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CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

Seattle. wash. July %. 800
To tho Editor. Upon reading in your
paper last week an article concerning tho
horse, too, would add my sympathy.
and ask through your columns. can moth
ing be done for the relief OF this much
abused animal in our ctty7 We nave. I
believe. a society for the prevention Of
cruelty 20 animals, although II n not very
strong "a yet. ! feel assured that IL our
cltixens would give their aid. by reporting
such acts OF cruelty As may be witnessed
daily on our streets. immediate steps
would DO taken 10 prevent such sets. My
home being upon a general th1rnughfare
FOR lumbermen ] am daily witness OF
poor overloaded teams % two horses
stratnlng and pulling their iife ont. try nE
to pull a load that would no heavy one
FOR four or six horses II Is crime and
should be punished as such. In Witness
ing such cases 81 cruelty ! am often
tempted 20 rehsl against m silwise Prov
idence for placing Our dumb animals 40
entirely AZ the mercy II men without the
power 81 protesting themselves against
such iuhumau treatment.
MRS. l.. ISCE,
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troops can be utilized without calling
upon congress to make additional pro-
vision. The attitude which the Demo-
cratic party has assumed will make It
a matter Of extreme difficulty to pro-
cure the passage Of the necessary meas
ures for an Increase OF the army
through the house. where the Repub-
lican majority is small. and wherein
many members are busily engaged in
their campaign for reelection. The
Democrats will, of course. do all in
their power to embarrass the admins
tration and cripple the country. and
will devote the extra session, IL 1t is
called. largely to the purpose Of trying
to manufacture partisan capital for the
pending election.
II troops sufficient cannot be obtained
in any other way. 1t may. however. be
necessary to appeal to congress, and
II the Democrats decide to extend either
open or covert aid TO the Boxers. as
they have been doing TO the insurgent
followers OF Aguinaldo, the country
may be looked to for the proper re-
buke.
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Settle the Trouble.

The business interests of Seattle,
which are the chief sufferers from the
bad telephone service that has been and
still Is rendered IN this city. are inter-
ested In prompt settlement Of the
differences between the company and It's
employees such an adjustment OF ar
ferences ought not to be far distant.
The operators have signlfied their de-
the president OF the company will ar
rive in the city at an early day. to look
into and settle the trouble. The COM
pany needs the services OF these. girls.
Even with the operators whom II has
brought here from other cities. the
service IN the residence sections, and
not infreQuently in the business district.
Is something dreadful to endure. The
putting In place Of the new mechanical
appliances. whose completion Is prom
lsed within a week. win DC a great I'M
provement Yet no satisfactory service
IS possible without an ample force az
experienced workers.
Seattle IL utterly weary Of the scr; II
telephone service that has been dealt
out 20 u In the past. A sense of their
own grievances. OF the money loss as
well as the tnconvenienee that they
have suffered, has exaggerated cur bus
mess men. The telephone company. ~
It's Published schedules OF higher wages
and shorter hours. has admitted that tts
treatment u iis employees in the past
has been neither generous nor Just.
This has been reTne6ied. aud We have
no doubt that the effect OF the lesson
Of this experience Will be TO improve
the service eventually. That improve
ment our people desire TO see begun a,
The earliest possible data; and to that
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-21
The Army for China.

The administration Is certainly act
Ing with promptness, considering the
means at its command In gathering
together an army adequate to represent
this government properly In the war
which Is now raging In China. The ap-
parent lack of cooperation and har-
mony between tho countries OF Europe
which are now represented BY armed
forces In China necessitates. for the
present at least. more or less Of sep-
arate action on the part OF each OF the
countries which have interests to pro-
tcct and wronGs to be avenged in that
country. The result is. so far as this
government Is concerned. that II win
probably be called upon 20 furnish
troops enough to act. IL necessary. "a
an independent column. under the
command Of their own officers. and FOR
specific object
BY ds,achlnx all the troops rossibis
from the Philippines and Cuba. and
stripping the coast dcfsnses OF the coan-
try Of all men who can by any possi-
hltty be spared. Il Is posSihls at this
time to send Is 90 men to China 1t
mus, be remembered. however. that the
present volunteer force is enlisted for
but a brief period. ana ths; BY nmta-
tion 9, law all OF those regiments now
in the service must be mustered out
within year No ore can tell how
long tAe war Ia china may continue
II any 81 The gresen; volunteer force
Is sent there. Il viii have 70 ~ With
drawn and replaced by new lsvlss be-
fore the war Il over. In all probability.
This would he far more dangerous
experiment than i, was in tho Phuip-
pines FOR the Chinese armies are we'll
drilled, well equipped. and have shown
capacity 20 face veteran troops and
sive = good account q themselves
For these reasons. ., Is apparent thst
u may become necessary 20 call con-
gress IN session asAin before Novcm-
Der There IS natural reluctance on
the part OF the administration 70 do
this. and il VIII not 30 asHs II enough
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CHINA UNDEREsTIMATED.

Evidence continues to accumulate that
Chinese soldiers are learning to shoot and
to shoot straight" No one II at all like
ly to call them tho Spaniards OF the Orr
ent.--Boston Globe.
Tho need of more troops cannot be de-
Med. The forces on the way cannot ar
rive too quickly. But even these will be
Inadequate IL any one power tries to act
seinshly or prefers Its own advantage to
the general good. Providence Journal.
The Chinaman Ia a much more formid-
able foe IN 1900 than he was In the sos
and eos when France and England were
fighting him on large scale. He In evil
IDENTIFY more formidable than he was In
1894 when he was easily beaten by japan.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
We have the authority OF history for II
that these religious wars are the most
pltiless OF them all. 1t Ia very deli
cate situation In China. The powers were
dealing with an unknown quantity there,
and they have displayed supreme lack
OF prccaution. --knoxville Sentinel.
The larger the force of the allies the
sooner will the object aimed at be accom-
plished. Whatever ma~ he the fate Of
the ministers. Peking must be taken. and
the Chinese must be taught TO respect the
strength OF the Western nations. To do
this will probably require an army OF
not less than 900 men.--Denver Repub-
llcan.
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FROM THE PEOPLE.
FACTS ABOUT CHINA.

Seattle, July Is, 1900
To the Editor: / read with interest
your editorial in this mornings issue.
entitled Chinese In This Country" You
are rishtStn saying that 20 per cent.
Of the Chinese in the United States are
natives of the province OF Kwangtung
mot Canton, this being the capital city
OF the province) You are also correct
in the statement that the spoken Ian
guage OF this province IL entirely DIFF
ferent to that of the Northern provinces
of China. You might have gone further.
however, and said that In no two prov
f, inces of China 10 the spoken language
Identical. A native OF Shanghai in the
province of Kwangsie could not under
stand the dialect used by a native OF. say.
Shanghai or Chill. The official language
OF China Is known as the Mandarin dia-
lect. used alike by the officials and
men of higher education. irrespective OF
their native provinces.
l must take exception to your insinu-
alton that the natives OF Kwangtung are
a pro-foreign and peaceful people. There
are more anti-foreign Cinnamon and ruff
fans with pratical instincts to the square
mile in Kwangtung than In any other
province In China Within the last ten
years more than ono vessel has been
pirated In Southern waters and the Eu-
ropean and American officers brutally
murdered by these Cantonese fuff1ans.
on the other hand, piracy is unknown
In the waters of Northern China Com
pare the city of Shanghai with that OF
Hongkong. The police of the former
city patrol the town both night and day.
unarmed except with the ordinary police
mans baton. whereas the police of Hong
kong are armed with carbines after
dark. and within a few years. perhaps
even now. no Chinaman was allowed on
the streets afser p m without police
pass, which he had to produce on be-
ing challenged by an officer No white
man can travel through the streets of
Canton without being hustled and insult
ed and spat at in the face at regular In
tervais In hts walk. With the excep-
ton OF a few missionaries there are no
whites living in Canton. The foreign
population have their residence on small
peninsula called Shameen, separated from
the native city by canal. which is
bridged.
After a residence OF eighteen years In
China, | have no hesitation In saying
that would sooner tive. and feel safer In
travelling. ali through Central and North
ern China even through the notorious
anti-missionary province of Honau. than
would within radius OF twenty
meen- Whilst Kwangtung province Is still
quiet and no Boxer movements are re-
ported from there. | would not be surpris-
cd to hear OF an uprising and the war cry.
TIA yang kwei tsu'' G'Kiil the Western
deviis') heard from one end OF tho prov
ince TO the other JOHN TOWERS.
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One Of our readers suggests that. In
view Of the prevalence Of smallpox at
Cape Nome. Seattle should quarantine
all vessels arriving from that point for
q time II does not seem necessary.
The quarantine work is attended to ef-
fectively at Port Townsend. and no YES
sci with smallpox on board will get
through. Doubtless some cases will de-
veiope later. but there are few passen-
gers returning from Cape Nome at this
time. and there are at all times a few
cases Of smallpox in every great city,
which do not threaten or lead to an
epidemic.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-21

In 1897 Nebraska paid on $4,000. 900
Of mortgages: in 1898. s4oo0o.oco. and
last year $4,000. 0oo-a total of 3l4s.-
ooo. 900 Mr.. Bryan has bought farm.
put a new porch on his town house,
pays taxes on moro real and personal
property than ever before; in fact. con-
ditions have so improved in the state
that It is about time the people there
shook Populism and their fellow citi-
zen who breaches It to them.
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writer. II receives every day from one
to half q dozen which violate the rule.
Letters Of real excellence and peril
nence arrive which bear an assumed
name. or initials. or are signed Read
err or observer" with the actual
name of the writer accompanying as a
guarantee of good faith but not for
publication win our readers please re-
member, once for all, that the Post
Intelligencer does not publish commu-
nications unless the writer's name is to
be printed with them?
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rHn DOWNFALL OF 4 sHss

Willy Waliy Astor has At last -
brought to reaiixing sense OF the 49,
that English people are no more fuo1R
to submit TO his snobbishness and ~
hammered freaks than people on ~
side. Willy better buy him an island III
the sea. but even then some shipwrsenuo
mariner might b cast upon ite oo1eD
without FIRST securing an invitasisA~l
Omaha Bee.
Long ago wales declared that mG1l
Aston makes me tired" but thaA mao
Astor's money kept him afioat until ~
Milne affair Since then the Princess r
Wales has invited Milne to sit In her IN
at the opera, while the queen has otveA
garden party 20 which she invited Nina
but struck Astor's name from the ~
The snub by the Prince OF wales ID ~
coup de graoe-a fate which the tyuel
gentleman would neither desire nor ~
II received. but which 10 Aston h ~
most terrible that can befali him.--I0u1or
VILE Courier-Journal
Mr.. Astor chose 20 ne an Engilehmoos
As such he became part Of 4 social ~
tenn of which the Prince Of wales b ~
social head and apex. In this Close edos'
poration. to enter which Mr.. Aston -
sacrificed NO much others hold dear. ~
Insult TO one IL an insult to ALL n
Prince Of Wales, by pronouncinG IN fsvee
of Mr.. Astor's elected guest. has tur1ee
Mr.. Astor out OF English society. and -.
Astor has left England. closing HE hsnoo
and canceiinG his invitations and accooes
anccs. In the leisure which -
cial Acknowledgement Joined y
wealth gives him. Mr.. Aolee
should devote the talents In helteo
which no has already displayed on nsvs
~ and his own pedigree by writing >
short. very short. story Of "Mtlllees
aire Without a country."-P hiladelpeAo
Press.
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An enlightened public opinion in the
South. as elsewhere. 10 the power which
must eventually force concessions In the
public interest from the ereed Of manu-
facturers. No section OF the country
which undermines the vitality OF it's fu-
ture citizens by deprivinw them Of their
childhood can hope to rank either socially
or economically with other sections which
have outgrown this Industrial barbar-
lam The women's clubs Of the South
seem TO be more effective than any other
agency In the community In directing
public attention 20 this form ~ evil. and
I'm suggesting practical action tending to-
ward tss removal
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4 proofresder'. BIanaer.


- NAAf7Nffi fseFf4AfF.
Unusual care was taken 10 define the
Rsvsiies position on certain matters %
interest 70 Wharcom county. IN the sssi-
t0rtaI IN Prejudice or Reason" W s-~r-
terisy mornings issue % the Gsl'e Bat
careless pennsnship and a -~s8trsader
who was nos tho write ~ tAe article
transformed "cue laso dur" and the
sentence zone candidate for senator wv
r. McultrsD has already publicly stated
his position" etc. vas made to read
Our candidate for senator" etc, etc.
Interested persons please take noiIcA
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Grover Cleveland has not yet spoken
but Don NJ. Dickinson. his postmaster
general. has. and says he will not sup
port Bryan and Stevenson.
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Mr. Bryan will now proceed to Civ
poor imitation OF the farmer VIII,
wants to be president. Kodaks to lie
at the front gate.
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and ili-advised appointments were
made were largely by the state gov
errors. who named 90 per cent Of all
OF the volunteer officers who saw serv-
ice with the first troops called out.
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end they hope to see the apparently
trifiing differences in the way Of set
Element wiped out and the telephone
made disable and serviceable In Seattle.
The trouble ought to be. and We hope
that it will be settled without more de-
Law
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Florida Times Union.
The election N Florida IL practically
over. 50 far as national politics go--;here
II no Republican ticket. the independent.
are invisible. and every Democrat 10 a
Bryan worshiper Whether the national
platform adopts our state plankH or not
viii make no dlfrerence-we will be .ith
them ali the same.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-21

The Silver Republicans are few in
number and Of little Importance, but
they may be able to make themselves
useful in helping out Democratic ora
tors with needed applause.
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Let the Democracy alone: II viii -
more for the Republican party In 10 ~
rawlings than tho Republican party eaa
do for itself The prediction has -
forth that william Jennings Bryan viii =
beaten SO much worse this year than fcns
years ago that comparisons viii beco@e
oniouN
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IFHFFf EFpuNNFaN-
u e. hard for the average American 20
realize that there IA any piacs in the
United States where everybody in a court
room must be searched before trial
can proceed. vet such is true AZ George
town. and sucn blow AZ the dignity 81
justice is only 10 Weeping wfth the charac-
Ter % the case from its start
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Port TowuseDd Leader.
The Bryan rnst and present sho* tass
there IL no apiid bottom 20 the hftsim.
perialistie scheme ~ IL passion ana W., y
and partnership and nothing more
tosh. but ~ Is venomous in It's tfsasosA'
BILE spirit
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A GUARANTEES.

The Fest IstelIigencsr hereby
guarantees it, advertisers bona
ode paid csrcu1stion, Daily. weekly
and sunday. double that OF any
other newspaper pubiished In the
state Of Washsngton. AAvertissn9
contracts viii be maae subject 20
this guarantee.
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NH4fIfNOf# Af1HTIrAn.
The soul 81 the Ashanti rebellion IS thu
sEe4 Queen of ofesu. Looking on what
the empress d0wAEsr Of China has
been abe - accomplish in the way OF
elsfur.faE thtngs. old women nowadays
eYc o.G tne inc0na5auent things they
Wcra a few years ago.
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yellow Tail 90 the Demo. kitss


II Wiilie Hearst should receive ~
nomination At Kansas CITY. couaiosnT
picture 90 the two candidates uiiRbt ="
produced ~ printing Bryan's portfat ~
bright and luminous yellow.
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Some Democrats In Pennsylvania are
claiming that they will carry their state
for Bryan this year. They have ma.
jority of only 2e5.o72 to overcome.
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Four Year. In the Hor.e Market.


A few years ago range horses wouie
NOT sell for enough 20 pay the freight
charges for shipping them in The other
day 100 Of them we're soid on the South
Omaha market for g good price. The
stimulus Of Republican times gives work
far beth nal and beast
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The Democratic platform points 49,
pride 20 nothing but ita peerless isa0H.
II has no record except the old ono es
disaster. II dennuncss, condemns 80
demands. The difference between ~
parties is shown ny the platforms ~
f. the party that does thinxE. the csssI
the party tina, nnds fault with fn'nss
done,
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Kentucky has a postoff1ce named
Right Angle. It is reassuring to know
that there is one spot in Kentucky that
is necessarily on the square.
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Chicago Inter ocean A.
The END Of Jeffsfs0nian Democracy
thus complete. That william jsnn'nes
Bryan was named BY acelamatlon 70 ~
nclate at the obsequies was right 80
proper. He 10 the man to bear tina 49,
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A good many Populists in this state
are in some doubt as to whether they
are really Populists or only Democratic
boosters.
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The news that the Oregon Is to be
patched hurts little, but we can take
comfort in rejecting that no other bat
tleship is a patch on the Oregon. any
how
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Ii Hung Chang says he Is going to
Peking. but he does not explain how
he Is going to do something which
10000 armed troops are unable to DO.
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Chinese GovernmentIs Responsible

have been put out from Chinese sources
as to revolutions and counter-revolu-
lions in Picking, the attempted re-
usurpation OF the throne by Prince
Tuan. and the deposition and suicide
Of the empress dowager and the en-.
peror. 1t is now apparent that there is.
on the contrary, a responsible and rec
ognized government in Picking, which
controls the machinery of government.
and the DEGREES OF which are respected
and obeyed by the Chinese viceroys It
was no revolutionary mob which han
died with skill the highest class OF ar
tillery at Tientsin. and gave such a
good account OF itself in the battle with
the trained soldiers OF European ar
miles, If a revolution were trying to
make head against the existing dyn-
asty, It is not possible that it could so
quickly have overcome the resistance
Of those loyal to the throne. could have
obtained control OF the imperial army.
army not only to resist the attempted
advance Of the allies on Picking. but
to make an invasion of Russian terri
tory.
The departure Of Ii Hung Chang to
Picking is proof positive that a respon-
sible government is in power in Pc
king. and that whatever Of outrage or
murder has been committed there has
been done by Its direct connivance or
know this. he never would have gone
to Picking. Some authority summoned
him there which he did not dare
refuse to acknowledge. He 10 too willy
to have thrust himself into the midst
OF a revolutionary uprising. where he
would risk his life and where there was
nothing which he could accomplish for
himself The government in Picking is
not defending itself against a revolu-
tionary uprising which threatens the
existence Of the dynasty, or II would
not have trained, drilled and equipped
troops by the thousands to send to OPP
pose the allies and to invade Russia
Its DEGREES are respected. and 1t has
power to enforce them: or Ii Hung
Chang would not now be on his way
to Picking.
Out OF the mass OF lies and rumors
which come from the sea coast OF
China. these facts stand out and their
significance Is startling and significant.
1t is not Boxer uprising with which
the world has to deal. The Chinese
government has declared war against
the civilized world: has done it delib-
erateiy, and in pursuance OF the policy
which prompted 1t to acquire vast
stores OF munitions OF war; and to hire
German and Russian drill masters to
train the Chinese in the use OF the arms
which they have now directed against
the other nations. This Is the situation
presented in China. and the sooner the
nations OF the world open their eyes to
these facts. the sooner they will COM
mence to prepare adequately for the gi-
gantic struggle which is before them.
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Orting. wash, July n. 1900
To the FtRor To settle a Aivpute will
yag please tell me. through your paper
the difference In the male and female pop
ulation II MAssac ausstis 10 lsae.
J. T. HELM
Males. ~. 7as females. lib IA