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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-06-29

Ill Sss N
iALES OF THE Town
TOLD i'm FEW LINES
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Pencil. Stubs Picked Up At
Random.
Select Stationery in pound, Box Pa
pers and Tablets. Holidays Book
Store.
Americas continues the 'peachiest"
town in the South. If you don't be-
LEV it, visit the half dozen great or
chards and packing plants here.
The game planned here for Monday
morning next, Julp 4th, is about the
only one of any particular interest 70
local fans in the near future.
Everybody can enjoy the peaches
here now. So abundant are they that
the luscious fruit is being peddled up
on the streets at 10 cents per basket.
No, Pearline; fishing in the deep
holes along that wornout Cotton av-
enue pavement is not barred by law,
but the chasms are too deep.
Americas will be courteously allow
ed to take TIE morning game here
Monday. the other aggregation caring
only for the evening anne at home.
Both DAILY and Nunnally, of the
Champs team, at at Decatur, Ala, and
it is matter of doubt if they will
return here very soon.
1t is quiet at the courthouse now,
until some unwary victim drops in and
quoting the truth is forced to 'liqui-
date" the thirsty horde.
Americus will suspend business on
Monday next, the Glorious, and spend
the greater part of the day, as usual,
raking chestnuts for others.
If the cotton crop here proves
failure the Lay crop will be bumper
one, judging by the fields of cotton
and grass about Americas.
The weather man predicts another
shower today In fact, has not switch
ed from that fixed prediction for sim
gle day since June 5th.
Work upon the Allen-Hawkins
building las progressed to the sec
ond floor, and with two weeks of fair
weather the roof would be put on.
1t is a settled fact no what all of
the legislative aspirants are not yet
on the track Other dark steeds are
champing the bit in the bushes.
Americas is enjoying all the COM
forts of life in a lump, as along with
peaches comes the cantaloupe and
wagon loads Of watermelons.
1t requires an effort this time to
provoke Hoke-Joe argument among
the unemployed, while busy people
care really little about it.
Every success is wished that bill Ia
the legislature which will put Muck
alec bridge and the slick hill beyond
it outside the city limits.
Ten car loads peaches We're shipped
from Americas orchards yesterday to
the Northern markets. And 1t means
good returns to the shippers.
The comet has disappeared, but We
still have Buzzards' Roost and that
cave-punctured Cotton avenue side
walk among our curlosities.
now playing here must have been
bunch of discarded meteors. Certain
is it, the fire is out of them.
The heat here must be something
terrific. Even the bridge" has been
scorched over, while the fortyword
dominoes are all freckled.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
NAN PATTERSON
WAS MARRIED
Has Been Mrs. Prescott since Oct.
"a, But News Has Just
Leaked Out.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. 9.-Mrs.i
Nan e. Martin of Washington, for.
merly Nan Patterson, a show girl,
was married October "a at st. Paul
by Court Commissioner Dallick to
Can't. Summer Prescott, young
Marinette manufacturer, head OF the
Prescott Manufacturing company at
that time, but who since his marriage
has left the city where he was
brought up to seek his fortune IN the
west. The marriage was so quietly
solemnized that it was not until to-
day that his friends learned of it and
announced that the young woman,
whom he met during mysterious
absence last summer, was the New
York show girl who was tried and
acquitted of the murder Of Caesar
Young, clubman.
Prescott disappeared last summer
and was gone several months. HIS
business affairs were badly tangled,
ii was supposed by friends, and re.
ceiyer was placed in charge. The re-
ceiyer had barely discovered that
prescotts business was in the best ol
shape, when the head OF the com
pany returned, drove the courts OF
| fcers out of the plant and resumed
possession. 1t is now believed thai
| while absent Prescott met Mrs
/ Martin.
Capt Prescott was commander o
The Marinette company which served
j in the wisconsin regiment in Port'
Rico during the Spanish war In tht
company were many young Marinett'
men of wealth
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
CITY PROVIDES
SKATING RINK
Dubuque City Council Believes Il
Showing the People Good
Time.

DUBUQUE, Dec. 9-The city com
Gil of Dubuque voted to establish a
free municipal skating rink and coast
ing grounds The rink will be located
in the harbor, which is within fige
minutes walk of the business center
of the city. The ice will be kept IN
condition, shaved, flooded and free
from now, and the crowds will be
under police supervision, light viii
be maintained and there will be
shanties where the skaters may 20
to adjust their skates and get warm
special council committee, acting
under the chief of police, will have
charge of the coasting grounds. Bear
tiIul hills will be selected where
3asters may enjoy themselves wltn
out danger and always with proper
police supervision.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
CHARRED FINGERS
POINT TO JAIL
Two Years In Penitentiary for Man
Who Set Fire to Store IN
Missouri Town.

CALIFORNIA, Mo-, Dec. 9.-Two
badly mutilated fingers found In 'he
ruins OF a burned store at Upton, MO.
nine months ago caused the convlc-
tion Of Gustave F. Steinkraus In the
circuit court here on the charge OF
arson. He was sentenced to serve
two years in the penitentiary
In March Of this year store con-
Quoted by Steinkraus and Davia
Greer was burned Suspicion that the
fire was of incendiary origin was
not aroused until detectives employ
ed Inv an insurance company found
two mutilated fingers in the rulas-
An investigation followed and it was
learned that on the night of the hfe
Greer had been injured and lost Two
fingers. The arrest Of the two moa
followed. Greer also faces a charge
of arson.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
MACOMB Man
KILLED BY AUTO
George w. Keithiy, Aged Citizen, Was
Run Down and Passed Away in
HosIptal From In
Iuries.
SKULL WAS FRACTURED
Man Was Picked Up From Under tne
Machine and Taken to Hos
pitaI But Was Fatal
ly Hurt.

MACOMB, H., Dec. 9.-George w.
Keithley, an aged citizen of Macomb,
was reported dead early this morning
in a telephone message from the hos
pital, having been terribly injured by
an automobile owned and driven by
Orin Hinman, of Salem township. The
accident occurred at 4:30 Thursday
afternoon, and when the auto was
stopped, Keithly's mangled form was
beneath it.
DIR. George Kncppenberger happen
ed to be near. The man was picked
up and carried into Maguire's store
and a few minutes later III the am
bulance to the Phelps hospital. Drs
J. II. Davis, Arthur Adams and II,
Knappenberger were also there short.
ly after the accident From the SUI
perficial examination it was seen
that the skull was fractured at the
base on the left front side. Blood
flowed profusely from wound ovel
the left eye and from the left ear.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
UNWRITTEN LAW
SAVES Moore
Jury Acquitted Indiana Man Who
Shot Wealthy Oil Masnate in
Back and Killed
Him.
wREcK1Ne OF HOME
Wife Of Prisoner Told on the stard
Of Being Bothered by Atten-
tlons and Finally Being
Trapped.

VINCENNES. Ind, Dec. 9.-Menloe
II Moore has been acquitted of the
murder of Charles Gibson, the mil
lionaire oil operator.
The jury reached verdict after
midnight and sealed verdict was
opened this morning by Judge Cobb
Moore shot Gibson in the union
depot after his wife had confessed
intimacy with Gibson. The unwritten
law and insanity were the defense OF
Moore
The acquittal of Moore was direct
victory for the unwritten law for that
was the only plea entered in his own
defense. Mrs. Moore swore that Glib
son had long bothered her with his
attentions and finally told her that
her husband was falso and had an
engagement with another woman out
i'll the country. Wildly Jealous, Mrs.
Moor Went with Gibson, who lured
her into a vacant barn. She ad
mitted that she had often taken trips
| away on business.
Gibson put his last dollar into drill
ing an oil we'll, the first in the
Bridgeport pool and in what develop
ed into the greatest oil field in Amer
lea. twenty miles from here in Illi-
nois. A year later he sold out and
\ banked about a million dollars. For
4 the last two years he has heen
spending that million rapidly and had
attained a reputation as chariner
of women, giving expensive presents
to many in the oil field. Originally he
was commonplace driller, but he be-
came one of the most picturesque
4 characters in oildom
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09

OPENING IN YEAR 1918
The Throne Agrees to the Change
and Popular Government Will
Soon Be Usher
ed In.

PEKIN, Dec. Sit seems safe to
announce that the ancient and abso-
lutte regime in China will exist only |
historically after the Chinese New
Year, In January, 1911. 1t is stated
that the throne has decided to accede
to the resolution of the imperial sen-
ate praying for the immediate crea-
tion of constitutional cabinet.
Political events in China have NOV
ed with a rapidity that appears revc-
lutionary when it is considered that
the provincial assemblies represent
Ing the first step toward popular gov
ernment in the empires history OF
thousands of years were opened so re.
Gently as Oct. IA, 1909.
The first imperial senate met Oct.
last. The late empress dowager mad
decreed that a general representative
body, to be known as the imperial
parliament, be invoked In 1915, at
the end of nine-year period Of prep.
aration. However, the people, having
taste of popular government. were
impatient and the senate soon after
it was organized demanded the ina-
mediate conyocation of a general par
| lament The throne and grand coun-
Gil yielded to the extent of advancing
the date of the opening of pariia-
ment to 1913. A decree making this
effective WAS promulgated OH Nov. !.
1t was at first thought that the son:
ate. one-half of the membership OF
which is appointed by the throne,
would be subseryient, but early in rs
existence it developed striking III
epepdence and exhibited a spirit
that was almost rebellious. When q
few weeks ago this attitude was
changed notably, the general belief
was that the body had been intimtdas
ed. But, instead, the senate had EN-
barked on a plan of private, though
undoubtedly forceful persuasion.
At a series of secret sessions !
was decided that they would not far
fther carry out that assembly's reso.u
tions.
The reported compliance OF to-
throne is regarded as compromise
The senate will not press for an I'm
I mediate parliament, but purposes Z
! conduct the government on a slngl
: chamber basis until 1913 1t IS sai'
, the venerable Prince Ching, OF BOX
memory, the present power behin'
! the throne, will retire and that l'uk
, Tsai-Tse will become prime munster
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
LIST NARROWS
down TO EIGHT
President Taft VIII Appoint two
Members Of Supreme Court Some
Time Next
Week.
WERE 300 CANDIDATES
Looks as Though Ono of Them is
Going to be Democrat From
the Sunny
South.

: WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.--From the
! blowing list OF eight men, President
aft next week will appoint the two
members of the supreme court:
Justice Swayze of New Jersey.
Judge Lamar of Georgia; U. S. Dis
trict Judge Russell of Texas, Judge
Hook; Circuit Judge VILLAS Vande-
venter: District Judge John G. Pol
lock; Chief Justice Winslow of Wis
consin; Senator George Sutherland
OF Utah.
This was the authoritative statement
of one In close confidence with the
president. This list is picked from
500 candidates.
Judge Lamar has the backing ol
southern democrats and Judge Russe
is endorsed by the liberal southern
democrats. Senator Bristow of Kan
sas and other progressives will bitter
ly oppose Pollock. The progressiyes
would oppose the appointment o
Sutherland.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
IOWA MAN HEADS
UNITED woRKMEA
William M. Morris of Muscatlne Is
Elected Supreme Master OF the
A. Q. U. w.

louisville, KY, Dec. s.-The SUI
nrame lodge. Ancient order of United
Workmen, in annual meeting elected
the following officers:
PAST supreme master korKhnah'
Tosenh A. Eckstein, New ulm, Mimi;
supreme master workman, Wiiiiam
N Norris. Muscatine, Ia; supreme
foreman. John C. Gallagher. New Ha-
ven. Conn; supreme overseer. p. j..
Moore. Fargo n. D.; supreme record
or M. w. sackett, Meadville, Pa;
supreme receiver, e. F. Danforth,
skowhegan, Me-; supreme guide, ".
r. Welch, Guthrie, Ok. supreme
watchman C. c. Rhodes, Pawtucket'
r T.. supreme medical examiner, DR..
q A. Aschman, Wheeling, W. Va
G. N. Miller representing the Colo
RADIO lodges which seeded during
1908. was admitted to the supreme
lodge sessions, and indicated that
Colorado would apply for readmission
To the supreme lodge. The Manitoba
delegation invited the supreme lodge
to meet in Winnipeg in 1914. and Sar
Francisco bid for the 1915 meeting
The present meeting probably VII
close Saturday night.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
HACKENSCHMIDT
AND DR.. ROLLER
Russian Was Unable to Throw Amer
lean and Came Almost Going
Down Himself.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Dec 9.--ln one
hour of the most bitter wrestling ever
seen in Pittsburg. George Hacken,
schmidt, the Russian Lion, not only
failed to throw DR.. B. F.. Roller. the
former western Pennsylvania athlete,
but had great difficulty in keeping
himself from being thrown. Though
Hackenschmidt had agreed to throw
-Reller twice inside of an hour, or
lose the match, he was most of the
time on the defensive. for Roller, in
stead of playing on the defensive,
carried the match to the big Russian.
1t was an hour of very rough sport
and it was seen that the men were
bitter enemies. Time and again
Roller hurled his heavier opponent
to the mat, lifting him bodily and
crashing him down as if he would kill
him. Hackenschmidt retaliated by
some of the painful holds in wrestling,
but all of them were soon broken ~
Roller.
After the match Roller made a bit
/ ing speech intimating that he had
been tricked by Hackenschmidt's
4 friends when they had met previously
by the mat being filed with rosin
4 Roller challenged Hackenschmidt to
4 a finish match for any amount OF
money, but Hackenschmidt declined
to make any reply to the challenge
Hackenschmidt refused to take on ar
amateur in preliminary. announcing
after a look at Roller, he had decided
the doctor would give trouble enough
for one night--and he did
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
THE WEATHER.
(I1ntil Z D. m. Saturday,

(Until p. m. Saturday,
For keokuk and vicinity: Increds-
ing cloudiness with probably rain or
snow late tonight or Saturday.
Warmer tonight.
For Illinois Increasing cloudiness
with rain or snow late tonight or Sat
mday Rising temperature.
For Iowa: Increasing cloudiness
with rain or snow tonight or Satur-
day Warmer tonight.
For Missouri: Increasing cloudiness
with probably rain or snow north por-
ton late tonight or Saturday. Warm
er tonight
Weather Conditions.
The field of high pressure, drifting
slowly eastward, extends from the
gulf to the lake region, generally fair,
cool weather prevailing over this
area, and clearing colder weather
has followed light snow in the lake
region and northeastern states.
An area of low pressure In the
northern mountain region extends
southwark along the eastern slope of
the Rockies.
IT is attended by warmer weather
in. the mountain region, and slowly
rising temperature thence to the Mis-
sissippi valley, except in the extreme
northern portion, where the temper
ature is about zero, and there has
4 been light snow in portions of the
i Dakotas
Conditions indicate warmer cloudy
( weather for this section tonight. and
probably rain or snow late tonight or
4 Saturday.
Local Observations.
4 Dec. BarTher Wind. Weather
H s Z I'm. 80 80 &c w Clear
IN am. 30.32 Is NE PIT Cid,
River below low water of 1864
foot 9 tenths.
Change in "a hours fall j tenth
Mean temperature. Dec s, %.
Highest temperature. 5S.
Lowest temperature, II.
, Lowest temnerature last night. ls,
FRED q. GosEWIscH,
Observe
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
YALE STU.ENIS
ON JOY Ride
One Woman Killed and Other One
Escapes When Trolley Car
Strikes the Auto
mobile
ONE MAN INJURED
Crew Of Trolley Are Arrested, Also
the Student Who Did
Not Get
Hurt.

Z STANFORD, Conn, Dec. 9.--As thf
result of joy ride, Mrs. Jessi
Saunders, a dressmaker of Mystii
Conn. is dead B. G. Thompson
st. Paul, MINI, Yale senior has
broken arm. Stuyvesant Peabody
Chicago, also Yale senior, is und-
arrest.
The fourth member of the party
Miss Lillian Foster, daughter of the
proprietor of Milford Inn, escaped.
The car stopped on the track and
and was hit by.a trolley car on MAR
street and demolished. The crew o.
the trolley car were arrested.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
POSTAL LOSS rs
DUE TO RAILROADS
Economy Should be Aimed In That
Direction and Not at the
Clerks.

DENVER, Dec. o.. Economy in the
postal service is alright, but it should
hit at the grasping railroads. Any
further economy at the expense OF the
mail clerks will call for such de-
sertion that the whole country will
rise in protest at the crippling of the
service
This is the statement today of Ed
itor Harmon of The Harpoon, which
has been launched at the alleged
abuses Of the postal service.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
ARIZONA LAWS
ADOPTED TODAY
Home Rule for Cities, Referendum
and Recall Are in New
Constitution.

PHOENIX, Ariz. Dec. 9.-The basic
law of Arizona will be adopted and
signed by the constitutional members
today. The initiative and referendum
and recall are part of the documen-
The constitution can be amended up
on the initiative of 10 per cent of the
voters.
It calls for direct primaries inclnd-
ing advisory vote on U. S. senator
There is an anti-lottery law, drastic
corporation legislation and home rue
for cities.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
JAP SENTENCED
FOR MURDER
Mitsmata Must 90 to Prison for
Life for Killing Mrs. Kath-
erine Wilson.

DENVER, Dec. 9-The Japanese
government is likely to intervene
md ask for new trial of Jenkyo
Mitsmata. the Jap convicted late las
night of the murder of Mrs. Rather
n Inc Wilson, and sentenced to life In
prisonment.
II developed today that Judge
sTattuct. presiding at the trial fear
ful tRsst race riot would follow the
verdict, privately arranged with The
jury for verdict at night in case y
vas reached.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
TIRED OF BEING
MEXICO'S POLICEMAN
conoress VIII Be Asked to Make a
Change in the Present
Treaty.

WASHINGTON, Dec. s.--The ar
rast here of Juan Sanchez Azcona'
Mexican revolutionist, will be made
tho basis of an open fight in congress
n nut an end to the system by
whicb Uncle Sam is forced to act as
. private policeman for President
n,az Of Mexico. A change in the
treaty will be urged.
"If the charge against AAcono
,,rores baseless, said Representative
wilson. Il will personally present nm
as a living example OF the harmfu.
purpose of our treaty; wilson WI
push the matter
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
CHRISTIANS ARE
MASSACRED
Wild Bedouins Take Revenge For Elk
ecution of One Of Their
Chiefs.

JERUSALEM, Dec. 9.-one hun
dred Of the christian residents of
Kusask, as well as the Turkish gar
rison of the town have been massa-
cred by Bedouins The outrage was
in revenge for the execution of one
OF their chiefs by the authorities.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
HONDURAN JAILS
FULL. OF REBELS
Attempt Was Made to Assassinate
the President, But He
Still Lives.

PUGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Dec. 8.
An attempt was made to assassinate
President Davilla Of Honduras, but it
was frustrated by his guards.
AS result, martial law has been
declared and the jails are full OF
rebels.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
SMOKED HER
PIPE IN BED
Sparks Set Fire to it and The Old
Lady Was Burned to
Crisp.

SCHENECTADY, N. Y. Dec. D.
Mrs. Rebecca Reese, so years old, an
eccentric recluse, who lived on line
estate near this city, was burned to
a crisp in her home. Her lone at
tendant said that the fire was prob
ably the result of her habit of going
to bed with lighted pipe in hnr
mouth. The damage to the house was
slight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
SMUGGLING CHINESE
INTO SAN FRANCISCO
Big shakeup is Coming on Account
of Work Which Is
Going on.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 9.-Rumors
are rife that the biggest shakeup in
the immigration service on the Pacific
coast. is coming. It is said that
many of the stowaways from Chine
have been landed in squads at Hawaii
over night and then shipped the next
day in sailing vessels for San Fran
cisco and landed as coming from
nearby ports
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
Don't Want Her.

PARIS Dec. 9. Residents of AS
nires, Paris suburb, are greatly ex-
cited over the reports that Madam
Steinheil, recently acquitted of the
murder of her husband has rented a
cottage there and will return to
France to live She has been resid
ing in England.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
RACE
EVER IN AIR
Forty Aviators Are Ready to Cross
ChannelI for Prize OF
$4,000

DOVER, Dec. 9.Forty areoplan-
lists are ready to start in the ra %
over the English channel for priSo
of $4,000 offered by Baron DeFor-
resr.
Most CT them are amateurs but Ole
of them is Grahame-White.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-09
ALL RIGHT NOW
so GO AHEAD
Bryan Says Champ Clark Can be
Speaker, so He Will be
Elected

LINCOLN. Neb., Dec. 9.-Wm. J.
BRYAN. in his Commoner today, urges
the election of Champ Clark as speak
er OF the house of representatives and
also wants the power taken from the
speaker OF appointing committees.