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The Portland daily press., 1900-09-01
Government May Bring Home
Stranded Miners.
Awful Suffering Among
Indians.
Miners Have Deprived Them of
Winter Fuel.

Washington, August 31.-Ths- regular
Friday cabinet meeting was held today.
The Chinese situation was, OF course, the
an-important question, but as the United
States has now announced her policy to
the powers, no further step is possible
until the replies are received. The ques
tion, therefore, did not actually receive
much consideration at the meeting today.
Only two other subjects besides that Of
China We're considered-the conditions of
several hundred or thousand destitute
miners at Cape Nome and OF a large num-
Der of Indian tribes IN Alaska. 1t was
decided that the War Department. should
send a transport to Cape Nome to bring
back such of the miners as ars penniless
and liable to endanger the public welfare
there this winter by reason of their des
titute condition. 1t is believed that a
large proportion of those who fiocked to
Cape Nome early in the spring hoping
GO strike it rich. are stranded. Provisions
ana clothing viii be sent to the Indians
who are said to be destitute.
When the cabinet met today, so far as
known, but one reply to our note had
been received. This Is from Europe and
expressed. so It is said, complete acquies-
eence In the American view of the situa.
ton.
The transportation companies, 1t Is
claimed, refuse to aid the unfortunates at
Cape Nome. Winter viii come by the end
Of September and the transport, In order
to effect relief, must go at once. General
RandIe estimates that there are 1000 per-
sons at Cape Nome in danger of starva-
tion. Information received from several
official and unofficial sources shows that
the Alaskan Indians along the coast
from Cape Nome are in serious condi-
tion The miners. however, have gath
cred for their own use, nearly all of the
driftwood which the Indians have been
accustomed to depend upon for their VIM
ter fuel and in some instances the cab
ms of the Indians have been torn down
by the miners and the wood used by
them regardless o f the suffering Indians.
In addition to these Affections, it is said
that the grippe in most viruIent form
has broken out among the Indians and
that altogether their case is one which
calls for imm sdiate succor. The govern
ment has taken hold of the ma tier and
no doubt provisions, clothing and medi-
cal attention will be forthcoming.
The other matter discussed at the
meeting was that of better roads In the
Philippines.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-01
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS. M

The agricultural department. weather
bureau for yesterday, Aug. 81 taken at 8
n M. meridian time, the observation for
his section being given in this order:
Temperature, direction OF wind state OF
weather:
Boston. es degrees, E, cldy; New
York, so degrees, SIC. clear; I, PhLaueI-
phia, "a degrees, NV, clear; WASH WasnlAgs7 s.
degrees, N, clear; Buffalo, 79 degrees,
F. clear; Detroit, rs degrees, Il, clear !;
Chicago, IS degrees, E, clear; S5. Paul'
So degrees, S, clear; Huron, Da6oga' eS
81 degrees, Sc, clear; BlsmaTcK' o9 90 ee- Ge-
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-01
PHYSICAL
CULTURE.

An important part of education is the
proper development of the body. West
brook Seminary, with its new Macarthur
Gymnasium, It's healthful location and
is special instructors is III a position to
care for the physical welfare of its
pupils.
Graduates of High Schools and Acade-
mics and other advanced pupils are
offered special courses covering Fresh
man work in colleges.
English preparatory course for pupils
from II to IS years Of age Special at
tention is given 10 practical training.
Illustrated catalogue sent free. Adj
dress o. II. PERRY, Deering District,
Portland, Maine. aug3ldThS&Tu
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-01
LEADING RAILROAD MAN DEAD.

LEADING RAILROAD MAN DEAD.
Rye Beach, N. H, August 31,-Ed-
ward S. Washburn, president and general
manager of the Kansas City, Fort Scott
and Memphis railroad, died at his sum-
mer residence here this morning, after an
Illness covering a period of two months,
of tumor of the brain. His death removes
one of the most prominent men con-
nected with the development of transpor-
tation interests in this country. Mr..
Washburn was born in Boston in April,
1874 When quite young man, he be-
came interested in railro aiding and en-
tered the employ of the Chicago, Burling-
ton ana Quincy road. After several
years apprenticeship, he was appointed
general traffic manager of the Hoosac
Tunnel line, where he remained for sever
al years In 1891 he was called to the
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis
road as It's general traffic manager and
in 1895, he was appointed president to sue
cee1 Mr.. NettIeton, deceased.
A widow, formerly Miss Murray OF Var
mouth, N. S., and one son survive, Muir
ray Washburn, physician now In
charge of a large Chicago hospital
The funeral viii be held at St.Andrews
Episcopal chapel here, on Monday.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-01
BELFAsT NAN KTLLED.

Belfast, August 81.-Ezra Roberts, a
man about rs years old, was Instantly
killed Friday afternoon, having been
struck by the engine hauling the mixed
train due in Belfast at 40 D, m. He
as walking on the track and as he was
very deaf. he did not hear the whistle of
the engine. The train crew say that he
stepped off the track, and then stepped
ON again directly in front OF the engine.
His head was badly crushed and he was
thrown several yards, the body rolling
down the embankment. The accident
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-01
$40 suOH BOOKs USED.

Atlanta, Ca, August 31.-The q. A.
r. at Chicago Wednesday adopted resolu-
tions condemning the school books used
in the Southern schools as calculated to
perpetuate prejudice agains tthe federal
government over the events of the civil
war.
General John B. Gordon, commander
In chief Of the United States Confederate
Veterans, says he does not believe that
any respectable Southern teacher in
knowingly using any book that is in
tended to perpetuate sectional prejudice
In the minds of Southern children.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-01
GERMANS EMBARRASSED.
BY the Russo-American Plan As TO
China.

Berlin, August 31.-The German gov
ernment is considerably embarrassed by
the joint proposition of the United
States and Russia to withdraw from
Pekin and to recognize Ii Hung Chang
as an intermediary.
1t was wholly unexpected here that
Russia would join the United States in
such a step. Count Won Buelow, the
foreign minister, considers the new sit
uation thus created so important as to
compel him to abandon the vacation
trip he was about to take.
This evening the semi-oificia1 press ex-
presses the views of the government in
cautious terms. A foreign official made
the following statement on the subject:
Germany has not yet answered Rus
sia's request to Withdraw from Pekin.
The other powers do not regard the mill
tary situation there as precarious. So
far as Lii Hung Chang is concerned,
Germany is ready to acknowledge him as
China's representative in peace negoti.
ations If he shows himself properly &C
credited; but as to this feature Of the
case, nothing is as yet known here.
The statement of the London Times
that German bank is negotiating with
Chang Chi Tung, the Woo Chang vice
roy, for loan of million taels is posi-
lively denied.
German official kilograms announce
that the German forces in Pekin occupy
the northwestern portion of the city.
The joint proclamations OF the generals
against plundering have thus far proved
Intellectual 1t is reported that some 30
600 armed Chinese are about so lilome-
ters from Pekin. The German troops
share In guarding the imperial palace
and also hold the northwestern gate. A
council of generals was called for Au-
gust 23.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-01
sr. PAUL,s FAST "TRIP.

New York, August 81.-The American
line steam er St. Paul arrived tonight
after quick passage OF six days, sew
en- hours and six minutes. This is the
best time made by the st. Paul between
this port and Cherbourg and beats the
best time OF each of the big fleet of Ocean
plying between Cherbourg
and this port with the one exception of
the present record holder, the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-01
DRoWNING AT BANGoR.

Bangor, August 81 -Jamos Mourant of
Caraquet, N. b., aged q years, was
drowned on Thursday afternoon while
dumping one of the dredger scows 1.-The
Penobscot river off the Maine Central up
per wharves; AIourant was in the employ
of Harris q Letteney, who have the con-
tract for doing the government dredging
now in progres in Kenduskeag stream.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-01
THE RUSSIAN PROPOSAL
And the Reply ofthe United States Gov
ernment Thereto.

And the Reply of the United States Gov
crnment Thereto.
Washington, August 81-The State
Department has just made public the
text of the Russian proposal and It's own
response, as follows:
Chinese correspondence, August 28, 19O0
Purposes OF Russia in China.
Telegraphio instructions sent to the
Representatives of the United States in
Berlin, Vienna, Paris, London, home,
Toxic, and st. Petersburg:
department of State,
Washington, August 20, 1900
''Ths Russian charge yesterday after
noon made to me an oral statement re-
specting Russia's purposes in China, to
the following effect:
''That as already repeatedly declared,
Russia has no designs of territorial ac-
QUESTION in China; that equally with
other powers now operating there, Rus
sia has sought safety of legation at Pekin
and to help the Chinese government re-
press the troubles; that incidentally to
necessary defensive measures on Russian
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-01
IOCAL WEATHER REPORT.

Portland Aug 81, 1900. The local
weather bureau records the following
a. barometer. 30 l46; thermome-
fer 67: dew point, 55; rel. humidity, 66; /;
direction Of the wind ME; velocity of
tho wind, s state of weather. cloudy.
n a.-Barometer. 80 .203; thermone-
ter. ga; dew point, So; rel. humidity, -;
direction of the wind w velocity OF the
wind, 4; state of weather, clear
Maximum temperature, 70; minimum
temperature, 63; mean temperature. % }
maximum wind velocity 10 Sc; precipi-
tation-24 hours, 0.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-01
DRO w MING

may be a pleasant DEATH but few rea " look
for sueh pleasure. STILL there are REAL
pleasures that some never look for so lose
much happiness.
It's great pleasure to kindle fires with
BENSON'S ALWAYS READY CHARCOAL,
because it's 50 much quicker than wood.
BIG BAGS loc AT ALL GROCERs.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-01
THE WEATHER.

Washington, August 31.-Forecase for
Saturday and Sunday for Maine: Fair
Sa turday. warmer in the interior Sum
day; fair light Winds, mostly north to
east.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-01
PORTABLE SAW MILL.

Wanted af once, mill 10 saw "a
hardWoOd lot Of 100000 fl.
0aVe particulars as 10 what
naae Feady TO saw, size Of engam c
sau condition Of mill. Address
nAALs Box 1857. aug20dtf1p
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-01
(TALK No. 2S5.)
n no CLASSES.

There are two classes Of opticians.
One class travel from town to town
and seldom go back where they have
sold glasses,
Whether they are afraid to meet
their patrons or not, cannot say. If
the glasses are right you have
lost nothing, except the extra price
you may have paid for them. Ii they
are wrong, you have to pay some one
else TO make them right. The other
class settles permanently in some city
or town, and always stands ready to
back up their goods. They have con-
fdence in their ability to do skillfuI
work and are not afraid to meet their
patrons on the street. I belong to the
latter class.
Ii you have been a patient Of mine
and are not perfectly satisfied, I want
to see you.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-01

Here's lot Of Highland Pottery
Just landed. Not the heavy Dutch
sort Its moro the weight Of fine
porcelain. These quaint shaped jugs,
mugs. cups and teapots, with their
nut brown and old yellow under
glaze, their witty proverbs inscribed
thereon. are as delightful to the eye,
as are the tales and poems of Burns
TO the mind.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-01

occurreda few rods above the crossing,
which leads to the Upper Bridge.
New-York tribune., 1900-10-28

any chance or amusement, was told by a gentle
man Of his houSa hold. De Gensay OF a disguise
he had planned whereby people might be madl
TO look like naked sayages or wild men covered
with long hair like that Of beasts. These COS
TUNES. 1t is said which fitted the figure tightly.
We're made Of linen, covered all over with tow
very long, and combed out to look like ha.r from
head to foot The delighted King insisted On be-
ing one Of the SIX W no were to wear it at a p-9-
posed ball, and he gave strict orders that all
lights. torches and fambeaux should retire He-
hind and far from six savage men who were To
enter the salon where the ladies We're
unfortunately the Due d'Orleans had not bee n
told Of the intended masquerade Of which IN
deed, no one knew but those who were to take
part in 1t, those who dressed them and the
queen The Due d'Orleans arrived at the ball
after the proclamation about the lights and
Just then the six saVages entered the room all
fastened together with cords except the KIue
VINO led them. The novelty Of this ridicuods
spectacle was so successful that everybody
crowded round them to them and try 10 fI.d
out who they We're and in their excitement for
got ali about the order respecting the lights
New-York tribune., 1900-10-28

hIIes and double red rose trees all mingled with
vegetables and formal paths and summer houses.
with trel'ised walks beneath the great gloomy
towers Of the chateau. Charles loved his gar
dsns and orchards, and worked in them with his
own hands, Both King and Queen were fond Of
animals and had an endless number Of pets.
there were, indeed, in every apartment in the
palace Of St Paul bird cages of wire painted
green In the midst of all this comfort and
luxury the King devoted most of his day to
hard work; it was not until late in the afternoon
that he lay down for an hour and after that
allowed himself a littIe pleasure talking with
his friends and looking through his various col
lections. In the garden Jeanne was generally
with him. In the winter afternoons he had
different books read to him. Biblical stories.
philosophy. romances and the like. The Queen.
too, INDUCED herself in the pleasure Of having
somebody read aloud to her as she dined.
As for the social atmosphere of the Court it
was near the modern ideal as possible The
King set his face resoluteIy against the vices
of the time, and those who were not careful to
New-York tribune., 1900-10-28

obey his rules We're certain to lose his favor
This picture of court life in the middle of the
fourteenth century is, on the whole, pleasant
one. We 60 not see much of the lower classes
in these pages, save in the account of the
JacqUerie when Jeanne besieged in the Marcht
de Meux with her sister-in-laW and three hun
dred women girls and children of the nobsest
families of France, was saved from the ferocious
mob 10y troop of sixty lances under the Comte
de Folk and the CAPITAL de Buch-two famous
soldiers just then rambling about the country
with no particular fighting to do.
The story of the next reign dominated by the
selfish Bavarian beauty, Isabeau. is varied but
disagreeable. Charles VI was in every respect
unlike father and mother. His early dissipations
ended in insanity. alternating with intervals of
health. when he was able TO attend in some
measure to the affairs of his kingdom. In his
periods Of madness uncles and brother worked
havoc in every direction, and all times Queen
Isabeau INDUCED all the caprices of a vain. shall
low. extravagant coquette, creature unscrupu-
lous and foolish to the last degree. In the
spending Of money she was inimitahle-no nine
teenth century belle could Vie with her. She
distinguished herself by introducing fashions in
dress as Gorgeousy rich as they We're ugly. She
increased so tremendously the height Of the tall
headdresees called 'heurins' that those who
wore them could not get through lhs doors with
out stoopinE. For the first time formal evening
dresses open at the neck and bosom were worn
and in insisting on this mode the silly Witte,s-
bach sovereign has follower in the wise queen
Victoria. Dress luxury pleasure and the heap
ing up and spending of money occupied the mind
of Isabeau. who cared in animal fashion for
her twelve children when they were little, but
quarreiled with most of them when they were
grown. Her husband thought Of business not
at all if he could help it. but only Of amusing
himself II was during this reign that occurred
the tragic episode which NJ Rochegrosse has
pictured. and which served Poe as a suggestion
for his ghastIy tale Of Hop Frog" In one of
his intervals of sanity the King graspng al
New-York tribune., 1900-10-28

The King left his companions fastened together
and. passing before the Queen, went up to the
young Duchesse de Berry and began to make
love to her. She caught hold Of his hand saying
that she would let him go until she knew
who he Just at that moment the Due
dOrleans, also desiring to find out who the
mummers were, snatched a torch from one Of his
pages. and held il down close to them to
see better-the dry tow caught fire in a
ment they were all in flames, and. being fastened
together they could neither escape nor could
any one help them. The Duchesse de Berry,
when she saw the whole place fire, threw her
long robe round the King and so saved him.
only one of the others escaped-the young De
NantoiIIet managed to unfasten himself and
threw himself into tank used for washing
plate in adjoining room. De Gensay, the
inventor Of the mummery. was burned to death
on the spot. with Charles de Potiers. The
other two "savages' died after days of
agony The Due d'Orleans was nearly beside
himself with horror and remorse, and the trag-
edy enraged the people. who were amazed at
the way in which the Kings life had been
risked.
Mrs. BearEc's concluding pages are devoted TO
Anne de EretaEne, that high spirited lady who
the happy wife of Charles y and of his
sucn. ssor. Louis XII She is one Of the most
splendid figures in royal chronicles, brave, good
beautiful learned Gor she was skilled in Latin
and Creek. a creature whose yea and nay
could be- trusted. who had leart great as
her spirit and conscience as notable as her
generosity of nature As pictured here. she
was kind Of royal Shirley" "a fair Iioness, not
without faults yet genuinely noble in fibre Her
history is one If absorbing interest. All the
charters of this book ll truth have something
70 enehain their reader. Tne professional MS
torian may not be pleased with the authors
method. bur il must be confessed that she mas
managed to make the France Of the fourteenth
arf aar1rh ria
New-York tribune., 1900-10-28

in the darkness shines out the beautiful Queen
Of Charles Y, Jeanne the Good. Here was
woman whose character and attainments make
many queens Of modern Europe seem not a little
bourgeoise. Married at fourteen, she was her
husbands idol TO the day when she died in his
arms, and her beauty. sweetness and wisdom
still traditions in a country which cares no more
for queens. She was in all respects a fit wife
for the man who has been called the first mod
ern King Of France one of her wisest and most
prudent rulers. Both Charles and Jeanne had
well developed literary tastes, and their library
was for that period one of remarkable extent.
1t was arranged in tower Of the old Louvre. in
three rooms panelled with richly carved oak.
Night and day these rooms were ready for the
royal students. thirty candles and a silver lamp
burning all night in each room. one indication
Of their patronage of letters is the recorded fact
that they gave Raoul de PresIe 1000 francs
year for transIating St. Augustine's city Of
God" Their collection of magnificent objects Of
art was immense. as shown 10y surviving lists
Their daily surroundings We're very far from
Icing crude and simple Their apartments. set
in wonderfully carved woods were hung with
velvets. satins and cloth Of gold: the floors We're
covered with the thickest Of carpets. one Of the
tents used to put over the Queens bath was Of
white satin. embroidered with roses and aeurs-
de-Ls The utensils and objects in daily use
were largely Of gold wrought with the utmost
spendor Of the goldsmth's art. White silk
sheets: furniture carved Illuminated and some
times set with gold ard gems and made luxuri-
ously comfortable with cushions Of velvet. satin
or cloth IF gold embroidered with pearIs-these
are a few Of the items from the royal records.
Even from a modern point Of view the palace
life was comfortable: not only were there wood
fires in the great chimneys-each room had its
stove. Each suite of rooms occupied by the
princesses. princes and other great personages
had its chapel and its bathroom. Delightful TO
the lover Of old gardens are the pictures of the
Kings pleasure ground suggested by the formal
accounts with the gardeners-the beds Of sage
and lavender and strawberries and violets of
New-York tribune., 1900-10-28
THREE QUEENS.


PICTURES OF TIE OLD FRENCH -0URT
Jearre &c Bourbon Isaueau de Eaviert Anne
dc Rretague. BY Catherine Eearne Illustrator
ton a 90.
Mrs Bearne's book is enc of highly pctur-
esque and informing gossip carefully collected
from innum5raole sources. from ancient MSS
and letters. as well early chronicles. The
narrative rambl5s lightly hither and thither
from court to court, from romance to tragedy
and is all the more vivid for that The average
reader VIII certainly gain from it clearer idea
Of French life in the Middle Ages than he win
find in many q more ambitious history.
II was a life fun of extraordinary contrasts of
surging discomfort, of riot and struggle Of fac
ton. Of suffering end luxury and mad gayety. Of
cruelty, baseness and high courage. Like a star
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