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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-04

w. FRANK BROWN. M. D.
Surgery and Gentle Urinary Diseases
Keokuk, Iowa.
402 Main
Office Hours-2.s04:0O p. M. 7:45-s
800 p. M.
Miss. Val. Phone 5: Bell 1874.
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Or. c. J. CHRISTENSEN
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN.
Y. Nd. G. A. Building.
ONCE hours--9 to IL a. M; to
p m. Residence, Iowa phone 115z.l
> rings. Office. Iowa phone 1157. II
ring: Residence 800 North Eighth st.
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SYNOPSIS
j INSTANTANEOUS 4Y Rp(RqaeC<%s
rfAy NIN NWf III

,v,nrnthv March In the opera box OF M aa.
Missioner. a wealthy widow: ~ on ~
,rasioned when Mrs. Missioner n III nver
,s aaor GertIs arisSod BruxtSn
.sa 60. society men in love with MIS-. m,H7
stoner. gather up the gems IN 10 d the cele
steps on what Is sa aD9 esas 10 II Hin
b b d,o Masai # was not the genuine An
sxpert later pronounces az ne 81 o the
enbstitutes for the original one 0, ,o enn
missing diamonds Is dao oada compan-
2f E NJ Mra Ino Missioner. She is arrested
notwithstanding Mrs Msslo1Bs r,tz takes
IN her innocence. asks net ths Cooperation Of
* Fitch, Elinor's fanee, IN 1.,I runn tha}
down the real criminal. Britz iea Mao ,r
DUPLICATES Of Mrs. Missioners o oraar Of
were made . In PaT Wb,l on walking Britt is
aa,ged hound and gagged by Hindoos. ne ne
r. jmnrIsoned in deserted house, ~
makes his escape Britz 1T, az ulscg ha believes
sane e a,aIUnad bv either Sands or Girls
VIZ 81 make counterfeits Of the M1sslo on
ar gems. Two Hfndoos burgla,I ,Ee p-t te
home Of Sands ana "a are nnd dapeui note signed
Nv "Mi,licent" and addressed to .G '11,a,,t
Sritz locates a woman named Mlll zen
Delaroche, TO. whom Gr1sW Tpa swami n at
lands a ball at Mrs. Missioner's n2ll1e' ~ na1
learns nothing further about ,n, the v a1as
mond an,r hrta d of Mlllce He nds
f sos eRat contained the missing die
monds but i Is empty The nav eet anticis
conetup Vim In the recovery CT the jewels.
Pa,e visits their quarters and has an eS
citing experience with snake siG 40 Inc nc
swami returns all the real cal d maharane 60
Witch he insists must be returned to the
temple in india, whence it was stolen
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ton happened to be In the box next to
Mrs. Missioner at the Metropolitan
Opera House on the night when the
necklace turned out to be fake. He
then learned that the original dia-
nlonds were not in the widows keep
ing any longer.
"Griswold also was in the Mission
er box that night, as you know, and
he must have noticed the Oriental
who butted In during the search for
| the diamonds"
Brftz paused little, and then re.
sumed:
These Hindoos worked about as
fast as I did. They must have made
up their minds pretty early in the
game that Miss Holcomb knew moth
ing about the necklace, and, of course,
nobody would be foolish enough to
suspect little Miss March. Our dark
friends from the East concentrated
their attention on Griswoll and
Sands. For q long time, Ali had been
in Mrs. Missioner's employ. He
wasn't, however, Mrs. Mfssioner's en-
ploye In the true sense of the word.
He was there as one of the subor-
dinates of this Swami chap. along
with the ether Oriental fellows, one
of whom calls himself Prince Kanan.
da. In fact, Ali was on the job from
the day he became member Of Mrs
Missioner's household He was sent
there for the precise purpose Of pip
ing off the place, and either getting
the big diamond himself, or tipping
the Swami and all the rest of then
when 1t would be safe for them tt
1nLke a try 1t stands to reason Mrs
Missioner watched her jewels prett,
closely, ard that her safe was a Jim
{ dandy, since that necklace in al
. those long months could not be liftet
: by the Hindoo servant. He wou1,
have been perfectly willing to throt
! tie her liz order to get 1t had he fel
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had the visiting card of Bruxton
Sands suggested the doctor hest-
family. He disliked to seem over
critical of man who had done so
much for Elinor.
Neither have you worked OUT an
explanation of the fact that it was a
woman who gave the order to the
three French firms for the manufac,
ture of the false diamonds, and that
she gave the name Of Elinor Hol-
comb" Manning pursued. You'll
have to make that clear to Mott, I'm
thinking"
81 don't quite understand why the
Hindoos kidnapped you, lieutenant
added Fitch tentatively.
Britz smiled.
"Mere details" Britt replied. First
| Griswold did not smuggle the diae
| mond into Miss Holcomb's room.
That little trick was pulled of By
Ali. He was the only one who could
have done 1t, and his reason for want.
ing to throw suspicion on the young
woman is plain. He was In the house
| to get the necklace and he also want
ed to make sure getaway. There.
fore, he figured, IL the jewels should
be missed before he was able to get
them out OF the house, 1t would help
his chances Of escape to have suspi.
cion thrown on the secretary. The
diamond that was found among her
things did not belong to the collarette.
But its size and luster matched any
one Of q dozen Of the stones In that
magnificent setting, SO that all Of US
took 1t for granted it was Mrs. Mis-
sioner's property"
every good" parted the chief
How about the other points ~
TT needs no vivid imagination,
said Britz, ito picture Curtis GrisWolt
employing young woman to take the
drawings to the French manufactur
ers and telling her to introduce her
self as Elinor Holcomb, or by AM
other name he desired"
Manning nodded reluctantly. Fftcl
approyingly.
"As for old Martins possession Q
Sands card" continued the lieuten
!. ant, II see no explanation about tina
, except that GrisWold handed 1t t
! him. There seems to be a streak Q
malicious mischief In our club friend
AS side exploit In pulling OF BIZ
Q crime, he would enjoy making troubl
for another especially for man b
I had reason to fear as . rival, Whic
) was the case viii Sands. u may u
Z Ma even hf1nefas ff, east susnfcion ne!
1 manently on the. millionaire. thong
/ that seems hardly possible. Eve
s when Sands acted so mysteriously
q regard to that letter he recovere
E from the Hindoo burglar, he did NJ
r make me suspect he had stolen th
d diamonds, the strongest suspicion
had was that he might be shieldin
t the thief, and that didn't last long
d 'And your own little adventure
r asked the chief Of detectives with
y trace Of malice.
r,N4-rrN1rYET
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on his hearers. They shifted nervous
" in their seats as if impatient Of the
detectives pause.
jewels and where did they find them?"
asked Manning.
about one hour, or a little more,
before made try for them myself"
said Britt. "They nabbed them in the
apartment of Mrs. Millicent Delaroche,
in the Hotel Renaissance"
"And who, if you don't mind taking
me into your confidence, Is Mrs.
Millicent Delaroche?" the Chief In
quired.
ssMrs. AIillicent Delaroche," said the
detective crisply, thinks she Is the
future Mrs. Curtis Griswold. But as
far as Mr.. Griswold is concerned, she
may remain Mrs. Delaroche for the
rest of her natural life. In other
words, Griswold promised to marry
her, and then got very busy in an at
tempt to marry Mrs. Missioner. He
doesn't know yet, Of course, that II
will be very long time before he has
chance to marry anybody. Neither
does Mrs. Delaroche know how she
has been fooled by the c1ubman
When she does know-whieh thinl
will be some time today think you'll
see some fur fly
Fitch, to get the upper hand Of hi!
nervousness, tapped his eyeglasses
with a medlca1-lookfng lead pencil
and listened very closely to the de
tective's story. Manning, too, was al
sorbed In what Britz had to tell. Bot
of his hearers, therefore. were me
, mentarily disappointed when Britz, IL
!. stead Of going ahead with his story
, asked that Donnelly and Carson b
pried apart long enough for one Q
; them to arrest Griswold, and the othe
, to brings Mrs. Delaroche to Headuual
J tiers.
{ 81 don't want to make things too III
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Virginia Iuries Not charged--Gecrgil
Divorce Cases Tried Twice lS
Plaintiff Wins.

'sIt's queer the way the laws in some
OF the southern states differ from our
laws up here" said Col. Allan T. Brins-
through the south.
In Norfolk, Va, sat one day re.
Gently beside federal Judge when q
criminal case was being tried. The
charge was, think, robbing the
United States mails. AT p. M. the
Judge turned aside and speaking very
quietly said:
The jury will now retire.
"A recess, suppose I observed.
No. he said, the jury lie about to
retire to consider the evidence and
give its verdict
But you did not charge the Jury
remarked in puzzled way.
We do not charge the juries In
this Jurisdiction he replied.
In Savannah a day or two later
was in a court room where divorce
case was being tried before jury
The wife, who was the plaintiff. was
given the verdict.
So she gets her decree" remarked
| to lawyer friend.
mo, not now he replied. In this
state when in a divorce case the yer
| dict goes to the plaintiff the case mus
be tried again at the next term o
court. If the plaintiff wins again thu
decree is granted.
II, however, at the first trial TIT
| -. ,Af
Queer law that, but the Judge said i
was working well-that after the frs
verdict in favor of the plaintiff a re
Cancellation was often brought about
i--Cleyeland Leader.
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work for MIR. Griswold, and from all
I've heard a fine job he made OF 1t,
too"
"Crazy, is he?" asked Manning.
mad as they make EN-" Britz re-
piled, "but, as the doctor says, harm
less. He couldn't have made so good
an imitation had he not believed he
was manufacturing genuine stone.
That's his delusion, you understand
thinks he's making diamonds"
well" said the Chief after another
pause. slow did Griswold turn the
trick when it came to showdown"
A faint smile fiickered an instant
about Britz's lips, then disappeared.
"He never got a chance to tuEg the
trick" the detective replied. "For
more than year now, he's been cast
ing covetous eyes on the same paste
stones he had manufactured"
Bv a. tremendous effort Fitch sue
ceeded in subduing his excitement,
and locking his hands behind his
head. he waited with what patience
he could for the rest of the detec-
tive's story. Manning seemed to turn
to ice.
"Griswold has been in bad financial
" for over two years. Britt contin,
! ued. "He's been doing stunts with the
books Of the Iroquois Trust company
At my request, the directors have had
experts on the books for a couple OF
weeks, and they've got as pretty q
case against Mr.. Griswold as ever
you saw. He wanted that necklace in
order to get enough money to square
his accounts.
Now comes the strangest part o.
| the case" The detective smiled at
he made ready to fire the verba
bomb. .'The most surprised man II
the world, on the night that Mrs. Mis-
sioner discovered her jewels were
mere paste, was Curtis Griswold."
Britt watched the effect OF ais word
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pleasant for these bright young men"
Britz said sarcastically; but 90
want to give myself the satisfaction
Of having them nab the two persons
they should have arrested in less than
week after the theft OF Mrs. Mis-
sioners Jewels was discovered"
Manning felt he had no choice save
to comply He wasn't exactly pleased
by the insistence of his lieutenant's
request: but when Britt, at a nod
from him, pressed push button and
an attendant appeared in the doorway,
Chief Manning ordered the bluecoat
to ask Donnelly and Carson to report
to him In the lieutenant's room at
esaa.
Fright here" Britz proceeded, us
where an interesting side feature OF
the mystery comes in. Griswold would
have probably been more alert II ne
had known that men ten times as
adroit as he, and q hundred times
more INSCRIPTIONS, had journeyed hall
around the world to get one of those
very gems he was preparing to steal
! from the woman he hoped to marry
/ don't know exactly what's at the bot
tom of the interest those Hindoos
have in the great Maharanee dia'
mond: but I do know they're willing
to 20 pretty close to the electric chair
to get 1t. understand 1t was not
really bought from the wife of an In
dian prince, as Missioner told h1s
wife it was. My best information II
that 1t came from a Hindoo temple
You know those savages set grea
store by their idols. At any rate
from a half-dozen to dozen Indians
Of various degrees came here from
Calcutta some time ago and campet
on the trait OF the Maharanee dia
mond. They played a waiting gam
and, apparently, they were on the poin
Of making grand effort to get tn
stone when the head Of this organfzs
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work for MIR. Griswold, and from all
I've heard a fine job he made OF 1t,
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WORKS WITHou r Flal f1 3.
Faith Came After the Works Ivy y
the Foundation.

A Bay State belle talks fhss sss'
coffee: III
"While a coffee drinker I u !,
ferer from Indigestion arltl 'ass III;
painful nervous headaches { 81 III
hood. I'M
"seven years ago my hsalla n,
out entirely. / grew 50 ssA a
the exertion of walking # onl, s |,
feet. made it necessary Tor ~ IN Il
down. MY friends though HI
marked for consumption %
and pale. - n ID
Il realized the danger y Y Is Al
tried faithfully to get relief it3 w VI 81
icines, till, at last, after aas.p NE
ployed all kinds Of drugs, w ss
acknowledged that he did no1 s'S'
it was in his power TO cure n s,;sss D.
while in this condition : lsssas
duced me to quit coffee and E Ri
UNI, and / did 50 Witiloa rSt
hone that it would do me an' ,fss.l
did not like it at first, b,ls US a jjaa
properly made / found e w.
delicious and refreshing 81 i III
am especially fond Of 4 e.
ner ice-cold, with cream. "a a
In a months time Oes mid
prove, and in few weeks g. nd d
ton ceased to trouble &c 81
| headache stopped eatirel g aot
perfectly well now thai
gained in flesh that ~
4 heavier than ever before afsa
@This is what Postum ~
me. I still use it and sl aa',5
| So Name given by fossst
| tie Creek, Mich
"There's a reason, ano
plained in the little booA'
to Wellville,' in pkgs "
uv.r read the above l e ts s1ls "
on. appears f Te,ae. and I'll 9
interest.
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Tom-Do you believe in keeping W
friendship of a dog?
Dick-sure. Especially Il hel y
cross and happens to belong y v
girl you often call on.

Never fear to bring the sllslliasa,
motive into the smallest du1y BY "
the most infinite comfort to "
smallest trouble. Heber
Many a man could lose bis fspa'a
ton and never miss It.
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COURT. PRACTICE DOWN SOUTH

ITO BE coNTINUED.)
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Theophiie Gautier as a Journalist.

M. Paul Bourget has been lecturing
on Theophile Gautier and expressing
pity for him as a struggling journalist
How hard he struggled may be judged
from his account books, which have
been published by Baron Spoelberch
de Lovenjoul. He was both art critic
and dramatic critic Of La Presse: he
was oyerworked, and his average earn.
fngs at scale rates amounted tn
about ego a year.
His attitude toward literature consa,
quently became cynical. Master
pieces!" he once exclaimed. ''I do mol
recognize masterpieces. recognize
nothing except copy at 80 much sha
tine"
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M en- and w omen

Women as well as men are made Nil.
cradle by kidney and bladder trouble nr
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney
remedy, promptly relieves.
Swamp-Root stands the highest for ths
reason that it has proved to bs AUST iba
remedy needed III thousands upon thou.
sands Of even the most distressing casas
At druggists In Soc and 40 sizes You
also a, pamphlet telling you abaut Il, kasI
dress DR.. Kilmer & Co., BlnghalitonN Y,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-12-16
Fore.

Fore. - q
Jones-Do you think the morse "
survive the automobile?
Brown-Not IL he gets ID zig sVays#
Woman's Home Companion
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
Of CITY
MAY NOT RECEIVE
FULL ALLOWANCES
Police Court Fines for De-
cember Show Fall
ing Off.

As the result Of a recent falling or
In Police Court fines there IL a strong
probability of a reduction In the police
and firemen's pension fund for the
month of December, according to a
statement of Auditor Tweedale today.
The sum Of $l.6o0 is needed to pay the
pensioners in full. the total amount
needed being $1,000. Indications are
that the fines will not supply the def
cheney.
1T will be greatly regretted IL the
District Is unable to meet its obliga-
tons at time when the money Is so
much needed said Auditor Tweedale
today. 1.-THE first of january finds many
pocketbooks depleted. and moro espe-
cially is this go in the case Of those
who are dependent upon the pension
fund.
mo local MEASURE before Congress is
Of more Importance than the bill to
place the police and firemen's relief
fund upon a stable basis"
The police and firemen's pension fund
primarily depends upon the Police
Court fines, which have steadily dimin-
ished since 1907 In that year the reve-
nues from this source amounted to
$1O7, 1886. 40. In 1911 the fines dropped to
$15. $3.50. 1t is probable, according to
the Auditor, that the deficiency for the
next fiscal year will be larger than that
for 1911.
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
TOT OF SIX Weeks
NOW IS ENROLLED
AS GOOD FELLOW
Toys Contributed to Give
Some Child Happy
Christmas.
CONTINUED from First PAGE,

must be hard not to have any
mamma or papa or any sisters.
My sister and / wish we could do
more for you, but perhaps some
some. Wishing you all the joy
that Christmas can bring you. we
are,
"Your little synpathizers.
"PAULINE AND KATHERINE
slime, Sherman avenue. Takoma
Park, ID. c.
up. ST. am eight, and my sister
ID ten years old"
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
pOpportunities
To Do Good
OPPORTUNITY NO. 1
APPROXIMATELY mo- q

widow: I'VE small children; has recently
EFT hcspital Friend. poor woman herself.
has been aiding her. $3.50 per week. $50
for the year.. required to keep this little
homo together.
The Washington times., 1911-12-21

In which to come forward and Join the
GOOD FELLOW movement. the con-
tributions are coming IN 30 thick and
fast that the st. Nicholas Girl feels
that her rose colored dream OF making
5000 poor children happy on Christmas
morning is almost a reality.
Much to Be Done.
There is still much to do In order to
provide merry Christmas for the little
unfortunate tots OF the Capital City.
And Santa Claus cannot work empty
handed. II is not too late to contribute.
But, of course, contributions must come
In promptly. II you wish to feel the
Christmas spirit; II you wish the glow
and Joy OF having done something un-
selfish, It can easily be secured. Re-
member that presents to your own near
and dear ones are selfish matters In a
way at least. Your own family is so
close to you that It is part Of your
very self. Pause a moment and COLI
care for them, the little girls who have
mo papa and no mama" like Edna
Strather, and countless other little girls
and boys who write their pitiful scrawls
to Santa Claus.
These little children sometimes do not
have enough to eat They do not have
clothes enough to keep them warm.
And as for Christmas toys-what need
Is there to repeat statement that has
already been made many times since
The Times st. Nicholas Girl commenced
her work.
These are the tots whom the at.
Nicholas Girl and her hard working
little band of aides hope to make happy
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
OppORTuNITY Mo. II

IS a week or $312 year will provide for !,
widow who has been left with three small
Children and who sorely needs assistance.
ID oovvIedOed ........,.,... f96b
The Washington times., 1911-12-21

on Christmas morning.. and every
sticky-faced tot. with arms full Of toys
ana eyes full Of wonder, win bless each
contributor to the GOOD FELLOW
fund. Part of this blessing, the most
spontaneous and sincere that has ever
come your way, Will be yours, Mr..
movement before II 10 too late.
left.
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
Little Advice.

Maud-rm told get my good looks
from my mother.
Ethel-I wouldn't repeat that II
were you.
Maud-why not7
Ethel-Peoplc will think your mother
was stingy.-Boston Transcript.
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
Socks for President.

President Taft today received his
first Christmas present. 1t came from
Miss Elizabeth Brock, of War Branch,
KY. and consisted Of a pair Of hand
knit socks. Miss Brock did the work,
and sincerely hopes Mr.. Taft will
wear the socks on cold, damp days.
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
OPPORTUNITY NO. Is
OPPORTUNITY NO. IA

Young man, stricken with tuberculosis; u
now in q sanitarium. but SO per week 10
needed for eight weeks in addition to the
50 per week furnished by his family. II he
10 to stay until the dread disease 10 cured.
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
Donates Blankets.


An older contributor wrote to thu
st. Nicholas girl yesterday in re-
Spouse to the plea for something
pretty"
A letter which would move the .ton-
iest-hearted came from another bereayet
parent. please give these blankets" n
said, Ito the most worthy one on your
list-to some poor mother who has n
little child, for they are crib blankets
They were my little sons. He is spend
came this beautiful Christmas spirit. II
has cost many pangs to part with the
blankets. but feel must not let sem
tlment prevent some child from being
Those blankets dear bereaved mother,
already have gone to another mother
whose little two weeks old baby was
sleeping beneath an old ragged calico
comfort. There was no fire In the
house when the Mercury from The
Times Office walked into the poor home
and gave the blankets to the mother of
that little pink and white mite of hui
mainly.
"Billy" Gives Toys.
Letters like the above are not unusual
in the office of the st. Nicholas Girl
these days. All breathe the spirit Of
love and kindness. of peace and good
will, and many Of them hint at personal
sorrow.
Billy" who came into the office after
dark last evening, has the true Christ
mas spirit, and Is a fine GOOD FELL
Low. He writes that he wants to see
ALL the little chaps have a Christmas,
but, like all GOOD FELLOWS he can
not do as he likes. However, he
brought a large lumpy package, which,
upon being opened. was found to con-
tain just exactly the kind of toys that
q boy would like. the kind that boy
would choose.
And now, when but two days remain
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
0PPORTUNITY NO. 10

Coiored woman and good mother. with baby
Ave months old, has been deserted by her
husband. She has four other children, the
Oldest ten. IS a week Il required to keep
mother and children together.
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
OPPORTUNITY NO. 3
OPPORTUNITY NO. A.
Total amount needed has been subscribed.
GO. 60
OPPORTUNITY NO. s

Deserted family Of mother and four small
Children. one q newborn baby, needs SO a
week or e1b6 a year II mother and children
Are TO be- kept together.