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(Bell Telephone No. 106.) ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 7, 1897. A regular monthly meeting of the Busi- ness Men’s League was held in its rooms, | corner of Washington and King streets, last night, with President M. B. Harlow in the chair. Mr. John May stated that he had made extensive inquiries concerning the three- fourths value clause in fire insurance poli- cies, and had found out that most of the Insurance companies had abandoned that clause and were paying full value on poll- cies. On this report the inquiry was drop- ped. President Harlow stated that, since the last meeting/of the league, a matter rela- tive to the alleged Increased tariff rates on the Southern railroad had been brought to his attention. The increase of 4 cents per 100 peunds on all shipments in less than carload lots consumed a large portion, if not all, the profits on sales. Mr. Harlow had been informed, however, he said, by the geverai traffic agent of the road that the order Increasing the tariff had been modified somewhat, and that now only the branck lines were subject to the increase, A committee, consisting of William H. May, J. T. Beckham, Chas. King, W. A. Smoot, N. Lindsey and M. B. Harlow, was appointed to wa't on the general traftic agent and urge the re-establishment of the | old rates. The subject ir. regard to securing a num- ber of maps of the city for distribution was ther taken up, but nothing definite was done. Circuit Court. The following business was transacted in the circuit court for the county yester- day, Judge C. E. Nicols presiding: The docket was called and the case of Clift agt. the Southern Railway Company, a suit for damages for the killing of James Gs in the tunnel, was set for Wednes- jay. S. F. Beach, executor, agt. Harvey Mc- Veigh et al.; J. M. Johnson, administrator of W. N. McVeigh, was granted leave to file an amended and supplemental bill and receiver authorized to pay for street im- provements in front of King street prop- erty. D. H. Gordon agt. Home Telephone Com- pany, petition of A. W. Armstrong, re- ceiver of Eastern Electric Company, filed and leave to answer. Lewis H. Machen was admitted to prac- tice in this court. The court adjourned to reconvene Wed- nesday. Funeral of Wm. Devaughn. A regular megting of Belle Haven Coun- cil, No. 61, Junior Order American Me- chanics, was held last night, at which a telegram was received announcing that the remains of William Devaughn would arrive in this city today at 4 o’clock. It was decided to attend his funeral in a body, and an Invitation was extended to the other councils in the city. Police Court. Mayor Geo. L. Simpson this morning dis- posed of the following cases in police court: Toots Olden and James Grayson, arrested by Officers Beach and Knight and charged with stealing a lot of bed clothing from Mr. Ewald, were fined $5 each, in default of which they went down for thirty days. Warren Johnson, arrested by Special Ofti- cer Turner, and charged with stealing coal from the Southern Railroad Company, at the Washington and Ohio junction, was held for the Alexandria county authorities. School Pupils Express Thanks. The boys of Washington School, No. 1, have adopted a resolution extending thanks to the Alexandria Council, Junior Order of American Mechantes, in behalf of all the scholars of that school for the donation of a flag to the school. General and Personal. Capt. James F. Webster was elected honorary member of the Veteran Fire- men’s Association of the United States at a meeting recently held at Louisville, Ky. A reguiar monthiy meeting of Mary Cus- tis Lee Chapter, U. D. C., was held at Miss Mahaffey’s residence, corner of Washing- ton and Duke streets, this morning. Mrs. Skidmore hes returned from Staun- ton much improved in health. Mr. L. C. Barley, who has been con: fined to his home for several days by ill- ness, is much improved. ——_ PEACE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19. Ministers Urged to Preach in Favor of Arbitration, ‘Wm. G. Hubbard, president of the Peace Association of Friends of America, whose office is in Cleveland, yesterday issued this announcement to ministers throughout the country. “It has been decided by the World’s Peace Congress and the great national peace societies on both sides of the Atlan- tic that December 19, the third Sunday in the month, shall be ‘Peace Sunday,’ and that ministers of the gospel shall be invited to Preach on peace and arbitration that “Tt is suggested that as to the coming sermons their bent should be strongly in favor of arbitration treaties and should be followed by resolutions asking President McKinley and Sherman to re- new negotiations with England in favor of an equitable treaty.” FACING THE OUTLOOK Many Views as to What Congress Will Do. DISCUSSING PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE Currency, Spain and Hawaii, the Chief Topics. PERFUNCTORY EXPRESSIONS —————— Most of the expressions of opinion by gen- ators and representatives as to the Presi- dent's message at this time: are perfunc- tory. The follcwing are a tew of the most pointed expressiors: Mr. Quigg of New York said: “The President's recommendations are extremely conservative, and that is also the spirit of Corgress. It is not likely that much will be done at this session beyond the passage of the usual measures for the support of the government. The Presi- dent's suggestion about holding for gold notes that have been redeemed in gold M™ay possibly be acted upon, but neither of the political parties is anxious to engage in currency legislation until it has a clear majority in both houses, so that it can pass the sort of complete and satisfactory bill on which it is willing to go to the country as the expression of its real and full sense. As to Cuba, the President's views will, in my opinion, be sustained. He has acted with such good sense so far that the whole case should be left in his hands.” Clear on the Money Question. Representative Henderson of Iowa said: “On the money question he is clear, stat- ing our situation with marked intelligence, pointing out our dangers and making cer- tain recommendations that would certainly, {f adopted, prevent for the present, at least, disasters that we have experienced in the past. On the Cuban question his course has been active, intelligent, patriot- ic and wise. I am glad that he has gone so fully into the subject, as there is much misconception among us in this country in regard to the effect of recognizing belliger- ent rights, and it is evident from what he has done that this nation could not prop- erly pursue a different course from the one which it is now pursuing. He gives grounds for hope that a solution may be reached in Cuba, resulting from the earnest efforts of this government. I note with pleasure the strong ground taken by him in favor of the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands, and hope that the Senate may agree with the view taken by the President.” Representative Hull (rep.) of Iowa said: “The recommendatiors as to currency reform are more moderate than I expected, and it mav be possible for us to come to- gether in some way. Personally, I am op- posed to any action on the currency at this time. I do not believe in the inter- national monetary congress. The result of the last yeor has, to my mind, demonstrat- cd the futility of any further effort in this line. I cordially indorse the President's position as to the Hawaiian Islands, but cannot agree to his suggestions as to Cuba. Unless the war in Cuba is brought to a speedy close I feel sure the House of Representatives will take action. I cor- dially indorse his suggestions for the ac- cumulation of war material and improved projectiles. It is not good policy for a government to wait till war comes before being prepared for it.” Representative Richardson (dem.) of Ten- nessee said: “The message is wholly disappointing to the country. Nothing practical for finan- cial improvement is recommended. No in- crease in revenues provided, while we are running behind nearly ten millions a month; nothing for Cuba, but all for Spain; Cleveland’s policy of issuing bonds to main- tain gold reserve indorsed. All for gold and the single gold standard and nothing for biretallism or relief of the people.” Representative Sayers (dem.) of Texas: “The recommendation by the President that when any of the United States notes shall be redeemed in gold they shall be kept and set apart and paid out only in exchange for gold will be, in my judgment, if carried out, an indirect method of re- tiring the greenbacks, and, if such policy should prevail, it will be as fatal to the further use of these notes as currency as if they n:d been converted into bonds. In such a policy I do not concur. More- over, if tne President's policy should pre- vail with Congress, it will be an invita- tion to those who are opposed to the fur- ther use of the greenbacks as money to present the:n for redemption in gold. I also regard that portion of the message concerning Cuba as fatal to any action upon the part of this government looking to the granting of beligerent rights to the reyolutionists or to the recognition of their government. I am _ heartily in favor of granting them belligerent rights. In my judgment, they kave fully earned such recognition.” Rerresentative Bland’s Objection. Representative Biand (dem.) of Missouri, the recognized free silver democratic leader: ‘3 “The President’s proposition to retire the greenbacks, by holding them in the treas- ury except for gold deposits, means a con- traction of the currency to the amount of the greenbacks so impounded. The Presi- dent, however, postpones the carrying out of this policy until there are sufficient revenues to meet all current demands. Under the Dingley bill this will indefinitely postpone the proposition. His statement of the situation as to international bimetal- lism will not be accepted in earnest by anybody. The gold standard advocates do not want bimetallism, and they know how to prevent it in the future as they have in the nast. There are few serious inter- national pimetallists, but among them I suppose the President may be classed as one. They must presume upon the credu- lity of the people if they believe the peo- ple place any confidence in the scheme with the knowledge of its absolute faflure. The message cn all subjects sounds apolo- getic and like an affidavit for a continu- ance, both as to the Cuban policy, which is the most important question affecting our foreign relations, and the currency as affecting cur domestic concerns.” Senator Allison: “I do not take the de- spairing view concerning our currency which the President presents. While there are some Improvements which I should like to see made, I think we shall be able to get along if we do not get any currency legis- lation, and as the situation presents itself now, it looks as if it might be impractic- able to secure legislation on the lines of the President’s recommendations. The recom- mendations in regard to Cuba are humane and considerate.” Senator Hale on Cuba. Senator Hale: “The recommendation in regard to Cuba is in all respects admirable, and one with which I am much Pleased. You will observe that the President makes | two suggestions under this head, one of which is antagonistic to the present recog- nition of the Cuban belligerency, while the other reserves to the executive the right to recognize belligerency when such recog- nition is given. It appears to me that the President had done precisely the right thing in this matter, and I commend the calm ana moderate tone of the message, as I do the thorough manner in which he evidently gone into the question. On the subject of the finances the President does not press for immediate action, and as for Inyself, I do not believe that such would be possibie under the circumstances.” Senstor Foraker did not agree with the President as to the Cuban question. Senator Chandler waid: “I am especially pleasea with the President's evident inten- tion to maintain a policy in the interest of international. bimetallism in accordance with the declarations of the St. Louis plat- form and with his expressed determination to continue his efforts in that direction. 1 regret his opposition to intervention in be- half of Cuban independence.” Chairman Cannon and Economy. Mr. Cannon, chairman of the committee on appropriations, said: “I am much grati- fled with that feature of the President's message in which he says ‘It is a com- manding duty to keep the appropriations within the revenues of the government and thus avoid a G sugges- tion Is particularly timely just now. 1 heartily approve also of all the President says es to Spain and Cuba, and I think the country is to be congr! Gren ed on having the situation placed in guch,@ clear light.” Chairman Dingley of e said: “The message is 2 practical Staté paper wifich will be generally approved. |The President Presents some exceliei tions as to the cu 4 dent says relative to Will, I have no doubt, meet the hearty #bproval of the best sentiment of the countty. “fhe President wisely omits the usual “testime of the de- partinent reports as an tinneéessary feature in an executive messagé,’especially in these days, when so many iffipottant questions come up for solution.” > Represeatative Cox 6f* Tennessee, the ranking demccratic meffbe> of the eom- mittee on Bene: am SaaS ee sage in re; to the currency, in my judg- ment, Is an utter failure. If the policy ad- vocated was carried out'into law, it could only result in the contraction of the cur- rency. Under the arguments made by the President, it would be the duty of the gov- ernment to redeem silver in gold upon the application of the holder of silver as read- ily as it does the United States notes. So, if every paper dollar Of the government was retired the raid could be made on the treasury just as well with,silver. In regard to the recommendations as to banking they are of such a character that no cusiness bank would do business. under such. law. True, the recommendations would permit the banks to take out circulation to the ex- tent of the par value of bonds, and would result in a small reduction of taxation on circulation. But the circulation on bonds would cost the banker more on account of the premium and would cost him more to obtain the circulation; therefore his interest would be to use his money and buy no bonds.”” Senator Teller, silver. republican—“I don’t believe that any legislation will be enacted authorizing the retention of the green in the treasury until somebody is wil pay gold for them. ‘The-radical advocates of the gold standard will not be willing to accept this suggestion, nor will the silver men, so far as I am informed, fayor this disposition of the financial question. It may be that the administration will be will- ing to go no farther to meet the demands of the so-called currency reformers, but judg- ing from the utterances of the Secretary of the Treasury, he will be willing to make further concession. I do not believe that the suggesticn for the tying up of the greenbacks will meet the approval of the people, as such a course would inevitably result in great contraction of the currency. Indeed, it looks to me as if the suggestions of the President would not be satisfactory to any great number of people of any par- ty. The President is certainly mistaken when he says that the government is obliged to redeem its obligations in gold. It has been the policy of the administration to so redeem, but there is no compulsion on this »oint." Chairman Walker's Criticism. Representative Walker of Massachusetts, chairman of the committee on banking and currency, said, as to the financial features of the message: “I fear the message is not sufficiently specific and does not go far enough to relieve the situation, «It does not recommend that anything shall be done until the revenues exceed the expenditures of the government, which may be many months in the future, and is far from im- mediate action, Secondly, the recommenda- tion that greenbacks be not paid out ex- cept for gold when once redeemed in gold, if enacted into law, would enable one man with $1,000,000 of greenhacks demanding gold of the treasury and then depositing the gold in the bank for greenbacks, and re- peating the process 346 times, to retire the whole $346,000,000 in the time it would take him to oscillate between.the subtreasury in New York and bis neipderate foreign broker. The recommendation that banks be required to redeem theix;notes in gold with no other provision of law, would cause every bank in the country ‘tp surrender its circulation, and then what,.agency would keep the country on a gold basis?” PRESENT RAILWAY (SITUATION. ——a The Necessity of Further Inte: Commerce Legisfation. From the North American Rexlew. The interstate commerce law has proved of little benefit. Though t#e amendments adopted by Congress. since it was passed have been practically,,unimportant, the ju- dicial interpretation itbasireceiyed has left but little effective resemtblance to what it was originally supposedito mean. The people will vot Hest gfipiiely “gpliféct, to these conditions... Congress will.ngt by in- action confess itself impotent to! success- fully regulate interstate transportation, nor will investors in railway property prove ul- timately incapable,.ef convincing the gen- eral public that no righteous purpose is served by rendering unprofitable the indus- try of carrying persons and property by tail. The legislative remedies tried during the last three decades have been generally based upon an assumed conflict between the respective interests of the roads and their patrons. Maximum rate laws, long and short haul restrictions, not always un- productive of mildly beneficial conse- quences; excessive and double taxing schemes, anti-association and anti-pooling legislation, the injustice and positively det- rimental effects of which are now recogniz- ed by all wise publicists—have all had their origin in this supposed antagonism. They have also been universally based upon the theory that particular railway charges can be, and are likely to be, excessive and ex- tortionate in themselves. As the only rea- sonable criterion of charges is the relation between the cost of supplying and operat- ing railway facilities and the aggregate revenue received from disposing of the ser- vices they are created to perform, there can be no just approval or disapproval of a particular charge except in consideration of its relation to other charges. As injustice vannot be predicated of any rate except with regard to its relation to others, it is fortunate that the equitable adjustment of these relations is the fundamental economic and social problem; or, in other words, that the exact amount charged in any case is of but little importance, while its rela- tion to other charges is of paramount con- sideration in the conduct. of the business affected. Admitting the truth of this, the question naturally occurs, “How in permanent uniformity be maintained Permanent uniformity cannot be main- tained unless there be established some system which comprehends a substantial incentive for adherence to agreements once reached, and the substitution of a thorough understanding among railway managers of the genuine identity of the interests of the corporations they serve, for the superficial “spirit of 1ivalry and conflict now too fre- quently prevalent. Whe the ownership of the railway system continues to be vested in a large number of legally separate cor- Porations, this harmonization of interests can be achieved in a satisfactory degree only by the division of all traffic for which two or more routes are, from a commercial standpoint, practically available, among the carriers operating such routes in stipu- lated proportions according to contracts, the observance of which may be enforced by judicta} process. Such: division may, in most cases, be accomplished either by the physical division of business or by the pay- ment of money balances! siipposed to rep- resent the profits on thé’ ‘traffic carried in excess of the agreed’ proportions to the their full share. line or lines not receivi: what in common 01 tate In either case there exis' parlance is termed a ————_eslitu Yale’s Japanese, Co-Ed.” From the Philadelphia Press, An innovation in thé™*‘éo-ed.” depart- ment of Yale has just’ appeared. Miss Yoshi Yamaguchi and her brother, Lelichi Yamaguchi, have come from Kioto to Yale to complete their edup; tien. Both have studied at the Doshisha quniversity, one of the leading colleges of Japan. Miss Yoshi has just ar to make a specialty of Eng] and music. She will study under Profegsor Cook and Professor Parker. The fftrle Japanese lady is staying at her s‘ster's home in Waahing- ton street. Mr. Yamaguchi is rooming at West Divinity. He expects to be here for four or five years to study economics in the classes of Professors and Sumner. ‘The first appearance of the little Japanese lady on the Yale campus aimast created a Godged ‘behind corners setts eiteipan oe re ind corners to a 1 the latest advent of the ns oman Bis wears her native costume, which the stu- and intends dents describe as like a pair of black pa- jamas. Her raven black hair is fixed close to her head and ts very glossy. She has bright red cheeks and is short in stature. Her manners are refined and pleasant. - ——-+ee. Five hundred operatives in the cotton mills at Atlanta, Ga., are out on strike. Fire destroyed $10,000 worth of wedding presents at South Orange, N. J., in a house pied by Mr. C.-L. -Van' Rensselaer, ‘ork importer, and: BOYS’ REFORMSCHOOL Report of President Clay of the Board of Trustees. SUP! SHALLENBERGER'S ACCOUNT Need of Inspection After Discharge of Prisoners. ee CAUSES OF DETENTION gee Col. Cecil Clay, president of the board of trustees of the reform school of the Dis- trict, has made his annual report to At- torney General McKenna for the fiscal year 1807. At the beginning of the last fiscal year there were in the school 218 boys; there were received during the year 126, a total of 344, as against 328 for the previous year. Seventy-six of those received were committed by the Police Court and 6 by the Supreme Court of the District vf Colum- bia; 31 by United States courts outside of the District and 13 by the president of the board of trustees. There were discharged during the year 89 by order of the trustees, 22 by expiration of sentence (United States courts), 3 by order of court and 6 escaped and are still absent, leaving in the school June 30, 18y7, 223. There were no deaths during the year, ana the general health . t the inmates was ana is good. The amount appropriated for salaries for the present fiscal year was $16,242. The amount of the present estimate for salaries is $17,1 The estimates for the constrac- tion of an assembly hail at a cost of $9,750, and for the construction and equip- ment of a dairy to cost $3,350, inc!uding stock and appliances, are the same as thos€ submitted for the present fiscal year, ana the same reasons which were given for them then hold good now. There has been turned into the treasury to the credit of the United States ana the District of Coiumbia, jointly, the sum of $2,435, derived as follows: Krom the paper sW); sales from green houses, of surplus farm products, and from miscellaneous sour In last year’s report it was stated that “the board has always been of the opinion that such part of the boys’ time as is given to work other than in the schoo! room should be devoted, as far as possible, to re- ceiving instruction in such handicrafts and manual training as would go to make them self-supporting after leaving the school rather than the performance of such labor on the farm or in the shops as would re- sult merely in the production of a small amount of money to be turned into the government's treasury without giving them any useful knowledge.” Acting upon this idea, the second floor of the bakery build- ing has been equipped with the necessary benches, tools and appliances for instruct- ing a limited number of boys in the Sloyd system of manual training, the result of which instruction has been so satisfactory as to encourage the board to still further extend it. Ticket of Leave System. The board repeats what was said im the last report, that discharges from the school should be limited and not absolute: that Congress should be asked to provide by leg- islation for such control by the board of trustees of the boys after discharge as will enable it to reclaim and return to the school any boy who, by his bad conduct, shows himself amenable to recommitment. As long ago as the first session of the Fiz- eth Congress, in 1888, Congress was ask- ed to legislate in this direction, and a bill was favorably in the House at that session, but not passed. The board thinks “that Congress should, at its next session, be asked to pass a bill giving the board authority over the boys after dis- charge. A great deal has been done during the year in the way of permanent improve- ments and repairs. The bakehouse, the building of which was reported last year, has been entirely completed and equipped with modern improvements. The entire system of steam heating has been remod- eled, and new pipes from the boiler house to the different buildings have been laid in brick trenches, which give protection as well as afford ready access for repair. Many repairs and improvements have been made in the maiu building, including new concrete floors and steel ceilings in the kitchens, a new auxiliary cooking range, and new water-supply pipes to replace the old ones and to give better service in differ- ent parts of the buil¢’ng; school rooms, dor- mitories, and the boys’ dining room, in- cluding the floors, have been painted. Necessary repairs have been made to the barn, boiler house, workshops, greenhouses, etc. A iarge amount of new fencing has been erected and the old repaired. Some sewers have been enlarged and extended; the roadways have been resurfaced, rolled and drained. In all of this work the boys have been employed wherever their ser- vices could be made available. The report of the treasurer of the school, submitted as an exhibit to this report, shows in detail the receipts and expendi- tures during the year. There are also sub- reported mitted as exhibits the reports of the super- intendent and of the attending physician. The board suggests, in view of the rela- tion which the Department of Justice bears to the government’s system of caring for United States prisoners, and the similar positions to the department and the Dis- trict of Columbia occupied by the United States jall, District of Columbia, and the reform school, District of Columbia, that in appropriating for the latter the words “all under the direction of the Attorney General” be substituted for “all under the control of the Commissioners,” as was done in the case of the former, the Commission- ers having expressed themselves as favora- ble to this change. Report of Superintendent Shallenber- ger. The annual report of G. A. Shallenberger, superintendent, follows that of Colonel Clay. He says that the total number of boys received since the opening of the school is 2,262. The total number of deaths has been twelve, the rate of mortality be- ing five-eighths of 1 per cent. Of the 126 boys committed during the past year, sev- enty-six were sent by the Police Court of the District; six by the District Supreme Court; thirty-one by United States district courts, and thirteen by the president of the board of trustees. The average age of boys received during the year was thirteen years and nine months. The everage time served by boys discharged during the year was two years and one month. Of the 126 boys received in the school, sixty-six had kept bad company and used tobacco, fifty-three had bad or doubtful records and seven had fairly good home records; eighty had not been employed, thirty-six had worked some and ten had attended school regularly. The causes of commitment of the 126 boys were as follows: Assault, 4; burglary, 3; breaking into post office, 1; carrying con- cealed weapons, 1; depredation of private Property. 2; embezzlemént United States mail, 4: false pretense, 1; horse theft, 4; housebreaking, 3; incorrigibility, 41; inde- cent assault, 2; larceny, 49; larceny from the person, 1; robbery, 2; violation of United States postal laws, 8; violation of United States revenue laws, 2; vagrancy, 3. The superintendent says: “We have received and discharged a larger number of boys than ever before ne = single year. A small numbe: come back to us the second Sans a stil smaller number under a third = mitment. There is nothing, however, dis- somewhat changed within the past few years. having now under our care a large Bumber of boys committed by the United States district courts. They come to us under various forms and degrees of sen- tence. and generally from states and ter- ritorfes having as yet made no provision for their proper care. These boys are often well advanced in years, and some of them as well a’so in a criminal know!- edge of the world, having been to a large extent unfortunate in their environments | from early childhood. Deficient in educa- técn, both in letters and morals, they are nevertheless often naturally bright and full | of energy. mental and physical. Slow to accept restraints to which they have never | been accustomed. they seldom fail, how- ever, even after many exhibitions of stub- born resistance, to give a willing submis- sien to the schco! discinline. Having once fully accented the new conditions, they make rapid vroeress. both in the school sessions and in their manual training ex eretses in the shons.. These changes have imposed new lines of duty, increasing to some extent the general resnonsihility, hut they have also given increased interest by Freatiy enlareing the sphere of our possi- bilities for good. Reeular school sessions have been held in each of the severa family school rooms excent during the midsummer months. We Tequira that every boy naturally analfied shaM he ahle to read and write. re multinlication and other tables readily, and have some practical knewledve of arith- metic in the primery mies before he can secure an henorahle discharee. This ‘s sunnlementary to his having gained all his badces for eood behavior and obedience to tablished eles, ‘Our expenditures for maintenance during the fiscal vear have heen made within the sum named for such purposes, and in man- ner as prescribed by special act of Con- gress. A small reduct‘on over any previous year in the rer canita cost for subsistence has been secured. chiefly as the result of favorable conditions in the markets and by rearon of a larger daily average in popula- tion. “This matter of a daily food supply fs in some respects naramount to all others, in- volving a relatively laree exnend'ture and having a vital bearing uron the heaith and comfort of the school. Hence it has heen my constant aim to secure the hizhest standard of excellence in the quality of these necessary supplies, and as well also to gnard every avenue open to a possible wasie or improvidence in their preparation for da‘ly use. “In addition to these ordinary exnendi- tures, as will appear In the annual report of the treasurer of the school, a large amount has been reauired to cover r fary revairs to buildings, including exten- sive changes in our steam-heating system, and in the general pire serv'ce connected with our water supnly. The most impor- tant among them all, however. is our new bakehouse extension and mannal training schoe: building, completed and occupied within the year. This is a substantial brick structure, two full stor’es in height, and in every way adanted to the purnoses for wh‘ch it was designed and erected. “The second floor of the building ts oc- cupied by a class of boys who receive in- structions in mechanical training under a modified form of the ‘sloyd’ or Swed'sh sys- tem. This large room has been fitted un h suitable benches, and each furnished h a set of tools. Other necessary ap- plilances of a general character have also been added to make the outfit complete, in erder that a practical test may as to the comparative velue of this for imparting and receiving i the more practical mechanical This new system would seem to have oS special mission, in that it commends itself | to every bey old enough to make a kite or pound his own finger in trying to drive a nail. No possible gain to the school :s con- templated in this work—the whol be'ng to interest and instruct the boy in some kind of mechanical labor that will be- come habitual in time and eventually profit- able to himself. Farm Work Increasing. “Our regular farm work has been stead- ily increasing for the past number of years. Most of the cleared ground has been worn out by long-continued cultivation, and hence requires expensive restoratives an- nually to secure even an average crop. We have had a favorable season and a fruitful harvest. Among the siandard field crops, corn has been the most abundant, and the vegetable gardens have supplied our tables generously during the entire summer. Fruits and berries in many choice varieties have added their season- able quota to these healthful and palatable food supplies. A Jarge part of the labor required to secure these results has fallen to the lot of our older and more expe- rienced boys, who have borne the burden manfully and well. “We still aim to keep our entire force employed at some kind of useful industry during a part of every working day. Many busy hands are required to care first for the labor that is strictly domestic in char- acter, but always persistent in its de- mands. Others find empioyment in the kitchens, laundry, bakery, tailoring and shoe shops, all under competent instruct- ors, and thus many boys, while faithfully serving the school, are doubly serving themselves by what they learn in these several branches of mechanical iabor. “Our paper-box industry still gives em- ployment to a large force of boys, selected especially for this work and almost en- tirely from those younger in years, as the labor is light and the hours for daily service are limited. In the prosecution of this enterprise our first object has been to give mechanical instruction to a number of deser bi Everything in this partment is prosecuted in a business and upon strictly business principles. Assembly Hall } “Attention Is again directed to the im- portance of securing a large and in every way substantial building in which the en- tire schocl cen be assembled at stated times for religicus services, as well as for other public exercises only less important in their influence upon the general welfare of the school. Our annual enteriainmenis, as given by the boys for many successive years, have been indefinitely postponed, or until this great need in our educational work has been supplied. We could assist in many ways in the erection of such a building, which should be ample in size— two fuli stories in height, with the entire frat floor suitably fitted for use as a gym- nasium, wherein a large class of boys can be practiced daily in all approved athletic exercises, including a military drill in the manual of arms, vnder a competent in- structor. This would give us a school room worthy of the name, and furnish opportu- nities for a sound physical development, in which so many.of our boys are notably de- ficient. “The boys’ dining room is never ne- glected. It is under the general care and oversight of the matron, while the assist- ant superintendent also gives daily atten- tion to its disefpline and the good order prevalent therein. “Our play grounds have also maintained @ prominent place at the school. While every form of manual labor is more or less a burden, it should be made as light and easy to be borne as possible. To meet these ends, the road that-seems most in- viting in its promise of success leads di- rectly to the play grounds. Acting in this betief, nours for daily recreation are gen- erousiy provided, and always in just pro- portion to the longer hours required for work and study. Thus a strong appeal is made to the higher and better impulses, which seldom fails in its good results with every fair-minded boy. Work and -play, therefore, are made to go hand in hand, helpful and hopeful as they are in their many offices for good; twin brothers in pur- pose, if not in fact, they easily take a fore- most place among all reformatory agencies General Health Good. “The general health of the school has been very good, and no disease of an epi- demic character has been prevalent at any time dyring the year. Many boys have been cared for in hospital and for vari- ous ailments, including casualties from ac- cldents altogether unavoidable and com- mon to the life of every active boy. No deaths have occurred during the present nor within the past three years, which may be considered an unusual record. Un- der special direction of the attending phy- sician, Dr. Charles A. Wells, careful and unremitting attention has been given to the sanitary condition vo = several een and adjacent groun systematic appli- cation has been made at stated intervals most ved disinfectants. Water tan Sonn tr used as a cleansing medi- um, and our entire sewerage system has recell its full measure of attention. Dr. Wrolls ‘has been faithful and vigilant in his care of boys, iy to every de made upon him, regard- less alike of time or season. “No decided « have been made either in the time or manner of holding our stated - There has no special as. yet been provided to main- tain a regular chaplain or to reraunerate in any way those who have thus gratui- tously served us through many successive y inisters of the gospel and prominent laymen, representing many religious or- ganizations iu the city and elsewhere, have given us a ‘helping hand’ tn the conduct of these services. The entire school is as- sembled in our main building every Sunday | afternoon at 3 o'clock, where many good friends have joined us from time to time in these devotional exercises. to which all have been and all aré still cordially in- | Vited. ‘The formulas are few and simple— | the entire service Mmited usually te a sin- gie hour and always free from sectarian ot | doctrinal teaching of any kind “In each of the several family school rooms the boys are assembled every Sun- @ay morning for Bible study, under special direction of the teacher in’ charge. lowing what has been his custom for m years, the superintendent’ has taken an active part in these Sunday school ses- sions, and always with much interest and Profit to himself, {f not to others. AMERICA SHOULD INTERVENE. Views of an Englishma: turned From Cw In the London Fortnightly Review of this month L. Williams, an English resident of Spain, who receatly visited Cuba, writes Lately Re- “I have seen ii Cuba a number of Ameri- can citizens, honest, upright, owners of land, whose everything was tom from them by Spanish troops with peculiar spite in that they were Americans. The United States, from w I have witnessed, not only possess the most transparent right to press for peace in Cuba, but-they have pos- {s it for many months, but have tol- erantly foreborne to put t into operation. Because we English too ignorant or stupid to jump upon the Turk @ thousand miles from home is no cause why we should forbid our American cousins 7 to shut up the shambles at their very threshold.” see HE USED MONOGRAM sHOT. How a Wily Sportsman Identified Game. From the New York Tribune. They had tramped long through fields and ds, beating every bush and throw- ing stones into every thicket. less en- ergetic of them had 4 doing their full sha had often exclaimed, Th o insisted on the >of the a m, Tige! go in, "and such things. Four of the ar- ortsmen, who constituted a majorit of the party, had just emerged from a piec of dense timber land when a whizz and a burr were heard, and a pair of big pheas- | ants took wing from under thelr very feet. Pang, bang, bangedy-bang-bang! went the guns, and one of the birds came down with a thud The other, however, continued its flight until lost to view. He's mine!” ejaculated one of the gun- ners as he started for the dead bird ‘o, he’s mine; I hit him,” exclaimed an- t much; he’s my bird,” declared a “I had a dead cinch on him fourth man the rty did not k until he had carefully and method- y reloaded his gun. He then gazed is companions for a moment or two, and finally said: are all wrong. It was I who « Robin with my little gun, and exclaimed men in a bunch. nough,” replied the quiet man; nt was killed with monogram shot, and I am the only one in the party who uses that kind of shot. With that the quiet man took the bird from the man who had reached it first, and carefully stowed it away in the cap 8 pocket of his hunting jacket. “Monogram shot!” echoed the rest of the men in, one voice. “What in the is Monogram shot?” “Hamph! I thought that you youngsters had never heard of that. the an; ii ply shot on which my monogram is imprinted.” 1 “will afford me great pleas- declared the veteran, as he plunged ure,” his hand down into his pocket and fished eut a little leaden pellet. This was exam- ined by all the men in turn, and, sure enough, the letters forming the claimant's monogram were found to be legibly stamped upon it. The men were plainly puzzled, but, not wishing to show their ignorance of the sup- tn kind of ammunition, they matter for the time being. That night the owner of the monogram shot left for his home in the city, taking with ant and most of the othe been killed during the day. t of the party had gathered around hotel, when him the phe game which The re a blazing hot fire in the litt one of t m suddeniy remarke: he bi nto that monogram et That fell gone home and taken about all the gs with him on the ground that it was kiled with monogram Now, how do we know that t was killed with his blessed old mon- ogram s ‘e » showed us one of the shot, spoke up the youngest of the s, but that did not prove t all the he claimed to have dropp were d with monogram shot. We didn’t pick f{ the shot out 01 the birds.” Well, here is one of the cartridges that he left behind him,” said a thi “Jet’s break it open and examine it The shot was soon dumped out of the each grain carefully scru- It is needless to re- nd then talks . that not a man; sign of the man’s monogram was discov- ered on any of the sho! 2 “We've been bunco exclaimed one of ed tone of voice; “we the men in a disgu: he 3 ave been undone We have,” echoed the other men in chorus—“and by means of monogram shot.” “But for heaven's sake, let us keep quiet ” said one of the party, story gets out, we will be the ing stock of the town when we g¢ All the men solemnly swore to keep mum, but the story was too good, and it had to come cut to prevent other young and inex- perienced sportsmen from going to shop- keepers and importuning them for mono- gram shot. MONTANA'S IMMENSE FOUNTAIN. Anaconda is to Have the Largest ig the World. From the New York ‘Times. The Anaconda Mining Company has ac- quired rights to all the water in Hearst gulch and lake, at Anaconda, Mont., which are fed by the melting snews that exist there during the entire year. This lake lies up against Mount Haggin, 2,900 feet abcve the level of the street in front of the Montana Hotel. The company will raise the bank about Lake Hearst so as to make it a reservoir with a capacity of nearly a billion gallons, and giving a daily flow of four million gallons down a slope of 3,000 feet into the city. Re ; steel pij lipe will carry this water se six ‘miles to Aneconda, where an- other immense reservoir will be built to receive it. This reservoir will be 320 feet higher than the business center of the city and a quarter of a mile long. Its shore line will be irregular, lying «gainst the hills, and it will be a beautiful sheet of water. As a further means of adding to the beauty of the spot, the supply main from Lake Hearst will terminate in a fountain In the center of the reservoir, Only « portion of the enormous pressure will be used, but a solid jet of water over three inches in diameter will be thrown 220 feet vertically in the air, while around the base of the fountein will be a fringe of spray, consisting cf rows of jets rising to varying heights and at different argies. The fountain, when completed, will be, ‘exception, the largest in the world Ta sets will rise from a massive base of