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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
BURDENS OF THE CossACKs.
Military ESnctions Causing Their
Decline in Population.
(From the London Times. }

A report from the Austro-Hungarian
Vice Consul at Roston. on the Don, con-
tains some highly interesting particulars
of the enquiry instituted some time ago
by means of a special Government COM
mission as to the causes of the decline of
the Cossack population.
The report, which deals more particu-
larly with the Cossacks of the Don. be-
gins by stating that in the institution
of the CossackS there is a denominating
factor which distinguishes its mode of ex-
istence from that of the other elements in
the Empire and which is characterized
by compulsory military service in the
strictest sense of the. term. For the last
thirty years compulsory service has been
in force throughout Russia, but in ac-
cordance with certain dispositions of the
law a large number CT young men are ex-
empted as being the support of their fam
lily or in consequence of tritling physical
defects and on other grounds. No such
favor is extended to the CossackS, who
are. indeed, obliged to equip and mount
themselves at their own expense. Their
rifles and ammunition are alone provided
by the military administration. Every
Cossack on attaining his eighteenth year
is enrolled in the Cossack army. and has
TO take the oath of allegiance. The spe-
cial privileges which the Cossack enjoys
are exemption from taxes and gifts of
land, from which he makes his living and
meets the cost of his equipu>1t The
greater part of the district of the Don, is
or was, the property of the Cossacks.
Their improvement is due to the fact
that the material burdens imposed upon
them by their military obligations have
been steadily increasing, while there has
been no corresponding augmentation in
their sources of revenue In order to pro-
vide himself with the regulation equip
ment the young Cossack. or. more fire.
quentIy. his father, has to mortgage. let
or sell his property. The lessee of the
land is naturally anxious to get as much
as possible out of it in a short time. The
consequence is that il loses much Of its
fertility. a circumstance which has proved
highly unfavorable to the rearing of cat
tie and especially to horse breeding. Ac-
cordiug to member of the commission OF
enquiry, forty years ago the communcs
made no special distribution of the land
belonging To them. The Cossack sowed
and reaped where he liked and as much
as he liked but he confined himself to
the requirements of his family. the land
that remained over being used for graz
ing purposes. He did not need money and
cared nothing for ii. His farm sufficed to
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
TO ABOLISH PosToFFIcEs.
Turkey Opposed to the Secrecy of
Foreign Mails.
CFrom the London Standard. }

An imperial trade has just been issued
instructing the Council of Ministers to
seek means for the abolition of foreign
postofiices in Turkey. 1t is perfectly COM
prehensible that the Ottoman Government
should wish to prevent the circulation of
unpleasant truths through the medium of
inviolate foreign letter bags. But. never
theless. one of the most precious rights
of advancing civilization is the sacred
ness of private written correspondence,
and unless Turkey can show that this is
absolutely guaranteed to foreign subjects
1t will be very difficult for her TO obtain
the consent of the powers to the aboli-
ton of the respective offices.
Frequent instances have occurred lately
to prove that at present the Turkish post
office affords no security whatever for
letters entrusted to its service. 1t is not
long since an individual was condemned
in the courts for a sum of money. and as
he was in the habit OF receiving consid-
cradle sums by post, orders were given TO
seize all letters addressed to him. In
spite of all protests this was done, and
on complaint being made in his paper,
the "Servet. it was suspended. During
the last fortnight almost every press let
ter addressed to a newspaper or to the
known agent of one was opened and
stopped. and up 10 now no reason or sat
isfaction whatever has been given.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
MAPLE SUGAR CULTIVATION.
Reasons Why Cnnada's Productions
EncrOnch Upon yermont's.

tffoln the 81. JohlsDufy IaeaOnidn.l
1t may he a surprise to many to know
that the great popularity of Vermont ma
pie sugar in the general market exists in
part in name only. The Canadian output
which Is largely shipped TO this country,
commands a higher price than ours The
duty on Canadian sugar is cents pound
and among the Western dealers IL sells
at about that amount above that pro-
duced at home. This is attributed to sew
eral things. The Canadian sugar is har-
der and the shr!nkage is less. Then it has
a stronger flavor. owing to the method of
manufacture. The fact that this flavor
is foreign to the pure product does not
count in the reasoning of the dealer
Another reason given Is that II is all su-
gar, while In Vermont sugar the pur-
chaser frequently finds that he has bar
gained for bricks, stones. wood, and some
times sand.
This may seem like a curious statement.
but If the reader will visit Mr. Carey's
storehouse he will be convinced that there
are some Vermont farmers who are not
over careful as to what goes into their
sugar tubs. The most conspicuous exam
pie of this Is a 36pound sugar tub with "a
thin layer of sugar on top weighing about
four pounds. This rests on a smaller tub
cover and under 1t was two bricks some
pieces of wood and rags and over twenty
pounds Of gravel. This outfit came from
a man in Greensboro. who because of
other irregularities of conduct left the
country just before the fraud was discov-
cred. There is large dealer in Chicago
who has about half a barrel of stones as
souvenirs of his transactions in Vermont
maple sugar and now under no conditions
will lie handle the product from this
State more common method of cheat.
ing is the partial filling of tub with an
inferior article and then completing IL
with sugar of a good quality Such frauds
are of course confined to few of the
many producers In Vermont but IL is
case where the many must suffer for the
dishonesty of a few and Vermont'G IA
nous industry Is damaged thereby.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
INCOMES OF PREACHERS.
Many New York CIcrGymen Receive
Munificcnt Salaries.


To be the minister in one of New York $
big churches is lucrative and desirable
position. The salaries are large and the
perquisites often double the salary 1t
was said that the late DIR. John Hall had
an income OF between So, 900 and $50 006
year OF this his salary was S25. 900 and
the rest was for marriage fees and other
incidentals
DR. Morgan Dix, of Trinity, receives
SIS, 900 per annum, and his perquisites are
quite much as were DR.. Halls He has
also about twenty assistant curates, none
of whom gets less than $500 per annum
Not less is the income of DIR. Greer rec
tor of st. Bartholomew's Episcopal
Church, for besides large salary he Off
any other minister in New York. DR.
Huntington. of Grace Church. probably
comes third in the list of high-priced
preachers.
best paid Baptist minister in the city, al
though his salary does not equal that OF
some Of the Episcopal rectors. But his
Parish is large and he is in frequent de-
mand at weddings. BY sort of unwrit-
ten law among the clergy the minister's
wife always receives all wedding fees.
They are supposed to be her pin money.
Some ministers who are unmarried set
this sum aside for charity.
Clergymen who have bfe churches and
wealthy congregations receive substan-
tiaI rccompCnSe for officiating on these
occasions. The custom OF giving big
marriage fees is every year Increasing
and the bigger the Zee the more compii-
mentary it is supposed TO be for the
bride. For his services at the christening
Of the little ones of the :ich the rector
also gets rice check.
When 1t is remembered that handsome
residences are thrown in by the large
churches. in addition to the regular sala-
ry il viii be seen that call to rich city
church IL not Ia be despised. The aver
age man who iinagines that "A preacher
has no business ability would do well to
consider that he doesn't neS1 - have 1t
He has pleasant berth and he Is sire
of mis- job IS long as he lives
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
HE BUYS OLD NECKTIES.
The Unusual Trade of Dealer Who
Is Making Money.
(From the New Orleans III.

From the New Orleans Times emocrat)
Il ran across a queer line of business
the other day, said young man about
town. Il was dressing in the morning
and in walked a small, swarthy indiyid-
ual, with a big bag over his arm. 'Ex
cuse me. sir, he said politely. but have
you any old cravatS you have no further
use for? If so. l will buy them for cash
or give you new ones for them | was
considerably astonished at the PROPOSE
tion,' continued the young man. but like
almost everybody who ives in apart
ments L had a lot of old ties of various
kinds Httering my dresser. and proceed
ed to drag them to light. Altogether L
dug I'D three doZen-Ascots. teckS, four
in-hands, and silk and satin band scarfs.
Hardly any of them showed the least
signs of wear; they were simply crumpled
and out of shape, and some of the light
patterns were slightly soiled. They were
ties for which / had originally paid all
the way from IS cents TO $3.50, and l dare
say you could find a similar collection in
the quarters of almost any young bache-
Tor in the city
Well, my swarthy visitor went through
the pile with great care. smoothed every
thing out nicely and finally offered me
half a dozen new ties in exchange. sup
posed, of course. that his stock of new
stuff would be of the cheapest and gaudi-
est description. and he surprised me
dasher's portfolio from his bag and
showed me some of the finest and hand
soonest neckwear L have seen this win
ter. We soon came to terms and closed
the bargain, but before the little man left
| pumped him a trifie as to his peculiar
business. He said that nearly all the ties
he bought were nearly good new and
all they needed was renovating. He took
them entirely apart. steamed and scrubbed
the rich. heavy silk of which most of
them are made and, when put together
again could not be distinguished from
perfectly fresh stock l tried to get
him to tell me what he did with his
wares after they were rehabilitated, but
on that point he was very vague, and
all be would say was that he sold EN-
around l have an idea that they are
handled by peddlers and disposed of in
the smaller towns. where the fact that
they are a little out of fashion wouldn't
make much difference"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
A CURIOUS NARRATIVE.
An Incident That Led to ChapcPs
Construction.
(Frcm the Derby, England. Mercury

(Frcm the Derby. England Mercury
In the outlying hamlet of Muggintcn
there is n quasi-Palladin chapel, about iif-
teen feet square. which Is commonly
known as Halter Devil Chapel The story
is a bad one Francis Brown, who had
a bad reputation both for drunkenness
and for feeding his horses at the expense
of his neichbors. went forth one night Ia
bring home a truant steed. and. In spite
of drink and darkness. found the animal
without difficulty. on reaching home and
bringing out the lantern he found the
halter was round the neck Of n horned
beast which conscience suggested must
be the devil himself. He repented of his
evil deed. and by way of atonement at
tached q chapel to his own little farm:
which was situated on q stretch OF idni
taken into AuggintOn from the adioin-
Ing parish of IIuland- The 2rotcSGuo at
tempt mt classical architecture witirf
the little chapel presents contrasts
strangely enough with the farm buildings
to which it il attached. II IS said :hHt Il
has never been consccrated or licensed.
but a curatc otiiciates hi IL once mouth.
and receives the rental OF some seventeen
acres of land. which form the erdf'~'-
ment. on tablet in the 9edims:lt .! tEs
chapel are the lines.
Francis Brown in his oil age
Built him here this hcrmi, I-c-
The register of MugGintoE parish ean-
tains the following entry: Isl, JUN
nth. Francis Brown. Of finland Ward.
buried, Intakes Founder OF Chapel III TiI
Intakes Ward to be annexed to Muggin-
ton for ever. after Death Of his widow.
his daughter. and her EusbsId. Edward
Allen"
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-09

New York, May Major + +. Iadd.
ex.trgasurc- u Cuba, just arrived from
Havana. said be- had turned over a. 500 d.
Ol0 90 General Rolod. who had qualified
A. treasurer " the island General Ro.
lod WIS secretary ~ war for the Cuban
republic. Major ladd said that while
in Cuba boz handled In an $40 O0O. 600
Of Cuban funds and his Gad consisted
of but 10 men, He said tho affairs of
Cuba az present were controlled by the
Revolutionary party aud that CONNER.
cial interests Of the country would like
10 have the American occupation Of tho
island tocoutinueand believed the Platt
amendment viii keep the new govern.
meut when formed from getting into
snarls with foreign countries
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-09
EXCITEMENT IN STOCK
Combine Arrayed Against Combine
on Railroad Stocks.
HARTMAN WINS OUT
His Interest Secured Control of the
Union Paciae Road from the
MOrgan.llIll Comlf -iiOn
Afler a Hard r.ilS.

New York. May s-The stock mar.
ket was utterly demoralized AZ the open.
ing today by the developments In
Northern Pacific What were rumors
Tuesday became facts today that the
Hartman interests in relation Of the
attempt % secure control Of the Union
Pacific had turned upon the Morgan.
Hill interests aud wrested from them
control u the Northern Pacihc. Com.
petItiye buying resulted in a virtual cor
ner In the stock. 10 the discontinue and
panic Of a very large short interest.
The collateral consequences Of the
open war disclosed between the most
powerful financial iuterestsin the coun.
try caused acute alarm among large op-
orators of longs Of the market. The
Hartman syndicate. supposedly backed
by Gould aud tho andard Oil interests
In bitter wG ith the Wander.
bilt Morgan and Hin combine offered
alarming suggestions 10 the heated i'm.
Agination of spectators While shorts
were bidding at any prices for North.
ern Pacific. speculafor. were unloading
other stocks all through the list
The disorder on the stock exchange
was extreme during the first hour. bu,
strong rallies in the general market and
n relapse IN Northern Pacific treasured
the holder, and the market became
quieter.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-09
CUBANS WILL ACCEPT
Platt Amendment Not 50 Objection.
able Since Explained.
DELEGATES REPORT.
The Commission Does Not Make AM
RECOMMENDATIONS, but the Ian.
guage Used Cannot he
Mistaken In Meaning.

Havana. May s-The Cuban commits.
sion NJ the secret session Tuesday even.
ing presented an extensive report OF
their conferences with President Nc.
kinley and Secretary Root TO the con.
stitutional convention and a glowing
accouni Of the banquets aud reception,
rendered them. senor Gibergn objected
90 incorporating an account Of the 20
oial programme IN the report. but the
commission insisted upon this point.
In reference 10 the third clause Of the
Plats amendment the report stated that
the United States would not intervene
unless Cuba was attacked by foreign
power, or unless there existed in Cuba
a condition of affairs similar TO that
which existed under Spain at the tim,
Of American Intervention.
Regarding ooaling stations, the report
sets forth that the places 20 desired by
the United States were Capes Maysi
and San Antonio and other points com.
manding the entrance 70 the Gulf Of
Mexico these would be definitely deter.
mined upon when drawing up the
treaty and that the object Of these sta.
tions would b. the measure Of the indie.
pendence Of Cuba a. well as the pro,ec.
ton Of the United States.
The report said that the United State.
would in no way interfere with the 10.
cal government and President Mckinley
had promised 70 appoint commission
70 meet Cuban commission 20 discuss
the economic condition and 20 draw up
a treaty as soon a. the republic is estab.
ishod, and that he advised the Cubans
IN the meantime 10 study the constitu.
ton in this respect
The reports announced that Secretary
Root had said that there was nothing
IN the Platt amendment 60 prevent Cuba
having diplomatic representatives in
foreign countries
The report has evidently made n good
impression and only few radicals will
continue 70 oppose rs acceptance.
senor Nilluenda. in an open letter de.
claring his intention 20 accept the
amendment, said be- first thought. that
n the convention rejected the amend.
ment Washington might change its pol.
icy as he believed the amendment was
the work of party
Il now believe" said Senior villuen.
da, chat the amendment is the work
of the nation There is no use in ob.
leciing to the inevitable. II is either
annexation orarepublic with the amend.
ment and ] believe In the latlor. The
United States while insisting upon the
amendment shows that the Americans
have changed from their policy before
the war and they no longer rely on the
Monroe doctrine % protect the interests
OF American republics
The convention will meet again 10.
morrow and is expected % take def. I
mite action by Saturday.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-09

New York, MAY S-Rail rates from
New York TO Mississippi valley points
will be advanced on and after Nav 10.
The ruads interested have established
basis for all rail and rail aud water
rates from New York 10 these points
and tariff has already been issued by
the Baltimore aud Ohio railway, which
will be used by other lines. and which
shows a diferential over water lines Of
10. ! aud cents for the first 10 sixth
class respectively The new rates will
apply to all common and local, points
IN the Southeastern Mississippi Valley
association territory via Cincinnati.
Louisville, Shenandoah Junction, Stras.
burg Junction. Alexandria. Ind, and
Cairo. Ills.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-09

Washington. May s-A mystery sur.
rounds the contract plans II the pro.
tectcd cruiser St Louis Whether they
have beon lost or stolen will b. deter.
mined by an official inquiry Rear Ad.
miml Bowles, chief constructor. has al.
yised the appointment ~ board to in.
vestirnte. The contract Tor the St.
Louis was awarded % the Neade and
Levy Ship and Engine Building compa.
ny Of New York That there might b.
no delay of work on the ship Admiral
Bowlos had tracings made of the plans
and forwarded 10 the firm by the super.
intending naval constructor Tho com.
mny now asserts that 70 never received
the plans
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-09

New York, MAY s-John Jasper. su.
perintenieuf Of the school board of Man.
haitian and Bronx, said that Richard
Robinson, a negro, against whom IL d.
said school principals have raised Oh.
lertions, was regularly appointed assist.
ant supervisor Of music for the T.
schools boc1use of his qualifications foi
tho position, aud that under no circum.
stances will the color line b. drawn IN
the department superintendent Jasper
says that he proposes 20 uphold Robin.
son IN every way as long ~ he deserves
10 be-
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-09

Chicago. May S-One n tho largest
land sales ever consumnted Is announc.
ed here by the Farwell ranch syndicate
Of Chicago The deal convcvs 30
George " LitiicieIi president of thf
Austin National hank Of Austin. Tex.
$4,000 acres Of land in Shockley and
lamb counties Of that state The con.
sidorutiou is not named The land will
BE- used exclusively for ranch purposes.
This was part Of the land given 90 build
the state capitol a. Austin
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-09

Constautinoplo, May s Amhas ssador.
of the foreign powers have dispatched
identical note, 10 the porte charactoriz
ing the seizure by the Ottoman postal
authorities Of foreign mail bags as O.
breach Of international law and holding
the porte responsible for the conso
quencos. one Of the mail bags opono
Sunday contained dispatches Of Oh,
German ambassador
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-09

Pesin. May s.-China will request the
powers 20 obtain Tor her loan sufficient
TO pay the indemnities as soon as the
amount thereof Is made known. She
will also ask for an extra 20. .O0O. 900 tael.
10 BE- provided annually according to the
proposition OF the foreign ministers
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-09

Coucurdia. kas, Nav s Word has
reached here Of a tornado at Miltonville.
town two miles south Of here on the
santa Fee railway Three buildings
were destroyed, bat no lives lost. The
wind Is said 20 have done much damage
m the country near Miltonville.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-09

cordolo' Ga, Nav s.-During a thun
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-09

London, Nav s-The miners have de.
sided against the stoppage Of work on
account Of war tax on coal. II the
owners attcmpi 20 reduce wages in any
district another conference will be call.
cd % reconsider the question.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-09

Fort Wayne, Ind, MAY S. The elec.
tion here Tuesday resulted in an over.
whelming Democratic victory. the ma.
lorities being larger than In 1896 or 1885.
toriy'three prccints out Of a. give II
g. herghon. Democratic candidate for
mayor, a majority of 1900 aud A. NJ.
Scheldt for clerk NOT loss thnn 1000
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-09

der storm mere the lightning Tor a short
time was terrific and three persons were
struck aud killed They were Mrs. J.
J. Perry, a Miss Kinney and a negro
man who was at work in the suburbs
Of the town.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-09
DI.ml..sd Tor nerstleai reachInr..

Chicago, MAY S-Dr George II. Gil
bert, professor Of New Testament litera
ture and Interpretation in the Chicag,
Theological seminary, has been removed
by the directors. who allege DR. Gilberi
published teachings that were hcreticAl
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-09

birmingham, Ala May s.-Miss Do
Garrett was outraged near Springville,
ST. Clair county, by Jim Brown, ne
gro. The whole country is searching
or the rAyisher.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-09
oeh. nuy. rhIIaa.lahI. rlm...

Philadelphia May Adolph 5 Ochs.
proprietor Of the Chattanooga Time.
AMI the New York Times. has purchased
the Philadelphia Times His brother.
George w. Ochs, will take the manage.
ment Of the paper.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-20
MARKET QUOTATIONS. TODAY
(By Associated Press.)


New York. Nov. 20.-The opening trad
ing in stocks was quiet and price changes
were small and mixed American Smelt,
ing rose IL. Large buying orders an.
peared in some of the coalers and spe,
cialties and prices all around advanced
well above yesterdays close. Toward IL
o'clock the general market became easier
in tone, in sympathy with realizing in
the Pacifics, Sugar and Peoples Gas.
A renewed rise in the coalers occurred.
causing better tone generally, and
many large blocks of the low priced
stocks Changed hands. New Jersey Gen.
trail rose points.
Bonds were irregular.
Pressure against the trans-continental
stocks was resumed and their weakness
gradually permeated the general mar
ket, causing prices to dip sharply. Losses
of from to 2 points We're made by St.
Paul, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific.
Sugar and some other prominent stocks,
Buying to cover developed later and re.
coveries of a small fraction were gen.
eral.
Local fractions rallied strongly. led nv
Manhattan, which went higher than be-
fore.