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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02
Negroes Organize Union.


The men are organizing ere Negro
Freight Handlers Protective Associa-
ton as a labor union. A few weeks
ago the Rees Lee was delayed twelve
hours by striking roustabouts, who re-
fused to go out with the boat until
their demands were acceded to.
The United States lighthouse tender
Lily, which is anchored in the local
harbor. is expected to leave st. Louis
for Keokuk. Iowa, to be put into dry
dock if she can make the trip
without running chances of going
aground
The United States steamer David
Upton which arrived a. St Louis
yesterday from Cairo. H., from its
downward trip. after it tooa members
of the Mississippi River Commission
to Commerce, was struck once on the
way up, an narrowly escaped being
grounded.
The Ohio River seems to be very
low, and thus cuts off a supply OF
water to the Mississippi. Last week
COuptc VI OLHtI StCdUltIS UclOuS1
to local ST. Louis packet lines became
stuck in the mud, each short dis
lance from St Louis
The waite. has been so low that the
Diamond 10 Line has not been able
to operate their boats ->an Is far
north as Reoknk OF Burlington, Iowa,
and had 10 aba-doo ss-Ttce 10 81 PAM
altogether t. Eagle Pa-a Com
pany had to abz-5on rs seryics BE-
tween st. Louis and Alton On accoua.
of low water, and last ~eek boat
of the Lee Lin got stuck, ard another
boat was put in her place IN the SER
vice between st. Louis and Memphis,
Tennessee
Rivermen on the David Upton yes
terday said that they could plainly
see the hulls of the steamers Cape
Girardeau of the Eagle Packet Com
pany and City of Saltillo of the St
Louis and Tennessee River Packet
Companies which sank last summer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02
B. p O. ELKs

Keokuk Lodge, No. 106-Meets first
ard third Thursday nights at Elks
hall, Gibbons opera house flock. Sixth
and Main streets. Club rooms open
daily. Visiting brothers cordially n
vited. James Cameron. ST.. E. R.;
William Reimbold, Secretary.
bold, Secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02

MODERN WoODMEN OF AMERICA
Gibbons Hall.
Keokuk camp, No. 622-Meets every
Wednesday evening at 1880 p. M Our
latch string Is out tc neighbors. John
Wustrow, v. c.: ]. A. Pollard. Clerk
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02
FRANKLIN.

. . /" = a q . . .
Henry Timpe is erecting a large,
barn.
Ray Marsh OF Charleston and Miss
Mabel Busby of Donnellson were mar
ried by Justice Alley in TT. Madison
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02

TRAIN 4.3- Leaves Keokuk 7:4o am
Train .41-Leaves Keokuk .2:55 pm
'Train 472-Arrives Keokuk sis pm
'Train 470--Arr:ses Keokuk. LOS pun
Local Freight Trains.
TRAIN S6-Arrives xeokuk. 30 pm
"rrain S5-Leaves Keokuk. 800 Am
xDaily except Sunday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02

KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF SECUR-
ITY, KEOKUK COUNCIL No. 1899
Meets the first end third Monday OF
each month, at A. o. U. w. hall at
8 o'clock. o. W. Rowe. president:
E. Whitmarsh. Financier: Mayme
c. Schenk. Secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02

Puckechetuck Lodge, No. 43. meets
every Friday evening at O'Clock.
Gee. w. Sweeney. N. c.; Geo. w. I'm
megart, Permanent Secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02

Herman Lodge. No. 116 Germany,
meets regularly every Wednesday
evening at s o'clock. q. H. Linnen-
burger. N. G.; Albert Kieter. Rec
Sec.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02
A. o. U. W

A. O. U. w.
keokuk Lodge, No. 256-Meets
every Thursday night at 1880 o'clock
at hall over Keokuk Savings bank.
corner Fifth and Main streets. Visit.
ing brethren cordially invited. Ed
Vaughn. M. W.; A. A. Baur. Recorder.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02

Puckechtuck Encampment, No z
meets first and third Tuesday even
ings OF each month. Otto Absolute.
Scribe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02
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c., 3. & @. RAILWAY CO.

Trains leave from Union Dsno
Berths and tickets. Fifth and John s
son streets.
South Eound.
no. 8. st. Louis and south.
iedVe ......... 12.4bam
NO. II, ST. Louis and Kan.
sas City and west, south.
.eaVe ........ ....... -. 8:4Oam
NO. 4, Quincy. Hannibal &
St Louis. arrive 1:1J p. M,
ieaVe $500. ............. 1:20p
mo. 10, Quincy and Hanni.
oai' arrive ........ S;s0pm
NJ ~ ieaves ............ $40 pm
North Bound.
No. Z. Chicago. St Paul and
points west. leaves 235am
No. 10, Chicago, st. Paul
and points west, arrive -. 7:2o pm
mo. Is, leave .......... ;. 7:2O pm
'No. 3, Burlington. Chicago
ana east. leave ........... 1:55 pm
mo. i, burlington, leave :. 7:35 am
.No. 81. Donellson. c.. B. &
X. c.. and North Road
leave ......... ......... $3.50? IN
'No. so. from Donnellson.
c., B. L X. c.. & North
ROAD, arrive ........... ..11:30 am
'No. 1, X. & W., west, leave S:55 am
'sNo. s. Centerville. leaves ;. 7:3O pm
NO. 4. from Centerville and
points intermediate. arrive lis pm
eNo. 2. from Centerville and
west, arrive ........ 49,. $40 pm
No. 3. Centerville. leave. $40 pm
ssNo. s, from Centerville. ar.
rive ........... ..........11,55 an
Daily.
'Daily except Sunday.
''Sundays only.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02
X. of P.

X. of P.
Morning Star Lodge, No. b-Meets
Fifth and Blondeau, K. Of P. building
Tuesday at 1880 p. m. c. B. Lake,
Chancellor Commander; j. A. Bur.
CESS X. Of r. and S. Visiting Knights
fratenally invited.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02

Hardin Lodge No. 29--Holds Its reg.
ular monthly meetings the second
Monday evening of each month
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02

FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES.
Keokuk Aerie. No 6S3-Meets first
and third Wednesday of each month AZ
Eagles hall. corner Eighth ana @ain
Visiting brothers cordially invited
Frank Moeller. w. President; C. A.
Noaks, Secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02
ORDER OF OWLS.

>RD1R Oc OWLo
Regular meeting or the order OF
Owls the first and third Tuesdays OF
each month at their hall in the Schiltz
building. corner Third and Johnson
streets. third floor. Visiting Owls are
cordially invited. worthy
president; Paul T. Pechstein. sec-e.
tary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD
FELLOWS.
Hall Seventh and Main Streets.
heokuk Lodge, No Is, meets regu-
iarly Monday evening at 1880 o'clock,
Geo. Hardin, N. G.; Otto Absolute.
Recording Secretary,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02

bal to Wright City and there
connect with the Kinloch sys-
tenn of ST. Louis. This was de-
cided upon at meeting of the board
of directors of the company yesterday
afternoon at the Commercial cub. The
officials of he home corporation have
been working with this in view for
the past two months but the decision
to actually incorporate did not crystal
lie until yesterday. This will mean
an extension of the long distance SER
vice to every city in the United States,
the wires in the future connecting
with all points in this and adjacent
states.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02
An Independent Company.

The proposed 100000 company will
be seperate and independent of the
resident company inasmuch as it will
have jurisdiction over the toll lines on
". ]. j, F. Davidson has been au-
thorized by the hoard of directors to
make contracts with the Kinsoch COM
pans for the purpose OF connecting the
hannibal concern. He will leave for
st Louis in few days 90 con-
summate the transaction 1t is ex-
pected that the new wires viii be built
along the Short line railroad.
Upon the compile on of the building
OF the additional wires the installing
OF new and larger toll board viii be
necessitated and several more opera
tors will be engaged to handle the in
creased business. 1t is believed that
three or four will be required.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02
FRATERNAL CARDS
MASONIC.

MASONIC.
x Hall, corner Four. and Main
!" Eagle lodge, No. 12-Holds It's
regular meeting the first Tues
day evening of each month.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02

MARIETTA. ,,a avn
Orde, Gold Medal Flour II your foiks az ~
cerniclSity about their victuals SALLY AN
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-02

Trains leave from Union DEM,
Berths and tickets. Fifth and John.
son streets.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27

within It do our spirits correspond Are
individual spirits constituted there2 How
numerous and OF how many hierarchic
orders may these spirits be7 Arc they per-
manent or TRANSIENT
Doubtless he hoped to bring the answers
TO many Of those problems from the world
beyond. Weeks have gone by since he was
buried, and yet there has been no word
received from out the mysterious bourne. %
William Jones' brilliant student and keen
philosopher has failed even a. Lombroso
failed before him. The rare, keen Hodgson.
too, is silent
Frank PodmOre, the keeper OF the rec
ords Of the English Society for Psychical
Research, had been delving in ghostly lore
for thirty years. The more supersuuous
Of his English friends feel sure that Il
there be anything in the tales Of the ghost
hunters his unquiet spirit must be wan
dering these autumn nights in the shadows
Of the Malvern hills. They feel that II II
be in any manner possible for the dead to
speak some message from his spirit will
come out Of the silent regions OF the great
unknown. The tale OF his compact 20 re-
turn TO earth after death is tangled with
the lives Of his two devoted friends. Myers
and Gueney. These three were dreamers
who visioned wonderful things more thar
thirty years ago.
II IL q weird and uncanny tale OF these
three visionaries who lived for years In
that shadowy twilight that marks the
known from the unknown. Dead men were
the favorite subjects OF their conversation
supernatural manifestations, ghostly mes
sages and sheeted forms speaking TO The
living in sepulchrsl tones were the themes
II their Investigations. II was in the very
youth Of the English Society for Psychica
Research, when sane and staid citizens
looked askancs az men who devoted theil
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27

in those supernatural possibilities and ex-
pectancy has been reborn.
For moro than a generation the modern
school OF spirituaHsm has been trying to
establish authentic communication with
the dead. Some OF the greatest minds OF
the race have been devohng themselves to
a close study OF the question. Volumes Of
data have been collected showing the IN
doubted existence OF phenomena unexplaln-
able by any OF the laws OF nature. Some
OF the most logical thinkers Of the race
have yielded to the vast array OF RrEu-
ment, and this one thing Is all that they
have asked before they would finally
acknowledge the existence OF the legiOns
OF spirits. Man after man Of them has
promised to send some word OF what lies
beyond In that vague and shadowy land
inhabited by disembodied spiritA So far
no word has come back from all the long
array Of names.
LOmhrOsO Revived Interest.
The hopes OF all men interested in the
cult OF the psychic we're reused BY the
announcement Of LOmbroso prior 10 his
death. Many felt that this determined
soul would find a way where others haC
failed. All his life he had been & worker
and a keen and ohservant student Hi
books on tho definite criminal type, thu
born criminal, the sugmata OF crime ane
the characteristics OF the Female Often
der" had stamped him as a genius Of nj
ordinary canber. Late in life he became
an enthusiastic convert OF that ItaliaI
wonder worker Eusapia Palladino. In the
course OF a series OF remarkable seaneei
he was convinced OF her genuineness be
yond the shadow OF a doubt The last o
his working hours were given over entirely
TO a study OF psychic phenomena. Hi
great studies along the line OF crime an'
the criminal were forgotten He was alb
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27

sorbed entirely in the new vistas opened
up by the peasant apostle OF the occult
He was q changed man from the LON
broso Of few months before.
When LombrOso announced that he
would penetrate the silence and return
with a message for all the world. thou
sands waited in hope Days passed,
weeks came and went, months heightened
and sdll no word came out Of the dark.
The watchers and listeners gave up hope.
Possibly the letters Of the land OF phan-
tasms were too strong for the determined
old scientist and he was forced 10 sit
helplessly on the other side OF the chasm.
William Jones had been professor Of
philosophy in Harvard university for thirty
five years, He hsd watched the gradual rise
Of the study Of psychic phenomena and had
dipped into It at odd times himself. For
years he doubted and poked gently satirical
fun at the earnest students of the new
movement. AS he grew older ne became
more and more interested. In the last year
OF his life he had this 70 say OF the whole
subject:
4 am baffled as 20 spirit return, and As
! to many other special problems. 1 am also
baffled as to what to think Of this or that
particular story. for the sources OF error
In any one observation are seldom fully
movable. But weak sticks make strong
fagots; and when the stories hall into con
sistent sorts that point each In a definite
direction, one gets a sense OF being in the
presence OF genuinely natural types OF phe
nomena- As 70 there being such types, rea
and natural, ignored by orthodox science
! am not baffled at all. ! am fully con
WINGED Of It,"
Further along in this. the last Of hi
psychological papers he asks himself thes'
questions. What is the mother sea Of IN,
spiFit2 To what tracts and charities spaces
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27

lives to 30 weird a pursuit These three
young men were the most prominent mem
bers Of the struggling society, and were
thrown constantly IN each others COM
pany. A few months before entering into
their strange compact they had collabO-
rated in the compilation OF a book that
made a great stir IN the ranks OF the fol-
lowers Of tho occult "Phantasms Of the
Living" thsy called this remarkable col
lection OF seemingly supernatural happen
ings.
After the death OF the poet Myers, Pod
more grew less and less skeptical. The
strange tales that he had been listening
to for so many years began to fasten the
grip OF belief upon him. Night and day
he was seeking proofs OF ghosts and
haunt-riddsn houses IN all parts Of Eng
land. Uncanny tales were constantly com
ing before him as he Travelled from town
10 town. His office In the Society Of
Psychicai Research had shelf after shelf
laden with the testimony taken in thou
sands Of cases
A year OF 80 ago Podmore began 70 walk
much IN lonely places among the hills or
along the country roads after nightfall.
Doubtless strange figures walked beside
him on those midnight tramps, or lurked
in the hedgeroWs and darker groves. More
and more the conviction grew upon him
that he was able to see many spiritual
forms In the half light OF The midsummer
nights OF England. There are many foll
In England who are wondering II there
was any hint Of suicide in the manner OF
his death. No one can tell. but the mys-
teriss that bewildered him for three
decades are doubtless clear to him now.
Doubtless he has learned why his friends
Myers and Guerney. were unable 10 reach
him while he was yet In the flesh.
York Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27
WAITING FOR A "COME BACK"
Promised Signs from Spirit World
Fail to Show Up.
NOVEL COMPACTs OF NOTABLEs
IOmbrOsO, POdmOre, james and
Others UnAccOuntably Delay
Their Promised "GhOst
Walk"

A few months ago Caesare Lombroso, the
greatest criminologist the world ever
knew, died in his Italian home. Some time
before he had become a convert to the
tenets OF spirituallsm. On his deathbed
ne made a remarkable assertion. To the
friends who had gathered about him in his
last illness he announced his intention OF
coming back from the spirit world and
holding communion with his family and
his friends. No one who knew him doubted
that his determined soul would fail in It's
intent ~ Il were possible 70 break through
the veil OF silence.
One dark night few months ago the
body OK Frank Podmore, who was known
aa the keeper OF England's ghost rec
ords." was found IN q few Inches OF watel
near the shores OF a half-Wtld lake in the
English hills. Twenty-Five years before
he had entered into compact with nil
two friends. Bdmord Guerney ana Fred
eziek w. Myers
TN the event Of either Of our deaths,
30 the compact ran. "the one who goes OF
before shall u possible. revisit and max
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after his death he would return TO them
II the forces In the land Of spirits did not
prove too strong for his greatest efforts
to overcome.
Back in 1905 Richard Hodgson, one Of
the greatest psychical students of the
New World, passed through the gates Of
death. He, too. made the promise that he
would send back some undoubted word
to his friends and fellow-students left be-
hind. HOdgson was secretary and treas
urer OF the American Branch for the So
ciety OF Psychical Research. He had
spent much OF his life In studying ghost
lore and dreaming OF the possibility Of
untrammeled worlds beyond the hour OF
death.
Caesare Lombroso has noe spoken. de-
spite his solemn promise. Podmore, like
his two friends. Myers and Guerney
seems TO have forgotten his compact
Prof James has not as yet penetrated
the veil OF silence that separates the quick
and the dead. Some OF the associates OF
Hodgson claim that intelligent and char,
acteristic communications have been re-
ceived from him once or twice since his
death Others OF his indnstes, wher
questioned concerning these messages
merely shrug their shoulders and refuse
TO discuss the matter.
/ Will the dead ever send message e
the hving7 Is II possible for the spirits
OF the departed 10 reach across the ehasn
that separates the two worlds and have
speech with their kindred and theil
friends? II was this question that LON
broso, James. Podmore, Guerney, Hodg
son, Myers and others were trying TO an
/ swer definitely when they promised Z
| come back. This unanswered question 4
age-old. The promises made by these mel
have again famed the smoldering inter
est in the subject into a blaze The delv
ers In psychic research have revived hop
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his presence known to the two survivors"
Two years afterwards Edward Guerney
died. His two friends waited patiently for
some word from him. but none came. No
message was given them from the spirit
in the back OF beyond. Had he forgot
ten? Were the difficulties too great to be
overeome2 Nearly twenty years after
wards Myers, the poet and the dreame
OF the trio, passed into the other world.
Before his death he assured his friend.
POdmore. that II it were within the realms
Of possibility he would reach out from the
world OF phantasms and make his presence
felt POdmore waited in vain for the mes
sage. A few days before his death Pod
more announced to one OF his associates
that II was his intention to come back from
the grave and in some unmistakable man
ner communicate with his friends whom he
would leave behind.
One OF the rare minds OF America per
ished when William James OF Harvard
University passed away a few weeks ago
For years this brilliant man had been in
terested more and more In the land thai
lies beyond the grave. Latterly he had
been much Influenced by the remarkable
manifestations produced by Eusapia Pal.
ladino and her disciples. Within the last
year be published an essay on occult sub
jects. He called the paper The Conn
denees OF a Psychical Researcher" and
states therein that he Is more than con
WINGED OF the reality and genuineness o.
psychical phenomena He placed himsel
on record as believing that we are nov
on the verge Of many remarkable dis
coveries in this ghostly realm.
Promised 10 "Coms Back"
] Before his death he made a cownac
with a number OF his fellow-students VIII
knew his Utmost dreams on things occult
He promised them that within q Weel
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27
Promlaed ID aCome RneLL. d

Before his death he made compact
with a number OF his felow-students who
knew his Utmost dreams on things occult
He promised them that within q week
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-06

Last Monday | watched a woman ligh
ana tend brush fire while her neigh
boris clotheslnes were covered with We
household linen. which caught and hel'
whatever floating particles the wind ear
ried TO them. She did not put out he
own clothes til the next day, for The Oh
yious reason that she wanted them 10 b.
uqspotted. That woman owes great
deal to the neighbors, to whose comfor
she ls SO Indifferent as there has beer
much sickness in her family for severa
years and great kindness has been shown
hnr
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-06

his mother, rather than something
that he and his mother should hide
from his sweetheart.
Read the letter." the older woman
said as they sat down to the table,
and Juliet read it, making up as she
went along sentences which told that
he was glad she liked the purse, glad
that Juliet liked the books and said
nothing of his mistake. After that
they chatted of the coming marriage
and Juliet's plans for it.
When juliet went home she wrote
to her lover and told him all about it
how she loved the books and how
his mother had delighted in the sill
"ec purse.
Il want her to keep it." she said,
and you must not send me another
TO make mp 10 me, for like to feel
that 1t is my gift to your mother as
wel as yours. some day I'll give her
4 set of Brownings and then she Will
have both things. and never know the
diffe ence'
The answer that came from him
repaid her for her sacrifice 81 am GO
ing to take YOU at your word he said
and let you do without the purse
But on their Wedding day, besides
the diamond pendant that he gave he
there was another gift. Wrapped in
tissue paper and tied with white rib
bon. it made rather bulky package.
Within she found a golden bag. all
glittering mesh and sparkling stones.
i was thing beautiful enough for a
duchess, thing prince might have
presented to the lady he loved, and
that was what ii meant to Juliet; the
gift of the lover. who had given her
he greatest gift of all--his hearts
best and purest alteration. Copy
right, 1910, by Associated Literary
Press)
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-06
GETTING Water Squeezed out

Notice of reduction from $5O0,00C
capital to 100000 real money was
filed today for the Oklahoma Fire
Insurance Co.. Oklahoma City The
reduction is said to have been made
for the reason that II has 100000
paid in stock and that it expects to
do business in Texas, where only paid
up stock counts.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-06

notwithstanding Leonard Wooc
commanded the rough riders in Cub,
and that sherman Bell did the fighl
ing, ye one, Theodore Roosevelt, !
tearing up things over in Norway. A
an advertising proposition Roosevelt
has fe W equals and no superior.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-06

Before mocrats get excited in th'
First Oklahoma congressional district
they should remember the weakes
Democrat mentioned for Mcclure
seat is stronger man than the strons
est mentioned on the other side o
The fence.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-06

Selling school lands does not pleas
lnany, but there is no history OF SOY
treign-owned lands where the people
prospe ed as result OF that owner
ship.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-06

All Republican candidates pledge
that they viii do better than is be.
ing done, but none offer the record
of the past Republican officials as
further proof of assertion.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-06

graft and appeals from thosv who have
ntught TO pledge for faith other thar
their evil deeds i'll the hour Of yes
terday in the land that was are heart
bnt refused
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-06

Getting ready TO do things ought
not discourage people, but the glad
scme message they are being done J.,
what counts