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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
AMERICAN HERO AT PEKlN.
Sketch of the Soldier Who Made al
Entrance Possible.

Washington, Aug. 22.-The War Depart
ment has prepared the following sketch of
Musician Titus, who. according to the Asso-
ciated Press dispatches published this
morning from Pekin. scaled the wall with
a rope, by means of which the others
climbed to the top:
Calvin p. Titus enlisted April ). 1899 at
Wichita, kas., aged 1872 years. This was
his second enlistment. his last service be-
ing in Company *. First Vermont Infan-
try, from which he was discharged Novem-
Der 2 1898. He was assigned to Company E.
Fourteenth United States Infantry. He was
born at Vinton. Ia. A cablegram from
Pekin, dated the 18th inst, shows that he
was wounded in the neck slightly.
BELONGS TO SALVATION ARMY.
Wichita, kas., Aug. 22.-Calvin Titus,
who scaled the walls of Pekin, was a mem
Der of the Salvation Army here for several
months. He Is related to CAPTAIN Lee a
well-known Salvation Army officer and
an evangelist of some note. Titus is a
good musician and sang at all of Lees
revival meetings.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
CLASH OF ARMS
IN PEkIM And OUT,
CONGER SAYS
CHAOS REIGNS.

Washington. Aug. 222.-The
State Department authorizes the
announcement of the receipt at an
early hour this "wednesday
morning, through the Consul ut
Chee-Foo, of telegram from
Minister COnger III the depart
ment cipher to the following ef-
feet:
''Pekin. Aug 19-Secretary of
State, Washington: The entire
city. with the exception of the
imperial palace. is occupied by
Japanesc, Russian. British,
American and French. 1t is be
ing apportioned into districts for
police supervision. The Chinese
army fled. The imperial family
and the court have gone west
ward, probably to Sinan Flu in the
Province of Shan-Si No repre-
sentatives of the Chinese Govern
mcnt are in sight in Pckin, and
the conditions are chaotic. The
palace is expected to be taken i'm
mediately. Many missionaries
have started for home, while 9th
erS remain in charge of the
Christian refugees, numbcrin.
about 1000
tSigned} "CONGER"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
WAR ON THE OIL TRUST.
Nebraska's Attorney General Sum
mons John ID. Rockefeller.

New York, Aug. 22--The Journal and Ad-
vertlSer will say tomorrow:
&C J. Smyth, Attorney General of the
State Of Nebraska. who Is now in this city,
has summoned Jonn d. Rockefeller to ap-
pear before him and give testimony re-
garding the Standard Oil Trust.
The Attorney General said:
THE State Of Nebraska has an antitrust
law which prohibits foreign corporations
which are trusts doing business there. 1t is
my duty to enforce that law. Among the
foreign corporations doing business in Ne
brasha are the Standard Oil Company and
the American School Furniture Company.
The latter has a capital of Sl0.0O,00O and
has absorbed some twenty-four leading
furniture factories. Its general offices are
here. 1 have just finished taking the testi-
mony of President Boyd, and I believe the
result Will be suits In Nebraska that will
drive the corporations out of the State.
In Chicago summoned the general man
ager and the secretary of the Standard Oil
to appear and testify. They ignored the
summons. Instead of having them sub
poenaed, came on here to the concerns
headquarters / will not ask to have Mr..
Rockefeller subpoenaed unless he follows
the example of his Chicago subordinates and
ignores the simple summons. A large num-
Der of other witnesses have volunteered
their testimony. hope to go back prepared
to attack the Standard Oil Trust success
fully in the Nebraska courts"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
BUILDERS STRIKE NOT DEAD.
Chicago Union Men to Be Called
Out Again.

Chicago, ILL.,. Aug. 22-Unless the plans of
the leaders miscarry, every union man con-
nected with the Building Trades Council
will be called out on strike before Labor
Day. The plumbers have already been or
dered out and it is the intention that all
other unions whose men are working shall
follow suit.
Owing to increased activity in the build
ing trades within the last few days, many
union men have been put to work, in some
places with the consent of the business
agents, and it is the purpose of the unions
to stop the work wherever the bosses be-
lieved they had won victory and show
them that the labor organizations are still
in h. fiobt
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
NOT GOING 1T ALONE.
Berlin Does Not Believe America
Has Separate Aims.

Berlin, Aug. 22.-The semiofficial Berliner
Post. in 4 leading article, defends the pol
icy of the United States in China against
suspicious cast upon it by certain German
papers that go upon the theory that Wash
ington is pursuing separate aims. After
reciting the history of Secretary Hays
success in getting declarations from the
Powers in favor Of the .'open door," the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
NEWPORT SOCIAL EVENT.
Mrs. Stuyyesant Fish's "Harvest
Home" Ball a Success.
REPERILf, SPECIAL.

Newport r. L.. Aug. 2o-From now nm
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish must be hailed as the
most original and successful hostess In
Americl. Her harvest horne' ball to-
night was carried out to perfection in every
detail. 80
Had it been drawing-room at Bucking-
ham Palace there could not have been a
greater crowd lining the approach to Mrs.
tlshs villa. straining to see the costuuetl
ana other guests who. to the number of $50,
had been hidden to the festival of cereals
and tiliage.
The cream of Newport society was there.
Inc costumes We're superb the dancing
programme unique in many respects and all
together the affair was brilliant climax to
Il dull August.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
MONEY TO WED MONEY.
Mr.. ROckefeller's Son Engaged to
Mr.. Stillman's Daughter.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

New York, Aug. 22.-An engagement of
interest to the fashionable world formal an
nouncement of which was made to-day. is
that of Miss Isabel Goodrich Stillman, the
second daughter of Mr.. James Stillman,
York, to Mr.. Percy Avery Rockefeller. the
second son of MIR. VIM. Rockefeller. the
Standard Oil magnate. No plans have yet
been decided upon for the wedding
Miss Stillman and Mr. Rockefeller have
known each other for considerable time
and the information that they are to be-
come man and wife is in no sense surprise
to their friends.
Miss Isabel c.. Stillman has an exceedingly
attractive personality and is widely known
ana immensely admired In society, both in
New York and Newport
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
MUST PROTECT SHANGHAI.
Military Estimate That Fifteen
Thousand Troops Are Needed.

New York. Aug. 22-The Executive Com
mittee of the American Asiatic Association
has received the following cablegram from
the American Association of China, at
Shanghai. and has forwarded it to the Sec
retary of State.
situation Yang-tse Valley increasingly
critical; military estimate of 1o0O troops
needed effectively to protect Shanghai; urge
Government Immediately to send quota"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
GERMANY'S GRACEFUL ACT.
Many Cities Will Omit the Sedan
Celebration.

Berlin, Aug. 22-The military authorities
at Hamburg have decided to omit the Sedan
celebration. thinking it inopportune at
moment when German and French troops
are fighting shoulder to shoulder in the
brotherhood of arms. A number of other
cities will omit the celebration for the same
reason.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
YANG-TSUN Threatened.
Chinese Troops ON the Canal Still
Menacing.

Berlin, Aug 22-The German War Office
has received a dispatch from Taku. dated
August II, saying that the advance of the
German battalion was delayed by violent
rains. 1t reached Pekin August II.
Yang-Tsun. it is added. was still threat
ened by the Chinese troops on the Imperial
Canal.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23

TOOK NO AC1TON-At a meeting of the
Building Trades Council last night at
Mems Union appeared and asked that the
Council select two of its members to act on
the Board Of Directors of the proposed
should be attended to at once, as the incor.
porators desired TO get out the printed mat
ter In few days, and the names should be
among the others. The Building Trades
lia< meeting night
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
'sSITTING ON EMPRESS
- ANS DOORSTEP" )"
HIGH PRAISE
FOR Mr.. FOWLER.

New York, Aug. 22-Doctor
Leonard has received a Letter
from the Reverend Doctor Fred
crick Brown from Che-Foo, in
which Il high compliment is paid
to Consul Fowler, as follows:
''Chr-Foo is unsafe and we
shall have to move soon. The
place is full Of refugees. and there
is only one Consul worth any
thing-ConSul Fowler of the
United States. But for him POO
missionaries in this and other
Provinces would have been left to
their fate. On the arrival of
ninety-three refugees to-day three
cheers We're given for Fowler and
Groans for the British upstart.
with whom both English and
Canadians are diSguStcd l write
thus that you may bring this 10 :
the notice of Fowler'S superiorS."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
American Florists.

New York. Aug. 22.--The Society of Ameri-
can Florists and Ornamental Horticultursts
to-day at the Grand Central Palace. A
paper was read by j. d. CarmOdy of Evans
vile. Ind, on What l Think About Green
house Construction" Buffalo was decided
Upon as the place for the next convention.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
Chicago and Return
~ 20

August 25th TO 18th. with return limit ex-
tended to September Goth, under certain con-
ditions. via Illinois Central G. a. T.
18Th and 2Itb at a. m, also by popular
Daylight and Diamond Specials leaving
daily at 12:30 noon and $40 p. m
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
Battles Fought in the
Capital and Near
Tien-Tsin.
AMERICAN LOSS SO.
China a Derelict Among
the Worlds
Powers.
NO HAND AT HELM.
Chaos and Anarchy
RelSn-End Is Not
in Sight.

London. Aug. - i 4. m.-"To-day
Loo Americans attacked the Imperial
Palace, says dispatch to the Morn
ing Post from Pekin, dated August l.,
and captured four of the courts. The
American flag is flying over the imperial
granary. and the Imperial Bank has
been looted
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
FIGHTING IN KOREA.
Thousand Rebels Apply the Torch
at SOng-Ching.

Yokohama, Aug. 22.-An official dispatch
from Korea says that 1,000 rebels have at
tackled Song-Ching, burning the Govern
ment buildings located there.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
oliver Typewriter Win. Medal

Paris. Aug. 1S.-rhe gold medal has been
awarded to the Oliver typewriter of Chi
cago. in competition with the world, at the
Paris Exposition.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
CABLEGRAMS FROM PEKlN.
Missionaries Are Reporting Them
selves Unharmed.

New York, Aug. 22.-The first cablegrams
WHICH have come to the mission boards in
this city from Pekin since communication
was cut off, two months ago. arrived to-
day. One of them was received by the
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions 1t
came from the Reverend Doctor Wherry Of
Pekin and was dated from Che-F'oo. where
it is supposed to have been sent via Tien-
Tsin. 1t was as follows:
''Mackey, some converts maryelously
saved. Property mission private totally de-
stroyed. Wire friends
Robert u. Speer, one of the secretaries of
the board. commented on this as follows:
There is much doubt as to the meaning
of the message. The most hopeful interpre-
fation Is that it refers to Pao-Ting-Fu and
that some converts may be a mistake for
'SimcoXes
The Reverend Doctor A. B. Leonard of
the Methodist Missionary Society also re-
ceived a cablegram from Pekin. 1t was as
follows:
''Pekin relieved. All members mission safe,
we'll"
There were eighteen members of the
Methodist Mission in Pekin during the
siege.
MORE MISSIONARIES SAFE.
Boston. Mass, Aug. 22.-The American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis-
sions has received to-day u cablegram from
Che-Foo as follows:
psalm. one twenty-four, seven; Pekin
and Tung-ChOw missionaries, also Chapns,
Smiths Wickoffs, saved
The passage of Scripture alluded to is:
"Our soul is escaped as a bird out Of the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
GENERAL DOMESTIC.

Government officials report one case OF
smallpox at Dutch Harbor.
Captain John Wilson, who piloted the
Kane Arctic expedition, IS dead.
Chicago Building Trades Council has de.
termined to cal general strike before
Labor Day.
New battleship Alabama Is on her way
north for the trial spin.
New York Cotton Exchange is perfectins
plans for clearinghouse.
Frank Rockefeller Of Cleveland denies the
report that he is seriously Ill.
Census returns give Philadelphia a popu-
latfon of 1,293.6
Arrangement Committee of the National
g. A. r. Encampment at Chicago mex,
week announces that the reception to dis.
finguished guests will be held Monday
afternoon.
Five persons were seriously injured in 6
trolley car accident near Cleveland, o.
Severe droughts in Missouri. Kansas, Iii.
nois, Arkansas and the Southwest broker
by rains.
Two large mining mills swallowed by Z
cave-in in the Galena, kas., district.
Will Of the late Senator Ingalls, name!
the widow sole beneficiary and eSecutril
without bond.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23

The Best Prescription for Malaria,
Chills and Fever is bottle of Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic. 1t is simply iron and quinine in a
tasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price oOc.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
Fifteen hundred Americans stormed the
Imperial Palace In Pekin on August 10 anc
took four courts Our flag now flies over
the imperial granary, and the imperial banb
has been looted.
Messages from Conger and Chaffee say
that chaos and anarchy reigns in Pekin
and that the fighting is going on both in the
city and outside, and at Tien-Tsin.
The American loss in two days fighting
in Pekin was th:rty-siX, OF whom six Were
killed.
The American reply TO Il Hung Chang
has been handed to Minister WI. It. is in
effect. that negotiations cannot be under.
taken until there is government in China
OF sufficient strer 9Th to bring to an end the
attacks by Chinese on the allies.
SPORTING.
Boralma won Massachusetts Stake in
straight heats in 2:09l9.
Winners at Fair Grounds: Alice Turner,
Bonaua, Kitty Clyde, Triaditza, Dorothy
Lee. Henry Of I'rantzmar.
RAILROADS.
There will be an important conference
of Southern Stats Commissioners at Look
out Mountain on August g.
1t is said that the plans of the late c.
y. Huntington to make Galveston the chief
Gulf terminal Of the Southern Pacific sys-
lem may be abandoned.
MIR. L. B. Boswell shows how the parcel
post will affect the railroads.
The Queen and Crescent proposes i new
line from louisiana and Texas to New
York.
Frank B. Harr.ott has been succeeded as
general Eastern traffic manager of the
Erie by II. D. Chamberlain
W. A. Clark Is said to have bought a
half Interest in The Los Angeles Terminal
Railway.
The Itwaco Line has been purchased by
1he Oregon Navigation Company.
The Mexican American Steamship Com
pany will make, its headquarters in St.
Louis,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23

Millions take #; thousands praise It; You
should test it-Hood's Sarsaparilla-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.

The State Board of Embalming met n
the St James Hotel to examine applicant:
for certificates.
Thomas Free and George Anderson
friends. ran 4 matrimonial race ana hoth
were married yesterday, with honors even
Otto Ill!g was fined SI5 for disturbing MS
mothers peace.
The "Wednesday Club reception on the
Shields School playground was SO success
full that another will be given.
Three men were poisoned in East st.
Louis by eating a watermelon which hau
been 'doctored'' for melon thieves.
Doctor Nietert, Superintendent Of the
City Hospital has communicated to Mr..
NcNIath suggestions concerning the new in-
stitution.
W. II. McClain and q party Of Christian
Endeavorers returned TO st. Louis after q
tour of Europe, and deny hard-luck stories.
Twenty-seven novitiates took the White
veil at the Convent Of Notre Dame
Unofficial estimates of the Federal census
of ST. Louis. based on retnrns in other
cities, give the city population Of 5Si,62s,
Mrs. Kate Cortinez OF Boeme, Tex. has
disappeared in st. Louis.
Mrs. Pearl X Tarbet. who says she was
deserted ten days after her wedding, sues
for divorce.
st. Louis jobbers obtained large syndi-
cate order for cloaks over Chicago ana
New York houses.
Mrs. Carrie p Smith, who attempted sui
eide last winter, marries a. W. ThreSher,
her employer.
Peter Offermann OF st. Louis, who waited
seven years for the girl of his choice.
brought her back with him from Ger
many and they We're married yesterday.
The St. Louis Furniture Exposition will
be open to the public to-day and to-mor-
row.
City Hospital surgeons have begun the
delicate operation of skin grating on the
head Of Adele Lynch, who was scaiped by
machinery.
Four hundred and fifty policemen in six
districts, who were transferred August 4,
have. been ordered back to their former
beats by Chief Campbell.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-23
JAPs IN IMPERIAL PALACE.

Rome, Aug. 22-Dispatches received here
from Taku under date of August 20, say
that according to advlces from Il japanese
source. dated August Il. the battle of Pekin
was then finished. The japanese had en-
tered the Imperial Palace. The foreign
Ministers with detachments of the allied
troops, were then occupying the Imperial
city, the Chinese Princes and Ministers
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-04
LIFE in A BOARDING HOUSE.
Ten xeara Of the Fable Tnik ~ Al
most Enough 20 Cause
Insanity.


A recent writer on woman's occupa,
tion accounts for the permanencc Of the
boarding house as o social institution
by reference to this powerful impulse
Of the human breast; In a boarding
house" she says, you can obtainea a
mustard plaster and cupful Of palat-
able cruel and a warm iron for taking q
spot out Of a velvet gown All these
things are dear to q boarder." They
create "a home feeling which the hun
cry heart Of the hotel dweller misses. 2
This is true, but it is not whole truth,
and it is unfair to the boarder, says the
New York mmercial-Advertise
Deseryedly priced as are the mus
tard plaster and the warm iron,
they are not the only, O. even the
main, things that give the boafder
the homeliixe glow. 1t is the conver-
sation Of the boayding-house table
thnt holds and thrills him and keeps
his feelings young and homelike. One
should not overlook the spiritual side.
Never a meal. without its cheerful
greeting and k..aGiy weather talk. Not
even if he would, could he be left out
of those genial discussions beginning
with; See by the paper we're going
to have snow
No one ever feels neglected in
clearinghouse. No one ever has any
hungry-hearted hotel lonesomeness
about him there. If he detects any
coolness in the social atmosphere, let
him remove at once to one of those
establishments whose landladies adj
vertise that they and the guests are
all one family. In these the home
feelings at times fairly run riot in the
veins. They are no mere product of
mustard plasters and fiatirons, but the
result Of a great, warm, miscellaneous
intimacy on the part of the people
who might otherwise have lodged one
another had they ever met at all. 1t
is an intimacy ordained by chance,
but it is as thick as that of twins and
as voluble and unacceptable as the in
tercourse of crate of chickens on
their way to market.
The social ties that lash. souls to-
gether at a boarding-hous table draw
more powerfully than any mustard
plaster and leave more lasting effects.
Sometimes for good but sometimes sor
evil, it must be said. They say deli
cate brain is apt to break down after
ten years or so of boarding just from
the dripping on it of continued table
talk. Like every other good thing, it
can be overdone.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-04
cHocTAw ROUTES EXCLUSIONS.

Biennial meeting General Federation
of woman's Clubs, Milwaukee, Wiscon-
sin. Tickets on sale June and and 3rd at
one fare plus two dollars for the round
trip. Tickets limited for return passage
until June nth with privilege of extend
ing until JUNE 3oth.
Biennial convention Of the National
Republican League Of the United States,
St. Paul, MINI. Tickets on sale July
I4th, 18th and 10th at one fare plus two
dollars for the round trip. Tickets are
limited until July aIst for the return
passage.
Baptist Young People Of America, In
dustrial Convention, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Tickets on sale July 10th, nth and Izth
atone fare plus two dollars for the round
trip Tickets limited for return passage
until July 18th with privilege Of extend
ing till August 10th.
knights Of Pythias conclaye, Detroit,
Mich. Tickets on sale August 7sth. 76th
and 77th at one fare plus two dollars for
the round trip. Tickets are limited till
Sept. sth for return passage with privilege
Of extending till Sept. 18th.
For any information regarding the
above named rates call on or write c. B.
Hart. G. W. A., c. Q. s. c. r. R., Okla
homa.Citv. T. p Ksdwell. 7. P. A Ok
iahoma City. q. T., or J. F. Holden. lraf.
rs Manager. Little Rock, Ark.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-04
That Throbbing iieadache

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Only % cents, money back If not
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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-04

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