Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, October 27, 1910, Image 7
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STORM RAGES
D?es Great Damage, Exteat Qakaewa,
Dowi ia Soatb Florida.
THE WORST EVER KNOWN
The Ix>w?i- Pi?rt of Florida, From
I
. Taxupu iu the Wot to St, Au^um
V i
law on the Cowt, Cut off from the
World, ujmI the Worst Ik Feared i
for the Is Lund.
At 4.-0 Tuesday morning The Associated
Press wire from Jaeksottville
to Tampa, the last single thread
of communication with any point in
the Hlorm swept territory south 04
the former place, was s? .ered.
With the entire Florida peninsula
south of a line from Tampa on the
Gulf Const to St. Augustine on the
Atlantic without communication of
any kind to the outside world since
six o'clock Monday night when a wind
velocity varying from 70 to MO miles
an hour was reported, accompanied
by Ill-boding .barometric changes, the
effect of the West Indian hurricane
in this vasi trucking und fruit growing
belt is a matter of conjecture.
That the property damage has been
heavy", however, is indicated by the
few brief bulletins that came from
the eost coast and the extreme southern
keys before communication was
finally cut off last night. Conservative
estimates place the loss to the
orange growers alone at pne million
dollars. Trucking has suffered taea*ily,
the Florida EaHt Coast railroad
is believed to have sustained many
thousands of dollars damage and the
property damage along the 300 mile*
of the Atlantic Coast south of Sr.
Augustine probably will surpass that
of any hurricane of recent years.
The last message from Key West
reported a wind velocity of 90 miles
an hour, a barometer reading 28.80.
hi^h seas and water rising to alarming
depths in the streets. Shortiy
after that message was sent the wireless
apparatus, the last remaining
means of communication failed. Last
year a similar disturbance wrohght
12.000 000 in thin rivlrmiiu Sniitkinpn
city ami resulted in a small loss of s
life. 1
The last message from St. Angus- '
tine reported the waves rushing over '
the seawall, endangering property on 1
the water front while the marshes 1
for miles around were already inun- *
dated. The wind was increasing and
the barometer falling. Similar reports
came frotn Fort Fierce and
Tittnfiville before communication
failed.
* Many miles of the Florida Eaot
Coast railroad were under water on
Monday night, serious washouts had
occurred, several barges eniplo>ed on
the roads extension had been sunk
and traffic over most of the line has
been abandoned. For miles this
jroad actually bridges vast stretches
of tbo ocean with m issive concrete
arches and although forewarned,
fears are entered for the work tug
crews employed on the lower extension.
KAilroml traffic on all lines south
of Jacksonville practically has been
abandoned. The telegraph companies
report practically all wires down
south of Tampa and it may he several
days before communication is
reestablished with the storut swept
territory.
The last dispatch from Tampa, received
shortly before daylight read:
"South Florida faces a disaster unknown
in 1-vtnnt lint u-liWOi i?
feared will be as hail aw the mem or- 1
able freeze of 18P5. As yet Tampa
has not felt the full force of this ed- r
c
dying destroyer. '
"In that territory which stretches
v
between Tampa anil Punta Gorda lie (
many small hamlets, where thousands
of fertile acres on which lux- .
uriant trees hear their golden offerings.
and some of Florida's richest
orange groves are exposed to the hur- f
ricane. It Is here that the greatest
damage will t?e done to property. .
"It Is further on, ncross on the
other side of this live hundred miles j
of devastating atmospheric dfciturhance.
that it is feared the human toll
will t>e collected.
"Reaching a velocity of between ^
fifty and sixty utiles an hour at an (
early hour this morning the storm ('.
continued without abatement. Coming
first in great gusts it finally settled
into a steady blow which un
roofed buildings, played plug-pong
with street signs, upset closed cabs, 1
tangled telephone and electric wires 1
and stripped small craft in the bay w
of their rigging. M
"Not aiuce early Sunday afternoon '
ha? there been any communication
with Punta Gorda and other smaller
towns south of Tampa. Incoming
trains from that section brought V
news of high winds, interrupted tel- d
egraphic service, damaged shipping a
and damaged orange groves. Nolh- h
in.g has been heard from interior
i points.
r "In every port along the Gulf seaP
l>oard large and small craft nestle
I ivonoath the protecting lee of some u
B frugal sand key. So heavy has been fi
p the eea that ocean going liners have d
I refused to leave their berths and b
only one boat has come into the port h
It- in five days." |s!
KEEP MONEY AT HOME
UY RAIHIN<> THK MK AT NKEDKJD
IN THIS SECTION.
nu>usiiixN of Hollars Art' Sent West
Karli Year for Meat Which Should
He Made Hight llcre.
The people of the South should
keep at home the thousands of dollars
which they are annually sending
into the West for meat and tbe
farmers of the South can bring about
ihis much desire^ condition and can
nt the same time realize handsome
profits for themselves If thny will . ugage
in the raising of hoys more
extensively, declares Professor I>.tn
r. Gray of the Alabama Polytechnic
institute who has charge of the department
of Animal Industry at Auburn
and is also an Expert in Animal
Husbandry in the Bureau of Animal
Industry of the United States Department
of Agriculture, in "Farmers"
Bulletin 111", entitled "Feeding
Hogs in the South." ju.>l issued
by the department.
"Hogs can be raised as cheaply in
the South as anywhere else and in
many cases more cheaply, but hogs
an not be raised profitably on corn
llone," says Prof. Gray, and in the
bulletin he gives in full detail the
proper methods of feeding nogs in
prder to realize a profit. Figures
\re given showing the results obtained
from the use of various feeds
n experiiuen's conducted at differ>nt
points in the South. The bulletin
should prove of much value to
iny Southern farmer and its eirculation
will doubtless result in a greuty
increased activity in hog raising.
President W. \V. Finley, of the Souhern
Railway Company, who is very
much interested in having the South
nise its food suppli??s at home wilt
>e glad to have a copy of this hullein
sent to any farmer in the South
*ho will address a request to him
it 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, Wasungton,
I). C., or request may be
made directly to the Department of
Vgriculture.
Before giving details of proper feed
ng of hogs. Prof. Gray makes some
,-ery Interesting observations, showns;
how the raising of more hogs in
he South will prove a benefit to the
vhole RPfllnn t!*? ?
?.v * o u^uica
[bowing the consumption of home
uised and western animals in Birmnghani,
Ala., in 1907, proving that
n that year alone more than a milion
dollars wont out of Birmingham
nto distant states and which should
lave gone into the pockets of Southern
farmers. Other reasons why
Southern farmers should raise more
logs are stated as follows:
"I'ork can he made as cheaply,
md perhaps more cheaply, in tnc
South than in any other section ol
he country. And there are many
vasons why our Southern farmers
ihould introduce this line of animal
iroduction into the farming system.
")ne of these reasons is mentioned
ihove, the money spent for moat by
he Southern people would he kepi
it home. Vnother Is the influence
t would prohahlv have on the price
>f cotton. It will never he possible
'or the South to control the price ot
otton until the Southern farmer
daces himself in such a position
hat he ran hold the crop after it
a prod need. So long as all tile farmers
ire required to sell the entire crop of
'.otton each fall, so long will i;s
irice he in unreliable and unstaple
me. The only way by which a farner
can place himself in a position
i here he will not have to sell all his
otton each fall is to produce soniei
II.I
u.ufj 111 iiuumon id cotton; and tinluestiunahly
one of the best supplements
to the cotton crop would be
he raisin.? of hoes. The hog busiiess
can be so managed that the
iwner can have money coming in
rotii it at least twice a year, which
could enable him to hold his colon
as long as he pleases.
"Furthermore, the hog is especally
adapted to the farmer with
mall capital, as but a small amount
>f money is required with which to
iegiu the business, and returns be;in
to come in a few months after it
s started. The sow is a rapid proucer.
Money is turned over rapidy.
With $12invested in one boar
nd five to eight sows it is easily
OBsible to have for sale from fi.OOo
o 8.00b pounds of pork, live weight,
a a vear. In nihnr ? -
. ... .."mo, iiic >t'urf
sales should be from two to four
imes the amount of the Investment.
Kosh 11 ends Ticket.
At a meeting of the committee of
mir appointed by the Massachusetts
ietnocratlc State Convention last
reck the names of Hamlin and IUIcy
rere withdrawn and Koss was unanmously
nominated for Covernor.
Football Claims Victim.
Claude H. Knell, a student at the
V'cstern Hight School, at Detroit,
led Tuesday of injuries received in
football game Saturday. He was
ieked In the head and suffered from
emorrhage of tho brain.
Com its Suicide.
His mind perhaps impaired by a
>ng illness, George V. Kleckloy, a
arraer, committed suicide early Kriay
at his home in Lexington county
y shooting himself through the,
cart with a shotgun. His wife and
ix children survive him.
i
HUGE CORN GROP
TbUS STATU W1IJ. MAKE FIKTV
Ml 1.1, ION IIISHEUS.
It Is K/StitmiUKl Tluit Thirty Thousand
Dollars iu I'i im-x Is Offered in
South Carolina.
Corn fairs are being held in a
number of counties of the state, and
there are many farmers who have reported
a yield of over 100 bushels on
one acre and several who show more
than 150. A conservative estimate
of the amount of money to be offered
in South Carolina this year for
yields is ?30,000.
There will he prizes at the corn
exposition aggregating $10,000 in
value. Tlu* different counties of the
slate will give in ail about $10.000
for prizes to the members of the
boys' clubs. Tile state corn contest
c ?uimission will award large prizes.
Th'-se prizes are being given by the
s:ate and Federal governments, commercial
bodies, business concerns and
private individuals.
The result of the increased activity
in the culture of corn is that at
leas* r.0,000.000 bushels of corn will
be produced this year, which will be
an increase of 13.000.000 bushels over
the crop produced last year. The
crop last >ear .was X.OOO.OOO bus.11 Is
greater th;ln in 1H08.
The increased production of turn
in South Carolina means thai several
million dollars will be su\?d to tlie
farmers in the state and that the
corn cribs of the West will lie moved
nearer home.
The climax of the Increased production
of corn will be the South
Atlantic States Corn exposition,
w hich is to nc held in Columbia from
December 5 to S. The ex post ion
will l>o held for South Carolina,
North Carolina and (Jeorgla. The
president of the exposition is A. 1?.
Hudson, of Newberry.
INK OF IJMK ON
Southern I tail way Issues Pamphlet
on the Subject.
A pamphlet containing information
which should be of the greatest
interest and practical benefit .0 the
farmers of he South and which htay
bo had for the asking, has just been
Issued by the land and industrial department
of tlie Southern railway.
The pamphlet treats of "The Cue o.
Dime on l-and." and tells of the
great benefits to be derived in this
way.
Quotations are given from agricul
iur.il authorities'and from bulU . rs
issued by (he l:nited States d< pari
ment of agriculture and various
*tate doparments, telling on wait
kind of land lime should lie used,
for what crops it will bring the best
results, and how it should '*e applied.
Tor improving sour soils s uit as
are found in many parts of the
South, agricultural authorities agree
that there Is nothing so beneficial
as lime rime with the aid of leguminous
plants it enables the sv's to
draw from the atmosphere the nitrogen
so necessary as plant food.
The large deposits of lime in the various
Southern States in.ike the use
of lime for agricultural purposes
inexpensive.
A copy of the pamphlet on ' The
I'se of Time on Land" may i?e secure!
ny addressing .1 request to .\1.
V Kii hards, land and industrial
agent. Southern Railway Company.
Washington, 1). f\, or copies may bo
had on application to any freight
traffic represent ltive or local or station
agent of the Southern railway.
!V(WI(! t.llCL (WIMITS Sl K'lDi:.
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hisipimintcil in laive Affair and Finds
Life With Strychinc.
Miss Krnnia Norton, the 17-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yancey
.<ui i.viit living in me lower eml of
Stewart ville township, about one*
mile below John Station, died a snicide
Tuesday morning. l>r. W. D.
James, of the James Sanatorium,
was called to see the girl and reached
her side only a few moments before
the ends. She was far beyond
any help when he arrived, having
taen strychnine several boors before
he reached her.
The cause of the sad event seems
to have been disappointment in an
affair of the heart. She ha 1 Suit
her home on a runaway marriage
trip to South Carolina with a young
man whom she was engaged, and
had got as far as Red Ranks wh?*n
she was overtaken by her father,
who seems to have opposed tlie
match, and brought her back home.
Afterwards she was discovered in
the throes of death from a dose of
strychnine which she had mlmims.
tered to herself. Her father had the
strychnine for the purpose of poisoning
rats and troublesome dogs. It
is said, and had it locked up. but
the girlo succeeded In Retting to it
in some way with the very latal
result stated above. The young girl
is said to have been a very fine looking
in perfect health, and the only
cause ascribed for her rash act is
that stated above.
SPAIN SINCE 1890
Politically Sfw?in possesses four Rn-at
guiding forces: "Con^ervadores." "l.iberales."
"Kepiiblicanos" and "Cariiatas."
Of llie^-e only the Repubiuii.ua
and the Oat-lists have a clear and definite
programme, and it ni.i.v citu be
said that only the latter have a n at
watchword. Indeed, so gr?-as is the
diversity of opinion between the HeDtlh)ic:inK
nn<< tWa 1 - ,l
, ? ? -? "ti n?v \ ui 114It( LliT.'
are able to effect little, thousrh the>
control what is numerically a i iouc
minority (thirty) iu the Coifs. TL<
Conservatives anil ljibci?ls arc th?governmeutal
parties of to-tlav. and
they, thanks to h system of a! erne,
tfon. 01 tt.rn about, succeed each oiher
in power in accordance with the revai
will. Hot the euriotts thiuc about
tliese political aggregations is tbir
they do not have a clear and t! rtn.ti-eed
or political programme. The
Conservatives of to-day are the Liberals
of yeeterd y, for they. thanks n
an evolutional > motenietit of the I .eft.
found themselves on the Right anc.
were given the name o! 'Tea fionaries."
However, the I.literals. wi>
now and then use "radicals V an.
"anti-eieriealfstn" as watchwords ? !
their party forget their ptomlses when
on -e In power and in the majority ?n
cases continue the policy ol th ir predecessors.
j In spite of all. however, in the general
met hod of administration Spain
Is being regenerated. Opposition 01
agreement, for example, has brentgh
about get a ."Kill ces of stability to th"
public- functionaries, thus doing away
with the multitude o' uncut tdoyeei
pe.M'ii- whh'b each change <>f govern
I. ent used to bring. The type 01
"eesan'e" (dismissed public officer) Is
becoming r<or?> rar? eve' \ d iv, and it
is to be bopeu that this evol trion.
having thus commenced. will end b>
completely destroying the type.
The lif< cif tl?e provinces has gained
a gu-at impetus tn the last few veais:
Barcelona. Hi'.Duo, Valencia, Zatugo.u
Valli.cloiid, 44c., ai? establishing new
industries and openi ?g markets withtn
and without the kingdom. However,
the < ha.arte; distinctive of each of
these provin aaci the necessity of
lefepdlne -?? !;.! interests cause a
ceiti ln spirit of discard or rivalry to
sis: bccwc.a theai. Hunudonu, air
xav.;| b , :"i .ltd.i Trial provin e par
vrclli iii c, needs 11 i nport ih<- greatet
.art iu ? ? f. v\ na tenal for its manifnrfli.
. . ?> - - ?
<? :.<! if i. ?*r t'n?? O.tulan relic
11. \ ns. i.:i the other h.in<),
.ho ?i<.< i . . - t?- rgi iculture,
rf ?.> -.i> it.'i in.iiliVrent in tariff
. fcr ' > ir prot.pt* it- <|> ocnds
< . .v; ' ir* . i. to o. exc tang
Owing to t! * 't< :n> of Spanish
urr<r.?> ihey me :tr.le to sell their
;>r?m i n Uoegn markets at a proi?u,
w l> h onset, tho ? ost of proi
li t .on a**!} 1 . n.'lllng
"l'ii es, i !; ! ?at!ir?* of tho various
; tun* '-iii' t>it :u also \erv market)
lUtic 1 ; n !< ?. iit tlit* een-ws of
i?dii-*tr> tin- hod.. of 1: horrr.s is lit >ul><an
or So is.. i i liar. eheM <iihi ii
oiphlrorhoi d Madrid, Valen. ia, Zur?.
-i,. a. Pil'c o. &c..?. The countrv peo
ids on ilir contrary air for the mov
part rcactionnry. although private in
?r rests or the pressure of proprietor
.pon tenant may be determinative of
h?* fartiirr'R vote.
Pen rod by the great and powerful
rr<;uf>itK of but littJe education but
>f a cunning sagacity, an on tan alt r ??f
he clean si qaeationR and an int*T reter
of the most difficult the "caiprse"
manages and upsets the govt .-nnent
of a province. Mayors, Ct>> craws.
Deputies, high and low otfi'dals
.il ov.e to hiin their posts and are his
usti ui -ejits. going from Ministry to
Mini tr\ dancing attendance *hii? a
: in his liitle corner )i"eai qrc
villi a shrewd imagination p"*< pares
'he strokes of !??* :? 1 polities Th<
Province of Cash lion, whl? h ?It < t
even Deputies, w:.s managed by a
kind of committee called the ec.si direr'.cd
by a person of the middle --hi >s.
'i'be political education of the < in- ,
?.en is coming more and more into evidence,
and with its advance the in luence
ot tile "cacique'' (political
"chief" or "bos.V*l is -rowing less s.<
liat at present the regions in which 1
he w ill of the latter doniiua.i s art
very few. A new ptditical power h,?s j
ten constituted sinci the loss of tht *
clonics and hav been jrnntly a up- <
ne .ttd in the las! election' : soli- <
laridad." the principle of solidarity. i
This is the concentration of diverse ,
uol'itleai tendencies of a section for the <
rief 'nee of its Interests against a policy '
?f centralization. Nowhere has the i
central power heen so liat?-d as in
Spain, an effect without doubt of the
heterogeneity of the nation's eornponent
parts. A Catalan does not do- |
ire 1o be classed with a flalician or
n Ati'lal'iSii'ii; a ValencJan or a
Mercian in very different frori a Navarre
< cr a Pasrpm; and tre diversity
vh'eb exists in fb< lerlslative system
n r< ? v<1 I / k rp K'ili n i oooacI
varto .v prorlnofia has had the hardl
hoed to show itself in the political
ha? l)r(ii a certain abuse o' central Ti
; b;it ii is also evident that Ik.iIi ^
h? I'.psrne and the Catalan section- |
.ill ts have made exaggerated deiti'
ids. If these should be granted
national life would bwxtine intpossi- .
: if, the Siite would turn fi">m a cen- j
irallied into a federal Stale.? Yah
fteview.
A FVmneh W'.rv, (hrircnt-Pi*
ard, was the fl r: in ra !?'o the r?el
mints* of huil.iiaK air;-!;,*, a: d '
he second < mi of tuls i-iui.aclm
s to he in tHe United Stales.
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BRINGING IN CATTLE
K A KM KltS FATTENING TltKM I OK
THK STATK MAllKKTS.
Thirty Curs of Llwvos in
I Mi ring th?? Past Work and Forty
W ill C<iiii<* Nr\li u'wil
The State says during the present
week over SO cars of beef cattle have
been brought to this State by, South
Carolina fanners. This no ans that
within one week the farmers have
brought in over 1.000 animals to be
rattened for the market.
The cattle have been brought to j
the State under the direction of the I
IViitod States farm demonstration
office. The government recently detailed
Dr. C. .M. Morgan to promote
live sipck in this section of the South
lie is loe.iti <1 in thV" office of Ira \\ .
Williams at the rapi'.ol.
There will be forty carloads oi
nittle brought to the State under the
direction of the farm demonstration
work within the next week. These
will be distributed on several farms,
l.ast Sunday morning there was a
special cattle train of 1ft cars uia<i?
up for Aiken.
Of the 1,000 cattle brought to the
Stale last wr?-k 400 were for the Taylor
farm, which is located near Columbia.
The feeding of beef catte follows
the programme as outlined by the
d? tnonstration work. There tias been
a great interest in corn production
in the State and 'lu farm) rs are in
better posittion to to d catt? for the
markets. There are many agencies
in the St .it e working in the interest
of live stock ami reports received b>
the several departments indicate that
there is money in cattle feeding.
There is also a special agent of
the Cotton Seed Crushers' Association
working in 'he interest of live siock.
The extension work of t'lenison co>loge
will place a loan in tlie field to
interest the farmers in live stock and
11. Harris of the department of agriculture
is doing work along the same
line as is A. (.;. Smith of the office
of farm d> inonsi ration.
Font in:vrus AT MIAMI.
Schooners U lo kol, Utilises Demolished
and Itaitrouds Washed t p.
A dispatch from Miami. Kla.. says
com - v * * *
luvauuii was e.s;a lUlKIPMl Wl"l
the outside world Thursday aftornnun
for the first time since last
Sunday, when all wires went down
in the midst of the West Indian
hurricane. While storm losses in the
? ;ty were not grcut, reports .are coming
in of extensive damage to snipping
nil along the southeast const
of Florida.
It is reported that there are
washouts on the K.mt Coast Railroad
between West Palm Reach and
Stewart. It is hard to tell when
Miami will have mall and train service.
Only four deaths in all have
been reported as the r? Milt of th?
storm, which is said to have been
the worst in the hirtory of the Klor
id a roast.
The schooner Harry T Haywood
front Piston. was wrecked off the
reefs at Roc a Ratono, ..nd tlci-e of
the erew drowned. The others were
rescu ?1 Marry T. Cocram, of fihent.
Ky., was hilled by fttllin limbers a '
fndinu Key. Score*. air r por d ii.
jntml when their homes wore demolished
by the terrific wind and rain
storm.
KLKI'fl.WT < It IS'IKS KKKt'KIC.
Trick Itcxst Hulls thin Against Wall '
arid Tramples on Mini.
Queen, a trick elephant, became
enraged .*t Robert Shields, a n?;n- :
ko? > r. who tii'd to thai-kit her ^
in her w inter quai tors in Jersey C.' y
rhur^dav and erurheil hint t<* doa'.h
She seized him aroind the waist
tvith lie:' irniik, si mtiu'd hi: i ugaiu-->t
'he wull, threw h'ni to the floor. '
tn-1 then ranijiled on his f.n o, kit -It f
>li his body and fin ally gored h.m.
l'he body was unidentifiable when (
t eov er? d.
Six hilled in tvxiiheinn.
i
At New York a boiler explosion
tilled six firemen outright, lit.illy t
vonnded tv. o othei . ml F'.i.rw two t
h invalid women and ^irIh and liatf H
is man ynn n into .t panic Kriday .it ^
li.? batr:r and rope plant of the -j
American Manufa-turing (lonpny at M
Jreonpolni, across the I2;iat River.
,
stonny I21eetji>n.
\t I' iin' a Pifre. (>iiudeloiipc, six;.)
v ? re killed and eighteen of hers were j I
hi iuu'-ii ouring election riots 'n ji
tn ;?< Torre, the capital, in an at- S,
ci ipt to prevent alleged train's in t
oJng for municipal ol'i. t vi ' .?
a mu h excitement tlirnm. boat the I
aland.
h
Twelve llmwn. (j
The Mvitish freight steamer P?rt a
larnoek is reported ashore off Cape i
Mo. Twelve of the crew were drown- e
id. The Port Marnock sailed from h
>un Porenao, Argentine, on October I
ih for Leith, Scotland. c
HEAVY^TOLLS
Gained by the Hurricate Tbal Swepl
Coba and S+atbern Rorida.
ONLY FEW LIVES LOST
Hut the Property lias Keen hanucit)
. . to t'ntohl IK'gn'i'.?Storm Wor^e
Than latst War's,?Omnp' Crop
l)antuK<'vl Twenty Per (VdL?Pn-w
of Sloop N'nboh I'crish.
With telegraphic communication
between 'hat section of Florida aud
the outside world establish* d Thursday.
says a Tampa dispattk a recapitulation
shows a devastation of hundreds
of thousands of dollars in die
wake of the West Indian storm. that
swept across the pcuins Tuesday.
The toll of life, so far n ported is
limited to six seamen. ?!;o .fo so&posod
to have perished when *es--in
on vhieh they were quart- br-he
front their moorings at di-nqiu
and were driven out to wm
Wire communication wi?h pom's
south of Tain pa has not ye: been established.
hut dispa'ehcs in night by
mail indicates that the storm pas-'d
south of Tampa, devastating oran;e
groves, levelling frame houses and
doing much damage to s??,.ill
ping in many passes along the Florida
inland waterways.
So far reported Key West was 'be
worst sufferer. Despite ?h? optimistic
dispateh* s sen; out by ware less in
which the damage then viia minimized,
passengers coining on tne
steamship Olivette Thursday aft* ruoon
m?ort the general damage to
the island city greater than that of
a year ago. The electric light plant
was wrecked, the wireless station
blown down, half a rtonn of the
largest cigar factories, which withstood
the blow a year a-o, are in
ruins, with half a hundred other
building damaged.
Reports of the sev? re damage at
Key West were confirmed at Tampa
by the exhibition of photographs,
showing that houses had !? ?>? moved
from their foundations and carried
a distance of several blo? ks. Some
of these were deposited without material
damage to the buildings themselves.
Six of the lives reported host
were seamen cm the sirup Nabob,
which slipped its moorings Tuesday
morning ad was washed out to sea.
One of these was n white nun. the
other five being negroes. '( wo other
M\?'s arc reported lost uti '.no Ki.-t
Coast Railway extension.
The .American steamer Merman
Kraseh. which has lnt:n ft., hitintc of
much interest, is ashore ?n three
fathoms of water at Crocker's Ucef.
Tli.re use 110 tuns nvH.bie with
which to send relief to the vessel
The steamer Florida, about with h
there has heen much concern, is reported
safe. She has a barge in tow
which is leaking badly. Many other
strong vessels, seeming in distress
have I ce i reported. hut it v ill I*
several days before a lis: trie aiming
is obtainable.
"News is brought from Key W? . t,
the present Southern terrain is of
. .!? F'orida K :st t'?a-t U. 'v. ; is
entirely eut off hv v is out? . ml
'peaks in'o the cement rn.tflliei1 ami
tli t it will h. two w?*. !..- !> o j he
: rains will b* running hetwe n jiini
and tha* point.
Delated reports are f"niing in
'" em all nearhv towns, but s. far
none of t h< m have report d any loss
of life The most serious damage in
th's section is In the o unge crop,
w uirh Central Manager Term , of
ih" Citrus Kx hange, s - will not be
iwr 20 per cent.
During the heigh* of the storm
;he sloop Nabob brok. loose from
h r moorings at Martin* .s an i was
?wpt to sea. .-'ix men aboard perish.
d.
The American steamer H< rnt.in
h'rascht is ashore in tlm ? fu'ht pis of
. . Jiirti'i n IV? < ! , ! II; ' H" ;?Bl of
Niligator light.
The Hritisb steamer Inventor rem
rts having rescind siv r en Iroin
he scbo mer Harry T. I icy ward ami
en r n from the hnrk "np-i hofn
< sels being adrift in the (.Julf The
n von tor proceeded to !.: ? "pool ?'it,i
in' rwc UP'1.
The schooner Huron i? hot
w is nudes.sa.ry to oho;: .iw; ,, her
nantR. The Norwegian s amc k'.)>,
oi.oed wuli naval stores from 'iutnp.'i
o Germany, is wrecked in quick:rnl
at Marquesas. The sOoon *r
/'ivian was swept to k<m .ml los
Tie re was no one aboHrd. Th
chooner Standard broke from her
nonrings at Marquesas and d-ifted
o sea.
Washouts between Tampa and
aeksonville on the Atlantic (ton t
due make it necessary to tranaler
tassenifers niwi i~ 1 1 *
...... uuSf,i>K'' uy ii'iai i no
leaboard service is uninterrupted t>.
worn these two cities.
I/Oofed Farm Htmvs.
Mrs. Mat tie Jennings, age. 1 f.'' ar.d
? r two daughters, Mrs. It. W Ha>ler.
and iMiss Laura Jennings, were
rrested in th?ir fashionable home
11 Chicago Tuesday morning, aceuad
of being the women automobile
mrglars who robbed a score of farm
>ouees near Crown l'oint, ind , aud
soaped with the loot.