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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-29
OFFICERS
ELECTED
The State Teachers AssoCi-
ton Completes Its
Work.
FINAL ADJOURNMEN-I HAD
After the Most SuCCe. sful Meeting
In the History Of the AsscCia
tion-Thc Teachers Cannot Say
Too Much In Praise OF EI pdso.

The officers elected for the ensuing
year by the Teachers association are as
follows:
President. A F Comegys; FIRST vice
president, A w Orr. of Omer; second
vice president, A NJ W Smith. of Cam.
den: fourth vice president, Joseph
Morgan, of Dallas; fsh vice president.
v M Fulton, Clsve.and; treasurer, B
Dodson.
The convention was opened with an
Invocation by Supt. Irving, and the
first paper to be read was that of Mise
Bartholomew, whose subject was,
1.-THE relative Influence of men and
women as teachers in the public
school," Professor Frost was then
appointed by the caair to take the
place of the seer etary.
The rural section of the convention
which had been crowded out was then
take up. A resolution of sympathy to
Prof. L. A. johnson on his continued
illness, which prevented his attending
the meeting, was submitted.
Q E Arbuckle then read paper on
tie supervision of county schools,
which was discussed by j E Rogers,
S P Brooks, Miss Clara Bartholomew,
and President Irving.
j E Garrison OF Laredo read q
paper on "Liserstlre il the Public
Schools" which was discussed by N.
Il. Phillips and T. J. Pastillc.
The election of Officers of the rural
section was then taken up. Professor
Conyer of Waco, snd F A Bessire
were elected president and secretary
respectively.
The work of the primary and kinder
garten was taken up, Miss Mae Wood
ward, OF Decstur, reading an interest
ing paper on The Educational PIob-
iem.'
Reports of committee being called
for the committee on resolutions made
its report. The resolution of sympathy
to DR.. johnson on account of his illness
was passed, as were the others which
follow:
The res olntion Of Prof. Hogg rela-
t.ve'to having the railroads collect the
extra dollar during conventions
The resolution endorsing the admin
tstration of Professor Kendall.
Resolutions expressing thanks to the
different railroads for their service
during the convention.
Resolutions upon the sympathetic
feelings which exist between Texas
and the Gdjoining states and territories
as well as the republic of Mexico.
! Consul Mallen wss thanked for the
chihuahua baud. President Diaz was
also thanked for the band.
The citizens of this city were thank.
ed for the treatment accorded the
visitors during the convention.
These resolutions were sill passed u1-
animously. The other committees had
nothing to report
The election of eff GERS was next dis.
posed of.
A number of the visiting teachers
made talks to the effect that they had
been better treated while in this city
that ever before. and that as long as
they lived they would have pleasant re-
collections of she place and wish to re-
turn.
The convention ad journed this after
noon sine die.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-29
No News From Them, Al
though Some Dispatches
Say They are Safe
VAGUE INFORMATION
Is Still All The World Has
Of Doings at Pekin, and
Nobody Understands
Why

WASHINGTON, June 29.-The follow
Ing cablegram " as received atthe navy
department this morning from Admir-
al Kempff:
"OHEE Foo, June 29.-Secretary Of
the Navy: The Pekin relief expedi
tion is now in Tiep Tsin with 200 sick
and wounded. The foreign ministers
and Pekfn party are not with them. No
news from them.
(Sfgned) "KEMPFF.
WASHINGTON, June 29.-The mes
sage from Kempff was received this
morning just before the cabinet meet-
ing. where i, formed the basis of dis
cussiop. 1t discredits Minister WI
and the six great viceroys OF China IS
sources of reliable information.
BRITISH SUSPENSE.
LONDON, June 29.-The relief CT Ad-
miral Seymour is the only news from
China that can be relied upon as fact
The rest is q mystery, deepened by
the discrepancies even in official dis
patches relating to the fate of the min
listers. 1t is 10. even certain now that
the latter have left Pekin at all, sev-
ersl reports having located them there
as late as June 25.
On the other hand q dispatch from
Berlin today says the German foreign
office reiterat.s it's belief iu tho cor
rectuess of Admiral Bsndemann's re-
port that the ministers are safe at Tien
Tsin. If the ministers are safe, the
news cannot be long delayed, a. COM
munication between Ten Tsin and Ia
ku has been restored.
Meanwhile force Of from 4, 900 to TO-,
600 is marching on Pekin and should
before long open communication with
the capital, unless the Boxers are in
such numbers as TO make even this
contingent but drop in tae BUCKET to
what the powers Will need 10 force the
passage.
CONFLICTING REPORTS.
SHANGHAI, June 29.-Conhicting re-
ports ara current today regarding the
position of foreign ministers. These
come mainly :from Chiaese officia..sour
ces, but IS these officials tell different
stories to every conner, it is impossible
TO get at the truth.
Allsagres On oae point, tha. the
ministers are safe, but just where they
are located it is impossible to ascertain
from the stories told here.
THE GERMAN FIGHTERS.
BERLIN, June 29.-Vice Admiral
Bendemann cables the German gov
ernment tn at detachment of German
sailors fought eight continuou, hours
before they forced an entrance to Tien
Tsin. Lieut.. Friedrich an6 tea men of
the German contingent are killed and
20 wounded.
FRENCH TROOPS FOR CHINA
PARIS, June pa French second
class cruiser departed to-day for Chi
nese waters with instructions to make
the trip az speedily as possible. She
goes directly to Taku. Two thousand
French troops, including two batteries
of artillery are due at Taku today.
CHINESE MILITIA CALLED OUT
LONDON, June ga dispatch to the
news agency from Bongkong says
the viceroy of Kwang province has
called out Chinese militia to protect
foreigners.
A WORLD CRISIS.
LONDON, June 29.-At banquet
Lord Wolseley declared that the pre-
sent outlook was not agreeable to the
world generally, and that not since the
downfall of Napoleon have SO many
clouds hung over Great Britain
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-29
WORLDS STUDENTS
In Conference Al Northf:eId.

EAST NORTHFIELD, Mass., June 20.
The fifteenth annual student con-
ference began here today with the
worlds student conference. Many
prominent Christian workers are to
address the conference.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-29
AFFIRMED
Case OF Wellington VS.. 6. H. And s.
A. From Fl sPdso.

Special Dispatch to the HEhALD.
SAN ANTONIO, June 29.-The court
of appeals today affirmed the judgment
in the case of w. G. Wellington ver-
sus the G. H.-& S. A. railroad from Ell
Paso.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-29
DECLARED OFF
'Jeffries Won't Fight Sharkey

Now.
NEW YORK, June 29.-The match
between Jeffries and Sharkey, schedu-
led for the latter part OF August, has
been declared off. When the match
was made 1t was agreed that should
either man be defeated the other could
call the contest off.
Rubin defeated the sailor and JEFF
fries called everything off.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-29
.SULZER VISITS BRYAN
And There is a Good Deal Of
Figuring as to What The
Convention
Will Do

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 29.-Chas.
| A. Towne of Minnesota, chairman of
the national committee of the silver
republican party, and nominee of the
popuist party for vice president. will
arrive here tomorrow. A meeting CT
; the committee will be held on Tuesday,
when al arrangements will be compile
ted for the convention which will open
on Wednesday.
There will be 1900 delegates to th
| silver republican convention, repre-
senting twenty-five or more states.
The first work of the convention viii
probably be to appoint committee to
confer with like committee from the
democratic convention on the vice.
presidential question.
1t has been practically decided that
Senator 81. M. Teller of Colorado will
be temporary chairman. Judge L. w.
Brown Of Wauseon, Ohio, will proba
bly, be permanent chairman. and Rev
DR.. Bigelow, of Cincinnati, will Off
oiste as chaplain.
|. CROKER WON'T VISIT BRYAN.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 29,-It Is
now claimed tnas Croker will not visit
Bryan at Lincoln on his way to Kansas
City. The Tammany dictator. accord
Ing to the latest program, will arrive
here In private car Sunday morning
accompanied by ex-senator Murphy
and several other Tammsny leaders.
John T. Shea and al other party of
Tammanyites willarrive Sunday night.
The bo1y of braves will not arrive
until Tuesday.
SUFFERS BOOM
KANSAS CITY June 29.-Sulzer's
hencamen are distributing handsome
badges with pictures of Bryan and
Sulzer and she motto 10 golden letters:
"Brysn, Sulzer and victory" Repre-
| sentative Sulzsr will visit Bryan
before coming to Kansas Cisy.
| LINCOLN, Neb., June 29-Congress-
man Sulzer Of New York arrived here
at O'Clock this morning, and break
tasted at Bryan's house. AT l / clock
he was still there. BE had long
conference with the democratic ls.d
er and appeared radiansly happy.
SPEAKER HENDERSON RENOMINATED
| WATERLOO, Ia, June 29-Speaker
Henderson was renominated by accla-
nation for his tenth consecutive term
as member of congress from the
third Iowa district. He said when
brought before the convention, con-
corning the Philippines:
81 am one of those who believe that
any territory that comes to US as the
fruit of war shonid be treated fairly
and according to what seem to be the
best interests of this country and their
interests.
| add sulzsr
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-29

The best butter in the market, Shady
Grove,2 p ounds for As cents at Ell PasO
Grocery Co.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-29
Roosevelt Coming.

NEW YORK, June 29.-Roosevelt
left today for Oklahoma.
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them study law and medicine, but they
do not know how to spell the technical
terms used in their professions. One of
them, now a practicing physician, re-
Gently gave a receipt to a patient, for
''fourty-nin dolls Another, a young
lawyer, wrote TO a client: pleas cal
son as possible"
Young men so educated cannot rise.
Scholarly men know exactly where to
place h~alf-educated men. But the men
of limited or s~lovenly education never
can understand the completely educat.
ed men about them. Hence the high
school graduates of this city seldom
know how to choose a profession, or
how to succeed in one. 1t is an uncon-
troverted truth that no man ever made
an i'll figure who understood his own
talents, nor a good one who mistook
them.
The highways and byways of history
are strewn with the wrecks of the lives
of men who mistook their callings, or
who were not well equipped educa-
t~ionally for any calling. Many a youth
who would have been a first-rate me-
chanic is forced into a learned profess
sion, and with all his blushing hon
ors thick upon his vacant head" set
ties down to kill people scientifically,
pouring drugs, of which he knows little,
into bodies of which he knows less.
"Tompkins forsakes his last and anvil
For literary Squabbles:
Styles himself poet but his trade
Remains the same-he Cobbles."
Thus it appears that scores, if not
hundreds, Of men and women become
teachers in the public schools, who
might better be in trade Of some kind,
Thus it appears that there are superin-
tendents or members of school boards
who know little about teaching, but
have power to employ teachers who
know less. Consequently our public
schools are in need Of competent su-
pervision, which will result in COM
piete reformation of method and of
means for giving practical education to
our young people.
Upon whom to fix the responsibility
for the deplorable condition of our pub-
lie schools the writer does not know. II
is enough for the present to state the
facts The congress is the la%wmakipg
body of this city, and the facts herein
presented will be LAID before the con.
gress by a body of leading citizens.
and legislation will be asked reouir-
ing the public schools of the District
OF Columbia to teach reading, spelling,
writing and arithmetic in the first SEQ.
and third grades. After that, if chill.
dren require higher education. they
may be taught something of the sci.
ences, and maybe of the dead Ian.
suages' But reform must be wrought
in our public school system.
sALIlII u -
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GOLDSMITH'S PHILOSOPHY.
seems to he Proving Itself in These
Latter Days of Pluto
cratic Rule.

Oliver Goldsmith, after Himself
tramping all over Europe, wrote the
Vicar of Wakefield" in which he
makes ot.e of his characters, also a
European traveller, remark as follows:
! found that monarchy was the best gov
eminent for the poor to live In, and com
monwealths for the rich, | found that
riches in general We're in every country
another name for freedom, and that no
man Is So fond Of liberty himself. as not tC
be DESTROYS of s~ubiugatinE the will of
some individuals in society to his own,
We in America seem now to be demon
strating in our political system the
truth Of this observation Of Goldsmith.
It is quite certain that this
wealth Of ours is fast becoming a most
favorable country for the rich to live in
and at the same time more and more
difficult for the poor. With its multi.
piled trusts and m~onopolies the poor
man stands but a poor chance of better
ing his condition. The burdens of the
governments are uniformly put with
great persistcncy in undue proportions
upon the backs of the industrious poor
and the rich are allowed to escape then.
Most Of the taxes imposed are of the
kind known as indirect so that the CON
sumer may not see the injustice of their
imposition. Capital is fairly in the
saddle in this country, while ~plodding
labor, with the coil of another's law
about lis nsk, is dragged hopclessly
along-brothcr to the ox-little heed
ing and rarely compromising the
cause of its detection. But the laborer,
nevertheless, is a good partisan and
takes pride in adjusting the tether
about his neck by which he is led down
lower and lower into the depths Of pow
erty.
Goldsmith after all may be right, a
sad and humiliating thought. But
partisan tyranny is at the bottom Of
the trouble. The people had an oppor-
tunity three years ago to get their
necks out of the tangle, but neglected to
do it. The party net was too strong for
them. and it's meshes too close to per-
nit their escape. They are now getting
the gold standard and all tina! it i'm.
plies, including Imperialism ard large
.tsrdinc army.--Los Angeles Herald
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-01-19
ADMIRAL DEWEY'S FUTURE
"' WV" n'N''-I"o on ChrIstmax.
hut VIII Continue on the
Active List.

Admiral George Dewey was 60 ve,rs
of age Christmas day, and, lrd,, tbo
ordinary p. ocess of law, would bovs
been placed on the retired lis. on ,b,,
account. The special law uude, which
he was advanced to the head of the r,y,.
makes no provision for his Retirement.
and. therefore, he will continr;e or ~,
active list of the navy. in all prohobil-
ity, until his death. As matter Of fac,
his retirement would make no material
change IN his existing status. His na,
would be the same on the retired liz,
as on the active list, and he would h.
entitled to the same emolumepts. in.
Guiding a private secretary with ,bo
rank OF lieutenant and the usuoI nv,
Der of aids. The recent death of Tien,
brumby leaves a vacancy on his stotr
COR which there is considerable friers.
ly competition among the Young q
GERS OF the navy. Admiral and Mrs
Dewey spent some time at the r,vr
department the other day. v;s;ti,,
friends in the various bureaus,
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REFORM IS NEEDED.
Public Schools Of Washington Are
Far Behind the Times.
As Congress Makes the Laws for the
District of Columbia All titi-
zens Are Interested in
This Matter.
Especial Washington letter.

You Lave often been told of the
splendid educational advantages whicf
are afforded to young men and young
women in this national capital, but
there is another story TO be told on
that subject.
Higher education is desirable only
for those who aspire to high places in
public affairs and in social life. Com
moi school education is desirable for
the masses. Every child should have a
cOnimon school education, and it were
better far that every child should learn
to read and write and cipher than that
a chosen few should have collegiate and
university advantages.
The common schools Of this city are
not worthy Of the national capital, be
cause they are not conducted on com
mon SENSE principles. Consequently
the children receive edncations which
are impractical, because they do not fit
the boys and girls for practical contact
with the world.
IL the first place, surprising as it may
seem, grammar is not taught in our
common schools, nor in our high
schools. One of the young lady gradu-
ates of the high school, a near relative
of She narrator, this evening said;
II nm now going to college and am
studying Latin and Greek. 1t is abso-
lutrly necessary to study grammar in
order to learn the first principles OF
those languages, and hence | am study
ing grammar. | never studied gram
mar while ! was in the public schools
here, nor in the high school. What |
know of English grammar was learned
by absorption, by the lessons learned
at home, when my speech was correct
ed by my father and mother. So far
as the public schools are concerned, |
have been graduated in complete
of the correct methods of
"~Moreovcr." she continued. they did
not teach spelling in the public schools,
and very few Of the high school gradu-
know how to spell correctly. In
Latin and Greek | find that it is abso-
necessary to know how to spell
every word, in order to be able to use
the dictionary intelligcntly, when at
tempting to translate sentences and
paragraphs into English. Hence | am
beginning, although a high school
graduate. to turn my attention TO the
spelling of the English Ian
ruAge. OF course, | am not a poor spell
er, but am not a good speller because
spelling was never taught me in the
public schools"
This statement is so surprising that
It would not be deemed worthy of quo
or belief, but for the fact that
the writer has personal knowledge of
its truthfulness. High school gradu-
have attempted to write short
hand and transcribe their notes or the
typewriter, and have demonstrated
utter inability to do even that
kind of work. because they do not know
bow 10 spell.
For example, graduates Of the Wash
high schools acting as stenog-
for years for your correspon-
supposing that the words 'all
so commonly used, constitute
but one word spelled rs above. Scores
Of them use the wore "anythink" for
anything. Hundreds of them say: Il
or "he taken for Il took" or
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in the Ohio, Mississippi or Missouri val
legs, or in the lake region, where the
first principles of practical education
are so neglected. There is probably
not a teacher on the prairies who would
not be ashamed to graduate pupils in
such ignorance of spelling and gram
mar.
E]locution is something of which the
pupils in our schools know nothing.
The teachers are graduates of our high
schools. They were never taught spell
ing, grammar or eloCutiOn. and hence
they cannot teach what they do not
know. Therefore it is that our bows
and girls do not know how TO read well.
If asked TO read a column or a para
graph from a newspaper they stammer
and stumble over it like children in the
infant classes.
Instead of teaching arithmetic ms it
should be taught, the children are given
lessons which they may learn or not,
according to their home influences.
and when they have been graduated
they are unfit for any business requir-
ing computation. Hundreds of them
do not know the multiplication tables.
and yet they have diplomas setting
forth that they have completed their
educations.
1t is all right for such young men as
Henry Clay. Abraham Lincoln or James
A. Garfield to carve out educations for
themselves and attain the highest
scholastic excellence by their own ex-
e%rtions. and it is equally all right for
the sons Of wealthy men to be carried
through the schools and colleges. But
the IONS of rich men seldom AMOUNT tc
much, and the Clays, Lincolns and Gar
fields are but few and far between. The
common schools and high schools
should be conducted for the purpose of
giving practical education to the mil
lions who will soon be men and wom-
en-, bearing upon their shoulders, minds
and hearts the burdens OF the repub-
lie, and they should be well grounded
W 4s first principles Of education.
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In all of the grades Of our public
schools the teachers are required Will
iugly or otherwise. TO make excursions
into the hills and woods
this city, taking the children with them
with the alleged purpose OF STUDYING
botany and geology. The days mus
spent are picnic days, and they come
quite often. The children are obliged
TO pay their own car fare, no matter
how poor their parents may be. ms
is as unfair as il is unwise. The chi!-
dren do not need botany or geology nor
will they ever have need of knowledge
of those branches in after life. But all
of them will have need of knowledge OF
reading. writing, spelling and arith'
metic. And those studies are not
taught them.
Business men need not less than 1000
words with which to express Their
ideas huently and freely. The average
high school graduate in this city does
not know more than 1000 words, Il
does not know how TO spell more than
nan OF llDSe "olus d'tuiu'ois' 90"
when they come to work for men IN
journalism, or other literary pursuits,
these high school graduates are help
less, because they do not understand
the words spoken to them. any more
than they would understand the words
of a foreign language. These extreme
statements are made as a result Of per-
sonal experience in dealing with the
graduates of these schools.
Inasmuch as the boys and girls are
not taught to be accurate in their spell
they carry through life with them
s~lovenly intellectual habits. Some Of
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small amount of its license" writes
Margaret NItsrou, in "lIer Boston In.
pcrirucc,, in Ladies' llome Journal
Human nature bears Il close family
resemblance all over the world when
Judged by communities with similar
carmurkS. but in America individuals
merely pose as Bohemians: they sci.
dom comr up Tor DOWN to the simon
pure article OF foreign cities. America
IL emiucntlE n respectable country
well washed morally, and with consid.
crabic respect for the neighbors' opin.
ion, Americans become Bohcmianizcd
in Paris, but seldom in Boston, where
the spOok OF Cotton Mather and other
standards of responsibility still hold
sway with a groan and a ghostly shud
der at Il mishap. In truth, this Boston
Bohemia stands for good spirits and In.
nocent unconventionality, aud is sew.
eral times more virtuous than Boston
society, no matter how preteutiously
aud ~hamboyantly the little country
tries to disprove its virtue"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-01-19

A Canadian has designed a water cy-
Gle which offers little resistance to the
water, the floats which support the pro-
pelling mechanism being composed Of
two long cylinders Of small diameter,
with the ends brought to a point to de-
crease the resistance.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-01-19

Father WHAT'S the baby bowling
ahout2
Mothcr-aIle wanted to pound on
the piano, and | wouldn't LET him.
Fathcr-i see, and now he's using
his voice as Il substitute y. Y. Jour.
nal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-01-19

i see another couple has beer cot.
ting married by telegraph" philoso.
phized Uncle Allen Sparks. II sun.
pose the reason why nobody thinks !.
worth while to get divorced by ,e,e.
graph is that it wouldn't be n i'm.
provement' in point Of speed. on the
methods already In use,"-Cbicavo
Tribune. So
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-01-19

"Nou ought to be ashamed Of such a
job of vhitrwashtuR,' said the irotc
patron. "NoU ought to get into sack
cloth aud ashes"
"Decd. boss. was the pouitrul m
swcr. "Td he puNjrhly within to rf |
could ntlohd de coal TO make de ashes
Wid."' Washington star.