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, t HE MORNING NEWS. )
J V r*Ri.isHii>iaY). Incorporated 1888 V
] j H. ESTILL. President. |
YELLOW JACK HELP AT BAY.
TUe Epidemic Losing its Crip and its
March Stopped.
Only Nine New Cases Reported at
Brunswick Yesterday and No
Deaths-The Patients on Jekyl Is
land Will Recover With One Excep
tion Everybody on St. Simon’s Do
ing Well—A List of the Contribu
tions Sent By Sympathizing' Towns.
No New Cases at Jesup—One Case of
Fever at Gardi Early in the Epi
demic.
Brunswick, Ga., Oct. s.—Nine new
cases : fever were officially reported to
ds . a> follows:
W'.ite Mrs. Theodore Jobannessen,
Jekyl island.
Colored—Maria Bowles, 210 Stonewall
street; Joe Bell, 338 South Wolf street;
John Neils, 406 Johnson street; Jack
Morris M 2 A street; Grace Gardner, 416
Amherst street; G. W. Ellison and Mar
gie K 1 son, 306 Reynolds street; child of
A Whitaker, Jekyl Island.
Discharged—Johnnie Bowden, Priscilla
Fisher. Sophie Bland, Mrs. Ford, Lula
Andrews.
Recapitulation—Cases under treatment,
87: discharged, 66; died. 14; total, 157;
rate of mortality, 8.0 per cent.
ALL CASES NOT REPORTED.
While the death record is correct and
cannot by any reason be disputed and
proves conclusively the skill of Bruns
wick's practicing physicians, the Morn
iv. News correspondent reiterates the
statement wired several times previously
that there are more cuses of yellow fever
in Brunswick than appears on the of
fi ial report. A careful investigation by
practicing physicians among Brupswick's
colored population will bring to light
from fifty to seventy-five eases of yellow
fever now listed as malaria. The
cause for this is easily explained. Drs.
Blair and West, two colored physicians,
are employed by Su -geon Murray hunt
ing the sick among their race. In addi
tion to these Charles A. Clark, a well
known and very reputable colored citizen,
is employed by Surgeon Murray as tempo
rary government sanitary inspector.
These three men do not report to the
health board but to Surgeon Murray’.
The day following their reports. Sur
geons Murray and Faget, in addition to
M-iting the white patients daily, made
the rounds of all the patients the colored
sanitary inspector hud listed. Surgeon
Murray’s enforced absence from Bruns
wick in surrounding towns, for the past
several days, has prevented these colored
si< k from having their eases positively
diagnosed, and the consequence is there
are now over 100 colored people listed by
the three inspectors as malarial fever.
SO MUCH MALARIA IMPROBABLE.
It is nonsense to presume that malaria
prevails to such an extent during a
yellow fever epidemic in a population of
Brunswick's size. Therefore:the sensible
conclusion is that two-thirds of the sick
have genuine yellow fever. In addition
to these three colored inspectors Dr.tL. B.
Davis, a physician who rendered invalu
able services in the Brunswick epidemic of
1876. but who has not since actively prac
ticed for reasons best known to himself,
bus come forward with his services and is
now hard at work among the
sick A peculiar feature of Dr.
Davis' reports, however, is that
he never reports any cases of
fever. He has a large and growing list
of patients classed as malaria. This feat
ure of Dr. Davis* reports and the peculiar
predicament the colored inspectors ure
placed in by Dr. Murray’s enforced ab
sence Ims aroused the health board to
action. Realizing the condition of
affairs. Col. Goodyear to-day made
• itiotion, which was carried,
that a committee of three, con
sisting of President Hugh Burford,
M D., Dr. J. A. Dunwody and J. A.
Butts be appointed to investigate the
tnattcr and accept the invitation Dr.
Davis some days ago tendered the board
or any member thereof to visit his patients
ami ascertain whether any mistake had
"' |,M made the diagnosis of the cases
1 " V eing treated by him and the three
> c l sanitary inspectors. In addition
to ’ ;s tiie committee were instructed to
O' :er with Surgeon Murray on the same
Une.
mt. WALL ARRIVES.
l)r Wall of Tampa arrived in Bruns-
J 1 k to-day. and Surgeon Carter reported
■*> at Camp Detention. H. Moon,
b' l M'Lk street, to-night unofficially re
porrn,; anew ease, which is very mild.
Dr I bort Burford is rapidly improv
i 1 will be up in a few days.
r D Burford has been appointed act
"!> on land vice Dr. J. A. Dun
i - ned. His appointment does
with Dr. Robert Burford's
* p. "u ’l? acting surgeon at quarantine,
title t i- ' 1 ford was called to quaran
, " . ’ay t,, Investigate a suspicious ease
; rusalem. from Santos. It
Proied to lie a , use of overheat.
& l " r H. Deveaux is in communi
' 1 . "'Dli VVashington regarding
iicmc matters at this i>ort during
Su g ; , in Burford’s illness.
-r ion develops the fact that the
~p "'it from Waresboro was the
\n •> slight fainting spell of Miss
>'Harvey, a Brunswick refugee,
f,., ; ""coit. Someone feared it was
Vi aml wi! ' ed the alarm.
' I’ ll Dents on Jekyl will all recover,
.Vcai s,'!? ej£ ccpticn, a person about 70
n. 'Dents on St. Simon’s arc rapidly
nifiiVs rh' :im * ibere are no new develop-
THE CONTRIBUTIONS,
n.:r . ll ?i ssa, ’. v Manager J. IV. Smith esti
vi- ' ll| e value of the contributed pro-
B r , !l : ' ived to date as follows:
It,. H * 216 W Valdosta i 210 ),
\V ax i'* * ■• c 551 Hr Dawson 42 75
Sa . u I*l 50:Fort Volley... 8 z 25
J a “b, . 1.173 HSRoine 483)
Ai: ~ Ull< ' 12 Goshen. \Y. Huo
Ji-s 24# uo Tbnmasville . 2 80
Cha' i 0 OOlMilledgeville,. 80 00
Di .*’*•* 61 18 Kisslmeo.Fla. 2# 00
Atia , 17 SO Whlgham 180
Mi".i "• #73 H 2 Columbus 748 2S
Wuipi •;. -JO do; Montgomery.. i,i3 to
S.,r- #7 75' Athens 124 30
: , 22 So
N.u . ■'“* ••• Dl4 Total .J 8.334 83
7 SO
It '■ ,llr ‘ount added to the cash sub
i. makes a total of #17.968.36 ro
ll, - "stribution by the relief com
u motig the sufferers.
isi,. J'ortb of provisions furn
hc ‘ Vpeople with three day
ix: I he stock or goods now in tho
1 1 * 't:ing rapidly exhausted.
*m. 100 °* duty are doing hard
‘ ton Sl Dodge Lumber Conqmny
Sb# fHofning ffctosS.
of New York, through Rev. A. G. P.
Dodge, contributed 8200 to-day.
The Young Men’s Christian Association
of Mobile. Ala., sent #SOO yesterday.
Rev. J. L. Ainsworth of Jesup sent
#25.50 yesterday.
NO NEW CASES AT JESUP.
Jesup, Ga., Oct. s.—Dr. Lincoln reports
to-night six cases and two suspicious
ones. Miss Gray is very low.
Dr. G. W. Drady is pronounced critic
ally ill by Dr. Lincoln with a relapse of
yellow fever.
Surgeon Murray and Dr. Little arrived
from Gardi this afternoon and report no
eases there. Ob their arrival they wont
immediately to Dale's Mill to Investigate
the sickness there, and at Screven some
person heard of their intention of going
and moved the sick. Dr. Little has been
detailed by Surgeon Murray to make a
full investigation of affairs at those
places.
The general opinion among the physi
cians now as to how the fever originated
here is that it was brought here by Dr.
Little during the first quarantine against
Brunswick. A daughter of Mr. Manning,
who refugeed from Brunswick to Gardi,
it has since transpired, had yellow fever
at Gardi and was treated by Dr. Little.
Since that sickness we have had quite a
number of sick parties here, and their
symptoms show that it Was “yellow
jack.”
The following telegram was forwarded
to-day:
Wyman, Washington. D. C.: I have
carefully inspected Gardi, a community of
125 people living within a half mile radius.
They are free from nil sign of yellow fever.
Warren couid not get it there. No new cases
The six cases are doing Well, except one. No
trains of any kind stop at Jesup. There is
no need of an inspector at Jesup or Wav
cross. Jesup is closely guarded and carefully
attended. I will pay fares to Dock Junctioa
in the forenoon, hut only two will go to the
camp. I had Warren a 1 effects burned and
fumigated the house. Dr. Carter is an Im
mune. I cannot leave Jesup till 5 o’clock a. m.
I will inspect Screven to day.'
Murray, Surgeon.
trains Can stop.
The report in to-day’s issue of the News
that Mayor Steele ordered the railroad
people not to allow train 11 with the bag
gage and mail ear to stop, was misunder
stood by the railroad people. Mayor
Steele informed the Mohninu News cor
respondent that on Tuesday night a pas
senger came in on the train and that he
meant that no passenger should be al
lowed to enter the city, and not that the
express and mail matter should not come
in. We v\ere shut off entirely’ last night
by the misunderstanding of his orders.
To-night we will receive mail and ex
press.
Mayor Steele and others have gotten
over their fright and are settling down to
business Everything was more sys
tematic to-day. Dr. Lincoln is regarded
very highly by the people here. He is a
tine executive officer, uud when ho issues
an order he means that it shall be carried
out. Surgeon Murray is making many
friends also, and his ability to handle the
disease is recognized now by all the peo
ple. His forte is in tlie sink room. Dr.
Tutten and Dr. Little are doing all in
their power to relieve the sick.
All the preachers have left town, and
if a death should occur there would not
be a minister to read the funeral rites.
They were the last whom the people
thought would forsake them.
Operator Rowland left his post to-day
on account of being sick and to attend to
his wife. Operators Wall and Clark will
keep up the service.
Yard Masters Clark and Broek are do
ing double duty, running trains and mak
ing them up at Dale's Mill and Odum.
These are plucky men and show that
they will not shirk any duty, in fact, the
whole yard force is about worked down.
At It o'clock to-night Mrs. Ogden is re
ported as worse.
RIO ALL RIGHT.
The Damage by the Bombardment Not
as Bad as Reported.
London, Oct. 5.—A dispatch received
to-day from Rio Janeiro by the Exchange
Telegraph Company says: “At 9 o'clock
this morning the situation was distinctly
more favorable. There are evident signs
of the interposition of the powers with
the important effect of calming public
feeling. The statements that Rio has
been virtually destroyed are absolutely
false. The damage in Nietneroy and its
vicinity is serious, but the greater part of
Rio has oeen left untouched by the bom
bardments. Banks are open and business
is transacted actively throughout the
city. Tho rebels in the state of Santa
Catarena are showing a desire to come to
terms.” •
THE DETROIT STEAMS AWAY.
Ft. Monroe, Oct. s.—'The Detroit sailed
at 10 o’clock this forenoon for Rio.
MKLI.O OI’ENS EIRE AO AIN.
Buenos Ayres, Oct. 5. —Telegrams re
ceived from Kio Janeiro confirm the.re
]>ort that Admiral Mello is again bom
barding the city. All the business places
in the city are closed. The damage so far
is reported as trifling.
Since President Peixoto has mounted
new guns and made preparations to re
turn the fire of the rebels, the command
ers of the foreign men-of-vrar are unde
cided as to whether or not they would be
justifiable in stopping the bombardment,
and are awaiting more precise instruc
tions from their respective governments.
SOLDIERS BURNED ALIVE.
An Infantry Barracks Burned to the
Ground in Russia.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 5. —The infantry
barracks at Roslav, in the province of
Smolensk, was burned last night. The
fire was discovered shortly after 10
o’clock by a non-commissioned o fflcer. He
gave an alarm. Before all the men could
be aroused the flames had spread through
most of the building and about 400 men
ran out in their night clothes. Of 00
who were driven to the roof and obliged
to jump 11 were killed and 8 injured
so severely that they will die. Twenty
three men and five non-commissioned of
ficers were overcome in the hall or their
rooms bv smoke and heat and were
burned to death. Many other soldiers
are missing but it is impossible to learn
whether their bodies arc in the ruins or
they were merely Injured and are being
cured for by friends in town.
The lire is believed to have been set b.v
a member of the regiment, as it spread
more rapidly than could have been possi
ble under ordinary circumstances.
ITALY’S CHOLERA EPIDEMIC.
Three Cases and Five Deaths Reported
at Leghorn.
Rome, Oct. s.—Three new cases of
cholera and five deaths were reported at
Leghorn yesterday. ..
In Palermo there were fourteen deaths,
but no new cases since Sept. 80.
Sixty-eight cases of cholera and thirty
eight deaths are rejmrted in tbo lunatic
asylum at Nocera.
NO NEW CASES AT UAMHI RO.
Hamburg, Oct. s.—No fresh easea of
cholera have developed la this city tu the
past forty-eight hours.
SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1893.
BUSY BIMETALLISTS.
Many Delegates Take Part in the
Day’s Debate.
St. Louis, Oct. s.—The last day of the
Pan-American bimetallic convention
opened with the committee on
resolutions presenting a supplem
, ental report unfavorably passing
upon a proposition by Thomas Warren to
take action looking to endorsement of the
removal of the national capital further
west, also favoring the printing and cir
culation of the address of yesterday by
Walter N. Allen of Kansas upon the ex
ception clause of the silver law. The re
port was adopted without dissent.
The question came then upon the adop
tion of the report of tho resolutions com
mittee.
Delegate Waterbury of Kansas moved
an amendment to the report by the addi
tion of a proposition presented by H. M.
Taylor of Mexico, favoring an increase
of the volume of the currency by the issue
of legal tender notes secured by land val
ues. Upon this motion Delegate Cochran
of Missouri took the floor, in opposition
to any and all efforts to say or do anything
ill this convention upon the money question
other than fully and entirely indorse the
free coinage of silver.
Mr. Taylor replied in defense of his
proposition, urging that money based
upon such security was as snfe as the
money based upon the honor of our gov
ernment and as the #346,000,000 of green
backs.
THE PE* CAPITA CIRCULATION.
Delegate Waterbury of Kansas, upon a
text #5.71 per capita, public and private
debt, pleaded for an increase of the volume
the currency with which to meet it by
the means proposed in, the minority re
port.
For the majority of the committee on
resolutions Gov. Tillman spoke briefly,
declaring that it was the desire of his
committee to concentrate the efforts of
the convention Upon the central puriwse
—bimetallism, amj for that reason it
seemed to him unwise to seek more now,
no matter how alluring the prospect.
OOV. WAITE’S ELBA.
Gov. Waite of Colorado begged the con
vention not to be diverted from the one
great issue. Until the success of bi
metallism showed Wall street, to have
lost its grip upon legislation it was im
possible to secure any other form of finan
cial legislation. As to the west and
south, they could control tho policies of
the country if it became necessary. Ho
declared bid belief that there were
millions of Inoney now in Washington
with which to buy congress, and with
such a condition the south and west must
unite.
Delegnte Manning of Alabama declared
the readiness of the south for a union
with tho west in the battle for the free
coinage of silver, but pleaded for the ex
clusiort of extraneous matter from the
platform as a diversion of the purpose of
the convention.
Delegate Kaggs of the same state spoke
in a similar strain, also denouncing Presi
dent Cleveland as an enemy and betrayer
of the people.
Delegates Taylor, Waterbury and
Waite withdrew the minority report.
Then with a motion to adopt the majority
report pending the convention adjourned
until 2 p. in.
At the afternoon session, pending action
upon the report of the resolu
tions committee a resolution was of
fered provjding that in tho event of
the failure of congress to provide ade
quately for the use of silver as money, for
the nailing of a national convention in
January 1894, under the auspices of the
governors of Missouri, South Carolina,
Kansas and Colorado, including delegates
from every state and territory, and Tabor
aid agricultural organization, to take
action looking to a thorough agitation of
the question before another election.
Pending action upon this, the regular
order was called for and S. S. King of
Kansas City, speaking to the sixth
clause of the resolution, represented the
doing of the recent gulf transportation
conference at Chicago and pleaded for a
new route to the old world—a relief from
the commercial tyranny of New York and
Chicago, as he said.
TILLMAN TAKES THE FLOOR.
Gov. Tillman of South Carolina then
took the floor to close the debate upon the
resolution's report. He declared tho
financial question presented but another
form of slavery. As to the sectionalism,
every section had and would vote as its
interests demanded. As to this he was
not uneasy, but he was as to the adhesion
to the party making so many men forget
that others have rights. Touching again
upon sectionalism and reconstruction, he
declared himself a Hamburg rioter,
and asked what made him so. It
was negro domination. The end
justified the means. He had
no apologies to make for attempts to
secure honest government by honest men,
unawed by the bayonets of giant soldiers.
Coining once more to the present he took
up statistics to show that the west and
south could control the presidency and
Senate, within nine of a majority of the
House, and these men could be picked up
east of the Mississippi. Would the west
meet the south?
GOV. LEWET.I.YN REPLIES.
Gov. Lewellyn answered: What would
the governor of South Carolina'ask? Had
not Kansas sent ex-confederates to the
congress! Was not this an olive branch
of peace! Was it not a sufficient pledge
that the old issues were dead, that the
bloody chasm was crossed and that the
west was prepared to do her part! As
Gov. lewellyn closed. Gov. Tillman rose
and the two governors grasped hands in
a common platform amid cheers which
sudßided only when the convention ex
hausted itself.
At the cessation of the cheers the ques
tian was put on the majority report of the
committed.f>n resolutions and it was
adopted trainimously in form as reported.
The resolution providing for the calling
of a national convention in January was
withdrawn, and after the transaction of
some minor business, including the
passing of the usual resolutions
of thanks, the convention adjourned sine
die, having first provided for the calling
of another convention if deemed necessa
ry by the president and secretary of the
Pan-American Metalic League.
NEW YORK’S DEMOCRATS.
Short Opening Session of the Conven
tion at Saratoga.
Saratoga. N. Y., Oct. 's.—Tho demo
cratic state convention met hero shortly
after noon to-day.
Chairman Murphy of the state com
mittee called the convention to order and
nominated Daniel Lockwood of Buffalo as
temporary chairman. He was elected
and given a rousing greeting.
After a brief session of speech making
and the appointment of tho usual commit
tees the convention at 1:45 o’clock ad
journed until 10 o'clock to-morrow.
George Raines, of Rochester, was
elected chairman of the committee on
resolutions.
OVER A THOUSAND RILLED.
Tie Death List of the Cull Cyclone as
Large as First llcpurled.
Nothing Able to Withstand the Fury
of the Blow at Biloxi—The Chande
leur Island Quarantine Station
Wrecked—Great Damage to Shipping
at Ship Island—Eight Hundred Lives
Lost at Points ala Hache and Vicin
ity—Only Twenty-Five Killed at
Grand Isle.
New Orleans, I-a., Oct. s.—The first
definite nows from the Mississippi gulf
coast reached helfc this morning. All the
wires were blown down, and the Louis
ville and Nashville railroad is washed out
at intervals from Mobile to New Orleans.
The financial loss along the coast will foot
up not less than $1,000,000. and fully 1,000
lives were lost. The news is almost as
appalling as that from the gulf coast of
Louisiana.
At Biloxi nothing escaped the fury of
the elements. On every side could be
seen wrecks of boats, pieces of bath
houses, and in many instances fronts of
houses on the beach, totally demolished.
Out of more than 100 boats on tho front
bay only three rode out the storm safely.
On the back bay only one or two weathered
the gale. The velocity of the wind must
have been 100 miles an hour.
HAVOC IN THE TOWN.
Throughout the town great trees were
uprooted, swinging signs were swept
away like leaves, sheds and vehicles wero
tossed about like match-boxes, and ani
mals of every description were terribly
frightened. Many of the streets are
blocked with fallen trees and a mass of
rubbish washed in from the sea, while
the beach itself is impassable on account
of the idles of wreckage visible all along
the entire coast. The canning ind ustrles
were completely wrecked, all the factories
being either badly damaged or utterly
destroyed. Much of the damage at the
back bay was caused by a section of
several hundred feet of the railroad
bridge, which was swept away at Ocean
Spring, washing up against tho buildings,
crushing them like egg shells. It is diffi
cult at this time to make any intelligent
estimate of tho damage sustained by the
loss of small schooners, fishing boats and
like craft.
NOT A WHARF STANDING.
Not ft single wharf is standing on either
the front or back bay. The damage was
not conlirned alono to the water front,
but all through the city, in every direc
tion, the effects of the storm can be seen
in fallen fences, and here and there a
house partially unroofed. The velocity
of the wind at the higlit of tue storm
must have been at leaßt 100 miles per
hour. The Baptist church steeple was
blown down and the bell cracked. The
breakwater at the light house was
washed awaj, but tlxe tower was not
damaged. _
At Deer Island, just opposite Biloxi,
over forty head of cattle were drowned.
When the storm came up it was a genuine
cyclone. There were many Biloxi boats
in the marsh, oyster fishing, and it is al
most certain that a number, if uot all of
their boats have goue down with all on
board. Of eight schooners that were
known to he there on Sunday ovening
three have been picked up bottom upward
with their masts and rigging all gone and
not a soul on hoard. It is believed that
the loss of life will not fall short of 100.
AT SHIP ISLAND.
At Ship Island, previous to the storm,
there were sevenvesscls loading for foreign
ports. The British hark liosella Smith
was found bottom up drifting outside and
a total loss. The mate, carpenter and
cook were drowned. The Austrian bark
Annie E. B. is a complete wreck. Of the
crew of thirteen men and two
stevedores aboard, the captain, three
sailors and two stevedore* were
drowned. The stevedores were frqm
Pascagoula. One was white and one col
ored. The other vessels suffered consid
erable damage. The barge Hero lost the
only man aboard, named Shepard, and
the barge Boss of the same place also lost
a colored man, whose name is unknown.
Considerable damage was also done on
the island, the warehouse, fort keeper’s
house uud Lazarretto, at the quarantine
station, being completely washed away,
and the lighthouse keeper’s house
being badly damaged, About one mile
of the bridge at Bay St. Louis, is washed
ashore on the island together with much
debris from wrecked vessels, oyster boats,
sloops and luggers. Very little of the
governmentwharf renuiins. and what is
left will bcof no service. A large
number of cattlewere also drowned.
GItEAT DAMAOtIf AT CHANDELEtTR ISLAND.
Probably the worst damage and loss of
property was at Chandeleur Island.
Here was located the United States quar
antine buildings. At this point the ful
lest strength of the storm developed, re
sulting not only in the almost complete
destruction of all the buildings on the
island, but fearful loss of
life. The velocity of the
wind reached 100 miles an hour. The
building and pier known as the disinfect
ing plant, which was supplied with all
modem applicaiices for thorough disin
fection of vessels from infected ports, are
a complete loss, every thing being washed
away, while other buildings on the island
are more or less damuged and uninhabit
able. The largest house connected with
the main station was also carried away.
The following persons are missing and it
is almost certain that they were drowned :
Steward A. L. Duckert of New' Orleans,
Nurse McKenzieof Mobile, Seaman Mulier
of Amsterdam, and two patients, one
named Lnzen,of the steamship Kavensdalo
anu George B. Salmis, boatman of the
American hark Kebeeca Goodard. Neither
of these patients, however, were suffer
ing from any contagious disease and there
was no disease of that character existing
at quarantine. Dr. Guiteras has notified
the bar pilots that vessels from infected
points will hereafter report at Ship Island
instead of Chandeleur.
THE DAMAO $lOO,OOO.
The damage by wind to the quarantine
service alone at Chandeleur Island will
amount to nearly (100,0<K). The disinfect
ing plant which has be< u erected during
the past year ; together with the wharf
and disinfecting apparatus, cost $17.000,
and other buildings and improvements be
tween I*o,ooo and #OO,OOO, to which may
be added (00.000 for the steam transfer
boat William H. Welsh. Capt. Joseph Del
mas, which is aground at the north point
of the island, in three feet of water.
Should the tug get afloat, which is ex
tremely doubtful, she will sustain dam
ages to the amount of several hundred
dollars.
About forty heau of cattle ware also
lost on the island
Yesterday a sailor made his way to the
Chandeleur station from the Ashing
sloop Laura E. of New Orleans, which
was wrecked in Grand Pass, Out of the
crew of seven men he is the only survi
vor, and when found on the island, was
in an unconscious and perfectly nude
condition, having been in the water over
10 hours. He wns furnished with cloth
ing and taken to Biloxi on tlie stenmtug
Julius Elbert. The oyster lugger Rosalie
of Biloxi is also known to 'have gone to
the bottom with a crew of 4 men. The
schooners Alico MeGuigon nml Angelin
have been discovered bottom upward
three or four miles from tho mouth of
Pearl river.
TWENTY-THREE DROWNED.
Twenty-three men known to have been
on board of them are supposed to he
drowned. The schooner New Union
broke loose from her moorings between 6
and 7 o’clock Monday morning and drifted
out to sea.
The roadbed of the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad, from Pearl river to Wave
land is completely washed away, and
west of 1-iookout it is nearly as bad.
Last night the Henry Greggs took two
Italian fishermen from a raft as they
were drifting to sea. Another raft also
passed the vessel with three men on
board but the Greggs small boats were so
badly wrecked that they could he of no
assistance to the unfortunates and noth
ing has been heard from them since.
The pilot boat Chioofa, about which a
good deal of uneasiness was felt, was dis
covered to bo nshore on Cat Island
beached high and dry with two old
veteran pilots, Capt. John Nelson, Sr.,
and Joe Lewis, on board, with the cook
and sailor. A number of other vessels
were badly damaged, but it will be
several days before a full and complete
record of the total loss of life and prop
erty can be made.
A niUDOB TENDER DROWNED.
Jack Shepard, the assistant bridge
tender on tho Biloxi bridge, was washed
overboard and drowned. His body was
recovered the next day and burled at
Ocean Springs. He leaves a wife and
several children,
From information received from Missis
sippi City, Haudsboro, Pass Christian
ami Ocean Springs, it is learned that the
destruction of wharves, bath houses and
boats lias been complete.
At Haudsboro tho mills of H. Leinhard
and theJ. T. Liddle Company have been
damaged considerably, but to what ex
tent is not known.
Appeals for aid have come in so swiftly
from tho stricken sections that it is im
possible to render the necessary assist
ance. The Red Cross society has taken
the matter in hand, and issued a call for
aid. The commercial dab will meet to
day and take steps to raise subscrip
tions.
800 KILLED AT POINTB A LA HACHE.
The reports from Pointe ala Hache and
vicinity this morning put the death list
up to 800 persons. Yesterday searching
narties were iu the vicinity of Grand
Prairie, and they found 57 bodies, some
burled beneath the debris of wrecked
houses and others high and dry on the
viand where tlie receding waters had
dropped them. They were
nearly all Austrian colouists, who had
a large settlement at this point. The lo
cal Austrian and Slavonic societies have
sent committees into the section to at
tend to the wants of their countrymen
and relieve the distress and
suffering as much us possi
ble. Tho dead were buried five or six in
a trench, except when relatives or friends
took charge of the remains and gave them
a Christian burial. The dead had to lie
interred as soon as possible, and coffins
were Unobtainable.
The call for aid from the storm stricken
country has met a ready response and
large shipments of supplies went by rail
to-day to Pointe ala Hache ami Bel
laire. John Dyrnond, one of tho largest
sugar planters in the unfortunate sec
tion, yesterday sent tho steamer Neptune
to the above point loaded to tho guards
with flour, meat and other supplies.
These places will be made distributing
points and other Shipments will be made
to-day.
THE DAMAGE TO CROPS.
The crops are as badly injured as the
first reports indicated. A conservative
estimate places the loss to the rioo crop
at 10 per cent.. while the sugar cane suf
fered very slightly. The iieuviest loss
will be on the orange crop. It is estimated
that fully n> percent, of the fruit has
been blown from the trees and is lying on
the ground too green to ship and unfit for
use, and will prove a dead loss to the
growers.
Reliable news has come from Grand
Isle and Cheniere. The loss of life at
Grand Isle is not more than twenty-five,
all of the dead being negroes. Theprop
erty destroyed is valued at nearly #I,OOO.
Many of the whites wero bruised by fall
ing timbers, and some of them crippled,
but they were thankful to get off with
their lives.
There Is no bright side to tho picture
of desolation at Cheniere, and the death
list will run from 800 to 1,100. The total
death list iu this section by the late
storm will be from 1,000 to 1,500.
THE DAMAGE AROUND MOBILE.
Mobile, Ala., Oct. 6.—The schooner
Alice Graham. Capt. Ixniis Gruham,
which left here Sunday night for Porters
ville, having on board Miss Susie Herron,
a young lady school teacher, who was
bound to Dauphin Island to open tho pub
lic school there Monday, has been
wrecked and Capt. Graham, Miss Herron
and the mate, whose name is unknown,
were lost. These were all the souls
on board the schooner, which is lying
bottom up. two miles off J. J. Delchamp’s
place. A tug will be sent down to-mor
row to search for the bodies. Charles
Graham, brother of Capt. Graham, Is sat
isfied of tho identity of his brother's ves
sel, and is confident that all on board were
drowned.
The schooner Consulta, which left here
Sunday night for the oyster reefs, is on
the beach at Herron Bay and is not dam
aged.
From Cedar Point comes news that
about twenty-five houses; all there were
on the point, have been blown away and
great damage done.
Reports from Portersvilie, the [mpular
summer resort south of Mobile, are to the
effect that the town has suffered a terri
ble disaster, entailing a loss of #50,000 or
over. From Joshua Clemmons, who came
up to the city, it is learned that the
Booth canning factory has been de
stroyed, and the general merchandise
store of Charles Graham was blown away
and the stock destroyed.
more losses.
D. Bosarge. of Portersville, reports to
night the following additional list of
losses at Portersville and other point*:
The residence of Frank P. Andrews
was badly damaged; Portersville’s public
hall was tom to pieres.
The sloop Bride Is ashore on Jerry How
land’s field, and the Matilda is ashore,
but not damaged.
The Gulf Coast Oyster Company's
plant Is gone.
L. H. Faith's residence is a total wreck
The Hay View hotel, Mrs. J. M. Niolan
of Meridian, Miss , proprietress, is a total
wreck
L. 11. Hafield’s residence, Charles Gra-
ham’s and Maj. F. S. Parker’s residenoe
are badly damaged
Jerry Howland s residence is totally de
molished, except the main building and
one cottage.
Mr. Forbes’ residence is damaged.
No pecan trees are left, ana all the
orange trees are uprooted.
John Ralston's residence Is badly dam
aged and the sloop Irene Is jammed under
the flooring.
The residences of S. 8. T. Webster,
Mrs. N. B. Alexander and William Clark
are damaged slightly
James Orenshniv lost everything except
the main building.
On J. Julien's terrapin farm, out of
5,000 4,000 were swept away.
The sloop Ella Forbes was washed into
Slice's field.
THREE BUILDINGS SWEI’T AWAT.
At Grant’s Pass, three buildings were
swept away.
At Little river, J. M. McLean lost his
cottage and terrapin farm.
All tho bridges in this section are
gone except the Bayou Le Batre bridge.
Eighteen mnrket gardeners, in leaving
the marshos.Jost everything except the
elothes on their backs, and aro desti
tute.
The latest reports} received} from the
towns and communities along the east
ern and western coast of Mobile 4 hay are
to the effoet that the damage wrought by
the tornado was terrible. The western
shore was exposed to the full fury of the
waves and wind and whole communi
ties wero willed out, tho inhabitants
being about all that is left.
FROM 1,100 TO 1,400 KILLKD.
New Orleans, Oct, 5, 11:46 p. m.—With
the information that has reached the
city to-day from Grand Island, Cheniere,
Camanadu, from the Bayou Cooke and tlie
country adjacent thereto, and from that
section lying on this side of the river
from tho upper limits of Pluquemine
to the quarantine station from the
lake coast and elsewhere, it is now esti
mated that between 1.100 and 1,400 lives
were lost and damage to the extent of
#1,000,000 done to property. In the Pointe
ala Hache district the death list has to
day boon swollen to 80, and searching par
ties are still out, with the prospect of the
number of dead reaching 100.
A STORM HOUTE.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. s.—Owing to wash
outs on Tjoulsvllle and Nashville railroad
between Mobile and New Orleans caused
by the recent gulf storm, the through ves
tibule service from New York to New
Orleans over the Richmond and Danville,
Atlnnta and West Point and Ixiulsvlllo
and Nashville, via Montgomery, will be
continued without interruption or trans
fer of passengers via Montgomery and the
Western Railroad of Alabama to He.lma,
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad to Meridian, Miss., and thence
via the Queen and Crescent to New
Orlcuns, until the Louisville and Nash
viilo shall be prepared to run the usual
route of through trains via Mobile.
However, the line of the Louisville and
Nashville from Montgomery to Mobile
and Pensacola is already optm for regular
trains.
A SKIRMISH IN THE SENATE.
Indian Agent* Confirmed Despite
Stubborn Opposition.
Washington, Oct. s.—With a six-hours’
continuous executive session the Senate
to-day broke the record of the last con
gress, but in so doing managed to dispose
of considerable business and get out of
the way a number of nominations against
which the republicans have been making
a determined resistance. The ses
sion was the result of an agreement and
produced some surprise.
The straggle was over certain nomina
tions of citizens from one state, selected
to act as Indian agents at agencies located
in other states, and there republicans op
posed their confirmation on the ground
that such nominations were a violation of
the home rule plank of the Democratic
party platform. Added to this was the
further charge in some cases that the
nominees were not qualified for the
position. After several previous inef
fectual attempts to secure action by the
Senate, it was agreed last week that to
day should be devoted to this particular
business, and within twenty minutes
after the Senate convened the doors wero
closed and the debate over these nomina
tions begun.
Messrs. Davis and Washburn of Minn
esota, Stewart of Nevada and Dußols of
Idaho made vigorous speeches denuncia
tory of the violation of the home rule
principles, while Mr. Voorhees eloquently
defended the President from the shaft of
Ids assailants.
The surprise of the day, however, came
in the reported action of Senator Hill,
who is understood to have aided the Re
publicans not only by his vote, but by his
voice.
The Indian agents \jnder discussion
were all confirmed but one, two or three
democrats voting with the republicans.
The first yea and nay vote was not taken
until almost 4 o’clock.
THE MEN CONFIRMED.
Tlie men confirmed were William L.
Hargrave of Indiana, to be Indian agent
at Western Shoshone agency in Nevada;
Joseph Robinson of Missouri, at the Nez
Perces agency in Idaho; Robert M. Allen
of Illinois, at the White Earth agency in
Minnesota; and James A. Smith of Missis
sippi. at Yankton, South Dakota.
Perhaps the most bitter fight was made
against Isaac J. Wootten of Delaware,
nominated to be agent at a Nevada
agency. Senator Higgins led the opposi
tion against Wootten, while Senator Gray
was equally as earnest in his behalf
There appeared to be a considerable ele
ment of antagonism to this nominee in the
ranks of bis own party, and his case was
laid over without final action.
The same opi>osition manifested Itself
against the confirmation of Thomas
Smith of Virginia, nominated to bo chief
justice of New Mexico, but, after a dis
cussion of more than half an hour, a vote
was taken resulting in his confirmation.
During the speeches there was only a
slim attendance, and it became necessary
ajx>ut 2:30 o'clock to order a call of the
Senate.
It is understood that an effort was made
to have the favorable rtqiort on the noini
tlon of R. E. Preston to be director of tho
mint taken up for action, but Senator
Stewart and other silver senators took
such a determined stand against it that
it went over and will tie called up prob
ably at the next executive session.
Quite a number of confirmations were
disposed of and some headway was made
in clearing up a calendar that has grown
too large.
Vote of the Populists.
Washington, Oct. 9.—The populists of
the House have not yet decided how they
will vote on the federal election bill, but
they will hold a conference Saturday.
Then their course will be mapped out.
Waycross’ Postmaster.
Washington, Oct. 6.—The Senate has
confirmed the nomination of W. A. McNeil
to he postmaster at Waycrqss, Ga.
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TOO CALM TO SAIL THE RACE
The Big Yachts Started But Went
Home in Tow.
.. ——
When the Wind Held Steadily th*
Vigilant Held Her Own, But When
It Game to a Drifting Match th*
Valkyrie Gained 'the Advantage.
The English Boat Beautifully Han*
died.
Now York, Oct. Be—Tho greatest fleet
of boats that ever passed through tho nar
rows, passed through on its way to tho
Hook this morning to accompany the
groat racers Valkyrie and Vigilant in their
international race from tho Sandy Hook
light Bhip, for tho America cup. Almost
every place within 800 miles of New York
was represented by one or more boats.
Thousands of enthusiastic persons had
a delightful day s outing, but the first
effort to pull off the international race
was a failure. This was mainly due to
a lack of wind, but Americans saw Lord
Dunraven's Valkyrie, the pride of Great
Britain, snil past tlie Vigilant, tho pride
of Amerlea, and wore compelled to
acknowledge that the English boat had
out generaled the American at every
point of tho compass. When the
wind held steadily the Vigilant
held her own, but when it be
came a drifting match the Valk*
yre gained the advantage.
Throughout the contest it was more or a
drifting match than a race. The wind at
no time reaqln-d the dignity of n sailing
breeze, and the yachts camo home in tow,
the race having been declared off owing
to the inability to cover the distance
within tho time limit.
The next race will be on Saturday, it
will bo over the same course as to-day's.
SOUTHWESTERN’S LIABILITY.
The Hearing of the Tripartite Casa
Opened at Washington.
Washington, Oct. s.—Associate Judge
Jackson to-day heard arguments in a
branch of the litigation over tlie Georgia
Central ruilroad, which has attracted the
attendance of attorneys and others inter*
ested in sufficient numbers to fill tho con
sultation room of the supreme court,
whore the proceedings were hold. The
matter at issue wns tho contention of the
Southwestern railroad of Geor
gia. whoso property is leased
to the Georgia Central, that it is not lia
blo as principal ujxm an issue of #5,000,000
tripartite bonds signed by the Georgia
Central. Macon and Western and tho
Southwestern; that iu this matter the
Southwestern simply loaned its name to
the Georgia Central as an accommodation
indorser for it. and therefore, although
the mortgage executed to secure the bonds
covers its property, the property of tlie
Georgia Central should first be exhausted
in payment 6f tho debts.
CLAIM OF THE CENTRAL.
The nttomeys for the Central and for
the bondholders, or some of them, an
tagonized this contention, claiming that
the property of the Southwestern comp
any is liable for the mortage debt equally
with tlie Central, and that the reiution
of principal and surety does not exist be
tween tlie Central and Southwestern
companies. Last June Judge Jackson
hold that the Southwestern company was
liable with the Central as co maker of
the mortgage, and not as surety
only. Tho present proceeding is
based upon an application for a
modification of that dec roe so that the
property of the Georgia Central could be
first sold and applied to the payment of
the tripartite bonds before any property
of the Southwestern company is sold.
For tho Southwestern icoinpany appeared
Joseph 11. Choate and Charles C. Beaman
of Now York and A. O. Bacon and F. H.
Miller of Georgia.' For the Central com
pany and bondholders appeared J. W.
Earl and C. M. West of Georgia and
Henry Crawford of New York.
NEBRASKA’S DEMOCRATS.
The State Convention Refuses to Rec
ognize Congressman Bryan.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. s.—The democratic
convention at Lincoln last evening nomi
nated Frank Irvine of Omaha for supreme
judge.
The convention declined to place Cons
gressman Bryan on the resolution com
mittee or to give him any recognition.
Following is a section of the platform
adopted: "We denounce the seditious and
inflammatory language used by public
speakers of recent, days, and all their ef
forts to stir up strife and dissension, and
create jealously and distrust in
tho different points of our com
mon country as un-American,
unpatriotic and fraught with danger to
our institutions. Tho democracy of Ne
braska declares that it recognizes in com
mercial and ficancial affairs no north, no
south, eastior wost; that the independence
of the states as one people ordains the
closest identity of interest without regard
to section or locality, and that all teach
ings to the contrary by .whomsoever dis
eminate are false and pernacious.
While we favor liberal pensions to tho
deserving veterans, we also commend
the noteworthy efforts of Commissioner
Lochran in the endeavor to purge the list
of those not entitled to pensions and to
make it what it should be, a roll of
honor.
The republicans to-day nominated
Judge Harrison for supreme judge.
GERMANY’S MAN OF IRON.
Two Contradictory Reports As to
Prince Bismarck’s Condition.
Berlin, Oct. 6.—A dispatch received
from Kissingen this evening says that
Prince Bismarck is decidedly better.
Dr. Schweringer has made arrangement*
to have a special train on Saturday to
carry the prince to Friederichsruhe.
A CONTRADICTORY REPORT.
Txmdon, Oct. s.—The Telegraph’s Ber
lin correspondent says that Prince Bis
marck has suffered a stroke of paralysis,
and that he is in an apathetic condition.
Two Schooners Go Ashore.
Norfolk, Va., Oct. s.—The schooner C.
C. Davidson, Captaiu George A. Howard,
from Ncwberne to Atlantic City, N. J.,
went ashore on the Virginia beach last
night. The crew was saved. TUe vessel
may be gotten off.
The schooner Emma J. Warringtou,
from Newberne, N. C., to Somers Point,
N. J.. went ashore last night near Paul
Gamiels life saving station. She lie*
high on the beach and will be a total loo*,
ller crew was saved.