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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-20

let's upon his shoulders and with cIanking
sword and beautiful uniform marched TO
Florida there 10 combat with the enemy
that never existed. on the other side. we
see the man who left his home, who left
all that was dear, who went into the war
as a mere boy IN fSe2 and took his mus
ket on his shoulder. proud 10 serve MS
country as q common private, and then
went upward and upward, from private
to corporal from corporal 20 lieutenant.
from lieutenant 20 captain, from captain
10 major. acauitting himself upon every
battlefield with great credit; then AFTER
waf,I entering public life and there ac-
quitting himself with great credit. with
honor and INTEGRITY. ana N a way mat
Then my fellow citizens which shaii
@e vote for, the play soldier or the kind .
hearted, Christian, d-cflaractered
man. william Mckinley Great APP
p And by the side Of him. we would Ike
one ~ our herOcs-wc respect our men
who are not looking for great crsait ex-
cent 10 do the nations bidding. We love
fha man who marched up San Juan
Mn with his Rough Riders; we ike the
man who faced the enemy wnen me enc
my faced his county. ana VINO oaasu 80
we're greatest, and where the demands OF
HIS country fed him in the discharge OF
his duty. -, o.
we AZ American citizens. By q majority Of
mora than a million votes viii say 20 the
man who acquitted himself 80 We'll oil san
Juan hill. 80. ably as governor oi me STATE ,,s
The vice presidential chair. Our own Ted
dy shall be the boy to I'll that place.
1--WE have some boys here that saw the
bullets nv and smelt stbe powder OF me
enemy and i want 70 Introduce them TO-
night In one Of their songs. the Pninp-
pine quartette, / take pleasure IN present.
Ing them TO you tApplause)
The quartette sang three songs amid
great applause, and then Mr.. Hartman
aSitIzens of Seattle. being Hoosier
myself. ID IL a great pleasure for me 10
preside over this meeting this evening
Not only do they produce pretty gopa.
sizea men down there in Indiana, but
rnrne OF them, like the DISTINGUISHED gen
tiernan whom we have with US this even
ing. are giants In Intellect.
abne OF the men who has recently pc
come closely allied with the interests OF
washington and the great Northwest -
tha distinguished senior senator from lndi-
ana II was he who, Mt quebec, ana later.
nj Washington. as member ~ the JOINT
hich commission. then considering the
Aiaska boundary question. when English
stafeemen were determined TO get all the
territory they possibly could; y was the
distinguished senator from Indiana VINO
hut afterwards. by his learning, his high
poplfion and by the information which ne
obtained when he visited Alaska about
one year ago. convinced his coieasues
then that hts position was right ana I'M
uw~aiIsbie.
III was then he protected American
rights not alone for this country In gem
errI. but particularly for the state OF
washington and the city Of Seattle. >.
You tho Hon Charles w. Fairbanks. q
fndianapolia, who will now address you"
iGrcat and prolonged applause)
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-20
SENATOR FAIRBANKS SPEECH.
Dss~usses First the Country's Great
Prosperity.


Senator Fairbanks speech In full was
- I'M NJ Chairman. Ladies' and Gentlemen:
II il Impossible for me 10 adequately
genereus greeting am already more
than repaid for all OF the inconvenience
! have experienced In coming TO the
city q Seattle have come 20 speak are re
agItatfnR the minds Of the American peo-
pie today. shall speak 20 YOU In 2 plain
way and as briefly. as ] may. In the
upon your splendid delegation In the
American congress. I wish to congratu-
late you upon the ndelity and the ability
~ your DISTINGUISHED senator rns.sr ma
eastman ard Mr.. Jones. They have been
loyal 10 the interests Of Washington.
More than that loysl e ne .as sr, q
word IN passing IN favor OF the election
OF your nominee for governor. Mr.. Frink,
tApplauseJ This. my couptrymen, - a
elect our candidates for president and
vice president but we Wish to install
the Republican party IN power IN all or
hays come 10 you more especially 70 say
a few words In behalf OF the election OF
our candidates fer president and vice
president Aithouyh shall speak for
compared With the speech that II being
made IN their behalf In every city and
hamlet OF the United states. In every
factory md upon every farm.
aIn fsea u different scene was presented
80 the American people than that which
we Witness tonight Enterprise was dead
and thousands and hundreds or thousands
OF our conrgrymen we're walking the high
WAYS aud the streets " the country
searching for wark al any wage and And
ing Il not. The great enterprises OF
tho country were either closed or work
Ina upon short time Crops IN the fields
~ the farmers we're rottinE for a mar
kef flnw different the scene todayt
Prosperity universal Labor employed
from one ocean 20 the other and tho
farmers vaiAYinE prosperity they have
uut experienced for years gone BY. nv
cnlnfrsmru. l0ok open the ptctare az 1876
and aemlpre y With that We witness to-
CAV VIVA, has wrought this mighty
shanwef Then At the very bottom of our
cemmetelal aevclepmeni. now ~ the very
tNNnHst limit Think yea that this mighty
90 accident No, NV countfymen. this
riifhty change. this revolution. has been
accomplished through the operation Of Re-
putiiFtH policies and Republican admin
isitatien gApplAueal
IN 1870 mighty convention met at
50 teufs and there resolved. among ether
tninHa urnn TWO great policies First. IN
tsYuf ~ wlplna fe0m the statute hooks
she Wilsau free trade hiil that child af
pfgadF ana dishuUor, Snd enacting Ia It's
NArpA'g" And second. IN favor
20 arbo9lne the tptesrity "a orr
tNfffneN eNsiom, the maintenance
e. ,ae eola standard sApp'euse
Fundamental ptl0cirles the very faunaa.
tinn ~ continental progress and prosper
~ me rsnNentlna nominated candidate
- carry ihem lNta execution iu eur n@4
fiehal aNtirt- WiNAm Mckinley. the af-
tirE eatuWleutnt AZ cur platform. (Au-
p'siAat' cenNeuiina mes little later
amnas other ihiHsa n faVar u free trade
ana DO fsNhr ~ the fyee coinage ~ siipsr
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-20

favor IN those three years brief years,
according Co ne calendar. but Oh haw
mighty and lens they are measured bv
tha achievements ~ the United states
in i%ace and war wani3 you exnecr
that in tfnsr three years the ne4 hal-
aHce N our foreign trade should equal
The balance aufjnN an - thr preceding
administrations darinw The preceding i3s
tearte The net halance during
mirisfratiuu c3Haiei the net balance anr-
tNs the lfT wears rgcce&lng Yea. st was
rare than SE&tao 30. SO WIS moro than
ssNeN N@. Trs. 70 reached abave ana be-
yand Billion dollars: in short. in three
yeNrs ~ McNAnley's ADMINISTRATION the
net balance 20 Cur foreign trade was
ever $3.50 M0 ae1 tIfeat applause
don't blaine ouy opponents for hunting
a new assso f5reat l&Nyhter} I don't
ti lame Democratic arssors FOR speaking
three hours 20 conceal ire real Issue
lcfies - Good, Coodr' Load apglausel
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-09
Good Roads Must Come,

Large as the wheelmen vote ~. tnau
Is not the only fact that makes the
good roads plank in the platform of the
various parties significant. There is ii
far greater social Importance attach
ing to the appearance of such an issue
in II national platform than the wheel
men themselves dream of. One of the
great causes of that relative as well as
absolute increase in the urban part of
the population of the country shown in
every recent census is the prevuilingly
bad condition of the country roads.
especially inswinter and spring. Farm
values are materially affected by the
condition of adjacent roads, and much
of the sense of isolation and loneliness
that increases the lunacy totals in ru-
raj counties is due to the difficulties of
local travel for half the year Much
i'll health, too, is traceable to the fact
that after winters storms. when winds
have so dried off the fields just over
the fence that walking across lots is
tOlerable, the roads, by constant use
and the dragging of mud, remain mily
sources of atmospheric moisture for
days together and continual tcmpta-
tions to the youths of earnest tempera-
ments to seek life in the cities and
towns
This is not merely a material issue
1t does not concern merely the pleas
ure of the wheelman or the prosperity
and health of the farmer, important
as are all of these. Whatever dlScour-
ages the centrifugal forces that send
back to the country for rest and pure
air and contact with the warm mother
heart of nature those who are i'll and
city weary Is Il drawback to the vigor.
the progress and the sanity of the race.
The country ought to be not only Il
great continent-wide sanitarium, but
inviting to the aggressive and progress.
slve elements, and, like any other use
full organism. its efficiency largely de-
pends on the freedom of the circula-
tion through its veins and arteries, the
roads. New York Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-09
A Gallant Judge.

In ease before Paris court, In
which a popular actress has had to
appear as IA witness the judge seems
TO have shown considerable diffidence
about asking the lady, as he was in
duty bound to do, what was her age.
Evidently he considered that such Il
question, put to such witness, would
be direct Indictment to perjury.
The way in which he got out of the
difficulty was ingenious, although de
cidedly irregular, He asked her her
age before she had been sworn
How old are YOU. MADAME he
said.
After little hesitation the lady
owned to being twenty-ninc years of
age.
And now that you have told the
court your age" continued the gallant
judge, you swear to tell the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the
truth,"-Kansas City Globe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-09
Aids Rural Free Delivery.

Good roads and rural free delivery
very naturally go together. Testimony
shows that in some Instances lack Of
the former makes II impossible to Sc
cure the latter now being so rapidly
extended in the agricultural sections of
many of our States First Assistant
Postmaster-General Heath says that
the construction of good roads has
been a prerequisite of the establish
ment of the rural free delivery service.
and IL Is reasonable to presume that
this condition will continue Indefinite
ly. In one county in Indiana the farm
ers expended $4,000 to grade and gra-
vel Il road In order to obtain rural free
delivery. The poor country wagon
road Is n chief obstacle confronting the
Postoilice Department in the efforts
to extend this system particularly in
the Middle, Southern and Wee ern
States. Roads must be in such cOndi-
ton that carriers can cover sufficient
territory IN given time and with reg
ularity in December ana March ms well
as in the settled weather of early sum
mer. \ community desiring rural free
delivery must therefore show sufficient
energy and spirit of progress by doing
something to establish ana maintain
good rOauS
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-09
Confused.

\ certain liveryman in Detroit who
is slow TO take up modern improve
ments has been timid about using the
telephone, which only recently became
part of his establishment He is
so awkward in communicating with
people telephonlcally that he never an
swers the ring or calls up" unless alb
solutc necessity so requires. This
necessity came the other day, when
there was no one in the Office but
himself. Going TO the telephone. he
rang up n grain and hay dealer and
bawled:
Bring down some hay"
"Who is ii forY inquired the dealer
What's thatr" was the nervous re
sponse of the lveryman.
Il said who Is the hay for. How
can | send hay unless | know who it
is forT'
Why" was the curt answer, ITS
for the horses, of course. You didn't
suppose | eat hay, did you?"
The hay did not come that day.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-09
Some Chinese XIrimes.

In these history making days in the
Far East all items connected with our
Mongolian neighbors are of interest.
so when Mrs. NJ, who had resided
in China and employed Chinese and
Japanese servants in this country,
made some observations upon their
characteristics at II luncheon recently
every one listened.
You know" she said. that no in
suit can be greater to Il Japanese than
to call him Il Chinaman. My brother
has Il Japanese valet. an invaluable
servant, by the way. ana he came in
the other day with n black eye and
torn garments, the explanation being
that he had been taken for China
man by some neighboring men and re.
scntcd II with persuasive violence.
"'Dey knows me Jap now he re-
marked with II satisfied grin.
In the estimation of the Japanese,
their similarity may he compared to
common clay and TO fine porcelain
MOngollan both, undoubtedly, hut the
Japanese so superior that 1t is radi-
'dHN dHolhcI 'OllpOSllloI ditbStlhcI,
and yet, oddly enough. there are GER
tain qualities about the Chinese that
their more aristocratic neighbors ap-
preciatc and make use Of-qualities.
too of particularly high order-hon-
csty, accuracy and faithful adher-
ence to II promise make them invalua-
BILE for business position. 1t is Il sig
-. 4 a.
banks and the cashiers in important
business houses, even in Japan, are al
ways held by Chinese employees. In
our hot anger Just now against the
Chinese II is just as well to remember
that, after all, they have national vlr-
tues New York Tribune 10
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-09
No One Caught On.

''There is bound to be fly in the
honey" said the disconsolate- looking
citizen. There's always some small
circumstance that prevents joy from
being complete"
What is the trouble nowg'
"The leading paper of my commu.
nifty printed my picture the other
day"
That was nice"
And it said that was one of the
people whom everybody knew; that
my fame was such that it had spread
beyond the confines of my native city
and was carrying light into the regions
beyond"
splendid"
"Then they got n bit rushed in the
office and put my friend Wiggin's
name under my picture"
That was little unfortunate"
1T isn't the worst. Not soul no
ticed it except my wife. And AN she
said was that she didn't think il
looked much like Wigginsw Wash.
ingtOn Star
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-09

George Fcbrey, residing near the
College of St James Washington
County, has a plum treel on which he
expects to grow, besides plums,
peaches, almonds, apricots ana necta.
rines. He sawed the top off of the
plum tree aud grated on an almond
branch, on which he has now budded
peaches. apricots and nectarnes. Some
time ago he bored hole through an
elm tree and inserted II growing Con
cord grapevine, which, when it had
grown so II filled the hole, was cut of
at one end. The vine continued to
grow being fed with sap from the elm
tree, and bore luscious grapes. .-Balti.
more sun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-09
Popular Garment For Autumn.

The Eton jacket gives every indl-
cation of continued and increased pop
ularlty. 1t will be the most general
outside garment for autumn, as 1t was
for spring. The jaunty May Manton
model illustrated Is simple of construc-
ton. and has the merit of becoming
open or closed at n touch. AS shown,
it is of mixed gray chevlot, and makes
part of II general utility gown, but the
design Is equally well suited to black
and tan cloth that can be worn with
any skirt, and to plque, duck and the
like. The fronts are fitted with single
darts. The back Is seamless the snug
effect being gained by under-arm
cores. The collar and revers are self
faced, finished with rover tailor stitch
ing. The sleeves are two scanned, and
fit snugly, with just enough fulness
at the shoulders to prevent overnight
ness. They are stitched to simulate
cuffs at the wrists. The closing is ac-
complished with single button ana
buttonholc. When worn open the
fronts are thrown back, as shown in
the sketch. The model is lined
throughout with white satin, and can
be worn with the daintiest white waist
without danger of soiling it, but any
color preferred can be substituted,
10 make as illustrated, for girl
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-09
JEWISH DIVORCE
Granted According to tho EabbinIcai
law of tho TaImud.


Granted According to tho r:abbinIcai
Law OF the Talmud.
a scene "a real life recalling in some
respects the famous enforcement de-
pcted by Israel zangwlll ia his Chill
dren Of ;he Ghetto was enacted in
Baltimore when Mrs. Lena c. Wolf
was granted divorce according to
rabbinical law from her husband.
Maurice Wolf, says the Baltimore
Sun
The trial took place at 653 West
Lombard street. the residence OF Rev.
Or. s. Shaffer rabbi of the Green street
synagogue. A suit for divorce between
the couple is now pending In the civil
courts of that city. The old Talmudic
law. however requires those persons
who have been married according to
the orthodox Hebrew ritual to be d.
vorced also by the religious law. For
this reason Mrs. Wolf insisted on Sc
curing the religious divorce.
Had Mrs Wolf neglected to get the
religious divorce she could not be re-
married by an orthodox rabbi even IL
civil courts The judges were assured
that the action in the civil courts
would result in Mrs. Wolf being
granted a divorce Mr.. Wolf was much
affected by the proceedings, and. be-
fore the trial was concluded, was so
overcome that he tainted.
Ten persons are required to be pres
ent at the trial for a religious divorce.
Three of them serve as judges. The
Judges at the trial were Rev. DR. Shaf-
fer, Rabbi H. Bearman and Mr.. l..
Strauss. The law requires also that
the writing of the divorcement be in
ancient Hebraic characters. As Mr.
Wolf was unable to perform the task
skilled Hebrew writer. Mr.. Isaac
Cohn, wrote the decree. One of the
remaining persons served as a substl-\
tute for the husband in delivering tho
writing of enforcement from him to
his wife.
TWO of the witnesses were required
to sign the decree and the three re-
naming persons served as witnesses
The judges did not hear the evidence
in the case In detail. but confined
themselves to accepting tho general
statement made by the wife. who said
she had found it impossible TO live
with her husband. The husband as
sented to the granting of the decree
After considering the case the judges
decided to grant the divorce. II civil
decree is also granted both will be per-
mitted to marry again. The trial
lasted about two hours.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-09
INCREDIBLE fimlrs HORRORS.


From Barcilly. capital Of the district
of that name in the northwest Prov
inces Of India. New York man now
engaged in amcliorating the condition
of the famished natives writes TO his
mother in New York City:
"Wcrc very busy with the poor fam.
Inc children | brought from Raipoota.
ma. | had great time bringing the
boys from Bcawur. | had party of
fifty-cight girls and forty-two boys
II is a thirty hours ride by train
from here, with six or seven changes.
and nj each change It was only with
great difficulty ! got them to the next
train They would scramble and fight
like wild beasts over some stray grain
or bit Of food lying on the platform.
After describing the fearful disease
ridden. cmac.ated state of the children,
the writer adds: "Our consolation Is in
the fact that our other children, so
well and hearty looking now. were
once just as bad. All these children
are either orphans or one parent has
died and the other deserted them. not
being able to provide food even for
themselves. We have now t75 chill
dren. ana it takes MS just about all eur
time to look after them.
"'rhc famine Is something awful.
and one of its worst aspects is n water
famine. Water the amount of your
clothes boiler full costs an equivalent
of fifty cents in some places. II was
very scarce where | went--Beawar-
and valued for drinking purposes.
while bathing was out of the question.
Hence dirt and filth and famine
reigned. and when cholera broke out.
as If did one day. it swept away thou.
sands, 1900 dying one day and 1900 The
next.
"Thc things that go on are really too
horrible to write of-people half dead
with weakness being attacked killed
and eaten by hungry jackals on the
very high road. while some other poor
fellow, not far off, sees 1t. and knows
his turn will come next, though he is
powerless to run away or help himself.
"The Government. railways, native
rajahs and all are doing everything
they can. employing hundreds of thou
sands in building wells, tanks, roads
and so forth
zone of the worst features is that
even If the rains come in time the peo-
pie have neither money to buy seed
with nor bullocks to plow with the
latter having all died Off.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-09
G606d Roads R0tss



~ o far MS progressive road-build-
~ ing under the Armstrong Hig-
y bic good roads law goes Onci-
da County continues to set
pace for the remainder of the rural
counties of the State. Its achieve
ment in this direction has already
called for favorable comment in these
columns, but Il new departure in
method at New York Mills an impor-
tunt suburb of Utica. claims attention
as calculated to inspire not envy. but
emulation. elsewhere.
This method is the apparently sim
pie one of employment of county pris.
oncrs. The advantages appear to he
varied. with economy as the most con.
spicuous. The good roads law pro-
Vides that the State shall bear fifty
per cent of the to,al cost. the county
thirty-five per cent. and the property
owners along the line of Improvement
fifteen per cent. The employment of
the prisoners therefore reduces the
cost very materially since board and
lodging Is their only remuneration
The district pays the county twenty
five cents per day per prisoner. and
the local taxpayers are asked TO pay
their road tax in cash. instead of work
ing it out, as many do-thc money
being turned into the highway fund
The county, of course, pays the guards
five of these being used for the forty
prisoners employed at New York Mills
and the party is housed in camp near
the scene of labor.
This system represents in Oneida the
first use of state money in the employ
ment of prison labor Ii does not con
fict with labor unions. and the return
to the community in good roads Is
manifestly substantial. The direct adj
vantage to the county. in the matter
of economy. must be material should
the system be adopted generally, and
the indirect benefit not only to the
community, but to the State. in provid
ing wholesome and useful open-air la
bOr as II force combativc of depravity
is not to he denied.
With the county taking the contract
for State aid roads as county. and
then employing its prisoners. Oneida
has stumbled upon II plan which should
furnish u lively incentive in the crea-
tlon of improved highways throughout
the State.-New York Mail and Ex-
nI'nSS