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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
Confessed to Having Killed Six on
Sunday Night and Four Of
Another Family Last
February.
cRAzED BY RELIGION
Failure to Obey Church Orders and
Message From God Caused Girl
to Wipe Out TWO
Homes.

LAFAYETTE, La. Nov 28.-Her
speech punctuated by peals OF hysteri-
cal laughter as she recounted the ap-
pearance OF her victims after their
slaughter Clementine Barnebet. Is, a
negress, today confessed to the police
that she murdered Norbert Randall q
negro, his wife and four children all
under nine years of age on Sunday
night and that she had assisted in
the murder of four members of the
Andrus family, also colored, last Feb
ruary
The heads OF all ten victims wero
split open with an ak.
Early Monday morning neighbors
the Randall family, alarmed at the sill
ence which prevailed in the house,
broke open the door and found the en-
tire family murdered. Randall and his
wife had been killed as they lay in
bed while the bodies of the children
was found back of the door.
Several persons had seen the Barne-
bet girl In the vicinity late Sunday
night and she was arrested on suspi
cion.
After night in the Jail and third
degree, she confessed that she hat
murdered the family because they re-
fused to obey Church orders" The
girl is deaconess in negro church
OF which the Randalls were also mem
bers.
The Andrus family she said had al
so failed to obey the mandates of th'
church and had been killed accord
ing to a message from God" Two o
the Randall children were under sew
en- years of age.
The police are searching for th
i girls father who has disappeared. Th'
girl will be examined as to her sanity
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
LID CLUBS CAN
BE SQUELCHED
Missouri Supreme Court Points Out a
Way BY Which They Can be
Reached.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Nov es.-
That lid clubs engaged in
the Illicit sale of liquor may
be put out Of business by
Injunction, on the ground that they
are common nuisances, is the inter
probation given to decision rendered
by the supreme court. The decision
was written by Judge Ferriss in the
case of Charlton county against M. A..
Thrash, charged with operating lid
club in Keytesyiile under the guise of
lunch stand.
The decision is believed to afford
an adequate remedy for a crusade
against the lid-lifting clubs of ST.
Louis and Kansas City, as it will make
il unnecessary for the prosecuting
authorities to resort to criminal
action against the proprietors Of such
resorts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
. test Sensation In McNamara Case
Comes as Another Bomb To-
day in Los
Angeles.
CAUGHT IN THE ACT
Detective Working on the Case for
Weeks Promises Some Moro
Startling Developments
Later.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. Is Bert
Franklin, former deputy United States
here and now chief investiga.
tor for the McNamara defense was ar
rested today by Samuel Browne, chief
OF the prosecution on the
charge OF attempting to bribe G. N.
Lockwood. prospective juror in the
McNamara trial
Browne asserted that he and other
detectives saw Franklin pass $500 to
Lockwood. who was also arrested.
Another man was taken into custo-
dy The three men were sweated.
Counsel for the defense says he
knows nothing OF the alleged bribery.
States Detective Browne declares
he has known for some time of an at
tempt to interfere with the talesmen
and has been working on the case for
several weeks. He insists that when
the whole truth Is known, 1t will furn'
ish sensation paralleltng that when
the McNamaras were originally ar
rested.
Lockwood was released later on. A
charge of attempting to bribe juror
was placed against Franklin. Other
arrests are imminent, it being init
mated that the person who furnished
Franklin with the money is under sur
yellience.
Browne refused to give newspaper
men further details of the case. wal
and see" he replied when asked
there would be anything new soon.
i Attorney Darrows says the arres
was part of plan to influence publi'
nnininn
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
Weather Conditions.

Yesterdays depression from the
Mississippi valley. moving eastward,
forms marked storm center between
Chicago and Detroit this morning
There are rains with slightly high
er temperature on the. storms front,
and heavy rain on the gulf coast.
The western field of high pressure
is following slowly, with its crest in
in the northern plateau regions.
This is causisg colder weather,
with snow from the Rockies to the
Mississippi valley, the snow extend
ing southwark to western Texas.
Conditions indicate cloudy, colder
weather for this section tonight, the
temperature falling to about IA above
zero, becoming fair Wednesday, and
warmer by night.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
TO |MPEACH
MAYOR SE|DEL
Socialist Head of Milwaukee is the
Object of Attack by One Of the
Aldermen Of the
City.
FOUR CHARGES MADE
All Are in Connection With the 1911
Tax Assessment But Mayor
Calls It All
Joke.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. Nov 2s.-The
Impeachment Of Mayor Seidel. City
Clerk Carl d. Thompson and City At
torney Daniel w. Hoan for alleged
malfeasance, misfeasance and nom
feasance In office In connection with
the 1911 tax assessment, is asked by
Alderman J. p. Carney, in charges
submitted to the common council at
an adjourned meeting.
The city officials named are charged
with employing tax ferrets to investi-
gate the taxable property of Milwau.
kee, paying them out OF contingent
fund for the use of the city attorney
for city purposes.
The second charge says the pereons
SO employed made an investigation OF
the assessment before and during the
time fixed by law for the session OF
the board of review; that they made q
full and regular report of their dis
coveries and findings to Mr. Hoan and
Mayor Seidel and Clerk Thompson
were fully informed of the invcstiga-
tion.
The third charge alleges that The
mayor, the city clerk and the city at
torney failed in their duty in that
they did not lay the information and
the results of their investigation be-
fore the board of review
The fourth count alleges that the
several persons, known or unknown,
employed by the city attorney for
making an investigation, conspired
4 and connived with each other to the
detriment and against the best inter
ests of the people of Milwaukee to
withhold information.
Mayor Seidel said he had not yet
seen copy of the charges, but when
. informed of the nature said:
Il look on the charges as huge
joke, and it is question in my mind
whether l will take any notice Of them
at all
I'VE got after a few of the tax
dodgers and the so-called reformers
are jealous of the work being done
by the administration. Nothing has
been done in violation of the law"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
SHAKER CASE
TO THE JURY
Members Who Are Being Tried fof
Putting Hopeless Invalid to -
Death at Her e
Request.
ARE NOT DISTURBED
Pair Who Arc Accused, Sit Quiet ane
Calm With no Dread Of What
the Verdict viii
ARE NOT DISTURBED

KISSIMIE, Fla, Nov. 2s.-The fa-
nous Shaker murder case, involving
the right to put a hopeless victim OF
disease to death. was given to the
jury today.
Brother Egbert Gillette and Sister
Elizabeth Sears, each more than sixty
years old, are charged with the mur-
der of Sister Sadie Marchant, whom
they put to death with chloroform on
August %. Sister Sadie was suffering
from tuberculosis at the Shaker col.
ony and appealed to them, 1t is said,
to put her out of her misery.
The county officials will push the
prosecution. The quiet calm, oi~
Shakers, faced the situation with calm
serenity and seemed to have no doub'
of their acquittal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
Chinese Are at Each Other Like Wild
Beasts and XIII by Wholesale
in Hand to Hand
Battle.
NANKIN TAKEN AGAIN
Foreigners Arc Making Mad Effort to
Get Out Of Danger Zone But
Their Chances Are
Slim.

SHANGHAI, Nov. % The rebels
rushed the Nankin Notifications to-
day and captured the city after des-
perate hand to hand fight in which
700 imperialists and 500 revolution
lists we're killed.
Advices from Han Yang today say
that foreigners have barricaded the
streets leading into their concessions
and are preparing to offer desperate
resistance in case Of an anti foreign
outbreak Maxim guns have been
mounted by the foreigners but it il
not believed that vigorous attack
could be repulsed.
Foreigners are making mad effor'
to get out of the danger zone but the
chances of escape are slight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
Get the hookl

NEW YORK, Nov 2s.-Riotous dis
order broke out at performance
which the Irish Players, recently ar
rived from Dublin, attempted to give
of THE Playhoy OF the Western
World" at Maxine Elliott's theatre
Much refuse was thrown at the actors
and police reserves were called. Ten
prisoners were taken.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
kiplins's Vampire Used as Text for
Argument to Jury in Prosccu-
tion Of Mrs. Pat
terson.
{ CASE ALMOST ENDED
VIII Probably go to the Jury Tonish'
as Arguments viii be Fin
isl,ed by That
Time.

DENVER, Colo, Nov. 2s.--Within
the next twenty-four hours, Mrs Ger
trude Gibson Patterson will know
whether she is to go free or be brand
ed as red handed murderess.
Special Prosecutor Benson began
his concluding statement at ii o'clock
which he expects will convince the
jury that the woman is guilty. He
demands that the woman be sent to
the gallows If found guilty.
His text" for the argument
"Kipling's vampire"-
"A fool there was and he made his
prayer
Even as you and I
! To rag, bone and hank OF hair
And the fool, he called her his lady
fair -
And she shot him in the back!'
He referred to Mrs. Patterson's
early life and ridiculed the suggestion
that she was an unsophisticated girl
when she fell into the hands of Emil
Strouas. He painted a picture OF her
Turing Patterson into her net.
He believed her against his own
judgment, against the world, against
! his own eyes, he said.
| After both sides rested this morning,
the instructions were read to the jury
The instructions were regarded as
! Favorable to the defendant
/ Arguments of counsel are expected
to be finished SO that the case can &C
to the Jury tonight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
Mlnce Pie kilIs Bridegroom.

GUTHRIE, Ok, Nov. 2S.-Carl G.
Chambers of Speermore, drove to Ar
nett with Miss Clara Andrews of
Speermore and the pair were mar
ried. Mince pie was feature Of
their wedding supper. While return
ing home to surprise their friends, the
bridegroom became i'll of ptomaine
poisoning. He died.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
Edison calls ON President.

WASHINGTON, Nov 2s,- Thomas
A. Edison called at the white house
and met President TAFT for the first
time. Il had never seen the presi-
dent and wanted to shake hanas
with him. said the inventor as he
went away.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
she NAV Not Live.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2S.-Mrs. verrnilya
may never live to face the poison
charges against her. 1t was stated at
the county jail today that the woman
is critically i'll. She has never recoy-
cred from the big dose OF arsenic she
took on the eve of her arrest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
Famous Painting Recovered.

FLORENCE, italy. Nov. 2S.--Fra
Angelico's famous painting, The Ma.
donna Della Stella" which was stol-
en- last Sunday from the monastery
OF San Marco, now used as museum,
was recovered by detail OF police,
who surrounded the locality where It
was suspected the picture had been
hidden and arrested man with a
package under his arm.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
Quincy child pies From Burns.

QUINCY, Ill, Nov. 2s- Edward
Behrens, the three-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Behrens. who was
burned when his clothing caught fire
last Thurfday. died from the effects
of his int tlries.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
Westernera In Chicago.

CHICAGO, Eo~ sS.-Chicago ex-
tended welcome today to "the govern
ors special" The western executives
were entertained at luncheon. This
afternoon they took In the land show.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
SNOW PILED UP
DURING NIGHT
{;
Blizzard Which Arrived Hero After
supper Visited Southwest and
Called on Every
body.
OKLAHOMA GOT WORST
Kansas, Missouri and Clear Down In
to Texas Whlrled the Snow
Flakes White tho Wind
Whistied.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 2s.-A severe
snowstorm, driven by high wind,
ragged over Kansas, Western Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma and Northern Texas
Monday, and last night the blizzard
had swept into eastern Oklahoma, Ar
kansas and southern Missouri.
The wind in Oklahoma and south
ern Kansas at times blew sixty miles
an hour, causing considerable damage.
Unprotected cattle in the Texas and
Oklahoma ranges are suffering Rail
road and telephone and telegraph
companies report trouble.
Blizzard Sweeps Oklahoma.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. Nov. 2S.
"A blizzard that was general in the
upper Missouri Valley swept over Ok
lahoma. 1t struck Oklahoma City
about noon, accompanied by a sixty
mile gale. Three inches of snow was
recorded by the Government Weather
Bureau The mercury dropped to 2S
degrees above and is due for fur
ther drop of about 20 degrees, accord
ing to the barometer. Both railroads
and telegraph and telephone compan-
les report great deal Of trouble by
the sudden cold and the high winds.
Snow in Arkansas.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. Nov. 2S.-A
severe snowstorm struck Fayetteville,
and within three hours the weather
had changed from balmy spring to
freezing cold The cold wave was
preceded by light shower, which
quickly turned into sieet and later to
driving snow.
Winter Storms In Kansas.
KANSAS CITY, Kan Nov. 2S.-A
severe snowstorm, driven by vino
that at times blew 60 miles en- hour
ragged over Kansas and western Mis-
souri,. and reports from the affected
districts showed rapidly falling tenn
peratures. In Kansas snow fell in ey
cry county, ranging in depth from t.
inches. At Hutchinson windows ii
the high school were broken by ths
wind, and three pupils were seriousl.
injured by the flying glass.
In Kansas City the storm begal
shortly after noon, and continued un
s til 8 o'clock at night. During tina
time 31l inches OF snow had beel
measured by the local weather bu
reau.
Snow at Springfield, Mo.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Nov. 2S BLIND
ing sleet early last night headed
snowstorm. which is predicted t
reach here before morning from tn
northwest. The sleet followed a mis-
ing rain, which has prevailed durin
the day
Cold Wave In Texas.
FIT. WORTH, Tex. Nov. 28.-Texa
got In the path of the predicted storm
last night with the result that ther
has been big drop In the temper;
ture and a heavy snow is falling.
rain preceded the snow and up I
late at night most Of the beautif,
had melted Real fall weather ha
been prevailing up to then. The col,
est weather Of the winter is prevailin
throughout Texas. the temperatur
having fallen 30 to SO degrees
many sections. Deep snow fell tn
morning In the Panhandle, and
strong wind drifted it in some place
feet deep. The Fort Worth an
Denver is having some trouble wit
its traffic and snow plows are held
readiness The snow is falling light
in north central Texas for the fir
time in two years. The thermomet,
N -
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
one Issua Gone.

One of Uncle Sans custom men
found 30 pockets IN woman's skirt.
Now let the women forever hold their
tongues about not having equal rights
with men. Milwaukee Journal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
Oklahoma Child Burned to Death

CHICKASHA, Ok, Nov. 28.--Laura
Chambers. the fivcyear-old daughter
of Robert Chambers, farmer living
east of this city, was burned to death
in the front yard Of her home. The
family was butchering hogs and had
a big fire to heat water. The child
went too near the flames and her
clothes caught fire.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
strano,ed bv ouid.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. Nov. 2s.--A
chew of tobacco. lodged in the throat
Iof Clyde Bower, aged twenty-nine.
las he slept, strangiiag him to death
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
Daily River Bulletin.
stage. Height. Change .Wea h
River Forecast.

The river will fall slowly from
Davenport to Keokuk during the next
few days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28

Mean temperature, Nov. 81, SO.
Highest temperature, A.
Lowest temperature. 81.
Lowest temperature last night. %.
FRED Q. GOSTWIsCH.
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-28
Local observations.

Bar. r.Ther. Wind. Y
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
A Hundred Years In Prison,

BUTTE, Sept. 27.-J. A. Melton, who
shot and killed Charles B. Streb at
Melrose on the night of July %, while
creating a disturbance and resisting
arrest, was sentenced to 100 years in
the state %penitentiory by Judge Donlan
yesterda y. A jury found him guilty
of murder in the second degree last
week, the punishment being left to the
court.
If Melton Is q real good prisoner and
is granted the usual time allowance be
will serve only 81 years and 9 months,
as a good prisoner serves only three
years and nine months in the FIRST five
years of his sentence and there after
only serves half time. He is now 25
years old, and at the end of his SEN
tence will be Is.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
The Conservation Congress,

KANSAS CITY, Sept. 25.-That the
conserv alton movement is making
rapid progress in this country was
made apparent today when represen-
tatives of q dozen states made brief
verbal reports at the opening session
Of the third National Conservation
congress. The audience heard of
steps to conserve every thing from
land to children.
Presidents Taft's speech tonight
was devoted almost exclusively to the
conservation of the soil. The presi-
dent explained that at last years ses.
sion of the congress in St. Paul he
had expressed at length his views with
regard to other phases of conservs.
ton and added that since congress up
to date had moi deemed it necess ary to
pass conserv alton legislation, he would
confne himself to the one branch of
the subject.
Mr.. Taft reviewed the history of
farming and farm production In this
country for the last so years and de.
clared that while he does not agree
with those men who say that in fifty
years the United States will be unable
to feed its own people, there is need
OF intelligent understanding among
the farmers of the trend of events.
The president said that II the popula-
ton of the nation increases proper.
tionately In the next fifty years, the
United States will have doubled the
number of It's people.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
Square Meals At Eleven Cents.

NEW YORK, Sept. 26.-How Uncle
Sam feeds his soldiers on II cen,
meals is explained and demonstrated
by an exhibit OF the United States
army commissary department at the
national domestic science and pure
food exposition, opened today in
Madison Square garden.
The display shows the economical
methods by which foods are purchased
aud distributed to the army, as we'll
as the nature of the foods supplied for
the army messes. The United States
navy also demonstrates how foods are
prepared and served on o modern
man-of-war. The navy culinary de.
partments are noted for their conven.
fence of arrangement, and illustra ate
the ideal methods of economising
space and maintaining perfect santa.
ton,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
How To Win Success,

Did you ever square q circle? Did you ever
walk on air?
Did you ever seize a catamount and choke him
in his lair?
Did you ever crawl the ceiling? Did you ever
fall q mile?
Did you ever smash a man full in the face and
see him smile?
Did you ever drop q biscuit in the sea and get it
back?
Did you ever win . motor race while riding in a
hack?
Did you ever plant an acorn and produce an
apple tree:
Did you ever bite a rattlesnake or sting a humble
bee?
If you think that you1l succeed in life withou,
a careful plan;
If you think that you can loaf along and beat an
earnest man;
If you think that you can lie and cheat and hold
the earth's esteem,
Compared with all these simple things yours ie
acrazy dream.
There never was a way by which a shirker could
succeed;
There never was a time when cloth could set the
pace for speed:
There never was q burden that man could lift by
drink.
There's just one way to win in life: "Be
patient, work, and think
HERBERT KAUFMAN.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
TAFT'S TARIFF TALKS.

President Taft's justification of his
tariff vetoes is candid, clear and con-
vincing. He blinks nothing and lodges
nothing. putting his opponents case
fairly and fully, His reasons for these
vetoes and his reasoning OF the tariff
and the way to revise it carry convic'
ton to careful and honest readers OF
his words.
The president in his speech at Grand
Rapids discussed the tariff board, the
wool bill, the free list and the cotton
bill and of the position of the party
and its leaders toward protection and
reform of the tariff.
His views as to the tariff board anc
its value to the people as a means OF
relief from the misad justments of the
tariff and from political revision are
the key to his position,
He wants the tariff reduced wherever
it can be lowered without depriving
American industries and laborers OF
the protection they require az ainst the
cheap labor OF Europe. But reform
of the tariff must be q reform that will
not destroy our industries. Such re-
form can be had only through fret
securing accurate aud impartial infor.
nation as the effect that may reason
ably be anticipated from reductions
in the tariff.
In q hear.v and sincere effort to
secure sucn i4forma alton as would en-.
able congress to legislate intel!i'
gently as to the tariff on wool and
cotton and manufactures from each,
the president caused the formation Of
a tariff board to investigate these in
dustries at home and abroad and to
ascertain the comparative cost OF pro
duction here and there.
All republicans and many demo
or ats assisted the president in estab.
fishing this board. 1t consists oil
economic experts and authorities. Its
members include democrats and re-
publicaus, but there Is no p%artisanship
Ia the politics of either.
The 6lst congress by the consent of
both parties, named Dec. l, 1911, "a
the date for the board to report as to
the WOODEN schedule. The president
ordered it to report at that date on
the wooden and cotton schedules. The
cd congress was doubly bound to
wait for the information that it needed
in order to act intelligently on the re-
vision of these schedules. 1t was thu
presidents duty to veto untimely, i'll,
considered revision.-Spokesman.R Re
view.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-10-04
Montana Sheepmen In Session.

HELENA, Sept. 25.-The members of
the Montana Woolgrowers' associa.
ton held a business meeting this
morning in the rooms of the CONNER
cial club, during which officers for the
ensuing year were elected, a number
of reports submitted and several
speeches made, including an address
by DR.. Charles W. Mcclure. secretary
of the National Woolgrowers associa.
ton, in which he referred to the
necessity of a closer organization.
After electing officers the associa.
ton az adjourned sine die. The officers
elected follows: Frank D. Miracle of
Helena, president; J. E. Bower, vice
president; DR.. T. M. Hampton, treas.
urer. The secretary Is appointed by
the executive board, J. D. Halliday,
the present secretary, holding that
Office until his successor is appointed.