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I* % ft ? A % X . - - - ... . .. VOL. XVI. SCHLEY ON-DECK. The Bi ock'yn's Commander on th? Witness Stand. HE TELLS A GRAPHIC STORY. Capt. Cock Assumed Responsibility for His 8h>p's Fame, us Loop. Schlay Brave and Patriotic. Capt. Fran0*18 A. Cook, who commanded the Brooklyn during tko Santiago campaign, and who aotcd, th ugh unotiioial!y, in tho capacity of ohiof tf staff for tho oommodoro, was tho fir^t witnesa introduced for Schley in tho oourtof otquiry last-week. Giving the re&s. Lb for tho departure .of the flying tquadron for CionluegoM, Cap . Cook ha.'O the bquadrou had been sent to tlial port 4,io intercept and meet tho Spamth squadron, it havinii been determined, ab wt boliovod at that time, by them to mako Cienfuogos their objective poini." lio had underbtood that tho Sj.aui h fleet oarriod munitions of war lor lluLana, and it was believed that they would go to Cienfuogos boo&ubo of itb accessibility to iiabana. Capt. Cook detailed a oouvoiBatiou boiwoeu Commodore SSchloy aud Capt. Cheater wliilo tho squadron was ou routo to Cienluegos. lio said Chore had boon talk boiwecu them about coaling ou tho southern oeaat of Cuba. Capt. Cock aaid that upou arriving off Cicufutgoa on the morning of May 22 a blockade was immediately established, as tho tiring of guns was hoard, and it was bo-, lioved that Ccrveia had arrived aud a fete in honor of his protcnoo was on. Earthworks on tho ohoro wore seen, hut they were not fired upon beoauso it was considered desiraolo not to unnecessarily expend ammunition. "1 think boiwoon that time and tho arrival of tho Adula, it was presumed that tho wholo boaon was oocupicd," ho said. "Wo saw oavalry and otheis on tho bc&ch. The possibility of a boat landing was talkod of. On the arrival of tho Adula, wo fully oxpeoted to uot all information." "Did you sec any signal lights on shoro while you woro there?" "Yes, the first thing after wo arrived, on May 22," "Whoro wcro those signal lighta and k what were thoy ?'" "I judged them to havo bcon about six or buvon miles to tho westward, threo lights, ono ahead of tho other, very distinctly, and tho disoussiou that took plaoe 011 tho bliip, in whioh 1 think tho oomniodoro took part, was protty oloar evidence that it-was a signal oi some kind to assist that ilect and that ho certainly had them in thcro." "There oouid havo boon no doubt whatever, ircm tho arrangments of thouo lights that thoy wcro intendod as signals? ' "Oh, no, their appearing at tho timo they did and remaining so long, but wo oouid not dotermino lrom whom or to whom thoy wcro sont." bpeaking of tho coal supply of the vessels of tho flying bquaeion whilo at Oieiifucgos, Oapt. Cook said that his only anxiety Hub cone- rniug tho 'ltxas, whoso supply was light. It had been lound uilhoult to oo*l that ship on ao oount of lib bpensons. lie said in this /?Ar.n/?/-0 An I ?... 1 1 _1 VVUUVWV1V/U iiiOV VJUUiUiUUUIAi OUJulU> II cl? U always Dteu persistent in keeping tho Bhipb ah lull ot ojttl t\u poBuiblc. Uapt. Cook buiu 410 recalled tho arrival cl the diapatch boat li&Vik on May -1 with dispatches Ilo wab told lhal the intoimauon w, b to the cllcot that the 8pt.nibh licet wta in Santiago, "but," ho b?id, "1 wta not ebpco.aliy iui pietiboa with that laot an i had heard it bctoxo." llu was, however, told dial thin information waa ino/o positive tnau any v. bioh had yet Leon btou^ht. Tho commudoro, ho baiti, 1 an told him that tho iUwk hao Lrou&ht oiuer* to the ctteot that tho tquauron bhoulti proceed to Santiago it ho ( ho couiUiO dote) was fcauohed that tho Spaniard* were not at Cienl'u'.-gCh, but ho said Commodore Sot lu> nad bald "1 am not aati&hcd that thoy ate hoi hero, lntilt bciicvu they are hero." There was then, ho said, considerable talk ou the part ot uiu commodore concerning the oeal supply, ho icolir.g that il the thou picboni expeudiiuio was to oontibuo it would not continue long. Ilo w*b btiil especially oonoctned about '1V..O -...i i? "< ? %UU 1WAAD) AUU HAU (.UlU IU UUU Cook) tiikC ' wo rnuul keep tho whips in tifciuiog trim." They had consulted oharib and ta.kod over the ease, look ing lor a place lit for coaling. Finally, ho said, they had hit upon Gonaives bay and dooideu to lay a course lor that point. ''l'ho idea," ho avid, "was that wo should proceed in tho dirootxon of Santiago and that if wo found tho sea suet* that wo couid ooal wo would im mediately institute tho blookade, but if not practicable to do that wo would ,proocod to Gonaives bay and ooal there." Capt. Cook rolatod tho particulars of tho mooting with tho ecout. ships off Santiago and told of Uapts. Cotton and Sigsbco corning on board, bpoaking of Capt. bigsboo's visit, ho told of his bringing tho Pilot Nunez aboard. Nuntzsaid ho had noon nothing of tho Spanish Hoot. .Replying to questions concerning tho blookauo of Santiago, Capt. Cook said that Commodore Sohlcy's constant idoa was that tho vcssolfc should bo kopt woll supplied with ooal and kopt moving constantly, as his theory was that the Spanish Hoot would oomo out of the harbor. "Why was tho oiroular blockade not adopted?" Mr. Hanna asked. "There are many forms of blookade, and I have nothing but praise for the eireular blookade," replied the witness, H'l to ooieo out and to havo our Bliips moviug and ready fcr aotion" i "What w ro your ordors of battlo from May 19 to Juno l?" i "Wo did not havo any. The floot was always in oondition for action " "Do you call that a battle order?" I "It is poseiblo to havo an ord6r for battlo if you know just what conditions you aro going to rueot. Tho idea with i us was to bo able to tight tho Spanish floot whenever wo thould moot it. 1 i .bii k that was understood by all. 1 oeruinly so understood it." "it tho tl jot Lad ooinc out of tho harbor prev o ? to Juno 1 what would you havo done?" "Wo would havo oboyod tho ordors ' of tho commanding tftioer " "Wcro tho fig! ting ships always in ordor for battle? ' "I always supposed they wero; tho Brooklyn was always iu 'excellent or , It aer. General interest was manifested throughout tho oourt room wlion Mr. ITaoea began his inquiries about iho battlo tf July 3. Capt. Cook b'aid ho I was in bis cabin when tho Spanish floot was sighted and wont immediately on j dook. i ' Had you aoy intimation tho night boforo that tho flcot w?b ooming out?" < "No. 1 turned in tho night before, i _ l ; J t.K i. ?uuui mianigni, reeling rat tier the oth- i or way, all hopo of thoir ooiuing out i having been givon up." 44 W hen you camo on deck whoro wore , the Spanish vessels? What woro they , doing? ' 44Wben 1 first arrived on tho foreoantlo there woro two in eight. The , third one was just outsido tho ontranoo nod tho fourth appeared immediately , afterward." 44 Which way did tboy hoad?" I 44Wo aoro to tho wostward. Tboontrano) to us was about northeast by , north. The licet oamo out south and , turned ae they left tho ontranoo to four points southward, so that thoy turned in our dirootion. When I first got on dcok tUl helm had been starboarded, heading a little to the northward. When 1 saw tho fleet thoy woro heading southwest, and seemed to bo oorning straight for tho intorwal botwoon tho Texas and tho llrooUyn. I wfcnt?in tho conning tower and direotod tho helmsman. L told him what L wantod to do was to to keep straight for tho Hoot. They wavered a littlo. Soinotimon they turned ono way and thon anothor. Wo shifted holm onoo or twioo, but very littlo iudeed, and finally when wo woro gotting up fairly oloso, say botwoon 1,500 and 2,000 yards, it scorned to mo cloar that thoy wanud to paas between tho Texas and tho llrooklyn. Tho Toxas was woll on our starboard hand and sho was hoadod to tho northward and westward. All ships were oarrying out tho instrmtions of tho oommandor-in ohiof, and * l.:?l wan 10 neaa id lor too entrance. ' Wo wero well to tlio westward and ( headed to tho northeast. When I saw * that, I parted tho liolin perhaps half way 1 ovor. bho was swinging starboard vory ^ rapidly. Tho (Spanish fleet was coining straight for this interval. 1 stepped N out of the towor on tho port Hido to got ' a good look at this iloet, to soo just what they woro going to do as to our relative positions, and I saw they evidently put holms hard aport and wero turning to tho westward. Wo wero a then turniug vory rapidly to starboard with port helm and we had turned 1 a think almost to l)io oast. Tho Texas t was well on our starboard sido. I thon c g.-fcvc the order 'narU aport' to tho t nclmsman, ran through tho opening botwecu tho shield and the oonning lower f to tho other sido on purposo to too our t own flsot and our roiaiivo positions. Qiicker than you oould tell it tho oom t modoro called to mo, 'Cook, haid aport,' or 'is your heimn aport?' 1 answered, i the holm is hard aport, turning as lap t idly as possible.' As I watched tho 1 I'txaa tho bow of tho Brooklyn seemed c first to point to her port bow. 1 never taw tho starboard bow if tho Texas, and c changing her bearing very rapidly the t bow of tho Brooklyn pissed along tho s port side ot the Texas until there was t a clear opening hot ween us ard tho l utcrn of the Toxas. Wo mado a com - c (i.clu niru, a very quoK turn, v,uh helm hard aport until we o:?me around c and parallel! the tket on tho other side. Aa wo paralleled the Spanish tho Vmoaya?" 3 Admiral Dowoy: "May I intcrpot, did you pass the Tolas?" t "1 nover thought of a collision. it c never entered my head. I never for a j uioui'.'.Qt had ooo idea of vioissitudo in f ti at respect. Wo paused, 1 j idgo, about j, 4(JJ yards, 1 had haudiod the ship un dor all oircumatonoes and got ?o I oould ] judge pretty ooircotiy and ruy impres mon was lhat wo vgcro about tho <lia ^ tanoo wo Hailed in tquadron. But a collision 1 novor thought of. She turned pcifootly clear of tho Toxah, oamo around and then wo had tho Viscay a on our starboard bow and about c abeam was the Oquondo and then tho T Colon. At tho ume 1 thought it was * tho Torosa, but 1 soon discovered this vessel wasa dropping out and healing ^ for the beaoh. i "That was about tho hottest timo of tho aotion. It was a oritioal timo. Thore was not any time for indcoision and 1 do not think thoro was any. I havo always felt iu my mind, in Htudy- j ing tho positions,* that the ohanoos t would havo boon for a disaster had wo a shifted helm at suoh a timo. Ilowevor, e we got around and wo had thoso threo a vossola. I looked and oould boo noth- ? ing but smoke astern and vessels Boomed 1 ouvoloped in this smoke. I oould not o undorstand it. 1 oould not understand s oxaotly how wo got thoro. Thoy were a all throo firing on tho Brooklyn, when r almost immediately faster than I oould f toll it, I saw a large white bone in tho s water and through this emoko I saw the f bow of a vessel. I exolaimed fit tho d time, 'what was that I' The navigator, s who was near mo, said.it was the Mas- I saohuaotts or somothing to that effeot. 2 I said she was away, and he then said, ii 'that is the Oregon.' She oame up ii ? * * w> * *??' v.' In? p CONWAY vory rapidly. Sho was making more speed than wo woro at that time." "VVhoro was tho Oregon with ro Bpeot to tlio Brooklyn at tl sttimo?" "1 estimated 600 yards. Sho passod in botwevn tho Texas and tho Iowa. Sho got in botwoou that opening, oaroo to tho northward of tho Texas and oatno about 8(10 yards ftoui us. L mean a pcrpond oular oourso at.d that would aonount for just what wo inado to tho southward iD turning. Wo made more than tho taotioal diameter boeauso wo passed part of that distacoo wuh holm half aport." What ip tho taotioal d.afaoter of tho Brooklyr:?" "A; ou 650 yards." "S\ as it. easy to handle tho ship under suoh oirouuiutanocb? ' "1 ncv^r liavo seou ono equal to hor." "Wa3 tho Btarboard enpino tf tho Brooklyn rovcreod duriDg that turn?" "It was not. Thero was sotoo qunslin). <t..l IHL . - T f I uuiii auuut lilBti 1 110 run on I I( t'l positive of that is in rconllinR tl)o oir oumstanoes, my impropbion is it mav havo boon tho oounuodoro or tho navigator, ono of tho two, Ht d something about baoking tho Bterboard ocgino. My roply, L remember vory well, v*an 1 i)d not want to loao tho spood cf tho ihip. That sho wan turning all right and rapidly and I wanted to kocpthu sipeod of tho ship." "At tho timo you saw tho Oregon oorniug up out of tho srnoko vfas Bbc on your starboard?" "Starboard quartor." "And botwocn you and tho Spanish ihipe?" "Novor botweon us and tho Spanish uhiptr." "Whom woro tho Spanish ships at Lhat time?" "Thoro nouer was anything botwocn us and tho Spauislashipa. Sho was on our starboard quarter." "Nearer in shoro.'i "Yes." "Referring babk now to ocrtain points in tho story, aa I did not oaro to interrupt you, vou stato you heard tho oommodoro say at ono timo 'hard iport.' That was'aftor you had bogun to wako tho turn and tho .helm ?as hard aport?" "Yes, tho holm was aport but not iiard aport. My impression is nor/, although it was not at tho timo. It was is noar tho saino timo as has boon civon. Thoro was perfect undorstand ng between tho oommodoro and myiclf. Novor a quostion of any kind luring tho action." "I will ask if your rocollootiou in >loar ?h to whothor tho holm was put rard aport by yoursolf first or that jou lid it in obedionoo to an order from tho jommodoro?" "I gavo tho order on my own rosponlibility. No question about that. It vaa not after having heard iho oommoloro. Ho oallod out to mo aa 1 havo Hated, whioh 1 now think was simply o confirm himsolf in tho idea that nho vas turning with tho hard aport holm." "At that timo did vou hoar any conversation botwoon tho oommodoro and ,ho navigator?" "I did not." "Did you soo any torpodo boats?" "1 did not." 4,YVero you afraid of being rammed ,fc tho timo tho turn was boing made?" "No. There was eomothing said !t>ouc it but 1 did not give it a second hought from tho faot that I know they tould not ram unless they got within ny turning oirolo." "Woro you afraid of blanketing tho iro of our fleet by turning ono way or ho o^her?" "W o might havo done it by turning ho other way." "Had you turned with a starboard nstcad of a port helm would such ao ion havo advanced you so 'ar as to >riog you within tho lino of muvomont >f iho cDtrn/s ships?" Provided thoy had lakon advantage -f lM fliftt. iu 1a oatr if ^-'1 * - - - J .???? AM vv utmj J IA III';/ II fell UUU inued oil their ooureo southwuK trnight for u? and wo had tumod so ato bring them within our turning circle, c would have mauo ramming possible, icrtaiuly." "How wrro thoy hoading whon this irdcr haid aport wn-i givun? ' "They woro heading southwest." "Would thoy havo hoadad ho had rou gone tho othor way?" 1 "And thoy aisoovorod tho movenent? Yos, 1 think thoy would, Tno ihart di. tauoo gvvon at the time wad L, 100 yards. I estimated 1,500 yards, ma so made it in my report. In tho irst plaoo, wo must have lost by ahiftug helm at suoh a timo. Then if we )&d turned tho other way we rouHt havo ;ono 700 yards. They v?ou!d not havo lad much diatanoo to ruu to got entirey witin our turning oirolo. That is ull icmjooturo." "Mr. iianna: "What was tho contact and bearing of Commodore Hohloy vhilo under firo on auoh oooasions thai* rou had the opportunity of observing? ' "I always regarded him as an onthuiastically bravo and paoriotio offiaer. 1 tfevor in any othor way." ???????? j Five Mon Killed. Fivo mon woro killed and two inurod Friday morniDg when an enor- i nous mass of rook oaved from the side >nd roof of tho rapid transit tunnel, in lourso of oonstruotion on Broadway tbout tho line of Ono hundred and lixty-fourth streot, Now York City, ['ho scotion of tho tunnol whore the iavo in ooourred is 105 foot below tho urfaoe. A shaft loads to tho tunnel >nd from the shaft holdings extend lorth and south, oaoh boing about 700 eet long. Tho aoaidont ooourrod in the outh heading of tho tunnel about 640 eet from tho shaft. A gang of 20 rook rillers was working in the extreme outh end of the hoading and about 60 eet from tho end, a gang made up of 0 muokers and a foreman was removsg tho debris prodnoed by the blastng. r~ nv or'7" t ^ ? 0 'i v * . ? * S. C. THURSDAY, < A BTI) breVK. ~ Pri?'d?nt Rooievalt Enttr'airs a N gro at Dinner WITH HIS ENTIRE FAM LY. Th* Action cf th? Pre?ident W.ll Jar the Fealirgs of N n Bt*liav?rs in Social Equa ity. A dispatch from Washington to tl o Vlanta (Jonstiiution eaya Hooltor T. Wa: hington, the woll known negro educator, proBidont of tho Tusjcog-^o, Ala.. Instituto, was n guoot of Probidont and Mia Itooscvolt at dinner at tho whito house Wodrop.day night. Washington ih probably tho first American negro <n dioo with a prrsidont of tho UnitedStaies and his family, although it was reported that Pr.pidcnt OJovclaud onoc entertained n nogro friend at the whito house board. 8inoo President Koocovclt occupied tho whito houso there has hardly boon a dinner or lunoheon without its guests, and as tho president has boon ho free with his invitation no spioial list of guosts is proparod and . U .. ...I .] _ I 1. .1 fci'u unlit IB UIJ uut KUOW WHO 1110 gliosis will bo until thoy arrivo. Wednesday night, just beforo 8 o'clock, a negro in cvoning dross presented himsolf at tho wliito houso door, and, giving his nauio, said that ho was to dine with tho president. Booker Washington has tnado sovoral visits to the wliito houso and his l'aoo is known there, to ho was at ouoo admitted into tho privato apartments and tho presidont notifiod of his arrival. No other guest arrived and tho dinner was soon sorvod. Dinner at tho white houso sinoo tho Koosrvolts have oooupiod tho mansion has been a lauiilv affair, Mrs. Roosevelt and tho two oliildron appearing at tho tablo with fathor, mother and guests, Aftor dinner tho presidont Lakod his guests to'tho library, and there, over oigars, things political and othorwiso aro dis cussed. Woduosday tho usual ord^r of affairs was not disturbed on aooount of tho oolor of tho guost of honor, and Washington left tho whiio houso about 10 o'olook apparontly vory muoh plcasod with his dinner and his ohat with tho prosidont. IT WAS A MISTAKE Tho Augusta Chroniolo says tho news from Washington that Presidont Hooker T. Washington, of Tu^kegeo Institute, was a guost in tho whito house, at dinnor with Prosidont and Mrs. Roosevolt and family, and that after dinuor thcro was tho usual sooiai hour ovor oigars, is a distinot shook to tho favorablo sentiment that was orystalling in the south for tho now prosidont. Tho appointment of .Judge .Jones in Alabama. and tho published utturaooos of Prosidont Roosovolt to tho offcot that ho intended to appoint only good men to effiao havo* lod southern pcoplo to hepo that a now political ora was at haud. VVhilo onoouraging tho pooplo in tho hopo that tho nogro is to bo largely eliminated from offioo in tho south, Prosidont Roosovcit throws tho fat in tho tiro by giving oountcnanoo to tho negro's claim for sooiai equality by haviug ono to dino in tho wnito houso with himsolf, Mrs. Roosovalt and ohildron. Wo oonoedo tho faot that he oould not havo had a nioro dcoont nogro. JProsidout Bookor T. Washington is tho roprouontativo man of his raoo, a ut-.oful oitiz n and an ablo leader of his pooplo. Rut ho represents tho no gro raoe, and botwoon his pooplo and tho whitoa there oan -bo no sooiai equality. This is not simply local southern pr< jadico, but it is an inoradioahlo ra oial i'*ot. While there aro excontinnal oases ct the uorth and oast of whito pooplo who rooeivo negroes on a piano o Hoojal equality, they are exooptiors For tho most part the nogro hods at ilie north tho way sternly barred, not only to sooiai int?roourso, but to busi a Mi equality, while laborers, ovon, will cot work with negroes on tho samo job, and every labor union rofusos to admit negroes to membership. In tho south the nogro is given fu:l opportunity to work, but tooial equality will not bo tolerated for a moment If Uotonel Koosf velt desired to ro receive negroes at his table on * piano of social oquality bo had a right to do (hat in hit* porsonal oappaoity before ho booamo tho exoouiivo hi ad of tho government, but as tho Prosidont of tho United 8tatos it is a matter of very gravo doubt if ho has tho right to inaugurate a custom which is repugnaut to an overwhelming majority of tho whito peoplo of tho oountry in all soo-, tions, and tho tendonoy of whioh is to* opou anow an issuo whioh has boon praotioally eliminated not onlv bv ar gumont bat ausworviDg and determined yraotiou throughout the yoars. President lloosovolt hat! made a mistake, ono that will not only effaoo tho good impression he had begun to oreato in tho south, but one that will aotivoly antagonize southern people, and moot tho disapproval of good Anglo-Saxon sentiment in all latitudes. Should Prosidont Koosovolt sock to follow up this startling departnro from tho preoo dents of a oentury by inviting nogroes to whito house funotions he will find himself in some very awkward and mortifying situations whon his white guests ro8ent tho innovation and refuse to oooperate in it. Tho news from Washington oomos in suoh form and unanimity that there is no reason to suppose it is inaoouralo, and if it is true President Roosevelt will do well to make this experiment his last along that line. The south doeB not relish the negro in offioo, but that is a small matter compared with its unalterable opposition to sooial equality between the raoes. President 'Roosevelt has flown in the faoe of publie sentiment, ... I ^or soro , . * ?*V ' . ' VJ v' ' - W * OCTOBER, 24. 1901. And precipitated an bane that i as loot aiDce been f ugi t out and whioh shou* havo boon loft in the list of sott)oc questions. CdNNOT BE CHARGED. Public Schools Must bo Free in Fact oi Well as Name Assis'ant Attorney Genoral Quotd Tuctday batded the Siato pupeiiu tondtut of education rn opinion of far it aching imi o t ?ueo. Under thin opin ion the law ot tho Staio forbids polio ? districts to ohargo pupils inoidenU foos going to ni ko up tho tition fee whioh they cannot logally obargo. 1 wi'l k if oat uiftuy a public Rohc-ol it tho Stalo whoso resources lnvo thu' b?on most materially added to fron time to timo. This opinion has no bearing upon tbi decision oi tho supremo court roodovct somo time a^o, in tho K ok Hill o\oe which aM.iwcd tho oharging of sttoi foes in eohoolfl. In that ease <hor.ohuoh wore ohartcrcd, and tho ohartor gav tho right to ohfergo eupplomoutal ant moidoutal foos. Mr. Guutor's opinion reads as fob lows; J)oar Sir: Your request to bo ad visod upon tho following question *4Can a board of trustors of a froc eohool obargo an incidental fco or im* pof.o any other kind of cost as a pro requisite to ootranoo of scholars to tlu publio sohools? ' 1 am of tho opinion that tho boardi oan imposo no suoh ohargos. Tho board of trustees being of satatutory oonstruo lion or.n havo no authority oxcopt Buol as granted by statuto. liiarda of trus Iocs are oroitod undor a gODcral sohool inw Tiiio U'o . ?? 1UI fcUU DUUi' ploto f:co Bchcol toheuao of the Stato, and is entitled "*n not to dcolaio th< froo Hobool law of tho S'.ato, ' approved M*roh 3, 18!)0. Tho titlo as well no the body of tho aot douot.03 tho iutcntinn of tho perioral assembly to give tho pboplo a frco aohool. Not only l'roc in n&iuo but frco in fact. Aftor a oaroful poruoal of ovory boo tion of tho aot 1 havo bom uuablo tr find any authority, oithcr dircot or by iuiplioation, to iuiposo tho foo referred to. It is truo that tho board of trua tooa aro charged with tho inauagcinont of tho froo schools of thoir rospectivc diatriota, and aro givon authority to aot "ho aa boat to prouioto tho educational intoroat of thoir di.:triot." Hut this dooa not apply to tho Gnanoial ro Bourooa of a district. That foaturo is loft to tho Imc oollooling and tax disbuiaing maoh.uory. Tho trustees aro givon authority to uiatributo ai <1 expond tho aohool funds of a district for tho boat intoroat of tho diatiiot. Thoro oan, thoroforo, bo no exouao to attempt to raiso funds for any inoidontal pur poao by an inoidontal foo for iho wiioio Bum raised by taxation is availablo for any cduoaiioual purpouo. If a board of trustoos oan iuiposo a uinall foo thoy oould likowiso impose a laigo foo, thereby making attondanoo impossible, and thus thwarting tho objoot of a froo school law. This conclusion has, of oourso, no roforouoo to schools operating undor special char tort) or Bpeoial legislation, wherein authority is given to ohargo toes or tuition, tho supremo oourt having rooontly sustaiuod such a power. Tho oa-oi* paused upon by tho Hupromc court having no boaritg upon schools operated under tho gouoial hoc tohooj law of tho Siato. V U11T11K It INFO It M A T ION. As a rooult of tho icoont opinion oi Assistant Attorney Genoral (Junior that public bohools havo to ruu out ot tLoir publio funds inoomo only and cannot ohargo incidonul lcoa for maintonauoo, a number of questions bave been propounded from dilfurom per tiocs of tbo Siato. The following is a further opinion in roply to a typical letter received Plans my: Dear bir: You request to be advised whether a boaid of trustees ot' a lreo sohool can pay, lor tho operating expenses of the tonool, buoh as fuol, rent, etc., out of tho sohool funds ot the district. This question you stato ia in view ol an opinion ot this office that an inoi dental foo cannot be paid for bu h n purpose. Tho gcnoral school la ol 18'Jtl olearly vests buoh cilice:h will that authority. boction *2(1 of that law directs thai tho school funds of oaoh district phal bo cxpendod by tbo boaid of trustoe: according to their judgment for the bos' interests of tho sohool district. Bootion 4 It makes it a duty of tlu beard of trustoos to provide suitable Hohool houses in their district and tc make tho samo aomicrublo. Bootion 42 provides how suoh claim: shall be approved. From thoso ex .raots an well an from a consideration of ilw scope of tho froo uohool law, it id rnaoifoot that tho tiustcoa havo such auohori ty. Damage to Texas Cotton. Reports from all sections of tho stati show that tho disastor to tho Texas oot tea orop is ovoiy bit ad great aa hai botu reprosontcd. la many section! of tho stato picking has boon oomplctct and tho orop is shown to bo anywhere from 40 to CO per oont less tt an that o last yoar. Tho poroontago will no hold good for tho stato at largo, bu tho indications now aro that tho do oroaso will be fully 30 per oont. and 3( por oont. of tho Toxas orop moans ii excess of 800,000 bales. At $40 | c; balo, tho presont prioo, it moans a losi of $32,000,000 to tho stato on tho on< product and farmors have to boar th< brunt of it. In addition to tho loss ii the ootton itself, tho state also losci the ootton seod produota whioh oanno be manufactured on aooount of th< flhortQoss of seed and also loses the valui of a large number of oattle whioh are us ually fattenod at tho oil mills durinj the winter. These two items will rui the total up to fully $50,000,000. * ., ~ Mv?nicn?m- I - - ? V vm V * ? *. f _ rw > * - - ..** < W* - >v A RARE CASE. 1 A Lfldy Trus to H?r Troth fcr Fr rty Y^t?. s ftHE LOVED NO OTHER. r The PdthftlL: btoiy of a Florida M tidori Lady Whoso two?theart D.?d a Horo's Death. 1 Tho otory of tho lifo of Miaa Mina Kcatingcr, an agod maiden lady, who 1 lives ou a farm near J aoksonvillo, Fa , tB quickly told; but. it is interesting, ? inasmuch it show? tho Btroogth of a wo!)j\ii'h devotion atd ur.foldu a ro 1 mantio story of love and war. Although Mbs Ko<iHirgor has lived all her lti'o of titty-uine yoara upon a littlo farm loan than ono ui'io from thin ' city, and hu3 always had a full control of all hor faculties, sho hat not boon withiu tho oorporato limits of .lasknon villo for over thirty-eight years. Sho doeti her daily ouiica about hor littlo farm, and elwaya has a cordial woloomo fur tho many curious suhtaoorH trom town, but sho persistently rofusos to go into tho oity, whioh has now grown 1 out of all Houihlanoo to tho struggling village sho last uaw almoutfour deoados I aK?* During all tlxid tiuio nho has never been over ono hundrod yards from tho 1 boundary lino of hur farm, and it is very rarely that alio loaves it at all. lu 18ti0, when Mini Kcsmr.gor wmt in her oigiitconth your, a young man, sou 1 of a neighboring farmer, loll in lovo ) with her, and bin affections woro ro i oinrooatnd hw Miun lv ????? ,pu* , M?n> kjggiugUl! A 11U paronts of tho youug lady, howovor, 1 atrouuously objected. When war win declared this young 1 man rallied 10 tho support of tho tlag, and in 18(11 .John Trolicarno loft tho county to join his fortunes with many other gallant soldier boys. Tho regiment loft i'or tho front tho next morning amid ohocrs of tho admiring frlouds of tho bravosoldior boys aod the happiest man in tho rogimonU ' was John Trohearuo, who oarriod with him hi* sweetheart's promiso to marry him upon his return from tho front 1 with tho honors of war. Oao day Miss Kossingor roooivod a 1 lottcr which mado hor hoart leap to her throat and remain thoro, as it woro ?a lump too largo to swallow. Hor lovor wroto to hor a fow short linos apprising her of his wounds, from whioh 1 tho doctors gavo little hopo that ho would rocovor. To bo surothat it would ncvor tall into unfriondly hands, ho returned the small testament sho had given him boforo ho loft, and also sont baok ono-half of I ho look of hor hair whioh ho had worn noxt his hoart during all tho timo ho had boon apart from hor. As proof that ho had worn it mar his heart, ho oallod atlontion to tho stains whioh his lifo's blood had left upon tho dark brown hair as tho iJJ i ? viiai uuiu gusuoa lroui his breast, which had bucu torn by a robol bullet whilo ho was in tho front of a charging column. Hho wroto an immodiato reply and announced to him her mton1 cioa of rebelling against hor parents' will, saying aho would start for his bedddo tho Monday morning following. lijforo sho lofc town in tho evening another mail arrived, and Miss Koaeingcr received a short nolo from the nurse, sa>iug that with his dying breath her lover had asked hor to iniorw hie sweetheart of his death and i to asuuio her that ho diod true to his vowu and with her beloved name on his i iips, i The body of ibo dead soldior arrivod within a few days, and Miss Kessingor attended the funeral in deep mourn. ing garb. II; r parents relented and did all in their power to loosen tho groat mental suffering of tuo disLraotol girl but Miss Kissinvor never reoovorod from the shook. From that day to this she has nover boon within tho oorporato i limits of Jaokbonvillo, and has nover ; seen moro than ouo hundrodyards from l the farm whioh is now her own. Neither has stio ever received attentions from I any othr man, preferring during all t these yt ars to remain trujiohor soli dicr lover, who left forty years ago ; with a lover's vow to lovo nono other uutil lifo shall be no more. ) A 1 ) - v r_;< r M oil bampson. ' Id his book oa the Spanish war, former Scoiotary of War Alger had this to ' Huy of Admiral Sampson: 4'lt is dif' iieull to aooouat for Admiral Samp' son's toemiug altitude toward the army during the operations before Santiago, aa well as to exouso him from hid oontradioioiy statemonta, subsequently maclo in hia olhoial roport. At tor the 3d of July the admiral's oonduot may be duo to tho keon disappointment resulting from hia non participation in * the engagement with Oorvora a squad| ron. Possibly ho felt thatShafter's request for a oonforouoo on the morning I of July 3, innooont though it was, was reapoDBiDlo for hia boing deprived of the honor of aotivoly participating as commandor in-chief in one of tho most re, markable victories in tho annala of naval warfare.' , Committed Suicide. i Mr. Parmcqtor, wife of Lieutonant 9 Ilonry K. Parmonter, a naval offioor on i duty at Wach.ngton 1) 0., fell from a > fourth story window in the Portland t flats Wednesday morning and striking 9 on a stone sidewalk fifty feet below, 9 received injuries whioh ended in death within an hour. Mrs. Parmentor had I been in poor health for some time. The i ooroner oertifted that the oase was one I of suioide. . ; * x"^ ? % NO. 13 THB HOME OOLD CUBE. An Ingenious Treatment by whioh Drunkards are Being Cured Daily in Spite ot ThemselvesNo Noxious Doses- No Wakening of the Nerves. 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Tho doors of the vault were blown oompletely of! and the building partially demolished. The terrifio explosion awoke tho people of the town. All who approaohed the bank, however, were driven away by the robbers, who were armed with rifles. Mayor MoOonnell attempted to onto tho bank, but was fired npon by the obbors and oom pelled to retreat. Uavng seoured their booty the oraoksmen went to a livery stable, where they bound and gagged the owner. They then took severl rigs and drove rapidly away. A posse and bloodhouds are on the trail of the robbers.