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ADVOCATES
THE DRAMA
Patron of Education Believes the
Pupils Should Be Taught
to Act
GIVE! PLAYS IN SCHOOL ROOM
Mm. Kmmons Blaine
Strong Article in Teachers'
Journal 8fttloff Forth
Her View.
rhlcago, April 6. Dramatic acting
in the school room a a means of du
eating the children in hhrtory, litera-
turc and ethical trutha ia the novel
pedagogical method recommended by
Mra Emmona Blaine In an article on
The Dramatic in Education,'' which
appears In the April number of The
Elementary School Teacher. The mag
azine la published by the University
Preaa and ia edited by the faculty of
the achool of education, which Mra
Blaine haa endowed to the extent of
nearly a million dollar. The plan a he
suggest ia being tried in the claaaea
there.
Mra. Blaine holla that the dramatic
inatlnct la atrong in children and that
by careful tr lining It may be made "a
it.wer to construct in them atrorurer
und better men and women, with
clearer Image and finer thought.
Thl dramatic instinct, however, Mra.
lilnine would have worked out by the
children themh'e In achool room
play. She aaya that there are few
thing on the stage at the present time
hat children should see or hear and
Rugeext that the theater et aside
Saturday afternoon for play to be
given for the achool children.
BRITISH INCOMPETENCY.
Present Rule in 8outh Africa Misfit
Thing, 8ay Joubert
Incompetency and injustice are the
keynote of the presant English gov
ernment of conquered South Africa,
according to General O. D. Joubert
neuter of three wounds and a brilliant
witit the land and Ha needa. Instead
0 thl, the haa folnted on ua a lot, of
greenhorn.
"And now the whole country la dis
satisfied because of the attitude that
I being taken on the subject of cheap
Chlneae labor. With a land ruined by
the war. they want to bring in coolie
and crowd out the men who must work
to poverty. The country I being run
for the benefit of the capitalist.
"But in the end it will turn out all
right. South Africa will not always
be governed y men who know noth
ing of her. There will not be
another revolution, for England
baa learned her lesson and will
Writes! give us our need without compelling
the ue of force. But not for 10 year
will there be prosperity In the Trans
vaal. Just to show what we have to
put up with now, the prime minister
of Cape Colony I Dr. Jameson than
whom no one could be more distaste
ful to the people of the country.
The English officers were riot aol-
dlers. Many of them knew nothlna of
war. The English officer must come
from the aristocracy. He may buy
his commission. The Boer ofllcer earns
bis. That' the difference. Every
Boer officer was an officer because he
had proved his ability. T6 be aure,
none of u knew anything of the game
of war until war came upon us. but it
didn't take us long to learn. Our orn
cera earned their ranks by deed. Our
best generals rose from the ranks.
uenerai Dewit began tbe war aa a
private soldier.
General Jeubert commented on the
marksmanship of his soldiers, but he
d e not believe that they are the only
marksmen In the world.
'We had many Americans with us,"
he euld, "and they could shoot just as
well ia we could. The Americana
showed their worth at every turn.
They could get themselves out of a
hole if they got Into it, and that 1
Just exactly what the British could not
do. We didn't have to show the Amer
icana anything.
General Joubert haa watched the
course of event In the Japanese-Rus-slan
conflict, and believe that Japan
ha lout her chance. Said be:
"The Japanese started out all right,
with & dash that looked a If it would
carry everything before It I expected
that she would either take Port Arthur
or cut her communications at once, but
she has not done so, and now Russia 1
ready. She has her railroad defended
and her force ready to meet the Jap-
SWARMED AT
THE POLLS
Interesting Municipal Election
Held in Chicago-Half
Council Elected.
QUESTIONS ASKED VOTERS
been made for a maw meeting of tea-,
ant for the purpose of devising mean
to fight the Increase. It I clalmef
that the leaseholders brought about
the latter by concerted action and that
they have addd an average of tS per
cent to their rent rolls, largely for the ,
purpose of Increasing the valuation of
Bronx and Williamsburg ha beea
heard, but It Is not likely to materialize.
WANT THE DUTY RAISED.
American 8hingl Men Handicapped la
Competition With Canadians.
D&lllnerhAHi A mutt A tut .
Ownership of Kail way. and Val-
Irtlty Of Mueller Law Consid- Canadian shingle Is viewed wlta
ered Shall It He Fran 1 alarm by American manufacturers, and
chlM or License. l having a baneful effect upon the
market. Canadian ahingles are admit
ted to the American market upon pay-
Chicago, April I. The municipal
election In Chicago today was the most
Interesting in many year. Involving
not only the selection of 2S aldermen (prevailing In Canada, la not sufficient
onehalf of the city council but tbe
question of municipal ownership of
street railways. There were a multi
tude of candidate In the 35 wards and
the contest have been lively for a
week, aa the aldermen elected, with the
ment of a duty of 30 cent a 1,009, re
gardless of quality. Thl. In view of
cheaper labor and cheaper stumpag
protection to the American man of act
urera, and enables the Canadians to
compete with the American by ship
ping shingle into the latter territory,
while at the same time the American
mill have found it necessary to or-
holdover. will have to act on the ganlze for the curtailment of their pro
necessary ordinance in case the city duct to maintain prices.
reputation, achieved In fighting for anese on the Talu river. Makaroff at
what he believed to be hla country's I Port Arthur seems to be a capable
Interests. That her future, at least for commander, and able to defend the
the next 10 years, Is black. Is the be-I city."
lief of Generul Joubert, who Is now in
Seattle.
Uenerai Joubert looks the soldier.
He Is a tall, heavily built man, with
piercing black eyes, Jet black hair and
a heavy black mustache, such as could
properly be worn by none but a soldier.
OLD HERO'S SAD FATE.
Aged
Man Burned to Crisp in Effort
to 8av Comrade
New York. April 5. At the age of 90
Samuel Mowery has sacrificed bis life
He Is a nephew of the elder General at Washington, N. J., to save Wllllapi
1 . . . . ....
Joubert who died six months after the Drake, s(' rrom burning to death.
warbea-an. He was commander nf thp They were In a meadow burning off
Southeastern division of the Orange dead raM and 8on Drake discovered
Kree State, and was a figure in the
battlea of Stormberg, Magersfonteln.
Colenso and Sand port near Bloemfon-
teln, where the British General Broad-
wood lost his entire convoy of 200
wagons, beside an incidental of 10
field pieces, all the cannon he had.
The general believes that in the end
hi country will turn out all right.
we wm eventually get what we
want by diplomacy," he said. "But
the country Is now crippled. It is de
vastated from one end to the other by
the war, and it Is governed by men
who know absolutely r.othlng of South
Afrikander. .England should have
put men In charge who were familiar
Indigestion
is caused by trying to compel
that hla clothing was on Are. He tot
tered and felt cryi.ig for aid. Mowr
hastened to him and tried to beat out
the names with hla cap and bare
hands. Too weak to carry the victim,
Mo wry managed to roil him over sev
eral times, then fell senseless, over
come by the smoke and his exertion.
No person were within hailing, dis
tance and Mowery perished In the
flames. Members of the family found
both men lying in the charred rubbish
several hour later. Mowery was
burned to a crisp, but Drake may re
cover.
Mr. Flagalar'a interest.
New York, April 5. Andrew Freed -
man of this city has been selected by
Judge Glldersleeve, of the supreme
court, to succeed Eugene M. Ashley, of
the stomach to keep too x-apid a e8tate of lda A, n&gleti formerIy the
pace, it is . H M Plairler Mr. Fia-.
Iler was adjudged Incompetent about
fire years ago ad alnce then has been
the present aire and is wreckine under care of Bpeciaiist in New Roch-
lives by the wholesale a little elle where a PIed'd home i main
assistance is needed by the dicres tned" for her on an allowance of $25,-
000 a year. Mr. Freeaman is required
to furnish a bond of 13,500,000 for the
faithful performance of his trust.
acquires the street car lines. The ad
vocates of municipal ownership made
a hard preliminary fight and the in
terest aroused brought to the polls an
unusual number of voters for a city
election.
What is known as the Mueller law,
passed by the state legislature, was
ubmltted to the voters. The enact
ment authorizes cities in Illinois to
construct own operate and lease street
railway and to provide the means
therefor. The voters today also bal
loted on the questions:
Shall the council, upon the adoption
U 000,000, shall be located on the lake
ownership of the street railways under
the powers conferred by the Mueller
law; and, shall the council, instead of
granting franchises, license the street
railway companies until municipal
ownership can be secured, and compel
them to give a satisfactory service?
In addition to choosing the alder
men and voting on municipal owner
ship of street railways the voters bat
lotted to decide whether members of
the city board of education, now ap
pointed by the mayor, ore to be elected
by the people; also whether South Side
property shall be taxed one-half
mill for the support of the Field
Columbia museum, and whether the
John Crerar library building, to cost
11,000,000, shall be locaeed on the lake
front.
RAILS FOR THE NORH.
the bane of
tlve organs of
half the world.
That distressed feeling can be
removed speedily by using
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cured by
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medicine. Your stomach will be frmed that RUB8lan
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Find Town Deserted.
Toklo, April 5. At noon reports
have been received here from Ping
Yang to the effect that when the Jap
anese scout entered Wiju on Sunday
last they found the town deserted.
parties.-
LLC
Sold Everywhere.
In boxes lOo. and S3o
More Case of Plague.
New York, April 6. Contrary to
reports that no new cases of bubonic
plague had been reportel, a dispatch
from Lima, Peru, to the Herald says
four, were found Sunday making a
total of SO cases in the Lazaretto.
Fifteen -are recovering rapidly.
First Shipment For Alaska Central Be
ing Prepared.
St. Joseph, Mo., April 4. Sixty
three carloads of sixty-pound steel
rails are being loaded here for Bhlp
ment to Seattle for use In the con
structlon of the Alaska Central rail
road. The rails are consigned by the
Isaac Joseph Iron Company of Chicago
to the Tanana Construction Company.
They will go forward In three extra
trains over the Burlington and the
Northern Pacific routes, for delivery In
Seattle before May 1.
This is the first shipment of rails
for the actual roadbed of the Alaska
Central railroad. There have been
prior shipments to Alaska, notably
recent one on the James Dollar, but
those rails have been used entirely in
constructing the trminals of the road
at Seward. The rails now to be for
warded will be for the first division of
the road out of Seward.
This shipment of 63 cars will go
forward from Seattle to Seward by ship
somewhere between May 1 and May 10.
The Pacific Packing & Navigation
Company has the contract for carry
ing them and will Bend a special ship
for the purpose. Other shipments of
rails will be received from the east and
sent on to Alaska from time to time
during the summer. It is the purpose
of the company to construct at least
25 miles and maybe 40 miles of track
this year. The rails now en route for
St. Joseph will construct it Is esti
mated, about sixteen mile of track.
Only about 160 men are at work In
the construction crew now, but aa the
season advances this will be Increased
largely.
Crime Not Recalled.
Cleveland, April 5. The Cleveland
police have made careful inquiry at all
of the city's precinct stations to try
and locate the crime which Mra Doc
tur mentions having committed, as
told in a dispatch from San Francisco
last night There Is no recollection
of such a happening.
Tenant Ar Evicted.
New York, April 5 Nearly 100
evictions already are Impending on ac
count of the lncrea.0 in east side ten
ement rentals. Arrangement .have
These condition have been brought
to the attention of the chamber of
commerce by local millmen, who ar
gued that" If the duty on shingles
could be raised to at least $1 per 1,000,
It would materially strengthen the
shingle market. The president of the
chamber was Instructed by resolution
to appoint a committee of five to pre
pare a memorial to congress, and, tf
necessary, the secretary of the treas
ury, upon this subject. The memorial
will also be sent to other commercial
organizations on the sound.
WHY IT SUCCEEDS.
Because It is For One Thing Only, and
Astoria Residents Ar Rapidly
Learning This.
Nothing can do good for . everything,
Doing one thing welt brings success.
Doan's Kidney Pills do one thing.
only.
They are for sick kidneys.
They cure backache and every kid
ney ilL
Here Is evidence to prove It:
J. Blake whose place of residence Is
525 Market street Portland, says: 1
bought several boxes of Daon's Kidney
PUU and I scarcely think if the first
had not proved satisfactory that I
would have tried the second and third.
I have used in my home almost every
thing said to be a cure for weakened
or overclted kidney and bladder, but
nothing ever gave me the satisfaction
received from Doan's Kidney Pills.
They are easy to take, have no effect
upon ne stomacn or Doweis ana a
directly on the kidneys and I thor
oughly believe from the results I re
ceived and also from observation that
Doan's Kidney Pills are one prepara
tion on the market which acts direct
ly as represented."
Emphatic endorsement can be had'
right here In Astoria. Drop Into Chaa.
Rogers' drug store and ask what cus
tomers report
Sold for 50 cents per box by all .
druggists. Foster-Mllbura Co, Buf
falo, N. T., sole agents for the United
State.
Remember the name Doan's and take
no substitute.
Court Enjoins Union.
Chicago, April 5 Judge Kohlsaat
In the United States district court has
Issued an order restraining the offic
ials of Franklin Union, an organiza
tion of press feeders, and 41 members
from Interfering with the business of
the American Color Type Company.
Under other proceedings In the past
the union has been enjoined in the
state courts, has been fined for con
tempt, indicted for assaults and con
spiracies and punished repeated In the
police courts.
In the bill for the injunction the
company sets forth that last Thursday
three members of -the Franklin Unloa
withdrew from it and applied tor
membership in the Printing Press
man's Union, and that Mltchael Flan-
nery, then threatened to call out the
Franklin men In the plant if the com
pany did not discharge the men wh
had left it. This the company refuse
to do and a few hours later President
Robert McGlnley, of the pressmen,
was beaten
The case was taken into the federal
court because the company Is not aa
Illinois corporation.
Astor Battery For Fair.
St. Louis, April 5. George S. Gels.
secretary of the Astor Battery Assoc
iation has announced that arrange
ments are being made for a reunion
of the Battery In St. Louis during the
world' fair. The Astor battery serv
ed In the Philippines, its members be
ing .New York. men.