The Courier-Journal, 1904-09-10

Claims the Key Dr Geo C Lorimer AT AIX LES BAINES FRANCE FORMERLY pastor op loul VILLE BAPTIST CHURCHES HE WAS ONCE AN ACTOR Took Up Ministry While Playing An Engagement In Louis Louisville - ville Louisville A DENOMINATIONAL GIANT Philadelphia Sept 9 - Word was re received - ceived received to-day at the country residence of George Horace Lorimer editor of th Saturday Evening Poet of the death abroad of Mr ' Lorimer' father the Rev Dr George C Lorimer The news was conveyed in a brief cablegram from Mr Lorimer which Mid that hie father bad died at Alx les Baines France JOINED CHURCH IN LOUISVILLE i Dr Lorimer Cam A An Actor - Pastor of Walnut-Street Church ' add "Father of Broadway Church" - Friends and personal acquaintances of Dr George Claude Lorimer in Lou Louisville - isville Louisville who heard of his death in France with much eorrorf knew that i he underwent a delicate operation in Berlin a few week ago and believe his death resulted from ita effects He left hla charge at Albany N Y several' months ago and went abroad in search of health When hie vacation period had expired he was much enfeebled a result of the operation and members ot his congregation secured an exten extension - sion extension of hie vacation after which he he-went - went he-went to Alx lea Balnea where hie death occurred Dr Lorimer was well known and -highly esteemed by many of Louis- villa's older cltisens especially in Bap Baptist - tist Baptist church circles He was the third -pastor of Wahiut-etreet Baptist church and was known as the "Father of the Broadway church" which wae organ- -lzed as a result of a movement inaug inaugurated - urated inaugurated by Dr Lorimer during hie pas pastorate - torate pastorate of the Walnut-street church from 1861 to 1868 Pother of Broadway Church Though the Broadway church was or organised - ganised organised after Dr Lorimer left Louis Louisville - ville Louisville it was a consummation of a movement started end given impetus by him At the inception of the Ides of a colonisation of Baptist strength and the extension of the church In Louisville Dr Lorimer made a marvel marvelous - ous marvelous collection of funds at a special service for the purpose end even after he had caat hla lot In other fields his Influence wae still felt in the earlier success of the church It- wee the in-1 tentlon of the Broadway church that he should be lte first pastor and when he left Louisville to accept the pas pastorate - torate pastorate of the Albany church he left many disappointed friends During Me pastorate of Walnut- treat Baptist church he gained a wide repu reputation - tation reputation ae an able forceful speaker and a power la pastoral work Possessed of a wonderful personal charm he- had the capacity of making - warm friends of all with whom he come in contact and numbered hla friends by hie ac acquaintances - quaintances acquaintances He wm not only popular in Baptist - Church circles but had stanch friend and admirers in every' denomination who recognised hla abil ability - ity ability In the pulpit and loved him as a citizen Built Up Walnut-Street Church From the time he became pastor of the Wahiut-etreet church the congrega congregation - tion congregation increased rapidly soon becoming one of (he strongest Baptist churches in toe South Dr Lorimer was ener energetic - getic energetic and Judicious and by gaining the full confidence of hie people and the respect and confidence of the people generally he was euccenful in Ms every undertaking When Walnut Walnut-street - street Walnut-street church became eucoeesful Dr 1 Lorimer decided that 1 another church Should be organized in Louisville and hence the inauguration of the move movement - ment movement that gave the etty the Broadway church which now haa a memberrhip of 1400 Attempt - To Assassinate Him Dr Lorimer woe known ae a pro profound - found profound thinker who prepared hie dis discourses - courses discourses carefully and delivered them In a manner - that imp rawed his -thought deeply upon the minds of hie heartn During hi rtay In Louisvl le an attempt wae mode to assassinate Mm os he stood in hie pulpit During one of hi sermons a man believed to have been a crank fired at him with a revolver (he bullet flying wild of its Intended mark and burying Itself In the wall at the rear of the rostrum Though Dr Lorimer cow the would-be assassin rise from hie eeat and take deliberate aim alt Mm and a second later heard toe bullet strike near him he gave no outward sign of fear or excitement and after the man was overcome and dis disarmed - armed disarmed lightly referred to the Incident and proceeded with the sermon Was First An Aotor Dr Lorimer was converted to Chris Christianity - tianity Christianity in Louisville He came here when a young man ae an actor travel traveling - ing traveling with some dramatic company which had a week's engagement in Louisville He stopped with a compsn ion named Strickland also an actor and a member of the same troupe A re revival - vival revival meeting was in progress at the Walnut-street church conducted by Dr T C Teedale an evangelist' whose method was to flood the city with tracts to create an interest in the services Mrs W W Evarts then an active member of Walnut-strret church went to the boarding-house where the actors were stopping and left a number of tracts placing them in the hands of Dr Lorimer and hie friend The fol following - lowing following Sunday both attended the serv service - ice service and continued to do so for several days when both were converted and joined the church Graduate of Georgetown Dr Lorimer a short time later went to Georgetown College determined to become a minister When he was grad graduated - uated graduated he became pastor of the Baptist church at Georgetown later coming to Louisville when he took charge of Walnut-street church where he was

Spirits His Prisoner Over Into Flor Florida - - ida - Florida - The State Militia Is Called Out Balnbridge Ga Sept 9 - Sheriff Ford ham this morning received a tele telegram - gram telegram from Judge Spence at Camilla ordering him to call out the militia to protect Whitney Williford a negro un under - der under arrest on the charge of murder as a mob from Mitchell county was said to be on the way to Balnbridge to lynch him Orders were given for the militia to hold Use If in readiness to respond to a hurry call -Meanwhile the prisoner was put on a train and hurried to Tallahas Tallahassee - see Tallahassee Fla whence he will he returned to some unknown point In Georgia Thus the mob has been foiled MINER CONFESSES B P SLAGEL IMPLICATED IN THE DYNAMITE OUTRAGES TWELVE OTHERS INVOLVED Helped To Place the Dynamite Which Ushered Fifteen' Miners Into Eternity At Independence CoL Topeka Kan Sept 8 - B F Slagel atlas Robert Romaine a deported Colo Colorado - rado Colorado miner under arrest here for bur burglary - glary burglary has confessed to the County Attorney to complicity In the Independ Independence - ence Independence depot' end the Vindicator mine ex ex-plorions - plorions ex-plorions In the CYippie Creek district last June when fifteen nonunion min miners - ers miners were killed outright and others In Injured - jured Injured Romaine says he helped to place tie dynamite and wires running be beneath - neath beneath (he depot and by which the charge wee eet off Romaine gave the names of those -whom he alleges were implicated with him In the plot Slagel or Romaine In hla confes confession - sion confession implicated 'twelve other men Two of the name the local Sheriff refuses to divulge the others as given were Jesse Watters Foster McKinney Louis Thwell Jim Hicks Carl Nelson Davis Kennlson Beck Campbell The con confession - fession confession was made before County Attor Attorney - ney Attorney Hungait and Sheriff Luca 'i Romaine Was Suspected Cripple Creek Col Sept I - Sheriff Bell said to-day of 81ogel or Romaine: "We know positively that Romaine worked In the district while the strike was in progress and was a spy em employed - ployed employed by the Western Federation of Miner He had long been under sus suspicion" - picion" suspicion" ( Served Term In Prison Canon City Col Sept 9 - Robert Ro Romaine - maine Romaine was sentenced to the State peni penitentiary - tentiary penitentiary from Pueblo for burglary in March 1901 for four years He was discharged In July 1903 He was born at Hamburg Germany and at the time he entered the prison woe twenly-flve years of age NEGRO ORGAN HAS BEEN REORGANIZED ?0R POLITICAL PURPOSES Claimed That Its Editor Dr Under Underwood - wood Underwood Has His Eya On the Frankfort Post-office Frxnlcfort Ky Sept 9 - Special - The Bluegraas Bugle the local colored organ editot by Dr E E Underwood delegate to the late National Repub Republican - lican Republican Convention iriilcb haa been con conducted - ducted conducted ae an independent paper was reorganised to-day Its negro directors with Democratic tendencies retired and the new board with Underwood ax its spokesman announces that It la In poli polities - ties polities for the campaign The Kentucky Journal tbe local Democratic newspa newspaper - per newspaper win -to-morrow prfot a story to the effect that Underwood' has hie eye on the offloe of postmaster of the State capital and that this Is the secret of the reorganisation of his paper Oapt E -M Drone the present postmaster was a leader i of the "Lily White" movement In the late Republican State Convention and opposed the selection of Underwood as a delegate from Ken Kentucky - tucky Kentucky to the National Convention- of the party The negro editor hu not forgotten this and' threatens Drone and bis friends that he Underwood wlH not forget to un hi influence again rt them and in the distribution of rise Federal patronage here should Roosevelt "be elected hi November White Repub Republicans - licans Republicans here are much exercised ae a re result - sult result KNIGHTS TEMPLAR HAVING GOOD TIME San Francisco Sept 9 - The Knights Templar having completed the work of their - national encampment ere devot devoting' - ing' devoting' the remainder of (he week to sight sightseeing - seeing sightseeing and social enjoyment To-day many of them crossed the bay to wit witness - ness witness the celebration of admission day at Oakland by the native son of the Golden West Several hundred Knights and their ladies Inspected the fortifica fortifications - tions fortifications of the harbor and a large number participated In other excursions- Re Receptions - ceptions Receptions were held- by nearly all the commanderiee MURDERER KILLED ON A RAILROAD Columbus O Sept 9 - It le discover discovered - ed discovered that Wm Henry who wee killed- on the Big Four railroad near Marlon' O December 28 190L end who had lived under that name near Larue Ohio for Mveral years was really Wm H Ter Ter-ley - ley Ter-ley an Illinois murderer ' His mother Mrs W S Terley of Vienna III visited his grave near Ma Marlon - rlon Marlon yesterday and admitted to Rev J A Sutton who preached the funeral that her eon had killed a rival lover near Buncombe 111 eight years ago - Upton Ctfmlng To the Fair London Sept 9 - Sir Thoms Llptou will' leave England about the end of September for St Louis where he probably will be the guest of David R Francis president' of the exposition

DRIFT IS TOWARD PARKER DOUBTFUL STATES WILL GO DEMOCRATIC BAY LEAD LEADING - ING LEADING MEN INDEPENDENT VOTE COUNTS New York Democrat Confident the Empire State Will Be Found In th Democratic Column - THE DEMOCRATIC HAND BOOK Washington Sept I - Special - "I have talked with leading Democrats from several of the doubtful States and have found them extremely confident that the Democratic ticket will be elected It seems to me that the drift le towards Judge Parker and I believe he will be elected" Senator McCreary of Kentucky who is in Washington for a few days on some departmental business made the above statement to-night "To begin with" continued the Sena Senator - tor Senator "we got a fine ' start at the St Louie Convention- The delegate were the most enthusiastic I have ever Men and I have been attending national conventions for thirty years W part parted - ed parted In the beet political Shape possible the party I united and the feeling of confidence In the election of a Demo Democratic - cratic Democratic ticket le growing I am satis satisfied - fied satisfied that the great independent vote of th country le with Judge Parker This vote le essential to the election of any candidate The Independents In my opinion regard Roosevelt as unsafe erratic and sensational PaTker on the contrary le a man whose life work has been devoted to the support of the Constitution and the laa of the lead This must appeal strongly to the In Independent - dependent Independent vote' Should Parker be elected It can be depended upon that there will be no encroachments upon the legislative or judicial branches of the Government The business Inter eet would olio be entirely satisfied with him in the presidential chair These two great forces must contribute In no email degree to the naming of the next President t Issues Favor the Democrats "As for the' issues of the campaign they favor the Democrats throughout The Democratic position on th greet questions of revision of the tariff de destruction - struction destruction of the trusts an economical administration of the affaire of the Government opposition to official cor corruption - ruption corruption and the encroachment of the executive upon the legislative and Ju Judicial - dicial Judicial branches of the Government and general Republiban misrule ought ta appeal strongly to every citizen who haa the welfare of the country et heart In addition to this the Presi President's - dent's President's negro policy finally resulting in the Insertion of a olauee In the Re Republican - publican Republican platform designed to cut down the representation of the South con but redound to the benefit of the Demo Democratic - cratic Democratic party "In Kentucky" concluded the Sena Senator - tor Senator ''the Democratic party la In the beet possible shape and we will carry the State by a big majority The cam campaign - paign campaign will be opened on the 19th The Democrats of the State seem deeply Interested In the result a thorough or organisation - ganisation organisation hoe been mode and I have no doubt that there will be on In Increased - creased Increased Democratic vote and I believe an Increased Democratic majority" Upon the request of the Democratic National Committee Senator MoCraory hqp consented to make a number of speeches during thi campaign In the States of Indiana and- West Virginia He will however devote most of his Wm to the State of Kentucky and will be heard at a number of points throughout 'the State Democratic Hand-Book Nearly Ready Chairman Cowherd of the Democratic Congresrtonal Committee returned from New York where for over a week he bos been with the National Commu Commutes - tes Commutes managers talking over plane for the campaign The Democratic hand handbook - book handbook le now with the printer and will be Issued shortly St Is said to be an excellent piece of work ! John Sharp Williams the minority House leader Senator Martin of Vir Virginia - ginia Virginia a member of the National Demo Democratic - cratic Democratic Executive Committee Represent Representative - ative Representative McDermott of New Jersey Rep Representative - resentative Representative Finley of South Carolina: Representative RSndell of Texas land George F Parker of the Democratic Literature Committee were among Chairman Cowherd's visitors to-day AH of them expressed confllence In ihe result of the election Mr Williams ha been In Mississippi since the vice presi presidential - dential presidential notification "I came East'' he aid "to talk over the situation wl-th the leaden and see how matters stand I can speak with more certainty about Mississippi than any othen part of the oountry I have been there practically all qf the time I will say however that my talk -with Chairman CowhrJ and th Democratic politician here have convinced me that there la the beet of feeling prevailing among all claeaea of Democrats and the party Is united and our case before the people le one that on Its merit deserves to win" Mir Williams will he on the tump during practically the whole of next month New York Democrats Confident Chairman Cowherd says the feeling among the New York Democrats is en en-aauins - aauins en-aauins in in the extreme "They are

Representative McDermott o New Jeraey while admitting that : there le a hard light In hie State says there is every prospect that the election will result favorably The return to the party of Democrats who have been vot voting - ing voting the Republican ticket for the last eight years causes him to take a very hopeful view of the situation Row Over Republican Campaign Funds And now there la talk In New York to the effect that Chairman Cortelyou and the hungry Indians Republican pol politicians - iticians politicians ora having a row over cam campaign - paign campaign funds Chairman Goodrich of (he Indiana State Committee recently visited Chairman Cortelyou In quest of funds and went back home empty handed It le declared that Cortelyou declined to furnish even a few paltry thousand dollars at the present time referring the Indiana chairman to vice presiden presidential - tial presidential candidate Fairbanks who tt le re reported - ported reported is expected to finance the In Indiana - diana Indiana campaign ' at least during the preliminary work of organisation Negro League To B Active Tbe Lincoln Republican National League the negro organlMtlon with headquarters in thle city will hold its national convention In Charleston W Va October 10' to arrange for an "ac "active - tive "active aggressive canvass of colored vo voters - ters voters in all doubtful States" Senator Fairbanks has been Invited to address the convention No Chance For Watson' Former Senator Butler of North Car Carolina - olina Carolina until recently chairman of the Populist National Committee la out in an Interview stating that Tom Watson has no chance to win and that fully one-half the Populists will vote for Roosevelt DESTRUCTIVE FIRE PROGRESO MEXICO BUFFERS A LOSS OP OVER $1000000 BUSINESS BLOCK IS BURNED Heneqnin Com and Asphalt Ar De De-' - ' De-' strayed - Second Disastrous Fire Within Year IYogreso Hex Sept 9 - A fierce fire broke out at an early hoar yesterday and fanned by a strong breeM raged unchecked all day and Old not yield to the effort of the volunteer firemen whoM apparatus was wholly inade inadequate - quate inadequate to oope with a conflagration of such magnitude The fire wiped out an entire block of business - houses which for th most part were iwo iwo-etorjr - etorjr iwo-etorjr structures occupied by firms en engaged - gaged engaged in the general merchandise busi business - ness business The lose I estimated at over SL SLOW - OW SLOW 000 The burned territory oonelsto of the square two Mocks south of toe water front and facing one of the principal plasms directly opposite the custom customhouse - house customhouse Fire-fighting apparatus was sent by special train from Merida the capital of Yucatan to aid In fighting the flames and although this assistance did not reach Progreso until a very late hour and after much damage had been done toe Merida firemen- rendered valuable assistance and1 probably pre prevented - vented prevented the spread of the flames and prevented the total destruction of the city During the progress of the fire a great tank filled with alcohol located in toe part of the building occupied by the drug store exploded causing the flames to spread to various Motions of the Mock and making It very difficult to stay toe progreM of toe fire The warehouses in which henequln wo stored were burned to the ground and toe lose on the fiber alone will ag aggregate - gregate aggregate 5800000 In another building corn Was stored and the loe on the cereal will reach 850000 A large quantity of asphalt destined for paving the streets of Merida the calptal wae destroyed and a considerable lose entailed The lore of the dry goods and grocery drug and coffee Importing concerns will approximate 8400000 The balance of the losses fall upon toe 'brokerage Anns and small storekeepers This le the second disastrous fire which has virtted Progreso within a year Hardly a year ago a large con conflagration - flagration conflagration raged here and wiped out several buahieee Mocks entailing a loss of a mlttlon and a half dollars a large mount of which was suffered by toe Consolidated Railways of Yucatan which had at that time recently con constructed - structed constructed buildings and contents which were entirely destroyed DELEGATES TO AN IMPORTANT MEETING St Louie Sept 9 - The Inter-Parliamentary Union composed of 225 dele delegatee - gatee delegatee from America Austria Belgium Denmark England France Germany Hungary Italy The Netherlands Nor Norway - way Norway Portugal Roumanla Sweden and Switzerland arrived here on two spe special - cial special tralne to-day and next week will hold ita twelfth annual melon This body la composed of the members of the different national legislatures and was was-organised - organised was-organised at Parle In 1888 A Charlotte Banker Dies Charlotte N C Sept 9 - J S Spen Spencer - cer Spencer president of the Commercial Na National - tional National Bank died to-day He wae alro vice president of the Highland Park Manufacturing Compiny: prte'dent of the Harrietts mills the Florence mill at Forest City and was Interested in a number of other important business enterprises

) Russian Army Has ir rived At Mukden x 2 1 ye vj s S PROBABLY RESTING UP £ J i £e C HINO TO INDICATE POSI CION' OP THEIR ARHIPS to THE LOSSES AT LIAO YANG It Is Believed Will Aggregate BO OOO the Japanese Losing 80 80-OOO - OOO 80-OOO of That Number NO NEWB PROM PORT ARTHUR There is still a lack of specific Infor Information - mation Information regarding the exact situation In Manchuria The Russian general staff lacking details Is unable to apeak au authoritatively - thoritatively authoritatively while advices from Jap Japanese - anese Japanese source are significantly lacking It Is established that the Russian army iS safely at Mukden and that the re retreat - treat retreat was accomplished In good order in spite of the harassing Japanese sod den roads and the fact that Kuro pat pat-kln - kln pat-kln was hampered by more than 12000 wounded There Is nothing yet to Indi Indicate - cate Indicate the exact whereabouts of the three Japanese armies When last heard from Kutokl's forces werKon the Rus Russian - sian Russian left flank and steadily pushing northward but Viceroy Alexleff reports that railway and telegraphic communi communication - cation communication between Mukden and Harbin is uninterrupted Gen Sakharoff reports that there was no fighting during Thursday and while the outposts are still in contact they are not even ex exchanging - changing exchanging shots It seems to be estab established - lished established that Oysma's troops practically abandoned on Wednesday the attempt to head off Kuropatkln and that the last determined effort to bring the Rus Russian - sian Russian commander to bay was made on Tuesday A detailed list of Russian losses Is promised to-day (Saturday) and It Is expected that these losses will approximate 20 000 as against 20000 for the Japanese It le officially reported that Kuropatkln has not been wounded There la no news from Fort Arthur The last news from Mukden came' In a dispatch to the Associated Frees filed Friday' night It tells of a great down downpour - pour downpour of rain accompanied by thunder and lightning which the correspondent aye ia considered advantageous as It has checked the movements of the Jap Japanese - anese Japanese Eastern end Southern ' armies The dispatch adds that quiet reigns over the whole front St Petersburg Sept 9 - Lieut Gen Sakharoff telegraphs that there was no fighting during September 5 Che Foo Sept 9 - No further news wae received here to-day from Fort Arthur or elsewhere: Berlin Sept 9 - A dispatch to the Lokal Anselger from Mukden timed 11:40' a m to-day says the evacuation of Mukden le now In progress and adds that the Japanese have not yet crossed the River Hun which flows a few miles south of Mukden' Mukden Sept 9 12:50 a m - All con continues - tinues continues quiet at Mukden All anxiety regarding the Russian transport le over The Japanese have crossed the Shakhe and are now resting Only the Russian and Japanese outposts are In direct contact Thousands of wounded are being sent north The Rusao Rusao-Chlneee - Chlneee Rusao-Chlneee bank at Mukden bee been closed and the civil authorities are pre preparing - paring preparing to leave St Petersburg Sept 9 - A dispatch has been received from Viceroy Alexleff announcing that the railroad and tele telegraph - graph telegraph lines between Harbin and Muk Mukden - den Mukden ere both uninterrupted StFeterSburg Sept 9 - An Associat Associated - ed Associated Freee correspondent at Mukden es estimates - timates estimates the killed and wounded at Liao Yang at 50000 MARSHAL OYAMA'S MEN Virtually Gave Up the Chase of the Russians On Wednesday St Petersburg Sept 10 1:50 a m - It seems to be definitely established that Field Marshal Oyama'e tired troops practically abandoned on Wed Wednesday - nesday Wednesday the attempt to head off Gen Kuropatkln and the latter's army hoe arrived Bafely'at Mukden after fright frightful - ful frightful experiences In floundering through mud and mire ' Some description! of the scenes along the "line of retreat are almost Incredi Incredible - ble Incredible They tell how the men lay down In the mud and slept In a drenching rain without shelter It le evident that the lost determined effort of the Japanese to bring Kuro Kuro-pstklu - pstklu Kuro-pstklu to boy was made on Tuesday but the Russian commander-in-chief aced about and two corps with artll- terjr beat off the Japanese while the emainder of the troops continued the mai-ch to Mukden After that the Jap Japanese - anese Japanese cLuld only hang on to the flanks ind try to shell the retreating columns from the hills- The outposte are still in contact but they are not even ex ex-chcngl'ng - chcngl'ng ex-chcngl'ng shots A late-Associated Press dispatch sent to-night from Mukden described the horrible plight of the tentlese and shel shelterless - terless shelterless soldiers V Estimation pf Looms The detailed statement of Russian

Methods of Admiral Walk Walker - er Walker Causing Taouble PUBLIC FEELING IS HIGH OVER ISSUP OP THE CONTROL OP HARBORS MINISTER BARRETT IS BUSY Pouring Oil On ths Troubled Wa Wains - ins Wains of Panama's Dig Dig-v - v Dig-v nity THREATS OF A REVOLUTION - Panama BepL 9 - Special Cable - A crisis is at hand in the affaire of Pana Panama - ma Panama The most important question af affecting - fecting affecting the future pf the republic will be settled during the next two wyeks Public feeling haa been aroused to a fever pitch For a time eo excited were the people of Panama that there were open threats of another revolution and of a return to the' jurisdiction of Colombia The Issue under discussion Is the vital one of con' trol of the port or harbors at the two ends of tle canal While It 1 generally conceded that Admiral Walker Gen Davis and their seoolatee ere able men and suited for control of the construction of the canal It le asserted here that they are evi evidently - dently evidently not schooled in diplomacy They are too Inclined to treat Panama as a subordinate and dependent section of the United States and not like an inde independent - pendent independent State as -the treaty provides Don Tomas Arias the head of President Amador1 Cabinet Is Known to have aid that Admiral Walker and Gen Da Davis - vis Davis although meaning well seemed to regard him as tbe Governor of some American colony Admiral Walker during his present stay on the Isthmus has twice aroused the Panama Government by disregard disregarding - ing disregarding all diplomatic regulations In his method of talcing up matters that In Involve - volve Involve relatione between the sone and Panama Governments In each Instance however Minister Barrett has poured oil on the troubled waters of the little republic's dignity despite the fact that Admiral Walker's course lias not been respectful to the Legation WAGGAMAN CITED TO APPEAR IN COURT i Required To Show CauM Why a Re Receiver - ceiver Receiver Shall Not Be Named For Certain Property ' Washington Sept 9 - Justice Ander Anderson - son Anderson signed a rule in the District Su Supreme - preme Supreme Court to-day requiring Thomas E Waggamon to show cauee Monday next Why a receiver should not be ap appointed - pointed appointed Immediately for all property not embraced in "List No 1" or In "List of Notra No 88" "List No 1" le made up of a number of real estate collateral notes said to aggregate about 81200000 In value end to be secured on real estate belonging to Mr Waggaman The other Hat em embrace - brace embrace only about 812000 worth of -note and la Mid to have been merged In List No L The petitioners asked that In the event no receiver or custodian Should be appointed for th property embraced hi the ' Hat in ' the equity suit a a-receiver - receiver a-receiver should be appointed to take possession aleo of tbe property secured by these two Meta subject to ultimate rights of the parties in Interest secured thereby The Columbia National Bank John Waiter Sr and Francis Gardiner holding claims against Air Waggaman which they state aggregate about 112 112-000 - 000 112-000 filed an' additional petition to-day asking that (Mr Waggaman be ad adjudged - judged adjudged a bankrupt BIG FOREST FIRES IN PARTS OF CALIFORNIA Acres of Land Swept By Flames and Many Housm Destroyed - The Lom Reaches $100000 San Francisco Sept 9 - Forest Urea are doing great damage in several sec sections - tions sections ' of California- In Alameda and Contraooeta counties thousands of aoree of land have been swept by flames and many houses have been de destroyed - stroyed destroyed the loss reaching 5100000 In Marin county fires have burned over the slopes of Mount Tamalpias and now threaten the Mount Tamalpias scenic railway and timber In the adja adjacent - cent adjacent canyons The big basin State park In Santa Crns and Santa Clara counties which contains some of the largest and finest redwood trees In the State Mem doomed to destruction though hundreds of men are fighting the Area t None of the fires Is yet under control and no eetlipate of the total Him can be mode NO CONTEST OF THE ALMAR0LIA WILL 'Washington Sept 9 - Special - The will of Mary Alma rolls the negrees who left her 875000 fortune to Lewie Alexander and his brother both white boys was probated to-day It wae ex expected - pected expected that the natural helre of the colored woman would contest the will but they did not Attorney Irwin B Linton was put in charge of the es estate - tate estate and wna substituted by tbe court as the plaintiff In a suit now pending involving valuable realty embraced In the navy yard lnclosurea Investigating a Lynching Huntsville Ala Sept 9 - Investiga Investigation - tion Investigation pf the lynching of the negro Horace Maples wae begun by a special grand

THE LATEST f ') Aboqt COO stock handlers applied tf work at the Chicago stockyards aif Were told they would be given wot as they were needed The butchf workmen will not be repreeented onti new conference hoard of 1 the AIUl Trades Council The allied unions will seek to have their unions recognised by the packers and there Is a possibil possibility - ity possibility that a hitch may occur when the final terms of settlement are arranged Dispatches from various sources in in-Sicate - Sicate in-Sicate that the Russian army Is safely at Mukden and that' the Japanese forces abandoned the pursuit on 'Wednesday The exact whereabouts of the three Japanese armies are not known It Is believed the losses in the battle of Liao Tang will aggregate 50000 of which the Japanese lost probably 50000 and lie Russians 20000 There Is no nows from Port Arthur Admiral Walker's Indifference to dl dl-' - ' dl-' pioinatio amenities is said to be caus causing - ing causing ill feeling in Panama and Minister Barrett is kept busy pouring oil on teh troubled waters The Issue now - under discussion is the control of the ports at the ends of the canal and for a time the popular dissatisfaction was ' so great that threats of revolution ' were made A passenger train on the Seaboard Air Linq was derailed at a trestle near Catawba river twenty-two miles southwest of Monroe N C at 1 o'clock Friday morning resulting' In ths death Df four persons and the Injury of shout thirty-five others Railroad offi officials - cials officials believe the accident was due to train wreckers Mrs Fredonls Haralson a well well-known - known well-known woman of Henderson county 1 Kentucky wae arrested in Evansville - nd charged with being implicated In robbing railroad cars at Chickasaw nd Ter of valuable merchandise she le the mother of the late Rev Du gene Haralson of Louisville The complaint of the Lumbermen' Club against the Louisville Car Serv Service - ice Service Association was argued at length by attorneys fbr both sides before the State Railroad Commission at Frank- I fort yesterday The commission wlH meet In Louisville to-day and render a I eels Ion In the case News has been received In Philadel Philadelphia - phia Philadelphia of the death In France of the Rev Dr George C Lorimer a noted Baptist minister He wae educated at Beorgetown College and was once pas pastor - tor pastor of the Walnut-street Baptist church In Louisville besides filling other pas pastorates - torates pastorates in Kentucky B F Slagel a deported Colorado silner confessed to being implicated In 1 the dynamite outrage at Independence Iowa last June when fifteen nonunion kiln era were hurled to death by the ex explosion - plosion explosion of dynamite under the ' depot In his confession Slagel Implicated twelve other men Senator MoCreary predicts Demo Demo-ntl - ntl Demo-ntl c success at the polls In November Maiming that the bulk of th Independ Independent - ent Independent vote will be cast for Judge Parker Prominent Democrats or New York and Kcw Jersey say those two States will te found in the Democratic column By pumping In a well 500 feet deep lltuated one mile from French Lick 6p rings th flow of water In the fa fa-nous - nous fa-nous Pluto spring was stopped y ester ester-lay - lay ester-lay The managers of the resort will Hideavor to stop the operations of the hell In an effective speech Congressman Iwagar Bheriey opened bis campaign lor re-election last night It was prac practically - tically practically the opening of the Democratic Ight In the Fifth district Forest fires are doing great damage In California: Acres of' Umber has been burned and many houses have been destroyed The flames are not yet Under control I Charles Henderson of Bedford Ind Is under arrest et Evansville charged rtth obtaining a' large consignment of llamonda from a' Chicago firm through baud - It is probable that Judge Parker rlH take up a temporary residence In S'ew York City in order that he may I In closer touch with the party lead lead-rrs - rrs lead-rrs Two men were killed and a third wae seriously Injured liya freight wreck on the Birmingham and Selma division of the Southern railway near Wilton Ala The "Regular" Republicans of Dela Delaware - ware Delaware have declined the proffer of the Addlcks faction for harmony and a Ingle Republlcan'State ticket Mrs Margaret Carroll aged 105 years Tefferson county's oldest resident died ftt her home in Louisville yesterday afternoon ' CoL Younghueband of the British rhlbetan emission has signed a treaty alth the Thibetan officials Delegatee to the Interparliamentary iITnlun which will be held next week ire arriving In St Louis

On his arrival at the seat cf war Lieut Gen Bllderlng of the Seven Seventeenth - teenth Seventeenth army corpa took over tHe com command - mand command of Gen Ivanoff who though a Masoned and tried commander familiar with hie men with the field of battle and with the tactics of the Japanese hfd to give way to 1 a man oMer in years who possessed none of these ad ad-van - van ad-van tagea The change in commanders at such a critical time le considered here to have been extremely unfortu unfortunate - nate unfortunate Although It le admitted that the eastern army had to face' Kurokl who has earned a reputation os the most skillful of the Japanese leaden the poor showing which it mode In compar comparison - ison comparison Vith the southern army under Zarou baleff perhaps not altogether un unjustifiably - justifiably unjustifiably might be attributed to this change of commanders end the battle might have been won If Bllderllng had been able to duplicate In the east the splendid fight which Zsrouhaleff mode against Oku A DOWNPOUR AT MUKDEN All ths £ow Grounds Are Under Wa Water - ter Water and Troops Are Buffering Mukden Sept f - ' This evening around Mukden has occurred the great great-est - est great-est downpour of rain of the whole cam campaign - paign campaign and with It a terrifying accom accompaniment - paniment accompaniment of thunder end lightning There has been tbe greatest difficulty In preventing the cavalry stampeding by the double guards and all the hone lines have been tied AH the lower ground Is under water and Chinese boats from the Hun river are navigating many of the roads end some of tbe streets This makes little difference to the men who an under canvas but all others are soaked to the Skin and are sleeping exhausted hi mud and water indifferent to ths weather If they can snatch much-need ed net One advantage le that the rain has entirely checked the movements of the Japanese eastern and southern armies - In fact quiet reigns over the whole front The Chinese population of Mukden Is so far fairly orderly The Chinese are suffering greatly and In the villages all around crops cattle and poultry have been trodden 'down and killed The Hussions are endeavoring to pay for all' damage though this is often diffi difficult - cult difficult owing to the rapid shifting of the troops and th guileless natives are always ready where possible to Induce two or more commanders to pay for the same damage- RUSSIAN NEWSPAPERS Demanding the Reorganisation of 1 Affairs At ths Front St Petersburg Sept 9 - 1 p m - An Impenetrable curtain Mem to have been-rung down on the exact situation at the theater of war The lack of news here concerning the details of the Russian retreat to Mukden and the movements of the JapaneM' armies may be1 described as complete Even the (Concluded On Sd Page 5th Column)