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KEEPING AN EYE
GN REPUBLICANS
COWHERD CALLS FOR REPORT
WAftTS TO KNOW WHAT I* GOIAG
OX IN CON GUESS ION AL DIS
TRICTS.
Rri>rr>riitiilhr Findlay Says Hr
Knows of No Contests Likely to
Be Made in South Carolina Except
in First District—f hnirmun Cow
herd Wants n Fnll Demoeratle
Note In Every Conttressionnl Dis
trict in the Suntll.
By R. M. Earner.
Washington, Sept. 10.—Chairman
Cowherd of the Democratic Congres
sional Committee, tvho is just back
from a conference with the national
leaders of his party in New York, pays
the active work of the campaign is now
on. and vigorous efforts will be put
forth in every district to get out the
full Democratic vote.
Mr. Cowherd has called upon the
Democratic leaders in every congres
sional district. North, South, East and
West, to make a careful survey of their
respective districts, and inform him,
as far as possible, what steps the Re
publicans are taking to carry out Pres
ident Roosevelt's directions that a fight
shall be made in every district. Mr.
Cowherd is also anxious that the Dem
ocratic candidates for Congress in the
Southern states, exert themselves to
poll the full party vote, even in those
districts where there is no substantial
Republican opposition.
The Outlook In South Carolina.
Representative Findlay, South Caro
lina's representative or> the Con
gressional Committee, is here now to
consult Chairman Cowherd about the
situation in the various districts in
the Palmetto State. Mr. Findlay says
he does not know that there will be
Republican contests in any of the
South Carolina districts, except in the
First, where Republican contests have
become chronic, because of the $2,000
fees allowed to the contestant. Mr.
Findlay says it is possible that there
may be contests in other districts in
the state, in accordance with Presi
dent Roosevelt's Instructions, but noth
ing definite in that direction has yet
developed.
Want a Full Vote.
Chairman Cowherd went over the
whole subject with Mr. Findlay and
other members of the committee, who
were present, to the effect that it is
desirable, in fact it is necessary that
the full voting strength of the Dem
ocratic party be shown in all of the
Congressional districts, particularly in
the South. The Republicans propose
to make their fight for a reduction
of representation on the strength of
the small vote polled in so many of
the districts where, heretofore, that
has been, practically, no Republican
opposition.
Ail of the members of the commit
tee agree that this subject should
meet prompt and energetic attention
on the part of the Democratic, nomi
nees in every district.
Republican Schemes In tlie South.
In many of the Southern states, it
Is understood that the Republican man
agers have been quietly but steadily
extending their registration lists anil
qualifying new voters for the express
purpose of making a contest in case
the congressional elections are close.
It must not be forgotten that the pres
ent Republican clerk of the House,
Maj. McDowell, a zealous and daring
patrisam, trained in the Pennsylvania
school of politics, has the making up
of the roll upon which the organization
of the next House is based.
It will be remembered that the late
Thomas Brackett Reed created a good
working majority in the notorious Fif
ty-first Congress, but the almost in
discriminate unseating of Democrats is
to make room for Republican con
testants, many of the latter without a
shadow of justice in their claims. It
was a desperate situation, and the Re
publicans never hesitate to resort to
desperate measures to win a political
victory. As Representative William
Fulzer, of New York city, remarked
recently:
Suiter's View of It.
"To meet a political emergency the
Republicans would not hesitate to
crack a bank in broad day light, and
they would do It so boldly and so
openly that unsuspecting lookers on
Imagine that it was all right, and had
to be done in the usual course of bus
iness."
Col. Dudley, former pension com
missioner, who seems to have a monop
oly in conducting Southern contested
election cases, for the Republicans,
anticipates doing a big business in that
line next Congress. It is to his in
terest to work up as many contests as
possible for he gets something like a
f0 per cent, rake off out of the $2,000
allowance the government makes for
attorney's fees.
WILL SUE ON NOTES.
First Xntlonal flunk of Huron
Waul* to (iel fjn,noo,
Macon, Ga„ Sept. 10.—There was
flled in the United States Court to
day, by Receiver W. J. Butler, of the
First National Bank, a suit on two
notes, aggregating J 20.000, the paper
having been executed by the Arm-
Brewing Company, of Macon, to I. C.
Plant's bank and indorsed in blank.
The notes came into possession of the
First National with notice of the In
solvency of the private bank, it is
claimed, and for this reason it is said
the company will file a plea of set
off
The receiver is trying to convert the
assets of the First National into money.
MADE THEM THINK THE
JAIL WAS ON FIRE
Columbus, Ga„ Sept. 10.—" They've
got me. but I am going to have a
picnic of a lime," declared Gub Beard,
a prominent Girard, Ala., merchant,
when placed in Jail to-day on it writ
of lunacy. He set fire ta a lot of lags
In the Girard Jail, exciting the popu
lation, who thought the Jail was burn
ing dewn. He said he built the fire
juat to clear out the mosquitoes. He
gave the reporters permission to write
him up at length, saying lie would not
Object.
OBITUARY^
Mr*, .fames Gaskin, Xnrlir illr,
Nashville, Gw., ftpt. 10.—Mrs.
James Gaskin died at Masses last
night after an Illness of a few weeks.
She was a member of large and
Influential faintly The interment was
St Old Umpire Church, south of Nash
ville, this afternoon. Mr, <fc*kln.
husband „f to* op..e*aad i boolUtccpci
for the Mwits-feHon umm Colu
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THE CITY THE JAPANESE
TOOK FROM THE RUSSIANS
The city of Liao Yang is surrounded by walls of stone, topped by
brick and crenelated for archery or gun fire. The walls run north and
south and east and west. There is a main gate in the center of each wall
—thus there is a north gate, a south gate, an east gate and a west gate.
The north gate opens out on the Taitse river. The west gate opens on
the railroad station, and the Russian cavalry barracks close to the sta
tion. From the south gate the old Imperial road goes southward to New
Chwang. From the east gate another Imperial road goes eastward to
Anping, and thence to the Yalu and Korea.
The city itself resembles all Chinese wailed cities, except that its
streets have, for the last five or six years, been kept somewhat cleaner
and lighted at night, by order of the Russians. There is only one slight
elevation within the walls, on whicli stands the Imperial Treasury.
Liao Yang used to be the capital of Southern Manchuria, and is still Im
portant, its chief industry being the distilling of a native liquor from the
hetnp and millet of the surrounding fields.
The land between a southern rib of hills and the city Is flat and richly
cultivated. It is dotted with suburban villages, and is largely covered
with market gardens and fruit orchards. To the east of the town, the
ground gradually rises till it passes through the foothills into the back
bone ridge.
Northward of the city comes, first, the wide, sandy bed of the Taitse
river, and then the flat richly cultivated plain, twenty-five miles in'extent,
which divides Liao Yang from Mukden. Westward of the town of Liao
Yang, the country is generally flat, and extends in ari open plain towards
the main valley of the Liao river, into which the Taitse flows.
Anshanshan, south of Liao Yang, is noteworthy as being the most
northerly point reached by the Japanese armies, in the Chino-Japanese
War of i894-5.
It was at this place that Gen. Kuropatkin lost an important engage
ment, which opened the road northward toward Liao Yang for the Jap
anese. After Anshanshan, the Japanese for the first time are traversing
new ground, not fought over in the Chino-Japanese War.
STORY OF FIGHT*
AT LIAO' YANG
Continued from First Page.
kelberg had withdrawn during the
night. . „ .
Chinese Changed Colors.
The Chinese at Liao Yang beoarne
alarmed and they began secretly to
make Japanese flags. There was much
confusion throughout the city. The
proprietors of foreign shops made
frantic efforts to sell their stocks on
the streets at ridiculously low prices
to any one who would pay cash, or
endeavored to have their property
loaded on railroad oars. The flight of
Japanese shells over the railroad sta
tion stampeded them, however, and
they fled in disorder, glad to get away
with their lives.
The foreign military attaches, who
were in Liao Yang were taken north
under escort.
The correspondent noticed, on this
morning, an unbroken line of ammuni
tion wagons, batteries of artillery and
Russian troops using the railroad
bridge to get out of Liao Yang to the
north.
It became known that Gen. Kuroki
was making a dash around the Rus
sians’ left for the railroad at a point
fifteen miles north of here. He cross
ed the Taitse river the night of Aug.
30. and took the splendid Russian de
fenses at Pensihu with very little ef
fort. He continued to advance stead
ily and turned the Russian left. His
army covered fifteen miles in quick
time. The effect of its movements
was to force the Russians to leave
Liao Yang and retire in the direction
of the coal mines east of Yentai. He
threatened to cut Gen. Kuropatkin’s
army of seven corps in two.
When Shell* Struck the City.
The correspondent of the Associat
ed Press was eating at the railroad
station at noon when the Firsi Jap
anese shell struck the foreign settle
ment. Within fifteen minutes time
all the troops, hospital attendants and
merchants and other people in the
vicinity had cleared out and only a
few Chinese remained. The Japanese
shells continued to fall in the settle
ment. Chinese, under th- direction of
Russian officers were making hurried
efforts to remove the stores and am
munition from the railroad sheds. The
Japanese shells came from Shushan
and a Russian shrapnel fire was soon
turned on the battery there.
The fighting around Liao Yang be
gan at daybreak Sept. 2. when shells
were thrown in from the entire Jap
anese line.
Gen. Kuroki severed hi3 connection
with the Japanese center army, and
left the Anping road unprotected. His
army was in front of the mining dis
trict to the east of Yentai. The im
portance and effevt of Kuroki’a dash
to the rear of the Russian army was
particularly noticeable this morning.
Near Yentai the Russians had lost
an Important hill position only to gain
it again and lose it a second time.
This greatly discouraged the Russian
soldiers. It is declared that the Im
mediate precipitous retreat of {he en
tire Russian army at Liao Yang was
prevented by the rc-t.iking of this hill,
which lies to the east of Yentai. The
Russians, however, could not hold the
THli KDITOR’S BRAIN
Did Not Work Well Under Coffee.
A brain worker’s health is often in
jured by coffee, badly selected food
and sedentary habits. The experience
of the Managing Editor of one of the
most prosperous newspapers in the
Middle West with Postum Food Cof
fee illustrates the necessity of proper
feeding for the inan who depends on
his brain for a living.
"Ur to three years ago." writes this
gentleman. "1 was a heavy coffee
drinker. I knew it was injuring me.
It directly affected my stomach and
I was threatened with chronic dyspep
sia. It was then that my wife per
suuded me to try Postum Food Coffee.
The good results were so marked that
I cannot say too much for it. When
first prepared I did not fancy it, but
inquiry developed the fact that cook
had not boiled it long enough, so next
time I had it properly made and wan
charmed with it Since that time cof
fee lias had no place on my table save
for guests Both myself and wife are
fond ol this new cun which ’cheers
but doe* inebriate* In a much truer
sense than coffee. My stomach has
resumed its normal functions and I
am now well and strong again mont
.*!l\ and physically.
"I am, confident that coffee Is a
poison to many stomachs, and I have
recommended Postum with great sue
oN to ,i number of my trienda who
weie suffering from the use of coffee.”
Name given hy Postum Cos., Hattie
Creek. Mich.
Look in each package for the fam
ous little book, “The Road to Well
vtllk."
SAVANNAH .HORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 11. 1904.
hill and the Japanese were again sbon
in possession.
Gen. Kurokl’s attack at Yentai was
soon relaxed, however, and Gen. Mist
•chetiko and his command were with
drawn front the Russian defenders of
Yentai, and sent over to the west side
of the railroad to make a demon
stration and to aid in the retj-eat of
the main army.
Snnset Kmlerl Cn nnonadjng.
The cannonading came to an end
when the sun went down. Throughout
the night of Kept. 2, it broke out again
fitfully, but the periods were of short
duration. The morning of Sept. 3
showed that Gen. Kuroki had not at
tained his object, but the victory of
the Japanese over the Russians ap
peared to be complete. Russian troops
and refugees from Liao Yang in
rickshaws were pouring north along
the railroad and along the main high
way on the way to Mukden. The Rus
sian press censors, who were stationed
at Liao Yang, Yentai and Mukden, had
fled to Harbin.
The night of Sept. 2 was marked
throughout by furious rifle fire outside
of Liao Yang. The Russian troops were
in a highly nervous and excited state.
They were convinced that the Japa
nese were creeping forward irresisti
bly all this time.
Sept. 3 saw the resumption of the
cannonading at dawn and the vast
clouds of smoke which arose slowjy
from the burning warehouses in the
foreign settlement at Liao Yang could
be seen for a distance of ten miles.
When the correspondent passed the
fire-swept bed of the Taitse river on
his way into Liao Yang at noon of
Sept. 3. the Russian infantry had re
tired from the immediate front to shel
ter behind the southwall of the city.
On getting into Liao Yang it was seen
that Japanese rifle bullets were falling
around the railroad station and that
all the stored lumber and wooden
buildings in that vicinity were in
flames.
During the night of Sept. 4, the
Russian sentries were drawn from Liao
Yang. The pontoon bridges across the
Taitse river were hurriedly removed,
the Japanese entered and took posses
sion of the city and the correspondent
was taken prisoner, before he was
aware of what had occurred.
Settle* the Mastery.
The battle of Liao Yang is accepted
here as determining the mastery of
Manchuria. In it the Russians were
fully equal in numerical strength to
the Japanese, who had approximately
280,000 men in the field. The Russian
artillery was superior in range and
rapidity in fire to that of the Japanese.
The Russians forced the Japanese at
tackers to take dangerous positions by
intrepid assault. In many instances
the Russians lost moVe men behind
their breastworks’ than did the attack
ing Japanese.
WHY BEAUTIFUL PLAN
OF KUROPATKIN FAILED.
Continued from First Page.
front and the retreat from Yentai be
gan. and continued the rest of Sept.
3, the Russians reaching Shakhe, Sept.
4,
The losses on both sides, from Aug.
26 to Sept. 5, are estimated at 60.000
to 70.000 killed or wounded. Many of
the killed and wounded were left be
hind in the Chinese corn.
?'h* Japanese are experiencing great
difficulty In bringing up supplies of am
munition.
JAPANESECAPTURED
VERY HEAVY STORES
London, Sept. 10.—A dispatch to the
Japanese legation from Tokio, timed
10:15 p. in., to-dny, says:
“Field Marshal Oyama reports that
after the lighting of Sept. 4 and Sept.
5, our right occupied the Yentai Col
liery and Yumcntse Hill. The enemy’s
main force is believed to have retired
north of the Hun river. Before the
evacuation of Liao Yang the enemy
burned the magazines near the station,
hut we captured an immense quantity
of provisions and ammunition.”
JAPANESE ARE CN THE
WAY TO MUKDEN
Mukden, Sept. B.—(Via Pekin, Sept.
10).—The rear guard of the Russian
army, which has been under fire for
a week, has succeeded In bringing most
of Its transports and guns through
here
The Japanese are coming by the rail
road .
the Japanese foro* under Gen. ku-
KOREAN EMPEROR’S
AMERICAN ADVISER
NAMED BY THE MIKADO
ni'RHAH WHITE STEVEHf, A NA
TIVE WASHIX(iTO.\IA!f.
Ifn Been In the Diplomatic Service
of the Japanese Government
Twenty-two Yearn—His Experl
: cnees In the Hermit Kingdom—
Beniinlsrenccs of His Visits to
Seoal.
By R. M. Lamer.
Washington, Sept. 10.—Durham
White Stevens, who has just been ap
pointed by Japan as diplomatic advisor
of the Emperor of Korea, under the
new Japanese-Korean alliance, was
born and educated in Washington. He
has 'been in the diplomatic service of
the Japanese government for the past
twenty-two years, but he has never re
linquished his American citizenship.
His assignment to special duty in
Korea will not be his first experience
in the hermit nation. In 1885 he went
to Korea with Count Inouye, when
the latter was ambassador to nego
tiate for an Indemnity which Japan
•demanded for an assault upon Mr.
Takezoye, the Japanese minister to
Korea, and the killing of a number of
Japanese subjects.
“I recall iny first visit to Korea
very distinctly,” remarked Mr. Stev
ens, while discussing, diplomatically,
his forthcoming return to Korea. "The j
Korean government received the Jap- j
anese with due courtesy and friendli- |
ness on that occasion." continued Mr.
Stevens. “The embassy was met and
conducted to the palace, where a royal
entertainment was spread. I remem
ber distinctly that among other airs
played by the royal band during the
banquet was that old American fav
orite. 'Dixie.' When the band struck
up that familiar tune I could scarcely
refrain from giving forth an undigni
fied American veil.
“There was another incident In con
nection with the banquet given in hon
or of the embassy." continued Mr.
Stevens. "The weather was intensely
cold. They have severe weather some
times. While the dinner was in pro
gress the royal guard surrounded the
palace. In the midst of the dinner we
heard a loud crash, which sounded
like the smashing of numerous glass
bottles or crockery. Upon investiga
tion it was found that the noise was
caused by the explosion from the
guards 'gingall,' or blunderbuss, fired
at a tiger that had come down from
the mountains and was prowling near
the palace. The tiger was killed, but
the incident caused considerable ex
citement for the moment." Mr. Stev
ens expects to leave for Korea early in
October.
roki is now in the hills to the east of
here.
RUSSIAN OFFICERS TRIED
TO DROWN THEIR TROUBLES
With Drinking and Merry-making
They I’ltased the Time.
Liao Yang. Sept. 4, via Tien Tsin,
Sept. 10.—Many foreigners, who ob
served the Russian troops at Liao Yang:
before the battle which resulted in the
Japanese occupation of the city, are of
opinion that the Russian reverse was
the result of the last four months of
failure in the field; of what they term
the “demoralization” which began at
the battle of Chiu Lien Cheng.
The task of Gen. Kuropatkin seemed
to be hopeless. The railroad during
the month of July scarcely sufficed to
bring into Liao Yang enough Rus
sian troops to replace those who were
lost by death, sickness or wounds dur
ing the month, and it was estimated
that the Russians would have to out
number the Japanese two to one in or
der to be successful against them.
Scenes witnessed in Liao Yang be
fore the big battle gave evidence of a
certain degree of demoralization on the
part of the Russian forces. After the
Japanese had won their first success
at Anshanshan and Kiaogengshi and
were advancing rapidly on the second
line of Russian defenses, some of the
Russian officers, who had been on the
fighting line, flung their responsibilities
aside immediately after they reached
Liao Yang and sought forgetfulness of
the hardships of their past work and
the dangers of the future. .The Pa
goda Garden was gay with merrymak
ers; there was much drinking and
sounds of music, and the singing of
“Chantant” songs in women’s voices
was heard from tlft offices on the for
eign settlement.
RUSSIANS THINK THAT
TH£ CAMPAIGN IS OVER
Bay Kurnpntkln Can Do Nothing
More This Year.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 11, 1:25 a. m.—
The War Office is reluctantly disposed
to admit that with the defeat of the
Russians at Liao Yang all hope prac
tically departed of turning the tide of
the war this year. Patiently and dog
gedly. in spite of successive reverses
by land and sea, Gen. Kuropatkln’s
friends had pinned their faith in his
assurances that when he accepted bat
tle victory would crown Russian arms,
but failing in his attempt to turn the
scale, they face another indefinite pe
riod of waiting. Kuropatkin must re
tire, await reinforcements and prepare
for anew campaign next year.
But. disappointed as they are and
discouraging as the situation is, no
word is heard in favor of making peace.
JAPANESE MUSTERED
SOME 300.000 MEN
Mukden. Sept. IP. 10:55 p. m.—Chin
ese repons, which are partly confirm
ed by information received bv the
Russians, are to the effect that the
Japanese at Liao Yang had a total
of 300,000 men with 700 guns. Their
rear guard consisted of 40,000 Koreans
and 30,000 Chinese, but as far as can
be judged, only a portion of these par
(klpatrl In the fighting.
OVER 20.000 JAPANESE
KILLED OR WOUNDED
Ttlngta-j, Bept. 16. • p. m.-A Jap-
MEN OF NATIONAL PROMINENCE
GIVE STRAIGHT-FORWARD EVIDENCE
That . Pe-runa Cures Catarrh Wherever Located
rOL. NATHANIEL SHATSWELL,
lst Mass. Heavy Artillery, Army of
the Potomac, past commander in the
Union Veteran Legion, and a promi
nent Grand Army man, wrttes from
the Museum, IT. S. Dept, of Agricul
ture, Washington, D. C., as follows:
“I commend Peruna as a most agree
able as well as effective medicine. Ca
tarrh and catarrhal colds are checked
and generally cured by a judicious use
of it. I’eruna Is a good promoter of
digestion and is an excellent remedy
for a weak stomach. It tones up the
appetite and Is not at till disagreeable
to take.”—Col. Nathaniel Sit Tswell.
Mrs. W. E. Grissom, Henry, Ellis
county, Texas, writes:
"I took Peruna faithfully over two
months, and the result is a thoroughly
renovated system and a strong, buoy
ant feeling, to say nothing of a cure of
the chronic catarrh. Therefore I shall
avail myself of every opportunity to
speak of Peruna as a catarrh cure.”—
Mrs. W. E. Grissom.
A great many remedies to tempora
rily relieve catarrh have been devised
from time to time, such as sprays,
snuffs, creams, and other local appli
cations, but, as a rule, the medical
profession has little or no enthusiasm
in the treatment of cittarrh.
Peruna cures catarrh wherever loca
ted. Peruna is not a guess nor an ex
periment—it is an absolute scientific
certainty. Peruna has no substitutes—
no rivals. Inst6t upon having Peruna.
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Chas. W. Bowman, Ist Lieu£. and
Ajdutant 4th M. S. M„ Cav. Vols.,
writes from Lanharn, Md., as follows:
‘‘Though somewhat averse to patent
medicines, and still more averse to be
coming a professional affidavit man,
it seems only a plain duly in the pres
ent instance to add my experience to
tile columns already written concern
ing the curative powers of Peruna.
“I have been particularly benefited
by its use for colds in the head and
throat. I have been able to fully cure
myself of a most severe attack in 18
hours by its use according to direc
tions. I use it as a preventative when
ever threatened with an attack
“Members of my family also use it
for like ailments. We are recom
mending it to our friends."—Chas. W.
Bowman.
anese officer passed through Tsingtau
to-day on his way to Kaichou. He
said the Japanese losses at Port Ar
thur during the last few days were
very heavy, exceeding 15,000, and that
the Japanese killed or wounded at the
battle of Liao Yang exceeded 20,000.
town" wasVestroyed.
Rio Grande Swept Over Presidio del
Norte.
San Antonio, Tex., Sept. 10.—A spec
ial to the Express from Marfa, Tex.,
says:
Telephone messages received to-day
from Presido del tforte, in the South
ern part of the county, announce that
it has practically 'been destroyed by
the waters of the Rio Grande. All
residences and business houses have
been 'abandoned, including the United
States Custom House, but the gov
ernment records were saved.
The inundation was the result of
■confluence of the Concho river in
Mexico and Irbolo Creek in Texas with
the Rio Grande, each of which was
greatly swollen by the very heavy
rains of the past week.
Great property loss will be sustain
ed, but no lives were lost.
CHUR CHW AS LOOTED" -
OF ORGAN AND BENCHES
When the Pnstor Returned He
Fonnri Hl* Church Rnre.
Macon, Ga., Sept. 10.—Mrs. J. Mc-
Millan, wife of Rev. J. McMillan, pas
tor of the Seventh Adventist Church
of this city, reported to police head
quarters this morning that when the
pastor, who has been on a vacation,
opened the door of his church this
morning he found the organ, benches
and all of the furniture gone.
The pastor, it is said, locked the door
before he left several weeks ago. A
schism among the congregation is
said to be the cause of the looting.
to mrsTphippswlll
FALL THE CHILDREN
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 10.—The suit
for divorce brought by Lawrence C.
Phipps, the Pittsburg millionaire,
against his wife, and which has achiev
ed national celebrity, will be settled
next Tuesday in Denver.
Knox and Young, attorneys for Mrs.
Phipps, have agreed to overtures made
by the gfher side and, while it is not
officially so stated, it Is understood
that Mrs. Phipps will retain posses
sion of the children, and that Mr.
Phipps will bear all the expense of
the trans-Continental litigation.
GIRL WAS KIDNAPPED.
Her Father Hu* So Notlfled the Po
ller of Atlanta.
Atlanta, Bept. 10.—According to a
letter from C, E. Janes, a prominent
citizen of Valley Head, Ala., to the
chief of the Atlanta police, his 10-
year-old daughter, Annie, has been
kidnapped.
It ta the belief of the father that
hla daughter was kidnapped in Chat
tanooga. Tenn laat Thursday,, while
on her way to Bylvama. .Ala , to visit
relative*
No clew to the imaging girl has been
found.
. . Peruna operates
i m m e and i attely to Many Households
strengthen the Regard Pe-ru-na
* nd * ive as Their Family
tone to the mucous „ ~ .
membranes. There
is no other internal catarrh remedy
that has proven effective in all cases.
Pe-ru-na Cannot Be Imitated.
Some things may be successfully imi
tated, but Peruna cannot be.Every one
purchasing Peruna should look out
for imitations. Examine each package
carefully. If you have ever used Peru
na or if you have ever tasted it, you
are not in the slightest danger of be
ing misled by these imitations, but all
those beginning the use of Peruna
should beware.
Believe no one who tells you that he
has a remedy that is making the
same cures that Peruna is making.
HEROIC RESCUES WERE
MADE BY THE FIREMEN
Over a Score of Women and Chil
dren Had Their Lives Saved.
New York, Sept. 10.—More than a
score of women and children were res
cued from a fire in a five-story tene
ment house at 501 Tenth avenue early
to-day. The blaze started under a
stairway on the second floor and spread
quickly to the roof.
The most sensational incident of the
fire was the rescue of a mother and two
children who had taken refuge on the
ledge of a window on the fourth floor.
It was made after a conspicuous show
of bravery and resourcefulness on the
part of two laddermen. The woman
and children had been driven from
their apartment by the flames and were
clinging to the ledge crying for help,
when the firemen arrived on the scene.
When a thirty-five-foot ladder was
thrown jip against the side of the burn
ing building, it fell four feet short of
the fourth story window. There was
no time to make a change and two men
rushed up the ladder. Balancing him
self on the topmost round, while his
companion firmly grasped his legs from
a more secure position below, the lad
derman caught the children as the
mother dropped them into his arms.
The other firemen had taken positions
on the ladder by this time, and the res
cued ones were passed safely down
from their dangerous position.
COMPARISONsT/MDeT
OF CROP CONDITIONS
Washington, Sept. 10.—The month
ly report of the chief or the Bureau
of Statistics of the Department of
Agriculture, will show the condition
of corn on Sept. 1, to have been 84.6,
as compared with 87.3 last month.
The average condition of spring
wheat was 64.2, as compared with that
one month ago, which was 87.5.
The average condition of tobacco on
Sept. 1, was 83.7, against 83.9 one
month ago.
The average condition of rice on
Sept. 1, was 89.7, against 90.2 one
month ago.
on the'eveoTelection
IN THE STATE OF MAINE
Portland. Me., Sept. 10.—The last
efforts of the two leading parties to
arouse the Interest of the voters in
Monday's state election were made to
night by i allies in more than a score
of cities and towns.
The Republican State Committee
claims the state by 10,000 to 15,000,
while the Democratic State Committee
affirms that any reduction of the Re
pnbltcafi majority of 33.384 four years
ago will be regarded u Democratic
victory.
clay l f>nai> Natter*.
Green Cove Springs, JTlu ., Bept. 10.—
The f'ounly Commissioner* have con
tracted with A. L. Register o build I
a lighter for the Register bridge ferry, |
th* taut* to be i*udv for uoe Dec. 1. |
Th* contract pm e is #IOO,
A. Psrksr and Davis dub has been!
started in Green Cove Springs
Noth* is given that D. D Swart ley I
A. J, Munbee and Thomas Roberta trill I
Hon. D. L. Russell, ex-Congressman
of North Carolina, writes from Wil
mington, N. C., as follows:
‘‘l cheerfully join with United States
Senator Pritehard and Congressmen
Blackburn and I.inney In recommend
ing Pernna as an invigorating tonic.”
—D. L. Russell.
Peruna is the only reliable internal
remedy ever devised to cure catarrh,
no matter where located.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Peru
na, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giv
ing a full statement of your case, and
he will be pleased to give you his valu
able advice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
All correspondence held strictly con
fidential.
make application for articles of incor
poration as “The D. D. Swartley Mer
cantile Company.” .
THREE WERe'kILLED;
FOUR WERE INJURED
Disobedience of Order* the Cause of
the Wreck.
Caledonia, N. Y., Sept. 10. —A north
bound freight train on the Buffalo,
Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad
crashed into a southbound freight train
at Mumford’s station, eighteen miles
west of Rochester this evening. Three
men were killed and four were injured.
The dead:
Charles Tanner of Rochester, engin
eer.
James O’Malley of Rochester, con
ductor.
Thomas Dundon of Rochester, fire
man.
Disobedience of orders as to the pass
ing of the trains is said to be responsi
ble for the accident. The trains were
running about thirty miles an hour
when they met on a sharp curve.
HE WANTS TO SEPARATE
THE CHURCH AND STATE
Sait Lake City, Utah, Sept. 10.-A
new feature was added to the recent
movement in Salt Lake City and other
Utah cities to reorganize the old anti
church party in this state by the an
nouncement mad* to-night by United
States Senator Thomas Kearns that
he would not, under any circumstances,
be a candidate for re-election before the
forthcoming session of the Legislature.
Senator Kearns also stated that it was
his intention personally to advance by
all honorable means the movement new
on foot in Utah to free the politics of
the state from alleged apostolic dom
ination. and to bring about a dissolu
tion of the relations now existing be
tween church and state In Utah.
Senator Kearns heretofore has been
an active candidate for re-election.
WILL ASK THE POWERS
TO STOP THE WAR
St. Louis, Sept. 10.—The Powers of
the world, signatory to The Hague
Corfvention, will be asked by the Inter
parliamentary Union, at lt twelfth
conference, to intervene in the Russ"
Japanese war; President Roosevelt will
be requested to call a second session
of The Hague convention; compulsory
arbitration will be advocated; the use
of sub-marine mines In time of war
will be deplored and many kindred
resolutions will be presented during
the deliberations of next week. Con
gressman Bartholdt was elected pres
ident. *
—Miss Passay "I overheard that
young professor complimenting upon
my classical features.” Miss peppery—
"Ye*. He was telling me that he •••
ways preferr*d classical things be
cause of their very antiquity.—Phil
adelphia Press.
—Ernest Wilder Clarke, th# son of
William >6Mler Clarke, aid-de-ramp
to Gov. Rites of Massonhuoett*. h**
been appointed by the Panama Cansl
Commission as engineer In rhsrge of
'he sewerage end waterworks to
'instructed In th* city of Cotan, P*>',
*m. Clark* to M ysart ski