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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
Good Cause to Gasp.

WASHINGTON. April 1o.--Wash-
ington gasped today when the special
report of Representative Palmer of
Pennsylvania which led to the pnrg-
ing of the pay roll was made public.
A thirteen year old girl was found
TO be drawing $1,000 per year under
the title OF clerk to the door-keeper
Several special police We're still on
the pay roll, appointed during the
Spanish American war Clerks In
room abolished sixteen years age
were still on the pay roll
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
Lost in Canada

EDMONTON, Alberta, April 10
Grave fears are entertained that a
mounted police patrol consisting OF
Sergeant Fitzgerald and Constables
Caster, Martin and Tailor, who start
ed from Hershel Island for Edmonton
in December, are lost. They are one
month overdue now, and searching
party has returned with no tldlngs
of the missing men.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
TOXIC fire
Was DISASTROUS
Five Thousand Houses Were Wrecked
as Result of the Blaze Start
ing on Sunday
NOTORIOUS DISTRICT
Six Thousand Female Inmates Of the
Section Were Made Homeless
BY The conflaara-
NOTORIOUS DISTRICT

TOXIC, April 10-The notorious
Yoshiwari, the principal quarter of
Toxic inhabited by the licensed he
tairae, was destroyed by fire Sunday
Many of these houses were almost
palatial in appearance, and thous-
and of them were burned in a little
more than three hours. Six thousand
female inmates were rendered home
less.
The Yoshiwari is conducted under
government licenses, which provide
for the establishment of hospitals, and
several of these institutions also were
burned The fire, which began at
1880 o'clock in the morning. spread
over vast area. 1t was famed by
a strong southern wind, and the
flames were swept to the surrounding
structures to the north. Altogether it
is estimated that 5000 houses are IN
ruins, covering an area approXlmately
four square miles.
4 A large number of women were
1 severely injured, but so far as Is
known no deaths have occurred FIVE
! hundred troops are guarding the ter
ritory. When the wind died down on
4 the clear night the entire northern
skies of Toxic we're ablaze from the
glowing embers. 1t is impossible at
present to estimate the total loss.
The world-famed Yoshiwari lies
about one mile to the north of Asaku
sa Dark. The district presented
spectacle probably unparalleled In any
other country, but reproduced on
smaller scale in the provincial Japan
ese cities. with its gorgeous struct
ures. guarded by iron bars, directly
on the street line, and its thousands
; OF gayly bedecked residents.
This whole quarter is under specla
municipal surveillance, with the re
suit that at all times perfect orde
prevailed, enabling strangers TO OIL
serve. while walking through tn
streets. the manner in which tn
Japanese have solved, in their ew1
manner, one of the vexed question
: of all ages
The district to the north was ot
;, cupied largely by small and iiims
dwelling places and many tea houses
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
APPOINTMENTS
WORTH RECEIVING
one Month in Europe with $4,000 Ex-
pense Account for Five
Men.

WASHINGTON, April 10.--A month
in Europe with an authorized expense
account of $4,000 each, was the APP
pointment given to five government
employees by Secretary of State Knox.
They are to represent the United
states at the general assembly of the
international institute of agriculture.
which convenes in Rome on May IA.
They are Representative J. Foster of
Vermont; former Representative
Charles F. Scott, of Kansas City: f.
Dana Durand, Edgar r. Champlin, OF
Boston. and Victor H. Olmsted chief
of the bureau of statistics OF the de-
partment of agriculture.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
TO SETTLE ALL
LABOR DISPUTES
Permanent Commission of Railroad
Men to Prevent Future
Strikes

CHICAGO, April To- President .
A. Delano OF the Wabash railroad
comes out as an advocate OF perma-
nent commission 10 settle all labor
disputes especially arising between
the railroads and their men.
He would have the group made up
Of members fitted for their duties
through experience and would have
the public at large, as well as the
parties to the controversy represent
ed. He points out that the present
method is unsatisfacory to both men
and roads. Delano made the sugses-
tions = letter to the Railway Age
Gazette.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
Child Remarked THAT Rhubarb Pie
Grew,on PIE Plant and Mother
Laughed Herself
to Death.
HAPPENED AT PARTY
Birthday Dinner Was jolly Affair But
Joke Was Too Much for Wo-
man Who Died In
a Fit.

CHICAGO, Apri. 10.-A merry birtn-
day dinner terminated fatally yester-
day for Mrs Ernesta Gehring, 1870
North Forty-tfth avenue, who laugh
ed herself into a state of exhaustion
that resulted in her death. The din
ner was rendered Mrs. Gehring by her
nine children, AMI an unconscious
witticism of one of them caused her
fatal laughter
Mrs. Gehring had the place at the
head of the table at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. A. E. Boos. 1t was her
54th birthday and all the children who
had been scattered afar had returned
to celebrate the occasion.
| They were enjoying themselves and
congratulating the mother on her good
health and expressing hope that she
! would live to see as many more birth
/ days, when Mrs. Boos went INTO the
| kitchen to bring in the desert. 1t
consisted OF rhubarb pie-some of the
| family called it "rhubarb'' and others
called it spie plant This matter
was under discussion when 9-year-old
Freddie the youngest son Of Mrs. Geh-
ring. who had been left out of the
consideration, sought to settle the de
bate.
We'll, mother,' he inquired, raising
his voice above the others, doesn't
the rhubarb pie grow on a pie plant
Everybody laughed until the tears
ran down their cheek and tho geppt
! man seemed embarrassed to thinl
, what he had said was funny.
Other members of the family hat
recovered their composure. but Mrs
Gehring burt out afresh as soon as she
seemed to have forgotten the joke
!. Others had to laugh to see her laugh
until finally she became hysterical
Finally members of the family re
garded her seriously as she began u
gasp and struggle. Various expedient
! were resorted to to restore her. Waite
was thrown in her face and she wa
. pounded on the back. These effort
, falling, one OF the children ran for Dl
\ Burton W. Mack, Alag West Mort
a avenue.
When the physician arrived, Mr.:
Gehring was unconscious. He apple
drugs to restore her but she soon SUI
: cumbed The physician examined he
and found that her heart had becom
r affected. AS result of the TRACED
= the nine children are inconsolable.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
ANOTHER SUGAR
MAN PASSES AWAY
Peculiar Fate Has Hovered Over the
Big Men of the Sweet
Corporation.

NEW YORK, April lo-Gustav E.
Kissel banker undeg Indictment with
Thomas Harmed, charged with con
spiracy with which the sugar trust
got control of the PENNSYLVANIA sus-
are Refining Co, died here today
The death OF Tissel again brought
attention to the peculiar fate when
has lowered over the big men OF 'ne
sugar trust, seven OF whom have died.
FIVE suddenly and two BY their own
hands. ,,,,n,o
George Graham and Frank Hipple
killed themselves and the others oleu
snddenlv since the sugar trust came
into the lime light.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
No MOURNERS
FOR The dead
Victims Of Alabama Mine Disaster
Were Mostly Negro Convicts and
Meet Death Un-
mourned.
NUMBER REACHES 127
Bodies Are Brought Out Sunday and
Rescue Party Has Narrow
Escape in the
Shaft.

LITTLETON, Ala, April 10.-With /
corps OF rescuers last night brought
a steady stream of bodies from the
Banner mine of the Pratt CONSOLIDATE
ed Coal Company in which Satur-
days disastrous explosion occurred.
1t is believed that 1877 is the num-
ber of victims. There is no longer
hope of finding men alive under
ground. OF the 12S dead. only Ia We're
whites.
1t was 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon
when the rescuers established work
ing conditions in the mine, and at
3:20 o'clock the first three bodies
were brought up including Lee Jones
and o. w. Spradling, both white.
State Mine Inspector James Hillhouse
expressed the belief that the mine
would be cleared today
James Oakley, president of the
State Convict Board, accompanied the
second party into the mine. He said
his report to the governor would fol-
low thorough investigation.
The general belief is that powder
caused the explosion, the opinion be-
ing expressed that damage was heayi-
est near the point where the days
supply of explosives was kept
There are virtually no mourners at
Banner, none of the convicts had rela
tives near, but a few curious negro
2 Il hol
would break into low. mournfu
dirse-like chant when the bodies were
brought up.
The first party of ten government
rescuers, headed by DR.. j. j. Rut
ledge, who entered the mine had q
narrow escape from death. An acci
dent occurred to the boiler used fol
the fans, and the air was stopped fol
few minutes.
Within a few seconds a faint CT,
for help was heard from below, ant
men with oxygen caps hurried down
The entire party was overcome by tn
after damp, and when brought to th'
surface physicians worked over then
for nearly an hour before they wer'
: able to be moved to the rescue car
! Those overcome were: DIR. j. j
, Rutledge, U. s.; DR.. W. S. Rountree
DR.. Caraway, j. D. Weldon, j. w
:, :, Newby, A. r. Brown U. S.; ]. w. Key
: II. s.. William Routenlusch. U. S; t
: H. Hamilton, George I, Gambill an
Harry McCrorie. Rutledge, Rountre
and Gambill were at first thought t
. be dead. All returned to work fe'
!. hours later.
While the loss of life at Banner
the most disastrous in the history
Alabama mining, the damage to tn
. mine itself is slight. Mr., Ramsey e
/, Inmates that $1,000 will cover it full
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
Private Audiences.

When Mr.. Wilson'S son told his
iather of this matter the Ambassador
TOOK no action whatever, though he
was fully justified in doing SO. Then.
later, during the celebration In honor
OF the foundation of the republic,
when many Japanese of high rank
came as special ambassadors from
'heir country to the Mexican capital,
the ambassador had reason to know
1hat marks of particular respect were
oelng paid to the Japanese, and that
mere had been private audiences be-
tween Diaz and few of his more IN
liuential ministers and the Japanese
delegates.
IL was during the visit of the Jap
ahese that Mr.. Wilson heard in the
streets of the City of Mexico cries OF
Long live Japan.' Down with the
drlngos!" So far as he was able to as
Certain no effort was made OH the
part of the authorities to suppress
those who gave voice TO these senti'
ments.
Another circumstance induced Mr.,
Wilson to make quiet Investigations
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
July % Has Been Set as the Date
When the Question VIII be
Up To The
Voters.
RESULT IS IN DOUBT
Northern Part of State Leans Toward
Dry While Southern End is
Overwhelmingly
Wet.

HOUSTON. Texas. April 10-The
be decided in Texas July %. Cover
nor Colquitt has signed a proclama-
ton calling for an election upon the
constitutional prohibition amendment |
for that date and for the first time
Texas will face the long threatening
issue.
AS a sequel the campaigns Of the
prohibitionists and the antis are on.
Both sides have been organizing and
preparing extensively for the cam
paign and its launching precipitated
tons of literature both for and against
the amendment over the state Head
quarters for both the antis and the
prohibitionists are installed in Hous
ton, while subheadquarters are locat-
ed at Dallas, San Antonio and Fort
Worth.
1t is impossible to forecast the re-
suit In the recent democratic pri-
mary, in which O. B. Colquitt. rail
road commissioner, was nominated for
| governor. the result was attended with
q peculiar feature. Governor Colquitt
/ ran on the anti ticket, while the pro-
] hibition ticket was headed by two
prohibitionists. AS sequel the pro-
4 hibition vote was divided and Cover
nor Colquitt was given a large ma
4 jority But although the anti-prohi-
bition candidate was nominated, which
i in democratic Texas is equivalent tic
election. an Overwhelming vote for
i submission OF the prohibition question
;. was polled The election July % now
). ordered is the fulfillment of the peo
: pies demands.
!; An Indication of the probable vote
July % can be had from the result Of
| the primaries. North Texas cast 6
majority vote for the prohibition can
didates, while south and southwest
Texas went overwhelmingly for the
, anti candidate, although these dis
tricts contributed largely to the sub
, mission vote Leaders of both side.
. take this vote as Indicative, the pro
hibitionists pressing their campaign
in south texas and the antis carrying
v their campaign WIN lncFeaSeu VlSo
into north Texas.
1t was noted that the prohibition
an endment resolution provides tha
in the event prohibition shall receiv
u the majority of the votes said amenc
a ment shall be declared adopted Jus
a what effect this attempt to make tn
II amendment self-enacting may hay
Q has not been determined. Some sa
this provision is in conflict with tn
last clause in the constitution PR
viding the governor shall issue
proclamation declaring the result {
any election upon an amendmen
Though there is no provision for tn
governor in the resolution what's
, ever. most people think the intent
~ the same as tue constitution. 1t is
question that might possibly be raise
before the courts in a contest.
% there is any doubt about it, II is COT
for the prohibitionists for the
= couched the language Of the resol
tjOO
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
ch,,tfaurs, eesponsibilitv.

LINCOLN, Neb. April 1o.-The
supreme court has held that Albert
schulze. chauffeur OF tue automo-
bile which killed VIM. Krug. the mil
lionaire brewer in Omaha last sum
mer. must serve three Years in pris-
on
The court declares that when an
automobile is driven at an unlawful
rate of speed. the chauffeur is re-
sponsible for damages which may re-
suit.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
Fo,k VIII Prosecute.

ST. LOUIS, April 1O-Former COY
ernor Joseph w. Folk will Win
draw from an extended lecture tour
now carrying him through the Pacl-
fic coast states, and return ~ -
ouis TO prosecute Ellis Wainwrlgne' sna
,,il,ionaire brewer, indicted in lsoz'
on charges of bribery, who SURRENDER
ed FRIDAY after nine years OF exile
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
w;lliams Killed.

MExICALA, April 1o.-The burial OIL
the insurgents slain with Gen. STANLEY
wi,,iams Saturday afternoon in the
a,tacl, on Mayot.s federal troops was
aomnleted here today. only 90 OF tne
~ Americans with Williams escaped.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
Girl in the Lake.

CHICAGO. April lo--In the finding
of the body of johanna Keyes. -. in
the lake, the police believe
they are confronted with q
mysterious murder The fact that
the girls lungs were not filed WIN
water leads to the belief she was CIV
en- an overdose Of knockout drops
and thrown into the lake by her STAY
er to give the death the appearance OF
a suicide
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
Killed r. r. Aaent.

CROToN LAKE, N Y, April To-
VIM. Hutchins, agent here was killed
in his office by robbers with whom
he struggled. Police from half doz-
en- nearby towns hurried to the vicini'
ty only to find the bandits had ned,
leaving Hutchins lying dead in his
office. The cash drawer had been
rified.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
Crazy Negro.

CHICAGO, April 10.-Thousands OF
women shoppers were thrown into
panic today when Thomas Craig,
negro crazy with drink. emptied ten
shots from an automatic revolver into
the crowd
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
Link Found Dead.

MITCHELL, H., April 10.--Former
Representative Link was found dead
in his bed this morning. 1t was his
confession that opened up the Lorimer
case He had been sick for several
months.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
THE WEATHER.
Until ! D. m. Tuesday.

Until p. m. Tuesday.
For Keoluk and Vicinity--Increas-
ing cloudiness tonight and Tuesday,
becoming unsettled by Tuesday night.
Warmer Tuesday.
For Illinois Fair and warmer to-
night. Tuesday increasing cloudiness
and warmer.
For Iowa and Missouri Increasing
cloudiness tonight and Tuesday, be
coming unsettled by Tuesday night
Warmer tonight and in east portions
Tuesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
Photograph Of Treaty
Made Taft Act Quickly

into the apparent drift of internation-
al sentiment between Japan and Mex
leo. He learned through certain steam
snip and railroad officials that for the /
last eighteen months every ship OF /
the Nippon Yusen Kaisha coming into |
Seattle, and of the Togo Kisen Kai- |
sha, whose port is San Francisco, was
carrying from 20 to $50 Japanese,
passage paid, besides cargoes of agri-
cultural machinery, household goods
and general stores. At Seattle and
San Francisco these Japanese, all
men, were transshipped to steamers
of the Pacific Mail line plying be-
tween Seattle, San Francisco and
Mexican ports.
1t was a matter of public record
that Japanese colonists had received
grants of tracts for cotton and corn
raising in the states of Sinaloa, Tepic
and Jalisco on the Pacific Coast Of
Mexico, but it was not apparent that
| the colonies were of size sufficient
| to include the hundreds of Japanese
4
/ the subsidized lines of Japan steam
ships.
1t was also a matter of record that
a subsidized Japanese steamship line
had requested of the Mexican govern
ment coaling privileges in one of the
Pacific Coast ports, either at Mazat-
Ian or ManZanillo. The answer to this
request had been held in allegiance by
the Diaz government
Sherlock Holmes at Work.
During the month Of February Am
bassador Wilson was busy cultivatine
certain sources of information in the
higher circles of the Mexican goNern
ment Very near the end of the month
from certain source in the govern
ment, Mr.. Wilson obtained for few
hours the original of secret treaty
between Japan and Mexico. He kept i
long enough to have photograph
made of it, and then it was returned
to its place in the innermost archives
of the Mexican State Department.
The document was in the shape o
several clauses. which were to be !
part of formal agreement on thu
part of the Mexican government to a
low the Japanese commercial line 9
steamships to have its own coalin
9 station at a point on the Pacific coas
;. and to grant certain other eolonizatio
| ,.iohtc in the states along the WeSter
: coast.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
Weather Conditions.

A field of high pressure over the
Lake Region is attended by generally
fair, colder weather in the eastern
and southeastern districts, the region
of frosts extending southwark to Ten
nessee.
An era of low pressure covers the
Eastern Slope of the Rockies, with
the greatest depression in Eastern
Montana, the temperature rising from
the Rockies to the Mississippi Valley,
and there has been rain In Utah
and in the Northwest.
The depression is followed by
field of high pressure on the Californ-
ia coast.
Conditions indicate the weather
becoming cloudy in this section to
night. and unsettled and warmer Tues
day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
Mean temperature. April 8, AZ.

Mean temperature. April y, 40
Highest temperature, a
Lowest temperature, -.
Lowest temnerature last night. 81.
FREE z. GOSEWISCH,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-10
River Forecast.
ac,l ohservstions

The river will fall slowly for several
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-08-17
PROF. R. R. SANNER
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
Was Chosen Tuesday by Trustees of
the Oakland Grammar School.

At meeting of the recently appoint
ed trustees Of the Oakland Grammar
School, which organized by the election
of Mr.. Samuel Lawton, president, and
Mr.. n. r. Sanner, secretary, pro TEN,
and MIR. John w. Hart as the third
trustee, Prof. r. K. Sanner, of Union
town, former principal of the Oakland
pub lie school, was unanimously elected
to the principalship of the grammar
school here.
Two other applicants were in the
field. Capt Sanner's election to the
position will undoubtedly meet with the
approval of the public and the trustees
are being commended upon every side
for their action in the matter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-08-17
Conjunction of Planets.

The conjunction of Mars and Saturn,
planets of our solar system, occurred
Tuesday night and was worth waiting
late or getting up early to see for those
interested in astronomical observation.
This is not very uncommon combina-
ton, occurring every two years. The
planets were 8OO,O00,0 900 miles apart.
Saturn of course the most distant, but
they were in line from the earth, and
for time during their passage they
shown as one star. The moon, now
in it's third quarter, detracted some
what from the sight on account of being
in the same neighborhood in the hea-
vens, but the conjunction of the planets
was visible none the less.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-08-17
THE DEATH RECORD.
MISS MARY Z. GNAGEY.

Word has been received by the Gar
rett county relatives of Miss Mary E.
Gnagey, of Pasadena, Cal, that she
died some days ago and was buried last
Tuesday. She was the eldest daughter
of the late Emanuel and Eliza Gnagey,
and was nearly 60 years Of age. She
had resided IN Pasadena since 1887, and
was woman of gentle Christian char
acter, dearly beloved and highly re-
spected by a large circle of friends.
She is survived by three brothers and
three sisters, viz: John Z. Gnagey,
West Milton, o.; Jonas E. Gnagey,
Washington, Pa. A. L. Gnagey, Fruita,
Col; Miss Sarah Gnagey and Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Schrock, Pasadena, Cal; Mrs. J.
S. Hershberger, Waterloo, Iowa
MeyersdaIe Republican.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-08-17
NEW GERMANY.
Talk about your Ciceros.
So wondrOus wise and great;
But the marvel of the century
Is the willy candidate.

Talk about your CicerOs,
SO WOndrOus wise and great;
But the marvel of the century
Is the willy candidate.
Last Friday the temperature was
higher than at any time this summer.
1t had not been higher than ninety-two,
but Friday it reached ninety-six.
Messrs. Milton and Noah Miller, of
Grantsville, attended communion ser
vices here Sunday in the Reformed
church. 1t had been feared that the
pastor, Rev. Nom, could not be pres
ent owing to the illness of his mother,
but fortunately she was somewhat i'm
proved.
Mrs. Bruce burst who was visiting
friends here returned to her home at
Oakland Saturday.
A missionary rally has been announced
for Sunday night in the M. E. church.
A quartet of the Jennings Cornet Band
will be present and play number of
selections.
The MacAndrews Bros. are construct
ing a concrete breast for their large
mill pond.
Clarence GlotfeItv spent Saturday at
Swanton.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-08-17

WANTED-A settled woman to do
general homework. Address Box No.
2l5 Oakland, Nd.