1 ggg] 1 DAILY ■1 PORTLAND PRESS, .... EEi] * ■"■-r"""—1t-it:.: ■■■■". ESTABLISHED JUNE 23, 1862—YOL. 39. PORTLAND, MAINE, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1900. Vaett^} PRICE THREE CENTS. MISCELLANEOUS. fence now is at variance with that given despatch, informed the consular corp? find and destroying theiy possessions, BECKHAM MEN WIN. in his for ball at Frankfort. application that ho had a t jec aa . telegraphed to Pekin, urging says London cable to the World, the TilELTw’S DELAY. protection of the foreign legations. It is feared that some of the viceroys CHAPMAN NATIONAL BANK who, as a whole, have hitherto shown LAY IT ALL TO LI HUNG. themselves most friendly disposed toward Judge Lacomlie Wants More Evidence RUSSIA are now in their of KNOWS. foreigners, wavering Maine, Portland, Felt at the Honors Ac* First Contest in Ken- Ilefc re Granting -Neely's Extradition. Indignation support, and, with the governors of sev- cortlctl Him. eral provinces, are going over to the Convention. New Lacombe of rebels. CAPITAL tucky York, July 19.—Judge London, July 20.—The Shanghai corre- $100,000.00 the U. S. circuit court, today rendered an Many people regard Li pondent of the Daily Express, says: Hung Chang’s in the case of Charles W, eagernes3 for his from opinion F. Intense indignation is felt here at the present journey Surplus and Undivided Profile, $29,000.00 with Canton to Pekin with and Neely, charged having defrauded honors which the British in Hong Kong suspicion the United States in urge that ho be detained, when the Solicits the accounts of BanI(s,Mer- postal department have accorded Li Hung Chang, who if ciintile l and A Cuba, In which he declared that the mere steamer carrying him reaches Shanghai. inn*, Corporation* Compromise Agreed To on Reported To Have Definite Information looked upon in Shanghai as the origina- and is to fur- presentation of an indictment cannot be IndividustI*, prepared tor of the whole fiendish anti-foreign nish its the best facilities held patrons Goebel Liw. sufficient for Neely’s extradition plot. FROM RARON N1SSI. and liberal accommodations. and that further testimony will be heard A Chinese merchant who has ar- of Massacre at Pekin. just Jnpnnea« Make Public I.uwt Coniniiiuio when the case comos up on July 23, rived from Pekin details gives horrible cation front After of of counsel Their Chinese Minister. Inteiest Paid on complaining delay of the massacre. He says he saw European Deposits. in briefs and (Washington, 19.—The presenting stating that the wo men hauled into the street by shout- July .Tapanes® action is legation here has made the Extra Session brought under a recent amend- ing boxers, who stripped them and public last SPECIAL DEPARTMENT FOR SAVINGS. Legisla- ment of communication received it from the United States Revised Sta- hacked them to pieces. Their dissevered by Baron rviews and invited. tutes known as the act of Nissi, the Japanese minister to k Correspondence ture To Be Called. June 6, 1900, limbs were tossed to the crowd and Pekin. This Judge Lacombe gives tho provisions carried off telegram was received today at the Cl~ .EN C. President. with howls of triumph. Some CHAPMAN, as to legation from the minister of adopted extradition and says: were already dead having been shot by Japanese J H. -Cashier. “The mere Russians With affairs and is because HtlAS EATON, fact that the individual who Japanese Charge foreign civilians. foreign important cr has committed a crime In a coun- of the date given. The telegram was Sf DIRECTORS! foreign He says he saw Chinese soldiers carry- is himself a dated 13 the the try citizen of the United at Tien Tsin. the bodies of white children aloft on July by sender, Japanese EN C. CHAPMAN, SETH L. For Purpose of Repealing Ob- Cruelty ing LARRABEE, States,does not prevent the United States consul at Che Foo and is as follows: ! their spears, while their companions shot to STEADMAN, FERLEY P. EURNHAM, from “I received at 10 a. on the 12th noxious Law. returning him to the country at the bodies. He gives other details, too m., a a£,E M. EDWARDS, JAMES F. HAWKES from Baron Nissi dated against whose laws he has offended. horrible to be particularized here. despatch Pekin, RY S. CSGOOD WILLIAM M. MARKS “The June 29. The letter was § joint resolution of April 18, 1898, It seems that the boxer leaders had or- brought by a ADAM P. a LEIGHTON, w declared that ‘the of the island of special messenger, Chinese, who left) el M people ganized a plan including the offering of ^v&Ftf Pekin July 1, and managed to make tho Cuba are, and of right, ought to be free rewards and rich loot for the annihilation journey with great difficulty. The sub- Lexington, Ky., July 19.—Delegates and independent, and this finding as of China and -- Europeans throughout that f--- -. I stances of the letter is as follows: to the Democratic state to their The ■■■tilMTWM——,,,,11, convention status be Southern .. ITUI met may accepted by the Viceroys IVlay Yield Prince Tuan's generals have been empha- 1—31 by districts this morning to select mem- courts, sizing the opportunity the soldiers have Continued on Second Page. TRUNKS bers of the committees for the convention. “Witnesses need not be from brought To Pressure. of seizing the bodies of white women. .Notwithstan ling the attacks made on Cuba to testify here, but their sworn the candidacy of Gov. Beckham, his lines statements can certainly be obtained so LI AT Made for actual service HUNG HONG KONG. were as solid as ever today. The opposi- that the court’s decision may be based in every size, expensive tion claimed to have made inroads dur- upon competent proofs of facts within The Viceroy liccelvetl With Great H011- Waitt and Bond’s or built the even on cheap. They’re ing night, the instructed the knowledge of the witnesses.” nra. with all the trunk-style vote of Gov. Beckham, and declared that PRESIDENT Hong Kong, Wednesday, July 18.—LI that’s practicable, aud If the convention coaid be held over an- RETURNS. There Arc of Already Signs on Hung Chang and his suite arrived here BLAGKSTONE finished other day “the new departure1 would Wavering handsomely and landed this morn- win with one of the dark horses for yesterday evening even to the three dollar Goes to Can ton After Two In off Days Stay Part The was received with a sa- The Beckham men Many. ing. viceroy kind. Trunks for little governor. claim, City. lute of 17 a of honor CIGAR that have more than guns andjwith guard or however, they tlips long journeys; from the Welsh fusiliers and a band pro- cuuugu bu nuuauato. but tho prices are al- Washington, July 19.—After a stay of the where he After a conference this in ceededjo government'house, The morning two ways short. days in the city, during which he was received the governor, Sir Leading Senator Blackburn's room at which Gov. by Henry has had several consultations with his A. Blake, Generals Gaselee, Barrow and Beckham was represented, it was agreed cabinet on the Chinese situation, the other officials. Li Hung Chang was ex- IOg Londre to recommend an early session of the leg- President started back for Canton tonight London, July 21—4 a. m.—“The Wash- Hie tremely reticent. He stated that he had THE HITTER, islature for the purpose of amending the Russians, according to the news pnp taking the 7.45 express on the Pennsyl- infcon idea of sending Mr. Kockhill to from St. received definite news that the ministers 107 Middle St. Goebel law. The result of this conferenca. Petersburg,' have completely in the works. vania railroad. With him also went Sec- the and at Pekin with the h««s China,” says Standard, editorially, defeated the Chinese and have foreigners excep- Geo. a. Coffin M'o'n. relieved the Beckham men from em- occupied retary Cortelyou, Col. Webb Hayes and this morning, “Is an excellent one and tion of Baron Von Kettaler, the German Known barrassment over the only plank in the Blagovestchensk, capital of the Amur Everywhere. Mr. William the were Barber, President's might advantageously be imitated by with a minister*, safe July 8. The imperial platform that was in dispute. government, large force. Since nephew. They occupied the private car the British and other governments.” Gen. Grlbski edict recalling him to Pekin, the vice- QUALITY The opposition insist that the conces- (not Gribovski), chief of Gassmere. The President came to the The Standards tnen proceeds to com- stall at Port roy said, were due to the Empress and sion indicates weakness and was still de- Arthur has taken over the station unattended a COUNTS. during thunder ment upon the great ignorance prevalent supreme command Emperor and not to Prince Tuan. termined to dispute every motion of the in Manchuria, rein- storm. He was met by several members in Europe, not only of recent events, but forcements have been "mil llll'IWM wiHliIII iff"mwniHwwPi FRiCEi FIT Beckhamites in the convention, rapidly pushed up of his cabinet, including Secretary Koot of Chinese affairs and and the FOR SUDDEN DEPARTURE. The Beckham men claimed to have or- generally. general situation has been and Postmaster Emory Smith, both of The cabinet council convened by Lord San 19.—The batteries ganized at least seven of the eleven con- greatly improved. Francisco, July QUALITY SELECTED. whom had a brief private consultation Salisbury yesterday, came a day earlier The Russian of the third that gressional districts, with two in doubt, minister of the interior artillery received^orders with him before the train left.