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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
Weather Conditions.

An area of relatively low pressure
extends across the country from the
southwest to the northeast, with
moderate depressions in the Lower
Lake Region, in Missouri and in
Western Texas and Arizona, with
areas of moderately high pressure in
the Eastern Gulf, and Northern Plat
eau Region, and on the Pacific slope
The change of temperature has
been slight in all districts, moderate
temperatures prevailing.
There have been scattered showers
in portions Of Arizona, Western Texas
Kansas, Upper Michigan, Eastern
New York, and from the gulf to Ar.
kansas and Tennessee, the heaviest
rain falling in Tennessee. Conditions
indicate generally fair weather for
this section tonight and Saturday,
and slightly cooler tonight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
BLEW HEAD OFF
OF AUTOMOBILIsT
Woman Is Murdered by Stranger
Who Disputed the Possession
of the Road.

RICHMOND. Va. July While
returning to the city in an automo-
bile from Chesterfield county Mrs.
H. c. Beattle, Jr., was shot and in
stantly killed by an unidentified white
man who escaped.
The killing occurred five miles
from Richmond. Officers with blood
hounds are searching for the slayer.
The man disputed the possession
of the road and finally raised his
shotgun and fired. The shot blew
off the top of Mrs. Beattie's head.
Mr., Beattie jumped from the car
and grappled with the slayer who
gave him smashing blow over the
face with his gun, leaving an ugly
scar. Beattie got possession of the
weapon and the stranger disappeared.
Mrs. Beattie was % years old. She
was married a year ago and was
prominent socially.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
Body Sent Home.

BLUE RIVER, Wis. July 31.-The
body Of Lewis Strang, race driver of
Case cars, whom fate decreed should
be killed near here while his car
crawled at snails pace, today was
shipped to Chicago and from there to
Amsterdam. N. Y, where his three
sisters live at his former home.
The wreck of the Case car at the
bottom of five foot embankment on
the pike road north of here, was to-
day brought here for shipment to the
factory OF the Case company at Ra-
cine, Wis.
Preston Hubanks the farmer whose
wagon Strang attempted to pass
when his car gave way on the soft
earth beneath it, today attributed the
tragedy to faulty road building and
corroborated the statement of the
technical board of the Wisconsin re-
liability tour whom Strang was car
rying that Strang was driving at a
slow pace.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
ANOTHER CARDINAL
FOR AMERICA
Archbishop James E, ouisIey of CHI
caso is Likely to be Appointed
by the Vatican This
Fall.
} TO AVOID TROUBLE
Recent Home Rule Campaigns in 9th
er Countries to be Avoided by
the Extra Ap-
pointment.

PARIS July 21.-According to in.
formation received, the vatican is de-
terinlned to appoint another American
cardinal and the honor, for diplomatic
reasons. is likely to fall upon Arch.
bishop James E. Quigley of Chicago.
The appointment probably will be an
nounced this fall.
The popes reasons for appointing
another American cardinal are said
to be based partly upon his wish to
avoid the cry that the American
church Is dominated by Rome. He
does not desire repetjtion
OF the costly home rule" campaigns
recently conducted within the church
In France. Spain and Portugal.
Cardinal Gibbons Of Baltimore will
be u years old July % and soon his
successor will have to be chosen. The
pope feels this Would be the diplomat
ic moment to choose a man who
viii be in perfect harmony with Rome
and at the same time distinctly an
American head OF the American
church
The vatican is said to regard Chi.
cago as the center of Catholic
strength in the entire west, including
California and the Philippines
With view to avoiding a conflict
with Boston and New York, the great
Catholic centers, it will be announced
that Cardinal Gibbons sufficiently rep
resents them. 1t is also recognized
that Chicago Is the center of a region
attracting immigrants from Austria,
Germany, Poland and France, and
this is strong consideration.
The pope's interest in Chicago is
shown by an incident related to the
correspondent by Chicagoan who
was recently received in audience at
the vatican. When the pope learned
where his visitor was from he exclaim-
ed: Chicago! That is a world with
In a world-the great heart of a big
ger heart Tell them that send bles-
sings to all their people,"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
He Shot Himself.

ATLANTIC CITY, July 21-Des-
pondency over the notoriety that fol.
lowed the suit of his wife against
Mrs. Leicester H.olme, wife of for
mer New York judge and excise COM
missioner and prominent in New York
and San Francisco for s250,0oo for
alienation of his affections, was the
reason assigned today for the suicide
of James T. Dunn In a local hotel
Dunn who is the head of Philadel-
phia novelty concern, shot himself
through the heart. Twelve years ago,
a resident of New York, he had the
reputation of being the best wine
buyer in the white light district.
After leaving New York Dunn went
to San Francisco where he met Mrs.
Sarah Rosenbaum, widow of Duke"
Rosenbaum, wealthy San Francisco
citizen They were married in 1907.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
Two Men Killed and One Badly In
Iured by the Explosion on the
Illinois Traction
System.
INSTANTANEOUS DEATH
Property Loss Was $4,000 When Ac.
cIdent Occurred While Men Were
Engaged in Making
Repairs.

SPRINGFIELD H.. July 21.-John
BUCK, aged 40, widower and Charles
Baker, aged 26, recently married. are
dead, and J. E. Morgan, aged 35, and
Beadle Steele, aged "a, are badly in
]ured as the result of the blowing up
of an engine at the intermediate pow
er plant of the Illinoits Traction Sys-
tenn at Riverton, seven miles east of
Springfield
The dead and injured men are all
OF Riverton Workmen had been en-
ployed most of the day restoring to
position huge Corliss engine. which
had been dismantled for repairs. They
were instructed by the chief engineer
to gradually warm the engine up, and
this they We're doing when the ex-
haust end of the engine blew out,
hurting mass of steel weighing 500
pounds against a smaller engine
which was at work.
Instantly the smaller engine explod-
ed and masses of steel and iron were
blown across the floors of the big en-
gine room.
Buck and Bakers limbs were brok-
en- and their bodies badly mutilated.
They were both dead when picked UP
by fellow workmen who rushed to
their rescue
Both of Morgan's legs were blown
off below the knees, and Steele had
one leg and one arm broken by the
flying fragments of iron.
The dead and injured men were
brought to Springfield. Interurban
officials sent special car to the
scene of the accident and investiga-
tion of the causes of the explosion
was made.
John Matzen, an engine oiler, was
working on the big engine at the time
of the explosion and had a narrow es,
cape. The property loss is about $780,
O0c.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
BOY AVENGEs
DEATH OF PET
When Auto Ran Over Bantam Chick
en-, He Loaded His Rifle
and Waited.

SOUTH NORWALK, Conn, July 81.
Miss Eva Hammond of Coatcook,
Canada, lies at the home of her uncle
here with bullet lodged against the
base of her brain. Her body is para
lyzed, and there is little hope that she
will survive. She was shot while au-
tomobiling and William Beers, 70.
year-old boy, Is accused of having
caused the injury.
Young Deers told the police that a
passing automobile ran over his pet
bantam chicken a day or two ago and
he had lain in ambush ito avenge the
death of his favorite" With a small
rifle in his hand he hid in the bushes
and determined to shoot a hole
through the tire of every automobile
that went by. This, he said, was his
idea of revenge. Miss Hammond's car
was the first to pass. The lad aimed
at the tire, but the bullet veered off
and landed In the young woman's
neck.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
TAKING sQU|NT
At new COMET
Observatory Men Are Trying to Fla
ure Out Whether it VIII Como
This Way and Smash
tho Earth.
IT HAS NO PEDIGREE
Comes Floating up Out Of the East
Each Morning and Takes
a Peep at the Sleeping
World.

CHICAGO, July 21.-Another wan.
oerlng stranger has been discovered
IN the heavens and astronomers at
the big Yerkes observatory at viii.
mans Bay Wis, and also at observa-
tories in other parts of the world are
trying to find out which wav the
stranger is headed and from whence
it came.
Inc stranger, tailed and headlight
ed, Is known as the Kiess comet, and
was discovered on its long iourney
through the heavens July bv OBJ.
servers at the Lick observatory. on
the summit of Mount Hamilton, near
San Jose, Cal News was flashed
at once to Director Edwin B. Frost
at the Yerkes observatory and Pro-
lessor Sherburne w. Burnham got
on the trail of the stranger early the
following morning.
Is this comet going to hit the
earth? Where is it going and how
did it get where it is?o These are
the main questions now.
We are viewing the comet every
morning. 1t rises about 1880 a. m. !"
said Director Frost over the tele-
phone from Williams Bay last night.
This comet is of no public interest
yet. We don't know yet what its
orbit is Therefore we cannot com
pute its distance from the earth o.
where 1t is headed for. AS soon as
the orbit Is computed we will be able
to figure those things out. Nowhere
In this world yet has the orbit of
this stranger been computed. 1t
doubtless will be soon.'
Director Frost added that the
Kiess comet is northwest of Cliegic
and has tail of degree and half.
which does not show through the
lens of the powerful telescope but is
discernable on the photograph plates.
While the astronomers were busy
looking for the new comet at Will
lians Bay, residents of Irving Park
were startled by what they declare
was comet third as big as the
moon that visited that section of the
CITY last evening.
1T was a bright white light and l
saw it and SO did my family and
neighhors, said Bernard Kortas,
1926 North Central Park avenue.
You didn't need any telescope to
see this comet he added. 1T was
about third as big as the moon and
shone with a brilliant white light.
1t seemed to have a luminous tail.
too. 1t was directly west of my
place. watched it for forty min
utes
1--WE first saw it at $50 in the
evening. About S:45 it disappeared
for five minutes Then, at $50, we
saw it again and it remained in sight
until $40 | had my watch out and
timed it,
No scientific explanation of the Irv-
ing Park phenomenon could be OBJ
tanned
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
RECIPROCITY TO
Be ADOPTED.
Agreement With Canada VIII Pass
the Senate Tomorrow When the
Measure Comes up to
be Voted on.
BY ABOUT TWO TO ONE
Senators Make Estimates of the Vote
to be Taken and Figure the
Result Down to
81 to "a.

WASHINGTON, July 21.-Friends
and foes of Canadian reciprocity alike
today predicted the passage of the
agreement tomorrow in the form in
which it came from the house.
Il have made recent canvass, .
said Chairman Penrose '.but nv
statement based on a previous count
still stands. The vote will be approxi-
mately two to one in favor of the
measure"
Senator Stone who favors the
agreement said: "In my opinion the
vote will be in the proportion of 81
to- 50. These figures represent the
sentiment of the total membership of
the senate but a number of them will
not be present.
Senator Bristow believes the agree.
ment will pass. According to his CAL
culations the vote will be about 5S to
33.
The final day of debate on reciproc-
lty opened with 5S senator's present.
An amendment by Senator Townsend
for a deep waterway between the
great lakes and the st. Lawrence
river was rejected. Vigorous opposi-
tion to the agreement was expressed
by Senator Crawford He said its eff
feet upon the farmers would be dis
astrous. Senator LaFollette also de-
naunced the measure.
1t is impossible successfully to op-
pose legislation on which the press of
the country Is practically united" he
said.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
TOOK ALL HIS
N|CkLES AWAY
Street Car Conductor Held up by
Three Men and Forced to Dis
gorge His Pile of Chick
en- Feed.
PASSENGERS ARE coWED
One Robber Stood at Door With Re-
voIver But Did Not Offer
to Rob tho Pas
sengers.

CHICAGO, July 21.-While one man
stood. revolver in hand, in the door.
way OF street car and prevented
panlc-stricken passengers from escap-
Ing and calling the police, two others.
also armed. held up and robbed the
conductor at Fulton and Ada streets
early last night.
Passers-by saw the car ston at the
corner and saw the two men seeming
iy in conversation with the conductor.
Not one imagined that robbery was
being committed and the score of
passengers were SO terrified that not
one had the courage to try to leave the
car by the front door and summon as
sistance.
The bandits boarded the car at Ada
street. One paid his fare. The con-
ductor, Samuel McHugh 1857 Grand
avenue, then started to enter the car.
The two others stopped on the plat
form.
Let me pay this fare,' said one. "I
have the dime here in my pocket"
Reaching in his pocket presumably
for the fares, he drew revolver.
Hands UP and no noise" he
whispered to the terrified McHugh.
The conductor threw up his hands
and saw that the other man also had
drawn revolver. With the conductor
covered with two weapons one of the
trio put the contents of McHugh's
pockets into a small bag he carried,
After cautioning the frightened man
to remain silent, the three backed off
the car, which one had stopped by
ringing the bell. All disappeared in
the darkness.
score or more passengers were
In the car at the time. The police be-
lieve the three men who robbed the
conductor were the same trio that
shot and killed Detective Thomas
Schweig of the West Chicago avenue
station early Sunday morning Three
men who answer the description Civ
en- of the car robbers were seen to
run away from the body following the
shooting. Scores of detectives were
sent out last night from the detec-
tive bureau in an attempt to find the
three men.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
Az seeIna Plttsbura.

PITTSBURG, Pa, July 21.-With all
the whistles of the smokey city's
multitude of factories and mills toot-
ing, the members of the rivers and
harbors committee of the national
house of representatives early today
began sight seeing among the monster
Industrial plants. The party arrived
last night. Tonight the congressman
will be taken to the Hippodrome on
Forbes Field The industrial COM
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce
has the party in charge today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
Iowa Automobile Association.

DES MONIES, July 81. The annual
convention of the Iowa Automobile
association opened at the Hyperion
club here with several hundred auto
mobile enthusiasts in attendance.
Nearly 200 members of the association
registered. President ]. B. Groves of
the association received a telegram
from DR.. ]. B. McGaw of Stuart, stat
ing that thirty machines left there.
expecting to pick up other machines
at the various towns along the way,
and to arrive at the Hyperion grounds
with half hundred automobiles in
line in time for the initial meeting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
SUGAR TRUST
HELPED HARRISON
Gave $4,000 to Republican Campaign
Fund to Help Elect Him
In 1882

NEW YORK, July 21.-That the
sugar trust contributed $4,000 to the
republican campaign fund in 1892 be-
cause 1t desired the election OF Ben
jamin Harrison instead OF Grover
Cleveland. was the statement of John
= Parsons, former chief counsel OF
the trust, before the congressional
investigating committee here today.
Parsons saia he believed corporation
had just as much right to protect IT.
self from unpleasant legislation BY
campaign contributions as an individ-
~ has.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
LOST HIS WITS
FROM FOOT BALL
Youth Who Has 100000 COMING to
Him Takes Spells and Must
Wander Away.

AURORA, H., July 21.-George
Ury, 20 years old, wealthy Mt. Pleas
ant, Iowa, youth, who disappeared
from private sanitarium in that
city two weeks ago and for whom the
police of every large city have been
searching, walked into the Aurora
police station and gave himself up.
He was taken back to Mt. Pleasant by
Detective Otto Wirz last night. lie
had walked the $50 miles except for
a forty-mile ride stolen on the Burling-
ton.
With both of his shoes worn al
most through from walking. and un-
able to tell where he had been or how
he got to Aurora, the young man ask
ed the Aurora police to lock him for
safe keeping. He took a telegram
out of his pocket and asked the police
to send it to his mother In the tele-
gram he told his mother of his where.
abouts and asked that she send for
him.
Young Ury, who is heir to for.
tune of 100000 estate, was injured
in foot ball game and ever since has
been of unsound mind.
Fearing that he would suffer an
other lapse of memory and continue
wandering away, he decided to appeal
to the police.
Mrs. Ury sent money to Aurora yes
terday with which to buy clothing and
shoes for her son. He thanked the
police for kindness shown him and
promised to return soon, then left
for home with Detective Wirz last
night.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and Vicinity-Fair to-
night and Saturday Slightly cooler
tonight.
For Illinois-Fair, slightly cooler to-
night. Saturday fair.
For lowa-Fair tonight, slightly
cooler east portion. Saturday fair
with warmer northwest portion.
For Missouri Fair tonight, slightly
cooler north portion. Saturday fair.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
on the Battlefield.

MANASSAS, Va, July 21.-After
fifty years, 200 survivors of the CO..
600 who fought at Bull Run clasped
hands at noon today on that battle
field on which was fought the first
engagement of the civil war An open
air luncheon on the field of battled
followed.
The crowds at the battlefield were
increased this afternoon by thous-
ands who came to hear President
Taft's address to the old soldiers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
Thirty Feet Of Mud.

HAVANA, July Pit will take
eight to ten weeks to free the wreck
of the battleship Maine from the mud.
The last of the water was removed
from the cofferdam yesterday but to
wreck is imbedded in thirty feet of
mud.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
Two Hundred. Survivors of the sixty
Thousand Who Took Part, Meet
Today on the Historic Field
Of Battle.
PRESIDENT TAFT THERE
Open Air Luncheon at Noon Follow.
ed by Exercises Which In
cIude an Address by
Mr.. Taft.

WASHINGTON, July 21.-After an
early and brief cabinet meeting Presi-
dent Taft left the white house in his
automobile at noon today for Manas-
sas, Va, where late this afternoon he
will address the confederate and un-
ion survivors of the battle of Bull
Run
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
FATAL RACE WITH
FREIGHT TRAIN
Automobile In Race With a Freight
Train Brings Death to One
OF the Occupants.
Especial to The Gate City.

4 DOWNING, Mo-, July 21.-Clay
Woodson died at Gienwoed this morn
ing from injuries received in an au-
tomobile accident yesterday after
noon. DR.. Rambo, of Glenwood, was
also injured, but will recover. They
were racing with a freight train and
lost control of the machine, which
ran into ditch and turned over.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
Hon Hlram DeweII Dead.

4 CLARENCE, Iowa, July 21.-Hiram
Dewell, a member OF the thirty-second
and thirty-third general assemblies OF
Iowa. died at his farm home north OF
here, aged 63 years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
Iowa state Luther League.

IOWA CITY. July 21.-The Iowa
State Luther league elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, Rev. H.
+. Martin, Iowa City; secretary, o. J..
Viland, Slater; recording secretary
Miss Bessie Snouffer, Cedar Rapids;
treasurer. Miss Emma Sheldahl, Ro.
land.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21

Mrs. Thomas Campbell and Mrs T.
B. Coulter of vincennes, Ind, are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Rat
cliffe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
Local Observations.
Mean temperature 76.

Mean temperature 10.
Highest temperature, 81.
Lowest temperature, Go.
Lowest temperature last night, 81.
FRED 2. GOSEWISCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-21
Daily River Bulletin.
River Forecast.

The river will remain nearly sta.
tionary during the next 4s hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23
PASS SUFFRAGE BILL.
With Referendum Amendment Senate
VIII Act Upon It Today.

Springfield, ILL.,. March 23.-The
womans suffrage bill with a referen-
dunn amendment has been advanced
to third reading and it is practically
certain that the bill in it's present form
will pass the senate today.
The referendum amendment applies
the principle of local option to the
suffrage proposition. 1t provides that
each political district shall have local
option on woman,s suffrage. If the
city of Chicago for instance votes for
it at referendum the women there
will have a vote on city officers. If a
county Endorses it all women in that
county may vote for county officers.
If the entire state approves it by a
referendum vote they will have the
right to ballot for state officers.
The senate voted Tuesday 81 to 20,
to indefinitely postpone the bill. Then
Mrs. Katherine Waugh McCulloch, one
of the leaders of the suffragists, agreed
to accept the referendum amendment
which had been rejected few hours
before. Following this concession, the
senate steering committee called the
bill up, the amendment was adopted
and the measurse was advanced to
third reading.
The bill has not yet been considered
by the house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23

current expenses to the nine state
charitable institutions. The legislature
of 1907 also appropriated several hun
dred thousand dollars more for special
improvements and new buildings for
the three educational institutions than
for our nine institutions Then to cap
the climax, the legislature of 1909 re-
duced the appropriations to our nine
state institutions 1921, PAL. go and in
creased the appropriations to the State
university $202, 425 and to the State Ag-
ricultural college $127, 800. The heads Of
our institutions are not permitted to
come to the capitol during the session
of the legislature and explain their
needs. Our board makes out the bud
get and then along comes the heads of
the educational institutions and their
graduates and force an increased ap-
preparation and the blue pencil is put
to the institutions which educate and
treat and take care OF the unfortunate,
the Maynard and the poor.
I'll. C. BOWMAN,
Chairman Board of Control,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23
ATHANsON, Receiver.
Notes and Personals.


Mrs. J. B. Billiard and son Robert
have returned from a visit in Kansas
City.
Frank Gay of Clay Center is here on
business.
A. A. kaufman of Elmont spent
Wednesday on the North side.
r. B. Hastings was in Granville oil
business Wednesday afternoon.
A. L. Brooks of Granville talked be-
fore the Shawnee County Alfalfa club
on over Pasturing and Spring Gull
ture'' at the Commercial club rooms
this afternoon.
For Rent-Large barn, 1918 Central
ave. Ind. 2572 Ring 2. Bell 1401.
BARLEY Kirkpatrick of Columbus, o.,
is visiting at the home of DR.. and Mrs.
Dawson at HOP North Kansas avenue.
Mrs. George Allen Of 1908 North Jack
son street is visiting in Rossville.
Miss Henrietta Mason of 7S3 North
Quincy street has recovered from an at
tack of fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Rickert, who
were called to Columbus, o., by the
death of Mrs. RICKETTS, sister, Mrs. Her
bert Chancellor have returned home.
The Arts and Crafts Embroidery club
Will meet tomorrow afternoon with
Mrs. w. S. Bergundthal, 1874 Jackson
street
A. M Petro. druggist