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Galveston. Texas November " ~
democratic party has been victorious IN
~ county in electing all its candid candidate
,Iit, t NV eyc@niion OF four. II is rumoreu,
So ,vu s@ ohat there is possibility oi
contest by the democrats Oh .S cer'a Inc
words a. IL is thought by some that inc
count was not altogether far
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Petitions for classification Changes

Hot Springs Ark, November 10,-The
Western classification committee, which
convened here at the Arlington hotel yes
terday, devoted its time today to hearing
petitioners for changes in classification.
Very few chances have so far been mace.
There was no action taken on the pro-
posed rule requiring all boxes of boots,
shoes hats and caps to be wired Action
on important matters coming before the
committee will be taken up Monday There
WAS full attendance of the members o.
( the sub-comm ttee.
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KING GIVEN DEATH PEsMr'

Murdered Policeman mitchell y
Weeks Ago.
Waco. Texas, November iO.-ia
in tho case of Will King, charged
the murder o, W. D. Mitchell nsns'
the police force, october ~ rs''n'
verdict of guilty today and assess
punishment at death. The case =
taken through all the courts as w.
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TOM GREEN.

san Angelo. Texas. November lo,-rns
following we're elected; Judge, NJ. Mays
attorney. #, r Allen; clerk Ed DuB9an'
sherln and collector J. b. Allen; assessor
a D. West: treasurer. S. w. Merchant,
surveyor. II. b. Tarver; inspector, j. W.
Lawton.
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Ballinger, Texas. November 9.-Follow-
ing county officers elected without oppo-
sttion. r. T. Crosson, judge b. d. StohH'
attorney; w l.. Towner, c'erk; W. H.
Towner. district clerk: r. p. Kirk, sher
III and tax collector; w. r. Sharp, treas
urer; W. II. Padgett, tax assessor; 5. d
Williams. surveyor; G. NJ Milliken, hide
and animal inspector.
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PALo PINTO.

Palo Pinto. Texas, November S.-The
popullsta elected two county commission
ers and the democrats two. All good men
and well qualified All other county Of
fcials are democrats
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HARpEMAN.

Quanah. Texas. November S--Full ra-
turns show the following officers elected
by good majorities: Judge, s. Jack Os-
borne: clerk. ], T.. Womack attorney.
John Marshall; assessor, ]. w. Duncan;
sheriff, ]. NJ. Strong; surveyor, e l. Flint.
treasurer. N. L. Jones.
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MaII.r COUNTY Returns.

Hampstead. Texas. November io.-The
complete vote Of Waller county Is as
follows: Senator. A, G. Lipscomb 1888.
W. ~ RaEus 64s; representative. p NJ.
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CROCKETT

Ozona. Texas, November S,--District
and county clerk. Ry Hudspeth; attor-
ney Joe j. sheppard; county Judge
Charles e. Davidson; sheriff J. Il. Moore;
treasurer. Rudolph Theis; assessor, John
l.. Young surveyor. Thompson Mcdonald.
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COLEMAN

Coleman Texas. November 9-ln the
tax collectors race. which has been here
tofore reported as giving a plurality OF
three votes for w. T. Knox. from correct
cd returns it appears tnat John G. Jonea
has been elected BY one vote.
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Cuny 1875. A. C. TompSins 6b7; district
attorney. 8, j. Styles 1881, o. $. YORK
Asa. The proposition to issue $4,000 road.
and bridge bonds carried by large ma
inrity
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wallsville Texas, November All
democratic county officers were re-eiected
except IL. 5. Williams, II. II. Jackson sue
ceeding him as county attorney.
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DELTA

Cooper, Texas, November 10--The dem
ocratic officers elected Tuesday were: S,
H. Kingston district clerk; j, 7. ROM
tree. county clerk; u. II. Lane, county
Judge; Ewing Boyd, county attorney; 5.
b. Turbevime, sheriff and collector; Law
renee Robinson, treasurer; s. r. Reeves
assessor: r L. Stratton, populist nomi-
nee for surveyor. has no opposition.
Judge Sheppard carries the county fol
congressman by large majority over ]. l.
Darwin populist. and John c. Gibbons
republican. H. C. Corners and R D
Allen have large majorities for distric
Judge and district attorney. respectively
r. Steu carried the county agains
John r. Garren for representative of tn
/ Nineteenth f1torial district.
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and district clerk. M. L. McCarhe; treas
urer. q. G. Thomas; assessor, n h. AAhs
county surveyor, c. X. StrblinR.
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-, :, =, cortest in Galveston.

twenty three votes instead of thirteen a
net gain OF ten.
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POLK COUNTY RETURNS.

Livingston Texas, November 9.--Cor-
rected returns of Polk county give Tor
amendments 467, against amendments 9i1;
for vernon Sayers lJ6, Hannay SOU
instead Of $50 reported last night, and Nc
MINI $50 the balance Of the State ticket
beng practic lily the same as for COVER
nor For associate justices court of civil
appeals. Peasants 1902 Gill 1919. Tho
vote for ]. NJ. eer for tax collector
gives him t6 majority over j. c. Oates,
the citizen party nominee James \.
Wins for sheriff has a majority of Il
over c. w, Henry. also citizens party
nominee The majorities of the balance
OF the ticket range from about 300 to 1OS
votes Commissioners precinct No. l aud
justices precinct no. l, both including
Livingston have elected the democratic
nominees. the Justice and constable bj
good maiorities. but the commissioner BY
a small one.
The following are the county officer
elected: Joseph Holshousen, count,
Judge: c. 3. Dunnam. district clerk; S
II. harrington, county clerk; P. r. Rowe
county attorney James A. Vinson, sheriff
James NJ Greer. collector; w. f. Jones
assessor: II. C. PEBBLES, treasurer; A. c
Garvey, surveyor.
Three commissioners and five justice
J elect are democrats and the balance pop
ulists.
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Rockport, Texas. November AT the
election on the 9Th in Arkansas county b;
NJ sheldon. republican, was elected
county Judge over three democratic OPP
ponents. H. r. Bailey was elected
sharih aud tax collector over ". NJ
Hynes by majority. This was the main
contest in the county. MIR. Kleberg fell
short OF his vote in 1898 through being
sold and traded John C. Herring had no
opponent and was reelected county and
district clerk. George NJ. Roberts de-
feated John S. smith for assessor OF
taxes.
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GALVESTON, TEXAS
Now Refitted and Refurnished with pa
rooms. Furniture and Carpets
ELEGANT SUITES CAN BE SECURE
Rates arc reasonable Office Stst-w
Faston. W. Z. Cory, J. A. shatpless I'd
w. Stevens.
G, z. HORST, proprles
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COUNTY OFFICERS.

incomplete.
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"T T'.,. Discovery ~.
mus Dangerous ana NM an.t csfs|
Disease Without PAT. oishsuris}
or Inconvenience. opcntisI
TRIAL PACKAGE SENT r,,,|

DR., John T. Haig, well know, =,
physician, has had maryelous = vnclnai
q remedy that cures Gotre :, srrsssta I'd
And owing to the fact that ~ MAJ alitt M
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SIXTH DISTRICT.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
EIGHTH DISTRICT

Totals ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Crawford avalanche., 1900-02-15
Odds and Ends.

Plans are under way for the constriic-
ton of 300 miles Of trolley lines in Ha-
waii.
The wages of Pullman car conductors
are 10 be cut, some TO the extent of 70
per cent.
Stage scenery or the late Salvini was
sold at Columbus. Ohio, for 81 1.1gJ. IL
originally cost $4,000.
Half million dollars is the estimated
cost of repairing the Olympia, according
to the reports TO the board of naval con-
struction. The work will occupy about a
year.
Andrew Carnegie has given S5O.OOU
apiece to York. Pa. aud East Orange.
y. j.. for public libraries.
The Mississippi Legislature has elected
ex-Gov. McIaurin United States Senator
for the long term and w, V. A. Sullivan
for the short term.
The Chinese Six Companies of San
Francisco will assist the police in ter
minating the highbinder war. The com
panies have put up $17.JO0 as reward
for the murderers.
Mrs. Edgar A. Storcr, wife OF n Colum-
bus, Ohio, banker. has found among old
papers grant signed by one OF Wash
ington's generals for $4,000 acres OF land
located in Kansas.
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The FIRST PHOTOGRAPH.
1t Was of Woman of Course and Is In
the Sir John Hersche1 Collection.

1t Was of Woman of Course and Is in
the Sir John HerscheI Collection.
The first Photographic portrait from
life ever made was of Miss Dorothy g.
Draper of Hastings, n. Y. who posed
for the picture in 1889. Her brother
DR.. John w. Draper, who had been
greatly interested in the experiments
of Daguerre and Niepee, took the like
ness, which has since become famous
1t is in the collection of Sir John Her.
schel. 1t is a long time-half cen
tury now-since Miss Draper, in the
quaint bonnet and gown of the period
sat for her picture, which Is still in an
admirable state of preservation. As a
faithful and beautiful likeness it has
never been surpassed by modern pho
Biography.
1t is long step from the daguerreo-
type of fifty years ago to the wonder
full photographs of 1900. From the
time of the discoveries of Wedgewood,
in 1902, to the successful completion of
the daguerreotype process by Daguerre
in 1899, the only pictures taken were
Ol Sllll lllt. ENtu WHtu lHt dSutTItO-
type was in its perfection long expos
ures were required, varying from three
to thirty minutes. With a strong sun
light FIVE minutes was considered by
many photographers the requisite
length of time to take a portrait.
The method Of obtaining daguerreo-
types was complicated. First, bright
ly polished silver plate was cleaned
with pumice, olive oil and nitric acid,
and afterward brilliantly polished with
a soft buff. The plate was then placed,
face downward, resting on supports,
over a saucer on which had been scat
tered fragments of iodine. covered with
gauze. The vapor from the iodine form
ed upon the plate a surface of silver
iodide, which Is the sensitive COM
pound. The stage of maximum sensi-
tiveness was reached when it was OF n
golden orange color. In this stage the
plate was inserted In the dark slide OF
the camera, ready for exposure. The
pictures were beautiful, but copies
could not be made. Not until Or. Dra-
per's successful venture was the idea
Of using the daguerreotype as the
means Of perpetuating the likeness OF
individuals considered feasible. He
opened new and fascinating realm to
the photographer.
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DULL WINTER AT DAWSON.
Weather Mild Until Dec. 20, SinceWhen
1t Has Been Much Colder.

Weather Mild Until Dec. 20, SinceWhen
1t Has Been Much Colder.
Advices from Dawson state that up to
the end of the year business in the Yu-
kon capital had been discouragingly dull.
although work on the claims was pro-
crossing well. Up to Dec. ~ the weather
had been so mild that but little gravel
had been got out, although after that
date this impediment of temperature
was removed. The thermometer dropped
to 40 degrees below zero aud ranged as
low as 81. There is now a good showing
on the dumps. The Dawson banks esti-
mate that $21 100000 will be taken out
this season. From 1000 to 5000 Daw-
sonites are arranging to leave on the first
boats down the river in the spring for
the Nome field. The Dawson fire de-
stroyed only eight buildings, occupying
half block. As the buildings were all
himsily constructed and lined with cotton.
il is considered surprising that the fire
was confined to so few buildings. Daw-
son has well-equipped fire department
with a force of thirty paid men. The
fire engines are housed on the ice of the
river, where the water can most readily
be obtained.
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago--Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 TO $500; sheep fair to choice, $500
TO $3.50; wheat, No. , red, 66c to SIC;
corn, No. =, Bic to 32c; oats, No. =, 23c
to 24c; rye, No. ., Sic to 53c; butter,
choice creamery, 24c to 25c; eggs, fresh,
lie to 13c; potatoes, choice, 4Oc to soc
per bushel.
Tndianapolis-Ca shipping, $500 to
$3.50; hogs, choice light, $500 to $5.25;
sheep, common to prime, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, 69c to Zoe; corn, No.
white, &c to 33c: oats, No. 2 white,
26c to 27c.
st. Louis-Cattle, 1925 to $3.50: hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 70c to re; corn, No.
yellow, 32c to 33c; oats, No.<2, 23c to
25c; rye, No. 2, 52c to sac.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 73c to 74c; corn, No.
mixed, 33c to Sac; oats, No. 2 mixed. 25c
to 26c; rye, No. 2, 60c to &c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to S6.75; hogs,
$500 to $5.25; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No.. 2, Tic to 73c; corn, No.
yellow, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white. 2Sc
to 29c; rye, BIC to Soc.
Tolcdo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, Tic to
72c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 34c to 35c; oats.
No. mixed, 23c to 25c; rye, No. =, SIC
to 5Sc; clover seed, S4.S5 to $4.95,
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
65c to &c; corn, No. 2, &c to 33c; oats,
No. 2 white, 25c to 27c; rye, No. /, soc
to SIC; barley, No. 2, 45c to 47c; pork,
mess, $11.00 to $11.5O.
Buffalo-Cattle, good shipping steers,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, common to choice,
$3.25 to $5.25; sheep, fair to choice. $500
to $500; lambs, common to extra, $3.50
to $50.
New York-Cattle, $3.25 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $5.75; sheep. $500 to $5.75;
wheat, No. 2 red, 76c to 78c; corn, No. 2,
41c to 42c; oats, No. 2 white, Sic to SIC;
butter. creamery, 10c to 24c; eggs. west
ern, 11c 10 Ice.
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SHORT COTTON CROP.
SMALLER YIELD THAN USUAL
IS EXPECTED.
If Consumption Continues Large, as
Seems Probable, Holders Will BE
Able to Dictate Price -Cubans Anx-
ious to Build Up Educational system.

r., q. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of
trade says: THE industries are still SUR
passing in actual output the work of any
previous year. Their new business is not
correspondingly large. nor could such or
ders be accepted by most Industries If
offered, but enough are coming to prevent
stoppage Of works or much decline in
prices. In woolen goods new business OF
remarkable volume sustains marked ad-
vance in prices and in other lines OF i'm
portance, as in machinery, orders indi-
cate a surprising foreign demand. Cotton
followed its rise from : to SA cents last
week by further rise to S.56 cents, with
growing belief that the crop will prove
short enough and the consumption large
enough to give holders quite their own
way. The decrease of receipts in Jan
uary was 253,0O0 bales, or 20 per cent
The exports in January were smaller
than last year by 10000 bales, over 30
per cent. Failures for the week were
245 in the United States, against 217
last year, and thirty-three in Canada
against thirty-ive last year.
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Money in

1t will be perceived that the amoant
of money in circulation has more than
doubled since 1880 and that it has al
most trebled since in 1870, during
which thirty years the population has
only increased about twofold.
Such figures as these refute the wild
statements of the Bryanites, especially
as more than one-half of the money in
circulation Is gold coin or certificates
based on gold or its equivalent held in
the treasury for their redemption.
There Is more gold coin and gold GER
tifcates In circulation in the United
States to-day than the total circulation
of all kinds Of money in the year 1873
These are facts worth bearing in
mind when free silverites talk Of the
contraction in the circulating medium
caused by the adoption of the gold
standard.-Chicago Times Herald.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-02-15

-
General Wood 1rauc.tlns the People
for elf-0overnmtnts "A
Th00ghf grati6ed at the excellent con-
duct OF the residents OF Cuba since Amer
lean occupation began. the Washington
authorities are still unable to name the
date when American sovereignty shall
end and the inhabitants OF the island
shall commence the administration OF
their own affairs. Under instructions CIV
en- by the President and the Secretary Of
War before his departure, 0en. Wood is
doing everything In his power to edu-
cate the people OF the island In self-gov-
ernment. not only by example. but by
placing them In positions OF responsible
ity. Ii Is believed thar after the Spanish
subjects OF the island have registered
their intention Of continuing their allc-
glance to Spain or OF becoming citizens
Of Cuba, the people will be ready for the
elections which will commit the municipal
elected by the people. These elections OF
course will be conducted under American
supervision. The operations OF the muni-
cipalities will be carefully watched by the
administration in order TO determine II
the people are ready for larger rcspon-
siblity, and il it should be shown that
such is the case, then representative
convention will be called to draft con-
stitution and to establish general sys-
TEN OF independent government. The
year allowed by the treaty Of Paris for
the Spanish population of the island to
elect whether they will be Cuban or
Spanish citizens will expire April III next.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-02-15
READY FOR PARTY BATTLE.
Organization of Republican Congress
sional Cam paign Com mittee.

Organization of Republican Congres-
sional Campaign Committee.
The Republican Congressional Cam
paign Committee has been organized
with the following officers Represen-
tative j. w. Babcock of Wisconsin,
chairman; Representative J. s. Sher-
man Of New York, Vice Chairman;
Representative Jesse Overstreet of In
diana, Secretary; w. B. Thompson,
Treasurer. A resolution was adopted
declaring that lin the interest of an
effective and successful campaign the
early nomination of candidates for
Congress is earnestly requested"
The list Of members of the committee
Is as follows:
Representative Metcalf.
cut-Representative Russell.
Delaware-Representa Hoffecker.
ldaho-Senator Shoup.
illinois, Representative Cannon.
Indiana-Representat Overstreet.
Iowa-Representative Hull.
Kansas-Representative Calderhead.
acknowledgement Pugh.
Maine-Representati Boutelle.
nd-Representative Mudd.
Massachusetts, ts-Representative Lover
ing.
an-Representative Corliss.
Minnesota-Represen Eddy.
acknowledgements Pearce.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Carter.
Representative Mercer.
New Hampshire-Sen Gallinger.
New rsey-Representative Louden-
slayer.
New rk-Representative Sherman.
North na-Representative Lin
ney.
North Dakota-Represcnta Spald-
ing.
Ohio-Representative Van Voorhees,.
Oregon-Senator Mcbride.
Representative Connell.
Rhode Island-Representa Bull.
South Dakota-Representati Gam
bell.
Representative Gibson.
Texas-Representativ Hawley.
Vermont-Senator Proctor.
Washington-Repres Jones.
West ginia-Representative Dow
ener.
sin--Representative Babcock.
Wyoming Representative Mondell.
Oklahoma-Delegate Flynn.
New Mexico-Delegate Perea.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-02-15

Ksnsas waddlers Pick Tiny Nuggets
Out of Creek Sand.

Kansas waddlers Pick Tiny Nuggets
Out of Creek Sand.
The goose that lays the golden egg has
been found and he Is Kansas bird.
There In not only one OF him, but whole
flock. Mrs. Mursell. who lives at the
mouth of White Clay creek, a sluggish
stream that empties into the Missouri
river just below Atchison, Is the owner
OF the birds. One OF Mrs. Murselfs
geese was sacrificed for the Christmas
feast. When she went to clean the craw
she discovered that 1t was filled with
what at first appeared to be minute grains
OF sand. The brightness of the stuff and
the curiosity it excited led her to keep II
to show to her neighbor. The neighbor's
husband, who is an old miner. saw 1t and
at once pronounced it gold--almost pure
gold. Tests made at the jewelers. subse-
quently corroborated the miners opinion.
Discovery led to investigation. A goose
egg was analysed. 1t was permeated with
gold. Egg after egg was subjected to
the test, and not one failed to show traces
of gold. A brickyard is located in the
vicinity Of Mrs. Mursell's home. The mud
for the manufacture of the brick made AT
these yards is pumped or sucked from the
Shiny bed of White Clay creek. A vast
yard of it is constantly kept on hand.
This oozy mass is the fayorite haunt OF
Mrs. Murselps geese. They waddle in it
and eat it all day long. An analysis OF
this mud shows that ii contains gold "A
further analysis of the manufactured
brick shows a percentage of gold in every
one. Almost every house in Atchison is
constructed of these bricks. and minute
particles of gold in the brick can be seen
with the naked eye--very distinctly under
a microscope
Crawford avalanche., 1900-02-15
Two Bi,lions in CircuIation.

For the first time on record the
monthly treasury statement shows that
the money in circulation in the United
States exceeds two billions. Not only
is this the high-water mark Of money
in circulation, but, calculated on the
highest estimation of population. ~
10000. it yields the highest per capita
circulation ever enjoyed in this coun-
try, to wit, $25.9S.
In order that our readers may ap-
preciate the full significance of these
figures we append a table Of popula-
ton, money in circulation and per cap
ita circulation by decades since 1900:
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A Fair Sample.

The American Steel and Wire Com
pany last week posted notices in all its
plants notifying its employees of a gen.
eral advance in wages Of ~ per cent.
to take effect from Jan. /. The ad-
vance affects 10000 employees. This is
a sample of the prosperity that has
struck the laboring men all over the
country. There is scarcely day that
the newspapers do not chronicle an
advance In wages in one or more of the
great manufacturing enterprises of the
nation. The Bryanites pass such items
by without reading g-Tecumseh (Neb.)
ChIeftain.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-02-15
Bip Strike of Coal Miners.

Three thousand miners in the Barnes
boro, Spangler and Hastings district,
near Altoona, Pa, struck. At meeting
the men resolved not 20 wait until April
1, the limit set by the indianapolis con
vention for the operators to grant the
concessions, and demanded an immediate
advance from 80 cents to GO cents per
gross ton. The companies answered the
demand with refusal, and not man
went to work.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-02-15
TRIED TO ROB SANTA FE TRAIN.
Engineer of No. 4O5 Foils Hold-Up Men
Near Perry, Oklahoma.

An attempt to hold up south-bound pas.
senger train No. 400 on the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway was,made
just after the train left the coal chute a
mile north of Perry, Oklahoma. Some
one pulled the ben cord and the train
was slowing down, when the engineer
noticed several masked men standing
near the track. The engineer opened the
throttle, and the train dashed by the
woud-be robbers, who made a futile at
tempt to board it,
Crawford avalanche., 1900-02-15
EAGER FOR AN EDUCATION.
Cubans Show Fiery Enthusiasm II
Building Up School System.

Building Up school System.
Alexis Frye, superintendent of Cuban
schools, in his report to the Governor
General at Havana, upon the develop
ment of the school system since the work
of reorganization began a few weeks
ago, says that the whole country seems
on fire with enthusiasm for education.
The popular feeling exceeds all he had
ventured to hope for. When Mr.. Frye
began his work there existed in the ISL
and fewer than 200 schools, all based on
the old Spanish foundations, with the
exception of few that had been estab-
lished more than a year before i'll San
tiago by Gen. Wood. There are now
2,05S schools in the island, of which POI
are in Havana City, 152 in Matanzas
City, and 40 in Puerto Principe City.