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sf**W A f V OL LXIH-— N° 20.719. CIRCUS TRAINS WRECKED. TWENTY-ONE KILLED. Air Brakes Refused to Work- Three Cars Telescoped. Durand Mich-- Aug. 7.-An air brake on the «»ebn<! section of Wallace Brothers' circus train «S to work in the Grand Trunk Railway ' " early to-day, causing a collision be yard<? ' he iv.ct sections, in which twenty-one ™ n kl!icd and ir.ore than twenty injured. THE DEAD. , ,yd Ar.cr*w. New-York Stste: onvwrnan. KOWIjA- A v special ofilcer Grand Trunk. Battle '^" ]_, os brfise. Ohio: fix horse t«.m driver. YtZmr John. S->rlr^fleM. 11l • boss of ring .tack. L ' *'~,- Jairr« trilntr.astf r Grand Trunk road be- V ' C ££l«n Huron and BattJ- Creek. ' y.- j. coiumVjo Ohio, ranvarmar. with slds M the*. prnCSJX. •<*■ '"" 1r.1. ; boss canvasman. ricn SBobert residence unlncwn; hii«sMnn*sr. »."- C1.41P-. Harry, residence unknown: reserved seat rr.tr. MNLV. Cfcirle*. r>ru. Ini : c'rlver. BSUTfI G«ersfc rosUence unknown; b!ack*ir.!th. wfmvjkS a . rc-sioe.ice unknown: member of stake and cfcate#aiW- ' , THORP. Vranli. Dundee, Mich.: trainmaster of circus train. WILSON. -Jew. Pittsburp. • :jwar: Ten* Haute. Ir.<J The circus travels in two trains of about thirty-five cars each. After last night's exhi bition at Charlotte the two trains left there for Lapeer over the Grand Trunk road, the second section starting half an hour after the first. It was 3:4."i o'clock when the first section pulled Into thf west end of the Grand Trunk yards here. A red light was hung on the rear car to ftop the second section. Props, the engineer who was running the engine of the rear train, cays that he saw this light and applied the air brtk- To bis horror it refused to work. He reversed his engine, but the momentum of the heavy train was too great, and with a crash that mined all the town near the yards. be ran Into the first section. Three cars of the f.rst train were telescoped, and the engine and five cars of the second train were demolished. The real car of the first section was a ca boose, •l which the trainmen were sleeping, and th? n*'Xt two were tilled with sleeping circus em ploye?. The greatest loss of life was in the (abooFc. One of the wrecked car*. of the second rection was occupied by five elephants and sev eral camels. One of the elephants and two camels were killed outright, while the other ani irals and their trainer escaped. With the ex ception of This car, none of the menagerie was wrecked, the other demolished cam containing canvas or wagons, and there was comparatively little excitement among the animals. As soon a- they recovered from the first shock the train ers rushed among the cages, quieting the few beasts that were excited. The elephanM in the wrecked oar behaved with surprising calmness, and were Ifd out of the wreck without trouble. The escaping steam and the screams and cries of thofe pinned in the wreck, were horri fying. When the trainmen in the yards and the townspeople first reached the scene, many fpar c d »t first that some of the menagerie had escaped^ as some of the animals could lie heard crying. The fire whistle was immediately sound ed, and the whole town was aroused. The res* cuers could see unfortunates through the tan gled wreckage, and went to work to extricate them, without waiting for tools. k »wcWng crew is kept in the yards here, and M was or» the scene in a few minutes, bringing tools and equipment In plenty. All the physi cians and trained nurses in town were sent for. and those in nearby places were rushed to the scene m handcars. The Hotel Richelieu was ooavertsd into a temporary hospital, and scores pf voJunteers, with stretchers, were in readiness to carry the injured there as fast as the res cuers could extricate them. The dead, many of th<-m so terribly mangled that identification Feetrc-i wellnigh impossible, were laid on the grt^nsv.ard a short distance from the scene. By «i o'clock a corps of twelve physicians was operating ' on the Injured and dressing their wounds in the temporary hospital. Four of the injured died at the hospital. When the wreck ing train crews had finished pulling to pieces the tangled and broken cars, seventeen dead men were lying on the grass. A majority of them v.ere billed while asleep. The r-ircus performers were on the rear of the moving train, and escaped Injury. Wallace Brothers say that their less will bs very heavy, but have given no estimate of it yet. This is the second wreck that the Wallace Fhows have suffered within a month. The offi cial report of the accident, Issued by Superin tendent W. G. Brov.nlee, fays: The proper danger signals were displayed by the Iviakeman of the firs: section (who had been sent liaci; thrfee-quarters of a milet— lantern, fuses and u:r]vedoes. The engineer of tne second section an nvtred the signals and claims lo have made ap plication of the air brakes, but found that the train whs not charged with nlr, md was unable to Finn. coliidinK with the rear end of the first section. demolishing the caboose, one coach in which circus curivasrr.en or laborers were asleep, and two stock i-srr. on" containing camels and elephants ami the other burses. Trainmaster McCarthy. Oiief special officer Large. Sj>.-clal Offlrxr Fcley and Foreman of Lox>motiv«-s J. Haze", were riOin^ In the ca booec. The fir=i t»'i were kil>d outright jir.d the r>rh'rs K-«re striously injured. Nineteen circus em ployea were kiiieJ Instantly and three were BeriOusly 1: juted. two of whn:n have since died. Nine more v..re t=ever«ly injured, and many others were badly Bcratcbed av.:J rx::isfd. Enslnecr Pro*pt states that his air br.-k<:- worked a!! risht at Lansing, where he took water a^d that ha hnil no occasion to u«e it again until he w'-is Seicm! west of Dur.-r.d. where h e found that the train was not charged w.th air. The fivo sleepers la the ear of th« zccoriu section were found stand ::.s r.bmit two coach lengths from the end of the \Tf.\rx after tbt- accident, r.ith the d'uwhedd in • r,e of the cars jarr.m.u ir. Indicating thai i- had !f?n broken npart uy tho accident and rebourtled y.l.en the train stopped, which is evidence bat the i Tz-kcs v.-rro not applied. Tin- air brakes In the trfin liavf slr.'-e been tc?:od and fou-ini to be in •erfect condition. " I'rcspt. the engineer; Colter, tho fireman, and Benedict, the' head brake-man, who was also on th- engine of the second section, all agree that if the bralOßS had worked ns they should fave when the engineer tried to use them there would have been bo collision. Colter and Bene dict, when they BttW that a collision could not be averted, jumped. Prospt remained at his post, vainly trying to get the brake to work, until his train was within less thun a hundred feet of train No. 1. He also jumped when he v.as within only a few foot of death. Xone of the crews of either train were hurt. At the time the crash occurred train No. 2 was running at probably fifteen miles an hour. The cirous people have pitched their tents and tair.x.cd near the ene of the wreck. IWEI7TY-TWO TAKEN TO DETROIT. Detroit. a if- 7.— Twenty-two of the injured cir cus mfn were brought here this afternoon In a effccl^l hospital train and taken to Harper Hospital. At the hospital to-night. It was said that none of them was likely to .ii.- to-night, though John Thom son, of I'-ru. Ind.: George Cloth of Geneva, Ohio, and Jame? wart, of Denver, are la a serious Don ation. The I man car that brought the injured men fr,,m ihe scene of the wreck was a pitiful sight. Suiu-rii.s men lay in every Imaginable posture in the. berths, swathed fa eacrlmsoned bandages. 3lo:inc and stifled cries told of their agony, it was impossible to carry the stretcher* through the Harrow! passages to the doors of the ear, and the j-*jff'-r!r,g nun were put through the windows s Pftitly as possible, where ambulance surgeons s*nit*d tiV-nj end rushed them to th«« hospital. Those abl* to talk told graphic* tal<-8 of their suf- I*rir!g£ whiie pinned in the wreck,. Th» Great Fali River Line Steamer I'J/i'MOL'TH and £t**l Twin Ker*w Flyer RICHARD PECK, of «h«- New Haven Mac will attend the International Tscht Hactt, commencing Aug. SOth. See Advt.— Atfvt- To. m . rro^cT^uTT P rol, p abiy.howe'rs. NEW- YORK, SATURDAY. AUGUST 8. 1903. -SIXTEEN PAGES .-* t^™K^, tl> n GENERAL MILES RETIRES TO-DAY, GENERAL YOUNG SUCCEEDS HIM AS LIEUTENANT GENERAL AND GENERAL WOOD BECOMES A MAJOR GENERAL, MAJOR GENERAL LEONARD WOOD. (Copyright. 1M». by J. E. Purdy & Co.) TnREWBABY ABOARD BOAT IN COLLISION ON SOUND Starin Boat Rams Schooner Yacht Celeste — Almost a Panic. A collision which occurred last night between the Starin I^lne steamer Howard Carroll and the schooner yacht Celeste resulted in the former 10s inpr a part of her su ni ami the raili;-.p of ihf> second deck and gaining two sailors and a two-year-old baby. The accident nearly caused a serious panic among the crowd of pleasure seekers on board. The schooner, owned by Isidor J. Bcaudrla?. of the Port Morris Dock Vach». Club. Corporation < 'oiinsf-i of Fonkers, was badly damaged. Mr. Beaudrias threw bis t wo-and-a-half-year-old daugh ter Isahell^ on board the Carroll, where a sailor caught her The Carroll then passed on. Mr. Beau rirk:s sai-l, without paying any attention to him o. his family and friends. He- said he intended to sue the Starin people. Mr. Brn;idrias. his wifo, thfir two daughters, [sabelle and H^lene. the latter ,i year and a half old: Mrs. Beaudrias's mother. Mrs. Hart, and the iaiter's other daughter. Miss Catherine Har;. hoarded th<"' Celesta off Yonkers yesterday after noon for a cruise in hong Island Sound .and ad jacent waters. Thfre was a crew of six men and <aptain Frederick Montgomery, who owns ;he Ce leste. Mr. Beaudrias had chartered her. She is a 38-ton 90-foot boat, with two auxiliary engines. It was Fn finr- a night that the women induced Mr. Beaudrias and Captain Montgomery to sail Into th^ Sound. It was about S p. m. when the Celeste reached Xorth Brother Island. She nad to do some tacking there, and she was on a starboard tack wh"ii the party heard two whistles ahead, and Captain Montgomery quickly made the whistling steamer out to be the <;ien Island boat H<swax<J Can oh, v.-hieh was bearing down on them. KEPT SOUNDING WHISTLES. The two whistles indicated that the schooner was to go to port, but Mr. Beaudrias said that a schooner bad the right of way, an 1, being at the helm, he kept her to starboard. The Carroll whis tled twice again, but the Celeste still kept to star board, and the Carroll a third time blew two whistles, all the while, according to Mr. Beaudrias, not altering . her course. Mr. Beaudrias said the steamer got so close that he knew it was time for him to put his vessel to port, as the Carroll did nothing to alter her course, so he put his helm about to avoid the smash. Then he saw it was inevitable. He shouted a warning cry to the Car roll, but be says no attention was paid to him. Mrs. Beaudrias and her mother and sister were on deck, the children having been put to bed. Mrs. Beaudrias, now seeing the collision was sure to happen, rushed down into the cabin and grabbed up Isabclle. rushing to the deck with her. She held her out to her husband, who rushed to the gunwale. The Carroll was rushing on them, look ing ponderous in the moonlight, which only served to make her more deadly in appearance. The col lision was certain, and fn a second it had hap pened. The Carroll hit the Celeste ait the foremast, knocking in the side and the gunwale. The rig ging was torn, the bowsprit knocked off and the figurehead smashed. / "Here's Isabelle." shrieked Mrs. Beaudrias, as she ran out of the cabin with the little girl in her arms. The child was In a nightgown. The father caught the child In his arms and turned to the side of the schooner. "Hi, there, aboard!" Tied out Mr. Bc-audrias. as he prepared to throw the child on board the Car rol!. He saw a sailor standing on the forward deck close to the bow and he shouted at him. "Aye, aye, sir!" shouted the sailor, not knowing What was coming. Bui h» saw Beaudrias standing on the schooner"9 deck swinging the child. The man deliberately threw thy infant easily and deftly on board the Carroii. Thf sailor saw In an instant that he must do a fin • piece of work. He prepared himsf If !v. and as th« little child was swung oflf the schooner into the air the man gallantly caught lur In has arms. The child nestled there and did not . "Where's Ilelene!" then cried Mr. Beaudrias, while all on board the schooner was excitement. Mr. Beaudrias turned and saw his wife with the other baby in night clothing in her arms, clinging to the mainmast. She had rushed to the cabin to get the infant from her bed. but she realized it was too late for her husband to throw the infant aboard the steamer, and .-he clung to the child and the mast. Mrs. Hart and Miss Hart were clinging to the bulwarks, and Captain Montgomery was at the helm with his eallors ready to obey the cap tain's orders. He kept her from capsizing. Mr. Beaudrias said afterward that two foghorn Whistles were given from his boat as a signal of distress, but the Howard Carroll kept on. "It was contemptible." he said later. PANIC NARROWLY AVERTED. It Is said that a crowd of eight hundred persons were on board the Starin boat. Many shrieks of terror were heard on her. but it Is declared that no panic resulted from the collision. Her joiner work was damaged, and it is Hdd her hold con tain, d a lot of water when she arrived at Cort landt-st., and she will have to go into dock for excitement *" ■ soon over, and the lltlte girl became the object of much attention on the part of passengers. The father's daring act In throw ing her to a sailor on board the steamer was com mented on all the way down. As soon as the Carroll had sheered off Mr. Beau arias sal 3he realized that the collision had not been ro serious as he first feared. The schooner had not Sen "criou«ly damaged. He soothed his wife and rhfld first and then the other women. Captain Montgom'rj and Mr. Beaudrias and the crew then mad.- a hasty examination of th* Celeste They ound her apparently intact. It was feared, how f .r ,hat seme leak might have been sprung or that U might develfp soon, and it was decided to take ih^PbttTuSneh the schooner bad in tow: I*. I ,i:tlnr«»il on VUtU I'"B'- ' rrS ri.KASANT ON THK *** C * TJKTTKXANT GENERAL NELSON A. MILES (RETIRED). SHOT BY HUNDREDS. RUSSIAN LABOR RIOTS. Ttco Thousand Reported Wounded at Various Towns. London, Aug. B.— "The Times" prints a dis patch from Kieff, dated Thursday, which says that the disaffection among the workingmen is widening, an>l that disturbances h;ive occurred at Kharkoflf, Ikaterinosla ff and other centres. Sangulnarj conflicts were reported on Wednes day nnd Thursday at NTikolaleff, In which the troops fired, killing twelve outright and wound ing two hundred. The Governor was seriously wounded, and the correspondent says that troops arp being hurried to Nlkolaieff and other dis affected centres with all speed. Work over a vast area is stagnant, and the situation i.« becoming dangerous, the anti-gov ernment party being furnished with an excellent handle for their whip by the military rigors shown in the suppression of the right of free speefh. The correspondent computes that in July in various parts of Russia two hundred strikers were killed outright and fully two thou sand seriously wounded, and sAys It is agreed on all hands that M. yon Plehve hns a labor problem which will tax all his strength. A con siderable portion of industrial Russia is al ready in a condition bordering upon wholesale anarchy. "The Morning Leader's" Odessa correspondent asserts that M. yon Plehve, Russian Minister of the Interior, has availed himself of the labor troubles to institute a system of wholesale ar rests of political suspects by the secret police in all Russian industrial centres, and that six hundred were arrested at Odessa alone. "The Standard. " in a dispatch describing the riots at Nlkolaieff, says that twenty were killed and sixty wounded, a police officer mortally. The Governor sustained a scalp wound. All bread and provisions were bought up the pre vious evening, and it is believed the outbreak was preconcerted. The tr^mcars were stopped and overturned, and a desperate attack was made on the government's spirit depot, the mob literally hurling- itself upon the bayonets of the military guard. It was here that the most fatal ities occurred. Half a battalion of Cossacks, summoned from Odessa, helped to suppress the tumult. Although roughly handled and wound ed, the Governor, with praiseworthy restraint, declined to perr-iii the troops to fire. The Franco-Belgian works arc closed, throw ing five thousand men ont of work. The port is now under effei tivt- control by the local author ities. ODESSA SHOPS SACKED. Threats to Burn the Citjr — Jewish Popula tion in Flight. Vienna. Aug. 7 —An Odessa dispatch to the Trieste "II Piccolo" describes the situation as alarming. It nays the! the dockers were sack ing shors and throwing their contents into the sea. Th*- riotei% put the chief of police to flight. ;or<- down anti-strike proclamations and threat ened to set thi city on fire. At the first shot by the troops the Jewish population became panic-stricken and .many flea afoot seaward, as the railroads were stopped. RIOTING AT KIEFF RENEWED. Cossacks Again Fire on Strikers — in Yesterday's Fight. Kieff, Aug. 7.— Yesterday's disturbances were re newed to-day, the strikers parading the town, breaking: window?, invading workshops end com pelting workmen to join them. The Coss-icks fired upon a crowd on the bank of the Dnieper, after they had been assailed with a shower c* stones. Several were wounded. The tramcars have ceased to run and the bakeries are closed. The price of bread is rising. Three workmen were killed and twenty-four wounded yesterday when the Cossacks fired on and charged the strikers who were attempting to Inter- re with railroad traffic. The rioters numbered two thousand. A magistrate, an officer and several sol diers were injured by stones. T. L. CUYLER, JR., IN A RUNAWAY. The Two Men in the Carriage Save Them selves by Jumping. I i.v TELF.orAIMI to TlfE thibi . ; Saybrook. Conn., An:?- 7.— T. L. Cuyler, Jr.. of New- York City, and 8. M. Prowell, of Brooklyn, were driving to-day when their horse took fright and they leaped from the carriage, after they bo came convinced that the horse was unmanageable. The horse plunged Into an embankment and was killed. • ' T. 1.. Cuy'er, jr... Is assistant treasurer of the Comir,ercißl Cable Company, No. ~13 Broadway. The Hay Line trip? are a rest for tired people and a luxury "for the indolent. Music— Advt. . « ■ '"The House on the Hudson." .Th» new, «»ri.tl glory which starts in next Sunday's Tribune.— Advt. , - , ' . . . . .. ■ . ■ . . •■ — - £•«... -J > • k BLOW TO CHAMBERLAIN Opposition Which May Mean Fail ure of His Proposals. London, Aug. B.— "The Daily Mail" this morn ing says it understands that the permanent offi cials of the Board of Trade and of the Treasury have unanimously advised against the adoption of Mr. Chamberlain's proposals for giving the British colonies preference?, bused on the taxa tion oi foods, and adds: Tnis is practically the end of the inquiry to which Premier Balfour frequently referred, and the decision may be expected to have the great est influence In determining Mr. Balfonr's atti tude, to be announced in his public utterances during the recess. "The Dally Mail" says that this decision is a death blow to Mr. Chamberlain's programme, as» It has little doubt that the Premier will decide against, him. "Although Mr. Chamberlain haa a great following in the country" says "The Ji'ail,'* "he can hardly expect to.~pp ! *vsiT.sscinst the Premier, the Chancellor, of the Exchequer, two ex-Chancellors, the Duke of Devonshire and the whole Liberal party." ! METHODIST FUNDS LOST. Treasurer of Preachers' Aid Says He Sunk $80,000 in Speculation. Boston. Aug. ".—ln a letter written last Tuesday from M<>ntrp-i] to the pastor of his church In Kast Boston, Wlllard S. Allen, treasurer of the Preach er 1 -' Aid Society of the New-England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, confessed that be was a defaulter to the amount of moro than I the society's funds. Mr. Allen iias been treasurer of the society for twelve years, and clerk of the East Boston Dis trict Court for twenty-nine years, and for sixteen years was a prominent member of the School Com mittee of Bostor. He left home about a week ago without saying where he was going. The first news was the letter to the East Boston clergyman. Mr. Alien wrote he had lo^t the money in specu lation. He requested the minister to inform the members of the Allen family and the officers of the society that he had confessed. ) HIDDEN BOOTY FOUND. Silver Under Tree Stolen Long Ago from Miles Ross, It Is Said. Asbury Park, N. J. Aug. 7.— Charles Hurley. while hunting to-day, discovered the place where thieves had hidden considerable booty under a pino •«■ in Fourth-aye. He had shot a bird, and it dropped down under the tree. 1 la poking around the soft earth he uncovered several liver spoons, and digging further he brought forth other solid silver ware?. One of the spoons was a heavy silver ladle richly engraved. The silverware was tied up In an old bag, and had been in the earth a long time, as tht> bag had rotted away. The lot contained a child's silver mug marked "Jennie." one dozen after dinner coffee spoons, a cake knife, a sliver tea strainer, three napkin rings, ten individual pepper holders, all marked "M. M. Koss." One of tnt napkin rings was marked ".Robert K. Rots," and another "Miles Ross.'^ a numbtr of the- spoons were marked It is supposed that the property belonged to the 1 te ex-Congres<man Miles Ross,' of New-Bruns wick, who for several years had a summer home at Allenhurst. A year ago several homes of wealthy people were robbed, and it Is thought the burglars, .finding themselves hard pressed, buried the loot, intending to return for it. . KNOCKED INTO SUBWAY AND KILLED. Car Strikes Line of Derrick and Workman Falls Forty-eight Feet from Bucket. While at work on the rapid transit tunnel be tween One-hundred-and-first and One-hundretl and-second sts. yesterday, William Sutton, an ironworker, was knocked into the subway and instantly killed. He was thirty-five years old. and lived at No. 12<> West One-hundred-and flrst-st. Sutton. with several othir men. was placing a large iron girdle in position. He was in one of the buckets which is used to carry the dirt back and forth. The fall line of the derrick was directly over the northbound tracks of the Broadway electric line. A car in charge of Ed ward McLPUghlin. of No. 44.S West One-hun dred-and-twenty-flfth-st., went along, and it was thought that there was plenty of room for it to go uncJer the line. The cur. however, struck the line, and the Jar knocked Sutton into the tunnel, which is forty-eight feet deep at that point. H* struck on his head aud was instantly killed. The nvitorman was arrested and locked up m the \Wist On*-hundredth-Bt. station on the charge of homicide by Policeman Treanor. It is understood ths: t Janics "Bradley, the contractor for this portion of the tunnel, was a witness of the accident. COUNTRY AIR AM» COUNTRY CHEER. Delightful • '4i li «•■' speedy *l«*-trlc automobiK to The Abk*> and Wcodrnanf ten . Inn. Particulars. pn<ine N. Y. Tr^n!"i>ortattoii c... 23H> Columbus. Advt.* • ' ■ • ," '","■' ' "' ? J LIEUTKXAXT GENERAL SAMUEL B. M- YOUNG. WILLIAM J. MORAS CUT. BY EAST SIDE RUFFIAN. Mayor's Assistant Secretary Hurt Defending Woman. William J. Moran assistant secretary to Mas or Low. familiarly known to City Hall frequenters as "Billy"' Moran. was slashed In the thigh last night by ono of a crowd of ruffians who frequent the neighborhood of Madison and Catherine st«<. His injury wns not serious, and after having It dressed by a private r-hystdail he went to his home. With Moran at the time was Louis Snyder. of No. SI Catherine-st. He was cut in the back cf the neck. The wound was dr«*ssed by Dr. Batchelder. of the Gouverneur Hospital, and then Snyder went horn?. Moran and SnyUor were talking when an old ■woman who frequents the neighborhood, begping pennies here am! there, went past a crowd of young fellows standing in front of a saloon. They were mostly Italians, and began tormenting the woman. She remonstrated, but to no •ffeot, ami was being rather roughly handled when Moran and Snyder interfered in her behalf. One of the ruffians seemed about to strike Moran when, the police say. the assistant secretary knocked him down. This was a signal for the crowd to pitch Into Moran. and it did so with a vengeance. Snyder tried to. help his companion keep back the cn>w<J. but the two saw in a moment that they were far outnumbered and that their safety depended on their getting away. Then the big crowd that had gathered parted and gave the two men a chance to get away. They darted through the opening, with a- half doasn of the gang following in close pursuit. Two of them drew knives, and one of them made a vicious slash at Moran as he tried to get out of reach.- "Chfrktrlf * po!,if w»> i]r-Atf,. <Titw-4 and across his thigh, cutting the clothing and making a flesh wound. of some length. The blood flowed freely, but the cut is not. dangerous. . ; • . At the same time one of the crowd had succeeded in' getting close to Snyder. ami raised a knife to strike. Some one shouted for him to Jump, and the cry caused Snyder to duck his head and Jump off the sidewalk. The knife struck above the collar and inflicted a severe cut on the back of the neck. * The crowd shouted for the police, and several patrolmen appeared or the run. Then the Italians fled. ; In the fight the beggar woman and several children' were knocked down and trampltd on. Detective Mcllee. of the Madison- st. station, sent for an ambulance, but Secretary Moran declined that assistance and went Instead to Dr. Joseph S. J. Manning. No. 19 Oliver-st.. where he was cared for, going home afterward. He refused to talk about the case. At a late hour last night it was believed that the assault on Mr. ' Moran was committed by members of the Cherry Hill gang, which has carried on a "Wild West" conflict with the •'Monk" Eastmans for many months; several lives have been lost in the skirmishes, and a reign of terror created in the lower East Side. The police were reticent concerning the case, and, although It was declared that the man Injured was Assistant Secretary Moran, it was later admitted by the police that he gave the name of Matthew Dobbins, and th'; address No. 108 Madison-st. Matthew, or "Matty," Dobbins is a confidential clerk to Mayor Low. and Is probably as well known as "Billy" Moran. but the police declare he was not with the assistant secretary last night. MOB THREATENS NEGRO. Camden Crowd Wants to Lynch Him — Protected by Constable. fBT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRI3! M i Philadelphia, Aug. 7.— An infuriated mob of f»00 Camdenites threatened to string up David James, alias Muldoon, a negro, who was ar rested for insulting Minnie Cromheimer, a white woman The negro was in the custody of Con stable Christman when a crowd collected. It was whispered about that the prisoner had at tempted to assault a woman, and several of the more hotheaded in the crowd yell-id "Lynch him!" "Don't let him live:" The mob pressed forward and the constable had much difficulty in keeping the negro from them. Game ' Warden Guthridge and Squire Thompson arrived and quieted the crowd. James was led to the squire's office, where he had a hearing . When sentenced to thirty days In the county prison, he became so defiant that Justice Thompson doubled the sentence. ■ - LYNCHED NEGRO STILL ALIVE. He Is To Be Returned to Scene of Crime, and Hob Will Have Another Chance. [BT TEl.E'iKArif TO THE TRIBr.NE. ' Macon. Ga.. Aug. 1 7.— After being lynched by a mob and left for dead. : "Sam" Johnson, the negro accused of assaulting a white woman near Helena. Ga., lives to tell the story. .-" Johnson was hanged to a tree by a mob on Tuesday night. Soon after the mob departed, some negroes came along and cut dawn the swinging body. Life appeared to be extinct, but after the rope was removed from the man's neck he showed signs of life and soon re vived. Johnson was brought to the outskirts of Macon and secreted In a. hut. where he was found to-day by health- officers, who had been told that a negro there was - suffering from a contagious disease. He Is In a dangerous condition. th«? rope having cut deeply Into his neck. He was removed to the jail, and if he recovers will be returned to the scene of his crime. NORWALK SUES STAMFORD. 1 1ST TCLEURArU TO THE TBIBCNE. 1 . Stamford, Conn., Aug. The town of Norwnlk has begun suit to recover $1.272 90 damages arising from the treatment of two smallpox patient*. Mrs. Amelia Menz and her daughter Augusta, who. on May 25. 1902. were stricken in South Norwalk. The town of Norwalk arxumtil care of them. The to tal wiptnif was $1.272 95.. A* the two patient* were residents of Stamford at the time, and were merely on a visit In Norwalk. the authorities hold that Stamford should p«v th* bills. ' On the outcom* of this <*»*• may depend a suit by this city against New- York to recover the ex pense, for carlnK for Gaorge Francis Train when he had umallpox. If In said that Mr. Train con tracted the disease there and Is a citizen of New- York. . - - , ■Th» Hnu«* oil th* Hudson." the n«w " ton tl.at *urt* next - Sunday* Tribune. truu or mystery and "thrill.**— Advt. -' " PRICE THREE CENTS. MILES SAYS FAREWELL HE RETIRES TODAY. Young Succeeds Him as Lieutenant General -Other Changes. i yv. >'.i r:u tribune bcrsac.] Washington. Aug. 7.— Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, commanding the army, will retire from active service at noon to-morrow. having reached the age limit of sixvy-'our years. The following order was prepared to-day and will be issued to-morrow: Washington. August 8. 1903. The retirement from active service by ill* President. August S. 1003, of Lieutenant Gen eral Nelson A. Miles. United States Army, by operation of law. under the provisions of the act of Congress approved June ."»!>. ISSJ, is an nounced. Lieutenant General Miles will pro ceed to his home. The travel enjoined is neces sary for the public service. By order of Secretary of War. H. CVCORBIN. Adjutant General. Major General I. S. A Several other orders resulting from the retire ment of General Miles have been issued, one assigning Lieutenant General Young to the command of the army until August 1.". when he will assume the duties of chief of staff: another assigning Major General Corbin as president of the Soldiers' Home Hoar.:, another assigning Brigadier General Gillespie as president of th»» Board of Ordnance and Fortifications, and still another assigning Lieutenant General Young a- a member of the Sherman Statue Commis sion. GENERAL MILES'S FAREWELL ADDRESS. General Miles has issued the following address on the occasion of his retirement from active service: General Orders No. 111*. Headquarters of the Army. f Washington. August 5. 1903. In accordance with the provisions of the act of Congress of June 30. ISS2. the undersigned will retire from active service on August S. lO<>3. In relinquishing the command of the army of the United States, to which he was assigned by the President on October -. ISIKi, he hereby acknowledges his appreciation of the fidelity manifested by the officers and soldiers during the last eventful years. To those who were his companions and asso ciates during one of the greatest of all wars, h« takes pleasure in expressing his gratification that they have lived through the trials and dan gers of long service to witness the results of their fortitude, heroism and unselfish devotion. to the welfare of their country. They have also in a most commendable manner exemplified to the younger generation of soldiers those princi ples of discipline and patriotism which make the army the protector and defender, and never the menace, of the nation and its liberties. The time and occasion are considered oppor tune for expressing to the army a few thoughts concerning its past and that which may affect its future welfare. It is from the best impres sions and influences of the past that th ■ most desirable results may be realized in the future. Unswerving devotion to our government »nd the principles upon which it was established and has been maintained is essential to th« efficiency of the national forces: and especially is this so in a democratic government, where th-- individual, in order to be a perfect soldier, must first be a true citizen. The boast that every soldier of a great nation carried a mar shal's baton in his knapsack is in a higher sense more than equalled In significance by the fact that every American soldier personifies sovereign citizenship, and may by his own con duct exemplify impartial justice to these who have never experienced it. and the result of the highest liberty to those who have been stran-cors to it, thereby aiding to secure for his country & -morsel* tnflo-'iH • hot otherwise attains hi.--. During the darkest hour of our history the first , commander of the American forces demon strated the grandeur and nobility of his char acter by combating the evil influences then per vading the army and by manifesting he strong est confidence and faith in the ultimate justice and Integrity of his government. His words of wisdom uttered at New burs: one hundred and twenty years ago had the effect of inspiring "unexampled patriotism and patient virtue, ris ing superior to the pressure of the most com plicated sufferings." It is one of th*» glories of our country that the army has maintained these principles for more than a century. The commanders of the army succeeding Washington have by their example, influence and orders engendered and maintained the high est degree of efficiency, discipline and patriot ism. Since Its organization the army has been charged with a great variety of responsibilities. all subordinate to defending the country and maintaining the rights of its citizens. CHIVALRIC AS WELL AS BRAVE. In the discharge of its manifold duties the army has confronted enemies representing every stage of human development, from the highest civilization yet obtained to savagery and bar barism. It has ever been its. duty to observe in war those chivalric and humane principles by which inevitable horrors are so greatly miti gated. while by unyielding prosecution of war fare against armed forces its valor has been demonstrated. All honorable activity and life for the army must exist within the well defined lines of pa triotism, untarnished honor, sterling integrity, impartial Justice, obedience to rightful author ity and Incessant warfare against armed ene mies. Always to maintain truth, honor and] justice requires the highest moral courage, and is equally as Important as fortitude in battle. Drill, discipline and instruction are but preparatory for the perfection and efficiency of an army. The events of recent years have placed upon the army a new obligation and an opportunity for a broader exemplification of Its country's principles. The United States Army Is now brought into dally communication with million* of people to whom it*» individual members of every grade are the exponents of American civi lization. A serious duty and a great honor are now presented to every officer and soldier, namely, to exemplify to those with whom he comes in contact our country's principles of equal and exact justice, immunity from violence, equality before tho law. and the peaceful use and possession of his own. , ; f Marked changes at different times have oc curred in the strength and organization of th* army, resulting- from divers influences, and various experiments have been tried. Time has rectified errors in the past and will do so in th* future. The liputonant general has faith that under all circumstances the army will maintain its. high character, and that its future will be M honorable and glorious as has been its history in th*- pas:. His earnest solicitude and best wishes •:'''■ ever follow the fortunes of the army. NELSON A. MIL:- Lieutenant General. Commanding. The officers of the army en duty in Washing ton will call on Lieutenant General Miles at army headquarters to-morrow morning to pay their respects befce his retirement. Among those ■ho will call are Major Generals Corbl»* and Young. GENERAL NELSON A. MILES. General Miles retires from active service by reJ« son of reaching the statutory limit of age. slxtv four years, after tilling the post of lieutenant gen eral for three years. He entered the army as a volunteer in the stirring days of IS6I. having been a clerk in a Boston commercial bmnsbsv With a premonition of hostilities, he had teen one of a number of cl*iks and others who had drilled In the previous >var. When the actual outbreak came ho was appointed a captaia In the 22<1 Massachusetts Volunteers, but before he saw service h..-< commis sion was recalled, and he had to be content with a lieutenancy. But he soon .ecuird the promotion to be lieut-nant colonel of the «st *«*;*<»*• «• served with the Army of th* 111 111 throush th* war bring wounded three tirae*. At the clo?e of the war he became colonel of th« «th Ke?im«nt tn the regular army, having risen to the ran* of major general In the volunteer service. He was an active Indian lighter for several years hi th« West «nd compelled the surrender of the Apaeh* chief Geronlmo. In l«> he SBM promoted to bn brlxadter general, and in 130 to be ma: - general. lie wai In command of th* United Slater? troops at BEST EVENING OUT! NO. "Take quick, comfortable etectric automobiles up Broadway and Lafayette Hnulevard. to dine m* CJarwnont. Phone N. Y. Transportation Co.. J3S> Columbus.— Advt,