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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-22
idaho Potatoes Shipped.

Blackfoot, Nov. ga carload of
Idaho potatoes was shipped today to
the National Land show in Chicago.
The shipment was collected by the
Commercial clubs Of Blackfoot. Aber-
deem and Shelley.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-22
MURDERER CHOPPED
OFF VICTIMS LEGS

Warsaw. N. Y, Nov. 22.-The body
of Frank Bentley. a cheese maker Of
North Wethersfield. who had been
missing since he started on hunting
expedition Saturday, was found yes
terday afternoon buried in a shallow
grave in the woods near here. Both
legs had been chopped off above the
knees, the clothing burned and the
body charred.
Alphonso Prince. a wealthy land
owner, was arrested on suspicion. At
Princes home a wheelbarrow with
stains upon It believed to be of blood,
was found.
Prince denies all knowledge of the
murder. but admits, according to the
police. that he and Bentley had re-
Gently quarreled over family affairs.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-22

-'r Arthur Cecil Spring-R Rice who
will succeed Mr.. Bryce a. ambassador
to the United States from England
h. had a wide experience a. . dipio-
mat. He began his work In this field
in 1886. when at the aee Of twenty
seven he came to tho United States 70
act as third secretary at Washington.
In 1889 he was appointed secretary to
the British delegate to the interna-
tionai maritime conference. After
serving for q :inc At Brussels and
Toxic he was transferred to Wash
ing in 1898. He was charge d'affaires
at Teheran in 1900 and minister to
Persia In 1s06-0S. He is now serving
as minister to Sweden.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-22
Jsalousy the Cause.

warsaw. N. z. Nov. 22.-Although
Prince IL said to have confessed to
the murder Of Frank Bentley, Sheriff
Bauer said today Prince told him he
had known for some time of the at
tentions Bentley had shown Mrs
Prince and he had killed him in jeal-
ous frenzy. Bentley's body was found
yesterday In shallow water grave
with both legs chopped off
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-22
RATTLE RACES ALL DAY.

London, Nov. pa battle ragged today along the en-
tire line Of Notifications at Tchatalja according to dis
patches from Constantinople The Bulgarans began
again their efforts to break through the Turkish nes but
were prevented by the fire of the Turkish warshps
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-22
may MODIFY
Terms OFFERED TO
ITS ENEMY
Meeting Of Cabinet Followed By State
ment That War Will Not Be
Resumed at Once

Sofia, Nov. 22-Indications today that Bulgaria
will adopt conciatory attitude and will modify the
dions originally offered Turkey. special meeting Of
the cabinet today considered the rejection by Turkey of
the terms Of the proposed arstce At the conclusion it
was declared in well informed circles that immediate
resumption of hostities was improbable.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-22
GOOD MAJORITY FOR
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE

Topeka, Kan, Nov. 22.-Official fig
ures on the suffrage vote show that
the amendment carried by 1e.079.
Thirty-one thousand voters failed to
vote either way on the amendment.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-22

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30

today. The highest figures in two
years were reached and 1t was said
by dealers that all records would be
broken in few days. Packers say
they are paying the highest prices for
farmers offerings in twenty years.
Compared with prices of one year
ago. beef sirloin today was four cents
higher, beef tenderloin five cents high
er and lamb six cents higher Other
meats are up proportionally.
search for the cause of the In
crease revealed that the retail butcher
is blaming the wholesaler; the whole
saler the packer; the packer, the
farmer; and the farmer the high
price of corn. Stock exchange men
say corn is higher because of weather
conditions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
CITY NEWS.

Steer fat &c pound at JOS. Haub-
ert's, 709 Main street.
The weather crop bulletin for
Iowa for the week ending April IS has
just been issued as follows: While
the temperature was only slightly be-
low the normal, the nights were cool.
Frost was general and freezing tenn
perature occurred on one or two
nights in the northern counties. The
weather was. however, favorable for
field work; the only precipitation be-
ing light showers on the twentyfifth
and light to moderately heavy rains
On Sunday, the twenty-eighth, over the
southern and western sections. Seed
ing is practically finished, most of the
early potatoes have been planted and
much ground has been plowed, pre-
paratory to corn planting. The cool
weather has retarded the growth OF
vegetation. but early sown oats are up
and show a good stand. Grass is i'm
proving and in many localities stock
is in pasture. Cherries and plums are
beginning to blossom in the southern
counties, but in the remainder OF the
state the buds are still dormant or
just starting to swell. The spring pig
crop suffered severe; loss during
March on account of the cold, wet
weather, but April pigs are doing we'll.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
Sikeston, Mo-
fered everything.


have an operation. Iwould not listen to
that, and when friend of my husband
told him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and what it had done
for his wife, I was willing to take it.
Now look the picture of health and feel
like it, too. can do my own housework,
hoe my garden, and milk COW. / can
entertain company and enjoy them. I
can visit when choose, and walk as far
as any ordinary woman, any day in the
month. / wish could talk to every
suffering woman and girl. Mrs. DEMA
BETHuNE, Sikeston, Mo.
Murrayville, Ill.-"I have taken Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
for very bad case of female trouble
and it made me a we'll woman. My
health was all broken down, the doctors
said must have an operation, and was
ready to go to the hospital, but dreadedit
SO that began taking your Compound.
/ got along SO we'll that gave up the
doctors and was saved from the opera
ton. Mrs. CHARLES MOORE, r. r.
No. 8, Murrayville, Ill.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
MEAT PRICES
GO UP TODAY
Packers Need the Money and consum.
ers Must Either Pay or Do
Without.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
CLEVELAND. April 80 "Nfnty
days of the highest meat prices III
history are in store for the American
people,
A. S. Pickering, secretary of the
Cleveland Retail Butchers Associa.
tion made this statement today. Pick
ering also declared the country is
facing the greatest beef famine in
history. This follows the declaration
of Cleveland restaurant owners that
they will raise their prices at least
five cents meal, owing to higher
prices of foods and rentals.
Before relief comes to us in july
the beef supply of America is going to
fall 600,000,000 pounds short of the
demand" said Pickering.
This means that we are going tc
be an even million carcasses behind
and that prices will hit the sky line
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
ST. FRANclsviLLE, MO.
- = 81 80 . . . . . :

W
School closed Monday after very
successful tearm.
The ladies of the NJ. P. church viii
give bazaar May IS All cordially in
vited.
Miss Ethel Guthrie was a Keokuk
visitor several days of last week.
Misses Mable Murray and Emily
and Elizabeth Campbell were shopping
In Wayland Saturday.
Mrs. A F.. Boatman was passen.
ger to Luray on the morning train
Saturday
Ray Mckinney of Sugar Creek was
an over Sunday visitor with his friend
Charlie Hand
Several teams have been hauling
tileing from kaholSa to tile back
streets with.
Mrs. Neine remains about the
same.
Mrs Orr who underwent a serious
operation at the Keokuk hospital is
getting along very nicely.
Hughie Washburn who was working
at Will Wayland's at Revere had the
misfortune of getting hurt by horse
falling on him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
MONA Is TWO TO
ONE FAvORITE
Fact That Mocha Made Poor Showing
Against Hicks is Giving Short
End Bettors Excuse.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, April 80 Although
Bob Moha, the Milwaukee scrapper,
is two to one favorite in the betting
for. his fight with Bill McKinnon of
Boston tonight. some sharp bettors
are taking the short end heavily
They base this belief on the fact that
Moha made rotten showing against
Fred Hicks two weeks ago and on the
knowledge that any of the middles
has to be in tip-top shape to clean UP
McKinnon who has wallop in either
mitt
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
The Death Cruise.

I'VE We're commissioned to bring
all the bodies found floating, but ow-
ing to the number found and weather
conditions it was impossible to carry
out instructions and some were com
mitted to the deep after service by
Canon Hind.
I'VE left shortly after noon on
Wednesday, the 18th of April; fog
and bad weather delayed us on the
run out and we did not arrive until
Saturday night at s o'clock. On
Sunday, at noon. having asked all
ships to report us If they passed any
wreckage or bodies, we received a
communication from a German steam
er Rhine to the effect that in latitude
41.20 north; longitude 40 80, she had
passed some wreckage and bodies.
The course was shaped for that posi-
ton north SS4 east. Later in the af.
ternoon we spoke the German ship
Bremen and they reported they had
passed three large bergs in latitude
AZ north, longitude 40. 20 west.
I'VE arrived on the scene at eight
O'Clock Sunday night, stopped and let
Zip drift. In middle watch, wreckage
and few bodies were sighted. All
daylight the boats were lowered and
although a heavy sea was running, 81
bodies were recovered that day
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
Traced Through Lost Skin.

A clever bit of detective work, quite
worthy of the nimble wit of Sher
lock Holmes, came to light in Poole
Dorsetshire. England, the other day
at the trial of a man convicted OF
house breaking. When the house
which had been broken into was Wis
tied by the police. they found a piece
of skin half an inch long and quar-
ter of an inch wide on broken win
dow pane. Acting upon this clew
alone, they arrested man a day OF
so later, in a common lodging house
the piece of skin fitting gap in his
thumb, and the skin markings being
almost Identical
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
UNLOADING
CARGO OF DEAD
tContinued from page IL

did not see the body as it is nailed
up In rough coffin on the after
/ deck
A coffln pulled from the pile on the
AFTER deck of the Mackay-Bennett was
opened and Captain Richard Roberts
! OF the Astor yacht looked at the body
IL contained. After gazing at it for a
moment he turned away saying:
TT is he.''
Captain Roberts had made certain
that Colonel John Jacob Astor's body
was in the coffin.
Among the unidentified dead was
Inc tiny figure of a baby girl, appar.
entity about two years old The child's
body had been picked up by one Of
the crew of tho Mackay-Bennett. l,
was floating on a bit Of wreckage. BY
no means could the little body be
identified.
The rough crew of the Mackay-
Bennett took charge of the body and
1t will be buried in Halifax at the
expenses of the sailors.
For two hours the work of removing
the bodies went on with the regularity
OF clock work. The wagons gave out
and the hearses of all the local I'M
dertakers We're pressed into service.
AT IL O'Clock (Atlantic time) no move
had been made toward getting off the
huge pile of collins that reared high
on the after deck of the ship.
Captain Lardner gave out the fol
lowing statement regarding the death
cruise:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
Swimmers Rlled.

UNITED Press J,e1sed Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, April 3d. Western swim
mers are aroused today over the fact
that Perry McGillivray. of the Illinois
A. c., is the only selection from their
number to represent the United
States at the coming olympic games.
Swimmers of this city declare that an
injustice has been done, because they
have established most of the new
records.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
Deneen on Vacation.
Colorado Democrats,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
& COLORADO SPRINGS, April 3d.
Both conservative and progressive
factions in the Colorado democracy
are claiming victory today as the re.
suit of yesterdays democratic state
convention, when the twelve delegates
from Colorado to the national con-
vention We're instructed for Champ
Clark. A blow was struck at the
Denver progressive wing led by Gov
ernor Shafroth and former U. S. Sen
ator Patterson when the convention
adopted resolution demanding that
every democrat support the Denver
democratic municipal ticket. Shat
roth, Patterson and other progressives
have repudiated the Denver ticket
Thomas j. McCue of Denver was
elected national committeeman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
Will Demonstrate Its Merit
Beyond Any Question Of Doubt
Wilkinson & Co. Will Supply Without Cost Limited
Number Of Full Sized Packages to Demon
strate It's Merit.

Wilkinson & Co. You do not have
to take anybody's word for it-prove
its merit by trying it yourself VIII
kinson & Co. will furnish full size
package without cost to limited
number of people.
This liberal offer is made to show
you beyond a question of doubt the
wonderful merit of Digestit. If you are
a victim you can not afford to miss
this opportunity to get relief Go to
Wilkinson & Co. now and get PACK
age as 1t will be furnished only to q
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30

limited number.
DIGESTIT is a harmless medicine
absolutely free from poisonous or
habit-forming drugs-It digests food in
natural way and supplies nutriment
to the famished body.
Drug stores throughout the country
have been supplied with this remark
able medicine and are authorized to
sell it at soc a package with the dis
tinct understanding that your money
will he refunded it. you are not pleas
ed with resultS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
RICHESON MAY
BECOME CATHOLIC
Priest Has Been Frequent Visitor In
Cell OF Man Condemned to
Death.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service 1
BOSTON, April 30.-Rev. G. V.
T. Richeson, condemned to be exc
cuted on May 10 for the murder of
Avis Linnell, may die Catholic UNI
less his sentence is communted to lite
Imprisonment by the governors coun'
Gil
This information was given cut by
former prisoner, who declares laa,
Richeson made that statement to an
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30

officer in charge. The minister-mur.
derer has been visited in his cell by a
Catholic priest nearly twenty times
during the last few weeks. According
to the released prisoner, Richeson
Is extremely nervous and smokes all
the time in his cell He prefers
magazines to the bible.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30

II you who know the distressing
symptoms in Indigestion, who exper-
ience the many discomforts Of upset
stomachs we're assured beyond a
doubt III you knew positively your
druggist could supply a rene
dy that would relieve you
Instantly and cure you per-
manently you would get q package
quick, wouldn't you?
There IL such a remedyit is called
DlGESTIT. and can be had from
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
Colonel Makes No Predictions.

NEW YORK, April 3o.-Col. Theo
Roosevelt returned from his tour OF
Massachusetts today. arriving at the
Grand Central station direct from
Pittsfield, where he spoke last night
He went to the Outlook where he dis.
posed of part of the mail which had
accumulated during his absence and
later went to Oyster Bay where he
will receive returns from the Massa-
chusetts primaries tonight.
The colonel was jubilant over his
reception in the Bay state, but re.
fused to make any predictions regard
ing the outcome of today's primaries.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
DUNDEE GETS A
CHANCE AT CHAMP
Italian Featherweight Will Have
Great Opportunity When he
Meets kiIbane.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, April 3o.--That John
ny Dundee, the Italian feather, will
have the chance of his life when he
goes UP against Johnny Kiibane at
1.-THE ST. Nicholas club a week from
tonight, is the belief of all of the fight
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
WOMEN SHOULD
Be PROTECTED
Against So Many Surgical OPP
erations. How Mrs. Bethune
and Mrs. Moore Escaped.
For seven years Isuf-
/ was in he'd for four

80
or five days at a time
every month, and so
weak / could hardly
walk. ! cramped and
had backache a n d
headache, and was
so nervous and weak
that / dreaded to see
anyone or have any,
onemovein the room.
The doctors gave me
medicine to ease me
said that r ought IN
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
ELECTION DAY
MASSACHUSETTS
CONTINUED from page L.;

to s. Most of the 305 cities and towns
had the polls open from noon until
nine tonight and it was certain that
if the result was close the outcome
would not be available until morning.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
j. w. DEVERO
Successor TO Geo. Wal

1USSCS5UT 10 GEO. WSH.
PRACTICAL HORSESHoER
Special attention to quarter cracks and
eorns. All kinds of shoes made to or.
der. All work guaranteed.
1927 Main ST.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
MEAT GOING UP
FOR THREE MONTHS
Highest Figures In TWO Years Were
Reached and All Records May
Be Broken.

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
CHICAGO, April 80. The predicted
rise in meat prices arrived in Chicago
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
De Warned.

1t isn't safe to put much trust in
a man who is good merely because
ne expects his goodness to be no
ticed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
WITNESSES FROM
SEVERAL STATES
Actual Farmers Of Green Bay Lands
10 Tell Value From Their Ex-
perlerce on Lands In Dis
pute In Court.
BY ACTUAL EXPERIENCE
they VIII Testify 70 Actual Value Of
Land, Based on Their Own Az
rlculturaI Experiences
Right There.

Citizens OF half dozen states will
come to Keokuk to testify in > hear
ing that begins Wednesday in the
federal building. They are the men
who formerly farmed for years the
land in Green Bay which is held py
Its present owners at prices that the
Water-p0wer company considers ex.
brilliant. They will give their ideas
Of the actual value of the land based
upon their experience while actually
farming it.
So much interest has arisen over
these few suits brought by half
dozen land owners out of over 500
who were settled with amicably.
that there promises to be good sized
audience of spectators during the
bearing which will be held in the
Judges chambers, on the third floor
of the government building, opposite
the weather bureau Offices. This is
/ q nice, large room comfortably ar.
Tanged for a hearing.
Walter H. Allen, master in chancery
fof the United States court at Spring.
Field. Illinois. will preside at this
hearins, the matter having been re-
Fferred TO him by the federal court.
The controversy Is over the value
! OF certain land in Green Bay in which
the water-power company desires to
buy the right to overflow. The land
owners have testified that 1t is very
valuable land, and some others who
admitted they belonged to an organ.
ization formed to oppose the desires
OF the water-power company, Joined
Ethe owners in this estimate.
Former Farmers to Testify.
As the best evidence obtainable,
the water-power company prepared
for its side Of the clse by hunting up
TIE former farmers of these lands,
who from actual experience thereon
ought to know about what it Is worth
agricultnrally. These former farmers
have scattered, and to get them all it
was necessary to go to Kansas, Colo
RADIO, Illinois, Missouri and Iowa.
But all this trouble was taken. and
these witnesses will testify from their
actual experience on the lands in
question what they believe the lands
70 be worth as farms. 1t is expected
that the hearing will consume several
days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30

experts here He can hardly outpoint
the champion, but if he makes as good
a showing as he has been putting up
lately, he will probably be given a
chance against him at longer dis
lance on the coast. Kilbane gets a
guaranteed purse of $4,000 for his
share.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
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TELEGRAPH TABLoIDs
) : NANAA~ . : : &c I

United Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, April 3O.-Mrs. Mary
Fuchs, a widow, failed in an attempt
to kill herself This was found in a
note she intended to leave: Every.
one takes advantage of a. woman,
The S. will pay for the gas used
Trying to Have Last Word.
CHICAGO, April 30.--Conductor ].
L. Morris, unmarried, tried to have
the last word in an argument over
her fare with Mrs. Isabella Friessa
He was knocked down by blow from
her umbrella. q sgS 49
Choked to Death.
limited Press. Leased Wire Service j
PEORIA, ILL.,, April S0.-Rollin Hen
ry, aged 80. an inmate of the Peoria
state hospital, choked to death wien
eating a piece of meat. He came to
the asylum from Mclean county three
weeks ago.
Deneen on Vacation.
/ United Press Leased Wire Service
SPRINGFIELD, H.. April 30.--Gov-
ernor Charles S. Deneen has gone to
his ranch at Three Falls, Montana. for
a brief rest and Lieutenant Governor
Ogelsby is in charge of the executive
office.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-30

~
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-09-28
Mogollon, New Mexico.

Deep Down.-Leasers are sinking
the shaft in good grade of ore
Mogollon Gold & Copper Co-Thirty-
men are employed at the Little Char
lie mine. The ore is sent to the Dead
wood custom mill.
Deadwood Mines.-The mill ran con-
tinuously in August, handling loo
tons of ore. A large amount of devel-
opment was prosecuted in the mine.
Ernestine Mining Co.-For the last
ten days of August 10.360 Troy ounces
Of gold and silver bullion were smelt-
ed; five tons Of concentrates were
produced for the period.
Oaks Company.-Four hundred and
7ixty-one tons of ore of an average val
lie Of s17 per ton were shipped to the
Mills from the development of the Pa
cfic and Johnson mines during Au-
gust.
Socorro Mines.-Contract to break
ere has been let on a portion of the
Consolidated mine on the Queen vein;
he ore will be treated in Socorro
Mines mill. The crusher at the mill
IS being moved to the shaft and the
ore will be transported to bins by
belt conyeyor, eliminating the elevated
framway. Development faces In the
lower levels are being advanced in
good ore and a large body has been
opened up above the 200 level east.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-09-28
Clever ParisIan Thieves.

A clever theft was operated recent.
ly in Paris. Three men stood talking
in front Of a jewelers. shop window.
grouped together in such manner as
to hide the lower part Of the window
as much as possible. Behind them
was a fourth, who pushed long piece
of steel wire through ventilator.
hooked a diamond pin worth 5000 and
drew 1t out. The group then dis.
persed. A pedestrian passing at the
moment saw the whole operation. but
establishment completely petrified him,
and by the time he awakened and in
formed policeman the thieves had
disappeared.