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HUMAN BLOOD
ON THEIR HANDS
CONTINUED from page L.

escaped but was later arrested as a
suspect. He was convicted by means
Of finger prints taken by Captain
Evans of the Bertillon bureau.
A crowd of 1000 people surrounded
the Jail while the executions took
place. The police reserves with diff
ficulty managed the crowds and kept
/. the entrances to the jail open.
The executions today constituted
the biggest hanging in the history of
the state. Only four anarchists were
hanged following the Haymarket riots.
Sheriff thinner declared after the
executions had been completed that
he will start a campaign against cap
ital punishment in this state. He
said the execution of these men will
not have the effect OF checking crime.
He declared the state should have a
! law Furnishing first degree murder
with imprisonment for life without
hope of clemency and that the earn
iings of the prisoner should go toward
the support of the survivors of his
victim.
At the Eleventh Hour.
CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-Three desper-
ate eleventh hour legal proceedings
were started in desperate effort to
delay the execution of the five muir
Iderers sentenced to be hanged in the
Icounty Jail here today.
i United States Judge Lands issued q
preliminary witt of haheas corpus
preventing the hanging Of Thomas
Jennings, the negro murderer of Clar
ence d. Hitler until 3 new legal ques
ton could be threshed out before
him.
Judge Mckinley of the superior
court announced that he would heal
arguments on motion for a stay o
execution in behalf of Ewald ant
Frank Shiblawski, Phillip Sommerlins
and Thomas Schultz the Guelzoy
murderers
Attorneys appeared before the su
Ipreme court at Springfield early to
day asking writ Of supersedeas t.
gain respite for the condemned men
The plea made before Judge Landi
in behalf of the negro was remarkable
1t charges that in taking the negro
finger prints, on which evidence h
! was convicted, he was forced to Civ
evidence against himself. This tn
: lawyers pleaded was a violation of hi
, constitutional rights.
The plea before Judge Mckinley
that the Guelzow. murderers are IL
sane.
The time for the executions ha
been officially fixed between tn
n hours of 900 a. M, and 400 p. n
Sheriff thinner stated early toda
d that he believed all the legal matter
4 would be disposed of and the execl
a lions carried out before the offici'
:. time expires.
AT $50 this morning, the four whit
murderers were still sleeping peac
4 fully, with the death watch keepin
4 its silent vigil over them The ME
spent last evening in company wit
Is two priests. Prayers were said an
II the condemned men cleared their co
o sciences with last confession 4
!, midnight Father OBrien, the ia
a chaplain, gave the men his biessir
.e and left the prison declaring that a
IF were fully prepared to meet the en-
II "They stand cleansed of their sii
before their Maker he said.
10 Played Poker.
IS After the priests left, the ms
T. played cards until two o'clock. "Sixt
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WANTED-Twoo or three furnished or
unfinished rooms for light house,
keeping, on north side. Call Dell
phone 660.Black.
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Miss Rich a Hostess.

Miss Leonora Rich was one of the
delightful hostess of the week, enter
tanning twenty-eight young people at
her home. 62O Orleans avenue, on
Tuesday evening.
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WANTED-Residen sales manager
for leading manufacturing corpora
ton to open office in Keokuk. Will al.
low $3.50 to $500 monthly, also au-
thorized expenses and extra commits
sion. Must carry $500 to $1,000 cash
according to territory. cAptract, etc,
to supply demand created by our adj
vertising and agents appointed. Super
intendent, Dept. %. NJ 22S w. Huron
ST., Chicago.
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MiSCELLANE Ous.

A GOOD AGENT WANTED in every
town to represent an old established
life insurance company that makes a
specially of temperance risks, low
rates and liberal contract to capable
man. Address S. Wilson, Secretary.
253 Broadway, New York.
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LOST.
FOUND.

FOUND-At Bartenders dance, ladies
bar pin with three green sets; also
gents cuff button. Owners can have
same by calling at Gate City and pay
ing for this notice.
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FOR SALE--Eggs for Matching. Rhode
Island reds single and rose comb,
blue ribbon winners, 81 and So a set
ting Right prices on hundred lots.
Harry Schulz. Bell phone 6S2X.
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WANTED Dining. room girl at Mis-
sin Inn, South Third street.
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Montrose Dancing Party.
An enjoyable dancing party was
given at MontTose last evening.

Bridge Club With Mrs. Huiskamp.
The Young Ladies Bridge club was
entertained this afternoon by Mrs
James Huiskamp.
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Travel Glass Meets Saturday.
The Travel class will be entertain
ed Saturday afternoon by Mrs. Hugh
IL. Cooper.
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You Can Try-FFee
Make-Man Tablets
We Will Buy You 50-Cent Box to
Prove Their Effect.

Thousands millions of men and
women are starving for more. power.
more nerve power, force. strength.
blood. their nerves are starving--for the
nerve builder, strength builder blood build
er. that Nature has provided, that science
tagged men, and exhausted, tired out women
will find in the famous Make Man Tablets
the secret OF their wonderful improvement.
We are willing to prove this to you
GU pay nothing We will pay the
druggist for full size 60-cent. pack
age OF Make-Man Tablets and give
Them to you-free. II your vitality Is at
etc.---it is your own fault II you don z
,end the free coupon today and give Make,
man Tablets a trial. They are safe AND
ing drugs. Sold at all Drug Stores at Zoe
OO1 on guaranfaa Or money rafunded.
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WANTED rent, rooms OF all
kinds. Address or telephone Walter
West, care Stone and Webster Engi-
nering Corporation, City,
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FOR SALE-Household goods of ey
cry description; reasonable prices;
1920 Blondeau, upstairs. Come quick
for bargains
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FOR SALE-Two Percheron stal-
lionss For terms and particulars
apply to Mrs. Burns Bolton, Elvaston,
illinois.
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colleos Alumni to be Guests.

Mr. and Mrs. W. G Blood will en-
terrain at a dinner on Monday eve
ming in honor of their guests Mr.. and
Mrs. Shoemaker of Ningpo, China.
The guests will be the Keoiuk alum
nj of Parsons college, both Mrs. and
Mrs. Shoemaker being graduates OF
that institution.
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Danger i'm Cold

Because you have contracted ordinary colds
and recovered from them without treatmcns
of any kind. do not for q moment imagine
that colds are not dangerous. Not only pneu
nlonia. but also the infectious diseases such
as diphtheria aud scarlet fever start with a
cold The cold prepares the system for the
reception and development of the germs of
these diseases. Take our advicc-cure your
cold while you can.
CIiamberlain's Cough Remedy
BY its remarkable cures of colds has become
a staple article of trade and commerce. IS
/ prompt; it is efectual; it is reliable. Try 1t.
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Grace NJ. Heller. lock box 266. Fl
Madison, Iowa.
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WANTED Position by experienced
stenographer. Address IS" this
office.
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WANTED Experienced young lady
stenographer. Address H. b. K. this
office
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Alpha Trist With Mrs. McGrath.
The Alpha Trist club will be en-
tertained Monday afternoon by Mrs.
Thomas j. McGrath.
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Played Poker,

Played Poker.
After the priests left, the men
played cards until two o'clock Sixty
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT--Large furnished base
ment room, suitable for family. Bell
phone 1360-Black.
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K. Of c. MASQUERADE.

The Knights of Columbus last eve
ming gave one Of the most enjoyable
pre-lenten affairs in the form OF a
masquerade dancing party which was
attended by forty couples. A dance
program was played by Agnes full
orchestra until i o'clock, following
which refreshments were served.
Dancing Party at Warsaw.
The Old Folks dancing party at
Saenger hall in Warsaw last evening
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Bridge Company for ottunwa Guest
Mrs. Arnott Weess entertained ;
company at bridge this afternoon il
honor of Miss Corinne Gheadle o
! Ottumwa.
Evening star., 1912-10-10
AT The END OF THE RAINBOW.
TALE OF AN INHERITANCE

BY WALT MASON.

Now, Maria" said Quigway, Il see
by the expression on your face that you
are suffering to tell me story eighteen
parasangs long, and l don't want TO near
it, | see by the headlines that the even
ing paper is full of hot stuff. and want
10. read it without being disturbed.
That's polite remark to make to the
wife of your bosom. isn't it, inquired
Mrs Quigway. You wouldn't talk iik.
that to any other woman. Only last
evening Mrs. kibosh was here, and she
told a story longer than the moral law.
and YOU sat there smiling and snirkins,
as though YOU never had heard anything
SO interesting If l undertook to begin
such a tedious story you'd snort with in
tlienation and go to the roof to read
your paper.
However. you don't need to be afraid
that I'll disturb you. and you can read
your silly old paper all night if you want
to. was going to tell you the news
heart from Amelia Swat this afternoon.
but | don't force my news on ANYBODY.
Amelia returned from New York yester-
day She went there to look after an
inheritance of hers, and found there
wasn't any. A year or so ago Amelia
received a letter from a lawyer in New
York saving that she was one or the
heirs of the Swat estate.
According to the lawyer. Jonathan
Swat arrived in New York about POO
years ago and traded an open-faced
watch to the Indians for farm, the farm
Evening star., 1912-10-10
| being where the Waldorf-Asto stand.

being where the Waldorf-Astoria stands
The hotel wasn't there then. of course,
or the Indians wouldn't have been so
liberal. Well. the lawyer discovered that
the trade perfectly good. according
to aw. and consequently the heirs Of
Jonathan Swat We're entitled to the land
cestor before, but the lawyer convinced
ter or something of that kind. and
charged her So, Some legal formalities
had to he observed. the lawyer eX-
planned. and this would cost trif1ing
sum. but in the course Of year or two
she could take possession OF her estate
Amelia told me all about this long
ago, and l must say she was quite
modest and sensible The fact that she
was going to be rich didn't make her
swell up with pride in the least She
asked my advice. and / told her that
she ought to tear down all the hotels
and business blocks on the farm and
plant an orchard. 1t stands to reason
that fruit farm in the heart of the
city would be highly profitable, and then
there's nothing like outdoor exercise.
tons for me. and it's just what Amelia
needs she has been kept so close TO the
house for years.
''Wcll the lawyer kept on writing to
her. and every time he wrote he asked
for SD, and Amelia had an awful time
raising the money. She had to sell her
pony and phaeton and her COW and every
thing that was loose about the place,
and still that lawyer kept on harping
on the matter of SIS. Those legal for
malities were an expensive luxury, and
Evening star., 1912-10-10
The World Wide Boy Scouts.
rom the Providence Journal.

FROM Inc providence journal.
One memorable day Dutch farmer
warrior crossed over into the neighbor-
ing country where foated the British
flag. and bottled up a place called AIafe-
king. In Mafeking was Col Baden
Powell. OF the white persons there. only
about 200 were available for the de-
fense against Gen. Cronje's eager army.
The investment proved to be poor STRAIT
egy for the Beers. Col. Baden Powell
refused to le: them into the town. and.
as they were too stubborn to give up the
attempt. the general campaign lost the
benefit of their service where it might
have been effective. The defense OF
Mafeking was one of the finest perform
ances of the war on either side.
It's brilliant success was due in no
small measure to the Boy Scouts, who
We're then and there organized to relieve
the small fighting force of necessary
tasks of a military kind not on the firing
line. What proved good thing for Mafe-
king and it's boys is now regarded as
good for nations and their boys the
world over. Col, now Lieut. Gen.,
Bader-Powell takes pride in the rank of
chief scout. He has just completed a
trip around the world. and finds the Boy
Scout movement not only fourishing in
English speaking lands, but exciting in
terest in China and Japan.
Evening star., 1912-10-10

Amelia began to fear that shed have. to
walk to New York to take possession of
her estate when the formalities finally
were ended. About two months ago the
lawyer quit writing. and Amelia couldn't
get a word from him. She was afraid
he must be sick. and so she made I'D her
mind to go to New York and see him and
nurse him back to health IL necessart
She had to put mortgage Oh her cot
tag to do ii, too. -
When she arrived i'm New York she
went around to the street number the
lawyer had given her and found the
street blocked with excited people, who
insisted upon lynching somebody. and
Amelia soon learned that all these peo-
pie were descendants OF Jonathan Swat,
and each one was the sole legitimate
heir to that Waldorf-Astoria farm Each
one had been purchasing legal formaiitiss
at the rate of $2l a throw as a policeman,
explained to Amelia. The poor womsn
saw at once that there was nothing fu
do but go home and home she came.
However. that wasn't the news intended
to tell you. Amelia says that while she
was i'm New York She saw"
II don't care what she saw roarei
Quigway. as he rushed from the room.
Il want a little peace"
Evening star., 1912-10-10
Forms of Recreation.
MONEY THAT NO ONE CLAIMS.
Millions Without Claimants Locked
in British Banks,
From London Tit-Bits.

| rom LONDON 1lt-Blte.
Twenty millions of unclaimed money in
the Golfers of British banks-derelfct gold
which nobody owns, and which the banks
are naturally pleased to take care Of,
Gold more than sufficient to pave every
square foot OF Cheapside with sovereigns
The sum total may be exaggerated, but
make liberal deduction and you still
have many millions to which no rightful
owners make claim. There is no bank
in the whole length of Great Britain Tor
elseWhere) which has not its lists of these
bank balances that may be said to go
a-begsing Some are for trivial sums
scarcely worth the trouble of pocketing
some are for amounts running in<o thou
sands.
Some years ago, when Mr. Goschen's s
conversion scheme was in the air, it was
found that the Bank of England alone
had nearly 1000 of these dormant ac-
counts Forty of them had more than $780,
0GO apiece to their credit one balance was
written in six figures-3O7. 800. The total
at the bottom of the long list was S3y,-
24S,S15 This amount was very largely
made up of unclaimed dividends on gov
ernment stock.
Scottish banks have. il is said. s45.-
OcO,OGO of this overlooked gold. English
banks at least double this sum How
does it come there? And what becomes
of it?
1t seems inconceivable that SO much
money, for all of which there must have
been owners at some time or other should
be thus lost to sight. A score or more Of
simple causes account for the seeming
1mpossibility. man may, for private or
business reasons, have accounts with
more banks than one. He dies. his ex-
ecutors know nothing of any but his usual
banks; the balances at the others remain
unclaimed.
He may die abroad, Or disappear leay-
ing no clue to his banking affairs; he
may even forstt that such and such an
account is not closed. In these and many
similar ways-mostly the result Of care
lessness-mcney is left in the hands of
bankers to swell the dormant funds
For seven years the bankers keep the
accounts open, prepared to pay over the
balance to any one who can prove a title
to 1t. This term expired, they regard the
forgotten gold as their own Five mil
lion dollars of such ownerless money went
to build Londons splendid law courts.
The city. it is said. has more than one
magnificent bank building reared from
the same handy material. The Bank of
England. one learns. provides pensions
for clerks widows out OF such fund.
But. whatever becomes of it, these mil
lions of mystery gold' are always grow
ing. fed by mans carelessness or forget
fulness, their secrets hidden awav in
thousands of musty bank ledgers.
Evening star., 1912-10-10
Tunnel Under Dover Straits.

rram tho New York sun.
British opposition to the construction
of a aunnel under the Straits of Dover,
one OF the oldest and most amusing oil
Eng ish nineteenth century policies, has
Just been attacked from new direction.
Writing in a recent number of La Revue
Hebdomadaire NJ. Bernard argues that SO
far from being a menace to British safety
and security, the tunnel has become a
prime necessity for England
The arguments by which NJ. Bernard
sustains his thesis are at once interesting
and novel. England. as he demonstrates,
and Il needs only the citation of the fig
ures OF British commerce TO prove IT,,
has uecome almost wholly dependent upon
foreign countries for her food supplies.
She draws from the wheat countries of
eastern Europe and from the two Amer
icas for bread and from Australia and
the United States for meat. An inter
rIption of this supply would mean a
British defeat in war produced by starva-
ton alone.
Such an interruption. NJ. Bernard, like
a host of British military and naval
critics. argues, would be a certain c0nse.
Evening star., 1912-10-10

quence of a great European war. The
supremacy of the British feet is still con-
ceded. but its concentration In home
waters has left British commerce in the
seven seas exposed to attack. In the
Mediterranean Italy and Austria, allies
of Germany. lie across the British bread
line. Even in the channel and the North
sea German influence in Belgium and
Holland would prevent the dispatching
of supplies, while British communication
with America would surely be imperiled
by German cruisers.
In such q situation the tunnel to France
would be of immediate value. France
still remains, next to Russia, the great
food producing country OF Europe.
French north Africa has already taken
something OF the place it had in the Ro-
man empire. and to guard this line the
French fleet remains wholly sufficient.
French Atlantic ports. too. would be far
more available. since less exposed, than
British for receiving food supplied in
tended for Great Britain. An these
sources OF food supply would be placed
beyond the peril of interrupted COM
munications by the construction of a tun-
| mel between Calais and Dover.
But the French are not merely inter-
ested even chiefly in the tunnel project
because Of its value to England. TO
Evening star., 1912-10-10
From the London Chronicle.

from the London Chronicle. =.
The richest woman in Europe next to
Frau Krupp Won Bohlen, owes her for
tune to the beet sugar industry. Nine.
Lebaudy. mother of Jacques, Emperor OF
Sahara. is worth at least eS.OOOOOo. She
holds her wealth in horror. and lives
under an assumed name in order to
avoid publicity. Her residence all the
year round is small fiat in Versailles.
where the domestic staff consists OF one
servant. who is assisted in the work by
her mistress. Nine. Lebaudy gives away
pretty nearly the whole OF her incomes
most of her donations being bestow ed
anonymously. 1t is an open secret. how =
ever that for many years past she has
made up the annual deficit of the lead
ing French Royalist newspaper, which
usually amounts to about E16,oOO.-
Evening star., 1912-10-10
The Soldiers Trees.
From the Chicago Post.

West Pointers will lament the destruc-
ton by storm of many of the great elms
and naples which have guarded the in
fantry plain and the summer encamp-
ment grounds at the Point since before
the cadet days of soldiers made famous
by the campaigns of the civil war. The
naples were the particular sufferers.
They shaded the tents of first-cla ssman
and "plebe' and their branches could
have told many tale.
The big ems standing sentinel over the
parade ground We're there when hos
ciusko surveyed the highland plateau,
and when Benedict Arnold betrayed his
country. They shaded the camp of"Wash-
Evening star., 1912-10-10

France it means a certain and rapid line
of transportation for that British eN-
peditionary army which is necessary to
put France and Germany upon terms OF
between the difficulty and danger OF
water transportation and rail. the saving
of time, the most vital of all elements,
by using a tunnel, need no elucidation.
Evening star., 1912-10-10
The Melancholy Days.
, tho RoS,on cfoho

Old Father Hubbard went to the ward
robe 20 get out his last winters wear
but the old clothes man had been around
this summer and bought about everything
from Mother Hubbard and SO the whole
wardrobe was bare.
Evening star., 1912-10-10

Very Heavy Continuous Post
Brass Bed, like the illustration to
the right. The posts are two
inches in diameter. the filters each
one inch in diameter and the beds
are in choice of bright or satin
finish. The lacQuering guaranteed
not to tarnish.
Evening star., 1912-10-10
Strong Test.
From Woman's World.

ErOn Woman WOTIu.
If you can live with thoroughly un-
selfish person and not become yourself a
greedy parasite. It's proof you are made
|of pretty good moral stuff.
Evening star., 1912-10-10

If you want work read the want col
umns Of The Star.
Evening star., 1912-10-10

ingtons temporary headquarters and they
witnessed the gradua tions of Grant, Lee.
Sherman Jackson and Sheridan
The trees of the east have had a hard
time of 1t in late years. The gypsy moth
has ravaged the elms of Massa chusetts.
the chestnut blight and an unknown
enemy of the hickory have played havoc
with trunk. limb and foliage. The trees
at West Point We're old The Hudson's s
storms are fierce. The trees weathered
many of them. but now. in their old age,
scores Of them have bent and succumbed.
Some of the ancients have been saved
Other trees will be planted. but they must
stand for years before they can whisper
history to the wind.