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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-15
THREATENED WITH
MURDER OR MONEY
Decoy Package Was Picked up by a
Young Man Who is Held by the
Police.

WICHITA FALLS. Tex, Aug. 15.-
J. e. Love, aged % is held by the po-
lice here, suspected of being CON
nected with a plot to secure $4,000
from ]. L. Temp, president of rail-
road through threats against the lives
of the millionaire's family.
Love picked up decoy package
left at the place stated in the threat.
ening letter which stated that dire
calamity would befall the family un-
less the money was forthcoming.
Love denied knowing anything about
the letter.
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sheriffs In seasinn.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Aug. 15.-With
addresses of welcome by Coy. De-
neen and Mayor Knecht. the national
association of sheriffs convened this
afternoon at two o'clock In this city.
Sheriffs from all parts of the coun-
try ara in attendance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-15
The Gore Bribery Case.

SULPHUR, Okla. Aug. 15.-W B.
Johnson, of Ardmore, former United
states attorney protested against
quashing the indictments against the
firm Of Mansfield, McMurry and Car
ney in connection with Indian affairs
and who was dismissed from office
and reiDstated by wire is minutes la
ter, told OF the handling of the indict-
ments before the Gore investigating
committee today.
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NkloalMIIAaIED
sEoEIikle
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our many friends
and neighbors for their kindness to
us during the illness and death of our
daughter and sister, Maria M. Elmer.
Henry ]. Elmer and Family.
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The temperature is slightly higher
in me eastern districts, and has chang
ed but little in the West, except that
the temperature is lower in the North
west.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-15
The MODEL

Bakery and grocery at $40 Main street
is now open for business. Open every
day except Sunday. We solicit your
patronage.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.

THE Model Bakery and Grocery,
80 Main street, is open for business.
Open every day except Sunday We
solicit your trade.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-07-21
SPORTING notes
Millers Are Good Kickers.

e r--
John McGovern, who last year
captained the University football
team, has been assistant sporting
editor of the Minneapolis Journal
for little over a year. just now
he is travelling with the Minneapolis
baseball team and was in Toledo,
Ohio, the first of this week. Mac"
took his favorite football with him
on the trip so that he could get some
punting practice between the times
that he was busy writing stories.
Tuesday, he had the whole Miller
team on the field kicking the foot
ball. His judgement in selecting
the Millers instead of the Hens was
excellent as the Millers are known
as the best kickers in the American
association. Probably before the
team gets back to Minneapolis he
will have the base runners tackling
the opposing basemen. -.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-07-21
STOCK COMPANY LOST
HEAVILY BY ROBBERY
Yankee Doodle Players Had Over $500
Stolen From Trunks Tuesday After
G-4S
The Show.

Thieves broke into the Armory
opera house Tuesday night and
made away with about 5000 in booty
without being discovered. The
robbery was committed after the
show people had left the house and
it had been locked up. The property
belonged to the members sof the
Yankee Doodle stock company.
To get at the loot, the thieves
broke open the trunks of the troupe
and took everything of value from
jewellery to trousers. Entrance was
obtained through a. side door and
the thieves had a key, showing
that they were familiar with the
building. The robbery was discov-
cred yesterday morning, but was
not reported to the police until
late last night.
Chief Benner wired the police of
surrounding cities to be on the watch
for certain parties which left Bemid il
early yesterday morning. 1t is not
certain that they are the ones wanted
but circumstantial evidence points
their way.
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THEATRICAL COMMENT.
Armory Opera House

Early this morning, the Yankee
Doodle Stock company left for
Blackjack where it will play for the
rest of the week. The performance
last night was easily the best of the
three given here and pleased the
large house that was present.
Charles Aunt was good for
several laughs minute.
A pleasing feature of the shows
given were the specialties of Ruby
De Bergen and Babe Russell.
Their acts filled out the waits and as
their songs were new and their act
Ing was on original lines, both young
ladies quickly won the audience.
The other members of the company
were at their best last night, and
Miss Evans had almost entirely
recovered from her recent illness.
The show will play in Northone
Sunday, and then 90 to Interna-
tional Falls for the first three days
of next week. From International
Falls, it will 90 to Thief River Falls
and Manager Carson IS trying to
get them for a one night date here
after the Thief River engagement.
The company intends to travel
through the Dakotas and then make
long jumps until it reached the coast
for the winter season.
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was taken into court in Koochich-
ing county last week but the case
was not tried because of faulty pre-.
sentation bv the county. The dry
condition of the woods makes it
dangerous to start any kind of fire.
Lumbermen say that q three day
rain must come before the woods
will be freed from the danger of
serious fire.
MoralTake out your fire insur-
ance with the T. ]. Miller agency.
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time.
Fire Ranger Shannon has been
kept busy the past two weeks as
fires break out now in the woods if
a single spark is neglected. He
went out on the Crookston logger
Tuesday night and has not yet re-
turned.
Several residents along the rail.
roads have charged the railroads
with neglecting to put spark arrest.
ers on their engines. The M. & I.
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or joke for everybody, he was be-
yond doubt one of the most popu-
lar men in the House.
Hold on! Hold on there! shouted
Tom aud his voice rang out so loud
that everybody stopped. Don't
adjourn till I get my piece of pork
He went on with some other ex-
PLANTATION, but it was drowned in
laughter. 1t won. The House re-
fused to adjourn, and the appropri-
alton for a public building in Tom
Clunie's district in San Francisco
was passed.
Ever since that time everything
that means an appropriation for
congressman's district has been
labelled pork and congressman
have been abused because they were
pork barrel statesman. 1t is
natural for senators and congressman
to look after their states. If they
did not their states would be neglect
ed and what is more, men could not
remain in Congress unless they pro-
cured a share of the appropriations
for necessary improvements in their
districts.
II have in mind the case of Ore.
gon and Washington. Oregon was
admitted as state in 1859, and
Washington became a state some
years afterwards. 1t is rather re-
markable that Washington, with all
its wonderful resources and wealth,
should have been so long gaining
sufficient population to become
state, although separated from Ore
gon only by the Columbia river.
The situation when Washington was
admitted showed that without repre-
sentation a state or territory cannot
get what is coming to it in the way
of appropriation. Oregon had always
been we'll cared for in river and har:
Dor bills. think the appropriation
amounted to something between
100000 and 100000 a year.
For Washington there was scarcely
anything.
"The Washington delegation
found when it came here in the
fall of 1889 that it could not get
anything tor Its rivers aud har bors
because no surveys had been made.
A territorial delegate didn't have
any influence because he did not
have a vote. More than that, Wash
ington had no representation in
the Senate, and two senators
count for mighty lot in the
makeup of river and harbor bill.
Since that time Washington has
come into the game. Her harbors
and rivers have been surveyed and
appropriations made for improving
them to meet the demands OF CON-
merce. In otherwords, Washington
has been into the pork BARREL
Does anyone think it is disreput-
able? Is it not right that the harbors
of Puget Sound and the rivers of
Washington should be improved?
They could not be by special ap.
preparations, But they are cared for
in general river and harbor bill.
Call it what you will, pork barrel
or anything else, the systematic i'm
nr0vamant of tho rix,arc a NJ ho rho.e
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of the United States will proceed,
because the people want to see ship
ing in the harbors and more boats
on the rivers of the country, and l
say more power to the National Riv-
ers and Harbors Congress for the
campaign of education it is waging
to the end that we may have, as Presi-
dent Taft desires, broad and com.
prehensive policy of waterway i'm
provements".
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-07-21
BRUSH FIRES EASILY
STARTED IN DRY WOODS
Lack Of Rain Responsible for Dangerou,
Conditions Fire Department
Called Out.

Fire was started in the brush
about one half mile back of the
Bemidii mill some time yesterday
morning. Although not much wind
was blowing the fire spread rapidly
and burned over several acres.
From this side of the lake it looked
as though the mill was. on fire and
many phone calls were put in asking
if it was in danger.
The fire is still burning slowly but
may become dangerous any time the
wind rises. It is slowly travelling
south and if not put out soon, will
threaten the village of Nymore. At
noon today, the wind was from the
west and was blowing the fire away
from the mill.
At one o'clock the fire depart
ment was called to put out fire
that started west Of the city on the
Great Northern tracks. It is not
positively known, but is conjectured,
that the fire started from sparks
from a Great Northern engine. II
is burning up hill and throwing
up large clouds Of thick smoke. It
has not done much damage at press
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TERM "PORK BARREL'USED
in FIFTY.FIRST CONGRESS-
Representative Cunie Did Not Want the House to Adjourn
Until he Had His "Piece of Pork"-Many Rivers
and Harbors Being Improved
Washington July 2O-(SpeciaD-

Washington July 2O-(SpeciaD y
Arthur w. Dunn, for years in charge
of the legislative work at the Ma
tional Capitol for the Associated
Press, now representing the Lewis
publications in this city reminis-
Gently discussed the origin of the
phrase pork barrel' as has been
applied to omnibus appropriation
bills.
Tom Clunie was responsible for
the expression pork barrel said
MI. Dunn. 1t was in the fifty-frst
Congress, the famous Reed Cong ress,
that it happened. In those days
they did not have omnibus public
building bills nor omnibus claims
bills. Dave Mercer, of Nebraska,
invented the omnibus public build
ings bill when he was chairman of
the committee on public buildings
and grounds. l do not remember
who was sponsor for the omnibus
claims bill, that measure in which
large number of claims are punched
in order to get the legislation
through. At all events, omnibus
bills are becoming more and more
fashionable, and the last Congress
saw omnibus light house bills, omni-
bus Indian bills, omnibus bridge
bills and omnibus public land bills
passed. Years ago, I am told, river
and harbor improvements were ap-
propriated for on the piecemeal plan,
each project standing by itself.
Then there was the omnibus river
and harbor bill, in which all merit
orious projects were cared for.
But to return to Tom Clunie,
and the expression pork Darrell
That was wonderful session, tax.
ing it altogether, and one of the
interesting features was the public
building legislation. Two days were
set apart for the consideration of
public building bills. 1t is doubt
full whether Tom Reed would have
allowed that time if Seth Mill.
ken, of Maine, had not been chair
man of the committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds and had
everything cooked up to take care
of the Pine Tree state ahead of all
others. Men who have been for
tuuate enough to have their bills
reported called them up from time
to time, a dozen or more states were
cared for the first day. The
second day there was a great scram-
bic for place, and men watched the
proceedings with care to see if their
bills would be reached.
slate in the afternoon, about
half past five, or Whereabouts, with
a dozen bills still on the calendar,
the excitement became intense.
Finally one of the economists on
the Republican side moved to ad-
journ. Instantly there was a great
clamor among those whose bills
had not been reached, but high
above the din and uproar was
heard the voice of Tom Clunie.
"Clunie was Democrat, rep
resenting San Francisco district
and was one OF the best fellows
imaginable. Everybody liked him
Jovial, smiling, with a good word
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Yesterdays Results.

National League
Boston 3-Pittsburg 2.
New York, 5-Cincinnati 6.
Brooklyn O-Chicago 1.
Philadelphia list. Louis 2.
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City Drug Store readings:
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-07-21

Bar0meter-Fair.
Maximum today-84.
Minimum today-68.
Maximum yesterday-84.
Minimum yesterday-66.
Forecast-Cooler and partl!
cloudy.
City Drug Store readings:
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American League
St. Louis New York2. 40 innines)
Detroit 3-Boston 2. I'll innings)
Chicago O--Philadelphia 2.
Cleveland 4-Washington s.. ,r. j.
n
American Association
Kansas City Columbus a.
Minneapolis indianapolis 2.
Milwaukee 2-Toledo 8. I'll innings)
St. Paul 8-Louisville 7. 90 innings)
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Mrs: H. L. Bowers wishes
to announce to the public
that she has moved from the
Berman Emporium into the
McTaggart building, 308 Bel
trami Ave-, formerly occu-
pied by Miss Walsmith, and
will be pleased to receive her
friends and patrons in her
new location.
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SIXTH BIBLE CONFERENCE
OPENS SUNDAY MORNING
the Principal Speaker and Will Make Three
Addresses Each Day-Rooms Needed.

Sunday morning the sixth Bible conference will
be opened by address by Dr. aeben editor of "Our Hope
Dr. Gaeben all the from New York city address the
conference and will remain here for the entire week.
The meeting Sunday evening be meeting and will be
held the Presbyterian church Morning. evening
ions will be held each day and Sunday July 3d. by
grand rally
Kew e. r White has been receiving inquiries for points
Indiana Wisconsin, illinois, Iowa and Canada are
intend bring their families and their camp
around the lake. More inquiries than rooms have
oHeed and the charge
wish their once DELEGATES will
pay for their board and
Following prepared by the committees
Sunday July "a.
The sun., 1910-12-07
RCHITECTS DINE
And Talk Over Al the DiHcrent Mays OF
Making Firth Avenue Perfect.

Architects and laymen met last nj ighi
az a dinner given by the Architectural
League OF New York at the League :
quarters 2i5 West fifty-seventh street.
and discussed the beautifying OF Fifth
avenue in particular and OF the rest Of
the city in general. Robert Grier Cooke.
Who il president Of the Fifth Avenue
Association. and Bert Hanson. who in
head OF the Municipal Art Society. spoke.
Mr. Cooke wants TO see all signs and
bllboarcis excluded from Fifth avenue
and he wants artistic letter boxes. ornate
subway entrances and exits. and above
all a special police guard for the thor
ougnfare with special uniforms He ais o
" ints the avenue widened above Forty
.acond street and he predicts that II
will 30 -con.
Mr.. Hanson favors an upper sidewalk
for Fifth avenue and says IL is needed
10 protect pedestrians from the increasing
vshic,ilar traffic He thinks that archi-
tec-- a. a body can do much TO prevent
further encroschrent on the sldewslks
Of ornamental projections ~ buildings.
The Rev Percy e. Grant does not like
sky-crapers especially when they adjoin
churches and shut orit all the ligh'.
Why" ne exclaimed. referring IN the
plight Of Trinity. these tall buildings
even steal the ign, from graveyards.
DR. Grant criticised the setting vi the
new library IN Bry ant Para. The building.
though beautiful IN Itself Is not set back
far enough from Fifrh .tv.hlIe. he thinks.
and il in "a poor plir. anyway BECAUSE
IN a short time Il will probably he sur
rounded by thirty or forty story Office
buildings.
The sun., 1910-12-07
COMMISSION GOUERNHENT.
kansas Cit,. Kan. Gets Out of Debt In q
single Year

KANSAS CITY. Dec 9 The close Of 1910
will see Kansas City. Kan established on
= cash paying basis. with a surplus in
every ono of its funds except the lighting Q
fund. its floating debt almost wiped out
and none Of IN. revenue for 1911 used for
the expenses Of 1910
That IN 20 ba the condition financially
AT the close Of IN" first nine months Of
government by commission as announced
day by Charles W Green. Commits
sioner OF Financ. and Revenue II b,
the result. he says of a strict adher.ncr
- IN. provision Of th" commission law
that requires municipal corporation
to live within its means
II is pointed out that when the COM
r,lssion-rs took char e. las, April the fund,
for 1910 practically had been Used in ad-
vance and thor" was an indebt.dnc,s
against nearly every fund
The ..rea Of the city under the new rul le
w seventeen square mile.. while the
area in 1879 under the council jurisdic,i ion
was ton square mile. The assessed vaiua-
ton the enlarged city made in 1910
on which 10 collect taxes 'or 1911 expenses
il SIS. .HOO.Or0. zainst an assessed val,ia-
ton ~ s7I .OGO. 900 made in 1900 for 1910
pAIFTUrS~S Ot trbt Guy DeBOre Ine fktrsetOn
OF its limits. and the rate Of taxation in
the larger city for all purposes State.
county. city. parks and schools the
same under the 1910 levy a. under the
1900 levy. 81 ~ on the hundred
When commission government began
the acquisition OF new territory had
seriously depleted the treasury Mr.
Green said There was an indebt edns
against every fund This has been paid
except a small amount in the lighting
fund. and the commissions have managed
20 get along without drawing in advance
on anticipated revenues. as was the
custom for years under the old council
rule o."
The lighting fund. Mr. Green said. wa
handicapped with a 500 90 deficit when
the Commissioners took charge This
WAS chargeable 40 the old law. which pro-
vided for tax levy too small 10 yield a
rsvenu" sufficient TO provide properly
for lighting the city.
The sun., 1910-12-07
PILGRIM AFRO CLIB Burn $
Famous Gambling House Destroyed h,
Blaze started b, Furnace.

PROVIDENCE. r | Dec q The Pilgrim
Automobile Club. chief among the sey ara
gambling places in Cranston and said &c
be one OF the most deliberately furnished
gambling houses this side Of New York
WAS burned TO m. ground at } O'Clock
this morning The house was a three
story dwelling with French roof. standing
in Eldredge street near Reservoir and
Park avenues.
The blaze was spectacular. visible for
miles The flames mounted high IN the
air. quickly devouring the wooden build
ing IN spite Of the efforts Of half dozen
fir. companies The cause Of the fir. IL
supposed to have been an ovsrh.ated
furnace. with which the building was
warmed While the club belong gcd to
Michael J. SiaItery and was one of tn.
biggest in his chain of gambling houses.
the property stands in the name Of Georg.
A. yaka Of Woonsocket and Ernest yaka
Of Attleboro.
When the. interior of the building was a
mass of flames there was a loud crash
fallen to fh" cellar \ person who wa.
familiar with tho business Of tha house
said that this sal" > as specially con-
strur'.d tn hold roIIl.tt. wheel
Frank Irons: manager of the club. who
was one II those i;4 the building eI-
planned how ne believed the fire caught
He said he and others VINO were with
him in their rooms heard cracking
noise in the cellar and going there found
the vicinity Of the heating furnace "a
mass of flames. Irons and his com
panions seized fire extIng,iishers and
tried to quench the fire. but without sue
cess The manager and employees were
unable TO save any Of their effects except
what they wore.
The sun., 1910-12-07
GOHPERS DISTRIBUTED.
Governor OF Fiorids Finds No Cause for
Unions mplaint.

TAMPA Fla Dec s-Aftsr spending a
week hsrs looking into the charges made
BY President Samuel Gompsrs II the
American Federation Of Labor and other
union mon hat the striking cigar makers
~er. depor,ed. abused and intimiiated.
and that tho international delegate. J c.
johnson. had been run out Of town by a
vigilance COMMITTEES. Gov. Gilchris- to-
night made known his findings.
Tho Governor has received from tn"
unions their written statement of charges
From the citizens committee. which had
also been furnished copies Of thee
charges. a reply was received 10 the
unions charges
In che matter Of two selectors whom
the unions had declared were forced 10
leave town and in the matter Of Johnston
the Governor gave II a. his opinion that
the men had left of their own free will.
being convinced that IL was better for
them so to do
Referring to the charges Of the union
lists that members OF the unions had been
beaten and arrested. the Governor de-
clared that while numbers OF them had
been arrested they were arrested for
cause. and on the other hand he pointed
TO the assassination Of J r Easterling
which resulted the lynching Of the two
Italians. Ficarrotta and Albano. and the
attempted assassination OF jose Cosio. a
cigar manufacturer. and a number Of
instances where strike breakers had been
shot and beaten up by unionists
Referring to the complaint OF Com
pers that in the strike Of eight years ago
a number Of cigArmakers had been de-.
ported for which no one had been hrough
70 court the Governor pointed out the
fact that at that time the contention
was between rival unions. the Inter.
national and La Re@istencia. and that
members Of La Resistencia were deporrsi
but in deporting these men the deportsrs
had favored the international union
OF which Gompers is now the first vice.
president.
The Governor declared that the strike
leaders who were recently tried and CON
vic.ed and ara now IN jail pending sen
tence for their intimidation Of workmen
Were duly tried and convicted
His entire findings uphold the Citizens
Committee. which has been organized
here to protect the manufacturers and
such workmen as are willing TO work
The authorities are declared 20 have
acted in the interest Of law and order !
Gompers and his adherents IN their attacks
upon the cirv and State authorities are
thoroughly dscredite,i nv the Governor