The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-01
II. A. BURRELL IN
MERRIE ENGLAND
Howard a BuTel IN The Washington Press, Gives In
rsssioas os the Land Of HIS Ancestors.

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g-atf old bear sagg her up By rals-
ing Il Der. Tcu are sa is0ceies tri-
angie she tacnght that must Dc
something awful and made off in
terror Il IS his biography 81 Boswell,
Eho was good deal OF fool. but
hero Eorshiper, that IS counted the
best ever written This market Is
near the column eommemorasing
the grest fire that laid wooden Len
don waste IN the i4th century. II
can't burn nov. The year before was
4 the Plague, the Black Death. that De-
foe describes. Those were dark days
for London town
/ | rode through Fleet street, that is
+ Newspaper Row, mainly for its asso-
Citations With Johnson.
| cant stop now 10 describe the
Tower and its bridge. Dry is the
vide moat William the ConQuercr
built ii for a fortress in 1000 early,
and 1t has been royal palace, prison,
ETC.. now an armory, rich in mediae-
val weapons, armor. implements Of
torture, etc. The place is marked in
1 the court where Henry the sth mad
Anna Boleyn and Lady Jane Gray.
Two of his many wives, beheaded.
Anne was the mother of Queen Eliza
beth.
B / was most pleased to see Oliver
Cromwell's revenge He made mod
ern England, this strong, much mis-
understood god. His death brought
the scandaious restoration under the
Merry Charles II. and such was the
hate of the Puritans and the cody
and hypocritical Commonwealth they
dug up the bones of '-Noll,' as he was
called, hanged them in chains al Ty-
burn. that ! have not yet seen, and
: struck his head on the bridge. But
: now bis superb statue, Bible in enc
! hand sword in the other. stands In
front of the Houses of Parliament
, splendid Westminster. whose Laws
govern 50 much of this world The
xhirligig of time
have seen Bow church IN Cheap
eide and heard ifs bells Tradition
nae one born IN sound of Box Bells
I viii be a Coekney. And Big Ben
! the bell in Westminster. has noble
! voice
{ saw the Lord Mayor and High sher
: If OF London in carriages, viii
: retinue each elected for rear. the
present mayor Catholic-and each
/ vas 50 Respondent in gold braid
? l2OlEAL ne "aS JO1s
i The gtupendous Bank OF Englans
I covers the richest acre in the world
The smallest house in London. Il
d the Evack street. is but six feet vide
o one story. running hack deep III
: owner Of the Dot would not sell
~. London has over 100 great hospi
g tails supported wholly 5y voIuntar.
It contributions. tho. the rich are 81
!. pectsd TO par for treatment. fee
+. are not compulsory- At one OF these
8 in a year, over 3D,ote operations, tina
is some 900 day
= Near Buckingham PaIsce-we say
e The window OF the room where Kin
o Edward died-fs the fine house IN
d nation gave 10 Wellington for defeat
e ing NapoIeon-though Blucher did
II and Marshal Ney deserved TO be sho
d for not destroying Butcher; but n
i French soldiers would shoot IN
n brave man. They laid their guns Of
il the ground. and an italian firm
d squad did the business. Opposite tn
Dukes house. in q small square,
e his equestrian statue. Nearby, Roths
e cbild's home. and Park Lane, til
d abode OF milIionafres. takes off, an
s. their mansions and grounds tend I
d put out ones eyes. The aristocrac
II holds that part OF town. and Anbas
d gador Wnitelaw Reid spends NOR
it than bis SALARY in rental of fine oil
place in the sacred precincts OF fan
iiy and Mammon. That is the Wes
a End. One night seven Of US rode on
IA In Cooks double-decker. with guidf
Ie rode through contrasting East End
1- the haunt Of the poor, the once de-
n PRAYED. now largely redeemed dit
II trict. Even White hall. where JAG
t. the Ripper atrocio1siy murdered eigf
Z. teen vomen-a lunatic. never identif
o. ed. and believed TO be a suicide
y decent never saw so many kids I
y. the street as cut there, streets fu
n from curb TO curb OF happy childre
/. playing. No race suicide there.
81 didn't see single drunk, though VI
le men TOO, eat in saloons. smoking
a nor vas there any evidence of disol