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r«f»oM*ton H«nrt • ••• Mflfn *Hne! of ‘railroads... Mll'i oftWrallwaj.., Itanfclnf fwpltal The Atlanta Georgian. GEORGIA rnpntntlon S.8QG.WM MIIp* of iffnni railroad* MN Mile* of eleetr'c railway* Ml Cotton fnrtorle* 130. uplndlet.. I.W0.0W n«le« cotton coD*mne<l In 190S. 800.001 Vnlne of 190R cotton crop 1100.000.001 VOL. 1. NO. 151. ATLANTA, GA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1906. In Atlanta TWO CBKT* CYCLONE IN CUBA KILLS 100 PERSONS AT HAVANA; U. S. CRUISER BROOKLYN IS CAST UPON SHORE Sixteen Foreigners Are Among Those Reported Slain—Camps of the ^American Soldiers Destroyed. OTHER SHIPS OF FLEET NOT HURT BY THE STORM Great Loss of Life Is Feared in the Interior of Island, Especially in the Province of Pinar del Rio—Street Cars in City of Havana .Washed From Tracks. WEEPING CITY VIEWS CA SKETOF SAMJONES Thousands/ Pay Last Tribute to Great Evartgelist. HAVANA, CUBA, OCT. 19.—FRIDAY—OVER ONE HUNDRED ARE DEAD FROM THE WORST CYCLONE WHICh HAS EVER VISITED THIS CITY. THE WHOLE AMERICAN FLEET WAS MENACED AND THE CRUISER BROOKLYN TORN FROM HER MOORINGS AND THROWN UPON THE SHORE. NINETY-FOUR OF THE FATALITIES ARE CONFINED TO NA- TIVES, WHILE SIXTEEN FOREIGN RESIDENTS ARE REPORTED Killed. MORE THAN 1,000 TENTS IN C/VMP COLUMBIA HAVE BEEN BLOWN TO ATOMS, HOUSES UNROOFED AND ONE TROOPER IS PROBABLY FATALLY HURT. FORTUNATELY THE STORM GAVE EVERYBODY ABOUT HALF AN HOUR’S WARNING, AND WHEN THE BLAST ARRIVED THE MA- RINES ON SHORE HAD SOUGHT SHELTER IN THE WARSHIPS. ALL BUT THE BROOKLYN RODE OUT THE STORM. THESE SHIPS INCLUDED THE MINNEAPOLIS, THE TEXAS, DENVER AND PRA IRIE. WHEN THE TEMPEST REACHED ITS HEIGHT BUILDINGS WERE SHAKEN AS IF BY AN EARTHQUAKE! STREET CARS WERE WA8HED FROM THEIR TRACKS! WINDOW8 WERE BLOWN OUT LIKE PAPER AND ROOFS AND DOORS SWEPT AWAY. SEVERAL OF THE SMALL HOUSES WERE BLOWN FROM THEIR FOUNDATIONS AND WERE WRECKED. THESE WERE SIT UATED IN THE POORER DISTRICT AND WERE THE CAUSE OF MANY DEATHS AMONG THE NATIVES. IT IS FEARED THAT GREAT LOSS OF LIFE OCCURRED IN THE INTERIOR, ESPECIALLY IN PINAR DEL RIO AND ON AN ISLAND. AT ORTEMESIAN. THE WIND IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE DONE GREAT DAMAGE TO CROP8 THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND. STEAMERS SWEPT AWAY WITH ALL ON BOARD. spfctitl to The Geot-glnn. 8t. Augustine, Fla., Oct. ■WBaiHPHi 19.—The lirst authentic story of the terrible hur ricane thnt devastated .Miami was brought here this morning'by a train >rew and related to your correspond* dent by Conductor Seale. The storm struck .Miami yesterday morning and blew with terrific force from the Hast until !> o'clock. It was calm one hour, "lien the storm doubled back from the West, greatly Increased in Intensity, and continued to rage until 1 o'clock In the afternoon. Forty or fifty cottages were blown down, the Memorial Pres byterian and Episcopal Churches arc reported leveled, the stone jatl partly wrecked The Steamer St. Lucie, with forty of her crew, was last seen eight miles from Mlnml as she was caught by the hurricane, and her fate It unknown. Fort Dallas park, the pride of Miami, was torn to pieces. * All the craft were blown across the bay. Scores of houses were unroofed. Poles nnd wires are down and the city was In darkness last night. No dnn’.age was dorfe North of Miami. Nothing Is known of the destruction South of there. COUNCIL AND JURY CLEAR OLDKNOW Councilman William Oldknow, whose ai 'te ns u member of the city council nnd the police commission have been under Investigation, was exonerated on rriday afternoon by the Fulton county Kmnd jury. The city council found nothing.against him. 1 be grand jurors completed their in- vtstlgatlon at 1 o'clock, after which •-"licltor Charlie Hill gave out the fol- l0 ;'dng statement: The grand jurors have no Intention ■a forestalling any possible action by . 16 city council, but as far as their investigation Is concerned nothing has icon found against Mr. Oldknow that would warrant an Indictment or an accusation of any kind. About 40 wtt- nctses have been summoned and close- o “ llm lned as to the conduct of Mr. uoknow, but none of them gave any information that would tend to disclose criminal acts." During the session of the grand Jury i iinaj, the witness room was crowded, amort- the witnesses being a number ' t city official* and a large number of saioolasts and former salnoniats. Officials Testify. The city unitlals who testified were -'Merman James I* Key. Councllraen < hades Roberts, Walter Taylor and H ward Pattlllo, Police Commissioner p irn \ enable and City Investigator H. ! Garrett. Each of the witnesses was naked s* , the rumors concerning Mr. Old* also as to whether they knew •1.'thing definite regarding Ids dealings in cash registers, and as to hts duties , “ member of the saloon committee io c 'J un . cl1 - The Investigation covered , ,, duties both, as a councilman and «, , cn mmls*|nner. Neither of the ""•f als related anything of an Incrim inating nature. finishing the examination of , '"’’Inis, the Jurors heard from the sa- ■■"imsts and ex-saloonlsts. These men ■ re asked as to whether they had burchasetl cash registers from Mr. Old- and were also questioned as to "hether they had been approached In criminal manner In regard to the sruntlng of their saloon licenses. os In the case of the officials, these men declared they knew nothing of a shady character about Mr. Oldknow. • Many Saloon Msn. Among the saloon men who testified were the following: H. Jacobs, Newt Wheeler, Dan Pap- pa, R. E. Campbell, W. B. Archer, Syl McNinch, W. H. Faith, M. Shurman, M. M. Cohen, Tom McCorkle, J. Cohen, B. Rosenthal and Ike Wheeler. After thoroughly examining all of the witnesses, the Jurors agreed noth ing had been brought to light on which to base an Indictment or accusation, and the Investigation was declared at an end. Masting of Council, That the report of the special com mittee from the efty council which Is Investigating the actions of Mr. Old know will be as harmless to his char acter as that of the grand Jury, was assured after three hours of delibera tion Friday morning and afiernikm. Of the forty or more witnesses who were examined, not one had heard anything definite, or knew anything from his own observation, which'would reflect on Mr. Oldknow’s character. The first witness was Rev. John E. White, pastor of the Second Baptist Church. Ho told of numerous rumors he had heard and showed an anony mous postal card lit which the yrlter said he was a saloon man who had not been given a license because he was not one of the "B. A B. crowd.” ' In answer lo questions from City Attorney Mayson. Dr. White said hr had heard from Llgon Johnson that Gus Beerman had told him (Johnson) that Sid Holland was the direct rep resentative of B. A B. In the council. Dr. White said be personally knew nothing to the detriment of Mr. Old know. Saloon Mon Tastily. A large number of saloonlsts were called on to testify, but all of them except S. S. M«.ore, exonerated Mr. Oldknow. Borne of thoae who had been subpoenaed were: Syl McNinch. A. H. Harris, 8. I. MayflekhP- man, E. C. Lambert, W. H. Faith, W. M. Alexander, A. WIseberg, Moaea Klein, Ike Wheeler, Emmett Campbell, N. Wheeler. L. Hlrsowlta, J. Htrao- • A score of little children from the Decatur Orphans' Home, founded years ago by Sant Jones, were the first to pay a loving tribute to the memory of the evangelist when they gathered about the bier where the body lay In state In the rotunda of tho capital Friday morning and tenderly placed simple floral offerings on the casket. Thousands viewed the body of the evangelist and a continuous stream of people pkssfit) through the rotunda un* til It was removed to the receiving vault In Westvlew cemetery, where it will remain until a suitable tomb can be built In the cemetery at Corlera- vllle. The floral offerings were beau tiful and were of every conceivable design, and were expressions of the lovo and esteem In which the evan gelist was held. The tolling of bells announced! the arrival of the body from Cartersvllle, and as the special funeral train pulled slowly Into the union depot shortly after ID o'clock, the crowd ot over ?. 000 people stood with uncovered heads as th> casket was carried from the train to the hearse. The streets tra versed by the funeral leading to the capltol were lined with people, and there were tender expressions of sor row on every tongue. After the body had been placed In the rotunda a brief jnemorlal service was held by Mr. Jones' former co-workers. A short address was made by Rev. French Oliver, of Chicago. A favorite song, "I want to go There," was sung by E. O. Excell. E. R. Smoot, Charlie Tillman and Rev. Oliver. In the pr offered by Rev. George R. Stuart, wns associated with the evangelist for sixteen years, he risked that the silent lips and tho peaceful face of Sant Jones might speak a message to every man and woman who looked upon hi face and call them to lead Godly lives, toward which he had pointed them in life. The crowd In the capltol was so large during the ceremony that It was with difficulty that access was gained to the corridor leading to the rotunda. The procession from the rotundu to the western entrance was four and five deep, nnd the crowd stood for some time awaiting an opportunity to view the body. Finally the people wore pre vailed upon to pans out tho eastern en trance and the congestion was re Keved. , , The bodv was taken from the capltol and carried to Westvlew cemetery at. 8 o'clock. A brief ceremony was con ducted by Rev. George Duvall, pastor of the Cortorsvlllc Methodist Church. a< the, cemetery before the casket was placed in the receiving vault. In the party which accompanied th<* body on the special train from Car- tsrsvllle were Mrs. Sam Jones, Miss Julia Jones, Mr. nnd Mrs. 8. P. Jones, Jr., Mr. nnd Mrs. R. Pyron, Mr. and Mrs. W. «. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Jones, .Misses Laura and Eva Mays, Miss I .ouella Jones. Miss Mollle J. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Excell. Rev. and Mrs. George R. Stuart, Rev. French Oliver, Rev Walt W. Holcomb, Prof Ed Smoot. Joseph Arnold, J. H. Jones Miss Willie Jones. Mrs. J. T. Stocks, t. T. Jones, Mrs. M. E. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. I,. 8. Munford and Mrs. Carey. J. W. Akin, Mr. and .Mrs. H. P. Milan M. J. Maxwell, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cunyus, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Peek, Miss Annie McElwaln, Edward McEl- waln. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Allday, L. O. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. C. $-• Jones, Revs. J. A. Barnard, W. A. Cleveland, George DEATH STRIKES DOWN MRS. M. E. OSBORN AS SHE STOOD IN LINE FARMERS’ UNION DAY BREAKS ALL RECORDS IN CROWD AT FAIR As Mrs. M. E. Osborn, aged 73, was about to step forward to view the body of Rev. Sam Jones lying In state In the rotunda of the capltol shortly be fore 1 o'clock Friday afternoon, she was stricken with heart failure and fell to the floor. She died a few mo ments afterwards in the offleo of the comptroller general. The capltol wad congested at the time with people viewing .the body of the evangelist. The great crowd which had assembled In - the rotunda to hear the' short memorial exercises made It alnlpst Impossible to get In or out, and the atmosphere was almost suffocating. Mrs. Osborn screamed just before she fell to the floor and the rush of was reached first by J. C. Huff, of 243 Capltol avenue, a harness maker, and L. A. McLendon, of 139 Washington street. They carried Mrs. Osborn Into the office of Comptroller General Wright and placed her on a couch. Physicians were summoned but life was fast ebbing, and sho died only a few moments after ehe fell to the floor In the rotunda. She was accompanied by a niece, Mlsa Willie ■ EUett, who lives near Brooklyn, and n grand daughter, Katherine Storey, 36 Zach ary street. West End. Mrs. Osborn had-been a widow sev eral years. She leaves two daughters, Mrs.' W. R. Storey, 86 Zachary street, and Mrs. J. T. Goodrum, IS Garnet street. . ON INVESTIGA TION '^Special 'cornmlttee^ CIty Council of Cartersvllle—R. B. Harris and N. A. Bradley. ' Honorary Pallbearers—John 8. Leak. J. W. Knight. 'J. W. Vaughan. A. W. Fite, W. C. Walton. , _ Active Pallbearers—Paul Gllreath. R. J. Trlppe, W. II. Howe, L. 8. M unford. John M. Wlkle and R. P. Milam. Memorial exercises will be held Sun day afternoon at 3 o clock In the Bap tist Tabernacle, I.uckle and Foundry streets. An elaborate program has been arranged, Including addresses by John Temple Graves nnd Dr. Len G Broughton, who has Just returned from Europe. Governor Terrell has been In vited to speak. , . Will D. Upshaw, who was prevented from going to Cartersvllle because of the death of a relative, will also deliver an address. Rev. Walt Holcomb will be present, together with Charles D. Tillman. Rev. Stuart and Professor Excell leave Saturday for Chattanooga to attend the memorial services In that city. BODY OF MRS. DAVIS SHROUDED IN FLAGS Funeral Party Reaches Richmond in Pour ing Rain—Aged Confederate Veterans March Beside the Hearse. 12 PERISH III BLAZE AT Some Burn to Death, Others Killed By Jumping. ' MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS. She it to be Buried Friday Afternoon b y tho tide of her Husband in Rich* mond Cemetery. witz. and a lot more who all testified' Moot* was the only witness whoje testimony was damaging, and that «as contradicted by » u , n, y c ’' * mm said that A. H. Harris had told hi In that he had offered $300 for a llcensu. but that thla had been refused because It was too little, and that later he had paid that amount and more, too. Her- ris was placed on the stand In the presence of Moore and there swore that Modre’s statement was false, but the latter held to hla story. ■ _ . V Moore also said that E. Baall, a Greek with whom he Jointly lease* a house on Mitchell street, had told him everything would be all right because he had bought two cash registers from Oldknow. He also said that Charlie Weltnauer bad paid 1500. for hla llcenaa Mayor Woodward was summoned and stated that he knew nothing of his persons! knowledge. He said that h* had heard last year that Mr. Oldknow was using his position to force sales but had not been able to confirm that by Investigation. Chief of Police Jennings. Police Com- mtasioner Wnodslde, Alderman Key and Councilman Roberts and Pomeroy tea- tiffed tn favor of Mr .Oldknow. Richmond, Va., Oct., 19.—The fu neral train bearing the body uf Mrs. Jefferson Davis arrived here In a pour ing rain this morning, which entirely changed the program of the reception. Instead of taking the body from tho train nt Elba, In the western part of the city, it waa brought to the Broad street station and from there carried to St. Pauls Episcopal Church to Hr tn the basement shrouded In Confederate flags and almost burled In magnificent flower* from the country over, until the funeral hour—3 o'clock. Among the floral offering.! which the casket was covered was a wreath from President and Mrs. Roosevelt, another from the Southern Relief Society and similar tokens from the governors of several Southern states. The details of Confederate veterans escorted the hearse from the depot to the church In the rain, and a, more palhetlc scene could hardly be Im agined than the march ot this little band. The Davie family were met at the train by Lieutenant Governor Elli son and escorted to the Jefferson Hotel. The following detail from the Now York camp of the Confederate veterans acted as honomrv guard: MaJ. Edward Owen, commander: Dr. J. Harris Dew, Col. Theodore C. Cas- kins and Perry 31. DeLeon. This de tachment escorted the body on dov.n to the Byrd street station nnd deliv ered the casket tv the detail appointed from the I.eo and Pickett camps In this city. Among others who came South with the body was the pastor of St. Stephens Church In New York, of which Mi*. Davis waa a member. Mr. Ellison this morning received a telegram from James Jones, the old negro bodv servant of President Davis, asking that he be allowed to participate In the ceremonies. It was to this old man that President Davis entrusted his wife and children when he was taken prisoner, and a special place was provided for him. The old servant Is now living In Raleigh, X. C„ but ar rived in Richmond In time to be at the funeral. The funeral services commenced about 3 o'clock, and In spile of the rain, the church could not hold' the crowd. The services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Robert W. Forsythe, rec tor of the ehurch, assisted by Bishop Van De Vyver, Dr. J. W. Jones, Dr. James P. Smith, Dr. E. N. Callsch, Dr. Landon Mason, Bishop Cranberry and the Rev. Dr. N. A. Beagle. << THEY WILL HANG ME, BUT I DON’T CARE,’ Rpeelsl to The Georgian. , Augusta. Go., Oct. 19.—Arthur T. Olover, a private detective, assassinated Maud Dean at the Sibley Cotton Mill thla morning about 7 o'clock. He claims that It was Jealousy. Glover Is a married man, but had been paying much attentlon'to the dead woman, who waa a divorced person. She had rejected him. U U stated, and he threatened Sunday night that If she didn’t return to him he would kill her. * Glover shot the woman four times before he stopped, and then left the mill and gave himself up to the police. He was seen at the police station and asked for.a statement, and he said: "I knew what I was doing, and I am not sorry a bit about It. I know my fate nnd I’m awaiting It. They will hang me, 1 know, but I don't care." Special to The Georgian. Birmingham, Ale., Oet. 19.—Ten men are dead, two probably fatally injured, at a result of a fire at 2:10 o'clock this morning, which completely destroyed the ten-room boarding house of Mre. E. E. Watley, at 1131 Third avenue. The flames had enveloped the entire house when the blaze was first discov ered. Not a piece of furniture nor anything in the way of wearing ap parel waa eaved. The dsad are reported as follows! W. B. TAYLOR, of Chattanooga motorman. W. N. NICHOLS, of Fort Payne Ala., conductor. D. B. NEAL, conductor. G. C. PRESTON, conductor. EDWARD CALDWELL, of Cullman motorman, E. B. HENSHAW, of Chattanooga, a conductor. GORDON D. BURNS, of Cullman, a motorman. W. T. HALL, former conductor. W. B. LIVINGSTON, n rolling mill men. OLLIE H. HINES, of the Birmlng ham Paint and Glnse Company. The aerlouely injured aroi C. E. Hantoh, a street car conductor, and G. W. Troutman, a motorman. C. E. Kitchens, a street car employee, wet slightly Injured. All the dead and injured occupied room* on the second floor. BELIEVED INCENDIARY ORIGIN. The fire It thought to have been of Inoendiary origin. Burglars have been caught on the premises twice within the last two months, and Mre. Watley is of the opinion that the house wee burglarized last night. Thieves were discovered at work during the progrese of the fire and the police were called to the scene to keep guard. The dead are burned beyond recognition. It is known that ten bodies have been removed to the undertaking es tablishments and the name* given are thou who are missing. State» President De livers Great Address. . Y. CENTRAL TO PAT FIE OF Farmers' Union Day at the great state fair was the most successful day since the gates were first thrown open. At nil early hour Friday morning the farmers from all parts of the state be gan to pour Into the city; In fact, many came Thursday night and registered nt local hotels. Hundreds of. members ot the union were on the grounds all the morning. Although the officers entertained the brightest hopes for the annual rally, they hardly expected such a crowd— certainly they did not anticipate that their day would be characterized by the greatest attendance of the state fair, and especially since the fair hail opposition on their day In the shape of Barnum & Bailey's circus. All during the day the buildings at the grounds were crowded by mem bers of the union. The attractions were going In full swing, reaping a harvest from tho Immense throng that kept the midway a scene of the gayest activity. At 10 o'clock the members began to flopk to the big grand stand at the race track, where It had been an nounced exercises would bo held, an-l speeches delivered by prominent men of the union. President Barrett Absent. C’.,S. Barrett, president of the .Na tional Union, was scheduled to deliver nil address. He came to Atlnnta for that purpose, but received a telegram late Thursday afternoon asnounclng tlinl iris services were urgently needed In Topeka, Kan., wlrere arrangements are b?lng made for the big nafknal farmers' congress to be held there Oc- tobi-1 "2. Accordingly, he took n train for To peka at 6 o'clock Thursday evening. James Butler, of Topeka, a member of the board of directors of the union, who was also scheduled to speak, left with him. R. P, Duckworth, of Atwater, presi dent of the state branch of the union, delivered the address of the day. Mr. Duckworth was In good spirits, and In characteristic forceful vein, he re lated the history of the union, reciting Its accomplishments from the day of Its Inception. He eulogized Newt Gresham, the Texan, now decerned, who In October. 1902, founded the union. He brought out the fact that for the past tnree years the union has succeeded In get ting the minimum price, which it had llxed for cotton. Eleven cents was fixed as the minimum for this year, and 11 cents Is what cotton Is now bring ing. said the spender. The address, forceful and logical, tgas received with great enthusiasm by nil the hundreds of members In at tendance, nnd President Duckworth succcoeded In gaining even more ad miration nnd esteem from-the members of the body of which he Is the head. Othsr Speakers. The meeting was presided over try Rev. J. J. Stephenson, of Rockdale county, who opened and c|osed the ses sion with prayer. Among the other speakers' were Rev. J. L. Lee. of De- Kalb county, state organlxer. nnd G. N. Davis, of Floyd county. Both speeches were received with much enthusiasm. It was shortly after noon that the meeting adjourned. Immediately fol lowing, n picture of those who had at tended the meeting was taken. Great Interest centers In the award ing of the banners, one to the county having the largest delegation, nnd the other to the county having the largest percent of Its membership In attend ance. These banners are presented by the state union. The meeting was a great success in every particular, and will not soon he forgotten by the hundreds of members who made their day tho banner day of the great state fair. Employe Fined $6,000 Rebating , Charge. on New York, Oct. 19.—Judge Holt, In the United States circuit court, thla morning lined the New York Central railroad the sum ot 3108,000. which was 118,000 on each of six counts, on the charge of granting rebates to the sugar trust. Frederick L. Pomeroy, assistant traf fic manager of the railroad,‘a co-de fendant, waa lined 81.000 on each count, total of 86,000. Judge Holt delivered scathing Indictment of the practices of tba railroad In sentencing. MRS, W, L, BRINGS SUIT FOR t Mrs. William Lowry .Meador ha, asked the superior court for a dtvori e from her husband, who Is a son of T. D.. Meador, vice president of the Lowry National bank. Mrs, Meador alleges that shortly after their marriage, on May II, 19»!. her husband began to get drunk, and that the habit grew on him until It had drlv enhlm to cruelty and de sertion of her, compelling her to .up- port herself by keeping a boarding house. Miss Meador was a Miss Freeman, of Boston. Mass., and her people have n summer home nt wlnthrop. Mass. Mr. Meador, who is 2S years old, was formerly considered n young man with a promising future, but for some time has had no huslne.. position, lie was formerly manager of the Regal sho* ■tor*.