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WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEOROlAi FAIR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY) VARIABLE WINDS.
t E8TABLI8HED IN 1828.
MACON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER io, 1904.
DAILY—8780 A YEAR
FOUR KILLED, MANY
INJURED IN WRECK
SEABOARD AIR LINE PASSENGER TRAIN, RUNNING AT RATE OF
FORTY MILES AN HOUR, CRA8HE8 THROUGH TRESTLE, AND A
FEW MINUTES LATER A FREIGHT ENGINE AND CABOOSE RAN
INTO AND ON TOP OF THE PILE OF DEBRIS—RAILROAD DE
TECTIVES HAVE EVIDENCE OF CRIMINAL MALICIOUSNESS IN
THE MATTER—HERO OF OCCASION MADE HIS APPEARANCE.
PORTSMOUTH, Vo., Sept. 9.—
Shortly after 1 o'clock this morning
train No. 41 on the Seaboard Air Line
railroad, consisting of an express cor,
a mall car, two day coaches and a
Pullman sleeper, was derailed at a
trestle Just south of Catawba river
bridge, twenty-two miles southwest of
Monroe, N. C., resulting In the death
of four persons and the Injuring of
thirty-five others. The killed are:
Engineer E. Y. Barksdale, Abbeville,
E. C.
Fireman Ed Roberts, colored, At
lanta, Ga.
Mrs. Black.
Unknown woman.
The Injured:
Mrs. James Clay, Oakland, Tenn.,
fractured jaw.
T. C. Jerome, Atlanta, Ga., slightly
bruised.
Mrs. T. C. Jerome,. Atlanta, Ga.,
shoulder and head Injured.
Edward Banks, Athens, Ga., back In
jured.
Mrs. Sidney Herbert, Maitland, Fla.,
foot amputated; may die.
Mrs. Jerome Sllvey, Atlanta, Ga.,
bruised.
G. W. Hinson, Lenox, Ga., Jaw In
jured.
Tom Mitchell, colored, brakeman,
Abbeville, S. C.. head and shoulders
Injured.
Pink Carpenter, Monroe, N. C„ por-
jter, head and body Injured.
The following werb slightly hurt;
j V. S. Ellerby; Atlanta, colored, Pull-
| jnan porter.
J. G. Turner, Atlanta, Pullman con-
; ifluctor.
G. H. Mears. Monroe. N. C.
Engineer J. Duncan, Abbeville.
Brakeman H. S. Chapman. Abbeville,
e c.
Conductor G. Davis. Atlanta.
Express Messenger W. Falrman, At-
! Innta.
Mall Clerk R. T. West. Monroe, S. C.
‘ Conductor D. F. Meador, address un
known.
F. C. Topleman, address unknown.
T. C. Horton, address unknown.
Mr. Black, address unknown.
Robert Selgler. address unknown.
, Mollie Griffin, address unknown.
A number of colored laborers also
were slightly hurt
At the offices of the Seaboard Air
, Line In this city It was stated that Im
mediately after the receipt of news oi
the accident a special train with a
, wrecking outfit and doctors started
from Monroe to the scene of the wreck.
The dead and Injured were brought
hack to Monroe.
J. M. Barr, first vice prealdent and
general manager of the road, aald to
day that there was evidence of a ma-
' llcious attempt to wreck the train, a
number of rail joints having been
found disconnected. He gave the fol
lowing details:
"Train No. 41 was In charge of Con
ductor Richard West and Engineer
Oaaton Meara. The wreck occurred
about 1 o'clock this morning at the
"trestle Just south of Catawba river, S.
C., and twenty-two miles southwest of
Monroe, N. C. The engine passed over
the trestle end went down the em
bankment, killing the colored fireman,
Ed Roberts, and seriously Injuring En
gineer Gaston Meara
"A light engine and caboose, run
ning as No. 19, In charge of Conductor
Chapman and Engineer E. Y. Barks
dale. which train was passed by No.
41 a short distance east of the point
where the accident occurred, ran Into
the damaged trestle and on top of the
passenger train, resulting In the death
of the engineer of Ko. 19. the fireman
of the passenger train and of Mrs.
Black and an unknown lady passen
ger. Two Pullman employes, six rail
way employes, one mall clerk, one
Southern Express Company employe
and twenty-three passengers were In
jured." ,
TWO MEN KILLED
IN ALABAMA WRECK
Engine Jumped Track
Crosstiee, Causing th
Details sro Meagre,
nd Struck
Acoidcnt—-
REIGN OF TERROR.
Scene Horrible Beyond Descriptioi
Ensued When Train Went
Through Trestle.
CHARLOTTE. X. CL Sept. The
wrecked train was running about forty
miles an hour when the trestle, which
Is about 100 feet long, spanning
meadow near the Catawba river, g
way. The engine and cars passed
over, hut were drawn backward Into
the abyss and upon the other cars, a
light engine and caboose piling In on
top of the train of wreckage before it
could be flagged.
Olsten M««rs. th« awglfissr of
nger tram, escaped with some
bruises and a painful scalp wound.
he escaped is beyond his own or
any one else’s comprehension. He said
that he was driving at the rate of
forty miles an hour as he crossed the
bridge. Just before the engine had
swept entirely clear of the structure,
he felt. It sinking, but the .impetus
carried the engine and all the cars
except the first-class passenger car
and the Pullman clear of the yawn
ing gulf which was left when half
the bridge collapsed, but the engine
and cars were swerved from their
course to the right, tearing the rniL
loose from Its fastenings and hurling
the entlie train upBlde down over an
embankment to the meadow about 30
feet below.
A scene horrible beyond description
ensued. The accounts of the survivors
are terrible. When the train went
crashing over the embankment every
light went out. passengers were thrown
heads over heels, against the sides
of the coaches, bleeding and bruised.
Panio Occurred.
A natural panic took them; some
were rendered unconscious for
menu Airs. Black, sitting with her
husband, gave a short cry, and when
he managed to strike a match and
find her body, be discovered that nhe
dead, her neck having been
broken. She was the only passenger
killed, or even hurt seriously. As the
scrambling and shouting went on Ir.
the dark, above the noises a brakeman,
with his head half way out of a win
dow was heard to shout: "My God,
the freight train is coming upon us."
In less than a minute the freight,
which had left Monroe, fifteen minutes
behind the passenger, came whlzxing
along the tracks, struck the open
space where the bridge had fallen and
plunged its way through the passen
ger cars. The woman whose Identity
could not be discovered then met her
death, the freight engine having
crashed through the side of that pas
senger car in which she was, and
crushing her body Into a shapeless
mass.
The engineer of the freight must
have met his death Instantly. He was
found In the cab of the overturned en
gine with his head crushed, but few
bruises upon his body. When his
body was dug out of the debris this
morning his watch was still running
on time. His fireman escaped with
a few minor Injuries.
Mr. Black a Hero.
The wreck developed at least one
hern. Mr. Black; whose wffS was killed
beside him, was the last man to leave
the coaches, and what he did the very
flrst thing was to wulk, with all his
bruised condition, to Catawba Junction,
two miles awn}’, get Into the telegraph
office and send to munroe for help.He Is
a telegraph operator In the service of
the Norfolk and Western railroad and
was going to Atlanta with his wife to
testify there In a railroad suit. He
hardly realizes the blow he has sustain
ed. and sat all day on the bank nearby
with mournful eyes and muttering to
himself: “My God. what an ordeal for a
man to bear."
The mass of wreckage of the two
trains Is like a huge heap of Junk. Rail
road men said today that they had nev
er seen such a complete demollshment
of engines and coaches. They arc lying
heaped and crushed together.Looklng at
the conglomeration, people wonder that
any one escaped.
The wrecking crew from the Sea
board shops at Abbeville, S. C„ arrived
about 10 this morning and began
to clear away the debris. It will take
days to get the line In passable condi
tion. although the trains are scattered
to the side of track In the ravine Into
which the bridge fell.
Detective on Scene.
Geo. S. Fltzwater, chief detective of
the Seaboard Air Line, arrived on the
scene early In the morning, and took
charge cf .‘no situation until organized
help arrived. He said this afternon that
he had found tome spikes and bolts and
two angle hors which had been remov
ed from the track with claw bars, and
he said he was confident that dirty
work had been done. Mr. Fitzwater
sent a telegram to Superintendent E.
Berlkley at Atlanta, telling him that he
had discovered evidence of the malice
of this work and expressed his belief
that some one had disconnected the
Joints In the lower half of the bridge.
The stretch of track In that vicinity is
a clear, straight and apparently well
built one. The timbers of the bridge
appear to have been wrenched from
their fastenings and those tluu are
splintered are of sound wood.There was
nothing to suggest that the foundations
of the structure was undermined by a
washout, although the ground was
somewhat marshy yesterday.
The dead bodies were all taken from
the wreck abut 10:10 o'clock. The wo
man who wna so badly mutilated wore
a simple gold ring, with the Inscription
"From Tom to Anna. Oct. 20, IBIS’* In
side. She was probably 12 years old,
medium sized, with dark auburn hair.
She had a purse containing $2.45, a re
turn trip ticket from Wilmington, N. C.,
to Atlanta and a baggage check No.
$01,519.
Heard Shouting.
C. S. Coleman, of Bon Air. Va., said
he was the only man In the smoking car
when the train was hurled over the em
bankment and he heard lots of shouting
from the other coaches. In a very few
minutes, he said, the freight train
crashed into them and th*n silence set
tled over the rcene for several minutes
when the groans of tye Injured as they
began to regain consciousness, pierced
the night air.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept 9.—Two
men were killed and another seriously
Injured in a freight wreck on the
Southern railway between Dogwood
and Wilton on the Birmingham end
Selma division this afternoon. The
dead:
W. H. Cherry, engineer.
Will Ivey, negro Brakeman.
Dangerously Injured:
N. L. Snow, white fireman.
While details of the wreck a r e mea
gre. It seems that the train was run
ning at thirty miles an hour when the
engine jumped the track and struck
the crossties, turning completdy over,
crushing the engineer benenth it.
Several other employes of the road
are said to have been bruised but not
seriously hurt
MOB WAS FOILED BY
SHERIFF OF DECATUR
THE WAR NEWS.
Gist of Intelligence Brought f
by Dispatches Concerning 2
tlie Far Eastern ♦
Conflict ♦
Negro in Custody on Charge of Mur
der Put on Train and Hurried to
Tallahassee, Fla.
BAINBRIDGE, Ga.. Sept. 9.—Sheriff
Fordham this morning received a tel
egram from Judge Spence at Camilla,
Ga., ordering him to call out the mi
litia to protect Whitney Williford, a
negro under arrest on the charge of
murder, as a mob from Mitchell coun
ty was on the way to Balnbrldge to
lynch him.
Orders were given for the militia
to hold Itself in readiness to respond
to a hurry call. Meanwhile the pris
oner was put on a trnin and hurried to
Tallahns8ee ; Fla., whence he will be
returned to some unknown point in
Georgia tonight. Thus the mob has
been foiled.
PR00RESS0, MEXICO,
HAS GREAT FIRE
Wiped Out an Entire Block of Business
Houses, Entailing Loss of More than
a Million Dollars.
PROGRESSO, Mexico. Sept. 0.—The
fierce fire which broke out here yester
day raged unchecked all day. It wiped
out an entire block f business houses
occupied by firms engaged In the gene
ral merchandise business. The loss is
estimated at from $1,000,000 to $1,200,-
000 with but little insurance.
The burned territory consists of the
square two blocks south of the water
front and facing one of the principal
plazriH, directly opposite the. custom
house. Fire fighting apparatus was
sent by special train from Merldla, the
capital of Yucatan, to aid In fighting
the flames, as the local volunteer corps
was unable to check the flames.
During the progress of the fire
tank filled with alcohol located in the
part of the building occupied by
druggist exploded, causing the flames
to spread to various sections of the
block and making It difficult to stay
the progress of the Are.
The warehouses In which henequen
was stored were burned to the ground
and the loss on this fibre alone will ag
gregate $300,000. In another building
corn was stored and the loss will reach
$50,000. A large quantity of asphalt
destined for paving the streets of Me
rldla, the capital, was destroyed and
a great loss entailed. The loss of the
dry goods and grocery, drug and coffee
importing concerns will approximate
$400,000. The balance of the loss falls
upon the brokerage Arms and small
store keepers.
EXISTENCE OF BEFORE
DAY CLUBS DOUBTED
No Evidence Concerning Them Was
Adduced by Coroner’s Jury in the
Eppes Case.
♦ There is still a lack of spe-
$ cific information regarding
2 the exact situation in Man-
f chnria. The Russian general
2 staff, lacking details, is unable
2 to speak authoritatively, while
2 advices from Japanese sources
♦ are significantly lacking.
2 It is established that the
J Russian army is safely at
t Mukden and that the retreat
2 was accomplished in good or-
5 der, in spite of the harrassing
♦ Japanese, sodden roads, and
2 the fact that Kuropatkin was
2 hampered by more than 12,000
♦ wounded.
2 The last news from Muk-
4 den came in a dispatch to the
♦ Associated Press filed Friday
♦ night. It tells of a great
2 down-pour of rain, accom-
t panied bv thunder and lightn-
2 ing, which the correspondent
says is considered advantage
ous as it has checked the
movements of the Japanese
Eastern and Southern armies.
The correspondent adds that
quiet reigns over the whole
front.
There is nothing yet to in
dicate the exact whereabouts
of the three Japanese armies.
When last heard from Ku-
roki’s forces were on the Rus
sian left flank and steadily
pushing Northward, but Vice
roy Alcxieff reports that rail
way and telegraph communi
cation, between Mukden and
Harbin is uninterrupted. Gen
eral Sakharoff reports that
there was no fighting during
the day and while the outposts
arc still in contact they are not -
even exchanging shots. *
It seems to tie established 2
t that Oyama’s troops practi- -
cally abandoned on Wedncs- ♦
day the attempt to head off 2
J Kuropatkin and that the last J
' determined effort to bring the
Russian' commander to bay
TAT.IWVHASSEE, Fla., Sspt. 9.—The
coroner's Jury which mot this morning
to Inquire into the killing of County
School Superintendent Eppes found
thnt Mr. Eppes came to Ills death from
a gunshot wound, the shot lin'd hy
Ishsm Edwards. Edwards was held
for murder and Caldwell and Larkins
were held as accessories before the
fact.
No evidence was Introduced to show
the exletonce of "Before Day Clubs."
though one witness testined to going
to church after midnight. Excttement
Is subsiding. It Is believed that the
murder wus committed for robbery,
and the existence of peforo day clubs
la beginning to be doubted.
ANOTHER EXTENSION.
2 was made on Tuesday. _ 2
♦ A detailed list of Russian ♦
♦ losses is promised today (Sat- J
2 urday) and it P titWight that
♦ these losses will approximate
♦ 20,ooo as against 30,000 for
2 the Japanese. It is officially
2 reported that Kuropatkin has
♦ not been wounded.
2 There is no news from Port
2 Arthur.
OPERATIONS MERGED.
Twenty Day, Longor Granted Centra!
by Railroad Commission.
ATLANTA, Sept 9.—Rome weeks ago
the railroad commleslon granted tho
Central of Georgia an extenalon
twenty daya In which to nie with tho
board all hooka and recorde going to
show who are the owners of the atock
of the company. Now a further oxten-
elon of forty dnyi is allowed on tho
ground thnt aoveral of the head officials
of the system nre away on their sum
mer vacation, and thnt a satisfactory
showing could not bo made until their
return.
Tho demand upon the Central of
Georgia for this Information ts the out
come of an application from tho Atlan
ta Freight Bureau Association. Tho as
sociation claims thnt the stock of tho
Central of Georgia Is owned hv fho
Southern, and If this Is so, the com
mission should enforce rulo 21, which
prohibits consolidation of lines when
competition Is destroyed In conso-
quenco.
WEARIED ARMIES ARE
T E M1 ‘ORART LY RESTING
AFTER MANY LONG DAYS OF FIERCEST FIGHTING THE BITTER
FOE8 OF THE FAR EA8T APPEAR TO BE RE8TINQ ON THEIR
ARM8 FOR A BREATHING SPELL—L038E8 IN THE HOSTILI
TIES AROUND LIAO YANG ARE ESTIMATED BY AN ASSOCIATED
PRESS CORRESPONDENT AT FIFTY THOUSAND—MEYENDORF IS
SAID TO BE HOLDING GENERAL KUROKI IN CHECK.
MUKDEN, Sept. 7—Via Pekin, Sept.
9.—A Japnnese army of 40,000 men Is
reported to be west of Mukden. It Is
considered likely, in view of the condi
tion of the two armies, that hostilities
may bo Indefinitely postponed unless
the Jnpnnese are able to push on and
force the Russians to give battle.
No Fighting Thursday.
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 0.—Lieu
tenant-General Sakaroff telegraphs
that there wus no fighting during
Sept 8.
PAV0 IS QUIET AND
ALL DANGER PASSED
Whites Still on Guard, but Negroes
Went Back to Work and the Exoito*
ment Has Subsided,
Quiet at Mykden.
MUICDKN, Kept. 9—12:30 n. m.—All
continues quiet at Mukden. All anx
iety regarding the Russian transport
Is over. The Jnpnnese have crossed
the Shnkho and nre now resting. Only
the Russian and Japanese outposts nre
In direct contact. Thousands
wounded are being sent north.
Retreated Without Losses.
MUKDEN. Kept. x < I >H:iy-d). The
Russian retrent here has been accom
plished without losses and with tho
precision of a review nt Krnsnoy
Kelo. The accumulation of wounded
between Liao Yang and Mukden tested
to the utmost the resources of the Red
Cross. Most of the transport was car
ried In the roughest kind of two
wheeled carts, but the arrangements
for providing the troops with food
along the line of retrent worked mag
nificently. During the five days from
August 30 to Rejit. 4, 12,000 wounded
were treated In Red Cross nmbulnnces,
tho Sisters of Mercy vielng with the
doctors In physical courage and re
sistance to fatigue. Much of the Jap
anese success Is attributed to the mil
let fields. In which the Russians wero
not accustomed to mnneuver.
Harrlmsn Interests Will Consolidate
Workings of Froight Departments.
HOUSTON. Texas. Sept. 9.—An
nouncement will be made tomorrow of
the intention of the Harrlmsn man
agement In Texas to consolidate and
operate ns one line the freight deport
ments of the Galveston. Harrisburg
und San Antonio, the Houston and
Texas Central, the Houston, East and
West Texas roads, and the Galveston,
Houston and Northern, the Texas and
New Orleans being considered by the
railroad commission ns competitive
with the two last named lines.
The merger will Involve the displace
ment of a number of officials and
clerks. This Is believed to be prelimi
nary to merging all departments of the
roads named.
MOULTRIE. Go.. Sept. D.—Tho an
ticipated trouble with the negroes at
Favo has failed to materialize. It Is be
lieved that all danger Is passed and ex
cttement Is subsiding. Tho whiten nre
still on guard, but negroes a* a rulo
went to their work this morning.
Dr. Frank Harris, a conservative elt-
Isen, was talked with this afternoon
over the phono npd said he looked for
no trouble. Ho thinks the excitement
developed on rumor and suppositions
not well founded.
The lodge was burned, rumors of
threats wero received and white cltl-
xena armed themselves, keeping guard
nt night, but he denies mnny sensation
al rumors of negr mobs, shooting by
whites, demands for military aid, etc.,
which have been current here.
SIGNED TREATY.
Peace Between Colonel Younghusband
and the Thibetan Officers.
LHAKSA, Sept. 7—Via Oyantse.
Sept. 9.—Colonel Younghusband, head
of tty* British mission, and the Thibe
tan officials signed a formnl treaty to
day In the apnrtments of the Dalai
Lama, at Potala. The ceremony was
simple and was conducted amid quaint
and picturesque surroundings.
The terms of the treaty were rend
out only in the Thibetnn language and
Its details will be published later by
the foreign office nt Simla. The pro
ceed! ngs closed with a short speech
by Colonel Younghusband.
The Dalai Lama Is now supposed
to be well on his way Into Mongolia,
and the officials Insist that his action
amounts to abdicating. The admlnls-
trmtlon Is now carried on by a council
of regency. It Is believed that the
Tashl Lama will eventually be recog
nized as the supreme religious head.
The arrangements for the return of
the British mission aro complete.
Turpentine Deal.
TIPTON, Ga.. Sept. 9.—Mr. If.
Parker closed a deal Thursday
which the turpentine location of Cl
A Pnrker at Anslejr, was sold *o Me
Williams A Browning of Jasper.
The new firm will take charge of the
business at once. Tie location Is
of the finest in tint section of country
and bus been in operation some time.
TO RETURN MONDAY.
Governor Terrell Will Clean All Accu
mutated Business From His Desk.
ATLANTA, Kept. 9.—Governor Ter
rell will be at his office Mnday and
clean from his desk any business that
may accumulate during his absence
from the state. He will And a number
of applications for executive clemency
which have been passed upon by the
board of pardons,and a few other mat
ters to claim his attention. The report
of the court of Inquiry will also
ready no doubt for him to take up and
consider.
It Is practically certain that he will
order a courtmartlal to find out who
was responsible for allowing the two
negroes to he taken from the military
by the mob at Statesboro and lynched.
Governor Terrell stated before he left
home that he would take up the report
of * the court of Inquiry wlh Adjutant
General Harris as soon as he returned
home, it being understood that the re
port would bo ready for his consldera-
AFTER TRAVIS’ PLACE.
gan and Herreshoff Will Today Bat
tle for the Championship.
SHORT HILLS. N. J.. Kept. 9.~
With Walter J. Travis dethroned ns
the champion of American golfers, the
honor of succeeding him is to be de
cided tomorrow on the Bnltusro! Club’s
links. Either H. Chandler Egan, of
the Exmoore Country Club, of Chicago,
or Fred K. Herreshoff, of the Ekwanok
Country Club, of Manchester, Vt., will
be the new champion, as these two are
the survivors of a field of 18$ men who
started In the annual tournament last
Tuesday.
In today’s game Herreshoff beat Geo.
A. Ormlston, of Pittsburg, and W. T.
West, of Camden. Egan beat Arthur
Havemeyer and Dr. D, P. Fredericks,
of Oil City.
WRECKERS ARRESTED.
Wanted for Malicious Attempt Near
South Boston, Va.
ROANOKE. Sept. 9.—Detectives to
day captured Joe Furquln, "Major"
Guthrie, Roland Gerat three .negroes
wanted for attempting to wreck a pas
senger train on the Southern railway
nt a point near South Boston, Va.
some time ago.
The men were arrested near the
scene of the attempted wreck and a
telegram received here this evening
from a detective Is to the effect that
Guthrie and Germ have confessed. The
men were placed In Jail at South Bos
ton after a preliminary hearing, at
which they were sent on to the grand
Jury.
GENEROUS TO ORPHANS.
Bsnd from Industrial Home Received
$320 While in Athene.
ATHENS. Ga., 8ept. 9.—The or
phan*' hand of the Georgia Industrial
Home received In contributions while
here today the sum of $320. Of that
$107 represented the. donation of the
Athens Elk*.
Looking Aftor Railroad.
8WAINHBGRO. Ga., Sept. 9.—A
great many prominent business men
left this morning for Statesboro to fur
ther a projected railroad from States
boro to Swaifisbor©.
down and killed. The Russforts are
endeavoring to pay for all damage,
though this Ih often difficult, owing to
the rapid shifting of the troops.
Holding Kurokl in Chock*
LONDON, Kept. 10. The Dally Ex
press claims to have trustworthy In
formation that the Russian army Is di
vided Into five columns. The flrst has
reached Tie Pass forty miles north of
Mukden, and Is preparing to defend
that place ngnlnst the Japanese. Tne
second Is midway between Mukden
and Tie Pass. The third Is at Muk
den. The fourth, consisting of 40,000
inen, under Gen. Meyendorff, i« holding
Kurokl In check by hard fighting
twelve mllSS south of Mukden. The
fifth, of about 12,000 men. Is further
south, exhausted by Incessant fighting
and la surrounded on three sides by
the Japanese, its position being one of
extreme danger, from which It can
hnrdly hope to escape.
"Everything now depends," says the
paper, "on Meyondorff's ability to hold
Kurokl In eh«*< k. which he so far has
been successfully doing."
THINKS WE'LL WlTT
This Opinion ia Vouchsafed by Uncle
Henry Gnaaaway Davip.
BALTIMORE, Kept. 9.—Demoeratlo
II da to for tho vice-presidency and
former Senator Henry G. Dnvla stopped
off In Baltimore today. lie met end
I, a conference with United States
rttor A. P, Gorman at the Hotel
nert during the early afternoon and
r visited nom* of his personal
nd« in tho city.
•nntor Dnvla declined to discuss
politics, his only reference to the com
ing campaign being: "I think wo
shall win." Mr. Davis Intends to leave
for New York city tomorrow to have
a conference with National Chairman
Taggart nnd other Democratic leaders.
SECOND ANNUAL SESSION.
Borrien County 8unday School Associa
tion Convenes Tpday.
TIPTON, Go.. Sept. 0.—The second
annual convention of tho Berrien coun
ty Sunday school association will con
vene In this city tomorrow.
rof. Jason Scnrboro will deliver the
res* of welcome, which will be re
sponded to by Prof. C. M. Woodward of
the Spnrks Collegiate Institute.
Among those who hnve places on the
progrnm are Rev. S. S. Kemp, stati
Sunday school organizer: C. C. Ilu
rhannn of Waycross, Prof. Rosser, stab
president: George I in Inen, Rev. C. M
Woodward, Rev. Henry Miller, pnato
of the Tlfton Baptist church, nnd Rev
W. Domingos of the Methodist
hurch. The entire two days will be re
plete with Interesting nnd Inspiring
turet to those who attend. The ses
sions will be held In the Methodist
church.
There will be no regular services at
any of the Tifton churches Sunday.
PLANT FOR $120,000.
This Offer Made to City of Columbue
by tho Frank Sutter Company.
COLUMBUS. Ga., Sept. 9.—The
Frank Kutter Company today made n
proposition to the Columbus city coun
cil to build a plant, one thnt will fur
nish the city three million gallons of
artesian water dally, for $125,009.
Under the propsltlon the water I* to
be conducted to the city limits and the
city will lay the distributing system of
pipe*.
Council referred the proposition to
the Columbue water works commis
sion.
Propositions were received from L.
B. Clay of Bartow, Oa„ and C. F. Pe-
kor of this city to bofe artesian well*
and the city will probably have a num
ber of test well* sunk.
Oyamn Abandons Attempt.
ST. PETERSBURG, Kept. 10—1:50
m.—It neeme to be definitely estab
lished thnt Field Marshal Oyama's
tired troop* practically abandoned on
Wednesday the attempt to head off
General Kuropatkin and tho latter’a
rmy has arrived safoly nt Mukden,
fter frightful experiences*lh flounder
ing through mud nnd mire over tho
Mandarlan road. Homo descriptions of
the scene* along tho line of retreat arc
almost Incr-dlble. They t*11 bow the
n lay down iu the mud and slept
a drenching rain and without shel
ter.
Enormous Losses on Both 8ides.
MUKDEN. K.-j.t. 7. via P'-kln. Kept
9.—A correspondent of the Associated
who ha* Just returned to Muk-
rlth the Russian rear guard, after
having accomponled the nrtny the
whole time since the bnttle of Liao
Yang, suys tho losses on both aide*
were enormous. At a moderate esti
mate he places them at 60,000. He con
firms the report thnt the fighting ut
Liao Yang recalled In fierceness the
snngulnnry battles of the American
civil war.
Oen. Kurokl'* flank movement east
fit the Rqsslnn position precipitated
the retrent from Liao Yang. Wher
the Russians left Lino Yang tho towr
wus strewn with corpse*. Tho Jap
anese shell fire continued until Hep-
ternber 4, when the bridges over th<
TaltHo river were destroyed. The Bus
sinnm admit thnt their positions a
Liao Yang were too extended for their
army to hold. The grenter portion
the Russian force* crossed the Taltse
during the night of September 2 and
engaged Gen. Kurokl with two corps.
The fighting on the first day wn* fn-
>rablo to the Russians, but the condi
tion* changed nt night time. The Rue-
Infantry suffered heavily from
nhrnpnel a.id rifle lire. The lighting
wn* continued September 3 nnd 4, »h*
Russians successfully protecting the
side of the rnllrond. When the
Japanese approached Yentnl they Im-
liately commenced to attack It, Th*
Runalan transport began to retreat at
Idnlght September 4, nnd wu at
tacked three mile* from Yental on the
nlng of September 5.
he condition of the road* rendered
tho retrent alow nnd the troop* and
ir*e* were tired out. The Japanese
omed to lack enterprise und failed
to recognise the serious altuatlon of
the Russia mi, the morale of their troop*
Having been severely tried.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST
MERGERS IN HISTORY
hree Big Tobacco Companies Which
Earned Over $22,000,000 Last Yssr
May Be Consolidated.
NEW YORK, Kept. 9.- By action of
he dirpftnrn of the American Tobacco
Company, the Consolidated Tobacco
Company nnd the Continental Tobacc o
Company, meetings of the stockholder*
if the three organizations have been
ailed for September 30. at which plans
vlll be put before the stockholders for
. onsnlid..lion ..f the three? big con-
Into
the
eric
erpe
Tobr
to bf
o Con
twenty-two millio
MAY MAKE TEMPORARY
HOME IN METROPOLIS
That Judge Parker Will Go
York After Hi* Letter of Ac-
Probable
to Nevs
ceptance.
NEW YORK. Kept
CHINAMAN ARRAIGNED.
Tried at Valdoat* on Charge of Violat
ing the Exclusion Act.
VALDOSTA. Ga.. Sept. 9.—John Lee.
alia* Jung Ling, a Chinaman from
Waycross. was brought here today and
given a commitment hearing on the
charge of violating the Chinese exclu
■Ion act. Jung Ling said he waa eight
year* old when he came to this country
and wa» now twenty-four year* old
He was sent to jail at Savannah pend
ing a hearing before Judge Speer. He
admitted that he had no certificate
and Intimated that he did not want
one and also that he would »* soon go
hack to Chinn as not.
Improvements at Swaintboro.
KWAINHBORO. Ga., Sept. 9.~The
new High School building f* rapidly
approaching completion, and oar new
brick post off Ice 1s In running order.
Mr. Tobe Coleman Is erecting
beautiful cottage home.
Messrs. You mans and Larsen are
both erecting cottage* nt Monta Kano,
suburb of Swalnaboro*
Judge Parker
It Is kno
have Strom
his contlnu
rr i rg-ment* to CO:
for temporary res
i formal letter of a
public.
i that lending Dem
repn-j-ented to hln
Presence at such «
convenient lo
with no hotel i
Judge Parker
with many pi
frequently In :
hnve not time
i «i
Ro
file pin
Railroad ad Telegraph All Right.
ST. PETERSBURG. Hept. 9.—A dis
patch has been received from Viceroy
Alexleff announcing that the railroad
and telegraph line between Harbin and
Mukden are both uninterrupted.
Big Reins Around Mukden.
MUKDEN. Sept. 9.—Thl* evening
around Mukden ha* occurred the
greatest downpour of rain of the whole
campaign and with It a terrifying ac
companiment of thunder and Ilght-
r. There has been the greatest
difficulty In preventing the cavalr)
stampeding by the double guard* no
th* horse lines have been tied. Th<
men are scarcely able to keep theli
feet around the moving horses and an
singing and talking to quiet them. A1
the lower grounds are under water an»
Chinese boat* from the Hun river are | °
navigating many of the road* and some I h
of the streams. This make* little dlf- [ JJ
ference^o the men who are under can- | £
van, but all others are soaked to the n
skin, and are sleeping, exhausted. In I 1
mud nnd water. Indifferent to the j J
weather If they can snatch a much- J i
needed rest. One advantage is taut j
the n»ln has entirely check the j
movements of the Japanese eastern |
and southern armies; In fact, quiet I t
reigns over the whole front I I
The Chines# population of Mukden 11
I* so far fairly orderly. The Chinese I I
are suffering greatly. The crops, cat- J *
• lie aa.-i poetry have ben. trodden I i
CONFESSED COMPLICITY.
NefKO M*ner Helped Irt Exploalone Which
Co%t Lives of Fifteen.
TOPEKA, Km-. H-j.t M F Sl.ig-I,
nit IH Itni-It Korn-line, a deported r#.|.,r.-,t
miner iir .l. i ,.rr ■ f i,.-r. f •: h irglar >.
! •- " f. • » • «... »»•!• Mtl *rne\ t.»
< «.rnpllr|ty In fl •• In l-p* r'l- ii'depot and
lb* Vlri-l »•>( min. *-xi « In the
Crtpflc Ur « k .lletrl- t. !June, hv wht<*a
fifteen mm-in ion mloem were kti t out
right nnd others Injured.
BomalM says he fcsjjsfi to. pi t-** the
dynnmlt- •'•>.d wlr- running b-n-.nh tho
depot, and by which th- ch .rg- u »-t
off. i
"FtKKK, Colo..
Albert Broke
nd The flrsC
the half iq
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