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The daily tribune., 1904-09-07
GENERAL KUROPATKlN
HAS REACHED MUKDEN
Reported from Yentai tha,
Russians are Abandoning
Wounded for Lack
of AmbuIenCes.

Paris. Sept. IAN Official Of the
JapAness legation to-day said he expect
cd the battle deciding the future of
MAnohuria will oocus At HArbin,
- General kuropatkin's fight has
been too hssried to permit him to in
trench 1t AukAen Owing to the dis.
tance Of Harbin from Mukden. about
Sa5 miles. and the approach Of winter,
tho battle. the official added, proba.
bly, will not occur before spring. In
the meantime IL Russia desires peace
she would be able to open neeot,a.
tions. but the Japanese government
would never make the drse PROPOSE.
tions. - they are calculating that the
war will last three yeras and are max.
ing preparations accordingly.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09

ment, was then attached, lay in camp
near Charlottesville, and the officers
gave a ball. An invitation was sent
Gen. Lee, who thus commented on it
in letter: This is a bad time for
such things. We have too grave sub
jects on hand to engage in such trivial
amusements. l would rather his Off
GERS should entertain themselves in
fattening their horses, healing their
men and recruiting their regiments.
There are too many Lees on the COM
mittee. like all to be present at bat
ties, but can excuse them at balls"
These letters, written in the spring
of 1864, reveal how clearly Gen. Lee
foresaw the storm that was soon to
burst upon him. He wrote urgently
for supplies and in his private letters
he predicted Grants move toward
Richmond"
into the operations of the closing year
of the war. The military phase is sub
ordinated to the personal, but the let
tiers, his personal recollections and in
cidents, all make an intimate picture
of the Confederate commander in that
trying time. The surrender itself is
lightly touched upon. The author first
saw his father after Appomatox at
Richmond, where the general had join
GU MS IdIIllly. AS we'll as i can re-
call my father at this time" he says,
"he appeared to be very well physical
ly, though he looked older grayer,
more quiet and reserved. He seemed
very tired. and was always glad to
talk of any other subject than that
Of the war or anything pertaining
thereto"
Gen. Lees life for the next few
months was quiet and uneventful In
June he went 10 "Derwent." a little
four-room house in Cumberland coun-
~. which was placed at his disposal
by Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph Cooke.
There he awaited the decision Of the
federal authorities in the indictment
found against him. Davis and others,
which never came to trial. In the
meantime offers Of homes, houses.
lands and money poured in upon him,
all Of which he declined. In August
he accepted the presidency Of Wash
ington College, now Washington and
Lee University.
A pleasant picture is given OF the
busy days that followed in establish
ing his new home. Says Capt. Lee:
MY father appeared bright and even
gay" Capt Lee says that II was his
fathers strong desire to write a his
tory of his campaigns. He went so far
as TO begin TO gather data, but his
failing strength and the magnitude Of
the task deferred him. Gen. Lees cor
respondence during this period was
very extended and his letters TO
friends old comrades In arms and
public men all express his solicitude
for the South and reflect his desire
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09

the army that was to be brought into
the field, stating as courteously as /
could that, though opposed to seces-
sion and deprecating war, l could take
no part in an invasion of the Southern
states" Gen. Lee adds that he went
directly to Gen. Scott, told him of the
proposition that had been made him,
and two days later, concluding that
he ought no longer retain his COM
mission, resigned from the army. Two
days later. on invitation of the Gov
ernor of Virginia, he went to Rich
mond, found that the convention had
passed the secession ordinance and ac-
cepted the position of commander-in-
chief of the state forces. There fol-
low many letters written in the spring
and summer of 1861 to his wife at Ar
lington, counseling her on family mat
ters and the homely duties of his es-
tate and household. On May rs he was
transferred with his command to the
Confederate states army. In a letter
he said: Il do not know what my
position will be. I should like to re-
tire to private life if I could be with
you and the children, but If l can be
of any service to the state or her
cause, I must continue
Soon after the first battle Of Ma
nassas Gen. Lee was sent into West
Virginia, and in the numerous letters
to his family he interestingly describes
the country, his raw soldiers and the
difficulties he faced. These letters were
continued with great regularity after
he was sent to South Carolina in the
winter of 1861. Many of these are
deeply religious. Writing his wife on
Christmas day, he said: IF we can
only become sensible in our trans
gressions. so as to be fully penitent
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09

personal phase, as relating to the daily
life, the mental attitude and character
istics of Gen. Lee.
This correspondence most of it of the
most intimate character, in a measure,
serves to reflect Gen. Lees views on
the great questions with which his ca
reer is so closely bound. Writing with
all the freedom of a husband and faith
er to wife and children. or to intimate
friends, letters which he probably new
er dreamed would see print, the man
himself stands revealed. Throughout
his correspondence is deVoutly reli-
gious tone. Hardly a letter is given
but which evidences the deep faith of
the man. Writing from camp and from
battlefield, he seldom failed to ac-
knowledge or invoke Divine help for
his cause. his family and himself. There
is a notable absence of military infor-
nation in these letters. Wherever it
is brought in 1t is incidental and those
who anticipated light on the military
problems of the great struggle will be
disappointed.
The author condenses into one chap
ter the period prior to his fathers res
tgnation from the United States army.
and confines himself to Gen. Lees own
utterances in letters to his family and
friends as to the motives which actu-
ated him in his decision. Writing to
his sister, Mrs. Ann Marshall, on the
day he rendered his resignation, Gen.
Lee said: Now we are in a state of
war which will yield to nothing. The
whole South is in a state of revolu-
ton, into which Virginia, after a long
struggle, has been drawn; and though
l recognize no necessity for this state
of things, and would have forborne
and pleaded to the end for redress of
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09
LOCAL PERSONALS

James P. Harrison, Esq, of Atlanta,
was in the city Yesterday.
Mr.. E. 7. Sheftall left during the
week for st. Louis to visit the fair.
Mr.. Thos. f. Shells is seriously i'll
at his residence, No. 70S Duffy street,
east.
Mr.. P. Robinson Pritchard left via
the Central yesterday to visit the
Worlds Fair.
Hon. James L. Foster of Darien,
senator-elect from the Second district,
was in town yesterday.
Mr.. e. w. O'Connor left last night
to attend the Claim Agents Conven-
ton in st. Louis on Oct. II and 10.
Miss May Skinner, who was recently
operated on at Savannah Hospital for
appendicitis has nearly recovered, and
expects to be at home in few days.
Invitations have been received in
Savannah to the wedding of Miss Eta
Rothschild and Mr.. Sol Samuels, TO
take place at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Roth
schild, No. 301 South Pryor street, At
lanta, Oct. %, at o'clock.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09
BOOK REVIEWS
AND
LITERARY NOTES

RecolIections and Letters of Gen. Rob-
ert f. Lee. By his son, Robert f.
Lee. Illustrated with FIVE photograv-
ures. New York: Doubleday, Page
& Co, 1S3-137 East Sixteenth street.
Cloth; gilt top; rough edges. Price,
net. $3.50,
This volume contains the most in
teresting letters from Gen. Lee to
members of his family. They cover a
part of the period of his service as
colonel in the United States army, and
his whole career in the Confeders tie
States army and the period that fol-
lowed the war. They show, as MOTH
ing else can. the nobility and tender
ness of the man. Capt. Lees recollec-
tions Of his father interpret the letters
and, with them. make a most inter-
esting picture of him, as man, as a
soldier, as a college president,and of
his family life.
The author does not attempt to en-
ter the field of the historian as far as
the war itself is concerned. AS the
title of the work implies it is largely
composed of his fathers letters, most
of them to his immediate family, and
he makes no addition of value to the
military history of the late war. The
chief interest of the book lies in its
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09

grievances, real or supposed, yet in
my own person I had to meet the ques-
ton whether l should take part
against my native state. With all my
devotion TO the Union and the feeling
of loyalty and duty of an American
citizen, 1 have not been able to make
up my mind to raise my hand against
my relatives, my children, my home.
l have therefore resigned my commits
sion in the army and save in defense
of my native state, with the sincere
hope that my poor services may never
be needed, l hope l may never be call
ed on to draw my sword" On the same
day he wrote in similar strain to his
brother, Capt. Sydney Smith Lee, of
the United States navy.
In 1868 Gen. Lee wrote to Senator
Reverdy Johnson in regard to a de-
bate in the Senate in which Senator
Simon Cameron had made certain
statements. In this letter Gen. Lee
said: Il never intimated to any one
that 1 desired the command of the
United States army; nor did 1 ever
have a conversation with but one gen.
tleman, Mr.. Francis Preston Blair,
on this subject, which was at his in
vitation and as l understood, at the
instance of President Lincoln. After
listening to his remarks 1 declined the
offer he made. to take command of
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09
SWALLOWED A SAFETY PIN.

A week ago the 17-months-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Poe of 20S
Liberty street, west, swallowed a large
sized safety pin, from which the point
had been broken, leaving a jagged,
half-bent wire. The little one, which
before had been in perfect health, was
fretful all during the week. The par
ents were unable to tell what the mat
ter was until yesterday, when the
broken safety pin appeared. When the
child was being dressed by. the nurse a
week ago a safety pin in its clothing
was broken. The pin was laid on
chair by the nurse, and a short time
afterward could not be found. It was
not for a moment thought that the
child had swallowed 1t. but such prov
ed to be the case, and for week car
ried around the bent and twisted pin
in its stomach.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09
FernandIna News Notes.

Fernandina, Fla, Oct. s.-Nfr. and
Mrs. Rydd have returned from their
visit North.
The Jacksonville Baptist Association
met in this city during the past week.
Between sixty and seventy delegates
were present. The next convention
will occur at Jacksonville In the early
part of January, when 1t is expected
that fully 300 delegates will attend the
meeting.
Master lie Roy Kennerd, this city
has been appointed cartoonist for the
Sun Publishing Company, Jacksonville.
He is to be congratulated on this pre-
ferment, being very young and almost
entirely self-taught in the line Of his
clever drawings
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09
BuiIOch County at Two Fairs.

Statesboro, Ga. Oct. s.-Bulioch
county will offer a strong competition
for position of prominence at the two
State Fairs, beginning at Athens, Oct
II, and Macon, Oct. 10, with one OF the
best and largest exhibitions of the nat
ural resources OF the counties through
out the state. No little time and mon
ey has been spent in a diligent search
for such products and resources as will
commend their efforts to every citi-
zen of the county besides evidencing
the fact that Bulloch offers unsurpass-
ed advantages to people of all classes
and more especially to those of high
er order OF citizenship. Three carloads
OF agricultural products and other re-
sources of the county left over the
Central for Athens yesterday, and Mr..
j. r. Miller leaves to-day TO person.
ally supervise the placing and arrange
ment of this exhibition.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09
DAUGHTERS CONVENTION
LARGEST IN THEIR HISTORY.

St. Louis. Oct. s.-The business Of
the United Daughters of the confed-
eracy, who have been holding a ma
tional convention here during the
week, was concluded to-day. The con-
vention was the largest held by the
society. There were 500 delegates from
all sectione OF the South. and many
from tho North.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09
Smith Gets Promotion.

Memphis, Tenn, Oct. s.-William L.
Smith, formerly chief clerk in the Of
flce of Second Vice President ]. T.
Harahan of the Illinois Central Rail-
road Company in Chicago, has been
appointed assistant to the second vice
president in succession to A. w. Sulli-
van, who goes to the Missouri Pacific
as general manager Mr.. Smith is
widely known in railroad circles, hav-
ing for years been assistant agent
with headquarters in Memphis
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09
Mr.. E. w. O'CONNOR
GOING TO ST. LOUIS.

Mr.. e. w. O'Connor. claim adtuster
of the Savannah Electric Company,
will leave this morning over the Cen
trail of Georgia Railway for st. Louis.
where he will attend a meeting to or
ganize a national association of street
railway claim agents. The meeting
will be held in St. Louis on Oct. -,
and IL. and it is expected that not
less than $500 street railway men will
be present
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09
LITERARY NOTES.

An enterprlsing bookseller OF New
York who believes in the realistic
method Of advertising has placed in his
show window on Cortlandt street an
eight-foot ladder composed entirely Of
swords. Around It's base are great
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09
Cresceus to Come 10 Macon.

Macon, Oct. S.-Vice President
George A. Smith of the Macon Fair
Association, is in receipt of a commu-
nication from George II. Ketchum, the
owner of the famous Cresceus, stating
that the trotter will be sent to the
Georgia State Fair. The communica-
ton states that Cresceus will be sent
along with a string of six other trot-
tiers, owned by Mr. Ketchum
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09

"A Ladder of Swords"
1t is interesting to note, apropos Of
the new biography of the Kaiser, I'm
perator ct Rex William II of Ger
many" by the anonymous author of
The Martyrdom of an Empress" a
rumor now appearing in the English
press to the effect that the German
Emperor is writing a book "simulta-
neously in English, French and Ger
man."
The Rt. Hon. James Bryce,
member of Parliament, the au-
thor of THE American Com
monwealth," is now in the United
States for a visit of several months.
Part of his object in coming here is
to see all the incidents of an American
political campaign. Just before leav-
ing England Mr.. Bryce sent to The
Macmillan Company the manuscript
of the new edition of THE Holy EN-
pire" He has rewritten this work,
which has been the standard ever since
its appearance in 1862, so thoroughly
and has so largely increased it that it
is practically new book.
Mark Twain is an advocate of cheap
cigars-not for economy's sake, but as
a matter of preference. One of his
main recommendations of Prof Cell,
the eminent italian portrait painter.
whose picture of Mr.. Clemens is now
on exhibition at the st. Louis EXPOSE
ton, is that the artist allowed him to
smoke to 4 cent cigars while he was
posing. There was no chance to quar-
rel anyway" Mr. Clemens recently ex-
planned to friend in his character
istic slow speech. "for Cell couldn't
talk English or 1 italian. Or maybe
he didn't know they were Q-cent ci-
gars-maybe he didn't know the diff
ference-I dunno"
Miss Gertrude Smith, whose book for
children, Little Precious" is just pub
lished by the Harpers, was recently
asked by New Highlander why she
lived in Atlanta when she might live
in Boston, to which she made the fol-
lowing interesting reply: THE South
is waking up. I like to see things
wake up! Atlanta is like a Western
city on a boom. 1t is the brightest
city but one east of the Rocky noun
tains, and, being on the delightful end
of the Blue Ridge mountains, it
doesn't have humidity August has
been too cool. The nights are never
to be forgotten-always cool Every
one wears white, moves slowly and
takes things easy. There are too many
negroes, and they wait on you for very
little, and everyone has open fires in
winter and waffies and fried chicken"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09
Payne's Body Rcaches Nome.

Milwaukee, Wis. oct. s.-The spec
ial train bearing the body OF Henry
G. Payne arrived In Milwaukee over
the Chicago. Milwaukee and ST. Paul
road this afternoon. The body was
taken 70 the city hall AZ o'clock this
evening and will lie IN state until noon
sunday.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09
CITY BREVITIES.

The trip around the A. & B. belt
which has been made during the sum-
mer by the car leaving Thunderbolt at
11;55 O'Clock at night has been dis
continued.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.

Mr.. James Freeman of Macon, trav-
cling passenger agent of the Southern
Railway, was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. w. H. Leahy, division passenger
agent of the Coast Line, will leave for
Atlanta tomorrow night for the pur-
pose Of figuring on the winter train
service of his road from the West.
As a result of work done by the
Railway Ticket Protective Bureau,
NJ use Henlein, ticket broker of Nash
vile, Tenn, has entered a plea of
guilty and received a sentence of fif-
ten days in the workhouse and to pay
fine of $500 and costs. The broker
was charged with handling forged
tickets.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09

the early part of the nineteenth CEN
fury, the scene being laid on Dart
moor, with the river Dart running
through the recital as it runs through
the moor. John Newcombe and Roger
Honeywell, gentleman farmers and
neighbors, become bitter enemies after
a law suit and so deep is their hatred
that it ends only in death, Honey
well drinking of brew offered by
Newcombe, which the latter needs
must himself drink ere his enemy's
suspicious are allayed. The draft is
poisoned, and the enemies see each
other die. The love story of the mar
rative is afforded by the young nep-
hew of Honeywell and the daughter
of Newcombe meeting and loving even
through assumed death. Perhaps the
chief charm of the story is the dialect
of certain of the speakers though the
story itself is deeply interesting.
Traffics and Discoveries. By Rudyard
Kipling. New York: Doubleday,
Page & Co., 133-137 East Sixteenth
street. Cloth; illustrated. Price,
$3.50.
This is the first volume of collected
kipling tales since THE Days Work, -
which reached wider circulation than
any other book of short stories in re-
cent years. 1t contains one long tale,
The Army of a Dream" not hitherto
published.
1t is collection of short stories and
poems, some of which have been pub
lished in this country, and some which
are entirely new. On the whole 1t is
the most important collection since
''The Seven Seas" There are many
stories, and they vary widely. 1t
would be difficult to find a book in
which so much versatility is shown.
The collection includes They" a story
published in a magazine last summer,
and which has perhaps aroused as
much criticism of Numerically OPP
posed kinds as any similar piece of lit
erature in modern times. The keynote
to this story seems to be that when
Kipling was i'll in this country a few
years ago and thought to be dying;
his little daughter died and he was not
informed of it for some weeks. Out
of this incident has grown the psychol-
ogy of They" which so many people
say they cannot understand. The truth
is that it is the sort of story that must
be read subjectively. Many find it a
wonderful story of child life. and 9TH
ers profess they do not like it. Other
wise there are a lot of stories in the
book which call for no explanation and
are highly entertaining.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09

that patience be shown under all con-
ditions and all controversies be avoid
ed.
The following letter is typical of his
replies to inquiring correspondents:
l believe it to be the duty
of every one to unite in the restora-
ton of the country and the re-estab-
lishment of peace and harmony. These
considerations governed me in the
counsels gave to others, and induced
me on June Is to make application to
be included in the terms of the am
nesty proclamation.
The author had by this time settled
down upon his farm and he gives
many letters from his father, full of
advice on agricultural and financial
matters, all of which show his thor
ough grasp of affairs. The CORE
spondence covering the closing years
of Gen. Lees life is largely of fam
lily character, though it embraced
many letters to strangers. either on
public questions or in acknowledge
ment of courtesies. He received very
fattering business offers. all of which
he declined, preferring the quietness
and pleasures of. his college duties.
Among these offers was the proffer of
a position as the head of a proposed
commercial organization in New York
develop the South.
Twenty Five Ghost Stories. Compiled
and edited by w. B. Holland. New
York: J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Co.,
81 Rose street. Cloth, price so
cents; paper cover. rs cents.
This volume will especially please
those who delight in the uncanny.
There is a shiver in every page, besides
several creepy sensations per chap
ter. The element of superstition that
has a place in the makeup of all hui
man beings is responsible for the I'M
failing popularity of the ghost story.
This little book presents a selection
of twenty-five of the best ghost stor-
les in the English language.
The Farm of the Dagger. BY Eden
Philpotts. New York: Dodd, Mead
q Co. Cloth; illustrated. Price,
$3.50.
The story is one of English life In