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