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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-26

a story OF people, men, women and
children flying from their homes to-
escape the spread and rush of waters
and the destruction from ice in the
overflow banks of the Mississippi
river comes from points south of here
inst over the line in Missouri.
The trouble now comes from a
great ice gorge between Alexandria
and Gregory Alexandria is five miles
south of Keokuk and Gregory twelve
miles south OF Alexandria. This colos-
sal bank OF ice. impedes the progress
OF the water in the river channel and
forces 1t to overflow over the rich
surrounding territory, classed with
the most productive agricultural Sec
ton in the state, with its comfortable
and happy homes and prosperous in
habitants.
At Gregory
The situation at Gregory was pre-
carious all last night. At 5 o'clock
this morning message from there
came to Keokuk saying that the town
was mostly flooded and that the G., B.
& @. depot was surrounded by water.
About o'clock this morning a c..
B. & @. train came up from the
south to Gregory and took away the
greater portion OF the people of the
doomed town who forsook their homes
and goods to seek safety at points
where the Father of Waters seemed to
be more kindly toward the human
race This train bore them to Can
ton.
Later it is reported that those who
remained at Gregory when the train
left for Canton are being hastily TAX
EN- away in boats. i'll i "A, - 4 a
All Along the Line.
All down the line from a short dis
lance below Alexandria to Canton
nearly twenty miles away the story
continues of fleeing families, fright
and distress.
The river bottoms are wide in this
territory, running back from the riv
err from one mile to five miles, all o.
rich, bottom soil, containing thous
ands and thousands of acres and dot
ted over with coy homes. well-fillet
barns and innumerable numbers o
stock.
There is no means OF determining o.
even guessing at the financial loss tina
may be caused by this frightful flood
So far there has been no report OF tn
loss of single life. Though in thi
particular the reports are Yer.
meagre.
Ice and water are spreading owe
the country and it looks like a broa
lake or ocean rather than an inlan
river which is normally beautiful an
cocile, Great cakes of ice who's
progress. is suddenly impeded lea
high in the air like some great MOI
ster and settle down to join tn
dangerous gorge, adding to its bull
and strength and further dangers
the situation. The scenes in that Ii
cality are described as appalling.
Trains Detourcd.
All the through trains of the G.,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-26
w ant Column
WANTED.

WANTED Girls and women; steady
work and good pay. Apply at Irwin
Phillips Co. garment factories at Keo
lsuk and Hamilton, Ill.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-26

Read The Daily Gate City, LOG
per week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-26

was lost in storm March Z, while CO.
ing from GAINESVILLE to his home in
Easton county.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-26

FOR SALE House and two lots, al
so one two-story brick store room.
See Miller, the shoe man.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-26

FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Good productive ranches
in the San Luis valley, Colo. In
quire B. B. W., care Gate City office,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-26

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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-12
ATLANTIC CITY HOTELS.
HOTEL oSTEND

Directly on the ocean front. Atlantic City.
Rooms suite. with private bath. Hot and cold !
sea water. Magnificent ocsan view. Open all year.
SPECIAL RATES FOR SEPTEMBER j
ME. .. RAHTER
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-12
ACQUIRES STOCK OF
OFFICE BUILDING
Control of Southern Building Cor.
poration Changes Hands
Through Deal.

Charles F. Carusi and Robert n. Har-
per, acting for out-of-town interests,
yesterday completed an acquisition Of a
majority of the stock of the Southern
Building Corporation. owner Of the
Southern Building, at the northeast cor
ner OF Fifteenth and H Streets North
west. What price they paid for control
of the corportion. whose capital is $500, 900.
with a mortgage Indebtedness OF ST.
400. 900. was not made known. The iden-
tity of the interests represented by the
Washington men also is concealed.
The Southern Building was erected two
years ago at a cost of about $500. 900.
II occupies the site on which stood the
old ST. Matthews Catholic Church. The
building was erected directly as a result
of the organization of the Southern
Commercial Congress, but was built by
the Southern Building Corporation. COM
posed of a number OF Washington bust
ness men and lawyers.
D. H. Burnham, Of Chicago, drew the
plans and took a share in the securities
of the company in compensation. The
builders, the Thompson-Starrett Com
pany. also co-operated in this respect.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society
furnished a building loan of $4,000.
The Southern is a ten-story building,
faced with white glazed terra Gotta
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-12
ADDITIONAL LIGHTS
FOR CITY STREETS
Incandescent Lamps Suggested by
Walter C. Allen District
Engineer.

To bring the Capital up to the high
est standard in the matter of lighting
its streets. many additional loo-candle
power incandescent street lamps will be
installed. according to the report of Wal
ter C. Allen. electrical ENGINEER for the
District, submitted to the Commission
ers yesterday.
Lights Of this type already installed
nave given the public and the electrical
department such satisfaction that II has
been planned to continue this style Of
lighting.
The new lamps. Of 1Oo-candlepower,
have been erected along about seven
and a half miles Of streets, There are
72i such lights IN use. More has been
accomplished in lighting the streets Of
the District in the last fiscal year than
in any previous twelve months.
Mantle naptha lamps. formerly used.
have been replaced with either gas or
incandescent electric lights. This change
is stated to nave effected a saving in
the annual cost of maintenance.
Recommendation Is made in the report
that the Commissioners obtain legisla-
ton from Congress at the next session
compelling the steam railroad companies
to pay for the maintenance OF lights
along their rights OF way.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-12
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Fifth Street Northeast between N and y Streets
James h. Jones ct TX to Bates Warren and c.
-, Clinton James. lots ts to 8; SQUARE so4. SO:
ux to Bates Warren and c. Clinton James,
lot l56. square l52. SO.
Oak view-John C. Deichmann ct VI. to Bate.
Warren and c. Clinton James. lots II and Is.
l52 East Capitol Street Northcast-John G. Deich-
ct to Bates Warren and c. Clinton
James. lot II. square 100. SO
Sixteenth Street Northeast between and B
Streets-Same TO same, lots 2, . a. square
1903 SO
Twenty-frst Street Northwest between R and S
Streets-John C. Deichmann ct ux TO Bate
Warren and c. Clinton James, lot 4. square s6.
Street Northeast between Sixth and Seventh
strests-John O. Deichmann ct 10 BATES
Warren and c. Clinton James. lots l6 and lss.
SQUARE SOL SO.
Brookland@John wisnan ct uL to Annie NJ
Young. lot 4. block Il. SO.
Twenty-second Street Northwest between ard
streets-Claude W. Owen to Guy P. Warren,
part original lot a, square S. SO.
Sc Mclean Avenue southwest-william h. Michael
ct uK. to Claude W. Owen, lot -. square SIS.
Indolence-Hsry wardman ct al to Arnistead and
Annie W Rust. lot Is, square Goi. SO
Indoence-Hauy Warrman ct al to Jennie CobIrr.
lot 81. square zO3, $40.
COS Third Street Northeast-Elizabeth Z Rice ct
rir. Eugene C.. to James T. CLARK. lot 81,
Columbia Heights-Lewis Z. Breuninser c. u1 70
William and Estella NJ Kiesecker. lot 30. block
% so.
Pleasant Piains-Kennedy Bros to Joseph G. and
Julia Staniszewsk lot l73. square Isl. So
lie Droit Park-James Martin ct uN to George A.
Martin lot IA, square 30os SO.
1910 Street Southeast-Beulah A. Foulke To John
A. Edelin,. lot 81. square 1855 SO.
1905 Fifteenth Street Northwest-John 4. Mccarthy
to Clara N. and Morgan E Morgan. lot Il6
square 49, SO.
Anscostia-Consie White ct uI- to Nolan E and
Bessie P. Kemper. lot l6s SO.
South Carolina Avenue Southeast between Second
and Third Saskatchewan r. Howenstein ct
to Charles E. and Emma +. Speiden, lot
e. square 7s5, $40.
8li Connecticut Avenue Northwest-United States
Trust Company 20 Harry L. Taylor, lot S.
square 2G CWoodley Park, SO.
Jackson Alley Northeast between North Capitol and
First Streets-MAry ]. Mccormick to Catharine
T. Durkin. part lots So and s. Square 81. SO
Indolence-Harry WsrdmAn ct al to Frances P
Smith, lot 50. square 27o3 SO
Petworth-Leo A. O'Neill ct ux. to John r Lock
wood. lot g. block 20. so. John 7. lockwood
conveys same property to Laura May o'Neill,
SO
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-12

'sThe Heroine from Derna,v q Great 2.
reel Virginia Theater feature to-day.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-12

Flies can enter a garbage can that a
New York man has patented. but as
they try to get out they are caught in
a wire trap. which can be detached and
the insects DESTROYED.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-12

Word WIZ received here t-day
o tn death of Miss Tabitha Moon.
She wuz a wonderful speaker, a
great organizer, an fair cook.
/ There's too many folks buyin'
tires on inner tube salaries.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-12
MAY CONDEMN STREET.
II Plan Goes Through Street Rail-
way Company VIII Get Land.

To provide more room for the fans &c
catch their cars in baseball season, as
well as to safeguard life at such con-
gested times as just after the game
Melvin c. Hazen, surveyor of the Dis
trict. submitted to the Commissioners
yesterday the draft OF a bill, providing
for the condemnation of a minor street
between Georgia Avenue and Ninth
Street, just north of Florida Avenue, to
be used for the construction of tracks by
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company.
The estimated cost of acquiring land
is s2s,120 which it is stipulated shall be
assessed as benefits, half being assessed
against the Washington Railway and
Electric Company and the Capital Trac-
ton Company in such proportions as the
jury may find the respective roads bene-
fitted.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-12
TO ENTERTAIN REID.
Famous English man to Be Feted by
Chamber of Commerce.

Entertainment of Sir George Reid
high commissioner at London for the
commonwealth of Australia, who will
visit Washington, September Is and IL
will be offered on behalf of the Chamber
of Commerce by a special committee
composed of President James F. Oyster
D. ]. Callahan and H. B. F. Macfar-
land.
This committee was appointed yester.
day at a meeting of the executive COM
mite of the chamber. which discussed
plans for Sir Georges entertainment. Sill
George is now representing Australia al
expositions at Halifax and Toronto, Can.
ada. He is regarded as a final authority
on Australia.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-12
BOOK ON WATERWAY.
w. 4. shelton Issues Volume on
Traffic Problem Only.

William Arthur Shelton has just had
published 1.-The Lakes to the Gulf Deer
Waterways which is a study of the
proposed channel terminals. watercraft.
freight movement. and rail and boat
rates concerned in the project which has
had the attention of Congress and OF
many citizens organizations.
Mr.. Shelton states in his preface that
the matter now published formed the
thesis which he submitted as a candidate
for a masters degree at the University
of Chicago. of which he is a graduate
student in economy. 1t is a study of the
traffic problem only, several related SUBJ
jects, such as water power development,
land reclamation and flood control hav-
ing been denied their bid for entrance"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-12
GRAND ATLANTIC

Virginia Ave. near Beach. Atlantic CRY
Rooms en- suite, with hot and cold sea vats,:
baths elevator from street level auto coaca meeti
trains; capacitS 500. Write for booklet and speSiai
rates fer Sept Cooper * Leeds. Owners \ F..ss.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-09

See that Fuller & johnson pump
ing engine at F. s. Crcnk Co.'s. It's
cheaper and more reliable thar a
wind mill. No trouble to show you
how it works. tt
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-09
'CARDUl WORKED
LIKE A CHARM
After Operation Failed to Help,
Cardui Worked Like a Charm.


Jonesville, s. CT suffered with
womanly trouble" writes Mrs. ]. S.
Kendrick, In letter from this place.
land at times, could not bear to stand
on my feet. The doctor said would
never be any better. and that would
have to have an operation, or would
have cancer.
] went to the hospital, and they oper-
ated on me, but got no better. They
said medicines would do me no good
and thought would have to die.
At last tried Cardui, and began to
improve, SO continued using it. Now,
! am well, and can do my own work.
don't feel any pains
Cardui worked like a charm"
There must be merit in this purely
vegetable, tonic remedy. for women
Cardui-for 1t has been In successful
use for more than 50 years, for the
treatment OF womanly weakness and
disease
Please try It for your troubles
N II Write to. Ladies' Advisory Dept. Cha.ta-
aooKa Medicine Co.. Chattanooga Tenn, for Special
isstrmctions. and 6-paxe book Home Treattnsn.
~ Wot1sn. sent III plain wrapper. on request.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-09
POLL TAX PAYMENTS ARE
FALLING AWAY BEHIND
This Is the Last Month to Obtain
Receipts and the Man Who
Expects to Vote VIII
Have to Hurry.

This Is the last month for the
payment of poll taxes in the state
and county and the man who ex-
poets to vote In this years primary
and the general election viii have
to hurry. After midnight Wednes-
day, January 81, it win be too late
to secure one of these coveted docu-
ments. After that hour not single
receipt will be issued by Tax Collec-
tor Sweat
Tax Collector Sweat stated to
representative of this paper that
receipts were coming In slower than
usual and unless the citizens bestir
themselves many of them will be
denied the privilege of exercising
their rights as free American citi-
zen at the ballot box. Up to Janu-
airy 1st only 2227 receipts had been
issued out of an assessment of
about 800 polls. This left nearly
seven thousand receipts to be issued
this month, and payments have
been light since the first. In accord
ance with rulings from the attorney
SSnti al department IWO Important
changes have been made this year
In the collection OF poll taxes. One
of these rulings was to the effect
that these taxes could not be col
lected by agents of the collector sent
out from the office In Waxahachie,
but that voters would have to como
to the office in person and attend
to this matter. Another ruling aboI-
ished the custom of receiving or
ders noar the last of the month and
issuing the receipts after February
/. These receipts must now be is
sued before the close of the last day
Of the month and the voter must call
at the office and secure his receipt.
Collector Sweat says these rulings
will be observed. He urges those
WHO hace not paid their taxes TO
delay the matter no longer, and
come in at once in order to avoid
rush on the last day or two of the
month.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-09
lSUIT FOR DAMAGES
SIX THOUSAND WANTED.
According to Petition Plaintiff Was
Injured All Over Body.

According to Petition Plaintiff Was
Injured All Over Body.
There were few places on the
body of A. t. Lilies that did not sus-
tain some injury when he debarked
from a moving passenger train &C
cording to his petition filed in the
district clerks office against the
houston and Texas Central for dam
ages in the sum of S6,025. The
plaintiff alleges that on November
9Th he bought tickets at Waxaha-
chic for his wife and two children
to go to Fort Worth. He entered tho
train with them to assist them In
finding seats, and although he al
leges he acted with haste and dis
patch, the train started before he
accomplished this task. He declares
the conductor refused to stop the
train for him to get off and in dis
embarking he fell on the ground,
sustaining injuries to his face,
neck, arm, shoulders, legs and other
parts OF his body.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-09
Notice. b. p. O. EIks

Regular meeting of Elks tonight
at O'Clock. All members urged 10
be present.
LEE P. QUAITE, E. r.
GEO. l.. GRIFFIN, Secretary
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-09

T. /. Neill to ]. A. NELL, undivid-
ed half interest in so acres out OF
the B. P. Hale survey; $1,000.
I. w. Windham to J. r. Donahoo,
81 2-3 acres out of the e. D. Har-
rison survey; s6,766.66.t
L. c. Minis to Harper & King and
.. G. Gilley, III acres out OF the G..
A. Giddings survey; $685..
Geo. Lanicek to e. L. Mellon, lot
in Ennis; $3.50.
B. F. Stout to John M. slovak, 6s
acres out of the Chas. v. Shaffer
survey and Is acres out of the T.
w, Wade survey; s1o,375.
|. N. George to w. H. Bowen, 100
acres out of the VIM. H. Cameron
survey; $500.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-09

Read the Daily Light want ads.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-09

Read the Daily Light Want ads
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-09
FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR COM.
POUND "CURES IN EVERY CASE.

Mr.. Jas, McCaffery, Mgr. Of the
Schlitz Hotel, Omaha, Neb., recon-
mends Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound, because It cures in every
case. Il have used it myself and I
have recommended 1t to many
others who have since told me of
Its great curative power in diseases
OF the throat and lungs" For all
coughs and colds 1t Is speedily eff
fective. For sale by Curtin Tive
Drug Stores: Curtin Drug Co.,
North side square, Curlin's Pharma-
cy, West side square d&N
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-09
Mail Carrier Hurt.

F. NJ, Lehew, carrier on rural
route NO. 8, was painfully injured
THIS morning when his horse ran
away as he was starting out on his
route. He was unconscious for an
nour or more, but is reported about
recovered. R. L. Muirhead carrie /
the nail for him today.--Ennis
Newssx-xs1
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-09
FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR COM.
POUND

is reliable family medicine. Give
1t to your children, and take it your
self when you feel cold coming on.
It checks and cures coughs and
colds and Group and prevents brons
ch1tis and pneumonia. For sale by
the Curtin Stores-Curlin Drug Co.,
North side So. Curtin Pharmacy,
West side SO, d&w
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-09
Thirty-Four Years a Reader.

William Crockett Davis, who
yves near Britton, was In Waxaha-
chic Monday and paid this office =
pleasant call. Mr.. Davis stated that
he has been constant reader of
the Waxahachie Enterprise for thir-
ty-four years and has also been a
reader of the Dallas Semi Weekly
News ever since 1t was established.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-09

For Sale---One new steel tired $40
runabout buggy for $685., If sold
by the 10th. A. b. Hunter. II
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-09
FERRIS SCHOOL CLOSED.
Epidemic of Meningitis Causes
Board to Suspend School for
q Week.

Miss Lille May Boren of this city,
who has been teaching in the public
school at Ferris, came home this
morning. She stated that the school
there had been suspended for the
week owing to the prevalence OF
meningitis there.
She stated that there had been
several cases, and that new case
developed last night causing the ac-
ton by the school board.-Ennis
News.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-09
FAREWELL CONSTIPATION
The Famous Hot Springs Liver But
tons Are in Town.

Well! well! we'll! Here's joyful
news to all who are slaves to con-
stipation and all the miserable all
ments that go with 1t.
Curtin Two Drug Stores. Curtin
Drug CD, and Cnrlin's Pharmacy
have at last secured the agency for
Hot Springs Liver Buttons which
are almost as we'll patronized by
visitors to Hot Springs as the health
giving baths. Thousands of dozens
sold yearly and this is the frs. year
ever advertised. Nothing SO good,
SO perfect acting or so satisfying for
constipation or stomach, liver or
bowel troubles. 25 cents a box,
you'll be delighted. Hot Springs
Chemical Co., Hot Springs Ark. ~
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31

ing. The city Of Grand Rapids and
the towns Of Arpin and Biles have
borrowed sums from the normal
school fund and this year pay TO thar
fund On these loans; IN principal
and interest $4,000. Nineteen
school districts in this county have
borrowed from the state school fund
and this year are paying back to that
fund on these loans, principal and
interest amounting TO S3272-78. These
two sums together make the $10,-
932.78.
The details going to make up these
figures are all on file In County
Clerk Eberhardt's office and the on
" discrepancy which I find Is in the
Judges total. That total should not
be $84, 356.1O, but should be $50, 356.-
20 and should not be marked total
paid state, as much of it never in
any form is paid to the state
Trusting that you will be able to
find space in your valuable paper
for this explanation. I remain,
Yours respectfully,
B. NJ. Vaughan
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31

ly there grows up a tribe of politi-
cal workers who perform these tasks
either for money or hope of favors
to come. While many of these men
are honest, yet as a class they in
clude a great many who are not in
dustrious workers at the tasks of
daily life, and who eagerly seize the
chance offered by politics to squeeze
out the living they fear they cannot
make in the world of business.
1t is the indifference of the aver
age voter then that makes the open
ing for the vast tribe of neelers that
can get out the vote for primaries
and elections. After they have per-
formed their tasks, they look for
payment. Usually what they want
is not cash, but a soft snap. The
voters pay the bill in the high cost
of all public work.
The way to smash all this vast
inefficient public work is for the a.
verage voter to get to the polls, just
as he would get to an important bu-
siness appointment. Until he does,
political machines will flourish, and
their workers must be paid either in
money or in offices, for which they
are not usually qualified.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
LEGISLATIVE RECORD or
JOHN C. KAREL DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR

Mr.. KareI voted against bill com
polling railroads to issue 1000 mile
mileage books at 2 cents mile.
Against a railroad rate registrs-
ton bill
Against increasing the license fees
of taxes of railroads which at that
time were ridiculously low.
Against bill to tax railroad prop
erty as other property is taxed.
Against the anti-pass law.
Against a primary election law.
He voted for bill to cripple the
anti-paSs law
He voted for a bill to reduce the
workingman's wage exemption from
$4,000 to $4,000.
He voted for a bill to permit race
track gambling at the State and
County Fairs.
He voted for the special interests
and against the peoples interest e
very time.
Senator La Toilette says, "Kanelis
hackers are the undemocratic Dem
ocrats and the Stalwart Republican
bosses.