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The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18
SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION.
Forward Movement Significant Of the Ten
denotes nf Catholic Institutions.

From the Chicago Times Herald.
The plea for a wider range of study in
the sciences made by the representatives
of the Roman Catholic colleges now il
session in this city is significant of the
modern trend Of educational ideas that
is demanding the gradual readjuslment
of college and school curricula to NEE:
the scientific tendencies Of the times.
1t is no disparagement to Catholic in
situations Of learning 10 say that they
have been most reluctant to make their
courses of instruction conform TO the
popular demand for utiitarian studies.
A certain scholastic conservatism has
been the pride of Catholic schools and
universities. Their blending of religious
instruction with the pursuit Of classical
studies has necessarily made them more
invulneTable 10 the practical spirit of the
age. Their educational ideals are high.
They have an exalted conception Of the
dignity and power of learning, and they
place great value upon religion as an es-
sential to education.
That this conservatism is showing signs
of giving way TO the spirit of scientific
inquiry and eXperime ltation is therefore
calculated TO attract wide attention
among educators. Laboratories and other
scientific equipment for investigation are
being constructed by the Catholic uni
versities, and full scientific courses have
been provided. The demand of the time
is for education Of this sort rather than
research among the dead languages In
yielding 10 Il, however, there is no dis
position to depreciate the educational
value of the classics, neither VIII the
Catholics reiinquish their efforts 20 sur
round every institution with distinctly
religious atmosphere.
The Catholic educators are simply get
ting abreast Of the times. This is an age
Of wonderful production in labor-savinS
cOntrivances and other. devices for con-
trfbuting 10 mans needs and pleasures.
the invention Of which involves more or
less scientific knowledge. The Catholic
colleges have come 10 appreciate the ne
cesslty for giving the youth OF Catholic
families the benefit OF the best thought
| in these lines. Il is a forward movement
and is significant OF the progressive ter
denotes Of the modern Catholic institu-
| lions Of learning.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18
MuTmurs from Havana.

Disorder and violence in Havana are
50 common that We hear OF II through
the newspapers and press dispatches
more by suggestion than by actual state
menL Persons who We're never there dur
ing Spanish occupation, and who believed
the ridiculous falsehoods they heard
through the medium OF yellow journal
ism. are naturally disposed to think that
the conditions they are now made ac
quainted with represent great improve
mcut on the conditions OF the past. We
give here a specimen OF the sugge -tlons
referred to-a perfectly ingenious ana
innocent paragraph from the Havana
Times evidently published without in
tentiun and merely as 4 matter Of IA
miiiUr. every day occurrence:
"The Eighth Infantry band furnished
the music 10 Plaza last evening A guard
or tWtNiy-seFen soldiers was on dufV
owing 60 the recent collisions between
The police and the soldiers. ~ the time
uf the last disturbance in the Plaza lie
guard consisted OF only 4 Corpora and
three men, and a Captain OF the Eighth
Regiment who was In the Plaza al tho
time. deemed il advisable 10 hasten 90 b :
regime Itt anu return Win ldlI "A CDm.a ny
20 meet any emergency that might ans.
20 the excited state OF affairs"
We need only explain 10 our readers
that the Plaza in Havana is 10 that can't
tai what Lafayette Square is 70 this. l.
fronts the Palace del Gobierno. which
corresponds 10 the Executive Mansion
here, and is perhaps the most central and
the most conspicuous spot IN the whole
city. measured by the same standard
Imagine. then. the conditions indicated
by the innocent remark that when the
Eighth Infantry band went 10 the Plaza
10 make music Il was thought necessary
20 send Jwenty-seveH soldiers there "a
keep the peace, Previously there were
only a Corporal and three men. and the
result was d conflict. Captain who
happened 10 De present thought II nee
esEaTy 90 return 10 his regiment and
hasten back with half a company 10 meet
the threatened crisis, We ask those Whe
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

were familiar with conditions in Havana
eighteen months ago 10 consider This re-
ularkable but naive statement o. the case
In those days the streets were safe
There was no such thing as a riot Any
ore could walk down Obispo or O'Reilly
street at any hour OF the night AMI re-
turn 20 the Prado al his convenience. and
the thought Of violence or disorder never
entered his mind Havana has its slums.
q course. Even holy Boston and eul-
tured New York are gifted In that way
But We venture to say that no part Of
Havana was then as dangerous or as
criminal as a dozen localities We might
name IN Washington. II would be inter
esting 10 know why and how this ex-
traordinary change has come over the
Cuban capital Has the population grown
more vicious or have our officials FUN
bled the situation? Certain II - mat
men are killed now every night; that the
police club and shoot peOple-always
Americans by preference-on the very
smallest provocat ton; that Gen. Brooke's
Judges throw men into prison and hold
them incommunicado under the most
trivial charges; that riots and collisions
are Of daily occurrence, and that, even
IN the Plaza. a strong guard must be
sent 10 protect United States bands or
dered there to make music for the popu-
lace.
The question is whether Havana Is I'M
proving under our OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
er public order is better assured and lie
is more securely protected. Decidedly.
we should say. with the Information at
our disposal, Havana was better place
for law-abIding citizens eighteen months
ago than IL is at this moment. There
seems no room for doubt on that point,
ANYHOW
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

Labor has q similar object. But who
cries cut against such Combinations
who questions the rights Of individuals
to combine IN local and national unions,
and for the latter, representing al trades
and industries, 10 combine In naliOpai
or international federati0ng
There is one great trust that has been
proposed and attempted. but has failed
20 effect compact organization We re-
fer to the cotton planters. who persist IN
raising a surplus of that staple and ihCs
keeping the price down far below a prop
eriy remunerative rate. It would be bet
ter for the South and for al the people
OF the United States II the producers O.
cotton would organize a successful con
splracy to put money in their pockets by
raising less OF cotton and more OF corn.
hog. and other food staples. Such j trust
would. by its inevitable operations, speed
ny put an end to the cheap money de-
fusion that has its stronghold in the cot
fnu bSlf
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18
WILL EsCHEW DISARMAMENT.
American Delegates TO Abstain from Dis
cussing European Question.

Berlin. April l7.-AlthOugh the United
States Ambassador here, Aair-" J..
White. has not received formal iHstru--
lions on the subject. the officials ~ The
embassy suppose the American CJmm.--
sion which Will repTeSrut the Ju.t~i
States az The Hague peace conference WI.
carefully abstain from mixing Ia purely
European questions. but viii take au earn
est part IN the discussion OF the agpt.a-
ton Of arbitration and improvement .1
the Geneva rules for the protection W
field hospitals. and that they W!u urge fra
principles the United States advance .f
the Paris conference Of lss coupling
undnimity as 10 bslllgersuL non. al.r4-
band property seizure on the high seas
with pledge 20 abstain from pT..1lr.E Be-
lhs This the powers then refused o.
adopt, bat they may now b. willing ~
consider H.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18
BID FOR THE HAVANA DOCK.
The Government To Make Another Effort
to Obtain 1t by Purchase.

The Navy Department probably Will bid
on the steel floating dock AT Havana. II o.
Is put on sale at auction by the SUtnish
authorities. After the ownership u the
dock was conceded 10 the Spanish gov
eminent, on the ground that IL Was q
movable effect. the authorities here offer
ed s2l5.JJ0 for II. The offer has not been
accepted. ana the report that the dock
would be auctiOned is taken as a rejection
OF the $4,000 proposition
The need OF the dock - somewhat OFFSET
BY the recent government purchase % a
small floating dock al New York. capable
Of docking a 2.j0O-tOn vessel. and also Jy
the building VI "a large dock Jt Aigers.
near New Orleans. The small i0ck row
al New York viii b. tOWed 10 Pensacola
az an early day, 50 that with the Alg-ls
dock The Navy Department Will nave ts.J
docks available Oh the Gulf.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18
Little Too Previous.

From Answers.
Chairman lat coneertl-Ladies and gen
tlemen. Miss Discordant will now sing
only once More"
Sarcastic CTitic-Thsnk heaven for that,
Chairman coming forward againI-L.a-
dies and gentlemen, instead OF singing
"Only once More" Miss DiscOrdsnt will
sing Forever and Ever"
Couapse OF s. c.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

81 Petersburg. April l7-Au5tars are
batch q students ttsonging 90 thr Ire--
biological Institute sere expelled sssfrF-
day. and were conducted 10 the fa4.to1i
station IN body b a detachment ~ 20
lice. Other students. Including many 40
men, engaged iu an orderly denomination
% the Sewsky- prospekt hut oere SOP.
ped b. detachmsnts OF foot and mglnis1
police. 10 made several arrests
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18
President sIgnInz the Protocol.

Theobsld chartrsn, the French portal.
painter who i engaged upon a painting
representing the signing Of the spanish.
American protocol. = IN the clty. and
yesterday President Mckinley gave him
his Irst sitting. Those who will figure
In the painting are the President. JuIss
CambOn. the French AmbassadOr. ek-
Secretary Day. Eugene Th!sbaut 60
Rotary OF the French Embassy and
Messrs. Moore CridleT. and Ades. OF N
state Department.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18
KPlInG GOES TO LAKEWOOD.
After Resting There Awhile lie viii Pro.
eeed TO Vermont.

New York. April T.-RuJyard Rlpllns
left his hotel to-day and went 10 Lake
wood. y J. He was accompanied BY his
wife and three servants. His children
left earlier IN the day for the same place.
II Is expected that after the author fas
rested for a week or ten days IN Lake
wood ne will 60 10 BrattlebOr0. u H
has improved well. but Is not very strOag
-
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18
A. Home TO STAY.

Where erznts from sAaksa nagkiaH fsl
he ssarross cone. bst. short tasiF sfsy.
Plek - tAslF asszslE. an1 assg
70 shs.teflas !sy - he SzlL
Where eiilss sgFsa1 tAsir tales vide
lz rzsk tie nsrziAs tidss q sea
Ezi evening sees then 81 aEsia
Hone waited AZ tssir esaAtEy Size.
Ana STAT IL ssFth. Gear Aszrs q love
But ons Gays exile from ~ toll'
Ana Wilt tsee tran tAY tGzG Fecosi.
g. ns.g - bssssA 2s- hsrs slosss
ADDIsoS BALLARD
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18
POSTAL CLERKS CLAIMS INVALID.
Not Entitled to Extra Paw for Services
Performed In Higher Grade.

The Court OF Claims has just decided
the case OF Belcher vs. the United States
which is regarded by the Department Of
Justice as Of great importance 10 the
government. In 1859 Congress passed an
act for the classification Of clerks IN all
first and second class post-ofiices IN the
country. The design Of the law was TO
fix definite salaries for specified work
the position OF each postal employe 10 be
certainly defined. The decision Of the
Court Of Claims IS that clerk must ac-
cept the salary appertaluing % his posi-
ton on the roster OF the Office, and that
he IS not entitled 10 extra salary Tor
work done IN higher-salaried grade.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18
caba, Planter. state Th.,rc....

The Cuban delegation. representing thu
planters and others interested IN hsyiBe
the time Tor the payments Of moYtzax-s
extended. presented their views 10 dlf-
fereni Cabinet officers yesterday. Secretary
AIger says that he l. preparing an or6.-
20 cover the action Of the adrnInfsfratt,,..
10 allowing an extension OF ons ves-
which wHi be submitted 70 the Cabis+;
meeting iO-moyrVW
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18
No Cat,nth. Pa, ef,b.r,.,.

The payment o. the . per cent e.tr.
pay 10 the Amsrle@n troops in the PhllI,,-
pines has been extended 10 include -
our soldiers now IN service. and viii con-
tinue until hosiiliglss IN the Phiilvp!Bs.
cease. The troops IN the Phnippines bofs
officers sad nsa, viii BIZ given the ia.
mSn;hs' extra pay whSn mustered out.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18
BstLAsY STORER PERSONA GRATA.
New American Minister at Had.Id Ac-
csptabis to- spain.

The French Ambassador n. CANTON.
called on Secretary Hay ysslerIag ami
officially advised him. iH behalf " Spain.
that the Duke D'ArcGs had been chosen
as spanish Minister at Wash.gToa. The
Ambassador also made known that Tho
spanish government haI iHt1Tm-t l.u
that Sir. Beilamy Sforer would br prrrgH-
gTata a. United States Minister a. Ea-f.t
ine Secretary ana the AMbzzEa DOR Ir.i-
taie1 each other on the agreeable -iy.--
useilc relations which would br soon f~-
established between the United states ana
Spain. The tine % Duke D'Afe1s a.
rival here has not yet been SET
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

The last contracts FOR general fnrasnfe
for the new city pozi-ofiice were lsl yes
Jerday. While some special furniture .
set 10 be secured. supvriut-nl -li Hi..'.
% the Treasury Department ;hllSs ms.
this neS contract Mill nearly eSsAs-e'
tbs Job.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18
The Prophetof FsssimIsm.

Fr1n TIE - Louis Globs-Dgm0crzi
Carl SChurz has been making another
pessimistic speech against expansion. Ii
Is unnecessary 10 say more OF Mr..
SchuTz's judgment than that he ranks
Cleveland with the great statesmen OF
the century.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18
ALTO senator Edmuads.

From lie B0stoa Herald
Mr. Edmunds is sojourning towa South
for his health He is just as ardent Tor
anti-expznsio1 as ever, showing that
Senator Hosr's description OF him as al
WAYS contrary-mindod still holds good
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

Prom The R-osklyn Eagle

From the Brooklyn Eagle
Iammany, according 20 the Buffalo TX
Less, lis quick to see public opinion. p"
Well, II public opinion should OCCASION
ally see" Tammany. IL might b. put
through at Albany BY telephone from New
Work
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

a French physician declares that a
microbe is responsible for badness. but
he fails TO explain why it is that all the
victims of this particular microbe insist
on sitting in the front rows at the vaudc-
vile shows
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18
Senator Bills. Misfortune.

Ffor the Kansas city Journal
The worrying thlng about this new ga
moan trouble l. the fact that Il comes az
a time when Senator Billy Mason IS 10,
in session.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

Gov. Johnson is striving hard TO head
off the constitutional convention called
by the Alabama Legislature. Gov John
son is kept quite busy bombarding the
political party to which he happens to be
attached
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

The National Constitutional Cromwellian
Union League appears to be neglecting its
Presidential candidate. There Is no.
tieeable absence of the fuss and feathers
so necessary in campaign work.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

Mr.. Dave Hill is not an ardent admirer
Of Mr.. Tom Plat. but al the same time he
admits that the latter-named gentleman
can put up some very entertaining investi-
eating committees
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

Secretary Ayers ignorance OF his own
intention 10 resign is but another HEX
in the chain of incompetence which the
able critics have forged about the War
Department
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

The New York Tribune declares that
the testimony of discharged employees IS
reliable under certain circumstances. The
case Of Hon. Whitelaw Red Is more seri-
Gus than We imagined.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

We infer from the remarks of Hon. Oil
Yer Hazard Perry Belmont that, no mat
ter how bitter they make the dose next
year, he will gulp it down in order to
get even with some other fellow.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

We trust cur representatives at the
peace conference will not neglect TO call
attention TO the superior battle-ships We
build. and incidentally mention the ex-
cellent craftsmanship of our gunners.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

When three separate dinners are neces-
sary in order that the leaders of politi-
cal party may express their views, the
opponents Of such badly shattered con-
Germ need not lay awake at night.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

And now comes the statement that JEFF
ferson was extravagaaJ in his dress and
food, and, owing 10 throat trouble, he
could not crate just little bit Can the
simplicity theory stand many more pune
lures?
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

Hon. Charles a. Towne regards himself
as enough of a switch engine to sidetrack
all the Democratic leaders who make so
bold as to indulge in a little main line
thinking.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

The wicked Chicago editors are COM
menting on AR. Paris Exposition Com
missioner Pcck's frequent transatlantic
voyages. OF course, they are too deeply
prejudiced 10 give Mr.. Peck credit for the
postage he is saving the government
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18
C.inoiaenrr.

Prom the 81 Louis Globe Democrat.
Mayor Harrison stands on silver the
same as he stood il lsss. so does III
nSls.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

There are quite a number of English
statesmen who are inclined to look upon
the Samoan trouble as one of those Made
in Germany" affairs.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

II is evidently the purpose of Mr.. Bryan
to utiliZn the financial question for Keep
ing the goldbugs out of the party and
the anti-expansion boyle for his cam
paign cry.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18
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The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

The late Justin Smith Morrill, lived al
most ninety years, the first half of which
were spent in comparative obscurity. The
fact that he died famous ought to make
a great IMPRESSION on the boy orators.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

Mr. German has probably determined
to keep quiet until Mrs. Lease experiences
another change of mind on the Presiden-
tial question.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

We fancy George Dewey will be bit
surprised when he reads the proceedings
of the last Jefferson dinners and ascer-
;ains that he is experimenting a job OF
bullying
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

Gen. Skaters illness compelled him to
get off the train at Buffalo. and We may
expect a revision Of the lines Of a certain
music hall song.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

Dewey says politics Is largely a matter
Of geography. II viii be recalled that the
late Gen. Hancock was roundly berated
for making q similar remark concerning
the tariff
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

We are assured that the members OF the
Washington baseball team are quick on
their feet. So is AguinaldO.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

Now that the new rules have been pro-
mulgated, the candidates for readmIssiOn
10 the Democratic Party should deposit
their fee with Coin Harvey and step into
Prof. Charles A. Towne's private exam
ination Office.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

A member Of the Missouri Legislature
kicked a cartoonist down stairs the other
day. This is much more manly than leg
islating against them.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

The case Of Dom Paul Kruger but goes
10 show that Two gallons of beer per day
will produce considerable optimism
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

That Michigan poet who makes Admiral
Kautz rhyme with Thomas Cats will do
wall to keep out of range of the boot
Jacks.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

The Cleveland Leader is surprised be-
cause Postmaster General Smith spoke OF
the descendants Of Washington and his
cOmpeers" in his Chicago speech. Perhaps
Mr. Smith was merely tying to catch Up
with the gentleman who related that
beautiful and touching story Of Bachelor
John Tyler's grandchildren.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

The undertaken who testified that the
beef was bad may have presumed some
what on his knowledge Of the embalming
process.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

1t appears that Hon. Bourke Cochran
began 10 tower above the methods of
Tammany Hall about the same time he
discovered that Hon. Edward Murphy, jr.,
was slated for the United States Senate.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

There is nothing particularly novel in
Mr.. Bryan's new bully" song.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

The gentleman who threatened 10 dy-
Mantle the Jefferson dinners Numbered too
voraciously in his advance notices
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

Mr.. Quay's lawyers realize by this time
that they will have to contend with a
rather informal system OF bookkeeping.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

Uncle Sam should demand a turnstile
count Of the Cuban army.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

II looks is II the Samoan situation
might line out more George Washingtous
than Mr.. Hear can conveniently field
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

Mr. Croker is now in a position 10 write
a book on Some Lawyers ! Have Cross
examined"
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-18

II is believed that Hon. oliver Hazard
Perry Belmont Will be more Of an angel