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THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY. Besiness Offico, 11th Street and Pennsylvania 4 The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8.5. EAUFFMANN, President. New York Office. Tribune Building. Chieago Office: Tribanc Building. The Evening Star is serveg to subscribers In the city by carriers, on their o: 4 account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents per mon! ples at the counter, 2 cents each. By ma where In the or Canada—postage prepaid— '$ per mont - aturday Star, 32 pages, $1 per year; with for- efgn postage ald 4 | TEntered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter.) {>All mail subscriptions must be paid fn advance, Rates of advertising made known op application. Che £ven gq Star. No. 16,108. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 19094A—-TWENTY-TWO PAGES. TWO CENTS. 9 Of all the newspaper readers of Washington are reached by the classified advertisements in The Star, . FIGHTING NOT SEVERE LOSSES WERE SLIGHT RUSSIANS MOVING SOUTH WITH GREAT CAUTION. ‘When the Supreme Contest Will Come Depends Upon Circumstances— Joy in St. Petersburg. ST. PETERSBURG, October 10—The mystification of the last ten days regard- ing the war situation is cleared up by the knowledge that the Russian army is tak- ing the offensive and explains the puz- zling Mukden dispatch of the Associated Press of October 6, reading: “Something unusual is in the wind. A great bustle is now noticeable. The streets are thronged with hurrying crowds and innumerable carts and pack mul A dispatch to the Bourse Gazette from Mukden says: “The general situation at the seat of war The Japan has materially changed se main army fs retiring south Its right wing has gone thirty south- Ww matsze, Fenshu! of Kwandianstan. giving up not onl ard, evacuating Sianshan, Sinangal, Sai- and the neighborhood he Japanese are thus the positions which they occupied after the battle of Liaoyang, but places they ha@ previously taken. he capture of Bentsiaputze, which was strongly fortified, and where it was re- ported Gen. Kuroki commanded in per- is officially confirmed. The fighting, however, was not re, the Japanese retiring on finding themselves outflanked. The Russian losses were only twenty-five including an officer. killed or wounded Russians Advance With Caution. Gen. Kuropatkin is in the field personally directing the forward movements of the ny, which, it is understood. is divided umns, moving on each side ad. whence they will draw their supplies, their flanks being assured than 150 squadrons of Cos: ans are ating along a front betw forty and forty-five mile: ling from Kaou ass to Ben he Hun river to the in of river on the west. a every precaution against possible ¢ attacks. throwing up en- trenchments Marshal Oyama, they advance southward. howe has not to strongly hold evacuation of lank of the Japanese Yentai mines unprotected, t abandonment of the mines hourly expected. nese appear to be concentrating fortifications formerly sians on the right bank ich are exceedingly an equally good de- d south. retired from Bentsiaputze a struggle, fearing that « Mitschenko’s Cossacks would sur- round the position cut them off. Bent- slaputze is of the highest Importance, com- manding the roads from Mukden and Fushun to Liaoyang and Bensihu Engagement Near Mukden. Private advices from Mukden, just re- ceived, ate that the artillery is al- t work. An engagement is reported to have occurred yesterday on the Rus: fourteen miles southwest of front of ¢ » while fell into ambush of Japanese antry, who the scouts. Before the latter could with- draw they lost ten wounded, including a lieutenant, Kousoff, and one man killed, Such news of the Rus m: be given out without i kin each evening, the field is over. To Take Great Care. A high officer of the general staff in- formed the Associated Press that Kuro- patkin is prepared to advance with great care, but when the main collision will oc- cur will depend on circumstances, the movements of great bodi of men being likely to be telegraphed by Gen. after the day's advance slow operations. Heavy fighting is hardly y before a week at the earliest six miles separate the advance id the officer referred to, “and or counter-advance might liminary artillery en- moment.” lent t Field Marshal y that Kuropatkin is pre- uring to strike, instead of extending himself for the big flank movement st, so much talked of, has recognized essity of meeting the Russian ad- ying his positions north of inter between the tual collision will doubtless be uti- zed by both sides in feeling out their re- tive strength and dispositions and in uve skirmishing on the flanks, of which h of the Cossacks across r, almost to the Yental n example. Not until the combined movements of Kuropatkin’s army are in full swing south- ward will it be seen whether Oyama intends test the present advance or fall back fortified position north of Liao Yang, he would reverse the situation hith- the Japanese would for the first enjoy the advantage of fighting be- now ama, aware ev time hind defen: Strength of the Armies. According to the estimates of the war office, Oyama’s total strength is about 250,000 men, of which 150,000 are posted be- tween the Hun river to the west and Bent- siaputze eastward, the remainder being held in reserve at Liaoyang. Kuropatkin disnoses of nine corps, giving him perhaps a slight superiority in numbers. Lieutenant General Grippenberg, who Is to command the second Manchurian army, will take with him to the front a large per- tion of the troops of the Vilna military dis- trict, over which he has had the command for three years. Thus the bulk of the sec- ond army will be composed of men and officers of whom the general has intimate knowledg' fhe 2d, 3d, 4th, and 19th corps are included in the district. The mobiliza- dy quietl: With Kuropatkin reinforcement: all possible s the Sth proceeding. cting on the offensive will be pushed forward with d. The first echelons of on their way to the front, a cted to start one corps of the Vilna district within a fortnight. The em- peror will bid the troops farewell. It is now apparent that the Russians pro- pose to make a winter campaign as they did during the Russo-Turkish war. Joy Throughout Russia. The fcrmal announcement that Gen. uropatkin is at last strong enough to as- sume the offensive, tcgether with unofficial reports that offensive movements against the three armies of Field Marshal Oyama have been progressing since October 4 has rent a thrill of joy throughout Russla. The MWR, WYNNE APPOINTED Named as Postmaster General by President. CONFIDENCE IN HIM HIS RECORD AS FIRST ASSIST- ANT SATISFACTORY. Fourth Newspaper Man to Head the Department — Sketch of His Ca- reer—Many Congratulations. . Formal announcement was made early this morning at the White House of the ap- pointment by the President of Robert. J. Wynne as Postmaster General to succeed the late Henry C. Payne. The announcement was not unexpected, as it was known to have been under con- sideration by the President since Friday. Mr. Wynne himself has probably been aware for several days of the honor to be conferred upon him. Although the appointment fs temporary in its nature, Mr. Wynne will serve as Post- master General for two or three month: and possibly six months or more. It is well understo@l that George B. Cortelyou 1s to be Postmaster General in the event of the election of President Roosevelt. As the election 1s not doubted by any one con- nected with the administration, all arrange- mens have been made with a view to Mr. Cortelyou entering the cabinet within a re: sonably short time, and remaining there as Postmaster General for an indefinite period. It is believed, however, that he will not care to begin the duties of the office before the Ist of January, as he will desire a rest after the November election. It is not im- probable that the President will urge him to go to Europe for a long rest, and that he will not be prepared to take up the di ties of the office until the new administ tion comes in, March 4 next. Should th prove probable Mr. Wynne may be Post- master General for the next five or si months. Confidence in Mr. Wynne. The President has made the appointment of Mr. Wynne for numerous reasons. ‘The first one was that he desired a competent head to the department to keep watch over the immense business. The next was that he had the greatest confidence in Mr. Wynne and his ability to run the depart- ment with complete satisfaction. The third vas that he wished to compliment Mr. Wynne upon his able administration of the office of first assistant postmaster ge! ‘al and knew no better way to do so. So far as the law was concerned, there was no necessity to make an appointment at this time. Legal officials of the govern- Mr. Robert J. Wynne. ment informed the President several days ago that the section of the law referring to temporary appointments being for thirty days only applied during a session of the Senate and not while the S recess, as in this c The dent was told, cont of a permanent appointment within thirty days while the Senate was in session. Sei tor Knox of Pennsylv: until re Attorney General, so ‘med the Presi- dent, th’ others refore, vacancy uld have re mained | er time the ident red and Mr, Wynne could continued as acting head of the de- although holding the oflive of stant postmaster general. probability is that the Presiden: will not make an appointment of a first assist- ant postmaster general and will 1 the duties of the office to be looked after by Mr. Wynne, who will again fill the office upon the entrance of Mr. Cortelyoa us head of the department. Mr. Wynne will take the oath of oftice so as to enter upon the duties of the office without del: He will attend tne first cabinet meeting at the White House to- morrow. By appointment Mr. Wynne called at the White House at 1:30 p.m. He then received from the President himself formal notitica- tion of his appointment as Postmaster Gen- eral. He was a guest of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt at luncheon, Suggested by Senator Platt. Mr. Wynne was appointed first assistant postmaster general on April 17, 1902. For nearly a quarter of a century he had been a Washington newspaper correspondent, serving at various times some of the most important newspapers in the country. At the time of his appointment he was the Washington correspondent of the New York Press. His appointment as first assistant was suggested and practically decided upon at a dinner given by the late Senator Mar- cus A. Hanna to the members of the Grid- iron Club. Postmaster General Payne and Senator Orville H. Platt of Connecticut were discussing the matter of the appoint- ment during the dinner. Mr. Payne asked Senator Platt whether he had any sugges- tions to make on the subject “I think,” the senator replied, “that you ought to select some first-class newspaper man for that position—a man who is thor- oughly honest and trustworthy, who will an efficient administration to the of- y cast about the banquet room for such a man. Senator Platt said finally: “What's the matter with the man sitting at the right of Han: ‘The “man” was Mr. Wynne, who at that time was president of the Gridiron Club. His appointment was suggested to Presi- dent Roosevelt. He approved heartily of the suggestion, sent for Mr. Wynne and tendered to him the office: Started the Investigation. Mr. Wynne had not been in the office of the first assistant many months before he (Continued on Bighth Page.) became convinced that some of the affairs of the department were not being con- PUZZLE PICTURE. WHAT FRIGHTENS* THE LADY? ducted honestly. Before he had entered official life he had heard, as a newspaper man, rumors that all in the department was not as it should be, but the rumors were intangible and ill-defined. Quietly, he set about to determine for himself what foundation there was for the charges. In- vestigation convinced him that rascality was rampant in the department. He ob- tained definite information bearing upon the matter. This he laid before Postmas- ter General Payne and the President. He was so positive of the accuracy of the in- formation that he insisted that an investi- gation should be made, at least of his own bureau, as it was there he had made his eries. After a cursory inquiry, the ident and Mr. Payne decided to act upon Mr, Wynne'’s recommendation and or- der an investigation. The result of that inquiry now is a matter of record. It has passed from the hands of the department officfals and is before the courts for ad- judication. The first Postmaster General, Benjamin was directly connected with paper work, and both Frank Hatton and Charles Emory Smith, who successive- ly held the office, were famed for their con- nection with that profession. Mr. Wynne makes the fourth hewspaper man to hold this office. Record as First Assistant. Mr. Wynne’s administration of the office of first assistant postmaster general has been characterized by care for every de- tail of the vast machinery with which he was entrusted, and during the investiga- tions of the scandals in the department he was one of the leading spirits in the prose- cution of the parties who were afterward proved guilty of conspiracy and fraud against the government. He has been loked upon as a highly effi- cient official, who declined to allow small matters in his division to pass his desk un- noticed and whose insistence upon a per- sonal acquaintance with every part of the work of his office was the basis of his suc- cess. That he found and retained the con- fidence of the President is amply testified to in the appointment made today to a seat in the Cabinet, an honor coming to comparatively few Congratulations have all day been pour- ing into his office, and every prominent of- ficial of the department who is in the city ed to offer personal congratulations. It is expected that this informal recognition of the appointment will be followed by a formal call by all the employes of the de- partment who are in the local offices, Sketch of His Career. Mr. Wynne was born in New York city in November, 1852, and was there educated in the public schools. He removed to Phila- delphia and learned telegraphy, working in the gold and stock board, eventually becom- ing chief operator of the Pacific and Atlan- tic Telegraph Company. After living eight years in Philadelphia Mr. Wynne came to Washington. His first newspaper work was Cincinnati Gazette under General V. Boynton, who trained him as a gton correspondent. He wrote for Gazette and the Cincinnati Commer- cial Gazette until 1891, and he was appoint- ed private secretary to Secretary of the ‘Treasury Charles Fos.er of Ohio. On the election of President Cleveland Mr. Wynne returned to journalism as a correspondent of the Cincinnati Tribune. His letters and dispatches on national politics, the tariff and the finance obtained for him recogni- tion and exclusive engagement on the New York Press, an ultra-protection and gold standard paper. Mr. Wynne has been president of the Gridiron Club and a mem- ber of the Loyal Legion and the Army and Navy Club. His father served in the Mexi- can and civil wars. Mr. Wynne’s oldest son is a captain in the Marine Corps and has served with distinction in Cuba, the Philippines and China. =e SS ee To Protect Our Trademarks. All details have been completed for put- ting into effect October 23 the trademark regulations which the Chinese government has adopted at the instance of the United States. The same regulations will apply as to other countries and the protection of American trademarks is assured in the Chi- nese empire. Minister Conger is also push- g to conclusion an agreement for the pro- tection of American copyrights in China under parctically the same conditions that prevail in other countries. SapSecss ee May Attend Army Medical School. First Lieut. Willlam Armistead Gills, as- sistant surgeon, Virginia Volunteers, has been authorized by the President to attend and pursue a regular course of instruction at the Army Medical School in this city. Proposed Laundry in the Canal Zone. Bids will be opened in the office of the isthmian canal commission November 1 for the erection of a laundry plant on the isthmus at the Central Hospital at Ancon capable for caring for 500 patients and 300 personnel. —__+—__—__. Secretary Morton Expected Tomorrow. Secretary Morton telegraphed Mr. Nord- house, his private secretary, at the Navy Department, this morning from Chicago that he would be in Washington tomorrow afternoon, DEMOCRATIC SUCCESS EX-SENATOR J. K.*JONES SAYS OUTLOOK IS PROMISING. No Disaffection in the Ranks—Believes Bryan and Hearst Are Both Loyally Supportigg Parker. Ex-Senator James K. J former chair- man of the democratte m: committee, was in town a little while day. Mr. Jones is taking an active*intersst if the demo- cratic campaign and returns tonight to New York city. ’ “The outlook ‘for democratic success {s highly promising,” said Mr. Jones to a Star reporter today, “and ¢onstantly improving. I have recently been in correspondence with democrats in many sections of the country with whom I have had political relations in the past and I have addressed my letters principally to men affiliated with what Is commonly called the Bryan interest. The object of the correspondence was to deter- mine the truth of the statement so often repeated that there is disaffection among democrats with the national ticket. No Disaffection Among Demcorats. “Answers to my letters have been coming in and I am prepared to say that there are no evidences whatever of disaffection among democrats, but on the contrary, the most enthusiastic and harmonious support of the ticket. “1 am personally sure that Mr. Bryan and Mr. Hearst are loyally supporting Judge Parker and are urging their friends to do likewise. The opposition can not count upon democratic disaffection in these sources. “fam sure the democrats will carry New York on the state ticket and I believe Judge Parker will have New York's electoral vote. ‘The reports from Indiaga are more en- couraging than I expected earlier in the campaign and are very favorable. The same may be said of Connecticut, and on the whole I think the outlook is satisfac- tory.” WISCONSIN’S VOTE. —— The Republican National Ticket Was Never Imperiled. Mr. Florence E. Sullivan, correspondent of the Chicago Chronicle, has returned to town after a trip through Wisconsin, in the course of which he thoroughly in- vestigated the political situation in that state. To a Star reporter this afternoon Mr. Sullivan said: “The result in Wisconsin, so far as the republican national ticket is concerned, was never imperiled by fhe feud between the republican factions; While the re- fusal of the supreme court to take juris- diction in the ballot controversy, thereby giving La Follette first place on the offi- cial ballot, greatly simplifies the situa- tion from the standpoint of the managers of the national campafgn, any other de- cision would have been equally satisfac- tory. “The President sim the state. Aside fro: that the farmer and consin are enjoyi of unprece- dented prosperity, w) ‘always operates to the advantage of the party in power, the people regard the President with feel- ings akin to affection for: his course in the anthracite coal stréke two years ago. They were threatened by a great ca- lamity through the eontimuance of that strike, and they will forget that the President, by his fi i and decision, averted consequences which they do not like to contemplate even: new. One of the remarkable aspects of ¢he campaign is the complete loyalty of all classes of vot- ers to Roosevelt. i “It is not improbable the state by a larger Kinley received four years ago. Parker is hardly known to the’people, and the democratic committee {has taken few steps to famillarize thent with the demo- cratic candidate for President. The truth appears to be that the national demo- cratic committee hag éfafled woefully in the performance of thé-great task which it undertook last-sum: si “The same is true, could not lose ie consideration man of Wis- hat he will carry jority than Mc- gh perhaps-in a lesser mse, of the’ te of Indiana. President Roosevelt will carry Indiana by ‘Kinley received al; r majority t! of the According to inform reached Washington, the way of the proposition made by foreign. merchants of Shanghai to share in the ex- pense of the improvement of the Whangpoo river. The Chinese viceroy has proposed that the Chinese government bear all the expense of the improvement, but*that the work may be carried to a speedy conclusion the foreign merchants are desirous of shar- ing in the expense. Were this permitted they would then be in a position to con- trol to some extent the project and to insur ey aeictent execution. > » eieaae reason for France's opposition Is said to be that French priests own considerable property along the banks of the river and do not desire to be taxed for the river im- provement, not having the commercial ir- terest In the project that the merchants possess. The negotiations have been in pers for a long time and are still pend- —_—_. CHINESE EXCLUSION. Foundations for a New Treaty Now Being Laid. Secretary Hay and Sir Chentung Liang Cheng have at last begun to lay the founda- tion for a new Chinese exclusion treaty and it 15 expected that the convention will be ready for submission to the Senate at the approaching session in December next. The treaty will, it is understcod, replace all ex- isting law on the subject and under ordi- nary cond'tions that fact might be expected to arouse antagonism on the part of the House of Representatives, which will thus be deprived of a share in the framing of exclusion measures. However, it is belleved that a disclosure of the purpose of the new treaty will recon- cile the House to the adoption of the meth- od proposed to effect the exclusion of unde- sirable Chinese and will assure the ap- proval of the treaty by the Senate. It is the intention to continue in full force in the treaty the principle of the exclusion of Chinese coolies and the Chinese government itself is perfectly willing that that should be done. But the treaty will contain pro- visions regarded as much needed and ear- nestly sought for by the Chinese govern- ment for many years, looking to a more considerate, liberal and kindly treatment of the higher class of Chinese seeking to en- ter our ports. There have been constant complaints of indignities heaped upon Chi- nese merchants and scholars and even high- class officials by the harsh application of the existing exclusion laws, and the col- lectors of customs and immigration officials have uniformly answered criticisms on that point by the declaration that they were simply enforcing the law which it is now the purpose to qualify by the new conven- tion, ——__+__—_—. THE SLOCUM DISASTER. Report of the Investigating Commis- sion Will Soon Be Published. President’ Roosevelt has in his hands the report of the General Slocum investigating commission, and, it is believed, will within a few days make parts or all of it public. The report is the work of four months of the commission appointed by former Sec- retary Cortelyou of the Department of Commerce and, Labor, who, immediately after the disaster on the East river, New York, which caused the loss of a thousand lives, named it. Those comprising this body were Law- rence O, Murray, assistant secretary of commerce and labor; Herbert K. Smith, deputy commissioner of corporations: Geo. Uhler, supervising inspector general of the steamboat Inspection service; Brig. Gen. John M. Wilson, U. 8. -A., retired, and Cameron McR. Winslow, U. 8. N. By this commission a great amount of testimony was taken covering every point of the dis- aster, and from it was adduced important revelations. Besides a finding of the facts of the dis- aster and a presentation in concrete form of what action ought to be taken, in the opinion of the commission, regarding the accident, the report will contain recom- mendations for the enactment of laws fur- ther regulating steamboat service and throwing about such vessels as the-General Slocum safeguards of the lives of their passengers. y ———— Personal Mention. Mr. A. Lisner, proprietor of the Palais Royal, has just returned from an exten- sive European tour. While abroad he vis- fed London and Paris, and traveled through Germany, Italy and Switzerland. Capt. James B. Adams, chief clerk of the bureau of forestry, left Saturday night for St. Louis, to view the sights of the fair for three weeks. _ . sass Rear Admiral D. B. Harmony, U. 8. N. retired, has returned to his home, 16¥3. Mas-, sachusetts avenue, after spending several weeks at a hospital Admiral y has been fll since June last, but is now 5801 what improved. $ Judge J. J. Martin of Atlanta, Ga., is at the Hamilton, en route to Philadelphia, to attend a meeting of the Aztec Club, ....! ‘ 27 KILLED IN A WRECK Fearful Head-On Railway Train Collision Today ON MISSOURI PACIFIC WORLD'S FAIR EXCURSION FLYER CRASHES INTO A FREIGHT. Second Section of Passenger Loaded With Persons for St. Louis — Occurred in Narrow Cut. KANSAS CITY, Mo., October 10.—Twenty- seven persons were killed and thirty in- jured, some of them fatally, in a head-end collision today two miles and a half east of Warrensburg, Mo., between the second section of a Missourl Pacific passenger train, which left Wichita, Kansas, last night for St. Louis with world’s fair exeur- sionisis, and a heavy westbound extra fieight train. The collision occurred in what Is called “Dead Man's Bend.” Both engineers and both firemen saw the danger and jumped. The forward coach of the passenger train telescoped and the remain- der of both trains was badly damaged. According to the local office of the Mis- souri Pacific the engineer of the freight was to blame for the wreck, having forgotten bis orders. He had been ordered to wait oa a siding at Knobnoster, just east of Warrensburg, but neglected to do so. The trains met at a sharp curve. Travel to the world’s fair has been so heayy that all roads recently have been sending out many of their trains in two or more sections. The train wrecked today was made up at Wichita Sunday night and, as is the custom, it picked up additional coaches along the line. The last coach taken up was at Pleasant Hill, Mo., at about 4 o'clock this morning. All of’ the coaches were crowded. Impact Was Terrific. Both trains were running at a good rate of speed when the wreck occurred. Dawn had hardly begun to break and neither creav was aware of the approach of the other train until they were almost upon each other. The impact of the collision was ter- rific. The sleeping passengers were hurled in every direction. The most of the killed were in the forward coach, which was well crowded. The spot where the wreck occurred was in a narrow cut and this fact, with the dark- ness, added to the difficulty of the situation. The greatest confusion ensued after the first lull following the crash, and the groans of the injured were added to the escaping steam of the wrecked locomotives. It was some time before word was sent back to Warrensburg and news of the wreck was spread. Relief trains carrying physicians were sent out as quickly as pos- sible from surrounding towns and every- thing possible was done to aid the injuredy It was some time before the dead and injured could be extricated from the de- bris. The dead were carried up the track and laid in rows in an open space until the relief train arrived, while the injured were cared for as well as could be. It was a long time before the names of the victims could be secured and the na- ture of the injuries was known. The Killed. The dead: Mrs. W. J. Darst and son Gilbert, aged twelve, Dexter, Kan.; instantly killed. W. H. Allen and two sons, Bird and Francis, Pittsburg, Kan. Dorothy Greer, Penns- boro’, Mo. L. F. Bures, Cal. Reed, Ger- trude Loud, Dicy Ream, all of Bronaugh, Mo. Addie Kane, Pittsburg, Kan. G. A. Webber, Fountain, Pa. Clarence Herring, —, Kan. — Sidel, head brakeman of freight; killed instant], Nellie and Dolly Sullivan, Cherryvale, Kan. Hattie Kelfey, Oxford, Kan. M. Lindsay, Oxford, Kan. Dosia Gregg, Bronaugh, Mo. Dr. H. L. Mcliheney, Springman, Kan. The Injured. The injured: D. D. Hale, Dexter, Kan., thigh broken; Mrs. Hale, wife of above, leg and body injured, serious; Amelia Eng- land, Dexter, limbs badly crushed; L. C. Dressel, Eatonville, Kan., serious; E. L. Barnes, conductor passenger train, slight- ly; E. D. Rossen, engineer passenger train, badly scalded; —— Hoten, engineer freight train, serious; Perry M. Allen, Coffeyville, Kan., legs badly crushed; Blit Tottman, Cedarville, Kan., cut about body, injured internally; Amelia Trautwine, St. Louis; E. 8. Nicholson, Dexter, Kan., hurt about head; Ruth Stewart Fourman, Independ- ence, Kan., serious; W. KE. Fourman, Inde- pendence, serious; William J. Darst, Dex- ter, Kan., slightly; Miss N. J. Wood, Dex- ter, Kan., slightly; Fred Barnes, Oxfor Kan., scalded, arm hurt; Elizabeth Cow. edly, Adrian, Kan., serious; E. T. Cow- edly, Adrian, serious. Freight Fails to Take Siding. ‘The freight train was an extra. Its ciew had, accordng to the story of the conductor of this train, been instructed to tak a siding and let the passenger train pass. The first section of the passenge> train had gone by when the freight pulled out. TY: passenger train bore no signal of a second section to come, he asserts, and he had no reason to believe that another train was due. ‘The scene of the wreck was or. th? down grade, on either side of which tere was a steep rise. Both trains had put on ex steam to carry them up the opposite hill, and when they met at the curve at lowest point they were running uz a terrific rate. ‘The passenger train was made up of three coaches and a Pullman, with no baggage car, the front coach being next te the tender. The freight train was a heavy cne. When the trains met the aeavy freigit train pushed the passenger engine back intu the first coach. The tender -.i the passen- ger engine literally cut the coaza in two in the center and never stopped until it hed plowed itself half way through tho and its passengers, killing those in the forward end instantly and mangling ail within reach in a most horrible manner. Fearful Results of Impact. Half a dozen who were not killed outright were so terribly injured that they died be- fore they could be removed from the debris. Many of the dead were almost unrecog- nizable. Arms and legs were dismembered in sev- eral cases, and together with baggage and pieces of wreckage were tumbled together into a confused mass of bleeding human form. ‘The next two coaches were badly dam- aged, seats being torn up and windows smashed. but in these cars the passengers fared better, all except a few escaping with slight injuries. The Pullman remained up- Tight and none of its occupants were hurt ond sustaining a shakeup. 3 tightly were the: tender of the pas- r engine and the first coach wedged together that it will take unusual efforts to separate them. The train crews, with the exception of Brakeman Side!, escaped miraculously, the engineers and firemen sustaining only minor hurts. The injured were taken to Sedalia and the dead to Warrensburg. At» Warrens- the coroner immediai about ing preparations for. =—=—[—=—=—=€—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_——7 RULINGS BY REFEREE Method of Procedure in Wag- gaman Case, THE INQUIRIES MADE DEFINITION OF “CREDITOR” BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS, In Riggs Bank Denies It Holds Securities —Proceedings Today in the Equity Court. Mr. Andrew Y. Bradi the referee in bankruptcy in the Waggaman ca has been besieged by many inquirers in con- nection with the de Is of the litigation. A number of attorneys have inquired whether Mr. Bradley propo: to have the schedules printed, and they expressed themselves as anxious that this be done. They were in- formed by Mr. Bradley that he could find no authority for printing the extensive lists It Is stated that many inquiries have also been made as to whether it will be neces- ary for attorneys-at-law to present “let- ters of attorney” from their clients whose claims are entered on the schedules. The “letters of attorney” are said to be some- thing on the order of powers of attorney. The reason given for these inquiries 1s whether or not it will be necessary for the attorneys to secure such authority in order to enable them to vote for the election of trustees, which will take plac the first meeting of the Waggaman creditors. When asked about these matters by a Star reporter today Mr. Bradley stated he ass been informed that it had been the ice for referees to allow attorneys to without such authority. The law of 1698, section 56 a, provides, he sald, “that creditors shall pass upon matters submitted to them at th tings by a majority vote in number and amount of claims o' 1 ered- {tors whose claims have been allowed and present, except herg, herwise is section, mefddgd, provides t the excep! re to se cred- who are not allowed to vote for trus- , except in so far as the amount of their claims exceeds the value of securities held by them. Word Creditor Defined. The definition of the word “creditor,” as contained in chapter 1 (9), fs as follows: “reditor shall include any one who owns a demand or claim provable in bankruptcy, and may include his duly authorized agent, attorney or proxy.” Mr. Bradley stated further that all the authorities he had examined on this sub- ject are to the effect that the latter part of the last section does not apply to attorneys representing their clients at the first meeting of the creditors for the purpose of voting. “And I shall therefore require attorneys,” he said, “‘to produce either a general or & special letter of attorney as prescribed by the forms prov by the Supreme Court of the United States. “The text books cite cases, one of which is of quite recent date, to the effect that were {t not for the forms prescribed by the Supreme Court in such cases, and for the precedents contained {n+ the reports, the court would hold that sn attorney-at-law had the implied authority to vote for his client at the first meeting of creditors, but, in view of the fact that these forms have been prescribed ard the authorities have decided that these ietters of attorney care necessary, the judge who decided the case adhered to the precedent established. It is on those authorities I propose to base my action. Procedings in Equity Court. The equity cause of R. Irving Bow! against Cecilia M. Coughlin, Samuel E. Al- len, jr, Thomas E. Waggaman and John W. Pilling being reached today in Equity Court, No. 1, for hear the motion for a rule to show cause why Waggaman and Pilling should not be removed as trus- tees of sublot 71, square 24, this city, Justice Anderson ordered that Mr. Wazga- man be removed as trustee. William 5. Ambrose wa ppointed trustee in his stead and it was directed that Mr. Pilling continue as the other trustee. The trus- tees, after giving bond in the sum of $3,060, are to sell the real estate in accordance with the terms of the deed of trust. The order removing Mr. Waggaman as trustee was signed with the consent of his counsel. This ts said to be the first order for the sale of property in which Mr. V gaman was interested since the announcement of his failure. In the bill of complaint, which was filed by Charles H. Mertilat, Wm. E. Ambrose and Joseph K. Roberts. tor- reys for Mr. Bowie, it was alleged that the cemplainant had invested $1,000 through Mr. Waggaman and that it was placed on a note given by Cecelia Coughlin to Samuel Allen, the note being secured by a deed of trust on lot 71, square 24, situated near 2ith and N streets. Thomas B. Wages itor! man and John W. Pill- ing were named as trustees under the deed of trust. It was averred that Cecilia Cough lin was the record owner of the proper put that the real owner was one or both of the trustees, and that the complainant's money had been used by Mr. Waggamin unknown to the complainant, for the p pose of speculating in real estate, where ihe complainant had regarded him solely as an agent having no personal interest in the properties on which the money was loaned. Belief That Assets Are Overestimated. With the exception of an order of the court removing him as trustee in connec- tion with certain property in square 24, and the filing of a deed of assignment, dated in 1888, of part of “Woodley” to him, there were no developments today at the City Hall in the case of Thomas E, Wag- gaman. Members of the bar interested in the matter continue to assert that the value of the assets has been largely over- stated. Nothing of importance is expected to occur prior to the meeting of the unse- cured creditors, the 2ist instant, for the purpose of electing a trustee. - Default in Payment Alleged. Default occurred in payment of the inter- est, it was charged, and it was asked that the property be sold and any surplus turned over to the court for further direction as to disposition, if there should be a surplus, and that if there should be a defictency that ‘all the defendants be held for the same. Mr. Pilling, in his answer, denied that he was in any way Interested in the property, and said he was made trustee without being consulted. It is explained that under the decree day: the property will be sold and ae OF ability as to deficlencies or disposition of the surplus left until it is learned how much is realized. Mr. Wag- gaman, in his answer, stated that one of the houses in thé row on which the mort~ exists had been sold for $2,250, and that he beleved the property worth the total incumbrance of $1,500, besides interest and costs. ; Placed on Record. 7 An assignment by Henry P. Waggaman to ‘Thomas E, Waggaman of an undivided one- cighth interest in “Woodley,” dated Novem- ber 30, 1858, was placed on record today. It Js explained in the deed that the estate of