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FATAL RAILROAD CCIDENT
NEAl CHAMA, NEW MEXICO
Durango, Colo., Aug. 29.--(Denver
~epublican Special.)--By the derailing
and overturning of a Pullman sleeper
on the Denver &~io Grande west-
bound express, near Charon, New Mex-
ico, this afternoon, Mother Baptiste,
head of the order of Sisters of Mercy
in Colorado, was instantly killed, Sis-
ter Nora of Denver, her companion,
fatally injured, and Marley McCoy re-
ceived injuries which caused his death
at the hospital.
Pullman Conductor J. ~. When was
badly hurt about the hips and his legs
arb paralyzed. Miss Nellie Lewis of
Silverton, and the porter, the only oth-
er persons in the car, escape4 with
slight scratches and bruises.
The rest of the train remained on the
track and none of those on the other
cars were injured.
While rounding the curve four miles
east of Chama, at a point near the
high trestle over Wolff creek, the Pull-
man car left the track iu some manner
as yet unaccountable to emptoyes.
There were six people In the car at the
time it went oveP. falling broadside on
almost level ground, having Just
emerged from a cut about 200 feet
from the trestle, which is 100 feet
high.
Mother Baptiste, head of the order
of the Sisters of Mercy of Colorado,
was thrown head first through the
window on the other side, which
struck the ground. As the car dragged
along her skull was crushed and death
was evidently instant.
In the seat opposite her was Sister
Nora of Denver, who was accompany-
ing the mother. She was caught be-
tween the car and the ground, having
several ribs broken and being severely
injured internally. She is at Mercy
story of what took place. She lost her
valise, pocketbook and other small ef-
fects in tim car, but says she is very
thankful for escaping death.
U. D. McDowell, M. D., medical in-
spector of the State Board of Health,
was in one of the coaches and was one
of the first to enter the wrecked ear
;through a hole made by an axe. The
rest of the passengers worked with
willing hands and soon had the injured
out, but it took some time to remove
the body of Sister Baptiste, as a por-
tion of the body was out of'and under
the car.
Dr. McDowell administered opiates
and at once set about stopping the flow
of blood from McCoy, who was becom-
ing weak. The agent at Charon was
notified and assistance from that place
secured. The dead and injured were
brought to Durango, arriving at 7 this
evening, and all were taken to Mercy
hospital.
The condition of McCoy was seen to
be precarious. He had been drinking
heavily, it is stated, and the opiate
had but little influence for some time,
hence it was hard to handle him in his
crazed condition and an operation
could not be attempted. McCoy was
en route to Silverton with a pugilist
named McDonald, where a fight is ad-
vertised to take place Saturday night,
McCoy backing McDonald. At first
he did not want to give his name to
the train crew. McDonald stopped off
and assisted in looking after his wants.
Mr. When, the Pullman conductor, is
a young man and has a wife residing in
Denver.
Sister Baptiste is well known all over
the state. Durango was a favorite
hospital and late to-night the doctors place with her and she was coming
report her case very serious and likely here in response to a message announc-
to die. " ]ing the dangerous illness of Sister
In a seat farther ahead in the car Mary Charles, whose life hangs by a
was Harley McCoy, noted for having slender thread and who cannot live
killed Captain Hawley in Denver some I another twenty-four hours, so those in
years ago. He was asleep at the charge state. As yet the sick woman
time. has not been informed as to why the
In the center of the car was Miss reverend mother has not called to see
Nellie Lewis, bound for Silverton her. Sister Baptiste founded the Du-
When the car tipped she was thrown t range hospital about eighteen years
over, and realizing her predicament, t ago. She had charge of several other
grabbed the railing of the seat with I institutions in the state, which she also
both hands and steadied herself while founded. She was about fifty-five
the car was being tossed almut. She I years of age.
fortunately eseaped with only a slight J McCoy died at Mercy hospital during
cut on one finger, She told a graphic thenight.
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SCIENTISTS ELECT OFFICERS
AND WILL MEET AT PITTSBURfi
Denver, Aug. 30.--The general com-
mittee in session last night at the
Brown Palace elected the following
officers of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science:
President--Asaph Hall, Harvard Uni-
versity.
General Seeretary--D. T. MacDougal,
New York Botanical Gardens.
Secretary of Council--Dr. Henry B.
B. Ward, University of Nebraska.
Permanent Secretary--Dr. L. O.
Howard, United States entomologist.
Assistant Permanent Secretary--Dr.
Richard S. Clifton, Department of Ag-
riculture.
Treasurer--Professor R. S. Wood-
ward, Columbia.
Vice presidents and secretaries re-
spectively of sections:
Mathematics and Astronomy--D. W.
Hough, Northwestern University; E. S.
Crawley, University of Pennsylvania.
Physics--W. S. Franklin, Dehigh Uni-
versity; E. T. Nichols, Ohio State Uni-
versity.
Chemistry--H. A. Weber, Ohio State
University; F. C. Phillips, Western
University, Pennsylvania.
Mechanical Science and Engineering
--J. F. Flather, University of Minneso-
ta; O. A. Waldo, Purdue University.
Geology--O. A. Derby, Sac Paulo,
Brazil; F. P. Gulliver, Southboro,
Massachusetts.
Zoology--C. C. Nutting, Iowa State
University; C. W. Stiles, Department
of Agriculture.
Anthropology--Stewart Culln, Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania; H. T. Smith,
American Museum of Natural History.
Social Science--Carroll D. Wright,
United States commissioner of labor;
W. F. Wilcox, Cornell.
Experimental Medicine nnd Science--
Dr. W. W. Welch, Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity; Dr. F. S. Lee, Columbia.
The next regular meeting of the as-
sociation will be held at Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, during the week com-
mencing June 25, 1902. The outgoing
committee recommends that the meet-
ing of 1903 be held at Washington dur-
ing the first week in January, in the in-
terest of a movement purposing the
bringing together of all scientific bodies
In the United States in midwinter con-
vocation.
The council and such sections as may
desire will hold a business meeting at
Chicago the first week in January,
1902.
Nebraska Republican Nominations
Lincoln, Neb., Ang. 29.--The Repub-
lican state convention yesterday nomi-
nated this ticket:
Justice of the Supreme Court--Sam-
net Sedgwick of York county.
Regents of the University--Carl J.
Erfist of Lancaster, H. L. Gould of
Kelth.
The action of Governor Savage in
paroling from the penitentiary former
State Treasurer Joseph H. Bartley fur-
nished, as was expected, the only real
excitement of the convention. An ef-
fort to dispose of the vexed question of
an indorsement or disapproval of the
governor's action outside the conven-
tion signally failed.
Supporters of the governor dld suc-
ceed iu having all resolutions referred
to the committee on platform without
debate, but the committee itself report-
ed in turn against the parole, and,
while not impugning the motives of the
governor, demanded the return of the
ex-treasurer to the penitentiary, and
was sustained by the convention.
A Warning ]From Kentucky.
Cheyenne, Wy0., Aug. 30.--Allan N.
Cisco of West Liberty, Morgan county,
Kentucky, in an open letter to the Wyo-
ming Tribune, warns the assassins of
Willie Nickel, that friends and rela-
tives of the family in Kentucky will
not tolerate any further attack upon
the Nickel family. After denouncing
the murderers In powerful language,
Oisco concludes Ms letter as follows:
"We, the friends of the Nickel family
right now warn the hyenas who are
seeking the life of Kels P. Nickel and
his little boys that they have gone far
enough, and that we don't intend for
that filmily to be slaughtered. If such
a thing happens there will be another
flay. Again, we say to those murder-
ers and assassins, beware."
Kels P. Nickel is rapidly recovering
from the bullet wounds received three
weeks ago, and has been able to leave
the hospital.
~iennlai Conclave Closes.
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 30.--After elect-
ing officers and selecting San Francis-
eo as the place of meeting the first
"tuesday in September, 1904, the twen-
ty-eighth triennial conclave of Knights
Templar, which has been in progress
here since Tuesday, yesterday adjourn-
ed to the date set. The festivities came
to g climax at a magnificent ball held
at the horse show building.
The election of officers occupied the
gTeater part of yesterday's session. In
the selection of the grand Junior war-
den and grand recorder occurred the
only contests.
By an election said to have been un.
precedented for celerity, Frank H.
Thomas, past grand cammander of the
District of Columbia, was elevated by
the grand encampment to the office of
Junior grand warden. Other officers
were advanced one grade as follows:
H. B. Stoddard of Bryan, Texas, dep-
uty grand master, to grand master.
George H. Moulton of Chicago, grand
generalissimo, to deputy grand master.
Roy. H. W. Rugg of Providence,
Rhode Island, captain general, to grand
generalissimo.
W. B. Mellish, Cincinnati, grand sen-~.
ior warden, to captain general.
Joseph A. Locke, Portland, Maine,
junior grand warden to senior grand
warden.
Automobile Crosses the Range,
Denver, Aug. 30.--The automobile
has crossed the crest of the Rocky
Mountains and now all that remain~
is to make the journey down the op-
posite side of the range to show that
the horseless vehicle can go anywhere.
J. E. Barnes of this city, who under-
took lhetask of riding from Denver to
Leadville, has succeeded. He reached
the Cloud City in his automobile on
Wednesday.
Leaving Denver he went to Palmer
Lake, Woodland Park, Divide, Florls-
sent, Hartsel, Buena Vista. Granite
and finally Lea~lville, thus being the
first person to climb the top of the
range iu an automobile.
Revising the Confession.
Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 30.--The Pres-
byterian committee on the revision of
the Westminster confession held two
executive sessions yesterday and made
important progress. Dr. Johnson's sec-
tion has been engaged upon a short
statement of the reformed faith. Dr.
Dickey's section has devoted its time
to amendments to the confession by a
declaratory statement. Dr. Niccol's
section has made progress In outlining
a statement suplementary to the con-
fession respecting the love of Go~I for
the world arvl for missions.
LABOR DAY OBSERVED
IN COLORADO TOWNS
Denver, Sept. 3.--NearIy seven thous-
and union laborers m'n'ched through
the streets for nearly an hour yester-
day morning. All the town was out to
see the show and all tile town voted it
the best, largest and most enthusiastic
parade ever seen in Denver.
The 1)arade was full of features, and
the organizations vtere, for the great
part, in handsome uniforms. The .prize
banner given by William Cooke Dan-
iels last year for the best appearing
and marching union in the parade stim-
ulated the enthusiasm to the highest
pitch. It was won by the carpenters'
union, the largest iu the city. The
painters, the winners of last year, and
the bricklayers, who had been expected
oy many to win the vietm'y, were es-
pecially commended 1)3' the judges,
Captain H. D. Smith. Cohmel Edward
Verdeckburg "rod Captain Sclmeider.
The deeislou was popular, and was
greeted with cheers.
(~olorado Springs, Colo., Sept. 3--The
Pueblo union labor organizations join-
ed with those of Colorado Springs in a
great demonstration here yesterday.
Delegations from the Pueblo unions
began arriving about 9:30 and were
met at the depot by committee, s from
Colorado SI)rings unions. They formed
the first division of the parade, headed
by Chief of Police King and a platoon
of local officers. Then e'nne the cove-
boy band in uniform. This is the orig-
inal cowboy b'lnd that has brought so
much faille to Pueblo. Organized la-
bor of Pueblo was represented by
workers in every branch of trade. All
were in noby and attractive uniform,
wearing badges designating their
unions. At the head of every organiza.
tion was carried the banner of the or-
der.
At the head of the second division
was the Colorado Midland band, Its
ragtime music bringing cheers from
the spectators. This hand, which re-
cently became unionized, proudly dis-
played its b'mner. The greatest show-
ing in the 1)aradc was made by the lo-
cal union of carpenters, about 500 of
them being in line.
The third division was led t)y the
Colorado City Band. followed by
the several labor org'mizations of that
city. Floats tllroughout the parade
were the finest ever seen in a Labor
Day parade in this city. Tile miners'
float represented a mine in full blast,
wit:h worklnen operating the mines.
The carpenters, printers and black-
emiths had immense working models
of the foremost implements of ~daeir
,trades.
Cripple Creek, Colo., Sept. 3.--Labor
Day was observed for the Cripple
Creek district in this city. The parade
which moved down Bennett avenue at
10:30 o'clock, was ~tlte largest ever seen
in the carol). It was ferry-five minutes
in passing a given point and by actual
count cont'lined 2/200 union workers.
The day was wholly enjoyable, the
weather ideal, and not an incident oc-
curred to umr the celebration of the
day set apart for the laboring man to
revel in his strength.
As usual, these exercises were con-
ducted in Pinnacle park at Cameron,
and between 8,000 and 10,000 partici-
pated in them. The capacity of the
rolling stock of the railroad was the
only limit placed on the crowd, and to
transfer the large number of people
everything available, from palaee to
flat ears, was brought into requisition.
Canon City, Colo., Sept. 3.--At au
early hour yesterday morning the
streets were filled with people from
the surrounding country, moving in all
sorts of conveyances. Trains were de-
layed a'little, but shortly after 10
o'clock they com,nenced to pull in,
each ear loaded to the guards. The va-
rious local unions in fine uniforms pre-
ceded by the splendid Peabody. Mill-
taxy Band, headed the procession in
tile march to the ~lepot to receive the
visitors. After a few remarks by For-
mer Attorney General Joseph H. Mau-
pin, he introduced Mayor James H.
Peabody, who weleomed the visitors
and in conclusion turned over to them
th}~ keys of the city.
The parade was a large one and
many elegant turnonts were noticed in
the line, among which were the car-
riages from the penitentiary elaborate=
ly trimmed and under the direction of
Warden "Jack" Martin and escorted
by numerous penitentiary guards.
Floats representing the various local
unions in this city and Florence were
also conspicuous. The crowd was one
of the best natured and orderly that
ever visited any city on a gala day.
Leadville, Colo., Sept. 3.--The princi-
pal feature of Labor Day celebration
yesterday was a rock drilling contest
between some of the foremost ham-
mers of the West. The result of the
contest was a victory for Hupps and
Lindquist of Ouray, who broke the
world's record in Gunnison granite by
drilling forty-one and one-half inches
in fifteen minutes. Malley of Lead-
ville and Chamberlain of Cripple Creek
took second money with thirty-nine
~and one-half inches. The best record
heretofore made in Gunnlson granite
was by Chamberlain and Andregg of
Cripple Creek made here last year,
they making thirty-nine and seventeen
thirty-seconds inches.
Ouray, Colo., Sept. 3.--Labor Day
was celebrated yesterday vtith large
numbers from the country and adja-
cent cities. Business was entirely sus-
pended and public offices closed. The
celebration was under the auspices of
the Miners' Union, which turned out
in the procession 300 in number. The
exercises were in Chipeta park, one
mile below the city, and addresses were
made by the Hen. John C. Bell, Hen.
John M. O'Neil of Victor, Judge The-
ton Stevens and IIon. W. S. Buckley
)f k'elluride. The Telluride and Ouray
oaseball teams played a match game
with the score sixteen to two in favor
~f the Telluride team. A roast ox was
served at the barbecue. The celebra-
tion closed with a grand free ball at
the opera house.
California Labor Demonstration.
$
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 3.--Labor
Day was celebrated in this city yester-
day by a parade of workingmen, in
which it is estimated that not less than
20,000 members of the various unions
participated. During the afternoon
there were literary exercises at the
Mechanic's pavilion,
COLORADO NOTES.
In 1890 the death rate in Denver was
22.0 and in 1900 the death rate had de-
creased to 18.6.
The Socialist Labor ~)arty in Denver
has nominated a full county ticket for
the fall campaign.
The Prohibitionsts of Colorado are
Preparing to agitate the submission
of a temperance amendment.
Three thousand dollars has been
raised in subscriptions for the forma-
tion of a polo club in Colorado Springs.
On his short private visit to Boulder
August 26th, W. J. Bryan spoke to a
small impromtu gathering in the court
room.
Normal institutes throughout the
state this year report a large attend-
ance and good work done. The profes-
sional spirit in teachers seems to be In-
creasing.
Francis Truth, the so-called "healer,"
who has been operating in Denver and
who was arrested on several charges,
has agreed to go out of the business in
Denver and endeavor to get heeled in
some other vocation.
Mrs. Mattie Wilson has been appoint-
ed county superintendent of schools by
the county commissioners of Fremont
county. She succeeds the late super-
intendent, J. M. Hanks, who died re-
cently, and is a sister of Mr. Hanks.
Governor Orman has issued a requi-
sition on the governor of Oregon for
the return to Fort Collins of Mike Ber-
ry, the bicycle thief, who made his es-
cape from the Fort Collins jail some
day~ ago, and is now under arrest in
that state.
"k grocery, a boarding tent, a book
store and postoffice, a church, and
nearly 200 families living in tents fill-
ed with several hundreds of people" is
the inventory a morning paper gives of
the Seventh Day Adventists' camp
meeting in Denver.
If satisfactory arrangements can be
made with the American Sugar Beet
and Irrigated Land Company for 20,000
acres of land under the reservoirs north
of Lamar, a colony of 500 families
from the eastern and central states will
be located there at once.
Richard ttumphrey, an old resident
of Coal Creek, committed suicide Au-
gust 26th, by shooting himself through
the heart. He was sixty-one years of
age and leaves a wife and several
children. He had been suffering from
an abcess in the brain caused by in-
Juries received In a mine.
August was the heaviest month of
tourist travel Colorado has ever known,
if the baggage records at the union de-
pot in Denver are a correct index. The
number of pieces handled was 103,568,
while for July it was but 100,830. This
is also an increase over August of last
year of 13,980 pieces.
The Beaver Creek Reservoir Com-
pany has been incorporated at Fort
Collins with Philip Wilson, E. J. Grog.
cry and Charles A. Bulton as incor-
porators. The purpose of the corpora-
tion Is to construct and maintain six
reservoirs above the source of Beav-
er creek In Imrimer county.
B. F. Rockafellow, proprietor of the
Fruitmere farm, recently sent a box
of apples to Secretary Shute of the
State Horticultural Board. After she
had selected a dozen for preservation
purposes, she sent the remainder to
all the offices in the capitol building.
And when the woman had given them
apples they all ate.
Mr. O. M. ttobbs, purchasing agent
of the Denver & Rio Grande railway,
and Mrs. Hobbs left August 30th for a
six months' tour in central and south-
ern Europe. The major portion of their
time probably will be spent in Switzer-
land and northern Italy. Mr. Hobbs'
lecture, "Colorado vs. Switzerland,"
has made him well known and popular
In all parts of the state.
John Bradford and Brick Price, cat-
tlemen living six miles of Erie, en-
gaged in an argument a few days
since. They exchanged blows and
finally resorted to firearms~ & couple
of shots were exchanged but no harm
was done. Bradford is the man whose
cabin was riddled by bullets some two
months ago by unknown parties.
A Mancos dispatch to the Denver
News, dated August 26th, says: At
11:30 this mom~ing an electFic bolt
killed a valuable horse ridden by At.
thur Spencer and Spencer himself is at
the point of death. Hyde Fielding,
who was riding beside him, was
stunned and thrown from his horse.
The accident occurred about one mile
east of town.
A waterspout a'short distance south
of Trinidad caused considerable trou-
ble on the afternoon of September 1st,
Waves three feet high rushed down
Commercial street, sending everything
before them. A horse hitched in front
of the Southern hotel was knocked off
its feet. The new stone culvert on
South Commercial street was wrecked.
The foundation for the fine three-story
double building being erected Just east
of the First National bank was badly
wrecked. Huge boulders were carried
hundreds of yards by the rushing tor-
rents. A number of business houses
were flooded as much as a foot or more
by the water, and in the lower part of
the city a considerable part of the city
was inundated. The storm only lasted
a short time, but sneh a flood has not
been seen before for years.
The Colorado State Grange has ar-
ranged for a harvest picnic and excur-
sion to take place on Wednesday, Sep-
tember llth, in which all the subordin-
ate granges in the state are expected
to participate. The picnic will be held
on the grounds of the State Agrieul-
rural College at Fort Collins, and the
Colorado & Southern will run special
excursion trains to the grounds on that
day for the accommodation of all who
wish to attend. The program for the
day Is a varied one and includes a pic-
nic dinner in tile grove, instrumental
and vocal music and addresses by lead-
ing members of the State Grange and
others. Dr. B. Ayl(~worth, president
of the college, will deliver the address
of welcome, to whieh Hen. J. F. White
of the State Grange will respond. Pro-
lessor L. G. Carpenter, director af the
United States experiment station, mien.
James M. Platte of Boulder, Hen. J. S.
Newcomb of Golden, master of the
State Grange, will also address those
in attendance. At the conclusion of
the regular grange program the new
college flag and flag-staff will be dedi-
cated, Hen.. W. R. Thomas of Denver,
a member of the State Board ot~ Agri.
¢_~ture, dellrering the addreu.
~TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES,
Spain is building six new warship|.
There are 1,700 Indians in Arizona
owning farms.
Marquis Ito of Japan has abandoned
his proposed American tour.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts and
his family are in St. Petersburg.
The United States average exports
of 750,000 tons of coal per month.
Plans are under way for an unbrok-
en electric railway across the state of
New York.
Duluth flour mills are preparing to
make 10,000 barrels of flour every
twenty-four hours.
A report'of the British government
shows there are now 118,497 persons
in the refugee camps in South Africa.
The tenth annual session of the con-
catenated order of Hoe Hoes has been
called to meet at Norfolk, Virginia,
September 9th.
Colonel J. H. Haverly, whose fame in
minstrelsy is world-wide, is danger-
ously ill at St. Mark's hospital in Salt
Lake City of heart trouble.
The strike at Senator W. A. Clark's
big United Verde copper mining I}lant
at Jerome, Arizona, is ended, and ths
~lant is again in full blast.
It is now thought that the monument
for Benjamin Harrison will be in the
form of an arch, to cost $200,000. Over
$30,000 has already been raised.
The transport Warren, which has ar-
rived at San Francisco from Seattle,
will be fitted up to carry several hun.
dred school teachers to Manila.
The government will soon commence
the construction at Eitko, Alaska, of a
magnificent observatory for the terres-
trial division of the coast survey.
The Russian beet crop has been ser-
Iously damaged by a plague of cater-
pillars. The loss is variously estimat-
ed at from twenty-five to fifty per cent.
President Loubet of France has con-
ferred upon President W. R. Harper of
the University of Chicago the decora-
tion Of the order of the Legion of
Honor.
Negotiations are still pending tor the
purchase by the United States of the
Danish West Indies, and it is generally
believed in Copenhagen that the ces-
sion will be made~
Negroes are barred from ennstment
in the First Cuban Artillery. One hun-
dred and fifty "Cubans" will be enlist-
ed. All must be twenty-one years old
or more, and white.
In 1897 Russia sold Germany $27,-
302,410 worth more of grain than did
the United States, but in 1900 the Unit-
ed States was only $4,947,250 worth
behind her European rival.
It is understood that an elevator
company in Yonkers is at work on two
"lifts" for Buckingham palace, Eng-
land on an order from King Edward,
sent indirectly to this country.
Collinsville, Alabama, was visited by
a cloudburst August 22nd, and greatly
damaged. Several stores were com-
pletely inundated and many residences
washed from their foundations.
The French sugar bounties having
occasioned a deficit of 14,000,000 francs
the minister of finance has issued a
decree reducing them by fifty-five per
cent., with a view of covering the de-
ficit.
The committee on foreign affairs of
the Chiltan chamber of deputies has
refused to grant the funds necessary
for the representation of Chili at the
Pan-American congress in the City of
Mexico.
It is stated at the War Department
that such good progress is being made
in the formation of a Cuban govern-
ment that the revision of the tariff for
Cuba wil probably await action by that
government.
The Russian government has decid-
ed to continue the state of siege in
Moscow province for another year.
Otherwise it would expire September
7th. This indicates that the political
situation is still serious.
At the annual meeting of the Can-
adian Pacific, to be held on October
2nd, a resolution will be submitted au-
thorizing the issue of bonds te the ex-
tent of £2,500,000 to be used in the ac-'
quisltion of steam vessels.
A big swordfish was brought into
Boston a few days ago. Before it was
cut up or sawed off it tipped the scales
at nearly half a ton. Its length was
close to seventeen feet, and It was arm-
ed with a rapier three feet long. It
fought its captors three hours.
As soon as General Wood returns
to Havana it is expected that he will
make arrangements for calling an elec-
tion, and the delegates to the constitu-
tional convention expect the govern-
ment to be organized not later than
February 4, 1902.
Telephone communication can now
be established with incoming steamers
in New York before the gang plank is
put out. In the case of outgoing steam-
ers passengers can have telephone
communication with their friends till
the vessel leaves the pier.
The United Irish League has re-
quested John Redmond to go to the
United States and, in conjunction with
Michael Davitt, place the position of
the Nationalist movement before the
Americans. Mr. Redmond will sail for
New York early in October.
President McKinley has appointed
Joseph Wheeler, Jr., a captain in the
artillery corps. Captain Wheeler was
a major in the Thirty-fourth infantry
of volunteers, organized at Fort Logan
three years ago. He is a son of the
famous Confederate cavalry leader.
Charles Jones, in charge since his
attempt at suicide while in jail await-
ing trial for the alleged murder of his
employer, William M. Rice, the aged
New York millionaire, is still under
police surveillance, and is regularly
visited by physicians, but is improving
in health.
A cyclonic windstorm and cloudburst
did great damage at Centralia, Illinois,
on the night of August 25th. The eolo~
ed Baptist church was wrecked, peach
orchards were destroyed and 15,000
bushels of peaches were shaken off the
trees. The rain was one aud o~u~qlM~
tot lae2k~.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
FilipinoS Learning English)
The division of insular affairs, War
Department, has received a eopy of the
annual report of Professor Fred W. At-
kinson, general superintendent of pub-
lie instruction for the Philippines,
which covers the time front the enact-
meat of the Philippine sehool law to
the close of the last fiseal year, Juno
30, 1901.
The school law mentioned authorizc~l
the appointment from the United
States of 1,000 school teachers, of
whom Professor Atkil~bn says 781
had been apl)ointed. There was no
scarcity of material from which to
make the selection, more than 8,000
personal written applicatloIm havin$
been filed.
Speaking of the general conditions
Professor Atkinson said:
"The great present need is that of
adequate and suitable school buildings.
Present school buildings consist, gen-
erally, of one or two large rooms with
several teachers carrying on work in
each room. These rooms are every-
where overcrowded and many have no
windows or floors. Sometimes one
teacher .has one to two hundred pu-
pils."
The education of girls has not bee-
thought as important as that of boys,
but wherever a school for boys is es-
tablished it will be the policy to estab-
lish one for girls. It has been planned
to conduct teachers' institutes in all
the provinces at a nearly date. Even-
ing schools have been established
where practical)le, arousing great in-
terest upon the part of the people. One
high sehool at the capitol of each
province will be est.~blished In 190°--
Dr. Barrows, city superintendent af
schools of Manila, reports of the six
months of his work:
"The most significant change is that
which has taken place in tim attitudo
of the Ieilipino teachers. In December
the plan was adopted of having the
teachers of English devote at least the
last half bout of the forenoon to the
instruction of the l~hlipi~o teachers add
at the same time the announcement
was made that very shortly Spanish,
as a medium of instruction, would be
abandoned. With a few exceptions,
the teachers accepted the proposed
change of language and their attitude
has now become one of real eagerness
for the adoption of E~lglish. They have
also so fax progressed in their knowl-
edge of English that it will be possible
with the opening of sehool in June
(1901) to use only English. Almost
without exception our teachers are be-
coining appreciably more loyal to their
work and more conscientious in its dis-
charge.
"The question of religlous instruction
i~ the schools has also been settled,
and without frictlon or any loss In the
attendance of pupils. Upon receipt of
an official copy of act No. 74 of the
Philippine commission, which forblds
any religious instruction by the teach-
er, a comprehensive order was issued
forbidding the practice of religious de-
votions or their employment as means
of punishment, the discontinuance of
all teaching of the catechism or reli-
gious doetrine, and the removal from
the school of all books containing such
matter and of all religious figures, em-
blems, placards, etc. 'l'~nese order~
were in every case complied with.
'].'here was no protest from either par-
ents or teachers, and as above stated,
no diminution In the attendance, the
school year closing witri the largest at-
tendance in the history of these pub-
lic schools. To many of the teachers
the change w'ts apparently welcome."
Attorney General Knox has rendered
an opinion on the question whether a
certain western daily paper has violat-
ed the law prohibiting the rise of the
malls for advertising lotteries, gift
concerts and similar enterprises. The
paper some time ago Inagxir&ted
guessing contest, adve~ising it would
give 1,500 prizes, aggregating $15,000
in value to persons making the
nearest estimates to the num-
ber of paid admissions to the
pan-American Exposition at Buf-
falo from the day of opening to the
day of closing. The Attorney General
sa~s that unless plainly forbidden by
law, tile remedy is with Congress and
not with the department. He says the
contestants must go into car(]ful in-
quiry as to the facts about ~lle exl)o~
sitlon, public interest and attendance
to date, and continues as follows:
'Such estimates, 'Amrefore, while nec-
essarily dependent in umny respects
upon chance, are likewise affected by
the intelligent calculations of a
thoughtful observer. A fair construe.
tion of the word~ 'dependent upon lot
or chance' exelud:es estimates which
are based upon mental calculation, even
though the factors which enter into
such calculation, may be unCertain
and matters of conjecture. The draw-
ing of a lot or the throw of a die are
purely dependent upon chance, for I~o
mental operation can aid in estimating
the result. As penal statutes must-be
construed strictly, I am unable to
reach the conclusion that the giving of
prizes as a reward for superior intel.
ligence In estimates, where the hu-
man intellect is exercised in makin~
such estimates, is within the purview
of the statute, and the conclusion can-
not be affected b~ the demoralizing
tendencies to which you refer."
According to a bulletin issued by the
census bureau there are slightly
more females than males in the state
of New York. The percentage is 50.3
females to 49.7 males. Out of a total
population of 7,268,894, there are 3,-
614,780 males and 3,654,114 females.
Of the total population of the state,
1,900,425, or 26.1 per cent., are foreign
born, and 112,013, or 1.5 per cent., col-
ored. Of the colored people, 99,232
are negroes, 7,170 Chinese, 354 Japtm-
ese and 5,257 Indians. New York Clt~
has 1,067,660 native males and 1,009,o
462 native females. These flgttrea are
given In connection with the cenatm
publication showing the population by
sex, nativity and color in the states of
New Jersey, New Mexico, New Yetlr
and North Carolina, forming the sev-
enth of the census grouI~s of st~t~
New Mexico presents the largest pre-
ponderance of males over females in
the entire group, the percentage of
males In that territory being 58.4. Of
the entire population of 195,310, 104,-
228 are males and 91,083 females. I-
that territory there are 13,625 foreign-
born persons, constitrting seven per
cent of the entire population. The~
~,lOS colored p~_Je, "
