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pear SNAPPED The perfect color is a siIverv milk
white. but there are yelowish peari. much a..
teemed In India and China
II Is not generally known. however. that there
are pearls which in color arc red.brown. bronze.
garnet red. rose red. pale blue. greenish white.
violet and purple. But most curious NJ ali 4. Tho
black pearl. which on account of its hardness. q.
much sought after. When It is Of a beautiful and
UNIFORM color and OF a perfect form. It is worth
almost rs much as pearls Of the purest white
The price OF a string of perfectly matched
pearls Is much more In proportion than that of
single pearl. for 1t may take years to get to-
sether a collection Of pearls which are alike in
size shape and quality. string Of yellowish In
dian pearls costs $4,000. Of white $685. .O0O of
black Pacific pearls $4,000. and even then you
could not think that your string was anyway
unique
To seek unique pearl one must go to the Hope
collection. where there 10 one almost large
hens egg. almost but not quite faultless, which
valued at SIS. 5000 pearl OF 454 carats. Again.
eere Is q much smaller Of 27 SIG carats
| Us4o.ooo. co. "'' e''"H Jewels "n'en Is valued
There are other pearls. however, Of distorted
shape. called baroque pearls. and Of these the
most famous IL the great Southern Cross which
is formed Of nine beautiful puse white lustrous
pearls. naturally formed in the shape Of a cross.
one inch In length. for which your offer would
start at $4,000 II you wished to buy It
To supply the world Of women with pearls tho
Ceylon government administration yearly pro-
claims fishery" determining whether or not It
should be held BY examination and a sample
catch from the government banks Then IL the
marine biologist who is in charge declares that
the number Of oysters warrants a fishery. the
news flies like lightning through the east and the
army Of pearl divers. coolies. merchants. pearl
buyers and speculators move fast as they can
to the Gulf Of Manar-the ornate and oriental
"Sea Astounding in Pearls" Almost II by
magic town Of 10000 Inhabitants arises out
of the sand. There Is magic about It. for the
houses Of the town are easily built A rough
framework Of tree branches is formed and over
It as roof and walls arc put the mats known As
cadjan-formed Of the woven leaves Of the cocoa
nut or date palm. But there also more pre-
tentious buildings erected for the Of the gov
eminent ofhcials. residency. postohhce. hospital.
court house. while there Streets lanes. street
lamps. all the conveniences of a proper town.
The aristocrats of the town. outside Of the
ohicials. are the divers. and they disdain to do
anything but dive. having their own servants.
who attend to the ropes and keep an eye on the
oysters brought up.
Each morning the fishing feet sets out some
500 odd vessels. some of them carrying many
a. 30 divers. their servants. sailors and hangers
on When the nshins ground 10 reached the diver
takes his basket. draws . long breath. steps ON
I'd le heavy stone hung By rope. and 10 plunged
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phenson. gives some interesting fig
ures about the number of nurses and
doctors In the Orient. There are
probably" he says. mot more than
100 nurses in the entire missionary
world and there S0.00O.00O people in
mono Christian lands who have no med
ical aid except missionary PHYSICIANS.
All Christendom has sent out only
$50 medical missionaries. male or fe-
male. and this body maintains 34S
hospitals. 81 leper asylums and Il
classes for native women.
"One physician who had no nurse
to help him treated $4,000 cases in u
year. So you see that the supply OF
trained medical assistance Is wofully
inadequate.
.In Calcutta. which has the best
facilities in the Orient. three-fifths Of
the population die without any doctor
or other trained medical assistance
in their final illness. In China there
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Olstemper

In all its forms, among all ages Of horscs
and dogs. cured and Others in the same
stable prevented from having the disease
with Spohn's Distcmper Cure. Every bot.
tie guaranteed. Over 10000 bottles sold
last year. $50 and sl.OO. Good druggists,
or send to manufacturers. Agents wanted.
Write for free book. Spohn Med. Co.,
Spec. Contagious Diseases, Goshen, Ind.
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)WEVER m a n y
diamonds t h 9
lady of wealth
may possess to
deck her fingers,
ears and neck,
she is always
reused to covet-
BUSINESS by the
sight OF pearls.
There Is some
thin 6 alluring
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The rich. as We reckon them. and
among them the very rich. in a true
scale would he found very INDECENT
and needy.-Emerson.
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Takers Of the United States Census
willuse Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen
because II is always ready and sure
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An Absolute Necessity.

Wifey-You told me the other day
we must avoid all luxuries and con-
fine ourselves to absolute necessities
only.
Hubby-That's so, my dear.
Wifey-Well. last night you came
home in cab.
Hubby-Yes. but that was an abso-
Lutte necessity.
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Vanity is due to a leak in ones wis
dom tank
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The Innocent Victim.

"I believe" said the blunt individual.
''in speaking my mind and calling a
spade a spade"
YES" replied Miss Cayenne. MANY
are that way. The tendency is what
corrupts the vocabularies of SO many
parrots
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they are to most women the most
desirable jewel Of all. But they
must be large or in quantity and
they are. II good. costly in the
extreme. The small pearls one
sees-seed pearls-are cheap. but
still set about a large diamond in
q ring they seem to improve the
diamond. and at the same time to
derive some of its virtue from
their neighborhood.
The pearl is all the more sought
after because. unlike other pre-
cious stones. no amount Of artif.
cial treatment. such as cutting or
ties. Natures workmanship must
be perfect and untouched and the
pearl comes to you exactly as 1t
energies from the oyster. On the
other hand. It has this disadvan-
tage. II Is liable to discoloration
and the only way is to give It
rest from too much contact with
the skin. Still that is not the only
stone which suffers discoIoration.
Was It not the famous necklace OF
Marie Antoinette. preserved in a
guarded case in a museum. which
after years OF nonuse began to
lose color and had to be worn at
intervals In order to give 1t its
pristine beauty?
The value of the pearl is COM
parable with that OF the most cost
ly gems. Its price varies with its
size. form and general beauty OF
appearance. A pearl Of the first
water must have symmetrical
form. a smooth surface. be free
from all blemishes or fractures, be
translucent. and have a fine white
color and q perfect luster; and II
so happens that 1t Is rare to get
this combination. The perfect
shape is spherical. egg shaped or
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Mrs. Justwed-I want a chicken
that ! can fry. roast, stew or fix up
any way ! want.
Dealer-Here's one, lady. you can
do anything you like with and not
hurt 1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
Overcome by Gas in cassion Ninety
Feet Below the Earth and
Died Almost In
stantly.
F1REMEN GOT BODIES
Bland and Yore Were Overcome by the
Gas Before They Were Brought
to The Surface
Again.

CHICAGO, Jan. 26.-At the bottom
of a cassion, 80 feet below the surface
of the earth, two men were asphyx-
lated by gas early today and two 9th
ers were overcome in attempting a
rescue. The two rescuers are in a
critical condition.
The dead men are Peter Conroy and
James Welch, workmen and the res
cuers, Firemen Harry A. Blasd and
George Yore.
Conroy was sent down to the bot
tom of the cassion in bucket to
make some repairs. The bucket oper.
ators noticed that ths man fell heav
lily to the ground as soon as the
bucket stopped. Welch was sent
down to see what was the trouble
and he too fell heavily out of the
bucket at the bottom. A fire company
was called and two men were sem
down. They found Conroy and Welcf
dead. The two firemen after tying
ropes about the two bodies, got int
4 the bucket again and both were un
conscious when drawn to the top.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
CLAIMS LIVING
is NOT HIGHER
Considering the Decrease in the Value
Of a Dollar, Professor Has
Beautiful Argument.

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-The cost of
living has gone down instead of up,
according to arguments last night be-
fore the Tra&c club, by Prof Joseph
French Johnson. of tie University of
New York. Meat. said the professor,
lis cheaper than it was ten years ago,
considering the decrease in the value
of dollar The more gold you have,
the less given amount it will buy.
The decrease in the value of dollar
has not yet caught up with the basis
Of conditions. A pound of porter house
steak cost 20 cents in 1900, Today it
costs 25 cents. The increased cost OF
meat is only 25 per cent, whereas il
it kept up with the proper ratio to
the value OF dollar, which is 40
cents cheaper than ten years ago, that
Increase also would be 40 per cent"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
BEGGS REMAINS
ON THE BOARD
Is Only Nonresident Of ST. Louis Who
is Director of the United
Railways Co.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 26.-At the annual
election of the United Railways COM
pany yesterday, held in the downtown
office of the company in the Third
National Bank building, w. ]. Kin
sella, president of the Hanley & Kin
sella Coffee and Spice company, was
chosen member of the board of di-
rectors to succeed G. w. Wetmore,
who was succeeded as president of the
North American company by James
Campbell recently The change was
made, according to Mr.. Campbell, be-
cause Mr. Wetmore desired to relin-
auish all his work on account Of fail
ing health. MIR. Kinsella was substi-
tuted to give ST. Louis larger repre-
sentation on the board. All the mem
| bers of the board are now st. Louis
ans except John I. Beggs. whose
daughter is a st. Louisan, the wife OF
Richard McCulloch, but who himself
resides in Milwaukee.
The board is as follows: John |.
Beggs, A. d. Brown. James Campbell
Murray Carleton, David R. Francis, Jr.,
C. H. Hutig, w. J. Kinsella. Robert
4 McCulloch, president; H. S. Priest
general counsel; Festus j. Wade. AT
the meeting 330,3S4 shares of the total
| 450. 900 stock were voted.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
DOWNFALL OF
RAG TIME COMPOSER
Author Of Bill Bailey and Goo Goo
Eyes Goes to the Poorhouse,
Victim of Drink

DETROIT. Mich, Jan. 26.-Hugh
Cannon, who wrote Goo Goo Eyes"
"Ain't That a Shame Bill Bailey
and other classics of rag-time, was
sent to Eloise poorhouse at TIE ago
of thirty-six. He told the story OF his
life in short, expressive sentences.
81 quit the coke easy" he said.
"Fifteen days in the Jail cured me OF
that. hit the pipe in New York for
year and stopped that. | went up
against the morphine. hard and quit;
but booze, red, oily booze-that's got
me for keeps.
Il started when l was sixteen; I'm
thirtv.six now, and except for seven
months on the wagon, I've been
pickled most of the time. 1t was TWEEN
ty years-twenty black, nasty, SICK
vears-with only a little brightness
now and then when made good with
some song"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
DIVORCE FOR THE
QUINCY BULLS
Separation was Procured Secretly in
Chicago, Where They Are
Now Living.

CHICAGO, Jan. 26.-Dangerously i'll
at the North Shore health resort at
Winnetka, her two daughters visiting
in Quincy, Mrs. William B. Bull was
too weak to discuss the recent secret
divorce from her husband, William
Benedict Bull, capitalist and clubman.
Mrs. Bull went to the resort shortly
after the divorce was granted and the
separation is thought to have contrib
uted to her illness.
Mr.. Bull is living at the Virginia no
tel and when questioned refused to
discuss the divorce. Whether all
mony was granted or whether cash
settlement was made in Mrs. Bulls
favor he would not say.
The two daughters, Hilda and Mar
garet Bull, were, at the Virginia hotel
until two weeks ago, when they went
to Quincy, where they are with rela'
tives of their father.
Mr.. Bull had been previously mar
ried. He came to Chicago from Quin'
cy several years ago and inherited a
large estate from his father
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
All Of Western Europe is Today in the
Grip Of Severe Storm With
Floods, Hurricanes and
BIizzards.
WIDE STRETCH OF STORM
.y>Third Of France is Under Water
and Northern Part Of Spain is
Now In The Same
Condition.

LONDON, Jan. ALPHABETICALLY the
whole of western Europe is today in
the grip of severe storm, with biz
xards, floods and hurricanes that will
do damage running into the thousands
and a heavy loss of life.
The storm extends from the British
Isles through Central Europe to Italy
and from Scandinavia clear to Glib
ralter. Both water and land traffic
are greatly restricted. There, have al
ready been numerous reports of drown
ings both on the seas and in the land
foods.
In addition to the terrible floods that
now cover one third of France, the
northern part of Spain is now suffer
ing like calamity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
Federal Grand Jury Began Its Work
Today on Investigation Into
the Packing Houses of
Country.
HAD THIRTY WITNESSES
Wade Ellis Tho Government Trust
Buster Leaves This Evening
For Chicago to Take
Hand.

CHICAGO. Jan. 26.-The inquiry by
the federal grand jury into the pack
ing industry of the country today be-
gan in earnest Thirty witnesses, all
employees. appeared in the federal
building at noon today in response to
subpoenas issued by U. S. District
Attorney Sims. No prominent officials
were called as the government wishes
to be careful that none of the men
higher up are provided with immun-
ity baths.
C. G. Snow, secretary and treasurer
of the National Packing Co., was the
first witness to appear in the building
He was called into the grand jury
room shortly after noon. Arthur
Colby. assistant treasurer of the Ma
tional will also probably be summon
ed today. The examination of wit
nesses today was carried on by James
Wilkinson. first assistant United
States attorney.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
BaIlinger-Pinchot Controversy is Be-
ing Investigated by the Special
Congressional Com
mittee.
CLAWS, FIRST WITNESS
Committee Expects to Visit the West
and Even Alaska Before the y
Final Decision is
Made. 81

WASHINGTON, D. c.. JaM 26.-The
administration probe into the Balilng-
erPinchot controversy is on. With
the meeting today of the joint senate
and house committee, taking OF testl-
mony in the investigation of the con-
servation squabble begins what prom
ises to be the biggest overhauling OF
government affairs since the famous
postoffice scandal Of seven years ago.
l. r. CLAWS, former chief Of the
field division of the general land Of
flee. was summoned today as the first
witness. Two policies are on trial, the
letter Of the law and the spirit OF the
statutes, with Ballinger aligned with
the former and backed by the admin
istration strength, and Pinchot and
his associates with the wrath of the
Roosevelt policies as their invisible
aid as champions Of the latter.
Before the committee Of six sena-
tors and six representatives, all the
parties to the controversy must ap.
pear and explain their every action
in the matter at issue. Besides the
principal figures, scores of others will
be examined and the committee or al
least a portion of it, will make triT
| to the west and to Alaska during the
| summer to secure facts. A report oi
the finding OF the committee, there
fore, is not expected until the mex
session of congress. Long before th,
twelve investigators were in thei
seats in the big hearing room Of thu
senate office building, crowd hat
filed every inch of space and over
/ flowed into the hall.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
EGAN TELLS OF
DOCTOR COOK
Everyone In Denmark Believed the Ex-
plorer When he Arrived There
With His North Pole
Tale.
DANES ARE GENTLEMEN
They Did Not Like the Way Peary
Landed on Cook and Were
saddened at the Az
cusation.

CHICAGO. Jan. 26.-Dr Maurice
Francis Eagan, American minister to
Denmark, arrived in Chicago yester
day as the guest OF William j. Ona-
han, and was one of the visitors who
attended the services of the jubilee /
of the Paulist fathers at ST. Mary's |
church in the morning.
DR.. Eagan is in the United States
on a sixty-day leave of absence and
will return to Copenhagen in two
weeks.
My coming to Chicago he said,
is solely for the purpose of spend
ing thirty-six hours or so with my
friend, Mr.. Onahan. 1t has no other
intent or meaning"
When the diplomat was asked to
say whether or not he thought that
Cook really had discovered the north
pole, he replied:
Il know SO little about scientific
matters in general that can have no
thought on that subject. AS for my
self, | do not know the essential dif-
ference between a theodolite and a
frying pan.
"Of course, when DR.. Cook came to
| Copenhagen and told us that he had
been as far as the pole we all believed
! him, Everybody believed him. But
/ the Danes especiallv were enthusl.
astic, not only because they worship
learning and are intensely interested
In polar research. but also because
they love Americans and all taings
American.
/ did all could for Or. Cook, even
to giving him my stateroom on the
ship in which he came over. Why, the
Danes not only did not doubt Dr.
Cook, but they did not doubt Peary
when Peary announced having reached
the pole They were saddened, how.
ever, by Peary's denunciation OF
Cook, because the Danes are gentle
men-all OF them-and they did moi
think Peary's denunciation was gen
tlemanly thing to do
Let me correct one false genera
impression. Cook was not given an
decoration by the. King Of Denmark
He was given the gold medal OF the
Geographical society and the honor
airy doctorate of philosophy of tn,
University of Copenhagen, but nothin.
else.
AS the American minister | hat
every interest in accepting DR., Cook
word. Had the question of valuable
lands or mineral deposits come up a
future time in connection with th
discovery, it might have, become en-
barrassing to the government to hav
to admit that its representative wa
doubter of the discoverers claim. Blu
,, later, when Peary came forward, wa
certain that an American would be i
it in any event, and / didn't care.
Cook, in tie fire OF the hotties
cross-examination ever given to an
man, was as cool and placid as he pos
sibly could be.
Heretofore nobody ever has eve
thought of doubling the word of a
explorer. But from now on it wi
be different. When a man comes t
!. Denmark with a story OF having di:
: covered something he will be aske
for his proofs. OF course, in the cas-
of an old traveller like Peary, peopl
will believe him
Minister Eagan will leave for Ne
u York this morning.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
Denver Has Wind.

DENVER, Colo, Jan. 26.-Three
persons were severely injured and
damage amounting to several thou
sand dollars done last night and early
today by one Of the most severe wind
storms in the history of the city.
Several fires were started by
crossed wires and number of small
buildings were blown down Signs
were torn from the front OF stores and
scores of plate glass windows were
broken.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
Weather conditions.

The western depression has moved
to the upper Mississippi valley. with
the storm center near La Crosse, the
temperature rising with its advance
over the Missouri and Mississippi val
leys. and there has been lig;ht rain In
portions of Iowa, Minnesota and Wis
consin.
The eastern field of high pressure
has moved to the southeastern states;
it is cooler in the Atlantic states, and
there has been rain in the northeastern
states.
The pressure continues high in Cali
fornia. and is increasing from the Pa
cifc coast eastward, with somewhat
lower temperature.
Conditions indicate threatening
weather, with tie temperature below
the freezing point tonight, followed by
fair weather Thursday, for this sec
tion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
TO OPEN MINE
NEXT MONDAY
Cherry Death Cavern Will be Entered
Next Week and the 210 Bodies
Recovered.

LA SALLE, H., Jan. 26.-After an
inspection by state mine inspectors it
was announced that the st. Paul mine
at Cherry will probably be opened on
Monday to allow the recovery of the
210 bodies remaining in the under
ground levels as a result of the dis
astrous fire of last fall. The inspectors
and mine manager tested the temper
ature. the air pressure and the gas
mixtures of the mine, and, while they
found the temperature a trifle high,
IT was said that the interior would be
workable by next week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
FOR SAFE AND
SANE JULY FOURTH
Governors Of Several States Have
Promised to Join in the Civic
Club Movement.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26.-Gover-
nors Deneen, OF Illinois; Draper. of
Massachusetts; Prouty, of Vermont;
Brady, of Idaho; Eberhardt, of Min
nesota; Burke, of North Dakota; Yes
sey, of South Dakota; Norris of Mon
tana, and Hay, of Washington, ha~a
promised the Civic club Of this city to
join the Safe and Sane Fourth of
July crusade.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and Vicinity: Threat
ening and colder tonight; Thursday
fair.
For Iowa: Threatening and colder
tonight Thursday fair
For Illinois: Generally fair tonight
and Thursday, except threatening in
north portion tonight; colder
For Missouri: Fair tonight and
Thursday colder tonight and east por-
tion Thursday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
Elevator Sore at Railroad.

DIES MONIES, ia, 26.--The farmers,
elevator Of Laurel is complaining to
the railroad commission, charging the
Iowa Central railroad with refusing 10
furnish stock cars for three weeks
though furnishing cars to competing
points. Several other complaints
charging the railroad with refusing to
furnish cars we're filed with the COM
mission.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
Macarthur AZ Clerk.

DES MONIES, Iowa, Jan. 26.-W G.,
Macarthur, clerk of the United States
district court, will probably succeed
E. r. Mason, who resigned as clerk
Of the United States circuit court.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
confesscs He Lied,

ROCHESTER, n. Y. Jan. 26.-James
Hail. reputed murderer of Anna Schu-
macher, repudiated the confession,
when taken to Holy Sepulcher ceme-
terry today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
Wreck at Boone.

Boone, Jan 26.-The San Francisco
& Northwestern was derailed at Maple
river. The tender of the engine and
several cars were damaged and one
sleeper was partially wrecked. No
one was seriously injured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
Meat BOYCOTT at Waterloo.

WATERLOO, Jan. 26.-The local
union machinists held meeting ana
discussed the meat situation, and a
majority were in favor of supporting
the boycott. A pledge will be drawn
up and circulated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
Mavor and council at outs.

MASON CITY, Jan. 2fe-The first
step in the war between Mayor krich-
man and the city council was taken
when the council passed a resolution
to lease the lower floor of the city
hall to be used as city Offices. The
mayor says he will veto the resolu-
tion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
Colorado Labor Joins.

DENVER. Colo, Jan. 26.-The Colo
RADIO State Federation of Labo, adopt
ed a resolution pledging its members
to boycott meat 1t is estimated that
$4,000 men in this state will join tho
boycott.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
TWENTY Round Draw.

SIDNEY, Australia, Jan. 26.-John
ME Summers the English lightweight
and Rudolph Unholp fought a twenty
.round draw here today.