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EXACT COPY OF WHAPPCB EXACT copy OF WRAPPER. . r SCHOOLS IN PORTO RICO Present JEdu tiopal Conditipns , in TJncle Sara's New Possession , ATTENDANCES FAR BELOW THE AVERAGE I'rogrciiti In Gduoutliifr luillnii Yonth mill What tlio II OH ul ( N Are 1'oM- tliui of Women in ( he Col- 'of the World. In a letter to the Chicago Record Trumbull White , staff correspondent of that paper at San Juan , gives an Interesting Insight Into the educational facilities of Uncle Sara's new possession Porto nico. The United States assumes complete dominion over the Island today and necessarily the echools como within the scope of Its authority. The num ber , condition and equipment of the schools are therefore a matter of national Interest. At the outBet Mr. Whlto states that his Information was obtained from Mr. Krancla Sabat , a Porto Rlcan official , graduate of an American college and formerly a resident of Bridgeport , Conn. Mr. White says : For the administration of the schools tbo Island Is divided Into two wards , called north and south , respectively. Altogether there are 551 schools , of which 510 are pub lic and the rest arc private Institutions. Of these403 arc for boys and US for girls. Altogether there arc in attendance pupils to the number of 27,938 , of whom 10,074 arc boya and 8SGI are girls. The neglect to take advantage of what schools there are Is shown by the fact that according to the last census there are 65,305 boys of school ago In the Island and 60,330 girls. In 1897 the Island spent on Its schools 11 total of 332,367 peeos. The two wards , north and south , have almost the same population and number of schools , so that the amounts ex pended are divided as nearly equally us pos sible and little jealousy rises on that score. ID the Island cabinet , under the auton omous government which was granted by Spain too late to save the colony , there Is a minister of education and public works , under , whoso special care the schools are Intended to be. The organization Is not a complicated one , for , though strange terms are used In the nomenclature , they arc ar ranged In grades quite similar to our own. There arc first the primary schools for chil dren less than 5 years of age. Next come the auxiliary schools , and then the ele mental or grammar grades , The high school Is called the superior school. These divi sions are pretty well maintained in the cities , but In the country the "ruralcs" are schools which contain all the grades In one , just as our llttlo district schoolbouso does at homo la the north. &cx In the School * . It Is an Index of many other conditions of the Island to know that in Che schools there U no association of the sexes , girls and boys being taught In different places altogether. Not only are there no mixed chooU , but boya are taught by men and girls by women teachers. The only excep tion to thin Is that children under 5 years go to mixed schools and the teachers of those echoolu are women. Children of the poor who are unable to pay the coat of. tuition and school books are not charged for either of these. But they are required to bring to the school a cer tificate from the mayor of the town , stat ing the condition as to their means. The school law provided frankly for the two classes under the words "rich" and "poor. " I find that 4S6S of the children In school nre classified as "loa pobres" and consequently quently do not have to pay for books or tui tion. All others pay tuition for their edu cation instead of school taxe * , thU being the way In which the system Is supported. U U Interesting to note that there ore tbreu schools for adults two In tbo north ward of the island and one In the south ward with a , total attendance of 171. , After the young folk finish the work ot the superior schools , .vshlca do not carry1 them as high as do our High schools by at least two years' work , there remains for them hi Porto Rico but ono thing higher i the Institute. The government supports a collegiate Institute In the capital , which , from all I can learn , seems to be a very good school. U gives to Its graduates the degree of D. A. , but that degree does not mean as much education as It Is presumed to mean In American colleges. It would bo perhaps a fair comparison to gay that It Indicates studies about on a level with i those of the sophomore yean In a college at home. 'Tho entering class each year num bers about 100 students and the graduating' class , after four years' study , turns outi from fifteen to twenty with the degree , Out three young women over have been' graduated from the Institute , though the courses are open to men and women alike , on equal terms. The three who were grad uated wcro much admired for their per sistency for , as my Informant put It , "girls do npt care much about such things In this Island. " The course of study requires that the stu dent shall take one modern language French , German or English , as he may elect. ( Most of the graduates whom I mot bad chosen French and now are regretting the fact that they did not learn English. Among the branches taught are Latin and Greek , chemistry , geology , botany , physics , algebra , geometry and hUtory. The sci ences are taught In rather elemental fashIon - Ion , however , as the Institute Is not very well provided with laboratory facilities. A 'tuition fee of 2 % pesos a year for each branch studied Is charged in the Institute. College UruiliintcM. The usual age ot students at graduation li 18 or 19 years. If they dcs're ' education be yond that they must go abroad for It , as I'orto Rico offers nothing more. Spanish universities receive most of those who seek to bo physicians or lawyers. Medical degrees - ( , grees from colleges In the United Sta'es have j not been recognized In the Island and do not glvo the right to practice , which , of cour'c , b rs them out. The legal elucallon ono would get In an American university would be of little service In practice in Porto R'co as the courts have been organized. Students in dentistry go always to the United Stake , and In San Juan the American dentist is at the top as truly as he Is In London or Aus tralia. 1 found two young men who had born graduated In dent 1 school's In the north , both of them thoroughly competent and. employing the most modern mc hods.i Students of engineering and kindred pro fessions almost all go to the United States for their education and rank high whcn the/ return. There has been no false notion here about the excellence of American s-hooli. My friend did the young women ot t' o U and some Inlustlce as to the1' desire for M- tlon. MiJny of them have gone to the United States to attend school and the advantage they have had Is recognized frankly among their friends. The church schools have been Included in the foregoing statistics , In which they Oo not form as large a part as the general 1m- preaslon has It. Roman Catholic slaters teach some of the girls' schools and that Is about all. But there is a priests' college for the Instruction of candidates for the priesthood. I am told that It has been a frequent practice for young men to enter this institution for the purpose of becoming priests' , remain long enough to get their ed ucation and leave without entering the min istry. The church docs not dominate the schools here as fully as It does In Cuba. In tbo other cities of the island they are not so well provided , but here in the capital there Is an excellent public library of sev eral thousand volumes , well selected and well arranged , with a good reading room and facilities for consulting the books. It hat llttlo recent literature except Spanish and French. But the historical collections are very good In all languages and no doubt the < avant who might burrow there suf ficiently would find In the obscurest shelves some treasure of early Spanish printing or one ot the fluent odltlons of famoui maps and voyages into the Spanish main , If Indeed there were not Caxtons. It U north the search of some one who has the time and patience. The book shops of the Island , too , would repay scrutiny. KilucutluK the Indian * . Old Geronlmo's criticism ot the uselessness - ness of the' ' existing system-ot educating Indian youth is not borne out by statistics collected by the commis sioner of Indian affaire. The Apache chief was quoted as saying that as no suit able employment Is provided for the edu cated youne Indian he Is turned loose on the reservation and his education Is ot no practical service to himself or the tribe. ' The commissioner of Indian affairs , in his annual report , says : "As to the value ot j j educational methods of these pupils , data | was collected from a careful canvass of all . ' , returned pupils then living upon the reser- ' ] vatlons , including a sketch of the character and conduct of each with reference to the results of their educational course at the school attended. The result was surpris ing and will bear comparison with similar statistics from white schools. Of the pupils who had attended school , although only a small per cent graduated , yet 3 per cent are reported as excellent , or first class ; 73 per cent as good or medium and only 24 per cent are considered ns bad or worth less and upon whom the benefits of school . life conferred no appreciable advantages. All of these thousands of educated boys and girls , speaking the English language , weaned from tribal customs and Iron bands of tradition , cannot fail to exert a powerful and far-reaching Influence upon the quar ter ot u million of Indians scattered throughout - | out the United States. " The commissioner dwells at considerable length upon the education of these wards of the government and says that education Is the greatest factor In solving the future status of the Indian. The methods employed to bring about such desirable- results are the outcome ot serious thought and study and are the gradual evolution of years ot experience In dealing with the Indian. The educational branch of the Indian office has I grown 'from small beginnings until now It IB ono ot the most Important under the con trol of the department. In 1877 there wcro forty-eight small boarding and 102 day , schools , with on attendance of only 3,508 I pupils , while today there , are 147 well ' equipped boarding schools nnd an equal number of day schools engaged in the education - , cation of 23,952 pupils. ' i Ths commissioner advises legislation lookIng - Ing to the compulsory education of Indian children and suggests that un Item bp In corporated In the appropriation law that the commissioner of Indian affairs should have the right to transfer advanced pupils \ from the various Indian schools to other I and larger schools situated In other states , 1 without the consent of Barents and guar dians , when , In his Judgment , the best In terests of such pupils would be subserved , j As to the government day schools , the i principal difficulty has been to maintain a regular attendance upon the dally sessions of the schools , but the establishing of the noonday luncheon has had the result of bringing up the attendance. The plan ot placing Indian children In the public schools of the country for the purpose of -oduca- - tlon of the races , conceived In 1690 , does not appear to meet with much success. IllKhcr Uilt.eiitloti for Women. i The statement has appeared that nearly one-fifth of the students at Swiss universi ties are women. Investigation shows , says the New York Sun , that this statement , If not entirely exact , Is nearly so , and that the proportion of women students at Swiss colleges ( the standard of education in Switzerland is very high ) Is larger than In other European countries. There were by the last published bulletin at the seven Swiss universities , Basel , Zurich , Berne , Geneva , Lausanne , Freiburg un Neuchatel , 3,143 matriculated students. Of this number 654 were women , which is less than one-flfth , but more- than one-sixth of the total , dnd the fact Is to be considered that of the whole number of students In Swiss colleges 358 are pursuing a course In theology and ESS In law , the majority of women student * , of ) course , taking medicine or philosophy. In , the consideration of the university statistics i tf Switzerland the fact Is to be remembered that very nearly one-half of the students In the mountain republic are foreigners 1,427 of the 3,143 coming frCjjn Russia , EngI I laud and Germany. | In Russia from recent rWorts It would seem'that In respect of "higher education more and bettor recognltlonls given to female - male students than In some other countries In which the standard of education Is higher. In the primary schools of Russia the proportion tion of girls to boys Is about twelve to thirty , but In what is known as the Ladles' university nt St. Petersburg there are 557 female students , in the girls' institute or high schools ot Russia 8,000 and in the girls' gymnasia 70,000 2,000 more than the number of young men at the corresponding schools. In some of the medical colleges of England and Scotland female students are admitted and there are besides several university colleges for women Newnham college , Cambridge , with 16C students ; Olrton col lege ; Cambridge , with 108 students , and Lady Margaret and Somervllle halls , Oxford , the former with forty-eight students and the latter with seventy-one. There is ft college for women in London with 192 students and another In Edinburgh. The Royal Holloway college nt Egham has 111 stu dents. - In Denmark , In which primary instruc tion has been compulsory for more than eighty years and Illiteracy is practically unknown , the University of Copenhagen , now more than 400 years old , admits women on equal terms with men to all branches except theology. There are 1,300 students In the University of Copenhagen. In re spect to the higher education of women , however , Switzerland may bo said to bo a pioneer among European countries and its advance In this particular Is duo very largely to the fact that po litical conditions have favored it. Switzerland Is bounded by four countries frequently at wnr with ono an other , but all of them accepting and gen erally respecting Switzerland's claim to bo neutral territory. It has long been the favorite place of asylum for political refu gees from other countries , some of them teachers and others taking up as their only means of livelihood the Instruction of others. He 1CnonH Hnir lo IMrnnc Hl Cnr- t o in em. Mr. Reuben Martin has been In business at Barnitz. Pn. . for almost f-urteen years. He says : "I have never fold a medlcloo that gave such Rood satisfaction ns Chamber lain's. I sell every bottle on a guarantee , but know I take no risk , for my custom * ii\ \ como back and praise it. I am otten troubled with bowel comclalnt and wo-i'd not think of leaving homo without a bottle ot Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Dlar- , rhoea Remedy. " Work , of Sneak Thieve * . Sneak thieves were not very active Satur day and Sunday nights. But five cases of j their work were reported to the police. ; MIB. L. C. Lowry of line Douglas street lost two musical Instruments valued at $2 > and II. F. McGarvIo of & 18 South Sixteenth street had his clothing stolen. A. C. McClurg & Co. of 1420 Harney street suffered the lore of Jewelry trinkets valued at (31. ) Miss Hyde , 1816 Chicago street , had several articles of Jewelry valed nt $25 taken from , her room , The articles stolen were on n small table near a barred window. The thiff raised tbo window and thrust his arm through the bars and secured the stuff. A pink plush jewel box containing small articles of jewelry valued at $75 was taken from the rooms of Mrs. M. E. Patrick , Twenty-fourth and Lake streets , by some noiseless sneak. tireiitcit Need. Mr. R. P. Allvla of Barcelona , Spain , spends his winters at Alken , S. C. Weak i nerves had caused severe pains In the back I of his head , On using Electric Bitters , America's greatest Blood and Nerve Remedy , all pain teen left him. He says this grand medicine | s what Ills country needs. All America knows that It cures liver and kid ney trouble , purifies the blO' d , tones up the stomach , strengthens the nerves , puts vim , U vigor and nciv life Into every muscle , nsrve and organ of the body. If weak , tired or ailing you need It. Every bottle guaranteed ; only CO cents. Sold liy Kulm & Co , , drug- cUU. FORT OMAHA IS TO BE USED Government | -Will Very Likely Rehabilitate the Formerly Populous Post. ONE RESULT OF GENERM. MILES' ' VISIT IN Inancutlon. Followed ! > > Iiintrne- tloim to 1'rciiurc un nNtlniiite of thi * Coat of IteimlrM to Make the IMiicc lluhllnlile. As a result ot the recent visit of General Mellon A. Miles to this city there IK a movement on foot to rehabilitate old Fort Omaha and to UBO It for military purposes. The movement Is backed by General Miles , the officers of the Department of the Mis souri , and Is said to have the hsarty sup port of Assistant Secretary of War Melkle- john. With this backing army officers be- Hevo that the act ot congress providing for the sale cf the old military post will be suspended , and that before long the regular Infantrymen will bo again drilling on the beautiful parade grounds of Fort Omaha. On Saturday morning Assistant Secre tary of War Melklejohn and General Shatter nnd staff made an Inspection of Fort Omaha , now occupied by the Second regiment of Nebraska volunteer infantry. General Miles made a visit there Friday and expressed himself as desirous of having the post fitted UD for use of the regular army , adding that the prospective Increase In the size of the army would make additional posts necessary , and as the government already owned Fort Omaha , It would be more advleable to rc- babltato It than to purchase property for a new post. General Miles requested the Department of the Missouri to make a thorough Inspection of the post nnd to prepare an estimate of the expPiiEo Involved in fitting up the post for military uses. The Inspection wan made on Saturday and Sunday , and the estimate of necessary expenditures prepared and mailed to the War department at Washington yester day. About $42,000 will be required to be spent nt the post in order to re-open It for military purposes. This estimate provides for the construction of no ImlldlngH , al though all of the buildings would bo prac tically now when the repairs proposed were completed. New roofs for most of the buildings , new floors In all of them , now weather boards for the barracks und the cottages and some minor repairs constitute the principal Items in the estimate for warded to Washington at General Miles' re quest. In speaking ot the proposed reopening of Fort Omahn for tbo regular army , an offl- cer of the army said to a Bee reporter : "I am heatily In favor of It Although only the first step In the movement has just been taken , I think it not unlikely that it will succeed. There Is every reason why it should be done. Tbo best reason Is that the government owns the post. With the In crease that Is going to be made In the slzo of the army , there must be more posts pro vided. If the Twenty-second regiment now stationed at Fort Crook Is increased to twelve companies , there will not he room at Fort Crook for the regiment. There are quarters there for only eight companies. Additional room must be secured for the other companies. It would be much better to have this additional battalion located at Fort Omaha than out at Fort Robinson or Fort Nlobrara. Six hundred men can be ac commodated at Fort Omaha. The- post could be put In as good condition as any 'poitt wo have for $42,000 , and with an expenditure of $100,000 , I believe , the post could be ad mirably maintained for the next twonty-Qve years. " Co m | > 11 m ml * the Second. One of the nicest compliments that has been tendered to the officers and men of the Second Nebraska regiment since they were called Into tbo service ot the govern ment has just apppeared In u circular issued by Brigadier General Sumner , commanding the Department of the Missouri. U. S. A. The circular is signed by Henry C. Hodges , Jr. , captain of the Twenty-second infantry , acting assistant adjutant general ot the de partment. It is as follows : The Second regiment , Nebraska volunteer infantry , having returned from furlough for muster out , were called upcn to guard the president of the United States on the occa sion of his visit to the TransinlBslssippl Exposition. Thu good discipline of the regi ment with the exact iierformance of every duty required was observed by all officers preoent , and the department commander de- Blres to thank the regimental commander and hlu men for their valuable services on ] that day. The process of mustering out the Second Nebraska regiment at Fort Omaha Is pro gressing rapidly. Yesterday the members of Company G were belns physically examined | by the surgeons In charge. When this com pany Is examined the physical examination of the regiment will be complete. ODD FELLOWS' PROGRAM OFF DeinoiiHlrnUoii IMitmifil for the liny CilvcN AVllj ( o u Ileeeilloll | To- nlKht nt Their llnlln. All of the exercises planned for Odd Fel lows' day yesterday wcro abandoned , not only In town , but out at the exposition as well. In a measure to make up for this de ficiency In entertainment a reception will bo tendered the visiting brethren and Daughters of Rebekah at the two halls on the corner of Foiirteeenth nnd Dodge streets this evening. An address ot welcome will bo made by Mayor Moorcs nnd short speeches will also be made by some of the visitors and by some of the local Odd Fel lows. Light refreshments will also be served. The prevalence of weather necessitating the postponement of these exercises Is a keen disappointment to the local Odd Fel lows' committee. For thrro mouths It has been at work advertising the day nnd workIng - Ing up an Interest In the order which would contribute to the success of the celebration , and to have the uffortB nullified by a freak of the elements Is discouraging. But while thu weather tucceedcd In knocking out the parade and other festivities of a public na ture , It did not suppress the energy ot the members ot the local committee , for they have set out on short notice to give tbo visitors a good time Inside the house , and the receptions this evening were agreed upon. At Odd Fellows' Bureau of Information nn Fourteenth street. It was not known this mornlns how many members of the order had arrived In the city. The nature of the weather was such that few ventured out oven to report the arrival of their party. H Is believed that many of the brethren ore now In the city , or on the way , and that the sudden chance in the weather would only affect the plans of those who lived within a short distance of the city. It was at first proposed to have the exer cises postponed until today , but upon In vestigation ; it was found that the Aud'to- Hum at the exposition could not bo secured then , as It had been engaged for another program , and It was then that a complete abandonment of tbo program was regret fully decided upon. To He Content mill llnpi > - Use "Garland" Stoves and Ranges. He VUltnl Crltrlillel.l' , . I'lnee. John Rogers of Davenport , la. , paid dearly for bis visit of curiosity to the proscribed district Sunday night. When he entered the confines of the district ho had a $150 diamond pin blazing on his shirt front and $75 In his pocket. When bo left he had no money and the diamond was gone Ho reported to the police that he had vltitcd a place kept by Billy Crltchflcld and wlfo and that it was there where he bad been robbed. Two officers placed Crltchfleld und wife under arrest and searched tlio housv. The missing money nnd pin were found , It Is alleged , In Crltchtleld'8 room. When you call frr DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salve , the great pile cure , don't accept any thing else. Don't be talked Into aceeptlnc a substitute , for piles , for sores , for bruli-ci. LIBERAL RELIGION CONGRESS Committee in Ohargo"Erects it to Be a Brilliant Success , SOME NOTABLE WORKERS ARF COf-llNG Men "WhomIUIIIN Are I'liiuoun in Connection Ail Hi the Movement AVIII He In Oinnlm Diirlnu the IVei'k. Charles S. Loblnglcr , ono of the commltteo which has been getting 1U up , Is very san guine over the prospects of a good attcndunco from thu religious thinkers of all parts of the country at the Liberal Congresb of Re ligions , which Is to open with a sermon by Rabbi E. G. Hlrsch of Chicago , after the ad dresses of welcome , at the First Congrega tional church this evening. Ho ex pects that everyone un the program will bo here. The participants may notl bcglu to nrrlvo before this evening and tomorrow nf- tvrnoon. Their headquarters will be at ll.e Hotel Dcllono whllo here , save that some of the ministers will bo fho guests ot mem bers of their particular denominations. Some of the names of those who arc tu bu the clty'n guests in this Important gath ering uro familiar to thu reading imbllq nil over the country. Rabbi Hlrsch is con sidered ono ot tlie leading Hebrew scholars In America. David Starr Jordan is the president of Lclond Stanford , Jr. , uulveislty in California. Ho was a member of the Bering Sen commission to settle the seal patrol quesjlon. Dr. John Henry Barrows of Chicago wan a prominent figure In the wo.Id's parliament of religions at the World's fair. After that ho ' went to Hindustan on nn endowment from a well known Chicago millionaire to cxamlno Into the tenets of Brahmanlsm , Buddhism , the Vedas and other phases of Hindu mcta- uhvslcs and ethics , also the workings of the Br.ihma Sornojo ( Society of Universal Re ligions ) , at Bombay , In the hope of estab- lishlnK many things In common between the Hindu rtllclons and Christianity. He Is an able Prcsbvtcrlan minister , and Is to discuss the "Greater America" and this country's mission In Asia. Prof. N. P. Glrmau of the Mrndovllle. Pa. , Theological nemlnary , Is the editor of the "New World. " Sociology Is Uls specialty. Rov. Frank Crane of Chicago was formerly pastor of the Frist Methodist Episcopal church hero. Dr. H. W. Thomas of Chicago , the president of the congress , was tried for heresy eorne years ago , and started u Independent church , i The name. "Liberal Congress of Re- I Unions , " might have created n wrong Im- ' nrcsslon in tbo mind of the public , thinks Mr. Loblnslcr. Ho wishes it understood that the name means exactly what It says and that It is net to bo a "free thinking" affair. Dr. Jcnltln Lloyd Jones ot Chicago Is familiar to Omahn people , having been hero Homo time aso to preach at the First Metho dist Episcopal church , and In the exposition Auditorium. He wllr be ono ot the leading BDlrlta of the congress. All shades of Christian. Jewish and rationalistic belief are to be represented. . Some .Minor Illii/t * * ) . Hot ashes thrown Into a Bhcd In the roar of 230S Webster street caused the partial de- Btructlon of the structure at noon Sunday. A careless employe with a candle caused a slight blaze at the commission house of GatTord & Smcaton , 321 South Eleventh street , Sunday afternoon. At the Paxton block and at the lodging house at 1421 Dodge street exploding oil lamps caused a fire scare and a turning out of the flro department. No damages at olthoi place. nurkliMi'M ArnIon Halve. THE BEST SALVE In the world for Cuts , Brulcc'B , Sores , fleers. Salt Rheum , Fever Sores , Tetter , Chapped Hands , Clillblaliu , Cornenndall Skin Eruptions , and positively cures I'HOH , or no pay required. It is guar anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For ale by Kubu & Co.