The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 29, 1906, Image 1
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LEDGER 1852 REVIEW JS7?t ENTERPRISE 1891
. VOL. I. NO. 102. SEMI-WEEKLY LANCASTER. S. C., SEPTEMBER 29. 1906 PRICE-FIVE CENTS PER CODV
Great Destruction
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Wrought by West Indian %
Hurricane?Loss $3,000,000
s
at Pensacola Alone-?Out- ?
skirtsof New Orleans Flood- t
ed?Various Gulf Towns
Submerged.
Louisville, Ky,, f>ept 27.?
TMlP trnnipjll liltrri/iuna " ^
1 ' g
for 24 hours has been churning
the waters of the Gulf of Mexico
? v and doing much damage on the
?1
const and tar inland, .is tonight
whipping through northern Ala- 1
bama in a northeasterly direction
at a velocity but slightly
* 1
less than the 48 miles an hour
recorded in New Orleans during
the day. Reports received by the '
Associated Press do not indicate
any loss of lite, but the damage *'
f
to property is enormous. Al!
Wirft CAnimiminitinii io e ...... 1 ? '
- i\fM ID oci I'MiaiJ
disarranged and in mime install- (
ces lias resulted in cutting off N
cities completely, Mobile, Ala , c
not having been heard from for 1
g
nearly 24 hours.
New Orleans furnished numerous
wild rumors during the day,
but later reports from there indicate
that while there was con- v
siderable damage to property, C
there has been no loss of life.
Wires between New Orleans and
the Gulf are down and it may be e
several days before anything can t
V be heard from the territory be s
(ween the Cresc?nt (Jity and the j |
Gulf or from the shipmni? which I v
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is rioiug ou* the storm in the 0
open gi?41 - I i
Biloxi, Miss., ami Mo.?s Point, lb
Miss., h ive not I e n heard trom ' s
for nearly '24 h urs, Moss Poiti* ti
rep >rtinsr the water live leet deep t
in the streets a; 10 o'clock We t- 1
ne-day rich'. I
There was a he ivy rain and 8
high wind at Mnutgnm-ry. Ala.,|b
but no serious damage waste
done. 11
Atlanta began to tr el the storm
at noon, but up to 8 o'clock itw
fnr/>o Imit n/il l.n 11 - ~ ? ' 1 *
intiriiseu l O j < ?
an extent portending serious iv
results. j a
many towns' fate uncertain, j'
d
New Orleans, Sept. 27. ? All j
efforts to penetrate even t lie
edge of the Hood caused by the
hurricane on the Gulf of Mexico
coast, to the east and south of
* here have been fruitless tonight 111
up to a period almost 24 hours]0
alter the receipt of the last mes. '
\
sage from the exposed towns. I
Apprehension was increased by ^
the fact that these places, be- 8
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ginning at I/ike Catherine, the
' farthest point east reached thus
far, are much more exposed to I1
the wind and water than the *
gull cities which have harbors. ^
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OCTKR NEW ORLEANS SUPFER8. c
New Orleans, Sept. 27.?A g
tropical hurricane has been e
driving the water of the Gulf ]<
of Mexico in shore with winds
of 45 to 60 miles an hour. Great n
loss of property, but no loss of J
life, had been reported up to c
I
his afternoon. Nevertheless,
;reat apprehension is felt for
lie towns along lhe Gulf coast
vIikIi < e cut off from commuui
: it on with New Orleans This
iPf cliens!on was iner-a-ed b\
everal narrow escapes from
Irowuing leporied during the
lay.
PKNSACOLA A WRKCKKD CITY.
Pensacola, Fli?..Sept 27.?The
vorst sform and hurricane that
he gulf coa^i has experienced
mice the village of Pen-acola on
?an Rosa island was swept away
l07 years ago began last night
md was s'ill raging this after
loon.
The estimate 1 property dam
tge is three million dollars.?
Svery house in Pensacola has'
uttered damage and many roofs
ire blowing oil'. Telephone and
eleuraph and electric light wiresi
ire among the mass. The water
>wlu i- ? urn ii ii ii wt't'CKiiue tor
niles on either side of t1 e ciiv,
uid vessels are piled on the
vharyes. or where the wharves
nee were, ir utter ruin, ^
ron steamers aiul many lighter
ailing ships are 1 > intr high and
Iry up in the city where the tide
las never been known to reach.
?ve'ywhere lor miles around
vh?rves have b en swept away
>r a'e damaged beyond repair.
HEADS IT MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
Washington, Sept. *27?Belat*
d reports from Pensaccla, Fla ,
0 the Weather Bureau here
1 ? ' n *
11'iw ma' ine tiult R'ortn has
used inland fome distance
ve?t "Mhat station with winds
it hurricane strength, tire niaxinuni
velocity at that station
tein^ 8S miles an hour. The
term is prnhahiy centra! toI'glit
in the son'li s^n'ral p>r?
ion of Mississippi, no reports,
icwever, having betn receive*!
r*>tn :hat State <>r Louisiana and
out h western Alabama- I' is
eiievetl to ba increasing in enrgy
and that it will move slowv
northward during the next 24
ours.
Rain will continue in themidle
Mississippi valley, the Ohio
alley, 'lie South Atlantic States
,nd will probably spread into
lie western portion ol the Mid
!e Atlantic S'atesand the lower
nke region by Friday night.
L & x. hit for# 1,000,000
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 27.
-Reports to Sunt I I
# _ - , v. W . un 1VM'
ov, ot the Montgomery division
f the Louisville & Nashville
iailroad, indicate that the road
ihh suffered damage of over)
1,000,000 as a result of the (*ull j
torms. Tracks between Flomar>n,
Ala., and Pensacola are enirely
obstructed and in some
daces badly torn up by falling
roes, while the section between
leorgianna and (iraceville, Fla.,
as suffered similarly. At Pensaola
the Louisville A Narhville.
rain elevator has been destroy*!
d and the entire trackage to
Escambia Hay is ruined.
*0
PhD Wdu/O I)oes Job
111C 11CII U for others. Why.
an't we do yours?*?|? ? ? ???|
I
Ku Klux Clan Broken up by
Police.
Augusta, Ga . 20 ?The police
j authorities today discovered ;?
secret organ zatiun ot Ku Klux
in Augusta ail 1 bioke i< up. L)e
tectives found in a local job
printing office literature private
ly printed for the organization
and on further investigation,
found that a local tailoring ostablishment
ot high reputation
had made gowns and other regalia
lor the hand. The literature
and gowns were confiscated, the
former being destroyed. A cumber
of toe young men connected
with the organization were ar
re>ted and placed under peace
bends. It was the purpose ot the
lvu Klux to make their tirst visitation
tonight on White, Ihe
iiepro preacher-editor, who lelt
il.e city this afternoon
Bank Wrecker Stensland
Promptly Tried and Sent
to Penitentiary.
Chicago, Sept. 27.?Paul O.
S'ensland, to whose confessed
embezzlmen' of $400,000 was
flue chiefly the collapse of the
Milwaukee Avenue S^a'e Bank,
of which he was president, was
today sentenced in recotd time
to serve from one to 10 year* in
the penitentiary. Within thr^e
hours after Stensland's arrival
in Chicago today from Morocco,
whither tie fled before t lie bank
failed, the f >rmer bank president
pleaded guilty and received
sentence. B-fore another thr< e
hours ha<l ehips'd, the oonvic ed
in ui hill 1 eiiun service ot the
I sentence ?t Joiiet prison. S'enI
sland pleaded guilty on t wo ii diot|ment<,
charging embezzlement
and violation of the Sta'e banking
laws.
Tragedy at N. C. University
?Freshman Shoots Sophomore.
Chapel Hill special in Charlotte
Observer* J.J. Hatch, a freshman,
of Mount Olive, shot and
seriously wounded Benard
O'Neill, a sophomore, of Wijmineton,
on the campus here tonight
at 9:20 o'clock. Benard war
taken to the infirmary, where he
was operated on, The plipsirians
do not think that his condition is
critical.
O'Neill, accompanied bv four
companions, was walking down a
path in front of the fraternity
buildings which lay in semi darkness.
When they met Hatch.
O'Neill, it is said, jumped at him
in a spirit of playfulness, or
bumped into him. The next thing
was a pistol shot and O'Neill
staggered bark with ? hole in his
sight groin. Hatch ran to his ro^m,
where for a while he kept everybody
off with his gun. Lie finally
admitted a reporter and told him
his version of the affair.
,4I was walking down the path,"
he said, "when I met four or five
fellows. One of them grabbed me
in the coat and 1 pulled out
my gun and shot him." Llaich
was nor nervous or excited. I
j is a email, blue eyed young felli
17 years of age, who serves
j waiter in one of the local hoar
[ ing houses, lie says that mi tv
'occasions lie kept men away fro
| Ins door with his gun.
Fasting and Prayer for tl
Negroes.
Bishop Alex ?nder;Walters, of tl
National Afro-American Com
cil, issued a proclamation as
ing 'ho African race in Ameri
to observe October 7 as a day
fasting and prayer for the bette
ing of the condition of the n
groes in America. It is hoped th
all the negroes, ministers ai
and people, will give earnest he'
to this call. The condition of tl
negroes in this country is far bi
ter than the condition of the n
groes in any other country in t
world ; but there is room for ir
provement. and particularly
the conduct of the negroes ther
selves. When th?v meet in the
accustomed place of worship <
October 7 we would suggest th
the lesson be impressed up<
them that they must work
well as pray, that the best ci
zen, white and black, is the i
dustrious citizen, and that one
the beRt ways for the negroes
better their race is tor them
regard idleness as a crime.
News and Courier.
Diabolical Deed of Savannz
Negro.
Savannah, Ga., special in Ai
gusta Chronicle: Screams
Miss Essie Biake, tiie etghtei
I year old daughter of George Blak
| who is employed in the Savanm
I Custom House, at 7 ;15 o'clo<
tonight drew a large crowd to h
home, No. 20!) lJark avenue wei
| She was found with her fa
i scarred and burned with pota
i which had been thrown upon h
: by a negro.
Miss Blake said she had he<
| into a rear room of her hom
Turning to leave, her arm w
caught oy a negro, who was lea
ing in through a window she In
I not seen him. She jerked awi
and screamed, where-upon I
! threw the powerful chemical ii
I to her face. Then the negro di
I appeared.
| The police made every effort
I capture the negro. Two were a
rested, bur they proved satisfai
torily that they were no impl
cated.
News in Brief.
The New York Republican
in their state convention held ;
Saratoga this week, nominate
lor governor Charles K. Hughe
| the famous anti-graft attorne
!." u?: i: ?: * - -
I . . . , ruur l' U1 piIIU IOW11S we
destroyed by a typhoon tli
week The Fort Mill po
ollice lias been raised Irorn tl
4tn to the 3rvl or pret-identi
class.... Edward Roach,
Charlotte lad, accident a ily sh
and killed himself NVednesda
. . . .Frank Massey, young son
Mr. L. J. Massey, of Fort Mi]
whi'e swinging a day or two a
from an awning post, fell aero
a pile of iumotr and broke L
j arm.
Fata! Railroad Wreck.
IW
HP
r() It Occurred Thursday on
rn Southern--Passenger Train
Ditched by Wreckers.
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I Columbia Record.
; Train wreckers having removed
tiie rails tor some distance,
',e j Southern Railway passenger
l_ train No. 30, from Jacksonville
to Washington, due here at 0:55
c" a. m., was ditched today a! 3:30
at Barton, six miles sou h of
>r
Allendale and seventv-one miles
e
south ot Columbia. The locomoH]
tive and six coaches were over
P(1 turned, colored Fireman Andrew
lie Kemp, of this city, had hoth
?t- legs broken and died almo"' ine
stantlv. Engineer J. E. MrDanhe
iel, ot this city, was badly scaldQ~
ed about the trunk and lens, two
1,1 mail clerks were hurt, and more
1}" than a dozen o| the passengers
lf sustained minor bruises and
r>n
. cots.
at ...
3n All question of accidental deaB
railing was eliminated by the
p. fact that the missing rails were
n- found neatly piled together at
of tl<e side of the road bed with the
to spites which hat held them to
to the ties strung alongside.
? The colored fireman sustained
compound fractures of both legs
and died from shock and loss of
blood, before he could ba rescued
from under his engine
tl_ Engineer J. E. MeDani9l was
0f scalded about tlie body and legsen
lie was able, however, to walk
;e, from the wreck to a nearby resi!?h
dence, where lm was attended
' 'k bv Dr. Kendall.
er Miss Lula Wingard, aged eigliteen,
who lives a? 1212 Main
l,e street. thi? city, was a pa-*enenger.
Sue was bruised and
suil red considerably from the
shock, but rallied and came on
SMl
e to the city with Dr. Kendall.
as ; Two railway mail clerks, Mr.
n- W. M. Lander and Mr. C. NV.
id Wimpy, both of Jacksonville,
t.v were slightly injured
he Sam Milney, a colored porter,
n~ was more or less bruised, and
fi~ | four or live passengers were a
little hurt and badlv scared.
to
c" Solemn Day of Yom Kippur.
Today is Yom Kippur, the
'Jewish Day ot Atonement. As
s, to its observance the Columbia
in'State says; It is not only a
id j time ot physical fasting, but of
p. i sel; denial in every w.?y. Not
y. only are secular pleasures rore
frained from, but the ordinary
is customs of the day are supersedst
ed by prayer and meditation. No
he matter how important his busial
nesH, no matter how urgent, the
a Jew true to his laith abandons
ot all tor the 24 hours elapsing bey.
tween Friday at sun down and
of Saturday at the same hour.
11, The actual fast is a severe
po ordeal for no morsel of food or
ips drink is to pa<-s the lips wi'hin
us that tune?not even a drop of
water.