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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
ONES
WERE KILLED
2
Father, BroodIns over the 2 of
His Wife, Gave Poison His
Three Children and
Himself.
JUMPED INTO THE OCEAN
EnslIshman Was Oxford Graduate
and Left Letter Explaining
the Horrible
Tragedy.

THOMASTOWN, Me. Aug. 29.-
Grief over the death of his wife, leo
Edward Bennett, an Englishman and
graduate of Oxford university, Eng
land, who has been a resident of this
town for the past six years, to murder
his three children and then take his
own life. Two of the children were
killed by the use Of chloroform and
the third by cyanide of potassium and
chloroform. To make his own death
certain, the man went to the waters
edge and there took dose of cyanide
of potassium and jumped in. His body
was found when the tide receded.
The murdered children are Edward,
aged 6; Barbara, aged 4; and Nancy,
aged 2. Benefits wife died three
weeks ago and since then the chill
dren have been cared for by the
housekeeper, Mrs Thurlow.
After having killed the children, ap
parently during the night, Bennett
wrote minute description of how
the deed was done and long paper IN
defense of his position. The latter is
addressed to Rev. Russell Wood. rec
tor Of the Episcopal church at Rock
land where Bennett and his family at
tended and is as follows:
"My darling children have gone to
| join their mother, as / am going to
/ join them all and to face my God,
who l hope will forgive me if | have
done wrong.
Nancy and Eddie went with chloro-
form alone. Nancy certainly with nc
pain and ]. hope Eddie with very little
Barbara / had to give X. G. N. tcya'
nide of potassium) and l am afraid
that she must have suffered but II
was very short and gave her chloro
1 form Immediately so / hope it was
not very bad.
81 am going to take K. c. N. as dc
Il not know how much to take am go
ing down by the sea so that ] may
certainly drown if the K. G. N. is moi
sufficient. | am placing the sofa
against the door SO tnat Mrs. Thurlov
cannot get in and will have to ge
help. which will mitigate the shock t.
4 her"
Then follows a dissertation on mur
der and arguments by which Bennett
seeks to defend his action.
| The murder was not discovered un
til late. On cot beside her faith
er's bed was the body of the bab.
) Nancy. She appeared to be sleepin'
| peacefully, but investigation showe'
} that life had been extinct for hours
In an adjoining room was found tn
) bodies of the other two children, sid
, by side on their bed. BENEFITS be
: had not been disturbed. On his des'
were found the letter and financia
: account which he had prepared.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
Interesting, Important, Truthful

great satisfaction be able state that the circulation OF The
This state
interesting in
orant because of its yauet toadver
OF successfully
circulation
o aIQ
S h be to
tronsTh crculai ton S n daily
good the fact that all mail subscriptions
with posoffce The
the list quality a well as quantity
The
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
DIMENSIONS OF HEAVEN
FIGURED BY PREACHER
Sees Building $4,000 Stories High,
With 627,264,ooo Rooms on Each
Floor.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Aug. 90 Heav-
ems exact dimensions were figured
out in a sermon by Rev. NJ. E. Dodd,
pastor of large Baptist church. He
said:
"In Revelations xxi. nervous Chris
tians have read where the dimensions
of heaven are only 1900 cubic miles.
Immediately they jump at the conclu-
sion that even this space will not ac-
commodate the vast multitudes of
which the bible speaks.
However, calculation will show that
this space will accommodate build
ing $4,000 stories hign, and countint,
rooms of ten cubic feet, the first floor
of the structure would have 627,264,-
600 such rooms. Multiplying this by
$4,000, it is easy to demonstrate that
such a building would, indeed, accom-
modate an innumerable multitude"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
Carried Man Overheard With It
He Had Most Narrow Escape
From Losing His
Life.
LADIES LOST vALUABL!
chautauqua Visitors Saw Hd
Drown and Their Clothing and
Jewelry Sink Beneath
the River.

CANTON, Mo-, Aug. 29-Two lad
daughters of James Higgins, liv
two miles south of Lima, Ill, drd
over to the chautauqua and remaiI
in the city over night. They star
home In their rig and drove on
ferry just at nine O'Clock
They were driving fractious bid
mare and seemed to be very nerve
about her, but Ben Page, the collect
helped them with her and finally
her tied to the railing. AS this
the only rig crossing on that trip,
Page never left the horse. but conti1
ed to hold the excited animal by
bit. Once she made lunge and
her front feet on the top railing,
he succeeded in pulling her back. 3
little later she made another lun1
and with all the fury and force oil
locomotive she crashed into the RI
ing, which went down before her. a
she plunged into the river, draggil
Mr.. Page, buggy and all In after m
In falling Mr.. Page went under q
horse and sank from sight and
thought he must be Instantly killed
the hoofs of the plunging animal, Il
he arose near the boat, which was 4
mediately stopped, but in his dax
condition he could not reach it befd
he went under again.
Pilot Homer Roberts, who was vi
ness to the entire scene, and who
the first moment of the trouble sour
ed the alarm signal, seeing that t
/ life-boat could not be lowered in tir
to help the drowning man, called
Tort Snyder and Walt Allen, who we
tramelnetting nearby, to get Page a
let the horse go. They put out
him and reached him just as he W
sinking for the last time. He W
brought aboard and soon resuscitat'
The horse, upon gaining the riy
started for the Illinois shore, and
was thought she would make it sa
ly, but getting turned in the strea
headed for the deep water, and af
a few furious plunges sank to rise
more.
The horse, still hitched, was fou
on the bar opposite town about nc
by some fisherman, caught in ira
mel net. The buggy, strange to s
beyond twisted shaft, was uninjur
The horse was cut loose and allow
to float down stream while the bug
! was returned to Meyer, lii.
The ladies were simply frantic o.
2 the accident ard lost with their bug
2 their best suits and jewelry, VIII
4 were in their suit case. They wall
: to Meyer, where they procured a
l and drove home.
There can be no blame attaching
S the crew of the ferry, who did eve
! thing in their power to control
!, fractions animal, and one even to
s extent of risking his life. If bla
a must be charged, 1t should be agai
g people who will drive such horses {
7 take such risks.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
Convict smitch Who Recently Es-
capped From Anamosa is Appre-
hended In Winni-
peg.
AN OFFICER
Identity Is Completed by Picture OF
Man Who Got Away on
the Eleventh Of
August.

ANAMOSA, Aug. 29.-Last evening
ST. Paul Pioneer Press, containing a
special from Winnipeg, Canada, givins
the details of the shooting of the po-
lice officer by the two men who give
the names of Kelley and jones' The
paper also had the pictures of the two
men, AS soon as Warden Barr saw
them all doubts were set at rest.
Jones" is Charles Smitch, the escap-
ed convict Kelley" is Bert Mecum,
the man who shot down Guard Ha-
maker and assisted his brother,
Smitch, to escape.
There is little doubt in the minds
of Sheriff Hogan of Jones county and
Warden Barr of the state reformatory
that Convict Charles Mecum, alias
Smitch, and his brother, Burt Mecum
are now in the hands of the police at
Winnipeg, Canada, charged with
shooting Winnipeg policeman. Tele
graphic descriptions of the two men
have been sent to Sheriff Hogan and
they seem to make it absolutely Ger
tain that they are the two men want
ed here.
Charles Smitch was the prisoner
sent up for larceny October 19, 1910
who escaped August II, 1871, with the
aid of another man supposed to hav'
been his brother. This brother, sup
posed at that time to have been j. w
Mecum, but now known to have beer
another brother, Bert Mecum, sho
down Guard Hamaker while the latte
was bringing Smitch from the ston'
quarry to the warden's office. Afte
an exciting man hunt lasting two o
three days, the two criminals scenes
to have successfully eluded the off
GERS and the hunt hereabouts wa
abandoned
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
Business Has Been Good.

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-The past
summer has been the most profltaole
for burglars and sneak thieves In the
history of the New York police de-
partment, and it is estimated that the
total plunder since June /, including
burglaries in suburban towns, is more
than $5O0,00o. The police list OF stoleh
property for the last two montns
show more than 1900 items, OF which
recoveries have been made In oniy
twenty instances The list includes
70S watches and 100000 worth oil
diamonds and jewelry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
Old Soldiers by tho Thousands Are
Attending Des Molnes ExhIbl-
tlon This After
noon.
Av1AToRs ARE THERE
Pioneer Day This Week VIII Attract
Big Crowd Of tho Old
Settlers Of
Iowa.
rGate CITY Special Service. l

[Gate City Special Service.]
IOWA STATE FAIR, Aug. 24.-vet-
Grams of the civil war by the thous-
ands attended the Iowa state fair to-
day, and the attendance was excel
lent Monday was one of the best
Mondays known to state fair history, |
the record of last year being passed
before one o'clock in the matter Of at
tendance. The day was ideal, the
program fine, the crowds immense
and good natured; and the fair man.
agement was happy. 1t now seems
certain the records of the past will be
broken.
The Wrights and their modern
areoplanes have proved the sensa-
They have two machines here and
two of their best aviators-P. c..
Parmelee and Clifford Turpin. Both
have demonstrated they can and do
I fly practically at any hour OF the
day. 1t has been arranged that they
go up each day at IL o'clock and then
in the afternoon when the crowds are
largest. Yesterday they sailed about
over the fair grounds, both at once,
and showed that they could rise or
come down at will. 1t was most ex-
cellent exhibition and the great
crowds watched the men with deel
interest.
In the horse Judging ring some Of
the big classes were judged right at
the start and in these there was great
competition between the breeders. 1t
was notable that Iowa horses won in
the first big classes in Shires and
Clydesdales, while an Illinois horse
divisions as many as forty animals
were shown in competition in the
ring at once In the cattle and swine
departments there was similar keen
competition.
The contest among the farm boys
for state college scholarships showed
that the 61 farm boys were many OF
them excellent in judging grain and
stock. The winners were as follows:
l. Frank HI. Bliss, Diagonal; Q, Fred
Bliss, Corning; 8, Marshall Hunter
Red Oak; and 5 (tie) G. M. Hilton
Malvern and Jonah Hilfman, West
Liberty.
Those in charge of the preparations
for pioneer day have been surprised
at the large number of persons eligi
BILE for free tickets because of being
: residents of the state at the time o
admission At least 500 of these have
been found and many will attend the
meeting on Thursday to organize {
Pioneers association. Secretary VIII
son, Ezra Meeker, Shirley Gillillant
and others will speak.
; That the fair management intends
that all visitors shall be fully protect
ed was shown when on Monday Supt
Brown in charge of the concession
summarilly ordered off the grounds
lunch stand which was over-chargin
visitors. All are required to post thei
prices and adhere to the same.
The Kiltie band and the Patric
o Conway band have been giving by ia
n the finest concerts ever heard at tn
:, state fair
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
PART OF STOLEN
PROPERTY HERE.
Watch and Heavy Gold Band Ring in
Pawn Shop, Found by Police
Today.

Sunday morning dispatch from
LaHarpe stated that several gold
rings and watches had been stolen
from LaHarpe. H., parties by strang-
err whose description was given to
the police here and lookout kept for
the thief.
Today the officers located watch
and heavy gold ring in the Holland
pawn shop on upper Main street.
The jewelry was peddled by man
answering the description of the
thief, Saturday night. Two necklaces
We're also in his possession but he
kept those. No trace of the man who
stole the articles has been found.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
President Taft's Iowa itinerary Sd
Far Does Not include
Visit to This
City.
oTTUMwA IS NEAREST
Enters State at Council Bluffs and
Plans to Spend One Night In
the City Of Des
Molnes.

DEs MONIES, Iowa, Aug. ga
telegram from w. B. Hilles, private
secretary to President Taft, to Gov
ernor Carroll announces the Iowa
itinerary of the president.
The tentative schedule is: Council
Bluffs, September 2S, 6:10 a. m,
leave 1920 a. M; arrive Fort Dodge
11:05, leave 1920; arrive Waterloo
1855 p. M, leave 2:15 p. M, for Dos
Nloines; leave Des Moines next morn.
ing for Ottumwa, last stop in Iowa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
Daily Gate City Special
Edition

Next Thursday the an
nual special edition of The
Daily Gate City will be is
sued. Copy for advertise
ments must be in the hands
of the printer not later than
6 O'Clock this evening. The
edition will be Of such i'm
portance that every bust
ness man should be repre-
sented. 1t will be worthy of
the largest circulation, and
orders for extra copies
should be placed immediate
ly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
Shot His wife.

CANNELSyILLE. Pa, Aug. .e.-1
Angered because his wife would not
return with him after she had staril
ed for drive with her cousin, Fran
els Welch, Tip Hoss fred at his wife
He also wounded Welch and turnci
the gun on himself. He is dying in
a local hospital here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
Galesburq Youth browns.

GALESBRUG, Ill. Aug. 29-Hugo
Carbon, 20 years old, was drowned in
Lake Washington, east of Galesburg.
No one saw him enter the water, but
his clothing and shoes were found on
the bank. The lake was dragged and
the body found in two hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
At the Very Heart.

GARY, Ind, Aug. Congressman
A. 0. Stanley 0 Kentucky, chairman
of the house committee investigating
the steel industry, reached here early
today from Chicago to carry the probe
into the heart of the industry. He
was accompanied by score of ex-
perts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
e.,u.a After sixty Years.

sAYBRooK. Conn, Aug. 29-Sixty
vears ago Jonas Pendleton vowed
never to shave until bridge spannea
tho Connecticut river here The en-
ito town witnessed the bridge open
ING and then saw Pendleton's flowing
beard moved.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
Daily Gate City Special
Edition

Next Thursday the an
nual special edition Of The
Daily Gate City will be IS
sued. Copy for advertise
ments must be in the hands
of the printer not later than
6 O'Clock this evening. The
edition will be of such I'M
portance that every busl-
ness man should be repre-
sented. It will be worthy OF
the largest circulation, and
orders for extra copies
should be placed immediate
".
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
ono Iess chauffeur

FoN DU LAC, Aug. 29.--George Will
lett, chauffeur, is dead and two
young women are seriosuly injured as
the result of fatal Joy ride near this
city early today. The car turned tur-
tie while going at rapid rate of
speed. The fourth member of the
party escaped uninjured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
TOGO STARTS
FOR HIS HOME
Sailed Away Today With Escort OF
American Battleships Through
the Harbor.

SEATTLE, Aug 29.-Admiral Togo
sailed for Japan today on CONNER
cial steamer and was escorted out of
the harbor by squad of American
warships.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
Local Observations.

August 2sth, mean temperature, &c.
Highest temperature, IA.
Lowest temperature, 5S.
Lowest temperature last night, 81.
HARRY F. WAHL GREN,
Temporarily in Charge.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
THE WEATHER.

Until Z p m. Wednesday.
For Keokuk and vicinity: General
ly fair with rising temperature tonight
and Wednesday.
s For Illinois: Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday. Warmer in north
and west portions Wednesday.
For Iowa: Generally fair with ris-
ing temperature tonight and Wednes-
day.
For Missouri: Generally fair to-
night and Wednesday, Rising tenn
perature Wednesday and west portion
tonight.
Weather Conditions.
The area of high pressure has NOV
ed to the Upper Mississippi Valley
and has been attended by fair, cool
er weather in that section. the Lake
Region and in the Ohio Valley, while
depression over the eastern states
has caused warmer weather with
showers in those states.
A depression in the northwest has
caused generally fair, warmer wealth
er from the Rockies to the Upper
Missouri Valley.
Conditions indicate generally fair
warmer weather for this section to-
night and Wednesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
Death List Of Thirty.

ATLANTA, Ga. Aug. 2s.-Reports
from Charleston, S. o., today say that
fifteen are missing there beside sew
en- known dead as the result OF the
hurricane. 1t is feared the death ilst
will reach so in the city alone.
Wrecks of small crafts are floating IN
today, telling of the deaths at sea
Hundreds of families are homeless
their houses having been blown 10
pieces by the 100 miles per hour gaze
Thousands of head of cattle were
washed out to sea by the tide the
rice and sea island cotton crops are
utterly ruined.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29

Worlds Wheat Cultivation.
There are over 17o.Ooo.ooo acres unl
xer wheat cultivation In the world
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
Daily River Bulletin.

River Forecast.
The river will fall slowly during the
next 4S hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
FREAK STORM
IN THE SOUTH.
Five Persons Killed and Property
Loss Of One Million During
High Wind at Charles
ton, N. c.
WAS LIKE HURRICANE
Tide Was High But Failed to Reach
the Record Of 1898 by scant
Margin Of Three
Feet.

CHARLESTON, s. c., Aug. 2s.-As
result of freak storm and high
tide which struck Charleston and
Savannah and which reached hurri-
cane proportions, Charleston has been
practically isolated from the world
twenty-four hours.
Five PERSONS were killed and prop
erty losses, it is estimated, will reach
$1,Oo0,Oo0.
The storm became serious about
o'clock Sunday afternoon At noon
the barometer registered 1915, after
having steadily fallen all day. The
wind velocity increased from forty
eight miles an hour at 1:25 p. m. to
ninety-four miles at 1929 p. M, when
the wind gauge was put out of ADJUST
ment. Later the wind veered from the
northeast and east to the southeast.
At noon today the barometer stood
at 1919, the wind was only brisk and
J. the sun was trying to shine. The
rainfall was more than inches. The
disturbance was reported to be west
of Charleston and working away
The tide was something over 8
feet feet short of the record OF
1893. Considerable damage was done.
by the water in the low sections of the
city, many persons being rescued
from their houses.
Alonzo Coburn, an engineer on the
Charleston division of the Southern
railway, was killed while sitting in
the yardmasters Office, when flying
timbers crashed through the window
and broke his neck.
A Mr.. Smith of Columbia and Mo-
torman Cutie of the Charleston Street
Railway System were killed, and L..
ID. Klintworthy of st. Stephens and
e. B. Hill were seriously injured
when trestle adjoining the Mount
Pleasant ferry collapsed.
Two unidentified men were drown
ed when their home was flooded. Sew
eral negroes also were reported
among the storm victims.
Great damage is feared for the rice
and sea island cotton industries by
tho rise of the tide.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-23
DR.. 0. WARMERS
FUNERAL TO TAKE
PLACE TOMORROW
~@--e-----
Noted Physician Died Last Mon-
day at the Age of
Seyenty.seven.

The funeral of DIR. Oswald Warner
will take place tomorrow afternoon
from the residence of Mrs. Kate T.
Munson, POS North Seventh street. DR..
Warner died Monday al the agge Of II.
He lived most of his life In Paterson
ara Newark. He was a graduate from
the College of Physicians and Surgeons
In New York In 1854.
He enlisted in 1860 and served with
distinction through the Civil War.
Soon after returning he married Miss
Hattie Inglis, who afterwards became
a noted beauty and gained a wide
reputation as an actress. She played
the title role of the celebrated English
comedy, 1.-The School for Scandal" TO
Steele Mackaye's Sir Peter. She later
starred in "Silver Dollar and many
other popular plays.
DR.. Warner was separated from his
wife about a quarter of a century age
and was stricken with mental troubles.
He went to Morris Plains Asylum and
was successfully treated for his NAL
ady. He liked the place so we'll that
he was given n position as assistant on
the medical staff.
OF late years DR.. Warner had been
living In this city,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-23
COM UTERS ARE
RENEWING FIGHT
EO5 LOW RATES
Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion Viii Give Hearing
on Saturday.

Counsel for New Jersey organizations
of m will appear before the
Interstate Commerce Commission Sat-
urday and make another desperate at
tempt tc secure a reduction of the pas
senger rates between New York and
points in this State. Terry Parker is to
represent the Commuters League of
East Orange and the New Jersey State
Commuters Association and William
S. Ransom will represent the Boards of
Trade Of Now brunswick and Me-
fuchen.
All of the railroads which traverse
New Jersey will be represented by
counsel at the hearing, which is to
be held in Washington.
Mr.. Parl:cr. In speaking last night of
the prospects OF the reduction in rates.
said:
while the commission has no power
TO reduce the rates between points
within the State, they can by regulat-
ing the charges between all the New
Jersey points and New York effectually
fix rates within the State, for the
railroads cannot afford to be incon-
sistent once the commission fixes the
maximum charges for interstate traffic.
Peorle have already raised SO much
trouble for them that, in my opinion,
they will be glad to get out with out
litigation.
"The commission will not render a
decision. for at least a month"