The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-29
COMMANDMENT
BY SPANIARDS
Quincy Gets Into War With Desplsed
Country r..
of De soto's
Remains.
sUBMAa- e WAS SENT
City Was sheied But the Armed In
varers Were Repulsed
in The Har-
Dor.

The Quincy Herald will not let De
Soto's bones rest in peace after dis
covering them on sand bar opposite
the brewery. 1t says;
A new war with Spain.
The Smelling of the city OF Quincy
Militia ordered out by Gov. Deneen.
Appearance of Spanish subma-
rtne in Quincy harbor
These are few of the startling in
cidents of the last twenty-four hours
incidents that mark the embodiment
OF two nations and a resort to the
harsh arbitrament OF war.
At daybreak yesterday morning
Capt. Jack Arntzen, while splicing the
main brace on the good ship Stephens
observed strange thing In the offing
A long, dark object rose to the sur.
face of the water and disappeared
only to reappear again a dozen faith
oms ahead. It looked like some gigan-
tic shark at play. The captain, having
horror Of sharks, crossed himself
and shuddered. But as he looked
again he saw a sort of tower or turret
rise above the surface OF the monster
With the aid of couple of strong
glasses he noted that the dome OF the
turret lifted and then an officer in
uniform was revealed, who was him
self spying about with large spec
troscope. Capt. Arntzen recognized
the red uniform OF a Spanish admiral
and sank to the deck in sheer horror
of the situation
That what had been feared had
happened,
Spain. unwilling 10 go through the
tedious and devious policy of diplo-
macy. and in recognition Of the de
hands OF the large party OF alarm
lists in Madrid had sought TO take by
force or guile the casket containing
the remains of the explorer De Soto
as temporarily inferred in Quincy
When the rude coffin of the great
Spanish adventurer was recently re-
vealed by the falling waters of the
Mississippi it was slated that a
Spanish battleship and convoy of
cruisers would be sent TO bear the
casket back in state to the discover
er's native land. But here diplomacy
interfered. Pending an explanation
and settlement OF terms Secretary
Knox sent an informal note TO Premier
Canalejas setting forth the statement
that the appearance OF q foreign fleet
in American waters would be consid-
cred hostile invasion. The alarmists
~, tn 7for. - y
pened at Manila and Santiago decided
to do by stealth what they could not
do openly They believed that if they
once got possession of the casket the
American government would diplo-
matically forget the affair and it
would be treated as a closed incident
Accordingly Spanish submarine was
dispatcher on the errand and this it
was which had safely passed the
watchers at New Orleans, Memphis,
and ST. Louis and had reached It's des-
tination in Quincy bay. All that now
remained was TO get possession OF the
casket and then disappear beneath
the waters for the return trip.
But they had reckoned without
the vigilance and presence OF Capt.
Arntzen, the original discoverer of
TIE casket. whose sentimental inter
est is at the boiling point. The cir
cumstances were telegraphed 10 Gov.
Deneen at Springfield The governor
acted with promptness and at once
dispatched the following general or
der through Lieut. Frank Garner, com
mander of the Naval Reserves:
Illinois expects every. man 10 do
his duty The foot Of the armed