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6 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 mn/. m ’ ' n " P l '' M* I .** i • p ■mm : . , •as"* r rUTtf ; ■=. - * .1 c . * * ] %*>• ****>••■•* .. VV'-'L*. ■ ... . “ . / <*- t r jl - i,.* jj “ ’ . , v -fir' I i ' *; ' . ' * 3 : ?*#t ; ,'S if.-"*' - ir.ll : 11 lii '—r 1 111 „ •" ’■ - IS'—■■■ ■ BBBaßr^irgrr^gggßg^ 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. r; - -mi \w\ \imm- , rm xv rf ? ; r / .. |)\ \w4f. <■ r-t' UJL. 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