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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
caual,t in the Act.

DUBUQUE May 4.-Charles w.
smith. aged "a, was caught in the act
Of starting fire in the Grand opera
house. Fire was discovered and evil
donce of incendiarism was SO strong
that a close watch was kept on the
nlace and Smith was seen to go into
,ha basement and was followed by
the police. who saw him start the fire
and arrested him on the steps. a
matinee was in progress at the time
smith is a dope fiend and a degener
ate and the police have enough evl
denoe to connect him with other re
cent lires In Dubuque.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
BABY in Haystack.

cREsToN, May IA sensation was
caused when the dead body OF an m
fant was found buried in a haystack
one mile west of Murray. People by
the name of Lewis lived on the farm
and their daughter, Laura Lewis. broke
down and confessed to the county at
torney and coroner that she was the
mother of the child. 1t was born
March 25, dying few hours afterward,
and she wanted to save herself ana
family from disgrace. She buried the
body In the hay. She has made a
sworn statement to this effect and
says the fathers name is Packard
Dinsmore of Charlton. She was bound
over to the grand jury in the sum
of s400 on a charge OF manslaughter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
LEAVES EVERYTHING
TO HIS DAUGHTER
Will Of Mark Twain Was Drawn i'm
August, 1909, and Bequeathed
Property to Daughters.

REDDING, Conn. May 4.--The will
of Samuel l.. Clemens mark Twain)
filed for probate, leaves the entire
estate to his daughter, Clara Lang
horne Clemens. wife of Ossfp Gabril-
owitsch. The amount of the estate is
not given.
The will was drawn August IL, 1908,
and provided that the estate should
be divided into two equal parts, the
income to be apportioned to the two
daughters, quarterly 1t was provided
that in case one daughter died the
estate should go to the surviving
daughter. Miss Jean Clemens, the
second daughter. died last December.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
JURY LOOKED
AT SWOPE'S LIVER
Or. Vaughn Showed Them Piece of
strychnine by Means Of a
Powerful Maenifyins
Glass.
FOUND MUCH POISON !
Cyanide and strychnne Traces Were
Discovered in the Bodies
of the swope
Family.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 4.-State's
Attorney Conklin announced this morn
ing that Mrs. Swope will be the last
witness for the prosecution in the
Hyde case. She will tell dramatic
story At the completion of her testi-
money Dr. Hyde will go on the stand
in his own defense.
DR.. Richard Vaughn, professor OF
toxicology at the University of Michi-
gan, showed the jury by aid of mag
nifying glass, part of grain of
strychnine, which he took from
Colonel Swope's liver
/ Searches for poison made by him
alone and also with the aid of Dr..
Walter S. Haines of Chicago, said DR..
Vaughn. had resulted in the discovery
OF the following:
/ Twenty-six-thirty-thirds of grain of
/ strychnine in the entire liver of
Col. Thomas H. Swope. Signs of cyan
! ide in the stomach. A trace of strych-
nine in a kidney.
A suggestion, but no positive proof,
of cyanide in the stomach of Chrisman
i Swope.
Strychnine in the contents of the
4 stomach of Miss Margaret Swope.
Cyanide in capsules is SAID to have
been thrown into a street by DR.. B. G
Hyde the night he was expelled from
the Swope residence last December
is.
Il In reply to Hypothetical questions re
garding the convulsions suffered by
Col. Thomas H., Chrisman and Mar
garet Swope, DR.. Vaughn said, IN his
opinion. they had been caused by the
J administration of some convulsive poi
son. Cyanide or strychnine would pro
duce such symptoms, said the wit
ness.
Dr. Victor Vaughn was subjected II
a severe cross examination this morn
ing. He was forced to admit tha
he had rehearsed the questions AM
, answers in The prosecutors offic'
The questions were prepared and sub
mitted to the experts Sunday AM
Tuesday nights, thereby playing init
y the hands of the defense.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
Weather Conditions.

The field of high pressure, passing
north of the western lakes, has caused
fair, cooler weather, with light frost,
in the upper Mississippi valley and
western lake region, and there have
been rains in portions of the lower
lake region, the northeastern states
and Tennessee.
West of the Mississippi valley the
temperature is rising slowly, with an
area of low pressure over the noun
tain region, and a marked depression
central in Utah, which has been at
tended by no precipitation as YETI
Conditions indicate fair weather for
this section tonight, becoming cloudy
Thursday and the temperature will
rise slowly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
Seven Months Old Baby Boy Had
Another Child in Process OF
Formation Inside of
Him.
REMARKABLE FACT
Doctors Are Puzzled But Believe that
it is Case Where There
Should Have Been
Twins.

CHICAGO, May IA case which in
many ways eclipse that OF the Siamese
twins was brought to light yesterday
when little George Petzinger, 7-month-
old son of Martin Petzinger, 1880
Elbrldge avenue, gave his life that
science might benefit He died fol-
lowing an operation at the Norwegian
Tabitha Hospital, Francisco and
Thomas streets, where it was found
that child about seven months adj
vanced was in the process of forma-
tlon in his abdominal cavity.
Six doctors, besides those who did
the work, were witnesses to the opera
ton, which was supposed to have
been for tumor.
Doctors who have not seen the
embryo body extracted from the boy
were unwilling to believe that such a
thing happened and many said that
If really fact it is the first time ii
| the history of medical science.
The only medical tern. Soend to fit
the case at all is foetal inclusion. But
for the perfect formation of the child
1T would have been classed as a der
mold tumor, which may occur in either
sex, and In which formations of differ
ent parts of the body are perfect, but
the entire body never is completely
formed.
The first thing that attracted the
i attention of the surgeons was the
/ feet. Closer examination showed that
the inner child was perfectly form Il
| in every particular.
Several doctors were called upon to
examine the boy before he was TAX
en- to Dr.. e. F. Thorton, 2605 Milwau-
kee avenue who, together with DR..
John, Dill Robertson performed the
operation, but none could ascertain
4 what allied the child. Not until the
operation was started did the doctors
know the real cause of the growth in
the child's abdomen.
The only explanation that satisfies
many professors in this particular
branch of medical science is that this
case should have been the birth OF
twins, instead of the one child
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
CIRCUS PARADE
WAS SENSATIONAL
1 ion Tanner Was Pounced Upon in the
Cage and Was Almost Torn
to Pieces.

FOREST CITY, May 4.-George T.
Tardy a lion keeper. was almost killed
in a circus parade when male lion
sprang upon him and bore him down
to the floor of the cage. One arm was
almost torn off, his throat and back
terribly lacerated. Two females in
the same cage followed their mate In
the attack and the three fought des-
perately for possession of the victim.
Elephant keepers drove off the lions
with hooks and removed Tardy
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
WHAT ELSE COULD
ONE EXPECT? /?
Nobody Thought John Would Say Any
thing Good About
Roosevelt.

ST. LOUIS, May 4.-John Temple
Graves in an address before the farm
ers' convention here, where Taft later sEr
appeared, scathingly denounced for
mer president Roosevelt He declared
that Roosevelt only took up the popu-
lar issues while he was president and
then at the end of his term fed to
Africa to escape any of the responsible
tiles which were certain to arise as
soon as his successor took up the work
tnat was necessary to put through
some unpopular measure.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
GOOD BILL OR
NONE AT ALL
President Taft Sends Word Back te
Washington About Railroad
Bill.

WASHINGTON, May A. C~ainet
members and other members OF the
Taft regime are chagrined today over
the emasculation of the administra-
ton railroad bill. President Taft,
from st. Louis, sends on the word that
he will look over the entire bill with
the changes made.
I'VE are either going to have sat
isfactory railroad bill or none at ALL,
he wired.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
Now Get Busy.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, MAY 4-Har-
vard has officially put her @. X.
on kissing. Dr. A. NJ, Worthington
of the medical school, an expert on
bacteria mot osculation-says there
is no reason whatever why healthy
and we'll intentioned couples shouldn't
indulge in kissing to their hearts CON
tent
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
Roomina Boone.

BOONE, May At meeting OF
the board of directors of the Boone
Comercial club F. l.. McColgin of st.
Joseph, Mo, was elected to the posi-
ton Of secretary of the association. He
is young man and at present is hold
ing the position of secretary OF the
st. Joseph Commercial club.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
Department Believes U. S. Population
is Ninety-one Millions, an
Increase of 49,
100000.
NEW YORK GROWING
Estimates on Three Largest Cities
Which Rave over Mil
lion Population
Each.

WASHINGTON. May 4.-The unof-
fetal estimate of returns given out
by the census office today estimates
the population of the United States at
81, ,424423, an increase of 15,12l ,oS6
since 1900.
The population for greater New
York is estimated at 4,o63,605, an in
crease of over a million.
Chicago is estimated at 2.2S2,926.
Philadelphia is estimated at 1,64o,-
429.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
OIL TANK is
STILL BURNING
Force of Men Now Building Earth
Dams to Keep Greeks From
Burning Up.

E MARTINSVILI1E. Ill. Nav LA
FORCE OF men continued to-day TO fight
against streams of burning oil from the
enormous tank of the Ohio Oil Com
pany, which was set on fire by light
ming.
Effort is being made to keep banks
of earth high enough to prevent the
oil pouring into the creek and set
ting fire to the bridges
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
Relatives Keep Mum.

WATERLOO, May 4.-No word has
been received from the relatives OF
the young man who stabbed himself
to death on Rock Island train az
Waverly Junction and his body Is
thus farnnclaimed. He Is supposed 70
be Louis Koell and his home may be
In Sioux City or Minneapolis tnough
he was bound for Davenport and ms
ticket was for Davenport.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
Big Blaze in Japanese City Destroys
the Homes of Nearly
all Of the
People.
NINETY PER CENT GONE
Loss of Life Has Not Been Estimated
as Yet From the De-
struction of
Aomor.

TOXIC, May Hundreds OF per-
sons are injured and many are report
ed dead as the result of fire which
destroyed 1000 buildings at Aomori,
Tuesday afternoon.
The fire started at 2 O'Clock in the
afternoon and ragged for three hours,
being put in control at 5 o'clock. Nine
ty per cent OF the city is in ruins.
The loss of life and the number OF
persons injured cannot be estimated
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
Protest Against Prize Fight.

OAKLAND, Cal, May 4.-Mass
meetings are being held here and at
San Francisco this week to protest
against the Jeffries-Johnson fight. Pc
titions are being signed here and will
be sent to Governor Gillette.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
Has the cometitus.

CLEVELAND, O., May 4.-Fred
Bowers of orrville, O., has become
insane by brooding over Halley's
comet. Bowers insists that the earth
is to be destroyed by fire on May IL,
when the tail Of the comet will hit it.
He was arrested on an insanity charge
when he refused to pay for groceries,
saying that the early ending of the
world made 1t needless to pay money.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
REPUBLICAN MAYOR
FOR SAINT PAUL
First Time in Fourteen Years That the
Party Has Been Successful
at the Polls.

ST. PAUL. May 4.-Returns indicate
that Herbert H. Keller, republican, de-
feated Henry G. Haas, democrat, for
mayor of ST. Paul, by a majority of
5000. st. Paul has not had rerubli-
can mayor for fourteen years The
republicans made the fight on the ques-
tion of high taxes. The indications are
that A. L. Roth, democrat, was elected
treasurer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
SUFFRAGETTS WILL
TOUR THE STATE
Automobile Campaign in Illinois tc
Create Sympathy for the
Movement

CHICAGO, May AIRS. Katherine
Waugh Mccullough announced today
that women in Illinois will make
state canvass for woman suffrage
This will happen before the campaign
before the state legislature. Details
of the tour are being made today
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
Chicago Detective Out on Senatorial
Bribery Scandal Says that
Search Was Success
full One. 4
A CONFESSION SECURJ s
States Attorney and Sherlock
Holmes Make Trip to St. Louis
to Meet Lesis-
ators.

ST. LOUIS, May 4.-John E. Way
man, states attorney of Cook county,
Illinois, came to st. Louis in connec-
tion with the Lorimer bribery investi-
cation and left for Chicago at 11:4O
last night. He said that he had
confession from one of the represent
atives accused of taking $1,000 for his
senatorial vote. Both Wayman, and
William Murnane, a Chicago detective,
accompanying him, refused to give the
name of the man who "squealed.'
Wayman and Murnane both stopped
at the Southern hotel, where Murnane
made the following statement in the
presence of Wayman:
I'VE came here to meet member
of the Illinois legislature. because this
is the most convenient place, all
things considered. We have been here
the greater part of the day and you
can saw that we got all we were look
ing fer.
Early in the day Michael S. Link,
representative from the Forty-seyentn
district in the Illinois legislature, was
visited on his farm near Nameoki, H.
/ by Wayman. Murnane and deputy
sheriff. They gave no intimation thai
/ they gained any information from
/ Link in regard to the case.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
Couple over 100.

FLORENCE, Colo, May 4-rhe cen
sus returns of this place include pair
of remarkable schedules in the case
of Francisco Espor and his wife ia
fael, who claim to be 10 and 107
years of age, respectively, a to
have been married ninety years One
son, survivor OF ten children, lives
in New Mexico. He is S5.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
THE WEATHER.
funtil Z D. N. Thursday. J

tUntlI I p. m. Thursday.1
For Keokuk and vicinity: Fair and
warmer tonight. Thursday increasing
cIoudiness and warmer
For illinois: Fair weather except
showers south portion tonight or
Thursday Slowly rising temperature.
Frost north portion tonight
For I9wa Fair and warmer tonight.
Thursday increasing cloudiness and
warmer.
For Missouri: Showers tonight or
Thursday. Slowly rising temperature.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
..acomber Death Caused Excitement

sDEs MONIES, May IA sensation
was expoded when the doctors COM
pleted the autopsy of J. K. Macomber
and discovered that he died from fatty
degeneration of the heart. He died
suddenly and the morning papers
talked of poisoning, but this the doc
tors deny. His wife. Mrs. Matte Lock
Macomber. the lecturer, and traveller,
is now in Italy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
The GIidden Tour.

WICHITA. Kan, May 4.-This
years Glidden tour will tax the merits
of every car entered. The pathfinding
car reached here, having covered 1890
miles of the tour, with 1000 miles yet
to go.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
Nc More Hobbies.

CHICAGO, May AFTER 1914 hob
bles will no longer be seen on tracks
of the American Trotting association
Straps will be barred on two-year-olds
this year, and on all horses in 1914.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
CHANTICLER AUTHOR
GIVEN A MEDAL
Man Who Wrote the Chicken and Ami
NAL Show Recognized by
the Society.

PARIS, May An the belief that
Edmund Rostrand's Chanticler will
tend to lessen the cruelty to animals,
the Society for the Prevention of Cru
elty to Animals and Plants today pre-
sented Rostraud with medal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04

pI1'rsFIEI.D, H., May "A license
Ia marry was granted here on Sat
nrday TO George Washington Wood
ward OF Barry and drs. Nettie Tors
den. OF East st. Louis. The groom
Is eighty years Of age md the bride
q sixty. MIR. Woodward is a promi
nent citizen of Barry where the cou
nle will reside.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
Holds Office Cor Life.

An alderman of the city of Londoa
holds Office for life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
European Farmers. Association.

All over Europe farmers associa-
tions exist for the handling Of farm
products commercially.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
White Still on Stand.

CHICAGO. May 4a-Re representative.
White was the first witness before the
grand jury today. He is expected to
concluded his testimony this after
noon. States Attorney Wayman de-
clined to discuss the case. 1t is ru-
mored that another legislator has CIV
en- a written confession regarding the
bribery charges. Lorimer leaves Chi
cago this afternoon to return to Wash
ington.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
Worst of An Affections.

Nothing is more wretched than
guilty conscience. Plautus.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
Because Unanswerable,

The truth is always the strongest
gument.-Sophocles
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-04
Daily River Bulletin.
Local Observations.

Mean temperature, 30
Maximum temperature, 90.
Minimum temperature, AZ.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-28
VICTORIOUS AsQU|TH
ATTACKED BY WOMEN

LONDON, Jan. 2s.-The election TO par
lament Of IS Liberals. 1t Unionists, Ma
tionaIIsts and 1 Laborite. with 1 seat for
Eutherlandshire still to be heard from.
make I'D the 60 results left over from
yesterdays balloting. Out of these seats
the Untonists gain and the Liberals 2.
With but Il pollings remaining to COM
plete the membership Of the house OF
commons. the parties stand:
Government coalition: Liberals 81; Irish
Nationalist "A. Laborites IS.
Opposition: Unionists 80.
Deducting the NationaIists still to he
returned. the election prophets calculate
that the remaining seats will be so divid-
ed as 10 give the Liberals and Labor par
ties combined a majority anywhere from
Is to % over the Unionists. The Unionist
gains TO date are I16, the Liberals Is and
the Isaborites l.
premier Asuuith. for the east division
Of Fife and Richard 3. Haldane, for
Haddingtonshire, we're reelected. but
while the prime minister returns TO par
usuent with a substantial increase Of
SIS over his former majority, the secretary
of state for war must be satisfied with a
majority less by 4. aS5 than that obtained
I'm 1906
John A. Simon. the Liberal member
elected for the walthamstow division of
Essex. is a well-known barrister and was
counsel for Great Britain in the Alaska
boundary arbitration case. Lord Will
loughby de Frosty. the husband Of ElOise.
daughter OF the late W. L. Breese, OF
New York, again represents the UniOnists
in the Horncastle division Of Lincoln
shire. bein g returned with a greatly in
creased majority.
Following the election Of Premier AS
quith. the premier was mobbed by mill
tant Suffragettes. The women in a body
charged time after time in their attempts
10 reach the minister, and there were ser
eraI lively skirmfshes with the police be
fore sIr AsQuith was conveyed to a place
OF safety
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-28

These wan specters of want were mostly
anemIc children, middle-aged women with
shawls over their small and misshapen
heads, and trembling old men.
The procession of woeful paupers be-
fore the windows of the county agent $
Office was continuous for five weeks. L;
remained there throughout the long, cold
nights. If the police dispersed the rag
ged aggregation, the old men, bent wo-
men and shivering children scurried away
like rats at the approach of dog, and
remained in hiding until the police were
out Of sight Then they rushed back t.
reform the line with the eagerness and
ferocicus competition of starving ami
mails.
1t is estimated that Chicago's poor pop
ulation is fully 100000 persons. London
has an estimated pauper population Of
10000 Chicago is the American city that
bids fair to become in this respect the
! London of the United States.
The most eloquent evidence OF the des-
peration that increases daily among these
6espairilg victims OF a maladministered
society is the startling number of SUI
cides When the reports are daily mad2
to the coroner's office Of the self-destruc-
ton of workingmen who have reached
the age limit of As years and are unem-
ployed, no further motive is looked for.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-28
act size of Bottle containing 10 VTtalne tablets.


LOS ANGELES. Cal, Jan. 26.-In Bib
lical times it required the wisdom OF
Solomon to adjudicate the claims of two
mothers to one child. But Judge Curtiss
d. Wilbur. of the juvenile court. was call
cd upon today to decide the question in
the claim of one mother to quarcuplets.
Mrs. w. W. Wilson faces the curious
charge of having assembled four found
Iings in order to achieve the celebrity OF
being a mother of quadruplets. Not only
that but it is alleged that on previous
occasions she went through the same
proceedings with twins, then triplets.
The babies are said to have arrived last
Friday but DR.. A. c. Pratt, the physician.
called in after the alleged birth. refused
to sign the certificates. Later in published
statements he is credited with saying
that he refused because he was certain
that the babies were of different ages.
Following this, the proprietor of a ma
ternity hospital was quoted as saying
that she procured the babies for Mrs.
Wilson which the latter denies.
Her declarations are supported by az
fidavits sworn to by the nurse who att
tended her and by her mother, DR.. Leona
Marsters, who has been a physician for
20 years.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-28
ONE DEAD, THREE HURT
I'M WRECK ON NJ. & Q.

MOBILE, Ala, Jan. 25.-In head-on
collision here early today between light
engine and southbound freight NO. 90 on
the Mobile and Ohio railroad. two miles
from the city, one man was killed. an
other seriously injured and will die. and
two others were injured. The collision
was In a deep cut
The dead man is Robert l.. Ewing head
brakeman of the through freight. The
injured are Louis Stringer, of Meridian,
Miss, seriously injured and will die; w.
L. Finnegan, engineer, and Fireman VIII
Terrill, badly hurt.
Robert Ewing was 20 years of age. UNI
married and son of John Ewing, of the
New Orleans Daily States, and nephew
of Col. Robert Ewing, national Demo
cratic committeeman from louisiana.
Engineer Stringer, of the freight train.
had one leg cut Off by lever in the cab
as clean as if a surgeons knife had been
used, and the stump left in the cab and
partly burned before it was taken out.