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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-26
SEVEN OF MoURNERs KILLED.
All Lose Their Lives on the Inflated
Southern Train,

A dispatch from Columbia, S. c., last
night says telegram was received at
Gaffney, this state, yesterday announcing
the death of Mr.. Lee Hill, at Jellico, Tenn,
who was killed in an explosion in a powder
mill.
The corpse was expected at Gaffney last
night, but instead telegram was received
stating that the corpse, accompanied by
Mr.. Scott Hill, his father; Lee Hills wife
and four children, and a single sister, was
on the Inflated Southern train, which was
wrecked yesterday and that all the parties
were killed
The corps of all seven of the family are
expected to reach Gaffney this evening or
tomorrow morning.
Victims of the N. Y. Central Wreck.
NEW YORK, September 26-The body
of Mrs Newman Erb, wife of Vice Presi-
dent Erb of the Pere Marquette railroad.
who died from injuries received in the
wreck on the New York Central railroad
near Lyons yesterday, was brought here
on a special train today and taken to the
family residence. Mr.. Erb, who also was
injured in the wreck, was brought here
serious. but his physician said that
small broken bone in one OF his legs
would confine him to his bed for some
time 1t is thought that the other injuries
sustained Dy MT. ETU All tUc crash were
merely superficial, and that he will soon
recover from their effects.
Cows Caused Wreck in Michigan.
BAY CITY, Mich, September 26.-Cows
on the track caused the derailment today
at Linwood of through Michigan Gen.
| trail passenger train from Mackinac. The
| locomotive and five coaches left the rails
Engineer Thos Rae of West Bay City
was fatally injured and Fireman Horace
Shaw of the same place and Mail Clerk E.
Miller of Detroit were also hurt. None Of
| the passengers was injured.
| English Comment on Wrecks.
| LONDON, September 26.-The recent
railroad accidents in the United States
are attracting no little comment in Eng
| land The Pail Mall Gazette says:
| They are far too common in America,
| especially of late. The fact that 1t is a
| large country, with plenty of room for
| them to happen in, is not sufficient to ex-
plain them. Probably the fundamental
cause is the hasty and imperfect construc-
| ton of the lines, the makeshift arrange
ments for saving time and the general
rush of strenuous national life"
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FALL ROGUE TOURNEY.
Play for Southern Championship Start
ed This Morning.

The annual fall tourney of the Associated
ROGUE Clubs of the District of Columbia
for the southern championship started this
morning on the courts of the association at
Rhode Island avenue and 9th street north
west. The four courts are In tiptop shape for
the weeks play and the committee In charge
will make everybody welcome who may at
tend these unique contests. Rogue has be-
come so fast that 1t has developed into one
OF the most interesting of outdoor games,
and for the onlookers the many intricate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-26
Tugs in Service ON Potomac.

The tug Solicitor of Baltimore has been
chartered by the Potomac Dredging Com
pany to tow sand and gravel-laden barges
from the dredging machine at work in Pts
Getaway creek to this city until the tug
Marion Cameron, built for the company,
is ready for service.
The new tug Marion Cameron, which was
built at Solomon's Island for service on
the Potomac, is being fitted with her ma
chinery, and made ready for service at
Baltimore. 1t is expected she will be ready
to go into commission next month. The
Department of Commerce and Labor has
assigned the letters X. T. ]. L. to the new
tug as her official signal letters.
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shots, though puzzling, are appreciated even
by those not versed in the finer points.
Two matches were played this morning.
one in the first and second divisions In
the first division Williams defeated Baker
after a splendid contest
In the second division Keefer outplayed
Wahly, and this also was a holly contested
match.
1t was expected that many out-of-town
players of note would be in attend ance, but
is yet they have failed to report TO the
,mmittee.
Matches under the direction of the Dis
,rict association will also be played on the
courts of the Capitol Hill Rogue Club.
streets.
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LINES CLOSING IN
Japanese Tighten Their Grip
on Port Arthur.
CAPTURE MORE FORTS
IT Is SAID THEY HAVE CONTROL
OF THE WATER SUPPLY.
Determined Attacks on the Defenses of
the Beleagured City Monday,
CAPTURE MORE FORTS

In a three days battle, beginning last
Monday, the Japanese captured positions
that may soon render the big Russian forts
at the north of Port Arthur untenable. The
Japanese took Fort Kuropatkin, which is
south Of Palichang. Its loss, 1t is claimed,
gives the Japanese control Of the Port Ar
thur water supply and lessons the security
of the Russian fort on Rihlung mountain,
which is in the line of Russian forts extend
ing from Etseshan on the west to Kikwan'
on the east. All this line is now threatened.
The Japanese have taken six small forts
between Shusiyen and Rihlung mountain. A
supplementary fort commanding Etseshan
and Antozeshan was also captured If Ell
seshan and Antozeshan are taken experts
say that Port Arthur's doom is sealed.
Chinese information received at Chefoo
places the Japanese losses under 5000 for
the three days fighting. and this compare
lively small casualty list is due to the ex-
cessive care used by the japanese in MAX
ing their preparations for the advance.
Russian sources, however, claim to have in
formation that the japanese losses were
unusually severe. amounting to fully three
times the number mentioned above.
Control Of the Water Supply.
Possibly the most important capture dur
ing the three days fighting was that of
Fort Kuropatkin, which, while of minor
value with regard to preventing the en-
trance into the town of the Japanse, has
been constructed for the purpose of pro-
tecting the source of the garrison's water
supply. The control of this water supply
| is now in the hands of the Japanese.
AS was announced in the dispatches to
| The Star last week, the battle began before
| daybreak Monday. At that hour the citi-
| gems and the garrison of Port Arthur, after
| the enjoyment of weeks of comparative se-
| curity, awoke to the thunderous reports of
artillery along the line, extending from the
| west of Itz mountains to Rihlung and Xix
wan mountains.
Three Important Positions Taken.
| This was but a preface to the assault
which was destined to result in the capture
| of three new and important Russian posi-
4 lions, together with six small but annoying
forts lying between Shushiyen and Rihung
mountain. During Monday and Monday
night and until noon of Tuesday the bonn
| bardment continued without cessation, and
| the many shells falling from quarters which
previously had been silent made it obvious
| that the Japanese had at last succeeded
| either in mounting many heavy guns in
new positions or In strengthening their old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-26
Putting Engine in Order.

The alco-vapor engine of the large
launch Mary, owned by club of young
men at Alexandria, has been removed
from the vessel and is now in a machine
shop undergoing a general overhauling to
fit II for further active service. The Mary
has possibly more mileage to her credit
this summer than any vessel Of her kind
on the river. She has made a half dozen
or more trips to Colonial Beach with par
ties aboard since July / and has made
frequent trips to Marshall Hall and River
View
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CLOSE SHOOTING CONTEST.
Eastern Branch Team Defeated Tako-
mas by Seven Birds.

The final of series of clay pigeon con-
tests between the Takoma Gun Club and the
Eastern Branch Gun Club took place Sat-
urday afternoon on the Takoma range and
resulted in a victory for the Eastern Gun
Club. Each of the teams had previously
carried off first honors, and the result of the
first match Saturday was a tie. Both
clubs scored 1876 birds. and in shooting off
the tie the Easterns won by birds.
The contest was one of the prettiest wit
messed on the Takoma range, and was en-
joyed by an unusually large crowd of spec
tators strong wind from the south pre-
vented high scoring by the contestants. The
scores are as follows:
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positions. The infantry fighting during this
period was comparatively trivial.
Capture of Fort Kuropatkin.

At noon Tuesday the Japanese right and
center the former being to the west and
the latter to the east of the railroad, began
the advance The troops made use Of the
trenches and infrequent natural cover that
lay in their way. The small forts to the
south of Shushiyen resisted this advance
but briefly, their garrisons not being strong
numerically. Since the beginning of the
bombardment the artillery fire from Fort
kuropatkin had been growing steadily
weaker, and, it having become apparent
that 1T had been practically silenced, the
Japanese assaulted the fort
Fort Kuropatkin is situated to the south
of Palichang and to the northeast of the
parade ground, on low hill 1t derives
its name from the time when Gen. kuro-
patkin inspected it, pointed out the weak
ness of the position, and ordered that 1t
be strengthened as far as possible, because
of the necessity of protecting the water
supply. While situated in the chain of
main forts, Fort kuropatkin never has been
as strong as the others, and after severe
fighting It fell into the hands of the Jap
anese. This capture lessons further the Sc
curity of the fort on Rihlung mountain.
which is now threatened from a new quar-
ter as well as from Palichang.
Heavy Fighting.
At 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon the Jap
anese captured supplementary fort.
which, from the lower ground, threatens
tic loTt oi LIZ iiouhtdAIl HlS cuueu Tic
heavy fighting for that day, although the
Japanese later were compelled to resist
several sorties.
During the night the heavy lombard
ment of the Russian position continued,
the Japanese fire being directed with par
ticular vigor against another supplement
tary fort 5000 yards to the west OF the
fort on Itz mountain and regarded as high
ly important because of its bearing on
the Itz and Anshu mountain forts.
Assault on Wednesday.
After having pounded this position I'M
mercifully and until its fire had slackened
visibly, theli Japanese delivered their as
sault the NEXT day. They met with stub
born resistance. They were exposed 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
embankmerits and tore down the entangle-
ment sin their path until at length they en-
tered the fort. The Russian troops there
refused to desertHheir position. even in the
face of the superior numbers which con-
fronted them, and desperate hand-to-hand
fighting occurred inside the fort. Event
ually almost the entire Russian garrison
was either Killed or wounded
AS the Chinese from whom the Chefoo
tanned his Information left Port Arthur
Wednesday, might, he Is unable to say
whether the battle was renewed Thursday
or not, although junks which have come
in bring reports"of light bombardment
on that day.
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WASHINGTON Bows Club.

The Washington Boys Club went out for
little practice Saturday morning ana
showed up. pretty well after their game
with the Parksides, whom they defeated.
The club boys are going to put a basket
ball and an indoor base ball team on the
floor this winter and is willing to form a
league with all teams whose average is 12O
pounds. Becham, 1.-The lightweight cham
pion of Georgetown" and a member of the
club, is willing to wrestle any 12o-pound
wrestler in the District. He will meet
Tierney of the Y. NJ. c. A next Saturday.
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ST. GEORGE CRICKETERs.
Washington Team Defeated Baltimore
by Four Points,

The sixth and last of the series of games
between the cricket clubs of the Sons of
st. George of Baltimore and this city was
played on the Colgate Creek grounds yes
terday. and was won by the Washington
club, 107 to 1O3. The umpires were Arms
worth and Spreat for Baltimore and AL
drich for Washington. Miss Nellie Rowland
was official scorer for Baltimore and Miss
Mabel Stevens and B. Feldwick for Wash
ington. The Baltimore club has won four
of the six games of the season.
The game lasted from II am. to pm,
with an hours intermisson for lunch The
score.
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Maury Bows Want Games.

The Maury foot ball team has organized
for the season and would like to arrange
games with any team in the District aver
aging not over 100 pounds, the High School
teams preferred. This is the fourth season
for the Maury team. and it is hoped will
be as successful as the previous ones. The
Maurys have never been defeated, and only
scored against once. Address all chal-
lenges to Robert B. Handy, % Sth street
southeast.
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Reception to Visiting Scientists.

Members of the Cosmos Club and other
washingtonians win tender an informal re-
ception tomorrow evening from to IL
o'clock to the foreign delegates who have
been attending the international congress
of arts and sciences, which has been In
session at St Louis.
There will be no speeches and the even
ing will be spent In social intercourse.
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driver. Kane may have died suddenly
while sitting in his cab, and that deatn
NAV have overtaken him before he reacheo
New Market.
Every outgoing passenger train today has
carried dead booles and persons wounded
in the wreck
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-26
Cover Three Hundred Miles in Less
Than Eight Hours.

Eight members of the washington district
.h,nnad n;nety-two birds to Rennert, N. c.,
tn comnete in a supplementary 30o-mile
race Thev were liberated by Mr. ]. H VIII
lis, who wired: Birds liberated am;
weather clear At home, fair, west WIND
The following Is the entry and average
speed per minute of the first return to each
LOFT the first six of which win diplomas:
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OF ALL SORTS
Continued from Ninth Page.)

the same city. with 419 points in 100 hits,
and Miss E. c. Cook of Washington, with
the same score. Mrs. G. s. Woodruff of
Cincinnati was third with pa points in 6
hits.
Twenty-six medals were awarded by the
exposition company for the tournament.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-26

Mr.. Krous is leader of the average speed
from 100 to 800 miles, with an average speed
Of 1,012.43 yards.
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Maj L. C. Norman, twice state auditor.
and one of the best knewn politicians IN
Kentucky. died Saturday at Frankfort OF
heart trouble.
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Railroad officials are OF the opinion that
the wreck was due to the failure of the
crew Of the westbound train. No. Is. to
carry out its orders to meet the eastbound
train. No IL, at New Market Both trains,
1t is said. had orders to pass at New Mar
ket. but II is further said that Hodges is
their us Ial meeting place.
1t is thought that the engine driver of
No. 10 may have thought that, as he was
gaining time, he could make Hodges, about
a mile and a half beyond the wreck, In
time to pass No. II there. instead of wait
ing at New Market, according to his orders.
The engine driver of No. 10 Is dead, and
an unexplained problem is why the con-
ductor on the train did not stop II after 1t
had passed New Market. This may be
brought out in the investigation, which
Southern officials state positively will be
made at once. Both the engine driver and
conductor were men who had been In the
service of this road, and on this division,
for twenty years or more. They had trav-
eled over this very track thousands Of
times. Another theory is that the engine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-26
Eastern Branch Gun
Club
Total. ...........1 1856 Total. ......l 66
In the shoot-off the following scores were
Eastern Branch Gun
ANALoSTAN GUN CLUB.

Total. .40l
New-York tribune., 1904-10-05
P4RKER AND TIE NEGRO.

When squarely faced by the question. DO
'you believe that colored voters should be al
lowed TO enjoy the voting privileges which the
federal Constitution guarantees themE Judge
Parker shows signs of annoyance and refuses
to answer. Then he tries TO get away from the
issue by saying: If you have done me the honor
ito read my letter of acceptance you viii ma
that that point has been covered.
Anybody who reads that letter of acceptance
will find the point covered" precisely as Judge
Parker covered il in his address in Georgia on
the Fourteenth Amendment, which led The
New-York Evening Post" to declare:
For him the great bulwark Of the suffrage
with the penalties laid down for DISCRIMINATION
against any class in its exercise, SIN ply ala not
dencv then Judge Parker's address should have
sensibly advanced his candidacy
Judge Parker's letter contains nothing that
comes within reaching distance OF being an un-
equivocal declaration for the protection Of the
negro's constitutional rights He demands their
legal rights for citizens in paragraph which is
bid TO the naturalized voters, having evident ref
erence TO their treatment in their native lands.
and can never be thought of for a moment as
referring TO the negro though the Judge may
perhaps attempt TO find cover under ii. On the
other hand he has described as admirable" a
platform which denounces even the discussion
of plans TO safeguard the negrOs constitutional
rights. Now he does not dare say he stands for
them and no wonder. German the Maryland
nullifer, IS here as his campaign director and
money raiser. But in view of this latest act Of
timidity with respect to the negro, and his
evident willingness TO see the Constitution nuli-
fed in the South. we once more ask The New
York Evening Post II al the bottom of its
heart il does not feel about this trimmer as it
felt last year at the time of his Georgia speech,
when il said of him: Can a man named as
"a our next President agree to such a local
'nullifcation Of national laws? If he can, he
sis not fit 10 be President next year or any
.svaQr"
New-York tribune., 1904-10-05

race issue! It is true that since MS
for VcePresident he has Temporarily ~,
his agitation for negro disfranchlseutH,, n, s+1o
second Democratic State Convention neId a. 80
his return from St Louis, wanted 10 Ioilo" 'uo
lead taken in the first convention helu Hen al
the Nice-Presidential nomination was nOt 9o'
IN sight. and declare for white man govern
ment': but the venerable candidate. WLl!e re-
marking Il am with you. boys, on mat leli i
more prudent TO gloss over the disfranchlselueHt
programme. So the delegates obediently Voteu
out OF the second platform the "Wnite SUI
premacy" plank which they were cohnuentI'
expecting 10 vote in. The barefaced hypocrisy
Of this performance deceived no one either IN
or out Of West Virginia. But even that piece OF
effrontery is outdOne when the father ana chlel
fomenter Of the race issue in his own STATE
comes forward publicly with 4 rebuke for those
who would invoke that issue TO kindle sinister
passions and thus retard the Industrial de-
veIopment of the Southern States
New-York tribune., 1904-10-05
IN THE sERNsHiREs.


Lenox. Mass, Oct. 4-Baron and Baroness Speck
Won SternbGrg. who have been spending the en-
tire season in LenOx. will leave here Tomorrow
Tor Washington Baroness Won Busschc- -Hadden-
hausen viii remain in LenOx until the return OF
her husband from Berlin. where ne was SIM
mOned last month
Mrs. H. Walter Webb is guest OF her sister
Mrs. Joseph ". Burden. at Underledge
Mrs l. V. Harkness and her son, Edward s
Hardness, OF New-York who have been in L.enox
for the summer. have returned 10 New-York-
Mr. and Mrs F. Burial Hoffman anI Colonel
and Mrs Archibald Hopkins. OF New-Yc-s, are
guests OF AIr. and Mrs. Thatcher u Adams
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. AdaInowski Of Boston. have ar
rived here.
Percy C. Wia6ham. first secretary OF the British
Embassy. has been called to England by the seri-
illness OF his father.
Mrs. Carl A Degersdofs, OF New-Tork is guest
OF Ger parents. AIr. and Mrs Frederick Crown
inshied. in Stockbridge.
Mir. and Mrs. Howard La3sIey. who have been in
StOckbr.dge for the summer and autumn. have
gone TO New-York-
Miss Jane sedgewicI. with Miss Friede Hoffman.
has started for 4Sew-Yor6. whence she viii sail for
Naples Mss Sedsewlck IS 10 spend the winter in
Rome.
Mrs. ogden " Rood. Of Nev-York. VIII sail on
Thursday for Germany, where she VAL spend year
IA travel.
Bishop and Mrs. George worthiug1on have closed
their country place II Pirtsfed. ard have soHe to
New-York.
Ar. and Ms. Max E. Butler. Of New-York wiz
close their country residence in PtJsdfld The last
Of this week and viii go 70 OEanss, y. J., 1or the
winter.
William E. o. Field has taken a lease Of the
SANDS cottage for next season.
Mrs. GiraUd Foster served { breakfast for riders
Of the Berkshire Hunt Club tais morning. Friday
morning Mrs. Samuel FroJhinsha-l Will entertain
the Hunt Club at OyerIsigh.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-05
NOTES FROM TUXEDO PARK.
lBx TELEGRAPH TO TIE ra1BuxE.1


Tuxedo Park. n. Y. Oct. 4-The delightful an,
tumn weather. combined with other attractions
has drawn large crowd OF well known NeW-Yo-,-
society people to pass the week and attend tss
horse show which takes place on Friday and Satur
day AT Tuxedo. Every effort is being made By t5a
association to make this years show success. a.
the sale Of boxes shows Every room in the club
house IS taken, and nearly all OF those who came
out on Sunday are remaining over.
Among those who have boxes are Mr.. and Mrs
E. II. Hartman. Mr. and Mrs George GrswoId
Mr.. AMI Mrs Samuel Spencer Mr.. and Mrs George
F. Baker EIr and Mrs. c. B. Alexander. Mr. and
Mrs. Henry ". Poor. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry W.
Aunroe. Mr.. and Mrs. ". NJ. V. Hoffman Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Mortimer. Mr.. and Mrs. William p
Hamilton and nearly all OF the Tuxedo cOlonsts
A special train viii be run 20 and from NeW-Y0rk
on both days Of the show.
A dinner was arranged at the club on Monday
evening. at which a large number assembled.
Among those entertaining were Mr. and Mrs. j. F.
PiersOn, jr.; 3Ir. and Mrs. Richard Mortimer. Mr.
and Mrs. Frederic de P Foster SIr and Mrs. Cor
nelius s Lee and Mr. and Mrs Harris Fahnestock
Others present were Mr. and Mrs F. 3. Keech
Miss a. SpoHord. Mrs J. 2. Lord, H. c. Oakley
z. c. Kent, Mr.. and Mrs. y. 7. Ro5b. Charles E.
Sampson. Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Kessler. Mr.. and
Mrs c. s. Lee. r. Talbot, J. c. Lord. M-. and
Mrs. D. T. Worden. Mrs ChaUucey NJ. Depew and
the Misses VaTnUm-
Senator Depew, who is staying at the club. win
speak in the Tuxedo Town Hall on Thursday even
ing. and large audience is expected.
Miss z. L. Brecse opened her cottage to-day for
the autumn. ard Mr. and Mrs. Newbold Edgar
will arrive here from abroad on Saturday Ar
rivals to-day include Miss Shepard. A. Z. Foster.
J. 8. Worden, D. E. Provand. Of London; G. T.
Goldthwaste, Thomas Kearuey. H. P Rogers. ir
Edward de P. Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
". Bangs. Judge Brawley. of Charleston; Mr. and
Mrs J. z. Widener and others
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward r Thomas who were the
guests OF T. Suffern Taller at the Tennis Club
over Sunday. returned 10 town to-day.