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English navy, are those on which Togo
has served.
His Cruise With Training Ships.
Togo's chief piece of work u2 to
the outbreak of the China-Japan War
was his cruise with the training ships
Hlei and kongo. He was then a
commander. That was twelve years
ago, He was selected for the post
because of his already well-known
ability to whip men into shape in the
shortest possible time. In the course
or the long cruise, he touched at San
francisco, Seattle and the Hawaiian
Islands, and for months he cruised
among the islands of the South Seas.
Many or the cadets he had in charge
then are now well-known officers, and
tney take particular pains to let 1t be
heralded that they are Togos men,
and that they pattern after him faith
fully.
AT the battle of the Yalu, Togo was
captain For his initiative and valor
lnere he was rewarded by the rank
OF aomiral. and membership in the
1hlrd order of the Rising Sun. He
Is IN select company. for only about
twenty men are privileged to wear
the medal. But all Japan is hoping
that when the present war is over he
I~NCAAAS q luGltlDeT OF the ElrSL
Order, an honor conferred on only
two men-the late Prince Arisugawa,
lor ms work in the war with China,
and Marquis Ito.
In appearance Admiral Togo looks
more like the ordinary sea. captain
OF England or America than a Jap
aheSe. His short, bristly, gray beard
Is largely responsible for this re-
seL1plance and marks him from his
L..
OF stature as the average Jap, and his
eyes show very little slant. Like the
average officer of the Mikado. he does
not Know how to wear a uniform. the
coat especially showing numerous
wrinkles where it should fit snugly.
Chngs to Native Traditions.
But while he thus approaches Can
caslan standards outwardly in MANY
respects, inwardly he clings to every
tradition of his native land that does
not interfere with modern naval ideas.
rms tendency was shown several
days before the fleet left Sasebo to at
tack Port Arthur The Admiral had
all hands piped on deck, then, while
they stood at attention, he impressive
Iy placed small sword, pointed to-
wards them, on a little table. The
crew understandable time was close
at hand when their Admiral expected
them to commit, if necessary, honor
able suicide in battle for their Mika-
dos sake.
THE Nelson of Japan'-he is be-
ing called that on all sides-is married
and has three daughters and a son.
The boy is in the Imperial UNIVERSE
ty in this city, and it is said that he,
as well as his mother and sisters, take
calmly the honors that have befallen
the name of Togo. If that is true, then
the children take after their father in
at least one respect. when the shells
were bursting all around him at Port
Arthur" wrote a lieutenant on the
flagship Mikasa, "our august vice
admiral was the coolest man on
deck"
Copyright, 1904, by T. c. McClure.)
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''sotnia" of troopers with whom he
skirmished around the country to find
food and supplies for the besieging
army. On one Of his foraging expedi-
tions he was caught in a Turkish viii
lage by a body of Turkish troops out
numbering his own by five to one.
The horses of his troop had been pick
eted outside the village, and they were
captured by the Turks, the guards be-
ing killed.
The Cossacks besieged in the viii
lage threw W a heavy barricade and
fought behind 1t. with hardly pause,
for five days and nights. At the end
of that time the barricade was
stormed, but the battle was doggedly
kept up from house to house until the
whole village was in flames. At last,
the young lieutenant and five of his
men, the only survivors, were penned
up in a blazing house by a hundred
Turks. The Turkish commander called
upon them to surrender, promising
them their lives; but they well knew
that other prisoners who had surren-
dered under similar promises had been
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A Cossack officer named Mirsk
Kachanov was captured By the enemy
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shot, or even tortured TO death.
The lieutenant called his men around
him and said:
Il will so out and parley with the
Turkish captain, and while ! am doing
so you must suddenly break out, make
dash for the Turks horses. and try
to get away on them. When l see
that you are fairly started, l will join
you. DO not fear for me. 1 will get
to the horses as soon as you do
f, His men expostulated. but he COM
manded and they had to fall in with
the plan. Then, knowing that he was
going to certain death, he unbarred
the door and walked out into the
midst of the enemy, waving his hand
kerchief as a flag Of truce. The Turk
ish officers gathered around him and
he occupied their attention so well
that his men were able to carry out
the ruse he had planned, and they got
away safely. But the lieuteant did
not follow them, and he must have
known all along that he would not be
able to do so. He gave his life as
willing sacrifice for the men whom he
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17
HOW CYRIL MAY BE CAR
The Lives That stand Between Him
and the Throne.
Iron, the Ralt ir,,nrn Gun

ana the IhrOne.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovitch of
Russia, cousin of the Car, who was
wounded at Port Arthur, visited the
United States in 1899 on his way
around the world.
Accompanying him at that time were
two aides-de-camp, Lieuts. Coube and
Pouzanoff of the Russian navy. The
Grand Duke said to M. Petloff, the
consul general in New York, that
the American women had captivated
him.
He was described at the time as a
tall, well built young man. He had
fine teeth, blue eyes, light hair and a
slight mustache.
The Grand Duke is third in line of
succession to the Gear. AS third in
line of succession, he Is of great i'm
portance, but certain circumstances
bring him nearer to the throne, than
is apparent from the mere statement
that he holds third place.
The present Car has no sons and
the statutes require that male heirs
shall have preference over female.
The Cars brother, Grand Duke Mi
chael, is the heir apparent. He is un-
HAIttt COlIleS TIE SZdT y
Oldest uncle, Grand Duke Vladimir,
whose Oldest son is Grand Duke Cyril
Between Cyril and the heirship to
the imperial throne there is only one
delicate life and that of his father,
whom in any case he would succeed.
There is another obstacle to the ac-
cession of Grand Duke Cyril to the
throne, but it is not likely that it
would prove an effectual one. His
mother is a Lutheran and the late
Car, who disliked his sister-in-law,
Grand Duchess Vladimir. issued. at
the instigati ton of the procurator of the
Holy Synod, M. Pobiedonostseff, a
ukase debarring from the succession to
the throne any Grand Duke whose con-
sort was not member of the Russian
Orthodox Church, and likewise debar-
ring the issue of any such match.
The Car is not only temporal, but
a spiritual ruler, occupying a position
that in many respects is analogous to
that of the Pope at Rome, since at the
moment when the Emperor is crowned
he is at the same time eonsecrated as
a priest. 1t was. therefore. deemed
illogical for the wife of the Supreme
Pontiff of the Russian Orthodox
Church to belong to faith which is
regarded in Russia as hereticaI
1t is doubtful that in the event Of
the Cars brother dying without male
issue the Grand Duke Vladimir and
his son would submit quietly to their
exclusion from the throne. In the
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event of contest there is no doubt
they would have many followers
Grand Duke Vladimir and his wife
are looked upon in Russia as persona
flying liberalism and progress in mat
ters temporal and spiritual. Vladi-
Mrs younger brother, Sergius, is the
idol and chief of the Pan Slavist party
in politics and is called blgot in re-
ligion.
Vladimir. in addition to being the
uncle OF the Car. is virtually the
commander-in-chief of the Russian
army. Cyrils training has been that
Of naval officer. He was born oct.
II, 1876. His brother. Grand Duke Bo-
ris visited the United States two years
ago and spent much time at Newport
On several occasions Cyril has been
brought to public attention by his in
fatuation for his divorced cousin, the
Grand Duchess of Hesse. The crisis in
their love affairs was reached last jan
uary. when the Gear peremptorily or
dered him to the front in order to pre-
vent scandal. as the laws of the Rus
sian Church strictly forbid marriage
between first cousins and marriage of
divorced persons. Grand Duke Cyril
thereupon Joined his cruiser, which
proceeded to the fleet in the Far East
He was recently transferred from the
hrst-class cruiser Admiral Nochimon TO
the shin that has just been sunk. the
Petropavlovsk.
At the time of the Gear ordering him
to the front court gossips said that the
maneuVer to break up the match would
effect nothing. He has been devoted
to the Grand Duchess. ten years. and
in fact. long before there was any
question of her divorce from the ruler
of Hesse.
A dispensation from the Holy Synod
sanctioned by the Car, would be the
only means of legitimitizing the we'd
ding. The sanction of the Gear is not
at all likely, as both he and his wife
are violently opposed to the Grand
Duchess
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during Gen. Tergoukasoff's opera
tiOns against the Khivans in 1871.
| He had distinguished himself in bat
| tie several times. and the Khivans
had a great admiration for him. They
there, offered him his life. and
said they would make him chief and
| give him all the wealth and wives and
luxuries he could possibly desire.
When he was brought before the
Khan to give his answer to this offer,
a recreant Russian officer who had
| Joined the Khivans stepped up to-
| him and urged him to consent Quick
as fash the Cossack snatched a dag
| ger from the Russians belt and stab
bed him to the heart. Then he tried
i to attack the Khan. but was cut down
before he could reach him.
Several generals in the Russian
army are Cossacks by BIRTH and the
path of promotion is always made
smooth for any Cossack officer who
shows ability and initiative. Russian
officers are apt to be jealous on tho
subject, alleging that all the good
things go to the Cossacks.
Perhaps the most famous of these
Cossack leaders is Gen. Chicagoff,
who commanded a division of Co.'S
sack troops during the suppression Of
the Boxer outbreak in Manchuria in
are told of the brave deeds he per-
formed when campaigning in Central
Asia in the Eighties" under the fa-
nous Skobeleff
In one battle he was wounded
seven times. but refused to be car
ried to the field hospital in the rear.
and remained lying on the field direct
ing the work of the field battery he
then commanded. until the battle was
won. On another occasion he gained
the coveted Cross Of St. George for
fighting six Turcomans single handed
and rescuing wounded soldier.
Russian troops are famous for their
cheerful endurance of the most ex-
treme hardships, but the Cossacks are
the hardest of all. They will march
night and day, for weeks on end. with
only an occasional hour for rest and
sleep, and with one scanty meal day
If no more is to be had. But when
their work is done and their foraging
has been successful, two men will sit
down and eat a whole sheep at a
sitting, and drinking enough vodka to
make half dozen Russians hopeless
ly intoxicated. Yet next morning they
will be as fit for work as ever
They are trained from infancy to be
hardy and brave, and because Of their
Spartan education, heroism has become
second nature to the entire race. Even
the babies are told, long before they
can understand anything, that they
must not whimper or they will never
become good warriors.
Little boys are sent out barefooted
in midwinter to carry messages from
one village to another across the snow,
and they are set TO fight one another
with wooden swords and spears until
one is often knocked senseless or
blinded by the blood that flows from
his face and head.
When they are six years old they
are taught to ride half-brolxen horses,
and long before they are out of their
teens they handle firearms as familiar
ly as veteran scout.
Copyright, 1904, by William Thorp.)
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17
BATTLE STORIES
OF THE COSSACKS
lheIr Greatest Warrior, the Hetman Patow
Whose Ghost Is Supposed to Charge in
Front of Every CoSsack.
BY WILLIAM THORP.

Ever since the Cossacks first made
their appearance in Russian history by
settling on the Don and the Volga in
inc sixteenth century and allying them
selves with the Car, they have been
far and away the best fighting force
Russia has possessed. They have
fought in the forefront in every battle,
ana frequently snatched victory out of
the defeat of the regular Russian
troops.
They are such extraordinary fine
troops that they are almost always put
INTO the fighting line-not wasted in
protecting lines of communication or
IA garrisoning fortresses. The excep-
'loh 10 this rule is seen in the present
W. war with Japan. The guarding of the
Irans-Siberian railway is at once the
post Of honor and danger and the most
Important task at the present stage of
ne campaign. That is why it is being
left to the Cossacks.
Many stories are told in Russia of
Cossack heroism and devotion to duty
on the field of battle. Indeed, there is
usually Cossack in any Russian tale
OF soldiers valor.
Perhaps the greatest leader the Co.'S
sacks ever had was their Hetman Pla-
CCoW' who first made the name of the
SSoSsacks terrible in Europe He led
ms troops for the Car against Napol-
eol When the latter invaded Poland
t Saa Russia, and on many fields he
lnlIlcted crushing defeats upon the vet
eran soldiers of France.
Flatow was a man of extraordinary
bravery and strength. In every charge
Twas t,e was we'll ahead of his most ardent
ttoopers' so much so that to this day
p 5ie Cossacks say ten yards behind
n, idIow' to express the utmost limit of
~ liIlary daring. When a father trains
- = son TO ride and WELD the lance, he
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spurs him on to practice hard by tell
ing him that some day, on the field of
battle, he will be "only ten yards be-
mind Platow." The Cossacks will not
admit that any man could ever get
level with that great leader.
They have tradition that his ghost.
wearing his favorite heron's plume,
which the Queen of Prussia took out
of her hat to give him. and riding on
his favorite white mare all dappled
with blood, charges at the head of
every Cossack "sotnia," that does va
lorously on a hard-fought field. Many
Cossacks assert that they saw it dur
ing the battles of the Russo-Turkish
war and the bloody campaign against
the Turcomans in Central Asia, but it
does not seem to have put in an ap-
pearance when the Kubanski Cossacks
fought the Boxers in Manchuria in
the summer of 1900. Perhaps the
ghost thought that campaign was too
one sided to merit his distinguished
attention.
At the battle of Borodino, Platow
is reputed to have killed, with his own
hand, twenty-five Frenchmen in the
course of one wild charge. 1t is said
that when his sword and lance had
both been broken, and the French
cavalrymen were pressing around him.
he sliced two dragons by the scruff
of the neck. one in each hand, swung
them from their saddles with a mighty
heave of his shoulders. and dashed
them to the ground, breaking their
necks. Naturally, the other French
men hung back a little, although they
were twenty to one; and Platow
spurred his mare through their ranks
and rejoined his comrades, from whom
he had been separated by the press of
battle.
In another battle Platow charged a
French battery with only three of his
men at his back. He was leading
three or four "sotnias'' of Cossacks to
surprise the French by flank attack.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17
MONEY GETTING SCHEMES
AT C0NEY ISLAND
Different View Points in the Sum-
mer Resort Amusement Line.

inherent view Points in the sum-
mer Resort Amusement Line.
New York, April 16.-All the money
hungry schemers in New York who
didn't get i'm in time are weeping
now over the chance that they think
they missed in Coney Island. Old
Coney figures on a Monte Cristo sea-
son. All the people who have landed
some scheme down there are cock
sure that they are going to make i'm
mense sums of money out of it this
summer. One thing is certain-mil-
lions of dollars will be made or lost +;
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had led into danger.

During one of the Turkish sorties
from Plevna, in the same war, a Cos
sack field battery was charged by a
large force of mounted Turks, who
sabred every man they found there
and spiked the guns.
A Russian infantry battalion adj
vanced too late to save the battery
and drove the Turks off. They only
found one Cossack alive, and he was
leaning across the breech Of his gun
MORALLY wounded. All the other gun
ners had died at their posts. Not ono
had run away. They had served their
guns until they were slain by the sa-
bres Of the Turks.
The Car ordered that the Cross OF
st. George-the highest reward of val
or in the Russian army-should be
pinned on the breast of each man be-
fore burial.
A Cossack officer named Mirsk
Taahauotr xyoa oarfurad bxy The a..a,,,x
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MRS. NELLIE coTrER THURsToN.

Omaha 16Clarence
now lives
childhood
o
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

Going ahead with three officers to
make a reconnaissance. he mounted a
ridge and saw the French battery half
a mile below in the valley. The men
were resting, for the guns We're not
in action. Half of them were asleep,
and no sentries were posted.
The temptation was irresisti ble to
a man of Platows stamp. He shook
out the reins of his steed, shouted to
his comrades, and galloped wildly
down upon the gunners. Half of them
fed, but the rest stood their ground,
and If the leading "sotnia' had not
followed close upon the heels of their
leader. having heard his war cry, the
Cossacks would have had to find an
other Hetman. AS it was, the guns
were captured.
Coming down to more recent times,
the history of the Russo Turkish War
is full of the valiant deeds of Cos
sacks
At the siege of the Turkish fortress
of Kars, in Asia Minor, young Cos
sack lieutenant had command Of half
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17
A Bald Rhyme.

What would you think" said Grand
pa, "if l should be a bear?"
You couldn't be-" said Donald. YOU
amt got any hair"
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Entertainment and Graduating
Exercises at the Sisters School.

Wednesday evening an entertainment
and the graduating exercises were held
at the Sisters School The hall was
prettily decorated and the attendance
was large. The splendid way in which
every number of the Interesting pro-
gram was carried ont indicated the high
character of the teaching at the Sisters
school. The music was furnished by
Urban's orchestra and was excellent.
Diplomas We're conferred upon fOnr
teen young people, seven boys and
seven girls Rev w J Piel, when pre-
senting the diplomas gave much sound
advice to the class in an address teeming
with high thought and noble sentiment
The program appeared in last week :
PILOT Following are the names of
the graduates
Florence Pfelfer, Sophia Friedl Irrna
Strathmann, Viola Schriehart, Susan
Kelley, Rosa Engeldinger, Sophia Loef.
Lonis Peil Aug Giesel Leander Schnei-
der, Raymond Schneider, John Frisch.
Gail I-selmann. Louis Rehbein.
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Two steers. one whitomd one black,
"ach eight molths old Finder viii
please notify the PILor Office It
Judge Chloupek nude business trip
To- Appleton on "Wednesday
Wednesday morning Of this week
Henry Nrhdrhart and Miss Hattie Hart.
wig both of this city were united in
marriage ln'lge Chlonpek performed
the ceremony The young couple left
ON the south bound 3 o'clock train
for bridal trip 10 Buffalo
Last Tuesday Miss Hattie Rosinky
and August Oe-trich attended the wed.
ding ol Mis- kica Stencmpge. and Ottc
Weber at Milwaukee.
Fred Larson loft for Chicago las,
Tuesday where he will spend the rest Of
the summer
Alois Ralle went to Chicago on Tues
day He will remain there for some
time
Herman Bcrnlt foreman at the PILOT
recently went afishing 10 Silver Lake
nud hndedaGt lh black bass. The fish
was q inches long and l6 in. III circum
ference
DR. Tangher Torti-on Building.
Last week Miss EVELYN Hougen, who.
during the past year taught school nj
Aberdeen S - returned to her hom,
IN Liberty to spend her vacation with
her parents
Last Friday Nel- strande arrived her,
FROM Norway GA his way to his uncles
I X Hougen nf Liberty
A J Fanta, The Tailor 10 n Sth st
June % If.
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AN Up-TO-DATE GROCERY STORE.
Opening in New Addition to the 0.
TOrrsOn Company's Establish
ment.

Last Thursday the O. Torrison com
pany Were having their grand opening
in their new grocery department. The
department has u floor area of $500
square feet, and Is one of the biggest
and most pto date grocery stores
found anywhere in the state To meet
the wants Of their expanding trade the
firm last summer, erected three-story
addition to their store building. The
first floor is utilized for the enlargement
of their clothing and tailoring depart.
ment and for the new grocery depart
ment while one half of the seco nd floor
constitutes the new cloak department
This is surrounded 10y fourteen fine
office rooms, all we'll lighted and well
ventilated. The grocery department il
equipped with II view to bringing to-
gether the different divisions in that
line The fixtures are all of quarter
sawed oak and We're made by the Mani
towoc Building and Supply Company.
In the center is the fruit and vegetable
division The fruits and vegetables are
kept cool in zinc cases The butter and
cheese are kept fresh and wholesome in
Il large refrigerator whose departments
are air tight The refrigerator holds
some 1000 pounds of ice and is novel
feature of grocery furniture. The firm
has also added bakery and cake de-
partment to its grocery line, us well ~
a cutlery and silver ware department
and cigar and tobacco division
In order to keep the delivery wagons
off the main street a large platform has
been built on the west side of the struc.
ture This leaves the street clear for
he convenience of the customers that
come in rigs, and facilitates the work of
delivery The part heretofore used as u
grocery store will be converted into n
shoe department
The firm consists Of the four Torrison
brothers Thomas r. Gustav II Aaron
j and William l.
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REAL ESTATE REPORT

The following Read Estate Report is
furnished us 10y the Nanitowoc Countv
Abstract Company which owns the only
complete Abstract oi the county The
following are the officers of the com
Pany { 4, .Smndler President Julius
Llndstedt, Vice president, l.. J. Nash,
secretary WIN D. Richards. Treasur.
CT II. A Mueller Manager
pt'NeS As'akson 10 {. +. Jacobson
'o, IN sec s. 'ato ;
L.l| VI bass H. Cleo T. Anderson lot
! ~ = hlk ! Merrill snh Manltowuc 81
Ell@ VI. bass t. Mary f. Anderson
in' l''05 - DIX Merrill sub Manitowoc
- -,
W, Barnes 10 n. u. Knapp l2O n
sec oo "9cklahd 9jo1o
-. Barnes to y y Knapp 80 a sec
80 Kockiani $1,000
WI III. hosllsky 10 Arthur Rosln7kY 30
sec Il Mahltowoc $1,000
Aug lieinamn to Fred & Hermann
|' y see I AanltoWoe Rapids $500
ilrrnl'm Irapp to Alfred Trapp 50 a
seq - '"oprreiown $1,000
NARY Mcclure 10 AuK Koch lot ,
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Price of Coal Still Rising.

The monthly advance of ten cents per
ton will bring the price of hard coal up
to s. % by July l. The price will con
Time IL rise ten cents a month until
September l. when anthracite will sell
at IS II per ton, unless changing condi
tions or unforeseen events should bring
ahont greater advance in the price
Manitowoc docks are we'll supplied with
coal and additional cargoes are coming
in regularly During the recent strike
there was some apprehension lest a
shortage should prevail at all ports
However. local concerns had secured
large quantities and would not have
experienced much difficulty if the strike
had continued on u month longer. Since
the settlement of the strike much coal
has been received here and the local
docks are now fully supplied