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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-16
Arrived Early This Morning Bearing
His New Title AS Special
Ambassador for Amer
lea.
IN THE ROYAL CARRIAGE
King George Sends His Phaeton Down
to the Depot to Take the
Family From the
Train.

LONDON, May 16.-Col Roosevelt
carrying his new title Of American
ambassador to the funeral Of King
Edward, arrived at the Victoria sea-
ton this morning and was officially
received. King George showed his
interest by sending Lord Dundonald
to Greensboro to greet Roosevelt
when he landed from the steamer at
6 o'clock this morning and by having
the royal carriage at the station to
convey the colonel and his family to
Dorchester house, the home Of Ambas-
sador Reid, where they will remain
while in London.
Admiral Sir George Neville also well
coined Roosevelt at greensboro. At
the Victoria station Ambassador and
Mrs. Reid and staff from the en-
bassy representatives of the London
city government and also of the ma,
tional government, received the col
cnel. The reception was cordial, but
quiet. Never before had London news
papers spoke of Roosevelt like today.
They are, without exception, friendly
to the extreme.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Americas s
representative to the funeral of King
Edward, today viewed the body of the
dead king as it lay in Buckingham pal
ace. He was formally presented to
| King George. The meeting was brief
but cordial The king expTsssed 'pies.s-
ure at the appointment of the colonel
to the funeral. The first official act
Of the ex-president was the viewing
OF the body.
King George today appointed Lord
Dundonald and Commander Cunning
ham e. Graham to have charge of
Roosevelt's entertainment in London
and to be his personal suite.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-16
FOREST fire
MENACES TOWN
Bemidji, Minn.. VIII Probably Be
Wiped Out Of Existence
During This
Day.
PEOPLE WE'RE PRAYING
Flaming Path Four Miles Wide Is
Sweeping Down on the
Town to Destroy

BEMIDJI, MINI, May 16.-Women
and children packed Bemidji's smoke
filled churches last night praying for
rain or some other act of divine pow
er to save them and their homes
from impending catastrophe.
Although fought desperately by hun
dreds of citizens, soldiers and forest
rangers since II o'clock in the morn
ing, forest fire four miles wide is
slowly nearing BermidJ. from the
south
Christopher c. Andrews, Minnesota
state forestry commissioner, arrived
here from Walker, Mimi, and is now
at the scene of the fire. The resi-
dents of the city, convoked by the
mayor, addressed an appeal to Gov
ernor Eberhart at noon.
The governor at once by telegraph
appointed Commissioner Andrews
commander of all militiamen in north
ern Minnesota, and Major H. T. v.
Eva is on his way here from Duluth
Commissioner Andrews Immediately
ordered Company l. Minnesota Nation
al Guard, from Crookston Company
H of Bemidji went early to the scene
under their own command.
The two big Weyernauser and Shey-
lin lumber companies are located
here, and immense stores of lumber
and poles are situated directly in the
path of the flames on the southern
outskirts of the town. The mills
closed down at noon, and both day
and night crews were ordered to the
yards, where they are wetting down
the lumber and trying to quench the
flaming brands, borne on the high
wind into the lumber piles and to the
central business districts
Increasing volumes of smoke had
been pouring into the town all day
and last night it was nearly suffocat-
ing. In the churches it was impos-
sihle to see the lighted pulpits from
the rear.
The danger throughout the city at
o'clock was acute. Many frame
structures are located here, most of
them highly ini.ammable and the pres
ence of fire brands. some of which ap,
proach the size of logs, which drop
unseen through the moke over the
roofs of houses, maintains feeling of
alarm
The poorer residents of the city,
located adjoining the big saw mills,
are running panic stricken through
the murky streets.
The fire originated about seven
miles south of Bemidji, in the heart
of an unpopulated forest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-16
Stenographer Who Gave Out the Now
Celebrated Lawer Letter is
Fired From His
Job.
UNWORTHY TO REMAIN
Special Delivery Letter Tells Him
That He is Not Wanted at
the Office Any
Morre.

WASHINGTON, May 16.-Henry M.
Kirby, stenographer in the office OF
Secretary Ballinger, who gave out the
now celebrated Lawler letter Satur-
day, was dimsissed from the govern
ment service today by a special de,
livery letter sent to his house and
signed by Ballinger.
The letter read as follows: Sir
You are hereby discharged from the
public service because you are un-
worthy to remain in it. Divulging in
formation by you, in communicating
that information to those whom you
are bound to know are wrongfully
trying to bring reproach to the ad-
ministration and deliberately mistat-
ing facts, you show that you are nn-
worthy and unfaithful. For the good
of the service you are hereby dis
missed. Resp. r. A. Ballinger.'
After receiving the letter, Kirby
said: when l issued my statement.
| realized the secretary would take
such action. am not surprised
am willing to leave to the judgment
of the people of the country, whether
I am guilty of the charges made
against me. think Ballinger is not
an excellent Judge of ethics con-
slider Taft's letter to Chairman Mel
son. explaining the circumstances of
the preparation of the Lawler letter,
a substantiation of my story in every
! particular,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-16
Flies Are Dangerous Germ Carriers
and Their Breeding Places
Should be Destroyed by
the Public.
THEY ARE A NUISANCE
Cooperation in Bowling the Little
Pest Would Work For Better
Health in This
World.
Especial to The Gate CITY.

Especial to The Gate City.l
DES MONIES, May 16-Ever since
the plaques in Egypt the house fly has
been nuisance At that time 1t was
stated THAT the land was corrupt
ed by reason of the swarm of flies"
Solomon speaks of these odious in
sects as flies of death"
AS germ distributors the common
house fly has no equal. 1t is admir-
ably adapted to carrying germs of all
sorts, particularly tuberculosis and
typhoid. Each of its six little feet is
fitted with a gummy hairy pod This
enables the fly to walk on ceilings and
the like, and also to cause many OBJ
jectionable things to stick - its feet.
The legs and body are thicklv cover
ed with short stiff hairs which brush
through filth one moment and food
the next. The power of the fly TO de-
file food is very great OF Ala flies
which were caught and carefully ex-
amined none were found to be carry
ing less than $50 germs while
some We're carrying as high as
100000, the average of each fly be-
ing 1,222,573 germs. When therefore
fly falls into milk or other food a
vast number of germs may be left
after the fly is removed and as re-
suit there may be left behind typhoid
fever. dysentery, chorelra infantum OF
tuberculosis.
Whpra dn all tho aioc oop,a frnn,
A single female fly lays from one
hundred to one hundred fifty eggs
/ Taking the lowest number. one hun
dred and basing our computation on
the assumption that only Ave full
grown female flies develop, allowing q
mortality of ninety per cent. assum
ing onehalf of the ten per cent were
males, and requiring ten to ffteer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-16
Jury Brings In Verdict This Morning
Finding Doctor Guilty of
First Degree
Murder.
TO THE SUPREME COURT.
Mrs. Hyde Collapsed, But the Doctor
Showed No Emotion and
Hopes to Finally
Win.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. May 16.--Dr
B. Clark Hyde was today found guilty
of numbering Col. Thomas H. Swope.
The jury found him guilty of muir
der in the first degree and recon-
mended that his sentence be that of
life imprisonment. Hyde took the YER
dict with emotionless composure.
Hyde refused to give out any inter-
view, at the suggestion of his law
yers Arguments fer a new trial will
be made Wednesday. Attorneys for
the defense say the case will be APP
pealed to the supreme court and re-
quest made that it be advanced upon
the docket so that verdict may be
reached within six months.
It was 1922 when The verdict was
read. It read:
"We, the jury, find the defendant
guilty of murder in the first degree
and assess his judgment as imprison,
ment for the rest of his natural life. >
When the words of conviction were
spoken Mrs. Hyde broke down com
pletely, but the physician said not a
word. From almost the first the ma
jority had been for conviction, so II
was generally supposed that the state
had won. Judge Latshaw had been ii
his room since early morning.
After the jury hco made its report
and had been dismissed, Prosecuting
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-16
Thousands of People sheIterIess and
Starving Are Being Hunted
Down Like Mad
Dogs.
A SMOKING WILDERNESS
Countryside is strewn With corpses
And no Chance is Given
For Burial Of the
Dead.

BELGRADE, May 16.-The rebel
lious parts of Bulgaria are described
as smoking wildernesses in today's
dispatches from the scenes of the
fighting between the rebels and Turk
ish troops The troops are now in
complete control and are wreaking
terrible vengeance on the Albanians.
Thousands of people are shelterless
and starving and are being hunted
down and ruthlessly slain by the
troops. There has been no opportun-
ity to bury those who died in the fight
ing. In places the countryside is
strewn with corpses.
The soldiers are determined make
a horrible example of the late upris-
ing and for this reason are committing
atrocities which have never before
been equalled
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-16
Government Only Seized One RevoIv-
err and One Machete From the
Supposed Rcvolu-
tionists.
ALL is PEACEFUL NOW
No Further Clashes Between Whites
and Blacks and No Eviden-
ces Of Animosity is
There.

HAVANA, Cuba, May 16.-Now that
the excitement aroused by the socalled
frustrated negro uprising has subsid-
ed the conviction is becoming we'll
nigh universal that no anti-white or
revolutionary movement was ever con-
templated by Estenoz and his fellow
agitators, and that all the turmoil was
due to the nervousness of the govern
ment, which led to an attempt to
check the progress of political move
ment which threatened to attain en-
barrassing proportions, especially
when allied, as it was feared it would
be, with the already strong conserva-
tives.
So far as the net result of the re-
cent wholesale arrests and indict-
ments of negroes has tended not to
weaken the independent party of col
or, but to ALLEVIATE from the govern
ment and to drive into the colserva-
tive camp many thousands of those
very negroes who constituted the bulk
of the party which elected President
Gomez.
The government claims to be in the
possession of information proving
that General Estenoz and the greater
part of the other prisoners were en-
gagged in plot to overturn the govern
ment and massacre all the whites in
the island, but this apparently rests on
/ the statements of police officers and
spies
1t is also significant that these con-
spirators, bent on overturning a we'll
armed government and perpetrating a
genral massacre were possessed of no
weapons. At least the government
has made no seizures of arms with the
exception OF one revolver and ma
chete.
There is plenty of evidence that the
conservatives were giving their sup
port to Estenozs political party in
exchange for rewards to be forthcom-
ing in the event of united victory at
the polls, and these conservatives en-
brace in their ranks the best elements
of Cuban society.
Throughout the island there have
been no clashes of whites and blacks
nor any evidences of animosity, save
such as naturally arose among the
whites who were panic-stricken by the
alarming rumors which were circulat-
ed all over the country.
Now tranquility reigns everywhere.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-16
Midnight Conference at the White
House to Bring the Warrins
Factions To-
gether.
co BETWEEN VERY BUSY
Senators Borah, Nelson, Dixon and
Others Are Expected to Act
as Peacemakers in
Congress.

WASHINGTON, May 16.-Whether
it is feasible at this late day to try to
wipe out republican factional lines and
meet on some common ground that
would unite the insurgents and regu-
lars in congress, is the question before
republican leaders.
1t was raised at conference at the
White House, which was begun at
10:30 o'clock and continued until lis
O'Clock in the morning.
great many things were talked
over at the midnight gathering, and a
revised legislative program was made
up tentatively, which, it was believed,
would command the votes of practical
ly all of the regular republicans. A
discussion followed as to the possibil-
ity of certain concessions that might
attract all of the republicans of the
senate.
When the senate meets today to re-
sumo consideration of the railroad bill
1t Is expected there will be a number
of formal conferences. Senators Bo-
al, 4NSlSOu, DlAOli anu Olu6IS WHO
have voted with and against the older
republican leaders of the senate, are
expected to act as mediaries, where
"go-betweens" are thought necessary.
1t would not be surprising if some
agreement We're reached during the
day for the fixing of a date to
vote on the railroad bill With. this
subject out of the way, 1t Will be pos
sible to speculate with some hope of
hitting upon date for adjournment.
The insurgents and regulars of the
republican majority of the house are
now working in some semblance of
harmony, and President Taft appeared
satisfied with the prospects Of his
program.
The president will devote himself
this week principally to conferences
with senators and representatives re-
garding the situation in congress.
Many decisions, many of them Of
far-reaching nature, are expected to
be handed down today by the supreme
court of the United States. The court
has been In recess for two weeks, and
the time has been spent in the prepar-
alton of opinions.
Among other decisions expected Is
that involving the constitutionality of
the corporation tax law.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-16
Federal investigation Has simmered
4s Down, to Whether the Pilot
Used Due Caution or
Not.
THE DECISION TO-DAY
Prosecution May Follow, Similar to
That Which Arose Over the
sIocum Disaster in
New York.

ST. LOUIS, DO, May 16.-That the
federal investigation of the respon-
sibility for the sinking of the steamer
City of Saltillo Wednesday night at
Glen Park, Mo. has simmered down to
whether Pilot Edwin Pell failed to ex-
ercise due caution in handling the
steamer, was the statement yesterday
spectors who are conducting the in
quiry. According to Chief Inspector
]. J. Dunn, Capt. Harry NJ. Crane and
the mates are virtually exonerated by
the evidence adduced at the hearing
Tuesday. Mr. Dunn was equally posi-
tive that if blame falls on any one it
will be on the pilot, and that it rests
with the pilot to explain why he let
the steamer go afoul of rock when
her rudder and machinery were IN
working order and be had channel
three-quarters of mile wide to man
euver in
The inspectors expect to render
their decision today. The tone of Mr..
y
inspectors were not satisfied with the
conduct Of Pilot Pell, as disclosed in
Saturdays testimony from members
of the steamers crew, but would call
on other members of the crew and
some Of the passengers before max
ing up their minds. Among the pas
sengers to be examined are two or
three who were talking with Pell
shortly before the boat struck Their
names were withheld last night.
Inspector w. j. Mcdonald stated
Yesterday that, in the event he and
his associates returned verdict fix
Ing blame ON some person, federal
prosecution would Ger .ainly follov.
He said the procedure would be sim
liar to that taken In the case of the
Slocum disaster in New York harbor
few years ago in which the captain
was sent to prison as guilty of Grim
inal negligence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-16
THE RETINUE
OF ROOSEVELT
Minister White and Army and Navy
Officials will be with Him
Funeral.

WASHINGTON, May 16.-Special
Ambassador Roosevelt while on his
mission to attend the funeral of King
Edward will have in his retinue the
highest ranking diplomatic officer of
the United States that has ever served
as such.
This is Henry White, ex-ambassa-
dor to Paris and Germany and chair
man of the delegation of the United
States to the pan-American confer
ence. who has been accredited as a
minister plenipotentiary. Colonel
Roosevelt also will be escorted by
Commander Andrew T. Long of the
navy, and Maj. t. Bently Moot of the
army. His retinue, therefore, will be
much more distinguished than that of
any American ambassador, special or
ordinary. who has represented the
United States on foreign mission
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-16
WAS NO PLACE
FOR A MAN
Fell Dead in the Crowd Of Women
Looking for Bargains in De-
partment Store.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 10
Amid swirling throng of women
hunting bargains, NJ. w. Ader, who
had been brought along by his wife
on shopping excursion from their
home at Bainbridge, dropped dead in
a department store.
Employees and police vainly search
ed the crowded building for Mrs.
Adler and she presumably was hunt
ing frantically through the store and
cut in the streets for her husband
His body, identified by articles in
his pockets, was taken to the
morgue.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-16
Taft to the Center.

WASHINGTON, May 16.- President
Taft today stepped into the center of
the Ballinger-Pincbot arena. The
president in his letter says that he
ordered Lawler to frame letter and
set forth his views He SAYS he told
Lawler to write the letter "as If he
We're president The prosecution in
the Investigation is endeavoring to
figure out today why the Lawler draft
was not sent to the senate or pre-
viously produced.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-16
Weather Conditions.

The passage of Saturdays depres-
sion from northern Montana to North
Dakota has been accompanied by
rains. with slight rise of tempera-
ture, from the Rockies to the central
valleys, and q field of decidedly high
pressure is following in the north
west, which is causing colder wealth
er in the northern mountain and
plateau regions, with freezing tenn
perature and snow at Denver this
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-16
Supreme Court Decisions.
[Special to The Gate City

lopecidi w Inc 1ale Sils'I
DES MONIES, May 16.--McRaith
against Ancient Order United Work
men, appellant, Johnson district; ar
firmed
Dunshee against Standard Oil COM
pany ct al. appellant, Polk district; af-
firmed
State against o'Neil, appellant,
Wayne district; reversed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-16
THE WEATHER.
(Until Z D. m. Tuesday J


For Keokuk and vicinity: Rain to-
night or Tuesday; colder Tuesday.
For Iowa: Rain tonight or Tuesday;
colder Tuesday and northwest portion
tonight.
For Illinois: Showers tonight or
Tuesday; warmer tonight.
For Missouri: Showers tonight or
Tuesday; colder west portion Tues
day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-16
The Morse Case.

oraa, ramaa,sHiNGToN. May 16.-The su-
dar az a,s court Of the United States to-
Mons asnied the petition Of Charles w
bahea iof permission to file writ Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-16
river Bulletin
KEOKUK. May 16.
Looal Observations.

KEOKUK. MAJ l6.
Bar Their Wind. Weather.
Is, : y. M. 3017 80 E Ltrain
l6, m 9o07 80 Sc Cloudy
Rainfall for past twenty-four hours:
3 hundredths.
May Mean temperature, SO de-
grees; maximum, 81; minimum so,
River Forecast.
The river win continue 10 fall slow
ly. FRED z. GOSEW1sGH.
Observer,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-16

~, sermans Fond Of Tobacco.
tons = I, uerman empire consumes S5, 900
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-16

Continued on page g.,
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-30

Get a Free Majestic Souvenir-See
our advertisement in this issue.
Winfield Furniture Co.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-30
Home Mission Entertained.

Mrs. J. T, Wood entertained the
Woman's Home Mission Society Fri
day September 23rd,. and as the
guests arrived they were served to
delicious fruit punch.
No work on hand Mrs. Wood sur
prised all present by asking questions
from the Bible which all entered into
and discussed. The hostess was
assisted in serving her guests by her
daughter Miss Mary to tempting nut
salad, olives, pickles, celery, stuffed
eggs, salinas, cream and cake.
Z. Those present and who testified to
an enjoyable evening were Rev. and
Mrs. Harper, Mesdames Williams,
Nixon, Hart, LaCroix, Gibson,
Atchinson, Beville, Ham, Neill,
Rhoden, and Gullis.
AS the hours grew late the guests
departed longing for the time to soon
return to meet with Mrs. Wood agains
A GUEST.
Gall on Miss Beulah Wilson and see
the SWEETEST line Of millinery ever
brought TO this town.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-30
VOL. Xxx.
Bows Corn Club Contest.

Last spring the Boys Corn Club Of
VIM Parish was organized by Super.
intendent J. j. Nixon, the instructions
given the boys. seed distributed to
them and encouragement to do their
best to show what could be done on
the hills of VIM parish.
Tuesday the results were shown in
the exhibits at the Central High
School, when the boys brought in
samples for the judges to pass upon,
Below we give a list of the boys
who won the prizes. The merchants
of Winfield offered additional prizes
to farmers who were not members of
the club and many of them took ad-
vantage of the offer and brought in
fine samples.
Mr.. Nixon is to be congratulated on
the success of this measure for the
Improvement of our school system.
Clubs for next year will be organized
at once, and better results may be
expected next year,.
The prize winners as furnished US
by Mr.. Nixon are given below:
GREATEST YIELD.
Fred Martin, first p{ize, $40.
James Dark, second prize, $40.
Alfred Terral, third prize, $3.50.
Beautord Bice, fourth price, s..
Roy Jones, fifth prize, $780,
Luther Allen. e. Lee Lucky, Erven Thigpen
md Arnold Hagler each one dollar.
BEST TEN EARS.
go Ji,thar A Hen frat Drizp $40
Samuel Collins, second prize, $3.50
Sodas Collins, third Prize, s..
Lawrence Little, fourth prize, 50.
James Collins, fifth prize, 81.
Carrus Lucas, Dennis Skies, Charlie Canter.
bury. Milton Stinson, Eslie Shunnte; J. B
Milan, Jr., Roy Jones and Alfred Terral, eaci
one dollar.
BEST CORN JUDGING,
Dennis Skies, first prize, $780,
James Dark, second prize, $500.
Edmond Talbot, third prize, $3.50
Milton Stinson fourth prize, $500
Sodas Collins, fifth prize, $3.50
Oliver Avery, James Collins, Joel Shows, Ra!
Allen, Sam Newsom, Clayton Taylor, Esli
shumate and Clarence Curry, each one dollar
BEST INDIVIDUAL EAR.
Willie Pyburn, first prize, $500
Robbins Carter, second prize, $500
Roy Jones, third prize, $500
Beauford Bice, fourth prize, S1.5O
Roy Long, fifth prize, sl.0O
Jacob Gorham, Lawrence Little, Milton Stin
son, Eslie Shumate, Clayton Taylor, Carl Gar
r;s, Woodland Spikes, each fifty cents,
BEST ESSAY.
Edmond. Talbot, first prize, $500
Charlie Canterbury, second prize, s4W
Woodland Spikes, third prize, $500
Sodas Collins, fourth prize, $500
BEST PROFIT REPORTS.
$#4 Alfrad Terral first priZ9, $500
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-09-30
A New Brick.

w. M. Milan & Son have removed
to the City Hotel block while the con-
tractors are building for them brick
store house on their lot corner OF
Main and Front streets: The brick
will be furnished by the Winfield
Brick works and local contractors
will do the building. This is one OF
the most desirable corners in town,
and Milan & Son show good judg.
ment in erecting an up-to-date build
ing on it. We trust their business
will be sufficient to reward Their
nuhlic Spirit.