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The Portland daily press., 1900-07-24
ond and third cavalry brigades are fol-
lowing the enemy
In IMMINENT PERIL.
But Portland Girls Were Unharmed
When Last Heard OF

Boston, July 23.-The American board
has received a letter from the Rev. Geo.
d. Wilder, dated Tien Tsin, June 10, in
which he says:
''rhe Boxer movement has rea ched
eli max. Murder and arson are filling the
province from Kalgan to Liu Ching, ap-
parently, with Tien Tsin, Pelzin and
Pao Ting Flu as great central triangle
where the fire is hottest. In the triangle
many minor outrages were committed
ON Catholics and Protestants during May
and great numbers OF Boxers assembled.
Last month thu word came down from
the throne for them to create disorder,
as rapidly as possible. They gathered in
great numbers north of Cho Chou and on
Monday morning, May %, began work,
burning the railroad stations of Lin Lii
Ho, Chang Hsin, Tien and Lu Kou
Chiao that day. The foreigners engineers,
French and Belgian, escaped. The vice.
roy was in consultation with four Boxer
representatives Saturday and is said to
have secured their promise not to mas
sacre foreigners a5 Pao Ting f u. Mr.. Pit
kin, Miss Morrill,, Miss Gould, Presby-
terian family, China inland mission
British family and a French priest, are
in imminent peril there, but were still
unharmed yesterday.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-24
BOXER PROCLAMATION.
All Kind of Good Things Promised
Their Adherents.

New York, July 23-The Rev. DR..
John Fox of the American Bible society,
today received a translation of one of the
inhammatory posters used by the Boxers.
This was forwarded by the Rev. DR..
John r. Hykes of Shanghai who received
it from the Rev Charles f. Cannon at
Tien Ts1n. tits a sample of many varie-
ties of which 2OO 600 copies were dis
tributed in Tien Tsin city on June 4bh.
Only the prompt arrival of foreign troops
prevented a second Tien Tsin massacre.
1t is as follows;
Sacred Edict.
Issued by the Lord of Wealth and
Happiness.
1.-The Catholic and Protestant religions
being insolent to the Gods and extin-
gushing sanctity rendering no obedience
to Buddhism and enraging both Heaven
and Earth, the rain clouds now no longer
visit us; but eight million spirit soldiers
will descend from Heaven and sweep the
empire clean of all foreigners. Then will
the gentle showers once more water our
lands; and when the tread of soldiers and
the clash of steel are heard heralding
woes to all our people, then the Buddhists
Patriotic league of Boxers viii be able to
protect the empire and bring peace to all
it's people.
Hasten, then, to spread this doctrine
far and wide for, if you gain one adherent
of the faith, your own person will be alb
solved from all future m1sfortunes. Ii
you gain five adherents to the faith your
whole family will be absolved from all
evils and if yo1 gain ten adherents to
the faith your whole village will be alb
solved from all calamities. Those who
gain no adherents to the cause shall be
decapitated; for, until all foreigners have
visit US "
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-24
- KIN In Conrrlght.

People who concern themselves WIFI
artistic copyright would DO wen to an.
slider a case that came under my-noin
the other day, says a writer in The IoD.
don Graphic. A picture was sold "a
Mr. A. and the copyright to a Mr. B. Al
the close of the exhibition Of Che Royl
academy the picture was sent 10 Mr.
who paid for the picture, and at the san.
time Mr. b. paid for the copyright A.
er a time Mr.. 3. applied for the loan q
the picture to have it engraved, but NJ
A. absolutely declined to lend the De
ture on any terms whatever. He st
mowledged that he did not possess h
copyright and said that he did not want
it, but he was not such q fool as to dn
a good round sum for w0rl, OF an i
order that he might lend it to other PEI,
pie. He said he bought it to look at, al
he was not going to have it taken arr
from his gallery for a year in order t.
other people might make money out Of Il
When you come to think Of it, be bad 4
good deal Of reason on his side and re.
it was hard on the owner Of the uor
right and the artist, who would have \,
tanned considerable publicity from the e..
craving Probably the fault was ra
the artist, when selling the picture IN ri
reserving the right OF reasonable secs
10 the picture for the purpose OF enrr
ing; then the purchaser would know n
actly how he stood.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-24
OFFICERS FOR CHINA.
General Grant One of Those Assigned
for Duty There.

Washington, July 23.-AlthOugh the
orders have not been issued it is pretty
generally understood in military circles
that Brig. Gen. Frederick d. Grant, U
s. ", and Brigadier General Thomas H
Barry, have been selected for assignment
to duty with the military division in
China. Their assignment, toge ther with
that of Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson, U /.
S ", already announced, will give Major
General A. R. Chaffee, commander-in-
chief three general officers of recognized
ability to assist him in the management
of military operations in China. General
Grant is now on duty with the troops in
the Philippines, being stationed near Ma
niIa. General Barry is a passenger ON the
transport Sumner. which left San Fran
cisco on the 17th inst. for Nagasaki. The
orders under which he sailed required
him to report to Major General MacAr-
thur at Manila for duty as his chief of
staff. 1t is now proposed however, to
change his orders so as to assign him,
temporarily at least, to duty with troops
in China He undoubtedly will receive
orders to that effect upon his arrival at
Nagasaki and will continue with the
troops on that vessel to Taku, China.
General James HI. Wilson, the senior
brigadier commander now at Blatanzas,
Cuba, is expected to start on his long
journey to the Orient Immediately. He
will make the trip by way of Nsw York
and San Francisco and will arrive on
Chinese soil about a month Iaier than
the other brigade commanders, The
transport Grant is expected to arrive at
Nagasaki early this week, possibly tomor-
row or next day. She left San Francisco
on the first instant with Major General
Chaffee and two . troops Of the Sixth
cavalry and a battalion of marines. 1t
was originally intended to tranship these
troops at Nagasaki to other vessels of the
transport service by which they were to
be taken direct to Taku and the Grant
was to have continued on to Manila The
urgent need OF these reinforcements in
China has necessitated change in the
plans and orders have gone forward for
the Grant to proceed direct from Naga-
saki to Taku with the utmost speed, stop
ping only long enough to take on coal.
The officials of the war department. caIcu-
late that General Chaffee and his rein
forcements will join Lieut.. Col Coolidge
and the ninth infantry at Tien Tsin be-
fore the end OF the month. 1t also it ex-
peoted that the troops from Mapila con-
sisting Of two battalions Of the 14tn in
fantry, and battery of artillery will ar
rive at Taku tomorrow or Wednesday at
Il
will give General Chaffee an effective
lighting force including marines already
there, of about four thousand men.
One of the first duties of General Chat
fee on arriving at the seat of the trouble
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-24
Severe Fighting Three Days About
DeudepOOrt.
Dew cts Clever Strategy
Recognized.
British Troops Said to Be On
Short Supplies.

London, July 23.-The war Office has
received telegram from Lord Rober is,
dated Pretoria, Sunday. July %, which
repeats the news contained in the tele-
gram from General Forester Walker
and continues:
''Methuen continued his march after
the occupation of Heckpoort and en-
gagged the enemy's rear guard at Zings-
fontein, July 20. Casualties. sone killed
and one wounded. EARLY Saturday he
attacked the enemy again at Oliphant's
Mex and completely dispersed them, in
flicting heavy loss. Our casualties were
slight. By these successes, Rustenburg
has been relieved and Methuen and
Baden-Powell have joined hands.
Hunter reports that Bruce Hamilton
secured a strong position on the Spitzray
yesterday with battery Of the Cameron
Highlanders and 500 mounted men. Our
casualties were three of the Camerons
killed, and Captain Keith-Hamilton of
the Oxfords, Captain Brown and Lieut..
Steward and thirteen men of the Cam
.erons wounded.
The Daily Express has the following
from Machododorp dated Monday, July
%:
''There has been severe lighting during
ficted heavy losses upon the British at
Deudepoort.
"Six hundred women and children
from Pretoria, including Mesdames Kru-
ger, ,ssBotha and Meyer, have arrived at
Barberton.
"A bluebook has been issued contain
ing the official correspondence with refer
ence to the treatment OF rebels in South
Africa. It contains an interesting note by
Sir Alfred Miner, British high minister
estimating the number of colonists who
joined the Beers at ten thousand. Mr..
Chamberlain lays down the rule that
there should be no vlndictivsness in the
treatment of rebels, but that justice to
the loyalists is the obligation of duty and
honOr.''
The London morning papers feel COM
PEELED to recognize General De Vets s
clever strategy in battling all efforts to
catch him while constantly harrassing
the British lines of communication. Only
the scantiest details have been allowed to
come through. Apparently when night
fall stopped the engagement with Col.
Broadwood, General DE Vets forces di-
vided into small parties, one of which cut
the railway and ca ptured the Highland
ers, the Beers afterward reuniting at
Rhenister river.
The latest advices from Pretoria an
nounce that General Stevenson's brigade
has occupied Glands river and that Gen
eraI Hamilton has occupied D0orn Nrall
Letters reaching London from the
British troops in Orange river colony as
sert that both men and horses are on
short supplies and out CT condition for
hard work. If this be true, there is little
cause for wonder at the failure to capture
De Wet and at the apparent paralysis
of the operations.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-24

A few years ago every pawum
coach in the country was equipped rt
a Bibie-two Of them. in fact, for lhsa
was one on each side Of every caa
These Bibles rested In little tin boia
which bore the legend: "Bible na
and RETURN"
These Bibles were furnished By i
American Bible society. aud It Is cn'
doubtedly true that men and women Th
never thought Of reading the Bible vhu
at home read the good book while nis
ing long journeys on the train
1t was good scheme, and II Is mat
ter Of regret that it was allowed to DIV
appear. Just why the practice was 's
continued no one knows Perhaps h'
train boys objected on the ground 1'l
people who would otherwise purchase
some trashy novel TO while away DE
miles read the Bible because they were
free. II may be that it was too exrl'
sive because so many people forgot 20
heed the "rend and return" injunction %
its entirety.-Omaha World Herald
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-24
ROBERTS CUT OFF.
The Beers Make Another Successful
Raid.

London, July 23.-Gen. De Wet has
again succeeded in cutting Lord Roberts's
communications both by railway and
telegraph and captured 100 of the High
landers.
The story of the Federal commanders s
bold raid comes in the form of telegram
from Gen. Forstier-Walker, dated at Cape
Town, Sunday, July %, forwarding a
despatch from Gen. Knox, as follows:
''Kroonstadt, July 2s-Following from
Broadwood sent by despatch rider to
Honingspruit wired thence to Kroonstadt:
"Have followed commando since July
16. Hard, sharp fighting at Palmeit-
fontin July 10. Prevented from pursu -
ing laager by darkness. Eight dead
Beers found. Our casualties five killed
and 76 wounded Vaalkrantz today. Ene-
my doubled back through Parade in
darkness. Shall march tomorrow to
Rhoode VaaI station. Send supplies for
3,0O0 men and horses. also any news of
the enemy s movements. believe the
command consists of 5000 men and four
guns, and is accompanied by Presidents
Steyn and both the De Wejs. The Wire
and main line of the railway north Of
HOningspruit have been cut, and also
the telegraph to Pretoria via Potche-
fatrom. According to my information
De Wet has crossed the railway and is
going north
Gen KelIy-Kenney telegraphs from
Bloemfontein, under date of Sunday,
July %:
"Ihe railway has been cut north of
Honingspruit, and a supply train and q
hundred Highlanders captured by the
enemy. a report was received this morn
ing that large force of the enemy is
moving on Honingspruit. All conlmuni-
cation with Pretoria is cut off. The sec
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-24
BRITISH WANT NEWS.
Must Hear From Mcdonald or They
Doubt.

London, July 99.-In the House of
Commons today the parliamentary secre-
tary OF the foreign Office, Mr.. VIM St.
John Brodrick, communicated certain
statements of the Chinese authorities
with regard to the safety of the legations
at Pekin, and said the Chinese minister
declared them to be unharmed Mr..
Brodrick read the text of the Imperial
edict of July 1S.
Commenting on Minister COnger's des-
patch to the department. of state of the
United States, Mr.. Brodrick said that
though the despatch was of the same date
as the edict' S assurance of safety, the lat
ter statement was not borne out by Mr..
Conger.
Consul Warren had telegraphed to the
governor of Shantung to know how a
message from Pekin reached him in two
days, and why there was no message from
the British minister, Sir Claude Mac
Donald.
The governor had replied that the
United States minister message was
sent by the Tsung Ii Yamen (Chinese
foreign office) by a messenger travelling
$50 leagues, (roughly 200 miles) day.
II assure you, the governor of Shan
tung had added, "there is no telegraphic
communication. 1 cannot explain why
Macdonald has not telegraphed, but /
have not begun to be anxious about the
ministers, for they and thu others are all
living and unharned. Of this I've al
ready had several reliable messages.
Mr.. Brodrick continued: ''Seeing that
over a month has elapsed since. any COM
munication reached the government from
the British legation, and that the Tsung
Ii Yamen is communicating by messen-
ger with various Chinese authorities, Her
Majesty's government feel they cannot
give credence to any statement or DEGREES
attributed 10 the Emperor or Chinese
government unless they are fortified by
letters signed and dated by Sir Claude
Macdonald or other British official or by
some telegram in our cipher.''
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-24

At few minutes past two O'Clock this
morning Robert A. Williams, the vet
eran car checker Of the Boston and Maine
railroad yard was killed while in the
performance of his duties He was at
the crossing on Commercial street, just
at the foot OF Brackett street and was
signalling a shifting locomotive which
was making up a freight train. He was
at the crossing for an unusually long
time and the engineer of the locomotive
suspecting something wrong, stopped the
engine to investigate. A horrible sight
met his gaze. Mr.. Williams had been
fearfuIly mangled and life was extinct.
Word was at once sent to the police
station and Rich's ambulance was sum-
moned and took the remains to the I'M
dertaking establishment on Exchange
street
Mr.. Williams was a man about sixty
years of age and had been in the employ
of the Boston & Maine as ons of the car
checkers of the night force for many
years He lived on Morning street and
leaves a family.
Coroner Perry was called and after
viewing the remains decided to hold an
inquest which viii probably take place
tomorrow.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-24

London, July 23.-Miss Caroline
Keyes, who pleaded guilty week ago D
the Marylebone police court, London D
the charge of stealing q gold watch
bracelet, hairbrushes and articles
clothing of the aggregate value oI p
pounds from rooms in the Norfolk Aan
sions hotel, where she had been staying
and who, in the course OF the hearing
said she was an American and had con'
to London to attend the Worlds ChIis
tan Endeav0r convention as a delegaH
from a church in Mime sofa, has been
sentenced to three months impi@H
ment. The evidence showed, however
that she had no connection Wha'e'u
with the Christian Endeavorers.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-24
PROBABLY SAFE.
An Encouraging CabIegrnm Relative
To Pao Ting Flu missionaries.

An Encouraging cabIegram Relative
To Pao Ting Flu Missionaries.
New York, July 23.-The Presbyterian
board of foreign missions today received
the following cable from Che Foo:
Situation improved. Shan Tung,
governor, Che Foo Tao Tai publish impe-
rial edict enforcing protection to foreign
ers, Christians People in Pekin alive.
Trying through governor to get word
Pao Ting Flu, where foreigners in Yamen
supposed safe. Towler.'
Rev. DR.. Arthur D. Brown, one of the
secretaries of the board commented on the
despatch as follows:
A Tao Tai is about the same as a
mayor. The imperial edict published by
authority of the governor of the Shan
lung province at the Tao Tai of Che
Foo, is, presumably the same document
as that of which the substance has al
ready been published here. The edict
would seem to order that all Christians
as well as all foreigners be given protec-
tion. If the rest Of the despatch is correct,
the foreigners in the Pekin legation must
be safe and also those gathered in the
Yamen or public buildings at Pao Ting
Fu.
''We do not know any one named Tow
Ter and we imagine the signature should
be Fowler All our missionaries left
CheS Foo for Corea or Japan some days
ago, Before leaving they may have asked
Consul General John Fowler to keep our
board informed,
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-24
CROOKED FACES.
Folks DON'T Realize 1t Until the
Camera Betrays Them.

Folks Don't Realize 1t Until the
Camera Betrays Them.
zone of the principal obstacles in the
way of successful portrait photography"
said an old time local expert, Sis the
asymmetry of the average human face.
The features of 90 people out of 100
are undeniably asymmetrical-in other
words, the right and left sides are differ
ent in size, shape and general contour.
We don't notice this variation unless our
attention is attracted to it, but it is
there all he same, and for some reason
that I am not able to explain it is gener-
ally emphasized by the camera. My
goodness. my face is all crooked in that
picture! is a comment that is frequently
heard when ladies examine proofs. They
are generally told that the effect is due to
the lighting in the print and that it won't
be noticeable when the photograph is fin
ished. AS a matter Of fact the retoucher
can work wonders in removing the evil
denees of asymmetry. He can lift the
corner of the mouth, soften the angle Of
a jaw and make both sides of the face
tolerably fair mates without losing the
likeness.
"What I say applies, of course, to full
face pictures only, for when the head is
turned slightly the deviations are scarce
ly ever discernible. Nor does the rule
hold good Invariably even with the front
faces. Odd as it may seem some people
owe their charm of feature almost alto
gether to the fact of asymmetry. One of
my patrons is a bewitchingly pretty little
lady, yet the sides of her face are as diff
ferent as if they belonged to total stran-
gers. One eye is oblique, while the other
is straight; her nostrils are not at all on
a line, and her mouth has a most ex-
traordinary twist. From those details
you would suppose that she was nothing
short of a monstrosity, but the very COM
binatiOn l have briefly outlined is the
thing that gives her face an irresistible
piquaney. Among men asymmetry often
lends great strength to a cOuntenance.
Bismarck was a striking example of
that fact, and so was Gladstone. If you
are skeptical, take full face picture of
either and cover one half of it with q
card. Then reverse the process and ex-
anime the other side. You will be sur
prised. In fact, you will discover four
different men, all distinct types."-New
Orleans Times Democrat.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-24
DON'T TRUST CoNGER MESSAGE.

Washington, July 23.-The state depart
ment has received a deluge of dispatches
from all quarters of the globe relating to
the Conger message. They show the at
titude of the foreign governments. With
out exception the official view taken by
all foreign officers is that the despatch is
not genuine and does not afford a basis
for action.
This increduIity is also shared by
United States Consul General Goodnow
at Shanghai, who has communicated to
the state. department. his disbelief In the
authenticity of the message.
NOT TUAN BUT YUAN PROBABLY.
Washington, July %. The state depart
ment made public the following: "The
department has received despatch from
Mr. sGoodnow, the consul general Eat
Shanghai, dated today, saying that
Prince Iuan wires that an officer of the
Tsung Ii Yamen saw all the ministers on
the 18th; that none was injured and that
no attack at that time was being made
He does not say to whom the despatch of
Prince Tuan was addressed; and it is to
a certain extent at variance with the des-
patch OF Mr.. Conger of that date, describ-
ing the legation as being under fire at
that time
The officials of the state department.,
after considering Consul General Good
now despatch, express the belief that a
mistake has been made in the transmits
sion of the message and that the name
Tuan should have been Yuan, governor of
Shantung.
The Portland daily press., 1900-07-24

intercourse, still refused to go so far as to
interrupt the existing relations. We have
already repeatedly issued DEGREES provld-
ing for the protection of the foreign lega-
tions AMI also commanded the provincial
authorities to protect missionarie S.
"Inasmuch as there is still no cessation
in the employment OF force, foreign mer-
chants and subjects residing in China,
who form a numerous body in the cOun-
try should be protected without distine-
tion. We hereby command all the Tartar
generals, governor generals and governor S
of the provinces, to look after the foreign
merchants and missionaries living in the
open ports, prefectures, departments and
districts under their respective jurisd1c-
tion, and to afford them due protection
in accordance with treaty stipulations
without fall
Last month, we heard, with profound
astonishment and regret, of the killing of
the chancellor of the Japanese legation,
MIR. A kira, and the same fate befell the
German minister shortly afterward. The
violent removal of the German minister
whose residence at the capital was neces-
sary to the transaction of business be-
tween the two countries affected us very
deeply. 1t is the duty of the authorities
concerned to cause stringent orders for
the speedy arrest and punishment OF the
murderers to be carried out.
''Since the commencement of the attack
in Tien Tsin, there are foreign subjects
and missionaries who have, on account of
local disturbances suffered death or loss
of property through no fault of their
own We hereby command the governor
of Pekin and the viceroy of Chi LII to
cause Investigations to be made by their
respective sub0rdinates of all such
claims, excerpt those arising directly from
the said attack, with a view to their ulti-
mate settlement
Moreover, local outlaws and rebellious
subjects have of late given them mselves up
to burning, killing and plundering to
the great disquiat of our loyal subj jects.
''This is an utter defiance of law. We
hereby command the said governors gem
eral, governors and commanders of our
forces to INVESTIGATES the situation and to
take such measures for the punishment
of the offenders and restoration of order
as the necessities of the case demand. We
hereby command this, our general edict,
to be made known for the information of
all it may concern.
Respect this.
A significant statement in the above
edict is noted in that passage which di-
rects an investigation Of all claims, Eek
cept those arising directly from the said
attack (attack on Tien Tsin) with view
to their ultimate settlement. -
This appears to make plain not only
that the Chinese government VIII settle
claims for actual losses, but that it has
now formally decreed an exception OF
those claims arising directly from the at
tack on Tien Tsin. 1t seems to indicate
that the Chinese government holds that
the attack on Tien Tsin wa unwar-
ranted