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considered that the population of many towns covering many miles of area do not reach that figure some conception of the population of the Monadnock building may be had. The comparison is striking one. and serves to show that a large number of people can be crowded into small space. It is also an example of the ec- onomy in ground space that has come to be necessary in this commercial age And out of this economy has come the system of skyscrapers that the larger cities and especially Chicago, have been forced to build.
 The Monadnock postal district was es- tablished on May 1, though money order. stamp and registered letter station was es- tablished there more than two years ago to meet the demands made by that section of the downtown district. Prior to May 1 the deliveries of mail in the building were made by carriers working out of the cen tral station at the foot of Washington street, on the lake front They would have to route their mail at the main office and then carry it to the Monadnock building. The rapid increase in the volume of mail overburdened the carriers to such an ex- tent as to cause the frequent use of aux Hilary service, and the expenditure of mon- ey in car fare allowance in transporting the heavy mails from the central station to the building In order to relieve the situation an investigation was made, re- sulting in the recommendation by Supt. Garrity to Postmaster Charles U. Gordon that the four carriers serving in the build ing from the main office be transferred to the Monadnock station, and that the mails be despatched to them by wagon messen- high in position he gets his mail promptly by Postmaster Gordon. The building there upon was made a separate district and the carriers were transferred on May l, The schedule of the wagon service was arranged so as to make close connection with the carriers deliveries. It provided for 16 despatches daily from the central office to the Monadnock building and 20 from the building to the central office, except on Sundays, when the number is only three to and two from the sub-sta- ton and district.
 The carriers schedule in the building
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as shine in China. don't mean to say that there are not intelligent men in China, but they are not in power.
 ''Is the Emperor the weak man we sup pose him to be?"
 'sThe Emperor is not noodle, but we'll read and intelligent man; not weak in brain power, but weak in health. He ascended the throne in 1887, and by the coup d'etat in 1898 the Empress seized the power that he was preparing to seize. She is astute, interruptions, and far more versed in state affairs than he could be, so that it is not surprising she outwitted and outstripped his calculations. The very walls rave ears in the imperial palace"
 Have you seen Quang Hsu?'
 Never, though 1 have been very near him. On the rare occasions when the Lone Man Chat is one of his imperial titles) traverses the streets, the thoroughfares are cleared and guarded"
 'When did the Boxers reach Pelxin?"
 '.In the end of April or beginning of May. Stripped to the waist, like fakirs, the Box CTS stood at the city gates, claiming to be spiritualists or devout personages. The Elm press has smiled on them, and now all the rabble of China is gathering into the or ganzation. I confess that this action Of the Empress Dowager surprises me-"
 How do you mean exactly?"
 There is plenty of corruption in Pekin, moral and material. Our rules of deceney are transgressed at every turn; in fact there are no rules. But the one function of government that Is discharged unflinching- ly is order. The slightest disturbance Is quelled with heavy hand; riots are un- known. But all the evil birds of prey are now assembling. disgorged from all the hooks"
 "It sounds like Paris when a revolution is brewing. All the harpies and uncaged criminals rise out of the sewers. But per- haps the Empress cannot now maintain order?'
 .It may be, but up to now she has been resolute on that head. In day, in an hour, she could have put the Boxers down, Tor she has from 10000 to 20000 Kansu troops under her pet General, Tung Fuhsiang, and at least 30000 Manchu bannermen under her orders. This is the incomprehensible part of the business; even to her, social order must be more important than killing foreigners"
 You have been to the legations?'
 Certainly, very often. Many of them can be easily assailed from the city walls, and made quite untenable by men armed with modern rifles. Others, though less ex- posed, are i'll adapted for defensive pur- poses, being simply the residences of form CT Chinese princes and nobles. And they may fall short of food If Dr. Morrison, the Times correspondent, cannot get his message through to Tien Tsin or Taku, the legations must be hard pressed" "Is the British legation unpopular as those of other nations which have recently attacked China?
 "The Chinese do not distinguish among foreign devils;' they do not even distin- guish English from Japanese. I mean the bulk of them. They do not know where England and Japan are situated When the Japanese war broke out Chinamen said to each other: The foreigners have re- belled.' They are the only people; all others are, or ought to be, subject to them. This is where their appalling ignorance comes in."
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provides six deliveries every day except Sunday, and is so arranged as to enable the men to begin their deliveries pract- ically the same time as they did when serving from the central station. In these six deliveries the carriers distribute on an average 2o,O00 pieces of mail daily in this great office structure At least 75 per cent of the mail received there for delivery is addressed without room number. The diff faculties and delays that would naturally grow out of this condition can readily be seen. The carriers who serve the district are old ones, however, and have reduced the apparent drawback to a minimum Seldom is a mistake made in the distribu- tion.
 Long training and service in the postal department have made these carriers adopts, establishing a system that insures accurate delivery of mail to the persons to whom it is addressed. Every old or new occupant of the building is known to them. And when new person comes into the building, matter how humble or high in position he gets his mail proptly. Such names are secured by the carriers on their respective floors and added to the list Those who leave the building are also kept up with and their mail is forwarded to their new addresses. In fact, the dis trict, though small in area, Is a seperate and distinct postoffice in itself, and the same routine is found there as in the cen- tral office It only differs in degree.
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ALL ALIKE TO
 THE CHINESE
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

From the Pall Mall Gazette.
 It is thirty-four years since the Rev. MT. Owen first went to China as an agent of the London Missionary Society; thirty or these years he has spent in China itself. He is now in England completing his third holiday of eighteen months, holiday which seems to be tempered with good deal or work, speaking, writing, preaching in Eng fish towns, making known the work carried on by his society in the Celestial Empire MT. Owen kindly consented to explain some of the features of the reform movement.
 I asked him of the Empress Dowager.
 '.She is a member of the respectable Foh family, and her brother is wealthy man. The Emperor Hien Feng was somewhat dissoIute man, and she was the only woman who ever bore him child. That child was an infant when Hien Feng fled beyond the great wall into Mongolia, before the aIleu British and French forces in lS6O The Elm peror died whilst in Mongolia, and had ap- pointed a regency of eight to carry on the government This arrangement dld not sult the Manchu party; six regents were mur- dered, two allowed to commit suicide. Ihe real Empress and the present Dowager Empress, with her son, Tung Chin, were packed off to Pelkn. Both were made CO., regents, the first as Empress of the East, the SupSGlOr lllle III 1lllilds liiS SCNOhd e'S Empress of the West. After the death of the former the Empress of the West be- came sole regent for her son, who came to the throne at the age of II, and died four years later.''
 "Who, then, is the present Emperor, whom she treats like a puppet?"
 "Hien Feng had eight brothers, and the present Emperor, Quang Hsu, is the son of Prince Chun, the seventh brother.
 What effect had the war between China and Japan upon the cause of progress?'
 "A quickening effect; 1t is the simple truth that the defeat of China, utterly un- expected as it was, brought the reform movement to the birth. Defeat after de- feat caused China to bow her head in shame and the emperor to sign a humili- ating treaty. People have but little idea of the appalling nature of Chinese ignorance. It Is penal just now to know anything of western civilization, or, at any rate, to show it. The word used to designate any thing pertaining to the west Is vicious" During recent examinations for literary de- grees the chancellors were instructed to weed out all those who showed western knowledge. Not only were they to fail to pass, but to be punished. And if the chan cellors neglected this duty viceroys were to be held responsible
 "A map that was shown to me In China, constructed according to Chinese ideas, represented all the best and most central parts of the world as China, all other na- tions being a mere insignificant fringe, added as setting. So you see that to show any knowledge of geography or to know that twice two make four Is disqualified ton for a scholar"
 Do you mean that?'
 ''I do mean that in mathematics they are centuries behind our present knowledge and that their ancient standard leaves them hopelessly out of the running. A Chinese official has been heard to ask if in the West we have the same sun and moon
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hung for three weeks between Pekin ard the outer world still furnishes no clear idea of the actual situation. Recent de- velopments include mystery which is sorey puzzling the French and German. and, perhaps, other authorities. It has been noticed that the Chinese ministers at various capitals, including Washington, made similar communications to the re- spective foreign offices regarding develop ments in China. The telegraphs in Europe are under the control of the respective gov ernmtnts, and 1t has been thought justi- fable in the present crisis to keep close watch on all telegrams to the Chinese le- cations on the continent The French gov ernment was unable to discover any tele- graphic source of the communications made by the Chinese minister at Paris Completely puzzled, the French authorities asked Berlin if it was able to discover any, thing. The reply was similar, and watch has been unsuccessful The mystery is un- solved but the French authorities believe that it indicates at least long and careful preparations for the crisis.
 As for the campaign in China itself, the opinion gains that the advance to Pekin will not begin before September and that the war will not be finished this year.
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CHICAGo's QUEER MAIL DISTRICT
Four Carriers Whose Work is Within
 an Area 70 By 400 Feet

From the Chicago Tribune.
 The smallest postal district in the world is under the roof of the Monadnock build- ing at Jackson, Dearborn and VanBuren streets in Chicago. The building alone comprises a separate and distinct district in itself. At the same time the volume of business there is the largest of any of the sub-stations or even districts in the city, save that of the Board of Trade Station. In this immense seventeen-storied struct- ture, which covers the small ground area of 400 feet long by 70 feet wide, nearly coco people occupy the 1,200 rooms. When 1t is
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 Jinx-You're wearing very mournful ex- pression
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-01
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-01
ELECTION RETURNS.

The News and Observer desires to
publish as full and complete election
returns as possible on Friday. With
the cooperation and assistance of its
correspondents and friends it can lay
before it's readers on the morning
after election an accurate estimate OF
the result.
This cooperation and assistance is
therefore earnestly requested. Cor
respondents and friends of the paper
are urged to see to it that the result
in their county, as accurately as can
be ascertained be wired Immediately
after o'clock. If later and fuller re-
turns can be obtained ask your tele-
graph operator to- keep his office
open for you. Do not, however, du-
plicate facts already sent by some
one else from your office.
A little attention to this matter will
be of great benefit to the Democratic
party and of interest to the people of
the entire State. a
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-01
NO INTERFERENCE.

1t is not now believed that any Flu
sion Judge will have the hardi
hood to carry out the revolutionary
plans mapped out for them by Fusion
lieving that all danger from judicial
interference is ended, adjourned yes
terday sine die.
If any judge should, in the face Of
the plain law, attempt to prevent the
holding of the election, he would find
that the impeachment proceedings
against Greasy Sam Watts were SLOW
processes compared with the eXpedi-
ton with which their heads would
fall on the. guillotine.
The white people have won this
fight at too much secrifice of effort
to sit idly by and permit the well,
earned fruits to be taken from them
by judicial usurpation.
The election will be held tomorrow
the result will be declared as the vote
is cast. the men chosen Will be eleya-
ted to the office to which they are
elected, and the amendment will be
made part of the State Constitution
if majority of the voters east their
ballots in favor of it.
No interference from any source
will be tolerated in any precinct in
North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-01

So far the Republicans and their
allies have been the parties who have
been guilty of violence in North Car
DINA. A special from Asheville says:
''As the procession returned to the
square up South Main street, negro
standing in a dark alley, shot into
the crowd with a revolver, which he
threw away as he ran. The shot
struck J. c. Wallace. a blacksmith, in
the thigh, making a serious wound.
Most of the crowd were ignorant OF
the occurrence, but the rear part
rushed wildly through the block look
ING for the negro. They are un-
comfortable and are searching every
where"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-01
BEWARE OF FAKES.

The Fusion managers, who con
scious that they are fairly defeated
after full and free discussion, are still
mysterioualy limiting about some
trump card they can play that Will
turn the tide in their favor. This
is, of course. mere bluff, but they are
capable of resorting to any desperate
and dishonorable means to prevent an
utter rout.
Let Democrats everywhere be on
their guard against flakes" which
may be sent out today and tomorrow
The issues are before the voters
They cannot be changed. The result
is certain if the people vote.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-01

To Democrats: The eyes of the
whole country are upon North CSC
lima. Any violence will be wired all
over the country and rolled as a sweet
morsel under the tongue of bloody
shirt wavers. BE prudent, be conser-
vative, but firm and determined. Do
not resent the violence of blusterers
but maintain order and keep within
the law. by SO doing the great vic
tory we will win tomorrow will not
be married. ar n
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-01
A MONSTER DEVIL FISH

Destroying its victim, is a type of con-
stipation. The power of this murderous
malady is felt on organs and nerves and
muscles and brain. There's no helath
till it's overcome. But DR.. Kings New
Life Pills are safe and certain cure
Best in the world for stomach, liver and
kidneys and bowels. Only 35 cents at all
drug stores.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-01
CAMPAIGN CLOSES IN BERTHE.
Negro Threatened to Burn the Home OF
Francis D. Winston, But Tie Wont
Especial to News and Observer

ESPECIAL to News and Observer
Windsor, n. c., July 31.-The campaign
in the county closed at Todd's Cross
Roads today. Messrs. Claude Kitchin,
Francis ID. Winston and ST. Leon Schulz
delivered eloquent and persuasive
speeches. Dinner was served to fifteen
hundred people. 4 conference of party
leaders was had. The determination to
carry the county by large majority is
aggressive and strong. You can put Ber-
tie down for safe majority for the par
ty and the amendment
Peter Simmons, a negro, was reported
to have threatened to burn the home of
Hon. Francis d. Winston if the amend
ment was carried. He was at once waited
on, and arrangements are made for his
emigration and that of his white allies
who put him forward. Chairman Stokes
has conducted a jubilant campaign. He
is one of the States best organizers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-01

Many are willing to give advice,
but few are willing to lend assistance.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-01

SUMMER HEAT.-This is the season
for bowel complaints. Green apples and
cucumbers produce them and PERRY
DAVIS PAIN-KILLER cures them. To
the troubled stomach it comes like q
balm, the wind is assuaged, and the
trouble ceases. Every druggist in the
land keeps Pain Killer, and no one
should be without it in his family. Avoid
substitutes, there is but one Pain-Killer,
Perry Davis. Price Csc. and SOC.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-01

The soothing and healing properties of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, it's pleas
ant taste and prompt and permanent
cures, have made it great favorite with
the people everywhere. For sale every
where Bobbitt-W ynne Drug Co. and H.
T. Hicks, Druggists, Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-01
GET OUT THE VOTE.

The election takes place tomorrow.
The orators papers and leaders have spoken writ
ten and abored but all their planting and watering
will prove worthless unless the voters go to the polls
and vote.
The registration indicates large Democratic ma
jority But the large registration for White Supremacy
as nothing unless the who are registered go to
!, the polls and vote.
Go early and vote Don't stop at that. Get your
neighbor to vote early Then devote the whole day to
working for the Amendment. s
If the full vote is brought out the Democrats will
win sweeping victory. Let every advocate of White
Supremacy devote day to getting out every regis
tered vote for the Amendment
That's the paramount issue" in North Carolina
now.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-01

'.Stump" Ashby says he would rath-
err be in hell than in North Carolina
No doubt he would feel more at home.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-01

When defeat stares an office-seeker
in the face he should meet it with
resignation.