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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-06

1t was the vets day in Illinois yes
terday. Many important cities which
had been controlled by the drys went
back again into the liquor column,
while few cities of large size were
gained by tie Jntisaloon forces. Two
hundred end forty towns and cities
voted on the proposition, and while
the places o. lesser Importance appar-
emily broke atout even, there were
many instances of reversal of the ver-
dict of two years ago on both sides.
Statements made by officials of the
liquor element claim that the state
in Tuesdays election went so per cent
wet, as against Go per cent dry last
year. This probably Is an excessive
claim, but the vets made great in
roads into the ranks of their oppo-
nents.
Bloomington registered decisive
victory for the liquor forces, the ma
jority In their favor there being three
times that of the previous election.
Rockford went for the saloon element
after being dry for two years, vic
tory which caused much rejoicing on
the part of the vets Decatur was
Wrested from the drys by 500 major
tty. reversing a dry majority of 1920
tEo years ago.
Mattoon is another city reclaimed
by the vets. A fierce campaign there
reached its climax on election day by
riots and charges of fraud. Dry work
ers assert that with cameras they
snapped advocates of the liquor traffic
III the act of buying votes.
Springfield voted for saloons by a
ajority of 1875, which is a reduc
~e'af of 500 from the result two years
ago Galesburg went dry, pur the ma
joFity was less by one-half than it
was at the previous election.
Belvidere. which was dry, went into
the liquor column. Rock Island and
Moline are wet by smaller majorities;
Elgin remains wet, while Batavia and
Geneva got off the water wagon. Po1-
tiaf declared in favor of bars after
having kept without them for two
years.
other towns that have dealt a blow
20 prohibition are DeKalb. Harvard,
sycamore, Dixon Lacon and Clinton.
Il was Wet Day.
CHICAGO, April 6,--The complete
fe'urnson the local option issue, vot-
& e n
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-06
WILL NOT STOP
AT INDIANAPOLIS
President Taft Will Not Visit That
City on His May Trip
West.

WASHINGTON April e.-President
Taft's determination to leave the trou-
bled republican situation in Indiana
alone became apparent today when it
was declared at the white house that
the president will not be able to visit
indianapolis on his western trip early
in May. Arrangements had been
completed for the president to visis
there on his trip to Buffalo, Pittsburg
and st. Louis, which begins on April
80, and he was expected to talk there.
The text of the announcement was
that "the president will probably not
be able to visit Indianapolis"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-06
Two Men Killed and TWO Injured at
the HoIdup Which
Melted About
$4oo.
BY FOUR DEsPERADoEs ]
Cashier and General Manager Both
Killed by the Robbers Who
Made Their
Escape.

PITTSBURG, April e.-Five sus-
poets are under arrest today in con-
nection with the robbery of the Victor
Banking company, at McKees Rocks,
In which two men were killed and
two wounded by four desperadoes.
Every suspicious character is being
rounded up by the police. The dead
are:
Ignatius Schwartz, aged thirty, cash.
ier.
Samuel Friezman, aged twenty
eight, general manager Of the bank.
The injurei:
Robert King. st. Louis, boarder at
Greens hotel, shot in the groin.
Thomas Neary, aged twenty-four,
shot in the chest.
Four men entered the bank last
night, and without word, one OF
them drew revolver and shot
Schwartz through the head. At the
first shot, Friedman secured a revolv-
er and started toward the man who
fired. He dashed out of the doorway
into the street, Where one OF the TOD
bers shot him down.
1t is believed the robbers secured
S4Oo.
Two dynamite bombs. each weigh
ing from eight to ten pounds We're
found in shed near the bank. The
police believe the bombs were placed
there by the bandits to he used in
case of need Both were equipped
with fuses. Most of the banks custo-
mers are foreigners. Tearing that
their savings had been stolen, large
crowd gathered in front of the bank
this morning. crying and wringing
their hands.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-06
GaIesbura Remains Dry.

GALESBURG, Ill, April 6.--Gales-
burg went dry again, the majority be-
ing Gil. While a heavy vote was
polled and great interest was taken,
the election passed off quietly. Two
years ago the drys carried the city
by 639. The showing made by the
vets indicated an effective gum-shoe
campaign. Against them were the city
press and the entire church element.
The women served lunches at the
polls and prayer meetings were held.
In addition the women were organ
lied by blocks and used their efforts
to get the vote out. Both sides had
numerous workers at the polls. The
drys are much pleased over the show
ing, and attribute the falling off in
the majority to the dissatisfaction
over the shipments of liquor here
from Monmouth. This keeps all Knox
county dry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-06
POLLARD WILL
MAKE THE RACE
Has Announced Himself as Candidate
for Congress on the Democratic
Ticket.

FORT MADISON. Iowa, April G.
Joseph Pollard, cashier of the Fort
Madison Savings bank, made public
announcement yesterday afternoon of
his candidacy for the democratic nom
ination for congressman from the
First district.
He is prominent Elk and mem
Der of other societies. He will start
an active campaign at once.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-06
Local Option Question Resulted in Gains Being
Made by the Vets in Quite Number of
the Big Cities Of the State
KANSAS CITY GOES REPUBLICAN STRONG
Election Returns From Various Points-Topeka
Insurgent Candidate Was Swamped
by Over 2)OO Majority.

ec In 24o cities and townships through
cut the state of Illinois, indicated
gain for the vets. These figures
showed that thirty-two towns changed
from dry to wet and thirteen changed
from wet to dry, and that of ninety
three towns, forty-eight voted wet.
The issue was not put before the vot-
ers of Chicago, the plans for doing
$50 having fallen through, because OF
insufficient signatures to the petition.
Springfield Goes Wet.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April 6.-After
a spectacular struggle and battle of
ballots, which was characterized by
most intense feeling. Springfield, the
capital city of Illinois, voted to retain
saloons by majority of 1,247. This
is small gain by the drys, as the city
voted we. two years ago by 1,S00.
The result is sore disappointment
to the local option forces. They made
tremendous fight. They realized the
Importance CT victory in this city and
organized the most perfect campaign,
with active workers in every precinct
and with an abundance Of able cam,
paigners, speakers and funds back of
the movement. OF the seven wards
the drys carried but one--the Fourth
The drys polled total of 4,501 and
the vets total of 5,74S.
There were few disturbances during
the day, both sides working from
early morning until the polls closed,
but all refraining from disorderly con-
duct. During the balloting Springfield
was absolutely dry, as every saloon
in the city was closed and kept
closed.
| AS the returns came in showing wet
victories in Decatur, Bloomington,
Champaign, Pana, Mattoon and many
other cities, the vets were jubilant,
and declared the returns from
throughout the state would show a
sweeping victory for the saloons.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-06
Baltimore SUMS Progress.

BALTIMORE, Md, April 6.-The
Baltimore Sun announces that it will
commence Monday, April IS, an even
ing addition. 1t will have the full
United Press report.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-06
Kansas City. Republican.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April Com
pete returns from $50 of the 1876 pre-,
cincts indicate that Darius A. Brown
republican, has been elected mayor
over Andrew F. Evans, democrat by
about $500, and that practically all of
the city offices will, during the next
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-06
THE WEATHER.
(Until Z D. m. Thursday.)

(UntiI Z p. m. Thursday)
For Keokuk and vicinity: Fair to-
night with possibly light frost Thurs
day fair with rising temperature.
For Illinois: Generally fair tonight
and Thursday. Continued cool with
probable light frost tonight.
For Iowa: Fair tonight and Thurs
day. Frost tonight. Rising tempera-
ture Thursday and northwest portion
tonight.
For Missouri: Fair tonight with
probably light frost in lowlands.
Thursday fair with rising temperature.
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Weather Conditions.

The passage of the storm center
from eastern Iowa to the lake region
has been attended by rains in the
upper Mississippi and Ohio valleys and
warmer, cloudy weather in the Allan.
tic states.
The western field OF high pressure
has passed south to the western gulf
with fair, cooler weather On tho CAST
ern slope of the Rockies, and clear
ing, colder weather in the Mississippi
valley.
The area of low pressure over AL.
berta has deepened, and is accompan-
led by warmer weather in the north
west and mountain region.
Conditions indicate fair weather for
this section tonight and III u 5day,
with possibly light frost tonight, Fad
slowly rising temperature during
Thursday
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-06
ELECTION DAY WET IN MANY ILLINOIS
CITIES WHERE LOCAL OPTION WAS ISSUE

two years, be occupied by republicans.
The few exceptions will be members
of the upper and lower house.
Although the day dawned rainy and
cold and the sun did not shine until
late in the afternoon, a remarkably
heavy vote was cast.
Governor Hadley spent the day in
Kansas City and did everything in his
power to insure a clean election. The
republican ticket is:
Mayor, Darius A. Brown; comptrol
Ter, Gus Parsons; treasurer, James D..
Goldsby; members of the upper house.
George H. Edwards, George Hoffman,
Louis Oppenheim, H. G. Hayes, G. L.
Peterson, ]. H Frame, D. R. Spalding,
A. f. Barbee, Clarence A. Burton; low
er house, NJ. A. O'Donnell, Andrew j.
Anderson, Gus r. Humbrock, Frank
b. Askew, Albert l. Beach, Charles S.
Bramble, John g. Lapp, Samuel M.
Carmean, Martin E. Ditzler, Flournoy
Quest, Fred A. Richardson, w. l..
Hutchinson, Carl A. Jackson, Howard
w. Gibson, / w. Foster, Frank N.
C,eeton.
Insurgent was Swamped.
TOPEKA, Kan, April 6.-In the
election for mayor of Topeka, j. b.
Billiard, so-called wet candidate, de.
feated Mayor Green, the law and or
der candidate, by over 1000 majority
1t was landslide for Billiard, who is
/: democrat
j. B. Billiard runs grain elevator
ir North Topeka. He has lived In
Kansas fifty-five years, the greater
part of that time in Topeka. Three
candidates declared for mayor, Bill
lard and Kemper, democrats, and May
o. Green, who asked for reelection, is
an insurgent, or Stubbs republican.
At the primary, held a week ago.
Billiard led with nearly 900 over Green.
Kemper was third in the race AMI
dropped out Immediately the Daily
Capital and Mayor Green inaugurated
a bitter war on Billiard, citing that he
is an atheist, opposed to the reading
of the Bible in the schools and the
tool of the wet element, which h.ped
to bring back joints and saloons in the
event of his election.
Mayor Green was backed by the
combined power of the churches the
two Topeka daily newspapers, the
committee of two hundred, the wo-
mems clubs and the state administra-
tion of Governor Stubbs.
Elections were held in first and
second class cities of the state
Only in those cities that have taken
on the commission form of govern
ment within the past year were may
ors elected Those which are still
operating under the old law only elect.
ed six councilmen and members OF
the board of education.
About fifteen towns have adopted
the commission form and elected a
mayor and commissioners.
At Quincy.
QUINCY, April 6.In the city cleo
ton yesterday the republicans lost
their candidate for supervisor, but
nominees for aldermen in the Second,
Third, Fourth, Sixth and Seventh
wards, the democrats won out in the
First and Fifth. this being a republi-
can gain of two. The new council will
be controlled by the democrats, as
heretofore, as of the seven holdover
aldermen, six are democrats. This
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. illinois Results. .
. Carried by the vets: =
Springfield, by 1.247; the Fourth =
. ward only dry. =
. Aurora, by 1000. =
. Decatur, by 500. =
= Pana. =
. Princeton, after being dry two =
= years. =
= Danville, by 4S5; the township .
. is wet; the Georgetown town =
= ship is wet. =
= Nation. =
= Bloomington, by $40. =
= Clinton =
. Bushnell. =
. Pontiac. =
= Elgin, by 1.20o. .
. Woodstock, by 800. =
= Manito. =
= Rockford, by 2o6. =
- Oregon. =
\ Freeport, by 1.1o1. =
= Centralia township and Elm Z
River. .
= Dry: 4
= Pecatonica, Carrollton, Shaw =
= neetown, all OF Gallatin county, =
= now dry. =
= Christian county, except Pla- =
. no; Geneva, ST. Charles, Bata- =
= via, Marengo, Lexington, Dan Z
= vers, Leroy, Taylorville, Stoning- =
. ton, Morrisonville, Palmer, which =
= went wet two years ago, =
= Galesburg, 81. .
. Monmouth, ESQ. =
= Barry, 4S. =
. Colchester, 66 =
= New London, 4s. .
= Hamilton, ITO. =
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-06
Fairbanks Was Victim of Mlsunder-
standing But Roosevelt Has
no Excuse, Says
Phelan
MCINTYRE is ANGRY
Eh opal Bishop Calls Father Ireland
DoubIe-Toneued Falsfier
of Gods
People.

ST. LOUIS, April 6.-Under the cap
tion AN Audience That did Not Take
Place. Rev Father Phelan, pastor of
Our Ladies of Mount Hamil church
and editor of the Western Watchman,
In today's issue of that paper defends
the action of the pope In the recent
Roosevelt action.
He scores the Methodists of Rome.
Fairbanks was the victim Of an ex-
tensive crowd of nosey gospelers, who
have for years made Rome hideous
by their ribald attacks upon the vati-
can,' the editorial says, but in
Roosevelt's case, no such an excuse
can be given.''
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-06
Double Tonsued.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 6.-Follow-
ing the publication Monday OF a state
ment from Archbishop Ireland regard
ing the Roosevelt vatican incident and
the Methodist propaganda in Rome,
the Pioneer Press requested a state
ment from Bishop Robert Mcintyre of
the southern Minnesota conference Of
the Methodist Episcopal church, who
is visiting in Saratoga Springs. An
interview with Mcintyre was received
last night. The bishops reply to Ire
land says:
He calls my people vile. dishonest,
caluminous. bore the Fairbanks slam
der from him without reply, but my
patience is exhausted. hereby brand
John Ireland a double-tongued falsifier
OF Gods people, a cowardly accuser of
men better than himself, who are Of
fering the Italians the free grace of
God without any terms of priestly
monopoly
Il also challenge him to debate the
question in American fashion in open
forum when I reach St Paul | have
great christian love for the Roman
Catholic people, but the papal ma
chine has blood red record that
stains the centuries of history,
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Daily River Bulletin.

Daily River Bulletin.
Stage. Height Change. .Wea'h'r
ST Paul !. IA So -03 Clear
La Crosse IL 63 -o2 Clear
Davenport !. Is TT xo.2 Cldy
Galland ,... 8 44 90 ....
Keokuk II. is So xo.1 PIT cldy
st. Louis :. 80 1873 % Cldy
Local Observations.
April Bar Their. Wind Weather.
5 pm. !. 29.62 80 w 1t Rain
6 Z am. :, 30 SIS SS NV PIT Cldy
Rainfall for past "a hours 81 hun
dredths.
Mean temperature, go
Maximum temperature. 60.
Minimum temperature, SO.
River Forecast.
The river will rise slightly for the
next As hours.
FRED 2. GosEwIscH,
Observer.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-06-10

The members of the Home Mission
airy society held an all-afternoon
meeting at the Newman NJ. e. church
Thursday afternoon of last week.
Lunch was served at noon and sever
al delegates were present from Wood
vile, A good, profitable meeting was
the result.
Mrs. Ralph Fenton visited relatives
and friends in this city several days
last week Mrs. Fenton will be re-
membered as Miss Mabel Smith, sis
ter of r. G. Smith, OF this city, and
formerly residing here. She left for
her home at Portland last Friday
evening.
II your children like jam, label
1t so that they can find 1t. Labels
to be found at Whltehouse Grocery
for 10 cents. 6-10-2t
Verne Launer, the genial young
clerk at the National drug store Of
this city, was last week stricken with
appendicitis and on Saturday even
Ing he was taken to Salem, where he
underwent an operation on Sunday
afternoon. He was accompanied to
Salem by his brother, Lloyd Launer,
and by DR.. Smith. Both these gentle
men returned to this city Monday and
report that Verne passed through the
operation fairly well, although the
case was bad one This Thursday
he Is reported as doing nicely and
his many friends In this city hope to
hear of his speedy recovery to his
normal state OF perfect health.
Sheriff Joe Russell went to Fres-
no, Cal, Thursday afternoon on a
business trip.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-06-10

Ira Binns came down from Med
ford Thursday to spend the day with
friends.
Miss Helen Henry came up from
Hugo Thursday afternoon to visit
with her sister, Mrs. Harry Smith, for
a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Il. VOORHEES, and
Earle went to Portland Saturday
evening to visit with relatives and
take in the rose show.
Royal Whitmore returned on
Thursday morning from Portland,
where he had been to attend the rose
show and visit with friends.
Bruce Stephenson arrived In this
city Thursday morning from Port
land to attend the funeral of his
father, which took place Thursday
afternoon.
w. Il. Perry and IL. V. smith lelt
Thursday evening for Alberta, Can
ada, where they go to look over the
country with a view to purchasing
land in that country.
Mrs. Rudolph Harness, of Rose
burg, who has been visiting with rela-
tives and friends in this city for the
past few days, left Thursday after
noon for Medford, where she will
visit for few days before returning
to her home at Roseburg.
Elmer Nicholas, wife and young
son arrived in Grants Pass last Sun
day morning from Utah. They came
here for the purpose of making this
their permanent home, Mr.. Nicholas
is a builder by trade and comes high
ly recommended.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-06-10
BUSINESS POINTERS
DR.. Flanagan,
Physician and Surgeon.

TUySlCIdu anu Oui 5OOh'
Peterson, PioneerInsuranceMan.
Alfred Letcher, Registered Opto-
metrist aud Jeweler in DiAons old
stand, Front st. Eyes tested free.
Rannie, the plumber,
Read the Rogue River Hardware
Co.'s advertisement and learn how
to win prize in their Chi-Namel
graining prize contest.
Now is the time to have your gaso-
line stove cleaned. See l. A. Mum
dinger. scott
Two 20-acre tracts, with large
springs on each and acres cleared
land on each. Fine merchantable
timber, red land, up land, all good
fruit land. Fine timber and park on
balance. $500 each. Tracts join.
Terms. See H. B. Hendricks, corner
Sixth and G streets. Phone 1907.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-06-10
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= PERSONAL AND LOCAL !

L. A. Umphlette, of Glendale,
spent Tuesday in this city,
Mrs. c. H. Woodward went to
Portland Sunday to attend the rose
show.
Ed Binns and family arrived here
Saturday from Oakland, Cal, to visit
with relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Colvig, of
Medford, spent several days in our
city this week, visiting Mr.. Colvig's
parents.
Miss Pearl Newell went to Merlin
Monday evening to visit with her
sister, Mrs. Albert Coe.
Mrs. A. c. White returned Monday
to her home at McCloud, CAL, after
a two weeks visit with relatives in
this city.
Mr., and Mrs, T. J. Fuson returned
Sunday evening from Ashland, where
they had been to visit relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Mansfield and
baby went to Portland Tuesday to
visit the rose show, and should Mr.
Mansfield find good opening in the
jewelry business they make locate
in that city.
Flower Mission day has been post
poned till June "a, when an appro-
pirate program will be presented and
the flowers sent out on their beauti-
full mission to the sick and sorrowing
ones.
A number of new automobiles have
been received in Grants Pass within
the past few weeks, among the own
ers being DR.. Stricken, Elmer Shank
and Wyman Eaton, who have pur-
chased Maxwell runabouts. Other
MaXwells are expected shortly.
Mrs. w. j. Anderson and sons.
Amos and Willie, and daughter,
Hazel, left Saturday morning for a
visit to her parents home in Langly,
Kansas. On her return she will visit
relatives in Colorado. Mrs. Ander-
son will be gone until late in the
summer.
Mrs. j. S. Parsons and sister, Mrs
]. r. Norris, of Ashland, came down
Monday to visit with their sister,
Mrs. Geo. S. Calhoun. Mrs. Parsons
returned to Ashland in the after
noon, accompanied by Lester CAL
houn, who will visit there for few
days. Mrs. Calhoun and Mrs. Norris
went to Portland Tuesday to take
in the rose show.
c. E. Whistler and Chas. Wilmer
49, of Medford, were in this city
Tuesday, the former returning to his
home on the motor car Tuesday
afternoon, but Mr.. Wilmeroth re-
mained over until Wednesday in or
der to meet the fruit growers Of this
section. He is manager of the Fruit
Growers association Of Josephine
county and is working hard to make
the organization a success.
w. S. Auslund, Of Seattle, last
week bought through H. l.. Herzin-
ger a 100-acre tract on Deer creek
and will shortly take possession and
commence improving the property.
Mrs. Auslund and baby have just ar
rived and they are spending n few
DAYS in the city. Mr.. Auslund was
for many years conducting a meat
market in Seattle.
Evangelist Charles Bisconer and
wife and son, Raymond, left We'd
nesday for Woodburn to attend the
annual camp meeting held at that
place sometime in July. They go
bv team and will stop at intermedi-
ate towns along their route to hold
revival services. Mr. and Mrs. Bis
coner have been assisting the Rev.
J. l.. Green IN a series Of meetings
held at the corner of One and Oak
streets, and regretted very much
their inability to stay longer How
ever, Mr. Green will continue the
meetings few days longer, and If
expected help arrives will continue
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-29
sTRIKE VoTE oN LAKE sHoRE

Cleveland, Ohio March 29.-A strike vote has been ordered on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad by the officers of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors, following the breaking off of the negotiations which have been carried on with the road for the last three days. About 10000 men are involved.