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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-21

The story, whether or not ii be true.
that the representative of a single
publishing house has recently sold
$1,000 worth of books to the Bowdoin
faculty and students. will probably
result in the campus being crowded
with book agents
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-21

The Blidgton News with 4 thirst for
information that is most commendabIe.
inquiries in its latcstissue: is Portland
Still located in Maine
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
TROOPS ARRIVE FROM CUBA.
TO BE SENT TO HOME STATIONS FROM
WHICH MEN WILL, IT is SAID, BE
DISPATCHED TO CHINA

One troop ship from Cuba arrived this port yes
terday, one is TO come in to-day and two more are
expected by the middle of this week In all there
will be two thousand troops landed here within the
next four five days. All Of these are destined
their home camps but it is said military cir
cles that these soldiers will remain their sta
tions in the United States for only a short time
when they are to be dispatched to the Philippines
or China. AS soon the returning troops reach
their respective home quarters however the home
battaons there, It is said, will be Immediately sent
to the Pacific Coast for transportation to the East
The transport Mcclellan. which arrived yester-
day, had board part OF the sth United States
Infantry, consisting Of seven officers and 2O9 men
The ship lay at Quarantine overnight and will
land its troops this morning at Pier No l North
River. They will leave this city tonight by the
New-York Central Railroad for Fort SchneIlinq
which is near st. Paul, MINI.
The transport Crook is expected here to-day with
the rest of the Sth Infantry aboard consisting Of
be shipped on TO the same destination 1t is said
@ as soon as hese battaiions reach Fort Schne-
s the East nome battalion will be Immediately sent to
Thirteen officers and three hundred men y, .ha
3tH ClIed states infantry expected here op
s Weanseseaay on board the transport Rawlins CON m
terday The troops will be sent on to Fort * yes
Illinois near Chicago. by the way Of the DeIa,
The transport sedgwick, which Ieft Paso "a
on SHDa % on tI July 49, is expected reach here
nfanry t6eefbeT afb fy T men f Of the "a United
III mes ot II the officers These troops are to be sent
on 70 ort Ihomas' Newport, KY, which IS across
5dda9 the ono River from Cincinnati They viii be
iahdeo 9 from the transport at Weehawken " 10
squadron OF the 5th Cavalry from CiIba s ~
pected here toward the end of this mn1tb - S,, ex
be dispatched to Fort Myer near Wasbin anu anu VIII
part OF the lst and l1th Infantry regfments I n
expected TO leave Cuba about August / TbeI vii vii
interior. ''oiis IN the
Companies ]. X and L OF the 18th Infantry IN
SSoInIndhu OF MAJOR q. w. Cornish wifi iao pa
0Vern3rs 20 IsanS M on Tuesday by the Lehigh Va
same regiment which been ouarteTed 6,,rtr ~ rie
the last year at Fort Mcpherson. Atlanta Ga VIII
aIso De ulspalehed 10 San Francisco, tonIne The
three other companies at Ogden. Utah ''o
LothIbahy It y, battalion Of Engineers will leave
West folnI on tuesday. also for San Francjsco or
the West Shore Railroad This detachment n;;,nn il
bers Two othcers and one hundred and 1ftv man
among the CABIN passengers of the TRANSPORT Nc
SIean were Major L. F. Ladd, Trea slirer OF the
isIand OF 1Iubai " @. Hoffman. Of the North
american Irust Company Havana and CAPTAIN
~. X. r; Ames sth United States Infantry, command
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
TRANSMITTED TO BERLIN.

Berlin. July 21.-The Chinese Legation here
Tate this afternoon communicated to the For
seign Office the decree OF the reigning Emperor,
fKwang Su. the decree which was received this
morning from the Viceroy of Nanking The de-
1cree is long document, and was addressed to
fthe viceroys ordering them to suppress the
Boxer movement and TO protect foreigners. It
fsxpresses regret for the murders of Baron Won
Ketteler and the Japanese attache, but does
mot mention any Of the other members of the
Iegations
Ambassador White said that the request for
laid from the European governments for the
Epurpose Of establishing system Of regular
intercourse with Peking has been received by
lthe Foreign Office in the most friendly spirit
Ambassador White was assured that Germany
would do everything in her power to assist the
United States. but the Foreign Office admitted
that it Will be impossible the present time
20 carry out such plan.
The dispatch from Minister Conger and all
the other reassuring Chinese advices received
here viewed by the German officials with ex-
tTeme scepticism. and Ambassador White has
80 sent word to the Washington authorities.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
FRANCE REFUSES TO MEDIATE.
APPEAL OF CHINESE EMPEROR DENIED BY
NJ DELCASSE.

Paris. July 21.-At the Council Of Ministers
to-day the Minister Of Foreign Affairs, M Del
casse, read a telegram from the Emperor OF
China asking the mediation Of France with the
foreign Powers. The telegram was signed by
Kwang-Su and not by Pu-Chan, the son OF
Prince Tuan. The reply given by NJ Delcasse
was that the request would be considered only
upon absolute knowledge that the following facts
had been Accomplished
Ffrst-That efficacious protection and absolute
freedom of communication had been assured
between the French Minister at Peking and his
colleagues Of the Diplomatic Corps and their
respective Governments
Second-When Prince Tuan and the high func-
tionaries responsible for the actual events had
been dismissed by the Government, to await
inevitable punishment
Third-When the authorities and bodies OF
troops throughout the entire Empire should
have received an order to cease hostilties
against foreigners.
Fourth--When measures have been taken for
the rigorous repression of the Boxers.
So long as these necessary guarantees are not
furnished there is room only for military action.
NJ Delcasse informed the Cabinet that all the
ton to prevent the expectation of arms to China.
The council decided to take steps to bring the
strength of the Chinese expeditionary corps up
to the total of 5000. Instructions toward that
end were sent to Algiers and Tuns, and the
goon regiments the formation of regiment
of cavalry. If the Government should finally
decide to send to China all the forces necessary
TO re-establish order and enforce reparaton, 1t
will also send strong reinforcements to Indo-
China. in order to guard the colony against all
possibility Of trouble.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
II HUNG AT SHANGHAI.
Continued from first pnge.

demands from one Power after another for the
transmission OF cipher messages, and has been
forced to send an explicit statement respecting
the safety Of the legations, which Will not teno
TO satisfy Foreign Offices that the Ministers are
living II must be supported by their own mes
sages.
The news from Southern and Middle China re-
xeived yesterday revealed uncertainty and eX-
eitement rather than the spread of the revolt
snd disaffecticn. There was little from North
ern China and Manchuria-
The rainy season will render direct advance
from Tien-Tsin TO Peking most difficult, il not
utterly innpracticable A veteran OF the Consular
Service tells me that the region between the
two cities will be under water during the next
thirty days If the rains have begun, and that an
advance of the allied army will be Impossible
before September unless there is a phenomenal
drouth
The statement that there is a secret under
ground passage between the British Embassy
and the Imperial City is not confirmed by men
who have lived there for years and ought to
krow every foot of the inclosure.
The question respecting the ability Of the
Chinese Government to communicate with MI
Conger if he were under fire at the British
Legation as his dispatch has indicated, is dis
c,lssed with differing opinions by men who have
had official experience at Picking. 1t is con-
sidered probable, however. that the Empress
Dowager is now in power, since Ii Hung Chang
would not otherwise be on his way to Peklng'
and it is believed that she could have induced
Prince Tuan to send Mr. Hays message IN
under a flag of truce or by secret means Those
familiar with her methods believe that she en-
couraged Prince Tuan TO attack and Prince
Ching TO defend the legations, and that either
one or the other ally would have been able to
carry message into the inclosure and obtain a
Eeply TO ii.
There was bewderment late in the evening
when the Emperors positive assurances Of the
safety Of the legations were bulletined from
Washington. Men who had been hopeless for a
fortnight were half convinced that the Empress
after playing with both Prince Tuan and Prince
Ching had restored a semblance Of order at
tPeking and found herself in a position TO an
ncunce to the world the truth that the legations
had been protected in their extremity when they
themselves had despaired of safety. The trans
f3ormation scene was too sudden to be compre-
Saended. What was needed to dispel doubt was
"a series Of dispatches from the Ministers them
zselves 10 their Governments. l. N T.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
ENGLAND MAKES NO REPLY.
LORD SALISBURY REPORTED TO PUT Nc
FAITH fN-4ISf7 MESSAGE

London, July 21-Sir Chih Chen Lo Feng Lob,
the Chinese Minister TO Great Britain, visited
t. Foreign Office this afternoon and communi-
Gated a message similar to that received in
Paris. The Chinese Minister did not see Lord
Salisbury. The alleged edlct was received with
cut comment.
The correspondent ofTnfhe Associated Press
has the highest authority for saying that not
the slightest credence is attached by the Brit
1sh Government to this latest statement, and
that the Government is also unable to under
stand the credence which is accorded at Wash
fington to Minister Conger's message to the
State Department there. Lord Salisbury ac-
cording to this authority, is convinced Of the
Struth Of the original reports of the massacre of
foreigners at Peking.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
BELIEVES CoNGER IS DEAD.
ENGINEER WHO HAS COME FROM CHINA
SAYS THE CHINESE SECRETARY OF THE
LEGATION KNOWS THE CIPHER

Minneapolis, July 21.-Rufus c. Hunt, engineer
of the Amercan-Chinese Development Company.
which. headed by c. 8. Brice secured concessions
from the Chinese Government involving. the
railway right of way between Hankow and Can
ton. through the Province of Human. arrived to-
day the way to Washington. In the same
party Carl Wolde a Bremen banker; John
Holiday. II. T. Moore. of Washington. and s
Hioraka, Of Yokohama, Japan Mr. Hunt de-
clared it as his opinion that Minister Conger has
been murdered. He said:
l am of the opinion that the dispatch believed
to have been written by Minister Conger is a
forgery. The Chinese are clever enough in view
of the impracticability of march on Picking at
this time, to word the message so as to give
it a genuine appearance If Minister Conger
is dead the key to the Government cipher is in
possession OF the enemy. There is no doubt that
Conger's boy knew the code. This Chinese
Secretary of the Legation would be perfectly
able to send such message. or to furnish the
information necessary to have 1t sent. I am
satisfied that all the foreign ministers who were
in Pekng have been massacred.
The other members of the party agreed that
no confidence be placed in the Conger mes
sage
When Mr.. Hunt left Shanghai apprehension
was felt there Of attack by the Boxers.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
RUSSIANS vICTORs IN SIBERIA.

St Petersburg. July 21.-The Chinese positions
on the Amoor have been cleared from Blagoves-
tchensk as far as Khaberofsk
Eight thousand Japanese troops arrived at
Tien-Tsin from Taku Monday. July l6. Twenty
one hundred Japanese troops are commanding
the position at Che-Foo and eighteen hundred at
Shan-Hai-Kuan.
Navigation of the Pei-Ho River, from Taku to
Tien-Tsin. is now easy and free from marauders.
Owing to the lack of houses, three hundred
tents have been pitched for the wounded at
Tien-Tsin
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
ANOTHER MESSAGE FROM MR. WI.
SAID TO CONTAIN NO FURTHER NEWS OF
THE SITUATION IN PEKING.

Washington July 21.-The Secretary Of State
tonight received from the Chinese Minister a
long written communication. The contents of
the document were not made known. but it is
understood that 1t did not contain further cable
news concerning the situation at Peking, but
was rather in the nature of diplomatic COM
muncation which the Minister desired to have
reach the President. In view OF the cable re-
ports Of the transmission OF an edict relating to
the suppression OF disorder. it was conjectured
in some quarters that a copy of this edict has
been formally transmitted here.
There is reason to believe, also that after
Minister Wu's communication to Secretary Hay
he received additional dispatches but from the
fact that they were not transmitted to Mr. Hay
tonight 1t is presumed that they are relatively
unimportant
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22

perhaps written a month or at any rate three
weeks ago. which had been stopped by the Chi
nese authorities at the time 1T was filed and now
delivered the chance of its fitting the occa-
sion Most laborious logic has been heaped up
on this view by those who firmly held with the
Shanghai hyenas that the massacre occurred on
June 30 when the last survivor, the Russian
Minister, immersed in hot OIL and When
that was disproved began pinning their faith on
July as the only real date OF the slaughter
which was termed for purposes Of denthcauon
the final butchery." There is absolutely trust
worthy information that artillery was first used
on July against the besieged foreigners at Pc
king This has from several credible
sources. implicitly relied on in the United states
and abroad. Minister Conger's dispatch, IL de-
lSyed at all, must have been written after the
Chinese began to use artillery, for he mentions
the shot and shell bombardment The great
point in the opinion of the officials is that this
message is really from ConGer, not what 1t
contains what it omits 1t is believed that 1T
was written under circumstances such as few
dispatches have ever been written under in the
worlds history. and its shortcomings, If 1t has
any ought not to be regarded subject to
criticism even by such standards as the amazing
dispatches Of Admiral Remey are judged.
GIVING NO INFORMATION TO ENEMY.
If Mr. Conger. when he received from the
Tsung-li- Yamen a dispatch in State Depart
ment cipher, overlooking the characteristic Ian
guage chosen by Mr. Hay, imagined as the
sl1eptics do now. that the Yamen had the secret
Of the cipher, and were trying to find out the
exact situation by this rneans-were, in fact
counting on his simplicity to spy through him
on the resources and spirits of the beseged-
it is the opinion of the highest officials that II
he had not been driven to the verge OF insanity
he would have written just such a message as
Minister WI handed TO Secretary Hay yester-
day morning, message that could give small
solace to any Chinese official, that would not
tell how many still survived or how much food
and ammunition remained, but tmplored relief
from an overwhelming foe. II the thought did
not occur to him that Mr. Hays message was a
trap of the enemy, If he had confidence in the
authenticity of the request for ''tidings and
thought his reply would reach its destination
the conviction IS profound in those officials
who have given the subject most earnest
thought that he would have written exactly
what he undoubtedly did write
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
INTENDED FOR OTHERS.

while reading the morning paper at break
fast, I frequently read over the advertisements
OF Postum Food Coffee. and finally began to
wonder II II a fact that my daily headache
and dyspepsia were due TO coffee drinking
1T never occurred to that the warning
fitted my case.
II had been the diet cure for more than ten
years. having tried a strictly meat diet also a
strictly vegetable diet, and at other times left
of breakfast for a time and again left off din
ner. but all these efforts were futile In Kidding
me Of the steady half-sick condition under
which labored.
II had never once thought Of overhauling dear
old coffee but when IL finally occurred to me
70 make the trial and take up Postum | i'm
mediateiy discovered where the difficulty all
these years came from. / now eat anything for
breakfast, as much as desire. doing justice 10
good meal and the same at lunch and dinner
with never a headache other disagreea bic
symptom My only 'crankiness' now is 10 know
that have Postum served as 1t should be made
that is, properly boiled There is a vast differ,
ence between poorly made Postum and good
&C. Z. Hasty OF Alameda. Calf. insists that
he owes bis life 70 me because / introduced him
10 Postum. 1 have a number of friends who
have been finally cured of stomach and bowel
trouble by the of Postum Food Coffee I'm
place of regular coffee.
please do not use my name"
d. ]. H. 1873 Bremen ST.. Cincinnati Ohio.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22

tion class building S2s IS; hospital and dispens~rS
Sl50S Total. SlS9 20. =. s-s -S-
At Pao-Ting- -Fu-Land and one house, SSSs ~
women's house. s250O: chapel 5000, Hospital
dispensary. A2I+ Sc: hre eNtinsuisher' SS AU
S1S.6lS -. -
At -Chuang-Land, walls and three ,STs hocT
Sll 279 81: WOmans chapel and station claSstvos-g
$7OS p school and station classroom. SIS, tous-S
equipment $200 Williams Hospital and ,1SSs,l
SS00O hospital and Outbuildings, $3.50 y I'
$l655 .,sas
At Ling -Ching-Old premises. $S750: new preHl5srV
S6 S76 land. hospital and dispenSary $500; dlspe.-
instruments and furniture. Sfoo; cnapei IeIii
So. Total Se.0el O.
Tewksbury's house. N.709; u, z. Shefheds ; SO,iss
$500. c. GoOdrichs house. $500 W. > Aneht . ~
$500; women's house S72S Total S4s9
At Rocky Point-Land and house, soe0.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
THE TEXT RECEIVED AT PARIS.

Paris July 21.-Yu Keng the Chinese Minis
her here, to-day handed to the Minister Of For
sign Affairs NJ. Delcasse, an Imperial edict
dated Peking, July is. giving the assurance
fshat all the foreign Ministers in Peking except
sBaron Won Ketteler, the German Minister, were
Then safe and sound under the protection of the
Imperial Court The edict was transmitted by
1.-THE Viceroy Of Nanking under date of to-day,
send is as follows:
For a month past, with the exception Of the
tkSerman Minister who was assassinated by reb-
fels who are under apprehension of severe pun
lishment, we have ordered all other foreign Min
listers well protected by the Court, and happily
they are safe and sound.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
CONFIRMED FROM CHINESE SOURCE

CONFIRMED FROM CHINESE SOURCES.
AN IMPERIAL EDICT SAYS MINISTER'S WERE
ALIVE ON JULY 49,
Washington, July 21.-The Chinese Minister
communicated 10 the Secretary of State this
morning two important kilograms. The first is
from Sheng, the Director of Posts and Tele-
graphs in Shanghai, and says:
Fortunate that Minister Conger's telegraphic
reply has come. Imperial decree of the 22d, this
moon corresponding to July 1S), stated that all
Ministers were safe. Insurgents are fighting and
ing northward to suppress riot, will find it diff
cult to go.
The second telegram is from Ii Kul VI, Vice
roy of Marking, dated July 21 and received by
Minister Wu at 10 o'clock the same day. 1t is
follows:
According to edict of 22d Of this moon CJuIy
1S), with the exception of the German Minister
who was killed by anarchists with regard to
which rigorous measures are being taken to in
vestigate and punish the guilty parties all the
other Ministers, for whom strenuous efforts are
being made for their protection, are fortunately
unharmed.
Ii Kui vi, the .Viceroy of Nanking is one of
the great officers of China, and stands next in
rank among the diplomats to Lii Hung Chang
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
ASKING AID FROM RUSSIA.
CHINA's APPEAL TO RESTORE ORDER IN
DIsAFFECTED PROVINCES

St Petersburg July 20.-On learning Of the
bombardment Of Blagovestchensk the Chinese
Minister here asked the Russian Government
to augment as much as possible the number
of troops being sent to China, in order to
suppress the revolt before it assumes greater
proportions The Minister intimated that China
preferred to see peace restored through the in
tervention Of Russia than of Japan. He added
that he still without news from his Govern
ment concerning events in Peking. although he
had been making urgent telegraphic inquiries.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
REQUEST OF GERMAN CONSUL.

Berlin. July 2f.-The following telegram has
: been received from the German Consul at Che
Foo:
I have asked the Governor of the shan-Tuns
Province 20 forward by the quickest route to
the German Legation at Peking the announce
nnent OF the offer of the German Emperor for a
reward for the rescue Of the foreigners in that
city, also to telegraph the same offer to the
American Minister through the Tsung-li-
Yamen and the Governor of Tsi-Nan-Fu. I
have also asked the German Legation to tele-
graph 70 the Foreign Office and also TO myself
either in cipher or plain language. an account
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
CHAFFEE's STAFF ANNOUNCED.

Washington. July 21.--The War Department
has announced the names of the following Of
acers who have been ordered to report to Major
General Chaffee for duty on his staff:
Lieutenant-Coonel HEIsTAND. assistant adjutantsen-
eral.
eral.
Ijeptenant-Coionei pIGKMAN 26h Infantry U. s. V.
Major MUIR. Seth Infantry. Z. S. '.
Major STEPHENSON surgeon.
Captain CROZIER, Ordnance Department
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
VALUE OF MISSION PROPERTY IN CHINA.

The value of the mission property in North
China owned by the American Board OF Foreign
Missions Of the Congregational Church is placed
at Sn2Sl 81. An inventory of the holdings Of the
Board in North China with their approxirnate
valuation Is S follows:
At Tien-Tsin-Land and building In native city
SS41; chapel furniture in native city $50; land and
four houses in settlement. S4O7: treasurer's office
and equipment 81 800, and school rooms and station
class buildings. $3.50. Total. N95lS.
Peking-Land. three houses two schools and two
chapels S2OSsO mission press. buildings and plant
$u.00; land for wOman's medical work 81 442 te.
mission press land with native houses SSS5
and Cho-cho chapel and land, $500 Total $S4 4S7 A.
AT Tung-cho-Land and three houses in CITY
1880; womens house in city 81 zoo; women's station
class buildings in city. 81 900; seminary buildings
$4,000; seminary furniture and library $500; chapel
and furniture. 500; high school buildings 5000;
hospital and dispensary. s. $50; premises and land
Of N. c. College. S,SSS 81; compound brick wall OF
n. c. College. $500; Williams Han and two houses
of n. C. College, SOS 1896 finishing and furnishing
OF Williams Hall OF n. c. College, 1851 Is:
apparatus for science department of Williams
Han. $6S "a, and women's house of ~ c. College
$3.50. Total. S56.27OfO.
AT halgan-Land, three houses. wall and FIRE ex-
tingutsher. $3.50; domestic chapel. furniture and
bell tower. S6sS "A; girls school building $780, sta
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
NURSES FOR THE FORCE IN CHINA.

which are now on the way China. carrying
twenty five female trained for service IN the
reserve hospitals in the Philippines. Both OF these
vessels will touch at Nagasaki. and II Is possible
that all Of these nurses will be diverted
for the benefit of the Chinese expeditionary force
Ii is hardly thought that any Of the female nurses
Will be ordered TO shore duty IN China-if so,
tAinly not further inland than Taku. But 1t is
possible that II base hospital is established at
Nagasak some of them will be detailed duty
there. There are now in service or the way to
the Philippines 22 female nurses, who are doing
excellent work in the first and second reserve hos
pitalS there.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
A GROUND FOR DIsTRUsT.

Shanghai, July 2O-According to Sheng, the
Administrator of Telegraphs most of the tele-
grams received previous to the one from Minis
ter Conger to the State Department at Wash
ington took a week in transmission from Pc
king. The date of Minister Conger's message is
therefore regarded in the best circles here as
further proof of Chinese duplicity.