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1 mmm ATLANTA ropalatlon **•**••• SSO.ono llomM 26,000 T^lpphon?* 15,000 Msin lines of railroads Seven Miles of street railways. 150 " apltal 122.000.000 The Atlanta Georgian. OCOSGIA ropnlntlon 2.900,000 Miles of Bter.m railroads 6.600 Miles of electric railways 40# Cotton factories 130. spindles.. 1,500,000 ^o5o#o VOL. 1. NO. 135. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY OCTOBER 1, 1906. P'TCTP'fi 1 .. On Trains FIVE CENTS. JZXViXulig i n Atlanta TWO CENTS. FOOD IS BADLY NEEDED AT MOBILE TO CARRY ON WORK OF RELIEF AMONG THE STORM SUFFERERS; TROOPS ORDERED TO PREVENT ANY MORE LOOTING $10,000,000 Is Esti mated Damage to Lumber Interests. ! MOBILE IS BURYING i VICTIMS OF STORM Death List In Vicinity of that City Expected to Reach 125. By W. B. WADDLE. Mobile, Ala., Oct. 1.—Relief ,>rk along the coast below Mo- .Ile, where more than 2,000 per sons are destitute and without homes, continues under the direc tion of Major Oates, of the local militia, but the supply is , inade quate. Mobile has decided to ac cept outside aid so large has be come the burden and the lack of provisions in this city, the stocks of wholesale merchants having been more or less damaged by wa ter. Negroes at the wrecked coast towns are becoming troublesome and looting provails. Colonel Dumont, of the Third regiment, is to increaso the num ber of militiamen along the coast today to protect the people. Demand Unreasonable Pay. Work of cleaning up Mobile progresses slowly because of un willingness of negroes to work. They are demanding unreasonable compensation. There are more than forty ves sels cither wreoked or damaged in this immediate vicinity, according to a report just made by a govern- I >■ official. ( a ho revenue cutter Winona left here today for Dauphin and Mon Luis island on a relief expedition. Provisions, clothing and tents arc 1 1 being taken to the hundreds of ' destitute on these two islands. Fort Damaged $300,000. i It is now estimated that the i damage to Fort-Morgan, in Mobile j bay, will exceed $300,000. There 1 is not a tenable house on the reser- j.vation and the 200 or more sol- I diers are living in the hospital ' there. The commanding officer has asked the war department for the temporary removal of the troops The people of Mobile were much dis tressed by news from Washington that i another tropical hurricane, now ap proaching the Yucatan channel from the east, Is headed In thle direction. Storm warnings are out and extra pre. cautions are being taken by mariners. A heavy rain set in last night nnd ] was still falling this morning. There ' was no wind accompanying the rain Mobile, Ala. Oct. 1.—Prom reports which hare reached here It Is now I believed that the list of deaths from Wednesday's hurricane In this vicinity j will not be more than 126. Sunday was a day of funerals along the south coast and west shore. The wreckage along the coast wss j viewed by thousands of visitors yester day, who went from this city and neighboring towns to see. the havoc caused by the storm. Relieving Much Distress. Every effort Is being made to relieve the distress which Is reported among survivors of the hurricane. A relief committee has been organised, with Dr. H. T. Inge as chairman, Paul Wilson, secretary, and M. J. Duggan, treasurer. A train, with clothing and provisions, was sent yesterday to Dauphin Is land. Tho authorities lost no time In try ing to relieve the situation here. Oreat gangs of men have been kept steadily at work clearing the wreckage from the etreets. Three of the car lines were operated yesterday for the first time since Wednesday. Docks Being Repaired. The damaged docks are being re paired. The Louisville and Nashville Is still disabled and Is the only road not able to maintain a schedule. It may be a week or ten days before It will be running trains between Mobile and New Orleans. The Southern and tbs Mobile and Ohio are running trains as before the storm. At Scranton, Mlse„ a church, the Odd Fellows' hall and several build ings were destroyed, while at Pas cagoula beach not a residence Is left standing, the river front at that point being tom up. The light house there has been destroyed. Shipping has not been badly damaged. Many Beets Bunk. . ’ At Biloxi every bath house has gone, and the driveway along the coast at this point has been destroyed. Many .boats that sought refuge there were sunk, and all of them were badly dam- Ifed. . « At Pun Christian no lives were lost, and the damage waa light. The wreck. ADAMS, NOTORIOUS POLICY KING, COMMITS SUICIDE IN NEW YORK “AL” ADAMS, “THE POLICY KING. H He waa backer In the M. J. Sago & Co. bucket shop In New York, and committed suicide on Monday morning. Losses Through Backing Bucket Shop of M. J. Sage & Co. Sup posed to Have Been the Cause—His Family in the Next Room Heard Shot Which Killed Him. New York, Oct. 1.—“Al” Adams, policy king and the backer of M. J. Sage’s bucket shop, committed suicide at his rooms in the Ausonia this morning. Adams shot himself In tho head. His family were In the adjoining room of the hotel at Seventy-third street anti Broadway. Worry over the failure of his bucket shop enterprises Is supposed to have been the cause. No one but Adams knew what his looses through the M. J. Sage & Co. bucket shop deal were. When the firm which Adams backed liberally went to the wall it wns at first supposed the policy king had cleared from $800,000 to $1,000,000. Events showed that Adams had been the victim of a gang of crooks, who plotted to take him through for us much us he would stand. The plot had Its Inception when Adams was still In Sing Sing, serving a term for policy backing. Adams was at one time reputed to be several times a millionaire. He was said to have owned at least $2,- 000,000 worth of real estate, backed more than 100 saloons, nnd practically owned two breweries. He clung loyally to the associates and the ways which made him a millionaire, and at the same time was ambitious for the soclnl success of his wife and children. He sent his eldest son, Lawrence B. Adams, to Harvard. Young Adams was a fine, manly fellow, a good student, and with pleasing qualities. He made many friends, but when It became known that he was the son of •’Al" Adams, the ’’policy king,” some of his former friends dropped him. The experience of his eldest son at a large university was a blow to the* father, and when it came time to send the second son, Louts B. Adams, to college he wa>f sent to Heidelberg. The third son, Albert J. Adams, Jr., studied low In New York. Adams wns a Rhode Island Yankee. He went to New York from Providence S5 years ago, when he was about 27 years old. He was u hrakeman on the New York, New Haven and Hartford road. He fell In with some ’’sports” and beonme a policy runner for Zachnrlah Simmons and his three brothers. The Simmons brothers were then the policy kings, having the hacking of the Tweed ring. As »;oon as he mastered the Intricacies of the game he started out for himself. I«ater he backed gambling games In Sixth avenue. With ”Hhung” Draper, It Is said, at one time he controlled three-fifths of the faro banks In New York. In 1892 It wns said Adams owned over 150 gambling places of various kinds. THIRTY KNOWN TO HAVE PERISHED IN THE HURRICANE AT PENSACOLA; PROPERTY LOSSES ARE APPALLING Continued en Page Two. By S. S. BERNARD. Special to The Georgian. Penaacoln. Fla., Oet. 1.—A con tinuance of tlie down pour of rain throughout Saturday, Sunday and up to noon today adds to the dis tress of the recent storm. The streets are Hooded and thousands of dollnra’ worth of new goods ruined on account of defective roofs. The relief committee is taking care of those in distress. Food and clothing are being provided. Hun dreds are sheltered in the armory, tile old hospital huilding and some of the public buildings. The terrible stench arising from tlie debris for miles along Hay- shore leads to the belief that more bodies will be found. The saloons will remain closed, until conditions improve. I’nless additional duniRge is done, no outside help will be re quired. Hinw’ia* to Tin* Gem-dun. Pensacola, Fla., OcL I.—There are known to be thirty dead here from the hurricane. Death and destruction are, on every hand, and It la believed that possibly ten days from now, when tho debris is all cleared away and reports In from outlying districts, that the death list will reach 75. The deaths reported today are: Miss Pryor, daughter of Rev. Mr. Pryor: two small children, names un known; Frank Blltchey, seaman on schooner C’ott. The full extent of the terrible blow to Pensacola and surrounding territory Is now Just being realized, as reports roach the city from small towns and settlements along the bayou and on Hanta Rosa Island, bringing news of disasters. Yesterday news was re ceived of four more deaths and many tales of suffering from exposure and GOVERNOR TAFT RULES ISLAND; LIBERATES POLITICAL CAPTIVES; 700 MARINES LAND AT HAVANA 2,000 RETAIL DRUGGISTS ARE ASSEMBLING HERE IN ANNUAL CONVENTION Hundreds Are Arriv ing on Every Train. OPENING MEETING HELD MONDAY NIGHT National President Is Here. 400 Come From Chicago. By the time the opening eeselon of the eighth annual convention of the National Association of Retail Drug- gleta Is called to order Monday even ing at 7:20 o'clock In the hall of repre aentatlveg at the state capltol'lt la estimated that fully 2,000 druggists from all parts of the Union will have registered at headquarters on the par lor floor of the New Kimball. Over 400 prominent pill-rollers from the East and Middle West came to Atlanta Sunday evening. Every In coming train Monday brought hundreds of visitors, and the outlook Is that this will be the greatest convention In the history of the organisation. From Chicago a special train of five Pullman cars arrived Sunday evening bearing some 400 drug men from the Northwest. With this party was Thomas H. Wooten, national secretary, one of tho leading spirits In the N. A. R. D. Secretary Wooten Is one of the most popular men In the association. National President M. T. Breslln, of New Orleans, arrived Sunday evening, and was cordially greeted. Another very prominent visitor la Mr. D. O. Haynes, proprietor of the Pharmaceuti cal Era. The registration bureau and general Information department has been placed under the direction of Mr.- George bowman. who has an efficient corps of assistants with him. The Kimball Is headquarters for tho association and every room In the big hostelry Is filled with drug men. The Piedmont, Aragon, Marlon and other hotels atl have crowds of drug men or reservations for those coming In Mon day, Many Ladle* Here, An unusually large number of ladles are In attendance and they lend much to the animated scenes about the Kimball. Indications arc that more ladles will be here than has aver at tended one of the conventions. Mrs, Emma Gary Wallers, president of the Boston Women's organisation, arrived CHARLE8 H. AVERY, of Chicago, first vios president of the National Association of Retail Druggists. MR. MUIR, OF BROOKLYN. President Palma, Broken in Spirit, Quits Capital. AMERICAN REGIME BEGINS WITH POMP U. S. Secretary of War Makes Chief Speech at Opening of University. Monday morning with a largo delega- tlon from New England. Tho party coming from New York by the •teainer City of Columbus reached Atlanta Sunday evening. Many of them stopped off zevernl hours In Macon as guests of the local drug association there. Another special party on a chartered steamer from Philadelphia will reach Atlanta Monday afternoon Continued on Pag# Two. Contjnuod on Pago Three. IF COTTON IS DAMAGED AS BAD AS REPORTED, PRICE WILL REACH 12C —8AY8 HARVIE JORDAN. The following telegram from President Harvle Jordan, of the South ern Cotton Association, In answer to a query, was received by The Georgian Saturday night: ’’Taylor, Texas, September 29.—If reported damage to cotton crop In middle gulf states be true, present crop will not exceed that of 1906, nnd prices will reach 12 cents before January 1, provided crop Is moved slowly on the market. "HARVIE JORDAN.” 28 BODIES RECOVERED FROM DEBRIS IN CONDON; FORESTS ARE DESTROYED Special to The Georgian. Meridian, Miss., Oct. 1.—Superlntend- ent C. A. Plgford, of the M. & O., has returned from Mobile, where he went Immediately after the storm to super vise the repairs of the propertj- of Ids company. Their loss In Mobile, he roughly estimated at $60,000, in Whist ler $10,000, and along the Bayshore di vision at $2,500, not Including a mile of track washed up nnd numerous bridges destroyed. Up to yesterday he said there had been 28 bodies recov ered nt Uoden. Timber Interests In Mobile county have been greatly affected. He does not believe that out of the vast forests of virgin timber which stood In that section 100 acres remain. o o O STORM APPROACHING O O FROM THE 80UTHWE8T. O O O O 8|»eclal to The Georgian. 0 O New Orleans, Oct. 1.—Anoth- 0 O er storm Is reported approaching O O from h southwestern direction by O O the weather bureau, and some un- O O easiness Is manifested. O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP LEAGUE APPLICATION BLANK. I hereby make application for membership In the MUNICIPAL OWN ERSHIP LEAGUE. I favor the ownership of a gas and electric lighting plant by the city of Atlanta. Remarka: Name .. Address Occupation Note.—Cut out and return to THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. By MANUEL CALVO. Havana, OcL I.—Havana residents, with their keen love of pomp, had their flret today of display under the military occupation of the Island by the United States. The occasion waa one far removed from the recent disturbances through out the Island which made American Intervention necessary, but the oppor tunity offered for arranging a gorgeous ceremony waa not overlooked. In the opening of Havana university came the chance of the Cubans and they utilized It to the extreme. The spectacle was one of great splendor. Taft Makes Address. Governor Taft made the address In honor of the opening of the university. National, provincial and municipal of ficials thronged to the capital to par ticipate In the ceremony. Judges of the supreme court officials of the lower courts, the bishop of Havana and other church dignitaries, officers of the American and Cuban forces, as well as representatives of the liberal and mod erate parties of Cuba, comprised Mr, Taft's audience. Hundreds of Cuban women, arrayed In their gayest clothes as If for a holi day occasion, added to the splendor of the picture. Prominent In the crowd were General Funeton, Captain Coud- cn, commanding the naval forces; Gen eral Alejandro Rodriguez, commander of tho Cuban rurale guard; Senator Alfredo Zayaa and General Jose Miguel Gomez, representing the triumphant liberal party. Gives Promise For Future. In his speech Governor Taft dwelt - upon the recent terrible ordeal through [ which Cuba has passed and spoke at some length of the promise of future prosperity under a peaceful regime for -the Island. The relations existing be tween the United States and Cuba were referred to and the American gov ernor renewed tho promise of hla pro clamation of Saturday that American occupation should not last longer than was necessary to re-establish the Cu ban republic on a Arm basis. Whllo the exercises In connection with the opening of the university were being conducted with all the pomp and glory which could be put Into them, another lltle scene was enacted at the palace, marking as It did the end of the first republic. Palma Quit Palace. Thla was the moving out of tlie palace of President Palma, who has oc cupied the place since his Inauguration as Cuba's first president. Palma will take his family to their old home at Matanzas. Hla personal effects were moved out today and the retiring presi dent bode a sad farewell to the palace, the scene of some triumphs and of more recent failure. But In the excitement, surrounding the opening of the university, where Mr. Taft and the American officers were on display, little attention wns paid to the aged, bowed man who left the palace for perhaps the last time. Priseners Are Liberated. With Palma's retirement from the palace Governor Taft moved In, He will establish Ills headquarters there In the future. Mr. Taft's removal from the American legation to the palace was made with the same lack of dis play that has marked all his actions since coming to Cuba. But the Cubans realise nevertheless that In the future they will take orders from an Ameri can governor from the palace. Mr. Taft's succession to authority in the historic palace was marked by visits of courtesy from the Judges In Havana and the provinces, municipal authorities and the political prisoners liberated by him, who came to offer their thanks and pledges to assist him In every way In their power. 700 Msrines Landed. The battleship Indiana, accompanied by two colliers, arrived this morning. Seven hundred marines were at once landed and hurried to Camp Columbia, where the American land forces are stationed. Ho far all has been serene since tha American occupation. There has been no need for the services of the Ameri can forces. There has been no trouble us yet and none la anticipated. Naj time will be lost In disarming tha ln- : surgents and getting them back to their homes and In disbanding the vol unteers sworn In to maintain the gov ernment during the rebellion. When this has been accomplished and peace Is assured Governor Taft will take hts departure and a civil govern: r will succeed him, to remain tn power until a new election can be held. U. S. CRUISER COLUMBIA 18 ORDERED TO CUBA. Portsmouth, Va., Oct. 1.—The crulwr Columbia has arrived at Newport Ncv. 1 and is coaling rapidly. She Is under orders tn go to sea. presumably U Cuba. The battleship Texas, whlc was Intercepted late last night wn bound from the navy yard here / Cuba, is still at anchor off the a awaiting further Instructions frog navy departmenL '