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The Atlanta Georgian. NIGHT EDITION VOL. 1. NO. 134. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29,1906. PRICE: ?»“ fwo “Send an Amy of 0ecu pation to Cuba at Once'—Secty. Taft to Roosevelt TO BACK UP THE SEIZURE OF CUBAN GOVERNMENT SCENES IN MOBILE, ALA., AND PENSACOLA, FLA., STORM-SWEPT CITIES OF THE GULF iVx h ^ FLOM4TOM OF /V>£X/CO PENS Vf Pslafox street, Pensacola, where business houses were ruined. Windsor Hotel, Royal street. Mo bile, which was damaged $5,000. U. S. Kavy Yard, Pensacola. Great damage done on land and water. Diagram showing stricken cities* In the Southern states. Barracks at Fort Barancaa, Pen sacola. Damage heavy here. The United States government building at Pensacola, Florida. U. 8. Life Saving Station, Santa Rosa Island, Pensacola, Fla. Soldiers at Fort Mc Pherson Included in General Orders. SECRETARY OF WAR DECLARES HIMSELF ISLAND GOVERNOR MANY LIVES REPORTED LOST AND DAMAGE DONE BY THE HURRICANE AT PENSACOLA AND MOBILE 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. Washington, D. C„ Sept. 29.—Flret expedition ordered to bo mobilized at Newport Nowe, Vs„ 5,600 mon. Without waiting for an anawar from tho president, Acting Secretary of War Olivar lesuad ordara for tho immediate mobilization of tho firat expedition at Newport News., Va. It will conaiat of 8,600 man, aa follows: Two battaliona Fifth Infantry, Platts- burg, N. Y. Two battaliona Eleventh infantry, Fort D'Ard A. Russell, Wyoming. Two battalions Seventeenth infentry, Fort McPherson, Ga. Two battaliona Twonty-aavanth in fantry, Fort Sheridan, III. Two battaliona Twenty-eighth in fantry, Fort Snolling, Minn. Two battaliona Eleventh eavalry, Fort Dos Molnea, Iowa. Two battaliona Fifteenth cavalry, Fort Ethan Allan, Vermont, Fourteenth batteries, field artillery, Fort Sheridan, III. Savantaanth and Eighteenth batter ies, mountain artillery, Vancouver bar racks. Two companies engineers, Washing ton barracks, D. C. The following vessels have been en gaged for the transportation of the first expedition to Cuba: Tho transport Sumner, which will carry 66 otticers and 7(8 men. The Monterey, 46 officers and 202 men. The City of Washington, 66 officers and 202 men. The Seneca, 66 officers and 624 men. The Niagara, 66 officers and 696 men. The Panama, 90 officers and 1,000 men. Tho Admiral Schley, 43 officers and $60 men. The Admiral Sampson, 43 officers and 1,000 men. The Admiral Dewey, 43 officers and 360 men. The Admiral Farrngut, 43 officers nnd 350 men. All of these ships which, with the ex ception of the transport Sumner, ure merchant transports, have been ordered »" Newport Nows as rapidly aa possi ble. Soon Ready to 8ail. The Sumner will probably sail for Newport News today. The Monterey anil city of Washington are In New York h'irbnt and can be made ready within seven days. The Seneca nnd the Panama are due nt Ne.v York on the 30th Inst., and can be ready In five days. The troops will be carried on deck or BIG VESSELS DRIVEN ASHORE AND RUINED; THIEVES ROB HOMES Five Thousand Houses in the City of Mobile Damaged By, the Great Storm of Last Wednesday. CHURCHES AND STORES WHECKED BYTHEGAEE Water Covers Many of the Streets—Whirves Washed Away—Bales of Cotton Lost and Shipping Practically Ruined. FI u LIST SPORTING EXTRA FIFTEEN DIE |j| QjnRIUl Football-Races-Baseball III A WRECK II ulUrllvl TECH- 6 f napU 7C • MARYVILL- 6 Flllil FI 1 Tech nn( * M ar 3’ v *H e College of Tonneaace opened the South- IILJ IUII 11/ ern football season in Atlanta Saturday afternoon, meeting at Hi n ir iilui\ ON PENNSV Lives Reported Lost From Many Small Towns. 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 tho gulf coast Wednesday, 100 persons lost life. Tho aggregate property loss is estimated at from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000. Scores of great steamers nnd hundreds of smnller craft in the hnrhors of Pensacola and Mobile were driven ashore and destroyed. Wharves were wrecked. Fivo thousand houses at Mobile wore dam aged. For trn miles along the coast in the vicinity of Pensacola all houses have been damaged or entirely destroyed. Iieports indicate that the Kr e «tcst loss of life was nmong negroes. Fear is felt tha^ the navy yard near l’ensncola Jins suffered preat damage. Several warships are at the yard and they may .have been wrecked. Eight big ships ami a revenue cutter at Mobile were sunk at their wharves and smaller vessels were thrown on shore. The Mobile business quarter was devastated and tho food supply is faid to be running dangerously low. The same is true of the situation at Pensacola. Some of the smnller towns on the gulf between Mobile nnd Pensacola are snid to have been wiped off the map. To add to the horror of the situation, thieves are looting houses and the authorities are having difficulty in 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 arc a mass of wreckage. The railroad tracks have, in many cases, been washed up. Electric light, street railway and telephone and 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 coast. It is stated that the Louisville and Nashville railroad suffered a loss of fully $1,000,000 by reason of the damage done to its tracks and bridges. MOBILE Mobile, Ala.. Sept. 29.—Seventy-five llvez are known tifilay to have been lost In the terrible hurricane that de vastated this and other cities. The damage to property I* estimated at betweeh $3,000,000 and $6,000,000. The atorm struck this city Wednes day night and continued with unabat ed fury until JO o’clock Thursday morning, the wind at times reaching a Continued cn Page Two. PENSACOLA Flomaton, Ale., Sept. 29.—According to report* received here from Pensa- cola, Fla., that city Buffered tremen dous loss In the hurricane which reged nil of Wednesday night ahd the great er part of yeeterday. It Is believed fully 26 persons lost their life; maybe more. The body of George Morgan, a fisherman, has been recovered. Three British sailors from a steamer In the harbor are said to have been drowned. Continued en Pag* Two. Special to The Georgian. Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 29.—It thought that when the entire list of deaths from the hurricane become known It will be between 60 nnd 100. Some estimates place It at 75. Los* of lives has been reported from the terri tory embraced within a radius of 50 miles of Mobile. The dead eo far reported from dif ferent place* le as follows: Navy Cove. MRS. D. LADIMER AND TWO DAUGHTERS. ALEXANDER J0HN80N. HENRY JOHNSON. Conden. MRS. SIMON KLOSKY. LITTLE GRANDSON OF MRS. KLOSKY. SUSAN CREVILLON, SERVANT OF MRS. KLOSKY. O. WERNETH. MRS. O. WERNETH. MRS. 8. M’RAE. MISS M'RAK. MRS. HENRY TURNER. CAPTAIN J. STEVENS. THREE MISSES ALEXANDER. EDWARD HUELAND. AIRS. HUELAND., THREE HUELAND CHILDREN. THREE UNIDENTIFIED BODIES ON THE BEACH. Bayou La Batr*. TWO BROTHERS NAMED CAR- RAWAY. Alabama Port MRS. ELIJAH NELSON. Del Champ*. MRS. A. L. HAZEN. OF NEW CAS- TLE, PA.. AND TWO CHILDREN. ONE UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN. TWO UNIDENTIFIED NEGRO CHILDREN. THREE NEORO MEN KILLED BJ FALLING HOUSES. MRS. HENRY WARM1CK. RABBI INVITES CONGREGATION TO TO BREAK FAST Special to The Georgian. Shreveport. La., Sept. 2$.—"Come and eat,” said Rabbi Moses P. Jacobson laat night In a sermon to his congrega tion at Temple Bethel.* He said that fasting was born of superstition and Ignorance. His words created no little surprise to congregation which had assembled to celebrate the day of atonement. Tech Field. TECH. Position. MARYVILLE. Luck Center Hunt Hendersoif Right Guard .Rnylirn Hell Left Guard Smith H. McCarty Right Tackle R. Samsel Monroe Left Tacklo A. Samsel Hill Right End Henry Hightower ..Left End Magill “Chip” Robert (junrterbnck Thylor Means Right Half Hack Foster (cupt.) Davids Left Half Hack Harr Sweat (capt.) Full Hack Campbell O’Donnell, of Pennsylvania, refefee; Bean, of Tennessee, umpire; linesmen, Smith, of Tech, and Elmore ,of Tennessee. Maryville won the toss and chose the north goal. It was agreed to play fifteen-minute halves. The p)ay went like this; nnd Robert returned 6 yards. Tech tried an end run and double pass, but didn't quite make the 10 yards re quired. Hightower then punted for Tech, but drove the ball Into the line. On the rebound It wee nabbed by R. C. Samsel, who carried the ball 16 yards for the flret touchdown. Barr kicked goal. SCORE: MARYVILLE, 6; TECH, 0. Time, 4 minutes. Tech then kicked off to the north goal and the ball was returned Flret Half. Aa the players toAk the field. It looked i though the teams were pretty well matched. The Tennessean* had a slight advantage In weight If there was any. Tech kicked off and Mnryvllle re turned the sphere five yard* before the runner was downed. Affer one attempt to gain, Maryville kicked 25 yards and regained the ball. The Tennesseans then ruched the ball 10 yards and mode It first down. Then a side kick was attempted by the visitors but the ball flew out of bounds before being caught and was brought back to the center of the field. Maryville Gain* 100 Verde. Mnryvllle got down to hard, straight football and by burking and shooting plays Just outside of tackle carried the pigskin $0 yards. With 9 yards to gain In three downs. Maryville then punt ed and recovered the ball only to lose It on downs. By the old Helsman tactics Tech then advanced the ball to the middle of the field. The team tried one for ward pass but the ball was railed down before It was secured by anyone. The ball then fluctuated from one team to the other, the play being kept In the middle of the field until Mary ville punted to Tech’s 20-yard line, Davids bringing It back 16 yards, be ing downed by Hill. Two offlsde pen' altle* cost Maryville 10 yards but Tech had to punt and Maryville made a few deseprate efforts . to gain. Hill twice ripping off two yards. Then a punt was tried but Maryville kicker made only 10 yards with hi* boot. Tech get ting the hall. Tech then did Its only offensive play ing of note In the first half, Davids getting first 6 yards and then 8 and means another 6, when Maryville stif fened up and stopped It. The half was railed with the ball In Tech's possession on the Maryville 40- yard line. SCORE AT THE END OF THE 1ST HALF—0-0. Second Half. The firat half was played In rapid- fire time, no delays being occasioned by Injuries. The fact thnt no consign ment gains were made by either team was comment enough on the new rules. Both teams stuck pretty closely, how ever, to the eld Ideas of style both In offense and defense. At the beginning of the second halt, Maryville kicked off to the 6-yard line yards. Held safe on two downs, Mary ville kicked 26 yards and out of bounds. Maryville then got the ball and Fos ter made a hike around left end for 26 yards, around was then lost by the Tennesseans and Campbell punted, Tech bringing the ball back 2D yards. A forwnrd pass worked by Davids end McCarty netted Tech 26 yards and one of the most brilliant atunta of the game. Hill then walked 6 yards, Davids am bled 16 yards and Means waa going good when he fumbled, but the ball waa recovered. Mean* then went 26 yards amid ap plause, Hightower bucked 6, Sweat eked out 2, and Hill bucked S, get ting the ball to the 1-yard line. Hill failed to take It over, but Davids turn ed the trick and kicked goal. The score then was: TECH 6, MARYVILLE 8. Maryville then out loose speed end by hard work carried the ball to Tech's 7-yard line, when time was called. FINAL SCORE; 8 TO 6. RACE RESULTS. GRAVESEND. Gravesend, I- I., Sept. 29.—Here are the results of today’s racer: FIRST RACE—Fire Brand. 4 to 1, won; Otlclan, 3 to 1, second; Prince Frederick. 2 to 1, third. Time 1:11. SECOND RACE—Jimmy Lane, 9 to 6, won: Phantom. 2 to 6, second: Grand Pa, 3 to 6, third. Time 4:46 2-6. LOUISVILLE. Louisville, Ky.. Sept. 29.—Hefe are the results of today's races: FIRST RACE—Noel. 1 to 1. won: Ralshot, 4 to 6. second; Dr. Young, < to 1, third. HAMILTON. Hamlleon, Ont„ Sept. 29.—Here are the results of today's races: F1R8T RACE—Wabssh, 20 to I, non; Hantsorne. 6 to 6, second: Kune- run. 1L to 2, third. Time 1:1$. Seventy-Five Person? 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 persona, estimated at from nine to fifteen, were killed and many Injured. The Philadelphia express, which left New York at 7:$0 o'clock a. m, crashed Into the rear end of the Long Branch 1 special, which had stopped above the 1 Ion at Eddington to make repairs ■he engine. The last car of the local [was cut In two as though by u knife. The car ahead of It was smashed Into kindling wood. The first of the deed to be taken from the wreck was a women. The body of a man was next removed. An- ' other was taken out. add then It waa seen that others were In the wreck, and that fifteen had been killed out-i Mght. ho 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 hi* engine and applied the air ’ brakes, but he was then eo near to the local that the speed of his train waa barely checked when the crash came, b^he engine plowed Its way through ^■second car nnd reduced It to splln- Iters. Some of the passengers were hurled In the air, white others were lerushed to death by the engine. Pas sengers on the Inst two cars were either' killed or Injured. The uninjured went to the aid of Ithoee pinned In the wreckage. The first of the dead to be taken from the wreck was Miss Brown, daughter of Dr. Brown, of Elisabeth, N. J. Her head was cut off. [missile from above KILLED NEGRO PORTER Special fo The Georgian. Columbus. Ga., Sept. 29.—Frank Harris, a negro porter for J. E. Sins, grocer, was hit on the head by a weight thrown from the fourth story of the Muscogee mills. His skull was crushed nnd he will die. It Is not known who tjirew the missile. The mill fronts on the sidewalk on Four teenth street and people pass by all the time. No arrests have been made. The case Is being Investigated. OOOOOOOOOO00OOOOOOOOOOOO0O O CRIES OF NEWSBOYS O O HUSHED IN AUGUSTA O 0 BY ACT OF COUNCIL. 0 O Special to The Georgian. O O Augusta. Ga., Sept. 29.—Chief O 0 M. J. Norris has Issued an.order O O to etop all crying of newspapers O O tomorrow morning. Thle 1* In nc- 0 0 cordance with an ordinance which 0 is passed more than 10 yean 0 O ago, but has been practically dead 0 0 since Its adoption. It was nmong 0 O the ordinances passed upon the 0 O recommendation of the old Civic 0 O League, and It Is said that the 0 O majority of the ordinance* have C O passed out of dste. C 00OO0O0000OOOO0OOOOO0OO009 ' \ • -aa Continued on Psa* Two-