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The Lamar register., 1900-08-08
REPORTS OF THE
ADVANCE ON PEkIN

London. Aug. 6.-Tlle American and
British furcss tSscAn the advance on
Pekin last Thursday. according to a
dispatch dated August .. frGtn Tfwn
Tsin to the Daily Express The main
body Of the allies" continues the cor
respondent marched Julr 80, ssensr-
al ChAf,se was delayed hy difficulties
Of Decentralization General Isor@asd
lths british csnEmAnsleri had no such
nhstaclss and bis delay IS lnexpiica-
bie.
"On August 4 strong fgrtr from
the native city attacked Tt.n TSin By
series Of brilliant charges our troops
drove the enemy from their rApsitionS
The native city Is stiii defiant. aud the
sllies are unwilling to ntarUh troops
through the streets as this would mean
an immense slaughter. When the CHI
ueSe saw so large u body OF troops
marching westward they apparently
believed tl8s.y would have an easy vic.
tory over those who were left
Food has been short, but not terri.
bly, so. though we have had to be very
careful"
A message to the same paper from
correspondent in Pektn. dated July
=. says:
The women have borne all the hor-
nors with marvellous f0rtitude and
even with cheerfulness The Chinese
wanted peace when the arseuAis at
Tien Tsin were captured, and the ne
gotiations bade fair to be successful
Unfortunately Il Ping Reng and
Kang Yu arrived here at the critical
moment and overthrow the peace par
ry.
A Shanghai dispatch dated August
1 says:
The Shanghai correspondent Of the
Daily Mail announces the reception OF
an imperial edict, dated August ., or
dering General Yung Lu TO select high
military and civil dlgnttaries, together
with a sufficient number of picked
troops TO escort the foreign ministers
to Tisn Tsin as soon as they decide
to leave Pekin. By the terms of the
edlct General Sung Lu will be held
personally responsible for their safety,
and he is given full authority to deal
summarily with those opposing the
peaceful passage Of the escort.
by such acts" concludes the edicS-
do we show our good Intentions to
people from afar and open our bosoms
TO them"
The Lamar register., 1900-08-08
INTERESTING READING
FOR COLORADO VOTERS.

promises Of reform.vwe find that the Of.
fieials of the party, whenever they are
in the state. are engaged in petty SQUAD
b,es as to who shall be county chair
man In Arapahoe county, instead OF at
tending to those duties they were elect
ed TO discharge.
The government OF this state and the
city as Denver has demonstrated this
incapacfty 10 such an extent that The
business man has TO hang his head in
shame when it is referred TO- With a
capable and honest state aduaiEistra-
tion the city Of Denver would have
had home rule: the revenue OF the state
would have been so administered that
the public institutions of this common
wealth would not have to depend on
private Charts. With a competent
city administration the city would have
had an auditorium its paving and
grading contracts would have been
looked after in business way and per
sons and property would be protected,
The fact that such men As AbraIu 3
Hewitt, ex-ComptrUller EcEeIs, Don VI.
plckenson. and leading Democrats in
every state In the Union. have an
nounced that they will not support the
Democratic party In the present cam
paign. should be an evidence to the i'm
partial voter that the party Is not wor.
thy of his suffrage or his support while
the Democratic failure In the admins
rration Of our state and city govern
meuts Is an object lesson TO the citi-
Eens of this state. as to what they may
expect in the future. IL the party Is
continued in power.
The Lamar register., 1900-08-08

Scientific research has just destroyed
an interesting piece of ancient history.
For centuries Pharsala, in Southern
Thessaly, has been regarded as the
scene of the famous defeat Of Pompey,
which gave the dominion of the world
into the hands of Caesar. According.
however. to the Messenger" and the
Journal d+Athenes,' Capt. Dousmais.
of the Greek Engineers. after an ex-
haustive study Of the ancient battle
fields of Thessaly. affirms that beyond
question the battle between Pompey
and Caesar was not fought at Phar-
sala. but near the modern Karditza,
which is about so miles TO the north
west
The Lamar register., 1900-08-08

Mr.. Bryan is reported as saying that
new issue OF imperialism.
Quite Hkely-that he expects to.
In Chicago four years ago, In his
great speech before the national con
vention, he said:
My friends, we shall declare that
this nation is able to legislate for its
people upon every question without
waiting for the consent Of any other
nation on earth. and upon that issue we
expect to carry every state In the
country"
But he didn't
Same in 1890
The Lamar register., 1900-08-08
FILIPINOS CAPTURE
AMERICAN S0LDIE

Manila. Aug 5,--on septsGssf
the commission headed by lissssr
win become ftiF legislative ssssy Z
Philippines, with power % tAsi
apfsgupriAte inxatar slsoEeys, gssl
iatsiisn Judicial and ctuezi5ass
Senls and 30 make aad pass sci
No money will i~s psegEaittrs
drawn from Ihe inSutar funds \
by authorization Of the cgsz
Judge Taft and bis colieaEEss y
exercise certain executive fss
For Instance. tases will aTlSs4R' y
officials In the educational ie,s-l
and officers os inanietpalisi,ss.
General Macarthur will - IL
ative head 10 enforce the lass
commission and he wIil Cyasas
government in aesorsaaBee uaI
same until tbc eosnslntsslgs :;
menaIS TO Isrssitient NchiElcy 4
pointmeHg Of a civil goyeTHES
First lieutenant Aiststisr q J
gfnesr corps with aH eScor; q
men, was taken in ambush 10 u
fnce OF Suesa EoeijA. by a lars /
The Americans fought GEo
ammunition WIS gone, aud ),
were surrounded there was Bsit
do but surrender. One man To
and three wounded. GenerI ~
who was In command 0f thf
gents, returned the wounded VI
ter promising 10 trrat the ~
well.
Lieutenant HHiesberg was aaz''X
and killed near Santa Cruz II
OF Iaguna.
Five men Of the Twenty -foz
fantry were captured ON NueFs
but Sergeant schmidt OF lhe NJ
infantry. with seven men, if&s Il
captars and killed five.
Captain Lara OF the MaHih i;
police. WAS dangerously shot @ II,
known assailant yesterday -
the street. He had been effecsi'' Z Z
forcing regulations and had ~ y
mics among the FtliplnCs.
whom have long threatens veg II
At the suggestion Of AE- II
Chapelle, Judge Taft has heea Il
ming the heads OF the religious e
as Well as Manager Nozale& r
other ecclesiastics. preparatof! q
time when II win be necessary ~
definite action regarding the ~ %
the friars and the chur, 1es- IL
pears the real estate holainss n
friars are smaller than he'd u
pected.
The Lamar register., 1900-08-08

Sig Constantine Macs, the italian
archaeologist. says that 5000 bronze
tables. constituting the records of
Rome from its foundation TO the time
of yespasian. are buried in the marsh
at ostia, near Rome. having been car
ried to Ostia after being rescued from
the fire which devoured the capital in
the year So OF the Christian era Sig
Macs suggests that the marsh should
be completely drained in order to re-
cover this historic treasure.
The Lamar register., 1900-08-08

Denver, Aug, b--IAs hSFnbiS1
says: -
In an effort TO prevent Mrs W. "
Harger OF I34T South fremont stres,'
Denver. from being robbed, Wiihsin =
Fay. former superintendent Of the ben
ypr Gas Counany. was Instantly killed
by two masked men who were ronolng
the messengers ON Union Pacific train
No. a near Hugo, Colorado, at l-sSo
O'Clock Yesterday morning. 50 true was
she aim Of one OF the bandits that Mr..
Fay sank back dead IN his berth IN the
Pullman sleeper Lebo, shot throngh the
head
The TWO dcsperadoes fired four shots
more to alarm the other passengers
and then went calmly on 10 rob the ot-
c.tIpanrs Of th.. sleeper In few MIN
utes. however realizing that fhey had
killed man. desperate efforts were
made by the smaller Of he deSTcraei"ts
to stop the train, and as the train drrw
into Hugo and stopped, both Hlen ran
for the door. tore open the Eesut'site
and, leapiug to the platform ran across
II and were soon lost IN the darkness.
Mr.. Fay was found dead in his berth.
living on hsS back. bis revolver -Fasptsd
ln his hand. Fr,sH ths nature Of the
wound il Is believed that death was IN
Simultaneous. Murphy at once left the
train and notified the agent. and IN less
than an hour Sheriff John w Freeman
with SIX well mounted meu, had ridden
out of Hugo on Ehe trail Of the nesinS
bandits.
The amount secured by the bandits
was only So In cash,
The two despcradocs are supposed tn
have boarded the train. which left bcu.
yer at $40 O'Clock Saturday night,
either at LiuBUn or Lake. but the exact
place Is NOT definitely known Tbs
train st0ppSd at l.im0n, and the next
stop Was 81 t.akc- ftEtss~n miles east
OF Iirnou- Lake tss enIy a coal
chute anI a water tank, and the train
stopped at ths, tax for water. II IL
believed Tbs. nlcn got uu the train at
lake, fnr the train had only gone .
short tiiStang., hefnsr C0gdncspg Smith
Of the Pullman cars Etw two men
wearing masks oveg the upisT portions
OF their farss cnule into the door Ss
the Aslatir They pointed thssr rNvol.
rers at him ard Esruffly told hiBa 70
walk ahead Of them, The negro porter.
p G, Roger. wAs also marched in trout
Of the bandits.
The men ksetaed nervous and IN q
hurry They aroused tha sleeping pas
scngers and whatever was handed cut
20 them they took. both Uasu holding
reviewers In iiIclr hands and he SMALLER
nl the two w7atshIgE ~ -sS that thsy
were not attacked frum t6e rear.
From the ASiatse they wcHl into THE
Leto,
In the Lstso. which was the Kansas
City sleeper, ths men aroused she pas
senSers and dHtaandFs3 their vsfashlFsSs
and the haIf-awRke aud terrified pas
e.ss,ss.-,s Nfansgss,a ont MhasaVR~ fhssg
could get their hands upoE. Several
times the men inld tlie passengers 70
hurry, accompanying their orders with
oaths They went through the ears
with rush. suatrhlnE the things
handed ont to them and dnappiuE them
Into their pockets witbosi even a
glance at what they were or The
amounts
Just as they reached the berth cccns
The Lamar register., 1900-08-08
An am~rsran t-au-,.

Whatever may be the outcome Of the
troubles 81; PekiB, this Is 10 be TeEneIn-
bered. II was the demand Of the Unit
ell States government ttat brought A
message from pekin; it was Minister
Conger who spoke for the diplomatic
corps. and x was the friendly overture
of the United States that Influenced
the Pekln government to Issue the de-
cree announcing the safety OF the min
Isters. The prCc,sdingS SO far indicate
that there Is In China less dIstEust of
the United Srates than oI auy other
nation represented hy trcops In Chi
uese territory.
This may have most important
bearing In the events u the next few
months. But II is TO norp significant
than the frica,iiln.ss manifested to-
wand the United States by Japan on
the one band and Russia on the other,
or the attitude toward the Unitsd
States OF England, tierTnany and
France. There has been from the f.rSt
no disposition on the part OF any Of the
worlds great powers 10 ignore or treat
with dssresps-ct the nation which less
than two years ago entered the ASiattc
Pacific through possession OF the Phil.
ippInes
There Is no disposition on the par
Of aoy European government to with
hold information frem the United
States The Russian minister takes
the greatest pains. as be did in the
Spanish-AmtTiean war, 10 have his
government rightly understood. The
JapaneS. government offered its dry
docks for the repair Of the hattieship
Oregon, and volunteered TO the Unit.
ed States military hase at Naeasski-
It Is admitted In London. Berlin. 81.
Petersburg and Paris that the Anert-
can program for operations In China
is disinterested. aud that 1t meets tise
situation.
All this Illustrates ihp wisdom Of an
Independent. straightforward Ameri-
can policy We have a duty TO perform.
and we will be the better able 10 per
form 1t because Of the correctness Of
our diplomatic attitude toward China
and because we have held aloof from
the intrigueS and complications that
threaten 10 involve European powers.
The United States has entered the
Asiatic Pacific to carry out a policy
distinctiyeIy American As long As We
maintain this attitude we are sure to
have the sympathy, II not the support,
Of all the powers interested in the af-
fairs of the East.--Inter Ocean.
The Lamar register., 1900-08-08
w. j. FAY KILLED
BY TRAIN ROBBERy

l. ks
to have put his head ont from ba,,
the curtains 10 ascertain aDyar'1
what was the matter. for IN
were talking grnftis, and thsrs
more than the usual noise In IL
Accounts as to the killing OF N, Nj
differ. One In that he shot Al j. II
the bandits who turned ana sho, Il /
but this Is not believed, norrliI.,.s
ing that his revolver waz 80
ciinchesi In his hand The a,As,
count ~ that as soon as be pa,
head out OF the berth. b. xtar;.., Il
get ont, seeing the men IN The =. i
robbfng Mrs Harger. II is saa n
he was seen To be holding a Feyss-]
Scarcely had be made rnoshaa :
to raise his arm before the rpbta- N
was acting as guard shot hln- N
bullet entered his mouth. earsl,,
large wound. from which The \.
burst In stream. Mr.. Fag fen M
In his berth. No other pasSsss
looked out from between tbs car,,3,s
but the men fired four more shats ~
their reyaivers To infinidair tae -
pants Of the car.
The printed description Of the n,
as follows: One man ahart I've u
eight inches high. slsndsy, Light ~
tnche. dark clothes, old sioaeA III
hat: she other enc ave feet tan -
high, slender, short black 1nnsiSs
forty years oid, old black suit az Il
striped rubber coat Both Easn nj
black cloth masks over bower %.
face,
AZ 1855 o'cioSk yesterday aftsrss1
a dozen t'inksriou detectives e
County Detective De LIE wv..
Hugo. and from there started q b
traiI OF the bandits Messenger "a
sent ont from Isaxo. LAnl0n ana "A:
towns yesterday giving u descrsyl
Of the fnsn 10 ranchulcn and -
men. ~ 2.sa O'clock yesiert.ay n
ternean a Telegram was reci7sa "a
ing that ave men who bad e.sz a
had returned 90 Hugo wtEh0Ef e
ing ans trace % The aespersdsas Il
tiitIonai ussn VII tae sent oEi, 81
every uiiie uf the country arOgza "a "a
VIII be euyerysi Meu frsEa the q u
Pacific special service were -
ogt from OFnAifa and Kansas CE;t S3
scriny. and when they arTirs tAs4 ~
take charge Of the ehs ~ fer ~ y
bsss.
Mr.. Fay uas superintendent & Ii
gas company Ter many years
the neN gas company was sraz
be was made a dIrertor. and osssa
In this position fes 1--WE Or tarSS yszs
He Is reported to have beia cass y
HE stock IN the penyer Gas CaZs3S
A. well as In the water cpDgaEE 81
also Ia the TrAmway Company IN
Mr. Fay was known "a the I'd
Of odd Fellows ia Denver. IL ~
largely FpsiNaMalitle for the sgcgss y
iIas order IN tbs city and hs, Z n
did more than any etsa raaa 10 ~ IS
order an A pyustxEoSss tssotise a
city. He aas past master q tas
yer ledge lie was also -
member OF tlse CAlcsio:sian s5dR7
has always sasen active IN ss
one OF his Olsgects Id coming Es q
was TO paretsspase ia ths EvrEa;
of the society
In 1895 Mr. Fay removed 10 Ail
California In
The Lamar register., 1900-08-08

-Four hundred elk teeth were sold
in Spokane, Wash, the other day for
1900. The demands of the members
of the Order of Elks and the growing
scarcity have Increased the value OF
the teeth Fourteen years ago Mon
tana man paid only $50 for an Indian
headdress than contained 500 elk
teeth Last year a similar head-dress
containing only $50 teeth sold for
$500.
The Lamar register., 1900-08-08

A Chicago physician has Invented
for himself house which he claims
to be absolutely noise-prooi. that is
protected thoroughly against the in
trusion of street dins, which persist in
ordinance. He has stuffed all the
cracks about the doors and windows
with strips OF rubber. and in order to
admit the air has perforated these
with zigzag holes. The solnd waves
are said to die out by repeated refiee-
tions in the crooked passages.
The Lamar register., 1900-08-08

When prosperity and philanthropy
go hand in hand. the progress of a
country is beyond question Germany
is advancing in a business way Her
trade operations show increasing ca
pacity for planning and fuller scope
in performance. But with the devel-
cpment in material things Is noted an
increase in gifts for the benefit OF
schools, libraries, charitable institu-
tons and other objects. The provision
of corporations and private manufac-
turers in aid of employees is further
token of keener sense OF response
bility for the proper use of wealth
The world abounds with articles
marked. Made in Germany" Let not
the world forget the good deeds which
may be labeled-'Done in Germany. ="
The Lamar register., 1900-08-08

The writer of a short story in the
Century Magazine has invented two
phrases that may find a permanent
place in political slang. Party plat
forms do not always express the real
sentiments or the intentions of those
who subscribe to them. II Is easier
TO promise than to perform the prom
Use. This writer speaks of weasel
word" as one that sucks the meaning
out OF another which is beside 1t, just
as weasel sucks an egg, leaving only
the shell. ''Weaseling," he says, is
highly expedient because one class of
voters will like the weasel, and the
other the word that has been weaseled
the egg The other phrase is the
stained glass plank Glancing through
the window at one point a dog looks
yellow, while at another he is green,
and not until the window is thrown
open can you actually see what the
dog is like. OF course windows are
not made of ',planks'' which one can
LOOK throughput let that pass.
The Lamar register., 1900-08-08

Overhead trolley system not only
damages underground pipes, but it
also injuries trees. Wherever cable
touches branch II rapidly decays and
the tree eventually dies. Serious com
plants Of this nature are made at Bay
Ridge, n Y.
The Lamar register., 1900-08-08

The managers OF Glasgow's Exhihi-
ton Of next year will have big job
distributing the space without hurting
International snsceptibilities- The ap-
plfcations for foor-spaee are already
4e.oSo feet beyond the aecommoda-
ton.
The Lamar register., 1900-08-08

Coils P. Huntington. now that he
has bought ont his associates in the
Southern Pacific railroad. is sole own
er OF system embracing ferries,
terminals, river and ocean steamboat
lines and $500 miles of railroad. rep
rssenting $3.50 .0o0. 600 of securities and
annual earnings gross of ss0, 600 600.
The Lamar register., 1900-08-08

pay taxes appeared for the first time as
voters few weeks ago OF the SIS
votes cast only twenty-five were by
women
The Lamar register., 1900-08-08
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM OF
1900 BRIEFLY EXPRESSED.

We denounce
We protest
We are against
We object
16 70 l is not the paramount issue
Pull down the dag in the Philippines.
The Republican journal., 1900-05-03
DIED.

AREl. In Barre, VT, April 3d. f. Z. Arey. for
merly Of VIVA Haven, aged 3S years and months.
BEVERAGE. In ThomaSton, April u, John Fair
field Beverage, native of Hope, aged 50 years, 10
months and u days.
BLACK. In Brooksvlle, April 10, Miss Addie
H. Black, aged "a years.
CALDERWOoD. In Ninalhaven April -, Jona-
than CalderwoOd aged so years. 10 months and IL
days.
FRANCIS. In Minneapolis, Mimi, april 10, Mrs.
Addie M. Francis, daughter of the late David
Cross, formerly of Bluehill. aged 40 years.
GARLAND In Ellsworth, April "a, Lutte F.,
wife of Albert Garland, aged "a years.
CHM. In Bucksport April 50, Mrs. Lydia S.
CHM, aged IS years, II months.
GHLEY. In Barre, VT, April IL, Henry A.
6illey, formerly of Bucksport, aged ~ years.
HOOPER. In Orland, April 2l, Mrs. Elmira
Hooper, aged so years.
JONES. In Rockland, April21, Sarah II. Wood
cock, a native of SearsmOnt wife of Nathaniel
Jones, aged 81 years, l month and " days.
lObituary next week
MOODY. In Lincolnve, April %, Robert
Moody, aged SO years.
MARSH. In Augusta, April 2s, Fred Marsh.
aged 30 years.
RUSSELL. In Gardiner, April 80, Otis Russell,
formerly of Belfast, aged % years.
RECTOR. In Rockport, April -, the infant
child of Mr.. and Mrs Alexander Rector.
REAGAN. In Bucksport, April %, Mrs. Nellie
Reagan aged over so years
SoPER. In Bucksport, April "A, Russell Lee
Soper aged year months and ~ days
TAPlEY. In Dorchester, Mass, April y, Capt.
Henry Tapley, a native OF York.
TUCKER. In st. Clair, Mich. April y, PaySon
Tucker OF Portland Me-
The Republican journal., 1900-05-03
READ ALL Of THIS.
You Never Know the Moment when
this Information May Prove of
Infinite Value.

1t is worth considerable to any citizen of Bel
fast to know the value and use of medicine, for
if there is no occasion to employ it, in the mean
time, frail humanity is subject to so many in
fiuences and unforeseen contingencies that the
wisest are totally unable to gauge the future.
Know then, that DOan's Ointment will cure any
case of hemorrhoids, commonly known as piles,
or any disease of the cuticle or skin, generally
termed eczema
Mrs. L. Body of q Court street, says: II saw
Doan!s Ointment advertised and highly recon-
mended. l got box at Edmund Wilson's drug
store and gave it a thorough trial. am pleased
to say that it gave me great relief. used salves
and ointments almost without number, but none
of them brought anything like the satisfactory re-
suits obtained from Doan's Ointment
Doan's Ointment sold for so cents per box by all
dealers. Mailed On receipt Of price by Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. y, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-DOAN'S-and take no
substitute.
The Republican journal., 1900-05-03

HALLDALE. The spring schools in town
have the following teachers: Frances Will
Jams, Centre school, Josie NJ. Kane, Plains
school; Lilly B. Hutchns, Kingdom school :;
Irene Sibley, Ireland school; Mabel Pente-
cost, Mcfarland school; Cora Poland, Vose
school; Della Kane, Whites Corner school :;
Margie Rowell, Halldale school; Eta Mer-
rithew, Carter school; Sabina Morey, Frye
school. Nv. NJ. Vose was at Thomaston on
business last week. Arthur Watts has
moved to his house in Freedom, and Darius
Thompson has moved from the w. F. White
house to the Wilbur Penney place.
TROY. The schools in town all began this
week, with the following teachers, all resi-
dents of Troy: Green's Corner, Minnie Hill
man; Rogers Corner, Lorana Carter; Web
ster District, Bessie Connor; Bagley Hill
Nellie Hillman Beech Ridge, Ethel White :;
Troy Centre, Ethel Stone Ward Hill, Genie
Ward. Misses Luna Ferguson and Katrina
f. Harding will teach in Temple, Misses
Aida and Lila Head in Burnham, Miss
Anvena Myrick in Newburgh, Miss Bessie
Weymouth in Lagrange. 1t will be noticed
that Troy will be represented in various
parts of Maine with teachers. :: Katrina
Harding is at home for a weeks vacation
from Pennington Normal school. before go
ing to Temple. Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Torr of Boston have come to spend the sea-
son with Mrs TORS parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Ward. John Pierce is at home for
a few weeks from Gloucester, Mass, to
look after his farming interests. Elmer
Bagley is visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Ii. Bagley. He has been employed in a
shoe factory in Auburn the past winter....
Fred Bagley is contemplating a trip to New
Mexico for his health. bner 1Iodgdon of
Newport was in town recently ON business.
....Lute Rogers has contracted to carry the
milk from this vicinity to Ieavitt's cheese
factory in Dixmont, land Newell Hale carries
cream to Pittsfield.. The Troy Corner
Reading Club met with Mr.. and David Piper
Friday evening, April 9th. Mrs. Piper
rendered her resignation as librarian, and
Mrs. Clara Bagley was appointed to fill the
vacancy. Fred Myrick has rented the
farm of Mrs. lisa Call for the season, and
has moved his family into the house. Mr..
Francis Call will board with Mr.. Myrick.
Mrs. Morton in the hotel... belmont West,
who has been very i'll with pneumonia, is
now convalescent. Mrs. Clarlssa Croker is
gaining. Will IIillman has taken the
Town farm for the season and will move his
family there sOon.. . Mrs. B. f. Harding
made business trip to Detroit and Ply
mouth Monday.