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HURRJcANE DE5TUc17oN- PENSACOLA 1906

qutetude and haZiness of the atmosphere.
The next forerunners are an advance guard
of cirrus clouds-those delicate. white. eon-
gated faathery forms of vapor which the
surveying Instruments of the weather bu-
reau discover to be the highest and fastest
flying Of a.! clouds. Several hours before
their appearance a dead calm often exists.
The barometer begins to rise and all con-
ditions point to fair weather.
A Lure to Deceive.
This is the lure of the storm monster to
deceive the unwary shipmaster The ocean S
shores are lined with the bones of ships that
took no warning from that bright, dead
calm and rising barometer" Thus one of
our weather experts aptly put it. But the
experienced mariner pays close heed to
his glass at this time, and has all hands
ready for an emergency. He knows that
his suspicious are correct If soon the at
mospherc commences to haze up and the
procession of feathery cirrus has COM
menced to move up toward the zenith.
Next springs up breeze whose direction is
opposite to that of the spreading clouds.
This wind, which he knows is being sucked
toward the center Of the approaching hur-
ricane, next brisks up; the barometer be-
gins to sag and presently omlnous back
clouds darken the horizon and the hurri-
cane is In sight.
Hurricanes Deceptive Eye.
1t comes as an enormous whirlpool of
wind. moving northward at express train
spesd-a velocity so great. indeed that
twenty-four hours often suffice for 1t to leap
from the Gulf of Mexico into the north
Atlantic. If unable to steer away from
the hurricanes center. this EYE" of the
great vortex sudd enly appears after a ter
rifle blow of many hours and offers Its lure
to the seaman for during the passing of the
eye of the storm the barometer shows a
rise. the atmosphere clears and there is
comparative calm. To all appearances the
storm has passed and all this hope may be
offered for an hour or two. But all OF a
sudden the idly shifting wind starts in for a
southerly gale. then rapidly shifts to the
west and finally to the northwest.
The central eye of the great vortex has
passed and the other half of the great
whirlwind is to be encountered. The wind
usually blows with greater fury during the
passing of this latter half of the storm
than 1t does while the first half is being
encountered. The faster the barometer
goes up the more severe will be the blow
rain mark the passage OF these storms and
cover a very wide area on all sid 8 of the
vortex.
The general direction Of the hurricane Is
being studied. From Its place of formation
1t first starts westward and hence Is car
r!ed across the Antilles and into the Carib-
bean sea. During this passage OF the An
TILES 1t may entirely devastate one island
and yet that directly adjacent may escape
without wreck or casualty. Reaching the
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latitude of Florida or the Bahamas, 1t
curves either into the Gulf Of Mexico or
eastward OF Florida and directly into the
Atlantic. Approaching the gulf stream its
center usually follows a course nearly par
allel with TINS current and follows that
course northeastward beyond the region Of
observation, somewhere in the North At
lantic.
When It Comes Inland.
But if caught in the gulf the hurricane
demon often escapes inland, over the gulf
states and northward to the great lakes.
then out of the st. Lawrence valley But
down the Mississippi valley nature appears
to have drawn an invisible, magic line. If
the monster crosses this his backbone is
broken and the fury of his breath dissolves
into the gentle zephyrs of autumn But the
nearer he approaches the Atlantic seaboard
or the great lakes the more terrible his fury
wakes. We have no Atlantic mort whose
sands not blackened by the ashes NJ
ships fallen victim to his wrath His great
est fury Is usually expended before he
passes out of the Caribbean or the gulf and
into the Atlantic. Once seeing a clear ocean
course up the Atlantic coast he usually in
creaSes his diameter from few hundred
to one thousand or two thousand miles
ana grows somewhat more docile. But his
abstraction is now felt over a wider area
w hile remaining at sea he retains his circu-
lar form, but while passing over the land
this conformation becomes broken.
Velocity Of $50 Miles Per Hour.
The wind veloclties in these enormous
Whirlpools of fair range from so to $50
miles an hour. the greater velocities usually
occurring over the ocean. At our southern
ports it sometimes exceeds 100 miles per
hour-two miles per minute-but this great
force comes usually in puffs of only a few
seconds duration. During the great hurri-
cane of September 1921 last year the wind
maintained velocity of seventy miles an
hour for whole hour at Pensacola which
was rare for such continued hurricane
gale, which rarely exceeds mile "a minute
velocity. eXerting pressure of eighteen
pounds on each square foot of surface ex-
posed to 1t. In the great hurricane of Au-
gust II. 1893. the wind at Charleston ex-
ceeded 100 miles an hour for few minutes
Causes Tidal Waves.
The so-called tidal waves accompanying
autumnal hurricanes are often quite as
disastrous these terrific winds. For
some time before the hurricane center ap-
proaches the wind blows a gale from the
northeast for a great distance over the
ocean, and this continuous pressure banks
the water up against the coast to a con-
tides often inundate and destroy property
They frequently occur without warming
the passing hurricane being too far off at
sea to be detected even by instruments.
The great hurricane Of 1903 broke all rec
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ords on the Atlantic coast by causing a
storm tide over eight feet above normal on
the Georgia coast The record storm tides
of other points have been eight feet at
Buffalo in 1889 and at Mobile in 1905: seven
feet al Mobile. 1888; 6S feet. South Carolina,
1893. The record storm tide for Massachu-
setts was 80 feet. at Boston, in 1851 and
for New Jersey about four feet above nor
NAL, at Sandy Hook. in the September
| hurricane of 1889. These figures. obtained
from the coast survey, will appear surpris-
ingly, small to many people who have read
popular accounts of hurricane tides based
upon the action of surface pillows, which
carry water and drift far above the gen.
eral level of the storm wave. A vessel. for
instance, drawing eight feet may be car
ried by successive pillows across a marsh
submerged Only four feet beneath the gen.
eral stormtide level. Published statements
of hurricane tides coasts reaching
ten or twelve feet above ordinary high
water mark are based on estimates from
which the height of the pillows is not elm
mated
Historic American Hurricanes
Since the discovery history has chroni-
cled great tropical hurricanes too numer-
Gus to mention. One of the most notable
Of early times was that OF 1885, which
devastated the Island Of Martinique-the
scene of the record eruption Of Mont Pelee
and destroyed the dwelling of Josephine,
afterward the wife of Napoleon Bona
pdrte anu empress OF the french. jose
phine was then but three years old but
the terrors of the awful storm are said to
have haunted her through life. Her family
carried her to an artificial cave. or hurri-
cane house, where they found refuge from
the mad winds. which RACED their house
to the ground. but which left the walls of
an old sugar mill in which the future en-
press lived during the next ten years of her
life. In st. Pierre. the capital of the
island. ninety persons persisted in that
storm, under the ruins of their houses and
double that number were wounded. Twenty
eight French and seven English vessels
and scores of canoes were wrecked
Fifty vessels of French fleet with 500
soldiers aboard were wrecked in the same
waters by a great hurricane in 1850. which
also sank two British men-of-war in Mona
passage. west of Porto Rico. and killed
16. 600 persons in Martinique, St. Lucia and
Jamaica. A great hurricane and tidal
wave in 1867 had considerable bearing on
our countrys history. 1t devastated the
We were then negotiating. and after our
legislators learned that one Of our war
ships in the harbor had been swept high
and dry, amid the wreckage of hundreds
of dwellings ashore, they changed their
minds and voted against the purchase. A
similar hurricane in 1888 swept the coast
of Cuba and killed 600 persons In Sagua
la Grande alone. In 1891 the Inflated Mar
Unique was more completely prostra ted
than in the terrific hurricane of Josephine's
time. Fishermen off shore encountered Just
previous to the outburst an immense tidal
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inent in Delaware politics. and is chairman
of the republican state committee.
He is blamed for the consolidation Of all
the companies in the United States into the
one great trust, and undoubtedly he had
big part In the most recent consolidation
But T. Coleman will be able to show, in
fact the Attorney Generals cont entions es-
tablish that it was in 1872 that the first
effort In this direction was made long be-
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siderng that as a United States official he
would assist in giving his own firm the
huge yearly government contracts that are
the biggest feature of the Du Pont bust
ness
But this withdrawal has not sufficed to
protect Col. Du Pont from government
ohastisement, for he is named as one of the
defendants who must answer in court
Col. Du Points cousin. r. Cole Du
POnt, present head of the f1rm Is also prom
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ALEXIS I DUPONT. Asst Treas
OF THE DUPONT POWDER Co

ditions were imposed in 1885, 1891 and 1896
This policy of absorption continued until
finally the Du Pont control of the powder
making business was as absolute the
Standards domination of OIL In his battle
to break this trust, the Attorney General
has asked for receiver, a novel move.
The battle will be bitterly contested for
the Du Points have lmitless resources
which will be drawn to the full to pre-
vent the smashing of the exclusive trust
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family at the present time are T. Coleman
ID. Du Pont. head of the firm. and Col.
Henry A. Du Pont, whose election as
United States senator put final period to
the grotesoue ambitions of j. Edward Ad-
dicks to win the seat that a Bayard and
Gray had adorned
When Col Du Pont was sent to the Sem
ate he at once announced his retirement
from the powder-making concern a step
which he could hardly have avoided, con-
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1ore L. Coleman Du Point was old enough to
know trust from a stock company.
The first pool Of powder manufacturers
inaugurated in 1872 under the direction Of
the Du Points. acknowledged heads of the
business In this country continued without
interruption or change till 1881 Then a
new and more binding agreement was
formed by which it was agreed to keep up
prices and force out competitors. New con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-14
MREcK OF PENSACOLA
EnRAMKf1ElNT
HURRICANE LAST
- SEpTEMBER,

wave. which some stated to be 100 feet
high. and which was followed by a smaller
one. although the sea In the vicinity was
quite calm.
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SMASHPOWDERTR TRUST
Bonaparte and the Most Exclu-
sive of the Trusts.
ORGANIZED FOR A CENTURY
Founded 5y Eleuthere Irenee Du Point
de Nemours.
CONSOLIDATION OF COMPANIES
Contest to Be Bitterly Waged Be-
tween the Attorney General and
the Wealthy Owners.
CONSOLIDATION OF COMPANIES


Attorney Genera! Go9aparte succeeds
In ms announcer determination to
S'HaSh the powder trust =" VIII win a
- N',"'S over th' mos exclusive trust
WIZ! "hiSH thc-e SAN ever had t" deal.
i'i' PS'''r5 III iA!S case mention MSS OF
Companies VINO nave add IN violating the
SHERMAN ANTITRUST Jaw ana seventeen IN
"'-"'''!9 are h'Htu as oe'ehhahls IN the
suns scout 90 2" fF'GS''' h"t as Il matter
o. tact th' A2lte IS between '"n taited
stats government ana IN l'i Fonts
Ire powder trust ana IN bu Points are
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Held On TO Business.

Eut the first Du Pont was loyal to the
ideas OF cxclusiveness on which he had
based his venture. This was first. last and
all time to be a firm of Du Points. Du
Points should bear all the losses and enjoy
MI the profits. All that would be permitted
to outsiders. and by outsiders was meant
all persons not wearing the charmed name
was to buy powder the firm made
But Du Pont I'LL branch out during the
war The upper Hagl"y mills were COM
menced in 1872. and by the time the con-
fiict ended tn" earnings of tho venture had
put the company far beyond the danger of
future reverses
So great was the prosperity that thirteen
years after the end Of the war the lower
naglcy mills were installed
When he died. in 1874 the founder of the
business left a carefully conceived plan BY
which the firm to be maintained en-
tigrly IN the interest of the Du POnt family.
His son. Alfred Du Point assumed CON
troll Alfred was vigorous and an able
business man. who carried along the affairs
NJ the company in a manner worthy OF his
sire. Hls monument is to be found in the
mills in 'he Lower Brandywine. which he
built in 1876
II has always been the pride Of each sue
Ceefiing bead of the firm TO erect some new
mills which should survive as a lasting
proof that the business was not being per-
rIittcd to slump
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How the Idea Came.

la P"Ht first went to Newport. and com
ing Into contact with military men heard
everywhere complaint over the poor quail
lily Of American powder. He had studied
ias manufacture of explosives in France
though more as an amateur than with any
idea of turning his information into practi-
cal Us. But now he faced a situation
VIII =" 1t was imperative that he have a
mans OF livelihood
Thomas Jefferson. then President 90 the
United States, hal ben the close friend Of
Du Points father AMI to the chief cXrcu-
tive I'u Font went TO get aid for his
project
Jefferson offered little acknowledgements. but
bu Poat was determined 20 make the ex-
pertinent He went to France and bought
some improved machinery. This nj ship
ped 10 Wilmington. Del, having decided it
better place for the Industry than New
port
Here nc erected the fret mills which are
st.li In active operation as part of the pres
cut plant
From It's inception the project plospered
~ $50 a capital of $1,000 was invested in
the enterprise and the mills gave employ
III mi to thirty-six men
Then 0puortunely for the powder bust
mss Ioug came the second war with Great
Britain. the conflict of 1912. Tncle Sam
needed ammunition in liberal quantities
with which to drive back the British OH
laaG aud sea.
The litlIe mills could not turn out the
powder fast enough. and Washington was
p purchaser to- the entire capacity
Attracted to tn" success of the Du Pont
c'.Ier1rtsc. many wealthy man now offered
:" assist and were willing to pay literally
for an interest.
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Brother Succeeds Him.

Alfred Du Pont remained in charge until
1850 and when he died. in natural order.
another Du Pont took the helm this one.
Cen. Henry Du Pont a brother of Alfred
Gen. Henry remained at the helm for
thirty-ninc years. TIL he died in 1850 Dur
Ing his term of office the enormous profits
OF the civil war were turned into the firms
Golfers
After Col Henry caime Eugene Du Pont.
who died in 1850. and now the head OF the
frm is T. Coleman Du Point
This brief glance az the Chieftains OF the
famous company shows that never for
even brief interval have Du Points passed
out of control
And there are still plenty of them left to
assume the helm. no matter what may hap
pen.
In the suit OF the United States govern
ment aaginst the powder trust Attorney
eleven members of the family who are
sufficiently capable business men TO have
aided in perfecting and maintaining a COM
binatlon Illegally in restraint {. trade"
These are Alexis Du Pont Alfred |. On
FoRt Eugene Du Pont. L. f. Du Point II
ADu Point Irene Du Pont. II. F. Du Pom:
=. :. Du Pont. F. L. Du Pont. T. G.. Du
Pout and Victor Du Pont. jr.
This list demonstrates hat in the CEN
tary in which II has controlled the powder
trade OF the country the family has lost
nothing In numbers. vitality and business
skill
Present Leading Du Points
10
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Fried Apples.

These are also excellent served with any
form of pork. Select large, firm apples
rather tart and wash without pairing. Core,
cut in slices half an inch thick, then brown
in pork fat or butter. turning with pam
cake turner SO as not to break They should
be tender but not broken. II preferred, a
trifie sweet, sprinkle sugar and cinnamon
over the uncooked side just before turning.
Fried apples are especially nice with fried
nnrk oil
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sing not TIE f:uitage 81 old Nucata1
Inc ciiron of Spain or The piu,na OF Jao,u
ne -"Fiua orange uay glow in the S,u.g
ne peach OF New Jersey may melt ID. t..u~ ,naufh
ire broad breasted qunoe has a heaven, smell
ANA love CAliforn'a'S arr!cotS we'll.
banana Of Nassau and Nilacv CRANES
In clustering richness aud rASIShing sla.c.
They're besut!fui all hut bepraisn Them v.,, yyII
fuddN d monarch uutrpuks them an stiI
fruit universal. coeval With man
lis the blessed Did alnlr, Eaasay II Who an
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Apple Croquettes.

Apple Croquettes.
Put over the fire in a saucepan one cup
stale bread crumbs and a half cup milk
Cook, stirring constantly, until smooth.
then add one large apple chopped fine. and
dozen almonds, ground, the yolks Of two
eggs beaten with tablespoonful sugar,
a tablespoonful lemon juice and the grated
yellow rind of half n lemon. Cook until
thickened. then turn out on to "A platter to
cool. When quite cool form into cro-
quotes; roll In fine crumbs and fry in
smoking hot fat. Serve with caramel sauce
maple SWIM OF WONDERED snYnr
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Indian Apple Pudding.

Peel and core a dozen tart apples. Scad
a quart of milk. then add quart OF Indian
meal. mixing and cooking carefully for
several moments Add teaspoonfu! salt.
a cupfui each molasSes and finely chopped
suet. then pour over the apples arranged in
a buttered baking dish. Bake a couple OF
hours. tbs is southern dish commonly
known as annie pone
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Baked Apples to Serve With Meat
Wash and core tart apples. then fill with
equal parts crumbs and mushrooms. Sea-
son with catsup or fine herbs as preferred.
Put bit of butter or toc of each apple,
add little water 20 the baking pan and
bake until tender.
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Scotch Apple Tart.

Peel and core half dozen tart apples
and place In crock in a slow oven. add
ing neither water nor sugar. When tender
mix in Sultana raisins. allowing quarter
of pound to each pound Of apples. Turn
into a deep baking dish. sprinkle with sugar
and grated lemon; cover with a top crust,
pricking well to allow for the escape OF
steam. and bake In a quick oven. Serve with
milk.
English Apple Tart.
Peel and core tart apples, put into large
saucepan, cover with boiling water: stew
gently until the apples are tender. but I'M
broken. Line the edges OF a deep pie tin
with crust then fill the center of the dish
with apples. dropping into the center Of
each spoonful of orange marmalade.
Cover the top Of the dish with strips of pas
try arranged lattice fashion and bake
quickly until brown. Serve hot.
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BREAKFAST
Fakei Apples with Cream.
Cereal.
'riSY'd Salt Pork aai Fried Ap. les
Top Overs.
Coffee.
DINNER.
Pepp"rpot
RBdishes. Sailed Popcorn
Roast Beef Yorkshire Pudding
Drowned Potatoes
Baked stuffed Tumatora
Cucumbers with French Dressing
Green Apple Pie. Cheese.
Coffee.
SUPER.
Cold Beef with Horse Radish
Cream Toast.
Apple Sauce. trullsrs. Dutch ( lTrSe
Chocolate.
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Signs Marking It's Approach.

Certain signs marking the herricane's
approach are being noted by our meteoroio-
gsts The first untoward symptom is
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-07
Contract Work on the Canal.

Only four bids were put in for the
Job Of constructing the Panama canal
for Uncle Sam. Evidently this was
one Of the cases where a government
contract didn't look "fat'' to enterpris-
Ing capitalists. The contract is for
actual excavation and construction
and leaves no room for anything in the
shape of profit or ':rake-of'' in the
matter of supplies.
Substantially the governments pro
posal was that the contractors confne
themselves exclusively to the actual
construction work. Estimates of the
total cost will be fixed and of the time
necessary for the work. The con-
tractors get their fixed percentage of
profit, but If they build the canal for
less than the estimated cost or in
shorter time they get bonus, while
IL they increase the cost or take a
longer time they are penalized. They
dSOQ11C ltSAS
and have every stimulus to efficiency.
This is not, as has been thought by
some, novel form of bidding. It has
been followed in the contracts for sew
eral large buildings and other works
and is becoming generally adopted for
large undertakings. With government
direction absolutely secured over all
debatable points, yet leaving the con
tractors free to complete their contract
without the official circumlocution that
has hampered operations heretofore
real progress may be expected. If the
dirt flies fast enough the government
will not be inclined to let the con.
tractors work at a loss.
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PLAN FOR BIENNIAL

High School Association to Hold Regu-
lar Reunion the Last Saturday in June
The members and officers of the Ke-
nosha high school association are be-
ginning to make plans for the bien-
NAL reunion of the association which
will be held on the last Saturday in
June and within few days a call will
be sent out for meeting of the offic-
ers at which time the plans for the
reunion will be arranged. It is ex-
pected that the reunion this year will
have number of new features. The
annual meeting of the Chicago Keno
sha club will be held In Chicago early
next month aud at that time the Chi
cago members of the association will
make arrangements for the annual
invasion of iKenosha. 1t is expected
that fully three hundred people will
be present at the reunion. Prominent
former Kenoshans will be asked to
respond to toasts at the banquet which
will be in keeping with those given
in other years.