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tion, however, need be paid to any OF
these rumors.
In private message from Shanghai 1t
is asserted that Ii Hung Chan e avows
that the object of his journey IS to place
the regular Chinese army in line with
the allied troops for the suppression of the
Boxers.
The Times editorially suggest that Ii
Hung Chang IS playing the old game of
the sublime Porte by putting forward
proposals which viii appear in different
degrees and ways to different powers.
1t says:
President Mckinley has been asked to
mediate; and the request is facilitated by
the care which has been taken in Wash
ington not to commit the United States
to any very thorough going policy
Indian troops are daily arriving at
Hong Kong. Three transports reached
there yesterday and TWO others have LETT
Hong Kong for Taku.
Reports from Canton say that the city
is outwardly quiet, but that there Is a
strong under-current of unrest among the
Chinese. Only a few European ladies
have left, many still remaining.
St. Petersburg dispatches represent the
situation in Manchuria as far more seri-
GUS than had been supposed It is assert
ed that Chinese have occupied Hailar,
where the Russian railway staff is sur
rounded and IN desperate straits.
According to the st. Petersburg CORE
spondent of the Times, Gen .Kouropatkin,
the Russian minister OF war, will prob
ably Eecome commander-in-chief of the
Russian forces in China and Will pre-
sumably take command of all the allied
troops.
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Strange circumstances
of the Affair.
His Relatives Awaiting Further
Particulars.
nrEcTAr 10 TIE PRrsS1

Lewiston, July % On the 18th of last
April, Mr.. AIva H. Prince, living at
West Auburn, left the city to 90 to Hon
duras, Central America, to work Tor
lumber concern which gets out mahogany
for the Chickeirng Piano compa ny Of
Boston Prince is about IS years of age,
and has lived most OF his life in West
Auburn, where he was well and favor
ably known. He was to receive $40 a
month and board, ana the company with
which he engaged to go agreed to pay his
transportation from Boston to Honduras
and his other travelling expenses. He Is
known to have had $40 with him when
he started His companion and the man
throu gh whose influence he started south
was Albert Thompson. Thompson IS one
of the brothers who We're arrested IN con
neetion with the Sawyer N urder at Mon
mouth seven years ago, but who were
acquitted for lack Of evidence. Some
time ago Edgar Thompson, another OF
the brothers, moved to West Auburn. and
Albert spent more or less of his time
there. Here Prince got acquainted with
him and made the plans to go south
with him. A short time ago Edgar
Thompson met Mr.. II. r.. Prince, Alva
Princes father. and asked him if he had
heard from his son. Prince replied that
he had not II have, said Thompson,
"and your son has been killed" Thomp.
son said he- had letter from his brother
Albert giving the news Of the death of
Prince.
Mr.. Prince asked to see the letter.
Thompson said that he would not lst
him. see It, but that he was going to show
it to the county attorney. Shortly after
wards he returned to Princes house and
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-24
MINISTER'S WE'LL.
Are To Be Sent to Tien TsIn Under
Escort.

London, July 24.-The Chinese minis
ter, Sir Chih Chen Lo Feng Luh has
communicated to the press the following
despatch from sheng, director general Of
Chinese railways and telegraphs, ana
Tao Tai of Shanghai, dated Shanghai,
July %:
Information from Pekin, dated July
IS, says that the Tsung Ii Yamen de-
puted Won Jul, an under secretary of the
department to see the foreign ministers
and he found everyone well without any
missing, the German minister excepted.
"Gen. Yung Lu is going to the throne
to send them all under escort to Tien
Tsin in the hope that the military opera
tions win then be stopped
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Mail telegraphing July 22, says:
"a letter from a Chinese official in
Shan Tung has been received by a ma
tive functionary here containing the fol-
lowing passage:
AT the beginning of the month, the
foreign missionaries ~ made several
attempts TO send messages out of Pekin,
but thanks to the strict watch kept on
the city, the bearers were all caught and
executed.
"On the 4th inst, only 400 foreigners,
much exhausted, were left alive in Pekin
and one night, when the big guns were
incessantIy fired, it was known that all
the legations and the foreigners were
finished, although pretended kilograms
oo,,tro n Of tbpco fa ctS
The st. Petersburg correspondent of
the Daily Mail asserts that there are
differences of opinion in the Russian
council of war. The minister Of war,
Gen. Koroupatkin wishes to send 100, 600
men to clear the rebels out OF Manchuria
On the other hand, according to this
correspondent, Emperor Nicholas wishes
the operations limited to the defense. and
pacihcation OF the frontier districts.
Let two strong armies, one of the allies
in the south and the other of the Rus
slams in the north confront the Chinese
and the rising, so the Gear is said to
argue, would be bound to collapse.
: "We want no conquests, he is report
ed to have declared, at the conclusion of
q sitting of the council "What we de-
sire is to protect our frontiers and to
steer into smooth waters the Chinese ship
of state, now buffeted by the waves of
civil war;"
There is nothing further this morning
that throws any light upon the mysteri-
GUS situation. Two urgent dispatches
were addressed by the Chinese minister
to the Pekin government and to the di-
rector Of telegraph administration,
strongly advocating the necessity OF re-
storing telegraphio communication with
a view Of enabling the powers to obtain
proof Of the safety of the foreign minis
ters. Until such proofs are secured, no
one here Is inclined to alter the opinion
that the Chinese are merely juggling to
gain time. Rumor circulates briskly
around the personality Of Ii Hung
Chang. He is credited with a mission
to offer to cede to the allied powers
two provinces as indemnity for the
Pekin outrages and also to offer to restore.
order and to give facilities for trade with
the outside world on condition of the
Of Kiao Chou, Wei Hal Wei and
Manohuira by the powers and the with
draw al Of all missionaries. Little atten-
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The War Department, 1t appears, under<
estimated the time that would be re.
quired for the Grant to arrive at Naga~
saki. She sailed on the first instant 50
that she is not yet quite due at that point
with Gen. Chaffee The Goodnow cables
gram reciting the message from Prince
Tuan as vouching for the safety of thd
foreign ministers July 18Th caused rips
pie of excitement for time at the State
Department., but the officials soon cons
cluded from the context and other cir~
cumstances surrounding the messagd
that Yuan was meant instead of Tuan,
so that the message lost the value 1t
would have had If it had come from the
redoubtable Boxer leader.
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STILL SKEPTICAL.
Germany stil Disbelteves That Legal
ttons Are Safe.

Berlin July 23.-The German govern
ment and press continue to disbelieve
the assurances OF the Chinese authorities
that the Pekin legations are safe. The
foreign off ce surmises that the Conger
despatch was either sent about simulta-
neously with the dispatches of DR. Won
Bergen, secretary of the German legation
and Sir Robert Hart, but suppressed or
was captured from the messenger to
whom it was entrusted and is now pro-
duced to create the desired effect in
Washington, or on the other hand, that
the whole despatch was ooncocted for
purposes of deception with the aid of a
cipher key somehow obtained.
us. Ambassador White said today that
the latter theory was quite plausible;
for, If the American legation had been
captured and the records there seized,
the cipher key would likewise be secured
and then it would be an easy matter for
anybody to do the rest.
No Pekin or other important China
news has arrived today and the question
whether there is or is not responsible
government in Pekin is as much in doubt
as ever. The German government con-
siders it unlikely that an advance to
Pekin will be feasible before September.
The government is gratifed to find
that the correspondence published on
thu subject proves that Japan honestly
intends to cooperate with the powers,
and considerable disappointment is ex-
pressed at the tenor OF the reports from
Washington regarding Americas s policy.
On this point, the Berliner Tageblatt
says:
"The Chinese have then already sue
ceeded In creating differences Of opinion
among the powers. The government Of
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-24

The agricultural department weather
bureau for yesterday, July %, taken at s
p. M, meridian time, the observation for
his section being given in this order:
Temperature, direction Of wind, state OF
weather:
Boston, 50, sw, clsy; New York. ~ S,
rain; Philadelphia, "a, N, cloudy; WASH
ngton, ~ degrees, NO. c1dy; Al
bany, rs, S, p cldy; Buffalo. "a, SW,
clear; Detroit, 76, S, clear; Chicago, 70
degrees, SE, cldy; St. Paul, rs, N,
cIdy; Huron, Dak. "A, Me- clear; Bis
marck, 50, $, clear; Jacksonville, so,
SIC, cldy.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-24
TAKEN FROM JAIL.
Negro Ravisher Lynched IN Ala
bama.

Huntsville, Asa, July 29.-Elijah
Clank, the negro who yesterday assault
ed Susan Priest, 13 year old girl, was
taken from the Jail in this city this eve
ming and-lynched near the spot where
his crime was committed. His body was
riddled with bullets. Sheriff Fulgram
defended his prisoner to the last but a
dense smoke from a combination Of tar,
feathers and oil, fired by the crazed mob,
was too much for him. and he was
dragged from the Jail and placed under
physicians care. William Vining. an
employe of the street railway company,
who attempted to rush through the
crowd and up the Jail steps, was shot
and dangerously wounded.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-24
EMPEROR's EDICT
Prom ises to Settle for ali Damage Dona
Except THAT Inflicted by Powers. ~

Except THAT Inflicted by Powers. IN
Washington, July 98.-The state departs
ment makes public the following text Of
an edict delivered today, by Minister WI
to Secretary Hay.
This is the edict referred to by the
United States Consul Fowler at Che Foo
in his message received here yesterday:
An imperial edict issued on the first
day of the sixth moon, July, transmitted
By the Viceroy Liu Kun Yih on the goth
of July and received by Minister Wa on
the 2lst day of July at Z O'Clock:
''The present conflict between China
and the foreign powers had it's origin in
the long standing antagonism between
the people and Christian missions. The
subsequent fall of the Taku forts pre-
cipitated the meeting of force with force.
The Imperial government, having due
regard to the Importance Of international
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-24
LAUNCH BLEW UP.
Woman and SON killed and Man Fatal
" Injured.

New York, July % s.-Within one hun
dred feet of Premium Point near New
Rochelle, N. Y, today, the gasoline
launch Sasco owned by Alfred &. Grow,
blew up and killed Mrs. Grow and her
fourteen old son Harold. Mr.. Crow was
so severely injured it is not thought he
viii recover. The explosion was heard for
several miles. Not piece Of the boat re
mained afioat, over two feet II size. The
launch was thirty two foot craft, finely
furnished
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-24
MASSACHUSETTS, MEN AT TIEN
TSIN

Lowell, Mass, July 49, Carroll T. Pin
gree, whose name appears in the list Of
the 9th infantry's casualties at Tien
Tsin, is Lowell man, son OF III. w. Pin
gree.
Fall River, Mass, July s8.-The name
of Fall River boy appears in the list Of
casualties sent out from Tien Tsin. John
Seymour, a member of Co. A, 9th regi-
ment, was wounded in the engagement
there.
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LOCAL WEATHER REPo RI.

Portland, July %, 1900. = The local
weather bureau records the following:
a. Barometer. so 075: thermome-
ter 6S O; dew point. 81 rel. humidity, SO
direction of the wind, S: velocity of
the wind, 8; state of weather, p cldy
p. Barometer. 3O.015; thermome-
ter roo dew point, 64; rel. humidity, 70;
direction of the wind, S; velocity OF the
wind, 81 state OF weather, cldy.
Maximum temperature. so; minimum
temperature, 81; mean temperature. 10;
maximum wind velocity, 1913; prectpi-
tation-24 hours. 0.
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THE WEATHER.

Boston. Mass, July 23.-Local fore
cast for Boston and vicinity: Fair wealth
er Tuesday and Wednesday, continued
warm, light to fresh winds, generally
from southwest.
Washington, July 23.-Forecast Tues
day and Wednesday for Maine and New
Hampshire: Partly cloudy, light to
fresh southerly winds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-24
THE FRENCH CONTINGENT.

Paris. July 94.-The Matin publishes
full details regarding the expeditionary
corps of France which will participate
in the operations Of the powers in China
The corps VIII consist of two brigades
one of marines and the other supplied by
the war department., The total French
force viii number $4,000 men,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-24
MORE THAN 81 IN.

{ Lincoln, Neb., ,EJuly 2s.-OtHeers Of the
fusion Popunst state committee today
fled with the secretary of state a formal
protest against the use of the word Pop
ulist, as party designated by the mid
dle-of-the road faction of the party which
nominated a ticket at Grand Island.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-24
FRANCE HEARS NEWS.
Consul at Che Foo Cables Ministers Are
Safe.

Paris, July 93.-M. Del Casse, minis
ter Of foreign affairs. has received tele-
gram from the French consul in Che Foo,
dated July 2l, saying:
The governor informs me that accord
ing to reliable news from Pekin, all the
foreign ministers are safe and the gov
ernment is taking all necessary steps to
deliver and protect them.''
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All Are Said to Be Safe Except
German Minister.
Difference of Opinion in Russian
Council Of War.

London, July %. 1880 P. m.-Sr Hallway
Mccartney, counsellor and English secretary to
the Chinese legation in London, asserted this even
ing that the Pekin legationers we're safe and about
to proceed to lien Tsin.
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BELGIUM WANTS TO KNOW.

Brussels, July 23.-In reply to the Bel
gian government. the Chinese charge
d'affaires says he has telegraphed jnd-
rectly to the Tsung Ii Yamen with a
view of placing the Belgian minister in
Pekin, Baron De Yinck, in communica-
ton with Belgium.
CHINESE AND BRITISH MEET.
St Petersburg, July % Two encoun-
ters are reported to have taken place be-
tween British and Chinese forces near
Wei-Hai-Wei
The latter, it IS reported, were repulsed
after a stubborn encounter. No dates are
given.
NJ. Kruitizki, engineer of the Eastern
Chinese railway, telegraphing from
Algatchi. in the trans Balkan territory,
under date of Friday, July 90, reports
the occupation of Chailar by Chinese
troops.
The Russians, according to this de-
spatch, continued to concentrate at Char
bin.
HONG KONG EXPECTS OUTBREAK.
New York, July 23.-The British au-
thorities at Hong Kong fear a Boxer OUT
break IN and around that city. according
to a Journal and Advertiser cable.
Risings are reported outside Of Canton,
and the Black Flags Iii Hung Changes
troops) are manoeuvring secretly between.
Canton and Pekin.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-24
II YOU REALLY

have to wait Tor ire
to come ND so as to get a chance at the
morning paper you do not need Bem-
sOm's Always Ready Charc OaA as
it kindes very much quicker than wood
and saves lots of time.
BIG BAGS 10c, AT ALL GROCERS.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-27
Plaque Ended in Sydney

Sytnsy. Sept Ie--lt IS now upwards
o. = month since the last case OF hu-
honic plague vas discovered hsra
Nothing occurred yesterday 90 warrant
the belief that the outbreak had NOT
been overcome There Is every pros
pect that the wards az the quarantine
hospital viii be empty in = few days
Brisbane. Sept 12--This morning.
upon inquiry az the Town Hall. We As
certained that no fresh case OF illness
warranting close attention from ths
point OF view OF public health had o.
CURED. Miss James, who was attacked
with the disease in South Brisbane
few days since, was reported 10 be con-
siderably better this morning. The IL
most stsreotyped announcements came
to hand that Woln and Gibson were
still on the improving side
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-27
OAHU RAILWAY AND LAND co.
TIME TAsL
OUTWARD.

From and After January /, 1900
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-27
REVOLUTIon!sTS CONTROL
The cuban CONVENTION

Havana, Sept. 19.--The results OF tbs
elections of delegates to the forthcom-
ing constitutional convention are be-
ing freely discussed by the Havana
delegates and other prominent Cubans.
The conclusion reached is that the con-
vention will be controlled by the revo-
lutionary element
In the main the delegates are capable
men. Most Of them, it is said are IN
favor of immediate and absolute indie
pendence. without the Intervention OF
protectorate-
The DEBATED parties here have raised
cry OF fraud
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-27

zrro Similar action viii bs tAks1
ss the island Of Guam AID il the Phil
iDpinesl
The approximate number o. remains
10 be exhuu1sd Is f33i- distributed n
the following plaees- Horoluln. -
enlisted men q the army sRd one nd
rirs: Guam. eight men Of the navy
China. two officers OF the army. . En-
listed men o. the army and 81 met ct
the navy. Philippines. Il officers O!
the army. l-i5o enlisted men Of tie
aruy and 5 men OF the 1zyy-
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-27
Warship for Kruexer.

Lorenzo Marques, Monday. Sept II.
Mr.. Kruger, the former president oI
the South African Republic. will not
sail for Europe on the German steamer
H~zog Monday, Sept. "a, as he origin
ally intended.
The Hague. Sept. 1s--The govern
ment of The Netherlands has been no.
tilted OF Mr.. Kruger's acceptance Of
her offer to place a warship at his dis
posal to convey him from Lorenzo
MARQUES to Holland
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-27
We have just placed on sale 800 OF pairs
NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS

at a greatly reduced price. We would
be pleased to show you our complete
stock and will have no difficulty IN con-
vincing YOU we are offering exceptionally
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-27
Hanna to Take the Stump.

Chicago, Sept Ex-senator Henna,
encouraged by the reception given his
speeches yesterday at the Commercial
Mckinley Club meeting, has about de-
cided to go upon the stump during the
last two weeks of the campaign. He
will leave Saturday night for New York
where he will remain ten days. at the
end of which time he will return TO
Chicago to resume personal control OF
the national campaign in the west
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-27
BODIES TO BE BROUGHT HONE
Remains Of Soldiers to be Inferred
In United States.

Washington, Sept 1S.-Colonel VIII
liam S. Patton. OF the Quartermaster
Department on duty at the War De-
partment has completed arrangements
for the free transportation to the
United States OF the remains OF soldiers
and sailors and civilians who lost their
lives and were buried in the island pos
sessions OF the United States and In
China. According to the present plans
of the department a burial corps VII
take passage on the transport Hancock
scheduled 70 leave San Francisco on
October LIST Tor the Philippines
The corps win be in charge OF D. E
Rhodes. inspector OF National Gene
teries. who was sent to the Philippines
in November. 1899. on similar errand
When the transport stops at Homo
lulu 10 coal. the bodies buried there
will be taken mp and made part OF bel
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-27
INWARD

Telephone 2ls is the business once
OF the Robert Grieye Printing Com
pany and The Republican Telephone
123 il the editorial department
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We also carry full line of Fish Nets.
Swisses. Madras. Scrim and other lines
of Curtain Material by the yard. Just
ope1ed a new large lot OF Draperies OF
newest designs. Come and see them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-30
Helen Keller.

Helen Keller, the deaf mute, whose
attainments rival those of Laura
Bridgeman. in whom Charles Dick
ems took so much interest. has re-
Gently passed with honors the en-
trance examination of the Women's
Annex of Harvard University, under
conditions precisely the same as those
governing other candidates. Her con-
quest of physical disabilities is little
short of marvellous, as she taught her.
self to speak in a fashion understood
by her friends. She Is also skilled
typist, and the questions in her exam
ination were answered by her on a
typewriter. Athletic, too, form large
part of her daily life, as she is skilled
eyclist-a tandem, of course-horse-
woman, sculler and swimmer Amongst
the subjects of her studies are Latin,
Greek, algebra and geometry. Alto
gether, her case is one of remarkable
interest, as, even supposing her to be
exceptionally gifted, it would seem
possible to develop the faculties of deaf
mutes to greater degree than has
hitherto been supposed.
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The Upturned mustache.

Aprapos Of the statement that several
portraits of Charles l. by Van Dyek,
showed the same fierce mustache Which
the kaiser is SO fond of, German
monthly now comes forward and OBJ
serves that the 4upturned mustache"
was really invented at the court of
Philip ". of Spain. Charles L, being
Philips brother-in-1aw. subsequently
set the fashion in England, and thence
it spread to Belgium, Germany, Swed-
en- and France. Louis XIII. was prac-
tically the last monarch to wear this
type of mustaehe, until its revival by
William II.
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Farming In Colorado and New mexico.

The Denver & Rio Grande Rail-
road. The Scenic Line of the World, !"
has prepared an Illustrated book APP
on the above subject. which will be
sant free to farmers desiring to
change their location. This publica-
ton gives valuable information in
regard to the agricultural. horticul-
tural and live stock interests of this
section, and should be in the hands
ofevery one who desires to become
acquainted with the methods OF
of farming by irrigation. Write S.
K. Hooker,, g. 2. &. T. A., Denver,
Colo tt
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Advance In Higher Education.

The advanced stages of education are
becoming more thickly crowded. Twen-
five years ago only per cent of the
population was enrolled in the public
high schools, now the percentage is
0.6l-the number of such pupils having
Increased from 22,900 in 1876 to 49,
600 In 1898. The number in private
high schools has increased in the same
time from 1910 to 1o5, 225-there hav-
ing been a decrease relative in pop
ulation. This indicates a large meas
ure of advance in the public high
schools as preparatory schools for col
leges over what was the case years
ago.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-30
If You Didn't Die.

Eating twelve minee pies between
Christmas day and Twelfth day is said
to insure the eater twelve lucky or
happy months during the following
year.