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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-21
Philadelphia Faces Serious Conditions
on Account OF the Unrest of
the Members Of Labor
Unions.
ALL POLICE ON DUTY
City is Practically in State Of seise
Today and Street Fighting Is
of Common Occur
ance.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 21.-With
Ievery member OF t police force on
duty and the regulars augmented by
special deputies sworn in, this city is
practically in state of seige today.
Following the rioting of yesterday,
street fighting was resumed, when the
street car company, the employees OF
which are on strike, attempted to run
the cars today.
The police managed to break up all
of the fights. The big danger is of a
general strike. The local federated
union has intimated that if it is shown
that a general strike of all union men
will aid the workers in winning their
fight, it will be ordered. If called, It
will precipitate the most bitter labor
struggle since the strike of 1877.
There seems to be little chance of a
sudden termination of the strike.
| The attempted lynching of motor
man by mob in Kensington, shortly
after noon today resulted in the in
juring of forty rioters by police. who
rode down the mob in answer to two
riot calls. Sympathizers, angered by
/ the Importation of strike breakers, at
tackled the car. dragged the motorman
and conductor from their posts and
pulled the fur policemen guarding
them off the car. While a number
held the officers, others ran the motor
man to a lamp post, threw a rope
around his neck and were on the. point
Of lynching Sim, when he was rescued
by mounted policeman Lieutenant
Sykes.
Beaten until he was hardly able te
stand, the motorman pleaded with the
mob to spare his life. Sykes, in an
lswer to the first riot eall. came dash
4 ing around the corner, charged his
/ horse directly into the crowd and
swept it back. Grabbing the motor
man. he dragged him several hundred
feet by the coat collar and then hurled
him safely into cigar store.
The motorman, seriously injured
was taken to a hospital. The crowd
then attacked the conductor, dragged
! him to the sidewalk and trampled him
! into Inconsistencies. He, too, was re
moved to a hospital in serious condi
tion. The car was then attacked and
wrecked.
BY this time, the second riot cal
had been sounded and reserves
swooped down on the mob, injurins
forty of them, three of whom are sale
to be seriously hurt. Twenty arrests
were made.
Realizing the, futility of attempting
to run cars through this section of the
7 city, the transit company has ordered
all those cars into the Frankfor,
barns.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-21
Two Months Of Mayor ;aynor Gives
the Party Members the Cold
shivcrs Up Their
Backs.
CLUBS ARE DESERTED
Over Three Years Yet of Gaynor ane
No One Has the Courage to
Predict What viii
Happen.

NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-Political
stock-taking in Tammany hall after
two months of the administration of
Mayor Gaynor reveals condition in
that historic organization that bord-
ers on panic. What has been regard
ed as the most effective political ma
chine in the country is now face to
face with situation it has not known
before. The district clubhouses are
for the most part deserted. Many
Of the braves have stopped paying
dues, some because they have lost
their political positions and cannot
afford it, and others, in office, because
they can see no benefit to themselves
in contributing.
The district leaders who ordinarily
after the election Of Democratic
mayor would sit in state and send soi
those they wished to punish or re
ward, now sit all but alone in tne de
serted headquarters. The few who
keep them company are there in graft
tude for benefits received rather thar
in hope of favors to come.
Mayor Gaynor has three years ant
ten months more to serve. No Tam
many man cares to predict what thu
condition Of the organization will bs
at the expiration of his administra
tion. In some districts there is tall
Of closing headquarters for a tim,
or of getting cheaper rooms Th'
workers lsnewsit lis. going to be harde
than ever to sell tickets for chowde
| parties and district outings and it il
not unlikely that some of these func
tions will be abandoned this summer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-21
GIRO GRAND JURY
HAS BEEN DISCHARGED
Four Negroes on the List and a New
One Will Likely be Drawn
Soon.

CAIRO. H., Feb. 21.-ffhe Alexander
county grand jury was dismissed to-
day at the jurors request. The coun-
ty court then adjourned for two
weeks. The dismissal of the grand jury
followed a series of conferences be-
tween Judge Butler Adjutant General
Dixon and Sheriff Nellis and is be-
lieved to foreshadow the empanneling
of new one to probe the killing OF
Alexander Halliday. There We're four
negroes on the grand jury just dis
missed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-21
STOCK AND GRAIN
CARS ARE WANTED
Complaints in Iowa During Last Week
Were Mostly on Account of
Scarcity of Cars.
Especial to The Gate City. /

DES MONIES, Feb. 21.-The car
condition during the week ending Feb.
ruary Is has not yet been relieved as
much as it had been hoped Personal
investigation by the board developed
that the terminals were still congest-
ed in Chicago, due to the delay in east
ern lines in getting their eastern and
sea-board terminals relieved from the
congestion due to delayed export. This
has resulted, as is shown by reports
from all over the United States, in a
marked shortage of cars for all pur.
poses. This is felt especially severe
in Iowa in the movement of corn and
hogs. Tie condition of the corn in
Iowa demands its movement during
cold weather. This has resulted in an
extraordinary demand for cars for
such shipments. The price of hogs
has gone steadily and rapidly upwards
and this has resulted IN an extraordin-
ary demand for stock cars. AS con-
sequence the complaints in Iowa are
Que mainly to causes named.
Eighteen new cases we're filed with
the board this week: number of
them on account of failure to furnish
cars and delay in transit. others III
volved oyercharge both in freight and
in storage. The question Of train ser
vice in the Chariton-Indianola branch
was again brought to the attention Of
the board by a sixteen-foot petition
requesting passenger privileges on
freight trains
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-21
Sixty-Two Million Dollar Concern
Takes Over Four Of the Lines
on the South Division
of City
OTHER MERGER COMING
Final Details Leaves the Way Open
to Begin Negotiations for the
Consolidation Of Other
Lines.

CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-Final details
closing up the $62,0O0,OOO merger Of
the four street car companies in the
south division of the city have been
completed and the Chicago City and
Connecting railways becomes an ac-
cOmplished fact
The merger of the four companies
first was announced December 26, by
Ira M. Cobe. who engineered the DEAL
but number of matters were left un-
settled and the three trustees provided
for in the original agreement were not
named at the time control of the prop
critics passed out OF the hands of New
York financiers into the hands OF To-
cal capitalists.
NO change has been made in the per
sonnet of the board of directors as
Originally named, except that Thomas
b. Mitten steps out and his place is
taken by Harrison B, Riley, president
of the Chicago Title and Trust com
pany. The full board of directors,
which shall govern the policies Of the
trustees under the terms of the trust
agreement. is as follows:
James b. Forgan, John j. Mitchell
Samuel insult, John A. Spoor. Edward
Norris, Harrison B. Riley, E. X. Boi
sot, Ira M. Cobe.
Completion Of the final details OF
the merger leaves the way open to at
once begin negotiations for the merg
ling OF the Chicago Railways company
with the other combination, and this
will be undertaken at once. For the
last two months practically nothing
has been done in that direction, as
the promoters believed it desirable te
wind up the details of one merger be
! fore beginning on the other.
/ Although the original announcement
contained the information that the
new corporation would be capitalized
! at $62,O00,000 on per cent basis
That plan has been changed and there
VIII be no issues of preferred or com
mon shares at this time. There viii
be an issue of s22,O0000o per cen1
bonds, which will soon be placed OIL
the market. They already are under
written and some of them sold. The
4 S25,0OO,000 common shares, which
We're to be issued in exchange for the
present stock of the City Railways
company, will not be issued until {
plan can be worked out. This viii
leave the capitalization of the new
company at about the actual value o
tie properties as appraised by th,
city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-21
Resolutions Prepared Asking That the
Wreck Of the Rattleship be
Taken From the Harbor
Of Havana.
/, A NATIONAL DISGRACE
Representative sulzer Decries the
Fact That Nothing Has Been
Done About Taking the
Wreckage up.

NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-Midway in
its course, the Maine memorial SER
vice of the United Spanish War Vet
erans, held Sunday afternoon in Carn-
egie hall, turned into an enthusiastic
demonstration designed to influence
congress to raise the battle ship
Maine. BY rising vote, an audience,
which filed the hall, adopted reso-
luton condemning the spectacle Of
the rusted hulk of the ship and rot
ting bones Of its victims. abandoned
without sepulchre n alien waters" /"
and urging that congress enact leg
islation for ''the immediate removal Of
the wreck to our shores and the re-
covery of the remains of the unclaim-
ed victims for interment in the Ma
tional cemetery at Arlington
A copy of the resolution will be sent
to the president the vice president,
the secretary Of the navy and the
members of the senate and house of
representatives.
Representative William Sulzer of
New York, who has been trying to get
bill to raise the Maine through he
house for several years, was the chief
speaker at the meeting.
"Our dereliction in this matter he
said, sis little less than :" national dis
grace. 1t is becoming big black blot
on our boasted patriotism. Ifhave Of
ten been asked why congress refused
! ta mass this hill
Il can only say that do not know,
have never been given an adequate
reason for the delay. Perhaps some
people think she was bdown up from
the inside. and, by raising the wreck
if this should prove to be the case
we would stulify ourselves. But this
argument is too preposterous for con
sideration The board of inquiry that
made the investigation at the time
certified that the Maine was blown
up by an external explosion. But in
any event patriotic America is not
afraid of the truth"
Among the other speakers were
Joseph n. Choate, Rear Admiral Siss
bee, former captain of the Maine
and his chaplain at the time of the
disaster, Father John p Chidwick.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-21
Bricks Fell Over the Crowd Which
Was Fighting Sunday Morn
ing Blaze in Missouri g
Town.
WAS EXTENSIVE /.
Loss of $4,000 Sustained by Mer-
chants OF Fredericktown by
the Fire in the Busi-
ness Section.

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo-, Feb. 21.-
In a fire which destroyed the Keyes
and Schultz buildings at 2 o'clock Sum
day morning, four men lost their lives
and four others were injured by a
falling brick wall.
The dead are:
LEE BROCK, contractor.
WILLIAM HICKS, laborer.
EVERETT COWDEN, Springfield,
Mo.
CHARLES JOINER, colored. labor
er.
The injured:
Judge F. j. Parkin, shoulder and
arm hurt
Frank Kelley, leg broken and in
ternally injured.
John Ramey. Jr., arm broken and
side bruised.
James Blanton, bruised leg and arm.
The north wall Of the Keyes build
ing collapsed while volunteer firemen
were attempting to save Christopher's
drug store. The men who were kill
ed were buried under the debris. All
of the bodies were recovered.
The fire had Seen burning some
time before it was discovered and the
alarm given. 1t started in the rear
Of the Keyes building. 1t was thought
for time that the Anthony Schultz
building could be saved, but the fire
had made too much headway. The
loss is about $4,000.
| Freaericktown has only volunteer
| fire department and there was only a
meager water supply to fight the fire
Citizens left their homes when the
alarm was sounded and assisted the
firemen by organizing bucket brigades
The Schultz and Keyes buildings
were located on the southeast corner
of the city square. The merchants
who were burned out are: L. Bishop
linghoff, gents furnishing store; jobs
Mullersmas, meat market; Deguire's
barber shop; w. S. Thompson. meal
market; Klepsattle's tailor shop;
| Andrews lun chroom and Braden's
boxball alleys.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-21
EGYPTIAN OFFICER
WAS ASSASSINATED
Premier Of the Country Died From
Three Bullets inflicted by Assail
ant on Sunday.

CAIRO. Egypt. Feb. 21.-Boutros
Pasha, premier of Egypt, died today
from three bullet wounds inflicted
yesterday by Ibrahim Wardania. a
leading member of the society seek
ing Egyptian Independence through
terrorist methods.
Wardania heard the news of Bou-
tros' death with many expressions OF
pleasure declaring it was a. step to
ward Egyptian independence and that
he would gladly forfeit his life as the
price.
score OF alleged accomplices have
been arrested
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-21
UNKNOWN SHIP
GOES DOWN BELOW
All Of the Crew Supposed to Have
Perished Off the Coast of
Pen,brokeshire.

LONDON, Feb. 21.-An unknown
three-master sank off the Pembroke
shire coast and there is little doubt
that all of the crew were lost A life
boat put off from the schooner, but
was dashed to pieces on the rocks.
The barque, supposed to be the
Hohenzollern, which was lost in Dun
moreley bay, proves to have been the
italian ship Ciampa. Her crew OF
twenty was lost.
A number OF other minor wrecks are
being reported along the coast.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-21
American Wins.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 21-Johnny
Coulon, champion bantamweight of
the world, gained the decision over
Jem Kendrick, champion OF England,
at the conclusion Of their fight before
tie Royal Athletic club. In the early
stages of the bout it was all in favor
Of the Englishnlan, but from the sew
enth round Coulon forced the fighting.
When the BOYS were weighed in, neith-
er one moved the beam at 112 pounds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-21
Man crenatsd When Home BUNS.

GALESBURG, ILL.,. Feb. 21.-The
home of Edward Tracy, so years old,
was destroyed by fire and in clear
ing away the ruins the firemen found
the body of Tracy He was an invet-
crate smoker and it is thought he may
have set fire to the house while light
ing his pipe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-21
Weather Conditions.

Since Saturday the storm center
has passed from Utah to the lower
lake region, with rain or snow in its
path from the Mississippi valley to
the Atlantic coast, and rising tenn
perature over the O stern and south
ern portions Of the country.
A depression has been left in the
central mountain region, which Is att
tended by snow in Utah, Montana ald
the Dakotas, and another depression,
accompanied by high temperature IS
showing on the western gulf.
The temperature although some
what higher in the upper Missouri
Wiley, remains below zero, with q
field of hi, pressure to the north Of
Montana and the Dakotas.
Conditions indicate snow for this
section tonight or Tuesday, and some
what lower temperature tonight
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-21
Quincy Man Kills Self.

QUINCY, H., Feb. 21-While de-
spondent over long siege of illness
Lewis j. Ryan. a molder. aged 81
years. committed suicide Sunday by
cutting his throat with razor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-21
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity: Snow to-
night or Tuesday, Colder tonight
For Illinois: Partly cloudy tonight
and Tuesday. Colder tonight.
For Iowa: Snow tonight or Tues.
day. Warmer extreme west portion
tonight
For Missouri: Snow tonight or
Tuesday. Colder east portion tonight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-21
Local observations.

Feb Bar.Ther. Wind Weather
90 I pm. % 81 30 n LIT snow
81 Z am. so, 16 II n Cldy
Rainfall for past "a hours, "a hun
dredths.
Mean temperature. so
Maximum temperature, s..
Minimum temperature. IS.
FRED 2. GOsEwfSCTI,
Observer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-12-21
1.-TWO SIMPLE MADE-OvERS
Tailored Shirtwalsts Are Easily Made
Over for House Wear In
Morning.

Did you know that you could make
over your old tailored shirtwaists for
house wear in the morning? Cut out
the neck at the collarband and the
sleeves at the cuffs. Supply instead
plain percale low collars and turn
back cuffs of some contrasting color.
Cut off also the skirt sections which
are usually torn by pinning and sup.
ply a belt of the percale. This belt
will fasten over the skirt; thus, all
you will need to complete your toilet
when dressing hurriedly in the morn.
ing will be a pin to hold your collar
closed.
Another made-over is the apron
which was originally lingerie blouse.
Use the front, cutting bib Of one
sleeve and tie-ends of the other. The
back will make the belt and face the
lower edge. With little ribbon-run
beading and lace ruffie, here Is an
apron you will not be ashamed to
pour tea or do embroidery in.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-12-21
How He Lost His Job.

"Mr. Nossitt," said the new man,
who had been engaged as a literary
adviser in the publicity department Of
the railway. ut seems to me that when
we designate man as travelling pas.
senger agent, we are Pathological, at
the least"
I'VE are what?" asked the superior.
Pathological. What does a travel
Ing passenger agent do?"
HE goes around and gets people to
ride over our lines, of course"
Yes. He gets passengers. Why
call him a travelling passenger agent?
OF necessity, passenger must be
travelling passenger"
"How's that?"
u say passenger must be a travel
ing one or he isn't any good to US
In fact, he cannot be a passenger at
all. A passenger is some one who
travels. The statement that we send
out an agent to get travelling passen.
gers is absurd on the face of 1t, and"
You may convert yourself into q
travelling passenger to the street, with
stop-over at the cashiers office long
enough to get what is due you to
date" snorted the superior, whiriine
back to his desk.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-12-21
MAKE CANDY AT HOME
SOME SIMPLE RECIPES FOR
WHOLESOME SWEETS.
How to Make Delicious Chocolate
Caramels, Peanut Nougat, Cocoanut
Creams, Sweet Popcorn, old-Fash-
ioned Molasses Candy.

Chocolate Caramels.-Two table
spoonfuls of butter, one-half cup OF
milk, one-half cup Of sugar, one cup
OF molasses, four squares of chocolate,
one cup of walnut meats broken In
fine pieces.
Put butter in porcelain saucepan
and when melted add milk, sugar and
molasses. When these are at the boil
ing point add chocolate, finely grated,
and cook until brittle when tried In
cold water. stir often to prevent mix
ture from sticking to pan. Remove
from the fire, beat four times, and
then put I'm the nuts and two tea
spoonfuls of vanilla and turn Into a
buttered pan. When cold cut In
squares and wrap each In parafiin
paper.
Peanut Nouqat.-One pound Of su'
gar and one quart of shelled peanuts.
Chop the nuts fine, and sprinkle them
with little table salt. Put the sugar
In a smooth granite saucepan, and
when 1t is on the fire stir constantly
until melted to syrup. taking care
to keep the sugar from hardening on
the sides of the pan. Add the nuts,
stirring them well through the sugar,
and pour at once into warm, but
tered tin and mark the squares. The
sugar must be taken from the fire
the moment It is melted or this candy
will not be q success
Cocoanut Creams.-Two cups OF
sugar, two-thirds cup of milk, two tea
spoonfuls of butter. one-half cup OF
shredded cocoanut, one-half teaspoon
full of vanilla. Put butter in gran
ite saucepan: when melted add sugar
and milk Heat to boiling point and
stir until sugar Is dissolved and then
boil gently twelve minutes; remove
from fire, add cocoanut and vanilla
and beat until creamy and mixture
begins to sugar slightly around edges
of saucepan. Pour them into a but
tered pan, cool slightly and mark off
in diamonds.
Pralines.-One and seven-eighths
cups of powdered sugar, one cup of
maple syrup, one-half cup Of cream,
two cups of hickory nuts or pecan
meats, cut in pieces. Boil first three
things until. when tried in cold wa
ter, soft ball forms. Remove at
once from fire and beat until creamy;
add nuts and drop from tip of spoon
in small blobs on buttered paper
Old Fashioned Molasses Candy
Two cups of Porto Rico molasses,
two-thirds cup of sugar, three table
spoonfuls of butter, one tablespoonful
of cider vinegar. An iron or copper
kettle with round bottom is best for
making this. Put butter in, place
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-12-21
KEEPING TRACK OF FREIGHT
Ingenious Method Which Enables
Shippers to Follow Every Move
ment of Goods.

An ingenious method of tracing
every movement of freight shipment
has been invented.
The tracer consists Of red cover,
q little larger than a post card, In
which are number of perforated
post cards which can be torn out. Each
tracer has its individual number. The
shipper fills out the blanks on its
first page with the number of the car
containing the shipment and other
data, and also with any instructions
that be wishes to give agents along
the route.
The tracer is turned, over to the
agent at the point of origin, who iills
out blanks showing when the ship
ment started. Then he sends the
tracer on by railroad mail to the agent
at the next big city or division point,
or to the junction where the shipment
is turned over to another line.
When the agent there sends the
shipment on, he makes record of the
transaction, with the date and hour
on blank attached to the tracer and
a carbon sheet makes the same rec
ord on a postal card, which is num-
bered No. 1, and also bears the tracer
number This post card is then torn
out and mailed back to the shipper,
who files 1t. The tracer itself goes on
to the next division point, where the
agent makes the same sort of a rec
ord, mailing the post card back to the
shipper, and so on until the delivery
Is recorded on the tracer itself. The
tracer then is mailed either to the
shipper or consignee.
II there are indications Of damage
to the shipment at any point they are
noted by the agent at the time he re-
ceives the shipment on the post card
which he mails back to the shipper,
who thus can tell on what line the in
jury is done.
1t is asserted that the tracer is inval-
liable not only in keeping the shipper
in close touch with his freight, so that
he can tell Immediately If there is any
unnecessary delay, and II so, where 1t
is, but the post cards also give him a
history of the shipment as it goes for
ward, which will aid greatly in set
ting claims and save a great amount
of correspondence.