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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-28
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KEEP THE GATES CLOSED.

Seattle. June =. 1870.
To the Editor. Being a daily patron Of
The seattle Traction Company, and IA
view Of the accident 20 a lady who fell
from the car IN route 10 Green lake yes-
terday. allow me. az an eN-railfoad man.
20 call the attention % tho public 81 a
gross Violation of city ordinance. which
is az daily occurrence on their part. as
well a.. the company. the superintendent
aus manager. more especially the two
latter The first Z learn from careful IN
quiry has forbidden fhe closing of gates
on The platforms ~ the cars entthe lines
under his charge AliOW me 60 draw your
attention To- ordinance No. Also. section
.. passed May Is iSs~. which reads a.
follows. All street cars wholly ur part-
~ incl0sed, the entrance and exit Of
which are by means Of platforms at the
end OF ends Of said cars, run or operated
upon any line in the city Of Seattle. which
uses a double track, shall BE- provided
with gates or guards upon that side OF
such platform Of each u said cars which
Is next TO the track OF said line other
than the one upon which said cars are
being operated or run. which guards shall
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-28

The English critic, Mr.. William
Archer, says after all 1t is low sport to
make fun of Laureate Austin, "a friend
less and defenseless man who is only
doing his best in that station Of life to
which a malicious fate and a cynical
prime minister have called him." Yes,
Mr.. Archer, but is it quite accurate
to describe as "defenseless" a gentle
man who owns so many rapid-firing.
smooth-bore machine-p poetry guns? II
Mr.. Austin didn't begin it, the press
would let him alone.
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A Limping System.

In current stories OF Indian life. In
many OF Kiplng's and some of Mrs.
steel's. one gets peep at the forbid
ding causes which lie behind u famine
that appals the world. The Indian gov
eminent has to deal with effects. but is
impotent In the face Of conditions to
which a major part of the distress is
more directly attributable. There Is
plenty OF grain in India. That fact has
stood out from the beginning. No man
need go hurry II the resources of the
country were open to the people OF the
country. And those who have proposed
to send shlploads Of grain from the
United states to succor the starving
have not been aware that the transpor
Is unnecessary. What the people of
India need Is money wherewlth to pur-
chase the food that fills the country's
storehouses.
The position OF the peasant of india
has some points of similarity to that Of
the people of Ireland when the old, bad
system OF government In that island
was at its worst. They are always in
debt, always at the mercy of chance
misfortune. They are naturally i'm
provIdent and fataiists They nave no
disposition 10 save and no conception
OF it's necessity. For things win be as
they are TO be. Then. TO tell the truth.
the economic Instinct would serve them
poorly. They are part OF IA deadly sys-
tenn which England has not been able
or has not dared to right. Wages are Of
the lowest. The mlddleman Is the curse
| Of the country. Everywhere the usurer
drives his hard bargains with easy and
| willing victims, II a man were permit
ted to sell himself into bondage, Indian
workers would be slaves within ten
I years
I II Is among such a people that capital
| has always found great opportunities
! Invested wealth owns India, and then
| turns its profits TO feed the mouths OF
poverty that It's exactions have helped
/ to create Oc phUan,hroplc EFFORT there
I has been NJ lack Public and private
enterprise have We'd with each other
+ To the founding q schools. colleges
hospitals Cruel customs have been de-
stroyed. the position OF woman i'm
/ proved sanitary reforms Effected. pub
! Be works constructed 90 mighty
scale Bu, how to MT the ami, Of the
/ Indian working population - a higher
place make him provideni forehaaded.
/ independent Is the problem before
which Britain has failed. sor II IS one
/ OF race as We'll as one OF economies
! such mistakes as have been maze
( G. insist In legislatlns TOO much Tor India
as II Il were an empire % country
/ squirrs and English tenant farmers
rather than society OF lmmemmotial
/ command from above and dependenec
( from below. At any rate, on the eco
nomic side the British system = gov
eminent for India breaks down hope
lcssly though administered with hon
esty and with the best intent The gov
eminent has e.eOo, coo people on its lis,
| OF destitute, the world gives Of rs
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conditions which will insure the safety

conditions which will insure the SAFETY
Of the lives and property OF all for
eigners domiciled in that country. IL
is imperatively necessary that the two
great departments of government, the
legislative and executive. should be in
perfect harmony when the time comes
for the United States to declare and
enforce its policy in this matter. The
only manner in which such harmony
can be had is in the election of Nc
Kinley and a Republican house Of rep
resentatives.
Added to this is the necessity for es-
tablshing a suitable form of govern
ment for the Philippines, a matter
which cannot in common decency be
deferred for four years more. All this
is aside from the Immediately pressing
need for affirmative legislation on the
Nicaragu canal, the revival of Ameri-
can shipping and other problems nearly
affecting the domestic interests OF the
country. A worse time could hardly
have been selected In the country's his
tory for the creation OF a legislative
deadlock by the selection Of house
Of representatives not in political har-
mony with the president. or OF a presi
dent not in political harmony with the
senate.
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Good Year for immigration.

Washington may expect heavy I'M
migra ton during the remainder OF the
year from Minnesota and the Dakotas.
The crop failure there this season Is
one OF the worst In many years. 1t has
hardly been paralleled since the days
OF the grasshopper invasion. Continued
drought has withered the wheat fields
OF three states, and the damage done
is estimated variousiy by experienced
persons on the ground at from one
third to two-thirds of the entire crop.
Many farmers are blowing under their
wheat instead of preparing to reap II.
The recent great advance in prices re-
fleets the ravages of the fields.
While this will not produce as gen.
eral distress as in the days when wheat
was the only crop that these people at
tempted to raise 1t will promote pro-
founder encouragement and dissatis-
faction. The farmer who knows no bet
ter than to be a one-crop man knows
also no better than to stay where he is
planted, like one OF his own grain stalks,
and bear calamity with the stolid-
ity of one of his beasts of burden.
He suffers and borrows and plants
again, hoping for better luck. But
most of these farmers are intelligent
people And the same good sense that
led them to diversity their industry 30
that they would escape entire ruin also
raises in their minds the question
whether 1t Is worth while to remain
where they are to such an extent the
prey and sport of inscrutable forces.
The Minnesota and Dakota farmer
has heard of Washington. Knowing
that this, too. is a great wheat-growing
state, he has read more or less about 1t.
Probably only disinclination to change
and the expense OF II has kept him from
migrating hither. This misfortune
VIII tip the balance. He Is frozen by
the blizzard in winter and swelters
through the dread cyclone months OF
summer. Drought one year. early frost
another. too much moisture and heat
or too little, the sirocco-like wind. the
pest of fly or rust consume his grains.
He has to inquire but little to know
what a haven of happiness and promise
awaits him here. This blow supplies
the incentive. He will not endure the
thought of another years labor sacri-
feed to natures caprice. He Will go TO
a soil as rich, a climate infinitely more
favorable, to the Pacific Coast whittier
all ewes are turning. 1t should be and
II will be great year for Immigration
into Washington.
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Rioters and Typewriters.

NV FVFH TNTI1
The Hon. Lon stephens. the aasise gov
ernor ~ Missouri. has decided after near
IS seven weeks 81 meditation that Us
dynamite prmuks II his friends. me ~,
Louis rioters. must be stopped lie VII
stnp them. We suppose, ny reading ieiss
yelndrd ty.pe-V ritten statement ceisbrai-
ing himself and his wise and brave eolfss
r. regard 20 she strike. This yfetenrA
little creature Is one q the Hiat'Ed DEL
rsafea-at-large 80 tho Democratic nation
ri convention. a fact which shows ssri'
GENTLY whRt the Democrats parry OF BIS
a-,trt has Junk 70
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The lord chief justice OF England has
given Prince de Loose. of Corwaren.
farthing damages for a reflection upon
his name and it seems to be the gen.
etal opinion In London that 1t is con-
siderably more than said name is worth.
II IL sufficient nowadays to damage
the regulations of good many OF the
European nobility who are living on
their name and by their wits.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-28

John W. Gates. OF steel and wire
fame, Is said to have asked all his
friends to spend the shooting season
with him in Scotland Either Mr.. Gates
has no respect for the craftsmanship
of these gentlemen, or else he has
omitted those OF his friends whom he
'1et in on the ground floor and then
dropped through to the cellar"
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The sultan is no doubt pleased at the
interest the United States is taking in
Chinese affairs because that little obli-
cation of $4,000 may be forgotten for
the moment.
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the winning ~ feVs-strcn nut ~ hihv
teen mounts Ey United states Jockeys =.
Ascot. Including the capturing 81 the aoin
Gun for Mrs. LAuEtTy hy Tod sloan - ne
ak OF the English racing world, ana y
regarded as a rather convincing afgsnisH'
gn favor OF American racing methods.
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large as hens eggs. The people there
were more fortunate than those farther
East who were recently pelted with
stones as large as base balls. The
American ha,lstone is keeping pace
with the growth OF the country.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-28

The season of summer work has hard
ly begun at Nome, but the outlook is
promising and the new beach diggings
appear to be unusually rich.
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The country has read of the proceed
ings Of the men who rejoiced and
pointed with pride. and It Is now wait
ing for the deliberations OF those who
will denounce, condemn and deplore.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-28

If the Democrats in different parts OF
the country are sincere in reafiirming
the Chicago platform, why do they 30
studiousiy avoid making any reference
to IS TO /? They appear TO be afraid TO
go back on the old set Of principles and
yet are ashamed to bring them out in
to the light of day.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-28

The Post IntelIigencer hereby
guarantee its advertisers bona
Ade paid circulation. Daily, Weekly
and Sunday, double that Of any
ether newspaper published I'm the
state of Washington. Advertising
sontracts will he made subject TO
this guarantee.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-28

With the BLACK Flags" and 'Red
Girdles" added to the Boxers the Chi
nese are likely to do considerable par
titioning themselves.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-28

There Is every reason to assure the
public that even IL this is a presidential
year it is not likely TO witness the re-
surrection Of cein Harvey, who ex-
pired some four years ago.
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Farewell Tiu After the Fourth.

baltimore American
Life IS uncertain at the hest ~ times.
but Now. when the patriotic small boz
and the drecrAcker have entered into an
urhaly alliance. the prudent citizen puts
his worldly affairs IN order, BIDS his fam
as "A more than usually affectionate fare
well ia the morning. and goes 20 his daily
tasks hoping the best. bot prepared for
a.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-28

II is a pity that q man like Richard
Harding Davis is not in the vicinity OF
Tientsin. BY this time he would GER
tainly have sent out news to the effect
that he had saved the Picking relief
column.
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Going, Going, Gone.

There will be no Silver Republican
convention or mass meeting in Eastern
Washington for the purpose Of naming
delegates to attend the national con-
vention in Kansas City. 1t is given out
that the leaders Of the party in Spokane
have decided that such a gathering is
unnecessary. A meeting was held last
week and it was determined to call the
committee Of Spokane county was en-
powered to name five delegates who,
with those chosen in Seattle recently.
will make UP the delegation from this
state. Eight Silver Republicans made
up the meeting, and the important
business OF filling out Eastern Wash
ington's representation was transacted
cheaply and with dispatch
The mass convention which was called
some time ago TO meet in Spokane did
not matericlize. Interest in free silver
seemed to have died out, and three peo-
pie made up the meeting. Their work
consisted of adjourning to day GER
tain, and that day has come and gone
with no gathering of the faithful. There
was no mass convention for the reason
that there are not enough Silver Re.
publicans left to hold one that would
be Of respectable size. And the few that
remain do not take enough interest in
their cause to go to the trouble and
expense Of attending a convention.
All this must be rather disheartening
to those who still believe that silver is
an issue and that the Silver Republic
can organization can be maintained as
a distinct political entity for trading
purposes. As long as the leaders had
followers it was easy TO demand recog-
milton from a fusion alliance and offer
to give something in return. Now that
II has been possible to draw together
less than one hundred enthusiasts in
the entire state, II win be with poor
grace that anything Is demanded on
behalf or an ORGANIZATION 50 pour III
numbers II silver Republican spoks"-
men are asked what they represent.
they can point only to the two dismal
failures which have recently had to
serve as conventions. on such a show
ing their share OF the spoils will OF po-
cessity be wretehedly meagre.
Perhaps It is just as well. The more
sensible members of the party have
seen their error and are now associated
with live organizations. 1t would be a
public misfortune IL the perverse frag-
ment which clings TO the old name was
allowed TO masquerade as a party and
maintain it's organization solely for the
purpose ot getting share OF the spells.
II viii be better for all concerned IL
the party Is allowed TO wither away
and gets only such recognition as It's
dwlndliug membership Is entitled 10.
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Has anybody called the attention Of
Susan B. Anthony to the fact that
China is fine example Of what can be
done by a woman in politics?
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Prepare for Evcntoaiities.

Omaha Bee.
When II Hung Chang goes 10 the cap
iaI at Peklng he viii DO we'll 10 carry
along his complete stock 81 peacock
feathers and yellow coats. He may be
asked to give them UP. and IL his head
should be wanted they would come handy
In maxim. up the funeral decorations.
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AMusEMENTs TODAY.

SEATTLE THEATER-"A Southern
THIRD AVENUE THEATER-Nash-
vile Students and Gideon's Minstrel Car
nival.
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st. Louis Globe Democrat
The Democratic arithns,ic man neeas
the thlrty-six electoral votes Of View
York IA his business. but II IL useless
TO figure on getting them against MeAinr
IeY and ROOseYelt.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-28

\ New York ballet girl is under ar
r,st for refusing to give her age 70 the
census man What was the matter
with giving him somebody else's age7
These little matters are best settled BY
dir}unacy.
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Mr.. Towne probably thinks hi.
chances are going to Hill.
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In New London at the present time
they are not giving all of their thought
to the disturbances In China.
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The Atlanta Constitution is asking
what has become Of heu2'' and pos
slbly it may get faint idea as 90 IT'S
whereabouts when the wild-eyed visit
ors at Kansas City next week set out
to name a running mate Tor Bryan.
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They are preparing for the harvest,
In the walla wslla country. and II
there Ia any Populist out ~ a job and
complaining Of a scarcity OF work he
will be accommodated the moment he
signifies his willingness to earn an hon
est dollar
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TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION.
IrIirekri hr. CT Garner.
OFFICEs.

OFFICEs
seatfle-e ecopd avenue and Cherry street
New york-Roorns 21s-21l Temple Court
Chicago Rooms ne-5i0 Chicago STOCK Efehahss
buldfne
Tacoma-Ii2l Pacific avenue.
Address ali communications and remitfanee 20
Seattle, Wash.
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An Iowa professor has been appointed
instructor OF farming for the Turkish
gov eminent. This would seem to prove
that the sultan is no farmer himself.
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plenty to aid them. and the land has
within it full granaries while multitudes
are perishing
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Idaho county. Idaho, is the latest
locality TO suffer from hallstones as
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-06-16
Grange Reception

The reception given last night at
the Experiment Station by the mem
,5ers of Aurora Grange was largely
attended and in every respect So
cial success. The hall was beauti-
fully decorated in the College and
National colors and with profusion
Of potted plants. The occasion was
enlivened by the presence of the
Mandolin, Guitar, and Glee clubs.
The Grange is made up largely of
the students of the Agricultural Col
lege which is to be congratulated
upon its substantial growth during
the year and the enthusiasm dis
played by its students. This is the
last of number of entertainments
given by the students OF this de-
partment during the college year,
all of which have been equally en-
joyable. Among the prominent out
of-town Changers present was Hon
Alex. Clohan, postmaster Of Mar.
tinsburg.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-06-16

ONE of the property owners on
Walnut street is away and the whole
matter is waiting until he returns.
If he signs and one of the others
who is holding out comes to terms
the pavement will go down. Other
wise the street will not be paved
this year
ITs very handy to order music at
the Acme. They get all 50f music
for their patrons at SOC.
A COMMITTEE from the council has
gone to the northern end of Main
street to look into matter of sewers
for that part of town. There has
been great lack of sewers up there
and the condition of affairs is get
ting very bad Some relief is need
ed at once.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-06-16
b. & o. Division Changes.

The Baltimore & Ohio has made
important changes in its divisions.
The Middle division has been abol
ished. The First division now ex-
tends from Baltimore to Cumber-
land and the Second division from
Cumberland to Wheeling and Park
ersburg. This does away with the
Third division, which extended
from Cumberland to Grafton. Each
division is divided into two dis
tricts. The Pittsburg division ex
tends from Cumberland to Pitts
burg. Between Cumberland and
Connellsville is the Eastern district
and between Connellsville and Pitts
burg the Western district.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-06-16

GOLF players, Spalding's whole
stock is at your command through
the Acme.
The fire company was out last
night for little practice. The men
have recently been equipped with
new boots and coats and they are in
fine shape for duty. They will short
ly have twelve men selected for du-
ty as special police serving without
extra compensation. They will add
very materially to the police force of
the town.
CRUSHED fruits with our delicious
ice cream soda. Maderas soda that
is soda.
You can't keep house without the
Ladies Home Journal. Better get it
to-day at the Acme.
UNIONTowN's postmaster gets but
two hundred dollars year more salary
than Morgantown gets. This shows
that although the latter town is more
than twice as large as Morgantown
we do nearly as much business with
Uncle Sam as they do.
WE have many lots of shoes in bro
ken sizes for men, women and chill
dren that we are closing out at very
low figure. Come and get a pair.
Hirschman's.
WRITE to or call on Home Savings
Bank, Fairmont, w. Va. per cent
interest paid on time deposits. Large
or small amounts taken.
EVERY congregation in town will
suspend tomorrow and go to the Com
mencement Hall to hear the Bacca-
laureat sermon. This will be delivered
by Rev. Elwood Worcester D. D. Rec
tor Of st. Stephens P. E. church
Philadelphia, and it will be a magnifl-
cent effort. He will also preach be-
fore the Y. M. G. A. at 7:45 in the
evening.
DIR. LAKE PoLAN, Eye Specialist,
of the Kesler Hospital, Clarksburg,
w. Va, will be at DR.. Aliens dental
office in Morgantown on Jsne Goth,
and will remain until July 1st. Glass.
es fitted on scientific principles at
reasonable prices. All work guaran-
teed, eyes examined free. Asligmatie
or near sighted people will do well
| to call.