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The times., 1898-09-18
BACK TO BOOK AND Slate
Tomorrow the Schools Open
and Vacation Ends.
JOY OF THE RAGGED GAMIN
He May Snub and Scorn the studious
Youth as They File Past, Chained
to the Announcements of Learning
An Unusually Large EnroIIment-
Teachers Receive Instructions.

Tomorrow the public schools will open
and $1,000 children will suddenly discover
that life is but sham. A youthful
army of pessimists will lay down the
sunshine of fairy tales and the blossom
of hope and will reluctantly yield to the
persuasion of firm motherly hands which
force the passage into great dismal paths
of servitude leading directly to black
boarded prisons, the barred windows of
which enhance the sounds of distant
German bands and the excitement of un-
seen dog fights on the streets below.
Not all the balm in Gilead will serve
to soothe the aches, the pains, the fevers,
which are to oppress the juvenile popu-
lace of Washington tomorrow morning
when their eyes are opened to the knell
of Get up and get ready for school,
Some unseen sorcerer VIII pass over the
city this night bearing in its hands an
open scroll, whereon are engraved the
names of all those doomed to attend
school on the morrow, and so well, so
surely will his deadly task be fulfilled
that few if any of the bright faces which
| light the households will awake and
escape some fearful malady.
| Now is the despised ragged gamin an
| enved prince, a bloated monarch, whose
will is law. While the gloomy lines of
| saddened forms chained TO book and
slate droop past he of the rags rolls in
| the freedom of the gutter and boots in
| derision.
And if the rising generation were but
| men and women the fate of the school
| would be assured. They would send all
teachers and learned principals far across
! the sea to Bugabooland, and they would
| convert all schoolhouses into dolls houses
| and Wild West arenas But they are not
| men and women, and the very realization
! of the impossible is the more CALLING.
And of what benefit can school be to
the mourning $4,000? What can it profit
| if they are questioned, who discovered
the Philippines?" The $1,000 will reply as
one:
Dewey
And the uselessness of the ancient,
| "What is an island?'' when the answer
must be Cuba" They, the $1,000, know
that there are no longer forty-five States
| in the Union, they are aware that the
| highest mountain is San Juan, and that
| the greatest explorer and discoverer was
Sampson. They can point out Porto Rico
| with their eyes closed, and know how
many regiments compose an army corps.
So let them sleep. Let them believe a
| few hours longer that here as in the dear
old fables there is no pain, no terror, no
school.
Yesterday the teachers of the public
4 schools throughout the District of Co
lumbia assembled in the offices of the su-
pervising principals of the divisions TO
which they had been assigned to receive
their final instructions.
1t has been the custom in the past for
the teachers to assemble in this way, but
this year an innovation was introduced
by having the hours of meeting so ar
ranged that Superintendent Powell could
attend all the meetings and deliver short
addresses.
The times., 1898-09-18

Marchand with his eight Frenchmen,
his 100 Singalese, and an unknown
number of blacks? There is no mistak-
ing the spirit in which the possibility
of Marchand's presence at FashOda has
been received in Paris. 1t is welcomed,
in the words Of Figaro writer, as
putting a damper on the Cape-to-
Cairo imperialist dream of English
Chauvinists." But the present Eng
lish ministry has gone too far along
the Chauvinist line in Africa to turn
back
The Radical journals join today with
the ministerial organs in warning
France that Gen. Kitchener has not
gone up the Nile on a mere pleasure
trip. He has with him 1900 Soudan-
ese, 100 men of the First Battalion of
Camerons, several Maxims, and two
batteries of mountain guns. England,
in a word, means at all cost to control
the Nile Valley.
Lord Salisbury's return to the con-
troll of the foreign office has been the
signal for fresh alarms about British
interests in China. The terribly accu-
rate Pekin correspondent of the Times
is again the alarmist. England has, he
reports, agreed to the onerous condi-
tions imposed by Russia as regards the
Newchwang Railway and the loan for
the railway is to be provided by the
Russo-Chinese Bank, not by the Brit
ish Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank,
while the British and American syndi!
Gates gain railway concessions from
Canton to the British Kow-loon and
Hankow respectively.
"Open Dooru Forsaken.
If, as is most probable, this news
proves correct, it forms the latest evil
dence of the accuracy of the announce
ment made weeks ago in these dis
| patches of Lord Salisbury's practical
! abandonment of the policy of the open
door in favor of the policy of spheres
of influence. England leaves Manchu-
ria to Russia, and Russia recognizes
| English rights over the Yangste Val
ley.
The news also indicates the parallel
lines along which England and Amer
| lea are moving in the Far East.
London still swelters in the heat of
the dog days. Publishers say that they
cannot sell a book while the heat lasts.
saw this morning a list of twenty new
companies waiting for cooler weather
! TO be placed on the market. With a
| temperature Of 81 degrees in the shade,
ously They may be made to do so by
the water-famine, which will soon be
upon all England, if the drought con-
tinues. Ireland is emerald as ever,
but England is parched and yellow all
over the southern counties.
The cry for water has become seri-
Gus, and East London is still the vic
tim of an actual water-famine. Bir-
mingham also is threatened, and all
| through England the municipal bodies
are appealing to the people to use
water sparingly. One outcome of the
famine can hardly fail to be the cessa.
ton of London's dependence upon the
Thames and the monopolistic water
companies, and the creation of a mu-
nicipai supply from the Welsh Noun.
tains.
A Dead Journal.
United Ireland died on Wednesday
The fact that during the past few years
it was under the management of Mr.
The times., 1898-09-18
Esterhau StilI Missing.

Paris, Sept. 17-Grave reports are cur
rent in official circles regarding Gen. Mer-
cier, who was minister of war at the time
of the Dreyfus court-martial, and Gen.
Boisdeffre, formerly chief of the general
staff. It is not believed that serious pro-
ceedings will be taken against them at
present, although it is asserted persist
emily that such proceedings are pending
The disappearance of Major Count Ester
hazy is now giving rise to great anxiety
among leading army officers, who are
fearful of some startling development
tragic or otherwise. There have been
many rumors as to his whereabouts but
the authorities have thus far been unable
to locate him.
The times., 1898-09-18
THE news FROM LONDON
Lord Salisbury'S Return to
Work in the Foreign Office.
HIS HEALTH is RESTORED
BaIfour's Success Ad Interim - An
Important Understanding With
Portugal - Probable Political Ell
fects-Serious Situation at Fasho-
da-Change of Policy in China

London, Sept. 17.-Lord Salisbury has
been made a new man by his cure at
Contrexeville, and, defying all the con-
fdent predictions of his approaching
retirement from one at least Of his Of
fees. has resumed his control Of the
foreign Office and sent Mr. Balfour to
his beloved golf-links at North Ber-
wick.
There is no denying that this appar-
ent reluctance of Lord Salisbury to re-
linouish his hold on the foreign office
is most distasteful to a large section
of his supporters. He is too gelatinous
to please his more aggressive imperial
isl supporters. inside and outside the
cabinet. While Mr. Balfour was in
charge there were at least decision and
sureness OF aim, as witness the Anglo
German agreement and the negotia-
ions with Portugal, which, if half that
is said of them in high diplomatic
quarters is correct, may prove most
momentous international event.
England's new footing in the Soudan
and South Africa generally has made
her keenly anxious to strengthen hep
foothold on the Mediterranean and
along the West African highway to the
Cane Now, with Germany complacent
and Portugal terribly hard up for
money. a deal is quite possible which
would replace England in force on the
Tagus. as in Napoleon's day, give her
a naval-military base there, give her
also a naval station at Cape Verde,
and, by fulfilling her right of pre-emp-
ton over Delagoa Bay, make her i'm
pregnable IN South Africa, leaving
President Kruger high and dry, de-
pendent upon England for access to the
sea eastwards and southwards.
4 Daring Program.
/ do not say, as some here do, that
such a plan already has been COM
pleted with Portugal, but what / have
written certainly indicates the lines
along which the diplomatists of both
countries are looking, under the lead
which Mr. Balfour and Mr.. Chamber
lain have together given, and obvious
", if persisted in by Lord Salisbury
any such Anglo -German-Portu
compact must, by placing England iI
force at Lisbon, cut France in halves
in a naval sense, in Europe. and make
England well-nigh unassailable both il
the Mediterranean and West Africa.
But quite apart from any such An
Portuguese deal, the relations be-
tween England and France may at any
moment be made most critical by new:
from the Soudan. What will happer
should the white men reported in oc.
cupation of Fashoda prove TO be Major
The times., 1898-09-18

in the room Of the supervising principal
of the fifth division. at the Curtis School
building Superintendent Powell said it
was not his purpose 10 give any definite
instructions at this time; they would
come later on. He simply wanted to talk
on the subject OF education, the purpose
Of the public schools, their work, and
more especially the kindergarten He en-
deavOred TO show the Importance Of indi-
vidual teaching and the necessity OF
teaching the child and not the school.
At the conclusion of Superintendent
Powells remarks the supervising prin-
cipal gave his Instructions. This pro-
gram was repeated in all Of the divisions
in the District.
The times., 1898-09-18

Bereson it would not be safe to throw
more away.
AT 27,500 feet 1t was % degrees below
zero. l felt limp and weak, and shivered
and trembled, although l was wrapped in
flannel. All the metallic ballast bag
hooks, the steel tube of compressed oxy-
gen and other metal substances were
coated with ice. The sky was an intense
blue, and the sun SO dazzling that I dared
not look at it. The descent was at ter
rife speed in the upper attitudes. When
the ballast bags were thrown out the
sand scattered in the air and played
around the fittings OF the car. Only when
at an altitude of 10000 feet and in war
mer atmosphere did the balloon begin to
descend steadily and finally alighted
gently in a stubble field
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-16
Crete and the Changed Situation There.

The courageous and urderous Sultan is again face to
with England The between Christians
Turks Greek-Turkish war At the conclusion
powers Europe together with the Sultan
formed government sand-the island
be of the Ottoman empire pay to Sui
such Christian governor appointed by the
sultan and national assembly elected The powers
couldn't governor The Pasha there
who usurped place. held but the
Mohammedans refused That assembly naturally
placed Christians Office effort as tax-col-
hammedans led the They the Englishmen
in Gambia were protected in their
assault by Turkish sodiery
England demanded shape Of an ultimatun
that the ringleaders Of the be Sultan
has responded defiant The case rests there
Hitherto all Cretan rebelons have been uprisngs Of
Christians directed against the regime
View Of the conservatism, mild word Of many Of
the European chiefs Of state been expected
that intervention by the powers in Crete would be
primarily in constituted authorities The policies
Of the adnira acting instructions have been con-
esent point, divergent they may have been
in other respect namely refusing to treat with
insurgents in The Cretan revoluonist were in
formed that the condition precedent any consideration Of
their grievances their assistance from nsurrec-
and only heretofore fred in Crete by the
combined nayes Europe were leveled at reberious
Cretan Christians In pending eruption roles have
been reversed The Mohammedans rebels and the
government assaulted Christian national as
smby Of Crete irnposbl even for Russia to
take sides with created in part by herself
Moreover the action favor Of the right
in Crete viii be much stimulated by the consideration
the victims Of the Mossm eme;e Gambia British
-@1Ts. The sultan probably discover he cannot
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-16
New York CITY Diseraces the Nation.

The public schools of New York opened the other day.
about children for want Of room
borough That is the old city of
New York before the consolidation with Brooklyn
and other adjoining municipalities.
Great rich and splendid New York is in many things
almost city United States would be shocked
its public system inadequate that large
percentage seeking admission could not find
buildings provided II would
felt municipality failing its highest duties
nothing offset lack Of for children seek
ing the training the public schools In this the view of
entirely correct
disgraces country when it fails provide
which give all, rich and
poor alike, aims of American de-
velopment defeated and the future of the
public by peril ignorant citizenship. The
great prominence city makes its failure the
Injurious only locally but throughout the land
Social discomfort by crimes, which
poor of the popula
altogether evil the that New
wealth and for the prodigal
expenditures of municipal such objects
the Harlem Speedway, public track provided for
horses the of o0O
ofense committed against sound morals and
public policy
There are many reasons why it is natural New
American cities and in the country at large.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-16
The Nonsense of Aguinaldo.

Complicated situation in the Philippines Is TINS
country will see to injustice is done any one and
will straghten the whole tangle in short order
Agunado band of insurgents had long combat
ted the Standards without success country declared
war on Spain In of that it destroyed the
spanish feet and dominated Manila This done without
material help from insurgents We acted independently
Of rhe insurgents We accomplished what did by the
ability of might We put the insurgents down by the
same ability Our troops Manila the principal
city, the capital of the islands
So far as mere question Of taking the Islands is con-
cened we may do it. outside Of retaining Luzon there
is inclination to do
Rather our inclination recognize the efforts of any
people struggling This nation would rather see
the Philippines a Hubic than under Spanish rule
But we did not GO to of freeing the
biippines They lie sphere. AS conqueror
we could return them gratuousy Spain give them to
the Insurgents But do Spain and the lsurg
ens under the npudent Agunado should understand that
the Philippines today wherever they are given We
and no one else, give them
1t is our business possession If possession
is disputed quiet by ordering Dewey to quiet the
disputants.
Once in possession we will free hand in the dspo-
sition Of territory.
The insurgents they act decenty and submssvey
NAV come into possession of the But they
possession only through They can OBJ
tain the islands by present snarng ungraefu child
ish fault finding and pettshness.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-16
Outlines of Oklahoma.

There are go children attending school
in Guthrie.
Woodward is aspiring to beat Alva out
as an educational center.
The first carof cotton In round bales
has been loaded at Shawnee.
Cloud Chief hadanother jail break the
other day. the sixth one in year.
Ten thousand dollars was paid to the
officers and men al Fort Reno the other
day.
Joe Sandleback OF uGtnrie viii put gro
Gerry delivery horseless wagon on the
streets.
The Rough Riders get transportation
from New York 10 the place OF their en-
listment
John Dillon. an Irishman working on the
Sapulpa railroad. has written piece of
poetry about Dewey.
The boys at Fort Reno and their officers
expect to go to Lexington. all reports TO
the contrary notwithstanding.
The way the Canadian Republican puts
it: IF Flynn is elected statehood is a
probability; free homes possibility
Professor Jean Paul de Chevenet is now
| in charge of the musiciaal department OF
the Territorial university at Norman
William Delesdernier, one of Gods no.
blemen, has been nominated for county
treasurer by the Republicans Of Washita
| county.
Samuel Potter, an old soldier and G. A
r. Of Kingisher, says he has quit attend
ing reunions because such bitter Repub-
lican speeches are made there.
The shoe firm of Parry & Reynolds of
Arkansas City. q store well-known TO Ok
lahoma people, has been taken under a
chattel mortgage held by Mrs. Parry.
VIII F. Hagan. a man charged with
coUnterfeiting. escaped from a deputy
marshal at the Guthrie depot night before
last. The deputy was taking him TO Nor
man for trial.
Governor aBrnes has issued pardon to
Charles Yess, confined in the Pawnee
county Jail for assault. The petition was
signed by large number of citizens of
that county.
The Woodward Bulletin believes it has
discovered that Keaton's nomination was
dictated by the leading Democrats of Mis-
souri, who are DESTROYS of running Okla
homa politics. All. there, Arkansawi
Out at Cloud Chief citizen wanted to
get into apoker game. He wasn't admit
ted to the room, so he kicked down the
door. The game ended and the players
licked him. Then the sheriff put him in
Jail for disturbing the peace
Guthrie CAPITAL: w. ]. Ryan, of Iowa
township, shipped four bushels Of Conu-
copia to Atlanta, Ga, and received $40
bushel This is the biggest price ever re-
ceived for corn in the United States. 1t
will cost the planter S13 bushel, includ-
ing express. This is the new five-eared
corn.
Pawnee Times-Democrat: Pat cry, the
7-year-old grandson of Ed. Perrine, who
lives west of Usage City, met with an ac-
cident last Friday which resulted in his
death thefollowing day. The little fell
low was riding horse when its feet be-
came entangled in some barb wire. The
morse rearer on its hind feet to get loose
from the wire and fell over backward, the
pommel of the saddle striking the boy in
the chest, causing internal injuries which
resulted in his death,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-16
4a1ly Ea9le
VI VI MURDOCH. Editor.
For Humanity, Not For Politicians

about time the Cubans came to their senses Inc
people country tre of being placed on
plane Spaniards We freed Cuba, and Cuba sha
freedom The desire for annexation was never more
than good-natured speculation.
But now these Cubans long antagonstc the spanards
and suspicious Of all instead Of pouring out
heartfelt expressions gratitude their deverer begin TO
eweat and fret nightmare that the United states
means to keep them Gomez, who sneaked PACK
among and did lift his hand to help our army
has resigned place because the Cuban army was pe
under the command of generals
This is indeed beautiful spectacle in man who claims
70 be the incarnation o freedom.
We did not free Cuba General Gomez or for General
Capo or for General We did not declare war Tor
the purpose bringing political emoument TO the Pocs
Of the haIf-mitary half potical scheners who oush-
vhaced retreated bushwhacked and called their TO"
war We freed Cuba for the nameess suffering reconcen-
trado for the starving and starving children
ours was a war humanity, not for politicians
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-16
The Case of hrs. Botkin, the Suspect.

convinced themselves that Mrs Bot
murderess. Mrs. Dunning and friend opened a
box candy Delaware, mailed in San Francisco
the gift They ate of the poisoned
candy died. Later it discovered that Mr..
Mrs Botkin.
Working this theory, the detectives hired experts in
handwriting they Identified the note Mrs.
Botkin's work.
The case rests there Mrs Botkn may not be guilty at
Dunning and the identification of
the handwriting exceedingly fmsy evidence will certainly
convict her.
Her case suggests the hapess plight Of innocent per-
SON Previous decency place, seriously
against a suspected The suspicion
ling The newspapers satisfy the appetite of the public,
protestaon innocence are very similar
person suspected protests prom
newspapers make his The having be
prominent officers the the sheris detect
and finally the prosecuting attorney have great,
aching, hungy desire 10 make record Everybody is
watching the case; their connection gives them
honeyed notorety Conviction quite caps
Of ALL particularly the prosecuting attorney
who has lived deceny and OF the suspect
lived 6ecentIy, has to
which hardened criminal never does
meet Eventually should Re be acquitted the sting
its effects his after life, equal
effects Of conviction.
Mrs. Botkn may be guilty: and she may not But
there apparent on the part
the prosecution
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-16
Personal Service in Divorce Suits.

There little probability forty-fve of the
Union agreeng uniform divorce laws and it is not
likely federal will
interfere purely domestic 1t seems though
understanding could be reached, however
by the makers Of several cardinal
points, SUCH example permitting service by publ
This constitutes Of the most
prolific divorce laws The person in
of divorce decree to of the states
Union, particularly the new-made
his her through the advertising columns of some
local and such for service 1t
ulfs the spirit of the law than would legal
whispered totally deaf the intention
the advertiser of his her that the absent wife
husband shall the announcement 1t is palpabe
fraud and every that permits such service becomes
accessory The every should require
personal service that there be defense if
defendant Moreover it is believed the
could be brought agree reasonable time
residence before the plaintiff claim residence few
days few weeks boarding at hotel should be
constitute a any Agitation
this question if persisted in by and periodicals nu
ought result in such uniformity laws would
make possible for the innocent escape Of the
suffering which the present conditions necessarily entail
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-16
SMALLEST Monarch in the World

Probably the smallest monarch In the
world reicns over the Hindoo Vassal
State Of Bhopal, and governs people o.
more than a million souls. 1hls dwarf IS
a woman, DGhan-Begun oy name o1-
although she Is about Fifty years 90. 50.
does not appear larger man c'-.a q
,a7 Ee- diu,iuu,ive size does not pre-
Yer, re- however. from holding the reins
~ government with firm hand. and II
Isr realm o,,iet and order are supreme
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-16
..rsp,ren,ionaIIy Good. :

From Fort Scots Monitor
Although the election IS e-gnt weeks
away the wichita Eagle : speaA11g .
double column tones on Us eG4'o''Ai p@t~ =
The "a gle has always rNn go
,o-taI 7szs I'D u is exceptionally gooc
s-fS wear
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-16
COunterfeiting In japan.

report the Indian be reopened for
the coinage OF sver based upon very remarkable
by Hindoo hnancer tina; owing
shortness coinage India wholesale Illegal
coinage rupees soins coin being per-
fecty experts detect them with difficulty.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-16

The average number a horses kiileo n
Spanish bull nghts eFeTy year szeeels
saoa. while from I.seo TO 10 buns ere
sacrificed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-16

permit, direct a two English
with the impunity with which he caused as
many thousand Arnenians ITO be put to death
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-16

Agunaldo is talking big about what he can do as
Congressman Linton Of Michigan did before Mckinley
nominated for president.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-16

Mr.. Wharton Barker middle-ofthe-road candidate
president has only danger The sayathone may
beat