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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-20
NO HASTY STEPS.


The empire must be conquered before ii
is divided. And if there should be a few
more steps taken like the hasty bombard7
ment OF the Taku forts, the insufficient
defence of the legations, the inadequate
attempt at their relief, and the first I'M
successful attack upon Tien- Tsin, the
powers would apparently have to deal at
arm length with an aroused and united
nation OF three hundred millions or more.
In other words, they would be under
taking ofhand the most tremendous mil
1tary problem that has confronted ciyiIi-
cation for centuries. The solution of such
a problem might not be impossible Our
faith In the resources, the tendencies and
the potency of civilization forbids us to
doubt its ultimate solution. But the
task would not be easily or speedily per-
formed. The prospect of such an imposi-
tlon upon the resources of civilization
would seem to suggest the desirabiIity of
proceeding with caution and of doing
some pretty serious thinking before de-
termining to divide this huge empire
and to assume the enormous difficulties
OF imposing six or eight different alien
governments upon its parts as the only
practicable settlement
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-20
CURRENT COMMENT.
NO UNITED CHINA.
Nineteenth Century Review. }


1t is because there is no such thing as
China that the military caste OF the
Manchus, comparatively infinitesimal in
numbers, have been able to impose their
rule upon the enormous masses in China.
Thus it is unwise to predicate anything
of China as a whole, or to believe that
what suits one part VIII necessarily suit
another.
Over the heterogeneous and conflicting
masses of China there has never been
any effective central control and what
control there has been has steadily grown
weaker. The ''vermilion pencil" makes
faint mark in the south, while in the
southwest and extreme northwest it has
little but an academic influence, and on the
Thibetan borders none at all. Respect
this appended to every imperial re-
script in the Pekin Gazette is as far from
actuality as the "Oyez' of the usher
with us, or the challenge of the Queen S
champion at the coronation. There is,
tn erefOre, not the lightest posi- bility OF
the establishment by Chinese authority
OF national army, or navy, or civil SER
vIc5. And the corruption which is the
fatal curse Of China is directly due to the
fact that there is not and cannot be any
central authority to exercise control over
local officials, or, in the absence of this,
to pay them. The Chinese people, in the
language of physics, is a mechanical mix
ture and not a chemical compound, and
this it is irresponsible to the action of
any single reagent and incapable OF ex-
hlbltlng any common property.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-20
Troubles OF a Minister

10 benefit others Rev. j Il. w. Yer
non, Of Hartwell, Ga, writes;: "For
long time had a running sore on my
leg. / tried many remedies without ben
eft, until l used bottle of Electric Bit
ters and box of BuclSlen Arnica Salve.
which cured me sound and we'll" Sores,
Eruptions, Boils, Eczema, letter, Salt
Rheum show impure blood. Thousands
have found in Electric Bitters grand
blood purifier that absolutely cures these
troubles Satisfaction is guaranteed or
money refunded by III p. S. GooId 577
Congress street. Large bottles only SCOTS.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-20
SECRETARY BRTDGMAN RETURNS

New York, July 19.-Herbert l.. Bridg-
man, secretary of the Peary Arctic club
returned to Brooklyn yesterday from
Sydney, Q. b. He made the trip to that
point to arrange the departure of the
clubs steamer, the Windwar1, which,
Mr.. Bridgman said, was expected to
leave Sydney last evening or this morn
ing.
Mr. Bridgman said yesterday that the
heavy ice reported in Belle Isle straits
and along the Labrador coast, is rather a
favorable ign as it Indicates that large
masses OF ice are moving south, thus
clearing the waters of the north and per-
hitting passage of the Windward to
Etah, where the headquarters of Lieut..
Peary were last summer.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-20

Ii Hung Changes visit to Pekin may
be productive OF good RESULTS but it is
impossible to predict about it with any
his professions of regard for foreigners,
but it is perfectly well known that he is
a past master in the art of assembling.
He is exceedingly rich and the general
understanding is that he has become so
through the taking of bribes There has
been a strong suspicion for long time
thing, however, which would be a
service to Russia in the present crisis
would probably be service to all the
powers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-20
NOTICE.

wish to announce that have sold my off ce
and practice to Dr. Carlton II. Leighton.
who will succeed me in dentistry at 43O Com
eress st. DR.. Leightonis a graduate of Har-
ward Dental College. and it is with pleasure
that can commend Inn to my patients and
the public generally.
MARCUS f. BROOKS. D. d. S.
July Il, 1900. nylSeod3tA
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-20
Personal AND PECULIAR.

Jesse Holden of Chicago is said to be
the first foreign born lawyer to be presi-
dent of an American Bar Association
He was born an Englishman, but has
spent his whole active life in Illinois,
and has just been chosen head OF the Illi-
nOis Bar Association.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-20

Speaking of the situation in Cuba to a
reporter General Wood said on Tuesday:
'sThere is no more Iaw-abiding people
than the Cubans, and the proof of it is
found in the recent elections, which were
orderly and yet aroused considerable
rivalry, though not blow was exchanged
or a pistol shot fired. The agricultural
outlook is growing better and better and
the land under cultivation is now about
double what it was last year. The Gus
toms receipts are inoreas ing steadily and
surely; the sugar crop t his year is nearly
double what it was last year, the rains
especially having been favorable, and q
larger number of plantations are being
operated.
This is encouraging, and should serve
to indicate that the time is fast approach
ing when it will be safe to allow Cuba to
make the experiment of self government
1t is undoubtedly true that little liquor
is sold in the rural sections of 5his state,
though we see signs occasionally. that
the old cider barrel is kept on tap. 1t is
equally true also that comparatively lit
tie soda water and other light beverages
are sold there. The explanation is the
same in both cases. There is little de-
mand. Now the place to test the efficacy
of a law to suppress an evil is the place
where the evil has tendency to exist
One would not put much faith in a cure
for consumption unless it diminished the
disease in localities where it was known
to exist. Ii the in ventor should say:
ITO be sure my remedy accomplishes
nothing where consumption is preva-
lent, but behold how little consumption
there is in other localities" his remedy
would be likely to be discarded as of
little value. Newspapers which, like an
esteemed Lewiston contemporary, are
pointing with pride to the success of pro-
hibition in the country while admitting
its failure in the cities are, it seems to
US, following the reasoning of this by
pothetical consumption cure inventor
very closely.
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HENRY p. cox. President
EDW ARD b. WINSLO w, |
JAMES f. HAWKES., !
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A. :. Kinds,
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Is. municipalities, Corporations. Firms ard
as those acting I'm amy Official or Trust
the most favorable terms.
ED ON DEPOSITS SUBJECT TO CHECK
TIUTSON b. SAUNDERS. Treasurer.
CHESTER II. PEAS4c, Secretary.
wee PresldenSs' SETH L. LARRABEEc, Attorney.
TEUSTEsEs S5s
Henry II. Cox. w. III. DIuItken.
Frederick N. Dow, james e. ~ aNVAoSs
TIA omas II. Shaw DIR. e. e. Holt.
Adam r. Leighton John e. BmrmnaAn
Ammi w hitmey, Elisha ". COnAey,
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RESOURCES.

United States ROnds....-..
Municipal and other Bonds.
Demand and Time Loans on
COllatera Is.
Other Loans and Notes Dis
counted
Cash GA Hand and in Banks
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-20
FINANCIAL.
PORTLAND, I
LIABILITIES.

Capital Stock. ..---......>. .$1OO, OOO.OO
UndiviIed Profits (net). 49,. 2s,S5S.47
Dividend No. 4, Payable July 600 90
Denosftse. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. COS, 4O2.3S
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Accounts Of Banks
individuals, as we'll
Capacity, received ON 6
INTEREST ALLOWE
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-11

Mrs. Sarah NJ. Keesting,
p4I Windsor Ave-, Bristol,
Tenn, writes II am al
years old, and for three
years had suffered with a
severe form of Cancer on
my jaw, which the doctors
said was incurable, and
that ] could not live more
than six months. Iaccept-
ed their statement as true,
and had given up all hope
of ever being we'll again,
when my druggist, know
ing of my condition, recon-
mended S. S. s. After TAX
ing a few bottles the sore
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-11
GLORIOUS NEWS.

Comes from DR.. d. B. Cargile, of Wash
tia, l. T. He writes: -Four bottles of
Electric Bitters has cured Mrs. Brewer
CT scrofula, which had caused her great
suffering for years. Terrible sores would
break out on her head and face, and the
best doctors could give no help; but her
cure is complete and her health is excel
lent" This shows what thousands have
proved-that Electric Bitters is the best
blood purifier known. It's the supreme
remedy for eczema, letter salt rheum,
ulcers, boils and running sores. 1t stimu-
lates liver, kidneys and bowels, expels
poisons, helps digestion builds up the
strength. Only so cents. Sold by All
druggists. Guaranteed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-11

A naked fact should be clothed i
appropriate language.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-11

The most undesirable seats at the
theater of war are on the front tier.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-11
Smoke Sporting Club Cigars. they are
the latest 9E1 be !.

Do not get scared if your"heart troubles
you Most likely you suffer from indiges-
ton. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what
you eat and gives the worn out stomach
perfect rest. 1t is the only preparation
known that completely digests all classes
Of foods; that is why it cures the worst
cases of indigestion and stomach trouble
after everything else has failed. 1t may
be taken in all conditions and cannot help
but do you good Bobbitt-Wynne Drug
Co., VIM. Simpson.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-11
THE APPETITE OF A GOAT.

Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose
Stomach and Liver are out of order. All
such should know that DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, the wonderful Stomach and
Liver Remedy, gives a splendid appetite,
sound digestion and a regular bodily habit
that insures perfect health and great en-
ergy. Only 25c. at all druggists.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-11

Let me ask this question: Is there an
intelligent man in the land who believes
that if the trusts succeed in carrying
this election, that then the trusts will
be destroyed?
1t is not partisan question. 1t is a
question of self-preservation. Shall the
syndicates run the government at Wash
lngton, or shall the people who do the
work of this country again take charge
of it?
Let me remind you that amid all the
vilification, amid all the misrepresenta-
ton, no man has yet arisen who had the
hardihood to assert that the trusts and
the syndicates control William J. Bryan
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-11
Cancer s.; s.: s.: +: Il: !;
the blood is

polluted and the system thoroughly con-
taf1inated by this deadly virulent poison.
Then sore or ulcer appears on some
part of the body; it may be small and
harmless looking at first, but as the can
cerous cells form and are deposited by
the blood near the sore, it increases in
size and severity, with sharp shooting
pains. No matter how often the sore is
removed by the surgeons knife or flesh
destroying plasters, another comes and is
worse. The real disease is in the blood,
and the treatment must begin there. The
poisoned blood must be invigorated and
purified, and when this is done cancerous
cells can no longer form and the sore will
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-11
ALTGELD TALKS
To STUDENTS ON
CAMPAIGN ISSUES
He Says the Present Struggle
is One Between Force
and Equality.
TRACES DOMINATION
OF CONNIE CIALlSM
Charges That Trusts Take Hand in
Politics and Even Pollute the
Stream of Justice.
ASEVERE ARRANGEMENT OF
McKlNLEY'S Foreign POLICY
6ov Al'geld Declares That There is No Ques-
ton Of Expansion Before Americ.n Peo-
pie But That il is One Of Whistler
the People or The Syndi-
Gates Shall PuIe.

New Haven, Conn, Oct. 10.-Tonight
at s o'clock eN-Goy. John p. Altgeld OF
Illinois, delivered an address here be-
fore the Yale Democratic club. His
audience was made up, in large part,
of students and young men.
Governor Altgeld began his speech
with brief review of the origin and
genius of free government in America,
and he declared:
The struggle between force and equality
is constantly shifting and assuming diff
ferent- forms, but the underlying prin-
ciple is ever the same.
The forces of privilege and monop-
oily, he said, were opposed to the Dec
laration of independence. In the
struggle between Hamiltonism and
Democracy they advocated Hamilton
ism, which favored government for
the benefit of the few at the expense
of the many Next came the fight be-
tween monopoly and equality in the
contest between the bank and Andrew
jackson; and, the latter, standing for
the American people, triumphed. a
quarter Of a century later this contest
between might and right waged over
the slave question, and it cost a mil
lion of the best lives of the continent
and billions of treasure to determine
that the hands on the dial plate Of
progress should not turn backward.
Since the war fierce and corrupt COM
mereialism has dominated our country,
and the doctrine that might gives right
has arrayed itself on that side, and is
again engaged in a life and death strug-
gle with justice and the principle Of
equality. The monopolies that arc de-
youring the substance Of our people all
rest en- the doctrine of might. They stand
ON advantage.
THE GROWTH OF TRUSTS.
After discussing at some length the
growth of trusts and the conditions
that make them possible under the
present administration, the speaker
said:
The trusts have absolutely controlled
this administration. At present we are
in this situation: We must repeal such
legislation as breeds monopoly, and we
must have an honest enforcement OF the
laws against monopoly.
But the trusts take a hand in politics.
They furnish Mark Hanna the millions
of corruption funds with which to de-
bauch the elections and continue this ad-
ministration in power So far as | can
learn, every great monopoly in America
is supporting this administration Even
the alleged Democratic stockholders in
the Republican ice trust of New YorF
city were against our platform and did
not like our candidate. The men who de-
bauch legislation-who pollute the
streams of justice-are shouting for Nc
Kinley
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-11
HE FOOLED THE SURGEONS.

All doctors told Renick Hamilton. of
West Jefferson, Ohio, after suffering IS
months from Rectal Fistula, he would die
nuless costly operation was performed
but he cured himself with five boxes of
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the surest Pile
cure on Earth, and the best Salve in the
World. rs cents a box. Sold by all drug
r.stS.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-11

The best method of cleansing the liver
is by the use of the famous little pills
known as De Wits Little Early Risers.
Easy to take. Never grippe. Bobbitt-
Wynne Drug Co., VIM. Simpson.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-11
APPEAL TO YOUNG MEN.

Read the speeches and papers of the
men who founded The republic. Yea, read
the speeches of Sumner and Curtis and
Lincoln and the men who made the Re
publican party, and you will find they
treat of justice, they appeal to all that is
noble in man. They are an inspiration.
Then read the speeches of the men who
are now controlling the Republican party,
and you will find they are only husks,
they deal only with the dollar. They APP
peal only to the sordid, they do not I'M
derstand the higher nature of man.
Young men, life is before you Two
voices are calling you; one coming from
the swamps of selGshnes and force,
where success means death; the other
from the hilltops of justice and progress,
where even failure brings glory. Two
lights arc seen in your horizon; one the
fast fading marsh light of power, the
other the slowly rising sun of human
brotherhood. Two ways lie open before
you, one leading to an ever lower and
lower plain, where are heard the cries
of despair, and the curses of poor, where
manhood shrivels and possessions rotS
down the pCssessor; the other leading off
to the highlands of the morning, where
are heard the glad shouts of humanity
and where honest effort is rewarded with
Immortality. AS you sow, you shall reap
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-11

zeal naturally and permanently
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-26
The Business situation.

The financial atmospheric OF that
great money center, New York, was
pretty well cleared last week of certain
factors that promised to complicate
matters. There is now, says Mr.. Henry
Clews in his weekly letter on Wall
street AFFAIRS. strong undertone which
would be more safely expressed in the
present rise II the April settlements
were safely passed. Until these are
over" he says, I'VE are exposed
to sudden stringency In money
rates md consequent reaction in
stocks. On the other hand, gen
eral conditions favor a substantial
Improvement in values. Large railroad
earnings have become such an old story
that their effect upon values is over
looked; but later on this all lTnportant
fact must exert It's due Influence upon
the market for railroad shares. AS we
have repeatedly stated, those shares
which have recently Joined the dlvI-
dend list, or are soon likely to do so.
offer the best Inducements for purchase.
The old SEASON dividend payers are now
so tightly neld at high prices that they
offer no attractions to the average In
weston; while issues of recognized
properties that are in good physical and
financial condition are likely to see
much better figures than those which
rule to-day.
ut should also be remembered that
the supply OF good railroad shares is
steadily declining, and our railroad sys-
TEN is so fully developed that there is
little prospect Of any considerable in
crease; the growth of branch lines and
terminals being a comparatively small
source for the creation of new securl-
ties. While there is thus little prospect
of large Eew offerings. the supply of
funds seeking investment must be rap
Idly increasing. This factor should not
be overlooked as bull argument for
the long run. Merchants and manu-
lecturers are all experiencing prosper
Gus times; they will have more funds
than usual to invest, and when the
rush of business abates sufficiently to
permit them some attention to outside
AFFAIRS they will come into Wall street
as Investors or spectators much more
freely than now. OF course, the APP
preaching cessation Of the Transvaal
war and the new currency bill are IA
yorable events of consequence. though
some parties entertain exaggerated no.
lions Of their immediate influence upon
the market"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-26
POINTED, PARAGRAPHS.

The characters of illegible writer's are
always bad.
Some men seem to think q woman's
mission is submission.
When a mans friends roast him he is
usually done to a turn.
All's fair in love and war, but they
cut rates In a railway war.
An egotlst is a man who imagines he
is in good company when alone.
Beware Of the statuesque girl. She
is apt to give you the marble heart.
A man usually avoids the road to sue
cess when he Is travelling for pleasure.
Lots OF men fall in their undertakings
because they try to do an elaborate job.
It is the experiences of all railway
conductors that some very queer things
come to pass.
womer might be allowed to hold Of
fees in the church, but. Of course, they
wouldn't want to be elders.
Says rural editor: BLANKS Ice
house was burned last week and twenty
tons Of ice was reduced to ashes"
The combination. Of beauty, wealth
and position viii not render a woman
attractive II she lacks charming man
ners.
There is nothing on earth equal to n
woman's persistency. She made a
wrong start in the garden Of Eden, but
she has been trying to get her rights
ever since.-Chicago Daily News.