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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-18
Fear Crime on Oct. 20.

Sunday night, Oct. 80, especially will
be watch night, as the regular chain
of the maniac's killing would lead
him to commit on that night another
of his dark deeds.
The Burnham and Wayne families
slain In Colorado Springs were not
known to have any enemies, nor have
the police been able to form any sort
of reasonable theory for the commis-
sion of the crime.
The same conditions exist in Nom
L 7uth, where the police and privats
detectives, after more than two weeks
investigation, admit their failure to
find trace Of the guilty person.
Now the scene has shifted to tho
town of Ellsworth The state of Kan
sas has had no such mystery since
the days when the Bender gang lured
it's victims to their roadside home,
crushed their skulls and hid their
bodies. The work Of the murderer
was so brutal that 1t was difficult to
recognize the members OF the Show.
man family.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-18
No Sign Of Struggle.


The house In which the murder was
committed is a two-room frame struc-
ture, and the family were asleep In
one room. There was no evidence Of
struggle. Tie bodies, except those
of the baby and Mrs Snowman, lay
In the beds covered, as though in
peaceful sleep.
An axe was found behind a door 1t
had recently been washed off with wa.
ter, but blood stain was discovered
on the handle An unlighted lamp was
found on the footBcard of the bed in
which Snowman and his wife slept.
A cloak belonging to Mrs Snowman
had been placed over the telephone to
muffle it,
Bloodhounds were Immediately put
on the track, but lost the track after
short distance Not a clew except
suspicion that relative of Mrs.
Snowman may have satisfied a long.
time thirst for revenge, has been OBJ
/ tanned
1t Is thought the maniac is govern
ed by an uncomfortable desire, sug.
gested fortnightly, to kill His es'
cape in each instance may be due to
the fact that following the murders
his rational self may return.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-18
ROBINSON IS
HAVING TROUBLE.
First Day Of River Flight Ends with
His Hydroplane Being
Towed In by
Launch.
STRUCK SUBMERGED DAM
Found Air Currents Over the Surface
OF the Mississippi to
Be Like WhlrI-
pools.
STRUCK SUBMERGED DAM

WINONA, MINI. Oct 1s.-Aviator
Hugh Robinson, on his first lap of the
nneapolis-to-the-gul flight was ov-
ertake by mishap while landing
for gasoline at Whitman, thirteen
miles north of Winona at 10:40 Tues
day morning, after remarkable
flight against terrific odds, and the
disabled machine and airman, after
vain efforts to make repairs. we're
towed into Winona by launches, ar
irving at 3:45.
They spent last night and por-
tion of today in Winona while the
airship is being made ready to re-
sumo the flight No effort will be
made to resume the flight in the
morning, the aviator declared imme
diately after landing.
1t will be necessary to put in q
new engine and repair punctured
air chamber in the boat portion OF
the craft. At Whitman, where he was
flying, he ran out of gasoline and was
compelled to land, In doing so he
glided on the surface of the water
and ran over hidden wing dam, rip
ping the covering of the air chamber
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-01-24
GENERAL DITCH FUND.

Received ditch liens s2252O13
County ditch No interest advanced 1874
Becvar ......!......
County ditch No Judgment Of + H06%fn ditch lien 5s
o ouny deh No from Si Moeer ON dte en $
County ditch
ditch Mrs j. Carmichael on ditch lien $40
County ditch No Is judgment Of David Alexander 1926
County ditch No. IS. outlet to Judicial ditch No of
ditch No i Of Brown andR Larson
ditch No Brow -0s'
Judicial ditch No e Of Tau i'U
judicial ditch ditch No of Redwood 4lo
ditch No / of andB W. Wv
ditch No J. Of :.
Judicial ditch No of Redwood sorenE Han ~
No Q and c.
Judici ditch No ] of and G.
No of and .'''
ditch lien ................... .......:.
ditch lien
bonds
3udiea ditch No R from Sears ON dh lien
Judicial ditch Of Redwood Peter Nelson
ditch No. Of Lyon
Judicial diteh No Of Lyon yellow Medicine Redwood
VIM Rosenfeld ditch 38. 90
s ditch Ne Redwood interest ON advanced S
Judicial ditch No Redwood forfeited check bid for
Judicial ditch No. Yellow Medicine
judicial OF Redwood ''i'f
Judicial ditch No of Brown and Redwood from county ~
ditch No is outlet which has been paid $50 90
County Ditch No IS to judicial ditch No of Brown
Balance hand list, 1910 152O413
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16
CHAPTER V.-continued.

Back in Dawson, though he remained
true to his word and never touched
hand to pick and shovel, he worked as
hard as ever in his life. He had
thousand irons in the fire, and they
kept him busy. Heavy as were his
expenses, he won more heavily He
took lays, bought half shares, shared
with the men he grub-staked, and made
personal locations Day and night his
dogs were ready, and he owned the
fastest teams; so that when STAN
pede to a new discovery was on, it was
Burning Daylight to the fore through
the longest, coolest nights till ne
blazed his stakes next to Discovery.
In one way or another Ito say nothing
OF the many worthless creeks) he
came into possession of properties on
the good creeks, such as Sulphur, Do
minion, Excelsis, Siwash, Cristo. Al
hambra, and-Doolittle. The thousands
he poured out flowed back in tens of
thousands.
Dawson grew rapidly that winter of
1896 Money poured in on Daylight
from the sale of town lots. He prompt:
ly invested it where it would gather
more. In fact, he played the danger
Gus game of pyramiding. and no more
perilous pyramiding than in a placer
camp could be imagined. But he
played with his eyes wide open.
Corner lots in desirable locations
sold that winter for from ten to thirty
thousand dollars. Daylight sent word
out over the trails and passes for the
newcomers to bring down log-rafts,
and, as a result, the summer of 1897
saw his saw mills working day and
night, on three shifts,~and still he had
logs left over with which to build
cabins. These cabins, land included,
sold at from one to several thousand
dollars. Two-story log buildings, in
the business part of town. brought him
from forty to fifty thousand dollars
! apiece. These fresh accretions of cap
| ital were Immediately invested in 9TH
er ventures. He turned gold over and
over, until everything that he touched
seemed to turn to gold.
With the summer rush from the Out
side came special correspondents for
the big newspapers and magazines.
and one and all, using unlimited space,
they wrote Daylight up; so that. SO far
as the world was concerned, Daylight
doomed the largest figure in Alaska. OF
course, after several months, the
world became interested in the Span
ish War, and forgot all about him; but
In the Klondike itself Daylight still re-
manned the most prominent figure.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

mantle of snow could not hide. Be
meath him, in every direction, were
the cabins of men, But not many
men were visible. A blanket of smoke
filed the valleys and turned the gray
day to melancholy twilight Smoke
arose from a thousand holes in the
snow. where, deep down on bedrock.
in the frozen muck and gravel. men
crept and scratched and dug, and ever
built more fires to break the grip of
the frost.
Organization was what was needed.
he decided; and his quick imagination
sketched Eldorado Creek, from mouth
to source. and from mountain top to
mountain top, in the hands of one ca
pable management Even steam-thaw-
ing, as yet untried. but bound to come,
he saw would be a makeshift. What
should be done was to hydraulic the
valley sides and benches, and then, on
the creek bottom, to use gold-dredges.
There was the very chance for another
big killing. He had wondered just
what was precisely the reason for the
Guggenhammers and the big English
concerns sending In their high-salaried
experts. That was their scheme. That
was why they had approached him for
the sale of worked-out claims and tail
ings. They were content to let the
small mine-owners gopher out what
they could for there would be mil
lions in the leavings.
And, gazing down on the smoky In
ferno of crude effort, Daylight outlined
the new game he would play, game
in which the Guggenhammers and the
rest would have to reckon with him.
But along with the delight in the new
conception came WEAKNESS. He was
tired of the long Arctic years, and he
was curious about the Outside-the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16
AS 1T SOMETIMES HAPPENS.

The man at the corner of the down
town alley was selling some kind OF
cement
1t was worth 25 cents a bottle, as
he explained to his hearers. but in or
der to introduce it he was making a
special price of one dime. good for this
particular occasion only, and he guar
anteed satisfaction or money re-
funded.
'Will 1t mend broken china?" In
quired a lean. understood man in the
crowd
TT will mend anything but broken
promise or a ruined character Say.
my friend, here's couple of sticks OF
wood. fastened together at the ends
Ii you break them apart I'll make you
a present of a bottle"
Carelessly the understood man took
the Joined sticks In his hands
Then he gave them a sudden. vio-
lent wreDp-
Blu they didn't break apart
II is saddening TO have. to spoil q
story in his manner but sometimes.
in the interests of historical accuracy.
II has to be done
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16
sIeuth-Guarded Jewels.

Pity the poor duchess of Marlbor
ough, who has been driven to insomnia
through worry over her jewels. She
has hired six former Scotland Yard de-
tectives to camp at Sunderland house,
Mayfair, three by day and three by
night, and guard her gems. The out
lay for this is something more than
$4,000 annually. She has spent many
thousands in equipping her mansion
with all the latest wrinkles in burglar
alarm and safety devices, but she
considers the money that buys her
peace of mind is an investment well
made.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

he remember that last night he had
seen her. He had thought nothing OF
1T at the time; but, looking back, he
was haunted by every little thing that
had happened. In the light of the
tragic event, he could understand
everything-her Quietness, that calm
gertrude as If all vexing questions OF
living had been smoothed out and
were gone. and that certain ethereal
sweetness about all that she had said
and done that had been almost mater
nal. He remembered the way she had
looked at him, how she had laughed
when he narrated Mickey Dolan's mis-
take in stalking the fraction on Shook
UNI Gulch. Her laughter had been
lightly joyous, while at the same time
it had lacked its old-time robustness.
Not that she had been grave or sub
dued. On the contrary, she had been
SO patiently content, so filled with
peace. She had fooled him, fool that
he was He had even thought that
night that her feeling for him had
passed, and he had taken delight. in
the thought, and caught visions of the
satisfying future friendship that would
be theirs with this perturbing love
out of the way.
And then, when he stood at the
door, cap in hand, and said good night.
funny and embarrassing thing, her
bending over his hand and kissing 1t.
He had felt like fool but he shivered
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16
CHAPTER vi.

1t was held by the thousands of
hero-worshipping chechaquos that Day
light was a man absolutely without
fear. But BEETLES and Dan Macdonald
and other sourdoughs shook their
heads and laughed as they mentioned
women And they were right. He had
always been afraid of them from the
time. himself lad of seventeen, when
Queen Anne, of Juneau. made open
and ridiculous love to him. For that
matter, he never had known women
Born in a mining-camp where they
were rare and mysterious, having no
sisters, his mother dying while he was
an infant, he had never been in con-
tact with them.
But it was left to the Virgin to give
him his final fright She was found
one morning dead in her cabin A
shot through the head had done it,
and she had left no message. no ex-
plantation Then came the talk. Some
wit. voicing public opinion, called 1t a
case of too much Daylight. She had
killed herself because of him. Every
body knew this, and said So The cor
respondents wrote 1t up, and once
more Burning Daylight. King of the
Klondike. was sensationaily featured
In the Sunday supplements OF the
United States The Virgin had
Strengthened up. SO the feature-stories
ran. and correctly so. Never had she
entered q Dawson City dance-haII
When she first arrived from Circle
City. she had earned her living by
washing clothes Next, she had bought
sewfng-machine and made mems
drill parkas. fur caps, and moosehide
mittens- Then she had gone as a clerk
into the First Yukon Bank. All this,
and more, was known and told. though
one and all were agreed that Day
light. while the cause. had been the
innocent cause of her unttrely end
And the worst of 1t was that Day
light knew Il was true Always would
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16
Through 1t All Moved Daylight, He'll Roaring Burning Daylight

great world OF which he had heard
other men talk and OF which he was
as ignorant as a child. There were
games out there to play 1t was a
larger table, and there was no reason
why he with his millions should not
sit in and take a hand So 1t was.
that afternoon on Skookum Hill. that
he resolved to play this last best Klon-
dixie hand and pull for the Outside. 1t
took time, however. He put trusted
agents to work on the heels of great
experts, and on the creeks where they
began to buy he likewise bought
Wherever they tried to corner a
worked-out creek, they found him
standing in the way. owning blocks OF
claims or artfully scattered claims
that put all their plans to naught
Followed wars, truces. compromises.
victories. and defeats By 1898. sixty
thousand men were on the Klondike.
and all their fortunes and affairs
rocked back and forth and were af-
fected by the battles Daylight fought
And more and more the taste for the
larger game urged in Dayhght's mouth,
Here he was already locked in Crap
pies with the great Guggenhammers.
and whining. fierceiy winning Pos
Silly the severest struggle was waged
on Cphfr, the veriest of moose-pas-
lures whose low-grade dirt was vaIu-
able onsv because OF its vastness- The
OWNERSHIP of a block of seven claims
In the heart OF 1t gave Daylight his
grip. and they could not come to terms
The GuggeDhamr1er experts conciud-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

now when he looked back on 1t and
hand She was saying good-by, an
eternal good-by, and he had never
guessed. AT that very moment. and
for all the moments of the evening.
coolly and deliberately, as he well
knew her way, she had been resolved
to die. If he had only known 1t! Un-
touched by the contagious malady
himself, nevertheless he would have
married her if he had had the slight
est inkling of what she contemplated
And yet he knew, furthermore. that
hers was a certain stin-kneed pride
that would not have permitted her to
accept marriage as an act of philan-
thropy. There had really been no saw
ing her, after all The love-disease
had fastened upon her, and she had
been doomed from the first to perish
of it
Six thousand spent the winter OF
1897 in Dawson, work on the creeks
went on apace. while beyond the pass
es it was reported that one hundred
spring. Late one brief afternoon. Day
light. on the benches between French
Hill and Shookum Hill, caught a wild
er vision of things Beneath him lay
the richest part of Eldorado Creek.
while up and down Bonanza he could
see for miles 1t was a scene OF q
vast devastation The hills, to their
tops, had been shorn OF trees. and
their naked sides showed signs OF gor-
ing and perforating that even the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16
WORKS WITHOUT FAITH
Faith Came After the Works Had Laid
the Foundation.

A Bay State belle talks thus about
coffee:
while a coffee drinker 1 was a suf-
ferer from indigestion and intensely
painful nervous headaches, from child
hood
Seven years ago my health gave
out entirely. / grew so weak that
the exertion of walking, if only a few
feet, made it necessary for me to lie
down. My friends thought I was
marked for consumption-weak, thin
and pale.
'I realized the danger 1 was in and
tried faithfully to get relief from med
icines, till, at last, after having en-
ployed all kinds of drugs, the doctor
acknowledged that he did not believe
1t was in his power to cure me.
while in this condition a friend in
duced me to quit coffee and try Post
um, and I did so without the least
hope that 1t would do me any good I
did not like It at first, but when it was
properly made I found it was a most
delicious and refreshing beverage 1
am especially fond of 1t served at din
ner ice-cold, with cream
I'm a months time 1 began to i'm
prove. and In few weeks my indiges-
ton ceased to trouble me, and my
headache stopped entirely. am so
perfectly well now that do not look
like the same person, and / have SO
gained in flesh that I am Is pounds
heavier than ever before
This is what Postum has done for
me. I still use 1t and shall always do
So" Name given by Postum Co., Bat
tie Creek, Mich.
There's reason and it is ex-
planned in the little book. The Road
to MELVILLE in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time time. They
are genuine. frue. and full of husnsss,
interest
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

ka as Burning Daylight" celebrates his
a0th birthday with a crowd of miners at
the Circle City TivoH- The dance leads
to heavy gambling, in which over 800, 900
is staked Harnish loses his money and
his mine but wins the mail contract He
starts on his mail trip with dogs and
sIedge, telling his friends that he will be
in the big Yukon gold strike at the start
Burning Daylight makes q sensationally
rapid run across country with the mail,
appears at the Tivoli and Is now ready
to ioin his friends in a dash to the new
gold fields. Deciding that gold will be
found in the up-river district Harnish
buys two tons of flour, which he declares
will be worth its weight in gold. but
when he arrives with his -four he finds
the big fat desolate A comrade discov-
ers gold and Daylight reaps a rich har-
vest
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16
Dire Necessity.

Yes. sir. in a year from now this
Amalga mated Balloon stock win be
worth $4,000 and III sell it to you for
so cents"
IF it'll be worth $4,000 in a year
from now. why don't you keep it your
self?-
Well. You see. J need a shave and
a hair cut and I'D be a holy show If
waiteds-that Iong-"-Iudge-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

A Brooklyn man eighty years of age
is being sued for breach of promise
We are busy hoping the lady has no
letters OF his in which he referred to
himself as her Baby"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

A Philadelphia woman seeking a di-
vorce blames the spirit of her hus-
bands first wife But. naturally. this
plea will not have the ghost of a show
In the court proceedings
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

Two Frenchmen fought a duel the
other day and then refused to kiss
and make up. Evidently they are
playing for another match before the
club Offering the largest purse
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

Boston has preacher who says he
never has and never expects to see a
game of baseball. He is missing more
than he has any idea Of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

Kansas judge told a man he was too
dense to be a juror. Any man who Is
too dense to be juror doesn't know
he is alive
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

New Yorker deserted his wife be-
cause he preferred buying himself
silk stockings 60 supporting her We
move that ne be sentenced to walk
barefoot for the rest of his life
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

The "chickenreer' has come TO dis
place the grizzly bear" and the tur.
key trot." The fish seems to defy
Imitation successfully.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

A Bonn University professor, lee.
turing at Columbia University the 9TH
er night, asserted that the soul is not
Immortal Perhaps the Kaiser will
have something to say to him when
: he gets home.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

A head waiter says tipping will be
well maintained when commercial
travellers are but memory
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

"Walnuts are fattening." says Brit
ish medical authority. And we have
known newspaper photographers to
grow fat on chestnuts.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

The latest invention is an alarm
clock which not only awakens the
sleeper. but lights the gas. Modern
invention is doing its utmost to muir
der sleep.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

China has the firecrackers and she
can set up a Fourth of July whenever
she thinks fit
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

Chicago physicians tell us that
school children are becoming tooth
less. If the price of food keeps on
going up the average child will not
need any teeth.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

With her skinny skirt and her mas
todon muf woman is not afraid OF
cold waves
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

A man eloped with the wrong
twin, which may not prove a hardship
for him. but an awful annoyance to
the other twin.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

A Californian has produced red.
white and blue chickens. which he
calls patriots" He might have call
ed them mandrills.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

Paper bags. however. are of no use
I'm roasting ones neighbors-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

A Missouri farmer lost his pocket
book in a polecats den That ap-
proaches our idea of hard luck
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

An expert writer says that rich girls
make better wives than poor ones
Perhaps that is the real reason why
they are in more demand.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

Women are to be educated in the
handling of checkbooks. and then the
source of many good story will be
missing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

An Ohio woman boasts that she has
lived 100 years and never has been
kissed Just think of century of
wasted years
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

News that q gold nugget was found
I'm a chickens crop will only give the
cold storage men another pretext TO
raise the price of chicken
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

One nasty thing about blizzard is
that 1T generally keeps its engage
ments
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

Somehow or other the fellow who
knows 1T all is never the one who
wins the bets.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

A Chicago Mulberry Sellers proposes
TO start a cat ranch stocked with one
million cats
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

A Jerseyite won a verdict against a
doctor who CUT him open on the wrong
side As q rule doctors know or
which side man keeps his packer
hook
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

Baby carriages I'm Minnesota are re-
quired TO carry lanterns after dark
It seems that the citizens of Mime
sofa start joy riding at an early age
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-16

Bracing days these and fine for
business