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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-09
Four of Them Were Stolen Last Even.
ing From Barge on the River
Near Diamond 10
Freight House.
THE CHEssER BROTHERS
Two Fishermen Arc Charged With
Taking the Stuff, Of Which
Half Was Recovered
by Police.

Fearing that the state legislature
may pass the proposed prohibition
law and that beer would become
scarce in this vicinity four half
barrels were stolen last night
from a barge on the river front.
Two full kegs were recovered this
morning by the police and two empty
ones were also found. The Chesser
brothers, Dave and A.ufus, are locked
lrup in Jail, charged with having rolled
the four Aegs away in the dark last
night
The four half barrels, valued at 81
per key We're on barge in front of the
Diamond 10 war.ncAse and were con-
signed to Den Koechle of Nauvoo from
the Leisy Brewing Co. Some time be-
tween $3.50 and 8 O'clock, the four
kegs were rolled off OF the barge and
disappeared
This morning the police were busy
on tie case and two of the empty kegs
were recovered, one being found in a
restaurant on the levee and the other
in Mrs. Chambers place on Main be-
tween Water and First street. During
the nigth the two kegs had furnished
entertainment for large crowd of
levee loungers.
Two Full Ones.
Further search resulted in recovering
the two other kegs, both still full
of their amber liquid. They were
found by officers Pearson and Wilson,
hidden in fish box this side of the
X line shops.
Dave and Rufus Chesser, brother
fishermen, were arrested and locked
up, charged with doing the barrel roll
ing act last evening and will be taken
up to the superior court tomorrow.
They are fishermen by occupation and
have been living here for couple of
years, coming from Ottumwa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-09
$50

A marriage license was issued today
to Waldermere G. Testman and Car
RE NJ. Peterson, both of near Mon.
trose and being well known Lee coun-
ty people. They are to be married to-
morrow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-09

The Monday Music club meeting last
evening was an enjoyable one, the us
ual appreciative program being given
by the talented members of the club
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-09
WANT COLUMN
WANTED.

WANTED-50v men to learn barber
trade and take positions waiting
our graduates. Few weeks completes
Constant practice Furnished. scholar
ship include tools, instructions.
demonstrations, examinations and d.
plomas. Write for catalogue. Moler
Barber College, st. Louis. NO. t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-09

The c. w. B. NJ. of the First Chris
tan church met this afternoon with
Mrs. Davidson at her home corner of
Eighth and Morgan streets.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-09

FOR RENT-Eight room house, large
corner lot. also large barn. Corner
Ninth and Timea. Address DR.. s. E.
McCreary. Bell phone 1891.
eod-3t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

FOR RENT-Dwelling with gas. bath
and barn. Also farm near Keokuk.
Inquire 727 Morgan street. 3
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09
COUPLE KILLED
BY SONINLAW
Killed With AK and Bodies
Mutilated by Man Now
Under Arrest.

Alliance. Neb., April News reaches
here yesterday from Provo. 3. d., JUST
over the Nebraska line, of the murder last
night of Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Tucker.
ranchers near that place, by their sonfn-
law, Richard Barton, who killed them
with an ak, after which, the dispatch says,
he mutilated the bodies. Barton, who was
formerly a railroad man running out OF
Alliance, is well known here. He threat
ened his wife and cautioned her not to
reveal his crime until he had an oppor-
tunity TO escape, but after he left she In
formed neighbors and the pursuit began
resulting in Barton's capture at Edge
mont, s. d.
The feeling against Barton at Edgemont
Is strong, and a ranchman who knew his
victims tried to assault him when he was
In the custody of the sheriff. Both men
were locked up, and It is thought no harm
will come to the murderer. Domestic
trouble is supposed to ave prompted the
double crime.
Prisoner Is Hidden.
Edgemont, 8. D., April 2.-Because OF
the intense feeling here against Barton.
the murderer of the Tucker family, the
sheriff last night took his prisoner to Hot
Springs. Ranchmen and cowboys began
to come to town In numbers as soon az
they heard of the crime. and so many
threats were made against Barton that
the sheriff feared for his safety. 1t was
! learned today that Barton almost beat his
wife to death after numbering her par
ents. His safety at Hot Springs Is cues
toned.
Rockwell City, Ia. April as. II. Car
ter, Milwaukee agent at this point, has
received a message notifying him that
his only sister n her husband, MIR. and
Mrs. Douglas Tucker. had been murdered
on their ranch near Edgemont, .. d., last
night. CThe message stated that a SON.
inlaw committed the crime, but giving nc
particulars.) Mr.. Carter left today for the
scene of the tragedy. He will be Joined
at Omaha by his mother, whose home II
at Glenwood, Ia.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09
IS CENTER
| NOW FOR DIVORCE
Hapless New Workers Turn
Their Eyes to the Nevada
Town.

New York, April 3.-Society-or at
least that portion seeking freedom
from CALLING marital bonds-has or
dained that Reno, New, Is the proper
temporary abode in which to obtain .
divorce with the least possible amour
OF publicity. The natives don't know
what to make of IL.
Mismated New Workers. are Hooking
there daily. and private Information
from the Nevada city says thai II the
influx from all directions continues. IT
will be necessary TO build more hotels,
so great is the demand for one-year
leases on rooms and houses.
Sioux Falls, S. D., recently was de-
prived Of the divorce industry by the
people of the state, who voted that they
had secured enough from unpleasant
notoriety. For a few days restless
members OF the -Four Hundred were
In a quandary, but their legal advisers
notified them that Nevada's laws were
the easiest ever framed. Promptly
Reno became the Mecca of those nav
ing soulnlates, affinities or chronic
cases Of "incompatability of tempera-
ment."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09
UNITED STATES SHORT
15,500,0 900 CHILDREN

Washington, April 1.-THE size OF
the average family In the United States
has decreased from So persons in 1880,
the date of the first census taken In
this country, TO 40 In the same area
in 1900, according to a volume now be-
ing published by the census bureau.
OF special interest from q sociological
point OF view are these statistics in the
book which deal with family life. In
1890 families composed of no more than
three persons represented but one
fourth OF the entire number of families.
while in 1900 families of similar size
mad up nearly 40 per cent Of all fam
lilies.
Families composed of six or more per-
sons represented In 1890 more than one
half. but in 1900 scarcely more than
one-fourth OF the families enumerated
On the basis of the proportion shown
I'm 1890 there would have been in con-
tinentai United States in 1900 339, 500, 600
children. whereas there were less than
"a, 900, 900.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09
SERVIA SURRENDERS TO
DEMANDS OF POWERS

Belgrade, March 31.-Servia has sur
rendered completely to the demands of
Europe, and the tension OF six months
over the Balkan situation will come to
an end this afternoon. The action OF
Servia probably will set the Balkan
question" at rest for many days.
The ministers here of Great Britain,
France, Russia and Italy will today
verbally inform the Servian govern
ment of their recognition Of the annex
alton Of Bosnia and Herzegovina by
Austria-Hungary. They will advise
Servia to consider this question closed
and issue q circular note TO all the
powers acknowledging this annexa-
ton, and at the same time to assure
Austria Hungary Of her peaceful in
tentions, revoking all claims to indem-
nifytng concessions. Servia undoubt-
eddy will swallow this bitter medicine
and follow the advice OF the powers.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09
BLIND HYMN WRITER
HAS 89th BIRTHDAY

Bridgeport, Conn, March 3t-Fanny
Crosby. the blind hymn writer, observed
her seth birthday. when she was aguest at
a reception given In the home OF Mrs. Or
vile Rector by the Fanny Crosby circle OF
Kings Daughters In the afternoon. In the
evening she attended a reception In the
First Methodist church.
She wrote a special hymn for the even
ing occasion. which, set to familiar music.
was sung by the company.
Miss Crosby. who has been blind almost
from her birth, was born In southeastern
New York. She was a pupil In the New
York institute for the blind. one OF her
teachers being Grover Cleveland.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09
MINE R CELEBRATE
ADVENT OF S-HoUR DAY

Philadelphia, April 3.-Mining opera
lions were suspended today throughout
The hard coal districts Of Pennsylvania
because the mine workers are celebrating
the anniversary OF the granting or the
eight-hour work day in the soft coal re-
gions, Although the operators had ex-
pressed a. desire to work today and in
some intances the colliery whistles were
blown as usual, but few workers reported
and no attempt at mining was made.
The anthracite coal strike commissions
award which fixed the wages of the mine
workers for the last six years expired yes
.erday, but the miners will return to work
under the old agreement pending the ac-
.ion to be taken by the conference IN TINS
city Wednesday.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09
ElECTROCUTEO FOR
MURDER, MRS.FARMER
ExONERATES HUSBAND
In Ante Mortem Statement,
Woman Insists He Had No
Part in Crime.

Ing a prayer for her soul. Mrs. Mary
Farmer was quietly led TO the electric
chair In Auburn prison shortly after
6 o'clock this morning n executed for
the murder of Mrs. Sarah Brennan at
Brownville last April.
The execution of Mrs. Farmer-the
second infection OF the death penalty
on a oma by e~lectrocution in this
state-was effected without sensational
incident. Five women. w Of whom
were prison attendants, were witnesses,
Father Hickey. spiritual adviser OF
the condemned woman. following the
execution. gave out a statement signed
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09
KING PETER MAY ABDicATE;
FAMILY LEAVING BELGRADE

London. Mich. 31.-Special dispatches
received from Rome and Vienna give
rumors that Peter. the king of Servia,
and all the members Of his family are
preparing to leave Belgrade.
The message from Rome says King
Victor Emmanuel has received a letter
from Belgrade that King Peter and his
sons are going to Switzerland. The
king suggested that the youngest SON
OF Prince Nicholas, of Montenegro, take
the crown of Servia. The king Of Italy,
according to this dispatch, does not OPP
pose the abdication OF King Peter. but
will urge that Peters son, Alexander,
succeed him.
The dispatch from Vienna say an
influential party In the Servian parlia-
ment Is agitated against the Kara
georgevitch dynasty, the family Of
King Peter, n discussing either the
Duke of Teck or Prince Arthur Of Con-
naught Is a possible successor to the
throne.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09
CARRIES HOME BABY'S
BODY AS GROCERIES

Cleveland, Chic, April 3.-For several
hours Walter Johnson, jr,, carried the
dead body of a baby girl about Cleve-
land in a basket, thinking it contained
groceries. His father peered into the
basket when the young man reached
home and discovered the infants body.
Johnson was taken into custody by the
police.
Johnson went shopping, buying gro
ceries 1t several markets. He started
horne, but meeting friends on the way,
was detained until morning. He then
hurried to bed without opening the
basket, leaving 1t In the center of a
dining table. The police believe the
body was left In the basket in n of
the markets visited by Johnson. Death
is said to hav been due to exposure.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09
MURDER MAN AND WIFE,
STEAL MONEY; FIRE HOUSE

Toledo, Ohio, April 3.-The police
ire Investigating the disappearance Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ludwig Kruger, an aged
couple who resided or a farm west of
Toledo. Early today their home was
destroyed by fire, and it was at first
believed they had met death in the
James. The Kruegers have not been
seen since Tuesday, when Mr.. Kruger
.eceiyed $1,000 for the sale OF some
and.
The bodies Of Ludwig Kruger and
ais wife were found this afternoon by
aeighbors buried under the floor of the
cellar in their home.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09

thick rubber mat upon which the death
chair Is placed.
Switch 10 Turned.
The hand OF State Electrician Davis
traced q slow arch with the switch
behind the curtain. A half spoken
prayer was halted as the condemned
oma ~convulsed In the leather har-
ness that bound her TO the chair. A
woman attendant covered her face with
her hands. Only the clicking OF the
tightening straps and the murmur or
the dynamos In an adjoining room
could be heard.
ute, the voltage starting at 1,S40, and
being gradually lowered to 200. then
raised again to the full limit OF l,S4C
volts. The current vas applied at sos
o'clock. The current was shut or and
a strange sound-half moan and hall
murmur-came from the woman's lips
DR.. Germ and DR.. Spitzka applied the
stethoscope to the heart while Electri'
clan Davis felt the artery In the neck
Muscular action was noted by the
physicians and again the current
passed through the body for period OF q
few seconds. Once more the physicians
stepped forward and applied the test
to determine IL life still remained In the
limp figure in the chair. For the thfrC
time the state electrician sent the cur
rent through the body. The physicians
among the states witnesses were ther
called upon one after another TO exam
inc the woman. after which Warder
Benham said:
'.The physicians hat the
woman is dead: you Will please re
turn TO my office and sign the wltnes:
ROLL
In his cell in a farawaY corner o.
the prison Jim Farmer, the husband
prayed during the hour of his wife''
execution. She had told him h hat
30 die at dawn and that she had mad
a statement that he was innocent o
the crime. The man verged on COLLAPSE
from grief and he frequently gave wa!
to tears.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09
TROOPS GUARD CONVICTS
AS PRISON BURNS

L~eavenwcrth, Kan, April st took
200 United states soldiers to main
tain order and to prevent prisoners
from escaping during 81 $4,000 fire that
destroyed four buildings OF the federal
military prison here early today. All
the 800 prisoners were marched out OF
their cell houses when it seemed that
the whole prison certainly would be de-
Stroyed and were held under heavy
military guard until the fire was gotten
under control. Then after some of the
cell houses had cooled sufficiently they
were marched back again.
The fire was discovered in h prison
tailor shop by a sentry before mid
night, who fired his pistol and the fire
cali was sounded. The entire garrison
at Fort ~Leavenworth turned out. The
Thirteenth infantry. armed with rifles,
were thrown around the entire prison.
"Let 1t Burn!"
There was glee anon the prisoners.
Let it burn" they yelled. The wa
ter pressure was very poor, and as the
water sputtered uselessly from the hose
the prisoners laughed and cheered. The
flames Ieaped higher and a gust of wind
whipped smoke into the nearest of the
cell houses.
Then the tone Of the prisoners
changed.
For Gods sake take us Quit" they
screamed. battering against the steer
bars in great terror. They thought they
would be burned to death. Colonel
Lo~ughborough saw the danger of the
situation when the leaping flames got
very near the cell houses n ordered
tho prison provost guard to unlock the
doors. The 500 prisoners fell in, each
convict with his hands on the shoulder
of the man In front of him. Double
quick they marched TO the farthest COR
Iar 81 fl,A ,,,i Z. nnnnIG1pa
They huddled while 100 prison guards
guarded them with leveled rifles. Two
of the terror-stricken crowd of con-
yicts tainted
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09
WIFE OF FAMOUS
HARVARD FOOTBALL
STAR GETS DIVORCE

San Francisco, April 3.-Helen Beryl
Graydon. daughter of Parker Whitney,
O local capitalist and wife of Thomas
II. Graydon, of Cincinnati, once full
back of the Harvard football team, was
granted a divorce here yesterday on
the ground of non-support. Her father
testified that he had paid his daugh-
ter's expenses for a year.
The Graydon wedding, which took
place in Massachusetts in 1903, fol-
lowed a romantic elOpement, Miss
Whitney climbing over a wall to escape
from a girls school in New York.
Graydon made only a nominal defense.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09
eEccARs DRIVE OUT SILK HATS

Paris, March 31.-Paris hatters
have declared in solemn convention
that the silk hat IL slowly but surely
going out of fashion: is no longer worn
by men OF fashion except on ceremon-
ial occasions: that its decline is marked
even in London. where II has 80 long
been a badge Of respectability. This.
they reason, Is the case In Paris.
mainly because beggars. guides and
others of the Fostering fraternity In
Paris. look upor. the wearer OF q silk
hat as fair game
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09
SENATE EXCLUDES
ALL But TARIFF
Census Will Be Only Other
Proposition to Be Con-
sidered.
CANNON GIVES UP.

Z Washington. April Speak
er Cannon. after a conference
with President Taft, was asked
when he thought the House
would vote ON the Payne tariff
bill.
God knows" he replied.
He added that no vote would
be taken until after opportunity
for due elaboration had been
given.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09

Washington, April 3.-The Senate to-
day by a viva voce vote adopted Sen
ator Hale's resolution TO confine the
business of the extra session to the
consideration of the tariff question to
the exclusion Of everything else except
the bill making a provision for the 18Th
census.
In the House.
Washington, April 3.-The plan OF
the republican leaders TO close general
debate on the tariff bill today having
been abandoned, there was only a
slight increase in the attendance when
the house met. Without any prelim-
inaries. consideration Of the Payne bill
was resumed.
Opening the days debate, Mr.. Can
trill, Of Kentucky, in his maiden speech
as a representative, discussed the to-
bacco and hemp schedules. Because
tobacco was the prey OF a great trust,
lie said. it needed protection. The bill,
he declared offered no protection TO
hemp as 1t permitted the product of a
great foreign competitor to come into
the United States free. For both Mr.,
Cantrill urged that the bill be amended
so that they might not be disseminated
against, but that such a duty for rev
enue should be applied as would not
cripple those industries IN his state and
elsewhere.
Gaines in Defense.
A general defense of the bin was
made by Mr.. Gaines, Of West Vir-
ginia, a member OF the committee on
ways and means.
In preparing the Payne bill, he said,
the committee proceeded upon the
principle that if there was anything in
the Dingley schedules more than
enough to protect. and behind which
persons could combine and unduly hold
up prices, the republican party was
required to lop off that excess, "ano
that" he said, w have undertaken To
do in this bill"
Answering a question by Hardwick,
of Georgia. whether enough had beer
Topped off on refined sugar to affect
the sugar trust, Mr.. Gaines said that
all excess duties on refined sugar had
been taken off hat could be remove
without threatening the American beet
sugar industry.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09
REWARD TO CLEVELAND
POLICE, SAYS WHiTLA

Philadelphia, April 2.-On their
way to Atlantic City, Mr.. and Mrs.
James p. Whitla, OF Sharon, Pa, with
little Willie, who was kidnapped, and
their daughter Selma, stopped off In
Philadelphia for more than an hour.
II am so much pleased that my son
is with me again, alive and well. that
/ can think OF but little else" said the
father. They have said l will claim
the reward offered By the state, but 10
is not true" he declared. Ito have my
son back is the most splendid thing
in the whole world. The reward prob
ably will go to the Cleveland police
who worked SO nobly for us.
1--WE shall rest in Atlantic City," he
continued, and then Willie Will go
back to school. in Sharon as If nothing
had happened"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09
TOY HORSE DUTY. is $50.

Washington, April 3.-Members of
the ways and means committee have
beer busy today explaining hat they
never intended to put a a Of $50 on
the baby's imported toy ..orse. None of
them knew that this was what had
been done until the thing was pointed
out To them i'm detail. Then II was said
that IL was a mere technicality I'm Ian
guage which doubtless would be REM
adtaH
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09
In the Blood.

From Fixing the Old Things Right
The same old lightning in the blood
That thrilled mems hearts before the
Flood.
Drives all men TO the endless fight,
TO try and Ak the old thing right.
And though the clouds OF doubt draw
nigh,
And shut the sun from out the sky.
And though life marches through the
gloom
TO music OF the steps OF doom
A voice comes through the darkness far
And smites the cloud-wraek like Q star.
zoo In and fix the old thing right"
SAN Walter FOSs.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09
THE BOYLE WOMAN
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Both Kidnapers Are Held to the
Grand Jury at Bail Of
$4,000 Each.

Mercer. Pa, April Mrs. Helen
Boyle, wife of James III. Boyle, Kid
naper OF Willie Whitla, was a~rraigned
before Justice of the Peace Thomas
McClain, 1t this place today, charged
with kidnapping. .
She entered a plea of mot guilty"
and was held for the action of the
grand jury, In the sum OF $4,000 bail
Her husband waived q hearing at
Sharon Monday and is held In the jail
here on a similar bond.
The woman was taken from the jail
BY Sheriff Chess and followed by a
couple of deputy sheriffs, went TO the
office Of the justice, about a block dis
ant Mrs. Boyle was asked IL she
would plead guilty or not guilty and
replied:
why, I'm not guilty and enter q
plea of not guilty.
'Do YOU want to have a hearing at
his timer" said the justice, 'or will
you waive a hearing?"
''For the present" she replied, 1T
will be better for me to waive my hear
Ing"
"Weil, that is about ALL" replied the
Justice. "Of course there will be bail
ln this case. 1t is fixed at SIS, 900. Have
YOU any one who will go on your
bond?"
mo-" replied the m Thereupon
she was committed 10 jail TO await the
action of the grand jury.
Mrs. Boyle has recovered the viva
clous spirit hat has characterized her
since her arrest.
The opinion is expressed that the
KIDNAPPING charge against the woman
will fall fiat and that eventually the
Ohio authorities will get possession or
her on a charge Of blackmail.
1t is likely that her husbands de-
Tense will be mental responsibility