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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
So Declares DeLara While In His
Prison Cell, Awaiting Trial on
Charge OF Being
COMPARED TO FERRER
He Says That If He is RaiIroaded Back
Into Mexico, He viii be
Murdered Like the
Spaniard.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22.-"I am not
an anarchist and have never been.
am Mexican and patriot and my
only crime is that l have criticised
Diaz and aave tried to secure justice
for the robbed and prosecuted class
Of Mexico. But I incurred the enmity
of the American mining king, Col.
Green and he is all powerful at Mex
leo City and Washington. ! now fear
Mexico and fled to save my life and
If am sent back there will be muir
dered as was Ferrer in Barcelona.
feel that bare outline of my case
will result in a universal process
which will prevent my being railroad
ed to certain death" From the cell
in the local prison where he is being
held, awaiting action on the charge
that he is an anarchist, DeLara, inter-
national organizer for the Socialist
party made plain his position today.
He has been held ever since his arrest,
Just before Taft reached this city. At
torneys hired by the Socialist party
are ready to defend him but they have
been refused permission to confer with
their clients. IA the time of DeLara
last arrest. he was out on bail to an
swer to charge of melting a riot.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
IOWA DELEGATES
TO NEW ORLEANS
Wells M. Irwin of Keokuk Is One Who
Has Been Appointed by
the Governor.

DES MONIES, Oct Ex-Governor
Carroll and G. G. Nye, his private sec
retary, leave Sunday night for st.
Louis where they will join President
Taft for the trip down the MtS:sissIppi
river to New Orlears. There will be
a gathering OF the Iowa delegation at
tie Planters hotel Sunday night and
those who have not completed plans
for the journey from st. Louis will
have chance to do SO at that time.
So far as known the Iowa delegation,
besides Governor Carroll and Secre-
tary Nye, will include A. G. Miller OF
Des Moines, chairman of the conserva-
ton commission; J. P. Patrick. rep
resenting the city of Des Moines;
State Delegates A. d. Lemon of Guth-
rie Center, Wells NJ Irwin, Keokuk
and Senator G. J. A. Ericsson of Boone
Thomas Wilkinson of Burlington. rep.
resenting the Upper Mississippi River
Improvement association, will also be
present, as will George G. Call and A.
B. Beall of Sioux City. The party will
reach New Orleans next Saturday
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
SOUTHERN IOWA
Is BUSY PLACE
More Than Three Million Dollars
Worth of Municipal Work for
the Coming Year.

CLINTON, Oct. 22.-More than s9,.
100000 will be spent in municipal i'm
provements in the southern part of
Iowa this year, and during the coming
spring. Extraordinary activity in the
line of Improvement Is manifest in
that section of the state, says c. P.
Chase of this city, former city en-
gineer, who has extensive contracts
throughout that portion of the state
of Iowa. He outlines the work under
way or contemplated in the larger
towns as follows:
Atlantic-s50,0O0 for street paving.
Pella-S $4,000 for water works,
sewers and electric light plant.
Greenfield s54 900 for water works
and sewers.
Leon-$55,O0O for water works and
sewers.
Seymour $4,000 for water works.
Fairfield 100000 for sewers
Osceola-Waterwo system will
be entirely rebuilt
Clarinda- $4,000 for sewers.
Bedford $4,000 for sewers and
pavement.
Red Oak $4,000 for pavement.
Stuart $4,000 for water works.
Perry SIS, 600 for pavement
Colfax- $4,000 for pavement and
sewers.
Grinnell- 100000 for pavement.
Indianola $4,000 for sewers and
pavement
Hamburg $4,000 sor sewers.
1 In addition to this work nearly all
of the smaller towns have municipal
improvements under way, costing
from $4,000 to $4,000. An era of
prosperity exists in the southwestern
part of Iowa hitherto unequalled in the
| Hawkeye state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
TWO Hundred and Thirty-Two Pounds
of Prize Fighter Arrives At
ter Eight Weeks
Absence.
READY BY TOMORROW
Champion is in Fine Shape and spir-
its and Seems in Hurry
to Meet Jack john

NEW YORK, Oct. 22--Two hun
dred and thirtytwo pounds of James
L. Jeffries arrived today on board the
Lusitania after an absence of eight
weeks. Jeff returns with color in his
check a spring in his step, laugh
which betoken most buoyant health
and best of all, with his fighting blood
up and anxious to sign articles to fight
Jack Johnson. They cannot get us
together any too soon" he said. Brief
ly he said he was ready to sign arti-
cles at once, that he will fight before
the club offering the largest purse
for any number of rounds from 20 to
100 and a larger share of the purse
to the winner. Il could go into the
ring tomorrow he said
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
Two Men Who Held up an illinois Gen.
traI Train on Wednesday,
Night at the Sta
ton.
HIDING IN SAND DUNES
blood Hounds TraiIed the Men and
Posse Believes That the Two
Bandits Will be Taken
Soon.

CHICAGO, Ill.,, Oct. 22.-Trailed by
bloodhounds and pursued by an armed
posse of deputies and railroad detec-
tives, two train robbers are being aunt
ed among the sand dunes of Indiana In
the vicinity of Miller's Station-a dis
trict made famous as the hiding place
and battle-ground OF the Chicago car
bandits. The bandits are expected to
be captured, but it is believed they will
put up desperate fight.
The two robbers are wanted for
holding up Conductor ]. Dawson on
the station platform at Harvey We'd
nesday night at the point Of revolvers,
after terrorizing scores of the passen-
gers on the Illinois Central through
passenger train, running between Chi
cago and New Orleans.
The train was held up in view OF
many passengers, and when several
men attempted to leave the Pullman
cars to go to the conductors rescue
the bandits drove them back into the
coaches with threats to shoot them.
1t is believed that the bandits had
planned a repetition of the famous Dia-
mond Special hold-up. The Diamond
Special robbery occurred on the night
of August 1, 1904, when the train was
heavily loaded with travellers on their
way to the worlds fair at st. Louis
The bandits, four of them, swung te
the rear platform of tae train as Il
was pulling out of Harvey. The flag
man, at the point Of reyolvers, wal
/ forced to go through the train aheat
of the bandits, who robbed the passen
gers in their berths.
One by one, members of the passen
ger crew were placed under guard
When the bandits had finished theil
work they moved to the rear of the
| train and forced the flagman to pull
! the air cord as signal to stop. The.
swung off the train into the darkness:
near the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern
| tracks.
i The four bandits finally were round
ed up. but not until three policemen
had been killed in ST. Louis attempting
to arrest William Morris, the leader
Al Rosenaur and Harry Vaughan. Th'
fourth man, Fred Klein was run dow
/ here by Lieut.. Mooney.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
Lake Mohonk Conference Adopts Res
oIutions Which Place Depend.
ants on an Equal
Footing.
1NsULAR POSSESSIONS
The Conference Asks That Philippines,
Hawaiians and Others be
Given Self Govern
ment.

LAKE MOHONK, N. Y. Oct. 22.-
Demanding that the tribal relation so
far as concerns the North American
Indian be abolished and he be pre-
pared for admission to American citi-
zenship in all that the latter implies,
criticism in the expanse of insular
government and insisting that reforms
be enforced and that the inhabitants
at once prepare for self government,
the Lake Mohonk conference of
Friends Of the Indians and other de-
pendent people, adopted declaration
of principals today in which the pres
ent method of government of the
Philippines, Hawaii, Porto Rico,
Alaska and the territories are severe
ly criticised and demands made for
reform. Justice and eventually self
government Is the consumation of lib
erty, the declaration says. This means
for the North American Indian the
abolition of the tribal relations, the
substitution of personal for tribal
property, the recognition of the In
dian rights to travel freely and t.
buy and sell in the open market and
his ultimate admission to American
citizenship. 1t means for the FLIP
ino, opening to him the American mar
kets as 1t has been opened to the
Hawaiin and Porto Rican. It means
that the relation between the U. s
and her insular possessions should be
clearly defined. It means for the in
habitants, the maintenance of loca
self government and the complete de
velopment OF an anglo saxon system
of courts and procedure. The Indiar
is not getting equal consideration
with the other people. This ht
should get. Give the Indian and al
the other people dependant upon the
i U. S. square deal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
Reports From BaIuchistan Are That a
Great Calamity Has BefaIIen
the ePople of That
Section.
TREMENDOUS EARTHQUA
Face Of the Country Has Been G
ed and Great creviee
peared and Swallow s
Village.

QUETTA, India, Oct. 22.-Terrifled
men struggling exhausted into this
place, today report the wholesale des-
truction Of whole villages throughout
northeastern BaIuchistan by earth
quakes. Hundreds are dead in many
Of the larger cities while scores Of
small villages throughout the strick-
en- country, scattered about In the al
most inaccessible mountains, are
known to have experienced dire calam-
ities, according to the refugees arriv-
ing here. They say the entire face
of the country between hero and kaIoss
the capital, has been altered. The
quake tossed up huge lines Of low hills,
throwing whole villages into ruins.
Fug,tives from kurani say that huge
creviee opened up in the earth with
terrible rumbiings and entirely swal-
lowed the center of the village. No
news can be secured from kalos or
from Bugat city of 10000. Rumors
among the nomad tribesmen are that
both of those cities were wiped out
by the quake. The lack Of railroad and
teIegraphs make it impossible to gath
er more definite news but it Is assured
:hSt BeiIap, railway town was ter
ribly wrecked, the public buildings and
r1any homes demolished and 25 known
dead taken from the ruins. Relief
measures are being taken at every
railroad center in thfs part Of India
/ and searching parties are being dis
patched to che stricken district. Two
parties from here have started for
kaIos and Bugat to see If those cities
escaped disaster. The condition ot
the refugees arriving here is deplor
able. Families have been separated in
! the flight and many of the children
lost.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
INDORSED BY
PURITY CONGRESS
Resolutions Adopted Urge Christians
to Help Wipe Out the White
Slave Traffic.

BURLINGTON, la. Oct. 22.-The
National Purity congress adopted res
olutions indorsing the new Iowa law
for suppression of vice and removing
derelict officials; urging Christians to
cooperate with the state against the
white slave traffic; insisting on equal
right of both sexes; urging teaching
the laws of Eugenics and personal sex.
ual hygiene in secular and Sunday
schools; urging congress to increase
the head tax to prevent undesirable
immigration; calling upon, the people
to resist the growing divorce evil. B
S. Steadwell of La Crosse, was elected
president: Mrs. Minnie Skinner of Ce
dar Rapids, recording secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
IOWA MASONS
ARE ADVANCED
Three Hundred Thirty-second Degree
Members Climb to Almost the
Top Round.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 22.-The
supreme council of Scottish Rite
Masons for the southern jurisdiction
advanced about three hundred thirty
second degree Masons to the degree
of knights of commander of the Court
of Honor, a stepping stone to the
thirty-third degree. Among those
elected are the following.
Iowa-G. E. Hamilton, III. X. Horn
ing and w. H. Stoner, of Des Moines;
F Wernetin, Jr., and S. T. White, of
Davenport; +. Fellows, r. J. Item and
H. S. Wilson, of Clinton; M Evans
and G. d. Huston, of Cedar Rapids
A. l.. Fribourg, J. E. Carver G. Jep-
son and A. e. McManus, of Sioux
City; G. l.. Shoonover, of Anamosa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
A Bad Possum.

LEESVILLE, La, Oct. pa party
of young people of this city who took
an old-fashioned opossum hunt, cap
turing several animals, Slaced an opos-
sum in the package apartment of the
post office. addressed to President
Taft. 1t was found next morning by
the postmaster and the animal had
chewed up and destroyed all the mail
in the box. The matter has been re-
ported to the postal authorities, and
what was started as practical joke
may result seriously. Inspectors are
at work on the case.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
Martin N. Johnson sucoumbs to
Brlsht's Disease After Being
Sufferer For Many
Years.
WAS A REPUBLICAN
Vacancy Caused by His Death viii
be Filled by the Governor
Of Dakota Who Is
Democratic.

FARGO, N. D., Oct. 22.-United
States Senator Martin N. Johnson Of
this state succumbed to acute Bright's
disease at his hotel in this city last
night. He had been sufferer for
years and had complained the last two
days. Early reports yesterday were
reassuring. He was suddenly attacked
in the afternoon, grew worse and died
without warning. His wife and broth.
er were with him. The body will be
taken to his home.a Petersburg for
interment. He was SO years old. The
vacancy will he filled by Governor
Burke. democrat. Senator johnson
was a republican.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
Supreme Court Decisions.
Special to The Gate CITY /

Especial to The Gate City.1
DES MONIES, Oct. 22.-Leader
against Farmers Loan and Trust Co..
appellant, Woodbury., affirmed.
Hall, appellant, against c. B. and O.
Ry. Co., Union, affirmed
Bloom, appellant, against Sioux
City Traction Co., Woodbury., affirmed
Wisecarver and Rehnard against G.
r. l. and P. Ry. Co., Jefferson. affirm
ed.
Mahaffy, appellant, against Farris
Des Moines, affirmed.
Shaw against Roberts, appellant
Adams, affirmed.
Cook, appellant, against Whiting
Monona, affirmed
Nichols, appellant, against Roberts
Dallas, modified and affirmed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
Volcano Threatens to Erupt and
May Sprinkle Ashes and Lava
Over the Country
side.
A FATAL EARTHQUAKE
Continued Earthquakes Nearby Have
Also Caused the People to
Flee to the Open in
Alarm.

NAPLES, Oct. 22.-The increased
violence of the eruption of Mt. We
suvius today in connection with the
report of continued earth shocks in
Sicily and southern Italy has caused
great alarm. The peasants fearful of
another Messina disaster, are avoid
ing the town and are rushing to the
open vesuvius is throwing up great
quantities of stone. Explosions ac-
company the eruption. The discharge
is now falling within the crater, but
the amount is steadily increasing ano
it is feared before long lava and Gin
ders will be thrown upon the sur
sounding towns.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
Workmen Are Supposed to Have
Crossed the Dead Line With
Lighted Lamps and
Then Perished.
WAS GAS EXPLOSION
This 10 the Third Large Catastrophe
In the Oklahoma District
Within a Few
Years.

McALESTER, Okla, Oct. 22.-An
explosion occurred in mine No. OF
the Rock Island Coal Mining Com
pany, near Hartshorne, in which ten
men lost their lives. The list OF
dead:
Joe Soils, John Domdroskie, Joe
Zette, James Tots, Ero Dresoy, Jack
Jacobs, Joe Savage, Dan Hughes and
two unidentified men.
William Frankson was probably fat
ally injured, and Jim Johnson, trapper
boy, was slightly hurt.
Tony Orlando is missing.
BY reason of the fall Of debris in
the entry, where the explosion oc-
Cured, and the condition OF the air,
1t was difficult to find the bodies, and
1t was late before the last one was
removed.
Dan Hughes was the gas man and
fire boss, whose duty it was to visit
all the working places between mid
night and 1880 when the men went to
work. 1t was found he had dead
lln6u entry Np. Ii DSlOl0 ChO iiiSi
went down into the mine.
1t is supposed the miners, going, to
work in this entry, ignored the dead
line' and that an open lamp carried
by one of them ignited the gas. The
fact that Hughes was there also leads
to the belief that he was arranging the
air courses to carry out the gas wher
the miners fred 1t by overstepping the
line. Hughes was alive when taker
out, but never recovered conscious
ness.
The mine Is one of the finest in ths
entire district, and is the show place
for visitors as an ideal mine with al
modern conveniences. It's output |:
800 tons per day.
This is the third largest catastro
phe in the history of this mining dis
trict. In 1905, in the Degnan mine a
Wilburton, nineteen men we're kill
ed. On August 26 OF last year twenty
nine men were killed in the Halle.
Ola Mine at Malleyville by an explos
ion of oil.
Barring the fall Of the roof, but lit
tie damage was done to the mine, n
fire following the explosion. TIL
Rock Island Company is one of tn
largest operators in the McAleste
field.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
ROOSEVELT'S READY
FOR MORE HUNTING
Party is Replenishins Outfit and Get
ting Ready for the November
Shooting.

NAIROBI. Oct 22.--Kermit Roose.
velt and Leslie Tarelton Joined Col.
Roosevelt, Major Heller and the.
Roosevelt guide, e. j. Cunningham.
here today. Kermit and Tarelton
spent several days hunting In the
Maxim. They will replenish their outfit
and on Monday the party will leave
here for Guashaeguasho where they
will hunt until the first week in Mo-
vember. November will be spent IN
the Marc region with Lord Delaware
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
Train Struck Horse.

NEOLA, Iowa, Oct. 22.-The engine
and mail car of an east bound Ne
braska- Chicago limited on the Rock
Island railroad was derailed last night
when the engine struck horse as the
train entered town. The engine roll
ed down an embankment. The fire,
man jumped, but the engineer re-
NAMED and narrowly escaped death
The passengers were badly shaken
but none injured
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
Weather Conditions.

A field of high pressure in the souths
eastern states, and the lake. depressions
passing out to New England, has Gauss
ed warmer weather east of the Miss
sissippi, and there have been rains I'M
the lower lake region and northeast.
ern states
A field of high pressure in ths
northern mountain region, Is causing
cooler weather in the Missouri and
upper Mississippi valleys, while a
trough of low pressure extends from
Arizona and western Texas northeast
to Kansas and Nebraska.
Conditions indicate the advance OF
the southwestern depression being at
tended by local rains in this section
tonight or Saturday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
LIBERAL CABINET
GETTING BUSY
Effort to be Made to Modify the Pol.
icies in Order to Pacify the
People.

MADRID, Oct. 22.-senior Moret
and his liberal cabinet today began
the consideration of modifying the
government of Barcelona, that under
the Maura administration had become
almost unbearable. Just how far
Moret will go with his reform is not
known, but it is stated that the gov
ernment repressive policy will only
be lightened so far as is necessary
to pacify the country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
CALLS ELECTION
FOR PRESIDENT
Nicaragua Campaign Will Open Soon
For the Election Late in
November.

BLUEFIELD, Mic, Oct. 22.-Juan j.
Estrada, provisional president of Mic
aragua, today issued proclamation
calling for presidential election late
in November. although l led the re-
volt, do not regard myself as presi-
dent as the people have not spoken
on the subject" the proclamation says.
1t is expected that at least two tick
cts will be put in the field
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
MAN KILLED
BY FALLING MAN
Man Below and His Neck
Was Broken.

DEs MONIES, Iowa, Oct 22.-W. H.
Kennedy, laborer working on the
new coliseum, now under course of
construction here, fell from the top of
that structure and struck on John
Helmquist. another laborer at work on
the ground floor. Helmquist was in
stantly killed by the force of the blow
but Kennedy escaped with but slight
injuries. Y
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
Nelson and WoIaast.

LOS ANGELES. Oct. 22.-Battling
Nelson and Ad. Wolgast We're match
ed to fight 45 rounds for the worlds
lightweight championship here
Thanksgiving day The men agree to
weigh 1873 pounds. A purse of $12,50O
will be hung up.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
TWO INCHES
OF HAIL FELL
Eastern Part Of Hancock County Got
Good Rap by the Storm This
Morning.
special to The Gate City.]

ISUEVIdI 20 I IIo- Srt1oO Ofe9 j
CARTHAGE, Ill. Oct. PA terrific
hail storm extended over the eastern
part of Hancock county this forenoon.
covering the ground over two inches
deep with ice. The area extended from
Bentley to Carthage and some of the
stones were large as small hens eggs.
There were no crops to be injured but
ii was one of the hardest hail storms
ever experienced in this section.
Hundreds of windows in farm hous-
es were broken.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
browns 25 Turks.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. %. =
Twenty-Five persons were drowned
following the bursting of dam at
Lake Derkos, thirty miles northwest
Of this city. The lake supplies water
for the capital.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
THE WEATHER.
Local.

For Keokuk and vicinity, Local.
rains tonight or Saturday.
For Illinois: Unsettled with PROS,
ably rain tonight or Saturday.
For Iowa: Local rains tonight OF
Saturday.
For Missouri: Unsettled with prob.
ably local rains tonight or Saturday
Cooler tonight, south portion. 4
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
Daily River Bulletin.
stage.H Height. Changes State.
Local Observations.

Local UpSerVdtIoHS.
Bar.Ther Wind. State.
81 Z p. m. -. 80 or 61 SW Clear
% I a. m. -. 3O.1S 43 NE Clear
River above low water of 1864, 2
feet / tenth.
Mean temperature, 60.
Maximum temperature, II.
Minimum temperature, 4S.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22
River Forecast.

The river will remain nearly sta
tionary.
FRED Q. GosEwISCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-22

The DslIy oats City Receives
ths Fxil Afternoon unltsd
Prsss Rsporsssst Astsrnsen
sssviss II ths unstst oeasss.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-04-21
ELECTRICITY LOOSE.

Break in Power Line to Bangor
Last Friday.
One of the wires on the power line from
Ellsworth broke Friday afternoon and
caused no end OF trouble before repairs
could be effected. The cause Of the break
ing OF the wire is unknown, but is gener-
ally attributed to flaw in the wire.
The break occurred near Green Lake.
The broken wire reached the ground, and
g, 600 volts of electricity went cayorting
around in earth and atmosphere. 1t upset
the equilibrium OF telephone and tele-
graph wires all over this section, and even
Portland and Boston felt the disturbance,
and sent inquiries as to what had hap
pened.
The power of the current was shown by
granite rock on which the wire fell,
which was partially melted or fused.
The power company had crew out as
soon as possible after the cause of the
trouble was located, and repairs were
speedily made.