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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-06-04
Long Ride Too Strenuous for Ethel

who will stick 1t out to the end, the
men OF the group coming in along the
route In relays. Representative An.
drew J. Peters and David Grey, the au.
thor. succeeding Mr. Marvin and Mr..
Smlth as escorts on the earlier stages
Of the journey.
Mrs. Wadsworth's trips are really
journeys de luxe, for she travels with
q score Of grooms. q relay of mounts
and wagon loads Of baggage to make
for the comfort of the travellers as
they progress on their unique trip. OF
. distinctly original and independent
bent. Mrs. Wadsworth, who is one of
the ultra exclusive hostesses Of the
capital. stood next the White House
family throughout the last administra.
tion.
Long before Miss Ethel made up
her mind to make her debut from the
White House Mrs. Wadsworth had an.
nexed the youngest daughter of the
Roosevelts to her select coterie, and,
q thorough horsewoman herself, she
encouraged Miss Ethel to go in for all
sorts OF thrilling equestrian stunts.
More than once Miss Roosevelt went
over to "Ashantee," and within the
privacy of the Wadsworth estate
found an excellent field for her train.
Ing A. hurdle jumper.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-06-04

NJ HEN Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth and
" her group Of friends. including
Miss Margaret Carey of Buffalo.
George Marvin. whose experiences in
the Manchurian campaign fitted him
for fearsome exploits, and Edward p.
Smith, cantered out Of Washington
the other afternoon on the first stretch
OF 400-mile equestrian journey to
"Ashantee." the magnificent country
home Of Mrs. Wadsworth at Avon,
N. T.. Miss Ethel Roosevelt stood by
with moro than . wistful look In her
usually laughing eyes.
NTH Ethel was slated to accompany
Mrs.. Wadsworth on her trip. but, fear
ful Of the strenuosity Of q fortnight in
the saddle. Mrs. Roosevelt at the last
moment intervened, and Miss Ethel's
eager acceptance was reluctantly with
drawn.
Mrs. Wadsworth and Miss Carey are
the only two members Of the party
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-06-04
GENERAL NEWS.

John F. Stevens has resigned as
vice president of the New York. New
Haven & Hartford railroad, and will
go to the railroad systems Of James
J. Hill. Stevens will make an extern
sive report ON the Hill roads. and then
become the head Of either the Great
Northern or the Northern Pacific.
1t has been discovered that the earth
quake Of May gath 30 badly damaged
the Mclean college at Bloomington,
ILL.,, that it will have to be rebuilt.
The United States Circuit Court
OF Appeals has denied re.
hearing to the Northwestern
Mutual Life in the McCue case.
rs q result Of which the North
western Mutual will be compelled to
pay the death claim Of so, 900 ON the
life Of J. 8. McCue. former mayor Of
Charlottesville. Va, who was hanged
for VIE murder.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-06-04

~ ASHINGTON.-Acco to the
W census enumerated by the police.
~ footed up In the returns made to
Maj. Sylvester. the total population Of
the District Of Columbia ia now 343.-
003. an increase of $500 since the
police census Of . year ago.
The total number of white residents
10 74s.sSi. The negro population 10
S7.142.
Az has been the case for a number
Of years. females are In excess Of
males by 15.425. This excess decreased
during the past year, as in 1908, the
excess OF females over males was le.-
726.
Tho report shows the number Of
white people living in the first or bust.
Dess precinct to be 9.57s: the second
precinct. 26.227: the third precinct,
1915: the fourth precinct. 1o.l77; the
NTH precinct, 36.977: the sixth pre-
cfnct. 1889; the seventh precinct, H..
s34: the eighth precinct, 26.373; the
ninth precinct. 3e.sO1. and the tenth
precinct, 34.690.
The colored population in these pre-
cincts are: First precinct. 9s7: sec.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-06-04

Erred W. CARPENTER, secretary
! to the president, has accumulated
another dignity, with its rewards and
responsibilities. He Is the ofhcial
amusement mentor of the White
House. President Taft 10 fond of the
theater; so is Mrs. Taft: but a poor
performance or even a mediocre one
Affects them Just as 1t does other peo-
pie who put up their money to see a
show, and they hate to make q mis-
take in the matter. For the appear
ance Of the president and his party
at . theater is an event, and to leave
before the curtain drops on the last
act would do grave injury to the the
ater in question. And not to leave
would do grave injury to their own
sweetness OF disposition. Therefore,
not having . guide to things theatri-
cal to do the work for them, Fred
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-06-04
NE PUZZLED THE sRIrlsHER
Evidently osssksspss HsA Nsvse
Hssrd q the Lord Thst Akasrt
soa A0iRlseos 0eevoI.

Selss George r. Lavton Of the MID
llesex probate court told me . story
The other day Of an American minis
ter who was spending his sabbatical
year travelling abroad. Arriving n
London. be made every effort to get
IN intimate view of the two branches
Of parliament in session. OF course
no stranger y allowed ON the floor Of
the house Of lords. but the minister
cot knowing this. and with the usual
amount OF American push. tried to
make his way In. There 10 . rule.
however. that servants Of the various
lords may b admitted to speak to
their ministers. Seeing the minister
walking boldly in. the doorkeepes
asked:
What lord do you serve!"
what lord?" repeated the astoa-
ished American. the lord jehovah"
For . moment the doorkeeper hest
tated and then admitted him. Turn
Ing to an assistant standing near. h0
said:
HE must mean one Of those poor
Scotch ds."-Boston Record.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-06-04
City Census Shows Population Increase

cad precinct. l3,949; third precinct
1882; fourth precinct, 13.4s7: afth
precinct. 12,l42; sixth precinct. Ass:
seventh precinct. 5.372; eighth pre-.
cisct. ls.O5S; ninth precinct. s.Sos.
and tenth precinct. 6,226: making .
total white population of 745.S6l. and
. colored population Of S7.14z. or .
total of both white and colored Of
343, ,OO3.
Since the taking of the census .
year ago there has been an increase
In population of 1O2 in the first pre-
cinct. 137 in the second precinct. 942
In the seventh precinct. 173 in the
eighth precinct. 1927 In the ninth pre-
cinct. and 4.2Ss In the tenth precinct:
and decrease of 53l in the third pre-
cinct. 53l in the fourth precinct. 1875
In the fifth precinct, Az in the sixth
precinct. making q total decrease Of
3.269 in these precincts as against .
total increase of 6.s69 In the north
west
Maj. Sylvester attributes the de-
crease in population in the several
precincts named to the absence OF
mechanics and laborers who were EN-
ployed on the railroad improvements
and new buildings. which have since
been completed
The population Of the city Of Wash
ington proper. exclusive Of alleys. 10,
white, 1s1,35s; colored. $3.50. The
population of the alleys in the city Of
Washington is. white. 1908: colored.
1910.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-06-04

King Edwards brown colt, Niposu,
1ustiAed his name. which h Japa.ass
f6r "success." by winning the derby
On the Epsoo track Nay 18th.
Angry beeanss he had been whipped,
Carroll Pierce. aged Sixteen, shot and
killed his stepfather. Park willard
At Frederick. Nd. Then he surren-
dersd to the Solice.
Persoaally conducted touring par.
ties under the manaesmsnt of q no.
tor car manufacturing co.cern arc be.
irg organized In several sections Of
the country.
A nitro-slycerine factory Of the Du.
pont Powder Company. located II
Howard Junction. ave miles south Of
Bradford. Pa. exploded . few days
since. Two men were blown to atoDs
and much damage was done.
On the ninety -Afth ballot, after q
deadlock that lasted many weeks, the
Illinois Legislature. May 18th. elected
Congressman william LOrimer of Chi
cag0 to the United States Ssosts to
succeed Albert J. Hopkins. whoss term
expired Aarth eth.
The widow Of Robert Ingersoll will
secure el3s.0O0 from the estate Of the
late Andrew C. Davis of Butte, Mont.
being the amount Of fees for legal ser
vices by Colonel Ingersoll that have
been in litigation nearly twenty years.
The Zeppelin H.. the dirigible which
10 to replace the airship destroyed at
Echterdingen last year. had . most
successful arst trial at Friedrich.
shafen. The Zeppelin II. Is ordered
for the German government and will
soon be taken over by the authorities.
There 10 trouble coming for aero
plane builders In this country who
shall attempt to put their machines on
the market. The Wright brothers
claim the basic patents on all ma.
chimes Of the bi-piane pattern "aero
curves" In the main sustaining planes.
and practically all Of the flying ma
chimes In America which have thus
far flown or have given promise Of fly.
ing are Of this general design.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-06-04
roL JAMES F. EDWARDS a few

NOL. JAMES F. EDWARDS a few
- days ago rounded out an even 30
years as doorkeeper on the Demo-
cratic side Of the United States SEN
ate. The colonel went to Washing
ton while Senator Vest was in the
senate, and for years was the right
hand man Of the brilliant Missourian.
He 10 now II years old.
When he was sworn in as an en-
ploye Of the senate, at noon, May IL.
1879, not . single senator who is q
member Of the present congress had
entered the upper chamber. Senator'S
Hale and Frye, the Oldest members In
point Of service. were not elected un-
til two years after the appointment
q Col. Edwards.
In tie early eighties, when Senator
Vest made his famous invstigation OF
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-06-04

Q heavy sediment. Doctors were not
helping me 50 l began taking Doans
Kidney Pills. improved soon. and
after . while was entirely free from
my suffering. am in the best of health
now and am In debt to Doan's Kidney
Pills for saving my life"
Sold BY all dealers. SO cents . bog.
Foster-Nilburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-06-04

years I vas Grip
Pied With sciatic
rheumatism In my
thighs and could
not get about with
out crutches. The
kidney secretions
became irregular.
painful. and showed
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-06-04
eaipelGo WITH seiArteA
eouso6 ty oissrtsss1 Aesisa q siso
ki6Aeys.

0anssl D. Ingraham. 1402 e. Naia
q. Levistoa. Idaho. says: For two
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-06-04
To Enjoy

he full confidence of the Well Informed
Of the World and the Commendation Of
the most eminent physicians it was essen
tial that the component parts of Syrup
Of Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA should be
known to and approved by them; there
fore, the California Fig Syrup Co. pull
fishes full statement with every package.
The perfect purity and uniformity Of pro-
duct, which they demand in laxative
remedy Of an ethical character, are assured
by the Company's original method Of man
ufacture known to the Company only.
The 6gs of California are used in ths
production Of Syrup of Figs and Elixir ot
SIENNA to promote the pleasant taste, but
the medicinal principles are obtained from
plants known to act most bene6cially.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine by the Cali
fomia Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
by all leading druggists.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-06-04
TORE HIS SKIN OFF
In Ohreds-ltehing Was Intense
Sleep Was oftsn impossible.
cursd BY cutleurs In Three Weeks.

AT hrst an eruption Of small pus.
tules commenced on my hands. These
spread later to other parts Of my body.
and the itching at times was intense.
10 much 10 that I literally tore th0
skin OF In shreds In seeking relief.
The awful itching interfered with my
work considerably. and also kept mo
awake nights. tried several doc
tors and used . number Of different
ointments and lotions but received
practically no benefit. Finally l set
tied down to the use Of Cuticura Soap.
Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pille,
with the result that in . few days all
itching had ceased and in about three
weeks time all traces Of my eruption
had disappeared. have had no trou-
BILE Of this kind since. H. A. Kruts-
kofR, STA Wabash Ave.. Chicago. Ill.
November IS and 2s, 1907"
Rosass Ds.s Chsa. Corp. Sole Props. Bossos.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-06-04
AoSasAlhald Hint.

Aousshold Hint.
DO you know how to use . cha6nG
lish!"
YES" answered Mr. Sirius Barker.
II have some novel ideas on the sub
5oct."
What are they"
THE best way I know Of to use .
chahng dish IL to punch . hole in
the bottom Of 1t. paint 1t green and
plant flowers In it."-Washin9toa
Star.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-30
Holmes Bill Preventing Railroad Com.
missioners From Accepting
Free Transportation Pass.
ed by House.
THE VOTE WAS 81 TO 81
Tabooed From Riding in Special Cars
When Attending to Business
of State in Connection
With Railroads.

STATE HOUSE, oEs Mo!NEsLa.
March 3o.-In the house this MORNING
the Holmes bill, prohibiting railroad
commissioners from accepting free
transportation or other favors from
railroad companies or express COM
panIes,- passed after long discussion,
by vote of 81 to Fl. The bill PRO.
vides that if any member of the com
mission or the secretary accept any
Tree transportation he shall be guilty
Of misdemeanor.
The term "other favors" was held to
prohibit the commission ridina in spec
ial cars when attending to business Of
the state in connection with the rail
roads. The bill also provides when
any member of the commission is call
ed upon to make trip outside of the
state it must be by resolution adopt
ed at meeting of the commission and
approved by the governor.
At noon adjournment the house had
under consideration bill taking away
from druggists permits to handle in
toxicating liquors.
Lee of Emmett, offered an amend.
ment that in any village, town or city
where there were no mulct saloons one
permit may be issued for every 2,Ooo
population or under and one additional
for each 5000 added population.
The morning session of the senate
was devoted to the discussion of the
public utilities bill.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-30
ADJUSTMENTS
"lsIe of Spice.v


The fascination of that piouant
musical mixture, Isle of Spice"
which comes to the Grand for two per-
formances next Saturday is such
that to see it once is to embrace the
opportunity of seeing it again. Dur
ing the present session. the company
visited city not under the jurisdic-
ton of Attorney Jerome. in which
place fiourishes gambling room, the
owner of this resort of chance attend
ed the performance of the isle of
Spice in his city and was so entranc-
ed with the scene in which the two
comical sailors introduce the king to
the mysteries of faro and succeed in
separating him from the contents of
his royal wallet via the route of the
game, "A Triple Kejinks," that he
followed the company to the next
town to see it over again. In the
meantime the sign, Game Suspend
ed" was displayed over his door.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-30
HARVESTING ORANGES
lSteetal CoktettanGentl

Oranges require a great deal more cara
I'll their preparation for market than is
generally supposed. An army of 10000
people is annually employed in harvest
ing The crops OF ''Sunkist" oranges. The
details of this harvest are much more
varied in the orange industry than is the
case with apples, though both are or
chard products and the manner of their
handling has many points in common, in
the public mind at least. In the case of
.Sunkist" oranges, however, after being
carefully picked they are sorted for size
and quality. Next comes the willing
process, a twenty-four hour sweat box
method of absorbing all moisture from
the skins. Then the fruit undergoes a
double brushing process to make it daint-
lily clean After a sun bath of several
hours the oranges are next run between
revolving cylinder brushes for final
polish, and then comes the last sorting,
grading, wrapping and packing. As they
move along from one course of treatment
to another all the oranges are placed on
soft pads to prevent them from being
bruised or scratched, and the packers are
required to wear gloves for the same
reason Upon the whole, "Sunkist'
orange has no cause foT envying the child
that is born with a silver spoon in its
yIlcuth -
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-30
Attorney Cochran Says There is no
Intuition Of Eliminating the
Woman From Charge of
kidnapping.
NOT TAKEN TO SHARON
Mysterious Woman Will be Given an
Opportunity to Waive the Pre-
Iiminary Hearing in
Jail.

ERCER, Pa, March so.-Mrs
James Boyle will not be taken to
sharon for preliminary hearing on
a charge Of kidnapping Billy Whitla.
attorney T. G. Cochran, who is assist.
lug the prosecution, this afternoon
saiu mat the woman would be given
ah opportunity to waive the hearing
IN jail, by allowing her to sign legal
papers to that effect
He also said there was no intention
OF eliminating the woman from the
case. The woman is as much of a
mystery now as at any time since she
was arrested" declared Cochran,
absolutely nothing has been learned
concerning her IDENTIFY
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-30
SWIFT SENT
TO ASYLUM
Son of Founder of the Big Packing
Industry is Declared Insane
by Commissioners.

CHICAGO, March Herbert l..
Swift, 33 years old. son of the late
packing firm of Swift & Co, has been
adjudged insane by a commission OF
physicians and has been an inmate
of Kenilworth sanitarium since March
s by the order of the county court.
This became public here today
through the discovery of files in the
case which had been hidden In the
hearing Louis F. Swift, brother, tes-
titled that Swift had threatened to
kill himself and members of the fam
lily. Excessive use of alcohol was
given as the cause.
Swift is married, but has no chill
dren. He has an annuity of $4,000
from his fathers estate. At the END
of fourteen years he will receive ST.
O0C 600
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-30
PAWNED SKIFFS
OF HIS PATRONS
Frank Hill Gets Thirty Days in the
County jail For His seight
of Hand Work on the
Levee.
HAD QUITE A SCHEME
Instead Of Storing Boats For the Win
ter He Pawned Them For So
Each and Thus Came
to Grief.

Frank Hill, who has been acting as
custodian or the levee for number of
years, taking care of the launches and
skiffs owned by those who enjoy the
river, came to grief this afternoon in
the admiralty court of Justice Bur
rows when he was sentenced 10 thir.
W days in the county Jail for the lar
ceny OF two skiffs during the winter.
lie had scheme which worked out
all right for a time but waen the
boat owners got ready to launch their
ships this spring, his scheme was
found out.
Last fall he was busy putting away
sklfls for his patrons, storing them
away Tor the winter and the owners re-
ned upon him to see that the boats
We're tucked away safe until this
spring. But this spring when they
looked up their boats, taey had dis.
appeared.
Upon investigation it was found that
Hill mad pawned two skiffs last fall
iof " each, representing that the
boats belonged to him.
one skiff belonging to the Bode
Brothers was pawned to VIM. Luke
lor " and placed in room in the
clyde hotel. Hill borrowing 50 on tae
boat and claiming that it was his
When the Bode brothers wen to see
their boat this spring, it was gone and
they afterwards found it at Luke's
1t had the Bode name and coat of arms
on the endgate.
flat boat owned by Jake Sprine
/ and James Dimond was oiven tn Purt
ruler who had loaned Hill 81 This
was recovered and Hill returned the S.
to Fuller.
till looked after the boats ant
launches which are kept at the foot OF
Main street, receiving so much pei
month for his service and last fall
Just after the water was out of the
canal, he pawned these two boats.
Justice Burrows gave him is days OF
each charge.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-30
MATHEWS GIFT
REACHES 100000
Gives Above Amount to Aid Worthy
Boys and Girls at Whitman Col
lege, Walla WaIa.
Cato (Nitr CnnoioJ Co,,,Toa

lhate CITY Special Service.
SPOKANE, Wash, March 30-An.
nouncement is made by R-v. ]. d.
Neilan that Major S. H. Mathews of
Spokane, has made a guift of $50. 900
to aid worthy boys and girls at Whit
man college in Walla Walla, Washing.
ton, southwest of here, the fund will
become available at the next semester
According to the terms, the interest
amounting al present to $4,000 annu-
ally, is to be lent at low interest to
worthy students. to be repaid after
graduation. In this way the fund will
continually grow, and it is thought
this beginning will ultimately become
one of the largest endowments of the
college.
An annuity is to be paid Major and
Mrs. Mathews during life, amounting
to $4,000, and thereafter the entire
fund goes to The college to be admin
istercd by the trustees Of Whitman
The fund will be known as the
stephen H. and Mrs. Mary Mathews
scholarship fund of Whitman college"
/ 1t is secured by real estate mortgages
in Washington ana $4,000 at Council
Bluffs.
Major Mathews was born IN Jack
Isonyille, H., in 1888. While a young
boy he moved to Fairfield Iowa, and
4 later to council Bluffs where he went
into the mercantile business, which he
abandoned at the beginning of the
evil war to take up the Union cause.
He reinlisted and remained till peace
came to Appomattox, leaving the
service brevet major He came to
Spokane in 1906, where he has been
living in retirement
4 Major Mathews did not have the op.
iportunity to attend school as long as
he wanted and as q result his educa-
tion was limited and he now desires
4 to make it as easy as possible for the
youth who are situated as he was in
4 his boyhood days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-30
POWERS DELIVER
NOTE TO sERVIA
Ministers of Five Powers Joined In
Presentation Of Note of
the Powers.

BE GRADE. March 39.--The note
o the powers to Servia was formally
delivered to the foreign office today.
British, French. German, Russian and
Italian ministers joined in the pre-
sentation.
Former Crown Prince George and
Prince Alexander exchanged names
today as the result of an edict issued
by King Peter. The exchange was
made in order that the name of George
remain at the head of the house of
Karageorg eovitch, the younger broth
er having succeeded his brother az
heir apparent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-30
SUFFRAGETTES
AND THE POLICE
Conflict io Now Going on and tho
Women Threaten to "Rush,
the House of Commons.

LONDON, March 30-A clash be-
tween suffragettes and police is now
taking place around The house of COM
mons. At present tie police control
the situation but the crowd of women
is constantly growing. There are
threats that an attempt to rush"
the commons will be made.
The trouble started over Premier
Asquith's refusal to receive a
deputy of the suffraget,es this after
noon.
Nine suffragettes have already been
arrested charged with rapping the
| boobies heads with their umbrellas.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-30
PERSONALS.

hugh w Green and daughters
Misses Marie and Katherine left this
morning for Rochester, MINI.
+; a. Mcdonald of Quincy is visiting
in the city.
Robert Sheppard of Hamilton is in
Ia city today visiting with friends.
r. Z. Mcdonald of Quincy is in the
city on business for a few days.
John HI. Cole has returned home
from business trip to st. Louis.
f. l.. Herbert has returned to ASH
Francisco after visit in Keokuk