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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31
THE nTHiRp pEGREE.p

There are few newspaper readers
who have not been shocked from
time to time by published reports OF
atrocities peri etrated under the So
called third degree" by officials in
their endeavors to secure confessions
from supposed criminals. During the
past week the papers have told OF an
other instance of the kind which oc-
Cured in East ST. Louis. The detec-
tives of that city had apprehended
aburglar; Immediately every unex-
planned crime for some time back was
attributed to him and, in relays, they
began the third degree" keeping the
unfortunate awake and under fire of
continuous Interrogation for ninety
odd hours when he was allowed to
sleep for a half hour and then the
inquisition was resumed for how long
is not announced. Whether the I'M
fortunate became gibbering idiot or
confessed to anything he was asked.
/ is also unannounced, but man who
has been through such torture ought
to be ready to confess to almost any
thing, and the confession ought to be
worth nothing as evidence IL law.
The case in question has attracted
| the attention Of the medical profession,
and men who know the possibility of
serious physical and mental conse-
lquences of such treatment are pro-
testing vigorously against 1t. In its
latest issue the Medical Fortnightly
says editorially.
I'VE have supposed it a funda-
mental principle in American law that
a man is supposedly innocent until he
is proven guilty; We have yet to dis
cover where the detective forces OF
/ the various American municipalities
have gained authority to secure al
legged confessions through the instru
rpenta'ity of torture And such tor
ture, the thumb screws and the wheel
are kindness in comparison, Such
methods make criminals and anarch
lists.
1t is a necessity that police officials
deal with crime with an iron hand but
it is not for tho, to infiict such pun
ishments as these simply because they
hope to gain confession One o.
the chances one takes in living in the
: safety of modern civilization is tina
he may be accused of an infringement
on the law; he may be arrested, bu
he is not guilty until he is proven so
The fact of his guilt in one case doe!
!, not make him bound to confess sim
of which ne has never dreamed. Fou
days of ceaseless Interrogation, witbou
sleep. and then more of the same
and that in all probability relative tt
: offenses about which the man knew
nothing, seems to call for some ex
PLANTATION from those who were re
sponsible for it. Were he guilty of al
things that are attributed to him
would still be inexeusable."
AS matter of fact the so-callet
,, third degree" is without warran
! either in law or morals. 1t is al
!, abuse which has grown up In polio
administration and should not be tol
Grated in civilized community I
is simply form of torture, and tn
!, day for torturing accused for the pul
. pose of forcing admissions of Grim
: has long gone by. Any police or othe
s officer resorting to it should be severe
r Ily punished and forever barred fror
!, serving in like capacity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31
Probably Untrue.

Canton (Mo.) Press: South Of War.
saw Is a sign which reads: -Four
miles to Warsaw" Beneath this letter.
ing Jealous colporteur has posted
this text: Prepare to meet thy God" It
is narrated that man travelling NORTH
ward observed this sign and his CON
science being pricked he turned into
the east road.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31

Champ Clark predicts that the next
house will be Democratic, but Champ
has an established reputation for fore
telling things which do not colle to
pass.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31

A Pittsburg Judge released prison
er charged with assaulting man who
addressed woman on the street with
an 20, you kid 1t developed that
it was the mans wife he thus saluted,
but the court held that man who
would 20, you kid" even his wife
ought to be knocked down And the
court was right, as all sensible people
will agree.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31

A woman at Muscatine has asked
for divorce on the ground that her
husband pawned her watch to buy a
baby carriage. 1t is simply impossible
to please some women
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31

AN ANSWER TO "lNvlcTUs."
II am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul
w. E. Henley.
It matters much, o spirit proud,
The sum of figures on the scroll;
You have not WINGED nor cried aloud
But are not captain of your soul.
That captaincy is held apart
The mastery is in unseen hands;
Obedient, we stop or start,
And rest at home or view strange
lands.
We take our orders, day by day,
Nor know the port we make at night
'Tis not for us, the aye or nay
An unseen captain guides QUIZ fight.
And when tile beacon on the ridge
Grows fainter, through the breakers
roll,
That unseen captain, on the bridge,
Is last to leave the sinking soul
Arthur Chapman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31

A Jacksonville lady recently re-
turned from a trip abroad is quoted
by the Courier as saying that in Paris
clothes are not used by women as an
envelope for their persons, but rather
as an evasion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31

If Senator Stone continues his pres
ent practice he will slap the right
negro in the face some day. Cham
pion Jack Johnson. for instance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31

the physician in preventing the pa
tient from procuring "a tonic without
written order signed by the doctor
in charge of the case.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31
NOTES AND COMMENT.

Are actors all bad? asks the
Galesburg Mail. NO." responds the
Jacksonville Courier, but some OF
them are so exceedingly bad that the
average is pretty well kept"
Tae Sioux City Journal tells Con-
gresham Fowler that he is not In
the same class with Cannon, and
that the New Jersey man should I'M
derstand the country is not particular
ly interested in hunt for small game.
1t is not very far from an ardent
progressive to Democrat says the
Charles City Press. Ex-senator Funk
says a revenue tariff would not
destroy u.s. Bryan could not have
broken the news more gently nor more
smoothly"
The following tongue-twister is a
part Of jeff De Angels lines in THE
Beauty Spot"
She sells sea shells on the sea
shore,
The shells that she sells are sea shells
I'm sure.
Now, II she sells sea shells on the sea
shore,
They must be sea shore shells, I'm
| sure"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31

The Columbus Junction Safeguard
bad no idea there were SO many "colo-
nels" and Judges n the First Iowa
district until some of the so-called
progressives" began to talk about
themselves in connection with the
Republican nomination for congress.
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Easy to Fix Blame.

Davenport Democrat: The theft Of
Taft's possum might properly be
ascribed to "the black hand"
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am the God of "Get There Bill"
/ simply make things go;
I prove that life's worth living,
And that everything must show.
[ force failure to his feet,
And make the knocker grin,
I am the God of Get There Bill"
My name is Snrewekin.
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vigorous campaign is in progress
at Hannibal in the interest of Y.
M. C. A. building. In its efforts to
help the good cause the Courier-Post
prints a picture of "Billikin," and be-
meath it these lines:
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keokuk, Iowa 1890. October 81, 1909.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-18
RCARREN IMPORTING.
Temperature and Pulse Both Nor
NAL. Reports DR.. Hughes.

The condition of Senator Patrick Fl. McCar-
rem who has been in st. GATHERINGS Hospital
Williamsburg since last Wednesday, when he
was operated on for appendicitis, continued TO
improve yesterday DR.. Peter Hughes. who per-
formed the operation, did not reach the hospital
until after / O'Clock. He spent two hours with
hi patient, and when he departed he said that
the senator's temperature was normal and his
pulse regular. The Democratic leader stin suf-
fers from nervousness. but otherwise, said Dr.
Hughes. yesterday was the best day he has had
since the operation.
Hundreds of persons called at the hospital 10
inquire about the Senator's condition. and SO
many flowers were received that an entire room
was set apart for them. Since Senator
Ca.ren has been patient in the hospital the
demands on the telephone service have been so
great that the telephone company was requested
yesterday to make connections only in cases %
necessity
Mrs Mary McCarren. the aged mother Of the
Senator. is still in ignorance of his illness and
has been told that he Is out OF the city ON busi.
ness In spite Of the fact that all news OF his
operation has been kept from her. she said yes-
terday that she felt something was wrong with
her son. 1t said at her home that Senator
McCarren never went away from the city with
out first informing his mother that he was soiDe,
and telling her when he planned to return.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-18
MRS. BRUCE PRICE KILLED.
automobile Hits Tree-Mrs. G. III.
CouIter's arm Broken.
IBy Telegraph TO The Tribune.1


Tuxedo Park. N. Y. Oct. 17.-Mrs. Bruce Price,
a wealthy resident of Tuxedo Park. was killed
and Mrs. Charles J. CouIter's arm was broken
and she was otherwise hurt in an automobile
accident this afternoon the road from Tux
edo Park to Arden. The other occupants Of the
car. Mrs. Coulter's twelve-year-old son and the
chauffeur. were unhurt.
The car, a large touring Panhard, owned by
Mrs. Coulter, was going north on the main road
on the Hartman estate, five hundred feet from
the Arden station. when the chauffeur pulled out
to one side TO pass a car ahead The machine
skidded in the brush the side Of the road.
throwing Mrs Price against tree and killing
her almost instantly. A passing car rushed the
other members of the party to the Tuxedo Hos
pital where it was found that Mrs. Coulter was
suffering from a broken arm and shock
Mrs Bruce Price one of the we'll known
residents Of Tuxedo. and mother Of Mrs Emily
Post Before her marriage she was Miss Jose
phine Lee Her husband, who died several years
ago. was an architect in New York.
Mrs Coulter was formerly from Albany. and
has lived in Tuxedo for several years. She pur-
chased the Griswold house three years ago.
Bruce Price died in Paris in 1908. Among his
more important plans were those for the Roman
Catholic Cathedral at Savannah. the Methodist
Episcopal Church at wilkes-B Barre. Penn; the
Lee Memorial Church at Lexington, Va. and
Georgian Court the house Of George j. Gould.
at Lakewood, n. J..
New-York tribune., 1909-10-18
". |. BUCHANAN DEAD
STRICKEN At MIDNIGHT
IN LONDON STREET.
Expires Before Reaching Hospital
Foul Play Not Suspected
His Notable Career.

rondon. Oct. 17.-Wiliam l. Buchanan. OF
zysslo. former American Minister TO the Ar
gentine Republic and Panama. who had been
s,osey identified with several important Ameri-
can diplomatic missions, met tragic death last
night in a London street. He was discovered
wing on a sidewalk in Park Lane near the resi-
sence OF the American Ambassador. in a dying
condition. few minutes before II o'clock. and
was carried TO st. Georges Hospital, a short
distance away. Life was extinct when the am
bulsnoe reached the hospital. The cause OF
death Is not known. but it is supposed that it
resulted from heart disease or apoplexy.
There were no marks OF violence the body,
nor had robbery been committed. The body was
New-York tribune., 1909-10-18
25, 900 TAKE COMMUNION.
Pittsburg's Baseball Field Scene of
VGst attendance at Lords Supper.

Pittsburg, Oct. 1.-THE greatest religious
gathering ever held in this city. aud perhaps in
the country, occurred at Forbes's Baseball Field
here to-day. when about twenty-five thousand
persons assembled at the ceremony of the Lords
Supper, the event being the principal feature Of
to-day's session of the convention of the Dis
ciples of Christ (Christian Church).
About one hundred elders and one thousand
deacOns of the Church officiated durin the cere-
mony in passing bread and wine grape juice) to
the great gathering. Eleven barrels of grape
Juice were consumed. choir of five hundred
voices led the music. Ideal weather added
greatly to the comfort of those present.
Many of the pulpits in this city and those of
surrounding towns occupied to-day by
delegates to the convention. Four big gather
ings at the various convention halls tonight
closed the days programme. The principal SER
mons were preached by I. n. McCash, of Berk-
eley, Cal; NJ NJ. Davis, of Dallas, Tex; S. NJ
Martin. of Seattle, and HSO. Breeden of San
Francisco
New-York tribune., 1909-10-18
ALFONSO DENOUNCED
SOCIALISTS PARADE IN
PARIS AND LONDON.
Sir Thousand Troops Preyeut Dis
order an French Capital Eng
Esh Police ActiUe.
L.. -. -. - -.

IBy French Gable to The Trlbune.I
Parls. Oct 1.-THE grand socialist demOnstra-
ton here protesting against the execution q
Ferrer passed of very noisiIy but without any
serious disorder. to-day. The twelve thousand
manifestants. singing the revolutionary song
''L'Internationale." varied by spasmOdic shouts
Of "Vive Ferrer," Down with Alfonso
Down with the priests" marched slowly
through the streets, escorted ana controlled By
six thousand infantry and cavalry and with
squadrOns OF Republican Guards police sand
wiched in the procession. so as TO keep the en-
tire demonstration completely in hand. The
"Apaches' and professional criminals were con-
spicuous by their absence, probably because IT
was daylight. NJ. Lepine. Prefect Of Police was
heartily cheered by the spectators. who gazed
at the manifestants with feelings OF curiosity
rather than sympathy. 1t was everywhsre ap-
parent that the masses Of OnlOOkers realized
that the popular sentiment Of disapprovaI OF
the manner in which Ferrer was tried and exc
cuted was being exploited for local political
purposes by NM. Jaures. Herve and valiant
and the anti-militarist leaders.
The military and police measures taken BY NJ
Lepine were admirable. The socialist paraders
were simply conducted by his detachments Just
like a flock Of sheep. and thousands Of infantry.
cavalry. police and flying squads OF police
bicyclists secured the streets in the rear Of the
manifestants. and thus made it impossibIs for
the "Apaches," burglars and lOoters to operate.
Great credit is due TO the popular and mastsrful
prefect. who had over fifteen thousand troops
under arms. besides the entire police force Of
Paris.
Thugs attacked priest in the TUileries gar
dens after the paraders had dispersed and at
tempted to throw him into the lake. but the po-
lice rescued him. One shot was fred. Twelve
arrests were made.
cessions in a number Of cities. NJ Jaures spoke
at Lyons. and addresses by delegates OF the
General Federation Of Labor were made at other
places. C. B.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-18
WELLDIGGER UNEARI'HED
Body of Man Buried I'zCo Weeks
Ago Found Seventy Feet DOTCn.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune.1 ]

sayville, N " Oct. 17.-Standing in an up
right position, and totally unmarked. the body
of John Coffen. who was buried two weeks ago
to-day while digging we'll on his fathers farm
two miles north of Central Islip. was found this
afternoon by Edward Gildersleeve. the well dig
ger in charge of the rescue work
During the first two days after young Coffen
was buried a shift of men worked day and night
to rescue him, in the hope that he might still be
alive. Since then, however. all hope OF saving
him had been abandoned. and work was
done onlv in the daytime. The we'll was ninety
feet deep. and Coffens body was found at
depth of seventy feet. the safety rope which he
had tied about his body being still in place All
about his head was a mass of shifting sand' and
it was this which had caused COnens DEATH as
1t is calculated that he must have been suro-
Gated almost Immediately after being buried
When the body had been brought TO the sur
face it was taken to a local morgue' and a
burial permit was issued by Coroner Savage.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-18
SAVED as BOAT SINKS.
Cre1C Works at Pumps Eighteen
Hours off Maine Coast.
TBy Teiegraph 20 The Tribune !

Portland, Me-, Oct. i7.-After working at the
pumps for eighteen hours the captain, mate and
four seamen of the three-masted schooner The
resa Wolf, light, from New York to St. John
n. B, were taken from their sinking vessel by
the crew of the Popham Beach Lifesaving Sta
ton early this afternoon
The Wolf sprang leak at midnight last night.
The crew worked desperately pumping all night.
This morning they were about TO launch their
only boat when the. spanker boom fell and
crushed it. signal OF distress was hoisted to
the mainmast top.
Although the vessel was fifteen miles at sea,
Captain Anson Oliver, who was sitting on the
piazza Of the Hotel Rockledge. saw it with his
glass and notified the lifesavers. Captain Spin
ney and his crew, with their boat in tow of the
tug Seguin, which luckily was coaled UP, raced
20 sea-
New-York tribune., 1909-10-18
RED FLAGS IN LONDON.
Police Stop March on Spanish EN-
bassg-Incendiary Speeches.

London Oct 1.-THE red flag was raised in
London this afternoon. and great mob moved
on the Spanish Embassy to make demonstra-
ton of its disapprOyaI Of the execution OF Fran
cisco Ferrer at Barcelona few days ago. Sew
eraI bodies Of police were stationed at the ap-
proaches to the embassy. and they drove on the
crowds in their usual bloOdless. effective way
Considerable excitement and uneasiness. how
ever, pervaded the neighbOrhOOd- The grOans
and hootings were plainly herd at the embassy
and at Buckingham Palace near by.
No one was injured seriously. although the
mounted police rode against the crowds and
scattered them several times.
The trouble began with mass meeting in
Trafalgar Square. which was organized By sew
eraI socialist and labor bodies Several hundred
Of the members Of these organizations marched
to the square, carrying red flags draped with
crepe and bearing inscriptions denouncing King
Alfonso. black bOrdered banner was raised
against the Nelson column with letters which
could be read from afar: "TO he'll with the
Murderer Alfonso"
JF. Green. secretary Of the Friends Of Rus
sian Freedom called the meeting to order and
read a telegram from the Countess of Warwick,
saving: mo words are too strong to express
Europe's horror at the murder Of Ferrer"
Several Laborite members OF Parliament de-
Hvered strong orations. Victor Grayson. Of
climax by declaring that il the head o. every
king Of Europe was torn = his body II would
not pay half the price Of Ferrer's life. He called
the Russian Emperor "a dirty monster and
said that King Edward. who could have pre-
vented the execution. was responsible for what
ever might happen in England as result OF II.
He demanded the expulsion Of the Spanish
Ambassador.
Strong resolutions were adopted before the
%y-,
sembled in the square. most Of them having
been attracted by the same curiosity which
takes them to the sunragette demonstrations.
The Socialist societies. carrying their banners,
then marched in good order toward the Spanish
Embassy. singing revolutionary songs and hO0t-
ing King Alfonso. A great rabble accompanied
them, filling the streets.
1t dark when they reached the square in
front Of the embassy, and they found that the
place was filed with platoons OF police The
embassy windows We're dark and there was no
sign OF life there The police would not let the
procession enter the square. or even stop The
crowds were turned back and kept moving nm
Victoria street toward the Parliament BUILDINGS
singing, shouting and grOaning. The reserves
were then brought up. and they drove the mob
into the side streets. dispensing it without se
rious trouble.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-18
NEW VANDERBILT ROUTE TO CHICAGO
From Philadelphia 1t Will Be S45 Miles,
Against the Pennsylvania's 818.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Philadelphia, oct I7.-After opposition on the
part of the Pennsylvania Railroad for a genera
ton, traffic agreement has been arranged be-
tween the Reading and Vanderbilt interests that
promises TO provide a through passenger line
between Chicago and Philadelphia early in the
spring.
An inspection party of prominent officials started
from here yesterday to go over a portion of the
route which will utilize the Reading from here to
Newberry Junction, the Beech Creek branch of the
New York Central to Clcarfeld Penn. and from
there over the Lake Shore by way of Franklin.
Penn, TO Ashtabula, Ohio. and thence direct 10
Chicago a total distance of $40 miles against the
Pennsylvania's SIS and the Reading-Lehigh Valley
Grand Trunk combination of 953 miles
New-York tribune., 1909-10-18
KINGS" LOSE TITLES.
Scotch MajeSties Haze also Sold
flaming and Washington Islands.
TBy relegraph o The rribuns. l

10y 4eIesfaph 70 Tue IribuneI
San Francisco, Oct 17.-Fanning and WASH
ington islands, of the South Sea group have
finally passed out OF the possession of the Greig
brothers. James, George and William, the
scotchmen who were known the kings of
these two islands
The brothers officially lost their titles when
the British government constructed cable sta
ton on Tanning Island. James Greig, king
OF Washington Island is here. Several months
ago the two islands and two others near the
group. Christmas and Palermis islands. were
bought for S250,O0o by Father E. Rogue, a
French missionary. well known in the South
Seas. acting guardian for the invalid, Count
Cecille.
A stock company will be established of which
the Greig brothers will be directors.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-18
IN REVOLT.
People attack Montjuich Fortress
-Many Bombs ThrO1Cn.

Lisbon. Oct. 17.-Cable dispatches from Bar
celona say that the situation there is increas-
ingly disquieting. Twenty-seven bombs have
been thrown in the last four days. ave persons
having been killed and twenty-one wounded.
On Saturday attempt was made TO rush the
fortress Of MOntiuich to release the prisoners
A bomb was thrown against the door. but il
failed to explode. and the attacking party fed
on the approach of the guards.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-18
TWO KILLED IN RAILROAD COLLISION.
"Katy' Flyer Took an Open Switch and Ran
Into a Freight Train.

La Grange. Tex. Oct. 1.-THE "Katy flyer on
the Missouri. Kansas & Texas Railroad south
hound ran into an open switch at Hastead, six
miles east of here at 5:4s this morning. crashing
into a freight train.
Crawford the engineer of the freight train and
r stuttsman fireman of the passenger train. were
killed and several passengers were injured. Both
engines were badly wrecked and the baggage and
mail cars demolished
New-York tribune., 1909-10-18
SUICIDE EPIDEMIC IN RUSSIA.
Police Attempt TO Restrict Sale of Deadly
Drugs in st. Petersburg

St Petersburg. Oct. 1.-THE prefect of police here
has applied to Ministry of the Interior for
mission TO apply restrictive measures TO the sale of
certain drugs, on account Of their widespread en-
ployment for purposes Of suicide Self-destruction.
so prevalent in Russia during the of demorali-
cation following the rebellion, has become epidemic
in ST. Petersburg. as many twenty cases in
day occurring frequently