Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-09-25
DROWNED HIMSELF.
Edison Keith. wel-Known Chlcagoan.
Commits Suicide.

CnlCARO8ns
Commits Suicide.
Chicago. Sept. 23.--Edson Keith, head
of the great millinery firm of Edison
Keith g. Co., Wabash avenue and Mon
roe street, committed suicide by jump
ing into the lake at the foot of Thir-
tenth street Sunday night. The fact
was not made known until late Tues
day morning.
Later reports show that Mr.. Keith
took his life Sunday night or early Mon.
day morning. When Mrs. Keith tried
to open the door of his apartment Mon.
day morning she found it locked. She
summoned her son, who found that his
father had occupied the bed, but was
missing. His watch, money and arti.
cles of everyday wear were Mt hand,
showing that MIR. Keith had not taken
the usual care with his toilet. Believ-
ing mental trouble had overcome him.
the police were notified and spent all
Monday in a fruitless endeavor to locate
the missing man.
| Tuesday morning information was re-
ceived that hat and coat had been
found near the breakwater at the mouth
of the Weldon slip. These were identi
fed as having belonged to Mr.. Keith and
convinced the searchers of his suicide,
doubtless while temporarily insane.
Physical ill-health and fear Of the
possible troubles to result from the
! coming presidential election are the
causes assigned for Mr.. Keith's break
down. His financial affairs are said to
be in the best of shape.
Mr.. Keith was interested in many
great enterprises, and was considered
one of the largest capitalists in the
west. He was the financial man behind
many of the large interests in the
natural gas districts of Indiana, includ-
ing the immense plate glass plants at
Kokomo, Anderson and other points
lie was also one of the largest elevator
owners in the United States, and was
interested in several banks and stock
holder in railroad corporations. He
was member of the Chicago. Calumet,
Union League, Union and other clubs,
and member of the Chicago board of
trade and stock exchange.
THE GAR ON ENGLISH SOIL.
Dlsembarks at Leith, Scotland, and Takes
Train for Balmorai.
Leith, Scotland, Sept. 23.-The Rus
sian imperial yacht STANDARD, with the
car and czarina or board, passed BAGS
Rock at eight o'clock Tuesday morning,
moving slowly on account of the fog.
When she was reported as having passed
Bass Rock many passenger boats,
crowded with excursionists, went out
to meet her and accompany her to the
harbor, where she arrived Tuesday aft
ernoon. The car and czarina, with
their suite, We're transferred from the
Standard to local steamer, which con-
veyed them to the jetty, where they
landed and took carriages to the rail-
way station en- route to Balmoral. Tie
route to the station was decorated to
moderate extent with bannerets,
streamers, ETC., with occasional scrolls
bearing words of welcome to the i'm
perial visitors. The day was an ortli-
nary autumn holiday in Edinburgh and
Leith, and the great crowds of people
were early on the ground to see the Rus
sian emperor. The gathering was very
orderly and the town remarkably quiet.
Dundee, Scotland, Sept. 23.-An i'm
mense crowd of people We're assembled
at the station when the special train
with the car and czarina on board ar.
rived here on its way to Ballater, the
railway station for Balmoral. The
| lord provost of Dundee, who was accom-
panied by the local functionaries, made
brief address of welcome to the car,
in which he wished the car and czarina
safe and happy journey. The car in
reply said: "We thank you most cor
daily for Your kind wishes"
WANTS HIM TO WITHDRAW.
John c. sheehan Demands Thacher's Res
ignation as n Candidate.
| New York, Sept. 23-John C. Shee-
han, leader of Tammany hall, and rep
resenting the 10 state committeeman in
that organization, has telegraphed John
Boyd Thacher demanding his resigna-
ton from the head of the state demo-
cratic ticket on the ground that
his letter issued last Saturday night is
Il qualification of the platform adopted
at Buffalo. Mr.. Sheehan declares that
Thachers nomination was only pro-
cured through the assurances of his
friends to the convention at Buffalo
that, although having previously occu-
pied position adverse to the leading
tenets of the party, as declared in ma
tional convention, he (Thacher) would
stand firmly and squarely upon the Buff
falo platform.
TROOPS ARRIVE,
Presence of the Soldiers In Ieadviilc
Causes Feeling of Safety.
Leadville, Col, Sept. ga special
train of eight coaches, after waiting for
second section, with companies from
Greeley, Boulder and Longmont, also
n lOpo line of frpirbf f,,c