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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-06
CRIME OF THE CENTURY.
Chinese Preparing the World for News of It
Japan Is Held in Leash,

London, July 6, 2:3o a. m.-The corre-
fpondent Of the Daily Mail at Shanghai
telcgraphing under date of July s. 1910 ..
m, says he believes that when official in
formation comes regarding Pekin IL may
include news of the outraging of English
women and the torture OF children. 1t may
almost be taken for granted, he asserts,
that all the foreigners In Pek,n have been
wiped out.
There are whisperings of startling rlImors
In the native quarters. and IT must not be
forgotten that the telegraph lines. on which
/ alone the news can come. are solely in the
&ands Of the Chinese. The native rumors
are likely to have their source In a solid
basis, and the native officials are believed
TO be preparing the way for the reception OF
news of the greatest crime Of the century.
Tatoi Yu admitted 70 the correspondent
that the case Of the Europeans In Pekin is
utterly hopeless, in his opinion. He believes
that II they have not yet been massacred,
Il Is only matter OF hours before they
will be.
A letter brought by courier from Pekin,
received in Shanghai on July 4, says the
Boxers are gathering huge forces about
Pekin re-erforcements arriving from all di-
rections. This is taken to Indicate con-
cert OF action among the mobiles, who are
b iieved to have thrown in their lot with
tIe Boxers. The Emperor and the Dowager
tAc fShttf dfc te'APiNNNiy
under the thumb OK Prince Tuan and
Yag HI.
Dispatches from Hong-Kong say the
''Triads," secret society. are assuming a
threatening demeanor on the mainland
Ii Hung Chang has sent 5.000 men to occu-
py the Bogue forts at the mouths or The
Canton River.
The safety OF all foreigners in North
China" says one report. depends upon ia
pans prompt action Japan has 7e.oV troops
ready. but Is prevented from sending them
to China by international jealousies.
The morning papers have various CONT
, mental dispatches handling the question as
to why Japan does not send more troops TO
China. but none Of them throws much light
upon the subject.
The Daily Mail offers some direct testi-
mony from its Yokohama correspondent. to
whom the Query was sent:
could Japan have relieved PelSin II given
a free hand?'
The correspondent replied:
Yes; Japan's strength is ample ana her
ability to use IT unquestioned- The truth Is
that the Mikado's Ministers have been tx-
cessively cautious, fearing that a great dis
play OF force might precipitate compnca-
lions among the Powers"
Intense indignation Is felt in Shangnai
against the supposed action OF the Powers
in restraining Japan from sending an army
to Pekin Immediately. The Powers are ac-
cused OF being as guilty of murder as are
Prince Tuans fanatics. and Sir ROBERT
Hart u blamed for not having informed tne
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-06
IN SOUTHERN CHINA.
Missionaries Report No Violence
Thus Far.
SPECIAL BY CABLE.

SPECIAL BY CABLE.
Hong Kong. July 5.-tCopyright. 1850 by
the New York Herald Company. )-AIission-
aries continue 10 arrive at Canton, Hong
Kong and Macao. They state that the
country is unsettled. but there has been
no violence.
The Niceroy has intinated his intention
OF enforcing the house tax and the head
tax to help raise money for recruiting. This
Is causing friction. Large re-enforcrments
of Chinese were sent last night to the
Bogue Forts.
The recent trouble In the Fat-Shan Hos
pital was caused by an Illicit dealer in
arms. whose stores We're confscated and
sold
There is some trouble in British KowIoon
Re-enforcements and police have been
sent.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-06
Crafty Dowager Empress Saves
Her Life by Taking Only
Part of the Potion.
DETAILS OF MASSACRE OF FOREIGNERS.
Ruthlessly Slaughtered When Ammunition Gave
Out-lncessant and Bloody Fighting
at Tien-Tsin.

Shanghai certify TO the truth of the
statement that Prince Tuan visited the
palace and offered the Emperor and the
Dowager Empress the alternative of
poison or the sword. The Emperor, they
say, took poison and died within an
hour. The Dowager Empress also chose
poison, but craftily swallowed only a
portion Of what was offered her and
survived. On the same day the Chinese
customs bureau was destroyed, Sir Rob-
err Hart, the Inspector of Customs, and
his staff, escaped to the legations.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-06
TIEN-TSIN STILL SURROUNDED.

Paris, July "a Temps dispatch from
Che-Foo. dated to-day, says:
'Tien-Tsin is still surrounded by an
overwhelming number Of Chinese. who
are trying 10 cut the communication of
the International forces. whose position
Is very dangerous.
The allied troops, numbering 1900
men, have succeeded with difficulty in
preventing by strategic measures an
assault by the Chinese, whose artillery
greatly outnumbers the European
guns
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-06

foreigners of the immense imports OF arms
especially few weeks ago
me Chlnese commanders are pTeparing
Tor long. severe Campaign, and are put.
ting into operation plans drawn up by Ger
man officers last year FOR resisting an in
TUANs CLAIMS LEGITIMATE.
Berlin. July 5.-The Chinese Minister is
still here. He told representative of the
Associated Press to-day that he did not
know where the Empress, II Emperor and
the Tsung Ii Yamen are now. He thinks
II likely that Prince Tu8n has seized the
throne, especially as the Prince has legit-
innate claims thereto, his father having
been appointed Emperor Tow shungs sue
cessor, and Prince Onsien Flung having
assembled the throne illegitimateiy.
Bishop Amer. before leaving Berlin. de-
clared II probable that the Powers would
master the present revolt IL they acted har-
monicusly throughout Otherwise, he be-
iieved the revolt would spread throughout
China and then the task would prove to be
an impossible one.
Information from Kiei IS to the effect
that Germany will have 1900 men, all told,
in China when the ships and troops now
ordered to proceed there shall have arrived.
OF this number 6.U4S men. with 3l3 guns, will
be on board the German ships, 1o.lO1 will be
marines and regulars, and $50 viii compose
the ksio-Chau force.
The Tageblatt's military writer asserts
that Japan alone could Immediately throw
into China a force sufficiently large to sup
press the disturbance. He says:
AN Angio-lndian brigade cannot arrive
in less than three weeks. Russia cannot
have Siberian army corps at the seat of
war before eighteen days, nor can an
American brigade arrive sooner. France
haa Oh wis
large bodies. and the German brigade Of
ZOO cannot arrive before the middle of
September"
The Central Committee of the German
Red Cross Society has begun preparations
for sending a corps TO China.
Privy Councillor Hamann of the Foreign
Office empowers the Associated Press to
state, regarding the United States Chinese
programme, that Germany agrees with the
United States that there Is no war In China
In an International law sense. Germany re-
CARDS the trouble revolution against the
Chinese Government, and hence there is no
real war
Regarding shan-Tung. the informant
said:
THE Shan-Tung Government has not yet
shown a hostile attitude. There has not
been diplomatic hostility shown between
Japan and Russia. The press reports Their
of are based upon the weil-kEown conflict
OF interests between Korea and North
China England recently proposed that a
large japanese force should land In Pe-Cbi-
Il to restore order for the Powers. Russia.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-06
LEGATION REPORTED SAFE.
Dispatch Says Foreigners Are in
British Compound.

Berlin, July "A telegram from Che-Foo
says that. owing TO the threatening situa-
ton, the American Admiral is preparing for
the departure OF those under his protection.
1t Is added that the peaceful relations
heretofore existing between the foreign res
idents and natives were endangered by
tile influx of agitators and the threatening
attitude of the Chinese soldiery tina. special
steps were considered necessary to safe
guard the foreigners.
The German Consul re-circulsted the Ad-
miraFs proclamation, intended to counter
act the Pekin edict ordering war on for
eignerS.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-06
FIERCE FIGHT At TIEN-TSIN.

Berlin.July 5.-Deutsche Tages Zeitung
prints q Cbee-Foo special, saying that
Chinese banner troops seized, on Mon
day night, the Pei-Ho bridge, securing
the line OF retreat of the international
troops to Taku, after repeated fierce at
tacks, In which the Chinese lost hun
dreds. They next drove off the Russians
from their situation outside Tien-Tsin,
after two-days' desperate resistance,
and encircled the concession, which their
artillery Is now dominating
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-06
SAFE IN GERMAN CHINA.
Doctor johnson Wires That He
Has Reached Tsing-Tan.

New York. July 5.-The Presbyterian
Board to-day received a cable from Charles
i. Johnson. VI. D.. of the Ichow-Fu Station,
stating that he was safe at Tsing-Tan.
Ichow-Fu Is E0 miles southeast of Che-Fo
Besides Doctor johnson, the missionaries
there at last accounts were the Reverend
Doctor and Mrs. w +. Faris and Miss E
r. flemming. NJ. D. Using Tan is the new
German city in kiao-Chou. the Territory
seized by the Germans few years ago for
the murder Of their missionaries The mis-.
sioEaries named have. It is presumed. made
their way to Tsing-Tan overland anc ara
SAT- under the German Tag a
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-06
MET MINISTER c0NGER.
Doctor Logan, Medical Missionary
to China, in st. Louis.

Doctor o. T. Logan. a member of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Mission, who has
been in the interior of China for nearly
three years. Is in st. Louis. He was
Obliged TO leave the Celestial Empire a few
months back On account Of severe at
tack of appendicitis Before departure he
met United States Minister CoRger and en-
joyed lengthy chat with him.
The doctor speaks In the highest terms Of
Dir. COnger- he says thar the Minister has
the ioye and esteem of every American in
China, and. in fact, of all foreigners living
In that country. He says that Mr.. Conger's
death would be q great loss to America
Doctor Logan Is a medical missionary and
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-06
CAR SAYS THERE is NO WAR.

London. July 5.-According to a st.
Petersburg dispatch, the senior Russian
naval commander at Taku recently tele-
Eraphed to St Petersburg for instrue-
lions as to the disposal Of the Chinese
prisoners In his hands. and the reply he
received is said to have been Indefinite
and TO the effect that Russia was not
yet in state of war with China,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-06
MASSACRES CONFIRMED
British Government Has Advices
OF Pekin Atrocities

London. July Din the House of Conn.
mons to-day the Parliamentary Secretary
Of the Foreign Office. William St Io,n
Broderick, replying to John Dillon. said
that the Government had no Information ~
the effect that Rear Admiral Kempff on
posed the attack Oh Taku forts on the
ground that it would force the Chinese reg
ula.s into an alliance with the Eoxer,
Mr.. Broderick later announced that ,ba
Government was hourly expecting a reply
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while not refusing. gave an evasive answer.
and there matters rested"
The Associated Press learns that yester-
days dispatch from Washington outlining
the policy Of the United States, also an
nounces that the United States Government
wants The power to act towards China
thus. so as not to force the viceroys of
South China, who have hitherto remained
Depew. in the course Of an interview last
friendly. to change their attitude now.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-06
FAV0RS Ii HUNG CHANG.
He Should Be Made Emperor, Says
Mr.. Depew.

London. July Ex-senator Chauncey NJ.
evening, reported in the Daily Mail, said:
1T is an impossible task to dominate or
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-06
CH|NAS EMPEROR DRINKS POISON
BY ORDER OF TUAN, THE USURPER.


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: Prince Tuan, who has usurped the I
Q ruling power In Pekin, commanded 4
. the Emperor OF China and the 4
. Empress Dowager TO drink poison. Z
. Offering them. as an alternative, the Z
. sword. 4
D They took the poison and the En-
. peror died The Empress Dowager Z
D quaffed only part of the potion. and Z
3 at last reports was still alive. 4
The attitude OF the Chinese at Z
. Shanghai toward foreigners has 4
D changed since they learned OF the Z
B tragic end of the whites in Pekin. 4
D HisheT-class Chinese now view the Z
, foreigners not with triumph. but with Z
, pity. and even the rabble are silenced. Z
D For days fierce battle has been q
B raging at Tien-Tsin. Thousands OF Z
D Chinese have been slain. but the dis q
, patches tell OF great armies of yellow .
0 men advancing to re-enforce their q
B weakened lines. q
Trouble Is threatened at Chee-Foo Z
, and Admiral KeInpff is preparing to =
B take of all Americans there .
, The Oregon has been fioated and Is Q
, proceeding to Kure. where Japan has Q
} placed her docks at the disposal OF q
D the American commander Captain .
, Wide. .
, American troops will be brought Q
from Cuba for service in China. =
Z 4 q q q q q q 4
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-06

Low one-way and round-trip fares to
Oklahoma and Texas, July o, and & via
NJ. K & 7. Ry.-"The Katy Flyer"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-06

foreigners of the immense imports Of arms,
especially few weeks ago
Inc Chinese commanders are preparing
Tor a long, severe Campaign, and are put
unG into operation plans drawn up by Ger
man officers last year for resisting an in
vasion from the seabosrd by Russia.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-06-30
Assignment of Dlstrlcs Judges.

In accordance with the provisions
of article 90 Of the Constitution of
1898, the State Supreme Court an
nounoed on Saturday the assignment
Of district judges to act as judges OF
the Courts Of Appeal until otherwise
ordered. The appointments go into
effect July l. The appointments for
this section of the State are as fol-
lows: Avoyelles and Vernon, w. r.
Blackman; Calcasieu and Cameron,
T. D.. Foster st Landry, l.. 2. Gail
louet; Vermilion, A. c. Allen Aca-
dia and Lafayette, M. T. Gordy, Jr.
st. Martin and iberia, E. T. Lewis :
Lafou1 che and T%errebonne, q. De-
balllon St. Mary, i. D. Miller.
In connection with the same mat
ter the court issued the following:
"The holding-over judges of the
Courts Of Appeal in the first, second,
third and fourth circuits, and the
judge to be appointed pursuant to q
recent act of the General Assembly to
preside over the remaining parishes OF
the fifth circuit, will serve in the par
ishes constituting their respective cir
cults, and each of said judges will
communicate with the district judges
assigned to the parishes of his circuit,
to the end of the orderly execution Of
the mandate of the organic law.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-06-30
Fool Law Makers.


When a person examines the per-
sonnet of the present legislature and
that one of fifty years ago he can not
fail to think that there must be some
truth in the statement that the human
race is not progressing, but on the
other hand is far degenerating. In
stead of men evolving from apes it
looks more like the evolution is ape
wards.
Some of the measures introduced
during the present session of the leg
islature smacks very much of what we
might expect if we saw children play
ing legislature. other bills were intro
duced to favor either the iutrodueer
or their friends while other bills had
on them the mark of insanity.-Mas-
cot.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-06-30
KILLED by Lightning.

During q thunder storm last Mon
day afternoon lightning struck a cabin
in the negro quarters on the White
plantation and killed n negro mar
and stunned three others. The men
were all out on the gallery at the time.
The men who were stunned had no
recollection whatever Of what hap
pened when they came too a few min
utes after the stroke.-Thibodaux
Sentinel.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-06-30
Expression In the south

Werner's Magazine, 43 East 10
street New York, has in the June is
sue a splendid article, copiously
Illustrated, showing the progress and
state of elocution and dramatic art in
the South. We were surprised to
learn that such lively interest is being
taken in elocution, throughout the
Southern country, as it is evidence Of
higher culture.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-06-30

A curious historical parallel in con-
nection with the recent total eclipse
sof the sun, says the Baltimore News,
~
is the fact that on the same date, May
%, in the year B. c. $50 the most
memorable eclipse in history took
place. 1t was during the progress OF
a fierce battle between the Modes ard
Lydians. The light of the sun sud-
denly became darkened, the incident
was taken by the contending armies
as a warning from heaven, and hos
tilities ceased, resulting in an imme-
date trice.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-06-30
Judgment.
STATE OF LOUIsIANA-Parish Of
Vermilion-17th Judicial District
Court-No. 1913.
Euranie Mayard
C. T. Guidry, Jr.

In this case a regular Judgment by de-
fault having been regularly entered up
against the defendant. and no motion
having been made within the legal delay s
to set the same aside nor answer filed, and
| the same having been confirmed by COM
petent proofs and the law and evidence
being in favor of plaintiff and against de-
PENDANT, it is by reason thereof ordered,
adjudged and decFeed that plaintiff, Eu-
Tanie Mayard, do have Judgment in her
favor and against the defendant Cyrille
Trasimon Guidry, Jr., and recover of him
the sum of three hundred and ninety rs
100 dollars, With legal interest thereon
from judicial demand, subject to a credit
of two hundred and t~wenty-six and 44-100
dollars, said credit being the considera-
ton of the dation en- Placement of a stock
of groceries, etc, by the defendant made
TO the plaintiff in part payment of the
plaintiffs claim
1t is further ordered, by reason of the
law and evidence being in favor of the
plaintiff and against the defendant, that
plaintiff do have Judgment in her favor
and against the defendant. dissolving the
community OF acqHetS and gains hereto
fore existing between them, and separa-
ting them in property, and vesting her
with complete control of the property she
now owns0 or may hereafter acquire free
from the control or interference of her
said husband.
1t is further ordered that plaintiffs
legal mortgage against her said husband
be and the same is hereby recognized, and
that defendant pay costs of this suit to be
taxed.
Done. read and signed in open court
this LIST day of June, 1900.
(Signed) MINOS T. GORDY, JR.
Judge nth District Court.
Filed June1, 1900.
Signed Jos. G. LEBLANC.
Dy-Clk. of Court.
A true copy Attest,
SIMoNET LEBLANC,
Clerk of Court.
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Sherifs Sale.
STATE Of Louisiana-17th judicial
District Court-Parish Of Vermilion
1341.
Copmercial National Bank
01pVH AVNUIOaNI DdQk
vs..
Charity Place Limited ct ais.

|s
Charity Place Limited ct ais.
DY virtue of a writ of fsri facias ;ssnoa
u by the Hon. 18th Judicial Distr;et
Court in and for the State and nar;sa
above mentioned in the matters al III
above entitled and numbered suit. and ~
me directed, fully authorizing me to se;se
and sell, l will proceed to sell of pnhl;e
auction, to the last and highest bidder a.
the principal front door of the courtbonssss
in this parish, on
Saturday, July q, 1900,
between the hours prescribed hy law. fba
following. described property seized te
satisfy said writ, to wit !:
/ /. One certain of land lying and bning
situated in the parish of Vermilion on the
west bank of the bayou Vermilion cnn-
tanning 372-06 acres and being sections 81
and 81. measuring SIG chains wide by tha
depth from Vermilion river running baeI
to the rear of the concession line, bound
ed on the north by O. N. Nilsson and j.
A. Rose and east by Vermilion river. soufh
by Isaac Wise and west by Marian Mon
ton grant.
2. Another tract of land adjoining the
above tract, that tract on the north side
containing niHe 81 acres measuring three
acres front on bayou Vermilion by 4
depth of three acres, bounded north and
west by ". ", NtiSOH, oaSJ Dy BAYOU Yer
million and south by first above described
tract with all buildings and improve.
ments situated thereon; the said tracts be-
ing both situated in tip 10, ST. 8 east
). Another tract of land situated in
said parish containing 1871 acres bound
north and east by Vermilion river and
south by Mrs. Rosa and Mary C. Winston.
the same fully described in an act of par.
tition made by Winstonss heirs and Of
record in vol. Is of the book 6f conveyan-
ces Mt folio of the Recorders Office OF
said parish.
One bay mare mule, three black horse
mules. two bay horse mules. one black
mare mule, one bay mare mule, two mule
vator, n middle breaker pillow, two har-
rows.
Terms-Cash.
Sheriff7s Office, Abbeville. La. June is
1900. j.. G. HEBERT. Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-06-30

Lightning is becoming a frequent
cause of death in Southern Louisiana.
Last week a negro was killed in La
fourche, and on Friday last Miss
Mary Louise B%oudreaux, daughter of
Ernest Boudreaaz of the Lacache
plantation, located about twenty odd
miles from the town of Houma, was
killed by lightning during a thunder
storm. The young lady was peeling
potatoes in the kitchen, when the
building was struck.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-06-30

Uncle Sam IS after Turkey with a
sharp stick again. Lloyd c. Griscom,
United States charge d'affaires at
Constantinople, presented a fresh
note to the Ottoman government, in
sisting upon an immediate reply to
the demand of the United States for
a settlement of the indemnity in con
nection with the losses of Americans
at the time of the Armenian massa-
cres. Although vigorously phrased,
the note is not an ultimatum. 1t is
said, however, to have been disagree
able to the Porte, testifying as it
does the intention of the United
States government to pursue this mat
ter of indemnity to the end.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-06-30

Ar exchange says it takes five years
to raise q horse four years q steer ;
one year to raise a hog /; eight months
to raise a turkey; seven months to
raise a chicken; ten weeks to raise a
duck. That may be true, but he
might have added, though, that it
takes some fellows only about three
seconds to raise h-l.-St. Louis
Humorist.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-06-30

Taken Up-By the undersigned. 2
red sorrel horse aged about eight years,
has been ranging in my neighborhood LOT
the past three or four years. The owner
is hereby notified TO come and prove ny
property and pay costs. otherwise tle
horse will be disposed of according 20 IaW
on Saturday, July Ia, 1900, at the offiee os
justice Darby in the 5th ward, parish o.
Veruilion T. j. BR0USSARD.
9th ward.
The brand can be seen at this Office.
June 81, 1900.