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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-15
MET LITTLE OPPOSITION.
chinese Fail to Make stand at Ho


London. Aug. 15.-Rear Admiral
Bruce, telegraphing from Taku to the
British admiralty, says:
RECEIVED following from the general
al Ho 81 Wu On the 10th: Troops dis
tant about twenty-seven miles from
Pekin. They have experienced little
opposition. Positions had been pre-
pared by the enemy. but as the allies
i advanced they fed The Tartar cav-
airy was charged by two squadrons Of
Bengal lancers and many of the former
were killed. The standards of Gems.
Ma and Sung were captured. The
i troops are much exhausted by the heat.
but their health and spirits otherwise
are excellent
"a second dispatch. dated Ho 81 WI,
August II, says: The advance may be
!, somewnat delayed. as rain is falling.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-15
Chinese Government Endeavoring to
Force Ministers to Leave the
Imperial City.
London officials Assured by Chinese
Minister That Foreigners We're
Safe August IL.
London. Aug. 15.-The Chinese
( minister in London today informed
the British foreign Office that the
foreign legations at Pekin were safe
August 13.

Washington. Aug. 1o.-The bureau OF
navigation has made public the follow
ing:
{ "Taku, Aug. 12.-Just received an
undated dispatch from Chaffee at
Natow yesterday; opposition Of no
consequence yet: terrible heat;
many men prostrated. Please in
form secretary Of war.
..(signed) RENIEsY." ENIE
Natow5 is eleven or twelve miles be-
yond Ho ST VIII. The road between HI
81 WI and Natow is indicated on thu
war departments map as the wors
section Of road between Tien Tsin AM
Pekin.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-15
Bound for the orient

st. Paul, Aug. 15.--The third battalion
Of the Eighth Infantry, 525 officers And
men. left ST, Paul today, bound - t.
loyient. S
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-15
WOULD FORCE THEM TO LEAVE.
chinese Government EndeavorinR to
Force. Nintsters From Iekin.

FOrCV 1SIIHKsgCr0 = OH = = 11Is
Washington. Aug. ia dispatch was
received by the state department from
Consul Fowler at Che Foo 80 badly
mangled in transmission as to make it
undecipherable. Made out the dispatch
appears to contain a message from
Conger, transmitted to Che Foo by
courier. The gist of the message sis that
the situation at Pekin is more critical
and the Chinese government is endeav-
oring to force the ministers to leave the
imperial city under Chinese escor. be-
fore the arrival Of the relief column.
The balance of the dispatch is unintel-
ligible.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-15

butler 10 for Bryan. Il. .. ID.
Lincoln, sNeb., Aug. 15 The Indepen-
dent, local populist paper, telegraphed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-15
T.-R. BULLETIN.
NOTICEABLE NEWS OF TODAY
The weather.

! For lowa--Fair, except shower ~
the east; Thursday, partly cloudy -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-15
WAITING For THE TROOPS.
Minister Pichon Tells Paris Allied
Army is Their Only Hope.


Paris, Aug. 15.-'rhe French foreign
office has received the following from
Minister Pichon, at Pekin, dated the
9th:
I'VE are advised that Ii Hung
Chang is charged to negotiate tsle-
graphically with the powers! We
are ignorant of events occurring
Il outside the legation. II is surround
ed by hostile defenses- How could
we negotiate without the diplomatic
corps regaining it's rights and the le-3
cation grounds being evacuated? II I
the negotiations prevent the march
of the allied troops, which ia our
only salvation, we are at the risk Of
falling into Chinese hands, The
section wherein iies the French le-
CATION Is occupied by imperial troops
who have not entirely ceased to fire.
We are reduced to siege rations.
We have provisions, horses. rice and
bread for fifteen days
says Attacks Were Renewed.
London, Aug. ia news agency dis
patch from Shanghai says:
IAN authentic message from Pekin
dated the 7th, says the attacks on til,
legations We're renewed and supplies
Of food stopped. The advance of tn
allies, 1t is feared, has excited tn
fanatics and the rebels are again un
controllable."
Preparations at Canton.
Hong Kong. Aug discontinued in
vestigations at Canton show that tn
Chinese are mounting larger guns, oil
gunboats are being overhauled an
mines have been made ready to lay /
the West river. A steamer from w
Chow reports the passing of consider
able numbers of Chinese troops, gon
up West river. probably bound for Pc
kin.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

not get my messages through correct
ly."
Didn't you telegraph, Don't let Jim
walk?" interrupted Wardner.
Certainly not. My answer was, Don't.
Let Jim walk
But the later Inequalities heaped upon
Jim thoroughly assuaged his griefs, if he
had any.
''It Is with mingled feelings Of amuse-
ment and dismay," says Wardner, after
having repeated this story as some one
else had told 1t, that 1 recall another
instance of where a Geographic message
went wrong, for 1t did not afford me as
much satisfaction as did my previous ex-
perience. I was just back from Cape
Nome, and had made up my mind the
gold find there was really all that 1t was
reported to be. It was really wonderful.
do not suppose that ought to tell this
story on myself, but it is too good to
keep. We had quite a time of It coming
down on a boat from Alaska, and we kept
it up at Vancouver, so that 1 found my
self overdue at home, and 1 felt that
some explanation was due. I went into a
telegraph Office and wrote out the follow
ing dispatch:
.'Have been indisposed; full particulars
by letter.
''NIy hand, I will confess, was a trife
shaky and In some way I ran the pencil
through the word fndisposed,' SO that the
message went with that word left out. 1t
was productive of a domestic upheaval
which is painful for me even now to dwell
upon"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20
"All right. pop.

that Col. Byars refrains from revealing.
Not many years since there was en-
ployed upon the Globe-Democrat a bright
newspaper man who began his journalistic
career as a country correspondent for the
Chicago Tribune He was acting IN that
capacity at the time of the awful railroad
disaster at Chatsworth, where some hun
dred lives were lost. He was asleep
when 1t happened. About a. m. some
one who knew he was a newspaper man
aroused him and informed him of the ca
tastrophe. He verified the happening and
then wired the Tribune as follows:
Railroad train wrecked here. Bout
hundred killed? Do you want item?"
The Tribune, not having a line, certain
ly wanted the ITEM" but would have
much preferred having got an inkling Of
it before press time. Quickly. however,
flashed back the order to the correspond
ent:
Rush all you can get about it"
Tribune telegraph editors sharpened
their pencils and prepared for the rush Of
copy An hour later came the following
from the correspondent:
"AIl confusion here. Can't get anything
tonight
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

Jim never did allow the grass to grow
under his feet. He tells this of his first
strike in BUSINESS after he left the army
in which he had enlisted for a ''fyer.sf
Il saved my money while in the army,
and after my discharge l returned home
for q brief visit, and then made up my
mind that l was old enough and big
enough to tackle life in New York city I
reached New York full of hope, aspira-
tons and confidence. l put up at the
Western hotel on Cortlandt street, and
at once began looking for position as
druggist. L soon found out that all the
high-class pharmacies were fully as par
ticular about how their clerks parted
their hair or curled their mustaches as
they were about their knowledge and ex-
perience, and as | was not quite up to
the Eastern style just then, I was finally
+ compelled to accept a clerkship in a drug.
store located at the then famous Cand
night clerk. and quickly discovered that
my principal work was thee sale of
morphine, opium and certain proprietary
medicines The transition from the
quiet dignity of Morton's establishment
in Milwaukee to the surroundings of
night clerks duties in the Five Points,
New York, was marked enough to satisfy
any craving for incident or strange ex-
perience that boy of my age might
have had.
Before 1 had been long in my new POI
sitiOn L fund that one of our most reg
ular patrons was big, jovial, tremen7
dously profane and equally influential
man named John Allen. We became SO
well acquainted that Mr.. Allen one night
said to me in his most cordial manner,
Come around to my place some after
noon, jim. and I'll show you one Of the
sights of New York.
FHe gave me his number on Water
street and the following afternoon
strolled over to the address given. Over
the door was a big, sign, Aliens Place
1t was directly opposite very famous
resort of which 1 had heard Kit Burns
Rat Pit 1 saw that the general environ
than our own business locality, and it
was with a bit of indecision that I finally
opened the front door and stepped into
John Aliens resort of the ultra vile habi-
tues of the district. Many times in my
life of adventures, excitement and now
city have 1 been suddenly startled. sur
prised or frightened, but never before
or since have I been quite SO astounded
as I was the moment [ entered Allen S
Place
IN the center Of the first portion of
the front room was a round table upon
which were Strewn well-bound, expensive
and much used volumes of the works of
Shakespeare, Milton, Burns, Poe, Dick
ems and other standard authors, and in
the center of the table was a huge and
costly family bible. To the left center
of the room was a long bar; standing
upon the bar was a little boy. apparently
about five years old. sweet innocent and
beautiful. 1t was as If the child had
stepped out Of one of the master paint
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

When Wardner came back from South
Africa he found himself fiat broke He
went up to the Rossland mine district In
British Columbia and struck a PROPOSE
ton" which he believed he could promote
to advantage, provided he could reach
Montreal. Now, the president of the Ca
madam Pacific railway, Thomas c.
Shaughnessey, was a playmate of Ward
ner's in boyhood days in Milwaukee.
Wardner reached Vancouver, and walk
ing into the headquarters offices of the
Canadian Pacific he said to the manager:
81 am Jim Wardner, and am an old
friend of Tom Shaughnessey's. Will you
please wire him and tell him that 1 am
here broke and want transportation to
Montreal?"
The manager, somewhat impressed with
Wardner's peculiar presence and address,
telegraphed Mr.. Shaughnessey:
Man named Jim Wardner, who says he
is an old friend of yours, wants transpor-
tation to Montreal. Shall 1 give it to
him?"
Back came the reply: Don't let Jim
walk"
Wardner at once obtained transporta-
ton and left on the first train for the
East. Arriving in Montreal, he called at
the general offices of the company to see
Mr.. ShaughneSsey, to renew old acouaint-
ance and to thank him for the favor
granted. Several prominent Canadians
were present when Mr.. Wardner en- cred
Mr.. Shaughnessey's Office, with a hearty
greeting of his old friend, which was
heartily returned.
Hello, Mr. President, SO glad to see
You and thank you.
We'll, well, Jim, is this really you?"
Then, with the real Shaughnessey twinkle
of the eye, How under the heavens did
you get here so soon if you were broke?''
'Why, Mr.. President, thanks to your
telegram, Don't let Jim walk of course
was at once furnished transportation,
and SO here I am"
'Confound those operators with ap-
parent severity. 1T is strange they can
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

year. The club held its ninth annual
meeting this week, and elected Charles
R. Lyon PRESIDENT A. w. Smith vice
president and Ts1Hi burst secretary and
treasurer. Mr.. Lyon was also chosen to
marry, and, as he is engaged to a Chi
cago school teadiler, it is expected the
nuptials will take place next month
Last year Cyrus W. Blodgett was elect
ed to wed. Owing to the sickness and
death of his mother he was unable to do
so, but was granted sixty days further
time. In a few days he is to marry Miss
Genevieve Smith Both Lyon and Blodg-
EFT are prominent young men. as are most
Of the clubs members.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

jim, when young. had made ard lost
money in mine stocks by the thousands
and tens of thousands. One day when
the bottom had fallen out Of everything,
he felt in his pocket and two quarters
was all he had in the world. He stood
on a corner, in. Frisco. and wondered
whether it would be wise to blow in one
the idea over in his mind and the quar-
ters over in his, hand, one of then1-the
quarters, not <fdeas-dropped through
grating. Losing a quarter brought him
a new idea, and he made up his mind
that, if he had lost money there, other
persons also had done the same thing.
He went inside, blew his last quarter,
and then said he had dropped some money
through the grating. and asked TO go
down there and get 1t. The barkeeper
was willing, and when Jim got in the
per till he had picked up $500 This set
him on his feet again, and, being Il wise
man, he took another drink.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

medically" in the days when "things were
coming his way, and he has kept on the
jump to prevent their going in an oppo-
site direction" Il must tell you" he says
1.-The story about Little 'Tay All Night
1t happend In Fairhavep. I had been abb
sent from home about two months in the
mines Of British Columbia. My little
three-year-old, who was always first to
meet and greet me, and who had pressed
her nose on the window pane for weeks,
rushed to me with outspread arms and
laughing blue eyes. Hello, Musgins,' said
/. Hello, DIM said she. Gong to 'tay
all night?'
'She is older now, and a romancer from
way back. She seems to be sailing
around in an ethereal sea of happiness.
She is the choicest diamond in the clus-
ter, but she will romance. The other day
I said, Come here, Old Smoothey. They
tell me you fib a little She answered, st
amt right to fb, is it? People won't go
to heaven that fib, will they?' 7 said.
No, they won't After hesitating a full
minute she said, with a toss of her mead,
I don't care, anyway. I'll go where you
do.
But the kids got it on me one day. I
was about to take the o'clock train for
Chicago They repeatedly warned me
that 1 would get left, and I had replied:
IL = a CO4O OoS' rNlN', winch tihC Olt LAAs'AA
gets left 1 reached the station in time
TO see only the stern of that train, and
wended my way homeward. 1t was
beautiful warm day in August, but the
everlasting kids had built fire in the
fireplace, and all stood around with
shawls and cloaks and hoods on, SILVER
ing around that fire. 1 said, What in the
world is the matter with you kids?'
That's all they wanted. Back came the
chorus: You said it's cold day when
the old man gets left. 1t must be awful
cold. Oh, we're freezing! we're freezing!
This adage is not good one, as 1 have
been left other ways in all kinds of
weather"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

Waukegan. Ill. has unique organiza-
ton known as the Bachelors club. which
is now in its tenth year. and has attract
ed general attention by some of It's Pc
culiar features. Chief of these are the
annual election of member to marry
during the ensuing year, and the giving
of prizes for the arrival of twins or trip
let's in the families Of its members
The prizes are $50 gold medal for
twins and SIS gold medal for triplets.
The former prize was won last year by
Mayor William w. Pearce, founder of
the club. and Its president for the past
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

Wardner was somewhat Of q Joker He
let's a friend tell a story OF their%expe-
riences way up in the state of Washing
ton in the dead Of winter, with the ther-
mometer Is degrees below. They had
gone out on a prospecting tour. Our
whisky had given out some miles back,
and there was no saloon in Columbia
City. A merchant, however, had some
rock and rye. We bought six bottles at
81 each, and started in the night for Con-
conelIa. Wardner began to kick about
the quality of the. whisky. He did not
object to the rock candy, but did object
to the liquor. and very soon named 1t
'Antediuvinarian.' Well, we started in
on Notwithstanding feeling that 1t
would be as well to be killed by it as to
freeze, and we drank all OF 1t before we
arrived in Loomiston The next morning
Wardner insisted upon saving all the bot
ties, and when he arrived at Loomiston
stored them away in my Office in the
Black Bear mill In about ten days he
came back from his mines in British
Columbia and called for the bottles He
had secured some sort of a Canadian
stamp on his journey, and together with
some tinfoil taken from p1ug-cut tobacco
he was able to reseal the bottle, after
filling them with an assortment of Vine
gar, sugar, stale beer, abslnthe, Jamaica
ginger peppermint and tobasco sauce
all mixed together. He took the bottles
back all filled and resold them to the
merchant for 50 cents above their original
cost, assuring him it was guaranteed
Notwithstanding that he had struggled
across the line, and that he was doing the
man a favor by letting him have it. I
heard Of the splendid drink for several
weeks being dished UP at Columbia City
for two bits Us cents per drink; but after
the stock was exhausted no one was ever
able to get any more like it, and [ believe
this celebrated liquor is being talked Of
today by old-timers."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

village some twenty miles out Of st.
Louis:
Say! We found big balloon here. Do
you want it?"
The Globe did not want the balloon. but
I knew 1t certainly did want the item, for
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

to the wreck and wire details. Later
came the following:
eve are at the wreck. What shall We
do next2'
The response Of the famous editor was
characteristic Of the man. 1t read as fol-
lows:
Go back to Chicago"
A newspaper man well known in Chi
cagO, as we'll as in the Twin cities. and
at present managing editor OF q st. Paul
newspaper. once had an experience with
correspondent in line with those above
narrated. He was at the time managing
a paper in Chicago that devoted especial
attention to matters sporting. He had
upon his staff writer's who had gained
fame IN their respective fields, including
F. Ed SDooner who is yet a recognized
authority on bicycling. 1t was coming a
bit slow for the paper, and kilograms
cost money. SpOoner was verbose. EX-
ceedingly so, in fact. and the managing
editor finally wired him to keep his re-
ports inside Of 500 words. Next night
came the same Old column and a half
Then the managing editor thought 10
make himself understood that he wanted
less stuff. So he wired Spooner as fol-
lows:
''If Eddie Bald drops dead on the track
today send no more than 500 words"
Spooner was tickled almost beyond eK-
preston at the intimation that Bald
might drop dead. He showed the tele-
gram to all the boys as a huge Joke On
Bald-and that night he sent In about
column more than usual
Manager w. r. Haskell. of the Mime
apolis Times. has probably often smiled
when reminded Of his first effort % a
managing editor. Mr.. Haskell had just
xF ID.
mana ging editor OF the Minneapolis Trib-
Une Soon after he assumed that impOr-
taut position occurred the St Cloud cy-
clone, in which 50 many lives were lost
The Tribune correspondent at St Cloud
wired his paper about as follows:
Terrible cyclone here. Sixty people
killed. How much do you want?"
Managing Editor Haskell responded:
Send 300 words"
The city editor Of the Keokuk Oo)
Gate City. many years since. ] had
bright correspondent at Hamilton. just
across the river, who was strong on sur
glcal operations, he being country doc
tor One day 1 received from him as
well written column and half about
delicate surgical triumph as, perhaps.
was ever penned in that locality. 1t
went into the minutest details and fair
ly glowed with professional delight at
the wonderful work of the operator. 1t
was 80 written that even the layman
would become interested IN perusal OF
It. My correspondent predicted that the
operation would startle the scientific
world. The account Of It finally startled
me- for at the very end Of it all he
added the following:
Unfortunately. fifteen minutes after
this most successful operation. the pa
tient died" Willie Green
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20
WORTH TIEEiIsH7IN GOLD.'

HOXBAN. I T.
DIR. RADWAY & CO.. New York
Gentlemen: I send inclosed NJ. o.. for
which you will please send me one dozen
Railways Ready Relief and one dozen
Railways Pills. Your Ready Relief Is
considered hereabouts to be worth its
weight In gold. This IS why L am In
duced to handle It. I have handled -
on for some time. but 1 consider the r.
R. R. far superior to this, as II gives bet
ter satisfaction. ]. NJ. ALEXANDER.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

Some years since the writer was doing
telegraph on the Globe-Democrat. Nick
Burke and George Apperson. the other
telegraph men. had gone home for the
night. 1t was about 2 g. M, when the
following came from a correspondent In
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

AS may be Imagined. Wardner's thou
sand and one activities took him away
from his family. about all the time. He
says he was domestic man "only spas
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

Hundreds Of lives saved every year by
having DR.. Thomas Electric Oh In tho
house just when II is needed. Cures
sort.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

Col. Billy Byars, one of the best known
newspaper men of st. Louis, is writing
series of articles on famous news items
developed IN the Mound City. His produc-
tons are highly entertaining, especially
to the craft, yet. there are sanctum secrets
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

The late ]. B. McCunagh, Of the Globe
Democrat. was constantly IN the field to
secure newspaper talent. He received an
application from two bright English re-
porters in Chicago, and engaged them.
On the way to st. Louis they were caught
in a bad railroad wreck. in which several
people were killed. They wired McCul-
lagh that their train was delayed by tbs
wreck ahead and that they would be I'M
able to reach ST. Louis on time. AS they
were near the scene Editor McCullash
wired them instructions to proceed at once
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20

the Post-Dispatch, a rival newspaper, had
started a balloon for New York as an
advertisement. and had been printing bal
loonograms about It's successful progress.
If the balloon our correspondent had found
was the P.-D. balloon the joke was on
the Post-Dispatch, and we were not
averse to printing it. So the enterprislng
correspondent was at once instructed by
wire to send details. He did, about as
follows:
Say, 1t was the funniest thing ever
There was the big balloon stuck in the
trees. and the two fellows who were in it
not bit hurt. But, say, there was can
ned corned beef. and other things that
they had in the balloon to eat scattered
all along the road. Say, that balloon
won't be worth cent when they get it
out Of the trees
Not word as to what balloon. nor the
names of the two men who were in 1t. We
did the best we could. Guessed 1t was
the P.-D. balloon, and so printed II. And,
luckily, it happened 1t was.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20
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