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MISS FLAGLER SENTENCED.
Pleads Guilty to Involuntary Man
slaughter.

Pleads Guilty to Involuntary Man
slaughter.
Washington, Feb. 27.-Miss Eliza.
beth Flagler, the daughter of General
Flagler, chief of ordnance of the
United States navy, who last spring
shot colored boy named Green, the
son of treasury department messen-
ger, pleaded guilty of involuntary
manslaughter today, and was sentenced
to three hours in Jail and to pay fine
of 800.
An effort was made to keep the trial
from the public, and for that purpose
Judge Cox called court half an hour
before the usual time. The district
attorney said this was one of those I'M
fortunate accidents which does not call
for anything but the lightest penalty
in the power of the court, and Judge
Cox declared the sentence without
making any comments.
Miss Flagler was driven to the Jail
in her fathers carriage, and was re-
ceived by the warden with great court
esy. She passed the three hours in the
matron's reception-room, in company
with General Flagler and an aunt,
and was then driven to her home.
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There are seven buildings on the
grounds for the accommodation of the
officers and inmates, and a farm in
connection is worked by the boys, who
thus become practical farmers. In this
line the trustees believe they are con-
serving the best interests of those under
their care by encouraging the develop
ment of taste for agriculture, horti.
culture, dairying and kindred subjects
in the minds of the boys, and at the
same time rendering the institution
nearer self-sustaining. Through the
aid of the boys the forest has given
way to symmetrical terraces and lawns
and the lands have become fruitful.
All the clothing, shoes and stockings
worn by the boys are made by them
selves, and thus big bill of expense
saved the state. Almost all the minor
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tendent. The law requires that girls
should be under the immediate charge
of the matron, and that they be kept
entirely separate from the male depart
ment of the school. This is a wise
and necessary provision, considering
the previous character and habits of
many who are committed to both de-
partments, yet it materially adds to
the cost of maintaining the institution.
The use of tobacco is prohibited, and
special effort is made to redeem the
youth from vicious habits.
At present there are 1877 boys and 20
girls in the Reform School, most of
whom find better homes there than
with their parents. Some of the fruit
full causes which send these children
to the school are: Death of parents,
imprisonment Or insanity of parents,
intemperance of parents, and unpleas'
ant homes. Lack of parental care and
Judgment is responsible for the sent
ence of many bright boys and girls to
this institution who, under favorable
circumstances, would require no such
harsh restraint.
Since the opening of the school in
June, 1891, more than $50 boys and
girls have been paroled, many of
whom have become useful men and
women. Not more than a dozen have
"gone to the bad" About fifty
young girls have been received into
the institution, under the direct con-
troll of the matron, Mrs. Westendorf
About twenty girls have been paroled,
and all of them are leading good lives,
some of them married and others being
taken into good families No praise
can be too great for the thorough and
efficient manner in which Mrs. West
endorf performs the duties of her de-
partment.
The first girl paroled is married and
has pleasant farm home in Kansas.
She writes bright and thankful letters
to Mrs. Westendorf, whom she regards
as her mother. Letters are constantly
being received from former inmates,
breathing gratitude for the care and
instruction received, ana hope for the
future to otherwise darkened lives.
There is probably no reform school in
the world for which more can be said
in the way of praise than that of
Washington at the present time. At
the school no records are preserved of
youthful errors, but the mistakes, mis-
fortunes and early history of inmates
are unwritten and pass into oblivion,
leaving no skeletons for inhuman
ghouls to unearth in later years.
When boy is first received into the
school he is given complete change
of clothing and introduced to the bath
house, which is fitted with shower and
swimming baths, and then he is al
lowed to fall into the regular round of
duties and recreations, which he does
very naturally. He is not bullied or
browbeaten, but is kindly talked to
and given to understand that he is
there for his own good and that he will
be treated like man if he acts like
one.
AS rule the boys are not anxious to
leave the school, statement borne out
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No Cause for Alarm.

Oakland, Cal, Feb. 24.-Professor
Lenschner, of the university. has just
completed his calculations of the orbit
of the new comet discovered by Per-
rine, of the Lick observatory, a few
years ago. The stranger in the heavens
as only 100000 900 miles away from
the earth yesterday and is now COM
ing toward the earth at the rate OF
1900, 600 miles a day. Professor
Lenschner says there is no cause for
alarm. He has figured it out that the
comet will take new tack on March
/ and sheer off from the earth. The
calculations made at the state uni
yersity are the official figures.
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improvements about the place are done
by the boys, who are kept in healthy
condition of mind and body by the ro-
tation of exercises in the field, work.
shops, schoolroom and play ground.
Boys are employed in subordinate posi-
lions of trust and allowed small salar-
les in some cases. They are not paid
money, but in state warrants, which
are held in trust for them until they
are discharged, when they start out in
the world with some money, and in al
most every case make good use of it.
Seven white frame buildings, neatly
but plainly furnished, comprise the Re-
form School group. They are clean,
well ventilated and are provided with
pure water, steam heat and electric
lights. No frowning prison walls are
here to constantly remind an inmate
that he is regarded as an enemy of So
ciety and cannot be trusted out in the
free, open air, but all is bright sun
shine and pleasant surroundings. The
food served at three regular meals
daily is plain and wholesome, with as
much variety as is practicable. Vege-
tables and fruit are supplied abundant
ly in season. The boys Kitchen is in
charge of man cook who has a class
of four boys to assist him in preparing
food for the officers and boys in his de-
partment. At regular intervals during
each day the monotony of work and
study is broken by short recess for
recreation and relief. Through the
summer months the long evenings are
spent upon the play ground; during
the winter the lamps are lit and pleas
ant indoor amusement is provided after
supper.
ALI holidays are observed and fully
enjoyed. Occasional entertainments
of recitation and song are anticipated
with pleasure, and the successful par
ticipants made heroes of the hour.
Much of their work in this line would
do credit to an institution of greater
pretention than this.
Juvenile offenders are admitted to
the institution between the ages of 8
and Is years, and may be detained un'
til IS, or paroled for good conduct any
time at the discretion of the superin
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| ILLS GLASS VI girls Is genuine love OF
and pride in, ''home,'' they are en-
couraged to develop any talent that
will help them to make home more
| beautiful and attractive. So occasion
al lessons are given in drawing and
sketching from nature; and where es
pecial aptitude has been shown, extrs
attention has been given to both ari
and music. Instruction has been
given in both plain and fancy needle.
work, knitting and various kinds OF
fancy work, which serve to quiet the
restless spirit and the craving fol-
pleasing occupation.
Professor Thomas P Westendorf,
who superintends the Reform School,
is man of middle age and kindly dis
position. For twenty-five years he has
been engaged in reform work in I'LL
nois, Indiana, Kentucky and Washing.
ton. He has wonderful control over
the most unruly boy, seeming to con-
quer with stern kindness. He gives
them to understand his authority over
them and impresses their minds that
the future is not barred to them, but
has brighter days in store.
At the school perfect discipline pre-
walls, at the same time there is an air
OF freedom about the place which
rather suggests some splendidly con-
Quoted private school than a state in
stitution of restraint. In many East
ern reform schools watch towers are
erected and armed guards pace up and
down high stone walls to prevent es-
capes. Here, boys sent to the school
as incorrigibles, are made night watch
men and given other positions of trust
and responsibility. Regular hours of
work, study and recreation, with all
the elements of his better and higher
nature appealed to and developed, has
sent over hundred boys paroled from
this school out on the world. reporting
every month by letter to Professor
Westendorf, until they reach the age
of 8 years. After sojourn under the
eye of Professor Westendorf, the boys
go out into the world with new ideas
of life and in many cases they are so
changed they can hardly be recognized
as the same boys.
The board of trustees are: Hon.
Henry Drum, of Tacoma; Hon. John
Dobson, of Chehalis, and Hon. w. V.
Rinehart, of Seattle. 1t is recorded to
their credit that the State Reform
School has been conducted creditably
and economically. The employment
Of the older pupils as assistant officers,
with small salaries, has made it posi-
BILE to carry on the work with a COM
paratively small force of officers and
teachers. The pupils so employed are
selected from class of boys and girls
whose time is nearly expired, and
whose chances for support upon release
will depend upon their having a small
capital in their own right.
The cost of maintaining the Reform
School is about $25, 900 per annum.
Speaking of the school a member of
the recent legislature said: ''The
money spent by the state in keeping up
this institution has, l am satisfied,
been saved to the state in making good
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by the fact that only one escape has &C.
CURED since the establishment of the
institution. 1t is interesting to note
the fact that of the loo juvenile offend
ers at the school, sixty were born Of
American parents. Twenty EIGHT of
the children are native sons and daugh-
tiers of Washington and the balance
come from all quarters of the globe.
Fourteen years is the average age of
the children committed. Every thing
possible is done to improve the mental
and moral condition of the inmates of
the school and to give them the COM
forts OF home surroundings, yet it is
not the intention of the management
to encourage any boy Or girl to become
welded to the institution. The manly
and wOmanly ambition to override
their misfortunes and become individu-
al factors in the affairs of the state and
nation is always encouraged. While
the fact of their commitment is not
continuously held up before them as a
disgrace, yet they are not allowed to
forget that this institution is one of
the penal institutions of the state. and
attendance here cannot be considered
creditable or commendable to either
child or parent.
Professor Westendorf and able as
sistants guard carefully the education
of the boys and girls. The school in
the boys department. has been con-
Quoted, as nearly as possible, like the
public graded schools of this state; the
same methods for recitation. the same
rules for discipline. A number of
boys who have come into the school un-
able to write, and to read only fairly
well in the first reader, in less than
two years, through their own diligence,
have gained creditable place in the
advanced grade.
The boys also have literary society,
where they take great interest in dis
cussions and literary exercises.
The school in the girls department
is conducted with view to giving each
pupil the best possible advantage dur.
ing the three hours spent in the school
room. Two daily sessions are held OF
three hours each.
Realizing that the great need Of
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A MODEL INSTITUTION
The Washington State Re.
form School.
JUVENILE OFFENDERS
Taste for Agriculture and Horticulture
Engendered Into the Minds
of Maynard Youths.

Located on an easy elevation, about
a mile north of the city of Chehalis,
are the beautiful grounds and white
buildings of the Washington State
Reform School. The establishment of
the school grew out of recommends
ton made by grand jury to Judge
Hanford, in Seattle, October 10, 1889,
urging the necessity for a home for
Juvenile offenders. L. F. Compton,
deceased, Of. Seattle, will long be re-
membered for his zeal in behalf of the
establishment of the institution.
The school was opened June 10,
1891, and Major Henry Oliver, of Ia
coma, was the first superintendent, act
ing until August, 1891. At this date
Professor Thomas P. Westendorf and
Mrs Westendorf took charge of the
school and have made it model insti-
tuition.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-03-05
GOATS OR INSURGENTS
Shots Heard at Night On the
Beach Near Moro Castle.
RUMORED EXECUTION OF REBELS
Denied by the Captain G eneral-( harles
Michelson. An American Core
spondent, in Prison.

Havana, Feb. 27.-Close to Moro
Castle, at the enetrance of this harbor
is beach termed Playa Chivo Goats
beach,, so called on account of the
many goats which browse in its vicin.
ity. 1t was learned to-day that one
night last week sentry on duty at the
castle Jaw some whitish- looking forms
approaching stealthily. The soldier
challenged the approaching forms, and
receiving no answer, discharged his
rifle at them. The shot aroused the
garrison of the fort, the guard turned
out, and number of other soldiers
opened fire upon the supposed enemy,
resulting in the latter disappearing.
The next morning an examination was
made of the beach, and several goats
were found dead about the beach,
killed by the rifles of the soldiers, who
must have done better shooting than
they do when engaged with the insur-
gents. Considerable amusement was
caused by this fact, and the affair was
upon the point of being forgotten, when
persistent rumors were circulated in
this city that number of insurgents,
said to be thirty men, had been exc
cuted near Moro castle during the
night The report was denied by the
Spanish officials, but it continued to
circulate until the captain general not
only felt called upon to make an official
denial, but to order an Investigation.
Eventually the matter narrowed down
to the following facts:
Some soldiers questioned concerning
the cause of the firing, were foolish
enough to say they believed number
Of insurgents had been on the beach
during the night. Instead of executing
the thirty insurgents, who had been
confined in Moro castle, the captain
general has just liberated all against
whom there were no serious charges.
In addition General Weyler has most
generously pardoned the mayor of Man.
aqua, Senior Cristo, and his brother,
who were recently captured by the
Spanish after having raised Numerous
band of insurgents and joined the
forces of the enemy.
The Spanish authorities have de-
tanned Charles Nicholson, the CORE
spondent of New York and San
Francisco newspaper, and his assistant,
Lorenzo Betancourt, both Americans.
They are charged with having dis
obeyed the orders of the mayor of Mari
ano, in leaving that place and going
into the insurgents lines at Punta
Bravo and Guato de Mariana. The
United States consul-general, Mr..
Ramon o. Williams, has been notified,
and the friends of the prisoners are do
ing everything possible for them.
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San. Francisco, Feb. 27.-The Unit.
ed States district attorney received tele-
graphic orders from Washington today
to commence suit against the Central
Pacific Railroad Company, without de-:
lay, to recover 1856 acres OF land in
Butte, Suffer, Tehama, Yuba and
Shasta counties, valued at the present
time at nearly 81, 900, 900. The land
which the government seeks 20 recover
is partly mineral land, and the remain
der agricultural, making it necessary
to bring separate suits. The claim OF
the government to portion OF the land
it seeks to recover is based on the ALE
CATION that it was erroneously patented
to the Oregon & California Railway
Company, a predecessor Of the Central
Pacific.
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CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
Condensed Record OF tho Doings of tho
Nations Lawmakers-Senate,

Washington, Feb. 25.-The senate
committee on public lands decided to
favorably report the house bill extend
ing the time within which suits may
be brought by the government to annul
unauthorized grants of public lands.
The decision of the committee was pre-
coded by hearing of representatives
OF the various localities interested in
the proposed legislation. There was q
proposition before the committee to in
clude Mexican land grants in the ex-
tension, but White appeared in opposi-
ton to this. contending that the Mex
lean grant question should be settled
as soon as possible, in the interest of
all concerned, and the amendment was
not made.
Washington, Feb. 26.-The public
interest in the Cuban question was
shown today by the crowds that came
to the senate galleries in anticipation
of continuance of the Cuban debate.
The diplomatic gallery showed the
largest representation since the session
opened, the ministers of Brazil, Chill,
Hawaii and several other countries be-
ing present Morgan of Alabama oc.
cupied almost the entire day in mar
rative and historical speech. He spoke
three hours, and had not concluded
when the senate adjourned. A signif.
can't vote on the resolution for an in
vestigation of the recent bond issue
was taken during the day. Lodges
resolution for an investigation came
up and PETER offered an amendment
for special committee and a more
comprehensive inquiry. Lodge sought
to have the amendment laid on the
table, but his motion was defeated, IS
to "a. Final action was not secured
as Hill carried the debate beyond 2
O'Clock. The bill pensioning the
widow of the late Secretary Gresham
at 500 monthly was passed.
Washington, Feb. 27.-After the
senate had disposed of much routine
business, Morrill,, chairman of the
finance committee, Immediately fol-
lowed with distinct surprise in the
tariff bill Morrill, began with brief
statement as to the complications in the
tariff bill. He said it had been ap-
parent for many months that there was
a deficiency in the revenues. During
every month since the present tariff
bill went into effect, there had been a
deficiency. How was it before?''
asked Cockrell. Morrill, Went on to
state that the deficiency up to this time
reached $50, 900, OOO If we went on
at the same rate, the deficiency would
be $50, 900, 900 for the year. 1t was
certainly manifest that congress should
do something to relieve the treasury
and assist in the renewal of business.
Therefore, he moved that the senate
proceed to consideration of the tariff
bill. The roll.call was taken and the
motion was defeated, 30 to 33. 1t was
not unexpected in view of the vote
taken some days ago.
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House,.

Washington, Feb. 25.-The senate
amendments to the military academy
appropriation bill were concurred in by
the house today. The senate bill to
amend section 1894 of the revised
statutes, relative to the power of the
secretary of the treasury to remit or
mitigate fines, penalties or forfeitures,
was passed; also the senate bill relat-
ing to final proof on timber culture en-.
tries Representative Colson intro
duced resolution to investigate the
action of Secretary Carlisle in refusing
to accept the bid of William Graves
for 81, 500, 900 at 115. 1891.
Washington, Feb. 26.-The house to-
day in committee Of the whole, after a
very interesting debate, by vote of
SO to 81, decided that none of the ap-
preparations in the Indian appropria.
ton bill for Indian schools should 60
to the sectarian schools. The only
sectarian schools to which money now
goes are Roman Catholic in denomina-
ton, and the fight today was led by
Linton, Michigan Republican, who
is the most pronounced and openly
avowed A. P. A. member on the floor.
In last years bill the appropriation
was cut down % per cent, with the un-
Outstanding that it should be reduced
20 per cent each year until it ceased.
at the end of five years. The commit
tee on Indian affairs this year resolved
that this appropriation be reduced 20
per cent, but Linton moved an amend
ment that no portion of this appro.
priation should 60 to sectarain schools.
Washington, Feb. 27.-The house
today passed the Indian appropriation
bill, the sixth of the thirteen general
appropriation bills, and sent it to the
senate. The house also passed without
debate the Dingley bill, authorizing
the secreatry of the treasury to take
and kill the Alaskan seal herds, if
modus vivendi cannot be concluded be-
fore the opening If the present season
for the protection of the seals, pending
negotiations for permanent protection
to the herds with the countries inter.
ested. The Van Horne-Tarsney con.
tested election case, from the fifth Mis-
souri, district, occupied the remainder
of the afternoon session.
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Dommissioners' Report.

Washington, Feb. 26.-The Turkish
legation has received from the sultan
copy of the very exhaustive report of
the uprisings in Turkey. made after
investigation by the special commits
sioners of the sultan. Numerous out
breaks were included in the investiga-
tion, but the report indicates that all
of these, without exception, were due
to seditious plots by Armenians, who
thus melted the violent disapproval of
the Turks. Extensive outrages and
massacres are alleged to have been
committed by Armenians in certain
districts of Turkey.
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More Massacres.

Constantinople, Feb. 27.-Reports
have been received here Of fresh mas
sacres at Malatia and seven other
noints in Armenia. The Turkish
government asserts the stories are the
creations of the imagination OF Ar
menian agitaors
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citizens out of boys who, without such
training as they receive, would soon
develop into criminals, to say nothing
about saving the boys themselves from
a life of crime"
Unusual good health prevails at the
school, considering the constitutional
predisposition to disease which great
many of the inmates inherit. Very
few deaths have been reported since
the opening of the institution. DR.. T.
J. Sullivan, of Chehalis, is the physi-
clan in charge Of the school.
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No Intention to Annex Corea.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 26.-It is stated
on good authority that Russia does not
intend to annex Corea, but considers
it duty to guarantee the independ-
ence Of Corea.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-10-08
AN OBJECT LESSON IN SILVER.

Senator Lodge: There is an American
silver dollar; there are two Mexican
dollars. There is mores silver in each
OF them than In the American dollar.
I nought both Of them for that. What
Is the reason? The sole reason is that
u dollar is a limited coinage, backed
by the gold. There is another coin.
That lisa French s franc piece. l paid
IS cents for that. It carries q little
less silver than the American silver
dollar. France and the United states
are both gold standard countries. They
kept In circulation q thousand millions
Of silver, and Mexico and China and
India have not got one dollar Of gold
in circulation. The gold standard
country can keep silver In circulation;
the silver standard country can keep
no gold. This is the example OF every
nation today. Gold all leaves the free
coinage country; gold and silver both
circulate In the gold standard countries.