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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-13
MISTER YIN MANS DEATH.

PORT HURON. Mich. March l3.-
There is much mystery in the death
in the hospital here OF a man who
gave the name OF Harry Monroe. He
came 20 this city several weeks ago
and becoming suddenly III. was taken
ito the hospital. where he told the at.
terdants he had no, relatives ne
friends and no one to live for Tho
body lies i'm Albert Falk's undertake
INK rooms awaiting Identification
Monroe was well dressed when he was
taken to the hospital tie refused "a
talk about his past life
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-13
SWEET NOTES To
HUBBY'S BROTHER
LOVE LETTERS ALLEGED TO
HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY
MRS. BURT ARE PRODUCED.

Love letters alleged to have been
written by the wife To her husband :
brother played an important part IN
Friday afternoons session OF the Burt
divorce case The plaintiff Is Or
Reuben c. Burt. formerly Il druggist
i'm Chatham, butn ow a physician IN
Detroit. He charges desertion. claim
ing his wife left hi mtwo hours after
their marriage.
The letters were written six months
after the wedding Mrs. Burt at that
! time being only lG and hcr husband
rs. Extracts from the letters fol.
lows.
NV Dearest George also
hope the day viii come when pgu-
pie will realize that | am nSt
married. L.
/ Yes. darling, do love you, and
every day love YOU more, and
wish could see YOU.
Well. George. when | read your
letter tonight just said to my
self Reu never wrote one to come
up to that.
: No. darling. you will never see
( Rue and together again | will
ever try and keep cut OF his pres.
! ence.
! Mrs Burt. who IS in poor health al
most tainted on tho stand during IA,
reading Of the letters. and had 90 h.
assisted from the room ON motion
OF the defense the hearing was post
] poned until March 81.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-13
STEEL TRUST TO
SLASH PAYROLL
SOFT SNAP" POSITIONS TO BE
WELDED OUT TO REDUCE
EXPENSES 100000.

PITTSBURG, March 13.--rhe United
States Steel corporation. beginning
April /, will put into operation a plan
OF fetrenchment which will reduce the
total Of Its annual expenditures about
50 000, 900 High-salaried jobs, or ''soft
snaps" will be carefully weeded ont
and these places will be filled by mel
who receive lower salaries. Workmen
who make less than $500 per year
are not to be intcrfeTed with, but
those who receive from $4,000 10 Sc
600 year are to be cut deeply
At the National Tube Go. plant. at
McKeesport, the tube making end of
the United States steel corporation
% high salaried department heads
have Just been notified OF a cut la
salaries which is almost horizontal, to
take effect April ! The company
desires an immediate reply from the
workmen as to whether they accept
the cut or not.
In case they do not their places will
be filled by others April /. Those
thus notified have been drawing sal
aries ranging from $4,000 10 $4,000
per year and some OF them are being
reduced to 1900
Chief Engineer Watson, who Is one
OF these notified % cut. has sent
word to the company that they may
have his position. that he VIII not sub
NIT To the reduction. and he closed
with a large steel mill in the south
which has wired for all those whose
salaries have been cut To come IN
them at the salary they had been
getting.
One close to the steel corporation
explains this move by saying the cor
poration, about four years since. start
ed out 10 rebuild is plants by easy
stages and was forced to pay high
salaries to the men wanted because
OF work and money being SO plentiful
But now the work IS done and there
are great many nigh-priced men on
the pay rolls for whom there is not
work i'm proportion TO the salary paid
and these have been offered TIE
choice Of taking other positions al
much less wages or quitting entirely
With the movement as started at Nc
Keesport carried out all over the cor
poratiun system. the excess pay roll
will with ease be reduced $500 00C
annually
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-13
JANITORS
MEN OF REFINEMENT

Commissioner Haarer OF the depart.
ment of public w0tks Is rather proud
OF a stroke Of economy thar he has
made this winter In connection with
the refnishing OF q number of floors
In the city hall Instead OF hiring a
fore, of professional decorators 10
come in and hx up the mayors ONCE
sha his own Haarer had set his jan
itors az that work IN their spare hours.
guess got about as good job,
saws Haarer, AT least. no one has OBJ
fcted 20
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-13
WEALTHY MAN
ATTEMPT SR0BbERY

GALENA. Kas.. March l3.-Harry
Davis a merchant. was shot and cap
tured early today while blowing up
the safe in the Miners State bank.
His confederate escaped Davis was
leading citizen and his family Is
wealthy.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-13
QUAKE SHOCKS
ARE RECORDED

MANILA. March l3.-Local seismo-
graphs recorded serious earthquakes
continuously from 20 minutes after
Z TO 20 OF 10 today II was estimated
that the region OF the disturbance was
10000 kilometers Distant
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-13
THE WEATHER

Detroit aud vicinity saturday niehI
aud sunday. parity cloudy, unsettled.
possible snow nurriesg colder SUNDAY
moderate variable winds.
lower Nirhignut Threatening with
snow nurrles tonight md possibly sun
dayi colder ~uudnyJ moderate variable
winds, shifting 20 northwe5t.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-13
rAsT RIFE,i.o-CIes.

BUFFALO March ID spec al. i--
cattle Receipts : car. steady. Hogs
Receipts 20 cars strong, heavy, s. 20,
workers.. stm71o pigs. $3.50 sheep
Receipts 10 cars. strong. bcsg lambs
dsg5 ewes. a. 25d515 Cslves-S5 n
s25
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-13

BuNIness-Iike Printing. No fuss and
no feathers. The plain, neat kind that
looks right. Times Printing Co., No.
10 John R.-st. Phone 1893
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-13

Attorney N~Hush has catered an en-
reption 90 the return on the writ OF
csrtiorari hlsd by Justice OFT IN the
matter OF McHugh's appeal from the
me imposed hy the justice. and the
latter VIII appear la Judge Aurphys
poutt Monday 20 answer 10 the ex-
ceptions The return 20 which Nc
Hugh now objects lie the one which
Iustfce oft was ten days late In nling.
FOR which he was assessed slO attor-
ney's fees and s. costa
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-13

Job Prtntins done right. Times Print-
ing Co, Is John Il st. Phone iAsS
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-13

Job Printing done right. Imcs Print
ing Co. 10. John R'-s'. ne i'9s.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15
NEXT MEETING
AT TOPEKA, KAN.
Des Moines Failed to Secure the Big
Convention of the Disciples
of Christ.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Oct. 15.-Topeka,
Kan, was chosen by the delegates at
tending the annual convention of the
Disciples of Christ, Christian church,
as the place where the 1910 conven-
ton will be held. Des Moines. Iowa
and Boston made a strong fight for
the honor. So great was the enthus-
iasm which marked the three big
meetings that more than 10000 dele
gates were unable to secure seats or
even admission into the halls, and
spent the day in sightseeing. The
programme for all the meetings was
turned over to the American Christian
Missionary Society, but the majority
Of the speeches and talks We're appeals
for home missiones. Mrs. ID. G. Bare
lay. the only surviving daughter OF
Alexander Campbell, founder of the
Disciples of Christ church, who is 6s
years of age, arrived to attend the
meetings. Mrs. Barclay lives in the
old Campbell homested at Bethany
w. Va,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15

Edith Litzrodt's painting classes will
hold sessions.
There will be meeting of the
membership committee this evening
Each of the twelve leaders of the
squads and thir assistants will meet
at the Association at the supper hour
and bring with themsa five cent lunch.
The shirt waist class will meet this
evening from 1880 to 900 o'clock.
Miss Nivling's Bible class will meet
this evening from 500 to 900 o'clock
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15

Woman in the Pullman Sleeper" was
almost too much for the audience and
Miss Ridgeway was grand success,
especially from the standpoint of the
ladies present, in this number.
His opinions of Irish Maids" and a
monologue which followed took their
places among the entertaining mum
bers
Miss Bridge followed with two ex-
cellent piano numbers, the second re.
sulting from generous applause from
her appreciative audiesece.
Going Home for Christmas" was a
star number of Miss Ridgeway's pro-
gram and her sentimental way of rem
dering it moved the audience almox
to tears. Miss Ridgeway followed with
"A Joke" then story and closed with
Graduating Essay" which portray
ed the graduate making her bow and
little recitation on commencement day.
The next number will be j. Adam
Bede, with the subject. "Our Nation;
Its Problems and Progress"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15
Officials of the M. X. and r. Railroad
Were Let Out When the
Change in Control Was
Made.
HAGERMAN AND INQUIRE
General Counsel and Director Are Sus-
ceeded by Other Men Since
the Change In Man.
agement.

Two former Keokuk men, James
Hagerman and H. w Mcclure, have
been let out of the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railway list. by the recent
change in the control of the road &C
cording to the new arrangement of
officials.
Mr.. Hagerman was general counsel
for the road and has been succeeded
by the former president of the road.
H. w. MCGUIRE was director of the
company and his name does not ap-
pear in the new list.
The following dispatch from New
York, tells of the changes made in
which the two former Keokuk men
were let out:
NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-Following
quickly upon the announcement made
of change in the control of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad,
meeting of the executive committee
of the board was held in New York, at
which changes were made in line
with the policy of the new manage
ment. Edwin Hawley B. F. Yoakum,
Hans Winterfeldt, Frank A. Vanderlip
and Frank Trumbull we're elected
directors in place of Adrian H. Joline,
H. w. Mcguire, Henry w. Poor, ]. g
Metcalf and Charles G. Hedge.
Messrs. Hawley, Yoakum, Winterfeldt
Vanderlip, Trumbull and Wallace now
compose the executive committee Of
the board. Mr.. Hawley was elected
chairman of the board and A. A. Aller
of St Louis former vice president ant
general manager, was elected presi
dent in place of Mr.. Joline, who will
continue as general counsel for thu
company. Mr. Winterfeldt is part
ner in the banking house of Speyer 6
Co; Mr.. Vanderlip is president OF tn
National City bank, and associates
, with Mr.. Hawley in the Chesapeake
and Ohio. Mr. Trumbull was pres
dent of the Colorado Southern raj
road prior to its sale to the Hill in
, terests by the Hawley interests fey
months ago.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15
TOOK SEVEN CENTS
GETS TEN YEARS
Self Confessed Burglar is Sentenced
to Indeterminate Term in
the Penitentiary.

CHICAGO, Oct. Is. Robert Roller,
self-confessed burglar, was found
guilty of stealing Z cents by Judge
Barnes yesterday and was given an
indeterminate sentence in the peni-
Tertiary. 81 think this is pretty
tough" said Roller after sentence had
been imposed. "This may mean ten
years for me, and l got only cents. ="
Roller was caught burglarizing the
home of Susan Casterton in Mozart
street Sept. "a. When he was search
ed all that was found on him was
a nickel-plated baby's bank containing
cents Assistant States Attorney
Rittenhouse asked the court that nc
clemency be shown the defendant be-
cause of the small amount of the
theft, as he had bad police record
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15

The Honest Proprietary Medicine
fills national need in the land and it
will take more than the cry of fraud
and fake" from the avaricious, over
reaching physician to overthrow an
honest, reliable and standard prepare
ton like Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, which is made from
the roots and herbs of the field, and
has cured more women of female ills
than any other remedy we know Of.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15

FIRST MAGNITUDE STAR
The Best Entertainer keokuk Has
seen For Some Time-Miss
Bridge, Pianist, Also
Star.

The fifteenth season of the star en-
tertainment course of the Young
Mems Christian Association was ush-
cred in at the Grand Opera House last
evening before large audience, and
if the opening number is an evidence
of what will follow the course will be
one of the best in the associations
history and will be a striking contrast
to that offered of last season. The
audience was an unusually enthusiast
is one and the applause that greeted
Miss katherine Ridgeway, reader, and
Miss Evangeline Bridge, pianist, was
very generous Before the first num-
her of the program Mr. r. G. Hufs-
tader, secretary of the Young Mems
Christian Association, made few inn
portant announcements and concluded
by introducing the two entertainers.
Miss Ridgeway is beyond doubt the
most entertaining reader who has ever
pleased theatre-going people Of this
city and in her many accomplishments
lies her grand success. She is wom-
ance, of many graces and charms, and
Of unlimited training in her life work
As a story teller, an imitator and an
entertainer she is the best Keokuk
has ever heard. When she laughs the
audience laughs with her, and when
she cries the audience is moved to
tears. Such is her influence. and the
feeling she puts in her work.
The work of Miss Evangeline Bridge
is somewhat overshadowed by that of
Miss Ridgeway, for the people are al
ways impatient for her return to the
stage. Nevertheless Miss Bridge is a
pianist of pleasing manner and at
tractiveness and in her playing dis
plays rare technique, which is the one
strong feature of this work She is
devoid of dash, however, and plays al
most wholly in mechanical way.
Abrahann's Pet.
Miss Ridgeway's first number was
sAbraham's Pet" and in 1t she dis
played her ability as an elecutionist
Her second number was series OF
impersonations in which she displayed
ability to impersonate the Irish, Ger
man. Swede, Hebrew, the American
Indians and several other nationalities
with equal success. Her third and
fourth numbers with recitations with
piano obligato, the first of which
Understood" was the most success
full and popular with the audience
Following came an excellent piano
solo by Miss Bridge. which held tn
audience to the closest of attention
and compelled generous applause.
The audience viii nexer forget Mis-
Ridgeways next two numbers, one er
titled, Their First Baby and the SEE
ond was "a Woman on Pullma
Sleeper" In the first Miss Ridgewa
took the part Of mother with a fiv
months old child and had the audient
convulsed in laughter for ten minute
as she gave an imitation of home an
the manner of bringing UP a bal
scientifically" as she called it. TIL
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15
OSKALOOSA AND
COMMISSION PLAN
Workers Against the Project InfIuen-
ced People to Withdraw
Their Names.

OSKALOoSA, Ia, Oct. 15.-Mayor L.
M. Bacon filed his refusal to call a
special election in compliance with
a petition of voters asking submission
CT the commission form of govern
ment When the petition was filed
about six weeks ago, it contained ma
jority of the names of voters Since
being filed about $50 voters have pc
titioned that their names be with
drawn from the first petition. There
for Mayor Bacon holds that the petit
ton asking submission does not con-
form with the law.
The matter will go to the district
court.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15

The pleasant purgative effect exper.
fenced by all who use Chamberlains
Stomach and Liver Tablets, and the
healthy condition of the body and mind
which they create makes one feel joy
full Sold by Wilkinson & Co., and j.
T. Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15
A Generous Donor.

The members of the Association and
board of directors of the Association
are highly pleased over the presenta-
ton of handsome range for the
cafeteria. The name of the giver was
not made public but nevertheless the
presentation is a handsome one and
those in charge are well pleased
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
become famous for its cures of coughs,
colds, Group and influenza. Try it
when in need. 1t contains no harmful
substance and always gives prompt re-
lief. Sold by Wilkinson & Co., and ].
f. Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15
Disease Germs

Cannot harm healthy human
bodies. We cannot have healthy
bodies unless we have pure blood,
the kind Of blood. that Hoods
Sarsapariila makes.
This great medicine has an I'm.
equalled, unapproached record for puri-
lying and enriching the blood.
It cures scrofula, eczema, eruptions,
catarrh, rheumatism, anemia, nervous
ness, that tired feeling, dyspepsia, loss
of appetite, general debility, and builds
up the whole system.
Get it today in the usual liquid form or in
chocolated tablet form called Sarsatabs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15
Area Not the Riaeest Factor.

Any scientific farmer can tell the
modern Malthuses that it is cheaper
to raise certain product on SO acres
well farmed than on 200 poor acres.
Area and its present yield may al.
most be disregarded in figuring what
population the earth can support.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15
No Time for Repininu.

Sioux City Journal: With about
ten weeks more of autumn and all of
Indian summer still ahead, this is no
time for repining.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15
A Fine Social Feature Has Been Plan
ned and Will be Held Tomor-
row Afternoon and Even
ing at WV. c. A.
FORMAL FALL OPENING
Members and Their Lady and Gen.
tlemen Friends viii be Pleas
antIy Entertained at AS
ISOLATION

Many good times have been planned
committee of the Young Women's
Christian Association but the open
House which will be held at the
Association tomorrow afternoon and
evening promises to eclipse them all
and the affair will no doubt be one of
the prettiest of the fall season and
one of the most enjoyable for the large
number who will attend. Both ladies
and gentlemen are invited and the Y.
w. C. A. will be formally opened for
the year from 800 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon until 900 o'clock in the
evening when the guests will make
merry
The educational committee will
greatly aid the social workers in their
endeavor to please and several en-
joyable features for tomorrow's affair
have been planned by them.
One of these will be the representa-
ton of the different educational
classes by the members. Booths will
be found in all the different rooms,
appropriately arranged to represent
some study now being pursued by the
night student classes.
| In the French booth, Miss Ferne
Chute will represent that course of
study. The German booth will be
presided over by Miss Clara Trott,
Misses Harriet Solomon and Hazel
Reiner, the travelling class booth,
Misses Florence Gabriel and Minnie
Bindel, the reading club booth, Misses
Ina Ingersoll and Ruth CASTOR, the
Bible study clubs booth, and Misses
Meta Hummer and Elizabeth Foelker
will preside over the physical depart
ment's booth which will be a humor
Gus attraction and one of the many
we'll planned by the young ladies.
i During the afternoon Mrs. Marder's
orchestra will furnish entertainment
for the guests and during the evening
Professor Albert Zoellrer's quintet
will play
Misses Jessie Banks and Maude
: Immegart will preside at the punch
bowl during the afternoon and in the
evening, their places will be taken by
Misses Ruth Hamill and Ora Cook
Waters and punch will be pleasingly
served by the young ladies'.
The Decorations.
Everywhere decorations of autumn
, leaves, pumpkins and other decora
: lions, indicative of the fall season
: will prevail and tasty arrangement
for these have been made by tn
: ladies' A "tea ROOM will be had il
: connection with the cafeteria wher
: those who do not wish to go to thei
homes for supper can remain and b
!, served with delicious hot mullins an
), chocolate. Every little detail has bee
= carefully planned and tomorrow
function should be highly successful
% There are many who are not acquain
). ed with the social features in col
!. nection with the association and t
: morrow's affair will afford an exec
r. lent opportunity for those who al
II not, to become so.
- Generoue Donor
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04
MABRAY MAN IS ARRESTED
William Scott, Member of Gang, is
Taken at Nebraska City.
HENRY sTOGsDnL HIS VICTIM
Latter Was Out of Three
Thousand Dollars ON One of
Those Exciting Horse
Races.

William Scott, another of the Mabray
gang of swindlers, has been arrested at
Falls City, on Information furnished by J.
8. Swenson, postoffice inspector. A federal
warrant has been issued for the return of
Scott to Omaha Inspector Swenson and a
deputy marshal went to Falls City after
Scott.
William Scott is a brother of Frank Scott,
another of the Mabray crowd recently ar
rested in Sioux City, and who is now in
Jail in Council Bluffs. The Scots operated
Independently.
William SCOTS undoing was brought
about by one OF his own victims, out Of
whom he had swindled 5000 on a fake
horse race at Council Bluffs. The name
of the victim was Henry Stogsdill, a Ne
braskan.
Stogsdill finally got onto Scott's trail and
followed him to cover. Scott pleaded that
he was unable TO make good the amount
filched from Stogsdill, and suggested that
the best way to get his money back would
be to ring in another victim for the gang
and divide the proceeds. Stogsdill then in
stituted a series of correspondence with
Scott, and when 1t was ripened to the
proper stage, he gave the correspondence
sway to the government, and brought alb lut
scott's arrest. He was first apprehended
from that jail, and was finally rearrested
at Falls City. Inspector Swenson claims
that he has a complete case against Scott.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-04
NEW THOUGHT MIND LECTURE
Miss Elisabeth TOwne Says It Turns
h Universe Upside
Down.

The unity OF life is in origin, purpose
and trend. Life is a desire, Its nature Is
unreal, and the tendency of all life is to-
ward God. ALI life Is a school, where we
prove right by thinking right. Thoughts
are angels and the unseen part OF life is
mind
These are the tenets OF the new
thought" as given by Mrs. Elizabeth
Towns. editor Of the new thought maya
zine. Nautilus, in a lecture on Mind to
Mind" at the Lyric theater last evening.
In the course Of her lecture she said:
The new thought turns the universe
upside down. The true substance Is in
visible; the material is unreal and Is an
ILLUSION. We OF the new thought enjoy
the material. We say that things unseen
are eternal and that things seen are
ephemeral.
Life is love and thought. The producer
OF life is thought.
Mind is like electricity. 1t is tremendous
and limitless. Mind is full OF ideas which
work on one another and each reproduces
after its kind, Thought is like the first
notion of life; 1t is sel~f-recognition; ii is
material. 1t Is the substance Of which
the world 10 made. Man organizes his
thought OF self-reoOEnltion and 1t repro
duces after it's kind. Mans ideas are God'l
ARE Gods grandchildren. Just as you
and / hate and love, so our ideas hate and
love one another. AS soon as we think
bad Of one another we see good. Moth.
ing goes out Of our minds but to do some
thing better"