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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-10-05
DALLAS FAIR EXHIBIT
Funds Being Raised to Send e.
h.b't 10 Dallas Fair
he1t Month

A subscription list has been
going the rounds this week for
the purpose Of raising sufficient
money 10 maintain an exhibit al
the Dallas fair this fall during
the State Fair. The list is being
literally subscribed to by the
people Of the town and il is the
desire Of the heads of this move
ment that there be brought in
Saturday articles from the farm
to be sent to the fair.
The farmers should feel an
interest in the matter as well as
the people in town. They should
at least feel interested enough in
the matter to bring in samples
of what they have raised this
year, 80 that the people OF the
east and north who visit the fair
and the agricultural exhibit hall. .
may see for themselves what the I
west is doing along agricultural /
lines.
Do not forget next time you
come to town to put a number Of /
samples of what your farm has
produced this year in your wagon
buggy or auto, and deliver it 10
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-10-05

and b ppnuml improvement In
tracks bnl machinery bIso impos
inp additional cusls p, reason ol
ihu national state supervision of
operating and accUuUtInu but
Che interstate commerce commits.
sion acknowledgement Che request
while IH.Y admitted that costs
bead increased they stated thu
Che railroads l0 not SHOW WW.
efficiency boz operation and until
thcy mako al Improvements
possible then show the need of
increases in rates their requests
may ue considered.
Asa public demonstrate that
the railroads have been efficient.
even far beyond those riff other
countries and other industries in
this country the Santa Fe sys-
tenn has assembled a dem0nstra-
ton train Of two engines and
sixteen cars showing the equip
ment of today in comparison
with that used 80 years ago. also
showing the standard track of
today with 80 pound rail land on
tie plates on treated ties in rock
ballast and a section of track
used 30 years ago of light rail
with dirt ballast. The cost of
the old style track complete was
often less than the cost of the
new rail and fastenings alone.
A great Mallet compound oil
burning locomotive with water
heater. steam superheater and
reheater and 20 driving wheels. .
known as the Santa Fe class 1000
class, will pull the train which
will include a little old simple
'nRine Of the 1879 class with
about one-tenth the capacity Of
he big one.
A new modern steel under
.ramed coach that can Withstand
he shock of a bad collision is
with an old style coach
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-10-05

Ira White. cashier of the Estel-
line National Bank. was here the
latter part Of last week. shaking
hands with his many friends in
this city. Ira at one time held a
position on the mechanical force
Of the Avalanche.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-10-05

@. W Reed, one of Post City's
leading business men, was here
Friday Of last week. He stated
TO an Avalanche representative
that cotton was coming into his
town at a lively rate. the vie :
was very satisfactory.
average being about onSB " I
Of a bale per acre.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-10-05
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

80 Lo,Al APPLICATIONS a. THY cannot r-.eh
W ~ II ihr 49, DAisuh r. uld-d sr rlustl-
.-trnA alet- - m 1fdrf o. clrr g yuu must tatf
1919 H.fii- haAt talarfh Clnr h Afsn b.
EraAt hnd hes qrrruT o. ~ hord I'D mucous
sflAe'e hti r. catsrre flfs u hat atsct uiefi-
ms e'intr - lssrs snd % rrsulaf rirto1
~ = somgrsd { - 49, penio. kno-n. oornhined
80 w rrsi niend FlrA1nl arfins directly o. IN
MUCOUS slrfaof~ III p-Tfsrt euBhfnattr ~ H.
~. nsrrieuu = -tat pr,siuc-s such suad~rfd ~
80 ~ e4fms oatarrh sd - tssiinioaiaIs fr.s
, CHENEY 90 Irut. Tusrdo a
$50 ~ DrllETi.fs prirs ~
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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-10-05

That cost about one fourth az
much us ihp new one New ~.
iripuwl0r buN, stock coal and
Nat cars compared with odd ones
that casi less than "a third of the
new oncs Amarillo Daily News.
Some Fine Mile,
w. H. Lewis who farms north
west of Lubbock, was iu thc city
Saturday and brought with him
% bunch OF milIet heads which
he grew ON bis farm This year.
They are fine samples OF what
can be produced here BOO miIIet.
and the yield shows splendid
profit on the money invested In
the land
Mr. Lewis stated that Dee had
one hundred and fifty acres
planted in this crop, and the
yield would be at least 1000 BUSH
els, which figures % bushels per
acre. He can probably realize
Sl.OO per bushel for the grain
which figures out the handsome
sum of 50, 600 or $1,000 per acre
besides the straw. We consider
this a very fine showing. and
there are few countries that can
make the same showing on the
same priced land. Those who
do not see fit to take the state |
ment Of this paper for this can
reach Mr. Lewis by mail at
Alternately, Texas.
b. W Ludeman, brother. Of
our fellow townsman. A. NJ
Ludeman, was here several DAYS
last week visiting his brother
and family. He left FRIDAY
afternoon for points in Oklahoma.
hence to his home in Moscow.
oWa.
j. h. Moore, the grocer. has
purchased the residence property |
II Walter Holland in the north |
art Of the city.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-10-05

County clerk. J. A. Wilson re-
turned the latter part of the
week from an extended visit to
Montana and other parts of the
country in that vicinity.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-10-05

the South Plains Land office or
Bullock Land Company, and it
will be properly taken care of
and sent 10 the fair at the proper
time.
10 all Persons Interested To- the
Estate Of H, [, HasweIl Deceased
You are hereby notified that !
was appointed administrator of
the estate OF II. l.. Haswell, de-
ceased at the October term of the
Probate court of Lubbock county
1910 and all persons having
claims against said estate are
hereby notified 10 present them
10 me for approval.
Nv post Office address is Lub-
book Texas.
Rosa A. HASwELL
administrator. u 81
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07
HOTEL MANAGER
POINTS THE WAY
+. M. sateman, Manager Of Hotel keo.
kuk Receives $4,000 Envelopes
With Dam Print.

One commendable way of letting
every corner of the country know
about the big dam here has been de-
vised and carried out by Manager F.
NJ. Bateman of the Hotel Keokuk. To-
day there was placed among the other
letter writing facilities OF the hotel,
portion of the immense consignment
of $4,000 envelopes received, bearing
on what would generally be the adj
dress side, a fine Autograph of the
big power dam as it will look when
completed This half tone takes up
the entire one side of the envelope,
with space enough left beneath the
spillway in the picture for general data
regarding the size and immensely of
the engineering proposition which is
being so successfully solved.
On the reverse Or sealing side to
the left and occupying about half of
the envelope is a cut of the Hotel
Keokuk which is a perfect likeness of
the big hosiery. The white space at
the right is for the address.
Naturally travelling representatives
of houses all over the country will use
these envelopes in writing to custom.
ers and headquarters and Mr.. Bate
man is to be congratulated on his idea
of advertising the city to the best adj
vantage possible in a big hotel.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07
WAUGH'S SHOW
HAS RETURNED
Al. Waugh and His Tented Exhibition
Of Rough Riders Forced to Quit
Because of no
Music.
HAVE LOST NOTHING
Show Manager and Owner Said This
Morning That Band He Had EN-
ployed Broke Faith and
Left Him ain IT,"

The old Buffalo Wild West show of
AL Waugh, which started from Keo-
kuk week ago last Friday, returned
to keokuk last night from Blandins-
Vile, H., driving here from the Him
ois city, distance of forty miles.
This morning the members of the
show company we're assembled in the
quarters back of the Hotel Keokuk
on South Third street, men, horses,
wagons and other parapherralia hav-
ing been brought back here for tenn
porary disbanding.
When seen this morning, Mr.
Waugh, owner and manager of the
wild west show said that he thought
best to return home or rather was
forced to come back to his starting
point because of the inability to Sc
cure a band.
The musical organization with
which Mr.. Waugh made contract to
meet him in Illinois. went back on
their word and did not Join the
troupe. knowing the impossibility TO
give his exhibition before the public
without music. the owner took the
only course, that of retiring until he
can get band of six or seven pieces.
That size organization, he stated this
morning, would answer the purpose.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07
AN INTERURBAN
MEETING FRIDAY
Representatives Of Cities AIono Pro.
posed Route of Quncy-Haml-
ton Road to Meet in Quincy.

meeting of the parties interested
IN the proposed interurban between
Hamilton and Keokuk and Quincy is
scheduled for Friday morning or af-
ternoon in Quincy. and it is expected
that several interesting matters will
come up for discussion. Representa-.
tives from each of the cities along the
proposed route keokuk, Nauvoo,
Warsaw, Hamilton, etc, are expected
to be present, and plans will be dis
cussed at considerable length The
session will be more in the nature of
a crnmittee meeting than a meeting
f<he stockholders of the company
vt nevertheless something Is very
fable to happen which will be of great
interest
n. D. Pound of Chicago, a wealthy
contractor of that city, was in Quincy
for the past several days in the in
terests of the interurban, but whether
or not he will take hold of the project
is not known.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07

suung open. A line of monks filed
ort At their head was Ralph Nc
crath. He had been disappointed In
) love affair which began in his last
year at High School and had retired
into seclusion.
When China came around I saw
Earle Carpenter at the head Of the U.
G army. He had become brave and
distinguished soldier This Is not sur.
nr;sing. Anyone who could face Miss
pittman with an unprepared lesson,
could face the enemy without finch.
inng.
Leroy Akerson had become a mis-.
sionary to China and was having great
success with the heather.
Helmuth Pease was alighting from
his aeroplane. AS we all expected
.Doc' had become physician and, as
started to say before, the moon is
run on his latest plans for the exterml.
nation of germs.
saw Ethel Russell on small farm
IN the west. She was feeding the
chickens. Ethel lad become the wife
Of a country preacher and was accept
ing her responsibilities with character.
istic sweetness.
On huge electric sign in Chicago
saw the words, Florence Wedler,
Hair Dresser" The Moon Man said
1t was quite the thing to patronize her.
This interested me and looked closer
Seated at table inside was Nellie
Carlson. was astonished to see that
she was holding a mans hand, and
more so to see that the man was our
old and esteemed friend, CO., Will
Jams. Oh don't get excited-she was
only manicuring his finger nails.
Florence and Nellie had strong com
petition next door where another sign
bazed forth, "Beulah Meinhardt, Hair
cut, shave or shampoo" Bellah re-
solved upon her career the night of
the last Senior class party. | thought
at the time Beulah was rather crazy
about that game.
After locating all my friends my
interest Jagged, and l was soon ready
to return to earth Was this dream ?
Why of course mott! The ideal
HELEN G. OWENS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07
Or. c. A. Dimond.

DR. c. A. Dimond testified he knew
Joseph Samuels and had made an
autopsy of the body of Essie Samuels,
his wife. He gave description of the
several wounds inflicted He said one
bullet entered the right side in the
chest below the nipple, about the reg
ion of the fourth rib; the bullet rang
ed downward and backward and was
found near the spinal column. and the
ninth rib. This wound produced death.
The bullet severed the superior ven
acava, large artery running from
the lower limbs to the heart, the sew
erance of which produced a fatal in
ternal hemorrhage. Essie Samuels
died very shortly after the inflicting
of this wound.
Another wound was in the right
shoulderblade, the bullets exit being
a few inches distant from where 1t
entered. This bullet was found on
the cooling board in the undertaking
establishment.
A third wound was below the hut
tocks, the bullet being taken out st
the knee. All the bullets had a down
ward range.
Witness examined the bullets and
declared them to be those taken from
the body of Essie Samuels. They
were of 80 calibre
DR.. Dimond further testified he was
called to the police station to attend
Samuels. He found Samuels had a
flesh wound in the mammary glands
On the cross-examination conduct
ed by Mr.. Hartzell, witness said he
could not identify the revolver exhib-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07
Class Poem
CLASS DAY L
Class Poem.

CLASS DAY l 1
Glass Poem.
AT the end OF the rainbow lies the
gold"
So spake voice beyond the realms of
childhood lore,
And while our comrades sought to
find the store
Long fairy-way, negelecting tasks of
old.
We knew that Futures plans should
soon unfold,
II we would SOW the seeds for further
needs,
So as a pledge that worth alone sue
ceeds
For this we chose our emblem White
and Gold.
Yet We revered life's highest things,
as those
Which spread the most of joy along
the way
And held that all world riches are as
Gay,
Beside the noble glory of rose.
Which sheds incense abroad until love
grows
And fiourishes; and as we hold love
dear
We've cherished 1t, and ever kept 1t
near,
Enshrined within our hearts, our Vel
low Rose.
When fancies' myriad paths before US
trend
And vague. fond hopes lead us from
truth astray,
While youthful purpose swerves from
day to day,
We shall not on Whim's circumstance
depends.
But ever will our highest aims defend,
And some day shake the world through
might,
And ever keep our motto full in sight
And ever more "aim at a certain end. =
Helen Lois Slonaker
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07
Aviation at ottumma

oTTUMWA, Ia, June More than
$1,000 people witnessed the three
flights of the Moissant aviators and
every one was satisfied with
the exhibition Rene Simon, the
fool flyer assembled to a
height of 1000 feet and made his
dip of death Rene Barrier also made
a successful flight. but did not try to
go higher. He sailed over North OF
tumwa, three miles from the aviation
field. Captain Frisbie made an ex-
cellent start, but before progressing
very far the rear return on his BIZ
plane broke and he descended.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07
PERSONALS.

Mrs. T. G. French is visiting with
friends in Memphis and Granger Nc.
Mr.. T. G. French has gone to Evans
ton. Ill.
Fl Madison Gem City: Miss Lena
Schier and Glenn Lake were the
guests of wallie Kiener and wife of
Keokuk Sunday.
Miss Ruth Rhodes of Burlington is
visiting Keokuk friends
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07
Wholesale LIQUOR Dealers.

CHICAGO, June THE session Of
the National Wholesale liquor Dealers
Association was marked today bby a
telegram from Commissioner Cable
Washington expressing regret at not
being able to attend and expressing
the hope that the relations between
the associations and the internal rev.
enue department would remain har.
monious.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07
MEMORIAL DAY
MONEY SPLIT
Each Club in Central Association Gets
IT'S Share of First Holiday
Receipts.

Each of the eight clubs of the Cen
trail Association received check yes
terday from President NJ e. Justice
for s24997 as its share of the Decora-
ton day receipts. All holiday games
receipts are pooled and the net sum
divided by eight which, makes the pro
rata share for each club
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07
LATE AFTERNOON
PRESS BULLETINS
IRy the United Press. ]

SPRINGFIELD. Mass, June In a
characteristic speech Col. Roosevelt to-
day denied emphatically the assertion
that he had endorsed Taft for 1912.
There is no truth in that statement.
| have endorsed no man for 1912 |
have not even discussed the question
of man for 1912" he said to 800
people at the union station.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07
Second Only to the Bible.

shelton's translation of Don Out.
1o'e appeared in 1908. Besides this,
sh others. more or less complete,
were published in England before the
enc OF the eighteenth century. The
bible only has been more widely diff
fused.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07
ORDER OF OWLS.

Regular meeting OF the Order of
Owls the first and third Tuesdays of
each month at their hall in the Hub
niger building. % North Sixth street.
Visiting Owls are cordially invited.
F. M. Ballinger, worthy president;
Ed. w. Kiser. secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07
Garment Workers Strike,

CLEVELAND, June Five thous-
sand garment workers went on a
strike this morning following the re.
fusal of the employers to recognize the
union and grant a fifty hour week and
uniform wages.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07
Joseph Applicable samuels.

Aged IS years, and living at No.
1407 Concert street, father of the de-
PENDANT, was the first witness called
He testified that his son had been
married about ten years and that
there were two children-girls. aged
about and 5. Witness said:
My son was timer by trade; for
the past five or six years he worked
for the fire department I am now lig.
ing with my daughter, Mrs. c. H
Kinnaman. remember the time OF
Mrs. Essie Samuels death. My sou
Joe visited me that day and ate din.
ner with us. l noticed his actions: I
had seen him few days previous
He and his wife were not living to-
gether at that time. On the day of
the death Of Mrs. Samuels Joe acted
peculiarly; 1t was his actions that at
tracted my attention; about the time
he left | walked out with him and
he walked away after dinner with.
out talking with me as usual. He was
very nervous; he seemed to be out
of temper with everything. remon-
strated with him as to his troubles
and advised him to get along with
out trouble; he grew furious one
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07
Has Lost Nothing.

I'VE neither lost nor made money
while on the road" Mr.. Waugh said
this morning, when seen in his ticket
wagon. While on the road, we
bought three new horses and have a
stock worth something like $4,000, 1t
is only because couldn't get a band
to go with the show that we came
back here. If a band can be obtained
we will start again"
Twenty-Five men and as many
horses and wagons were brought here
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07

BALTIMORE, June Mrs. Ida
Brooks Cohan, comely young woman
was arrested today on charge of
numbering her husband, Maurice Co
han, by administering poison, and also
the death of her husbands uncle's wife
by the same means.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07
The Principal Expert.

DR., F. O. Jackman, of Bloomington,
III, a specialist in mental and neI'-
vous diseases, will be the chief ex-
pert for the defense He will be
placed on the stand toward the close
of the testimony, and will respond TO
hypothetical questions covering the
supposed facts in the case at bar. DR..
Jackman served three years in the Mt.
Pleasant hospital.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07
otate Rests at Morning Session of the Second
Lay OF the Trial of Joseph Samuels, Charg-
ed With Being Uxorcide
PRISONER UNCONCERNED AS TO HIS FATE
Attorney For Defendant is SURPRISED at Sneed
Made and Asks For Time to Prepare
Defense to be Offered.

For murder trial unusual speed Is
pelng made in the case of Joseph
samuels, the alleged uxorcide.
Though this Is only the second day
OF the evidence. the state rested at
10 o'clock this morning, after court
had been in session an hour. Attor-
ney Hartzell being unprepared to
proceed Immediately with the testi-
mony for the defense, the hearing was
continued until 2 o'clock in the after
noon
There was limited number Of spec
tators In attendance. Samuels main
tanned his habitual attitude of indif-
ference to his surroundings anC the
proceedings which are of SO much
import to him, apparently being in a
sort of semi-comatose state. He
seemed lifeless.
The most important morning testi-
mony was that Of DIR. Dimond descrip-
tive OF the wounds inflicted upon un-
fortunate Essie Samuels.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07

time and grabbed me SO hard that
the blood came from the skin OF my
wrists. This was about two months
before his wife's death Prior to this
change in conduct he had always
been veN kind to ms"
County Attorney Craig conducted
the cross-examination OF Mr.. Samuels.
Witness said:
''On the day OF the death of Mrs
Samuels there was talk about the
family troubles. thought it was pc
culiar that Joe should seize me by
the wrists as he did
Joe lived in Joliet for a few
months. He then lived in Pennington
and Keokuk. occasionally visited
Joe at the West Keokuk station, but
did not see him so often as formerly. .
Dr.. L. M. Coffey.
DR.. Coffey was the second witness
called, testifying that he had been in
the active practice of medicine since
1904. He said:
II first came in contact with 10.
seph Samuels in June of 1910 at his
home. l was telephoned he had been
injured. Samuels had his hands on
the floor and head on the bed and
was grooming. | examined the defen-
dant and found an injury, the skin
having been knocked off of his fore
head and the back of his neck was
redeemed. He told me he fell off of a
roof o. building IL or Ia feet high,
and that he struck the ground on his
back and neck and twisted and raked
his head.
DR. Coffey continuing, said, he saw
the defendant a second time. Samueis
said he was not right and | want you
to send me away that he was feel
ing bad.
From the character Of the injury
and conversation of the defedant wit
ness said he believed that Joe Sam
uels was insane.
In the cross-examination Prosecutor
Craig took the witness over his pro-
fessional career in Keokuk and else
"hCiO. Illo pidCIiCe III hoOhuk WAS
general; he had not had over half a
dozen cases of insanity. Witness re-
peated the circumstances attending
his professional visit to Samuels when
the latter was injured. On the second
visit the day following, SamuelG was
sitting in chair. Witness told him
he would not return If the patient
continued to improve. Only two visits
were made to Samuels home am
Samuels came to the office of the wit
ness only once. Witness said:
Il thought Samuels was insane from
his request to be sent away. Thinking
this, he had not told the chief of the
fire department or any one else ~
less it was DR.. Gray, with whom he
occupied an office. l thought nothing
further about Samuels' mental condi
ton until the death of his wife; it
| passed out of my mind
! William Neal.
William Neal, who lives on the
! Canal road, had lived in Keokuk 25
| years He had known Joseph Sam.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07
w. o w.

Gate City Camp No. 81, Woodmen
of the World, meets every second and
fourth Tuesday, at Hawkes. hall, cor
ner Eighth and Main STREETS. C. c. Sow
ern, G. c.: e. E. Hawkes., clerk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-07

last night from Blandinsville, the last
place the tented exhibition showed.
Nine different towns were played
since the Old Buffalo show started
more than week ago, and the per-
formances gave satisfaction.