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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-12
James Young Residence at ago South
Eighth street Almost Total Wreck
From Flames in Early
Afternoon.
OTHER HOUSES CATCH
Furnace Fire In Cellar But is Not
Known How the Young Home
Caught Fire-Discovered
by Neishbor.

Mr.. and Mrs James Young of 800
South Eighth street experienced the
very unpleasant sensation of hearing
that the roof OF their comfortable res
idencc was burning over their heads
shortly before 9 o'clock Sunday after
noon. L. Fl. Baker, residing next to
the Young residence ran to the tele-
phone in an endeavor to call the fire
department after his wife had looked
from their window and saw that her
neighbours house was afire and was
burning briskly before the stiff north
cas-. wind that was blowing. Unable
TO get central" Mr.. Baker hobbled
from his home on crutches and called
to Mr.. Young that his house was
burning.
An alarm of fire was turned in at
once and no delay was made by the
department. in getting to the scene
Of the blaze, which terminated badly,
after having gained great Roadway.
resulting in total destruction of the
upper story of the frame residence
and the first floor being damaged so
lady that the entire structure will
have to be rebuilt. Though insurance
appraisers have not estimated the
loss, it is though that the damage
viii amount to at least $4,000 on the
Young property.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-12

MODERN woODMEN OF AMERICA
Gibbons Hall.
Keokuk camp. No. 622--Meets every
Wednesday evening at 1880 p. m. Our
latch string Is out to neighborA John
Wustrow. v. c.: ]. A. Pollard. Clerk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-12
A, o. U. w.

a. o. q. w.
Keokuk Lodge. No. 256--Meets
every Thursday night at 1880 o'clock
at hall over Keokuk Savings bank.
corner Fifth and Main streets. Visit
ing brethren cordially invited. Ed
Vaughn. NJ. W.: A. A. Baur. Recorder.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-12

puckechetuck Lodge. No. 43, meets
every Friday evening at o'clock.
Gc.. W. Sweeney, N. G.; Geo. w. In
megart, Permanent Secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-12
From the City Code.

A brief citation from the city code,
speaking in reference to the staging
of immoral plays, feature acts, pic
lures and the like makes the misde-
meanor subject to fine Of not more
than 500 or a Jail sentence of thirty
days. The law reads:
Section 300.--Every person who
shall appear in any street or publicly,
within the city when naked or In
dress not belonging to his or her sex,
or in an indecent or lewd dress, or
who shall be guilty of any indecent
behavior or lewd act, or who shall
exhibit any indecent or lewd book,
perform any immoral or lewd play or
representation. shall be guilty OF mis-
demeanor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-12

Herman Lodge. No. t16 Germany.
meets regularly every "Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock. 4. II. Linnen-
burger. N. g.; Albert Kiefer. Rec
Sec.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-12

Puckechtuck Encampment. No 2
meets first and third Tuesday even.
ings OF each month. Otto Anschutz.
Scribe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-12
FRATERNAL CARDS

Hardin Lodge No. 2s--Holds its reg
ular monthly meetings the second
Monday evening of each month.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-12
Other Houses Catch.

0SbST tpOdSCo SaS~is
Throwing shower of sparks and
burning fiercely, the Baker house at
the left and the M. ]. Burke residence
at the right of the Young residence,
caught fire, both being frame dwell
lings.
Three lines of hose were quickly
laid, the fire chief directing his men
in their quick action and heavy
streams were playing within few
short minutes after the arrival of the
apparatus. Hose was laid from
Eighth and Ninth on Timea MIGRANTS
and from Ninth and Bank.
The intense heat played havoc with
the sides of both the Burke and Ba-
ker homes in patches where paint
was burnt off and in the former home
windows were cracked from the In
tense heat in more than dozen
places.
Almost the entire second story oil
the Young residence was burntd
away. but on the first floor not a
window was broken and the only
damage was from the great deluge
OF water that came through the cell
ings above and spoiled such articles
of furniture and floor coverings as
We're left in the house. A heavy piano
was moved to place Of safety and
was unscathed
Residences Insured.
Mr.. Young stated that he carried In
eurance to the amount of $500 on the
furniture and $1,000 on the house, the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-12
Don't Know How 1t Started.

How the Young residence caught
fire, the occupants nor any one else
are able to state. II is presumed,
however, that The lue was defective
or a spark found life in springing
blaze in the roofing or inside the at
tic near the chimney place. When
Mrs. Louis Baker thought she heard
something burning and cracking, like
burning timbers, she was surprised to
see the Young place aflre. Mr..
baker,, G. B. & @. switchman who
was injured a short while ago. called
the assistance of neighbors and as
many of the household effects as
could be, were carried to safety in
other residences of the neighborhood.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-23
LOEB IS SATISFIED
+ WITH NEW SCALES

4 NEW YORK, June COLLECTOR
william Loeb Jr declared yesterday
he was well satisfied with the new
automatic Government scales In
stalled on the docks of the American
Sugar Refining Company in the
Eastern District. If after thirty
days trial the scales prove satisfac-
tory the Government will purchase
twenty more and have them fitted
mp on all the docks where sugar Is
weighed. The Collector is confident
that through them all fraud will be
eliminated. Pie scale is an electric
one, the mechanism being encased In
"a steel box. Weighers can not tam
per with 1t. as the weight is regis.
tered on a tape and there is no way
In which the record can be changed.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-23
SPECIAL MUSICAL JUBILEE
MEETING TONIGHT

The program for the evening meet.
ing at the Salvation Army tonight
promises a lively time. like the pro-
verbal cup OF tea which Cheers and
not inebrites." 80,
Adjutant J. J. Lewis viii have charge
mt the outdoors meeting and inside
the hall
Captains Nelson and Styles, Lieu,
tenant Nelson, good sololst, with
Envoy Happy Jimmy" Malloy who Is
bubbling over with Irish wits, well help
to make things lively and interesting.
Adjutant Bryant. who has Just re-
turned from two weeks furlough will
preside at the piano and lend her
cheer to the occasion.
Adjutant Lewis. Capt Styles and
Lieut., Nelson leave for Maui on to.
morrow's Claudine.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-23
AUTOS KILLING MORE
PEOPLE THAN RAILWAYS

CHICAGO, June 8. Twenty-Five
persons have been killed and 56S
injured In automobile accidents In
Chicago since June /, 1903, accord
Ing to a report submitted to Mayor
Busse by Walter ]. Raymer. city
track elevator superintendent.
Raymer declares that motor cars
are becoming greater menace to
human life In Chicago than railroad
crossings. Since June of last year
there have been 33 deaths at rail-
way crossings and SO minor acct
dents. Crossing accidents are de-
creasing. while motor accidents are
increasing.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-23
DEPUTY SHERIFF
CAUGHT DRUNK
Especial to the BuIIetiD

Especial to the Bulletin
Hilo. Hawaii. June 20.-Deplity
Sheriff Lewis OF Kohala district was
last week arrested on n charge Of
on warrant sworn to
by Manager Watt of Kohala planta-
ton. The first news of the affair was
received by Sheriff Pua In a letter
from Captain Of Police Chas. X. Ku-
name of Kohala. as follows:
John G. Lewis was arrested here
last Wednesday, June 8. on charge
OF drunkenness on a warrant sworn
to by Geo. C. Watt. manager OF the
Kohala Sugar Company The case
came up for hearing on June 10, and
was continued until Wednesday, June
TO-"
There had for some time past been
reports to the effect that the behavior
of the Deputy Sheriff was not quite
consistent with his position. and sher-
IN Pua took the Mauna Kea last Fri
day for Kohala in order to make a
personal investigation.
In the meantime II appears that
Lewis appeared in court and made a
public apology. promising to mend his
ways and never to do It again" This
satisfied the prosecuting parties. and
a nolle prosequi was entered.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-23
WINDWARD
Beach ROAD
CONTINUED from Page y

NSsAtAAaSA lawn = ~ ~
economically is to secure material
from n borrow on the mauka side. 1t
is the present intention to establish
grade of seven feet above low tide
level and to do this will require all
the material In an additional strip
thirty feet wide between the points.
Gere also plans the construction Of
two culverts In the beach stretch and
these with drains and the barrow pit
will act as distributor Of the water.
Work has already began on the
south end OF the proposed road be-
tween stations one and twelve.
The strip to be acquired by the
county has an approximate length of
1900 feet. The county Is ut liberty
to enter into contract at once and
take the material needed for road con-
struction.
The completion OF this section of
the beach road will doubtless prove
a boon to hundreds OF persons whose
business brings them on the other
side OF the island This stretch OF
highway is one that is much dreaded
by autoists who heretofore have been
obliged to drive their machines
through anywhere from foot to
eighteen inches OF sea water.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-23
JOHN Oliver
Once MORE
CONTINUED from Page u

CONTINUED from Page ID
and inquired as TO what he could
do. Dol" cried Mac; why. beat
II out on the steamer you came In
on. We don't want you here mot
on your life"
Oliver was conducted on board
the steamer. and Breckons was on
hand TO see that he went, too. The
captain asked what he was to do
with Oliver. and was told that no
one cared much as long as the bum"
was taken away.
The next scene Is laid in the
Western Pacific. where the town OF
Suva lies among the cocoanut groves.
The Canadian steamer reached the
Garden OF Eden and Mr.. oliver was
given the tip to swim ashore and
keep under cover till the steamer
sailed. John had heard so much
about the delights OF Fill that he
actually forgot to bum" till the boat
left.
divers first act was to "bum" sew
DtODlt anu Ntll nuIu-luth
story. He was so pathetic sight
that a number of white.suited citi-
zens came through with money for
him. John bought a pair OF shoes
and hat and adjourned to the Club
Hotel, where he secured room
after paying in advance. All was
well for a few days and John cadged
enough cash to buy beer and food.
Four days after registering at the
pub John started In to prospect
all the different rooms of the other
dodgers, and when he had finished
the tour he was attired like a plant
er. White suit. helmet, shoes, cuff
buttons and everything even to an
umbrella were Johnston the TAX
ing. Emerging from the pub" John
strolled down the street and calmly
engaged rooms at another hotel
where he had not to pay in advance.
His wonderfully improved appearance
deceived the landlord and John was
happy as he slipped at his Scotch
highball.
Landlord number one had terri
BILE time with his boarders TIL the
barmaid remembered that she had
seen John, attired like a prosperous
planter, going down the street. Then
Police Omcer Josefa. who wears
coat but no pants. was put on the
trail, and he. after a short hunt.
located Oliver, who at once became
very indignant and tried to bluff the
native constable. The Jig was up,
however. and John was once more
lodged in what must now be like
home to him. The Fijian authori-
ties are determined to ship John
back to Honolulu or Vancouver next
steamer, and as McDufie will be
waiting on the dock. 1t would seem
as II Oliver will once more reach
Canada, only to be sent back from
there again. John promises to rival
the Wandering Jew, and In few
years will be the Oldest officer con
nected with the Union Steamship
Line. The Mariana, Manuka and
Makura will become old and. after
years of faithful service, be RELOCATED
to the scrap pile, but not so John.
The old traveller will be transferred
to new boats as they are built. and
as the ancient captains are about to
retire or die. they will pass the
much travelled one on to their sue
cessors.
The local police will be on the
lookout for John In future, and the
only alternative to allowing him to
grow old on the mail steamers would
appear to be the dropping OF him
at Tanning Island after dark on
some voyage up or down.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-23
FINE DICKENS PROGRAM.

Mr.. Speaight viii give his last re-
cital OF the second series at s o'clock
tonight at the Kilohana Art League
hall. The program chosen will be
OF miscellaneous character, chosen
from various books. mostly. however.
from "The Pickwick Papers" anu
the whole program will be entirety
fresh to Mr.. Speaight's Honolulu
audience.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-23
PILES CURED IN 8 TO "a DAYS.

PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed
to cure any case Of Itching, Blind.
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in to
u days or money refunded.-Made by
PARIS MEDICINE CO., Saint Louis.
U. S. OF A.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-23
NORMAL School
Will GRADUATE
Continued from Page ~

Continued from Page ~
Remarks ................
.. Superintendent w. T. Pope
Chorus
(a) THE Sky-Lark Song. ....
..... Henry X. Hadley
OBJ wind OF the Sea" ..
.......... Clayton Jones
Address. -. -. Hon. W. o. Smith
Violin Solo
(a) Barcarolle. .Adolphe Fischer
(b) Gavotte ...s..........
Carl Bohn. op. 314. No. 3
Presentation OF Diplomas. ......
....... Principal Edgar Wood
Chorus Almighty Lord" $50.
........1... Pietro Mascagni
The members OF the graduating
lass who VIII receive diplomas this
evening are Annie NJ. Wong, Henri
eta Smith, Niche Tanaka. Edwin
X. Lindsay. Helen X. Cathcart. Han
nah X. Cummings. David X. Kalaau.
Mary A. Grote. Verginio A. Car
valho. Angelina II. Silva, Helga A.
Wikander, Eleanor X. Wilcox, Eliz
abeth II. Chang, Grace Y. Chang.
Maud N. de Bretteville, Hedwig s.
otremba. Elizabeth l.. Heen. Eliza
beth II. Desha, Toxic Miamoto. An
nabelle ID. Low, Annie Napier and
John J. Pavao.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-23

1876 editorial rooms-256 bust.
ness office. These are the telephone
numbers OF the 3 u Ell n office.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-23

For sale by Benson. Smith n Co..
ltd: HOLSTER Drug Co., Ltd;
Chambers Drug Co.. Ltd; Hilo Drup
Co.; and at all Wholesale Liquor
Dealers.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-23

1W"FOr Sale" cards at Bulletin.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26

English American and German, in the
order named. The French are the most
numerous, except the Spaniards in the
ancestry Of these boy warriors, owing
to the large numbers of Frenchmen
who went to Panama during the years
when De Lesseps was attempting to
dig the interoceanic canal which the
United States is now pushing to COM
pletion. The same cause explains the
blending of many other races in the
population. for the canal drew workers
from all over the world including large
numbers of Chinese coolies.
1t may be said here that one of the
most prominent Colombian conservative
generals in the revolt of 1899-1902 was
a mixture of Spanish. negro and Chi
nese ancestry. He was a bloodthirsty
fellow, too. and a striking example of
the antiquated types that prevail so
widely in some Latin American coun-
tries. He was of the medieval swash-
buckler school. quarrelsOme and a
braggart. 1t is such men as he who
are mainly responsible for the almost
incessant warning in Central America.
men who seem to think and to live in
the twelfth or thirteenth century. They
are extremely cruel. too, and punish
with death offenses that call for only
brief Imprisonment in more advanced
nations. Discipline is commonly en-
forced with the rod or lash, the poor
soldiers being cruelty beaten by order
of their brutal officers for trivial mis-
deeds. 1 saw Is year old boy soldier
once whose back was covered with
scars and welts from recent whip
ping due to a minor offense, which in
the American army would have brought
only mild reprimand.
All soldiers have to undergo hard
ships but these Central American boy
soldiers are exposed to some that are
peculiar to the region in which they
live and die. There are deadly poison
Gus reptiles there. and tiny insect
which burrows under the skin and de-
stroys it's pigments. One may see num-
bers of naturally dark skinned Central
Americans on whose bodies are large
white blotches. reminding one of pie
bald horse. These blotches are due to
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26

this little insect There is leprosy at
large there, too, and other diseases
that the natives seem unable to con-
troll Prior to the advent of the Amer
leans in the canal zone yellow fever
was prevalent there, but the American
surgeons and sanitary engineers have
succeeded in stamping it out complete
ly in the zone and in the cities of Colon
and Panama.
The pay of the boy soldiers is only.
a few cents per day. in American
money, and it is usually long in ar
rears. 1t was the practice for at least
a part of the time during the revolt
of 1S99-19O2 for the Colombian Con-
servative government to pay it's
soldiers about Is cents day tAmeri-
CAM for their subsistence. The re-
suit was that the soldiers often spent
their ration money otherwise and sub
sisted on the country. to the distress
of the people with whom they came in
contact. The Liberal insurgents, how
ever, fed their troops directly, which
was much more satisfactory all
around.
The most common uniform of the
Central American soldier is plain
homespun, or cotton drill blouse ana
trousers, with straw hat The more
permanent. regular organizations wear
the French style of army hat, with
pompon in front. Except in the rare
cases of a crack regiment on parade
in garrison, the Central American
troops go barefoot. Underclothes are
rare among them, except with the
higher officers, many of whom are
dandies in their attire.
1t is a hard time the boy soldiers
of Central America have, but they also
have a hard time when not in the army.
for their scale of living is low and
games and sports are rare with them
They seem to like soldering better
than anything else, except lying
around idle. One OF these days all
this will he changed and the rich Cen
trail American countries will wake up
and catch up with, the march of modern
civilization Continual war will be
ended, and the boy soldiers will dis
appear.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26

1t is said that the armies of both Es-
trada and Madriz are being recruited
to increasing extent by drafts upon
the boyhood of that distressed coun-
try. AS many of the military men are
killed, or succumb to wounds and dis
ease, the depleted ranks must be
filed by drawing upon old age and ex-
treme youth. Boys are far better SOL
diers than old men, for the latter have
not the strength, the endurance, the
energy or the zeal of their grandsons.
One of the greatest objections to the
boy soldiers is the difficulty of feeding
them, for boys of all races, being in the
growing stage of life. have ravenous
appetites. Other things being equal,
the best soldier is he who can march
longest and fight hardest on little food.
The continual revolutions and other
wars that have for so many years
cursed the Central and South American
nations are great evils, and not the
least harm that they do is the loss
they cause to the country, in the deaths
or disablement of so many of the ris-
ing generation. for, as said by Colonel
Gregory the boy soldiers are always
in the front where the fighting is
fiercest. Naturally, they fall in great
numbers. Familiarity with bioodshed,
too, is a bad thing for youths at an
impressionable age, for it tends to
brutalize them.
Happily. the time may not be far
distant when the revolution habit OF
our American neighbors may be
overcome. and the boys of the country
may find their occupation in healthful
sports, in schools and in peaceful in
dustry.
These little Central American soldiers
are an interesting study. Practically
all of those in Panama and Colombia
have more or less negro blood in their
veins. They range in complexion from
light mulatto to black Large numbers
of them have an admiXture of Indian
blood. and these are particularly war
like A few have Chinese blood, and
the white blood in those that have it
is drawn from nearly every white ma
tion under the sun. The predominant
white is Spanish, followed by French,
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26
The Dragon Fly

Danger, insects, turn about!
The dreadful dragonfy is out
On noiseless wings of trembling gauze.
With CLASSY eyes and cruel jaws.
In swoop and dash and dizzy wheel
He gathers in his evening meal.
But children need not fear his search
Though fable may his name besmirch;
He can not sew their red lips up.
Nor stitch the ears of their pet pup;
He can not even hem the cat
doubt he ever thought of that
For only to a bug or beetle
Is he a dangerous darning needle
w Seward Wallace.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26
Fish That Perform Tricks

Fish have many times been taught
to perform tricks, and it would appear
as if they had much more intelligence
than is attributed to them
j. A. Bailey of circus fame once had
two brook trout in small aquarium
in his private residence that would
held between the forefnger ana thumb,
they REQUIRED food. They would also
lean over little bars Of wood placed
about two inches above the surface OF
the water.
II was a very simple matter to teach
the fish these tricks. AT hrst little
tower containing a tiny, sweet toned
silver bell was fastened to the iron
work of the aquarium with a piece of
string attached to the tongue or the
hell extending into the water where the
front were. on the loose end OF the
string an insect or other tempting
morsel was placed, which the fish would
at once seize and, pulling the cord, the
hell in the tower would naturally tinkle.
After this had been repeated several
davs the fish were left without food for
some little time until they made the
discovery that they could obtain IL by
pulling at the string to which the dell
cacies had been attached.
This they never failed to do ever
afterward when they were hungry, and
as that was nearly all the time. the
littIe bell was constantly tinkling, as
the fish were continually pulling the
cord and il was quite pretty and
novel slght.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26
A few INTERESTING FACTS

French briar root is really heather.
There are seven kinds of 1908 cent.
Wild ducks are estimated to fly 80
miles an hour; swallows fly rather
faster.
An American is said to have sug
gested the first "rickshaw' of Japan.
There are IS recognized systems of
wireless telegraphy.
India ink really comes from the Chi
nese and India rubber from South
America.
Golf balls coated in luminous paint
have just been tried by two members
of the Old Trafford club, Manchester.
Thirty-eigh in every 1000 English
men who marry are over so years of
age.
Great Britain produces 100000 tons
of salt year, all Europe less than
100000 tons.
There were 10000 children at school
In India GO years ago. There are 4,OO0,-
900 now.
Japan's postal service is the cheapest
in the world. Letters travel for two
sen-about seven-tenths OF penny
The largest barometer in the world