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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-13

THE gold brick swindler usually
approaches some wealthy businessman
with a plausible story concerning a
solid gold brick of gold from
which he will part for a very
small sum for certain reasons
ne don't care to be known.
He gives the impression he has come
by it in an underhand method. The
sucker is led to where the gold brick
is. Behring'S are made and put in an
envelope. On the way to the assayer
az envelope is substituted with exact
kind of filings made by the same drill
bored from $40 gold piece. The bar
gain is strack. The gold bricks, or
H. .hrllel as. they are called, have
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-13

Dream ReaIlzed.-T dreamed last
night that I had perfected an air
ship"
"And when you awoke?" ~
Il was on the floor. Washington
Herald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
RAISED $4,000
IN DAY AND HALF
Fund for Widow of Police Captain
Who Was Killed While in the
Service.

SPOKANE, Wash, Jan. 1.-THE
$4,000 fund lor the widow and chill
dren of John T. Sullivan, captain of
the Spokane police force, who was
killed by an unknown person, was
raised by the Spokane chamber OF
commerce in less than Sc hours. Sub
scriptions, ranging from $1.100 to 81,
were received without personal solic-
itation but as the result of letter
canvass. Many business men of the
city sent in expressions in favor of
raising the fund in addition to en-
closing their checks for various
amounts. widow. probably 10 years
of age, called at the chamber of com
merce rooms and gave dollar She
said it was only mite but she want
ed to give what she could. Another
subscription which aroused consider
able interest was one of $40 from the
Japanese Commercial club. The mon
ey is to be invested In trust by the
Chamber of Commerce trustees for the
widow and children of Captain Sulli-
van. They will thus have a perma-
nent and regular income during their
entire lifetime.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
BISHOP LAWRENCE
rs CALLED DOWN
For His Recent Statement That Story
of Adam and Eve Was a
Fairy Tale.

BOSTON, Jan. I6.-The statement
of Bishop Lawrence of the Episcops
diocese of Massachusetts recently t.
the effect that the biblical story o.
Adam and Eve is merely a beautiful
allegory is challenged in the Boston
Pilot weekly church paper. In an
editorial entitled sThe Bishop and
His Master the paper says: I'm
taking the position he does as to
the origin of man, Bishop Lawrence
is impugning the yeracity of
Master whom he mas sworn to serve
and in so doing is denying, at least
impliedly, the divinity of Christ.
IF the story of Adam and Eve be
mere allegory, how explain the doc
trines of original sin, of redemption
and of baptismal regeneration He
has by his recent utterance dealt g
blow at the very foundation of Christ
ian belief. In all honesty we think
that Bishop Lawrence ought to with
draw from the Episcopal church tc
the formularies of which he canno
consistently subscribe, over to the
camp of Unitarian naturalism tc
which he normally belongs"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
TENNESSEE
don I LIKE IT
Prohibition in That state Does Not
Please and Effort VIII be
Made to Repeal
HAS BEEN FA sJRE
81
Cities Deprived Of Rever and ct
forts to indict Bo6r~~eg-
gers Have Proven
! Useless.
HAS BEEN FA SIRE

NASHVILLE, January 16.--Follow-
ing conference here between the
mayors of the largest cities in Ten
nessee, an agreement has been reach
ed to visit the legislature in body
and urge upon the members the repeal
or amendment of the statewide law
prohibiting the sale Of liquor, so far
as it applies to Memphis, Chattanooga,
Knoxville and Nashville.
Prohibition has been a failure
This was the opinion expressed by
Mayor Crump of Memphis, Mayor
Howes of Nashville and Mayor Thomp'
son OF Chattanooga at the conference.
The cities, the mayors say, have
been deprived of thousands of dollars
of revenue, yet the state has collected
| from suspected sellers of intoxicants
the usual state and county licenses.
The mayors add that efforts to in,
dict alleged liquor sellers following
their arrest, have met with failure il
every instance, owing to the law hav
| ing met with the disapproval, they as
sert, of the people in the larger cities
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
HAS FOOTHOLD
in COUNTRY
The "BIack Death Is Spreading ov-
er England and There is
Serious Alarm Over
the Situation.
RATS ARE BLAMED
Hopeless Task to Try and Exter.
/ inmate the Little Animals Which
Help Spread the
Disease.
RATS ARE BLAMED

LONDON Jan. 16.-England is be-
coming seriously alarmed over the ac-
cumulating evidence that pneumonia
plague-the BLACK death"-has Sc
cured foothold in the country.
1t is not alone that the rats all ov-
er the island are unquestionably thor
oughly infected-it is beginning to be
clear now that many men, women and
children have died of the disease,
their illness having simply been
wrongly diagnosed by the attending
physicians. Expert Investigators have
practically proven that cases of sup
posed pneumonia as far back as 1906
were really plague and correspond
ent of the London limes, for whose
authority the newspaper vouches,
takes the respondent view that I'VE
shall never succeed in ridding Eng
land entirely of this plague which has
found SO insidious an entry"
'It seems probable adds the Lon
don Express in discussion of the
same subject, that the extermina-
tiOh vi ldto 10 III llbCA d ROQ6lGSS
task, and no more than slight pal
| Eliative"
While it is true that the number
of cases of the disease among human
beings is not yet very large, medical
authorities are agreed that they are
increasing steadily. The fact that the
complaint. in England, tends to take
not the sbubonic but sihssA pneumonia
! form. in which the inhalation of in
fected breath even at considerable
4 distance is sufficient 70 transmit the
contagion, is not reassuring feature
of the situation.
This is an extremely serious af
] fair says the Express. and we
/ must grapple with it not in any spiri
of panic, but with the fixed deter
j mination to leave undone nothins
which can possibly prevent real dis
aster."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
OLD PISTOL AS
WEDDING GIFT
DeveIopes That it Was Family Heir
loom Which Had Been
Lost.

BURLINGTON. Iowa, Jan. 16.-An
interesting incident in connection with
the recent wedding of Miss Esther
Fleming and Lieut.. Harding Polk of
the government service here at Bur
lington has just been reveale ]. Among
tho wedding presents was an army
revolver Of the make of hundred
years ago.
1t developed young woman friend
of Miss Fleming, while visiting in
Baltimore last summer, visited an
auction room and bought the revolver
on q banter
On the ancient firearm she discov-
cred the name of Leonidas Polk. IT.
proved to have been the property or
Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk. southern
bishop. "the fighting bishop of the
SOUTH and a cousin of President
James X. Polk.
When the engagement of Miss Flem-
ing and Lieut.. Polk was announced
the old revolver was recalled, and its
owner speculated as to whether there
could be any family connection be
+
| tween the name on the hilt and the
bridegroom
She presented the weapon as a we'd
ding gift. and Lieut.. Polk recognized
it as family heirloom long lost and
vainly sought. Lieut. Polk is dis.
! tant cousin of President Polk and the
fighting bishop was his great-uncle
I In this connection it is interesting
I to note that by the marriage of an.
other Burlington young woman. Miss
Bessie Bullard, to T. Wales Lillard OF
Montana, two Burlington young WON
en- have entered presidential families
Miss Billiards. uncle at whose home
she was married, near Prairie City
H. is q cousin of President Taft Mrs
Lillard is residing in Montana and
Mrs. Polk has gone to the Philippine
Island to join her husband.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
LEAPED FROM
eighth STORY
Suicide of Henry r. Whtmore BY
jumping From Upper Window
Of Hotel in St.
Louis.
FORMER QUINCY MAN
Mind Was Failing and Life Old Not
Hold Out Any Pleasing
Prospects For
Him.

STLOUIS. Jan. 16.-Henry Roger
Whitmore, former assistant secre-
tary Of the Merchants Exchange, at
one time proprietor of one of the
largest cereal mills at Quincy, H., and
the son-in-law Of George Knapp. ST.
Louis publisher, committed suicide at
II o'clock yesterday morning by leap
ing from the window Of room on the
eighth floor Of the Marquette hotel
His death was instantaneous.
Mr.. Whitmore was 6s years old.
Earlier in the day he had left the
Missouri Baptist Sanitarium, where
he had been an invalid for a year and
half. He left a note in which he
referred to the verdict of physicians
that he would be utterly helpless and
bedridden the rest of his life, and he
dtclared he preferred death to this
prospect.
About three years ago he suffered
an attack OF paralysis, and this, with
the death of his wife five years ago,
is thought to have impaired his mind.
paving the way for his act Of yester-
| day
Up to eighteen months ago he en-
/ joyed moderately good health. A year
ago last summer he lost partial con-
4 troll of the muscles Of his left side, and
sought medical attention in the Mis-
4 souri, Baptist Sanitarium, where he
/ had since made his home. He left the
/ institution about 10 o'clock yesterday
morning, going to the Marquette hotel.
i where he obtained a room on the
eighth floor. In registering he asked
the clerk for room on the upper
4 floors, saying he desired to get away
from the noise.
4 His condition was such that he was
able at times to leave the sanitarium.
He had been making his home there.
It was said he had made no arrange
ments to leave the sanitarium perma-
nently, and nothing was thought OF
the matter when he left there yester.
day morning.
4 Less than half an hour after he reg
istered attaches of the hotel felt a
slight shock, and bellboy shouted a
: man had fallen to the sidewalk. Sey-
eral clerks rushed to the Washington
avenue side, and found his body, lyins
on the sidewalk few feet west OF
the main entrance. The city ambu,
lance was summoned, and the body ta
ken to the city dispensary, where he
, was pronounced dead. The body was
then taken to the morgue.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
POSTERS USED
IN THE CAMPAIGN
Fight Against Tuberculosis Includes
Three Months Service on
Bill Boards.

DES MONIES, Iowa, Jan. 16.-Dur-
ing the next three months the bill
boards of the United States will dis
play 10000 educational posters on
tuberculosis, according to an an
nouncement made by the National AS
sociation for the Study and Proven.
ton of tuberculosis.
This will include the campaign be
gun year ago, when the National
Billposters' Association donated free
space to the tuberculosis cause, the
Poster Printers Association offered
free printing, and nine paper manufac
turers gave the paper for the posters
The combined value of these several
donations for this three-month cam
paign is nearly 100000.
The posters are in six different de
signs and are all printed in three
colors They are feet wide and
feet high. Already nearly $500 ol
these posters have been hung on the
billboards of 46 different cities. and il
is planned to distribute 10000 more
before April in over 400 towns ant
cities. Any anti-tuberculosis society
in the United States may receive free
of charge, except for transportation
1 as many of these posters as can bt
! hung on the boards in it's territory
The National Association with tht
tuberculosis committee of the Nation
al Billposters and Distributors arr
| conducting the campaign.
The posters show in graphic form
how fresh air, good food, and res
cure tuberculosis; how bad air, over
work, and closed windows lead to con
sumption; and how the careless con
sumptive menaces the health of hi
family by splitting on the floor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
(ANDLE LIGHT
[ BECOMES POPULAR
a"yra Electric Light plant Ii
Closed Until the Danger
is over.

rALM YRA, Mo-, Jan. Palmyra
npped ., backward fifty years in the
se' storm and her homes and stores
aete s lighted with tallow dips as in
Gays OF yore.
M aug after the spluttering candles
w. MY sh'iffed out the merchants Stun
s,s s.su nome through the darkened
aests with their heads buffeted by
lcy boughs.
nan the telephone wires in town
~ snapped by the heavy load of
~ ~ 'ney bore. and over half the
ca'.' aoaes in town and the surrounding
~ sunsry are now out of commission.
-, ~ electric light wires were like
ID de = broken and in many places cross
- os lne broken telephone wires.
ror this reason 1t was decided to
wos ,ose down the electric light plant. II
- deemed too dangerous to attempt
4, un u while SO many tangled wires
$ VI me streets and in the alleys.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
MEMPHIS is
IN DARKNESS
Electric Light plant Forced to Close
Down on Account of
SIeet.

MEMPHIS, Mo. Jan. To- The sieet
storm which swept northwest Mis-
souri, has caused great damage to tele-
phone, telegraph and electric COM
panies and orchard owners In this
community. The local power plant
was compelled to shut down and the
town is still without light and power.
Local light and telephone compan-
les estimate their damage at So coo.
The damage to orchards and shade
trees cannot be estimated in dollars
and cents. Thousands OF trees are
stripped of their limbs and the streets
and roads are q tangle of branches
and wires.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
Increased Freight Rate Proposition Is
Up Before the interstate Com
merce Commission for
Debate.
THE TWO VIEWPOINTS
shippers Declare the Increase Would
Practically Amount to Rob-
berry Of The
Public.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 16.-The
proposed freight rate increases or
dered by railroads operating between
Chicago and the Missouri river were
bitterly attacked by western shippers
in the final hearing before the inter
state commerce commission today.
More than sixty commodities are list
ed for advancement including iron,
coal and coarse wool.
The saving of more than $12,000,-
600 for shippers with an equal profit
for the railroads hinges on the de-
cision of the commission, shippers
declare. The railroads declare the ad-
vance in rates is necessary to carry
out their progressive policies, increas-
ed cost of materials and advanced
wages paid employees. They declare
this has placed them in danger of op-
Grating their lines at an actual loss
unless they are allowed to increase
their rates. The railroads declare the
commodities selected for increased
rates were picked because they are
commodities which yield larger
profit to shippers than any Of the
others carried on trunk roads.
The shippers deny that the cost oi
materials have advanced. They de
clare traffic profits have increased b.
leaps and bounds in the past five
years and if the net returns seen
smaller, the fact was due to an un
warranted Increase in capitalization
To grant the increases the railroad
ask, would practically amount to rob
berry of the public. the shippers de
clare.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
49, jail is Emptied BY Early
..,,io. Mob Which Takes Law
in It's Own
Hands.
Fo ON ONE ROPE
,. Broke and Negroes Started to
sun But Wore Stopped by
Rain Of
Bullets.

sHEI.BYyILLE, KY. Jan. To-
ROO negroes were taken from the
Iunty iail in Shelbyville between the
burs of 3 and 4 o'clock Sunday
orning by mob of twenty armed
IA masked men and hanged from the
hesapeake and Ohio railroad bridge.
he men lynched were Eugene Mar
hail. who had been convicted of kill
an aged negress, and has been
entenced to tho penitentiary for life;
ade Patterson. charged with detain-
Z Miss Elizabeth Ruble, 10 years old.
Id James West, charged with beating
IIss Mary CoIey. white girl.
Feeling has been high since the ar
est Of the negroes charged with in
hitting white girls, several weeks ago,
ma they were taken to Louisville.
there they were held for safe-keeping
utl two nights ago, when the Shelby
in. authorities brought them back
or trial. The news OF their arrival
pread, but as there was no demon
knatlon the authorities believed the
EitIzens would allow the law to take
It's course
Shortly after midnight the mob
broke into blacksmith shop and
secured sledge hammer and other
FOOLS for breaking down doors and
cutting bolts. Then they proceeded
to the Shelby county jail.
Upon their arrival the leaders drew
Irevolysrs and demanded that tbs
jailer, Edward Thompson, surrender
The keys Of the prison. Thompson
WAS without aid and was forced tc
comply The majority of the mob
however, broke down the doors be,
fore the keys were secured and pro
ceeded to cut the bolts from the doors
leading to the cell occupied by the
negroes.
Inc negroes had been awakened b.
ine first blows struck. and were
|pleading for their lives when the moi
entered They were dragged from The
lal and hurried across the town to thu
bridge. The ropes were quickly ad
las'ed and the negroes were not al
'oWed to make statements.
AS Patterson and Marshall, VIII,
we're hanged on the same rope. wer,
swung over the end of a railroad tie
'i'eif bodies dangling several feet be
aVN, 'he rope snapped. The negroe
ilaae break for cover. The body o
ra'terson, riddled with bullets wa
,ouha this morning near the creek
Aassnaiis body has not been recover
" however IL is stated he wa
saot Vests body was found thi
morning at daylight, swinging fron
the bridge
for several weeks past there ha
Oeeh trouble with the negroes, an
sssefal attempts have been made thi
s'h'ef 70 detain Young girls who wor
8" s'ores as they go home at nigh
tdp Only two arrests had bee
,eaae' There will be an investig;
IN Oh the lynching, but it is belle,
'uefe viii be no arrest,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
To u.a Solder.

Solder will not adhere to any metal
until that is about as hot as the melt
ed solder In order to solder on TO
any thick, heavy article either tnat
must be heated or copper heavy
enough to carry and hold much heat
must be used
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
Seryinn TWO Masters.

During the occupation of Virginia
during the civil war an Irish soldier
was guarding the entrance to an old
mansion One of the ladies OF the
house with a bundle in her hand tried
to pass him. No., he said. waving
her back Not spoon can pass this
door--but what is the matter with the
back way?'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
ONE BABY LOST
IN THE BLAZE
White Cross Home for Unfortunate
Girls Was Destroyed by Fire
This Morning.

IOWA CITY. Iowa, Jan. 16.-Elre
killed one baby and injured others
and Miss Lettie Stahl, OF Cherokee, a
trained nurse fell and w-s seriously
injured when the White Cross Home
for unfortunate girls WAS destroyed
by fire at six o'clock this morning,
the cause of the fire is unknown.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
Rear Admiral Barry Think. He Has
Escaped BY ResIsnIns From
Active Ser
vice.
OFFICERS MAKE CHARGE
Hurried Retirement May Not End the
Case Which Has No Du-
plicate In His
tory.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 16.-A
scandal such as official Washington
has seldom known and one that has no
duplicate in the history of the U. s.
navy threatened to be exposed here
today as the result of the hurried re-
tirement Of Real Admiral f. b. Berry,
commander of the Pacific feet, follow
Ing the fling of personal charges
against him by his officers.
Facts that Berry applied for retire
ment by wire and succeeded in gain
ing action from the secretary of the
navy and President Taft before the
arrival here of charges mailed from
San Francisco. are not expected to
end the affair. When President Taft
ordered Barry retired last week moth
ing was known here of the circum
4 stance OF the case further than the
fact that Barry. having served forty
{ FIVE years, had urgently asked for i'm,
/ mediate retirement.
Barry Is still an officer of the navy
though retired. and it is believed here
4 that his accusers will not be satisfied
j with the situation.
Hints of possible court martial as
/ results of the efforts of Barry's ac-
cusers to force him entirely out of the
Il navy were heard here today Court
martial OF inquiry of such nature
/ as to bring out the details of the
I charges will be opposed If possible on
4 that ground that it would not be good
4 policy for the navy, but if circum
stances seemed to demand such action
it is declared today that the depart
ment will not hesitate to compel g
thorough airing of the whole affair.
Cne report reaching Washington to
day is that Barry explained to the
4 officers of the West Virginia that the
boy who had been hurt in the football
game. was detailed at his door and he
had inquired about how he felt. Ber
J ry Is quoted as having expressed his
, sympathy for the boy and he passed
! his hand over his head and face sew
: eral times and tapped him on The
4 back while others were watching from
above and reported the incident. Thi:
} it is declared on Barry's behalf, was ths
} whole basis for the charges.
II A very different story reached herr
from officers of the West Virginia. I
is said four officers of the ship havinl
observed without detection by the rea
! admiral, what they assert to be posi-
: tive proof of their charges. openl.
: demanded his immediate resignation
5 They made a report of the affair ant
placed it in his hand with the reques
! that he forward it to Washington. In
+ stead OF this he destroyed the docu
$ ment and at once applied by TELEGRAPH
4 for retirement. officers then maile'
$ a duplicate of the repor to the nav
K department in Washington. IN tn
I meantime Barry succeeded in gainin
n his retirement and Rear Admira
/ Chancey NJ Thomas was hastily sun
Z moned from shore leave at Santa Bal
hara. Calf. and ordered to tax
charge OF the fleet today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and Vicinity Snow or
rain tonight or Tuesday. Warmer to-
night.
For Unsettled weather with
snow or rain tonight and Tuesday.
Warmer tonight and north portion
Tuesday.
For Iowa-Unsettled weather with
snow tonight and Tuesday. Warmer
tonight; colder in west portion
For Missouri-Snow or rain tonight
or Tuesday. Warmer tonight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16

His Wife-"John these shoes don't
at me at all" Her Why
they look comfortable" Yes, that's
the trouble. I've had them on nearly
an hour, and they don't hurt In the
least, so of course they are entirely
too g.'-1llustrated Bits.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
Refuse to Talk.

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 16.--Al-
though Real Admiral Chancey Thorn
as. commanding the second squadron
of the Pacific fleet today conferred
with District Attorney Fleckert, fol
lowing the sudden request OF Rear
Admiral Edward Barry whom Thomas
succeeded for retirement, neither
Thomas or Fleckert would discuss the
case. It is rumored that officers OF
the squadron held a conference and
urged Barry to resign but he asked for
his retirement which was granted
Barry refuses to talk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
To Clean Mahouany.

Mahogany and other hard woods can
be kept in good condition by wiping
of with chamois skin wrung fSom
cold water and Immediately polishing
with dry piece of chamois.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
4 Wonderful Spice.

Wonderful things the little brown
cloves. for it makes two breaths grow
where was only one breath before.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
BID Fire Today.

BUFFALO. N. Y, Jan. 16.-Fire
early today destroyed the warehouse
of the George Irish Paper company.
Loss $250.O00.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-16
just sunerst;t,on

Eip,. SuPCT6tItIon.
tba uiiis pocket book means that
cst,sa u'eaner will finish his or her edu-
eo,n,, vn abroad. Losing one means the
''uing Of a letter.