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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
chsirman9of Eivers snd Harpors Com
mittee Says Certain Proposals
Are All Right For
Mars.
NOT FOR THIS EARTH
Promoters of Various Canal Projects
in Ohio Get Little Encourage
ment From Fellow
congressman.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.--With re-
mark to his fellow citizens that some
of the proposals presented might be
all right for Mars, but little dubious
for Old Earth, Chairman Burton of the
house committee on rivers and har-
bors did not give much encouragement
Monday to the promoters of various
canal projects in western Ohio when
they appeared before his committee
to urge favorable report on bill for
the survey of canal along the route
of the old Miami and Erie canal. Lest
in the agitation. his bill for survey
for ship canal from Toledo to Chi
cago, via Fort Wayne, be lost slgnt OF
Representative Gilman of indiana.
addressed the committee in favor OF
the scheme 1t was here that Burton
suggested that it would be better tc
have commission make an investi
cation of all sites rather tnan de
tailed survey of each, adding that he
personally, believed the ship cana
from Toledo to Chicago would be use
less for the purpose designed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
Illinois Congressman Makes a, sensa-
tionaI Speech in the House
Attacking Cromwell and
the President.
ABOUT PANAMA CANAL
Calls 1t the Most stupendous Graft
Combination in the History of
the WorId-TrIed to.
Rob Treasury.

LONDON, ia. 26.-Fearing violence
at the hands of either the suffragettes
or the army of the unemployed today's
cabinet meeting was held under pre-
caution almost as rigid as those seen
in Russia. The ministers went to the
cabinet chamber in closely guarded
carriages. When the last arrived the
police closed Downing street at both
ends, permitting no one to pass un-
less on urgent government business.
Thousands of unemployed approached
as near as possible to the barriers and
yelled defiance to the police and min
listers. The cry, Give us work or give
us food reached clear to the cabinet
chamber. Several of the more rabid
of the mob were arrested for making
incendiary speeches in which they ex
tolled the Pottenham bandits who
killed several persons Saturday. Mum
erous parties of unemployed under the
escort of the police are now paradins
through the fashionable went end te
give the aristocrats of this section ar
opportunity of seeing the extent of the
prevalent distress,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
Murderer Danvers Has His Head Cut
OFF While Crowd cheered in
Ghoulish Giee, Dresses
in Gay Attire.
MURDERER COLLAPSED
He Was Carried to the GuiIlotlne and
Was Too Astated to Say
Word-Murdered Mr..
and Mrs. DonaI.

CARPENTRAS, France, Jan. &c
Amid the ghoulish glee of great
crowd which set off firecrackers as he
laid his head on the block. Remy
Danvers was guillotined this morning
for the murder of Mrs. Donal. rhe
crowd surrounded the prison all hight,
most of them wearing masks and gay
costumes, crying death to Danvers."
and chanting de Profundis.' Danve-s
himself did not know the fate await
ing him until six O'Clock this morning.
when the guards told Danvers Of his
fate. From that time until he was
carried to the guillotine Danvers WAS
In a state of collapse. The crowd gave
mighty cheer when Danyers appear
! ed. Danvers was too agitated to say
a word. Danvers was tramp and was
| given home by Mr.. and Mrs. Donal.
Shortly afterwards he murdered the
/ couple and stole their savings OF
| twenty francs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
Accident at the United Coal Company
Near Johnston Pa, Causes the
Death Of Number
of Miners.
CARRIED ON SHOULDERS DOUBLE GAS ExPJ 81
Members Of an Is ling Party
Who Entered to NIKE an In
spection Were Caught
by Explosion.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa, Jan. c6.-Two
men are dead as result of a mine
explosion at Boswell last night. Fifty
to seventy-five men were imprisoned
in the mine since the explosion. The
mine was reported on fire.
As result Of the double gas ex-
plosion in Boswell mine of the United
Coal Company last night, twenty-five
miners are supposed to have met their
death. They were members of an in
vestigating party who entered to
make an inspection, and were caught
in the subsequent explosion.
Among known dead are:
SUPT. J. ]. LOGAN.
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
GEORGE MORRIS.
Late yesterday small explosion
occurred and 1t was decided to make
thorough inspection of the under
ground workings. Logan and two
dozen men volunteered to do the dan
gerous work They entered the mine
and Ave seconds later an explosion
occurred. Six bodies and the super
intendent were recovered early today
Since midnight no sounds have come
from the part of the mine where the
! party were caught.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
Ministers of the English Cabinet Go
to the Chamber in Closely Guard
ed Carriages to Prevent
Assault.
FEAR THE UNEMPLOYED
Police Close Downing Street After the
Ministers Reach the Cabinet
channber-suftraeists
Were Feared.

WASHINGTON, Jan 26.-Branding
William Nelson Chomwell as "Buc-
cahner desperado," Rainev of illinois,
gave the house today a sensational
resume of the Panama canal situation.
He charged that Cromwell and certain
assicates were trying ito steal and
appropriate to their own use the rev
enues of the Panama republic He
professed to prove the most extensive
and most stupendous graft combina-
tion in the history of the civilized
world He charged Cromwell and
party attempted to collect from the
United States fraudulent claims Of
two million" that he was the chief
manipulation of the Vaccinations re-
sulting in the revolution of Nov. 81,
! 1908. He was a member of the COM
bine whose intent was mot only to rob
| the republic OF Panama indirectly but
rob the treasury of the United States"
He explained that he did not charge
I the Taft party with the infamous
! scheme but that he only submitted
| evidence. In the course of his re-
marks he said. "It will not be long,
| if the scheme goes through, before the
campaign contributions by some
gentlemen interested In the enterprise
will be returned one hundred fold. II
is not part of sound statesinanshir
and true patriotism to employ all the
/ tremendous agencies # tho govern
ment n attempting to crush the news
i papers having the courage to call at.
| tention to questionable transaction
1 in connection with the canal Public
opinion even in Germany did not per-
nit the emperor to do what the presi-
+, dent of the United States is trying to
i do.
He charged Roosevelt with direct
misstatement of fact relative to the
message on the canal in Dec. II, '06.
! Rainey referred TO the government In
/ vestigation by Tillman regarding the
| depriving of the two cent rate by the
use of a frank, which matter is con-
sidered important enough to be en-
4 bodied in special message from
4 Roosevelt"
!! He declared he never heard OF the
secret service agents disturbing Lodge
4 "yet he was directly. individually and
1 was solely responsible for the fact
I fact that he had taken out of the
! treasury over million
I He charged that obaldia represents
1 all that is corrupt in SpGnish-Ameri-
can politics.
4 lie charged Cromwell with keeping
the minutes of the board of directors
of the railroad company and writing
them to suit himself He hlnted al
a combination controlled or dominated
by Cromwell in administering the al
fairs of the Panama railroad company
as he sees fit although every snare
of the railroad was ostensiply owned
by the government. He charged Taf'
with visiting the Isthmus in the FUR
therance of Cromwell's plans. He
: claimed proof of establishing aoso
lutely a combination of Taft represent
ing the United States and CTomwel
and friends to force the election O
Obaldia.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
FEDERAL GRAFT
JURY GUARDED
Indian Land Fraud Cases Ore to Be
Probed and Many indictments
Expected,

MUSKOGEE, Okla, Jan. 26.-Care-
fully guarded by secret service men
the federal grand jury this morning be-
gan the hearing of the case of alleged
frauds in securing Indian lands. Wit
nesses from all over the country have
peen summoned to appear. The fed
eral agents have been working on the
case for weeks and will be the chief
witnesses. They the said to have dis
covered hundreds of cases of forgery
Many indictments are expected. Gov
e,nor Haskell, named in the campaign
speeches as being involved in its com
plicity Of alleged frauds, is on hand
The Jail where the trial is held viii
be guarded during the hearing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
NINE JURORS
ARE ACCEPTED
Expected to Be Necessary to Summon
Another Venire in Cooper-sharp
Trial.

NASHVILLE Tenn, jan 26.-At
the opening of the Cooper-Sharp trial
this morning seven men We're seated
in the jury box 1t is expected to be
necessary to summon another venire
before the jury is completed. Judge
Hart announced he would probably
ear the case of Juror Leigh tomorrow.
Many members of the Anti-Saloon
League were in the audience today
H. P. Jackson, blacksmith. was ac
cepted as juror number eight. S. NJ
Hyde, age forty-eight, farmer. was
accepted as juror number nine. He
declared he had conscientious scru
pies against the death penalty but
would convict if the evidence war
ranted.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
Iowa Supreme Court Decisions.
Especial TO The Gate City.]

Special to The Gate City.]
DES MONIES, Iowa, Jan. 90
Johnston against Cedar Rapids and
Marion City Ry. Co.. appellant super
ior court, Cedar Rapids; affirmed.
Ulber, appellant, against Dunn, Dl
buque, affirmed.
Paxton against Paxton, appellant,
Tama; affirmed in part; reversed In
part.
Eelberg, appellant. against Iowa
Trust and Savings bank, Polk; re-
versed
Heise against Chicago Great West
ern Ry. Co., appellant, Fayette; re-
versed
In the matter of the estate of Eliza
Jane Johnson, deceased, Tama; re-
versed
Douda against c. z. I. and P. Ry.
Co. appellant, Lint; reversed.
Smith against Dedmond, appellant,
superior court, Cedar Rapids; re-
versed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
MINIMUM MULCT TAX
PLACED AT $1,000
Bennett Provides For an Increase II
Mulct Tax and Tells HOW TO
be Distributed.
[Gate City Special service.l

DES MONIES, Jan. 26.-ln
the senate this morning a bill
was introduced by Bennett pro
viding for a minimum annual
mulct tax Of $1,000. One third
is to go to the county general
fund, one third to the state and
one third to the city or town
ship where the saloon is locat-
ed.
The senate defeated the
house joint resolution for the
appointment of visiting com
1nittees to the state instltu,
tions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
WANTS TO GO AFTER
COTTON EXCHANGE
Senator Davis Proposes Bill to Stop
Speculation on Cotton or
Grain.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Davis of
Arkansas in the senate today at
tackled gambling in cotton and grain.
He proposed bill making It unlawful
to use the mails, telegraph or tele-
phone for interstate or international
transactions in buying or selling fu'
lures. He declare dthe New York Cot
ton exchange gambling institution
and questioned why it was not pun
ished by the law when the little gam
bier Is punished.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
st. Louis Express on the vandalla
Branch of the Pennsylvania
Tumbles Down FIFTY
Foot Bank.
II PASSENGERS HURT
No One Was kilIed-GeneraI Mana
ger McKeen in His Private
Car Was Badly Cut
by Flying Glass.

COSHOCTON, Ohio, Jan. 26.-Seven.
teen passengers were injured, but no
one killed, according to the report
when the st. Louis express east
bound ran off the embankment today
at Adams Mills, nine miles west of
here The accident was caused by a
broken rail.
Only one Pullman and the private
car of General Manager Benz Mckeen
of Vadalia branch Of the Pennsylvania
system left the track. McKeen was
severely cut by flying glass. Both
cars were hurled clear of the track and
rolled fifty feet down steep en-
bankment The second Pullman was
derailed and bumped along the ties
for 500 yards and finally toppled over
A majority of the passengers were
asleep when the coaches overturned
Twenty-six passengers were in the
overturned coaches. None of the in,
iured are in serious condition All
were sent to Pitsburg.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
EGGS MUST BE
CHEAP IN LONDON
Carrie Nation Given Warm Reception
in Shape of Eggs. When Begin
nina Her taranae.

LONDON, Jan. 26.-"They stoned
prophets,of old, l guess ought not OBJ
ject to few eggs" This was Carrie
Nations comment on the sudden end
ing of her meeting at Canterbury Hall
last night. She had scercely begun
her harangue when a shower of eggs
fell around her. The curtain was
rung down.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
Special Wrecked, Fireman Killed.

LINCOLN, Neb., Jan, ga Chica
go-Denver special west bound, on the
Union Pacific, was wrecked at $50
this morning in the east end of the
yards of North Platte, Neb. The en-,
me turned over and Fireman Barry,
aged twenty-four, was pinioned and
scalded to death. No passengers were
injured. A broken switch rod was re.
sponsible.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
Hotel Burns, Four Killed.

FIT. WORTH. Texas, Jan. 2t.-Four
men were killed in a fire which gutted
the Southern hotel here today. The
explosion of gasoline caused the fire.
Among the dead were DR.. Epetty of
Hougo, Okla
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
EUGENE LYNCH
DIED OF INJURIES
>ss' HIS Wife in the Republic Wreck
and Died This Morning From
Injuries Received.

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-Eugene
: asaen, OF Boston, whose wife was kill
" the collision of the steamers Re-
ht hao''c and Florida last Saturday. died
u s morning at Long Island College
~ ,.0Sp'tal from injuries received by
c. .ne aereiict destroyer Seneca with
a. ap'aih sealby Second OFFICER Rich.
~ =, Williams and forty Of the crew
H. H. were taken off the Republic be
N.Y.. vrs sne went down, arrived at the
~, hn''e Star line pier at eight o'clock
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
scaffold collapses, Injurins Seven

WHEELING, w. Va. Jan. ga
scaffold on the Y. M. C. A. building
collapsed today hurting seven men
thirty feet into a cellar. All were
probably fatally injured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
TopAY's WEATHER FORECAST,
Indication for Iowa, illinois and Mis-.
souri, Wired from Chicago.

For Keokuk and vicinity: Fair to-
night and Wednesday, Slight temper
azure changes.
For Illinois, Iowa and Missouri:
Fair tonight and Wednesday. Slight
temperature changes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
DEADLOCK SHOWS
NO WEAKNESS
Balloting for United States Senator
by the Illinois Legislature
Continues.

SPRINGFIELD. H., Jan. 26.-Ballot-
ing for a United States senator was
resumed at noon today in the legis-
lature with slight signs of the dead
lock being broken. 1t is possible there
is man who will be able to muster
enough votes to be elected is in the
field but he is untable to show his
strength. So long as Hopkins is able
to stay in the race and hold the mum.
ber of votes he has the deadlock will
continue The opposition to Hopkins
is made up of practical politicians.
The others are Band of Hope idealists.
1t is hardly possible the two elements
can find man to suit them both.
The thirteenth ballot for United
States senate: Hopkins 90, Foss 13.
Shurtleff 13, Stringer "a, Mason 4, Nc
Kinley /, Lowden /, Calhoun /.
Fourteen: Hopkins So. Foss Is,
Shurtleff IA, Stringer u, Mason a.,
Mckinley /, Lowden /, Calhoun l.,
Free G, Morris 2.
SPRINGFIELD, H., Jan. 26.-Fif-
teenth ballot: Hopkins 81, Mason 4,
Foss 16, Mckinley i, Lowder 1, Lin
coin /, Calhoun 1, Wharton 1, Shurt-
left IA, Stringer IA.
Sixteenth: Stringer "A. Hopkins So,
Mason 4. Foss Is, Mckinley I, Lowden
1, Calhoun /, Wharton ] Shurtleff IA.
Seventeenth: Hopkins So Mason
4. Foss II, Mckinley /, Lowden J..
Calhoun 1, Shurtleff A. Stringer "A.
Hopkins Chances Weakening.
| SPRINGFIELD, H., Jan. 26.-Ffve
!, ballots have been taken On United
| States senator today without result
There are no indications of break n
/ the deadlock today though 1t may be
! shown that Napkins cannot win. II
i his loss continues at the same rate rs
! between the first and second ballot
/ it will make it necessary for Hopkins
] and his followers to throw theli
! strength to some candidate they car
nominate. After the seventeenth bal
lot the legislature adjourned until 70
morrow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
Weather Conditions.

There have been rains from Arkan.
sas and Missouri to the Atlantic coast.
followed by clearing, slightly cooler
weather. and a large area of high
pressure is over the central portion
of the country, with the highest ba-
rometer in Iowa.
The areas Of low pressure are IN
New England, northern Montana and
California, the latter has been at
tended by rains
A high barometer has entered Ore
gon and rains have ceased on the
northern Pacific slope
Fair weather with slight change in
temperature is indicated in this sec
ton tonight and Wednesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
AN II@EPENDENT
GOVERNMENT UP
Revolutionary Leader satar Khan
Sets up an Independent Deal
at Tabrise

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 26.-satar
Kahn, the revolutionary leader of
'Tabrise. has formally set up an in
dependent government at Tabrise, ac-
cording to messages received here to-
day 1t said several thousand soldiers
of Satar are now in pursuit of the de
feated force of Ain-ed-dowleth, the
loyalists leader.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-26
Local Observations.

26 I am. 5o.41 a W Foggy
River above low water of 1864, IL
feet.
BURLINGTON BRIDGE, ia. 26.-
The present stage of the river is 2
feet 6 inches above low water mark,
a fall of 21a inches since last report.
Change in "a hours, fail, Us feet.
Mean temperature Jan. 25, So
Maximum temperature Jan %, ~.
Minimum temperature, Jan. %, 20.
FRED z. GOSEWISCH,
Observer.
The Washington times., 1909-05-17
HAWAIIANS WANT
SALARY CHANGES
Ask Senate to Amend Act
Fixing the Present
Regime.

\ petition was presented today in
the Senate from the territorial legis-
lature of Hawaii asking for amend
ments to the act OF April 80. 1890. es-
tablishing the form of government
there.
Among other things. it asks that
members Of the legislature be paid
500 for each regular session and 500
for each special session, besides 10
cents per mile each way. and that the
total Indebtedness Of the territory be
limited to per cent, or Of any subdi-
vision TO Der cent
It proposes many amendments to the
land laws and would prevent judge
from sitting in any case IN which he
may have been counsel. It fixes the
salary of the governor at $4,000; sec
retary of the territory, 5000; chief Jus
tice of supreme court. $500. associate
justices. $500; judges OF the circuit
courts. s. 1000; district judges. 5000 each;
United States marshal, 5000; district
attorney, 5000. Te governor is to be
given 81, 900 additional for stationery.
For the prevention OF infections and
conta gious diseases 1t is asked that
$4,000 be appropriated annually.
The Washington times., 1909-05-17
ROOSEVELT'S GAME
TO BE SHIPPED HERE
Prof. Heller Prepares Speci-
mems Which Are High
ly Praised.

NAIROBI. British East Africa, May
17--Prof. Edmund Heller. one of the
naturalists with the Roosevelt hunt
ing party. arrived here today with ad-
dttional specimens OF the animals
killed by the party, which he viii pre-
pare at once for shipment to the
United States.
Prof. Heller says the first shipment
Will include thirty complete speci-
mems and the heads, bones. and parts
Of the skins of twenty others, includ-
ing one rhinoceros, which Colonel
Roosevelt shot while it was charging
him; two bull giraffes, and six lions.
All Of these have been treated with
salt and are now packed, ready for
shipment. Mr.. Heller says that many
Of the specimens are the best lie has
ever seen.
The Washington times., 1909-05-17
MINISTER'S UNABLE
TO STOP SPORTS
Find That the CubanS Are
Determined to Have
Bull Fights.

HAVANA. May 17.-American min
isters in Cuba are today convinced that
it is useless to protest further against
the lottery. bull fighting, and other
forms of sport" which the Cubans
seem determined to have. IN their ser
mons yesterday most Of the Protestant
preachers roundly condemned the re-
sumption of ~bul lighting, and while
they were launching their heaviest
shafts against this sport, President
Gomez. most of the members Of the
Cuban cabinet, and many Congressmen
and other leading citizens were at the
baseball park witnessing a fight.
A member of -he Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals was
also present. and raised his voice IN
protest against The exhibition. and the
police Immediately hustled him from
the park. The big crowd ieered him
as he made his exit
1t was not much of a bull fight. as
neither the bulls nor the bull fighters.
the latter Of whom were Mexicans
were In good trim. None of tie bulls
was killed As a starter, however, the
fight served its purpose very well. and
showed clearly that the Cuban people
still like the snort.
The Washington times., 1909-05-17
ALL OF SHIPS CREW
STRICKEN BY FEVER
Attacks of Mosquitoes Lead
to Malaria and Men
Leave Vessel.

NEW YORK, May Infringing a tale
OF an entire ships company attacked
with pernicious malaria fever as the re-
suit of being exposed 70 mosquito infec-
ton, the British tramp steamer Veras-
ton arrived mere today s1Om Kingston
with an entirely new crew from that
which took her on the last southern trip.
The Veraston went up the Madeira
river about LOO miles from Para, but
the crew although screened all night.
could not entirely avoid the bites of
the insects and At times complained Bit
teT1y TO the officers.
After putting TO sea from Para, the
sailors were rapidly stricken until at
one time only three deck officers we're
able 10 do duty, while the engine-rOOm
force was decimated.
one man died at sea and the vessel
finally put into Jamaica, where fifteen
men were sent ashore 10 the hospital
and new men Shipped in their places.
The vessel was then thoroughly disin-
fected and permitted to proceed.
The Washington times., 1909-05-17
Died.

BORCHES-On Sunday morning May I6
1903. at his residence. 1926 North Carolina
avenue northeast (LincOln Park. Diedrfch
H Borches. in his fifty-seventh year
Funeral services viii take place at his
late residence. Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock. my16-2t
BRIGHT-Suddenly. on Sunday May 16 1909
at 1918 p. rn., at his residence. 1920 Penn
sylvania avenue southeast. JOHN W.
BRIGHT, In the eighty-third year Of his
age.
CARTER-on Saturday. May Is. 1909 at 3 D
m. J. PITMAN CARTER, beloved hus-
band Of Flora NJ. Carter, in his forty-hfth
year.
Mr.. Carter was for twenty-three years
an engineer on tho Pennsylvania railroad.
He was born in Frederick county. Va,
I'm 1854. and came 10 Washington 10 live
in 1856. He was a member of the Brother
hood OF Locomotive Engineers, and Of the
Improved Order Of Heptasophs he is sur
vived by a wife and three children.
JONEs-On Saturday Nav Is. 1909. at 1910
D. m. REBECCA. STUART. relict OF Ma ior
G. s. Jones. aged ninety years four months.
vAII,-On Sunday. MAY l6. 1902 at Wash
ington ID. g., STEPHEN VAIL.
WILLIAMSON Sunday. May 16 1909. at
Garfield Hospital. JAMES II WILLIAMS.
OF 1893 Thirty-first street. I'm the sixty-fifth
year OF hts age.