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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
WAS A QUESTION
OF VERACITY
The Jury Agreed With Prisoner That
"Mah Words AS Good
As His'n."

HOUSTON, Texas, July 31.-Joyous
freedom so blinded James Brown. a
negro acquitted on a charge of burg
larry, that when he was told he was
free he was unable to find his way
out of the courtroom, although the
room has six exits. 1t took him fully
five minutes until he could select
steps three at time to the open air.
The negro had been charged with
entering the house of another negro
and stealing hat The state intro
duced an eyewitness who swore that
he saw Brown enter the house. Brown
had no lawyer and no witness to cor
roborate his testimony. When he took
the stand in his own defense he had
but a brief statemnt to make. He
was told to tell his story in his own
words. He did, but depended more
upon the weight of his evidence than
upon its admissability.
"Gemmen, ders only one man seen
dis yeah niggah go inter dat house
He ses I went in an I ses didn't
An nah words as good as his'n.''
The jury was evidently impressed
| the same way for verdict of not
guilty was returned in few minutes
| Brown didn't catch the significance
of the verdict. He rolled his eyes
around the jury as it passed out
then at the district attorney and ther
i to the Judge.
"You can co. suggested the court
The negro's mouth widened into {
broad grin that closed his eyes. HI
grabbed his hat and jumped from thu
4 chair and after negotiating" severa
blind alleys he felt his way along th'
4 wall until he came to big double
door. Through it he bolted and didn'
stop running until he reached thu
street.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
FLAGSHIP OF
CANADA's NAVY
"a. Gallant Ship Nlobe Which Was
Il distress, Gets Out Of Her
difficulty and Floats
Again.
EHE HULL WAS PIERCED
|p,rp Men Were Able to Keep the
water Down But the Trip to
Liverpool Has Been
Postponed.

HALIFAX, N. S.. July 31.-H. NJ.
X. Niobe, flagship Of the Canadian
navy, is holding on by two anchors in
thirty fathoms of water just outside
the southwest ledges Of Cape Sable,
after her starboard engine room had
been pierced, causing damage to her
afterpart.
CAPT. Macdonald, finding himself
unable to keep the vessel clear with
his pumps, at o'clock Sunday morn
Ing called for assistance, stating she
was in peril At 5 o'clock the ship
was afloat and the request for relief
was modified, asking that convoy be
sent down.
II was high tide when the cruiser
struck but she was not really strand
ed. She struck lightly, allowing the
water to enter aft.
The fog hung densely and a heavy
gale was blowing from the south
west The Niobe had been for sew
eral days anchored in the roadstead
| outside Yarmouth, the depth of the
water within forbidding an entrance
| to the harbor The weather condi-
tions apparently prompted the cap
tain to sail. however, he considering
! De would b. better off at sea
The cruiser was to sail for Liver
pool today, but she will not go there
now, all energies being required to
keep the water down. That the cap
| tain was able to pull himself out of
| his predicament with what seems like
small damage is remarkable, and may
have weight with the authorities when
they inquire into the affair.
Shortly after the Niobe's first mes
sage another wireless came, stating
two boats manned by sixteen men had
drifted away and requesting that
small boats be sent in search of them
The boats were ordered out from
Yarmouth, Clark's Harbor and other
points. Later the Niobe's captain
wired that one of the boats had re
joined the ship with the sixteen men
He did not say what had become OF
the other Loat.
The orders sent out for wreckins
steamers to proceed to the Niobe''
assistance were cancelled on Capt
Macdonald stating he was afoat ans
keeping the water down, but the gcv
eminent steamers Lady Laurier ant
Stanley. picked up by wireless, were
directed to act as convoy to th'
cruiser.
The marine department had a mes
sage from Shag Harbor, ten miles Z
the southwest of the ledges, that tn
Niobe had reached there and was i
a safe anchorage. She was escorte
by towboat from Yarmouth. Tn
cruiser proceeded to Shag Harbor ur
der her own steam and may reac
Halifax Tuesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
PLAYS HIS GUITAR
IN HIS CELL
Henry Clay Beattie is coIdly lndIt-
ferent to Charge of Murder
Against Him.

RICHMOND, Va. July 31.-Strum-
ming a love song on his guitar with
cigarette hanging on his lips, Henry
Clav Beattie this morning scorned the
efforts of detectives to send him to
the electric chair for the alleged
murder OF ms wife Hs is still c, IDLY
indifferent
When Beulah Binford takes the
stand. tile court viii hear story from
the girl which in some RESPECTS will
surpass the story of Evelyn Thaw. O.
her testimony the prosecution will rely
for the motives that caused Beattie
10 kill his young wife.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
Socialist Congressman Introduces
Resolution Providing Weekly
Envelope for the Old
People.
81 TO 81 EACH WEEK
People Must be over Sixty, Citizen
for Sixteen Years and Have
Made Effort to
Exist.

WASHINGTON, July 31.-Govern-
ment pensions for the aged were pro-
vided in resolution introduced in
the house today by Representative
Berger. The measure proposes to
grant to every person who brings
proof that he or she is over 60 years
old, has been citizen for 16 years, a
weekly pension of from 81 to If they
had tried to support their families
and were unable. The resolution is
unique in that it contains a clause
prohibiting the supreme court from
passing on it's onstitutionality.
The resolution contains clause
also for the appointing of commit
tee of three to investigate and com
pile data regarding the aged people OF
the United States.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
Buncoed in Old Game.

BUFFALO, N Y, July 31-The
time worn confidence game was
worked on Jacob Arnold, a wealthy
Hamburg. N. Y. farmer, for $500 ac.
cording to report he made to the
police here. The swindlers induced
Arnold to draw his money from
Buffalo bank for investment in gas
and oil properties near Hamburg Ar
nold's money with that of the bunco
men was apparently placed in a box.
turned over to Arnold. To his aston
ishment it turned out to be wrap.
ping paper when he opened the box.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
Egyptian Explorations Unearth An.
clent Writings Which Are BeIiev.
ed to Contain Words
Of Jesus.
HIS TALK WITH PRIEST
Translation Refers to Other Ways Of
Cleansing the Body Than
BY The Use Of
Water.

BOSTON, Mass, July oi-A new un-
canonical Gospel of Christ, containing
many utterances of Jesus, which are
today unknown to the world, is BELLE
we'd to have been discovered through
the work of the Egyptian exploration
fund, according to an official an
nouncement issued from the Boston
headquarters of the fund. Enough
ancient writings have been dug up to
furnish material for twenty large
printed volumes.
Prof. Bernard P Grenfell and Prof.
Arthur S. Hunt are at present en-
gagged in the work of translating the
mass of uncovered papyrus. Prof
Whittemore went to Egypt several
months ago on the strength of SUBJ
scriptions made by wealthy Boston
ians and others. He succeeded in
completing the work of opening and
recovering long hidden treasures from
one of the mounds through special
permission of the khedive.
The bulk of the fragment concerns
conversation between Jesus and a
chief priest, in the temple at Jerusa-
lem. The translation is in part as
follows:
''But give heed last ye also suffer
the same things as they; for the evil
doors among men receive their re-
ward not among the living only, but
also await punishment and much tor
ment
"And certain Pharisee. chiel
priest. met them and said to the
/ Saviour: who gave thee leave to
walk in this place of publication and
to see these holy vessels when thou
/ hast not washed nor yet have thy
disciples bathed their feet; but, de
4 filed, thou hast walked in this temple
which Is pure place, wherein nj
other man walks except he has wash
ed himself and changed his garments
neither does he venture to see these
holy vessels.
"And the Saviour straightway stood
still with his disciples and answered
UlIIl. ATt ilou tiich, pStheS
this temple, clean?'
''He said unto him, I am clean, TO
washed in the pool of David, ant
having descended by one staircase
ascended by another, and | put OF
white and clean garments, and the'
came and looked upon these hoi
vessels
"The Saviour answered and sal
unto him, Woe We blind. who see moi
Thou has washed in these running We
ters wherein dogs and swine hav
! been cast night and day, and has
cleaned and wiped the outside ski
. which also the harlots and flute girl
: anoint and wash, and wipe and beai
i tify for the lust of men; but With
thev are full of scorpions and wicked
ness. But | and my disciples, VIII
thou sayest have not bathed. haV
been dipped In the waters of etern'
life which come from-but woe unit
the
r Hero ends the translation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
USE ANNEXATION
AS A BUGABOO
Enemies Of Reciprocity In Canada
Say Uncle Sam is After the
Country.

OTTAWA, July 31.-With the cam
paign for control of the next parlla-
ment already in full swing. it is claim
ed today that the fight which ends
with the election will be the most bit
tor in history. 1t is very likely the
northern and western provinces viii
hear the brunt of the battle. The
enemies of reciprocity are using as
campaign issue. the threat of anneXa-
tion bv the United States.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
THE WEATHER.
Weather Forecast.

For Keokuk and vicinity.-Showers
this afternoon or tonight. Tuesday
fair and cooler.
For Showers tonight with
cooler north portion. Tuesday fair
and cooler north and central portions.
For Showers .n~ cooler this
afternoon or tonight Tuesday fair
with cooler east portion.
For Missouri-Shower this after
noon or tonight with cooler northwest
portion. Tuesday, fair with cooler
northeast portion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
MOTHER POISONED
SELF AND CHILDREN
Gave Them strychnIne While Des-
pondent and Died Together
With Them.

INDIAHOMA, Okla, July 31-Mrs.
M. Moore, aged 40, wife of a farmer
living six miles northwest of India
homa, administered strychnine to her
two little girls, aged four and six after
which she took large dose of the
poison, from which she died
The youngest child died and the old
est can not recover. Dependency is
believed to have been the cause of the
deed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
nanseruatlonists to Meet.

WASHINGTON, July S1.-The Ma
tional Conservation Congress issued
Tho formal call for its third meeting
10 ba held in Kansas City. Mo-, Sept.
% 26 and 27. President Tart anu
American and foreign diplomats nave
been invited to speak.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
Wholesale Shift Comma.

WASHINGTON. July 31.--A whole
sale shifting in the INTEL States
diplomatic service was taken up at
the white house today. John A. Leish.
man, ambassador to Italy and Thomas
O'Brien now at Toxic, are at the head
of the list to succeed David ]. Hill at
Berlin according to gossip. The ap
pointment of either would create a
shifting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
twenty DAYS
GIVEN THEY
Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison Must
Answer Within That Time or
Suffer tho conse-
quences.
Justice Wright Gives Warning That
Labor Leaders Must Obey
the Mandate Of the
Court.

WASHINGTON, July 31.-Justicc
Wright of the district supreme curt
today ordered that President Samuel
Gompers, vice President Mitchell and
Secretary Morrison of the American
Federation of Labor must submit for
nal answers to the charges of con-
tempt of court in the Bucks stove
case in twenty days or suffer the
consequences.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
Needle Scratch May Cost Life.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, July BIZ
mrs Rufus Milan of Hume ~,
snatched a needle from the hand 81
aer son who was picking at sore on
ms foot. She scratched her hand ana
wood poisoning followed. Now she Is
aylng In an indianapolis hospital
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
s..,,ek Out Twenty Men.

EVANSVILLE, Ind July S1.-ln
aare Of baseball at Winslow, Ind, be-
tween the Winslow team and me nv.
ansvil,e sealbacks, Pitcher Smith OF
the Winslow team struck out twenty
men me The winslow team won by
score Of to 3.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
POPE is VERY
WEAK TODAY
Had Painting Spell Yesterday But
Rallied Quickly From the
Attack

ROME, July 31.-The pope is very
weak today. He had fainting spell
yesterday but rallied quickly 1t is
his extreme weakness that is causing
anxiety but official report from the
vatican continues to say that his con-
dition is not critical.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
Enioin the State.

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,. July 31.-Copies
of bill of injunction to be filed We'd
nesday to enjoin the state from max
i'm, an appropriation of $125,000 to
the Chicago college of Physicians and
Surgeons, have been filed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
Voters o. Zion City.

wAUKBGAN, H., July 31.-Efforts
to quash the indictments against the
1870 Zionists, charged with illegal
voting, we're begun today when the
attorneys urged that. technicalities in
the indictments rendered them void.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
PRINCE OF WALES
ENTERS SERVICE
Began Work Today as Midshipman
and viii Be Treated
Like Others.

LONDON, July 31.-The Prince OF
Wales is scheduled to begin his duties
today as midshipman on board the H.
M. S. Hindustan. The royal MILDLY
will be treated the same as the others
with the exception of having BIS own
cabin.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
To Brinq Banker Back.

PITTSFIELD, H., July S1.-Sheriff
Allen of Pike county, today left for
San Francisco to bring back Banker
Marker who is under indictment on
SO counts
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
New First Baseman for Cubs.

CHICAGO, III. July 31.-President
Murphy of the Chicago National
League club has announced the pur-
chase of First Baseman Agler of the
Newark club in the Eastern League.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
Delegate Wlckersham Still Holds 70
His Story That the Situation
In Alaska Is Very
Bad.
THE STEEL TRUST CASE N
Sc NO DELAYS GRANTED
Committee Is Satisfied That Ledyard
Told the Truth and is Digging
Deeper Into tho
Case.

WASHINGTON, July 31.-Deleeate
Wickersham of Alaska, appeared se-
fore, the house committee on judiciary
today and reiterated his charge that
Attorney General Wickersham shield
ed criminals in Alaska. He said the
Guggenheim syndicate controlled the
appointment of officials and controll-
ed them while in office and that the
situation was growing worse.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
Observations.

Date Bar. Their. Wind Velocity
July 80, Z p. m.-2ss5 81 Sc 5
July 81 Z a. m.-29.95 73 S 5
Mean temperature. July 80. rs. high
est temperature sS, lowest tempera-
ture 50, lowest temperature last night
10.
FRED 2. GosEWIscH.
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
The Steel Trust.

NEW YORY, July 31.-The Stanley
steel trust committee is evidently
satisfied from the evidence of Lewis
Cass Ledyard that the sale of the
Tennessee Coal and Iron Co. was
forced and has summoned c. P. Ter
rim, civil engineer, to show the
great natural value Of the coal and
iron land of the country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
Gases Abroad.

PERPIGNAN, France. July 31.-Sev-
eral well defined cases of Asiatic
cholera have occurred in the depart
ment Of Herault, with one death.
The disease has been traced to fruit
imported from italy. The health au-
thorities have taken all possible pre-
cautions and do not consider that
there is danger of the spread of the
disease.
VERSAILLES. France, July 31-An
engineer serving with the artillery
has been removed to hospital, show
ing symptoms of cholera. The phys
icians, however, after the first ex.
animation. are of the opinion that
the disease is not of the static type
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
Cholera Fear Grows Small.

NEW YORK, July 31-Further en-
couragement to the belief that the
danger of an invasion of cholera is
now small came with the arrival Of
another italian liner reporting "all
WE'LL The vessel is the Duca di
Genoa, from Genoa and Naples. with
seventy-one passengers in the cab
ins. SAG in the steerage and crew OF
1888 men, and 1t was reported that
none of the S05 persons on board had
been sick during the voyage. The
steamer was held at quarantine, how
ever, for archaeological examination
of the steerage passengers.
The steamers Berlin and Verona are
still held at quarantine. The patients
in the quarantine hospital are improv
ing and there are no new cases.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
FEAR AS BAD
AS DISEASE
Doctor Says That Many Cholera
Deaths are Caused by the
Victim Being
Frightened.
NO NEW CASES FOUND
Italian Steamer Arrives With All
Well on Board and Eastern
Fears Are Now
Quieted.

CHICAGO, July 31.-Dr j. Mitchell
Tayor, who has seen two epidemics
of cholera in this country and who
has treated scores Of cholera patients
with success, declared yesterday that
one of the greatest dangers of chol-
era is the fear of 1t.
1t is DR.. Taylor's opinion that ex-
aggerated accounts by authorities OF
the danger of contagion have brought
on the disease in many instances.
The physician recounted cases to sup
port his contention.
Il went through the epidemic in
ST. Louis before the war as young
man, when the black wagon was
kept busy day and night" he said.
II practiced medicine in Mason coun-
ty, Illinois, during the seige of the
disease there.
ITO show that overstated accounts
of the danger Of contracting the dis
ease has been responsible for many
| cases of cholera, / know of actual
instances where persons have turned
cold and had all the other symptoms
of an attack merely as the result OF
some Elusive circumstance.
II take it that people are more in
terested in knowing what to do to
cure cholera that to know what
causes it. 1t is my theory, based or
observation, that cholera is the re
suit of deficiency Of ozone in the
atmosphere, when either epidemic o
endemic
4 DR.. George B. Young, city healtl
commissioner, who studied choler,
during a scourge in Italy in 1893 ant
has followed closely developments o
experiments in the Philippines ant
elsewhere. said these theories arr
old and merely "marko .ne strang'
course of the development of medi
cine
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-31
Daily River Bulletin.
River Forecast.

The river will become stationary
during the next SO hours.
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Bar. Their. Wind Velocity
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u. OF P. PLAYS
W. & J. ELEVEN
Clash for TIE o. Western PennsyI
vsnia 10 20 Occur st Pittsburgh
Saturday

PITTSBURGH. nov 15 Those
bitter athletic rivah. University %
Pittsburgh and Washington & Jener
son college clash az Forbes field.
Pittsburgh. next Saturday for the
Western Pennsylvania fl1fbaU title
This game promises to o.. ono ~
the most thrilling and spectacula. *.
hihi'ionB ~ tho great college port
that western Pennsylvania football
fans have Witnessed in years IS d.
J.. after two years 81 reverse a'
hands % Joe" Thompson's Ur.
Gold eleven. has collected rrr
gregntlon % stars and belieyrs
has good chance 20 regain lose
laurels this year Comparative scores
show that the Red and BLACK is
equally strong az PIT. not even ne
uring on the usual stunt % w. a. J.
playing n loo per cent hoffrr game
against her Steel CITY rivals than .he
does % any other zine during fhr as,-
son " VIII have more vefc--
ans On no iir~ up than p.tf. mn Ices
than seven ~ me eleven ,vh, Win
compose hr- team Satrrfaf having
played against fhe blue ana Gold boo
1910 Pift VII only have nrr eearoraf
mon m The FRAY huf the new recruits
have been performirg IKE veterans 900
year
Pir hss n wealth ~ good material
90 pick a varsity eleven Cor che game
Reliable poiiys calvin. me tir .f.-
pound center. will take car. % tHr
Keystore position Smith o. freshman