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— The Atlanta Georgian. VOL. L NO. 42. Morning Edition. ATLANTA, GA„ THURSDAY, .JUNE 14, 1906. Morning Edition. PRICE: MARKED BY WRECK AND RUIN IS PATH OF VIOLENT CYCLONE Forests Are Uprooted, Houses Are Blown Down and Many Left Homeless. Reports that have been re ceived hero from the track of the cyclone that passed' through Georgia Tuesday afternoon indi cate that the damage will reach high up into the thousands when it all becomes known. Tho cy clone, which traveled in a north westerly direction, first gathered about Waycross, and traveled in a zigzag course, rising and dip ping to the ground, across in the direction of Albany, but seems to have spent itself before reaching there. It was most violent at Tifton, where many houses wero blown down and several injured, one fa tally, and many are left home less. TUESDA rS STORM IN A TLANTA, PLA YS SEVERAL SORTS OF HA VOC ONE FATALLY INJURED, SEVERAL BADLY HURT AND MANY HOMELESS Fperlnl to The .Georgian. Tifton, Qa.. June 13.—Yesterday aft ernoon at 1:10 o'clock a cyclone of un usual violence .struck Tifton. destroy ing property In the residence portion of i he town to the value of 310,000 and Injuring several persons seriously, one man. Irvene Proctor, fatally. The wind came from a northeasterly direction In a slgxag course, with Its force ronflned to a space of 300 feet. A dozen residences with the furniture of the occupants were destroyed. The Plant of the Tifton Manufacturing I'mnpany was badly damaged. A large number of negro shanties were absolutely demolished, fences, shade trees and window lights were destroyed, nearly without exception, In the district where the wind was fierc est. All electric, telephone and telegraph wires In the city are down. The Presbyterian Church was com pletely moved from its base and blown to the ground. The wind destroyed crops and timber for two miles on either side of Tifton and many pine trees were blown across the tracks of the railroads. A majority of the occupants of the hoe sea destroyed at* without homes or funds this morning and dependent upon the efforts of friends for relief. About 3200 was raised last evening to be used In assisting them. IN THE DARK30 MINUTES MARY MARBLE AND CHIP PLAY TO SCARED CROWD w* r HILE the storm was raging at Its height Tuesday night, rain was • being driven against the Casino In sheets and the wind whistling and screaming around the corners of the playhouse, suddenly there came a crash as of falling timbers and the lights went out. The two hundied or more of the audience were hurled Into a chaotic frame of mind and In the utter darkness a panic seemed Imminent. None knew what had happened or what would come n-?xt. But Mary Marble and Little Chip saved the day and for thirty minutes In the pitch-llke gloom they entertained the audience with their extern* pore fun*making after having quelled the panic. It was during the last act and the specialty song of “Mlrandy" by Mary Marble. All during the performance the wind and rain had been beating with terrific force against the north and east sides of the building. Then an unusually severe gust qf wind struck the building, blowing down the shutters In the gallery of the house and threatening every moment to lift the roof from Its fastenings. The lights suddenly went out and fully half of the audience jumped to their feet and turned to the exits. Little Chip, however, came to the assistance of Mary Marble and with the chorus program. After a moment of hesitation the audience was again seated and In appreciation of the remarkable coolness of the favorites on the stage, encore after encore wasdemanded And given and for fully half an hour the two performers kept up a round of continuous nonsense that eclipsed any other number on the program. After waiting a reasonable length of time for the return of the lights. Mary Marble discovered a candle which she kindly loaned the orchestra, and amid the most enthusiastic applause ever accorded, any artist at the Casino, the performance was brought to a successful close. But she had sung “Mlrandy” clean through Just twenty-two consecu tive times. MADDOX'S SHADE TREE BLOWN DOWN THIRD TIME STORM BEGAN AT MANOR CLEARED ALL IN PATH FOR NEARLY TEN MILES Fcedal to The ftpo.’clnn. Waycross, Qa„ June 13.—A cyclone, which jumped about In :hla aectlon of the state for nearly a hundred mllea, commenced >t Manor, twelve mllea from Waycross, at 2 o'clock yeaterday afternoon. The wind flrat landed on top of D. C. Carmichael's house at Manor and carried away the lightning rods and erveral boards. Then'for a distance of tight or ten mllea the tornado swept everything In Its. way. clearing every tree and bush In a path a hundred yards The dwelling and out buildings of Henry Corbitt, four miles out, were swept away, and the young eon and dauahter of Mrs. Corbitt were perhaps fatally Injured. Dr. Dunk James* dwelling was also destroyed, and the family were burled In tba ruins, but no one was Injured. The cyclone then made a jump to a point near Hasty, where small dam age was done. Prom Millwood, Pear- ion, Kirkland and all the way up to Tifton, come reports of damage, but no lose of life baa occurred so far as is known. Waycross drummer, who was at Pennon yesterday afternoon, heard the roar of the cyclone several mllea stray, and parta of trees blown from a great distance fell near hla feet. At Manor stumps and pine trees which have been standing In an old field for years were uprooted by the terrific wind. POSITION HE HELD ®v Private Leased Wire. New York, June II.—George W. Per kins formally ends hla career with the New York Life Insurance Company to day when hla resignation as trustee r i a to the board of directors. The final report of the Fowler In- vt (gating committee will be ready In shout ten days and a special meeting Of the board will be called to receive It. HEAVY GALE RAGED AROUND AMERIOUS DAMAGING CROPS kc-lal to The Georgian. Amerlcus, Ga., June 13.—Quite a gale raged here yeaterday which was prob- * bl Z caused by the tornado on the rjs»t Hundreds of trees were uproot- hut other than this and the damage the corn crop, which was not very * r eat. no other has been reported. F OR the third time In Its short life a shade tree, belonging to R. ■ ’ F. Maddox and having standing room on the Ellis street side of Mr. Maddox's Peachtree street home, was blown down In Tuesday night's storm. And Wednesday Mr. Maddox, whose very name Is synonymous of persever ance, will for the fourth time set out this tree. This tree has. like the elevator boy. had many ups and downa. Pour ups and three downs. In fact. But Mr. Maddox Is particularly fond of this particular tree and feels that because of Its unfortunate disposition to fall before temptation It needs to be helped. So he Is planting U for the fourth time. STORM-SHOT WINDOW MUTILA TES HEA VY DESK HE wind storm Tuesday afternoon did not fall to produce some freaks, not the least peculiar of which was the blowing In of a heavy plate glass window In the ofilce of A. A. Meyer In the Century building. About 5 o'clock Mr. Meyer was sit ting at his desk, which Is of heavy oak, when he noticed that the wind caused the glass to bend In slightly. A minute later a sudden blast broke the glass, sending a thousand small pieces of It crashing all over the room. Mr. Meyer's fnrehend was severely cut In two places by the flying glass, while In the oak desk heavy gashes, some an Inch deep, were cut by pieces of the window pane. Julian A. Baxter, of the firm of Mil- ledge A Baxter, In going out of a door In his ofilce In the Century building had his hand badly mashed by a slam mlng door. While going to catch a car Tuesday afternoon, Dr. C. C. .areen, • of 152 Whitehall street, fell on the slippery sidewalk at the comer of Forsyth and Marietta streets, fracturing his hip. He was attended by Dr. Wlllla Westmore land, after which he waa taken to hts home. MAR BURY SA YS STORM WAS NOT A CYCLONE “Tuesday night's terrific wind and heavy rain, which may be called a storm, was not a tornado or cyclone." says Local Forecaster J. B. Marbury. •'The storm whs caused by unusual barometric difference within a small area, the high being over the central statea and the Atlantic coast and the low over the Gulf coast where the storm was centered. "Tornadoes almost. Invariably come on a hot murky day, when Intense heat causea such atmospheric conditions as to bring about a disturbance mat Is evinced In electric**! disorders and w inds of great velocity. While we had a wind Tuesday that reached a veloc ity of 32 miles an hour, we had no cyclone, nor did Tifton. •The ’ center of the storm Tuesday night was on the gulf coast, where a very low barometer prevailed, farther north a much higher barometer caused the winds to be drawn south, and the drawing In, caused by the low on the gulf, necessitated the meeting of two strong forces, which caused the storm that was felt throughout Georgia Tues day. "Had there been a cyclone It would not have been northeast of the etorm renter, as Is Tifton," said Mr. Marbury, when asked If there waa any connec tion between the Atlanta - and Tifton storms. "The effect of the storm If precipitated Into a cyclone would have been southeast of the center, which Is In Florida. Tifton waa on the wrong side of the center for a cyclone. Tho Tifton disturbance was In all proba bility nothing more than a similar one to ours yesterday and last night. If there were any buildings blown down, they were no doubt defective, and not capable of strong resistance.' "The Weather Tuesday was too cold for a cyclone. It was nothing more than the tension caused by the dif ferences In the barometer In a com paratively small area. There waa no similarity to the Gainesville storm, which occurred on a day such as I de scribed, when the temperature was high and the humidity was very heavy." $100,000 WAS SPENT IN CHATHAM PRIMARY Special to The Georgian. Savannah, Ga, June 12.—A clean sweep was made by the People s Dem ocratic League In yesterday's county primary, the majorities ranging from 235 In the sheriff's race, to 312 In the race for Judge of the city court. The vote cast waa 3,153, out of a registration of 3,813. tvre. Jr.. 3,231; John J. Horrlgan, 2,- 341. Coroner—Dr. H. R. Stanley, 3,215; Dr. J. G. Keller, 2,722; Dr. George M. Norton, 1,130. Treasurer—Waring Russell, 3,234; C. IL Carson, 2.301. Senator—\V. B. Stephens, 3,215; Pleasant A. Stovall, 2,853. ills -.hirii Ihe victors obtained Representatives In General Assembly The lead which the victors ommimu _ Da " (d BlITOW> li2M; A . pr att CYCLONE PASSED NORTH OP ALBANY NEIGHBORHOOD. H-dsl to The Georgian. Albany, Go, June II.—There Is noth- “•*. ''"Onlte obtainable here about the G ’-one which, it Is reported, passed ' : <ugh the neighborhood of Tifton. “erth of hers. at tha opening could not be overcome, The election was one of the most orderly In years. Stovall was defeated for the state senate nomination by Stephens by 427. Votes arete freely bought. It U' by esch side, and It Is estimated that the contest cost 3100;000. ... The success of the new faction will cause a desperate fight In January In Ihe mayoralty and aldermai rot machine, bf which W. W. Osborne la head. The vote Is as follows: Judge of City Court—Davis Free man 3.151; Thomas P. Ravenel, 3.- 7< County Sheriff—Thomas F. Screven. 1,303; John Schwarts, 111. Clt> SirtSbsriil-Jame. U. Meta- Adams, 3,373; Joseph McCarthy, 2,- 113; A. A. Lawrence, 2,733; J. Ran dolph Anderson. 2,733; John Rourlu, Jr.. 2.730. Clerk Superior Court—J. K. P. Carr, 3.151. Clerk City Court—Waring Russell, Jr., 3.148. „ , ^ County Surveyor—E. J. Thomas, 3,- 154. „ _ Tax Collector—Thomas F. Thomp- *°Tax Receiver—M. 8. Baker, 3,130. Trees Uprooted and Many Phones Ruined. Wind Only Renched Official Ve locity of 32 Miles an Hour But Was Terrific in Spots. Trees were uprooted, gardens ruined, cornices of houses blown off, telephones put out of business, people Injured, and much other trouble caused by the terrific rain and wind storm which started In Atlanta Tuesday morning about S o'clock, became terrific at night and did not die until early on Wednesday morning. The atorm began early In the morn ing end the rain fell'for almost twen ty-four hours, but It was npt until Ihe afternoon that the wind which caused so much damage to tho surrounding territory attained much velocity. The rain began falling atk 7:51 o'clock on Tuesday morning, first In a slow drls- 'ale, which was Intermittent with heavy downpours accompanied by a strong east wind. Ita effect was felt In the early part of the day mostly on the downtown streots where the high buildings created a draft whleli In creased the already high velocity of the wind, which at times was thirty- two miles an hour. Nearly Pour Inches of Rain. Late In the afternoon the wind In creased In strength and about dark the rain began to fall Jn continual tot- rents This continued until daybreak Wednesday, and In .that time 2.47 Inches of rain fell. This was record ed at the weather bureau from the hours of 7 p. m. Tuesday until 7 a. m. Wednesday. Moat of the rain fall be ginning of the rain Tuesday morning until 7 o'clock at night 1.36 Inches fell, making the total for the storm 3.33, The temperature Wednesday morning was 68 degrees, while Tuesday 8 degrees higher pre vailed. The lowest temperature Tues day was 63, while .early Wednesday morning 58 was registered by the thermometer In the weather bureau. Though It wgs the month of June anil Atlantans expect the weather to be moderately warm, they were contem plating warm fires Tuesday nlRlit. and many of those who rode down town Wednesday Xii.trp tiu-.,,n dhr streetcar fflad-biffdP'lre.idV ff clr-fel -win dow. The nlr was unusually fresh and the atmosphere was perfectly clear. Chilly June Weather. The cool wind which accompanied the rain Tuesday morning caused many to don their raincoats, and It was a wintry scene that presented It self to pedestrians on the street Tues day. Business waa almost paralysed In the retail districts, for ladles did not care to risk the displeasure of a sum mer cold, not to speak' of the dlscom fort from carrying around several skirts In that rain. They ntayed at home rather than court the elements, which were all out warring. Those few who had lo be out and about moved In a hurry, for umbrellae were of little use, so strong was the wind around the corhera of the high build Ings In the business district. It was a stay-at-home day, even In the hualnesa center of Atlanta. With the Increase of the velocity of the atorm about dark, those who had expected to attend the bicycle races and other places »f amusement called everything In for the night, and. ae a result Jack Prince for once postponed the little entertainment he was going to pull off at Piedmont park, at CD centa per person entertained. The street cars were deserted after dark, and the etreets down town, with wa ters of the -aln pouring down them, enjoyed a bath within the privacy of their own homes. Many Telephones Out. The telephone companies were oad- ly crippled locally, as the high wind caused much croselng of wires, both systems, there were about 800 tel ephones out of service Wednesday morning, and It will be two days be fore all of them will be In working or der. The telegraph companies experi enced some trouble with their wires, on which linemen were put to work early Wednesday morning. A few fuses were burned out In tne local of fices. The railroads were not seriously Inconvenienced by the rain, and no re ports of any washouts have been re ceived. The fire alarm system In the city was badly damaged and Chief police should not depend on the sys tem In reporting fires, but should use the telephone. Trees Uprooted. In every port of the city trace were damaged and many, young fruit trees of the dty and In the country nearby were uprooted by the high wind. In every part of Atlanta Wednesday the storm and the damage to gw and trees, though no fatuities were re ported as a result of the falling trees and the cornices which were blown off a number of houses In the suburbs where the wind had full play. HOLDS 500 AT BAY LONGWORTHS REFUSE TO VISIT LEOPOLD By Private Leased Wire. l-omlon, June 11.—The Longworths have declined an Invitation to vlel. King I-eopotd of Belgium. LOVE WAS NOT BLIND EVEN IF COUPLE WAS Bt. Louis, Mo., June 13.—A dlyorce suit waa filed here today In which the plaintiff, the defendant and the co respondent are all blind. The suit Is that of Charles W. Ilalley against his wife, Amanda Flora Rurr Ballsy. The suit reveals a romance which probnbably has no parallel In point of ■he unique features Involved. Charles W. Ilalley, aon of a well-to-do cltlsen of Kant Ml. Ixiuls, met, wooed and won, at the Missouri Hchool for the Blind, Miss Amanda Flora Burr, the flillnd daughter of the late WIIMem llurr, formerly president of the Bt. OP Louis National Bank and at one time eonsldered among Ihe wealthiest men of Bt. Louis. After her marriage Mrs. Ballsy regular allot reived a regular allowance -from her family. Then she rams Into poaaaealnn of 330,000 two years ago by tha death of her mother; Mrs. Bailey, according to her hus band's allegation, met Charles • K. Heavy, a blind man, with Whom, ha asserts, sfie has become Infatuated. He saya that Mrs. Bailey recently told him that she no longer loved him and that she felt that she could not live without Heavy. MS. K. JONES OUT FOR BRYAN By JAMES K. JONES. > Rock. Ark., June n I have pref- Llttle already Mated In Interview •ranca for Wllllfim .1* nnin^* it the next Democratic Mandard bearer. I believe he Iwll bo tho next president of the United Htatea. Mr. Dryan never waa and will not in the future be governed by. eelfliih am bition. The present wldeepreml and apontaneouN movement In favor of Dryan la the logic of event*. Dryan wai the pioneer of the polltlce which are now eo emphatically and unrnle- takably approved by the public at large. LEFT POO ATLANTA BUT DISAPPEARED Westing house Is Honored. , By Private Leased Wire. Berlin. June 13.—The Technical Uni versity has conferred on George West- inghouse. the American Inventor, the degree of doctor of engineering. T Print. Leascl Wire south Sorwalk. Conn.. June a-The sweatee suicide of ('aetata Charles J. Vonnss. s dill wsr retersn. baa caused one of the area lest eensaUone within tha eiaatofy of realilenta here. After aettles «re to Ms home the rap- tala, armed with a shot gas. Md.at ley 6M pereoss sail the members of the fire de partment until the building had bees re duced to uahes. Then with the eirlamatloa, "fire bow a brave soldier can die." ha blew off tbs top of Ida head Before talilac his life he Halted the same gala's office and Bled hla will for probate. Special to The Georgian. McRae, Oa„ June 13.—In ft fit- pre sumably of mental aberration, Olln Pharr, cashier of the Cjtlxens' Bank of thin city, has disappeared. He left here Hunday to attend the bankers' convention In Atlanta, but was not present at any of the aeanlona. The clerical force of the Merchants' Hank of this place worked yesterday and last night on Pharr's accounts and this morning report a shortage of 14.- 000. At a meeting of the stockhold ers this morning It was promptly paid In. There were no Indications of wrong doing beyond Ibis, aa he took with him a small amount of currency, leaving Intact several thousand dollars In the vault. The bank officials and his friends are endeavoring to locate him and there will he no prosecution should he return. Mr. Pharr Is about 40 yearn of age and has been connected with the Cltlsena' Rank since Its organisa tion five years ago. His wife and chil dren live here. GIRL BURNED TO DEATH IN BUFFALO BUILDING Buffalo. N. Y, June 13.—Bertha Bander, 14 years old, waa burned to death early this morning In a fire which totally destroyed a two-story frame building at No. 223 Mills street. The building was occupied by August Ziegler, the lower floor being used by a bakety shop and the rpper floor sa a living aparimtnt. SALARY INCREASE FOR POSTMASTERS STATE OF GEORGIA Special to The Georgian. Washington. D. C, June II.—In creases In the salaries of Georgia post masters ware announced today, as fol lows: Athena, 32,730 to 32,100. Halnbrldge, Mllledgevllle, 32,100 to 32,200. Fitzgerald. 32.000 to 31,200. Foreyth, Fort Valley, Madison, Cov ington, Eastman. 31,300 lo 31,700. Hartwell, Jeeup, Cairo, 31,300 to 31,- 400. Adel, Baxley, Ocllla. Bylvanla, 31,100 to 31,300. Albany, Brunswick, 31,500 to 33,300. Aihburn, Greensboro, McRae, Mon tezuma, Montlcello, Commerce, Doug las 11,300 to 11,300. Jackson, Monroe, Blakely, Eatonton. Pelham. 31,300 to 31,100. Jefferson, Lafayette. Laurencevllle, Lithonla, Lumpkin. Boston, Buena Vis ta, Rossvllle, 31,100 to 31,200. LaGrange, Moultrie, 31,300 to 32,000. Lavonla, Warrantor!, 31,000 to 31,100. Loulsvlllt. Mlllen, Blacks hear, Blue Ridge, Canton. Bwaltuboro, 31,300 to 31.300. Macon, 31,100 to 11,500. Calhoun, 51.100 to 11.300. Camilla, Decatur, Sylvester, 31,200 to 31,100. Carrollton, 31.700 to 31,100. cedartown. 31.300 to «:.00u. Dalton, 32,200 to 32.100. MACK SAYS BRYAN L BE n In ti,mat Richmond, Vo., June 11— tervlew today Democratic Committeeman Norman E. Mack, of Buffalo, on Ihe Democratic outlook, aatd: "I believe Bryan will be renominated for the presidency by acclamation In the next national convention. I also believe a Democrat from the South, that part of the country which has el- ways been Democratic, should !>e pre sented as a candidate for the nomina tion for tha vies presidency, not be cause It Is the South aa much aa be cause It Is Democratic and always con sistently so.” WON'T INDORSE BRYAN. Austin. Tex., June 13.—The Democratic executive committee meeting here refused to adopt i lutlon Indorsing W. J. Bryan fm Idem. The reason urged agalni action waa that Senator J \V. may he a candidate for that of SCHOONER SINKS; CREW Special to The Ger Wilmington, N. O, June 13 -Will ,II» set, a large three* meat ed nrhoon er, though to be the E. A Hebe ■unk during laat of ('Vapefear bar. T with coal, waa from way to the West Ind veeeel le believed to lag Pan shoala befon Her crew le probui fH t* mile* Mouth • SHhanc, Lmded •Nrfi*lk, on her * The wrecked t\* "truck Kry< >• 1"»L i 1 fit i-i jlM'li i B1V ...