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"Do Thou Liberty Great. Inspire Onr Souls and Make Our wiw is Thy Podisssici Happy, er Our Deaths Glorious ia Thy Just B??eas*. " YOL. XXVI BENNETTSV1LLE, S, C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER, 25,1901. NO 43 SCHLEY ON; DECK. Th? Brooklyn's Oommondor on tho Witness Stand, HE TELL? AORAPHIC STORY. Oapt. Cook Assumed Responsi bility for His Ship's Famous Loop. (ichlev Bravo and Patriotic. 'Oapt. Franois A. Gook, who oom mandod tho Brooklyn during tho San tiago campaign, and who aotod, though unofficially, in tho oapaoity of ohiof. of ataff for tlio oonnuodoro, was tho tir?t Witnosa introduced for Sohloy ia tilt? court of enquiry laut week. Giving tho rossons for tho doparturo of tho flying iquudron for Oionfuogoa, (/?p1. Dook raia UKI squaurou had boon sont to that port "to intercept and aacot tho Spanish tquadron, il baviug boen determined, as nt behoved ul that timo, by them to moke Oionfuo^oa thoir objeotivo point." Ho hud understood thut tho Spanish Hoot or<rritd munitions of war foi Habana, aud it wt>s bei iv v.. d that they would go to Oieul'uogou oe oauso of Hs aoooKi'ibiiity to Habana. Oapt. Cou'.; detailed a conversation botwetn Uoinmodoro Sohloy and Uapt. Chester vt hilo tho &quadron waa eu route to Uiun? uoaou. ile baid thoro hu boen talk between thora about oo&lmg on ino suiiiheiu coast of (Juba. Oapt. Oook said that upon arriving off Ciceiucgoit on tho morning oi Muy 22 a blockade was immediately established, UH tito fir ing o? guim was hoaid, UKO ic was bo lioved thut Uerveia had arrived and a foto m honor ti his pieaouoo wau on. Kn th v. oik:, on tho thoro wore teen, but they woio not fired us cn bto.u-.c it was oonsiucicci dcuir..!.'?c uot to uniiecebsa ruy txpond ammunition. ' "1 think between that timo and the arrival of ?he Auohi, it waa prbsu i oe ?hat the whole beuoh wan oooupiod, ho said. "Wo caw cavalry and ou.oiu on tho bo&oh. Tho possibility i,i a boat landing was taikou of. On tho ai rival of tho Auulu, wo iully oi-peoted to fctt all infonnMion." , ' Did you seo any signal lights on shoro while you woro tiiero?" "YrH. thc firat thiuji after wo arrivod, on May 22." "Wnoio wero thoso signnl light J and what woro they?'' 4,1 judged them to havo boon about six or coven milcB to tho westward, tinco lights, ono ahead ol the othor, very distinotly, aud tho diaouabiou that took pince on tho bhip,in which 1 think tho coroirtodoro took part, was protty olear eviuenoo that it was n siguul ol soino kidd to abtiitit tknt ilott and that ho certainly had them in thoro." "Thcio could havo been no doubt whatever, from tho arrauyncnis of 'those- lights th.?t they wore ihtendod ut signals'i"' "Oh, r,o, their appeorirg at {ho time thoy dxd und reinsiuing ??O long, but . we oould not dolormino irom whom ox to whom they were bent." Spooking of tho coal supply of the vosBoia of tho Hying cquudion while ai Oionfucgoii, Oapt. L,ook said that his only anxiety was concerning tho Texas, whoso supply was light, lt hiui boon lound difficult to ooal that ship cn ao oount of its spon&ons. Ho said in this uonnootion that Oommoooro Sohloy had always beoD persistent in keeping tho ships as full of ooal as possible. Uapt. Oook enid ho tecallod the arrival of the dispatoh boat Hawk on May 24 with dispatohoH. Ho was told that tho lnfoimatiou was to tho effect that tho Spanish Hoot was in Santiago, "but," ho said, "I \it? not especially im pro?bod with that luci a? 1 had heard it Defoio." Ho wits, however, to.'d that this information was moto positive tuan any which had jot been brought, Ute oommudoro, he bud, hud told him that chu Hawk hud brought Orders to tho cff?ot that tho cqnudron should prooecd to Santiago if ho (tho oomn.o nore) was sati?iieu that tho Spaniards wore not at Oieniuegop, but ito ?aid Oommodore SeJ;lcy had said "1 um not aatifl?ed that i hoy aio not hui e. Isuh bollevo they &ie hero." There waa then, ho esid. considerable talk on tho pail of tho oominodoro cou* coming the eeul supply, he Ruling that if tho i hen present oxpondituto was to continue it would not continue long He was still onpocially ooncemou about the Toxau, and had said to him (Uapt. Cook) that "we mun keep tho ship? in figntRg trim." They had consulted ch LI th ?vi. d tasked over tho uauo, leek lng lor a placo Ik 1er coaliug, Finally, ho haid, they hue hit upon douaivw? bay and ecoidou to lay a courue tor that point. "j.ho iut?," he Bi.id, "was tn&t we should piocotu in thc tiireoiion ot' Sanu?go aud that ii we found t?o Seo eue? mac wo ot'U.u ocal wo would im mediately institute tho blockade, but it not practicable to du that wo would proocou to tiooaivcH o?y and coal there." Oapt. Uooh related tho parti?* uif.ii? of tko itt eui;g with tho bouut Biapa off Santiago utd told ol Oftptt). Ootton sod bjgboto OeiiiiLg on board, Speaking o? tjbut, SJ gs bee'ft visit, he told ot h,s biit giog tho Pilot Nunez abeuru. MuntZbU.d ho hfcd seen ilolh' ing of the Sp^nich licet. L iteplying to quest loni) ooncorning tho blockuoo el S.^iaiugo, 0?,pt. Ooi<k bald thht Uemuitdore ?ei-i^y'u oonst?ut idea was that tlio vtsseitt r.bould ho kept Well buppiitd wita oodi aud kept m iv ing constantly, us his theoty waa tiiat tho Spuuii.li Heel wouid como out of tho harbor. ''Why was tho oiroo?r.r blockade not adopted?" Mr. Hanna ankod. "Thcie ute ninny forms of blookado, ?nd 1 have nothing but pr*mo for tho oiroular blockade," ropiiod tho witnesu, ''but tho idea wan to &ot tho Spaniaidii to oovno out and to have our shijis mov ing and ready for action." "What woro your ordors of battlo from May li) to ?Juno ir "Wo did not havo any. Tho floot waft always in oondition for action." ''Ho youoall that a battlo ordoi?" "lt is possiblo to have an order for battlo if you know just what conditions 5ou aro going to meot. Tho idea with us was to bo ablo to fight tho Spanish floot whenever wo should moot it. 1 think that was understood by Ml. X oortainiy so understood it." "if the Hoot had ooroeoutof tho har bor previous to Juno 1 what would you have done?" "Wo would havo oboyod tho. orders of tho oomm&nding offioor." "Woro tho fighting ships always in ordor for battlo? "I always suppoaod they woro; tho Brooklyn was always in oxoollont or dor." Gonoral interest was manifostod throughout tho oouvt room whon Mr. Hanna began his inquirios about tho battlo of July 3 Capt. Gook said ho wau in his oabiu whon tho Spanish ficot wan sighted and wont immodiatoly on dook. "Had you any intimation tho night boforo that tho ileot WBB coming out?" "No. I turnod iu tho night boforo, about midnight, fooling ratbor tho oth or way, ail hopo of their ooming out having boon givou up." "Whon you oamo on dook whoro woro tho Spanish VOSBOIB? What woro thoy doing?" "Whon I first arrived on tho foro oastlo thoro woro two in p'ght. Tho third ono was just outcido th ) entranoo ami tho fourth nppourod iniinediatoly afterward." "Wh'ch way did they hoad?" "Wo woro to the wostword. Thoon trat.09 to us was about northeast by uortu. Tho Hoot-oamo out south and turned r.s they ?tit tho ontranoo to four points riouthv>ord, so that they turnod in our oiicoiion. Whoo I first got on dook t)t& he)m had boon atcrboardod, heading a littlo to tho northward. When I saw ibo tlc ct they wore hoad iDgsouthwest, and scorned to. bo ooming Straight for tho interval bolwoeu thc [l'<!xao ar.d tho Brooklyn? I went in tho conning tower and dircotod tho behn (?man. I told him what 1 wanted to do was to to koop straight for the fieot. They Wavered a little. Some t? moo they turned ono way and thon anchor. Wo shifted holm onoo or t.'.vico, but very Jittlo indoed, aud finally when wu wore getting up fairly oio?o, say botwoon 1,500 ana 2,000 yards, it scorned to mo oloar that they wan tc d to pass betwoon tho Texas and ibo Brooklyn. Tho Texas was well on our starboard bond and She waa hcadod to tho northw?fd and westward. All iiliips were o&rrying out tho instxuj tioos of tho comraandor-in ohicf, and thad waa to head in for tho entranoo. Yvc woro well to UK westward aud headed to tho northeast When I saw that, 1 parted tho helm perhaps half way over, ??bo wis swinging starboard very rapidly. Tho Spanish flaot waa norning straight for thia interval. 1 stopped out of tho tower on tho port sido to got a ,'<ood look at this lloct, to soo just what they woro going to do as to ouv relativo positions, and 1 SJ?W thoy ovi doctly put helms hard nport atd were turning to tho westward. Wo were thou turning vory rapidly to starboard with port holm and wo had turnod J think almost to tho oas?. 'l'ho Toxat was well on our starboard sido. I thor gave tho order 'hard sport' to tin helmsman, ran through tho opening bo twoon tho sbiold aed tho conning towoi to tho othor sido on purpose to soo om own ileot and our ro'aiivo positions Quicker than you could toll it tho oom uloolo called toir,c, 'Cook, haid ?.p'jr:, br 'is your holmn ?port?' 1 aneworod tho holm is hard aport, turning as rap icily an possible.' As 1 watohod th< Texas the hew of tho Brooklyn soemct iii st lo point to her port bow. I novo caw tho starboard bow of tho Texas, anc obauging her bearing very rapidly th? bow ol' the Brooklyn pissod along th? port side o? tho Texas until thcro wa a olofcr opening botwoon us ar.d th atom of thu Texas. Wo mado a oom pluto turn, a very quiok turn, will holm bard aport until wo oamo aroun? and par&Ucd tho Hoot ou tho otherside AH WO p&rallolod tho Spanish tho Vis naya-" Admiral Do woy: "May I intorpot did you pass tho Toxao?" "I novor thought of a collision. 1 never entered my hoad. ? never for i moment hfed ono idea of vioksitudo ii that rosne Ot. Wo passed, 1 judgo, abeu 400 yoids. I had haudlod tho ship un der nil oiroumatanoea and got so 1 ooul jud go pretty oorrootly and my impros Dion was that wo wcro about tho dir unco wo sailed in squadron. But ocu inion I n'ovcr thought of. Sh turnod poifootly olear of tho Toxat oamo around and then wo had tho Vii etty? on our starboard bow and abo? abeam waB tho Oquondo and thon th Colon, At tho timo 1 thought it ws tho Torosa, but .1 soon discovered thl vessel Waas dropping out and bcalin for ibu bouoh. "That wuu about tho hottest timo c tito action. It was a oriti-jal tim< Thoro wen not any timo for indooisio and I do tot think choro was any. havo always felt in my mind, in stud] ing tho positions, tnat tho ohauot would hfcvo boon tor a disaster had w shittod h< Im O? i.uoh a time. Howcvo: wo g'/t around and VEO hud lh<>r,o thrt vts-olo. I looked and Could soo noll iug but smoko astern anet v?asela socrac onvulopod in thin smoko. I could nt Understand it. I oould not undorstan ixaotlv tn?v/ wo ?ot tiaro. Thoy wei i.li thieu firing on tho Brooklyn, whe almost i m mediately lasier than 1 ooul toil it, 1 taw a largo white bono in tl Water and through this un il.o I saw tl bow of n vessel. 1 exclaimed at tl timo, 'whst ?an thatF Tho navigate who v<an noar mo, taid it waa the Ma haohuseUs or eoo.icthiDg to that tffco I paid shu was away, and ho then sat 'that ia tho Oregon.' Sho oamo i vory rapidly. ?Shu wan making mo speed than wo ware ni that umu." "Whore wad tho Oregon with r speot lo tho Brooklyn al that time?" '1 estimated 600 yards. Sim pasai in botweon the Texas ami thu low Sho got in botwoon that oporm g, eau to tho northward of tho Texat ai OU?I? about SOO ytrtbi from us. 1 mei a perpendicular oourso atid that wou a?qount for just what wo mado lo ti southward in turning. Wo mado mo than tho taotioal diomotor bocauso \ passod p*rfc of that distanoe with hoi half aport." "What ia tho taotioal diagnotor tho Brooklyn?" "About 650 yards." "Wan it easy to hanolo tho ship u dor such oiroumstanoos?" "I novor have soon ono equal hor." "Waa tho starboard ongino of t Brooklyn roveracd during that turn?' "It waa not. There waa somo qm lion about that. Tho roaoon I f< positivo ol that is in recalling tho o oumstanoca, my impression fa it m havo boon tho oom inodoro or tho na gator, one of tho two, said aomothi about baoking tho starboard ongii My reply, I romembor vory woll, wai did not want to loso tho apood of I ship. That ?ho waa turning all right and rapidly and I wanted to koop tho spood of tho ship." .'At tho timo you saw tho Oregon corning up out of tho enioko was sho on your starboard?" "Starbosrd quartor." "And botwoon you and tho Spanish ships?" , J ' ?iv "Novor botwoon us and tho Spanish shipB." "Whoro woro tho Spanish ships at that thno?" "Thoro novor was anything botwoon us and tho Spanish ships. Sho was on our starboard quartor." "Noarer in shoro." "YOB." "Koforring baok now to oortaio points in tho story, as I did not caro to inlorrupt you, you stato you hoard tho oooimodoro say at ono timo 'hard aport.' That was aftor you had bo gun to mako tho turn and tho holm was hard aport? ' "YOB, tho holm was aport but not hard ?port. My impression is ?ow, al though it was not at tho timo. It was au near tho samo timo na has boon given. Thoro waB porfeot understand ing botwoon tho oommodoro and my t). If. Novor a quo3tion of any kind during the ae'iou." "1 will ask if your rooollootion is cloar as to whothor tho holm w&s put hard aport by youtsolf ?rat or that you dtd it in obedienoo to an ordor from tho oommodoro?" "I gave tho order my own respon sibility. No qiootion about that. It WM not after having heatd tho comino doro. Ho called out to mo as I havo stated, whioh I now think was simply (Lp ooi:brui him eli' in tho idea that she Wag tur nit.g with tho hard aport holm." "Ai thar, tuuo did you hoar any con versation bot sveen tito oommodoro and ibo nav;gitor?" "I din not." "Dui you roo any torpodo boats?" "I did not." ''Wore you afraid of hoing rammed at tho timo tho turn W6S hoing made? ' 4,No. Thoro was pomeihiug said abou? it but .1 did not give it a scoo^d thought from tho fact that I knew they oould not ram unless they got within my turning oirolo." "Woro you afraid of blanketing tho uro of our fleet by turning ono way or tho other?" "Wo might havo dono it by turning tho otlior way." "Had you tuvnod with a starboard instead ol a port helm would sueh ao tion havo advnnood you so far aB to bring you within tho lino uf movement of tho enemy's ubipB? ' Provided they had takon advanlago of it; that is to say, if they had con tinued on their ooureo southwest straight for us and wo had turned so as to-bring them within our turning oirolo, it would havo made ramming po&siblo, oortaiuJy." "How wero thoy hoading whon this ordor hard aport was givon? ' "Thoy wero heading southwost." "Would they havo hoftdad so had you gono tho other way?" "And they direovorod tho movo mont? YOB, I think thoy would. Tho oh art di: tuneo givon at tho timo WAS 1,100 yards. 1 estimated 1,500 yards, and so mado it in i. report. In tho first plnoo, wo must i JVO lost by shift ing holm at sueh a timo. Thon if wo bad turned tho other way wo must havo gono 700 yards. Thoy would not havo had mueh distanao to run to get entire ly witin our turning oirolo. That is all ooojooturo." "Mr. Hanna: "What was tho oon duot and boaring of Oommodoro Sohloy whilo undor firo ou suoh oooasions tiny, you had tho opportunity of observing?1' "I always rcgardod him as an enthu siastically bravo and patriotic oflioor. Novor in any other way." Handy With Their duns. As a result of ono of tho worst irago dios onaotod in WOIBII, W. Va., in yoars, two mon aro fatally wounded and ono seriously. Tho shooting occurred in tho Pftluoo Hoto) oafo. Tho fatally irijured aro: Hubert Huff ord, a promin ono morohant, shot throo timos, Dr. (j. lt. MoDaniol, ono of tho host known pnvsioiaus in tho oounty, seriously wounuod, and John Waldron, doputy shontt and highly rospootod. Shortly before midnight Hufford' was taking a lunch in tho hotol o-.d'o when a orowd ot stiaugo mon ontored, apparontly in toxioatod, Thoy passed sovoral ro : marks which Hufford took as insult and ho hurlod a boavy glass at ono of I thom and olosed in for a fist onoountcr. At this junoturo Doputy Sheriff John Waldron rushed in to soparato tho par ticipants in tho battlo, as also did Pr. McDaniel, who was seated at a noar tablo. Hufford was jovkod rather roughly by the doputy tkoriff and ho quickly pulled a gun, which ho turned un tho otiiour. Waldron ia quick with a gua and ia an instant ho amo brought his revolver into aotion. Pr. MoDauiol, oeiug a warm friend of both mon, I ru?hed into tho fray, pleading a oosua 1 tion of hostilities, only to bo piorocd through and through with a 38 calibre ballot. Tho tiring ooutiuuod and Huf ford was tho m.xt to fall. Ho waa shot three timos, tao la.'t bullet ponotratiug tho loft breast. Deputy Waldron, al? tueugu. hhot, wau able to walk lrom tho cate. He wa.i pUeoU uni.or guard, at tlio hotoi, wnlie tho two fatally ?ejurod men wo?o earned to a phyi^ioian'u oifioo. Killed for Money. Harry 0. Wesson, aa ongtuoor on tho Pi?nt byotom, wau waylaid, unuttered and robbed at an carly hour Thursday morning in Palalka, Pla, Ile arrived on his train at 4:10 a. m., ar d startud down tho track ,;> his homo. His hedy was found at 6:30 o'olook with a ballet through his hoad. Ho bad drawn $150 saUry loat night at Ojala beforo mak ing tho ruo hore. No monoy .was found in ino pooitois, but $130 was found by tho undertaker pinned to his uudor olothing next to bis person, the mur derer evidently Laving missod this in bis hurry to osoapo bolero tho approaoh of day. 2 Committed Suicide. Mr. Parmontor, wlfo of Lioutonant Hom y JO. Parmontor, a naval oflioor on duty at Washington D. U., foll from a fourth story window in tho Portland flats Wednesday morning and striking on a (?tono sidewalk fifty foot bolow, roooived injuries which ended in death within an lum, Mrs. Parmontor had .boon in poor hoalih for romo timo. Tho ooronor cor tided that tho ORSO was ono of suioido. A BAD BREAK. President Roosevelt Entertains a Ntgro at Dinnor WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY. Tho Action of tho Preiident Will Jar tho Feelings of Nen* Belisvors in Ooclal Equality. A dispatoh from Washington to tho Atlanta Constitution says Bookor T. Washington, tho woll known negro odu oator, prosidont of tho Tuakogoo, Ala., Instituto, was a guost of Prosidont aud Mrs. Roosovolt at dinnor at tho whito houoo Wodnosday night. Washington is probably tho first Amorioan nogro to dino with a prosidont of tho United Statoa and his family, although it was roportod that Prosidont Clovoland onoo ontortained a negro friend at tko whito houso board. Sinoo Prosidont Roose velt oooupiod the whito house there has hardly boon a dinnor or lunohoon without ito guests, and as tho prosidont has boon no froo with hil invitation no spsoial list of guosts is proparod and tho uahcra do not know who tho guosts V?ill bo until thoy arrive Woduociday night, just boforo 8 o'olook, a nogro in evening dross prosentcd himself at tho whito houso door, and, giving his naroo, said that ho was to dino with tho prosi dont. Bookor Washington ha? made Several visits to thc white houso and his faoo is known tluro, eo ho was at once admitted into tho privato apart ments aud the prosidont notified of his arrival. No other guest arrived and tho dinner wa:? soon served. Dinner at tho while house sinoo tho Roosevelt a have occupied tho mansion has been a family affair, Mrs. lioosovolt and tho two ohiidron appc&riog at tho table with father, mother and guosts, Afior dinner tho prosidont takes his guests 'o tho libral y, and thcro, over oigaTa, things politisai and otherwioo aro dis cussed. Wodnosday tho usual order of nadirs was not disturbod on aooount of tho color of tho fcuost of honor, and Washington left tho whito houso about 10 o'olook apparently vory ; muoh pleased with his dinnor and his ohat with tho president. IT WAS A MISTAKE. Tho Augusta Chromolo says tho nows from Washington that Prosidont Book or T. Washington, of Tu^kogoo Insti tuto, was a guost in tho whito house, at dinnor with President and Mrs. Roose velt and family, aud that after dinnor thero was tho usual sooial hour over oigars, is a distinct shook to tho favor able sentiment that was crystalling in tho south for tho now prosidont. Tho appointment of Judgo Jones in Alaba ma, and tho publishod uttoranooH of Prosidont Roosevelt to tho of foot that ho intended to appoint only good mon to offioo havo lod southorn peoplo to hopo that a nc77 politioal ora was at hand. While encouraging tho pooplo in tho hopo that tho nogro is to bo largely eliminated from offioo in tho south, Prosidont lioosovolt throws tho fat in tho firo by giving oountonanoo to tho negro's claim for sooial equality by having ono to dino in tho whito houso with himsolf, Mrs. Roosovalt and chil dren. Wo concede tho fact that ho oould not havo had a moro dooont no gro. President Bookor T. Washington is tho representative man of his rao?, a usoful oitiaon and an ablo loader of his pooplo. But ho roprosonts tho no gro raoo, and botwoon his pooplo and tho whitos there oan bo no sooial equal ity. This is not simply local southorn pr? judico, but it is an ineradicable ra oial faot. While thoro aro exooptiopal eau OH at tho north and oast of whito poop'.o who roooivo nogroos on a plano of sooial equality, thoy aro ozooptions For tho most part tho nogro finds at tho north tho way sternly barrod, not only to sooial interoourso, but to basi ncBS equality, wbilo laborors, evon, will not work with nogroos on tho samo job, and every labor union rofusos to admit nogroos to momborehip. In tho south tho nogro is givon full opportuni ty to work, but iooial <ii mitty will not bo tolerated for a moment.. If Colonol Roosevelt desired to ro roooivo nogroos at his table on a plano ol sooial oquality ho had a right to do that in his porsonal oappaoity boforo ho booamo tho exoeutivo head of tho government, but as tho Prosidont of tho United Ututos it ia a matter of vory gravo doubt if ho has tho right to in uugurato a oustoin whioh is ropugnant to an overwhelming majority o! tho whito pooplo of tho country in all soo tions, and tho tondeuoy of which is. to opon anow aa issao whioh has boon practically oliniiuatod not only hy ar gument but unswerving and dotorrainod praottoo throughout tho yoars. Prosidont lioosovolt has ni ado n min tako, ono that will not only tflaoo tho. good impression ho had begun to oruato in tho south, but ono that will aotivoly antagonise southern pooplo, and meet tho disapproval of good Anglo Sttxon sentiment in all latitudos. Uhould Prosidont Rjosovolt seek to follow up this sir riling doparturo from tho proco dents ot a oontury by inviting nefcibes to whito huu?o funotions ho will find himself in some vory a wkward and mor tifying situations whon bis whito guoBtS rotont the innovation and refuse to oo optrato in it. Tho nowa from Wash ington comes in Auoh form and unan imity that thoro is no roason to suppose it is iuaoourate, and if it is truo Prosidont Roosovolt will do woll to mako this experiment his last along that lino. Tho south doos not relish the negro in offioo, but that is a small matter oomparod with its unalterable opposition to sooial equality botwoen tho raoes. Prosidont Roosovolt has flown in tho iaoo of publie ssntimont, and pro oi pi ta tod an issuo that has long sinoo boon fought out and whioh should have boon loft in tho list of nottlod quostions. Ho Was Desperate. Mfttthow Robinson, of Swinton, Mo., was shot and killod by City Marshal Kolloy of Bloomfield? Mo., Thursday. Ile rodo into town heavily armed aud announood his intention of marrying Miss Nannie Nations, his .oouBjn, or murdering hot and thon committing suioido. Ho roilsted arrosfc and ttiod to shoot tho marshal, who ?shot him down. Publio EohooliMust be Free in Fa ot os Well no ?amo. Assistant Aitornoy Oonoral Gun to Tuosday handed tko Btoto Buporin tondont of oduoation an opinion of for? ionehing i m nov tanoo. Under this opin ion tho law of tho Stato forbids sohool distriots to ohargo pupils inoidontal feos going to niako up tho tition feos which limy oaunot logally ohargo. > It will affoot manya publ?o sehool in tho Stato whoso rcBourooa havo thus boon most materially addod to from time to timo. This opinion has no bearing upon tho decision of tho supromo court rondorod somo timo ago, id tho ile ok Hill oaso, which allowod tho ohargink of ouoh foes in sohools. In that oaso tho sohools wore ohartorcd, nnd tho obartcr gavo t)m right to ohargo supplemental and iii <ji don tal foes. *? 'Mr. Gunter's opinion road) as fol lowst Hoar Sir: Your request to be ad vised upon tho following question: "0??nt a board of trustooo of a fi oe sohooi ohargo an inoidontal foo or int? poso any other kind of cost as a pro requisito to ontrcmoo of scholars to tho publio sohools?" I am of the opinion that tho boards eau imposo no rmoh ohargon. Tho board of trufitocs being of ?statulory oonsfruo tion oan havo no authority oxoopfc euou ad grantod by ^tatuto, B .?ards of tru3 toes are oroated undera general Bohool law. This jaw provic'os for tho oom ploto froo school cohcroo of the Stato, - - J i- ... ?_ J_i_ HUU j.ri uuvmuij nu m>u vu uvviaiv *uw froo aohool law of tho Si-nto," a?/urovt-d M^Jh 3, 1896. Thc tiUo as woli a? tho body ot tho act donoios tho ihtentio? of tho gouoral assembly to givo tho pooplo a freo sohool. Not only fioo in narnu but freo in Isob. Ai tor a careful poruual of ovcry eeo lion of tho aat, j. havo botn unabio lo ii nd any auU jrily, either dircot or by implication, to iuiposo the foo refuxrod to. It is truo that tho board of iras tooa aro charged with tho management of tho froo con?ois of their roKpootivo diatriots, and aro givoa authority to ?ot "so as beat to promoto tho oduoAtional intoroet of their oittriot.*' Hut this doc* not apply to tho finanoial ro souroos of a diatriot. That foaturo is loft to tho tax ooiloolirg and Ux dis hulaing maohmory. Tho trustcen aro given authority to distribute ai.d ox pond thu oohool funds of a district for tho boat interest of tho district. Thoro oan, thoroforo, bo uo oxouso to attempt to n.ise funds for nay inoidonial pur POBO by an inoidontal foo for tho whole eutn raised by taxation is available for any oduoational purpose, If a board of trustees oan imposo a small fco they oould likewise imposo a largo loo, thereby making attondnnoo iinpost?blo, aud thus thwarting tho ob joot of a froo Bohool law. This conclu mon liRS, of oourso, no reforouoo to sohools oporaiing uador spacial char ters or spocial legislation, wherein au thority is givon to ohargo foes or tui tion, tho supromo oourb hr.ving ro eontly suetainod suoh a powor. Tho oaso? pasaod upon by tho supromo oourt having no boating upon BOOOOIS oporatod undor tho gonoral fi. J sohool law of tho Stato. ?TJRTIIER INFORMATION. As a rosult of tho iooont opinion of Assistant Attorney General Guntor that publio sohools havo to run out of their publio funds ineomo only and oannot ohargo inoidontal foos f or main tonanoo, a num.bor of questions havo been propounded from difforonb por tions of tho Stato. Tho following is a farther opinion in reply to a typical lottor roo owed Thursday: Hoar Sir: You request to bo ad visor! whothor a board of trustees of a froo sohool oan pay, for tho opovating exponscs of tho seaool, suoh aa fuel, rout, oto., out of tho sohool funds of tho diatriot. This question you stato is in viow of an opinion of this oflioo that an inci dental foo cannot bp paid for suoh n purpose. Tho gonoral aohool law of 1896 olonrly vests suoh o?iooia with that authority. Sooliou 26 of that law di reo ts that tho school funds of o au h diatriot shall bo exponded by tho board of trustoos aooording to their judgmontfor tho best interests of tho sohool diatriot. Bootion ii makes it a duty of tho boaid of trustoos to pr?vido snitabio sohool housos in their distriob and to make tho samo comfortable. Ssotion 42 pr?vidos bow suoh claims shall bo approvod. From thoso extra?is, as woll as from a oonsidoration of tho soopo of tho free sohool law, it is manl iest that tho trustcoa have suoh authori ty. ; Aigor's on Sampson. I In his book-on tho Spanish war, for mer Secretary of W ar Algor has this to Bay of Admiral ftanipson: "It ia dif ficult to aootunt for Admiral Samp son's seeming attitude toward tho army during tho operation? before Santiago, BB well aa to oxouso him from his con tradictory statements, subsequently mado in his offioial ?oport. Alter the 3d of Julv the adttiiral'ti oonduot may bo duo to tho koon disappointment re sulting from his noa participation ia tho ougagomont with ?ervera s squad ron. Possibly ho felt that Shailer a ro quest for a oooferonoo oa tho morning of July 3, innooont though it was, was foapjueiolo for hts hoing deprived of tho honor of aotively partioip.aitng as oom mander in-ohiof in ono of tho moa* ro I markablo victor ito in tho amids of na val warfare.' Pivo Mon Killed. Five mon were killod and two in jured Friday morning whon an onor meus mass of rook oared from tho sido and reef of the rapid transit tunnel, in oourso of oonstraotiou on Hro&dway about tho lino of Ono hundred and Sixty-fourth stroot, New York City. Tho sootion of tho tunnol whore tho oavo in ooourrcd ia 105 foot below tho fturffioo, A abaft leads to tho tunnol aUd from tho shaft, headings extend north and south', oaoh boiv% about 700 feet long. : Tho nooidont ooourrcd in tho fi?uth lu adi Jig of tho tunnol about (MO r>ot fiom tho shift. A gang o'120 rook drU'ers W?s working in tho extremo south end of the heading and about 60 foot from tho end, a gang mado up of 20 muokoi* and ? foreman way remov ing tho dobrii pioduood by tho bunt ing. A RARE CASE. A Lady True to Her Troth f:r Forty Years, SHE LOVED NO OTHER. The Pathetic Story of a Florida Malden Lady Whose Sweet heart Died a Hero's Death. Tho story of tho lifo of Mies Min? KesBingor, an agod maiden lady, who lives on a faini near Jacksonville, Fia , is ojuiokly told; but it is interesting, iunemuoh na it shoWB tho strongth ol' a woman's dovotion and unfolds a ro mantic atory of lovo and war. Although Miss Koefiicgor hos lived all her lue of Hf ty-niuo yoars upon a littlo farm loss than ono milo from this oity, and has always had a full oontrol of all nor faoultics, sho has not boon within tho oorporato limits of Jaokson villo for ovor thirty-eight yoars. Sho deoo her daily dudes about her littlo farm, and alwaya has a cordial wei corns for tho many curious sightsoors from town, but she poroiBtonlly ref usos to go into tho city, whioh baa now grown out of all Bomblauoo to tho struggling villago sho laftt saw almostfour dcoadoB Rgo. During all this timo sho has novor boon ovor ono hundred yards from tho boundary lino of her fttrin, and it is vory rarely that abo loaves it at all. In 18(10, whoa Miss Koeoiegor WAS in her eighteenth your, a joung man, con of a neighboring larmer, foll in lovo with her, and bia a?eotious woro ro oiprooatod hy Miss KsisiDgor. Tho parents of tho young lady, howovor, strenuously objooted. When var wai doolarod this young in roi rallied to tho support of tho flwg, and in 1801 John Trmicarno left tho county tu join hm fortunos with many other gallant soldier boys. Tho regiment loft for tho front tho next morning amid cheero of tho ad miring friendo of tho brave soldier boys nod tho happiost man in tho rogiment was John Trohoarne, who oarriod with him his iiwoothoart's premiso to marry him upon his return Ire m tho front with tho honors of war. Ooo day Miss Kesoingcr rooeivod a ioUur v.'hioh made hor heart leap VJ her throat and romain there, as it wero -a lump too largo to swallow. Her lover wruto to her o tow ?hort linos ap prising her of bia wounds, from whioh tho doctors gave littlo hopo that ho would rooover. To bo euro that it would never tall into unfriouuly hands, ho roturnod tho small testament Bho had givon him before ho left, and also sont back one-half of tho look of hor hair which ho had worn next his hoart du ring all tho timo ho had boon apart from her. As proof that ho had worn it near his nonrt, ho oallod attention to tho Btains which hie life's blood had loft upon tho dark brown hair as tho vital fluid gushed from his breast, whioh had boon torn by a robol bulloc whilo he was in tho front of a charg ing column. Sho wroto an immodiato r.ply and announced to him lier inten tion ot robol ling against hor paronts' will, saying she would start for MB Ind?ido tho Monday morning follow ing. Before sho left town in tho evening auothor mail arrived, and Miss Kos singor roooived a short noto from the nurao, saying that with his dying breath hor lover had asked her to in form his sweetheart of his death and to assufo hor that ho died truo to his vows and with hor beloved namo on his lips. Tho body G. O dead soldier arrived within a fewda/S, and Miss Kesiingor attondod tho funeral in deep mourn ing garb. Her parents relonted and did all in then- power to lesson the groat mental Bufforing of tho distracted girl but Miss Koaoinjor never recovered from tho shook. From that day to thin sho has novor beou within tho oorporato limits of Jacksonville, and has novor i boon more than one hundrod yards from ! tho farm whioh is now her own. Neithor has Bho ever roooived attentions from I any other ,-man, preferring during ali theso years to remain trim to hor sol dier lover, who loft forty yoars ago I with a lover's vow to lovo nono othor until lifo nhall bo no moro. Daraago to Texas Cotton. Reports from all sections of tho state chow that thc uhmotor to tho Texas oat ten orop is ovory bit as groat as has boen roproBomed. la macy sootions ot the ma LO picking has been o om pl o tod und tho orup is oho wu to bo anywhoro from 40 to 00 per cont loss than that of last year. Tho poroontago . will not hold good for tho ut ato at largo, but tho indications now aro that the do orcase will bo fully 30 por oont. and 30 per oont. of tho TOXA? crop means in oxcois of 800,000 bales. At $40 per balo, tho present prico, it moans a loss ol $32,000,000 to tho stato on tho ono product und farmers havo to boar tho brunt of it. In addition to tho lois in tho ootton itself, tho otate also losos tho ootton feed produota whioh oannot bo manufactured on account of tip) shortness of eood and also loaos tho value of a largo numbor of oattle whioh aro un tinily fattened .at tho oil mills during tho winter. Th o no two items will run the total up to fully $50,000,000. Why Ho was Killed. Tho assassination of Calvin M. Smith already reported, is oausing much stir in Piokens oounty, Tho weapon used was a shotgun, tho load ontoring tho lott sido and produoing instant death. Ho was shot fi om ambush, Mr. Smith was highly rogardod by his noighborn generally, but th ero woro roasona for othcr/i not liking him so well. Ho ?as an unmarried man, and for fourteen years ho had managed tho farm of an agod lady, Mrs. Alf rod Barton, who agreed to givo him the farm and other property at hor death, in consideration of his o?ro and managemont until that evont took plaoo. Mrs. Harton oxo outed a mortuary dood of her property in favor of Smith, and when she dlod, two years ago somo of tho heirs brought suit to rooover tho land, whioh includ ed 425 ?oro?. Tho court do nidod in favor of Smith, but this did not lessen tho desire of othors to oust him from tho proporty. TEE NAVAL CONSPIRACY. Obvious Attempts to Dootor Testimony Against Hohlev. . As tho tootimony of tho navy depart mont in tho Sohloy ease approaohoB a termination tho oxistonoo of a vioious oonspiraoy to rob tho Santiago victor of his laurols and to dogrado his oharaotor booouies moro and moro ?pparont. Its ramifications can bo traood. Tho tostimony of tho last fow days presonts in ogroglous form tho plans of tho conspirators in the navy depart ment. Thoir, attempts to dootor testi mony and to mako out a case whothor oreo against tho distiguished "appli o int" aro witnesses of thoir part in tho ur parn)] oled fraud which they conspired to propctrato against tho object of thoir enmity and against justice It is ovidont that tho oonspiraoy ex tended far h iok of tho activo dava of tho Santiago oampaign. Tho prinoipal moans of obtaining information, whioh were poaaossod by ovon young subordin ates on tho minor vossols of the fleet, woro not intrustod to Admiral Sohloy, who was in command before Admiral Sampson appcarod on tho soeno. Ho waa botrayod in advanoo. Tho worst featuro of tho oonspiraoy is tho evident fact that so many junior ofiioers woro plnood as spiop on the vari ous vessels to proparo tostimony in advanoo against the commanding offioor. At least suoh U tho inovitablo infor enoo from tho testimony of fcheso young mon who swear to statomontu whioh aro contradicted by their superiors, by tho logs of tho vessels on whioh thoy sailed cud by tho official rooords. It is all deplorable and shameful. Thoro is nothing like it in history. When those witnoBBOs, soarooly out of boyhood, were oonfrontod with the testimony of veteran offioors whom they had contradiotod or with obarte and re ports thoir impudont and flippant an Bwors woro that "ho is wrong" or "ie mistaken," or that "tho ohart is inoor root," or that "thoro must bo a mis tako in tho log." What will our navy bo in tho futuro when thoso young olfioors ndvnnco by promotion to oommaudiog plaoos? They will ascend to tho highest naval rink with this vonal training and with thia corrupting examplo whioh is placed bo fore them by their recent chiefs ot' thc navy department. If they curry thoir pr?tent teachings and praotioos into tho administration of navy affairs in years to oomo thoy will establish a re oord of shame in placo of the present record of glory. Tho corruption of tho youth of tho navy in making thom false witnossos in this oaso ia worso than tho mutilation of vooordo, tho omissions and forgorios in tho oflioial dispatohcB and the othor malioiouBly falso portions of tho tosti mony already before tho court. To suborn a witness who gives hie personal tostimony is a worse crime than to pros ! ont a forgod reoord as a tostimony. A now poi juror is oroatod, whioh makes two porjurers-tho suborned witnoss ! and tho agent by whom ho was suborn ed-in plaoo of a singlo porjuror who may presont a falso reoord and swear to ito authenticity. This make tho omplovmont of tho young spioB on tho vessels and tho per version of thoir tostimony undor oath tho worst part of tho ontiro detostablo oonspiraoy against ono of tho most ex emplary officers of tho Amorioan navy. I Congress alone oan deal adequately with this disgraceful plot. It should go to tho bottom of tho whole miserable affair without unnecessary dolay. The Amorioan pooplo cannot afford to havo a naval establishment-thoy oortainly cannot alford to tako tho awful risk of war-while it is possible for a oomman dor to bo botrayod in tho ff. o 3 of tho onomy as ?ommcdoro Sohloy was in tho early days of tho Wost Indian oam paign.-Chicago Ohroniolo. AME RIO AH S WERE SURPRISED. Filipino Swordsmen Kill Ten and Wound Six. A dispatch from Manila says five hundred mon attaokod a detachment of 46 mon of tho Ninth infantry at Ban* gojon, on tho G?ndara river, Island of Samar, Wednesday, killing ten and wounding six. Tho remaindor of tho oompany arrived on tho scone in time to provont f urthor slaughter and routed tho onomy, killing ovor a huodred of them, It is behoved that the onemy only rotired for roiuforoomonts. At soon as tho nows was roccived at Catha longa two gunboats woro dispatched, don. Smith going in porson to thc soone. THE OF?U0IAL REPORT. Tho following brief oablogram from Gen. Ohaffeo reporting tho fight was roooived at tho war department Friday aftornoon: Manila, Oct. 18. Oorbin, Adjutant Gonoral, Washing ton: Forty-six mon, Co. K, Ninth regi ment, United States infantry, under First Lieut. George W. Wallace, ie fiold, lower Candara, Suma, woro at taokod by 400 bolomon Oct. 16. Out loss ton killed, six wounded, nanice not roooivod. liighty-ono ol' tho enomy left doad on tho fiold. Enomy beateu off. Ohaffeo. THE NEWS A SHOOK. The war department officials wore somewhat disrnayod at tho press roper! of tho now setback on the Island of Sa mar. Thry had at first no confirma tion from official sourcos of the report and this waa true of the last affair ol tho kind whioh happonod at Balangigo, The Ninth infantry, whioh o u fi oro 0 thoro, was tho same organizion that on gagod in tho latost flating at Ban gajon, though in thioeano tho. oohipanj attaokod is not known. Au ?nsp'ootior of the deposition nu?.do of tho troop; on the Island of S tatar snows that bo foro the Balangiga fight thero woro nt leis than 38 sop ar ato posts. . Titos? wore so disposod that supplies could bi oonveyed to tho troops by wator. Gen Hughes has left Samar and gono to th? j island of Cebu to roouporate, whioh ao counts for tho assumption of tho oom mind on Sumar by Gen. Smith.. Gon Hughes was worn out and suffered fron tho effootfj of a flovoro fall rooeivot while ohasing incurroefcors in tho moun tains of Samar, -SHOT BY ROBBER Bcoause He Bravely RafiiBtd to Opon H?8 Safe. A PLUCKY RAILROAD AO EMT, He Wa? Ntarcllesaly Shot Down. Man Arrested on Huspiclon But Not Identified. A diapatoh from Groonvillo' to Tba,/ S tn to says unusual oxporionoo for this' ?notion of tho country WAS an attempt mado Tuosd&y night of last wook to rob tho railroad ogont at 0roor'n, and his pluoky rofussl to comply with tho domands of tho bandit roaulted in his hoing shot throe timon. Mr, T. M, Hill, agent of tho Southern railway, i<i went to his office at Groor's last night for tho purp ono of doing extra work, and whilo he was on gago d at hia dook botweon 10 and ll o'olook a man ?of medium size, who waa maakod and hoavily armed, auddenly appoarod bo foro him and ucmandod tho contento of tho safo. Mr. Hill romombcrod that ho had $300 in tho safo, but ntill ho did not think tho man waa in oarnoat, and roached tho oonolusion that it was a prr.otioal joko hoing playod on him by tho telegraph oporator, whose offico ia in tho p&S?ongor dopot aoross tho JV.U road traok. 'Mvp* ? '% Tho masked individu*! wa" oo^'w'oo trillad with, howovor, and Mr. Hill soon real i a ad the situation was quito serious, when tho man threatonod to shoot him if ho did not opon the safe, hut Hill rer.olutoly doolinod to yield to his donmi;d, when a br&os of pistols confronted him, and as ho throw up his hands tho man firod nt him twice, tho shot? taking effect io both hands of tho agent. It is not oertain that one pis tol mado both wounds, and it is proba ble that tho villain un ol two pistols, ono boing a 32 end tho other a di cali" bro rovolvor. Then ho mado an attack upon tho agoni hy heating him over tho head with t ho woapono, and whon ho had striokou him to tho floor ho fired twioo ?gain, ono shot piercing tho shouldor and tho other barely grazing his side. Tho tolograph operator hoard I tho shots aud ran aaross to tho agont's omeo, but tho wooid-bo assassin was making traok s At tho othor ond of tho Elalform and disappeared as suddonly as o oamo. Tho oporator wont to Mr. Hill's roliof, And A pbysioian was quick ly summoned. His wounds wore very painful, but not oonsidorod at all cori ous, and this morning ho WAS renting very woll ofter his exceptional efcpoii enoo. ShorifF.J. D. Gilroath; /and Doputy Whitmore wont to Groors last night, and a search WAS boing made for tho assailant of Mr, Hill whon Mr, Vf hit*, miro returned thia Wednesday morning. A phono mossngo from Greor's says that tho man WAS caught And takon thoro Weduoudoy afternoon. This man who was takon to Groor's upon tho sus picion that ho shot tho railroad agent, was brought hore and plAoed in jail to . await dovolopnionts. Ho And iv/o other wore gambling undornoath tho trestlo a short distance from tho Washington Stroot station in this city between 1 and 2 o'olook' Wodnoaday whon tho fact WAa roportod to Sorgonnt Gunuols of tho polioo for? a who wont to tho trestlo with throe othors and baggot! ono of thom who answored soinownat tho description of tho mau who shot Hill. Hrs ?Ndooiatos got away and tho prisoner was takon to Groor's, but Hill did not identify him and it is doubtful about his being the right nmn, although ho had a 44 Colts rovol vor that had threo fresh cartridges in it and throo empty sholls WAS ? in his pooket. He g .wo tho namo of Edward? whon arroatod. Tho pistol And empty sholls aro suspicious, and in addition a black oap was found in Edward's pooket whioh hau A whito fringe Around tho front indicating a mask. Tho au thorities believe another man who was loafing around Greer's Wednoaday did tho shooting. Ho ia doscribed as being About 35 years old, woighing 140 pound, olean shaved with gray bairn about the tom pl o and tattotd on tho right arm. Edwards is about 25 years old, has moustaoho and right arm tat tood. Whon oapturod ho had plunged into tho rivor. Detective Hoyne of tho Southern railway nidotl in his capturo, as he hap pened to bo at the station when tho . polioo wont after tho gamblers and joined in their pursuit. Edward's pis tol was of tho la tost and most np. proved patton). Served Him Right. Tho Augusta Herald says somo peo ple carry their merry-making entirely too far. Thoy soom to think tha&Afc?y ' ? OAu take any liberty they please with anybody thoy moot on tho stroot, bo it man, worn An or child, j ant booauso it* Morry Makers'weolc. One of tho kind who wont way beyond tho bounds of propriety was Garnott Davis San dors. Ho ia A young white man, who had took on board sovorAl strong po tions *ud WAS out to do aa ho ploaood. A lady passed by the Albion Hotel. Sanders WA? standing uoar. Without knowing who ho WAH taking such a lib erty with, ho throw his arms around tho lady's nook. An officer SAW tho act and soon had Sandors under arrest. Judgo Picquet told Sanders Thursday that his Aot was tho most outrageous th At had hoon oommittod on tho streets in y oars. Ho wi ?J h od he oould send tho d?fondant to jail for several years, bub would give him tho limit in a fine $300 Or 90 days. Tit?o??ftt^ Th Buffalo ??inmoroial has sot tho Tonne moo papora on edge hy ?ho fol lowing remark: "They aro a queer lot in Tonnossoo. Tho mountaineer* aro so busy that they mako thoir appoint? monts for shooting and killing each othor for Sunday, i rumo di atol y after tho ?ingiognf tho hymn. They can't wait for-the sbrmon.* Tho NashvUlo Ban ner miakosthis rejoinders %,If wo area .quoer lot in Tonnofiaoo,' and shoobra! diHorlrainato?y. as tho Oowm&iolat in tim?tes, President MoKlnloy onooun*1 tcrod.nonp but welcoming hands on Me visit to tho Tonnoas?o Centennial Ex* position." Tho aooro is in Nashville's favor for that bout) at least.