The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, September 18, 1903, Image 8
Great loss from
florida tornado
Damage to Orange Orop Will
Be at Least 00 Per Oent.
PINEAPPLE 8HEDS DUFFER.
In Path of TOrnado Fully Fifteen Pa*
Oant of Pino Troos War* Lev oiled,
Causing Graat Loaa to Turpantlne Industry?Wires
Are Still Down.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sopt. IS.?In th<
srrstern part of tho state all wires are
In bad condition, ami all moans o<
oonumunjratlon has boon demoralised.
Rapcrts are coming In slowly from
. the Interior, a<VJn# to the general damages,
and rumors aro rife tba: aovore
Ha.me#,o was wrought In portions of the
state which hare not yet been liaard
from.
Cedar Keys atxl Pena-acola, In addi
tloo to other places along the coast,
bare been seriously damagod, but th? i
loos can not. be loomed.
Wost and south of Tampa there la
no communication, an'i It Is reported
that Ft. Myers. St. "Petersburg, Punta J
Gorda an.l Punta Rasga ruflered much ,
damage.
The damage to tho orange crop la
reported to bo heavier than at first
thought, and It la estimated now tl?t
tho loss la some w??*tona will be 60
i?<~i cettt on this year's crop. Other
tropical fruits were also damaged. It
Is undorstoo dthat pineapple shells in
gome sections of the cast coast have
been destroyed, and in some places
the plants have been blown out of the
ground or covered by rand.
In the path of the tornado It la
atato'. that fully 16 per cent of all
the pine trece have been lovolod to the
ground, causing great loss to tho turpentine
industry, while tho general
summary Indicates that the fury and
destruction of the storm will cause
losses amounting to hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
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BROKE ALL RECORDS.
Torrential Rains Visit Alabama and
Georgia--Groat Damage.
Atlanta. Oa., Sept. 16.?Reports
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weather bureau that heavy ralna have
visitc:". the southwestern portion* of
Georgia, and the eastern districts of
Alabama. Jn some localities the rains
have broken all previous records, and
cotton crops are badly damaged, it
being feared that the loss will prova
enormous in eome sections.
The storm has remained central
near Montgomery. Ala., since yesterday,
and i? now central over eastern
Alabama and Northwestern Georgia.
The storm has increased, in energy
nnd caused ubnormal rains in
thoee sections of Georgia and Alabama.
At Griffin, Ga.. the mlrfall for the
past 24 bourn was 5.32 Inches. At
Quitman. Ga.. 5.32 Inches of rain has
fallen, and southwestern Georgia has
suffered from the torrential downpour.
At Valdostn, Ga.. in the southwestern
portion of the state, the hardest
rain in years fell yesterday,
Jhe cotton crop Is badly damaged
throughout the atnte anid. island belt In
G'ecrgla. and the loss to that crop
will extend Into the Florida bolt region
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The track of the Atlantic Coast Line
between Quitman and Dixie is tinder
water, and it is reported that traffic
Is disarranged.
Many Wrecks Are Sighted.
Havana. Sept. 15.?The captain of
the steamer 'Vigilance front Now York,
which arrived here yesterday, reports
that the vessel slghte'I many wrecks
on the Florida coast, or.e of them being
10 m'les north of Jupiter, where a
chooner has been wrecked. Her
crew Is ashore. Further south the
Standard Oil barge Is stranded, and
10 miles south a Spanish steamer from
Bllhoa Is broken In two. Still further
south e 4-masted schooner is ashore.
SNOWSTORM IN THE WEST.
For Twenty Four Moure Feather Flakee
Have Deen Falling.
Cheyenne. Wyo.. Sept. 15.?A heavy
nowatorm has been In progress here
litre Snndoy nnd sho-wr. no disposition
of abating.
A great deal of now hafi fallen, but
It melth almost as soon ns It, strikes
the ground.
From Laramie conies reports of a
fall of 18 Inches of snow during the
post 24 hours. Reports from the country
state that the grain crop in A! ;
bany county has been rni-nrtL
Almost a Dlizzard In Colorado.
Denver. Col., Sept. 15.?Reports from I
the northern part of the state are tn
the effect that a storm has prevailed
thore for the past 21 hours. In a
number of places snow fell and the
storm approached the proportion "f a
blizzard. In the mountains It has been
snowing for several days. In many '
places the snow Is reported to he 10
feet di'ep.
Will Try and Settle Trouble.
Denver, Sept. lo.?The N^ws today
ays: President John Mitchell, of the
ttnlted Mine Workers of America, will
b? In Denver the latter part of this
week to old In bringing nhout a settlement
<>i the trouble between the
gainers and operators In this district.
If this latter attempt falls a slrik*
WH1 be declarod. It Is declared- that
^r. Miteheil will stay hare to manage
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SERIOUS RIOT TAKES
I PEACE IH NEW YORK
| Preoieitated by Partisans of
Rival Taramanyitos.
hOwlinq mob in the streets.
Fight Ensued with Detsctivss and Policeman
In Which Many Wer? Injured,
One Man Perhaps Fatally.
I Qrcat Excitement Prevailed.
| Now York, Sept. IB.?One man roey !
die and sevoral ctliers aro seriously
| injured as a result of a most serious
. riot this city has experienced in many
] year on the eve of a primary contest.
The riot occurred at Fifth avenue
and Ono Hundred and Eighteenth
! street. Many shots were fired.
For more than an hour the street
was filled with a howling crowd of
partisans ot" Iasac A. Hopper and Daniol
J. O'Connell. rival candidates for
| the Tammany leadership In the ThlrI
ty-flrst assembly district. Robert
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I bromine, jormony a county detective
I ccn the stafT of District Attorney Jerome.
is In tho Harlem hospital with ft fracI
tared skull, one arm broken and. it
is feared. Internal Injuries which he
suffered when a mob kicked him Into
unconsciousness. He is not likely to
recover.
George Leonard, a policeman, Is
bruised about tho head and body and
was beaten almost into insensibility.
Half a dozen others were hurt, and
one man was shot in the leg.
i Between the followers of Hopper an.l
O'Ccnnell, tho rivalry lias been of the
I bitterest, and by midnight it had reached
a stage where a fight was imminent
! on tho slightest provocation. Upon
j the vote of tho neighborhood where
| the riot rook place depended the result
rf today's primary. A party of
Hopper workers had been canvassing
the district, and when they emerged
froru n saloon at Fifth avenue and
Eleventh street they discovered an
O'Connell banner across the way.
Forming a pyramid thoy reached ;
the banner and trampled It In tho
street.
Policeman Leonard, hearing the i
noire, ran up and plunging Into the !
crowd, seized two men nearest to him, (
but as ho started to drag his prls- j
oners away, the mob set on him and >
drove him hack until he had to release 1
one prisoner. The policeman was j
gradually forcing bis way to a doorway j
of a drug store, but was in ece straits |
when Crombio and William ltath came j
to his assistance. The fight was be- *
coming general when 30 policemen i
dashed into the mot), clubbing right j
and left and ouieklv nut ?n ???* ^
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the hostilities. Tho crowd dispersed j
and no arrests wo.ro ma do.
ORDER OF THE CARNATION. j
Named In Honor of President McKInley'6
Favorite Flower.
Now York, Sopt. 15.?Tlio second
annual mooting of the Ordor of tha
Carnation has he?n Tiold hi this city.
The organisation, was formed on the
first anniversary of tho death of President
McKinley, and was named in
honor of the president's favorite flower.
It alms to encourage young meg to
take an aetlvo part In polities In the
Interest of elean and efficient government.
It was deodar! to extend the
ordor from a state to a national organization,
and to tender tho presidency
to ex-T-loutennnt (Governor Timo
thy T>. Woodruff, of New York. It
was also unanimously resolved to offer
tho honorary ofTlee of chaplain tc
Archbishop Ireland, of St. Paul.
The ether officers elected were:
Chancellor, Edwatti R. F. Finch, cl
New York; vice president for New
York. Colonel Reuben L. Fox; vice
president for Connecticutt, Robert S.
Holden; vice president for Massachusetts,
F. F. Skinner; secretary, W. SRoot,
of New York: assistant secretary
registrar. A. V. Oalloglv. of New York;
treasurer. II. 11. Haichell, of New
York; historian, R. I.. Flurns, of New
York, and chairman finance committee.
I. Rosenberg, cf New York.
FATAL FIGHT IN SALOON.
Over Game of Cards One Man Klllstf?
Another Wounded.
Sheridan, Wyonv, Sept. 15.?Henry
Bhroeder, n saloon keeper, at Daton,
was shot and killed and F Itvird Slm6,
his bartender, seriously Injured by
Jock' Hanley. as the rfenlt of a 'dispute
concerning money lost at cards. At
he point of a gun Hundley compelled
the employes of a livery stalky to Middle
a horr.o for him and he |*oad away.
Ifanley was captured later by a posse
after his horse ltad been shot from
under him an>l his leg broken hy bullets
an'd was brought here and placed
in Jail.
Doctors Say Strange Case.
New York, Sept. 15.?After suffering
for a week all the tortures of hydrophobia
and exhibiting unmistakable
symptoms of tho disease. Thomas
Flynn is dead In a hospital here. Mr.
Flynn never had been bitten by a
dog, mad or otherwise. Tho doctors
say his is the first cn?o of the kind
on record.
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Court Tataea Up Civil Docket.
Macon,Gel. Sept. 16.?The city court
has completed t.he criminal docket, if
being ono of the largest In the recent I
history of the court, the civil docket
ivtm taken up. Jwlge Hodges presiding.
Th? civil docket U an extcnnWd
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STREETS OF DAWSON I
PAVES WITH HOLD;
Excitement Ih the Far Away
Alaskan Town.
PAY DIRT 26 CENTS TO PAN. i
Discovery Mad* by Men Hauling Gravel?'Klondike's
Output of Qold Thli
Yssr It is Estimated Will Total $1V
000,OCO?Dawson's Shipments.
Dawson. .Masks. Sont. 15.?'Excite
mont prevails here over tlve repoi*
that pay dirt running 25 cento to the
pan has beou struck at the head o!
Albert street, in the heart of the city
of Dawsoa. The discovery was made
by men haiiVrtg gravol tTc*n an pVi.
Thousands of yards from the sam?
pit has been scattered along th?
streets in grading, and since it all contains
more or less goM, it may literally
be said that the streets of Dawson
are paved with gold.
Klondike's Gold Output.
Dawson. Alaska. S^pt. 15.?The
Klondike's output of gold will be but
llt-tlc less this year than last. About
$10,000,'000 will leave this camp for the
eutsldo world, and the total may run
Up to $11,000,000. The shipments ol j
Dawson during August aggregated
$1,442,280.
OVATION TO PALMA.
Cuban President Given Ovation on His
Tour of Island. J
Puerto Principe, Cuba., Sept. 16.?
President 'Palma. after he started yesterday
from Havana on his tour ol
eastern Cuba, traversed leng stretches
or sparsely lnhabkeCi country. A!
every town ho was greeted by squadions
of mounted Cubans, received adVxesses
from the officials and i>arty
loaders, and was presented with /oudiets
by pretty senoritas, who mads
speeches of welcome.
The enthusiasm when the president :
entered the region in which opposition !
1o the administration was reputed tc !
be the strongest increased.
On President Palma's arrival at Pu
opto Principe last night the enltro '
vicinity of the elation was filled with 1
r. cheering ma?s of people of all col- |
<?rs and conditions. Nearly the whob- i
imputation followed the carriages eon- \
talnlftg tbe presidential party to tho
provincial building where Senor Palma
was formally welcomed. j
Commenting on the enthusiastic reception
accorded him, tho president
disclaimed that it was a tribute to
Jiis personal popularity. He said: !
"It is the result of the people's Joy
over the success of the republic. ?) |
the tribute Is tendered to me as tho
chief executive."
President 'Palma is making no '
speeches, except brief responses to addresses
of welcome. When local
speikers bring up the subject of the
revolutionary soldiers' pay, the status
of the matter Is courteously and brlofly
explained by the president.
BRITI9H CABINET MEETING.
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Decision on Fiscai Question Is Eagerly
Awaited.
London, Sept. 15.?In anticipation ol
today's cabinet meeting spectators
gathe?rcl early in I>ownlng street,'
evincing the suspense which prevails
in all quarters and which has been
heightened If anything, since yesterday
by the delay In the announce
mom of the fiscal doctelon which is so eagerly
a-wnfted. I
The 8t. James Gazette cays:
"We can confidently afllrm that the
final decision on the fiscal question
which was not arrived at yesterday.
The discussion may or may -not be re !
sumcd this afternoon, the meeting be 1
Ing called to discuss other matters,
but we have no hesitancy In saying
that further consideration will take
place before the government comes to
a definite conclusion on the /fiscal Issue.
If Mr. Chamberlain's propos-als
are not accepted, he will re&lgn hia
seat In the cabinet."
To Aid Macedonians.
Chicago, Sept. 15.?Protestant mfn
Isters of Chicago, meeting at the 1
Young Mfln's Christian association |
building. have agreed to aid the Ma- ' |
cedonlan relief fund and approved the I
work of tho Macedonian committee. 1
The delegation from the clergy was j
composed of representative* of the \
Mothodlst Fpiscopal, Baptist, Presby- i
terlan and Congregational churches. I
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Shot at Hog and Killed Daughter. 11
Mobile, Sept. lf>.?A Penaacola, Fla., j
special says that a woman r.amed :
Tapolla started to shoot a hog at her I
home at Gull Point. 8 miles east o! j
Fena-aeola, and UllleG her lfo-year-old ,
daughter Instantly, the entire load (
takln-g efTect.
Eleven Persons Burned.
I-on<:,on, Sept. 15.?A special dispatch I
to Christiana, Norway, says that ni
the reBuIt of n Arc In some business ]
premise# on Kongrnsgae ther etoday i
eleven people wcro burned to death I
Great damage was done to proporty. ]
Riot in Athens, Greece. I |
Alliens, Orceco, Sept. 15.?-A demor- j
Sftration in connection with the munlci j
pal elections was followed laat nlg-ht |
by a hand-to-hand street fight. Four j
teen persons were either killed oi J
sreuoded. ; L
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