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Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-19
Where courtTna Is panoerous.

"HSic N0AfhtN9 te GahSCFONe.
 Four young men have been shot at vex Cvalsisl by an irate father to whose daughter they had come to pay court says the London Express. They were refused admission to the house. and when they tried to force their way in the father took down his gun end fired. Two of them were slight y wounded and the other two serious ly. The father was arrested.
 The encounter and-its almost tragic ending were due to ancient custom which prevails in the villages of the canton of Valais and in the Alpine hsmlets of the German cantons. After 8 girl has reached the age of eighteen her parents are not surprised to re- ceive the visit of several young men after inc days work to ask 10 see their daughter and pass a pleasant evening in the family circle The visit Is looked on as a compliment. and as the young men bring with them wines and food they are gen. erally welcomed by the parents. The custom, which is known as VeiIlee. results in introductions and often in marriages.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-19
-- ..-A-
one Man compIies oietionar,

The giving of civil list pension of about S250 a year to Even MacDon- aid. Of Herne Bay. a Kentish coast resort Of England. has drawn atten- ton to the fact that this man has se- cured this official recognition for his work in compiling and printing a Gae- lie dictionary. It Is one-man die tionary. Mir Macdonald has not only personally compiled and verified ey- cry word himself, noting local ysria- tions. but has drawn practically ev. cry illustration, set the type. cast and made his own plates. printed. trimmed and bound the pages. apS mailed the parts, as they were produced. to the subscribers. Fourteen years have al ready been spent in the work. and if all goes well. the "Facisir Ghaidling' will be completed by the end of this year. It will contain more than l.. o00.000 wcrds--Popnlar Magazine.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-19
Hatched Out Thrushes' esas.

An interesting experiment with thrushes eggs in an incubator mas been carried out lately at Norfolk. England The little grandson Of a farmer who owns an incubator. plead. ed with the farmer to put the three little eggs ih the incubator. To please the child he did SO. though ne did not think the experiment would be successful. as he was running the Incubator a, beat of Io2 degrees. But the eggs hatcbed. and they were then placed fin a blaesbirds nest which contained four eggs. The fos. ter pareuts cared for the nttle strangers. aud now both the young thrushes and the blackbirds nave hown
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-19
Tae Old Corn Broom.
marriages

Brooms are going out" too-the old haudPower kind made Of broom corn. says a writer in Success Nigga zine. Our best families have taken to vacuum cleaners; office buildings go in for soft, brushy brooms made of, bristles. The sale of the old. fashioned brooms is on the decline The farmers Of the broomcorn eoun- try in Illinois swear they will raise no more of their product until the manufacturers assure them better prices than they have received in re- cent years. and the broom-ma,sers can't do that because they are already administering oxygen to their perish. ing business. Even an infant indus try requires less coddling than one which has passed its prime.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-19
Some clln,a,e.

"Oh. yes. We have a wonderful cIi- mate" said the man from southern Texas. Why. only last season we raised a pumpkin so large that. after suwing it in two. my wife used the halves as cradles in which to rock the babies" Yes" replied the man from New York; but in my state it's a commca thing to find three full grown policemen asleep on one beat" -Lippineott's Magazine.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-19
IT IS EASIER TO
 SAVE THE HAIR
You Aave Than to e-ou New.

You rsNe Than to Grow New. The tendency to put off until to- morTow what We should do today ac-- counts for most Of the bald heads We see in inc front TOW
 NeWbre's HerDicidc stops Falling hair and prevents badness. The dan trun germ is destroyed by it's use and d condition Of health maintained tn the hair and scalp
 Nearly everyone has hair troubles of some descTibtion which Hcruicide will always correcL Don't wait uu- til it Is too late
 It is conceded Co be the standard hair remedy and is recommended aud aiN)lied by an ihe best hair dressers and barbers One dollar size bottles sold by aI, druggists under al absolute gUarau- tee Send l0o in postage for sample and book about the hair 10 The Herpicide ompany, Dept, R., Detroit, Mich.
 l51
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-19

""ssfn"s ispie Cloth by Fire.
 Charlemagne IS said to have had a table cloth made ot asbestos and used to clean t hy throwing it into the fire to consume the dirt. thus illustrat. inS In spectacular manner one of the most important properties of this min. oral
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-19
ONE MANS OPPORTUNITY
fWashington Star,

Washington Starr Expert tacticlans cannot fail to.. re- gard the present situation as call- ing for some fine attorney general ship.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-19
The Easiest Way.

Learn 10 labor and to wait, says the psalmist. but most people merely learn to wait.-Chicago "Record-Her- ald
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-19
Please Read These Two Letters.
HERE Is HER OWN sTATEMENT.

\ Paw Paw, Mich. 1.-TWO years ago suffered very severely with displacement-I could not be on my feet for a long time. BIy physician treated me for several months without much re- lief, and at last sent me to Ann Arbor for Op- eratiOn. | was there four weeks and came home suffering worse than before. My mother aG- vised me to try Lydia E. Piniziam's Vegetable Compound. and did. To-day anu well and strong and do all my own housewOrk. ! owe my health to Lydia F. Pink hams Vegetable Com pound and advise every woman who is afflicted with any female complaint to try il" Mrs. OrVilie Rock, R. R. No. ,, Paw Paw Mich.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-19

I'm mighty sorry that pretty little brown-eyed nurse has got married. " said the visiting surgeon.
 "You didn't happen to be in love with her yourself. did yoL. dcctor?'' asked the lief interns.
 No, but she had ay of prolong- Ing case. without lingering the life of the patient. tLs was very grat. flying and helpful"
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-19
MILLINERY.

Don't fail to see the new arrivals at the Bon Ton this week Higgins stop, Tombstone Canyon. fl
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-19

Rockport -" There of ills than mine and cannot begin to tell you what suffered able to anyting in bed for month and the doctor said nothing but would father Lydia F.. PiDkams Vegetable Compound so to please him took it. and improved wonder fully able to travel ride horseback take rides and never feel i'll effects from it. only ask other suffering Lydia E Pnkhams Vegetable Compound trial before submitting to an operton Mrs. Margaret Meredith k. F. ID. No. 5, ROckport, Ind
 We will pay handsome person who will prove that these letters not genuine and truuor that either of these paid their testimonials that the letters published without their permission, that the original letter from each did not entirely unsolicited
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-19

For 30 years Lydie T.. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been tine standard remedy for female ills. No sick woman does justice fO herself who will not try this famous medicine. Made exclusively from roots and herbs, and has thousands of cures to it's credit
 EnEzszs Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women E&S to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health free of charge.
 Address Mrs, PinlxhaLn, E4ynn, H1asss
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-19

" There never was a worse. case.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-04
PACKERS ASK
FOR MORE TIME
Filed Motion for Stay In Their Case
Which Was Scheduled for
Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, Dec 4-The ten
millionaire packers now under indict-
ment in Chicago today filed with the
supreme court of the United States a
motion for stay in their case which
is scheduled to come up Wednesday
in Chicago. None of the members OF
the supreme court would discuss it.
Solicitor General Lehman announc-
ed objections on the part of the gov
ernment Chief Justice White gave
no intimation as to when the court
would give decision but it is possi-
BILE that it will be handed down within
two weeks.
The supreme court today declared
Illegal the so-called Stacey group of
coal land claims in Alaska valued at
ten millions. Charles r. Munday and
Archibald Shields obtained the claim
through dummies" the government
charges
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-04
ELKS WILL MEET
IN PORTLAND
Commission Form Of Government &c
be Used During the Days Of
the Reunion.

PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. "A COM
mission form Of government, similar
in many respects to that now in use
by many OF the leading cities of the
country. has been adopted by the Elks
of Portland for handling the business
Of the grand lodge convention to be
held in this city next July.
There are ten commissioners whose
work is divided under the following
heads: General arrangements, recep-
ton, grand lodge. decorations, finance,
entertainment, narades and music,
hotels, publicity, treasurer. x. X.
kuhli, Exalted Ruler of the lodge, oc-
cupies the position of chairman, cor
responding to the Office Of Mayor
Harry G. McAllister, former state fish
and game commissioner of Oregon,
has been elected secretary of the com.
mission and is general manager Of the
convention.
The plan is proving very success
full. In view of the fact that the city
of Portland is now engaged in cam.
paign for the adoption of the com.
mission plan in the government of its
municipal affairs, the progress of the
Elks is being watched with special in.
terest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-04
LIttIeton Impeaohment.

Promptly at noon today the senate
and house were called to order. Twen-
ty minutes later the senate adjourned
to meet on Tuesday after having first
seen Senators Gardner OF Maine and
Hoke Smith of Georgia take their
oath of office.
Gardner succeeds Frye, Smith sue
ceeds Terrell. who filed out the un-
expired term of the late Senator Clay.
A protest and motion for the i'm
parchment of Representative Martin
W. Littleton was filed with Speaker
Champ Clark of the house shortly af-
ter the house met. 1t had been
drawn UP by Secretary Martin OF the
Antitrust League and charged Little
ton with being an active ally OF the
trust, asserting that he had no right
to sit in the house on account Of his
alleged interest in several of the
trusts.
The house adjourned at 235.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-04
TO START
FIRE WITH OIL
Mother ls Dead and Two Children
Dying As Result Of the
Explosion.

NEW ALBANY, Ind, Dec. Mrs.
Edward Case died, her daughter, Mrs.
Nora Lynch and her son, Raymon
Case, aged 10, are said to be dying,
and a second son John Case aged II,
is severely burned as a result Of an
attempt to start fire with coal oil
at their home four miles north of here.
The oil can exploded while Mrs.
Case held 1t in her hands. In an in
slant she was wrapped in flames. The
children rushed to her aid, as did the
others who were injured.
Will Tracy, a railroad watchman,
stationed near the house, was attract
ed by screams. He smothered the
flames, which threatened to destroy
the house.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-04
An APPEAL TO
UNCLE SAM
Perslans March to American Lesatlc
and Urge our Minister to sv. =
port Them In Their =
Trouble.
Carry Banners With the inscription,
Death or independence" and
Make Demonstra-
tlon.

TEHERAN, Gec. 4.--Ten thousand
Persians. carrying banners with the
Inscription, Death or independence" !"
marched to the American legation and
appealed to the minister to urge the
government to support the American
principle of fair play and love of jus,
tice.
The English community is aroused
against Sir Edward Grey, the British
foreign secretary and thinks Shuster,
the treasurer general of Persia, out
played him by reyoking the appoint
ments of Englishmen to which Sir Ed
ward objected
The British correspondents are max
in in their dispatches they
believe the British foreign minister is
running the prestige Of his own coun-
trymen which might be regarded as
"laughable'' if it was not tragic.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-04
An Important Session.

Confronted with the weightiest
questions of public policy, the demo-
cratic house.of representatives met to
prepare itself for what promises to
be one of the most important ses-
sions of congress in the last half
century
With a prospective candidate for
the presidency, Champ Clark, at the
speakers desk, the house came to
order at noon, the floor filed with a
fair attendance of both democrat and
republican members. The right side
of the center aisle, where the demo-
Gratis sit was well filled, and the re-
publican side of the house was be-
sprinkled with members of the min
ority.
The whole house settled down to
business, despite the evident formal
ity of the occasion, with seemingly
deep regard for the sessions pros
poets. With the tariff legislation and
the antitrust law widely agitated, a
strenuous session for the lower body
of the national legislature is assured.
Minority Leader Jim Mann, of
Illinois, took his place at the left of
the dividing center aisle without
ostentation but with serious air that
betokened trouble for the majority.
Mann carried his usual bundle of
documents, bills and reports, and he
indicated his usual attitude, a feeling
of disdain for the democratic side.
Crowded galleries greeted Champ
Clark with round Of applause as he
assembled the rostrum to call the first
meeting Of the session to order He
bowed to the right and left, nodding
pleasantly to his friends on the floor
as he pounded the marble desk with
his gavel. A hush fell over the cham
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-04
BOAT BOILERS
KILLED FIVE
Blew up and Sent the Vessel to the
Bottom Of the Ohio
River.

PITTSBURG. Pa, Dec. Capt. e.
A. Swaney and four members of the
crew of the tow boat Diamond were
killed in the explosion of the boats
boilers while she was lying in the
Ohio river off Avalon, six Miles south.
Five others were injured. two fatally.
The boat, remodeled but few
months ago, lies at the bottom of the
Ohio, with the wheel and part of the
after deck exposed. The cause of the
explosion has not been learned. Pieces
Of machinery were hurled over into
the houses of Avalon, tearing away
chimneys and landing in the streets,
while the roof of the Pennsylvania
railroad station was wrecked. Hun
dreds of windows were broken.
The killed:
CAPT. e. A. SWANEY, aged AZ.
RALPH HAGAN, watchman, 40.
THOMAS MERCHOM, fireman, As.
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM, fireman,
45.
| JAMES FRIEL, deck hand, aged S5.
Only the body of Friel was found. it
having been thrown onto neighbor-
ing coal barge. The other bodies are
thought to have been carried down the
river by the current.
OF the injured Charles G. Hays, pilot,
aged 45, and Benjamin G. williams are
in hospital, where it is expected
they will die.
Stella Marshall, cook, aged SO;
Margaret Krealing, aged IS, chamber
maid, and Margaret Gretzko, dish
washer, are suffering from cuts and
bruises. They were taken home and
will recover.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-04
Gon1pers Knew of Guilt Of
McNanaras All the Time

Bordwell and District Attorney Fred
ericks have poured in from union
leaders in all parts of the country de-
manding that the maximum penalty
permitted by law be imposed upon
the Mcnamara brothers.
Judge Bordwell's kilograms have
been turned over to his secretary un-
opened. and when read by the latter
have been burned. Fredericks has
read some Of his and burned them.
The contents OF them have not been
divulged, and the names Of the send
ers have been withheld. None will
be answered, and no attention will be
paid to any of them. The simple fact
that the kilograms were as stated has
been given out.
Prominent business men explained
their attitude in joining in the effort
to bring the Mcnamara cases to an
end and thereby stop the bitter feel
ing of hate that has been growing be
tween capital and labor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-04
400 HORSES
FULL OF SMOKE
4. .ress Company Building Burned
and Horses Were suffocated in
Their Stalls This
Morning.
TEN THOUSAND IN LINE MILLION DOLLAR LOSS
Over One Thousand Men and Women
Employed In the Main Building
Of the United States
Express Co.

JERSEY CITY, N. j., Dec. 4.--Four
hundred horses we're suffocated in a
fire which early today destroyed the
United States Express Co.'s main
building All the records of the COM
pany since it's organization were in
the building and are believed to have
been lost. They were valued at ST.
100000.
At a. M, the fire was under con-
troll About 1920 men and women were
employed in the building or on the
wagons used by the company.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-04
At High Noon Today In Washington
With Speaker Clark and Vice
President Sherman In
Charge.
GALLERIES CROWDED
Washington Makes Gala Day Of che
Event and Has Fashion Show
Of It's Own AS slde
Issue.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-With the
thump of an ivory handled gavel in
the good right hand of Speaker Champ
Clark and the polite tapping of his
desk by vice President Sherman, the
first session of the 62nd congress
opened for business at precisely IL
o'clock today.
Galleries were, as usual, filed to the
limit with spectators. Feminine rela-
tives of the members and lights OF
society made resplendent display of
the latest in winter fashions, gay
gowns provided especially for this oc-
casion and for society functions to
follow. About S5 per cent of the men,
bers observed the custom of states
mea by wearing brand-new suits.
For Washington it was the annual
gala day, second only to inauguration
day. and the townspeople awakened
from the lethergy OF vacation time.
Hotels and rooming houses have been
for weeks in disorded state from
the activities of plumbers, paper
hangers, painters and scrubwomen.
The approaching arrival of nearly 800
statesmen, an army Of employees and
| the crowd of smooth-looking gentle
mon in constant attendance through
out sessions OF congress, behooved
the commercial hosts to make allur-
ing the quarters for prospective
I guests.
! On the floors Of tbs senate and
house, members were busy shaking
hands with one another and felicitat-
ing their friends and other survivors
of the torrid special session of last
summer. In striking contrast to the
reunion of a year ago there was an
absence of gloom. Then. it was, that
about 125 members OF the senate and
house came from the November bat
ties, wherein they were shot from
their perches in the halls of fame. To
/ day they were in aerial spirits, beam
I ing and cheerful. Later scores o
them will prance through the statel,
1 halls of the capitol with wrinklet
brows and nerves on edge as they lool
1 forward to the elections of next year
Records made during the session viii
boost or blast the ambitions of all thu
members of the house and of thirty
one senators who Will be returned OF
dropped ont by the sovereign citizer
when he goes to the polls next Nc
vember
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-04

POLICE ARE NO GOOD
Twenty Grimes Every Day While the
Chief Sits compiaeently and Tells
the Public to Keep
Calm.


the mercy of the criminal element
Murders, robberies, crimes against
women, burglaries and hold-ups are SO
common no effort Is made to keep &C.
count of them.
Within the last ten days there
have been moro than 200 serious
crimes Of record, including several
murders, but there have been few ar
rests.
The police are Indifferent or incom-
petent, or both. Chief McWeeny sits
complacently and tells the public not
to believe all the sensational stories
afloat.
Occasionally the police arrest citi
zen for arming himself. One OF the
municipal judges gave citizen fear
full excoriation for having weapon in
his house with which to protect his
family
Card games among friends are raid
ed, but police activity ceases with
these small efforts, while the murder
ers and robbers are absolutely undis-
turbed. 1t is admitted that only a
portion of the crimes are reported.
They are suppressed because they
would reflect upon the police depart
ment and "hurt business"
Following is list of some of the
recent murders committed by robbers
in Chicago:
September Frank Kirshenstein,
shot and killed in his saloon by three
masked men.
/! September 3-Alfred Cyplil, shot
and killed by bandit.
September 12--Emmett McChesney
shot and killed by hold-up man.
September 14-Jesse l.. Ray, shot
and killed by robbers in front Of his
home.
| September 17-Unidentified man
55 years old, body found floating in
lake, hands and legs bound and pock
cts empty.
October 4--George Bryant, shot and
killed near his home by one of three
hold-up men.
October 6-John Hogan, shot and
killed by bandit near his home; body
thrown into clump of weeds.
October 22-Fred Gulzow, Jr., a
/ gardener, living near Miles Center;
/ beaten to death by six young men after
being robbed. Was on his way tc
/ Chicago with load of farm truck.
/ November 1-Guiseppe Anglosi, shot
and killed in front of his home BY
masked robbers.
4 November 20-John Cullinan, killed
by William Barton, a tayicub driver
whom he had attempted to hold up.
November 22--Pasquale Damico
shot and killed near his home.
December Mrs. Josephine Kauf
man shot and killed by one of three
men who intercepted her and Mr.
Kaufman in front of their home.
December 2--John Kubowiski, sho
and killed by one of three men
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-04
SHOT WHILE
BUTCHERING HOGS
Crawford, Mo-, Young Man Accident
ly Hit by Gun in Hands Of
Companion, Today.
I special to The Gate City.l

CRAWFORD, Mo, Dec. 4,--Leslie
Kight, age 30, was seriously shot in
the stomach and bowels here this
morning at 8 O'Clock by a friend. Cor
man by name. The shooting was ac-
cidental The two young men were
butchering hogs when the shot gun
was accidently discharged The shot
entered the bowels and coursed up
ward through the stomach. kight is
in a serious condition. His father is
one OF the merchants of Crawford.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-04
ROCKEFELLER HAS
MADE RESIGNATION
He Is No Longer the Head Of the New
Jersey Standard OIL
Company.

NEW YORK. Dec. AT special
meeting of the Standard Oil Co., of
New Jersey, held today, John D. Rock
efeller resigned both as president and
director. A number of other resigna-
tions, including those of Vim. Rookie
feller and former Judge VIM. Archibald
we're also received. It was stated that
these designations had all been expect
ed and did not come as surprise.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-04
GOO Glass Eyca.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 4.--George
P. Locke, special agent OF the United
States customs service, made seiz-
ure OF 600 glass artificial eyes from a
local optician. The eyes are valued at
$4,000 and are said to be a part of a
consignment of $4,000. valued at s105-
coo, alleged to have been smuggled
into this country from Germany last
summer by Hoboken, N. j., man.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-04
oklahoma Mob Hangs Negro.

MANFORD, Okla, Dec. 4.-Twenty-
FIVE masked men took Bud Walker,
a negro, from the custody of d. H..
Pouler, deputy sheriff, and hanged
him to the crossbar Of telephone
pole. More than a hundred bullets
wefe fired into his body He had kill.
ed white man.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-04
THE WEATHER.
Weather Forecast.

For Keokuk and vicinity-Fair to-
night and probably Tuesday. Warm
er Tuesday.
For Illinois Generally fair tonight
and Tuesday. Rising temperature.
For Iowa and Missouri Fair to-
night and probably Tuesday. Warmer
tonight and in the east portion Tues
day.