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, THE MORNING NEWS. ,
J. H. ESTILL. President. ' NUMBER 17.R2(>.
RUSSIANS’ SHIPS
• STRUCK BY SHOT
THEIR ADMIRAL DECLARES
TWO MEN WERE WOUNDED ON Hl!*
FLAGSHIP.
51* Shot* Fired Darin* the Dogger
Bank Affair Say* Admiral Rojest
reuky, Hit the Rnulan Veuela.
The Aurora the Ship That Foiled
the Alleged Attaek ol Two Tor
pedo Boats Upon the Russians.
NO FEAR OF WAR.
Details of the agreement be
tween Russia and Great Britain
upon a mode of settlement of the
questions arising out of the Brit
ish trawlers in the North sea by
the Russian second Pacific squad
ron were supplied by Premier Bal
four in a speech delivered before
the National Union of Conserva
tive clubs at Southampton last
night.
The ascertainment of the facts
for submission to a commission,
formed under the rules of The
Hague peace conference, will be
through the coroner's inquest at
Hull, an investigation, by the Brit
ish Board of Trade and the exam
ination of officers of the Russian
ships which fired upon the fisher
men.
In his speech Mr. Balfour ridi
culed the official explanation of
Admiral Rojestvensky, but prais
ed the spirit in which the Russian
Emperor and government had met
the crisis.
In both Russia and Great Brit
ain the prevailing feeling is of re
lief that there no longer seems
to be danger of war between the
nations.
London. Oct. 28.—The Daily Chronicle
to-morrow will publish an interview
had with Admiral Rojestvensky at
Vigo to-day, wltich gives a few inter
esting statements not yet published.
The admiral is quoted as saying that
when the vessels of the Russian squad
ron found themselves surrounded by
the fishing fleet the warships had to
stop their engines continually so as
not to get their screws entangled in
the nests. The warships frequently
g*.tve way to the trawlers.
Suddenly the cruiser Aurora saw
ahead two torpedo boats coming to
wards the squadron at full speed. She
turned her searchlight on them and
then noticed two floating mines close
to her. An order to fire oii the torpedo
boats was immediately given, with the
result that one of them was sunk and
the other escaped and was lost sight
of among the trawlers.
The admiral added there were two
men wounded on his flagship. One, a
priest, had a hand shot off. Six shots
fired during the incident hit the Rus
sian vessels. The Aurora was hit
and has not yet been repaired.
One trawler came within range of a
searchlight, and immediately the pro
jector was turned skywards at an an
gle of 45 degrees, as a signal for the
squadron not to fire on that boat. The
fire lasted altogether nine minutes.
Touching upon the warship which is
alleged to have remained behind, the
admiral said:
“Any English naval officer under
stands that it would be impossible for
a Russian war vessel to remain behind,
considering the presence of hostile tor
pedo boats.
"The trawlers had their lights out. I
need hardly affirm to you my absolute
conviction Jn the presence of these tor
pedo boats. I am very sorry for what
has occurred. 1 did not know of it
until I arrived here. I sincerely hope
the matter will be settled amicably.”
COMMISSION WILL
SETTLE THE AFFAIR.
Talk Now as Peucenble as It Was
Warlike.
London, Oct. 28.—A1l danger of war
between Russia and Great Britain
has been averted, and a settlement of
the only point In dispute arising from
the firing of the Russian second
Pacific squadron on British trawlers
Oct. 21 has been referred to an intei
ational commission under the
Hague convention.
Premier Balfour. speaking at a
meeting of the National Union of Con
servative Clubs at Southhampton to
night. broke that silence which hud
been so long preserved and had
brought the people of the United
Kingdom to a condition of almost
desperate Irritation and given rise to
misconceptions which Mr. Balfour to
night himself exposed.
The Russian ambassador, said Mr.
Balfour, ‘ has authorized a statement
to the following effect: The Russian
government, on hearing of the North
sea incident, at once expressed its pro
found regret and also promised most
liberal compensation. The government
has ordered the detention at Vigo of
that part of the fleet which was con
cerned in the Incident, in order that
the naval authorities may he able to
to ascertain what officers were respon
sible for it: that those officers and any
material witnesses would not proceed
on the voyage to the Far East; that
Inquiry would be Instituted Into the
facts by an international commission
f *s provided by The Hague convention.
That. Mr. Balfour Interpolated, had
nothing to do with arbitration; It was
the constitution of an international
JSabatmal) IBoftiing
commission in order to find out the
facts and persons and the guilty would
be tried and punished adequately.
Tk® Russian government undertook
that precautions would be taken to
guard against a recurrence of such in
cidents. Special instructions on this
subject would be issued.
Preliminary to this court, said Mr.
Balfour, there would be the coroner's
inquest at Hull over the dead fisher
men, a board of trade inquiry and
an inquiry by Russian officials at Vigo.
The Board of Trade inquiry would
be specially constituted by the British
government to include representative
men. The Russian embassy had been
asked to send a representative and
give assistance. Apology and compen
sation having already been offered,
nothing now remains but to determine
which account is correct, Rojestven
sky's or the trawlers.
Mr. Balfour plainly said that
Thursday, evening Russia and Great
Britain seemed to be on the brink of
war and yet gave the frankest praise
to the attitude preserved throughout
by the Emperor and Russian govern
ment.
While the Premier was unable to
praise the pacific attitude of the gov
ernment too highly, he bitterly as
sailed Rojestvensky's report, declar
ing that it Was an insult to Great
Britain as a neutral nation, and ridi
culed its probability.
The immense audience received Mr.
Balfour’s announcement of the- set
tlement of the affair with unbounded
enthusiasm, which was echoed
throughout the kingdom when the
evening extras appeared and set sus
pense at rest.
The day was an eventful one in the
metropolis. The population stirred by
flaring headlines in the morning news
papers seemed convinced that war was
inevitable. The cabinet meeting,
which was held at noon, served to in
crease rather than allay anxiety.
Throughout the country there had
spread a deep-rooted, though perfect
ly erroneous, idea that Great Britain
had given Russia a time limit in which
to reply and “Charley” Beresford, Eng
land's naval idol, was on the spot.
Many, indeed, thought it was only a
question of hours when he would be
demolishing Russian ships. Without
the least national desire for war. a
great naval excitement had been work
ed up.
In the streets to-night many expres
sions of disappointment might be heard
because the crisis had not developed
into hostilities. This merely voiced
the opinion of the thoughtless which
comprised a considerable section of the
public. No further difficulties are ex
pected .
Foreign Minister Lansdowne and
Ambassador Benkendorff probably will
be able to decide the constitution of
the international commission, and its
date of sitting. In view of the cir
cumstances neither Japan nor Spain
is likely to object fo the temporary
prolongation of the stay of the section
of the second Pacific squadron at Vigo,
and the inquiry will be expedited as
much as possible.
RUSSIA CONFIDENT
OF A SETTLEMENT NOW.
Does Not Doubt That the Matter
Will Be Adjusted.
St, Petersburg, Oct. 28, 8:13 p. m.—
The North sea incident will be settled
by an International commission. This
is absolutely assured.
The British proposal submitted to
Russia was to refer the question to a
commission under Articles 9 to 14 of
The Hague convention, and a certain
number of officers of the Russian
squadron competent to give testimony
were to be left behind. Russia’s prop
osition submitted to Great Britain
through Ambassador Benkendorff de
clares that the Emperor, being desir
ous of shedding the fullest light on the
North sea incident, proposes that the
whole question be submitted to scrup
ulous investigation by an international
tribunal.
Foreign Minister Lamsdorff, after
his audience with the Emperor at
Tsarkoe Selo this afternoon, officially
informed Ambassador Hardinge of the
character of the Russian proposal, no
direct reply being given to Great Brit
tain's proposition.
It is simply a question now of which
government will have the honor of of
fering a solution, the principle of which
both have been decided upon, the out
come of this appearing unimportant.
The British proposal also provided for
the representation of other Powers be
sides Russia and Great Britain on the
commission.
DROVE THE RUSSIANS
FROM A HIGH HILL.
Hond-to-Hund Fighting Occurred In
the Trenches.
Gen. Kuroki's Headquarters in the
Field, via Fusan, Oet. 28.—The Japa
nese gave a stirring exhibition of sharp
and determined fighting yesterday.
They drove the Russians from a high
hill ten miles east of the railroad In
Gen. Kuroki’s front, which is impor
tant strategically as a post of obser
vation, and was the only point south
of the Shakhe river which the Russians
held. About a regiment of Russians
were entrenched there with five ma
chine guns. •
The Japanese rushed the Russian
trenches, shot many Russian# as they
were running down the hillside, and
captured two machine guns.
The Japanese had twenty men killed
and eighty wounded. The Russians
left thirty dead on the field. There
was hand-to-hand fighting when the
trenf-hes were taken. The Russians re
tired across the river.
When the Japanese flag was raised
over a tower surmounting the hill the
Russian batteries showered shrapnel
on it for an hour, but without result.
DESPERATE ATTACK
UPON PORT ARTHUR.
Japanese Tarried Position# o( the
Garrison.
Toklo, Oct. 28. 4; 30 p. m.—lt Is re
ported that the Japanese opened a des
perate general attack on eastern fort*
of the Keekwan group, north of Port
Arthur, during the morning of Oct. 26
and silenced the Russian batteries.
A shell exploded the Russian maga
zines.
Simultaneously the Japanese at
tacked the forts nn Rlhlung mountain
Continued on Fifth Pag*. v
SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 29. 1904.
MANY LIVES LOST
IN A MINE DISASTER
THIRTY TO SIXTY MEN
PERISHED IN A TERRIFIC EXPLOS
ION IN' COLORADO.
Mine Is llnrning anil the Exact
Number of Lives Lost Nlny Net cr
Be Ascertained—Explosion He
sembleil a Volcanic Eruption.
Mnny Were Injured by the Fly
ing Debris—Story of the Explosion
by a Witness.
Trinidad, Col., Oct. 28. —From thirty
to sixty men lost their lives in a ter
rific explosion which occurred at Mine
No. 3 of the Rocky Mountain Fuel
and Iron Company at Tereio, forty
miles west of Trinidad, this afternoon.
The exact number of dead may never
be known, as the mine is burning, and
in all likelihood ithe bodies will be con
sumed.
A large number of mine officials left
here as soon as word of the accident
was received. The company doctors
were picked up all along the line, as
well as all available physicians.
F. J. Foreman, a government stock
inspector, was at Tercio when the ex
plosion occurred. He returned to-night
and gave the following account of the
affair:
“I was standing not more than 300
yards from the mouth of the tunnel
When the explosion occurred.
"The explosion was preceded by a
low, rumbling sound, resembling an
earthquake, which made the earth
tremble and startled the whole neigh
borhood. I looked towards the mine,
and out of the mouth of the tunnel
came a great volume of smoke and
dust, which continued for nearly a
minute. Out of two airshafts, eacih of
which is seven feet in diameter, tim
bers, fully three feet in diameter. were
shot into the air and broken into splin
ters.
it Ilalned Debris.
“Rocks were thrown over the camp
for a distance of a quarter of a mile.
In fact, it rained rocks, broken tim
bers and ail kinds of debris for fully
a minute, and many people were in
jured by being struck with these mis
siles.
“The explosion, which resembled a
volcanic eruption, caused the wildest
excitement. Men, women and children
rushed to the-mouth of the tunnel and
women, whose husbands were in the
mine, had to he brought away by min
ers to prevent their being killed by
deadly fumes coming from the mouth
of the tHnnel.”
The mine in which the accident oc
curred employs eighty men, and it Is
believed that at least sixty were in
the mine at the time.
Assistance Arrived Quickly.
News of the explosion brought as
sistance from the adjacent, camps, and
to-night hundreds of men were trying
to enter the mine. Deadly fumes over
came the rescuers frequently, but
their places immediately were taken
by others ready to risk their lives. It,
was not thought possible that any one
in the mine could escape death.
It was impossible to secure the
names of the dead and injured to
night. Nearly all the miners employ
ed are Slavs. The explosion is sup
posed to have been caused by dust.
But one body has been recovered, that
of T. Duran, a driver, who was just
entering the tunnel when the explo
sion occurred.
HOUNDeFtO HIS DEATH.
Edgar Allen's Enemies Drove Him to
Commit Suicide.
Richmond, Va„ Oct. 28.—Edgar Al
len, former United States district at
torney, a prominent Grand Army man,
and who had figured here in Republi
can politics since reconstruction days,
was found this morning near Union
Theological Seminary in Henrico coun
ty with a bullet through his head and
a pistol clutched In his hand. It is
regarded as a clear case of suicide.
On the back of a letter found on
the body in lead pencil, is written the
following:
“Give Judge Witt my record during
reconstruction. It is In Blckenrodc's
book in my little book case, and ask
him to write my true history and de
fend me from my detainers, of whom
W. has been the worst. I hope
my false friends will be truer now. 11
commend my only boy to the President, !
who Ignores the'forty years his father
has given to the Republican party. |
Eddie, Edith, lola, Edgar, Stella and i
the little ones will grieve for me, but !
don't blame me, for I have done my
best for vou all my life,”
The letter, which is a bulky one and
which has not been opened, was ad
dressed to Edgar Allen, Jr. The dead
man was neatly dressed as usual. Re
cently the Republicans here had been
In a factional fight, Allen leading the
“outs” against the "Ins."
Edgar Allen was an Englishman by
birth and came to Virginia immediate
ly after the Civil War. In which he
served in the federal army, and was a
Republican member of the Underwood
constitutional convention. He h*s
been very bitter against the official*
In Ihe federal building since he was
succeeded as district attorney by Judge I
L. L>. Lewis.
Engelklng Killed.
Senley, Tex., net. 28.--Paul Engel
klng, candidate for the Legislature,
ha* been shot and almost instantly
killed while standing in a barber whop.
The shot came from a saloon adjoining.
Richard Ward Is said to have been
standing in the saloon with a revol
ver In hts hand, when It exploded, th*
ball passing through two walls into
the barber shop, striking Engelking.
Both men war* promlnanV (k ,
BALFOUR RIDICULES
ADMIRAL’S CLAIMS.
Says Tliey Impugn the National
Honor of Englaud.
Southampton, England, Oct. 28.—Pre
mier Balfour addressed an immense
meeting in Artillery Hall to-night. His
appearance on the platform was the
signal for great cheering, which was
again and again renewed. Mr. Balfour
said:
"If this meeting had been held yes
terday evening I would not have dared
preface my remarks in a hopeful tone.
Everybody felt that if the trawler in
cident could be repeated a belligerent
fleet was, indeed. pest against which
all neutral Powers would be bound to
combine. In the story of our fisher
men there was much tragedy, but no
romance: in the story of the Russian
admiral there Is no tragedy, but 1 am
driven to the belief that there is much
romance.
“It is impossible to doubt which is
the correct story. I should not have
approached it but for the fact that the
admiral's story is really an attaek upon
our national honor and implies that
we are not doing our duty as neutrals.
In an island kingdom like Great
Britain, the nationality of every craft
is known. It is inconceivable that we
could be harboring Japanese sailors
and warships without Russia, and,
indeed, the whole civilized world,
knowing ,it. I enter a most emphatic
protest against such an allegation.”
The Premier said it was incredible
that a fishing fleet could be engaged
in hostile operation and ridiculed the
idea of a torpedo boat attack. The
Russian fleet was thirty miles out of
Its course, and it was absurd to sup
pose that the commander of the al
leged torpedo craft would choose a po
sition for attacking the Russian fleet
In the center of a fishing fleet.
The Premier expressed unbelief in
the existence of these Japanese ships
and said the nearest Japanese warship
was 14,000 miles a way. Such a story as
that told by the Russian admiral
was the purest fancy. The Premier
hoped the truth would be made mani
fest and clear as noonday when the
inquiry which the Russian Emperor
welcomed took place.
The Russian government had not at
any time underrated the gravity of
the crisis or failed to do what it eon Id
to diminish it. It could not for a.
moment be supposed that throughout
all the channels of commerce from
St. Petersburg to Valadivostok and
the narrow ways of commerce, like
the English channel and the Red sea,
an admiral of another power should
be allowed to pass under such circum
stances unscathed, unchallenged and
unpunished after such a deed as that
of the night of Oct. 21.
The Russian admiral had a theory
of the rights and duties of a belliger
ent fleet as against neutrals which
would really make tJjA high seas a
place of public danger. Suppose,
soma dark night, a. liner or transport
fell in with the second Pacific fleet
at Gibraltar when they had intended
to divide, and approached within ‘the
nxagle distance, according to the ad
miral’s theory, he would be justified
In sinking It. The position Is one im
possible for neutrals to tolerate. A
fleet, animated by that policy would
be a fleet which would have to be
eliminated out of existence if Civilized
commerce was to pursue its way un
impeded. He was glad to think that
In this view the Russian government
agrees and has given orders which will
prevent a recurrence of the tragedy
that has filled our hearts with sorrow
and the hearts of all those who had
heard of It. abroad with something ap
proaching Indignation.
RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF
SOME SHARP FIGHTING.
Said They Dislodged the .In |ia
From the Hill.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 28.—The general
staff has received the following dis
patch from Gen. Sakharoff, dated to
day:
"On Oet. 28 the Russian cavalry
made a reconnaissance in force in the
direction of Kekeouitai. A division
commanded by Prinre Tumanoff forced
the enemy from the village of Baila
osa on the right bank of the Hun
river, opposite the village of Kekeout
tai. To assume a battle formation a
detachment of about 1,500 infantry,
with four guns and two squadrons un
der Lieut. Yagodin, supported on the
flank by another squadron of cavalry,
attacked the enemy’s Infantry, who
fled to the village of Hallaosa. We
had three soldiers killed and two
wounded.
"On Oct. 26 a reconnoissanee was
made on our right flank by several
detachments of sharpshooters. After
an hour and a half's preparation by
fire from mortars and quick-firing
guns the detachment advanced at 11
p. m. towards the villages of Tchat
lampu and Bezymlanny. The latter
was taken by assault by the sharp
shooters. the enemy’s forces retiring.
Two of our officers were wounded.
"A party of Japanese fell Into an
ambuscade prepared by our sharp
shooters the morning of Oct. 26. The
enemy had two men killed and five
wounded.
"West of Hul Halln a balloon was
observed, which came, to earth after
several shots had been fired at It by
our sharpshooters
"The morning of Oct. 27 two of the
Cnemy'* batteries bombarded a hight
with a temple a mile and a quarter
south of the village of Yangsingtun.
which was occupied by us as a point
of observation. Towards 4 In the
afternoon, the Japanese attacked the
hill. Our companies stubbornly re
sisted and retired on their main posi
tion. but afterwards our artillery forc
ed the Japanese to evacuate the hill."
ROJESTVENSKY MUST
REMAIN AT VIGO.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 28.—Orders have
been telegraphed to Admiral Kojest
vensky to det'.iln at Vigo all the war
ships, which took pari In the North
sea incident. The admiralty author
ize* the statement that Admiral Ro
jeslvensky has been Instructed to re
main at Vtgo pending the inquiry into
■the North sea incident.
Russians Still at Vtgo.
Vigo. Bpaln, Oct. 28.—Th# Russian
warship* here finished coaling to-day,
but no preparstlons for their depar
ture are visible, it is reported that
Admiral Rojestvensky h* received an
Important cipher message from 81.
Petersburg.
PARKER BELIEVES
THAT HE CAN WIN
IF PEOPLE DO THEIR BEST
THEY CAN FI SH THE DFMOC It.YTIC
TICKET TO VICTORY.
So Declared the Candidate of De
mocracy In n Hinging Speech
llnde nt His Home—Knox nnd the
President llnd n Consultation
Oter Ihe Charge That Mighty Con
tributions \re Made hy the Trusts,
Esopus. N. Y.. Oct. 28.—Judge Parker
to-day made his first public prediction
as to the outcome of the election. In
his speech to delegations composed
largely of farmers from Orange and
Rockland counties. New York, lie In
terpolated the following:
"Before taking up the sublect I
wish to discuss 1 want to assure you
that if we work hard enough, if we
each do our part, we can win this
fight. I have not felt like saying so
until lately, hut we are growing so
rapidly that if our people do their
best I do believe victory will he ours."
Judge Parker said:
"No more satisfactory evidence of
the widespread public interest in the
attempt to win the election by
moneys of great corporations and
trusts need be looked for than that
furnished by the President and his
late Attorney General Knox. Knox was
bidden to the presence of the President
for a consultation. About what?
About the iniquity of the large con
tribution? Contributions being made
by gigantic corporations and trusts?
Not at all. But rather to devise
means by which the force of the state
ment. of this commonly accepted fact
could be parried. The outcome was an
interview by Senator Knox.
Nothing to Do With Question.
"Now, this long statement of Sena
tor Knox has nothing whatever to do
with the question uppermost In the
public mind.
“Shall the creations of government
many or which pursue Illegal methods
—control our elections—control them
hy moneys belonging to their stock
holders— moneys not given In the open,
and charged upon the books as mon
eys paid for political purposes, but
hidden away by false bookkeeping?
"This Intorview was Intended to cre
ate a cloud of dust behind which he
hoped to hide the charge he did not
answer, and could not answer. That
charge Is that vast sums of money
have been contributed for the control
of this election in aid of thP adminis
tration by corporations and trusts,"
Judge Parker said trust officials were
active in behalf of hi* opponent and
continued: That activity may per
haps account In no small measure, for
the ability of both the Populist and
Socialist parties to prosecute expen
sive campaigns—campaigns that ap
pear to be prosecuted largely In aid of
the Republican party.
Those Long Cablegrams.
"The 'administration also puts out a
cablegram from Gov, Wright of the
Philippine Commission, in reply to
some quotations made by me in a
speech delivered on Oet. 15. The words
quoted were the careful utterances of
a. man who has spent four months In
the Philippines studying the conditions
there. He is vouched for by Charles
Francis Adams, Cu.rl Kchurz, Edwin
Burritt Smith. Herbert Welsh and
Moorfoeld Story.
"1 ask you, and through you the
American people, to examine Gov.
Wright's cablegram in connection wltsh
that report and then answer these
questions: Do you believe the man
thus vouched for by six of the best
citizens in this country? Which is
likely to be prejudiced? The man
having no motive but to learn the
truth, or the Governor who may by
some measure be responsible for un
fortunate conditions?
“Is the Governor’s report of such
a character as to Justify an expendi
ture by the government of several hun
dred dollars to cable a, part of my
speech to Manila and to receive his re
ply by cable? It was not government
business. It was political business. If
a few hundred dollars may be taken
out of the public funds to thus assist
the prosecution of a political campaign,
why may not the money in the treas
ury hr- employed for any purpose that
will help the campaign? How do we
know but it is?
"This is one of the evidences of the
growth of imperialism.
“The head of the government 'can do
no wrong.'
“An assault upon his policy Is an
assault upon the people, and hence the
people's money can be legitimately
used for his vindication.
Growth of Public Expenditures.
“My speech charging administrative
extravagances seems also to have cre
ated some excitement. And this time
the administration puts forward Ho
race A. Taylor. He makes a state
ment after a call on the President.
“Now. you will observe that he no
where challenges the figures given by
me. They cannot be questioned. 'They
show that after taking the (60,000.000
{►aid for the Panama, canal and rights,
■this government spent $160,000,000 more
last year than It did seven years ago
under a Democratic administration.
The deficit for the present fiscal year
to Oct. 25 is over $21,000,000, as against
$1,141,204 for identically the same pe
riod last year.
"Returning to Acting Secretary Tay
lor's Intervlewg It would seem as If
its purpose—lf if had any beyond that
of creating a mist—was to deny my
assertion that there were ‘administra
tive orders forbidding government
officers from making publle any state
ments upon which future appropria
tions are based/ My answer is that
the Treasury Department issued this
order:
" 'Treasury Department, Office of
the Secretary. Sept. 7, 1904
" ’The heads of bureaus and chiefs
of divisions:
“'Gentlemen: It Is requested that
no information hearing upon the esti
mates of this department for the fis
cal year ending June 30. 1906. be made
public until the estimates shall have
been approved by the honorable Sec
retary of the Treasury.
" 'By direction of the Secretary.
(Signed) "W. H. Hill*. Ohicf clerk.'
"I have copies of orders issued to
other departments, which 1 took th*
precaution to obtain before making
public the statement now challenged."
Suffered Front Tnrtff.
Judge Parker then took up the tariff
question, which he discussed at some
length from the standpoint of the
farmer, saving he has suffered even
more, possibly, than the wage earner
by excessive tariff duties. Judge Par
ker referred to the higher prices under
prelection as an assessment on tlte
consumer and asked:
"Now, do you think the law ought
to compel you to continue to pay an as
sessment every time you or the mem
bers of your family buy an article of
clothing or buy anything to use? That
is precisely what we have been doing
until we have concentrated the wealth
and power in this country tn compar
atively few hands. There are said to
be 453 combinations or trusts In this
country. In order to make many of
these combinations pay good dividends
on the watered stock, the tariff taxes,
they say, must be kept up. And
these combinations are trying to give
success to the Republican party, be
cause that party and its President
have notified the country that they
stand pat, as they call It. on the tar
iff, which means that they will not
interfere with it."
ROOSEVELT REPLIES
AGAIN TO TYNER.
Either Morally Ohllqultnua or
Grossly I nrlllefr lit.
Washington, Oet. 28. —By direction of
the President, Secretary I,oeh to-day
sent to James N. Tyner, former as
sistant attorney general for the Post
office Department, a letter in reply in
Mr. Tyner's letter, dated Oct. 8, and
made public last night. The letter
says that as the question of Mr. Ty
ner's guilt on the criminal charge on
which he was tried has been passed
upon by a Jury, the President acqui
esces in the jury's finding, but. the evi
dence "seems to him overwhelming
that you, (Mr. Tyner), were guilty
either of moral obliquity In perform
ance of duty or of the grossest Inef
ficiency.”
Secretary I'.oeb's letter says get-rlch
quiok concerns were Improperly favor
ed In Mr. Tyner’s office, Instancing the
Arnold Turf Concern, as to which a
committee of the Missouri Senate re
ported that if the department at Wash
ington had acted promptly and prop
erly upon the recommendation of the
postofflee inspector, millions of dollars
would have been Raved to the people.
The letter says the issuance of trs.ud
orders which Bn ••ret t, Mr. Tyner's
nephew, prevented, lias been resumed
by the present attorney for the Post
office Department and have in no case
been made void bv the courts.
The letter refers in the burglary of
the Postofflee Department safe by Mrs.
Barrett and Mrs. Tvner as a matter
necessary to consider when the Presi
dent Is requested to rehabilitate Ty
ner's character. The letter says It Is
not known exactly what documents
were tsken from th# safe and assume*
they were such as would "gravely In
criminate" Tyner and Barrett.
The letter describe* st length Ty
ner’s effort to provide n. place for his
daughter In the postal service, quot
ing from letter* written by Tyner to
the postmaster a.t Portage. Wts, ask
ing that his daughter be retained in
the office and promising nn addition
to her salary, nt the same time In
timating that If the appointment: were
not made the salary would go to some
other office. The postmaster declined
this proposal, saying Ihe salary de
manded for Tyner's daughter was pro
portionately much larger than other
employes receive, and it would be bet
ter to have her transferred. Com
menting on this transaction, Secretary
Loeb's letter savs
“Accordingly. Miss Tyner was trans
ferred and the position which she held
at Portage was forthwith abolished and
no appointment to the vacancy male.
It. appears clear, therefore, that you
were keeping your daughter In the pos
tal service simply for the sake of giv
ing her the Salary. and that when she
did not occupy the position it whs
not deemed necessary to fill It at alt;
and you actually called attention of
the postmaster at Portage to this fact
In order to Induce him to retain your
daughter, poiujjng out to him that, as
'actually happened, he would lose (he
appropriation for the position unless he
acted as you desired."
The letter refer* to a request made
of the postmaster at Ware. Mass., hy
Tyner, for the appointment of Cora.
Watson as a clerk, of which the let
ter says: “It was not a bona fide ap
pointment, but one designed Improp
erly to get Mis* Watson In the classi
fied service.”
Mr. Tyner issued a public statement
to-night affirming that the President
had misstated facts in the letter of to
day and expressing the opinion that
hts action wtlh regard to his daugh
ter's appointment was entirely legal.
ONE BURNED TO DEATH.
Destruction Wrought hy the Fire on
Water Front.
New York, Oct. 28.—One man was
burned to death and another seriously
Injured in the fire at the Bush Terminal
Company, South Brooklyn, early to
day. The de'ad man Is Patrolman Pat
rick Cushing and Fireman John It.
Walsh Is in a hospital suffering from
scalp wounds, concussion of the brain
and contusions of the body.
The fire whs discovered on the light
er Victory, lying at pier 7. foot of For
ty-first street. The vessel was laden
with cotton. Before the engine* ar
rived the flames had sprea-d to the pier,
which was loaded with cotton, and
it was entirely destroyed. The pier
was 700 feet long and was one of the
largest In this vicinity.
The flames soon reached the light
ers Bend, lowa and another known as
No. 206, all laden with cotton, and
then Jumped to pier 6, at the foot of
Forty-sixth street, and set. fire to the
Italian steamer Cttta Dl Palermo, which
was damaged to the extent of $30,000.
She is owned by George W. Becker
& Cos.
A number of steamships and smaller
ei'.ift were taken out Into the stream
and escaped the flames.
Fire Commissioner Doyle says the
loss Will not exceed $300,000.
Will Hnlse Wages.
Richmond, Va.. Oct. 28.—The em
ployes of the Lynchburg Cotton Mill
have been notified that beginning next
week, their wages will be restored to
the rates in force last February, when
by reason of the high price of cotton
end the low price of goods, they were
reduced 10 per cent. At the time of
the wage reduction in February, the
rent* on the company's cot
tages were reduced 25 pee
cent., and this reduction in the
employes' living expeneea remains in
effect. The number of employes af
fected by the wwge restoration is about
100.
5 CENTB A COPY
DAILY. IS A YEAR.
WEEKLY 2-TIMEB-A-WEEK.iI A YEA
SAVANNAH NOW
FAIRLY TREATED
RAILROAD COMMISSION SAYS
IT WILL GIVE THIS CITY SAME
RATES AS ATLANTA.
llnles (n and From Savannah to B
the Same as Given Atlanta In Otr
enlnrs ;tf>l nnd 8058—Not to Become
Effeetlve Till Litigation Fending
tins Been Determined—Would Not
Revoke Its Circulars, Bat Yielded
to Snvsnnnh's Right.
Atlanta, Oct. 28. — The State Railroad
Commission, in an extra order made
public to-day. concedes Savannah's
contention that any reduction of rates
made on manufactured articles or other
commodities should be made to apply
equally Prom Sa.vnnsh at the same
time they go Into effect from Atlanta.
Savannah has thus won her case be
fore the commission, which was so
ably presented by the committee of
seventeen, headed by Mayor Herman
Myers, which appeared before the com
mission a couple of week* ago, and
made a strong showing in the Forest
City's behalf.
The commission formulated Its order
on Oct. 21. but did not make It public
until to-day, because It desired first to
confer with Attorney General John C.
Hart, who has been In Washington.
The Attorney General has approved the
legal status of Ihe order.
Would Not Revoke Them.
In this order the commission refuses
the petition of Savannah In so far as
il asks (he revocation of circulars 3<H
and 302, stating that it considers the
reduced rates promulgated In these or
ders as Just and reasonable, but It
goes on to concede Savannah's conten
tions that similarly reduced rates
should he made to go into effect from
Savannah at the same time that At
lantia gets the benefit of them.
in explaining the order to-day Com
missioner Joseph M. Brown said that
It meant reduced rates would be grant
ed on manufactured products from Sa
vannah to Augusta, Athens, Macon and
Columbus and In the reverse directions,
on the same basts as those granted
from Atlanta and to go Into efTect at
the same time.
With regard to the syrup rate, hs
■laid that would be made what the
ooinmlsdlon considered to he Just and
equitable tn all parties concerned.
Litigation Holds Them I p.
The rates from Savannah will not
be made out until after the present
litigation in the United States court,
which has the matter tied up by In
junction, has been disposed of, but
they will be made out. and promulgat
ed at the same time that the rates
from Atlanta are put. Into effect.
Similar reductions will also be mads
at the same time for other points in
the state, known In railroad parlance
as pro-rating points.
The commission's order In full regard
ing the Savannah case Is as follows:
"Oct. 21, 1964, In the mstter of
hearing the city of Savannah on
argument to revoke circular* Nos, 301
and 302.
"At the above hearing It was In
sisted by the representative* of the
city of Savannah: I—That said circu
lars be revoked entirely. 3 —That
should the commission decline to re
voke said circulars that stmtlar rata
be given tn Savannah as to Atlanta
and to be effective at the same time.
After Mature. Consideration.
"After a full p.nd patient' hearing
and after mature consideration, the
commission has reached the conclu
sion now, as It did on Sept. 15, 1904,
the same being the date of the deci
sion tn the matter of the application
made by Atlanta Freight Bureau
for relief from all alleged discrimina
tions against Atlanta, that the rates
promulgated by circulars No*. 301 and
802 are Just and reasonable in and of
themselves, and the commission reaf-'
firms the conclusion then peached and
for the reason* that rate* are In and
of themselves Just and reasonable de
clines th* revocation of circulars No*.
301 and 302 as prayed for by petition
ers In the present case.
"It is ordered by the commission
that similar rates to those promul
gated by circulars 301 and 302 be made
to apply to and from Savannah. It is
further ordered that since the en
forcement of the rates promulgated by
circulars 301 and 302 has upon appli
cation for injunction filed by Central
Trust Company of New York vs. J.
Pope Brown, et al., In the United States
court for the northern district of
Georgia been restrained, that this or
der be stayed until the rates first
promulgated become effective by rea
son of the dissolution of the restrain
ing order.
"By order of the board. J. Pape
Brown, chairman; George F. Mont
gomery. secretary."
NO INDICTMENT OF LYNCHERS
II n I Inc li Grand 1 Jury Adjourned
Without Returning • Single Bill.
Statesboro. Ga.. Oct. 2*.—Notwith
standing the charge of Judge Daley
to the grand Jury regarding the riot
tn which Reed and Cato were burned.
The grand jury adjourned to-day
without making a singia indictment.
Between forty and Any of the best
citizens of the county were summon
ed. but the evidence furniabed by the
state proved insufficient to teem a
indictment*