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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-08-04

New York, Aug B. Information from
Rome is printed here 20 the effect that
Antonio Lana, arrested as an accomplish
Of Bresci, has confessed, affirming a plot
existed involving the simultaneous AS
sassination Of King Humbert and Queen
Margherita.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-08-04

that be committed the crime unsolicited.
lie does not appear 20 regret his deed
and says he would DO It over II lac had
the same opportunity.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-08-04
This Contest will Close

one month before the population has been ofl-
cinlly announced by the Director Of the United
States Census at Washington u. C..and The Eagle
will announce the date when the guessing will close.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-08-04
In Case of a Tie,

or that two or more estimators are equally correct
prizes will be divided equally between them.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-08-04
SUBSCRIPTION BLANK
REMEMBER THAT THE FIRST PRIZE is $4,000.

TorDs raI.h" Association has deposited t@o"m the Central Savings
~ a
The Cash must accompany your Y the pnrera It'll" regular
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-03
FUNERAL SERVICE

The funeral services over the remain
of Augustus b. Brown were held at th'
residence of the deceased 260 Vaughan
street at Z. 80 o'clock yesterday afternoon
There was large attendance Of relasi W
and friends, many being present from on
of the city. The floral offerings were many
and beautiful. Representatives wer'
present from the various lodges Of which
the deceased was o member. but owing e
the fact that intsruent will DO &C Var
mouthvills, none of the orders were II
charge of the burial. The services wsr,
OF very simple nature. out of rspeot to
the aged mother.
Rev. Rollin L. Hack and Rev. Asi
Dalton officiated speaking words appro
pirate to the character and busy life o
the deceased.
The remains will be taken to Var
mouthville for intermsnt this afternoon.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-03

providing another teacher and until mere
ample accommodation could be obtained.
This was exceedingly regretted BY the
committee
A new condition of things has been
created recently py the gift from the
trustees under the will Of Joseph Walker
Of s9o. coo for the erecsion Of q building
for the Manual Training school. This
gift has been accepted By the city, and Il
IL hoped that during the coming rear .
suitable building viii be erected In the
central pait OF the city and three class
rooms lifted up for 7th. sth and 9th grade
pupils. Then when sufficient accommo-
dations have bsen provided q third IN,
structof should be secured to supplsment
the exosllent work which II now being
done BY Mr.. Babb and Mr.. Norton.
MUSIC.
After giving an sxtend ed trial TO several
systems Of music instruction, with
view to the adoption OF the one which
should prove most Satisfactory, the oom-
mittse at length I detsrminsd that thsy
were not warranted In making perma-
nent change from the Normal system,
which has been in use in our schools for
number of years. While sppreciating
the merits OF the systems which have
been on trial ct the Butler, Jsckio, and
other schools in the oity, 10 was believed
that In the employment OF various
methods Of Instruction q needless burden
was placed upon the musio teacher, and
measures were therefore adopted whiob
will shortly result In uniform system
OF Instruction in music throughout the
city.
In this departm emit. rs IN others. es-
psotal effort was made this rear 20 place
the schools Of wards eight and nine ON an
footing with the rest-of the city. beth as
regards iE struotors and text books. A.
the greater part Of the fund available for
musio had to bs applied for this purposs,
the work laid out BY the music COMMITTEES
pletsd.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-03
FURNISHING THE HEATHEN.

Rangoon. Burmah. March 2.-1hs
British punitive expedition sent to
avenge the murder In the Monghem dis
triot, Of Messrs. Kiddle and Sutherland,
British commissioners, who had heen en-
gagged In the dsmnroation Of the BurMo-
Chinese boundary, has captured the whole
group OF villages implicated in the affair.
Sixty of the villagers have been killed
and 200J house have been burned.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-03
DENMARK WON'T SELL.

Paris, March "A despatch to the
Temps from Copenhagen says IL now
appears that tue Danish government
will not accept any offer from America
to acquire the Danish West Indies, the
King and Premier Hoerring being OPP
posed to the oession OF the island.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-03
GENERAL CULTURE

Outaide the daily routine OF school II Q
there are influences at work In the SCI o. 5
whose effect upon the character Of
children should not be overlooked. The
IT o rsment started few years ago by TIE
ladies OF Portland to beautify the sohoo
70 inns has been continued this year with
ro.iceable results. Examples of the bes t
In art have been placed In the Portland
high school. Some OF the work done hers
was contributed by Glasses formerly grad
ustsd from the school and by individual
donors, and some through the efforts OF
the school room decoration committees OF
the Woman's Literary Union. II the
same way the work has been going on In
the schools throughout the city. The
parents In the Park street district are
taking measures TO provide for the deco
ration of their new school house us SION
As IL Is completed.
Efforts have besn made also by the
principals and frients o, several schoo's
TO provide libraries for the scholars. The
Oakdale soho oil and the Training eohto
may be mentioned especially in this con
nectioD.
At the Emsrson school tina children By
giving enter lain ments have raised money
to purchase a plano.
All these movements besides bearing
diieotly upon the higher life OF the chill
dren tend to stimulate their pride In the
schools, and the result must be less
need Of rigid discipline and pleasanteE
school-rooms for daily work.
LARkNCE W. PEA BODY,
FOR the Committee.
Mr., McGowan moved and the board
voted that the report be accepted as the
report of the oommittes.
Superintendent Lord also submitted hi
annual report.
The report Of Mr.. Lord was largely
taken up with an exhaustive review oil
the progress made and Improvements IN
the Portl land schools In the ten year
which Mr.. Lord has served In this posi-
ton.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-03
SOCIAL WELFARE.

While, under the scheme Of government
which We recognise, IL Is clearly the duty
Of the people to provide equal privilssi 8
OF education for all. the q 1estlon osos-
sionally arises as to what provision should
be made for children whose influences In q
school IL prsjudioial to the social weifaro
II has sometimes happened that o child
has been excluded from the schools be-
cause IL was felt that mis- Influences ON the
char aoter Of the children with whom he
was assooisting was perpicious. 10 other
words. while 1t was realized that his
| education 10 matter OF deep concsrn to
the community, 1t was found impossible
to provide for IL In the schools. as now
constituted, without injury TO the man
whose welfare Is entrusted to our keep.
Ing. Exactly what disposition can
made OF cases like this IL a question
which should be considered carefully by
the COMMITTEES. While we maintEin an
evening school for those persons whoss
age and daily occupation prevent their
attendance at regular sessions OF the com :
iuon tcnools. 1t may be that wa can and
should also provide some special means OF
sduoetio, adapted to those few who nave
to be isolated rom the social life Of the
reg ular schools.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-03
MANUAL TRAINING SCHOOL.

Owing 20 the Increasing need Of room
In the western part Of the city for the
lower primary grades. 1t was found ad-
visahle during the summer vacation to
take the ward room at the Vaughan
street school house for that purpose and.
accordingly, nav quarters had to be pro-
vided for the Manual Tanning school.
which has been occupying the ward
room for several years. The COMMITTEES
was reluctant to make this ohangs, but 10
became a matter of necessity when after
diligent search IL was proved that no
other room In any way suited to tine
needs of the younger pupils could be Sc
cured.
A hall on Congress street, near OAK.
was fitted up for the use OF the Manual
Training classas In the western half OF
the city. This hall Is conveniently located
to accom- m odate the pupils and has
answered fairly well for temporary quar-
ters.
It was early seen that q change Of
sched ule must he made In order to receive
the pupils from tho Deering wards With
the present limited accommodations and
with only two teachers is was found I'm
possible TO continue the Manual Training
instruction In all three grades, Ith, Sth
and 9th, as had been done previous q
| this year. The COMMITTEES accordingly
decided to omit manual training from the
7th grade Until they fsls warranted In
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-22
JOHN COLLINS HOPE.
RumOr That Effort viii Be
Made to Get New Trial.

John Henry Collins still hopes that he
will be cleared of the charge of murder
ing his father and given his freedom.
His lawyers are still working in hopes
of securing a new trial.
The attorneys have been watching the
Marion Asbell case being heard before
Judge Skidmore at Oswego. Asbell is
serving a sentence for the numbering of
his wife in 1896 His daughter testified
that she swore falsely at the trial when
he was convicted. The writ was de-
MED.
In speaking of Collins hopes Warden
Tcmlinson, of the penitentiary at Ian
sing, said:
Collins talks hopefully of his free
dom and says he believes something
will yet turn up that will show he was
entirely innocent of the crime of which
he was convicted. He does not say very
much but he evidently believes he will
be pardoned or will obtain a new trial.
His attorneys have not been here re-
Gently and I do not know what effort
is being made to secure a new trial for
him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-22

vention in the First district Mr. Leland
said to a Journal reporter;
Mr. Curtis has Won He has carried
sufficient number of counties to end the
contest in the First district
What bearing or influence does this
result have on Mr.. Bakers chances for
re-election2' was asked
This result will have no influence
whatever in that direction" replied Mr..
Leland. Mr.. Baker is today as strong as
he ever was and l think he has the best
chance for election to the senate.
"Wil Mr.. Bailey go before the con-
gressiona1 convention or will he decline
to have his name presented and submit to
the nomination of Curtis by acclamation,
asked the reporter.
Il can not speak for Mr.. Bailey" re-
piled Mr.. Leland. L do not know what
his plans are. 1 have no idea what will
be done by him"
TWO ANTI-LELAND DELEGATES.
The victory for Curtis carries the two
delegates to the national convention from
the First district. They will probably be
Judge r. NJ Emery of Nemaha county
some man that Captain Seaton viii name.
The prospects for Mr.. Leland's re-elec>
ton to the national committee may be
seriously impaired by the fact that two
delegates from his own district will be
against him.
This condition of affairs has re-devel-
oped the talk for NJ. A. Low for ma
tional committeeman. To Mr.. Lows po-
litical Sagacity is due the arrangement by
which Curtis staid in Washington and at
tended to his official business while the
senator and cOngressman-at-l were
at home fighting for Bailey against Cur
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-22
CALLS MACRUM AN ASS.
Secretary Gage Expresses Him.
self Regarding the Late
Consul to Pretoria.

st. Louis, Feb. 22.-Lyman T. Gage,
secretary of the treasury, arrived here
today and is stopping at the Planters
hotel. He came to st. Louis to speak
before the Commercial club at it's ban
quet tonight.
In an interview which appeared in
the POst-Dispatch today Secretary
Gage said of the case of ex-Consul
Macrum and his charges against the
English government:
THE administration thinks of Ma
crum exactly what every reasonable
man must think-that he is an ass.
am convinced that his charges are alb
solutely without foundation and have
been made in spite to embarrass the
administration So far as I have been
able to ascertain there is not a. scintilla
of evidence to support his charges.
do not believe that the officials of the
English government violated the sec
recy of our communications to our
the investigation to be made will show
as much.
"Ofcourse, if Macrum can substantiate
which Will prove that his mail was
tampered with that will put the case
in another light. If the investigation
should reveal that state of affairs, then
the administration would demand an
apology for the indignity. But l do not
believe there is the slightest possibility
of such a crisis arising. AS the case
now stands, Macrum is not troubling
the administration. 1t will not give
him the slightest notice until he proves
his charges
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-22

the broader sense, holding in your hands
your party's fate, whether it be not bet
ter politics to reward a, friend than buy
a foe. Whether it be not better to recog-
nize past services nobly rendered than
to pay in advance upon a promise that
will never be performed. Kansas City cor
daily extends to you an invitation and
promises that if you should choose to be
her guests the stalwart Democracy of
all the west will be waiting to welcome
you at her DOORS"
Ex-Governor Peck of Wisconsin, was
the second speaker in behalf of Milwau
kee- In 1892, he said, he made a funny
speech before the national committee and
Milwaukee lost the convention by one
vote He proposed to take warning from
that experience. He devoted his time to
impressing upon the committee the ne
cessity of propitiating the German-Arper-
leans, who were now friendly disposed
towards the democracy.
David Overmyer of Kansas, made the
closing speech for Kansas City. He
aroused much enthusiasm by saying that
the platform and man were already Sc
lected by the Democracy of the whole
country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-22
READ BY FORAKER.
WashingtOn's Farewell Listened
to by the Senate.

Washington. Feb. 22.-In accordance
with custom all of the executive de-
partments of the government were
closed today in honor of the birth Of
Washington and business generally was
suspended in the afternoon. Both
houses of congress- however, were in
session and as is always the case on
holidays the galleries were filled. In the
house the debate on the Porto Rican
tariff bill was continued and in the sem
ate after Washington's farewell adj
dress had been read. Senator Penrose
called up the Senator Quay contest
case.
An annual custom which has prevail
ed in the senate for many years is the
reading by some senator designated by
resolution of Washington's farewell ad-
dress Immediately after the reading Of
the senate Journal on Washingtons S
birthday.
Several weeks ago, Mr.. Foraker, the
senior senator from Ohio, was selected
to read the address. It was a notable
ate convened today all of the public
and private galleries were crowded and
scores of people stood in the corridors
unable to gain admission.
An unusually large attendance of
senators was present and all gave close
attention to Mr.. Foraker's reading
which was a fine bit of elocution. At
the conclusion of the reading he was
congratulated by Ns colleagues.
Mr.. Foraker hao scarcely concluded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-22
CURTIS WINS.
Shawnee County Man Scores a
Decisive Victory.
Defeats W. J. Bailey In the
Primaries.
BLOW TO THEMACHINE
Administration Workers Given
a Severe Rebuke.
Anti-Leland People Are Wild
With Delight.
ATCHISON VICTORY.
John Seaton Again Demon
strates His Power.
Some Things That May Happen
AS Result.
John SeatOn Again Demon
strates His Power.
Some Things That May Happen
As a Result.

Charles Curtis will succeed himself
as congressman from the First dis
trict. The result of primaries in vari-
GUS counties Wednesday assures for
Mr.. Curtis denomination, and that is
equivalent to an election in that dis
trict
Mr.. Curtis achieved a sweeping vic
tory in Jackson, Brown and Atchison
coun1Ies at the primaries which were
held to select delegates TO a county con-
vention which will name the delegates
to the congressional convention to be
held at Atchison March 20.
The victory is so far reaching in the
district that Mr.. Curtis will undoubt-
edly be renominated by acclamation.
That incident will close the most Won
Gerful congressional fight the state of
Kansas has ever witnessed.
There will be 229 delegates in the
Atchison county convention. OF this
number 1S5 or 190 will be for Curtis.
In Jackson county Curtis scalped the
home man, a. E. Crane. by defeating
him in a walk. The Curtis people car
ried sufficient number of precincts in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-22
Charles J. Webb Made Grand
Master of MasOns.
Wichita Chosen as Place For
Session.
BESTOR BROWN WINS.
Expected Fight on His Promo
tiOn Fails to Materialize.
Washington Jewel Is Presented
to Grand Lodge.

The morning session Of the Grand
lodge A. f. & A. NJ was spent in the
election of officers for the ensuing year.
The elective grand officers who served
during the past year were all advanced
and will serve in the following offices:
Charles j. Webb, Topeka, grand mas
ter.
Perry NJ. Hoisington, Newton, deputy
grand master.
Thomas E. Dewey, Abilene, grand
senior warden.
Bestor G. Brown, Topeka, grand
junior warden.
Robert E. Torrington, Wichita, was
reelected grand treasurer and Albert
K. Wilson, of Topeka, was reelected
grand secretary. 1t was expected that
a fight would be made on Bestor G.
Brown who was appointed grand senior
Some objection was made to his can
dfdacy on the ground that his home is
IN Chicago. He belongs to the Masonic
bodies of Kansas. He received over 500
out OF the $50 odd votes and was elected
on the first ballot. Wichita was chosen
as the place of meeting for the Grand
lodge in 1901. At this session no Gus
todians were to be elected and
the board, composed of the fol-
lowing members will serve for the
coming year: William z. A1udgett,
Greenleaf; George NJ. Coplin, Paola;
George F. Pond. Fort Scott.
There has been some talk of cutting
down the number of representatives to
the Grand lodge. At present the mas
ters, past masters and wardens of each
lodge have a vote. The representation
has been increasing and it has several
times been suggested that the wardens
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-22

be dropped So far it has not been
brought up in the session.
At this mornings session Past Grand
Master Loomis presented the lodge
with the souvenir Washington jewel. 1t
was moved that the grand master wear
the jewel on the second day of every
Grand lodge session A large silk flag
was displayed over the masters chair
and Past Grand Master Loomis ex-
planned it's significance as follows:
Being firmly assured of the wisdom
of the recommendation contained in my
official communication to the lodges
relative to the display of the American
flag I would here renew the recommen-
dation to the Grand lodge, and 1 would
respectfully urge that the Grand lodge
adopt a standing regulation requiring
every lodge in our obedience to display
in open lodge at every stated and spe-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-22

spectors for the state and he has been
making a fight for Bailey. Some of
the Curtis managers warned Fulton to
get out of the way and keep hands off
but he did not do so and now trouble
is threatened for him.
Among the men who went down in
the defeat which Curtis has adminis-
tered to the politicians of the district
are Federal Judge w c. Hook, Col D.
r. Anthony editor of the LeavenWorth
Times, and his bitter enemy who has
been working shoulder to shoulder with
him in the anti Curtis contest, DR.. S. F.
Neely the Democratic mayor of LeaV-
enworth.
Then there is C. D. Walker of Atchi-
son who has been squirting at the con-
gressional job himself. He failed to
carry his own ward for Bailey and Jim
Chisham lost his ward to Curtis If
there is any place that Curtis didn't de-
feat his opponents IN Wednesdays
primaries it is of so little consequence
that it will not be needed in the wind
In Atchison county the claim is made
that it is a case of the biggest bar'l"
John Seaton to punish Leland took up
the Curtis cause and through his efforts
one of the most stubborn fights in the
history of Kansas politics was orga-
nized- The Bailey people say Seaton
knocked both ends out of his "bar'p'
and turned the money loose. The Curtis
people sav that Bailey spent over $4,000
in AtchiSOn county alone.
The anti-Leland managers claim the
defeat of the Leland Bailey forces in
the First district contest is but the pre-
liminary to his defeat for national COM
mitteeman in the coming state conven-
ton.
Curtis is not the first man in the
state who had the courage to fight Mr..
Leland but he seems to have won, while
others lost. This has inspired con-
fidence in men who admitted to Curtis
that they would stay with Leland be-
cause in their opinion Curtis could not
compass his defeat. Now that Curtis
is victorious some of those men will
probably desert Leland and flock to the
successful standard of the present vic
tor.
In an Atchison crowd last night some
one suggested that the Curtis people be
magnanimous and present Bailey for
denomination as congressman -at-large.
This suggestion fell with a dull thud.
The Curtis people, now that they are on
the road to victory, propose to sweep
everything before them. The plan has
been made to perfect a. Curtis organiZa-
ton in every county in the district of
such a character that the Curtis forces
will control the congressional politics
The fact that Curtis is now in the sad
die will make him strong in all the
counties on account of the patronage
which he will have to distribute.
CY LELAND GIVES UP.
Cyrus Leland who has been Mr.,
Railev's manager. takes the defeat of his
/ candidate good-naturedly and will line up
his friends for the nominee of the con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-22

the reading of the address when Mr..
Penrose (Pa~) rose and called the atten-
ton of senators to the announcement he
had made yesterday concerning the
calling up of the resolution involving
the right of Matthew S. Quay to a seat
in the senate as a member from Penn
sylvania.
Mr.. Penrose said while he desired to
have the case considered Immediately
he had been informed a number of SEN
ators wanted to be present when it
came up and as their request was en-
tirely reasonable he would not oppose a
he gave notice that he would call up
the Quay case tomorrow at the con-
clusion of morning business.
At LOS p m the senate adjourned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-22
NEARLY LOST 1T.
National Republican Convention Al
most Taken Away From Phil
adelphia.

Philadelphia, Feb 22.-The citizens ma
tional Republican convention committee
held a meeting in the mayors office to-
day and the secretary reported that up
to date S56 coo have been gathered toward
the fund of s10O, 600, which is to be given
to the national committee. Twenty five
thousand dollars has already been for
warded to Chairman Hanna and the sec
ond S25, 900 will be sent to him in a few
days
Mayor Ashbridge informed the commit
teemen present that this city came near
losing the national convention because of
the petty sQuabbleS over the arrange
ments for the convention. The mayor
said that on his recent visit to Wash
ington Chairman Manley of the sub-com-
mittee informed him that he was cOntem-
plating removing the convention to Madi-
son Square Garden. New York. but on
assurance that the money would soon
be forthcoming the national committee
men dropped the proposition.