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VOLUME XIV CAMDEN, 8. 0.,! FKIDAyIsEPTJSMB.hr 18, 1903 niaor livent# ol th? W?ek In ? 1 Brill Form. , Tte? Markets. COTTON MARKET. Good middling Strict middling 13% Middling .... ..... ?...13U Stales and tinges 11 to Oood Strict mmm1 * * 12 PRODUCE MARKET. Onions t BO 18V4 Hons?per head 25 Beeswax 20 Turkeva 12% CojTtt W. . . . \70 Ducks ^22% Wheat 80 Wheat? eeed 1 00 Oats 45 Rye 1 ?0 Sides # Bkins-7-calt 40 Hld6ft~-dry. salt 10 JCfkUow? unrendered 2 Palmetto Briefs. . AGaffney special gays;: Tuesday night as No. 38, the north-, bound vestibule, was coming Into the Station It can into Mr. Charley Driskill .frilling Mm immediately. Mr. Driskill was standing in front of the store of Messrs. Carroll, Carpenter & Byers and heard the train blow. He was waiting c(n No. 40, which was due a few mlnutesdater. He started for the depot when he heard the Whistle blow, going between two box cars. He did not stop to see how far the train was away, but rushed aqrose. He was caught by the pilot afad knocked sev eral feet in the air and carried about #0 feet up the track. When assistance reached hipi ho was dead. One leg, one hand and his skull were broken. There was a large hole in his skull through . which liis brains were oozing. He was a jfoung man about 17 years of age. a pa a son oi Mr. James Driskill, who -uvea- about two ra ilc.fi from town. His remains Will' be buried today at Dray ton vllle. - Constables Garner, Irby, McCaskiU -tod Nettles seited five barrels of rye ' tod fte&tih Mid honey case goods from the basement of Mr. Myer Frank's1 ^onlOiJkt 1003 Assembly street Colum week. When the constables appeared at the place with a search ^warrant Mr. Frank was at his Bee .Hive store. They were admitted without any excitement and their dis covery of tpe stuff did not seem to in the Jeast disturb any member of the ,.househ?d. There had apparently -4>*en no attempt to conceal the goods, "^Tho-constablefl believe that ttie stuff lWoi^toa.weHknownbll^Ntlcer operating extensively in thai se<?tV>n r0f thedfty? a kind of a wholesale ? tiger supplying sub-tiger concerns, Manning, Special.? Mr. Charles R. Marvin, Sir, of this place baa almost completed a cotton picking machine which, ff perfected; will in course of ? time work great changes in gathering /irm) In tho south. The 1 II n UVflwli v* vp J * tome of Harvin in this county Is *1 acwtsyaonyniaua with machinery*, fufcl. =4*tFHarvIn has been a practical tire past ifl years. ? He* made experiments at picking dotton with hi* machine and feels confident th%t he is going to perfect it and make a perfect sueeess. The parta for tha machine which he proposes to put on exhibition are now being made in Bos ton and Baltimore, and the experi ment* he has made in picking cotton were successful. . Saluda, 8pecial.? Saturday Just hfter dark a pistol shot disturbed the usQal quietude of our town and the body W Bob Crouch, colored, was found lying In the street, near the corner of Mam snd Church street; a bullet hole was fptod running from the right to the left side of his head, Just over the ear. Thft ajjv? when found but was unconscious ?Pd died in 1 snort - ? '? *1 4. ik* ? while. An Investigation as to the cause nf his death wasbegun immediately tod every one who had been known to be in the vicinity was questioned; a number of negroes were placed in jail, but' no one seemed to know who flr$d the pistol. Messrs. G. P. Irby of Laurens and J. W. Jeffries of Fairfield have been given Peabody scholarships in the Institute Bt Nashville. There were eight vacan cies announced last June and three of these wer^ tilled by apppintment at once. UompeffilTS were Weld for for the Other five tod throe of these were announced some tinjp ago. ^KTappoTiBtmeut of Messrs. Irby -filft the ftlowancefdr South Carolina this year. 1 The cotton mills of Columbia are now nmpiog oa full titae. alx days out of the week. This includes thft^olnm bia Mills company as well af the Wtudoy mills. There were not many days on which the mills were forced to *!SpeB*?qn account of the scarcity of -?ottoa.jBiA the tow "op is begfttning to com* in. ? ? Jiaattm tmrotHit i>tiw?? b t?*iw ft **? be^associatkm has Gapltal CHy as the SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS The Cotton kicking dMion Now On? (lathering Crops. The week ending 8 a. ro., Monday, September 14th, had a mean tempera ture of 77 degrees, which ia about X de gree above normal. The temperature conditions were favorable, although cool nights are complained, of in some localities. The sunshine was normal, or above, and the relative humidity low during the daytime and moderately high at nights. The winds were light easterly. The extreme western border cohntieg and the coast counties had light but Quite general rains, that were highly beneficial the interior of the State had none, except that widely separated places had light but Insufficient show ers. The average for the State was only j 0.11 of an inch. All crops are suffering for rain. Late corn failed^ rapidly on all but mot?t bottom lands, owing to drought, art will be a failure on light soils. With only' one or two exceptions to the contrary, reports on ,cottoa indi cate further deterioration during the week due to shedding, premature open ing and the rapid spread of rust, owing to lack of moisture. Much cotton is dead oji sandy lands. Therg is little prospect of a top crop. Boll worms apd caterpillars afe'repoTted from Barn well county. Cotton is opening rapidly, some prematurely, over the whoje State and picking is general, and under the favorable weathe^ for the work' made rapid progress.; Sea- Island cotton Is less promising owing to shedding and the appearance of blight. The weather was favorable for rice harvesting, that progressed rapidly, but yields are somewhatdirfappolntlng? Large quantities pea-vine hay and other tyr^b were saved in fine condition. All /minor cropB have failed for want of rain, but th? dry weather will add to the keeping qualities of sweet potatoes. Fall truck planting continues. Llule plowing has been done -as-the-srouiM is too dry and hard. Turnip goring is not yet finished. To Inspect Railroad. ? Chairman C. W. Garrison of the board of railroad commissioners hay ^ngage3~Col. Jf, H. AverTll of Saluda examine the roadbed and bridges of the Southern' a line from. Blackebflfg to Camden; Col. Averiil was formerly re ceiver of the old Port Royal road and later director general of the Charleston exposition. As thq board's expert en gineer to examine the roadbed and; bridges of the Southern's .South Care* lina and Oeoi^ia Extension line front Blacksburg to Camden, he is Tufm Qualified because of his long connec tion with railroads from the conduc tor's caboose to the position of super intendent of the old - South Carolina roacf. ? Columbia State. New Public Building. Anderson, Special.? By reason of th^e increasing business of the Anderson postofflce it Is probable that a govern ment building will^be asked f o'rr The matter is now being considered ^nd -Will be brought to the 'attention of Senators TillmBh~*'Btfcf Latimer and Congressman Aiken. The pi-esent " uildjng, which wae amply ' large for of the -office a year or twti , is beginning to be crowded, and al^ady the necessity for more room, is ng felt. It>eannot be Used a great while longer unless it can be enlarged, and it is thought that within a year br more the business of the office will have attained such volume, and the .city of Anderson will have developed to such an extent, that a government building will havo to come. "r ? Airship at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Ind., Special. ? A tor lohg and containing two men, parsed over Indianapolis Sunday afternoon^ It came from the northwest, circled over the southern part of the city at a height of 700 feet* and disappeared In an easterly dlrqption. Sevoral hun dred people watched* it, many of them with field glasses. ^ End of a Tragedy. Gaffney. 8pe?i%l.? On last Monday night Jack Dowdle, a colored boy of ,10 years died in the suburbs of Gaff ney from the effects of a blow on the ? i J A' ItAM IIVHU ?\iuimioiciou uj ss wuuv mv/ , aged 15, with a rock. The two bo^s had a fight on July 3rd, and the negro was Mr Above the left temple with a frock. In a -few days he was paralyzed on one side from the effects of the blow. He lingered until Monday night .when he (Med- The coroner has been notified 'and will have the body ex humed and hold an Inquest. The white boy# implicated in affair are Oscar and Cliod Coyle. J Win Be Prosecuted Clemson College, Special ? A larger number than usnal of the fertiliser, companies have tailed to cone up to the standard required by law in the manufacture of their goods. This fact has been daly reported to the attorney general, whono record ih enforcing the that, tkMM will he pr of the law. MACEDONIA SWEPT By a Terrible Tide ?f Murder and i ? Reign of Awful Massacre AN APPEAL MADE TO THE POWERS ; rsrs.. : z . irr^l -? ?*; The Bulgarian Government Claim* Ttiat the Turks Are Carrying on a - War of extermination. ... Sofia, By CSble. ? The Bulgarian j government, through ita foreign repre. senative^ has addressed a note to the great powora, declaring that thq Porte ia systematically devastating Mace donia and massacreing the Christian population. Further, it aaya, Turkey, has mobilized her whole army, which cannot possibly be (or the sole pur pose of auppressing the revolution. Therefore, the Bulgarian government appeals to the humane sentiment of Europe to prevent the continuance of the massacres and devastation and to stop the mobilization of the Turkish 1 army. ,Tho memorandum concludes with the plain statemnt that unless the powers intervene, Bulgaria will be forced to take such measured as she may deem necessary. ~ ? A Guerilla Warfare, Sofia, **y Cable, ? Warned by pre vious disastrous experiences, the revo lutionary leaders have decided to adapt only guerilla tactics in Eastern Mace-, donia. The policy of occupying the towns and villages has proved a mis take, as it has usually resulted In Tur key re-occupying the villages, destroy ing everything and .killing the inhabi tants. A guerilla warfare is expected to exhaust the Turks much sooner, while the unhampered bands can movo more easily and more rapidly. It is hoped that the new tactics will result ia the women and children being apar ?d unnecessary dangers. ' The insurg ents now have' nearly 2,000 men, armed with rifles in Eastern Ma^Wonla, aud thousand* of inhabitants I jfC ready to JoiflL JU^lr JariSft_yhea JL generairialng. haa been proclaimed. This step is be ing delayed until the., supply of rifles, cartridges und dynamite, is received. New bands aggregating-* >000 men.-?re reported to be on their way to the fron tier. The Turkish forces in eastern Macedonia are estimated at 17,000. i ^Jj?eaver? Glvea Bond. Washington, QpeflaJ.? $eorge W. Beavers, t^ie former chiefoftbe di vision qf salaries and allowance?!, Postofflcc Department, has retained a local law firm as counsel. At the in stance of the latter, a subpoena was served oil the Postmaster General, di recting the production of the records in the salary a oft allowance division in connection with the supply 6f the Dent-Beavers cashiers, at the hearing of Beavera lo be held ln Netr York. Beavers' counsel, in accordance with the legal requirement*, lender# the Postmaster General the prescribed fe^s and mileage expenses necessary for ttio trip which the? Postmaster General declined' to accept, explain ing that it was impracticable for him to go to JNew York at that time. Forebodings of Disaster. A Tuesday dispatch from Jackson ville^ Fla., giving an accouint of the destructive atonn of Sunday, Bays: "The fate of middle and southwest Florida is only a matter of conjecture. This much is certain. The storm was gjgstructlve enough In these eectious to av.eep -'onii tl-e ...rr?a anl ?top rail road c mmunic ?ticn. 1 1 .a of Itself is #u?i?ie?t -to justify forebodings "of un precedented calamity. The middle Florida section, from which not a word can be heard, is the mosty'' populous part of the State. To that section ev ery wire Is down, every train is stop ped and no one can tell, what the newj. of the morro# will tell." The Inland Waterway. Washington, Special.? The report of the engineer officers of the army coii. cerning the proposition for an inland water rout* between Norfolk. Va., and Beaufort inlet, N. C., has been sub mitted to the War Department, bot; will toe withheld from publication until Congress meets. Seyral routes - were gone over by the engineers. .The most feasible and probable route which was decided upon i* through very shal low water and*' swamp region. It Is understood that the dtstanee covered toy the waterway Ik 19 miles and that the estimated coSt is $10,000,000. Mobey For the 5outh. SlwUWV W*r basks tn VsHoof parts of the country as *9osttsf?ss ot pitottc funis sndor dsrsd abort fMpMH ? positsd with ****- ??** <* thbsacmey want SENATOR SIMMONS' FATHER KILLED Aged and Respected Citizen Murder. ( ed on Hie Own Premises. Newborn, N. G., Special.?Jonea county Sunday was the scene of ex citement from one end to the other, over the murder of Furniforl O. Sim mons, father of* United States Sena tor ?\ M. Simmons, wh6 was brutally shot and olubbed to death Saturday afternoon by a negro whose name is said to be Daniels. Mr. Simmons, who lived about eight miles from Pollogksvllta, Jones coun ty, went there to sell bis <;ot*on, and as he did not return Saturday night his family became uneasy as to his whoreabouts, as It was known that he had a cood sum of money on his per son. His grandson, Jas. II. Simmons, who is a merchant of this place, was notified Saturday night that his grand father wag missing, and he left Im mediately to help In the search. Sena tor Simmons was also notified, and; he arrived here Sunday and was low mediately driven Out uA his old home stead, and when he reached there he found that the body of his aged father had been found down on the banks* of Trent river, about ono mile from his home, with three gun shot wounds in the body, at " A report reaches here ?j who committed tho crime near Poliocksvllle, aboiit 2 . o'clock Sunday afternoon, and there were ev ery indication that the citizens were very iftuch wrought up over the mat<^ ter. I K Mr. "Simmons, the murdered man, was a quiet, peaceful old gentleman, and the affair has cast a gloom over this entire city,i where he was well and favorably Known. Mr. Simmons was 76 years of^kge. wound bn his head. elegfapblc Briefs. un WarrcU^trter, a bank manager, fell dead in a restaurant in New York as he raised his glass to drink a toast t( his friends. f The men on the United States iBhips at Beirut, Syra [and ready To land at i Jshore. Servian officers nnder arrest Issued a proclamation denouncing the regicides ami refusing to serve in the army with Uie*S? - A Btorem tore away the war hallons and made wireless telegraphy impos sible, thus Interfering with the Ger man army maneuvers -at Halle. Prus sia. The Prussian Cabinet has decided to propose the construction of a great canal to connect the Rhine, Weser and ?Elbe rivers. The Russian- Minister at Pekin pro posed the postponements the evacua tion of tlie Klrln and Amur districts of Manchuria, set for October 8. At a meeting of the British Associa tion for the Advancement < of Science Sir-Norman lockyer advocated spend ing as much for state aid to h^her education as for the national navy. \Judge Edmund C. Minor, of Rich mond, died at Norwich, Conn. Dr. J, J. Taylor, of Norfolk, has ac cepted "the presidency *of Georgetown (Ky.) College. ? -The L&ngley airship was again dis abled by the breaking of a propeller. *We8t Virginia editors are in conven tion in Charleston. Pedro Alvarado, of the State of Chi huahua, is dead. Not many years ago ho was a peon, tolling for thirty cents a day. He. discovered the PalmlUa'Sll ver mine. It made him A Mexican Croesus. He gave away vast sums to the poor, built churches, offered to pay off the national debt. Now his wealth passes to^Mfe widow. A "Sun" corres j pendent writes: "Of the : $70,000,000 worth of ore which Alvarado took out of the mine since its discovery ilt Is said that there la more than fflO.OOO, 000 worth In silver bars locked in a steel eage at the residence Jot Its late owner. This case is guard*! day and rhlght by a strong force of armed men." - The telegraph system In Uganda now extends to Batiaba, on the shore of the Albert Nyanxa. The trunk line from Mombasa, with Its branches. If over 1,034 miles in length *nd the charge over the -whole distances 2d a word, with a minimum ot Is 4d for a message of eight words. There is also' aaystem of telephones along the whole distance, which may be uaed at is 4d per conver sation. The poles on which the wires are fixed are living trees. Martin J. Mabon, a seaman from the Franklin, was drowned at a Norfolk fetfry. In the gun triala conducted by the Chilean naval commission. Vickers Sons ? Maxim (Ltmtted) have estab lished a record In power for their 7*I-2-tnch naval or coastdefence guns. {Chilean battle Works developed, with proiefctllsL a velocity a( *.003 feet t I ? 11 JBM. using -? - .y& il I> SWEPTlBY CYCLONEl Florida towis Catch the Force of West India Gales HIGH SPEED GALfcS STRIKE HARD The Annual GulfStorm Strikes the South Coast 61 Florida and Heavy Damage* Rt?ulL ' ; ? ? , ? ? ? 1 Jacksonville, Fia., Special-Begin ning Friday morning on the oast coast, aud Saturday morning on the west,' and lantiug 24 hours at each, South Fliorida hae been swept by the strong est cyclone ever kuown In the history of that part of the State. The wires went down at th$ beginning, and rail-, road service was dolayed. On that ac count no details reached this place un til Sunday. Even now they are not full, for many places that were In the cen tei of tho path of tho storm have not yet been heard from, as the wlreB In the etorm-swept diotrlct are not yet working. At Miami the wind attained a velocity of 65 mileB per hour. The car sh9d of the East Coast Railroad was lifted from Its foundations clear of (ho cars that were under \f, and de molished, not even scratcty&g *?? cars. The tin roofing of the Richer block was torn off and blown \across" the street, completely'3' demolishing the front of the building on that side. Great damag^, wag done to plate glass windows. Large trees were uprooted and several small houses were blown ' but no one was hurt. Several small boats were sunk in the bay. Pas sengers on the East Coast train which ai rived in the city Sunday night re ported many wrecks agk* the shore, between Miami and nRe's Sound. Axurmir iham i* nna *nd one four-masted, schooner *vti several smaller vessels. None of their* names * known- One of the Standard Oil Company's large steamer* with two -Dargpn, ih hi'nrlipd..ja.ear^DQyatnn- Tho crew qf fifteen men were eared. Bod-pl ?!)r unknown wMe men drifted on tb? beaoh near Boynton. The storm did not extend as far south aa Key West, and did no damage !!ld ?mi?.rtKh ?8 Au??8tine. Trees L oY8?8 b,OWo down at stuart 16 of pineapT ? the WoJnu^tt. is well , . ' saw -mill and sheda nrm?i ikA .r i * Jh? r^Wence of Capt McNeil sSfarL "K V??. lta f<??^atl?m. at mitll V Jupiter the wind blew 75 . stiggm** ?tjw i "**' - M O'vwpln Injured. Norfolk, Special.? -The exploeion of a ^?rrel of alcohol on the superstructure deck of the cruiser Olympic in dry tock-at the Norfolk navy yard, Satur day night killed two jnen, severely in jured several others, and set Are to the ship. The master-at-arms of tttfl UT?1rrinar Thedead; Corporil Yerkea, United States marine corps; white seaman, unknown. The? damage ;L1? 0T?T conflned to the deek of the vessel and embraced only the canvas awnings and their flxtured. The-tiecke however, Were slightly injured. o?i^Ted,ateIjr after the explosion Are an<1 the crew, fl/? department aad a de * of mar,n?? under Capt Bools soon guelled what looked like - Tbe explos VUnwiL V? \BpoTt* from eye oi4? 'hi# as from one of ihe storehouse or the nmona m ??? tho 6o,o oo Slaufhterctf, Sofia, By Cable.? With the arrival of new and sensational re porta of -the whoWaflJ^ maasacree of Christiana in Macedonia the aituatlon here !a hourly becoming more alarming. If the latftet IUVWHUVB, wiiica ilnio iuat SC.vvw uu' " garlans hare been slaughtered In the dtatrlcta of Ofcrlda and Leren, shall be confirmed, nor doubt exlata that the government will be forced tb order the mobilisation of the army Immediately. v- > ' . . Dig Lawyer Feae. Tex., Special.? The probata irt of Hanie County, has approved! a faa of 1100,000 for Baker, Boct. 1 Lorette for legal aarrlcea the aetata of W. M. Rice, who w?. murdered la New York three years ago. Thla la the largeat fee ever allowed In Texas In a aingle caae. Short News Items. Mayor Seth Low. of New T< waa Indorsed for renomlnattoa fuekmtets last night. Clarke; Democratic nominee at thai . <L'. ev , g ~ ; >' : ;; ; ~ sr *r r:~~ "7 n ni> 1 1 I r h I Hi * i 'vHf^lTVl^lXdiliL Vl \ '.fjj EXPRESS AGENT SHOT. Tragedy of a Man Supposed to Be Crazy at Jacksonville. Jacksonville,* Special, ? J, K. Stark ahot and* fatally wounded John F. An gel Thursday afternoon In the office of the Southern lOxpieas Company, In this city, while the latter was protect ing the life of bis sister, tho wife of the man who fl rod the shot. Stark had been in Jacksonville sev eral days and Thursday morning wlrml lor his wife to join him. She came at about noon and at 2 o'clock they met In the office of the express company, where hor brother was employed. The wife suspected that her husband meant to do her bodily injury when he endeavored to get her to go to his hotel. She desired to remain near her brother and declined to go. have brought you here to kill you," Stftrk said. Quick as a flash his wife seized him, as he was endeavoring to draw a pistol, She pinioned his arms and her cries brought her broth er. Tho pistol was tiien taken from Stark before It was drawn. Words between the two men followed and blows were exchanged. Stark went to a pawn shop, whore he procured an. othor pistol and returned. He entered the office aud walked to the cage M^here Angel was at work with his back turned. Resting the pistol In on? of the small steel holes of tho cage he fired, the ball striking Angel In "the back of the head and lodging near the brain. Angel fell, Stark looked about tflm aud started to leave, when aTrother of Angel appeared and seized him. The brother made an ef fort to kill Stark with a knife, but othJ era Interfered and the police placed Stark under arrest, r Angel Is at St, j Luke's Hospital. No hopes are enter tained for his recovery. The defense that - Stark's lawyers will make la that he was insane, a theory which Is generally accepted by those who, knnw. iii?n *"*d who have been with blm during the past few days. . - Stark was formerly auditor of the Jacksonville, Tampa A Key West road. Angel was cashier of the Southern I?xpretJg Company. Annual Pension Report. Washington, Special.? The annual report at' Commissioner Ware places the number of pensioners ?qw on the' foils at 996,454, of which 729,866 are' soldiers, (ma 267,189 are widow and dependents. Mr. "Ware announces thai It Is not probable, that the pension roll highwater mark having been reached a year ago. The roll shows a net loss, of 2,301 'pensioners during the year, Owt of a total of 804,809 applications on. hand during the year, 18OJO0 Were admitted, and 118,794 refectt^, $he overage annual value of each pension t? now fl88. The annual value of the Spanish war pension roll has reaohesl $1,765,310. The total' payments In pension# for all wars is $8,088,628, 690; on account of the civil war, 82, 862,240, 400.% The cast of the pension system per capita of population for 1906 is given . as fi.75. The system, according to Commissioner Ware, was abouOhe greatest as a burden to the people of the United States la.ttMU sine# which time it has shrunk from $2.24 to $1.82 per $1,000 of ta*abfe( wealth, and In ten years, he says, the burden will cease to be noticed. file# Roosevelt in Submarine Boat. Newport, R. !., Special. ? Mlw Alice Roosevelt, daughter of the President)1 went down in the submarine boat Moc casin. The boat did not leave e'er dock at the Torpedo station. Miss Roosevelt enetered the hoatiylth Capt. Fletcher, of the ?tatlon.jTbe crew ?hen closed the hatches -an tkwater- ballast wag taken In until ths fVeasel settled to the bottom. After being submerged for a few minutes, that the novelty of the situation might b9 appreciated, she rose to the surface and disembarked, The water was quite shallow where the boat went dpwn. Mackiln does to S. A. L, Roanoke, Va., Special. ? P. C. Mack lln has resigned as general store-Veep er for the- Norfolk * Wfeatera Rail way, with officers in this city, to. ac cept the position of general purchasing * *Va Omm A (?? T ?|?vau ava a??v ? ? way Company, with headquarters at Portsmouth, Vs. . Mr. Macklin Is suc ceeded here Herbert 8catchard< of Rev. Movey Head. Newton, Mass., Special.? Rev. Al vah Horey, D. D , one of the best known Baptist clejrgymen in the conn try and for many years president of the N?WW>A Theological Institution, died Sunday night, aged 88. He was a ot Worcester imrtmay^ University, vice prttldent and 4mM?,.CKIW> nnalnr nnllssa odurtdNH M w - reiwi .A* k THE STORM'S WQ^K Reports of lesfructloB Wrought By the Southern Gale J MUC& OF THE AIEA STILL CUT OFF ? . Wires Down end Trains Running Off Time? Some Lom of Life Md Httcb Damage to Properly. _ Jacksonville, Special- ? Further pews of the storm ( ontlnuod to &rrlvo, though 'a large part P f the storm ?wept area has not been heard from. Wires are still down and it is Im possible to get trains through on ac count of washouts. Three negroes were killed by falling tfmbera at the camp of the Oummer Cumber Com pany, near Gainesville, and another w?8 seriously hurt and he will prob aTTy die. A dwelling and several cot tageat^vere w locked.' At Mulberry the phosphate plante are reported as greatly damaged. They have been compelled to shut down until the water subsides. At Baft, tow the roof Was blown from the B?|r toff House And from the residence of - the president Of the South: World* [ Military College. A number of mutes were killed by the falUngo^^LQ old sljed at Phosphoria. Frofijall parts of the State great damage to the tur pentine industry Is reported. Wire connection was made Tuesday night with Arcadia, In DeSoto eotmty, about 40 miles further south than Tampa. A special from thatiflaeato The Tlmes-Unl6n says: " jr "Reports are slowly coming tn ^ damage done by the hurricane Friday night and Saturdays No trains are running south of Eolifo. Tfcf damage to the orange groves is very great. Orange men estimate the loss of the crop from 25 to 40 per cent. The foeg to the county by damage to bridge* and the roads will amount to *10,000; Miky ot'ange W pieces, the f rult splitting and ^ djno^n* getting food supplies. Many house* wer? blown down; but the only Joes of life 1? Hugh Morton, ^ho waa drow* ed aft, WUder>s saw mill." A train got through th*r stora^fc^ ~gy~f TT1 ? trie " t it ?? ^ ?? I] trtct ox miflaig yrotio*/ TTO is notaibeavy an wsesupiK?f?LTh*.; cotton crop waa ;jg the heavy raina and the terpentine In dustry is injured. New York' from , Havana in a dte*btolc0wrtttten. On September 11 th* Ollnda ?o?ount. ered thehurTloane the ooa#fciqfc Florida. Tremendous ? . seaajrwentthe decks repeatedly, f W?*1 WWW UMWrtPB'. - kiiW ? After considerably dltteultj control of the steamer by th? hand-gear waa ob tAlnear^apt," Hanien e?umeud force-of the wind at W?Re*anbc?r at Ito hel^t.~?fafe OJJnda gfter the etorm waa ateerefl>^ the p^r damaged hand*teerla? gear, Macon. : r :gp?dl&~3i? ^ graph's dispatch from Molatrle, Oa^ says a cyclone from tbeaouthweit struck the nolrthara partfcf thetown at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning and caused damage io the amount of aboat $20,000 Three cburches. t^lnding ^e ?Erlmlllve BanilaL which waj vfcl&d at f 10,000, were practlcally deatrbyed. A pine products plant and a ooitoo seed oil mltl wdl wrecked and a score ornott tit amen bouaen wwbtown down. There waa no lose _ la. belldved that the atorm ; Spett t it*?W la the' vlelnltjr,. _ .v^y Baltimore, Bpecla?~ etroyed the bvMtlasa* of the Raata. Monnm* Company; at . BlJtrftel&: UHtfr Centervme, William#, e*W Main street fc