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The Jones County News
VOL X.
SIX HUNDRED DEAD!
Excursion Steamer* with 2,000 Souls
on Board, Destroyed by Fire in
Passage up East River.
FRIGHTFUL
Men, Women and
in Panic, Leap From
Flame-Swept Decks
to Meet Death
in Raging
Water.
One of the most appalling disasters
In the history of New York, tragic in
Its immensity, dramatic in its episodes
and deeply pathetic in the tender ago
of most of Its victims, took place
Wednesday morning in the East river
at the entrance to the Long Island
sound, within a short distance of New
York shore and within sight of thou¬
sands of persons, the majority of
whom were powerless to minimize the
extent of the catastrophe.
The three decked 1 excursion steam¬
er General Slocum, with nearly two
thousand people aboard, caught fire
In Hell Gate, off 135th street, and
burned to the water’s edge.
The flames burst through the decks
from the lower hold with such fury
that before the steamer could be turn¬
ed into the shore and beached six hun¬
dred and fifty people had lost their
lives.
Following the discovery of fire
aboard, the passengers, consisting
principally of women and children,
were seized with panic. The scream¬
ing passengers rushed to the rail and
plunged overboard, others fled to the
end of the vessel, were caught by the
flames and consumed; still others
stood riveted in their tracks, going
down to death when the Immense hur¬
ricane deck collapsed and fell into the
seething flames.
Such scenes of horror even stagger
the imagination; they cannot be de¬
scribed.
As the flames roared through the
ship, men, women and children, crying
piteously for help, which none could
render, either jumped headlong into
the water or were consumed by tho
flames.
. Many who were rescued reached
shore insane, mothers crying in vain
for their children; children calling to
their parents whose bodies were at the
bottom of the river or in ash ?3 in
the sunken ship.
Mothers fought mothers, believing
their children had been claimed by
mistake. Men, wrapped in flames,
fought for places of safety, only to
fall back into the roaring cauldron.
Children, helpless and in panfc, their
white faces made whiter by the wall
of smoke, peered into the faces of eye¬
witnesses, who were powerless to aid
them.
Here and there a scream would mark
the death of some unfortunate who had
been licked up in the fire.
Now and then a pitiful, heart-break
Ing cry of terror rent the pandemo¬
nium as a mother saw her child fed
to the flames.
Wildly insane, people rushed from
side to side of the ill fated ship, some
praying others cursing as the heat
grew momentarily more Intense and
torturing.
MANY COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Scores committed deliberate suicide
when they realized all hope was gone.
Passengers, seeing the flames ap¬
proach nearer, deliberately leaped
from their dizzy height into the raging
current below, knowing there was no
help for* thorn there, put preferring
drowning to cremation.
The tragedy came with such awful
suddenness there was no warning to
any one. A moment beFore the cry of
“Fire!” the steamer echoed with the
laughter of children and the merry
shouts of the party.
The fire was first discovered at
135th street. The flames came with
a rush seldom witnessed for fury and
swiftness. There was not a moment
to right about the ship.
At the first outcry of alarm, men
and women sprang to the rail, looked
a moment at the scene of indescriba-
ble peril behind, and then jumped into
the water.
When the steamer had reached
138th street passengers ere leaping ( j
overfcoard by the score and a moment
later by the hundreds.
NAVAL BATTLE IN PROGRESS.
Engagement Between Russians and
Japs in the Korean Straits.
A dispatch to The Central News
from Tokio filed Wednesday ,
afternoon says a naval engagement is
now in progress off Tsuschima Isiand,
in the Korean straits, between three
Russian cruisers which escaped from
Vladlvostock and a number of Japan¬
ese ships. No details are given.
HURRICANE DECK COLLAPSES.
At this moment the hurricane deck
was crowded almost to suffocation. It
was here hundreds had rushed for
safety, hoping to escape the terrific
tongues of flames that were sweeping
the lower decks.
Then came a crash, a dreadful noise
of tearing planks and stifled screams
of agony and indescribable woe—the
great deck with its hundreds had col¬
lapsed and all gone down into tho
seething furnace below.
The fire is said to have broken out
in a lunch room on the forward deck
through the overturning of a pot of
grease. The wind was high and all ef¬
forts to subdue the fire were futile.
At 134th street there are several
lumber yards and oil tanks, and as
Captain Van Schaik, In command of
the General Slocum, started to turn
his vessel towards the shore there, he
was warned that it would set fire to
the lumber and oil, and so he changed
his course for North Brothers island,
one of the twin islands near the en¬
trance to the sound, some half a mile
away, where the boat partially burn¬
ed, was beached.
She sank near this place at 12:25
o’clock, two hours and 25 minutes af¬
ter the fire was first discovered.
When the police headquarters re¬
ceived the first vague report of the dis¬
aster every source of succor and aid
was utilized. The hospitals were no¬
tified by telephone and each sent all
avalable surgeons, nurses and ambu¬
lances to the scene.
The police reserves of a half dozen
stations were hurried out and more
than fifty patrol wagons were sent for
ambulance purposes.
North Brothers island, where the
Slocum was beached, is occupied by
municipal charity hospitals and a con¬
siderable number of physicians and
nurses were immediately available.
Many of those picked up alive in
the river will die.
Every man on board who could
swim went overboard loaded down
with children, Many of these lost
their lives because, burdened as they
were, they could make no headway
against the overpowering swirl of the
tide as it rushed from the East river
into the sound.
Up to Wednesday night four hun¬
dred and forty-seven bodies had been
recovered and divers were etllt at
work taking bodies from the hold of
the steamer. The remains of many per-
sons who leaped into the river have
not yet been found and it will be some
time before the list of dead is any¬
where near complete.
The General Slocum left Third
street, East River, at 9:30 o'clock Wed¬
nesday morning, having on board the
annual Sunday school excursion of
St. Mark’s German Lutheran Church,
located in Sixth street. Her destina¬
tion was Locust Grove, one of the
many resorts on Long Island Sound.
The excursion was in charge of the
Rev. George C. Haas, pastor of the
church.
The vessel was commanded by Cap¬
tain William Van Schaik, one of the
best known excursion boat captains
In New York harbor. He has com¬
manded the General Slocum for al¬
most the entire time since she was
built, in 1891. The number of ex¬
cursionists on board is variously esti¬
mated at from 1,500 to 2,000, but ac¬
cording to an official statement is¬
sued by the Knickerbocker Steam¬
ship Company, owners of the Slocum,
the number of passengers was 873,
that being one-third of the vessels li¬
censed capacity.
During her flame-enveloped run to
North Brothers Island the General Slo¬
cum’s whistles kept blowing for assist¬
ance, but before the whistle began
to blow several tugs, the captains
of which had seen the outbreak of the
fire, started after the vessel, Joined by
a yacht, while row boats put out form
the shore. The number of these crafts
constantly grew and not the least
dramatic Incidents of the catastrophe
were the efforts of the people on theso
boats to rescue those who bad jumped
overboard from the burning vessel.
Men crowded to the rails of t.he tugs
and caught up the drowning persons,
as they were borne by the current.
There were many thrilling rescues by
this means.
Captain Van Schaik and his two
pilots, Edward Van Wart and E. N.
Weaver, have been arrested,
At midnight the casualties were es-
timated as follows; Known dead, 650;
Injured in various hospitals, 300; oth-
ers saved, 200; number unaccounted
for, 475.
GEORGIA LABOR FEDERATION.
Meete in Annual Session at Rome and
'« Royally Welcomed.
Tbe Federation of Labtf.
was called to order at the court house
#t Rome Wednesday morning by Hod .
jj at Harris, of Rome, after which a
stirring address of welcome wag de¬
llvered by Hon. Halsted Smith.
The business at the morning, after¬
noon and night sessions was mostly of
a routiiy nature.
gray, Jongs co, ga.. tudhsdav, june *i, iom.
CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE
May Be Charged to Slocum's Crew.
Some Startling Disclosure—List of
Dead Still In DOubt.
A New York special says: Forty-
eight hours after tho burning of the
General Slocum the exact number of
victims still vary greatly and this may
oe accounted for by reason of tho fail¬
ure to report to the proper authorities
on the part of many who, although
officially registered as missing, were in
reality saved.
Already 539 bodies have been recov¬
ered, of which about fifty remain un¬
identified. These Include 273 chil¬
dren, 243 women and 23 men. Thir¬
teen officers of the St. Mark church
are among the dead.
The task of burying the dead began
Friday. Early in the forenoon a meet¬
ing of the German Lutheran ministers
of the city was held and a program
of service arranged, while In many in
stances a joint service will be held
over sevtral bodies.
The distressing concentration of the
blow of the disaster is shown by the
fact that in one apartment house in
Eighth street there were 35 dead,
while in an Irvington street house 16
bodies were awaiting burial.
Many thousands of dollars have
been subscribed to the relief fund.
Within an hour or two after the sub¬
scription list to the mayor's relief
fund was opened, $12,000 had been col¬
lected.
General Uhler, of Washington: Su¬
pervising Inspector General 'of Steam¬
boats Collector Stranalian, General
Clarkson, the surveyor of the port, and
Local Supervising Inspectors Eodie
and Dumont had a conference Friday
afternoon and arranged for the inquiry
Into the Slocum disaster, which had
been ordered by Secretary Cortelyou.
The session was secret, but it was
learned that the character of the life
preservers and Are equipment of the
General Slocum received general con¬
sideration.
The first officer, Edward Flanagan,
of the Slocum, is quoted in an inter¬
view as saying that the steamer's fire
hose was rotten and useless and that
it burst in a dozen places when he
and his men tried to use it. The
charge is also made that the life pre¬
servers on the vessel were old and rot¬
ten and in most instances proved in¬
adequate when used.
Several papers print pictures of pre¬
servers taken from the Slocum which
bear in black letters the instription:
“Passed by United States Steamboat
Inspector, June 18, 1891.”
William Thembley, a deck hand, cor¬
roborates Flanagan's statement regard¬
ing the defective hose, and it is report¬
ed that evidence has been secured
showing that some of the life boats
were made fast by wires, making it
impossible for them to be cast 'oose
and lowered. All the men who have
made these statements will he called
as witnesses by the coroner.
PATHETIC STORY THIS.
Woman Gave Birth to Babe on Burn¬
ing Steamer and Both Drowned.
Several witnesses were examined by
Coroner Berry at New York Friday,
including the second mate of the Slo¬
cum, James Corcoran. Corcoran said
the first engineer, William Conklin,
was among the first to hurry off the
vessel to a tug. The fire started in
a room used for storing oils, Corco¬
ran said. “A sight I saw on the boat
I will remember for a long time, i
guess,” he continued. “I saw a woman
give birth to a child and then jump
overboard with tnc new born babe.
They both died. I could not get to
her, the crowd was so great, and she
had no help at all. People were crazy.
The fire was all around her and she
picked up her babe in her arms, wrap¬
ped a piece of her clothing about It.,
and sick and frightened as she was,
looked about for a. plac;, to escape
There was none. It took only u mo¬
ment for her to realize this. Then she
climbed on tne railing arid leaped out
into the water.’’
Florida Editors in Chattanooga.
Over a hundred members of the
Florida Press Association were in
Chattanooga, Tenn., Friday. They vis¬
ited Chickamauga Park, and left for
St. Louis via Nashville Friday night.
CHATTAHOOCHEE !S CURBED.
River Impounded to Fill 6Fg Basin
Built by Electric Company.
The big dam of the North Georgia
Electric Company, of Gainesville, was
completed Thursday after nearly two
years of hard work, and at 11 o’clock
Friday morning the huge water gates
were closed down ar.d the great and
mighty Chattahoochee was successful¬
ly debarred from making its usual un¬
interrupted run to the sea. Under
present dry conditions without con¬
siderable rainfall ft will take from
seven to ten days for the huge basin
to fill up and the waler overflow the
huge dam, which is 38 feet high.
WRECKAGE CAUSES ALARM.
3avannah People Suspect Loss of
Steamship City of Memphis.
A report received in Savannah that
the observer at Cape Henry had dis¬
covered wreckage indicating that soma
disaster had befallen one of the ves-
sels of the Ocean Steamshhip Com-
pany, created much consternation
among the people, though the local of-
fici&ls of the company said that they
felt oo alarm.
SOUTH STEADFAST
This Section Not Affected by
Business Depression.
so Declares spencer
President of Southern Railway Holds
Optimistic View of Condition in
This Booming Section of the
Country.
There is a general depression of
business all over the country, but it is
felt less and probably will be felt less
in the nouth than any other section,
says Samuel Spencer, president of the
Southern railroad system.
This opinion was expressed by Mr.
Spencer when he was askod by a
representative of The Atlanta Consti¬
tution for an interview concerning tho
railroad situation in the south.
“The volume of business the coun¬
try over has degreased to a considera¬
ble extent within the past few
months,” said Mr. Spencer, “and rail¬
roads in all parts of the United
States have undergone a corresponding
decrease in their business. The rail
roads of the east have been retrench¬
ing in operating expenses of late, and
the railroads of other sections have
been compelled to adopt similar poli¬
cies. In tho south, however, the
slump has been much smaller than
elsewhere, though it has affected
southern interests to some extent.
“For this reason there arc at pres¬
ent no great railroad movement going
on. No roads are extending, but alt
the larger lines and systems are now
occupied with bringing their equip¬
ment and standard to a point com¬
mensurate willi the business they are
called on to handle.
Roads Wer e Unprepared.
“Tile commercial and industrial ac¬
tivity marking the past several years
was unprecedented, and with few ex¬
ceptions the railroads of the country
were caught in a state of unprepared-
ness. They did not have the means
of caring for the work laid upon them.
“Now there has come a slack in
business, but not enough to prevent
the railroads from increasing their ca-
parity and equipment, though suffi¬
cient to forestall extensions and to
necessitate some retrenchments in ex¬
penses.
“No single cause has brought this
condition about. The falling off in
business is attributable to several
causes. In the first place business
never remains at the high tide of
some time past. It cannot do so, iho
ebb is bound to come, though It may
be slight. I don’t think that the pres¬
ent depression is a forerunner of any
panic, such as swept the country in
1893, nor 'hard times’ and stringent
financial conditions similar to those of
1896. But no living man can say what
the future will bring forth.
“Ill addition to the natural turning
of the tide there is another factor In¬
fluencing" business conditions just now,
and that is the presidential campaign.
The country is aiways more or less in
a state of unrest immediately preced¬
ing the election of a president, and
this unrest has its effect on financial
interests.”
RUSSIAN GENERAL OUTWITTED.
Stalkeburg Tells What He Intended
to Do, But Failed to Show.
Emperor Nicholas, at St. Peters¬
burg, has received the following tele¬
gram, dated June 1C, from General
Kuropatkin:
“I have received the following dis¬
patch from Lieutenant General Ba¬
ron Stalkeberg, dated June 16, 1 ;20 a.
m.:
“ 'Yesterday I had intended to at¬
tack the enemy’s right flank, but just
as our troops had been assigned for
the purpose and were beginning to
successfully envelope the enemy's
right flank, the Japanese, in their turn,
attacked my right flank, with superior
forces, and I was compelled to ro-
treat by three roads to the nflrth.”
CHARGE AGAINST MINISTER.
Presiding Elder Focte Suspended for
Alleged Intoxication.
Rev. W. R. Foote, presiding elder
of the Rome, Ga., district of the North
Georgia Conference, has been suspend¬
ed from bis work until the next Annual
Conference which meets in Marietta
on November 23, 1904.
His suspension arises over rumor*
that on a given date this spring Mr.
Focte was Intoxicated in the city of
Rome. This news wl) a com-
p.eto surprise to his friends every¬
where, i.nd it is undeniable that ho
is a man of immense popularity.
KNOX QUITS FIRST OF JULY.
Attorney General Names Date of Re
tirement from Cabinet.
Attorney General Knox said Friday
that ho would retire from the cabinet
some time this month, perhaps about
,[) e 1st of July. Some matters are
pending in the department of justice
which he desires to bring to a conclu-
sion before presenting formally his
resignation tg the president.
japs mowed down.
Graphic Description by Associated
Press Representation of tne pierce
Fighting at Vafangou.
The correspondent of the Associat¬
ed Press was present at the battle of
Vafangou, and says;
“The stern, dogged fighting at the
battle of Vafangou was like another
Borodino. The roar of the machine
guns and the boom of cannon still
ring in one's ears. Throughout the
three days of combat the officers and
men vied with each other In pluck and
heroism. They have added a glorious
page to Russia’s military history.
“The enemy’s advance originally in¬
cluded the fifth, eighth and eleventh
divisions, twelve squadrons' oE cavalry
and splendid artillery. About 200
guns were belc~ng a continuous
stream of shot and shell, l^argo rein¬
forcements enabled them to turn the
Russian flanks. The division on the
right precipitated the battle on tho
morning of June 15. Major General
Gerngross, who was wounded, com¬
manded tho left flank, and General
Loutchkorsky commanded the center
including fcur battalions concealed In
a small wood whence tiny dealt death
and destruction on the enemy. The
Russian right was protected by Cos¬
sacks, dragoons and Siberian rifles.
“While the big guns were thunder¬
ing I made my way, at. about Ji a. m„
to the Russian right flunk and climbed
a hill, where I could view the whole
field of battle.''
A dispatch from Lino-Yang says.
During the night of June 15 the Rus¬
sian forces under General Stakellmrg,
which had been engaged with the Jap¬
anese for two days, slept in their po¬
sition, four miles south of Vafangou,
and on tho morning of June 16 assum¬
ed the offensive and attacked the Jap¬
anese lines.
The battle lasted all day and tho
Russians inflicted heavy loss on the
enemy.
No doubt was felt by the Russians
of their ability to fo/ce the Japan¬
ese back, but heavy , reinforcements
for the enemy had been brought tip
rapidly from the south, arriving in
time to turn the scale.
An entire division of fresh Japan¬
ese troops was thrown Into line
against the already tired Russians and
the immense superiority in numbers
enabled them to ovarlnp tine left
flank of the Russians, who had not. suf¬
ficient men to meet the turning move¬
ment and were forced to withdraw
“STALWARTS” VICTORIOUS.
Republican National Committee Passes
Upon Muddle in Wisconsin.
The republican national committee
at the meeting in Chicago Friday
afternoon voted to seat, tho Wiscon¬
sin “stalwarts,” including United
States Senators Spooner and Quarles.
The faction headed by Governor La-
FOllette was fighting for the four del¬
egates at large, Isaac Stephenson,
Robert M. LaFollette, James B. Stent
and W. D. Connor. The “stalwarts,’'
so-called, were demanding seats for
United States Senators Spooner and
Quarles and Congressman Babcock
and Emil Itaensoh.
Each faction has a state ticket ot
its own, as well as a state committe .
Interest in the result of the Wiscon¬
sin contest was more general, prob¬
ably, than that regarding any other
question before the committee.
A largo* likeness of the late Mar¬
cus A. Hnina lias been bung in the
coliseum and it is the only portrait
that will greet the eyes of the dele¬
gates to the republican national cor,
vention.
Measuring 20 feet high and 17 feet
wide, the huge oil paiting, mounted iu
a massive gill frame, has been placed
just, back of the spectator's stand,
RUSSIANS HOLD AMERICAN.
Newspaper Correspondent Taken to
Port Arthur and Imprisoned.
A cablegram to The News, Indian¬
apolis, from Stanley Washburn, Spe¬
cial correspondent of The Chicago
News, at Cbefoo, says that Hector
Fuller, staff war correspondent of Tha
Indianapolis News, has been captured
by four Russian soiliers and taken to
Port Arthur. Ho was blindfolded and
placed iu prison.
GEORGIA SHOWS WELL.
Few Children Employed in Mills Com¬
pared with Some Other States.
Georgia shows a smaller percentage
of child labor in textile industries
than any other southern stale, accord¬
ing to an estimate issued by the cen¬
sus office. Regarding the employment
of children in cotton mills the bulletin
shows that of children under sixteen
years of age. there are employed 193 In
Georgia, 330 in Alabama, 1,087 in Mas-
chusetts, 223 in New York, 425 in
North Carolina, and 1,160 in Pennsyl-
ala, 457 in New Jersey and 254 in
Rhode Island.
BOBRIKOFF TAKEN OFF.
Assassin’s Bullet Kilts Russian Gov¬
ernor General of Finland.
Advices from Helsingfors, Finland,
say that Gen. Bobrikoff, governor
general of Finland, who was snot on
Thursday rooming at the entrance to
the senate, died at an early nour
Friday morning, The people,are
calm and there is no excitement over
the assassination.
JHE HORROR CROWS
Dead in Steamer Holocaust
May Reach Thousand.
GHOULS PLY THEIR WORK
Over Five Hundred Bodies Recovered
Up to Thursday Night from
Waters of Hell Gate and
Charred Hull of Vessel.
A Now York dispatch says; With
unceasing effort search Is going on for
the n , i bodies H of , those ,. who , perished ,,,,,,, Wod-
nosday „ . tho General Slocum. What , ,
on
the list . of ,, victims . will total , scarce
one dare , venture , a guess, hut. , what-
ever tho , number , may be, there is
hardly a parallel in the history of dts-
sstors where death came to so many
In so brief a period of time. Police
and „ . health , . department , , officials have
placed a figure as high as 1,000 or
more.
All day long Thursday, from sun-
rise until darkness shut off even the
nielanchoty , , , satisfaction of „ watching
Cor tho dead, anxious searchers kept
up the eternal vigilance, and at dusk
there had been recovered 53G bodies,
for the greater part women and dill-
rien mothers who weeks ago had
planned that fatal outing for ttieir
children; little ones, who lmd longed
for the coming of the happy day.
,, Un ...... ,ke the Iroquois .... theatre, and , oth- .
-r catastrophes of recent years, where
he wee of the disaster reached
throughout the land he blow of tho
Slocum s mortality fails heavily upon
one little neighborhood of a great city
St Marks parish, wind, furnished
nearly every victim, lies within ten
crowded blocks of the middle east sido
of . _ New T York, _ y# . ’ and . 41 there - is hard | I* y J a
house , there 4I not in . mourning. .
rril 1 he race ot „ A1 the burning . steamer
from the moment the tire was discov-
ered . until ... her , , bows crashed , , tho .
oil
shelving . , . . beach , of . M North „ n Brothers Is- .
land . % lasted k ^ . little lai . more than ton t min- ,
ules, , yet . that .. . time A sufficed ... , t-r _ ueeda . ,
of heroism which make the one bright
chapter in the heartrending story Iho
credit for the greatest saving of llto
Is duo lo the hardy tugboat men and
other followers of the river, who
brave.d flames atul held the noses of
their boats against he fire-wrapped
steamer until driven off by the heat,
scorched and choking. Dead bodies
of women were found with their burn¬
ed arms clasping close tho pitiful
forms of little children, and babes
were found, their arms enfolding each
other in the stiff embrace of death.
Cowardice Laid to Crew.
But there is a darker sido hinted
at along flits river front, where are
told stories that seem ,o be tho Inevit-
able accompaniment of all great ca-
lamlties. There has been no evidence
of a character specific enough to fas-
ten It upon individuals and permit of
punishment, but survivors and eye-wit-
nesses si:y that some brutal acts of
selfishness and cowardice on tho part
of tho Slocum’s crew were seen and
that distress signals from tho burn-
ing boat were disregarded by passing
craft.
Even more horrible is tho story of
Miss Martha Wetrk, who says that
while she struggled in tho water a
boat, drew alongside her, and that men,
after stripping her of her rings and
other Jewelry, pushed her back into
the water. The body of the steward
had been rifled when found, and of
several dollars lie was supposed to
havo In Ills pockets, not a cent, waa
foiind.
Mayor Takes Action.
Mayor McClellan announced Thurs¬
day afternoon that he had decided to
issue a proclamation asking for sub-
acriptions for the burial of tho dead
and for such other immediate relief
as could be given. He said he would
ask ten men of prominence to servo
on a committee to take charge of tho
fund.
GOVERNOR MUST ANSWER. '
Peabody Cited to Appear in Court
Anent Colorado Mining Trouble.
United States Circuit Judge A. M.
Thayer I;„ aiding in chambers at St.
’ H ba s granted a writ of habeas; !
'
corpus t0 have Charles H. Moyer, 1
president of (lie Western Federation of .
Miners, brought before him on July 5. j
The writ is directed against. GoveT- j
nor J. H. Peabody, of Colorado; Ad-
jilt ant General Bell and Buckley Wells,
another Colorado official. The three
havo been cited to appear with Moyer
and show cause why Moyer is being
restrained from his liberty.
ADDRESS OF SPENCER.
Feature of Commencement of Georgia
School of Technology.
A feature of Iho commencement ex-
ercises In Atlanta Thursday when di- j
pieman and degrees were granted to
the senior class of the Georgia School I
of Technology, was the president address of the of j |
Hon. Samuel Spencer,
Southern Railway Company, who had j
come south for the special purpose
NO. »].
RUSSIANS ROUTED
No Hope Now for Relief of
Port Arthur.
\ FRIGHTFUL SLAUGHTER
The Japs Lest a Thousand M«n While
Russian Casualties Were Five
Hundred Killed and Three
Hundred Prisoners. I
Advices from Tokio state that tho
Russian 1,01,0 of relieving the pressure
0,1 F° rt Arthur by threatening tho
rear of General Oku, the commander
°f , the , Japanese fovees investing tho
Russian ,, stronghold, to end
came an
... Wednesday , at Tellissu, point tho
a on
Ia u roai , B0 inill , s nortu of K in-Chou
and 25 miles north of Vafangou, when
11,0 Russians were outmaneuvered, en-
velo),f;<l atul sweepingly defeated.
They left over 500 dead on the field
and , (he ,,, Japanese , captured , , .... 300 prison-
ers and fourteen quick-flrirg field
guns. The Russians retreated hastily
1110 northward.
The Ja P anese clia T° that the Rus-
sians violated the Japanese Hag. Ccr-
uln offlcerR avor that dui ., n g the. fight-
| n g a body of Ruslan soldiers appear-
ed carrying a Japanese flag, and (hat:
*- ho Japanese artillery, deceived by
ticular body ^ased of Russians. firing upon Official that par¬ dltt-
patches from the Japanese command-
ors made specific charges of tills flag
violation.
Luily estimates of tho Japanese
losses at Tellssu say that 1,000 men
weve WUed or mwnded . Tbo Japan .
C3() aUacklng forc0 waa dlvIded lnto
rl ht and ]oft coluran8 and began the
advnnco on Xuesday along both Hldea
of U)0 ra)lroad They encountered the
RusglanH east of yafangou and drove
them back . At a late hour in the af-
ternoQn (he Ru6e!ttn8 heW a U nc be-
tween , Lung-Wang-Liao . ^ and . , « Ta-Fang- «
Cheng. riM The Japanese , artillery .... . open-
i ed . on this ,, . .. line and , the n Russians re-
, t . .
' \
The rni shelling ... continued for _ two
hours, . and . It ,, followed .. , by the «. ad- .
was „
I , vanee . of „ the Japanese ,__„ line to a „ ___. posl-
\\ | it t Ion . extending . 5 from Lung-Chi * a-Tung
U) lu . Hotun- DarKjieaH lt nn mA
j tQ (ho lightlng , The Ja p ane6 e dis-
1)utcIl0d a column , 0 the westward to-
t wftn| F „. ChlllI for the purpose of cov
.
I: ering the Russian right wing and to
; protect their left, and rear.
| Itlial During the night it became apparent
| tho Russians were being rein
(forced, and it was decided to make -t,
(general attack in the morning ami
force the Russians into a defile back
(of Tellssu.
When morning carne it was discov¬
ered that the Russians held a line
extending from Ta-Fang-Shen to
Shan with a force estlmat-
ed at over two divisions,
j While the main Japanese force was
moving north along the railroad, col-
| to the left and to
mans were swung
ifio right, and finally converged at
noon on the main Russian position,
The Russians in this position were at
a disadvantage, but they held it unlit
o’clock In the afternoon, At this
hour they were routed. The cavalry
continued to pursue the enemy and
probably inflicted considerable punish-
ment.
The Japanese commander makes no
estimates of the Russian losses, bu l
says they probably were great,
MAY NEED IT AT HOME.
Alabama Mine Workers Refuse to Aid
Their Brothers in Colorado.
At. Wednesday’s session of the Uni-
ted Mine Workers of America, district
0 f Alabama, at Birmingham, a resolu-
tion was offered authorizing a repre¬
sentative of the Colorado miners now
in the district to solicit financial aid
for the Colorado miners from among
I 1110 miners, A member, who has re-
c*;ntly been in Colorado, opposu ic
adoption of the resolution, saying that
from present Indications the Alabama
, miners might soon need all their
available funds at. home. On tiiis
statement tho resolution was defeated.
TO FIGHT BOLL WEEVIL.
Commftee of Georgia Societies Meet
in Atlanta xo Draft Bill.
A committee representing the fleer*
f la , fetato Horticuuurai Society the
Borgia Peach Growers’ Association
8,1,1 the G^rgia State Agricultural So-
ciety, met in Atlanta T?iurs,’.7? Tor the
purpose of drafting a bill, to be pre¬
sented at the coming session of the
.
”[°’ Iookln S ,0 he « nact ®f nt
(,f « ,lltal,le raea ^re S for preventing
the introduction of the dreaded boll
weevil pest into the state.
CORBIN SUCCEEDS WADE,
Will Command Division of Philippines
Beginning Next October.
Major General Henry C. Corbin has
been ordered to command the division
of the Philippines, succeeding Major
General J. F. Wade, the order to take
effect in October,
General Corbin at present commands
the division of the Atlantic and de-
partment of the east, with licadquar-
ters at Governors’ Island, New York.
He will have about a year and a
half of service in the Philippines.