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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-10-30
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AMERICAN
WIDOWS
WHO
COULD
BUY
CHICAGO

MPRESSES of finance
are figures of mighty i'm
portance in the Industrial
scheme of the twentieth
century In the United
States their hold is
strongest The grip of feminine i'm
perialism has been vastly enhanced by
the recent succession of Mrs. Mary
NJ Harrington, wife of the late rail-
road Napoleon, Edward H. Hartman.
to practically complete control of
100000, 900, representing holdings
over almost the complete railroad
skeleton of the United States. She
is now the worlds wealthiest woman,
and in the etiquette of the court of
dollar marks, she marches to the van
of an auriferous galaxy of money
queens.
The female sovereigns of history
who ruled and practiced despotism
over millions of subjects, declared
war, surrounded themselves with pan
oply and display, and through caprice
caused the death of thousands, had
no such amount of power for good or
evil, as these modern women mon
archs They WELD sceptors over null
titudes of industrial workers with
even more completeness of authority,
so far as the aim of bread-winning
goes, than the debt-ridden queens of
old who measured force by a count
of swords and lanceS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
Excursion Steamer in the Harbor of
Montevideo Sank With About
Three Hundred People
Aboard.
ONLY A FEW WERE SAVED
Rammed by Another Heavily Laden
Boat While Both Were Going
to the Fete In the
City.

BUENos AYREs, Aug. 24.-Be-
tween two hundred and three hundred
excursionists aboard German steam-
er, name unlearned, are believed to
have lost their lives today when the
vessel was rammed in the Monte
video harbor by the Colombia, another
excursion steamer. A fete was in
progress at Montevideo and excursion.
lists from all parts Of the coast were
going there in steamers.
The Colombia was heavily laden
and panic occurred at the time. The
officers and crew quieted the passen-
gers and launched the life boats but
the German steamer sank. Among
the few saved was the captain OF the
German vessel who tried to suicide
but was prevented. It is reported that
during the panic number of the
Colombia's passengers Jumped over
board and were drowned.
A vessel is cruising the scene Of
the wreck in hopes of saving a few
but with little chance for the German
chip sank. rapidly with no chance to
launch the boats. Misunderstanding
OF signals IS reported to be the cause
of the disaster.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
Perhaps Emma Goldman.
TALKS ABOUT
INCUBATOR BABY
Mrs. Barclay Says SIZE Loves the
Child and Wants IT for
Her Own.

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 24.-Mrs. Bar
clay today discussed the kidnapping of
Marian Bleakley you wonder love
the baby. # you'd seen her clenching
her little fists and gasping for breath
in the incubator you'd wonder If she's
alive. say without boasting that
my care and love saved her 1t is
remarkable that shs is not afraid of
me, for you don't know all that Mrs.
Bleakley has said to poison her mind.
When | picked her up the other nigh.
she asked: "Are you Mrs. Barclay?"
Ny answer was yes. She asked "are
you going to kill me now?o 1
wouldn't kill you, said. "Rnt Trey
teld re you are going to kill me-"
~ comforted her and she warmed up
to me- The child was beside Mrs.
Barclay while she Talked and the
woman patted her head.
81 had not intended kidnapping when
went to Topeka but saw the babe
outside of tho l5indergarten, so poor
ly dressed that it made me angry.
talked to her and learned her mind
was being poisoned! and decided to
act The habeas corpus hearing VIII
be tomorrow. Tho baby Is happy and
laughs and plays.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
FARM DWELLING
WAS DEsToyED
House in Hancock County Was Burn
ed to the craurd at an Early
Hour this Morning.

Farlv this morning the farm house
cccupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Van
Waller. youns counle living about
six miles southeast of Hamilton. was
burned to the ground together with
nearly all of the contents, there being
no one there at the time TO assist in
saving the furniture. with the excep-
ton of one man and Mr.. Van Waller
The FIRE was caused by a kitchen
f'ue and was noticed about 7:30
o'clock. Mr.. Van Waller was SLIGHTLY
burned while saving what property he
could and was assisted by Burt Byers
who happened along while on his milk
route.
The two men succeeded in getting
good deal of property from the
lower floor of the two story house.
but nothing was saved from the sec
ona story.
The house was owned by Lawrence
Marshall. a brother-in-law of the oc-
cupant, and there was insurance af
$500 or 5000 on the house and 5000
insurance on the household goods.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
FOUND FLoATER
IN A CREEK
Unknown Man Supposed to be a
Printer Was Discovered Drowned
at Burlington.

Burlington Gazette: The BODY of
an unknown man was found yesterday
afternoon floating in Flint creek, 100
yards west of the railroad bridge.
Death had been due to drowning,
whether accidental or Intentional.
will probably never he known. Cor
oner Prugh took charge of the re-
mains and the corpse is being held
at the morgue awaiting Identification.
The hodv was that of young man
probably 80 years of age. The re-
mains were In good CONDITION. indiea.-
ing that It had not been in the water
more than two or three days. The
man had been we'll dressed but was
without hat or coat. His hair had
been lately cut and he had heen care
fun Of his appearance. He wore a
yellow shirt of good material. black
rants. union suit The man was six
feet tall, had brown hair, smooth
face and regular features. In the
rockets was found brown folding
pocket book. p glove bnttoner and Il
celluloid handle knife.
AS q printers rule was found in
the rockets the coroner is of the
opinion that he might have been a
PRINTER. Although number Of the
members OF the Typographical union
called at the norgre last evening,
tfev were unable to identify The hodv.
No one had been renorted missing
from burlington or vicinity in the past
week, particularly in the printing
trade. There bod been two strangers
In the citv looking for work but IT
was thou~ht that they had left early
in the week
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
Well Known kahoka Professional Man
Takes the Place of Aacoek ON the
State Board Of
Health.
MUST LIVE AT CAPITAL.
New Law Provides that Secretary
Must Reside at Jefferson CITY and
Act as State Reg
strar.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 24,-Dr. ]. A. B.
Adcock of Warrensburg, secretary of
the state board of health, yesterday
resigned at the boards meeting held
at the Southern Hotel, and DR., Frank
b. Hitler of Kahoka, Mo-, one of the
new members of the board, was chos-
en- to succeed him. DR.. Adcock re-
signed for the reason that the new
vital statistics law enacted by the
forty-fifth general assembly, which
became effective August 16, makes it
necessary for the secretary of the
board to reside at Jefferson City as
state registrar or statistician and keep
the mortuary and vital statistics col
lected under the law by the regis
trars throughout the state. He could
not give UP his practice at Warrens-
burg, he said, and devote his whole
attention to the duties or state reg
istrar.
The new law provides that the
state registrar be paid salary of
$2,400 a year, but nothing additional
is provided for acting as secretary to
the board except per diem for
actual work. Under the old law the
secretary received $1,000 year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
MORE ANTIPATHY
TO BALLINGER
Forest Service is Bitterly Opposed to
His Policy in Pushing Settlement
Of Lands.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-That the
federal forest service is bitterly oppos-
ed to Ballinger's policy in pushing the
settlement of the so called Alaska
coal lands involving worth nearly a
billion, developed today following the
announcement that the President had
turned the matter over to the attorney
general for his decision. 1t is charged
that Ballinger has not needed the pro-
tests of !. B. CLAWS. chief of he field
division in which the Cunningham
coal claims are located but expedited
the settlement although CLAWS charg-
cd the claims were fraudulently OBJ
tanned. Assistant Forester Price de.
clared today that the forestry bureau
believed with CLAWS that the claims
should not be pushed to settlement
until the charges are fully investigat-
ed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
Al Effective Way to Cause Negroes to
Move Out Of White Districts
In the Larger.
Cities.
WAS TRIED IN ST. LOUIS
said to Have Worked So Well There
That Chicago People Will Try
the Plan to Secure
Relief.

CHICAGO, Aug. 24.-The st. Louis
plan of importing West Indian VOC
docs to drive away negroes who are
obdurate against moving out of white
neighborhoods may be appropriated
by Chicagoans. Attorney Francis A.
Harper, who is leading the fight
against negroes overstepping the
boundaries of the "black belt" ad-
vocated this theory yesterday. in ad-
dition to those OF repeating the thir-
teenth amendment and applying boy
colt tactics to those agents who rent
their pro,erty to colored families.
Attorney Greenleaf, colored, living
at 5237 Ellis avenue. cautioned the
Hyde Park Improvement Protective
club against attemptin, to put their
boycott plan into execution.
Mr.. Harper and others in the club
are not as wise as they might be-" he
said "They must not try to boycott
real estate men. There is law
against that, as they will discover If
they do as they threaten"
When Mr.. Harper wa told this he
declared that the Hyde park club had
a right to make out blacklist sheet
and advise citizens not to patronize
those on It, THAT voodoo idea is a
great one." he added. III 1t worked
in st. Louis 1t ought to prove hit
here also. The negroes are supehsti-
tious and easily frightened. 1t might
be tried out at least"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
ANOTHER MORMON
PASSES AWAY
At One Time Was a Prominent Lead
er in the Church, But Was De-
posed as an Apostle.

SALT LAKE CITY, Aug, 24.-Moses
Thatcher, who died at his home in
Logan, was at one time prominent
in the Mormon church, but because
of his refusal to support the policy
of the church control IN civil affairs
was deposed from his apostleship.
Born in Sangammon county, Illinois
in 1912, he came to Utah as q child
with his parents, who were Mormons,
and became a Mormon missionary at
the age of Is In the church he held
several high offices. The Utah legis-
lature in 1908 rendered him the office
of United States senator, but he re-
fused it. For several year. before
his death Mr. Thatcher was largely
interested in Mexican land and other
investments in that country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
A VICTORY FOR
WESTERN JOBBERS
The Famous Missouri River Rate
Case Hes Been Decided by Per.
n1ancnt Injunction.

CHICAGO. Aug, 24.-The United
States circuit court today made per
manent the injunction restraining the
interstate commerce commission from
enforcing the order to compel the
railroads to give proportional
through rate from the Atlantic sea
board to Missouri river points. This
Is the famous Missouri River Rate
Case" and the decision Is a distinct
victory for the western over the
eastern jobbers. 1t affects all of the
iobbing centers west of the Missouri
particularly st. Louis, Chicago Den
yer and Kansas City.
The inter state commission ruling.
o-er-ruled by the court today provi led
for thorough rate from the Atlantic
seaboard, eastern iobbers having pro-
tested against breaking rates at
Missouri river points which they
CAIN placed them Under heavy ex-
pense for trans-shipment,
The western iobbers insisted that
the eastern jobbers were given an mn
fair advantage by through rates. The
interstate commission ruled in favor
cf the easterners. The court held
that the commission laid unon the
manufacturers and communities af-
fected, an artificial land whicli 1t nev-
er intended should be put forth, there.
fore outside power was conferred
upon the commission by congress"
Grosscup read the decision. Kohl,
saat concurring and Baker dissent
ing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
TWO MILLION
MORE ACRES
Another Land Lottery BY the Gov
ernmsnt For Some Farms in the
D2kofa States

WASHINGTON Arg. % Taft has
signed a proclamation fo- the dis
posal Of two million acres in South
Dakota and two hundrel and seven
teen thousand acres of North Da,ota
land which is in the Cheyenne river
and Standing Rock Indian reserya-
tions To be disposed of through lottery
at Aberdeen, S. D. on October aG En-
tries must be made by April /, 1910.
Aberdeen, Pierre, lennon, Lebeau,
ard Mobelidge. S. D., and Rismack.
n D., are named as registration
points for the Cheyenne Standing
Rock land lottery Information CON
cerning the lottery can be obtained
from James w. Witten, superintend-
ent Of the opening. Washington. D. c..
until September IS. After that date
he will be at Aberdeen, S. d.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
SALVATION ARMY
IN JUNK BUSINESS
/. riest Does Not Believe the organi.
zation Is Up to What 1t Was
Several Years Ago.

BALTIMORE, Md, Aug. 24.-The
Rev. Bartholomew Hartwell of St.
Ann's Roman Catholic church, in a
sermon characterized the members of
the Salvation Army as Junk dealers" !"
He was speaking of the duties OF
religious organizations. Referring to
the Salvation army, he said:
Cardinal Manning paid it high
tribute as religious organization, but
that was twenty years ago. These de.
voted men and women congregated on
the street corners, preached religion
IN manner they thought righteous,
and thoroughly succeeded as re.
ligious organization After the reli-
gious part of the program they took
up little collection. which was per-
fectly proper, but. as | have said, that
was twenty years ago.
Look at them today. You don't
see the women, wearing quaint bon,
nets, going down the streets; you
don't see or hear bass drum. But
you see during the mornings the wag.
ons of the Salvation Army stopping
at your homes and gathering junk.
From a religious organization they
have developed into lot of junk deal
ers.
There also is the case of the Young
Mems Christian Association. Once
upon time that name was synony-
nous with religion. Now it is looked
upon as an influential organization in
material affairs. There they teach
typewriting. athletics, rowing and
basket ball, and little religion as a
side ISSUE
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
THE FUNERAL
WAS STOPPED
Dead Man Said to Have Made Con.
tract For the Cremation Of
His Body.

GOSHEN, Ind, Aug. 24.-When the
funeral cortege of Charles Crary
reached the cemetery 1t was met by
Y. 3. Silver, an undertaken, and his
attorney and several policemen, who
prevented the coffin being lowered
INTO the grave, On the contention that
|crary, six years ago. entered into a
contract with Silver to have his body
|cremated in Chicago. The body VIII
ne held in vault until the court givea
e decision in the controversy. Crarys
uncle, Wesley Crary. says that he was
mot mentally responsible when the
contract with Stiyer was made.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
HIS DEAD BODY
WAS BURNED
Half crazed Negro Who Wounded
Twenty-one People, Was Shot
to Death and then Gre
mated,

MONROE, La, Aug 24-Burned in
the presence of several thousand peo-
pie in the public square, the body of
Bill Way, a negro, was disposed of
today after considerable excitement.
The negro half crazed from either
cocaine or whiskey. had run amuck
through the main street, carrying a
double barrel shot gun and firing in
every direction. causing the people to
beat hasty retreat and seek places
OF safety.
The citizens returned the fire and
after getting organized to fight the
maniac, succeeded in bringing him to
earth. shooting him dead. Before he
fell he had wounded twenty-one citi-
zens. The body was then taken to
the square and burned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
DEAN PIERsAL
rs CALLED
sprinofield M. E. Church Would Like
to Have Him as the Pastor
of the Congregation

SPRINGFIELD, H., Aug. 24.-By a
practically unanimous vote, the oiliciai
body of the FIRST Methodist Episcopal
church. the largest and wealthiest
congregation in the city, lest night
asked District Superintendent Chris.
Galener of Springfield district, to use
his influence with Bishop Goodsell to
allow the Rev. A. c. Piersal, OF Iowa
dean of the Iowa Wesleyan university
and pastor of the college there, to be
transferred to the illinois conference
to accept the passorate of the church.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
SUICIDE SEEKER"
SEEKS NO LONGER
Vaudeville Performer Landed on His
cranlum While Leaping Gap
on Roller Skates.

WAUkISHA, Wis, Aug. 24.-Burt
Williams. billed on park vaudeville
circuits as the Suicide seeker" was
probably fatally injured while doing
his act at Waukesha Beach. Will
liams leaps the gap on roller skates.
turning a backward somesault into
the lake. He turned the somesault
too quick and struck his head on the
chute, sustaining fracture of the
skull, Rendered unconscious by the
blow. he narrowly escaped drowning,
but was rescued by spectators on the
pier.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
The Decatur Eire

DECATUR, ILL.,, Aug. 24.-All dang
ger of water famine here as a re-
suit of the threads on the supply to
fight the fire here is past. The water
company's action in cutting off the
residence districts allowed time for
the tanks to refill, and today there
was enough on hand to supply the
city The total loss from the flames
now is S921,1G0. Work of clearing
away tse debris, preparatory to erect
ing new buildings, has already begun.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
PELLAGRA is
ADDING VICTIMS
Five Deaths and Five Gases Almost
Caused a Panic in Southern
City.

MONTGOMERY, .Ala., Aug. "a
With five deaths from pellagra in But
Ter county, three persons dying and
five cases under observation, there is
almost panic in that section. The
state department of health has been
importuned to send help, but DR. N.
Mason, the only expert in the service
is investigating in Clark county,
where more than 100 cases are report
ed. County health officers have been
instructed to isolate all cases and
watch them with view to determin-
ing whether CT not they are infectious.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24

WICHITA, Kan, Aug. 24.-John
Marshall, assistant attorney general
for the state of Kansas, is here to in-
vestigate the week of carnival which
followed the removal OF the "lid" last
Monday Apparently every joint clos
ed out its stock by Saturday night for
none We're operating when an ordi-
nance prohibiting tho sale Of imitation
beer in less than gallon quantities
went into effect and restored the lid.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
Weather Conditions.

Barometric conditions have changed
but slightly, areas Of high pressure
continuing IN the eastern and north
western portions nt the country, with
narrow trough of low pressure be-
tween them, which extends from Lake
Superior to Arizona.
The temperature has risen slightly
IN the central valleys, and 1t is cool
e. in the northwestern and eastern
districts.
Scattered light showers have con-
tinued in the mountain reT'on; there
have been light showers from eastern
Montana to upper Michigan, and
showers on the gulf coast, with heavy
rain at New Orleans.
Conditions indicate generally fair
weather for this section tonight and
Wednesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
Automobile Turned Turtle and Threw
Him and His Wife Out and
Into Ditch In
Indiana.
HIS WIFE WAS INJURED
Evangelist Was Net Hurt In the Ac-
eident Which Was Caused BY
His Attempt I, Pass
Another.

LA PORTE, Ind. Aug. 24.-An au.
tomobile containing Billy Sunday, the
evangelist, and his wife turned turtle
throwing the couple into ditch. Mrs.
Sunda was seriousl injured. but her
husband escaped with minor bruises.
Sunday was seriously injured, but he'd
and in attempting to dash by a ma
chine the two autos "hubbed.'' The
accident happened near Yellow Creek
lake in Fulton county.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
q Few Words by Cannon Seem to Be
a Good Enough Answer to the
Long Open Letter by
Fowler.
HE CALLS HIM A JOKE
Uncle Joe Says That Fowler is a Biz
Joke and That All Congress -
Knows That He is -
Joke.

MACKINAc ISLAND. Mich, Aug.
24.-Why should notice Fowlerg"
asked Cannon referring to the for
mes letter attacking "cannonism.
Canno added that he was willing
for his colleagues in the house OF rep
resentatives to judge of his action in
refusing to appoint him. Why in h
should | answer him? He's a joke
and all congress know he's joke" he
said.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
A Croauet Accident.

MASON CITY, Iowa, Aug. "a
While leaning en- a croquet mallet
watching a game. Herman MCGOWAN,
forty-fve years old, had the handle
driven into his body in the region of
the floating ribs by striking his heels
against the mallet which let him fall
He is in a serious condition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
CIippcrton Islands.

MEXICO CITY. Aug. 24.-Recent
dispatches from Acapulco say that the
people OF that port believe that Clip
perton islands were swallowed up by
the sea during the late earthquakes.
No word of any kind has come from
the islands.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
An offer to Buy.

Curtiss is today considering an of
fer representing to come from the
British government for his biplane
which made the record last night. Cur
tiss is the favorite in the irft'n~ for
the Internal { nal ra e set FOR Sata da
with Bleriot as second choice
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
jerome win Run.

h NEW YORK. Aug 24.-District At
'ofney William Traverse Jerome, an.
nounced last night that he will be a
candidate for reelection this fall, run
ning Independently.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
THE WEATHER.
Indications For Iowa, Illinois and Mis-
souri,, Wired From Chic-go.

For Keokuk and vicinity: General
ly fair tonight and Wednesday.
For Illinois, Iowa and Missouri;
Generally fair tcnight and Wednesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
For the First Time the Men See That
the Company Can Get Along
Without Them and Can Keep
Up Operation.
MOUNTED TROOPS WIN
Strikers and sympathizers are Search
ed and Any Man With Bruise
is Arrested On Charge of
Riotlns.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug. 24--Three
columns of smoke came from the
cainneys of the Pressed Steel Car
Compsny's plant in Schoenville last
night, the plant being still in opera
ton despite the efforts OF the mob to
scare off the imported workingmen.
Last night the striking men seemed to
realize for the first time that the cor:
pany could do without them. Forty
state police are on their way here to
augment the company of mounted con.
stabulary now on duty at the car
plant The strikers realize that the
mounted troopers are more than a
match for them. Yet. all during the
day these troopers were subjected to
abuse from house windows and doors,
whenever they chancad to pass a
strike sympathizers home. In re-
taliation every striker Or sympathizer
who lefth is doorsteps was searched
Beside the searching, the troopers in
sisted on examining the bodies of the
strikers, and if they bore bruises or
traces of being dubbed, they were
promptly arrested as the troopers con
sidered such evidence proof that the
men had participated In the rioting.
Perhaps Emma Goldman.
The authorities are controlling the
lieved to be Emma Goldman who last
lieved to be Emma Boldman who last
night started for Schoenville but has
not been seen today. Two strikers
died last night making a total of eight
dead from Sundays rioting. Other
deaths are expected today.