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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-25
CHINESE TROOPS OPERATING
British and Americans in Chase-Half the Popu
laton Quit Pekn-Chaffee Says
Fighting Is Over.

Copyright 1901 by the Associated Press.
Pekin Aug. Il. via Che-Foo. Aug. g.
The Japanese command the gates of the
Forbidden City and are awaiting instruc-
tions as to whether to hold them or destroy
them.
Prince Tuan, leader of the insurrection. IS
reported to have been seen here and dfligent
search is being made for him
Chinese cavalry are operating in squares
near Tung-Chow. and a squadron of Sikhs
and American cavalry have been sent in
pursuit of them 1t is believed that the
Empress Dowaser has established her court
at Sian-Fu. the ancient capital.
Ii PING HENG DEAD.
Washington, Aug. 24.-Acting Secretary
Adee made public tonight the following
dispatch from Consul Fowler at Che-Foo,
giving additional information bearing on
events in Pellin:
"Che-Foo Cundatedl-Received Aug 9,
midnight.-Secretary of State. Washington:
Twenty y-third-Japanese report Emperor
tand possibly Empress> left Pekn 14th: rest.
ed at u-Shou-Shan; supposed destination
Tai-Yuan-Fu. Shen-Si. Prince Ching be.
lieved in Pekin. Ii Ping Heng died. Hall
population left.
tSigned) FOWLER
AMERICANS IN BATTLE.
London, Aug. 25. 3:i5 a. m.-Five hundred
American troops participated in sigma
defeat of Boxers outside Tien-Tsin Au
gust 10 The fact is briefly reported from
Vienna. Details of the engagement come
from the Reuter- agent at Tien-Tsin. In s
dispatch dated August %. In addition to the
Americans. the force consisted of 315 Brit
ish and so japanese, all under the British
General. Dorward
The fight took place at q village six miles
| southwest cf Tien-Tsin. where the allie'
| forces found considerable number o
| Boxers whom they engaged. killing ovel
| SOC and taking sixty-four wounded prisoners
| who were sent to the hospitals of the allies
| The village was burned. The Americans hat
| five wounded. the japanese six and the BTU
| ish none. Hundreds of Boxers, flags. spear
| and swords were captured.
From Shanghai comes report. quaiine'
| by the assertion that 1t is from purely chi
nsse sources. that the Empress DowaSeI
after proceeding one days journey IRON
pekin, SecaRse terrified at the iooting D!
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-25
WORK OF AMERICANS.
1t Enabled British to Enter Peki1
Without Loss.

London, Aug. 25.-A Pekin sponden,
says:
''The Chinese admit having lost 5000 in
the various attacks upon the legations. Our
rations dwindled to one pound day, con-
sisting of horse flesh and rice.
When the American detachment at
tackled, the whole Chinese force concen-
trated against them, leaving the Sha-Ho
gate unmatched. whereupon the British en-.
tered there without the loss of a man"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-25

General Tung Fuh Siangs troops and went
back TO Pekin.
A Chinese telegram from Tsi-Ean-Fu
says that Prince Tuan has been captured
by detachment of the allies
Other Chinese messages record the forma-
ton Of a provisional government in Pekin
by the allies. but this appears to be pure
ly military measure. and merely an elabora-
ton OF the scheme for dividing the city in
to sections for police purposes.
Earl LIS Conversion.
Ii Hung Chang has received word that
the allies entered Pekin easily because the
troops Of General Tang Fuh Slang utterly
refused to face the allies. According to the
Shanghai correspondent of the Daily EN-
press. Earl Ii. recognizing the futilty of
an attempt TO drive the foreigners from
China, now processes conversion to reform
principles.
Shanghai advices announce the receipt
there of Chinese official dispatch assert
ing that Emperor kwang Su has been found
and rescued by the Japanese.
General Gaselee the commander of the
British forces at Pekin. telegraphing from
that place August 16, via Che-Foo, August
Is. gives details of how he is disposing of
his troops there. He says the British losses
We're extremely small announces that he is
| very short of food that he was arranging
for conveys, and that he hoped to assault
the Imperial City that day, when the men
had been fed. The General also says the
good spirits and endurance of the troops
were beyond praise, and refers TO the ex.
| tremely arduous march. owing to the heat
and heavy roads.
| Messages from Tien-Tsin report serious
! mortality among the American hotses, ow.
! ing to the heat.
| Delayed advices to Reuter-, dated Peilin
| August II, reiterate the statements regard,
! ing the treachery of the Chinese On the
night before the relief. They had Informed
the members of the legations that orders
had been issued to cease firing. Tais was
| followed by a desperate attack.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-25
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.

Thomas p. Bowles and Lilly NandoNeT or
Valley Park married IN st. Louis to avoid
a costly wedding celebration at nome
charles It. HOFFMAN in his will made PRO-
,.isio, for monuments to he erected on the
graves Of his second and third wives
The Missouri Commission Of The Buffalo
pan-Ame-.can Exposition IS making ar
engagements to display Missouri proaucts on
u large scale.
James Love Of Chicago was found un-
conscious in freight car and died IN Inc
CITY Hospital. supposedly OF morphine polS-
oning.
President Warren Of the Chicago Board Of
Trade writes 10 O ST. Louis broker apout
the bucket-shop question.
Robert Berri. his daughter and Mrs. Nc
Coy. a fortuneteler. were arrested wnlie
digging for wealth, by Il suspicious pohce-
man, but were released later.
Pastor Pappe Of the Columbia Bottom
Lutheran Church donned overahs and
painted the edidce.
Another effort is being made to obtain a
license to conduct saloon in the central
part Of f.irlSwood
Paul A. Greene and Eva Is. Fischer
eloped to Belleviile and were married.
Ferdinand Froelich, gynnastic instructor
Of North st. Louis Tirnverein. died at
Dayton, O.. from the effects Of fall
Two boys who ran away from nome al
Hoffmeister Heights were found nearly
starved
Many merchants from out of town arrive
daily TO DO fall buying.
missionary to ST. Louis deaf mutes is
to be Installed tomorrow.
Official returns of the census in St Louis
give the city a population Of 5Ia.2sS.
The new pavilion on the grounds of the
City Insane Asylum was formally opened
with dance in which the inmates paruci-
pated
The scheme to furnish water to st. Louis
from the Meranec Spring was formally
presented TO President NIcMath.
Aaron Hawkins. a Mormon missionary.
was arrested on receipt of a telegram that
he had pushed a child under train. lie
was released. rs there was no evidence 10
support the accusation.
Governor Stephens arrives from the East
and discusses the St. Louis Police Depart
ment.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-25
IOWA COLLEGE BURNED.
Building Lately Sold to German
EYanoelical Church

Sioux City. To-. Aug. A-Western Union
College at Lemars, Ia, was DESTROYED bv
fire to-day. The loss is estimated at $40 Ooo
with $4,000 insurance.
The building was lately. sold to the Ger
man Evangelical Church Society and was -
have been opened next week by the new,
management
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-25
SLEPT IN DEAD FATHERS ARMS.
Muncie Electricians Rahe Igno.
rant of His Awful Death.

Muncie. Ind. Aug. 25--William b. Cox.
chief en gineer at the Nuncie Electric Street
Light Works, was killed tonight by falling
on live wire in the power-hoOse.
He was alone with mis- 6-year-old glrl at
the time. The child went to hin. and lay
The dead man. he dead man ard the sleep
ing child We're found by Mir. CoN's ie-ycac-
oio daughter. Verne.
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New York, Aug. A.-Arrived: Friederich
der Crosse, from Bremen; Kaiser FREDERICK,
from Hamburg.
Cherbours, Aug. 2.-Saied: Steamer
Columbia, from Hamburg and Southamp-
ton. New York
Glasgow. Aug. 24.-Sailed: State of Ne
braska, New York.
Southampton, Aug. ea.-sailed. Columbia
from Hamburg. New York. via Cherbourc.
MoSille. Aug. 2s-Sailed: Tunisian. from
Liverpool, Montreal.
New York. Aug. 2is-Arrive6: Steamer
Norge, iStetin and Copenhagen.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-25
SAN ANTONIO FAILURE.
Albert Maverick Files a Petition in
Bankruptcy.

San Antonio. Tex. Aug. 2-Albert Maver-
lex to-day filed a petition in bankruptcy
Liabilities approximate Sl10,000.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-25

Voters should send G. o. Agee. Conway,
Ark, 10 cents postage for free copy of his
book, Modern Egypt, or The Adninistra-
ton of Mark and Mack. Rich and racy;
nnlificn- historic.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-25
Would Abolish sedan Day.

Berlin Aug. ai.-Professor Theodore
Momulsen. the eminent German jurist ard
historian, has an article in the Nation. ur-
ging tie abolition OF the celebration of Sc
dan Dsy.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-25
GENERAL DOMESTIC

Youtsey Is reported seriously i'll and
postponement Of his trial may occur. Caleb
Powers was yesterday transferred TO the
Louisville Jail.
wanlun who killed his cellmate in Ne
hraska. : d; at one time in m insane
asylum. Ii is the belief that he was crazy
when the deed was committed.
The political picnic held at Savannah.
Mo-. closed last night after a three Gays
successful meeting. Dockery, Cowheri and
Cochran made favorable impressions.
John 1. Martin of ST. Louis made favor
able impression on Chicago audience in a
political speech
Congressman Carmack will abandon his
senatorial headquarters at Nashville. Term
on September and enter into the Gamma ign
in kentucky and other States in behalf Of
Bryan.
William Jennings Bryan spoke to great
crowds at Manhattan and Narysville. kas
yesterday and made brief talks to crowds
which greeted him at stations along the
line OF travel.
Samuel Alschuler visited Danville Urbana
and Champaign, H., yesterday in company
with Mr.. Todd and other prominent Illinois
Democrats.
Congressman vandiver of Missouri has
given on. a statement showing some of the
items of expense inclir-eG by the Mckinley
administration under tie policy of govern
ment by commission.
In Illinois yesterday an Indiana preacher
performed the ceremony OF marriage at Il
wedding In which he MAS the bridegroom.
A squad OF detectives are working at
burlington on the express robbery case. in
which a package containing 5000 was stol-
en- from the Adams Express CoTnapny while
en- route from Burlington 10 Chicago, and a
package of brown paper substituted in it's
stead No clew has been obtained far
10 the ySteriDllS affair
VIII Of the late c. T. Huntington filed FOR
probate His widow is The chief heneti-
ctary.
Peck, the Akron negro, whose crime
caused "Wednesday nights riot. was spirit
ed from Cleveland to Akron. arraisned and
sentenced to life Imprisonment. He is now
in the Columbus Peuitentiary.
SPORTING.
Powell was In superb form and Chicago
was ChI:agoed.
Winners at Fair Grounds: The Light,
Benham, Gilbert. Seething. Athora and Joe
Doughty.
Horsernen at Saratoga believe that the
keene string will take all the money I'm the
Futurity race. Whitney's Ballyhoo Bey is
said to lack courage.
Jesse Rurkett has batting average OF
.5ll for the last eighteen games played.
RAILROADS.
President NJ. Z. ingalls, Of the Big -Four
has submitted the eleventh annual repor.
TO the stockholders
Long-s:anding litigation between stock
holders of the Nashville. Chattanooga and
st. Louis will be settled amicably.
President Il. T. Jeifery of the Denver and
Rio Grande and of the Rio Grande Southern
has submitted annual reports OF both COM
panies.
George W. Ristine may be made super
visor of the various Western traffic agen-
cies TO he esta blshed by executive officials
Santa Fe engineers and firemen viii pro-
test against ouhle-headers.
The Central Passenger Association has
granted reduced rates for a number of meet
ings.
An annual statement has been made OF
Erie earnings.
The Arkansas Commission announces tina,
the new express tariff will so into effec
on Septsmbtr l.
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Next Sunday there viii be a cheap excu..
sion on the Big Four.
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FIGHTING Is AT AN END.

Copyright 1909, by the Associated Press.
Pekin. Thursday. Aug. IL, via Shanghai,
Thursday. Aug. 23.-The allied troops have
surrounded the Imperial City and stationed
sentries at the gates. They refrain from
entering, pending instructions from their
Governments.
General Chaffee says the fighting is ended.
Captain Reilly of Battery F, Fifth United
States Artillery. who was killed before the
Imperial Palace. was buried in the legation
grounds. General Chaffee. the British and
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-25
German student. Ripe Age.

Berlin, Aug. 24.-Professor Rudoiphe
yirchow, the distinguished pathologist, to-
day quietly celebrated his golden wedding.
receiving numerous congratulations. He
announces his intention to attend the ma
pauyers next month.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-24

brawny, maintains that the plaintiff
called him liar. He badly beat his
small antagonist, and for a long time
Johnson was confined to his home. When
he was able TO be about he commenced
suit for $500 actual ard 5000 punitive
damages
It was known that Pedford's plea
would be such as to create a stir anG
the court room was well filed when the
case was called. The answer read:
The defendant for his amended answer
deries each and every allegation not here-
matter expressed. Further answering,
the defendant states that on or about
the 18th of July. 1899, he was suffering
from nervous disease known as nell
rasthenia, which tends to the general
impairment Of health, and tended to
make the defendant irr1tible and to de-
prive him of his usual self-coHtrol; that
plaintiff was the tenant of the defendant
and on said date, while they were dis
cussing business. without any cause or
provocauon the plaintiff called the de-
fendant damned liar" The defendant
was born III Kentucky and reared IN
Missouri, and under the custom prevailing
III said states such language was the
deadltest insult which one could infiict
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containing red dye, to give them a flesh
Ilhe appearance; others sew, cover and
stun the doll; others paint the eyebrows,
lips and hair; if this last be not indicated
merely by paint, mohair is glued on. The
manufacture Of the glass eyes, as well
as the fixing of them in the head, is again
done by different people; and all the
parts are put together by small manu-
tacturer, who usually lives in town ami
to whom the workmen engaged in the
manufacture Of parts of dolls carry the
product of their weekly toll
MODEL dolls are similar to the wax dolls.
with the exception that they are pro-
vided with heads made entirely of wax.
In the manufacture of mat or washable
dolls the limbs and heads are dipped into
a solution which is supposed to make
them washable.
The making of fine doll wigs is an art
by itself. Mohair, which is imported in
large quantities from England, is used
in this manufacture; sometimes human
hair is employed. but the latter material
being expensive, its use will always be
limited.
The consumption of China bisque heads
is large, and about dozen factories are
manufacturing them exclusively.
The mass out of which china heads are
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made consists of china clay, quartz sand,
feldspath and kaolin These materials
are put into iron drums AMI mixed,
ground between flint stones ami wetted
The mixture is filed with hollow gyp-
sum forms and remains long enough to
allow part of the mass to settle on the
inner surface of the mold and become
firm. The remainder is poured cut again,
and the gypsum forms. which consist
of two parts, are removed so that the
china heads in their unfinished state are
left Before they have become hard all
roughness is removed from the surface,
and the spaces for the mouths and eyes
are cut out. Next the heads are exposed
in ovens to an intense heat for about
three days; they are then PARTED and
placed for a few hours into another kind
of oven, so that the paint is buried in.
The glass eyes are blown out Of tubes
held over a strong gas flame; hey are
connected by wire, and, if it is desired
to make them movable, AHEAD weight IS
fastened to the wire. The dressing of
dolls is an extensive industry. Manu-
facturers employ. up to 200 or 800 hands
mostly girls. OF recent years dtlls are
brought out dressed up in uniforms to
represent some well known character.
Dolls dressed in khaki are being put ON
the English market.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-24
linking OF q DOLL.

Germany is the home of the toy trade,
and this business has existed in Thu1in-
gia since the Middle ages. But the doll
trade there is only forty or fifty years
old, and from Oliver ]. D. Hughes, our
consul in Coburg, comes an interesting
story telling how dolls are made.
The commonest kind Of doll now in the
market is the one which goes under the
name of wax doll" It's trunk is made
of cheap shirting, stuffed with sawdust
or excelsior; its legs and arms and head
are usually of papier-mache the last hav-
ing Il thin wax covering; a coarse shirt
completes this poor and simple type of
doll, and yet many hands have been en-
gagged in getting 1t ready. Certain work.
men make the arms and legs, either by
cutting them out of wood or by molding
them of papier-mache; others arrange
the limbs in fat wooden boxes, which are
put near the stove or in the sun to dry;
others dip the arms and legs into a basin
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-24
Monday Carpet Department Specials.

We have selected from stock odd discontinued nat
terms OF Carpets Rugs etc. which propose to close out at
very low prices great variety of patterns and coIors to Sc
ect from Bargains for ALL Don't miss them if in need Of
anything in the line of ''up-to-date Floor Coverings
LOCO yards good Brussels Carpet, 20 to 40 yards
7so IN peoe; 45c to 6oc per yard
{ |7O yards Velvet Carpet, is to As yards in
Pl0C0, to O5C per ward
lot OF Velvet Rugs 27x54 inches, to
5o Close cos, i.:. SI.45 each
onSs SI75 and $I.o5 each
Don't forget to bring diagrams of come early
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-24
'SYou Eje'' Is Dot
a DeddJg insult.
~~oN~~o-@-~~-0o-o0o

KANSAS CITY, June 23-Is it a deadly
insult to call a man liar, and is the
man so insuited justified in slugging the
man who impugns his veracity?
jury in Judge Gates court decided in
the negative and awarded Neiis johnson
$1,000 damages for being beaten UP by II.
c. Bedford, both farmers in Eastern
Jackson county. Bedford made the
unique plea that he was born in Ken
tucky and raised in Missouri, and that in
those states it was a deadly insult to call
man liar. He also made the peculiar
plea that he was suffering from neu-
rasthenia, disease of the nerves, which
deprived him partially OF his self-control.
Some months ago Johnson, who Is a
small man, was a tenant of Bedfo.d's s,
and the two got into a dispute over soms
ground. Bedford. who is large and
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-24

upon another. That on hearing sad
words defendant was. owing 70 the char
aeter of the words, unable - control
hnself and he struck the plaintiff about
the head and face several times with his
fists; that defendant Gid not put lis
whole force. but, never having struck a
man before in his life in aEee-. aid rot
know how niuch force to use arri did iu-
fict some slight injuries about the head
and face Of the plaintiff.
When tho attorney for the defendant
had finished there was something II 4
litter going around over the room, aad
the Kentuckians recollected their native
state with considerable pride, and those
that had been born IN BlissoJr thought
the days of chiV airy had returned or the
code duello revived Bedford hirnse,f,
who is very large man, WAS about th3
only one in the room that Gid rot smile,
but Judge Gates could hardly suppress
hinisclf q: the unique answer Of the le-
fendant, which was based on the code OF
honor OF TWO great states.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-24
Fourth July Exeur.lons.

Single fare for round-trip between all
stations on the 500 Line July 2 and l.
Ticke; Office. S7s Robert st.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-24

DANBURY>s ADDITION.
Mary Groeardt .....12 9 "a
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-24
A Candid Publfahcr.

In the recent death of J. Sch abe1itz,
the famous Zurich publisher and au-
thor, the world of art and letters has
lost one of it's extraordinary charac-
tiers. He was shrewd business man,
an excellent liiguiSt. a slsillful writer,
and probably the most savage publish
err who ever lived. When he accepted
the famous memoirs of Count Won
Arnim. he wrote on the post al card,
with the acceptance. the proviso: II
reserve the, right to correct your in
formally bad grammar" To an aspir-
ing poet who had submitted manu-
script he answered by postal card: 81
refuse to be disgraced by printing your
doggerel. l don't return the copy be-
cause you didn't incIoxr enough post
age. If you will send II. with the price
of this card. ! will send it 10 you. but
l don't think the stuff is worth the ex-
pense on your part" One of his postal
cards to novelist read about as fol-
lows: For. Heavens sake. come and
take away the unnania bic mass of paper
you left here for me TO look ut" An
ambitious hist orian was crushed by
the following. written. ike all his cor
respondence. upon Il postal card: you
are making the mistake of your life.
You don't want To study history. You
want to learn how to wri;e."-Satur-
day Evening Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-24
a HIDDEN L,oaT

Ay Uncle Jim's wonder;
He would know jess what to do
In military crisis
Say. another Waterloo.
He could figure in minute
How his side Nigh: win the day
And get out with banners flynn
But none ever came his way.
In political transactions
He has foresight rare and keen.
He would know what string to pun at
As he stood behind the scene.
In "coo-dy-tah." tell you.
Genius! That's what he'd display.
Changin' all the face Of hist'ry-
But none ever came his way.
An as fur flnanceerin',
That Is where his talent shines;
He knows how folks should handle
Railroad pools an banks an mineA
Putin through big undertaking.
Seems to him a pastime gay.
He could fix 'em in jiny-
But none ever came his way.
Uncle Jim is 1ivin' quiet
In his house behind the hill,
An the world goes on without him
Missin' all his brains and skill
War. diplomacy. finances
Would have felt his master sway
Had occasion only offered
But none eyer came his way.
-WaShingtonN Star.