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THE MORNING NE'WS. I
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J. H. ESTILL, President. ' 1 1 ' < - <
FIGHT LIKE FIENDS
AT PORT ARTHUR
NO QUARTER IS GIVEN
EVEN WHEN THE WHITE FLAG IS
HOISTED.
So Veuomoo* Han the Hatred Be
tween the ItaMMiaiiH anil Japanese
Grown That They Do Not Think
of Mercy-If the Fortress Surrend
ers, Mossaere Is Expected—Prinfce
KadziviPs Story of the Condition.
WAR SITUATION.
St. Petersburg continues without
official confirmation of the report
that the Japanese are advancing
north of Mukden and the statement
is therefore not credited at the
Russian capital.
Gen. Sakharoff reports that there
was no fighting in the vicinity of
Mukden Friday or Saturday, but
notes the arrival of reinforcements
of Japanese along the whole line
of the Japanese front.
The interval of quiet has afford
ed Gen. Kuropatkin opportunity
to strengthen his defenses and he
has received large reinforcements
since his retreat to Mukden.
There are indications of a re
vival of the struggle for the pos
session of Port Arthur.
Che Foo, Sept. 18. 9:30 p. m.—Ac
cording to Lieut. Prince Radzivil of the
Russian army, who reached here last
night from Port Arthur bearing dis
patches from Lieut. Gen. Stoessel, the
commander-in-chief of the forces of
the Russian stronghold, to Gen. Kuro
patkin, the temper of the 'belligerents
at Port Arthur has reached an abso
lutely merciless stage.
Prince Radzivil served with the Brit
ish in the Boer war and he says that
until he became aware of the state of
affairs at Port Arthur, he had no idea
that war could be so horrible.
It was set forth in these dispatches
some weeks ago that serious suspicions
were entertained by both belligerents
that the other was misusing the Red
Cross flag. These suspicions have
'been increased by the commission 'of
various acts by the soldiers of botlv
armies, until now even flags of truce
or surrender are not respected by eith
er side.
Absolutely Venomous.
Prince Radzivil declares that the men
of both armies are absolutely venom
ous in their antagonism. Gen. Stoes
sel has addressed his garrison, saying
that the present mood of the Japanese
indicates clearly the necessity of re
sisting them to the last drop of Rus
sian blood, because if the Japanese
soldiers entered the fortress it un
doubtedly would be impossible for their
officers to control them and prevent a
massacre. For this reason, Lieut. Gen.
Stoessel is making no objection to civ
ilians leaving Port Arthur. When the
300 women who are in Port Arthur
engaged in hospital work were advised
to leave, they replied that they would
rather face the possibilities of massacre
than desert their posts.
In consequence of the fact that the
flags of truce are ignored, numbers of
Japanese dead who have been lying on
the slopes of the hills of the northeast
defenses for weeks past are still un
buried, and the stench in Port Arthur
from decomposing bodies, when the
wind is in the right direction, is almost
unendurable.
Fate of Two Companies.
In the course of the assaults which
took place in the last four days of
August, two companies of Japanese
■oldiers, according to Prince Radzivil,
found themselves at the mercy of the
Russians and hoisted a white flag. To
this, however, the Russians paid no
attention and continued to volley rap
idly into the helpless ranks of the en
emy.
In the meantime Japanese troops in
the rear of the companies that had
raised the white flag saw what their
comrades had done and expressed their
disapproval of the surrender by firing
into their rear. Asa result of this
fire from friend and foe, 600 men were
annihilated. For days afterward, the
wounded men in this area raised flut
tering handkerchiefs in their hands In
pleas for help.
Prince Radzivil got into Port Ar
thur a fortnight ago, carrying dis
patches from Gen. Kuropatkin to
Lieut. Gen. Stoessel. The Prince said:
"The stories In circulation concern
ing the shortage of ammunition and
provisions at Port Arthur are not true.
Therp is an abundance of ammunition
for both large and small arms and
plenty of preserved food. The use of
Chinese shells was merely a saving
measure.
Wounded Gutting; Well.
"I left Gen. Htoessel in the best of
spirits. He is encouraged by the he
roic example set by the wounded men,
of whom 5,000 out of |he original 8,000
In hospital have returned to the front
"There has been no fighting since
Kept. 1 with the exception of artillery
and outpost exchanges.
"The Japanese shells have done groat
damage to the hospital and other
buildings, but the loss of life f tt)m
these bombardments has been very
slight.
"Madame Htoessel, wife of the gen
eral, Is at the head of the Red Cross
work In Port Arthur. The soldiers con
sider her ihlr guardian angel.
The garrison is maintaining a
strong and devoted martial spirit and
has gtsat ronfidem e in dsn. MioeasH,
who I* cheered by the men when he
rides along the llnas.
"Individual arts of fccrotsm during
ttie fighting have been i.umnsui,
"On* company of Kwasian troops
were occupying * perilous out poet and
whan they found tb* position is fes tm
Jsatamiab Jfito’nittij 3Ytos.
tenable they sent the following mes
sage to Gen. Stoessel:
"We are unable to hold this posi
tion.”
“ ‘But you can doe,’ he said in reply,
and so they died.
“On Sept. 14 the bodies of 2.600 Jap
anese soldiers were discovered between
Fort No. 2 and Fort No. 3. The stench
from the decomposed bodies attracted
investigation. The Russian authorities
admit that they are not able to ex
plain what engagement resulted in
this slaughter.”
OYAMA REPORTS CN
CAPTURES MADE.
Spoil, of Wnr Taken From the Ron.
sinus at Lino Yang;,
Tokio, Sept. 18.—Marquis Oyama,
commander-in-chief of the Japanese
forces in the field, telegraphed this
morning that Gen. Oku had reported
having captured thirteen prisoners at
the battle of Liao Yang. He also gave
a detailed list of the Russian stores
which Gen. Oku captured, including
thirty horses, 2,288 rifles and 127 am
munition wagons, 5,892 rounds of artil
lery, 659,930 small arm cartridges,
great quantities of timber, flour, rice,
forage, engineering implements, cloth
ing and accoutrements.
Marquis Oyama reports that the ar
mies under Gens Kuroki and Noduz
made no prisoners in the fighting be
fore Liao Yang. Gen. Kuroki captured
800 rifles, 300 rounds of artillery and
600,000 rounds or rifle ammunition, tel
egraph apparatus and various miscel
laneous implements.
Gen. Nodzu captured 490 rifles, 1,640
rounds of artillery and 37,880 rounds of
rifle ammunition, three heliographs,
telephones, tools and large quantities
of food stuffs and timber.
Gen. Oku captured sufficient timber
to construct railroad depots.
DISPARAGES THE REP 0R T
OF MARQUIS OYAMA.
Rnssians Say He Had to Invent His
Fact*.
Bar Harbor, Me., Sept. 18.—The Rus
sian embassy has received the follow
ing communication from the general
staff at St. Petersburg:
"The official report of Marshal Oyama
regarding the occupation of Liao Yang
after a severe fight is not exact, as
Oyama could not name any quantity
of prisoners or guns captured by his
troops, and without this his dispatch
would appear too meager for the Jap
anese public, awaiting news of im
mense spoil having been captured to
atone for the tremendous losses sus
tained at the battle by the Japanese
army. The Japanese commander-in
chief invents the following facts:
The old railway cars and several
broken up commissary wagons are re
ferred to by Oyama as immense sup
ply of provisions and railway material.
Several empty ammunition boxes are
designated as a "great quantity of
ammunition left by the Russians in the
intrenchments and forts;” as to the
“dum-dum bullets,” they are simply
our well-known apochated revolver
bullets.
BELIEVE AN ASSAULT IS
NOW BEING MADE.
Known That Japanese Were Ready
to Attaek Port Arthur.
Che Foo, Sept. 18, Midnight.—Local
students of the military situation at
Port Arthur, 'basing their deductions
upon recent developments there, are of
the opinion that another grand assault
is either occurring at the present time
or is Imminent.
This opinion is based on tfle very
heavy bombardment of the Russian
stronghold that occurred on Sept. 16,
for such a bombardment forms the. us
ual prelude to an assault; on the ar
rival here of important messengers
from Port Arthur at a time when the
running of the blockade is extremely
perilous; on a recent authoritative
statement that Japan siege works are
completed, and on reports from Japa
nese sources that at Port Dalny an as
sault was expected to take place in a
few days. These reports were received
last week.
In addition to the foregoing there
is the common knowledge that the
Japanese realize that their continued
Inactivity increases the resisting power
of the Russian garrison, and their con
sequent desire to make such period of
inactivity as 'brief as possible.
TWELVE HORSES DAILY
FOR PORT ARTHUR TABLES.
Japanese Seeing Tlint Jnnks YVlth
Supplies Do Sot Enter.
Che Foo, Sept. 18, 11 p. m.—Chinese,
Russians and Japanese here all agree
that the Japanese vessels blockading
Port Arthur are paying particular at
tention to junks which for months
past have been trying to smuggle sup
plies into the fortress and that when
they are caught the crews are rough
ly treated. The junks generally are
sunk and the men on board taken Into
Port Dalny. By mistake the Japanese
sank a junk which was carrying deli
cacies to Gen. Nogi from an admirer,
but a part of the cargo was recovered.
Gen. Nogi commands the Japanese be
siegers.
Russian civilians who have reached
here from Port Arthur way that canned
corn beef is plentiful there and that
the fresh meat supply consists of
twelve horses slaughtered daily.
All the Russians haw agreed that
the Japanese do not occupy any fort
on the inner line of defenses. The forts
which were damaged have been re
paired almost ss good as new during
the quiet of the last eighteen days.
JAPANESE SHELLING
RUSSIANS AT MUKDEN.
London, Sept. I#.—lt is asserted In *
dlspsi<h from Tokio to the Express
that the Japanese are vigorously shall.
Ing the Russian positions at Mukden,
preparatory to a genera) advance, and
endeavoring, by a wide turning move,
ment, to em off Gen. Kuropatkin'* ra*
treat, The Japanese armies, the dis
continued an fifth Fags.
LESSONS FROM
THE EASTERN WAR
HOW THE ARMIES COMPARE
IX FIGHTING REALITIES AX'D CAM
PAIGNING AIIII.ITIES.
Russian* Appnrently Know Better
Now How to Use Artillery Thnn
They Dill at tlie Ynlu—Their In
fantry Poor Shota—Difference in
Russian ami Japanese Generals.
Rnsslnns Spectacular; Japs Busi
ness-Like.
(Correspondence of 'the Associated
Press.)
With the First Japanese Army, Tien
Shi Tien, Manchuria, Aug. 12. —The
lessons of the campaign are a text
constantly before the eyes of the mil
itary observers with this army. They
have made no revolutionary discoveries
thus far; indeed, the chief lesson has
been the overshadowing importance of
that complete preparation which has
made every cog of every wheel of
the great machine slide quietly into
its groove at the appointed minute and
the attention to details for lack of
which the servants of the Czar are
wasting so much brave food for pow
der.
The work of the Russian artillery
early on July 31 commanded 'the high
est praise from every one. It was in
strong contrast to the showing made
at the Yalu and was in every respeot
a credit to that arm of the Russian
service. They gave the Japanese ar
tillery a hard day of it and compelled
the batteries with the Japanese left
division attempting to flank the Rus
sian right to shift their ground re
peatedly to avoid the fierce and accu
rate fire poured upon them wherever
they opened. Moreover, the bravery
of the Russian gunners was beyond
all praise.
Many statements have appeared in
European newspapers about the su
periority of Japanese guns, but their
work so far has illustrated the West
ern aphorism that, "success Is not in
holding a good hand, but in playing a
poor hand well.” It is conceded by the
experts who have seen their work in
the field that the Russian guns are
better than the Japanese and that the
ratio to insure equality should be
about six Japanese guns against four
Russian.
Xot Boer Marksmen.
But the showing.made by the Rus
sian infantry leaves much to be ex
plained. If their trenches had been
held by marksmen like the Boers there
would have been a question of the
Japanese reaching them without heavy
loss, if at all. They were dug in
splendid positions on the sides and the
summits of hills and the approaches
across the valley and up the hillsides
had little cover except patches of corn.
Yet the Russian defense was either re
markably weak or only a demonstra
tion, because the Japanese of the cen
tral division hit by their fire numbered
only a score or two. Moreover, there
were the same blunders in manage
ment that marked the Yalu.
The great number of casualties
among the Russian officers and par
ticularly their generals, while no Jap
anese general has been hit, is due
largely to the different theories of the
generalship followed in the armies.
The generals of the Japanese are direc
tors, while the Russians cling to the
old Skobeleff tradition of a commander
at the head of his men leading the
fighting. From the Japanese lines we
can see the white-coated Russian of
ficers riding conspicuously 'before their
troops, while from the Russian side it
must be hard to discover the Japanese
officers, because their uniforms are so
like those of the ranks and because
Gen. Kuroki and the lesser generals
usually are somewhere behind the
fighting line, managing their battles
by telegraph and telephone.
Electricity's Prominent Part.
Probably electricity has never play
ed so great part in warfare before as
it does with the Japanese. Every gen
eral of the brigade in the field is, like
a modern ambassador, “at the end of
a wire,” which his divisional com
mander controls, and the generals of
divisions are in touch by telegraph or
telephone with the corps commander.
"The engineers run wires after the
columns with marvelous rapidity. Fir
ing is heard somewhere at the front.
A detachment of engineers emerges
from headquarters, pack ponies carry
ing bundles of light bamboo poles,while
coolies and carts follow them with
coils of slender copper wire. The poles,
which have pointed ends, are quickly
planted, the wire spreads out as fast
as men can uncoil it and a field tele
phone Is at work.
No evidences have been seen by the
army advanced into the enemy's coun
try that the Russians employ the tele
graph extensively.
The Russian generalship is more
spectacular and. perhaps, inspires the
soldiers with greater courage, but the
Japanese is more business-like. These
generals do not play to the galleries at
all. The censorship which they en
force tends to deprive them of their
just dues in reputation.
Often correspondents are forbidden
to mention the names of the leaders in
daring and Important fights because
the names might give the enemy a clue
to the ldenitity and therefore, to the
strength and the ehaiMcteriatica of the
organizations opposing them.
The Japanese Generala.
(Jen. Okxwa gathered his trooops In
the fog of early morning on the fourth
of July and prevented the Russians
from seizing the Motlen Ling. He
turned Keller's almost successful at
tack of the seventeenth into a dis
aster and his aoldiers from the rocks
above the Yushlllng shot down a
thousand Russians without any tnm
pensatlng damage to themselves. He
is a strategist and a tighter. in
England or America, he would he a
popular hero, but 'he newspapers
which < onie l o Ihe camp fall to men
tion him. *
Gen Kuroki ta a quiet and unassum
ing gentleman, rather the Mottke
type than the theatrical genera) who
tides spout exhorting and curs
ing hi# man Mia type la apparently
the (travailing one of the Japanese
ear i be
Gere Kuroki ’# fore# partake* of Ms
character. It anight he described as u
SAVANNAH. GA.. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 19. 1901.
silent army. The Russians have their
regimental bands, which play at sun
set hours and on the march and dur
ing battle, and their soldiers advance
to the sound of the drum. They
oh'ant their evening hymn around the
soup kettles and sometimes the roar of
a patriotic chorus rolls through the
hills from the Russian camp fire to the
ears of the Japanese pickets. But iu
this campaign, although the infantry
carry bugles by whose notes they
march in peace times, I have never
heard the sound of a trumpet near the
front. No war songs are sung. Music
has no part in the soldier's daily life.
Their enthusiasm is displayed to the
ear only in moments of victory by
that weird and Stirling cheer "Banzai”
with which they chsiirgc.
Anl Beer in KtffSj Miles Away.
Nor is this a convivial army. The
nearest shop where a bottle of saki or
beer can be bought is at Feng Wang
Cheng, fifty miles to the rear, and that
means that the officers get very little
and the soldiers none.
Tea, cigarettes and fans are the
soldiers' luxuries; fishing, writing let
ters and reading newspapers their
amusements. The fans and tea ket
tles are the concessions Japan’s Eu
ropeanized army makes to old Japan,
and since they contribute to the con
tent of the soldiers out of all propor
tion to their weight, there seems no
valid argument against them. Anoth
er souvenir of home life which the
soldiers, from Kuroki down, have
brought into Manchuria is a fishing
line in every knapsack.
NEGRO WAS LYNCHED.
Swung to n Tree nnd His Body Was
Riddled.
Royston, Ga„ Sept. 18.—Judge Lynch
held court in Franklin county to-day
and as a result the riddled body of
John Ware, a negro, is swinging from
the limb of a tree between here and
Carnesville.
Ware was done to death by a mob
for fatally shooting C. Y. Daniel, a son
of George Daniel of Danielsville, to
day. ,
Young Daniel and the negro had
some words over a trivial matter. It
is said the negro, ’becoming greatly
enraged and swearing that no white
man should run oveijS him, drew a pis
tol and shot Daniel, 'the bullet inflict
ing a wound that will prove fatal.
The news of the shooting quickly
spread and a crowd began gathering,
many leaving church to join in the
chase for the negro. The negro was
captured early in the afternoon and
while being hurried to Carnesville by
the sheriff, was overtaken by the mob.
The negro was taken from the sheriff
and deputies, seated on a horse, a
noose fitted about his neck, and the
other end tied to A limb. The horse
was then struck a sharp blow and
dashed away, leaving the negro swing
ing to the limb. Half a hundred shots
rang out and the swaying body was
riddled.
The corpse was left hanging by the
mob.
HUNTSVILLE LYNCHERS
SCATTER FAR AND WIDE.
Some Have Gone to Utah nnd Others
to Mexico,
Huntsville, Ala., Sept. 18.—The mili
tary court of inquiry appointed by
Governor Cunningham will convene to
morrow to investigate the conduct of
the militia during the recent lynch
ing of the negro Horace Maples.
No other arrests have been made in
connection with the lynching, and quiet
has reigned in the camp of the mili
tiamen.
It is known positively that several of
the persons indicted have left the
country. One has been heard from in
Salt Lake City and two more were
last heard from in Texas on their way
to Mexico. The whereabouts of three
others is unknown.
The members of the Ministers' Union,
which includes almost every Protestant
pastor in the city, preached on "Out
raged law” to-day. Each denounced
the action of the mob in vigorous
terms. By many of the ministers
members of the mob were spoken of
as "murderers in the sight of God and
man."
HELD FOR SAFE BLOWING.
Ward nnd Stafford Placed Under
40 JKMi Honda at Ocala.
Ocala, Fla., Sept. 18.—James Ward
and Fred Stafford, who had been ar
rested in Tavares on a warrant sworn
out by Postofflce Inspector Fred Peer,
had their preliminary trial yesterday
before United States Commissioner D.
S. Williams and each was held in de
fault of *I,OOO baiii. The men arc
charged with conspiracy to blow safes
and rob postoffices and recently blow
ing the safe at Leroy.
Ward acknowledged that he and
Stafford blew open the bank safe at
Leesburg and shot at those who pur
sued them. It is believed that more
of the conspirators who are still at
large will soon be captured.
Safes were blown recently! in thirteen
Florida towns and R is believed that
they were blown by a regularly organ
ized gang.
ICE INSURMOUNTABLE
Prevented Champ From Rearhlna
Frans Josef Land,
Trornaoe, Norway, Sept. 18,—W. 8.
Champ, secretary to William Ziegler,
and who was In charge of the relief
expedition rent to search for the Arc
tic exploration steamer America, ar
rived here this afternoon at 1 o'clock
on board the eteaimr Frlthjof. The
FrMhjof reached latitude 78 degrees,
10 seconds north.
Mr. Champ In a statement given out
here say*
"l regret to report my failure to
roach Frans Josef Ijun d. The toe con
-4 Minna were Insurmountable and the
appeoaeOnng winter and the heavy
frost onpaile4 us to sioaSat further
effort SO ffot north."
A. C. L. WHARVES
AT JACKSONVILLE
TO BE BUILT FOR $1,000,000.
SEALED PROPOSALS OS THE WORK
ASKED FOR.
Three Pier* Will Be Bnilt. With
Three Track* On Each to llee|.
Water In tile St. John*. Where
Ves*el* Slny lie Loaded—Grinlina
,if Track* and Yard* I* .41*0 a
Necessary Part of the Proposed
Work.
Wilmington. N. C., Sept. 15.—15. B.
Pleasants, chief engineer of the At
lantic Coast Line, has advertised for
sealed proposals for the construction
of wharves and piers, and for the
grading of tracks and yards at the pro
posed export terminal at Jacksonville.
The work will require approximately
250,000 lineal feet of piling, 2,000,000
feet of lumber, and 50.000 cubic yards
of earth excavation.
It is the purpose of the Atlantic
Coast Line, among other things, to
build warehouses and three piers 400
feet long, with three tracks on each
to deep water in the St. Johns river,
where ships can load.
It is believed that the work will in
volve an outlay of about $1,000,000.
BLEW UP THE HOUSE.
How it, .leulou* Negro Sought to tict
Even With Hi* Rival.
Martinsburg, W. Va., Sept. 18.—As
the result of jealousy of a rival lover,
John Harris, a well-known negro, is
dead; Jennie Smith of Pittsburg has
a broken back, and will die, and Julia
White is so severely cut that she may
not recover; a house in East Race
street, back of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad shops, is blown up and Ernest
Hollins and John Thompson are in
jail charged with murder—the result
of a Saturday dance at the home of
Julia White.
Hollins and Harris were rivals for
the hand of the Smith woman. Last
night it was intended to hold a dance
at Julia White's and John Harris took
the Smith woman to the house shortly
before 1 o’clock this morning.
Hollins, who was heard to remark
earlier in the evening that she would
not stay in the house over night, is
supposed to have gone with Thompson,
a friend, and stolen the dynamite,
placed It under the house and set it
off. For squares around the houses
were shaken, windows broken, and the
house itself so badly torn up that It
will have to be destroyed.
There is intense excitement among
the negroes, but no trouble is antici
pated.
VISITED JUDGE PARKER.
Sheehan anil Hnrri*on Were Caller*
at Ro*eaiouat*
Esopus, N. Y., Sept. 18.—W. F. Shee
han, chairman of the National Execu
tive Committee, and Representative
, Francis Burton Harrison of New York,
vice chairman of the bureau of organ
ization of upper New York state, were
the only important political callers at
Rosemount to-day. They conferred
at length with Judge Parker ■concern
ing political matters. Mr. Sheehan re
turned to New York during the after
noon with the intention of going to
Saratoga to-morrow.
Interest here centers in a conference
which Mr. Sheehan intends to have at
the earliest moment with other leaders
to determine on the most available
candidate for the governorship. Justice
William Gaynor of Brooklyn and Jus
tice D. Cady Herrick have tooth been
mentioned prominently In this connec
tion in the last day or two.
Judge- Parker has made no changes
In his personal plans concerning par
ticipation In the campaign. It Is an
nounced that he has not arranged to
spend any definite number of days each
week In New York ,as has been re
ported. but that the Judge will go to
New York only when It will be more
convenient to meet his political man
agers there than for them to come to
Rosemount. The announcement was
also made that the Judge will not go
on a speech-making tour, tout that he
will make all his speeches from the
veranda at Rosemount.
Judge Parker and members of his
family drove to Kingston to-day,
where they attended church service.
COLD DRIVES BRITISH
OUT OF THIBET.
The Expedition Will Have lo Leave
I. !■•*■.
Lhassa, Kept. 16, (delayed In trans
mission.)—The departure of the Brit
ish expedition has been fixed for Kept.
23.
The weather is already cold and
there -has been hard freezing. The
men are ill supplied with winter cloth
ing arid are likely to suffer In crossing
the passes on the way to Oy&ngtse,
wtoere there are some stores of warm
clothing.
By the Emperor's order, the Chinese
Amban has proclaimed Tashl. I aunt
of Hhlgutse. to succeed to the spiritual
dignity of the Iralal-Lsmu.
Catholic tana res* to Meet.
Ksn Antonio, T*-*., lift, I*,—A spe
cial to the Express from Guadalajara,
Reg,, says: tlcverrlbr Pedro Argue!*
let of the stale of Tuanaultps* has la
sued an order prohibiting the practice j
rtf Rlsalng sto red pp-furas and 1 mag. # j
In the churches of that state
The order i* the rasuli of inveattga- j
lion* by the health au'hißi*a, wht< h
determined that • ontagmua disease*
wars trenemltted through people in
dwiglng to the pia< U *
SITUATION IS SERIOUS.
Trouble Threaten* Hornutr of the
Strike of the Soeiali*t*.
Paris, Kept. 19.—The Journal's Genoa
correspondent reports that he had
travelled to Nice in order to file the
following uncensored dispatch: "The
situation throughout Italy is most
serious. At Rome the council of minis
ters has called out two classes of re
serves in order to reinforce the authori
ties. Premier Giolitti has postponed
a journey •to Raceonigi, which he had
intended to make for the purpose of
extending his personal congratulations
on the birth of the crown prince.
At Port Novo crowds of people stop
ped the railway trains, many children
lying down before the engines. The
troops there were powerless and one
person was killed and several were bad
ly hurt."
THEIR RIGHT TO STRIKE
Admitted for Workingmen by the
llalinn Interior Minister.
Rome, Sept. 18. —The Mayor of Tu
rin has telegraphed to Signor Giolitti
(president of the Council and Minister
of the Interior) 111 the name of the So
cialist aldermen of Turin, expressing
the desire of the workingmen that in
tervention of troops In peaceful con
flicts between capital and labor be
avoided.
Signor Giolitti immediately replied
by telegraph that for three years as
Minister of the Interior, he had con
stantly supported the principle of ab
solute liberty of workingmen to strike,
and that it was not the duty of the
government to intervene, adding that
he intended to follow the same princi
ples while he remains in power. The
Minister continued:
"The painful facts are to be regret
ted by all, that in one case soldiers
used their arms in self-defense after
being attacked, and wounded, and In
another Instance, acted without orders
from their superiors. Therefore, these
soldiers have been put at the disposal
of the judicial authorities, while an In
quiry Is going on to ascertain the re
sponsibility for the occurrences.”
Rlgnor Glolitti's dispatch ended as
follows:
"In administering my office I shall
remain alivays within the law, but
shall perform my duty and make the
law respected by all. I therefore hope
the Socialists will recommend calm
behavior and avoid deplorable violence,
compromising the cause of liberty."
CNE WAS KILLED AND
SEVERAL WERE INJURED.
Paris, Kept. 19.—One person was
killed and several were 'badly hurt in
a collision with soldiers at Genoa,
where the strikers prevented the de
parture of trains. Railway tracks
were also torn up near Rivarola. No
trains left Milan Sunday night.
NEITHER sTdE~T|ELDS.
Cotton Mill* at Fall River Still Re
main Idle.
Fall River, Mass., Sept. 18.—The
peaceful but determined contest be
tween $37,000,000 of Invested mill cap
ital and 26,000 of mill laborers, which
began in this city eight weeks ago, is
apparently no nearer a settlement than
at Its very outset last July. Both sides
remain firm, the mill owners claiming
that it Is impossible to resume opera
tions unless the 12Vfc per cent, reduc
tion Is made In wages, while the opera
tives are just as determined against
working under such conditions.
With winter not far distant, the un
ions already have begun to husband
their resources for the drain which
must then be more severe than during
the summer months.
The exodus of foreign operatives
naturally has been large, and lately
many of the skilled help have joined
the outgoing army, seeking other
fields for their labor. Of the foreign
ers, the Portuguese have left in large
numbers, very few remaining in the
cltv.
Within the last few days there has
been a persistent rumor of a resump
tion on Oct. 3. but Friday the weavers
decided to hold a mass meeting on that
day, which apparently shows the re
port to be without foundation, as far
as the operatives are concerned.
CONFERRING AH TO PEACE.
Another Effort to End Hostilities In
l/rKUny.
Buenos Ayres, Sept. 18.—Advices re
ceived here to-day from Uruguay state
that Basillo Munoz, successor to Gen.
Aparicio Saralva, as the head of the
revolutionary forces, has written to
President Ordouez, of Uruguay, ex
pressing his belief In the futility of
further bloodshed now that Saralva Is
dead, and asking the President to pro
pose conditions of peace.
President Ordouez replied that while
desiring a cessation of the struggle,
the government was not prepared to
make conditions, though it stood
ready to entertain reasonable pro
posals.
Delegates representing both parties
are now negotiating a basis of peace,
but owing to the many previous fail
ures, the public has little faith In a
successful Issue of these negotiations.
BODY OF AN UNKNOWN
SAILOR WAS FOUND.
Fernandhia. Fla., Sept. I*.—The body
of an unknown man was found floating
In the water at the mouth of Bella
river yesterday. The coroner's Jury
decided that he came lo hi* death b>
unknown cause*, and the remains were
burled by the county.
From hi* appearance he appeared to
be a sailor, was about 60 years old, and
when found the only garment that he
had on was a coat. Ml* body was lit -
araliv covered, from head to foot,
with tattooing
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Ulftfkaburg, W. Va., Kept. If. —At I
Point Comfort, a attburb, to 4glM la-
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f 5 CENTS A COPY
< DAILY A YEAR.
I WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK.It A YEAR
EXPECTED KICKS
WHEN THEY DID IT
KNEW THAT OTHER CITIES
WOILD NOT TAMEI.Y ACCEPT
THEIR OWN DOOM.
Yet Railroad Com mission, .fneeph
M. Brown Ray*. Calmly Proceed
ed fo Give Atlanta Bate* That
Are Believed to Spell Ruin for
Manufacturer* of Competing Cit
ies—How- Atlanta Freight Bureau
Man Seek* to Comfort Savannah.
Atlanta Sept. 18.—The Railroad
Commission expected complaints sim
ilar to that which is now made by Sa
vannah. as the result of its recent cir
cular order reducing rates on manu
factured goods from Atlanta to Athens.
Augusta, Macon and Columbus. In
fact, several of these complaints have
already been received by the com
mission. and in speaking of them Com
missioner Joseph M. Brown said:
“We propose to give as prompt at
tention as possible to each and every
one of these complaints, and to see
that every section of the state is given
fair and Impartial rates. The subject,
as every one will readily understand,
is a big one, and it will require some
time to deal with it properly. The re
cent reductions which the commission
made constitute only the first step in
the work we have before us. Other
matters will be taken up In their order
and we hope to have the whole situa
tion straightened out to the satisfac
tion of all as soon as it is possible to
do so.’’
Tonr of the A. and B. R. R.
Mr. Brown spoke in general of the
complaints that have been received,
but did not state from what points
they had come.
The commission will be in Cordele
to-moirow and will from there make
a trip over the line of the Atlantic and
Birmingham Railroad as the guests of
the officials of that road, returning to
Atlanta on Wednesday or Thursday.
Vice President Sam D. Jones of the
Atlanta Freight Bureau was asked to
day about the compluints made by Sa
vannah with regard to the recent ac
tion of the commission. Mr. Jones,
who Is president of the Atlanta Stove
Works, has taken an active interest in
the rate matter and was a witness be
fore the commission.
Jn*t Be Patient, He Ray*.
“It is true under the order of the
commission. Savannah 1.-annot eet
goods from Atlanta any cheaper than
heretofore,” Mr. Jones said, “but that
will be provided for In the commis
sion’s action on the main question
which we have submitted to them, that
Is, if the commission takes the same
view of the matter that we do. We
have demanded a reduction in rates
between Atlanta and the ports. Sa
vannah and Brunswick, to apply In
both directions, and this will include
reductions on all the classes! as well as
commodities. This. I understand, the
commission is working on now and we
may expect something definite from
them in the near future.
"Further than this I understand that
the commission proposes to extend the
reductions made in Circular 301 to ev
dry basis point in the state, that is, as
near as it is possible to do so, It pro
poses to put them on practically the
same footing. When this Is done and
the port rates are amended as they
should toe, I do not think Savannah
will have any cause of complaint.
Ha* Water, What El*e I* Wnnteilf
"Savannah certainly has no ground
of complaint that she cannot compete
w ith Atlanta. Even now Savannah, as
•a port city, has always enjoyed ad
vantageous freight rates such as At
lanta and other inland points have
never been able to secure. Savannah
still enjoys these low rates and should
not complain if Atlanta is given that
to which she is entitled. But Atlanta
is not making any effort to secure any
advantage over Savannah or any other
Georgia city. All we are asking is to
be put on the same basis with all, and
particularly with Nashville, Birming
ham, Montgomery, Chattanooga, Rich
mond and other points similarly locat
ed, which In spite of their great dis
tance are enabled to undersell Atlanta
In her own territory solely because of
unjust discriminating rates.”
THEY MUST Nof KISS’
THE SACRED IMAGES.
Practice Found to Disseminate
Germ* of Disease.
Mexico City, Sept. 18.—The Catholic
congress of Mexico will assemble In
the city of Morelia on Oct. 4. Apostolic
Delegate Serlflni, who la also arch
bishop of Spoletto, Italy, and rumored
soon to be made a cardinal, will pre
side over the deliberations of the great
assembly of prelates and Important
mattsrs of Interest to the church In
Mexico will bw discussed.
REVOLUTIONISTS HAVE
CUT OFF ASUNCION.
Buenos Ayres. Sept. ll.—According to
dispatcher received here the revolu
tionists of Paraguay are concentrating
their lend forces *t towns parallel with
the railway, and have cut off suppiir*
and communication* with Asuncion It ’
t evident ih*i the revoluGxulet* are
planning to make an early attack upon
the capita! or to starve the government
into •übtn'eehai,
(alberewa Wor* te Rear lerfc.
Dailsa, Tea . Sep*, if.-- UnMad state#
Senator fharl*# A. Citlheraoti waa to
day summoned to fiemoerattr national
headquarter# and tali far Jkats Tin it
to night.