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The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-07-08

lure is the gorilla, as much on ac-
count of the country it inhabits as on
account of its enormous strength, as
the following incident will illustrate:
A Blood CurdIing Gorilla Hunt.
was commissioned by a German
naturalist society to capture one of
each species of African Quadrumana
A German professor accompanied me
on my expedition, which set forth in
direct line west from Oar es Salaam
We succeeded in getting some of each
species, with the exception of the 60
rilla. For weeks we wandered about
the country. 1t was in the rainy sea-
son, and the weld, which under ordi-
nary circumstances afforded excellent
travelling, became swamp. With our
long line of native porters we literally
waded our way over the country for
weeks, the black, oozy slush soaking
into our bones and the clay under
foot gripping like glue.
Such was the predicament we were
in; the spirit of revolt and desertion
had seized the caravan. l called the
men together and told them we were
going into the Congo forests where
there was no doubt about capturing a
gorilla. A smile Of satisfaction swept
over the natives faces. and at sunrise
we started for three months tramp
to the west Of the Tanganyika.
Arriving at Belgian army post,
pigmy prisoner told US where we
could find a gorilla, and an hours
travel from the post brought us to the
place where the animal made its
home. 1t was an ideal retreat, rank
with rotting vegetation, the accumula-
tions Of centuries, reaching up to cur
knees. Snakes glided, Kissing, out of
the way, and lizards, green, blue and
every color of the spectrum, bolted in
fear to the tree tops and blinked at
US with their little, glistening eyes
from safe perches among the limbs.
Monkeys looked in wonder and then
scampered In thousands through the
forest, screeching like wild fends and
swinging from tree to tree for such
distances that they seemed to hy.
How a Jungle Looks.
Beautifully designed ferns grew un-
der foot and crept caressingly up the
great tree trunks. Flowers Of fam
tastic beauty. weird shape. and al
most maniacal expression grew up
and hung down from the smooth.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-07-08
The Enormous Cost of Hunting.

The cost OF. hunting big game in
Africa is enormous. One must spend
a fortune before firing the first shot.
The various European colonies PRO
tect" their game by charging so
pounds sterling ($250) a year for IL
cense which allows the hunter to kill
two each of the pachydermata and
from two to ten of the various species
Of antelopes. This does not protect
the game, but it fills the local treas
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-07-08
Close Call for a Brave Hunter.

I was reaching for my rifle when
the rhino caught sight of me. It was
too late. turned and ran toward the
river. A dive would save me. l
thought of the crocodiles. felt tho
puff of the Ehino's foul breath. My
heart sank. l had one chance to
Jump aside and let the rhino pass.
jumped, and the roaring animal wiped
its gore-stained cheek on me as
did. l doubled on my tracks, the
demoniac brute frothing in fury after
me. AS I passed under the hammock
where my comrade lay between life
and death, there was a vivid fash. q
deafening roar filled the world, and I
fell The rhinoceros rolled over,
squirting a stream Of hot blood on
me from a wound in its neck. looked
UP, dazed and breathless. I didn't
know whether 1 was dead or alive. I
felt the. huge. throbbing carcass be-
side me. The yellow fever-stained.
hollow-eyed face of De villiers looked
over the hammock and asked, "Are
you hurt?"
81 think not" answered. What
happened?"
/ got no answer. De Villiers sank
back with a groan. I sprang to the
side of the hammock. / thought he
was dead His breast was covered
, with blood opened his shirt and
saw his right collar bone broken and
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-07-08

persuaded some ofthe natives'to go In
with a rope and attach it SO that we
could draw the hippo over. No amount
of persuasion would induce them to
even put their feet in the river. At
last exasperated, I seized the end OF
the rope and jumped into the river,
boots and all, and struck out for the
hippo I had gone about hundred
strokes when a cry from the bank
caused me to look around. A cold
shiver of horror ran through me, for
20 yards behind, gliding silently
toward me through the blue water,
could distinguish the brown form OF .
crocodile.
"shott!" I cried. Shoot" as put
every bit Of energy into my stroke.
The crocodile must have been near
me, for the bullets that were being
fred from the bank commenced to
zip, zip, around my head. was afraid
to look back, expecting every moment
to be seized and dragged to the bot
tom.
At last I reached the dead hippo
and managed to drag myself out OF
the water up on the slippery carcass.
The exertion made my head swim. In
a few minutes I was myself again. I
apologized in silence to the black gen.
tlemen on the river. bank for doubling
their courage. had none left. took
my knife and cut foothold on the
carcass, and then rocked 1t so that
It would drift to the shore. The ma
tives told me that a well-directed bull
let had hit the crocodile in the head,
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-07-08
The Ugly
RhinOCerOS
and Smaller
Game
By Capt. Fritz Duquesne

: the Genius of He'll
used up all his men
tai energy making
a devil for the ami
NAL kingdom he
could not have Gre
ated q more uncer-
tain, malicious and
ugly brute than the
rhinoceros. T h l 9
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-07-08

evidence of a terrific encounter The
most dangerous animal of all to cap
ture Is the gorilla, as much on &C
count of the country it inhabits as on
account of it's enormous strength, as
the following incident will illustrate:
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-07-08
How a jungle Looks.

Beautifully designed ferns grew un-
der foot and crept caressingly up the
great tree trunks. Flowers Of fam
tastic beauty, weird shape. and al
most maniacal expression grew up
and hung down from the smooth,
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-07-08
freed by a Rhino Birthday Party.

The next day We continued our
march. We had not gone far when
Q native brought in news of q fresh
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-29
First Time in The History of United
State That Cabinet Officer
Has Been on
Trial.
SWEEPING INQUIRY
Committee VIII be Appointed Next
Week to Settle the Ballinger-
Plnchot controver-
sary.

WASHINGTON Dec. 29.--When
Of the first things done will be the
appointment of a special committee
to investigate the Ballinger-Pinchot
controversy, 1t will be the first time
in history that Congress has placed
a cabinet officer on trial at his own
request. In making his request for
an investigation, Ballinger stipulated
that the administration Of the forest
service also be made the subject OF in
quiry. This has been acceded to by
the leaders in Congress and President
Taft
According to present plans, the IN
vestigation will be sweeping ana
every opportunity will be afforded
by the belligerants to make their
case good. On Tuesday or Wednes-
day the joint resolution providing for
the investigation, will be presented by
the senate committee on public lands
and the house committee on rules.
Senator Knute Nelson, chairman oi
the committee OF public lands will
| likely be the chairman of the investl
eating committee So bitter has be
come the discussion in the present OH
cial family and so embarrassing to the
president, that it is predicted thai
either Ballinger or Pinchot must leave
the government service as a result O
4 the inquiry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-29
EDITOR NOMINATED
TO FILL VACANCY
Philip Griffith Is Named by the Re-
pubIicans of the Sixth Mis-
souri District.

BUTLER, Mo-, Dec. 29.-Philip S.
e. Griffith, editor of the Greenfield
Vedette, was nominated by acclama-
ton by the Sixth district republican
convention as the republican candi-
date to succeed the late Representa-
tive De Almond. The convention was
in session less than an hour.
The large attendance and good feel
ing shown speaks well for party har-
mony in the district. In direct con-
trast to the wrangling and extended
sessions of the democratic convention,
which finally named former Senator
C. G. Dickinson, the best of feeling
was shown in the gathering of the re-
publicans. George w. Schweer, Grif-
fifth's strongest opponent, seconding
the latter's nomination.
Resolutions adopted congratulate
the people on the prosperity under
the republican party, indorse the adj
ministration of President Taft and
Gov. Hadley and urge the continua-
tion of the policies and principles
which have brought about the general
progress and prosperity.
The convention also adopted a reso.
luton extending sympathy to Mrs. De
Almond and family in their bereave.
ment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-29
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
FOR ELEPHANT
Got Two Bushels of Peanuts and Bar
rel Of Cabbage In Her BurIap
Stocking.

NEW YORK. Dec. 29-Others might
have received more presents of quail
ty, but nobody received more in quan-
tity than did Alice L. Elephant. at the
geological park in the Bronx, on
Christmas morning.
Her keeper, Dick Richards. and
Walter Frohman, the keeper of the
Elephant Gunda, have long We'd with
each other on doing the handsome
on all festive OCCASIONS.
Mr.. Richards took lead on his
partner when he hung up a mammoth
stocking for Alice on Christmas eve
made from burlaps which came
around boiler-and when Miss Ele-
phant awoke in the morning imagine
her keen delight and surprise to find
in her stocking two bushels Of pea
nuts and barrel of cabbage.
Gunda had to content himself by
blowing out candles on a bale of hay,
neatly done in pink baby ribbon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-29
Arrived Today In Special Car and
ls said to be Watched In Order
That he Does Not Slip
Away.
RECEPTION FOR HIM
Has Not Met President Diaz Yet But
Will Meet Him at Recep-
tion to be Given in His
Honor.

+o,ms,. MEXICO es..'ssrz CITY ). Dec zslaya lava
ed in Mexico CT, Ay. The gov
ernment receiy ~ Il unof1icially. A
large delegs = Central Americans
awaited ~ val and he was cheer
ed whS reached here.
He an ed on special car on one
Of the regular trains. Zelaya was not
greeted by President Diaz, nor did he
pay a call on Diaz today. 1t is un-
derstood that he will confer with
Diaz soon over the Central American
situation. 1t is believed the confer
ence will occur before Friday and
that it will have considerable effect
on instructions to be issued to Am
bassador Della Barria. who leaves for
Washington with special instruction
regarding the Nicaraguan situation.
1t is openly admitted in diplomatic
circles now that the mission of special
Ambassador Creel in Washington has
failed. Hence Della Barria will at
tempt to secure cooperation in a
new plan. 1t is generally believed
here chat Zelaya will be held virtually
a prisoner and if he leaves Mexico.
he will be watched to keep him from
returning to Nicaragua.
It is rumored that plot against
Zelaya's life has been discovered and
the police are using very precaution
ito keep him from leaving the country.
The government is planning q recep-
tion to Zelaya and it is understood
President D'az will attend. Just what
attitude the government takes toward
Zelaya's Nicaraguan position, cannot
| be determined 1t is known Zelaya
himself considers himself still the
president, although he resigned. 1t
is generally believed he wifi soon en-
deavor to return and resume his auth
ority. Foreign Minister Marisgal re
1 fused further to discuss the situation,
saying he has said all that he can say
/ Zelaya Is in good spirits.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-29
VENEZUELA AND
FRANCE DISAGREE
Expulsion of Eight French Merchants
Has Caused Trouble Be-
tween Countries.

CARACAS, Dec. 29.-The Vene-
zuelan government has terminated
the diplomatic mission of DR.. Carlos
Grisanti to France, because France
insists upon the arbitration of the
claims Of French citizens expelled
from Carupano by Castro Grissa1ti
was appointed diplomatic agent TO
France and Holland last August, and
will continue negotiations with Hol-
land
Last February Castro expelled from
Carupano, the Spanish vice consul and
eight French merchants. The rea-
sons were not divulged. President
Gomez declined to accept the re-
sponsibility for all Of Castro's acts,
and sent Grissanti for the purpose or
negotiating a settlement of certain
claims of France and Holland. The
French government has insisted on
full and complete reparation for the
expulsion of its citizens.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-29
CONFEDERATE MONEY
HASYNo VALUE
United States Pays all of its Debts
But Not Those of the
confederaoy.

WASHINGTON, Dec. pa $500
confederate bond and a S100 confed-
crate note made their appearance in
the treasury mails. They had been
sent by lawyer of Pau, France, who
is engaged in settling up an estate,
and wanted to know their value, hav-
ing, he said, been told by the people
of his country that they We're not
worth anything now because of the
length of time since issue. The
attorney expressed astonishment at
these statements, because the United
States always had met its obligations.
The securities were returned to the
lawyer by Acting Secretary Norton,
who advised his correspondent that
the latter's understanding that the
United States had always met its obli-
cations was absolutely correct. 1t
never had failed, Norton added, to
meet any obligation at maturity.
These securities, however, he said,
were not obligations of the United
States.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-29
WI Ting Fang Says That the Ameri-
cans Eat Too Much, Work and
Play too Hard and Think
too Much Of Money.
WE ARE WEARING OUT
Chinese Minister Says That he VIII
Come Back In FIFTY Years and
Tell US Some New
Truths Then.

NEW YORK, Dec 29.-"You Amer
leans eat too much, you rush too
hard; you work and play too hard;
you are too much concerned with the
almighty dollar; you are wearing your
selves out and when come back here
in 1859 to impart new truths to you,
I will be the youngest man in Amer
ica.''
Such was the farewell of former
Minister WI Ting Fang to America,
when he boarded the Lusitania today
for Liverpool.
WI will spend two months in Lon
don with his son before returning to
China His wife and his daughter
in-law and her two daughters and in
fant son are with him. Learn to
live slower, you Americans" he said,
"and will see you alive when / re
turn in fifty years. Pure air, pure
thoughts, is what your country needs
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-29
COUSIN KILLED
WITH RIFLE
The Boys Were Shooting at Target
When the Accident Took
Place.

OSCEOLA, Dec 29.--Walter league,
aged II years, was shot and instantly
killed by his cousin, Archie Staley,
aged 13, of 1915 Tenth street, Des
Moines. While the two lads were
target shooting at the home of the
former at Smyrna, in this county,
Walter was STOPPING over in front of
Archie and the latter aimed at the
target and pulled the trigger just as
the former Strengthened up and the
bullet of the 22-calibre rife entered
the brain, causing instant death.
The boys had been bosom friends
all their lives and Archie is crazed
with grief. No blame is attached to
him
Young staley had gone to Smyrna
to spend the Christmas holidays with
his relatives.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-29
Rabbit Hunt

DFS MONIES, Dec. 20. The Min
isterial association and the Iowa HUI
name society have joined hands in
making war against Rev. j. w. Abel,
pastor of Wesley M. E. church who
has advertised big rabbit hunt by
the members of his congregation New
Years day. He proposes to assemble
the congregation New Years day,
near here. They are to drive the rab-
bits in corner and kill them with
clubs. The ministers say it is brutal
and will discipline Rev. Mr.. Abel.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-29
Red Cross Society Formulates {;
Plan to Combine its Funds With
Those Of state and
Mine Workers.
FOR CHERRY SUFFERERS
There are 1876 Destitute Families in
the Little Illinois Mining Town
Who viii Need Much
Assistance.
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-The
American Red Cross has taken the
initiative in new method of furnish
ing relief to those left destitute
through some great disaster and il
the present plan is followed it will
be put into operation first for the re-
lief of the widows and orphans who
have been left helpless by reason of
the great disaster last month at the
Cherry mine in Illinois.
Ernest p. Bicknell, the national d.
rector OF the American Red Cross, in
discussing the proposed plan, said 1t
involved contributions to a perman-
ent fund by the Red Cross, the Nation
al Mine Workers Association and by
appropriation of the Legislature OF
Illinois The Red Cross has given its
unqualified Endorsement to the project,
and the officers of the mine workers
and Gov. Deneen Of Illinois have ex-
pressed their full sympathy with the
movement.
The plan is to consolidate the funds
OF the Red Cross, the State Of Illinois
and the mine workers and place them
in the hands of board representing
the three bodies. Under the direction
OF this board each family in Cherry
will be visited and it's condition al
to it's ability to support itself fully
| looked into. The amount of the allot
1nent to each family will depend up
on this investigation. 1t is propose
| to continue this relief until the mem
bers OF the families are able to pro
vide for the family support. There
are approximately 1S5 such destitute
families at Cherry, with about 4o'
children under 16 years Of age. Thi'
4 is the first time in its history tina
the Red Cross has undertaken rene
work of this character.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-29
STILL LOOKING
FOR DR.. COOK
Reported Headed Toward De roit, But
He Was Not Found In That
Neighborhood.

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 29.-special
dispatches from London, Ontario, say
that a man closely resembling DR.. r.
A. Cook, the explorer, passed through
Londan en- route to Detroit
A diligent search by newspaper men
has failed to locate DR.. Cook in this
city. When the report reached here
that the explorer was on train ell
route to Detroit it was thought he
might be on his way to Mount Clemen,
to take the baths, or to Jackson,
Mich, where he has relatives, bur he
can not be found in either of those
cities
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-29
Mas Enough Capital to Run Over One
Hundred Of the Largest Cities
in the United
States.
OVER BILLION DOLLARS
" 15s Cities Would Join Together,
They Would just About Need
as Much Money az the
Corporation Has.

WASHINGTON, Dec. EFF the 1853
largest cities OF the United States
were to merge themselves into one
great corporation they would need a
working capital of 81, ,250, ,0o0, 900 or just
about the equivalent of the capital
stock of the United States Steel Cor
poration turned into hard cash.
The Census Bureau has made an
elaborate investigation on what it
costs to run our municipalities, how
the money is spent and who gets it..
The net amounts spent on public
works and developments Or collected
from taxes or other sources Of rever
nue. composed about 68 per cent of
the total transactions for 1907. The
remaining AZ per cent was spent in
cidental to the conduct Of the city's
business or In transactions where the
city transacted merely as fiscal
agent in the collection of revenue for
the state or country.
To maintain the departments of city
government is SO per cent Of the total
cost. During 1907 the 14S cities enum-
Grated collected nearly $600,000,000 III
their own revenues and then borrowed
mole than s40O 100000 for improve
ments. But an American city as a
collective institution is far from a
bankrupt During 1907, after paying
all maintenance and operation and in
terest upon debt, the cities OF the
United States had among them Size
100000 to push new work.
1t costs more than $103,000.000 a
year to protect life and property; 1t
costs more than 100000 for sani-
tation and the preservation of health;
the leading item of 100,000,O0O is for
education, and for recreation we spend
least Of all, little more than $4,000.
coo.
1t costs s3.37 per capita in New
York to maintain the police force, and
it only costs 40 cents in Oshkosh. II
costs $3.43 in Washington. and it only
costs "A cents in Lincoln, Neb.
1t only costs 40 cents per capita tc
maintain the Fire Department in New
port, KY, and it costs "A cents i'll Har
risburg, Pa, but it costs 1882 in At
l-ntic City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-29
Old Fashioned Winter Weather Is
Now on and It is Just the Kind
Which we Used to
Have.
THE SNOW HAS DRIFTED
Chicago Is Locked up by the Ice King
and Last Night Was a Cold
One in the City on the
Lake.

CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-With snow fall
ing in fine flakes, a gale blowing
twenty-five miles an hour and the
mercury sinking toward the zero
mark, Chicago last night seemed en-
tering into the first stages of an old
fashioned northwestern blizzard the
kind that the "old-timers" like to ex-
patiate upon for the edification Of a
soft and pampered younger generation.
The wind stiffened late in the af-
ternoon, at about the same time snow
began to fall, and for two or three
hours the air was thick with mist
of frosty particles that blinded its
victims and delivered them almost
helpless into the arms of the swirling
gale.
The cold weather Of the early part
of the day had frozen the snow which
fell Monday into powdery heaps, and
tine wind caught this up and sent 1t
racing in clouds over the streets.
Drifts formed wherever there was an
obstruction, and the snow pierced its
way into every Granny and crevice,
forcing itself into well-warmed houses
through tiny cracks in doors and win.
dows.
/ The drifts gave the street car com
panies much trouble and compelled
the use of snow sweepers all through
4 the night
! During the rush hour at o'clock
last night the gale was at its height
and the crowds outbound from the
loop to their homes fought continu
Gus battle with a northwest wind al
j tho NJ. n t, tho e.frant oarc
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-29
The LONGEST Train.

ROANOKE, Va, Dec. 29.-What is
said to be the longest train ever pull
ed by single engine was pulled from
Roanoke to Norfolk over the Virginia
railroad, also known as the Rogers
railroad" The train consisted of 100
steel coal hoppers. each A feet long,
all the same height and each loaded
with SO tons of coal. A mallet COM
pound engine, a tender and caboose
made up the rest of the train. The
train from tender to caboose stretched
six feet over a mile, and the coal was
valued at $4,000.