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THE MORNING NEWS. Established 1850. . • - Incorporated 18SS . '\’TT\nsT7'T> -I •” ~ J. H. ESTILL, President. ( ’ 1 1,1 ■ r, US I 4.4(4. Japanese Have Shown Skill in Making Trenches and Fighting in Them . amr*?" 4§s®r3ffi&~*' ' Vt ' v * %,ir4 V^;£j^^• ■ AweT • T’ r ,4 t iP, ’'? •> ’T^W^B^MBM>fc|^^^^* a *^WHßaipsffi|lM|ft<itfgifcg|fe .„ CwSly*' f " jßftatV 4 Jf- >•->-- **> - ,J ** ■ •<• • ’^^^jwff"*SEßraßHi&^^Jfe ; ‘~B?fo#j^--, ftr , ■ MANY KILLED OR MAIMED IN WRECK DISASTER ON THE SEABOARD THOUGHT TO HAVE. BEEN CAUSED BV WRECKERS. Vice-President Bnrr Says There Was Evidence of an Attempt to Wreck the Train—Accident Ocenrred at a Trestle Siear the Catawba River, as Reported in To-day's Mornings \ews—One Train Tumbled Upon the Wreck of the Passenger Train. Portsmouth, Va., Sept. 9.—Shortly after 1 o’clock this morning train No. •it, on the Seaboard Air Line Rail road, consisting of an express oar, a trail car, two day coaches, and a Pull man sleeper, was derailed at a trestle just south of the Catawba river. South Carolina, and twenty-two miles south vest of Monroe, N. C., followed by the wreck of a light engine and ca boose, resulting in the death of four persons, and the Injuring of thirty live others. The killed are: List of the Killed. Engineer E. T. Barksdale, Abbe ville, S. C. Fireman Ed Roberts, colored, At lanta, Ga. Mrs. Black. Unknown woman. The Severely Injured. Mrs. James Clay, Oakland, Tenn., fractured jaw. T. C. Jerome, Atlanta, Ga., slight ly bruised. Mrs. T. C. Jerome, Atlanta, shoul der and head injured.. Dr. Edward Ranks, Athens, Ga., hack injured. Mrs. Sidney Herbert, Maitland, Fla., foot amputated, may die. Mrs. Jerome Silvey, Atlanta, bruis ed. G. W. Hinson, Lenox, Ga., jaw in jured. Tom Mitchell, colored, brakeman, Ab beville, S. C., head and shoulders in jured. Pink Carpenter, Monroe, N. C., por ter, head and body injured. I#ewn Sorionuly Hart. The following were slightly hurt: V. S. Elerby, Atlanta, colored Pull man porter. •1. G. Turner, Atlanta, Pullman con duotor. G. H. Meares, Monroe, N. C., engi neer. •I Duncan, Abbeville, brakeman. H. If. Chapman, Abbeville, S. C., c onduotor. G. H. Davis, Atlanta, express mes senger. 'V. Falrman, Atlanta, mall clerk. B. T. West, Monroe, N. C., con ductor. R . F. Meader, address unknown. E. C. Topleman, address unknown. 'l'. C. Horton, address unknown. Mr. Black, address unknown. P.nbert Zigler, address unknown. Mollle Griffin, address unknown. A number of colored laborers also '' r,e slightly hurt. Special Train Win Sent. G the (dices of the Seaboard Air in this city. It wah stated that *' liately after the receipt of the 1 -of the accident, a special train ■with wrecking outfit and doctors start* ‘ f >om Monroe for the scene of the v "It. The dead and injured were * ‘Ught back to Monroe. ■ ! M. Barr, first vice president and g'" ,r ral manager of the road, said to ‘ 'v iha i there was evidence of a mu - ‘ • inus attempt to wreck the train, a i m her of rail joints having been found nnected. He gave the following ti'-’aiia; Barr’a Mnlrm.nl Alton) It. train No. 41 was tn charge of Con* ' ‘ or Richard West and Engineer i-'on Meares. The wreck occurred ■'it 1 o'clock this morning at the Ge just south of Cals w rlver, South Carolina, and ’ niy-tao miles southwest of >oe, K. C. The engine passed over trestle and went down the embank "•'d, killing colored Fireman Ed ftob* ar.d serf.aisly injuring Engineer Gaaion Meares. A light engine and caboose running “ tio H in charge of Conductor baMiunttsd m tfiti* Fags. Jlofnina sfetod PARKER WILL MOVE TO NEW YORK FOR A WHILE. He I* Too Inaccessible at Hi* Home at Emopiix. New York, Sept. 9.—There is every reason to believe that Judge Parker will make arrangements to come to New York for temporary residence soon after his formal letter of acceptance is made public. It is known that leading Democrats have strongly represented to him that his continued presence at such an inconvenient location as Rosemount, with no hotel accommoda tions, has kept Judge Parker from personal contact wtih many prominent men who are frequently in New York city, but who have not time for the journey to Esopus. The plan has even progressed as far as the making of tentative arrange ments for him to take a suite of rooms here. According to those close in Judge Parker's councils, his idea is to be immediately in touch with the party leaders and accessible to those whom it is needful and desirable to meet as the campaign progresses. GREAT BRITAIN FORCES A TREATY WITH THIBET. It Ha* Been Signed and the Dalat I,uina I* in Flight. Lhassa, Sept. 7, via Gyantse, Sept. 9. —Col. Younghusband, head of the Brit ish mission, and the Thibetan officials signed a formal treaty to-day in the apartments of the Dalai Lama, at Po tala. The ceremony waa simple and was conducted amid quaint and picturesque surroundings. The terms of the treaty were read out only in'the Thibetan lan guage, and its details will be published later by the Foreign Office at Simla. The proceedings closed with a short speech by Younghusband. The Dalai Lama is now supposed to be well on his way into Mongolia, and the officials insist that his action amounts to abdication. The adminis tration is now carried on by a Council of Regency. It is believed that Tashi Lama will eventually be recognized as the supreme religious head. The arrangements for the return of the British mission are complete. TWO WERE KILLED IN RAILWAY WRECK. Trainmen Suffered in n Di*a*fer to a Freight Train. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 9.—Two men were killed and another seriously in jured in a freight wreck on the South ern Railway between Dogwood and Wilson on the Birmingham and 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 are mea ger, it seems that the train was run ning at thirty miles an hour when the engine jumped the track and struck the cross-ties, turning completely over, crushing The engineer beneath it. Several other employes of the road are said to have been bruised, bflt not seriousiy hurt. EDWARDS HELD GUILTY Of Firing the Mint That Killed Su perintendent Eppe*. Tallahassee, Fla.. Sept. 9,—The cor oner's Jury, which met this morning to inquire into the killing of County School Superintendent F.ppes, found that Mr. Eppes came to his death from a gunshot wound, the shot having been fired by leham Edwards. Edward* was held for murder and Caldwell and Lar kins were held as accessories before th* fait. No evidence was Introduced to show the existence of TWoreday Club*.' though on* wit new testified to going to church after midnight. Excitement !■ subsiding. It ia be lieved that th* murder waa committed for robbery. and the existence of Be foreday Club*" it beginning to be 4outtf+4- Is• eeligstlm* l,eeM Huntsville Aim.. —9* .--lnv*stlf •- lion of th* lyre-bin* of *b* n*ro Ms- Pie* N began by * fraud jui y tv-da*. JAPANESE HAVE GIVEN UP THE RACE COULDN’T HEAD KUROPATKIN JAPS NO MATCH FOR THE RUS SIANS IN RUNNING. Track Wn* Heavy and the Going Rad, But the Russian* Went Un der the W’lre Winners and Pall ed Up in Makden—May Rest There a NVliile If the .lapnne*e Do Not Objoet—Some Terrible Suffering and Privation*. St. Petersburg, Sept. 10, 1:50 a. m.— It seems to be definitely established that Field Marshal Oyama’s tired troops practically abandoned on Wed nesday the attempt to head off Gen. Kuropatkin and the latter’s army has arrived safely at Mukden, after fright ful experiences in floundering through mud and mire over the Mandarian road. Some descriptions of the scenes along the line of retreat are almost incred ible. They tell how the men lay down in the mud and slept in a drenching rain and without shelter. It is evident that the last determined effort of the Japanese to bring Kuro patkin to bay was made on Tuesday, but the Russian commander-in-chief faced about and two corps with artil lery beat off the Japanese, while the remainder of the troops continued the march to Mukden. After that the Jap anese could only hang on tn the flanks and try to shell the retreating columns from the hills. The outposts are still in contact, but they are not even exchanging shots. A late Associated Press dispatch sent to-night from Mukden describee the horrible plight of the tentless and shelterless soldiers. The detailed statement of Russian losses, which it is promised will be issued Saturday, is awaited with in tense interest. The general expecta tion is that the losses will approximate 20,000, as against 30,000 for the Jap anese. The work of burying the dead was left to the Japanese, who were forced to attempt ‘the task as a matter of self-preservation, but it was almost impossible. The awful rains have handicapped the work of cremation on which the Japanese relied and only shallow trench burials were possible under the circumstances. Not only is this work one of the greatest diffi culties, but is is almost valueless from a sanitary point of view, the storms undoing it soon after it is accomplish ed. The care of the wounded has taxed the hospitals to the utmost. One cor respondent says that 12,000 wounded had passed through the Mukden hos pitals up to Sunday, and only the most severe cases could be attended to by the nurses and surgeons. Many, therefore, had to be left'to the i-nugh, but well meant care of their com rades. THE WAR SITUATION. There is still a lack of specific in formation regarding the exact situa tion in Manchuria. The Russlaji gen eral staff, lacking details. Is unable to speak authoritatively, while advices from Japanese soutces are significant ly lacking. It was established that the Russian army la safely at Mukden and that the retreat was accomplished in good order in spite of the harassing Jap anese. sodden roads and the fact Jhat Kuropatkin was hampered by more than 12.000 wounded. There la nothing yet to Indicate the exact whereabouts of the three Jap. anese armies. When last heard from, Kurokl's forces were on the Russian left flank and steadily pushing north ward. but Viceroy Alexieflf reports that I railway and telegraph communication between Mukden and ifarhln la un- Interrapted Gen. MakharofT report* that there waa no fighting durlna Thursday and while th* outposts are still In contact, they ara not avan ex changing shots It saam# to be established that Oyasna* troop* practically abandoned on Wednesday the alien,p to Read off Mu tops thin and that tie* ia#t dvln SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 10. 1904. mined effort to bring the Russian commander to bay was made on Tues day. A detailed list of Russian losses is promised to-day (Saturday) and it is thought that these losses will ap proximate 20,000. as against 30,000 for the Japanese. It is officially reported that Kuropatkin has not been wound ed. The last news from Mukden came in a dispatch to the Associated Press filed Friday night. It tells of a great downpour of rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning, which the cor respondent says is considered advan tageous, as it has checked the move ments of the Japanese eastern and southern armies. The dispatch adds that quiet reigns over the whole front. There is no news from Port Arthur. LIKE BLOODY BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR Wn* the Fight of the Rn**inna and . Jni>* at Lino Yang. Mukden, Wednesday, Sept. 7. via Pekin, Sept. 9.—A correspondent of the Associated Press, who has just return ed to Mukden with the Russian rear guard, after having accompanied the army the whole time since the battle of Liao Yang, says the losses on both sides were enormous. Asa moderate estimate he places them at 50,000. He confirms the reports that the fighting at Liao Yang recalled in fierceness the sanguinary battles of the American Civil War. Gen. Kuroki’s flank movement east of the Russian position precipitated the retreat from Lfao Yang. When the Russians left Liao Yang, the town was strewn with corpses of the slain. The Japanese shell fire continued until Sept. 4, when the bridges over the Taltse were destroyed. The Russians admit that their posi tions at Liao Yang were too extended for their army to hold. The greater portion of the Russfan forces crossed the Taitse during the night of Sept. 2, and engaged Gen. Kuroki with two corps. The fighting on the first day was favorable to the Russians, but the conditions changed at night time. The Russian infantry suffered heavily from shrapnel and rifle fire. The lighting was continued Sept. 3 and 4, the Russians successfully pro tecting the east side of the railroad. When the Japanese approached Yentai they immediately commenced to attack it. The Russian transport began to retreat at midnight Sept. 4, and was attacked three miles from Yentai on the morning of Sept. 5, along the Muk den road. The Russians pushed out two corps and much artillery to pro tect their right flank. The condition of the roads rendered the retreat slow and the troops and horses were tired out. The Japanese seemed to lack enterprise and failed to recognize the serious situation of the Russians, the morale of their troops having been severely tried. A Japanese army of 40,000 men is re ported .to be west of Mukden, and it is considered likely, in view of the con dition of the two armies, that hostili ties may be indefinitely prolonged un less the Japanese are able to push on and force the Russians to give bat tle. THAT RUSSIAN RETREAT WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL Millet Field* Blamed for the Sne eex* of the Japanese. Mukden, Thursday, Sept. 8. (De layed in' transmission) —The Russian retreat here has been accomplished without losses and with the precision of a review at Krasnoye Selo. The accumulation of wounded be tween Liao Yang and Mukden test ed to the utmost the resources of the Red Cross. Most of the transport was carried In the roughest kind of two wheeled carls, but the arrange ments for ’providing the troops with food along the line of retreat work ed magnificently. During the five days of Aug. 30 to Sept. 4. 12.300 wounded were treated in Red Cross ambulances, the Sisters of Mercy vicing with the doctors In physical courage and resistance to fatigue. Much of the Japanese success is at tributed to the millet fields, in which the Russians were not accustomed to maneuver. THINK THE RUSSIANS HAVE NOW ESCAPED. Mukden, Sept. 9.-10:30 a. m.—All continues quiet at Mukden. All anxiety regarding the Russian transport is over. The Japanese have crossed the Shakhe and are now rest ing. Only the Russian And Japanese outposts are In direct contact. Thous ands of wounded are being sent north. BOTH ARMIES DRENCHED BY GREAT DOWNPOURS. Mukden, Sept. 9.—This evening around Mukden has occurred the great est downpour of rain of the whole cam paign und with It a ten trying accom paniment of thunder and lightning. There has been the greatest difficulty In preventing the cavalry horses stam peding by the double guards, and all ihe hors* line* have been tied. The men are scarcely able to keep their feit around the moving horses, and are singing and talking to quiet them, All lha lower ground I* under wstar and Chinese boat* from the jfun river •re navigating many of th* roads and some of the at reels. This makes lit tle difference to the men who are un der canvas, but all othsrs are soaked to the akin end are alaeptng, aahaiiated in mud and wotar, Indifferent to th' Ostlsusa on fifth Pegs. HOW GRANT WAS REPULSED IN A FLANK ATTACK BROWNS VICTORS OVER THE BLUES CARRIED GRANT’S POSITION AND GAINED A VICTORY THAT WAS COMPLETE. Fighting anil Maneuvering of the fait Day the Moat Sprrtarnlar nt tlie Campaign—Great Review To day Will (loir the Performance* or the Military—Militia Will Re Paid Off After the Review'—Getting Ready to Leave. Corps Headquarters. Gainesville, Va., Sept. 9.—The second maneuver prob lem ceased at 9 o’clock to-day with Gen. Bell, commanding the Brown army, de molishing Gen. Grant, commanding the Blue army, east of Bull Run. This re sult awards victory to the attacking force in each of the two problems and makes Gen. Grant the first victor and Gen. Bell the second, so far as re sults can be estimated without bullets. The maneuvering and fighting to-day was far the most spectacular and excit ing of the campaign. The first, day of the eecond problem had developed noth ing but a rear guard action on the part of Gen. Grant, while Gen. Bell had spent his time endeavoring to make a demonstration on the left wing, or to the south of the Blue line. During the night the situation was changed. Gen. Grant’s main position remained the same, behind or to the east of Bull Run. He withdrew his First Brigade under Gen. Wlnt, who had fought the rear guard action the day before across the Stone bride across Bull Run, on whose eastern shores the trenches dug by the federal troops still remain, and in which Gen. Grant posted Gen. Wlnt’s line after It had been driven across the bridge with the loss of one brigade. Gen. Bell executed a magnificent march with the forces, which the day before were on the left wing of his enemy. He threw them during the small hours of the night from the left to the right of Grant’s position. When the daylight came they were put across Bull Run at Sudley, or to the extreme north of the maneuver scene. His cen ter remained practically the same and fought a brigade action at the Stone bridge. Then the Fighting Regan. It was at this point that the fight ing of the day began. The Brown forces charged up to the bridge, which was constructively blown- up, but were repulsed and ordered back. A second charge likewise did not meet the ap proval of the umpires, but the third was accompanied by a most brilliant action. A part of ’the Brown force, a section of the Ninth Infantry, had deployed in the woods, gone down stream and waded across. They crept up on the east bank and got in posi tion not twenty yards behind the Blue defenders, when the Eighth Massa chusetts and Twelfth New York, who were making the charge on the west side, came up the third time. It did not take the umpires a second to rule out the entire Blue force at this point and the Brown army crossed the Run at will. Irt the meantime, the force which had crossed to the north of Sudley had been coming down towards the pike. They struck Grant’s line to the rear and the maneuver ended when this force appeared In a flanking move ment on a Blue line which was facing a Brown line that had crossed at the Stone bridge. Summing up the situation to-night Col. Wagner, chief umpire, gave the precise movement of each brigade dur ing the night, nfter which he com mented on the maneuver as follows: Opinion of tli** | mptrr. "The Blue cavalry accomplished noth ing during the day, (Jen. Bell having taken the precaution to change hi* base Among the Blue regiments that lost heavily In constructive killed or captured, were the Flrsl H<oilh <*.iro- Itna. the Alabama and the Florida regiments, all in the TUu# army. Th# withdrawal of Gen. Grunt to a defen sive poslilun eami of Bull Run, was ef fected very skillfully, the handling nf th* r'ir guard by Gan. Wlnt being r*l>*c|ily tine. Gen lleii’a plan of action waa an able one. Menacing the left flank of th# Blue, ha had a lng. prompt night march, by which ha ptared tilmaelf on the enemy's right flank In a why that promised hrillisnl results. What ths ra* Coniinuet urn Fifth Page. ROMAINE SAYS HE HELPED TO BLOW THEM UP. Confession* are Made By a Deported Negro Miller, Topeka, Kan.. Sept. 9.—8. F. Sla gel, alias Robert Romatne, a deported colored miner under arrest here for burglary, has confessed to the county attorney to complicity in the Independ ence depot and the Vindicator mine ex plosions, in the Cripple Creek district, last June, by which fifteen non-union miners were killed outright and others Injured. Romaine says he helped to place the dynamite and wires running beneath the depot, by which the charge was set off. Romaine gave the names of those whom he alleges were impli cated with him in the plot. There were twelve other men. SHERIFF SAYS ROMAINE HAD BEEN SUSPECTED. '■*V*.W'- Cripple Creek, Col., Sept. 9.—Sheriff Bell said to-day of Slagel or Romaine: "We know positively that Romaine worked in the district while the strike was in progress and was a spy em ployed by the Western Federation of Miners. He had long been under sus picion.” The men whom Romaine implicates with himself are said to be former officers and members of miners' unions in this district. Only one of them, believed to be Cfyiries G. Kennison. former president of the Miners' Union No. 40, Cripple Creek, is now in the district. Kennison Is in the county Jail charged with murder and conspir acy to murder in connection with the Independence depot explosion. COVERED THE TREASURER AND TOOK $14,000. The Bold and Effective Work nt Two Robber*. Pomeroy, 0., Sept. 9.—Two men en tered the office of County Treasurer T. J. Chase to-day and while one of them covered Chase with a revolver, the other went through the safe, se curing $14,000. They then locked Chase In the vault and made their escape. Chase was found three hours later by his wife 'and released. Several thousand dol lars in gold In the safe was overlook ed by the robbers. The sheriff and his deputies were at the fair grounds, and all the officers except the marshal were out of town at the time of the robbery. All nearby towns have been notified and offVcens are scouring the county for the robbers. The county carried SIO,OOO Insurance against robbery. THE STRIKE IS OFF. After Rclng Out .%!• Day* Meat Work era Retnrneil tn Their .Inha. Chicago, Sept. 9.—The fifty-nine days strike of butchers and allied trades at the stock yards Is off. Vice President Smith, of the Moat Cutters and Butchers’ Unton, said the vote of the Conference Board of the Allied Trades Council to bring the trouble to an end was unanimous. President Donnelly ho* telegraphed the decision to all the cities where the workmen hiive been on strike. Presi dent Donnelly said: . "Although we have not won all we struck for. we go back as an organiza tion. Both sides have learned a les son. The butchers will build up a bol ter and stronger organization front the experience of the past. Ido not believe the packers will discriminate against the union men.” DEAD BODY FOU*ND ON THE TOP OF A CAR. New York, Sept. 9,™While passen gers were alighting from th# Chicago Limited train, which arrived at the Grand Central Station to-day, the life, les* body of a young man, with tha head crushed, waa found lying on the rnof of th* mall car. One arm waa clasped around a ventilator and the body was held firmly on the narrow roof. It li supposed that the young fellow waa alaallng a rid* and that he was struck by on* nf th* low bridges along tha line. The man was identified as A Jacob •on. ten of • ne-kwsar dealer of this •uyi < 5 CENTS A COPY. J DAILY. *8 A YEAR. I WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK. $1 A TEAS SOLDIERS CALLED TO PROTECT NEGRO TROOPS OUT AT BAINBRIDGE. JI DdK SPF.tiCE THOIfiHI’ A MOB WAS AFTER WII.UFORD. Detail *>f (lie flniiihridae Company Was Stationed About the Jail— When n Train Arrived the SlierllT I.eft for Tallahassee With the \e ttro—\o Mob Appeared—Alarm Seem* to Hive Been False—heuro Held for Murder. Bainbridge, (3a., Sept. 9.— This morning about 9 o'clock Sheriff Ford ham received a. telegram from Judge Spence of Camilla, telling him to or der out the military company and have them ready at a moment’# no tice to protect Whitney Williford, a negro who had recently been lodged in the jail in this city, as a mob of men from Mitchell county were on the way to Bainbridge to get him. Sheriff Fordham Immediately noti fied Lieut. Gremmer and in a short while he had a detail stationed around the jail. When the southbound train of the Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railway arrived, the negro was tak en on board and carried by the sher iff to Tallahassee, whence it is un derstood they will come to Georgia again to-night. About a year ago Williford killed W. B. West of Camilla and seriously wounded Turner Cox. while they were attempting to arrest him. At that time there was a reward out for the negro of $250 and the two men were •attempting to arrest Williford and get the reward. Williford was arrested last week near Sneed#, Fla., and brought to this city, having been at large nearly a year. When the negro was taken out of the city the military compauiy disbanded and everything has been Quiet since. There has been no mob to enter the city and no suspicion has been aroused against any strange men seen to come into town. It Is supposed that the mob disbanded before reach ing the oity. A loss"o*Ts 1-000000 Sustained By the Fire That Raged at Proxrrino. Progresso. Mexico, Sept. 9.—The flerse fire which broke out jiere yes terday raged unchecked all day. It wiped out an entire block of business houses occupied by firms engaged in the general 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 plasas, directly opposite the Custom House. Fire fighting apparatus was sent by special (rain from Merldla. the cap ital of Yucatan, tp aid iti fighting the flames, as (he local volunteer corps was unequal to the occasion. During the progress of the fire, a tank filled with alcohol, located In the part of the building occupied by a drugstore, exploded, causing the flames to spread to various sections of the block and making it difficult to stay the progress of the fire. The warehouses in which henequen was stored were burned to the ground and the loss on this fibre alone will agregate ssoo,ooo. In another building corn was stor ed. and the loss will reach $50,000. A large quantity of asphalt destined for paving the streets of Merldia, the capital, was destroyed and a consid erable loss entailed. The loss of the dry goods and groc ery. drug and coffee Importing con cerns will approximate $400,000. The balance of the loss falls upon the brokerage firms and small storekeep ers. Paid Murderer's Penalty. Montgomery, Ala., dept, 9-Toney Jones, a negro, was hanged her* to day for the murder of Warren Jones, also a negro. He nearly collapsed when the black cap was placed on his head. Manned far Warder. Anniston. Ala., Kept. 9.—Andrew Burton was hanged here to-day for the murder of W. M. KliillShlluu, WO( 44 game ot dlvfh