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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07
What Is American Expansion?

what Is American Expansion!
One Of our esteemed Maine contem-
poraries which has devoted consider
able space and rancor to opposing the
American policy of expansion has
realized at last that it needs informa-
ton, and cries in a recent issue What
is this policy of expansion, anyway?
Who formulated it," Being willing to
play the part of a historical and politi-
cal primer for the edification of one in
darkness we will say that in brief the
American policy of expansion is that
system of growth and progress which
has been a guiding principle of our
republic since its earliest days. 1t was
the policy of those hardy pioneers who
pushed westward into the wilderness
from the coast settlements and sub
dued the forest and the savages,
without their consent" 1t was the
policy of the founders of the republic,
and has been an established principle
of almost every administration from
that of Washington to that of Nc
Kinley. 1t was the policy which ac-
uuired the vast Louisiana territory.
purchased Florida, wrested Oregon
from the British, conquered California,
annexed Texas, made the Ashburton
treaty, bought Alaska, welcomed Ha-
wall, and is raising the old flag as the
symbol of permanent possession over
Porto Rico Guam, and the Philippines.
This policy has always met opposition
at home and abroad, and those who
oppose now would have opposed when
Louisiana or Alaska were brought into
the Union.
1t is not a policy of imperialism;
no such policy exists in this country.
though the so called ''anti-imperial-
lists" devote their energies to trying to
prove that it does. The American
policy Of expansion doesn't aim at the
conquest of the whole earth or any
thing of the kind; nor on the other
hand does it believe in lodging the
good things that are coming our way.
1t has faith in the greatness of our
government to hold front place
among the leaders of the world in
commerce and politics, and to benefit
and protect all who are under the
shadow of our flag, whether that flag
waves in Augusta or Manila, Sitka or
San Juan. 1t realizes that the 18th
century policy Of isolation is now both
absurd and suicidal. 1t means not
only territorial expansion, but also
commercial expansion, industrial ex-
pansion, religious expansion, educa-
tionai expansion, and the expansion of
wholesome American influence in
everything.
The American policy of expansion is
nothing new. as those seem to think
who hold it up as bugaboo to fright
en- the timid and worry the dyspeptic.
1t is the essence of Americanism, and
as it guided the fortunes of the re-
public in the days of our fathers so it
will guide in the days of our children.
Opposition to it is as vain as opposi-
ton to the movements of the tides or
the course of the stars. There is
divinity that shapes our ends and
the end of the American republic is
not yet; nor will the discordant wall
of the "anti-imperialistic chorus pre-
vent the steady expansion and growth
and progress of the United States, ter
ritorially as we'll as otherwise, through
the 10th century and beyond. Destiny
is leading Columbia by the hand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

General Ludlow recently suppressed
several of Havana's yellow journals
but has allowed them to resume publi-
cation on the promise Of their editors
to publish decent papers, vilify no one
and lead orderly lives. What a pity
that New York's yellow journals could
not be given the same heroic treat
mont
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

TIL Albany Journal does the long
suffering public a service by admins
tering a well deserved call down to
those newspaper photographers who
chuckle with silly glee every time
when a new trust is formed. Usually
they find in its name an opportunity
for feeble joke. They have remark
ed, for instance, that the corset trust
will squeeze people, that those who go
into the ice trust are likely to be frozen
out, that the glass trust is likely to be
broken, that the coal trust will make
it hot for consumers, etc, etc. And
every time when they have written
something of that sort, they lie back
with look of intense satisfaction and
listen intently for uproarious laughter
from the populace.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

Haverhill Gazette: The temple of
reared on the summit of ~ Maine sand
hill by the Holy Ghost and Us So
cicty, may or may not be monu-
ment to the fanaticism of the men and
women engaged in its construction. 1t
is most asSuredly good evidence of
what it is possible to accomplish even
under the greatest obstacles by an I'M
alterabe determination to get there
A friend Of the Journal in Brooklyn,
n. ". sends US the following COM
munication over the signature of "A
Maine Woman" II see story going
the rounds. and credited to the Kenne-
bee Journal. of Maine Sunday-sChool
library committee who rid their own
library of improper books by giving
them To the Sunday-school across the
way, instead of burning them as at
first intended. You are quoted as ask
ing if the act was one of Christian
charity. ! am inclined to think that
1T was. both in intent and in effect, a
Christian charity. and that like most
Christian charities it WILL before the
story dies, have been of greater bene-
fit TO the givers than to the recipient.
But this is not what l am writing for.
I am reminded by your story of an
other. familiar to some of the long
time-dead editors Of the Journal. and
located nearer Augusta: 1t was at a
great revival time. when Campmeeting
John Allen had inspired the converts
with emulation to furnish the greatest
living example. Many had told of the
depth from which they had been
dragged, when worthy sister rose
and with a voice of pride and triumph
exclaimed: Brethren and sisters.
there was a time when I wore French
artificial flowers in my bunnit. But
found they were dragging me down
to hell-and-I took them out and gave
them to my sister French millinery
in those days was as was said of the
books, of 'high-class, and the trim
minSs for bonnet represented con-
siderable money; it must have been
very acceptable to the younger sister
Still the question is open, was it
Christian charity?''
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

Just like Funston. He isn't coming
home to Kansas with his regiment, but
is to stay in the Philippines and see the
rebellion suppressed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

Prof j. j. Jeffries has reached Eng
land. and no doubt the heart of the
Prince OF Wales is all a-flutter with de-
lightful authorization.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07
TO TIRE NATIONAL HOME.
Eastern Branch, d. V. s., at Togus.
KennebeC Central R. R,

Connects at Gardiner with the Maine
Central Railroad, and A. II. & G. Elec-
trio Railroad to Augusta, and kennebec
Steamboats, for Boston.
Summer arrangement, in effect Monday,
June %, 1899.
Leave Randolph: Ar. at Nat Home:
..22 and 1922 a; NJ: 1.42 & 1912 A. NJ.
SIS bT ana AT Els H z r. s st. At ka a II
l.50. 800 & 5 p. NJ. 2.l0 800 & $40 p. NJ.
SUNDAY TRAINS Will run as follows:
Leave Randolph, 22o and so P; NJ: Ar
NJ. Leave National Home. 2.4O and p.
NJ. Arrive a Randolph, 800 and SO P.
NJ.
BAND CONCERT every day excent
Monday and Saturday at 2. NJ. by the
Home band. Inspection and parade of
the veterans Saturdays at p. NJ. Spc-
cial rates given to excursion parties.
+. A. LAWTON,. Supt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

Another yarn of the silly season is
that the Car proposes to abdicate his
throne in despair because he is the
father of three daughters and no sons
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

Secretary Root is getting down to
business in business-like way that
impresses the country most favorably.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

Plattsburg. N. Y, not Washington,
weeks, and it makes good capitol, too.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

The Journal hereby dominates Amos
f. Gerald for general manager of The
system Of electric lines which hi
prophesics will stretch in unbroker
line from Waterville, Me, to Wash
inGton, ID. C., five years hence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

II had a running. itching sore on my
leg. Suffered fortunes. Doan's Ointment
took away the burning and Itching in
stantly, and quickly effected permanent
re" c. W. Lenhart. Bowling Green. "
mon, wed. fri&wky.tf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

Belfast would like to have tl1ea Zee
drop in there for a little visit.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

No notice whatever will be taken Of
unaigned communications.
sible for the preservation or return Of
rejected communications.
address all communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT. Publishers.
Augusta. Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

The spirits which animated the
builders of century ago may be
guessed at from the following memo
randa in an account book kept by
David Springer of West Franklin:
Oct. ,, 1909, began to build wind mill
OH Hog Bay stream. AMY.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

The Portland Courier DEGREES that il
is an idiotic custom to name streets,
and wants Portland's streets num-
bered
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

exciting. Finally as a compromise.
Friday evening. the board of trade
voted that the excursion be to North
port.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

The kissing bug is taking a vacation
aiter most successful tour of the
country.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

The Good Will assembly has closed
after most successful session. What
a grand work it does.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

No fatalities have resulted from the
Watervlle battle over the matter of
the merchants excursion. Some
wanted to go to Kineo, and some to
the islands and the scrap was highly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

rem was In charge Of the stone work and
Farnham Bros. are building the stable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

The hottest social campaign of the
summer awaits the officers and men of
the fleet at Bar Harb0r, this week.
But they have smelled powder before.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

Lewiston and Auburn expect to have
their curfew laws in working order in
a few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

The report from the Maine Expert
ment Station at Orono shows that 25
per cent. more rain fell in July than
during the average July for the past
81 years. July 4 was the hottest day
of the month, which was certainly an
appropriate happenstance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07
Eastern Steamboat
GO.

Low rate excursions to BOothbay and
Islands and Popham Beach. Commence
ing July llth and continuing
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07
AUGUSTA TO SOUTH GARDINER.

D Daily, Sundays Included.
Through tickets TO California and all
points South and West may be had OF Z.
II. Walker, ticket agent, Augusta, the
only Office in Augusta selling via all
routes and checking baggage free Of eX-
pense.
GEO. F. EVANS, F. E. BOOTHBY,
V. Pres. & Gen. Magr. G. p. & 7. A.
Portland, June y, 1899.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

Switzerland's expense for the keep
ing of each inmate in the insane asy-
lumS is S4S year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07
60 State Street,
BOSTON. ROOM 90.
Tuesday, JuIy 18th, '99, at 10 Am.

Tho mine is located on Rock HI. cal
ifornia District. one mile from Leadvllc.
Colorado. co. owns and controls about
$40 acres. Veins are traced through thu
property that have paid millions IN d!vi-
dends to Co.'S operating directly adJpin-
ing claims. The Denver 4 Rio Grandc
Railroad runs within one-hdf mile OF
nrnnnrlN.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

More races al the great. Kite tract
this week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

Annual regatta on Cobbosseecontee
today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

OFFICIALS:
Mr.. L. G. StRBR1DGE. President.
Attorney at-Law, fremont Building.
Boston, Mass.
Mr.. Guy VI. SPEAR
Secretary ana Treasurer
Capitalist. a. STATE Street. Boston.
Hon. J. ". DEAN. Attorney-at-L Law.
Denver. Colorado.
Mr.. G. y. BOYNTpN
Boynton Furnace Co., New York
city.
Mr. ABBOTT w. LAWRENCE.
Dilaway X Starr. Bankers. Boston,
Mass Member Boston Stock En-
change.
Bankcrs-AmeriCan Loan and Trust Co.
Boston. Mass. and the American Ma
tionaI Bank OF IeadVilie. Colo. Genl
Manager at Leadvillc, RObt Il. Estey.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07
BANGOR & AROOSTOOK RAILROAD

Caribou and Bangor on trains leaving
Caribou at $40 A. NJ. and Bangor at as
F. NJ.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

Dog daisy days of 1ate. =.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-07

This offer Of 50O00 shares is the seconl
block OF Treasury stock placed on the
market. The first issue was of $1,000
shares. and this subscription was taken
in a few hours by our leading stock cX-
change houses.
The moneys received from sale Of
Treasury Stock must be deposited with
the Company's Bankers and can he used
only for legitimate mining expenses Of
the company. All other stock. including
that owned by the officials of the com
pany is deposited under an escrow
agreement with the American Loan ana
Trust Co. of Boston. and cannot be drawn
or sold until the Company is earning div
idcnds. For further information and pro-
spectus address or call ROOM 2l2 80
STATE ST, Boston. Mass.
july26 eod2w
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

During the calendar year 1893 the
United States exported $261, 260,o53
more Of merchandise of all sorts than 1t
imported, or a gain in excess of exports
over 1897 of 1894, 146,719.
For the year 1898 the gold imports
were S15S, 036252 and the exports $780,
194,954, an excess of gold imports in
1893 of Sal ,S41, 298, as compared with
an excess of gold exports in. 1897 Of
1855, 500
The year 1893 was the first in which
the domestic exports from the United
States exceeded the domestic exports
from the United Kingdom. On only two
occasions prior to 1898 have the dones-
tic exports of the United States eX-
ceeded $1O00,0O0, 1000, while those of
the United Kingdom have constantly
exceeded $1,000, 100000 during the past
% years. Our exports of domestic mer-
chandse to the United Kingdom in 1897
amounted in round numbers to $780,
100000 and in 1898 to $534,000, 600, an
increase of 81 per cent. during that
period. But the imports into the United
Kingdom in 1898 were no greater than
they were 20 years ago. The imports
from the United Kingdom for 1897 be-
ing sos, 53S, S12 and in 1898 sos, 943,-
1874
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Hotel Farrior, Tarboro's Leading Hosiery.

one among many acts which gave people
along the territory Of the Seahoam Air
Line hint as to the high quality of the
man.
But all this does net mean that Mr.. st.
john Is mot u lighter rUgNaotty is well
developed in his face aud head az power
full and intellectual outline With this
aggressive quality, too, gees a resource
that surprises because ii oomes from an
unlocked for quarter Those with whom
he has FLASHED during the last four years
need NOT TO be told of this Like Presi-
dent Williams, Mr., ST, John Is man OF
strictly temperate habits, giving close at
tenItion to his church duties and chari-
ties.
Like Mr. Williams, Mr.. st. John is a
man of native literary skill and finish
the presentations of subjects ut different
times by either of them being models Of
clearness and strength.
Under the management of two such
men the greater Seaboard Air Line sys-
TEN enters upon career which should
have d meaning to the people Of the
South undreamed of by them now and
a prosperity commensurate with the re-
sources OF d country rich with the prom
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

has gone forward with simple direct
ness towards the consolidation of lines
that would give it what it started out
to get, namely, the shortest mileage
through its unparalleled richness of ter
ritory.
The crystalization of this new system
was made possible by the purchase re-
Gently by Mr.. John Shelton Williams, the
present president of the Seaboard Air
Line and the Florida Central and PENN
sular. This was justly considered one
of the most brilliant financial perform
ances of modern railroading, and
brought Mr.. Williams forward at once
as a man of marvellous promise and re-
sources. He was already president of
the Georgia and Alabama Railroad,
which is now part of the new system.
l need not tell New England readers
that it enters upon it's new career at
time before unmatched in the South or
in this country for propitious results.
1t will absorb its share of the coal and
iron product of Alabama, and will be in
touch at its Norfolk terminus with the
coal fields of the Pocahontas region.
Its face is toward the morning in what
ever direction it may look. If straws
show hich way the wind blows, the old
conservative financiers, who do not let
go to their money until the time is ripe,
prefer to take the course of iron as their
weather vane. The test of real indus
trial progress and promise is for the
most part involved in the demand for
and price of iron. The present conditions
of the iron trade is one of unprecedented
promise. The situation Is summed up
neatly in the Railway and Engineering
Review in its issue of June 10. Says
the Review:
Each week develops some new fea-
ture in the iron and steel markets. Con-
siderable excitement exists over the ad-
vances in progress, and the increasing
evidences of deficiency later in the
year. Structural material has advanced
about 70 per ton over old quotations.
Plates are the subject of special agree
ment IN each sale. Mills have been
booking very little plate business of late.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
JOHN LUTHER BRIDGERS
Attorney at Law. Solicitor
and Presiding Justice of
the Superior Court.
Wce-President Of the American Bar Associa-
ton for the State Of North
Carolina.

Among the prominent attorneys Of
Edgecombe county, John Luther
Bridgers, the subject of our present
sketch stands in the foremost ranks
1t is always pleasure to write Of the
life and works of leading lawyer, for
such men always do so much for the
community in which they live that we
seem through them to get an insight into
the highest life of the whole people of a
section.
John Luther Bridgers VS. born in Tar
boro in 1850, and reared in the same
place. He received his preparatory educa-
ton at the hands of Professor II. H.
Graves, in Granville county. Later he
grduted from the Virginia Military Insti-
tute in 1870. Then he studied law, under
George w. Whitfield, at Wilson, and also
under his father, who was Colonel John
l.. Bridgers, an able practclng
attorney Of Tarboro Mr.. Bridgers was
admitted to the bar in June, 1871 and at
once began active practice at Tarboro,
where he has since continued to reside.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

Enormous bridge building requirements
are just now presented, and much more
business is bound to come forward
Railroad managers are hesitating in the
placing Of large orders except for rails.
which are exceptionally low. To all
appearances prices of all kinds Of ma
teriaI will continue to advance until
that critical point arrives where the in
creasing capacity viii be able to make
deliveries. In a general way, prcduc
ton isAspoken of as being engaged three
to four months ahead, though in many
instances material is now contracted
for which will not be delivered until six
to nine months"
The recent movement of iron from
the Alebama district for foreign ports
has far exceeded expectations. Ship
ments are being made for Liverpool,
Copenhagen, Manchester. Hamburg, Ge-
neya besides other places In all parts
of Europe. The development of great
enterprises at home and especially
abroad is going forward by leaps and
bounds, as is evidenced by an INSULT
cient supply of crude iron in all mar
kets. The production Of 13,000,00O per
to that, stacks to the extent Of $4,000
have disappeared within six months,
leaving, during the latter days of May,
but one weeks supply to fall back upon.
Every day furnishes some proof that the
trade is merely making stop at a sta
ton on the way to higher prices Just
now no other conclusion is warrantable
than that the consumers of mill and fur
mace products are and will be for some
time obliged to seek producers. We are
shipping steel rails to Vladiyostock for
the construction Of the Trans Siberian
Railway; to Calcutta, to Melbourne, to
Bombay, to Ireland for the use of the
Great Southern and Western Railway
Of Ireland, the first shipment of this
kind ever sent to that country from the
United States; to Barbados; also GOO
tons of steel plates were last year ship
ped to. Belfast, Ireland, said to have
been the first of this nature ever shipped
from the United States.
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ten years. In 1887 he was elected may
or of Tarboro. which position he held for
eight terms During his administration
the town made wonderful progress. He
organized the Tarboro Board of Trade
and has been its president since its or
ganization. BY means of this organiza-
ton he launched many enterprises, se-
cured the building of a beautiful city
hall, a city waterworks, paving of side
walks and many other improvements. He
organized and put into successful opera
tion and Tarboro Cotton Mills, and
aided largely in securing the Riverview
Knitting Mills.
He was the pioneer in building the
first tobacco warehouse east of the Will
mington and Weldon Railroad, and it
was mainly through his efforts that the
tobacco market was established and
maintained. He organized the Edge
combe Homestead, Building and Loan
Association. He organized and estab-
lished the Bank of Tarboro, and is its
vice-president; is vice-president, secreta-
ny and treasurer of the West Tarboro
Land and Improvement Company, which
owns the home property formerly owned
by Mr.. William s. Battle.
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the surrounding towns, and very oiteh
orders are received from other STATES
The interior of the store is artistlcaiiy
beautiful, being finely fitted with soma
walnut fixtures, and double-thick glass
show cases, six in number, which stand
about twelve feet from the floor, ana
French plate glass windows.
Mr. Bell is practical jeweler, with an
experience Of forty-seven years and
business experience of forty-one years.
He also associated with him in the bus
mess his son, Wilson l., Bell
Mr.. Bell is an answering, uncompro-
missing Democrat, always eager to help
his party, but never seeking office. lie
has served as an alderman of the town,
and is a director of the Edgecombe Build
ing and Loan Association. He Us also n
member of the Royal Arcanum, and was
instrumental in establishing the Order of
the American Legion of Honor at Tar
boro. in which order he has filed the
highest position in the State being Grand
Commander In religion, Mr. Bell is a
member of the Church Of the Disciples of
Christ