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' . a. A. "a. .A IT. . V . ml to 4 mm VOL. XVII., NO. 2()8. WILMLNGTOX, X. C, SUNDAY, AUGrUST 28, 1904. FIVE CENTS V V t V - STILL ACTIVE Japanese Armies Con tinue Their Advance on Liao Yang NOTE TO POWERS Kuroki and Oku Have Joined Forces in the Effort 'to Cut tlie .Russian Line East of Liao Yang No News of a Definite Character Prom Either Port Arthur or Liao Yang Reports are Made to the General , Staff and the Emperor Concerning the Fight ing on the 25th and the 26th Japa nese Address a Note to the Powers About the Situation at Shanghai. THE SITUATION" AT SHANGHAI. Washington, August 27. Japan has addressed a note to the powers inform ing them that unless Russia forthwith disarms her warships in Shanghai, Ja pan will be forced to take fwhatever steps she deems necessary to protect her interests. Mr. Takahira the Japa nese minister, called at the state de partment today and left with Mr. Adee, the acting secretary of state, the com munication of the Tokio government. To a correspondent of the Associated Press, Minister Takahira said tonight: "tWhile Japan sincerely hopes that the reported intention of Russia to disarm the Askold and Grosovoi at Shanghai will promptly be executed, my govern ment has felt that it was advisable to inform the powers what must necessa rily be its attitude in the .event that the disarmament of the Russian ships is delayed. The conditions at Shanghai are peculia;- because of the many in ternational interests there and my gov ernmentis desirous of giving these in terests -every consideration." jWiil it be necessary to send a Jap anese squadron into Shanghai and take away the Russian ships as was done with the Ryshitelni at Che Foo?" the minister was asked. "My government has not indicated in its note to the powers," the minister1 replied, "just what steps will be neces sary if the Russian ships are not im mediately . disarmed. But it should be remembered thalt the Ryeshitelni was not completely disarmed when seized by the Japanese, and under the circum stances, in Che Foo was -exceedinly dis advantageous to Japan for military reasons." It is understood that a similar note to that presented by Mr. Tahahira was also delivered at the various foreign offices by Japan's diplomatic represen tatives. - FIGHTING OF THE 25TH. St. Petersburg, August 27. A dispatch from General Kuropatkin to Emperor Nicolas, dated August 26, and referring to the fighting of August 25, says the Japanese took the offensive only against the troops on the Russian left. The strength of the Japanese was estimated at 2 divisions of infantry, with numer ous guns. The Russian losses in killed or wounded were about a hundred. The dispatch concludes: "At dawn August 26 the Japanese as sumed the offensive along the entire front of our army.'' REPORT OF THE FIGHTING OF THE 26TH. St. Petersburg, August 27. The gen eral staff has received a dispatch from General Sahaharoff giving a1 lengthy, detailed account of the fighting of Au gust 26. He says that on that day the Japanese took the offensive along the whole front of the Manchurian army. At an early hour the Japanese occupied the railway at Henchuantsa, Tolung chai and Hanchuanpu, repulsing the Russian advance posts. Towards noon the attack in that quarter ceased. Be fore dawn the Japanese were concen trated against the Russian advance de tachments of the Anshiansan position. The Japanese force consisted of a di vision and a half, with artillery. . The Russian advance guard retired on the main position. The Japanese attack there was not obstinate. The Russian losses on the southern front were 150 men." A cannonade, began southwards at 5:30 a. m., an hour later a . fusilade was maintained along the whole southeast ern front by the Japanese infantry against the right flank of the Russian position. This attack was repulsed at 7 a. m. At 11 a. m. a Japanese battery of 24 guns on Tuhsinpu hill was silenced and put out of action by the Russian batteries and the Russian cavalry dis persed the Japanese. At 1 P- ni. the Japanese made a hot attack against Koflntsa and considera ble Japanese forces were discovered in the neighborhood of Laodintan. All the Japanese attacks were repulsed and the Russian troops, taking the offensive, drove the Japanese back towards the INahikahu valley. The Russian losses there were about 300. In an eastern direction, at dawn, the ..Japanese took the offensive against the whole front on the Russian right. The "' troops retired from-their advance posi- tion thus hindering the action of the 'artillery. The engagement at that ' point was serious and became a hand fv to hand fight. The Russians, according - i-Ag to this report lost about a thousand killed or wounded Since noon, heavy rains had been falling and the streams were again rising. ' LATEST REPORTS FROM PORT AR THUR. - Che Foo,, August 27. Noon. The lat est reports received from Port Arthur are to the effect that the Japanese in their attack during the night of August 22nd, captured Poyodo, a fort midway I between Takushan and the eastern de- xenses ana reaucea another tort imme diately east of the railway. Poyodo mounted only two small guns when the Russians were in possession of it. The assault was preceeded by heavy artil lery fire .from Takushan, where the Japanese have big naval guns. The Russians lost considerably before they were compelled to retire. The fort was not occupied by the Japanese, as it is behind a moat which the Japanese in no instance have been able to cross. Recent arrivals here who were in Port Arthur as late as August 24th believed that the Russians "resistance will prove successful for some time yet. Confirmation has been obtained of the announcement made in these dis patches August 18 to the effect that the Japanese drove the Russians from their positions at Louisa Bay and Pigeon Bay. the Japanese vanguard, numbering 500 to 00 men, penetrating into the fort situated on the highest hill of the Liaoti mountain, the souther most mountain of the Kwang Tung peninsula, incidentally capturing an incompleted battery on the west shore of the Liaoti promontory, and then re tired. The Japanese fleet during the - attack made a demonstration against the Laioti fort. It is confirmed that the Japanese silenced a small fort near Gol den Hill. . , The Japanese line on the west is ap proximately, according to advices re ceived here, three and a half " miles from the European or new town, where there has been no conflagration, al though numerous individual fires have occurred there. When the last arrivals left Port Arthur there was little fir ing. The strength of the garrison is now estimated to be fifteen thousand effi cient men. - , Since August 21st the Russian ships have not been firing shells. On August 22nd a Japanese shell fell in the dock yard, causing some damage. Only the Chinese shops of Port Arthur are doing business. The lack of vegetables is severely felt. ATTACKS BEGIN AT SAME TIME. Tokio, August 27. 9 p. m.. It is re ported that General Oku commenced the attack upon the Russians at Anshan shan yesterday at the same time that (General Kuroki commenced to attack at Anping. Ashanshan is midway be tween Hai Cheng and Liao Yang and Anping is 13 miles southeast of Lia" Yang. PREPARED TO PAY THE COST. Tokio, August 27. 8 p. m. No tidings of a definite character from Port Ar thur or Liao Yang have reached the public today. It is understood that there is a lull in the desperate fighting of earlier .part of the week at Port Ar thur. The lull was for the purpose of allowing the tired men to rest, arrang ing certain things in the plan of attack, and for completing preparations for pressing the attack somewhat heavier. The Japanese guns continue to shell the defences of the fortress, but the majority of the forces are not engaged. (Port Arthur is proving harder to re duce and capture than general public of Japan expected. The public which has ben confidently awaiting the fall of the fortress daily for the past month is disappointed at the aelay. Much re gret is expressed at the heavy tosses, but .the nation is unwavering in' its grim determination to hammer and harrass Port Arthur until it falls and is prepared to pay the cost, however heavy it may be. RUSSIAN'S RETIRING TOWARD ANPING. Field Headquarters of the Second Japanese Army, via Fusan, August 25. Part of General Kuroki's army ad vanced against the Russians beyond Tushi pass early this morning. There was heavy artillery firing for several hours, which finally ceased before noon, It is believed that the Russians are re tiring toward Anping. KUROKI AND OKU JOIN FORCES. 'Liao Yang, August 27. General Ku roki has joined forces with General Oku in an attempt to cut the Russian line east of Liao Yang. The batltle of August 25 raged along the eastern front. A strong Japanese force attacked the Russian positions ac Miao pass, eleven miles east of Anshan- f'V. - v. A t .C2 .i n A ; o f t q n r T'oo err iv 19 Allan i i i u x l ruaiiutuiii mi a - w , -tw miles southeast of Anshanshan. Nine baitteries of six guns each bombarded the Russian outposts. . At this point the combat repeatedly developed into hand to hand fighting. The Russians stub bornly held the outposts the whole day, falling back on their main position at night. The chief artillery engagement was in front o'f Liandiansian, the Jap anese concentrating the fire of ten bat teries and simultaneously advancing on Torintsmi. four miles southwest of Liandiansian. but they were arrested by Cossacks who were afterwards rein forced by infantry and artillery. The Japanese resumed the bombard ment early August 2th devoting most of their attention to Liandiansian. The Russian field guns were very effective. They dismantled 32 Japanese guns mostly mountain pieces. The casual-ties- have not been ascertained. NORTH CAROLINA DAY. A Date Xear Christmas Will be Select ed for its Observance. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, X. C, Aug "7. Insurance Commissioner Young announces that the American Legion pf Honor, ben eficiary organization of . Boston, has gone into the hands 'of Henry A. Wyman as permanent receiver. It has not been doing business in North Carolina since the formation of the In surance department. There are a number of certificate holders in North Carolina and some who hold cairns. State Superintendent Joyner announ ces that he will fix a. date a little be fore Christmas holidays for the obser vance of "North Carolina" day In tho public schools. KEPT SECRET Details of Peace Propo sal to be Presented to Packers A SERIOUS RIOT The Executive Committee of the Amal gamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workman Will Meet Today to Frame Another Proposition of Peace Which Will be Submitted to the Packers Monday If this is Refused a Demand Will be 3Iade for an In vestigation of the Immoral and Un satisfactory Conditions Existing in the Stock Yards Serious Riot Oc curs in an Ada-Street Saloon. Chicago, August 27. The. members of the national executive board of the Amalgamated Meat Cuitters and Butch ers Workmen began to arrive here to day preparatory to holding a meeting which was called by president Donnel ly and which it is generally believed will result in some step'looking toward a termination of the Strike. The meet ing will be held tomorrow. In a signed statement issued today President Donnelly said: t "Our national executive committee convenes here for the purpose of fram ing'another proposition of peace to the packers. If this is refused we shall meet the committee of the city council on Monday to demand that a thorough investigation be. made into th? immoral and unsanitary .conditions now existing in the stock yards." The peace proposal to be presented to tne packers w:as formulated last even ing, at a meeting of the allied trades conference board. It will be submitted to the national executive committee and then be forwarded to the packers di rect. While its details have been guarded with the utmost secrecy, it is understood that it is a simple propo sition to return to work wHthout pre judice as the demand for labor at the. plants warrants and to leave all ques tions of wages and working conditions to arbitration. The teamsters today abandoned their picketing. a. serious riot occurred tonight in front of a saloon on Ada street, kept by Ignatz Hornatsky. Several men, who were claimed by a crowd of strik ers to be non-union men, were pursued along Ada street and ran into the sa loon of Hornatsky. The saloonkeeper barred the door after the men had en tered and refused to admit the crowd. They at once smashed all the windows in the ithe place and breaking down the door, rushed in and demanded that the saloon keeper give up to them the non union men. These had made their es cape, by the back door and while the saloon keeper barricaded himself be hind the bar. his wife, Mrs. Atella EHornasky, ran upstairs and returned with a shot gun. She commenced to Ifire as soon as she re-entered the room and her first hot took effect in the shoulder of Peter Wisor, who was lead ing the mob. The crowd at once fled from the place, carrying Wisor with them. The mob returned to the attack, but was dispersed by the police. HEW ENGLAND SITUATION WILLIAM F. SIIEEHAX IN CON FERENCE WITH PARKER. Prospects in Massachusetts are Very Encouraging iJohn R. . DosPossos Visits Rosemount Several Members . .of the N. Y. Reform Club Guests of the Candidate. Esopus, N. Y., August 27.- Judge Parker xonight had a long talk with William F. Sheehan, chairman of the executive committee of the democratic national committee on the political sit uation and the prospects in New Eng land. What Mr. Sheehan told Judge Parker could not be learned, as neith er would talk for publication but Mr. Sheehan has expressed himself as greatly encouraged by what he learn ed of the situation in nearly all of the New England states, especially in Massachusetts. - John R. Dospassos, of New York, a lawyer, spent several hours with Judge Parker this afternoon. He is a mem ber of the newly organized Parker Constitutional club of that' city. Mr. DosPassos discussed writh Judge Park er what he regards as the unconstitu tional trend of the federel administra tion recently, and it was said at Rose mount that he is preparing to publish soon his views on the subject. Several members of the New York Reform club visited Judge Parker in the afternoon. Mr. Sheehan remained at Rosemount for dinner and for a conference which continued until a latehour. Hie Massachusetts Campaign Opens. Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 27. The Democratic campaign in this - state 4ls ucbuii luuay wiui a. rauncduon ana u.j at uanes aver rars. ine principle speaicers were Governor arvm, oi xnuae lsiana, lvci- ward M. Shepard, Congressman Jchn R, Thayer of Worcester and fcmer Aoaissiaui isecreian- OI me "lreaJjry Charles. S. Hamlin. THE COURT OF INQUIRY INYESTIGATTN CONDUCT OF SOL DIERS AT STATESBORO. TlUrd Session of the. Court A Xews ; paper Reporter and Three Privates ..Examined Next Session in States boro on Tuesday. ; Savannah, Ga.. Aug. 27. The milita ry, court of inquiry appointed by the governor to. investigate the conduct of the state troops in connection with the recent burning of negro prisoners at the stake at Statesboro held its third session today. The features of the hearing was the testimony of G. M. Guerry. a reporter, who went to Statesboro and reported the tragedy. He testified that he mob dragged the prisoners along the road to the stake within thirty yards of the military camp. There were fifty men of the militia drawn UP in line. There was no movement by any offi cer or soldier sp far as he saw,, when the crowd passed, to rescue .the priso ners. He did not - know what office- was in command of themvat the time The mob in charge of the prisoner amounted to about two, hunded. They were in shirt sleeves and ony a few were armed. The rest of the crowd, about two hundred more, Were spec tators and stragglers. Neither priso per was carried in a vehicle to the place of lynching. He said Private Falligan told him that some one had reported the mob's intent to lynch the men, and he said he reported the fact to the camp officers, and was laugh ed at. Private R. L. Miller, of the militia. stated that he was among the men on duty at the rear stairway. Half a dozen men took his gun away. Pri vate MoGuire saw him and came to his assistance. A very large man that he recognized as a bailiff of the court house rushed up to McGuire and help - ed to take his gun away. He was in the court room when the mob came in to the room. He savv, ne said, the sheriff as he opened the door of the prisoner's room. He was there when the men tried to get the Steps and was at the foot of the steps disarmed. He had orders from Captain Hitch on the train, he said, not' to fire until he gave orders and then fire according to spe cific orders. Private Puss ell testified that he was sent in the room to guard the priso ners. The mob wras two feet behind the sheriff and the sheriff ordered him to stand aside. The sheriff said: "Stand aside men,, and let the mob take the inrisoners: we cannot resist the mob any longer." Private Falligan said he wras off du ty on account f a osore arm. He was tbld bv men a. store that the mob would get the men when "convicted: He reported the matter to Sergeant Easeman and he said: "We have herd that a dozen times." He thought that trouble was brewing. Soldiers guns he said were being taken across the street burins: the morning and he counted seven or eight and got di gusted and quiet reporting it because nw. u-n n uthhIiI n Miont Viva infnrmfltinn! "I,, yelled to the sentinel on post that the mob" was passing. A lady shout ed that the mob was coming with some of rur men but it was teh negro. Ther -were 25 or 30 men in umform in line., I saw a commisioned officer and call ed to him. The mob was then not over a block away and coming toward us. Six r eight men broke away and start ed to come to me, but were ordered back." - The court will reassemble in States boro Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. A TRACEDYAT SHELBY DRUNKEN NEGRO MORTALLY WOUNDS CHIEF OF POLICE. Sheriff Suttle was Also Wounded, and Assistant Marshal Kendrick Injured. The Negro was Shot in the Side and Neck and is Fatally Injured. Charlotte, N. C August 27. Chief of Police B. E. Hamrick of Shelby. N. C, is dying and a young negro named Clark, who inflicted his injuries, is fatally injured as the result of a fight in jail at Shelby tonight. The negro. accompanied by a companion, was ar rested for drunkenness and locked up. Hamrick started int othe cage to quiet! them, when Clark fired upon Chief Hamrick. the ball taking effect in the upper left side of the chest, piercing the lung- The negro then fired on Sheriff Suttle. grazing his ab domen and lee: and then xmon Assist ant Marshal Kendrick. who returned the fire, shoting the negro in the side and neck. Kendrick was shot in tne neck by the negro but not seriously hurt. There is considerable excitement but no danger of violence. READY FOR THE MANOEUVE11S. Camps of the "Blue." and tne "Brown" Armies and Headquarters Are Practically Completed. Headquarters Camp, Gainesville, Va Ausrust 27. The three manoeuver at I camps, that of the 1Blue" army Manassas; the ''Brown" at Thorougn- fare. and headquarters camp, to be oc cupied by Major General Corbin, his staff and guests are practically com pleted. Troops are arriving at Man assas and Thoroughfare, and will con tinue to do so for several days until the thirty, thousand of the regular army and militia which are to participate in the 'manoeuvexs, have reached their tents. 'General Corbin, who is tobe in com mand of both forces, will reach Gaines ville tomorrow. At the Manassas camp. General iGrar.it and General Wint are in com mand. The camp at Thoroughfare iJ j in command of Generals Bell, Lee and (Bass. A camp for the accommodation i of the press has been established. aaja- l cent to headquarters camp, , near Gainesville, where from fifty to seventy -rflve newspaper men are to find accom- modations. The two main actions are nherliilr! rr RprifPTnr fith and 7ti and 8th and 9th. ARTFUL WIS Futurity Course Covered in Record Breaking Time TIME OF 1:1 1.4-5 Tradition wa3 Second and James R. Keene's Sysonby Finished Third Betting Favored Sysonby, but the Duryea Entry Received the Bulk of Public Wagers at 4 to 2. The Day Was a Perfect One for the Race and Immense Crowds Were in Attend ance In the Betting Ring the Struggle was Terrible New York, August 27. 'Artful, brown filly, bred by the late William C. Whit ney and bearing the, colors of Her man iB. Duryea, today won the 17th renewal of the Futurity at Sheeushead Bay. Tradition, bred by James B. Haggin and running in the name of Sidney pa- I gent was second, while Sysonby from 1 the stable of James R. Kpcta anfl hro' in England, finished third; The Keene entry iSysonby and Wild. Mint, was fa vorite in the bettings 1 13 to 20, but was not heavily backed m view of the short price which the public was not . eager to accept with the field of sixteen start ers. The Duryea entry received the bulk of public wagers at 5 to 2. Tradi uon also was, heavily played at the good odds of 5 to 1 for the place. Syson- by's defeat was, however, hardly ex pected by the immense throng that crowded Long Island's famous race course, and especially by a filly which had as yet never won a race. The time for the six furlongs Futurity course was one minu eleven and four-fifths seconds, the fastest on record for the stake. " The day was "perfect. A chill wind during the morning gave way after the noon hour to bright sunshine and long before the hour for the first race, every inch of space in the double-deck- ed grand stand was crowded with lov ers of the thoroughbred. In the betting ring, the struggle of would-be. players, for a half hour preceeding the bugle call had been terrific. Men trampled upon one another in a wild struggle to secure the best odds on their favorites. tMr. Keene's entry, which had onened at four to five, was backed down until thirteen to twenty was the best price obtainable. Not a great deal of monev was required, however, to force the price, because every bookmaker in the ring openly expressed the belief that Sysonby would win in a gallop. A few minutes after four the horses were lined up for the start. Sysonby, with Redfern up, was on his toes as the barrier snipped and got the rail. Artul got away second and raced head and head with Sysonby for three eights of a mile. Tanya and Tradition were third and fourth and the other twelve were bunched behind them. Redfern seemed to have the race at his mercy, but the light weighted Artful never lost an inch and as they rushed past the half mile post Sysonby began to tire. 'Hillebrand. quick to see his ad vantage, began to hand ride, the fleet filly. Inch by inch, he crawled up and as they dashed by the five furlong pole he was lapping Sysonby's saddle A great shout ran- out as the racers tore down the brown stretch of dirt toward the finish, and it was plain to be seen that the son of Melton and Optime was beaten. Tnayn which had been running third, gave way to Tradition, and Lyne on the latter worked like a demon in the last seventy yards and succeeded in catching Sysonby. Artful in that dis tance had gone away at every jump. Passing under the wire she was five lengths in front of Tradition and the latter was a short head in front of Sysonby. Tanya was four lengths away in the fourth place, while the others were strung out hopelessly beaten. The pace had been too much for them and the. time 1:11 4-o, was the fastest yet recorded for the full Futurity course. When the time was hung up and the horses came back to the judge's stand, a great shout went up from the multitude. Today's race, while not as rich by many thousands of dollars as some of the preceeding ones, was worth a total of $54,290 divided as follows: . - - tiO - A. . ll. . TO the winner o,wu, lu ine scojut $4,917; third $2,0S3; to the nominator of the winner (estate of William C. Whitney) $2,000, to the nominator of the second horse (J. B. Haggin) $1,250; to the nominator of the third horse $500. COLLISION NEAR FORT WORTH. Passenger Train Runs Into Freight Cars Four Persons Injured. Fort Worth. Texas, August 27. Four persona were severely injured in a col lision between a fast passenger train on the Texas and Pacific railroad and several freight cars at the Exeter street bridge, one mile outside of this f ity, at a late hour tonight. iNne of the in jured wilt die bee and tomorrow- will preach in the 5, westbound, was running at , the rate of forty miles an hour when it crashed into the freight cars, which had broken loose from their engine. The passenger cars, did not leave the rails. -' . gsai THE LOUISIANA LAUNCHED . i. - SUCCESSFUL AFFAIR AT THE NEWPORT NEWS YARD Several Txmislanians Were in Attend ance Virginia was Represented, as Was also the Navy Department ..Brilliant Post-Launching Breakfast. Newport News, Va., August 27. The battleship Louisiana, sister ship to the Connecticut, being built at th Brooklyn navy yard .was successful! launched at the Newport News ship building yards today. Miss Juniata Lalande of New Orleans was the spon sor and broke a bottle of wine across the prow of the new fighter. Miss La Lande's maids of honor were Misses Margot: Castellanos, Alice Stauffer and Rubie LaLande. Louisiana was repre sented by Lieutenant Governor J. T. Sanders .Governor Blanchard being unable to attend. Assistant Secretary, of the Navy Darling represented the navy department. Governor Monta gue of Virginia also was present. Af ter the launching breakfast was served ac the hotel Warwick. Covers were laid for 125 and there was a nuhiber. of informal toasts. The local ship yard is six points in the lead in the contest with the Brook lyn navy yard. The post-launching breakfast, which followed the launching, was a brilliant affair. C. B. Orcutt president of the. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry dock Company was. x'oastmaster. As sistant Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Darling responded to the toast "The President of the United States and the Navy." He said it was significant that the two great parties now striving for the mastery found common ground on the issue of upbuilding the navy. ''Louisiana" was the toast assigned to Lieutenant Govenor J. Sanders. "We want a strong and efficient navy," said he. "The array we have with us alwaysbut we cannot Improvise a navy." -Governor A. J. Montague re sponded to the toast "Virginia." Gen eral F. F. Myles, of New Orleans, re sponded to the toast "The Fair Spon sor," and R. G. Bickford. spoke of the "Men who Build the Ships; The La borers." A toast fo the health and prosperity of the Newport .News Ship building and Drydock Company closed the function. . wmtm FATAL ELEVATOR ACCIDENT, a Four Men AVer eKilled Exploding Carboys of Acid Horribly Burns the Victims - New York, August 27.-Four men were killed today by the falling of an elevator at the Babbitt's soap factory, on Washington street. On the elevator with the men when it fell were eight carboys of muriatic acid, each weighing 185 'pounds. Thes broke open and all four men were badly burned. The dead men are: - Thomas Prince, George Bonnett. Louis Heinman, and R. Francisco. The four men were mixed up in a mass of broken glass and the flood of. acid and their screams as the firey stuff Durned their flesh were heartrending. Bonnetf, the elevator operator and Prince, died in a few moments. Fran cisco had a compound fracture of his left leg. both his eyes were burned out his body was a mass of terrible burns and his right arm was broken. He died at the hospital. iHeinman had a frac ture of his thigh and was horribly burned. (He died soon after arrival nt the hospital. Jacob Beck, the assistant foreman and the foreman, whose name ' is not yet known, were both arrested. The foreman and Jacob Beck assis tant foreman, were charged with homi- cide, and held in $1,000 bail each. Coroner Jenkins after an examination of the wreck said that it appeared that the elevator was a flimsy, home-made affair and had never been inspected. HEADED AWAY FROM THE GOAL. Contestants for Air Slup Prize Cheered by Spectators as Balloons Sailed for the West Instead of Toward the Washington Monument. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 27. With hardly a cloud in the sky-and against a light east wind, George C. Tomlinson, cf Syracuse, New York, and Prof. Carl Meyers of Frankfort, New York, the contestants for the $5,000 prize offered by the Louisiana Purchase exposition to the. aeronaut who comes the near est reaching the Washington monu ment at Washington, D. C, made suc cessful ascensions today from the' Pla za of New Orleans at 5 p. m. The. bal loons gently Inclined towards th west as they ascended and then, suddenly striking a heavy current of air sweep ing from the east, they simultaneously headed due west,, at considerable speed. The vast concourse of spectators which had cheered lustily, when the ascent began renewed the cheers when it was realized that the balloons were pro ceeding in exactly the opposite direc tion from the goal. The balloons were visible for thirty minutes and then disappeared from view in the western sky. Both were stocked with provisions sufficient for three days. Each balloonist carried with him carrier pigeons which will 'be released periodically en route and convey messages to the World's Fair grounds. . This wag the first aerial contest conducted under the auspices of the exposition management. . Present Campaign Conditions are Sat isfactory. u. . New York. August 27. -August Bel mont and chairman Taggart were at Democratic headquarters very early today, so early in fact that they found only deserted rooms, AJt 9 o'clock Mr. Sheehan, DeLancey Nicoll and John R. McLean came in and these members of the executive committee he'd a meet ing and went over the campaign work to date and discusjd the programme for the fufture. Members of the execu tive committee expressed themselves as entriely satisfied with present conditions. V-
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