davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-15
Zwlazek a sprawa narO-
dOwa.

w poprzednim numerze poruszylis-
my sprawe przysz}osci naszej organiza-
eli re strony prawnej; wykazalismy, re
.prawo zada cd mas, bysmy dzia} nasz
asekuracyjny bezwarunkowo jemu pod
porzadkowali; wykazalismy, re dobra
VIOLA nasza musi W tym wypadku maj
zupe}niej ustapic. Ma mic zdadza sic
wszelkie wzgledy patrjotyczne i serco-
we tam, gdzie rzadzi prawo.
kacihskie przysiowie powiada: Dura
lex, sed lex, CO znaczy: Prawo
jest twardem ale jest prawem, wiec =
porzadkiem. To tez delegaci Sejmu
Nadzwyczajnego. dbajacy dobro
Zwiazku, beda musieli do tego sic "a
stosowac, przyja6 bez wabania wszyst-
ko CO od mich prawo wymaga.
Czy oznacza to jednak, re musimy
sic wyrzec wszelkiej dzia4alnosci pa
trjotycznej W Zwiazku i uczynit zen
organizacje czysto asekuracyjna? By
najmniej. Wpoprzednim juz numerze
zaznaczylismy, re gdy byt prawny ma
szej organizacji zostanie zabezpieczony,
to mozemy wiele zdzia}a6 dla Polski,
dzisiaj wiec pragniemy zastanowic sic
pred sejmem mad ia strona dzia}alnosci
Zwiazkowej, stanowiaca zasade, dzieki
kt6rej Zwiazek powsta} dziewietnascie
lat temu.
w novel konstytucji Zwiazkowej
znajdujemy artykule III, okreslaja.
Gym cele Zwiazku, nastepujace paragra-
fly, omawiajace te sprawe:
"a. Rozwijat patrjotyzm wsr6d jej
cz}onkow oraz podnosiG wzmacnia6
umys3owo, spoiecznie i materjalnie to
czesc ludnosci Stanow Zjednoc zonych,
ktora zrodzi}a sic ma ziemiach Polski,
Litwy i Rusi, jak rowniez jej potom-
k0w.
S5. UpamietniaG odpowiednimi OBJ
chodami g}owne rocznice polskich wy
padkow narodowych, podtrzymywaG
rozwijac wszelkimi honorowymi sposo-
bami duch narodowy ludu polskiego.
S6. Zwiazek Narodowy Polski
Stanach Zjednoczonych Po}nocnej Anne
ryki jest ma bye wieczystem uosobie-
MEM protestu przeciw systematycznym
wysilkom tepienia jezyka polskiego,
zwyczajow, swobody politycznej VOL
nosci sumienia, W granicach Rzeczypos-
politej Polskiej roku 1772, przez cie-
miezycieli europejskich.
Jak widzimy powyzszego, charakter
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-15
No. H..

TRESC: Zwiazek spraws narodowa. Co zdziafaf
Sienkewicz. - spsie ludnosc. = Jak sic uczyci
1ak uczyc innych. : Podrecznik sztuh dramatycz-
mel. Co sfychaef - Wiadomosci zwiszkowe..Na
Pomnik Kosciuszk .-Od administered 'Dzennika
Narodowego".- Cd redakcji. - Chfopi-bohatero-
wie.- Ze swiata. Klerykalny patrj No
tath Wielkopolsk, = 5O-tl rocznica nadania
konstytucji. - Polacy ma obczyznie. = ziemi OF
ezystej. = Przegad polityczny.-Dla Sienkiewicza
Mykaz @ @gruP; ktore ziozyfy dobrowolny podatek ma
Czwartakow. - Nedznicy.- Kronika miejscowa. =
Podzekowania poszukiwania. - Ogfoszenia.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-15
Go zdzia}af Sienkiewicz.

Il osady Prompton W Pennsylvania
otrzymujemy list nastepujaoy:
wv naszej okolicy mieszka kilka ro-
dzin polskich, calkiem oddalonych cd
wszystkioh innych wiekszych osad ma
szych rodakow, wiec dzieci nasze ME-
wielkiej liczbie uczeszczaja do amery-
kahskiej szkoiy publicznej.
,,Przez lata ca{e ma}o kto ma te die
ci j ma mas zwraca} uwage. Wiedziano
tylko, re jestesmy "Polanders" albo
"Pollacks". Alisci pod koniec roku
zesz@ego przychodza dzieci do domu
opowiadaja, ze nauczycielka mowi}a i'm,
jako czyta@a dzie}o tax piekne, jakiego
jeszcze W zyciu ME czyta}a, re dzie}o
to zatytu}owane jest ,,Quo Vadis", au-
tor zas jego nazywa sic Henryk Sien-
kiewicz i jestpolakiem. Wiec tez nauczy-
oielka zacze}a rozpytywac nasze dzieci
o jezyk polski, prosi}a, by jej t}oma-
ozy}y rome polskie wyrazy, wreszcie,
by jej zasPiewa}y kilka piesni polskich.
Dzieci, spe3niajac jej prosbe, zanuci}y
kilka spiewow naszych. Najbardziej
tych spiewow podoba} sic ,,Dalej bra
oia do bu}ata" ktory musia{y powtarza6
kilkakrotnie.
vPo pewnym czasie przyby{ do szko-
{y inspector powiatowy. Za}atwiwszy
sPrawy urzedowe, nauczycielka pred
stawi}a mu dzieci polskie, jako roda-
kow Sienkiewicza, prosi}a dziesiecio-
letnia Marynie Kniaz, by zaspiewa}a
piesh polska. inspektorowi podoba}a
sic nasza nuta narodowa nasz jezyk,
ktory nazwa} slodkim (sweet). Mas
tepnie daily dzieci szkolne przedstawie-
ME amatorskie, podczas ktorego takze
sPiewa@y nasze dziatki po polsku, "a co
publicznos6 nagrodzi}a je grzmiacymi
oklaskami. Wreszcie i ma dorocznym
obcbodzie urodzin -Washingtona odez-
wa}y sic obok amerykahskich spiewy
polskie re sceny. A to wszystko tylko
dlatego, re nauczycielka czyta}a dzie}o
naszego rodaka Sienkiewicza.
pCzy many wobec tego wstydzic sic
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-15
0 spisie ludnOsci.
(Dokohczenie). J.

T. SPisy W starozytn Sci.
Pierwsza autentyczna wiadomosc
spisie ludnosci znajdujemy dziejach
cesarstwa Chifskiego, ma 1000 lat przed
narodzeniem Jezusa Chrystusa Mas
tepnie biblia uczy mas, ze podczas po-
bytu zydow ma pustyni, Bog nakaza}
Mojzeszowi zrachowaG ludnosci ple-
mion zydowskich nawet wyznaczy1
tych, ktorzy tenn liczeniem maja sic "a
Jac (Patrz Pierwsze pie6 wierszy Ksie-
gi Liczb).
w Rzymie spisy ludnosci byiy prak-
tykowane od najdawniejszych czasow.
Juz pierwszym periodic dziej6w
rzymskich, znajdujemy urzednikow
zwanych cenzorami, kt6rych g1ownym
obowiazkiem by}o zbieranie danych dla
oceniania (po }acinie: census) ma
|jatkow obywateli rzymskich i ma.
k}adanie podatkow odpowiednio do
wartosoi majatkow. Obowiazkiem CEN
zorow by}o takze czuwaG mad moralnos
cia publiczna, to tez mieli prawo cz}o-
wieka, wykraczajacego przeciwko mo-
ralnosci, wykluczyc nawet senatu.
Wobec TAX wielkiej odpowiedzialuos-
CT, urzedy te piastowal tylko ludzie
wielkich zdolnosci, ktorzy przechodzili
juz przez najwyzsze stopnie W hierar-
chji urzedniczej. Jak wysokim odpo-
wiedzialnym byl urzad cenzora, dowo-
dzi zdanie uczonego rzymskiego PHI
niusza, ktory dziwitsie, ze Crassus sie-
gaf Po cenzorstwo, choc przedtem ME
by} jeszcze ami konsulem ami pretorem,
ktore to urzedy naleza}y takze do mai
wyzszych W pahstwie.
Rzymski spis ludnosci tyczy} sic tyl.
ko rozk}adania podatkow i konskrypcii
(werbunku zo}nierzy). Oznacza} wiec
liczbe stanowisko osob, ich stanowisko
rodzinie oraz majatek. Ludzie VOL
nj obowiazani byli podawa6 liczbe ME-
wolnikow ! byd}a. Biura spisu miesci.
(Ciaox Aolo1u .x-1-.u 100
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-15
ODOwEGO p6hNoCNEJ AMER
Chicago, ILL., dnia logo Marca 1900 roku.

narodowy organizacji naszej moze bye
zachowany, pomimo re paragrafy
brzmia inaczej niz W konstytucji do
tychozas mas obowiazujacej. Zmiana ia
nastapi}a wskutek wymagah prawa, ME
krepuje jednak naszej dzia}alnosci.
Mozemy dzialac tax jak dotychozas
ma dobro narodu polskiego; mozemy
stac ma stray interes6w polskosci, bye
opiekunami wyzyskiwanych i wynara-
dawianych jak dotychczas W }aoznosci
wychodzctwem europejskiem oraz
organizacjami krajowemi pracowat mad
tenn, by Polska nasza dopie}a szczytu
swych marzeh: wolnosci niepodleg{os-
ci
Wszystko to mozemy, choc mas do
tego prawo ME zmusza ustepuje ma
szej dobrej wolf.
Ale ME dosy6 ma tenn, ze prawo DO.
zostawia naszej dobrej wolf dzia{alnos6
patrjotyczna. w tym razie bowiem
dobra VIOLA powinna sic STAG naszym
obowiazkiem, ME tylko wiec mozemy,
ale powi n n my charakter naro-
dowy instytucj naszej zachowac DO
wsze czasy.
Powinnismy wiec czuwaG mad tenn,
ably laden z czynnikow dzia}alnosci ma
rodowej lub spo}ecznej ME zosta{ przez
Sejm Nadzwyczajny lub jakikolwiek
inny programu zwiazkowego wykres-
lony. Owszem, obowiazkiem naszym
jest uwazac dzia}alnosc nasza dotych-
ozasowa "a zbyt ma}a stara6 sic by
dla Ojczyzny ludu polskiego czyni6
coraz wiecej. Pod tym wzgledem badz-
my hojni do rozrzutnosci nawet.
Powinnismy dbac o to, by we wszyst-
kich sprawach, tyczacych sic narodu
polskiego, Zwiazek nasz bra{ ma ziemi
amerykahskiej inicjatywe, przodowa}
zawsze wszystkim innym organization
pelskim.
Powinnismy wszelki ruch wszczyna.
jacy sic ma ziemi Ojczystej, a dazacy
do zapewnienia Polsce wolnosci ME-
podlegfosci, popierac zawsze GAIA si{a
moralnie materjalnie.
Powinnismy jedna6- sobie wszystkie
stronnictwa postepowe, ,kt6re powsta}y
ludu pracuja ola ludu, ably SHY nami
reka W teke, gdy jednosci SHY dzia-
{aniu wymaga od mas sprawa narodo-
wa, bo sprawa ia, to sprawa wolnosci!
Powinnismy ma kazdym sejmie przy
kazdej sposobnosci iprzypomina6, ze cho-
ciaz jestesmy mieszkahcami obywate-
lami Stanow Zjednoczonych, to jednak
Zwiazek nasz ME jest organizaoja anne
rykahska polska, za}ozona przez pola-
kow dla polakow Polski.
Powinnismy wreszcie zawsze wsze-
die k}asc nacisk ma to, re chociaz Zwia-
eek nasz zawiera sobie dzia{ asekura-
cyjny, to jednak gotowismy sic tel ase-
kuracji wyrzec, gotowismy do wszel-
kich poswieceh krwi i mienia, aby tylko
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-27

Only once did Mark Twain appear in
public as political speaker. AS a
conscientious Republican in his politi-
cal preferences Mr.. Clements took an
active part in the presidential cam
paign of 1880. While visiting in Ell
mira, N. Y. in the fall of that year, he
made short speech one Saturday
night, introducing to Republican
meeting General Hawley. of Connecti-
cut. In the course of his remarks Mr..
Clemens said: Gen. Hawley is mem
Der of my church at Hartford, and the
author of Beautiful Snow Maybe he
will deny that. But am only here to
give him character from his last
place. AS pure citizen respect him
as a personal friend of years, l have
the warmest regard for him; as a
neighbor, whose vegetable garden adj
joins mine, why-why, l watch him.
AS the author of Beautiful Snow he
has added a new pang to winter. He
is a square, true man in honest poll
tics, and | must say he occupies a
mighty lonesome position. So broad,
so bountiful in his character that he
never turned tramp empty handed
from his door. but always gave him a
letter of Introduction to ME. Pure
honest, incorruptible, that is Joe Haw-
ley. Such man in politics is like a
bottle of perfumery in glue factory
it may moderate the stencil, but it
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-27
KIELEDBY BANDITS

One Of the boldest hold-ups in the
history of the west took place recent
ly near Hugo, Col, in which William
]. Fay, prominent and wealthy resi-
dent of California, was killed while
resisting the masked robbers. The
hold-up occurred about o'clock in
the morning. The train left Denver
early in the evening east bound and
at place called Limon Junction two
masked men got on When the train
was going at full speed they drew
their revolvers and ordered the con-
ductor to lead the way through the
coaches and wake the sleeping pas
sengers one at time. The frightened
passengers were made to hand over
their money and valuables, the con-
ductor holding the bag for the plum
der. One of the passengers, William
]. Fay, would not submit so easily to
being robbed, and drawing his revolt
yer fired at the men. The shot was re-
turned, and Mr. Fay fell dead, a bull
let entering his mouth and passing
through his head. The bandits secur-
ed 800 in money and number of
valuables. They then ordered the con-
ductor to stop the train and escaped.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-27
BIBLICAL COMPARISONS.
John Findley wallace's Interesting A
dress IN Civil Eno,nearinp.

John Findley Wallace's Interesting Adj
dress on Civil Engineering.
One Of the most interesting address
es delivered before the recent conven-
ton of the American Society of Civil
Engineers in London was that of the
president, John Findley Wallace, who
is also vice-president of the Illinois
Central system Among other things
Mr.. Wallace said: "The profession
of civil engineering, as we know it, is
a child of the nineteenth century. The
conception of that child, however, oc-
Cured with the earliest dawn of hu-
man history. Among the earlier en-
gineers we find mention of Tubal-Cain,
who followed the mechanical branch
of the profession; Noah, who devoted
his attention to shipbuilding; Joseph,
who achieved great success in the con-
structlon of grain warehouses and irri-
cation works; the unknown Egyptian
who conceived, designed and con-
structed the pyramids and in whose
honor, for all we know, the celebrated
hgure of the sphynx may have been
erected; Moses. who devoted his ener-
gies and lifetime to the transportation
of nation from one section of the
globe to another, also giving some at
tention 20 hydraulics, and Joshua, who
followed similar line of work and
also utilized his engineering talents in
the overthrow of Jericho by means OF
the theory of rhythmic oscillation" Mr..
Wallace takes q lofty viouy of Tho pro
fession of civil engineering, saying
the work of it's graduates should in.
crease the comforts of mankind.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-27
doesn't destroy IT. l haven't said any
more Of him than would say of my
SELF Ladies and gentlemen, this Is
Gen. Hawley."
RusslA,s IMMENSE FIND.
Prehistorlc Animals Dug Up Near til
Dwina River.

Prehistoric Animals Dug Up Near the
Dwina River.
1 have just had the opportunity of
reading the hitherto unpublished ac-
count Of the discoveries made by Prof.
w. Amalizeki on the banks of the
Dwina last year; they will probably
make a great stir in the scientific
world when published, says st. Pc
tersburg correspondent of the London
Mail. By permission of the car, who
makes an annual grant of 10000 rubles
for this purpose. Prof. Amalizeki, of
the University of Warsaw. was sent
last year to conduct some excavations
on the banks of the Dwina in northern
Russia. These river banks consist of
porous sandstone. and the excavator
was soon rewarded for his exertions
by finding fossilized plesiosaurus in
complete state of preservation, TWEEN,
ty-nine feet long. AS temporary pro-
lection for this treasure pit was dug
80 feet long, 13 feet broad, and 80 feet
deep. In the digging of the pit num-
Der of fossils of giant tree ferns and
conifers were found, as we'll as another
mine of plesiosauri. which were dis
covered lying one on top of another in
layers. One Of them lay on it's back
this one had we'll preserved set Of
teeth. The backs of these plesiosauri
were covered partly with plates OF
horn. partly with horny excruscences.
Judging from their teeth. these am
phibious animals, whose species has
not yet been established. were beasts
of prey. They show certain amount
OF relationship to the dinosauri; but
are snndered from them by several dis
tinguishing peculiarities. The profess
sor's finds were Immediately examined
and classified in St. Petersburg. 1t Is
interesting to read of the difficulties
with which he had to contend while
making these excavations. The peas
ants of the neighboring villages at first
took him for gold digger. because he
round his excavations. AS time went
on they became certain that he was the
| living Antichrist and refused to give
him and his companions food and shell
/! ter, until Russian priest living in the
neighborhood had convinced them Of
the folly of the idea and had blessed
| the professor and his men. Finally
the peasants satisfied themselves that
the learned man was the cause of an
outbreak of rinderpest in the surround
ing villages, and went bent on stoning
him and it was only the presence of
mind of his Cossack guards that saved
him from terrible death. The pro-
cess of excavating the banks OF the
river will be continued this year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-27
Automobile Storage Rooms,

The coming fashionable apartment
house will have storage rooms for au.
tomobiles. When houses were fitted
up with bicycle storage rooms it was
regarded as something decidedly
modern" A new apartment house
in New York is being planned with au.
tomobile storage rooms. The owner OF
the house intends to rent apartments
only to persons who are wealthy
enough to own automobiles. Every ar.
rangement will be provided for charg,
ing storage batteries, and this will
necessitate the keeping of a staff o.
mechanics to clean, oil, repair and adj
just the motor machinery of the self
goers. In some cities the liverymen
have practically boycotted the automo-
bile, claiming the electric vehicles in
jures their trade.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-27
SCIENTIFIC JoTr1NGs.

On recent scientific test, worker
ny out into $500 feet of wire.
People marvel at the mechanism OF
the human body. with its 492 bones
and sixty arteries. But man is simple
in this respect compared with the
carp. That remarkable fish moves no
fewer than 1886 bones and muscle
every time it breathes. 1t has 1920
veins, to say nothing of it's ninety-nine
muscles.
Printing of books with Braille type
for the benefit of the blind has made
immense progress in England within
the last few years. The Central lend
ing library of Birmingham has no less
than 500 books printed with Braille
type. This extensive library compris-
es the works of such favorite authors
as Shakespeare, Browning, Sir Walter
Scott, Tennyson and Ruskin. The
Plymouth public library has also
similar collection of about $50 vol,
umes, and numerous other libraries
throughout the country possess SINH.
lar collections for the entertainment
of those deprived of their sight.
An inventor has hit upon a method
of putting stone soles on boots ana
shoes. He mixes a waterproof glue
with suitable quantity of cleap
quartz sand and spreads it over the
leather sole used as foundation,
These quartz soles are said to be fex.
ible and to give the foot firm hold
even on the most slippery surface
One of the express trains running
from New York to Boston has twin
headlights. They on the rails 100
yards ahead of the engine at the points
where the greatest illumination is de-
sirable and diverge beyond over the
surrounding fields and farmhouses and
enabling the engineer to see along the
curves. With the new twin lanterns
one arm or the other of the x of light
reaches along the curving track.
One of the greatest difficulties to be
contended with in the practical appli-
cations Of liquid air is that of keeping
it for length of time. According to
Carl Linde, small quantities may be
preserved in we'll exhausted and silver
double-walled glass vessels for rela-
lively long time. One liter of liquid
air requires for its evaporation in such
a vessel about fourteen days. The or
binary sheet iron vessels used indus
trially, holding about fifty liters and
covered with felt or wool. allows but
two liters to evaporate hourly. Ex-
periments are being made with view
| of building large double-walled and
silvered sheet iron holders. and it is
expected that holders will be con-
structed in which the evaporation will
be not more than l per cent per hour
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-27
What Two Women saw.

y There is man in this town who is
marvelling over the long range and
the sharp range of feminine eyesight.
His surprise is due to a little incident
he witnessed the other afternoon.
Two women boarded the open troll
ley in which he rode and took a seat
directly in front of him. One was fat
and spoke in soft gurgle; the other
was thin, nervous and sharp-voiced.
Having finished reading his paper the
man noted these things in that idle,
trivial spirit which seems to possess
the average trolley rider.
Presently as the ear whizzed along
he saw the two women turn quickly,
nod vigorously toward the sidewalk
and hail some one there with an eager
How do you do?"
The car went buzzing by so fast
that although the man glanced invol-
UNFAIRLY in the same direction, caught
only fitting vision of pink-clad girl
hood escorted by something in trou-
sers. But in that sixteenth of sec
ond the two women in front saw! The
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-27
4 HEROIC CAPTAIN
ONLY ,e. BUT HAS RENDERED
GALLANT SERVICE.
Said TO He the Most Youthful of His
Rank in the Navy-Made Himself
Famous During the Attack on ITEM
tsia.

The youngest captain in the service
of the navy department of the United
States is Smedley Darlington Butler,
of West Chester, Pa, who although but
10 years of age has served with dis
tinction in Cuba, the Philippines and
in China. In the attack on Tientsin,
during which he was wounded, he so
distinguished himself that he won pro-
motion to a captaincy. The young
captain is the eldest son of Congress-
man Thomas S. Butler, and springs
from two of the most prominent Ches-
ter families. When the Spanish Am
erican war broke out young Butler was
student at college, but becoming i'm
bued with the spirit of patriotism,
determined to volunteer his services.
Going to West Chester without his
fathers knowledge he enlisted with
Company l, Sixth regiment, N. G. P,
but failed to pass the physical exam
nation, his eyes being a little at
fault
Learning there was to be a COMPETE
tive examination for lieutenants in
the marine service at Washington, he
resolved to try it, but his father OBJ
jected. Finally he consented to the
trial, but would tender no assistance.
The boy went to Washington, passed
the ordeal of examination, and out Of
a class of over 200 was second. He was
given second lieutenant commission
and assigned to duty on Admiral
SIMPSONS flagship, the New York
Although at that time not yet II
years old, lie saw active service and
plenty of it. He was one Of the lead
ers of that gallant band of marines
that landed on Cuban soil at Guam
tanamo and engaged the Spanish
forces in the guerilla warfare that en-
sued for several days. He was on board
the New York during the destruction
Of Cervera's fleet and at the conclusion
of the war was mustered out of serv-
Ice.
But he was not satisfied. A few
months later, having again overcome
the family objections, and when the
trouble in the Philippines arose, he
again submitted himself to competi-
tive examination, and once more
passed we'll up at the head of the class.
Butler was assigned to duty in the
Philippines as first lieutenant of COM
pany G., First marine battalion. He
served here with great credit until he
was ordered to China. when he won
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-27

attachment illustrated below, which
serves to prevent the purse from being
easily snatched from the hand. The
device can be attached to any purse
in a moment. and is not the slightest
Inconvenience to lady when carrying
her Docketbook in her hand. When
not in use the guard folds inside the
flap. out of sight The invention con-
sists of fiat piece of metal or twist
ed wire, which is fixed in place by a
rivet passing through a hole pierced
through the side of the purse. This
serves to hold the guard in such po-
sition that it will project just beyond
the edge of the flap when in use. al
lowing one finger to be inserted in the
eyelet at the end. The guard is al
most invisible while in use, and is sure
to accomplish its purpose.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-27

1t looks now as if New York's per-
manent naval arch may never be built.
No contributions Of any account have
been received since last April, and the
whole matter is practically at stand
still. The original intention was to
raise s1.O00.0o0. This has been cut to
100000, and it is doubtful if even so
much will be subscribed. For the last
three months there has not been
enough cash subscribed to pay office
rent for the committee. The amount
of the subscription to date is $197,-
'7s0.12 in cash and pledges, with a
great deal more in pledges than in
cash.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-27

The last public school in Hawaii in
which instruction was given in the
native tongue has been closed, and
English is now the official language
throughout the islands. For more
than so years dual system has been
maintained in court proceedings. All
accused persons having Hawaiian blood
in their veins had to be tried in the
Hawaiian language, even although
they could speak English. In civil
cases where one of the parties was of
native descent, the jury was half Ha-
waiian and half white. The territorial
act which made the islands United
States territory provides that only
persons who can read, speak, write
and understand English are eligible
for jury duty.