Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 365, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1902 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31.' 1002."

tht statement once to a man who replied. Will, I guess America is getting along ery well. Is she notr That Is true, in a ?nse; but the wonder is not that we are getting along so well, but that.- with our astounding .vigor of youth, that we have nDt already overwhelmed the world! "There is the case of Germany. The country is small, no small that it could be -set down in Texas. Its resources are comparatively insignificant. Its seacoast is a mere strip. Yet Germany has forced herself into uch a position that she competes successfully with us for the trade of the world, and you can see the Imperial l!ag flying in every harbor, on every sea. Germany la thorough. Whatever Fhe does U done 'thoroughly. Her children are trained In thoroughness from tha kindergarten to the uni'ersity. It is the secret of her success. . "The greatest roan, to my mind. In the world is the Marquis Ito. of Japan. Ito Jias done these things: He overturned the Shoguns -and threw down a despotic succession 2.000 years old. He raised his country from an obscure Oriental state in the outskirts of the world to a power in the world's affairs. He' wrote a constitution that in Itself U a wonderful document. He put in motion the wheels of progress that run now as smoothly in old Japan as they do in the Occident. I talked with him one time and -asked him about what I regard as the inevitable -conflict between .Russia and Japan. It is inevitable. It is certain to come. Geography . compels it. The llarquia Ito would not -admit that to me. but he said this, when I reminded him of the terrible potentiality of Russia of her Immense hordes and tremendous resources: 'Small resources ' highly organized -will overcome large resources loosely organized.' And It is absolutely true.. Japan is highly organized. Under. such leadership as that of the great Ito thoroughness Is the watchword In every department of national life. TEACH EFFECTIVENESS. -"To you teachers I say teach effective

ness, it aoes not matter mucn, wnemer j'ou teach arithmetic or what, but above everything else teach effectiveness. I have no patience with smatterings of things. I have no patience, for example, with these magazines that presume to give us the cream of. things. There Is no cream of things. A smattering of anything Is worse than worthless. "I have met within the past few years many young men of New York, Boston and Philadelphia, f say young men because they ar? tinder fifty, who hold in the palms of their, hands, the finances and commerce of the country. I have observed them closely and I have found the secret of their success. They eliminate everything but that which helped in some way to the gaining of their goal. They were singleminded, single-purposed, single-aimed. They learned how to bring their powers to a- point. . Successful men everywhere are they who have learned that great lessonto bring their powers to a point. "Speaking of these men, I cannot at this time recall one who was born in a city. They are not native New Yorkers or native Bostonians or native Bhiladelphlans. They came from the farm, and it was on the farm that they got the great muscles and great chests and great nerves that enable them to go, if necessary, for two days In fierce work and then sleep twenty-four tours if necessary to recuperate. "In my opinion you should teach two things most of all. Teach hopefulness and high ideals. The great things of the world are not yet done, although among young aneq there is often an undercurrent of hopelessness and even anger that they fehould have been born in a time when there seems so little to do. I might mention so many great things that remain to be done. Within the next ten years there will be written a book that will pale Blackstone into Insignificance. It will be the great work on institutional law. "We are but on the borderland of science. Every subject opens wide vistas for the achievement of those who have tho energy and the ambition and who have been trained 1o use their powers effectively. , V HIGH IDEALS NECESSARY. Teach high Ideals, I say. Teach the children what a magnificent thing it is to be an American citizen. We talk about our little red schoolhouses, but let me tell you that the spirit of the little red schoolhouse really lives in Russia. In the country of the Czar' the children are taught and come to believe with a conviction that Is religion that Russia is to fulfill a magnificent'' destiny. One of the finest things to teach a child Is that the greatest thing on earth to be is an American citizen, a jVbleman of the Republic, a prince of liberty. Teach him the true meaning of that grand old motto. 'Noblesse Oblige.' "Instill into tho minds Of the children that Inspiring principle called hope. The principle that life is worth the living, if well lived, that individual success counts for nothing if it floes not add to the greatness of the Nation and the good of humanity; that success is not worth while unless glorified by Ideals." When Senator Beveridge had concluded FAIE AI7D WARMER TO-DAY. Probably Partly Cloudy Throughout Indiana on Thursday. WASHINGTON, Dec, SO.-Forecast for Wednesday and Thursday: For Illinois and Indiana Fair, warmer Wednesday; Thursday partly cloudy, brisk Bouth, to southeast winds. For Ohio Fair on Wednesday, warmer In est. portion; Thursday Increasing cloudiness and warmer, fresh south to southeast .winds. , Local Observation on Tuesday. Bar. Tern. R.IL Wind. Weath. Free. 7a. m... -30.30 12 8 West. Clear. 0.00 7p. ru,... 30. 12 20 68 South. Clear. 0.00 Maximum temperature, 20; minimum temperature. 12. . Comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipitation Dec. 30; Temp. Free. Normal 31 0.10 Mean 20 0.00 Departure from normal . ll 0.10 Departure since Dec. 1 ....92 1.0l Departure since Jan. 1 75 5.13 Plus ' , W. T. BLYTIIE. Section Director. Yesterday's Temperatures. Station. Abilene, Tex. Amarillo, Tex Atlanta, Ga Bismarck. N. D.

Min. Max. 7 p.m. 2J 52 42 2S 44 3S 25 46 CS 2 40 38 28 30 28 30 34 32 20 . 40 . 30 26 r 42 38 8 IS IS 22 ' - 26 , 22 24 26 18 16 4 .40 6 26 24 IS 42 22 6 .32 , 2S 14 50 34 4 20 16 2 16 14 28 50 46 28 50 44 42 50 48 3) 26 . 26 6 30 20 28 40 40 15 28 28 S 18 14 48 6 56 IS 40 32 2 28 18 48 42 26 28 21 10 26 24 32 - 4 42 8 36 28 30 50 41 40 50 48 34 28 34 26 40 31 42 50 40 12 32 26 50 52 42 10 38 34 38 54 48 28 22 24 36 . 42 36 28 30 24 10 44 36 4 30 28 20 42 32 20 34 28 20 32 30 0 30 22 14 32 20 12 28 22 22 40 36 28 . 50 48 30 46 34

Buffalo. N. Y. . Cairo. I1L Calgary. Alberta Chattanooga, Tenn. .... Chicago Cincinnati, O Cleveland, O Concordia, Kan Davenport. Ia t.... Denver, Col Des Moines, la. Dodge City, Kan. Dubuque. Ia. ., Duluth, Minn.. El Paso, Tex Fort Smith. Ark. Galveston, Tex. Grand Haven, Mich. I.. Grand Junction, Col Havre, Mont Helena, Mont. Huron. S. D Jacksonville, Fla. Kansas City, Mo. Iander, Wyo. .... Little Rock. Ark. Ixmisville, Ky. Marquette. Mich Memphis. Tenn Modena. Utah Montgomery, Ala New Orleans. La. New York city Nashville, Tenn. .Norfolk. Va North Platte, Neb Oklahoma. O. T Omaha. Neb Palestine. Tex Parkersburg. W. Va. .. Philadelphia Pittsburg. Pa. Pueblo. CoL ..; Qu', Appelle, N, W. T... Rapid City. S. D Halt Lake City Ct. Louis - fit. Paul. Minn , Rant a Fe. N. M. Springfield. Ill Cpringneld, Mo. Vicksburg, Mies Washington. D. C. v XIOVEIIENTS OF STEAHERS. NEW YORK. Dec. 3H. Arrived: ' Potts Cava, from Rotterdam; Tauric, from LiverpoolSailed: Cevlc, for Liverpool. LIVERPOOL. Dec, sn. Arrived: Iver--r., from Boston. Sailed: Ultonia, for . -ion. ' CLACCOW, Dec. 30.-Arrived: NumldIren Philadelphia.

President Prosser paid .him a compliment that was singularly impressive. "Senator Beveridge." he said. "I want to say as the representative of Indiana teachers that we are proud of you. We have watched your career solicitously, and we believe that even the things you have done will be forgotten in the things that you are to do." The senator was given an Informal reception at the adjournment of the meeting and hundreds of teachers took the opportunity of shaking his hand. AGAIXST SEW 3t Oll MAL SCHOOL.

Teacher Association Killed Ilesolu- . tlon at Afternoon Session. The movement to establish a new state normal school received a crushing blow at the meeting of the State Teachers' Association yesterday afternoon. The resolution presented by Superintendent John W. Carr, of Anderson, Monday afternoon, was voted down, and voted, down so emphatically that there was' no room left for doubt as to how the majority of the teachers present stood on the normal school proposition. Superintendent Carr, who, with Superintendent Ogg, of Kokomo, and Superintendent McDaniel. of Madison, has worked untiringly for the past year to secure friends for the' movement, staked the chances of success upon one cast of fortune. He insisted that the matter should bo considered at once and with President Prosser argued that It would be the part of cowardice rather than courage to dodge the Issuo and postpone consideration for another year. In the speech he made urging the delegates to vote for the resolution he threw his whole soul into the appeal for the normal and made an Impassioned address. When it was seen that the movement was dead, strangled by the grip of the majority. Superintendent Carr set his jaw hard in a characteristic manner and acquiesced gracefully also another characteristicIn the decision of the association. FACING THE ISSUE. It was toward the close of the afternoon session that President Prosser brought up the resolution for consideration. "If I may have the privilege of stating my own view," he said, "I think' we should face this matter like men and women and not try to pass it on to another year." He gave Superintendent Carr twenty minutes to read the favorable report prepared at the request of the Town and City School Superintendents' Association, and then limi ted -speches for and against the resolu tion to five minutes each. The result was oratory, earnest and burning. After Superintendent Carr had presented n detail many reasons why. In the Judg ment of the committee, another state normal school is necessary for the good of the public schools, C. W. Osborne, superintendent of Union county, took a diametrically opposite view and pointed out that every taxpayer In the State would be against the movement. "I think it well for us to follow in their lead," he said. It was his opinion that the present normal schools are ade quate for the necessities of the case and that they are not well enough attended. Then President Lewis, of Moore's Hill College, a young man whose earnestness was almost Puritanical in fervor, took ex ception to the report of State Superintendent Jones, which said that there were but seven college graduates teaching school in Dearborn county. . President Lewis said that in his own experience he knew that tnere were more than that, and that the schools of Dearborn county are far better than such a statement would imply. The same was true, he was confident, in other counties In the State where the impression prevails that there are few well-trained teachers. President Lewis did not place him self emphatically against the proposition. but he stated that there did not seem to bo such a crying need for a normal as was claimed. ? : MISLEADING TALK. -"From some of the things that are said every now and then," ho said, "one would suppose that public schools in Indiana are but poor things indeed, instead of being among the very, best in the country. That Is the kind of talk that visitors from the East do not understand." Superintendent Worley, of Kosciusko county, followed with an argument in favor4 of a new normal. He said that the State was never in better financial condition and could well afford to appropriate money enough ior its establishment. lie was answered by a young teacher who wanted to know why it is that If the State has so much money the teachers cannot be paid better salaries. This struck a popular chord and helped kill the etfect of Mr. Wortey's speech. Then Superintendent Carr, as the fore most champion of the movement, made a last appeal. He pointed out that he had never antagonized private normal schools and that he Is willing to give them their due: but that he believed there is room and need for another school. He skillfully tossed compliments first to be one and then to the other side and finished in a cli max of entreaty. The Vote was first taken viva voce, but so well-balanced were the shouts of each side that President Prosser could make no decision. He called for a standing vote. It was evident that the opponents of the movement far outnumbered its friends, but in the interests of absolute fairness President Prosser announced that he would assemble the delegates by congressional districts, have them poll their vote and an nounce the result to - the secretary who would tabulate it. At that, Superintendent Carr came .'forward and said that he realized the majority was against his reso lution. He asked therefore that the will of the majority be recognized by the stand ing vote. It was done formally and the .normal school proposition went to the ww. . . ...... V r. O , A , A Art.AA AaeAAtr tlon. ADDRESS MADE. The session was opened In the afternoon with a solo by Miss Grace L. Prow, super visor of music In the Salem schools. Mr. Ross Allen Parker, of Greencastle, played a violin solo entitled, "Romance." This was followed by a paper by Prof. W. E. Henry, State librarian, on the subject of, "The Relation of the -library to the Public Schools." ' Prof. Henry's paper had been prepared with the utmost care and was an able dissertation on the value of good books in and out of school. The general discussion of the paper was led by Super Intendent T. F. Fitzgibbon. of Columbus, and Miss Jennie Elrod, of the State library. Indianapolis. One of the most notable papers of the meeting of the association was read by Dr. Ernest H. Lindley, professor of psychology at Indiana University. His subject was "The Psychology for School." The gen eral discussion was led by Prof. Jonathan Rlgdon,, of Central Normal College. Dan ville, and Superintendent Charles F. Mil ler. of Boswsll. The report of the delegate to the Na tional Educational Association, was pre sented by Supt. T. A. Mott, of Richmond, who reviewed the work of the body that met at Minneapolis. At the conclusion of his talk the association voted an approprla tion of JC0 for the representation of the association at the next national meeting at Cincinnati. The report of the secretary and treasurer, W. P. Hart, of Covington, was read and approved. The report showed a balance of $132.91 in the treasury or the association The committee on auditing the accounts of Treasurer Hart presented its report through the chairman. Superintendent Hines, of Union City. The accounts were found correct in ail particulars. THE MORMNU SESSION. Notable Addresses Delivered ly Lend ing Educators of the State. Notable addresses were delivered at the morning session by prominent educators. After music by the Manual Training High School orchestra, of Indianapolis, the invocation was delivered by the Rev. Joshua Stansfleld, of the Meridian-street M. E. Church. The first address on the programme was by David M. Geeting. of Greensburg, former state superintendent. Among other things, Mr. Geeting said: "Every teacher to-day who expects to meet, in a small degree, the demands of our course of study must have 'push for his motto, and 'push must be the watch word from first to last. In all seriousness, la It not true that our course of study is too heavy? It is so full that we have displaced spelling with subjects more attractive to both teacher and pu pil. We are all agreed that reading stands easily first In Importance, while writing, arithmetic and spelling follow closely in the order named. Upon these subjects our best efforts should be expended. To maintain the standing of our reat school

system In public opinion we must make our course of study meet the demands of

the people, emphasizing tne tnree it s, with the remaining subjects taught incidentally. "An additional vear should be added to our present course- below the high school. inis nintn year snouia oe speni in a thorough and exhaustive review of tho common branches." TALK BY SUPERINTENDENT OGG. Superintendent IL . A. Ogg. of Kokomo, road a paper to the teachers yesterday morning on "Individual Instruction," in which he said: "School people t are sometimes charged with a strong tendency to fads. Perhaps this is true and well that it is true. It sig nifies the earnest efforts to find the best for the children. Teachers should be leaders of thought, and leaders must not be too conservative. "The swing toward individualism is found again in the claim that there should be no class recitation, each individual reciting personally to the teacher and receiving necessary direction. This finds little favor, but in a number of places in the country superintendents are experimenting to see how far individual instruction can be combined with class recitation to give to each pupil as much personal attention as possible. One of the most attractive of these is the one at Batavia, N. Y., where, in large rooms, there are two teachers. one of whom does regular class work and the other gives needed individual help. 'Schools and Health was the subject of the paper by Prof. Severance Burrage, of Purdue I'nlverslty. He said: 'Two factors are largely responsible. I believe"', for Indiana's rapid progress in school sanitation. One is the activity and energy of the State Board of Health, through its efficient and energetic secre tary. The other is the unusual interest shown in the subject by your superintendent of public Instruction, who has kept tho good health idea constantly before the teachers and superintendents of the State. "In regard to the care of the children in the schoolroom, they should not be permitted to work while any organ or part of the body is undergoing a strain. The strain may come on the eyes, while the child is trying to read in a dark corner, or when trying to read poor print or indistinct writing on the blackbgard. The teacher should notify the parent when she discovers that a child has weak eyes. "Badly-fitting desks or seats, a bad posi tion while writing or a bad position made necessary by Improper lighting of the room may work great harm, producing serious curvatures of the spin. When a desk is too large or too small, it should be exchanged for one of the proper size, or serious results may follow. If the children take poor positions at their desks through laziness or carelessness, their parents should be notified, though this Is sometimes a delicate task. "The luncheons brought to the school by the pupils should be noted and suggestions made by the teachers for their improvement in regard to their healthful qualities. It would also be well if our teachers had knowledge of contagious diseases in their incipient stages, that they might " arrest their spread by sending the attacked child home. The teacher also should uphold the Board of Health In its stand on the vaccination of all. school children. And while guarding the health of. others, she should be equally careful of her own." PRODUCT OF THE SCHOOLS. Supt. M. W. Harrison, of Wabash, spoke on "The Product of the Schools," saying: "Just what constitutes a successful life is difficult to state, however. The school should teach children to think, to the extent that they may gain a mastery over their environments as well as rightly 'adJust themselves to others; they should be able to maintain the right attitude of mind toward subjects of thought, divesting them selves of all prejudices and mental pre occupations. Fair-minded manhood Is a high ideal. 'Is It practicable to feed Into the growing mind only such material of xnougnt and growth as It can use, such material as is in keeping with its psycholog ical umoiumenn "In nature's course the child Is com pelled to segregate for himself out of the heterogeneous mass those elements that he can U3e. What strength may come to him irom this constant effort of selection? This discipline would be lost if the school master organized the material for him be fore his mind was permitted to consider it." "What the PeoDle ExDect from the Pub lic Schools" was the subject of a paper by Prof. L. J. Rettger. of the Indiana State Normal. In order to gain an Idea of what the people Wanted, he said, he had written to a number of representative persons and interviewed others,, but In the answers there was no r.ew note. . . - Some said that pupils were allowed to oaf too much in the schools: others thought the children were overworked and overhurrled; a merchant demanded that more time be given to arithmetic and math ematics, but others said that too much time was devoted" to these studies In the lower grades; some said that politics should be kept out of the schools, while others said thst a little politics would be wholesome. in regard to the charge that the schools have a bad effect on the health of the pupils, the speaker said: "If the public, if society. If the home will see to it that the energies of the pupil be not frittered away in tiresome amusements, in late evenings. In formal social duties, then If the pupil be at all sound to begin with, I know of no school whose burden sensibly carried would endanger the physical Integrity of the pupil. "If we could enlist more thoroughly the active co-operation of the home in the reg ular school work. It would greatly reduce a further criticism. "I am, however, optimistic about the ulti mate value of the public's opinion. The de mands of the public are like a balance wheel they prevent the machine from run ning away." MR. SWEENEY'S ADDRESS. ' Andrew M. Sweeney, of the Indianapolis School Board, read a paper on "What the People Expect of the Common Schools; What They Have a Right to Expect." In part he said: "The common-school education of a child should contribute much to his preparation for broad citizenship, and for an honest, manly life. The end of his com mon-school course should find him advanc ing in all things that pertain to his high est possibilities. "Now, while 'I have insisted, perhaps strenuously, on the teaching of certain accurate information, the development of thought power and moral character, I am, nevertheless, not a member of that class of critics which places the responsibility for the delay of the millennium at the door of the common schools. There are some things the people have no right to expect of the public schools until the schools themselves, by the expenditure of a much greater revenue, are increased in their efficiency. And until the people are ready and willing to increase revenues by adopting a higher rate of taxation for .school purposes, the standard of Instruction and the results of instruction cannot be materially advanced. The average teacher, although of equal ability with the average lawyer or physician, receives scarcely one-third as large a compensation, and while this Is true, first-class ability cannot be retained in the work of common-school instruction. I believe that the common schools have done and are doing a very great work, but if they fall short of desired results here and there, the responsibility for such failure should be placed not so much upon the schools as upon the people who have neglected to so equip the schools that the best results of poular education can be secured. "I believe in the common schools. I think that they have been, are now, and always will be, 'the hope of our country. " Superintendent W. I. Brandenburg, of Veedersburg. presented and read to the meeting a bill for bringing about better sanitary conditions In the public schools. It was indorsed. ' TRIST MAGXATE ASSAILED. Educator Says Rockefeller's Gifts Cannot Benefit the People. 'Milwaukee Special. "No money that la obtained at the expense of the people can ever be used for the good of the people," said Dr. John Bascom, former president of the University of Wisconsin, in addressing the State Teachers Association at the meeting of that organization in this city to-day. When questioned later and asked for an explanation Dr. Bascom said: "I meant the University of Chicago and Its acceptance of the gifts from John D. Rockefeller. When an Institution, founded and maintained for the benefit and education of the youth of the public, accepts money which has been gained in direct defiance of laws and principles laid down by that public, it vitiates its influence on the minds of those students upon whom It Is Its duty to exert a good and moral influence. 1 do not feel the same about Andrew Carnegie's gifts to the colleges and to communities at large. He gained his? money according to rules which were recognized

by the public and by a protection which the public afforded him with its full consent, and though I do not believe It ought to have given 'that protection, still it made his gains perfectly lawful. Therefore the same stigma cannot be attached to them as to the enormous gains made by the Standard Oil Company. "I never go near the divinity school in Chicago without wanting to tell them what I think of their accepting money made by the underselling of poor men. crowding them out of business and immediately raising the price of wares which you will not allow another man to sell; accepting, I say, this money out of the ruin of good and honest tradesmen, and trying to train young men to the gospel with this money and under the inlluence ol such men. For if you accept that money you are under obligation . to and so under the influences of the donor. The basic principle of the whole thing is wrong." The keynote of President Bascom's address, which was on "The Source and Authority of Teaching." was contained In two paragraphs. He said: "The . present contention of men over riches is like the fighting of dogs over a bone. The victor limps away under a blind instinct, buries his hone and then forgets it. Bones have not even nourished the dog life wasted upon them. It is not by the rigor of law, not by the pertinacity of precept that the teacher builds up character, it is by the unceasing, silent induction of character Itself, as the magnet begets magnetism. The pupil must feel that he is moving along toward a communal life; that he is to be a full participant In all we mean by civilization; a sharer in human achievement, and In the sum total of collective vital force, that he is subject to claims and cherishes hopos which can only find fulfillment in close, sympathetic union with his fellow-men. That man, in my judgment, leads the largest life who stands in the widest connection with the mass of men; not he who accumulates the most means of living, but he who lives the most in the sympathetic Interplay of life with his fellows; not the man who sways men to his own purpose." SUIT WON BY CITY.

(CONCLUDED FROM FIRST TAGE.) to the same extension in point of time as the other. "The company is also held to the express stipulations and may not raise the rates when they are fixed by the ordinance. "It must furnish gas to consumers who have arranged for it, and comply with the company's reasonable obligations. "In Portland Natural Gas Company vs. State ex rel., it is said: "There are cases which hold that In the absence of a contract and when the charter of the company contains no provision on the subject, a gas company is under no more obligation to continue Its supply to consumers than the vendor of other merchandise, among which is the case of the Commonwealth vs. Lowell Gas Light Company, but we think the better reason, as well as the weight of authority, is against this holding. "Many authorities have held that such service as defendant enters upon is a business of a public character, and that those so engaged are charged with the performance of public duties. CASES QUOTED. "In Gibbs vs. Consolidated Gas Company we find this language: 'These gas companies entered the streets of Baltimore under their charters in the exercise of the equivalent of the power of eminent domain, and are. to bo held' as having assumed an obligation to fulfil the public purposes to subserve which they were incorporated.' "A class of cases has been cited which do not seem to me to meet the question we have here. The case of Munn vs. Illinois and other cases which assert the principle that when ' one engages in a business affecting the public interest, and devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he in effect grants the public an interest in that use, and is subject to control. "This grant he may withdraw by discontinuing the use, or not, authorities sustaining the defendant's claim of right to withdraw from the natural gas business. "The Munn case related to the legislative control of the grain elevator situated upon private real egtate; no contract relations were Involved, nor has there been any exercise of the right of eminent domain. GAS METER ORDINANCE. Council Committee May Report FnTornbly on It. The decision of Judge Neal may have the effect of bringing the ordinance for the sale of natural gas by meter at 23 cents per thousand cubic feet before the Council. The ordinance was Introduced last March and has been In the hands of committers without any report whatsoever since that time. It Is now in the hands of the committee on public health, of which Councilmen McFarland, Crall and Warweg are members. Chairman McFarland said last night that he thought the decision of Judge Neal would result in the committee making a favorable report on the ordinance. Mr. McFarland said he would call a meeting of the committee to discuss a report Friday night. NAVAL MANEUVERS. Rear Admiral Taylor Report on the Caribbean Sea Drills. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. The Navy Department to-day made public an extract from a letter from Rear Admiral Taylor, Admiral Dewey's chief of staff, relative to the Caribbean maneuvers. "If the drills go well, wo shall probably have done all that Admiral Dewey wants to do some time In the week beginning Monday, Jan. 5, and ending Saturday, Jan. 10. The tactical drills by division were much needed. The fourth division has made considerable progress. The division of four battleships, when they worked together, did not require much drilling, as they had previously had a good deal. The plan now is to begin working the entire fleet under Admiral Dewey in person during the week beginning Monday, Dec, 29, and If their improvement Justifies it, we will take up some battle evolutions, with the cruiser divisions disposed on the flnaks and scouting. There will likewise be a blockade problem and then I think it will be time for the dispersal. One half of the task was done when we had the vessels assembled. A large fraction of the remainder was done when we perfected the fleet organization and taught the individual ships to look to their divisional squadron commanders and for those commanders in turn to look to the commander-in-chief This has not been easy for we have prac tically never had a fleet organization, but have worked three ships and thirty ships under the same squadron organization. We have had but few mishaps so far, only a crack in the Chicago's steampipe which is being repaired, and a slight injury to the bow of the torpedoboat Riddle, which has been fixed. "All aro very enthusiastic over the new system of training for gun pointers and loading drill. Everybody agrees that the assembling of the ships is a good scheme and very beneficial to all hands." COSTLY GIFT FOE LEO. Almost Priceless Topas Will Re Pre sented to the Pope In April. NEW YORK, Dec. 30. Catholics in every part of the world are preparing to show their devotion to Pope Leo XIII, at the end of the celebration of his slver jubi lee. next April, by presenting to him an almost priceless jewel. This Is a topaz weighing nearly four pounds, the largest in the world. It is now in the hands of skilled workmen in Rome, where it is be inc richly carved. It will contain when finished a representation of the papal arms .and of Christ, breaking bread. Notices on this subject win be displayed in all of the Roman Catholic churches in the country. N OSSIFIED WOMAN DEAD. 3Ilss Ella Evt lng, Who Warn a Wonder to Physicians and Scientists. ,ROME, N. Y., Dec. CO. Miss Ella Ewlng. one of the ossified women who, for ten years, have been living wonders to physl clans and scientists, died to-day, aged thir ty-nine. At an early age she was afflicted with Inflammatory rheumatism, which physicians failed to relieve. At the age of twenty-nve sne iosi n ue oi er. umbs and was gradually turning to bone. During the last ten years she was blind and unable to move a muscle, a sister 13 amicted In the same manner.

FIGHT WITH Ä ROBBER

CONDUCTOR HAS DESPERATE STRUGGLE l. A PILLMAX CAR. Is Wounded In the Temple, but Goei Gunning for Ills Assailant and Hits Ulm "Ith a Winchester Ilullet. LOUISVILLE, Dec. SO.-Conductor J. D. Keene had a desperate struggle on his train, the Louisville & Nashville New Orleans-Cincinnati north-bound express, this morning about 2:30 o'clock, when nearing South Louisville, and as a result was shot by the robber over the left temple. Conductor Keene is confident he killed or mortally wounded the robber with a bullet from a Winchester rifle. The train was Just entering the limits of South Louisville, and all the passengers In the Pullman were asleep. Conductor Keene was passing through the car, as was his habit, just before entering the Louisville station. As he entered the car the dark figure of a man, wearing a mask. Jumped from a dark corner of the car and with drawn revolver commanded Keene to throw up his hands. Instead of doing so he grappled with the robber. A pistol ball momentarily stunned Keene, and the robber pulled the bell cord, but before the train stopped the highwayman proceeded to rob the passengers in the sleeper. He held up Joseph Redford, the Pullman car conductor, and J. E. Moore, the only passenger, taking X from the latter. As the train slowed down the robber Jumped off, but was followed by Conductor Keene, who had secured a Winchester. The conductor hurried after the robber, firing as he went, and emptied his rifle at the retreating burglar. At one of the shots the fleeing man let out a yell of pain. The firing aroused all the passengers in the train and caused considerable excitement. Conduc tor Keene was removed to a hospital. His wounds, however, are not serious. He is said to be the strongest man in Louisville, and was at one time national champion in several amateur athletic classes. No trace of the robber, whom Keene declares he shot, had been found up to noon. although a night watchman in the yards of the Southern Railway reported that about daylight he found a man bleeding and lying along the tracks at Third and K streets. The man said he had fallen from a train, and, according to the watch man's statement, two men came along at this time and carried the injured man away. Although detectives have been searchlnj all day for the Louisville & Nashville train robber, no trace of him has been found. Conductor Keene is positive he wounded the man, but diligent search in the neigh borhood of the robbery has so far failed to reveal any evidence of the fact that the robber was wounded. Three arrests have been made, but not much importance is at tached to them. The prisoners gave their names as Horace Jackson, Lon Murray and William Duffy, all of New York. TO DISCARD SILVER. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) and the charges will be duly investigated by the State Department. The principal charge is connected with the transfer from the Chinese to the American flag of a vessel. It is alleged that the consul general charged excessive fees for, his part In the transfer. Again It is charged that he re fused to perform his duty in ordering a court of inquiry to examine into the facts connected with the wreck of this ship. Mr. Goodnow has put in a vigorous defense, as serting that the first charge, based princi pally on the affidavit of a Chinaman, is untrue.. To the second charge he replies that he was not approached by any au thorized person to order the court. It is expected that when the State Department comes to take up this case, the questions at Issue being mainly of fact. It win refer the matter to the United States legation at Peking for examination and report. , Recent Army Orders. WASHINGTON, Dee. SO. Contract Surgeon Charles W. Thorp has been assigned to duty at Fort Grant, Arizona, relieving Capt. C. E. B. Flagg, assistant surgeon. who has been ordered to duty In the Philipplnesi Contract Surgeon D. C. Powell has been ordered to Fort Barrancas, Florida, to relieve Capt. T. J. Kirkpatrick, assistant sur geon, who is ordered to the Philippines for duty. MaJ. R. B. Turner, Eighth Infantry, at Fort Edward, New York, has been ordered to this city for consultation with the quar termaster general. First Lieut. C. R. Reynolds, assistant surgeon at San Francisco, has been assigned to duty at Fort Washington, Maryland, re lieving First Lieut. Frederick F. Russell, assistant surgeon, who is assigned to duty at Fort Ingate, Isew Mexico. First Lieut. Charles Y. Brownlee, assistant surgeon, has been ordered to the Philippines for duty. MaJ. James S. Pettit, United States In fantry, now at San Francisco, has been ordered to San Antonio for duty as inspector general of the Department of Texas. Strike of Chinese Students. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Students at the Nan-Yang College at Sicawei recently went on strike because several of their number were suspended for reading: a reform news paper called the "Hsln Mln Chung Pao," or News for Renovating the People, edited by the reformer, Liang Chlcao, the chief disciple of Kang Yu Vel. This paper, ac cording to mail advices from China, Is merely an up-to-date newspaper, but as such is tabooed In mandarin circles. The students were forbidden to read it, and when several of them were caught with papers in their room they were dismissed by the president of the college. When they started to say farewell to their college mates the entire student body appealed to the president for remission of the punish ment. The request being refused every student at the college collected his belongings and left the place. There was no disorder. Consternation has been caused In mandarin circles by the students action. To Increase Personnel of Xarr. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. The members of the Senate and Housetiaval committees after conferences with the secretary of the navy have decided on a plan for the Increase of the personnel of the navy. It contemplates an additional naval cadet for each congressional district, two for each senator and ten annually to be appointed at large by the President. The difficulty in con nection with the inequality in classes which would result from the sudden iniection of the increased allowance is to be solved by giving the secretary of the navy the discretion of determining the times at which the new appointments are to be made. THE um shim; HAniT. Disease of the Xerves Unhappy Cases Sern by a. Doctor. The Scotsman. At Vienna a scientist and doctor who has made a special study-of blushing declares that It is a disease of the nerves. He de clares that blushing should be treated like any other nervous disease, and that in many cases it is hereditary. One of his patients (a man) told the doctor that the fear of blushing, kept alive by the Jocular taunts or his mends, had caused him such depression of spirits that he had several times been on the verge or suicide. Another patient (a society woman) suf fered seriously from nervous prostration in consequence of the teasing of her friends. who made her blush Just "for the fun of it." A colleague told the dotcor of one of his patients who was driven mad by blush ing. Her mental condition was greatly Improved by her transfer from a chamber papered in red and furnished In mahogany to a green room with oak furniture, ihls woman is again In society, but is subject to accasional attacks of blushing that affect her mentally at the eight of red dresses, red ribbons or anything red. He has dls covered that those addicted to blushing suffer less in summer than in the cold months, and that summer is the best time of the year In which to be treated for the annovlng disease. There are critical times, even In the warm months, for the blusher. "When a thunder storm is in the air and in. the damp of the early morn and late at night persons ad dieted to the habit blush most often and most violently," sajs the doctor, who t-

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The v' ' : r . : ,- ' tlngulshes between two kinds of blushingblushing caused by extraordinary sensitiveblushing because of the blusher's apprehension or tne act or Diusnins. a t"u young woman, extremely pretty, was driven in fnrwpr ttnrlftv hCflU the UnfOrtUnate affliction of blushing extended to her beautiful neck and arm, ana inus prevented her from appearing In full dress. inis young woman suuers nut umjr uuiwardly, but she loses all self-control when blushing. Her thoughts are "all mixed up." and she cannot speak connectedly. She underwent treatment for nervousness, but the doctors could not help her. Another singular case was that of a leading actress, who consulted the doctor. "She had ruined her complexion, saia ne, oy excessive use of white grease paint appnea to cover ner Diusnes, wmcn manru sh blushed whenever anything went wrong behind the scenes or on the stage, and naa no control oi ner emotions. She Is a very young woman; I never met with th trouble amonc act resses of mature years." The doctor says mat strong men ao not Diusn except unucr extraordinary circumstances; that blushin le trulv a marlr rt rfem1nrv. Tilushl pi . J K. . . J u ...... am w - - ing men are seldom cured, for they are often sufierers rrom neart aiseasc. I have known blushing nts, so caiiea, said he, "to last for hours, accompanied irregular pulse and an excited heart. To blushing men ana women wnn iamuies i say: 'If you have a boy or girl who blushes iinHsr n renrnnrh. nr for fear of beinc found out, do not tell them of it. for if you do you will arouse in them apprehensions. If the child has any steadiness of mind, you will undermine It; If he has no stamina, you will completely unsettle him. There are loolisn people wno tnintc ineir cnuaren are Innocent so long as they can blush. What nonsense!' HOW BIRDS CATCH FISH. Differing Method of Different Species Illrd That Rob Other Dirda. Hartford (Conn.) Times. Very many species of birds feed entirely or almost entirely on fish, and among them they have as many ways of capturing their prey as human fishermen have. Some, with more natienco than most men possess, stand silently on the shores, waiting for .the fish to approach them; others put out to sea, ana capture ineir prey in aeep water. Of these feathered fishermen, none Is more familiar then the belted kingfisher, which may be seen In the Eastern States at almost any 'time between March and December. His favorite fishing grounds are wooded streams and ponds, though he may often be seen in the vicinity of salt water. The kingfisher spends much of his time watching for fish from some favorite perch, such as a stake In the river or an overhanging branch. - From such a point he makis short journeys out over the water, sometimes returning at once, at other times flying to some other near-by perch. It is while on these little trips that he does his fishing. As he catches sight of a fish near the surface of the. water, he hangs fluttering for a moment above It, and then pitches down into the river or lake, often disap pearing from view in a Jet of flying spray. If successful, he soon arises with the struggling fish held safe in his stout two-inch bill, shakes the water from his plumage, and rattling proudly, files to some convenient place to eat his prey. Somewhat similar are the methods of the osprey. As he swings in wide circles through the clouds, his wonderful eye searches the water for some sign which may betray the presence of a fish. As he receives the sign he stops sailing, and with flapping wings he steadies himself for a plunge. Then downward he speeds, in me teoric flight, striking the water with such force that a fountain of spray, shoots up ward from the place where ho disappears. lor a moment he is lost, then up he rises In labored flight, lifting a shining captive, which he grapples In his eight black talons. and which he bears away to some dead tree, where he tears it to pieces with his hooked bill. Quite different are the fishing methods adopted by the herons. With heads drawn In between their shoulders, and often upon one leg, like statues they stand on the bank of a pond or stream, waiting for the fish to come within striking distance of their spearllke bills. At other times they wade cautiously out Into the water, lifting and placing their feet with extraordinary care, lost they alarm the fish they are ap proaching. When near enough the long neck shoots out, and It Is suddenly with drawn, and behold, the successful heron has a fish. If it is a small one. he gives it a shake, and swallows it head first; if a large one, he may have to pound It a little on the bank, to make It more willing to be swallowed quietly. He will then resume fishing as patiently as before. Different again is the method of the white pelican, who catches his prey while swimming. A flock of pelicans will surround a school of small fish, and by boating the water with their long wings, drive their victims toward the shore. As they proceed each pelican Is busy scooping up the fish into the big poucn, with which his lower mandible is provided. After a sufficient number have been "netted" the birds go ashore for a nsn dinner. Jaegers and skuas are sea pirates, and obtain their fish by robbing the gulls and terns. When one of the latter birds has captured a fish one of these pirates will pursue him and force him to disgorge his prey. This form of piracy Is practiced by many other, fish-eating birds most of which are skillful enough to catch the dis gorged plunder In midair. Gulls obtain their fish by taking It neatly rrom the surface or the water; terns plunge Into the sea. remaining out of sight for several seconds before arising with their prey. The skimmer has still another method. He flies rapidly along close to the water, with his knifelike lower mandible carried Just beneath the surface, ready to catch up any prey, which may cross his path. Gannets alternately fly and sail above the water, and secure their fish by dropping from the air. Darters and cormorants dive from a low perch or from the surface, and pursue their fish under water. The serrated bills of the former and the hooked bills of the latter are well adapted for holding such slippery prey. Sheldrakes also capture their fish by pursuing them under water, and hold them easily in their saw-edged bills. Tho man-'o-war bird does his fishing while on the wing, and in several different ways. He Is extremely active, and sometimes catches his prey at the surface, sometimes as it leaps out of the water, and sometimes he pursues successful gulls and terns arid forces them to disgorge the fish they have captured for their own usePoet Dnrni'i Local Fame. London Chronicle. The tardy suggestion Is made In the Dumfries Courier this week that the homs in which Burns lived while "gau&ln' auld wife's barrels" In and about Dumfries should be turned Into a local museum. Since the death of the poet's widow it has been occupied as an ordinary dwelling house, and i now In a fair state of preservation. The marvet is that a step of this kind has not been taken long ago, If only for tho sake of the revenue that might accrue from tourists. But the memory of Burns is less revered In Dumfries than in almosl any other part of Scotland. The writer well remembers an old native of the town telling him that Burns was perfectly well known to his father, who used to speak of "that drucken deevll Burns." If that aspect of the poet's character Is now effaced by his genius it Is mainly owing to his apotheosis by the nation at large. Edinburgh, too, shows no great desire to keep green the memory of

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Burns, and the latest proof of this Is the fact that his lodging in St James's Square, where he wrote his pistles to Clarinda.' has Just been swallowed up by the extension of the Register House. FRATERNAL LEAGUE SCORES. Knights of Pythias Team Rolled Three DOO Scores. The Knights of Pythias team rolled thrco 900 scores last night against the second Royal League team, easily winning tho series. The Red Men took three from the Eagles. The Maccabees won two from tho I. O. O. F. The Elks failed to appear. The scores: EAGLES VS. RED MEN. Red Men. 1. 2. S. Graff IT9 ITS 174 O. etrobe!...157 13 Y A. It'b'ns'n.135 1Ü7 193 Fleming ....163 1T2 154 Dr. TeaguclSl 201 Mathews ...ITS 160 123 Mueller 17S 1S3 15S Nicol i:2 145 143 Sedwick ....130 129 135 Biddle 104 S3 117 Totals 739 715 67 1 Totals S13 847 ROYAL LEAGUE VS. K. OF V. S34 Royal L. 1. 2. t. K. of P. 1. 2. Knox 163 1S4 Peacock ....1 ito Leap m 170 Gltlow 191 191 Bryson 209 213 2. 211 167 1S3 1S7 164 Darllnjc 173 195 153 G. Mueller.. 133 113 215 Feguln 123 1 174 Sayles 154 1H 167 Totals &S5 611 892 Totals 940 93 Sil I. O. O. I. O. O. F. 1. F. VS. MACCABEES. 2. 2. 143 15 17 127 125 193 14S 122 133 10 Maccabee. 1. 2. Potter 170 231 Wblte 130 1S2 O. Mueller...ltt 113 A. Mueller.. 75 ... McQutre ....1S5 136 Johnson 1C3 2. 124 III 121 i:5 121 tui s. Conklln 143 Keelor 9S Waltman ...137 J. Buzatt....l2 Coval, sr. ...176 Totals 6S2 722 748 Totals 707 SCO ROYAL Royal L. 1. LEAGUE VS. ELKS. 2. 2. 139 128 117 182 198 146 133 131 Elks. L 2, Shank 141 Dr. Druly..l2 Graft 1 Ross 126 (Elks old not appear.) Totals .....S34 W2 tS7 BOXING BOUTS TO-NIGHT. Tito Conteatsj Will Sie Given at Em pire Theater. Sixteen rounds of fast boxing will be given at the Empire at the conclu?lon of. the regular show to-night. It will be sort of a New Year's eve watch party. Tha principal- bout of ten rounds will be be tween Fatsy Ilogan, of Chicago, and 'Louisville" Tommy West The other contest, which will be of nearly as much Interest as tho main go, will bring together Louis Smith and the "Kentucky Kid. It will be for six rounds. Both bouts are for decisions and the boxing should bo interesting. Itotchford Beats Madden. KANSAS CITY, Dec 30. Billy Rotchford. of Chicago, to-night defeated Jack Madden, of Brooklyn, in the fifth round. Madden was saved from a knockout by his seconds, who threw up the sponge after he bad been twice knocked down. BAD BAY FOR FAV0BITES. Only One Snecessfnl at Insleslde and Trro at Xew Orleans. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Dec. 30. Followers of favorites again had a disastrous experience at Ingleside to-day, as Hungarian was the only first choice to win. Fine weather prevailed, but the track was. still heavy inside. Jockey Club was one of the good things to land. He was heavily played in the second race, and Preadeagled his field, winning by five lengths from Stlllicho, the favorite. Winners In order: Bonnie Lissak. 20 to 1: Jockey Club. 10 to 1: Hungarian, 6 to 1: Matre, 8 to l; Velma Clark, 6 to 1; Illowaho, 3 to 1. NEW ORLEANS. Dec, 30.-Jchn Peter and Swordsman were the only winning favorites to-day. If You Dare was run up to $1.100 and Swordsman to 1600 and both were bought by Durnell & Hers. inners in order: Marcos. C to 1; If You Dare. I to 1; Rankin, 6 to 1; Latson, 4 to l; John Peters. 7 to 10; Swordsman. 7 to 5. Police In Berlin. New York Evening Post. , ' . The following Is an illustration of a recent police outrage in Berlin: A podca officer, not on duty, but In uniform, took his dog out for a run in the evening in a street which is not particularly well lighted. A citizen and bis wife were groping their way through the thoroughfare, when the dog a big pointer furiously barking. Jumped upon tho woman, frightening her terlbly. Her husband gave the dog a kick, whereupon the policeman angrily threatened to prosecute him for cruelty to animals. The merchant quietly replied r "I need not let a big dog Jump at my wife and frighten her: a policeman ought to know that a b g dog in a dark street in the evening should be led on a leash." The policeman thereupon arrested the merchant and the prefident of the Berlin police had the prisoner Indicted by the "Staatsanwalt" (publlo prosecutor) for Insulting an officer (beamkicMiininv a vind of inferior crime of lese majesty), on duty. Ihe Schoeffengerlcht" (a Jury of citizens) promptly acquitted the accused. But on an appeal cf the "Staatsanwalt." a higher court decided that the police officer, even when only leading hisdog for a run. Is still a public officer on duty, that the merchant had committed the misdemeanor of beamten-belcidig-ung" (Insulting an offictr on duty), and that he must be fined fifty marks. This happened less than a momh ago. Tolar Bears No Longer Dangerous. Leslie's Monthly. The animal par excellence, which the hunter, the amateur Arctic traveler and the young explorer hopes and dreams of killing 1 the polar bear. The reason for this is the magnificent trophy which the great white skin makes. Thl feeling was no less strong centuries ago than It is now, for we read that one of the early Icelandic sea rovers to Greenland quarreled wlttx and ki'led his bosom companion because he had slain a large bear Instead of leaving that honor to his chief. NWth the modern repeating rifle the bear stands no chance against the hunter, no matter under what conditions they may meet, and if be Is hunted in the native way. with the assistance Of dogs, there is hardly more excitement than in killing muskoxen except for the wild, helter-skelter dash over the Ice to overtake the animal after the dog strike the hot scent. Xo Money for IMetnre Books. Washington Letter. Representative Brownlow, cf Tennessee, has secured from Andrew Carnegie the promise of I23.0U0 for a library at the Soldiers' Home at Johnson City, In his district. He was relating his success to Mr. Cannon and Representative Steele the other day when Colonel Steele said he had faüed to get a contribution of $3.00 from Mr. Carnegie for books for a library in his district. "Why, I didn't know anyone in your district could read," said "Uncle Joe" Can- " ""Veil." replied Colonel Steele, "I latticed to buy some picture books,"