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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07

'Train 473-Leaves Keokuk sos am
Train 741-Leaves Keokuk 2:55 pm
sTrain 472-Arrives Keokuk 8:15 pm
@Train 470-Arrives Keokuk 1905 pm
Local Freight Trains.
TRAIN S6--Arrives Keokuk 1878 am
Train SLEEVES Keokuk .11:20am
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SPECIAL EXCURSION
RATE
kEokUK TO ST. LOUIS
And return only $500.

Jno. McNamara, Agent,
Keokuk. Iowa
ISAAC p. LUsk,
Gen. Pass. Agent. st. Louis.
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National LEAGUE.
GAM Es TODAY.

Boston at Philadelphia.
New York at Brooklyn.
Pittsburg at Cincinnati.
Chicago at st. Louis.
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9IRsT-cLAss SERVICE.

Steamer Dubuque leaves Keokuk for
st. Louis every Monday and Friday at
6 a. m.
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THEoDosfA;
eUS.
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Note-'Daily except Sunday. All
otners Trains daily. eism
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PASSED RESOLUTIONS
ON MAYORS DEATH
Franklin Board Of Aldermen Adopt a
Memorial on the Passing Of
George vogt, SIR.

FRANKLIN, Oct, THE following
resolution was adopted upon the death
OF the mayor of this place, at meet
ing of the city council.
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National League.

AT st. Louis.-Chicago and st. Lou
is closed the season here by the
visitors taking both games of the dou
ble-header. The score.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-12
SEALED PROPOSALS.

ADVERTISEMENT TO CONTRAcToRs-ohics
of the Board Of Street and Water Commits
Sealed proposals, Endorsed Lead Pipe and
Pig Lead" will be received at this office from
IS, 1909, and opened at the last named hour, at
a public meeting OF the board to be held at
said time and place, for
100. 900 lbs. %-inch A. A. lead pipe.
q, 900 lbs. of 1-inch A. A. lead pipe.
1000 900 lbs. of pig lead.
figures a per centum amount In excess OF the
PIG LEAD quotation stated in the daily mar
published in The American Metal Market and
Daily Iron and Steel Report for the day fol-
partmsnt Of Water from time to time for the
material needed during the year 1909, for which
he will furnish and deliver at the storeroom
inch and 1-inch A. A. lead pipe, and a per
centum amount In excess OF PIG LEAD quota
said storeroom pig lead.
Each proposal must be accompanied by the
consent In writing of two %sureties, or a properly
qualified surety company, who shall qualify as
to their responsibility In the amount of such
proposal. and bind themselves that II the con-
tract is awarded to the person making the pro-
posal they will become bound as sureties for
its faithful performance, and that il the per-
son making such bid omit or refuse to execute
such contract they win pay to the City of New
ark any difference between the sums to which
they would be entitled upon the completion OF
the contract and that which the City OF Newark
such contract shall be executed.
The amount OF the bond or security required
in the contract for its performance In all re-
speets will be the amount of the bid on the
basis of a quotation OF five 90 cents per
pound. which bond must be signed by two or
more %sureties. resident freeholders Of the
County of Essex and State of New Jersey; or
to become such surety by the laws OF the State
of New Jersey.
OF the Engineer and Superintendent OF the De-
partment OF Water of the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners of the City of Newark at
the city Hall in said city.
Printed forms OF proposal which must be
used in submitting bids) viii be furnished upon
| application to said office.
The Board of Street and Water Commission
ers of the City Of Newark reserve to them
| selves the right to accept or reject any or all
proposals for lead pipe. and pig lead as they
may deem best for the interests of the city.
BY direction OF the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners of the City OF Newark.
t-sse aSs MORRIS r. SHERRERD,
Chief Engineer Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
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NOTICE
Notice is hereby given to all parties Interested
that the Certificates Of Assessment OF the
whole amount of the costs and expenses Of
grading. curbing and Tagging
GRANT AVENUE.
NINETEENTH AVENUE,
SCFLEY STREET.
Earl STREET
CONSTRUCTING THE asst BRANCH LAT
ERAL EVE SECTION 2
have been delivered to me according to law.
Said assessments comprise all the lots. tracts
and parcels of land and real estate lying on
GRANT AVENUE
from Hunterdon street tc Peshine avenue: on
both sides of
NINETEENTH VENUE
from Springfield avenue to the city line; on
both sides Of
sCHIlEY STREET.
from Hawthorne avenue to LYONS avenue; on
HAMBURG PLACE
MAGAZINE STREET, 2
from Berlin street to Avenue L. on both sides
OF
EARL STREET.
from F-re1inghuysen avenue to Elizabeth avenue
The owners of land and real estate assessed
In said Certificate Of Assessment are hereby re-
CURED to pay the amount so assessed upon
them and eacn OF them respectively. to me at
my Office. City Hall. on or before Apri1 10. 1909.
Newark, N. j.. March 70, 1907:
J. II. BACHELLm.
mar1t-6t Comptroller.
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KAFFEE KLATscH in GLEN RIDGE.

In the Glen Ridge Congregational
Church the Kings Daughters held a
kaffee klatsch last night. An entertain
ment was furnished by 1.-THE Maidens
All Forlorn." while "kaffee" and "krul-
lers.'' the latter being the kind like
mother. used to make" were passed
around by young women attired In
Dutch costumes.
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CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.

CITY T~R11AsURERsS OFFICE
No. 3 City Hall.
Newark, n. j., February !, 1909,
To the Honorable Common Council of the City
of Newark. New Jersey.
Gentlemen: In cou1pIianoe with the act Of
the Legislature. entitled, "A further supple5
ment of the act. entitled, an act to amend and
revise the Charter OF the City of Newark APP
proved February %, 1856, l herewith present n
statement of the cash transactions of the city
for the month of January, 1909:
RECEIPTS.
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AT THE MOUTH
OF THE TUNNELS

Automobile Supplies.
ELECTRIC MOTOR AND EQUIPMENT
COMPANY.
232 MARKET ST. NEAR MULBERRY ST.
paby C~prriarrs.
BABY CARRIAGES REPAIRED. vARNTSHED.
Upholstering; tires put on wheels; cane for
chairs; wheels for ice wagons: best work;
lowest prices. y -
NEWARK GO-CART MANUF'G CO..
1913 Washington street.
Hotels.
HOTEL. 10 Commerce St. rooms
zoe, 25c. 35c per night; for gentlemen only;
free baths and latest improvements.
JeweIry Exchange.
u~P-TO-DATE JEWELLERY sold at lowest prices.
Old gold. silver and stones bought for cash
1913 Market st. Room 206.
lighting Fixtures.
HI ELECTRIC MOTOR AND EQUIPMENT
COMPANY.
1872 MARKET ST. NEAR MULBERRY ST.
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CLAIRYOYANTS.

PROF. A. C. RICE.
NEW YORK'S BEST CLAIRvOYANT
PIANIST.
When doubtful. Disconnected. unhappy, con-
suit Mr.. Rice Immediately. His advice in bust
ness, speculation, investment, love, marriage,
divorce, never fails. He reunites the separated.
causes speedy and happy marriages. removes
evil Influences. Mr.. Rice teaches you how to
control or fascinate any one you desire. No
heart so sad nor home so dreary that he cannot
bring sunshine and happiness to 1t.
FREE! FREE!i FREEi!i
To all who come prepared for a truthful read
ing he will tell your full name, occupation and
'o''1t Sc yTTr Yisi' wIrHour CHARGE
215 WEST FORTHWITH ST., NEW r
three doors west Of Astor Theatre. Consultation
hours. 10 to s daily. including Sunday.
MADAM LAREN, clairvoyant, spirit medium;
past, present, future advice; love, business;
so cents. 81; 10 to 8. except Sundays. 4s7 Broad
street.
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p%HRENOLOGY.
STORAGE.

FIRST-CLASS STORAGE.
Locked rooms, padded vans. expert handlers
packing or moving to city or country.
NEW PROCESS"
CARPET CLEANING.
COWPERTHWAIT & VAN HORN CO.
Offices: 1915 Market ST.. Newark. Phone $50.
STORE your household goods with us; sepa-
rate rooms, under lock and key; brick build
ing; low insurance rates; rooms, s1.50 per month
and upward, 199-201 Market st. ROBINSON'S.
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PERSONAL.

person having amy bills for Mr.. VIM.
Koenig. 52 South Eighteenth ST., city. VIII
kindly present same on or hefore Friday. March
~. 1902 Ia order Of settlement.
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CEMETERY MEMORIALS.

GEORGE BROWN & CO..
Established 1850.
aF Designers and Manufacturers Of
MONUMENTS. roMBs. VAULTS AND GEN
lnAL CEMETERY WORK IN GRAN
IrE. MARBLE M TONE
40 N sA BELLEvILLB AVENUE.
OPP. entrance TO Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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WANTED.
Household Good

Household Goods.
l. KINDS OF FURNITURE. CONTENTS
OF HOUSES. FLATS N STORES
BOUGHT; CASH QUICK; CONFIDENTIAL
~ SOUTH ORANGE AV.: PHONE 20L
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AUTOMOBILES.

NOW is the time to become a chauffeur and
earn from $50 to $40 per week. at AUTO
MOB1LE SCHOOL OF NEW JERSEY. 457
washington st near Kinney St. Newark, n. J.
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AGENTS

AGENTS. dealers, our Keepshape Adjustable
Garment Hanger sells because Its a money
saver. J. l.. Budd writes: Hangers sell on
sight; sold IA one afternoon and made S4.55 .
Particulars free; territory going fast. KEEP
SHAPE CO., Dept. 40, 1872 Nassau st. New
York.
AGENTS-we have excellent proposition; come
and investigate. STANDARD CHEMICAL
CO., 252 Central ax.
PRUDENTIAL MEDICAL AID COMPANY
wants canvassers. Call before 8 a. m. PSI
Mulberry.
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COOKS. upstairs. general h~ousework help sup
piled st any time; Lithuanian Polish, Slavish.
ment Office. 10 Ferry St: L. d. phone 275o-W.
COOK ,ouseworlxers nurses: German, Swedes.
Hungafi ian. SCHOOLS EMPLOYMENT
AGENCY $50 Washington st.
WOMAN wants work to 70 out by the day
cleaning. Can be seen at "a Orchard st.
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Parquct Floors.
Hardwood Floors,

parouetry; old floors reanished. VIM. H.
JAMOUNEAU. IL Branford pl. Tel. 22T.
Printers ard Sfatforers.
YOU WANT WHAT YOU WANT WHEN YOU
WANT IT. BIRRELL-BROWN CO. Printers
and Staticuers. 7ad Broad St, Star" Building
Russian and Turkish Baths.
impr we'd Russian and Turkish bath. 10
West Park st. Open day and night.
Window Shades
ENTERPRISE WINDOW SHADE CO. SIS Mar
ket st. u branch of SIS Springfield av.; the
only reliable makers OF window shades; esti-
mates cheerfully given L. D. tel. 222S-R.
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SITUATIONS WANTED.
MALE.

BOY. IS years of age. would like to work at
anything. L. f.. Box 43. Star office.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES chauffeur wants posi-
ton; does own repairing; reference. 25s
Prince ST., city.
WORF-Young man would like position at any
thint. JOSEPH MACKEN. 1TS jacques st.,
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COMING EVENTS.

rHIRTY-sEcoND annual masquerade and Sc
lect gathering of Barckhardt's Dancing
Classes at the Kruger Auditorium. Friday.
March u. Tickets. including wardrobe. soc.
Parents of present and former scholars. 25c.
Music by ]. r. Burckhardts full photograph
orchestra. Dancing at $3.50: grand march $3.50.
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CEMETERIES

AZ deisseds advertisement brings only the
: Aftermath Of trade. It's the nrst call that
Anptures the procession Of customer.
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WANT a lady to sing for the Passion Play.
Apply at $50, Mar
ket at.
wANTpD-Experienced ewo In finish
ing ladies' underwear; factory, Elizabeth. N.
J. Address, giving experience and reference,
N, Box 20, Star Office.
wANTED-A neat German girl for general
homework in family of two.
80 West Kinney st.
WANTED. C~LERKS-young ladies' in tea store,
experience required. Address CLERK, Box
rs. Star Office.
wANTED-Makers and cutters on celluloid but
tons; also learners. Apply &
HOAG CO., Warren st. door.
wANTED-Basters and operators on fine pants.
WIN. DIBFENTHAEIER, "A Green st.
YOUNG GIRL to assist In store and act as
saleslady; only bright one need apply.
'B~ORNSTEINE. $40 Main ST., Orange, N. J..
MALE AND FEMALE.
EXPERIENCED Independent mill sizing and
finishing foremen: also forelady. starters.
sizers, B~lockers, fnishers. rimmers Hangers
and packers In hat factory. A.. M. ROSEN-
BERG. 1-17 Kent st.
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We 90 ~ pa'e''ao'''s. iep"on ~
r VIVID gives consultations free:
Law Elk P Rinss ,.s attention Sas,nes 81
Investigations: quick results; absolute secrecy.
LAWYER. Room 7o5-A. 203 Broadway, New
York.
RUSSELL M. EVERETT. Tel. 45sS-R.
PATENT BAWYER AND SOLICITOR.
7SS BROAD ST. COR. MARKET.
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MEDICAL.

L-ADfEs-xofhinE equals Roebuckts Restora-
tive. 'The pill that will' make good 500
postpaid. DIR. DE WITT. 1865 Broadway, New
York.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

FRAENTzEL g. RICHARDS, patent law.
and copyright. and mechanical engineering.
Liverpool and London and Globe Building,
corner Broad and Mechanic SITS. rooms 601-602.
Phone 3aS5-J, Newark.
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TypEWRETERs AND SUPPL e

Typewriter Exchange.
ALL makes sold. cash or instalments; rentals
50 PEI month up: GOOD repairing reasonably
writer Exchange, . Beaver st. Phone 44S0.
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BUSINESS PERSONALS.

THE world moves. so does JOB DE CAMP
furniture, safes. pianos, desks. etc; packing
and shipping a speciality: estimates cheerfully
lam st.
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TWO HORSES for sale; good workers.
Hunterdon st.
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FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET

BANK ST, 175-Pleasant room. neatly fur
nished. improvements; central; private fam
lily: S1.50.
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SALESLADIES.
HAHNE & CO.. REQUIRE SALES
LADIES FOR THEIR GLOVE DE
PARTMENT. ONLY THOSE HAVING
HAD EXPERIENCE NEED APPLY.
APPLY BY LETTER ON IN PERSON
TIC SUPERINTENDENT.
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WANT a lady to sing for the Passion Play.
Apply at sEAsHELL THEATRE, $50 Mar
ket at.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-12

NEW drop-head sowing machines from SIS up.
with all attachments; 10-year guarantee; call
at our store and be convinced; secondhand ma
chimes cheap. KAAS & BLANCHE. 10 Charl-
ton ST.. tel. NY2-R, Newark.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-01
SUPREME COURT
GIVES MORE Time
Fails to Pronounce Sentence Upon
Tcnncssecans Declared Guilty
of Contempt.

Washington, June 1.-Formcr Shel-
if Joseph f. Shipp and five other men
from Hamilton county, Tenn, were to-
day arraigned before the bar of the
supreme court of the United States for
sentence, they having been found
guilty by the court on the charge OF
contempt i'll participation i'll the lynch.
ing two years ago of coiored man
after the court had granted the negro
permission TO bring his case to the
supreme tribunal on appeal The of
tenders came into court today in :,
body. They were accompanied by of
ficers of the law and their attorneys
and attracted no little attention from
the unusually large number of spec
tators present
The court postponed the passing Ct
sentence to permit the prisoners to file
petitions for 4 rehearins The case
will therefore go over unt:l the next
term
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-01

spent all their vacation there and were
going back to it. There could not have
been any waking thought of suicide
in this beautiful woman's mind.
There must have been somemorbid
trend, however, which found itself dur.
ing the somnambulistic periods which
from time to time developed. The
husband says that many times. while
walking in her sleep, his wife sough,
to kill herself. Once he caught her as
she was walking off cliff, her eyes
wide open and staring. Several times
he caught her as she was about to
throw herself out of a window.
Because of these dangers Mr.. Gun
ningham always kept his bedroom door
locked at night. 1t was SO on Satur
day night. He must have slept several
hours after his wife had gotten up In
her sleep, carefully arranged her hair
gone into the little dressing room
turned on the gas from both cocks
shut the door and nestled down in Z
heap of pillows to die Some sleeping
consciousness that was far removed
from her waking consciousness mus
have impelled her to do this. Tn,
study of psychology is revealing NOR.
and more of our dual natures and oul
| dual dispositions, and this case is IL
my mind splendid Illustration
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-01
|SHUMAKER TAKES
PROFFERED PLACE
Makes known Acceptance of Secre.
taryship of Illinois Y. Nj. G. A.
Succeeding Brown.

Chicago. June 1.-Karl A Shu-
maker of Topeka, secretary. of the
Y. NJ. C.. A. in Kansas has accepted
the call to the state secretaryship of
the Illinois organization. Mr. Shu-
maker was attending an International
conference of the railroad depart
ment of the organization when the
position about to be rendered vacant
by the retirement of |. Z. Brown was
offered to him by John E.. Wilder,
chairman of the state executive COM
mittee.
Mr.. Shumaker is not unfamiliar
with the work in the state. For sew
eral years he was an assistant secre-
tary under Mr.. Brown and remained
here until he accepted the advance
ment in Kansas After the downstate
organizations had expressed their de-
sire to see him assume the work of
the secretary Office it was deemed
likely that he would accept. Mr. Shu-
maker is a native of Springfield, Mo-,
where his first experience in Y NJ. Z.
"A. work was gained.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-01
Aidrich In New Role.
BRIDE COMMITS SUICIDE BY GAS ROUTE
WHILE ASLEEP, is CORONER'S THEORY

New York, June THAT Mrs. Edith
Cunningham, daughter of Mrs. Henry
Hosmer OF Chicago, who was found
dead Sunday morning in an alcove
dressing room on the second floor of
la West Eleventh street, smothered
by gas committed suicide while in q
somnambulistic state was tho, remark.
able theory advanced yesterday by
Coroner Hamburger.
George A. Cunningham, the grief.
stricken husband, to whom the woman
was married less than a year ago.
while not acquiescing i'll the coroners'
theory, admitted that his wife had
been a victim of somnambulism for
many years.
1T is an amazing case all through.
said the coroner 81 am unable to dis
cover the slightest motive for suicide.
The woman was absolutely devoted to
her husband and he worshiped her. |
have examined letters that passed be-
tween them recently, and they indicate
beyond peradventure of doubt that
love was deep and sincere on both
sides.
Then they had come to New Yors
to arrange for the purchase of hun.
ing lodge in North Carolina. They hao
spent their honeymoon at this lodge
and were greatly attached to it. The;
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-01
TAFT TOUCHES KEY and
OPENS BIG EXPOSITION

before the severe standard of abso-
lutte equality before the law can be
restored. 1t demands a new standard
of economy in both our public and
private expenditure.
1t demands the repeal of many
laws and the suppression of many of
the bills presented to state and fed
eral legislatures. So many are there
framed to give to one an undue adj
vantage or take away from another
fair field and an equal Judgment. 1t
demands the abolition of that most
hateful and corrOding element in a
republic that is called class conscious
ness. To steer the ship of state
among these shifting and conflicting
currents, now full speed ahead and
now full speed astern, is a task of
extraordinary difficulty. Yet, unless
ecan follow the course of equal JUS
tice laid down on the chart, ship
wreck lies somewhere ahead.
Creates Vague Impression.
Frequent use of the phrase, our
complex civilization creates a vague
(Continued on Page Ten)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-01
CALIFORNIA STRIKERS
SEIZE TON OF DYNAMITE

the preceding fiscal year. This de-
cline is attributed to restrictive legisla-
tion aimed at INDECENT or somewhat
undesirable immigrants. 1t has not
seriously affected the thrush from the
British isles
The immigration of settlers from
the United States, however, not only
shows an increase over the last fiscal
year, but it breaks all records for i'm
migration from across the southern
border. In the IL months prior 20
March 81, 159,S32 settlers from the
United States came into Canada, bring
ing with them money and effects, the
estimated value of which was $780,
0OO, ,OOO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-01
PUBLICITY REMEDY
Mrs. Ida Wells Barnett Would
Shed Full Light Upon All
Lynchings.
AT NEGRO CONFERENCE
Declares that 3,2S4 Men, Women and
Children Have Been Killed by
MObs i'm % Years.

- New York. June Ii hat 3, $50 mef,s
women and children have been lynched
in this country in the last quarter of
a century was the assertion of Mrs.
Ida Wells Barnett at the national ne
gro conference today. Asking why
this was permitted by Christians, Mrs
Barnett quoted John Temple Graves
as saying the mob stands as the most
potential bulwark between the women
of the south and such a carnival of
crime as would precipitate the ami
hilation of the negro race All know
this is untrue, Mrs. Barnett said.
shows Hypocrisy.
''The lynchinS record" she added
"discloses the hypocrisy of the lynch
ers." Describing the riots at Spring
field, H., she said it was all because
a white woman said a negro man had
|criminally assaulted her. Later, Mrs
Barnett asserted, the woman publish.
ed retraction, but the lynched vic.
Tins were dead.
Publicity as Remedy.
Mrs. Barnett, who has spent several
years in investigating lynehing through
the south and west, brought a propo
sal TO the conference that it maintain
la permanent bureau for investigation
with attendant publicity of all lynch.
ings. Publicity, she said. was an eff
fectiye safeguard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-01
FIGHT TRIAL IN CAPITAL
Smith and Williams Appear i'm the
Panama Libel Case.

Indianapolis, June Charged with
haxins- committed criminal libelin pub
fishing articles charging that there was
corruption in the purchase of the-Pan.
anna canal by the United States, Della
van Smith and Charles r. Williams,
Owners of the Indianapolis News, ap-
peared before Federal Judge Ander-
son today, resisting the effort of the
federal government to remove them
for trial to the District of Columbia,
the grand jury of which found an in
dictment against them and the pro-
prietors of the New York World in
the same matter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-01
ROBERT LINCOLN OVERCOME
Affected by Heat at Unveiling of
Statue to His Father.

Louisville, June Robert T. LIN
coin Of Chicago was so overcome by
the heat at the close of the cere-
monies attendant upon the unveiling
of the statue of his father at Hodgen-
vile yesterday afternoon that it was
necessary for him to be helped to a
carriage. He had travelled from Chi
cago to be present at the services and
had planned to make his first visit to
the Lincoln farm, the birthplace of
his famous parent.