jesup. Surgeon Faget was on Jekyl
island and Dr. Burford on St. Simon's
Island. Had these physicians beeu able
to report their cases found in the twenty
four hours passed since the last meeting
a larger increase would have
resulted. Surgeon Faget reports
C. J. Doerflihgcr’s suspicious case at Fancy
Bluff, South Brunswick, only malarial
fever.
Dr. Burford report* no new cases on
St Simon's Island
The Morning News correspondent is
I DAILY, $lO A YEAR I
4 S CENTS A COPY. J
I WEEKLY.*I2S A YEAR. 1
positive that there are now seven cases
of yellow fever under treatment on Jekyl
Island. Only five as far as correspond*
ent knows havo to date been re|>ortod o
the health board. Surgeon Paget is at
tending them. Several that are now be
ing treated were Dr. Hugh Burford’s pa
tients Something has caused difficulty
in getting the names and location of these
patients. Without regard to the effect it
will have on any one’s property, the cor
respondent feels Justified m reporting
every case he authoritatively learns ex
ists without considering the localitiee
thus affected. There are now eighty-two
eases under treatment, discharged forty
two, died fourteen, total 138. Ratio of
deaths 10.1.
A BIG INCREASE EXPECTED.
Wet weather continues and an increase
from 50 to 100 oases at one time can be
daily expected. The force of
physicians is now badly over
worked. Surgeon Murray has
not slept except on car scats on special
trains in four days and nights. Surgeon
Faget and and all the local physicians
are undergoing a terrible physical and
mental strain, but they do not complain.
Surgeon Murray is marshaling his
forces to meet a tremendous outbreak
hourly expected. All the local iramunes
who have volunteered us nurses am
awaiting orders Acting Assistant Sur
geon Booth of Shreveport, La , and Dr.
Wall, a local physician of Tampa, are
en route to Brunswick under Surgeon
Murray’s instructions.
Alexander Beck of Atlanta, arrived to
day to assist Dr. J. W. Janes in his
treatment with Dr. Sanche’s Oxydonor.
Both of these gentlemon are un
acellmated and non immunes, but hava
such confidence in their instruments that
they anticipate no danger.
SURGEON MURRAY'S REPORT.
Surgeon Murray returned at 9 o’clock
to-night from Belle Vista,Gardi find Jesup
on the East Tennessee, Bello Vista has
only malarial fever. At Gardi, two
children of Mrs. Lanes are ill. but the
diagnosis has not been completed and the
disease is not yet named.
Jesup lias six new cases—L. Ogdon and
wife, Mrs Frank Rowland, Miss B. Gray,
Miss Taylor and an infant of Mr. Warren,
who died last week. Mr. Warren was re
lated to Mrs. Lane of Gardi, and slept at
her house one night, presumably while
the fever was on him Jesup has had
yellow fever in her midst for three
weeks past. Two men named Row
land and Cole were sick with tho
disease there three weeks ago to-morrow,
according to Surgeon Murray's investi
gation. They did not know tho nature of
their illness and no physician attended
them. Both recovered. Three deaths
besides Mr. Warren’s occurred
there during Septcmbr, but none of the
other three bad yellow foyer. No trains aro
allowed to stop there and all goods and
passengers for that [joint are stopped at
Doctortown, five miles above. Surgeon
Murray has thrown an armed cordon
around Jesup similar to that around
Brunswick. He has arranged for a
special train to carry him dally from
Brunswick to Camp Detention, back to
Dock Junction, thence to Jesup and all in
termediate points and back to Brunswick.
His increased labors have compelled him
to abandon all daily practice in Bruns
wick. He says this section is permeated
with yellow and only tho strictest quar
antine will prevent Its march.
TUK DEATH AT WATCROSS.
Surgeon Murray has finished his exam
ination Into the death of IS. H. Crawley
at Wa.ycross. who died twenty-two days
ago and pronounces the rumor that Craw
ley died of yellow fever erroneous.
Dr. Hugh Burford returned from St,
Simon's at 9:80 o'clock to-night and pro
nounces two children of A. V. Wood,
Irene and Alfred, agod 5 and 11, 111 with
yellow fever.
Surgeon Fagot, at a late hour to-night,
handed the Morning News correspondent
the names of the seven patients with yel
low fever of Jekyl Island. They are:
Mr. Tallcersal and wife, Mrs. Olsen,
Theodore Johannesen and Louis Walters,
all white; C. Berrie and a child, ne
groes.
Mr. Talkersal and his wife, and Mr. Jo
hannesen have been officially rei>orted.
The others will be reported to-morrow.
The Dr. West reported in last night’s
dispatches as rofugeeing is not Dr. A. V.
West. Dr. A. V. West is still hero and
with his co-worker, Dr. Blair, is doing
noble work for Surgeon Murray. These
two colored physicians have seventy
eight patients on their list that they at
tend daily and nightly.
Dr. R. E. L. Burford is ill to-night with
fever caused from getting wet at the
quarantine station.
Rev. Dr. J. A. Thompson is convalscent
from a slight attack of malaria.
Misses Catmio Butts and Mary Dexter,
two popular .young ladies, returned to
day from a pleasure trip to Tennessee.
Mrs. M. C. Rowe of Union street and
Mrs. A. V. Putman of II and C streets aro
making soup for the sick. Persons de
siring to be supplied can call on these
ladies between the hours of 11 and 8.
SANFORD SENDS MONET.
Sanford, Fia., Oct. 3.— M. H. Bowler,
treasurer of the Friday night’s citizens
meeting, to-day forwarded 1207 93 to
Brunswick, with more to follow. This
livoly city can always be relied onto help.
Baxley Quarantines.
Baxley, Oct. 3.—Bhxley has established
a rigid quarantine against all yellow fever
districts. Officers will meet all trains
north and south, and all persons not
holding proper health certiiicates will
not be allowed to stop within the town
limits.
Florida on Guard.
Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 3.—The state
board of health issued a decree to-day re
quiring all persons entering the state to
have health certiiicates.
SALE OF THE SOUTH BOUND.
The Florida Central Purchases its Ea
tire Capital Stock.
New York, Oct. 3.—The Florida Cen
tral and Peninsular Railroad Company
has purchased the entire capital stock of
the South Bound railroad, amounting to
*2,083,000, from the Savannah Construc
tion Company and assumes the control of
the property at once.
Piano Nakers Fail-
New Yorit. Oct. 3.-—Leopold Peck and
Henry Phondheim, composing the firm of
Hardman, Peek &Cos., piano manufactur
ers, at No. LBB Fifth avenue, Nos. 833 and
835 West Forty-eighth street, and 818 to
884 inclusive. West Fortv-ninth street,
made an assignment to-day to Joseph
Ullmun, with preferences to the Mercan
tile and (Second National Bank, and Will
iam Kraus for all debts duo them.
Uore Certificates Canceled.
New York, Oct. B.—The clearing house
loan committee to-day canceled certifi
cates aggregating *I.O2O,WX> for the day.
The total now outstanding is #23,o*o,iliW.
Certificates to the amount of
were called for to-morrow.