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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-22
PULLMAN CAR
WAS HELD UP
Two Bandits Took up Early Morning
Collection Of $6e1 ana
Escaped.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
ROCK ISLAND, ILL.,, April 22.-
Posses Of sheriff's deputies and rail
road detectives are today securing the
country between here and Sheffield
for two bandits who early this morn
Ing lined UP the passengers of Pull
man car on the Rock Island westbound
Golden State limited train and robbed
them of all their valuabIe..
The robbers boarded the train at
Bureau, just before midnight and
forced the porter Of the rear Pull
man at the point of their revolvers
to awaken all the passengers. The
passengers were lined up in the aisle
and while one Of the bandits covered
them with his revolver, the other to,A
up the collection" which totaled s661,
half dozen watches, some diamonds
and other jewelry. None of the pas
sengers made any resistance. The rob
bers ordered the porter to signal the
engineer to slow down and they
dropped off the train in the darkness
five miles east of Sheffield
So perfectly did the bandits work
that the authorities are convinced
they are old hands.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-22
VICTIMS OF THE
SPRING SUNSHINE
April Bug Bites Judge Mcnamara and
He Is LenIent With
Cuiprlts.

squad of six human beings who
fell by the wayside during Sunday and
Sunday night owe their scalps to the
April sunshine which warmed the
blood In the cookies of Judge McNa.
mara's heart this morning in the SUI.
perior court. The sunshine bug bit
the court SO deep that he felt con
strained to be lenient with the entire
squad.
H. F. Miles and his wife Edna. C.
j. Mason, Minnie Greaves, John Chand-
Ter, M. Brown and Guy Sims consti-
tuted the squad booked by the police
to appear before Judge Mcnamara.
The Miles man begged with all the
power at his command to be allowed
to get out and get job, and the wife
punctuated his p]eadings with copious
tears, combination that would have
made a sphinx waver. They were al
lowed to go this afternoon.
Mason and the Greayes woman are
a pair of Peoria negroes that blew in
here from Burlington. AS they had no
visible means of support. they were
picked up by the police. and this morn
ing We're given chance to blow on
to greener pastures.
Chandler, Brown and Sims appear to
have been victims of the financial
panic. They We're given a chance to
engage in some useful employment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-22
AGED CHILDREN"
Fathers Were In Revolution

There are still living in New Eng
land ten or more persons whose ia.
theirs were American soldiers in the
Revolutionary war All Of them are
over 80 and some over 100 years old.
All aged and elderly persons can
add greatly to their comfort by keep
ing their energy and strength up to
the highest point through the use OF
Vinol. our delicious cod liver and iron
preparation without OIL
Mrs. A. NJ. Bassford. S6 years old,
of Harrisonburg, Va, says: II have
been using Vinol for the past three
years and am on my thirtysecond
bottle now. think Vinol will do all it
is recommended to do and that 1t is
all that has kept me alive the past
three years. ! tried almost every 9TH
er medicine and found vinol the best
Vinol is fine for old people because
its immediate effect is to sharpen the
appetite and enrich the blood, build
ing up natural strength and energy.
We guarantee Vinol to do all this and
pay back your money if it does not.
McGrath Bros. Drug Co., Keokuk.
Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-22
BORN IN KEOKUK.
DIED IN CHICAGO
Remains Of Stanley Brown Will Arrive
Here on Wednesday for Burial
Ia Oakland.

Stanley Brown,A born in Keokuk
about thirty-six years ago. died in Chi
cago Sunday night, according to a mes.
sage received by his cousin, Mrs. Hi.
ram G. Stebbins, and the remains will
be brought to Keokuk for burial on
Wednesday.
The deceased was the son of Peter
and Annie Brown and was born at
No. 14l9 Fulton street. His father
was bookkeeper for the old Comstock
Stove works and about twenty.one
years ago the family left here for
Mobile, Ala, where Mr.. Brown died
and is buried. Later the widow. re,
moved to Chicago where her son died
Sunday night at 8 o'clock
Besides his mother, the deceased Is
survived by two brothers and a sis
ter: Walter Brown of Chattanooga
Tenn, Clyde Brown of Chicago. and
Mrs. F. D. Nottingham of Chicago.
The funeral party will arrive In
keokuk on Wednesday morning at
$50 o'clock and the casket will be
taken to the Stebbins' residence at
No. 71S Concert street, where the
funeral will take place at 8 o'clock In
the afternoon, with burial at Oakland
cemetery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-22
WAS PASSENGER
ON CALIFORNIAN
Young scotchman Arrives In keokuk
This Morning After Thrill.
Ing Voyage.

Alec McBain, good looking, rudy
faced young man, with soft brogue
to his voice, arrived in Keokuk today
from Scotland and is a guest at the
home of his cousin, Mrs. Hiram g.
Stibbins, No. 713 Concert street. Nc.
Balm came from Tillicoultry, Scot.
land, and expects to make Keokuk
his home.
He came over the ocean on the
steamer Californian which was men
toned often in the Titanic wreck
story last week and heard of the dis
aster while on board, the Californian
being equipped with a wireless out
fit. The ship did not return to the
scene of the disaster, being too near
New York at the time, landing there
Tuesday morning.
Had the Californian been closer to
the scene, it would have returned and
perhaps been of some aid to the tt
tanic's passengers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-22

For any pain, from top to toe, from
any cause. apply DR.. Thomas Electic
OIL. Pain can't stay where it is used.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-22
DOCTOR HELD UP
BY HIGHWAYMEN
Police Shot One of Them but They
Got Away Leaving Trail
of Blood.

United Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, April Highwaymen
carly today held up DR.. W. d. Hur.
ley, who had been hastily summoned
to relieve patient. The physician
informed the robbers of his mission,
but they refused to let him go on I'M
til they had searched him and taken
all his money and then, angered be-
cause they had secured SO little, they
beat him over the head with a revol-
yer With blood streaming down his
face, DR.. Hurley hurried on to the
home of Mrs. Ida Potasota, his pa.
tient He arrived in time to admin.
lister medicines in the crisis of a pneu-
monia attack. Then he was taken to
the hospital to have his WOUNDS
dressed. The police took up the trail
of the robbers and shot one of them.
Both escaped but left trail of blood
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-22
RAIDED L.ARDER
AND CAUSES GLOOM
Llederkranz Planned a Celebration
Yesterday, But Thieves Spoiled

Slow torture unto death has been
voted the party or parties, male or
female, black or white, that raided
the larder of the Liederkranz
social organization of young and old
men of Keokuk, who follow number
of the precepts handed down to them
from generation to generation by the
"Hinterland,' and each Sunday as
semble and spend the day according to
their own dictates.
Yesterday was blue day for the
Liederkranz. Instead of day of
hilarity, it was one of mourning-real
deep, blue mourning. When the
Liederkranz assembled yesterday
morning and opened its refrigerator to
prepare for the days feast, the
Liederkranz's eyes almost popped
from their sockets. Instead of we'll
stocked refrigerator, there was moth
ing but an emptiness that was terri
flying in its completeness Two Jolly
baskets of bread had walked away dur
ing the night. Also. several, chunks of
dainty limburger cheese, sausages and
a wholesale assortment of other deli
cacies designed to tickle the Lieder-
kranz palate. There was nothing
eatable or drinkable left in the re-
frigerator and the club had to hustle
around and borrow enough provise
ions to make faint effort at holding
one of its Qualifications.
The supply which the Liederiranz
mourns was stored in the rear
of Hawkes. hall. where the club holds
its meetings. A lock had been pried
off door which led into room
where the refrigerator was kept, and
once this entrance was gained, the
rest of the theft was easy. The
Liederkranz has no clue to the fiends
who plundered the refrigerator.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-22

IL
enat ne had arranged already for in
terment in the Bridgman familyr lot
mere. Several years ago on one of-his
visits to keokuk Col. Bridgman spent
much time in making elaborate and
substantial improvements on this
burial lot beneath whose green sod he
soon will take his long last sleep. He
mas lived many years beyond the al
lotted period of three score and ten
and his has been an honorable career,
life to which his relatives, friends
and surviving comrades may point
with consolation and pride.
At what time his body will arrive
here is not yet known and no arrange
ments have been. made for the fun.
eral.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-22
KEOKUK DRUGGIST
DESERVES PRAISE

Wilkinson & Co. deserves praise
from keokuk people for introducing
here the simple buckthorn bark and
glycerine mixture, known as Adler-i
ka. This simple German remedy first
became famous by curing appendicitis
and it has now been discovered that
A SINGLE DOSE removes sour stom.
ach. gas on the stomach and consti
patton INSTANTLY. 1t is the only
remedy which never fails.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-22
COL, BR|DGMAN
DIED SUNDAY
Al the Home Of Admiral and Mrs.
sebree At San Diego, caI--
Burial in
keokuk.
OLDEST ON THE LIST
OF Retired Army officers-Was For
Many Years Prominent
In eusiness Pursuits
In the City.

Col Frank Bridgman died Sunday
A brief message from San Diego. Cal,
received his morning by w. A. Bridg.
man, commercial agent of the Wabash
railroad in Keokuk and a great nephew
Of Colonel Bridgnan, made the sad
announcement, bearing no other de-
tails except that his body would be
brought to Keokuk for burial. The
message was sent by his son-in-law.
Admiral Sebree, U. S. N.
Colonel Bridgman in the years be.
fore the war was a resident of Keo-
kuk and was held in the highest es-
teem He was engaged in mercantile
pursuits and a man of the strictest
business integrity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-22
A Life Sketch.

Colonel Bridgman was born in
Hampshire county, Mass, in 1920. In
1886 he moved to Philadelphia, Penn,
and entered the counting house of his
brother-in-law, Charles w Churchman
In 1910 he emigrated to Iowa, then
a sparsely settled and wild country In
a territorial state, and settled at Bur.
ington.
In 1S49 he moved to Keokuk, where
he was engaged in the mercantile
business with his brother, the late
Geo. A. Bridgman, we'll and most fav-
orably remembered in Keokuk, where
he is buried until the outbreak of
the War of the Rebellion, when he
entered the army and was commits
stoned a paymaster in the United
States army by President Lincoln.
During the war his services were prin-
cipally in the field, sharing the depri-
vations and dangers of the soldiers.
When the war closed he was order
ed to Springfield. H., in charge and
snperintending the payment of Illinois
troops as they were mustered ont or
service. In 1869 he was ordered to
New Mexico with headquarters at
Santa Fe, where he remained until
1874, when he was ordered to report
to the lieutenant general of the army,
at Chicago, and for some time remain.
ed on duty at the headquarters of the
military division of the Missouri, serv-
in ON the cfo IF IF ChorlJo,,
He was brevetted and commissioned a
lieutenant colonel in 1865. In 1874 ~
was placed on the retired list of the
United States and with his death
passes away the oldest retired army
officer on the roll Colonel Bridgman
married daughter of the late Gen.
John A. Mcdowell, lady of fine APP.
pearance and intelligence. who has
been dead number of years. She
also was buried in the Bridgman lot
at Oakland cemetery Writing of him
many years ago a writer said: In his
general character it may be said of
Colonel Bridgman that he forcibly rep
resented the legend of his family,
Nee temcre, nee timide."
Colonel Bridsman made many visits
to Keokuk for which city he always
appeared to have great attachment.
Since his retirement from the army he
had lived at different places, at one
time at ST. Louis, but latterly he has
made his home with his son-in-law and
daughter. Admiral and Mrs Sebree,
at San Diego, Cal, where he died.
Two years ago Miss Ann B. Davis
Of this city visited California where
she saw Col. Bridgman, and learned
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-22
Mood Made 1 astinn

There are now employed a number
of processes whereby wood can be so
altered in character that 1t becomes
almost fireproof. and is no longer liza
BILE to dry-rot or any of the disintegra-
tons that come under the head Of
decay.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-22
Store Enthusiasm.

My son, We sho....d lay up stock
Of absurd enthusiasms in our youth or
else we shall reach the end of our
journey with an empty heart, for we
lose great many CT them by the
way.-Victor Cherbuliez.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-22
Healthy Old Lady.

In order to celebrate her eighty
first birthday Miss Sue Voorhees,. an
inmate of the Old Ladies Home in
New York, skipped with rope TWEEN
ty,one times. and was not in the least
fatigued when she finished.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-22

Hives, eczema. itch or salt rheum
sets you crazy. Can't bear the touch
OF your clothing. Doan's Ointment
cures the most obstinate cases. WI
suffer. ALI druggists sell 1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-22
QIstrust.

THAT man wants to know whether
you are going to stand by him." said
the political assistant. I'm obliged
to-" replied Senator Sorghum. 1T
wouldn't be safe not to stand by him
close enough to watch him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-22
Such a Difference.

you say Garston made complete
confession? What did he get--flvs
years?" mo, fifty dollars. He con.
fessed to the magazines
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-22
TREEO FOR SIX HOURS
BY BIG MOTHER BEAR
Fifteen ear-Old Girl Suddenly
Encountered Animal With
Cubs in Woods

KINNEY, MINI. July while
hunting for a lost COW in the woods
adjacent to her fathers homestead,
seven miles north OF Kinney, Mary
MeInnes. Is years of age. had an ex-
perience that she will not soon for
get.
Miss McInnes had penetrated a
dense tnickct. thinking It might be
concealed therein. whom she encoun-
tered black bear with two we'll
grown cubs, She was almos: upon
the animals before she saw them.
Screaming, the girl scrambled over
fallen logs and dead brush, the en-.
ragged bear coming after her. Com.
ing TO small tree, she grasped the
lower boughA and drew herself UP
from Dough 70 Dough until out OF I'M
mediate harms way. The bear walk.
cd around the trunk OF the tree, look
Ing up every few seconds and shifted
the air. IL made several attempts ia
climb tho tree. but It's efforts were
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-22
STATE LIQUOR DEALERS
FEAR VOTES FOR WOMEN
Will Form Association in Grand
Rapids to Defeat Equal Suf-
frage This Fall

That the liquor dealers OF the state
are preparing to oppose woman suf-
frage in the fall campaign is indicat-
cd by copies OF circular letters reacl'-
ing the state headquarters OF the ALI
ti-Saloon league and purporting to DC
call for a meeting at Eagle hall. In
Grand Rapids, July 22. for the rur-
pose OF organizing a statewide az
ISOLATION OF retail liquor dealers. tbs
letters bear the signature +. p. Reed,
president, and George Wasmuth, sec
rotary. One paragraph OF the lot
tiers says:
AS you are no doubt aware, We
are facing an election on woman
suffrage this fall; also an cleo
ton OF governor and new repro
sentatives, and In our estimation.
II these elections result favorable
to them, the Anti-Saloon league
will then use every endeavor to-
ward having the question or state
wide prohibition submitted to the
people. Further. there are now
embodied In the laws regulating
the retail liquor business, many
undesirable features such as
holidays, etc.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-22

failures owing to the small eirth a
the trunk, which prevented Il from
getting a solid grip. The veathtr
was very cold. and as the evening
wore or II became almost impossirIo
for the girl to retain her hold on the
bcGghs through cramps In the arms
and the stiffness from cold. +.
When darkness came on the par
enss and elder brother became alarm
ed at her long absence and started
out with lanterns TO find her. calIInE
loudly as they proceeded through the
woods. Miss McInnes heard the calls
an0 cndeavored TO answer them. but
found 1t impossible to make even the
slightest sound. probably on account
CT the cold and nervousness. As the
searchers drew nearer, however, she
was heard calling family. The AMI
mails must have been frightened on
by the lantern light, as nothing vas
seen Of them by the rescuing party.
Miss McInnes collapsed when taken
from her perilous position. She had
been in the tree about six hours
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-22
ABSTRACT DELAYS STIR
REAL ESTATE DEALERS


Real estate men are stun wen up
in the air on the abstract questloh
and 1t Is likely that the action 10 &c
taken by the committee which was
recently appointed by the real estate
board, will be very DEFINITE. he
present abstract companies VIII nave
TO show ready disposition to gave
the real estate men better ser'lce
and expand to meet the requirements
OF the growing city to prevent radlcai
measures. There will either be an'
other abstract company in town OF
system OF guaranteed titles sucn as
Is In use in New York or a system
like the Torrens system. said
prominent real estate man the olher
day. TT Is an outrage to expect bus
mess to be held up in Detroit tne
wa Wit Is. We are constantly ioSlEg
good deals on account OF not being
able to deliver a perfectly clear ute
with some degree Of promptness a
man cannot borrow money on nls
property when he needs 1t under the
present system. III II Is pressing
need, he has gone through 1t before
the abstract is back"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-22
BOLIVIAN GOLD FIELDS
PROVE TO BE MYTHICAL

SAN FRANCISCO, July The
Bolivian gold fields. which recently
attracted a number OF mining men
from California 10 South America,
are not all they are cracked up TO be,
according to some OF these same min
ing men, who returned here from the
lower coast on the Pacific mailer City
of Paris.
The party OF returning miners in
cluded Ginbatistar de Ferrari, Wal
ter z. Trosper, James j. Scofield and
Roy Il. McNeeley. all residents of
Stanislaus county. and they report
that what gold there may be In the
alleged fields can only be obtained
at vast expense and by the operation
Of considerable machinery. They had
thought that the fields might have
developed like the Klondike. but say
they were sadly mistaken. In fact
they were unable to find certain
man to whom they had been referred,
or any such place as was supposed to
be his residence.
1T was a swindling scheme" sale
they, "and we're glad to get home.
The mining men were not the only
ones on the Para who had hard
luck story to tell.
NJ. p. Jensen. who was accompanied
by dis wife and little daughter. told
how the plantation he had invested
In among the mountains OF Panama
had been devastated by q drought
and then by fire. Those who were
interested with him, came away with
only enough money to pay expenses.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-22
HAMILTON CARS WILL
BEGIN RUNNING MONDAY
Soon to Run Through to Limits,
Relieving Woodward-Ave.
Congestion

The d. u. r. announces that be-
ginning Monoay morning the Hamii-
ton-blvd. line will be put in opera
ton as far as Pingree-ave., and ex-
poets to extend the service to the
city limits within week. While
the line beyond Pingree-ave. Is be-
ing finished rapidly 1t was thought
best not to await the completion OF
the entire line before starting the
service.
The Inauguration of this service
brings some changes that will be
noticed by the older Third line
patrons, as hereafter the cars will
not turn from Greenwood to Holden
and then go back down town. but
will run through to Pingree, except
that extra rush hour cars may run
only as far as the car house as oc-
casion may require" said General
Manager Brooks.
1.-THE management has decided
that confusion may be avoided by
changing the route name from
Third to Hamilton" as the latter
street comprises the greater portion
of the route, and so In future the
public will notice the sign "Hamil-
ton -Pingree" or "Hamilton-Limits. >
as the case may be, the signs as dis
played indicating the extent of the
run while the sign "house" will
mean going only to the Holden road.
AS rapidly as possible the cars are
being equipped with these signs. but
until the task Is completed there will
be some Third signs.
1--WE expect that the Inauguration
Of this service will relieve the crowd
ed condition on Woodward-ave."
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-22
BUILDING WORK IN
DETROIT ACTIVE
FOR THIS SEASON
Builders and Traders Exchange
Reports Good Volume of
New Work
BUILDING LABOR SCARCE
Detroit Ranks With Chicago
and Los Angeles as Most Ac-
tive in Building Lines
BUILDING LABOR SCARCE

The volume OF new work announced
An the building lines In Detroit Is good
for this season of the year, reports
the Builders a Traders Exchange
There Ia also considerable activity
among the contractors on awards TOT
work which has already been started
Work under construction has been go
ing ahead nicely under favorable
weather conditions and materials are
q trifie easier In the market which I'M
rroyes the situation. There Is con
siderable shortage OF labor as a draw
hack TO activity. Detroit Is one OF the
three leading cities In the country III
the matter of building in progress,
Chicago and Los Angeles being the
only other large cities TO show simi-
lar activity.
Amona the principal awards OF the
week were the following: Harley q
Atcheson let, for the Fourteenth-ave;;
Methodist church. the roofing ana
sheet metal work for their new
church edifice on the corner or Four
teen-ave and Poplar-st., to II. y.
Hines q Co Hansel, French anu
Fleisher let for the Wayne Realty Co.'
contracts for a brick store and apart
ment building on Woodward-aVe. as
follows Excavation, James CLINTON; .
mason, Ray Langley; remainder Oh
work TO A. ]. Bloom. Stahl & Kinsey
let for the Mack Hardware Co, al
ditional contracts for a store building
on Mack-ave., as follows: Electric
Modern Electric Co.; plastering, II: j.
Barber; marble, Charles Pasche.
Spier, Rohns& Gehrke let FOR A. Pos-
selius & Co., additional contracts TOT
a store building on Gratiot-ave., as FOL
lows: Painting and glazing, Griessel a.
Lenzen; glass, Schroeder Paint q
Glass Co. George w. Graves let con-
tracts for the Cadillaqua water court
as follows: Pile driving, Gambler DOCK
e Dredging Co., piping. Ernst Bros;
wiring OF cables, Miller-Seldon Elec-
trio Co: decorative features ana
floats. Messmore CO..: George v. Pot
tie let for L. Wineman additional con-
tracts for his two family apartment on
Kirby-ave., near John R.-st., as fol-
lows: Roofing and sheet metal, Mlcn-
isan Cornice q Slate Co.; painting, II.
A. Otto: glazing, Michigan Ornament
al Glass Co. williams Bros. have let
for Mrs. Fraser additional contracts
for her six-family fiat building, on the
corner OF putnam and Third-aves., as
follows: Carpenter, J. A. Moynes q
Co.; plastering, William Kosnow;
plumbing and heating, Ralph p. Peck
ham; painting and glazing, Spindier q
Son: electric, w. ID. Gale; ROOFING ana
sheet metal, Michigan Cornice 4 Slate
Co. B. c. Wetzel & Co., let Tor NJ
lowenthal additional contracts Tor MS
store building on the corner OF Brush
81. and Madison-ave., as follows:
roofing and sheet metal, Paul G. Bert
ling: electric, w. ID. Gale; steel cell
ings. Geo. V. Gambler Co.