The Press and Banner, ABBEVILLE. S. C. SOIL AND CROP. Work of the United States Ag-ricultural Department. IMPROVING COTT( N Experiments in South Carolina. The Se-1 lection of the Best Seed Improves the Standard Varieties of ott n and.Ohter Crops. Tea / Gp. wn in tbi* State. Tte annual report of the secretary of agriculture for the year 1905 has just becotre available and contains much Interesting Information relative to soil, crops, methtds of planting, etc., Id S'-utn Carolina. In tbe breeding and improvements of ootton the first experiments were made in 1899. At this time little had been pubii?hed concerning cotton breeding. Tbe fr q ieDcy of riitural crossing in tbe field has been given attention, so that d:fiLrent varieties might be grown without risk of nix it g and deteriorating. Toe correlation of characters, tbe law governing the splitting of hybrids, the form of plant and other important matters have been carefully studied. The n.ost Important problem In the co ton Industry is the securing of varieties as productive as ordinary staple sors, tut producing better and longer lint Tbls cm be done by two distinctly different methods. The first method - is tcfsecure hybrids of the long sta pie, sea island cotton with the stand ard short staples, with a view towards < secumg new sorts wblch combine, first, improved len^h of staple with large bol s, openiig well; aLd, sec i ond, the productive c aracter of tne plant of the short sia.le. The de- 1 partment has secured h b ids, one < class of which is a distiLc iy upland type and produces large round 5 lock ed bolls, has fine silkly lint from 112 to 1 5 8 inches in length and a smootn ' black seed, so that it may be easily 1 ginned cn roller gins is desired, tie < fiber of this will i;val the E^yntian 1 and lower grades or ^a island. Two 1 other varieties secuie bv the depart- 1 ova at nr. 4 lav hnt. h uo lint. Quof I iUCUb Oi t, OIU.1IIM) UUV uu TV 4tuw W- W?. aging only 1 3-8 inches. A sic Dd method of securing lm proved staple, which has giv n very striking retults, is the straight selec tion of the standard short staple va rietle8. * It was found by careful ex amination of such varieties as Rut sell and Jones Improved, that there was considerable variation in the length of lint produced by different plants. Careful experiments have been made with both these varieties and 'the average length of lint in the breed log stock of these two varieties has inoreaaed from the ordinary 1 to 1 1 8 Inches until it is now from 1 1 4 to 1 3-8 inohte; meanwhile tte plants have maintained their full productiveness and all other good characters. All varieties of cotton have been found to vary greatly in their produc tivity in the case of d ff.rent Individ uals and d if.'.rent strains of the sama variety. One strain, Pride of Geor gla, which has for several years been (elected for it crtastd yield by a care ful system of pedigree breeding, ha shown marked improvement. A cod < alder&ble quantity of this seed will be ! *txr\ tn nlanfom in fho finrlno I UIOVIIUUIVU VV |/lBUVtiO Ul UUW Of 1906, and Id 1907 a still higher ' grade of select seed of the same va- ' riety will be available. In tbe boll weevil infested ares 1 there is great demand for earlier va 1 rleties of big boll types. The extensive < experiments inaugurated in 1904 Id ' this line bave not yet reached a stag* 1 where safe conclusions can be d -awn * but preliminary experiments stated < Ue year preceding bave given one 1 very early strain, selected from a na tiveTeias big boll bort, *itb which it '> has been con pared. A limited tria- 1 distribution of the seed of this varie ty will be mafe in tbe spring of 1906. A large quantity of Exyptaln c tton Is imported into tt is country annually and used in the mills. It is not improk | able that in some sect ons of the oot- 1 ton growicg area suitable soil) for this cculd te found. Durirg tbe last two years the bu reau of plant industry has had a skill- , ed corps of men in tbe field battling against the boll weevil, and wherever , tnirtie aiCDg tniB nee nas oeen re ported, experiments have at one? beehoommenced, The most important work, however, in this connection, has been the fl?M demonstration wo:k , which has bad for its object the bring Jr g home to tt e people practical meth , cdsof tillage, cultivation and plant leg to enable them to grow cotton de Bpire the preserce.of the weevil. Rice has received special attentior during the last six or seven years The Japanese, or Kiusbu variety wa* brought into the country and dissim inated. Since this introduction the cevelcjment of the rice Industry in the South has been phenomenal. Between 1899 and 1904 tbe rice acreage of Louisiana and Tt xas increased from o>/v ono n4?l/44nrT 17Q Q1Q 903 ^IV,09U auicoj jicxu'ug iiv,viv wvw pounds of rough rice, in 1896 to 610, 700 acres in 1904, yielding 869 426 800 pounds, an Increase of upward of 190 per cent In acreage, but far the great est increase bring in Texas. In 1889 Texas had 178 acres of rice, in 1899 8,711 acres, while In 1904 the acreage bad increased to 376,600, or more than forty-three times the area under this crop six jears ago. In tbe drug plant investigations a field study of small areas of many kinds of drug producing plant has been made in South Carolina and other states, and it has been shown that many of the most important kinds will do well where tried, such as pop py, belladonna, degltalis, wormwood, peppermint, etc. American wormaeed A .. -n? ? .? has bren proven in Scuth Carolina as a field crop witLt a profit comparing very favorably with thai of con', cut ton 8ni tobicco Experiments have b en made dur lng ti.*i last ye?rin tea raislrg, and duri? g tills tiaa? 9 000 p und* of tea wert ma^e at Summjrv.ile. I j mak lrg tbeve experiments it bas been fiund that the most important varieties of th* tea plant tbat from Ceylon exc?p'< d m',ke a growth and give a >ielci comparing very favorably with the reFult* p.-odncad In their ojv& lard. In has also been shown that ne^ro c Udren make txp^rt tea pick erB when prr perly trained. BRIDIGROOM ROD* IN TRUNK Ran Short o 1 Cash While on Wf etero Wedding Jjarnf y. Because he ran sht rb of money or his weddi g tour and had only cast enough for cne ticket, George Franc s sent 1 is wife thr^ u.;h from D ;nver tc C iiC3gTona paseigjr train, and he nimbelf att? mpttd to make the trij in a trunk a* h s wife's baggage. He was taken out t f tbe tiu lk at 0 nab* N-br, about three-qu irie-s dead, bu Che Wife got thrcu^n be: journey al. ri^ht. Taey had secured a large trunk putin seme provisions and water braced it thoroughlv. cus holes in ii f r a*r, and after F;ai cis tock hipUce the' b >x was securely locked and strapped. Tnen it was taken to the depot and checked through to Chicago. Af&er being smashed sround, the trunk was heaved into a U jion Pacific baggage car and j >umey began. Ju*t btfore reaching Ojaaba, Wed nesday night, the baggageman heard a (.-roan frim a pile of brggage. An mveotigation muted in nis losatirg the source and with a gun in his banc ne demanded to know who was ins dthreatening to fire through tbe trunk unless he was answered. In unfiled tones came the answer and tbe story, with a request that the trunk be brokea open and the man inside be liberced. Tnis was done and Fraccis was assisted out. His trunk naa oeen aeiayea one train, ana am water bottles had been broken sootafter the trunk was fastened. H* bad been withtui water for nearij two days. H: was taken to police beadq iarters and later released. ' 1 was ine most rt mirk able ride I ever took, and 1 dont want any more of li ?aid Fraccis* I Attacked By Hugb Python Rudolph Fluegal, an anlmil keeper it the Cincinnati hardens, had a oar- 1 ruw eauape tuia aiutiuyuu iiuui 1 crushed to death in the folds of a 1 Huge python quartered in the snake sage. Fluegai had gone into the cage, to sweep It out lui neglected to take the usual precaution of throwing a blanket over the reptile, which is one 3f the largest in captivity While he was at woik the immense snake attacked him frim the rea**, linking its fangs into his back. Tae keeper's be*vy coat protected him from ser k us lacerations, hut he was panic itrlcken as he felt the colls of the long python envelop his body and jlowly begin to tighten. Keeper Eiward Coyne and three assistants rush ;d in to the cage, and while the former beat the reptile over the head to make it release its hold on Fluegal, the latter exerted their strength to unwrap its coils from about the keepars body. They did not succeed un till it bal been beaten into inseLSibli ty. Flu gal was utonscious when rescued and It was an hour before the physicians resu.,clated him. He is prostrated by the njtvjns shock due to fright. Whole Family Slain. Near Indepindance, Iowa, Mrs. William McWllilams and her five chil i.en, ranging from three to eighteen pears In age, were slain at their farm home and the husband and father has Le n charged with killing the members }f his family. Be declares himself t^ D3 innocent. Eich person had ceen tilled wtih a hammer blow on tbe head. Mrs. McWilliams was atro jlously beaten, a few knife thru tshad been inflicted on the crushcd bi.dy. In the woman's rigid arm lay the cirpse sf the three-year-old biby, its hood, joat and mittens oce, and a piece of buttered bread in one hard. The baby bad b en killed by oce blow of i hammo? An tha KoaH Tho ni hrii? i 'jm uamiiiti uu uiv u&auj xut w ii A jhll-Jren lay about the house, dressed in worKiog clothes. FigtidnK lu Cub*. The first shots between the rural , guards and Ifr-urrcctiionliJts were exchanged recently near the center of Havana province. A telegram has been received from the captain of the rural guirds sayiDg that his detachment discover- d a party of twenty insurrectionists led by Marino R jbau and Rafael Castillo, who organized the Aai^lnnl VtnM/) #?A*M C? rPKn r>1?f P UiJKiuai uauu uulu uaiuu. a. lio the telegram says, after an exchange of shots, fled, some towards the mountains and others across tbe fields. Nobidy was hurt, with the exc ptiou of a sergeant of the guards, who was < hrown from his ho se. It Is report ed that Rjbau is wounded, but this is not confirmed. Too Mftny Bullet Hole;. Jake Scott, colored shot aud mor tally wounded John Walls, foreman of the tunnel gang on the Southern railway extension work between Jasper, Ind., and French L ck, Wedats day eveaing. A p iss?, composed of 1 1 - TIT ?1I? line wurKmaa abauuiauju witu vvchiis>, pursued Scott and early Taursday returned to town wi ,1a the information that tha b ?dy of the negro had been found In the woods and that ti3 had committed suicide. Later the bjdy was found at the place described by the workman. Taere were thirty eight bullet holes in the body. Genuine Veteran. The dispatches tell us that an Indiana veteran has just rtfased 815,000 back pension. Undoubtedly the m?n is a genuine veteran and wants to keep hts name on the roll i.f honor a3 a tighter and not as a grafter. The king of Spain is a skillful .and fe&rles* rid r, a keen motorist, a deadly shot with either rida or revolver, a splendid fencer and an excepUu-ially clever boier. m BADLY SCARED. Moving Pictures Shows Genera Trepoff, The Tyrant, His OWN ASSASSINATION. The Ingeniously Cruel Trick bv Whicli The Savage Russian Genera! Was Fjrced to Cease Butch ring innocent Wumsn and uiildren ard R> signs, A letter frrm Petersburg, Russia, to the Ne* Y rk American, says ftur very unufuil ncovlcg p c ures ^lave just si c? dcd In wieldiDg a more powerful irflaenoe ever General Trepc ft than tn< u;anils of strikers, armed mob?, plotti' g annih'lists, hired assassins and ang-y men, women and children shouting for vengence. Tne pictures, it ia said, have ciussd the fcarles* T ep ff to qu'.t his place as ictatcr of Russia, c iief of pDlice and Governor-General i.f So, Petersburg, They have su(? stericus change lu views one pictures on a band of supposedly Russian plotters natturally excited his jurlosity. He was still unmoved, but be was thoroughly Interested. Qilok&s llghtnsng the square Id jf Governor General Trepcffs palace in St. Fecersburg, wltn his own itately mansion prominent In the foreground, replaced tne den of the conspirators on the screen. The fronl doors of the building were suddenly thrown open and at the same m ,ment i iiae carriage ai_d spired horses draw Ing It drew up in front of the governor's residence. Tjeo Trcpcff saw, to hisamslament moving pictures &f himself attended oy members of the staff, whom he ilso recogniz:d, cmsrge from the palice. They were sum,vnded by guard.for the Russians have long promise: lo kill Treptft the moment they gel the slightest opportunity. Tnat they will do so he well kno to, Down the b:oed granite steps the parry moved, and in the next ln&tan Lbe Czir's military lieuienant san himjelf spring Into his o#n carriage, Un - mowed djwn by huadreds the rioters as well as.many innocent people who were merely onljokers. Along thv splendid street cashed a carrlagt which Trepcff as well as every other person in ihe theatre recognizad in utantly as his own. A man ran forward toward the vehicle, raising his right arm, in the hand of wbich he was ^holding something which was smoking. Pausing for better aim, be fl;icg Ihe burning otjoct right under the carriage and darted back into the little crowd which had gather* d. Taere was a tlish upward of blinding smoke, which partially obscured the carriage. It seemtd as though the wheels had b jen blotted out and the vehicle left haugiag in mid air. in an instant the vapors were dissipated and in the window of the carriage was deen distincly for a moment tbe face of Trepcff contorted into a whirlwind of passion and pain. His arms were flung upward and outward as though iu the extremity of terror and torture. Tbe wheels of the carriage were seen flylcg throug'i the air and the great carriage horses were scattered in fragments far and near in the road way. H^gb above the wreci of tbe v-hie'e ana flying amorg the l6ces ot tbe dismembered horses were arms, legs and bodies of two men?the occupants of the carriage, Trepcff and hi.s staff assistant. i^Trepoff sank far back in his seat, and before his attendants could gather around bim to shield him from the stare of dfteen hundred pairs of eyes he was seen to cover his faca with his hands and collapse. Two of the women in the official b x witb Trepcff fainted. ; * v Secret service officials and the po lice imbed toward the cinematograph Some person had insert* d the assassi nation views among thos'i wh!ch hac been prepared fur the night's enter ment. T .e machine wa> stopped or ] tbe lns'ant and the whole parapher nalla, it i o bi& carriage. Try as his sultj die 10 kiep the p oUlng tub Ic g;-z from 1 tL ttrror and agonv, they c uld Lot, and the autLors of the plot, to abov Trep< ff a moving pic ture or himself being asi-assinatel, athey hid so often threatened him must bavj ssen that they had been succe tful. Trepcl! has res'gncd, Hi Is an unnerved man ft r the time at least. He will leave Sj. Petersburg to as u ce the office of Governor of the imperial Piiace at Peterhof. Tne , tH^e of Minister of PjIIcj for tte empire Is to ba aojUsued. T ie Grand Duke Nichoias wiU lik -ly be appoint ad to tiha m;litary command of St. Petersburg. li preparing the assassination sc nes du^-licatts Were made of four of L/.e pictures in the series. In tnelr earcu for tne machinery and pic.ures the gjvenment itlfiiaN kaew nothing f tnem, for tney nad be in made and *ept o> toe Niuillsts who nad conc cced and executed the plot. It Is in tnis manner tnat these pictures escaped. it was due to the woidirful cunning and skill of certain students thai the assassination of Trep II was produe jd In picture form before nis eyes. At secret meetings It was d.claed jnat, while Trepcff was a reasonable objtct of hatred, he was not reall> so bad and d&stving of assassination -* U ~ J /I ^ J U(* Q.v n?l ft AB Uill ueou uuo vxiauu x^uno a;. (jiua. He was norely the too willing tool or the autocracy. He might be terribly punished am some good might follow. To make the pictures of i,he assassanatlon was the H.-bI thing aLd tden go insert them in the roll of fLm* fur the performance at the theatre when Trepulf should be pre ent was the uther requisite. Tne whole matter was left to a selected band. Jo one end of a wide room a scene painted to represent. Trepoff's mansion And the drivorothy, Pa., a little mining village, Wednesday, V HID SLAIN WIFE, I 1 Whom He Had Beaten to Death, in a Big Trunk, *ND THEN fUN AWAY. I 1 The Brute of a Husband, Who Took Two Thoustud Dollars of His Vic> tlms Money, Tells His Wife's Mother That Fight Started About Whiskey. inrcuga coniession 01 ms own mother, and uncle and brother-in law John Hammond now stands tcuised of tbe murder of his wire, whose bod> was found squet z d into a tru ik in the fireplace of tueir home on South Fiixj street, Albiuy, N Y The polioe learned Tuesday i ijht that Himmo d nils in M ntr a' and his arrest la imminent. Although Hammond showed extraordinary foresight in preventing tbe Evidences of bis alleged crime from attracting attentior, he could not, scaording to bii relatives, bear tbe burdin of bis guilt alone. Before going to Montreal on N^v mber 14, he told his mother and brother-in law that be had killed bis wife and concealed ber body in a trunk. J Ames Manglnl, Hammond's brother-in law, was arrested Tuesday in Oohoes and brcu/ht to Albany. Ha "old the Dolice that on the night of N jvember 14 Hammond called on him ALd induced him to accompany him to Rise's Point. Oa the way there bath men took a number of drinks, and Hammond finally told Mangini that on Sunday before he and his wife had quirrelled. According to Mangini's story, both HammoLd and his wife had beeD drinking. Hammmd wanted another drink and his wife would not let him have it. In a fit of rage he picked up aa empty bottle and hit htr on the head. He lefc her lying on the floor and went into the nc zt room for more iiqior. When he came back-she was dead. T'hon TTftmnnnnrl o/wirrtino' tin Man. glni's story, roped ber body and put It in the trunk, taking pains to stop up the doors and windows and to sprinkle chloride ol lime oyer the body and the room. Manglnl says that on tha train Hammond showed him a roll containing $2,000 In bills. It was learned Tuesday that shortly befo*e the crime was committed Hammond Induced his wife to draw large sums from several banks. Oi Monday, the day follow lDg the murder, he bought a $200 fur jverooat. Hammond's story of the crime, as Cold by Manglnl, does not agree with i he conclusions reached by the physicians who examined Mrs. Hammond's body and who found unmisbable marks of strangulation and many bruises. Manglnl left his brother-ln law at Rouse's Point, where Hammond told nim he was going Into Canada. Tne police are searching In Montreal and theviclnloy, The Hammonds are a Canadian-French family and it is thought that the husband of the murdered woman may be hiding with one of his Canadian relatives. The Coboes police late Tuesday night declared that they had definite information that HamIn 4m /Mi nna? AJmifnanl LilUliU LB 111 %JL uuai ili.UUUl.VaA. Manglnl saj s that Hammond was on the verge of nervous collapse on the trip toward Canada. At House's Point they went together to vtatt an uncle of Hammond to whom the fugitive also coif jssed that he nad killed tils wife. The autopsy upon the woman's body has shown that she was strangled with great violence, and that before death she was brutally beaten or kicked. The strangler gripped her so tightly that the byoid bone at the base of the tongue was fractured. Tae oody 'nas many bruises on the face, cheat and hips. There seems to be little doubt that the murder was committei on the afternoon of Sunday, November 12, for neighbors on that day heard the plaDO played as she often played it, for she was a musician of considerable ability. The neighbors say that tbe playing stopped abruptly, and that after that no sound was heari fn m the Hammond apartment, Chough Hammond himself was seen about the hou86 later that day. Hammond told a woman living on the first floor of the hi use, wt>icn was owned by Mrs. Hammoud, that his wife had gone down the river to buy a farm, and would ba absent several diys. It was learned Tusday that on November 10 Mrs. Hammond drew upward of 1890 from the savings oank, at first receiving a Niw York draft, but next day exchanging it for cash. Important in this connection is the fact than on Monday, November 13, a man declared to be Hammond ordered from a leading clothing house an expensive fur overcoat. They could not fit him, and asked for a deposi t-Un /v? . a?> IT \ I r\ f IT/Wn f toQO Clin J Li UUC UIUOl. 1XU iOlU rruQt hcm ouj/ posed to be two ten-dollar bills, bat when the clerk examined Cbem, after Hammond had gone, he found the bills were 8100 each. At another place the same man bought) other clothing and left his name and ad dress. When the house was searched Monday morning a new pocketbook wau found behind the piano. It had a small lock, but had been cut to pieces. It is believed that this contained the money drawn from the bank by Mm. Hammond. The house where the murder occurred was formerly used as a police sta tlon, and at least three suicides and seveial fires are said to have occurred there. The families now living there are respeotable folk. A funeral in the upper story of the South Ferry street house Tuesday led io the discovery of the murder. A large gathering of people was drawn to the house to, attend the fuaera1. The doors of the Hammond rooms were found licked. The p>l'c* were called In and the bndy was fou;.d. ' The antopsy ju3t pe.f med by Coroner's Physic an Eo rey shows tbat Mrs. Hammond was strangled ti death two weeks ago," Chief of Pilce Hyatt said Tu sday night. "It may develop later that poison waf ijlven her also. Tiiis mnst be deter mined by tbe police Investigation and the chemical analysis. "I have obtained a photograph of fcbe woman's youthful husband and Tdve had copies of his pc/are sen; jroadeast over tbe country. He was Iest seen on Njv. 11 as be went from the apartments. Tbe autop y show* that tbe woman met dtatb about tbit tim*. Her jewels?and she had manj of them?are miseicg." Mrs. Hammood conducted a mil liuery business, by which she managad to make a snug little fortuie. Sd? was a widow fif y >eais old when sht carried Hammond two years ago. Shf was excet dingly j alous ol him, and soon began to charge him with flirtleg with ycucg girls. He denied it. To keep him from temptation, Mrs Hammond had him give up his em ployment as a cirpeuter and r mait at home. She paid him a stated sum \ week for complying wi.h her wish e<. She gra'Uilly c it down his allowance. Hi demanded more, aod quarrels were ct m oon with thf m. \ Made to Leave. At Dublin, Ga., H. C. Cristi&n, s barber, and Wiil B .thea, a laoorer, were severely whippedv Wednesday night by citizens of Dub in and run from the o.uiity. The negroes con fessed to being members of & "Black Hai d"' society which had sent threat cuidg isiaera iu uuioi ui r nice j. u. Co wart. They also confessed to having sent a t jry Insulting and obsoene .etter to Q. W. Williams, a m' rabei jf the legislature, 'Iron Laurens. Tais letter was sent to Atlanta, and wes mailed there. Taey Implloated Will Aosley and Cisco Wilson, two ased Friday upo> J. G. Rowlings, his sons, Milton ana Jessie, and the negro, Alf Moore, all convicted of the murder of the Carter children last June. The 6ch of Jatuar>, nexh, wa?fixed as tbe d*y for tie execution of ihe four. L?n Railing?, another nAM moo oor.fflnnoH Irvmrionrrrflnt'. 3UU new ocuucuu^u^vu laiyiiouuuuvuu for life. Killed by lias. Charles F. Dougilass, a farmer, his wife and t*o children were instant ly killed Thursday night by an explosion of a gas main running past their nome, ttiree miles from We?ton, W. Va T elr home was wrecked and later caught fire, almost consuming the bodies. Tne explosion was fell for a distance of five miles and caused much excitement. Ic is supposed the main sprung a leak and the gas wa3 in some way ignited. Long Trip. Fred O.tofy, the young son of a Chicago dentist now practicing in Manila, just started from San Francisco onhis second trip around the world. He is still in his early teens. He is not the ordinary runaway boy style, butjast a keen, wide-awake Chicago lad, whose father knows he is very well able to take care of htm3eif and is letting him have his till o! travel for a year or so. .1 BATTLE WAGED """I / \ In the Harbor of Sebastopol Between Mutineers and Troops. rHE 1ATTEE GIVE UP J Several of th: Iosjrfeat Skiff Wiert 'J# Sank and the Others Surrendered ~'l to the Russian Authorities. | Great Damage Was Done the Ci>y by Shells. A dispatch from St. Patersbarg, $ Russia, says Sebastopol was on Wed* oesday the soene of a desperate battle between the mutlooas sailors and the troops io the forts on shore. Daring the battle the town and the forte J were bombarded by the gons of the cruiser O.ohak, ff, wh:cu now liei a ' burnirg wreok off Admiralty Point, its hrni riddled with sheila, and its flaunting red sign of revolution ban *d down. Many of the crew of t?e 0 eh skoff were killed or wounded. Ac-cjrdiog to one report the barracks of. -ue ma tinkers was carried by storm, after the mutinous fliet, which Is said & to have numbered 10 vessels, had Barrendered and bhe whole position Is: . now in the hands of the troops under the command of Gen. Kepiueff. The * Associated Press, however, ts unable to feUiraotee the correctness of this report. O wing to the interruption of cue telegraph, details of the battle are difficult to obtain, but as the As* wclated Press la authoritatively 1> formed by the naval general staff Tbusdiy night, the battle was began by the troops on shore, who opened | Are on the Oochakoff, which was, defiantly displaying the red flag. The oommapder of the OfcahakufiT, Lieut. Schmidt, immediately aeoepted the ohalleoge, replying with both batteries, cue trained on the town and other on the Fort Alexander batteries on the north sbore. uaptain ziaiotu, aiaeae-campto Admiral Wireniua, chief of the niyal general stiff. Informed the As* seated Press that the latest despatches _ received from Sabastopol showed that the Otchakoff was on fire and badly riddled, with its revolutionary colors hauled down, but ho was unable to give mere definite Information. According to a more detailed tsport from another source and purpo*t!ng"to come from the admiralty, the battle . oegan at 3 o'clock/Thursday aftrmoon, when Llent. Schmidt, not receiving a~ reply to the demands of the mutineers, jpened fire from a fleet of 10 Alps, to which the northern batttfriei at Fort Alexander, artillery posted on che shore and several vessels Which remained loyal replied. Diirlng the naval battle the sailers , on the shore entrenohed in the bar- t m racks defended their position with ma- *1 jhlne guns and rifl?8 against the at* tacking infantry. During an engagement lasting two and' a half hotns, with the Otchakcff riddled and-oiiflre and the cruiser Dnieper and another vessel sunk, Lieut. Schmidt, whoiiad jeen badly wounded, surrendered the entire tqc ..on. The mucifioof MSI* jrs on snore surrendered to the JBiresfi ind Bielostok regiments. * According to tnis report the Panteleimon, formerly the Kni&x Potemkln, was injured below tne water'line iad a torpedo boat Is ashore on the rocks. No details o( the casualties o* of the damage suffered by the to n art obtainable at this time by the Admiralty, but owing to tne oonflued 3pace in whiob the action was fought, ib Is Improbable that the town eeoapad without heavy damage. The demands of the mutineers are said to have included, besides the fifteen proposals dealing with servioe conditions, the convocation of a donitituent assembly and the< complete realization of the liberties promised by uhe Imperial manifesto. Two Many Wire*. / W. S. Franklin, a prominent man, pleaded guilty at Birmingham, Ala., >n Saturday to the charge of bigamy, tod was given four years in the pea* .tentiary. fie had a wife la Newport, Ky., another Toddville Ala., and had just married a third. Gov- Hey ward has decided to keep che State constables la all the ooonjies that ha9 vjted out the dispensary until the legislature meet, and ihen let that body decide the qieaCion. Durinq the Civil War many people hired men to light In the war In bhelr stead. Some are now asking the pension commissioner to pay them he money they spent for this par* pose. Taey will get nothing. At a recent political meeting . In New York a candidate yelled; "What is the one thing that we of this com* nunlty are suffering most from at tbis time?" Tnere was a sllenoe and then a man with a big deep voloe said 'bed bugs " The c'.iy of Washington, the capl* oal of tbe United States, has a colored population of ninet> thousand, more ">han any other city In tbe world, and New York Citv follows with thousand, and Chicago third witn shirty-five thousand. " 1 It requires a good deal of courage is well as money for parents to send obelr sons to some of the colleges of Che present day. By the brutal savagery of the so called hazing the health as well as the life ol students are ending* red. Haz-ng should be stopped in the colleges. It Is brutal. "I do not believe In sandwiching courtship with religion," sMd the secretary of the Y. M. C. ;?i. In IjTew York recently. "No man can hoid a hymn btofc with a charming young woman and pay attention to what the minister is saying." He advocates sep -rate churches for the two sexes, -