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FLAP" ORDER COLLISION.
Two Pennsylvania Trains In smash.
Fireman Killed.

BINGHAITON, y. Y, May 20.-Be.
cause of a Flap" order two Delaware
and Hudson freight trains collded
head on on the Pennsylvania division
of the Delaware and Hudson at Lanes
boro, Pa, in the early morning. One
man was killed and several badly in
jured.
The collision occurred on high .em-
bankment and on a curve, where the
engineers could not see each other I'M
til they were almost together. Both
engines and thirty-eight freight cars
were heaped on the track and on the
side of the embankment. Both engi-
neers and Fireman John Morrison
jumped, but Fireman Bert Mclean of
the northbound train was caught at
his post while firing his engine and
was instantly killed. When found his
legs were burned off by the fire into
which he was thrown.
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SHORT SKIRTS.

White Short Skirt 5inch founce hemstitched rule, 25c
White Skirt 1o-inch founce with one row lace nser-
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Lake Carriers VIII Fight 1t out.

CLEVELAND, o., May 20. - BY a
unanimous vote the Lake Carriers as
ISOLATION, at its meeting here, has APP
proved and Endorsed the action of its
executive committee in refusing the
demands of the Masters and Pilots as
ISOLATION and passed resolutions de-
claring it to be the sense of the mem
bers to continue the fight and to offer
no concessions.
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CORTEZ, Colo, May 20.-When driv-
ing to their home near Ariola Mrs. G.
w. Herman and her son, Frank In
giles, were shot and killed by Marshall
Humphreys, who rode into town and
surrendered himself. There had been
a feud between the two families.
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Press Parliament AT 81. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, May 2O.-The worlds
press parliament convened last night
in the Festival hall at the worlds fair
ground. Thousands are in attendance.
Thousands of visitors thronged the
terraces.
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All Made with Dust Ruffle.

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New-York tribune., 1904-09-22
CALCULATIONS OF TEE KAR.

General Dragomiroff is quite right The Man
churian war has from the beginning been
marked with exaggeratiOns OF almost every de-
scriptiOn. We have ourselves repeatedly called
attention to them and have exposed and de-
plored them. But they keep right on cropping
up in the daily news on both sides. Skirmishes
are enlarged into great battles, and battles of
moderate compass are made to surpass that
worlds earthquake. Waterloo" Even when
there Is a really great engagement. eIcitabIe
chrOniclers are not content with recording its
proper magnitude. but must needs try to make
it little bigger. AS for some recent reports
Of something worse than savagery at Port Ar
thur, faith I'm the common humanity OF both
Jap and Russ compels us to think them much
overdrawn.
There have been still more mischievous ex-
aggerations. OF opinion and counsel instead Of
facts. It was only the other day, for example
that a prominent Russian paper, the Moscow
Gazette" was openly urging the massacring
of all japanese who might be taken prisoners
Suwarrow. it recalled often ordered that no
quarter be given In fighting the French, though
the latter were a civilized nation Now, II de-
clared, Russia was fighting "half savage and
barbarous nation" and she should therefore
act like a man attacked by a viper" and
should put all japanese prisoners to death, in
stead Of bringing them to Russia ito spread
dysentery, typhus and cholera among the Rus
sian people" The fact is. Of course. that Japan
Is no more "haf savage and barbarous'' than
Russia, and is not as subject as Russia is 10
the pestilences named. Again. the clerical press
Of Russia has been indulging in Wild flights
OF fancy or OF fanaticism. The ''Strannik' has
declared that Russia is commissioned by the
Almighty 70 extend the Orthodox faith over the
whole world, and thus Is forbidden by the law
OF God 20 restore Manchuria TO China while
other papers identify the Japanese Emperor
with Antichrist and with the Beast OF the
Apocalypse, and declare that God has commits
stoned the Car 20 exterminate the Japanese as
Joshua slew the canaanites. What gloss such
utterances are upon the text of~~the official
prayer which the Russian government has pre-
scribed, and which, after asking victory for tho
Christ loving army Of the Gear, Implores:
"Send from on high Thy hand and touch the
hearts OF the enemy, so that they shall make
"suppllcatiOn 20 Thee. the God Of Peace. Who
loves His children"l
Responsible statesmen, and intelligent people
generally, do not, OF course, believe such raw.
lngs as those we have quoted from the Russian
press. But these things are put forth for some
purpose by men who must know better. and
hey are tolerated by those who know better.
As for their influence upon the ''half savage and
barbarous' moujik mind, and upon the mind OF
ignorant japanese, IL such things are circu-
lated there. too' IL must be wholly mlschievOus.
raise prefudiees may thus in this campaign
De Implanted in the popular mind which viii
Oscone Taoinonal. and wnl coIor the national
New-York tribune., 1904-09-22
WAR YIEWS OF EXPERTS.
Cold Weather Mag Bring Surprise
By the japanese.
IFRoN THE TRIBUNE BUREAU.l

Washington. Sept. 21.-The information from
the Far East indicates to the military mind the
remoteness Of a collision OF the proportions OF
big battle at or near Moukden Most OF the
officers believe that Kuropatkin viii gradually
retreat despite the preparations he has made
for defence in that vicinity. He is expected 70
be compelled to this movement by infeTiority OF
numbers. the estimate OF relative strength Civ
ing the japanese the advantage OF three TO
one This situation would render u necessary
for the Russians TO fall back n the japanese
attack were persistent. There has been i'm
Iressive consistency In the Russian retreat. and
the experts say it is due to the class OF strategy
which Kuropatkin early adopted In the war.
the only means Of defence at his command. He
Is praised by all army officers for the exhibi-
ton OF skill in the maneuvring Of bis COM
mand. although he comes in for a share OF
criticism for having failed to take full advan-
tage of all the conditions at Liao-Yang. which
indicate that at one time Kuroki was on the
point OF retiring. Had this situation been
availed Of by Kuropatkin. he might have forced
the Japanese to fall back in confusion. although
II Is likely the pursuit under those circum-
stances would not have been OF long duration.
The development Of the existing situation at
Moukden depends somewhat upon the weather.
1t is believed that 1t win not be possible for
the japanese to continue any important opera
tions In the cold Of Manchurla. especially after
the snow comes. Both armies are being equipped
with their winter clothing. according 10 the
meagre reports which get past the censorS OF
both governments. The japanese were early in
possession Of their winter equipment and this
was taken at the time as indicating the Jap
anese expectation OF war which would extend
into next spring. The Russians are Just receiv-
ing their winter supplies. Both armies are eX-
pected 70 prepare winter camps. which would
have TO be fortified and this condition OF per-
manency would reduce the military activities
to unimpoTtant raids In this respect. some OF
the experts say. every one may be astonished
by the Japanese. who have shown such resource
and vigor in the face of conditions destined 10
discourage the movements OF big armies.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-22
TEE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Indicattons increase that General
KurOpatkin viii enoeaYor TO detenG Moukdsu
against the japanese advance; oyaIlla s[niles l
are moving slowly. his apparent intention be.ns
20 force the evacuation Of the town by wide
turning movement on the East - NO de-
fails Of the reported general assault on fort
Arthur have been made public: the prediction
fs made IN Toxic that the reduction OF the Tor
TFess win be accomplished within two weeks
Six Russian generals and thirty-nine field
officers were among the killed or wounded at
TRao-Yang. Shanghai sent a report that
the Port Arthur feet would attempt TO reach
Tsng-Chau this week - The Arsehpne
Minister Of Marine said that no warshlps had
been sold and that no negotiations fer their
Esle were pending. - There were further in
neutrality-suspicious. Line issued a statement
that the war was not At an enc. - -Four
Echooners were wrecked and Eve lives were lost
IN a gale Of the Newfoundland coast. -
King Peter Of SerVia was crowned at Belgrade;
there were no hostile demonstrations. - Il
was reported from MonteVideo that terms or
peace had been accepted by the insurgent forces
in Uruguay.
DOAIEsTIC-The Democratic State Cenven-
ton at Saratoga nominated a ticket headed by
Judge D. Cady Herrich for Governor and Rep
resentatiVe Francis Burton Harrison FOR Lieu
.tenant Governor - A trolley car at Mel
rose, Ness, struck a fifty pound box OF dyna-
mite which had fallen from an express wagon
ana was blown to pieces; six persons were
killed, several fatally injured and fifteen badly
hurt. - Two negroes. accused OF killing
white men. were followed by Georgia mob, on
being acquitted by the court and shot -
John ". Gates has started a new steamship
line between Port Arthur. Texas and this city.
CTTY-StociHs weHs strong. - Republican
leaders looked on the nomination OF Justice Her
rick by the Democrats as assuring victory
for Lieutenant Governor Higgins. - Richard
Mansfield hired a special train and sped TO New
Lendon on learning Of serious accident 20 his
wife. - Senator Platt declared that the dele
gates who voted for the nomination OF Lteuten-
ant Governor Higgins were his Cthe SenatOr's)
friends. The Marble Cutters Union Sc
ceded from the Building Trades Alliance; talk
Of a strike ultimatum to the employers was
dropped. - J. Gabriel DUque, OF Panama,
said that the leaders Of the revolution received
large sums, and that the Presidency of the new
republic was offered 10 him by William Nelson
Cromwell. II he would head the rebellion
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Fair, followed by rain. The temperature yester-
Gay; Highest, 81 degrees; lowest. 40.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-22
4 CURIOUS TRACTION SCHEME.

Americans have been supplying Europe with
Ideas and equipment for railways SO long that
1t seems strange to be told that an English
scheme is about to be tried in this country and
that part of the machinery required is being
made abroad. However, according to 'Engi-
neering"-an excellent authority-such is the
case. That periodical declares that several gas.
olene engines Of a particular type have been
ordered in England for service in the United
States, where precedent established by the
Northeastern Railway will be followed in their
use An experimental car was built for that
road few months ago which is propelled by
providing it with three pieces Of machinery.
One is petrol mOtOr'-as our English friends
call tt-another is a small dynamo, driven there
by and generating current. and the third is an
electric motor, applying the current to the
wheels Of the car.
To most persons this arrangement will appear
70 be needlessly complicated It will be asked
why. II the Northeastern Railway Company
wanted to have an automobile car for any pur-
pose, 1t did not rely on gasolene alone. Not
only does the additional mechanism add ma
terially TO the first cost and weight OF q ve-
hicle, but there Is a distinct loss of power with
every transformation through which it goes.
Or, If there is a distinct preference for elec-
trlcity, why Is not the current taken from an
outside source? Production on a big scale is
always less expensive than on a small one The
most rational answer to these questions is that
the company probably wishes to have a car
which is equally well adapted 20 those divisions
which are already electrically equipped and
those which are not The Northeastern has
an electric service on several short lines reach
ing out from NewcastIe-On-Tyne, but on most
OF its system the old steam locomotive is still
IN use For inspection by the general officers
such a car might prove convenience. II might
also be desirable TO have few such cars 10 be
New-York tribune., 1904-09-22

chartered by individuals or small parties rof
occasional pleasure or business trips. Ihe au-
vantages for general traffic are less obvious
Indeed, to equip any large amount OF roiins
stoct in the manner here described would ap-
parently be piece Of extravagance.
The order given In England by an American
manufacturing company may be interpreted as
an indication that the managers Of some railroad
here want to make the same experiment In
America, as in England. the business OF trans
pOrtatiOn is entering on a transition stage.
Within the next few years electricity VIII have
displaced steam on limited portions or several
extensive railway systems. II will then be
necessary. perhaps, TO employ temporary ex-
pedients which will not obtain lasting favor.
Hence wideawake executive officers and engi-
neers are alert to innovations which give prom
Use Of even trifing utility under these new con-
didons. Whatever be the final Judgment upon
the singular combination here referred to, the
disposition to look into It Is certainly COM
mendable.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-22
FEDERAL. NOT UNION. /"
Veterans Defeat Resolution FaUor-
ing Change of Name. .,

indianapolis. Sept. T.-The appointments OF CON-
uiittees and the consideration of resolutions to-
day engaged the attention of the veterans who
are attending the annual reunion OF the Society Of
the Army OF the Cumberland A resolution recon-
mendlng the use OF the word Union instead OF
Federal" when speaking OF the soldiers Of the
United States who fought In the Civil War, was
defeated.
The following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved. that copies OF the letter OF the Hon
WWltelaw W hed. OF September IS. 1904. 70 this So
clety oe forwarded BY the corresponding secretary
10 the Governor or Ohio and the Secretary OF War.
ana that Myron i. HerTtck. the Governor be and Is
nefeoy most respectfully requested TO take measures
OF entering the engagement Shiloh. in the second
day. upon the monument TO the Ohio regiments and
o&tJerles erected by the State OF through its
oAILIenelu commission On the Shiloh National Park
CARNATIONS in the Army OF the Ohio, Commanded
Dy General u. G. Buell.. and inform the society Os
the result Of his inquiries
Resolved, that the Secretary OF War be requested
20 take cOgniEance Of this matter
Colonel John J. McCook was selected 10 deliver
the next annual address.
The following committees were appointed for the
year;
Auditing committee. Colonel Green CLAW cOodlOe.
chairman; General II A. Carmen
Chtckamauga Park, Colonel Archibald FlIo xaivr
Chairman: Captain q. c. Patfsr NSS; ~ +,
Goodspeed. Captain Milton CisFris,s 5,.ot, q
3 Chamberlain. General j. I. Wilder Snd Colonel
q. W. Steele. 1' "~~ ~N@~'-~-
Historical committee: General II A r,~,,or
chairman General Gates II sr6S-. ~ Ssai tSls..sl
James IT, Wilson, General j. c. EreciSinrifvS TisI-
tenant Edwin w, High, Colonel n ri Fifch. SER
~ sharrott Captain e. w Psttsn ssi sn Sjonai
h w Foglsca e"e >N'SA
New-York tribune., 1904-09-22
About People and Socfds Incidents.

going 20 Mrs Perry Belmont for Brfassnlsfs ro.a.
For the best fancy basket. other than dahlias -
prizes were Just reversed. Mrs Belmont tak,1 49,
first and Mrs Astor the second. For the best 60
trepiece OF dahias two Of the local florists took tha
first two prizes, while the display Of Nlrs W sro
Wells received the third prize For the hest es
basket Of dahlias the drst prize went TO AIrs Wes
the second TO Mrs John r. DrexeI and the thir5 -
Mrs AstOr There was also a class for the -.
fancy basket Of flowers. open to gardeners aszsst
ants. and this went to the greenhouses OF Mrz
Perry Belmont Tomorrow there viii be tldoi,-,
Of the table decorations. for which comraitree
Of society women, consisting Of Miss Wetmore LIrs
Lorillard Spencer and Mss Anna 3. Hunter, VIII
make the awards.
There were few happenings to-day n the cottass
colony This afternoon the sale OF the Bedlow es-
tate attracted few OF the cottagers. but there WA
little competition and the greater part OF the prop
erty was bought by Henry BedlOW and his dau.h-
ter. Mrs. Alice Mayer.
The announcement was made to-day of the rental
OF the Train villa. the end OF BelsvUe-ave. ana
facing Bailey's Beach, to George =. De Forest. Of
New-Yort. for the season Of 1895.
luncheon was given this afternoon By Mrs
Charles P. HillhoUse and dinner tonight by AEs.
Peter d. Martin and Mrs. William GrOsvenor.
Alfred C. Vanderbilt returned here to-day from
NeW-York. making the trip on his steam yacht
the AdrOit- He was accompanied by number Of
friends. who are his guests at Oakland FAN.
Miss Edith ColfOTd. Of New-XOrk. Is the guest
OF Mrs. LOrisard Spencer.
Center Hitchcock closed his Newport season To-
day and returned 20 New-York-
Consul General RiddeiI Of Cairo. Egypt. who has
been visiting in Newport. will leave here Tomorrow
for Oyster Bay, where he Is 70 call on President
Roosevelt.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Widener closed their New
port season to-day and returned TO Philadephiz
the winter.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-22
IN THE sERKsHIREs.
TsY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE. ]

. (BY rELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBCNEI
Lenox. Mass. Sept. 4.-Mr. and Mrs. Thonas
Shields Clarke. OF New-YOrks gave reception this
afternoon at Fernbrook. where Mr.. Clarkes latest
work in sculpture. "Cupid's Sun Dial was exhibit
ed There was a large attendance. and much h
tcrest was manifested in the bronze. which many
think Is Mr.. Clarkes best work
]. E. Schermerhorn. Of New-York. has tust con-
pIeted a year and a half Of autOmobiling without
the loss OF a day. Mr. Schermerhorn took to auto
mobiIlng for the benefit Of his health. and ever
day last winter. regardless OF the weather. as r1
his machine. This season his aCtOmobISng has
been largely confined TO the Berkshire Hills Hs
has now building a powerful automobile with air
breaks and whistle.
Mr.. and AIRS. ". Amory. OF Chicago. are guests
OF Mrs. Thomas Garner. Of New-York-
Baron Robert R. SchelIer Schwartz. Second Sec
retary Of the German Embassy. who has been
absent on leave. has arrived in Lenox,
Mr.. and Mrs. Girard Fountaine. OF NeW-York
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Caldwell. OF Pitts
burg. in Stockbrdge
The Rev. and Mrs. ". T. Manning. OF New-YorE
who have been in Stockbridgs for the summer. left
to-day for New-YoFk-
Miss Ethel Grain. daughter of AlrS. H A Grain
Of New-Tork. has arrived from Europe
The sons OF NIr. and Mrs William A. Read. OF
New-Yorh. who have been in the Adirondacks. have
returned 70 Lenox.
Miss Cornelia Hartman. who has been a guest
Of Mrs. William D. Sloane returned 70 Nsw-York
to-day.
Percy c. Wyudham and Robert Collier. OF the
British Embassy. have arrived il Lenox from MUr-
ray Bay on the ST Lawrence where they have
been bass fishing.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-22

Within the limits defined by the national
Constitution the national administration has
sought to secure to each man the full enjoy
ment Of his right 20 live his life and dispose
of his property and his labor he deems best,
so long as he wrongs no else. This
government is based upon the fundamental idea
that each man, matter what his oeeupa-
zion, his race or his religious belief is entitled
10 be treated on his worth as a man, and neither
favored nor Disseminated against because OF
any accident in his positiOn-(President
Roosevelt.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-22
acoMPETITIoN eoNE MAo"

Sir Alfred HarmswOrth. IN The Herald - 10
Concerning my newspaper interests Iet NE ne -tsrt-
you at the outset that / have no thought or S~oSf
in& newspaper IN this country. N peI = = sS1eci-
making consider the NeW-NOrk city hei1 . io-s
men OF competition gone mad More money y tssSSSi5
by newspapers Of this city each year tnan tS,-Ssr
care 20 count. The spectacle OF so great - fhs
or business people engaged IN thrustlne - - flr
OGouc every morning and evening tons OK vls5 ~ ten1
Which they pay at least IA cents q po- itei-l a
which they send forth in form that mus -
loss IN each individual copy, aStoniSaea N
IN truth. see no development or
tpo newspapers here since my VISIT 70 sIssTTn on
three years ago. We may have uiuen ~ - 81
una otiieF SlQe IN the management o. tAe osr5
you nave more TO learn In COnductlne -
as business propositions. There are SN~Ss N.~SSs'sgs-
hefa, out as rule the cNtF0vagellee q
ment, the avish output OF papers. az 49, MAKE
one yvon5rr AZ ff a ,Ne~iSis for business a-
not doparted from the newspaper ne-@