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Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
Chinese Rioters
Burn Junks and
Mission Stations
Number Of Natives in Human Province
KilIed-Gunboats Protect
Foreigners.

HANKOw. April D-The situation in
Human provinca is reported az critical
Women and children are fleeing fn~ their
lives from Chang sha. the capital. A
number Of villages near that city have
been burned by natives. The country is
piacanded with threats to Kill all foreign
ers.
This news was brought by missionary
refugees who arrived here today from
Chang Sha and nearby stations. Many OF
them had travelled thirty miles on foot and
reached the Tangtse river in rags Their
houses had been burned and they lost an
of their personal effects.
The missionaries stated that EtInboars in
the river have their guns trained upon
Chang sha and nearby points and have af-
forded q refuge for foreigners Thousands
Of Chinese imperial soldiers are occupying
the strategic points OF the capital and de-
tachments are being hurried to the out
lying districts, whera rioting is reported.
Many Chinese have been killed. In one
instance a technical school was set on fire
and thirty students were burned 20 death
When vessels approached Chang sha to
rescue the imperiled ones the Chinese mob
saturated tunks with kerosene oil from
looted stations OF the Standard on COM
pany and. setting them afire, allowed them
TO float down stream in an attempt to
destroy the Oncoming steamers.
The viceroy OF Human province and the
governor OF Chang sha assert they have
the situation in hand and that order Is
practically restored but the missionaries
say they fear further 0utrages.
The telegraph wires TO the westward OF
the disturbed districts have been cut.
Many missionaries American. French and
Norwegian. remain at outlying posts.
The British consul AZ Chang Sha. who
has arrived here. said today;
If one foreigner had been killed a massa-
ere probably would have followed. The
British consulate was burned because il
employed laborers from another provinces
In the construction OF new buildings.
The monetary loss 20 foreign interests
I Is believed not to have been great
/ CHICAGQ, April 22--slx missionaries OF
the Uuited EvangRIichI church from Chi
Gagp are believed to be in the heart OF t1lt
uprising az Chinese at Chansha. They ar'
Mr., and Mrs. c. Newton Dubs, Mr.. and
Mrs. Irving Dunlap and Mr.. and Mrs
rheodore suhr.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
GRIGEARE STILL AT LARGE
Guards and Posse Chasing Omaha
Train RObber Who Escaped
PROBABLY HIDING m THE HILLS
Theodore 1IurdOe<, who II wfsh Him,
Passed c0unteEfeit Money in
Omaha and was Traced
"a. ChfcnEo.

LEAVENWORTH. Kan. April Z2--Frank
GriBware and Theodore Murdoch. two OF
the six convicts who escaped from the
federal prison yesterday. were still at large
this morning.
Twenty-Five armed guards and 800 farm
ers are searching for the fugitives and
Warden McLaughry said he expected the
men to be captured within a few hours
The warden said he had offered a reward
OF 800 for the capture of each OF the two
men
A heavy rain this morning interfered
with the efforts Of their pursuers.
The men VINO got away. Theodors Mur-
dock and Frank Grigware are supposed
to be in a wooded section known as Hunn' 8
Valley six miles west OF the fort Be-
tween them they are said to have one gun.
taken from a sentry. but practically no
ammunition. Their capture is looked for
hourly.
In solitary confinement today are the
four who failed to elude the search started
when the roaring blast OF the prison siren
whiEtie announced that there had been a
iail delivery. These are Thomas Kating.
Arthur Hewitt. Robert Clark and John
Gideon.
Murdock's escape was not noted until
the calling OF the prison roll disclosed
his absence All but Adurdock are serving
life sentsncss- Thomas A. Kaung was
sent up from Allen OkL; Arthur Hewitt
from Caddo. okl.. and Frank Grigwars
was one OF the men who held up a Union
Pacific mail near Omaha last fan Muir
dock was sent up from Chicago tor coun-
uerfeiting.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
TWAIN BURIAL At ELMRA
Body win Rsst Beside Those Of Wife
and Daughter.
SIMPLE SERVICE HELD TODAY
Public Memorial VIII he Held
Later--HarDer a Brothers in
Charge OF Last
Hioea.

NEW YORK, April "a simple funeral
service over the body OF Samuel L. Glenn
ems viii be held in this city tomorrow after
noon. The body will then be taken to FL
mira. N. Y, where ii will be buried beside
those OF his wife and children.
f. A. Duneka Of Harper & Brothers. Mr.
Clemens publishers. who is making the
ARRANGEMENTS for the nIneral. said IL was
the wish OF the family that the services
be as brief as possible. Later on a public
memorial service viii be held.
Dr. Henry Van Dyke Of Princeton uni
versity, will preach the funeral sermon at
the service tomorrow. which viii be held
at the Brick Presbyterian church. Thirty
seventh street and Fifth avenue. at 3
o. clock.
The funeral. Mr.. Dunelxa said.- would be
OF a semi-puhIic nature. and would be at
tended only by relatives and close friends
OF the author There viii be no pail bear
ers. ana although final arrangements have
not been made. the service probably will
consist OF merely short address by DR..
Van Dyke. There probably viii be no mu-
sic. Mr.. Duneka said The body will be
brought to New York form Redding, Conn,
tomorrow on a special car.
After the funeral the body will be taken
to Elmira- another service as simple as the
one here viii be held. This service prob
ably viii be at the home OF General Lang
don a relative OF Mr. Clemens. and so Tar
as now known will consist simply Of a
short address by Joseph Twichel Of Hart
ford. Conn. who Is one Of NJ. Clemens
Oldest friends. From the Langdon home the
body viii be removed TO the cemstery to be
laid at rest.
No arrangements have been made for the
public memorial service
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
Eighteen Coal
Miners Caught
by Explosion
Six BODIES Have Been Recovered from
Shaft at Amsterdam. o., and
Twelve Are Missing.

sTEUBENvILEE. q, April 4E-
Eightssn Of a night. force .of, twenty-five
machine men employed in the mine ot the
Toughiogheny and Ohio Coal company
near Amsterdam. are thought to be dead
as a result OF an explosion in the mine
late last night.
50 far six bodies have been recovered.
Seven were taken from the shaft in an
unconscious condition. Twelve men are
missing.
It Is thought that the explosion was
caused by coal gas being ignited By the
lights on the helmets OF the miners
BIRMINGHAM. Ala, April 22.-Up to
O'Clock today twenty-eight bodies OF the
furty-three victims OF the Muiga mine ex-
posion had been recovered. They were 50
badly burned and mangied by the expIo-
sion that the Identification was difficult.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
Express Train
Strikes Bunk Car
Three Men Killed and Eight Badly
Injured on Big Four Road Near
Terre Haute. Ind.

TERRE HATTIE. md. April 22.-rhree
men were Killed and eight probably fatally
injured when a train OF empty express
cars on the way from St Louis to Indian
aDoIis. ON the Zig Forr railroad. struck
a detective switch and struck the car OF
a construction crew on a siding at sand
ford. Ind. early today. The dead.
ENGINEER r z. ELY. Mattoon. IL
H. DRISCOLL-
L 3. D0NNELLX-
DriscuH and Donneily, who were killed,
ami all the men injured except shipman.
we're members OF the construction crew
and were asleep In their car when it was
crushed.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
ARREsTs IN sueAR SCANDAL

Clerk OF Former DeDuty Surveyor
ana Tive We8Ehers CharBed
with ConsDirasY.
NEW YORK. April Zz-Georse e. Bedell,
Who was chief clerk for James. 3. Vail.
formerly deputy surveyor Of the port. was
arrested today on an Indictment charging
conspiracy 70 defraud the government Of
customs duties. This afternoon Charles
Drew ana Charles H. WardweH former
assistant customs Weighers. wera arrested.
rhe prisoners we're held in N.o9 bail saah
To plead on Thursday.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
COMPANY ousTED
Illinois Company is Declared COM
bfne an Restraint OF Trade BY
Miunesuf1 Court.

ST. PAUL. Mimi. april Z-The Mime
sofa supreme court, in an opinion filed to-
day, held that the Creamery Package com
pany. Incorporated in illinois and doing
business in OwatOnna. MINI, was COM
bination in restraint OF trade and ordered
that its license 70 do business in Minnesota
be f0rfsited. The Creamery Packages COM
pany. according to the court orders has
branches In Minnesota, Wisconsin. Iowa,
Illinois and Vermont
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

ABERDEEN. S. D.. April 2z--(sDeoiaL) -
While working on a scaff0ld on the out
side OF the third story OF the Dakota
Central Telephone companys building the
soafroid broke and Harry Walker and ~
Ryan were preeipitated % the cement side
Walk thirty feet below Walkers nip was
broken and Ryans back was injured.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

quite a llttis. helping him see the senator's
he wanted 20 Interview. When 7 aakad him
for an sutogFaph. be dashed or the sigma
uIre, Marx Twain and handed the book
hack 70 me. on. iet me have your real
name said L He hook tha book hack and
wrote $ Z. Clemens across ne FIRST sig
nature. really marking Il IN twain. and
rsHlipd. -rhers. you have al tas naanss Z
posse..4
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
PAT cRoWE IS RELD uP
Former Ohan C0nvict 10 Charged with
RobBanss Ailsmed KidnaBsr "a
MansfIeEd-

MANSFIELD o.. April G-Pat Grove
the alleged kidnaper % Eddia cudahy and
later evangelist was held 20 and robbed
hena last night rodag Grove tiled
g. 600 bord
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

n is tha belief of Victor Rosewater,
editor OF The Bee that he has unique
autngraph oe Mark Twain. -When. vas
servinE a. a page IN ths senate he says.
Il cuiiected the autographs of many nota-
bias I met Mark Twain Was In attendance
On mat session during the winter az un
cutie frequently being Ereatiy Interested
ia a bin pending for nrarnagiauai COPY
ughE managed - acgamnlodata hin
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

PrTTsBURG April 2--rha Jury hi the
bribery case Gf former Councilman a. "
Robert s. FRAZER. after failing 10 aErss
upon q verdict
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

The Census Man Is COuntins Now.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

Continued on Second Page. )
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
WEATHER FORECAST

For Nebra ska-Fair and warmer.
For iowa-Fair and warmer
For weather report see page 3
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-29
SURE To GET cAucHr.

Interview in Des Moines Register
Leader: Few people realize how
hopeless 1t is for a postal employs to
attempt to defraud the government. .
said Postal Inspector Charles S. Rang
er OF St Louis It IS an absolute
certainty that sooner or later he will
get caught, if he continues his oper-
atoms any length of time. We have
organized a system which / believe is
faultless The only thing necessary to
make it infallible is for every person
who loses money through the mail to
notify the postal authorities of every
bit of money that is lost. These
losses are carefully tabulated accord
ing to cities in order that the inspec-
tors NAV get them in a workable
form Then the tabulated losses are
gone over at frequent intervals. When
it is seen that number of losses are
occurring in the same city, town or
on the same rural route, the inspector
in charge of that division is notified.
He at once begins an investigation
As soon as he gets something on
which to work, another inspector is
sent to help him and the two set out
to narrow the responsibility down to
one man. When this has been done
II Is a comparatively easy matter to
secure his conviction. By means Of
dummy letters and other decoys he is
caught with the stolen money on him.
Every postoffice building in towns Of
any size IS now provided with look
/ outs secret passages. by means Of
which the emploves of the building
may be watched while at their work.
i he insnectors can watch the clerks
and carriers without being seen them
selves and with the help Of field
glasses can even read the addresses
upon the letters which the employees
are handling"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-29
HOUSE ONCE USED AS FORT
Historic Structure Was Built In 1912,
According to Tablet Bearing
Its History.

In the town of Rensselaer,, n. Y,
which lies directly across the Hudson
from Albany, there stands an old
weather-beaten building to which is
attached great deal of historic in
terest and import. 1t is unoccupied
and is surrounded by tall weeds that
the hand of neglect has fostered and
raised in abundance. 1t is built of
brick, is two stories in height, and the
marks Of many years stand prominent
upon its battered front
A large tablet on its wall stands out
boldly to the public gaze and pro-
claims that the structure is supposed
to be the oldest building in the United
States. The date of it's erection, ac-
cording to the tablet, is 1912. The
building was erected as manor house
and place of defense and was known
as Fort Cralo. While marchinfi to at
tack Fort Ticonderoga. in 1853, Gen.
Abercrombie made his headquarters
there. The tablet finally declares that
Army Surgeon R. Shuckburg COM
posed the popular national song. yam
kee Doodle" while upon the grounds
near the old building.
Gun holes may be seen In the front
of the historic old structure, and the
old flag pole, standing on its ~oof, Is
still prominent to view Doubtless
there are many stories of bravery and
courage which have never stolen into
the pages of history connected with
this manor house of the seventeenth
century.
The building is substantial even yet.
1t will see many years of standing be-
fore the hand of decay can tumble 1t
into ruin. The house is one of the re.
manning relics of the days when our
nations spirit was tested and tried.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-29
LONDON THEATERs.
They Charge From a Penny to Six

They Charge From Penny to Six
pence For Bill Of tho Play.
At the London theaters when the
young woman shows you to seat she
asks If you wish program. If you
do you pay sixpence in the orchestra
or dress circle for program hand
somely printed on fine paper. The
price ranges down through "Trip
pence" and ''tuppence" us the CALLER
les ascend to penny in the cockloft
The quality of paper and the general
artistic merit Of the program decline
with the price. but exactly the same
information is conveyed for penny
ms for sixpence. The fastidious thea
ter goer might prefer to pay dime for
a neat and simple program rather than
to have n bulky bunch Of advertise
ments gratis. as in New York. but
these London programs. although not
30 thick as those of New York. are not
devoid of advertisements. This gives
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-29
TRICKY ART DEALERS.
Astute Partisan Scheme For Booming
"New Master"

Astute Partisan Scheme For Booming
Now Master"
For the booming of new artist an
astute dealer is necessary He catches
his artist as young as possible. prefer.
ably as an exhibitor Of crazy canvases
at the autumn salon OF the independ.
ents' exhibition. and commissions him
10 paint 100 pictures year.
One by one. occasionally in twos and
threes. at judicious intervals the deal
er sends the pictures to the Hotel
Drcuot for sale by public auction.
There he has confederates. who raise
the price at each sale. and he buys
them in himself
After a few months the young ar.
lists canvases have certain market
value. and the next step is taken to
turn their painter into a modern mas
ter. The critics are attacked. One of
them is asked to look at some daub.
md when he cries out with horror the
dealer says:
What? You don't like it? Take 1t
home with you as favor to me, live
with 1t six months and then
In due course an art amateur calls
upon the critic and cannot contain his
Gdmira ton for the new artists pic
ture
What masterpiece. The most
modern thing In art have seen for a
long time!" he exclaims.
Doubt begins to invade the critics
mind, and when one or two more en-
thusiastic amateurs have visited him
he is worked up to writing a column
of panegyric on the new master. The
amateurs are, of course. sent by the
dealer
One or two articles and the boom is
In full swing. Wealthy and simple
minded collectors. remembering how
pther painters have been decried in
their early days and how their works
later have commanded fancy prices
rush In.
The new master makes about 10 per
cent of the profit and the dealer the
other 90 per cent. The new master is
at the mercy Of the dealer. If he
grumbies the dealer foods the auction
rooms with hundred or so of his
masterpieces and orders his agents not
to bid, the result being that the can
vases sell at rubbish prices. and the
boom Is burst,-Gil Bias
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-29
TIE Roman Tribune.

The tribunes in ancient Rome repre-
scented the reople in much the same
way that the house of commons does
in England and the house of repre-,
sentatives In this country. For long
time the patricians or aristocrats Of
Rome had everything their own wa!
But when the plebelans Tor. as We
would say. the plain people'') got theif
tribune the reckless tyranny of ths
patricians ceased The tribune mao
great power He could veto almost
any act and nullify almost any law
passed by the Romans. Liberty among
the Romans dates from the time they
first secured their tribunes.-N VOTE
American
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-29
ABOUT NEWSPAPERS.

! Creston Advertiser: Once in a
while business man is dis
pleased because the local news
4 paper has good news story in
which his competitor is given a
boost" and sometimes he criticizes
the newspaper. 1t is a pleasure to be
able to say that This happens very
4 seldom in Creston and that the bust
ness men here are liberal enough
and broad enough TO realize that the
I newspapers are actuated by no spirit
OF favoritism aad are only pursuing a
policy that Is both consistent and
I wise
The ruth is that the newspaper in
the smaller towns and cities must be
/ a booster" We never knew a sue
cessfll one tina. wasn't and on ac-
count of the exchange table our &C.
quaintance with the newspapers is a
pretty wide one. A newspaper that
1 isn't always ready and willing to put
itself back of every movement of the
community in which it 5 published,
which does not freely give its space
to the advancement of every enter
prise of a public nature, cannot long
exist. And the same spirit that in
duces it to devote energy and time
and space to assist in making a sue
I cess of the chautauqua Or the move
ment for an interurban or new fac
! tory or an opera hlrse or anything
else that is designed u help the COM
munity, leads it to say good words OF
individuals wherever possible and to
speak in favorable terms of improve
ments which business men may make
in their buildings or in other ways.
From the nature of his business the
newspaper man must be a booster
or he will not win the success his eff
forts might otherwise bring. Just re-
fleet little and see how true this
is and how seldom the newspapers OPP
pose any movement in whose success
throw cold water on it or fail to give
/ it the NEST earnest support. What ev-
er error they make is in the right di-
rection, in being too enthusiastic and
in espousing projects that have not
the merit they should have, and in
giving praise that is not always fully
deserved
Possibly there will be some who
will accuse the newspapers of sell
fishness in this attitude, but the fact
remains that the newspapers. al
most without exception. are public
spirited and that any project that
cannot enlist their assistance is usual
II without sufficient merit to win
success. If selfishness influences
them it is the right kind of selfish
ness the selfishness that makes a
man believe that his own community
is little better than any other and
induces him to be ready and to assist
at all times in improving it.
There are some who believe that
newspapers have little influence. but
there are very few who believe that a
community could grow and progress
If the newspapers pursued policy of
featuring its disadvantages instead of
its advantages and if they opposed or
gave lukewarm support to public en-.
terprises.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-29

Despite the clamor of battle and
the spouting of the captains of poll
tics. it is possible to find reasons for
congratulating President Taft. An
admiring friend presented him with a
Holstein, famed for the quantity and
the soothing quality of her milk, and
before the COW arrived she had added
a calf to the roster of white house
live stock.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-29

Frances Bratrina, a 12-year.old Aus,
trian girl who came all the way from
her native province to the home of
her brother Mike Bratina in Harris
burg, Pa, with nothing but a tag to
identify her. is now safely in the care
of friends The little girl whose pa
rents died in the old country. came
all the way alone and was the first to
break the news of ner parents death
to her brother.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-29

the purchaser the feeling that he Is be
Ing worked at both ends. A lady re
minds me. however. that program ia
n New York theater costs her 10 cents
as the smeary printing rubs off on her
white gloves. the cleaning Of which
costs dime.
The quality Of the performance a!
the better London theaters certainly
averages no higher than that at simi.
lar theaters in New York. The music
halls are the resort OF the great mid
die class. These are great AUDITOR
ums with tier on tier Of galleries. the
seating capacity ranging perhaps from
1900 to 5.0oo.-London Letter in New
York Sun.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-29
Against His Convictions.

Have some OF this Welsh rapoi',
Rjonson:" asked Bjones MS he stirTeu
the golden concoction in the chahns
tlish
NO, thanks. Bjonesey," returnu
Bjonson. patting his stomach tender!'
VI am unalternbly opposed to oil cV''
boration IIarper's Weekly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-29
Er;eneship,a Tribute.

Gladys-Did you see what the 50
ciety column Of the Daily Bread sac
about Min Gillard the other morn
ing? 'She moves with ease and grace
In our most exclusive circles. May
belle-Y Yes. read 1t. It's dead Ger
tain that the editor who wrote tna'
had never seen her on roller skates
Chicago Tribune.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-29
RrYan,s Friend Helped

ST. Paul Pioneer Press: Mr.. Bryan
says he is amazed at the renomina-
ton of Lee O'Neil Browne as
democratic candidate for the legisla-
ture in Illinois. Mr. Bryan need not
be surprised. The nomination was Sc
cured through the efforts OF Roger
Sullivan, one of Mr.. Bryan's close
political chums.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-29

The courage displayed by the peo-
pie of the First Presbyterian church
of Hastings, whose $4,000 edifice
was burned, is the sort that COM
mands the attention of the world. The
ashes were not cold before the church
board had met and planned for tenn
porary quarters and the prompt cleo
ton of a new building.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-29
Settled.

Springfield Republican: Inasmuch
as the Grand Army Of the Republic,
in its annual national encampment,
refuses to make an issue of the
Gen. Lee statue in the hall of horrors
at Washington, the statue promises
to stay there as long as the other
statues do The Grand Army has set
tied the question as no other organi-
cation could
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-29
All on the Same Level,

Cedar Rapids Republican: Senator
Deliver once upon time alluded to
the federal patronage as milestone
about the neck of the congressman.
But a congressman and senator
should not forget that he himself is
an office holder, and that there was
a time when he was glad to get help
in return they must help others. 1t
is just as honorable to seek a post
office as it is to seek a senatorship.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-29

May Ling soong, a young Chinese
girl. has been barred from the Ores.
ham high school in Macon. Ga, a
county institution, because she is not
Of the Caucasian race. She is a niece
OF Bing Chung Wan, who is connect
ed with the Chinese embassy at
Washington