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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-24
The Queer Bossiaks of Russia
and Some of Their Exploits

often resorted to in Russia 10 extin-
guish the fiery ardor Of Infatuated as
sailants or rioters in a street brawI
The police sixty-twO strong. entered
the "dOss house" at l a. m. leaving q
reserve force 10 surround the house and
prevent any escapes before the passport
inspection had been completed within
In the first room no resistance was en-
cOUntered. and each -bCssiak" rendered
his papers without murmur- 1t was
in the second room. significantly named
Caucasus THE emblem Of Russia's
nifty years struggle with an iR6om-
table fCc) that the disturbance began.
AS the police inspector entered. the
Fights were extinguished. and he was
greeted with volley OF invectives. Per-
ceivirg that the few ra-n he had with
him would not be able 10 cope with the
menacing crowd, the inspector hastily
Withdrew 10 summon his reserve from
outside Thereupon the noise OF CRASH
ing window panes and the breaking OF
partitions and furniture was heard.
mingled with shouts Of Down with the
police" Mob them" Chuck them out"
Fought the Police
From the roof and upper floor win
COWS broken pdEAitlOuS anu bisiSSs l-NNCS
of furniture. and fire bricks were
hurled at the police. The assistant pre-
feet next arrived upon the scene, and
by his orders the military and mounted
police were Immediately sent for. The
appearance Of this force. however. in
no wise intimidated the rioters. Only
26O of them gave themselves up without
resistance. The remainder continued 10
hold out until the hose OF the fire bril-
gadc was turned on. The drenched and
soaking garrison finally surrendered,
and $50 ..bossiaks'' were seized and ar
rested In bat
At the official inquiry it was ascer-
tanned that the resistance and the at
tack upon the police had been deliber-
ately planned. The disturbance origi-
mated in the right wing Of the refuge,
and quickly spread through its three
rooms. The inmates of the left wing,
containing two rooms. respectively
known as the .'Noblemen's' and Trad
ers' apartments, At first refused 10
ioin in the fray. but were eventually
compelled by the rest 10 join IN The
trial Of the prisoners lastSt two days
The ringleaders were sentenced &c five
and six months Imprisonment. and the
remainder condemned to terms of deten-
tion varying from three months 10 three
DAYS
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The Chesapeake. a fulI-rigged sailing
vessel. is the training ship at the Naval
Academy, and is stationed there con-
stantly when the midshipmen are not
away on cruise, as they are at the
present time
The Academy is much I'm need Of a
steam practice cruiser. Naval officers
are endcavoring to get an appropria-
ton for a vessel which will afford the
midshipmen an opportunity 10 study the
latest advances in naval warfare Many
officers think the Chesapeake useful only
as "a marine gymnasium, and find much
fault with the policy of training mid
shipmen to handle sails when instruction
in other subjects is much more useful.
A Long Struggle.
In its inception the Naval Academy
struggled along with an annual appro-
priation of only about $4,000. and gallant
officers strove, in the face Of great diff
ncultieS, to show that sea fighters could
be trained in school, and that actual
experience on board ship should be sup
plemented by classroom training.
But the future of the institution did
not seem as black in those days as IT
did at the outbreak Of the civil war. The
navy had been essentially a Southern in.
stitution, and Annapolis was essentially
a Southern institution.
With rumOrs Of secession, Southern
cadets were ordered by their parents to
leave Annapolis Many boy, stripped
of his buttons, left the old Naval Acaj-
envy. heart5roken at abandoning his life
work and the dearest friends he had
ever made.
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tains a hall $50 feet long and 100 feet
wide.
Around this great hall is a gallery
which is to be used as n museum for
arms and models. The boathouse CORE
spends in size and IS large enough to
store the practice boats Of the Academy
and also has a gallery around three
sides.
The original area conveyed 10 the
Naval Academy in 1916 contained only
nine acres. and was merely the grounds
of old Fort Severn. which Is to be com
pletely restored and will form one Of the
chief points Of interest At the recon
structed Academy tn. Government
property now comprises .everal hundred
acres.
The principal plot, on which the new
buildings are placed. includes the old
fort site. and has frontage of 200
feet on the bay and 200 feet on the
river.
Other Buildings Planned.
In addition to the buildings mentioned
there are to be a number Of others of
almost as great Importance. Contracts
have been let for many Of them. and
others will not be begun for some time.
In the finishedAcademy the chapel Will
be fanzed by the officers mess and the
sick quarters. Behind the chapel will
| extend the officers quarters. a long row
Of rooms extending along King George
/ Street from the bay almost to Dorsey
/ Creek, which forms the east boundary
Of the main portion Of the Academy
grounds.
The new hospital. to be erected at a
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cost Of 5000 900, will be located near the
site OF the historic Academy cemetery.
The gymnasium will be located on Dor
sey Creek, east of the quadrangle and
main campus.
Twenty years ago the meager navy
Of the United States was unable to find
places for the small classes which were
graduated from the Naval Academy.
Many graduates had to be honorably
discharged upon completing their course.
Now the growing navy cannot obtain
enough officers. There is much lamen-
class which is about TO enter at Anna
polls did not come up to the 900 mark.
Examinations were so strict that many
of the candidates were unable TO pass.
The Secretary of the Navy is at a loss
how to find sufficient officers to man the
new warshlps which are rapidly nearing
completion.
Founded by Bancroft.
When George *. Bancroft. Secretary
of the Navy IN the Administration of
President Polk. founded the Naval Acad-
envy in 1915. there was little thought that
it would ever develop into great insti-
tuition. The War Department gave Fort
Severn for the use of the school.
When it opened i'm October of 1915
there were thirty-six midshipmen in at
tendance Last year the attendance ran
up almost to 200. The superintendent is
finding much difficulty in housing his
rapidly growing school. while the cam
pus is undergoing the changes which
will provide for number common
surate with the demands of the navy.
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GETTING A PORTRAIT.

The Emperor Of Austria is having HIS
portrait painted by an artist whose
studio is on the fifth floor, and because
he Is afraid Of accidents always walks
I'D these four flights twice a week And
he goes like a bird in spite of his sew
enty years! Francis Joseph never was
much on visiting MS sovereign neigh
bors, yet he can skip about his own
city without danger from bombs. but ne
has no confidence in elevator ropes. Pea
haps he is none too cautious.
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- EADERS or Maxim Cork VIII
r. hardly require to be told the
N meaning of the word -.bossial.
Few OF US. however. have prob
ably reflected as to how the "oossiak'
came TO be what it Is. II Is only per
haps within Gorki's lifetime that the
class has become distinct ard com
prehensive one in Russia. The hos
siak' is evidently the outcome Of the
prematlIre-emancipati of the serf. The
peasants. separated from the land, sud
denly became their own masters before
they had had time 70 learn the respon-
sibilities OF their new position and the
penalties OF their questionable freedom.
Weaned from village life by these stern
realities Of their existence. ll.ey drifted
into the towns. where the dcmoraliZing
influences OF life for which they were
morally unpre pared speedily converted
many of them into thieves and vaSa-
bonds IN this manner they became the
nucleus of what is now known as the
"bossiak' class-i. e. the nearest equiv
alent 10 our tramps.
Increasing in Russia.
The "bossiaks" are rapidly increasing
IN numbers all over Russia. and. thanks
10 the graphic presentments of Maxim
Cork and other writers, they nave Tor
the nonce acquired certain amount Of
reputation ana unmerited popularity.
Away in the wide open steppes, or along
the uninhabited banks of the Duieper or
Volga. the "bossiak's'' dcpredatiOns are
TO a certain extent harmless. compared
with the mischief he works IN the CAPT
tails and towns. whittier the frost and
snow obIige him to return each winter.
The proclivities Of his unbridltd, savage
nature make of him a pest 10 society
and a nuisance to the authorities. He
It attracting many recruits, ana is likely
in time to produce 4 host OF revolution
lists FAR more menacing TO the social and
political conditions OF Russia than the
yellow peril phantom made In Ger
many"
In his play, The Lower Depths of
Life" Maxim Cork gives a vivid illus
tration of a "dOss house. where the
''bossiak' element congregates in win
ter. These congested. miserable, under
ground refugees have lately developed
into buildings of two and three stories
high. Police raids upon these buildings
have necessarily become OF frequent Oc-
ourrence in ST. Petersburg, owing 10 the
shelter they offer to passportless Sus-
poets of all kinds. one OF the largest
Of these refugees. a house containing up
ward of 600 inhabitants. was recently the
scene of so stubborn and riOtous re-
1nuafpfffarn- ~ "a
police that the latter had to call to
their aid company of soldiers, sup
ported by mounted police and a fire bri-
gade. The powerful water pump is a
harmless but very effective remedy.
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Neglect of Past Decades Atoned for by Con
gress With Liberal Appropriations and
Naval Academy Will Be
Finely Equipped.
Finely Equipped.

IN of granite, is rising out of
L ' chaos. the keystone of the neU
American navy, which Secretary Morton
purposes developing into the greatest
sea-fghtins force in the world
After decades of neglect the Naval
Academy finally attracted the attention
Of Congress and 100000 was made
available for the reconstruction OF the
institution which had grown. Topsy-
like. on the bank of the Severn River.
Architectural Miscellany.
The old Academy was the greatest
architectural hodge-podge in the world.
1t was a crazy quilt of Colonial man
sions. Greek temples. modern flats Of
the poorest type. and tottering facto-
ries. It's buildings fought like Co
manches and appealed in vain for a
harmonizing hand.
In the days when Americans had no
dreams of a giant navy the Naval
Academy was granted scanty appropria-
tions which had TO be smeared thinly
over the Annapolis grounds to provide
buildings which would make the con-
tinuance OF the Academy. WORK posi-
bic. The result was poorly constructed
quarters. stumbling academic buildings.
and a general air Of cheapness which
was humiiiating to the gallant naval
officers who cherished the ideals Of the
early navy and handed them down To
succeeding classes in spite OF the dis
oouragements which met them on all
sides
Buildings condemned
Finally board OF visitors was ap-
pointed whose names sh2uld DC written
high on the granite walls OF the new
Academy. IL was In 1880 that the board
united In report condemning the old
Academy buildings and grounds so
strongly that IT was impossible to over
look The needs Of the institution an
longer
The Secretary OF the Navy was arous-
ed lie appointed n board Of officers To
report what should be done to improve
the sanitary conditions OF the grounds
ana reDul4o the i"S'ilI'lo" according 10
some dehnte plan
CIeuIt Due H. W. NUN pSOh.
To one member OF that board Robert
NJ. Thompson, Of the class Of 1865, prob
ably more than TO any other one man, Is
due the credit for the raising Of the
school out Of the poverty and ugliness
into which Congress had allowed II 10
sink. When the board completed its re-
port Mr.. Thompson made himself a com
mittee Of one 10 see that the report dld
not go the pigeonhole route as scores
Of other reports ana recommendations
had gone
He interested himself so deeply In the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-24
Academic Buildings.

North Of the power plant will be the
great academic buildings, Of sufficient
on the opposite side Of the quadrangle.
Some idea Of the magnitude OF the new
buildings can be had from the dimen-
sions Of the armory. This building con-
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EADERS or Maxim Cork viii
X hardly require TO be told the
l. y meaning of the word .bOssiak."
Few OF US, however. have prob
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-06
Quicker Time to St. Louis Far VI,
nObile and Ohio Railroad.

Commencing June 5, the famous St.
Louis Limited of the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad 1.-THE Worlds Fair ROute)
will leave New Orleans at 7.3O and ar
rive at St. Louis the following after
Dol at 5.52, instead of 7.O4 as here
tofOre. This train is a solid vesti-
buled train of the very latest pattern,
carrying one of the finest Pullman
Sleepers made, besides Library OBJ
servatiOn and ParlOr cars, DINING
cars with large electric fans, fine
cuisine and service a Ia carte. Elk
tremely low rates for Is day, 60 da!
and season tickets to st. Louis anC
return account of Worlds Fair. F. E.
Guedry, d. p. A., 229 St. Charlie:
street, New Orleans. La.
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When Subjects Rebel.

For three weeks he had borne all
the horrors Of spring cleaning without
a murInur. Then his patience gave
way.
"And you," sobbed his wife-"you
useu 10 leu Ele 1 was your queen"
Yes" he said, with a wild glare in
his eye; but when a man finds his
queen has used his tobacco Jar ioG
pale oak varnish and his best nicer
schaum pipe fer a tack hammer he
he begins to grasp the advantages Of
a repubiic."-Stray Stories.
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Desperate Remedy.
Singleton-I'm getting awfully gray
doctor. Is there no remedy for it,"
DR.. Gru6-Yes. Get married.
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of Republicanism, AN utter
abOminatiOn" to every DemOcra-
tic idea, was continued in Louis
lana even after the Democrats
got control of the State. The
bitter fractional differences which
existed, the several splits in the
party, the threat of the negro
vote, diverted public attention
from the abuse and prevented
Louisiana from doing what every
other Southern State had done
destroyed the Republican sys-
tenn of Capitalization and dicta-
torship at the same time that
Republican rule was Overwhelm-
ed.
The popular political revOlu-
ton now sweeping through
Louisiana promises to do at last
what should have been done
years ago. It has freed the
judiciary from the control of the
executive. The district judges
in New Orleans were made elect
i've instead of appointive by the
Governor; and now the judges of
both the Supreme and Circuit
courts are to be elected and to
hold their title from the people
and become responsible to them.
The entire judiciary is now, or
soon will be, as the Constitution
declares it should be, a free and
separate and independent part
of the State government.
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Fore of Habit.

The master plumber had become
rich. and Was going abroad for his
health. On tce voyage a school OF
whales was sighted and the plumber
was seer to ru0 his hands in costa
cies.
WHY is he so happy" asked a cur
Gus passenger.
He can't help It." whispered the
captain. He imagines each spout ic
q burst of water pipe. to be repaire&
by him at his old rates."
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G. SCHMULEN, Foreman.
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Did Size Throw Him Over?

Did Size Throw Him Over?
THAT Charlie Pinchbeck is a me2c
nan"
What has he dore?"
You know, he's engaged to Tild;
HicSrcck. Well, he found a ring
somewhere It a bargain and gave ii
70 FER. 1t was too small for hel
ic.r. What do you suppose &c
?'
t,at?"
'Gy.Sad her to diet until she cou.d
:. !. Cr.''-Stray Stories.
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Safeguard the Children.

Notwithstanding all that is done by
boards of health and charitably in
clined persons, the death rate among
small children is very high during the
hot weather of the summer months in
the large cities. There is not prob
ably one case of bowel complaint in q
hundred. however, that could not be
cured by the timely use of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and DiarrhOea
Remedy. For sale by Lafayette Drug
Co.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-06
Work and WORRY.

It is q common mistake that to
worry hard is to work hard. The way
to succeed is to work and not to
worry; the way to fail Is to worry and
not to work. The way to neither sue
coed o fail is to both work and
worry; that IL the way to kill your.
seif.-LO1dOp Truth.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-06
Russians Generous Church civers

Russians Generous Church civers.
In no country In the world are peo-
pie so generous in their donations to
the church as in Russia. The weekly
Offering never fails. 1t is contributed
by the Gear. by every noble. every
officer and soldier, and by every indi-
vidual, no matter of what class, from
prince to mOujik.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-06

A good story, though not strictly
Cossack, is told Of the soldiers in .
redoubt at Sebastopol who we're about
to partake of the usual soup from the
usual pan. A shell fell in their midst
but a cool-neaded Russian ran and.
dropping it into the pail, cried: Wei
come, Marian Ivanovba, and taste our
SOUP"
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Pledged 20 a Primary Law.

TimeS-DemOcrat. July |.
The Louisiana House passed
the TOOmer resolution yesterday
by a vote of 81 to 30, pledging
itself to adopt, at the next SEES
sion of the Legislature, an effect
i've and compulsory primary
election law. This is all the
House could do under the Cir
cumStances.
Betrayed by the packed Com
mittee of Fifteen, and with
enough hungry Senators, eager
for patronage, to prevent any
Legislation in the other branch of
the General Assembly, the people
will appreciate it's action and will
read a promise of victory in the
splendid majority of nearly two
to one given for the TOOmer
resolution, and in the strong and
ringing speeches made in its
support. The resolution adopted
was not mere words, Words"
as one of the opposition charac-
tarizpd IL. II was a notice tO the
people that they had been tricked
and betrayed; it gave them a
watchword, a call to battle; it
encouraged them to keep up the
fight, and it pointed out the men
that can be trusted to battle for
popular rights.
The resolutions are a call to all
the friends of the primary; but
it was the speeches in it's sup
port that hold out the greatest
promise. Not for years have
legislators in Louisiana dared to
speak out so boldly; never before
has a majority of the House had
the courage to lay bare the poll
tical evils surviving from the
reconstruction regime, which
have fastened themselves on the
State and the Democratic party
and which we find it so hard to
get rid of.
The orators were vigorous,
patriotic and enthusiastic. W.
want the primary, it was pointed
out, not only because the right
to name the candidates belongs
to the people, instead of to any
ring, caucus or machine, but
because it will rid us of the
patronage abuse which, through
conventions. controls the nOmina-
tons and, through the Executive
dominates the legislative branch
of the government and makes il
a mere mouthpiece and tool OF
the Governor. Under the Re-
publicans all three of the branch.
es of the government. the legis'
lative, executive and judiciary,
which the Constitution declares
shall be separate and distinct
from each other, became merged
: in one. The Governor appointed
:. the judges and thus controlled
the judiciary; and by means o.
, his immense patronage was able
to buy the Legislature and make
it obedient to his slightest wish
defeating such measures as M
djsliked or which in any way
threatened the patronage which
made him dictator, and at hi
beck and will creating new office!
for his henchmen or passing
such laws as would strengthen
him in power.
nh:s .ro%om tho worry oSSQnC
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+ There will be a regular meet
ing of Home Fire Company
Thursday night, July Z at 8
o'clock sharp. All members are
urged to attend. Important
business.
G.. SCHMULEN, Foreman.
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ChamberIaiu's Collie, Cholera and
DiarrhOea Remedy.

This remedy is certain to be needed
in almost every home before the sum
mer is over. 1t can always be de-
pended upon even in the most severe
and dangerous cases. 1t is especially
valuable for summer disorders in
children. 1t is pleasant to take and
never fails to give prompt relief.
Why not buy it now? 1t may save
life. For sale by Lafayette Drug Co.
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For low rates to the Worlds
Fair via the Texas and Pacific
Railway, ask any ticket Agent,
or write E. P. Turner. General
Passenger Agent, Dallas Texas.