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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1901)
BOHEMIA NUGGET. COTTAGE GROVE. . . .OREGON. EVENTS OF THE DAI A Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Put Week Presented In a Condensed Form Which Is Most Likely to Prove of Interest to Our lany Readers. Francis, tho Missouri murderer, Is Btlll nt largo. Frenchmen are excited over the con Ing visit of tho Czar. Flvo American warships visited Brit lah ports simultaneously. Steel strikers declaro they havo caused tho Duquosno to close. Columbia defeated Constitution In tho first race of tho final series. Boers blew up a train and killed a promising young British officer. Vcnezulean nnd Colombian troops nre massed on tho border near Cucuta. A trust has been formed to control the manufacture of laundry mach!n cry. An Illinois aeronaut fell 400 feet from his balloon and was alive when picked up. Now York banks affected by Sub treasury operations and Interior de mand for money. Powder mills at Krebs station, Pa., were destroyed by an explosion and two men were killed. Montana train wreck on tho Great Northern was the worst In the road's history. Thirty-eight wero killed. Nearly 10,000 Venezuelans nro mass- ed on the Colombian frontier In readi ness to support the Colombian revo lutionists. Prince Chun's mission will be hur ried to Berlin. Shamrock had another satisfactory inai in fnew York bay. Kitchener reports another case of uoers shooting prisoners. Tho Chinese arc again dictating terms in regard to tno protocol. Nino persons lost their lives by the explosion or a Delaware steamer. Nebraska Republicans denounced Governor Savage for paroling Bartley. A Missouri negro murderer Is being pursued, and may be burned if caught. Santo Fe line negotiating with Pa cific Mall for trans-Pacific connec tions. Tho list of witnesses to appear be fore the Schley court of Inquiry is made public Burns, of tho Window Glass "Work ers, has a plan for settlement of tho steel strike. A gang of thieves stole a three masted schooner from her moorings In Sharptown, Md., and got away with her. A Chicago policeman shot and kill ed a boy, and says It was in solf-de-fense against a gang of young hood lums. New York yachtsmen are afraid of Shamrock II. Inland Empire farmers are having a prosperous season. Sampson will be a witness at the Schley court of inquiry. Members of the Nome bar petition McKlnley to remove Judge Noyes. Trans-Atlantic freight business out of New York Is very light. The expiatory mission of Prlnco Chung has been delayed at Basle. Nicaragua and Colombia promise not to mix in the Isthmian trouble. Rothschilds deny any knowledge of the recent reported combine In cop per. Tlnplate officials deny that negotia tions are under way to settle th strike. The worst epidemic of plague In years Is now rampant in parts of Canton, China. One hundred fellows were elected to t;he Association for the Advance ment of Science. General Fablus M. Mead, a veteran of tho Civil War, and a friend of Logan, Grant and McClellan, Is dead. While two men were out hunting in Montana, one mistook the other lor a bear and shot him through tho heart. The French Minister to Turkey has left Constantinople, which act breaks off friendly relations between the two nations. , E. C. Westfall, chief of tho money order bureau at Havana, will bo prosecuted for criminal carelessness In allowing $4,000 to be stolen from Mm. As a result of litigation over min ing claims near Cape Nome, a mob of 70 masked men attacked the holders of some claims and fatally wounded one man. B, F. Jossey, United States cus toms Inspector at Tucson, Arizona, under arrest for smuggling Chinese into the United States, was killed by tho accidental discharge of his re volver while looking for chicken thieves on bis own promises. The United States gunboat Machias is at Colon. A large sugar beet crop is expected is Southern Washington. Michaol Berry, a noted Colorado burglar has been arrested. Preserved fruits, in n state fit to havo been eaten, liavo been taken from tho ruins of Horculancum. English cement manufacturers, finding thoir trado threatened by the American product, dooido to adopt the Yankee methods and machinery. The Southern Pacific railroad now lias 95 engines equipped for the burn ing of oil as fuel, It takes 21 barrels of oil to run n locomotive a day, but tho cost is small compared with coal. BOXERS AGAIN DRILLING. Preparing For More Trouble In Shiun Tun J Province. Victoria, B. C, Aug. 2D. Chlncso papers received by tho Empress of China contain accounts of a mnssncro of Chlncso In tho Kwan Tlcn Hlcn district of Manchuria, tho Russians excusing tho massacre by tho state ment that tho peasants killed woro mistaken for Insurgents. Fow de tails nro given. Further troubles In Mongolia nnd Manchuria nro reported, and, accord Inc to the North China Dally News, tho Russians havo placed 20.000 mun on the Manchurla-Corcan frontier to cone with tho rebels. Tho Shanghai Mercury publishes n letter from Rev. Frank Herman, of Chou Ping, who has been Journeying through North Shan Tung, to tho or feet that tho Boxers nro drilling and preparing for n rising In that prov Ince. Christians havo been openly threatened. A Boxer placard has been found posted at Canton, de nouncing foreigners and calling upon tho Chlncso to rise and refuse to pay the Indemnity to the foreigners. Tho Chlncso papers contain long accounts of tho floods caused by tho overflowing of tho Yangtso Klang, and stories aro told of the drowning of hundreds of villagers, of tho break Ing of the embankment, tho flooding of millions of acres of rlco fields, and of great destruction generally by the floods. Tho allies have returned to tho Chinese Government the warship Halyang, flagship of Admiral Ylh, which was taken during tho bombard ment of Taku. A bloody affray Is reported from a Chinese village 15 miles from Klang SI, where Protestant and Catholic converts quarreled and came to blows, with tho result that 30 Pro testants were killed. HE HEADS THE LIST. Simpson Will Be a Witness at the Schley In- qulry Brooklyn's Officers Also. Washington, Aug. 29. It Is under stood that Admiral Sampson is to be represented before the Schley court of Inquiry by counsel, ' though tho Navy officials say they have no of ficial knowledge on the subject, and point to tho fact that tho court of inquiry is the only body authorized to admit or debar counsel In such cases. It may, at Its pleasure, deny the person under Investigation tho privilege of having counsel present before the court: or, on tho other hand, it may go the length of per mitting persons in secondary interest the privilege of employing counsel be fore the court. So the officials say they have no knowledge officially of the retention of counsel 'by Admiral Sampson, but privately It Is admitted that he expects to be so represented. The Navy Department today. through Captain Lemly, tho Judge Advocate of the court of Inquiry, sup plied counsel for Admiral Schley with a tentative list of witnesses to be called before the, court by the Gov ernment. The department declines to make this list public, but it is un derstood that it contained, and In fact is headed by, the name of Rear Admiral Sampson. Some time ago Admiral Schley, In sending his list of witnesses to the department. Included a request for all the officers of the Brooklyn. Tho de partment replied that a number of the officers of the Brooklyn would be on the list prepared by the depart ment, and asked to have specifically named tho Brooklyn's officers he de sired. Tho Admiral responded to day throuch Captain Parker, of hla counsel. He gave the names of tho principal officers of the Brooklyn, and also of seven petty officers, Includ ing the quartermasters who were at the wheel during the action off San tiago. FLOOD OF OIL IN TEXAS. Another Gusher Is Going Wild Great Danger In Case of Fire. Beaumont, Tel., Aug. 29. Two men are dead and one of the largest oil gushers In the world Is going abso lutely wild, utterly defying the me chanical skill of man to stop It. The famous oil field presents tonight tho possibility of one of the direst calamities which ever visited Texas, should Are Join force with the gush ers. Tomorrow the gusher will still be spilling itself on the prairies and flooding the country with oil. James Smith died trying to shut off the gusher, and John McDanlels died trying to save ' Smith. Both showed great heroism. The wild gusher Is In the Hogg-Swayne syn dicate tract. Book Bindery Girls Strike. Chicago, Aug. 29. All the girls of the Bookbinders' Union employed by the W. B. Conkey Company, at Ham mond, Ind., numbering about 250, struck today because their officers, who had been discharged yesterday, were not reinstated. Trouble has been brewing since Saturday, when an Injunction from the Federal Court prohibited the workers from picket ing or holding mass meetings to in timidate nonunion employes. Hanna Will Take the Stump. Cleveland, O., Aug. 29. It Is an nounced authoritatively that much of Senator Hauna's time during the stato campaign will bo spent on tho stump, especial attention being given to the close counties. The Senator returned homo today much rested after a week's trip up the lakes, and will leave tomorrow for North Solon, where he will speak to the annual re union of the Western Reserve Asso ciation. Getting Arms From America. New York, Aug. 29. Information has been obtained by agents of the Colombian government, according to the Tribune, that a vessel now at a New Jersey port has been engaged by tho insurgents for a filibustering, expedition. This ship, it Is said, is to carry a part of tho consignment of 5,0ftD rifles, ammunition and men for which General Urlbo-Urlbe telegraph ed recently to Dr. A. J. Restrepo, his representative In this city. NEWS 01 THE STATE TCMO OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im portance A Brief Review of the Growth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report, Hop picking has begun In Bovoral Oregon yards. Another contest has boon filed in tho Tillamook tlmbor land case. Cattlcmon fired about 100 shots into a band of sheep In Eastern Oregon. Important changes will bo mado among tho traffic men of tho O. R & N, Railway. Hop pickers aro said to bo vory scarce In many sections of tho Wil lamette Valley. Richard Downoy has boon appoint ed marshal of Vale, vice Robort Draper, resigned. Construction of tho Uikovlow-Silvcr Lake telephono lino will bo begun about September 1st. A band of counterfeiter's captured at Huntington had one of tho most complcto outfits ever found. A branch of tho Sons of St. George has been organized by tho British' American citizens of Marshflcld. A dead Infant was found In n mill. race at Salem, but tho presence was explained satisfactorily to tho cor oner. W. S. Wnlker's threshing crow run five days on spring grain and aver aged 2500 bushels. Tho largest run In ono day was 3100 bushels. That Is something big, and Mr. Walker would like to hear of tho thresher that equals It, Verno Hopkins attomptod to break Jail at Lakovicw last week. Ho re moved threo slats from tho Jail floor with an Iron bar, making an aporturc through which ho could pass to tho ground beneath tho building. Onco underneath he proceeded to dig a trench to the south end of tho build ing, and when tho hour camo for his escape he would have nothing to do but remove a board from beneath the sills. Tho aperture in tho floor was covered by a blanket from tho bed. and the officer, noticing this, thought It strange. Lifting the blanket from tho floor, the means of the prisoner's escape was discovered, and a jail- break averted. Prunes aro beginning to movo in earnest at Tho Dalles. Tho Jacksonville publio schools will open September 2. A race meeting will probably bo held in Pendleton this fall. Tho Klamath county wheat crop will not bo as largo as it was last year. Hopgrowers nt Woodburn complain of a scarcity of help to harvest the croj). Tho wheat crop of Jackson county is turning out much belter than ex pected. The Sherman county Horse Fair Association will hold u fair at Wasco somo time this fall to oncounigc the breeding of good horses of all kinds. Tho first crop of alfalfa in Klnmnth has been cut and cared for. Tho sec ond crop, which will bo cut noxt month, promises to lie much larger than tho first. The following schools in Polk coun ty nro without teachers, and in each case a good one is wanted: Concord, Lincoln, Bridgeport, and the primary department at Fulls City. Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, nominal 56c per bushel; bluestem, 5G2 57c; valley, 55&G0. Flour best grades, !J2.653.60 per barrel; graham, $2.00. Oats Old, ?1.10 1.15 percental. Barley Feed, $lfi15.50; brewing, $15.50 per toil. Millstuffs Bran, $27 per ton; mid dlings, $21.50; shorts, $20; chop, $1G. Hay Timothy, $1113; clover, $79.50; Oregon wild hay, $5G per ton. Butter Fancy creamery,2225o: dairy. 1820c; store, ll12o per pound. Eggs 1717Mc per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, 11 HKc; Young America, 12Jo per pound. Poultrv Chickens, mixed, $3.00 3.75; hens, $4.505.50; dressed. 10 lln tier nound: fmrines. S2.50O3.50 per dozen ; ducks, $3 for old; $3.0oi 3. 60 for young; geese, $50 per dozen ; turkeys, lire, 810oj dressed, 1012c per pound. Mutton Lambs, 3Ma, gross; dressed, C7o per pound; sheep, $3.25, gross; dressed, C6Jc per lb. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5,758j light, $4.755; dressed, 77Ko per pound. Veal Small, 8o; large, 7 7o per pound. Beef Gross top steers, $3.5004.00; cows and heifers, $3.253.50; dressed beef, 67Ko per pound. Hops 12 14c per pound. Wool Valley, ll13Ko; Eastern Oregon, 812Jc; mohair, 2021o per pound. Potatoes $1$1.10 per sack. Thcro nro 019 1-3 millions of men and G33 2-3 millions of women in this world, giving tho men a majority of 15 i-3 millions. For tho first timo during his pon tificato of 23 years Popo Leo rccontly entertained eight guests at luncheon in tho Vatican. Georgo V. Ranck, one of tho best known literary men of Kentucky, was struck and killed by a Louisville & Nasliivllo train at Lexington, 8HIPMENT8 OF ARM8. Munitions ol War Going to Central and South America. Now York, Sept. 2. 8poclal agents of tho United Htntos Government nro constantly watching for tho shlpmont of arms from this port, designed to fall Into tho hnnda of tho warring factious In Colombia, nnd the In for nintlon concerning tho shipments of nrms nnd other war materials from hero to Central Amorlcnu porta Is sont to Washington In tho form of weekly reports. It Is said that a report Iiiih been sont to Washington containing tho Information that during tho week ending August 27 these nmountn of arms nnd explosives woro Bhlpped from Now York to Mexican, Central and South American ports. To Mexico Seven onsen of flro arniB, 11 cases of cartridges and 28, 350 pounds of powder. To United Staton of Colombia 200 cases of cartridges and ono DrlggH Seabury 15-poundor rapld-liro gun from Pan-American Exposition (latter weapon not manifested.) To Vonoxuola 20 cases of fire crackers and 429 cases of railroad inn torlal. To Santo Domingo 925 pounds of gunpowder. To Uruguay 100 cases of fire crackers. To Argentine Ropubllc Ono caso of firearms nnd flvo cases of cart ridges. To Central America Ono caso of firearms and two cases of cart ridges. To Bolivia 3G cases marked "wheelbarrows." PULLMAN TURNED OVER. Mother Biptlite, of Denver, Was Killed and Three Others Were lnnrcd, Dur'ango, Colo., Sopt. 2. By tho turning over of tho I'ullmnn on tho west bound Rio Grando passongor train nt 11:18 this morning, Mother Baptlsto, of Denver, mother superior of Colorado, was killed, and Sister Mary Norn nnd Harloy McCoy, also of Denver, and Pullman Conductor Whan woro Injured. Tho accident oc curred nt I.obnto side track about 100 yards from tho high bridge, flvo miles cast of Chama. Railroad mon nnd passengers allko aro untiblo to explain why tho car turned over ns the trnln was slower than usual, tho track in good condition and there was no breakage beforo the uccldont. Tho car was dragged altout 75 feet. Mother Batiste was sitting on tho left side and tho car turned to tho right. She was thrown across tho nlslo and half way through an open window, her head and shoulders being dragged between tho sldo of tho car and the tlos. Sho was dead before any ono reached her, her head being split open. Sister Mary Norn Is hurt Internally and her Injuries aro qulto serious. Harlcy McCoy was nalcep when tho Jar camo. His arm slipped through tho window and his hnnd was ground off at the wrist. .Conductor Whan hnd his loft hip crushed, and was also Internally injured. W. D. McDowell, stato health Inspector, was aboard tho train and cared for tho In jured at Chama. Three Men.of.Warsmrn Drowned. Washington, Sopt. !. Tho Navy Department today received a cable gram from Captain Craig, of tho Al bany, dated at Adon, announcing that Frank Schllz and Timothy McCarthy, whilo sleeping on tho poop deck of tho Albany last Sunday night, slid over board during tho heavy roll of tho ves sel. Captain Craig's cablegram says ho remained in tho locality whore tho accident occurred all Sunday night and until after daylight Monday, but tho men were not again seen and their bodies could not bo recovered. On tho following Monday Georgo Perkins went ovorboard and was drowned. His body was recovered and will bo burled ashore at Adon. Forming the Plow Trust. Chicago, Sopt. 2. Nearly thirty plow manufacturers of iho United States wero in session here today dis cussing plans for a consolidation of all tho plow Interests In tho country. After tho meeting It was announced that the proposed consolidation was practically a sure thing from present prospects and that about 550,000,000 would be represented In tho organiza tion when It should be completed. The recent rise of ten per cent in the prlco of plows and tho proposed consollda. tlon is tho result, tho manufacturers say, of an increaso in the prlco of every kind of material and a ruinous credit system that has prevailed for years. Turkev Considering the Claims, Constantinople, Sept. 2. Tho Tur kish Minister discussed tho Fronch claims Saturday. It is believed that full satisfaction will bo given to France, Smiths of Oklahoma. Guthrie, O. T., Sopt. 2. Today a call was Issued for a convention in Guthrie Octobor 12 next of all persons in Oklahoma by tho namo of Smith, to effect an organization for annual reunions. It is estimated that 2000 Smiths are in tho territory. Drilled Into Dynamite. Shamokln, Pa., Sopt. 2. John Shon- asky, a minor, was killed today and several othors wero badly lnjurod by an oxploslon of dynamite at tho Scott shaft here. Tho oxploslon was caused by a drill accidently running Into a charge of dynamite. The Iowa at Acapulco. Washington, Sopt. 2. Tho battle ship Iowa arrived today at Acapulco on her way to Join tho Ranger In look ing after American Interests on tho Isthmus. Declared the Strike Off. Pittsburg, Sept. 2. The sovon hun dred strikers at tho plant of tho Mc-Cllntock-Marshall Company, at Ran kin, Pa met today and declared tho strlko off, Thoy go back at tho terms offered by tho company. ITS W0BST WJiECK GREAT NORTHERN DI8A8TER AT KALI8PELL, MONTANA. Twenly-elght Freight Cars Un Down a Sleep Graile for Sixteen Milts and Crashed Into Ihi Rear of a Passenger Train Shock Set Tire to the Wreckage, Consuming Many of the Dead and Living Victims. Spoknno, Sept. b. All reports show that the wreck on tho Great Northurn Railroad, 40 miles oast of Knllnpell, Mont., wns tho worst In tho road's his tory, and ono of tho most agonizing In tho nniinls of American railroading. Thirty-eight lives were lost and 13 per sons woro Injured. Tliroo of tho In jured will surely die, and tho others wero seriously hurt. By strenuous and herolo effort 16 ot tho bodies woro taken from tho wreck ed cars before tho Haines reached them. All tho othor victims woro cro matod, Including the bodies of Super intendent P. T. Downs nnd his son, T. Kirk Downs. Thoro Is a Bovoro grrido nonr tho scene of tho wreck. Two engines hnd taken a trnln of 28 freight cars up this grado and drown oft to tnko wntor. Whllo doing this tho 28 cars started, down tho grado. Tho runaway trnln dashed down tho grndu at frightful speed nnd crashed Into the ronr ot west-bound passongor No, 3 near tho siding at Nyavk. Superintendent Downs' prlvato car was attached to tho passenger nnd next to It wns n day coach filled with railroad Inhoroni from Duluth. As the runaway train sped by the switch It struck n caboose and day coach on tho siding, wrecked them, and tho lire started from thn oil lamps in tho caboose. Tho point where tho wild train crasliod Into tho passenger was several hundred feet nwny nnd It wns two and a half hours heforu tho flames ,renchod the main wreck. Meanwhile frantic offorts were mado to tako out the dead and Injured Tho wreck was piled high nnd wodged Into almost hopeless confiiHlon, mid In splto ot superhuman efforts the Humes burned thoir way to the wrecked ears beforo tho work was completed. J. II. Blair, colored cook In Mr. Downs' ear, was takon out nllvo but died In a few minutes. It was Impossible to get at tho bodies of Superintendent Downs and tits son. Made a Mile a Minute. Tho runaway toro' down tho hill nt lightning speed, rounding tho most snnrp curves ni a speei or 70 miles nu hour. Whom rnuulnr tmlim prnwl nlnnt- With n roar It burst nround tho curvo and wnat is most remnrkablo Jumped a split switch, which would have turned It to tho sidetrack and crashed Into tho pasHongcr, Thoro was nolthor time nor opportunity for escape Mr. Downs' car and that of tho laborers was smnsiicu into Kindling wood, the occu Hants of thn nrlvatn rnr nientlnir In Btnilt death. Thn ilelirln nrul nlilni.'a ntltl llltnlinr nt trnlrht lint-timl tlt. fir.. dor. The train crow wns forceil back rrom its work of rescue. Ono mnn penetrated as fnr as tho prlvato car wiiftrn nn sniii tin nnur rrm ,inmi limiinu of Mr. Downs nnd his son, and from wnoro no dragged tno corpse or the cook. In tho laborers' car many of the 4G occupants woro so penned In that thoy could not bo reached and burned io tiuam ueioro mo eyes or tho spec tators. Tho Are was so fierco that tho roar slcopor could not bo saved, tnougn it had not loft tho track. Its occupants woro hurried Into forward cars, which woro pulled ahoad out of reacn or mo nro. tho names oxtond cd to tho brush alongside tho track and burned down thn tnlni'rnnh tmlnn A wlro break followed, which, with n storm, greatly retarded tolegraphlc news oi mo wrccK. j TO CL08E BUTCHER SHOP8. New York Butchers Will See That the Sunday Law Is Strictly Enforced. New York, Sept, 3. Tho butchors of New York aro determined that tho now stato law prohibiting the salo or delivery of meats Sunday shall bo on forced. To this end an army of 2700 men, ail opposed to Sunday labor nnd all eager to aid In carrying out tho provisions of tho law, will patrol tho city tomorrow. It will bo tho largest army over organized In any city for such a purposo and will bo under tho direction of tho Donchman's Assocla tlon of Retail Butchors, comprising 30,- ooo mon, employed in butcher shops In this city. Tho butchers camo to tho conclusion that tho most offectlvo means they could adopt to compol tho stoppago ot tho salo and delivery of meat HundnyB was to crcato a legal vigllanco commlttco ot their own. Tho city has been divided Into districts and captains appointod in each, Porto Rlcan Union Chartered Washington, Sopt. 2. Tho Ameri can Federation of Labor, with head quarters In this city, has granted the first charter for a gonoral branch ot that order in Porto Rlco. Tho organ ization In that island is treated like any other stato organization, New Oregon Postmasters. Washington, Sopt. 3. Oregon post masters woro appointod today as fol lows: O. McCIenry, at Garrison, vico B. Simms, roslgnod; F. O. Jones, at West fall, vico 0, W. Madden, resigned. Will Consolidate Governments, Manila, Sopt. 2. Civil Governor Taft roturnod hero today from tho north. Ho Is pleased with tho con dition of tho parts of tho country visitod. During his trip ho establish ed civil governments at Launlon, Illo- rnn ffimifh nnrl Mnrtfil Ali.n yan, Isabola, Zambalos and Bocol. Ho uiiuuuD tummy iu uinaigamato tno provincial governments, abolishing tho cumbersome machinery of tho smaller provinces. EDUCATING INDIANO. West Virginia School Gives Them a Thorough and Practical Training. Washington, Hopt, 3. A study of tho rosultH thnl hnvo been allnlnod nt tho Indian school nt Hampton, Vn given it fair Idea of wlint modern Indlnn edu cation will accomplish when conduct ed under tho most favorable circum stances. Tho Hampton school Is not primarily nn Indian school, but rather ono conducted In tho Interests of tho colored race. Special nrraiiRomont was mndo by tho Indian Ofilce, through tho sanction of Congress, whereby not to exceed 120 Indians nro educated at this school every yenr, mid for which Congresii appropriates 20,040. A study of the report of thn superintendent of tho hcIiooI for the pant yonr, Insofar nn It nppllen to tho Indian students, In rather Interesting. Among other fnetH brought out nro tho following: Thoro wero nt the Hnmpton school Inst yenr 11U Indians 54 girls nnd Ml boys. They wero chosen from 21 dif ferent tribes, tho Onoldnn of Wiscon sin nnd tho Sioux of North and Hoiitli Dakota predominating. A plnn hnis lately been devised to encourage tho Indlnnn to keep cows nnd study prac tical dairying. A numbor hnvo boon taking special training In tho en re or cnttlo and tho making of butter and choose. Thoro will go from tho Hampton school to thn Onolda reservation with in tho next year a number of boys anil girls who havo dellnlto plans as to what they will ondoavor to accomplish. The Hampton instltiito pursues similar plnnn with nil Indians, adapting tho work of the school to tho tipoclal condi tions at their respective homos. As far ns possible Hampton Is mndo n mlnlnturo world where tho young people learn to deal with problems similar to those which they will meet In tho outside world, Work In tho vn rlotin trades Is made mora and tnnro u part of each boy's course. Tho grad uating class In carpentry has taken for halt n year one-hnlf a dny each week nt hrlcklnylng, painting and tin smithing; four hours at woodturnlng; six hours nt designing small houses ; ami the remainder of each week Is spent nt the crrpentcr bench. Tho shoo department made 385 pairs of shoos; the harness department fixed 5(1 sots of hunt oh;; tho brlcklayerH have laid 450.000 brick, besldos making all repairs to brickwork nnd plastering on tho grounds. Tho machine shop turned out 170 gears, machined 700 trucks, nnd did considerable work for the electric light nnd power plant of Hnmpton City, besides building a six horse power vortical engine. Tho woodworking machine shop has built and sold 727 trucks; the tailor shop mndo 302 uniforms. The manual train ing department gives Instruction to every student in the school. No boy graduatos from Hampton without hav jlng worked In wood, Iron and shoot motal, 'besides having takon a cotirso In agriculture; no girl grndtintcs with out having received Instruction lit woodwork, enabling hor to mond and make small furniture, or without hav ing been taught to cook nnd servo moals and to mnko her own drcssex and underclothing. All pupils receiv ed Instruction In agriculture the pnsl yenr. The bond of tiro department yonr. There pro threo courses In cooking nt Hampton nn oleniontnry one In home cooking for girls who nro not likely to go vory far In tho school; a more advanced clnss, and tho normal course for post-graduate studonts who Intend to become teachers of cooking. Besides the routine of tho cooking clnssos, tho girls are taught to caro for tho dining room, to sot a tablo proper ly and wait on tho tablo. In tho sowing department, tho stu donts show ronl enthusiasm, nnd a spirit of co-nporatlon that Is striking In addition to tho regular sowing courses, classes in basketry and laco making woro conducted during tho past year. Tho head of tho depart ment considers that as a training for tho hand and oyo, baskotry Is In somo respects superior to sowing, becauso Inacurato or slovonly work can readily bo detected, Tho study of mathomatlcs Is- ono of practical charactor. Each student keeps a cash book, showing what'tho Bchool owos him for work, what ho owes tho school for board, otc., and each month an account Is rendered by tho student to tho treasurer's office Theso two stntomnts should ngroo, and if thoy do not, means nro taken to discover on which sldo tho orror occurs. Articles aro manufactured by tho students, and tho cost of matorials, tlmo, etc., Is kopt of'rocord. Dotallu for memorandums concerning trans actions on tho farm, In tho workshops, In tho commissary and kitchen aro sent In for tho clnstos to put In propor shape In this way tho Indians nro taught to mako practical application of thoir mathematical education. Thorough Instruction In vocal music Is glvon to tho pupils. Negro Murderer Extradited. Okalahoma City, O, T,, Sopt. 3. Will Favors, tho Plorco Cmmtv portor, chnrgod with tho murdor of iuiun unzciio wild, a whlto girl, start- Od back to Missouri Iralnv n . pfllcors from that stato. Favors will DO hold In ICnnnnn dllo i,.,in i, ., , ; - it in con sldorod safe to tako him to Plorco City whoro threo nogroos havo already boon lynchod for tho crlmo with which ..u . uiB, uovernor Jenkins hon ored Qovornor DneWv'a . today. iuuou Spark Fell Into the Powder. Altonn. Vn.. Rnnt 3 m m , ,,. , ilv jumiHon, a mining town north of this city, Emnnu- ol RlnUS. a Gorman mlna. ... 0 ynjjuy. Ing powdor from ono cask Into another SfRhn?n!,0,m ?...BJ""-'L?" om slon which followed wrecked tho houso and hurled the Rlnus family in 1 d rect Ions. Tho father, mother and two death is expected. "Y'UB' Ul tn'r