' J . - i ' . r- 1 - :
:','i:':,..r: " '-vr-:v-
GOOD EVENING. v ..
Tonight , and Thursday, fair;
- cooler tonlgbt; variable Winds.
- mostly north to east
THE aSCULATlON .
Of TSE JOUCJML
-u? YESTERDAY WAS
VOL- III. NO. 161
ST. HELENS' BUSINESS SECTION ' :
Entire . VIDage for a Time
Threatened With
V'x Annihilation.
DAMAGE NEARLY J50,0Q0
Flre-HtbtlBt AppIIiice Prtm ludc
fiite Steamer Renault Pnves
y. V-1 Graft' AM Cane -Rot-
Jy Is bdUtmr today nark Um
po wbw Moot Motir o( bwtn to
th thrifty vllUfo of K. HoUna.
Tkls 1 Mm Mult of flro whit W
in to arucMoro Mro at I 6'elook thla
" . sittratBff -a apraad- to -aajotnlnar projH
rtf. OBtaUtnv a loa tlmftta .ft IHc
04, Tboro wu vory llttio liuturmno.
A ftorth wlna mXwajm vwoopa up th
Mvor throuh Um towa and It waa tba
- Wlna that aarod Qm inwinlnT sortloti.
- of too vlllaco from aoatracttoa. Had
th wind VMNd from Ito usual aourM
St. Reitaa today wouta ba but a Jrtaok
i aaed atamorr.
At I o'olocai .thta morntna flt waa
' a,laoovorad la tha raar of the druv Mora
of Xr. BdBMMid Rom. Tha drug atora
rwu oa tba eorna of what waa praott
oallr a. dlvldlnc lino of tha town. To
" tba north la tha oourtbouaa and tha
t portion mt tha town that aaoapad. To
Ui aouth waa a row of wooden bnlld
: tan Including two hotala, aaloona.
atoras and tha bnalnaaa aactton of tha
Tlllajra, Thar atood on Front, atraat
that rana aiond1 tha rtror.
Tba flra bad hardlr baen dlabovarad In
' aha druc atora ttaaa It waa aaan to hara
aaaaiata poaaaaaloa f tha bttlldlnff.
Boob a Bry tong-ua atratchad out to
.. tba adjatatnf walMteB and It, tao, waa
wranpad In lamaa. Fmnaad br tha
north wind and aaalatad In ltd aouraa bf
flha natarlal In tha boUdlnf, tba lr
t apraaa rapuur nniu im antira diock waa
.a Oaln aiaaa that throw a lurid llbt
. A voluntoar flra dopartaiant waa aoon
- an tha aoana, but it waa rraatlr bandl-
oappad by tba ahortaca of tha watar
-oupplr. Tha watar la preournd from a
nalfhbortnr rftik, whtob la now Tory
low on account of tba oontlMad dry
-waatbar. Tha dra apparatna oonalata
I of a alnfla boaa aart, whloh would bava
-bam- laadaquato to bavo eopod with
' tha Ara. it la Ihourbt, bad thara boon
' nlanty of watar at band. -
Tba Maamor Rapublle, Captain Oooao
. boat, of Portland, did food aarrica and
- waa tha aaana off aavlnc tha Dart
lfuckla warahowaa. Tha vasaal waa ly
Hn la tha harbor at tha Una and in a
comparatlvaly abort par tod basan phty-
ins with bar boaa upon tba waxabouaa,
Whlob lay in tba path of tha flra. 0ha
alao did otbor ood work aiontf tba
i watarfront.
1 Savaral of tha buUdlnca ta tba path
' . of tba ara wara torn down with tha
bona of kaoplns It from apraadlns 'and
tba total loaaaa may run up to a blthar
nswra than tha aattmaU lodleataa. Mon.
' woman and children wara aunnlna- about
' la a frantic effort to nave' their throat-
- onad bouoabold aooOm and paraonal ba
onninsa. '
ahorUy after tba ara had Vot nndor
areat bead way tha ataamar T. J. Patter
oama alone on her way fromAMoiia
' to Portland, aha Mopped aut In tba
atraam for a abort time ana than oon
tlnuad the run on up tha rWer. It la
naeertad that aha waa alcnala ta-ome
- to tha abore ana render aaalataaoa.' but
failed to either nnderatand or comply
with 'tba requeat. A aha la provided
' with boaa It was tbouatit that ah
. tolfht hara been abU to bay aaved
tba sawn 111. -
- Waliinatoa, tha aaloon man, wan tha
first to brtnc a tent Into naa, Ha saved
a small Mock of his liquors and baforo
' dayUCbt thla mornlns; waa aaln oa
Catted hi traslneaa back of tha bar.
i Tba churches and principal realdenoM
ara art oa ted back aomo distance rrom
- Where tha. ire orlcinatad.'and wara not
yaaobaa by tha aaaea.
Thara wara no aecldanta,- though aer-
oral whs wara too darlnc wara aUcbUy
burned.
Vs-Vnltad Statea Vanator Oeonra W.
nfcBrlda Kvod at tha realdenoe of W. H.
to)man that waa oomprately daatroyeA
Ha eared only what ha wore, and besides
elothliuf and vaiuabla 4erl papers Buf
fered tha loss of ona of tha beat law
libra ribs m tha atata. With tha loaa of
tha saw office of & B. Quick praotloally
5 all tha abstraota to tba aounty wara do
' atroyed. . "''
Tha orlftin of tha lira haa not boon as
; aarUlnsd, but It was presumably
through spontaneous combustion.
It la aald that W. H. Clark, who lives
- at at. Helens, discovered tha flra, but
did not turn to an Immedlata alarm, bs
oauaa ho thourht the flra waa on tha
other aide of the river. As aoo aa tba
alarm waa given, however, sltloena
turned oat on mease to fight tha flames.
A partial list off loaaaa la ostlmated aa
. follows:
- Mra, J. B. Oodfroy two bulldlnjra.
aiM.
p. Riobardaon, aaloon, tl,. (
Pr. Roes, dru store, II.OOO. , i
W. H. Dolman, building. tl.00. . ' v
V M. C Oray, general Mora, I4.I0O.
, Oriental hotel, Ift.OOO; eon tents, 91.aa.
J. H. Welllngtdn; aaloon. 1 1.000.
Jacob Oeorga. two bu tidings, It.MA.
B. K. Quick, two huilcs, $100; offloo
-furniture and f .
W. H
. B-
. ' :Xj
W H r K Y I ) h Itf Y N h A V H
, - ' - , Ml. JtJ-HL. M.I) ..! Ml I .;..ll..ll1M.L.IIil..ll.. U.lll.l HI I WLUMM I mil
PORTTOK OF THV TOWN OF
DEGENERATE MADE
ResMrval wf a Bltf Skoli Wirb tout
pleta ficfarm I MlasaBelis
Bay mn mazi
I,
(Jeorssl BpMfcu Bentaxl
maianapoUa, IndV Sart 14.- OorteO'
tton of criminal Instincts by a urloai
operation to tba latest feat off tba loom!
tavanllo oourt.
Jease Board, II years old, waa broua-ht
tatw tbo-jwranllo coo rt . tost btarob by
bbi mother. Mrs. Matilda Board, off til
Arch -atraett charged with belngf ln
oorrlslbla. - Vurgeom who aramtoad bW
found a dap rasa loo to his skull, duo to
a Mow on tba bead, roootvad to early
childhood. .
. Dr. Koblmar removed ' three pteeea of
tha ska il, on the .under side of which
bo found .thick rrowths L prmslno;
BcalnM tha brain.
The boy. waa allowed to leave- the
hospital 14 days after the operattoa, -aa
wall aa ever and showing a remarkable
d (trees noe In- manner. Hla old surliness
and ungovernable temper were cone mnd-
bo to now perfectly era enable to tha
wishes of bis mother. . The mind of
the boy to cleared and be seems now ex
tremely bright. It to believed that ha
will rapldlyv advance ,1n school
make up for hla worthless years. .
WHEAT SLUMPS IN . v
FACE. OF BULL NEWS
' Mraebtl Mantab to The JeweaL) ,
Chioago.- Sept. 14.-The wheat market
today to practically 1ft oonta tower than
It waa yesterday. . The market thla
mornlnd opened weak and lower, despite
the ooBttouanoo of reporta of frost la
tha northwest. At tha cloee May option
loot most, with tba prloa at 11 1 bid. aa
acmlaat 1117 yeotarday. Todays de
cline in May option waa 1 oonta
Old September opened weak and lower
at $1.1. but bustooaa waa nominal
and no changes ware made In price dur
Inc the aaasloa. Slnoe yesterday old
September abowa a loaa off lit cents.
New September durlna the. day loot
1H -oents, and arnoa yeatorday tha de
cline In prloa waa 1 oonta. New op
tion opened at. H.1I and oloaed at
December opdon'a lass atnea yeatorday
waa IX cents, tha market opening vary
weak at tl.17 and otoaod at $1.14 bid.
BITE BY A PRISONER :
POISONS AN OFFICES
i ' ' IJearaal Special aarrlse.) - y
Santa Rosa, Cat. Sept. 14. FoHoa Of
ficer John M. Bo yea to laid up with
blood potoontof to hla right hand and
arm. and it la not only possible but like
ly that ha will lose bis arm. The condi
tion of he officer to due to tba vicious
bHa by a prlsoaar whom tba ontoar ar
rested recently.
While taking him to tha station bouse
tba prisoner becama belligerent and at
tacked the-onloar, slaking hla teetlt
Into tha office r'e hand and biting aut
larse piece of Seek. . , ,
BRITISH CRUISER
; SENT TO MOROCCO
1 -' ;
(lennul ayarlal aarW
(llhrnltar, Bapt. 14. Tba irttlab
r "ervn haa toft bora for Tan--portd
action la tha reeult
i of Morocco having failed
1 tha Brtuab
WHOLE Bi SURGERY
PORTLAND, OREGON,
ST ' IIBUblfJs, SHOWINO MOUNT' ST.
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COLUMBIA RIVER LIQHTHOUBB 1CBAB ST. HHXENg.
NEW
"'" Jearaal apsrkd fferrlaxr. ' "
Chloaco, Sept.- 14. Faahtoo baa de
creed that there anall bo a now ngure
for the American woman; Fashion la
embodied In tha persona off tha modistes
of many states Bitting' In. two rival con
ventions bare, ona of thorn to session
to the Fine Arts bnUdtnav the other In
the Auditorium. - .
No lonaar shall the willowy agwra
(ooarsely denominated jedpoat" reign
aa the type of feminine perfection. To
be to tha faahton henceforward, or until
Faebloay carnages ber mind agnla. a
maw must bo off mora ampto propor-
Uona. ' ,
Hera hi the plana and apecrfloaMona of
the new figure:
CLEVELAND
- tfearaal Spetlal arrles. .
Clevelaad. a, 8epC 14. Tho body f a
middle nod woman, doublod an. waa
found to n alosed trunk floating; hi tba
toko off Bits worth Bros.' factory thla
momlBsT. A watchman discovered 'tho
trunk and brought It aabdra. On opeo
tng It bo waa horrified to find tho oorpaa
of tho woman. She had evidently bean
BURNED HIS WIFE IN
A HUGE BAKERS' OVEN
Jereal apodal serrloM
Madrid, wrpt 14. A horrible crime
to reported from Cortee da to Frmatara,
to the province of Mnlaaa. Fraactooo
Peeea Oofasa, a man of bad aatoMdmta.
had married a b tiful girl, although
her mether raaait'd tt. On the weddlng;
day tba mother eommitted auioldA, bo
FIGURE
FIAT OF
" " X '
WKONESDAY EVENING,
.-".ft
HELENS . IN THB . DISTANCB.
IS
FASHION
Waists must1 bo smaller, bins -targar
and busts higher, Plain aklrta most go.
Panlera ara to stylo agailav Walking
aklrta aruat bo sherter than over, falling-
to within only three or- four inches of
the floor. . Bleeres ara to bo dt (tended.
This means that the upper part of tha
dress to to bo to "bird care" stylew While
the lower part hi olooo-attln.
These ara tha edicts of tne tooxorabla
ladlea who set tha styles.
Incidentally, It amy bo me n famed for
ttl lMfBBflw On? " aVftW lalMIe "alO MW ajtsHpnial
will toko- much mora material -to the
making than those popular at present,
and off oouraa will oost- a areat deal
mora. .
HAS '
mil ii fl-r T-l
ITRUNK MYSTERY
daad a hmg ttova, .Tba pot lea ara tores
Ugatlng. ,i
Two letters were found to tho trunk,
add r eased to Margaret Lyon, 17$ St
Clair etreet. Tha top of tba woman's
head bad boon crushed In, evidently by a
bhint tostrumsnt. There la every avf.
denoe that the woman waa murdered.
Monday tho body of an unknown man
was found near th-eaeno elip, with hla
hand crushed to and his pockets rifled.
eanaa aba- would
thought waa to
not saa what aha
a tba ruin; of bar
daucbtor.
A few daya after tha woddtoc tba
torture of tha young wtfa beaan. It
culminated to tha hnsband putttar hla
wife Into aa oven, the poor woman auf
fortoc a herrl bie death. ,
Prtedrlchcruho, Sept. 14. Prince Her
bert Blamarcb hi' today suffering great
pain and morphias tojocttomi ar beteg
administered.
SEPTEMBER 14, 1901
VILL BUILD
High School May Be Local
ed In East Portland
- on City Property.
TO BE READY NEXT FALL
New Collegiate Will Cost Aboot $100,
WO Several Members Advocate
- SUrtlof Wart at Once
:X Take Year U Balll
Portland will hava - another blah
school. It will probably be built on the
st ikto. Directors H. Wittenberg. R.
K. Warren and J. V. Beaoh ara out.
spoken to favor of ft. On aooount of the
present crowded condition of the high
school these directors realise that -tho
time haa oomo for action. They ara to
favor of beglnnlnc proparatlons at onoe
for oonatructtoc tho proposed bulldlna:
so aa to have It ready for occupancy to
September, IPOS. -. - - -
Directors Wittenberg and Beach favor
tho building- on Um yaoant lot adjolnlnc
tho Central school to Bast Portland.
Thla block la U9 by 100 foot to dimen
sions and belongs to tba school depart-,
moot. Director Warren states that ho
Is willing to bars tha now htoh aobool
bulldlna; located either on thla block or
exchange thia for eoma other lot to a
more preferable location.
Steps will bo lnauauratod at an early
data by tho directors for tho oonstruo-
tlotf of tho proposed building; so aa to
have the plana ready to place before tho
taxpayers at tho annual moating to De
cember. If these plane ara accepted by
tho eltlsens, tha work of constructing
tho buUdtnff will begin aoon after tba
new year.
Tho rseldanta of nett Portland want a
high school on their auto of tho river.
They . do not like tha Idea of sending
tbalr children no far, as many of them
have to do to a crowded school. Thay
claim .that' after tho building: to eon-
atructed It will oost but little mora to
maintain another high aobool because
under tho crowded condition of tho old
school, aa now pupils enter, the. teeeh-
Ing force haa to bo enlarged to propor
tion to tha Increase to attendance,
It baa boon stated by Superintendent
Rigler and Principal Davis that some
arrangements will have to be made next
year, either by additions to the old
building' or by oonstrucUns a now school
house to accommodate tha students. Tbo
eltlsens of tho east aide argue that, in
stead of making any addltlona to tba old
bulldlna tho money which would be
spent should bo , applied toward oon-
tructlng a new building- Such addi-
niona will accommodate tha growing
school only for a few years and to the
end tha directors would be forced to
build another institute.
I am to favor of building a bow high
school.' aald Director Beach. "I have
been looking forward for many months
to tho tlmo when the old building should
bo filled oo aa to start a movement for
a high aobool to Bast Portland. As that
time haa oomo now we will act.
"We hava a Ana building lot IS by
to feet In dimensions adjoining the
Central grammar school. Thla lot la
osntrally located and belongs to tho
aobool department and will oost us
nothing. The residents off East Portland
favor a saw high aobool.
"Fho attendance at tba old school to
growing all tba tlmo and although ad
ditional rooms ara constructed, ovantu-
( Continued on Pago Two.)
INSTITUTE
A SEVENTH OF PORTLAND'S
SCHOOL
Tbo promise thai tba Park school
Would bo ready for occupancy this morn
ing was sot rulnl led. About aobool
children assembled at tha building at t
o'clock this morning, but after being
enrolled they were dismissed unto next
Monday. At that time It to expected
that tho old portion of tbo building will
bo to such condition that class oa caa
ba bold, but s number off weeks moat
elapse Before work upon tbo addition to
completed.
.Approximately l,T9t puplle, or more
than one-nlath of the total number en
rolled tost year, will be deprived of at
leant one week's schooling on aooount of
tho delays to completing repairs upon
tho school buildings, and It mora are
receiving only half-day Instruction. Tbo
total number of children who have been
deprived, either to whole or to part, of
achool privileges, to equivalent to one
seventh off tbo number enrolled during
tost year.
Inasmuch as tho annual - expenditure
for the public schools of Portland to to
tho neighborhood of I4U.O0O fast year
It waa M4I.S31.M It Is evident that the
oaa consequent upon tha dosing of Sve
of the principal schools la very great
when regarded merely from the
pecuniary point of view. -
It to no new thing to have such Ofays
occur. A similar, though toss aggra
vated condition pre railed tost year,
when tho Highland achool was a week
late rn opening and a number of weeks
la need before repairs were completed
upon the Sell wood. North Central and
Bteehevta arhoola. An instructor who
4 baa boom connected with Ua Portland
ASKS FOR
MORE
IN
Oyama Calls for and Japan
Pledges 100,000 Re
inforcements.
MAY FIGHT AT MUKDEN
Kuropatkli Reports That His Kali
Force Is Concentrating There
: Be Places Russian losses at
LlaoYantat 15,000. . r
(Jtoaraal Sperlal BerrUe.)
t, Petersburg. Sept. Bulletin)
Oeneral Kuropatkla reporta that the
Ruaatos raar guard to at Sakhl and
Aai "Our main forosa ara oonooatrat-
Ing at Mukden, Tha main Japanese
force, composed of 1.000 men, to at
Benslkju. Our casualties about XJao
Yang, from August to September a.
ara S,M killed and !, wounded.
I ' - (Jearaal Seertel BerrW.)
London, nept 14. Tho Roma corre
spondent off the Exchange Telegraph
wlrea that a telegram received there
from Toklo states that tbo government.
in reply to a request from Field Marshal
Oyama. baa promised to send reinforce
ments of 100,000 men and S31 guns to
Uao Tang by tho first of October,
It to estimated in Toklo that thla
force will bo sufficient to offset any
reinforcements that tho Russians may
receive between now and tho winter
season, and that. If need be. It ran bo
increased boforo tba spring
opens.
Groat surprise to manifested by the
experts here in oonnecttos with
tho report, aa U to taken as an Indica
tion that Japan may not root from
warfare even though tho winter season
to at hand. Off .to the- northward of
Mukden there ot re takes a vast plain.
which, contrary to the general trend of
reporta which emanated -to St. Peters
burg, la fertile and baa sreduoad a fair
sea non' crop.
Whan tbo campaign and field of actrrv
tiea stretched away to Mukden each
daya news aura aomo reference to tho
shortage of provisions north of that
point and many wara tho stories to tho
effect that the Russian army once driven
beyond Mukden would bo oom polled to
seek all ' Its supplies from far away.
It now appears-"that ' this- must hava
bean a part of a regular plan to stimu
late the hope off the Japanese that tho
campaign might bo brought to a aloes at
or near Mukden. .
n mm Ferorhungka, ' .
Tho retreat of tho Russian army to
that Point, thus rendering It possible
for tbo Japanese to more closely ap
proximate tho atoras oa hand and sup
pi lee possible between thara and Har
bin, SO miles away, haa unmasked Um
fact reported early In tho aeason by ru
mor only, that tha Ruse tana with much
forthooght Issued seeds and grain and
oven aaalstad the farmers of that groat
stretch of country to produoo crops
for war emergencies.
One of the tost men to pass over the
railway Una to Harbin, to authority for
tho starement that Russia can find much
subsistence for ber present army al
most to Harbin's doors and that to out
JCuropatklQ'a army off from supplies it
will be necessary for tho Japanese to
force him almost to Harbin ft self.
In view of this It la regarded aa pos
sible that tbo campaign may be con
tinued even long after tho clutch of
winter has abut down upon tbo aorta.
(Continued on Pago Two.)
CHILDREN
schools for iO years statce that to all
that time bo baa never known a year
when all of the public schools we
ready for oooupaacy at tbo opining off
the fall term.
Membera of tho school board are es
oeadlngly restive under erlticlnma that
bave been poured upon tbem and upon
the supervising architect Thomas Jonea.
They tostot that tha delays have, boon
unavoidable and - that everything possi
ble haa been done to bars tho buildings
ready for occupancy. This condition,
however, la not wholly borne out by tba
testimony from ether sou roes.
R. K. Warren, who to a member of
the building committee off tbo achool
board, said thla morning:
"Everything that mortal man oouM
do haa been done to have tho schools
ready oa time, but It proved Impossible.
It waa a very bard matter to finish all
the repairs and alterations In M daya.
In a number of tbo buildings work
could not be begun until they were
vacated for the summer, and thea many
difficult! were encountered. Frequent
ly H waa hn possible to get workmen
when they were wanted, and on sev
eral of the buildings work was delayed
by tbo plumbers' strike. Mill work was
also behindhand and thla waa a serious
trouble. One mill kept us wetting for
two weeks and during all of that time
we could not get a font t 'hed lum-b-
I never yt knew o"'ing to br
f- tract t a. and to my
- to have too anhod
e opMti' nt
f em -
. a "
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
KOREA MAY
BECOMING
Second ' Russian Cruiser
Reported Enroute to
San Francisco.
RUSSIA . IS CONFIDENT
Presumed Vessels Are Intended to Pot
tton to Shipment af Contra- k
; land from Pacific Coast ;
-V , Ports. ' V Z-'
(Joaraal Sperial Service.)
London. Sept. 1A A dumatob from -Parte
quotes tba St. Petersburg oor
rsepoftdont af tbo Bebo de Par la aa re
porting that a second Russian auxlltory
cruiser, tho Korea, may be expected to ,
roach Ban Francisco shortly. '
Tho general start at Bt Petersburg
feela confident that tho United States
will allow both tho Lena, and tho Korea
to obtain sufficient coal supplies to takn
them to Vladivostok
Tho vessele ara Intended, 4ho oorre
apondont presumes, to atop tho Bblp-
ment of contraband of War to tbo Jap
anese from American Pacific porta.
- -1'
t otnu soatn ooscxrjk. x
' " " 1 -
. (Jeersel Syertal Berrtoa.) '
0aa Pranclsco, Sept. It. A London
dispatch aaeing that it to reported that
another Russian cruiser, tbo Korea, la
expected to arrive to San Fnueolsco -afaortly,
haa Increased the surprise and
conjecture to local shipping circles. At
last aocounta the Korea waa at Vladl- -voetok.
from which port aha waa oper
ating to conjunction witk the regular
fftoet ' ., . ...
h White tha report' to necessarily oaua- .
tog aomo concern, no actual fear to -felt
.for tba safety of vessels tho Koran
encounter If she Is actually on route to
San Franc I aoo. it being hold that aha to
In no condition to overhaul the fast lin
ers Bailing from Pacific ports. .
By an odd coincidence the Pacific Malt
Mner Korea to acheduled to leave hero
Tuesday with a mlinon-doHar cargo for
Japanese porta. She will leave on tho
tlmo sot, offlo.ato say, unless novates
mants force tho sailing date.
Tho Russian Korea belongs to too
Russian East Aslatlo Steamship com
pany, and to about tha bum else aa thai
Lena. Her armament to unknown.
Naval engineers under tho direct ton
off Admiral Goodrich boarded tbo Rus
sian cruiser Lena thla morntng to make
a more thorough Inspection. Tbalr re
port will bo sent to Washington I is my
dlately and final orders aa to tho dis
position of tho vessel, H to expected,
wUl be received from tba governmaat
authorities boforo night. . '
A rigid watek wUl ba kept on Cap
tain Berllnaky, who will visit Admiral
MoCalto at tha Mara Island navy yard
today, and aa tho yard haa boon of
fered to Berltoaky for the purpose off
laying up hla vessel for repairs, ar
rangemaato to that end while ho to pay
tog his visit ar not unlikely.
Berllnsky waa accompanied to Mara
teland by tho navigator and other of
ficers. A crowd of Japanese watched
the Ruesians start up the bay with
sat Interest, aomo scowling sororly.
others talking excitedly In their nattva
tongua. Tho Russians were In a jovial
mood and seemed to relish tho curiosity
they aroosed. .
XAFi
St Petersburg, Sept 14. Ambassador
MeConnick to completing arrangements
to send S0O Japanese refugees, collected
at Pertm. to Germany from wbaaoo they
wUl bo shipped homo.
KEPT IDLE
In hto power to have the ba tidings readn
and that It to unjust to blame him foff
the delay."
Mr. Warren admitted that H would ba
S number of weeks before tbo addltlona
to old buildings, designed to accommo
date the increase to aonool attendance,
would be ready for occupancy. He con
sidered that Ibis delay to unavoidable,
owing to the obstacles encountered by
the contractors. '
Wherever the responslbfllty Ilea It hi
undeniable that the condition prevalllag
thle year la worse than for many years
previous. Tho Unas tost by pupils for
whom there to ao achool room oansot
be made up, and a certain degree off
demoralisation among them la Inevitable.
The portable building a, which are being
used at some of the schools, afford at
best very unsatisfactory ewartsrs. Thay
are crowded. Ill venttUted end to many
oases half filled wltb school furniture
which hna been stored In them pending
the completton off repairs on the mam
building.
School teachers who hare observed
the work of the contractors during the
summer assert that thre have been
many seed I bsc delays and that If t
work had been prosecuted "ni .
during the vacation tK b"-
bow be ready rr
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