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The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
SPORT.

Fought in ten fast rounds, the bout
at Louisville, KY, between Ray Bron-
son of Indianapolis and Tommy Devlin
of Philadelphia ended in draw.
Jack Johnson probably will fight a
ten-round battle with someone before
May /, after which he must engage
in no more contests until he has met
Jim Flynn, according to the articles
of agreement signed in Chicago.
Tommy Dixon of Kansas City and
Johnny Roche of San Francisco, feath-
erweights, fought ten rounds to I
draw in Kansas City. Dixon was the
aggressor from the start, but the coast
boy took his punishment gamely and
finished strong.
After eighteen months of idleness
Jack Johnson, champion heavyweight
pugilist of the world, has signed arti-
cles to fight finish battle with Jim
Flynn, the Pueblo fireman, generally
regarded as one of the best white
hopes" The fight will take place
somewhere in Nevada. next July. AS
a tentative date, July 22nd was se-
lected, but this may be changed at
any time. The fight will be staged
at Windward or Metropolis. For his
services Johnson is to receive $31 100
and one-third of the receipts from the
sale of the moving picture rights.
Flynns share of the purse was not an
nounced. He will be paid by his
manager, Jack Carley. who repres mt
ed the promoters. Their identity is a
secret.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
Gas Excitement on Western Slope.

Grand Junction.-With the discovery
of natural gas in four different places
in the eastern end of Mesa county,
the entire Western slope is intensely
excited over the latest and possibly
most valuable of all resources of
western Colorado. When this discov-
cry became known dozen parties left
for Buzzard creek and followed the
belt of oil seepage and sand to the
Crested Butte mountains. They
discovered nuberous other leaks
and meantime strong flow of
gas had been struck sixteen
miles south of Grand Junction.
OF all the flows known on the West
ern slope the last is the strongest. but
it artificial, while the others are nat
ural.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
Farm Extension Work Favored.

Rocky Ford-The committee which
has been interviewing the people all
over Otero county relative to the move
ment to keep up the farm extension
work of the State Agricultural col
lege will make favorable report. The
committee has found the great major
ity of Otero county people are in ia
vor of the scheme. The committee
will go before the County Commits
sioners at the next meeting and ask
that support be given the movement.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13

The temperature at st. Paul. MiDn.,
was for several days 81 degrees below
zero.
Richard T. Crane, head OF Crane
company and foe of universities, died
at his home in Chicago.
A total of eleven deaths from the
extreme cold was the record in New
York for the winters coldest day.
Records for cold weather for years
over Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma
were broken, with temperatures cf 6
TO 81 below.
The home of Horace G. Burt. OF
Chicago. former president Of the I'm.
ion Pacific, was destroyed by fire,
Loss, 100000.
Twenty laundries in St. Louis have
ceased operations because of short
age of water supply which threatens
to become famine. ...'
Radical reduction of freight rates
on livestock have been prescribed by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
on western railroads.
In full view of passing crowds and
in the principal business street of
Newark, Ohio, burglars looted Jew
elry store of 100000.
The special grand jury investigat-
ing the jury-bribery phase Of the Mo-
Namara dynamiting case in Los An
geles, will make an effort to connect
other men with the supposed cons, ir-
acy.
Some Moros were killed and one
American officer and one Filipino
scout were injured in the recent trou-
BILE on the Island of Jolo when the
American forces under General Perish.
ing succeeded in forcing the disarm-
ament of the Moros
Whatever Ortie E. McManigal the
confessed dynamiter, knows about the
completely of others besides the Nc
Namara brothers in the blowing up Of
more than 100 "open shop" structures
in various sections of the country in
the last five or six years, is believed
to have ben related by him in his pre-
lininary story before the federal
grand jury. Taken from his cell in the
federal building, where he had been
lodged before daylight after his secret
trip in the custody of government Of
ficials from Los Angeles, McManigal
went before the jurors after his writ
ten confession had been presented in
detail.
The common towel has been barred
by the Department of Health Of
Greater New York and must follow
the common drinking cup into the Ills.
card. In all public places hereafter,
if one would wash, one must bring his
own drying apparatus.
The Reo. Clarence v. t. Richeson
confessed his guilt Of the murder Of
his formsc sweetheart, Avis Linnell OF
Hyannis, Mass, in document made
public by his counsel. The confession
declares that the accused is guilty Of
murder In the first degree.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
Cornered.

Lord Guilford tells story OF .
young lady's resources at bazaar.
Business was In full swing when .
young man strolled around the var1-
GUS stalls, with no intention Of pur-
chasing anything. AS he passed
large, beautifully decorated stall the
young lady seller detained him-
Wont you buy q cigarette holder.
sir2" she asked. mo. thank you, l
don't smoke" was the curt reply. Or
q pen writer worked with my own
handsf" Il don't write" Then DO
have this nice box Of chocolates" Il
don't eat sweets" Tho young ladys
patience was exhausted. Sir" she
said grimly. will you buy this boz
Of soap?"
The young man paid up.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
earbed Wire Telephone Lines.

Fosston.-Barbed wire fences are do
ing double duty in the vicinity of Fos5
ton, where homesteaders are usin !;
them for telephone lines, the system
having been made possible by H. W.
Foss, a farmer who inaugurated it and
connected the private lines with the
trunk system at Greeley through a
switchboard set up in his house. This
system is managed over the fences
for a distance east of nearly twenty
miles.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
To Pension Indian War Veterans.

Denver.-Henry Hegwer, secretary
of the United Indian War Veterans,
with headquarters in Denver, has is
sued circular asking for the names
of all soldiers who served on the west
ern frontier ninety days or more, from
1865 to 1890. House Bill No. IT'S.
which was introduced in Congress by
Mr.. Rucker Of Colorado, and provides
for pensions for the old Indian fight
ers, is expected to be acted upon f.
vorably.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
Land Owners Give Riqht.of.way.

Grand Junction.-The last obstacle
TO construction OF the Grand Valley
project for irrigating $4,000 acres was
removed when LOG lard owners Of
Palisade voted unanimously to give
right of way to the canal on the route
favored by the government. These
land owners have been demanding
that their land be not touched, as 1t
would involve heavy loss to their
orchards.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
CONDENSED RECORD OF TIL e
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, o o IN G s, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, SUFFERlNGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
w WESTERN.

Five inches is the average depth OF
snowfall over northern Idaho. In the
southern part of the state the fall wa.
less.
The intense cold and deep snow
have brought severe suffering among
homesteaders in the Black Hills in
south Dakota.
Marooned for more than week in
way car attached to an Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe freight train,
stuck fast in the snow near Laird in
western Kansas, two brakemen lived
on jackrabbits.
Arthur Lewis, accused of numbering
his stepniece, Helen Rumball. by
breaking her neck, at Oroville, Cal,
was sentenced to ten years imprison-
ment in San Quentin penitentiary. A
jury found him guilty of manslaughter.
The new county grand jury at Los
Angeles has determined to renew the
dynamite investigation, and subpoe-
naed five persons formerly connected
with the Mcnamara defense. The
principal charge is that of jury brib-
cry.
Carcasses of twenty bison of a herd
of 120 in the Yellowstone national
park, were burned twenty-five ami
mails died, the victims of black leg.
Government experts who have been
working with the epidemic believe
they have it stamped out.
A sympathetic strike of more than
100000 members of the Federated
Railroad Shop Employees, to be called
within month and possibly within
two weeks, was predicted by Ernest l..
Reguin, president of the Federated
Shop Employees of the Hartman lines.
State Health Officer Steiner at Aus
tin, Texas, announces that the COM
monwealth board of health would meet
in Dallas to consider the spread Of
spinal meningitis in Texas. Dallas
has had about 14O cases and Waco
eighty-four cases since Oct. /.
Montana is covered with snow, the
fall having been the heaviest for sew
eral years. Zero weather. with some
reporting even lower temperatures, is
general throughout the state. High
winds have drifted the snow in many
sections and country roads are i'm
passable.
A suit against the Independence Gas
Company, the Consolidated Gas Com
pany and the Kansas Natural Gas
Company, charging conspiracy to
raise prices and to prevent competi-
ton, has been filed by Attorney Cen
eral Dawson in District Court at In
dependence, Kan.
Most short railroad lines in the
Black Hills of South Dakota are
blocked with snow and the cold, and
the Burlington & Northwestern, while
they keep trains moving, are expert
encing much difficulty and all the
traffic is considerably behind schedule
The temperature is 33 degrees below.
Unable to see the station lights in
the binding snowstorm which swept
over western Kansas Engineer C. C.
Deming of the Santa Fe passenger
train No. 2 ran past the station at
Wright, Kan. Before he could back
his train into the siding after he had
discovered his mistake, his train was
hit by the Newton-Dodge City local
westbound. Deming was fatally
scalded, Engineer ]. w. Chalfant of
the local was killed and twelve pas
sengers were hurt.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
Miners Cause Riot.

Greeley.-Declaring that they would
prevent non-union miners from taking
their places in the Alpha coal mine.
one and half miles northwest Of Fort
Lupton, threatening farmers if thev
purchased coal at the mine and put
ting up signs bearing the words: "Bc-
ware, Scabs," twenty-five strikers
caused riot at Tracyville and five OF
them were arrested and brought TO
Greeley.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
Miner Decapitated by Cable.

Telluride.-Tom Williams, tramme,
at the Smuggler-Union mine, was in
stantly killed when struck by the in
car broke loose from the cable. A
loop formed by the recoil of the heavy
steel wire caught Williams with such
terrific force as to completely sever
his head and one arm.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
Boulder Five Successful.

Boulder.-The University of Colora-
40 basketball five returned after a
successful tour of the state, winning
every game played and scoring to-
tai of 555 points against 142 for their
opponents, or making an average of
fifty-five and one-half points in each
of the ten games.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
Grand junction Wants Flynn.

Grand Junction-The Chamber OF
Commerce sent to Jim Flynn, the Pu.
eblo fireman, an offer to provide quar-
ters for training for his battle with
Jack Johnson next July and to pay
the greater part of his expenses. Trout
fishing near the quarters on Cotton
wood lake is one of the allurements
of the offer. Flynn's father-in-law re-
sides here.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
Thaw Saves Texas Cattle.

Dalhart, Tex.-Hope for the lives OF
thousands of starving cattle on the
ranges was held out by sudden rise
in temperature to 40 degrees above
zero. This is the first thaw in the
Texas Panhandle for three weeks. 1t
was feared that stockmen would lose
heavily.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
Engineer Killed In Wreck.

Canon City-Pinned beneath his To-
comotive, which turned over at Hillside
it struck snowbank, Engineer Au-
gust Guyer was killed. His fireman.
R. Roberts, was slightly injured Guy
er's body was crushed and was held
beneath the cab in such a position
that it could not be removed until the
arrival of the wrecking crew.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
Democrats Choose Baltimore.

Money talked in The
contest before the National Democrat
ic committee and enabled Baltimore
with cash offer of 100000 to cap
ture the convention, while Denver
failed to get the prize but neverthe-
less put up game fight.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
The Better Part.

A certain woman went down from
Jerusalem to Jericho, and 1t CHANGED
that her gown was not fully buttonsd
up in the back. Now. priest and
Levite, meeting the woman and per
ceiving her plight. passed by on the
other side. without saying q word. But
. certain Samaritan. journeysd that
way. was touched with compassion.
Madam" quoth he. your ha-
hum-t
"Sir?" the woman thereupon sx-
claimed and gave him look which
froze him on the spot.
When 1t appears that discretion 10
the better part of valor.-Puok.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
MAYOR Feeds the Poor.

Indianapolis.-M Shank took II
upon himself to see that the poor did
not suffer from the pangs of hunger,
as well as the cold. In the basement
OF the market house, the mayor per.
sonally conducted free lunch coun-
ter.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13

Grand Junction.-The frozen body
of T. d. Savage, aged sixty-fivc.
wealthy ranchman of this district, who
disappeared Dec. 23, was found two
miles from his home by Carrie Angel,
a fourteen-year-old girl.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
Income Tax Constitutional.

Madison.-Wisconsin income tax
law, enacted by the last Legislature,
was held to be constitutional in de-
cision of the State Supreme Court.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
Richard Z. Crane 4. Dead.

Chicago.-Richard T. Crane, head OF
Crane company and foe Of universities
died at his home here.
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
Woman's Way.

Woman's Way.
"A woman's convention. ehf What
do women know about snthusiasmI
Now. at the last national convention
We men cheersd our candidates for
an hour
That's all right" said his wife.
we threw kisses at ours for sixty
seven minutes by the clock"
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
Their Limit.

Their Limit.
There 10 one queer thing about nsh
Stories"
What Is that7'
"Ffshermen, in telling Of thsir
catches, never seem able to draw Tie
Tine"
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
Mlsjeadlno aneezaa.

MItIeAuIh0 8h00z00.
How did you come on with your
study Of the Russian languager
mot we'll. While was trying to
pronounce a few words our family
physician came along and forced mo
to take all kinds Of medicine to break
up q cold"
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
COLORADO
STATE NEW S
itern Newspaper Union News Service
COMING EVENTS.
Frozen Body Found.

January 16-20-Seventh Annual Ma
ttonal western Stock Show, Denver
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
A Pioneer.

why was Jonah thrown over
board7"
''rm not sure, but I've always
thought he was the first man to rock
Q boat"
The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
GEN ERAI.
secret.

The temperature at st. Paul. MINI.
was for several days 81 degrees below
zero.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-25
AN ENTHUSIASTIC
RAILROAD MEETING
Nauvoo Citizens Subscribe $4,000 for
Interurban Line In Very
Short Time.
TSpecial to The Gate CITY.

Especial to The Gate City.)
NAUvOO, H., April 25.-An enthus-
iastic railroad meeting was held here
last evening and in a Very short time
$4,000 was subscribed to the Fort
Madison. Keokuk. Nauvoo. Cartha ga,
Hamilton interurban railroad. Ten
men subscribed $1,000 each. H. S.
Payne, who is trying to sell 100000
in preferred stock, was present and
explained the purposes of the meeting
and the people of Nauvoo responded
very literally and very quickly 10
the enterprise which will place Nauvoo
on the railroad map and give TO a sec
ton OF the country much needed
interurban road. Stock is being sold
in this city today and it is believed
the amount will reach $4,000 Fort
Madison has subscribed about $4,000.
ut is expected that Carthage will sub
scribe an equal amount and consider
able stock will be sold, it is believed,
in Hamilton and Keolsuk. Mr.. Payn.
feels very much elated over the sue
cess of the preferred stock sale ard
expects to build the line
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-25
THE PASSING OF THE
WIND STORM
A Brisk Gale Is Sweeping over ths
Country From the North and
West.

A brisk gale is passing over the
country today which is being felt in
Keokuk, especially this afternoon. It
il; doing no damage here but is very
disagreeable to people whose business
forces them into the streets. The
winds swept through the Dakotas and
the contingent territory. coming east,
and Iowa and Keokuk was soon in the
crest. 1t is probably at it's worst here
this afternoon and may be followed
by showers. There has been TO rain
so far In this vicinity. The storm has
in some localities carried a little
moisture and there have been showers
in spots along it's course but no heavy
rains have fallen and there is not
likely to be heavy rain. here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-25

not be wise for the Marconi company
to show the same courage and disci-
pine that Operator Bride showed.
u certainly do Marconi said
Smith recalled that Bride did not
leave the sinking ship until a few
minutes before it sank, because the
captain had not given him permission
to leave.
Don't you think 1t would have been
better to compensate Bride in some
other way for his bravery, than to
merely allow him to sell his story to
a single newspaper?
Yes the witness said, concluding
his testimony.
Gotham on the Stand.
Harold T Gotham, the Carpathia's
wireless operator, was the next wit
ness. He recited for the second time
his story of the Titanic's sinking 1t
was mostly REPETITION of his testi-
mony in New York.
Come at once, we have struck a
berg 1t is a C. @. D." was the first
message Gotham said he received at
11:2o Sunday night, New York time,
giving the Titanic's position.
Cottam declared he gave good
night" to the Canadian steamer Mount
Temple about 1880 p. M. but did not
know her position.
During the afternoon | heard the
Californian and other ships talking
about ice" said Gotham, but got no
I warning of ice that ! can remember
i / spoke to the Californian. the
! Olympic and Baltic. but not the
America or Frankfurt. / had the
Helig Olaf some time Sunday after
noon after lunch"
The young operator said after dark
4 1t is impossible to Judge how far dis
tant other ships are by the strength
of their wireless waves. Gotham
testified the scout cruiser Chester
first asked the Carpathia for list
of the survivors. Gotham said he got
a message from Commander Decker
of the Chester inquiring about Major
Butt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-25
PRINTY APPEALS
HIS DISCHARGE
VIII Get Hearing on His Petition
Tomorrow Evening by Civil
Service Commission.

The hearing on the appeal of Will
liam Printy, former engineer of the
city steam roller, Is scheduled for
tomorrow evening before the civil ser
vice commission.
Printy was discharged some time
ago by Councilman Hickey. commits
sioner of streets and public improve
ments. He filed an appeal from the
commissioners discharge. basing his
petition for hearing on the clause
that provides that when discharge
is made, as in Printys case, the com.
missioner shall file his reasons for
the discharge with the commission.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-25
ADJUSTMENTS.

Comic Opera at the Grand Tonight.
The attraction at the Grand tonight
is one of those comic operas that al
ways please Keokuk people. The
Heart Breakers with George Damerel
and Miss Ruth PEBBLES as the leading
characters is the last of the musical
comedies to be seen here this year
so be sure and take this last oppor-
tunity to witness a good performance.
Damerel and Miss PEBBLES and the
company here this evening will please
you. This is return engagement
of The Heart Breakers. :"
The former performance gave
splendid satisfaction. Be sure and take
a parting pleasant visi. to the Grand
tonight as the season practically
closes with THE Heart Breakers 7"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-25
PAPER MEN ARE IN
THE CITY TODAY
Visitors are euests Of C. +. Mcfarland
and Water Power Company In
Acquaintance Meeting.

C. F. Mcfarland, of the Rees-Mc-
Farland Paper Co., is entertaining the
following gentlemen at a "get-togetn-
err" meeting at the Hotel Keokuk:
George Moth, of Davenport; William
Smith, of Clinton; Ward Baker, of
Cedar Rapids, George w. Smith, and
Frank Sloan, of Waterloo; John Eur
auski, of Burlington, and J. B. vor-
hees and R. J. Pratt, of Des Moines.
These men are all customers of Mr..
Mcfarland and the meeting today has
no special significance, save the spirit
of fellowship and interest in similar
business.
This morning the visitors were tax
en- ever the water power works by of.
ficers of the company and expressed
themselves as greatly surprised at the
magnitude of the work.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-25
ADDITIONAL BLOCKS
ARE NOW REPORTED
Late Arrivals Not In Time to Get Il
the Regular List of Cleanup
Committee Report.

The following blocks are reported
clean
Block 25. seventh ward, by Mrs
Eleanor Griebsch and ]. H. Hemmy.
Block 100, second ward, by Mrs. w
o. Phillips and J. N. Jones.
Block II, fifth ward, by Mrs. A. w.
Loewenstein and Richard Schouten.
Block So, seventh ward, by Mrs. w
B. Patterson and w. H. Seigfried.
Block II. second ward, by Mrs. j
w Hofstatter and Frank Moeller.
Block Al, first ward, Mrs. B. F.
Smith and Asaph Buck.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-25
Notice Of Final Reports.

In the District Court of Lee county,
Iowa, at Keokuk:
TIC all whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that thele
are now on file in the Office of the
Clerk of the District Court of Lee
county, Iowa, at keokuk, the final re
ports and applications for discharge
of James Hayes, administrator OF
estate of Michael Morrisey, deceased;
|. n. Tichenor, administrator of estate
of Andrew ]. Simpson, deceased T.
E. Hawkes., administrator of estate OF
Enoch, Hugilf, deceased John E
Craig, administrator of estate Of
Louise j. Shelley. deceased; Joseph
linden, administrator of the estate o.
otto linden, deceased; F. A. McGaw
executor Of the estate of Alice s.. Nc
Cav, deceased; Ben c. Tabor execut
or of the estate of Matthias Garmo, de
ceased; James Cameron, Sr., guardian
of Maria Garthoff, of unsound mind
John Leisy, administrator Of the es
tate of George Schneider, deceased
And that unless objections thereto are
/ filed before noon of the sixth day o.
May, A. D. 1912, said reports will be
approved and discharge entered al
prayed for by the applicants.
| April %, A. D. 1912.
G. B. LAKE, Clerk.