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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-07-21
Deposits in the State Banks on
the Increase.

A tabulated statement has been issued
by the State Banking Commissioner,
Hon !. Duke Downs, giving the condi-
ton OF all of the State banks, as a result
of call sent out June 9TH, last, being
about the same time that the Federal
Comptroller sent out similar request
to the national banks. The two returns
will be read with much interest.
The grand total for 1874 State institu.
tons, including savings banks, is S4e7,-
35o,77S 81 for the present vear-a gain
of nearly II millions over last year Ma.
tional banks in the State of Maryland
shows grand total for Io7 institutions,
$3.50, I26, 100 Sc.
Grand totals for all of the State banks
are as follows:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-07-21

Application was made to the Public
Service Commission by the officials of the
Baltimore and Virginia Railroad for per-
mission to begin construction on the road
from Millersville to Drum Point.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-07-21

The court has ordered the Bentz boys
sent to the Maryland Home for Orphan
and Friendless Children, Baltimore.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-07-21

King Georges coronation cake, which
weighed GOO pounds, contained among
other ingredients, 100 pounds of butter,
sugar and flour, 700 eggs and 200 pounds
of mixed fruit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
AVIATORS PASS
AT TUCSON. ARIz
RODGERS Started From East and Fowl
er From West In Trans-Con-
tlnental Flights.

TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 2.-Swooping
down from the air, Aviator c. p Rod
gers, now on the last stages of his
east coast to west coast fight, was
greeted at Tucson by his rival, Robert
.G. Fowler who is attempting to make
the transcontinental fight from west
to east, and who has been held in
Tucson since Monday by the neces-
sity for repairs to his machine
Fowler, who had been watching for
his rivals appearance through the big
telescope in the observatory of the
University of Arizona, was the first
to greet Rodgers as the latter stepped
from his machine.
"Glad to see you, Mr.. Rodgers,
was his salutation.
"I'm very glad to meet you, Mr.
Fowler was Rodgers rejoinder
You've had lot of hard luck"
so have you" replied Fowler.
The rivals exchanged their. bes
I wishes for each Others success ant
| Fowler hurried away TO push the re
pairs on his machine, while RodgeT
I took on a supply of gasoline for tn
next lap.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
DENIES THAT SHE
WOULD WED BONI
Daughter of j. Pierpont Morgan Says
There Is no Truth In the
Rumor.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2-Miss Anne
Morgan, daughter of J. Pierpont Nor
gan, returned from Europe with her
two friends, Elizabeth Marbury and
Elsie De Wolfe The three friends
were constantly together on the deck
of the Oceanic, and they had seen a
great deal Of one another in Paris.
When Miss Morgan landed she was
asked respecting the report that she
intended marrying Count Boni de
Castellane. 1t had been stated in
cable dispatches that the count had
expectations in that direction. She
replied:
HAS that come over again? That
story has been coming over for two
years"
"Is it true?'
81 should say not" with a heavy
accent on the not.
DO you wish the story denied?"
"You had better"
! The three young women left the
ship in high spirits.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
GOOD BYE BILL.
ENJOY YOURSELF
William F. Cody Makes His Final Ap
pearance In Public at Head Of s
His Wild West 8
Show.
RET1REs TO WYOMING
Twenty-Elght Years az Snowman Dur
Ing Which Time He New
er disappointed an
Audience.

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 2-Col.
William F. Cody-Buffalo Bill to all
the world-retired from public life
last night. His show was packed off
to winter. quarters and his Indians
will return to their tepees In what is
left Of the red mans land while
Buffalo Bill Intends to spend his
remaining years in the Wyoming Big
Horn, where he helped to make Amer.
lean history.
So far as public exhibitions are con-
cerned, he has shot the ashes from
the last cigar and chased the last In
dian.
During a career, which began as a
pony express rider, led him through
more Indian battles than any other
living white man and included TWEEN.
| ty-eight years as Snowman, Colonel
Cody became known as one of the
most picturesque figures of American
frontier life.
The sobriquet Buffalo Bill" he
earned in the early COS, when he con
| tracted to furnish buffalo meat to the
laborers on the building Of the Kan
sas Pacific railroad, and in less thar
eighteen months he killed 1880 bison
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
BLACKBALLED IN
LOYAL LEGION
General sickies Refused Membership
In New York commandery of
the Order.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-That Gen.
Daniel q. Sickles, the battlescared
veteran of the civil war, commander OF
the Third Corps at the battle of Get
tysb,rg, where he left leg, had been
blackballed by the New York Com
mandery of the Loyal Legion, Sc
lect organization of former officers of
the union army in the civil war, has
just become generally known. None
of the members of the organization
wo,Cd talk about the matter.
Gen. Sickles was asked about the
report. His reply was:
II know nothing whatever about It.
But when told that many of hi'
friends had denounced the action az
an outrage, he said:
That's what everybody consider
the action who has heard about it.,
thereby unintentionally confirming tn
truth Of the report.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
CORN PRODUCTS co.
GETTING PREFERENCE
Complaint Made BY Iowa Railroad
Commissioners Against Rates
Made.

WASHEs.;TON, Nov. 2.-Complaint
was made today by the attorney gen.
eral and the board of railroad COM
missioners of Iowa that the Atlantic
Coast line and all the railroads op-
Grating In central freight association
territory were allowing the Corn Pro-
ducts Co, of Illinois and Iowa pref
erential rates on shipments of corn
and corn products from Chicago to
New York snd other eastern points.
The state authorities allege that the
rates allowed the Corn Products Co.
on shipments of glucose are Sc per
cent lower than those charged the
Clinton Sugar Refining Co. and those
on raw products for export are 9
cents lower on the hundred pounds.
The Corn Products Co., is said to be
subsidiary of the Standard Oil Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
CLARENCE WILL
SPRING SURPRISE
Preacher Accused of Poisoning Girl
Promises to Prove His lnno-
cence in an Easy
Manner.
LAWYER IS IMPRESSED
His Attorney Says That the Minis
ter VIII be Freed When
the Story Has Been
Told.

BOSTON, Nov. 2.-"Clarence Richie
son will be freed,' said Lawyer John
L, Lee, of Lynchburg, Va. following a
conference with the clergyman in his
cell in the Charles street jail today.
Il have heard his story and exam
ined the evidence for myself" he con-
tinued. 81 am confident he is inno-
cent and | can promise a surprise
when the facts come out at the trial.
1t would be improper for me to reveal
them now"
One thing, however, is known pos
| itively-the defense will maintain
that Avis Linnell's death was accident
al. Its theory is that she had been
told small quantity of cyanide OF
potassium would benefit her and thai
she swallowed it, knowing 1t to be
poison, but unfortunately took toe
much.
Richeson is having much to do IL
planning his own defense. He is vel
versed in the law, understands cour
procedure and is proving much ali
to his counsel in preparing his case
The lawyers will closely follow ever,
suggestion that he makes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
LOST HIS LIFE
FOR HIS DAUGHTER
Lighthouse Keeper Swan for Launch
But Was Drowned During the
Attempt.

PASCAGOULA, Miss. Nov. 2.-S. R.
Fullerton, keeper of the Round Island
lighthouse, was drowned in an effort
to save his little daughter from being
swept out to sea. He had taken the
launch to go on his rounds, fixing up
the beacon lights, and at one point
left the launch insecurely tied.
When he returned from the beacon
he saw the boat out in the channel,
his daughter unconscious Of her dang
er. He plunged into the water, but
was drowned The launch was found
few hours later by some fishermen
end the story Of the tragedy was told
by the newly-made orphan.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
NO WONDER THAT
HE GOT DRUNK
II Travelling Man Visits ia Saloons
and Keeps Sober, He Is
Marvaj

DUQUOIN, H., Nov. "A legal
suit without precedent in the history
OF southern Illinois has been filed
against la saloon keepers, most OF
whom are located in East st. Louis,
Duquoin, Centralia, Murphysboro'
Belleville and Efingham.
The suit was filed by the widow OF
A. A. Warden of Hillsboro, and is the
outgrowth of the death Of Warden, a
travelling salesman. Mrs. Warden ana
her sons, in their suit for $4,000 dam
ages, contend that the saloon keepers
caused Warden to become an habltual
drunkard, in consequence of which ne
died.
The ia defendants, through their
bonding companies, are planning
meeting to outline plans for their oe
fense. Preliminary notice of the sun
has been received in the several
cities, though the identity of the sa
loon keepers will not be known until
the papers are received from the
Montgomery county court.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
Weather Conditions.

The crest of the northwestern field
of high pressure has advanced to the
lower Missouri valley, and the pres
sure is high from the Rockies to
the Atlantic coast, with a cool wave
prevailing over the entire area.
An area of low pressure is in the
extreme southwest, where the wealth
er is becoming unsettled, and there
has been light snow in Colorado and
southwestern Kansas.
Conditions indicate the passage OF
the area of high pressure eastward
will cause fair weather for this sec
tion tonight and Friday. becoming
warmer Friday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
IOWA DEMOCRATS
WILL NOT FUSE
Are Almost Unanimous Against the
Holding Of Presidential
Primary.

DIES MONIES, Nov. Iowa demo
Gratis are almost unanimous in con
demning the plan of holding a presi-
Dental primary to fuse the democrat
and republican standard bearers.
1--WE are united" they say, in let
ters to the state committee, ''in agree
ing that we should not aid the repub
licans in settling their difficulties
We see no reason why we should as
sist in giving them chance to pici
their standard bearer"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
Lawyer Marks Wins Divorce Suit
Against Him and Little Eva is
FREQ Once
More.
BLooDHoUNDs NOT USED
Thrilling Escape Of Eliza Across the
Ice Did Not Figure In Story
Because OF High Price
OF Ice.

QUINCY, ILL.,, Nov. 2.-Mlss blrda
Holt, the unsophisticated Augusta
lass, who was captivated a few weeks
ago by blood and thunder actor
with an Uncle Toms Cabin company,
which passed through Augusta. re-
pented of her actions and yesterday
Judge Wagner Of the Hancock county
circuit court signed decree OF di-
yorce for her and restored her maid
en- name to her.
Claude Lake was the name OF the
actor whose blood and thunder por-
trayal of Simon Legree, punctured
the tender heart of the young Angus
ia lass. The heart puncture was 30
complete that Birda slipped away
from PARENTAL restraint and eloped to
Galesburg with the actor man, and
they were married, Lake forgetting
in the meantime that he had wife at
home.
After the wedding they returned to
the Holt home for the usual parental
forgiveness, but it was not forthcom-
ing. Papa Holt and Big Brother Holt
got busy, for their suspicious we're
aroused and they did not have much
use for the actor nAn's blood and
thunder that had wrought havoc to
the childish heart of the unsophisti-
Gated Birda. Communication was es'
tablished with Lakes homie town and
1t was found that he had wife there
and moreover, that he was wanted by
the home officers for jumping his
bond. He had been indicted for lar
ceny. But in the meantime, Lake be
came convinced that dad and brother
we're OBTAINING him under the Hol
roof for no good purpose, and hi
brought the girl to Quincy.
The father and brother of the cir
followed and asked for his detention
The local officers did not know wher'
to look for him, but pretty soon DEP
uty Sheriff Schaefer had an inspira
ton that ended III the arrest of Lake
Buffalo Bills show was at Baldwin
park, and the local deputy sheriff de
duced that in all probability the al
lurements of the tented city woul'
make Lake homey.ck, and as the dep
uty deduced, Lake was found at Bald
win park gazing wistfully at the glar
ing canvas walls. His bride, sat be
side him. Their honeymoon was a
an end.
The actor-groom was jugged ant
the girl was taken home, where sh
hastily repented of her hasty mai
riage. After spending some time II
Jail; Lakes father came here and al
ter making peace with the Ohio al
thorities, secured his release. LAX
then disappeared and has not bee
heard of since
Assistant States Attorney Roy cor
Quoted the divorce proceedings fo
the girl, and after he had submitte
his evidence to Judge Wagner, tn
decree was signed Immediately. Tn
divorce was asked on legal ground
that the marriage was Illegal, In tina
the Holt girl was under age at tn
time she married Lake, and did nc
have parental consent, and that LAX
had another wife,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
SLUGGEO WITH
monkey WRENCH
/,
unsolved Mystery Of Attempted Muir
der Of Mount Pleasant Woman
Is Cause for specu-
latlon.
}. . MRS. JORDAN is DYING
Her Recovery Is Doubtful and She is
Unable to Speak and Tell
Who Assaulted
Her.

MT. PLEASANT, Nov. 2.-The mys.
terry surrounding the attempted mur.
der of Mrs. j. B. Jordan early Tues
day morning still remains unsolved.
Although Sheriff Goe and the police
have been working on the case, as
yet no definite clues have been found
which it is believed will lead to the
guilty party
A wrench was found by Sheriff Goe
yesterday afternoon just outside the
kitchen doo- of the Jordan home,
which may or may not have any con-
nection with the case. Some think
there is blood on the wrench and that
it was the instrument used in striking
Mrs. Jordan, while others who have
seen 1T declare that there is nothing
! but rust on it.
/ The condition Of Mrs. Jordan today
remains just about the same. She Is
still unconscious. although her hemor-
rhages have ceased, and she is breath
ing more regularly than yesterday
Her pulse Is just about normal and
she has no fever. However, the at.
tending physicians do not give any
encouragements as to her recovery
The fracture of the skull back of the
right ear is considered very serious
and her recovery is regarded as very
doubtful. She has not been conscious
since she was hurt, and has never
uttered word as to how the TRACED,
occurred.
DR.. Brockman,4 OF Ottumwa, is ex
Ipected In the city this afternoon Il
consult with local physicians regard
! in- the condition of Mrs. Jordan.
), Although the police are working OF
the case, they have no clues at thi
! time which they will make public. Th'
tramp by the name of Patrick Dunn
. who was arrested yesterday was es
J. amined pretty thoroughly by Sherii
!. Goe and Pure Food Inspector Mix
Flynn, Of Burlington, who is assistin
\ in the case, and they were satisfie
!. that he had no connection with tn
i. case. It is possible, however, tha
i other arrests will be made soon
!. Some believe that the assault wa
i made by an insane flend, while other
:. think that the crime was committe
}. by the same party or gang which ha
t been committing similar crimes !
Peoria, Monmouth, and other towns
i this part of the country.
q The perpetrator of the deed seem
:. to have covered up all traces of hi
n work In remarkable manner, and th
|. police have meager information an
!. clues with which to work.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
KYRLE BELLEW
ACTOR, rs DEAD
Had Double Pneumonia and Was III
But a Very Few
Days.

SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Nov. q
Kyrle Bellew. one of the best known
actors on the American stage, died
here at s O'Clock this morning OF
double pneumonia He had been ill
only few days and his condition did
not become critical until yesterday.
The company which has been support
ing Bellew on his western tour, dis
banded and will return at once to
| New York.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity: Fair to-
night and Friday Rising tempera-
ture Friday.
For Illinois Fair and continued
cold tonight Friday fair with rising
temperature.
For Iowa: Fair tonight and Friday.
Rising temperature Friday. and in
the extreme west portion tonight.
For Missouri: Fair tonight and
probably Friday. Rising temperature
Friday. and in the northeast portion
tonight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
TWO DOZEN GO
TO THE BOTTOM
French steamer Sank After Being
Struck by Ship She Was
ToWinu,

LAS POLMAS, Canary Islands, Nov.
2.-Twenty-four persons were drowned
when the French steamer Diolibah
sank at sea.
The Diolibah was towing the French
steamer Liberia lor Marseilles when
the latter fouled her. The Liberia
was picked up by the German steamer
Elmshorn and towed in here in a
damaged condition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
THEY NEEDED SUPPORT
DURING CEREMONY
Missouri Pair HobbIe to Altar on
crutches-Both Are Perma-
nent CrIpples.

BROOKFIELD, Mo-, Nov. Fired
Schaeffer of this city and Miss Ice
phine Moore of Kansas City were
married here, both of them depending
upon crutches to hold them up while
the ceremony was being performed.
They are permanent cripples. The
bridegroom Is cigarmaker. Rev. B.
f. Hill of the Christian church pro.
nounced the marriage rites.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
1aft,s Son a Winner.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Nov. 2.-The
four brightst men in Harvard Law
school as determined by the annual
award Of Sears prizes, are Robert A
Taft. son Of the president; Charles
e. Hughes, Jr., son of Justice Hughes
of the United States suprem court;
j. C. Buchanan of Pittsburgh and F
s. wyner of Boston. The prizes are
,s75 each
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
Yeoos Cut the Wires.

DURANT, Okla. Nov. 2.-The post.
office safe at Yarnaby, small In
land town. was blown and all the
funds and office supply of stamps
stolen. The store of Wells & Clemons
in which the post office was located.
was damaged by the explosion. The
phone wires were cut by the robbers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
Blizzard Developed In the Northwest
and First Real Touch of Win
ter Was Turned
Loose.
WILL BE COLD SEASON
Goose Bone Shows That There ls to
be Plenty Of Snow and Ice
Before Next
Easter.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 2.-Medicine Hat,
where the fierce billiards. originate,
got back on the map with a vengeance
yesterday. when blizzard began to
envelop all of the northwest and
many of the middle western states.
Zero weather prevailed in the Da-
kotas, Montana, portions of Mime
sofa and Wisconsin, and the temper
ature fell below the freezing point in
several other states. In Chicago the
temperature dropped to 2S above
The cold wave hit the Missouri val
ley early in the day, bringing snow
and freezing temperatures. Snow
storms are reported from central
Kansas, western Iowa, the Michigan
peninsula. portions of Iowa, the Da-
kotas, Nebraska and Oklahoma.
The cold wave is sweeping rapidly
throughout the southeast, 1t is saia
freezing weather will extend through
out all the southeastern gulf coast
country with the exception of the ex.
treme lower portion of Florida. Frosts
are predicted throughout all the south
eastern gulf coast country Thursday
and Friday.
Weather forecasters say this storm,
which is classified as of considerable
intensity and area for the season, =
bears out their claim that the winter
will start early and continue late, to
even up for the excess heat in June
and July.
4 Goose Bone Shows Severe Winter
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 2-Chicago
will experience a severe winter. This
/ prognostication Is not made by any OF
the official government weather re
ports, but by Chicagos goose bone
weather prophets.
i And IL you talk to the old men ant
women who ''dp not care rap" 70
the weather forecast as given out b
Prof. Henry j. Cox, head of the locs
bureau, they will convince you b
almanacs and dried goose bones ths
the best and only way to predict th
sort of winter to be expected is by tn
breastbone of the fowl made famou
by having laid the golden egg
Henry Buchanan Stanford Is consi,
cred the official goose-bone weathe
prophet of Illinois. In the aged man
: little wooden shack are many COOS
breastbones preserved which have tol
for Stanford whether Chicago was
have an open or severe winter for til
last fifty years.
q never look at the newspapers |
3 learn what kind of weather we al
going to have said the goose-bor
= prophet THE old-fashioned way, lor
g before we ever thought of cost
s weather instruments, is the best wa
to tell about the winter, spring, ia
s and summer seasons. The star
. trees, fish, animals and birds are N
e weather instruments.
"If the goose bone is thick and yc
find many red spots on it, you can |
sure we will have a severe winter, b'
- if the bone is light the winter will
u mild And the goose bone never got
wrong"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
Japs Nav start Something.

SHANGHAI, Nov. 2.-Word reach
ed here today that the Chinese rebel
batteries at Hun Yang have fired on
a Japanese steamer The vessel was
not hit but the incident may cause
international complications.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
Seven Girls Burned.

CHEHALIs, Wash. Nov. Fire
which destroyed the powder factory
OF the Imperial Powder Company,
caused seven young women employed
in the factory to lose their lives, and
an eighth probably will die. Only two
girls escaped, although dozen men
were unhurt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
Pulls Trigger and Kills Brother.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2.-Peter Pent, re,
turning from hunting, stood shot
gun up against table in his home
in the village Of Lemont near here,
and his sister, Anna, seventeen years
old, picked it up and thoughtlessly
pulled the trigger. The side of the
boys head was blown off. He died
several hours later.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
Victory for the Vets.

MARION, o. Nov. 1.-The wet
forces scored another victory when
Marion county voted in favor of ga
looms by a majority of 4s7 Three
years ago this city went dry by three
votes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
Pacific Fleet Reviewed.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. In perfect
fighting trim, the Pacific fleet under
went, off this port the first naval re-
view in Southern California waters.
Twnnty-four vessels took part in the
review X.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
Hunter instantly Killed.

Hunter Instantly Killed.
WEST CHESTER, Pa, Nov. q
William Harrison, of Glenmore, was
instantly killed by the accidental dis
charge of his gun while hunting rab-
bits.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
Local Observations.

Rainfall for past "a hours trace.
Mean temperature. Nov. 1, %.
Highest temperature. 33.
Lowest temperature. 23.
Lowest temperature last night, IS,
Coolest days Of Nov. / for Al years:
Nov. /, 1873, "a; No. 1879, 25;
Nov. l. 1891. 20; Nov. l, 1895, 20; Nov.
/, 1905, 27 Nov l, 1911, 90.
FRED 2. GOSEWISCH.
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
Daily River Bulletin.
Stage. Height. Change Veal
River Forecast.

The river will fall slowly from Dav
onport to Keokuk for several days.