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ATLANTA papulation 130.000 Ilomn 36.000 Telephone* 15.000 MkIo lines of railroad* Seven Mil** of street railways 150 Denting rspltnl 122.000.000 VOL. 1. NO. 134. Georgian. GEORGIA ropntntlon ...... 2.500.W Milos of st on in rnllrnnds 6.500 Miles of electric railways 400 Cotton factories 130. spindles.. 1.500.000 ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29,1906. ■p-pT/ITTi, On Trsln* FIVB CENTS. Jtrxvlljjlj. in Atlanta TWO CENTS. u Send an Army of Occupation to Cuba at Ohce”—Secty. Taft to Roosevelt 5,600 UNITED STATES TROOPS ARE BEING MOBILIZED TO BACK UP THE SEIZURE OF CUBAN GOVERNMENT SCENES IN MOBILE, ALA., AND PENSACOLA, FLA., STORM-SWEPT CITIES OF THE GULF Windsor Hotel, Royal street. Mo bile, which was damaged $5,000. Barracks at Fort Raranco*. Pen sacola. Damage heavy here. The United States government building at Penaacola, Florida. Soldiers at Fort Mc Pherson Included in General Orders. SECRETARY OF WAR DECLARES HIMSELF ISLAND GOVERNOR American Marines Now Guard Treasury Bldg, in the City of Havana. Washington, Sept. 29.— Secretary Taft cables Chief of Staff Bell this morning: "Make immediate prepa rations to send an army of occupation to Cuba." The dispatch was taken at once by General Bell to Act ing Secretary of War Oliver who wired it to the president asking for instructions. MANY LIVES REPORTED LOST AND DAMAGE DONE BY THE HURRICANE AT PENSACOLA AND MOBILE BIG VESSELS DRIVEN ASHORE AND RUINED; THIEVES ROB HOMES Washington, D. C., Sept. 29.—Fir.i expedition ordered to bo mobiliaed at Newport Nowa. Va., 5,600 men. Without waiting for an anawar from the proaidont, Acting Secretary of War Oliver issued orders for the immediate mobilization of the first expedition at Newport Nowa., Va. It will conaist of 5,600 men, aa follows: Two battslions Fifth infantry, Platta- burg, N. Y. Two battaliona Eleventh infantry, Fort D’Ard A. Russell, Wyoming. Two battalions Seventeenth infantry, Fort McPherson, Ga. Two battaliona Twenty-aeventh in fantry, Fort 8heridan, III. Two battaliona Twonty-aighth in fantry, Fort 8nelling, Minn. Two battaliona Elavonth cavalry, Fort Dea Moines, Iowa. Two battaliona Fifteenth cavalry. Fort Ethan Allan, Vermont. Fourteenth batteries, field artillery. Fort Sheridan, III. Sevantaanth and Eighteenth batter ies, mountain artillery, Vancouver bar- racks. Two companies engineers, Washing ton barracks, D. C. Five Thousand Houses in the City of Mobile Damaged By the Great Storm of Last Wednesday. CHURCHES AND STORES WHECKED BY THE GALE Water Covers Many of the Streets—Wharves Washed Away—Bales of Cotton Lost and Shipping Practically Ruined. HATH LIST FROM STORM IV REACH 15 Lives Reported Lost From Many Small Towns. SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT TO FURNISH SHARE OF TROOPS SENT TO CUBA Though the Seventeenth Infantry *ta- tloned at Fort McPherson has received no official orders to leave for Cuba, It Is stated In dispatches from Washing ton that two battalions from this regi ment will be detailed for Cuban duty was never In better shape. The Seventeenth has 760 non-com missioned officers and enlisted tnen, all ready and willing to occupy Cuba if there la any fun to be looked for ahead. The officers believe that the work will be mainly police duty and and ordered to Join other • troops at do not evince any enthusiasm over the The following vessels have been en- FH'Kcd for the transportation of the first expedition to Cuba: The transport Sumner, which will curry 55 officers and 768 men. Tho Monterey, 46 officers and 202 men. The City of Washington, 66 officers •Od 202 men. The Seneca, 55 officers and 524 tnen. The Niagara, 56 officers and 596 men. The Panama, 90 officers and 1,000 and The Admiral Schley, 43 offle 3-jO men. The Admiral Sampson, 43 officers and 1.000 men. The Admiral Dewey, 43 officers and 350 men. The Admiral Farragut, 43 officers anti 3-'" men. All of these ships which, with the ex- ’"Ptlon of the transport Sumner, are merchant transpoits, have been irdereu m Newport News as-rapidly as possf- From reports received from Mobile, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla., which seem to have suffered to an enormous extent as a result of the hurricane which lashed the gulf coast Wednesday, 100 persons lost life. The aggregate property loss is estimated at from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000. Scores of great steamers and hundreds of smaller craft in the harbors of Pensacola and Mobile were driven a >re nnd destroyed. Wharves were wrecked. Five thousand houses at Mobile were da aged. For ten miles along the coast in the vicinity of Pensacola all houses have been damaged or entirely destroyed. Reports indicate that the greatest loss of life was among negroes. Fear is felt that the navy yard near Pensacola has suffered groat damage. Several warships are at the yard and they may huve been wrecked. , Fight big ships and a revenue cutter at Mobile were sunk at their wharves and smaller vessels were thrown on shore. The Mobile business quarter was devastated and the food supply is said to be running dangerously low. The snme is true of the situation at Pensacola. Some of the smaller towns on the gulf between Mobile and Pensacola are said to have been wiped off the map. To add to the horror of the situation, thieves are looting houses and the authorities arc having difficulty jn stopping the work of the robbers. At Mobile orders have been given to shoot all persons found robbing homes or business houses. The streets of Mobile and Pensacola are a mass of wreckage. The railroad tracks have, in many cases, been washed up. Eleetrie light, street railway and telephone nnd telegraph systems have been put out of commission. Fears are felt for persons and property at Gulfport and Biloxi. Neither place has been heard from since the storm struck the It is stated that the Louisville nnd Nashville rnilr’oad suffered n loss of fully $1,000,000 by reason of the damage done to its tracks and bridges. Special to The Georgian. Montgomery. Ala., Bept. 29.—It la thought that when the entire llal of deaths from tho hurricane become known It will be between 60 and 100. Some eatlmatea place It at 76. Ix»a of llvea has been reported from the terri lory embraced within a radlua of 60 mllea of Mobile. The dead so far reported from dif ferent places la as follows: Navy Covt. MRS. D. I, A DIMER AND TWO DAUGHTERS. ALEXANDER JOHNSON. HENRY JOHNSON. Condsn. MRS. SIMON KLOSKY. LITTLE GRANDSON OF MRS. KLOSKY. SUSAN CREVILLON, SERVANT OF MRS. KLOSKY. O. WERNETH. MRS. O. WERNETH. MRS. 8. M'RAE. MISS M'RAE. MRS. HENRY TURNER.- CAPTAIN .1. STEVENS. THREE MISSES ALEXANDER. EDWARD HUELAND. MRS. HUELAND. THREE HUELAND CHILDREN THREE UNIDENTIFIED BODIES ON THE BEACH. Bayou La Batrs. TWO BROTHERS NAMED CAR- RAWAY. Alabama Port. MRS. ELIJAH NELSON. Del Champa. MRS. A. L. 1IAZEN, OF NEW CAS tle, pa.. And two children. ONE UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN. TWO UNIDENTIFIED NEGRO CHILDREN. THREE NEGRO MEN KILLED B1 FALLING HOUSES. MRS. HENRY WARMICK. Soon Ready to Sail. The Sumner will probably aall for *mvport News today. The Monterey an d city of Washington arc In New York harbot and can be made ready "i'hln xeven daya. The Seneca and the Panama are due nt New York on the 30th Inst., an.l cun I* ready In live daya. The troops will be carried on deck or Continued on Pago Two. MOBILE Mobile, Ala.. Sept. 29.—Seventy-five lives are known today to have t)een lost In the terrible hurricane that de vastated this and other cities. The damage to property Is estimated at between J 3.000,'MO and $5,000,000. PENSACOLA Flomaton, Ala., Hept. 29.—According- to reports received here from Pensa cola, Fla., that city suffered tremen dous loss in the hurricane which raged all of Wednesday night and the great er part of yesterday. It Is believed fully 25 person* lost their life; maybe The storm struck th‘s city Wednes- . more. The body of George Morgan, a day night and *ontlnued with unabat- iMheraian, Ini* been recovered. Three ed fury until 10 o'clock Thursday | British sailors from a steamer In the morning the wind at times reaching a harbor are said to have been drowned, Continued on Pafle Two. Continued on Page Two. SMALL BOY STRAYS FI Lewis Htewart Mayo, aged 7. was playing In hjs yard,at 83 West Harris street early Saturday morning. He be came so interested In a passing lee wagon nnd Its cargo that he followed It down the street, and that Is the last that any one In Harris street has seen of Lewis. The disappearance of the small boy was reported to the police station a* soon as he was missed, at 9:30 o'clock, but though the blueroat* have looked through all the streets, they have seen nothing of a blue-eyed blond boy with tan slippers nnd stocking* and a blue blouse. Mrs. Mayo Is very much wor ried and Mr. Mayo says he is afraid Lewis found some had boy* and Is hav ing too good ;i time to come home. It lx believed that the youngster will return like the prodigal non long before the hour tor the fatted calf at supper time. Newport News at once. Major Wal*. tn-charge of the offices of the department of the gulf, stated Saturday morning that he had received no notification regarding the movement of Atlanta trogps, knew nothing about Cuban matters, nor about any ordora to mobilise an army of occupation. At Fort McPherson early In the af ternoon no orders had been received. Colonel Van Orsdale stated that he could not state whether or not march ing orders would be received. There was a busy atmosphere about the reser vation. however, and It was evident thnt the Seventeenth will not be caught unprepared. The regiment 1s In lino trim and no matter which two battalions arc drawn from Its ranks the men will he fit and fine. They returned last Tuesday from Chlckainauga Park, having hiked 200 miles on their way and making n forced march on the last day In their hurry to reach Atlanta. The regiment prospect. Just who will command the battalions selected from the‘Seven teenth Is not known. The officers of the regiment are .as follows: Colonel J. T. Van Orsdale, Lleuten nnt Colonel Charles McClure, Major James A. Maney, Major Edward Cyno- weth. Major Frank B. McCoy, Chap lain F. B. Doherty. Captain B. C. Morse, Captain Carl Relchmann, Cap tain James H. Frier, Captain Henry J. Hunt, Captain Mathlaa Crowley, Captain B. F. Hardeway, Captain Thomas I,. Smith, Captnln Oscar J. Charles, Captain Robert C. Davis. Cap tnln Percy M. Cochran, Captain Robert O. Van Horn, Captain Adolph H. Hue get. First Lieutenants H. P. Hobbs, Fred erick Goedecks, Winfield Harper. C. J. Nelson. C. S. Frank, Oliver F. Snyder, W. R. Kendrick, Thomas Stnryer, Sec ond Llsutennants II. W. Athbrook, D. M. Chastain, W. E. Holldny, H. K Bradford. O. M. P. Murphy. C. M. Hut lor, W. 8. Drysdnle, M. K. Spladlng, iui> o. uijmmit, m. rj. niiituiuiK, J. D, Burnett. E. J. Cullen, F. J. Oster- man, O. R. Byrd. COTTON CROP DAMAGED TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT. Spcrlnl to Tho Georgian. Meridian, Miss., Sept. 29.—The storm which visited Meridian and vicinity Thursday begnn manifesting Itself Wednesday night, and lasted for about 24 hours. All telephone and telegraph communication with\fhe outside world were shut off until 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. There were no trains run ning on any of the roads south of here until today. The damage to crops and orchards Is enormous. It Is estimated thnt 25 per cent of the cotton crop Is a loss. No fatalities are reported. There Is no appreciable damage to any resi dence or place of business yet report* ed. The wind ranged from 40 to 6C miles per hour and the rainfall averaged Inches. CYCLONE AT SELMA DESTROYS COTTON El Housd With Occupants Caught Up and Totally Demolished. Special lo The Georgian. Selma. Ala., Sept. 29.—The Insa to cotton In Dallas county from Thurs day's storm followed by the heavy rains of Friday, will amount to half million dollars, according to estimates aggregated today from farmers who have reached the city. It Is estimated thnt one-third of cotton that was open and unpicked In the fields was blown out and will be practically a total loss. State Treasurer J. Craig Smith was here, after a visit to his place In South Dallas, and he estimates the loss at one-thlrd. Com Is also damaged, but cotton has suffered to about ten thou sand bales In this county alone. cyclone passed northv of Selma Friday afternoon between 6 and 0 o'clock. It took a funnel shape and dipped down at various points In Its track. The house of O. L. Little, oc cupied by his wife and three children, was caught In the whirling wind and demolished, the occupants being blown out Into e cotton patch. Walter, the two-year-old son, was badly Injured by timbers falling upon him. 00000000000000000000000000 O o O CRIE8 OF NEWSBOYS O O . HUSHED IN AUGUSTA O BY ACT OF COUNCIL. O o o O Special to The Georgian. O O Augusta, Ga., Sept. 29.—Chief O O M. J. Norris has Issued an order 0 O to stop all crying of newspapers O O tomorrow morning. This Is in ae- O O cordance with an ordinance which O O was passed more than 10 years O O ago, but has been practically dead O O since Its adoption. It was among O O the ordinances passed upon the O O recommendation of the old Civic O 0 League, and It Is said that the 0 O majority of the ordinances have 0 O passed nut of date. 0 OOO0000OO0000O0000000O00OO FIFTEEN DIE OK PENNSY Seventy-Five Persons Are Said to Have Been Injured. Philadelphia, Sept. 29.—In a rear-end collision of two passenger trains on the Pennsylvania railroad at Eddington near Bristol, Pa., nineteen miles north of here, today, a number of persons, estimated at from nine to fifteen, were killed and muny Injured. The Philadelphia express, which left New York at 7:30 o'clock a. m, crashed Into the renr end of the Long Branch special, which had stopped above the station at Eddington to make repairs on the engine. Tho last car of the local was cut In two as though by a knife. The car ahead of It was smashed Ihto kindling wood. Tho first of the dead to be taken from the wreck was a woman. The body of a man was next remover). An other was taken out. arid then It was seen thnt others were In the wreck, and that fifteen had been killed out right. At least seventy persons are reported seriously Injured. The New York express was making almost a mile a minute when its en gineer sighted the Long Branch spe cial at the further end of a curve. He reversed his engine and applied the air brakes, but he was Jhen so near to the local that the speed of his train was barely checked when the crash came. The engine plowed Its way through the second car and reduced It to splin ters. Some of the passengers Were hurled In the air, while others were crushed to death by the engine. Pn*. sengers on the last two cars were either killed or Injured. The uninjured went to the aid ot those pinned In the wreckage. The first of the dead to be taken from tha wreck was Miss Brown, daughter of Dr. Brown, of Elizabeth,. N. J. Her head was rut off. Columbus Wentz Conference. Special to The Georgian. will make a strong effort to secure the nezt meeting of the South Georgia con ference In this city. It has been fifteen years since the conference held a meet ing here. MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP LEAGUE APPLICATION BLANK. I hereby make application for membership In t)ie MUNICIPAL OWN ERSHIP LEAGUE. I favor the ownership of a gas and electric lighting plant by tha city of Atlanta. Remarks: Occupation Note.—Cut out and return to THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.