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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
Ceiling of Old Erie Tunnel Comes
Down With Crash Upon Party
of Men at Work in
the Place
TEN OTHERS INJURED
Big Ledge of Stone Peeled Off the
Roof Like Wall Paper and
Crushed the Men to
Death.

NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-At least
nine laborers were killed outright
and ten others were injured in the col
lapse of an overhanging shoulder of
rock from above the western mouth
OF the old Erie tunnel, which con-
meets the Erie terminal In Jersey
City with it's westward division.
OF the known dead, four were Amer
leans, three We're unidentified and
two were foreigners. The Americans
dead are.
JAMES FERRHAN, 60 years old.
FRED SHUVER, 20 years old.
WILLIAM HALLISEY, 2S years old.
JOSEPH BOWMANN, 19 years old.
For several years the Erie has been
working at the gigantic task of carv-
ing an open cut for its passenger
trains through the solid rock of Ber-
gen HILL which in some spots Is 800
feet high. The cut was opened for
travel not long ago, but there still
remains the task of hewing common
portal for the old tunnel and the new
cut of the ledge where they will meet
west of the boulevard 1T was there
that the fall came.
A wall Of rock from to 10 feet
thick still separates the two sets of
tracks. and eight sets Of drills were
pounding away at it Sunday. Their jar
loosened strip of rock 40 feet wide
and 20 feet high. 1t peeled. off like
wall paper and toppled unawares into
the spot where the men were tear
ing down brickwork at the mouth of
the old tunnel Instantly they were
buried under mass of debris and
hidden in clouds Of dust.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
Dies Of Broken Heart Because Of
the Passing Away Of His Wife
Short Time
Ago.
BECAME A MILLIONAIRE
Had One of the Most Remarkable Ca
rers in the Commercial History
OF Country and Rose From
Poverty.

DEKALB, Ill. Sept. 12.-Colonel
Isaac L. Ellwood. "the barbed wire
king" died here last night at $40
o'clock from stroke of paralysis sus-
tanned nine weeks ago and superin-
duced by grief over the death of his
wife. He was II years of age.
The end had been expected and all
the members of his family were pres
ent. His physicians abandoned all
hope at Z o'clock, when he lapsed in
to unconsciousness.
Colonel Ellwood's death marks the
close of one of the most extraordinary
careers in the commercial history OF
the country. He was man who rose
from poverty and humble circum
stances to wealth, great dignity in his
community and political power be
cause he was possessed from birth OF
a genius for salesmanship.
At time when the middle west
was famous for it's auctioneers, Isaac
Ellwood was the most successful o.
them all. 1t was said Of him that IL
his prime he could sell anything thai
the buyer could carry away.
1t was at the time when Ellwoot
was at his best as a salesman tha
| Joseph Glidden invented the barbet
wire fence. Glidden could not have
sold So gold pieces; Ellwood coult
not have invented toothpick, but th'
two got together, Glidden as th'
manufacturer and Eliwood as tn
salesman, and the result was tn
/ criss-crossing of continent with wir
| of that sort and the building up of
fortune estimated in the millions. !
Is said that in his lifetime the Ell
wood factories turned out enougl
barbed wire to girdle the world fift
| times
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
MASKED BANDITS
HELD UP AUTOS
Three Citizens Held up and Forced
to Dsgorge Money and
JeweIry.

PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y, Sept. 12.-
Masked bandits, working with free
dom of manner that would have done
Jesse James and his band proud, to-
day held up three prominent Pough-
keepsie residents at the point OF re
volvers and stripped them of much
jewelry, $500 in cash and valuable
papers.
One Of them shot three time at one
of the autoists who resisted search,
narrowly missing him. The robbers
leaped out from behind trees. waving
red lanterns and the autoists stopped
thinking that there was an ohstruc-
tion.
When the autos stopped, one rob.
ber searched the party while the
other two stood by. The robbers
made their escape in the woods.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
Tom Baldwin Files in His Aeroplane
Against Heavy Breeze Rather
Than pisappont the
Crowd.
TWO MEN GRAZED
Aviator Had Not the Slightest Trou-
BILE but a Couple of Spectators
Received Souvenir
Marks.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 12.--Although his
friends begged him to wait for calm
er air, Capt Thomas S. Baldwin look
ed for moment at the eager crowd
of $4,000 people around the temporary
aviation field on North Broadway,
climbed into his aeroplane and shot
away in wind that blew in fitful
twenty -mile-an-hour gusts yesterday,
at p. m, The crowd did not realize
the risk he ran until he landed at the
feet of several thousand people, be-
fore making complete circuit of the
course.
I. After the wind hazard had been
slightly reduced, Baldwin made first
two, then one and finally two com
plete circuits of the course, landing
each time in front of the aeroplane
hangers and running on the ground
almost to the very doors. The first OF
these flights was made at $40, the
second at 6 p. M and the third at
sos, the final landing being at 6:07
p. m.
Although Baldwin and his aero
plane went through the flights with
out a scratch or a broken wire, two
men on the field were not unscathed
Sergt. Charles N. Appel Company G
First Regiment, National Guard, OF
Missouri, was struck by the aero
4 plane just as it lifted from the
/ ground on the first flight. He avert
1 ed a serious accident to himself ane
Baldwin by throwing himself on his
face. The aeroplane passed over him
the skid on the tail grazing his back
George S. Johns, one of the com
mitteemen, was looking the othel
way when the guardsmen were swing
ing the biplane around in position
| for flight, and the sharp corner O
an aileron projecting beyond the
main planes struck him on the righ
cheek and left red, broad ova
scratch.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
Newspaper Wants Rooseve - ) Make
Public the Campaign 9 8 ,nses
and Receipts for or
1904. &
MONEY FROM 'RUsTs
Charges That the Trusts, National
Banks and Railroads Furnished
Big Percent Of the
Money.

NEW YORK, Sept 12.-Quoting at
length from the speeches of Colonel
Roosevelt at Ossawatomie. Kas., Aug
ust 81, The World, today editorially
demands that the colonel make public
the receipts of the national campaign
Of 1904.
1T is necessary that laws should
be passed to prohibit the use of cor.
ruption funds. directly or indirectly
for political purposes. 1t is particu.
larly important that all moneys spent
for campaign purposes should be pub
licly accounted for not only after, but
before election as we'll.
In the campaign Of 1904 the World
submitted to you ten questions that
s|ent to the very heart of your stew
ardship. Lest you have forgotten
them, we reprint them:
How much has the beef, paper
coal. sugar, oil, tobacco, steel, insur
ance trusts, national banks and si1
great railroad trusts contributed ts
Mr., Cortelyou? Your 1904 campaign
fund has never been accounted for ex
eept from fragmentory facts"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
Boxes Containing $50 Pounds of Gold
Were Found to Contain Pigs Of
Lead When They Were
Opened.
COMING FROM ALASKA
,naots Were Sent From the Yukon
Mines to Seattle and S57,5oo of
Shipment, Has Dis
appeared.

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 12.-Gold
bullion valued at $57, 5000, part of a
consignment of $4,000 from the
Washington-Alaska Bank OF Fairbanks
to the Dexter-Horton National Bank of
Seattle on the ship Humboldt. was
stolen In transit.
Lead was substituted in the strong
box which contained tno portion OF
the gold.
Discovery of the theft was announc-
ed today. The stolen gold weighed
$50 pounds. When it left Fairbanks
/ on Yuaon River steamer for Daw,
/ son and White Horse, the gold was
contained in three wooden boxes and
was In the care Of the Alaska Pacific
Express Company.
a When the boxes were opened by the
FCanadian customs officers at Dawson
4 the golden bars we're found to be as
4 stated in the express company's
u papers
The boxes were opened again al
4 the United States Assay Office In
"A DGdlLlS fIludN Hf,t3H go llS tutil
] was discovered One contained pigs
] OF lead instead of gold. The seals oi
the boxes were intact when they reach
ed the assay office, and it was evi
dent the robbery had been committed
on board ship.
The gold was insured against loss
by the express company. The boxe.
were received at the; assay offies
Thursday morning and remained
there until the agents OF the consignet
arrived in Seattle next day TO checl
up the ingots. The supposed gold wa:
stolen on the Yukon steamer between
Dawson and White Horse or on ths
steamer Humboldt between Skagwa.
and this port. 1t is not customar.
on gold shipments to take elaborate
precautions against robbery. Detec
tiyes working on the matter say the.
have no clew.
4 The robbery is like one four year
a ago, when $4,000 consigned to Seattl
z by the Washington-Alaska Bank O
Fairbanks, over the Yukon River
4 Skagway route, was stolen from
4 wooden strong box, lead being sui
4 stituted. That theft was COMMITTEES
by Bobby Miller, night watchman o.
Tanana River steamer, which wa
carrying the gold from Fairbanks t
the Yukon steamer that was to conve
/ 1t to Fairbanks.
Miller concealed the gold In hi
stateroom, got 1t back to Fairbank
and secreted 1t so well that after hi
arrest on suspicion the owners of tn
bullion were glad to make terms wit
him
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
Candidates Save Women From Burn,
ing to Death In Blazing Build
Ing and Become
Heroes.
HALos FOR TWO MEN
Opposition Candidates VIII Probably
Now Charge That Heroes Set
the Building on
Fire.

CHICAGO, Sept. 12.-Candidates
for public offices have resorted to
many shades and grades of heroics to
gain the spotlight. One recently ad
opted donkey as his vehicle of trans
portation. Another prevented man
from committing suicide by giving
him a $40 bill. Still another held a
baby for a mother who didn't come
back
But yesterday two prospective
statesmen blossomea out as full
fedged heroes. They braved fire
and rescued three women-one bed
ridden-from probable suffoeation, If
not cremation,
And they won't have to spread the
news themselves, for the women were
so happy and grateful that they prom
ised to canvass the districts and ap-
peal to the women-who tell their
husbands how to vote-to elect the
two candidates who risked their lives
to save three women,
The "haloed'' candidates are Ches'
ter w. Church, republican, who
wants to be representative from the
eleventh district, and DR.. William H.
Reid, who is seeking the republican
nomination for senator
The women who will become her
aids OF the hero stunt are Mrs. An
ma Kimball, Miss May Taylor and
Miss Emma Crofott, all Of whom live
at 344 West Sixty-third street
The two candidates were at the
julien Hotel, Stewart avenue ano
Sixty-third street, when they saw
Ching Ton dash out of his laundry
below the Kimball fat and yell the
Chinese for Fire!
DR.. Reid and Mr., Church dashed
through dense smoke up the stairs
and found Mrs. Kimball sick in bed at
| tended by the two girls, all unaware
of their peril. Reid led the two girls
TO safety, while Church became, fol
the nonce ladies maid" and partl!
dressed Mrs Kimball. Then Reid re
turned and the two carried the won
an from the building.
"They certainly played the role o
heroes" said Mrs. Kimball. Had W.
been left in the fiat there Is no tell
1 ing what would have happened to us,
/ Ching Tons laundry was destroyed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
Dr.. crippen May be Acquitted Be
cause of the Way the Coroner
Had to Handle the
Remains.
INQUEST rs RESUMED
Mrs. crIppen Had Dream Just Be.
fore Christmas Which May Have
Been Warning
Prophecy.

LONDON, Sept. 12,-Because an I'M
dertaker and the morgue keeper
were compelled to use enormous
quantities of carbolic acid to counter
act the odors of decaying flesh while
removing the body from the cellar Of
the Crippen home. the aeEuittal of
DR., H. n. Crippen may follow.
When the inquest was resumed to-
day, Attorney Newton grilled the un-
dertaker and morgue keeper with a
series of sharp questions. He tried to
show that they shoveled the remains
into box, taking little care to sep
arate stones and dirt. They admitted
that there was a great deal of acid
used and said they had used it in or
der to approach the place.
Newton hopes by this testimony
to prove that poison did not cause
the death of the woman and that the
analysist could not reach such con-
clusion.
Miss May, secretary of the Music
Hall Guild told Of the disappearance
of Belle Elmore, as Mrs. Crippen was
known. Early in January, before Mrs
Crippen disappeared she told her of a
dream she had at Christmas time. II
! it Mrs. Crippen told of imagining
| that she was being strangled by the
! doctor.
Miss May told Of hearing Mrs. Grip
pen had died in California and asked
4 the doctor about it. Because she fail
I ed to get any details of the cause o
death, she wrote to Crippen's son il
Los Angeles, asking him to write
her about the death. In reply she re
ceived a letter that the report of the
death was as much of > surprise tt
him as to anyone else. He had frs
learned of the matter from his f.th
er he said. The letter stated tha
Mrs. Crippen had died in San Fran
cisco.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
Weather Conditions.

An area of moderately low pressure
has passed eastward through the CEN
trail valleys, which was accompanied
by decided rise of temperature from
the Missouri river to the lakes, fol-
lowed by showers; the heaviest falling
at Des Moines.
field of high pressure, with low
temperature, is moving from the north
west to the plateau region, and freez-
ing temperature is reported in Mon
tana and the Dakotas.
Conditions indicate generally fair,
cooler weather for this section TO-
ngiht and Tuesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
THE EUCHARISTIC
CONGRESS ENDS
Visitors Who Came to See Sunday
Parade, Could Not Find Beds
to sleep In.

MONTREAL. Sept, 12.-Reports re-
ceived today from the various hos
pitals state that none OF the many In
jured during -esterday's demonstra-
ton closing the Eucharistio congress,
will die, The congestion in the city
is being slowly relieved.
Or the 100000 who saw yesterdays s
procession, more than half the visit
ors were compelled to walk the streets
all night, many with nothing to eat,
That there was not a heavy casualty
list Is considered miraculous
The majority of the church dignit'
aries will leave the city in few days
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
TWO KILLED
IN THE WRECK
Special Train of Soldiers Was Struck
BY Big Four at an Early
Hour.

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 1.-TWO
were killed and score injured in a
collision between Big Four pas
senger and special at East Bright
wood, a suburb of indianapolis, early
today
Big -Four train No struck spec
ial from Louisville carrying the First
Kentucky regiment to the army man
euvers at Fort Ben Harrison. The
wreck was caused by an open switch.
The dead are:
EDWARD G. ICKE, of Anderson.
SAMUEL DENMORE, of Indianap-
oils.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
CLUB MAN BROWNS
IN TIE LAKE
Fell From Yacht When 1t Gave a
Lurch, While Returning From
Outing.

CHICAGO, Sept. 12.-.Albert w.
King, a prominent contracting engi-
neer, member of the South Shore
Country Club and the Columbia Yacht
club was drowned in the lake early
today.
King, accompanied by his son,
George and w E. Newton We're re-
turning in Kings yacht from clam
bake at the South Shore club. King
was standing on the deck of the lit
tie craft when a sudden lurch threw
him overheard.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
Madison is Horne

DODGE CITY, Kan, Sept 12-That
Representative ID. H. Madison had no
intention of attending the meeting Of
the Ballinger Pinchot investigation
committee in Chicago, is evident. He
arrived here from Minneapolis and in
sists that any action taken by the com
mittee will be Illegal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
BRIsTOW HAS
LOVE FOR CANNON
That is, He Thinks More of Him
Than for Those Who Deserted
Him.

GRAND JUNCTION. Colo. Sept. r.
ST have more liking and respect
for Uncle Joe Cannon than have Tor
the friends who have deserted him.
II they want to receive the benefits
of insurgency, let them come out In
the open for 1t.
U. 8. Senator Bristow who is to
speak for the Colorado Insurgents
thus voiced his opinions today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
Iowa Mother,s conoress.

DES MONIES, Ia. Sept. 12.-The
fifth biennial meeting of the Iowa
Mothers Congress will be held in this
city November 1st and End. A pro-
gram of addresses will be arraigned
by the local board at the head of
which Is Mrs. B. f. Carroll. wife of
the governor. 1t is expected number
of prominent speakers from outside
the city will also be here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
EnoIish | at,or lJpis,ns

SHEFFIELD, Sept 12--Nothing less
than the return to the tax levying
privileges. enjoyed before the decision
of the Osborn case, will satisfy the
English labor union declared James
Hafflin at the opening today of the
labor conference. Today's conference
is the most largely attended in the
history of the labor movement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
Election in Maine

PORTLAND, Me, Sept 12-With an
enormous poll cast during the early
hours of the day, the result of the cleo
tion is in doubt. The republicans de-
clare their ticket is in no danger and
that Gov Vernon will be elected, and
that each of che four districts viii re-
turn republican congressman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12

BOSTON, Sept. 12.-With President
Taft as one of the honorary pail bear
ers, funeral services over the body of
LLOYD Wheat Bowers, late solicitor
general of the United States, We're
held here today at the Hotel Touraine,
where Mr.. Bowers died on Friday last.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
rennla championesses

DELMONTE, Cal, Sept. 12.-May
Sutton and Hazel Hotchkiss, former
and present national ladies tennis
champions, announce today that they
will tour Europe together next season
challenging the world in women 3
doubles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
Chinese Have War.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12.--After
an interval of several days, war in
Chinatown broke out anew today and
two Chinese were shot, one fatally.
Thirty Chinaman fought with reyolv-
ers 1t was some time before the
noliae ouieted thes
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
POISONED WIVES
FOR THE INSURANCE
Carl Badsing is Charged With Murder
of Second Wife Who
Died.

CHICAGO, Sept. 12.-Carl Badsing,
who has been held by the police for
two weeks pending an investigation
of the mysterious death OF his wife,
was formerly charged with murder to-
day. His former wife also died under
peculiar conditions and the police be
lieve both women we're poisoned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
THE WEATHER.

(Until 7 p. m. Tuesday,
For Keokuk and vicinity: Gener-
ally fair tonight and Tuesday. Cooler
tonight.
For illinois; Partly cloudy tonight
and Tuesday. Colder tonight.
For Iowa: Generally fair tonight
and Tuesday. Cooler tonight with
frost in exposed places.
For Missouri: Partly cloudy and
colder tonight Tuesday generally
fair.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
ACROSS CONTINENT
ON HIS MOTORCYCLE
cycIlst Finishes His Trip After q
Days From the Golden
Gate.

NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-After riding
from San FTansico to this city on a
motor cycle In 2S days and 8 hours,
VIM. Stress of San Francisco took a
spin down to Long Island at noon to,
day and presented to Mayor Gaynor,
a letter from the mayor of San Fran
cisco.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
IS FIFTH CITY
IN AMERICA
Population Of Boston is Given Out
and There Are e7o,5s5 People
There.

WASHINGTON. Sept, 12.--The cen
sas bureau has announced that the
lslo population OF Boston is 67o 5sE
which Is an increase since 1900 OF
80 per cent. Boston failed to over,
axe her rival, st. Louis which show
% population of 6S7,029.
boston remains the fifth city in
America.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
CHICAGO USED
THE MAILS FREELY
Reported Larger Recelpts Than New
York City, For the First
Time.

WASHINGTON Sept 12.-For the
first time in the history of the post
office department, Chicago has re-
ported postal receipts in excess to
New York.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-12
Daily River Bulletin.
Local observations.

Sept. Bar. Their. Wind. Weather.
II Z pm. - 20 SO 10 s Clear
70 Z am. j.. 30.06 10 w Cldy
Rainfall for past "a hours, 81 hun
dredths.
Mean temperature, Sept IL, 70.
Maximum temperature, "a.
Minimum temperature, 81.
Minimum temperature, Sc.
River Forecast.
The river will remain nearly SEA
tionary.
FRED e, GoSEWIsCH,
Observer,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-06-01
The Annual Fourth of July killing.

1t may surprise many a citizen 70
know that a very rational and earn
est movement against the use of fire.
works on Independence Day is now
in its seventh year; nor is it univer~
sally realized among us how many Of
our children have, by reason of these
yearly celebrations, suffered the most
cruel death known to medical science.
Were any such emotion possible in
the English breast, that of satisfac-
ton for the losses and humiliations
endured by England in the war for
ndependcnce-at least so far as hu-
man life is concerned-could hardly
be more thoroughly justified; for, TAX
ing no account whatever Of our ma
tional losses Of many decades past,
but only of those incurred in the last
metropolis alone, we find that 1889
have been killed and injured-more
than the casualties in the Revolution
ary battles of Lexington, Bunker Hill,
Fort Mouitric, White Plains, Fort
Washington, Monmouth, and Cowpens
combined. Nor have these losses been
among fighting men. but rather
among little children; and Of the lat
ter wounded on independence Day
many that have not died have never
theless been dreadfully manned and
dishgured for life.-From "IndepenG-
cnce Day-The Modern MOlOch," by
John Il. Huber, NJ. d., in the Ameri-
can Review of Reviews for June.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-06-01
Concrete on the Farm.

An instructive bulletin just issued
by the Department of Agriculture
tells how farmers may construct their
own fence posts out Of concrete. The
bulletin says:
eff manufactured as usual and cur
ed for three months. concrete posts
are as good as the best wooden posts
OF the same size. After three years
service wooden posts possess only
from onc-third TO Onc-halt of their
original strength, whereas, concrete
grows stronger with age and needs no
repairs. for neither weather nor fire
Injuries H. Under ordinary circum-
stnces. good concrete posts will last
forever; and even IL few. i'm tho
course of years. should he broken 10y
unusual strains, II is cheaper 20 re-
place these than To- replace an entire
fen;c Of dccayed wooden posts with
posts Of material with the same lack
OF durability.
Concrete posts are attractive in
appearance because of their uniform
ity Of size and color and. because OF
their durability. they effect a saving
I'm giving greater lift To the fencing
material used. SO that the permanent
value OF the property is increased"
Full instructions for making con
crete posts are given and the bulletin
can be had from tho department foI
the asking.