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The Press., 1910-12-21
UNION.

l
 L. M Reed was in Ha1tford las
 saearday
 Mrs Tyler is making an extende,
 visit with friends in Boston.
 Wm. Scranton is home for awhil
 from the soldiers home at Noroton.
 A service appropriate to Christina day will be held at the church mex Sunday.
 Ralph V. Towns of Clark colleg, cams home last Saturday for tho Christmas vacation. Everybody who has any time and money to spare is headed toward Stafford or southbridge these days.
 A special meeting of MashapauG uG Lake grange was held last Wednesday evening and the newly elected cfa ,ers were installed.
 Those who are preparing to take part in the Christmas exercises of Monday evening are requested to meet at the church next Saturday at II o'clock
 A meeting of the Congregational Ec' lesiastical society will be held at the meeting house on Tuesday at 9 o'clock p m., to eIe. t eff 1ers for the ensuing year. A full attendance is desired
 As announced last week, Christmas will be observed at the church next Monday evening. The exercises will begin at 7.3O o'clock Gifts for the tree may bs ltfs in charge of Mrs. H. F. Graham, Mrs T o Newell or Miss Grace Tyler It will bs a help to the committee to have the presents handed in as early as possible A cordial invitation is extended to all Union people and their friends to make use of the tree in exchange of gifts and to join in making a merry, oheery Christmas
 Frank Martin, who has lived for many years in house on the main road to Stafford Springs, was found dead last Tuesday. He was lying on the f)or, and as be lived alone, it is not known when he passed away, but from appearances 1t was thought that | he must have died Sunday night. Death was due to natural causes, probably hastened by the alcohol habit. He was a native of France md an old soldier and penaioner. It Is not supposed that he had any rela. ives in this country. neither is any. hing known about his friends in Trance, if indeed he had any. Flu leral services were held at the house Thursday afternoon and the burial vas at Union Center. K Rock Meadow.
 Grace Bradway has been quite i'll.
 Adelbert Agard has for a week been Iursing painful boil on his neck.
 Mrs. Matt Heck and Misses Ida and label Heck are quite i'll with tonsi. itis.
 Mrs. Myron Heck has cactus that as contained 16O blossoms It is a eautiful plant. I
 Charles Snow has built a new hen. ouse and is going to enlarge his oultry business.
 While Everett Mathews was har. esting ioe few days ago his horse Ot into the water. while blowing, ut he was quickly resumed, with no srious results. A few days ngo, while Fred Pinard las working at Glazier's steam mill lHt over the line in Holland, he acCI-
The Press., 1910-12-21

The Carpenter Morton Co.,, Boston, Mass were the first paint concern to offer varnish Stains to housekeepers. Campbell's Varnish Stain ia the original, first made in 1888, and to. day recognized as the most satisfactory article of the kind upon the market. Brown 6 Lowell carry 8 complete stock. Color card for the asking.
The Press., 1910-12-21
ELLIMGToN. QrYakal I.aIra.

Exercises appropriate for Christmas will bs held next Sunday.
 Mrs. Eliza Kibbe of somers is with relatives here for awhile.
 The chicken-pie supper held last Thursday night brought out a good number in spite of the stormy weather.
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Very AnnovIna.

"It is annoying to watch for a train that's late"
 'sYes, and it is even more annoying to wait for train that was discOn. tinued the week before. ."-Washington Herald.
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CAMPO BROTHERS.
HOME NEWS.
LOCAL NOrTCEs.

fMssecr under this head 10 cents per line.l -I wish to express my sincere thanks Co nelghbo1s, friends and to the members of the socinftss b which Mr. Meyers belonged for their many acts of kindness duEing my rneent bereavement, and for the heam1lful Flowers.
 Mas. OSCAR NEYKRs -oyatsrs this week Saturday at Rogers
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1T0lTa0M.

There will be Christmas exercises at State Line Sunday school Sunday at 2. 30 p. m., including speaking by Rev. J. M. Gage, singing by . male quartet and speaking by the children.
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Ina alo H,,-rv

Benham-I believe in taking time by the forelock Mrs. Benham-I notice that you tear n sheet on the calendar before the month is over >-
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Tha WIIaa nf Wnman-

There are only two possible things that a woman can do if a man pro poses to her, but there are more than 100000 she can do # he doean'G- Golden Penny.
The Press., 1910-12-21

dentally broke his foreHnger on his right hand. He ia boarding at Frank Ballou's. with whom he was working at the time of the accident Dir. Smith dressed the wound.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
In Spite of Illinois Political Excite
ment the Primary Election Will
Not Show Heavy
Ballot.
ODDS AGAINST BoUTELL
He is up Against it With Two In
sursents Trying to Waylay Him
and Take His
Scalp.

CHICAGO, Sept. 15.-With insur-
gency as the issue in the congression-
al contest and the jack-potting and
other alleged Irregularities of the leg
islature as the chief state question, the
Illinois voters were called upon today
to nominate congressman, legislators
and minor officials in the state wide
primaries.
Although weather conditions are
ideal, esvly indications were that the
vote would not be heavy.
In Chicago 1t was estimated that
neither the republicans nor democrats
would show more than half of their
voting strength
Congressman Boutell, of the Ninth
district, is attracting the most atten-
ton in the fight, being opposed by two
insurgents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
Man Who Found the North Pole but
Cannot Prove it, 10 Reported
Again Headed
North.
AFTER HIS RECORDS
Sailing to the End Of Greenland to
Secure the Papers He Has
Hidden Under a
Rock.

LONDON, Sept. 15.-Dr. Frederick
Cook, the discredited arctic explorer,
is now enroute to Etah on the north
west coast Of Greenland to recover
records which he alleges he left there
on his return from the north pole, ac-
cording to the Copenhagen correspon-
dent Of the Central News
Cook is aboard lie yacht, Beauty,
belonging to John bradley, who back
ed Cook in his last polar hunt.
The Danish vessel Hans Egede on
which Cook returned to Copenhagen
on his Arctic travels little more
than year ago, brought the news.
The Hans Egede encountered the
Beauty at God Haven, Danish Is
land off the southern coast of Green
land. 1t was learned that Cook was
aboard the Beauty although he was
not seen by the captain A man, sup
posed to be John Bradley carried on
the conversation, with the officers OF
the Hans Egede
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
RESTORE PATRONAGE
TO INSURGENTS
President Taft Makes An Effort To
Pour Oil Upon Troubled
Waters.

BEVERLY, Mass, Sept. ia new
policy looking to the healing of the
breach between the two branches of
the republican party, was announced
at Beverly today by the maktng pub
lie of letter authorized by Presi-
dent Taft to prominent Iowa poll
tician.
1t announced the determination Of
the executive to restore patronage to
the insurgent senators and represen-
tatives.
The letter is signed by Charles D.
Norton, secretary to the president,
but has been carefully O. KID by the
president. 1t announces that the
president hereafter is determined not
to draw any distinction between the
republicanism of senators and repre-
sentatives as long as they subscribe
to the platform of the party.
1t provides for the restoration of a
share of the insurgents in the federal
patronage. In brief President Taft
declares himself friend Of the pro
gressives.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
FLIRTING With
NEGRO VOTERS
Missouri Democrats Try and Pull the
Wool Over the Eyes Of
Tho coiored
Citizen.
PLANK IN PLATFORM
Jim Crow Bill at Every Session Of
Legislature and Yet the Party
Claims to Love Black
Man.

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo-, Sept. 15.-
The democratic party, which has only
been deferred In the past from at
tempted disfranchisement OF negro
voters by the fear of political disaster.
made bid in It's platform for the
support OF the negroes.
The democrats inserted plank in
their platform proclainn.ng their
friendship for the black race and de-
claring they will never discriminate
against them either by criminal laws
or by attempting to deprive them OF
their right of suffrage.
This is intended to fool the negroes
| and to get their votes this fall, and
shows the democratic party fully
realizes It's precarious foocnofd IN Mis-
| souri,.
1t is not believed, however, the
negroes will be duped by this sort of
sop, in view Of the fact they are
aware of the source from which it
comes.
/ During the last campaign the demo
1 cratic candidate for governor, in an
address made in st. Louis practically
4 advocated the disfranchisement of
4 plauded his remarks. For years there
has not been session Of ,ne general
assembly unless some democrat bob
bed up with a Jim Grow bill.
The democratic party In Missouri
:. has never before been in a position
! whore 1t had to appeal for the suf-
frage of race which has been the
;. target for SO much Of its abuse.
Hardly a ripple of applause stirred
the convention of old guard politicians
when the resolution in the platform
indorsing Joseph w Folk for the
presidency was read. What few
Folk men there were In the conven-
ton tried to applaud, but could stir
!, up no enthusiasm
The friends OF David r. Francis,
who Is suspected of having designs
upon the presidential nomination pro-
!, vided he can win the senatorship
nomination, fought hard against writ
ing the Folk Endorsement plank into
the platform. The Reed men on the
= committee, whose professed friend
, ship for Folk is about as hollow as
that of the Francis men, saw a
chance to gain political ssvantage
, and began to demand that it be writ
! ten into the platform. When show
: down came only two democrats, one
of them Congressman James T. Lloyd
and the other Senator Kinney, had
the nerve to oppose inserting the
Folk plank into the platform.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
Reciprocity Treaty With Canada VIII
be Taken up at Once And win
Soon be Under
Way.
MIDDLE OF OCTOBER
Canadian Officials Are in Favor But
Some Of the People of coun-
try are Strongly
Opposed.

BEVERLY, Mass, Sept. 15.-The
nrst formal step has been taken tow
ard the negotiation OF reciprocity
treaty between the United States and
Canada. President Taft has obtained
the consent of Hon. James Bryce, the
British ambassador, to the waving by
THIS country Of the formality of ne
gotiating throught the British embas-
sy This will allow the authorizes at
Washington to deal directly with the
returns to Washington. about the mid
die of October Mr. Taft is hopeful of
having the movement well under way
before congress reconvenes in Decem-
ber.
This governments representatives
In the negotiations have not been Sc
lected, but whoever they may be,
the president himself can be counted
upon to take an active part in the
proceedings, for he believes the nego-
tiation of q trade-impelling treaty be-
tween the United States and Canada
is one of the most important tasks
confronting his administration
1t was learned the subject Of q
reciprocity treaty was discussed at
the conference held between Mr.. Taft
and Sir Wilfred Laurier, the Canadian
premier, in Albany last spring.
While the Canadian officials are ir
favor of a reciprocity treaty with the
United States, there Is strong opposi
! ton in many parts of that country
Recently the manufacturing interest.
In Canada have started a campaign
against the proposed trade agreement
AT the same time Sir Wilfred Lauriel
and other high officials have been de
livering speeches in an effort to edu
cate the people to the reciprocity.
1 The general impression among Unit
ed States officials Is the treaty ne
gotiations will be long drawn out
President Taft is hopeful an opening
wedge for general reciprocity hetweei
the two countries may be driven b.
an agreement at first on agriculture
products.
While President Taft sees no reason
at present, why reciprocity treat,
with Canada might not become tn
law of the land by the ratification o
the senate alone, it is probable tn
4 agreement will be submitted to th
house also, to avoid any unnecessar
opposition. 1t has been contended b
some members of the house that
reciprocity treaty with Canada woul
have to be submitted to that bod
as a revenue measure, but Presiden
Taft does not agree with this view.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
negro SOLDIERS
STOLE The SAFE
Money Spirited Away From Army
Camp is Recovered and Two
Men Are Under
Arrest.
SEVERAL IN THE DEAL
colored Cavalry Man and Restaurant
Keeper Both Had Great
Wads of Stolen
Coin.

CHEYENNE, wyo, Sept. 15.-The
mystery surrounding, the disappear
ance of a safe containing about 81
900 from the army vancouver camp
near here on August 8, was solved to-
day when the police arrested Private
John Lumpkin, colored cavalry man
and found in his room satchel con
tanning $4,000
Lumpkin confessed, duplicating
several other soldiers.
John Killian, negro restaurant
keeper was arrested later when sew
eral thousands of dollars was un-
earthed In his back yard.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
Fitzgerald Is Charged With Having
Stolen $4,000 From the Sub
Treasury in February
1907.
LIVING TOO FAs
Moved From Modest Flat to a Fine
Residence and Entered Into
Several Big Business
Deals.

CHICAGO, Sept. 15.-George w.
Fitzgerald, former asserting teller
In the Chicago Federal Sub-TrNasury
was arrested by Deputy United
States marshals in connection with
the mysterious theft of s173,000 from
the subtreasury February 19, 1907.
Fitzgerald was arrested on a bench
warrant, based on an indictment re-
turned secretly by federal grand
jury February II, 1910.
Three days after the indictment
was secretly returned, and suppress
ed on February goth, it was announc-
ed that the statute of limitations had
operated to stop possible criminal ac-
ton in the peculiar case. Coinc1dent
with this ruse by the authorities, sec
ret service men were detailed to
watch Fitzgerald constantly and
make rigid investigation of the
former teller's financial interests
and affairs. Discoveries made by
these secret service operatives re-
suited in the order for Fitzgerald's s
arrest.
Marshal Eberstein, chief of special
agents of the Department of Justice
and Deputy United States Marshals
| Walter Wainwright and ]. T. Buck
ner arrested Fitzgerald at his insur-
ance brokerage offices in LaSalle
street, just as the former subtreas-
ury teller was leaving his offices for
| his home.
Fitzgerald was first taken tc
United States Marshal Hoy's office in
/ the Federal building, where he was
searched, handcuffed and placed in a
cell
Fitzgerald objected to being search
ed, and for few minutes was han
died somewhat roughly by the deputy
marshals. After an hours imprison
ment Fitzgerald was taken before
1 Judge Kenesaw M. Lands. He was
4 formally arraigned and his bail was
/ fixed at $4,000. Being unable to give
4 bond in this sum, he was taken tc
/ the county Jail. The indictment
against Fitzgerald read in court speci
i fies four counts. Three charge EN-
bezzlement and the fourth charges
larceny. Under these charges {
!. maximum sentence of ten years in {
I federal prison or fine equal to the
i sum embezzled, is the penalty upor
conviction provided in the fedora
). statutes.
/ Attaches of the district attorney
! office declare that since the strange
7 disappearance of the s173,000 from
! the subtreasury Fitzgerald has don'
J, the following things:
4 Organized the Illinois Car Manu-
featuring Company with $4,000
plant at Hammond, Ind
| Organized the Illinois Bolt, Nu
and Forging Company, with a larg
plant in Chicago.
Dealt extensively in stocks an
: bonds.
/ Moved from modest flat to $40
!, 900 residence in Rogers Park, sub
: urb OF Chicago; paid for this ney
( home and furnished it extensively.
/ Lived In expensive style and enter
T tanned friends lavishly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
President Taft Is Said to be Satisfied
and Has No Aspirations for
Four Years
More.
FROM GOOD SOURCE
Statement Does not Come From Him
Direct, But 1t is Said to be
an Authoritative
One.

BEVERLY Mass, Sept. 15.-Presi-
dent Taft has reached the conclusion
that Roosevelt is laying his plans to
be next president of the United
States. He is determined that SO far
as the present incumbent of the white
house is concerned, Roosevelt shall
have a clear field.
Mr. Taft does not want another
term.
While the above is not an authoriz-
ed statement from Taft, 1t comes
from source close enough to the
president to have distinct news
value.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
CRIPPEN DEFENSE
NOT DETERMINED
So Far the Prosecution Has Failed
Utterly to Make Out
Case.

LONDON, Sept. 15.-"so far the
prosecution has failed utterly to make
out case against DIR. Crippen. Right
Now cannot see on what the prose-
cution is depending even to have
Crippen bound over to the grand
jury
This statement was made to The
United Press today by Solicitor Ar
thur Newton who is conducting the
defense. Newton said he had not set
tied on defense yet as the prosecu-
ton has yet brought out nothing that
he will have to defend.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
Weather Conditions.

East of the Rockies the pressure
continues high over the northern por-
tion of the country, the crest moving
from the Dakotas to the lake region.
and causing generally fair cooler
weather from the Mississippi valley
to the Atlantic coast, while west of
the Mississippi the pressure is de-
creasing, with rising temperature,
and there have been scattered light
showers in Utah, Nebraska and west
ern Iowa, and also heavy shower at
Galveston.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
LIVE BABY
WAS BURIED
f 8 orty Hours the Little One occu-
: ,ied it's Marrow House and
is Still
Alive.
CORONER INVESTIGATES
Grandparents Are Being Held While
the Strange Case is Being
Looked
Into.

GREELEY, Colo, Sept. 15.-A baby
buried alive and found to be living
after having been under the ground
for forty hours created sensation
here and Coroner Macy announced
today that he would institute an in
vestigation
The mother is Mary Georgia Of
Pierce.
The child was born Monday after
noon and the mother, understanding
that it was dead asked that 1t be
buried near her home.
The grandparents of the infant are
being held pending an investigation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
THREW THE DISCUS
OVER 140 FEET
Griffin Will Not Apply For Record
Although He Has Beaten
Former Record.

JOLIET, III. Sept 15.-Although he
threw the discus 14o feet, | inch, thus
breaking the worlds record, Marriott
Griffin, who was member of the Olym-
plan team which contested in London,
will not endeavor to have his throw
recognized as a new record. He made
the throw yesterday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
FROM EDITOR
TO GOVERNOR
Hopes and Aspirations Of James Gray
Whom Democrats Are
Backing.

ST. PAUL, Sept. 15.-James Gray.
one of the editorial writer's of the
Minneapolis Journal and former
mayor will be the democratic nomi-
nee for governor Of Minnesota. He
will be the unanimous choice Of the
state central committee which met
here today.
He will accept and make vigor-
Gus campaign. He has received the
endorsement of John Lind, the nomi-
nee, who declined Lind 1t is said
will make vigorous stump for Gray.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
BELIEVE KELLOGG
rs THE MAN
Trust Buster is Thought to be APP.
pointed as New Solicitor
General.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-The re
port that Frank B. Kellogg, famous
trust buster, may succeed the late
Lloyd w. Bowers as solicitor general,
is being given serious consideration
at the department of Justice. This
winter Kellogg viii be conducting the
dissolution suit against the Standard
Oil Co. which is now in the supreme
court.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
HILL OFFERS
LARGE FORTUNE
Is Said T., Have Agreed to Pay $780,
600 Per Year For College
President.

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 15-J. ]. Hill
has offered the University Of Mime
sofa $30,O0O,00O and also Colonel
Roosevelt salary of s200,0O0 if he
would act as president. The Of
fers cannot be verified. They are an
nounced by the Minnesota Daily, the
official organ of the university.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
BOY AVIATOR
MAKES GOOD FLY
Jimmie Ward Does Better Than Any
of the Others Who Have
Appeared.

CHICAGO, Sept. 15.-Jimmie Ward,
an 1s-year-old aviator, sailed a five
mile course about aviation field late
Yesterday, giving a better exhibition
than any of those yet made here. 1t
was his first real fight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
peoria Widow to Wed.

LONDON, Sept. 15.-It is announced
that early in December Mrs. Sumner
Clarke of Peoria, H.. will marry Col
j. j. Harrison, the explorer and dis
coverer of the Pygmies in the Congo.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
Injuries Proved Fatal.

DES MONIES, Sept. 15,--Mrs. J.
L. Puriton died at the Methodist hospi-
tai from injuries received when she
was struck by an automobile driven by
G. B. Wright, well-known insurance
adjuster of this city Mrs. Puriton
was 80 years old and is survived by
her husband and two cn1Iorrn. Ac-
cording to the police, the case will
be actively pushed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
FOOT BALL IN
N Y HIGH SCHOOL
Board of Education Decide That the
Game is No Longer
Brutal.

NEW YORK, Sept. 15.-The biggest
victory yet won by the revised and
supposedly humanized foot ball was
enacted by the New York board of
education, which announces that foot
ball will be permitted in New York
High schools this season. 1t was ta-
bled last season.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
Iocomotiue Slew un.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. 15.-The
locomotive pulling the NJ. x. & T.
passenger train No, % blew up three
miles north of here today, killing the
engineer, John Holloway, and fatally
injuring the fireman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
CHOLERA CASES
NEAR THE KAISER
Emperor William Going Shooting Near
Where the People Are
Very Sick.

VIENNA, Sept. 15.-An increase in
numbers of cholera cases in the vicini-
ty of Arch Duke Ferdinand's estate
at Dellye, is today causing the govern
ment officials considerable alarm for
the safety of Emperor William of
Germany, who will visit the estate
next week for few days shooting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
DEMOCRATS ARE
FEELING GOOD
>connecticut Voters Declare That
They VIII Follow the Lead
of Maine.

HARTFORD, Conn, Sept. 15.-As a
result of yesterdays republican state
convention, the democratic leaders
are today declaring they will follow
in the footsteps of their Maine breth-
ern and return democrat to the U. S.
senate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
Almost a skeleton.

CREsToN. Iowa, Sept. County At
torney Armetage, who was brought
from Denver nine weeks ago uncon-
scious, has never regained conscious
ness. 1t is said he is almost skele-
ton
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
Couple Welded sixty Years.

STERLING, H., Sept. 15.-Mr. and
Mrs. James Meyers Of Manilus cele-
brated their sixtieth wedding anniver-
sary. Four generations attended the
ceremony.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
THE WEATHER.


CUntil I p. m. Friday.)
For Keokuk and vicinity: Gener-
orally fair tonight and Friday.
For Illinois and Missouri: Gener-
ally fair tonight and Friday. Slightly
warmer Friday
For Iowa: Generally fair tonight
and Friday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
lnfantiIe Paralysis Fatal.

GOWRIE, Iowa, Sept 15-Miss
Jessie Leitch. aged IA years,
daughter of Murdo Leitch of Farham-
vile, died of infantile paralysis. She
was sick three days.