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The Washington herald., 1910-08-07
TOMB IN REAR OF HOME.
Exclusive District Objects to Novel
Plan of California Mine Owner.

Exclusive District Objects TO Novel
Plan of California Mine Owner.
Residents of the fashionable Occur
d'Alene district. near Venice, will present
a petition TO the board OF trustees. OF
Venice, asking that E. F. Keiner, a
wealthy mining man, be restrained from
completing tomb for himself and wife
in the rear Of his beautiful summer man
sion, says the LOS Angeles Examiner.
Mr.. Kelner declares that the idea is
common in the South. He stated yester-
day that ne desired to be buried in the
rear Of his beautiful mansion in order
that the home which he built at the cost
Of more thai $4,000 might not be dis
posed Of by his children
1T is matter Of sentiment with me, -
said Mr. Kelner. What is life without
sentiment? The erection Of a tomb near
a home is common in the South. con-
ceived the idea there. On my last trip
to Arizona l brought a box containing
earth from my fathers grave. This will
be- placed inside the tomb ] came to
your beautiful Southland to make nv
home and it is near my home that I de-
sire to be buried. Another reason is that
If I and my wife are laid to rest here our
children will never dispose of the home. :"
Mr.. Kelner's plan is to erect the concrete
tomb one foot below the surface OF the
ground. It will contain two vaultsz large
enough to contain two Theoretically sealed
collins. The interior Of the tomb will be
studded with ore from the valuable COL
lection owned by Mr.. Kelner. The cof-
fms, which will cost approximately 500
each. viii be of Arizona copper. The
name Of Mr.. Kelner and his wife will be
inscribed with gold ore. The ore which
viii be placed In the vaults is valued at
several thousand dollars.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-07
OLDEST AMERICAN VESSEL.
The Schooner Polly Is sauey Despite
100 Years

The Schooner Polly Is Sauey Despite
100 Years.
From the New York American.
The famous schooner the Polly. a
sprightly little old woman Of the sea, de-
spite her los years. IS in port for the
first tine IN several years. and Capt. J.
II. Weldon, Of Doghton. Mass. is
busy unloading at Wards Island a cargo
taken on board at Bridgeport, Conn. So
lightly has time touched the Oldest Amer
ican merchant vessel that the Polly looks
in as good condition as the majority OF
vessels sone-tenth Of her age
Whether or not a historical society
viii purchase the schooner win be learned
within a few days, for Capt Weldon
has not as yet told OF his next port Of
call He outbid several others a year
ago and took the ancient privateer over
at price of $500. and as he is the owner
of a large feet Of schooners, she is not
necessary as a money-maker 10 him.
But sixty-one feet in length and forty
five tons net burden, no American vessel
has so far received such continued noto-
riety as the little schooner. Since her
Tooth birthday in every port made there
has been an ovation, in which newspa-
pers always participated How her
doughty skipper and owner, Capt Jed
Upton. put a carronade on deck and
fitted OUT his New England crew with
boarding axes and cutlasses has been
told and retoid.
This was In 1872, when the PoIlys rig
was that Of a sloop and her captures
Of British merchantmen were plenty. The
little privateer became a terror 10 the
British along the New England coast
until she met defeat when the Phoebe. a
British frigate disguised as a merchant
man, was overhauled. Then Capt. Upton
and his crew were caught and held pris-
oners for a year, but were released with
their vessel.
In 1886 the rig OF the Polly was changed
TO that OF a schooner. and despite the
renewal at various times OF plankipg,
timber. and beams. her original lines
have been retsined and she is as saucy
and as seaworthy as ever. A good sailer,
the little schooner can show her heels
to many a larger canvased craft.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-07
SLEUTHS IN rANGLE.
Do Golden 40 HaIf-donars Break
Federal Laws.

From tho San Francisco Chronicle.
Among the passers-by who often stop TO
admire the brand-new gold dollars. half
dollars and quarters offered for sale in
the show windows OF certain jewelers. is
United states secret Service Operator
Harry Moffitt. These coins are limitations
Of those made more than fifty years ago
by private persons in this city. and were
received as legal tender at that time.
Mofiitt thought II was strange that pri-
vate persons should be engaged at this
time In the coinage OF money, notwith-
standing the stringency q the Federal
laws against counterfeitlng.
He accordingly has laid the matter be-
fore United States District Attorney Dew
lin, and the latter has referred the sub
ject TO the authorities at Washington.
There was a doubt in the mind OF the
district attorney whether the coming OF
these souvenirs IS a violation OF the law.
inasmuch as the originals were not made
in the mint, but by private parties. and
also as 70 whether they are lin the
similitude OF coins OF the United States -"
Mofitt thinks the.' are for he remem-
bered that when Egert Hazen was In
The Washington herald., 1910-08-07
FROM HARTMAN ESTATE.
Sum Accruing from inheritance Tax
VIII BE Largo.

VIII Be Large.
New York Correspondence Philadelphia Ledger
1t is officially announced that the State
Of New York is TO receive a little over
100000 from the estate Of z. H. Harri-
man in payment OF the inheritance tax.
The statement has also been made that
this is the largest inheritance tax paid
in 10 the State II may be the largest
tax upon an estate devised TO a direct
heir, but it has always been the under
standing that the tax paid by the late
James Henry Smith was the largest the
State ever received. the great figure be-
ing due to the fact that Mr. Smith was
a nephew Of the testator and not OF the
immediate family.
The inheritance tax 20 be paid by the
Hartman estate goes far to prove the
accuracy OF the statement made by Mr..
Hartman to an intimate friend few
weeks before his death. He was quoted
by that friend as having said 70 him
that after the payment of hts debts. per-
sonal and business, he believed his estate
would be found to be Of the value OF
from s75.OO0OO0 to Ss0.ooOoO0.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-07

A Frenchmsn attended a Burns cele-
bration. At the end Of the jolllhcation
a friend asked him If he had enjoyed
himself.
why" said he with the character
istic French shrug and upturned hands,
lit was magnificent. The haggis was
good, the whisky was very good, the
singing was good, but who was Mr.. Aud
Langsyne? Was he Scottish chief?"
The Washington herald., 1910-08-07
The TAXATION
OF AUTOMOBILES
Concerted Movement Against
High Rates Imposed.
GRAVE QUESTIONS INVOLVED

The COnstitutionaIity OF the Tax Is
Said to BE DoubtfuI-Experien
shows that Automobiles Are Not
az Destructive 20 Roads az Horse
drawn vehicIes-A Legal View,
The Washington herald., 1910-08-07
LOOKING INTO THE
MOTOR CAR FUTURE
Interviews with Heads of
Manufacturing Concerns.
BUSINESS TO BE CONSERVATIVE

Presidents of the Big Corporations
Say that the Industry Must be Put
on Substantial Commercial Basis
II Il Is 10 succeed-PeopIe Want 20
Make Investments.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-25
Island Of Ischa is Swept by Tidal
Wave and Some Of the Houses
Collapsed on the
Inmates.
NAPLES IS WICKED
Every Portion of the City Bears the
Marks Of tho Gale and vesuvius
Adds to The De-
structIon.

NAPLES. Oct. 25.-The Island of
Ischa. in the Mediterranean situated
southwest of Naples has been storm
swept. The first reports reaching
here give very considerable loss OF
life from the tidal wave, but later re-
ports indicate that the victims are
few.
Communication with the island is
difficult, but brief dispatches from
Casamiccola state that it is believed
some persons were killed by the col
lapse of houses.
storm of wind and rain with the dam.
age amounting to millions. Every
section of the city bears marks of the
gale in the suburbs where several
were killed The surrounding country is
devastated, great quantities of grapes
vines, trees, walls and parts of houses
being scattered about.
An avalanche of stones and mu6
rushed down the Mount Vesuvius
above the lava line of the eruption o.
the nineteenth. 1t swept all before II
as far as the town of Portici 1t wreck
/, ed the tram line and endangered
nearly a score.
j Up to the present there is no con
/ firmation that Ischa suffered from :
tidal wave or siesmic disturbances. I
4 was in the direct path of the hurri
cane which toppled oyer houses il
Casamiccola and other villages. Az
ter the earthquake of 1883 thes
places were rebuilt with the thinnes
houses which, while admirably ca
| culated to resist. we're unable to with
stand violence of the present storm
i of the last twenty-four hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-25
JOKE, BUT BRIDE
DOES NOT SEE IT
Fool Friends kidnap the Groom and
He Cannot Be lo-
cate5.

DANA, Ind, Oct 25.-Somewhere in
Danville, ILL.,, a bridegroom is restrain
ed from his bride, and here a bride
who does not appreciate a joke is
calling for her husband of a few
hours. Miss Pauline Lang became
the bride of A. Haden Heber last
night About 9 o'clock an automo-
bile containing friends of the couple
drove up to the home of tie brides
parents. Heber was called outside,
bundled into the automobile, and the
car started for Danville. 1t reached
there, but the missing bridegroom and
his friends have not been heard from
me bride is distracted and threatens
court proceedings.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-25

STILL INsURGENT
No Consolation for Democrats in the
Address Which They Expected
Would be More
Thrilling.

CHICAGO, Oct. 25.-"I would rath
er suffer the inequalities and mis-
takes of the Aldrich-Payne tariff law
a thousand years than to suffer the
disaster of the democratic theory OF
the tariff for single MONTH
With this sweeping verdict Sena-
tor Albert B. Cummins of Iowa, in
surgent leader. epitomized a two
hour speech which he delivered at Or
chestra Hall last night as the open
ing gun of the platform lombard
ment by the republican campaign
managers. Party loyalty was the
warp and woof of the Iowan's ad-
dress; fidelity to republican princi-
pies was the theme, meat and sub
stance of his remarks. Whatever
hopes the democrats may have enter
tanned and whatever fears the repub-
licans may have held that the insur-
gent general might in his utterances
give campaign material to the demo
Gratis we're dispelled and dissipated
from the start.
! AS preface, the senator announc-
ed that he is as much an insurgent
as ever and that whatever denuncia-
tions he had hurled at the Payne-Al-
drich law still go. He exhorted his
listeners not to be blinded by the
factional fights between progressives
and standpatters, and urged them tc
stand together on the broad idea thai
in principle the republican party Is
the hope of the nation, while the
democratic party is a menace.
4 There are some good republicans
who it might be desired to retire te
4 private life," he cried But any mar
4 who reaches the conclusion that we
ought to substitute for any republl
can the best democrat on earth pad
ly needs an intellectual stimulant.
The address, which signaled the
opening of the republican campaign
was held under the auspices OF th'
!, Hamilton club On the platform be
hind the senator were nearly all th'
county, judicial and legislative candi
dates and members of the count.
. committee.
An audience of 1,100 listened atten
, lively to the speech and broke int
, frequent applause.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-25
What's the Use of Noticing Peary
and Cook When the Thing Was
Discovered Back in.
1860.
IN AN OLD HISTORY
Friar of oxford Went to the Top Of
the World by Means of Magic
and Black
Art.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Although
his leave of absence expired Sunday,
Capt. Robert e. Peary, the Arctic ex
plorer, did not report for duty as a
civil engineer in the navy. Acting
Secretary of the Navy Winthrop said
it has not yet been decided to what
work Capt Peary would be assigned.
Capt. Peary has been on leave OF
absence for the last ten years under
tacit understanding that he was to
devote his time to Arctic exploration.
AS he has not applied for further ex-
tension it is assumed at the Navy De-
partment he is ready to return to ac-
tive duty. He was recently promoted
to the rank Of captain through the
retirement of a senior officer.
Department. officials have unearth'
ed an old history in which the claim
is made that the north pole was dis
covered in 1850 by a friar of Oxford
1t is called "a New Naval History OF
Complete View of the British Ma
rine." and was published by John En-
| tick in London, 1857. On one of its
musty pages, the following paragraph
appears:
I'm the year 1860, it is recorded
that friar of Oxford called Nicholas
de Lima. or of Lynn, being goot
astronomer, went in company witt
/ others to the most northern island II
the world, and there leaving his com
pany together, he travelled alone, ant
made draughts of all those northern
fparts with the indrawing seas, which
at his return he presented to thu
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-25
LARGEST DEAL,
IN BASE BALL
BIC Trade ie on Between the Phha'
delphia and Cincinnati
League Clubs.

CINCINNATI, Oct. 25.-What is
forecasted to be one of the largest
deals in the history of baseball is said
to be in progress of completion In the
proposed exchange of more than half
a dozen players of the Philadelphia
National league club and the Gin
cinnati team.
President August Herman stated
the deal would be made within the
next "a hours.
The men slated, according to ru-
mors are among the best known play
ers of the two teams.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-25
WILL TAKE VOTE
ON QUESTION
Railroad Trainmen May Decide NOT
to Haul Non-union Pas
seneers.

ST. LOUIS, October 25.-Affairs of
the Missouri Pacific and Iron Noun
tain railroads reached crisis today
when it was learned that all members
of the Order of Railway Trainmen,
composed of switchmen and brakemen
of both passenger and freight trains
would decide by ballot within twelve
hours whether they will defy tie man
agement of the road and refuse 10
haul nou-union men who are imported
to take the places of $500 machinists
boiler makers, blacksmiths, etc, now
on strike.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-25
Roosevelt Ridicued by College PresI-
dent Who Was Once Republican
But Has Fallen From
Grace.
CALLS HIM FUNNY MAN
DR.. stryker Says the Country Has No
Deep Disease But is Merely
Suffering From
Rash.

UTICA, N. Y, Oct. 25.-Alton B.
Parker and DR.. M. w. Stryker, presi-
dent Of the Hamilton College, were
the principal speakers at a mass meet
ing here last night under the direo-
tion of the Democratic association OF
Utica. The greatest interest was
manifested in the remarks of Stryker.
lifelong republican and loyal sup
porter of Vice President Sherman,
who is a trustee OF Hamilton college.
Stryker recently announced himself
for Dix, democratic candidate for gov
ernor He devoted his address to the
ridicule Of Roosevelt. He said:
II resent Roosevelt as national or
state issue. I've had enough OF him.
He is a mighty hunter, but he cannot
have my pelt. He is an attitudinizer
and uses American people az look
ing glass His record shows a great
lack of ethical perspective and funda-
mental disregard for tt law. His
own sweet will suffices for him. He
is a great musician. He plays fine
old tune, I Am It. His text is al
| ways MS own lHIdllIDlllLy he TeRdTuS
himself as an example of immaculate
recitude.
"In New York he advocates one
thing and in Kansas another In
4 Massachusetts he embraces Lodge, in
+ Indiana he puts his arms around Bev-
4 eridge In New York he talks against
4 bosses and in Cincinnati he kisses
them. One of the most curious things
is that he does not realize how funny
he is. There may be one who thinks
4 he would be a good Diaz. but few OF
us would make good Mexicans. He
4 has been preaching disparagement OF
the supreme court, the final bulwark
) of our liberty. But 1t is not a deep
disease from which we have been suf
/. fering 1t is only rash. Our com
p'exion Is clearing We are on the
road to recovery.
"On the ninth of November the
watchman of the tower will call out:
"'The wind has gone down; all ia
WE'LL"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-25
Weather Conditions.

The passage of the depression from
the Upper to the Lower Lake Regior
has caused warmer weather ovei
the eastern portion of the country
rain falling at it's center, near Buffalo
while generally fair weather prevaili
in other portions of that territory.
The weather is generally fall
throughout the west, the field of higf
pressure from the Central Mountaif
Region drifting slowly southwark, and
il is cooler in the Upper Mississippi
Valley, while the temperature is ris
ng in the northwest, with marked
depression in Northern Montana.
Conditions indicate generally fat
weather for this section tonight ant
Wednesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-25
J. Armstrong Drexel Becomes Fa-
nous as an Aviator by Flying
71oo Feet up In
the Air.
BRooK1Ns ALL RIGHT
Engine Stopped a Mile High and He
Makes Slide From the
Clouds to Tho
Ground.

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-About $4,000
persons saw ten aeroplanes in the
air at one time the third day of the
international aviation meeting at Bel
mont park yesterday. Following close
upon this spectacle ]. Armstrong
Drexel climbed in his Bleriot until
his barograph registered 7,10O feet,
which established a new American
altitude record.
Walter Brookins, In the new Wright
roadster" tiny example of the fa.
miliar Wright biplane, was fighting
with Count De Lesseps' Bleriot for
altitude earlier in the day, when
Brookins' engine went dead at a
height of about 4,500 feet, and the
propellers became jammed and i'm
movable, and Brookins had to vol
plane almost mile to earth. He
landed safely, mile or two northeast
of the aviation field, but broke one OF
his skids upon striking the ground.
Count De Lesseps carried Miss
! Grace Mckenzie of Toronto, who is
] Sdlu W U0 ItlS COuHl uQASC, oloohAA
| the shorter course of two and one
/ half kilometers three times. Roland
Garros arose twice or three times In
! the littlest aeroplane, the Demoiselle
/ thereby achieving the distinction ol
being the first fier to show this type
of humming bird in fight in America
Hubert Latham aew early and Otter
in the wide-spreading Antoinette mon
oplane which he was first to MAKE
behave in the air.
The Curtiss camp in the late after
noon were the sole entrants for th'
4 biplane elimination speed heats. Nc
! Curdy, Frisbie and Bud Mars go
j away a minute apart in the oroe'
named, and the first to start, McCurdy
also made the fastest time, as h'
few fast enough to lap even Mar
once out of every five laps, ever
though Mars was flying the Curtis
machine. in which Mr.. Curtiss, at tn
Squantum meet early in September
on one occasion outflew Graham
4 Whites Farman.
At twilight Charles Hamilton sho
!, across a saffron sky for two circuit
of the course in his Hamiltonian, a
J, he calls his racing biplane OF tn
Curtiss type 1t was Hamiiton's firs
appearance on the course. His aero
plane is equipped with an engine {
!, about 11O horse power, the most poV
erful aeroplane engine in use.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-25
BACON GOES UP
TO 40 CENTS
For First Time in History it Costs az
Much as Chocolate
Candy.

CHICAGO, Oct 25.-Too much
prosperity is one of the reasons
and the principal given here today
by packers why bacon for the first
time in history is quoted at 40 cents
per pound.
The packers say there is short
age of fancy hogs and that other cuts
of pork are cheap and both beef and
mutton are plentiful and low. "The
people want the best of everything
and are willing to pay for it, sale
the packers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-25
Frank Cecil Who Was Mixed up In
the Affair Ten Years Ago,
Dies From Bullet
Wound.
SHOT IN RESTAURANT
Was Indicted With Others for the
Assassination of the Governor
Of Kentucky But
Escaped.

ST. LOUIS, October 25-Frank N.
Cecil special agent of the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad, who was In
dicted ten years ago in connection
with the assassination of Gov Gobel
OF Kentucky was shot and fatally in
jured yesterday afternoon In a chile
con carne restaurant at 16 Collins
Vile avenue, East ST Louis, by Louis
IJiesman, brother of the proprietor.
He died at II o'clock last night.
Cecil had accompanied the two Of
ficers who arrested Leigh Rhodus, the
candy rohber" Sunday, and had re-
NAMED at the police station all night
Shortly after noon yesterday he went
4 out for lunch He was not in the
habit of visiting the Liesmann place
and was not known there. While
sitting at a table in the restaurant
Cecil went to sleep. Jacob Donald
son boy who was sweeping the
place woke Cecil up and asked him
to move his CHAIR so that he could
finish sweeping. He says that Cecil
refused to do so and went to sleep
again. L HeH LOUIS -bClSIIdlln SpOhS
to Cecil and asked him to move.
According to the statements of Lies
mann and his brother Fl. r. Liesmann,
Cecil again refused to move and made
movement to draw revolver. Louis
4 Liesmann then walked back of the
i. counter to where he had a gun, and
Cecil drew his revolver and shot once
the bullet passing SO close to the Don
aldson boy that his shirt was burned
Louis Leismann then fired twice, eacf
bullet striking Cecil in the abdomen
He was taken to the Henrietta Hos
pital. He was cared for by Drs. ]. T.
Virgins and n G. Fairbrother Leis
mann was held without bail pending
the result of Cecil's injuries,
, Frank Cecil has been around Eas
, st. Louis for five years, during all o
!, which time he had been special agen
. for the Louisville and Nashville rail
road. He was in the employ Of thi
railroad for several years before h
came to East ST. Louis. Ten year
ago. while still in his native state
Kentucky, he was indicted with sev
eral others for completely in the as
t sassination of Gov Goebel Durini
the long legislative wrangle he wa
sergeant-at-arms of the dissentin
members Of the legislature, who OF
I ganized a session Of their own a
/ London, Ky. BY the time an indic1
ment had been returned against Geo
8 he was missing, and for several year
|, there was a reward of $4,000 offere
n for his arrest. Two wears Of the tim
s he was an exile in California.
e Arrangements were finally made
Y through frineds Of Cecil in Kentuck,
o to have the reward withdrawn an
d TO allow him to furnish bond wit
S his father as surety. A day afte
" this arrangement was made Gee
slowed up in Frankfort, Ky an
gave the bond agreed upon Durin
the many trials of Caleb Powers, Gee
was called as witness.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-25
CITY DETECTIVE
DROPPED DEAD
Had Just Made An Important Arres'
When He Fell
Over.

DIES MONIES, october 25-Arcus
Rrememer, a city detective, dropped
dead at noon today just after arrest
ing DR.. o. H P. Shoemaker, proml.
nent physician, wanted on charge OF
performing criminal operation upon
Miss stell Thorne, a student at IN
dianola college
Brememer was a Spanish war vet
Gran and we'll known in police circles
in the central west.