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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-08
Report Made by the Grand Jurymen
Yesterday Afternoon to Judge
smythe, Speaks Of City
Lookup.
ARE FOUR INDICTMENTS
Jurymen Commended for Their Coed
offices and Report Favor
ably Received on
Bench.

AT $3.50 Wednesday afternoon, the
members of the grand jury made their
report to Judge Smythe of the dis
trict court. Hearing of the Grimsely
case was suspended long enough to
hear the reading of the document be-
fore the court and at its conclusion,
the members Of the grand jury body,
we're highly commended and grateful
" thanked by Judge Smythe.
la the report an item relative to
the "unsanitary and unsafe condition
of the city jail of Keokuk" is referred
to in paragraph. Judge Smythe pre-
Guided his remarks of things and
dismissal of the the jurymen who had
presented the reading of the report
to him, with short but to the point
statement with regard 20 the findings
of the grand jury in the matter of bet.
ter sanitation and safer maintenance
Of the city lookup.
Report to City Officials.
Clerk-elect G. B. Lake, was entail.
ed with the duty of making sepa-
rate copy of the report which was
read before Judge Smythe, his honor
stating that as matter of attention
to duty and for the purpose of calling
the attention of the proper city Of
fcals to the conditions of the local
Jail, the mayor should be presented
with a certified copy of the report.
Judge Smythe in speaking OF the
matter OF proper sanitation and bet.
terment of the city jail conditions
you jurymen have not through any
election of your own selves, completed
the task of examining the status OF
the jails-it is your duty and you
have done we'll in making your re-
port. II the city maintains an un.
sanitary and unsafe Jail, it is the
duty of the proper officials to look
into the mater"
Four Indictments Returned.
Four true bills or indictments were
returned by the grand jury. -Four
cases of minor Importance were ig.
nored by the grand jury.
Three of them were:
State of Iowa VS.. Glenn Ross, lar,
cency.
State of Iowa vs.. Irwin Chambers
breaking and entering.
State of Iowa We. Frank Monicle
breaking and entering.
In each case the defendant was dis
charged and the bonds, If there were
any, exonerated.
Ross was imprisoned a number oil
weeks ago for the larceny of horse
and delivery wagon belonging to the
David Wiley establishment. Cham
bers broke into the grocery store al
Fourteenth and Bank streets. Moni
Gle broke into the Bawden grocery
in the west end of the city and stole
various articles.
Grand Jury's Report.
Following the reading of the repor
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-08

friend Edgar hamburger OF WARSAW.
The Little Musician Master he.
Roy Schultz
Grand Finale-Introducing WRter
Nodler and John BRASIL also Minnie
Tom-Ki in her original native dance.
Closing with the chorus by the Ell
tire company.
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MinstreIs Tomorrow EVENING.

Friday night the people of keokuk
will once again have the pleasure OF
witnessing the amateur minstrel THAI
for three consecutive years has made
successful record. 1t is the impress
sion of the participants that the per.
Torrance to be given in the opera
house will surpass all others in the
stage settings, songs and comedy,
while the latter reigns supreme. The
minstrels are represented by the best
performers in the city, who cast aside
other little matters so as to make this
show one of the best ever givea by
local talent. Each and every person in
the city ought to be present on this
occasion as each ticket sold means
less debt for the Base Ball Associa-
ton. The program will be as follows:
Program.
lnterlocutor .,......... Ed S. Lotion
End Men.
Walt Nodler John BRASIL
Carl Kenny Smoky Miller
TJdllh MSSlSluOlI uludH
Chorus.
Fred Dressed, John Nodler, DR.. f..
B. Smales, Edgar Hamburger, liner
Carlson, Phil CHASER, Fred Lindsey, Al
len Lindsey, Thomas Rogerson, John
Welsh, O. r. Johnston of Ft. Madison,
Billy O'Brien, Patrick Welsh, Robert
Smith, Leo Skyles, James Welsh, Van
b. Norris, r. R. Ralston, Edward
Walsh and Robert Hassett.
Pianist-Frank W. Lowenstein.
Musical Director-Fred Dressed.
Music-Millers Opera House Or
chestra.
A. d. L. Boys-Francis Ward and
Patrick Farraher.
Opening Chorus Way Down in
Alabama.
The Heart You Lost in Maryland
You'll Find in Tennessee-John r.
Nodler.
You'll Come Frank Westa :
hoff.
A Little China Doll Thomas Roger
son.
That Barber Shop chord-Johl
BRASIL.
Love Makes the World Go Round
John Welsh.
Dinah Dear Walter Nodler.
Asleep in the Deep Fred Dressed.
The Dance of the Grizzly Bear
Smoky Miller.
To The End of the World With yoc
Billy O'Brien.
How Do You Do Miss Mandy-Tr@.
man Scherer.
Closing Chorus. Cairo Entire Com
pany.
Part Two.
End Mems Quartette- Walter Nod
Ter, director; John BRASIL, Smo6y
Miller and Truman Scherer.
Just for a Few Minutes Our fiend
o. r. Johnston of FIT Madison.
Think | Hear a Woodpeckcr
Knocking on Our Family Tree-Litt'e
Miss jeanette School.
Monologue- Walter Nodler.
Lena Keckmeyer Herman, another
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stops a Couch in Five
Minutes by the Clock.
,oes This Harmless Home
Made Cough Syrup.
MAKE A PINT CHEAP.


Here Is told how to make a home
. made pint OF cough syrup cI1eaply.
which has been known to stop
cough In five minutes by the clock.
. 1t relieves quickly, and certainly
; brings about a cure. by its tonic
laxative action and therefore is
superior to ordinary preparations
which only relieve. and then ao-
gravate by their constipating eff
fects
One dose Is not laxative, but
to 10 doses daily create a mild lax
. alive action and it is said .Aat you
can feel the medicine working on
the lungs. throat and bronchial
. tubes, giving a grand feeling Of
freshness and strength to the en-
. tire system,
. Any one can make a fun pint
] very cheaply. Obtain Of your drug
. gist or have him order from the
. wholesale house. 21a ounre pack
age of essence mentho-laxene.
. Empty it into a pint bottle and fill
. lie bottle with homemade syrup
composed of one pint of granulat
ed sugar and half pint of boiling
. water. When the syrup is cool add
it to the mentho-laxene
. The dose is a teaspoonful to 10
. times daily or as required. Give
. children Jess according to age. 1t
. is perfectly harmless.
; This is a pleasant tasting and
. quick acting remedy, liked by all
who have tried 1t.
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KC Brown Rr..a

One and one-haT cup yelloav CON-
Nseai;; lH cnb enti,c-wheat -four; I Tea
spoon salt. rs CUP sxteet min: u cub
Molzsses;; S iea'el teaspOontNls X C b
King RoWaey.
Sift together, three times, meal, flour.
salt and baking powder. Mix molasses
and sweet milk and stir into dry in
gradients to makea smooth batter. Turn
into two empty K c Baking Powder
boxes, thoroughly buttered, and let
steam three hours. This bread is par
ticularly good to serve with salads or
raw oysters; also at breakfast, as toast
of all kinds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-08

Readers of this paper may obtain The
Cooks Book containing this and 80
other delicious recipes free by sending
the colored certificate packed in every
ascent can of K c Baking Powder to
the JAQuEs MFG. Co., Chicago. Send
for The Cooks Book today. %
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-08

Raisins or currants may be added.
though some prefer it without.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-08
New Brown Bread Recipe
Never soagy-Easily made
By1ass. Janet Mckenzie Hill, Editoyot
the Boston Cooking School Magazine

Nearly everybody likes Boston brown
bread, but SO many have experienced
trouble with its being soggy, they have
become discouraged. Here is a new
recipe that cannot fail if the few simple
directions are carefully followed. You
will be delighted with the results.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-08

Art.
Art may be served by morality; 1t
can never be it's servant-Arthur
symons.
The evening world., 1910-12-22
Thirteen Old Lad Miss
ing, His Uncle Found
Dead on Ice.
HAS VANISHED.
Companion of Pair Left Then
When 5O-Mile-an-Hour Craft
Went Too Fast.
tsperjsi "a Tho r,e,Ipr world

Special 10 The Evening worid.l
PATCHOGUE. Dec. 22.-The body OF
George Brown. a well-to-do young nan
OF sayville, was found early to-day by
Capt. Lemuel Gordon OF this village
with the skull fractured on the frozen
surface OF Great South Bay. two miles
out from Blue Point. brown had been
missing since yesterday afternoon when
he left his home to 80 sailing In his
scooter. with his nephew. Edward Will
lsms. and William Prescott. also OF
Sayvllle.
Nothing has been heard OF the M
teen-foot scooter. and Browns nephew,
who Is thirteen years old. and n notilla
Of scooters from this place. sayville
and Blu Point has been out searching
since early this morning.
Scooter May Be Blown TO Sea.
Browns boat IL one OF the fastest IN
these parts and Is said to make nfty
miles an hour. After he and Prescott
and the boy had sailed several hours.
the wind grew stronger thar Prescott
could stand, so he loft the scooter
shortly after they passed Blu Point
and walked OF the Ice pack TO sayvllle.
about six miles.
This was abou. the middle of yes
terday afternoon, and that is the las.
record of Brown alive, or OF the boa,
and the boy. 1t Is feared that Brown
was knocked from the boat by the sail
while she was running rapidly before
the wind. and that his nephew was no
able to control the craft.
The greatest fear Is tina: the scooter
has been blown out to sea or has fallen
into one OF the air holes In the ice.
When Brown did not return last nigh,
his mother. with whom he lived in Say
Vile. asked that searching parties b,
sent out for him, but It was too dark fol
the %scootcrs to put out. 80 the onl,
effort made was by telephonlng to vii
lagos on the bay. Nowhere was Their,
q race OF him,
Capt. Gordon Ita,rted ou soon ate
dawn to-day In his scooter. to go duck
shooting. and came across Brown!
body. frozen stif. lying face downward
on the Ice. He lifted 1t Into his boa.
and put back for Patchogue. There h,
gave the alarm and pretty soon the re
lief parties In Ice boats had started.
Browns mother Is wealthy n tn,
young man led a life of leisure. Iii
chief interest was In yachting and hunt
Ing. His nephew. an orphan, lived witt
him and his mother.
The evening world., 1910-12-22
TURNS STATES EVIDENCE.
Woman Indicted for Conspiracy
Tcstiacs Against Alleged Torscr.

In the trial Of Irving W. Roserthai. a
notary public OF No. 1872 Nassau street
fora second offence OF forgery in the
nrst degree. which began before Justice
1ompk!ns In the criminal branch OF the
Supreme Court to-day, Mrs. Margaret
Graham ReRed, of Pomfrct. y, H., who
is under indictment for conspiracy in
another case growing out OF Rosen.hal's
transactions, was the principal witness
against him, If convicted, Rosenthal
may be sentenced to twenty years In
State prison or life.
Tlc specific charge on which Rosen-
thai is being tried is tina; as a notary
publlc he fraudulently certified to a
lega, document in a real estate trans
action.
Mrs. Graham said she signed a number
OF papers ut Nosenthol'a direction, not
knowing their contents. for which she
received from 81 10 81 from SplrD,
The evening world., 1910-12-22
JACKSONVILLE RESULTS.

FIRST RhCE--Selllng; purse si00;
two-year-olds ana up; Ave and n half
furlongs-Red Rob, 100 Davenport I
to 3. | to 3 and out, won by half a
length; Mindlnette, l03 Loftus). II
Ia /, . to ! and 4 to =, second. Spes
Nostga. lO9 lBelll. S to /. . To l and I
to ., third, Time. l.07 S-5, Florrie
Bryan, Real Gem, Edna Collins, Chop
Tank, Emma stuart and Eventide also
ran and finished as named.
SECOND RACE-Selllng; purse. 500
for three-year-olds and upward; six
furlongs,- smoker, 1le CBurns). II to J,
4 to / and . to |, won by u head; Casque.
100 Davis), 0 to 10, 2 TO 3 and out, Sec
md; Fulford, iv9 Oierberp. 30 to J, II
TO | ana o to /, third. Time-l,l3 As
I May Amelia, Austin Sturtevant, Louis
Reil. Adele r., Montclair, Infection and
John A. also ran and finished ~ named
The evening world., 1910-12-22
FOR BROOKLYNlTE
WHO KILLED HIS WIFE.
George Huber, Serving Life Term
in Massachusetts,, Overcome by
Unexpected Clemency.

BOSTON. Dec, 22.-George Huber o,
Brooklyn. n. y, who had served nearly
eight years Of a life term for murder
ing hrs wife in Berkshire County In
1902, to-day was released from Charles
town Prison. He wept when told that
Gov. Draper had pardoned him. md,
after gathering together his belongings,
shook hands with the prison officials
and his attorneys and started for
Brooklyn.
~ am going back to my mother In
Brooklyn for Christmas he said.
Gen. Bridges. the Warden at Charles
town. declared that Huber had been n
model prisoner. lie acted as a clerk in
the prison, The pardon was secured
through former STATE Senator Turtle OF
Pittsfield ms Charles Giddings OF Greai
harrington, his counsel Huber traced
his wife to Berkshire County, where he
found her with Andrew &. Fearing, ic
fred twice. ~wounding Fearing and
fatally wounding his wife. She died IL
his arms.
The evening world., 1910-12-22
.EElS FRY 'EMSELvES
ON THE THIRD RAIL.
Barrel of Wrigglers Get Loose
and Are Mistaken for


Express Messenger John Murphy,
B~aggageman Lewis and other train
men were busily engaged in storing
away packages in the combination bag
gage and express car OF a southbound
Harlem express train at the White
Plains station to-day when the head
came out of a barrel and scores of
long, slnuous and Shiny creatures be-
gan to wriggle about the DOR Of the
car.
"snakes!' yelled Murphy and Lewis,
making a simultaneous leap through
inc door Of the car to the station plat
form.
Snakes nothing" cried Conductor
Sanford Hopkins. Those are ee!s."
BY that time the car was full OF
wrigglers. Two of them fell out the
door, formed a circuit between the third
rail and the track and were electrically
fried on the spot. The trainmen busted
themselves in trying to put the cells back
in the barrel. but tho elusive reptiles
slipped through their fingers. 1t became
necessary finally TO commander tho
station coal shovel and scoop them up.
The evening world., 1910-12-22

n canopy which extended out over a
loading track. and they were buried.
There wasn't time TO give them warn
ing. II just caved out OF them ana they
were gone"
Edward Morris. head of the big pack
ing company, stood silently watching the
flames while the battle ragged. With him
were his wife and son. Edward
Morris tr.
IT IL awful, fearful. horrible said
Morris when asked to estimate his loss.
us u positively known that Chief Koran
Is gone? Oh. what n sorrow-and the
poor fellows who wpnt with him. ]
can't talk about IT,
The evening world., 1910-12-22
HONEY GROVE KID HELD.
Ex-t nitcd states omm~issiOuer
Fixes the Rail mt $1,000.

Lucius f.. Hindman. the Honey
Grove Kid was arraigned this after
moor on a formal complaint by United
States Assistant District Attorney Abel
+. Smith, before Commissioner Shields.
Maurice II. Gotlieb appeared as his
counsel and asked for an adjournment.
The examination was adjourned until
Jan. 3 and bail was fixed at 5000. The
Texan la committed to the Tombs,
While his lawyer went out and hustled
for a bondsman.
who lives in Honey Grove. Texas. with
using the mails for fraudulent pur-
poses. He and Others are accused Of
conducting fake horse races. fake prize
fights and fake wrestling matches.
The evening world., 1910-12-22
SANTA COMING IN AlRSHlP.

At the Hospital for the Ruptured and
Crippled. at Forty-second street AMI
Lexington venue. Santa Claus Will
visit the 100 children tomorrow after
noon In an aeroplane.
The Christmas tree will be placed IN
the large reception room. with one cor
ner darkened. At a signal the lights
will be flashed into the corner AMI
santa Claus In his aeroplane Will come
down, laden with gifts.
The evening world., 1910-12-22
CRIMINAL COURTS SAFE.
Grand Jury Finds Building Is In
No Danger of Collapse.

The Grand Jury, which has been In
vestlgatlnE the conditions of the Grim
inal Courts Building for the past weak.
to-day fled n short presentment with
Judge craia In General Sessions. In
which the Jurors say they have sx-
am!ned a number OF witnesses, includ-
ing Borough President McAneny. en-
glneers and the members of the Board
Of Survey, who were appointed by
Mayor Mcclellan when the iulldins
Was first decln ed to he unsafe. AS "A
result they ind that the building is
safe, but they recommend that the
temporary 'makeshift shO lnEs and
wooden supports e removed ana per-
manent repairs made,
The Jury also recommends that the
plumbing. heating and veutilating sys-
TEN OF the building be examined and
that the plssenge. elevator system be
brought up u date and improved,
President McAueuy told the Grand Jury
that no hpd $4,000 available for putting
In pcrnanent stone arches instead ol
the wooden ones and that the work
could he begun at any time.
The evening world., 1910-12-22
FOR DHIScoLL, S172.75
"Steam Engine la DoOts" Costs city
That sum for Pres Clippings.

There was n mild smoker at the meet
ing OF the Board of Estimate to-day
when among the items OF deficit IN The
accounts OF the Bureau OF Weights aul
Measures there was one reading: Press
clippings for Commissioner DriscoiL,
STA 10"
A transfer. enabling the new head OF
the Bureau to obtain funds to pay for
the clippings. was ordered by the board
The evening world., 1910-12-22
BABY ONE YEAR OLD
GOT ECZEMA

Got eczema on hands, face,
nose and mouth-Hard crust
formed, cracked and blood
ran out-Itched frightfully-
Could not rest - Mitts on
hands to prevent scratching
Mother forced to sit with
baby day and night - Used
Cuticura Soap and Ointment
as directed In three days
crust began to come off
In a week there was no more
scab - Now baby is cured
without a mark - Sleeps
soundly in her cradle and
parents in their bed - No
moro sleepless nights because
of baby's
seems a wonderful remedy
for this disease.
Extract from the letter OF Mr.. Henry N.
Fogel. RED. l, Bath. Pa. December 0. 1909.
Cuticura Remedies are sold throughout tho
civilized world. Cuticura Soap (25c.), Cuticura
Ointment (5Oc.), Cuticura Resolvent( 600. } and
Cuticura Pills (25c.). Potter Drug & Chem.
Corp. Sole Props. 1876 Columbus Ave. Bos.
ton. SS-Msiled free. 32-page Cuticura Boot
On How to Treat the Skin and Scalp.
The evening world., 1910-12-22

blazing ruins. \ moment later the south
wall and east wall near Third street
fell. The root of u small house on Third
street. from which chief Baxter direct
ed the worA OF his mon, was cut in half
and the veteran leader narrowly es-
capped,
The falling bricks extinguished most
of the flames, but hremen who escaped
the nre aud shock had their lives fur
tller ENDANGERED by the freezing water
which filled the basement. Several
bodies were removed frozen solid in
the cakes OF Ice,
As the fremen fell back exhausted
from the work OF rescue the police re-
serves We're called out from all sec
lions Of the city,
D~lsregarding the menac OF the north
wall. they went manfully to the assist
ance OF the hremen In the hope OF res
cuing men still alive In the ruins
Thirty were trying to remove n girdei
which imprisoned q nre.lan when th'
threatening wall crashed down upoi
them.
The evening world., 1910-12-22
GIRL Of NINE
OFFICIAL VISITOR
TO FIRE HOUSES
Waldo Appoints Little Gladys
Freeman to a Unique
Post.

Gladys Freeman. nine years old. o,
No. lO7 IVES, Eleventh street. asplred
to be a member OF the Fire Department.
She Is a business like young person.
too. and placed her aspirations before
Fire COMMISSIONS Waldo.
In n letter to tho Commissioner.
Gladys that she desired a
fire badge which would permit her to
Invade the fire lines az big fires ard
take care OF the horses. especially In
cold weather. The fremen. Gladys
says. are furnished with hot coffee a.
fires in cold weather. bu, the horses
Just nave to stand there in the snow
and ice without any hot coffee or other
nourshing refrcshment.
She May Visit Fire Houses.
Tho Fire Commissioner gave due and
serious consideration to the letter Of
GLADYS Freeman. lie wrote her to-day
that while he could not comply with her
request for n fire badge he would give
her permission to visit fire houses and
rnIng!e with the horses. She is now
the proud possessor of the official docu-
ment to that effect.
Up to a month ago Gladys lived In
Oscawana. y. y. where her father,
Waite. Freeman, owns a chemical
works. There Is nc fire department In
Oscawana. The day after she reached
New York Gladys passed the house of
Engine No. IS in Tenth street near
sixth avenue az the was re-
turning from u fire.
She Becomes : Buff"
She pat,ed the noses of the horses and
got acquainted with capt. ltuch and his
men. They introduced her to the com
pany mascots. a Dartot, II monkey and
n pair of coach dogs. Immediately Gladys
became u regular visitor to the fire
souse and her desire to become officially
associated viii the Fire Department,
took shape. She was told that Mr.
Waldo Is the head OF the department
and wrote to him without assistance
from anybody.
Gladys has n brother Daniel, eigh.
years old. lie does not share her am
billions in the direction of the Fire De
parement. Daniel aspiros to become 4
champion racing chauffeur.
The evening world., 1910-12-22
LION THE zoo
UNDER THE KNIFE
OF KEEPER SNYDER
Big Tumor Is Quickly Re
moved From the Half
Grown Hendrick Hudson.

Head Keeper Billy Snyder OF the Cen
trail Park Zoo perf6emed to-day a deli
cate operation upon Hendrick Hudson.
a lusty hsif-grown lion. with Under
Keeper Bob Hurton as his chief assist
ant, and a group of consulting sur
geons in the persons OF Keepers Sic
cher. Kennedy and Cunningham, he
successfully removed a huge tumor
from the animals neck in less than
thirty minutes without the use OF
chloroform or ether.
Hendrick Hudson was born fourteen
months Just before the Hudson
Fulton celebration-hence his name.
Billy Snyder raised Henry and his twin
sister. Miss Columbia. on the bottle.
Hendrick was as tame as a big kitten
until n few weeks ago. when an ugly
growth appeared IN the middle Of his
throat just below whore his adolescent
name Is sprouting. lie grew thin and
his coat lost Its gloss. His disposition
suffered. too. He moped by day and
howled by night until he became ex-
ceedlngly unpopular with the other reg
ular residents of the cat house.
Zoo Director Smith and Billy Snyder
decided yesterday that the lion must
either be killed or operated on. The
growth was evidently pressing upon tho
inner mechanisms, for he could hardly
swallow liquid food and is breathing
was bad.
Hid Head In Paws.
About 10 o'clock this morning the as
sembled keepers appeared outside his
cage. carrying knives. needles sur
gical supplies. Young Hendrick suspected
something. for he packed into the far
corner OF his cage and hid his head
In his paws.
Snyder and Hurton entered by way
OF the adjoining Gag which was empty.
In his hands Snyder held a catching
bag Of stout anvas mounted on O pole.
with a hoop 10 hoid the mouth OF the
sack open. Hendrick crouched and
snarled In terror. As he raised his
head Snyder nung the bag over 1t.
Hendrick fixed his jaws IN the canvas.
Before he could release his teeth liurtei,
had damned the bag we'll .ver his head.
munling him up, and snyder mad Fin
by the tail and was dragging him
across the iioor to the front OF the cage.
Working like mad from the outside.
the other three seized his paws AMI sr-
cured them to the bars with lashlnSs
OF tough half-inch rope. AS Hurton
jerked the lag ava Hendrick, for The
first time In his life, tried to bite his
best friend. HIS fangs snapped almost
In Snyder's face. An instant later Hur'
ton had flung a moose over his muzzi'
and ne was helplessly writing and
growing through his tied-up nouth.