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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
Union Man Arrested.

DEs MONIES, July 20.-F j. Muir
ply, organizer of the International
Bridge Workers Union. was arrested
on q charge of melting riot. Murphy
is accused by the non-union workers
on the Seventh street viaduct with
being responsible for the trouble
that occurred there when number
Of the employees were severely in
jured in clash with union bridge
workers. Murphy was lodged in jail
to await arraignment on the charge.
The four other men arrested by the
police, said to have been implicated
in the riots and bloodshed, will be
arraigned in police court at the same
time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
SPREADING LIKE
CHICKEN P0X
Revolution In Hayti Progresses So
Rapidly That the Capital of the
Republic VIII Likely
Fall.
REBELS IN CONTROL
They Have Possession Of Northern
Side Of the Island and viii Soon
Have President ST.
mons Scalp.

WASHINGTON, July 20.-The rev.
olution in Hayti is spreading so rap
idly it is believed doubtful If the capt.
tai of the island republic will much
longer remain in possession of Presi-
dent Simon.
The political situation steadily is
growing worse, according to the COM
mander Of the United States gunboat
Petrol.
His report to the navy department
indicates that all the departments
north, except Cape Haytient and
Forte Liberte, is controlled by the
revoluntionists. These important
rebels defeated the government troops
July is, fourteen miles from Cape
Haitien
Because of the precarious situation
at Gonalves, the second important
city of the republic, where the revo-
! ed from Cape Haitien for that psace.
/ Realizing the Importance of having
4 some kind of naval vessel on the
north coast of Hayti to replace the
Petrol the navy department cabled
the commanding office of the Peoria
Station Boat at San Juan, Porto Rico
to proceed Immediately to Cape Haitien
where she will probably arrive today
The cruiser Des Moines, from Bos
ton, will sail direct to Prince
She probably will make the trip In
about FIVE days, but at the rapid de
velopment OF the revolution it is
doubtful whether she will find the
capital still in the possession of Presi
dent Simon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
FOUR MEN WERE
SKINNED ALIVE
Saved Their Friend Who Haa Over
400 Pieces Grated Onto His
Body.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, July 20
With more than 400 pieces of skin
on his body that originally belonged
to his friends, former Fireman George
Nelson left the hospital to enjoy him
self at his old home in Allegan.
A year ago, when Nelson was taken
from the Grand Trunk wreck at Dur
and the physicians said he could not
live. But despite untold agonies he
survived the first month. and then the
doctors put 1t up to his friends
George Miner, Ole Olson, Fred Floyd
all trainmen, and Fred Ross, a nurse
came forward and allowed 101 100
1875 and rs graftings of skin respec
lively.
Now after year in the hospital Mel
son Is able to leave and rest indefinite
" on the money given him by the
Grand Trunk as settlement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
Mexican Soldiers Ready to be Mus
tered Out Took Their Money and
Then Declined to Give
up Arms.
UNDER MARTIAL Law
Town Of Aqua Prieta Has Cannon in
the Street and No Americans
Are Allowed to En-.
ter City.

Ell PASO, Tex, July 20.-Agua Pri.
eta, In Sonora state, is under martial
law and no one has been allowed to
enter or leave the town since nine
o'clock yesterday morning
The secretary of Col. Cabral went
there to act as special paymaster to
the soldiers who are to be discharged.
The men received $40 Mexican each,
and then refused to give up their
arms.
Capt. Romero, the paymaster, in.
sisted on the surrender of arms. AT.
ter he finished paying the men, he
was arrested by order of Capt. Her
rera, commander of the garrison. j
l.. Lubbert customs inspector and
acting secretary to Romero, also were
/ jailed.
Cannon was rolled into the streets
and loaded, pointing to the south
guards We're spread along the bound
ary and refused to allow ingress OIL
per men, are held up at the poin
of rifles when an attempt is made tt
pass. Other Americans are held pris
oners. Every street Is closed ant
the only authentic news received il
/ by telephone.
No one in Douglas is allowed t,
1 cross the line. Several Douglas pee
| pie, unable to geS back to this side
are in Aqua Prieta. -
1t is ascertained that all custom
officers are under arrest. American
have been allowed to return to Dous
/ las, but none are allowed to go In
The insurrectos refused to surrende
/ their arms for the $40, because the
feared the federals will replace ther
in the garrison.
The same trouble is expected i
Juarez when an effort is made t
pay the rebel troops and take thei
guns.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
HINES STORY
rs DENIED
Senator Aldrich on the stand Says He
and Taft Never Had Any
Preference.

WASHINGTON. July 20.-Flat de-
Mai of the story by Edward Hines
that President Taft and Senator AID
rich sent word by him to the con
ficting factions OF the Illinois lesls
lature that VIM. Lorimer was their
choice Of the senatorship, was MADE
to the senate investigating commit
tee today by Aldrich himself. He DE
clared himself and the president were
only interested in the Illinois senator
ial situation to the extent that they
wished to see a republican re-eiee,eu
Aldrich said he expressed no prefer
ence for Lorimer and he denied Una
he ever authorized Hines TO s'a''
that Lorimer was the choice OF 'h'
president.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
Headquarters In Kansas City With
Agents in All of the Leading
Cities of the United
States.
COLLECT THE INSURANCE
Fire Losses of the Country are AppaI-
ing Even Without Consider
Ing the Gases Of
Arson.

CHICAGO, July 20.-That there
exists gigantic, countrywide arson
trust with headquarters in Kansas
City and representatives in nearly all
the leading cities, the members of
which make a business of setting fire
to buildings to enable the owners to
collect large sums of insurance was
the sensational charge made by State
Fire Marshal G. j. Boyle in an address
delivered before the Chicago Associa-
ton of Commerce
THE country is facing one of the
most gigantic, organized arson con-
spiracies the world has ever known,
said State Fire Marshal Doyle. The
state fire marshals Of Illinois have
united with the state fire marshals Of
Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio to
wipe out the band of fifteen men at
| the bottom of the arson conspiracy.
The head of the fire bug trust is in
Kansas City, from which city the OPP
erations of the entire gang Is directed.
"The tenacles of this octopus have
extended, as the daring of those be-
hind the plot has grown, into dozen
or more cities. They have been found
at work in Bloomington and Spring
field, Ill.,, Pittshurg, Pa, Cleveland
New York, Buffalo, St, Louis, Chica
go and other cities.
j. Two of the gang have been con
| victed and are now imprisoned in 9
southern city. The others will be be
hind the bars before long if we are
| successful in finding the clues we
now are working on The fire bug
i problem is one of the most important
which confronts the country. Even
without the cases of arson, the fire
losses of the country are appalling
The fire loss in this country amounts
to about $500 minute. In Chicago the
loss is $5,000,0o0 year while In Ber
lin the annual loss does not exceed
5000 900. We need to adopt the fir,
protection plans of European cities"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
Bride, Groom and Preacher, All Sew
eraI Miles Apart, Use the Tele-
phone In Completing
the Ceremony.
HOW ABOUT THE FEE?
Wedding Ring Was Telephone Bell
and Minister did Not Get to
Kiss the Blushing
Bride.

COIN, Iowa, July Marriage by
telephone with the officiating clergy
man in one place. the bridegroom in
another and the bride in still another
is the latest in unique weddings.
Such a marriage took place when
Rev. H. B. Minton, sitting in his Coin
study, married by telephone George
Prentice, who held the receiver at his
home in Northboro, and Miss Mary
Dewitt. who, surrounded by relatives
and friends. was sitting at phone in
the parlor of her home at Blanchard.
Coin Is five miles north of Blanch-
ard and Northboro is three miles
west of Blanchard
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
OREGON is
FOR MR.. TAFT
Republican League Sends Out CIR
cuIars Calling Him Greatest
President.

SALEM. ore, July 2o.-The Lincoln
Taft Republican league has inaugural
ed a movement looking to the spread
~ administration ideas regarding reel
procity and protection and to the re
nomination of Taft in 1912. The
league is plastering the state WITT
circulars calling for complete re
oreanization of the republican party
in Oregon. The circulars refer te
Taft as "the greatest president We
ever had
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
Thlrtv.seven Massacred.

LIVINGSTONE, Rhodesia, July 20.
German District Commissioner Won
Frankenberg, two white sergeants,
fourteen black police and twenty car
riers have been massacred by the
Okarango tribe of Buchuanaland, Ac-
cording to native reports, the scene
OF the massacre was on British terri
tory, the presence of the Germans be
ing explained by the fact that the
frontier is not clearly denned
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
schwah In Denial.

NEW YORK, July 20.-Charles NJ.
schwab president of the Bethlehem
Steel corporation, gave denial to the
general report that there was an ef-
fort made at the Brussels steel con-
ference to make an international
agreement to control steel prices. Mr..
Schwab, who attended the Brussels
conference, returned on the Olympic
from Europe. He said that iron and
steel conditions in European coun-
tries were excellent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
Hayward Not Candidate

DAVENPORT, Iowa, July 20.-Sec
retary of State w. G. Hayward will not
be candidate again for secretary OF
state, according to E.. D. Chassell, Of
lie Mars, who writes to The Democrat
that he had this assurance from Mr..
Hayward before he announced his own
candidacy
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
REFERRED IT
TO COMMITTEE
Five Senators vii Decide Whether
to Look Into Stephenson's
Record.

WASHINGTON July 2o.-The SEN
ate committee on privileges and cleo
tions today decided to submit to sub
committee of five the question OF
whether there should be an investi-
CATION by the senate of the election OF
Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wiscon-
sin. The demand for an investigation
was officially made of the senate re-
Gently by the Wisconsin Legislature.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
A.a+ Wave In Alaska.

VALDEZ, Alaska, July N nea'
wave struck Alaska, the tempera.uie
in the Valdez rising to so degrees,
The warm weather is melting the sia,
ciers and the streams fed by tnem al 9
unusually high. Gangs of men are
working to save the bridges leading
to the mines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
BURNED TO DEATH
IN BOARDING HOUSE
IN. Man Known to Have Lost HIS
Life and Another One
Is Missing.

nENIsoN, Iowa, July 2o.-Arthnr
u,,,t;ns Of London, was burned to
death and A. e. Johnson OF omaha,
Neb is missing and thought to De
dead as a result of fire wnicn ae-
s,royed the boarding house OF Mrs
S,,,en Dawes early this morning.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
GREAT BIG HAUL
BY ROBBERS
$4,000 Worth OF Diamonds Stolen
From Jewelry Store In
Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 2o.--With
one suspected robber under arrest the
police today are securing the city for
the remaining robbers who today en-
tered the jewelry store of B. ]. Franklin
held up the proprietor and escaped
with $4,000 in diamonds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
Three Bandits Hold up Northern Pa.
clio Train In North Dakota and
Make Their
Escape.
ENGINEER WAS HOT
Posse Is After the Men Who Got
Away After the Crime BY the
Use Of the Auto.
mobile.

BUFFALO, N. D., July 2o.-Fleeing
to the southeast are three bandits
who early this morning held up east
bound train No. 2 Of the Northern
Pacific railroad and shot Engineer
Sam Olsen and secured a large
amount Of booty from the sleeping
passengers in the Pullman cars. The
robbery occurred near Tower City. a
few miles from here. The exact
amount secured is not known, but is
thought to be about $1,000.
The robbers escaped in automo
tiles Fifty picked men under U. S.
Marshal James Shea and Sheriff Boyle
Of Cass county, are in pursuit
The express and mail cars were not
nolested. All officers within a radius
Of 100 miles have been notified The
engineer was not fatally injured.
Story OF the Robbery.
ST. PAUL, July 2O.-Mrs. James
scherer, who, with her two small chill
dren was passenger on the train,
told a graphic story of the hold-vp
while enroute to her home in Byron,
III.
81 was awakened when several
panic stricken passengers from a
rear sleeper rushed into our car she
said, and heard voice call out In
our coach be quiet or will shoot
Just then the conductor OF the train
ran past my berth and saw he had
two revolvers. / threw the curtain
back to look out. At that moment
saw the conductor shoot twice through
the glass door at the rear of the car
When the glass broke, | saw mask
ed man. He cried out as If he had
heen wounded, and think jumped
from the train.
The conductor also disappeared
and then the colored porter proceed
ing ahead Of another masked maj
who yelled lie down and keep still,
as he entered our coach, walked
through the car, going to the coacl
back OF us.
We lay quiet for few seconds
then two of the bandits, with tn
colored porter in front of them, tn
latter covered by a revolver, starte'
to go through the berths on bot
sides of our coach. was in the Ger
ter of the car and when the robber
had almost reached me, another masl
ed man jumped on the rear end Of tn
car and cried out: Clear Instan
ly the two bandits who were robbin
the passengers, rushed to the doc
and disappeared.
"a number of shots were fired ou
side OF the window near my berth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
ereat solentifio oIscovery.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. July 70,
stump in the midst of a dense fores'
probably will mark the center OF popu ~,
lation in the United States. proi.
E. Cogshall Of Indiana Uniyersi.'
who has been making observations \
an effort to locate the exact cehtel
declared he is reasonably certain ~
has located the exact spot.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
THE WEATHER.

(Until p. m. Friday)
For Keokuk and vicinity: General
ly fair tonight and Friday
For Illinois: Fair north; showers
south portion this afternoon or to-
night. Friday fair.
For Iowa: Generally fair tonight
and Friday.
For Missouri: Showers this after
noon or tonight. Friday fair.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
Only a Few Days.

PORT AU PRINCE, July 2O.-The
rebels today are closing in on Port
Au Prince, the capital of the black
republic. Its surrender is thought to
be but matter of few days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
Local Observations.

July Bar.Ther Wind. Weather.
10 I pm. -. 20 95 rs sw Cldy
20 Z am ... 80 90 6S NE Clear
Rainfall for past "a hours, hun
dredths
River above low water of 1864 5
tenths.
Change in "a hours rise tenth.
Mean temperature, July l9, 73.
Highest temperature, 70.
Lowest temperature, 81.
Lowest temperature last night, Go
FRED 2. GOSEWISCH,
Observer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-20
Daily River bulletin.
River Forecast.

The river will fall slowly during the
next 48 hours.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-03
Below are given a few of the repre-
sentative cattle sales for today:
Suckers and Feeders.

chicago, July 5.--i'arsalh days IN
feeder ana STOCK steer lraue nave
passed temporarily at least IN" c"uh :
try needed only few good rams 70
revive huI'nS interest. Rams nave
been mad IN the past week ana now
the market IL oVeTrun with pUEeTs'
everything 1T 10 take BACK 10 lhe
country mas had the most urgent dt-
nand SHOWN TINS season. ana IN tNe
past rev Gays prices nave jumped .
levels 23m3o cents higher than We're
SHOWN asst Monday, When sales We're
on hcdrock basis. Market closed
largely 27W4o cents higher than a
week ago, medium to good stockers
showing most advance. altho feeaeFs
ar" az least 23M3 30 cents higher. Inc
country mas Fought shy or heaNN stun
packers getting most or these KINDS
and th"r" was not much business
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-03

no longer be dictated to or ridden over
by one man or coterie Of men. To be
sure. he Is not the titular leader Of the
senate but 1t inevitably happens that
the man who heads finance must as
sumo something Of a leadership at
least at a time like this, when revenue
legislation is being considered.
Senator Penrose's policy is not to
antaeonize any element Of the republic
can senators if he can avoid it. He
realizes that the republican party is in
danger from the democrats and If the
republican party is not to be swept
away there must be more harmony
than there has been for some time
past Hence he is inclined to placate
rather than to stir up strife. He Is
trying to hold back the old guard
leaders on the one hand who want to
continue the old methods OF Aldrich
and he is trying to smooth over the
ruffle them.
Strange Role For Boss.
This is a strange role for senator
who 1t was generally supposed back in
the days of the Aldrich regime was 60
ing about looking for those republicans
who were Of the progressive order
with a club.
The other day, friend Of Senator
Penrose dropped into his office and
nearly passed away when. making
some allusion to Senator La Toilette,
the Pennsylvania senator spoke IN
complimentary fashion Of the fighting
Wisconsin senator 1t is not so long
ago that Senator Penrose saw fit one
afternoon in the senate to hurl harsh
invcctive at Senator La Toilette.
That Senator Penrose should come
out for the reciprocity bill and go fur
Their than that and say the time has
come when the republican party must
set about tariff revision. are conces-
sions to public sentiment that have
caused a lot of talk about the senate.
OF course, it doesn't mean that Pen
rose is ready to break away and be-
come an insurgent. But 1t does mean
that the Pennsylvania boss has come
to the conclusion that the leaders Of
the old guard in the senate must pur-
sue little broader policy than in the
past.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-03
CHAIRMAN OF BIGGEST COMMIT.
TEE OF SENATE SHOWS
NEW TRAITS.
UNDERGOES TRANSFORMATiO
WITHIN PAST FEW WEEKS
Using Peace Measures Instead of Club
to Secure Progressive Co. cooperation
Less Czar-Iike Than AIdrich-Specu-
iation Divided os to Results to Be
Accom- pIished.
Especial Correspondence

! Washington, July 3.-It is a new
Penrose that is now chairman Of the
finance committee. the biggest COM
mittee in the senate, and is just now
burdened with the large responsibility
Of steering the reciprocity craft thru
the shoal waters and landing it at the
White House without having any dam
age done to it.
True, the leopard does not change
his spots in day and it could not be
expected that the Hon Boies Penrose.
boss Of the republican machine OF
Pennsylvania, would undergo COM
plcte transformation in few weeks
Still. he is showing some qualities or
leadership as head of the finance COM
mittee that many of his colleagues
never gave him credit for possessing.
The other day, when Sera tor Bailey
came near to executing Il plan to have
the free list bill and the wool bill vot-
cd on before reciprocity and when
Senator PelTose was about to give his
consent to il, there was some DISPOSE
ton to make light of the Pennsylvania
senator and say the senate needed
Nelson Wilmarth .Aldrich back in lis
midst But there are two sides to the
question ana II is not certain tlidl II
the plan had gone thru the session
would have ended quite as cXpeditious-
~ as it will end and probably reciproc-
ity would have been just as safe from
amendment as it now is Anyhow.
even Jupiter mods at times and Il Sen
ator Pcnrose nodded then. as to which
there is some dispute, that fact doesn't
necessarily mean he is not going 20
develop into a factor In the senate.
Less Czariike Than AIdrich.
Few political bosses have been
more roundly lamhaGted than Senator
Penrose. But as matter Of fact his
policy as head of the finance commit
tee is much less cZarlille than was the
policy of Senator Aldrch. Senator
Aldrich went down and out os the sem
ate not perceiving that the old fashion
of bludgeoning the senate into doing
things had passed by. never 70 return.
Senator Penrose is a Younger man. He
is perfectly aware that the senate can
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-03

have arranged to meet at Sheridan
Center tomorrow and enjoy a regular
old-fashioned picnic Fourth of July.
Everybody from anywhere is invited to
come and bring along his basket Of
provisions and have a really good time.
Prof. j. d. Stoops, Of the college,
has gone to Mountain Lake Park in
Maryland to teach in summer school
for the next six weeks.
DR.. and Mrs. March Green have their
daughter Bessie with them for a visit
of couple Of weeks after her absence
during the past year in attendance at Il
training school for nurses at Council
Bluffs.
Miss Carrie IIillman Of his city, who
taught at Anamosa last year, is hav-
ing the pleasure Of a visit from Miss
Mary Paulus Of Iowa City, who was
fellow teacher in AnamOsa.
Miss Bertha Philpott, who has just
completed a course in the Art Insti-
tute Of Chicago. has returned to her
homo in this city in i'll health and will
remain here for a summer Of rest