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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27

PATERSON, n. j., Dec. 21.--When
Harry Reiser, well-known man about
town. opened his mail Sunday morn
ing he found Christmas gift in the
form of letter apprising him that he
had fallen heir to over s60,Ooo as
part of half million dollar fortune
left by his grandmother, Mrs. Rebecca
Sacks of Gerlingon, Baden, Germany.
The letter was from Louis Reiser OF
Chicago. IN uncle of Mr.. Reiser, and
ordered his nephew to go to Chicago
for proofs of his kinship. Mr. Reiser
left this morning.
Sullivan Feeds 5000.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-On the
Bowery Sunday State Senator Big
Tim" Sullivan fed 5000 derelicts and
unfortunates, marking the fifteenth
annual Timothy d. Sullivan Christ
mas feast. big Tim" threw open the
doors himself at II o'clock. There
we're no chairs, for it was a-stand-uI
dinner, although there was food a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
THINKS M'CANN
WAS RAILROADED
Rev. Billy Sunday Comes to the De-
fense Of the Convicted Police
Inspector.

CHICAGO, Dec. 27-Former Police
Inspector Edward McCann found a
champion Sunday in Evangelist Bill
ly'' Sunday, who in a sermon intimat-
ed that the interference of Governor
Deneen would be sought in the form
er policeman's behalf, and denounced
his conviction.
The man who is awaiting the jour-
ney to Joliet knew nothing of the
evangelist's stand, as he sat in his cell
Z in the county jail. but showed uilex
pected cheerfulness all day, attribut
able. perhaps, to the efforts of friends
who called with Christmas greetings
A Christmas dinner, which included
turkey and the customary "ixings,
also seemed to contribute.
Evangelist Sunday made his attitude
clear at the meeting in the rooms O
the West End Woman's club on the
west side, which he addressed in tht
4 afternoon.
If ever man wa railroaded Il
| the penitentiary," he said. Edward
McCann was. would not convict
yellow dog on the testimony that con
/ victed him.
That executive interference nigh
be sought was indicated in an intima
/ ton from the evangelist that, a
4 Governor Deneen was his good friend
4 he might use his own influence wit
him in McCann's behalf
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
SPIRITUAL AID
IN THE SEARCH
Swedish Seer Says That the Aviator
Did Not Fall Into the
Sea.

LONDON. Dec. 27.-Unwilling to
reject even the strangest suggestions,
searchers for Cecil Grace, the aviator
who disappeared Saturday while at.
tempting return fight from France,
across the English Channel, are act
ing on mysterious telegram from an
unknown person in Sweden. which
presumably relying on spiritual aid
has been begging the aero club not te
assume that MIR. Grace has fallen in
to the sea. After an exchange o.
messages, the correspondent tele
graped:
'He fell on land, not into water
Search the east coast of England min
utely."
The coast guards accordingly hav'
been directed to make carefu
search along about sixty miles OF tn
coast line. This search has not ye
been completed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
Worlds Altitude Record for Aero.
plane is Now More Than Two
Miles and Held by Wright
Machine.
DISTANCE 11,474 FEET
Los Angeles Holiday Meet Is Enjoyed
by $4,000 Spectators Who Watch
Latham Take
Tumble.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27.-Seventy-
five thousand people saw Arch Hox,
sey of the Wright team of aviators
break the worlds record for altitude.
He arose in the air more than two
miles, his barograph registering 11,474
feet, or almost 1000 feet above the alti-
tude of 10,499 feet recently attained
I by LIE Ganeaux at Pau, France.
This is the second time the existing
worlds record has been broken in
Los Angeles, the first time being last
January, when Louis Psulhan rose
| little over 1000 feet.
Hoxsey accomplished his feat in
forty-mile gale that wrecked Hubert
Lathams Antoinette monoplane and
kept more cautious aviators on the
! ground.
I Hoxsey sailed into the sky at l
4 O'Clock and at 2:45 his barograph
showed the greatest height, as he
scared over Venice, seashore resort
more than twenty miles from the avia-
= ton field.
4 Coming down. he made series of
thrilling spiral glides while thousands
of feet in the air. Before he came
lightly to the earth the crowd was on
: its feet cheering He was lifted from
his biplane by fellow aviators, who
!, paraded up and down before the
!. grandstand. bearing the intrepid flier
upon their shoulders.
The crowds insisted upon making q
I hero OF Hoxsey. They lid not give hin
= time to doff his furs, but marched
Z him back and forth before the grad
stand.
..Was it windy up there?' he was
asked.
J 1T blew so hard replied Hoxsey
= !. that my machine hardly moved ant
- hnrslv held it's own. 1t was SO III
that more t. an once I thought .ay
caruureter was about to freeze.
= Il made the record because | deter
!, mined to keep on going UP until pass
y ed LIE Ganeoux's mark, or Until tn
carbureter froze.'
= The gale which HoXsey and nj
brethren Of the Wright camp, Parma
! lee and Brookins, brayed successfully
VI wrecked Lathams beautiful Antoir
;. ette machine completely. The Frencl
y man was among the first aviators VIII
~ answered the starting gun at ] o'cloc
For two hours and fifteen minutes h
= fought the wind, which blew directl
- off the ocean, six miles from the avi;
~ ton field Then an adverse curren
:, " slapped his aeroplane downward
W hurled it into fence under tn
brow of hill and threw the aviate
!. into gully.
- :. The Frenchman was unhurt, but h
q machine was tangled mass of vii
= and silken fabric. The motor was tt
only part left intact.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
Eleven-Yearold Girl Accidentally
Shot ard Killed BY Her Uncle
While on Holiday
Visit.
DEATH WAS INSTANT
Ben Tredmore Was Cleaning Gun for
Hunting When 1t Went Oft and
Killed Rosa
Mccoy.

EWING. Mo-. Dec. 27.--Rosa, the IL
year old daughter Of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed. Mccoy of Clarence, Mo, was shot
and instantly killed here Christmas
day at the home of her grandparents.
when a gun which her uncle, Ben
Tredmore, was cleaning was accident
ally discharged. Tredmore was pros
trated by the horrible accident, and
physicians have been in attendance
for several hours.
Ben Tredmore was cleaning his gun
preparatory to leaving for a few hours
hunt The little girl and her brother
were looking on interestedly, and all
We're cracking jokes in great glee.
Suddenly there was a sharp report
and the little form reeled and fell to
| the floor Not sound was uttered
| by her after the shot was fred. 1t
/ had taken effect in the brain.
The tragic death Of the little girl
came at the beginning of what was
4 to have been week of pleasure. With
Christmas day at the home OF her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Zach Tired
more In the morning her parents
had returned home, leaving the chill
dren with their idolizing grandparents
and uncle. The parents had hardly
reached home when they received the
news OF the awful death OF their be
loved daughter, and they are both In
consolable. The little girl was very
popular among her playmates, and
the communities Of Ewing and Clar
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
BODY OF MAN
FOUND IN ASHES
Building Destroyed by Fire and Police
Believe There Has Been
Murder.

JOLIET. H.. Dec. 27-The body OF
an unidentified man was found in the
ruins of building in West Lockport,
north Of here, which was burned to the
ground. The murder theory is ad-
vanced by Lockport and Joliet police.
The building had been used as a dwell
ing by Mrs. Mary e. Morgan, aged 80.
town pauper and rather mysterious
character Mrs. Morgan was found
at the home OF daughter, Mrs. Den
mis- Gleason. In Lockport She could
give no information, stating that she
had left the dwelling Saturday after
noon. She claims to have been ignor-
ant of the presence in the building OF
any other party.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
VOTE SELLING
IN ADAMS COUNTY
Gov Harmon VIII Take the Matter
Before the ohio Legis-
ature.

WEST UNION. Ohio, Dec. 21.--Gov.
Harmon has served notice on Judge
Blair that he will ask the legislature
to investigate the wholesale buying
Of votes in Adams county. A score
OF citizens were arraigned this morn
ing and plead guilty Several were
arrested for making threats against
the judge.
Today charges We're made to Judge
Blair that votes which had been pur-
chased by one party were stolen by
another. While it has not been con
sidered wrong in Adams county te
buy votes, it was considered a crime
for one party to steal them from an
other.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
Pope Has Taken a Dislike to ind
Says That it Reminds = 3
of Grave
yard. e
rs BECOMING DEPRESSED
Worries Have Caused Him to be Low
Spirited and Plunge Into Work
to Forget His
Loneliness.

ROME. Dec. 27.--The pope has /
been worried greatly over several re-
cent incidents connected with modern
ism. His health has suffered in con-
sequence He is bodily and mentally
depressed, is gradually losing his ap-
petite and is becoming pale and some
what emaciated His spirits are low.
Although he has not been troubled
by the gout lately, the doctors fear a
recurrence of this affiiction, for the
pontiff refuses to reform his sedentary
habits and does not take any outdoor
exercise. For the last three months
he has not left his apartments. He
has taken great dislike to the vati-
can gardens, which. he says, remind
him of a cemetery. He passes his
days mostly in granting audiences and
praying in his private chapel.
Last year the Holy Fathers broth
er, Angelo, came from Riesi and pass
ed Christmas at tthe vatican, but the
| pontiff passed this one alone. He
had written to his brother not to neg
lect his family for his, the pope's
| sake.
Christmas is kept at the vatican
! like any other holy day, with the ex
ception that the pope says midnight
mass in his private chapel His two
sisters, his ni1,e and his private sec
. retary receive communion from his
Hands. The sisters and the niece dine
n us}fh hin, hare Al fts mo audience.
4 during the Christmas holidays. Th'
Holy Father. however. is busy; oftel
,, with work that should be done b,
!, his secretaries, such as ordinary cor
respondence, answering application
for relief and similar routine work.
: Plus x hates to be unemployed. 81
says he feels lonlier when he ha
nothing to do and work is the onl
remedy against the tedium OF his life
The doctors, on the contrary. sa
:, , he needs rest badly:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
Los Angeles Non-unon Foundry is
Blown up and Union Labor Is
Again Charged win the
Crime.
STRIKE is IN PROGRESS
Proprietor Of Wrecked Concern Be-
ieves Outsiders Are Respon-
sibie for the Outrage of
Christmas.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27.--The Lew
ellyn iron works, a nonunion concern
which has been prominently identified
in the bitter labor troubles of Los
Angeles, was partially wrecked with
dynamite early Christmas morning.
The company's officials as well as the
police attribute the explosion TO
agents of the union, but SO far no
clew has been obtained.
The force of the explosion tore out
the front of the building, smashed
windows for more than block and
awakened people in residence dis
tricts more than two miles away. The
The Llewellyn Company is one of
the concerns involved in the metal
workers. strike, which went into eff
feet on June / of this year and which
has been characterized by deep ran
cor on both sides.
The strike was called originally for
the purpose of enforcing demand
for an eight-hour day for all the metal
workers and a uniform wage of SO
cents an hour.
John Llewellyn, secretary of the
company, said:
There Is no doubt in my mind that
this effort to destroy our property is
due to the fact that we are standing
on our rights to run our business il
our own way. do not, however, wisi
TO be Understood as intimating tha
the men who were working here II
Los Angeles and went out in the met
al workers strike are responsible TO
J lit. / do not think they have had any
thing to do with it, believe it is th,
work of men who do not belong here
who for their own malicious ends ar
willing to commit any kind of crime.
Fred c. Wheeler, president of tn
Los Angeles Central Labor Council
said:
The fact that the Llewellyn lrol
: Yorks is in warfare with organize
: labor is all that our enemies need t
endeavor TO lay this outrage at on
door. Every true friend of the caus
of labor knows that violence injure
our cause more than those agains
whom 1t may be directed"
' In view of the Los Angeles Time
dynamiting outrage last October, i
T. which twenty-one men were killet
this explosion has created widespread
interest. The grand jury is expecte
at any time to hand in it's report o
n the Times case.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
JAPANESE SPY
IS ARRESTED
Caught in Manila Bay With Complete
Plans Of the U. S. Fortifica-
tlons of The
Harbor.
HOUSES ARE SEARCHED
Jap Residences In the City Are Enter.
ed and the Incident May
Lead to compli-
cations.

MANILA, Dec. 27.-United States
authorities have captured Jap spy
on Corrigidor Island in the Manila
harbor.
He had in his possession complete
plans of the fortihcations and is be-
ing held a prisoner.
Later in the day many Japanese
residences in the city were searched
to discover explosives.
International complications are ex.
pected as many Japs are indignant
and have complained to their govern
ment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
ENGLISH ARMY
OFFICE Is ALARMED
The News From Persia and Arabs
Is Not of the Most Cheer
ing Kind.

LONDON, Dec 27.-Reports today
from Southern Persia and Arabia have
alarmed the war office. They in
dicate clearly the recent engagement
between English bluejackets and
tribesmen at Dibai, in which fourteen
sailors and three times as many ma
tives were slain, was only the y sssn-
ming of campaign by the nativesSto
terminate English rule.
All mails north Of Dibai have been
discontinued and the wires cut. The
tribesmen have pillaged the villages
and massacred many people.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and Vicinity: Rain or
snow tonight or Wednesday.
For Increasing cloudiness
with rain or snow tonight or Wednes-
day south portion and Wednesday
north portion.
For Iowa Increasing cloudiness
with rain or snow late tonight or
Wednesday. Warmer in northwest
portion tonight.
For Missouri Rain or snow tonight
or Wednesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
DEATH PENALTY
SHALL BE ALLOWED
Judge Was Sorry That He Could Not
Send Pair to the EIec.
trio Chair.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-That the
death penalty should be imposed for
kidnapping for money extortions was
the opinion of Judge Croscutt today
when he sentenced two members OF
the black hand to indeterminate sen
tences. The court expressed regret
that he could not send them to the
electric chair.
A dozen other members of the gang
are in fight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
Will Apneal to Governor.

DENVER, Dec. 27.--The first step
to secure the relief of the 16 members
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea who were sentenced to one year
in Jail for disobeying an injunction,
were taken today when an application
was made for a writ of error. II the
supreme court refuses to take juris-
diction, petition will be sent to the
governor to pardon the men.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
Left Baby on Steps.

WASHINGTON, Dec PA three
weeks old baby dressed in expensive
clothes was the belated Christmas glft
left ON the marble steps OF Edward
Creety. in the fashionable residence
district The police say the child
boy. was left by woman who came
In an automobile.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
Annuity From the wrights.

DAYTON, Ohio, Dec. 27.-An an
nuity Of $1,000 year is to be set
tied by the Wright Brothers upon the
widow and children of Ralph John
stone. the aviator who was killed at
Denver. This announcement was
made today by the Wright Brothers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
arown. SKILL Ambitious.

CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-Lee o'Neill
browne today announces himself as
candidate for reelection as minority
leader of the Illinois state legislature.
He was elected at the November cleo
tion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
Publisher is Dead.

DETROIT. Dec. IL August Mark
hansen, aged 10, publisher OF the De
troit Post ii daily paper and
one of Ne .ounders of the republican
party, died here today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
Three Killed This Morning in Mis-
souri, Wreck and Also Three in
Wreck in West
Virginia.
ON THE G. & A. and B. & o.
Southern Wreck Was Caused by the
Misunderstanding Of Orders and
Bodies Were Badly
Maneed.

FARBER, Mo. Dec. 27-Three train
men we're killed in collision on the
Chicago & Alton near here this morn
ing and several passengers were in
jured. The dead:
H. DAVIS, engineer.
WM. CRABTREE, fireman.
CHARLES FLOY, Brakeman.
All three live at Slater, Mo.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
Old Fued Ends.

NEW YORK, Dec 81 Enlow APP
pitto is dead after battle with knives
with John Ambrose, who is in jail.
The fatality is the result of an old
fued started in Italy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27

plenty and a stringed orchestra plas-
ing. II took exactly fifteen minutes
for the first lot of 210 Boweryites to
get in, eat, drink and get out.
AS they passed out each man reciv-
ed a pipe and sack of tobacco and
neat little printed card, instructine
him to be presnt on Monday, Feb 6,
1911. Presentation of the cards will en-
title the bearer to pair of shoes and
two pair of heavy socks.
Vaudeville at Joliet.
JOLIET, H., Dec. 27.-In celebra'
ton of the Christmas holidaJ seven
teen professional entertainers came
to Joliet to give vaudeville sho"
before the 1,400 prisoners at the peni
tentiary. 1t was followed by a big
Christmas dinner to the convicts, who
also get an extra day off from Wori
this year.
Engineers Get Raise.
| WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Dec 27.-oftl
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
China and jap War.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 27-The
newspaper Recht, predicts war be-
tween China and Japan soon with the
United States siding with the Chin
ese.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
Out Of the Christmas Stocking

cials of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
have granted substantial increases to
the engineers as Christmas gift. Ihe
increase will amount to over per
cent for freight engineers and slight
ly greatly raise for passenger engi-
neers.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Dec. 21-
Conductors and motormen OF the
Terre Haute, Indianapolis and East
ern Traction system received as a
Christmas present the announcement
of an increase of per cent in wages.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
MIchlaan convlc.s Freed.

LANSING, Mich, Dec. 27,-Forty
convicts of Michigan state prisons
have been released, the state pardon
board granting conditional paroles as
Christmas present Billy" Burns,
known as the gentlemanly burglar,
and who died Friday night, was to
have been released the following day,
after serving ten years of an eigh-
teen year sentence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
MOUNT AETNA
is IN ERUPTION
Belchina Forth Worse Than For Sew.
eraI Years According to Vcne-
tian News.

PARIS, Dec. 27. Mount Aetna is in
Violent eruption according to dis
patches from Venice. 1t is the worst.
eruption in years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
Ten Vessels Wrecked.

yINYARD HAVEN, Mass, Dec.
e7.-At least ten ships Of various sizes
have been wrecked along the coast.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
Weather Conditions.

The pressure is highest in the At
lantic states, where generally lair,
moderately cool weather prevails.
while "a moderate depression in the
Upper Ike Region has been attend
ed by light snow in Upper Micllt-
gan and western New York.
In the Northern Plateau Region
cooler weather accompanies an area
of moderately high pressure, which
is followed by an area of low pres
sure over the entire mountain region.
and there has been light rain in
Arizona.
Conditions indicate the advance OF
mountain depression will cause rain
or snow for this section tonight or
Wednesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
One In the South

PARKERSBURG. w. Va, Dec. 27.--
Three are dead and three seriously
injured, the toll of death in rail
road wreck on the B. & 0. near Gal
lapolis Ferry early today.
Two fast freights met, owing to a
misunderstanding of orders. The
dead:
H. R. BADHAM, fireman.
VIM. STEFFEL, engineer.
o. j. MOFFATT, brakeman.
The members of the two train
crews were buried under the wreck
age and the bodies of the dead were
badly mangled and distigured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27

Cigarette Paper.
Much cigarette paper is made from
waste untarred hemp rope.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
Local Observations.

Dec. Bar. Their Wind. W'th'r.
2s 4 p. M. So.11 3S SW Clear
81 7 am. 5000 80 sW cld'y
River above low water of 1864, froz-
en-.
Mean temperature. So.
Highest temperature, 44.
Lowest temperature, e6.
Lowest temperature last night as.
FRED z. GosEWIsl II,
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27

Engineers Get Raise.
WILKESBARRE, Pa, Dec. 27.-Ofti-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-03-31
NO DYSPEPSIA OR
 UNDIGESTED FOOD

There would not be case of indi- 2estion here if readers who are sub ject to Stomach trouble knew the tremendous antiferment and diges- tive virtue contained in Diapepsin This harmless preparation will digest a heavy meal without the slightest fuss or discomfort, and relieve the sourest acid stomach in five minutes, besides overcoming all foul, Naus- eous odors from the breath.
 Ask your pharmacist to show you the formula plainly printed on each 50-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin, then you will readily understand why this promptly cures Indigestion and removes such symptoms as Heartburn, a feeling like lump of lead in the stomach, Belching of Gas and Eructations of undigested food, water brash, Nausea, Headache, Bill iousness, and many other bad symp- toms; and, besides, you will not need
  and intestines clean and fresh.
 If your Stomach is sour and full of gas or your food doesn't digest, and your meals don't seem to fit, why not get a 50-cent case from your druggist and make life worth living? Absolute relief from Stomach misery and perfect digestion of anything you eat is sure to follow five minutes af- ter, and, besides, one case is suffi- cient to cure whole family of such trouble
 Surely harmless, inexpensive preparation like Diapepsin, which will always, either at daytime Or dur ing night, relieve your stomach mis- cry and digest your meals, is about as handy and valuable a thing as you could have in the house. (9)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-03-31
TRAFFIC IS EXPECTED
 TO SWAMP RAILROAD
James J. Hill Believes Business This Year Will Be Unusually
 Heavy.

4ANOVys
 Chicago, March 3O.-James J. Hill expects the railroads to be swamped with business this fall. In an inter- view here he declared: "The ton mage which is being offered the rail- roads for transportation is constantly on the increase, and there is little doubt that the railroads will be call ed upon this year to furnish more transportation units than they have ever been asked to furnish before in their history. From all indications it seems certain that by next fall or early winter the railroads will be totally unable to furnish anything like the amount of transportation facilities which will be demanded by the country.
 According to the interstate com merce commissions statisti 5. the railroad tonnage is increasinA each year by very considerable percent age, whereas railroad facilities have not of late years been increasing with anything like small percentage. It. does not take much of mathmati- clan to show to what this will ulti- mately lead"