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The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-28
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The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-28
Now whose Business is 1t ?

Because they refused to tell their akes
twenty-five teachers in the public schools
Of Patterson, N. j., will 60 on their
summer vacations without their salaries
for the month Of June. On their return
they will unite in an appeal to the courts.
The city superintendent, Mr.. Wilson, q
few weeks ago prepared list of questions
which would furnish the department with
history Of every teacher. Among the
questions was, "When were you born P"
The younger teachers had no hesitancy
about answering, but many of the older
teachers returned the blanks without an
answer to the question as to age and were
told they must reply or 20 without their
salary. Several of the teachers answered
under duress. The twenty-five who still
refuse declare that the question 10 imper-
tinent and unwarraated.-N New York
Times,
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-28
Editors Annual outing

The midsummer meeting of the
Colorado Editorial association will
be neld in Idaho Springs, Colo,
August Z and s. The town will
become host for the. visiting
scribes, elaborate preparations now
being made for theis entertain.
ment, The Elks' club has gal.
lantly lent their club house for the
sessions, and the Colorado & South.
ern railroad will put on a special
train over the famous loop for the
boys" By special invitation a
number of State officials wi ! be
present and address the meeting.
The Holly Chieftain will be repre-
sented there, it is needless to re-
mark.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-28
Free for Stomach
and Bowels

We are in receipt of letters from
Mrs. Eva Gaskins, 304 Madison St,
Topeka, Kans., and Mr.. P. H. Gavel-
las, Wagner, Okla, as well as many
others, telling about the wonderful re-
suits they have secured in the cure of
their stomach and liver troubles by
the use of DR.. Caldwelrs Syrup Pep
sin.
This remedy. as all readers doubtless
know, has been before the public for
tensively used than any other remedy
for stomach, liver and bowel COM
plants: According to reliable testi-
m5ohy' astiy It se seems st to be very quick and
tion and dyspepsia, liver trouble, bill
tousness, headaches. sour stomach, gas
ond on tne s,fia stomach; drowsiness after eating
with tonic effect. and SO mild and gem
tie In action that child as we'll as a
grown person can take 1t. in fact. iv
old people.
1t arouses the flow of gastric juice,
and by peculiar action trains the
stomach and bowel muscles to again do
their work naturally. and in time medi-
cines Of all kinds can be dispensed
with. A free sample bottle can be had
for trial by sending, your address. to
kins, Mr.. Gavellas and many others
first learned OF the cure. Later. when
satisfied 1t is the remedy you need, do
as others are doing and buy it OF your
druggist at fifty cents and one dollar
q bottle.
DR.. Caldwell does not feel that the
purchase of his remedy ends his obli-
CATION. He has specialized in stomach
liver and bowel diseases for over forty
years and will be pleased to give the
reader any advice on the subject free
OF charre. All are welcome to write
him. Whether for the medical advice
or the free sarn-'e fidrres him DR..
". b. Cnl1w ?: if2 Cailwtn building.
Monticello I}i.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-28
Same Thing, only Different

Richard A. Ballinger, private
citizen, holds views on pubic lands
at variance with the views, of
Richard A. Ballinger, secretary of
interior. it appears from letter re-
ceived by Chairman j. A. Eddy
which contains Mr.. Balinger's ac-
ceptance to speak at the public
lands convention in Denver Sept.
% 10 30 inclusive. Mr.. Ballinger's
topic will be "A Portrayal of
American Bureaucratic Govern
ment.'
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-28
syracuse Bonds Garry.

The water and light bonds carried by
Iarfe majorities at the special city election
last Friday. The vote for the water bonds
was l34 and the vote against only IL.
For the electric light bonds l28, asainst
III.
OF course this was not full vote but
shows that the sentiment in favor of city
owned water and lights is overwhelming.
At the former election held on Decem-
ber II, 1909, there were ll6 votes for and
and votes against bonds. So the senti-
ment has not CHANGED any in the mean
time.-lQurnal
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-28
BELLE OF SOUTH DENVER
Contracts Rornantic Marriage
WIN Reside in Alamosa.

VIII Ro0a0o IN AlamoSA.
Miss Pauline Perry, the accom-
plished daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry o. Perry of South Denver.
was married to Archie Austin, son
and heir of the late Robert Ausrin,
who autoed to Castle Rock. Colo.
on July %. 1911, for that purpose,
unbeknown to ever their most in.
innate friends.
Miss Perry has been the leading
lady with the Daniel Froham COR :
panies the past few years, has a
voice noted for its sweetness and
hexibility and was considered an
artist by the various New York
critics. She WAS formerly one of
the reigning bellies of South Den.
yer, having sung in the various
churches since her childhood.
Mr.. Austin is the scion and heir
of the late Robert Austin. and is a
great fayorite in Denver business
and social circles.
After honeymoon spent in tour
ing the State in an anto, Mr.. and
Mrs. Austin will reside on the
famous Austin ranch near Alamosa
The Chieftain extends heartiest
congratulations and best wishes to
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin, and hopes
that the matrimonial pathway will
ever be strewn with roses.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-28
M. E. Church Musicale

Tee ladies of the M. E. Church
gave an enjoyable musicale at the
opera house last Wednesday eve.
ming. Every available seat was oc.
cupied, number of people stand
ing throughout the evening.
Music and song were the features
of the evening. and it was clear to
all that Holly has extraordinary
talent, both in music and drama.
The ladies' of the Methodist
church are to be congratulated on
their success, also the various en-
tertainers who so gallantly con-
tributed to an enjoyable evening.
Tnh prinfino Of {bo e+yI;,b L:n,I
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-28
Fancy Stationery.

The kind you have always
wanted, printed handsomely, in
an up-to-date manner. suggestive
of individuality. We can supply
you with the printed product a.
about the same price you pay for
the raw material. The ChieftAn
Printery, Manufacturing Station
ers.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-28
La Junta Briefs
L. Junts Dsmoerst.


Brudder Johnsine fave us q fusillade
this week on the ''prohi" question that
doubtlessly made the natives sit up and
take notice, it was corker. All the
sledke hammer blows dealt by the great
fanatical journal, on floating battlships in
booze, etc., but how different now,
strictly decent. Some can't 60 by
saloon, Others won't. Like to have
little "printen' ourselves, Democrat
wanted part, we got none. Trib got off
with $500 street crossing and all. We no
liky anyhow. "Melican man. "no
wano." We tank La Junta bane strictly
temperance, ha vote dot way, ha tank ha
bane eoin' to stay.
Editor l.. N. Zalin9er Of The Holly
Chieftain, accompanied by his sister and
niece, Mrs. Marian and Miss Jennie lie.
land, were passengers on No. today.
Mr.. Zalineer stopped of here to be in
attendance at the V alley Editorial associa.
.tion, OF which he is secretary. Mrs. Lc-
land and daughter are enroute to San
DIEGO, CAL, where the latter is to be
married to Lieutenant Francis Drake, U.
S. A.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-28
Job Printing of the stylish kind
Chieftain office.
Airship at Lamar.

Everybody remembers the hand
bills Charlie Maxwell turned loose
from a balloon in mid air last
summer announcing the Prowers
Co. Fair program. Well. this year
the same Maxwell has arranged for
a genuine air ship ascension, in
fact three of them-one each day
Aug. %, "a, %. A contract was
signed on Tuesday with the
Mathewson Aeroplane Co. of Den
yer, and photographs are now on
exhibition in Lamar showing the
identicol machine that will do the
bird act. The attraction is the
largest ever engaged in this neck
of the woods. and it is believed
thousands will witness these per-
formances.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-28
ms yrawpaex.

"They tell me-" said the junior part
ner, that the man TO whom we have
been sending SO many bills belongs to
u rather fast set"
swell. answered the senior partner
she may belong 10 the fast set. but he's
slow settler. er."-Exchange.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-28
Usual Result.

Usual Result.
lndian-Did he miss again? Guide
Of course he did. Didn't you hear
him shootISpare Moments.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-07-28

For summer diarrhoea in children al
ways give Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil,
and speedy cure is certain. For sale by
all dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
BATTLE FIELD
HAS S..ifTED
Mexican lnsurrection Activities Are
Now centered Around the City
of Juarez, Opposite Ell
Paso, Texas.
ATTACK is EXPECTED
People in El Paso Stayed up All Night
Waiting For the Bombardment
of The Old
Town.
ATTACK is EXPECTED
People in Ell Paso Stayed up All Night
Waiting For the Rombardment

Ell PASO, April 1S.-The insurgents
commenced heavy firing this morning
from Smelter hill, probably marking
the opening of the attack on Juarez
After two hours Of firing there was
a brief lull and then the firing was
continued. The firing is believed to
have been resorted to by the insurg-
ents to cover their movements.
The excitement at Juarez and Ell
Paso continues today and many peo-
pie stayed up all night, expecting the
attack. The customs house at Juarez
has moved everything to this city and
Juarez announces that the city Is now
ready for the attack.
Troops are on the international
bridges preventing Americans from
crossing. Machine guns are stationed
on the bridges.
Col Tamborel is throwing up for
tifications across Lerdo Avenue in
Juarez, one of the principal streets
and the one the street cars run on.
Two cannons are being rushed from
Laredo to El Paso for the federal
command Col Rebago with his fed
eral cavalry is now marching to the
relief of Juarez and is expected in
four days. Rebels from Aqua Pretia
are expected to arrive in time to cut
him off and prevent him from enter.
ing the city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
One Case Where the lnvncibie Poker
Hand Falls to Take the
Money in the Jack
Pot.
WOMAN HELD IT
Excitement Was Too Much and Card
Game Came to an Abrupt
and Grewsome
End.

CHICAGO, April 1S Just at the
crucial moment, when there was
enough money in the pot to wipe out
an Indebtedness, incurred for her
sweetheart, Miss Laura Cotton, 1884
irving Park boulevard, as she was
winning steadily in a poker game to
retrieve the loss of the oan. drew
royal flush and dropped dead IN her
chair.
The other members of the poker
party, shocked at the sudden climax
of their evenings enjoyment, hurried
ly called physician, but Miss Cotton
died before he arrived.
Miss Cotton, together with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. 1-enry e. Cotton,
and j. Mann, friend, had been play
ing cards all evening. In the early
stages of the game the stakes were
low and Miss Cotton he,. successful
hands every deal. Determined to win
enough money to repay her for loss
she had incurred by loaning money to
her sweetheart, she -a,sed the ante
and still continued to be successful.
AT o'clock she had won half Of
the amount required In the next deal
the jackpot increased upcl il held
more than enough to offset the loss of
the loan Miss Cotton was feverish
with excitement. With her whole fu-
ture seemingly staked on the hand she
was about to draw, the o,rain proved
too much, and when royal flush
loomed into view she dropped over in
a dead faint
Some time ago my ~aughter was
employed by the Equity Finance and
Loan company said Mr.. Cotton. Dur
ing her employment there she became
acquainted with a Young man who
paid her considerable attention He
called here frequently and in short
time close friendship was formed.
"One day he told her he was in a
very serious predicament, saying that
he needed a considerable amount of
money and didn't know lrhere to get
it. He asked her for a loan. saving
he would repay ii soon. My daughter
did not have that much money b
told him she could get it from the
firm.
knowing the Young man so we'll
and relieveing him to be perfectly hon
est, she complied with his request by
taking some of the firms money and
giving it to him, never suspecting but
that ii would be returned soon
Soon after she made the loan the
man disappeared, leaving no message,
and Miss Cotton was obliged to bor-
row the money to make good her
shortage.
The firm never missed the money
and she was never questioned, but
from that time on, according to her
father, she began to worry. She be-
came nervous, her health failed and
she left her position Finally she be-
came subject to fainting spells that
resulted in her death,
Her father, who is employed by the
Deering Harvester company, attributes
the death of his daughter to the wor-
ry and distraction over the loan in
cident and the fainting spells which
followed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
FAMILY KILLED
BY PLUMBER
Feared That Approaching Blindness
Would Prevent Him From Being
Able to Support
Loved Ones.
SIX ARE SLAIN
Wife and Two Children Butchereo
With Axe Before Man
Fires Bullet Into
His Head.


YOUNGSTOWN, o., April 1S.-Fear
ing approaching blindness would
make it impossible for him to support
his family, Cant c. Rickert, plumb
er, killed his wife and two children
with ar axe, fatally injured two other
children and injured fifth
Rickert's victims besides himself
were his wife, aged 49, Raymond
Pearl, Charlotte and Helen.
Edwin is expected to die. He was
sleeping up stairs when he heard
the cries and rushed down stairs. He
arrived just as his father was pointing
the revolver at his head, He paused
long enough to seize the axe and
strike the boy and then blow out his
brains.
He left a note in which he said he
believed he was going crazy if not
already crazy
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
Weather Conditions.

Yesterdays depression from Colora-
do, moving eastward is central over
Iowa and Minnesota, with an area OF
low pressure extending southwestward
to Western Texas. and field Of high
pressure on the southeastern coast.
This is attended by warmer weather
and showers in the Missouri and Mis-
sissippi Valleys.
The northwestern field of high pres
sure has passed to Montana, the pres
sure diminishing as it advanced. and
it is moderately cool in the mountain
region. with freezing temperature in
Montana.
Rain accompanied the decreasing
pressure in the northwest
Conditions Indicate showers for this
section this afternoon and tonight, re-
coming cooler tonighr and fair wealth
er Wednesday
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
BUILT BRICK WALL
TO CHECK FIRE
Citizens Of Grafton Work Hard to
Save the Town From Being
All Burned.

81 LOUIS, April 1S.-The prin.
cipal business block in Grafton, ILL.,,
was devastated by fire and the entire
,own would have been destroyed had
y not been for the heroism of the men,
women and children of the town who
ought the flames with might and
nialn to save their homes.
Grafton has no regular fire depart
lnent and when the citizens realized
'hat the progress of the flames could
not be stopped, brick fire wall was
erected on Main street, just west OF
Cedar street.
me heat of the flames compelled
ene men to work in relays, and the
nre wall was just completed when the
slre struck the city hall The loss viii
exceed $4,000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
Cut Her Head OF

KENNETH. Mo, April 49, Before
the gaze of his Young sons, James W.
Stewart, a farmer residing four miles
northwest of Kennett, beat to death
his bride of four months, whetted a
butcher knife, severed her head from
her body and drove the blade into his
own body nea- the heart. He may
recover.
Stewart has been married seven
times and bis wife four times Stew.
art became eS ged when his wife
mortgaged 2 tex OF horses to obtain
the release Of hA epson. Toe Evans.
from jail. where N vas held on a
charge of forgery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
LADY POLICEMEN
IN THE PARK
Western City Will Experiment With
the Plan and Believes it
Will Work Fine.

SPOKANE, Wash April 1S,-spo-
Kane will have women police officers
In its public parks this summer If the
-recemlftendationsof Colonel w
Wakefield, acting president and mem
ters of the park commission are car
ried out. The commission has pre-.
pared rules and regulations, which will
be submitted to the city commission
ers for approval, and it is expected
that the appointment of women police
will be made early next month Col
onel Wakefield says that while
the primary purpose is to have women
as police officers on the grounds
where many children assemble. he be-
lieves the plan can be carried out
successfully in other public parks.
The commissioners will not say that
the women to be appointed are to
wear special uniforms, but it is learn.
ed from another source that distinc-
tive dress will be worn by the officers.
Spokane has "A parks in various
parts of the city. the total acreage be-
ing 712, most of which was acquired
through gifts by residents of the city.
The commission will soon have a fund
OF Sl.000,000, voted at a recent elec.
ton, to extend and improve the park
system.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
Capt. Charles G. Perkins Dies.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. April 1S.-Capt
Charles G. Perkins, aged "A years,
one of the best known steamboat men
along the Ohio river, died at his home
here of heart trouble, after a short
illness. He was a native of Xenia,
Ohio. He enlisted in the union army
in 1861 and shortly after his enlist.
ment was made commander of the
union gunboat Brilliant, which piled
the Ohio md Mississippi rivers. In
1868 he married Miss Anna Terry, a
society woman of Henderson, KY.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
Professor Samuel Calvin of State
University Died From Heart
Failure and is Greatly
Mourned.
IT STUDENTS LIKED HIM
For Thirty-scven Years He Had Been
Member of the Faculty and
Stood High as
a Scientist.

IOWA CITY, April 1s.-Comins a,
a personal blow to thousands of resi-
dents of Iowa city, students and
alumni OF the university, is the an
nouncement that Professor Samuel
Calvin is dead. Death was instantan-
eous, the result of heart failure.
Professor Calvin has been professor
OF geology in the State University of
Iowa for 81 years In 1904. the thir.
tieth anniversary o. his connection
with the school was celebrated. and
commencement time OF that We
brought great tribute of love and
esteem from old students. No man
ever connected with the university
ever held a warmer place in the
hearts of his students than Professor
Calvin He was both a teacher and
a friend to thousands who have pass.
ed in and out of the university since
1873. the year in which he assumed
MS position on the faculty
Professor Calvin at the time of his
death was probably the foremost geol.
ogist of America He was not man
who wrote extensively, but his knowl-
edge Of geological matters was une..-
celled, and model science is indebt-
ed TO MIN for much that ii knows con-
cerning the formative history OF the
American continent He made par
ticularly thorough study Of the geoI
ogy OF Iowa, in his capacity as state
BIOLOGIST The reports, compiled and
published by him. form body OF
scientific material which makes Iowa
the standard state of the union in
the study OF geological periods.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
muscatine Trouble is All Settled and
State Troops Have Been With
drawn From the
City.
Workers Are Also Given Privilege Of
Watching The Weighing and
Counting of the
Buttons.

MUSCATINE, April 1S.-The button
workers strike this afternoon was
won by the strikers, the manufa ,tur.
ers granting the workers the right to
organize and to see the weighing and
counting of the buttons.
Members of three Iowa national
guard companies, called here to pre-.
vent rioting in connection with the
strike of button workers left the city
last night, and at o'clock only Com.
pany c. the local national gard bat
TALON, was left to cope with any pos
sible uprisings.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
OverWorked.

"My husband" said Mrs. Jenner Lee
ondego, went on strike the other
day"
why. didn't know he worked at
any regular job said Mrs. Seldom
Holme.
"oh, yes; he winds the clock once a
week and always has done 1t on Mon
day morning, but last Monday ne
kicked. He says It's an eight-day
clock. and by George, fe's going to let
the blamed thing run eight days here
after without touching it. Saves MIN
six windings in year. You'd think
10 hear him rant about it, that he's the
frst man who ever found that out.
Come men are SO peculiar
No said Mrs. Seldom Holme:
.,bey,re all alike. Ny husband feeds
The chickens on the same plan.'