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Gilpin observer., 1910-10-20
FITZGERALD WAS A .rALKER
eoston's Mayor Also Had the Repu-
tatlon Of Doing the Filt-About

"Well. this certainly looks like old
times" remarked Representative
James e. Mann of Illinois as he OBJ
served Mayor John F. Fitzgerald OF
Boston In a corridor Of the capitol
surrounded by newspaper corre-
spondents.
Right" chimed in Representative
Roberts Of Massachusetts. as he
Joined the group and shook hands.
still talking. Fitz?"
When Mayor Fitzgerald was a men,
Der OF the house In 1894 he was the
youngest member Of that body. Incl
dentally, he was the most energetic.
and he had the reputation OF being
able to get more newspaper space
than any other member Of congress.
"Ftzgerald's VISIT" said a member
OF the house. reminds me of the
days when he was q member here. He
was the most remarkably busy man
have ever seen in congress. He al
, ways had something on tap that made
good newspaper copy, and when the
correspondents wore in a bad way for
news they always could count upon
Fitzgerald to give them something
I worth while.
THE present mayor Of Boston was
the greatest hustler l have ever seen.
l remember story he told me once
about the way he kept his constitu-
ents guessing as to his whereabouts.
He would deliver corking good
speech In the afternoon. hustle down
to the station and catch the through
train for Boston. and the next morn
ing he would be back home getting
first hand information as to how his
remarks were received in his dis
trict
Jumping back and forth between
Washington and Boston was quite as
ordinary journey for him as for the
members who go back and forth be-
tween Baltimore and Washington
every day."-Washington Times.
Gilpin observer., 1910-10-20
Good Real Estate .Ad.~.

When Senator Dolliver was In Ms
con recently. In the course of an in.
terview with the Republican, he said:
Here's something noticed in your
state which I have never seen any.
where else. In. driving from the an.
cient town Of Palmyra last Sunday.
over to Hannibal, observed from the
city limits Of one town to the other.
every 80 feet. on each side Of the
road. young fruit tree. That was
the rule for IS miles. These trees are
set out and maintained at the expense
Of the county. The idea struck mo
at the best thing had run across
In 20 years. All along the beautiful
highway those growing fruit trees
beamed welcome to the stranger a.
clearly - II the word hospitality were
written on every fence post. And that
vas not all-it was ) magnificent real
estate sdvertisement"-Maoo1 (Mo.)
Republican.
Gilpin observer., 1910-10-20
WHEN MISSISSIPPI WAS LOW
Steamboat Captain Who Once Waded
Ahead to Find the Most
Likely Channel.

Steamboat men who have been con.
tending with low water in the upper
Mississippi river the past summer
mariners in the Mississippi for point
ers on the movement Of boats on low
water and then start out to restore
navigation on the stream.
Capt. William Kelly. secretary Of
the Mississippi and Ohio River Pilots
society. says this is the first season
since 1856 to his personal knowledge
that steamboats, have ceased to run
during the open season.
In the summer of 1856, Mr.. Kelly
says. he was plotting the steamer
Stella Whipple when the water was
four inches lower than 1t is now. The
boat was towing two barges down
the stream, but got stuck on the
crossing at Robinson's rocks, IA miles
below st. Paul 4.
Captain Kelly says he waded into
the river ahead of the boat to locate
the best place to drop anchor and pull
the boat over the bar. The water
was ten inches deep. and the best
channel was located by wading. and
Captain Kelly returned to the boat
without wetting a stitch Of his cloth
ing.
The method Of pulling the boats
over shoal crossings was to carry the
anchor out In yawl ahead of the
steamer. drop 1t to the bottom of the
river and pull the boat over by a line
attached to the anchor and to the cap
stan of the boat.
When all was ready the passengers
were transferred to the barges tc
tighten the boat The run was then
made without difficulty till the next
crossing was reached, when the
anchor and capstan process of pull
ing the boat over might be repeated
st. Louis Republic.
Gilpin observer., 1910-10-20
Foodmakers' Tricks.

They adulterate barley meal with
oatmeal and oats with chan. They
put metallic silver In candies and glu.
cose in jellies and preserves. For.
eign cream" cheeses are made of
American SKINNED milk. Artificialiy
colored alcohol-alcohol is a food
conveys its wicked nourishment in
bottles labeled "cfAoice Canadian whis.
ky" The household favoring extracts
are tinted with coal tar dyes. Egg
custard powders appear dried with
out eggs. Two-pound cans OF tomatoes
weigh one and half pounds, and
brands Of condensed milk are found
20 per cent short Of their labeled con.
tents. In 'spring water" are microbes
Of disease. Nut shells and fruit pits
are fed into the pepper grinder.
Strychnine is put in gin. lead chro.
mate In coffee and atropine in castor
oil. These things still go on, as the
pure food officials In Washington
testify. Underweighing, misbranding
and adulterating are ancient customs
Of the foodmakers known Of yore. But
there Is an observable difference be.
tween the olden and the modern
methods Of dealing with the evils. In
federal. state and municipal offlces is
lodged the definite evidence upon spe.
cific cases. and there Is q record of
convictions. The old tricks are varied
with new "dodges' Of the law. But
the subterfuges are no longer perma.
nent shelters.-New York Times.
Gilpin observer., 1910-10-20
Vaccine for freshmen. Of Cane.

Vaccine for Treatment Of Cancer.
Is cancer. the disease which has baf.
fed medical science for over q hun.
dred years. to be conquered at last
DR.. p. X. Gilman Of Oakland. profes.
sor OF surgery in the Philippine Med.
ical School and surgeon in chief of the
Philippine General Hospital at Manila,
believes he has discovered q vaccine
which will stop the ravages Of the
dread disease.
With this vaccine Doctor Gilman
says he has cured twenty cases Of
cancer in Manila. In his laboratories
there he has been working for three
years on his discovery and is now
ready to give to the world the fruit of
his labors. In perfecting this vaccine
Doctor Gilman was assisted by DR., A..
r. Coca. pathologist In the bureau OF
science Mt Manila.-San Francisco
Bulletin.
Gilpin observer., 1910-10-20

froze his muscles at the moment OF
firing. a disquieting vision would
float into his mind-a vision of last
night. when Tergott and pretty Belle
McNee strolled down the street to.
gether as he came to call. A man
cannot shoot well when q girls eyes
stare the bull's-eye out of counter.
ance. and tendrills Of soft brown hair
twist themselves about his trigger
finger. Cupid knows all about ar.
rows. but he is stranger to bullets.
Tergott. the quick. had noted his
friends abstraction and poor marks.
manship, guessed the reason. and 20
made his especial proposition. He
wanted Disbrow out Of the way. He
knew better than Disbrow himself
how deep an impression that youth
had made on Belle McNee.
He rolled over on his back and
looked nonchalantly up at the sky.
while Disbrow was coming to a deci-
sion. A fierce anxiety was surging
in the brain behind his comely face.
He was afraid Disbrow would not
accept his challenge: and he did not
relish future months Of rivalry. True
to his nature, he wanted to hurry
through the stress.
Disbrow pondered silently. He did
not attribute unworthiness to Ter
gott. He believed his friend and rival
had challenged impulsively. never
dreaming that Tergott was taking an
unfair advantage Of his temporary
lapse from form. He thought deeply.
Finally. as Tergott was almost
ready to yell from sheer nervous sus.
pense. he said: "I'll take you. Bob"
SO the momentous match began.
They nred alternately Tergott
started brilliantly; his first four shots
were bulls-eyes. Disbrow. unsteady.
gradually pulled himself together.
He crept toward the bull" The NTH
shot was In the black.
When half the twenty shots haA
been fired. Tergott was heartily sick
Of the contest. He was still shooting
well. But D1sbrow was better. The
gravity Of the occasion sent abstrac.
ton flying and cleared his troubled
brain. ~
On the twelfth shot Tergott began
to slip. It WAS not in him TO 70
through to the end. On the four.
teenth. he lost the lead. His TWEEN.
tieth effort left him . margin OF three
points only against the last shot Of
Disbrow. A four would beat him.
and Disbrow had been getting nvss
Gilpin observer., 1910-10-20
BOTTLE FLoATED ACROSS SEA
Picked Up In the Azores Three Years
After Being Cast Adrlft OF
: Carolina Coast.

Floating sluggishly at the mercy of
the waves for over three years a pint
bottle containing the address of Will
liam H. Windolph. this city. travelled
across the Atlantic ocean and was
finally picked up OF the eastern coast
OF the Azores about nve weeks ago.
The wayward travels Of the little
bottle are most mysterious. It crossed
the Atlantic or at least reached the
other shore: whether currents or
winds took It miles in detour before
1t reached its destination IL a subject
Of conjecture.
On January ~. 1907, Mr.. windolph
on his way to Tampa and Key West
passed down the coast Of the Caro-
linas in a Merchants and Miners
steamship. the Merrimac. on North
Carolina In an Idle moment he put hts
card within a whisky bottle and push
ing in the cork against the rail of the
vessel tossed It overheard. Until It
disappeared from sight in the green
waves Mr.. Windolph watched the tiny
adventurer. never thinking to hear
from It again.
Three and one-half years after the
card had been sent out on the sea a
strange letter came to him from the
fishing firm Of Manuel Vasconcelles &
Co.. Spain. Within the envelope was
the same card which he had sent out.
unstained by the water. uninjured aft
er its long voyage.
With the card was letter stating
that 1t had been picked up in a whisky
bottle of the eastern coast Of the
Azores. in the province of Prala, by
one of the crew Of the fishing smack
d. Carlos. DeLonza. captain. The let
ter was in excellent English, but but
from the style had evidently been
written by an educated Spaniard. It
did not state the exact date OF the
finding Of the bottle.-Philadelphi
Bulletin.
Gilpin observer., 1910-10-20
SHRINE OF VENUS UNCOVERED
Mundane inducements by Which the
Shrine Of cupld's Mother
Was Located.

Away in the Mediterranean, at Ran
tidi. in the southwest corner Of the
island Of Cyprus, untouched by human
hands for at least seven centuries be-
fore Christ. the spade Of the antiquary
has uncovered the shrine Of Venus,
otherwise Paphos. or Aphrodite, or
Astarte. whichever you please. AS
was fitting. the real discoverer was a
peasant Of pastoral occupation. The
account reads like a page from Theo-
critus:
"one day a shepherd was sitting on
one Of the ancient stonefelds OF Ran
tidi. After playing for long time on
his reed-fiute he grew tired Of his
pastoral airs and began to scratch
with his long staff one Of the stones
at his feet. AS he did SO he saw ap-
peartng on the surface Of the stone in
two regularly chiseIed lines most
curious signs unknown to him and
quite different from the Greek in
scriptions lying about in the temple
yard Of Kouklia. his native home.
which he passed every day with his
flock"
There the idyl ends. The shep-
herd began to talk Of his discovery.
and his reports reached learned ears.
Then diplomacy had to be used. In
the form Of sumptuous dinner. a
bulky packet Of tobacco. and much
baksheesh. By such mundane in
ducements was the shrine Of Cupid's
mother finally located. henceforth. no
doubt. to become the chief magnet
Of Cyprus.
Gilpin observer., 1910-10-20
Getting Even.

He-so you insist on breaking OF
the engagement
she-Most decidedly. What do you
take me fort
He-O. about forty. Better think
It over; It may be your last chance.
STRAY Stories.
Gilpin observer., 1910-10-20
Twas Ever Thu..

The skeleton Of lady at least 500
years old has been discovered in
Egypt In the tomb was also found an
IVORY hat pin.
There 10 no more to be said on the
subject.-London Sphere.
Gilpin observer., 1910-10-20

OF natural colored shantuns. with
buttons Of same. and band of black
satin round the waist. A black hat
trimmed with soft white lace and pale
pink roses.-Madame.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29
ROLLING ALONG
TOWARD HADES
Billiards, Baseball and Pool are lur
ing the Young Men on to
Satan.

LOUISVILLE, Aug 29.-In his SER
les of summer sermons, Rev. c. F.
Wimberly, pastor Of fthe Morris Lind
sey church and one of the most
prominent ministers of Louisville,
preached on abstain From All Ap-
pearance of Evil" and in his dis
course stated that baseball, pool and
billiards are the crying evils of the
cities
In his sermon DR.. Wimberly stated
that baseball, pool and billiards are
running the lives of young men daily
He said that. while baseball strength
ems the body, the morals, culture ant
religion of the plays who are con
trolled by men that are in the bust
ness only for money, are alloweE tt
| be forgotten.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29
Impossible % Smoke Out the Presi-
dent Regarding the Western
Trip Of Colonel
Roosevelt.
NEWSPAPER sTRAWs
Fifty-Five Correspondents With the
Colonel on His Trip, Booming
The Affair Like
Circus.

BEVERLY, Mass. Aug. 29.-Every
effort to smoke out an expression
from President Taft regarding the
western trip of Col. Roosevelt, has
failed
He takes the position that it is
none of his affair and 1t is doubt
full if he is even reading the news
paper accounts of the trip.
Not SO with those around the presi-
dent They think Roosevelt is talk
ing entirely too much like he was still
president They believe he is launch
ing a boom for 1912. There are 81
newspaper representatives accompany
ing Roosevelt On the presidents last
trip only the press associations and
one newspaper. thought it important
enough to send representative along
Only two New York papers carried
Taft's letter in entirety and very few
published it on the first page. This
is another straw which is thought t.
show which way the wind is blowing
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29
SOMEONE MUST
HAVE PRAYED
Lincoln, Neb., Has Eight Inch Rain
Fall and Creek Makes Big
Flood.

LINCOLN, Neb, Aug 29-East
Lincoln was cut off from the main
body of the city this morning by a
food in Antelope creek. The food
aera covers territory two miles long
and blocks wide. hundreds of houses
being submerged and people having
to fee into upper stories Rescue
parties took the marooned inhabi
tants to higher ground in boats.
The Rock Island main line from
Denver to Chicago is blocked.
The rainfall in Lincoln was the
heaviest for years The government
reported 8 inches.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29
DENVER SHOWS
HIM GOOD time
Roosevelt Spends "a Hours Out There
and he is Kept on the Go
During The
Day.
BIG CROWD PRESENT
One Hundred Thousand Visitors
Swarm Into the City and
damned the strets Near
the Depot.

DENVER. Colo. Aug. 29-What
Cheyenne left undone for Roosevelt on
Saturday in the way OF strenuosity
was left for him today when he spent
"a hours in this city. He fraternalized
with his old comrades Of the Spanish
American war and attended chuck
wagon dinner given by the Denver
Press club.
BY far the largest crowd that has
greeted him since he started on his
western tour greeted him when his
train arrived here this. morning. It
was estimated by the police that at
least 100000 visitors were in the city
to see him. They thronged all the
down town streets and jammed almost
to suffication the streets adjoining the
depot.
committee representing the Colorado
Live Stock Association and delega-
| tion OF Spanish war veterans welcom-
ed the distinguished guest. He was
escorted in an auto to the reviewing
stand where he reviewed the parade
of Spanish war veterans.
He will be the guest of honor at
the Live Stock Association banquet
4 this evening, and will leave in the
i morning for Osawatomie, Kas.
Colonel Rooseyelt's special train
left Cheyenne at 7:SO this morning
i and he was given a great send-off.
i ALI Cheyenne tried 10 go to the First
4 Congregational church which the
colonel attended yesterday.
1 Mr.. Roosevelt expressed gratifica-
ton over a movement which was
4 started in Denver today to raise mon
ey for monument to Frederick
Remington, as suggested by him on
Saturday. 1t is suggested that all OF
the money raised, be turned over to
Roosevelt as trustee while Homer
!. Davenport, the cartoonist, have
charge of the other details.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29
PREACHER gov
AGAIN ON TRIAL
Had One Hearing But is to Stand
up Again When the Missouri
Conference Meets
This Week.
NOW IN PENITENTIARY
Preacher Hemphill is Also to be
Heard Soon and Supreme Court
is Considering Both
Cases.

MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. Aug.
29.-The case of Rev. Clyde w. Cow,
under sentence of four years in the
penitentiary. will again be called for
trial when the Missouri conferen.,e of
the M. E. church, South. meets this
weeks in Plattsburg. The case was
reversed and remanded by the Gen
eral Conference at Asheville, N. C. 1t
is reported Cow will answer ready
for trial.
This case, it will be recalled, was
tried by this annual conference at its
session in Hannibal, Mo-, two years
ago. Cow was unfrocked as minis
ter and dismissed as member of the
church for his connection In the
death of Elizabeth Gleason, school
teacher.
Cow took an appeal to the General
Conference, but in the meantime he
was tried in the criminal court at
Mexico, Mo-, and was given SEN
tence of four years. He also appealed
| the case to the supreme court OF
Missouri which is now pending.
A rather serious situation pre-
sents itself to the conference. Should
Cows sentence be affirmed by the
supreme court and at the church
trial next week he should be found
not guilty, the Missouri conference
would then find itself in the predica
ment OF having a member and :
preacher in the pententiary.
The case of DR.. w. A. Hemphill O
Elsberry, Mo-, sentenced to two year:
in the penitentiary for connection il
the death of the woman, is somewha
tangled. At his first trial in the Tro!
Circuit court his sentence of twt
years was set aside and he was Civ
en- a new hearing because of fault.
indictment He was reindicted and ;
new hearing set, but before it wen
to trial his attorneys raised the poin
that he had already been tried ant
that the jury had failed to find hin
guilty on one or two of the points IL
the original indictment, and that h
could not be placed in Jeopardy twic
for the same offense. DR.. Hemphill
'ial is set for hearing at the CON
ing term of the Troy Circuit Court
but because of the status of all thre
of these cases, it may be again pos
poned until the supreme court rer
ders its opinion in both crimina
cases.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29
Or. crippen Had Decided to Jump In
to the Ocean and Take His
Own Life in The
Water.
HORRORS OF coNs( NCE \
Note Written on Gard, " : Found
and Then he Was PIs 8 In
Chains and caref :
Guarded.

LONDON, Aug. 29.-"I cannot
stand the horror through which /
have gone any longer, and have
made up my mind to jump overheard
tonight
This was the writing on one of DR..
Crippen's business cards, found by
Inspector Dew. The note was intend
ed for Miss Leneve and Dew inter
cepted it on the steamer during the
trip from Quebec to London. AS soon
as the note was found, Crippen was
placed in irons to prevent his sui
eide
Crippen and Miss Leneve were re
manded to Jail until Sept. 6, al
which time they must enter plea
The court announced that it was con
vinced that Miss Leneye had nt
knowledge of the crime before it was
committed and would only prose
cute her as an accessory.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29
Has Gone to His Country Home on
Long Island to Fully Recover
From His
Wound.
CHEERFUL BUT WEAK
overestimated His Strength and Fell
Down Three Times During
the Leave
Taking.

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-Mayor Gay
pital in Hoboken Sunday morning to
Deep Wells" his country place at
st. James, L. l. He bore the trip well.
but his insistent plea to be allowed to
walk unaided resulted in three dis
tressing incidents. Once he sank to
his knees as he tried to enter an auto
mobile, and in ascending the steps of
his home he fen on all fours from
overexertion.
Despite his weakness, however, he
maintained cheerful mood and once
at Deep Wells" spent the afternoon
reclining in chair on the veranda.
He left the hospital at s o'clock
Sunday morning. He had been there
since Tuesday, August 9, the day on
which he was shot by James J. Gal
lagher, discharged city employe, on
the deck of the steamship Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse.
Drawn up in the court yard of the
| hospital to give him snnal salute,
we're fifty orphan children cared for
/ by the institution. Mayor Gaynor in
sisted on stopping to speak to each
one, and several he patted on the
head.
He walked unaided from his room
on the fourth floor to the elevator
and on the ground floor to the auto
! mobile. in which he was driven to q
police patrol boat waiting at a piel
in Hoboken.
i In entering the automobile, howev
4 er, he overestimated his strength and
/. had difficulty in climbing on the run
4 ming board. His step was feeble and
4 his knees bent under him at every
step. With him rode Mrs. Gaynor
4 his son Rufus, Robert Adamson, his
i private secretary; DR.. Parrish, his
family physician, and Luke Clark, {
hospital orderly.
j At the dock, where the police boa
4 was waiting, he walked across the
gangplan. and aboard the vessel with
out help, saluting the crew, which
was drawn UP to receive him.
At Long Island City he walked
down the deck and across the gang
: plank unassisted, bu took firm holt
on the deck rail. There was whee
chair on the deck to receive him, bu
he asked DR.. George D. Stewart, VIII
was waiting, if he might walk, an
he and the doctor walked to an cleo
trio cab. Here again the mayor mis-
calculated his strength in attemptin
to get into the cab and sank to hi
!. knees.
! Notwithstanding his two preyiou
shows of feebleness, the mayor In hi
Joy at reaching home, demanded t
: be allowed to go UP the steps alone
He got only part way. then, with
: pitiable show of weakness, fell upo
his hands and knees. He was not il
. jured, nor would he admit that h
had fallen because Of lack of strength
He insisted that he was strong.
To one of the neighbors who con
: mented on the attempt to assassinat
:, him, Mayor Gaynor said: II am col
tent My great hope is that the ever
will help to make me better ma
: and more patient and just"
The mayor still rlanifests dish
clination to discuss the shooting. an
these words are practically the firs
, statement of his attitude on the ma
ter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29
THE WEATHER.
(Until Z p. m. Tuesday,

For Keokuk and vicinity Unset
tied with probably showers tonight or
Tuesday. Warmer tonight.
For Illinois: Partly cloudy with
probably showers tonight or Tuesday
north portion. Warmer tonight cen
trail portion.
For Iowa: Cloudy with probably
showers tonight or Tuesday. Warm
er tonight southeast portion
For Missouri: Unsettled with prob.
ably showers tonight or Tuesday
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29
Weather Conditions.

A field of high pressure overlyine
the lake region is causing continued
cool weather from the Mississippi
valley eastward. while there have
been showers on the gulf and Atlantic
coast with depression in Florida.
A large area of low pressure COW
ers the mountain and plateau regions,
where the temperature has risen
slightly. and there have been rains in
Kansas and Nebraska extending to
central Iowa, heavy rain having fall
len at Omaha