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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
His MaiestY,s Son.

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BERLIN, Nov 11.-Crown Prince
Frederick William was not present at
Fridays sitting of the reichstag. 1t
was generally expected that his high
ness would be placed under arrest as
q result of his demonstratiye disap,
proyal of Chancellor Hollweg's speech
to the reichstag Thursday in defense
of the France-German Moroccan agree.
ment, "ok'd' by his majesty. 1t was
understood today that the emperor
satisfied himself with reprimanding
his son severely and ordering him
back to his military duties at Danzig
I'VE do not DESIRE said the Cologne
Gazette today, in an editorial believed
to have been inspired by the emperor
"to have the crown prince prevented
from expressing his opinion in fit
ting manner and place. but not in th,
way chosen in the reichstag which W,
consider extremely undesirable
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
WOMAN DISGUISED
As MAN BURGLAR
Mrs. Quinn Eays She Believes For
mer Lady Friend of Her
Husband Killed
Him.
HER LIFE A DRUDGERY
Charged With Murder Of at Least
Two Husbands, She Seeks
Priest to Make
Confession.
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ldtS NFIlV LGdSSu WlIe CSINlCe.J
CHICAGO, Nov. 11.-While tears
coursed down her cheeks, Mrs John
Quinn tonight in her cell at the coun-
ty Jail, protested her innoncence OF
the murder of at least two of her
three husbands. The police charge
that she shot John Quinn dead as he
lay sleeping in his bed, and they sus-
pect that when the woman advanced
the same story-that of masked in
truder who fired without warning
former husband, Warren Thorpe, she
was likewise covering up her alleged
crime
Il was hard working housewife,
boarding house keeper forewoman
in several factories and good wife,
she explained tonight. "My life has
been full of drudgery. And now, the
little happiness John Quinn brought
me was not long allowed to brighten
my life. am innocent of his death.
II firmly believe that jealous wo-
man committed the crime-a former
paramour of his. with whom he had
broken off relations, know he
feared that this vengeful woman
would get him. as he expressed it,.
] think she disguised herself in mans
clothes and came into our house to
shoot my husband.
"As to my first husband, his son,
| Warren, is trying to thdow suspicion
on me because he is jealous of the
division of the Thorpe estate. | have
always thought that Thorpe commit
ed suicide following a quarrel with
his sons"
The accused woman was anxious to
talk. and yet worried by the counsel
of her attorney that she maintain ST.
lence. Late tonight, she asked that
a Catholic priest be summoned, al
though she said she was an Episco-
palian. She declared. however, that
she desired to have father confes-
sor call, and would embrace the
Catholic faith, so that she could talk
things over with him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Carnival Of Death.

The carnival of death began with
the moment that the Manchu com.
mander succeeded in beating back the
rebel force which had been stormins
his troops entrenchments on Purple
Hill. Either convinced that he and his
men must finally perish in any event
and determined to take as many lives
as possible for these they must give,
or hopeful of terrorizing al China by
the horror of NanlSins rate, he gave
the word for the butchery to begin
No one who did not see it, refugees
report. can imagine what followed.
The Mancbu soldiers rushed through
the Chinese quarters like mad dogs.
Hundreds OF Chinese, taken by sur.
prise in the streets were shot or chop
ped to bits in their tracks in the first
few minutes Hundreds more per
ished as they fought with one another
for escape through the city gates. A
still greater number barricaded them
selves in their homes and waited
dumb with fear, for the murderers to
burst in upon them too
For a tine the Manchus We're busy
at the city gates. and with the Chin
ese who dashed through the streets
wildly seeking some hiding place OF
avenue of escape. Later before the
last refugees got away, the streets
Icing practically cleared of everything
living, the smashing of wood work an,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Manchus in Complete Control of Nan.
kin and slaushterlng the citi-
ems Like a Fox In
Chicken Yard.
ANKLE DEEP IN BLOOD
Carnival of Death Causes Civilized
World to shudder In Horror at
the savagery of tho
Crime.
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lGate City Leased Wire Service.
SHANGHAI, China, Nov. IL
Though the Manchus are again in
complete control of Nankin tonight
their control promises to be short
lived, Surrounding them on every
side are millions Of enemies, fairly
frantic for their blood Revolutionists
are converging upon the city from
every direction, It's capture can be a
question of hut few DAYS and when
1t falls, the rebels are certain to put
every Manchu within its walls to the
sword
From Nankin itself. no news Is ar
irving at present. The Manchus shut
up inside have seized the telegraph
and settled down sullenly to resist as
long as possible without further com.
munication with the outside world
Fugitiyes from the city who have TAX.
en- refuge in adjoining towns with
which Shanghai is in communication
are sending in stories, however, of al
most unbelievable horror. The for
eign residents, among others, though
unmolested in a single instance, so fai
as known, are believed all to have
fled, simply because they could not
endure the hideous sights which ac.
companied the massacre of Chinese
following the city's recapture by it's
Manchu garrison.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Hit Near Davenport.

DAVENPORT, Iowa, Nov. 11.-An
old fashioned cyclone, cutting a
swath fifty feet wide, as clear as a
knife, struck Scott county few
miles north of Davenport this after
noon, injuring several people and
damaging property worth many
thousand dollars. Trees were up
rooted, houses and barns torn down
and fences and telephone and tele-
graph poles leveled. The house of B.
7. Seaman, republican candidate for
congress from this district three
years ago. collapsed in the path of
the storm, but no one was injured.
Farmers rushed for their cellars and
escaped with their lives.
During the day the temperature
was 70 and with the coming OF the
storm the mercury dropped from SO
to go degrees in a few hours. -Iol.
lowing the wind came heavy storm
of sleet and rain
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Slaughter Still in Progress.


The slaughter at last accounts, was
still In progress. 1t is estimated that
$4,000 Chinese escaped into the open
country when the butchery had but
just begun. Later, however, the city
gates We're closed and the remaining
Inhabitants cooped up in the Chinese
quarter to die as rapidly as the Man
chu murderers could cut them to
pieces. AT the time the gates we're
shut, II Is estimated that 5000 unarm.
ed men, helpless women, and children
down to babies in arms had been
slain. Something like 100000 Chinese
still remained alive, unable either to
fight or fly, barricaded in their
houses skulking through the narrow
streets or seeking hiding places among
.he heaps OF corpscs which fill the
town, and doomed man. woman and
child Is put to death as rapidly as the
Manchu soldiers can hunt them down.
It is the murder of these thousands
which is going on now. rhe Manchus
in the city are numerically compare
lively weak. Their lighting men do
not number many more than 1000
j They are we'll armed. however, and
4 supplied with ample ammunition,
while their victims have neither. The
number Of victims each Manchu can
account for is limited only by the time
left to them to continue their work
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12

HER BARBER ESCORT
Hid In the Bushes During Operation
and Later Confessed That He
Was in the Con-
splracy.

[Gate City Leased Wire Service
LINCOLN, Kas., Nov. 11.-With ev-
cry room in the two hotels Of which
Lincoln boasts, engaged for weeks in
advance and boarding house space at
a premium, Lincoln tonight prepared
to go through one of the most siren
uous periods of her career-the trial
OF fifteen prominent citizens for the
tarring and feathering of young,
beautiful girl, Miss Mary Chamber
lain. Anticipation that the testimony
which will be given will be of de-
clued risque nature has lured a num-
Der OF strangers to the trial, while
the prominence of the men charged
with the tarring has stirred the coun.
tryside to high pitch of excitement
In spite of vigorous effort to OBJ.
tain change of venue, the trial will
be called at 1000 a m. Tuesday in
the district court, unless some unex-
pected incident occurs to postpone
the hearing. County Attorney Me
Chandless, who will conduct the pros,
ecution, does not anticipate much diff
ficulty in obtaining a jury and de
clares that he will demand the full
penalty-one year in jail and fine
OF $1,000 for each of the guilty parties
Owing to the fact that the laws OF
Kansas do not recognize tarring and
| i,,o tts IA y
charge against stp fftaen men is as
| sault and battery
| On the night of August Z last, Miss
Chamberlain, having as an escort Ed
! ward Record, a barber, started in a
4 buggy for dance at the school house
where she taught. some three miles
away. Shortly after passing the out
skirts of the town, three masked men
appeared in front OF the vehicle and
roughly ordered the girl to get out
She appealed to Record for aid, but
he jumped out and hid in the bushes
! The men then seized the girl and
carried her, in spite of her struggles,
to bonfire nearby, where several
other masked men helped strip her
and apply coat of tar and feathers
The application finished they vanished
Record came out of his hiding place
assisted Miss Chamberlain to collect
her clothing and then drove her back
home, where she told her brother OF
the occurrence. He Immediately in
formed the county authorities and de
manded arrests.
! The first arrest made was that OF
! Record, who at first steadfastly pro
tested his innocence, but finally broke
down and made a confession which
led to the arrest of fifteen young ner
of Shady Bend, the town where the
school house was located. Recorc
himself entered a plea of guilty ant
was sentenced to serve twelve month;
in the penitentiary. It is expected thai
he will be brought back to testify
against the men who he is alleged tc
have implicated in his confession tt
the police.
Since the tarring, Miss Chamber
lain has received over 500 letters
from all parts of the country express
ing sympathy and offering assistance
All offers of money were declined b,
the girl and her father
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
AGAINST the EoreIoners.

An alarming feature of the situation
is the evident growth of an anti-for-
eign sentiment as the rebellion ad-
vances. This sentiment is manifest
ing itself both among the Manchus
and Chinese. At Foo Chow, which the
revolutionists captured after three
days of blooding fighting, it was the
vanquhshed Manchus who turned
against the foreigners, making re-
peated attempts to burn their conces-
sions At this point. the revolution
lists maintained their early attitude
of friendliness to aliens. and urged by
the latter, executed large number
OF the incendiaries The commander
of the imperialist force at Foo Chow
was also beheaded directly after the
city's fall. The viceroy fcrstalled a
similar fate By suicide Just how
many fell at Foo Chow is unknown
here, reports only stating that there
was "a great slaughter in the
streets"
At Tien Tsin, contrary to Foo
Chow, it is the rebels who show anti
foreign symptoms. They accuse the
foreigners of favoring the imperial
lists and many letters have been re-
ceived by leading alien residents, that
it was only upon condition of the
strictest neutrality that the revolutions
lists ever pledged their safety
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
The Loot is Planted.
[Gate City Leased Wire servi,

[Gate City Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK. Nov. 11,-Lawyers
connected -ua the litigation arising
out Of the federal bank investigation
and the Globe securities company
failure tonight believe that the s422,-
600 said to have been hidden by Da.
vid Rothschild before he was sent to
Sing Sing for wrecking those institu.
tions will never be found Persons In,
terested in both of the banks say that
should the money turn up, Rothchilds
widow, who is now Mrs. Eugene Bat
ten of st. Louis, would make figh,
to get it,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Tornado Tore Across
Several States Yesterday

timbers as they rushed from their
homes that We're being torn apart.
Many physicians were called to dress
the injured, though It is reported to.
night that only one may die.
Earl Prescott, 19, sought refuge in
barn The building was completely
wrecked and the youth buried under
the debris. He is thought to be fatal.
ly injured.
Reports from surrounding towns
indicate that great damage was done
to farm property, but no fatalities
are reported.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
King and Queen Not Popular.

INuVe NIVY I-eeloeu WIG Service.
LONDON, Nov. lin spite of the
attempt mace by the government to
give the impression of tremendous
popular outburst Of enthusiasm for
King George and Queen Mary on their
departure today for the Indian durbar
the affair, from a spectacular stand
point, was distinct fizzle. Indeed
every public function in which their
majesties have figured since King
Georges accession to the throne has
proven a disappointment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Inspecting Forts.

tGate CITY Leased Wire Service.1
JUNCTION CITY, Kansas, Nov. II.
Secretary of War Stimson and Cen
eral Leonard Wood arrived at Fort
Riley, near here, this afternoon on
their tour of inspection of all the
forts. They will remain there for two
days and then proceed to the army
training school at Leavenworth, Kan.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Wisconsin Gets II.

CHICAGO. Nov. 11.-Reports reach
ed here tonight that the lower tied or
counties in Wisconsin had suffered
great damage in cyclone which
swept over northern Illinois and south
ern Wisconsin late this evening. 1t
was reported that several persons had
lost their lives in small towns in
Rock county, Wis.
All wires are out of commission.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Cotton Oil Plant AbIaze.

TGate City Leased Wire Service.l
HOUSTON. Texas, Nov. 12.-Fire is
raging in the great plant of the Mag
nolia Cotton Oil company. FIVE miles
from the city. At o'clock there Is
little Indication of anything being
saved. The plant is one of the larg-
est in the soutr and valued at 5000, 900.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Wires Conceal the News.

PEORIA, ILL.,, Nov. 1.-THE Chica-
80, Peoria and ST Louis railroad
company late this evening received
report that Virginia, H., had been
swept by cyclone. Communication
then was cut off. Wires are working
only as far south as Havana.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Arc Ready TO Strike
ate City leased Wire Serxi

lGate City Leased Wire Service]
CHICAGO. Nov. 11.-Five thousand
shop craftsmen on the Rock Island
railroad tonight await strike order
from officials and according to infor-
nation may begin their campaign to
force higher wages Monday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
HELPLESS Before Them

The rebels here were short of AMI
munition; the Manchus had more than
enough. AS a result, the former were
quickly beaten back. For a time
they kept up spasmodic series of at
tacks, hoping for the arrival OF fresh
ammunition. II was slow in coming,
however, the rebel military organiza-
tion being as yet incompetent, and
Friday night the imperial gunboat in
the river opened so heavy bombard-
ment on the revolutionists' position;
three miles outside the south gate.
that the beseigers were compelled to
fall back, taking the refugees with
them, Early today, when the Manchus
made sortie, they found themselves
in sole possession Of the field, and
Immediately turned their attention to
the completion of the butchery inside
| the city.
Inside the city, except at Nanlyin,
the rebels are gaining ground every
i where The Manchu government, in
deed. is in nominal control of Pekin,
but it's hours are numbered. In fact,
a formal announcement of the en-
peror's abdicaticn is almost momentar-
ily expected Yuan Shi Is said to
have sent word he believes 1t is only
by this means that further bloodshed
can he prevented, and 1t Is said he
added that he believes If the ruler
Yields promptly. the new republican
government can be induced to grant
him a pension, whereas If he delays
much longer, he viii lose everything
perhaps including his life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
MutlIatlon and savaaery.

I
The Manchus did their work thor
oughly. Not satisfied with killing the
Chinese. they mutilated them horribly.
Arms, legs and heads were cut of.
Skulls We're split. Live women were
Idisemboweled. The soldiers seemed
crazy not alone to see the people die,
but to see them suffer horribly before
dying. Mothers were compelled to
look on while their children were kill
! ed; husbands, while the women OF
their households we're outraged. Ref,
ugees spoke of having waded ankle
deep in blood to reach the city gates.
The fugitives outside the city are not
in much better condition. These are
absolutely destitute. None has any
food Many are nearly naked. Hun,
dreds are wounded. Unless relief ar
rives speedily-and it must come in
enormous quantities. next few
days will see them dying in thousands.
| The rebel attack upon Nankin seems
to have been made prematurely. The
revolutionary leaders probably took
1t for granted that the city would fall
into their hands with scarcely strug-
gle, as SO many other cities have
done since the outbreak of the rebel
lion. Instead, the Manchu garrison,
presumably rendered desperate by
news OF the massacre of others OF
their kindred following the original
rebel capture of Hankow and other
places, had been making every prepa-
ration for defense.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Saturday Afternoon Wind Did Mucn
Damage In Illinois Where One
Town Was Badly
Wrecked.
TORNADO IN MISSOURI
Virginia, ILL.,, Reported Devastated by
Cyclone and Three Lives
Lost Besides Many
Injured.
[Gate City Leased Wire Service.

[Gate City Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-THE central
west was swept by wind, rain and
sleet storm this evening and tonight.
Reports of heavy losses are coming
from various sections.
Only partial confirmation is possi-
Bile. owing to the almost complete
prostration of the telegraph and tele-
phone lines. The heaviest loss OF
property and life is reported from
southern Wisconsin, where the list of
dead is estimated from 10 to 20.
Late reports from Virginia, ILL.,, re-
ported wiped out by a cyclone, is that
three persons were probably fatally
injured and a score received minor in
Juries.
The financial loss of over million
dollars has SO far been reported, with
much of the affected territory still to
hear from. The storm is now NOV
ing south and spreading over a wide
TERRITORY.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Reanect for Americans.

There is no doubt however, THAT
both imperialists and revolutionists
have a wholesome respect for Admir-
al Murdoch, commanding the Amsri-
can Asiatic squadron The admiral
has some twenty war vessels at his
disposal, and by landing of marines
at threatened points and the firmness
he has displayed throughout the
whole of the present trouble, has pro.
duced deep impression on the ma
tive mind. The rebels are already be
ginning to talk of constitutional
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
THE WE.A THEIR.

CHICAGO, Nov, II. Forecast -
Iowa-Snow flurries Sunday: colder
eastern and central portions Monday
fair.
Missouri Snow tlurries tonight;
Monday fair.
Illinois Snow flnrries and much
colder with cold wave Sunday;
Monday fair
Local Observations.
Nov. II. I a. M. 67 degrees. clear:
Nov II, T D. M, % degrees. sleeting.
Rainfall for past "a hours / inch, .
River above low water of 1864 7 #,
6 tenths.
Change in "a hours rise of / tenth.
Mean temperature 81. highest ten
pedature 70, lowest 23 to p. M.
From 1880 to 2:3o p. M the temper
ature fell 40 degrees. from II to 81.
FRED z. GOSEWIsCH,
Observer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Rivers Of Blood Drench
The Soil Of China

the crash of artillery began to be
heard, as the butchers battered in
doors or blew down walls to get at the
terror stricken inhabitants, of the
houses in the Chinese section of the
town.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Tornado at Springfield, Mo.

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SPRINGFIELD Mo-. Nov. 11.-Sev-
eral persons were injured and thous-
ands Of dollars of damage done to
property by tornado which struck
this city at O'clock this afternoon.
For two minutes the wind maintained
q velocity of seventy-five miles an
hour. The path of the storm was
nearly half a mile wide through the
heart of the city. Many houses were
wrecked, roofs torn off and hundreds
8of window panes in business buildings
and residences broken. Many persons
had miraculous escapes from death. A,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Half Of Town In Rulns.

PEORIA. ILL.,, Nov. ii .--One half sot
virginia, ILL.,. is in ruins, the rest
badly damaged and twenty or more
persons are reported injured. several
seriously, as the result of cyclone
which swept the Cass county seat
late this afternoon. The cyclone was
seen coming for miles, appearing in
the shape of funnel shaped cloud
but its descent was So rapid that lit.
tie opportunity was afforded residents
to seek points of safety.
drenching rain followed the
storm. Information Is meager owing
to the crippled wire service.
The storm was the most severe in
the west of the city, where dozens of
houses were razed while many roofs
were carried away The roof of the
county Jail was blown away and the
building damaged to such an extent
as to make it uninhabited The
prisoners will be taken to the Sanga-
mon county Jail at Springfield tomor-
row. The roof also was blown from
the Mann House, the largest hotel in
the city. Among other buildings de-
strowed or badly damaged were Their
mans opera house, the city hall and
the Catholic and Methodist churches
The property loss in Virginia is es.
timated at s500,000
Passing west from Virginia the cy-
clone did much damage, then rose and
disappeared
The twister whirled down on the
town at 3:10 p. m. Then the clouds
pulled themselves to other parts of the
corn belt. A relief train reached Vir-
4 ginia late tonight after plowing its
way through parts of farm houses
! ty found the business district and one
section of the residence portion in
ruins. Nearly a hundred persons who
had gathered in the Methodist church
Tor social event were in danger of
death when the structure gave way un-
der the force of the tornado.
Heavy damage was reported to-
night from Danville, Taylorville,
Auburn and Pana. A blizzard follow
ed the cyclone, putting trolley lines
and street railways out of business
throughout central Illinois.
Among the most seriously injured
at Virginia are Earl Whitaker, Fred
French and Otis Middleton.
The Mann hotel, opera house, city
hall and Pollard building were de-
molished.