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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
MARTINLQUEs HURRICANE.
Loss Of Life and Property Greater Than
at First Estimated.

at First Estimated.
PARIS, Aug. 21.-Additional details re-
ceived here this morning from St. Pierre,
the capital Of the Island of Martinique, the
French West Indian possession which was
visited by a terrible hurricane Tuesday
night last, show the facts already published
not only in no wey exaggerated, but that
they did not tell the full story of the
disaster. The number dead was originally
estimated at 60, with 100 injured. The
latest dispatches received here announce
that 2lS people had been killed in the coast
towns alone. The towns in the interior
have not been heard from as yet. There is
no doubt that the loss of life i'll the interior
towns has been as great, If not greater, than
in the coast towns 1t is impossible at pres
ent to make an estimate of the number of
people who have lost their lives through the
cyclonic disturbance, which did so much to
bring ruin and deSolation to the unfortu-
nate island.
STATE OF AFFAIRS ON THE ISLAND.
Official dispatches received here admit
that state of general CONSERVATION exists
throughout the island of Martinique, and
when this is admitted in official reports the
real state of affairs may be imagined.
The difficulty experienced in forming an
estimate as TO the number of people who
lost their lives Tuesday is greatly due to the
fact that the roads leading into and from
the interior of tho island have been
rendered absolutely impossible. The roads
are blocked in several cases for several
miles by fallen trees. Several days may
elapse before the government Of Mar
Unique is able Co give the home govern
ment detailed account of the disaster
which has fallen upon the inhabitants of
that island.
II is known. however that house7, crops
and trees from one end of Martinique TO tie
other have been lattened beyond hope Of
TecoYerY.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
TWO ooNvIcrs KILLEp.
A Desperate Attempt to Escape Fru
tratel by an Engineer.

A Desperate Attempt to Escape Frus-
tratel by an Engineer.
WALLA WALLA, WASH, Aug. 2L-A
desperate attempt was made at the peniten-
tiary yesterday afternoon by the convicts
to escape. William Gleason and John Nor
ris, convicts, were killed and another con-
vict wounded. A trainload of material was
run into the brickyard, and as soon as it
stopped several Of
THE CoNvIcTs SEIZED THE WARDEN
of the prison, while Others got into the en-
gine cab. The engineer. however, reversed
Bis engine and ditched the train, which
frustrated the original plan of the prison.
ers. The warden was being hurried away
to another gate by the convicts, when ehe
guards began shooting. The entire force
finally came to the rescue of the warden,
and after two men had been killed and an-
other wounded, order was restored.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
Monetary Troubles in Portugal.

LONDON, Aug. 21.--The Times publishes
a dispatch dated Lisbon, Aug. IA (which
the Portuguese authorities refused to trans.
nit, which declares that the money crisis is
becoming acute; that gold and silver have
disappeared from circulation and that
copper is very rare. The dispatch says that
there is great difficulty in cashing notes of
value of 5 pence. Money changers are ac-
cumulating coin and small notes. and are
re-selling the latter at premium of %
Tar cant
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22

EXPLOSION OF GIANT POWDER.
Bodies Found at Distance OF $50
Feet From the Scene,

Bodies Found at Distance OF 16O
Feet From the Scene.
BURKE. IDAHO, Aug. 2l.-Two hundred
pounds Of giant powder exploded at the
mouth of the tower tunnel of the Black Bear
near here, Wednesday. with terrible effect.
Four men were imprisoned at the breast of
the drift by the rock which caved In and
were sutfocated. Bodies of four other miners
are not yet found, but all hope of finding
them alive is given up. The explosion was
terrific, tearing up the earth and caviug In
the tunnel for a distance of 100 feet
The reScuing parties recovered the dead
bodies Of g. McNeill, general manager; John
Jense, assistant manager; Robert Black
burn and John Barrons, miners. Four we're
blown TO atoms. Jense is a brother of one
of the proprietors and Blackburn was Sec
retary OF the Central Miners Union at
Burke
JUST HOW THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED
cannot be ascertained, but IL 10 supposed
that lighted candle or FIRE from o pipe
dropped into the box containing the powder
or fuse by some one passing was the cause.
-Four cases, POO sticks each, exploded almost
simultaneously. Black Bear is located half
way between Wallace aud Burke on what
is known as Canyon creek, near the town
of Gem.
The bodies of tho men recovered we're
found at distance of $50 feet from the
mouth of the tunnel.
Blackburn and Barrows we're found near
the wreck smothered by gas from the ex.
plosion. They had evidently been in the
rear end of the tunnel, and hearing the OK
plosion came forward and tried TO open a
passageway, but we're overcome by the gas.
A short time before relief came voice was
heard by the men outside saying: FOR
Gods sake, hurry up"
McNeill was a young man, an assayer
and a mining man of considerable promise
and had been in charge of the mine about a
month. Peter Jense was a prominent rail-
road contractor. The miners were working
on contract to extend the tunnel when the
accident occurred.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
Exhibition Of the Relic.

TREvEs, Aug. 21.-The day has been
marked throughout by a continuous pro-
cession Of pilgrims passing into the cathe-
dral to SEQ The holy coat" The Catholic
papers urge the pilgrims not to buy relics
from Protestants, as they ridicule the coat
although they are glad to profit by the ex-
hihitiOn
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
Floods in Missouri.

MACON CITY. Mo-, Aug. 2L-Heavy
rains that have fallen within two or tnree
days have overhowed Muscle Fork and
Charlton river in this tNacon) county, end
the water in the bottoms is now six feet
deep, and extends from hill to hill. The
wheat, oats and hay crops standing in the
bottoms are floating away. The fences are
completely wrecked aud corn destroyed. A
large number of cattle and other live stock
were caught in the bottoms and drowned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
A credit OF S15OOO. 600 vote1.

BRUSSELS, Aug. 21-On the premier's
fervent appeal on the ground of the neces-
sity of defending the countrv's neutrality,
the senate to-day, by q large majority,
voted credit af Sl5.000OO0 to fortify the
Meuse river, but censured Gen. Brialnont,
the minister Of war, for undertaking the
cost of the work
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
THE TIMES VIEW.
me "Thurderer's" Ideas of American
Politics and Politicians.

4ne Thur derer's" Ideas of American
Politics and Politicians.
LONDON, Aug. 2l.-The Times, in an ar
sicle on American politics, says: "The
I9lnocrats are more likely to conquer
iIsalnst Secretary Blaine and Mai. McKin-
W., oy propounding a sober programme
70 p'.u vi sober representative than by trying
sDS sululate the appeals to the American flag
- fvI.u lue magnificent achievements of electri-
FlHg diplomacy
p, alter crediting President Harrison with a
;TIiauiul T;ul hiding Of his disappointment. the
t"ss M remarks'that the office of President
bl,. sooerlng influence which will proha-
too, Tone ;on down the vivaoity of the mauifcs-
sboniS S iIeSIed S in Secrstary Blaine's interest,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
Norfollx's Public Building Site.

WAsHINGToS, Aug. 81. - Supervising
select site for ths public building at Nor
folk, Va, has made a report TO Assistant
Secretary Crounse. recommending tse To-
cation OF the building at the southwest
corner Of Atlantic and Plume streets.
This properly Is offered to the government
by n. Burrust for 100000 Mr.. Edbrooke
thinks the price excessive. aud recommends
that the property be secured by oondemua-
ton proceedings.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
A storm ia the British Channel.

LONDON, Aug. 2l.-A terrific storm is
raging in the British channel tonight. Tho
sea has greatly damaged the public squares
az Havre, and the Frazcate baths have
been washed away.
A bark has been wrecked at Yport and
four of her crew drowned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
SENT INTO EXILE.

THO Manipur Regent and Prince TAKEN
to the Andaman Islands.
CALCUTTA, Aug. 2l.-Th9 Jubrai, or
Manipur regent, who was the leader of the
attack upon the British residency at Man
ipur, and Prince Angoa Sena. whose SEN
tonces of death were commuted by the
viceroy of India to transportation
for life and forfeiture of property.
yhave been sent Into exile
on.t the Andaman Islands The authorities
atsManipur were obliged to have the men
removed from prison secretly by night to
avoid possible disturbances or an attempted
rescue. The Andam1n Islands are penal
colony devoted to East Indian criminals.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
Improperly Packed Carpoes.

''TIps>NS4t 1891, bVithe N. Y. associated Press.)
potiso5 otii9sn53eN, SI, Aug. 2l.-The government has
rn,ni..u ,,eu or Julian Pauucefose. tie British
corro" ,~,sser az Washington, as a result of long
under ponuence with the LIoyds, to bring
msn. .i no hollce of tho Washington govern
coito,' 'ne question of improper packing of
>'''On cargoes for England.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
A Concession Withdrawn.

BELGRADE, Aug. 21.-The Servian gov
ernment has withdrawn the concession
gra tied to London syndicate for the hog
Slaughter houses, because tie work was
not begun in the stipulated time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
AN UNWILLING AERoNAUr.
a Negro Helper Carried to Hight OF
5000 Feet.

5000 Feet.
WILMINGTON, N. c., Aug. 2l.-A most
remarkable balloon ascension was made
yesterday afternoon at Carolina Beach, a
summer resort fifteen miles bslow Whining
ton. Charlie Williams, a negro helper to
the aeronaut, Bream, became entaugled in
the guys to the balloon just as it was ready
for ascension. While struggling to re-
lease himself the balloon suddenly
shot upward, leaving the professional aero
naut on the ground and carrying the terri-
fed negro to hight of 5000 feet. The
balloon fell mile away. and it was sup
posed that Williams had been killed, but
Just before reaching the ground he sue
ceeded in diSentangling himself from the
ropes, jumped away and escaped unhurt.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
EARTHQUAKES IN ST. Louis.
Three Shocks Severe Enough to Rock
Houses and Freak Windows.

Three Shocks Severe Enough to Rock
Houses and Freak Windows.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 21.-Three distinct
shocks Of earthquake were felt here last
night. So far as can be learned the dis
turbance was noticed only in the western
part Of tho city. The shocks we're preceded
by thunder and lightning. but no rain fell
Mercury fell Is just before the shock, the
first of which was severe enough to rock
houses and break crockery and windows
This was followed by two moro shocks. The
time Of the disturbance was S:45 o'clock.
HOUSES TREMBLE IN ILLINOIS.
JERsEYvILLE, ILL, Aug 21.-This local.
ity was visited hy an earthquake last Tues
day, which was sensibly felt during the
electrical storm, but il was supposed to be
the vibrations Of heavy thunder. and this
was followed by another shock ct O'Clock
last night. Houses trembled, and some
persons vera badly frightened. The vibra-
tions were from east to west.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
THOUG at IT FUN.
Boys Make Three Attempts to Wreck
q PASSENGER Train.

B0ys Mako Three AttemptS 70 WEeck
a Passenger Train.
NEBRASKA CITY, NEB., Aug. 21.-The
would-be wreckers Of the Burlington ard
Missouri passenger train at Grafton station.
east of Beatrice, have been arrested. They
proved to be two boys. They piled ties and
stones on the tracks three times for
the purpose of wrecking this train, but
each tirno failed. They confessed TO the deed,
but could give no reason save that they had
read of others doing this Kind OF work and
thought it would DO fun. They are sons of
well-to-do farmers residing near the rail-
rond. and both are we'll educatsd
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
frances Fleet Meneuversd nadlv.

IN tol;nl toGlI;ishoUTH, Aug. 21.-The French fleet.
British ts,e position between the two lines of
inr ''or nro',a war ships, OFF Spithead this morn
eavered '''bIaeUry ba5Iy to the naval review, man
broadsida % and the vessels swung
very ronoS "a Dy the current. The sea was
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
Marinur,s Native ruler.

SrMI.A, Aug. 21.-A decree has been
issued in which the queen announces That
she foregoes the right to annex Manipur.
The viceroy will choose q native ruler of
Manipur.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
The Continued az Per cents.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-The amount of
a. per cent. bonds continued at 2 per cent.
to date Is $50. III $50. There are about
SS,00o000 of ~ per cents. still held by ma
tional banks that will undoubtedly be pre-
sented for continuance.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
Burned to Death.

BosToN. MASS, Aug. 2l.-The summer
village of Ocean Spray, in the town Of Win
throp, was partially destroyed by fire to-
day. Two men who were asleep in stable
were burned to death.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
Live stoce Dealers Assign.

FoRr WORTH, TEX. Aug. 21.-Young s.
Kuhn, I've stock commission dealers, have
assigned. Their Liabilities are $50, 0,0UO aud
their assets 100000.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
Judge Spears Daughter Dead

RIVER JUNCTION, FLA, Aug. 2l.-
Della, the little daughter of Judge H. H.
Spear, died tonight at SAD o'clock Of
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
TEXAS ALLIANCE MEN.
The Ocala Platform Ratihsd by a
Unanimous Vote.


Unanimous Vote.
DALLAS, TEX, Aug. 2l.-The Texas
state alliance te,day ratified every plank in
the Ocala platform by an unanimous vote.
The election of officers resulted in the re-
election of Evan Jones president, and the
Endorsement of his administration.
All anti-Sub-treasury alliancemen here
have been refused the privileges of the floor
and have called a meeting of their own.
Nearly all the delegates to the alliance con-
Yention are for third party.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22

The committee to report about The state
organ recommended that this be published
by annual contract. There was lot of
discussion. Several speakers called for
some consideration Of the fact that the
present owner of the Southern Alliance
Farmer would be stranded financially by
such a method. Finally, upon motion of
Vice President Wilson, a committee COM
posed Of Messrs. Livingston, Calvin and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22

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Southern live-stock journal. (Starkville, Miss.) 1876-1891, 1891-05-14
NO. 81

proving beyond a question of
doubt that the borer had caused
the death Of the stalk. My house
keeper destroy ed the other fifty sup
posing they were of no service.
Four years ago neighbor owned
five acres of land adjoining my home
in Troy. He planted it in cotton.
By the first of October one-half of it
was dead. bought the little farm
and planted it in sorghum for two
years. Last year I planted it in
cotton, and not stalk died.
This is another proof that it is
borer, ,and that the sorghum destroys
the borer as well as the crayfish.
A question: What prevented the
potatoes from rotting, what destroy
ed the crayfish, what prevented the
cotton plant from dying? Ifyou be-
ieve my statements to be true, you
must admit it was the sorghum.
/ have read the reports from our
experiment station. but cannot in
dorse them. They are scientific,
but not practical. IF I understand
their position it is that plant could
die at any age, and all the plants
would die at the same time.
/ hope none but scientific men
will criticise this article. A scien-
tifc man is always a gentleman. All
/ ask is fair showing to reply
O. O. Searcy in Texas Stockman and
Farmer.
Southern live-stock journal. (Starkville, Miss.) 1876-1891, 1891-05-14
STARKVILLE, MISS, MAY IA, 1891.

cotton the first of June, and not one
stalk would blight. Now there is a
cause for all this, independent of
toe chemical properties of the soil.
The reader will permit me to di-
gress little just here, ,and introduce
the sweet potato. I do so for pur-
pose, to-wit, that the potato that
blights or rots in this section is pro-
duced by or from borer. In 1852
the New Orleans Medical Journal
published a communication from
old DR.. Cartwright in which he said
that the crushed or waste sugar cane
from the mills, if thrown on the
levies would drive away the.cray-
fish. This statement had to be true,
as the old Doctor never made any
mistakes. There is another fact
connected with the sweet potato,
and that is it does not rot until it is
about grown; the vines show no sign
of decay, but throw out new roots
near the top of the ground, and
sometimes they make potatoes large
enough to eat.
If the ribbon cane would drive
away vermin, we decided to test the
virtues of sorghum. / had neigh
Dor who had planted one acre of
potatoes which if he had dug them
early in the fall, would have yield
ed at least one hundred bushels, but
he delayed digging until the middle
of December, which is the usual
time in this country, and he did not
get five bushels they had rotted. /
advised him to try the sorghum.
He did so. Sowed it broadcast and
very thick; got two crops of hay. He
turned the stubble early in the fall,
again in June. Planted the potatoes
(slips) in April and May, and not
one of them rotted. He harvested
one hundred bushels OF fine pota-
toes. related this fact to R. NJ.
Elgin of Houston, some time since,
who replied that German living
near Houston had told him he had
been testing the virtues of the sor-
ghum with similar success.
Robert Elliott, of this county, had
a marshy spring branch running
through his pasture near six hun
dred yards, which three years ago
for fifty feet wide was almost one
solid bed of cray-fish. That tall he
made sorghum molasses at the head
of the branch, and in order to get
rid of the crushed cane it was thrown
Southern live-stock journal. (Starkville, Miss.) 1876-1891, 1891-05-14
VOL. XIV.
Root Rot In Cotton.


Root rot in cotton and what caus-
es or produces it, is the subject of
this article. To the farmers of Tex
as this is question superior and
above all others, for the reason that
we lose at least one-tenth, if not one
eighth every year from blight. This
loss is annually thousands of dollars
to our farmers. For this reason l
am prompted to write this article,
hoping, as | have been investigating
cotton blight for near forty years,
that I may be able to throw some
light on the subject, or at least offer
a thought or suggestion that will
enable some scientist to investigate
and decide for certainty the cause
of root rot, and give us a remedy for
the same.
began this investigation in Cald-
well county, Texas, in 1851. I
found first that the cotton plant died
on all the lands in that county, save
and except the valley lands that
overaowed once in every two or
three years, or low, marshy lands.
The sandy, the red, the black hog
wallow or the chocolate lands, all
suffered pretty much alike. learn
ed second that the plant died or
blighted in patches or circles; that
invariably one or two stalks would
first blight and in tour or five days
the nearest stalks to those would
show signs of decay, and so on. I
noticed in the third place that the
cotton plant did not die until it was
OF certain age; the early planting
died sometime before the late.
These facts led me to the conclusion
that the blight was produced by an
insect, perhaps borer. I was sat-
isfed beyond doubt that there was
no property in the soil to produce
this blight, for if SO the cotton plant
would have died at all ages, and in
one portion of the field as we'll as in
patches or circles, and would con-
tinue to die until frost. Another
notable fact in root rot is, the tip
end of tnc root first shows signs of
decay and>all the root is in state
of decomposition before the top
shows any sige of disease. have
seen plenty ofcotton that was plant
ed the last of March, and by the
first of S, Ltemy,r or -rou-th of the
cotton pl.:.',i wnn'd hr dead.
have seen the same lid l.ianl,l in
Southern live-stock journal. (Starkville, Miss.) 1876-1891, 1891-05-14

Don't fail to write for the paper.
Agriculture is ajoint stock company.
Rural communities should CO.
operate and bring their united
support to bensfcial agencies. Quail
ify yourselves, or at least qualify
your boys and girls for important
service by acquiring some knowl-
edge of botany, geology, entomolo-
gy and chemistry. that will enable
you to make very useful observa-
tions and discoveries. Condense
your communications, leave out ands,
adjectives, applications, apologies;
never use five words where four
will do just as well. Never use q
long word when a short one express
ses just as much. Working for the
paper, you work for yourself and
everybody else.-Farm and Home.
Southern live-stock journal. (Starkville, Miss.) 1876-1891, 1891-05-14

into the branch; the freshets washed
the cane along down the branch.
Elliott informed me few days ago
that the last crayfsh was gone.
I mention these facts to prove that
it is an insect that causes the potato
to rot, and not because there is some
chemical property in the earth that
produces it, and that the sorghum
not only drives away the crayfsh,
but also kills or drives away other
vermin that are injurious to pota-
toes, cotton, etc.
have stated in the beginning of
this article that was convinced that
cotton blight was produced by q
borer, and not from any property
that was in the soil. and now for
the proof.
Believing SO strongly that it was
a borer that blighted the cotton
plant, procured good glass and
went into the cotton fields to find it.
I found where it made its home and
reared its young. I found that the
borer entered the cotton stalk about
one inch below the surface and bor-
ed to the pith of the stalk, which in
nearly every instance was absent for
about one quarter of an inch. This
induced me to believe that the borer
had deposited its eggs in the pith
and the young had used it for food
until they were matured. 1t is for
this reason that the borer never at
tacks the plant until the pith is old
enough and large enough to support
it's young. I did not find the borer
for this reason: l only examined
stalks that showed signs of decay.
l am now satisfied that the young
borer is matured and leaves the stalk
before the plant shows any sign of
disease.
l wish to make one statement Just
here, that all plants and shrubs that
die from the effects of the borer first
show signs of disease, at the root,
and no plan. ever sprouts from the
root that is killed by borer.
Three years ago / sent my little
boy to the cotton field with my glass
TO bring me one hundred specimens
that were perfect, each one having a
perfect hole bored to the. pith. He
was only gone one hour and return
ed with the specimens as per order.
| split one-half of them. I found
the hole went to the pith, and that
one-half-inch of the pith was gone,
Southern live-stock journal. (Starkville, Miss.) 1876-1891, 1891-05-14

The prospects for large crop of all
the cereals is very good in Indiana,
according to the report of Sec. Bag
ley of the Indiana State Board of Ag-
riculture.