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L. - - - ------ - -- - - - - - A N N ING, S. C. WEDNESI)AY, OCTOER 5 IIIO. 11. DESTRUCTIVE STORMS. DEATH AND DEVASTATION MARKS 1~S COURSE. It Extends from Florida to Malue-Most Damage Done in Georgia and Florida South Carolina Suffers Toe, Zspectamy on the Coast. SAVANNAh, Sept. 30.-The fatalities by yesterday's storm, so far, foot up 11. The body of Captain Charles E. Murray of the ill fated tug Robert Turner, which was blown ashore in the Savannah river, was found tcday wedged in a training wall. It was brought to the city by a rescue tug. Later the body of one the deckhands was picked up by the United States revenue steamer Tybee, which has been on relief duty since the storm subsided. James McGuire, a passen ger on the Turner, and two deck hands are still missing. Fanny, col ord, wbo was -injured by a failing roof in Southville died today. Riley Williams, colored, 75 years old, crushed mider a roof, died tonight. The injured have all been removed to the hospitals or their homes. Three are fatally injured and will die. The fatalities are likely to be much greater, when reports have been received from the sea islands. The damage to ship ping is heavy. The steamer Governo,r Stafford, which left Beaufort, S. C., for Savannah Tuesday morning, went ashore on Daufuskie island, and is ly ing. 100 yards high and dry inland. The barks Cuba and Rcenius, which drifted from their mooricgs and went ashore, it is believe d may be saved. The schooners Island City and B. D. Metcalf, which went ashore on their way to sea are not damaged. The -bark Kylemore broke away from her anchorage at quarantine and is lying against a training wall half a mile away. The less small sailing vessels is heavy. Upwards of 20 are reported ashore in the marshes and creeks ard beach at the mouth of the river. Most of these were small coasting vessels plying between Savannah and rieigh boring ports. The full extent of the damage and loss of life will not be known for several days. The damage in the city will proba bly exceed $1,000,000. Hardly a building escaped, and thousands of houses are roofless. The work of clearing away the wreckage from the streets went on all night and today most of thei streets are passable. The parks ara pitiable sights. Tall trees, torn up bfthe roots or broken in two, -lie in- xkiths across shrubbery and. flowe-,.'The ruin. is complete. - The fangiia Bonaventure cemetery, four mls from Savannah on the Thunder bQlt road, is a scene of -ruin. There and in picturesque Laurel Grove ceme tery, monuments and gravestones are overturned and in some instances the vaults are broken in. At the subur ban villages and resorts summer resi dences were blown -away and yachts and pleasure steainerswere.drioen ashore;insone instances. high. and dry on the low bluffs. A special to the Morning News from Barrougbs, Ga., say: "The storm ,..tarted here yesterday at 10 o'clock and -lasted until 1:15 o'clock. Trees were blown down in the woods and - roads. About 15 houses in different places are blown down. All the stacks an the ricefields are blown down. The new Ogeechee Baptist church at Sbi loh and the new Episconalian church are blown to the groun d. Three lives are lost andseveral persons'crippled. The loss is estimated at $6,000. Every person had to leave his house and go -out in- the open field to save his life. There has' never been such a storm here since 1854." THE WREC~K OF BRUNswICK. Brunswick was wrecked by the hur ricane. The property loss is estimated at between $350,000 and $500,000. The loss of life is four,iso far as known. The victims are all colore d: John Jef ferson and baby, A.- Davis and Wil liam Daniels. The injured as~far as known are: Mrs. M. Wiggins and child and Mrs. Richard Purcell. These three have their hieads crushed in, but will proba bly recover. The greatest losers of property are: Electric and Gas Lisht company, plant demolished, loss $20,000; Glauber & Isaacs, wholesale grain and grocery . house, total wreck, loss $4,000; Jacob 1kBeach, residence partly wrecked; Downing company, wholesale grocers, damaged; Brunswick Grocery compa ny ; E. H. Mason & Co.. ship chand lers; Briesinreck's brick building, and warehouse; J. B. Wright's brick build ing- Oglethorpe bank building; Scar lettlilock; Orovatt block; Ward blcck; Wills' residence, all seriously darn. aoed; St. John's church wrecked com pletely; St Athanasius church and school buildings wrecked completely ; Mark's church badly damaged; Alta maha cypress mills badly damaged as to destruction of lumber; fire depart erbltower badly damaged ; court house damage ~nsiderably, so as to be unsafe for further use. Partial damage is done to the city hail. Plant system shops, Southern rail way ware houses, union depot, Gwynn's ware house and ice factory and numerous other business and private d wellings. In shipping circles the damage is terrific. A detailed loss up to date is as follows: The Spanish bark Encar nacion, loaded for sea and anchored across the shoals, drifted in and was aground, badly listed and rigging nearly destroyed. On the marsh side of Turtle river is a three-masted schooner aground betweeen y uaran ..ine and South Brunswick. L. is the L'zzie E. Dennison from quarantine The Norwegian bark Longiellow lost her jibboom and is ashore across from the Plant system dock. The Ameri can bark H. L. Routh had her wind lass broken and is lying easy ashore, between McCullough's dock and Quarantine. The brig Jennie itulbert, loaded and down the r-iver was blown over to iUrandy Point, and is aground. The schooner Sarah Fuller broke her hawser and is ashore otf' tbe Brunswick and Western docks 'Ihe schooner Harold was ds mantled and sunk, wit~h 5,ttp pounds of dynamite, off the Brunswick ad' Western docks. Tile home boats are all safe and none of them badly dam aged so far as known. At Sterling station, several houses are down and one lady, Mrs. Clark, nadly injured by falling timber. At St. Simon's mills, the Hilton & Dodge Lumber company suffered seyere loss. The Episcopal church was wrecked and much damage done to stores andi residences. In the railroad yards in Brunswick almost every tin-covered - freight car is unroofed. All the tele phone, telegraph and electric light wires are down and the damage can not be well estimated. A t the quarn - tiue station several of the buildings7 includinz the otlicers' quarters are down, but Surgeon Burford is safe. At the new docks of the Southern rail road the eastern warehouse is down, and much other damage done. Han over park, the pride of Brunswick, is wrecked. Every street is streron with debris. 1Reports from Boulogne, across the river from Folkston, say that several people were killed and others injured, but no verification of these reports has reached the Morning News yet. OLD BEAtFORT SUFFERS. - BEAU FoRT',Sept. 2.-Without warn ing from the weatber bureau or any intimation of anything to be expected, Beaufort was visited today at 12 o'clock and lasting until 2, with quite as vio lent and destructive a cyclone- for the length of time it lasted asVhe memo rable one of Aug. 27, 1893. The vio lence, force and velocity of the wind eaualled if it did not exc-:ed that of 1893, aind if . we had experienced as high fide the destruction of life and property would have been proportion ately greater. As ,it is, the town has suffered terribly. The chi4f and great est sufferers are among the 6ldest and most staunch hduss.' At about half past 1 o'clock the wind shifted from southeastto southward and only less ened its volence by about 2 o'cTock, when it appeared that the fury of the gale had abated... Besides the wrecks lready retQded, - along Bay Istrbet a great many of the brick chirn'eys o1 ' . most expcsed houses and stores were snapped- off and had fallen into the streets-belowied upon the roofs. The masonry atr di'e sides of the piaz zas of T. W. Schepe's grocery store and thato G. A. Long's residence over the express othice. was blown down with its brici and nio- tar. The fachts Osprey, owned by Mr. Miles, Nellie, by Colvidere,-Julia, by Henry Schep er, that lay afaichor olf the-se4 wall, and which, with timely warrig have been put in safe hirbor were dapsized and sunk. All the pilot boats-that lay in froht of the. town f-ran disuse of past week owing to- heavy seas -re vailing outside, rode safely throigh the storm. The only one of fleet that sopd down at Port, Royal was-the Sc'r, No. 4, apd, sbe. was drivei high and dry upon the marshes of Jeriche up Battery creek. The handsome residence of the late Geo. Waterhouse, now owned by his estate, formerly the Lewis Sams house, was terribly wrecked, the roof entire ly blown of? and swept away,.and the andsome columns and the upper piaz za tern to pieces and other damage to the front.of theb1ouse -anl fences. The residence of the Messrs. Wallace, for merly th .i-Fualer house, on the corn of Bay sethad its roof torn and its verandidestroyed. There-are a great many other disas ters to property all over the town, but I have only listed the above as among the most impolrtant and-extensive.. . It is, of course; impossible as yet to esti mate-the amount of damage, butgis likely- to reach a large amouu-t-n money. No loss of life in town is re porte.- 4wo colored wom-ndrrm tbe Okland plantation were killed by the falling in of their house. No news has been received from the islands. From Port Royal. the damages to the railroad properties are said not to be very considerable. Some damages are reported.from the Sewland Chemical works (Coosaw), and to Balwins, but particulars are not yet in. - FRIGHTFUL DAMIAGE IN F"LORIDA. JACKSONyILLE, Fla., Sept. 30.-It is conservative estimate to say that 50 people have lost their lives from yes erdav's hurricane and the number may ~run much higher. News from that portion of the State where the storm first struck is very slow in com ing, for wires are down and railroads are impassable. Wrecking narties which went out this morning have not returned and it will be tomorrow be fore the full extent of the damageis known. The hurricane struck Cedar Keys and reports show thatiit passedf in its path of - destruction over twenty towns and thatt between thirty and for ty people have certainly been killed. edar Keys is about 100 milles Sout.h west-of Jacksonville. The hurricane which had been churning- the water ut in the Gulf first struc r this place, a village of 1,500 inhabitants. The nly report which has come concern ng Cedar Keys is that the town has been swept away and many lives havr~ een lost. . This report comes. fr-om' G-ainesville, which is lifty miles a way. obody has been able to get anything from Cedar Keys. Moving Northeasterly the storm truck Willistown, a small tow~n, leven houses were blown down, one person was killed and several so badly hurt that it is expected they will die. Near here is a large- turpentine farm where State convicts are employed. Twenty of these were huddled together' in a cabin. A heavy tree was blown cross the cabin and six of the convicts were crushed to death. In Alachume Dounty the storm did fearful work. [a Gainesville the Methodist Church and twenty residences and business houses were destroyed, and while a number of people were hurt no fatali ties are reported.: Ad4a Cross, fifteen buildings were alstyed. Rev. W. A.. Barr, Mrs. F. F.Mclntosh and her baby are are reported killed. Near there four laborers who were in a cab in on a turpentine farm were crushed by falling trees New berry, in West Alachuma, is to tally wrecked. U. J1. Eastlin, Mrs. Nanny Moss, Frank ()lmsted and David Jones were killed. At liigh Sorings, Malissa I larden, Jane Morris and Sallie Nobles, colored, are re ported to have beeni killed. . At this' place a number of people took ref uge in a box car, which was in the path of the cyelone. It was blown along the track and then oilf of it a distance of fifty feet and eve~y person in it was nadly injured. Steve Mason and Gleorge Johnson have since died. At Gracy, a small place, twelve houses were blown down, a woman was killed, but a babe at her breast was unhurt, although it h:.d been car ried some distance by the force of the wind. At Lake Blutler. lI rad ford ( tounty, Mr. U.. 1 larkey, Mrs. J. M. Futch ard her in fant were: fattal ly hurit. Many tuildings were blown do .ni. At this place the wind blew to pieces two ears loaded with brieks and a negro, 11.-n ry Sullivan, who was :iu y ards away. was killed by being-struck by one of fying bricks. . On Judge Richard'sturpentinle farm four convicts were killed by falling trees. In Bsker ('uuty four towns were almost totally destroyed. The~y are McClenny, Saniderson, Glen, St. Mary and < lustee. No one was killed outrighit in these towns, but many were injured, among whom were Mrs. t'. 8, !tichardson, Jae Mealcinin and Nort h Webster, all of whom will die. A Live ()ak. the destruction is cam plete, but no loss of life is reported. 'Near Walborn the house of Amos White was destroyed and two of his children killed. At Lake City eight business houses and thirteen residences were destrcyed. Mrs. Sarah Fletcher and two boys were killed and Dora Jeunins. Sam uel Hudson and Jonas Mabry were fatally injured. Six Dersons are reporte.I killed at Fort White, in Columbia County, but no names are given. The hurricane pas-d over Daval County, striking the Edze of Jackson ville but doing very little damage. There was no loss of life here. Just North. of here, bowever, in Nassua County, considerable destruction is reported. Five children were killed in the wreck of a school house. -Miss Stewart, the teacher, had her arm broken. .Lila Rails, a 12-years old girl, was 4lled. a, her nonae, her mother being fatally injured. Harry Jounson was also killed. At Ilillyards, another s~iool house was wrecked and four children were killed. At King's Ferry, Andy Johnson, Moses Lassiter, Simon H1endersmn. May Jones and a child were killed. Mrs. Fisher was nursing a sick child and-tie infant- died as the house fell. The mother was hurt,-bat will recover. Three sailors were killed on schooners that were loading lu-nber at .King's Ferry, Acrss ths-line into Georgia the'de vastation was dohtinued. At Folkston, which is near the ()eefeenokee swamp, the school hous) was wrecked and four children killed. Several casualties .sra reported In Caiden Coun-ty-, Ga . - The storm then..contiau-d on its way to lianswick- and Savannah.. Ihere'- is no'way to estitnate the pro pertf Toss4 .Florida. -Te losses may sin ie(vii now than they will when mire-closely examined, . b'tthe talk aiong insuran'e. men is that the losses will:fp6t f. up $2 'u00O00. This seems, howeYer, an excessive estimat . The stolnr extended as far North as Nliine,'but the princip1 damage was lone in Fl'oiid'a' and Georgia. Char lestoi suffered a little, but not much. rhe storm covere4 a large scope of iountry, ind'while it lasted was very evere.. Pu't up or. Sh.ut Up. TheN&orkWorld, it is said, has lie followinog-letter in ..pssession for >ne mn ith,:but declined to push it: IIELE.N; Mont., Aug. 21, 1896. ro New'York World: 'Oefifleirai: I hereby authorize you ;o publish that I will make a contract 'or '-% 'itiidred thousand dollars' $100.000) wqrth-Qf silver for which I wvill agie-t6-pay'6n6 dollar and ten ents ($1.10) per ounce ia United tates gold cain, and to ha taken as coon as W. J. Bryan, as President of he United Statesissigned a coinage )ill, which will provide: for thie free tnd unlimited -coinage .of silver at a atto eoulpared with oid at I; to L, nd if any of those who are talI in5g bout ZO cent dollar-desire this con rct, and are willing to put a forfeit, [ am piepared to securq this offer by forfeiture of twenty thousand dollars $20,000). 1 feel confident that I can trraL ge similar contracts among my ircle of business acquaintances for :wenty million dollars (.2OOU0,O0,O) to ~e taken one million a month for .wenty months after the signature of achsa bill. . Yours truly, R. II. KLEIser MIDr. Mr. Kleinschmidt is owner of a ~ank and one of the-richest men in his state. He is abundant-ly able to back is offer, but getis no takers. His substantial proposition knocks the props from a favorite gold bug argu neat, and the World knew it. In old lay ' n Senator Ale1~herson talked tbout 'silver'dollars -being'worth-only i'0 ceaits; or.- in that neighborhood, senat~r Standford, it is said, used to ht2in up -by .itit such propositions wsthatof Mr. Kleinschmidt. -Augusta A Brutal'Murder. RosoKe:, Va., Sept. 29.- --The Blue; ield Telegraph of yesterday prints the ollowinig: On Sunday evem1ng at Lpland, Gus Miller and -:his: apl, Jim Bawkins, who, ha4: .thaen d'rnnin g ieavily, had a shooting affray, in which 1[awking was killed, Miller was ~errorizing everyh~dy in-the communi ~y, and his pal, IHawkins, having no ~itol, Miller told him to go and get ne, saying if he did not he would hoot him. Hawkins went out and efcured his pistol and Miller opened iraupon hima.- Hawvkins toolk shelter >ehind a nearby house. Miller climb ad to a position where he co~uld see Lawkins and again tired at him, but issed hiin. Hawki'ns returned to his ssailant. It .so happened that Miller ;ot Hawkins's head under his arm, and holding his murderous weapon a ew inches fromi lawkins's head (is ~hrged his pistol frequently. The ~rains splashed upon the mnurderer's hirt front and smiearedl the sleeve ar d breast of his coat. Releasing his v'e im, who fell limp and (lead upon the ~round, this liend in human form said : There, [ told you I would kill you." Niiler then tried to escape, but was held forcibly by the crowd that had :olected.. Miller was takento-W~elch" and lodged in jail. Vixciteinenit ran aigh. A large crowd-gathyr~d at the le., and threatened to lynch Miller, but he was finally gotten on the train ithout any 'rable and taken to jail. Captured by Democ-raLs. IN(oLN, Neb., Sept. 25. The Mi'd lle of the Road- Populist convention o-day, for the purpose of putting into omination a straight ticket for P'resi ential electors in opposition to the rusion electors was captured by the iver Democrats and every attempt t conduct business failed. Onliy two Niddle of the Road PopulisteU -. M. 2iark -of Lincoln arnd.,Dr. PBrvant of Nopfolk- put- in ani apearefiwe -d le silver I mocrats present passed a resolution endorsing fusion on the state and natior al ticket. 'omie romi Lhe Savan nah. 1tiver se Lions of South (Carolina that theire was tosiderable loss of life among the ne groes in Tuesday's storms. lThe smalli cho~ner Island Flower whichu left \ilmington Island, Tuesday, for th7is port is believed to have been lost with ir crew of men. Houses are down i all parts of this sectiQoi All Hands~ Drowned. Pims, Sept. 27. --Advices received here show that. the steamer Magenia oundered in the gale o~l the coast of hie department of Laudes, in south western F"rance. AlL~the mem,,bers~ of. RIOT IN FORT MOTTE. THE DISPLAY OF FORCE AWES THE NEGROES. All the i.9adlig Olrender in Saturday Night's Riot In Custody, Excript Chemen borotigh lie I el:L-ved to be fliding Ini the RlIver Swanps. F0:T MOTT, Sept. 2).--Fort Motte is the very heart of a dense colored population. It is very necessary to have it thoroughly understood that there must be no infractions of the laws. Once consented to there is like ly to be no end of trouble. Last week, as was published, a nargro named Goodwin was shot by a Mr. Collins. No matter what the circumstances of the shooting may have been, that would have been attended to by the law.in the due course of time. The shooting seemed to anger the colored people, and many of them congregat ed on the streets of Fort Motte at night. They were told to disperse, but instead of doing as requested by the intendent and ollicersof the place they refused, and said that they would leave the streets whenever it suited their con venience. There came near being blood, spilled at the time, but it was thought best not to precipitate a row in such a fashion and at such a time. The Fort Motte Guards were called out to preserve the peace, and di-1 all that could be expected of them. Monday Sieritf Dukes telegraphed to Governor Evans that he uroposed to make arrests at Fort Motte, and wanted the military at his service if needed, it having been decided to ar rest certain of the leaders in the brava do exhibition on the streets of Fort Motte, on the ground of disturbing the peace and making a riot. Tuesday morning Sheiil lDukes wf;nt to make the arrests of the leaders who were in citing the negroes. Altogether there are eleven warrants sworn out, but it is thought that three or four arrests will sutlice. At the station one of the parties who was wanted was seen. Ile was arrested and made no resistance. It appears that a burly negro named Cheeseborough was the man who did most of the mischief, and who was wanted on a duly prepared war rant. It was understood that he was in a house on Mr. Wn. Taber's place, and to this house the ofliicrs went to make the arrests. When the house was reachcd by Deputy Douglass, a negro named Robinson, who was also wanted, came to the door and in a boastful spirit said that no one could arrest him, and drew his pistol. Deputy Douglass told him that it was no use to shoot, but he. snapped his pistol at the officer anyway. About this time Mr. Mitch ell saw the flash of the steel of the pis tol and caie up in a gall6p. Ire also told Robinson to put up his pistol, and the negro told him that he c.ould not be made to do so. and with this drew -his pistol and- mad:: the effor'. to tile at Mitchell but thegpisOg I eAJ1 noM- o itche!" not take the chances that Douglass did, but return ed the fire wit his double-barrelled shot gun and instantly killed lbbin son. Cheese'>orough was not found in the house. An inquest will be helt' tomorrow, and as additional arrusts I are likely to be made some trouble is ( feared. There were comparatively few ne groes to be seen about Fort Motte to day, and this seemed to give rise to the suspicion that mischief might be coni templated. So, all things considered, it was thought best to call on Orange burg for her t wo military commands, and the EdXisto Rifles and the Tillman Volunteers with fifty men went upi to Fort Motte on the night train to ren der such assistance as might be need ed. -It was thought best to picket the town, and detachments were thrown out during the evening to keep a look Qut. The arrests will be made and the parties taken to Orangeburg, no matter how long it will take or what the cost will be. Cheseborough, who has been advising the n'egroes in their attitude of defiance, has been shot be fore, and is regarded as quite a desper ate character.-News and Courier. .ALL IS &2UIET. FonT? M4TTE, S. C., Sept. 30.-All is quiet again in Fort Motte. The dis play of military force, the evident in tention of the authorities to enforce order and uphold the law, and thie submission of the leading spirits-with one exception-of the Saturday night riot, has had salutary etfect upon the1 negroes of this community, and it will: probably be a decade or more, if ever, that such another showing of hands will be necessary on the part of the w hites of this usually pecaceful and al ways attractive old-town. The three cornpanics of militia on duty here last nightli saw little of quiet and less of re pose. The "boys" were strongly in evidence at all hours, from dewy eve to rosy morn, and songs and dances, card-playing, and story-telling- inter mingled with pranks of a more or less practical nature - kept the hours hust ling into th'e past until the reveille was sounded. At roll call the follow ing ment answered to their names: hornt Motte t uords -A. T. I arby, cajt.; N. E. Carroll, 1st lieuit.; J1. A. Peterkin,. 21 .lieut.; WV. P. Shirer, junior 2d lie-ut-; and Privates J1. 1). II. Shirer, T. L. Shirer, M. L. Shirer, .. A. WV. Shirer-, I. N. Slawson, Jr., J1. T. (ason, W. D. Kellar, .Jake Mar cus, Weston Adams, A. R. Taber, Jf ., D: I). Tabem, W. R. Taber, Jr., J1. d.4 Taber, W. TV. Croswell, .J. Rhett Shiir-1 er: WV. B. Tre-zerant, J. Carroll, 11. Y. 8. D~arby, and.J. P'. Clatry. Ed~islo Rifles - J. U. IHerbert, capt.; A. Il. Moss, lieut.: and Privates RL. Jencning, A. WV. tilman, S. U. P'ar Ier, TV. E. Williams, WV. L. 11armey, lI L C. Moseley, S. 1H. Clark, J. S. Weeks, A. C. Andrews, TV. E. Briggmnan, T. Ayers, P hilip IKohmn, E. It. H eidtmtan, J1. J. Mackay, J. B. Crosby, John11 C. iPike, .Jr., F. 1". Malpass, T. E. Light.-I foot, L. \'. Dibble, 8. P. Whitehead, Fred Dantzler, C. 1P. 1Peryclear, and Henry o.C-ijohnu. TVilbInan \ oiuntee-rs .J. 11. ('latry', capt.; J1 . W . Culler, I st l ieut. ; 1. 11. (ualer, . lie-nt.; I. E. Cope4, junioiri siA Iie-ut. ; anid 1-i ~vates W.' E . 1t0pk.-ins, 4 J. - l. Anmtley, W. kenmlnerlini, E.> C. II iuser, .1ohni Pahiner, W. . 3i tchell1, 1 [". M.- Ciiller, C. G rilith, i-.. A. Ztei"-1 ier, 1-. E. Smtith, E-ugene I191l, Ed ward I ell , Ed:. 1et r-a w, Ernest I Ciain, Samn 1 f Cain, E.> C. IvAxingston, Sama Whiis senhmunt, .>. W. Rtickemnbaker, L. XW. I Weeks, R ichmard Hopkins. and J.i B. Robinson. 1 Th'ke mlorninig openedt clear- and bree z.Tie .searcity of negroes aboutit I town yesterday was fullyI~ atoned for, so to speak, by the crowd of blacks I that Iloc-ked about, the s;tation at an were women, and all were peacefully inclined. They were going on an ex cursion to Charleston, and the tragedy of the day before seemed to be entire ly forgotten by the volatile blacks. It was thought that Frank Cheesebor ough. the negro rioter most wanted, might board the excursion train at St. Matthews, and a detail of fifteen men, five from each company present, were sent down the road under command of First Lieut. Adam Moss of the Edisto Rifles, to apprehend the negro. should be appear. They returned at 10 o'clock, reporting that Cheesebor ough had not put in appearance. In the meantime, Art Vincent, one of the negroes for whom a warrant was out for, came into town, and gave himself up. le said "he reckoned that it was the best thing he could do." He was sent to Orangeburg later on. While waiting for the return of the military detachment sent to St. Mat. thews, the soldier laddies were highly entertained by "Col." Bacon, a color ed light of the conmunity, who deliv ered a "rhythmic" address on the glo ries, pdt ahd present, of the South. It should be added that there was con siderably more rhyme than reason in -Colonel's" remarks. At .4-5 a. n., the entire command was ufider-airs, and awaiting the up train bearing the-St: Matthew's detach ment. Immediately upon the arrival of the train, Major R. M. Clafly gave the word, and the line of march was taken'inp for Mr. Will Tabers place whe.- the inquest on Joe Robinson, the r-egro killed yesterday, was to be held. The troops led the way, and were followed by Sherilf John H. Dukes, Coroner 1). E. Dukes, Dr. W. W. Wolfe, intendant, Dr. Cnares R. 'Taber, and deputy sheri 1f1s and citizens. About a mile and a h Ilf out of town, Sam Williams, another rin.leader, tepped out into the road and gave himself up. Williams lives on Mr. W. D. Hane's place. le was one of the aoisest of the mob last Saturday, and at that time declared they "had twen Ly bullets to the white's oae." Things were different today with Williams. le was a thoroughly frightened ne Zro, and the old saying, "Meek as Afoses," is inadequate to describe Wil liam's humility. lie said, "When I ;eedihe gov'ment had done got after me I knowed it was time far me to ,ive up." Williams was placed in a art, and taken out to the scene of the nquest, whence he was afterwards reconveyed to 4own. and this evening was *placee on the orangeburg train. As Joe -1tobinson's house was ap proached a crowd of some twenty-five egroes was seen lingering about the premises, and it was feared some ,rouble might ensue, but happily this 'ear -ras groundless, and no. even t murmur was heard during the sub equen. . proceedings. The militia Irew up in front of the house, an'd the iegroes. especially the womeu, were nideitly awed by the display of force. Coroner Dukes at once empaneled iis jury. .Itcomprised the following entlemen: Foreman, J.~ G. May ard4,nd Jurors D'. H. Trxe zvant, S. Xb rfL b.L. Collier, W. R. andi, A. 11. Wienges, P. J. Tate, W. IIatse, A. E. Hane, J. W. Davis, . E. Shirer, and A. H. Wannamaker. tobinson's pistol was placed in evi lence. It was of the Harrington & .ichardson make, 38-calibre. One hamber was empty but the other our were filled. Two of the cart 'idges bore the impress of the ham ner, and it was only their failure to ~xplode that saved Deputy Mitchell's ife when Robinson drew on him yes erday afternoon. The first witness sworn was Dr. C. 1. Taber, Jr. He testilled as follows: 'As I rode up in company with Mr. ditchell, one of the deputy sheriffs, I 'und Joe Robinson standing in his loor with his pistol drawn, cover ng Mr. Douglass and John Da rid Shirer. They were remonstrating ith him, and asking him to put up his !un, as they did not wish to harm iim. He replied that he would not >ut up his gun, and added that he would kill the first white - - - that :ame on the steps. Mr. Mitchell then an up and told Robinson to p~ut up uis gun. iereplied that he would not, nd immediately snapped his pistol at dlr. Mitchell, who in return tired on iim with his shotgun. That is all I cnow about it. Robinson was con .inuing to snap his pistol until he was ired at by Mr. Mitchell." Mr. James Vincent, who was next talled, deposed as follows: "I live on I. G. Maynard's place, I was selling ickets when I met up with these geni lemen, and I went with them to ?rank Cheeseborough's house first Ld then to Art Vincent's, and then o Joe Robinson's house. Robinson rew his pistol on D~eputy Shier If Mitchell, and cursed him. Mr. ditchell told him to lower his pistol. tobinson replied, 'No, G - d- it, .won't, and raised his pistol on Mr. ditchell, and then Mr. Mitchell shot iim. We then went on around to .flarence Htane's to arrest Sam WVil iams, but lie was niot at home. After his we came on to Fort Motte. Mr. ditchell shot Robinson in self-de ence. D~eputy Sherill, WV. L. D~ouglass, >eing duly sworn, said: "Yesterday, >etween 1 and 2 o'clock, I. Mr. Juno. .avid Shirer and fr. C. Rt. Tlaber, .Jr.. :ae here in search of Art V' incent. Are rode upl in front of the house and le Rtobinso.1 beg~an to curse at us be ore we even got to the house. I ask d him what he meant, as we ha~d not ome there for him. but for Art Vin ent. lie said if we did not leave the iouse he would be C - d - if he did iot kill us. lHe drew his pistol and tarted ouit the door towards me. 1 sked hjim what lie meant, for he had Irawn the pistol on meI. I then rolled >l my horse and camne rounzd in front f him, and by that time Mr. Mitchell :ame up and told I~obinson to put up lis gun as no one wanted to hurt him. tobinson said the lirst U -d - white - that put his foot on the steps ie would kill. lHe threw his pistol on dr. Mitchell and conwnnced snapp ng it, and Mr. Mit'hellI shot himi. lie md snapped once at mne whenm Mr. diitcell shot himu, and h le fell. Tihis concluided the evidence. Tihe >odly was then exai ned by Dr-. harles lR. Tfaber and D~r. Waloer W. 'Yolfe. It lav towardls the centre of hie r-oomi, opposite the front door, and ested in a remarkably easy position, howing that death had been instantta ious and painless. Drs. Tfaber andl Volfe deposed as follows: "We ound that Joseph Robinson was shot broughi the heart by seven buckshIot, he balls passing through the body. ia wound was sairiienit to cause ime ned(iate death." The jury thjen withdr-ew. Ina a few nomnents th ey returneiid, anid Fore-man ay nard hanudedl in the verId ict that on September 2'., through a gunshot wound in the heart, inflicted by Dep uty Sheriff T. D. Mitchell while in the discharge of his duty." With the display of force present it was thought to be a good moment to further impress the minds of the ne groes present, and at the requ(st of Intendant Wolfe, Dr. Charles It. Ta ber and Capt. ). U. Herbert, of the Edisto Rtl-s addressed the gathering Dr. Taber spoke with great feeling and his words were imbued with such kindly sentiment for the colored man that more than one in his audi ence seemed touched by it. In sub stance, Dr. Taber, said-: "Unfortu nately we are here to-day under very sad circumstances. We are here as the result of a reckless disregard of the law. Wecanonly be held in safety together by each man remembering the responsibilities of citizenship that rest upon him. The moment a man fails to obey the laws of the land he becomes an outcast. Look at that body lying in there. That is the oat come of Saturday's disturbance. Now, it was perfectly natural for you to in sist that the law should be enforcel on the man who shot Goodwin. but the moment the sheriff arrived, and the enforcement of the law was made, then you should have quitly refrained irom threats and disturbance. You must remember that if you violate the law of the land-as if any of us, black or white, violate it--punishment, swift and certain, will follow. An other thing you must bear in ind, this is a white man's government, and by the grace of (rod we intend to hold it as such; but we also i-tend to pro tect you in your righis. The very best friends you have on earith are right here around you, and if you cannot fee] it in your hearts tha. we are plac ed lere together, side by side, as friends, to live as frizrnds, anl to die as friends then your ears are deaf to all true, heart felt adniouitin. Captain Herbert's address was brief and to the point. lie said: "I wish simply to confirm and endor.se ail that Dr. Taber has said. You see tie arm of the military brought here to day. What does it mean? It is the poxer of the State, the strong arai ot the law. It is invoked to enforce the law of South Carolina, which will be aud shall be administered, peaceably if possible, forcibly if necessary. We desire to live in peace, but. when the law i. infracted, and the people riot -white or black -.and resist the le gally coastitutedi authorities, then they must take the consequenca. Bringing the military here cost money to us all, but we cast money consider ations aside when it is necessary to uphold the majesty of the law. My adyice is that rioters give themselves ip peaceably, and without resistance." These addresses virtually ended the proceedings of the day. It was learn ed that Cheeseborough h id left the ommunity, and Sheriff IDukes, who of course will arrest the negro if found, decided to withdraw his posse and the military force, for the present. rhe trouble, it is thought, is over, the negroes have all professed peaceful in itizers of Fort Motte will go to bed o-night with a very large sized bur den lifted from their minds. The negro Robinson is bnried, but not by wife or friends. Jbth refu to inter him, and Coroner Do. was ob'iged to pay two negroes put the dead man beneath tLe sod Coluimbia Register. Sad Fate of a Brave Crew. SEAmrE, Wash., Sept. 30. -The sailing schooner L. M. Morrill, Capt. antilli, of this city, arrived on Mon ay night at Schiwaer's dock direct from Unalaska, after a cruise of nine months' sealing on the Japan coast nd Bebring Sea. The schooner brings he news of the loss of seven men from he British cruiser Satellite in Gutch arbor or. the night of September 4, uring one of the worst storms that ver struck the coast. Eight men, un er command of the first lieutenant, ere in the boat that left the Satellite. t was, as far as could be learned, >icked up bodily by the wind and ov rturned. One of the sailors swam shore, the others were never again een. The next morning their boat as seen high and dry on the beach n the opposite side from the town. he two men whom the lieutenant's rew started out to save reached the and ini safety. Eight I.ives Lost. WasINiuTUN, Oct. 1.-Paassengers nd trainmen on the Shenandoah \'al ey train on the Baltimore and Uhio Railroad, whiich arrived here at 4 'clcck today, bL ung confirmation of he report of the diaster at Staunton aused by Tuesday night's storm in hat part of Virginia. They say the lamage was done by flood rather than y wind and that the flood was caused argely by the bursting of the dam of lake in tihe public park at Staunton, ausing the loss of several lives at that lace, variously stated at from five to ight. The unfortunate people drown d were caught in tie water by the ntense darkness. Wmn Thomias, re si'ding at the town of Newmarket, be ow Staunton, was also drowned. lHe was riding along thre river bank when he ground, wvhich had been under nind, gave way, and precipitated >oth horse andt rider into th e swollfen ire~ in a Pfiar lion)I.e A n:i~:e-:N, Sc-otlan~d, Sept. 2. - [he l'alace of \'arieties, a play house, as burned at the beginning of the prformance tonight. Th'ie perform rs were compelled to fly, leaving all heir property. The audience was brown into a panrie. \1lany were rampled and crushed ini the rush to ~et out of the burning building, and ustained injuries. T~he mu sic hall in he structure was a complete ruin in alf an hour after tihe lire was discov ~red. A sear-ch was instituted amrong he ruins after the tire and resulted in he finding of three corpu's, and it is earedl that mnany others did not have ime to miake their escape. so rapid was the Ii re's hneadw-ay,. ItL has heen scertained that forty person-s are im ured by bin~ g buired or tramnped pon i the~ panie. <>f the!se, 1:' hav~e FribI~u lrts aind otlr-s atr '-ii th~e A Tt-rrible str. . (Cin\ ol- 31-\im- , Mexico, Sept. 28. [he Western coast has been visited >v a terrible storm (-arusing great damn ae to' tire town or Altata which was nunated. Tfhe waves porired inD>' ne principal streets of Man.tlwr. A:\ s requiested. ess is suspended inin --U larcos, inst north. ' - ".A NOT SURPRIUING. whry the State of Vernont Has Alway Been Republical. Much ado about the Vermont elec tion has been made by the goldites -it seems to have elevated them into a fool's paradise. A few facts may ex plain why Vermont is always Repub lican. 1. Vermont refused t> become one of the original thirteen colonies, and, although some individuals did join the patriotic forces, not oae man was furnished by Vermont as such. (See Spofford's American Almanac, 188G, p. 23 ) It established an "independ ent" State in 1777. Its leading men were in constant negotiation with the enemy (the British), and it thereby escaped much of the troubles of the revolutionary period, not being ac counted by the British as one of the revolutionary colonies. (See almost any full history of Vermont, and J. H. Colton's "Geography and Histo ry," 1857.) These facts are not denied by historians favoring Vermont, but apologized for as being "adroit," 'shrewd" and "by her artful policy averted invasion for three years." (See Coolidge and Man field and Hall's hitsory of Vermont.) Vermont was in love with the British then as now. 2. Vermont, like the other New England colonies, maintained slavery, but it was the last of the New England States to abolish it, and did not do so until 1793, over thirteen years after Massachusetts. It is true, in 1777, it dia provide that all persons then slaves should be free, males on arriv ing at twenty-one ;nd females at 18, but this would have kent some of them as slaves until 1798. \ermont hugged slavery to the last. (See history of the emancipation Acts of the New Eag land colonies.) 3. As to intelligenoe, the statistics of 1880 exhibit the fact that the illiter acy of the Vermonters exceeded that of any other Northern State, but one. The compendium of the tenth census, page 16419., states that of white males of twenty-one years of age and up ward returned as unable to write the Vermont per cent. was 7.1. Only one Northern State exceeds this as the class designated. Intelligence reigns in Vermont forsooth! 4. As to religion and churches, the remarkable fact is reported (census of 1870, the last giving a full statement), 699 organizitions and 74t church edi fices, showing that there were more church edifices than church organiza tion - It seems the Vermonters used to want more churches than they would have any use for. Bob Inger soll evidently has been there, and suc cessfully. 5. As to the education and schools, Coolidge and Manslield's History 6f Vermont, pages 727 and 728, states 'That there has been far too little in terest felt in Vernont on the subject of popular education is very painfully manifest" and further states "That 104 of the districts were without schoolhouses; 101 entirely without schools. 222 without blackboards or other apparatus, and in respect to the ported good, 781 middling and 7G0 bad." The qualification of teachers were reported poor. The census of 1881, page 1610, shows that the aver ge amount paid monthly per teacher w-s only $21.81, which was $16 less than' the average monthly salary at that time in the entire Union, and, ex ceptirg one Southern State, the lo iest paid in any State. 6. As to pauperism, thecompendium of 1880 census, page 1675; e~sthat in 1880 Vermont had an aggregate~5t 1,564 paupers with a total (then) pop ulation of ;332,286, or one out of every 200 was a pauper. \'ermont was then the champion pauper State in propor tion to population. 7. As to growth, Vermont fell from the seventeenth in 18:30 to thirty-sec ond in 1880, and from then, in 1890, to thirty-six. It had the least growth of any of the States from 1870 to 1880, and its growth from 1880 to 1890 was only a total of 136 persons. 8. Vermont paid the least internal revenue of the Northern States (see Spofford's American almanac, 1886, page 71,) only $29,890 in 1885. By reference to other States of about equal proportions it is insignificant. 9. Its excess of expenditures over receipts in postoflice business is con spicuous among the Northern States, according to p)opulation (see Spoff'ord's American almaunac, 1886, page G0.~ 10. As to patriotism, as at the be ginning its later career it is not con spicuous for lighting prcclivities, not-1 withstanding its one hero, Ethan Al len. Its per cent. of troops furnished to population in the war. 1861 65, was with one exception, the least of the states denominated New England, middle and Western States (see Spolf ord, 1886, page 22 11. There are more persons in \Ver mont in proportion to population (not in actual number,) who are in the compendium of census, 18l0, volume 2. page 186, designated and classed as insane, feeble-minded, deaf, intdepend ent of deaf and dumb, deaf and dumb. withr one eye, blind in both eyes, than in any other of the forty-live states of our country. Esch of the-se c-lasses is separate and dlistinct in the census r port, and e2.ch class ira \'ermont ex ceeds thre somne class in any other state in pr-..>ortion to population. Par ticularly .io the fecble-minded of \'er mont predominate in the census re port. Tlhis last would account why \ ermont is strongly Republican, but taking tihe eleven divisions above to gether obtained from auithientic records it is no wonder at all that \'ermont is and al ways will be Rcpumblicanu.- Cinr cinnati Enquirer. iz.ETOWN, Pa,, 8ent. 2.'.-Four boilers at tire H[arwood cojiery ex 'olodedl tis afte-noon with terrific for- , instantly killing P'eter P~ask-er, and inrtally inrjurrinrg Andrew and Mi '-ha~el Iliarga. P'asker was in charge of thre boilers and it is supposed thrat hre neglected to keep enough warter in tlremr. Th'le building int w~thi :hire coin of Bri, n --.nated by thre People's pa ri v -f ce w I- ork ta' for rug-th nnad ilis reason for this rdom e say ir that Ire feels it ui i -:t: r - orter and Schra b -i~ r' I e i -r 'r l inm, andI \ s)-e L o thre .\mrerican fromr A\thianta, G. :avs- It is intimrat'-d that Tlomr Wat :sott I oulist V ic' ir-esi d-uitial candi (late, will withdrir.:wi from tire Populist th-ke tamrr in disgust. INDREDS OF LIVES LOST. ANDTEN THOUSAND PEOPLE HOME LESS AND DESTITUTE. Never Before Ha Such a Storm Visited Fair Florida-List of Iea(I Will ie Great ly increasei When Full Reports Are Re celved. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., 0-t. 2.-The West India hurrican struck Florida Tuesday, and, though it lasted but three hours at each point visted, was the most disastrous storm ever experi enced in Florida. The damage to property in this State alone will foot up $1,000,000. Fully a hundred lives were lost and perhaps 10,000 people were rendered homeless. The course of the storm was from Cedar Keys on the gulf coast, north by ncrtheast through the living town of Lake City. In a path 50 miles wide, few houses are left stand ing, the wind at times blowing at the rate of 100 miles an hour, averaging 80. In this city, distant from the storm centre fully 50 miles, the wind for a minute blew 100 miles an hour and for five minutes 70 miles an hour. In Jacksonville scores of buildings were unroofed and trees blown down. The storm had the characteristics of a tornado. It skipped some places in its path, bounding over to others where ruin was wrought. Cedar keys was exposed to the full force of its fury. There a score of lishermen on the Tonge banks were drowned and 'Iir !hooners were wrecked. A tidal wave visited the town and inundated it. During the tidal wave a fire broke out and an unusual spectacle was witnessed of. firemen fighting flames almost shoulder deep in water. Four miles of trestling of the Florida:Central and Peninsular railroad, entering this town, was wrecked. Lake City had almost every tree in town blown clown and for two days the streets were impassible. Two people were killed--a prominent lady, Mrs. Fra. zier, and a negro bo7. Here many houses were razed while the roofs of others went whirling through the air. Lake City is in Columbia county, which has great lumber interests. Half of the yellow pine timber was blown down and lumber and turpen tine men lost thousands of dollars as the lumber is badly splintered and will soon be attacked by worms. In Baker county, which adjoins Co lumbia, not a score of houses out of 1,000 were left standing. Grain stored in barns was blown away or destroyed by rain, crops in the fields, including cotton, were destroyed and thousands of cattle were killed. The immense lumber mill of Eppinger & Russell at Olustee was destroyed, including stores and residences and many people were hurt, though none killed, the reason being that they sought refuge in a deep ditch traver-ing the town. At McCleny, in the same county, the same tale might be told. nadmna few m' iles distant was U1 Lvvpf VUL . employed in the turpentine farms and lumber mills are not only homeless, but without food and a famine there pending. The prominent citizens o' each of these towns have organized relief committees and have issued ap peals to the public for aid. Hilliards, in Duvall county, wasalso devastated and people killed and wounded by the falling of houses upon them. Each of these has issued an appeal for aid. The storm did not touch the orag~ belt of le'iida, but atonfined itself to the middle section, where the chief in dustries are lumber, turpentine, cotton raising and general farming. Com ing as the storm did, just after harvest ing time the people rendered homeless and without food will be a charge upon charity for fully six months. Vessels ia port at Jacksonville were warned four days ahead of the proba ble coming of the storm and did not leave port. Ten of them were due to sail, but their captains heeded the forecast and waited until the storm has passed. Since Tuesday up to tonight Jacksonville, so far as tele graphic communication is concern ed, has been shut otf from the world. Trains -have come through late and in that way news of the outside world was brought in. This state of affairs is unprecedented. Hurricanes have passed over the State before, but wires have not been so badly injured as to shut of f communication for more than a day. Every noi th-going rail road has been compelled to cut hun dreds of trees from its treks. The Storm in Washington. WVASrisuTos, Sept. ~30.--The West Indies tornado, which struck Wash ington between 11 p. m. and midnight last niight respected neither oflicial nor diplomatic proprieties. It ripped off some of the coping of the White House and lav most of the historic trees in the White House grounds, including the elm tree which Lincoln planted (and this gave the relic fanatics a fruitful field for their operation,) it carried away part of the roof oi the state department, where the official documen's are stored, but fortunate ly left themi uninjured. The costly roof of the patent ollice was picked up and d istributed all around the neigh b)orhood and skylights half an inch thick were remorsely beaten in. The naval observatory, and in fact every other public building was morecor less damaged. Churches and theatres su trered al Lke. The slate roof of the Church of the Covenant, where Presi dent H arrison used to worship, was blown down and each square slate, by a curious freak, planted itself upright in the grass parking which surrounds the edifice. Still more disastrous was~ the fate of the New York Avenue Presbyterian chiurebi which Bryan re centiv~ attende~d, sitting in Lincoln's ne,v. The whole tower of the edifice w.as reducedt to matchwood and per .-ons in search of souveniers had no ,h:l5-ulty ini obtamning them. Nearly ,-'ery other church in the city sutfer ed more or less and their antipodes, the theatres, were equally visited. T'he total d1estruction of property in Washington city by the storm is esti mamd~ at nearlyv half a million dollars. Mo(re iMleti Mkasacres. L aie. Sept. 2.-A dispatch to the~ Times from Candia, Island of (Crete, says that a band of armed Mo hammnedans, which left there by per mission of the Governor, looted and burned the villages of D)rapte, Kaly v-in and Kastelliana, in the district of Monofatsi, and destroyed the church at 1Hagio Apostoioi. Th~e \ ce Con suls warned the Governor and the Mohamedan leader'. that a renewal of the outrages wccnhi ha.- triouis con