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The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

The total premiums received and
losses paid by all the companies trans
acting business in the state during the
year. according TO the reports filed.
.--....e Is fnlloNs.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

Gross to-
tai -. $82.119.4S24S s11,746,121.sS
Losses nor reported
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

The business done by the companies
generally referred to as county fire
mutuals,' organized in accordance with
the provisions OF the act approved
April J. 1897, and amended 1907, shows
an increase over the business of the
previous year as indicated by the fol-
lowing figures:
Ambunt written in 1908. s5, 74S. .s22. 90
Amount written in 1907. 5.O24 O26 90
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23

ORPHEUM-The Orpheum bill
contains seven good acts this week,
headed by Lillian Burkhart and
company, which is called what
Every Woman Wants." It is a
wholesome little sketch and ap-
peals to the audience strongly.
Julius Tanner is a whole show in
himself with his jokes. It is not
only what he say but his style of
delivery which makes big hit.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Mabel Nc
Kinley, the charming singer at the
Washington this week, has won
much distinction as a composer.
She is the possessor of beautiful
voice. and her winning personality
is a big factor in her popularity.
PANTAGEs-The attendance at
the Pantages theater week has
exceeded expectations, drawn there
by the excellence of the bill. The
headliners, Captain Devlin's Zou-
ayes, have certainly earned right
to that title, for they have one of
the best acts seen in vaudeville this
season.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23

Is there anybody in this town
who would like to play Santa Claus
to Grandma and Grandpa? -
Thought grandma and grandpa
generally played Santa CLAUS
themselves? $50
Well, generally they do, Hut
there are times when they need Il
Santa Claus just as mlicfS rs any.
of the children, and this is bne Of
the times. 4s'
Out on. Hogan street there is an
old soldier and his wife, both in the
'70s, who are just in such a circum-
stance at the present time, and if
you want to do a really good turn
you cannot do better than to play
Santa to this deserving old couple.
The old man was a soldier and
wore the blue during those terrible
years when the north and the
south fought to see whether the
union should remain united or
should be divided into vaccinations.
He was captured in battle and
for seven terrible months was an
inmate Of Andersonville prison,
that awful death pen where 50
many thousands Of Union / soldiers
gave up their lives.
Vixen the war ended i he waa
broken in health from the strain
Of his imprisonment, but he took
up the burden Of life a&ain, 3 and
has never before been compelled
to ask that any assistance be rem
deret" him.
Now he is old and teepIe, and il
unable to work other fken to dc
odd~jobs when such can be found
But he is unable to support him
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23
ALL CAN'T GET INro THIS.

Members of the Senior A and B
classes of the high school who wish
to attend the Senior reception in
Masonic temple. January IL, will
have to show requirement for
admission in spite of the fact that
the event is supposed to be free
to members of both classes. If a
young man attempts to attend with
out a fair damsel member of the
class he will be excluded just as
heartily as if he were ! tramp look
ing for a warm place to snooze
Such is the gedict juft issued by
Principal Hart of the Nerth Central
student body.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23
DID SOME ONE START FIRE.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23.-A
rigid Investigation into the reports
that the Friedlander Leather com,
pany fire, which cost the lives OF
"a firemen and police early yester'
day is being made today by the city
authorities. The testimony OF
watchmen who escaped from the
building, it is predicted, will show
that fire was seen simultaneously
at different points. 81 4!
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23
HEART THROBS FROM
!: LITTLE CHILDREN

little boy Is years old and go to
school and wear overalls and the
boys all make fun of me so 1t
would make me happy If you would
please send me just cheap suit
of clothes and my two little broth
ers aged IL and 3 would like some
stockings and new waist for
know If good fellows does not send
Santa he will not come this year,
for papa can not get any work and
mama is sick. hope you will
think of us. South Elm
street. Earl
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23
THEIR DESIRE FOR cHRIsrMAs
MONEY!.

Desire for .Christmas money and
lack of means of Obtaining. the
same, led, Hardin !" Foreman. Is
years Of age, aAa Iteonssd Dudley.
aged IA years, to help themselves.
TO a number Of gpnnysacks, IA the
barn oRsAsn.A, 'BEownea sos, Nora
avenue, yesterday Afternoon, : aes
cording to Information brought 'to,
the police. The boys were arrested
and turned over to the juvenile
court.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23
IMPORTANT MEETINGS

A meeting will be held tonight at
the Hamilton school by the Ken
wood Lidgerwood improvement
club to discuss the North Side
sewer proposition and the new city
charter. The committees that have
been out with the referendum petit
tons will report at this time. A
like meeting will be held by the
Cannondale Improvement club at
the Cannondale school.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23
PAPER MILL WILL MEAN NEW
~. TOWN:f i'I i's-.

A new townsite seven miles east
of the city is to be started as a re-
suit of the activities of the new
Inland Paper company, which will
build at that place. The Spokane
International railroad is interested
in the proposition andE5has' already
run spur to- the site aof the mill
for the purpose Of placing machin-
cry. on the grounds There is an
excellent townsite near3the mill on
the north side of the river. ill.,.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23
BY A GOOD FELLOW.

Here are a few more letters from
the children who want Santa Claus
to come to them this year, through
the Good Fellows:
Dear Mr.. Good Fellow: I heard
that you were helping the poor, SO
! thought l would write to you to
tell you that we need it very bad.
My mother is working hard every
day in the laundry. She gets $1.17
a day. My father is dead. He died
the End Of February. And we think
that our Christmas will be very
slim.
Il am IA years old. Something I
need is pair of shoes, double Els
fours, and a hat, a pair of union
suit, pair of stockings, a dress.
Dear. Mr.. Good Fellow will give
many thanks if you will try and
help us out and we will have a
pretty slim dinner. My poor
mother is sickly and so hardly able
to work. We are terribly out of
food, so it will make us a slim din
ner. So il you could help us out
a little we would give many
thanks to you. / have a darling
little brother he is three years old
He needs little hat, pair of shoes,
pair of stockings, and will miss
papa because he got few things
last Christmas Papa wasn't very
well, anyway, SO if you could help
us a little We would give many
many thanks. Belle. "
East Seventh"
This little girl will have her first
sad Christmas. She says:
Dear Editor: have read of the
Good Fellows tonight, of the good
man who has plenty of children's
shoes, and wondered if he hade a
pare for me to wair to sunday
school.
my papa got his leg broke to
day, and our Christmas will be sad
my little sister, Marie, has just
recovered from the pneumonia she
is 3 years. and l am past 10 years
This is my first sad Christmas
Mama said Santa wodent see me
this Christmas. | will close hoping
am not too late. Find me at -
Perry street. Opal -"
Here is another case where
: clothing and shoes are needed:
"My dear Mrs. Good Fellow. I've
heard you was helping the poor
children. My papa is sick and
can't work. there are three chill
dren of us. I'm fourteen and my
brother 10 and my little sister 3
We need clothes bad as anything
I need a pair Of shoes;snumber Is
and my brother needs a. pair OF
shoes, Mo- !. ] will be glad. ,taa gel
what nov hage to give !, us. F
---. Lee street. - - 80 :; !.
And Stiff again clothes arc
needed:
Dear mr.. Good Fellows: am q
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23
Los ANGELES CHIEF REsloNs.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Dec. 23.
Chief OF Police Galloway handed
his resignation to Mayor Alexander
today, to take effect January 3.
Alexander announced that the
police committee selected Lieuten-
ant Chas. Sebastian to succeed Gal
loway. Less than a year ago the
new chief was q sergeant in charge
Of Chinatown squad. GallOway's
resignation was not unexpected.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23
LAND OFFICE CASE.

REGISTER Hal l.. Cole of the Unit.
ed States Land office, was busy all
smorninge taking evidence ins the
contest filed by Edward, H. P6Met1
against Sarah E. Froman, who Is
attempting to make final proof On
$50 acres 81 land in lincoln county
near the Little Falls power plant
of the Washington Water Power
COMPANY.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23
B . go 90 90 A,~~]~
, WON'T TRAVEL TOGETHER =

= DES MONIES. Ia, Dec. 20. Z
. Travelling on different trains I
= all the way from Washington. Z
= Senator Albert b. ~Cpmmins 4
= and Senator Lafayette Young I
= arrived here today. Young, In 4
- his maiden speech in thu sen 4
= ate, attacked his colleagues 4
= resolution providing for az
= schedule by schedule. revision 4
. of the tariff and ridiculed the 4
= insurgents, of whom Cummins 4
= is a leader. Both senators 4
= issued statements after their 4
q arrival.
Z . = q q . q q 9 . HNNNN
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23
THE 4onANE Press
AN old COUPLE WHO,
NEED SANTA CLAUS

self In: this manner, especially at
this season of the year. when the
:Eeafher is so bad and work is 30
sscarce. S.
& Add his wife. Poor old grandma,
is blind. Day after day she sits
in eternal darkness or gropes her
way about the little room, Striv-
ing to bear her affliction as brave
w as possible,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23.-Be-
fore Mrs. Lillian Ashley Turnbufl
resumed the witness stand today
in her daughters suit for a portion
of the estate of Lucky Baldwin It
was predicted that the ordeal of
her cross-examination would be
concluded tonight or at the latest
tomorrow.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23

ON one leg of a crow shot In
Germany was a silver band show
ing it had lived more than a cen
fury.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23

n II
SAN Diego Andrew Mitchell, q
real estate dealer, and John HI.
Jones, a mulatt0 stableman, are
under arrest charged with having
murdered Matthias Mau, an aged
German rancher, ON Friday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23

Buckles are principally long,
deep, oval and square, longer than
the belt is wide and curved in
ward.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. %
Charges of grand larceny against
G. M. and ]. c. Woodson, e. l..
Smith and Margaret Henry, brought
in connection with the theft of $780,
900 worth of gold bullion from the
treasure ship Humboldt, near Sc
attic, were dismissed today by the
local police courts. a.,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
JACK JOHNSON
ON THE STUMP
Made Political Speech in Favor of
Candidate For Alderman From
Black Belt.

tGate City Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, March 26,-Mr, Jack
Johnson, heavy weight pugilist. to.
night laid aside his ring laurels long
enough to gather a few ones as a po-
litioal stump speaker. 1t was Mr.
Johnson's first offense, but he got
away with it, quite as readily as he
got away with Tommy Burns when he
Won the heavy weight championship.
Jacks speech was in the interest
of e. H. Wright, colored, independent
republican candidate for alderman
from the blackbelt. Ringside seats
We're at a premium during the pre-
liminaries which preceded the main
event, Johnson's speech. The pugi,
lists oratory was given an ovation
that would make Jeffries jealous
when he stepped upon the platform
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
Col. Roosevelt in Cairo at Confetti
Fiesta Taken Part in by
People of Many
Countries
A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE
Arabs, Egyptians, English Officers,
Women m Ball Gowns and Men
in Dress Suits Greet
Ex-Presdent.
[Gate City Leased Wire service.l

IGate City Leased Wire Servicel
CAIRO, Egypt, March 26.--Colonel
Roosevelt was the guest OF honor to-.
night at a dinner rendered by An.eri-
can Consul Iddings, Following which
there was a gala confetti fiesta at the
hotel, participated in by American and
foreign tourists. The dinner was at
tended by score of the most promi-
aent citizens and officials of Cairo.
The hotel and grounds were bril-
liantly lighted for TIE confetti battle
and the scene was beautiful one.
Arabs in flowing white robes, Eng
lish officers in red tunics, Egyptians
with gorgeous uniforms and curved
scimitars. tourists in evening dress,
women in ball gowns, filled the spa
cious illuminated grounds and joined
in the jollity. Colonel Roosevelt,
with Mrs Roosevelt, Kermit and Miss
Ethel, enjoyed themselves hugely.
The ex-president, with his wife and
children. will attend the morning ex
ercises in the American church, after
which, escorted by a squadron of cav
airy, they will be driven to the bunga
| low of General Sir Francis Wingate
where he is to dine. The dinner will
be purely family affair, with no 9th
er guests and will be informal in Its
nature, at the request of Mr. Roose
velt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
SNAPPED HIS
FINGER AT Them
General Gordon Not Afraid Of the
Madriz Officials and Defed
Them to Stop
Him
HAS CHARTERED A SHIP
Says That He is Raising an Army to
Go to Nicaragua and
Fight for
Estrada.
[Gate City Leased Wire Service ]

[Gate City Leased Wire Service
NEW ORLEANS, March 26.-The
crisis in the strained relations be-
tween the representatives of the
Madriz and Estrada factions of the
Nicaraguan government was reached
late today, when General Victor Cor
don, who is organizing an Estrada re-
lief expedition, suddenly appeared at
the Madriz consulate and entering the
room where Louis Corea, Madriz's
minister to Washington and other
Madriz officials were in conference
and defied them to keep him from
starting his expedition for Central
America.
Then you are liable to $1,000
fine and three years Imprisonment
according to American laws" said the
startled Corea
Il am ready to sign statement
that I am raising an army here and
that ] have chartered ship and
defy you to do anything" was Cor
don's reply.
He then handed each of the Madris
officials his card ana walked out.
| Tonight Gen. Gordon suddenly
wheeled on two detectives following
him and the officers arrested then
both, 1t is believed that part of thu
relief expedition will attempt to sal
tonight
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
MONDAY AFTERNOON
is THE LIMIT
Four Thousand Railroad Men VIII
Strike Unless an Increase
Ia Granted.

IGate City Leased Wire Service
NEW HAVEN, Conn, March 26
1t was announced here tonight that
unless the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad officials give in by
Monday afternoon to certain demands
for an increase in wages and a gen
eral change in working conditions
presented several weeks ago, gen
eral strike would be called at one
o'clock by the joint conference COM
mittee of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen and the Order OF Railroad
Conductors, involving 1000 employees
OF the New Haven system.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27

[Gate City Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, March 26-Little Ruth
Wheelers fight for her honor cost her
her life and added to New York's
story of fiendish crimes chapter
which would rival one of Poe's morbid
dreams. Albert A. Welter, aged eigh-
teen, is held prisoner in New OK
Vile station, charged witt. Staying the
child and burning her body to a
cba,Ted mass, and New York detec-
tiyes are searching tonight for Kate
Fischer. a German girl, Welter's COM
panion.
Ruth Wheeler, who was fifteen and
remarkably pretty and cultured, was
lnred from her home to the top floor
of a tenement, where Welter lived
with the Fischer girl. There she was
attacked and died in her fight with
her assailant. To make certain the
eirl was dead, heavy rope was bound
about her neck and she was strangled
Then roaring fire was built in an
omen fireplace and the girls body
doubled up and held together with a
niece of heavy wire, was thrust into
tha blaze, until only an unrecognllzza
ble mass of flesh and bones remained
The charred body was placed in bur
Ian bag and thrown upon a flre escape
piazza, from which 1t was latel
dropped into back yard, where |
was found today. The police nave
woven about young Welter a stron'
chain of evidence. The youth has no
confessed, though Captain Carey 0
the police bureau believes the prison
or will break down under the stra1'
and tell the whole story in feE
hours.
4 Ruth lived with a mother AM
two sisters, Pearl, aged twenty-five
and Adeline, aged twenty-five, in Hal
lem. Before tire death of their fatI
err they were well-to-do. Then Pea
and Adaline became stenographers
| Their mother kept house and Rut
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27

went to school. Recently she gradu-
ated from a business college, which
finds positions for its graduates. Last
Thursday the manager of the business
college gave her a postal card, asking
that a stenographer be sent to Albert
Welter, 224 East 10th street. Ruth
went, hoping to obtain q position. The
number is a cheap fat building on the
east side. Welter and Kate Fischer
had two rooms and a kitchen at the
rear of the fourth and top floor. The
ianitor of the building, John Mohl, and
his wife, live in the basement.
They saw the pretty, well-goWned
little girl go to the apartment of Well
ter and lis mistress. That was the
last seen of the child alive.
When the girl failed to return home
Thursday night, her mother and sis
tiers became anxious They learned
from the business school where Ruta
had gone Her sister went there to
investigate. Welter and the Fischer
girl had occupied the rooms three
weeks. Nothing was known OF tnem
save that Welter's companion worked
in German bakery, earning S6 a
week, and supported them both. Pearl
knocked and was admitted by Welter
This was at $50 O'Clock Thursday
might. The girl was admitted into tbs
/ very room where her sisters body hat
/ been burned She asked Weltel
where Ruth was The German an
swered by locking the door and max
ing an insulting proposition to thu
girl. She shrank from him. fright
ened. but kept her wits.
/ a have policeman outside" sh
told Welter, "and you had better lie
me out of here"
Welter unlocked the door, yowint
he had not seen Ruth
Miss Wheeler went to the police an
j three detectives accompanied her t
| the Welter fiat, but Welter and tn
Fischer girl were gone. The detet
| tives searched the fiat, but no trac
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
Have the Appearance of Mob -
ence Against the Three and
Judge Takes Extra
Precautions
COLD BLooDED WIDOW
Mrs. Sayler's Actions When Her Hus-
band Was Murdered Was Chief
Testimony at the
Trial.
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lGdle Slly ISdSeQ wire S6TNlCe.l
WATSEKA, ILL.,, March 26.-At the
end of two weeks which marks the
middle OF the sensational srial of Mrs.
Lucy Sayler. DR.. VIM. Miller ana John
Grundon for the alleged murder of
Banker John B. Sayler of Crescent
City, feeling runs high here tonight
as it did Immediately after Sayler
was slain.
Reciting in court today by witnesses
for the state of the seeming indiffer-
ence of Mrs. Sayler to the comfort
of her dying husband as he lay on
the floor of his home with his throat
filed with blood, choking and writh-
ing, has revived all the old indig-
nation against the three defendants.
So intense did the feeling become
that Judge Dibell suddenly adjourned
court early this afternoon and order
ed the prisoners back to Jail under
a heavy guard.
Benz Duestler testified regarding the
condition of Salyer's body when he
reached the house, and the manner
in which Mrs Sayler acted at that
time.
What did Mrs. Sayler say when
you laid out the body for burial?
Duestler was asked.
Asked her if she wished to see
lit" witness replied. She said she
4 did and l turned back the sheet and
! showed her the wounds. She looked
at the ragged holes through the arms
] and the wound in the chest. | ex
4 planned to her that Sayler had been
4 shot four times. She expressed rath
er Indifferent surprise and said, !
didn't think he was hit that often
II showed her the hole through
which the bullet reached the throa
and caused internal hemorrhages
i; killing her husband
She appeared calm, and said
Why, | didn't think the bullets coul(
go that far. ="
Did she show any emotion at al
when looking at the body" the pros
ecutor asked.
Not the slightest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
BURLAP BAG WAS
LITTLE RVTHS SHROUD

of the missing girl was found. Ihey
on guard.
Kate Fischer came back to the fiat
alone Friday morning, and packed her
trunks, telling Janitor Mohl they We're
moving away.
When the Fischer girl left the flat,
at 10 O'Clock Friday night, the detec-
tives followed She doubled on hef
tracks twice and then went to Park
avenue and Eighth street where she
was Joined by Welter The pair
walked around the streets for some
time and finally went to l22 East
105th street, where few hours be ore
they had rented rooms. AS soon as
they entered, the detectives burst in
and arrested Welter. Welter was ar
raigned in court this morning and was
held in $4,000 bail on the charge of
kinaping Welter told the court he
had never seen the girl He
admitted often wrote to busi-
ness colleges, asking that stem
ographers be sent to him
for work. He said he hoped in this
way to perfect himself in Englisa,
teaching the girls German at the same
time
Up to A O'Clock Saturday afternoon
the Wheeler body had not been found.
Then John Taggert, who lives at 222
East 18th street, observed burlap
bag tied with cord on fire escape
balcony that runs in the rear of the
/ building from his fat to that occupied
by Welter. 1t had been there all day
| his wife said. Thinking it was rub
bish, he picked 1t up and dropped it
! into the yard below. Then he told the
janitor, Mohl, and the two opened the
/ bag. 1t contained the doubled up tor
so of the girl, burned TO a crisp Both
arms were gone The legs were
burned off above the knees. The skull
had burst from the heat. A piece o.
4 cbarred rope was bound tightly about
i the neck, hiding string of blue beads
1 (ContInued on page 81
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
Found Them Guilty.

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NEW HAVEN, Conn, March 20
After deliberating six hours, the jury
in the case of Sophie Kretchman, OF
Union City, and Joseph Mitchell, her
alleged accomplice in the murder of
Bronislaw Kulvinskas, the woman's
lover, in the woods near Union City,
last September, brought in a verdict
tonight of second degree murder
against Mitchell and one Of man
slaughter against Miss Kretchman
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
Mammoth Dry Goods store.

FT DODGE, March 26.-Contracts
were closed today for the erection of
a three story, 5oxloo foot building at
the intersection of High avenue and
North street for the Baldorff Dry
Goods Co. Glass fronts will extend
along both sides of the building The
work will be completed BY fall
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
Iowa Horses Take Ribbon.

MANCHESTER March ga. B
Holbert of Greeley won the grand
championship at TT Worth. Texas. at
the fat stock show i'll all ages and
breeds of coach, carriage and draft
horses, besides five first, seven sec.
ond and two third prizes.