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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-22
THE WORLDS MARKETS
Furnished by w Wagner Chicago
Members Chicago Board Tradechicaso Stock Exchange
Branch Office Bldg, Madison Iowa
Phones. Mississippi Valley 1s5--Iowa
Private Wires j. H. Wagner, Mgr,
Daily Grain Letter,

CHICAGO. Nov. 22.-Cables 10
higher; press comments little bear
ish once more Argentine cables very
indefinite. Local crowd willing to fol-
low bulges. Topeka, Kansas writes
that fully half of Kansas wheat crop
is yet on the farm | fail to note the
Importance of the Argentine yield
this year but the market is following
this class of news. Corn will prob
ably sell down one more cent, but
tie history of past corn movements IL
that the feature discount these lap
pen below arrivals. Old bears in corn
will not sell at price and new bears
will not be forthcoming, shorts will
buy on reactions. The farmer who
throws away his corn this season IS
one of these sea-insects thu, are
served half bcoiled. During the neAt
two years he can convert his corn
into beef and pork at much higher
prices. As to As IL should be low
point in May corn. Cash premiums
are due to Broomhall discounts. Oats
will be picked up on moderate dips.
Using sc as pivot average wheat pur.
chases possibly can be made below
and averages set higher.
BromhaI Cables.
Opened lower, there was heavy
selling at the opening through Amer
lean account but offers were easy
and quickly absolved with good loca
and outside support. Later there was
a sharp advance. Shorts covered free
ly on private report received here
of serious Buenos Ayres damage In
wheat districts from the recelo
drouth. Spot market strong, l pen
ny higher, and country markets are
very firm under good demand A
midday market was strong IL to j.
higher than yesterday with the princi
pal support in the distant months
Corn, steady, unchanged.
Daily Range of Prices.
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,.,L.r. and Capitalists Of Chicago
Who are Interested in Dam
We're WhirIed About on
Sightseeing Trip.
r. LOOKS GOOD TO THEM
,..;v.d This Morning at $40, visi.
ed Dam, Took River Trip, En-
tertsined at Luncheon and
Departed at 1855.


IAN in number-from Chicago and
aos.on. who are financially Interested
!, the building Of the big dam across
n. Mississippi river here spent five
hours in keokuk today. It was their
srst glimpse Of the scene and pre-
lmjnary work which will mean an In.
v.stment of about s25,ooo,ooo by them
and others Of the powerful financial
men and firms Of the country. In
the party were the folIowing:
W. I. Osborn, Chicago.
Joy Morton, president Corn Produce
Co., Chicago.
r. H. McEIwee, Chicago.
C. T. Boynton, Chicago.
George 3. CALDWELL, Chicago.
Charles Thorn, Chicago.
VIM. j. Chalmers, Chicago.
e. A. Potter, Chicago.
Eliot Wadsworth, Of Boston, a mem.
Der of the firm Of Stone and Webster.
George Higginson, Jr., Chicago
member Of firm of Stone and Webster.
Wealth In Millions.
The combines capital represented
by these men is approximately
s1oo,ooooo0 or over. All Of them are
Interested in the Mississippi rivep
project and after their visit TO-DAY It
Is understood they are willing to take
deeper plunge into the enterprise.
Five BIG Hours.
The five hours which they spent in
keokuk were repIete with activities.
The gentlemen arrived at $40 this
morning, coming in special car and
private cafe car. They were met at
the train by Messrs. Cooper, Allen,
Houscaren, Proctor and Logan and
whirIed away on their sightseeing trip
In automobiles of Judge Logan, A. E,
tombstone, b. H. Sage and the water
power company. A trip was made to
Rand park and then to the scene Of
Work on the Illinois side. The gentle.
h'en made limited study Of VIVA;
vas going on, all of which was ex
planed by the keokuk men. Follow.
ts the short stay the trip was re
elmed UP the Illinois side for some
distance,
Trip up Canal
Later the visitors were taken aboare
the government boat Grace In chare.
OF Major NJ. MeIgs and trip made
up the canal as far az the secone
lock. Here the party left the boa
and was whirled to the residence o
Mr.. and Mrs. William Sage where
luncheon was enjoyed. Capitalist
Who have visited the dam In the pas
nave been royalty entertained by Mr.
and Mrs. Sage, but the luncheon TO
the party Of gentlemen at the nool
hour today eclipsed any Of the pre-
vious ones and the visitors wer
completely captivated by their host:
Following the luncheon the
departe! on the i:55 train for CHI
eago.
Are powers Financially
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DIES MONIES, Nov. 22.-Lafe
Young today announced his candidacy
for the U. S. senate before the leg
islature
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ron SALE

FOR sALE-Three cottages near
Cereal works, at bargain. B. F.
Jones,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-22
Wealth in Millions.

The combined capital represented
by these men is approximately
s1oooo0.oo0 or over. All Of them are
Interested in the Mississippi rivep
project and after their visit today It
Is understood they are willing to take
deeper plunge into the enterprise.
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M. S. Ack,es
The Real Estate Man
Room | Estes Bldg.
w ant Column
WANTED.

WANTED-Good girl for work in
Kitchen $500 per week with room
and board. Phone Iowa 274-Red
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WANTED-one good gang foreman.
Must be middle-aged and under
stand handling foreigners. Apply at
the Hamilton, Illinois office OF the
Keokuk and Hamilton Water Power
Co.
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WANTED Chambermaid at Royal
Hotel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-22
NO INSANITY DODGE.
Judge Blair Refuses to Consider Por-
ter Charlton's Mental Condition.

Jersey City, N. J., Sept. 22.-Porter
Charlton lost the opening skirm1sh IN
his fight to escape extradition for the
confessed murder at Lake Como, Italy,
of his wife, Mary Scott Castle Charlton.
Judge Blair, before whom he was ar
raigned, declined to admit a plea of
insanity, and took the application for
his return under adviSement. An at
tack on the treaty with Italy, under
which extradition is asked, thereupon
became the main prop of the defense.
Several alieniSts were in court ready
to testify to Charlton'S mental inca
pacity but were denied hearing under
Judge Blair's ruling. Objection was
offered by Prosecutor Pierre Garven,
who represented the state, when an at
tempt was made to call them to the
stand. He argued that the question of
extradition must be settled at Wash
ington.
Charlton's counsel asked for the dis
missal of proceedings on the ground
that no proof of the allegations had
been offered, but Judge Blair overruled
the motion. r. Floyd Clark, one of
the Charlton attorneys, then attacked
the treaty with Italy.
He quoted from the Italian penal
code statute passed in 1890 providing
that no Italian citizen should be extra
dited and said this was a virtual abro-
cation of the treaty. He argued that a
treaty must be equally binding on both
nations and that if Italy were not
bound to surrender her citizens Meth
er was the United States.
In case of Charlton's dismissal, he
promised that he would be placed in a
sanitarium at Washington.
If Judge Blair's ruling is adverse to
Charlton, the case will be certified to
Secretary Knox, who will pass on the
question of extradition. Charlton's S
counsel professed the greatest conf
dence that in such event their argu-
ment against the Italian treaty will be
upheld.
Pending the decison by Judge Blair,
Charlton was again returned to Jail.
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ARE MARCHING ON
Progressive Republicans Score
a Victory in Colorado.
Now Senator Guggenheim Must
Look to His Laurels.

Colorado Springs, Colo. Sept. 21.-
Progressive Republicans won a sub
stantial victory in the Republican state
convention, which concluded it's ses-
sions here last night by the selection of
a full state ticket. In one of the sharp
est fights in the history of the party
in this state they prevented the adop-
tion of a resolution condemning the
initiative and referendum. secured in
stead a plank favoring its submission
to the people and commencing the ac-
ton of Republican legislators who vot-
ed for such submission, and thus paved
the way for the nomination of State
Senator John B. Stephens for gov
ernOr.
Senator Guggenheim was commend
ed for his work in congress relating to
the upbuilding of the state. The Payne
Aldrich tariff bill was accepted as a
fulfllment of the pledge of the Ia-
tional Republican platform for revi-
sion downward. but it was declared
that other changes will be necessary
in it and that these "snould be made
as speedily as possible
The ticket is as follows:
Govern or-John B. Stephen.
Lieutenant governor-James H
Paynter.
Secretary of state-John A Ramer.
Attorney general-Benjamin Grif-
fifth.
Auditor-Thomas L. Jamison
TreaSurer-JameS e. Conner
For congressman at large-Isaac N
Stevens
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she TELLS 1T ALL.
Mrs. Bellamy Storer Again to
the Forefront.
Gives Out Letters to Prove
Roosevelt Promises.
IRELAND DRAWN In.
His Communications Tell Of
Presidential Conferences.
Tell of Promises Made by Presi-
dent to StOrers.

Springfield. Mass, Sept. 22.-The Re-
publican today prints a letter from
Mrs. Bellamy Storer, written in France.
September 6. reviewing the controversy
between the Storers and Mr.. Roosevelt
concerning the former presidents al
legged authorization of the former am
bassador to Austria-Hungafy to visit
Pope Plus X and ask him. as a per-
sonal favor. to the president of the
United States, to make Archbishop Ire
land, of ST. Paul, a cardinal.
Letters written by the archbishop IN
1903 and 1904, hitherto unpublished. are
quoted by Mrs. Storer to show that at
repeated interviews in the White House
between the archbishop and the presi-
dent, Mr.. Roosevelt acknowledged that
he had commissioned Mr.. Storer to act
as his personal envoy at the vatican in
behalf of the archbishop. MI Roose-
velt has hitherto publicly denied that
Mr.. Storer was ever authorized to rep
resent him in this manner, and the
Ireland letters now published by Mrs.
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KEEHN DEFENSE is ON.
Twenty Witnesses Will Be Presented to
Prove Plea.

Seneca, Kan, Sept. 22.-Twenty wit
nesses will be presented in the defense
of Fred Keehn, on a charge of muir
dering William Bleisner, according to
began its inning this morning. The
plea made by Keehn is that he at
tempted to get away from the trouble
which resulted in family feud several
months ago but tht he was pursued by
Bleisner and did the shooting in self
defense.
The state rested its case at the con-
clusion of the day of court Wednes-
day. The court room which has been
crowded while the state was having it's
the hearing.
The alteration occurred over Ferdi-
nand Bleisner accusing Keehn of call
ing his son Chester a vile name, ac-
school director. Keenn denied this and
it led up to the trouble. Mr. Freel
and others interfered. The -Keehn
family consisting of the two brothers.
Mrs. Fred Keehn and two Keehn sis
ters got into their wagon and the fight
continued.
Chester Bleisner interfered and his
father was knocked down by a board
by August Keehn and also bruised by
a short chain in the hands of August.
wards away where Fred Keehn and
Will Bleisner were fighting. On cross
examination Mr.. Freel told of con-
versation in which Ferdinand Bleisner
said to August Keehn, "I can whip
you,'' and August said, "Come on
Ferdinand Bleisner was then called.
He substantiated the testimony of Mr..
Freel and told of threats made by the
was willing to 'shoot it out or fight it
out" He further told of the trouble
that occurred and exhibited his sight
less eye and Scared face as evidence
of the blows struck him.
Chester Bleisner, son of Ferdinand
Bleisner, told of plowing corn in a
nearby field and going to the school
house to investigate the loud talking
he heard there.
The account of the trouble as given
ated in all details and no new develop
ments brought out
The testimony of Thomas Kahl
brought out the same facts that had
been given in previous testimony after
the trouble between the Keehns and
Ferdinand Bleisner had started. Mr..
Kahl interfered and tried to prevent
trouble. He was struck with a board
for club to defend himself he heard
some one say, ''They have shot Will"
Mr.. Kahl assisted the wounded men
into a buggy and took them home.
Mrs. Thomas Kahl substantiated the
testimony of her husband in regard to
the cause of the trouble. She was an
eye witness to the fight at the wagon
and saw Chester Bleisner enter the
school ground. She noticed Will
Bleisner coming toward the wagon
She spoke to him and asked him not
to fight. placing her hand on his right
arm. Just at that time she heard a
shot and Will Bleisner said, 'eMy God,
I a mshot.'' She assisted her husband
in putting him into their buggy.
Judson Baker, deputy sheriff. told of
arreSfinQ Fred and A11g11St
the Graffa home late on the afternoon
of July 21. He brought them to Seneca
and placed them in the county jail A
search Of their persons revealed
Smith & Wesson .38f caliber revolver
which was produced. Mr.. Baker said
Fred Keehn said at the time that it
was the gun with which he did the
shooting
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| ed States.
If, upon investigation, it is found
that the railroads are justly entitled
TO an advance in freight rates no
good citizen will oppose paying such
increased charges as may be neces-
sary. But, on the contrary, if the
railroads. are now earning from ten
to thirty per cent dividends on their
Gapltal stock. then it is clearly the
DUTY OF public officials to demand
such reduction in freight rates as NAV
pc Just and reasonable under the law
IN TINS connection permit me to state
that the supreme court has expressly
neld in the New York gas case that
lawful return on the value of its
property.
Railroad presidents and fnanciers
are the shrewdest and smartest men
IN, th the commercial world and many. of
them command higher salaries than
! even the president of the United
states. The public, who paws the
1relght:, pays these salaries. Many of
the railroad employees are underpaid
ana nave not shared prOportionatelv in
the prosperity enjoyed by the stock
holders and officials of the railroads.
The dividends paid on stock by the
railroads of the United States have in
creased from ninety-seyen million dol
lars in 1898 to three hundred and
elghty-slx million dollars in 1908, an
; increase of four hundred per cent in
ten years. The railroads of the United
! states earned ninety-three million dol
| lars more net revenue in 1909 than
they did in the previous year, and for
the first five months of 1910. they
earned thirty-three million dollars
more net revenue than they did in the
five corresponding months of the pre-
Vlous year. From these figures it is
plainly manifest that there is no rea-
sonable basis upon which the railroads
can demand an advance in freight
rates Indeed, they conclusiveIy prove
that railroad rates are already too
nigh. The tonnage of the whole coun-
try has enormously increased during
recent years and the amount of freight
hauled by each train has almost
doubled, while the cost to the railroads
OF moving trainload of freight is very
little more than it was ten years ago,
on account of the reduction in grades
and curvatures and other economics OF
! operation; but the freight rates TO-DAY
are as high if not higher, than they
were ten years ago. The general in
| crease in population and the settle
/ ment of this country, means largely
! increased tonnage from year to year
from which the railroads will be able
| to earn on basis of present rates, much
! greater net returns. Inded, the ten
dency should be towards lower rather
| than higher rates.
That Plea for Employees.
! zone of the principal reasons urged
! by the railroads for this enormous ad-
= lConfinued an paoo CixN
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west and proceeded to effect an organ
ization. The sentiment of the delegates
expressed early in the session appear
ed to be unanimous for a demand for a
physical valuation of railroad property
in order that a proper estimate could
be made of what constituted reason
able earnings on actual money invest
ed in railroad property.
The delegates are a representative
lot, being sent here by livestock asso-
Citations, commercial clubs and other
organizations of a similar character.
Many of the delegates are experts on
railroad rates, being at the head of
traffic bureaus or attorneys for ship
pers' associations. They have well de
fined ideas regarding regulation of
railroads, and the resolutions to be
passed late today will be sure to set
forth clearly the sentiment of the pub
commerce commission which is now
considering the case wherein the rail-
roads desire to increase the freight
rates.
Every man who has addressed the
meeting has declared emphatically for
physical valuation and real regulation
of railroads, but at the same time
there is no desire to do an injustice to
any road, as they are recognized as a
national necessity and entitled to fair
profits on investment and enterprise
and risk necessary to railroad building
and enterprise.
Murdo Mckenzie of Trinidad, Colo,
was elected chairman of the confer
ence.
Governor w. r. Stubbs of Kansas,
called the interstate rate conference
to order this morning at II o'clock.
There were several hundred repre-
sentative business men and shippers
present from cities of Kansas. Mis-
souri, Oklahoma Illinois, Minnesota
Nebraska, Colorado and Iowa. In
his address the governor stated that
the object of the meeting was to for
mulate an organized protest from the
middle west against the proposed in
crease in freight rates by the railroads.
He denounced the plan as violation
of the antitrust laws and declared
that he favored a law providing for
the physical valuation of railroads
and the sending to prison the men
who dared such things The address
created sensation and if was the
most remarkable and able speech that
the Kansas governor has delivered in
his eventful career. He did not mince
his words but went straight to the
point in clear and concise fashion.
Referring to the attacks made on
him recently by the Kansas City
Journal. the governor cheerfully adj
mitted the. right of that great paper
to represent the Santa Fe railroad and
he claimed an equal right as an Off
cial. elected by the people, and paid
by the people to represent the peo-
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HIT BY LIGHTNING
Four Are Dead as Result of a
Colorado Storm.
Woman Killed as She Was Omen
ing a Gate.

Colorado Springs, Sept. 22.-Light-
ming killed four persons during a
storm in the vicinity of Eastonville and
Elbert, 25 miles northeast of here last
evening.
The Dead.
MRS. GUS KROTZE of Elbert, Col.
MRS. JULIUS TROTZY of Kiowa
JAMES BLAND of Plattsburg, Mo.
WILLIAM LOLCAMA of Easton-
vile, Colo.
Bland and Lolcama were killed at
Eastonville in barn which was
struck. Mrs. Krotze met death near
Elbert as she was opening the gate of
a wire fence and Mrs. Trotzy was hit
by a bolt as she was driving through a
field southeast of KioWa
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pies interests. The governors speech
in full follows:
Object of the Conference


Object of the Conference.
This conference was called to dis
cuss ways and means to protect the
interests of the producer, consumer,
shipper and the public generally in
the middle west from the advance in
freight rates involved in the most i'm
portant case that has ever been heard
by the interstate commerce commits
sion. The principal railroad systems
of the United. States have combined
for the purpose of advancing freight
rates on scale never before known
in the history of this country. In the
case now pending the interstate COM
merce commission is not considering
the question of the inherent reason
ableness of any specific rates, but are
passing on the general proposition as
| to whether the railroads of the coun-
| try are entitled under present condi-
| tions to a general advance in rates. If
they should so decide and approve
the rates now held in suspension then
| their decision will serve as a prece-
dent not only to prevent any reduc-
ton in rates in the future but to be
used as a basis for future advances
of thousands of other rates.
1.-The railroads on their own initia-
| tive have opened up the whole ques-
| ton of ascertaining the value of all
the railroads in the United States.
Railroad presidents, traffic managers,
and Other nlgn Officials are giving VOL
luminous testimony tending to prove
what they claim to be the value of
their property in order to establish a
| basis for greater earnings to which
they contend they are entitled under
the law.
Demand for Physical Valuation.
1.-The public demands nothing short
of a bona fide valuation of all rail-
road property. and public officials,
who represent the consumer, produc-
er, shipper and general public, will
be criminally negligent if they do not
avail themselves of this opportunity to
go to bedrock and assist the inter-
state commerce commission to make
a searching and exhaustive investiga-
ton so as to determine the actual
value of all the railroads of the Unit
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Mrs. Storer's letter to the Republi-
can also seeks to prove, on the testi-
mony of Archbishop Ireland. that Pres
ident Roosevelt promised to make Mr..
Storer United States ambassador eth
er at Paris or London; and there is in
cluded still another letter alleged to
have been written by Mr. Roosevelt 70
Mr.. Storer, just after the presidential
election in 1895, in which Mr.. Roosevelt
asked Mr.. Storer to see President-elect
Mckinley and urge him to appoint Mr.
Roosevelt assistant secretary of the
navy. This last letter seems to con-
fute a recent assertion that Mr.. Roose-
velt never sought a public office, ex-
cept when he sought a presidential
nomination in 1904.
The Ireland Letters.
The first letter by Archbishop Ire
land quoted by Mrs. Storer. written to
Mr.. Storer November 8, 1901, is in part
as follows:
II have had two most pleasant meet
ings with the president at the White
House. He is decidedly your friend
and resolved to give. you the best there
is Even said he, if Berlin comes
first and Bellamy wished 1t for a little
while. pending Choate's retention OF
London, would give it to him and
change him shortly afterwards to Lon
DON Let him trust me- I"
The next ireland letter, dated Oc-
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ROOSEVELT IS BUSY.
Now Preparing Speech for Saratoga
Convention.

Oyster Bay, Sept. 22.-Theodore
Roosevelt was busy this morning with
his secretary in preparing in part the
speech which he is to deliver at Sara
toga next week. He refused to talk
politics. Col. Roosevelt said he ex-
pected several visitors this afternoon,
when one of the last political confer
ence at Sycamore Hill before the
Saratoga convention will be held.
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The chances are good for fracture
of the drought which began fair
week. Weather Observer Jennings
caught II drops of precipitation this
afternoon, and expects to add a
bucketful to the collection before
morning. The wind blows IL miles
an hour from the south. The temper
ature rose to "a for a few minutes be-
tween 1 and 2 o'clock, but dropped
back to 81 before registering time.
The temperatures taken on the hour:
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NO VERDICT IN MILLER CASE.
Belief Is That Jury VIII Fail to
Agree.

Abilene. Kan. Sept 22-No verdict
had been reached at noon today in the
case of Todd Miller, on a charge of
numbering his father last spring.
It is considered that no agreement
will be reached and that the jury will
be dismissed.