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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-18
NUS RAY or HOPE.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE text of th'
dispatch received by Minister Wa. thi
mrrning. and laid ~ him before Sccrc,
tlry Hay is as follows:
The utmost efforts have been
made to protect foreign ministers
who were well on the 18th. tChi-4
n"sr calendar corresponding to our
July -. If Tien Tsin city should
be destroyed it would be difficult
to restore the same in 100 years.
Request the powers to preserve il,
as the consequences would affect
Chin, 81 and foreign commerce.
Earl Ii Hung Chang is transfer
red to North China as viceroy to
Chi Ii. Please transmit this dis
patch to the ministers at other
capitals
This dispatch. which is dated July t6
was signed by Niceroys Liu Kun y
and Chang Chih TunE Of Making. and
WI Cheng respectively. and also hy
Shcng. director of posts and telegraphs
at Shanghai. 1t was addressed to the
Chinese minister in London and by
him transmitted to Minister WI under
tcday's date
Minister Wa received the dispatch,
about IL o'clock this morning, and
was greatly pleased at this satisfac-
tory turn Of events. He started at
once for the state department. where
he remained with Secretary Hay for
some time. Beside presenting to Mr..
Hay the contents Of his dispatch. Min
lister WI also officially executed the
direction for an appeal t. the powers
MT to destroy the walled city Of Ticn
TSin. So far as the United States is
concerned. there has been no purpose
wautonly to destroy this walled city.
although the latest news from the
Sc ne Of action indicates that the walls
themselves have been battered down
and considerable portion of the city
Gcstr ycd. Mr.. WI said afterward
that he feared tho destruction of the
city was little short Of complete.
The minister expressed the most
complete confidence in the accuracy OF
the message. showing that the foreign
ministers were well on the 9th inst.
When a bystander expressed some
doubt on this SIbjcct. mir. WI inquir-
ca with some warmth: Why is it
ports coming from unknown sources.
and yet choose to doubt this report
signed by our highest officials and con
tanning inherent evidence If accu-
racy?"
The minister went on to show that
this dispatch contained three distinct
statements One Of them. the appoint
ment Of Ii Hung Chang as viceroy Of
Chill, had been confirmed already by
the state department. Moreover, he
said. all three statements bore evidence
Of having originated at Pekin. includ-
ing that as to Ii Hung Chang. whose
appointment necessarily must originate
with the government at Pekln.
The appointment of Earl Ii as vice
roy of Chill is considered by Minister
WI as one of the important depart
m -nts in the entire situation. Chi Lii
is the great province in which Pekin
IS located and is the very heart Of the
Il JXcr movement, 50 that the great
riceroy now assumes supreme power at
he point of greatest danger Minister
'Vu is satisfied that If Ii Hung Chang
Continued on page 50
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-18
VICTORY FOR ALLIED FORCES.

Washington. July 17.-Admiral Rem
cy. this morning. cabled the navy lie
partmcnt that the city and forts If
Tien Tsin are in the hands Of the allies.
His list Of killed ana wounded is some
what fuller than yesterdays report.
but still not entirely complete. His dis
patch follows:
Che Foo. July 17.-Today, hope to get
wounded from Tien Tsin either in hos
pitfalls ut Talku or aboard Solace Com
munication very uncertain. Following
casualties apparently confirmed:
Marines-Captain Davis. killed, Cap
tain Lamly, Lieutenants Butler and
Leonard
Army-Col. Liscum, killed Majors
Reagan and Lee, Captains Noyes
Brewster and Bopkmiller. Lieutenants
Naylor. Lawton, Hammond and Wal
dron, wounded.
Total killed and wounded reported.
49, Russian and Japanese lost heavily.
.ur total loss reported 2lJ; about 40
were marines, but number believed to
he exaggerated. Have officer on shore
especially to get authentic number and
names which will be promptly tcle-
graphed.
City and forts now in the hands of
allies. Admiral Seymour returned to
feet; ranking officer ashore is Admiral
AleXlem at Tien Tsin. tSignedD
Remcy.
This bulletin was received at the
navy department. early this morning.
and was copied for distribution. about
. o'clock. Before it was given out il
was decided to make some changes in
the copy, the nature of which was not
disclosed and the above copy was final
ly given to the public.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-18
Weather Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington, July 1.-THE barometer
continues to rise slowly on the south
Atlantic coast. The temperature con-
tinues high east of the Alleghanies and
northeastWard to central New Eng
land. The temperature. at o'clock
this evening, in the middle Atlantic
states generally ranged from 10 degrees
to 10 degrees above the seasonal aver
age. The temperatures in the middle
Atlantic states will moderate slightly
during the next As hours and some re-
lief will be afforded by local rains ON
the New England and middle Atlantic
coast fresh, southwesterly winds will
prevail.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-18
P0rtiand's Next Representatives.

Portland Me, July 17.-At the Re
publican city convention. today. to
nominate candidates for the Legisla-
turc. the following selections were
made: Richard Webb, Frcdk V.
Chase, Edward II. Sargent, Samuel D.
Plummer. George II. Allan and Charles
II. Randall Deering district, Robert
=. Low.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-18
Yankee Wins 7O-Foot Yacht Race.

Newport. r. l., July 1.-THE first race
Of a series Of 10 for 1O-foot yachts. held
by the Newport Yacht Racing Associa-
ton. was sailed, today. Yankee sailed
BY Herman +. Duryea, won by the mar
row margin of % seconds over Minola. in
spite of two accidents. Virginia was third
and Rain Bow last.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-18
Boston Forecast.

Boston, July 17.-Local Forecast for
Wednesday: Fair weather. probably
followed by thunder storms in the late
afternoon or night; continued warm;
light to fresh southwest winds: Thurs
day, fair and cooler.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-18

FAIR AND HOT!

Washington, July 17.-Forecast for
Wednesday and Thursday: For New
England. generally fair and continued
warm, Wednesday; generally fair and
not SO warm, Thursday; fresh, south
westerly winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-18
THIRTEEN HEATS
Make a Great Days Sport
at Old Orchard.
Pilot Medium, Jr., Smashes SuIky and
Does 2.09 ga to a Road Cart.
Dcvcras Wins 2.t7 PaCc-LittIc Dick Pa
Trot-2.14 Pace Goes Over.

Old Orchard, Me. July 17-Thirteen
meats, some of them as exciting as
were ever seen on the Old Orchard race
track, Were crowded into this after
noon, the sport being continued till sun
set, and one race going over unfinished
to swell tomorrow's program. OF the
Is heats all but two were faster than
their respective classes, while the aver
age was a fun second better than the
entry card called for. Lucrative. Little
Dick and Eth Bel. the three contestants
in the sensational Cheat race in Dover
last week, We're again matched in the
III trot, and tables were reversed. Lit
Tie Dick winning after Eth Bel had
taken slow heat Little Dicks mark
was lowered three seconds in doing the
trick.
Deveras of Mt. Vernon. ~ V. another
purse winner at Dover, carried off the
2.11 trotting honors in consecutive
heats, but clipped Il second off his rec
ord.
The ia pace furnished most of the
excitement. Emma L. of Boston. was
picked to win, but she did not get into
the game until Dark Wilkes and Pilot
Medium. Jr. had distinguished them
selves Dark Wilkes. who lowered his
mark from 2151t to 212h in the OPEN
ing heat. is owned by Lcmuel Hitch
cock of Boston.
Pilot Medium, Jr., is an Indiana
camp1igner with the reputation of
bad actor. In the first heat. today. he
used his heels SO freely that the sulky
was wrecked. Driver Biggs hitchcd
him TO road cart, and created sen
sation by taking the heat in 2092t. The
next time out he duplicated the per
formance in the same cart.
The three horses mentioned had
taken two heats apiece when the race
was postponed on account Of darkness.
The attendance was good ana the
track the best the horsemcn ever saw
it. The summary:
III CLASS-PACING-PU $500
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-10-26
ENGLAKDIs card LESSOR.
observations OF zone of the MoA
Celebrated and Experienced OBJ
servers Of War"

The characteristic weakness in the
present caniisign is the old, vicious e,i:
of insuls.r arrogance and habituai cor
ssfnit q Others. % which il sometimes
seems that Euglishmen will never be
cared until they have received a per
alaneDtly SOLDERING lesson at the HANDS
of some European adversary. We have
been demoralized by victories over COL
'ored races. forgetting that war is like
music, where bad practice is worse than
none. Which of those who are attack
ing the war office and giving generals
the benefit of all the obvious ideas %
the armchair were in favor of the gov
ernhSent sending out more than 4O,OOt
men 10 South Africa SIX months ago.
The Beers had TO be dealt with, but they
we're not for that reason 10 be despised
have hardly ever known an English
man from South Africa who was nor
confident that the Beers were stink
ing towards" and the rest of il, who
would never stand up against british
troops in the field.
We had exactly the same opinion OF
the American colonists, and when
George III. thought THAT few regi-
ments would be enough 10 bring them
80 subsection he only showed that he
was a most typical Briton. Before the
Boer war nothing would induce British
officers TO believe that these unkempt,
frowsy farmers could fight trained
troops in uniform. and that loose shirts
and patched breaches might have a
good account of pipe-clay. The most
formidable British forces ever put into
the field, blocked or surrounded in
every direction by "A tough colonial
mliiia-there has ne r been anything
like it in history! is nearly certaiA
that the forces with hich the enemy is
holding us in check al far smaller than
he have recently triedto believe.
This is situation that ought to cure
Us Of the complaint of blind national
egoism. But I fear that even Yet the
tendency of public opinion is to believe
thai everything would have been easy
If the war office had only gone right
s'Welington did not make those noun
tains," said Massena at Torres VedraS-
The war office did not sow South At
rica with the kopjes which are the al
most internal feature of that country
With the quality of our opponents and
The immense difficulty of the ground
we shall be fortunate if we escape Z
ihrther and a final awakening.-N -
tsorld. ~.
The Dickinson press., 1900-01-13
The The.ter. In japan.

The theaa7rs are the very places to
study the Japanese. In many theaters
the entire house is divided by rails
into square pens 4 by 4 feet, intend
ed for four Japanese. but often con-
tanning half q dozen. The men and
women are barefoot. walk the narrow
dividing rails to reach their reserved
"seats." The patrons kneel within
these square pens, or, when there arc
no pens, they squat upon the floor In
little circular groups and smoke, eat,
drink. fan themselves and chatter.
Many come in and go out Mt random.
Children run to and fro. Frequently
the spectators bring luncheon and pass
the day within the theater, the play
continuing uninterruptedly.
The stage, which IN some theaters
revolves to change scenes. has two de-
tached projections three feet wide, ex-
tending among the audience. Upon
these projections the performers run.
reciting and acting.
Their acting Is sufficiently curious.
A villain slain walks off the stage. a
Jap mops with a dirty cloth the chief
actors face while he is speaking. The
prompter, dressed all in black, gown,
hood and girdle. will follow the actor
all around the stage. Other persons.
also in black, run to and fro across the
stage. Those costumed in black are
supposed to be invisible. Stage car.
penters and helpers often stand upon
the stage and gaze and laugh at the
actors, and so on.-Baltimore Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1900-01-13
The DuckinE Stool In England.


1t is interesting to c%onjure up a pic
ture Of a "ducking" as practiced in
England at the end Of the eighteenth
century.
When the "scold" had been properly
tried and convicted, she was escorted
by a crowd of her neighbors-in fact,
by the whole village-to the nearest
pond-and the greener and Sinner the
pond the better. A long plank was
produced, at one end of which was. the
"ducking STOOL" and in this the scream
ing, struggling victim was securely pin
toned.
The chair end of the plank was then
pushed far I'VE the edge Of the pond,
and at a signal 1t was tilted deep into
the green ooz until the scold was COM
pletely immersed.
When the dripping, half drowned
woman was raised to the surface
again, to the jeers and laughter of the
onlookers, it can be imagined that her
tongue wagged to some purpose. After
a second dose she emerged more sub
dued, and after a third or fourth she
was as penitent a woman as the vii
lage contained and was allowed to
proceed home a -sadder and wiser wo-
man-until the next time. London
Tit-BitS,
The Dickinson press., 1900-01-13
Scenery That Acts.

Scenery that acts! If Wagner had
wrought no other revolution on the
operate stage, he would deserve our
gratitude. Take for purpose Of COM
parison the vessel in "L'Africaine"
and the ship in the first act of Christian
and Isolde" The former shows the
section Of a vessel as neatly divided
into various compartments as a box Of
seed samples. If the scene is we'll
done, If, when the double BASES begin
to rumble and the ship begins
to roll, the women Shrek in their com.
partments, the priests pray in theirs,
and the savages whose canoes would
surely have been swamped in the
storm, s%upposing they could have been
launched Mt all. climb over the ships
side and massacre everything in sight
well, we see the clevcrncss Of it and
are entertained, but hardly horror
stricken or overcome by terror.
On the other hand. the ships deck
in "Tristan." with its group Of silent
men near the helm and its passion
torn woman in the foreground, tile dis.
tant horizon line suggesting the sea far
more effectively than Il whole platoon
of mechanically worked" waves DOS.
sibly can, creates illusion and atmos.
phere, and forms rs much n component
part of the music drama as the sing
ers and orchestra. The ship In
"L'Africainc" Is a clever bit of stage
mechanics; the ship in Tristan is
scenery that acts.-Gustav Kohbe in
Century.
The Dickinson press., 1900-01-13
He Had Not Changed.

vas in a barber shop presided over
by n colored artist the other day and
while l was being shaved there came
in a colored hack driver who demanded
So that the barber owed him for a hack
at n funeral.
Come in mex week an III have it,"
said the barber, as he continued to
scrape.
But the creditor got or his a
"Look a-hyar?" said he. "1'ze gittin
mighty tired O. comm erou here after
dis yere money. Hits always de same
thing. Come eroun mex week. | wants
ma money! l come in las week a yo'
tole me ter come ag'in mex week, an l
comes mex week an 20 tells me ter
come de week after. I wants ma mon
ey"
With that the barber took the middle
of the floor and declared himself.
look a-hyar, black man." said he,
''whut yo' pesterin me about yo' mon
ey? Isn't l done tole yo' to come mex
week? What yo' expect? I've done
tole yo' dc same thing all de time. Mex
week! mex week! l tole yo' dat las
week an I tells yo' dat now. l hasn't
changed. I'ze prepared to do jes' whut
I says."-Memphis Scimitar.
The Dickinson press., 1900-01-13

The manager of the clothing depart
ment opened his envelope on pay day
and scowled.
"Look here, Miggs," he said to the
cashier, 'this is the fourth time in spc-
cession you have paid me with three
$2O bills, and I'm getting tired Of hus-
ting around to get them changed.
Suppose you work your big bills of on
some other fellows for awhile, begadw
Mr.. Miggs," spake up a calm, un-
emotional, %businesslike voice from
somebody who was sitting inside the
railing with a newspaper In his hand,
FOR the next four weeks you will
please save Mr.. Whackham some an
poyance by keeping one 500 bill per
week out Of bis enyelope."-Chicago
Tribune,
The Dickinson press., 1900-01-13
A niMCU1t Inv.

A New England woman is the owner
of a hen which appears to choose her
surroundings with a discriminating
eye.
Soon after her present owner ac-
quired the hen she discovered the crea-
lures fondness for stepping into the
house whenever she could effect an
entrance and laying an egg on the
down coverlet which ornamented the
bed in the ''best chamber"
One day the hen managed to get in
unobserved during a season Of sweep
ing, and her presence was only dis
covered as she made her way hastily
out of the side door, cackling with tri-
umph, some time later.
AS the best room coverlet had been
out of the way during the sweeping,
the mistress of the house looked about
for the egg which she felt sure had
been laid somewhere. She found it,
after half an hours search, on the
plush mantel covering in the parlor,
where the hen must have sat in state
between a china ~shepherdess and o
glass vase.
Nothing on the mantelshelf had been
disturbed, although just how the hen
had managed the delicate business will
never be known.-Youth's Companion.
The Dickinson press., 1900-01-13
Tie Stood the Test.

One of the hardest tests given ap
plicants who go before the civil service
commission boards of examiners is in
the form of printed matter, which is
to be copied without a single change.
It is said to be surprising to find how
many intelligent people find it imposs!-
BILE to properly stand this test. They
can frequently correct errors IN Ian
guage which they cannot copy ver-
batim.
There was lately IN applicant who
showed his aptitude for this work. He
was given a printed page and told to
copy it.
"Want it just like thisT" he asked.
without a change" the examiner
replied.
The man labored. The printed mat
ter was on a white sheet and was
spotless, with the exception Of a fly
speck on n of its n The sheet
the student had was minus a blemish
in that particular spot, but when it
was turned in there was a well initial
ed fly speck. There was not n flaw in
the work, and he received a rating of
100 on that portion of his examina-
ton and today is one Of the best and
most trusted employees in the service
of the commission, where he was de-
tailed shortly after taking his eXami-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Star.
The Dickinson press., 1900-01-13
The Whirl of Life.

Here is what caught a reporters eye
In a two minutes study Of the streets
Of New York un a down town corner
On the sidewalk, three urchins, evil
Of face, industriously shooting" craps.
From the doorway of u frowsy saloon.
ten yards away, a gray haired woman
issuing with a jug of beer, though it
was only 10 o'clock in the morning.
A burly iceman and h negro roustabout
discussing, loudly and with much pro-
family, the advantages of each others
Jobs. A whir and rattle of wheels
and an undertaker's wagon drives up
to the door Of a modest red brick
tenement. A white coffin, three feet
long. is brought out and received by a
venerable old with a flowing
white beard, who comes to the door
coatlcss and in slippers. You then
notice for the first time the knot of
white ribbon on the door handle. The
old man tucks the diminutive casket
under his arm and retires within, fol-
lowed by the undertaker's men. He is
solemn, but fearless. There is a
story there somewhere-the slippered
patriarch in the final stage of life per-
forming the last d%olorous offices for
one lost in it's beginning.
And over on the dock are the hue
and hustle, the scurry and scamper in
cidental. to the getting to sea of the
great ship. Sharp are the contrasts of
a town.-New York Commercial Ad-
vertiSer,
The Dickinson press., 1900-01-13
A Heartless Maiden,

There is a girl in town who, being
both bright and pretty, has n good
many admirers, but the most ardent Of
all happens to be a pudgy old grass
widower, with two grandchildren and
a red nose.
Naturally she has to stand a good
deal Of guying on his account and
skips him as much as possible. So
much, in fact, that the poor man had
no chance to plead his in private
and alone and so was at last driven to
the use of pen and paper.
Here is his production. 1t is recon-
mended to all bashful lovers for it's
brevity and beauty, as we'll as bust
nesslike constructions:
Nettie, ! want to know my fate. You know
that I love you. Will you marry me? If 80,
speak to me about it. I think the world of you.
Give INC a chance, Nettic. Yours truly,
BANKETY DASH.
And would you believe it? That
heartless maiden hasn't spoken to
him about it" yet.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Dickinson press., 1900-01-13
rhe Fenea VIII st.x

Two Atchison men decided recently
that their property would look better
with no dividing fence between and
took it down. 1t was down a week
when both women agreed to make
their husbands put up the fence again.
They had had no trouble, pnt q talk in
the back yard without n fence to lean
on was like meat without salt. The
fence is up to stay.-Atchison Globe.
The Dickinson press., 1900-01-13
1t Paid to DC Cheerful.

A manufacturer of Kensinston tells
this true tale: Fifteen years ago l
was very rich. but ten years ago there
came n time when it seemed that I'd
surely fall. One day when a smash
appeared a certainty | walked down
Chestnut street toward the wool ware
houses, blue, blue as indigo, but
braccd up and put on a cheerful air.
Just then a man I knew came in and
said:
"'Say, Bill, what makes you always
look so cheerful? Don't you ever have
any trouble ut allT
"'Oh, yes said l, jollying a little;
but to look blue doesn't Go any good,'
etc.
"'NVell.' this fellow said. 4 tell you
what I'm going to do. I've got $4,000
lying idle, and I'm going to get you to
invest it for me. You're so we'll off,
SO lucky in business always. and so
blamed cheerful. Pm sure nothing ever
fails with you, and I want you to in.
vest this money any way you please,
and l won't eve ask you how you lid
invest it,
Well, l took this mans money. 1t
was just the amount my lettering bust
ness needed. \ year later times and
prices were vastly better, and l paid
the $4,000 back with interest at-what
do you think?-9 per cent."-Philadel.
phia Record.
The Dickinson press., 1900-01-13
A Considerate Father.

A Considerate Father.
The Impecunious Sop-It was rath-
er hard for you, father, not to send me
any money when I was so much in
need of it.
The Thoughtful Father-It was my
desire to send you ample mean imme-
diately, but it was such a pleasure to
read your letters asking for remit
tances-so finely worded, you know
that l could not deny myself the satis-
faction Of having more and more Of
them.-Boston Transcript.
The Dickinson press., 1900-01-13

Amber is found all along the Rrps.
sian shores of the Baltic. but princi-
pally in the peninsula Of Samland.
All amber found everywhere is state
property, but the state cannot mine
amber without the permission of the
owner Of the ground.
The Dickinson press., 1900-01-13
FIFTY Named.

Fly VHlHeQs
Seeker-That's quite q fine horse
you've been buying. What have you
named him?
Sageman-Great Bargain.
seeker-Ah! Great Bargain, eh?
Then it was another Of your shrewd
Investments?
Sageman-Oh, that had nothing to
do with the name. l call him Great
Bargain because my wife can drive
him.-Boston Courier.
The Dickinson press., 1900-01-13

w est persons to represent us as Managers
In this and close by counties Salary $500 a year
and expenses: Straight, bona-idc, no moro, no
ences any bank in any town. 1t is mainly office
work conducted at home. Reference. Enclose
sclf-addresscd stamped envelope. The Domin-
ion Company. Dept. 3. Chicago. 10-7-6m.
The Dickinson press., 1900-01-13
The Reward of Labor,

"Bill, have you cut the firewood?"
eyes, sir"
Gan fed the mules?"
eyes, sir"
can MIXED the cowsT a;.,
GAIL MIXED, sir" ~!
"An ground the corn?"
"Jest through, sir"
"An banked the taters?"
"Last one, SIR"
"Well, you're a good I'm. Now call
the dogs, an you kin go an tree a pos
sum fer yer supper"-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.