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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
Three Hotels Emptied of Their
Guests on Account of Big
Blaze In the Neishh-
borhood.
OLE OLEsON BEFUDDLED
Was Found Wandering About Shoe
less and With Both Of His Feet
Frozen, After the
Fire.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.] ]
CHICAGO, Jan. 1o.-Fire early to-
day destroyed the four story factory
of the Creamery Packing company,
on West Kinzie street. The guests
in three nearby hotels We're thrown
into panic and many fled into the
streets in their night clothes. The
loss was $4,000.
Ole Olson, guest at the Northland
hotel, was found wandering on the
street after the fire by the police He
had no shoes on and his feet were
frozen He was sent to hospital.
Two hundred and fifty guests of the
Richmond hotel, mostly actors and ac-
tresses, made a wild rush for the
streets and fire escapes. Several
persons were hurt in the panic.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
1000 HUNGRY Valves

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GALVESTON, Texas. Jan. TO-
Cowboys arriving here today told a
story of wild fight with pack of
900 wolves while riding the range
in Lloyd county. There were six
cowboys in the party sent out to car
ry cotton seed meal to starving cat
tie during the recent blizzard The
wolves were half starved and charged
down upon the party engaged them
in running fight for four hours. The
cowboys were finally forced to make
stand when three of their number
were thrown from their horses and
narrowly escaped death
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
Farmer, Inspired by jealousy, Muir
dered His Wife and Her Daueh-
ter With Sharp
Axe.
THEN CUT HIS THROAT
Three Other Children, Returning
Home From School, Found the
Ghastly Picture in the
House.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
MILLIGAN, Nebr., Jan. 10.-Peter
Bros, rich farmer near here, yester-
day murdered his wife and four year
old step daughter with an ak AMI then
took his own life by slashing his
throat from ear to ear with razor.
Three other children, returning home
from school late in the afternoon,
found the walls and carpets splattered
with blood, indicating that Bros had
chased the victims of his ghastly VEN
geance from room to room before the
double murder was accomplished.
The heads Of both victims were
nearly severed. Standing before a
kitchen mirror Bros made the triple
killing complete by driving a razor
deep into his throat Bros was not
demented say his neighbors and the
crime is believed by the coroner to be
inspired by jealously.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
HINES TELLS OF
PRIVATE ROOM
Rented it to Carry on 5000 600 Lum
Der Deal and Not to Discuss
Politics.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
WASHINGTON, Jan. Edward
Hines of Chicago, accused by Clarence
Funk, of the Harvester Trust, with
having solicited contributions for the
alleged of insuring the election OF
Senator Lorimer, was witness be
fore the senate committee.
Asked why he used private room
at the Union League club, Chicago, on
May 27, 1909, the day after the Lori.
mer election, the witness said the
room was to procure privacy for a
conference with H. A. ]. Upham, re-
garding a 100000 lumber deal.
Senator Kern expressed surprise
that Hines had made no reference to
this room In previous testimony.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
United Press Full Leased Wire Service
Received by The Daily Gate City
Superior to All Other Reports

in handled then
In h of
ethefuI
tand
The n the of Keokuk
Jus wha
furnished by the United Press and The Gate City wishes
attempted to take the full leased wire service It long
lin of
of Keokuk t
excellent
O of
ST. Louis mornng
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
THE WEATHER.

For keokuk and vicinity: Unset
tied weather with snow tonight or
Thursday Continued cold.
For Illinois: Unsettled weather,
with probably light snow tonight or
Thursday. Not so cold in the north
and central portions.
For Iowa: Unsettled weather with
snow tonight or Thursday Continued
cold
For Missouri Unsettled weather,
with probably snow tonight or Thurs
day Not so cold in the east portion
tonight Colder in the southeast por-
tion Thursday.
Local Observations.
Jan. Bar.Ther. Wind Weather.
8 Z pm. !. 80 % 6 NV Clear
10 am. so .26 "A n Clear
Rainfall for the past "a hours hun
dredths.
River frozen.
Mean temperature, Jan. O. C.
Highest temperature. IA.
Lowest temperature, below
Lowest temperature last light,
below.
FRED 2. GoSEwIsCH.
Observer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
GibIin viii Recover.


AS far as 1t is possible to deter
mine, the death roll in yesterdays
fire was seven. Firemen fear, how
ever, that three or four other missing
employees OF the building perished,
though no one saw them die.
An accurate estimate of the loss in
the fire is impossible. While the build
ing was one of the costliest in New
York, 1t is regarded now as worse
than useless, in view of the inn
mense value of the property on which
it stood and it's inadequacy for mod
ern business. The loss to the law
yers club will be more than $1,000
900 in intrinsic value, though the
pictures, books and rugs which were
destroyed were almost priceless.
Until the vaults can be opened and
their contents displayed, fair esti-
mate OF the loss cannot be computed.
President VIM. Giblin, who was
taken from the basement of the build
ing, was reported as much better to.
day. He suffered severely from
shock and exposure in saving $4,000,
600 worth of securities, and for a
time it was feared pneumonia would
develop.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
cottonseed Rail Rates.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-Represen-
tatives of the Missouri Pacific, Santa
Fe and other railroads in Texas and
Oklahoma appeared before the inter
state commerce commission today to
complete new rate schedule adjust
ed to conform with recent decision
of the commission reducing the rates
On cottonseed oil from Oklahoma
points to consuming territory The
complaint against the railroads was
brought by 80 Oklahoma manufact-
urers of cottonseed products and at.
tackled practically all cottonseed
rates as unreasonable and discrimina.
tory.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
6roke the Rec

Some idea of the .oll OF
the United Press aniza-
ton in handling Equit-
able Life Assurs ! Build
ing fire is disclosed by the
following figures. 1t is a
wonderful showing of eff
cheney in all departments:
1860 words in 6 hours
40 minutes elapsed time.
Average, 2,4s2 per hour,
41ss per minute; fastest
hour, $500.
Beats old record of Is, ,420
in same elapsed time.
Senders-Rosc johnson
and Thomas I'll. Brickhouse.
Receiver-A. G. Garrison.
1t must be borne in mind
that this record was made
on long wire where seven
or eight other Offices were
copying the press. 1t shows
great skill on the part Of the
various receivers and send
ers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
Stole the Kings Watch.

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LONDON, Jan. 10-David Mitchell,
a barber, today was sentenced in the
London session court to Is months
Imprisonment at hard labor for steal
ing the watch of King George from the
vestry of the royal chapel. Mitchell
confessed his guilt and gave as his
excuse that he was "bloomiy' drunk"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
Emily Was ElerY.

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LONDON, Jan 1o-In Old Bailey
today, Emily Dawson, one of the most
noted of the militant suffragettes OF
England, was sentenced to imprison.
ment for six months for placing light
ed waste in letter boxes throughout
London, destroying the mail they con-
tanned
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
Nelly is Elected.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
HUTCHINSON, Kansas, Jan. To-
Complete returns today from the
congressional election in the seventh
district yesterday show that George IS.
Nelly, democrat. has been elected to
succeed the late Representative E. H.
Madison, republican.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
Potato Rates.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10-The inter-
state commerce commission today
suspended the increased freight rates
on potatoes proposed by the western
trunk lines until May IA, pending an
investigation
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
Guarding the Treasure.

In view of the enormous amount Of
wealth piled up in the vaults Of the
wrecked building, Police Commis-
sioner Waldo today assigned seventy
five plain clothes men. under Inspec-
tor Hughes to guard the vaults.
Because of the great crowds flock
ing to the scene, the police fear
crooks may penetrate into the finan-
cial district below the dead line
and today warned all bankers ana
brokers against sending money or
negotiable papers, through the streets
except under guard. This had the ef-
feet of further paralyzing business in
Wall Street, where messenger boys
and porters are usually sent out witf.
cash and securities every time it is
necessary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
u. S. Troops to China.

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-Five hun
dred American troops were ordered
to Chin Wang Tao from Manila. The
battalion will be transported on board
the transport Thomas, now at Manila,
and will be used to guard the Ameri-
can concession OF the railway between
Pekin and the coast.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
SOLID CHUNK Of G[|TTER|NG ICE
WITH ROARING BLAZE N ITS HEART

Walsh deliberately returned to spot
where Captain Bass and the men of
Engine Company had been working,
to order them out of the building. He
was caught on the stairway by hun
dreds Of tons of debris. Bass and
his men had escaped moment be-
fore on scaling ladders.
Broadway is still blocked today,
and probably will be for some time.
There is four feet of solid Ice in the
street before the building, where the
water has frozen
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
Ruins Of Equitable Building Now Taken Charge
Of by the Ice King Who Locks Victims
Bodies in Chilly Casket
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE VAULTS
Fire Still Burns Inside the Ice Encased Wreckage
and New Dangers Arise as Water is Add
ed to the Iceberg

steel lining. While they are fire.
proof, firemen say that if the floors
give way beneath the weight and
precipitate the vaults into the base
ment, they will fall to pieces In
that event, according to Deputy
Chief Binns, in charge of the fire
this morning, there is grave DANCE,
that the $500. 100000 worth of securi-
ties might be totally destroyed. 1t
is pointed out that, Of course, the
vast part of this great fortune is in
registered stocks and bonds which
would easily be replaced, SO that the
loss to the Equitable and it's thou
sands of policy holders would not
be great; certainly nothing like the
$40G,000, 900 the securities represent
There would be the inconvenience of
replacing them, but the actual loss
would not be heavy. OF course, the
money in the vaults could not b.
replaced If burned
Dangerous to Open.
If the floors hold and the great
fortune is saved, it may be weeks
before it is safe to open the vault
doors. The air In them is believed
to be up to very high temperature:
hot enough to burn. But fire cannot
live where there is no air. Should
the doors be opened, however, ano
air, with its accompanying oxygen, be
permitted to enter, spontaneous COM
bustion, Fire Chief Binns declares,
would instantly ensue, charring to
bits the papers inside.
A great cake of solid ice covers the
vaults, holding the heat inside of
them as an Esquimo's ice hut retains
its inner heat. For this reason
Binns thinks it will be even longer
than usual before the air inside the
vaults has been sufficiently cooled to
render 1t safe to open their doors.
The vaults of the Mercantile com
pany are in no danger of breaking
up. even IL the building does col
lapse, because they are in the base
ment. The windows around them are
covered by several feet of ice, which
prevents firemen from throwing any
more water on the hot fire that is
raging about them Several streams
OF water are still being poured in the
general direction of the vaults, but II
| is admitted little, If any of it is
reaching the fire.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
Second InstaIIment OF sub-zero is
Now on In tho Northwest
With Low Tenn
peratures.
MERCURY IN SUBWAY
No Use for Any Of the Figures on
the Thermometer Above the
Zero Mark Since New
Years.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Jan. 10
The second installment of sub-zero is
On in the northwest today. The tenn
perature at a. m. was 81 degrees
below zero and thirty mile wind in.
tensified the severity Of the cold Elk.
cept for three hours on Monday, when
the thermometer recorded three
above. the average temperature for
1912 has been around ten below.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
Broadway is Blocked.

From the top floors of the sky,
scrapers around the Equitable build
ing today, complete view Of the in
terror of the building showed that
along the Cedar street side of the
building the fire is raging intensely
and that the firemen are not reaching
the fire with water at all.
Shortly before 10 o'clock the floors
that remained fell under the weight
of the ice burying Chief Walsh's
body under mass of debris that can
not be removed for weeks, wreckers
declare.
These falling floors so weakened
the front walls that grave fears were
felt that they would fall into Broad
way any moment, and all firemen who
could possibly be spared, were order
ed away from this section of the
building, while the police lines were
redoubled and no one permitted tc
pass through Broadway.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
Lost in a Blizzard.

GObt IN 6tlxZdTU.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 10.-Word
reached here today of the rescue west
of Rawlins of a family of six who
We're caught in terrific blizzard
while travelling overland in covered
wagon. They were nearly dead when
found. Their names have not been
ascertained. The family consisted OF
the parents and four children. When
the blizzard struck, their wagon went
into deep drift and the father and
Oldest boy were unable to move it.
The boy started with the two horses to
get help but both horses fell from
cold and exhaustion and could not
rise for several hours. The lad final
ly reached Daley's ranch, near Raw
Inns, and aid was sent
The fathers feet were both frozen
and the mother and three children
were near dead from exposure wher
rescuers arrived. superintendent JET
fries of The Salt Lake division of fiit
Union Pacific, is bringing the famil,
here in his private car.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
In Tomb Of Ice.


fhe body of Conrad Seibert, night
Hatchman, killed In the basement of
'ne Mercantile, is buried today In a
soho sheet of ice, thirty feet deep.
op to last night, Seibert's hands
mlgnt be seen through the ice,
stretched appealingly forward to the
uars through which Pres. William Glib.
10 OF the Mercantile had been drag.
ged to safety.
The building today is an almost
soiid mass Of ice, which the tiremen
sas holds the walls together like ce.
meh. but threatens to hurl the weak
eneo fioors into the basement. The
.vfce Of the ice has already bulged
u'e walls facing Broadway, and when
.ne Ice begins to thaw, the walls
"ii slip back into place, setting up
!, loration, wreckers say, that may
,nroW them down. In that event. 1t
- feared the weight will crush
through the thin shell OF broadway
ana be precipitated into the subway
beneath
an nlght long, under dozens OF
rsa.lcnhghts' firemen dug on the
.n taih stairway on the second floor of
W. W. puliaing for the body of Chief
= a.sh .s Though they took their lives
~ their hands, the firemen did not
deh. dsop. About 100000 tons Of ice and
ssorls = ~ is above the spot where Walsh
sa, thought to be dead, and it will be
reoe, elai Gays before the body can be
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
Walls May Explode.

the massive walls OF the wrecked
building now thoroughly water
soaked, will be thrown into the street
by the expanding ice which the
wreckers declare to be more powerful
than that of high explosives.
Although the billion or more dol
lars worth of securities in the Mer-
camille vaults are believed to be per-
fectly safe. Deputy Fire Chief John
Binns today expressed grave fears
that the old fashioned brick vaults
Of the Equitable, containing securi-
ties and money to the certified value
Z Of s400,O00.o00 may fall from the sec
ond floor of the building into the
basement, crumbling to pieces in the
fall, and permitting total destruc-
ton OF their rich deposit.
fierce fire is still raging in the
basement in the vicinity of the vaults
OF the Mercantile Safe Deposit com
pany, over which huge ice roof has
formed, SO that the firemen cannot
pour any more water on 1t. Fire
men, however do not believe the heat
Will injure the contents of the vaults.
Even If the vaults of the Equitable
are saved intact, 1t will probably be
Two or three weeks before they or
tne vaults of the Mercantile can be
opened, the intense heat making it
unsafe, because of fear of spontan.
eous combustion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
Billions of Dollars.

Conservative financiers declared to
day there was more than billion
dollars in securities, money and jew
els in these basement vaults, which
will be tied up until such time as it is
safe to open them OF this, the
Gould es1nte has about S100,000,00;
ire Equitable Trust Co., $50,000,0o0.
the Hartman estate s125,000, 900;
Thomas Fortune Ran $100,0H0 600;
August Belmont sl5o.o0O.0O0 in the
Belmon. vaults: f<'.-hn Loeb & Co.
s100,000,000; Kountz Bros, bankers
s1500oO,oGO; Mercantile Trust Co.,
$40. 00O.5C Wm. A. Read G. Co.,
bankers, s10o,OoOc0D Mrs. Russell
Sage s5o,OO0oOo; Union & Southern
Pacific securities of almost inestima-
BILE value.
or course, the vast portion of these
great fortunes is in registered Sc
curities, duplicates of which may be
secured easily In the improbable
event they are lost. But the Equit-
able Life had $4,000, 900 in cash in its
vaults; the Mercantile Trust Co., s6,-
100000; the Belmont, Read and
Kountze banks also having millions
in actual cash on hand.
The Canavan Wrecking Company
last night placed 300 workmen in the
Equitable building, attempting to
clear away some debris from the
vaults and to prop up the tottering
walls.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
Vaults Full Of Wealth.

eraa. aae vaults of the Equitable Life,
A. ysea ~ many years ago, are known
M ~ .he old style chimney vaults.
~. consist of brick vault within
air LICK ~ vault, with an intervening
space The interior vault has q
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10
Still Pouring Water.

The weight on each of the floors is
increasing constantly as tons OF wa
ter are poured in on them, freezing
as soon as it strikes. This weight
may cause them to fall at any mo-
ment.
Every fireman in the department
today speaks reverently of Battalion
Chief Walsh. With escape easy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-10

limited Press Leased Wire SerVlce.l
NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-Firemen to-
day continued pouring great streams
Of water on the smouldering ruins
OF the ice-encased Equitable build
ing. endeavoring to effect an entrance
to search for the body Of Battalion
Fire Chief VIM x. Walsh and others
who are believed to be dead in the
structure.
Out on the icy streets, Drawing the
bitter wind, financiers and brokers
stood patiently waiting for chance
to penetrate to the big vaults of the
EQUITABLE Life, the Equitable Trust
and the Mercantile Deposit company,
where money, securities and jewels
to the value of s2,ooo,OOo.ooo are
imperilled.
Business in Wall Street was still
hampered today as never before by
inability to secure the great volume
OF securities necessary for the rou-
tine transaction OF business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
Little Stories for Bedtime.
HOW BILLY MINK'S PLANWORKED OUT
By Thornton w. Burgess.

"You follow me- said Billy Mink to
Bobby Coon as the voice Of Bowser the
Hound drew nearer and nearer to the
Laughing Brook where they were sitting
on the edge Of a little pool.
II WILL" said Bobby Coon, meekly,
though he was all Of a shake. for you see
he didn't yet quite understand Billy
Mink's plan for fooling Bowser the
Hound. Bowser's great voice as it roar
ed Bow, WOW, WOW. w-o-w!" nearer and
nearer, made Bobby Coon nervous. It
gave him unpleasant. creepy feelings all
the way from the tip Of his nose to the
longest hair on the end Of his tail. But
he followed Billy Mink along the bank
up the Laughing Brook and asked no
questions.
After little Billy Mink waded into the
Laughing Brook and began to go back in
the very direction they. had just come
from Bobby Coon's creepy feelings grew
still more creepy. It seemed to him as
II Billy Mink were leading him straight
into danger instead OF out OF it. Still
Bobby Coon didn't say a word. but waded
along after Billy Mink. for he knew that
Billy Mink is very, very smart and knows
all kinds Of tricks to fool those who try
to catch him. Right through the little
pool in which Bobby Coon had been fish,
ing in the shadow OF an old stump they
waded. and on down the Laughing Brook
until presently they came to the Smiling
Pool On the edge of this Billy Mink
paused and listened. Then he grinned.
for Bowser's voice was growing more and
more excited as he followed Bobby CoOn's
track through the Green Forest down
toward the place where Bobby had been
fishing.
He thinks he's got you this time for
sure" whispered Billy Mink.
Bobby Coon shivered more than ever.
''What-what did you go up the Laugh
ing Brook for and then come right back
past the very place we started from?"
he asked III we'd kept on going In one
direction we might be twice as far away
as we are now.
ION, you stupid!" exclaimed Billy Mink.
Don't you see that Bow,ser the Hound 10
going to follow your tracks up the Laugh
ing Brook, but that he cannot follow
them down again because you waded in
water ali the way? OF course. he and
Farmer Browns boy will think that you
have gone on up the Laughing Brook and
will hunt up there for you. Now come
on and follow me-"
Billy Mink started out into the Smiling
Pool as he said this and began to swim
straiEht toward Jerry Muslrat's house.
Bobby Coon followed.
wait up, Billy Afink!'' he painted
Billy, who can swim several times -