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, THE MORNING BKWB. I ) gmsuantc I*o. ISCOBPOBATBD 1888. V } J. H. ESTILL, President. ) FIRST ROUND OF THE FIGHT. The Athletic Club Faces the Law Full of Confidence. Judge Cali Considered on. Record as Holding That Glove Contests Are Not Prohibited by Florida’s Statutes. Gov. Mitchell Grimly Waiting to Leap Into the Ring to Deliver the Final Knock-Out Blow. Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 31.—Next Tuesday, Gov. Mitchell, representing, as he says, “The peace and dignity of the atateof Florida, ’’ and the Duval Athletic Club, representing the lovers of the manly art of self defense, are matched to meet in the legal arena. The athletic club would like for the contest to be with gloves and for points only, but Gov. Mitchell, it is said, has blood in his eye and will make it a bare knuckle fight, and to a finish at that. The occasion of the meeting of these parties will be the habeas corpus proceed ings instituted before Judge Call, in the matter of the recent arrest of Corbett and Mitchell, to test the Florida law in relation to prize fights. The athletic club managers claim to be absolutely certain of the result. They say that Judge Call will grant the writ of habeas corpus and release Corbett and Mitchell from arrest, declaring that there is no law in Florida against glove con tests. After this decision the club officials say all will be plain sailing for the meet ing of Corbett and Mitchell on the date advertised, on Jan. 25. JUDGE CALL OX RECORD. The promoters of the fight seem to have some grounds for asserting that Judge Call will decide the case in their favor. They base their claim on Judge Call’s record when he was prosecuting attorney for this county about three years ago. At that time a glove contest took place at the opera house in this city. The princi pals in the affair were promptly indicted by the grand jury, but when the eases were called, it is said that Judge Call, in his capacity of prosecuting attorney, moved to dismiss the indictments on the ground that such contests were not in vio lation of the laws of Florida. This is the version of the affair given by the sports of the community, but there are others who say that, while Judge Call did favor the dismissal of the indict ments, he did not state so clearly as the lovers of pugilism claim that glove con tests were not violative of Florida laws. THE CLUB COUNTING ON THE JUDGE. However this may be, it is on Judge Call's action in these cases that the athletic club's managers base their hopes for a favorable decision in the test case. They say that it will never do for Call, the judge, to decide, that glove contests are prohibited, for it will be an admission that Call, the prosecuting attorney, did not know anything about the law. The jhllgc, they say, will never make himself ridiculous in this way, but will as judge sustain the construction of the law he made as prosecuting attorney three years ago. “With Judge Call’s decision m our favor.” say the members of the athletic club “ho, for the fight on Jan. 26, and may the best man win,” Now this is all very smooth sailing for the contest from the club’s standpoint, but it is leaving out the most important factor in the situation ,and that factor is Gov. Mitchell. The governor as has been announced in these dispatches, has stated that he will not regard the decision of a lower court as iinal in this matter, but will only be controlled by a decision from the supreme court; the tribunal of last resort in this state. So, eyeD if the club is sustained by Judge Call in its contention that glove contests are not illegal in Florida, there are still rocks ahead on which the pugil istic bark may be wrecked. The managers of the club say that if Judge Call sustains them the governor cannot get the case before the supreme court, as the right of appeal does not ex ist for a prosecutor. THE GOVERNOR WON’T GIVE IN. The claims of the club may all be true, but nobody believes for a moment that the governor will accept the situation if Judge Call decides in favor of the contest, and allow the contest to be pulled off without interference. The governor has a reputation for being a determined man, and ne also knows that if he stops the light he will bo praised by the law and order element all over the country. He is also credited with saying that, leaving out Duval county, an over vvhelming majority of the people 01 t lorida are opposed to the fighi taking place in this state. The governor is too shrewd a politician not to know that no can make himself “solid” politically by stopping the contest, and it is gener believed that he will tind some way to do it in spite of decisions in favor of'the S tet £ rom Judge Call, or from the In ( S ,° every inferior court in the state. „„ , j l “° governor has already been patchy saying as much in these dis- ONLY THE FIRST ROUND. all this is on the theory that in next Tuesday, will decide thp a r ° f t L llei ,' lub - If however, Call, should reverse Call, the prose fonti "If?’ 1 and decide that glove contests are illegal, then it would seem But i ol | ld ail up with the fight. levamt Jud r C . all decide hi favor of the the 1 Hnß of t n le Coll test, even then firlt wLt WiU only have drawn th#> fmJ 3 ° OC * Vi ie contest with ♦t. rhe . execut ive will still be belief he r ?R g ' and il, is generally the fi„h d , tbat tle w . iu fi nd means to make sports Him V , ery interesting one for tlio as t m as mteresting to the public ! u Corbett and Mitchell Srt h l ,ll r ed to be fought to a Gov J-houtgubernaUonal interference. and ls stiU lhe storm center, and will continue to be for some time to 110 1 THE riGnTERS PASSED THE DAT. day onsua nnw} lo^ passed the last ters at m',' quietly at their training quar- Ua2 St ‘ Augustine 'Aere is here that neither man Preferring to wait h f rd at each decision tefcre b l°n *°T delinite lepral work thaVl ™ buckling down to the hard the pink “®S?f. sar y to put a man in They wn,?. ondlt . lon fora fight. to be present at th°i the . “ty to-morrow 11 is said tw a l the legal bout on Tuesday. l 'ouse tomio^, t , hey 'T illatt, ‘nd the opera Bfyd's renditT n Illg 'V 0 " itlles3 Archie Squire - r^ adl , tl °n i of “The Country faithful soufrcc Wl i bo attended by his the othern-om ;, and each will glare at to s ay thatThA ?PP° SUe h°*es. It is safe greeted \ IV Country Squire” will be §Pj)e Jtening SAN ANTONIO WANTS THE EIGHT. San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 81.—Since a strong doubt has arisen whether the Cor bett-Mitchell tight will come off in Flor ida. the syndicate of San Antonio busi ness men have renewed their offer of $25,- 000 to the managers of the principals to have the contest come off in San Antonio or Mexico. No reply has yet been re ceived. ATLANTA NOW BIDDER. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 31. —An athletic club was organized here to-day with a paid-up capital of $40,000, and a bid for the Corbett-Mitchell contest was made in the event the meeting cannot be pulled off in Florida. It has been found that the laws of Georgia do not even prohibit a prize-fight, and the parties interested in the movement are among the leading and most influential men in the city. They will be able to manage the affair without opposition. Articles of incorporation will be secured in the courts to-morrow morn ing, and during the day an agent of the club, J. B. Lynch, will leave for Flor ida to consult with the pugilists and look over the field. LEFT SAVANNAH TO SINK. The British Steamer Cyphrenes Goes Down in a Collision. St. Johns, N. F., Oec. 31.—The Dutch tank steamer LaFlandre, Capt. Schmick, seventeen days from Antwerp, for New York, in ballast, arrived here this morn ing. Her port bow was crushed in, and all her compartments were flooded with water. Yesterday morning she collided with the British steamer Cyphrenes, Capt. Kelley, from Savannah for Liver pool, loaded with cotton. Both captains decline to tell how the collision occurred. The crews were also instructed to give no particulars of the accident. The Cyphrenes had her bows driven right into the foremast, and the water rushed in at a terrible rate. The ship was so badly damaged that she sank within three hours after the collision. The captain and crew of the Cyphrenes wereo brought to this port on the La Flandre. CHOLERA AT TENERIFFE. A Thousand Deaths Since the Begin ning of the Outbreak. London, Dec. 31.—The Central News has this dispatch from Madeira: “A thousand deaths from cholera have oc curred at Teneriffe, one of the Canary Is lands, since the beginning of the out break. At present the epidemic is sub siding rapidly. The officials have divided the island into q uarantine districts, and have vigorously enforced their sanitary measures. The streets have been washed with lime and residents and travelers have been constantly fumigated. Trade has been paralyzed, as ships have avoided touching at the island.” MURDER THE VERDICT. The Coroner’s Finding in the Mc- Carthy-Crosby Affair. Baxley, Ga., Dec. 30.—The coroner’s jury that investigated the killing of Mack McCarthy by David M. Crosby, near here yesterday, found that the killing was murder, the evidence dis closing the fact that Crosby had slipped up behind a tree and shot McCarthy, and that McCarthy did not have his gun drawn as reported by Crosby. About the time the finding of the coroner’s jury was made known, Crosby procured a horse from Mr. Simon Barnes and rode off. It is thought that he will endeavor to get away. SHOT HIS WIFE DEAD. The Principal of Media’s Academy Crazed by the Grip. Media, Pa., Dec. 31.—Swithin C. Short lidge, proprietor of the famous academy for boys of that name, fired six bullets into his wife’s head this morning while walking along the street, killing her in stantly. This was his second wife, ho having been married six weeks ago to Marie Dixon Jones, one of the society leaders here. He has been a sufferer from the grip, from which he had re covered, and which probably unbalanced his mind. He was put under arrest and is now in prison. A NEW TELEPHONE LINE. Lewes, Del., Now Connected With Cape Charles, Va. Philadelphia, Dec. 31.—Secretary Sher wood, of the Maritime exchange, was to day notified that the last connection in the improved telephone line which con nects Lewes, Del., with Cape Charles, Va., has been made and the wire is now in perfect working order. The Maritime exchange station at Lewes is thus placed in direct communication with the lifesav ing stations at Ocean City, Assateague Island, Watchapreague and Cape Charles. FIFTY YEARS A MINISTER. Rev. J. B. Stratton, of Natchez, Preaches a Pathetic Valedictory. Natchez, Miss., Dec. 81. —Dr. J. B. Stratton preached his 50th annual dis course in the Presbyterian church here to-day. Dr. Stratton is now nearly 80 years old, and has always had the love of his congregation. Nearly every eye was wet with tears when he said that to-day's sermon was his valedictory, for within another year he would reach his four score, and in the very order of nature could not hope to celebrate another anni versary. DEACON RICHARDSON DEAD. Congestion of the Brain Carries Off the Brooklyn Magnate. Brooklyn, N. Y., Deo. 31.—William Richardson, or better known in Brooklyn as “Deacon,” the railroad magnate, died at his home here this morning. Since Christmas, Mr. Richardson had been suf fering from congestion of the brain and an attack of bronchitis. He was conscious up to within ten minutes of his death and joked and chatted with several members of his family. He leaves a widow, three sons and a daughter. WANT WAGES PUT DP. The Chiefs of the Firemen and Con ductors at Nashville. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 81.—Chief Ser geant, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireman, and Chief Clarkston, of the Order of Railway Conductors, will be in this city to-morrow and hold a confer ence with President Thomas, of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St.'Louis rail way, in reference to the restoration of wages to what they were prior to bep >q|nber of this year. SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY. JANUARY 1, 1894. THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS. The Two Houses to Meet Wednesday, But the Senate to Do Little. Lack of a Quorum Among the Proba bilities of the Upper House—A Total of 104 Bills on Its Calendar—The Bill to Repeal the Federal Elections Laws the Most Important The Tariff Bill to Be Taken Up in the House—The Republicans to Push the Hawaiian Matter. Washington, Dec. 31.—1n accordance with its resolution of adjournment con gress will reconvene on Wednesday of the present week. It is not probable that the Senate will really get down to close busi ness application during the week, and some of the most experienced observers of the course of the Senate under circum stances similar to those which will sur round that body when It shall reconvene, predict that there will not be a quorum during any part of the present week, and that, therefore, no important business will be undertaken until Monday, Jan. 8 Several senators will be absent in atten dance upon Senator Faulkner's wedding, and many will not return from their homes, or from other places to which they have gone for the holidays, until the first of next week. Senators generally feel that there is little that the Senate can do in the way of promoting legislation until the House shall act upon some of the measures be fore it. BILLS ON THE CALENDAR. The Senate calendar contains 104 re ported measures, but there are less than half a dozen of these that will require any great amount of time for considera tion. There are a number of claims bills, of which the McGarrahan and the Wood bridge are the most prominent, which will in all probability be disposed of at an early date, but whether this week or next or later still will depend altogether upon circumstances. The most important bill on the calendar is the federal elections bills and it is pos sible that it may be taken up for speech making during the week, though it is not likely that there will be an effort to pass the bill during the week. The bill increasing the bank circulation to the full amount of bonds deposited, is also still before the Senate, or in condi tion to be taken up at any time. THE HAWAIIAN MUDDLE. The Senate is not iikely to discuss the Hawaiian question again while the foreign relations committee’s investiga tion Is incomplete, so that that subject bids fair to remain in abeyance for some weeks unless there should be unexpected developments. The outlook for legisla tion in the Senate is not, therefore, very good either for the present week .os -for the immediate future. The Senate will do comparatively little until the House sends the tariff and appropriation bills over. IN THE HOUSE. The programme in the House for the coming week has not been definitely ar ranged, but it is probable that the tariff and Hawaiian questions will both figure. The tariff debate will begin as soon as the House reconvenes on Wednesday. The democratic members of the ways and means committee have not yet decided the question of the limit which will be set upon the debate, but the democratic leaders seem to believe that it ought not to run more than two weeks, four days for general debate and ten days for open debate un der the live minute rule. Whether Mr. Wilson, who is to open the debate, can speak on Wednesday will depend upon whether the republicans insist upon the full reading of the bill before the debate begins. Inasmuch as tho formal reading of the bill was dispensed with when the McKinley bill was considered, the demo crats do not believe that objection to dis pensing with the reading of the Wilson bill will be interposed by the republicans. In that case Mr. Wilson's opening speech will be heard on Wednesday, followed by that of Mr. Burrows, who will reply to Mr. Wilson’s argument for the bill. THE REPUBLICANS TO PUSH HAWAII. At the very outset of the tariff debate, however, it will be antagonized by the re publicans, who will come forward with the Hawaiian matter. Mr. Boutelle, of Maine, served notice that as soon as congress reconvened he would call up the resolution which he introduced and which he main tained was of a privileged character. THE QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE. The question as to its privileged nature was held in abeyance by the speaker, to be decided when it came up formally be fore the House. In order to prevent em barrassment on this point it has practi cally been decided by the democratic leaders to allow the Hawaiian matter to be brought up in the shape of the McCreary substitute for the Hitt resolution on Friday and to give that day, and the next, Saturday, for its consideration. Whether the Mc- Creary substitute, which condemns ex- Minister Stevens, will be passed or not is doubtful, the purpose at this time being only to give both sides an opportunity to ventilate their views in order to get the question temporarily out of the way so that the tariff debate can proceed unin terruptedly. It Is not probable that any attempt will be made at the outset to set a limit to the tariff debate. It will be allowed to run two days perhaps, and then if the repub licans decline to acquiesce in the demo cratic plan a special order, fixing the limit of the debate, will be brought in from the committee on rules. It is barely possible that some measure for the relief of the treasury may upset present prospects in the House for the present week. The surplus is at its low est ebb, and some proposition for the re pletion of the national exchequer may bo brought forward. LENGTH OF THE SESSION. Some Senators Expect Congress to Sit Until September. Washington, Dec. 31.—Much specula tion is being indulged in as to the prob able length of the session of congress which will reconvene on Jan. 3. It Is thought this congress will be compelled to consume about as much time as did the Fifty-first copgress in the considera tion of tho McKinley bill. Senator Voorhees, chairman of the Sen ate finance committee, looks for a long session ; not. as he suys. so much on ac count of the tariff bill, but because of general matters before the country. He I mentioned the fact that the last congress j did not adjourn its first session until Aug. 5, and that, too, at a time when I a general revision of the tariff was not an issue. While he is of the opinion that the House bill will pass the Senate with in a month or six weeks, at the outside, after it gets into the Senate, Mr. Voor hees believes that a date fully as late, if not later than Aug. 5, will be reported before congress takes a rest from its labors this summer. MAY SIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER. “There are other senators, members of the finance committee, who think this congress will be in session until late in Septemlier, if indeed it does not Tun into October, as did the Fifty-first congress. The fact that the approaching summer brings with it the campaigns for the con gressional election may hasten legislation. Speaker Crisp has been quoted as say ing that ho expected to see the Wilson bill sent to the Senate by Feb. 1, and at the latest, by the middle of that month. If this is done, and the Senate committee is expeditious in its work, the bill could be laid before the Senate by March 1, the time when it was believed" in the House, when the bill was first under consideration in committee, that the law could be made to take effect. That time has, however, boon ex tended to June l,and if all the calculations of the leaders of the party in both houses are not out of joint, the bill should be come a law within one month before that date is reached. This would give the Senate its six weeks in which to debate the bill and allow two weeks for the con ferees to discuss the changes made in tho bill by the Senate, it being taken for granted that changes would be made. MRS. CLEVELAND'S BEVY. Two Georgia Belles to Assist Her in Receiving the Callers. Washington, Dec. 81.— I The two youngest ladies honored by Mrs. Cleveland with in vitations to assist her in receiving tho national lights and foreign grandees are from Georgia, Miss Bertie Crisp, daugh ter of the speaker, and her young friend. Miss Sheffield. These young ladies are here from Staunton, Va.,ospending their holidays. The invitation was a special one from the President and his wife. They will be gowned in pale pink with Bernhardt gloves to match, and of the fashionable retinuo, in Mrs. Cleveland's suit, there will be no two brighter and lovelier women than the two representing Georgia on this notable occasion. Mrs. Crisp will also assist Mrs. Cleve land in receiving the diplomatic corps, and will then join Mrs. Stevenson at La Normandie anu assist her in her duties as hostess of tho season. WAR SHIPS FOR BRAZIL. The America and Nictheroy Now Side by Side at Pernambuco. New York, Dec. 31.—The British steamer Mozart arrived to-day from Rio de Janeiro. Capt. Leaker reports that on Dec. 28, ai3 o’ciock p. m., just south of Hatteras, he passed the United States cruiser New York bound south. THB SAN FRANCISCO REPORTS. Washington, Dec. 31.—Secretary Her bert was advised b,. cable to day of the arrival of the San Francisco at Pernam buco on her way to Rio. The dispatch contained no other information. THE AMERICA AT PERNAMBUCO. Pernambuco, Dec. 81.—The Brazilian government cruiser America arrived at this port from New York to-day and now lies near the Nictheroy in the harbor. The United States cruiser San Francisco, Admiral Benham’s flagship, arrived from Trinidad this morning. She is bound for Rio Janeiro. Nothing is known of the plans of President Peixoto for the America and Nictheroy. AN INSULT TO FRANCE. Paris, Dec. 31. —Several Spanish and Italian merchants from Brazil have landed from a steamerat Marseilles. They report that while at Rio Janeiro on Dec. 4 the insurgent flagship Aquidaban fired on a boat flying the French colors from the masthead and proceeding near the outgoing Portuguese steamship Peninsula. The captain of the small craft sought tho protection of Ad miral Libran, of the French warship Arethuse, who at once boarded the Aquidaban and demanded an apology and redress. On the noxt day the Aquidaban saluted the French flag with eleven guns. SOVEREIGN’S HEADQUARTERS. Removal Certain on Account of the New Legal Decision. Des Moines. la., Dec. 31.—Grand Master Workman Sovereign, of the Knights of Labor, says that it is probable that the headquarters of the order will be re moved from Philadelphia to Washington, on account of the recent Ann Arbor de cisi on in regard to the right of an organi zation to order men on a strike and mak ing it a crime to do so. He says it is pro posed to place the central headquarters in tho District of Columbia, in order to escape the state law in this matter. The general executive board is now wrestling with the problem. It is about settled that the headquarters will be moved from Philadelphia, and Des Moines, Omaha, Cleveland, Baltimore and Niag ara Falls are candidates. Mr. Sovereign favors the west, except for the rc asous stated, that it would make it dangerous for the board to order a strike. He says he is opposed to strikes, and does not have any in mind. Mr. Sovereign will keep his own head - quarters here. He said tho other day that he thought it wiso not to sell the property of the order in Philadelphia, as it was a good investment. FREIGHTS COLLIDE. The Head Brakeman of One of the Trains Xilled. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 31.—Two Chesa peake, Ohio and Southwestern freight trains collided this morning at 3 o'clock, near Greenville. The head brakeman on the east-bound train was killed, and engi neer John Jones, of the west-bound train, was injured by jumping into a wire fence. Both engines were eomplately demolished and four cars were destroyed. JAPAN’S PARLIAMENT. A Lively Row Over the Question of the Presidency. London, Dec. 31.—A dispatch from Yo kohama says that the Japanese parlia ment re-assembled on Friday. The ques tion of the presidency, which was intro duced at once, caused violent scenes, and the government therefore at once an nounced prorogation until Jan. 12. The mikado issued a decree yesterday dissolv ing the parliament. Shot in the Hand. Jesup, Ga., Dec. 31.—While William Barhim, who recently moved here and engaged in the blacksmith and carriage repairing business, was handling a pistol this morning it was accidentally dis charged, inflicting a painful wound in his left hand. Dr. Drowdy was summoned and dressed the wound. STUDIES OF THE STUDENTS. Report of the Educational Associa tion’s Committee. It is One of the Most Important Edu cational Documents Ever Published in This Cbuntry—Early and Con tinued Study of Latin and Greek Recommended—A Radical Change in the Teaching of Arithmetic Recom mended. Washington, Dec. 30,—W. T. Harris, the United States commissioner of educa tion, to-day made public the report of the committee of ten on secondary school du ties, appointed at the meeting of the Na tional Educational Association held In July, 1892, at Saratoga, N. Y. This com mittee of ten consisted of the following well-known educators: Charles W. Eliott, president of Harvard University, hnirman;William T. Harris, committeeof education, Washington; James. B. Angell, president of the University of Michigan. Ann Harbor; John Tettle, head master of tho girls' high school and tho girls’ latin school, Boston; James M. Taylor, presi dent of Vassar oolloge, Poughkeepsie; Oscar D. Robinson, principal of the high school, Albany; Richard H. Baker, presi dent of the University of Colorado; Richard H. Jesse, president of tho Uni versity of Missouri; James C. Mackensie, Headmaster of the Lawreuccville school, Lawrenceville, N. J., and Henry C. King, professor in Oberlin college. “The recommendations of this report,” says Commissioner Harris, in his letter of transm'ittal. “will draw tho attention of a great number of teachers to the ques tion of educational values , and this will lead to a better understanding of what the pupil should study to gain the most from his work in this school. In this re spect I consider this the most important educational document ever published in this country.” THE STUDIES UNDER DISCUSSION. The committee, after an extended pre liminary discussion decided to organize the conference on the following subjects; 1. Latin. 2. Creek. 3. English. 4. Other modern languages. 5. Matliomatics. 0. Physics, astronomy and chemistry, and natural history (Biology, including botany, zoology and physiology). 8. History,-civil government and politi cal economy. 9. Geography (physical goegraphy, ge ology and meteorology.) They also decided that each conferonee should consist of ten members. They then proceeded to select the members of each of these conferences, having regard in the selection to the scholarship and ex perience of the gentlemen named, to a fuir division of members between the col leges on the one hand and schools on the other, and to the proper geographical dis tribution of the total membership. A list of eleven questions were adopted as a guide for the discussions at the confer ences, which were held on Dec. 28, 1892, each in a different city. ELABORATE REPORTS. Elaborate reports and recommendations are made by each of the ten conferences, a few of the more important features of which are given as follows; An important recommendation of the Latin conference is that the study of Latin he introduced into American schools earlier than it now is. They recommend that the translation at sight form a constant and increasing part of the examinations for admission to colleges and of the work of a preparation. They next urge that prac tice in writing Latin should be carried on with equal steps. The conference desire the schools to adopt a greater variety of Latin authors for beginners, and then give good reasons against the exclusive use of Caesar's Gallic war. THE STUDY OF GREEK. The conference on Greek agree with tho conference on Latin, recoiimiending the cultivation of reading at sight in schools, and in recommending that practice in translation into the foreign language should bo continued through the school course. They urge that three years be the minimum time for the study of Greek in the schools, provided that Latin be studied four years. They would not have a pupil begin the study of Greek without a knowledge of the elements of Latin. They recom mend the substitution of portions of the Hellenics for two books of the Anabasis in the requirements for the admission to college, and the use of some narrative portions of Thucydides in the schools. They urge that Homer should continue to be studied in all schools which provide instructions in Crook through throe years, and they suggest that the Odessy is to be preferred to the Iliad. STUDY OF ENGLISH. The conference on English are of the opinion that English should be pursued in the high school during the entire course of four years; but in making this recommendation the conference have in mind both study of literature and train ing in tho expression of thought. To tho study of rhetoric, they assign one hour a week in the third year of the high school course. To tho subject of historical and system grammar, they assign one hour a week in the fourth year of the high school course. The conference claim for English as much time as the I,atin conference claim for Latin in secondary schools, and it is clear that they intend that the study shall be, in all respects, as serious and in forming as the study of Latin. One of the most interesting opinions ex pressed by the conference is "That the best results in the teaching of English in the high schools cannot bo secured with out tho aid given by tho study of some other language, and that Latin and Gor man, by reason of their fuller intellectual system", are especially suited to the end.” STUDY OF WORDS. They say that the study of words should be so pursued as to illustrate the politi cal. social, intellectual and religious de velopment of the English raco, and thSy urge that the admission of a student should be made to depend largely on his ability to write English, as shown in his examination books on other subjects, it is a fundamental idea in this report that the study of every other subject should contribute to the pupil's training in Eng lish and that tho puuil's capacity to write English should be made available, aud be developed in every other department. A NOVEL RECOMMENDATION. Tha most novel and striking recom mendation made by the conference on modern languages is that an elective course in German or French be provided in the grammar school, the instruction to be open to children at about ten years of age. The conference made this recom mendation, “In the firm belief that the educational effects of modern language study would be of immense benefit to all who are able to pursue it under proper guidance.” They admit that the study of Latin presents thosame advantages, but living languages seem to them better adapted to grammar school work. They plead that -‘All pupils of the same intelli gence and tho same degreo of maturity be instructed alike, no matter whether they are subsequently to enter a college or seientfic school, or intend to pursue their studies no further.-” Finally, they declare that “The worst obstacle to modern language study is tho lack of properly equipped instructors; and that it is the duty of universities, states and cities to provide opportunities for tho spocial preparation of modern language teachers.” TEACHING OF ARITHMETIC. The conference on mathematics were unanimously of the opinion “That a radi cal change in tho teaching of arithmetic was necessary.” They recommend "that the course in arithmetic be at once abridged aud enriched—abridged by omit ting entirely those subjects which perplex and exhaust the pupil without affording any really valiablo mental discipline, and enriching by a greater number of exer cises in simple calculation and in the solu tion of concrete problems.” 'They map out a course in arithmetic which, in their Judgment, should begin about tho age of (! years aud be completed about the 13th year of age. Among several other recommendations is ono that a course of instruction in con crete geometry, with numerous exercises, be introduced into the schools, and that this instruction should, during the earlier voars, be given in connection with draw ing. They recommend that the study of sys tematic algebra should be begun at the age of 14. Tho conference on the subject of physics, chemistry and astronomy was urgent that the study of simple natural phenomena be introduced into elementary schools and at least one period a day from the first year of tho primary school should bo given to each study. BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY. The conference on natural history unanimously agreed that the study of botany and zoology ought to be introduced into the primary schools at the very be ginning of the school courso, and be pur sued steadily, with not less than two periods a week throughout the whole course below the high school. In the next place they agreed that in these early lessons In natural seionce, no text book should be used, but that the study should be constantly associated with the study of literature, language and drawing. HISTORY AND CIVIL GOVERNMENT. The conference on history, civil govern ment, etc., believed that the time devoted in schools to history and the allied sub jects should be materially increased. They declared that the tenchingof history should be intimately connected with the teaching of English; that pupils should bo encouraged to avail themselves of their knowledge of ancient and modern lan guages; and that their study of history should be associated with the study of topography and political geography, and should be supplemented by the study of historical and commercial geography, and the drawing of historical maps. The conference report on geography deals with more novelties than any other report, exhibits more dissatisfaction with prevailing methods and makos the most revolutionary suggestions. It is obvious even on a cursory reading of the report that geography moans for all tho members of this confcrcnco something entirely different from the term geography used in school programmes. Their definition of the word makes it em brace not only a description of the surface of tho earth, but also the elements of botany, zoology, as tronomy and meteorology, as well as many considerations pertaining to com merce, government and theology. “The physical environment of man” expressed as well ns any phrase can tho confer ence's conception of tho principal subject, which they wish to have taught. The entire reports will probably be ready for distribution to persons interested in edu cational matter in about ten days. J. W. BURKE & CO. FAIL. Their Liabilities Amount to Between 890,000 and 9100,000. Macon, Ga., Dec. 81.—The appoint ment of a receiver for the house of J. W. Burke & Cos., one of the best known printing and publishing con cerns in the south, was a complete surprise to everyone. Messrs. R. D. Burke and John Birch were appointed receivers at midnight last night by Judge Bartlett. Tho liabilities of the concern will amount to between $90,000 and SIOO,- 000, and tho available assets will proba bly bring about tho same amount, though in the bill the firm is described as insol vent. Thirty-five mortgages were filed, amounting in all to $35,000. They are mostly for small amounts, tho largest creditor being the Exchange Bank for $7,500. Tho members of the firm say that they will pay out in full. Burke &. Cos. were extensive publishers, among their publications being Crier’s Almanac and several religious publications. Rev. J. W. Burke, the head of the house, is one of the best known Methodist ministers in Georgia. A MURDERER NEARLY ESCAPES. He is Under Sentenon to Hang Next Friday for Rape. Beardstown, ICy., Dec. 31.—Phil Evans, the negro sentenced to hang next Friduy for rape, made an attempt to break jail last night, and hud not the dis covery been made to-day, he might have made his escape to-night. In some manner, a cold chisel hail been smuggled in to him, and with it Evans had almost completely cut the plate that held tho lock on his cell. This was discovered by Ja[ior Roby early this morning. Evans was put in irons and will be kept so until to-morrow night, when the death watch will be placed over him Evans has lost his game spirit, and is now much downcast. He says, however, that ho will die game, and that he is innocent. Jailor itoby is over whelmed with applications for tickets to the hanging on Friday. There will be little difficulty in seeing the execution, for the scaffold in the jail yard can bo easily seen from the outside. Nathaniel Wheeler Dead. Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 31.—Hon. Nathaniel Wheeler, president of the Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Com pany, died this morning ut 6:30 o’clock, tjj) had been suffering from a disease of the stomach for three months, and his condition has been hopeless for several weeks. Foster Can’t Fay Half. Tiffin, 0., Dec. 81.—It Is now accepted as a fact by most of the creditors of ex-Gov. Foster that be will bo unable to make a settlement with them at 50 cents on the dollar according to agreement. ( DAILY, tlO A YEAR, I ■J 5 CENTS A COPY. > I WEEKLY, 1 25 A YEAR. ) SWEPTBY A MONSTER WAVE Ten Sailors of the Rhynland Badly Injured During a Storm. A Wave Thirty-five Feet High Rushed Along the Deck From Bow to Stem Sweeping Everything Before It. None of the Men Washed Overboard But Their Escape a Very Narrow One. New York. Dec. 81.—The Red Star Una steamer Rhynland, which arrived in port early this morning four days overdue, brought a story of storm and havoo at sea, such as the big liners rarely experience. It was no sail or’s yarn, for her appearance asssbe cams up the Narrows and passed quarantine bore evidence unmistakable, and when she was docked during tho forenoon is Jersey City, this evidence was given sequel by the rigging up of ambulances, which took away throe injured seamen to Christ hospital. The Rhynland left Antwerp on Dee. 16. A fresh southerly breeze only rippled the usually turbulenO waters of the English channel. On pass ing Land’s End and .the Lizard, however, she was confronted with a strong head wind, which veered arouud to the north for awhile but returned to the formep point of attack with increased violence. STRUCK lIT A MOUNTAINOUS WAV*. On the night of the 19t,h the moon was bright but the wind blew a gale from south west-by-west, and the scan made the big iron steamer tremble and pitch. At midnight she was about longitude 17* west, and latitude s‘J' On the bridge were Capt. Mills, Chief Oflicer Dobson and Third Oflicer Kroger. Second Officer Kenney wr.s in charge of the first watch, which at the time was engaged in putting the heavy storm doors over tho companion way entrance. The second watch had been called, and was on the point of re lieving the first, when a cry came from the bridge: “Look out for a wave.” There was a thuudering noise, a crashing of timbers, and the steamer stiook from stem to Btern, stag gering under thousands of tons of water. A wave not less than thirty-flvo feet high mot her, head on, and swept tho entire length of her decks, reaching way up over the bridge. SWEPT TU* MEN LIKE CORKS. When it had passed, the decks wore nearly deserted. Of tho twenty-seven men of the two watches, hardly one was in sight. The officers on the bridge, at least thirty feet above the water, had seen tho coming ava* luncho of water, and catching hold of the rail were able to resist tho force of tho crest, thougli passing beyond them it demolished u net railing on top of tho companionway roof. The seamen and petty officers on the promenade deck wore less fortunate. They were swept along as feathers and were dropped on various ?arts of tho deck aft. Quartermaster ’heodoro Verry had been swept over the chocks of the port boats and but for the rigging would have gone overboard. He was found below on tho main deck with • severe wound in the neck. THE PAM AGE ON DECK. A heavy storm door was carried aft, nnd the companionway to the main saloon flooded. The steel raft on the port side forward was gone and tho iron stanchions supporting it were twisted off and washed aft. Num tier two lifeboat on the port side was carried away and tho iron guard rail of the promenade deck was whipped up from its holdings for a distance of 180 foot and swept overboard. Tho officers, and tho few men who were able to pick themselves up. started in search of the other men. They found the men in various portions of the vessel, some of them unconscious. The ship’s surgeon was on hand and he found ton men requiring treatment, three of them having sustained serious injuries. Carpenter Castelyn, had ills left thigh fractured. He had been picked.up by the wave as the quartermaster had been and was swept against the forward port shrouds, to which he had clung. Sera* phim Correwyn, a boy of 10, had his left leg broken in two places, and Henry Moostyas, a sailor, was found to have a fractured thigh. The others were badly shaken up and bruised. FOUR BURNED TO DEATH. A Man Holds u Door Shut While He and Three Others Perish. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 31.—A fire in the cottage owned by John Cummings, 'at 515 South Fourteenth street this, morning at 3:15 o'clock, resulted in four fatalities. The firo was quickly extinguished by the department and four bodies wero discovered huddled together in tho corner of the bedroom. They were the remains of John Cummings and Ins wife, one child H years old, and Mrs. Margaret Fox, mother of Mrs. Cum mings. Coroner* Maul was summoned and took charge of tho remains. The story of the lire, as related by Tommie Fox, graudchild of Margaret Fox, is a pe culiar one. CUMMINGS HKI.D TIIE DOOK. Mr. Cummings had been ill in the bed room adjoining the sitting room, in which the family were seated at the time. The child was with the father. Tommie Fox, said the mother, who was reading a book, rose from beside tho stove and went in the room. Mr. Cummings overturned the lamp, which was standing on the center table and the house immediately took fire. Mr. Cummings closed the bed room door and, according to tho story of the boy. held it tightly shut. The four human Doings were penned up and could not escape. They were burned to a crisp in tho devouring flames. RIFF CHIEFS SUE FOR PEAOE. (Jen. Campos Consents to Accept Their Offer. Madrid, Jan. 1, 1894.—Gen. Martinez Campos telegraphs that twenty-five chiefs in the names of all the tribes around Melli la offered to surrender all of the Spanish prisoners taken in the fights since Octo ber, and promised to guarantee peace if Gen. Campos would permit the renewal of trade at Mellila. Gen. Campos con sented in view of the submissive attitude of the chiefs. He . also agreed to convey to the sultan their prayer that the two Riff leaders, Naimonmohatar and Had duelhach be spared. A Sculptor Held as an Anarchist. Paris, Dec. 81.—The police in Angers, Maine.et-Loire, have arrested the sculp tor Philipfle as an anarchist suspect.