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RUSSIAN FORCES
MARCHING SOUTH
KUROPATKIN IN THE FIELD
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reading his army against the
JAPANESE.
Rnsaian Front Forty-Fire Miles
Long— Vental Coal Mines Thought
to Be Unprotected—St. Petersburg
Hears Cheering News—Mukden
Dispatches Say There Hus l!een a
Decided Change in the Situation,
and the Japanese Army Is Retir
ing Southward—Tokio Hears ot
Losses ot Russian War Vessels.
While Gen. Kuropatkin has contin
ued to advance his entire front against
the armies of Field Marshal Oyama, ho
has not met with any formidable op
position. However, the expectation is
that a battle of magnitude must be
fought within a few days. It is be
lieved that the Japanese will make a
stand at Liao Yang. Several positions
east of that place have been aban
by the Japanese.
At. St. Petersburg it is surmised that
Fit Id Marshal Oyama’s forces have
been weakened by the dispatch of
troops to aid Gen. Nogi in reducing
Port Arthur, and that this condition
lias afforded Gen. Kuropatkin an op
portunity to recover ground lost dur
ing the month of August.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 10. 6:15 p. m.—
Gen. Kuropatkin is in the field, per
sonally directing the forward move
ments of the army, which, it is under
stood, is divided into two strong col
umns, moving on each side of the rail
road, whence they will draw their sup
plies, their flanks being assured by no
less than 150 squadrons of Cossacks.
The Russians are operating along a
front of between forty and forty-five
mile, extending from Kaoutou pass to
Bentsiaputze on the east and across
the Hun river to the left bank of the
Liao river on the west. They are tak
ing every precaution against possible
counter-attacks, throwing up entrench
ments as they advance southward.
Field Marshal Oyama, however, has
not yet shown a disposition to strongly
hold his outer positions.
The evacuation of Bentsiaputze left
the flank of the Japanese position at
the Yentai mines unprotected and news
of the abandonment of the mines is,
therefore, hourly expected.
The Japanese appear to be concen
trating their forces in the fortifications
formerly occupied by the Russians on
the right bank of the Taitse river,
which are exceedingly strong, and they
have an equally good defense north
and south.
The Japanese retired from Bentsia
putze almost without a struggle, fear
ing that Gen. Mistehenko’s Cossacks
would surround the position and cut
them off.
Bentsiaputze is of the highest impor
tance, commanding the roads from
Mukden and Fushuii to Liao Yang and
Fensihu.
Private advices from Mukden just
received indicate that the artillery is
•heady at work.
An engagement is reported to have
occurred yesterday on the Russian
right flank, fourteen miles southwest
of Mukden.
Such news of the Russian move
ments as may be given out without
compromising the advance is likely to
he telegraphed by Gen. Kuropatkin
each evening, after the day’s work in
the field is over.
A BATTLE TO DECIDE THE
MANCHURIAN CAMPAIGN.
Kuropatkin Marching Against the
Enemy to Do or Hie.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 11, 2:15 a. m. —A
battle upon which the fate of this
year's campaign in Manchuria depends
seems only a few days ahead. Ad
vices from the front are meager. All
that is positively known officially, is
that Gen. Kuropatkin has cast the die
tit last, about-faced his army and is
marching resolutely against the enemy
tis if resolved to do or die.
According to unofficial reports Field
Marshal Oyama, at the first sign of
Gen. Kuropatkin taking the offensive,
began drawing in his line and concen
trating upon fortified positions north
of Liao Yang. According to the lat
est reports, which are contained in a
dispatch to the Associated Press from
Mukden, dated at 6 o’clock to-night,
the Japanese outposts are being driven
in all along the line.
It is not clear whether Gen. Kuro
patkin contemplates a blow on the left,
center or right of the Japanese army,
but the fact that stress Is laid upon
the capture of Bensiaputze. which
opens the road and fords to Benslhu.
twenty miles east of Liao Yang, where
Gen. Kuroki crossed, and that Cos
sacks are already reported in the
neighborhood erf the stream, might
foreshadow an exact reversal of the
battle of Liao Yang, this time the Rus
sian eommander Hanking and turning
Liao Yang with his left as Field Mar
shal Oyama did with his right.
Little light has been thrown upon
the considerations which led Gen. Ku
ropatkin suddenly to assume the of
fensive: but no word Is heard at the
war office intimating that the course
savors of rashness. Officers of the
general affair, while not under-estimat
ing the heavy task and severe sacrifices
that are involved in assuming the of
fensive. nevertheless express absolute
confidence that. Gen. Kuropatkin has
found a weak point in the Japanese
armor. Different explanations abound
as to the reason for making the forward
movement at this time. The advance
is attributed to a realization by Gen.
Kuropatkin of the difficulty the Jap
anese have encountered in making good
their losses at Liao Yang and replen
ishing their supplies and ammunition,
or possibly to the drawing of a por
tion of the Japanese troops to rein
force Gen. Nogi In a desperate effort
to end the siege of Port Arthur.
in political circles considerable stress
is laid upon the moral effect upon the
Chinese that may bs expected from
Gen. Kuropatkin advancing without
being compelled to abandon the sacred
city ol Mukden, it being remembered
Mahatma!) JUtofnittfl
, Ja P anes e failed to reach the
c-Ki °r in, P erial tombs during the
i-nmo-Japanese war.
A THRILL OF JOY
THROUGHOUT ALL RUSSIA
That Kuropatkin I. to Assume the
Offensive.
St. Petersburg. Oct. 10, 1:15 p. m.—
The formal announcement that Gen.
Kuropatkin is at last strong enough
to assume the offensive, together with
unofficial reports that offensive move
ments against the three armies of Field
Marshal Oyama have been progressing
since Oct. 4, has sent a thrill of joy
throughout Russia.
The announcement, which had been
awaited patiently through the long,
weary months of discouragement and
defeat, had an instantaneous effect.
The public bulletin boards at the street
corners upon which were posted copies
of Kuropatkin’s order of the day, were
surrounded by crowds, really cheerful
for the first time since the vpir be
gan.
RUSSIAN ARMY~
MOVING ON THE ENEMY.
Mukden, Oct. 10, 6 p. m.— At last
the correspondents ’are permitted to
telegraph the news that the Russian
army is moving upon the Japanese.
They have waited a long time for
this moment, the turning point in the
campaign.
The advance actually began, Oct. 5,
and the preparations were enveloped
in the greatest secrecy.
Last night a correspondent of the As
sociated Press telegraphed ithe first
news that the forward march had be
gun auspiciously for the Russians, the
Japanese having lost a most import
ant fortified position, Bentsfaputze, the
key of the Bensihu roads and the ford
of the Taitse river, and having ex
posed their right flank.
This morning came the news that
the Japanese were being driven back
along the whole front.
But these are only advance guard
successes. The heavy work is still
ahead and a Russian victory will on
ly be certain when the Russians re
enter Liao Yang.
It is necessary to study the Japanese
dispositions, telegraphed to the Asso
ciated Press last night, in order to
appreciate Gen. Kuropatkin’s task. The
Japanese armies are prepared to meet
the Russians and the advance of the
latter is expected to develop quickly.
The decisive moment of the campaign
is close at hand.
RUSSIAN VESSELS
REPORTED SUNK.
Tokio, Oct. 10, 10 p. m.—lt is report
ed here that the Japanese recently cen
tered a fire from the land positions
and from the fleet blockading Port Ar
thur on the west harbor with the ob
ject of destroying the Russian fleet,
and succeeded in sinking three vessels,
the names and character of which are
unknown.
The failure of the Port Arthur fleet
to make a sortie is creating the im
pression that the Russians intend to
destroy their ships just before the fall
of the fortress in preference to taking
the risk of a sortie.
JAPANESE ARMY
MOVING SOUTHWARD.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 10.—A dispatch
to the Bourse Gazette from Mukden,
dated yesterday, says:
"The general situation at the seat of
war has materially changed. The Jap
anese main army is retiring south
ward. Its right wing has gone thirty
miles southward, evacuating Slan
shan, Sinangai, Saimatsze, Fenshui
Pass and the neighborhood of Kwan
diansian. The Japanese are thus giv
ing up not only the positions which
they occupied after the battle of Liao
Yang, but places they had previously
taken.”
DAILY FIGHTING
AT PORT ARTHUR.
Che Foo, Oct. 10, 11 la. m.—The
Russian agent here announces author
itatively that there has been no fight
ing of importance at Port Arthur since
the last big assault on the fortress,
(from Sept. 19 to Sept. 23.)
On the night of Oct. 5, the Jap
anese landed a force from Tache bay
and the Russians retired in the face
of superior numbers. The next day,
however, the Japanese were driven out
by an artillery fire, one gun which
they had mounted being destroyed.
The Japanese engage In bombard
ments for three or four hours daily.
JAP REINFORCEMENTS
MOVING TO LIAO YANG.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 10.—A dispatch
from the Russian headquarters at Muk
den fo-day says the land blockade
of Port Arthur has been weakened, and
that the Japanese at Liao Yang have
been reinforced by 15,000 men by way
of New Ch\v*ang and that they ex
pect three additional divisions In a
few days.
RUSSIAN SCOUTS AMBUSHED.
Mukden, Oct. 10.—On the western
front yesterday a party of Caucasian
scouts, while reconnolterlng, felt into
an ambush of two companies of Japa
nese Infantry, who fired a volley at
the srouts. Before the latter could
withdraw they lost ten wounded, in
cluding a lieutenant, Kousoff, and one
man killed.
PORT ARTHUR
NEARING SURRENDER.
Ikindon, Oct. 11.—The Morning Post’s
Ahnnghal correspondent ssys It is
stated that Lieut. Gen. Sfoessel has
reported that unless ha Is relieved be
fore December, be must surrender.
SAVANNAH. GA.. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1004.
29 KILLED;
60 INJURED
IN HEAD-ON COLLISION.
MISSOURI PACIFIC EXCURSION
TRAIN TELESCOPED.
Conductor of n Side Tracked
Freight Was Dozing When the
First Section df a World's Fnir
Excursion Passed—Thinking the
Track Clear, He Pulled Out in
the Face of the Approaching I’ns
senger-Laden Speeiiil—More Than
a Score of Lives Sncritieed by the
Hlnnder.
Warrensburg, Mo., Oct. 10.—Twenty
nine persons were killed and sixty
injured by a head-on collision of Mis
souri Pacific trains, three miles east
of Warrensburg to-day. The trains
were the second section of a passen
ger train from Wichita for St. Louis,
and an extra freight train. Most of
the dead were residents of Missouri
and Kansas as are the injured.
The dead are;
Mrs. A. J. Darsk and 12-year-old
soil, Gilbert, Dexter, Kan.
W. H. Allen and two sons, Baird
and Francis, Pittsburg, Kan.
Dorsey Green, Pensboro, Mo.
T. F. Dores, Bronaugh, Mo.
Nellie Sullivan, Cedarvaie, Kan.
Ada Kane, Pittsburg, Kan.
Dollie Sullivan, Cedarvaie, Kan.
Mrs. Hattie Kelsey, Oxford, Kan.
G. A. Webber, Forestville, Pa.
Dicy Ream, Bronaugh, Mo.
Cal Ream, Bronaugh, Mo.
Gertrude Loud, Bronaugh, Mo.
Clarence, Ollie and Jessie Herring,
Coffevville. Kan.
Dr. H. P. Mcllheny, Kingman, Kan.
Bessie Mcllheny, Kingman, Kan.
Mrs. Susan Cooper, Kingman, Kan.
Phil. Ragel, wife, son, Edna, Kan.
Harry Carr, Sedan. Kan.
Seidl, brakeman, Jefferson
City, Mo.
Mrs. J. J. Cassment, Sedan, Kan.
Josie Gregg, Sedan, Kan.
An unidentified woman, riding in the
cab of the passenger locomotive.
Filled With Excursionists.
The passenger train, consisting of
two day coaches, a Pullman and a ca
boose, was loaded with World's Fair
excursionists from Southeastern Kan
sas and Southwestern Missouri. The
Wichita passenger train had been cut
in two at Pleasant HIM on account
the heavy load and a locomotive was
attached to the front car, with a bag
gage car as a buffer. The extra freight
l.ad been side-tracked at Montserratt
for the first section of the Wichita
train, which carried signals that a sec
ond section was following. A local pas
senger train passed and the freight
crew took the local for the second
section of the Wichita train, and
pulled out of the side track. Three
miles west the freight met the second
section.
Telescoped Crowded Cr.
The impact telescoped the tender of
the passenger locomotive and the
front car which was full of passen
gers, and it was here that the sacrifice
of life took place. The passenger con
ductor, E. L. Barnes, ran all the way
to Warrensburg to report the wreck.
’ Every physician in Warrensburg and
hundreds of citizens hastened to the
wreck to assist*the wounded. Twenty
persons were killed outright and eight
died within a few hours. The dead
were placed on flat cars and brought
to Warrensburg. A coroner's jury is
now seeking the person responsible for
the wreck.
Thought the Track Was Clear.
The conductor of the freight train
says he was dozing while his train
was at Montserratt and when the lo
cal train passed Engineer Horton be
lieved it was the second section of the
Wichita train, and, thinking the track
clear, pulled out on the main line.
T. C. Dressel, postmaster at Easton
ville, Kan., was taken out from un
der a heap of seven bodies, suffering
only a broken leg. F. N. Cunningham
of Mannington. W. Va., was lacerated
about the head.
GROVE RC LEV ELAND
WILL PRESIDE.
His Only rollllcal Speech This Cam
paign in Nevr York on Oct. 21.
New York, Oct. 10.—The following
official announcement of Grover Cleve
land's appearance at a political meet
ing In this city was made at Demo
cratic national headquarters to-day:
“The Business Men’s Parker and
Davis Association, whose membership
Is drawn from the leading business
men of New York, has arranged to hold
a mass meeting in Carnegie Hall on
Oct. 21. Ex-President Grover Cleve
land has so far overcome his disincli
nation to make a speech during the
canvass, that he has consented to pre
side at this meeting. It is, however,
fully understood both by the National
Committee and by his friends, that
this appearance of the ex-Prcsident
will be the only one he will make as
a speaker during the campaign. The
principal speech of the evening will be
delivered by ex-Secretary of the Treas
ury John G. Carlisle, and it Is expected
that this meeting will be the most im
portant one held by any party durlrig
the pending campaign.”
J. Hampden Robb is president of tills
association.
perry^otlpTritedaway.
Mcfoe's Negro House Servant Mill
In Charlottesville.
Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 10.—The
ststement that John Perry, the negro
house servant of J. Samuel McCue,
r.ow In Jail, charged with wife murder,
had been spirited away by the defense,
is without foundation. Perry Is still
here. He said to-day:
"I do not expect to leave town. I
have nothing more to tell than I told
before the Coroner's Jury.”
WATSON DISCUSSED THE
POLICIES CF BOTH PARTIES.
The ton n try Governed on Stnr-
Cliaiulier System, He Say*.
Chicago, Oct. Id.—Thomas E. Wat
son, nominee of the People's party for
President to-night addressed an au
dience, which filled Princess Rink to
overflowing. The policies of both the
Republican and Democratic parties were
scored bitterly by VVr. Watson and
his declarations were received with en
thusiasm. Mr. Watson spoke in part
as follows:
“One of the great sources ot trou
ble at present is that the people do
not initiate any policy, do not initiate
any laws, do not nominate any can
didates, do not frame any platforms.
Politically the country is governed on
the star-chamber system. The secret
back room committee is absolutely
controlling tlie legislation and the
destiny of the republic.
"That Parker himself is an output
of this star-chamber method of gov
ernnienU no intelligent man will deny.
All the reason why he cannot take any
bold step in any possible direction, nor
declare himself openly to be opposed
to any principle of the Republican
party, is that he dare not offend the
star-chamber influences who purchased
the editors and the delegates and se
cured the nomination for him.
“Altogether, the campaign is an ef
fort to delude the people, a 'confidence
game,' and 'playing with loaded dice,’
as Bryan called it. We have a cam
paign against trusts, financed by the
Standard Oil .Company; a campaign
against extravagance led by men who,
when entrusted with power in 1892, on
a platform pledging them to rigorous
economy, increased the public debt
$262,000,000 in time of peace, without
having bought Panama or the Phil
ippines, or anything else, except the
paper parchment upon which they
printed the bonds; a. campaign against
militarism, inaugurated by the men
who lent the United States army to
the Pullman Palace Car Company to
quell a strike at the point of the bay
onet; a campaign for tariff reform, led
by men who opposed the income tax
and who, when they' had the power in
1892 to reform the tariff, deputized a
Democratic cabinet member to write
the sugar schedule just as Havemeyer
directed; a prohibition campaign led
by the whisky trust: a, labor movement
led by Bell and Frick and Peabody.
“A crusade against gambling led by
Richard Canfield of [New York and
Tom Taggart of Indiana, would not bo
more of a self-evident and brazen at
tempt to deceive than this Parker
campaign, which prete ids to be against
class legislation and at the same time
is led and cashed by such beneficiaries
of class legislation as August Bel
mont. the Standard Oil Company and
kindred corporations of the Wall street
order.”
wynne~rlceives
SHORT-TIME APPOINTMENT.
Will Be Postmaster General Until
Cortelynn Can- Take the Place.
Washington, Oct. 10. President
Roosevelt to-day announced the ap
pointment of Robert J. Wynne, acting
postmaster general, as Postmaster
General. Thp appointment is tempo
rary, and George B. Cortelyou will
succeed to the office about Jan. 1, next,
Mr. Wynne resuming the position of
first assistant. Chief Clerk John J.
Hawley of the first assistant's office
will become acting first 'assistant and
no new appointment to that place will
be made. Mr. Wynne was inducted in
to his new office this afternoon.
The appointment of Mr. Wynne as a
member of the President’s cabinet was
not unexpected by those in close touch
with the situation. It was desirable
that, as the appointment was to be
only temporary, the man selected
should be familiar' with the business
of the department, and, that it would
be better for the affairs of the depart
ment be directed by a Postmaster Gen
eral than by merely an acting official.
In addition to these reasons, the Presi
dent desired, by appointing Mr. Wynne,
thus to seal, with approval his conduct
of the business of the first assistant
postmaster genrtral’s office.
Mr. Wynne was appointed first as
sistant postmaster general on April
17, 1902. He had not been in the office
of the first assistant many months be
fore he became convinced that some of
the affairs of the department were not
being conducted honestly. He obtain
ed definite Information bearing upon
the matter. This he laid before Post
master General Payne and the Presi
dent. After a cursory Inquiry, the
President and Mr. Payne decided to or
der an investigation. The result of
that inquiry now is a matter of record.
miss bessTe^wTlson
DROWNED IN VIRGINIA.
Wri the Diihi*liter of Ei-l’olniMer
(Jcimthl William L* W’llnon.
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 10.—Miss Bessie
Wilson, who was drowned at Vir
ginia Beach yesterday afternoon, was
the youngest daughter of the late Wil
liam L. Wilson, former Postmaster
General, instead of his niece, as first
reported.
She was bathing in the surf with her
sister, Miss Mary Wilson, and a party
of friends. A swift undertow swept
all fully a quarter of a mile from
shore before help could be secured.
The other young women succeeded in
floating until picked up by life-savers
an hour later, but Miss Wilson be
came exhausted and succumbed.
Despite the serious condition of Mrs.
Wllltnm L. Wilson from the shock
caused by Miss Wilson's death, she to
night accompanied the remains on
their way to Charlestown, W. Va.,
via Washington, for interment.
one hundredljuried'
UNDER FALLING WALL
Flflrrn Corpses and 40 Wnnnilrd
Taken front Santlsno Ruins.
Santiago, Chile, Oct. 10.—One hun
dred workmen were buried by the fait
to-day of walls In course of erection
for an extension of the Casa Pra
stores in this city.
ITp to the present fifteen corpses and
forty wounded have been removed
from the ruin. The fire brigade has
been* called out to assist In removal of
the dead and wounded. The walls,
which were constructed of Iron and ce
ment, had reached u hlght of four sto
ries. There Is much indignation
•gslnst the architect who planned and
, bad charge of the work.
ipll li* • : I' ~ rw£ ' ~
—N. T. Telegram.
KILLED HIMSELF
TO AVOID DISGRACE
F. DEPEYSTER HALL A SUICIDE
NKW YORK CLUBMAN'S DEAR BODY
FOUND IN HIS APARTMENTS.
Hall Hail Recently Began Suit
Against Two Oilier t Dili Men for
Slander, Demanding SIOO,OOO
Dnninges—Alleged That They Had
Accused 111 in of Disgraceful Prac
tices in the Calumet Cluh—Hnd
Heard the District Altaency Was
Investigating the Charges ■■ml
This May Have Led to His Sui
cide.
New York. Oct; 10.—Frank De Pey
ster Hall, a member of several promi
nent clubs, to-day shot and killed
himself. A suit brought by him
against two other clubmen, alleging
slander and demanding SIOO,OOO dam
ages, was to have come up in the
courts to-day.
The fact ot the institution of these
slander suits only became public dur
ing the past week, although the first
suits were begun last May. These were
against Alfred H. Bond, president of
the Calumet Club, and George A.
Cormack, secretary of the New York
Yacht Club.
Aeenseil of Disgraceful Practices.
Hall alleged that both men, in con
versation with others, had accused him
of disgraceful practice while he was a
member of the Calumet Club. The
answer filed was to the effect that the
statements made were true and the
conversation privileged. Hall denied the
truth of the charges and on last Wed
nesday from Supreme Justice Levln
tritt secured an order requiring Mr.
Bond to give a bill of particulars. On
the settling of this motion all the
papers were filed In the supreme
court and the fact of the suits became
public.
Revolver Uniler Ills ndy.
Halt’s body, partly dressed, was
found by a servant lying in a pool of
blood on the floor In his bachelor
apartments. A revolver was found un
derneath the body. On a table among
articles of clothing and Jewelry was a
package of letters. Some of the let
ters had been opened, while others
were still sealed. The doctors who
came In response to calls from the
house, said that Hall had been dead
only a short time. The bed In the
room had not been occupied.
It was reported to-day that Hail had
heard that the district attorney had
started an Investigation of the charges
made against him. with a view to pos
sible srtlon, and that this knowledge
may have led to his suicide. The mat
ter. however, had not been presented
to the grand Jury.
Was Member of An DM Family.
Frank DePeyster Hall was a mem
ber of an old New York family, and
until recently was president of the
firm of F. DePeyster Hall * Cos., wine
importers. His resignation as a mem
ber of the Calumet Club was request
ed on July 2*. 1903, and was imme
diately given. Hall was also a mem
ber of the Bt, Anthony Club, the New
Continued on tHxth page.
SO BASHFUL
JUDGE PARKER’S CALLERS.
Chairman Tnggnrt Hail a Talk on
the Imiin mo Campaign.
New York, Oct. 10.—Might callers
were received by Judge Parker to-day
lit his apartments at the Hotel Seville,
where he will remain until Thursday
night,.on the fifth of his political visits
to New York. The visitors Included
Representative Robert F. Broussard of
Louisiana, who has been making
speeches in a number of Northern
states; National Chairman Tom Tag
gart and National Treasurer George
Foster Peabody.
Mr. Taggart had a long visit with
Judge Parker to-night. Inasmuch as
the national chairman is soon to leave
for Indiana to give to the situation
there most of bis time until election
day, the conversation was confined al
most exclusively to the campaign In
that state.
It has been decided by Mr. Taggart
and his associates that his political ex
perience will be needed In the West
hereafter, and while he will be kept
advised on everything that takes place
In national headquarters, the active
management of the Bast will fall al
most entirely on Senator Gorman and
Vice Chairman Delancey Nicoll, witli
William F. Sheehan devoting much of
his attention to the situation In New
Y ork.
In this connection. It Is said Col.
DaniPl H. Larnont, Secretary of War
under former President Cleveland, will
be identified with the campaign closer
than ever.
Judge Parker, It is said, does not In
tend to spend more than one or two
days out of each week In New York
after he returns home on Thursday.
A number of delegations have asked
for dates when they may visit the
candidate at Ksopus. The Avon Beach
Regular Democratic Club will go to
Ksopus on a special train Saturday.
The programme does not provide tor
speech-making on this occasion, but It
is planned thereafter that Judge Par
ker shall address large delegations on
political Issues.
PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF CARS.
Refrigerator Car Service Declareil
to lie a Trait.
Chicago, Oct. 10.—What is regarded
as one of the most Important sessions
of the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion this year, was held here to-day.
The feature of the meeting was an
Inquiry Into refations of private car
companies and railroad companies and
the effect on trade.
J. W. Mldgely, the principal witness,
declared that the system of private
ownership of cars, "had the railroad
companies firmly In Its grasp,” And
was “one of the greatest powers ever
known."
Mr. Midgely’s testimony tended to
show that by a comprehensive system
of rebates the commissions, transpor
tation of many of the principal com
modities of commerce is almost wholly
within the grasp of the “private car"
companies which are 'able to regulate
rates and prlees to a degree that prac
tically stifles com pet loin.
The movement to investigate the
private car company situation was orig
inally begun by the National League
of Commission Merchants at Louisville
a year ago.
Evidence Is Fald to have accumu
lated to show that the entire refrigera
tor service Is In a trust. The com
panies not only Insist upon exclusive
contracts, but ‘also demand rrVI-Hge
from the railroads and thereby gain
annual returns of 20 to 25 per cent,
on their investments. The same state,
meiitii are made concerning the oil spd
bear car. lines.
6 CENTS A COPY
DAILY. IS A YEAR.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK.H A TEAR
THE SOUTHERN
TAKES A HAND
IN THE FIGHT ON RATES.
APPLIRN FOR INJIACTIO* ARAIKS'*
RAILROAD COMMISSION.
No Warrant for Reductions Mnile by
Circulars 801 nml :ioa. Ihr Con.
tendon Temporary Injunction
Ornnled by Judge Newman—At
luntn Frelwht Hnrrau Declares
War on Railroads I util It Oets
What It Rants—Other Atlanta
News.
Atlanta, Oct. 10.—The Southern Rail
way to-day, through Its attorneys,
Dorsey, Brewster & Howell, and Col.
Ed Baxter of Nashville, filed In the
United States Court a petition for In
junction against the State Railroad
Commission to restrain It from enforc
ing the rates promulgated In Circulars
301 and 302 on Its lines. The Southern
claims that nothing has transpired
which warrants the reductions made
In these circulars. The road also
claims to have lost more than $250,000
lust year on business within the state.
The petition also recites allegations
simitar to those made In the bill of
the Central Trust Company of New
York. A temporary injunction was
granted by Judge Newman, going fur
ther than the other injunction In that
It restrains the Railroad Commission
and Attorney General Hart from tak
ing any steps to put the proposed rates
Into effect. This case will come up for
hearing ilong with the otners on Oct.
27.
Will Continue Fight In*.
The Atlanta Freight Bureau has
practically given notice that It pro
poses to light all concessions to rail
roads In Atlanta until the railroads
guarantee to Atlanta fair and equi
table freight rates. Upon the request
of the freight bure’au the City Council
yesterday afternoon held up action on
the Louisville and Nashville terminal
ordinance until the freight bureau could
be heard. It will seek to have Incor
porated In any grant made to the
Louisville and Nashville, a guarantee
of equitable rates.
The proposed concession to the luia
ville and Nashville Involves the sale
of Waverly Place, a short street, to
the road for $50,000. F. M. Coker to
day offered the city $75,000 for the Sams
property. The freight bureau an
nounces It will tight all concessions to
railroads until Atlanta gets what sha
wants In the matter of freight rates.
Drunkenness at Seldter*' Him*.
When the board of trustees of the
Confederate Soldiers’ Home meets on
Wednesday Oct. 12, Hupt. Buoy
will make a sensational report with re
gard to drunkeness and urge that
measures be taken to remove all habit
ual drunkards from the home. About
eight out of the 112 Inmates at the
home are said to be habitual drunkards
and they not only give the officials
trouble but they also Interfere with
the quiet, peaceble existence of the
other Inmates. The trustees will be
urged to have these characters re
moved from the home. Sometime ago
It la stated two veterans from Chatham
county, got drunk and on their retrun
to the home had a rough and tumble
fight. They were eent beck to thetr
homee. Recently It hae been found
neceesary, In one or two caaea, to have
Continued on Sixth Pace,