ES PORTLAND DAILY PRESS. EES JUNE 18i>2 VOL. 39. ^gTABLIBHED PORTLAND, MAINE, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1900. VJ¥SKI PRICE THREE CENTS. Carnegie company. It Is to BOTH seeking buy rest and to prepare for the attack on the BURNED TO DEATH. nil the big blast furnace in plants the capital city in force, after waiting until L nlted {States. The Carnegie company the rear of the advancing hosts should, has contracted for 16,000,000 tons of Iron arrive at the front. Possibly, also, the ore annually, though will 6,000,000 amply delay was tho result of negotiations in- supply Its present plants. THE ALLIES ENTER PEKIN. augurated by the Chinese officials look- Gasolene The plan for is Stove Causes enlargement believed to to the of the ministers with be ing delivery the secret of the 11 za- company’* pita a Chinese or other escort. If negoti- Loss of Two tlon of $320,000,000. Lives. ations were attempted they must have failed as the TB00PS ORDERED OUT. army continued on its march and attacked the capital three days after reaching Tung Chow. The To Quell A*» Uprising of Negroes In officials here were aware of the fact that Fluid Set the hold of the boxers was in the Escaping Fire to Girl’s Georgia. The Were strong Besieged Foreigners Chinese city and for the allies to attempt Dress. to force their way through it into the Atlanta, Ga., August 17.—Gov.Candler Tartar City in which the legation com- has ordered out the Liberty Guards, a Relieved August 15- pounds are located, might mean a great company of the Georgia national to guard loss of life and possibly a defeat. It was quell an uprising of negroes in Liberty also kno wn that many of the Imperial county in the southeastern Another portion of the troops which have sided with tho Boxers Woman’s Cloth- state where the blacks outnumber the were in or near the Chinese city and that whites three to one. One white man Also was much of the artillery and rifle fire which ing killed several days ago in a with Caught. quarrel has been poured into the legations had negroes and since that time discontent- been from the walls separating the two ment has grown on both sides until now oities. These facts evidently ..were com- a race war seems imminent. municated to Gen. Chaffee and the other It is reported that the are burn- negroes commanding officers of the allies.^Kealiz- Both Died After Terrible ing Johnston station, a small town about 60 miles from Savannah Syrup-Figs Suffering. Two negroes are reported to have been killed for resisting arrest. hclsflwanl/y .mdfho/npt/y Waitt and Bond’s STRANDING OF OREGON.] Cleanses the System Lawrenoe, Mass., August 17.—A gaso- and An Interesting Story Connected With Gently Effectually lene stove was tbe cause of two deaths In BLACKSTONE Disaster. bilious or _______ when costive. Muthuen today and .the destruction by hr e of a barn and Its contents. Tbe vic- San Francisco, August 17 —Mall ad- Presents in the most acceptable form tims were Mrs. W. H. Barton, 45, and I CIGAR the laxative vices from Yokohama, Japan, contain principles ofpJants Henrietta Beabody, a girl of 14 who had known to act most the following story of the stranding of beneficially: been boarding with the Bartons. The the battleship Oregon on the Chinese The accident took place before noon at Leading just coast recently. TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS the old Churchill place, a farm at the The Chinese cruiser Hal Chi, com- west end of Methuen. 10c Londre BUY THE GENUINE — MANF D. BY manded by Captain Sah, a thoroughly Mies Peabody was preparing dinner on westernized officer on her way from Taku a large stove. The valve leaked CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUPCO. gasoline to Che Foo, descried the Oregon In her in the world. a trills and allowed the Quid to SAN rRANCISCO, CAL. escape, perilous plight and offered her valuable toetsviue. ky. ncw york. n.y. Miss Peabody was the wiping gasoline | assistance which was most gratefully re- Known Everywhere. hr tj/e by — price SO< per botf/e. from the stove when her dress took lire. Sruffists ceived by Capt. Wilde. The Hal Chi an- The stove was located in the ell and chored close by to be of further use if QUALITY was near a door which leads from the ell needed. to the barn. When the discovered ! COUNTS. girl The next day a Russian cruiser came her dress to be on fire she ran 1 hurriedly along. Her commander coming on board Into the barn and a handful of 1 * seizing j the Oregon, eyed the Chinese vessel with endeavored to the blaze. I hay extinguish suspicion and asked what she was doing This made mutters worse for in a mo- j there, On being told he shook his head ment was all on the hay Are. Leaving ; and said nevertheless it would be his tbe barn the ran to the street and girl j duty to take possession of her. Capt. her cries attracted the attention of a man j Wilde nodded and answered: who was wood on the chopping opposite j “Well I am a bit embairassed just now side of the street. At the same time au- j but there is ammunition aboard and my other man who was on his home way guns are in excellent condition.’* from the market drove Tne latter up. j The next day after the departure of the saw in the and a the girl street taking | Kusslan Capt. Wilde visited the llai Chi from his team It about blanket wrapped and suggested to Capt. Bah that as he her Mrs. Barton was found In the body. was protecting some refuge-sSbn board It UNITED STATES MINISTER CONGER. ! her also a mass burning barn, clothing might be well for him to run up the of flames. Mrs. Barton and the People who come here j Peabody American flag to the fore. This was done I girl were wrapped In blankets and con- no were carve a I arc caught iu every branch and questions asked by passing j Takes a keen edge to to the residence of William veyed Harvey cruisers afterwards. roast aud The 1 «f our Store. | gracefully smoothly. near by. Five physicians were called, | right shaped knives aud forks are catchy prices at j Tbe girl was more severely burned j RALLY AT TJLLOMASTON. flp’X'hert-’jt quite as necessary also to properly than the woman. The lire oonsuiued Thomaston, August 17.—An enthusias- levcry turn. j j handle a roast turkey or small bird* every bit of her clothing and llesh fell tic Republican rally was held tonight In I This week we offer you We have every sort of Carver in from her body when she was moved. Mrs. Watts hall which was packed to the j j reliable hold I an exceptional bargain iu ] Barton inhaled some of the lire and her doors. Congressman Littlefield and strictly steel,—they’ll solected hands and were burned. Shs Kual Robinson of Camden made the edge,—with Stag Handles, We «lin!l sell j body badly j Judge took flee while endeavoring to extinguish addresses. A large McKinley and Roose- News Confirmed Received in two or three piece sets; 75 cents * The you a really Fully By Despatches the girl’s burning clothing. The Methuen j velt flag was unfurled. Among those who upward. flue € ouch in IlanPoNine lire apparatus arrived In time to save the | marched In the parade were the members Velour*. — a Conch that house, but the barn with its contents was of the Littlefield club or Rockland 160 In From Admiral and Consul Fowler. destroyed. Loss about $2000; partially number. Remey would puzzle any uphol- insured. BURBANK, DOUGLASS & GO., FROM KLONDIKE. sterer to for less TREASURES produce I The two victims were so badly burned 17,—The steam- 242 middle St. Our SI3 that it was to take them to the Seattle, Wash., August than $15. price Impossible er Hum bolt arrived in from ! hospital. Both died during the after- port Lynn Canal with 96 passengers and more than ONLY $9.87 j noon, Miss Peabody at 3 o clock and Mrs. in treasure from the Klondike. I Barton an hour later, both having $>60,000 received the fol- The largest treasure holder was Clarence Washington, August 17.—The Navy department tonight Other Couches on cither suffered terribly. Trunks, -• Berry, who had four boxes^containing lowing cablegram from Admiral Remey : side of this p. Ice. STABBING AFFRAY AT TUG US. more than $150 000. Nearly all the pas- Suit 1 re- was en- from the Klondike are said to a. m.—Bureau Washington.—Just Togus, August 17.—Complaint sengers “Taku, August 17, Navigation, Cases, tered to United States Commissioner have possessed some dust. ceived telegram from Tien Tsin dated 16th, 10 p. m.: ‘Pekin was captured on Choate Friday of a stabbing affray in Dawson advices dated August 4, report __ Grips. ___ are safe. Details follow which two inmates of the Soldiers Home the drowning of four persons,all of Daw- August 15. Foreign legations shortly.’ 4 A larger stock you might see, but F. F. TIBBETTS CO., were involved. ^ son, by the wreck of the launch Aquilla. “REMEY.” It is that several nights ago an (Signed) ’twould be hard to find a better charged COL. HOKE RELIEVED. Dutch- 4 & 6 Free Street. inmate named John H.Heerline,a selection in any city.