The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 1, 1904, Page 2

{PANESE ARE VEXED AT DELAY Situation in the Orient Be- comes More Serious and Re- sponse From (zar's Govern- ment Is Anxiousty Awaited | PLANS FOR -CAMPAIGN ARE XOW COMPLETED —_—— 5 Thor.ughness of the Prepara- tions of -the Mikado’s Forces Indicates That the Conflict! WUST FACE ) CHARGE (F BRIBERY ‘[John A. Benson Is Arrested in | New York City on Indiet- ; ment Found Against Him by Grand Jury at Washington i |GOES TO JAIL BEING & UNABLE TO GET BAIL { e oo J | San Francisean Is Accused of | Having - Paid Federal Offi-! cer to Give Him Information l 1s Not to Be Longer Delayed | Congerning Land Fraud (‘a.‘;osy — | — et | 1.—The situation is| NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—John A. Ben- ‘critical and it is be- | son of San Franeiscc is in Ludlow- ! TOKTO, -Jan growing extremel lieved that thé chances. for war are street Jail to-night, owing to his in- greater than ever before. Peace hinges on the character of Russia’s response. If the Russian reply is unsatisfactory, i it is almest certain that Japan will fight immediately. If Russia desjres peace her position will be difficult to maintain for the Japanese are distrust- ful of her promises If Russia’s response is delayed for a week it is expected that Japan will dey, mand an immediate answer. The an- nouncement thet Russia is seeking naval stations in Korea, buying stores in America and buying coal in Japan has increased the war spirit of the Japanese nation. Influential news- papers are urging the Government to promptly dispatch a fieet to guard the Korean coast and patrol the Korean channel The Ministers of War and Marine, their general advisory staffs and com- manders, are conferring.daily. Full plans the campaign of the army and navy have been prepared and the ability to furnish $19,000 bail. He was arrested here to-day on a charge of bribery, at the instance of secret ger- vice officers, who feared he was about ‘to leave the city. L Benson recently was indicted in Washington for bribing a Federal offi- | cer. The indictment, which* reached | here to-day from Whashington, contain- ed xty typewritten pages. It first charged that Benson and Frederick A. Hyde of San Francisco were engaged in the business. of unlawfully obtain- | ing possession of titles to the public lands in California and Oregon known as school lands. The indictment alleges that following the securing of the lands by the two | men the Interior Department special agents, A. B. Pugh and H. E. Steece, commenced an investigation. It is charged that on March 15 last Benson paid Woodford D. Harlan, chief of | the police service of the Interior De- ! partment, $200 tq furnish him with ad- | | lawyers, * compulsicn; scheme of land and water transpor- 'vance information concerning the re- | n completed. The thoroughness of port of Messrs. Pugh and Steece. It an’s preparations is pronounced su- is further cldimed that a second pay- | perior to that of Germany prior to the ment of $200 was made -to Harlan on | Franco-Prussian war. It is anticipat- March 20, a third on March 25 of the | ed that Korea will be the scene of the same amount and a fourth on Decem- earliest large operatio: Tne invasion of Chinese territory other than by Korea and across the Yalu River, it is thought, will depend on the nature and extent of the Chinese efforts to ex- ber 18 to the same Federal official of $250. A claim is also made that on De- | cember 16 Benson paid William E. Volk, | a clerk in the Land Office, the sum of | $150 to permit him to see.certain re- | pel the Russians from Manchuria. ports. 5 Baseho will be-the principal base of | After his arrest the accused was tak- | the navy and the main point for the «en before United States Commissioner | embarkation of troops. * It has vot yvet Shields, who been disclosed what place: will bé the | January 12. principal army base, nor whére the Emperor and his war councillors will go to direct -operations. set his examination for Being unable to procure | hondsmen, Bensoh was taken to jail. Judge Campbell, one of Benson's cou sel, said his client had a,peared’ be- fore -a Urited States Comn issioner in INSURANCE COMPANIES MOVE.. Washington December 17 ard that the — examination had gone over until Jan- | Impose War Risks on Shipments uary 7. - From Russia to the Far E the | MOSCOW "Dec. 31.—The imppsition’ of war risks to-day by the insurance. companies on ‘shipments hence to the Far st was the first Jocal intimation that Russo-Japanese hostilities were | considered within the bounds of pos- sibility. 3 1. .“Not caring tc wait.” ssid he, Féderal officials vesterday in- di¢ted Mr. Benson on the identical arraigned on there. We 3 able to show that Benson ad been guilty of né.such crime. We ill furnish bail for him to-morrow WASHINGT Dec. 3l—Secretiry There is no war talk, however, nor excitement. The general apathy of the Muscovites is evidenced by the ab- sence of htest editorial reference in the Moscow daily newspapers. The news which is filtering in is published without comment The Manchurian correspondent of the Moscow Gazette says the Chinese plan. in the light of a campaign, is to" concentrate 5000 picked troops along the line of the Siantun branch of the Manchurian railroad and cut the com- munications, thus isolating Nesw- chwang and Port Arthur. He adds that the reoccupation of Moukden by the Russians was effected chiefly for the purpose of checking this move. S . TEMPORARY LULL IN JAPAN.’ All Necessary .i’tfl)nnllons. for Event- ‘ ualities Have ‘Been Completed. TOKIO, Japan, -Dec.-31.—The com- pletion of all the necessary prepara- tions for eventuzlities has been foi- lowed by a temporary lull, pending the receipt of Russia's reply. It is reported at Seoul tliat the Russian Minister is trying. by every means, to induce the Korean court to grant Rus- | siz a lease of Masampho as. a naval station. The unrest in Southern Korea contimues. . S GETTING CRUISERS READY. Great Britain Is Preparing Her Ves- scls for Foreign Service. LONDON, Dec. 31. The British third-class cruisers Intrepid and La- tona have been docked at. Portsmouth, in preparation for foreign service. It is understood that they will proceed to China. It is asserted in Dublin that a number of naval reserve men of that district have been instructed to be in readiness to embark on ss cruiser Melampus, if the mobili- zation of the reservists is ordered. acaomhies dind RUSSIA’S REPLY NOT READY. Foreign Officc Declares Nothing Has Been Decided Regarding Matter. ST. PETER3BURG, Dec. 31.—The Foreign Office declares- nothing has yet been decided regarding Russia’s reply to Japan. Kurino, the Japanese e ———————————————— the third-- | Hitcheock to-night- said regarding the | T arrest of John A. Benson in New York: {. *I have been informed #het Benzon was arrested this afternoon on an ir- @ictment found by the Grand jury and that he was held in $10,000 bail for a hearing on January 11 before - the United Statés Commissioner in New York relative, to his return the Di trict of Columbia for trial, *The Grand Jury took up case on Monday. We had been prepa ing it for some time. We had him ar- rested in Washington on a warrant be- fore an indictment had been obtained because we were informed-: that he in- tended to leave Washington. case now will be dropved as the in- | dictment covers all that ground and | much more. We were informed again | | this week that Benson intended to leave | ew York.” It was thought hest not to allow him“to get further away from us without amn. indictment. . “Other develobnients may be ex- | pected to follow ravidly now. We are | sworking on other indictmenis 2nd there | are a.’number . of other-arrests to be made. The evidence seems to be ir- refutable.” G 3 | | GLADSTONE. MINING COMPANY 1 Is TO RESUME OPERATIONS | Miners Locked Out Four Months Ago | Will Seek to Prevent Employment 1 of Non-Union Men. | KESWICK, Dec. 31.—Four manths | 2g0 the Gladstone Mining Company at French Gulch, in this county, had | | trouble with the Miners’ Union as to | hours- and wages. and to forestall a strike ordered a lockout. Seventy-five miners were discharged. No effort s made to secure non-union mén, s the company was anxious to re- bufld its cuartz mill and double its capacity. The shutdown gave the! { opportunity. The mill now has been | { complétéd, and the company, in or- | ! der to get men to operate with, is in- | ducing laborers to come in, assuring | them that no labor troubles exist. On the’ other hand, the Miners' Union | {insists that the situation has not | | changed because of the four months | of idleness, and the strike or lockout | i ) W, Benson’s | . come by others, and b nowhere | 'm . iin X.nakm the bank than the schooiteacher. i!hl)u]() not be so. 5 will be maintained as rigidly as at the ! .hemnn!ng.' I-t- — g | 7 | Minister here, has been conferring | ! actively with Foreign Minister Lams- | | dort, notwithstanding the fact that the,| | Japanese official is suffering severely | | frem a cold and from lumbago. . Gunboat Vicksburg Is at Chemulpo. | WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—A cable message to the Navy Department. to- Chas. Keilus & Co. B. %.¢ ¥ u 8 8-va PEDAGOGUES HEAR A PAPER - READB Y. GOVERNOR PARDEE Chief Executive of the State Addresses the Instructors, and Sing- ing by Public School Children Charms the Big Assembiy. The California Teachers” Association Adopts Some Resolutions . Governor George C. Pardee was ac- | tive Service,” Dr. Margaret corded a hearty reception by the Cal- ifornia Teachers’' Association and teachers of the city and county of San Francisco yesterday when he stepped upon the stage of the Alhambra The- ater. The State’s Chief, Executive read a paper on “How Shall We Keep Our Good Teachers and Get Moore of Them?” It was a practical view of, things and he impressed uditors | with the truth of what he said.’ He appealed to the teachers to keep out of politics and devote all their time to the schoolreom. % “It ought to take all of one's time to teach school,” he said. “It ought to take all of one’s thoughts; and if one’s time and thoughts must be di- vided between the schoolroom and the politician’s headquarters, the work in the schoolroom must, of course, suf- fer.” Continuing, the Governor said: " DEFINES A GOOD TEACHER. Gefine what 1 mean by “‘a good mean by that term a teacher learning, temperament, professional trainiag and enthusiastic devotion to his life- work, is able and willing to really teach ‘school. And by the-term ‘‘tesching school 1 do not mean the perfunctory hearing of reci- tations 2nd the marking of report cards, with one eye on the clock and the mind divided be- Let me first A who, by | tween the work in hand and some other mat- ter outside the school. But I do mean the care- ful, consclentious attention to every detafl that gofs to make up the pupil's life withif (and o far as possible, without) the schoolroom. I mean the careful study by the teacher not only of books, but also of the individual pupil. Remember that it is not always that the brightest and best scholars become the best the best mechanics, the best doc- tors or the best teachers. But those who, while not the best and brightest pubils, be- come first-class mechanics, lawyers, doctors, teachers, would better fll their ~posigons { in life if they had done better work in school. For -wcrk, efther mental or physical, is much a matter of habit; and habit—good habit—is much a matter of training; and training is, 1 think, much a matter of gentle and persistent and he or she who is trained to work in school works to betier adyantage. works casier, works more persistently and achieves better results after school daye are over tran does he or she who has not heen 50 trained. You will, perhaps, draw the in- ference from this that my notion is that the schoclroom is valvablefor its tralning in the working habit. I hope vou do so ‘infer. For that fs my notion exactly. Because the knowi- edge that the pupil gains in the schoolroom is not of much practical yse when compared to the training for work, mental work, that is there. bestowed B REQUISITES FOR TEACHERS. You will remember that I said, early in | this discourse, that my notlen is that the first attribute- of & good teacher is learning. I do not mean by that a little learning. For, to notion; fhere is no place where a little £ may be.so dangerous a <hing as in hoolroom. Neither do 1 mean the other xtreme. For too much learning (If it be just dry learning) may make us mad. But I mean, forcexample, this: He who teaches mathe- matics shouid be a good mathematician. It is true that many people can add. subtract, di- vide and muitiply. But thie power will not, I think, maké them good teachers of even these ~mnthematical _rudiments. 1 believe I- think that best o teach even addition the teacher ehould know, and know well, not only subtraction, tion and division, but also all thé rest of arlthmetic, gs well as al- sebra, of the hurt nly geometry and some still higher mathematics ‘would ot | cven him who teaches the child how Thesefcre 1 say my judgment- i ‘teacher must have learning. To Therefore good and_trigonometry, a o learned requires time. person will be patient wit he, mig| its "of sthers, nor gen- erous to those about him: and a teacher must patient. patient and genewous of his labor. We good nature and his | learning. Neither can a slow perron be a good teacher; for his pupils must be either led or driven. A glow person cannot lead the quick— he only restrains them. Neither can he drive those who are quis than himself; for, in- stead of driving, he will soon be led. But a learned, patlent, cheerful, tactful, agile, forceful person may make a good teach- er. 1 say “'ma cause if such a person have not had professional training for the work he is trying to do he must, perforce, perform his work by rule of thumb, he handi- capped by difficrities that bave been over- near as effi- clent as he should be. Teaching is-as much a profession nowadays as is medicine or law, and therefore requires training for it as much as any other profession. The person who tries to teach school without that training may succeed; but hn would sufceed a great deal better and a great dea! quicker if he had the proper training. The next (and final) thing 1 i my judgment, is necessary for the king of & Eood teacher Is enthusiastic de- votion to teaching as a life work .COOKS HAVE MORE MONEY. A good cook is paid $30 to $40 per month, a waitress in a restaurant the same. At the end of the year it iz safe to say that the and the waitress have more money to be This And the often stated fact that we have no difficrity in getting teachers for our schools cuts no figure in the matter at all. As a matter of fact there are not now enough good teachers on tap, 8o to speak, to fill our public schcol demands. Worse than that, we do not keep all the good ones we now have. We ought not only to be dble to keep those we have, but we aleo ought to be able to induce others to cngage in teaching. The- people are at fault when they do not so arrange matters that we can Keep our good teachcrs and also get more of them. For upon our public schools depends the future of the State; and, for thelr own protection, the peo- ple should see to it that the public schools are kept up to the highest state of efficlency. The iast day's session opened with singing by the pupils frem the third, fourth and fifth grades of the Harri- son Primary School, inder the direc- tion of Miss Estelle Carpenter. The children rendered Lacame's “Estudi- antina,” Tosten’s song and Johnson's “‘Massa. Dear,” very sweetly. fn the absence of M. E. Daily, pres- ident of the San Francisco Normal School, who was scheduled_ to speak on “The Training of Teachers in Ac- . Schal- lenberger’ of the State Normal School, San Jose, read a paper on “The Man Educated. Is He Practical?” She contended that “the man educated” is a power in the “a very among his fellows.”' THE EDUCATEP. MAN. - *This, then, is the educated man,” |'sional ideas. she said, “a man able to see and grasp opportunity, zealous for work, opti- mistie, earriest, honest, freed from of ethics shall be established for the teachers of this State. . . . Accordingly we gubmit the following for your consideration and adoption: First—The best interests of the profession of teaching can be most largely advanced :| by developing as fully as possible the spizit of_co-oeraticn among_teachers. Second—To this end every teacher should gncourage and supgort any teachers organisa having for thelr purpose higher profés- { Third—The teacher's personal life, as well, as his atitude toward his work and his co- _workers, should be modeled in strict accord with the “best ethical vrinciples. ~The aim trouble, taking pleasure in the little’ WHogiq*"be to ddjust”every act perfectly 1o it end. things, profoundly enjoying the best | Moo . <o\ oc0 nae e s Bk things, doing the world’s work, unsel- fish, strong, brave, wise, yet simple-hear child.” - p; Twenty-five prep(;ueulng young | 1adies from the San Francisco Normal{ pa; School filled the theategdvllh melody. Miss Carpenter led the (lee Club and Miss Bertha E. Roberts was the ac- companist., They rendered - Oscar Weil's “‘Spring Song,” Abt's “Ave. Ma- ria,” Jakobowski's ‘“Gavotte,” and “The Shoogey Sheo” by Ambrose. Miss Ruette Lynch was the -soloist. The singing was very beautiful and greatly enjoyed by the big assemblage. RIDICULOUS PRESENT METHODS. “A Talk on Reading” was the sub- ject of Professor §. H. Clark’s final lecture tq the teachers. He aroused a great deal of merriment at the outset of his address by imitating methods in vogue in the schoolroom, such as compelling the pupils to take their books out of their desks at signals from the teacher and upon reading their lesson to read the number of the page and the title of the lesson. Professor Clark said half the time the child did not know the name of the author. His lecture abounded in practical suggestions to the teachers on how to hold reading lessons. His views were impressed on the minds of the pedagogues. He con- tended that loudness in reading was unnecessary, as it had a téndency.to spoil the quality of the reading. He found fault with the method used in teaching spelling, and also eriticized the primers used by the children of. the present day. PREACHES NEW GOSPEL. 1 _am_going to preach a new gospel, he gaid. The day of the primer is dome. 'The knell of the first, second and third primer has sounded and there is many a dealer. who will yet be made rich by the man who will write mer of the right kind. I am trying to write it myself (laughter), but I don't think I will succeed, because my heart is not in It. Reading,” friends, is the chief of all altruistic studies. Rightfully taught, it is the child's opportunity to share with others the joy he has obtaiiiéd. At the present time the child .does not get up to read because he wants to . but because it 's the reading and he goes about it in the same selfish way that he goes about his arithmetic, to benofit him- self, to merit-the goo 1 of his’ teacher. When the teacher loves the selection it is only n question of time when the child will understand it and love it too. The severest ciiticism you make. when you say the selec- tions that -are made are too difficult for the children, fs the severest critieism upon our- selves. - How unruly is that schoolroom in which Jobnny reads to_a lot of inserutable backs. I Qiscovered this morning that the average child does not appreciate what the purpose of read- ing is. % o ART OF READING. We have been trying for a good many vears to teach- children_gp read. We have tried with comparejivig® little aucoess, for the average caduate ¥ the- publie Sehocts cannO handle the printéd page. He not only does not know. what is on the page, but he d not kaow that he does not know, and that's the trouble. It is no harm not ta know a thing, because there are lots of places to go to and acquire knowledge, but not to know that you don't know, that's the troubje. Professor- Clark concluded his lecture by reciting L'Envoi of Kipling’s “‘Seven Seas.” He gave the lines their full force and moved hig listeners by his in- terpretation of the beautiful poem. Hearty avplause greeted the speaker when he concluded > The members of the California Teach- ers’ Asociation then held a session and adopted the following resolutions: WANT HIGHER PAY. Resolved, That & committee of seven be ap- pointed from among the members of the Call- fornia Teachers' Association to consider school revenues and their distribution, having in view longer schoo! teérms in rural school dis- tricte, and a reasonable increase in teachers' salarice in accord with the general movement now golng on in other States in our country, to place educational workers on an equal foot- ing in respect to compensation with the In- creased wages paid to skilled workers in in- dustrial and business pursuits, That we indoree the recommendation made v State Superintendent Kirk in his address before increase of school revenues by attempting to sccure at the next session of the State - lature an increase of the.State school tax from S‘,_]por school census child to $10 per census chil school tax.from $£6 per census child. to- census child. . £ ETHICS OF PROFESSION. John Swett read the following report of the committee on professional ethics, whieh was adopted: Recent advance education has recejve perbaps its strongest stimulus from nrr:ncniudd bodies whose chicf purpose has been the fos- tering of the professional spirit among teach- ers. % In the club, in the council and in the asso- clation the work has rightly been made para- mount to all other aims and efforts, and co-operation are the watchwords that have Dbeen adopted. by all leading educational bodies, These terms, unity and co-operation, have been employed as general outward expressions fo 1 the only basis upon which appointments to ir-minded and | positions or promotions therein should be made. jed .as a little. We therefore condémn n unsparing terms all teachers who, In their efforts for appointments or promotions, resort to unscrupulous political means or eals through sensational news- or make use of versonal favoritism. ifth—After having sought and accepted an appointment no teacher should leave it to take another within the limits of his contract with- outsthe knowledge and consent of his board. Sixth—We believe that it is a detriment to the cause of education for one teacher to knowingly underbid another when in compe- tition for the same place, and therefore con- demn such conduct as unworthy of the pro- fession and hurtful to the best interests of the 1s. Seventh—We believe it the duty of all citi- zens, and esveclally of teachers, to obey the laws of the land, and therefore we would urge upon all members of the profession strict complfance with our school laws, even though some of them are not fn accord with our per- sonal desires. HENRY MEADE BLAND (Chairman), ¥. B. DRESSLAR, C. W. MARK, ROBERT FURLONG, i The officers elected on the previous day were installed, and an adjournment taken. . i, RULES FOR ATHLETES. Agreement Signed by Principals of High Schools of State. The closing session of the h!éh school association was held yesterday | Jmorning and the following officers were elected: President, Dr. A. W. Scott of Alameda; vice president, J. C. Temple- | ton of Santa Ana; secretary, A. E.| Shumate of -San Jose. The president | is ex-officio chairman of the executive committee and will appoint two addi- | tional members. The matter of ath- | letics,r which has been widely discussed and the cause of much dissension, was again brought up. The following agreement, signed by almost every high | school principal in the State, was read | and ratified: I That before we indorse or forward the . Academic Athletic League certificate of any | athlete he shall satisfy the following require- | ments in addition to those demanded by the | (OLON HAY HEY Uprising Against the Republie of ~ Panama = a ~Possibility That Disturbs the Statesmen at the National et CANADPIANS EAGER -TO FIGHT UNCLE SAM b * . General Reyes and Dr. Her- ran Will Not Attend the CAUSE OLUTION (apital | BANNER YEAR FOR INSURANCE The New York Life Insur- | ance Company Shows Great Gains. i 8 ,000,000 NEW BUSINESS S Total Business Outstanding Reaches Enormous Total of $1,745,000,000. e | B s e NEW YORK, Dee. 31.—The close of | 1903 finds many people expectant ja8 to the reports of the finamcial | institutions. It has been assumed. with | the changes in valuations of the stock {and bond list since July 1, that there Reception to the Diplomats|would be considerable marking off in at the White House ——— Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. | values and in the reduetion of surplus holdings. The New York Life Insur- ance Company is the first of the cor- porations to make a statement. The applications for new insurance amount- ed to $45,000,000. The new paid for W. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3L.—Another |-business accepted by the company for revolution on the isthinus—this time | 1903 is $325,000,000. President MecCall against the Government of the new re- | states that this last mentioned amount public of Panama—is a possibility jjs in excess of the previous year by which has been much discussed here for | $25,000,000. It shows also a gain of over two days. On the surface everything $190,000,000 in total paid for insurance is quiet, pending the. answer of this | outstanding, which is stated at $1.7 Government to the Colombian note of | 000,000 in amount, covered by 810,000 protest filed by General Reyes, .the |policies. The income of 1903 is over Colombian special envoy, but the Gov- | $87 000,000 and ‘= in excess of the in- ernment 15 closely watching conditions | . " o 1400 bo mor th $5,000,000. | in Panama for signs of a possible in- | - e _SUAN. o » trigue. If ‘a revolution develops it is € company reports also that it does likely to come about the time the con- | Not invest in or loan upon stocks of | stitutional convention is called to meet any kind and that ne credit is taken on Jaunary 20. A whiff of Canadian | in assets for the excess of the present | resentment over the Alaskan boundary | market value of securities over their | settlement comes in the shape of ap- | cost value. which exe: is aver $2,000,- plications from many Canadians to en- | oo™ "0 )iy pas T e list in the Colombian army to fight the [ - The¢ total resources of the ¢ | United States. Dr. Herran, the Colom- | PAnY exceed $350,000,000. Its bond hold- bian representative here, declares that ' ings ivcreased in 1903 over $30,000,000. such applications must be made direct | The policy rves, as certified by the PN will also be absent. This action shows they regard the situatien as considera- bly strained. If the Colombian Government follows the advice of General Reyes al*idea of the breaking out of hostilities between Colombia and the United States may. be dissipated. of this Government to the note of Gen eral Reyes may not be of a nature t afford him much comfort. h> said- to- day that he would use all th> influence ’"f';mu 2 s . = | in his power to prevail upon-his Gov- ) e shall have attalned a passing stand_ | erpment to refrain from any hostile 4 holarshi for th c g i 5 . Tt B2, #& Aehitaishin ihe; tiyesting: teim .ok demonstration toward -the United his high school work, wherever that work may have been taken, In at least twelve perfods (on a basis of twenty periods per week per | States.. A war- with the United States, he declared, would result oniy ‘in dis- term being required for graduation and two | aster to Colombia. Whether he would B oanivalent to e berlod) " This ‘mot to | SUbmIt counter proposals to the reply apply to students just entering from the gram- -0f Mr. Hay General Reye as unable mar schools. g ¢ | to say until he had received the docu:, (b) He shall, at the time, be taking twelye periods of new work and not less than a toal | of fitteen periods. - 3 1I. That we shail end with each Academic Athletic League certificate, made out In ac- cordance with the requirements of section L' a statement of the number of periuds taken | by the student the preceding term, the num- | ber in which he passes in which he ls enro perfods of* new work. e Open for Inspection, L. That we will allow no student to rep- resent his school in any coatest who is .not maintaining, in at least twelve pericds of the current work, a passing standard of scholar- and the These records are to ship. IV. (a) That not less than five days, m more than ten, before any dual meet the principals of the contesting schools shall ex- changa lists of their respective teams. together with a statement of the number of hours be- the number of periods | number of: | ment and gone over it in detail Colombia Lands a Hostile ¢ . Territory Belohging, to. Panam YORK, % T ) has the foliowing: from ColonZ . What | is locked upon as the first step.toward- | war on the isthmus’ has:béer | Colombia. | Colombian a1 Dec. NEW regulars® haye landed on -| the San Blas coast,” have.occupied ter- | ritory belonging to Panama’ and have made a prisoner of an ally of Panama, |an Indian chieftain. ; Upon the receipt of this news Admiral | ing taken and the number being zatisfactorily | Coghlan disptched three United States one by each member of the team. . 1 i s v - (b) That not less than five daye, nor mors | WATShiPs in great haste and .they are than ten, before any general mect, we will | NOW-On their way to the.s¢ene. An each send to the secretary of the Academic armed hostile force of 1500 sold s of Attletic League a list of.the team of our | the Colombian army landed.on the respective schools, such list prepared as in (a) of this section. These lists ame to be ‘open for_inspection at any time. V. shall be allowed to practice not more than twice per week on school days to within one week of the first league game and after that nct more than three times per week cn school days, one of these to be on Friday. Note— This does not exclude practice on. Saturday. Appearance In football suits to constitute a practice. VI. . That no money shall be expended for training nor for coaching. not ever for the necessary expenses of volunteer coaches and trainers. VIL ' Failure to fulfill any -of the conditiore of this agreement shall forfeit the contest. association In favor of a moderats | Such faflure to be determined by a committee of three principals to be selected by thc signers of this agreement. Before the elementary department : and an increase of the minimum county | the following programme was rendered: Duet, Miss Ada McDonnell and Miss Eliz- abeth Frye, accompanied by Mixs Bthelwyn Marrack; class demonstration, ‘“How to Teach Reading,” . H. Clark, University o Chicago, assisted by fourth grade puplls irom the Douglass Primary School, Miss Houghton's class; Hawalian songs, Miss McLennan, ac- companied by Miss Ethelwyn Marrack; tenor solo, Deputy Superintendent A. A. Macurda; “History,” Miss Agnes Howe, San Jose State ‘That candidates for the football team | coast 200 miles southeast of Colon on Christmas day. They seized an Indian village and captured Prince inana |‘quina. Prince Inanaquina is the leader’ of one of the Indian tribes which had | declared in favor of Panama and had | been rewarded with gifts of ritles. He | fornrerly was a colonel in the Colomsian | arniy, but repudiated his commission. | His tribe is now supporting the Pan- | ama Government. News of Eis capture and the seizure of his viliage was re- ceived in Colon yesterday. Admiral | Coghlan immediately summoned to his : fleet all! the marines on shore. His | flagship, the Olympia (protected | cruiser), tne auxiliary cruiser Prairie ! and the gunboat Castine were prepared | for sea and dispatched in haste down the San Blas coast. | Much significance is given to Ad- miral Coghlan's promised action by the ifact that the Castine was.unprevared {for the trip. She had just arrived ‘from Philadelphia and was coaling at the time the news was received of the | landing of the Colombian regulars. She | departed with the work of ccaling un- Normal School: quartet, Denman choral. (a) Tl et oy A Nianth Guoral, @ completed. The Mayflower remaiped ““The Bloom Is on the Rye: “The Mina of | &t Colon. the Chiid; What It Is and How It Works,. " Oafty | Dr. Margaret E. Schallenberger. State Normal School, San Jose: ‘“‘Arithmefic.” Frank F. Bunker, State Normal School, San Francisco, The Kindergarten department, of those_ethical principles that underlie the true | WRICh Mrs. Clara McQuaide of Chico profession of teaching. We bellieve that at this and all subsequent ll:l!‘el:nl‘li of :lhe “l"fna'flll Teachers’ Assoc; lon fuller and more definite expression ethical prifeiples i °“"" o and of their application to is president and Miss Mary T. Gamble of Oakland secretary, held its sessions Yesterday morning. Addresses were made by C. C. Van Liew, E. C. Moore, teachers’ work should be given untll a code | Ray E. Chase and others. ORDERS STRIKE “OF ENGINEERS (Chicago TUnion Calls Out Its Members Who Are Employed in Large Office Buildings RSP U CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—A strike of en- gineers was declared to-day against 121 | NO "OFFICIAL ORDERS SUPPORT WAR RUMORS partment Receive No Advice Re- garding Movements of Troops. The reputed orders from Washington to the effect that practically all the troops stationed on the coast, from Vancouver Barracks, Washington, to Ord Barracks, Monterey, had been or- dered to Panama, have not as yet been officially announced from the head- ‘quarters of this department. Even though the reply . Officers at Headquurters of This De- | market and the stock and other ex- | change members appear to be well sat- isfled that trade stagnation and the doubtful Views of business improvement will Hkewise be .cleared.away in the ly part of the year. The large build- g and railroad operations held up by strikes and_tight money market will, it is believed. be resumed very early in thé new year. The Government export and’ import figures would seem to in- ! dtcate that the total exports will fall a few millions helow those of 1900 and about equal to those of 1901, but materially in’ excess of those of 1902. while the total .imports will exceed those of any preceding year and, 'Qom- bined with the exports, make the grand total of commerce more than In any | preceding_vear: nlso that the exports 7 manufactures .will exceed thgse of be low, those of the-record year na verkavns 1901. ~TIE FEARE Admiral MeCalla Invites Men - to Hammer at the Keel of “the - Ship - Intrepid | e VALLEJO, Dec. 31.—Saturday# next | will be a hotable day in the hisfory of the Mare Island, Navy Yard, when the official ceremonies will take place in connection with the laying of the kee of the new steel training ship Intrepid. | Rear Admiral McCalla, Naval Con- structor Zahm, F. R. Devlin, president tof the Vallejo Chamber of Commerce; Mayor P. B. Lynch and other persons will take part. In connection with this event the following letter from Admiral McCalla has been issued: MARE ISLAND, Cal., Deec. 28, 1903. Dear Sir: I beg'to inform yom that | it is the present intentiop to make the | official laying of the keel of the train- {ing ship Intrepid, to je built at thie navy yard, an occasion of ceremony at neon on Saturday, January 2, and tc 'express the hope that we shall have the | honor of your company upon that ec. | casion. The naval instructor has sug- gested that perhaps you may be willing to do us the favor to form eme of the | “riveting gang” to drive the first rivet | in the Intrepid's keel. Hoping you will | accede to this suggestion, L have the | honor to be very sincerely, B. H. MeCALLA, Rear Admiral, U. 8. N. ——————— WAR DEPARTMENT AWARDS TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS Complete Arrangements for the Carry- | ing of Civillan Passengers From United States to the Philippines. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—Contracts were awarded to-day by the War De- the transportation of | to the Government in Bogota. State Insurance Superintendent, and Colombia will not be represen(eti at | surplus reserves have been increased 3 the New Year's reception in the White | quring the year by more than $35,000. H(x"“:; '“":"f’"‘fr‘;sg(;"*;‘:;a’[)?"fifr‘;:: 000. The various bank and trust com- o e oy - pany officials predict an easy money ( séveral millions, but be komiex { j ? PERIL STOPS (BULLET KILLS ‘While the three tramsperts.are prac- | partment for COLD HENTERS| DIPLOMAT'S S0 Famous Mine of Cochise Couniy Relative of the United States in Arizona Shuts Down When Earth Endangers Life e g Special Dispatch to The Call. TUCSON, Ariz, Dec. 321.—The big Minl_ster at Havana the Vietim of an Aceident Ra el o HAVANA, Dec. 31.—Fargo Squiers, 20 years of age, eldest son of United tically all about ready. to sail, no news | has been received as to what the ob- Jective point may be. Whether it be Panama or Japan, or whether the or- der is issued simply to have the troops ready for any general service, has not in any way been made apparent by the issuance of any orders from headquar- ters. E Major Devol says the transports are being placed in condition for sea. buc for what point ‘they are intended he does not know. Colonel Frank M. Coxe, chief pay- master of the department, is of the opinion that the ordering of the trans- High-Grade Clothiers No Branch Stores. No Agents. ‘day announces the arrival of the gun- | 2 ! boat Vicksburg at Chemulpo, Korea, | Office buildings in Chicago. Engineers where she is expected to remain for | have been cailed out at the Masonic some time for the protection of Ameri- | Temple, the Schiller and the Fort 2 < can interests. Nobody Progressive Gets Shoes Made to Order. Sam: With Clothes. The Smart Dressers Have Fully Recognized This Fact to Exist. Are You Living To-Day ? ; 0]13Z e SITUATION IS CRITICAL. Colonel Artimeff Declares That the Japanese Apparently Want War. PARIS, Jan. 1.—The Chefu corre- spondent of the Paris edition of the New. York Herald says that Colonel | Artimeff, who is in close touch with.! | Admiral Alexieff, Russian Viceroy in : the Far declares situation is most cflt:,cn. ':'Ip Japanese, he says, apparently want war, the Chinese, especially Yuan Shi mgtd the comman- der-in-chief of the Chinese army and navy, are assuming a hostile attitude. Dearborn buildings. Agents cf the union say men will be called out of many more buildings. The strike was ordered upon the refusal of the Busi- ness Managers’ Association to pay the scale demanded—37% cents per hour. It was announced that the union was backed by the Steam Power Council and expects to shut off the coal sup- ply of the buildings which have been placed under the union’s baun. Japan Renames New Warships. LONDON, Dec. 31.—Japan has re- named the warships she purchased from the Argentine Republic the Kas- sezga and the Nishni. It is }Int they will sail from Kearny Streetimm o sios o smmon ihe " Thurlow 83 0 ¢ K| banais, ment 18 giving - the | surance Commonwealth gold mine at Pearce States Minister Squiers, was accident- doomed. The timberings on many levels | 811¥ Shot and killed to-day by Gaston have already yielded to the enormous | Mitchaud, a chauffeur employed by ports to be placed. in commission by Lthe autherities in Washington was not done with any special object in ‘efviliun passengers from the ted | States to the Philippines. All busi- | ness from Denver west goes to the i Sguthern Pacific and thé Union Pa- effic, . they heing the lowest bidders from Denver west. East of Denver is to be divided fequally between those two roads om - the one hand and a group comsisting of the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern and the Chicago, Burlingtor and Quiney on the eother, the bids being the same. The rates vary from $125 from San Francisco to Manila te £175 from New York to Manila. Under ofe contract passengers will go by way . of San Francisco and by the other by way of Puget Sound. e view, but merely to have them in a| weight and several disastrous caves| Minister Squiers. have followed. The company, realizing that a general collapse of all of the| Were shooting at a target in the coach present workings is unavoidable, has shut down the mine and reduction works and evén the timber men have been forbidden to enter the shafts. Thé 200 men employed by the com- Yeoung Squiers and several servants house cZ the Minister's home in the suburb of Marianao. They were using | 22-caliber rifles and one of them ap-! parently got out of order. Michaud, after examining the weapon, re]ochdi pany have been discharged. The fires | it When suddenly it was discharged in | have been withdrawn ana the town of | the direction of Squiers, who wag he selected the surgical apparatus for Pearce, which de ong mnwm and it Is known to have E ed its owners severai millicns dur- :;;thefix vears it has been in opera- led most entirely | standing between Michaud and the tar- | get. The ball penetrated filp,om' is numbered | man’s left lung, a hemorrhage ensued and within half an hour Squiers was' sea-going condition should any emer- gency arise. In the meantime everything is serene at the Presidio, and there is no indica-- tion apparent of any move: troops stationed at that E Major William P. Kendali. command- ing officer United States Army General Hospital, returned from Washington, D. C. last night. While in the East nt of the the fine new operating pavilion which is_being completed at ‘the post. - The original of the court- Sergeant Major General MacArthur. The ::t-e':ce was a eiture of his pay e i i ‘Tuesday last and reported all well on board. Changes in-the Postal Service. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—A postof- fice has been established at Electron, Pierce County, Washington, with Au- gust W. Neubauer as Postmaster. Fourth class Postmasters com:ission- ed: California—Betteravia. Martin L. Smith; Hynes, Edward C. Draper: Carl, J. C. Lovin: Cuba, James C. Rioden; pyerville. Patrick E. Garlafd. Rural free delivery" will be established at Sheridan, Yamhill County, Oregon, February 1, with one route. Baltic to Be Surpassed. LONDON, Deec. 31. — It is reported that the White Star Line has ordered | a steamer 755 feet in length. or thirty feet longer than the Baltic, the larges: Imp in he world. The coastruction of the vessel, it is added, will | immediately at Belfast, Ireland. !