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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-09

SMOKED SMELLS, 2 DOZEN, 2sc
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
CITY NEWS.

If you do not skate. You can still
spend a most enjoyable evening at
the Roll-a-way.
Call At Ayers & Sons for blanks
IN the piano contest
waite for the girl in red with the
Black Crook tomorrow.
The Redhelds. a continued story
by Lillian " Hale. viii start in next
Saturdays issue Of The Gate CITY. Be
sure and get the opening chapters
-For the consideration Of 500 John
STANLEY tas sold TO D. A. Young a
small tr9 Of property in the town Of
Argyle, The deed being a.,d for rec
ord here.
Ralph b Smith and Casper No6r-
field, who have been examining ,be
county books at Fort Madison. have
completed their work there and tbig
morning started work On the books In
the Keokuk office.
Martin kelleher was TOO Young 10
vote in 1850 but in 1864 he voted 70,
Lincoln at Napollian, Ark. H. was
theh on the United States gunboat
Mormora.
"A little mistake creDt into th.g.
columns last evening when ii va,
stated that the Wilmering & KIM
Roll-a-way masquerade skating psrt,
would be given on Friday evening
/ The ENJOYABLE affair viii be given thin
evening at the Roll-a-way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
Stolen Property Recovered.

He told that he had thrown the
three rings away in the street near
the Pond factory and last evening the
two ladies went down % Fifth and
Exchange streets AMI were rewarded
by finding the three rings in the mud
The boy said that he had hidden the
check in an alley where no one could
find it. It had not been endorsed and
payment was stopped on it, so it was
OF no value to the boy or to the finder
This morning the marshal went
down with the boy and recovered the
check.
The boy is to be prosecuted by Miss
Helwig. who will try and send him te
the reformatory.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
Tn. shuberts Present Girls

The Shuberts Present gifts.
On Wednesday evening, Jan. 81, at
the Grand the Messrs. Shubert Will
offered Cvlde Fitch's latest comedy
success, Girls which ran for one year
at Daly's Theatre. New York. Girls
is side-splitting comedy. play which
pleasantly argues a question which
has been both the theme of harmony
and discord since the days of Eden
There are five types of girls in the
play-the scrious-minded, sober
business-like girl who resents domi-
neering man: the artistic girl who Is
willing to be convinced: the giddy-
girlish girl who is perfectly certain
that she is taking part in a mistaken
opposition to much that is nice; the
gill who is married to indulgent old
age. and the girl of the chewing gum
disposition who is alwa.s on the look
out for man. In the end the man
hating girls all find their natural des-
tines in the arms of man. In this age
of suffragettes. it is worth while to see
Row Mr.. Fitch lets his girls work out
their own salvation along the lines of
least resisteLce. The company sup
piled by the Messrs. Shubert is COM
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
Boy at the Lincoln School Stole
Miss Louise HeIwis's Pay
Check and Three Dia-
mond Rings.
PROPERTY RECOVERED
Threw the Rings Away in the
Mud But They Were Re-
covered After Search
Last Night.

One of the biggest robberies in
Keokuk for some time, took place yes
terday down at the Lincoln school
when one of the boys stole three
diamond rings and pay check out OF
the poke. book of Miss Louise Helwig,
principal of the school.
Miss Helwig had her pocket book
in her desk. In it were three diamond
rings and her pay check for the last
months salary. The pocket book was
rifled some time yesterday
The principal began work at once
and by some good detective worIs
found out the boy who had stolen her
valuables. She went to his home and
together with the boys mother. made
him diyulge that he had taken the
property.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
ADJUSTMENTS
The Black Crook BurIesquers.

The Black Crook" company, which
comes to the Grand tomorrow even
ing is strictly burlesque show. A
number of good comedians, a lot Of
good looking and shapely girls seer
in the two burlesques, The Substi
tute' and The Mixologist,' introduc
ing attractive marches. tuneful music
and entertaining comedy.
The olio introduces Mabel Belfrage
the well-known singing soubrete; Hell
en- Yeamans in "poses piastique;'
Nine. Helene, the Grecian dancer; the
mysterious Girl in Rer," and two o.
thre other attractive features.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21

Be sure and get next Saturdays
issue Of The Gate City for the open
Ing chapters of The Redfields.s
short serial story by Lillian W. Hale.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-12-22

nearly every State in the Union
is subject TO the same criticism.
When will these conditions
change When viii law and
order prevails When we have
educated cur people TO higher
ideas Of citizenship. When we
have shown them the danger Of
our free institutions which viii
result from giving aid OF COM
fort 70 violators Of law or con-
doning their criminal acts.
When the flag Of the States
will have as much respect and
the fear of punishment by their
officers be as great as that of
the Federal Government.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-12-22
NE WISH ALL OUR READERS MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

against the rich, and the poor
without distinction.
Unless the laws are enforced
the strong government must
come and will come.
There is a great cry by all
the States for local self govern
ment. and non-interference by
the National Government. This
is all right. and as il should be,
provided, the State govern
ments enforce law and order
and make example of criminals,
no matter how much the par
ticular community in which
they occur may condone and
endorse them
Unless the States can suppress
disorder and punish crime, the
National Government will in
defense Of its own integrity be
compelled 10 do IL, and mark
our words, when the time does
come full sanction will be given
the exercise of the power under
the Constitution by h e
Supreme Court Of the United
States.
A short time ago there was a
strike of the street car employ
ees at Louisville, and during
this strike "a car passed a large
number of the strikers congre-
gated 20 prevent the operation
Of the line, this car carried
United States mail, and was
permitted to pass without
hindrance, or ANY interference
Soon after, a car came along
with women and children. and
was stoned with brick bats aud
other missives, injury ing many
/ of the occupants. w h a {
gave immunity TO the mail car.
/ The United States flag the
emblem Of suprr macy of law
and order, and puu shmenf of
I crime the know ledge that
strong power of the National
| Government would be put in
| force so punish the perpetrator:
OF any injury TO its mail carrier
Why should n0t the dag oil
| Kentucky have made the car
load Of women and children
B immune from attact? Because
. / 10 was not the symbol of en-
forcement OF law and order anC
did not create the respect ans
fear that the Federal flag in
voked.
! This is not an isolated case
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-12-22
WILL ASK STAY FOR
LITTLE.
Alleged Sesiupls Murderer May Not Die
January T.

Roanoke, Va, Dec. ls.-Gov.
Swanson will be asked for
stay Of execution in the case Of
Howard Little, the ex-United
deputy marshal, under sentence
20 die in the electric chair at
Richmond on January : for the
murder of Mrs. Betsy Justis,
George Meadows. his wife. and
three children, in the Justis
home in Buchanan county, last
September.
Little was convicted of the
crime at Grun0y some weeks
ago, and was rushed 10 the
Roanoke Jail for safe keeping.
He is still in the Roanoke
prison.
To-day he received a letter
from his counsel, b. f. Wilson,
of Lebanon. in which the law
er said he would ask the gov
crnor for "a stay until an appeal,
which is being prepared. can be
taken TO the Supreme Court.
The alleged sextuple murder
er does not seem 90 have a
single care. His appetite is
splendid and he sleeps we'll at
night. He spends his days
writing letters TO friends. and
declares he believes ne viii yet
prove his innocence.
-
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-12-22
LAW AND ORDER
Its Enforcement Necesss ry TO the Pre-.
seratiou Of Free Institutions.

disregard for law, which has
been rapidly on the increase all
over the country for the last
two decades.
The fearless and impartial
administration of the law to
the rich and poor alike, is the
great barrier that can and will
prevent the down fall Of the
Republic.
1t may be and probably is
true that many Of our laws
both criminal and civil, need
amendment and that even our
American Magma Charta, F" the
I Constitution Of the United
States is not perfect, but so
long as they remain upon the
Statute books, they should be
rigidly enforced until such
amendment, alteration or re-
peal is made by the duly con.
stituted representative of the
/ people i'm the National Legisla
ture; the Legislatures of the
various States or by National or
State Conventions or other
authorized means provided 10y
law. Every lynching. every
outrage committed or instigatcd
by mobs Of strikers, every un
lawful combination OF capital
for sitting competition in arti-
cles of commerce, equally at
tack and weaken the barriers
erected for the preservation Of
their own liberty and the liber-
ties of the people. Much of
this would be very difficult If
not possible, but for a sympathy
and encouragement given by a
large majority Of the communi-
ties in which they occur, and
the perpetrators of the outrages
and offenders 60 upwhipt of
justice-although their acts are
/ condemned and disapproved
by an Overwhelming majority
of their fellow citizens. IL is
impossible TO administer the
laws in any community where
such conditions exist, and il
seems that there are only two
remedies, one by the organiza-
tion of civic leagues and
societies all over the land fol
the purpose of fostering anC
building up a public sentimen
for law and order aud patriotism
in every community; and th'
second is by a radical chang,
in the laws of venue, whereof,
the violators of law may b
tried not at the places wher'
the crimes are committed, 5u
Ia communities where the sen
timent of people are strong 70
maintenance of law and order
and the punishment of crime
Thsrs is a sad lack of patriot
ism amongst our people an
with a few notable exceptions
almost none amongst the yer.
rich. The strike at the grea
tin plate mills IN Ohio emphs
sizes the proposition under dii
, cussion; there a large body {
= workmen have gone on a strik'
, and quit work, which they ha
a perfect right TO do. The mi
: owners have employed huI
dreds of iaborers and mechani,
to take their places which the
\ had a perfect right 20 do, b
= the striking employees CONVEX
ing themselves stronger thl
the law, have determined tn
the new men employed cha
q ~ not work and are forcing the
n x.,o.nr1ata, ~ o~fo of rsf.Ias.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-12-22

punished As il is the officers
of the law have met with little
or no support and had to resort
70 the military, and even they
have been powerless 80 put an
end 90 disorder.
This IS not an isolated case.
but Il is the rule throughout the
COUNTRY equally applicable to
strikes and lynchiugs.
This is the side of disorder
and violence and it should be
suppressed with the strong arm
of the law and guilty punished
without fear or favor.
Little hope Of so desirable a
result can be entertained and
the pity of il all, is that it is
rapidly on the increase. Labor,
speaking commercially. is a
commodity 20 be purchased at
the market price and if one
man OF any association of men
refuse 20 work for a given wage
and another man or association
Of men are willing TO work forthe
wage, then they have a perfect
right under the law TO accept
the employment and they and
their employers are entitled
TO the full protection of the law
IN such work.
There is no escaping these
conclusions; if there are more
men than there are jobs then
the work viii be paid less than
when there are more jobs than
men 90 take them.
Now for the other side Il the
case. The strikers are employ
ees of a subsidiary company of
the United States Steel Corpor
alton, and has il acted within
the lawy It was organized 10y
"a combination of a majority of
all the Steel Companies in th,
United States. The properties
were taken in at a valuation
far exceeding the cost of con.
struction or fair market value
at the time of the combination.
and bonds and preferred stoch
issued 20 the amount of pur
chase price of the various com
panies aggregating one thou
sand million dollars. In addi
tion 10 this there was issued c,
sellers, five hundred million
dollars common stock, 70
which no consideration wa
paid, and when it went on tn
| market only sold Cor a few
cents on the dollar, but b,
reason of the monopoly created
by the combination and the in
creased price, it was enabled &
change for it's product thi
common stock, now bein.
paid regular dividends, and
selling in the market aroun
/ ninety cents on the dollar, or i
; other words, by reason of th
unlawful combination and TIA
, unlawful issue of five hundre
million dollars stock, withoU
consideration, the stOckholdel
have been enabled to make
, clear profit from water With
a very short time of four hui
{ dred and fifty million dollars.
: A great many instances
l. the same character have o.
t CURED Ia nearly all the lars
}, financial centers Of the coul
d try. 1t is true that belat'
Il efforts are now being made
i suppress these practices an
IS punish the wrong doors, with
y fair show Of success in the 1
" farf0r cas1rfs hut IL rounaing {
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-12-22
Remarkable Increase
In SOuth's S Industries.

vested along the Southern Rail-
way 500, ,315 $50, making the
total amount invested in all
improvements for which statis-
tics are gathered $l04,1 ,05l.
The aggregate amount invested
along the Mobile & Ohio Rail-
road was Sl2,3s7, ,554. II is
noteworthy that during the
year along the Southern So, ,eO2.-
2e0 were spent for new schools.
S1,S46,l15 for new churches,
$40, ,27O,SlS for new business
structures, $50, PIP, ,9S6 for new
residences. At the same time
the amount expended for public
improvements was s., ,55S, ,391 on
streets, S3, $780, ,2s3 on sewers,
So, ,00O, ,204 for water works and
water supply of towns and
cities. These figures show in
the most conclusive manner
the growth Of the South in
wealth and ability TO make
needed improvements as well
as the continued expansion Of
its business. There were built
in the twelve months along the
line Of the Southern Railway
in cities, towns and villages no
less than $4,000 residences.
Statistics Not Available.
The statistics are not avail
able TO show just what the
gain has been during the year
agriculturally, but that the
same advance in agriculture
has been made as in the various
Industries is certain. Indeed
there was probably even a
much greater advance. The
statistics published by the Unit.
ed States Department Of Agri.
culture show in the nine South
ern states, through which the
Southern Railway and the
/ Mobile a. Ohio Railroad run,
returns from the staple crops oi
cotton, corn, wheat, oats
/ potatoes, hay and tobacco II
ll9OS of SS6S 600, 900. 1t is wei
known that the greatest ad
vance is taking place in the
methods of cultivation, sol
preservation, crop diversica
tion, and in everything whicl
/ goes to the prosperity of tn,
farmer and also that on South
ern farms, more and more con
veniences and Improvements o
all kinds are being auded
while the great value of South
ern soils is being demonstrate
as never before. There ha
been a steady movement of th
people from the North, and tn
Northern European countries
; the territory reached by thes
lines. This movement is gair
I ing all the time, as the valu
of southern farm lands become
, better known.
In the past eight years thel
4. has been invested in industrit
| along the Southern Railwa
4 and Mobile & Ohio Railroa
the enormous amount of $5IS
: coo, 900. This great industri
? expansion has come becaui
3 the resources and other CO
Q ditions which affect industri
" development are found TO
L the best advantage IN I'll
: southern states.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-12-22
Record Of New Industries And Of Pro-
gress Along Two Railways For Year.

oA+RN ia AANNNN III viz A'Nt.A
year. ended June 30 last, of the
new industries, additions to
established industries and the
expenditures for improvements
Of various kinds in the cities
and Towns along the Southern
Railway and Mobile & Ohio
Railroad, is a remarkable one,
when il is considered that the
period covered includes the last
half of the year 1908 and the
first half Of the present year, a
time when the demand for
manufactured goods of all kinds
ia this country was at a low
ebb, and capital was hard TO
find for new investments of any
kind and in any portion of the
country. Some of the figures
for the industrial investments
along the Southern Railway
have heretofore been published
They show a total of 453 new
industries, calling for an in-
vestment of S2O.413,S35, and
additions 20 existing industries
costing S7,ss3,93C. In the same
period there was put under con-
struction new industries 90 be
completed later, in which So
743, 900 viii be invested Since
the close of the Southern S
fiscal year there has been a
steady improvement in all busi-
ness conditions, manufacturers
and operators of mines have
felt warranted in renewing
plans for new plants and capi-
talists and bankers have been
Aore ready to supply needed
lis for industrial invest
ITS.
Last half Still Better.
ne new industries started in
last half of 1909 greatly out
4mbered those begun i'm the
FIRST half of the year, so that
y for the first time in two years
the normal industrial advance
of the southeastern states
may be said TO be under way
1t is confidently expected, anC
ali the indications show tha
the present year VIII greatly
exceed the past in the amount
of factory building and in tin
investments made in all kindl
OF industries. That over $2S.
OOO,0O should be invested il
industrial development in the
period covered along one lin
of road in the southwest show
in the most marked manne
the advantages of that section
for various lines of industries
The growth of industrie
along the line of the Mobile
Ohio Railroad was also marked
In the stretch Of 1000 miles c
territory covered by that roa
there were constructed in 1905
90, ended June 80, 50 new il
dustries, at a cost of s., ,6o'
while additions to existin
plants raised the investment I
2,254, 700. The figures froi
the two lines show duplicatio
at four or i've points. Takin
out those two lines show a
aggregate of 4so new plan
costing $2l, ,ls9 ,555 and a tot'
investment in industries of $50
S09,O7l, including the amour
which went into new Industri'
under construction on June 3
to be completed at a lat
date.
In general improvement
!. -.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-01-31
SPORTS
neutrality-suspicious.
LOCAL NOTES

The Oriacs basket ball team ha,
a practice game at the ArmOry Fir,
lay night with a scrub five which
gave them a harder fight than the
Union Academy team.
Manager Pink" Scullin Of the
Oriacs may sign up his team for a
game with the Paducah High School
Rumor has it that amateur wrest
ling and boxing tournaments may
be inaugurated at tie Armory Soon.
Not bad idea,
Some warm indoor BASEBALL games
arc promised for this season yel
Two or three teams are practicing
at the Armory.
W, H. Barton who has been svp
plying the athletic entertainments
II the opera house this season. AMI
who has been in the south for about
4 month, will be back here this
week
Collins and Demetral are both TAX
NJ a course of stiff training for
heir wrestling match here next
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-01-31
ssasnssasss,sss,ssssssss.
!; AM0slMEuTS :
INSTRUMENTATION.
Burlesquers.

A bright and breezy burlesque show
adorned with pretty girls is the
catchy manner in which the Monte
Carlo Girls Burlesquers' is the ar.
traction at the opera house on Tues.
day and Wednesday Feb. pa and Sd
Is billed Few burlesque shows on
the road compare with this one in IN.
ao-dateness. and none. compare in the
mater Of splendid show girls.
Two burlesques namely The Kid.
nappers' and "The Maideu's Dream"
(both new will afford much diver.
sion and serve TO introduce a number
OF funny comedians, and a handsome
chorus of pretty girls who sing and
dance in the most approved STYLE
There are also a number of first.class
vaudeville acts including "Mariutch"
and her newest creation in the dane.
ing line PRICES Is, 50. 7jc.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-01-31
GENERAL NOTES.

Members of tne Down and Out
club of the TriState league will hold
their annual meeting ut Harrisburg
on February p.
Jack Hyden the Chicago Cubs
outfelder, will continue to play ball
in Cuba until it is time to report to
Manager Chance
The Toronto ball cuD secured a
fine first sacker when they signed
Ben Houser., who played last year
with the Scranton team.
indianapolis fans entertain hone
that the Sunday has ball bill viii
become a law Itdoesnt do anybody
any harm to nope.
Battling Nelson says he is waiting
for Freddie WEIGH to claim the light
weight championship. then he wilt
go out and lick him. Go on and
claim it, Freddie
Ira Thomas, who was sold recent.
ly by Detroit to Philadelphia Is viii.
ing to buy the Hartford, Conn. club
4 ne can make the present owners
Understand the value of cigarette
couasns.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-01-31
Observation-Disclosures,
THE WEATHER
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Yesterdays Cairo Temperature.
General Conditions.


The day was fair with brisk north
wind. The lowest temperature was
recorded at 10 a. m, which was
degrees colder than a. m. TIL
government bulletin reported rain OF
snow from % points, covering the riv
er valleys generally Extremes of tenn
perature were " at Jacksonville. Fla
and is below at Bismark, Duluth an
Moorhead. other below-zero records
were: Miles City 4, Omaha 4. s.,
Paul 4. The reported minimums and
maximums in this section in the p
hours ending at am. yesterday were
Cairo 10-4S, Memphis 1912, st. Louis
OPS, Cincinnati, 1913, Chicago 6-38.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-01-31
| NEWS OF THE RIVERS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,

The river marked IT'S feet or the
Cairo gauge last evening. showing a
fall of z Of foot in "A hours :
Rising rivers were reported yestef.
dag from points above here as fol.
lows: Cincinnati 0.3, Louisville CS,
Evansville 05, Nashville %. Chat
tsrooga OIL. st. Louis 10, Cape Cir
arGeau 0.5.
There was a clean page In the
wharfmaster's book YESTERDAY no
departures being record.
ell. Even the "Old Reliable" Dick
Fowler remained wind-bound at Pa
ducah.
, Capt Bud Smedley is able to be
about in his room. but will not be
able to take command of his boat
for a time
The steamer Three States was
wind bound at Birds Point all nignt
after leaving here to meet the Cot.
tor Belt train Friday afternoon. She
came over yesterday morning in
good shape.
The Wash Honshell went south
yesterday after logs.
They have a boat named Two
states" running into Louisville. Bnt
there isn't any place in the country.
besides Cairo. where they can prom.
cry name a boat Three States"
The United State dredge boat In |
diana has undergone extensive re-
pairs and is laid up for the winter
III Dam No. 81. She will come ont
next summer to operate between
Cairo and Louisville
The Peters Lee viii be out from
Cincinnati tomorrow bound for Mem.
)his.