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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-16
!; UNEXPECTED BY HIS FAMILY
cart Failure Was Cause of the Passing
Away Of One of the Brilliant Men of
the State of Iowa.
FORT DODGE Oct 15-S enator j. P Dollver died here
rv this evening His death unexpected his family
ad announced that his illness was not serious

Blaine heard of Dolliver when the
former was running for president back
in 1889 against Cleveland. Dolliver
was then 26 years old. Blaine made !
up his mind to secure the services OF
the young orator, sent for him and hs
and Dolliver stumped the east. Dol
liver seemed to be destined to be-
come public figure and would have
been heard from much sooner, III
Blaine had been elected. But al
though Cleveland won out the young
fellow from Iowa had accumulated
some name as an orator. Shortly
after that memorable campaign and
after Dolliyer had gone back to his
law practice at Fort Dodge, the "boys
began to run him for congress. He
did not take this running seriously
until 1890, when he got out and hust-
led and campaigned his district. From
/ that time on he grew in prominence
and his oratorical power carried him
j to leadership He was with the min
ority party in congress and kept him
self pretty well in the background. He
was none the worse for that, however,
! as he demonstrated conclusively when
his colleagues in the house rallied
around his standard, when he opposed
4 the president in the matter OF the
I Porto Rican policy. In 1899 vacancy
occurred in the senate and Governor
Shaw sent Dolliver on to represent
his state in the upper house and the
legislature confirmed the appoint
ment. He remained in the senate
from that time. He was consplcu
Gus figure in that body. He was o1
the I.aFolletta stamp. Both men were
recognized ''insurgents" and Dolllye1
was proud of the distinction. he
, steadfastly opposed the Aldrich tarif1
: of 1909-1910. was true to his purpose
!. and was "read out of the party >
Senator Dolliver, the son of th'
q village preacher of Kingwood, va.
:, was horn in that little hamlet in 1858
{ He went to the state university a
y Morgantown and graduated when HI
!. was II. Then he went "out west,
:, and taught school at Victor Center
:. Illinois. He next bobbed up as
! Young lawyer at Fort Dodge, Iowa
q which has since remained his home
/. In 1902 Dolliver was appointed t
n the senate to fill vacancy and h
Il was reelected in 1907 For som
wears he trained with and was ovel
shadowed by Senator Allison, his co
, league, who was . conservative an
!. for years the leader of the senate
: When Allison died Dollver lined u
n. with the progressives.
! The most notable achievement i
- his public career was his mastery {
the Aldrich- Payne tariff bill.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-16
Weather is Favorable.

[Gate City Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-The fol-
lowing special bulletin as to weather
conditions along the course suppos-
ed to be pursued by Walter Well
man in his dirigible balloon "Ameri-
ca was issued tonight by Prof. Will
is Moore. chief of the weather bureau.
"In the north Atlantic following
the supposed course of the balloon
America, there prevails variable
winds mostly southeastern which will
shift to brisk westerly winds and
with the shifting Of wind the un-
settled and showery conditions will
give way to fair weather. There is nc
immediate prospect of high winds In
chat vicinity nor is there any posi-
bility that the tropical storm which
is now centering in the gulf of Mexico
will effect the northern Atlantic
steamer route within the next three
days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-16
podalna the Storm.

TGate City Leased Wire Service.l
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Oct. 10
Somewhere out over the broad waters
of the broad Atlantic, with PROV head
ed east by north, big dirigible bal
loon is speeding tonight toward Lon
don.
On board are Walter Wellman, auth
or and explorer; crew Of five men
and a little gray kitten as mascot.
The airship america there is only
one other In the world that exceeds
it in size-is plowing its way through
haze and fog, assisted by a gentle
wind from the coast at a rate of is
miles an hour.
Out on the end Of the mammoth
steel pier here wireless operator is
trying to pick up some vessel that
may be In communication with Well
man to tell him that there is now nc
danger of his craft being hit by the
| big tropical storm that has caused de
vastation along the Florida coast and
in the Caribbean sea during the last
IS hours.
Just before the air craft got out
side of communication with this city
word was flashed to the America
\ that the storm was rushing north
ward and that it would be advisable
for him to crowd on all speed anc
head northward in order To escape
Tonight, however, came the prediction
from the weather sharps at Washing
ton that light easterly winds vii
blow for time. The storm canno
reach the north Atlantic, it Is said
. before Tuesday.
; Not since the Norsemen crosse
the Atlantic in their frail craft Ger
turies ago has there been any attemp
fraugbt with such peril as the pre-:
ent one.
Throughout the afternoon and t'
night Mrs. Wellman and their tw
i. daughters have remained by the sid
of the wireless operator in the littl
. room at the end of the pier. They al
: waiting for additional word. althoug
they were told late this afternoon thu
), no more direct messages We're eXpec
ed. The wireless on the "Americs
has a radius of less than 100 mile
/, and the airship. with its human freigl
was believed TO be about 100 mill
!. northeast of the New England Goa
,. at nightfall.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-16
WON THE MATCH
BY ONE POINT
New York Athletic Club is Victor in
the Annual Championship Meet
of NJ a A. u,


TGate City Leased Wire Service.l
NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. 15.-The
Irish-American Athletic club of New
York won the annual senior champion
ship meeting of the National Amateur
Athletic union here today from the
New York Athletic club by the mar
row margin of one point. The score
at the finish stood 49 to As in favor
of the Irish-Americans. The Chicago
Athletic Association won their place
with IS points, Olympia Athletic CLUB
of San Francisco fourth, nine points,
and Illinois Athletic club, Chicago
fifth six points. In the javelin throw
B, Brood, Irish-Amercan, set a new
record of 163 feet one inch, breaking
the record of Ollie Sneider 160 feet
101a inches.
H. Gissing of the New York Ath
letic club, the dark horse of the
meet, defeated Melvin Shepherd ir
the half mile. Shepherd showed poor
| form in the quarter mile, not ever
coming in the money.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-16
WELLMAN HAS
ACTUALLY GONE
Dirigible Arship America is Seen Out
Over the Ocean Headed To-
ward Eu-
rope.
CLOSE TO THE WAVES
For the First Time In History Ship
and Balloon Talk to Each
Other by Wire
less.
[Gate city Leased Wire service]

[Gate City Leased Wire Service]
New York, Oct. 15.-A wireless
dispatch received tonight by the
United Wireless company announced
the sighting of Walter Wellmans
big dirigible airship America" by
the New York and Porto Rico
steamer Coamo, 55 miles southeast
of Scotland lightship. The message.
flashed by the Coamos wireless oper-
ator direct to New York said
six p. m. 55 miles southeast of
Scotland Lightship passed Wellman
airship. Was at that time about one
quarter of mile from us. Weather
very foggy. Balloon seemed to be
making about Is miles an hour. II
was travelling northeast and all
seemed to be we'll. Balloon looks te
us like big sailing vessel in the air
Seemed very close to water
The operator on the balloon flashed
the operator on the Coamo that al
was we'll and everything was pro
crossing finely.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-16
Virginia Harmed Secures a Divorce
From Her Husband E. Il. soth-
ern After Twenty Minute
Hearing.
HE PREFERRED HIS ART
Actor Left His Wife So That He
Could be Free and do as He
Pleased on the
Stage.
TGate CITY Special Service. ]

lGate City SpecldI SeTNlce'l
RENO, New, Oct. 15.-That her
husband, E. H. Sothern, the actor, adj
mitted that he preferred his art to
her. was the testimony given this
afternoon by Virginia Harmed, the
actress, just before she was grant,..
decree of absolute divorce by Judge
Pike Miss Harmed held the signed
decree in her hands within twenty
minutes of the time that Judge Pike
called up her case.
She was the only witness admitted
and her testimony was brief Sne
testified that she married Sothern in
Philadelphia Dec. 8, 1896, and that he
deserted her on June 80, 1906, since
which time she has never seen him
or heard from him. The only reason
Sothern ever gave for leaving her
she asserted, was that he wanted to
be free to do as he pleased and that
he did not care to be subjected to the
criticism which married life carried
with it.
The court asked the witness if she
knew what Sothern's income was
and Miss Harmed replied that 1t was
not less than 100000 year. He nev
er contributed one penny toward he
support she declared
Witness testified that for three
years after her marriage she lived a
their home at No. 81 Sixty-nintl
street, New York. During that pei
led, she asserted, Sothern never az
peared at her home, but lived at th'
Netherlands Hotel and the Players
! l,,H
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-16
OFF For the Fray.
[Gate City Leased Wire Service

[Gate City Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Oct 15.-Headed by
President Murphy and Manager Frank
Chance, the Chicago Cubs left here
tonight on their special PENNSYLVANIA
train for Philadelphia. when the
series is over the Cubs will be the
champions of the world" said Man
ager Chance. Every man on the team
is right and ready to play the game
of his life. Zimmerman will fill Ev-
ers place to IT. and we will not
be weakened by Johnnys absence"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-16
THE WEATHER.

CHICAGO, Oct. 15.- Weather fore
cast Missouri and Iowa, fair Sunday
and probably Monday Not much
change in temperature.
Illinois Fair Sunday and Monday.
Not much change in temperature.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-16
LaFoIlette Kept in Ienorance.

[Gate City Leased Wire Service.]
ROCHESTER,, MINI, Oct. 15.-Of
the many men in public life closely
associated with the late Senator Dol
liver Of Iowa none was perhaps more
closely acquainted with him than Sen
ator I4aFollette Of Wisconsin. But
LaFollette is probably the only Unit
ed States senator who tonight doesn't
know of Delivers death.
When the news reached here men
flocked to LaFollette for a statement
but his physicians declared they did
not consider it advisable to even let
LaFollette know OF the passing of his
fellow progressive worker and reports
of his sudden death were kept from
the senator
Senator LaFollette only recently un-
derwent an operation for gall stones
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-16
cummins is Shocked.

IGate City Leased Wire Service.l
DIES MONIES, Iowa, Oct. 15.-Sen-
ator Cummins, Delivers colleague,
and with him leader of the progressive
element in the senate when told of
the news of the death of Senator Dol
liver. this evening, was greatly affect
ed. "At this time" he said, Il can
only express my great sorrow 1t is
an unexpected shock. Sometime
would like to give an estimate of his
character and works, but not now,
am too overcome.
1--WE lost one of our greatest men
No man of his time was better equip
ped for the struggle in which he was
engaged. And he has helped nightly
in that struggle.
Senator Cummins expected to leave
tomorrow to aid in opening the repup
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-16
Eberhardt's Tribute.

IGate City Leased Wire Service
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct. 15.-When
told tonight of Senator Delivers
death, GOV. A. o. Eberhardt of Min
nesota, said:
"He was one of the ablest men we
have ever had in public life. He is
a great loss to the republican party
and to the nation. He was an Ell
ficient and capable man"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-16
sloauence Was His Power.

iGate City Leased Wire Service.]
.,f Fr DODGE, Iowa, Oct. 15.-An
aoiilty to talk, an oratorical gift that
stamped him leader wherever men
,u,oheregated ~ made Senator J. P. Dol
aser public figure and brought him
Nv w OF the seclusion of Fort Dodge,
@nere he was practicing law In 1889.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-16
ALL OF THE BODIES
ARE RECOVERED
starkville Mine is Cleared of the Dead
55 Being Accounted
fCate Citv LEASED Wire Service l

TGate City Leased Wire Seryice.I
TRINIDAD. Colo, Oct. 1.-THE cor
oner of Las Animas county announced
late tonight that all of the bodies OF
the 55 miners who were entombed by
an explosion on the starkville mine
a week ago tonight, had been located
Twenty-one bodies were brought to
the surface this afternoon and tonight
leaving eight still to be brought up.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-16
Political Situation.

lle iolitical situation in Iowa is in
sl''oS tonight. The thought that death
Nolid end the term of the senator was
never entertained by any man. The
eampalgn has been carried on wholly
@ithout a thought as to the senator
snip. If Dolliver had died a week ago,
:. would have been possible to submit
'ue senatorship to the voters as a
primary proposition on the day of
eiection. 1t is too late now. The gov
einof has the power of appointment.
uoVefnor Carroll is a candidate for
.e,election and is posing as fayoring
nei.her faction of the republican party
anu 1t is believed he will not care to
appolnt anybody until after election.
ne may announce an appointment
a. a,'er election but it is considered more
,'Aely that he will wait until the
ieslsiature meets in three months and
'''oW It to elect man.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-16
[ST HEART THR0B 0E SENATOR D0u]VER
WHOSE ELOQUENT TONGUE Is SILENT

lican campaign in Indiana, but he has
abandoned his plans and will remain
in Iowa at least until after the funer-
al Of Senator Dolliver.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-16

Read The Daily Gate City.
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For. Dodge in Mourning.

Fort Dodge is a city shrouded in
grief tonight. At first the neighbors
/ shd fello tcwnsmen could not realize
'hat the spirit of the great leader had
gone out. Then as the tragedy of the
death began to dawn on them they
ieit their homes to gather in groups
on the street corners, to speak In
Whispers of the life of the dead SEN
ator The close friends Of the family
aastened to the home to offer their
cohdolences and sympathy to the
strlken family. In a few hours the
word spread over the country and tel
egfams of sympathy began to pour in
from almost ever. city in the United
States.
Mrs. holliver, her two dauga crs
Slargaret aah Fsaroes. and her son
ueorse, We're in the room when Sena
.or Doniyer died. A sister, Miss Ca
polllver, is dean of women at Morn
ing Side College in Sioux City. R. H
n',hver, a brother, is a minister o.
'ae lethodist church
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-16
Death Came Like Flash.

FORT DODGE, Ia, Oct. 15.-Jona-
Ian P. Dolliver, senior United States
Pnator from Iowa, died at his home
1;3O O'Clock tonight, while a phys
an stood over him making an ex-
gination of his heart with stethes-
{re, Death came without a moments
a. ming and DR.. e. M. Van Vatten.
hc was making the examination
then the instrument stopped. thought
bat the stethescope Lad been broken.
he looked up into the face of the sena-
br to find that silently and with trag.
\ suddenness the death messenger
ad called the soul of the great states.
ban.
Heart trouble was alone the cause
bf death and the minor ills which
kaye been bothering the senator dur,
ng the past three weeks had little
Ehect on ais passing. Only members
Bf the senator's immediate family were
IN the room when he died.
Althugh the senator had been IL
for three weeks or more, during the
ast few days he had been up ant
Rrund, and as late as three o'clocl
today sat on his porch and chateet
with neighbors.
Neither physician nor members o
|the senator's family had any warnin!
|of the approaching end, and did no
feel that the condition of his healtl
Twas any weaker than it had been dul
|ing the recent sickness.
During tie greater part of the las
two weeks hls condition was more o
less alarm'aC but was not considere
las likely to prove fatal.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-02-15
& feHocan1
a "Dominguito.'
De nuestro corresponsal.

bc uucSllO COIIc9pOusAI.
La central Cafios ha llevado q e.
fecto la importante obra por empi-
nadas montahas, llevando lin ferro-
carril oue cruza por entire inmensos
cerros, siendo su recorrido por estos
barrios hssta el llamado Campo
.Alsgre. a mas de Z kilometros. Dichos
trabaios han sido dirigidos por el in-
geniero norteamericano Mr.. Chin
chard.
El tren de cana de la central Ca-
nos arroll0 q una nina, 'partiendole
una pierna cue lie fue amputada en-
el hospital de .Arecibo el hecho fue
casual. Los maquinistas no tuvieron
culpa pero fueron encarcelados V
mas despues fueron sacados baio
tianza.
-Ha regresado de Ia conferencia
que celebro en- Miramar Ia iglesia
Metodista. el pastor encsrgado don
Gregorlo Rivera. el cual goZa de nu
chas simpatias entire sus vecinos.
tanto catollcos. como espiritistas.
Nos asegramcs verlo otTa veZ entIe
no>otros.
Para mahana microbes ests anun-
elado, el iulclo poE ssesinato, en- Ia
core de dlstTIto sesAn q.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-02-15
A0ta de 3ue'0 en- Bayam0R
La estimable DANA dona
Demetria Diaz de Sew
la dejo de existir en-
aquella poblacion.
Su muerte ha sido generalmen
te sentida.
De nuestro eorresponsal,

Febrero 15. Ell sAbado falleci6
en- esta ciudad laSra. Demetria Diaz
esposa del Sr. Hilario Sevilla.
Los meritos que adornaron en- vi
da a la referida DANA, fueron los su-
ficientes para que la conduc ion
su cadaver, a la Metropolis local fue
Sc un acto de verdadera demostra
clon de slmpatias, por ell Sr. Sevilla
Luiosa GAIA funebre, guardaba
los preciosos restos de la que supc
ser exelente esposa, buena madre J
modelo de amistad, en- el curse dc
su vida: y aquella era llevada POI
amigos y familiares, acompanando.
Ia con gran sfquito.
Ell Sr. Sevila, representa- en- esta
ciudad a la LA Correspondence de
Puerto Rico, Y en- nombre del pc
rl6dico, como en- el mio propio, le
dov mi mas sentido condolencia.
DE. P. la que cumpli6 en- la vida
honradamente sus deberes.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-02-15
NOTA De DUEL0

Ha fallecido en- San Lorenzo, en- la
mafana del domingo, ell respectable
anciano Sr. Dionicio Santana, empa-
rentado con conocidas familias de
aquella poblacion, de Caguas y de
San Juan, entire estos nuestro COM
pahero Semper. FL entierro Sc efec-
tuo el luneS y Segun noticias de aque
LA poblaci6n resulto muy concurri-
do.
A sus deudos todos y en- particu-
lar a la Sra. Santana de Bayonet
de Caguas Y sehorita Candida, sus
hijas enviamos nuestro mas senti,
no pesame tomando p arte en- su dil
10.
Dios haya en- su seno el alma Dc
que fue buen padre de familia Y ci,
dadano cumplidor de sus deberes.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-02-15
P]R CABLE.

x . ~
New York, Febrero 15.-La situa-
ci6n de Espaha en- los momentos ac-
tuales Sc iuzga delicada. El estado
de cosas presenta un aspecto fden-
tico al de Francia cuando esta Sc
debatia en- su lucha por separar Ia
iglesia del Estado. Las relaclones
entire el actual gabinete y el Vatica-
no 'es tan<c crftica qus hace temef ul
rompimiento :
81 ST.: Canaleias ha ,manifestado
su decidido prup6site de reducir Ia
influencia y Iglesia, en- zsus rela-
clones con do asf como Ia inau
guracion de.un s. sistema de ensenan-
"a publica de acuerdo con las exi-
gencias de la civilHaei6n y como el
primer paso en- el liberal yfranco de-
senvolvimiento del progreso naclo-
nal. Ell gobierno no oculta los gran
des obstaculos q. habra que veneer
para arrebatarle 8 Ia Iglesia sus pree
minencias y decisiva influencia, y q
la lucha Sc aprestan los elementos
avanzados de Ia nacion.
New York, Febrero l5,-La prem
sa publica un despacho del explora-
dor Charcot anunciando haber avan-
zado l2O millas mas ALA del. cfrculo
polar antartico, alcanzando al para
lelo II de la region Sur. La epuedl-
ci6n avanza por il terra de Ora
ham. Charcot espera llegar dentro
de un ano al dltimo paralelo de Ia
terra.
New York, Febrero 15,-Un des-
pacho de San Petersburgo lnforma
de la resolution tomada por .el 60
bierno para el fomento de la arma-
da. Ell almirantaggo russo tiene q su
disposition 500 milones de rublos
destinados q Ia reconstruction de
Ia flota rusa. -
La construccbn2de los grandes a.
corazados Sc har6 en- los astilleros
Wikiers de Inglaterra y Ansaldo-
de Italia. Los destroyers y torpedo
ros seran construidos en- los arsena-
les del Estado.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-02-15
LABOR. R. DE- !.
!. PROPAGANDA.
Aumenta el entusias-
mo por Ia constitu-
cion del casino puer-
torriqueno.
La maneciIla del reloj avan
"a rapldamente.
En- la anterior campaha SO Pc
dia un donativo; en- esta Sc So
licita la cooperation de todos
los puertorrique1os y extran-
gorOS.

A nueve mill dollars ha subido Ia
recaudacion efectuada por los seno-
res de la comisi6n recaudadora de
fondos para la construction del edi-
ficio para ell casino de Puerto Rico.
va dio comienzo Ia campaha.
Son innumerables las personas
que por telefeno llaman alos sehorese
de Ia comision, para suscribirse con
cantidades considerables al proyec-
to que tiene en- espectacion s la So
ciedad de San Juan.
Tenemos ell ejemplo de Ia campa-
ia que durante e mes de enero Sos
tuvo en- esta misma ciudad Ia
"Young Men Cristian Association
'Esa asociaci6n logro reunir
en- un mes, la respectable cnantidad
de $4,000.
Tenia ella un ejercito poderoso.
Era un comite de 100 j6venes y,
otro de Glen ciudadanos, dirijldos
por un comite eiecutivo de exper-
tos generates.
HOY la asociacion del casino de
Puerto Rico, sin ejerclto opoderoso,
entra en- campaha buscando $50.
900, comisionando para esa batalla
que ha de librarse en- pocos dias, a los
Sres. Juan Hernandez Lopez, Luis
Sanchez Moralez y,JosS Ruiz Soler.
En- la anterior campala Sc pedia
un donativo.
En- esta Sc pide Ia cooperation de
todos los puertorriquenos todos los
americanos y todos los extrangeros
que residen en- el pals, para que Sc
suscriban con una cantidad que no
donan al casino, sino que por el con-
trario contnbuiran poseyendo y OBJ
teniendo por ella I'm interes de un
10 anual que sera Ell arrendamiento
que pagara Ia sociedad casino, a Ia
sociedad constructors.
La Y. NJ. c. A. nos ha dado una
lecci6n y gustosamente Sc quiere
aprender y Sc quiere llevar q
la practica sin perdida de tempo.
Ayudemos todos : que el reloj de
Puerto Rico no Sc detenga nj un sole
dia.