Nebraska Newspapers

    SECOND ARMY
BEING MOBILIZED
The Division and Reorganiza*
tion of the Manchurian
Corps to Occur.
ALSO A NEW COMMANDER
General Grippenberg Has Been Ap
pointed by the Czar as Commander
i in Chief of the Russian Army j
—Marks New Energy.
, St. Petersburg. Sept. 27.—The divi
sion and reorganization of the Man
churian army, regarding which there
'have been rumors ever since the battle
‘of I.lao Yang, was officially announced
today In an Imperial rescript appoint
ing Gen. Grippenberg, now commander
>of the Third army corps in the prov
ince of Vilna, as commander of the
'Second army corps now being mobil
ized for immediate dispatch to the far
■east, leaving Gen. Kuropatkin in com
tmand of the First army. The em
peror is personally convinced that the
[political, as well as the military pres
itlge of the empire. Is at stake, and that
every other consideration must give
[way before the exigencies of war. The
resources of the empire in men and
money must be drained, if necessary,
in order to turn the scale and vindi
cate the power of Russia.
The reorganization amounts to for
mal notice to the world, as the em
peror frankly explains in hiB rescript,
that he intends to -vastly increase the
'number of troops at the theater of war
,'ln order to force the struggle to a suc
cessful issue in the least possible time.
-It is intended to silence definitely all
talk of foreign intervention by the an
nouncement that Russia means to fight
out the issue with Japan on the field of
battle.
Probably 300,000 men will be placed
[in the field. Five corps, the Third,
Eourth, Fifth, Eighth and Sixteenth,
rare already destined for the front, and
it is expected that five more corps will
be sent forward.
Will Need Commander in Chief.
Eventually the creation of this sec
ond army involves the selection of a
/commander in chief. Not only Is there
tno intimation in the rescript that Gen
eral Kuropatkin will have command of
[both armies, but he is placed on the
*ame footing as General Grippenberg.
In the best Informed circles there Is
little idea that Viceroy Alexleff, the
present nominal commander in chief,
will exercise the actual functions of
icommander of the 600,000 or 700,000
'meS that Russia has resolved to put
In the field.
• It is the best opinion that Grand
[Duke Nicholas Michaelovltch, Inspector
[general of cavalry, will attain the high
command, occupying in the war with
(Japan the position held by his father
jin the war with Turkey. There are
I (various reports regarding Viceroy
p. Alexieff’s destiny. It is claimed in
(some quarters that he will be recalled
(and Grand Duke Nicholas become vice
roy as well as commander in chief.
} It is also said on apparent equal au
thority that Alexleff will return as
(chancellor of the empire, succeeding
(Count Lamsdorff. None of these re
[ports is definitely ‘confirmed.
Would Favor Winter’s Campaign.
’ Grand Duke Nicholas is still a young
[man, not yet 46, with much of his
father’s rush, energy and resolution.
There is reason to believe that even
with the memories of the horrors of
the Shipka campaign against the Turks
of which he was the witness as a young
captain of cavalry ,he would favor a
’tf- [winter campaign against the Japanese.
■V. ! The dispatch of the grand duke as
[commander of both armies would ac
jcord with the traditions of the Roman
(off dynasty, a member of which Im
perial family has always been in com
jmand In all of Russia’s great wars.
It is agreed by the ablest military
[men here that should Nicholas be ap
pointed, despite the fact that his ex
perience has been as a cavalry com
(mander, the selection of his chief of
[staff will become a matter of supreme
.importance. A counselor of wide actual
(experience in general command will be
icome an imperative necessity. Gen
lerals Dragomlroff, Vorentzoft and Sou
(gareffsky, veterans and heroes of the
(Turkish war, are mentioned for the
i L.
f General Grippenberg, commander of
the Second army, was born January 21,
V jl838. He Is ten years older than Gen
'eral Kuropatkin, but ranks three num
fbers lower In the list of generals. Gen
feral Grippenberg is a Lutheran in re
lliglon. He is married and has three
children. One son, a captain of artil
jlery, was wounded in the battle of Liao
:Yang. General Grippenberg was edu
cated at home, and passed through no
[military school. He won his first com
! mission while fighting in defense of Se
vastopol, and then came into prom
inence In the campaigns in Turkestan
tin 1863 and 1868. He went into the
(Turkish war as a colonel, and as a re
ward for his services as aide-de-camp
rto the emperor was promoted to the
jrank of major general. He became a
lieutenant general in 1890; a general of
infantry in 1901, and recently was ap
pointed general aide-de-camp to the
■emperor.
Grippenberg Distinguished.
While General Grippenberg’s distin
guished war record is sufficient to ex
plain the appointment, it is believed
Trince Sviatopolk-Mirsky’s recom
mendation did a great deal in that di
rection.
Grippenberg will leave for the far
east the middle of October.
It Is now evident that General Line
vitch will remain in charge of the
Amur district, including the defenses of
Vladivostok.
Russia’s recognition of the fact that
the forces now in the far east cannot
successfully prosecute the war against
tlie men Japan Is able to put in the
field, and the knowledge that the latter
power is now mobilizing 100,000 more
men for the front and the decision to
reorganize the Russian army upon a
gigantic scale in order to be able to
assume the offensive quickly, marks a
distinctly new phase of the war. The
physical difficulties to be reckoned with
in promptly getting out such large re
inforcements over a single line of rail
road more than 5,000 miles long are ful
5 *ly realized, but with the circum-Baikal
railway completed the authorities ex
pect to practically double the present
capacity for the transportation of men,
munitions and provisions, and send
out two corps instead of one monthly.
Within, three months three corps are
expected to reach Harbin, swelling the
total number of Russian soldiers in
[Manchuria to considerably over half a
million. In the meantime the armies
at the front, continually augmented by
fresh troops, will act as a buffer to
hold in check the Japanese until the
army will be able to assume the ag
gressive through the greater weight of
numbers.
IS IN CLOSE QUARTERS
-,—
All Information From Port Arthur In
dicates Japanese Are Pressing
Toward the End.
Chefoo, Sept. 28.—As a result of the
battle before Port Arthur which began
on September 19, .the Japanese suc
ceeded In capturing several important
posts, and today the Russian tenture'
of the big forts guarding the north
northeast and northwest sides of the \
town is seriously threatened. Chinese 1
information places the Japanese losses
under 3,000 for the three days’ fighting,,
and th:s comparatively small casualty,
list Is due to the excessive care used
•by the Japanese In making their prep- '
arations for the advance. Russian ■
sources, however, claim to have in-.
formation that the Japanese losses l
were unusually severe, amounting toi
fully three times the number men
tioned.
Poss'bly the most important capture
during the three days' fighting was;
ithat of Fort Kuropatkin, which, while i
;of minor value with regard to pre-:
venting the entrance into the town of;
the Japanese, has been constructed for!
the purpose of protecting the sources;
of the garrison’s water supply. The’
control of this water supply is now in
the hands of the Japanese.
Battle began September 20.
As was announced in these dispatches
on September 20, the battle began be- j
fore daybreak on September 19. At this
hour there were thunderous reports of
artillery along the line extending from,
Hie west of Its mountain to Rhilung
and Kikwan mountains. This was but
a preface to the assault which was des
tined to result In the capture of three,
new and important Russian positions,:
together with six small forts lying be-,
tween Shushlyen and Rhilung "tnoun
taln. During the day and night of the'
19th and at noon of the 20th the bom-,
bardment continued without cessation,'
and the many shells falling from quar
ters which previously had been silent1
imade it obvious that the Japanese had
iat least succeeded in mounting many'
heavy guns in new positions, or ini
‘Strengthening their old positions. The'
.Infantry fighting during this period was
comparatively trivial.
At noon on September 20, the Japan
ese right and center, the former being
to the north and the latter to the east
of the railroad, commenced the ad
vance. The troops made use of the
trenches and infrequent natural covers1
that lay in their way. The small forts
to the south of Shushlyen resisted this
advance, but briefly, their garrisons not
hf>inar strone
Fort Kuropatkin Fell.
Since the beginning of the bombard
ment the artillery fire from Fort Ku
ropatkin had been growing steadily
weaker, and It having become apparent;
that It had been practically silenced
the Japanese assaulted the forts. Fort
Kuropatkin is situated to the south of
Palichuang and to the northeast of
the parade ground, on a low hill. It
derives its name from the time when
General Kuropatkin inspected it,
pointed out the weakness of the posi
tion, and ordered that it be strength
ened as far as possible because of the
necessity of protecting the water sup
ply. While situated in the chain of
main forts, For.t Kuropatkin never has
been as strong as the others, and after
severe fighting it fell' into the hands of
the Japanese. This capture lessens
further the security of the fort on
Rhilung mountain, which is now
threatened from a new quarter as well
as from Palichuang.
At 5 o’clock in the afternoon of the
20th the Japanese carried, a supple-:
mentary fort, which from the lower,
ground threatens the fort on Itz moun
tain. This ended the heavy fighting for;
that day, although the Japanese later;
were compelled to resist several sor
ties.
Bombardment, Then Assault.
During the night the heavy bombard
ment of the Russian positions con
tinued, the Japanese fire being directed
with particular vigor against another
supplementary fort 3,000 yards to the
west of the forts on Itz mountain, and
regarded as highly important because
of its bearing on the Itz and Anshu
mountain forts.
The next day after having pounded
this position unmercifully and until its
fire had slackened visibly, the Japanese
delivered their assault. They met with
ja stubborn resistance. They were ex
posed to the fire of machine guns and
rifles, and they made frantic efforts to
reach the crest of the slope. They
leaped over trenches and embankments
and tore down the entanglements In
their path until at length they entered
the fort. The Russian troops there re
fused to desert their position, even
in the face of the superior numbers
which confronted them, and desperate
hand to hand fighting occurred inside
the fort. Eventually almost the ent
tire Russian garrison was either killed
or wounded.
The foregoing information has been,
obtained from a Chinese of unimpeach
able trustworthiness.
Fortress Seemingly Doomed.
Military experts here are of the opin
ion that if the Japanese capture either j
Rhilung or Kikwan forts or the Itz and j
Anshu forts, the doom of Port Arthur !
is sealed, and for this reason the im- [
portance of the results obtained by the !
Japanese in their latest assaults upon 1
jthe Russian position is obvious.,
As the Chinese from whom the corre- j
spondent of the Associated Press ob- j
tained his information left Port Arthur j
the night of September 21, he is unable
to say whether the battle was renewed^ !
on the 22d or not, although junks which j
have come here bring reports of a light
bombardment on that day.
A steamer which has arrived here j
from Port Dalmy confirms previous re. ,
ports that there was heavy fighting a' i
Port Arthur on September 24.
INJUNCTION REFUSED.
New York Supreme Court Declines to
Interfere With Racing at the
Gravesend Track.
New York, Sept. 26.—Supreme Court Jus
tice MacLean refused an application for
an injunction to restrain the Brooklyn |
Jockey club from running races at Grave- !
send track, on the ground that there was
nothing in the papers to show that a
crime is about to be committed, and on a
statement that, in his opinion, the court
had no power to grant such an Injunction.
The ruling was made after the court had
examined the affidavit and other papers
in the application made to It by two law
yers, who asserted that gambling and pool
selling was permitted by the jockey club
at Gravesend, and that as such gambling
would be permitted until the close of the
meeting October 3. they believed the court
could Issue an injunction against the club.
HE JUST CAN’T HELP IT
Cantwell Hugs Every Pretty Woman
He Seas and Then Goes Off to
Jail.
Pittsburg, Sept. 27.—Thomas Cantwell, a
machinist from New York, has been ar
rested, within three hours of his release
from the workhouse, on a charge of at
tempting to hug a woman on her way
home from church. He had just finished
serving three months for a similar offense.
Cantwell claims he Is .unable to resist a,
desire to hug a woman the moment he
sees one.
SIXTY-TWOKILIED
AND MANY INJURED
. ' '
Disastrous Result of an Acci
dent on Southern Railway
in Tennessee.
TWO PASSENGERS COLLIDE
Accident Took Place Thirty Miles East
of Knoxville—Due to Flagrant
Disobedience of One of the
Engineers.
Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 27.—Running
on a roadbed in a supposedly high con
dition of maintenance, and having
about them every safeguard known to
a modern railroad, two trains on the
Southern railway carrying heavy lists
of passengers came together In a fright
ful head-on collision near Hodges,
Tenn., sending 62 persons to death and
injuring 120, several of whom will prob
ably die.
This appalling loss of life and maim
ing of the living resulted apparently
ifrom the disregarding of orders given
to the two trains to meet at a station
which for a long time had been their
regular meeting point. This action on
the part of the engineer of the west
bound train is made more inexplicable
by the fact that the accident happened
in broad daylight, and according to the
best information obtainable he had the
order In a little frame in front of him
as his monster of iron and steel rushed
by the station and a mile and a half
further on came upon an east bound
passenger train. The possibility exists
that the ill-fated engineer may have
been asleep.
n.._•_
The trains were on time and not
making thirty-five miles an hour, yet
the Impact as they rounded a curve
and came suddenly upon each other
was frightful. Both engines and the
major portions of both trains were de
molished, and why the orders were dis
regarded or misinterpreted may prob
ably never be known, as the engineers
of the two trains were crushed, their
bodies remaining for hours under the
wreckage of their locomotives.
The collision was between eastbound
passenger train No. 12 and westbound
passenger train No. 15 from Bristol. No.
12 was a heavy train, carrying three
Pullmans, two day coaches and a mail
and baggage car. No. 15 was a light
local train. The greatest loss of life
occurred on the eastbound train, while
on the westbound train only the en
gine crew were killed.
Relief trains were dispatched from
Knoxville within an hour, and all
physicians in the vicinity of the wreck
were doing all they could when the lo
cal corps arrived.
The first train reached here from the
scene of the wreck at 4:20 o’clock,
bringing about sixty of the injured.
Six of the injured aboard had died
while en route to the city, and after
their bodies were taken off, the train
proceeded to a point near the general
hospital, where vehicles were in wait
ing and a large force of physicians
were ready to receive the wounded. The
next train from the wreck arrived
shortly after 8 o’clock. It brought the
bodies of forty-three dead. The six
others who died en route brings the
list up to forty-nine, and there are at
least six more at the scene of the
wreck, none of the bodies of the train
men having yet been recovered.
Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 27.—'The
death list, as a result of the fearful
wreck on the Southern road near New
market Saturday, has grown to sixty
two, and it will probably exceed seven
ty before Tuesday, as many of the in
jured are in a serious condition and
more deaths will occur at the hospital.
There were six deaths at that institu
tion, the last one occuring when M.
P. Gant, a prominent resident of Shel
by, N. C. passed away. Others who
died at the hospital were the two col
ored firemen, two little girls and N. P.
Miller, colored, of Johnson City.
To the appended corrected list of
dead there must be added an unknown
infant found at the scene of the wreck,
and two other unidentified bodies.
The list of dead is as follows:
W. A. GALBRIATH, Knoxville.
. MRS. W. A. GALBRAITH, Knox
ville.
W. T. ELLIS, Greensboro, N. C.
RALPH MOUNTCASTLE, Knox
ville.
MISS INEZ RUSSELL, Knoxville.
CLYDE RUSSELL, Knoxville.
COREY KNIGHT. Dandridge, Tenn.
W. A. STEPHENSON, Omaha, Neb.
JOHN CONNOR, Roanoke, Va.
D. S. FOX, Birmingham, Ala.
J. M. ADKINS, Jellico, Tenn.
MRS. J. B. GAS, Knoxville.
MRS. W. C. HADDIX, Knoxville.
JAMES BIRD, Jefferson City, Tenn.
MRS. R. B. WEST, Jefferson, City,
Tenn.
MRS. ALBERT M’MAHON, New
port Tenn.
ED DEGROUT, Johnson City, Tenn.
JOHN GLENN, Morristown, Tenn.
DR. A. CRAWFORD, Bardstown,
Ky.
E. S. HORNER, Morristown, Tenn.
GEORGE LEE; Carrollton, Ky.
J. R. PLUMMER, Chapel Hill. N. C.
E. G. ERNEST, Johnson City, Tenn.
JOHN BLACK, White Pine, Tenn.
MRS. W. B. CRAWFORD, Mohawk,
Tenn.
J. R. RHEA, Whitesburg, Tenn.
W. S. HILL,' Jellico, Tenn.
MRS. LAURA HILL, Gaffney, S. C.
- HILL, 7-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Laura Hill.
MISS SARAH H. HILL, Gaffney,
s c.
FIFTEEN - MONTHS - OLD BOY,
thought to be son of Mrs. Laura Hill.
MISS FANNIE EWING, Knoxville.
R. B. GODWIN, Jefferson City, Tenn.
MRS. C. A. RUSSELL. Knoxville.
MONROE ASHMORE, Knoxville.
WILLIAM JONES, Knoxville.
J. J. DANIEL, Turley’s Mill, Minn.
G. N. PROTT, Knoxville.
ANNIE MALLORY, Birmington, Ala.
MRS. —— GREEN, Sylvia, N. C.
Wr. R. KANE, Knoxville, engineer of
the westbound train.
W. R. SPENCER, Arcadia, Fla.
MRS. J. A. LEMONS, Knoxville.
ROY M’MAHON, Newport, Tenn.
MRS. NANCY J. RUMLEY, Wau
tauga, Tenn.
MRS. GEORGE MENZELL, Knox
ville.
REV. ISAAC EMERY, Knoxville.
MISS COPP, Knoxville.
MELVIL P. HANT, Shelby, N. C.
J. C. MILLS, colored fireman.
CHARLES CARSON, colored, Tel
ford, Tenn.
NEP MILLER, colored, Greenville,
Tenn.
WILL CUNNINGHAM, colored, Citi
co, Tenn.
ARTHUR GASS, colored, Greenville,
Tenn.
TWO WHITE MEN, unidentified.
TWO-YEAR-OLr GIRL, unknown.
UNKNOWN NEGRO.
UNIDENTIFIED BABY.
TWO UNIDENTIFIED BODIES.
The Injured.
J. C. Welch. Sanonoa, N. C.. painfully.
Put Henry. Asheville, N, C., seriously.
G. W. Robinson, Columbus, 8. C., slight
ly.
W. E. Hay, Wilmington. N. C., slightly.
Miss Mary Bryan, Hendersonville. Ky.,
bruise^.
8. T. latwrer, Louisville, Ky.. seriously.
B. C. Prince, division freight agent Cen
tral of Georgia, Atlanta, badly bruised.
Mrs. Geo. Broughton, Jacksonville, 111.
Rev. J. Knox Montgomery, Charlotte,
N. C .
N. A. McDonald, Winnsboro, S. C„
slightly.
Mrs. Fred Well, Winnsboro, 8. C.,
slightly.
S. B. Peace and J. H. Miller, negro Pull
man porters.
Congressman Henry H. Gibson. Knox
ville, bruised about legs and shoulders,
back wrenched.
Mrs. Nichols. Dandridge. fatally.
J. N. Smith, express messenger.
John T. Essary, Morristown. Tenn.,
slightly;
J. A. Bones, Knoxville, face bruised, not
seriously.
J. 8. Helms. Knoxvtlle.
J. T. Free, Newmarket. Tenn.
Mrs. J. Jones, Union, 8. C.
J. E. Arthur, Union, 8. C.
J. W. White, Strawberry Plains, Tenn.
Oscar Dalton, Knoxville.
Miss Lucy Gray, Greenville, Tenn.
Wm. M. Livingston, Louisville, Ky.
A. A. Park, Columbia, 8. C.
E. W. Robinson. Columbia, 8. C.
C. S. Groves, Asheville, N. i_.
B. C. Trent. Chattanooga. Tenn.
Millie R. Clowers and child, Anniston,
Ala., probably fatally.
Albert Moore. Dandridge, Tenn.
J. M. Anderson, Morristown, bruised.]
Mrs, James M. Campbell, Knoxville,
slightly.
Mrs. O. G. Nance. Knoxville.
Mrs. Node Frubere, New York, perhaps
fatally Injured.
Mrs. Lucy Harbin, Norristown, Tenn.,
seriously.
Mr. and Mrs. Hav, Burlington. N. C.
Mrs. Will Jones, South Knoxville, slight.
W. B. Seatonu, Jefferson City, Tenn.
C. E. Wright, Jefferson City, Tenn.
Mrs. L. C. Blankenship, South Knoxville,
Tenn., both limbs broken.
Mrs. T. O. McCallie, Knoxville, back in
jured.
Miss Pearl Jones, South Knoxville,
slightly bruised.
It. B Lowrie, serious.
George Bridger, Talbot. Tenn., serious.
F. G. Turner, Morganton, N. C.. postal
clerk, serious.
B. 8. Green, Sylvia, N. C., serious.
Mllburn P. Garrett, Shelby, N. C., se
rious.
Hlllts Nichols. Dandridge. N. C.. seri
ous.
Mrs. C. V. Taylor, Morristown, Tenn.,
serious.
Miss Cary Knight, Dandridge, Tenn.,
fatally hurt.
Child, name unknown, aged about •
years, serious.
Fred H. Wagner, Washington College,
Tenn., hurt In head, arms, groin and In
ternally.
Minnie Janex, Greenville. Tenn., serious.
Marie Conaris, New York, en route to
France serious.
Rose Cammeron, Moriah, N. Y.. serloi>«
Minnie James. Knoxville, serious.
Clearing Away the Wreak.
A force of 140 men toiled ail day long
at the scene of the wreck. Before 2
o’clock Sunday morning the track was
clear for through trains *»ut It required
many hours to clear away the debris.
Engineers Parrott and Kane were
found beneath their engines, but their
bodies were not badly crushed.
One little baby was found by the
wreckers, but that was all.
The cause of the terrible loss of life
In the heavy eastbound train was ex
plained today. It seems that the sec
ond coach plowed Its way Into a bank
in such a manner that the other cars
were jammed into it, and, pushed on
by the weight of the heavy Pullmans,
were crushed like egg shells.
Omaha, Sept. 26.—\V. A. Stephenson,
mentioned as being one of the victims
of the Knoxville wreck, was employed
by the Markel Hotel company as a
waiter, and by several hotels in this
city. He has not lived In Omaha for
some time.
GATHER IN BOSTON.
Episcopalians Triennal General Con
vention October 5 to 26.
Boston, Sept. 27.—A number of bish
ops from abroad who will participate
actively in the proceedings In the tri
ennial general convention of the Epis
copal church in this city October 5 to
26, have arrived In the United States.
The greater number, however, will at
tend the national convention of the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew In Phila
delphia later this month before coming
to Boston.
Among the important topic of busi
ness to be considered by the house of
deputies is the report of the commis
sion, appointed tnree years ago to con
sider changing the legal name of the
church, “Protestant Episcopal,” and to
ask the opinion of the dioceses. The
commission in a report made public
last spring decided against changing at
this time. The agita.lon fbr a more
explicit and stricter canon on the pro
hibition of marriage of divorced per
sons except for one cause will also be
discussed at length and the advisabil
ity of grouping the dioceses of the
country into provinces, with a primate
or senior bishop at the head of each
province will also be considered. It is
proposed to have a board of review
where appeals from the diocesan
courts may be heard. The question of
meeting the situation in the insular
possessions, and other Issues, will also
be taken up.
FIRE AT MENLO.
Loss of About $60,000 Results Fron.
Bad Conflagration—Town Has
No Protection.
Menlo, la., Sept. 27.—Fire of unknown
origin wiped out half the business
houses of Menlo Saturday morn
ing. The town has no flr<e department,
and the citizens were powerless to
check the flames In their path of de
struction. The fire was first discovered
In the Fitzglbbon hardware store,
which was destroyed completely. The
Brown hotel, managed by Henry
Brown, was burned to the ground. The
building was owned by a Mr. Barry of
an eastern city.
George C.J Buckley’s hardware and
Implement house, one of the largest in
the town, was next in the pat of the
fire. The destruction here was complete
also. About 600 bushels of clover and
timothy seed, in addition to a large
stock of implements and hardware, was
ruined.
J. W. Brown's livery barn and a va
cant store room owned by Mr. Brown
were also burned. The horses got out
without injury. It Is Impossible to
estimate the loss accurately. It will
aggregate $60,000, which Is only part
ly covered by insurance.
Menlo is a town of about 600 pop
ulation on the Rock Island railroad In
Guthrie county, about fifty miles west
of Des Moines.
A UNIVERSITY’S LOSS.
Main Building of Minnesota State Uni
versity Burns With a Total Loss
of $125,000.
Minneapolis, Sept. 27.—The main
building of the University of Minnesota
was totally destroyed by fire early to
day. Loss, $125,000: fully Insured.
| A BOLD THIEF’S
SUCCESSFUL RUSE
j _
i Held Up Two Clerks of a Grain
and Commission Co. and
Relieved Them of Cash.
HIS SPOILS $4,400 CASH
The Two Men Were Currying Money
and Valuable Papers From Bank
to the Office When Con
fronted by Masked Man.
San Francisco, Sept. 26.—Compelling
two clerks to go Into a room at the
point of a revolver to be made prison
ers, a masked man today took a suit
[ease containing 84,400 and records and
papers belonging to the Central Grain
'and Stock exchange at 20 Lledesdorff
street, and then made his escape.
E. J. Flynn and H. T. Pearny are
clerks employed by the exchange, and
they were carrying the suit case con
taining the gold, sliver and papers into
the office through a passageway in the
rear of the office when they were con
fronted by the robber. His revolver
caused them to obey his demands.
The thief was hidden behind a parti
tion so that he could not be seen until
a person was within a few feet of him.
He showed perfect familiarity with the
premises, and the police wno are work
ing on the case think they have a good
,clew to his Identity.
It Is customary for these two clerks
ito carry the suit case to the safe de
posit department of the Union Trust
company, Market and Montgomery
streets, every night and return It In
:the morning. Before their arrival the
!place is cleaned out by an Italian, and
It was through a door left open by
him that the robber slipped in.
As the clerks entered they heard a
command, “Hands up!” They turned
around and saw the robber. He was
wearing a mask made of a white hand
kerchief in which holes had been cut
for the eyes and nose.
"March with the suit case to that
step half way down the hall there,”
ordered the robber.
On arirving at the designated point
the clerks were Instructed to drop the
suit case and then move forward. They
were forced to go into a toilet room,
and getting them there the robber took
a piece of cord and tied their hands
to a hook in the wall.
With the clerks tied In the room
the robber took the suit case and de
parted. Presumably he had some con
veyance near at hand.
The two clerks released themselves
after some trouble, and notified the
police of the robbery.
HENRY H. ROGERS ILL
The Condition of the Standard Oil
Magnate la Reported to Be
Critical.
Falrhaven, Mass., Sept. 24.—Miss K. X,
Harris, private secretary to Henry H.
Rogers of the Standard Oil company, said
to be the highest paid person in that posi
tion in the world, has arrived here and her
coming is taken as an Indication that a
protracted Illness of the millionaire Is ex
pected. The steam yacht Kanawha, which
left New York, is expected to return with
Mr. Roger’s family physician. Everything
Indicates that Mr. Rogers’ condition is
more critical than has been given out.
At the present time there are no guestB
at the Rogers mansion, an almost unprece
dented thing. Even Miss Harrison is '
stopping at a hotel.
SAY DARWIN WAS WRONG
His Entird Theory of the Origin of
Speciee Is Brought Under
Attack by Scientists.
St. Louis, Sept. 24.—Great Interest has
been aroused in the International Con
gress of Arts and Science by the theory
advanced by Professor Hugo de Vries,
professor of botany In the University of
Amsterdam, Holland, who. combatting in
the open Darwin’s theory of tne origin of
species, advanced a theory of his own In
diametrical opposition to ail ideas of for
mer and present biologists and phylogen
ists. Professor de Vries asserts that no
two of the same species of animal, from
the lowest stages to man, are alike In any
Important particular. Through heredity
he claims that the distinguishing feature
or element of an individual is not trans
mitted to the offspring of that individual,
which in the theory of Darwin represents
the main principle, and who claims that
,by heredity, passing from generation to
generation, the peculiarities of the primo
genitor finally result In a new species.
Professor de Vries denies this and of
fered proof before the scientists that an
entire new species may be developed with
in one or two generations. The deeply
scientific points advanced by Professor
de Vries has aroused the defenders of
Darwinism by biologists to immediate in
terest and precipitated general discussion
among the scientists in attendance upon
the congress.
Skyscrapers Are Doomed.
Skyscraping buildings are doomed, ac
cording to the prophecy of Professor Louis
Wuarln of the University of Geneva, who
delivered an address on "The Future City"
In the urban community sectional meeting
at today's session o( the International
Congress of Arts and Science. Professor
Wuarln maintained that the individual
should be subservient to the community,
and declared that from a sanitary consid
eration high buildings wpre detrimental to
public health and would, therefore, ulti
mately disappear from the topography of
the future city. He asserted that although
property value would be curtailed the In
crease In the value of property on the out
skirts of cities would compensate for other
restrictions.
Professor T. Jastrow of the University
of Berlin spoke on "The Relation of the
Urban Community to Social Science.”
Dr. A. L. Rotch of the Blue Hill obser
vatory, In the section of cosmlcal physics,
read a paper setting forth that before the
weather could be predicted with absolute
accuracy the conditions of the upper at
mosphere would have to be understood.
This is now a subject of extended re
search and observation among cosmlcal
scientists.
MOB SHOOTS BLACKS.
Whites Fatally Wound Men Discharged
by Georgia Court After
Trial.
Talbotton, Ga., Sept. 24.—Jack Troy and
Ed Martin, negroes, were shot and fatally
wounded today by a white mob armed
with shotguns, after they had been dis
charged by the court on charges that
they were members of a “Before Day"
club forme., to prey on and murder whites.
They had been accused by a negro woman,
who said tl ey were in a plot to kill two
white men.
BURIED WRONG MAN.
kfter Being Identified and Interred ••
Victim of a Murder, Ed Waeaen
Turna Up Alive.
Sioux City, la.. Sept. ZT.-^-After
spending *300 In burying their sup
posed brother and offering *500 for
the capture of ills murderer, the broth
ers of Edward Wasem of Yankton. S.
D., have dl8covered""that he Is alive
and that they have wasted their time
and money upon the corpse of an un
known man.
Now John C. Wasem of Woonsocket
and a brother who Is a banker at Har
risburg, S. D., c-e literally kicking
themselves that they parted with *300
of their good coin to lavish their affec
tions upon the remains of one who was
probably a tramp.
It all came about through a mistake
In Identifying a body taken from the
Missouri river near Dakota City, which
had marks exactly like those of Wa
sem.
Offered Reward for Murderer.
Not only did the brothers give the
body a fine burial, but they put up *500
reward money and secured a similar
offer from Yankton. Further, they
hired men, at an expense of about *60.
to search the grass along the river
where It was supposed he was thrown
in after his murder in Yankton.
On July 23 Edward Wasem of Yankton,
who formerly resided In Sioux Falls, is
alleged to have been Involved In a saloon
fight In Yankton. It Is said ho was
knocked Insensible and thrown out of the
back door of the saloon. His brother.
John Wasem, of Woonsocket, went to
Yankton on learning of Edward’s disap
pearance. and Instituted a search. All ef
forts, however, were unavailing, and the
disappearance seemed complete. About a
month ago the body of a man was taken
from the river at Dakota City and was
burled without being Identified. Only a
week ago did John Wasem learn of the
finding and burial of the man at Dakota
City.
Identification Was Complete.
He notified his other brother at Harris
burg, S. D„ and together they hastened
to the Nebraska town with the hope of
finding their dead brother and burying
him at they knew he deserved. The body
was, at their request, exhumed and the
Identification established to their entire
satisfaction. A peculiar scar on the hand,
the color and texture of the hair, the con
tour and weight of the body, all spoke elo
quently of the apparently unmistakable
likeness to the missing brother, A cor
oner’s jury found the dead man was Ed
ward Wasem.
With sad yet weary hearts they con
cluded that they had found the remains of
their brother, who had been so ruthlessly
and foully murdered, and arranged the de,
tails of the burial. A choice lot was
bought In the cemetery, an elaborate cof
fin waa procured and everything usually
found at a first class funeral was provided.
The sleuth hounds on the trail of the mur
derer In South Dakota redoubled their en
ergies and saw visions of the *500 which
was to be paid them In the event of the
capture of the right men.
Simply Was Away on Buaineas.
Yesterday's developments, when the
supposed dead man came back to life and
his ordinary haunts, cut short the quest
of the man hunters, and brought to light
the explanation of Edward Wasem's dis
appearance. He had merely taken a busi
ness trip out Into the state, intending to
look up some real estate matters, and had
known nothing of the excitement which
his disappearance had created.
Edward Wasem Is deaf, so that his
chance of hearing of the affair was ren
dered all the more difficult. It Is said ho
contemplates going soon to view the grave
where he was supposed to have been
buried and where the *300 was spent in
his burial.
RUN TRAINS BY ’PHONE
Burlington Railroad Is Ready to Sub
stitute Hello Machine for the
Telegraph Instrument.
Chicago, Sept. .17.—As rapidly as the
change can be brought about the man
agement of the Burlington has decided
to substitute the telephone for the tel
egraph In dispatching and operating
both passenger and freight trains. This
announcement was made yesterday aft
er comprehensive trials of the tele
phone had been made on various por
tions of the company’s lines for sev
eral years.
The management stated that these
trials had proven eminently satisfac
tory and that under the system in
vogue there had not been recorded a
single Instance of mistake in the trans
mission and receipt of train orders. In
the opinion of Burlington officials this
removes the main objection hitherto
made to the use of the telephone for
train operation, tne objection of lia
bility to mistake in transmission of or
ders.
Tests Along Lines.
The main tests have been made on
the engine division between Savanna
and Galesburg, a distance of 100 miles,
where freight trafflo Is exceedingly
heavy, passenger traffic light and
where the telephone has been used ex
clusively for about two years. For a
like period the telephone has been In
exclusive use between Chicago and
Aurora, a distance of thirty miles,
where both passenger and freight traf
fic is very dense.
Between Hannibal and St. Louis, a
distance of about 120 miles, where both
freight and passenger traffic is heavy,
the telephone has been used for some
time as an auxiliary to the telegraph
wires, the former being used tn the
operation of the block system and the
latter in dispatching the trains.
In Exclusive Use.
On the line between Alliance and
Billings, a distance of 47 miles, the
telephone has been In exclusive use for
about three years. Between Chicago
and Burlington all he connections
have been made which are necessary to
an exclusive use of the telephone,
whilst west of there division head
quarters have been connected up with
Burlington.
The advantages of the telephone as
! stated by the management are that it
j greatly enlarges the choice of men for
the operating service. Thousands of
1 good men can talk intelligently over
the ’phone, where comparatively few
oan use the Morse code; it lessens the
possibility of a strike and in the event
of a strike makes it much easier to
All the positions. Complete records of
all orders, are, of course, kept. From
the amount of t lephone installations
being made on railway systems there •
is little doubt that the example of the
Burlington will in t'r:e be followed by
all lines.
A CALL TO THE HAGUE
President Roosevelt Will Ask the Na>
tions to Send Representatives
to the Congress.
Washington, Sept. 27.—In response to
the presentation ol resolutions recently
adopted by the inter-parliamentary
union, President Roosevelt this after
noon said he would ask the other na
tions to join in a second congress at;
The Hague at an early date.