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| Pay of College Professors j
jJ By president Charles F. Thwing, of Western I
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T lhe present time the salaries cf most college teachers are
* 3S as the salaries of most clergymen of the cities or
I I l0Wns in which these colleges are placed. There are, of
W JL\ f course, exceptions upon each side. In Cleveland, for inI
I staQce, salaries are paid to clergymen higher than are paid
III )t0?hn^ co|,ege officer. But in Cambridge and Boston, as
- salaries are paid to college officers as are paid to any
I clergyman. The higher salaries paid in the University ot
' to th , , Chicago are probably about equal to the higher salaries paid
8>men of that city. Certain phvsicians. especiallv surgeons, earn
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,.^e ^ame lemark might fce made respecting lawyers. Bat the salaries
? ?. c lt0^s are- on l^e whole, not so large as those paid to college profes*
?ipmunt *ou,d usually, also, 1 suppose, be acknowledged th: . there are other
hi th 8 m wor^ of an editor, some more agreeable, o:;iers less agreeu
' *n are man>' Parts of college teaching. On the basis, ti. relore. of Adam
f s pr'nciples, it is hard to make an argument for larger pay for college
essors. On the basis of temporary conditions and feelings, of individual
oe s and relationships, it would be easy to make an argument. But the
prncpes are permanent, the feelings and conditions temporary. It should.
wever, be said that it would be advantageous to the community for professorship
to command a larger salary, because the college would, through a
term of years, be able to command a finer type of the man, of the scholar and
of the gentleman. College places should never be so rich as to become objects
of avariciousness but they should be made so full and noble as to become
0 jects of worthy ambition for human service.?Harper's Weekly.
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f The Ijeal Pat// Jones *1
1 iHERE is in the Library of Congress at Washington a large
collection of manuscripts relating to Paul Jones. He him.
J ^ was a voluminous correspondent, diarist and writer,
I possessing a lucid and direct style. Beside his own, there
I | ? are letters to and about him, and various memoranda conI
cerning him. They have never been printed in full, but ex*
I tracts from them corroborate the judgment that Paui Jones
' ^was neither merely the lurious sea bully that certalu Briti?*1
writers have plctu -ed him. nor yet the fortunate and
recklessly adventuresome ocean free lai ce that certain American historians
nrtrtmvt.fi w? rwasossfvi nor onlv * commanding mind and an undaunf
d resolution, but a cool temper and a magnanimous spirit. He was tried^by
every extreme of fortune, and his life was as checkered and as illustrious, and
his end as pathetic as that of the brilliant byt unhappy Clive. But Paul Jones
is easily the most picturesque figure in American sea annals. "Had he lived
to my time," said Bonaparte, ten years later, "France might have had one
great admiral." What he would have done with the resources of France ar^
rayed against a Nelson can only he conjectured. But his spirit and ability
would have won distinction in any field. He was the intimate of philosophers,
statesmen and scholars. After his great victories he was made a chevalier
of France, whieh country was then at war with England, and was for a ttme
a lion in fashionable circles?a veritable "uncrowned knight of the sea." as he
was dubbed by a dnchess of the blood royal. He never married. He was but
thirty-two when he won his last great victory for his adopted land, and so
lukewarm were his friends, so malevolent his enemies, that during the seven
I years of the Revolutionary war th's most restless, vigilant, and efficient of
our sea heroes was actually able to be at sea in full command of ships of
leas than six months all told.?Outing Magazine.
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I | The Insolence of Office" |
^ By "Eddy S. Brandt ^
F Mr. Shakespea e could have h.d the pleasure of riding on
* ? % the New York subway, and been,greeted at every station
X _.???. uvoiv nir-nsp-'f if he could onlv have
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SIX been met by the average young office boy, whose impudent
Z stare suggests that you are intruding into his private dottllMMM
main; if he could have been ushered into the presence of
^ the gauking third assistant in the next office, and from
there turned over to the blunt and uninviting second and
first assistants, when Mr. Shakespeare, I say. did at last
reach the sanctuary of the average business manager, having run the gauntlet
of attendants and assistants, the wise old poet would have opened up with
stronger language than those words, "tho insolence of office!"
Of course, the average office assistant does not mean to be discourteous,
but it does seem to be very hard for him to be genial. His boss, the head
of the firm, is a man of few* words. The assistant copies his manager's
bluntness and forgets that he has not the brains or tact or occasion to support
the attitude. It becomes discourtesy in the assistant, whereas it is a
Just form of command in the chief. .
"The insolence of office!" And the degree of insolence seems to vary in
Inverse ratio to the height of the position. In not a few offices every stranger
who enters is an opportunity for the assistant to liberate his importance,
^ especially if the manager "is out." Sometimes this attitude is not expressed
in actions, but discourtesy, it should be remembered, is simply a lack of
courtesy?a negative quality. And when the right atmosphere is wanting
an office, the stranger is the first to be impressed with that fact.
Kindness should first be a pleasure, and next a business rule. Commerce
' often waite QP courtesy.?Tha Business World.
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I \ Turning Our Deserts Into |
| .. Date Orchards.. I
y ffjr Rene Bache. J
HllllllttHr to do with our deserts in the southwest nas long been
a nuzzling problem, which the department of agriculture is
J X trying to solve by importing plants of economic usefulness
J W "W T that thrive in extremely dry regions of the Old World. Ex{
%/%/ * periments in this line are being made with the pistachio
X T i nut which, as has been found, when grafted upon wild
J a stocks obtained from the Sahara, will endure heat and
? 7. ~t draught almost without limit. Choice varieties of date
***.* palms, also, have been fetched from the Persian Gulf and
from Saharan oases, and plantations of them are being started. We import
?ix hundred thousand dollars' worth of dates annually, which might just as
well be produces in this country, and there is no reason why we should not
erow superior kinds, whkih are never seen on this side of the water, such'hs
? /\f aii*> rlncortc q rn for Hrvor than tka CaKmwa 1
the famous Lfegiei ?wr. ovmc ? ?, ? ? ^ U(iUa,0i
but are all the better for dates on that account?a remark especially applicable
to the Colorado desert, in southwestern California, which, most of it being
below the level of the sea and Just about the hottest place on earth, is
likely at no distant day to become, with the help of irrigation, one of the
nrer4-st date-growing region! on the globe.?Outing Magazine.
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^_^f*ERHAPS NOT HIS LAST. COULDN'T BE OUT.
"There got^s Muchwedd." I'm looking for Miss Passay," said
. "Is that his^lan wife he has with the stranger to the man in the hair
bim?" dresser's shop. "I understand she oc#
"Well, it's h^s latest." cupled the upper floors here."*'
i ? "So she does," ed the man,
NATURALLY. " and she's in 7">w
Grayce?MarryMiipa? "But I got n to the bei'
Gladys?^hy^ot? Are you sure
'Jrayce? He's 'feet eflod. "Positive
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i Comptroller General of South Carolina
Taking Active Steps to Wipe
Ont Injustice of Present Tax Assessment
System.
Columbia. Special. ? Comptroller
General Jones means business in the
steps lie lias taken toward fretting ilie
tax assessment of propeity, real as
well as personal, in this State on a
market value basis, instead of on an
uneven pretense of a GO per cent,
basis. The cireular letter of instmc
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county auditors, assessing boards and
county equalizing boards directing
tli.*;: the law be strictly observed with
tl - beginning of the new year and
tli.'*J property be assessed uit its true
mv* ket value, will be followed1 this
wet!; by a call for a convention of
county auditors to meet with the
comptroller general has taken has
caused much talk throughout the State
ami has set property holders to thinking.
Of course it is a sort of revolutionary
measure, and while the justice
and the sense of it has appealed to
many good business mep and big property
holders regardless of the fact
much of this sort of property will be
affected, still the thing has not been
generally understood said there is a
fear also that the purpose of the
comptroller general to equalize tiie
projjerty throughout the State more
nearly will not be sucessful under the
departure be is making on account of
the great proficiency and skill individuals
ami communities have acquired
by long practice and experience in
the matter of tax-dodging.
"The erroneous idea apeais to have
taken hold in various parts of the
State.'* Mr. .Jones said, "that this
is a scheme to increase the taxes. Such
is not the case. My object is to get
projierty equalized in this State and
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3re some notorious exceptions, but
generally speaking the cotton mills
ami other hi? propertv holders are being
jffc.-essed on a genuine tit) per cent,
basis, ind small property is being assessed
ut t'rom J) to 100 per cent. Only
so much money is needed to run the
State and many county officials and
the higher the assessment the greater
the yield of money on .a given levy,
but the levy may be easily changed.^
In other words, if the assessment is
doubled throughout the State the
levies for State, couuty and city purposes
may be cut itrbalf.
The -inequality and injustice of the
taxation of property in this State has
been a shame and a disgrace for decades.
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S. C. Baptists.
The South Carolina Baptist convention
has been asked to endorse compulsory
education' and the establishment
of a reformatory for youthful
criminals in a memorial to the Legislature.
The request comes in the form
of a petition from Graniteville, one of
the oldest centers of common school
education in the State, though it is one
of the chief cotton mill centres, The
petition was referred to a committee
which will report before adjournment
is had. This section of the State is also
the chief hope of Representative
Toole, of Aiken, of succeeding with his
ten-hour labor kill, which lie'-pushes
session after session with a plodding
patience and pcisistency that at least
evinces the determination and faith
of the man.
Another matter that attracted the
attention and engaged the thought of
the convention was the masterly handling
of the delicate subject. "I)o the
Scriptures Teach a Divine Call to the
Ministry?" by the Rev. C. C.
Brown, of Sumter. He argued with
force and great logic that they do.
He was opposed with an able presentation
of the other side of the question
by the Rev. Dr. A. C. Osborne.
The convention has elected these officers
for the coming year: ('. A.
Smith, president: William II. Lvles
ami the Rev. ,J. T. Hieis. vice-presidents;
the Rev. Dr. ('. P. Irvin. secretary:
the Rev. V. I. Masters, assistant
secretary; the Rev. J. L. Yaps, treasurer.
| The\ report of the trustees of the
Connie Maxwell orphanage showed
1S3 orphans being cared for in a splendid
way. the Hnancial report indicating
that the institution has a strong
hold on the affection of the Baptists
of the State. v
$16,000,000 Appropriation Bill.
Washington, Spepial.?A bill to
provide appropria* n of $16,000.00#
for the Panama (I il Commission, to
be immediately ave^able for the purpose
of liquidating the cost of the
work of construction, has been prepared
ami will he introduced in the
House, probably Monday, on the opening
day of the fifty-ninth Congress.
The hill stipulates that money shall
be refunded through the sale of bonds
provided by the Spooner act and these
bonds, to be taxable at a rate of one
half of one per cent., when deposited
to secure the circulation on the same
basis as government twos.
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No Decision Was Given.
Baltimore. Special.?Jack Johnson
and You lie Peter Tackson, both erf
whom are credited to California, met
in a twelve round tight before the
Eureka atlilectic club. At its conclusion
no decision was 'riven. Johnson
had undertaken to knock Jackson out
within the twelve rounds or take the
smaller end of the receipts. He tailed
to so.
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Life-Saving Service P?eport.
^Yashington, Special?The report of
Superintendent Kimball of the Life
' Saving Service, for the last fiscal year
shows that the life saving crews saved
and assisted in ?saving 464 imjieriled
vessels and thejp" cargoes, besides affording
r>r?:<r*Bfce of ? or '' im\
PALMETTO AFFAIRS >
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Occurrences of Interest From
All Over South Carolina
MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS [
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A Batch of I.ive Paragraphs Cover- *
ing a Wide Range?What is Going j"
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Claimr Agent ?Tar;ed .Governor f
Tlir^ard h
(!: cnor Hey van! aui]?>**i;t-c?t tli.nl ?
li'1 had closed a contract with W.
|<?*vci Kvans to represent the Stale v
of South Carolina as agvir. i.i propnr- '
ing data on which to secure1 the pay- *;
of claims due. this State from the |C
Spanish-American war.
These claims amount to about $55000
or $40,000, it is said. The agent
will get 15 per cent., but a part of this
will be paid to Messrs. Calhoun &
Sizer of Washington, D. ('., who have
already done a great deal of work on
the preparation of these claims.
But a month remained before these
claims would have been barred by
statute of limitation, as the act of
(^ingress declares that the claims must
,,e filed before January 1st, 1006, or
'iliev will not be valid.
The agent whom Gov. Hey ward has
appointed has been engaged in this
work since he was tirst appointed by
Gov. Kllerbe, to whom he was private
secretary. Gov. Hey ward would make
no contract except by special provision
authorized by the legislature. The
funds will be disbursed by the comj)- j
troller general's office.
The Class of Claims.
The claims due to the Stale of
South Carolina is the raising of Span- .
ish-American war troops are of the .
following nature:
(a) Extra pay due to soldiers who .
were accepted into the service from ^
the date they voluntcred at their ,
homes in different parts of the State
until they Avere accepted and mustered
into the United States army by the
mustering officer.
vb) Pay due those soldiers who volunteered
at their homes and came to
/the place of rendezvos and were ex- .
amined by the mustering officer and
turned down on'account of physical \
disability. ,
(c) Compensation for all matcral ,
and expenses ocurred by tie governor ,
in raising these troops, such as supplies,
etc., funiished by the the State
on the order of the governor, f
(d) Damage done to oroperty of 3
anv individual bv ihe soldiers while 1
at their rendezvous before they left :
th? State.
The bulk of the money is service :
pay for the men of the two regiments :
and the battery of heavy artillerv ^
from this State. Adj. fJen. Frost 1
has declined to let the claims
ajrtnt remove the 27 rolls of these or- :
ionizations, but certified copies will \
be made from the records in the adju- |
tent general's office. The adjutant 1
ireneral will assist in making the cop- 1
ies and will prove them. t
A Dairy for Charleston.
Charleston, Special.?C. F. Hott- j
in?er has becun the erection of one of
the largest and'most improved daries j
in Charleston, the plant beincr situated r
in the suburbs of the city. In a section
drained and reclaimed bv the (
(. harlcston drainage commission.
Hottinger has purchased a tract of SO
acres on which the neessarv buildings .
are now being1 erected. The place is, J
to be a model plant in every way
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Lumber Kilns Earned. t
Georgetown , Special.?The dry i
kilns of the Gardner & Lacey Lumber c
company were partially destroyed by t
fire and a large amount of lumber con- t
sinned. The flames spread from the t
kilns to the lumber piles on the yard,
and at one time it seemed that the en- ^
tire stock, together with the tramways
and the planing mill, would certainly
be burned. But little wind was blowing.
and the firemen did fine work j
with the fire protection apparatus installed
in the plant in confining the '
fierce flames to a limited area. The c
loss cannot be estimated but it is j
heavy.
A Trestle Burned.
Sumter.-Special.?For the second
time within a few months the trestle
over the Southern railroad at Green 1
1 Swamp, one mile from the city, was <
burned at 3 o'clock. This trestle is c
nearly 200 yards long and about 30 ]
feet high. The origin of the fire is 1
unknown. The construction train is i
here a id is rebuilding it. Until it is
/Completed the Southern trains will <
come in on the Atlantic Coast Line I
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May Deve lop Water Power. '
Spartanburg, Special.?A party of j
Pittsburg capitalists have been in the ,
city for several days for the purpose j
of inspiring several water powers
in this region. The party accompanied
by several local capitalists inspected
a site on Broad River which
is owned by persons here. It is the
purpose of the Pittsburg men to build
an electric power development if they '
obtain the desired site and transmit
the current thus generated to sevral
enterprises and manufacturing plants
in the county. 1
Football Is a hard and dangerous
game at best. Even when played fair*ly
and henorably the strain on the
p'ayers is great, and the chance of
injury considerable. But when tricky
and dishonorable tactics are employed,
when men are coached to put formidable
rivals out of the' game by deliberately
injuring them?as is sometimes
vhe case?and when roughness
Is cn'tivated as being In Itself a desirable
quality, it is time that some
efforts were made to reform the game'
or perhaps, better, to reform the men
no "av ?t 4h'nkg, tie Indknjpoli*
30NSTABLES_T0 REMAIN
ftiey Will Stay in Spartanburg and
Greenville.
.After careful consideration Gov.
leyward decided not to remove contabulary
from Greenville and Sparanburg
counties. He also decided to
eturn the constables to Darlington
ounty to assist the officials tliere in
he enforcement of prohibition: the
onditions there beine: such that he
elt this action on his part fully waranted.
Governor Hey ward further stated
hat he had found it necessary from
>ast experience, where elections were
icld voting out the dispensary to deermine
upon a fixed policy and not
lave the question arising in each case
fViofkor r?r not oon?jtihl*-; should be
mployed. The situation under these
ircumstr.noes may appear not to have
lifficulties to tlirse who are unfamiiar
with all of his aspects but it cerainlv
presents perplexing questions
n eaeh instanee.
The governor referred to the statenent,
made by him some time ago,
hat he would give the counties an
>pportunity to enforee the law thro
heir legal officials, as several counties
lad voted the dispensary out with
his understanding. He feels that it
vas only just to them that the contables
should not immediately be reurned
but he would await further re
x>rts and would not hesitate to take
luch action as he thought the situaion
demanded.
Governor Heyward feels that is is
is necessary to employ constables in
he enforcement of prohibition as unler
the dispensary law, and as the law
daces upon him this responsibility,
le says he does not propose to shirk
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New Enterprises. |
The North Carolina Land Company
ecured a commission from the Secreary
of State. The company is capialized
at $50,000 and the corporators
ire: D. C. Heyward, F. H. Hyatt,
Sdward Ehrlich, Augustus Koha and
iV. D. Melton. The company proposes
developing the land recently purihased
north of the city and a defilite
announcement as to its purposes
vill be made in a few days by the
lirectors.
There were a number of other comnisions
and chartedrs. The Sraoothng
Iron Heater Company of Sumter
vas chartered. The company win
lave a capital of $25,000. E. L.
iVitherspoon is the president, C. M.
iest is vice-president and J. Bt
iVitherspoon secretary and treasurer.
The St Matthews Telephone com>any
was comroisioned. The capital
tock is $2,500 and T. H. Dreher, G.
i. Baxter and others are the petitiolers.
The Piedmont Grocery Company of
Spartanburg was commissioned. The
apital is $50,000 and G. W Steplis,
V. G. Leg and Brooks Rogers, all of
firginia, are t'.ie petitioners.
The Cold Point Granite Company
>f Laurens county, a quarry concern,
vas given a commission. This eom>any
will have a capital stock of
>30,000 and M. A. Carlisle, G. R
3rvant, S. B. Aull and others are
he petitioners.
The Eddy Lake Cypress Company
>f Horry county'increased its capial
from $20,000 to 300,000, a part of
vhich goes for the construction of a
ocal railroad for the carrying on
>f the lumber business.
3oroner and Jury Disagree on the
Finding.
Winnsboro, Special.?The coroner's
ury found that the killing of W.Bose
Durham, colored, by a train of the
Mint hern railway, was acidental and
hat no blame should be attached to
he railroad but to this verdict Magstrate
P. M. Cathcart, acting coroner,
lemurred, as the train, acording to the
estimony, was running over six miles
in hour, the speed limit prescribed by
he ordinance of the town.
BigJity-Five Majority Against Dispensary
Kingstree, Special.?F;:U reports
:rom the various polls are now oblainable
and the total vote oil the
juestion of "dispensary" or "no dis>ensary"
in Williamsburg county
mows a majority of So votes in falor
of "no dispensary."
Spartanburg Dispense ry..
Spartanburg. Special.-County Beer
Dispenser Thackston's doors are
dosed, and his stock will be checked
>ver by Dispeusiary Inspector Mart
Floyd. It is understood that very
little stock is on hand. At the several
other dispensaries, since the conviction
of dispenser Riebling, purchasers
of beer have to drink it out in
the yard and not on the premises.
The entrances to the adjoining quarters
to the beer dispensaries are
securely barred, and those who delight
in partaking of the beverage
seek the yards in the rear of the
establishments.
Darlington's Quota.
Darlington, Special.?Mr. E. McIver
Williamston forwarded to Mr.
F. H. Hyatt, the treasurer of the
Southern Cotton association in this
? 't- r? if/iAA io
State, a cnecK xor .tuw, nuuu m
Darlington's collection of the tax of
10 cents per bale on the cotton raised
collected to pay the expenses of the
association. Mr. Williamson made a :
thorough cavass of the county and i
the result shows that good work has
been done here for the association.
A Farm House Burned.
Spartanburg, Special?The dwelling
of Mr. Wallace Littljohn and almost
all of its contents was consumed by
fire last week. Mr. Littlejohn lived
near Rich- About 11 o'clock flames
were discovered in,the upstairs of the
building, and the ' family, consisting
of the man, his sick wife and foui
children, had a ntrrow escape insetting
out aliyg. C ly a -ewin/
* and a *eaf r r
frightful Slaughter Wrought
By Government Vessels
CONQUEST OF THE INSURGENTS
Desperate Struggle Between Mutinous
Sailors and the Loyal Troops
at Russia's Black Sea Stronghold
End in Victory to the Latter?Fire
From Fleet of Ten Ships Was
Opened on the Batteries and the
Town and a Furious Exchange of
Fill; Continued For Two Hours
and a Half.
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St. Petersburg, By Cable?ScbastoI
pol was ibe scene-of a desperate battle
between the mutinous sailors and
I the troops in the forts on shore.
During the battle the town and the
forts were bombarded by the gun? of
the cruiser Otchakoff, which now lies
a burning wreck off Admiralty Point
its hull riddled with shells and its
flaunting* red ensign of revolution
hauled down.
Many of the crew of the Otchakoff
were killed or wounded. According to
one report the barracks of the mutineers
was carried by storm after
the mutinous fleet, which is said to
1 have numbered ten vessels, had surrendered,
and the whole position is
now in the hands of the troops under
the command of General Neplueff.
unable to guarantee the correctness
of this report.
The commander of the Otchakoff.
Lieutenant Schruid, immediately accepted
the challenge, replying with
both batteries, one trained on the
town and tie other on the Fort Alexander
batteries, on the north shore.
Captain Zilotti. aide de eame to
Admiral Wirenius. ehief of the naval
general staff, informed the Associated
Press that the latest dispatches re
eeived from Sebastopol showed that
the Otchakoff was on fire and badly
riddled, with its revolutionary colors
hauled down, hut he was unable to
fcive more definite information.
According to a more detailed,report
ffrom another source and purporting
to come from the Admiralty, tbe battle
tuwran at oVIock. when Lieut
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enant Sell mid, not receiving a reply
to the demands of the mutineers, opened
fire from a fleet of ten ships,
to which the northern batteries at
Fort Alexander, artillery posted 011
the .shore and several vessels which
remained loyal replied.
During the naval battle the sailors
on the shore, entrenched in the barracks,
defended their position with
machine guns and rifles against the
attacking infantry. After an engagement
lasting two and a half hours,
with the Otchakolf riddled and od
tire and the cruiser Dniper and another
vessel sunk, Lieutenant Sehmid
who had been badly wounded, surren!
dered the entire squadron. The mil|
tinous sailors on shore surrendered
| to the Brest and Bielistok KcgiI
ments.
I According to this rejiort. the Pnnteieimon,
formerly the Kninz Potcrakine,
was injured below the water line
and a torpedo ls?at is ashore on the
rocks.
No details of the casualties or of
the damage suffered by the town are
j obtainable by the Admiralty, but
j owing to the confined space in which
the action was fought it is improba
ble that the town escaped witnoui
heavy damage.
The demands ol" the mutineers are
said to have included, besides the L">
proj)osals dealing with service condi|
tions, the eouvocation of a constituent
Assembly and the complete realizutioif
of the liberties promised by
the imeprial manifesto.
Deranged by Hard Study.
Columbia, Teun.?Special?A tragedy
in which two close friends lost
their lives occurred near Rally Hill,
in Maun- county. The dead are Fred
Early and Henry Coleman. Early
killed his friend and then himself.
Both men were theological students.
Early's mind is thought to have become
deranged by hard study.
Roosevelt's Thanksgiving.
Washington, Special.?The President
and Mrs. Roosevelt, accompanied
by two of their children, Archie and
Ethel, left Washington foe Plain
Dealing, their country home in Virginia.
where they spent Thanksgiving
quietly. They returned to Washington
Friday. Plain Dealing is about
ten miles from Red Hill, which is-121
miles south of Washington, and was
recently purchased by Mrs, Roosevelt.
Two cooks from the White House accompanied
the party to prepare tlis
Thanksgiving dinner.
Carolina Wins.
Norfolk, Va., Sjjecial.?In the preso
i ? aoi\ 1 _ _x 1 p
ence ot io.uuo peopie, ai iea>. nan ui
whom were supporters of the White
and Blue, Carolina Thursday afternoon,
defeated her old rival, Virpfnia,
in a fast and furious pa me of
football, file Carolina eleven piled
up 17 points while her opponents were
being held in complete control and
kept fiom crossing the goai line.
Two Killed by a Train.
Philadelphia, Special.?While walking
the tracks of the Reading Railroad
on their way to catch a trolley,
which would ipke them to " me
at Langhorne,' Penusylvai
of three persons. prominc.
home society, were run d
New York" Express^. Mir
bier was instantly killeo
^rude Pc'>a{I had both
r* lie. The ny*k
sissai^
Status of (he Isle of
Finally Determined \ BjB
HOPES OF SETTLERS BUOu M
Secretary Boot Writes in Warn ^^9
Tone* to the American Ooloni |^H
Who Have Been Working To^a HH
Secession From Cuba and Inci IB
8ion in the United States u a Te:
ritorial Possession. .*>*>
Washington, Special.?The admin^HH
istration dashed the hopes of the
tie band of American colonists on the
Isle of Pines, who have been working
voward the separation of the island T
from Cuba and its inclusion in the, . *
United States, when Secretary Root, <
after consultation with the' Presidents^nB
made public the text of a letter which
he had addressed to Charles Ravnard,
president of the American Chtb of the/
Isle of Pines, defining the attitude ef:
the United States government- toWaAggfl
the proposed formation of a Tevritorial
government in the island as m: y*
part of the United States. The Se^r
retarv was most pointed in the statements
in his letter, which says: t /vitfS
4'There is no procedure by whifk>^
you and your associates can lawfuliy
establish a Territorial government' g
in that island. The island is
ly subject to the control ambgpverxH'' }
meut of the republic of Cuba, aajPl M
you and your associates are bound to,
render obedience to the lawp of that
country so long as you remain mjfce 4 gj
island. If you fail in that obedi*9?? fl
yon will be justly liable to proseeo*^ 3
tion in the Cnban courts and to suel|i$il ]
punishment as may be provided by>^ ;
the laws of Cuba for such offense ?gj^
you commit. You are not likely t??"^gy
have any greater power in tbe futuepU^H
The treaty now pending before
Senate, if approved by thai
relinquish all claim of the Unitp|Lfc?q^
States to the Isle of my*
judgment the United^ftatS^M nosubstantial
claim tojme Isle of
The treaty merely~1tccords to
what is hers in accordance with
teroational law and! justice. i j
"At the time of the treaty of peacdyg
which ended the war between the^/ i
United States and Spain, the Tslc'of M
Pines was, aifd has been for several
centuries, a part of Cuba. I have
doubt whatever that it continues t^^H
be a part of Cnba, and that it is ne^^H
and never has been territory of
United Statea. You may be quite suJHH
that Cuba will never consent to
np the Isle of Pines, and that ^HH|
United States will never try to e^H^B
pel her to gira it up against^H^H
A Minister of War Resigns.: , I
San Domingo, By Cable.?At a cabr-wl H
net meeting the minister of waf ! H
signed to become commander of tha
army. Governor Carlos Ginebra was ,v"B
appointed minister of war. n
change was the outcome of a cabinot^ A
crisis (luring which the minister of fl
war took charge of the fortress
the purpose of maintaining orde&Mj '
Great excitment followed and severdK/"
arrests were made. Quiet lias been vjj
restored and the crisis is considered ..A
By Wire and Cable. L&ll j
By a decision of the Supreme Cwurt $ m
Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland I
A-ins n victory in his fight for tkree-\
cent fares. On one ground or another
all . the other franchise ordinances ^ |
granted by the Cleveland eity eoun-e| I
cil proposing three-cent fares ha*s? I
been set aside by the courts in uti^jW
gat ion inspired by the opposition com- W
A special from New York city says:
Geoi^e Aekerman, 23 ye^rs old, and .
convicted of illegal voting at lie re- j
cent eity and county election, was sen- '
tenced to the EIraira reformatory for
lo^a than 14 mnnfls W
uu 1 "? MM? ???
/The Presbyterian Synod of Texai *
adopted a resolution dismissing the
Rev. Wm. Caldwell, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Fort Q
1 \
Murderer Patrick's Move Fails. '
Albany, N. Y., Special.- JfcBj|L^ J
of Appeals denied the moti M
behalf of Albert T. Patr^\^HnHHB
amendment of the remittitur
ing the court's dismissal of his
peal from conviction of murder
the first degree. The matter is p?rely
technical, but it was of great im- *
portance to aPtrick, because its iutent
was to have the court so amend ^
the papers as to show that points in-^fSi
volving the apellant's rights undei
the Federal constitution had been j
passed. |
W-.l If1_l A.ii J
rung naa&un IUR u??u.
Christiana, By Cable?King Haakor ,
before the Norwcigian parliment at
noon. took oatii to support the eon- i
etitution. President Bonier, approaching
the King delivered a mm
address. Then in a loud roicd, the
King pronounced the prescribed oath --va
In a subsequent speech, hia Majestj.
said he would govern aetypding ts JH
the constitution and the peojy^s will aH
Big Steamer Ashore. J?
Duluth, Minn., Special.?In qne oi
the most terrific gales in the historj
of Wisconsin or the Great Lake}
even surpassing in fury thejcjribh M
storm of last September, in
" many meu lost their lives in
uty of the Apostle Islands, th'r^i
nke steamers were driven asfcotfgjH
1 sight of tb*