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The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31

Humphreys and his two sons were taken
from their homes III Henderson County and
hanged BY body of masked men. Their
bodies were discovered next morning by
neishbors. In consequence of this diaboli-
widows and thirteen small children or
phans.
John Greenhaw was arrested and taken
to the Corsicana Jail where ne broke down
and made a confession duplicating ex
Justice of the Peace Joe Wilkerson and his
son Walter, W. Z. Brooks sam Hall. Ma
hon. John Gaddis, W. a. Johns. Bob Ste
vens. Ed Cain and POks Weeks. Arthur
Greenhaw and Poke Weeks turned States
evidence. At the examining trial. bail was
refused, and the Grand Jury of Henderson
County returned indictments against them
charging them with lynchins the Hum
phreys.
change OF venue was granted the de-
PENDANTS to Anderson County During tbs
spring term of court. Ed Cain and Bob
Stevens Were placed on trial. ca h lasting
more than a week These defendants were
given life sentence in the peni.en iary.
Both verdicts We're affirmed by the COur. OF
APP eals last month.
Over 40 witnesses are here from Hender-
son and Kaufman counties Both sides an
nounCed ready for trial. The Counsel for
defendants asked that W. Il. BROOKS be
tried first, and the motion was granted.
Counsel then asked that the case of Brooks
be continued, owing to the absence OF sew
eral witnesses. but the motion was over
ruled by the court. and counsel then argued
a motion asking that defendants be given
q change Of venue TO Tyler. Smith County.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
TOOK OVERDOSE OF MORPHINE.
Doctor Berry's Wife Found Un-
conscious in Her Room.

Mrs. Charles Berry. "a years old. was
taken to the City Hospital yesterday after
noon suffering from morphine poisoning.
She was unconscious when received at the
hospital by Doctor Prouty. Later in the
afternoon she was able to sit up and was
pronounced out OF danger.
Mrs. Berry's husband. Doctor Charles
Berry, accompanied her to the City Eospi-
tai. They live at No. ISIS Olive street. Doc
tor Berry said that his wife had been Ill
for a week and that she took the morphine
TO ease pain. The doctor left his wife at 8
O'Clock in the morning. he said. to look for
rooms. and when he returned at noon he
found the door of his room locked, and his
knocks met with no response He called
the landlady. Mrs. Ii. NJ. Bradley. and she
entered the room through another door,
which she opened with d pass-ksy. and
Mrs. Berry was found lying unconscious on
the bed NTH Bible at her side.
Doctor Berry said that his wife had only
taken an overdose and that IL she had
meant to kill herself she could have taken
more. as there was large bottle of the
drug in the room Mrs. Berry said the
same thing. They were married a year ago.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
TO-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF.
BUSINESS.

Discount rates were TO per cent on
call and time loans. Clearances. s4ssi,ii': I:
balances. $56i .632. New York exchange, loc
premium bid. 15c premium asked; Louisville.
Csc discount bid. par asked: Chicago. par
bid 10c premium asked; Cincinnati. &c dis
count bid. par asked; New Orleans. 2oc dis
count bid. par asked.
The wheat market locally closed lower at
fssc n. July-AuC.. 1G2sc a. Sept, l5c a. Dec.
f2is07ic No. = red. Corn closed better at
Ssc b. July. sic b. Sept. 3224c b. year. 32a4c
Dec. 39l GS9l2c No. white. oats closed at
&c n. July, 2isc Sept. 22l2923c No. .
The wheat market at Chicago closed lower
at 7slEll74i.c n. July. !4isG7il.c b. Aug, I5is
G15i4c a. Sept. Corn closed better at 3Si &C
july. SSFsGSSc b. Aug. 3sSsc a. Sept. Oats
closed al 2l'2c July. 2li2c Aug. Else b. Sept.
The local market for standard mess pork
closed firm At Sl2. -. Prime steam lard
closed nj 662i2c.
The local spot cotton market closed
Steady.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
TO HYPNOTIZE M'KINLEY.
st. Louis Woman Reveals Her
Plans to ChicagO's Mayor.

special telegram to The Republic last
night states that a letter was received by
Mayor Harrison. written by Doctor Sarah
+. Wells. who styles herself a professional
hypnotist in which She says that she is
willing to hypnotize President Mckinley
and carry him away In a balloon before the
fall election In this way. she says, Bryan
would have a sure chance of being elected
1t seems that she is not willing to carry
out her plan for electing Bryan through
patriotic motives alone. She believes that
to hypnotize President Mckinley and then
take him on an aerial journey would be
worth s.OJDOOJ. and for tnis consideration
she says, she is willing to do the work.
call at the Franklin avenue address
last night revealed the fact that an Office
vas kept at that number by Doctor Rufus
q. Wells and Doctor Sarah Wells. In the
show windows prS pasted numerous dodg-
ers. stating that Doctor and Mrs. Wells
are hypnotists. Admission could not be
gained. but reporter carried on n con-
Nersation with Mrs. Wells. who said that
the doctor would see nobody. but admitted
having written the letter.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
STEVENSON HAS ACCEPTED.
Will Join bryan In India ma polls on
September 3.

REPDBI1N SFECTAI.
New York. July 3o.-Adlai Z. Stevenson.
the Democratic candidate for :he vice pres
idency. has formally accepted the invita-
ton of the Nationa! Association of Demo-
cratic Clubs to be present at the club con.
ventton at Indianapolis on September s.
Mr.. Stevensons acceptance Was received
At the association headquarters to-day
Mr.. Bryan has already indicated his ac-
ceptance Of the invitation. so the presence
Of the Denocracy's STANDARD hearers at In
dianapoiis during the club gathering is as
sured.
Pennsylvania has the distinction of being
the first state to elect delegates to the club
convention.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
RUSSIANS WERE
FORCED BACK.
Cars Troops Unable to Stand Before the Chi
nese Soldiers and Boxers in Manchuria
Several Hard Fights.

ST. Petersburg. July so.-The Russian gen.
erai stan has received dispatches from va
rious commanders indicating a serious state
OF affairs throughout Manchuria. The re-
volt in the neighborhood of Mukden and
the district northward has assumed such
proportions that the Russian column has
Deem compelled to retreat from Mukden
southward. Fighting continuously. the col
umn with difficulty reached the station at
AJasandzian. where. on July S. II was sur
rounded by Chinese troops. Re-enforca-
ments were sent and the withdrawal Of the
column was effected to DaschizaO, with
forty-eight casualties. killed. wounded and
missing.
The railway from Mukden to Telin and
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31

More than 20Ao persons were on the City OF
Providence when il left the foot of Olive
street yesterday morning and steamed
down the river to Montesano.
While they were enjoying their cutting
the mothers and children. who live In To-
calities Of the city not frequented by gar
bace wagons and least accustomed to street
cleaning, forgot the foul oio's of their un-
sanitary surroundings in their delight at
breathing the fresh air.
At II O'Clock tea and coffee Were served
TO all. Half an hour later the gangplank
was lowered at Montesano. and every one
hurried ashore to enjoy rest or romp
under the trees. Games and sports were
ARRANGED for the children, and they entered
into them with all the Zest Of childhood.
AT O'Clock the party boarded the boat
for the return trip. As soon as the boat
WAS under way crackers and milk We're
served. and while the passengers Were busy
feasting the prizes won In the course Of the
day were distributed.
The Fresh Air Mission hopes to give
three or four more excursions during the
summer. Contributions may he sent to the
secretary. II. NJ. Hazlett, room No. .lI.
Holland building. The number Of sxcur-
sions given depends on the amount of con-
tributions received.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31

was sent Jointly by Bishop F. W. Warne of
India. the Reverend W. II. Lacey of Foo
Chow Station. and L. Il. JelIison, NJ. D.. of
Shanghai
Bishop Warne is now on his way home
from India Doctor Eaton at once tele-
graphed TO Bishop Moore. who is in Cincin-
natl. He was recently assigned by the Cen
eral Conference to Shanghai.
The other cabegram. from the Reverend
A. j. Bowen of Nanlin. treasurer OF the
Central China Mission. reads:
"No fly relatives. Am In pressing need
of funds. Mission Japan. Shanghai
The fact that Mr. Lacey. whose station
is at Foo-Chow. Is now in Shanghai. is ac-
cepted as proof that the missionaries from
Southern China also have fed TO Shanghai
Doctor Eaton cabled si.000 to Mr.. Bowen to-
day
sIrs H. b. Skidmore. treasurer OF the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Of the
Methodist Church, also received a cable
gram to-day from Shanghai from Miss Kate
o. Borne of the kiu-Kiang Station, asking
for Sl.5tp. The money is cabled.
The Presbyterian Board received q dis
patch from Shanghai as follows:
American Consul. from Chinese officials,
Shanghai and Pao-Ting-Fu. considered au-
thoritative learn Hodges Mackey. Pekin."
This is supposed to come from the Rev
erend Georse F. Fitch. the manager Of the
mission press. Last Saturday the board
cabled for Information as to the authority
for the dispatch that tho missionaries at
Pao-Ting-Fu had been massacred. The
cable received to-day Is supposed to mean
that the information conveyed therein comes
through the Chinese officials at Pac-Ting-
Flu 10 those at Shanghai. who gave IL to the
American Consul.
This information, considered authoritative,
is taken to mean that the Hodge family,
consisting of Courtland T. Van Rensselaer,
Hodge. NJ. D: his wife and Miss Maud
Mackey. NJ. D., are at Pekin at last ac-
counts. and not at Pao-Ting-Fu, as previ-
ously reported.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
WILL SHOOT HER DAUGHTER.
Mrs. Woodward Prepared to Keep
Her From the Boxers.
REPERLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Chicago. July 3o.-If The worst comes to
the worst. Mrs. NJ. W. Woodward Of Evans
ton will shoot her daughter. lone. and her
self to keep from falling into the hands of
the Boxers at Pelsin.
Mrs Woodward herself says this in 4 let
ter Of June II to her husband. In her It-
ter she wrote:
THE pistol contains five bullets. and II
we are attacked / shall fire three in our
defense. II they fail. the fourth will be
for lone and the fifth for myself
In the same letter In which Mrs. Wood
ward expresses her intention to kill herself
and daughter she says:
Eve feel confident that We will be res
cued. In fact. We are assured tnat every
thing will be done by our Government and
the other Christian nations to relieve us
Immediately.
DO not try to answer, as do not know
where l shall be-" We're the last words from
the daughter, lone.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
Pile. Cured without the Knife.

Itching. Blind, Bleed Protruding Piles. No
cure. no pay. AL druggists authorized by
the manufacturers OF Paso Pile Ointment to re-
fund the money where 1t fails to cure any case
Of piles matter Of how long standing. Cures
ordinary In six days: the worst cases in
fourteen days. One application gives and
rest Relieves itching instantly. This is q
discovery and is the only pile remedy sold
a positive guarantee, no cure, pay. Price 50c.
If your druggist don't keep ii In stock send US
Sec in postage stamps and will forward same
by mall. Manufactured by Paris Medicine Co.,
St. Louis, Mo. Manufacturers OF Laxative
and Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
Marine Intelligence.

Bremen, July 30--Arrived: Koepigin
Louise. via Southampton.
Hamburg, July 30.-Arrived: Steamer
Bulgaria, New York via Cherbourg.
Bremen, July 9-Arrived: Steamer H. H.
Meier from Baltimore.
New York, July 2S.-Arrived: Bowie, Liv-
erpool.
Liverpool. July 2s.-Arrived: Servia, New
York: Partisan, Montreal.
Antwerp, July 26.-Arrived: Freisland, New
York.
Glasgow. July 29.-Sailed: Brazilian and
Tritoni, Montreal.
Cnerbourg, July A.-Sailed: Barbarosa
from Bremen, New York.
Southampton. July 29.-Sailed: Deutsch-
land from Hamburg, New York. via Cher
bourg.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Report to General Greedy by Lieu
tenant Stamford.

Washington, July 30.-General Greely,
Chief Signal officer. has received a cable
message from Lieutenant Stamford, the vol
unteer signal officer serving at Taku. China,
with the Ninth Infantry. 1t is dated Che
Foo. July 81 and is as follows:
Conditions. prospects. health command
good Officers killed. Ninth Infantry:
Colonel Liscum. Wounded: Major Regan.
Captains Moves and Bookmiller. Lieutenant
I.awton. All doing we'll Marine Corps. off,
GERS killed: Captain A. X. Davis. Wounded:
Lieutenant Leonard; serious; arm ampu-
tated; Captains Long and Lemly. Lieuten-
ant Butker; last three doing well.''
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31

Daschizao has been completely destroyed.
and the fate Of the workmen and railway
officials north OF Mukden is not known. The
whole Mukden district Is menaced by large
bodies of Chinese troops. with artillery.
Chinese troops and Boxers. In defiance Of
treaties. have appeared at the towns OF
Tukshou. Sinjudshi and Gaiefer. melting the
inhabitants to revolt. On July II. the garri-
son at Sinjasurshi was shelled from the
town, three men being killed. A Russian
detachment returning from Godun PENN
suIa was attacked and surrounded by Chi
nese troops on July q.
The Russians eventually repulsed the Chi
nase. with loss Of eight Cossacks killed
and ten wounded Similar reports have been
received from other points.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31

Continued From Page One.
body OF Baron Won Ketteler has been buried
by the Chinese Government
The Cordes mentioned in the above dis
patch is the second interpreter of the Ger
man Legation. He was with Baron Won
Ketteler when the latter WAS murdered. snd
himself wounded. He escaped to the Ie-
cation.
RUSSIAN ADMIRALs REPORT.
Brussels. July 3o.-A dispatch from the
Russian Admiral AlexiefY, dated Tien-Tsin.
July 80. and communicated to the Foreign
Office. states that the latest news confirms
the report that the Foreign Ministers at
Pekin are out OF danger
THOUSAND CHINESE KILLED.
Copyright. Ice bv the Associated Fress.
Tien-Tsin. July 2. via Shanghai, July 90
The latest advices from Pekin. under date
or July 10. say that the legations are hold
ing out The Chinese attacked the legations
on the night OF July 10. but were led into a
trap by the Americans and British, and
l.cD of them were killed. Afterwards they
continued boLbarding the legations more
freely. Among the Chinese killed was Gen.
eral Ma.
The legations were subsequently attacked
with constantly increasing fury.
These advices were brought from Peiriu by
q courier.
Ii HUNG CHANCES PLAN,
London. July 3o.-The Chinese Minister IN
London has been notified by telegram that
Ii Hung Chang. conjointly with other Vice
roys and Governors, has memoralized the
throne to urge the immediate sending Of the
Foreign IA
Tsin. or the restoration to them of free tel
ments
PLAIN WORDS TO CHINA.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington. July so.-Again the suxses-
ton has been made to this Government
that 1t consent to an ARRANGEMENT for III.
delivery OF the Ministers in Pekin at Tien-
Tsin. and again the administration has
given the Chinese Government, through
Minister WI. to understand that no arrange
ment for the delivery Of the Ministers will
be consented TO until this Government has
been put into free communication with Min
lister Conger. 1t is hardly believed that the
Pekin authorities contemplate taking the
Ministers and other foreigners down to the
coast without the consent Of the Powers
HIS Ho'ernHeht mas made II very plain
that II they should be started from Pelin
and should be murdered on the way, no ex-
cuses would be accepted. The Imperial
Government would be held directly respon-
sible. and no trumped-up stories about the
guards being overpowered by Boxers would
be accepted. Instead OF warding OF an
advance to Pekin. China could take no
surer way to bring It about than to allow
the Ministers or any other foreigners to
be killed while being escorted" to the coast.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
LIEUT.. TURNER GOES TO CHINA.
Son of the Late General Turner
Now En- Route.

Lieutenant G. s. Turner of this city has
started for China by way OF San Francisco.
he having left New York last Sunday, to-
gether with Lieutenant Reeves and Briga-
dier General j. II. Wilson.
The party will leave San Francisco Fri
day on the steamer America Maru. Lieu
tenant Turner is a son of the late General
John W. Turner Of this city.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
BLIND PERSONS WE'D.
After Courtship of Twenty Years,
United by Blind Preacher.

Fort Atkinson. Wis. July 3o-After a
courtship extending over twenty years. dur
ing the last twelve OF which they have ex-
changed letters regularly three times a
week. Carrie NJ Anderson of this city and
John H. Cummings of Janesville have been
married q. but without having seen each
other. for thev are both blnd
The nuptal knot was tied Sy a blind min
lister and the maids Of honor are also sight
less The Bride Is 4 native OF For: Dodge.
Ia. and the sroUm earns his living as a
carpet weaver.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
NO TRACE OF MRS. MORRISON.
Mrs. Park Tells of WOman's Visit
to Her Home.

As yet the police have been unable to fnd
any trace Of Mrs. Henry Morrison. who Is
said TO have taken her son. Raymond. from
the home of Mrs. Julia Park. No. iiS5 Hunt
avenue. where he had been left by his fa-
ther on last Saturday
While Mr.. Morrison was away Mrs. Park
kept strict watch on the boy. She and
Raymond were eating lunch in the kitchen
when the woman who claimed to be the
boys mother entered and took the little fell
low IN her arms She then bundled up the
lads clothing and departed She told Mrs.
Park that she had more right TO the boy
and the clothes than any other person.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
RAILROADS,

The St. Louis and Mexican Railway Is the
name Of q proposed short line through Mis-
souri,, Arkansas and Texas.
The New York Merchants Association is
rushing into print in the New York news
papers.
The st. Louis committee OF the Central
Passenger Association met yesterday.
The sale of the Gulf, Beaumont and Kan
sas City TO the Santa Fe system has been
confirmed.
The Santa Fe will operate a new line Of
steamships from the North Pacific Coast.
The new plan OF collecting bridge fares
will go into effect tomorrow.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
APPLIED FOR RETIREMENT.
Action of Colonel Muse, When Or.
dered to China.

Vallejo. Cal. July 3o.-Orders Of Colonel
Muse. United States Marine Corps. have
been changed and instead Of going 10 China
he will be detailed at Mare Island until fur
ther orders. Upon receipt of his orders to
SO to China he applied for retirement, piac-
ing Captain Davis IN charge of The bar
racks.
Co.onel Henry C. Cochrane. United States
Marine Corps. will be ordered to command
the marines n China
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
SOLDIERS MAIL IN THE EAST.
Postal Clerks Ordered to Stations
in the Orient.

Washington. July 3o-Willam E. Phillips,
a railway postal clerk Of San Francisco.
has been ordered to Nagasak to take
charge Of the United States mails at that
point in connection with the new postal ser
vice for our troops in China. Mr.. Phillips
sailed from San Francisco yesterday.
Mr.. Robbins chief clerk of the railway
mail service at Atlanta, arrived here to-
day and has been comforting with the pos
tai officials. He is expected to sail from San
Francisco about August 16.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
CABLES FROM MISSIONARIES.
News Received by the Home
Boards Yesterday.

New York. July 30.-Reverend Doctor
Homer Eaton, treasurer Of the Methodist
Episcopal Missionary Society. to-day re-
ceived two cables from Shanghai. One read:
Urge Bishop Moore's immediate coming.
"WARNE-LACEY-yEL
The signature shows that the message
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
FRESH AIR MISSIONS OUTING.
Two Thousand Women and Chill.
dren Taken to MOntesano.

Mothers and children from the tenement
districts were given an outing on the river
yesterday on the fourth excursion held un-
der the auspices Of the Fresh Air Mission.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
116 Boarding Places
Advertised in to-day's Republic.
KILLED HIS SON.
Bicycle Dealer Set Trap for Bur.
glars With SOrrOVful Result

Middleport, o., July "a bicycle dealer
named Sanborn set a trap TO catch burgl1rs
by attaching a string TO the door of a safe
and connecting 1t with the trigger Of a
loaded revolver
This morning Harley Sanbo-n. HIS con
aged 12 years. accidentally set OF he ira
and was niortaliy wounded. the bullet pierc-
tng his lung.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
Christian Union Closed.

Denver. Colo. July 3o.The closing sss-
pies Christian Union of the Presbyterian
Church to-day was devoted to short talks
convention was completed last week.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
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Q MAY NOT ADVANCE
BEFORE SEPTEMBER.

q Washington, July 30.-Lieutenant
. Stamford, volunteer signal officer
q serving at Taku. China. cables
q General Greedy. Chief Signal Officer.
q under date. Che-Foo. July q:
. Coolidge. commanding Ninth Resi-
q ment Infantry. informs all necessary
o material been requested. Colonel
. Meade, marines. senior. opinion bat 4
. terry field artillery and some MaNims 4
. sufficient. Late experience would in 4
= dicate need of heavier guns Further
. advance may not be made before
. September. Command should have I
. plenty of good food and heavy cloth
. ing. Fairly reliable reports state our I
. Minister and people in Pekin all well
. on the 10th. Can you place funds
. with cable company so l can keep
. You advised?"
. Steps have been taken at the War
. Department TO keep Lieutenant
. Stamford supplied with money. and
. he has been instructed TO forward {
. news of Importance when the COM
. mandiEs officer of the Ninth In
. fantry cannot be reached
7 a u a a - a a u u a a a - n
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
LOCAL AND STRURRAN.

The ordinance providing for new CITY
Hospital has been prepared and is ready for
Introduction to the City Council
Colonel Moses c. WetmOre has Temporal
fly retired from the presidency of the Wet
more Tobacco Company. John Scuilin Is
his successor.
Detective John Keeiy, who was shot five
times about six weeks ago, is now COM
pletely recovered.
No trace has yet been found OF Mrs.
Strathmore, who disappeared on May 9.
Captain Kiely protests against the dispo-
sition made of the recent crap-shooting
cases.
The body OF Clara Ogle who committed
suicide in New York, is expected here to-
morrow.
Mrs Lizzie Brogle of South Ninth street
attempted suicide because she was tired Of
drudgery.
81. Louis Italians strongly denounce the
assassination of King Humbert.
A motion to Quash the cases against the
slot-ma chine ops rators was filed yesterday.
The body of the Forest Park suicide has
been identified that of William z.
Blanks, Jr.. formerly clerk in the Bur-
lingtOn Office.
The ST Louis Republican Club has pro-
cured the Pastime Club building for head
quarters.
The aged man who could not tell his
name at the City Hospital proves to be
Henry A Frederick. manufacturers agent.
Attorney Julian Laughlin rescued Miss
Clara Rice from drowning in lake on
his fathers home in ST. Louis County.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
Comm municatiOn Restored.

New York. July 3o-The cable companies
send out the following notice:
I'VE are advised that communication be-
tween Shanghai and Che-Foo is restored"
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
Drummer Commits Suicide.

L
Dallas. Tex, July 3e.-william G.. Laing
Of Chicago, a travelling salesman, commit
ing himself through the heart. He en-
tered a cafe with some friends to get re-
freshments. Without warning his COM
panions. he stepped aside and killed him.
self.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-31
BAR WAY TO PEKIN.
Chinese Troops Well Placed at
Three Points.

Port Arthur. Wednesday. July 2s.-The
damage to the forts and barracks at Tien-
Tsin are being rapidly repaired The Chi
nese troops occupy three camps, we'll situ-
ated to oppose the advance Of the allies to
pekin