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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
Rock Island Train Goes of Track
Near Trenton, Mo, and Sew.
eral People Reported
Killed.
THE WRECK rs ON FIRE
More Than Score of People Injured
and Eleven Are Reported Kill
ed in This Mornings
Wreck.

TRENTON, Mo-, Dec. 31.--The Cali
fornia limited of the Rock Island rail-
road, carrying through passengers
from Chicago, to Los Angeles, San
Francisco and Ell Paso, was ditched by
spreading rails, two and half miles
north of here at ZOO o'clock this
morning.
It is said number of passengers
were killed and injured. The entire
train toppled over into the ditch.
The fireman was buried under the
engine, Flames broke out in the
wrecked baggage car and spread to
the rest of the train.
The train was made up of sleeping
cars, club car and diner. Latest re-
ports from the scene say the fireman
is dead; two bodies have been recover
ed and nine others are believed to be
dead. More than score were severe
ly hurt.
1t is feared that the wreckage will
be burned. A wrecking crew from
Kansas City is endeavoring to check
the flames and rescue those penned
under the wreckage.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
LOVELoRN YOUTH
GULPED ACID
Girl Refused to Enter Suicide Pact so
He Tried to End Life
Alone.

MACOMB, H., Dec. 31.-While his
sweetheart struggled to get possession
OF bottle of carbolic acid, with
which he had threatened to end his
life, Jesse Lindsey, who resides near
Industry, broke from her grasp and
Crank some of its contents. Almost
instantly he fell to the floor, writhing
in agony, while the girl screamed for
help
Physicians arrived soon and sd-
II Mustered antidotes, but he is still
unconscious and it is thought he can
not recover He is only Is years cd,
hut was enamored of Miss Matte
Lambert of Bardolph, and she, it IS
said, returned his affections. The
marriage was opposed, however, by
his parents, and his youth prevented
his obtaining a license. He grew de
spondent and decided to end his trou-
bles.
Going to the house where his sweet
heart was staying with her sister,
Mrs. Fred Williams, he endeavored to
persuade her to join him in suicide
pact. She refused and endeavored to
reason with him
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
Spencer Trask Was Instantly Killed
When Freight Train Ran Into
Rear of the Express
Train.
THE BLOCK SIGNALS
II Is lntimated That the Signals Were
Ignored, Resulting in the
Death of Banker While
in Pullman

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.---At least
three persons including Spencer
Trask, New York banker, were killed
In rear end collision between a
south bound freight train on the New
York Central and the Montreal ex-
press, which occurred in the station
at Croton, New York
Thirty-four miles from New York
City at o'clock this morning, the
accident occurred. Trask was instant
ly killed. Officials OF the road are
Investigating but are inclined to
blame the crew of the freight train
which struck the express while the
latter was standing still.
The express was stopped at Croton,
which is not stopping point, by the
block signal. The freight train in
charge Of Conductor Shuffelt and En-
gineer Flanagan, failed to see the
block signal.
The heavy engine ploughed its way
over and through the last Of the Pull
| mans. Trask. who was returning from
his country place at Saratoga, was In
the drawing room at the very end Of
! the Pullman The train room was
reduced to splinters and Trask was
horribly mangled. A Pullman port
er was killed and the officials declare
one other person was killed.
Only two of the eight cars in tht
express train were damaged. Wreck
| ing trains were Immediately sent on
from New York and Ossining and iron
the latter plaeS several doctors Wer'
sent to take care of the injured.
An official of the New York Contra
declared that the cause of the wreck
was not known. but intimated tina
the block signals had been ignored
Traffic was not long delayed and th
other passengers were hurried int
New York.
| Spencer Trask was born in Ney
4 York September Is, 1874, graduate
from Princeton and Immediately er
tered the banking business in Wa
street He was interested in th
municipal electric enterprises and hi
firm has been very prominent in tn
street for several years. He wa
a director In many corporations an
belonged to the Metropolitan, Unio
League. Civic, Reform. National Art
and Lawyers clubs
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
ILLINOIS MAY
HAVE OIL BOOM
Southern Part of the State Appears
to be a Good Field for
Sinking Wells.

DUQUoIN, III. Dec. 31.-The fact
that southern Illinois may some time
experience an oil boom, similar to
that of the Robinson field in central
Illinois. is evidenced by the whole
sale real estate transfers which are
being made throughout this section of
the state. During the past week St.
Louis, Chicago and Springfield cap
italists closed options on several
thousand acres of land in Franklin
county, east of here, and will begin
prospecting at once. Over 10000
acres of land adjoining this city on
the north and east have been optioned.
The work of drilling for oil has
been rapidly pushed during the past
two months. The geological condi-
tions here compare favorably with
those in Central Illinois, and the
prospectors are more than sanguine
as to the future developments.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
Police Killed Him While He Was at
Work Trying to Break Into
Bank in Oklahoma
Town.
ANOTHER WOUNDED ONE
The Third Thief Made Good His Es-
cape When the Officers At
tackled Them With
Drawn Rcvolvers.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 31.-one
robber was killed, another fatally
wounded and a third escaped today
when the Oklahoma City police en-
deavored to capture bandits who at
tempted to rob the State bank at
Harrah, small town 20 miles east
Of here.
The dead man has been identified
as Frank Quiggs of Kansas City. The
wounded man, said to be dying at a
hospital here, is Frank Carpenter. The
name of the man who escaped Is not
known. The plan to rob the bank was
disclosed to police here and detach,
ment of officers was hurried to Har
rah last night. They waited, conceal
ed, near the bank. EARLY today three
men approached the building and triet
to force open the door.
The officers sprang from their hid
ing place and with revolvers drawn
ordered the robbers to surrender
The robbers fled and the police open
ed fire.. Quiggs and Carpenter fell
but the third man was unharmed ant
made his escape.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
ALL THE MONEY
WAS COUNTED
Safe at Washington Found to Contain
A Trifle Over One Billion
Dollars.

WASHINGTON, Dec. s1-To count
the coins and securities in the United
States Treasury it has taken com
mittee of four persons, supervising
from thirty to forty experts. almost
two months. Upon the retirement OF
Charles H. Treat as treasurer it be.
came necessary for a counting of the
contents of the vaults, to be made for
the incoming treasurer. Lee McClung.
to give a receipt.
Next Monday McClung will give
Treat receipt for s1,2590o1, 1851
2-3, the exact contents Of the treasury
Not a cent was found to be missing
from Uncle Sans pocket book. 1t was
the quickest count ever made by the
treasury and was absolutely necessary
before Treat could be relieved OF the
responsibilities of the office. The
count included 156,521,317 silver dol.
lar pieces.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
WINFIELD SUFFERS
SEVERE BLAZE
Five Stores and the Postoffice Burned
Up at Loss of About
100000.

WINFIELD, Dec. S1.-Fire of an un-
known origin starting in the George
n. Carse drug store burned six build
ings causing loss of about 100000,
about half Of which was covered by in
surance, The fire was first discovered
by some people residing near the drug
store. BY this time, however. the
flames had spread and the whole build
ing was in blaze. The volunteer fire
company of the town was called out
but could do but little to check the
flames.
The places Of business of the follow
Ing were burned:
George Broomer, hardware store;
James Jarvis. meat market; Geo. II.
Carse. drug store; G, A. Anderson,
furniture and undertaken; the post
office and r. FL Farris, 1eweler.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
Estrada is Determined to Continue the
Fight in Nicaragua and Will
Not Recognize Mad
MUCH ENCOURAGEMENT
zeIaya Stepped Down and Out But
Left Crafty Men in Charge
Who Are Not Proper
Sort.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 31.-A cable
gram from Bluefields today says an
open rupture in the peace negotiations
has come and that Estrada has an
nounced that he will continue the
revolution. Troops will be rushed at
once toward Managua.
II have determined to have nothing
to do with the Madriz government.
We shall continue our fight
Making this statement, Estrada is
sued general orders to his generals
to begin the advance on Managua
Encouraged by the aid he has re-
ceived from his countrymen and
friendly attitude of the United States,
the cable declares Estrada has decided
to fight his battle out.
''The abdication of Zelaya amounts
to nothing. He has left men In his
place as crafty as he was and they
will continue his regime Estrada
says.
He stated that he will under no cir
cumstances recognize the presidency
! of Madriz.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
PEARY GOT
FROST BITTEN
Arctic Explorer Waded Through Snow.
drifts With Low Shoes on His
Feet.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-Long ex-
perience in the frozen Arctic stood
Commander R. e. Peary in good stead
when his automobile stranded in a
snowbank in the remote regions of
Maryland while he was en- route to a
friends house for dinner, and he was
compelled to face bitter wind in light
evening clothes and wade through
deep snowdrifts in low shoes for a
mile or more to obtain assistance.
Finally arriving at his destination,
about 10 o'clock, after having his ma
chine dug out of the drifts, it was dis
covered that Peary had suffered from
slight frost bites of his ears, and 1T
was necessary to give the members
vigorous snow treatment before they
became normal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
Great Northern Has, Been System
atically Plundered For Many
Years at Great Amount
Each Year.
TWO MEN ARE ARRESTED
Employment Agencies Are Under sus-
picion and Wholesale Arrests
Are Expected Along
the Line.

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. s1.-Through
a series Of alleged thefts in the dis
position of trip passes, the Great
Northern railroad declares it has been
defrauded out of from $125,000 to
$150,000 a year.
The leakage is said to have been
going on for four years and that the
railroad has lost upward of 100000
A. I. Ray, special agent for the
Great Northern, has been working on
the case for over a year. Two ar
rests have been made Paul Carbon,
saloon keeper in st, Paul is charged
with disposing of the passes. An en-
ployment agency man at Grand Forks,
North Dakota has also been arrested.
Employment agencies throughout
the west are said to have been con-
nected with the theft and wholesale
arrests are expected among this class.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
AeropIane Record Broken.

JUNISY, Dec. 3f.At the aerodrome
here in the presence of the official
timekeeper of the Aero Club OF
France, NJ de la Grange, aboard
Blerfot cross-channel type monoplane.
heat all records for speed and estab-
lished new monoplane record De la
Grnge covered distance of 200 kilo-
meters (124 miles, and the fight last
ed exactly two hours and thirty-two
minutes, making an average speed OF
7S.9 kilometers {4S9 milesl an hour.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
The Ohio is Now Solid Mass of Ice
From Pittsburs to Cincinnati
and Trouble is Ex-
pected.
SUDDEN THAW FEARED
Gradual Melting Of the Ice Is the Only
Thing Which VIII Prevent
Great Damage Along
the Stream.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Dec. 31.-The In
tensely cold weather last night effect.
lively checked the food which men
aced Pittsburg and points south OF
here on the Ohio river.
From reports received along tho
Ohio river the river Is frozen solidly
for its entire length between here and
Cincinnati.
For a score of years conditions have
not been so favorable for rampage
of the waters, notwithstanding the
fact that within the last few years
many lives have been lost and millions
of dollars worth of property destroy
ed by high water.
The entire situation now hinges, for
good or bad, as to what course the
elements take next. Warm weather
and rain would mean disaster,
warm weather alone serious flood,
while should conditions moderate
gradually little damage will result.
With the thermometer registering
/ zero and in some places from three to
seven degrees below that point. west
ern Pennsylvania last night was in the
grip of bitterly cold blizzard, ac-
companied by snow flurries and high
winds. From the outlying and noun
tain district the reports of deaths. and
suffering due to exposure to the ele-
ments are coming in. Fifteen deaths
have been reported, including six in
j Pittsburg.
I At irwin. Pa, the temperature reg
istered was the coldest December so
in ten years, the thermometer drop
ping to two degrees below zero.
All trains from the east are from
one to three hours late entering Pitts
burg. Mails are tied up. Gas short
age is reported everywhere, several
mills of the Jones-Laughling steel
plant closing on account of the short
age and throwing 500 men out OF
work. Five mines operated by the
Peoples Coal company have closed
on account of lack of supplies, which
are transported to the mines via
packets. A thousand men are thrown
! out of employment.
River navigation will now be sus-
pended for weeks. Loss to shippers
and packet line operators will total
close to half a million dollars.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
Expected That the River Will Close
There Today for the First
Time Since 1895 in
Main Harbor.
GoRGEs HAVE FORMED
Ferry Boats and Car Ferries Were
Locked up by the Ice and Could
Y 'ake Their Trips
Across.

81 1OUIS, Dec 31.-Today or to-
mo o'g may see a repetition Of con-
df = similar to January 1905, which
" the last time the river froze over
at the main harbor here. Indications
favor a freeze-up within forty-eight
hours
Early yesterday morning large ice
gorge formed at Carondelet. This
gorge held the ice and assumed the
shape of horseshoe with one end of
the crescent at Chouteau avenue and
the other at Pittsburg Dixie. South
of this point the river is blocked from
shore to shore. There is gorge at
Kimmswick, Mo-, and two at Chester.
The second gorge formed at the
foot OF North Market street. This
gorge formed after futile efforts on
the part of the tugs and ferry boats
to block the ice at Eads bridge and
keep the main harbor clear. They
were only partly successful, however,
and when the lower gorge formed a
large foe also formed on the east
side. extending between 700 and SOC
feet out into the river from the Big
Four freight office to the lower gorge
a mile below. This foe prevented the
car transfer boats landing on the
east side and the effort to block the
ice at the bridge was discontinued.
About o'clock yesterday morning
the North Market street gorge form
ed. Below 1t, on the st. Louis side
several large foes extended down (
the bridge, but thers was but little
ice about the wflarf-boats mooret
along this side of the river below
Eads bridge. There are several gor
ges above Merchants bridge, one a.
the Chain Of Rocks and another at thu
old waterworks, where the Huntres'
/ is moored.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
LAMPHERE DIED
IN PENTENTIARY
Man Serving Term for Burning Up
the Guinness Home, Died In
His Cell.

LApORTE. Ind, Dec. 31.--Roy Lam.
phere, aged thirty-eight, slayer of Mrs.
Belle Guinness and her children, died
'ast night Of tuberculosis in the Mich
igan City penitentiary, where he was
serving an indeterminate term for
arson. Lamphere, April 2S, 1908, set
fire. to the Guinness home near La
porte and incinerated the family. He
had formerly been employed by Mrs.
Guinness as a workman on her farm.
Following the fire the bodies of sew
eral persons, who had been murdered
by Mrs. Guinness, were unearthed In
the farnyard.
1t was shown that I.amphere was
probably cognizant OF some OF Mrs.
Guinness crimes and that he was
angered at her.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
Printed Brief Of 2s6 Pages Contains
About all the Bad Things That
Can be Said Against
the octupus.
CONSPIRACY UNLAWFUL
Combined Assets Of The Concern
Amount to Four Hundred Mil
lions and Business IL Grow
ing stupendous,

WASHINGTON December 31.TIn
printed brief OF 26S pages Attorney
General Wickersham and his special
assistant, J. G. McReynolds, presented
to the supreme court Of the United
States the case Of the government in
the famous tobacco trust cases, which
will be argued next week in that
court.
The cases were tried in the United
States Circuit Court for the southern
district Of New York, which after dis
missing the petition as to foreign to-
bacco companies and some of the sub
ordinate American companies, adjudg-
ed the others to be parties to an un-
lawful conspiracy and enjoined them
from continuing their operations and
from engaging In interstate commerce.
The attorney general takes the po-
sition that these findings, sweeping as
they seem to be, are not broad
enough, and he asked the supreme
court to sustain them so as to widen
their scope to take In the foreign COM
panies and some individuals who were
relieved from the operation of the yer.
dict.
Many other extensions Of the judg-
ment are also requested.
After showing that 1890 competition
was free the various coalitions are
traced in the document and facts are
given to show that tn ecombination
has grown until it's combined assets
amount to $500, 900 900.
1t is asserted that the combination
manufactures all the cigarettes for ex
port and almost three-fourths of ths
smoking tobacco and of the cigarette:
for domestic sale, more than three
fourths of the plug, twist and fne-cu
tobacco and almost all of the smut
and little cigars that are made.
1t is declared that the defendant!
have persistently exercised duress
have practiced wicked and unfair
methods and used their great powel
ln oppressive ways"
Further, it is asserted that the.
have been actuated by fixed purpos,
e. destroy competition and obtain mo
nppolies. Competitors have gradual.
disappeared, and the combination. nov
strongly entrenched, unduly restricts
the business of those in the trade
and prevents others from entering.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
MANY HORSES
WE'RE BURNED
Twenty-nne Mares Perished IN the
Flames of the Patchen-WiIkes
Stables.

LEXINGTON, KY, Dec. S1.-The
Patchen- Wilkes farm of w. E. D..
Stokes of New York, situated three
miles from Lexington on the Winches,
ter pike, was burned and twenty-nine
brood mares, valued at an average OF
500, perished, and a brick barn valu-
ed at $4,000 was destroyed, together
with much of the training parapher-
MALTA of the farm, bringing the total
loss up to perhaps $4,000.
The fire was caused by an explosion
of natural gas, which was used to
heat the building, and the barn was on
the site of one which burned ten
years ago at a great loss to Stokes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
Kansas LIQUOR L aw.

TOPEKA. Kan, Dec 31.-Samuel A.
Harrison of Kansas City, Mo, applied
for an injunction before Federal
Judge Pollock to prevent the enforce
ment of an anti-drug-store liquor law.
This prohibits the sale of liquors for
medicinal purposes by druggists. 1t
is claimed the law is contrary to the
fourteenth amendment to the consti-
tuition of the United States and in con-
fiict with the constitution of the state
of Kansas, which provides that liquor
may be sold for medicinal, scientific
and mechanical purposes. The suit is
a test case. The law was passed by
the last legislature.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
San Francisco Votes to Build and OPP
cate Its Own Line, the First
One in the coun-
try.
PEOPLE ARE REJOICING
Special Election Carried by Majority
Of 10000 For City to oper-
ate Its Own sys-
tenn.

SAN FRANCISCO, Pee. 31-Citizens
of thds city are rejoicing over the vic
tory at the polls yesterday of the
municipal ownership project which
will give to San Francisco the distinc-
ton of having the first municipality
owned and operated street railway in
the United States
BY majority of nearly 10000 bond
issues to construct tie new railway.
were approved. The United Railroad
it is estimated, expended 100000 to
defeat the project. The new line will
be modern conduit railway, about
eight miles in length, running through
the heart of the city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
Tho New King Of Belgium Has a
Heart Within Him Instead Of
Block Of Stone Like
Leopold.
OLD REGIME rs oUsTED
Resignation Of the Entire Military
and Civic Staff of the Old
King Has Been Ac-
cepted.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 31.--An authori-
tative but unofficial announcement to-
day declares that King Albert has ac-
cepted the resignation of the entire
civil and military staff of the late
King Leopold, including that of the
governor general of the Belgian Con-
go.
This action by the new king is ac-
cepted as the preliminary step to the
ousting of the old regime in the Con-
go and putting an end to the Congo
abuses that have for SO long shocked
the civilized world
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
CITY Fire Stricken.

EDINBORO, Pa, Dec. 31.-This
place was swept by a serious fire. The
monetary damage is not known at this
time, but it heavy. The Masonic TEN
pie, Twitchell Building, Post Office,
several department stores and other
minor structures, have been destroyed.
No one was injured. Fire apparatus
from Erie and Meadville, Pa, We're
summoned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
Child Burned no.

GALENA, Kan, Dec. 81. Marietta.
the 3 year old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. G, Livingston of Quaker Val
ley, was burned to death here. She
was visiting at the home of her sis
ter. Mrs. Ed Neeley Her clothing
became ignited while sic was stand
ing near stove. She ran into
yard and was fatally burned b2
the fiameG could he sXtingpishg
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
KIDNAP CASE
is NOT SOLVED
Missing Girl is Thought to Be Held a
Captive in City of
Chicago.

CHICAGO, Dec. 31.-Frank Fehr,
millionaire brewer of Louisville, who
offered reward of $4,000 for the safe
return of Alma Kellner, who figured in
the famous kidnapping case, arrived
in Chicago today and went into con-
ference with the police. 1t is said that
the little girl is being held captive
here. The police are making extra
ordinary efforts to locate her.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
Movers Killed.

FLoYADA, Tex, Dec S1.--Plunging
over a bluff sixty feet high to the bot
tom of Blanco Canyon, Mrs. S. R.
Beck, thirty-five years old, and her
ten-year-old son burned to death in the
debris of their wagon and household
effects. Mr.. Beck was seriously in
iured. A small stove in the wagon set
fire to the wreckage.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
TO SETTLE THE
SWITCHMEN'S STRIKE
Conference Being Held In Washington
Looking Toward An End of
Trouble.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-For the
purpose of bringing about an adjust
ment of the dispute between the
switchmen and the Northwestern rail
roads, II. G. Pelham, head of the rail
road department of the American Fed.
Grafton of Labor, had a conference to-
day with chairman Mott of the Inter
state Commerce commission and labor
commission Neil. They are acting ul,
der the provisions of the Erdman arbi-
tration law.
No conclusion had been reached
when adjournment was taken at
O'Clock.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
Exposure and starvation.

& MOUNT STERLING, H., Dec. 81
The body of James Henry Ferguson,
aged 65, was found in a tent on Rev.
j. P. Kerr's place, near La Grange
Locks. The coroner's jury decided
death was due to exposure and starv
alton.