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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-10
"a WHOLE TOWN
DESTROYED BY
BIG EXPLOSION
EXPLOSION WAS FELT FOR A DIS
TANcE OF ONE HUN
DRED MILES.
DAMAGE MILLION and A HALF
Sections of Seven States Wrecked
People Blown From 5eds-loss
of Life Small.
(Bv Associated PreSS.)

Pleasant Plains, Wis, March ~
The smouldering ruins and wrecks OF
a large number of cottages today strew
the little village of Pleasant Prairle'
where last night magazines of the Du-
Pont Nemours Powder Company ex-
ploded, killing one man and inJurlng
two hundred. The explosion caused
damage of a million and half dollars
within a radius of one hundred miles
wrecking sections of seven states.
People were blown from their beds
and with the wreckage their houses
tumbling about them, the residents OF
Pleasant Prairie, loaded their half-clad
families on farm wagons and sought
shelter in Kenosha.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-10

Kenosha, Wis, March 10.-With
roar. that was heard for fifty miles,
a glare that was seen for fully as far
and with a concussion that broke win
dows more than hundred miles
away, three carloads of dynamite at
the plant of the Dupont Nemours
Company exploded shortly after 8
O'Clock last night at the village OF
Pleasant Prairie. six miles west of
this city.
AS it is, it will be impossible for
many hours to tell accurately the
number of dead Nearly every house
in the village which contains 700 resi-
dents. has been badly damaged and
some of them utterly demolished. Re
ports from the country ten miles dis
tant ARE to the effect that houses ever
that far from the explosion were
thrown down. 1t is believed inevita
BILE that many people have been killed
or injured throughout the surrounding
country. So far as is known at pres
ent, however, but one man, F. S
Thompson, foreman of the Glaze mill
was killed outright but Chrales Brady
superintendent and Joseph Flint, tn
engineer, are badly injured and ma
die.
The cause of the explosion is nc
known.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-10
HON. F. B. WATTS TO
DELIVER LECTURE HERE

Hon. F. B. Watts, of Indianapolis,
Ind, supreme secretary of the Knights
and Ladies of Honor, who is making a
tour of the South and delivering lee
lures, will be in this city Monday,
(Continued on page eight)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-10
FoRTY-TWo TRAINS
LOADED WITH TROOPS

Austin, Texas, March 10.-Forty-two
military trains are due to pass through
here today and tonight. All trains be-
tween here and the border are discon-
tinued and the tracks ordered cleared
for the troops.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-10
PRESIDENT TAFT
IN ATLANTA TODAY.
(By Associated Press.)

Atlanta, Ca, March 1O.-President
Taft reached Atlanta shortly after
eleven O'Clock today. He was greeted
by an immense throng at the station
and along the streets. The president
was driven to the auditorium to deliver
an address before the Southern Com
mercial Congress
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-10
rHE MARKETS.

New Orleans, March 10.-C
steady, one up to two points dowa
Chicago, March 10.-Wheat firrl'
one-fourth to one-eighth down. Pro
visions stronger UNCHANGED to ten
cents higher.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-10

When we allow women to enter the
senate. those early long-distance
speaking records will soon come to
look like casual remarks.-Birming-
ham News. -
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-10
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-10
NEWS

Gives the news, general, state
and local. Give the circulation
man your subscription.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-24
LIVE STOCK MARKET

New York. March 2S-Fair to prime steers sold at s5.S5 O s6.55 per 100 lbs; medium oxen at s4.5o; common to choice fat bulls at $40 O s5.50; com mon to choice cows at $2 O SAYS; extra fat cows at s O s5.15. Dressed beef g 1-2 O 10 1-2c. for native sides. Com mon to choice veals sold at $5.5O O ss per 100 lbs: culls at $4 O s5. City dressed veals 10 o 14c; country dress ed at o 12c. Common sheep (ewes) sold at s4 per 100 lbs; common to choice lambs at s6 O SIPS; a bunch of clipped lambs at $6.25; yearlings at S6.25. Dressed mutton O 10c: dressed lambs at Il 1-2. O 12c; for handy weights; hog dressed lambs at F 1-2 O 13c; country dressed hothouse lambs at s O s6.50 per carcass. Good light hogs sold at $7.75 per 100 lbs.
 New York-Magistrate Barlow rend- cred judgment today, in the 0o,001st case that has come before him since his appointment in 1902.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-24
PATIENCE.

Fish Commissioner George M. Bowers has succeeded in anting the Chinook salmon in Lake Sunapee, N. H., and visitors to the Ben Mere now catch four and five pound Chinooks at the Hedgehog.
 It took forty years to plant Pacific salmon in the east-a work of pa tience.
 Yes. 1t has been a work of pa tience," said Commissioner Bowers in an interview in Washington. Such patient work makes me think of the ticket agent in the railway station
 "A woman said to the ticket agent angrily:
 Look here, sir, I've been stand ing before this window twenty-five minutes.'
 "The agent, a gray, withered little man, answered gently:
 " An, Madam, I've been standing behind it twenty-five years "-Bos- ton Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-24
CORPORATION CERTIFICATES

Corporation papers as follows have been filed with the State Secretary:-
 The Canaan Mercantile Company of North Canaan to start business with $?5,000 capital incorporated by :. W. Tolsapple, Orson J. Decker and Edward L. Roberts.
 The Waldameer Construction Com pany of Bridgeport; to start business with s1.000 capital; incorporated by Robert C. Maloney, John J. Gallagher, and James A. Byrne.
 The Robert Emmett Gaelic Athletic Club, Inc, of Bridgeport; certificate amending name of tse Park Athletic club of Bridgeport, Incorporated.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-24
T. |. WATSON 6 co.
SAFETY OF CAPITAL

is the first but not the only thing to consider i'll making an investment l. The rate of earnings is important, too. We have paid our depositors regular semi-annual dividends for 5l years
 Our business is un5er the SuperVl- sion of the Bank Commissioners TOT Connecticut FuEGs ill our care are secured by selected mortgages on Bridgeport and sub"-oan real estate, and on securities specified by law. Deposit any time; interest begins first If each month and dividends are ,avable January 1st and July 1st.
 PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK
 Marble Building
 aat-g26 MAIN ST. Bridgeport, Cons,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-24
FIVE TO GO 10 THE
 FRONT" FROM STATE

Washington. March 24-It was an- nounced at the office of the chief of staff today that of the 235 militia of- ficers who will join the maneuvering forces of the regular army in the southwest for two weeks duty on April ), Connecticut can have five, in- cluding one field officer and three com pany officers of infantry, and one ma jor of the medical corps. The adju- tant general of the State will select the men who will go
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-24
MAKING A COLLECTION.

Pedestrian giving dime to mendi- cant: There's a plate of soup for you.'
 Mendicant-"If you don't mind mister, we'll call this a couple a sangwiches. I've got a plate O soup ;n me pocket wot a gent on lift av'noo give me-"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-24

when it was decided to go on with the contemplated improvements Tn .the la sement of the church Levi c. Mor- ris and Arthur J. Smith were appoint ed a building committee, and the con tract for the carpenter work will be taken by William H. Thickett. The entire basement is to be torn out ana built over as much as possible in or der to make a. larger room for church meetings and affairs, and will mean a fine improvement when completed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-24
MILLINERY

MILLINERY
 Charming reproductions of the very latest Imported Creations. It is easy to prove to your satisfaction that this is the place to se- lect THE Spring Hat.
 Our New Department
 Complete line of Willow Fumes in all the desirable colorings.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-24
"POINTERS."

Never strike man when he's down flor a loan.
 All men who want the earth are no. brick manufacturers.
 Most wives seem to think their husbands are made of dust"
 People who fish for complim ents seldom know where to draw the line. News
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-24
OFBpDGEpORT, CONN.
~ o I ICE

Tor foriy-four years NC havc Ocen conducting business at the same Ci" fc.atiou, corner ns Main anu 'oan >i-cets. Bridgeport Conn. and CUE Private Bank ;ias brri esf;-ntsNI ..iere spontaneously. Nc ha'e receisC sud p-itI out on demand without no ucc millions. ot dollars ct 'noney deo pnSited with us aFih we con''iiue
 secei.c money subject to deposu,n,
 ri,rcl at sight. un which We " ,',,,s a, cc.clt account yr-outliiv. We soiicis ss,> accounts ct in,iy.f:uni~. h"s,ne.s ry.-,. firms .snss corporations. anu sA g. ao ,,art q 6auE account where IF. ra1 sirpnsIt n;uney. checS1 ot srlcrtt, or one year. and draw tnteftss .,s. ia for any time fl Is left win wh .S- give to tilr husincss "uf ca. ,-%-soral attention ga the "f"fNs n'n rr -,riratr sar,@rr= fr t'ts sta'r'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-24
A COLD, LAGRIPPE
 THEN PNEUMONIA.

Is too often the fatal sequence. Foley's Honey and Tar expeis the cold. checks the lagrippe, and pre- vents pneumonia. It is a prompt and reliable cough medicine that contains no narcotics It is as safe for your children as yourself. r. B. Brill and Curtis Pharmacy. *135
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08
IF YOU HAVE ECZEMA OR
SKIN OR SCALP TROUBLE
HERE IS GOOD NEWS

You nave probably tried one or
more remedies with small success.
This costs money and it is uncertain
We want you to try ZEMO, the clean
LIQUID remedy, but we do not want
you to pay for it unless you are salts
fed with results. We have SO much
faith in zemo that we want you to
try it by sending to the e. W. Rose
Medicine Co., 1882 Olive ST., st.
Louis, Mo-, 10c in stamps to pay post
age for a generous sample of Z1MO
and ZEMO (antiseptic) SOAP and our
80 page booklet on skin diseases or get
a bottle today at the City Drug Store
and if you are not pleased with re-
suits they will refund your money.
ZEMO is a clean scientific prepare
ton that washes away and destroys
the germ life and the poisons that
cause the trouble. Stops the itching
at once and results can be seen after
one application. ZEMO absolutely
cures eczema in all it's forms, as we'll
as hives, rashes, acne, letter, BARRIERS
itch, pricNy heat, etc, on infants the
same as on grown persons.
lndorsed and sold by druggists ev-
erywhere and In Keokuk by the City
Drug Store,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08
CITY NEWS.

Read The Daily Gate City. zoe
per week.
All kinds of poultry at Jos. Hau-
bert's, 100 Main street
Our next horse and mule auction
at Hamilton. Illinois, will be Dec. O
Will have 200 head of horses of all
classes. Bring in your horses and
mules and we will sell them for you
at good prices. B. W. Elder.
For choice roast Of beef, veal,
lamb or pork go to Jos. Hauberts
market, 700 Main, both phones
Some incorrect stories have been
going the rounds regarding the death
OF a delivery horse owned by E.
c. Weisman, the grocer Attention
was attracted to the horses death sew
eral days ago because it was the sec
ond to die within a short time in the
same barn. The driver states the
horse did not overeat
If it's choice chickens you want
or best meats, go to Markleys.
Thereswill be no lecture given at
the First Congregational church this
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08
MAKE THIS TEST
How To Tell If Your Hair is Diseased.

Even If you have a luxuriant head
of hair you may want to know whether
it, is in a healthy condition or not.
SO per cent Of the people need hair
tonic.
Pull a hair out of your head: if the
bulb at the end Of the root it white
and shrunken, it proves that the hair
is diseased and requires prompt treat
ment if it's loss. would be avoided. If
the bulb is pink and full, the hair is
healthy.
We want every one whose hair re-
quires treatment to try Rexau "93"
Hair Tonic. We promise that 1t shall
not cost anything if 1t does not give
satisfactory results. 1t is designed to
overcome dandruff, relieve scalp irri-
tation, to stimulate the hair roots,
tighten the hair already in the head
grow hair and prevent badness.
It is because of what Rexall "93"
Hair Tonic has done and our sincere
faith in it's goodness that we want you
to try 1t at our risk Two sizes soc
and s100. Sold only at our store
The Rexall Store. McGrath Bros
Drug CO.. corner Fifth and Main SITS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08
KIDS ARE WORST
ANNOYERS AT THEATRES
Turn chucks, Knock Against People
and Have too Boisterous
Time for Public.

Several of the moving picture thea
ire owners are wrathy about the man
ner in which crowds of Youngsters
gather in front of their places at
night and in frolicking about knock
against pedestrians and people attend
ing the shows, in an annoying way
The police have been asked to make
the lads who turn chucks and give a
regular open air performance nightly
In front of the shows, know that their
presence is undesirable. Several
ladies during the past week have been
almost knocked off their feet by a
pack Of young ragmuffins bouncing
about and throwing themselves in the
way of others.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08
some D|STURBERS
PAY PENAL TIES
Willie cutwrlght Back to County Jail
For Thirty Days, for Garry
o Ing Concealed
Weapons.
WOMAN WAS DRUNK
Blanch Marvin sandberg Giving Trou-
Bile at Second and Johnson and
J. H. AIltop Spit on
the Walk.
WOMAN WAS DRUNK

Willie" Cutwright. colored, compiet-
ed his sentence of thirty days in the
county Jail yesterday, for disturbing
the peace. AS soon as he was releas-
ed from there, Cutwright was again
picked up by the police, having failed
to furnish a hundred dollars appear
ance bond for the offense of carrying
concealed weapons. The dog catch
er's son was arrested for carrying the
knife at the same time he disturbed
the peace of an upper Main street sa-
loon, but plead not guilty to the
charge. He changed the plea today, to
one of guilty and went back to the
county Jail to spend thirty more days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08
CITY NEWS.

First Christian church bazaar and
market, Saturday afternoon.
The water power automobile of
L. H. G. Bouscaren came near plung-
ing over the dyke near the east toll
house of the KeolSuk and Hamilton
bridge this morning when the stear-
ing gear of the car went wrong The
car ran into the fence and stopped
on the very edge of the embankment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08

for a victory over the Hamilton team,
A 400 ball match was played, Keokuk
winning by thirty-seven Balls. Those
who played were Walter Nodler, An
tony Moeller, Warren Smith. Roy M.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08
ADJUSTMENTS
Colvin,s New SONGS

OUTVFT NeW SOn9S.
Hear Colvin's two new songs at the
Colonial theatre tonight. 1t will be
your last chance of hearing Keokuk's
favorite singer. You will scream at
the two side-splitting comedy pic
lures that will be shown tonight, and
a feature western vitagraph picture.
Only two shows will be given at 7:45
and 9 p. m. Watch Sundays issue of
this paper for big announcement
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08
LOST.
MIscELLAN EoUs.

evening by the Rev, Geo. c. Williams,
on account of the failure of the
slides to be used in illustrating the
subjects, to arrive. The lantern views
which were to have been received,
are those CT Switzerland, and were for
the second lecture of the series of
three Mr.. Williams is delivering for
the benefit of the church choir The
next lecture date will be announced
in this paper, later.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08

Martin and Charles White. White
played the tight game of the evening
and it is said that In the last block OF
the contest left the player following
him only three open shots. Moeller
made high run of twenty-one.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08

WANTED Men to learn the barber
trade. Here is an offer that in
cludes tools with tuition. A method
that saves years of apprenticeship.
Positions waiting in city or country
shops. Write Moler Barber College,
st. Louis, Mo.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08
Splitting on the Walk.

J. H. Alltop who was arrested at
Fifth and Palean last night by Officer
Conn for lettering and splitting on the
side walk plead guilty to the charge
of disturbing the peace and paid the
costs of prosecution, $2.S5. Alltop
grew impertinent when he was ar
rested and secondly the law does
not permit persons to expectorate on
the public sidewalks. Hence mis- ar
rest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08

SITUATION WANTED--Wher there
is chance of advancement. Hav.
knowledge of bookkeeping and not
afraid Of work References. Address
r. W., this office.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08

Only One "BRoMo ouININE"
That is LAXATIVE PROMO QUIN-
me. Look for the signature of e. w.
GROVE. Used the world over to Cure
a Cold in One Day. Csc
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08
Water Events VIII be Held in the. "Y"
Natatorlun, Beginning Week
From satr> Gay
Evening.
PRIZES UP
Handicap System viii be Used And
One Hundred Swimmers ERE
Expected to Partici-
pate.

A series of eight aoquatic meets,
the first to be held week from to-
morrow evening, has been arranged
by the Aquatic committee of the
Young Mems Christian Association
and promise to be the greatest events
of this character ever held in the as
sociation's fine natatorium, Every
swimmer in the association is eligible
and large entry list is expected.
The meets will be heeld every Sat-
urday evening until finished and the
program will present wide variety
of events. The handicap system will
be used in order that all swimmers
may have an equal chance. Points
will be scored in each event and the
final standing computed at the end of
the series.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08

WANTED-Girl to assist with general
housework. No washing. Two in
family Apply mornings. 61S Morgan
St.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08
Woman Arrested as Disturber.

Blanche Marvin Sandberg was
making her presence at Second and
Johnson streets, obnoxious this morn
ing at /: 80 by using loud and indecent
talk. She was arrested and marched
to the police station. She will be ar
raigned in the superior court tomor
row morning at 10 o'clock to answer
to the charge of disturbing the
peace.
John Olson, another offender, was
drunk and lettering about the st
Charles hotel at Second Street He
was arrested and plead not guilty tt
the charge against him. His bond was
set at $500 and on default of paymen
of same, he was returned to Jail.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08
w ant Column
WANTED.

WANTED Housekeeper. Apply even
ings, ]. H. Farrell, 100 South Ninth
street.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08
CITY NEWS.

"A quintet Of Keokuks best pool
players performed in Hamilton last
nvening, rolling the composition balls
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT House ,125 N. It'll ST.
seven rooms, gas and bath. Enquire
COZ Concert Street.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08
Some Of the Stars.

Among the swimmers who have been
prominently mentioned in connection
with the meets are Bowlby, Devero,
Elder, Shredder, and Seager. One of
the cleverest swimmers of the younger
boys is Ted Elder, who is conceded
by critics to have a good chance to
land among the first four with fair
handicap. Sc
Last evening T'eeting of the
Aquatic committee was held and ar
rangements for the meet made. Ralph
Leake is chairman of the committee
and will supervise the meets in con-
inection with Physical Director linn.
Members Of the committee are Harold
Bowlby, Jesse Devero, Charles War
wicl, and M. M. Risberg. Most of the
details were worked out last night. 1t
was decided to run off five of the
events each week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08

A. D. Ayres, manager of the Keokuk
Electric company, went to Chicago
last evening where he will look after
business matters.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08
Loving Cup to Winner.

A handsome silver loving cup will
be given to the winner of first place.
For second, third and fourth places
respectively will be awarded gold,
silver and branze medals. Ribbons
will be given to the winners of first,
second and third place in each event.
The events will be of the standard
in swimming. There will be swims of
two, four. eight and twelve lengths,
two length and four length breast
stroke, under water swim with one
minute as the maximum duration, and
standing plunge for distance with the
one minute duration. The diving
events will include the from. and back
dive, front and back jack knife, one
and half dive and an individual dive
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Second hand autos at
Tri-state Garage, Ninth and John
son street.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08
Polo Games a Feature.

AS an added feature of the meets
there will be polo games and relay
races to close the events. Picked
teams will be matched in these events.
The meetings will not be open to
the public, being only for the mem
bers of the association. They will
start promptly at s o'clock.
These meets are for the purpose OF
stimulating interest in acquatics in
the association. 1t is hoped eventual.
lily to work into competition with 9th.
er cities.