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No Federal Building.

According 60 a Washington report
Chairman Mercer. OF the house COM
mittee on public buildings. has announc-
ed that no bills for new buildings will
be passed at this session. and Chairman
Cannon. OF the appropriations commit
tee, corroborates the statement by de-
cisring that the war and other govern
mental expenses VIII be such as to pre-
clude the possibility Of making any al
lowance for new construction at this
time.
Ia a sense this Is TO be regretted. es-
pecially by the people Of Seattle, who
have been put 10 great Inconvenience
for several Years through lack Of a
federal building suited 10 the wants q
the government and the people in this
city. It has long been conceded that
Seattle ought % have a building. and
with each succeeding year the demand
for il has become more apparent with
the federal courts. the postofice. the
land Office. the customs house. the in
terna revenue office. the government
inspectors. the Offices OF the war depart
ment and various other employees OF the
government scattered about in differ
ent parts az the city. where they are
but indimerently accommodated and
are paying high rents. It needs no ar
gument to show the imperative demand
for a public building. That is eylden,
upon its face, and those who have been
authorized to investigate the situation
have so reported. The necessity for
the building is admitted. and IT has been
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the progressive and enlightened rule Of
the Republican party is to be continued.

There is a good deal of fault found
with the water department, and not
without reason. Without notice a good
part Of the city was shut off from the
use Of water for the greater part Of yes
terday, and the inconvenience expert
enced was as sudden as 1t was exasper
ating. Employees who have been con-
nected with water departments know
that faucets will be left open during
cold snap unless the people are caution
ed against it. Some warning should have
been given the consumers. or. If it was
necessary to shut off the water in order
to prevent the reservoirs from being
drained, an effort should have been
made to do 1t during the night. and not
In the day time, when it is certain
that households will be upset and all
sorts OF business will be interfered with.
Hereafter when the city water is to be
shut off. let due notice Of the intention
be given.
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WHY NOT BE FRIENDLYf
Portland willing to Aid Seattle in
Getting the Cable.
Evening Telegram.


The spirit OF amity and fraternity that
is being displayed between the chambers
of commerce OF Northwestern cities, and
especially those of Seattle and Portland. IL
commendable. one city isn't ouilt up by
trying to pull another down. There is
ample room in this great Pacific North
west region for all its principal towns TO
grow and prosper. There may be, and al
most necessarily will be. some business
rivalry between Portland and Seattle. yet
it should be only a friendly emulation,
each really rejoicing in the others pros
perity. 1t will do Portland no harm 20
help Seattle or any other Sound city 20
become the terminus of the transpacifc
cable, for example. The northern route is
said 10 be the best and cheapest, and IL
so, Portland can lose nothing by helping
Seattle or some other Sound city 10 Sc
cure the terminal plum.
As to the Lake Washington canal
scheme, the Oregon members of congress
viii probably favor It, formally and nom
inally, though there Is really no such merit
in the scheme as there is in the project
to open and deepen the channel OF the
Columbia river. The Tacoma papers char
as great steal.' but of course Tacoma
Is opposed to anything that especially BEN
efits Seattle But even II Portland and Or
egon men OF influence cannot help out the
Seattle real estate boomers in this re-
spect, they can manifest a friendly and
neighborly feeling for Seattle, Tacoma, AS
toria and other cities OF this region, with
out any injurious consequences resulting
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GRAZING BILL NOT WANTED.

The people seem to be unanimously op-
posed TO Mr.. Fosters proposed measure
to lease the public lands for grazing pur-
poses. Under the provisions OF that hill a
large acreage OF the public lands would be
withdrawn from settlement; besides the
poor settler already occupying a home
stead would he deprived of the use of
grazing lands adjacent to his place IL he
could not afford 10 rent II. some corpora
iion or wealthy individual would get pos
session Of It and fence 1t up.-Wenatchee
Republican.
Senator Fosters bill would have the ef-
feet OF Withdrawing the vast body OF UNI
occupied public lands remaining from set
Element and occupancy by bona fide
settlers and home builders. and would
work incalcuiable injury TO the interests
OF the Pacific Northwest II would have
the effect OF building up landed aristoc-
racy and stop further development and
settlement OF the territory affected. The
passage Of the bin should be prevented II
there is possibility OF doing so.--Chelan
Leader.
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NEUTRALITY or THE CANAL.

The new treaty counts for nothing TO
the advantage % the United states-Bos-
ton Post.
There is no reason under the sun why
America should ask England for tho
privilege OF building an isthmian water
way New York Commercial.
II he John Bulb can secure the rati-
Gcation Of this treaty and continue 70 add
70 his Influence In our affairs. Il viii not
be long before We viii be- back In the
position which We rebelled against In
I-T6.- Louisville Dispatch.
This treaty. Il ratified. would seem "a
leave us relatively. right where wa are
now possibly a little worse or. N We
build a canal we certainly ought TO get
some advantages out OF Il that would b..
peculiarly and exclusively our own.--Ana-
conda Standard
From all accounts the jinEoes will never
agree % that fertilization clause There
Is reason why they should not FOR their
rather obvious purpose has been 70 get A
foothold In Central America with a view
20 future enlargement Of the Imperial DO
malu.--Chicago Chronicle.
II mixht have been very embarrassing
20 both countries II congress had enacted
o bul authorizing she construction Of q
canal 20 be under the exclusive control
Of the United States. while the Clayton
Buiwer treaty remained an un4ec4asd
question -wIlkesbsrre Record Of the
Times
Under the new treaty the canal con-
structe,i and managed BY the United
states. would be AZ the service OF Eng
land ln case she made war upon us. TO at
tack as front and rear. Treaty or no
treaty. no nation In the world situated
as is the United States would permit such
use OF the canal.-Chicaso Inter Ocean.
The wisest policy. the safest for US. the
best for the civilized world. the perfect
neutrality Of the canal under the Fuaran-
tee % all the maritime nations Of the
earth as a waterway which shah be omen
a. all times. IN war as IN peace to ships of
every kind under any flag Is embodied
In the treaty before the senste-Esw York
Times
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CAPE NOME.

Alaska, however. IL this sort OF thing
keeps UP. must sooner or later cease 20
be strange, unpeopled and distant prov
ince.-Syracuse Post-Standard.
This season Cape Nome may be expected
to lead the list of gold fields where loose
golc is found. for az yet quartz Is not
mined in the Klondike or at Cape Nome.
Nashville American.
II is well not to overlook Cape Nome; II
win be better to carefully overlook Ore
gon.-Portland Telegram.
The chances OF reasonable success seem
greater at Nome than on the Klondike.
and he who starts with a round trip ticket
in his pocket viii endure fewer necessary
hardships and peril at the coast than he
would in the interior of that frozen land
Port Townsend Leader.
There is a likelihood that the rush TO
the Cape Nome diggings, which are in the
United States territory of Alaska, will be
on fully as great a scale az was that to
Klondike st. Louis Globe Democrat
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If the legislature had kept its hands off
there would have been no interruption; the
mines would continue to work full-hand-
ed. and prosperity would reign throughout
the entire region.--Neson. y. c.. Miner.
The sum and substance of it IL that in
their petition the miners stated. In so
many words, that they would strike II the
law were repealed. Evidently the mine
owners have taken the matter in hand
with the intention OF making a strike un-
necessary. -Rossland. b. c., Record.
To Rossland the closing down of such q
splendid earning property as the War
Eagle mine will be serious setback. I'm
til the War Eagle and Center Star are
again in productive operation, investors
will be backward with their money for
properties in that camp.-Toronto Mail
and Eu1nire
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recommended that one of size am
pie TO meet present and future exigen-
cies be constructed.
While the delay may occasion dis
appointment, It is probable that moth
ing will be lost in the end. The longer
the construction is postponed the great
err our wants will become. and the larger
and more expensive the building must
be- It is far better to wait and have
a structure adequate to our needs than
to insist on immediate relief and put
up with an inferior building, which
would be outgrown in a few years and
entail upon the government the hiring
OF additional quarters on the outside.
When we have a federal building here
the desire is that it shall be a splendid
one, and as postponement insures our
having such a structure, it is all the
easier to take philosophically the an
nouncement that there are to be no ap-
preparations for new buildings this year.
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MOLINEUx FOUND GUILTY.

II appears to us that the appellate divi-
sion has seldom been required to pro-
nounce Judgment on graver questions than
the next step in the Molineux case will
soon bring to its attention.--New York
Tribune.
Molineux' gray-haired father has really
suffered more and Is more to be ptied than
the man condemned to die.-Syracuse POST
Standard.
No one appeared to have good words for
the son. He was set down as a ''degener-
ate" There Is mystery about the case
the verdict does not solve.--Pittsburg Post.
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tempt to force the Boer position by an
attack in front. In addition to this,
Cronje's communications are cut, and
his army is in dangerous position,
from which it will require all his skill
to extricate himself, and the Free State
will lie open to invasion should Cronje's
army be disposed OF.
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Count Boni Castellane sailed for
France Thursday. and in about weeks
time the world will have an opportunity
to see II the valiant nobleman was in
earnest some weeks ago when he SAID
he was going to thrash the editor of the
Figaro.
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The large Boer reward which Is said
to have been offered for the capture Of
Cecil Rhodes, dead or alive, is likely 70
be drawn down now that Kimberley IL
relieved and Mr.. Rhodes is shaking
hands with the British soldiers from the
outside
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All the house has to do is to agree to
the senate bill passed Thursday, and
the country viii enjoy relief from talk
on finance until the fall campaign opens.
OF course Mr.. Bryan will continue 10
roam at large. but nobody pays much
attention to him.
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II you want the Republican city con-
vention to nominate a strong ticket,
don't fail to exercise the right to vote
at the primaries today and select good
delegates from your own precinct.
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A GUARANTEE.

The Post Intelligence hereby
guarantees Its advertisers n bona
nds paid circulation, Daily, Weekly
and Sunday, double that OF any
other newspaper published In the
state Of Washington. Advertising
contracts will he made subject 10
this guaran tee.
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This is going to be a Republican year.
and one way to prove 1t is to roll up a
handsome total vote at the primaries
today.
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What fine field Montana would have
been for few Spanish judges to OPP
crate in
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Lord Rosebery says the crisis Is ur-
gent. and that is what the people in
Ladysmith have been saying for sew
eral weeks.
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II you are a Republican you can vote
at the primaries between the hours Of
4 and Q r. m.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-12

and discomfort, his prodigal expenditures
and the sensational adventure which nearly
ccst him his life positively rendered him
popular.
Apropos of that outrage. the same Idea is
occupying all brains-the anarchists must
will in the least change the order of things
which they abhor by taking advantage Of
the Shah being in Paris to kill him.
For my part, I put 1t down to a fit of
melancholy madness, to the phenomenon Of
suggestion and mania for imitation, fol-
lowing upon the assassination of the King
of Italy.
I We have three strikes this week-one in
| Paris, one in Havre and the other in Mon
| ceau les Mines.
| In Paris the cabmen OF the Compag gnie
| Generate des Petites Voitures. numbering
| 6.0c9 went out the pretext that they
| Were made TO pay too much for the hire
| of cabs
| The public did not sympathze with the
| cabmen. They have behaved with such in
| science and rudeness since the opening of
the exposition that they exasperated the
| population.
Moreover, fresh tramway lines are being
| started and fresh omnibuses put on the
| streets, SC that the cabnen are no longer
| Indispensable
| At Havre the stokers, bunkermen and. in
| a word all who handle coal for the Com
! pagnie Generate TransatlantiQue, struck.
| The company granted all they asked, and
they then declared that they would not re-
| turn to work until the other companies did
| the same.
This insistence was absurd. The strike
| however. continued.
But the steamships carrying mails could
| not leave port for the United States. and
! for this reason n sufficient staff was drawn
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the Reichstag decide on the present and
future China policy to be followed by Ger
many.
The Prince Regent of Bavaria, Luitpold.
has summoned his Berlin delegate to the
BundeSrath, Count Won I.uchenfeldt, to
ccrfer with him regarding article Ga of the
imperial constitution as to whether 1t is
admissible that. besides volunteers. regu-
lars may also be sent TO China This with
a number of other signs shows that EN-
peror Williams vigorous policy towards
China is by no means approved all around.
Pretoria plot Discredited.
The British news about the Pretoria con-
spiracy to seize the person of Lord Roberts
and shoot all the British officers possible is
discredited here. The Vossische Zietung
rdicules the alleged fact that fifteen con-
splrators should plan such an elaborate
scheme. requiring, it claims a much larger
number for its execution, and the Deutsch
Tages Zeitung recalls the previous alleged
r Johannesburg conspiracy. whose purpose, ii
adds. like the present plot" was merely
n British desire to eXpel all foreigners and
others considered obnoxious.
The Vossiche Zietung prints a private let
ter from Pretoria, dated July TO- in which
it is related how the British Issued orders
eXpelling forthwith number of BILE
German residents Of Pretoria and else
where, giving them but a few hours ir
which to regulate their private affairs Blu,
finally. on the strenuous objections of the
German Consul, the expulsion orders were
rescinded
NJ. Lockroy. the former French Minister OF
Marine mas been accorded an unusua
mark of imperial favor receiving permjs
sion to visit Germany and investigate its
navy organization, and especially the man.
ner in which the navy increase Is carried
out.
The Havarian Government has issued 9
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Ing law. and was specially versed in COM
mercial jurisprudence, which after all, is
the most important branch of English law.
AS criminal Judge. he was humane and
stanchly upheld the right of the press to
comment with the utmost freedom upon
public affairs.
My acquaintance with Lord Russell dates
only from 1892. when he became Attorney
General for the second time in the fourth
administration of Mr.. Gladstone. He was
then the keenest of politicians. an ardent
Radical and a fervent home-ruler.
AS an Irishman and Catholic. he felt for
the cause of home rule as hardly any Eng
lishman could.
Orator of Force.
In his eloquent, impassioned address to
the Parnell Commission he had reminded
the Judges that he was pleading for the
land of his birth. Perhaps no British ad-
yocate ever surpassed the power elo-
uuence of that splendid harangue. Sir
Charles Russell was personally and polit-
ically devoted to Mr.. Gladstone. He was
an admirable speaker on public platforms
and never spared himself when he thought
he could serve his cause.
l have never known man more absolute
~ free from vanity. Many of his speeches
in those days We're unreported summar-
lied in a few lines, but he did not care. He
had done his duty. That was enough for
him. In private life he was the least as
suming of men, would argue on equal terms
with the youngest or humblest in his COM
pany and would listen TO any one who had
anything relevant to say.
He was not, think. quite at his best in
the House Of Commons, though, of course,
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-12
WILL THWART ENGL ss e% sss@:"n o. .s?> r ,-a"'*

Beriin. Aug. 1.-THE belief still prevails
here that the allied forces have not un-
dertaken the Pekin advance, and that the
recent actions at Pei-Tsang and Yang-Tsln
were solely meant to secure the strategic
tenure of Tien-Tsn against the Chinese
troops sent from Pekin. or from the south.
"a Yang-Tsung dominates both railroad and
river communication. The military autnori-
ties here also maintain that an advance
upon Pekin with the present forces. and
lacking an officer in chief command. would
be equivalent to failure and enormous
losses. The Foreign Office wholly distrusts
the reliability of the news that Ii Hung
Chang has been empowered to negotiate
for peace, and the German press comedies
with that view.
The news received here that the United
States are satisfied with the appointment Of
Field Marshal Count Won Waldersee to the
chief command of the allied forces has
created deep satisfaction, as for time it
was feared that the United States might,
with Great Britain, object, thus frustrating
military harmony.
The news cabied here that the United
States is now desirous of bringing about a
clear diplomatic understanding regarding
the intended extent of the expedition is
received by the Foreign Office favorably
since the aims of the United States, viz,
the reestablishment of order, the awarding
of damages to Americans for injury, and
guarantees against the recurrence of SINH
lar events. tally precisely, SO the Foreign
Office declares, with the German programme.
1t is here surmsed, however, that such
diplomatic negotiations will not meet the
appreciation of Great Britain and Russia,
whose enormous sacrifices in men and
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money, owing to the Chinese troubles, seem,
indeed. worth some equivalents. Regard
ing Great Britain's apparent designs upon
the Yang-tse Valley, particularly Shang-
hal. Germany will not allow their realiza-
ton, and in this France supports Germany,
and it is hoped there the United States will
also do SO. since such action contrayenes
the open-door policy.
VIII ChecEmate England.
Germany. before long. will have a good
sized force in Shanghai to checllmate single
handed the British schemes there. The
correspondent of the Associated Press hears
that a brigade of 5000 men is now forming.
and will proceed to Shanghai for that pur-
pose, and to protect German commercial
interests in the Yang-tse Valley, notably
at Shanghai and Han-Joi.
The German press comment anent the
present situation is varied. The Lokal An
zeiSer deems it probable that Field Mar
shal Won Waldersee will not be bedded in
roses in China, owing partly to the manifest
lack of harmony among the Powers, even
at this early stage, and it believes that be-
fore long quarrels will arise between Russia
and Japan, France and Great Britain. and
the United States and Germany. 1t points
out that the main differences between the
Powers are mot of a military, but of a
commercial character"
The Foerwaerts says the 'irresponsible
China policy" meaning the Emperor's, has
thus far carried everything before It,
adding that the responsible policy of the
Cabinet has all along been annulled by the
Emperors''
Several papers, among them being the
Hamburg Correspondent, counsel the imme.
date seizure of the right YangStse shore
by Germany in order to neutralize Great
Britain's attempts there.
The Germania and Cologne Vollss Zeitung
the two leading Centrist organs. Insist thai