The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 9, 1895, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, I1895. AY 9, SESSION OF THEA.P.A lems Before the Su- preme Council. EXTENDING THE ORDER. Questions of Affiliating With the Various Political Parties. DIVERSITY OF SENTIMENT. Canadians Out In Full Force and Claiming Credit for Work Accomplished. MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 8.—The sev- enth annual session of the Supreme Coun- cil of the American Protective Association began to-day in Liberty Hall. The dele- gates number in the vicinity of 400 and the greatest interest seems to prevail. From what can be learned of the problems which are vexing the delegates it is prob- able that the session will be a very im- portant one. The order is now semi-political and it has exerted its influence in conventions and at the ballot-box. Some of its mem- bers favor coalition with any of the exist- ing political y s which will come ont openly and advocate the principles of the A.P A, Another faction would have a separate political . party on a strictly A. P. A. plat- form. Still of the associa- tion favors publicity and would do away with all secret w It is also hinted that the free silver question may cut a figure during the session. From this it will be seen that unless the leaders are ex- ceedingly judicious there will be made breaches to repair. The o 1 seems to prevail that the separate party proposition will not succeed, but nothing definite can be learned at t time as to the other mooted questions. Probably the most important step to be taken by the association will be the adoption of an international constitution and declaration of principles and the ex- tension of the order to all partsof the world, crea hereby what will be known as the Supreme Council of the world. This question has been under consideration for some time, and the report of a special com- mittee of ten. appointed a year ago, will be submitte Five mémbers of the com- mittee an members and five are members from the United States. The chairman is Colonel H. E. Sellers of De- troit, who will report the draught of a new constitution, which will be the present constitution of the A.P. A., so modified that it will have it 1 scope. The Canadian del es are here as dele- gates to the committee meeting only, but if the report is adopted they will be ad- mitted to full fello the committee from Canadasays that there are now more than 100,00 Canada and that they y controlled elections in the Dominion for two years. The opening sesssion was called to order with some 350 of the expected 400 or 450 delegzates present, the others being ex- pected to arrive during the day and evening. The emblem of the order—a golden eagle mounted with a small American flag and ““The Little Red Schoolhouse” suspended— isbecoming numerous on the streets. The membership in Wisconsin is placed at 45,000. Rev. J. C. Medill of the Canadian branch of the order spoke for an hour outlining the school war in the dominion. The annual address of President Trainor will not be delivered until the final report of the committee on credentials is heard. The afternoon session convened at 2 o’clock. COMMISSIONER! Must Abide by the Court's Decision in Huntingion’s Case. CHICAGO, Irn., May 8—William R. Morrison, chairman of the Interstate Com- merce Commission, was asked his opinion of the decision of Judge Brown denying the application for the removal of Collis P. Huntington to California, under an in- dictment recently found against him for an alleged viola of the interstate com- merce law, and said: “The Judge is the authority in such cases. We have no authority above his decision. Still it would seem that the act of giving the free pass was transportation as far as the president of the road is con- cerned. Huntington is safe from trial now unless he should go back to California. Even then the court there may have the same opinion as Judge Brown and the in- dictment may be quashed.” S The Dispensary Law Foid. COLUMBIA, 8. C., May 8.—Judges Sim- onton and Goff decided to-day that the provision of the State dispensary law pre- venting importations of liquor for private use in the State was contrary to the inter- state commerce act and null and void. An injunction has been issued restraining the seizure of such liquor. Contempt proceed- ings against Liquor Commissioner Mixson aud Constables Davis and Lafar were dis- missed. Judge Goff also declared the registration law unconstitutional and is- sued an order restraining Supervisor Green from performing the duties of his office. e Hard Labor for an Embezzler. EAU CLAIRE, Wis, May 8—Judge Bailey to-day sentenced the embezzler, Harry B. McMaster, to two years in prison with hard labor. He declared the only way to suppress such cases of embezzle- ment was to strike at the root of the public gambling. The Chicago Board of Trade, he believed, has caused more distress, ruined more men and wrecked more fami- lies than the civil war, yet it was indorsed by the public, and when Senator Wash- burn raised his voice against it he was thrown out of office. . e Opening Up a Rich Region. GRAND JUNCTION, Coro., May 8.— A line is being surveyed for a raflroad twenty miles long from a point on the Rio Grand Junction line, twenty miles east of Grand Junction, up the Plateau River to Buzzard Creek, in the Plateau Valley, for the purpese of opening up that "prelific portion of Mesa County. It is believed the enterprise is backed by either the Rio Grande or the Santa Fe Company. R Sped a Mile a Minute. CHICAGO, ILr., May 8.—A special train on the Erie road which arrived in Chicago this morning with President Thomas of the New York, Lake Erie and Western, hip. A member of | and President McCullough of the Chicago | and Erie on board, made a remarkable run from Huntmgton, Ind., to Hammond, Ind. The distance is 122 miles and the train covered it in exactly 13¢ minutes. Stops amounting to twelve minutes were made, making the time for the run of 122 miles, 122 minutes. FREIGHT-RATE DISCRIMINATION. Testimony in Rebuttal Against the Trans- continental Lines. CHICAGO. ILr., May 8.—Commissioners Morrison, Veazey, Clementsand Yeamans, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, to-day heard the testimony in rebuttal against the transcontinental lines for dis- crimination in freight charges. The com- plaint was made by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company of Pueblo, Colo., which charges the roads with hauling iron and freight from the Eastern seaboard to the Pacific Coast at a less rate than was charged from Colorado points to the Pa- cific Coast. Paul Morton, vice-president of the Pueblo Company, gave his testimony in rebuttal in the morning, and in the after- noon Attorney Morton of San Francisco made an grgument for the roads. He ad- mitted the lower through rate and de- fended it on the competition with ocean steamships, claiming the rules of the com- mission permitted roads to meet water rates. provided the freight was not hauled ataloss. The commission took the case under advisement. THERE IS DECIED HITCH Ratifications of the Treaty of Peace Are Not Yet Ex- changed. Now the Russian Warships at Che- foo Are Cleared for Action. SHANGHALI, Crrxa, May 8.—Private ad- vices from Chefoo last evening are to the effect that the ratifications of the treaty were not exchanged yesterday, the day fixed for the exchange. It is evident there is a hitch somewhere. The Russian warships at Chefoo, which have been painted gray, have been cleared for action. LONDON, ExG., May 8.—The Times will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Kobe, Japan, stating that cholera has proken out on board the Japanese transports at Talienwan on the Liao Tung peninsula. Half the troopships of the original Pechili expedition are flying the yellow flag. MARIETTA, Omro, May 8. — James Creelman, the war correspondent, who is here, engaged in writing his historical book, says that the action of Russia in forcing Japan to abandon all the ports of consequence on the Chinese mainland will prove a blessing to the civilized world. It means that Korea is to be absolutely independent. Creelman declares that Rus- sia was justified in believing that the Japanese intended to gradually annex the Korean Peninsula. The Korean King is a mere puppet in the hands of Count Inuoye, and all national movements among the Korean people are ruthlessly suppressed by Japanese troops.' With Japan guarding on one side of the gulf and China on the other Europe would find herself powerless to deal with either nation. Russia has in no sense taken from Japan any legitimate spoils of war, The Japanese have from the very begin- ing declared that the sole object of the uggle was to free Korea. Mr. Creelman is seriously alarmed be- cause nothing has been heard recently from his colleagues in the East, Mr. Cowen of the London Times and Mr. Ward of the Pall Mall Gazette. After the massacre at Port Arthur the European correspondents were always in danger among the Japanese troops. AT BUCKINGHAM PALICE, Brilliant Reception Held Queen Victoria’s Throne- Room. Crowned Heads, Diplomats and Others In the Swim Are Duly Presented. in LONDON, Ex6.. May 8.—With the bright sunshine and the cool breeze which raised clouds of dust, the approaches to Bucking- ham Palace were thronged to-day long be- fore the hour fixed for the opening of the drawing-room by a treble file of carriages along the Mall. The procession to the throneroom included the Prince of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of York, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, the Duke and Duchess of Con- naught, the Grand Duchess of Mecklen- burg-Strelitz, the Princess Christian, the Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Hol- | stein, the Duke and Duchess of Fife and Prince Henry of Battenberg, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lorne, the Duchess of Albany, the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of S8axe-Weimar. The third daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, the Prin- cess Alexandria, made her debut in the royal circle. The Queen Regent of Holland and the little Queen of Holland went to the palace, but did not attend the actual drawing- room ceremony. The Queen sent a special carriage to Brown’s Hotel to bring them to Buckingham Palace, so as to enable the young Queen to see her arrayed in her robes before the ceremony. United States Embassador Bayard, Mrs. Bayard and Miss Bayard, accompanied by Lieutenant-Commander Cowles, United States naval attache, attended the draw- ing-room. The widow of Senator Hearst of California was presented in the diplo- matic circle. \ A S e O’DONOVAN ROSSA EXPELLED. Not Permitted t6 Talk in the House of Commons. LONDON, Ex6., May 8.—There was an exciting and unprecedented scene in the Hotise of Commons this afternoon. Just as the Chief Secretary for Irelaud, John Moreley, had finished his speech in dis- cussing the bill of Edmund V. Knor, a member for West Cavan, anti-Parnellite, to repeal the crimes act, 0’'Donovan Rossa, the well-known Irish agitator from New York, arose from his seat in the strangers’ gallery and exclaimed: “Mr. Speaker, an assassin’s blow has been aimed at me in this House, and a stain has been put on my name.” Rossa’s remarks were greeted with loud shouts of “Order!” The sergeant-at-arms summarily eject- ed Rossa from the House. At the time the members did not know it was Rossa who interrupted the proceedings, and when his identity became known the sen- sation flincreased. The previous speaker, it appears, had alluded in uncompli- mentary terms to 0’Donovan Rossa. Rossa, after bemfi ejected, was marched off the premises by bluecoats, who warned him ngt to show his face there again, URGED BY HOHENLOHE The Anti-Revolution Bill Again Before the Reichstag. ACTION OF THE PRINCE. Surprised at the Popular Indignation Against the Measure. HERR AUER'S TART RETORT. Conservatives, He Says, Are Very Anxlous to See a Flow of Socialists’ Blood. BERLIN, GerMANY, May 8.—The Reichs- tag was crowded to-day with members,and the galleries were full of interested specta- tors to hear the debate on the second read- ing of the anti-revolution bill, a measure which has attracted universal attention throughout Germany for a long time. The Chancellor, Prince Hohenlohe, in explain- ing the motives of the Government in in- trodyeing the bill, said he could not under- stand why indignation meetings had been held to protest against the passage of the measure, He held too high an opinion of the “nation of thinkers” to imagine it would be supposed that the work of Ger- man philosophers and the progress of hu- manity would be checked by the legal pro- visions under discussion. The committee had dragged extraneous matter into the bill,-intending to strengthen the hands of the executive, but their proposals Intro- duced questions of religion and public schools, and even weakened certain pro- visions of the bill. Continuing, he said that he had to thank Herr von Levetzow, late president of the Reichstag, for his motion, which partially substitutes the Government bill for the committee’s proposals, and then the Prince expressed the hope that the House would furnish the Government with the means of opposing the violent tendencies of cer- tain classes with more effective measures than hitherto atits disposal. Herr Barth, a member of the Freissinnige party, de- clared that Prince Hohenlohe had pro- nounced a eulogy on the bill. Count von Manteuffel, Conservative, ap- proved of the proposal of Herr von Levet- zow, and said that if it was rejected the Conservative party would vote against the committee’s wording and probably against the whole bill. Herr Auer, a socialist, described the bill as being the outcome of fear and said: “Germans only {ear God and the Social Democrats.” [Laughter.] He adde ‘““The Conservatives want to see the Social- ists place themselves in revolt in front of soldiers’ rifles and see their blood flow. ‘We shall not have to do them this favor.” The presidentof the Reichstag, Herr von Boul Berenberg, rebuked Herr Auer for his utterances. The Minister of Wur, General Bonsart von Schellendorf, said that the duty of the army was to defeat the enemy. Its laurels were not won by keeping down mobs in the streets, This task was confined to the police. Count von Kardoff, the German silver champion, announced that the Imperial- ists could only support the sections of the bill dealing with the military and Penal Code and the incitement of soldiers to mautiny. RAISING THE EMABT_HO.‘VEX. Increase of the Bitter Feeling én Nica- ragua Against England. MANAGUA, NIcARAGUA, May 8, — There is no longer anydoubt that Great Britain will receive her smart money on time. The £15,000 sterling to be paid by Nicaragua to Great Britain has been raised here by popular donations. Three Ger- man merchants have given about £2000 and the whole amount will be ready in London in a few days. The raising of the money, however, has only increased the feeling in Nicaragua against Great Btitain, and the feeling is now very bitter indeed— more 80, if possible, than when the British troops landed at Corinto. The general opinion seems to be that the Central American republics will form a combination possibly secret, against Great Britain, and that everything possible will be done to exclude British goods from Central America. This feeling will probably re- sult in commercial gain to the United States. e INSURGENTS PROPOSE PEAOE. They Desire Spain to Grant Autonomy to Cuba. HAVANA, Cusa, May 8.—It is rumored that the rebel chief, Lacret, who organized a filibustering expedition in Jamaica, has landed somewhere near Baracoa. Some of the insurgents are said to have abandoned hope of success and propose peace if the Government will grant autonomy to Cuba. MADRID, Seay, May 8.—Queen Regent Christina to-day gave an audience to Gen- eral Calleja, formerly Captain-General of Cuba,who spoke opiimistically of the situa- tion in Cuba. He declared that he be- lieved the rebellion would soon end. The latest official news from Cuba is reassuring, I e Connected With a Scandal. BERLIN, GERMANY, May 8.—The Vos- siche Zeitung publishes a report that Count Klebelsberg, formerly an attache of the Austrian legation at Brussels, has been arrested at Vienna, charged with having been connected with the scandal which caused the suicide of Count An- drassa A. Bokros, president of the Lower House of the Hungarian Diet on October 1, 1893. Count Bokros embezzled funds in- trusted to him by the Countess Mont Bairck and spent the money in unfortun- ate speculations on the Bourse. The Countess began proceedings and the dis- grace drove the Count to suicide. ASSOO0IATED VETERANS MEET. Anniversary of the Battle of Palo Alto Appropriately Celebrated. - The Associated Veterans of the Mexican ‘War met last evening to celebrate the forty-ninth anniversary of the battle of Palo Alto. The meeting took place at the armory on Q’Farrell street, and was mainly for the purpose of electing officers. The result of the ballot was as follows: 8.J. Loop, president: Charles Lang and Colonel Joseph Stewart, vice-presidents; William L. Buncan, secretary; Alexander Mec- Donald, treasurer; W. G. Lee, marshal; J. C. Broderick, James Layton, H.W. Curl- baum, W. C, Burnett and Matthew White, trustees. The meeting then adjourned to the New Louyre, where supper was served. Aftera good menu had been discussed the assem- bled veterans wege entertained with gpeeches b% the president, Colonel An- drews and W. C. Burnett. The annual report of the Associated Veterans show a balance of $2100 on hand, which is $300 better than last year. ————— SOIENTIFIC HANDBALL. Riordan and Donnelly Defeat Bonnet and Nealon, The Occidental handball court was never more densely packed than it was Jast night. There was an unusually large attendance of ladies in the upper gallery. The attrac- tion was a match between John Riordan and P. T. Donrelly, the amateur cham- I}iq"' and T. F. Bonnet and J. C. Nealon. his was Nealon’s second appearance after his illness and theladies gave hima hearty reception. The spectators were treated to as fine an exhibition of the game as was ever seen in the court. The first two games were won by Riordan and Donnelly by the “skin of their teeth.”” The third was captured by Bonnet and Nealon in sp]engid style, due chiefly to Bonnet's magnificent toss- ing. The fourth was stubbornly contested and was won by Riordan and Donnelly. Nealon was not in proper condition, owing to his illness; if he had been there is no doubt he and Bonnet, would have won the match, which aroused the greatest enthu- siasm. Following was the scores Riordan and Donnell, .21 21 10 21 19 #20 21 17 Another match that was played kept the interest of the spectators alive. It was the best of three games between John Purcell and Al Hampton and James Wren and Ed Maloney. Purcell and Hampton proved too much for the other team and won by the score: 21—14, 21—11. o e el DU THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, Head Gardener Sherlock Dis- missed From the De- partment. An Angry Protest—Director Am- brose Talks of Job- bery. Quite a breeze sprang up in the Board of Education last night over a resolution to declare the position of head gardener of the department vacant. Gardener Sher- lock, the incumbent, had friends in the board, but not enough to save his official head and perpetuate his wages of §350 a day. The resolution was championed by Di- rector Henry T. Scott, who said: “In view of the present financial dis- tress of the City, and the fact that the de- partment employs an assistant gardener, T deem it right and proper to do away with the position of head gardener. Itisour duty to economize all we can.” Director Barry said he thought it wasa mean plan of economy to take the bread out of 8 hard-working man’s mouth in that way, ang he opEosed the resolution. Director Ambrose took the floor and spoke against the resolution, thereby raising a lively breeze. He said: “Thisis simply a job to get a man named Buckner, a fellow with a political pull, into Sherlock’s place. Friendsof this man Buckner went arournd with a petition ask- ing that he be appointed head gardener. They got the signatures of six Directors, which” was not enough to throw Sherlock out and Buckner in. The latter was ap- ointed assistant gardener, at $3 day. Now, if Sherlock is put out, Buckner will goin. It'sa job, and I don’t like it.” ‘This brought Director Scott to his feet with a jump. ‘I denounce the charge of jobbery in this matter,” he said in an angry tone. “If the gentleman knows anything about a job in this resolution I demand that he exxlnin it or withdraw his remarks.” call for a vote on the resolution cut off what threatened to become a storm. The resolution was ndogted and Mr. Sherlock was out. Director Clinton gave notice of a motion to reconsider at the next meeting. The position of assistant gardener was also declared vacant. Bids for the placing of a steam heatin, apparatus in the Peabody Primary School were opened. The contract was awarded to George H. Tay & Co., on a bid of $1560. Some of the bids for the same work were as high as $2150. Miss Edith Armer tendered her resigna- tion as teacher in the John Swett Gram- mar School. The resignation was accepted. James T. Hamilton resigned his position :.s a member of the City board of examina- ion. A communication from Mrs. A. C. Baker was read to the board. The lady asked that she be reinstated as teacher, and made a demand for back salary from August 1, 1893, to June 1, 1895, amounting gi $1031 55. The demand was placed on e. M. L. Graves and others presented a peti- tion asking that a school be established in the Sunnyvale district, near the Six-mile House on the 8an Bruno road. An invitation from the memorial com- mittee of the G. A. R., asking the board to take partin the memorial exercises on May 30, was presented and referred. J. Sterling, who conducts a grocery-store at 1039 Valencia street, wants the Board of Education to regulate the boys who attend the Horace Mann Evening School. He stated in a communication that every evening when the school is dismissed the boys make his life a burden by throwing stones and all kinds of rubbish into his store. The matter was referred to the Chief of Police. Mrs. May E. Rice presented her sixth demand for reassignment as teacher to some school. Her first application for re- assignment was made in i877, the second in 1887, the third in 1889, the fourth in June, 1894, and the fifth in December, 1894. The sixth application was that of last night. No action was taken. The proposition to repeal section 165 of the rules, which provides that when a fe- male teacher marries her position shall be declared vacant, which was reported fa- vorably by the Committee on Rules, was called up, but action was postponed for two weeks, Director MeElroy introduced a resolution calling upon the Board of Supervisors for $10,000 for the purpose of employing four additional teachers in physical culture. The resolution was referred to the Finance Committee. A resolution was introduced by Director Murdock providing that the graduation of pupils in the San Francisco Normal School shall be determined by the principal, sub- ject to the approval of the Superintendent. ‘Woman’s Resignation. The cool, calm resignation of women was illustrated during the_ recent severe earthquake which shocked the City of Mexico. A correspondent of the Boston Herald, writing from that city, tells the story of how ‘women accept the inevitable: Some Mexican lady friends were at church praying for the rest of us, up in the northern part of the city, when, as they re- late to me, they felt faint, and all at once heard the roof crack and saw mortar fall- ing all around them, while the great chan- deliers swung back and forth as in a steamer in a storm. I asked them why they did not get up and run, but they replied stmply: ““We just shut our eyes, commended our souls to our Maker, and went on with our prayers.”’ ————— Aubrey Beardsley’s Mother. The mother of Aubrey Beardsley, the artist of the weirdly symbolical school, is & gentle, old-fashioned Englishwoman who lives entirely for her son and his pretty young sister. Mrs. Beardsley regards him with reverential admiration, but he is said not to take himself over-seriously. His mother entertains his peculiar_set with as much grace and hospitality as if she reall understood and liked the ‘decadent school. —New York World. 2 UTILITY TS MAIN- DEA Some Radical Tuition at the New Potrero Grammar School. PUPILS FITTED FOR TRADES. Principal Faulkner Talks of the System of Manual Train- Ing There. ‘When the new Potrero Grammar School is completed another era in the educa- tional progress of that practical suburb will be marked. Contractor Olsen’s ls:rce of men is making good progress. The large wooden structure is of a simple colonial style of architecture, no attempts at elaborate decoration having been made by Architect Welsh, The school will em- brace one of the most thorough systems of manual training, the main object being to fit in a practical way its pupils for future trades and avocations most useful to society and beneficial to themselves. In this particular respect the school will oc- cupy a unique position,and may be said to be somewhat in advance of the times. _All that is scientific in school construc- tion seems to have been brought into requisition — light, ventilation, arrange- ment of classrooms, opportunities for rec- reation, fire escapes and needful accommo- tions are cared for with a view to the very best results. The old building has been made to serve the purpose of a yaluable annex, the necessary alteration being ra cal enough to satisfy the demands of utility in instruction. The principal, Richard D. Faulkner, is an enthusiast in educational work, and appreciates the value of manual training in a high degree. He has found flattering encouragement from many sources, too, President Henry T. Scott” of the Union Iron Works coming forward with the offer of a position in the draughting department of his big concern as a prize to the boy who, by the end of the school term, June 7, shall have succeeded best in the branch of mechanical drawing. Mr. Faulkner counts much upon the assistance of Miss Etfie G. Smith and Messrs. J. M. Stockman and R. E. El- dridge. Miss Smith is a product of San Francisco training. She is a graduate of the Cogswell Polytechnic College, class of ’93, and the normal school, class '94. Pro- f\elxsor Eldridge came here from Worcester, Mass. The school is located on alot having a frontage of 150 feet on Minnesota street and a depth of 200 feet, extending to Ten- nessee street. It is between Shasta and Sierra streets. In 1877 an eight-class room building was erected on the Minnesota frontage of this lot. At that time it was more than ample to accommodate the children living near enough to attend it. ‘With the growth of the City, however, all the rooms were not only needed, but addi- tional ones were required. These were provided from time to time as needed, first by the erection of a two-room shed building at the south end of the main building, and later by another two-room shed building at the east side, to which was subsequently attached an additional shed room., At the time of the erection of this main building the street was not graded on one frontage nor cut through on the other. As the lot itself was ungraded the Minnesota street frontage was considerably below the street grade on that side, where it was es- tablished, while the Tennessee street side was_ left high above and necessitated an uusightly bulkhead, made still more unsightly by the rough shed standing upon it. ‘The work of improvement included the replacing of the old rotten planking by bitumen. Itsentire yard is now of bitu- men and is the first one of its kind in the City. An iron feace will be run along the Minnesota street side, contributing some- what of the esthetic to the general appear- ance. “The introduction of manual training means a distinct advance in the education of the City,” said Principal Faulkner yes- terday afternoon, which rather ‘radical ob- servation he explained in detail as follows: Itis well known that the Potrero is a dis- tinctive section of the City. Here are located some of the most important industrial enter- prises not only of this City, but of this coast, among them the Union Iron Works, Atlas Iron Works and Western Sugar Refinery, and other big manufactures. A large percentage of the residents in the pursuitof their various trades are thus in the employ of these establishments, and represent every shade of skilled and unskilled labor. Of course the children inherit, or their environ- ment gives them, a taste for mechanical pur- suits. It has, therefore, been my aim since assum- ing charge of the school in January, 1893, to take advantage of {he natural aptitude of the pupils and to give to their instruction a practi- cal character. By so doing we not only fit them in the ordinary branches for a i(gh school or technical course, but enable them to avail themselves of lucrative opportunities in the trades. After going through a system of manual training a scholar can make a ready and promising apprentice—he knows some- thing of tools. The first introduction of manual training nto the sehool was the taking up of sewing iu the four highest grades, short { after the open- ing, last July. It was taught by one of my regular teachers, I taking her class when she was thus engaged. The work was carried on under this plan until the March vacation of this year. Iwas sowell satisfied with the re- sults of this teacher’s work, not only as to the actual work accomplished, but in its refining inflence upon the girls, that I had Director Charles B. Stone, chairman of the Classifica- tion Committee, inspect it, with & view toward the appointment of a speeial teacher of this branch and the extension of it to the fifth grade. I found Director Stone not only interested in sewing but in the whole eubject of manual training, and on his present- ation of the mattet to the Board of Education Miss Effie E. Smith, & member of the day sub- stitute class, was appointed asa special teacher of this branch. In addition to teaching sew- ing I am specializing Miss Smith in another line of manual training work, namely, knife work with the boys. In fact Miss Smith will give general supervision to all the manual training work done in the school, except the cooking and the elementary woodwork done with & full complement of tdbls. She is well fitted for the task, as she combines technical skill and education with the professional ability of & teacher. The manual training work for primar gredes, both for boys and girls, is pretty well systematized. There is also substantial agree- ment as to the work for girls in the grammar grades: that is, that sewing should Llin in the fifth grade and be continued in the sixth and seventh, followed by cooking in the eighth and ninth. But the work for boys is not so well systematized, especially in the fifth and sixth grades. It i3 in these grades that the “knife work” I have spoken ofril being taken up. Itis a line of work not heretofore at- tezapted in the public schools of this City; in factit is advanced work in this country. It has, however, been taken up in the r%\'oyn' Club, under the instruction of Mr. F. G. Bur- gess, The manual training for boys in these rades is termed “knife work,” and the knife s the only cutting tool used. It is designed to be preliminary to the elementary woodwork, with a full complement of tools, which is taken up in the seventh, eighth and ninth grades. The school is already fairl; i for the wood-working and otheyr eg;n&%eg. al- luded to by Mr. Faulkner. In one room is 8 complete outfit for a class with any num- ber of familiar tools, so that a carpenter would feel quite at home there. This is in the basement of the old building and on the top floor of the same building a room is being fitted up for instruction in cooking. In the new building a class in one room will have all the advantages of ocular scien- tific demonstration, the seats to be ar- ranged like those of a gallery 5o as to give the best visual opportunities. —_— Mr. Moulder Recovering. Superintendent of Schools Andrew J. Moulder, who has been seriously ill at his resi- dence, 812 Bush street, for 1] is now convalescent. BT petnow. Jar, e S S Beaten Without Cause. I Manning, a general agent, swore out & war- rant in Judge Joachimsen's court yesterday for DRY GOODS. [P E VSRS TR B NS B Wby b i (EBSTABLISEIRD 1862) C.C URTIN. S UL THE NEW GOODS OF" The Kennedy Bankrupt Stoc LACE CURTAINS. Nottingham Curtains, 3 1-2 yards long, 50 inches wide: Kennedy’s Price, $2.50; Our Price, $1.50. Kennedy’s Price, $3.50; Our Price, $2.50. Kennedy’s Price, $4.50; Our Price, $3.00. CHENILLE PORTIERES. 8 and’S 1-2 yards long, 50 inches wide, figured all over with fancy dado and heavily fringed, sold for- merly at $12, $14 and $16, will be closed out at $8.5Q a pair. BLANKETS. WHY WE : ARE LEADERS IN BLANKETS § ducs. Because we carry the largest stock of White and Colored Blankets to bs fonnd in the City, and because we sell at $5 50 a flng All-Wool Blanket, the best that fine wool and careful manufacture can pro- It is, in fact, the same blanket that other houses charge $8 60 for. You are doing yourself a positive injus= tice if you are in need of blankets by buying without seeing our stock. C. CURTIN, 011-913 Market Street. “WELL DONE OUTLIVES DEATH,”” EVEN YOUR MEMORY WILL SHINE IF You USE SAPOLIO the arrest of Frank Thomas, & lithographer, on a charge of battery. Manning has been in New York for the past five years, and returned to the City six weeks ago. He met Thomas on Tuesday, and, withoutany provocation, Thomas attacked him, pulled a revolver out of his pocket and threatened to kill him. . EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY. The Natural Progress Through the Three Decades. Taking the whole number of persons en- gaged in all remunerative or gainful occu- pations, I find that in 1860 such persons constituted 26.19 per &ent of the whole population. In I870 this percentage had increased to 32.43, in 1880 to 34.68, while in 1890 it was 36.31, an increase of more than 10 per cent relatively in one generation, the period from 1860 to 1890. This, it should be borne in mind, is the percent- age of the total number of persons en- gaged in gainful occupations of the total population, writes Carroll D. Wright in the Forum. If we examine now the per- centage which this total number of per- sons engaged in all gainful occuvations is’ of the persons 10 years of age and over, which is_the truer comparison, we find that the increase has been as regular but a little greater, for in 1860 it was 86.72 and in 1890 47.95, an increase of over 11 per cent relatively in the thirty years named. This fact alone, 1t seems to me, answers conclusively and definitely the question we are considering. If the total number of persons_engaged in gainful occupations stood still relative to the population the argument would not be so clearly carried, but with a;constant and persistent increase in the relative proportions of this class of people to the whole number of population, and to the whole number 10 years of age and over, there can be no other answer than an affirmative one. These figures prove conclusively that we are not only making real progress toward a greater op- portunity, but toward a greater equality of opportunity in social and industrial life; lmgo they completely kill all arguments made to prove that machinery—the in- fluence of invention—displaces labor, so far as society as a whole is concerned. It would be absurd to argue for a single moment that the introduction of machin- ery has not in many instances displaced individuals and reduced them not only to relative poverty but to pauperism. The answer cannot well be made to the individual, but the facts cited prove thatso far as the whole body of the people is con- cerned there is no such displacement; and a study of the expansive .influence of ma- chinery and invention by the statistical method further proves the value of the argument. The vast number of new open- ings, never known before, resulting from inventions offers the best proof in this direction, and it offers, too, Eroor that one line of opportunity will be abandoned when another of a more profitable nature opens. ———————— A fashion correspondent says that snake- skins are to be used as a trimming. Always FIRST “ Gail Borden : ‘Eagle Brand o CONDENSED I1ILK H A PERFECT FOOD FOR INFANTS H 0o 00000000000000000 DONT BE DISCOURAGED! Cultivate your beanty. You will look 100 per cent pret- tier when you remove that hair frem your face. READ THESE TESTIMONIALS SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20, 1895, This is to certify that I have subjected the Antoinette Depilatory to a thorough chemical analysis and I find it to be superior to all other preparations for the removal of superfluous hair. It is without the least irritating action upon the most delicate skin. W. T. WENZELL, Analytical Chemist. This is to cert!fy that I know Professor W. T, Wenzell and know him to be correct in every de- tail. M. H. LOGAN, Ph.G., M.D. This Depilatory is WARRANTED notto stimulate the growth of the hair. Price $150. TRIAL SAMPLES of three of my complexion specialties for 50 cents. Enough tolast 2 or 3 weeks. Just what you require. MME. MARCHAND, Hair and Complexion Specialist, 121 POST STREET, ROOMS 32-36, Taber’s Entrance. Telephone 1349. STHE VERY BESTONETOEXAMINE YOUR eyes and fit them to Spectacles or Eyeglasses With instruments of his own invention, whose cuperiority has not been equaled. My success had Leen due to the merits of my work. Office Hours— PO ST DESKS. BT $24.00 —DROPPEI— $24.00 GEO. H. FULLER DESK (O, 638 and 640 Mission Street.