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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26
Sidney Love Intends to go to the Pa
cifc Coast and Try to Re-
gain His Lost
Fortune.
HE MAKES STATEMENT
The Report From London That His
Wife Had Appealed to Ambas-
sador, Has Been De-
MED.

CHICAGO, H., Oct. 26.-Sidney C.
Love. former wealthy broker and club
member, whose broken and club
member, whose sudden return to Chi
cago after an absence In Europe. fol-
lowing his business failure, caused a
good deal of comment and gossip, is
back in this country with the purpose
of starting all over again in an effort
to regain his place in the business
world. His plan is to begin anew and
he is going to some Western city TO
go to work"
Such is the salient fact contained
In brief formal statement issued by
Love through Clarence s. Darrow, his
attorney.
The rumors of divorce proceedings.
legal action to secure portion Of his
wife's estate, efforts to gain possess
sion of his child, which is now with
It's mother in London, and other stor-
| les which have been going the rounds
are denied by Darrow, who says that
Love has had no thought of any such
proceedings and that so far as he
knows there is no intention on the
part Of Mrs. Love to bring suit for
divorce.
Beyond the intinnation that Love is
going to make his future place of resi-
dence in some Pacific Coast city, no
inkling of his future address is given.
It is said he will leave Chicago with
in q few days.
In the meantime it is reported from
London that there was no foundation
for story from that city to the ef.
feet that Mrs. Love had appealed to
the American embassy to assist her in
! frustrating an alleged plot on the part
of her husband to s,dnap the child.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26
Pistol Was usad.

LONDON, Oct. 6.-According to
tae dispatches from Toxic, Prince Ito
had just left his special car at the
railway station and had Joined M. Ko-
kozoff, the Russian minister of FL
nance. AS the prince turned to adj
dress the foreign consuls gathered
there to welcome him, Korean step
ped out of the crowd, drew a revol-
Yer and standing behind Ito fired sew
eral shots into the little group of dip
lomats. The Japanese consul general,
his court secretary and one other
member of the party were wounded
The assassin was arrested. He said
several of his relatives had been or.
dered executed by Prince Ito while he
was resident general of Korea and
that he came to Harbin with the ex
press intention of killing Ito. Prince
Ito's son, deputy master of ceremonies
for the Mikado, is enroute from Japar
on the steamer Atsumtam Maru. He
is expected to reach Manchuria Thurs
day
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26
Wants Jeffries to Get Into the Very
Best Shape Before He Knocks
Him Out of the
Ring.
BATTLE NEXT SPRING
Negro Says He is Yelling to Con-
cede Anything in Order to
Have the Fight As
sured.

CHICAGO, H., Oct. 26.- Mistan
Jeffries can take all the time he wants
in getting ready for the little argu
ment with me in the ring. ] want him
to be good and ready SO tnat when
whip him the public will have to give
this black man credit for being the
best fightah of the whole worl' Just
say that Jeffries and will fight in
March or April for the heavyweight
championship of the world. and that
the fight will be staged in America" f"
This was the positive statement
handed out by Jack Johnson. the col
ored claimant to the heavy weight
land limited.
1--WE are down to business now and
| will depart for New York Wednes-
day, where l am to meet Jefferies on
Thursday to sign articles and settle
upon the date continued the big
black fighter. II have wired Jefferies
to that effect and have received word
that he will meet me and settle the
match. A great many people have the
idea that Jefferies has been blaffing all
the time, but have every reason now
to believe he is in earnest and that
he will fight sure either in March or
/ April.
81 will concede anything within
reason and will consent to any divis-
/ ion of the purse that he wants. He
/ can make it winner take all. rs per
! cent to the winner and 25 per cent to
the loser, or he can split it, 60 and 40
"There is only one thing / will in.
sist on relative to the match. That is
that the fight must be held either In
England Or in America. will not fight
in Australia again. / will encourage
1 the idea of fighting on our home
ground The American people are en-
/ titled to see this big show, and be
/ lieve he would prefer fighting at home
! than abroad. also think it is safe to
1 say that the battle will be in Ca'ifor
MIA.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26
COMBINING TO
GUST CANNON
lnsursent Republicans in Combine
With Democrats to Kick the
Speaker Out of His
Position.
BELIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE
Several Conferences Have Been Held
and the Plotters Have Been
Looking up the Proper
Procedure.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 26.-Insurgent
Republican congressman in combina-
ton with Democrats will attempt to
oust Cannon at the next session Of
congress. According to Congressman
Charles r. Davis, the anti-Cannon men
will not wait for the sixty-second con-
gress. They believe they can oust
Cannon during his present term and
they are already outlining their plan
of action. I'VE are not going to wait
for the sixty-second congress-" said
Davis. 1--WE have il good chance for
success, / believe. .'he plan for the
removal of Cannon as been on foo.
for some time. Cannon as speaker
will have the upper han in the begin
ming of the fight. An investigation has
convinced us that speaker of the
house can be removed and Joseph
Cannon will be removed, if the insur-
gent Republicans and the Democratic
majority will join. | was present at
several conferences at which the re-
moval of Cannon was discussed. Ten
alive plans We're made. We have
W ldied the parliamentary situation.
II, ne procedure in ousting a speaker
Ms envolved but we are convinced that
there is authority for such actions oD
the part of the house. The chair
must recognize the man who is to
start the ball rolling. With Cannon
as speaker, you can rest assured that
the recognition of this man will be
difficult All we want is the oppor
tunity and we believe it will present
ITSELF"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26
Sir Thomas Upton is Here to Lift
the Cup and is Not Discourage
ed After Failing Three
Times.
WILL BE A COSTLY JoH
He Builds TWO Yachts For Each Race
and is Not Backed by
Syndicate in the
Work.

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Prepared to
challenge for the Americas cup the
moment the New York Yacht club
revises it's rules to give a foreign
built challenger an equal chance with
an American boat, Sir Thomas Upton
arrived here in the White Star liner
Cedric.
Il have been licked three times" he
said, "but each time the racing rules
have been so changed that ! had to
build bigger freak than the last
give times the rules have been
changed They were made for this
race alone, and as long as they con-
tinue you may as we'll build brick
wall around the mug.
''If they will race under the rules OF
the New York Yacht Club and of
every other club in America I'll chal-
lenge. There are two sets of racing
rules: The universal rule, which
holds in America, and the internation-
al rule of Europe. want to race un-
der the universal rule, and IL don't
win I'll give them good sport.
"Under the present rule there is not
a. man in Europe who can build a
boat, sail her across the ocean and lift
that cup. All / ask is fair chance.
I may get another licking, but you will
know that the better boat won. / am
willing to race with . ninety-footer
/ but I don't want a frrak forced upon
\ me by the present conditions.f
.'There are esno better sportsmen IL
/ the world than Americans, and o.
them / have nothing to say but the
most pleasant things. don't ask any
favors, but simply that each boat may
cross the line with an equal chance
| What is good enough for America is
] good enough for me; but can't built
| a boat in England sail her across the
ocean and beat one that you bui'd a
your back door.
"The rules were made for tht
Americas cup race, but if the New
York Yacht Club will race under theil
own rules l will be ready by 1911. l
will take year to build her, and
have to give ten months notice of thu
boat enter. They only have to Civ,
one week.
1T is a very costly job building two
great racing yachts, for I have tt
build two to try one against the other
This expense falls upon me individual
ly. No syndicate is back of me.
81 have great hopes that my sport
ing friends OF the New York Yach
club will see their way clear to permi
me to challenge under the universe
rules. There is no place in the worl,
I'd rather race than Sandy Hook AM
it is the ambition of my life to lif
the Americas cup.
MY Shamrocks necessarily hav
been such freaks that have lost tw,
men in crossing the ocean, one bein,
killed by falling mast and the othe
by falling tackle caused by the ligh
. weight of material used
, 81 want to say one word for Charlie
, Barr. He is the greatest skipper i
! the world, bar none, and is worth seN
, eral minutes to any boat he sails"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26
RUSSIAN CZAR
LEAVES ITALY
Got over the Frontier Without Being
Assassinated BY Being Most
Carefully Guarded.

RACCOGINO, Oct. 26-After two
days as the guest of King Victor EN-
manuel, Emperor Nicholas left here,
He took an affectionate farewelltof the
king and queen, the former accom-.
panying him to the railroad station.
All along the route troops were drawn
up in double file and the same precau.
tions were taken 60 guard the railroad
line to the italian frontier The Rus
sian emperor promised soon to return
to Italy with the empress, who, he
said, wishes to see her old friend
the princess of Montenegro, and the
great country of which she became
queen" The Italian frontier was
reached in safety, and before proceed
ing the emperor sent a telegram tc
the king again thanking him for his
splendid reception.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26
countrymen Mont.

WORCESTER, Mass, Oct. 26.--Bar.
on Shibuhsaa, the Rockefeller of ia
pan and head OF the commission which
is here today, wept when he heard the
news of Itos assassination. All OF
the members of the party spoke OF
him and his political accomplishments
in glowing terms. The baron said
The news has stunned us all Our
country mas sustained no greater loss
than his death. Personally the Prince
was very liberal and philanthropic
man, liked by all people. Being, how.
ever the foremost maker OF the new
Japan in the fifty years OF his polit.
ical life he was often exposed to as
sassination."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26
Weather Conditions.

The northern field of low pressure
has centered in depression north OF
the upper lakes, and has been at
tended by cloudy weather In the Lake
Region, and rains in some portions.
In all other districts the weather is
generally fair, with moderate tenn
perature, and fields of high pressure
are over the eastern slope of the
Rockies, and in the southeastern
states.
Conditions indicate fair weather.
with moderate temperature, for this
section tonight and Wednesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26
Bank Guarantee Law.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2e.-The Okla
homa system of guarantee for banks
operating under state charters. re-
ceived the second shock in the view
o. treasury officials within the past
week when the Union National Bank
of Bartlesville. Okla. capitalized at
$1O0, 900, was authorized to commence
business. Mortimer F. Stillwell is
president. The other case was the
changing of state bank to national
bank.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26
Roster Of the ElotilIa.

The flotilla and its roster follows:
Steamer Oleander. carrying the
president and his personal party.
Steamer Erastus Wells, carrying
Frank H. Hitchcock, postmaster gen
eral; Charles Nagel, secretary of
commerce and labor. and Mayor f. Fl.
Kreismann, ST. Louis.
]. NJ. Dickinson. secretary Of war,
will join the party at Memphis.
Steamer Mississippi, carrying the
members of the Mississippi river com.
mission and United Startes army and
state engineers.
Steamer ST. Paul, carrying COVER.
nors of states, newspaper men and
special guests of the association
Steamer Lily, carrying foreign dip
lomats
Steamer Quincy, carrying Speaker
Joseph Cannon, John Barrett, direc.
tor international bureau Of American
republic, and members of congress.
Steamer SaltilIo, carrying efaeia'
of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf deep y,
way association.
Steamer Alton, carrying members
of the st. Louis Business Mems
league.
Steamer Cape Girardeau, carrying
Missouri, East st. Louis, Belleville
and Alton deep waterway delegates
and ladies.
Steamer G. W. Hill, carrying mem
bers of the Illinois Manufacturers as
ISOLATION and the Chicago Deep Wa
terway convention
Steamer Grey Eagle, carrying Kan
sas City deep waterway delegation.
Other steamers in the fotilla join
ing it at various points are:
Steamer Grand, carrying Little Rocl
deep waterway delegates.
Steamer Illinois, property Of the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26

Burned TO Death.

CORSICANA, Texas, Oct. 26.-Bes-
sic Grisby and Helen Miller, occu-
pants of rooming house here, were
burned to death when fire destroy
ed the building conducted by Flor
ence Day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26
The President Stood Upon the Deck
Of the OIeander as the Moon
Rose Over Soft Haze Of
October Twilight.
BOOM FOR WATERWAYS
Even Speaker Cannon Has Become En-
Unused and is Now an Advo.
cate Of the Improvement
Of the Rivers.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 26.-With black
smoke belching from twenty-four
smokestacks, until the whole river
front was blotted out; with engines
pounding and crowds on deck waving
and cheering in response to the wav-
Ing and cheering of the crowds on
shore; with factory, locomotive and
river craft whistles blowing shrill
farewell. and carrying the hopes and
good wishes of millions of waterway
advocates in the Mississippi Valley,
President Taft's fleet of a dozer YES
sells, bearing the president and vice
president, cabinet ministers, United
many governors and other notables,
followed by a swarm of minor escort
ing boats steamed majestically out of
St. Louis harbor at o'clock yester-
afternoon, bound for the Lakes-to-the-
Gulf Deepwaterway convention at
New Orleans, which is expected to
clinch the matter of a permanent
policy on the part of the government
toward the Improvement of the Mis-
sissippi river and it's tributaries.
The start was most auspicious and
as the fleet cleared the smoke of the
city and that created by itself and
swung out in single file behind the
OleRnder, President Taft's flagship
the soft haze of the early October
twilight was lightened by the first
rays of the rising moon, forming a
most impressive picture as the steam
ers passed Carondelet and Jefferson
Barracks, and promising a successful
Journey in the minds of the rivermen.
Not only was the start of the river
trip, to which President Taft has
looked forward to for months, prom
ising, but the events of the day lead
Ing up to the embarkation and de.
parture were most satisfactory and
encouraging to the president and to
the waterway boomers themselves.
Perhaps the most significant feature
of the days developments, and one
to which greatest Importance attaches
was the unequivocal declaration oi
Speaker Cannon of the house of rep
resentatives in favo- of the plan oi
waterway Improvement advocated by
President Taft in his speech at the
coliseum.
Speaker Cannon has not been re
garded as particularly warm friend
of the waterway proposition in the
past, and his declaration yesterday
made at the dedication of the new
federal building in East st. Louis
was received with acclaim by th'
waterways boomers. 1t removes on
of the few remaining obstacles in tn
way of the consummation of thei
plans, they believe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26
Golden Weddina.

QUINCY, Oct. 20 Yesterday the
golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
ry Ording, two of Quincys best known
and most highly respected residents,
was celebrated. They reside at 1867
Main street, and the event was tho &C
casion for the gathering of many of
their friends who have known and re-
yered the couple for years
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26
Jolly COLLEGE Life.

FAIRFIELD, Iowa, Oct. 26.--Two
hundred Parsons college students are
facing arrest for forcing entrance to
theatrical production Saturday
night. The college authorities are en-
deavoring to prevent the issuing of
warrants.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26
Prince Ito Assassinated by a Korean
at Harbin Today According to
the News Received This
Afternoon at Toxic.
WAS EMPEROR's ADVISOR
Ito Had Gone to Meet the Russian
Minister Of Finance and Was a
Visitor to the United
States in 1870.

TOXIC, Oct. 26.--News has been
received here that Prince Ito, the
famous Japanese statesman, has been
assassinated by Kt/ean at Harbin.
Prince Hirbumi ITO was perhaps
the greatest statesman of the New
Japan The achievement with which
his name has been chiefly associated
in the minds of the occidentals was
the framing of the imperial consti-
tuition, by virtue of which Japan took
her place for the first time in the rank
of modern civilized states.
The fateful news was received in
Toxic at o'clock this afternoon.
The dispatch contained only the brief
announcement that Prince Ito had
been assassinated. The news has
caused great grief and CONSERVATION.
AS the emperor's trusted advisor
and the medium through which the
state was. placed on constitutional
basis, he must be regarded as one OF
the positive factors which have helped
to make for Japan her present stand
ing among nations. He was 6S years
old. 1t was in 1863 that he made his
celebrated pilgrimage to England at a
time when it was against the law OF
his country to go abroad and the pen
atty for infringement was death. New
ertheless, inspired by a patriotic feel
ing and a desire to learn the secret O
A occidental supremacy, he undertook
the trip, which proved SO beneficial
to his country later on.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26
The U. S. Interests.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-Prince
Ito's death is regarded in Washington
as serious loss to foreign nations be-
cause he took broad view in dealing
with the oriental situation. Assistant
Secretary Wilson compared his posi-
tion in Japan to that formerly occu-
pied by Yuan Shi Xxi in China. Al
though Ito was the greater of the
two. Ito's experience in Korea was
characterized by such tact and fair
ness that his regime was respected by
foreign missionaries and business in
terests very l1tghly. The question
of absorbing interest here is the OBJ
ject of his visit to Manchuria, as both
Japan and Russia are in a similar po-
sition in reference to the other pow
ers because their administration in
railroad zones, it Is assumed the OBJ
ject Of the visit was to agree upon a
mutual plan, to meet the objections
of the powers which are about to pro-
test against sovereign rights in these
districts. A secret treaty agreement
between Russia and Japan was believ-
ed at one time to exist The United
States has always watched very close
| ly the Russ, IN administration at Har-
bin. In the recent Manchurian agree.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26
state Of Illinois, and carrying state

state Of Illinois, and carrying state
officials.
Steamer Florence II, carrying edi-
torial stan Chicago Tribune.
Steamer Belle, of Muskogee, carry
ing MusKogee Commercial club and
Oklahoma delegates.
Steamer A. M. Scott, carrying West
Virginia delegates.
Steamer Sarah e. Denborn, carry
ing Louisiana Deep Waterway dele
gates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity: Fair to-
night and Wednesday. Moderate
temperature.
For Illinois, Iowa and Missouri:
Fair tonight and Wednesday. Mod
crate temperature.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26

ment, Japan occupied similar posi-
tion in reference to that of the U. s.
and it may have been the aim of the
Japanese to ally their interests with
those of Russia.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26
Arrived In Harbin Today.

Ito, who was present privy council
of Japan, left Toxic Oct. 16 for a tour
of Manchuria. He arrived at Harbin
today where he was to meet
Kokovsoff, Russian minister of
finance. The conference, 1t was said,
was at the behest of Japan and Rus
sian foreign diplomats attached great
Importance to it, although the exact
motives impelling the Japanese to pro-
pose the conference is not known
The subject to be discussed was
not suggested in the Japanese over
lures and M. Kokovsnff, it was said,
had barred political ,iesttons. He
said that he was competent to discuss
only financial and territorial subjects,
these covering tle status of the Man
churian railroads. In some quarters
it was believed that the tour of Prince
Ito in Manchuria had been of a po-
litical nature and that it had been
basis of an attempt to forestall the
protests against Russia's domination
of the Manchurian railway zone un-
der her agreement with China by af-
fecting a complete understanding be-
tween Japan and China.
Prince Ito vieited the United States
in 1870 as a commissioner to investi
gate the financial banking systems.
On his return to Japan he was ap-
pointed prime minister of public
works. In 1880 he negotiated with
Lii Hung Chang on the Korean ques-
tion and concluded the treay which
formed the basis of Japans justiflca-
ton for her war with China in 1894
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26
Daily River Bulletin.
River Forecast.

The river will remain nearly sta.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-26
Local Observations.

RIVer ABOVE low WaCeT- OF ISb4
feet L tenth.
Mean temperature, 80.
Maximum temperature. 5S.
Minimum temperature. Al.
FRED 2. GOSEWISCH,
Observer
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-22
VEGETABLES ON THE ROOF.
A Real Practical Garden Constructed
on the Housetop.

Saying that the conventional roof
garden was misnomer, Mrs. Antonio
Bellestri of 1899 Hilien street. built a
real garden on her roof and planted
a variety of vegetables. Stalks of
corn, which is only one Of the many
vegetables she raises, can be seen
from the street, and attract much at
tention.
The inability to buy vegetables in
the market caused Mrs. Bellestri to
conceive the idea OF roof garden.
Procuring several store boxes Of a
depth of about six feet, she filled
them with rich soil and planted the
seeds. The growth Of the plants
was watched with keen interest, and
to her delight the vegetables she de-
sired Gene in abundance, and she had
more than could be used by her fam
lily. Those that she does not use are
sent to her friends.
Several crops are raised year, and
besides corn and spices she has beans,
pumpkins, squashes, cucumbers and
several Italian plants that flourish
we'll in the rich soil of her unique roof
Observation-Disclosures Sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-22
THE LITTLEFlELD LAW.

The state of Iowa has already said
and insisted that liquor selling is not
a legitimate business but one TO be
restrained and discouraged. The U. S.
government will agree with Iowa so far
BIS the latter clause is concerned, after
Jan, 1. The c. o. D. business of the
whisky peddler is a closed incident
when 1909 goes out and 1910 comes in.
After that the United States govern
ment will take heed of violators of the
law that forbids C. o. D. shipments Of
booze: and the commands of the I'm
tied States attract sharp attention, il
not at first. later, when the federal Of
ficers get busy.
Hepburn in the house and Dolliver
In the senate, tried to pass simila,
bill butsit failed ito go into effect. Lit
Alefield later introduced practically the
same bill and it passed the last con-
gress to become effective Jan. 1, 1910
How it got past the speaker is one
story; how the temperance people and
especially tine Methodist church