EMJCATIONALCOLUUN
notes about schools and
their management.
fchoole la the French Capital Are
Prison In Com pur Icon witb Thoae
in America How to Have an tJr
derljr Koom-Traln Pupil to Think.
Pi. He rchnola.
The large I'arls schools are called
lycecs, or lyceuuis, hut the pupils refer
to them an "boxm"; and thin is uot at
all surprising when you consider that
the boys are kept shut up in the schools
Juet about a If they were In a box or
a prison. Tln'y are also required to
wear a tl ist im 1 1 ve uniform, which Is
usually of dark-blue cloth, witb go! 1
buttons and gold embroidery, and i
peak cap bearing the monogram' of the
M-bool in front, 'i'hey sleep In dormi
tories, fifteen or twenty in one room,
and get their exercise and recreation
iu a graveled courtyard lu the rear of
'the school buildings. This yard Is uhu
ally not very large, uud the only games
1he scholars p';ry are marbles, tops and
leaiefrog or tag. '1 here Is uo football,
or baseball, or tenuis, and even the
childish, games they do Indulge In are
under the suierv'..sloii of a tutor. On
Thursdays the boys are taken out for a
promenade lu charge of a tutor, and
they are marched around the streets
twolty two for an hour or more. Those
boys whose parents live In rails, and
those who have friends lu the city, are
allowed once Ir two weeks to visit their
friends and relatives ou Sunday. Of
course, almost every Isiy enn rake up
some sort of a "relative," for the saki
of getting out of the '"box" occasionally
and those with Imaginary relatives
spend their time on the boulevards eat
ing cakes and seeing the sights. This
they would probably not do If they
enjoyed the liberty accorded to Ameri
can boys. Instead of being confined for
weeks In a walled yard.
Tb,melhod of punishment Is to make
a scholar write several thousand lines
as a task, or to deprive him of one or
more of his Sundays out. A minor pun
Ishment Is Indicted by making the boys
stand up against the wall of the play
ground Dad learn Latin verses by
heart during recess.
The working hours are somewhat
longer than In America, because cer
tain fixed hours are set aside for pre
paration and study. For Instance, there
ts a recitation at 8 o'clock In the morn
ing, then p. study hour, and then fif
teen minutes' recess, followed by an
other study hour. In the afternoon
there are usually two recltatlou hours
ami one study hour. All studying Is
done In the class rooms, under the sn
pervlsloti of a tutor, and no talking is
allowed. As a result of this enforced
alienee, the boys become adepts In a
sort of deaf-and-dumb sign language,
and carry on lengthy conversations
which they would rever think of wast
ing time on If they might say what
they had to say out loud. At 4 o'clock
very afternoon the boys line up lu
the playground, and servants pass
along In front of them with baskets of
bread and butter, each boy helping
himself to a slice as his turn comes.
Harper's Young People.
An Orderly Noom.
"A place for everything, and every
thing In Its place," is a maxim nowhere
more necessary than In the school
room. I'uless the rule be constantly
Impressed and observed, disorder and
much waste of time will Inevitably 1 ol
io w. Picture a room In which the rule
appenrs to be wanting: bookB litter the
window sills, the Ismnls are half clcun-
i-d, maps and other specimens of work
are pinned to the wall without the
slightest semblance of order, the teach
er's desk Is covered with odds and ends
of various kinds, and the children's
desks are likewise untidy. Another
picture shows a room of a different
character. An open cupboard door re
veals neat rows of books, boxes, papers,
and other materials; window sills are
1st re but for a half dozen house plants
(Handing In shining saucers. On the
teacher's desk are arranged the books
and material necessary to the day's
work, while the children have nothing
on theirs but the slate and pencil.
Comment on the order and general
working of these two classes Is unnee
wiry. Disorder In these external mat
ters does not bespeak orderliness of
Kplrit, but rather the reverse, and there
Is no doubt as to the effect upon charac
ter of a atrlct observance of orderliness
and neatness In all things. Try to have
the children take a pride In their room,
and encourage thetn In every effort to
make It pleasant and attractive.
Though nothing he done towards dec
orating. It can be kept clean and neat.
If this spirit prevail there will be no
bats on the floor, no papers aboil', the
desks, uo dlrly slate cloth (sponges and
a clean rag should be the rule), and no
untidy desks. There will Ins picture
on the wills and on the unused black
board, plants lu the wludows, and per
haps a flower glass on the teacher's
table.
It la a great deal easier to keep every
thing lu Its place than we somcl iocs
think. All that Is necessary Is to re
turn everything to Its accustomed place
as soon as we arc done using It. "Or
der In everything" must be our motto l(
we would have a successful school; the
order to which lot", sympathy nnd re
gard for other are the Incentives. The
Influence of oderllnc In thnae so
called atnall matters reaches far be
yond the school walk and th) rhool
life, and cauot tie too highly estimated.
Educational Journal.
Train Pnplls to Think.
Train your pupils to think. If there
la one fault mora noticeable In our
school ayateina, public an private, pri
mary and advanced, city ana) country,
than any otter It ii tbat of mere mem-
I ory uit. The Uif Uiry is mo important
faculty, and of course It should receive
all due trainlug. but it 1 so much easier
for a teacher to listen to a more rota
recitation than Jt In to awakeu thought
that even the -ollege professor often
pronounces a verbatim recitation good yesterday forenojn. alopel lengthy re
without making any effort to learn actions touching the Armenian ques-
whether thought has been aroused In i . . i...;. ;
..... i tion. The resolutions say in part:
the wind of the learner. , , , , ,,
A student has just remarked. -When ! "Relved. That we urge respectfully
I weut to the high school and recited ,
Civics to Miss I?., no questions were
ever aked and no explanations made.
All we had to do was to commit the
words of the book to memory and re
cite them when class was culled. If
our recitation agreed with te book, no
questions were asked by the teacher,
and the boys asked none because they
were glad to get a high mark and rest
content with that" That was poor
teaching, and yet there Is many a high
school In which It is no lietter, and the
same might lie said of both primary
school) and colleges.
The teacher ought to arouse thought.
That Is an Important part of his busi
ness. If he fails in that ami In creating
Interest on the part of his pupils It
ought to tell him that teaching Is not
bis calling.
Possibly, considering that many,
probably a majority, of those who
teach, take up the work merely as a
means of supiort until something more
agreeable or more remunerative offers,
we ought not to expect uimii teaching
ability to exhibit Itself. But even this
class of teachers ought conscientiously
to make thinkers of the pupils. Edu
cational News.
A Word tof
Do teachers who constantly practice
the habit of keeping pupils In at re
cess and detaining them after school
realize the wrong done the pupils?
A certain amount of bodily exercise Is
needful to Insure good physical health,
without which there can never be good
mental growth.
A certain amount of hearty, enjoy
able play should be Indulged In by
both hoys and girls at least once in
the morning and once in the after
noon. To Insist upon the pupil remain
ing in his seat for a few moments oc
casionally, to perfect a lesson or n
punishment for misbehavior, Is par
donable, if he Is allowed at least a
part of the recess. But to deprive a
pupil of recpss entirely for several
days In succession, and even for weeks,
as I have Known, Is cruel and usually
non-effective. Detention after school
is rarely to be resorted to unless to
help pupils with their work.
An equally non-effective mode of
punishment Is the practice of standing
children on the floor to study. Ten
chances to one .lolmnie doesn't want
any better opportunity to make fun
for the children than when lie Is up
on the Hoor where the whole school
can watch his antics. The best pre
ventive for bad behavior Is an Inter
esting Rchool disciplined by a firm, se
rene teacher. School Education.
Order.
(iooil order cannot be secured with
out active attentlou, and active at
tention cannot be got without glvlug
pupils employment of the right kind,
and this, in turn, necessarily Involves
continuous study ou the part of the
teacher. If a teacher finds difficulty
In keeping order, let hi m devote more
time to the preparation of the lessons
he is to teach the next day, and par
ticularly to those lessons he Intends
to assign. Many teachers spend plen
ty of time on the lessons they are
about to teach or examine on; but
give little or no attention to the selec
tion of lessons previous to the time
when they are about to assign them.
Lessons are often assigned in a hap
hazard manner.
Special attention should also be given
to the selection of definite work for
pupils while not engaged iu actual reci
tations. Those who fail In the man
agement of an ungraded school may
be able to trace the cause to a neglect
of this essential part of their duty.
It would be folly to expect children to
control themselves properly In school
for hours with nothing to do. If teach
ers do not furnish suitable employ
ment, the pupils will find exercise In
the shape of fun and mischief.
Cnrie of tie Aire
n,i. . ..... .1.1a I,. .1,,
J lie greui cuinu ui ujia Uc is u-ii- in;-,
mand for rapid education. In the bur-,
ry to go through college and complete
a university course, many a person la
sacrificing the Tery thing for which he
seeks, namely, the power to think and
do.-Dr. W, O. Krohn.
Chumming In Africa.
The natives, I notice, generally have
a chum; the pair consists, as a rule, of
one strong man with a certain amount
of Influence; the other a weaker crea
ture, with nothing to say for himself.
The latter derives a certain amount of
protection and respect from the strong
er mail's acquaintance, and Is content
to do what drudgery or hard work
falls to the partnership. In engaging
guides 1 notice always one who carries
all the belongings; his chum, a stronger J
man, takes the lead In all things, knows
tne roan; the other acquiesces in every-
thing said or done. Century.
lit' llojr.
LI Hung Chang la attended by a re
markably attentive servant, who lately
waa addreawed by an English officer In
public with "(rood day, commander."
"1 am no longer commander," he re
plied. "I am LI Hung Chang's boy."
He bad been n Chinese naval com
mander, but, baring loat hla vessel In
the war with Japan, had been degrad
ed and condemned to death. Ills re
prieve waa conditioned on hla becoming
the servant of some high state official.
LI Hung Chang has taken him Into bia
aervlce.
The Assyrian King all wore very ,
long curly beard. .. '
WAaTCLEVKLAKUTO ACT.
Miaaloearr Hoard re-lM to PetlUtCj tha
Chief Executive Interfere.
Toledo, O., Oct. 9 The American
board of foreign missions at its meeting
tie president of the L nited states to lie
tft on the issues by the Turkish govern
ment of the proper exequ itur that our
c niuls may gd-.urely occupy, under the
fligofour country, the post which our
government assign to them, and in the
interest of justice and in accordance with
treaty right! a Itniifnte.r with authority
the diltie-i of tlie'C office.
"Resolve!, further, that we ure the
pred-taut of U:nte 1 S'ates of America
to drfnan 1 of thi Turkish authorities at
once an 1 pare.nptorilv, indemnity for
the wronn inflicted on Americans ; re
iuilmrs 'iiirttit f r the destruction of their
properly a id the ptioish-n ml of thos
persons who have been guilty of these
crim-s. We believe th.it tiie adoption
of such an American policy will receive
ttie loyal sup.i'.irt of t ie A-iurican peo
ple "
The b ir I ap ) iut f 1 a c I'umittee con
ti'ting o; ptvsi I -u I I?. 'A'igell, of
Micbrin iii-ve-sly; R )V. .IS. Todd
an l H)n. If 0 ! I i l-i. to praient the
reflations to Pr nide it Olevalau 1. The
boir-1 p.nr.iei'Jy '1 a .- 1 of all its bmi
nes ye-t-'r 1 iy ift ;-;t o i. St or ILiV3n,
Conn., win sale : e 1 to." tha mxt, meet
ing, whic i will !a hil 1 O.ioVr 12, 1897.
Trie Mlj-vliig oTi :ers wre elected : Pre
sMdnt, R jv. R. n. itorraj'vio president,
E. W. I'l.itrthfor.l; prulentiil oinmit
te9tfor ture yeirs) U. H, Whit'-omb,
Rev. J. ). Voe, II. D. Hyde, f. Si. W.
II.ill; for U-o yetrs: R?v. W. 11. Davia;
r-or liii; s.icrat iry. If. iv. II. A. Stimson ;
assistant, Rv E X. Packird; treasur
er, F. H. VViins; auditors, Samuel
Ja'inson, E, H, Ba'cer, E. R. Brown.
Itoilrr Kt,ilu I..11 vin Two
Dtsvnxr:, P t., '.:'. 9 The big roll
ing mill hc-e. OAned by the Philadelphia
& Reading Railroad company, and oper
ated by the Reading Iron company ol
Reading, Pa., was the scene of a disas
trous explos on yesterday evening, by
w iicii a mm anil a baby were killed,
eix msn seii nidy hurt and seven othera
injured. The dead :
Johne Basselman and a Hungarian
baby, name unknown.
Too seriously injured are i
Tho nan and Oliver Stromwcll, Guf
Yerrick, John Mullen sr., John Mullen
jr., Clinton Major.
Urn furnace was not in aervice last
night a id a number of b'ick layers wen
e.igaged in repairing it. Suddenly the
furnaci b iler exploded.scatteringdeath
and injury among the men about. The
b ilcr was lifted by the force of the ex
plosion from its bed through the mill
wall and flying acr.-ss the street, crashed
through the frail walls of a Hungarian
b a -ding lions', killing the baby, one of
the inni.it' s of the place.
it ittlmorA H'llia tlln Cui.
Ci.kvki.am), Oct 9. Baltimore won
the Temple cup by winning yesterday '
g ime irom the Clevelands. This is the
third fenHon of the Temple cup garni f.
Bain mure has played in all the contests
for its jo-fBeesion, losing in 1894 to New
York, in 1895 to Cleveland, and in 189G
will take the cup home with them. The
gams was a fine exhibition for six in
nings, neither side scoring during thai
period. Cirbett was in the box for th
orioles and was invincible. Once, wjtfc
a man on second and third and only one
out, be kept the spiders from scoring.
He struck out eight men and added to
the glory of his performance by bitting
safe y every time he waa at bat, one of
his hits being a sharp, clean two-beggar
in additon to which he stole a base
prettily and played a generally high clast
game. Cuppy pitched a beautiful ball
for sis inning, only four hits being
made off him to the seventh. In the
seventh a double followed by a long
ingle and three out resulted in two
rum. Corbett singled in the eight and
after McGraw had filed, Keeler and
Jennings doubled, Kelley fanned and
Doyle singled, three runs scoring. The
Templars filled the cup with champagne
reatedly tonight and at the Ilollenden,
with some of the magnates ami the spid
ers, drowned Telieau'g sorrow.
An Old 'Ilia liald-up
Santa Fit, N. M , Oct. 8. Informa
tion has just reached this point that the
San Antonio White Oaka'Uge has been
held up by masked robbers forty miles
from San Antonio. The hold-up occur
ed in a lonely gorge in the Oscura moun
tains. The driver was compelled to dis
mount, the mail pouches were rifled,
and to secure delay in pursuit, the rob
bers stole the Stage horses, compelling
the driver to walk to Han Antonio.
Three hours later, the White Oaks stage
pasted the same point and little doubt
la entertained that It met the same fate,
The men are probably member of the
KK wno held up the Atlantic A Pacific
express at Albuonemue a few veari am
in which the leader was killed. They
are wanted also for numerous other rob
beries. Posies are searching for them
and there it little question of a conflict
ahould they come up witb the bandit.
Uarmsny laallatlaa- Americas Cattla.
J Indianai-omh, Ind., Oct. 0. From in
. quirie made here yesterday t developed
that the German government is making,
on ita own account, an investigation of
health of the American cattle, probably
with a view of again placing an embar
go upon American beef. The state
board of health received a letter from
the German consul at Cincinnati aiking
for a detailed-itatement of how much, if
nTi tuberculotia eiitttd among the
cattle ol Indiana.
JllhO IN lULO BLUUi)
Twj Eobb.-rj on Bicyclas Enter a
iaak and Kill.
CASHIFR AND TRAVELING MAN DEAD
Ouwoftlie &ct lariug K-bttrrtes vr
Coiiiailtlt-d In V iuu-ol VI hoi 1'uwm
Out lu Putsuit of Hie Mur.lerera.
Phkkbi kxe, Minn., Oct. 8. This
town waa in excitement laet night over
the greatest tragedy that has ever oc
curred in southern Minnesota. The
bank of Sherburne waa robled of a large
mm of money, and two men were al
most instantly killed about 1 .20.
At noon two men, one of whom looked
like a mere boy, r-xie along the main
street on bicycles. They were both well
dressed. No particular attention was
;.aij to them, as Sherburne is a tovn of
:iut people, most of them working
"n, and at that hour they were liurrv
i' home to dinner.
The at range's bung around the out
shirts until Hhorlly after 1 o'clock, ap
parently sizing up the fituation. Ai
'hat time they sauntered lazily down
the street, and ftoj ped immediately lu
front of the bank of Sherburne. After
a moment's talk they went into the
bank and the elder of the men engaged
Assistant Cashier (ieoige Thorhurn in
convert-ation.
Precisely what occurred intide tho
bank is not known, sa nobody was in
the street in that vicinity at that time.
One of the desperadoes, however, evi
dently got tmld of a roll of bids amount
int to about $1,000, Tliorburn probably
t; e4 to prevent the man from getting
in with the money, and they drew
out their revolvers an I began firing, at
the tjame time retreating. One of the
bullets struck Tliorburn in the neck
and another cut the aortar, causing al
most instant death, from internal hem
orrhage. The shooting ir. tlifi bank aroused the
town, the people began runnii g in that
direction The first man to reach the
place was Olaf Oestern, of I.uverne, a
traveling salepnian for the Wood Har
vester company, of St Paul. The des
peradoes evidently feared that they
would lo captured, as they quickly
turned their firearma upon Oestern.
He made a dash to grapple wi'h them,
but was not quirk enough, as be was
ttruck in the head and fell dead at their
feet. They ran down the street, firing
at ramdoui, while people in the street
ecurried to places of safety.
The fleeing robbers ran about three
blocks loa clump of bushes, where they
mounted their wheels and rode rapidly
away toward the Iowa line, six miles to
the aouth.
Mayor C. E. Everett, together with
the town marshal, at once did all in his
power to run down the bandits. He also
Bent a dispatch to Crovernor ('lough at
fit Paul, telling him of the tragedy, and
asking bis advice. The governor an
swered immediately: "Wire all points
and send out posses surrounding Sher
burne." Tiie governor also wired W.
P, Hill, sheriff of Martin county, to
send ount pnsps at once and to wire all
fiirrounding points.
Sheriff II ill waa at Fremont, the
county seat of Martin county, twenty
miles cast, but he cnms on here by train
and organized a large poefe of deter
mined Sherburne men, which moved
southward on horseback late in the af
ternoon. At 10 o'clock last night the sheriff'?
pos6e returned to town, having found i.o
trace of the desperadoes. A poBse ol
BOO men will leave here at daylight to
day. CoinmnmorHte Lincoln UoiirIk Debate.
'--Gai.ksruho, III., Oct. 8. Knox college
yesterday honored the memory of Lin
coln and Douglas by the unveiling of a
bronze tablet commemorative of the
thirty-eighth anniversary of the great
Lincoln-Douglas debate, Preparations
for this celebration have been under
way for a year and a large crowd wa
present to witness the exercises.
During the morning a beautiful sol
diers' monument in Hope cemetery was
unveiled. Shortly after 10 o'clock a pa
rade composed of the local G. A. R. and
visiting posts, the veteran league, ev
eral companies of slate militia, the po
lice and fire departments and Woman's
Relief Corps of the G. A. R. passed
through the prin- ipal streets and wai
reviewed in the public square by t lie
mayor, Cbauncey M. Depew, Senatot
Palmer and other distinguished guests.
The procession then marched to Hop
cemetery, w here the monument was un
veiled by Hon. Roliert T. Lincoln. At
the monument was unveiled it wat
saluted by a number of rounds from th
two brass field pieces. Hon. Robert T.
Lincoln then delivered a splendid ad
drees.
The event of the day took place short
ly after 1 o'clock A reception commit
tee composed of the sophomore class o'
Knox college and a number of promin
ent citizen escorted Or. Depew. Mr
Lincoln and Senator Palmer to a largt
platform capable of seating MX) invited
guest, which had been erected in fronl
of the college.
WantMt to IMa Totlmr.
Lima Roc k, Ark.. Oct. 8. Otto An
derson, cashier of the saving depart
ment of the Bank of Little Rock, and
Mis Cora Houdlette were found uncon
clou On the porch of the public achoo
building yesterday morning. The youni
lady wa taken home and waa revived
by doctor. The young man wa take
to the city hall, where physician at
tended him. He will very likely die, i
note waa found in Anderson' pocket,
but hil father refuaei to disclose ita coo
tents.
tWrtL HCTCHERlaVi IN HAVANA
tu barn lotto of Graeml Wevler aa4
FrUoaara to Sbarfca
Chicago, 111, Oct. 7. A special Iron
Key West, Fla., eavs:
Butcheries on an awful scale are being
perpetrated nightly in Havana, accord
rig to a letter received here from one of
Uie moat reliable correspondents in the
Cuban capital. Chief of Police La Bar-
rara, who was said to nave been ap
pointed because of his brutal nature by '
Weyler, is responsible for Uie b. ttherief, ',
i is stated. La Rarrura's oitice corres- I
ponds to colonel f the army, but no
-o onel woul 1 acept the office under
'he conditions of cruelty imposed by
Weyler.
tvery night at police headquarters,
prisoners are taken out and put on the
books as released. These individuals,
.uarded by one "celador," or police del
egate, and two policemen are taken be
i ween 1 and 3 a. in., to a landing place
it the entrance ol the harbor, two blocks
from police headquarters. Once there
he prisioners and tL,rte policemen step
in a boat and etait off. They do not
Und anywhere, but after a while the
officers come back w ithout the prison-
iS This action lias been watched
nig). t after ni-ht.
From tiie lot of September to the 30th
eighty-three prii-otierg have dibappeared
.n this way. Five were drowned on the
night of September 29. From the Morro
castle prit-oneis are taken out and
'iiowned in the same way. The reason
they are taken out of the harbor is on
account of the number of sharks, which
set hold of tiie bodies and leave no trace.
The families f oflic'ers living n Morro
castle and the 'Cubans have complained
of the lamentation- they hear late in
the night, The crit s are attributed tc
prisoners being drowned.
La 15arrara has five men under arrest
on suspicion of putting & dynamite
liombundira gas main. The torture
consietB of feeding them with dry cod
fish and not allowing them any water.
So other food is allowed, and they dieo)
starvation if they refuse to eat the eall
cod. This said to be the means em
ployed by Weyler in Barcelona, and it h
said it never failed to produco the de
sired effect.
Jng-Hcrd lu Sliarp Nhootlng.
Lkadvii.le, Colo., Oct. 7. A lively
skirmish between a party of miners and
two soldiers took place Monday night at
the Resurrection mine. A detail of ten
men was sent to the Resurrection mine.
Flight of them went at once, but two
were down town and did not reach Ibex
until late. They at once started for tht
Resurrection. They state that a party
of eight men followed them almost tc
i the Resurrection. The soldiers became
1 alarmed and ordered the men to halt.
They did not do so and kept on ap
proaching, when shooting commenced.
When several volleys were fired, the
men who had followed the soldiers gol
behind rocks and stumps, and th
soldiers sought similar protection, and
for several minutes a lively fusiiade wai
kept up. The soldiers believe they hil
one of the attacking party, but the fel
low was carried away by his coinpan
ions.
Oat of Cars Id Iowa.
Des Moikrb, la., Oct. 7. There is i
car famine in Iowa, which is growing!
more eeriouo daily. The railroad com
missioners are receiving constant corn
plaints from all over the state of insufti
cient eervice. The rush of grain is tin
cause. Along the Chicago, Great West
eru road in many towns farmers havt
left their wagons standing by the tracks
for days, loaded with grain, waiting foi
chance to dispose of it. A week age
I the trouble was con fled to the north and
I northwest Iowa, but now it is general
1 and getting worse constantly. Tin
! roads that have eastern lines have or-
dered cars to be rushed to the state, bui I
they
are not ahie m lie had. hecAiiai
I road will not give up cars of other Iinei
when once tbey get them.
Two Engine Collide,
Alda.nv, Ore , Oct. 7. Two engines
collided on the Southern Pacific al
Greens station early yesterday morning,
killing two person and injuring foui
others. The dead are :
Fireman M'Gonigle, of Portland.
Breakeman Toigh.
The injured are Engineer Porter, En
gineer McCauley, Dr. Wall, Urakemac
Lewis. The engine were sent out from
Koseburg and Dillard Itation, bound in
opposite directions. Ihere wag a mis
understanding over the order and tin
collision occurred when they passed al
Green.
Suspicion at Murder. .
Albany, Ore., Oct. 7. News wa re
ceived here yesterday of the burning tc
death at Summit, west of Albany, on
Sunday evening laat, of Mr T. Savage,
her infant child and two young son.
Tn? affair ia regarded by the neigh
bors as mysterious. The diacoveiy ol
an axe on the1 floor ha caused auiptclon
that the fire may have been preceded
by foul play.
What On Robber Cau Uo.
Stccitok, Cat., Oct. 7. The stage
running between Sonora and Oakdale,
was robbed of the mail and express mat- J
ter by a lone highwayman yesterday
morning. The amount secured ia not
known. There vere Ave passengers on
the stage, but they were unmolested.
Washington' Tree Blown Daw.
Washington, Oct. 7. A sad reminder
of the wrecks wrought by the tornado ol
last Tuesday come In the destruction ol
one of the most preciout relic that
adorned the historic ground at Mount 1
Vernon a magnificent magnolia tree
tbat wa planted by George Washing
ton, and baa withstood tho gales of s
century. This tree, planted in the very
year of the death of the "father of hil
country," presented a most ei poind
front to i he storm and l uffered badly In
the general wreck,
F0Uii INDIAN LAlb BURNED
Cremated Alive in the Burning of a
School.
SCREAMS WERE SICKENING TO HEAR
Tha Indlaa fccboot at Cbecaltaa Bara u
the Ground With Four or lis lumata
Oiltrra art Saved.
Antlkbs, I. T., Oct 6. At 11 o'clock
Saturday night Sencer Academy, located
ten miles west of Antlers, burned to
gether with all furniture. Four Choc
taw boye were burned in the flame.
Their names are:
John Smith.
Daniel James.
Thomas Kunioli.
William Whi.'eon.
Those injured are:
Alfred Bryan, bruised and bnrned on
the head.
Harris Fisher, sprained foot.
Colton Bacon, legs sprained.
Edward Clark, jaw broken.
Sam Spring, burned in face, head,
shoulders and wrist sprained.
The origin oi the fire is supposed to be
incendiary, as no one was occupying th
room in which the flames broke out and
there had been no fire in it this season.
Superintendent J. B. Jeter, who is in
charge of the school beard the flames
popping and when he got up the stair
way was on fire. He ran on the outside
and wakened all the boys and barely
saved his own life. The boys tiirew
Iheir beds out of the w indowsand jumped
to the ground on them. One of the boy
who was burned to death was a cripple
and the other three were in rooms in
which there were no windows. It is
said their moans and groans were sick
ening in the extreme.
At dawn an Associated press reporter
visited the ruins. He found only the
ashes and charred bones c what were
yesterday four string, healthy boys.
The fire is still too hot to get the bone
out for burial.
The academy was built by the
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Choc-,
taw nation and 102 boys were there
when it burned. Everything io a total
loss,-as the nation did not carry any in-i
turacce. Superintendent Jeter doe
not know whether the nation is going to,
rebuild, as it is financially embarrassed'
and is away behind with the Bchool
funds. - )t''
An Embt xzler Eacapaft.
South Exw, Okl., Oct. 6. Frank
Royce, convicted embezzler, sawed
through the bars of the cage of the jail
Sunday night, while the jailor was at
supper, and escaped. No trace of him
has yet been found. Royce once prac
ticed law at Atchison, lvas., but at the
opening of the Cherokee strip, he went
to Pond Creek, then came here and be-'
came cashier of the Oklahoma County1
bank. This failed in Jnly, 1894, and.
Koyce was indicted fo receiving de
posits when the bank was insolvent
and for embezzlement. While he wa
out on bail, he became president of
small private banks in Jamaica, la., and
from there issued bogus drafts upon
various banks in Chicago and elsewhere.
These were negotiated by George El
wood, Frank Olive and James Long, all
of tyrant county, and many banks in
Colorado, Texas, Kansas and Indian
territory were delrauded. About laat
lecember the conspiracy was discov-.
ered. Olive and Long are now serving
sentences, while El wood is still at large.
Bear End Collision.
Hazcetom, Pa., O'Jt. 6. While an en
gine stood on the frog at the lumber
yard on the Lehigh Valley railroad yes
terday, some passenger car crashed into
it, crushing in the end of the smoking car
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Bnu UBUlaS'"B euB" P '
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lonowing were nun ; v j
Mrs. Harry B. Price, of Sandy Run,
arm and body cut, t
Dominic Cosslay, Brooklyn, forehead
cut.
P. J. Cunningham, Allentown, head
cut.
Strike Nearly Ended.
Montreal, Oct. 6 The Canadian Pa
cific telepraphers' strike cannot last
much longer, according to the official of
the road. They claim that on three di
visions, the Quebec & Ontario, and from
the Soo to Sudbury, everything is work
ing first-class shape and on other divi-'
aions matters are approaching a normal
condition. Freight is now being moved
in good shape. Squads of special con
stables have gone north from thii city,
and Toronto to the North Bay and Sud
bury districts, where trouble has always,
seemed to crop up when a strike is la,
progress. The people strongly sympa
thize with the strikers and they even go
so far as to abuse the new operators.
Several have been practically drives,
from their position and it is to protest
them that the police have been sent out.
A special dispatch from Carter states! -that
a fight was expected at Warren tad
a special train wa being sent there with
police.
Lord KtiMel (1ml Hon.
Niw York, Oct. A. Baron Russell of
Killowen, lord chief justice of Greet
Britain, sailed for home with Lady Rus
sell and their daughter.
Believe In Beet Sugar.
Butte, Mont., Oct. fl.-W. A. Clark,
the mine millionaire, congressman end
newspaper man of this city, is about to
erect an extensive sugar beet plant at
Anaheim, Oal. It will be one of U
largest plants of the kind In the world.
It will cost more than 1400,000, and will
grind 700 tons of beU daily, making
15,000 tons of sugar ia the four months
of the season. He is also considering
toe section of a sugar factory in Mom
Una.
