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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-22
SPRINGFIELD DAMAGED
BY TRIO OF CYCLONES
Streets OF Illinois Capital Rendered
impossible by Storms-Fruit and
Corn Crops Badly Damaged.

Springfield. H.. Sept. 14.-Spring
field was badly damaged by three cy-
clones. each succeeding the other in
rapid succession and each stronger
than the one before. The first one
came at two o'clock. the second at
$50 and the third at $3.50 o'clock
Residents Of the city we're badly
frightened. Some people rushed to
their cellars. while downtown the resi-
dents of flats and rooming houses fed
TO the streets without dressing.
The streets We're impossible by rea-
son OF thousands OF fallen trees. The
beauty OF the capital city. its trees.
was irreparably damaged. Many plate
glass windows were broken and eel
lars and streets flooded.
Trolley lines all over the city we're
blown down. and the street car serv-
ice was paralyzed for hours The TO-
600 square feet OF copper roof on the
statehouse was torn of at a loss OF
about $4,000. The switchboards OF
the Interstate Telephone company
caught fire. and all electric currents
were shut OF when the first storm
struck. which increased the fright OF
the people.
No loss OF life was reported either
In the city or vicinity.
Martinsville. H.. Sept 1.-THE
most severe and damaging storm II
years passed over Martinsville and vi
einity. and. from reports. over the en-
tire central section OF Illinois. wreak
ing havoc to buildings. almost tota
ruin OF the fruit crop and severe dam
age to the corn crop.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-22
YANKEES FLEE CHINA REBELS
Many American Families Reaen Cnuhs
King From Resieged Town
Of ChengTu.

Chung King. China. Sept l6.-Many
American families have fed here for
safety from rebels
Two thousand modern troops have
refused to join in the siege OF Cheng-
tn at the command 81 the viceroy-
The authorities fear u force the re-
lief OF Cheng-Tu lest the non-comoat-
ants there join the rebels
The rebels are armed only with an
Gent weapons
Pekin. Sept. 16.-Tsen Chunsuan.
the most ruthless fighting leader, al
the emperor's commani. has been or
dered to proceed to Sle-Chuen. where
q. government now admits the situa
ton is dangerous. Tssn Chunsuan Is
a merciless foe TO itlsurrection and
IN 1908 and 1904 personally led
savage army that cut down the
Kwang.Si rebellion
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-22
$4,000 TREASURE IS LOST
Cold Bullion from alaska Gold Mine
Goes Down VITA stesmer-Hope
fer Easy Recovery.

Seattle. Wash. Sep. 15.-When the
steamer Ramona foundered and sank
III Spanish Island. Alaska. she car
RED down with her $4,000 Of gold
bull,on from the Treadwell mine. con-
s,pned TO San Francisco. The ship
I,es in water that is usually smooth.
and Il Is thought the treasure win be
recovered easily. The steamer North
western. with the passengers and crew
81 the Ramona, is due In Seattle late
| today.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-22
FAST TRAIN IS DITcHED
acoIdcn State LIr1itec- on Rock Is
land Road Detrsiled Near Aims
worth, la.-Three Hurt

Davenport. Ia. Sept 1.-THE Rock
Island Golden State Limited. west
bound. was derailed Just east OF the
station at Ainsworth. Ia. Three mail
clerks were injured and the passen-
gers we're shaken up. but escaped
serious injury The three men hurt
are }. Durham OF Rock Island. r. ;.
lobe OF Kansas City and w. q. Bixhy
Of Davenport The train was running
nearly forty miles an hour.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-22

bureau. were charged with having
conspired to pay Doctor Rusby
salary OF $1,000 a year. with the tacit
understanding that he was TO do only
enough work to secure this amount
AZ the rate OF $50 day. This was
held TO violate the act OF congress OF
March 4. 1907. which declared that no
classified scientific investigator should
receive more than nine dollars
day.
In addition TO the recommendation
that Doctor Wiley be allowed to re-
sign. the personnel board held that
Doctor Rusby should be dismissed.
that Doctor Kebler be reduced and
that Doctor Bigelow be allowed to
quit the service. None OF these rec
concentrations is upheld in the presi-
dents opinion.
Reprlmand for Doctor Keller.
Doctor Kebler is reprimanded for
"disngenuous conduct" In hts letter
writing to Doctor Rusby. and the
president says that the letters sug
gest a Willingness TO resort TO eva
sion" that calls for official reprooi
Doctor Bigelow Is held 10 have been
'overzealous." and reprimand by
Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson. tC
whom the opinion. which is in iette'
form. is directed, is ordered by The
President.
Doctor Rusby Is held TO be as guilt
less as Doctor Wiley in this particu
lar matter. A charge against him
however. OF securing the appointment
on the common "laborer's roll OF
physician and expert whom he coul
use TO do his work at very smal
stipend when he himself was Gale
away" the president holds TO be nc
especially creditable."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-22
FRANK ]. GOULD IS FINED
New York Financier Is Assessed
$1,000 on Charge OF Violating
Antitrust Law.

New York. Sept i4--Frank j.
Gould followed the example OF about
eighty other wire manufacturers and
entered a plea Of nolo centendere TO
the indictments chargiry him with
violating the Sherman antitrust law
in connection with the Horseshoe
Wire Manufacturing company. Fol
loving the ruling Of Judge ARCHIBALD
in the other cases Judge FIough Of the
United States circuit court fined him
81 COO and his share Of the costs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-22
SOLD VOTE ; YEAR IN JAIL
seIoto County CO., Man Also Must
Pay a Fire Of s3oo-FIed Town,
But Returned.

Portsmouth. O.. Sept lon his
plea OF guilty to having sold his vote.
Virgil Benner was sentenced by Judge
Blair to serve one year In the Cincin-
natl workhouse and to pay n fine Of
$500. BenneT was one Of the 40 per-
sons indicted IN this tScioto) county.
charged with vote selling. lie fed at
the time. but returned recently.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-22
Man Probably Is Insane.

johnson viii probably be brought
back 20 Madison within day or two
There is an idea that his disordered
brain created a bug-a-boo OF mob
that was waiting for him outside and
that his confession was prompted BY
fear.
A sanity commission will probably
be asked to pass upon bis mental condi-
ton. While this probably would not
result in his release IL viii al least
bring about a reopening of the mys-
terious case II johnson is insane
and there is every reason TO think
that he is, he does not belong in Wau-
pun. but in Oshkosh where a new nos
pital for the criminal insane OF Wis
consin is approaching completion.
Suspicion against Johnson devel
oped as soon as the crime was re
ported. and he was arrested He was
held in the police station and refused
absolutely 10 confess or admit any
knowledge OF the crime
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-22
WILL NOT PERMIT BOUT
Acting Governor Tells WoIgast and
Mcfarland They Cannot Fight
In Milwaukee.

Milwaukee. Sept. l5.-Several thou
sand boxing fans are feeling gloomy
because Of the calling off Of the pro-
posed WolgastMcFarland bout at the
Auditorium. Furthermore. there Will
Dc no more boxing contests In Milwau-
Zee county during the regime of the
present county officials
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-22
Sour appIes In,oxieate a Cow.

Thomaston. Conn. Sept 16.-The
authorities at Campville. near here.
report an unusual case OF intoxication.
the victim being a blue ribbon cow
owned by a farmer there The cows
downfall Is said TO have been due 10
overinduIgence in sour apples
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-22
.UNSEALS HIS LIPS.
MADISON MYSTERY CLEARED
WHEN JOHNSON coNFEssEs
HE SLEW GIRL.
HURRIED TO PEN IN AUTO
Fearing Mob Ex-consict PLEADS Guilty
to Annie lembcreer's Desth-He
Is Immediately Sentenced to
Prison for Life.

Madison, Wis. Sept John A
Johnson, a degenerate through drink.
pleaded guilty to the brutal murder OF
Annie Lemberger. who was stolen
more than a week ago from the bed
room which she occupied with her two
little brothers in the lean-to OF her
fathers shack on South Francis street
linn ediately he was sentenced TO
life imprisonment by Judge Donovan
Twenty minutes later Sheriff Brown
and Under Sheriff Page departed with
him in an automobile for the state
penitentiary at Waupun. The whole
proceedings did not last over half an
hour.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-22
Quake Is Felt In Chile.

Iquioue, Chile. Sept Ian earth
Quake was felt here. The walls OF
many buildings were cracked and sew
eraI persons were injured.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-22
ORIGIN In the Rusby Contract.

The Wiley case" arose over the
employment by the bureau OF chemis-
try Of DR.. II. II. Rusby OF New YORK.
pharmacogonist OF the bureau. In Ell
feet. Doctor Wiley. DIR. l.. +. hebler'
chief OF the drug laboratory, and Dr.
". d. Bigelow. assistant chief OF the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-22

The prisoners got drumhead court
martial. Defense IN many cases proved
useless. Executions occurred in few
hours after arrests
Official records in seven months
showed that 1850 men and women suf-
fered death by shooting and hanging
by this process. The hangman's moose
became known as "Stolypin's neck
tie"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-22
DR.. WILEY TO STAY
TAFT ExoNERATEs PURE FOOD
EXPERT FOR EMPLOYMENT
OF DIR. RUs5Y.
TO CLEAN OUT FOOD BUREAU
President Hints at Radical Action In
Connection With pissentions In
Department OF AGriculture-Rusby
Receives Criticism.

peyerly. Mass. Sept. l6.-President
tat IS going to do some house clean
49,. IN the department OF agriculture.
ana he will not ask for the resigna-
I'm Of DR.. Harvey W. Wiley as a step
- ,he renovation. These two facts
we're made known when the president
gave out his decision In the Wiley
case"
Mr.. Taft declares his purpose TO
overrule the recommendation OF the
personnel board OF the department
and Attorney General Wickersham
hat Doctor Wiley be dismissed and
concludes with this significant refer
ence to the house inquiry into the
charges against the chief OF the chem
istry bureau:
..The broader issues raised by the
Investigation, which have a much
weightier relation than this one 10
the general efficiency OF the depart
ment. may require much more radical
action than the question ! have con
sidered and decided"
Has Praise for Wiley.
This IS regarded as forecast OF
summary measures when the presi
dent returns to Washington In No
Yember.
In his opinion making 1t known that
the "condign punishment for Doctor
Wiley, which Mr.. Wickersham hello
10 be necessary, will not be metec
out. the presid lent voices no word Of
criticism for the chemist, but many
a word OF praise
There is no indication In II that Dir
Taft feels that he turned down th'
attorney general by not accepting hi
concentrations. He explains tina
Mr.. Wickersham' findings In the cas-
were made with less complete dat
than were before him when he tool
Il up.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-22

POT ATVF.~ FTFT III ---.-st
VI ORR Spring Wheat. Srl - 4
CRAT<-Wheat. September. - u
Corn. eptember-....---. $3.50
Oats. September ..------- ~
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-09
ANOTHER WATER POWER.

A water power project is in process
of development al Sandy Falls, Ont,
Canada, where electric power is 10 be
made available for the Porcupine
gold fields. Tons of freight are now
al the site Of the power plant in
anticipation OF the spring breakup.
Machinery Of all descriptions, water
wheels and electric appliances are
piled about the property. and scores
of workmen are erecting buildings
and setting MP machinery.
The dam which is 10 supply the
power for the electric generator is
more than half completed When
finished this dam will be $50 feet
long and will produce 25-foot fall
Of water Ore sIuicevay has already
been built. 50 that 2.0oa horsepower
NAV be developed upon the opening
Of the plant
That power viii be communicated
from this plant 10 manr PARTS Of the
camp is demonstrated by the fact
that preparations are being made for
the stretching Of seventy miles of
transmission lines. Like the lines in
Cobalt the wires used vill be OF
aluminium. which mas proved pecul-
larry serviceable and advantageous in
the silver camp.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-09
rig VALUE or IOWA SOIL.

What is beIiered 70 be the highest
price ever paid IN central Iowa for a
farm Of IFS size was given recently
b. William Warrington when he paid
e ". Landr s22.eao for an eighty
acre tract nea- Union. Iowa The
price * a. tne rate Of s275 an acre.
The Improvements on the farm are
said 70 ~ onIy fair. The transaction
prompts the Waterloo Reporter 70
say
'Does 4 not illustrate the value Of
Iowa dir. and the thought Is ghy
leave ire good things At home and 20
way of 10 Texas. miles from no
where and buy 4 ten-acre piece ~
about th@e same price. You can zee
IOWA dirt. know i.g value and have
no Tear d drawing 2oid brick when
4 YOU invest in IT, The eizhty-acre
iarm sold for $4,000 ind n diyiaed
IN eight equal parts, and Al the Saule
cos'; The prize for ten acres you'd
9e s2,l5o This. # must be rener.
p ,o IS an exceptionally nlgn price.
= nul taxing facts as they are. an IN
! esenent OF $3.50 and on the tvo.
!. 100 ana nossihiy FIRE YEAR,. time
e eoio os obtained uDon the psyrnerf~.
d and the Young man invesf,ng bzs
/ a;s., e'en OF nrogress in the rizh,
olFsc.lon u eivbt Young men iuves-
ann "a seA tbs Whole tract. eiv5, fam.
HES are Bept in Iowa. on a low aver.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-09
COURT REORGANIZATION PLAN.

bill introduced in the state SEN
ate by Senator Gilliland, chairman of
the senate committee on judiciary,
provides for the reorganization of the
supreme court of Iowa and for the
election of additional Judges. Under
the provisions of the bill. on and az
ter January !. 1912. the supreme court
shall consist of ten judges. to be diyid-
ed and organized into two tribunals
of five judges each. One division
shall be known as the supreme court
and the @.her the court of appeals
All appeals from the district and SUI.
prior courts shall be taken to the s's-
preine court when the appeal involves
q construction of the constitution OF
the United States. all suits in equity,
habeas corpus proceedings. and the
Ike. The appeal shall be taken 10 the
court of appeals in all other cases. No
appeal shall be allowed from one
court 70 the other. The salaries of all
ten OF the judges shall be $4,000
year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-09
GALLANp.
= - $50 . = 80,

Mr.. Robert Noonan Of Burlington
spent few days OF this week with His
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. j. Noonan.
Mr. Rhode Driscoil was caller in
Monsrose wednesday.
Mrs. l. Hemingway who has been
indisposed for the past week, is con.
vs-lescent.
Mr.. BRYAN Harrington of Keokuk
spent Monday with home folks.
Mrs. ]. L. Johns and daughter, Miss
Mabel. spent Thursday at the L. Hem.
mingway home.
Mrs. T. j. Harrington and daughter,
Anna, attended Catholic church at
Montrose Sunday morning.
Misses GerIie and Marie johnson
spent Thursday afternoon in Montross
DR.. Morris johnson spent FRIDAY
morning with his daughter, Mrs. Geo
Cloud. in Montrose
Mrs. John Noonan is entertainn,
her brother. Mr.. Rider. of Keokuk TIN
week.
DR.. Buck OF Montrose made several
professional trips to our city this
week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-09

age, thirty people Poultry raising.
dairying, truck gardening, If rightly
conducted on these ten-acre pieces
will. the Reporter believes. net nice
income on the investment,
Even at the high price Iowa soil is
commanding at present it can be
made to pay good returns if properly
titled. This means intensive farming
as practiced in the neighborhood OF
large cities al the present time The
foregoing excerpt indicates quite
clearly the course that must he fol-
lowed TO secure adequate results.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-09

When the state bank guaranty law
was enacted in Oklahoma three years
ago its advocates boasted that II
would put most of the national banks
in that state out of business in a
short time. Instead of doing so i
has put the national institutions in
the ascendancy. At Tulsa, for ex-
ample. the national banks have far
outstrippad their state competitors.
The three national banks there in the
latest statement January !. had COM
bined deposits of s2,6e8.S19.24. At
the same time five state banks
showed total deposits of but sl.S2l.-
04S17. National banks in ali parts
of Oklahoma have made great gains
in the last two years. The latest
special assessment. made last Satur-
day. caused the two strongest banks
in Tulsa 10 throw up their charters
and become national banks. j
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-09

Group Eleven of the Bankers Associa-
ton.
Mrs. Milo Fem was called to Mt
Pleasant Thursday by the death of her
sister Miss Ida Hogle.
After spending the winter with her
daughter, Mrs. Lou Albright, at Dan
vile, Mrs. Kate Carlisle returned
home Saturday.
Mahlon Kerr and family have moved
to the Fred Taylor farm west of town.
Mrs. Matte Gillard left Saturday
evening TO visit her mother and sis
ter, Mrs. Hannah Ingrim and Mrs. R.
NJ. Swan at Danville.
Mrs. l. l.. Guy and son Manuel, OF
Hamilton. H. arrived Saturday to Wis
it Mrs. Guys parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. Davidson and other relatives.
The ladies of the NJ E. church held
their monthly social with Mrs. j T.
1ngrim Saturday afternoon. A large
number Of ladies were present The
hours were delightfully."- spent in Ken
sington and pleasant conversation.
The committee served nice refresh
ments.
Arthur Thompson, the new barber,
and wife have moved from Mt. Pleas
ant into the Stephen Ingrim house,
south east corner of the park.
At the NJ. E. church Sunday morning
n. C. Druse gave fine discourse,
subject The Christians Heritage
A good program was enjoyed by
those who gathered at the NJ. E.
church Friday afternoon. 1t vas a
union meeting in the interest of Home
Missions. All present were interested
in the papers prepared for the occas-
ion.
Following several months spent at
the A. ]. Ingrim home at Arvada,
Wyoming. Miss Mildred Foreman re.
turned home Thursday morning.
Miss Laura Parish is spending her
vacation with home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dore Powell have
moved to Mrs. Maria Corners proper
isty in the east part of town.
Sam Spray moved last week to the
farm west of town, which he recently
purchased of Dore Powell.
Cliff Way came from Kansas Cits
Wednesday morning and Is greeting
his many friends at Salem.
The body of Mrs Aseneth Masden
who passed away at her home in Fort
Madison Sunday afternoon was
7
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-09
President Tafrs Powerful Denunciation Of
Ballinger's Enemies.

flacSen vour character and to obscure
the proper issue of your honesty and
effectiveness as public servant.
The result has been a cruel tragedy.
Yon and yours have lost health and
have been burdened financially. The
cons pirators, Who have not hesitated
In their pursuit of you TO resort to.
the meanest methods, including the
corruption of your most confidential
assistant, plume themselves like the
Pharisees of old. as the only pure
members of society. actnated By the
spirit OF self-sacrifce for their fellow
men.
Every fibre of my nature rebels
against such hypocrisy and nerves me
To fight such 4 combination and such
methods to the bitter end, lest sue
cess In this instance may form a
demoralizing precedent But personal
consideration for you and yours make
me feel that | have no right to ask
you for further sacrifice. OF course,
il has been made evident that was
and am the ultimate object of the at
tacks. and to insist against your will
on your remaining in Office, with the
prospect OF further efforts against
you. is selfshly to impose on YOU
more of burden than ought to i'm
pose.
AS / say farewell to you. let me
renew my expressions of affection
and sincerest respect for you and of
my profound gratitude for your hard
work. your unvarying loyalty and your
effective public service. hope and
pray that success may attend you in
your profession. and that real happi-
ness will come to you and yours when
you return to that community where
you live, and whose members know
your worth as a man and citizen.
and who will receive you again with
open arms.
Sincerely yours,
civilian H. TAFT"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-09
SALEM.



Born. Sunday. Feb. &c, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Tyner. a son.
Mrs. Whitman and children from
Ottumwa are guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. Hallowell.
r. V. Davidson went to Nichols.
Tuesday where he is employed at a
good salary in the H. Kirchner furni-
ture and undertaking store. He will
soon move his family to that place.
Whittier students declamatory con-
test was held at the congregational
church Friday evening.
Bertha Tenn, little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Milo Tienn met with a seri-
Gus accident Monday. While at play.
her little brother shot an arrow which
accidently struck the sister in the eye.
The child was taken to Burlington
where all that can Will be done TO save
the sight of the injured eye.
Wednesday. Mrs. Sidwell Stanley
and little daughter Celia came from
Monroe City, Mo. and are visiting al
the home CT Mrs. stanley's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Brown.
Mrs. c. Q. Van Wrinkle is at home
following visit with relatives at Fit.
Madison
Mrs. Amelia Clanson has fer her
guests. her brother, Daniel Goesbeck
and daughter Julia from Union county.
W. H. Bliss and C. H. Cook have re
turned from Burilngton where they
attended the meeting and banquet OF