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carrabelle storm swept
Disastrous Quit Hurricane Almost Annihilates
A Fair Florida Town.
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GREAT damage reported in other sections
Crops and Turpentine Interests Reported as Ruined.
Train Blown From Track.
According to special dispatches the
town of Carrabelle, Fla., a prosperous
port on the Gulf of Mexico, southwest
of Tallahassee, was almost completely
destroyed by a terrific wind and rain
storm which passed through that sec
tion during Tuesday and Tuesday
night. Many boats which were in the
harbor were wrecked and most of the
long wharf is gone, together with large
quantities of naval stores.
At Lanark, the boathouses, pavilion
aud boats have beed destroyed.
Fully fifteen persons are reported
drowned at St. Marks. A few houses
were destroyed at St. Teresa. The
Mclntyre, Ashmore and Curtis mills
suffered severely. A passenger train
on the Carrabelle, Tallahassee and
Gulf railroad, thirty-five miles below
Tallahassee, was badly wrecked, but
no one reported killed or injured.
The turpentine interest in this section
is greatly damaged and much injury
has been done to the crops.
The regular midday southbound
train from Tallahassee to Carabelle
was caught in a storm at Mclntyre
and biown from the track. The stout
new trestle over the Ocklocknee river
at Mclntyre was blown away.
A wrecking train left Tallahassee at
daylight Wednesday and found over 200
trees across the tracks in a thirty-mile
run. General Manager Chittenden
had charge of the train. He returned
in the evening, stating that all the
towns along the line present scenes of
desolation. Houses,sawmills,churches,
hotels, wharves and pavilions have
been blown from their positions aud
many entirely wrecked.
Crops Totally Destroyed.
Over half the trees in the pine for
MORMON OFFERS REWARD
For Apprehension of Whitecappers
In Jasper County-Will See
Governor Candler.
A Chattanooga, Tenn., dispatch
says: President, Ben E. Rich, of the
southern states missions of the Church
of Christ, Latter Day Saints, will go
to Atlanta, Ga., at an early date to call
on Governor Allen D. Candler and de
mand of him protection for Mormon
elders who are preaching in that state.
President P.ieh decided on this course
after consulting his co-workers. Mr.
Rich is highly indignant at the manner
in which elderß have been treated in
Georgia, and he is going to leave noth
ing undone to secure for them the
protection that is due every citizen.
Mr. Rich will present letters to Gov
ernor Candler from the governors of
Malm aud Utah testifying to President
Rich’s character and high standing.
President Rich has offered a reward
of SSOO for the apprehension and ar
rest of any member or members of the
Georgia mob that assaulted the Mor
oron elders. In an interview with
President Rich he said:
' T propose myself to bring this mat
ter to the attention of the governor of
Georgia and ask from him the same
protection for our elders that a citizen
of Georgia would want in the far
western states. We are living here
under the constitution of the United
States, which guarantees religious
liberty to all her citizens. All we want
are the liberties and rights guaranteed
us by our country,”
Tobacco Trust In Chicago.
Representatives of the American
tobacco company have purchased the
plant and business of August Beck &
Co -> at Chicago, for $300,000. Only
a few weeks ago the American Tobacco
company purchased the plant of
Gradle Strotz.
Maryland democrats meet.
* Uey Nominate John 'Walter Smith For
Governor of the State.
ihe Maryland democratic state con
vention which was held at Ford’s
opera house in Baltimore Wednesday,
nominated the following ticket:
Governor—John Walter Smith, of
” orcester county.
Attorney general—lsadore Raynor,
of Baltimore.
Comptroller general—Joshua W.
Hering, of Carroll county.
the convention was unanimously
harmonious and all the nominations
made by acclamation, Edwin
'arfield, Mr. Smith’s principal oppo
nout,withdrawing at the last moment.
ests are uprooted aud large turpeutine
interests ruined. Crops in the tracks
of the storm are completely destroyed.
One mill htfnd is known to have
been drowned at Mclntyre.
The several summer resorts are
almost positively known to have es
caped loss of life, but reliable news
from other places was unobtainable at
time of going to press. Large relief
1 parties went from Tallahassee to the
i stricken section.
For sometime after the storm noth
ing could be heard of the steamer
Cresent City, plying between Cara
belle aud Appalachicola, with a crew
of eight and several passengers.
The wires were blown down south
of Tallahassee and railroad service to
the gulf ports is suspended.
Storm Traveled Northward.
The storm was one of the hardest
that ever passed over that section of
Florida. It came directly up the gulf
and started northward. For hours the
i wind was terrific, blowing at a high
rate and the rain fell in torrents, wash
ing away bridges, endangering thor
oughfares and railroads. The storm
reached the coast Tuesday morning
and there was no cessation until far
into the night.
Along the coast the fishing industry
has been severely intorferred with.
Parties who returned on the wreck
ing train which went to Carrabelle
Wednesday morning report that the
country along the route shows the
effects of the storm. The train was
compelled to run with great caution,
owing to the condition in which the
storm had placed the roadbed. The
water had been over the tracks in
many places. Passengers on the train
which was wrecked say the train was
blown from the track.
ASSAULTER IS JAILED.
Kxciting Khcb For Life But Would-Be
Lynchers Were Foiled.
John Mullins, a negro, thirty years
old, attempted an assault on the wife
of Mr. James Cook, two miles south
of Senoia, Ga., Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Cook was alone and was stand
ing at the window of her bed room,
eating watermelon, when, unawares,
she was seized from the rear by this
brute, who placed his hand over her
mouth, threw her to the floor, cursed
her and told her if she screamed he
would cut her throat.
The sound of a buggy crossing the
bridge near by is all that kept the ne
gro from accomplishing his dastardly
purpose.
The negro fled and Mrs. Cook gave
the alarm at once, aud pursuers were
soon hot on his trail.
Mullins was captured within a short
time and placed In the guard house in
Senoia. A short time afterward it
was decided to take the negro to New
nan for safe-keeping and he was start
ed through the country in charge of
officers.
A mob of forty armed men quickly
organized and started in hot pursuit,
but the sheriff eluded them and land
ed his prisoner safe in the Newnan
jail.
JAILED FOR WIFE MURDER.
Albany Gunsmith I Charged With Most
Heinous Crime.
W. J. Glazier, a native of Germany,
who has resided in Albany, Ga., for
eight years, is confined in Dougherty
county jail on a charge of wife mur
der.
Glazier, according to the story told
by his neighbors, administered several
severe beatings to his wife, who was a
small woman of weak constitution.
Wednesday morning it was discovered
that she was dead.
Glazier was arrested, charged with
having murdered her, but professed
his innocence.
FOUR SUSPECTED CASES.
But Little Change In the Fever Situation
at Hampton, V*.
Advices received by Surgeon Gen
eral Wyman at Washington up to 9
o’clock Wedneday night from Hamp
ton show that the only change in the
yellow fever is the addition of four
suspected cases to those already in
existence.
Dr. Wyman thinks it is of the ut
most importance that all persons who
have been exposed should be kept
under close observation for ten days
following their departure from Hamp
ton and Phoebus, particularly those
who stopped over one night in either
place.
ALGER IS WELCOMED
Ex-Secretary Received at Detroit,
Mich., as a Conquering Hero.
GOV. PINGREE’S WORDS OF PRAISE.
Says the Moan-Spirited Tress Is to Blame
For Unwarranted Attack* On
His Bosom Friend.
A special from Detroit, Mich., says:
General Russell A. Alger received a
magnificent welcome from the people of
his own city and state Wednesday.
From 4 o’clock, when the welcoming
committee of 400 met his private car
upon its arrival at Toledo, until 9
a’clock, when the general ceased grasp
ing outstretched hands, he had an ova
tion. Smiles and tears repeatedly
struggled for the mastery over the sec
ret ary’s bronzed countenance as he
gazed into the eager faces of the mul
titudes who loudly and convincingly
insisted that “Alger’s all right!” and
no dissonant voice was heard.
Headed by about 300 bicyclists, over
1,000 marchers, including militia, vet
erans of the civil and Spanish wars
and scores of marchers in secret soci
ety uniforms General Alger was escort
ed from the station to the reviewing
stand.
Mayor Maybury welcomed the ex
secretary in a speech warm in praise
and neighborly greeting.
Governor Pingree, in a speech in be
half of the state, made some pointed
references to incidents in Alger’s
home-coming and fired some charac
teristic shots at the newspapers.
The governor said that Alger’s best
service for his country was in his effi
cient management of the war depart
ment. Said he:
“The facts which led you to sub
mit your resignation to the president
are well known. The treatment which
you have received has justly aroused
the resentment of fair minded Ameri
cans. The people of Michigan look
upon the manner in which your with
drawal from the cabinet was forced as
an insult to the state. They are here
today to rebuke the cupidity of politi
cians, high aud low. They are here
to show their contempt for the cow
ardly attacks of a venal press.
“A mean spirited and unscrupulous
press has carried on a campaign of de
liberate misrepresentation and lies
concerning your business management
of the war department. The people
of Michigan know that these attacks
are absolutely without justification.
In spite of the obsolete customs and
system of your department you con
tributed more than any one to bring
the war with Spain to a quick end.
You did so although hindered by the
interference of others unfit to handle
business or military affairs.
Attack* the Pros*.
“The people will in time despise the
official, no matter how exalted his po
sition, who to save himself truckled to
the newspapers, or who considered
money or influence in any form. They
will not forget the cowardly conduct
of some of the newspapers and public
men of the state who have, by their
silence, practically joined in the at
tacks upon you.
“I have come to believe that the in
stitution most dangerous to our form
of government is the newspaper. Its
boasted liberty is rather a license. It
has no scruple and no conscience.
There are, of course, exceptions, but I
speak of the press as a whole. Be
cause you, General Alger, would not
bow to them, and conduct the war de
partment in the interests of the com
bines, the army contractors and the
commercial interests which control the
newspapers, you became a marked
man.”
General Alger responded feelingly,
thanking his friends for their welcome
and expresssing pleasure at being re
leased from official care. Referring to
his duties at Washington dnring the
war, he said:
“I gave my best thought aud honest
effort and did everything I could to
carry out my part of that great work.
What has been done is a matter of
record and I am perefctly willing to
rest the case with my countrymen.
“We transported across the seas
more than 130,000 men one way and
the other without an accident. We
fought battles in tho Philippines, in
Cuba and in Porto Rico, and we never
lost a battle, a color, a prisoaer or a
gun. Wherever the American flag was
planted by the American soldier, there
it stands and there it shall stand for
ever. But, as I said, I have no speech
to make. lam glad to be among you
again, a private citizen, and that I can
travel these streets and meet you in
social and business intercourse, and I
propose to stay here the balance‘of my
life. Goodnight.”
The closing scene was a reception in
the city hall corridor. Mrs. Alger and
a score of other ladies, with several of
the general’s relatives, viewed the
scene from a canopy draped platform
built in the main stairway, and thou
sands pushed past and grasped Gener
al Alger’s band.
ELIHU ROOT
TAKES OATH
New Secretary of War Is Formally
Sworn In.
REALIZES THE RESPONSIBILITY
Hearty Congratulations Were Ex
tended—Alger Is Now a
Private Citizen.
Mr. Elihn Root took the oath of
office as secretary of war at Washing
ton Tuesday morning. The ceremony
occurred in the large office of the sec
retary of war in the presence of Secre
taries Gage and Hitchcock, Assistant
Secretary Meiklejohn, a large number
of army officers in uniform and other
employes and officials. The oath was
administered by Judge Cole, of the
supreme court of the District of Co
lumbia.
General Alger shook the secretary’s
hand most cordially and said with evi
dent feeling.
“With all my heart I congratulate you
ami the administration. You will And
around you here men who will help in the
arduous duties of your office. May God
bless you and givo you strength.”
Secretary Gage then'btepped forward
aud congratlated Secretary Root. He
was followed by Secretary Hitchcock,
Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn, Gen
eral Corbin and Chief Clerk Schofield.
General Alger picked up the com
mission signed by the president and
attested by the secretary of state, ap
pointing Mr. Root secretary of war.
“Hero is your commission," he said
with a smile, handing it to Mr. Root,
“in which you lose your identity and
become Mr. Secretary. Igo back to
become a sovereign citizen of the
United States and become Mr. Alger."
“I sincerely wish it were the other
way,” said Mr. Root as he accepted
the parchment.
Then the officers were presented to
Secretary Root by Victor L. Mason,
the confidential seorotary of the secre
tary of war. As soon as they were in
troduced they passed on and shook
hands with General Alger. Nearly all
stopped to express their regret upon
his retirement and wAsh him success
in the future. They also thanked him
for his consideration aud many acts of
kindness and uniform courtesy during
the time they had been associated with
him.
General Miles appeared with his
staff in the full dress uniform of the
major general commanding the army.
He stopped to talk with Secretary
Root for some time, longer than any
of the others.
Following the presentation of the
officers, the civilian officials aud clerks
of the department came in and shook
hands with Secretary Root and said
farewell to General Alger.
Secretary Gage, before leaving the
room, went up to General Alger and
shook him cordially by the hand, bid
ding him good by.
Algor Leaves For Detroit.
General Alger left Washington at
12:44 for his home in Detroit.
The last official act of Secretary Al
ger was to sign a requisition for the
allotment of $20,000 for transports.
Secretary Root did not perform any
official business during the day. As
General Alger draws the salary for
that day, it was thought, to avoid any
legal complications by having the busi
ness of the department performed by
Mr. Meiklejohn as acting secretary.
AGREEMENT SIGNED
Abolishing tli* Klnguhlp And President
In Samoan Inland*.
Advices from Apia state that at a
meeting of the Samoan commissioners
both parties signed an agreement to
abolish the kingship and president,
and agreeing to an administrator legis
lative council of three Tripartite
nominees.
The commissioners left on board
the United States transport Badger
July 18th.
United States Consul Osborne will
act as chief justice during the absence
of Judge Chambers.
NEAL PLACED ON TRIAL.
Charge* Brought Against South Carolina
Penitentiary Superintendent.
At the Neal investigation in Green
ville, S. C., Tuesday the only wit
nesses examined were those testifying
to Colonel Neal’s ability as a peniten
tiary superintendent. The board de
cided his ability was not in question.
Colonel Neal’s attorney wished the
sitting changed to Columbia and the
chief witnesses have not been sum
mond to Greenville. Colonel Neal’s
connection with the building of Win
throp college, where hundreds of con
victs were employed for months, will
be gone into.
INDIANS ON WARPATH
Band of Yaquis Reported To Have
Massacred Many People,
AMERICANS AND MEXICANS KILLED
A Bloody Enconntrr Said To Have Taken
Place Forty Mile* From the Town
of Ortli, In Mexico.
A special from Ortiz, Mexico, says:
Any doubt that the Yaquis are on the
warpath in earnest was dispelled Tues
day when news was received that a
number of Americans and Mexicans
had been killed in Pueblos or towns
in the Yaqui rfver valley, east and
southeast of Ortiz.
The courier who brought the news
of the slaughter declares that he saw
a desperate fight at a point forty miles
southeast of Ortiz and that he has
positive evidence that J. F. Remley, a
merchant of Hermosillo, and A. Miller,
a photographer, in his employ, were
among the killed. Remley was one of
the best known Americans in Sonora.
The inhabitants of the towns in and
near the Yaqui valley are in a state of
terror.
General Torres, commander of the
First military zone, which includes
Sonory, Siuola aud lower California,
who was in the field with the Twelfth
regiment, is reported among the slain.
No information is obtained as yet of
the number of the fighting Indians
under arms, but if the outbreak is of
the proportions of the war ended 1897,
the number may be placed at between
3,000 aud 4,000.
The outbreak is a surprise to the
state and army officials. It is impos
sible to secure figures as to the total
number killed to date, but the esti
mate at fifty on each side is not con
sidered excessive.
THE FEVER SITUATION.
Three New Patients and One Death
The Record of Tuesday
at Hampton.
“Three new cases of yellow fever in
the Soldiers’ Home at Hampton and
one death" was the official report re
ceived at Washington Tuesday, by
Surgeon General Wyman from Dr.
Charles Wasdin, the yellow fever ex
pert, on duty at the institution.
The most importaut development of
the day in the yellow fever situation
was the discovery of three cases in the
town of Phoebus, adjoining the Sol
diers’ home. Polioeman Joseph Mar
tin is one of victims, and the most re
markable feature of his case is the
fact that he believed he had yellow
jaundice. While walking about the
streets Tuesday he was seen by Sur
geon White, of the marine hospital
service, stationed at Hampton, who at
once pronounced the disease yellow
fever.
Dr. White ordered Policeman Mar
tin to return to his home, which was
promptly quarantined. The other two
victims are old soldiers who were
found in a saloon. They were sent to
the hospital at the home. These are
the only cases that have been reported
at Phoebus,although many wild rumors
regarding the outbreak there have
been in circulation.
“BRICK” SHIED AT DEWEY.
Boston Alderman Protests Against Mk
ing Admiral a “Second Boulanger.”
The board of aldermen of Boston,
Mass., passed an order Tuesday re
questing the board of eetimate and ap
portionment to appropriate a sum suf
ficient for extending the hospitality of
the city of Boston to Admiral Dewey.
Alderman Michael Brick forcibly op
posed the measure. He said, In ex
plaining his position:
“I do not think that we should
throw ourselves into a state of adula
tion of a hero beoauso he has won a
battle. It hardly strikes me that the
admiral is to be put in the same cate
gory with Grant, Sherman and other
great military heroes. Ido not, how
ever, wish to discredit him in the
least, but I protest against making
him a second Boulanger in America.”
Astor a ltepudiator.
The London Gazette announces that
William Waldorf Astor was naturalized
a British subject July 11th of the pres
ent year.
STRIKYRS’ BOYCOTT EFFECTIVE.
The Big Consolidated Street Railroad I*
Being Harassed On All Sides.
The strike at Cleveland, 0., has
practically been lost sight of in the
popular excitement over the boycott
by the strikers and their sympathizers.
Everybody is talking about it and the
newspapers publish may stories illus
trating the methods resorted to in the
effort to prevent people from riding
on the cars of the big Consolidated.
People of all classes and in all occupa
tions and walks of life are being af
fected and business is suffering,
The street railroad compauy contin
ues to operate its car lines, but many
of them are run over the road ernpty^