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Milford chronicle., 1909-07-02
Israel Durham pies Suddenly.

Israel 81. Durham Pennsylvania
state senator from the Second PMa
delphia district and former Republican
leader Of Philadelphia, died at his cot
tas- 211 Pacific avenue Atlantic C.Jy
Death was due I'd Bright's disease.
The end came in am uraamic con.
vulsion and it is Thought that Mr..
Durham death was Indirectly due to
the intense heat OF which he had COM
planned recently.
Shortly after talking over the tede.
phone with friends i'm Philadelphia
Mr. Durham uttered a low moan his
face paled and he tried to stagger to
his feet. In an instant Mrs Johnson.
his sister. was at his side She put
her arms around her brother and cried
out TO him TO speak Durham tried
TO say something but his frame shook,
with what Dr. Walter A. Hickman
who was summoned several moments
later. said was a uraemic convulsion
With his sister supporting him. Sena-
tor Durham died without uttering
single word.
Mr. Durham was ffty-four years old
and a bachelor He was born in Phil
adelphia.
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-02
Mrs. Gould Gets Her Decree.

After a trial which lasted nearly
three weeks in New York. Mrs. Kath-
crime Clemmons Gould has obtained a
legal separation from her husband.
Howard Gould third son OF the late
Jay Gould. by a decision of Justice
Bowling in the supreme court With
the exception Of alimony, her victory
was complete but in this phase of
the case the court decided that $4,000
year was sufficient, although in her
suit Mrs. Gould asked for S250,000.
She had been receiving S25.000 a year
from Mr. Gould so that the amount
fixed by the court is but a slight in
crease compared with the amount
sued for
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-02
Seventeen Dead In Mine Blast.

As the result of an explosion of gas
in mine No. 4 of the 5ackawanna Coal
and Coke company at Wehrun. Pa,
near Pittsburg, seventeen miners were
killed and sixteen were injured With
the exception OF one those killed We're
foreigners. With few exceptions those
injured We're Americans. 1t was stated
all would probably recover.
Superintendent A. NJ. Johnson stated
that while the mine has always been
regarded as non-gaseous the eXplo-
sion was due to the ignition of
pocket OF gas by the open lamp OF
miner
The mine has only been operating
two DAYS each week. Tuesday and Fri
day Those in the mine had entered
the shaft for their daily allowance Of
coal for family use
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-02
Mine Worker Murdered For Pay.

Patrick Grant, aged thirty-fve years,
was murdered on the outskirts of Ma
hanoy CITY Pa. while on his way home
from work. His pay, which he received
at the mines. is missing. Two stab
wounds in the back of his head and a
fractured skull told the story Of his
tragis death.
Miners passing that way saw Grant
lying on the ground helpless and bleed
ing to death. He was hurried to the
Ashland hospital, but died on the
train before reaching there Several
men have been arrested by the po-
lice on suspicion
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-02
BLACKMAIL WAS
CAUSE OF MURDER
Jury Renders Compromise VGT-
dict in WOOdiII Crime.
KNEW OF HER PAST LIFE

Authorities Believe That Mrs. WoodiiI
Threatened to Expose Eastman, and
In Fear Of Serving a Prison Term
He Killed Her.
With the compromise verdict of the
coroners jury at ST. Michaels, Nd.
that Robert E. Eastman either killed
her or was an accessory to the mur.
der of Edith May Woodill. and the
declaration of States Attorney Taylor
that he was through with the case. the
strange dual tragedy which has for
nearly a week focused the eyes Of
the entire country upon this little out
Of the way hamlet of Maryland S
famous eastern shore became closed
incident.
-Four of the twelve jurors who lis
tened to the testimony at the reopened
inquest refused to sign the verdict
until the words "or accessory to the
crime" were added to the draft which,
approved by the majority. bluntly ac-
cused Eastman of the murder None Of
the four dissenting jurymen would
say that any other person than East
man was responsible for the girls
death They merely wished to protest.
they said against the manner in which
the inquiry was conducted declaring
that much available evidence was not
adduced
There was no evidence to show that
anyone but Eastman and his victim
were in the bungalow
And the final theory Of the authori-
ties is this:
That Eastman was In need of mon
ey; that he probably had zen getting
money from Mrs WoOdill for some
time; that he undoubtedly knew some
thing Of her past life and that he had
been blackmailing her; that he at
tempted to continue this practice and
that the woman rebelled. intimatins
that she. too. had found out certain
things about Eastman and that if
driven to it would expose him
Eastmans dread of serving term
IN the penitentiary is well known His
wife has said that he told her he would
rather commit suicide than be con
fined in prison The pawnlng of the
Jewelry the authorities set down to
the desire Of Eastman to get away.
When coruered the man decided that
his race had been run and that he had
better make an end to it all. AS to
why Mrs Woodill went to the bunga
low there was no evidence.
Letter Tells Of Alleged Orgy.
A letter found upon Eastman's body
addressed to Miss Winnie Bradcome in f.
New York. gave Eastman's ill-sustain- F..
ed excuse for the crime. It was a I.
rambling account of how ne had been /.
out in a launch with a party of men .
and women am of whom had been (
drinking TO excess with the exception /
Of himself and Mrs Woodill; of how .
one of the women in fit of Jealous .
frenzy had attacked Mrs Woodill with .
wine bottle and killed her, how the
remainder I'll the party had taken to
flight. leaving him to dispose of the
body. and how as o means of escape (
from an of his troubles the writer had /
decided 10 end his life, Eastman
asked Miss Bradcome to hurry to
Maryland 10 take charge of his body
and his property Miss Bradcome
Eastmans wife, They We're married
in 1908. ana lived together only
week
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-02
Bull Fiahter Killed.

Alfredo Sanchez. a bull fighter, was
killed at the bull ring in Mexico City
Mex, by a bull that knocked Sanchez
down and hooked one horn into his
body. penetrating a lung
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-02
Hanqed Self Before Helpless Husband

ranged oeiI beIofe 1SlplGSS 1uSpaHC
Deprived Of the use Of his limbs by
paralysis. John Bennett was compelled
10 witness in helpless terror the de
nbeTate suicide of his wife in Chi.
cago Unable to move a finger, he
was able to shout but none heard his
cries.
Mrs. Benlett calmly placed a chair
under a gao jet near her invalid hus.
bands bed. and to the fixture tied a
rope Unheeding her husbands fran
tic screams. she affixed the moose and
kicked the chair from under her feet
There she hung until life was extinct,
her husband at last exhausted BY his
cries, dumbly following with his eyes
the slow turning Of her form as the
rope twisted and untwisted This mo
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-02
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS.
The Latest Closing Prices For Produce
and Live Stock


PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR quiet.
winter low grades S. q 5.25; wiute
clear S5.750625; city mills, fancy
RYE FLOUR firm, at sA7OQASl
WHEAT firm; No. 2 red. western
S143n l.46.
CORN steady; No. yellow, local
S0l2 US1c.
OATS quiet; No . white. clipped
62l2d G3c., lower grades SIC.
HAY firm; timothy, large bales. per
ton. S17.jO.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens. 15l4
616C.. old ROSTERS 1Ol2c. Dressed
steady; choice fowls. 16c.; old roost-
ers lie.
BUTTER firm; extra creamery. PIC.
EGGS steady. selected. "a al 26C.:
nearby. 22c.; western. 22c.
POTATOES steady; new, per bar
rel, SIG225.
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-02
Live Stock Markets.

PTTTSBURG tUnion Stock Yards
GATTLE lower; choice, S6.900 115;
prime, $500 $50.
SHEEP lower, prime wethers, S5d
$40: culls and common, S25003:
spring lambs. S5GI75; veal calves,
$7.5OgS.
HOGS higher; prime heavies. $500
6S.35; mediums, sS10d $50; heavy
Yorkers, IS q $40; light Workers. $50
GZ75; pigs, S715Q725; roughs, sea Z.
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-02
Exnloslon Kills Eour.

Denver, Colo. June 16.-Four men
were killed and four injured in an ex-
plosion in the power plant Of the Den
yer Gas and Electric company. The
plant was badly damaged.
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-02
stuart ReappoInte croome.

Harrisburg, Pa, June 3O.-Governor
Stuart reappointed Captain John c.
Groome, Of Rosemont. as superinten-
dent Of the state police.
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-02

therefore, II kiduey
trouble is permitted to
continue, serious re-
suits are most likely
to follow. Your other
organs may need at
tention, but your kid
neys most, because
they do most and
should have attention
first. Therefore. when
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-02

MRS. MARY LOGAN TUCKER.
q. S. A.. retired ca glounu= Of DE-
serton Alim0ny was settled pri.
vately. Colonel Tucker did not CON
test Mrs. Tucker was permitted to
resume her maiden name The only
Witnesses were Mrs. Thicker ana her
mother, widow OF General John A..
LOgan.
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-02

tion had ceased W IN ,he first neigh
Dor happened in and discovered the
tragedy.
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-02
MRS. TUCKER DIVORCED

General Logan's Daughter Secures
Decree on Grounds of Desertion.
Chicago. June 3O.-Mary Elizabeth
dolly Logan Tucker obtained di-
Yorce from Colonel William F. Tucker,
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-02

your kidneys are weak or out of order,
you can understand how quickly your en-
tire body is affected and how every organ
seems to fail to do its duty.
If you are sick or "feel badly" begin
taking the great kidney remedy, DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root A trial Will con-
vince you of its great merit.
The mild and immediate effect of
Swamp Root, the great kidney and
bladder remedy, Is soon realized. It
stands the highest because its remarkable
health restoring properties have been
proven in thousands of the most distress
ing cases. If you need a medicine you
should have the best.
Sold by druggists in f77TTIEllI7i
ffty-cent and oue-dol- s.ss8lssss is3
lar sizes. You may ..ssssss il sa
have q sample bottle
by mail free, also a
pamphlet telling you lone Of S .5laF-i5oi
how to find out if YOU have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mention this paper
when writing to Or. Kilmer & Co,
Binghamton, N. Y. Don't make any mis-
take, but remember the name, Swamp
Root, and don't let dealer sell YOU
something III place of Swamp-Root-if
you do you will be disappointed.
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-02
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by OYER Work.
unhealthy kidneys Make Impure Blood.

Weak and unhealthy kidneys are re-
sponsible for much sickness and suffering,
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-02

Authorities Believe That Mrs. Woodll
Threatened to Expose Eastman, and
In Fear Of Serving a Prison Term
He Killed Her.
Milford chronicle., 1909-07-02

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-07
ISN'T IT AWFUL. MABEL

The marvellous migration to the
state fair in Des Moines and the tre-
mendous travel of Iowa people in all
directions in which railroad trains are
headed is something of an indication
to the Waterloo Reporter that the
people of this commonwealth are slow
to find out that something serious is
ailing them. In an article on the sub
iect the Waterloo paper finds occasion
to say:
Here and there and everywhere
are hundreds and thousands of peo-
pie hurrying to this or that exposi-
ton or source of pleasure and enjoy
ment, apparently in total oblivion of
the fact that some trust octopus has
smothered every spark of manhood
and every cent of spare money out of
them, and that the tariff-benefitted
barons have choked them until their
tongues hang out like the family
raiment does at housekeeping time.
While there is high political or dema-
gogic authority that this condition ex-
lists, the people seem utterly unable
to comprehend the deplorable situa-
ton and keep on spending a portion
of their earnings as though they knew
where they could get more Isn't it
awful?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-07

Hon. James c. Davis, counsel for
Iowa for the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad. has notified the state board
of health that it is the purpose of that
company to comply exactly with the
wishes OF the board in the matter of
sanitary drinking cups. To this end it
will place such cups on sale in its
stations. They will include cups Of
glazed paper. porcelain, tin and
glasses. 1t is not planned to dispense
with the old drinking cups, but an
effort will be made to educate the peo-
pie not to use them. AS a substitute
passengers will be given an oppor-
tunity to buy individual cups at low
prices before starting on a journey.
The Northwestern is the first Iowa
railroad to take steps toward follow
ing the recommendation of the state
board of health in the matter. In
point of fact, none of the other roads
has intimated any intention of CO.
operating with the health authorities
in seeking to discourage use of the
public drinking cup. 1t is to be hoped
they will be stimulated to a realizing
sense of their responsibility by the
good example of the Northwestern.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-07
SAFEGUARDING THE CHILDREN

Special EFFORT is being made by the
juvenile court of Dallas, Texas. to
prevent injury TO children through
carelessness in riding on street rail
way cars. AS a means of accomplish
ing this purpose, the court has caus-
ed paid advertisements to be printed
in the local papers reading as fol-
lows:
Parents should instruct their chill
dren that stealing rides on street
cars is not only violation of law,
but is dangerous, and results many
times in accidents in which the vio-
lator is painfully if not permanently
injured"
1t is suggested by Public Service
that this warning, which is printed In
large type, above the signature of the
juvenile court. should accomplish
much good. It is a powerful remind
er to parents OF their plain duty in
guarding their children against one
of the greatest dangers of living in
a city. Street railway employees in
all cities are instructed particularly
to prevent children from jeopardizing
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-07

Rev. Leroy E. Gallagher of Steam
boat Rock. a well known young min
lister of the Upper Iowa conference,
will sever his connection with the
Methodist church in the near future
to become the pastor of the Congrega-
tional church at Green Mountain in
Marshall county. There was time
when such a change would have at
tracted wide attention and caused
much comment. Now it will scarcely
be noticed. 1t has come to be general
ly recognized that, aside from forms
of church government, the differences
between most religious denominations
are few and relatively unimportant.
The tendency in recent years has
been to emphasize vital points of
agreement and ignore differences in
non-essentials. 1t is a good tendency
and should be encouraged There is
nothing more wasteful in religious eff
fort than quarrels between church de-
nominations over minor points OF be.
lief.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-07

making is done in some department up
yonder-but the sulphur and brim-
stone matches must be made in tothe.
place-and then where would the race
go to? Straight up, of course, and
quit have to admire the shrewd old
matchmaker, Madame Nature. She
dopes and drugs people, young and old,
gives EN- opium and heady liquors,
and they see visions and dream
dreams, and wake up, let us hope, not
too badly disillusioned, to hum-drum,
prosey prose, hard work and care.
What does Mother Nature care? She
has no further solicitude, so the crop
of tootsey-wootseys does not fall or
perish from tae earth" We are cum
ningly used like the flower-fertilizing
bee that goes stealing honey. We are
subtly handled in this world all right,
though everybody is mad If one says,
you are a pretty free-moral agent,
aren't your" Free moral agency is a
good joke, when one notes how we are
used, illusioned, fooled, buncoed, per-
haps made more or less happy by cum
ming Old Nature who is the sporty,
stunning drum-major who leads us
gaily down the streets. While the
glamour and music and the clouds OF
illusion last, what pretty and funny
game love is!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-07
THE PARTY AND THE PRIMARY.

ne tate City SAID recently tudl
the direct primary, If properly labeled.
would bear the title "a Scheme for
the Disintegration of Political Par
ties" that that had been its practical
effect wherever 1t has been tried;
that conditions in Iowa under it are
not as bad as in wisconsin. but this
is simply because the law has been
in effect longer in that state. The
Cedar Rapids Republican character
ICES this as ga rather doleful view"
Of the law and suggests that it is
possible to take more cheerful view
of the matter. 1t says that the ma
jority rules and that il it Is found
out that the primary is going to be our
undoing, the primary will be repealed
and some guarded convention system
substituted for it. In reply to this it
is to be said that the experience OF
Nebraska has been that, while the
primary law of that state is satisfac-
tory to neither party, neither will take
upon itself the responsibility OF re-
pealing it lest the fact be used against
it in future campaigns. There Is fear
that the cry will be raised that the
bosses have resumed control and
are unwilling to trust the people in
full and free expression of their Will.
Very likely the same fear would act
as a deterrent in Iowa II repeal OF
the primary law were proposed. How
ever, the Republican in commenting
on The Gate City's utterances on the
subject goes on to say:
Every so often the people get a
new idea into their heads and they
rush toward it with impetuosity. we
are continually striving to better Goa
ditions and we will never learn that
every change is not an improvement
The New York Investigators have not
been able to view the western state
wide primaries with much approval
but, on the contrary. with much dis
approval. They think that is very
nearly the sum OF all political in.
EQUITIES. They viewed the western
states as composed of political an.
archy. They think that erratic per
sonal leadership and semi-hero wor'
ship have been substituted for fixed
party principles and policies. To some
extent this indictment is true. But
We may work out better conditions in
the future"
The Republicans idea of a primary
system has always been the county
unit. 1t would let the people Of the
counties vote directly for delegates to
state convention. 1t would also give
the people of the counties. at the same
time, an opportunity to express them
selves on any important public ques
tons that may be before the people
The Republican adds:
"a primary along such lines would
have given the people a chance to ex
press themselves politically. But tie
other plan was adopted and we can
now do nothing more than wait to see
what sort of a salvation it will work
out for US. So far as personal leader
ship may be substituted for party con
victions. that far. we believe. it will
be injurious, leading to political hys
terra and, probably, anarchy as sug
gested by the New York inyestiga
tors"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-07
North Pole. a State.

Des Moines Capital: The North Pole
having been discovered by an Ameri-
can. is an American territory. Doctor
Cook reports that there are 10000
square miles OF level country around
the pole. II this is true, the annexa-
tionists must get busy, because North
Pole Territory No. / Will be annexed.
Then 1t will not be long until the
North Pole will be state with two
senators and one representative. The
people of the North Pole will have to
determine whether they will stand by
those old moss-backs, Cannon and AL
drich, or whether or not they will be
up to date insurgents. The new North
Pole territory or state will bring its re-
sponsibillties. and also unhappiness to
the anti-imperialists. But the Ameri-
can people in general vii, welcome the
new discovery. The ar spangled ban
ner was undoubtedly LETT to occupy the
land until somebody else arrives.
But think of the mileag, from the
North Pole to Washington!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-07

Are you sending your boy and girl
to college this year? Are you sending
them to an Iowa college? These peril
nent inquiries are propounded by the
Cedar Rapids Republican. which goes
on to say:
Bear in mind that the Iowa schools
are just as good as any schools in the
country. with very few exceptions.
1t is very well for the average bov and
girl to get a few years of schooling
in the east, for it may broaden them.
but if they are going to live in Iowa
an Iowa college or university acquaint-
ance will also be of the greatest value
to them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-07

many millions of dollars. These
Niagara products may to tho great in
dustrial world seem small, but they
have been developed within few
years. Were these products being
made by any means other than water
power, serious inroads in our natural
exhaustible resource,-carbon, as It
appears in coal and oil,-would at the
present time be occurring.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-07

The scientists at Winnipeg threw
a parting shot at the food fads, which
they consider dangerous to the race.
Old customs, they say, are >ased on
long and hardly won experience and
should not be cast aside for food
ouacks with fancy and expensive
ideas put forth for revenue only A
writer in the st. Louis G'obe-Demo-
crat suggests that there might be
some reason in getting back at the
scientists for their everlasting con
Germ about the race" 1t is pointed
out that the race has taken care OF
itself for a good many generations
and will continue to curvive in as
great numbers as necessary to the
end of time
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-07

The appearance of The Gate City
last Sunday as a morning paper on
that day was highly appreciated by
the community. Thanks and compli-
ments were showered upon it by all
classes of citizens and an extra edi-
ton had to be printed to supply the
demand. The Sunday issue will be a
regular feature henceforth and it is
hoped to make successive numbers
increasingly interesting and accept
able.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-07

Tables of the values of farm prod
ucts for the present year show that
the poultry products are worth much
more than the baled cotton crop;
worth more than the wheat, sugar,
rice and buckwheat crops combined.
the total value being placed at $780,
100000 At this rate the hens could
pay an annual dividend of about
per cent on the entire capital stock
of all the railroads of this country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-07

their lives in the manner mentioned,
but that is not sufficient, for the
conductors and motormen have other
duties that occupy a greater part of
their attention. Parents should do
their part, and that they do not al
ways do SO is shown in the large
number of accidents in which children
are either killed or permanently dis
abled.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-07

AS the Chicago Tribune points out.
there is nothing TO hinder the skeptics
and scoffers from organizing an ex.
petition for the purpose of going to
the pole to see if DR.. Cook really
planted that little tin box at the ex-
act spot.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-07

In Des Moines there is a rumor
that RET" Clarkson may return to
Iowa journalism, with brand new
newspaper in that city. The Cedar
Rapids Republican trutLfully declares
that if RET" should return he would
have a following over night as large
as some publishers can gather in a
wear It says the readers have been
waiting for his return for nearly
twenty years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-07

1t is said that the farmers ct the
state fair this year looked at automo-
biles instead of farm machinery. No
class in recent years can better af-
ford to invest in buzz-wagons.