davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-17
RAILROADS.
EI93RIS1Ia1
I'm Effect December q. 1899.

Trans leave Union Station. Railway Square,
tor stations named and intermediate stations a.
follows; For bangor 100 and le.2s a m.
August A.; GU ana an. md. aasrv,iis 100 and ~ e :.
m. ~ s.; 10. so and .IIeo p m For Bath
an, 'i2 90 40 and lilo ?. IN. For ReehIs nd
100 a. M. 2.35 and g. f0p. m. For skow he
sra e. ls sna 9S Ind hoe For Sm FOR
Bucksport 100 q. m. f2.35 aud HOO .. m. For
Bar issrsor i2-s5 ana ii.Oo p. m. For Green
& A. r.. X. i2.s5 and ii.0o D m. For wash
ingtcn Co. n. "a u IS and .l1oo p. m. For
Malta yvsmkess 100 a. m, 20 and HOO p. m.
%eo.sos ss' .ra ST. s.n 20 a. M Snd
Fort Fairfield and Caribou via .. & A. q
X. 1f.0o p. m. For Lewiston and Mechsn ic
Falls $50 a. m. Lilo and 5.i5 p. m, fos Ram
2, m, LILO p; m Fo, BENT, ,. sna n.nsslsy
Trains leaving Portland 100 m,
sa pEday does b mo, 70 gea, !, peys
worth and Washington Co. X. H. and leaving
began.
WHITE MOUNTAIN DIVISION.
For Bartlett $50 a. m, LOO and $40 p. m.
For Brsdgton and Harrison $50 a. m and
$50 . M For Berlin, Grsyston. i.is.S
Beeeher Falls $50 q. m. and 100 p. M. For
Lunenburg, Montreal. Chicago, st.
Paul, Lime Ridge and Quebec $50 a. ru-
SUNDAYS.
For Lewiston via Brunswick, wstervtIle
and Bangor I % a. M. and l2.35 .. m. For all
points east, via Augusta. except SkOwbegan
ii.oo p. m.
ARRIVALS
s.23 q. m. from Bartlett, No. Conway and
Cornish; SIS n. m. Lewiston and Me-
ehanfc Falls; 6S3 a. IN waterville, Au-
gusfa and Reekiand: If.53 a. m. neeehe r
Falls. Lancaster, Eabysns. No. Conway
and Harrison; 12.D p. m. bangor, Au-
gusss and Roeklsnd; i:.2o p. m. King
heid, Philltps, Earmington, Bemts.
skowhegan, waterville, Augusta,
HocklaXad, bath: 53J p. m 81. John, Bar
Harbor, Aroostook County, Moosehead
Lahe and Bangor. $50 p. m. Rnngeicy,
Fnrmi y ton, II a m ford Fails, Lewiston; ;
s10 y. M. Chicago, Montreal, Quebec, and
all White Mountain points: i.25 n. m. daily from
Bar Harbor, Bsngor, Bath and Lewis
ton and $50 q. m. daily except Monday. from
Haitian. -. John, bar Harbor, Water
VILE and Augusta.
sDsily.
GEO. #. EVANS, V. p. & @. NJ.
=. +. BoOTHBY. G. +. I. A.
dcc2df
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-17
G;EIIlIa![ILKHEa
in Effect Dec. 4. 1899.

TRAINS LEAVE PORTLAND
For Lewiston, $40 a. m. 1.3o. 400, 900 p. m.
For Island Pond. $40 a. M. 80. 600 p. m.
For Montreal. Quebec, Chicago, $40 a. NJ,
900 y. m. reaching Montreal at 40 a. m.
and 100 D. III.
TRAINS ARRIVE PORTLAND
From Lewiston, $40. Ii.3o a. M. SIS and G.i5
y. IN
y. M
From Chicago, Montreal, Quebec, $50
a. M, 5.45 p. IN.
sDaily. Other trains week days
Sunday train leaves Portland every Sunday
for Lewiston. Gorham and Berlin nc T.30 a. m.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on night
trains and Parlor Cars on day trains.
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-17
Foreign Port.


Sid I'm Manila TIN. steamer st Paul. Hayes,
for Nagasaki and San Francisco.
Ar st Genoa Jan 18th, steamer Vera, from
New York via Naples.
Sid fun London 14tn. steamer Maniiou, for
New YORK.
Sid I'm Marseilles 18Th. steamer Pairia. for
New York.
AR at Liverpool Jan l4th steamer Germanic
New York.
Sid I'm Queenstown 18th, ship Kenilworth
Taylor. (from san Franciscol for Leith.
on Point lndio Dec IL. barque Rachel Emery,
Wyman from Rosario for Boston
Ar at Rio Janeiro Jan IL. steamer Words
worth. New York via Pernambuco.
Ar at Carihagena prior to Jan r. sch Clifford
| White Dyer, Bottom.
slt I'm era Cruz Jan IL, steamer Vgilancia,
for New York via Havana
Ar at Curacao Jan IA, steamer Caracas, from
New York via Ponce.
Ar at Bermuda 18th. tug c W Morse, Chase,
Norfolk to tow sch Vim DowneS to New York
In port 18th, sch Andrew Adams. Harrington
Sabine Pass for Pc tn Amboy.
Cid at st John, NIB. 10th, sch Nellie j Crocker,
New York.
Spoken
Jan 10, lat "a "a. ion "a 40 sch Carrie A Nor
ton. Jameson. from Philadelphia for Manza-
nilla.
Jan IL. lat 81 n. len ~ W, ship Gov Robie
Nichols, from Hong Kong for New York. All
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-17

Mobile. Jan I3-sch Fred A Small. Thompson
hence FOR Matznzas. was run Iuto BY steamer
Orion, from New York. and nad q big hole stove
In her. The schooner was towed back here and
Will have TO be discharged for repairs. No dam
age to the steamer.
Vineyard Iiaver, Jan I5-Sch ID 1ngrahsm.
which stranded Oh Canal Flats In the storm OF
Nov 20, I $40, was fioated to-day. without much
damage and leaking lightly. She will be taken
out for necessary repairs.
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-17

(By Telegraph
The following are the closing quotations. OF
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-17
DOMINION LINE.
Portland TO Liverpool via Queenstown

From
Liverpool
TO Portland
via HALIFAX
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08

chief Offices during the past quarter OF
a century whose average is so high as
the national capital has secured at the
hands OF our presidents" Yet the gov
eminent of the District of Columbia is.
on the Posts theory, pure usurpation.
There Is no consent of the governed
There is a total deprivation of large
political rights. The people of Puerto
Rico and the Philippines are far better
treated. Strange that whah has FRO
duced such excellent results in the Dis
trict of Columbia among intelligent
American citizens should be so tyran-
nous and inadequate to the merits Of
these children of the tropics that they
are warranted in rebelling against our
authority.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08

ADVANTAGES OF EASTERN WASH
INGTON.

Seattle, Wash, May Z, 1900.
To the Editor: In your editorial of the
9TH inst, entitled Facts for Farmers"
wherein you answer and comment on a
letter from one "a p to the Farm and
Fireside, you omit one most important
fact, to-wit: That 1t is only in the Wen
atchee district and the Ellensburg and
Yakima valleys that irrigation Is neces-
sary. In the great Walla Walla valley,
in Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties,
in the entire Palouse country and the Big
Bend section, no irrigation whatever Is
required. The character of the soil in
the above section Is entirely different from
that of wenatchee and Yakima valleys.
-four. that holds the moisture like glass.
No vapor rises and no dew falls The
above comprises the great wheat belt of
the state, where millions of bushels are
raised annually. where there are no frosts.
no rust no weevil, no chinch bug. nor
army worm and no failures. The soil Is
from ten to thirty feet in depth and is said
to be very similar TO that of the foothills
OF Russia. where they have been raising
wheat for more than 300 years. The soil
Is inexhaustibe month ago I saw a
field that has been in wheat every year
for nearly forty years, and 1t never looked
better 1t is this great bunch grass
section that should be considered as East
ern Washington and not the comparative
ly small but fertile valleys of Yakima and
Wenatchee.
8. C. CAIDERHEAD
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08

to the thought by the negotiations now
going forward everywhere. Fusion, as
was inevitable. has resulted in entirely
Ignoring the people and stripping them
of their power. An idea of the Peoples
party, as indicated by it's name, was to
make government more direct concern
of the people: TO bring it closer to them;
to ensure a larger participation. a more
effective control by the masses of voters.
The performance of fusion has been to
bar them out altogether practically from
any voice in party control. There has
never been any other party whose lead
ers would have dared to settle policies
and select candidates as has now be-
come the settled practice of the fusion
lists. Their attitude toward the voter is
one of scarcely yelled contempt He is
the newer of wood and the drawer of
water; an animated ballot, and no more.
Populists All over the country are con-
sldering what they shall do. They see
that great, probably irreparable injury
has already been done to their organiza-
ton. The men of sincerity, of earnest
ness. of devotion to principle who built
IT up have fallen away or are silent.
The party cannot survive. Another cam
paign of fusion, and 1t will be nothing
but an unpleasant memory. II is no
longer q question of success. but Of ex-
istence. Popular enthusiasm cannot
survive the loss Of principles. Principles
are incompatible with the huckstering
process involved in fusion. The Peoples
party will have to return to its old sim
gleness of purpose and independence OF
action, or IT will never be heard OF more.
Many men with whom politics are as
duty and Populism an article of faith
are bordering on the situation and it's
obvious demands They know that the
present marks a crisis They will look
with great interest to the developments
Of this campaign which will go far to-
ward deciding whether or not there is
to be hereafter Peoples party. or only
a rump attachment TO Democracy. with
the odor of the place hunter and time
server strong upon 1t.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08
Conditions In the Philippines.

One Edward Wildman. formerly vice
consul at Hongkong contributes to the
current number of Frank Leslie's an
article In which he SAYS he learns from
the highest authority that there exists
a ver.table reign Of terror in most parts
OF the Philippine archipelago. within
gunshot of the army posts. He goes on
in this strain. intimating that Gen. OTIS
from some Interior motive. is trying to
misrepresent the situation, and that
many more troops will be required be-
fore even the semblance OF law and
order is to be restored to the Islands of
the archipelago.
II Is a singular and noteworthy fact
that precisely such articles as this are
constantly emanating from Hongkong,
the abiding place Of the Filipino junta,
but that no such stories, with the name
OF any man of known character and
standing attached, have ever come from
the Philippine Islands. II would seem to
the unprejudiced observer that the prop
or place 70 acquire information of coudl-
tons which really exist in the Philip
pines would be in the Islands: and that
private sources OF Information OF the
highest authority" which MIR. Wildman
claims to possess could hardly be as re-
liable as a personal investigation on the
ground.
Hearsay testimony is not admissible
In any court. even where the name OF
the principal narrator Is disclosed. When
Il Is concealed behind such ambiguous
phrases as are used by MIR Wllduan.
his hearsay story should be completely
rejected: contra dicted as II is bv the
testimony OF intelligent witnesses who
are on the ground ans who thus have
personal knowledge Of the conditions
which Mr. wndman processes to have
obtained at second hand from some I'M
named person.
II is easily within the power OF any
person who desires 10 see precisely
what conditions prevail In the Philip
pines to learn the facts. particularly Il
he proposes % charge himself with the
duty OF throwing public light upon thos,
conditions There are dozens Of trained
newspaper men, lntelligeu, observers Of
ps ssing events. who are now on the
sround. Army officers certainly have no
interest In misrepresenting the condi-
tons. and are not az all likely o. under
estimate deliberately the magnitude of
the task they have to accomplish or to
minimize the force which they require
10 carry out the work with whieh tney
are charged, and upon the proper per-
formsnoe OF which their military 7eputa-
tons and their chances Of culture pre-
ferment are 10 rest
Yet it is the practically unanimous
| opinion of both OF these classes, trained
| newspaper men and army officers. that
! there is little likelihood of an organized
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08
What Is a Democrat?

VHdb 10 q DCfiiOSId
There seems TO be considerable con-
fusion just at this time as to what con-
stitutes a Democrat. and it is not at all
clear that the problem will be solved at
any time in the near future. Grover
Cleveland, for example, insists that he
is Democrat of the purest and most
undefiled type. Yet the suggestion tina.
Grover Cleveland is Democrat. sud
denly broken out in gathering of the
followers of Mr.. Bryan, would be likely
to cause language unfit for publication.
The genial and warmly attached broth
ers. o. II. p. and Perry Belmont, each
insists that he is representative of the
true principles of Democracy, and yet
there could hardly be found any COM
mon ground upon which they could
stand politically, or otherwise; and the
vehemence with which each one Of them
asserts his title to the name of Demo-
crat is scarcely equal to the strenuous
ness with which he denies 70 his brother
any right to claim the same political
designation.
Followers of Mr.. Bryan roundly as
sert that IL any state delegations appear
at the Kansas City convention which
are not prepared to accept rhe candi-
dacy of Mr. Bryan, and to assent to the
reaffirmation of the Chicago platform,
they will be denied admission to that
body; yet Mr.. r. b. Roosevelt, who is
still member in good standing of Tam
many hall. and who, on that ground
naturally should have claim to be con-
sidered a Democrat Of the Democrats,
says: Bryan Is not a Democrat; that
is the reason have objected to him all
along. Bryan and his gang are Popu-
lists pure and simple; they don't know
the definition of Democracy, and they
have no regard for the traditions Of
Democracy" Many Democrats of long
standing in the faith hold the same
views and have frequently given ex-
preston to them. so 1t would seem that
the question Of what constitutes DEM
ocrat is still open to discussion.
The question has some interest at the
present time, for the purpose of fixing
the matter clearly for the uses of future
historians. At the present rate of prog
ress, the Democratic party will probably
disappear from politics within a Few
years. and the question what consts-
tuted a Democrat In the closing year
Of the century will be theme for aca-
demic discussion alone. Is there no
method by which the brethren could de-
termine this little matter, and set some
standard for the guidance If the histor-
ian who will have the duty Of recording
the final downfall and complete exiting
tion of what was one of the great parties
with history dating back to the com
mencement of party government in the
country? Or Is IL to be recorded, as Mr..
Bryan's followers who will control the
national convention Insist that 1t should,
that the only test of Democracy, in the
last and closing stage of its career, was
personal loyalty 10 the fortunes of one
man. and perfect Willingness 20 accept
his rrblic utterancas as its sole party
platform?
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08

The Republican state convention Of IL
linois meets today. The contest promises
to be an exciting one between the friends
ment for another term in the senate, and
the Tanner-Hanecy faction. the former
being the present governor and the lat
ter the man who desires to succeed
him. The announced candidates for
governor are Hanecy. Reeves Yates and
Brown. At present Reeves has the
greater number of instructed delegates,
but az four-fifths of the delegates will
go uninstructed, the result Is somewha
In doubt.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08

During the past thirty years an en-
pire OF public land west OF the Mississ-
ippi river has been taken up and inn
proved by settlers 1t Is said that there
are about 560,000,0O0 acres left, but a
large portion Of this is mountainous and
Of the remainder good part Is in the
arid belt. One authority says that at
least ioo.oOO,Ooo acres in this arid belt
could be irrigated at once without ex-
traordinary expense. and. judging from
the demand for land in the past. there
is little doubt this Improvement viii
come as a matter OF necessity.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08

The Bryan Populists and the middle
vention tomorrow. One convention will
represent what is practically Bryan
Democracy and the other is the flag end
of the somewhat formidable movement
begun at Omaha in 1892 Both factions
have outlived their usefulness and really
can advance no reasons for their exist
ence. Good times have destroyed the
ammunition with which they formerly
attention will be paid either to what
they do or to what they say
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08
A Criminal SANDER.

From the beginning OF the war in
have sent out repeatedly the story that
men on the other were violating
the usages of war. Circumstantial
stories were related to show that white
flags were used to draw the enemy near
enough to parley, when fire would be
opened. 1t was told that men bearing
the badges OF the Red Cross were no
safer from death than the regular SOL
diery; that ambulances were fired upon,
and that sharpshooters delighted in
picking Of. those in attendance upon the
wounded.
Discreditable as it is. the motive for
these assertions lies on the surface. The
sympathy of the rest of the world is an
important factor. The Eoer mas hoped
to secure foreign Intervention against
his powerful adversary Great Britain
has been anxious to justify her own
conduct and to make 1t appear that she
is fighting against an unworthy foe.
There Is no point upon which the ma
lions are likely to be as sensitive as the
violation Of the code that protects the
bearer of flag of truce or the wearer
of an emblem of mercy. whichever side
could prove that its opponent disregard
ed those sacred obligations would win
the sympathy of the civilized world.
We do not believe that there is one
word Of truth in these allegations on
either side. AS far as any war can be
called civilized this will bear that title.
1t Is preposterous and criminal non
sense TO impute to people acts which
are wholly foreign to their character.
There is no sane man who believes that
any British officer would fire upon the
bearer Of white flag or upon the at
tendants of the wounded, or would per-
NIT his men to do SO. There is no sane
man who believes that the Boer, sturdy
and honorable soldier that he is, with a
strong leaven Of religious faith. would
do other than shoot down one of his
fellows caught in such an act. These
tales are invented to fan the passions
OF people not on the field of war. and
they are in the last degree wicked and
atrocious.
There is a mountain OF testimony.
some of il from authoritative British
sources, including letters from British
prisoners among the Beers to show that
the conduct OF their captors is humane
in the extreme The same is true OF the
treatment which the English give to
their prisoners. Undoubtedly there have
have been some instances of savagery.
for war is savage business at best. In
campaign Ike this. where much Of the
work has been scouting. some small
body Of men might have been guilty OF
the atrocities complained Of. Bat moth
ing is more certain than that. II brought
10 the knowledge of the officers OF either
army, it would meet swift and stern
punishment. The fact Of the war il bad
enough. The versatile special CORE
spondents. whose desire for a spicy adj
mixture In their letters occasionally
oyercomes their regard for facts, are
responsible for a large part Of this
SANDER. II should find no oredence
among those who recognize in the two
peoples now arrsyed against each other
fine types OF manhood: races incapabls
Of the inconceivable dishonor of the
acts attributed 70 them.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08

Comptroller Coler has some views on
trusts that he would like to see embod-
led In the national Democratic platform.
What's the use Of burying good ideas
in a place like that?
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08

Admiral Dewey is meeting with a
great reception in the South and West,
but his vote is not growing. At present
ii stands about like this: States that
have selected delegates. 9; preferences of
delegates-Bryan, 22i: Dewey, 0.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08

have advanced much proof in support
of this assertion. and IL the facts were
known 1t would probably be found that
Mr.. White is getting more in the shape
Of a subsidy than all the papers of the
United States put together.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08

Down in Virginia the Democrats have
ceased talking about the theory Of
the consent of the governed until such
time as they have amended the constitu-
ton to disfranchise the negro.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08

r. Kipling has signed a contract 10
produce a new novel Of 100000 words on
the Transvaal war to be delivered by
September l. And yet there were days
when Kipling was an artist.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08

Gen. Lew Wallace has Ben Hurd to
say he could go to Turkey and induce
Abdul Hamid TO pay that indemnity
without difficulty. This sounds like the
first chapter of a new romance.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08

Mr.. Bryan says he is going home for
a two months rest on his farm. IT Is
curious that the Nebraska orator after
putting In four s5ld years at depicting
the woes and worries Of the down-trod-
den farmer should have the hsrdihood
at this late day to take to agriculture.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08

We are amazed at the New York
Evening Post, which says OF the gov
eminent of the District of Columbia:
The executives have been remarkably
successful in their exercise of this
power. and there is not large city in
the country which has had men in its
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08

The circus season opens tomorrow and
exhibitions will be given at Sioux Falls
and Cincinnati.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08
A GUARANTEE.

The Post InteIlfRencer hereby
guarantees its advertisers n bona
fide paid circulation, Daily, weekly
and Sunday, double that of any
other newspaper pubIished In the
state Of Washington. Advertising
contracts Will he made subject 10
this Guarantee.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08

After all the fuss made over the
fact that he has reached his majority
81 Is not 10 be wondered at that the
crown prince of Germany believes him
self to be a person of considerable Inn
portance. who Is expected TO cut wide
swath when he takes the reins Of power.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08

The Springfield Republican objects 20
having Iowa called the Massachusetts, OF
the West We don't mind saying that
Massachusetts is the Iowa Of the East
If thereby we can please the Republican.