The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 07, 1905, Image 3
iDiffiERim1
His Method Differs F:rom Those
of Old Prospectors.
DRILL USED IN THE WORK
Great CoBt Sometimes Incurred In '
Projects Preliminary to Opening
Mine?Chem'cal Laboratory Car'
ried by Pack Animals?Maps
Drawn on the Spot.
The yield from the gold mines has
Increased 00 per cent in less than a
tlecado. in seeking the reasons for
this truly demarkifble development
one is especially prominent?the great
advance which has oeen made in the
methods followed by the modern gold
?eeker. The prospectors, says the Scientific
American, have taken advantage
of progress in geology, chemistry
and otner sciences and have provided
themselves with mechanical aids
which are far superior to the crude
implements employed by the metal
hunters of the past. j
In the examination of rock for metal
hearing ore, the urrastra of the Mexicans
and Spaniards has been used
extensively, especially in California
and Oregon. This contrivance consists
of a vertical shaft or axis, which
supports several wooden bars fastened
at right angles to it. To the ends of
the bars are attached heavy Hat
stones, which, by the movement of the
axis, revolve in a circular pit, a stream
of water is turned upon them and the
arrastra placed in motion by animal
or water power. The ore is resolved
Into a slimy sediment by being ground
in the water and passes off through
the sluiceway, which is provided with
riffles for catching the gold.
The modern methods for searching
for desposits of precious metal are ?o
ranjcany uirreroni rrom those described
that It may be said a revolution
has taken placo in prospecting in the
United States. In the Rocky MountStH
region the formation has been pierced
as far us 2,000 feet in the effort to ascertain
the existence of a vein.
A.niong the mechanical appliances
which have been of great assistance
to the modern prospector is the drill.
"With it he can make borings in a
week where, if ^ shaft were sunk, a
year would be needed. If the formation
is to be oxaminod by a shaft,
however, the cost of sinking it is reduced
to a minimum by means of oxplosive
cartridges, which are now
manufactured especially for such service.
Few expeditions of any size are sent
out without an experienced geologist,
who is usually provided with maps
and other data giving the best information
available regarding tho region
to bo explored.
Besides the geologist, the services
of an expert chemist are also of great
importance and a laboratory in miniature
is contained in tho packs carried
by the animals. So complete is
this portion of the equipmont that a
fairly correct field analysis can be
made of the specimens secured by the
use of the drill or by the other prospecting
tools. If the outcropping of
a quartz vein is discovered, enough
la broken off to allow its character
to be studied both from a geological
and a chemical standpoint.
After examining it in connection
with the formation in the vicinity, the
gssloglet la often able to Indicate
Where the surface can be bored with
the possibility of reaching the nrs
nrmiuui nv uutv.
The value of the ore fro? the owtcrofftaf
and tkat fro? the Interior
can be approclmately determined by
the ekeiaitt. To oreeh the ore U a
Mghrt tiadertehtng, and w*h the lead
which he haa brought nln the ea
terkal can he readily fueed ht a portable
famaee. la flhc*. he haa the eeeentteda
for making a "dry aeeay" am
a hiaHed aeale, for oapela are tow
made of inch light weight that they
can readily he carried en ntaleheek.
In the ou'jfit of the medern proepec
tor quicksilver has heeotae praetically
indlspensible. Its affinity for
gold makes it a most raluakle agent.
Where the existence of planer gold
is Imagined, the introduction of mer cury
into the test washer soon solves
the problem and avoids the use of riffles
and other crude appliances which
"were formerly dependent upon almost
entirely. After crushing the specimens
of test oro, the quicksilver can
also be used to ascertain the quantity
of free gold among the particles. As
the mercury can be eliminated by
'heating the composition to a sufficiently
high temperaturo, it is now utilized
In largo quantities by the modern
prospector.
Taking the ingot of lead and of previous
meta^-he can easily oxidize the
lead by placing it in his cupel and
heating the latter to the required temperature
in an oven constructed of material
which he can obtain in the vicinity.
With his nitric acid ne separates
the silver which may remain,,
leaving the gold only to be tested for
its value. Tho proportion of the gold
to a given quantity of ore can bo do?.1
V, 1 M U..i 1 1
lunuiueu i>y ma Huaiea, uui uy using
Ills touchstone or black basalt he can
detect tho quality of the gold by the
color which this substance makes
when drawn over the surface of tho
metal.
Herd of Buffalo In Oklahoma.
Ranch 101 In the Ponca reservation
has purchased from a lialfbreed Indian
at Missoula, Mon., a herd of
twenty fullblood buffaloes and will
maintain them for breeding purposes.
Probably the largest fullblood buffalo
in thd United States is now on
the ranclV. It was purchased from
"Pawnee Bill," and when In good flosh
last summer weighed 2,200 pounds.?
Kansas City Journal. ^
0
THS BOOL WBBVIL
Damaged Oetton Co ?n 10 * ton t of $."?(>
000,000 in a Year.
The extent to which the crops of
the United States are ravaged by Inserts
is scarcely realized by the public.
The subj M5t Is thus referred to
by G. Arthur Williams in the Success
Magazine:
MTae proceed* from the wheat crop,
the average annual farm value of
which miy be roughly put at $100,000.000,
have in more than one year
been cut down as much as 50 per cent
as a result of the chinch bug and the
hesslan il/. King cotton alone was
damaged to the extent of nearly $50,000,000
by the so-called Mexican boll
weevil In the single state of Texas in
1903, according to a carefully compiled
rep >rt Issued by the census bureau.
The apple crop has been reduced
as much as 25 percmt in many
instances through the operations of
the codling moth and other insects.
S > one might go t.trough the entire
j list. Tne burden is distressingly
heavy, but it is safe to assert that
farmers themselves?who, obvlouily,
ought to know as much of this phase
of the matter as anybody?will agree
that their losse*, in practically every
instance, would be far greater were
the seienfcitic knowledge of the depart
ment of agriculture's stall rot put
to account. A careful survey of the
facts leads to the conclusion that the
total damage each year would be from
two to f ur times as large were it
not for the department of agriculture's
unremitting warfare against
the pests, and that amaimum destruction
of $2,000,000 000, or nearly
one-half the whole yearly value of
the country's crops, at present, would
be possible."
The Uo?m1 ota auri.
The woman that rode horse hick
toe lurch with a black silk reticule
haugiug to the horn of her saddle.
The man that would always mike
a cross mark and spit in it when he
had to turn back after starting.
The soap maker who would never
touch a pot of soap until the m ton
was right.
The woman that could spoDl, warp
and put in a web of cloth in one
clay.
The spinner that could card, spin
and reel six cuts In a day.
Thft nlrl aanMfiman wh()8e COat DOC^
kets were crammed fall of blsouits
by his wife when he started clT se^'
eral miles to church Sunday.
The saving old fellow who could
wear his Sunday shoes ten years without
half soling.
The man who poured his steaming
c iffee Into his saucer and after blowing
on it sipped loud enough to be
heard by his.nearest neighbors*
The thrifty wife who c >uld knit
two pairs of wool socks In a week,
wo k ng only at night by the light
of pine knots or in the dark.
The well dressed man who had a
blue broadcloth spike tailed coat
made about 1830 and when going to
meeting al vays put his coat tails
into his breeches pocket to keep them
from getting soiled on his horse.?
Carolina Spartan.
Hufforocl Heavy Lou.
We regret to learn that Nr. A. A.
Daotzler who is a most prosperous
and enterprising farmer, of the Elloree
section, had the misfortune last
week to lose bis gin house and all
contents by fire. Inalde the glo
house there were between thirty-five
and forty bales of unglnned ootton.
In addition all of the machinery was
destroyed lnoludlng engine boiler, saw
mill, grist mill etc. Altogether the
loss will amount to something like
5,000 and Mr. Dantzler had no Insurance
on any of the property desroy-J
VXT ull* ?III
OU. YY U11D VUO IUSO Will i?u igi;
heavily on Mr. Dantzler he is a man
of energy and determinatlLn and he
will build himself up again. Mr
Dantzler Is a good citizen and Is well
kaownover the oountry and his friends
sympathize with him In his great loss
Too Many Bullet Holes.
Jake Scott, oolored shot and mortally
wounded John Walls, foreman
of the tunnel gang on the Southern
railway extension work between Jasper,
Ind., and French L'ok, Wednes
day evealng. A posse, composed of
the workmin associated with Walls,
pursued Scott and early Tnursday re
turned to town with the Imformation
that tin b >dy of the negro had been
found In the woods and that he had
committed suicide. Liter the bjdy
was found at the place described by
the workman. Tnere were thirtyeight
bullet holes In the body.
C mtrolH trio irtao.
Alb9rt Frederlocl, at one tlms a
famous oparatic baritone, now practioallv
c intro's tbe roast chestnut trade
In It jw York city, having in his employ
an average of 100 attendants on
his roasters. He lost his voice through
brynoaial trouble years ago. He began
in a Sixths avenue basement. Now
ue is a man of substance and every
summer visits Italy.
VaIuo of ? KIhh.
Miss Ella Hamilton thinks the
kiss she alleges 11 ay den Marqiis, a
a wealthy young mm, stole from her
la worth $10,000. At least that is
the amount of damages she demands
in a suit filed in the district court or
Des Moines, Iowa. The suit will
come to trial at the January term
Marquis is the son of U. W. Marquis,
reputed to be a millionare.
EARLY *LKTn;5 LOCOMOTIVE
First Really Built 75 Years Ago?Inventor
Died Without Reward.
It is generally supposed that the
electric locomotive is of recent Invention.
Comparatively young men can
remember the llrat electric cars which
were operated for public use, and it
will surprise many to learn that the
invention, which has led up to the
splendid developments of today is
three-quarters of a century old.
There lived in lirandon, Vt., in the
year 1S31, a blacksmith of the name
of Thomas Davenport, lie was not
only a good smith, but a man of advanced
thought, and possessed of a remarkable
genius for experimenting on
various lines; and in this year he constructed
a model electric motor car
which ran upon a few feet of circular
track and was actuated by a galvanic
battery.
This was the llrst electric locomotive
ever built. At that time Stevenson's
lirst steam locomotive had been
in operation only about ten years.
This model was exhibited at SpringHeld,
Mass., and later at Boston, and
its priority is umpieslioneu.
There was a vast difference in the
conditions under which these two tractors
one of steam and the other of
electric?were born, a difference
which delayed the development of the
electric locomotive for half a century
and gave the steam locomotive a start
toward a magnificent development
which has only just been overtaken
ujr us 11 Veil.
When Stevenson built his engine his '
power (steam) was readily available, i
Its capacities were understoond and '
its production was comparatively i
easy. His locomotive was invented '
when the power was ripe for ft. Davenport,
on the other hand, was far
ahead of his time and died without notice
or reward. His memory has been 1
unhonored up to this day, but the de- 1
velopment of his ldoa made seventy- five
miles an hour two weeks ago
His locomotive was invented when his '
power (electricity) was little understood
and was obtainable only from '
a few suihII battery cells, useful : ole- '
ly for laboratory experiments No
method of obtaining electrical energy. 1
force, or power from any source but
those batteries was thought of uutil
thirty years later. I
In 180L an Italian hamod Pacinotti, 1
invented the dynamo?the machine
which, connected to a steam engine i
or other power producer, generates
an electric current without the use of
batteries, the machine which has
made possible electric lighting, electrict
traction and electric power for
all mechanical purposes.
When the dynamo was first introduced
only one-half of its capabilities
were understood. The inventor had
produced a machine more powerful
and more magical than he himself sua
pected it. It was known that It could
be installed in nil engine room and its
current used for electric lighting; but
the fact that its current could be car
ried over wlrea and used to operate
cars miles away was not known or
acted upon for nearly twenty yoars.
The minds of men during this period
were engrossed in the perfection of
the dynamo and the problem* of aro
and incandescent lighting and the
railway motor was utterly neglected
In 1879 Meaura. Siemens and ffalske
of Germany butlt at the Bert to llxhl
bitlon an electric railway about onethird
of a mile in length with a le
eomotive drawing three oar* earrytag
twenty people. This was the first
practical motor ever shown. It wae
followed the nent year by anetber
from the same works, which wae put
in operation at the Zankerode mines.
Thie wae the first electric locomotive
in the hfcrtorr of the world te "earn lie
awn Jiving." fHUl. a yesur lacier, the
same firm equipped a rail read free
Berlin to L.khteafelde, a dletaaee ef
one mad a half miles. Thie was the
first eiectrte railway far public eervtoe
assd It wee aa aperitive teen
rtal euoeeae from the start.
Ami then the world awoke te the
poesfttiilttiea of the sew system.
Very few engineers are bold eneagh
to eay that they hasw the llxattations
of the electric current; very many ad
mit their own llasltatioan ae to the
central of the giant. The question
as to its availability for locomotive
power Is settled. No steam locomotive
has ever been built to develop three
thousand horsepower. The questions
of conducting the current over long
distance trunk lines and the economy
of operation are yet to be settled.
Slaughter of Squirrels in Scotland.
The slaughter of 3,988 squirrels by
the Ross-shire Squirrel Club during
the past year is part of the war thai
has long been waged in various parts
of Scotland. At one time the squirrel
bade fair to become extinct in that
country, but the afforestation of the
latter part of the eighteenth century
saved It, and helped it to develop to
the proportions of a plaguo. The
L'/Ill I *?/?! l>n n a ????.!/?- d. 1 -
nvjuiiivi una n i>ivstiiuu lOI UnO yOUIlg
shoots of troog, and Its nibbling is
apt to stunt the tree's growth, Mr buds
and bark suffering particularly. And
so hearts are hardenod against the
squirrel, in spite of its pretty ways
and name?which, literally, means
"little shady tail," being a diminutive
of the Latin "sciurus," which is sipiply
Creek latinized. The Greeks
called the squirrel "shady tail" just as
they called the cat "wavy tail"?ailouros.?New
York Olobo.
Devils Were Plentiful.
In ancient and modiaoval times it
was supposed that devils were countless
in number. According to a writer
the Talmudists used to assert that
there were 7,405,92C devils. One old
authority on tho subject affirmed that
every human being has 1,000 devils
on his right hand and 10,000 on his
left. _ '
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WORi J
and near In J
Some Figure* To ThoV ^*1a?ItPA)o
niOHtlc Animal*.
Secetary Wilson with his usual loyalty
to all that pretalns to the farm
and farmer, calls attention In his an
ciual report to the valm of domestic
animals and diary and poultry proiucts.
He declares that the faithful horse
was tlrst threatened by the bycicle,
ihen by the suburban trolley and the
lutomobtle, but none of these things
lave been able to diminish his num )ors
cr decrease his value. There
were the secetary says, 17,000,000
lorses and mules at work upon Amer
can farms at the close of the crop
fear and their value was $1.2000 000
)00 nearly as much as the corn of the
rear. The prices of the animals have
iteadlly risen.
Milch cows are likewise advancing
n numbers and value, tbere being
17 500,000, valued at $482,000,000.
i)ther cattle, however have declined
n number and value, last winter
lumbering 43,009,000, and being
worth $00,000,000. Sheep are among
die losers but hogs are holding their
positions in numbers and value.
And there's the faithful old hen of
die farmer and the suburbanite
Secetary Wilson does not fail to hand
ner a bouquet lu passing. He says
die Is a worthy companion to the cow
In the favors she .showers up ?n the
American people. The annual pro
luctlon of eggs Is not a score of billions
and the products are valued at
Half a billion dollars. K:gs are doing
substitute duty for high priced meats
the secetary says.
Tho U) ..... - ..
A UV M\M\m ttVH WV ?? */??! Mil t
The time has come when the educated
woman can no longer regarded
as a freak. If according to dredlctIons,
domestlo happiness is to fall a
victim to the mouscer, "higher edu
cation," it is time to prepaae for the
funeral: Tae old fallacy that girls
are not abld to mentally cope with
boys in the qursuit of classic studies
has received its death blow. Of honor
credentials issued through the year
thp larger number has been received
by girls and more women are seeking
admission to the colleges than the
colleges have room for. The old c-iy
that women have no use for the high:
or branches, because she will get
married does not disprove the fact
that her trained Intellect renders her
cue more capable of carrying on to
v satisfactory te'mlhus the manifold
lutles allotted her in 'vr capacity of
vlfe mother and h(u<ekeeper. For
he 1 uft rmatlon of men who are con:
Idersng the talking of lllerate women
vs wives for the sole purpose of insur;
big domestic peace, we ctll attention
o the fact that the div jrce courts do
ot.sei m to be crowded with educated
v( man.
Mixud in Ijaiiu f raud.
Rev. George Ware, rector of the
Episcopal CJhurch of Lead, S. D , has
been indicted by a federal granu jury,
charged with complicity in defrauding
the government of 125,000 acres
of land in Hooker and Thomas coun
wen, iNenrahKa. i<ranK Liimuer,
and Harry Welch are made joint defendants
with Ware. Each of the
men are held in $5,000 bond. Cases
are also pendlDg against Rev. Ware
for alleged Illegal otfences. He Is one oi
the wealthiest men in Lead, and has
been general manager of the I. B. U.
Ranch, which has several thousand
head of cattle on the range of West
esn Nebraska.
Killed bj Om.
Charles F. Doughlass, a farmer, his
wife and two children were instant
ly killed Thursday night by an explo
slon of a gas main running past theii
home, three miles from Weston, W.
Va. Their home was wrecked anc
later caught tire, almost consuming
the bodies. The explosion was felt
for a distance of five miles and causec
much excitement. It is supposec
the main sprung a leak and the gat
was In some way Ignited.
Ltong Trip.
Fred Oitofy, the young son of s
Chicago dentist now practicing in Ma
ilia, just started from San Francisco
on his second trip around the
vorld. He is still in his early teens,
He Is not the ordinary runaway bo>
ayle, but just a keen, wide-awake
Chicago lad, whose father knows he it
very well able to take care of himseil
vnd is letting him have his 1111 oi
travel for a yrar or so.
Muhi ilaiig.
At Valdosa, Ga., the death sentence
was again imposed Friday upon
J. G. Rawlings, his sons, Milton and
Jessie, and the negro, Alf Moore,
all convicted of the murder
of the Carter children last
June. The 6oh of January, next, waf
fixed as tne day for the execution oi
the four. Len Rawllngs, anothei
son was sentenced to imprisonment
for life.
l>o*(liy Football.
Carl Osborne. aged 18, was Instantly
killed on Saturday at Rock vale,
Ind., In a football game bit ween
Marshall and B ill more high schools,
and Wm. M'>ore of Union college
died In New York on Saturday night
from lDj aries rpceived lu Saturday's
game between Union college and the
University of N jw York.
I'etrtllttCl Turtle.
While at work In the Green Valley
mine near .lasonvllle, Indiana, William
Houston, found a perfect specimen
of a petrified turtle imbedded
in a six feet vein of coal, 40 feet under
ground. When the block of coal
was broken Its Imprint was left entire
and uninjured.
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STEAMER WRECKED.
Thousands on Shore Lock Cn Power
less to Help Crew.
Many of Whom Freeze in tlio
Wreck lit lore the Storm Abated
and Help ltoaofi Thorn.
A dispatch from Du'uth says twenty-six
men are belleveci to have frozen
to death aboard the United States
Steel Corporation's ore steamer Mataafa.
which broke in half in the sight
of thousands In the harbor Thursday
the height of the worst storm that
has swept the western end of Lake
Superior In twenty live years.
The M itaafa, which left her barge
behind half a mile out of the harbor
attempted to run the canal locks.
She was caught in the waves and
dashed against the pier heads. In
att( mpting to go about to get back
into the lake, the great sea lifted her
bodily, poised the ship like a toy and
then dashed It with crushing force
upon the lock of concrete mas
onary.
Thousands looked on from the docks
helpless and the men on deck in their
distress appealed for aid through
megaphones. Their vjlces were
drowned In the roar of the sea, but
although those on shore understood
they could not help. Not even a tug
, could be sent to aid the unfortuhate
men.
i The ship tinally broke in half aud
the ore was washed out by the angry
sea. For hours the men clung to the
wreck untill after dark. Then all
nl,.nn I I ..I ..1 J I. U-ll 1
si^no ui nit vttumucu, m in uuiiOYeti
all have frozen to (loath.
Tne steamer Elwood of the Steel
Corporation Meet, collided with the
North pier and stove a hole below her
i water line. She was towed to shallow
water where she settled. It Is reported
the Steel Corporation steamer
Mariposa Is ashore north of Two Harbors.
The steamer 10. C. Pope turned
back and made the harbor, coming
through the ship canal under full head
of steam.
The protec ion piers at Superior
were swept away for the second time
this season. The main street of Du
luth are filled with wrekage of the
i storm. Two Steel Corporation boats
are wrecked and another is sunk in
i the harbor. The steamar It. W.
10 inland of the England Tr&nsporta
tion Company Is asnore on Minnesota
Point.
The steamer Crescent City of the
Steel Corporation went ashore In the
I blinding snow driven by a 05 mile
i an hour gale. She Is in bad shape
i and the sea Is pounding her to
I pieces on the rocks. Tne crew of
twenty-two men escaped on life rafts
in the lee of the stranded ship. The
Crescent City is valued at a quarter of
! a million dollars.
1 A dispatch from Milwaukee says
the Government lighthouse at the
end of the Milwaukee breakwater
1 pier was battered by the high seas
and the assistant light house keeper,
' William Foster, was rescued with
difficulty by the life savers.
5 In all mv exnarifinee nn the lakos?
1 fifteen years?I never saw the like
; before. About 5 o'clook the sea be
gan breaking over the house. About
* 1:30 1 saw a particular large wave
| ooming. Involuntary 1 grabbed
1 the stanoblon. That act saved my
' life. The wave broke In the entire
east wall earring away with It all the
windows and doors. I was carried
, along, and It was only the beam 1
olung to that stayed my progress and
thus saved me from being swept
r away.
The big steamer Appomattox, coal
j laden which went ashore several
weeks ago, was battered to pieces.
: The steamer D. C. Whitnop, coali
laden, ran ashore during the gale
i at Port Washington. The life savertj
i rescued the crew.
LAST NEWS.
The steamer Matafa which went
ashore at Superior, Wis., and whose
i crow was forced to remain on board,
. went to pieces Wednesday morning
, and nine of crew were drowned,
i Life-savers made desperate but futile
efforts to get a line to the boat Tuesr
day night, In the presence of thousi
ands of spectators a line was fired
j over the ship from the cannon three
t times. Once It was caught and thoss
f on the forward end of the boat, where
It landed, began to haul In but the
rocks on the bottom of the canal cut
the rope In two. When the storm
died out somewhat this morning the
| life saving crew were able to begin .the
work of bringing the crew ashore.
1 In the forward end of the boat
all were safe but in the stern it was
' found that all had succumbed to
' cold and wr?ra rtrnwnnH lOiff con
were rescued.
j IVlyHterloUH StiuoOiiK*
A disdatob from Sumter to The
State says S. Yeaclon Delgar, former
division chief State constable, and a
prominent cltl/.jn, was shot d' wo In
the street in front of the court house
at 8 45 o'clock tonight by a negro.
David Jenkins of Meohanicsville lias
i been arrested on suspicion. lie was
i caught picking up the pistol that the
t man dropped who did the shooting.
The man who did the shooting ran
around the sonth side cf the court
nouse and disappeared in the crowd.
Mr. Delgar was sent to the Sumter
hospital. Tne ball penetrated
the right leg somewhere above the
knee joint. The surgeons have not
I made examination at this iiour. () ie
of them says that it may be very ser1
lous, owing t> tue extrenn heavy
. weight of Mr. Delgar. Serious
complications may set in.
BATTLE WACED
In the Harbor of Sebastopol Between
Mutineers and Troops.
THE LATTER GIVE UP
Several of the Insurgent Ships Were
Sunk and the Others Surrendered
to the Russian Authorities.
(ireat Damage Was Done
the_City by Shells.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg,
Russia, says Sebastopol was on Wednesday
the scene of a desperate battle
between the mutluous sailors and the
troops lu the forts on shore. During
the battle the town and the forts
were bombarded by the guns of the
cruiser (JochakitT, which npw lies a
burning wreck otf Admiralty Point,
lis hull riddled with shells audMts
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ed down. Many of tho crew of the
OiChakotT were killed or wounded. According
to one report the barracks of
the mutineers was carried by storm
after the mutinous 11 jet, which is said
to have numbered 10 vessels, had surrendered
and the whole position is
now in the hands of the troops under
the command of Geu. KepluetT. The
Associated Press, however, is unable
to guarantee the correctness of this
report. Owing to the interruption of
the telegraph, details of the battle
are dltllcult to obtain, but as the Associated
Press is authoritatively informed
by the naval general statT
Thusday night, tho battle was begun
by the troops on shore, who opened
tiro on the OtchakolT, whloh was defiantly
displaying the red ll&g. Tne
commander of the OtchakolT, Lieut.
Schmidt, immediately accepted the
challenge, replying with both batteries,
cue trained on the town aud other
on the Fort Alexander batteries on
the north shore.
Captain Z.llotti, aide de-camp to
Admiral Wlrenlus, chief of the naval
general stall', Informed the Ahs.elated
Press that the latest despatches
received from Sabastopol showed that
the OtchakolT was on tire and badly
riddled, with its revolutionary colors
hauled down, but he was uuable to
give more definite information.
According to a more detailed report
from another source and purporting to
come from the admiralty, the battle
began at 3 o'clock Thursday af trrnoon,
when Lieut. Schmidt, not receiving a
reply to the demands of tiie mutineers,
opened lire from a Meet of 10 ships,
to which the northern batteries at
Fort Alexauder, artillery posted on
the shore and hovcral vessels which
remained loyal replied.
Luring the naval battle the sailors
on the shore entrenched in the bar..
,1 ...1 *1... i ' * < - - ?' - ?
loonautiuiiiiou bUOir pOMIlilOll W10I1 III(ichine
guns aud rillas against the attacking
Infantry. During an engagement
lasting two and a half hours,
with the OtchakolT riddled and on tire
and the cruiser Dnieper and another
vessel bunk, Lieut. Schmidt, who had
been badly wounded, surrendered the
entire squadron. The mutinous s&lljrs
on snore surrendered to the Brest
i and Bleloatok regiments,
i According to this report the Pantelelmon,
formerly the Kniaz Potemkln,
was Injured below the water line
and a torpedo boat Is ashore on the
> rocks.
No details of the casualties or of
i the damage suffered by the town are
obtainable at this time by the
admiralty, but owing to tne oontined
space In which the action was fought,
i it is improbable that the town escape
i ed without heavy damage.
The demands of the mutineers are
said to have included, besides the tif,
teen proposals dealing with service
i conditions, the convocation of a constituent
assembly and the complete
I realization of the liberties promised by
the imperial manifesto.
1 Hult Against CJIemoon.
Three Oconee farmers?two Lowry
brothers and a Mr. Hopkins?have
brought suit against Clemsorr college
1 for damages aggregating $56,000, al1
leged to have been done to the plaln1
tiff's farming lands by the dyke which
1 the college authorities erected ten
1 years ago for the protection of the
college farms against the oveilhws of
1 the Seneca river. The three suits
1 were tiled In Oconee, and are due for
trial at the March term of couru.
though it is not thought they will be
1 reached by that time. In the mean1
time it is thought that the matter
will be brought up lu some shape before
the approaching session of the
legislature. The main defense of the
college people is that the college
property being state property the college
cannot be sued without tie state's
consent, on the prlnol pie that th 3 state
may not be sued by a resident without
its consent. it is a new point in
which the friends of all other state
colleges are equally Interested with
Clemson.
From lUril Study
A double tragedy, lu which two
" olose frier ds and noigbbors, both of
prominent families lost tueir lives
occurred near Rally liill in Maury
county, Teuu. The dead men are
Fred Early and Henry 'Jolbum, the
former having first murdered his
friend and then killjd hlui^elf. Botn
men were studying to become preaouers,
and Early's mind is known to
have been dethrone.!. Early used
a shotgun In his deadly work.