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The record-union., 1899-10-22

Vladimir de Pachmann has returned
once more to the scene of his former
triumphs New York City after an alb
sence of several years He reappear-
ed on the evening of October 18th and
The record-union., 1899-10-22

Herbert Carr, last seen in California
with Nance O'Neil, has joined Jacob
Lifts forces. He scored a triumph
last week in Minneapolis as the Gov
ernor in Edwin Arden's "Zorah."
The record-union., 1899-10-22

why Smith Left Home" which
made distinct hit when presented
here last season, will be presented in
California this season.
The record-union., 1899-10-22

London Telegraph: The fourth and
last sitting of the Sanitary Congress
was held yesterday at Southampton.
Considerable interest was manifested
in a paper by Dr. Thomas Glover Lyon
on Ventilation for Crowded Buildings
The record-union., 1899-10-22

George Osborne is playing the In
dian, a unique comedy character in "A
Stranger in a Strange Land and his
acting is highly praised by the East
ern critics.
The record-union., 1899-10-22

La Seye, direct from the Folies Ber-
CERES in Paris, has a fine sensational
speciality, which is one of the big
features of ''By the Sad Sea Waves"
The record-union., 1899-10-22

an actor who excelled in at least three
roles could be called great. Melbourne
MaeDowell has no less than four to his
credit-Loris Ipanoff in Fedora"
Baron Scarpia in La Tosca," Mark
Antony in Antony and Cleopatra
The record-union., 1899-10-22

An interesting musical novelty is in
preparation for a Vienna theater-an
operetta made UP of the best melodies
written by Johann Strauss, excepting
those which he himself utilized in his
operettas
The record-union., 1899-10-22

All-wool, ribbed, in ecru and
natural shades, corded silk front,
American silk jersey neck,
lock stitched seams O. NE
and body fitting. :. hI,E
The record-union., 1899-10-22

At his last recital in London NJ.
Ysaye played a "Poeme' by the unfor-
unate French composer Chausson, who
lad been killed by bicycle accident in
Paris only a few days before.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-11
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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-11
knhs for the Epnfcd's u,uu,uu.

Th" Southern Passenger Association
hnH issued C;rruiur uuthOI iIinv rates
To TIA" Confederate Nulrruns' Rcuniu
AT thnrl,HlOn, = G., on llo Gu.rs Muy
loih to 18TH, The ratio ,nmcd IL ono
cent mile In cnch dirr.L,o on. Round
Ir'p from N"whcrry, $3.li; Prosperity
~ 10.
Tirk"ls from points within "a rudius
"i ON" hundred milca from Chnrlrnlon
To d" sold May ., ln, II, T., and for
l'1'lna nch"duI"d ionrr,vc IN Charles.
ton prior to noon OF Nuy -, with Hnnl
limi, May Is 1850.
Ft"k"ts f'"m point, hryond Il radius
OF ono hnndrcd mites IL um Chnrlcston
to b" sold May &. 0nnd 10, with Gnnl
limit May 2l 1890.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-11

"" nHi"" inHrl heartily "!lh II I.
t'"'nYlII" N""n tbs ne "!.hL 10 zee
ia" 'pni"i"rn," Itrunlri,n Erpl un a,
InhK mn lh'rc mf" l~D tDui,drtutr sol
hl"rn l"il "hu wilI meet. 1hr.c re-.
"hl" ~" h'H'nrtnl aud uptfiinp
i."l ,hn old nDIdirya ,ur.l and yv over
lh" lri"in nhh hnidahips Of lhr Ln,llr
ana thn ninr"i nnd IT," I,l"nrni., incl
d"hl" "l ID" "nnip. EnrUuinp" lhr,ni
meet nnd I'VE over these nrru,n nuniu.
~" lirLl"r lh"y get nwny from them
III" more pI"n"ur" they wiIl nuL iu ir.
counting lh"m and ~ n,inriinr lOp"ih.
"r hnd talking 81 those linrn lhuL tried
men nhd loid nf Whit nIuIr they were
made. The fnri In wr lhinlt Tint after
III" last old vet hna pnrH,pi over the
river nnh th"ir lnnl reunion ON this
hhor" hhn inrn held h, ru,lnr ihrru urr
no NOR" lrlL to meet, the nOna slruuId
Keep mp lhrn" gatherings IN honor Of
hhrlr ho'ln 1nihrrn, ninhy Of whom lOaL
their liV,n on the Hcid OF rurunpu.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-11

I'm" r"nmittccn appointed to raise
funds 10 nIh Chnrlcnlun IN entertaining
W" '"h'"h"ihl" v"l"Inna nud their
frl"ndn should get To work. wilhoul
further d"lny. IT. Is not long now unlil
th" reunion viii b" upon us, and whnl
In to u" don" should hn done uuicltly.
II proper effort IB nndu we can nhow
0nr lnt"r"ft IN .hlH matter in II nuhmtnn-
tlnl manner, We hopo the commiltrcr
appointed hy the two rnmpH viii goi to
work nt unco.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-11

IN which you instruct and teach "
Is, III fact, impossible for mo 10 ri
press, i'll words, my profound graz"
tndo towards your school and It's i"
StrnctOrs.
l. took a course at your co''b'
some four months ago, which ! W"
slider the best oxtant, and belo'o
completed you had me " nice l'"n n
ton, which I have had DO 'rou|lo ~
holding, owing to the Thorough ''''"
ing received at your school .,od
Ever wishing you tho c0u'1""s" 40,
SUCCESS you 80 we'll deserve "n" ,,"r. ~
snring You that I will lose no olE ,Iooo
tunity of recommending yof ';",S ;",sy,
as th" very best, to any onu ~
rsted. Your friend and ft'oe"I na1o
FonEsr H, SVDtN
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-11
Our line of


IL strictly up to dat". Wn dispL,v -
'''' selection Of Shirts, Wh;tn Ca
or'd and N"GIigcr, with u,tncLnd
an" d"'"rhrd col!ars nnI cuffs, from
oOc TO $50. '' nom
'"r'"l resentment Of lI,sioyv j.,
black, (nn and fanrics -
N"cEN""r in "ndIcs profusiou, rud
All the newest styles, Color, unI
nobby effects. '''' ana
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-11

w" "f'T on" llnmdr.d Dnthr u, wnrd 10,
linil's ,niH II, care. ~
-, ~ cur Nll \ CO.. rror4, Tolr,lu, o
we th' under. IG .,'d hay. k,.Jwu :. j On .
Ia y i'i Ia" IhNl - N,ni+. nnu iu lie, I. IA, n,
n'h"liy hn'Inrthlr IN MI brItin nA uuEuc.
mons ana hn"nrinllN nh"" ~ carry oui nm,
tlhiSntlbr~ Iundr hy Ihtii o. M
" Is n llt.\A WhUl,r. Il, iIII,vl eta r,i, do n
Aldo q, kiNHA% y MANNI WhuIr.uIr
biunRiHin, lniU,iu , hio
nhlIh 'hinr u tuIr g. inlIcu internally uct.
INK h'ir"iiA upon the blood und mucous au :.
lhr'h "i 10" hy'lcnI. Price .ic ,or bottle.
''',' hy ~ nnrEhis. !, aIi'n"uinls ir g..
Hnilh Family PilN urc thn best
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-11

The seed IN tn" pumpkins win hc
counted todny. The result win hr an
nonnc"d, In heretofore stated, tn Fri.
dny'b pnprr and the surcrnrlul purascrX
mny com" nf'"r their premiums ON
Saturday. The result viii not be nm
nounood untlI t'riduy when tho pupcr
come" ont. We viii puhliah tho names
OF the gn"HherH md tho guoaHcS.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-11
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NOlCC Gl ElNaI Settlement and DiScIIargG.

NOTICE IS IiEI;EBY GIVEN
AN that will nnltr II final settle.
h'"hl on III" estate Of Clarence a. Stew.
art' Il minor, IN u" PROBATE top"l fo,.
N,,c"h"rry County, ;. g, ON Thursdnv.
+hlI cay OF April \. ID. 1899: nnd viii
ImnrdintnIy thereafter apply for lc,,rrs
disnissory. IDA \. IIODIIN
Euardiun OF said Minor.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-11
Yours very truly,
C.8C.SS. s IIOVGPC0
q! (: Mil: 5; 5
NJ; G:sRiNG1 s;0Ons.
g.. s.It5GgM1 !. "a ss~rAsg=Y@
Ua.5 B 6b1s%sa e. ~ ! EIsyy%sa

" hj!" in New York, we picked NJ
sor Of IL" biggest bnrgn.ns il.
NJ T., ''oy, and ChilA:"t's C!o,hiu:,
cv'. '."rn. ~" have CIp hing rnou..h
to ~ ''y every man and Toy il, the
county.
- MrhH Coo Vol Suiis ,tnt we Will,
S"il hl :rlOD each Whi.ll is less ihn,,
CO. 90 nh"utncLprr.
100 Men's Aii.Worl Suits at, mica.
S'E'''. fn! -, 90. ih,~r ,,,ita vy ,i,.,
hc good v"'lrr9 at $500.
oi'" IN" of suits ia Ep@.ini"rn,, (h.v.
'o,H nd WOr4tr!q at $3.50 &g ~
fIo0), #l2 80 md $1,000 are Lr h.s,
:" To- hat rn"n'y, nruiu, and ryr..
f!"h"' can produce.
w" n"r The .0rMrNt ard mos. g rn,.,,
!Inn Of Boz nnh Chi',lr"n's IInIh
ny thhi w' unv' ever .hnuu iy,iI
"""h'' Suits, IDc 40 10 ~. go.
w" wi'h 10 "ali sp"c,nl n1,rt,r;nn T.,
our li"" "f C!Iii'rr,,'s Su;iA f.nn, s., ~,
I" TrM'. W" tiIink that we krnr :,
rn"i him when ,rr a,.n i, ,rI ,,,,.
"'c c"r'niniy "a" hes! ys.!,lr4 v.'. hnr,
ever seen. ''''
Our line Off,.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-11
A-2i'Ssa i'Ssa'sGs-LMoNrAy,@s. III L NE
nnV' W. W. Daniel, pastor wnn

"iv. ;',,,', w. W ". Daniel, Pastor Wash.
%sl"" Tt" street Methodist Church. ''
t,ayn n'"' ,''' tn" Favor bI" comments O,
har'' I"0'' patrons and rnpiI4 whom y
""'" m' n'"rd speak Of the Colnn',:
,!'' h'''''rss ness ColI"%", ] mast coucInI
"''on. '""' trof' a, N""b'rry is very t," com
T"''n' iI'', "nd thorough jnstrnc,or eo", ',,1
his college. '"''s """" i"
columbia, $. G., jane 20 1909
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-11
MISS BESSIE RISER,
Millinery II

In th" storo recently occupied by
tho Nowherry Clothing Go, Torms
etrIctiy cash. II
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-11
RenlovuI!

| am now to be found
in the StOrerCOrn for
nerly occupied by the
NeWberry Clothing Co.
and have my store nice
Iy liked UP and will be
pleased to see my old
customers and as many
more new ones, and
show them my we'll Sc
lcCted stock of Watch"
es, JeWeIry, Clocks,
SpeCtacIes and Silver
ware which | SCI. cheap
for cash.
Watch and Clock re-
pairing q specially.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-11

We have kept con-
stontly in mind the fact
tku. great values make
great business. We
hav. the values in every
department, rs our i'm
menoc trade during the
month OF March testi-
fie3. We expect our
April business to be
even better. We ask
you 70 come in and see
our GJOCk. We will sell
you just as cheap as
any house, quality Of
goods considered.
our nrdcpnrtn:rnt6 Of Millinery, Dress
Go,'!H, SHOES, Wnah Goods, Hosiery,
In@"rw"nr, " hitr Gool4, Linen Dn
mn',ks and DoiirH, Lndi"a' Muslin
lnIrr"rur l,hd;"4' Tailor. made
Suits, tniIdr"n'a Shoes, Boys Shoes,
Indira' Shoes, Mru'Y Shoes, Shoes
for all. We H'il the famous w. T.,
Am"gic'' L"adin% Co:>t, made in
every I'n&i'' and every shape. I'hor"
is y. =. t" iit every figure whether
IT be "!"nh"r, stout, small or barge.
"" "n"rnnt"" every w. B. to give
"ntIr" satisfaction. Every diNsa,is,
lied customer with W. 3. C0r#rts
hh'' h""" new oun. This i. strong
Cr'S"I talk. buL thi, W. Il. Corso,
'"."r""9 every word OF il. Try W b.
Come to Geo us. Our stock Is
right, oar prices arc riyit. You
shall have our best service.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-11

II y. N'HT7. D"crr'hrV.
lN.F. j. -. IjDWLn1. pru.iIru'
Gilpin observer., 1899-05-11
Electricity for Producing Rain.

The idea of making electrical rain by
throwing a charge of electricity through
moisture-laden air has taken innumerablc
ing any practical stage. 1t is hoped that
the latest suggestion in this direction. the
capture of the elusive fog for agricultural
purposes, will elicit some feasible solution
of the problem. California as is well
known, has vast areas of valuable land
where the water supply Is inadequate.
Nature has endeavored to correct this by
sending in heavy fogs laden with moist
ure. These fogs come in from the ocean
at night during the dry summer months.
but are dissipated early in the morning by
the sun. What is now sought is the dis
covery of some simple and practical
method of condensing precipitating &
this fog on a large scale. If the fog par
ticles only could be coaxed into closer
communion with each other as they steal
in from the sea and made to trickle down
in gentle streams of water an immense
increment of agricultural values would be
seen in the state.
Gilpin observer., 1899-05-11

wife" At 6 o'clock a man, who seven
witnesses later testified was Kennedy,
Joined her, and they had a bottle of
wine in the room. Shortly after they
went out, returning about midnight
In the elevator they talked in a quar-
relsome tone.
1t was brought out that Emeline c.
Reynolds had attended school in
Mount Vernon until she was is years
old, and then worked there in a con-
fectinery store for two years. She was
an extremely pretty girl and ambi-
tious to study music and go on the
stage. She came to New York and
was employed in a brokers' Office for
a few months. While her parents and
friends in Mount Vernon thought she
was working in the city she was in
fact living a life of ease and luxury
She became a mistress of a fiat $40
West Eighteenth street, the rent OF
which was paid by Maurice B. Mend
ham, broker with high social con-
nections, who lived with his invalid
mother in fine home at Long Branch
She had assumed the name of Mrs
Reynolds. She first met Kennedy
through Mendham, who sent her to the
dentist to have her teeth treated. The
morning that she was found dead at
the Grand hotel a telegram came to
her fiat from Mendham saying that
he would visit her that evening.
Gilpin observer., 1899-05-11
WILL DIE IN CHAIR.
ELECTRIC CURRENT FOR DOLLY
REYNOLDS MURDERER.
On May ~. If tho Courts Do Not Inter-
fere, Dr. Kennedy Will Pay the
Penalty-story of tho Crime = The
Girl Was Wild.

DR.. Samuel ]. Kennedy was SEN
fenced in New York the other after
noon to death in the electric chair, and
the time set was the week of May %,
his crime being the murder of Dolly
Reynolds on Aug. 16, last.
Dolly Reynolds was a beautiful
girl of 21 years of age, whose parents
pived at Mount Vernon. She was
found dead in a room in the Grand
hotel, and beside her lay lead pipe
club. The head was bruised and the
neck broken. DR.. Samuel j. Kennedy,
a dentist of excellent reputation, who
lived with his wife and child and his
sarents at New Drop, S. l., had passed
himself off at the hotel as the woman's
husband, and the two had been seen
to go to the room together near mid
night. Two hours later he was seen
to steal down the staircase and out the
side entrance. 1t was $3.50 o'clock in
the morning when the servants discov-
cred that crime mad been committed.
DR.. Kennedy was arrested at his Office
later in the day.
The murder was mystery to the
police for weeks, and they have never
been able to get any but circumstan-
tial evidence. The woman had come
to the hotel in the afternoon and writ
ten on the register, e. Maxwell and
Gilpin observer., 1899-05-11
Sulphur Files.

An extraordinary insect is described
by correspondent of the Scientific
American, under the above title. The
name was coined by the employees OF
the Mountain Copper Company, Lin
tied, because of the remarkable habits
of the fly. The company, whose fur
naces are about six miles west of Red
ding, Colo, mine and roast between
ten and twelve hundred tons of ore a
day. Iron and copper sulphides are the
main constituents of the ore, and the
sulphur is forced to part from the met
ais by means of heat. To accomplish
this the ore is brought from the mines
and piled in great heaps upon suf1-
cient wood to kindle it. The huge
heaps-approximately two hundred
feet long, fourteen feet wide and six
feet high-once ignited, burn for about
thirty days. When the roasting proc
ess is well under way sulphurous
fumes rise from the heaps, rendering
respiration impossible in their imme-
diate vicinity. Thel may be seen
darting in and out of the suffocatine
vapors peculiar gray flies about the size
of horse fly that apparently live and
breed in the smoking ore. They seem
to thrive in the densest fumes, the
lower portions of the heaps fairly
swarming with them. At night the
workmen are compelled to cover their
faces with netting and their hands
with gloves to resist their attacks.
Gilpin observer., 1899-05-11
Daring Repair Work.

Daring repairs inside water main
were recently made at the water works
in Kansas City. Mo. The threads of
the valve seat in n 30-inch main had
become broken, and in order to make
the repairs without removing the valve
1t was necessary for someone to 20
into the pipe. To leave the main closed
for the day meant to leaye part of the
city without protection from fire. A
machinist. Charles Lunstedt, yolun-
teered to do the work. He entered tho
main through 24-inch pipe and nut
in new seat in about three hours
1t was cold job, as the temperature
of the water had been running about
80 to 3S degrees, but hot irons were
placed inside the pipe to remove the
chill as much as possible. Air was
let into the pipe through pit around
the valve.-Baltimore News.
Gilpin observer., 1899-05-11
ApproprIate Yell.

The initiative qualities inherent in
mana legacy from his slmian ances-
tors. some philosopher asserts-re-
ceived a humorous illustration in
Philadelphia the other day. There is
a college" in that city for the edu-
cation Of youths who intend pursu-
ing the "tonsorial profession" and at
a meeting of the students, held 10 dis
cuss matters pertaining to their inter-
ests, it was unanimously resolved to
have college YELL Af.er much con-
sideration the following was evolved:
'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah!
We's scalpers. by gum!
Hair cut, shampoo, shave, bay rum!
Next!. Next! Next!
This yell has at least the merits of
perspicuity and sanity, which cannot
be said of the college yell" in gen.
eral
Gilpin observer., 1899-05-11
DARkY's FIRST RIDE in a Llr7
Nsariy Paralyxed with Fear and Yslis I,
BE Rcacued.


From the Montgomery Advertiser:
One of the most absurdly comicai
scenes that ever took place outside
the stage OF a farce comedy was enact
ed down at the Moses building yester
day. 1t happened in the elevator
that elevator that is so familiar to the
business people having occasion to use
1t. Pretty safe 1t is to say that not
very many records would be smashed
by 1t on race track. 1t seems to be
afflicted with chronic case of spring
faver, making its movements necessar-
lily slow and painful-painful for the
passengers, at least. Yesterday after
noon. an old negro woman, with al.
the trade marks of the country. step
ped gingerly into the case from the
fifth story-how she ever got up there
heaven only knows. Johnny Hanson,
who guides the destinies of the lift
sized up the 'old sister," and deter
mined to see If the ups and downs OF
his life could not have little variety.
When the old woman had gotten all
or her anatomy in the cage and the
door was clicked to Johnny gave the
rope quick jerk, sending the machine
shooting down into space faster than
1t had ever done before. The startling
results were even more than he had
bargained for. With a yell of horror
the old woman threw her arms about
his neck. with Save me, honey, for
de lambs sake,'' and it would have
been an easier task to comfort Rachel
mourning for her children. Every
hoor that was reached on the down
ward journey seemed a haven of ref
uge to the old soul. who begged pite-
ously to "le' me git OUT Finally the
ground floor was reached, and when
the door was slid back and she was
told to Tight" the deep breath OF
thankfulness was something too elo-
quent for words.
Gilpin observer., 1899-05-11
Tammany Hall.

"Tammany Ring" was formed in the
city Of New York SO far back as 1888
as great Democratic organization.
Its founder was William Mooney, an
upholsterer residing in the city. The
Tammany anniversary became a popu-
lar holiday. The ideal patrons were
Columbus and Tammany. the latter,
who gives his name to the society. be-
ing legendary Indian chief, once lord
Of the island of Manhattan, and now
kind OF patron saint of America.
The president rejoices in the title of
grand sacham." The "Tammany
Hall" is an Offset more intensely Dem
ocratic, and represents the Democrat
ic Republican general committee of
5000, who seek to govern New York
and select all candidates for office.
There are district committees, over
whom is set captain known as the
local boss" he is responsible for the
vote Of his district. There are LOO
OF these bosses to correspond with the
LOO districts. AS a rule the bosses
are "liquor dealers" with n clientele of
followers whom they Swing" The
boss is paid for his services and has
money to distribute. 1t is always easy
from the reports of these LOO bosses
to say how the vote Of the city will
go in municipal elections.
Gilpin observer., 1899-05-11
TO KEEP LOVE SECURE in HOME
Man and wife Must Live Simply, Honestly
and Frankly ON = High Plane.

I'm the first months of married life, love
Is so sufhcient. and loving SO simple. that
there seems no other need in life," writes
Helen Watterson Moody In the March
Ladies Home journal. but by-and-by,
when care begins to shadow them when
duties present themselves, and. strangely
enough, conflict with each other, when
convictions clash and tastes differ. then
both husband and wife begin to realize
that back of love must stand what have
called stead, and sturdy moral qualities
Justice patience. honesty. sincerity and
magnanimity.. Indeed, on these depends
for 1t is not possible to go on loving unless
that Is found which is worthy of love. l
say this advisedly. l know the world Is
full OF men and women who think. either
because they like to think so, or sadly. be-
cause they must. that one can love where
one does not respect. 1t seems to me that
this does not ennoble ones ideal of love.
One may pity. may have an infinite yearn-
Ing tenderness over what one cannot re-
spect, but love Is of royal birth and recog-
nizes only what is as royal as itself The
way. then, to keep love secure in married
life Is not so much to be anxiously watch
ing and guarding lest 1T should escape, or
CRYING that love has spread its wings be-
by graver feeling. but by living along
simply and honestly and frankly together,
on high plane. looking most and always
toward whatsoever things are true, what
soever things are honest. whatsoever
things are just. whatsoever things are
pure, whatsoever things are lovely, what
soever things of good report Then
love will be not a captive, but u most will
ling guest"
Gilpin observer., 1899-05-11
OPPORTUNITIES IN CHINA.
Vast Field for American Trade That Il
sem Almost Untouched.

stiu Almost Untouched.
At the present time American COM
merce in China should be more than
that of the shopkeeping kind. There
are new opportunities for vast specula-
tions and strong syndicates. This is
the period OF concessions, of organiz-
Ing for opening up the resources OF
that large empire. This is more than
selling behind the counter. And
here Americans are liable to
lose a magnificent opportuni-
ty. Along with the increas-
ed political influence Of European
countries have come increased COM
mercial privileges. Our political in
terests and our commercial men have
disliked the Chinese so much that they
have failed to seize-even to see-the
new openings in China at the most
opportune hour. Russia has secured
both railroad and mining concessions
in Manchuria. Germany has secured
the same in Shantung. England has
secured mining concessions in Shansi,
and other privileges in central China.
Both France and England have secured
privileges in southern China. Amer
ica-where is she? Two great railroad
lines-one between Peking and Han
kow; the other between Tientsin and
Chinkiang-could have been built by
Americans; but Notwithstanding this
special opportunity European nations
have pressed forward to secure these
privileges for their own people.
Though these great concessions may
go to others. there may still be an op-
portunity for American materials to
be used in connection Herewith. This
Will depend on the amount of support
which the United States government
and American merchants give to the
open door" policy which thus far has
been advocated by the British govern
ment alone. Already many of the
most energetic supporters of British
interests abroad have turned from the
open door" policy to the policy of
special spheres of influence"