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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13

walton has shown the difficulty accom-
panying the operation when collars
melt and outpourings start from the
pores in flooded profusion. Why not
adjourn to open air, in the parks or
groves and there sing and talk of
things aivine, if indeed it is neces-
sary to keep up this fight against the
world, the flesh and the devil in days
and evenings when the solid flesh
threatens to melt"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13

Steamboat disasters come in a SER
les of three the same as railroad
wrecks. First, the present season.
was the sinking of the City of saltillo
at Glen Park below st. Louis. Then
came the burning of the j. S. near
La Crosse. Finally. completing the
series. the Cape Girardeau struck a
snag in the Mississippi river off Tur-
key Island near Ste Genevieve Mo,
and went to the bottom. AS soon as
the first accident occurred two more
We're confidently expected by expert
encee river men. 1t may be only a
superstition or coincidence, but the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13
TO ADVERTISE KEOkUk
Correspondent Suggests Erection Of Immense Billboard
Near Union Station Means Of Attracting Atten-
ton Of Travellers and Others.

ditor OF City.
suggestion which cordially endorse that the Guy
station
Keokuk our
Improvement,
high ana
tracks
painted and letter.
with lettering something like the fol-
suitable:
KEoKUK THE GATE CITY OF IOWA.
capacity
FREIGHT RATES
St Paul Orleans Panama
al to the principal the world
HAS IN ADDITION
Five of Principal Railroads. Three Large Banks With Ample Capital
Beautiful Hand
and Commercial all its Appoint
WE WANT MORE STOP OFF AND INVESTIGATE.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13

Judge schofield to recommend some
one from his state for the position.
He recommended Mr.. Fuller, who had
just made a sensation in the Bishop
Cheney case in the Illinois courts He
was appointed at once by President
Cleveland.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13

Hannis Taylor in his Fourth of July
address at Washington names as the
Ave master builders of the American
commonwealth Jefferson, the dream
er; Washington, the actor: Pelatiah
Webster, the architect. Marshall. the
founder, and Lincoln, the savior. There
will be little dispute with DR., TAYLOR
over his nominations for this patriotic
gallery in the Hall of Fame.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13
FOOL NO. 71,f44

FOOL NO. 71,f44.
A fool there was and he went away
Even as you and L
His home was pleasant place 10
stay
A dandy place for holiday
But the fool was fool, and he went
away
Even as you and !.
Oh. the wits we've lacked, and the
grips we've packed
In the summer time and fall
And the times when having had our
We've come home grayely wondering
Just why we went at adj,
A fool there was. and his savings
spent
Even as you and |,
The roof OF Pullman for his tent
And he lived the life of an emigrant-
But fool will follow his natural bent,
Even as you and l.
Oh, the fools we meet. and the dust
we eat,
And the tendency to roam;
The hardships that we all abhor-
And the rest that we are looking for
Awaiting us at home!
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13

The statement that the Decatur
county Republican convention refused
to endorse Mr.. B. w Garrett as a
candidate for clerk of the supreme
court is denied by that gentleman, who
says he was present and addressed the
convention by invitation. The Gate
City is glad to correct any impression
to the contrary which may have OBJ
tanned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13
KEoKUK. THE GATE CITY OF IOWA

graduation that the medical profes-
sion itself is calling halt upon the
disposition of many men in its ranks
to operate first instead of last for
the manifold ills that come to them
for repair.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13

Upper Mississippi river is so low
that writer in the st. Louis Globe
Democrat suggests steamboats, might
do better with rubber-tired wheels
and a gasoline motor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13

1t is declared by the Iowa City Re
publican that the best way to make
sure that a man will stop his paper
about the middle of November, is to
give him cordial support for some Of
fee The Iowa City paper is not
alone in that experience
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13

A Marshall county farmer is dead
from drinking horse liniment which
he mistook for whiskey. There will be
small sympathy for anyone who
doesn't know the difference.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13

The woman candidate for governor
in New Hampshire says that within
ten years women will be candidates
for governor In twenty states. Candi-
dates. not governors. it will be no
ticed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13

A man told a st. Louis convention
that a husband is necessary part of
a family. Such optimism is desery-
ing OF the largest reward,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13

The Chicago Tribune disclaims any
wish 10 criticise or find fault, but it
seems to it to be a curious provision on
the part of nature that when one
needs ice the most it melts the fast
est.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13

The Waterloo Reporter declares it
would rather see pretty love story
depicted by moving pictures, anyway,
than of fight that didn't come its
way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13

1t is remarked by the Des Moines
Capital that nevertheless and notwith-
standing, there are a large number of
fighting Hoosier Republicans who will
insist upon standing Loyalty by the ma
tional administration.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13

theory seems to work out all right in
practice.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Boone News-Republican says It
will be long while before the dark
brown and unpleasant taste of the
morning after is eliminated
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13

keokuk, Iowa. July 10, 1910
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13

The Atlantic Telegraph says there
is a statewide disposition on both
sides of the Republican political
fence to give the Republicans of the
state platform upon which every
Republican can stand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13

Why shouldn't pastors and their
flocks take vacation during the hot
summer" inquiries the Carroll Her
aid. 1T is mighty hard work to sit
under the drippings of the sanctuary
in weather like the present. no mat
ter how much nectar may fall from
the preachers lips. And it's no fun to
preach when the temperature ranges
near TO the 100 mark. The writer has
never tried it many times, but obser-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-13

A well known New York woman
was fined only S. for getting drunk in
public and swearing at a policeman.
The Omaha Bee concludes from this
that in some respects the cost of liv-
ing in the metropolis is still reason
able.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-16

low in merciless succession. Don't neg.
lect your kidneys. Cure the kidneys
with the certain and safe remedy,
Doan's Kidney Pills, which has cured
people right here in this locality.
Mrs. N. F. Reynolds, of Glencoe,
fifteen miles from Bismarck. N. D.,
says: The splendid results l obtained
from the use Of Doan's Kidney Pills
a few years ago, led me to give a pub
lie statement, recommending them. ]
from disordered kidneys and
one doctor said had dropsy. My back
ached severely at times and my ankles
and feet swelled badly. felt tired and
languid and was miserable in every
way. In a short time after | began
taking Doan's Kidney Pills, procured
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-16

inals, some of them the most noted
in the northwest. He captured notori-
GUS Jack Sully, leader of gang of
horse thieves and cattle rustlers, who
for many years infested Missouri and
the river section Of South Dakota.
After several other deputies had given
up the attempt to capture him, the
case was assigned to Johnny, who got
the drop on him and brought him in.
Just twentythree years later, Sully
perpetrated his big cattle raid on the
Rosebud Indian reservation and Petrie
was ordered to bring the outlaw in
dead or alive. Sully, thinking that
Petrie would come after Inn, arranged
with ranchers and neighbors who
warned him when the "little red-head.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-16

ed cuss" appeared in the vicinity. An
ticipating some such action, as he
knew the ranchmen were friendly t.
Sully, Petrie was compelled to go with
posse. After posting the latter, he
directed the ranchmen to ride up to
Sully's house and tell him that Petrie
had a warrant for his arrest. and that
it would be best to submit without
trouble.
Sully, booted and spurred, sprang
from cover, mounted a ready horse
and dashed to the open hill as Petrie
joined the chase with ti;o members
of his posse.
Fire low at his horse" he ordered.
The three commenced pumping lead
from their Winchesters, but one bull
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-16

let was fired too high and drilled q
hole clean through the desperate, who
rolled off his saddle. Petrie, kneeling
the next moment put a flask to the
wounded mans lips. Death ensued a
moment later. This is but one of the
many daring exploits for which Johnny
Petrie became celebrated throughout
the northwest.
In the recently published novel,
"Langford Of the Three Bars" he fig
ures as Marshall Johnson. Petrie en-.
listed in Company A, Second Illinois
cavalry, as a private. He was muster
ed out of service as a lieutenant of
Company l. One hundred and For
tieth infantry. He was born in Mount
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-16
FORMER OAkOTAN IS
PLAYING HARD LUCK

Los Angeles, CAL, Nov. 15.-"Little
Red Head" Sure Shot Johnny" and
Little Johnny" are some of the ap.
pellations by which John R. Petrie,
formerly the most celebrated man
hunter of the northwest, who today,
down and out, broken in health, and
with no money, has sought shelter in
the soldiers home here, is known.
In the course of his career he has
arrested more than thousand Grim
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-16
DANGER in DELAY

Kidney Diseases Are Too Dangerous
For Bismarck People to Neglect.
The great danger of kidney troubles
is that they get firm hold before the
sufferer recognizes them. Health is
gradually undermined Backache. head
ache, nervousness. lameness, sore
ness, lumbago, urinary troubles. drop
sy, diabetes and brights disease fol-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-16

from the Lenhart Drug Co., my condi-
ton improved and l continued their
use until ! was WE'LL Since then have
had no further cause for complaint"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-16

A. w. Lucas Co., are holding their
Eleventh Annual Thanksgiving 20 per
cent discount Linen Sale. All mail
orders are filled at the 20 per cent
discount prices during this sale.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-16

Morris, Ogle county, Illinois, and call
ed Illinois his home.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-16

TRY TRIBUNE WANTS ADS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-22
PRESIDENT ON
THE ANXIOUSSEAT
IN VIEW OF CHANGES IN THE
NEXT CONGRESS HE WANTS
HIS MEASURES PASSED AT THIS
SESSION.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Dec. 21.-There is
much discussion both at the White
House and the capitol over the out
look for the administration admiuis-
tratiVe program. The president, in
conferences with senators and repre-
sentatives. has indicated his strong de-
measures that he recommended in his
annual message be pressed through
congress without delay in view Of the
coming change Of political complexion
of the house
II is in accordance with this policy.
which the president is still urging
through frequent conferences with
leaders. that the appropriation bills
nave been rushed unprecedentedly
NO conclusions have been reached as
TO the order in which the program
VIII be brought up in congress but
the regular Republicans have warned
the Insurgent members of their party
that they must accept the result II
they put any Instructions III the way
OF the proposed Republican legislation.
The mail subsidy, the tariff commits
sion plan for collection and assimiIat-
ing tariff data. Panama canal fortifica-
tons and tolls and a bill to reglllata
the issuing OF injunction IN equity
without notice in accordance with the
best practice IN vogue in the United
States courts, are all matters uDon
which the president especially wants
action,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-22

Cincinnati, Dec. 21EThree men
killed. six injured, one perhaps fatally,
and property valued at two and quar-
ter million dollars was destroyed by
fire in the manufacturing district here
early this morning. The entire block
north from Ninth and Sycamore to
Broadway were swept by the flames.
Among the buildings destroyed were
the Victor Safe & Lock Company,
Krippendorf & O'Neil Shoe Company,
Duncan box factory. Greis Pfleiger
Leather Company, Cahill Shoe Com
pany. and several warehouses and
small shops. The fire department and
insurance men believe the fire to be
of incendiaTy origin.
The fire, it is believed, started in
the engine room Of tie plant OF the
Krippendorf and o'Neil Company
Hardly had the Are been discovered
when the flames ieaped from almost
every window from cellar to roof
When the fire apparatus arrived it
" AS sSyNNA thSSt LaS 4dCOois was
doonsaMad the rsvs5zeil turned 70 stle
work of trying to save adjoining puild-
in ess They practically surrounded the
fire with water but 1t had too much OF
a start and aided by the wind. it con
t:nped TO spread from building to
building.
While the fire was at it's height. 4
u Ii OF the krippenio-f building fell
and buried Robert Gear, fireman.
His body was recovered
Shortly af,erN ards the list Of in
juTed fremen was added to by the
names Of Luhn and Hall. Luhn was
st work in a stable in the rear of the
Cries Pf1egler Leather Company when
he stepped into a hatchway and fell
two stories, breaking several ribs and
otherwise injuring himself He was
the most seriously hurt Of any of the
firemen.
Hardly had these two men been
taken to the hospitals when an iron
electric light pole. 200 feet from tNe
apparent danger zone of the fire, top
pied over and crushed a boy. He died
Oh the way to the hospital.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-22
DRASTIC
ACTION BY THE
UNITED STATES
Southerners Want This
Country to Retaliate
Against Germany.
Senator Fletcher, of Florida,
and a Number of Others
Call on Taft Relative to
Germany Increasing Ex-
port Duty on Potash Ship
ped to This Country Will
Increase Cost of Fertilizer.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Dec. q. - Another
southern congressional delegation cali
ed on President Taft today to urge
drastic action by the Unitod States il
retaliation against Germany because
of the increased export duty estab-
lished by that country on potash ship
ped to the United States.
The delegation included Senators
Percy, of Mississippi; Fletcher. Of
Florida; Terrell, of Georgia. and Over
man, of North Carolina, and Represen-
tative Lever. Of South Carolina.
They declared that the increased
cost Of potash as a fertilizer would
greatly increase the cost Of farming
IN the south and would result in in
creased price Of farm products.
The potash situation is becoming
rather acute, but President Taft Is
still hopeful that some satisfactory
with Germany can be
reached.
The subject probably Will be taken
up again by the cabinet Oh Friday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-22
ADJOURNS FOR
THE HOLIDAYS
SENATE AND HOUSE WILL RE-
CONVENE ON JANUARY 5-THE
HOUSE DEVOTED DAY TO BILL
CODlFYING LAWS.
By Associated Press.

Washington, Dee. Platter brief
session the senate and house aj-
journed today for the holiday recess,
to reconvene January 5. In the SEN
ate interest centered in the report of
the committee on privileges and cleo
tions on the charges of bribery that
figured in the election OF Loriner
The report, which was iaid on the
table. will be called up later.
Both houses received a special mes
sage from the president urging the
adoption Of joint resolution annul-
ling that portion Of the constitution
of New Mexico which changes the
boundary line between New Mexico
AMI Texas The resolution Has adopt
ed by the senate.
The time OF the house was devoted
to the consideration Of the Dill codify-
ing the judiciary laws, which was not
finished
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-22
Has a Letter From Stock
holder of the Southern
Railroad Which Says if
Former President Had
Paid For Transportation
on That Road it Would
Have Cost Him $75,000--
The Pennsylvania Taxed
Heavier.
BY Associated Press.

Washington. Dec. 21.-A determin-
I'd fight is to be made by Representa-
tive Rainey. one OF the Democratic
leaders, on the question of former
President Roosevelt's travelling ex-
penses which he put squarely before
congress. A stockholder of the South
ern railway today wrote Rainey that
n Roosevelt had paid for all the
transportation furnished IN his orders
while he was president 1t would have
cost 5000 on that line alone.
Rainey says he has data showing ar
estimate of a hundred and twenty
thousand dollars as the amount Roose-
welt, as a matter of right. owes the
Pennsylvania railroad.
Rainey's resolution demanding in
formation relative to all of Roosevelt's
travelling expenses while ne was presi.
dent has brought out large cores
pondence, including letters from
number of railway stockholders who
rgree with Rainey's view that the
railroads should not be saddled with
the expense Of special trains ordered
from the White Horse.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-22
ALABAMA MAN IS
CAUGHT IN TEXAS
MANY ElREMEN
KILLED AND INJURED
BY Associates Press.

Philadelphia. Dec. 2t,-~Four
frene1 are known 10 be dead
tv'enry thought 10 De buried In the
ruins. and twelve are i'll hospitals
as the result Of fire tonight in
the leather factory Of I'reelander
& Co. Oh North Ecdine street It
was first reported that Chief Bax-
ter was among those IN the ruins,
but while injured, he escaped fall
ing walls.
While the fremen We're fighting
tho flames from adjoining dwell
ings the south wall Of the big
building crashed upon them.
Thlrty-fve men were carried
down. Four were taken out dead.
1t is thought some Of the men in
the ruins are alive. bur If the
north wall falls, as ii threatens, il
is probable all Will be. crushed to
death.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-22
DOZEN PERSONS
HURT IN WRECK
MANHATTAN FLYER ON PENN
SYLVANIA ROAD AND SWITCH
ENGINE COLLIDE IN CHICAGO
CITY LIMITS.
BY Associated Press.

Chicago, Dec. 21.-A dozen persons
were injured, one perhaps fatally, III d
collision between the Manhattan flyer
on the Pennsylvania Rail,oad and d
switch engine within the city limits
today. The locomotive of the flyer
was thrown off the train, finally crash
ing against a yiaduct girder. when the
boiler exploded ana set fire TO th2
mail coach.
Harry Westermau, engineer Of the
flyer, was crushed beneath the wrecked
locomotive and scalded by steam. IL
will probably die
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-22
LORINER REPORT
MADE TO SENATE
DECLARES THAT TITLE OF LORI
MER TO A VOTE IN THE SEN
ATE HAS NOT BEEN MADE IN
VALID OR ILLEGAL
BY Associated Press.

Washington. Dec. Ex-senator Bur
rows, chairman Of the committee on
privileges and elections. today pre-.
sented to the senate the report of the
investigation of the charges OF bribery
made in connection with the election
of William Lorimer as senator from
Illinois. The conclusion reached by
the committee was as follows:
That in their opinion the title Of
Mr.. Lorimer TO a seat in the senate
has not been shown to be invalid by
the use or employment Of corrupt
or practices
Charges that four members of the
Illinois legislature We're bribed and
that three Other members paid bribes,
The report declares that those uho
confessed to receiving bribes should
not be believed and that the votes OF
those who were charged with paying
bribes should be counted In relation
to the charges that there was cor
ruption fund used in the Illinois Iegis-
lature and il was disbursed hy one
Robert E. Wilson, the report says that
there is no evidence that it was used
for the benefit Of Mr.. Lorimer. The
committee suggests that any investi-
CATION OF the use Of such q fund should
he made by authorities Of the state of
Illinois.
The report as presented was no.
signed by members OF the committee.
although it did not appear that there
was any minority.
On the floor OF the senate, however.
Mr.. Beveridge made the statement
that he had not been abl, tn concu /.
with or dissent from the findings be-
cause of the vCluminous character Of
the testimony. He said that he would
digest the proceedings of the investi-
eating committee during the holidays.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-22
Bv Associated Press.

Bolton, Eng Iand, Dec. 21.-More
than three hundred miners were killed
this morning by an explosion in the
mine of the Fulton Colliery Company,
short distance from this city. The
force of the explosion blocked the
lower passages. The heroic efforts OF
the rescue parties We're undvalllng on
account of the fire. A government in
spectOr, after making a DESCENT into
the pit, issued a report which state!
that it was impossible for the miners
to still be alive. After the report was
communicated to the crowds a. the
pit mouth, Bishop Manchester conduct
ed a touching service in the open air.
No explanation is given for the cause
OF the explosion, which comp,etely
wrecked the mine. This is the second
great mine disaster to occur in Eng
land this year. On May 18th, 136
miners were killed at the Wellington.
colliery in White Haven Cumbei land.
FEW BROUGHT TO SAFETY.
The cause aud extent of the disas-
ter was in doubt for several hours.
The first rescuing party to reach the
scene succeeded in bringing seven
men and a boy to safety and Later re-
covered the bodies of FIVE victims.
At the moment Of the explosion
flames spread ,.througA the saHeetei
passage and smoke and poisonous gas
filed the mine. .
The plight Of the miners was rem
dered more dangerous by a mishap tn
the machinery Of the shafts, where
the cages refused to move t1r time,
preventing quick escape and inter
fering with ventilation. The r:sing
gases were checked b. obstruc-ion5
ard driven r. ck "D0n the entCnbed
men. Meantime the fire ragged fierce
ly and il is supposed that many who
were not killed by noXious fumes
were burned TO death
The reScuerS were unable to go di-
rect to the spot where the miners
We're entomte1 and there vas some
delay while they sought access TO the
place through leads.
News of the accident was soon car
rled to the homes of the miners and
presently thousands of persons sur
rounded the mouth Of the coIliery As
always on the occasion of such disas-
ters the anxious throng including half
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