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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
STRIKERS DENY
THEY DID TT
Wreck Of Suburban Trains on the
Illinois Central Due to Bad
Conditions.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. !
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-The entire
suburban system of the Illinois Cen
tral railroad is under guard by police
and private detectives today as re-
suit of the wrecking of three passen-
ger trains and a freight and an alIeg.
ed attempt to wreck fourth passen-
ger train No one was seriously in
jured.
The company officials place the
blame for the wreck which occurred
between and $50 last night, on the
striking employees and called on Chief
of Police Schuettler for assistance.
A police guard was sent out.
Leaders of the striking employees
resent the charge that strikers caused
the wrecks and assert that the bad
condition OF the railroad equipment
was the cause. Many engines and
cars. they claim, have not been over
hauled for months because OF the
failure of the company to replace the
striking shopmen.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
one MAN DIED
IN DYE WORKS
- 49,
Six Were Badly Burne Srhree Of
Whom WIN Likely s. From
Terrible v sas
Recei' 3
THE PLANT BLEW UP
Large Gasoline Tank Exploded and
Crisp of Man Was Found
Among the
THE PLANT BLEW UP

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
PEORIA, H., Dec. 2T.-One man was
killed and six persons burned, three
probably fatally, when large gaso-
line tank exploded this morning in
the Royal Cleaning and Dyeing works.
The interior of the establishment was
wrecked and flames added to the de-
struction, causing loss of $4,000.
John Hanna was found dead in the
ruins, his body burned to a crisp
Mrs. Lena 4ollert. Miss A. Haynes
and Miss. Alpha White were badly
burned and all are expected to die.
Fred Tom, foreman; Earl Shanmeyer,
manager, and M. Goodwin were ser
iously burned.
All were employees of the company
except Goodwin, who was burned at
tempting to extinguish the flames
which envelope Shanmeyer.
| Windows in several adjoining stores
we're shattered The cause of the ex
plosion is unknown.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
PREMIER WILL
PROBABLY RESIGN
Chinese Have Not Come to Peace
Terms Yet But Are at
Work.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service j
TOXIC, Dec. 27-Premier Yuan
Shi Kai is considering the advisability
of resigning as soon as he makes the
best terms possible with the revolu-
tionists, according to dispatch tooay
from Pekin.
A number of Manchu princes have
told the premier, the dispatch says,
that they are ready to aibdicate, real
izing that 1t is useless to hold out for
the retention of the present dynasty.
Yuan is reported to be dissatisfied
with the conduct of his representative
in the peace conference, Tang Shao
Wi. He believes that Tang has turned
traitor to the imperialists and is
fishing for the presidency of the
proposed republic
Well informed Japanese believe
Yuan Shi Kais proposed plan of hold
ing convention of delegates from all
the provinces to decide upon the form
of the future government, will fail.
1t is believed here the reyolutionists
are too impatient to await the outcome
of convention, which would require
many weeks to assemble. In addition,
the rebels fear Yuan is only playing
for time, in the hope that he may be
able to float big loan, which would
enable him to bolster up the imperial
army.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
WHY SIMPSON
WILL RETIRE
Resigned as Attorney General Of Min
nesota and VIII Not be candi-
date for Governor.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. I
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Dec. ~
George T. Simpson, attorney general
of Minnesota for the past three years,
who announced his retirement from
public life August II to take effect
Jan. /, 1912, today made public the
reasons for his action.
Shortly before his letter of resigna.
tion Simpson made known to state
Chairman Smith of the republican
committee his desire to become a
candidate for governor. Smith told
him that the Organization would
stand by Governor Eberhart, Mr.
Simpson says. 1t was then he made
his decision to retire.
Il did not want to fight the organi.
zation so made up my mind then and
there to retire from public life," he
said today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
THREW VITROL
AT OPERA SINGER
Shot TWO Policemen and Another,
Then Killed Himself When
Surrounded.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
BUCHAREST, Dec. 27.-Crazed
with jealousy, Bonda Rescoul, a young
Bulgarian, entered the room of Char
ina Giacomo, aged II, prominent
Italian operate singer today and
dashed quantity Of vitrol in her
face. A pedestrian and two police
men who attempted to capture the
man, were shot to death. Rescoul
committed suicide near the outskirts
of the city when he was about to be
surrounded by the police.
The young opera singer was remov-
ed to a hospital where doctors are try.
ing to save her sight. She was noted
for her beauty.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
Still QUARREL
OVER THE NEWS
Colonel Roosevelt and New York Ev
enIns Post Cannot Got To-
sether About
Article.
ANANIAs CLUB
You Can't Put Man Into a Club
When He Is Charter
Member Of
1t.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, Dec. .27.-"You can't
put man into club of which he is
a charter member" vigorously declar-
ed Col. Theodore Roosevelt today in
denouncing the New, York Evening
Post, and in explaining that he had
not tried to put that paper in the An
anias club. The colonel called in as
witnesses to his contention that he
had been deliberately misouoted'' by
the Post, Hamilton Wright Mabie, of
the Outlook, and his assistant secre-
tary, G. D. Wardrop He accused the
Post Of deliberate and wilful un-
truth" and "unpardonable and char
acteristic moral obliquity.'
After stating that whether he and
George r. Sheldon met on train or
in the Union League club, was unim-
portant, Roosevelt said:
IF the Post had been content to
tell the truth and simply reproduced
what / said without asserting the
falsehood that I contradicted Mr.
Sheldon, then there would have been
no need of my inserting the explicit
statement that essentially my state
ment agreed with Mr.. Sheldon's. But
| 1t was infamous to omit that state
nent and at the same time to use
1 sentences and headlines that convey
ed the impression that had accused
Mr.. Sheldon Of falsehood.
In endeaHcring to back up its
false statement that had contradict
ed Mr.. Sheldon, or to use it's owl
phraseology, had put him in the
Ananias club, the Post was guilty O
what it knew at the time to be a de
/ liberate and wilful untruth. 1t was al
objectionable piece of moral obliquit,
on the part of the Post, and, am sor
ry to say, characteristic piece O
moral obliquity. to suppress this state
ment in order to work deception ant
create the belief by its own state
ments and headlines that there wa,
an issue between Mr.. Sheldon and my
self"
! Today's contribution was the thirt
between the Post and the colonel
growing out of the statement in th
Post, that he, Roosevelt, had Sheldol
explain the Hartman contribution t,
the 1904 campaign Roosevelt accus
ed the Post of misquotation and O
1 suppressing part of an interview an,
this the Post denied yesterday in
lengthy statement by the reporte
who interviewed Roosevelt and VIII,
insisted that Roosevelt had said tina
Sheldon had taken the initiative il
publishing the Hartman contribution
statement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
Was Rooster Murder,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
OLATHE, Kas. Dec. 27.-After
Kansas City newspapers had sent
staff correspondents to investigate,
and Sheriff Carroll had dragged sew
eral lakes and mill ponds in an effort
to discover the cadaver, the mystery
OF the missing body which excited
Qlathe for three days, has turned out
to be prank of a number of college
students who as joke killed a roost-
er, sprinkled it's blood over the walls
Of an old MILL placed bloody finger
marks there. and scattered hair pins
and human hair over the floor The
sheriff is SO peeved he threatens to
prosecute.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
FAKE Confession.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service j
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The at
tempt of John Henry Martin to ease
his conscience by confessing to the
murder OF VIM. H. Mickle, a tobac-
conist, few days ago. landed him in
an asylum today instead of in the
pen or on the scaffold,' as he expected.
The police already have suspect, one
mysterious James Smith, and they re-
gard the confession Of Martin as a
fake. despite his remarkably lucid ac-
count of the murder.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
Miss Dorothy Glider.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Ser,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-It was
learned that Miss Dorothy Glider,
daughter of the late Richard Watson
Glider, poet and former editor of the
Century Magazine, is playing in "Kis-
met drama which opened at To-
cal theatre Monday night. Miss Gid
er tried to hide her identity under the
name of Miss Coleman" but her So
ciety friends recognized her through
the grease paint and revealed her
IDENTITY.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
ILLINOIS TEACHERS
IN CONVENTION
Are Arriving on Every Train to Take
Part In the Annual
Meeting.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
SPRINGFIELD, H., Dec. 27.-Teach-
ers and prominent educators from ov-
er the state are arriving today on ev-
ery train to attend the fifty-eighth
annual meeting of the Illinois State
Teachers association.
The first session opens tonight with
addresses by President Fl. w. Shyroclk.
superintendent of public instruction,
G.. Blair and Pearl Barnes. extension
lecturer of Philadelphia The meeting
adjourns Friday afternoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
Don't Stop Her.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.l
LYNN, Mass, Dec. Miss Ger
trude Gardner, 20, is speeding to Berk-
ely, Calf, to wed her former school
mate, Leo NJ. Smith, newspaper man.
Smiths father is keeping the wires
hot, asking Berkley authorities to
prevent the marriage, claiming his
son is under age. Young Smiths
Christmas present to Miss Gardner
was diamond ring and railroad
ticket west With her parents consent
she took the next train.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
More Dynamite Found.

ROCHESTER,, Pa, Dec. 27.-The po-
lice today are investigating the finding
of "a sticks of dynamite, 12 caps
wrapped in roll of cotton and ten
yards of fuse found in a small leather
case in the yards of Mcdonald &
Hartman. dealers in contractors sup
plies The explosive was stored in a
local hardware stores magazine.
Rochester is greatly excited over the
find owing to the sensation following
the arrest of George Bridges at Mones-
sen, while carrying a suit case con-
tanning 72 sticks of dynamite.
Dynamite was found here some
months ago, it is alleged, planted by
the Mcnamara brothers for the pur-
pose of blowing UP the Pittsburg and
Lake Erie railroad bridge. Since that
time the company has had men on
guard over the bridges day and night.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
Case Comes up Saturday.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. !
WASHINGTON Dec. 27.-Oral testi-
mony in support of the renewed
charge of contempt against Samuel
Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank
Morrison, Will commence in open court
Saturday morning at 1920 according
to an announcement made today. This
is the case which grew from the row
between labor and the Bucks Stove
Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
License No. 1a.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
SPRINGFIELD, H., Dec. 27.-Mar-
riage license number 13 was refused
one couple yesterday who were very
anxious to get married and was in
turn refused by the next applicant. II
is still unissued.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
Confirmation Received.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-oficial
confirmation of the movement in the
Russian duma to boycott all American
products was received at the state
department today from Ambassador
Guild, at st. Petersburg. The dis
patch stated that the Moscow repre-
sentatives were taking the initiative.
The boycott will be directed especially
at American machinery, it is said, but
an effort will be made to have all
commerce with the United States cut
off as result of the abrogation by
the United States Of the treaty OF
L1832
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity: Fair
and continued cold tonight. Thurs
day fair with rising temperature.
For Illinois: Fair tonight and
Thursday. Colder tonight
For Iowa: Fair and continued cold
tonight. Thursday probably fair and
not so cold.
For Missouri: Fair and continued
cold tonight Thursday fair with ris-
ing temperature.
Weather Conditions.
The storm center from Missouri has
moved to the lower lake region, the
temperature rising in its front. with
rains over the entire eastern portion
of the country, and high winds prevail
on the lakes.
The western field of high pressure
has moved rapidly southeastward, with
it's crest in Texas this morning.
Snow in the upper Mississippi val
ley and western lake region Is follow
ed by fair much colder weather, and
temperature below zero prevails In the
northern plateau region.
An era of low pressure, attended by
rain has appeared in the extreme
northwest
Conditions indicate fair continued
cold weather for this section tonight,
and fair weather with rising temper.
ature Thursday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
All Jews Barred.

LONDON, Dec. PA bill exclud-
ing all American Jews from Russia
has been introduced in the duma by
nationalist leaders, according to a dis
patch today from st. Petersburg. The
action is taken in response to the
notification from the United States
that the treaty of 1882 would termin-
ate in January, 1913.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
RUSSIA PEEv.ED
At UNCLE SAM.
Tariff to be Raised 100 Percent on all
American Goods az One Part
Of the Boy
cott.
AMERICAN JEWS oUsTED
Hostile Attitude Taken by Gar on
Account Of Calling Down Taft
Recently Gave
Him.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 27.-Ex-
President Guchkoff's bill raising the
tariff on American goods 100 per cent
was introduced today Government
leaders are behind the bill, and it
probably will be passed by big ma
jority.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
PERSIA REEKs
WITH CONFLICT
Russian Court Martial Will Put to
Death Every Persian Who
Even Shows His
Teeth.
ENGLAND MIXED VI
Her Consul Has Been Missing for
Several Days and May Have
Been Slain or Cap
tured.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. PA
special from Tabriz announces that
the city is being overrun by a mob
which invaded the governor generals
palace and severely beat the deputy
governor general, Prince Manulla
The flags over the British consulate
are also reported to have been torn
down by the rioters.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
Daily River Bulletin.
River Forecast.

The river will remain nearly sta
tionary at KeoRuk during the next
forty-eight hours
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
ANOTHER FUSE
IS SUFFERING
More Arrests Are Expected In the
Mysterious Dynamite Case In tho
Non-unIon Steel Plant
Town.
BRIDGES WELL FINANCED
Man Under Arrest Always Had Plenty
of Money But Was Not
Known to Have
Work.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
MONESSEN, Pa, Dec. 27.--More ar
rests are expected today by the po-
lice to follow the taking into custody
of George Bridges, who is in the bor-
ough Jail here awaiting preliminary
hearing, suspected of being involved
in dynamiting plot.
Bridges was arrested while carry
ing a suit case filled with seventy
two sticks of dynamite and the police
think they nipped a plot to blow up
several of the non-union steel plants
here
Ali day yesterday and last night de-
tectives attempted to trace the dy-
Mantle, which Bridges said he bought
from a stranger for S110 to scare his
friends.
The police today were almost as re-
ticient as Bridges, but it was intimat.
ed that several other arrests would be
made and that formal charges will be
preferred against Bridges today.
Bridges, when arrested. had forty
feet of fuse in an inside pocket ant
also carried two quarts of whiskey
He was intoxicated when arrested, bu
as the liquor wore off, became very
nervous
The elements of mystery surround
! ing the mans actions have not beer
cleared up Even the identity o.
Bridges is rather hazy. 1t is alleged
that he has been around the little iroi
and steel town for the last thre,
months, at no time having steady EN-
ployment, but usually well supplied
with money
4 Bridges viii Confess.
4 MONESSEN, Pa, Dec. 27.--Georg,
Bridges, arrested while carrying
suitcase containing 72 sticks of dyna
mite and with a roll of fuse conceal
ed in his pocket, today broke down tn
wall of silence in which he had en-
shrouded himself, and gave the polio
the first real light on the case witt
the declaration: I'm going to clea
| myself"
"I'll not take all the blame for this
and the rest Of them will have to TAX
their medicine like me- he said.
/ Bridges promised the police h
would make clean breast" of ever
thing at the preliminary hearing lat
today
The man told the police he lived fl
many years in Homestead where h
mother still resides He promise
Burgess Daniel Reamer to furnish tt
names of all persons connected wit
the handling of the mysterious sui
case filled with enough dynamite I
destroy the plants here, where soc
non-union men are employed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
Put Them to Death.

TEHERAN, Dec. Scores Of Per
SLAMS are being tried before Rus
sian court martial at Tabriz today on
charges of firing upon the czar's
troops. Russian soldiers, disguised as
persians. secured evidence against
the leaders of the Fidais. 1t is be-
lleved all will be sentenced to death.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
British Consul Missing.

SH1RAz, Persia, Dec. 27.-Fears are
EXPRESSED today for the safety OF
British Consul Smart. missing since
Indian troops escorting him to Shiraz
from Bushire, were fired upon by Per.
SLAMS. 1t Is feared the consul has been
slain or is held captive by the Per-
slams, who are bitter toward England
because it gave moral support to Rus.
sian occupation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
Shuster comino Home.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 27.-W. Nor
gan Shuster, the deposeds American
treasurer-general of Persia will leave
Persia by the Russian route, accord
ing to dispatch received from Min
lister Russell by the state department
today. Russell said that Shuster and
his family would go via Baku and
Batum.
1t is supposed here that Shuster
will be given Russian escort and a
safe passage through Russia. The dis
patch did not say how the other mem
bers of Shuster's party will leave
Persia. Shuster will start from Teh.
eran within the next few days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
Local Observations.

Mean temperature. Dec. &c, 80.
Highest temperature, 3s.
Lowest temperature, 81.
Lowest temperature last night, Is.
FRI1D q. GOSEWISCH,
Observer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27

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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-03-23
KNEW HIS BUSINESS.
This Partisan Bessar Realized this
Value of Now Shoes.

This Partisan Bessar Realized this
Value Of New Shoes.
Begging has long been great art in
Europe. BY using subtle touches OF
misery and calculated effects Of dis
ease and ACKNOWLEDGMENT the beggar
became a master of pathetic appeal.
A delightful story Of Dupre, the sculp-
tor. is quoted by Hamilton w. Mabie
in the Outlook.
Looking out of his window in a no
tel one bleak wintry morning in the
good old times. Dupre saw an old beg
gar sitting barefooted on the stone
steps below. His heart was moved
with compassion. and he began to
search for pair of shoes. He found
two pairs, one of them new.
do not give the new pair away;
YOU will need them YOURSELF" urged
his prudent wife.
NO" said the sculptor, II shall find
the old pair more comfortable. More
over, IL am to give anything away
1 am going to give the best l have"
So he hurried downstairs and put the
new shoes in the hands of the bare
footed old man. The next morning the
beggar sat on the steps as usual, and,
as usual, his feet were bare. Dupre
hurried down to him. Where are the
shoes gave you? You are not wear
ing Them" he said.
NO." replied the old man, II could
not wear them, excellency. If did
nobody would give me anything.
have pawned them"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-03-23
AN ARCTIC DELIcAcY.
Eskimo Soup Would Hardly Tickle Re-
fined PaIates.

Kane and DR.. Hayes, the first white
men-apart from an occas .onal whaler
to visit the Eskimos, found some diff
ficulty in accommodating themselves
to local customs. In 1.-The Toll of the
Arctic Seas" ID. NJ. Edwards quotes
Hayes account Of his first visit to
native hut. After a cordial welcome
he was pressed to eat.
This" says Hayes. "was an invita-
ton which feared. but now that it
had come knew that it would be UNI
wise to decliLe it. The expression Of
thanks was one of the few in their
language that knew, and I made the
most of this. They laughed heartily
when i said koyenak in reply to their
invitation. ard Immediately not very
beautiful young danlsel poured some
nf the contents of the pots into skin
hi;h. and. after slipping 1t to make
sure. as supposed. that it was moi
too hot. passed it to me over group
VI heads. AT first my courage forsoo,l
INC. but all eyes were fixed upon me.
anil it would have been highly impo-
1T to shrink. l therefore shut my
r.: :. held my nose. swallowed the
do" md retired. was told after
sv,.'l That It was their greatest delica-
a.y-r soup made by boiling together
h'ontl. oil and seal intestfnes."
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-03-23
MIiar.a sh, Its In the Wind"

W.; WAS t!!, origin Of the phrase
for drunkenness. three sheets in the
wimi?'" a lAl.dsinan asked a sailor the
other day. WELL" said the sailor,
I'LL explain that matter to you. The
two lower corners of n ships sail are
held taut by two ropes. one called a
tack and another called sheet The
tack is always kept very tight. but
the sheet is loosencd according to the
wind. and the looser the sheet is the
more freely the sail swings. If the
sail is quite free its sheet is said e.,
be lin the wind Now. suprn" that
all three of ships sails were quite
free. They would then fly about very
crafty. and the ship would wabble.
The course of the ship would he zig
gag one and the reason for this would
he that she had three sheets in the
wind That. guess. is why man
when he zigzags i'll his course is said
to be three sheets in the wind ALSO"