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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-28


Eight candidates-five republicans and
three democrats--are straining every
ounce of nerve and muscle today in
the most furious sweepstake race for
mayoralty nominations that Chicago,
with all it's stressful political history,
has ever seen.
Each of the eight is confident that
he will outrun his rival; each looks
for frantic finish; while, around
the inclosure, voters, politicians and
spectators, keyed up to a high pitch
of excitement, are unable to pick the
winners until the race is over and
the results posted It's the greatest
political derby ever run in Chicago.
Extreme precautions are being ta-
ken that the race at the primaries
shall be fairly won. An army Of 20,
] 900 guardians of the ballot will be or
guard at the ]. .s22 pU1ffngg~ pfaces: viiss
I lance is the watchword in each o.
the rival camps, and each candidate
will have challengers and watchers II
every precinct to check up the voters
and keep tab on the count.
Out of about every ten voters one
will be either watcher or challenger
as a total vote of between 100000 an6
225, 900 is looked for An average Of
perhaps two out of every ten voters
will be engaged in getting out the
1 others. On an average three mer
thus will work to get ten votes de
posted and fairly counted. Many @
the workers are volunteers, the res
get SIS a day. The total expenditure
for manning the polls is expected t.
run up to 100000
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-28
IOWA SENATORS
VOTED FOR IT
Direct Election of Senator Measure
Was Defeated by Vote in
CApata Todav
Senate Today.

WASHINGTON. Fep. 2s.-The meas
ure for the election of senator by the
people. was defeated Cummins and
Young of Iowa voted in the affirm
atiyA
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-28
Sly Are MISSING.

THE DALLES, Ore, Feb. 2s.-six
hundreds pounds of dynamite on a
scow in the Columbia river exploded
this morning. Six people are miss
ing. The scow was sunk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-28
LUMBER TRUST
FOR CANADA
Biggest Concern Ever Formed There
In That Line Of Business
Is Launched.

VANCOUVER, Feb. 2s.--The Brit
ish-Canadian Lumber Corporation, the
largest lumber concern in Canada, cap
italized at twenty millions, has Just
been launched here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-28
It means something.

No time should be lost in
getting the information about
the water power scattered
broadcast. 1t should be per
sistently advertised in indus
trial sections. Much good has
already been accomplished in
this direction by the CONNER
cial Club. 1t should be continu
ed. Good results will follow. A
campaign Of publicity and dill
gent pursuit of desirable fac
tories is essential. Just how
effective this campaign will
prove will depend upon the lib.
erality Of our people,
It's time to come across with
the material that gives speed
to a city's progress.
It means something.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-28
British Children Insured.

Two-thirds of the total number of
children under ten years of age in the
United Kingdom are insured
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-28
Weather Conditions.

The pressure remains high in the
Northern Mountain and Plateau re-
gions where the temperature is low,
reaching twenty-eight below zero in
Northern Montana, and the tempera-
ture is lower with Increasing pressure
in the eastern portion of the country.
The southwestern depression is CEN
trail in Arizona, attended by rising
temperature in the southwest and
southern mountain region.
There has been rain in California.
Western Texas, Arkansas and Tennes-
see, and snow in Colorado, Kansas,
Missouri and in portions of the Ohio
valley and Lower Lake Region.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-28
Local Observations.

Mean temperature, q.
Highest temperature. s3.
Lowest temperature, 81.
Lowest temperature last night, q.
FRED 2. GOSEWISCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-28
Chicago Voting Today for Mayor With
Eight Real Candidates and
TWO Make Believe
Ones.
ALL ARE CONFIDENT
II Will Cost 100000 in Lesitimat.
Expenses to Pull off the Primary
Election For Nomi-
nations.
Candidates For Mayor.

Candidates For Mayor.
Charles E. Merriam, rep.
John R. Thompson, rep.
John e. Scully, rep.
John f. smulski. rep.
Tom Murray, rep.
Carter H. Harrison. dem.
Edward F. Dunno. dem.
Andrew ]. Graham, dem.
VIM e. Rodriques, soc.
w. A. Brubaker, pro.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-28
SEVERAL JAPS
KILLED BY CHINKS
Trouble Among the Guards Who Arr
Enforcing the Anti-PIague
Precautions

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. as.--In a
fight near Mukden between the
Chinese and Japanese who are en-
forcing anti-plague precautions along
the Antung railroad, several Japs
We're killed today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-28
It means something.
It means something.

It means that every citizen
should contribute literally,
willingly and promptly, and
that in all other efforts put
forth by the. Keokuk Industrial
Association it should have the
united support Of the commun-
ity. If it does get such a sup
port
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-28
THE WEATHER.
Weather Forecast.

Until p. m. Wednesday
For keokuk and Vicinity--Uri-
settled weather with snow or rain to-
night or Wednesday.
For Illinois Cloudy, with snow or
rain in south portion tonight or We'd
nesday
For Towa-Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday.
For Unsettled weather
with snow or rain tonight or Wednes-
1ay
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-28
pally River Bulletin.

Station at Keokuk Iowa, Tuesday,
February IS, 1911. observations TAX
en- at Z a. m.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-28
stage Height Char
River Forecast.

The river will continue to fall slow
ly for several days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-28
1t means something.

Keokuk will grow just in
proportion to the efforts her
citizenship puts forth to make
her grow. A new era in the
city's life has appeared by vir-
tue of the building of the water
power. To meet the changed
conditions that the water pow
er enterprise will demand, new
civic action is imperative. Get
into the live-wire procession
and boost the city that has the
big future. Let us be big enough
to meet it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-28

Keokuk's 5 OpporiL. .ty
Your Opportunity
It's a very simple process
and a very simple story. It's
broad in its scope and benefl-
cial in its application.
Fn
It means something.

~ 4AOo11Ao 0OAACV4AA11Ss
Tomorrow the finance COM
mittee Of the Keokuk Indus
trial Association will begin its
solicitation for funds to be
used to advance the CONNER
cial and industrial condition of
Keokuk. It will be the first
practical application Of plans
formulated by the committee
of fifteen and it's the life-blood
Of the organization money.
It means something.
The finance committee has
appointed sub committees who
will for the next few days can
vass as quickly as possible the
citizens of Keokuk for financial
pledges with which to start
and maintain a campaign for a
Greater Keokuk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-28
It means something.

It means a new spirit; a new
condition. It means that Keo-
kuk is going to have the big
gest opportunity ever offered
to a city in the Mississippi Val
ley to develop surely and rap
idly into one Of the leading
manufacturing centers of the
United States. The opportun-
ity will knock at your door to-
morrow and Thursday. Don't
let this opportunity pass with
a knock. Let the committee
find you ready to take advant
age of the opportunity to make
Keokuk bigger and brighter
and contribute literally.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-30
HEEDs CONVICTs WIFE's PLEA.
Governor Permits Stripping to Attend
Child's Deathbed and Funeral.

Columbus, Ca, Nov. 26.-Thom-
as STRIPPING, the self-confessed muir
derer, who was recaptured about a
year ago, after IA years of freedom,
in which he had risen to the position
of chief of police of Danville, Va, to-
day was permitted to attend the
deathbed of his youngest child, Jes-
sic Stripping, aged two. BY permis-
sion of Gov. Slaton, Stripping also
will be granted the privilege of at
tending the child's funeral to-mor-
row at Chipley, Ga. The governors
action followed the receipt of a pa
thetic letter from Stripling's wife,
telling of the destitute condition of
herself and ten children since her
husbands re-arrest.
Stripping was convicted, and SEN
fenced for life about Is years ago,
of the murder of William Cornet, a
neighbor in Harris county. He made
his escape while being taken to the
State farm. Nothing was heard of
him until a year ago, when he was
re-arrested while serving as chief of
police at Danville, under the name
of Morris. Thousands of petitions
from all over the United States fail
ed to gain a pardon for him, and he
now is serving his life sentence at
the State farm.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-30
Married in Orangeburg.

Wednesday evening of last week a
brilliant wedding occurred at the
handsome home of Col. and Mrs. W..
G. Smith in Orangeburg, when their
daughter, Miss Jennie Barnwell
Smith, was married to Mr.. William
Jackson Lyon. The ceremony was
performed by DR.. H. w. Bays, pas
tor of st. Paul's Methodist church.
There were number of attendants,
and little Nell Jennings Bamberg,
daughter Mr.. and Mrs. G. Frank
Bamberg, of this city, acted as flower
girl. The happy young couple left
after a reception for an extended
wedding tour, after which they will
reside in Anderson, where the groom
is a prominent young business man.
The bride lived in Bamberg for a
number of years and has number of
friends and relatives here who wish
for her every happiness.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-30
ALL LIQUOR RECORDS SMASHED
Greatest Production During the Past
Year, Says Commissioner Cabell.

Washington, Nov. 26.-The an
nual report of Royal E. Cabell, COM
missioner .of internal revenue, given
out here to-day, makes several start
ling declarations.
All records were broken in the
past fiscal year in the production of
alcoholic liquors.
The smoking of opium is a wide
spread vice in this country and OPT
um "joints" exist in every city OF
considerable size.
The double system of taxing dleo-
margarine is corrupting grocers and
gross frauds are being perpetrated
on the butter buying public.
The internal revenue receipts last
year were s322,526,299, the greatest
in the history of the government.
Corporations making returns upon
the new corporation tax law, No.
270,202, with an aggregate capital
of S6,SS6,430,519. The aggregate
net income to the stockholders was
$3,360,250,642.
The years production of distilled
spirits amounted to 75,402,395 gall
Ions, nearly 100000 gallons more
than in the previous banner year,
1907. The production of beer, ale,
etc., amounted to 63,216,S51 barrels,
nearly 100000 barrels more than
in the previous record year, 1910.
The amount of liquor held in
bonded warehouses for ripening
reaches the enormous total of 249,-
279,346 gallons.
To remedy the oleomargarine situ-
alton, Mr.. Cabell suggests that fraud
would be wiped out if a single stand
ard of taxation for the colored and
uncolored products be established,
and if the manufacturers be reQuir-
ed to put their product in small
sealed packages instead of selling it
in bulk.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-30
ALLEGED FORGERY ATTEMPT.
Negro Presents Check at Aiken
Bank, then Escapes.

Aiken, Nov. 27.-Police officers
of Aiken are now on the lookout for
one Mack Gibson, colored, wanted at
this place for forgery.
He entered the First National
Bank this morning, it is alleged, in
a drunken condition and presented
to the cashier a check for the sum
of s3S, made payable to and endors-
ed by Mack Gibson. The check bore
the supposed signature of G. L..
Toole, an attorney of this place, and
was one of a book of checks made
especially for Mr.. Toole.
The entire check was written in an
almost undecipherable scrawl and
the cashier, doubling the signature,
consulted some old checks of Mr..
Toole, and detected the fraud. He
then stepped to a telephone to COM
municate with Mr.. Toole, but the
negro suspected the intent of the
cashier and made wild bolt for the
door, escaping before anyone could
interfere.
The police were at once notified
and began search for the negro,
but up until late this afternoon he
had not been apprehended. 1t is
presumed that he ran to some OBJ
scure point and boarded the 10:30
trolley for Augusta before the alarm
had been spread.
Very few persons in Aiken know
Mack Gibson, and it is thought that
he is some passing stranger.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-30
Spencer Will Be Electrocuted.

Springfield, Mass, Nov. 25.-Bert-
ram G.. Spencer, charged with shoot
ing Miss Martha B. Blackstone, in
March, 1910, was found guilty of
murder in the first degree here Sat-
urday morning at 8 O'Clock, by the
jury, which was out five hours. He
will be sentenced to electrocution.
Insanity was the defense. Miss
Blackstone was shot down in the
home of a friend when she resisted
the attack of masked man, who
had entered the house. Some months
later, Spencer, young married man
of good reputation, was charged
with the crime, after betraying him
by dropping gold locket. Later he
confessed to a series of burglaries.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-30
PERSONAL MENTION.
People Visiting i'm This City and
at Other Points.

j. F. Carter, Esq, spent Tues
day in Columbia.
DIR. V. w. Brabham, of Cope,
was in the city Monday.
Mr. J. NJ. Odom, of the Govan
section, was in the city last Friday.
j. F. Carter, Esq, spent yester-
day in Aiken on professional busl-
ness.
Mr.. J. NJ. Mckenzie, of Walter
boro, was in the city last week at
tending court.
Mr.. J. P. Bishop, of the Ehr-
hardt section, was in the city last
Saturday.
Mr.. P. NJ. Kinard, of the Ehr-
hardt section, was in the city last
Saturday.
H. G. Askins, Esq, and sons,
left Tuesday evening for Lake City,
where they will spend several days.
Miss Pearl Sandifer, who has
been sick for the past two weeks, is
again at her post at The Herald Book
Store.
Watson C. Finger, Esq, OF
Charleston, a nephew of Mrs. J. A.
Murdaugh, spent Sunday in the city
on a visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Murdaugh.
Mrs. NJ. A. Adams left yesterday
morning for an extended visit to the
family of her son, Mr.. C.. D. G.
Adams, at Walterboro. She will be
away until after Christmas.
Miss Lewellyn Cleckly, of Bam-
berg, district secrtary of the Wo-
mans Home Missionary Society of
the Methodist church, is in the city
ON a visit to the home of Mrs. r. E.
Wannamaker. - Orangeburg Times
and Democrat.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Kennedy, OF
Williston, Mrs. Frank Bamberg, OF
Bamberg, and Mrs. Brooks, of Hen
desonville, N. c., were among the
out-of-town guests at the Smith
Ligon wedding last evening.--Or-
angeburg Times and Democrat.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-30
THIS GUN REALLY LOADED.
Boys Finger "Sips," 5-Year-Old
Companion Instantly Killed.

Knoxville, Tenn, Nov. 26.-"This
gun is loaded; the trigger is cooked
and my finger is apt to Slip
Thes words were spoken by 10
year-old Jacob Lee, as he pointed a
loaded shotgun at 5-year-old James
Hart, who, with his brother, was
playing in the yard of his fathers
home near Ebenezer late yesterday.
No sooner had the Lee boy spoken
than the weapon discharged, the shot
tearing a ghastly hole in the Hart
boys breast. Death was instanta-
neous.
The Lee boy and several compan
ions had been out hunting and were
returning home when the tragedy oc-
Cured The Lee boy has not been
arrested.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-30
PLACES BLAME ON OFFICIALS.
Verdict of Coroner's Jury in Austin
Dam Disaster.

Coudersport, Pa, Nov. 21.-That
the Austin dam disaster of September
80 was due to "gross negligence on
the part of George c. Bayless, presl-
dent, and F. C. Hamlin, superintend-
ent of the Bayless Pulp and Paper
Company was the unanimous YER
dict of the coroner's jury, after three
hours deliberation over the testimony
taken at the inquest, which conclud-
ed to-day, with the testimony of l..
G.. Hatton. of Wilmington, DEL, the
designing and constructing engineer
of the dam.
Hatton said he considered it an
act of great negligence to allow wa
ter to run over the spillway any
time after the dam moved in 1910,
and that he regarded its moving as
sufficient notice to the Bayless Com
pany of it's dangerous condition.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-30
LAD MEETS AWFUL DEATH.
Run Over by Box Car in Southern's
Newberry Yard.

Newberry, Nov 21.-J. B. Taylor,
white lad of about years, was
struck and killed by a freight car
on the Southern Railway, in the
yards here this afternoon. The lit
tie boy, the son of Mrs. Josephine
Taylor, of the Newberry cotton mills,
was on his way to, the city to buy a
spool of thread.
AS he was crossing the railroad
track at Main street an engine, which
was shifting down, near O'Neal
street, was thrown from the middle
track into the house track by the
changing of switch, unknown to
the engineer. The engineer pro-
ceeded, as he thought, on a clear
track, struck a string of box cars on
the house track, knocking them
against the boy on the Main street
crossing. The boy was horribly
mangled.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-30
Wait for O'Riley.
What a Man Expects of a Girl.

A young man contributes the fol-
lowing to the December Woman
Home Companion:
Il don't care for a prude; but l
like still less the other kind of girl
who has rather uncertain ideals OF
womanhoow. 1t is quite probable that
the latter is more popular than the
quiet girl who refuses to allow even
nice boys to hold her hand, hug
and kiss her; but allow me to express
the opinion that no popularity at all
is better than such popularity. A
girl can be good fellow and a jol-
" comrade among the boys, and at
the same time let the boys know that
they are not to make free with her,
Such a girl will be accorded genuine
admiration on the part of the boys.
The young men may seem to flock
around the girl who will let them
snatch a kiss in a dark corner, for
young men have an evil nature as
well as the better side that responds
quickly and gladly to the good infiu-
ence of a. pure, sweet girl.
SCI can answer for large circle of
young men friends when I say that
we prefer the pure minded girl to
the girl who appeals to our baser ma
lures. There would be no hesitancy
in making a choice.
s.I sometimes feel that girls do not
make full use of their power to in
fuence young men for good. Much
as it would embarrass me to admit it
in public, seven tenths of the things
LIDO, plan, and strive for are because
they will result in making me what
think a certain young lady expects
me to be. For some reason pos
sibly shyness and the thought that
the young men would not care for
such influence majority of girls
do not seem to attempt to exert their
ability in this way. A pure girl con-
sciously using this gift will do more,
I think, to keep a young man in the
straight and narrow than anything
else I know of. Not even a mother
can do as much in guiding a young
man as his sweetheart in puppy
love-affair' at twenty or more years
of age.
''The one big. thing every young
man worth while expects in girl
whether she is a sweetheart or
just a friend-is her influence for
good. Everything else is incidental,
and will fade into the background in
comparison with what most young
men silently expect in girls.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-30
WENT UP IN FLAMES.
Twelve Thousand Barrels Of Whiskey
Burned in Kentucky Warehouse.

Owensboro, KY, Nov. 24.-TWelve
thousand barrels of whiskey, let loose
by fire which destroyed warehouse
of the Davies County Distilling COM
pany here tonight, were licked up by
the flames or lost when the blazing
liquor flowed out upon the Ohio river,
covering the surface of the stream
with a sheet Of fire. Thousands of
persons witnessed the spectacular de-
struction of 100000 worth of prop
erty.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-30
Mayor Put Under Arrest.

Hattiesburg, Miss, Nov. 23.-Be-
cause he failed to impose as heavy a
fine as prescribed by law on two men
convicted of retailing whisky, Mayor
C. w. Rich, of this place, has been
arrested on indictments charging
him with violation of official duty.
He was later released on bond.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-30
White Man Hung.

St. Marys, Ca, Nov. 26.-For the
murder of a negro woman and her
daughter, near Kingsland, Ga, for
the purpose of robbing them, J. A.
O'Berry, a white man will be hanged
here tomorrow. His crime caused
great indignation among white peo-
pie of this county.
His execution was probably the
first in which a white man has died
in Georgia to avenge a negro.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-30

Down at the depot at the same
old stand you will find O'Riley after
next week.
Wait for O'Riley.
There are two photograph tents in
Bamberg, the one down by the depot
is O'Riley's.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-30

Highest price paid for cotton seed.
w. G. HUTTO, at Copeland's store.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-30

Thanksgiving services will be held
to-day (Thursday) at the Methodist
church.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-30

"Smile-he is coming again"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-11-30

"Smile-he is coming again.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
STATISTICS OF DRINK.

According 10 authentic statistics
the people Of the United State drank
100000 barrels Of beer in the
twelve months ending June 30 and
whisky amounting to sf4s,973, 900 in
value. The beer consumption shows
an increase over the preceding year
of SCI per cent and the whisky 5.66
per cent. These government statistics
were anticipated in report issued by
the general assembly Of the Presby-
terrain church in May, when represen-
tatives Of that church warned over
Jealous reformers not TO run away
with the idea that Demon Rum had
been cornered and was about to throw
up the sponge. The church's idea, OF
course, was that such false notions
might tend to interrupt or retard real
temperance work and IT did not want
that.
At any rate, nothing is TO be gained
for or against either side of the drink
question by disappearing the facts.
Nor need we become discouraged in
our efforts at temperance by these
fgures, as the Omaha Bee points out
IN thoughtful article on the subject
Promising that the statistics do
snow that intemperance Is on the IN
crease, the Bee goes on to say:
t We must remember that what in.
t cfeases are recorded are very slight
as compared with the general growth
IN population. And it may be. so fan
as tnese figures show, that temper
ance is absolutely and relatively gain
|. ing ground. Temperate use of beyer
i ages probably is steadily gaining owe,
+ 1ntemperance and when that il The
r case, the country has much tn h,
n thankful for; There is a very Wild
> difference, of course, between temne var
ance and abstinence. The one 10 .,
ways within reach and subject 70 n
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

are off On vacation. IT is well to
look in u serious manner for the good
side of the weather, and the good
health of the people would seem t..
belong somewhat to its credit. Anyway,
there is nothing as yet In evidence to
show that the weather has done folks
any serious harm Good health is the
main consideration, and good corn,
hereabouts, is the mainstay of living.
The combination is most happy. In
the towns in New England they put
personal comfort against corn, which
carries a criticism of what they call
corn. They ought to see on the Iowa
prairies what corn really is, ami they
would better understand that what is
good for corn is good for folks