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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
SEA MONSTER
CHASED SHIP
Followed Vessel for Three Days and
Paid No Attention to Rifle

NEW YORK, Nov. 17.-Captain
Haggart of the steamship Mendocino,
just in port, tells of having encoun-
tered sea monster in the gulf which
followed the vessel for three days
before 1t came close enough to be
attacked. Fifty or more shots from
rifles and revolvers were emptied
into the flesh or whatever it was with
out any apparent effect and for
three hours after the attack the
monster followed the ship, when 1t
disappeared.
1t Is described as about sixty feet
long, with a body seen on the surface
of the water ten feet wide and taper
ing at the head and tail to about six
feet. In the sunlight the monster was
copper colored. 1t had two rows OF
teeth, very ragged and some worn
smooth, it's skin or hide was extreme
ly rough and the sailors said it had
hide more like a hippopotamus
than fish.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
LADY DECIEs is
HOME AGAIN
Gould Girl Who Married English Lord
Comes Over to See Horse
Show.

NEW YORK, Nov. 17.-Aboard the
Cunarder Mauretania, which arrived
last night, were Lord and Lady Decies,
Mrs. james Henry Smith, w. Rhine
lander Stewart, Jr., Mrs. William B.
Leeds. Frederick Townsend Martin,
Mrs. Anthony j. Drexel and Mrs. Da-
vid Dows.
Lady Decies was Miss Vivian Gould.
She has not been in New York since
her departure as bride. She and
her husband will be the guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. George Jay Gould until Jan
uary, when they will return to Eng.
land. They will attend the horse
show. Lord Decies will be one of the
horse show judges and also be guests
at the wedding of Miss Mildred Sher-
nan and Lord Camoys, on December
81.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
WILL TRY BURNS
NEXT SPRING
Detective Charged With kidnapping
McNamara and Taking Him
Away.

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 17-Wm. j,
Burns, the detective, whose investi-
cation resulted in the indictment OF
John ]. and James B. Mcnamara for
alleged dynamiting, will be tried here
next spring for the alleged kidnapping
of the former, according to Prosecut-
ing Attorney Baker here today.
The original plan was to have the
trial Of Burns, who Is alleged to nave
taken Mcnamara in violation OF the
state laws, follow the conclusion OF
the Los Angeles dynamitins trlal'
The prosecuting attorney now believes
that the Los Angeles cases will not be
completed for at least six months and
has determined not to wait,
James Hosick the Los Angeles spec
ial officer who aided Burns in the al
legged kidnapping will be tried at the
same time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
WATER POWER
WORK PROGRESSING
Northern Iowa Power Company Erect
Ing Cement Dams and Power
Canals.

HUMBOLDT, Iowa, Nov 1.-THE
Northern Iowa Power company, which
has it's headquarters in this city and
which has been putting in cement
dams and water power canals to the
site of their future power house, is
piling the island which connects the
two cement dams.
The construction of the $4,000 pow.
er house which the company had
hoped to have completed by this time
still is awaiting the workmen, though
mountain of sand and crushed rock
is on the ground ready. 1t is probably
that the plant will not be completed
before spring owing to the cold wealth
er making cement work dangerous.
When the power plant is completed it
will be one Of the biggest of its kind
In the state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
Old Man is Charged With sstIns
Out His Wife's Brains F .Sao
Motive for Crime
be Found.
IS PROBABLY INSANE
August Hoge Proves Puzzle to the
Police Who Cannot Unravel the
Tangled skeIn About
Him.

WAUKESHA, Wis. Nov. 17.-Utter-
ly unable SO far to find motive to
support their charge that August
Hoge, SS. feeble, bent and wrinkled
with age, murdered his wife in cofo
blood as she lay in bed, the police to-
day determined to hold the octogen-
arian for further investigation. The
aged man cannot, or will not. give
any definite explanation of the mur-
der. He sobs and means in his cell
and talks incoherently of his wife.
Mrs. Hoge was killed by savage
blows on the head from blunt In
strument. The finding Of bloOJy
hammer in room of the farm house
led the police to believe that the In
firm husband had committed tn.
crime. That Hoge wiped the blood
carefully away from his wife's crush.
ed head before the authorities were
able to arrive is also held against
him.
In his cell today Hoge raved and
shouted his innocence. He will be for
mally arraigned Monday. The belief
here is that he is insane.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
Bosroff, Assassin of Premier Stoly.
pin May Be Living In United
States Now In
Disguise.
MAN WAS NOT HANGED
Government Hung Another In His
Place and Permitted the slay-
er to Escape From
tho Country.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 17.--News
comes from wilma, and 1t Is general
ly believed here, that Dimitrl Bogroff.
the assassin Of Premier Stolypin dur
ing theatrical performance of Kiev,
Is not dead.
If this is true the report circulated
shortly after the assassination that
Bogroff committed the crime at the
instigation of men high in power who
promised that no harm would befall
him is true
The story goes that an execution
took place at the hour named, but In
stead Of Bogroff the man hanged was
reyolutionist under sentence of
death some time. This man was
palmed off for Bogroff
Meanwhile Bogroff. in disguise,
was spirited out of Russia. Those
who believe the story claim that Bog
rolf is either on the way to the Unit
ed States or already landed safely
and living in some American city un-
der an assumed name.
To lend color to this story the state
ment of Rev. Aleshknowsky, chief
rabbi of Kiev, is quoted. At the time
of the assassination, the anti-Jewish
papers of Russia were anxious to
shift the crime upon the Jews to In
furiate the populace against them
Though it was proven that Bogrofi
was not Jew the newspapers per
sisted. 1t was shown by the Jews and
others that Bogroffs grandfather be
came a convert from Judaism to the
Russian orthodox faith, that he di
vorced his Jewish wife and married a
Russian woman, that Bogroffs par
ents were born in the Russian ortho
dox faith and that Dimitri Bogrofi
was baptized Greek Catholic as 8
child.
Despite these proofs, the Novot
Vremya, the leading anti-Semitic pn
per of Russia started the story tina
Bogroff had sent for a rabbi and al
ter the execution printed In great dc
tail an alleged visit to the condemne
man Of the rabbi-even the converse
tion between them. The account CAV
the name of Rabbi Aleshknowsky.
The rabbi was furious and wrot
letters to all the papers which dare
to print them, denying that he ha
ever made such visit or that h
/ had ever been called.
1t is now claimed that this repor
of the rabbits visit was made not t
cause more trouble for the Jews bu
to clinch the story that Bogroff rea
ly met his fate on the gallows.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
TWO MORE ADDED
TO THE JURY
Fke Men Are Now Fixtures in the
Mcnamara Case In Los
Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17.-After the
second exercising of peremptory chal-
lenges had been completed in the Nc
Namara case today only two Of the
nine talesmen passed for cause since
tho first exercising Of peremptories
remained as permanent jurors. They
were Jurors Sexton and Andre, who
were Immediately sworn.
AS soon as Judge Bordwell an
nounced that challenges might begin,
the defense peremptorily challenged
G. H. Elliott, Jacob Lansing and Ma
jor Brewster Kenyon. The state
challenged Alexander Drilling, Willot
Drummer and Clark McLain, and then
announced that it would accept G. A.
Heath, William J. Andre and James
B. Sexton as permanent occupants OF
the box.
The defense after a few moments
conference challenged Heath and pass
ed the other two.
This left five permanent jurors In
the box. The defense still has clever
peremptory challenges left and the
etate only five.
AS soon as Andre and Sexton hac
been sworn the work Of qualifying thu
seven additional jurors began Judg'
Bordwell at the same time ordere'
the eighth venire of forty names to b
drawn and the men will appear tc
morrow morning.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
Illinois Divorced Persons Who Went
Into Other States and Married
to Get Around the
Law.
SWEEPING DECISION
Thousands Of People Across the RIv.
er are up Against II According
to tho Ruling Of tho
Court.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-THE prop or
legality has been knocked from be-
meath thousands of marriages in Illi-
nois through a sweeping decision of
the Appellate Court of southern Illi-
nois.
The remarriage of divorced persons
within one year, even though the cere-
mony is performed in another state,
is declared illegal. The principals in
such marriages are declared guilty Of
a serious offense and liable to Grim
inal prosecution should they return to
Illinois to live following their second
venture In matrimony.
The case that brought about this
decision was that of John Nehring
against Frances Nehring. Mrs. Nehr-
ing was divorced from her first hus-
band In June. Two months later she
accompanied Nehring to Wisconsin.
where they were married. Then they
returned to Mount Vernon to reside
Later Nehring sued for divorce, set
ting forth that his marriage was a
violation of the Illinois laws and
should be set aside. After many law
points had been cited on both sides
the court upheld his contention.
The immediate result of this deci-
sion, Chicago lawyers say, will be that
every man and woman married under
these circumstances will be compell-
er to remarry at once, or live with
the doubt of the legality Of their mar
riage hanging over them.
Children born of such marriages
would occupy the same position N
court as those born out of wedlocK,
] lawyers assert. They would not be per
mitted to inherit property and wouia
have no standing before the law.
This new decision is considered Of
! great Importance because of the fact
that 1t is at variance with decision
made by Judge Willard McEwen,
who. in 1907, held that such mar
riages were legal. Thousands of dl-
vorced persons have since taken ad-
vantage of this hope, and, as a result
are confronted with a fresh compil-
, cation.
John C. Richberg, attorney, who
, has made a careful study OF laws gov
erning divorce, said that this is one
of the most far-reaching decisions
ever handed down on the subject.
Through this decision all mar.
! riages of divorced men and women in
adjoining states are annulled," said
i he. 1T is as if they never had been
married the second time. The serious
ness of such situation, as it effects
both the adults and their children
will be appreciated at once
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
VENUS ALMOST
HIT THE MOON
Planet Appeared to be Touching the
Lower Horn of the Crescent
Yesterday Noon.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
Nov. 1.-THE moon and Venus were
in conjunction at noon yesterday. The
rare astronomical phenomenon was
observed by members of the astrono.
my department here and by hundreds
of persons, as both moon and star
were visible to the naked eye against
a clear blue sky.
The climax to the astronomical
event was reached shortly after noon
when Venus was apparently touching
the lower horn of the moons crescent
The planet barely escaped being
eclipsed by the moon.
The phenomenon, according to Prof
w. f. Meyer of the astronomical de
partment, while not unusual, has no
happened in recent years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
Chinese Want Set Of Laws Like
Those Of the United States
For tho New Re-
public.
PREMIER is A TRAITOR
RioodIest Battle Of the Rebellion Is
Thought to be In Progress
Now In Streets OF
NankIn.

SHANGHAI. Nov. 17.-Calling Yuan
Shi Kai traitor to the cause OF free
dom, leaders of the Chinese revolu-
tion are making their plans for estab-
fishing permanent republican gov
ernment as quickly as possible. They
say they believe the constitutional
monarchy from which Yuan accepted
the premiership will fall by itself II
not, they will overthrow 1t by force Of
arms.
The vanguard OF delegates to the
convention began to arrive here to-
day, Their plans include self-govern-
ment to the provinces in local affairs,
but central control by government
with headquarters at Nankin. Popular
sentiment seems to favor a consti-
tuition modelled after that of the
United States.
Communication with Nanllin is de-
layed but desperate fighting there be-
tween the revolutionists and govern
lnent forces in possession Of the city
is believed to be in progress already
There seems no doubt that the bat
tie will be the biggest since the re-
bellion broke out.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
It Has Begun to seeths and Can be
Heard BubbIlns From One
End of the State to
the Other.
M'K1NLEY FOR SENATOR ,
Trolley Congressman May Enter the
Race to Take the Place Of
Senator Shelley M.
Cullom.

CHICAGO Nov. 17.-From one end
of Illinois to the other the political
pot is beginning to seethe.
Members of the legislature are
looking over their fences to decide
whether they can be reelected or
whether this is an opportune time to
take themselves out of politics for a
rest"
Other men are beginning to look
ever the list of state officers to find
some yice place they think they can
get and also looking over the pros
poets of the various factions in both
parties to decide with which to "tie
up"
1t was reported yesterday that
Congressman William B. Mckinley
was about ready to announce his can
didacy for United States senator to
succeed Shelby M. Cullom. His
friends say he was only waiting for
Governor Deneen to make some an
nouncement. The governor told
friends this week he had no intention
of being stampeded into making any
statement.
State Senator Henry NJ. Dunlap OF
Savoy is reported on the eve Of COM
ing out as candidate against Lieu
tenant Governor John G. Oglesby.
Dunlap is from Congressman Nc
Kinley's district, but has had fall
ing out with the congressman, and
thinks he has better chance it is
said, to run for a state office than
against Mckinley.
| Announcement by Lawrence Y
Sherman that he is candidate fol-
governor Is expected by his friends in
few days. 1t is known that he has
prepared his platform. Congress
man William A. Rodenberg also IL
said to have a gubernatorial platform
ready to spring at an opportune mo
ment.
/ Mayor Jospeh e. Paden Of Evan
ston is being urged by friends tt
/ come out as candidate for governo
as solution of the factional figh
Of the republicans Mayor Padel
never having taken an active part il
4 politics, if nominated, it is hope'
would have the support of all fac
tons.
1t is said by the mayors friend
that Lorimer man could not win
and that an avowed' progressive o
Deneen man would not bring to hi
support a great many republican
voters. Mayor Paden is said to b
a "middle-of-the-road" republican
more interested in state affairs thar
in factional politics. He has beel
president of the State Association o
Mayors and has large acquaintanc
among prominent men of the state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
FRIENDLY SLAP
BRINGS PARALYSIS
Fresh Friend Who Hit the Operator
on the Back and Crippled
Him.

HARLAN, Nov. 17.--As result Of
a friendly slap on the back, which
was given him by Earl Wallace, L. R.
Parker is paralyzed
Parker is night operator for the
Great Western here and was filling
the station stove with coal when Wal
lace entered, When Wallace saluted
him with a jovial cuff, Parker fell to
the floor, unable to move muscle.
Today he has little use of his hand.
His home is at Dekalb, ILL.,, and he
is said to have been injured in a
street car accident in Chicago from
which he is not recovered fully. His
spine Is hurt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
Weather Conditions.

The field of high pressure from the
Ohio valley. moving to New England,
is causing fair, cooler weather in that
region, while the advancing disturb
ance from Colorado central in east
ern Iowa this morning, has caused
warmer weather from the Missouri
valley eastward to the lakes, and the
higher pressure following from the
west, is bringing colder weather, with
snow in the northern and rain in the
southern sections, from the mountains
to the central valleys.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
Ruling Of Judge kohisatt Is Taken by
Government Attorneys as the
First Victory In the
Case.
DIFFERENT OPINIONS
Whether or Not the Case VIII Pro-
ceed or be Again Delayed
Depends on
Today.

CHICAGO, Nov. 17.-What the gov
ernment counsel interpret as first
blood" in their fight against the dill
tory tactics of the beef packers indict-
ed for conspiracy under the Sherman
law was the action of Circuit Judge
q. C. Kohlsatt today in ordering that
the present hearing on the question
of the constitutionality of the penal
section of the Sherman daw be con-
cluded SO that a decision may possi-
hly be rendered before Monday when
the trial of the packers and the is
sues of the main case is scheduled.
This is the way counsel for the
prosecution viewed the announcement
from the bench today that arguments
in support of the defendants petition
for writ of habeas corpus must be
concluded after noon today. Such an
arrangement will permit the govern
ment to close the argument this at
ternoon. The governments lawyers
think that if Judge Kohlsatt viewed
the contention of the defense favora-
bly, he would have fallen in with their
plan of delaying the decision on the
question of habeas corpus now at is
sue.
Attorneys for the packers and for
the government entertain widely diff
ferent views as to the status of the
case, if Judge Kohlsatt's decision is
4 against the packers If he decides for
I them there is no question but what
the government would be compelled to
wait the decision of the highest court
on the issue raised In that case the
government attorneys insist the case
could proceed before Judge Carpenter
The attorneys for the packers insist
that the filing of an appeal by the
packers in case of an adverse deci
sion would act automatically in stopp
ing the trial before Carpenter.
Attorney Mayer for the packers con
tinued his argument against the Sher
man law this morning. He asserted
that the Jail Imprisonment section
was void because the statute failed
in specific terms to state just wha'
would consistite violation. He con
tended also that the insertion of the
word reasonable" into the act by the
supreme court likewise nullified its
provisions by making them too oh
scure for a criminal statute.
The question whether the packer.
were legally in custody of the cour
was the basis of long argument b.
counsel on both sides. Attorne.
k15 lnfo
for purpose Of record that the packers
had gone to their bondsmen and ask
ed that these bondsmen SURRENDERED
them. Counsel for the defense refuset
this stipulation. The prosecution
wanted the bondsmen summoned a
witnesses but Judge Kohlsatt refused
The court then ruled that all ars'l
ments in the present hearing must b.
concluded late this afternoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
Rear Admiral John Yeatman Taylor
Tired of Life at Elshty-two
Years, Sends Bullet In
to his Brain.
WAS WITH FAREAGC~ :
Death of Only Son In Automobile Ac-
cldent Two Years Ago Caused
Him to Become
Despondent.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-Rear Ad-
miral John Yeatman Taylor, retired,
former medical director of the Unit
ed States navy and one Of the most
distinguished naval surgeons in the
country, ended his life here by shoot
ing himself in the head with navy
pistol. The admiral was alone in his
study at the time, but the butler hear
ing the report found him unconscious.
He died in half an hour.
Admiral Taylor was 81 years old
and had notable career as naval
surgeons. His health had long been
poor and the death in an automobile
accident in Wilmington, Del, two
years ago, OF his only son, Andrew
Bryson Taylor, was a severe shock to
the aged surgeon. He never left the
house afterwards and despondency ov-
er this sorrow and the hopeless con-
dition of his health is believed to
have prompted him to take is life.
Admiral Taylor was appointed as
sistant surgeon in the United States
navy in 1853. He was with Farragut
on the Oneida, in ,he battle of Mo.
bile Bay during the Civil war and in
that encounter won distinction.
Recognition came rapidly to DR.
Taylor. He became medical inspector
in 1872 and medical director in 1875
and was retired in 1891. He also
served as fleet surgeon and was II
charge of the naval hospitals a
Washington, Norfolk and New York
In recognition of his Civil war servic,
he was advanced to the rank of rea
admiral in 1906 Admiral Taylor Il
survived by widow and a daughter
Charlotte Bryson Taylor a magazine
writer who resides in New York.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
ILLINOIS TOWNS
BURNING UP
Two of Them Have Bad Blazes at
an Early Hour This
Morning.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. Nov. 17.-Fire
is raging in Heyworth, town OF l.
200, fifteen miles south of here. The
flames started about midnight in the
Wakefield building a three-story brick
structure, occupied by Washburn's de.
partment store.
At 2:1o O'Clock this morning the
fire was under control. The loss is
probably $4,000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
THE WEATHER

For Keokuk and vicinity: General
ly fair tonight and Saturday. Colder
tonight.
For Illinois: Generally fair wealth
er tonight and Saturday, except rain
turning to snow in -he north and cen
trail portions tonight. Much colder to-
night.
For Iowa: Generally fair tonight
and Saturday, except snow in the ex-
treme east portion tonight. Colder to-
night.
For Missouri: Generally fair to
night and Saturday. Colder tonight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
Relief Asked for Eight Million.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 17,-Eight
million persons are in need of imme--
late relief owing to the failure oil
the crops in twenty Russian PROV
inces. as made known to the Duma by
Premier Kokovzoff. The necessary
measures would require, the premier
said the expenditure of s6o,00o,ooo,
of which amount the imperial ex'
chequer would have to find s44,OOo,Ooo.
Half of the total Is necessary at once
to defray the cost Of supplies already
dispatched.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
Accent carneale,s GIFT.

BLOOMFIELD, Iowa, Nov 17.-At n
Joint meeting of the Commercial club
and the city council it was decided to
accept the offer made last week by
Andrew Carnegie for the erection OF
q library building here. The iron
magnate agrees to give $4,000 upon
assurance that there will be a fund
of $1,000 available annually for the
library's support.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
Divorce Proctor Named.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 1.-THE
divorce proctor whose duty it will be
to investigate uncontested divorce
suits was appointed in the person of
w. w. Wright The naming of proc
tor is the result of fight waged by
prominent Kansas Cityans who felt
that DEGREES of separation were being
granted without proper investigation
of the parties to suits.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
Reduce tho Saloons.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Nov. IL
Judge Thomas Arthur in the district
court issued an order requiring the
city OF Council Bluffs. in compliance
with the Moon law enacted by the
last legislature. to reduce the number
of saloons licenses from fifty-fve to
twenty-nine-on for each 1000 popu-
lation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-17
eompers Opposes Mcnamara Fund.

ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 17.-That
President Corners of the American
Federation of Labor is opposed to the
federation appropriating s5o,ooO for
the Mcnamara defense was indicated
at the convention 1t is said that Com
pers favors aiding the brothers, but
thinks the money to be used to that
end should be raised by private sub.
scription.