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i)e flirt SI aTTKIl WATCHMAN. Mrtaeb Consolidated Auk. 2,1 0|^VUk|matnl Soutbron t*wM??l?oil anl >fN(l?]f and Saturday ?BT? ?SIEEM PUBLISHING COMPANY 8UMTM. a. a Ii It par annum?la advaaoa. ASieeeiaenmeB: cmej Kajaara Prot taatrttoa.Il.tt aWayy enbeoejuent Inaartioa.ft fSjaajaota for thraa ai oaths, or toatftr win he tt<ado at reduced ratao. All oosam a nioatl ens which sub eersw pHvate laterceta will bo charged far aa adrortto? moata. Qajahaartaa and tributes of reap act* welt ba eharged far. CAPTAIN J. J. WES<>0\T. < harle*tonian Wlio Died at aar waa a Gallant Soldier. The death of Capt. J. J. Weacoat, at Sumter. on Thursday of last week, waa noted with sorrow by many In Charleston. Capt. Weacoat'a former haaao. Ho removed from this city to ahssater three years ago, buying out tha Burna Hardware Company and eaaductlng the business until the Uses of his fatal Illness. His business activities la Charleston were along tha aasao linos. Ho became a load lag hardware man here shorty af? ter tha close of tha war and was goaoral manager of the Marshall Waaroat Company for years. He waa also one of the organisers and aha first proatdent of the Enterprise Baak, of this city. Capt Woocoat was born on Bdlsto Usaod ft years ago. He served gal? lantly during the War Between the being at 1? years of ago a ila la the 11th South Carolina lant After the war he was Iden wlth the Palmetto Guard Rifle dab. of Charleston, and brought that urination to a high state of ef ley during the time ho hold the rank of captain His Judgment and ooange wore clearly demonstrated torlos the Hots of 1171. With a few of tha members of the Palmetto Guard ho hold the village of Cain hoy. with helpless women and chil during th? Light folowlng the at that place, in the face of an snfUrtated mob of armed negroes frasn the surrounding region. At the get on King Street In September, lift. Copt. Weacoat and two other ssennbers of his company were the laat white men to leave the scene. The following letter, written Just after the Calnhoy riot by Gen. James -r. division oommander. will be i*l Interest: "Major O. L. H?lst. Commanding Palmetto Guard?Dear Major: I am aawllllng to dismiss the Calnhoy af fair without expressing my appre otacion of the handsome conduct of IJeut. Woocoat and the detachment of your command on the occasion of riot. The control which Lieut Wescoat saTctaed over his men and the Hence which they rendered In that moment of general demoraliz? ation wore very creditable to both assd deservedly reflect credit upon aha command. The detachment was not on duty hp any order, and I therefore cannot it officially, but I desire to ex to you snd them my Individual egspr**' latb.n .?f the good example they have given. "Tours very truly. (Sign??.I > "James Conner." , Mal I ''.in ier. ni NMOK IMHJJVUK l>i:\l?. Iowa Senator Hxpirew Suddenly of Heart Dilation. fort Dodge. Iowa. Oct. 15.?United States Senator Jonathan Prentlss Dolliver died of dilation of the heart caneed by an attack of acute indi? gnation, at bis residence at 7:30 o'clock tonight, while being rubied by an osteopath physician. Senator Dolltver's death was un esp??? ted by bis relative* ;it,,| stoat (?Heads, who thought that he had al? most entirely recovered from the at tark of Indigestion with which he had boon suffering for a week. Senator Dolliver bad been up all day and hod made a trip from his r?<sbl*ncr down-town. He told s?v *cal "f tht? men whom he met th it he believed he had completely recov? ered from the Indisposition Which followed his trip through Wl-n onsln. on o speech-making tour for Sen t tat LaPollette. While working over Senator Ddll fer. the osteopath physician was using nn Instrument to listen to the Sena tor's heart action. The physh Inn unex p*Mtedly discovered that he was no longer hearing the heart beats Me at first thought his Instrument van faulty An examination re e ile I that his patient wan dead. shed April. lSfte He Jaes ai 881. 81 GREAT STORM WIK, solTHEKN FLORIDA IN Q1UF OF III KHK AM Tremendous Damage Wrought in Tani|m IMstrlct and Great Iamis of Life Is FcortHi?Stonn E\|>ected To Strike Jacksonville Today. Tampa. Fla.. Oct. 17.?With com? munication with all points south of here cut off. wireless stations out of commission and the increasing dan? ger of the Interruption of communi? cation with the entire world, Tampa and that territory between here an.t Punta Oorda is being storm-sw??pt tonight. It is impossible at this hour to estimate the damage, no reports having been received from nearby towns. In Tampa, up to this mo? ment, the damage is contined to the stripping of signs from their moor? ings, ripping off of tin roofs, blowing down of telephone and electric light wires and minor damages to ship? ping. With a steady gale blowing now at the rate of 50 miles an hour, and in? creasing in intensity every moment, the tide in the bay is lower than the old bridge tender can remember ever having seen It before. Many small craft anchored In the vicinity of the Tampa' Bay Hotel are stranded, and a few pleasure craft are lying gjg their sides with more or less dam? age. The storm has blown the wa? ter out of the bay, causing a tide at least six feet below low water. Chief alarm is felt in the damage to fruit and truck in the section be? tween here and Punta Gorda, and further inland. Indications at a late hour are that the storm will pass a little to the southward of Tampa. This means that it will spend itself, perhaps, somewhere in the Ever? glades. Grave fears are entertained here for the safety of 46 members of the Plant City Coast Artillery Company, which is encamped at Egmont Key. The company landed there this after? noon, and when the tenta were pitch? ed the wind Immediately blew them down. Considerable fear is also en? tertained for residents at Pasee-A Grille, a year round reeort on the bay. There are at least CO persons there, and It Is believed the full force of the disturbance will be felt there. Fortunately the four days' warn? ing given by the weather department has served to put all shipping on guard. Not a boat has gone out of here In that time and none have come in. Terrible Destruction In Cuba. Havana. Oct. 17.?The Island of Cuba has probably sustained the greatest material disaster in all her history In the practically continuous cyclone, which began with light rains on Thursday morning, developing in? to torrential floods and devastating hurricanes until this evening. The western half of the island suffered more severely than the east. The first cyclone, of which there was warning, had hardly abated on Sunday night, when suddenly the cy? clone blasts swept over Matnnzas. Pinar del Bio and Havana provinces, completing the destruction wrought by the first strm. At 9 oo'i lock to? night the rain was still falling in frequent hea\ ? gusts, but the wind had abated considerably and the sea u ts falling. it is Impossible to estimate even roughly the amount of damage, which doubtless will aggregate many millions of dollars In addition to the great destruction of sugar and to? bacco plantations, many thousands of peasants in the western province have been rendered homeless and destitute by the loss of their homes and the food crops, it now seems probable that the Ite public may be compelled to request international aid for the relief of these sufferers, whose condition is deplorable. In the city of Havana the losses probably will exceed a million dol? lars. Few fatalities up |0 the present haVS beei reported Three men were drowned in the harbor, but no deaths from the storm occurteel In the city. It Is probable, however, that the cas? ualty list in the interior will be large Fur hours during the night all through this morning Cuba Was in the grip of the storm whi< h blSW with it violence fron? the south* west and attained it?- greatest force shortly before noon, Then Ihs wind shifted to the WSSl and trie *? a began to rise, the waves vw?epmg iii upon the city. Within an hour lh< pound? lug of the waters tiad op. ro d a branch through the Malron sea-wall The waves ntslehty Increased le mountainous height. SUgUlflng th< Malron dri\? and Hooding the hand* ( id Fear not?I jet all the eagle Thou Ali [JMTER, S t , WEDNEf come reaidences facing thereon for a dietanoe of ? mile, The watera, at ill rising, invaded all the seaward part of tin- city until J o'clock in the afternoon, when the atCt on hounded by the Malecon, the Pmdo and the boulevards Calzada de Galiuno und Animus were several feet under water. The residents of the lower floors were driven to seek refuge on higher levels, while detach? ments of soldiers, rural guards, po? lice and firemen assisted by mem? bers of the Rod Cross and fisher? men with boats, which were drug? ged from the harbor, hastened to the submerged district and rescued hun? dreds from buildings that threaten? ed to collapse at any moment. Ve ? dado, a residential suburb, was ex? posed to the full fury of the storm. The sea advanced some hundred yards Inland, demolishing many small structures and probably causing loss of life. The rumor that the city had been struck by a tidal wave added to the general panic, which was allayed shortly after 3 o'clock, when the wind perceptibly abated and the water ceased to rise. May Keuch Jacksonville Today. Jacksonville. Flu., Oct. 17.?It is the opinion of the weather bureau in this city that the hurricane now cen? tral in the East Oulf and a little South of Tampa, is a second disturb? ance, the one of last Saturday, hav? ing dissipated in the Gulf. Indica? tions are that the hurricane will fol? low the West coast partly up the peninsula, thence going Into the At? lantic As the centre of the disturb? ance is moving at a great speed the force of the hurricane will probably be felt In Jacksonville early tomor? row. All wires on the East coast of Florida are down south from Fort Pierce, approximately 140 miles from Jacksonvlle. and It Is impossible to get late news from that section. Be? fore the wires failed the wind was blowing at an estimated velocity of 60 miles an hour. The East Gulf Coast Railroad has made heroic preparations for the hurricane in case it passes over the extension, and are confident that there will be no loss of life, unless the wind exceeds 70 miles an hour. Train service on the Southern divis? ion of the road has been suspended. Late advices from Port Pierce and Titusville state that the waves are breaking over the lowlands and in some cases flooding exposed places. Heavy rains are reported and it is known that the track of the East Coast Railroad Is washed out in at least a dozen places. The wind Is blowing from the Northeast and Is increasing in intensity. The weather bureau at Jupiter has not been heard from since early this afternoon. A train arrived in Jack? sonville tonight from that section 27 hours over due. Barometer readings at Jacksonville at 10 o'clock tonight is 29.27 and is slowly falling. The maximum wind velocity was 36 miles up to 10 o'clock. The local bureau sent out over a hundred hurricane warnings to dif? ferent cities on the east coast dur? ing the day. Shipping Interests from North Carolina south of the Atlantic, and from Key West to Texas, have been advised to seek shelter. COLLISION KILLS FOUL V, ? W. C. Trains Meet Head-on at Curve Near McCormick. Augusta, Ga., Oct. 17.?Owing to the operator at MeCormaek, S. C failing to deliver " meet order" for truln No. 8. leaving Anderson, S. C. for Augustu at S.80 p. m., passenger train No. 3, leaving Augusta at 4:43 o'clock this afternoon for Greenwood. S. C. collided with the Anderson train at 6:45 o'clock, at the 40 l-'Z mile post, two a half miles this side Of McCormick, S. C. The trains were running at top speed and came to? gether in a head-on collision. As a result of the collision, five train? men were killed and seven trainmen injured and 10 passengers Injured. Both engines were completely wrecked, the two baggage cars were telescoped and the next two cars, on both trains were badly damaged. Tin- Dead. Arizona Rivera of Augusta, engt" neer of train No, s. .Jim Sprowles. colored. Of \ugusta, foreman of No. 8, .lames Ware, colored, of Augusta, fireman of train No. 3. w. P, Acker of Anderson, mail . U rk of train No. S. Heard Bearles, colored, <>i- Augusta, porter of train No, 3. About one thousand bales of cot t<>it w< re bought on the local market Saturday, not M be tfcy Oaussry'*, Thy God's mm 5DAY, OCTOBER 19, 191 FLYING ACROSS ATLANTIC. WELLMAN STARTS FROM AT LANTIC CITY IN BALOON "AMERICA." Crew of Four Accompanies Daring Aeronaut on I .|m* h-Making Voy? age in Cigar-Shaped Craft.?First Wirelos? Message From Air Ship at Sea. Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 15.?Sail? ing into a thick fog that hung low over the Atlantic Ocean early today. Walter Wellman, with a crew of five men, is tonight believed to be on an epoch-making voyage to Europe in the huge cigar-shaped airship 'America." Starting from the beach near the inlet a few minutes after 8 o'clock j this morning, the big air craft was soon out of sight of the cheering crowd. Since then no one, with the exception of ships at sea, has seen the* strange craft, and the only word from her came by means of the wire It .-a telegraph. Numerous messages were received during the day, and the latest indi? cated that Wellman is tonight easily sailing northeastward off the Long Isand shore. The ship, according to this last word from her adventurous crew, has set a northeasterly course, with the intention of getting into the northern lane of Trans-atlantic liners. The men who are making aero? nautic history In the first over-ocean flight of an airship are: Walter Wellman, commander; Melvln Vani man, chief engineer, and next in command; J. K. Irwin, wireless oper? ator; John Aubert and Albert Louis Loud, assistant engineers. Siasconset, Mass., Oct. 3 6.?Some? where east of Nantucket Island off the coast of Massachusetts and approximately 300 miles from At? lantic City, the starting point, Walter Wellman's airship, America, signaled a wireless "all's weir and a good-bye at 18:45 o'clock this afternoon and swung on up the coast through the fog. This message, the last of the1 day's wireless conversations, was re? ceived here by A. H. Qinman, the \ Marconi operator, who had been on the alert since dawn. At 9 o'clock i this morning Siasconset first came In to touch with the giant dirigible. Then, Although the wireless range of the craft Is comparatively short, owing to the necessarily limited pow? er, the station was surprised to hear its call?"MSC"?clear and strong, followed by "W," the code signal of! the airship. I Judging from the strength of the signals it was assumed that the Amer? ican was close to Nantucket and lm mediately all the life-saving stations and light houses on the island were notified by telephone to keep a sharp lookout. But the fog which had en I shrouded the America since her de? parture yesterday morning still hung over the ocean, shutting off the view. The Marconi station, however, began a rapid fire of interrogations and learned from "Jack" Irwin, the America's operator, that the ship's motors had been stopped and that the dlribile was heading east north? east and making 25 miles an hour with the wind. Nantucket's excitement was acute but with motors idle the ship sailed as silently as a phantom in the sky where ordinarily the engine's exhaust ould have reverberated along the 'oast. However, the electricity of the Marconi stPtion filled in times while :he eye and* the ear were denied and intermittently the operators here ex? changed greetings with their late associates who, it will be recalled, re? ceived at this station the dramatic "C. Q. D." of the ill-fated steamship Republic. At 10:30 signals from the dirig.ble became suddenly stronger and it was momentarily expected that the America would come In sight of the station. Irwlr, In fact, flashed that he though: he could hear the sound of the breakers but the fog effectually shut the craft from view, although she was probably passing over the shoals surrounding the island. From that time on the signals from the air? ship grew steadily weaker until tin ally at 12:45 a message was Hashed to her asking if everything aboard was o. k. Faintly came the reply, "yes." On account or the fog the Amer? ica's exact position remained un? known throughout the day. Her course, however, has been along the Steamship liin s and as no word to the contrary has been received the assumption Is that Mr. Wellman, with ;,a day's fuel and :'>?) day's provisions aboard. is adhering to bis plan of crossing the Atlanntic and landingon the British Isle. It is likely that no ottth id Traft'?." THE TK? 10. DIXON'8 PLAYER DROWNED. Leading Man in "Sins of Father" l/ost at WrlghtovUle ? Tom Dixon to Pin) Hole. i Wilmington, N. C, Oct. 16.?Rob-1 ort Barton Pahr, aged 23 years, lead- | ing man in Tom Dixon's play, "Tv .Nv Sins of the Father," presented last night, was drowned at ville Beach this afternoon w ?ile in surf bathing. Heroic efforts were made to save the young actor, but in vain. His body has not been re? covered and it may he days before it is washed in by the tide, although it is hoped that it may be recovered to? morrow morning, when grappling irons and seines will be used at the point where he was drownend. Several members of the troupe were I at the beach when the tragedy oc? curred, including Tom Dixon. The young actor is said to have been a good swimmer and ventured out too far, and was caught by a powerful undertow. Pahr was seen to sud? denly stretch out his arms above his he*\d, and those in the surf imme? dial ely realized that the swimmer was in danger and started towards him. He was out so far, however, that he sank several times before the first man reached him, and when help arrived he was practically un? conscious, and, different from most drowning people, made no effort to get hold of his reacuers. He ap? peared to be making an effort to swim juut before the first man reach? ed him, but as soon as he was caught hold of gave up. For some minutes four young men struggled heroically to get him to shore, but the undertow was so powerful that no headway whatever could be made. After considerable time a line was got to the men, but Just before the one who was to make the effort to bring the drown- I ing man to shore started on his trip the one holding Pahr released his hold and he sank to rise no more. The young men, almost exhausted, then made their way back to shore. Pabr took the part of Tom Norton, the son, In Dixon s play. He was a na? tive of Baltimore and his family and mother reside there. Mr. Dixon stated tonight that he would take the part of Pahr in the play until a new man can be secured. Up to a late hour tonight the body had not been f.*ecovered, but there is a guard pa? trolling the beach. Don't forget the State convention' of the Churches of Christ to be held here Nov. 3-7. Speakers of national prominence representing all the va? rious great interests of the church, ion ife i missions, home missions, benovolences, church extension and the mens movement, will address the convention. All the people of Sumter are cordially Invited to at? tend. Any one who would be will? ing to entertain one or more of the delegates please Inform the pastor. Rev. Mark S. Peckham, No. 435 N. Main street. Superintendents of Streets White is very careful of his animals and is always watching out to see that they are not abused or injured in any way by the carelessness of their drivers. Friday afternoon as one of the mules passed him he noticed that it limped slightly, and he at once made the driver get down and take out the stone that had lodged be? tween the shoe and the frog of the foot. further wireless word from the air? ship will be received here, but a dozen or more liners fitted with wire? less were in her zone tonight These message;? were a portion of wireless communications addressed to the New York Times and the Lon? don Daily Telegraph under whose auspices Wellman Is making his re? markable flight. First report from Wellman about 1:30 this afternoon road: "All well Machinery working well. Have turned more northerly to reach the trans-Atlantic steamer track. Exact position somewhere between 300 and 800 miles off shore " None of the messages received spoke despairingly, although cne communication received by the New York Times referred to the outlook ' "as not favorable." In the same message, however, was a cheerful "we are keeping up the tight." At Atlantic City, where the America left her moorings yesterday morning. Mrs. Wellman and Mrs. Vanlman, wife of the airship's chief engineer, received word of the safety of their husbands but sent no message in re? ply. Several trans-Atlantic liners were supposed to be near enough t?> communicate with the America by I wireless tonight and additional word I from the airship was momentarily expected. Ii SOCTDKON, Established jout, ( Vol. XXXI. No. 16 TEDDY DENOUNCES TAMMANY. -?' 1* CHARGES ALI " t WITH WALL STKF vfj BEHESTS. ,y Rctr^ ^ om Indiana, Roosevelt ?ew York Republican Cam ?n with Attacks on Murphy? ??ays Democratic Success M uns Domination of State by Tammany and Wall Street ? Praises Candi? date of G. O. P. ? Elmira, N. Y., Oct. 14.?With one broadside for Tammany Hall and an? other for Wall street, Theodore Roosevelt opened his campaign to? day for the Republican State tfc ket. The text of his speech was "Wall Street and Tammany have struck hands." His slogan was "You are wanted in Room 212. Are you going?" Room 212, in a Rochester hotel was occupied by Charles Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, during the Democratic State Convention. Back in his native State from his Southern trip, Col. Roosevelt start? ed things going in his first speech of the day at Dunkirk. Then he sped on his special train through the grape country of Western New York, up the picturesque valley of the Al? legheny, then down the Chen.ung Valley. He spoke at Fredonia, Sin clalrvllle, Gerry, Jamestown, Sala manac, Wellsville, Hornell, Corning and Elmira. The crowds in the early part of the day were not large and. there was little cheering. Later in the * y the crowds grew larger and thert was more enthusiasm. Col. Roosevelt had only one name for his speech. It was what he termed the alliance between Wall street and Tammany Hall, w ilch, he said, was the most complete al? liance between corrupt business and corrupt political bosses which the State had seen since the day,- of Tweed. If the Democrats should win the election, he said, Tamnany Hall and Wall street would dorn nate, the State to the detriment of the people. j Opposed to that, he pictured the Republican party as the true rep* resentative of popular rule, and Henry L. Stlmson as a man who would flinch at no opposition and be turned aside by no influence -from serving the people. He discuss*? 1 no I concrete issues, State or national, but clung to the statement that the issue was Tammany Hall and Wall street against the people. Col. Roosevelt fought for the Re? publican ticket in New York State today as energetically as he fought for the Republican ticket in Indiana yesterday. He pledged his word that Mr. Stimson, if elected Gover? nor, would administer hie office for all the people. Then he declared that Wall creet was a unit for the men nomina*?d at the Rochester Convention, "bev^ause they cannot handle the men nomi? nated at Saratoga." In all of his speches Col. Roose? velt emphasized what he said was the complete domination of the Democratic Convention by Mr. Mur? phy. "Everything was settled in a -oom, tin private room of the boss of Tam? many Hall. Mr. Murphy." he said. "Whenever Mr. Murphy wanted to see any delegate* whether for the purpose of discipline or to be bene ficient to him, the peremptory message was sent out, "You are wanted in Room 212." The whole matter was settled in Room 212, and the C nven ventton. with humble eagerne:--?, re? sponded to the message sen' out. You are wanted In Room 212.' and now Mr. Murphy, as the agent and attorney of Wall street, says to the people of the State. 'You are wanted in Room 212." "Well are you going?" Mr. Roose? velt shouted to his hearers? In his speech at Wellsville. Col. Roosevelt said that when he was abroad he heard one name coanect I ed with everything that was tad in I this country, and that was Tar T.any Hall. Next to the name of Tam ' many, he said, people abroad asso l lcated the name of Wall street with things that were bad. Leaving Elmira late tonight. Col. Roosevelt is due in New York early tomorrow morning. After meeting some of the members of the State committee and outlining his cam? paign trip through the State, he is to go to Oyster Bay for a rest over Sunday. The amount of cotton in town Saturday was almost as large as it was three weeks ago. it seems that nothing can prevent the arm? ors both white and colored from making Saturday the cotton day of the week, even when they know that if all bring cotton on the sanv day. some of them will have to wa.t.