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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
THE WRECK OF
THE MAINE
Confirmation Of the Story Told b
Captain Brady Comes From
Newspaper Man.

MERIDEN, Conn, Nov. 4.-Former
Senator Francis Atwater, of this city
who was publishing newspaper at
Havana, Cuba, at the time the Maine
was blown up, commenting on the
statemen. of Captain Brady at Kan
sas City to the effect that the ship
had been blown up from the outside
and the government knew The details
of the happenings years ago, has af.
firned the story
Atwater says he sent a cablegram
to this conutry Nov. 4, 1899. telling of
Zavsldo's destrua ton of the warship
and his accomplices, the information,
according to Atwater, having been Civ
en- him by detective, who told him
also that one of his accompliees stood
ready to confess the full details OF
the plot.
At that time all the information
obtainable, said Atwster, was sent to
the then secretary of war, but while
the latter was Acknowledged, no fur
ther notice was taken of it so far as
Atwater knew
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
England and Russia Cove. the Rug
Country and Intend to Di-
vide it up Between
Themselves.
) NATIVES ARE WILD
Perslans Have Appealed to France
and Germany and Say They
VIII Fight to the
Death.

TEHERAN. Nov. 4-The English in.
vasion of Persia has begun with bat.
tie in which the commander and several
sailors OF the British cruisers Pros.
perine, were wounded.
Serious trouble Is feared as England
and Russia are preparing to divide
Persia. Germany and France oppose
The cruiser landed sailors at Lindah
on the Persian gulf The natives con.
slider 1t the firgc move toward the
division Of the country and say they
will fight to the death.
They have appealed to France and
Germany for aid.
According to advices received here,
the Prosperine landed force Of ma.
rines several days ago. An additional
force was landed today and it is re.
ported here that they were attacked.
The number Of dead is not reported,
nor is 1t stated who won the victory.
There Is every reason for the be.
lief that the British invasion is part
of a well arranged program for the
partition OF the little kingdom
AS matter of fact, the opposing
nations regard the matter as one OF
serious consequences and it would not
be surprising to see them g. to any
length to prevent the gobbling up OF
| Persia.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
HORSE LAUGH
ALMOST FATAL
Man Could Not Stop Laughing Over
Horse Trade and Almost Died
Laughing.

LAURENCEBURG, Ind, Nov. A.
Trading a mule for a "shaved-tail'
horse appealed to the humor of S. II.
Schrapp of this city, and he began
laughing. He laughed nearly an hour,
wi h the tears rolling down his
cheeks, and still he didn't stop. His
friends, becoming alarmed, summon
ed physician, but the physician
couldn't stop the hearty "ha, ha.'
When six hours had passed and
Schrapp still was convulsed wi II
laughter another physician was called
and still the horse traders merriment
vuled. An electric battery was bought
into play and just as the merry laugh
had rounded out twelve hours the
trader was given a heavy electric
shock. The cha, has" ceased and
schrapp fell over exhausted.
It was thought for time that the
man would die, but today he shows
no i'll effects from the long laugh.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
Martin Rollins is Case for the coron-
er Instead of the Sheriff, AZ.
ter Three Day Man
Hunt.
CHASED BY HOUNDS
Sent the Empty Shells With Which
He Killed Girl to Her Mother
With Note Blaming
Parent.

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo-, Nov. A.
Martin Rollins, who shot and killed
15-year-olds Annie Austin here Mon
day, shot and killed himself in the
barn of his former employer, short
distance from where he blotted out
the life of the schoo girl of his am
our
For the last three days Rollins has
led his pursuers one of the most
most thrilling chases known to this
section of Missouri. Day and night he
has been followed by bloodhounds
from Tyersburg, Tennessee accom-
panied by nearly 100 armed men.
The chase led through almost mac
cssible swamps, and always the dogs
have heen from three to six hours be
hind the fugitive, who was almost an
iron man for endurance.
Rollins appeared at the home of a
Mr.. Maxwell, for whom he previously
worked, about IL a. m. He demanded
food and it was given him. He told
his former employer he had come
home to die Maxwell gained the i'm
preston he proposed to die fighting.
and at the first opportunity sent word
to Steele, Mo-, from which place a
posse started Immediately for Max
wells.
On arrival the man hunters found
Rollins had taken refuge in the barn.
i When they began closing in on him
the shot himself Coroner Grove Wis
4 tied the scene and conducted an in
quest
While Sheriff Franklin was leading
the posse through the swamps along
+ Little River, Rollins returned to Car
uthersville and passed Tuesday night
at the home of the sheriff. Before
leaving in the morning ne burned the
4 officers barn.
Rollins is said to have killed the
girl because she refused to elope with
him
/ Rollins sent the empty shells with
which he killed Miss Austin to tho
girls mother. Accompanying them
was a note which read: Here are the
shells that killed your daughter, ant
4 you are the cause of it, This mes
sage is said to have been written by
the fugitive shortly before he burnet
the barn of Sheriff Franklin.
The officials of Wickliffe, KY, Rol
Inns former home, declared he hat
the reputation Of being a dangerous
man and was wanted there on sever
al charges. Threats to lynch Rollins
| were made repeatedly and his self-de
struction in all probability forestallet
mob violence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
RICH COLLECTION
OF AUTOGRAPHS
Ellen Terry Presented With Gift
Book, Signed by Some of the
Greatest Names in
America.
TWO HUNDRED NAMES
Kate Douglas WIsslns Makes Pre-.
sentatlon Speech to Woman Who
Was Once Great
Actress.

NEW YORK, Nov. president
and Mrs. Taft, Mayor and Mrs. Gay
nor. ]. P. Morgan, E. H. Gary, of the
United States steel corporation, Will
liam Dean Howells and some two
hundred other friends of Ellen Terry
united in surprising her with ''book
OF welcome bound in gold and vel
lum and signed with their names.
Miss Terry arrived here from Chi
cago. When she stepped to the plat
form of the Hudson theatre to deliver
lecture on "Shakespeare's Heroines"
the audience rose and cheered for five
minutes. Tears OF gratitude came to
Miss Terry's eyes, but she deferred
any formal Acknowledgement and be-
gan her lecture.
Just as she was leaving the stage,
Kate Douglas Virgins, the authoress,
stepped forward, carrying the book of
welcome, and, turning first to the aud
fence and then to Miss Terry, read
the preface and then the signatures.
Percy McKaye, poet and playwright,
then read a sonnet
Miss Terry was said by many OF
her hearers to be in as good voice as
twenty years ago, although she is now
81. Other names included in the
book are:
Mrs. August Belmont, Mrs. Clar
ence Mackay Charles Dana, Gibson
Samuel w. Taft, Lyman Abbott, Julis
Marlowe,, John Drew Charles Froh
man, Minnie Maddern Fiske and JohI
| Jacob Astor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
Big STORM
in The EAST
Heavy Rain and High Wind is Sweep,
ing the Coast and caus.
ing Great Deal of
Damage.
WASHINGTON CUT OFF
All WIres Were Blown % >This
Morning When the
Capital S

NEW YoRK> Il "A severe
storm is sweeping the coast. Four
inches of rain has already fallen, and
the wind is blowing at terrible rate.
Much damage has been done to ship
ping.
The storm extends from the lake
regions to the Atlantic coast with deep
SHOWS in Pennsylvania and New York.
Washington was cut completely off
from the world this morning, all wires
being blown down.
Two deaths are reported in New
York One man with an umbrella held
down over his face was run down by
a street car and killed. A woman
died of exposure.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
philadelphia Sees Possibilities Of
street Car Strike and Beds are
Being Placed in
Hospitals.
PRATT WAS ARRESTED
sla Meeting Of Employees at Which
the Men Adopt Course Which
Will Lead to
Trouble.

PHILADELPHIA Pa, Nov. a.
With the two arbitrators appointed to
determine the meaning of the term
"loyal men, in deadlock and the
motormen and conductors angry be-
oalse of the Philadelphia Rapid Tran
sit Company's alleged refusal to car
ly out the agreement, which ended the
strike last spring, developments of the
last few days indicate that another
galk-out may be matter of hours.
Three thousand employees came
from all parts Of the city to attend a
meeting at Labor Lyceum last night.
The report of the, arbitration meetings
was rendered, explanatory speeches
were made by G. o. Pratt and Presi-
dent Peter Driscoll, and the result
was that the men practically unani-
mously adopted course which is in
every detail the counterpart Of the
one preceding the eight weeks strike
which began last February.
The sudden arrest and imprison-
ment of c. o. Pratt just after he had
left the car mems headquarters per-
haps did more to arouse the indigna-
ton against the company and It's
police department ally at last nights
meeting than did the mems own griev-
ances. Pratt was pounced upon, beat
Ell over the face and head by two
plain clothes men and compelled to
walk to the police station. There all
bis personal correspondence and 9TH
er effects were taken from him, he
vas refused permission to telephone
bis friends or attorney and snmmarily
thrown into cell.
After his release Pratt said he had
been the victim of ''frame-up" and
that the detectives were anxious to
secure any papers which he might
have upon his version showing the
plans of the men regarding another
strike.
The police are making every prep
aration for a street car strike, should
one be called. The order has been
issued to all policemen for continuous
duty and detectives out on special
quests have been called in tc be held
in readiness for a repetition OF the
barbarous tactics that marked the
last strike
Beds are being installed in the city
hall with all possible haste, and ar
rangements are already being made
Tor the establishment of temporary
substations in various parts o. the city
where automobile patrols and squad:
ol policemen will be assigned.
The tone of last nights meeting in
dlcated that the men have now reach
cd point where further parleyins
upon the part of the transit eompan,
ollcials will not be tolerated. Realiz
Ing that dissensions within their owl
ranks materially threatens the wei
lare of all, every small difference ha
been forgotten until the present dii
hchties have been Strengthened oit
The decision of the meeting was t
give the executive committee and ma
'uonal officers of the Amalgamated AS
sociation absolute discretionary pow
efs for calling strike should the
aeem that course the wisest one il
view of the company's attitude.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
FIRE CAUSED
FROM CIGARETTES
Southern Newspaper Plant in Ruins
and One Printer Burned
to Death.

MACON, Ga, Nov. 4.-Raymond
Clay. a printer, was burned to death
and property loss of 100000 re-
suited when the building occupied by
the Macon Telegraph was almost de-
stroyed by fire early last night.
The fire started in waste paper
where three boys were smoking Gig
arettes at the back of the building.
The working force was transferred
to the Evening News office. and the
composition on the morning edition
was resumed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
ON HIS way
TO iowa
Roosevelt Spent Hour in Chicago Last
Evening and Was Almost
Unrecosnized by
People.
ONE MAN CHEERED
Colonel Came Near Being Arrested
For Fast Driving While Rid
Ing In an Auto
mobile.
ONE MAN cHEERED

CHICAGO, Nov. 4-Former Presi-
dent Roosevelt arrived at S:45 o'clock
over the Pennsylvania was driven TO
the Chicago club and prepared to
leave for Iowa over the Rock Island
road at ten o'clock.
Scarcely anyone at the Union sta
tion last night, aside from the news
paper men, knew Roosevelt was to
arrive here. Stepping from the car,
Roosevelt walked dozen car lengths
between the two trains before he
reached the gates to the train sheds.
He was jostled by the nurrying pas
sengers. few of whom discovered his
identity. AS he passed through the
exit from the tracks to the station
proper, man in the throng at the
gates started cheer. This was taken
up by many others, but Roosevelt did
not stop, although dozen attempted
to shake hands. Reaching the street
Roosevelt was beseiged by number
of cab drivers and omnibus men who
treated him as they would have
treated al ordinary fare
! A moment later the colonel entered
a waiting automobile and was driven
along Jackson and Michigan boulevard
/ to the Chicago club. At the intersec-
tion of the two boulevards a park po-
liceman waved his nand at the hurry
ing machine and shouted:
"Put down the speed there, or IN
take YOU in
But the big auto did not Stacker
! the mace until it arrived at the club
4 Colonel Roosevelt was met by II. II
KohIsaat, publisher of the Chicago
Record Herald, and was introduced
to a few club members who happeneh
to he there. A conference with kohl
saat lasted a little more than an
hour. AT the conclusion of the ses
sion. Roosevelt hurried to the wait
ing automobile and was driven to the
IlaSalle street station to take the
Jowa.bound train On the Rock Is
4 land.
At Davenport.
DAVENPORT, NOV. 4.-Colone
Roosevelt arrived here this morn1nt
and took breakfast with Octave Tha
net. the novelist, and in the park NJ
addressed 10000 people for Charles
Grilk. At noon he left for Des Moine
to address the state teachers.
Short stops were made at man.
small towns.
II come here in behalf of Charlie
Grilk. candidate for congress, Roose
yelt said. because know he stand
as I do for progressiveness and be
cause we want those representative
in the next congress who We're no
only willing to do the right thing pu
: were enabled to do it. Our opponent
in the northern states and this stat
are disorganized. All republicans bf
: lieve heartily in protection. The
NAV have disagreed in the past as t
! the application of that principle bu
now we are unit, pledged to a n
a vision of the tariff by commission
appointed for that purpose. Our OF
moments have abandoned the principle
which are right and cling to the on
T which is wrong. We will elect col
gressman from this district who wi
act as we wish"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
RaIked al the Altar.

A young man named Wahl, who was
about to be married at Regensburg,
Germany, had entered the church and
taken his place beside the bride when
he was suddenly seized with terror,
and, rushing out, took cab TO the
station and jumped into moving
train. Commotion reigned in the
church. and the deserted bride fell in
a swoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
WILL SHELL
VALADARIES OUT
United States Gunboat is Ready to
Bombard the Honduran
Despot.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov, 4.-America
NAV be forced TO use armed interven-
ton TO put an end to the tyranny OF
Cen. Jose Valladares, the usurper at
Amapalas, Honduras The gunboaS
Princeton is prepared to shell the
customs house where he is entrench-
ed. The firing will commence at the
first overt act. Valladares threatens
TO have The American consul shot.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
ua,f Thousand Kittens.

NEW YORK, Nov. Alive hundred
maltese kittens with blue ribbons
around their necks are being distrib-
uted by the democratic campaign man
ager among the homes in the fifteenth
district here. The kit
tens carry brief campaign argument
in tabloid form on their blue ribbons
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
LITTLE DIFFERENCE
DOES IT MAKE
LaFolIette Says That He Does Not
Regard Burkett as a
Progressive.

MADISON, Wis, Nov. Al do not
regard Senator Burkett as progress.
sive republican. His record shows him
voting quite as often with the special
interests as the public interests.
In this statement Senator LaFollette
today summed up his standing toward
the Nebraska statesman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
BANISHED KING
DOES NOT SMILE
Manuel Has Also Lost Twenty Pounds
as Well as His
Throne.

LONDON, Nov 4.-Several mem
bers of Englands royal family who
returned today from a visit at Wood
norton, where King Manuel, the ban
ished king of Portugal is staying say
that the boy king plainly shows his
grief at losing his throne. His smile
is gone and he has lost twenty pounds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
Hit nv a Street Car.

WATERLOO, la. Nov. 4.-D. G.
Lovejoy of vinton, aged 60 years,
had narrow escape from death
when he was struck by street car
on the bridge which spans the Black
Hawk creek His right wrist was
fractured and he received three brok-
en- ribs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
weaver Has BoIted.

DES MONIES Iowa, Nov. 4.-1eh-
eral James B. Weaver mas Dol'ed 'he
democratic ticket and will not sup
MORT Claude r.. Porter, democratic
candidate for governor, his lifelong
friend. He has written a letter IL
,gbinb he denouncas the combination
Of the liquor interests and the demo
Gratis and appeals to all democrats 10
,oin him in repudiating what ne terms
.ihc efforts 10 debauch Iowa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
BACKBONE OF
STRIKE BROKEN
Garment Workers of Chicago See
Peace in Sight and the Trouble
viii Soon be
Ended.
TWO CONCERNS SIGN
One Thousand Men viii Return to
! Work sinoe An Agreement
Has Been Entered
| Into.
TWO CONCERNS SIGN

CHICAGO, Nov. 4.-Peace offerings
by several clothing concerns, full set
tlement by two companies, several
minor rio. scares which failed to ma
teralize and report that the garment
S rike would extend to eastern cities,
constituted the activity in the garl
ment worker strike in Chicago. Last
night there was well-defined
feeling among the labor leaders that
the backbone of the strike Is broken.
and there is little fear that it will
spread to other cities.
The feeling of the strikers that the
tide has turned in their favor came
with the signing of an agreement by
Cohn, Rissman & Co. and Alschuler,
Dreyer & Co., by which 500 men are to
return to work for each firm.
| No mention of wages is made in the
agreement, which provides forty-eight
hours work each week for cutters and
| fif;y-four hours for miscellaneous en-
I ployes. The agreement also gives the
! firms the right to use the union label,
and is held by the striksrs to be vic
tory.
Apparant stagnation in the strike
| today puzzles the police, who have
been busy for weeks quelling disturb
ances all over the city. Whether they
have been discouraged by the move
on order, or the cold weather, is un-
known, but today for the first time
4 since the strike began. the pickets
have ceased their activities.
The New York Strike.
/ NEW YORK. Nov. 4.-The calling
of a general strike effecting 10000
union teamsters in Greater New York
is predicted as the outcome of the
mass meeting of expressmen at 8
o'clock this afternoon. The meeting
has been called to hear the report OF
the committee which tried in vair
yesterday to come to some understand
ing with the express companies. The
latter refused to recognize the team
sters.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
sunerintcndent Collins Resigns.

MASON CITY, Nov. 4.-On account
e,f failing health, Superintendent Col
Inns of the Iowa and Dakota division
Of the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul railroad, has temporarily re-
r,pned and A. B. Peterson has been
apnointed assistant superintendent in
charge. C. A. Anderson. chief dis
hatcher at Mitchell, S. D. has been
made trainmaster between Sanborn
and Chamberlain.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
NEVER WILL LIVE
TO GET OUT
National Guardsman Sentenced to SO
Years in Jail for Kill
ing Man.

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 4.-Sergeant
Manley of the National Guards who
killed Louis Richenstein by plunging
bayonet through his body October
5, 1909, when President Taft was
here. was convicted today and sent
enced to 80 years imprisonment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
Took carbolic Acid Route.

BOONE, Ia, Nov. 4.-Despondent
and tired of life, Nick Hammer.
railroad man, drank large quantity
of carbolic acid and died soon after
wards. He leaves a widow and one
small child.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
ro,,r Weeks Yet.

BARCEL ONA, Nov. spanish rad
icals are disgusted over the statement
Of Alexander Leroux that Spain W
he a republic within four years. 1t
is more likely, the radicals declare
IN he republic within four weeks.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
He Had Three Wives.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Nov. "A dis
match received from Mrs Rayner of
Findlay. O., leads the police to be-
,,eye that ]. H. Rayner, who commit
tod suicide here Monday, had three
wives It has already been proven that
he had at least two wives, one in
West Virginia and one in Detroit.
The body was sent to Detroit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
NEW u. S. A.
HAS BEEN FORMED
1t is Located in South Africa and Has
Held First ParIia-
ment.

CAPE TOWN, Nov 4-The Duke
Of Cannaugh, representing his nephew,
King George Of England, today open
ed first parliament of the new U. S.A.
United South Africa. The governors
of the different states and thousands
of people were present.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
Elk MAYOR GRANT
OF NEW YORK
p'ed of Heart Disease Last Evening
at the Age of Fifty-five
Years.

NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-Hugh ].
urant, twice mayor of New York City
anu twice defeated for the same Office,
aleo OF heart disease last night, aged
o. Grant made record by opposing
.ne broadway franchise graft, and
refusing bribe of $4,000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
BROOKLYN HEIREss
HAS DISAPPEARED
Father Offers $1,000 Reward After She
Has Been Gone for Five
Months.

NEW YORK, Nov. 4. No trace of
,i'ss Maude Blaisdel has yet
,,e zen found. She is the Il year old
ps paushter Of Joseph w. Blaisdell, Il
ssookiyn millionaire. who has offered
.ewafd OF $1,000 for her. She has
sn ~ missing for five months.
cue Is supposed to have gone TO
''s'a'd with her chaueffeur
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
Racial chanaes.

A national and racial type OF faces.
whose existence none can deny, varies
at different historical periods CORE
spending 20 that nations rise or fall
in morals, we'll being, etc. The age
of Pericles left treasure of noble
faces in statue.--Wichita Eagle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
Elevator Men.

WASHINGTON, Nov. Various
Grain elevator operators in Illinois and
indiana today asked the interstate
commerce commission 20 force the
railroads to make reasonable rates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
THE WEATHER.
(Until Z u. m. Saturday,

IUntlI I u. M. Saturday,
For Keokuk and vicinity. Local
rain or snow tonight or Saturday
Warmer tonight.
For Illinois: Unsettled with prob
ably rain tonight or Saturday. Warm
er tonight.
For Iowa: Local rain or snow to
night or Saturday.
For Missouri: Unsettled with prob
ably rain tonight or Saturday. Warm
er tonight east portion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04
BUTCHER WAS
ON WILD RAMPAGE
Killed His Little Son and Injured
Three Others Before
Captured.

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 4--Louis Hoft
man, butcher of Cedarburg, shot and
killed his twelve year old son, injur
ed two brothers and his nephew. He
was arrested by the police who think
he Is insane.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-04

barred From Citizenship.

The law says that mo alien, who Is
a native citizen, or subject or deni-
zen of any country, state or sovereign
~ with which the United States is at
war at the time OF his application,
shall be then admitted to become a
citizen of the United States