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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Weather Conditions.

There have been snow aurries from
the Upper Missouri Valley to the Up
per Lakes, rains i'll the Lower Missou.
ri Valley. Arkansas, Tennessee. the
Eastern Gulf the Ohio Valley and
Lower Lake Region, with the storm
center moving from the Dakotas to
the Upper Lake Region
The eastern high barometer has
moved to New England, and the storm
is followed by very high barometer
in Northern Montana, where the TEN.
perature has fallen to below zero,
and fair colder weather prevails in
the Upper Missouri Valley.
Fair weather is indicated in this sec
ton tonight and Thursday, with cold
wave tonight, the temperature falling
to about ten degrees above zero, and
continuing cold during Thursday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Survivors Almost Insane.
PALERMO. Dec. 3O.-Tr;

PALERMO, Dec. 30.-Train
loads of Messina survivors are
reaching Palermo. Most of
them are fearfully injured.
Many who We're placed on
trains twelve miles out of Mes
sina, the nearest approach to
the stricken city, died enroute.
All the survivors are in a state
of semi-stupor.. They can't t
talk intelligently. The wound
ed were carried from Messina
to trains on litters. In a clash
between the marines and out
laws, following the quake at
Messina, several marines are
reported killed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
CRATER RUFF
MUST SERVE TIME
San Francisco Briber is Sentenced to
Fourteen Years in the
Penitentiary.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30.-Abra.
ham Ruef, former political boss of San
Francisco was Tuesday sentenced TO
fourteen years in the penitentiary
The sentence was pronounced by
Judge Lawler. who presided owe;
Ruef's trial on charge of bribing q
member of the Schmitz board of sup
ervisors in the award of an overhead
trolley to the United Railroads, The
trial. which ended with conviction De
cember TO- was one of the most cele
brated in the history of the city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Workmen Start for Reggie.

ROME, Dec. 30 Plans for
rebuilding the railway into
Reggie was pushed today. A
train carrying workmen and
material started for Reggie
and a telegraph station will be
established near the city as
soon as possible. 1t is feared
the towns of Cannattelli, La
zarro, adjacent and Reggie
have suffered the same fate of
the larger city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Dictatorship at Messina.

PALERMO, Dec. 3O.-The
Bank Of Sicily at Messina, sent
the following wireless to Pa
lermo today: "Gen. Fecci De
Cassato is taking the strongest
measures to prevent the catas-
tropy becoming worse through
the disorder. For the present
he will maintain a practical
dictatorship. The chief dam
ger now is from the plague for
thousands of bodies lie unbur-
led in the streets. The General
advocates an immediate crema-
ton of all the bodies. The peo-
pie are already beside them
selves and will not permit this
to be added to their grief. The
trouble is greatly aggravated
owing to the inhabitants utter
loss Of nerve through a stupor
that seems to affect everyone. =
The authorities regret the pres
ence Of the king and queen.
| They say they are unable to
help and will only tie the hands
of other officials better fitted
for the work. 1t is feared some
one, insane from suffering.
might attempt an assasslna-
ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Queen Rescues a Child

CATANIA, Dec. 30.-Queen
Helena personally rescued a
child from the ruins of a build
ing at Messina, according to
authentic reports this after
noon. Against the remon-
strances Of the king the at
tendants entered the ruins
which was in danger of col
Iapsing and pulled a child
from an imperiled position and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
HUNDRED Miners
ARE ENTOMBED
At Least That Number Thought to be
HopelessIy Imprisoned in Local
Mine of the Lick Branch
colIc.ies Co.
A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
Company Refuses to Tell Number %
Men in Mine and None Are Al
lowed to Approach-Recov-
erine the Dead.

MAlBuRY, Ky. Dec go More
than hundred miners ere believed to
be hopeessly imprisoned IL the local
mine of the Lick branch collieries
as result of terrific exp,osion Tues
day afternoon, Tae company refuse
to tell the figures OF the number of
men in the mine, and will not permit
anyone to approach the collieries save
Frescuers. 1t is stated that not less than
200 men We're in the mine,at the time
of the disaster. SO far seevnteen have
been removed, twelve of whom were
dead.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30

reaching here today. Heaps of
the dead are piled in the
streets. The priests are work
ing heroically. Owing to the
impassability of roads owing
to floods and land slides, they
forced relief parties to distrib-
ute food supplies from boats.
Sufferers throng the wharf beg
ging the captains of the boats
to carry them from the scene.
None were accommodated. The
only passengers on the boats
were soldiers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
ToDAYs WEATHER FORECAST.
Indications for Iowa, Illinois, and Mis-.
souri, Wired from Chicago.

For Keokuk and vicinity; Fair to-
night and Thursday Cold wave to-
night Colder Thursday
For Illinois Fair and colder tonight
aad THURSDAY, with cold wave north
portion.
For Iowa; Fair tonight and Thurs.
day Cold wave tonight. Colder east
portion Thursday.
For Missouri: Fair and much cold
e. tonight Thursday fair with colder
ea.t portion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Cheney's Family Hopeful.

NEW HAVEN, Dec. 30
Despite cable messages from
Vice Consul Tupton at Mes
sina, expressing fear of the
death of Consul Cheney, his
wife and relatives here still
hope he has escaped.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Sicilians Will Return.

PORTLAND, Ore, Dee. 80.
Many of the Sicilians who
are living here are preparing to
hurry back to the stricken ma
tive country to seek the sur
viving members of their fam
lilies.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Gold Coin to Denver.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3o.That the
government has been busy for several
months removing s222, 100000 gold
coin from the local mint to Denver,
was disclosed here today. Mint Off
cials will not talk, 3ut the belief is
the general transfer was strategic
move to defeat a seizure in event of
war.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
coHins Ordered From Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 3o.-orders were
this morning received by local firm
for forty cotfins to be sent to Maybury
where tae mine disaster occurred. Id
is believed additional ones will be or
dered from other points,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Trying to prove AIibis.

UNION CITY. Aenn.. Dec. 29.-The
defense of the Rider cases was de
voted today in an effort to establish
alibis for the eight meen accused in
the Rankin murder Three already
have been on the stand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Thirty Buried Under Debris.

At eleven o'clock today the mine, Of
ficiaIs admitted that thirty men are
buried under the debris, all of whom
are probably dead. 1t is believed that
the death list will reach fifty. The
miners say that at least forty others
are entombed in another section OF
the nina.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Mass Meeting at Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 30
A mass meeting for Sunday
was called today by Peter Is
nardi, Italian consul, to organ
ize a relief for quake victims.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30

here state that four thousand
soldiers in various barracks at
Messina, are buried under the
ruins. The Rock of Charybdis
now blocks the entrance to the
strait of Messina. The tidal
wave wrecked the light houses
in the strait, including the
Faro beacon, and they crashed
into the sea.
The work of rescue at Mes
sina, according to meagre de-
tails received here tonight, pre-
sented narrowing scenes. Hun
dreds of people were pinned
under the walls and rafters
alive, but terribly injured, for
thirty hours, one of the rescue
ers found under the ruins OF a
house five children alive, but
unable to speak clinging
around the corpse Of their
mother. In some cases the he
roic rescuers met death in the
falling debris. In one house
twenty persons were suspend
ed on a fifth foor and unable to
reach the street because the
lower floors had been torn
away. They were rescued with
a rope by sailor. Six criml-
nails were killed while attempt
ing to loot the Bank of Sicily
where cash amounting to half a
million dollars lay in plain
view.
/ Further stories, told by the
officers Of the Sappho, show
the tremendous force of the
great wave that swept com
pletely over the city from
which dense clouds of dust
arose as the buildings fell
while the air was ~o' t by ag-
onizing cries fol nerp. Only at
sunrise was it possible "a get 6
faint idea of what had happen
ed.
1t is impossible to describe
the horror in all its tragic
grandeur. Almost the entire
city was, in the twinSling of al
eye reduced to ruins, and II
, the midst of these still stooC
: the gigantic and sinister wall
of thes great Hotel Trlnacrla
i where a hundred foreign guest
= met their death, the lnunlclpd
palace and a line Of what wer
r once splendid edifices along tn
e sea front.
o From a dozen section
t tongues of flames were see
e shooting out of the ruins, an
j. shortly half the town was Ell
/, veloped in flames. Sailors froI
/ the Sappho, under the con
v mand of the head englneel
e succeeded, after a might
$ struggle against the waves,
IS reaching land and they wei
i among the first to penetrat
into town and begin the wor
4 of rescue. At every step the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30

carried it to a waiting boat. At
ter the first breakdown upon
arriving at Messina, the queen
recovered completely and went
heroically along with other res
cuers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Internal Machine to CLERK

DULUTH. Dec. 3O.-A. e. Bickford,
the city clerk of Verginia, Mimi, to.
day had narrow escape from being
blown to atoms by an internal ma
chine sent to him by some unknown
person. 1t contained half pound OF
dynamite
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Cheney's S Are Dead.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30
Consul Gale at Malta, cables
the state department: Consul
Cheney and wife are both dead.
The bodies are unrecovered
yet"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30

ROME, Dec. 3O.-One hun
dred thousand dead; Messlna,
in Sicily. and Reggie, and a
score of other towns in south
ern Italy overwhelmed; the en-
tire Calabrian region laid
waste-this is the earthquake s
record as far as is at present
known from the reports coming
slowly into Rome on account of
the almost complete destruc-
ton Of the lines of communica-
ton to the stricken places.
The death list in Messlna
range from 10000 to 10000
that Of Reggie, which with its
adjacent villages numbered 49,
600 people, includes almost the
entire population. At Palml,
1000 are reported dead; Cas-
sano 900; Cozena 500, and
half Of the population Of Bag
mara about 1000.
The Monteleone ergion has
been devastated and Riposto
Seminara, San Giovanni, Scilla
Lazzaro, Cannitello and all
other communities and villages
bordering on the straits are IL
ruins.
The king and queen of Italy
are now on the way to Messina
having sailed tonight from Ma
pies aboard the battleship Wit
torio Emmanuel.
The pope has shown th'
greatest distress at the calam
ity and he himself was first t.
contribute i sum amounting t.
100000 to the relief Of the at
fiicted. British, French ant
Russian warships are steamln!
toward the south, and already
several ships of Great Britain
and Russia have reached Sic
lily. Officers and men of thes
ships have performed heroic
service in the work Of rescue.
1t is feared that many fol
eigners have been killed, as
number of hotels at Messln
and doubtless at other places
were crowded with tourists.
Little is known of the fat
OF the diplomatic represe1
tatives Of foreign powers st;
toned at these posts, althoug
the Italian government is usin
every effort to learn.
There is the gravcst DANCE
that pestilence will follow I'll
destruction Of the towns, whel
on account of the va
havoc wrought, bodies will !
unburied for days and week
Those who escaped deaf
many of whom are badly i
]ured, are making their way
thousands to the nearest pla,
of refuge. Their SUFFERING
even now must be intense,
they are without food or clot
ing.
The latest reports rcceiv,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Laie Reporis indicate More Than One Rundred
Thousand Lives Were Lost in the Earth's
ConvuIsion in Southern Italy.
DANTE'S AWFUL P0RTRAITUR,E
Of The Internal Regions is EeIpsed by the Actua' Ae
Of Ruin and Untold Agony-.BIow Strikes ciy
to Hearts Of All the Nations.

The latest phases Of Iays disaster Total estimate
dead by Italian government 000 General Cassato
started burning bodies funeral pye Mesna Twen
ty cities in flames today All roads and railroads
are destroyed the only to the stricken districts being
by water St Rombol volcano) becomes active Another
quake felt Palermo The misery the victims height
enad hv chilling raiustorm.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Food Supplies by Boats.

CATANIA Dec. 30.-The
layer Of mud covering Messina
is still yielding its harvest Of
dead, according to reports
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Forty-Two Removed.

Forty-two of the men We're removed
from the mine at o'clock this morn
ing, of which twelve were dead.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Sea Covers Catanzaro.

CATANZARO, Dec. 3D.
Captain Carblneers who arriv-
ed here today from Reggie
says the sea now covers the
city. No buildings are stand
ing in the city. He said 1.-THE
town is not swallowed by the
earth, but the sea rolled in q
mighty we'll Of water, and en-
quilted it. Think only a few
hundred of the entire popula-
ton escaped. The lower part
of the town is rapidly settling
and it is feared that it will
drop into the sea-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Local Observations.

Dec Bar. Ther Wind Weather
%, Z pm. 30. 90 "A sW Foggy
80. 7 am. Bop 81 w Foggy
River above low water of 1864, ! and
C tenths fee-.;; change in "A hours, rise
OF / tenth foot.
Mean temperature, Al.
Maximum temperature, 10.
Minimum temperature, So.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Tammany Hall Gives $4,000

NEW YORK, Dec. 30. Tam
many Hall, through a general
committee, today contributed
$4,000 to the Italian relief
funds. $4,000 is said to have
been raised by Little Italy =
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30

came upon dead and dying and
they joined others in trying to
save those caught in the ruins.
Several hundred soldiers
were killed at Catanzaro and
many policemen We're killed
and wounded. Thousands of
charred bodies have been seen
floating in the straits. At Pal
mi three hundred corpses have
been discovered and many.
more are still beneath the
wreckage Of the town.
Every house in Bagnara was
levelled. All the railway sta
tions between Messina and Ro-
meta were destroyed. Every
little village has its quota Of
dead.
Before the departure of the
king on the battleship Vittorio
Emmanuel, the king received
a telegram from President
Roosevelt, expressing the sym
pathy of the United States. The
king highly appreciated this
kindly expression OF concern.
Many Towns Fire Swept.
ROME. Dec. 30.-Fires are
still raging in many OF the ru-
med towns, according to ad-
vices received by the Minister
of Marines. La Mcsslna the
fire is controlled. Rigid en-
forcement of martial law has
brought a semblance OF order
/ In some sections, however, the
bullets of the soldiers failed to
awe the looters who robbed vic
TINS of the quake. Deputies
are arriving at Rome today fol
a special session of parliament
/ to vote a relief measure. The
. pope insists his place is with
1 the sufferers.
Queen Helena Terror Stricken
PALERMO, Dec. 30 Queer
! Helena almost swooned iron
grief on arriving at Messlna to
day where the scene encounter
| ed was far more 2rewsome thai
| her oravest fears led her to eN
pect. Medical assistance wa
necessary to revive her and ]
was some time before she an'
the king could undertake th
work of directing the relief
/ Both the king and queen wep
and scores of the almost insan
survivors crowded aroun'
them when they arrived an
threw themselves in the mu
! screaming in horror. Th
! queen was terror stricken an
, clung to the king. Many pee
, pie tried to kiss the hands {
( the king and queen and praye
! to them as if they were saint
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
lNTERURDAN LINE
TO BE FINANCED
CAPITAL SAID 10 HAVE ALL
BEEN SECURED.

From Sundays Daily
There is a well founded rumor to
the effect that Senator w. A. Clark,
Montnaa's millionaire operator and
railroad builder has been interested
in the Billings & Cook City Interur-
ban railway.
Report has it that the senator was
approached OF the proposition and
that his answer was favorable, pro
viding a few details which 1t is un.
derstood will be acquiesced in by To-
cal stockholders in the company,
could be arranged.
With Senator Clark at the head Of
the company, the work will be COM
menced at ono and pushed to i'm
mediate completion and the news that
he had become interested, was the
subject Of much favorable comment in
the city yesterday.
The line fully equipped will cost in
the neighborhood of 100000 and
will be built whether Mr.. Clark is in.
terested or not, but should he take
hold of the proposition, the financing
of the road would be completed and
it would near that Billings will have
one Of the best interurban lines in
the country.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
GAS PLANT FOR
BILLINGS
EASTERN CAPITAL SAID TO
HAVE BEEN INTERESTED.

From Sundays Daily
Billings is to have a gas plant
which will cost in the n~eighborhood
of $150,000 if reports that are current
are true. It is also said that a pipe
line from Garland, Wyoming, nay be
constructed and that natural a may
be burned. Such a plant, il feasible,
would mean moderate light and fuel
for Billings.
The proposition is said to have
been taken up with eastern capital
and a representative of the company
is due to arrive in the city for the
purpose of looking over the ground
and the possibilities, and if he makes
a favorable report, all Of the capital
necessary for the construction Of a
plant will be forthcoming.
John D. Losekamp was granted a
franchise some time ago for the con-
struction of a plant and mains, and
it is understood that eastern capitalists
have been interested insofar that they
have agreed to send a representative
here to investigate the possibilities.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
NEW SETTLERS
COMING TODAY
TWENTY-FIVE Of THEM WILL
UNLOAD AT HUNTLEY.
HUNDRED THIS MONTH
Lack Of Water on the Maxwell Grant
Forcing Settlers in New Mexico to
Come TO the Yellowstone Valley,
Where Water Is Plenty.

From Sundays Daily
Twenty-Five settlers, who will tahe
land on the Billings bench, will arrive
at Huntley today, and will be met by
r. p. Workman, colonization agent OF
the R. 3. Shepherd company, who have
the selling of land under the Billings
Land and Irrigation company's canal.
Fl The new settlers are coming from
the Maxwell land grant and have been
farming neal Maxwell. n. NJ. Scarcity
of water there and lack of a good crop
has caused them to seek another eli
mate, where there is more water.
They are Hollanders and many OF
their countrymen have settled ~ the
bench and have had plenty Df Wa.er
and good crops and 50 the H%ollanlers
from the south are coming here.
According to MIR. Workman there
will be a large amount of immigration
here this month. No less than 100
families and more than ten cars OF
household effects are expected to
come before Christmas. The. R. q.
Shepherd company is daily receiving
a large number of inquiries about the
land on the bench and their repre-
sentatives expect a steady immigra-
ton to the vicinity Of Billings.
Remember, on Tag day you're IT.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
CAN'T BE SEPARATED.
Some Billings People Have Learned
How to Get Rid of Both.

Backache and kidney ache are twin
brothers. You can't separate them.
And Q can't get rid of the backache
until you cure the kidney ache. If the
kidneys are we'll and strong, the rest
of the system is pretty sure to he in
vigorous health.
Doan's Kidney Pills make strong,
healthy kidneys.
Mrs. M. ]. Kelly, living at S16 S.
Main street, Livingston, Mont, says:
II can recommend Doan's Kidney Pills
as an excellent remedy for the kid
neys. They have been used by differ
ent members Of my family with excel
lent results for backaches and other
symptoms of kidney trouble. I also
know of others who have been helped
by their use, and / feel it my duty
to recommend Doan's Kidney Pills in
the hopes that they may prove of value
to other kidney sufferers"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
MONTANA CATTLE
TOP The MARKET
EAGERLY SOUGHT AT BEST
PRICES IN OMAHA.
SELL LIKE HOT CAKES
pr. w. X. sudduth Returns From oma-
ha Market Where He Disposed Of
326 Head Of Stock From His Ranch
-Heifers Average 1,e,soo Pounds.
From Sundays Daily

From Sundays Daily
DR.. w. X. Sudduth returned yester-
day from a trip to Omaha, where he
disposed OF 326 head of cattle from
his ranch on the Billings & Northern.
DR.. Sudduth states that he topped
the market, and his cattle were easy
sellers. The heifers averaged 1880
pounds each and sold for SIS per hun
dred, and brought 500 each, or $62
net.
The balance of his stock sold as
follows: Cows, $4.10 per 100; steers,
$3.50 and the culls, 1925 per hundred.
Montana cattle have topped the
market wherever they have been Of
fered for sale and this time at Omaha.
They were eagerly bought and DR..
Sudduth states that he could have
sold forty trainloads OF the same
grade of cattle without an effort, had
he that amount.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
PANAMA CANAL BONDS.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Bids for
$30,000,0 900 Of the bonds of the Pana-
ma canal loan under Secretary Cortel-
you's circular Of November 10 last
were closed at the treasury depart
ment at 4:30 this afternoon. The
number of bids clearly indicates that
the loan has been greatly oversub-
scribed. Mr.. Cortelyou stated that IN
view Of the work involved in the tabu-
lation Of bids, no information as to
number and pdices could be obtained
until Monday,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
]. A. CULVER DEAD.
Pioneer Actor and Gold Digger Dies a,
Ellison,

BUTTE, Mont, Dec. 5.-Jas. A. Cul-
yer, a noted character of the early
days history of this state and a pio-
neer Of prominence, died at his home
In Ellison today according to a dis.
patch from that place to the Miner to-
night. MI. Culver joined the famous
stampede to the gold diggings In
Alder Gulch in this state in 1863. He
became one of the leaders of the vigi-
lantes, whose methods to establish or
der before the courts were organ
lied In the state, consisted in sum-
narily stringing up the outlaws to the