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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
ARISTOCRAT ELOPED
WITH ARMY OFFICER
Worldwide Search is Being Made by
Baron de Forest for His
Runaway Wife.

NEW YORK, Feb. IA London
cablegram to the World says the
worldwide search Baron Arnold de
Forest is making for his wife has Just
revealed the fact that she eloped with
Lieut.. H C. S. Ashton Of the Second
life guards, Detectives are striving
in every country to find the couple,
giving much attention to Spain.
A rumor is current that the baroness
has returned to the home of her moth
er, Lady Gerard; another story is that
the elopers hurried to Gibraltar, board
ed a steamer and are now on their
way to New York.
II has been common gossip in Lon
don that the. baron and baroness were
unhappy, and it was whispered that
separation had been threatened.
They We're married February IL
1904. She is the only daughter OF
the second Baron Gerard, and a god
daughter of the late Lady Roseberry
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
General chamorro Marching Toward
the Capital of Nicaragua
With Nothing to OBJ
struct Him.
is USING SPANISH PLAN
President Madriz, Like the King OF
Spain, Gives Out False Re-
ports About His
Victories.

MANAGUA, Feb 11.-Nothing now
stands in the way of General Chamor
ro's advance against Managua.
The capture of Matagalpa, eighty
miles northeast OF here, by the revolu-
tionists, following the defeat of gov
eminent force near Muymuy, under
General Carerro, opens the road to the
capital and it is not believed possible
that General Yasquez, commander OF
the government forces can throw an
intercepting army between Managua
and Matagalpa.
President. Madriz continues to issue
statements that his forces have been
generally victorious, but he is either
himself deceived or is attempting to
deceive the public.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
Costa Rican Belchins Mountain is
Believed to Have Given An
nouncement of Com
ing Earthquake.
MAJoR1T1Es WRECKED
Scientists Will Warn United States
That the Canal Zone Will
Likely Get a
Shaking.

PORT LINlON. Feb. 11.-Eighty per-
sons were killed by the eruption OF
volcano Poas, according to reports
received today which say the erup-
ton, the worst in the history of the
mountain, has ceased
The deaths were caused by stones
shot out by the crater. They fell
among villages within radius of sew
eral miles from the base of the noun
tain.
Scientists here and in the capital
San Jose, see in the eruption a fore
cast Of severe earthquakes in Central
America and the Panama canal zone
Warnings are being prepared to be
sent to Washington, urging the
strengthening of canal work in the
most Vulnerable places.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
Rrooms at s1.oo.

NEW ALBANY. Ind, Feb. IL
Housewives may within few months
he compelled to pay a dollar for an
ordinary broom. is the encouraging
prediction Of large manufacturers of
this commodity in southern Indiana.
Evansville factories are reported to
be offering three times the normal
price for broom corn and find it an
extremely scarce article even at that
figure. 1t is stated that with the sup
ply now in hand if an equal division
could be made there would be only
enough broom corn in the country to
supply two brooms to each family,
and the next harvest is months away.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
Explosion in the Breech of one of the
Smaller Guns of the Battleship
Virginia While in Cuban
Waters.
THE NEWS BY WIRELESS
One Man Lost His Hand and the
Other Was Seriously Burned
About the
Face.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. IL
Two gunners on board the battleship
Virginia were seriously injured by the
explosion in the breech of one of the
smaller guns while firing salute yes
terday, according to wireless dis
patch received from Rear Admiral
Schroeder at Guantanamo. Cuba, by
way of Key West.
j. Irban, gunner's mate, third class,
was so severely injured that his arm
was amputated above the wrist.
T. w. Brunner, of the same rank
was severely burned about the face.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
IMPOSSIBLE TO
FOLLOW RULES
Interstate Commerce Commission RI.
oulations for Railroads are
Too Cumbersome and
Rurdensome.
A STATEMENT BY PIERCE
Rock Island Official Says That the
Commission Itself Could Not
Carry Out Its Own
Rules.

WASHINGTON, Feb. I1.-"The in
terstate commerce commission itself
could not run single railroad in this
country according to the present laws
and regulations regulating railroads.
1t would be impossible. The laws arc
SO cumbersome and burdensome that
1t is physical impossibility to obey
them"
This was the statement of e. B.
Pierce, general solicitor OF the Rock
Island railway before the COMMITTEES
of commerce at the hearing on the ad-
ministration railroad bill. Pierce de-
clared that certain portions Of the
measure were impracticable.
"One Of the most serious things con-
cerning railroads. said Pierce, is
keeping the records and getting
enough employees to keep up with the
requirements of the constantly chang
ing laws. If you will go into the traf-
fic departments and see the poor fell
lows with tongues hanging out in an
effort to get into the shape which the
INV requires, you will agree with me.
| we are not opposed to regulation.
| We do not object to control by sim
pie and effective laws, II you require
us to report in writing our traffic
agreements ON every rate we could
never do it. and the interstate COM
merce commission would not have
a place big enough to put them, and
after all, nobobdy could ever find one
of them
i The witness was sharply auestionep
! why the railroads could not make
these things understandable to the
government and the public. if they
themselves were able to put them
into effect.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
Southern Man Killed Man and Daush-
ter and Then clubbed Little
Children With the
Empty Gun.
A POSSE is IN PURSUIT
Officers With BIoodhounds are Search
ing for Sylvester Bearden
Who Committed the
Double Murder.

TYLERTON, Miss, Feb. IA
sheriff's posse with bloodhound is
searching the county today for SJlves-
ter Bearden, aged twenty-five, VINO last
night killed George Walker and his
daughter Inez and fatally wounded
two of Walkers children, because
Walker objected to his marriage with
the daughter.
Bearden visited the Walker home
when the father repeated his objec
tions to his presence. The suffer t Ci
a shot gun from the table and mo III
ly wounded his sweetheart anG rer
parent. He then dubbed the two lit
tie children with the gun. He had
been a regular caller az the Walker
home for some time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
Postotfice Inspectors Arrest Three
Men Who Had Mail From the
Looted Cars in Their
Possession.
ARE IN ST. LOUIS PRISON
Were Working Mining Stock
Scheme From an Office in the
Granite Building When
Arrest Was Made.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 11.Three men al
legged to be the robbers who held up
the Missouri Pacific train at Glencoe
near st. Louis on January 81, are
under arrest here today. A fourth
member was arrested at Hot Springs,
Ark. The men are in the custody of
postoffice inspectors who made the
raid.
The men were arrested Wednesday
but the matter was kept secret so
that the arrest at Little Rock could
be made.
One of the men gives the name of
w. w. Lowe, said to have taken part
in the Blue Springs train robbery near
Kansas City ten years ago. Another
gives the name of S. w. Emerson.
George Ebeling was arrested at Hot
Springs. James Lowe, brother Of
w. w. Lowe was arrested on the
streets here. The men had an Office
in the Granite building and were pro-
noting the Alaska Mining and Dredg.
ing Co. 1t is said by the inspectors
that mail shown to have been taken
from the robbed train was found in
this office. Much Of it had been un.
opened.
The arrest was the shadowing Of
| the men in st. Louis almost constant
! ly since the robbery. Lowe, who is
said to have taken part in the rob
berry ten years ago, turned states
evidence on that occasion and escap
4 ed prosecution. His description !.
said to have fitted that of one OF tht
men connected with the Glencoe hold
up and on the Sunday following tht
1 robbery. post office inspectors ant
/ Chief Furlong Of detective cgenc.
employed by the railroad, decided
that Lowe was implicated in the affair
The detective and inspectors fount
that the men they suspected had al
Office In the Granite building and were
selling stock in the company. Detec
tives followed Eberling to Ho
/ Springs. The robbers are said t.
have secured registered mall values
at $4,000. They made no attemp
to rob the passengers or loot the SAT-
in the baggage car.
At Glencoe the men climbed acros
the tender and covered the enginee
and firemen with revolvers, forcin,
the train to be stopped and cut OF
, the mail and express cars. One O
the robbers ran the engine and car
ahead, abandoned them about 8
, miles from st. Louis. Bloodhound
and posses searched the neighbol
hood for 4S hours but no trace of tn
bandits could be found.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
MEMBERS OF CREW
RETURNING HOME
Forty-TWo Men of the Sunken Steamer
Kentucky will Land in New
York Tomorrow.

NEW YORK, Feb. 11.--A wireless
dispatch received from the steamer
Apache, this morning, states she has
on board forty-two members of the
crew of the steamer Kentucky, which
foundered off the Carolina coast last
week. They will land tomorrow.
Captain Moore of the Kentcky and
IS. o. 81 signal of distress brought
the Alamo to the rescue, are returning
to New York from Tampa by rail.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
Burlington Accident Resulted in In.
jury to TWO Men But Forum
ately No One Was
Killed.
Leaking Gas In the Generating Room
Resulted in a Crash Which
Caused Considerable
Damage.

| BURLINGTON, Iowa, Feb. lii
AN explosion of gas at 1880 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, at the plant OF
the Burlington Gas Light company. lo-
Gated at the foot of Arch street, re-
suited in the injuring of two en-
ployes: Joe Lieb, fireman, and Tom
McShane. The engine room was
wrecked, the east wall falling into
the roadway, the roof and upper pip
ing being piled in a heap on the ma.
chinery. The walls Of the generating
rooms were blown out also
The explosion was due to a leak OF
gas In the generating room. Tom Nc
Shane, employed at the plant, attract
ed by the smell of gas, went into the
generating room to discover. ii Iossi-
BILE, the trouble. Before he had time
to locate it, he was blown forcibly
through the door into the yard at the
south. His mustache and whiskers
were burned to the skin, but aside
from the few burns, he is not hurt.
Joe Lieb, tie fireman, was working
in the engine room He had no warn
| ing Of what was about to happen, but
was able to throw himself behind a
piece of machinery and was not hurt
by the falling steel, the roof tumbling
In when the walls gave way. He is
cut about the head and hands and is
buried about the face.
Jack Nolan, painter, who was a:
work On a ladder, painting the iron
clad sides Of the generating room, was
blown from his ladder, but fell free d
/ the flying bricks. His helper, boy
! who was at work on another ladder
was thrown onto a pile of debris. Boil
are bruised but not seriously hurt.
The plant is badly damaged. The
east wall of the engine room, brick
structure, was blown out entirely, the
roof caved in and the machinery il
buried under mass OF steel and pipes
The generating room which is housed
in an iron-clad building, escaped more
fortunately, although the force of tie
explosion was greater in this part thar
the other. The sides of the walls gave
way more easily, releasing the pres
sure of the forces from within.
AS to the extent of damage to the
machinery, this can not yet be deter
mined A force of men went to worl
Immediately to remove the debris ant
a thorough investigation will be mad,
when it is possible. From appearance
the working parts in the generatin,
room are not damaged, althoug' !
will require the. services of experts t.
determine this.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
FATAL FIRE
IN FARM HOUSE
Mrs. Hayes and Her Nurse Found
Dead In the Ruins Of the
BujIdino.

4 CHARDON, Ohio, Feb. 11.--Fire
Which destroyed the farm house of
Hubert II. Hayes, two miles from
Burton Village, early today. cost the
lives of his invalid wife and nurse
and brought probably fatal injuries to
Hayes. A dog owned by Hayes gave
the alarm. The first person to arrive
found Hayes lying in the snow in
front OF the house unconscious with
his night clothing burned off. After
the flames had died down, men enter
ing the ruins found the bodies OF Mrs.
Hayes and the nurse on the bed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
Expeditlon Makes Observations.

POUDQUOI PAS, Feb, 1.-THE
French Antarctic expedition, headed
by DR.. j. M. Charcot. sailed from
Havre, August 15, 1908. and Punta Are
mas December II, 1905 The expedition
reached the island Of Deception De.
cember %. and from that point the
last report of the party was sent.
Charcot expected to be absent about
two years. The primary aim, it was
said at the time, was not to reach the
south pole, but rather to make scien.
tific observations
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
vindication for Or. Sells.

DES MONIES, Feb. 1.-THE SUI
preme court reversed the district court
of Clark county in convicting DR.. F.
w. Sells. He was convicted of Grim
inal assault on Miss Hartman The
court characterizes the girls story as
improbable and advised the county at.
torney to dismiss the case. Sells is
one of the most prominent doctors in
Osceola.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
lIIinos Senate Passes the Two Meas
ures Which Will go Before
the House Some Time
Next Week.
Primary Election Law For the State
and Commission Plan for
Cities II the House
Acts Favorabiy.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. 1.-THE
House direct plurality primary bill,
the Gibson bill providing for nomina-
tions of members of the General AS
rsenlbly, the commission form of nun
icipal government bill, the measure
providing radical amendments to the
law governing boards OF election com
missioners and other bills of lesser
Importance we're shot through the Hi
nois Senate before that body adjourn
ed. not to convene again until SUM-
moned by the lieutenant governor al
ter the House next week acts upon
the bills sent across by the Senate.
When the Senate was preparing Tor
action. Senator Daley and some
others doubted the propriety OF cali
ing up the main primary bill A hasty
count of noses showed exactly the re-
quired number to pass it, and when
this fact became known, the "antis
capitulated.
There had been some trepidatlon on
the part Of the proponents OF the
measure regarding the outcome OF the
vote on the bill on its passage, as on
the previous day. A blanket amend
ment had been DEBATED by a margin
of but one. When the roll was fairly
gotten under way, 1t was seen
that opposition to the bill had faded
away. and the announcement of the
roll call was a surprise to those back
of the bill. There was but one vote
recorded against the bill, that OF Sen.
ator Isley.
The primary bill was called up by
Chairman Daileyof the Primary Elec-
tions Committees, after Senate had
adopted by vote of 81 to 2 the Glib
son bill, providing for the nomina-
tion of candidates for the Legislature
and senatorial committees, the bill be-
Ing drawn as a substitute for that sec
ton in the statewide bill eliminated
by the Senate on the ground that this
section might come under the ban OF
the Supreme Court
The roll call on the bill resulted 40
to l. The bill now goes to the House
for concurrence, and If that body
finds itself unable to agree upon the
amendments made by the upper house
the result of primary legislature viii
rest with a conference committee O.
both houses.
Next in Importance to the primar.
bill was the passage Of the bill civ
ing Illinois cities the right to vot'
on the proposition as to whether o
not they shall adopt the commission
plan of municipal government. Th
bill was called up on its passage b
Senator Barr of Will County. 1t wa
amended this week by the Senate i
number of important particular!
chief among which was changing {
the recall percentage from rs to a
per cent. The bill had easy sailin
the vote by which it wa
adopted being practically unan
nous, but one negative vote bein
recorded, that of Senator Potter.
Senate bill No. |, introduced /
Senator Jones of Chicago, providir
for submission to the voters of tt
proposition as to whether the petite
plan for nomination of candidates
cities, towns or villages shall be di
continued, was passed by vote of
to 0.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
.,s4z7-.xsasso Old.

WASHINGTON, D. G., Feb. H.
Chief Justice Fuller Of the supreme
court of the United States is today
celebrating his seventy-seyenth birth
day anniversary When the next term
of court meets in October he will have
completed his twenty-second year as
chief justice. Only two oilers, John
Marshall and Roger B. Taylor, served
in the office longer than Fuller.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
Committee Adjourns

WASHINGTON, d. G., Feb. 1l.-Af.
ter a short executive session this
morning the joint congressional com
mittee investigating the Ballinger-
Pinchot controversy. adjourned until
Monday. because Attorney L. R. Bran
deis, counsel for CLAWS, was unable to
be present.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
REFUSES TO
SWEETEN THE POT
Federal Sugar Company Wants 70
Hang Onto the $4,000 Stolen
from uncIe Sam.

NEW YORK, Feb. lit was ru-
today that the Federal Sugar
Refining company has refused to re-
fund to the government 100000, rep
resenting unpaid duties on sugar inn
ported on which reports were not re
turned to inspectors.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity: General
lv fair tonight and Saturday. Colder
tonight.
For Illinois: Partly cloudy tonight
and Saturday. Colder.
For Iowa: Generally fair tonight
and Saturday. Colder tonight.
For Missouri Partly cloudy to-
night and Saturday. Colder tonight
and east portion Saturday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
saloonist,s Wife a Suicide.

COUNCIL BLUFFS Feb. 11.-Mrs.
Emma Donohue, wife of a sloon-keep-
er, committed suicide by shooting her
self through the head, because her
husband would not buy her new
sewing machine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
CHARCOT RETURNING
FROM SOUTH POLE
His Ship Was Spoken in Straits of
Magellan, But the Commander
Said Nothing.

BUENOS AYRES, Feb. 11.-The
captain of the steamer Sud. arrived
at Punta Arenas, and reports that he
spoke the Antarctic exploring steam
er Pourquoi Pas, anchored at Port
Gallant, straits of Magellan. DR.. Char
cot refused information concerning the
results of the French soutll polar ex-
pedition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
100000 MuscatIne Hotel.

MUSCATINE. Feb. 1l.--At a meet
ing of twenty-five prominent Musca-
tine manufacturers and business men
definite plans toward the erection OF
a new 100000 hotel We're made. IT
Is hoped to start the building early In
the spring.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
Weather Conditions.

1t is colder in the lower lake reg
ion and northeastern states, there the
increasing field of high pressure has
moved from the Mississippi valley,
while the temperature has risen over
the upper Mississippi valley, and
there have been light snow flurries
over portions of the country lying east
of the Rockies, which have extended
south to Tennessee and Arkansas
The temperature is falling in the
northwest, where an area of high
pressure has developed over the
northern Plateau region.
A depression has appeared in the
Gulf. which has been attended by
rain in the Gulf and southeastern
states.
Conditions indicate generally fair
weather for this section tonight and
Saturday, becoming colder tonight,
with the minimum temperature twen-
ty above zero, or lower.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
Teeth Killed Him.

MUSKEGON, Mich, Feb. 11.-John
Nequist, aged SO, died from the eff
fects of having two teeth pulled less
than week ago. In less than two
days after the teeth were pulled his
right side was paralyzed. Gradually
his condition became worse. and he
died. He leaves widow and four
daughters.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
Supreme Court Decisions.
T Special to The Gate City

DES MONIES, Feb. 11-Gregory,
appellant, against Godfrey, Wapello;
affirmed.
Sawyer against Botti, appellant,
woodbury.; affirmed.
Risher against Acken Coal Co. ap-
pellant Appanoose; affirmed.
Logan, appellant, against Davis,
O'Brien; affirmed
Holmes, appellant, against Rivers.
superior court, city of Grinnell re-
versed.
Pool against Napier. appellant, Jas
per; reversed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
.,OOSEVELT'S SON
TO BE MARRIED
TIE Engagement of Theodore and Miss
Eleanor Alexander Has Been
Announced.

NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-Mrs. Henry
Addison Alexander announced last
night the engagement of her daughter,
Eleanor. to Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.,
eldest son of the ex-president. Young
Roosevelt, since graduation from Har-
ward, has been learning carpet manu-
featuring in a factory at Thompson
vile Conn
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11

PARIS. Feb. 1.-THE s4,Ooo,OOo
which the cabinet recently asked the
chamber OF deputies to authorize for
the flood sufferers was voted today
without discussion
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
Local Observations

Feb Bar.Ther Wind Weather
10 I pm. :. 90 20 27 NE Clear
II Z am. ;. o20 80 S PIT Cldy
Rainfall for past "a hours, race.
River, frozen
Mean temperature. q.
Maximum temperature, so.
Minimum temperature, H.
FRED O. GoSEwIScH.
Observer.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-09-23

rules and place as near heaven as
we can get and still be on earth.
The bungalow we show here has a
charm about it. The simple fact about
it is that it is honey and gives the i'm
preston of simplicity and comfort
An abundance of light is offered from
bay windows and the arrangement of
other windows about the structure
This bungalow is 81 feet wide and 40
feet long. All the rooms are on one
floor and there are no stairs to climb
This fact will appeal to the house
keeper who has to take many steps up
and down stairs during the day. Yet
there is no crowding and the rooms
are arranged with the special idea of
convenience. AS matter of fact
any house should be planned first with
the view of ease in taking care Of the
house work. The house should be
planned from the inside and not from
the outside. There is good-sized
parlor opening Off the vestibuIe and
back of this is the dining and living
room. The kitchen is back of the din
ing room and here cupboard can be
provided in lieu of a pantry. There
are two chambers and the bathroom is
conveniently located between them.