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Night Edition THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. Night Edit; VOL. 1. NO. 152. ATLANTA, GA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1906. PRICE: MORE THAN 500 PERSONS - ARE REPORTED AS DEAD AS RESULT OF HURRICANE Fifty Persons Drowned on Excursion Barge. No One on Board Escapes Iojury. gen. bell wires department OF DAMAGE DONE BY STORM No Soldiers Killed or Hurt So Faf as Known. Transport Cubana Suffers.Greatly in . Hurricane. COUNTESS CARLISLE ELECTED TO HEAD WORLD'S TOIL Boston, Oct. 20.—The countess of Carlisle today received 203, out of a total of 311 votes, and was elected president of the World's Women’s Christian Temperance Union, to suc ceed the Lady Henry" Somerset. The countess has been represented at the annual convention In Tremont Temple by her daughter, the Lady Dor. othy Howard, who la accompanied by her father, .the earl. It has been generally thought that the first vice president, Miss Lillian M. Stevens, of Portland. Me., national president, and for a generation state president In Maine, would be elected. Miss Stevens, however, declined the honor. She Insisted that It should "abroad.” FOOTBALL TIGERS TAKE GAME AT TECH WASHINGTON, D. C„ OCT. 20.—WEATHER BUREAU THIS AFT ERNOON ISSUED THE FOLLOWING BULLETIN: "THE STORM IS STILL CENTERED OFF THE CAROLINA COAST, IT HAVING MADE VERY LITTLE PROGRESS. IT NOW APPEARS THAT IT WILL DEFLECT SEAWARD. THE SITUATION ON THE CAROLINA COAST IS GREATLY UNSETTLED AND STORM WA\RN. ING8 ARE STILL BEING DISPLAYED AT THE ATLANTIC 8EACOAST PORTS." Wilmington, N. C., Oct. 20. —A severe wind and rain storm is raping off the North Carolina coast. Much damage to vessels' is feared. The mile-long trestle spanning Wrightsville sound is in imminent- peril of total destruction. Miami, Fla., Oct. 20.—Elliott's Key, an island 25 miles south of this place, has been engulfed by a tidal wave and 425 lives lost. All of the inhabitants perished when the wave swept over the island. A barge containing 100 excursionists was torn from its moorings at the island, swept out to sea and 50 of the passengers drowned. The steamship St. Lucie, which had anchored at the lee side of the island to escape the fury of the hurricane, was crushed by the same wave and of the 100 persons on board 25 were killed. 100 REPORTED KILLED BY TIDAL WAVE. A dispatch just received from Key West tells of the killing of more than 100 men by the tidal wave at Long Key, where the East Coast railway boats and pile drivers were at work on an ex tension of the railroad to Key West. • Engineer Dusenberr.v, and 48 workmen were blown out to sea ami were picked up by tho Austrian stenraship Jennie and takcp to Key.Wsst. Dtiscnberry says he saw'more than 100 men crushed to death as tin' massive dredges and house boots wont to pieces. All the men picked up by the Jennie were injured and were taken to hospitals. FIFTY DROWNED WHILE ON BARGE. It is feared the death list at Long Key may reach several hun dred when all details are learned. The first news of the disaster at Elliott’s Key was brought here by Captain Bravo, of the St. Lucie, who was seriously injured. It is believed that a part of the Florida Fish and Produce Com pany's fleet was destroyed.' The excursion barge on which 50 were killed has been picked ni) near the Bahama island. Everybody on board was injured. An excursion steamer has arrived here from Elliott’s Key bring ing CO persons who were injured on vessels. They have been taken to hospitals. Twenty-eight bodies have been recovered already and are be ing brought here. WILLIAM YANCEY IN MIAMI STORAI Worried bj failure to receive *njr In for ntatlon from bla non, who la engaged In railroad construction work, near Miami, Fla., Captain Gnodloe Yancey, secretary to the prison rommlMlon, left Hatnrday mora ine to make peraonal Investigation. Captain Ytncty'a eldeat aon—William was at work on a new railroad directly L_ the track of the recent storm that awept Miami and that section of the coast. Flag* ler’a extension la being constructed from Miami to the Keys, nnif It was this section on which the young man waa employed. unable to get a. word of Information or any message from his aon. Captain Yancey decided that he would go to Florida nf once In order to secure definite Information. Ills friends hop*, that he will find his son hss not l>een Injured, but that the lark of newt simply resulted from the Isolation of that country from the storm. FISHING FLEET IS BELIEVED DESTROYED Dpeclal to The Georgian. Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 20.—Miami waa directly In the path of the storm which struck there at 3 o'clock Thurs day morning. Water Is barked up from he bay over the boulevard around the li t-1 Royal Palin. Part.of the sea wall was washed away. At 6 o'clock the gala Increased, with a downpour of rain. The Budge block, a three-story brick, was damaged 113,000. The Charles Watson Company and the Miami Shoe Company were heavy losers. The new OrlandorfT block was partly destroyed. The Arcade building was partially wrecked. The merchants lost heavi ly. Numerous boats ware piled In the streets and on shore. Many were slink and much apprehension Is felt for the steamer Miami, sailing for Key West Thursday morning In the face of tho storm. Big 8tsamsr It Crushed. The handsome new home of T. N. Gautier Is among those wrecked. South of Miami giant live oaks, which had been standing for centuries, were lev eled to the ground^ The electric light Washington, Oct. 20.—Fully twenty-five lighters were sunk In Havana harbor and heavy damage otherwise done to merchant shipping at that port by the terrific cyclone, from which the army and transport service Buffered considerably, according to four cable dlapatchea received at tne war department today from Brigadier General J. Franklin Bell, In command the American army of Cuban occupation. No material damage waa done to the American warships In Havana harbor, according to a dispatch received by Rear Admiral Converse, chief of the bureau of navigation, from th e senior officer of the squadron. 140 ANIMALS ARE.KILLED IN VESSELS. The most Important feature of General Bell's reports relates to the ter rible experience of the chartered transport Cubana, which was loaded with animals for the use of the army. Nearly 140 animals were killed outright, or so badly maimed that It was necessary to put an end to their existence. The ('ubana was badly damaged, and, as she was In the Immediate path of the cyclone, her commander considered It fortunate that she survived the storm at all. The following telegram was received at noon from General Bell, dated this morning, but It In supposed at the war department that this Is erron- <*ous. and that It was actually sent yesterday, Oct. 19, as follows: NO TROOPERS'KILLED OR INJURED. "Terrific hurricane swept over Havana and vicinity about midnight last night. Wind officially reported 80 miles an hour. So far as heard from no lives lost or Individual Injured among the troops. Stable and two quarter master's stables completely destroyed at Camp Columbia. So animals In jured. Roof of a numb* of other bulldlnga damaged more or less. Noth ing serious. Quartermaster and commissary store houses stood storm, con tents slightly damaged by (water collecting on floor of houses generally. Two sanitary carts damaged lit destroyed stables. All tent* blown down. Some articles blown away and rations slightly Injured by water. Camp entirely restored. Wires all down. Some bridges washed oi\t; difficulty of com munication great. * MEN NOTIFIED IN TIME TO 8AVE THEMSELVES. "All trees In park In front of palace blown down. Trees throughout ‘ Ity and In Marino generally destroyed. Baker does not think any of his '***el* in path of storm, unless It was very wide. Warning was received fr,, m observatory of coming of storm an hour before Itn arrival. All com manding officers at Camp Columbia were promptly notified and took pre- • autions which minimised the damage. All outside /tatlon commanders "•to notified, but nothing heard from them as to the result of storm. Head- quarters building slightly damaged. It Is believed no serious Injury has been •i°ne to government property. Will wire again If anything new develops fr °m further Investigation." SYMPATHY OF PRESIDENT FOR FLORIDA AND CUBA Washington, Oct. 20.—The following dlapatchea were aent by the prea- “h-nt today: '‘Washington, Oct. 20.—Hon. Charles Magoon. provisional governor. Havana, Cuba—Through you I desire to extend to the people of Cuba Hie profound sympathy which this country feels for the misfortune that 'll*" befallen them. I earnestly hope that the disaster may not be aa xreat as reported, especially as regards the crops, and that all will again speedily be well. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.” "Washington, Oct. 20.—Hon. Napoleon H. Broward, governor of Flor- !£•'• Tallahassee. Fla.—Prsy accept an expression of my profound sjjnpa- by for the people of Florida In the great disaster that h«* befallen T bem. y ou „.in n f course, call upon me If the Federal government has r, er to afford any aid. THEODORE ROOSEVELT." was In darkness Thursday night, add ing terror and preventing rescue work. No street cars were run. The steamer Lucie, Captain Bravo, of the Florida East Coast railway ex tension, sailing Thursday morning from Miami for Key Largo, waa caught In the violent storm and driven aahors. She had 100 men for work on the Key West extension, of which number twen- ty-elght were killed and sixty wounded. The steamer was pounded by the wind snd sea. The wounded were brought to the Miami hospital. . Part of Flsst Mining. Part of the fishing fleet of the Florida Fish snd Produce Company, with headquarters at Jacksonville, left Miami Wednesday night nnd, It Is be lieved, all were lost. One smack of the fleet was found stranded on the beach. The men are supposed to have been drowned. Fishing nets sere strewn on the shore. A Red D. line steamer. 60 miles out at sea, aalllng south, was spoken.yes terday by the wireless station on Ants- tns|s Island, across the river from 8t. Augustine. 8he reported running Into a terrific storm. The line-up of the teams with the correct weight's of the players fol lows: SEW A NEE. TECH. Watkins. 163 center Monroe. 163 Evans. 166 left guard Bell. 167 Lumpkin, 16* .right gunrd Henderson, 318 Harris, 1,1 right tackle McCarty, 170 Stone, 176 left tackle Luck, 173 Lewis, 168 right end Hill, 145 Williams, 148.. left end Brown, 172 Elsele. 168.. quarter Robert. 147 Markley, 168 left half Hightower, 182 Barrett, 158 full back Sweet, 183 Shipp, 169 right half Davits, 141 Timers—Raht and Wlimerdlng. Linesmen — McDonald and Lyne. Halves—Twenty minutes. Head Linesman—Dan McGugln. TO STOP ADVANCE OF DTE Denver, Colo., Oct. 2(7.—IJhree hun dred Ute Indians, armed and hungry, are about to enter Colorado. Depreda tions are feared, as they are kllllrffr cattle and game for food. Routt county settlers have appealed to Governor McDonald and the Federal authorities have been notified of the serlousnesj of the situation. President Roosevelt has directed that cavalry be sent to the scene to force the Indians to return to their farms. In a clash between the White River band of Utes and cos-boys near Gil lette. Wyo.. yesterday two of the lat ter were killed. SEWANEE- - 16 TECH ----- 0 First Half. Sewanes'e Ball—Shipp kicked off to Davies, who fumbled. A Sewanee man fell on the ball on Tech's 26-yard line. Sewanee failed to gain In two forma tions, and Shipp then tried a drop kick for goal, but failed. Tech's Ball—Brown punted from 26- yard llne'to Ship of Sewanee. Sswsnse’s Ball—Ball returned about 26 yards to Tdch’s 60-yartl line. 8e- wanee failed to gain when Shipp punt ed 26 yards. Sewanee man fell on It and ran 16 yards, but ran outside lines. Brought back to Tech’s 20-yard line. Shipp, Barret and Harris played straight football and carried the oval to Tech's 7 1-2-yard line, where ball went over on downs. . Tsch's Ball—Tech failed to gain and Brown punted for 25 yards. Sewanes’e Bsll—Sewanee returned five; failed to make necessary gain and Shipp punted for 16 yards. Tech’s Ball—Roberts heeled the ball on Tech's 35-yard line. On' the free kick- Brown punted 35 yards. Sewenee't Bell—Sewanee returned ball five yards and failed to gain, and Shipp punted for 26 yards. Watkins of Tech caught the ball and ran 25 yards for a touchdown. Shipp failed to kick goal. SCORE: 5 TO 0. Tech's Ball—Brown kicked to 8e- wnnee'e 20-yard line. Sewanes’e Ball—Failed to gain and Shipp punted 40 yards. TOUra Ball—Returned 10 yards. Hightower made a fumble on pass and was downed behind the line. Tech punted 20 yards. 8ewanee'a Ball—Eleele made a run of 16 yards for a touchdown.. The crowd went wild and the cheering last ed several aeconds: Shipp kicked goal. SCORE: SEWANBE 11, TECH 0. After exchange of punts time was called. 8etond Hell. Tech's Ball—Brown kicked to Se- wanee'e five-yard line to Shipp. Sewanes'e Ball—Shipp punted sixty yard*. After an exchange of punts.and no material gains on either side the ball remained In Tech territory. Sewanes'e Ball—Sewanee punted 16 yards. Tech's Ball—Punt returned 20 yards. 8awanee's Bsll—Williams gained three yards through right. Barrett gained four yard* through right guard. He gained four more through left guard. Markley, Sewanes'e left half, laid out. Barrett failed to gain. Ball on Tech's 16-yard line. Tech penalised 10 yards for off-side. Ball on Tech’s five-yard line. Barrett carried hall over left guard for touchdown. Shipp failed to kick goal. 8CORE: SEWA NEE 16. TECH a Sewanes'e Ball—Shipp kicked off to Tech's five-yard line. Tech’s Ball—Tech punted; tried fake play and punt, but failed to work. Sewaneee Bsll—Sewanee gained five yards through center. Williams failed to gain. Henderson of Tech,laid out; Smith took his place. ■ Ulaypool and Cheet took the places of Evans and Lumpkin, respectively. Shipp failed on drop- kick for goal from 12 1-2-yard line. Tech'e Bsll Brown punted 411 yard*. Sewanes'e Ball—Sewanee returned It 16 yards. Wiliams failed to gain. Shipp punted 26 yards Tech's Bell—Brown punted 36 yards. 8ewenee'e Ball—Elsele downed In his tracks. Barrett gained 10 yard* through left. Barrett gained six yards In two plays through center. Harris gained three yards through left. Bar rett (wo yards through right. Wlltlems gained five yards through right. Se wanee penalised 10 yards for off-side. Shipp minted 20 yards. Tech'e Bell—Brown punted 46 yards. Sewenee'e Ball—Eleele returned to yards. Shipp punted 17 yards. .Ball on Tech 17-yard line. Tech’e Ball—Brown punted 20 yards. Tech man fell on It. Brown punted 66 yard*. Sewanes'e Ball—Elsele returned It. Gave over. SCORE: 8EWANEE 16, TECH 0. ! T E IN CHASE OF GUILTY NEGRO Speolnl to The ftaorglan. Dublin, Oa. t Oct. 20.—Officer* with dog* are In purault of Felder Edmund- eon, the negro, who thl* morning shot and seriously wounded J. A. Hagan, E resident of the Rank of Dublin. Mr. [agan received two wounds, one shot broken. ’condition Is serious. Goldfield, Nev., Oct. 20.—Four armed highwayman, at the point* of their pis tols, hold up the miners at the opening of one of the workings on the Mohawk mine today and secured 180,000 In oars and nuggets. The alarm was given throughout the camp and now several hundred men are searching for the highwaymen. CMMIITE Ml II SUITE FI BIC EXPLOSION CAUSES FIRE ANOJEATH Kansas City Buildings Are Being Eaten Up by Flamei. Kansas oily, Oct. 20.—Fire, due to a gasolltle lamp explosion. Is now de stroying the Kansas City street carni val and buildings In Its path. Several persons are reported to have be#n badly burned and one, It Is said, Is dead. FIFTy INJURED 8yraeu»e, N. Y.. October 20.—While a football game between Colgate and Syracuse Universities was in progress a stand collapsed. It la reported fifty persons were Injured. STANDS FIRM FOR CENT COTTON Great enthusiasm marked the largest and most Important meetings ever held by the Farmers' Union/In the grand stand at the Georgia State Fair Asso ciation. Piedmont park, Friday, shortly after noon, and from the opinions of fered by mnny members nnd speeches of the officers |t was evident that this , organisation, numbering over 200,000 The closing day of the Georgia State alone In this state, would hold cotton Fair was marked with a record-break- for 11 cents. CHURCH AUDITORIUM WILL COST $200,000; SEAT 7,000 PEOPLE Married By Probate Judge. Special to The Georgian. Gadsden, Ala., Oct. 20.—Oscar Oil ver and Miss Essie Boone, two popu lar young people living near Attaila, were married In the probate Judge's office yesterday evening. Both younr re members of hleh of that place. FIFTEEN ARE HURT N WRECK OF TRAIN Kansas city, Mo., Oct. 20.—A flyer on the St. Louis and San Francisco rail road. running forty mllea an hour, waa wrecked near Bamesvllle, Mo., today. Fifteen persons are Injured. Engineer Underwood w'n* fatally hurt. THREE SHOCKS FELT IN MAINE TOWNS Blddeford, Maine, Oct. 20.—Reports from York. Kennebunk Port. North Berwick and other towna along the coast west of this city are that three distinct shocks, supposed to be earth quakes. were felt Many buildings went Jarred., After an absence of three months, two In England and one In the North, Rev. Len G. Broughton, pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle, returned to Atlnnta Friday night about 9 o'clock, a day ahead of the time he waa expected. Dr. Broughton had been In I-on don. In charge of the famous West minster Chapel, filling the pulpit of Dr. G. Campbell Morgan. In addition to preaching there every Sunday, congregations of about 1,000 people, and In presiding at the Bible schools of the chapel, at each meeting of which between 2,000 and 2,600 were present. Dr. Broughton delivered addressee and aermons In all parte of England. Two Addrasas Dally. ”1 delivered on the average of about two sermons or addresses a day, the whole time I was In England.” said Dt. Broughton to a representative of The Georgian Saturday morning, at his. home on 7\>st Simpson street. The Blhle school* there are attended by thousands. Seldom were there lets ttian 2.000 people In attendance meeting <>f the Bible data of West minster Chapel, I had a splendid time. It was not a pleasure trip, although I extracted great pleasure from my work "Outside of my work at this church, the principal ibject of my stay In Eng land was the study of the church audi torium question. England la certainly far and away above us In this way. the island grant church auditoriums have been erected. Church Auditoriums. "The arrangement of these Is unique and splendid. The building Is owned and controlled by the church. The church proper, where all services are conducted. Including Sunday school. Is absolutely distinct from anything else. Then there Is the Immense hall, where great conventions are held. Separate and distinct from these are the apart ment houses, where people live, and the offices nf business men, and all In the same building. "Think of such a combination. It Is simply great. This la the kind nf au- 1 dltnrium my church Is now planning to build. We have already expended about I am glad to be back. 1376.000 for the site on the corner nf Luckla and Spring streets. This Is where the Atlanta Tabernacle will be located. It will coat about 3200,000, and will comfortably hold 7,000 people. A meeting will be held this week to decide when the actual work will be gin. It will be early In the winter. "I have learned all about these audl torlums. I have learned from the Em fish people the economy of dirt. .. Bradford, one of these church audl torlums has been built. It seats about 6.000 people. The way buildings are constructed down here. It woulA not hold more than 2,000. I also learned how to ventilate the Atlanta Taber nacle. Those people have the science of ventilation down pat. I notice where Atlanta la planning to build an auditorium. Well. It la a good thing. Whether the city builds one or not, my church will. I know from actual observation and experience that an auditorium by Itself Is not n paying proposition, whereas a church auditorium, such aa I have outlined, will pay. "Cried Like a Child." "I learned by letter off Sandy Hook, from my wife of the death of Sam Jones. I never had the death of any one strike me so strangely. We had been co-workers. I loved him and he loved me. I went to my cabin and actually cried like a child. "A greater end better man never lived In the South then he. The teeth of no one ever threw a deeper and more profound shadow over my soul. He waa a liberal contributor to my work here, nnd was ever willing to aid me In anything I undertook. "When I came out of my cabin, my eyes wet with team, I wired my as sistant, Mr. Peacock, to make arrange ments for a memorial meeting at the, Tabernacle Sunday night. 1 hear that the meeting will be held Sunday after noon. | “Just before leaving. I was Invited to fill the pulpit of the 6letropo!ltan Tabernacle In London, of which Tom Spurgeon Is pastor, for the next three months. I had to decline, how ever. aa duty was calling ms back to Atlanta, and t waa anxious to return again to my own people. "It waa the finest trip of my lift, but im via J in Ka Kanlf ** Ing attandance. The crowd began coming in as soon as tbd gate* were opened, and by noon the grounds were literally swarming with people. Ths midway Is doing the business of the season. Msny of the shows put on extra attractions for the closing dny to draw Out the crowds, and the ticket-takers are being overworked. Th* exhibitors put an.extra effort Into their work to take advantage of the attendance and to moke their displays even more attractive. Saturday Is'also Children's Day, end tho little folks were admitted free of charge when accompanied by a nurse nr parent. The little ones took charge of the perk, the buildings, the exhibits Continued on Page Three. RED SKINS SKIDOO AS TROOPS START Oillette, Wyo., Oct. 20.—When the Ute Indians, who have been In comp near here for a week, and threatening to massacre the whites, heard that the United States soldiers were on the way they beat a hasty retreat. The entire camp pulled Up and Is now en route for Montana. They had already reached th* stage of war dances, end mnny of the braves appeared painted and feathered every day to urge on a general upris ing. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0OOOODOOOOO O FIANCEE CHARGES HIM O O WITH MAIMING HER.'O O Washington, Pa., Oct. 20.—Al- O O fonso Baxar, aon of a rich mer- o O chant of Charieroy, Is In Jail nntO O charge of mayhem, preferred by Q j O his fllancee, Mis* Mattie Moran. Q a ■ 51 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOeHJOOa murder. Friday at the slate fair waa one of the best In point, of attendance so fnr thl* season. Farmer*' Union delegates were there from every section of the state, end they brought their fnmllles. It wo* one of the most representative gathering* nf Georgia people that 1ms ever been seen in many years. Th* sentiment which \va* apparent from the tone of the speeches, the opin ion* of the member* on the address of President Barrett, J. J. I.ee. state or ganiser; O. M. Davis. J. J. Stephenson and others, proved conclusively that the organisation would stand a* a unit and would make the fight for Its prin ciple*. J. L. Lee's Address. L. Lee, state organizer, was the first speaker to be railed upon. He spoke of the systematic growth of the Continued on Pegs Three. FIFTY-SIX MURDER CASES NEXT WEEK The felony'cases growing out of the rare rioting will be taken up In the criminal division of the superior court next week. On tfie docket are murder cases against fifty-six negroes, charged with being Implicated in the killing of Coun ty Policeman Jim Heard. More than forty of these have been caught. A whit* man nqmed Edmonds win be tried for the murder of a negro dur ing the riot, and Herbert Talley nnd lllarkstock will be up for nesault t* TRYING TO ARREST NEGRO, KING IS HIMSELF NABBED While trying to arrest Welter Put- men, a negro youth, et the union depot Friday afternoon, A. K. King, a young white men of Lawrencevllle, wee him self arrested by Policeman Hollis. The negro was also taken Into custody by the officer. arraignment before Recorder Broyles Saturday morning. King wee fined 16.76, and the raae against the negro was dismissed. The officer stated that King was trying to get the negro on board a train and that In the scuf fle the latter's clothing was consider ably torn, the affair creating much ex citement In the depdt. King oald a deputy sheriff named Jim Brown, of Lawrencevllle, had asked him to look out for a negro by the nnm* nf Putman and he thought Walter Putman waa the right one. He admitted he had taken two or three drinks. DIVERS WORK THREE HOURS CLOSE TO INSTANT DEATH New York, Oct. 20.—fjfty-thre* charges, aggregating this amount of dynamite, around which divers worked under fifteen feet of water for three hours last night, fixing electric wires which had failed to set off the blasts, will be exploded tonight' near the pow der house of the New York Central spark which was to set off th* charges was turned tn last night, but It failed to work. Only two of the fifty-five charges went off. Divers were then sent down to repair the wires, and notwithstanding the great danger they labored until all the connections were made right.