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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-10-12

Governor Of the stats . Pouisl !
ALVIN !. HERy
Secretary 21DftkA
ACT NO. II. = -
House Bin No. :. ~ Mr. Rbe
Joint resolution submitting - "
people Of Louisiana m amendme
rsmodeling the States system of -
scssment and taxation.
Section /. Be It resolved ~ tho.
General Assembly Of the State q
Louisiana, two-thirds OF I'll the mem-s
bers elected to each house concurr-s
Ing. That the following amendment.
to the Constitutions Of the State II.
Louisiana be and the aan4o n Aereby.
submitted to tho Qualined electors q,
the State ct the Congressional sle0
ton to be held on, the nr1t Tuesday
after the first Monday IN the month
Fof November. 1912. to-wit:
ARTICLE !. HIM sss
!. The taxing power shall be e.
ercised by the State ana ~ IT. sub-!
divisions for. public purposes only.
2. The taxing power shall nevor
be surrendered. suspended, siyeu,
committed or contracted away; but
where parishes or municipal c0rpor-
atoms shall grant exemptions from
parish or municipal taxes for 81
period not to exceed ten years. from
date Of completion to encourage tho
establishment Of indu4tria1 enter
prises, or similar exemption e I'm
migrants Of the value added by them
to vacant property owned and oc-
|cupied as a homestead, such O.
emptions shall not be Withdrawn
either as to enterprises established
or substantially begun III good faith
or - to immigrants Who have &C
tually acquired and improved or in
good faith begun to improve their
homesteads, since the granting of
the exemption. The General A.
sembly on behalf of the State. and
tho governing authorities OF Al suh-
divisions Of the State on behalf ~
such subdivision. may defer for net
more than three years the collection
Of taxes in localities subjected 70
overflow or other. public calamity HI.
5. The General Assembly ShallA
have the power to classif1 al PROV
erty for taxation, and To adopt diff
ferent rules and rates for differcnt
classes, but such rules and rates sltalt
be equal and uniform on ali sub3e4tg
OF the same class throughout the ter
ritorial limits of the authority levy
ing tax. All such classifications shall
be based on tho characteristics Of s,
the property itself or it, ute,s and /
never on persons or ownership.
4. Except in case Of foreign In.
vasion or domestic revolution, the
General Assembly shall not have
have power to lsvyJany I'd vaiorem
property tai in excess Of four Per
cent, but the General Assembly shals
not exceed . rate Of two ana one-helf
per cent, except by = vetes OF -
Of al the members elected to- eAeli
house thereof.
ARTICLE IL.
I. The sources OF State and local
revenue shall be segregated anil, ey-.
cept a. hereinafter specified, or ~
may be hereafter permitted. BY
vote Of two-thirds Or III the mel,lbe rs
elected to each House Of tho CT ne;s.l
Assembly, each taxing authority
shall be restricted tn taxation ito
own sources Of revenue a. herein
assigned.
.. Until otherwise provided by
vote OF two-thirds Of al Of the nsuIs~
bers elected 70 each House 81 thc
General Assembly, the f0lIoNt<g
shall be the sources Of State revenue:
LIST. The special taxes hereM-
after provided for.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-10-12
ACT NO. 8.


Senate Bill No. 5. By NJ. Well.
Joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution OF
the State of Louisiana. relative 20
authorizing parishes and nunlc'rah-
ties By a referendum to their respec-
tive qualified electors to exempt from
taxation an amount not to exceed
50 900 to be deducted from the value
of dwellings exclusively occupied ny
bona fide owners for residential pif-
noses only, and to withdraw such OK
emption by :inlilar referendum.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State CT
Louisiana, two-thirGs OF the members
elected to each House cnccurring.
That the following amendment tT
he Constitution of 1898 be submit
ted to the qualified electors OF the
State for their adoption or rejection
at the Congressional election to he
held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in the month Of No
ver.ber. 1912, as follows:
That every parish or municipality
through it's police jury or governing
authority shall have the right to,
and upon the petition of one-fourtll
OF the qualified electors residing With
in it's jurisdiction shall, submit to
the qualified electors in said parish
or municipality. at an election to be
called and held for that purpose.
after thirty days published notice.
the question as to whether or not
there shall be exempted from taxa
ton an amount not to exceed $1,000
to be deducted from the value of all
buildings exclusively occupied by
bona fide owners for residential pur-
poses only: provided that any ex-
emption may be withdrawn in the
same manner in which 1t may be
granted.
No such exemption, voted by q
parish, shall operate to grant any
tax payer owning and occunving q
home within municipality the right
to deduct the exempted amount froE'
the Improvement value OF his
property in respect to municipal tax
stico.
Section 2. Be it further resolved
etc, That there shall be printed on
the ballots to be used at the said
election the words For the proposed
amendment authorizing exemption OF
homes from taxation" and the words
Against the proposed amendment
authorizing exemption of homes from
taxation" and each elector shall in
dictate as provided in the general
election laws of the State whether
he votes for or against the proposed
AM endment.
THOMAS C. BARRETT.
Lieutenant Cove nor end President
of the Senate.
l.. E. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Repre-
eentatiyes.
Approved August "a, 1912
L. E. HALL.
Governor Of tic State of Louisiana.
A true cOry.
ALVIN e. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-10-12
ACT NO. 9.

Senate Bill No. s. By Mr.. Barrow.
Joint resolution submitting to the
people of Louisiana an amendmen
to the Constitution providing for ref
erendum to the people of each PARISH
to determine whether cities and in
corporated towns and villages or any
one or more of them shall be free
from taxes and licenses levied by
psrochial authorities for paroehial
purposes, subject to the obligation
70 make certain cOntribuIi "rs to the
lsrishes.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State OF
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem
bers elected to each House concurr-
ing, That the following amendment
to the Constitution of the State OF
Louisiana be and he same Is hereby
submitted to the qualified electors OF
the State at the Congressional cleo
ton to be held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday In the month
Of November of the year 1919, to-
wit: -
Every parish through it's police
jury shall have the right to submit
and. upon the petition Of one-fourth
! of the qualified electors therein shall
; submit to the qualified electors OF
said parish, at an election to be call
ed and held for that purpose after
thirty days published notice, the
]question of whether or not all or any
=! one or more of the cities, incorporat-
/ d towns and villages within the lin
Is of the parishes unless already ex-
empt) shall be free and exempt from
all taxes and licenses levied by pa
/ ochial authority for parochial pur-
poses, provided that whenever such
exemption is granted, each city, in.
lcorporated town and village so ex
empted shall contribute to the pa
rocllial authorities its fair proper
ion Of all parochial burdens, debt.
and expenses common to both. Sucf
proportion to be adjusted between
the police jury and the municipal au
thorities, and in case of disagree
ment such apportionment to be mad,
by the State Tax Commission.
Section 2. Be it further resolved
etc, That there shall be printed Oh
the ballots to be used at the said cleo
ton the words For the amendmen
to the Constitution establishing ref
erenduE1 to the people OF each paris
to determine whether or not cite
and incorporated towns lad village
shall be released from parochial tar
ation and licenses, subject to the cor
|, dition of contributing to parish es
renses," and the words against tn
amendment to the Constitution e.
:. tablishing q referendum to the pee
pie Of each parish to dstsrmin
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-30

lects is commanding country wide at
tention everywhere and already thous-
ands have gone to Keokuk with the
viewing of the dam alone the object.
Ottumwa to Keokuk makes a very
nice journey by auto and many resi-
dents Of this city will take advantage
of the opportunity. The following
route. recently travelled is given by
several autoists as probably the best
that can be taken:
The Blue Grass line from Ottumwa
to Agency;
The right hand road or south Blue
Grass trail from Agency to County
Line in Jefferson county;
The Blue Grass trail from County
Line to Libertyville, Birmingham,
Stockport and Hillsboro;
Inquire at Hillsboro for the road to
ia Crew, passing the Orphans home:
Inquire at .LaCrew for the road to
Donne1lson.
Follow the Waubonsie trail from
Donnellson to Keokuk.
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coroner's Jury Which Heard
the Evidence in William
Keithley's Death Re-
turns Verdict.
POLICE STILL DOUBTFUL
Although Verdict Says Proba-
BILE Self Destruction, Suicide
Theory is Not Fully
Accepted.


eve, the Jury sworn to Inquire Into
the death Of William kethley, do fine
that said deceased came to his death
by strychn'ne poisoning, and that II
was administered in a way unknown
to this jury. According to the evi
dence 1t was taken with suicidal in
tent,
tsIgned) JIG. WALDHAus. (
r. q. MILLER,
w. DUNCAN.
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EPWORTH LEAGUERS
SHOW APPRECIATION
OF the Manner Of Their Treatment In
keokuk at the District
Convention.

In the closing session of the dis
trict Epworth League convention held
in Keokuk, a number of resolutions
were unanimously adopted as report
ed by committee composed OF
Messrs. A. G. Lee and W. H. Schrock.
They were as follows:
We, the members of the Burlington
District Epworth League. in conven-
ton assembled, resolve as follows:
That we express our high apprecia-
ton of the efficient services of DR.. T.
r. Cooke, who for the past six years
has SO ably administered the affairs
of our district as president.
That we were delighted to have
with us again DR.. j. w. Potter of
Sioux Falls, S. D., former pastor of
the Burlington District, and former
pastor OF Trinity church, and to hear
his inspirational lecture on Elements
That Win"
That we express our sincere appre-
citation Of the reception rendered us
on Friday evening by the local chap
ter, and the cordial treatment enjoyed
in the homes of the Keokuk Leaguers
during our stay.
That we listened with pleasure and
great profit to Rev. DR.. NJ. L. O'Harra
of Carthage. H., in his splendid lee
ture on Things Worth Asking For"
That we owe much to Messrs. New
som, Woodgord and Weise for the
splendid music afforded the conven-
ton,
That we extend to DR.. Brown, pas
tor of Trinity. our appreciation of his
loving and loyal service as pastor
host, and to DR.. Allan of Burlington,
our appreciation of his helpful and In
spring address on THE Power of
Goodness
". H. sCHRoCK.
A. G. LEE.
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urday morning for the work, which
will start by adding another story to
the building. Electric elevators will
be installed and the store made mod.
ern in.every respect More room is
needed for the stock said Mr.. Schell
Yesterday, and we are planning to
give our customers the best display OF
furniture that can be had. Large plate
glass windows will be placed in the
front and displays will be made in
them from time to time
The same material will be used as
Is now in the building and when the
work is finished the store will be one
of the most attractive places OF bust
ness In Keokuk. Mr.. Schell saws that
for some time they have had plans
for the remodeling. but could not de.
eide just what they would do. For a
time more extensive plans were con.
sidered but the new arrangement will
allow for them to be made later.
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they called and were told that there
had been no strvchnine sold by the
Reeves drug store for more than a
month was that he saw no record of
such sale on the book.
There were number OF other wit
nesses examined Friday evening, but
there was nothing important or In
eliminating developed. Two of the
other witnesses examined were Miss
Goldie Deck and E. ]. Alberts, in the
employe of the DeYong store on
Fourth street, where young Keithley
did his shopping while up town Sat
urday evening just previous to his
death, and on which trip he bought
the strychnine. The testimony OF
these two witnesses was to the effect
that there was nothing in the actions
of young Keithley to indicate that he
was contemplating suicide, but on the
other hand, he appeared to be In his
characteristic good humor. Mrs. Ella
Duncan and Viola Austin were the re-
naming witnesses. Mrs. Duncan was
simply called to the Armentrout home
and knew nothing that would tend to
throw any light on the death. Very
naturally, all eyes we're turned on the
Austin woman when she took the
stand.
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PERSONALS.

Byron Layton of Chicago is in the
city visiting relatives.
Miss Hannah Hawkes. has returned
from Chicago where she has been Wis
lung with her sister, Mrs. A. 9. Nc
Lean. She was accompanied home by
Mrs. Mclean who is enjoying visit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-30
SHE'LL DEMPLE WILL
REMODEL BIG STORE
Additional Story viii be Built on tc
the Present Building and EIec-
trio Elevators Installed.

In order to accommodate the large
and growing patronage OF the COM
pany, the schell-Demple Furniture
Company started yesterday morning
to remodel their building on Main
street and will soon have as much
room as any store in the city.
Workmen arranged the rigging Sat
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-30
MRS BELLE ARNENTROUT
RELEASED FROM JAIL

simply put it in his mouth and wash
ed it down with the beer. But while
there has been almost conclusive evi-
dence produced that Keithley's death
was caused BY his own hand, there is
an undercurrent of suspicion which
still finds a lodging place with the
police, and the theory of suicide has
not yet been fully accepted by the
police.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-30
oTTUMWA ROAD
TO THIS CITY
Visiting Autoists to See keokuk Have
Good Trail Picked Out for
Them.

Ottumwa Courier: During the pres
ent summer and in the fall months
many people of ottumwa will journey
to keokuk by auto to see the greatest
water power dam in the world in the
process of construction. The magni.
tude of this greatest of all dam bro.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-30
Raincoats

We have just received our fourth shipment
this season of those soft, fine finished rubberized
rancoats in all sizes for ladies or misses, for
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-30

The above verdict. signed by the
jury yesterday afternoon. is not sur
prising to those who have been fol-
lowing closely the progress in the in
vestigation of the sudden death a
week ago last night of William Keith
ley, who died at the home OF his aunt,
Mrs. Belle Arnentrout AT Des Moin-
es, following suspicious, circumstance
Acting upon the above verdict County
Attorney Craig Immediately ordered
the charges against thes woman with
drawn, and likewise ordered her re-
lease from the city Jail. Mrs. Armen-
trout tripped away from, the city basl
tile Just as tightly and buoyantly as
she had enteredsit five,days ago.
The finishing touches,to the inquest
were put on yesterday afternoon when
DR.. Hughes was called as the final
witness In the case. DR.. Hughes made
an analysis of the food found in the
Armentrout home from which Keith
ley had eaten, and also of the beer
which he had drank Not trace OF
strychnine could be found in either
the food or beer, and this fact was en-.
comprised in the report of DR.
Hughes.
The report of DR.. Hughes only tends
to deepen the tangle as to how Keith
ley took the poison, if it was self.ad
ministered. Indications are that he
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-30

with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs, Ed
ward E. Hawkes., 725 North Eighth
street.
Mayor Elder. Commissioners Hickey
and Commissioner Gray and Senator
McManus went to Fort Madison Satur.
day to attend the democratic county
convention. The trip was made IN
Mayor Elders machine. Mayor Elder
and Commissioner Gray were MADE
the delegates to the state democratic
convention from the first ward Oh
Keokuk.
( Mrs. Lulu Minimum left YESTERDAY
for Downing to visit her sister, Mrs.
H. F. Mcconnell. M
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Claims An Engagement.

Miss Austin, who came from Garth
gaze, Illinois, to Keokuk, repeated that
she was to have been married to
Keithly in October. She said she had
been going with him for two months,
and that he had cautioned her to be
on the lookout for his aunt, for, she
said Keithley told her. there was no
telling what his aunt would do to her..
Miss Austin denied that Keithley dis
sipated, but qualified her statement
by saying he did not dissipate as far
as she knew and that he had never
drank while at her place. She said
he had been to see her the Friday
evening previous to his death, but left
about ii o'clock. Where he spent the
balance of the night she said she did
not know. Miss Austin said Keithley
told her that he had informed his
aunt a short time ago that his insur-
ance policies in view of his approach
ing marriage, would have to be
changed accordingly.
Concerning the Hannibal girl Miss
Estey Walters, to whom young Keith
'
ley is said to have been engaged, Miss
Austin knew only what she said
Keithley had told her, She said Keith
Il ley told her he had stopped paying his
attentions to the Hannibal girl. Young
Keithley is now known to have visited
the Hannibal girl ABOUT week ago,
and a short time previous the Hanni-
bal girl is said to have visited here
| in Keokuk, which did not appear to af-
feet Miss Austin one way or the other
She said Keithley's visit to Hannibal
was business visit, and that she did
not know whether he saw Miss Wal
tiers or not. When the Walters girl
wrote Keithley that she was coming
to Keokuk, she said she advised Keith
! ley to see her.
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Inquest Was Continued.

After the testimony of Miss Austin
had been completed, Coroner Korsch-
gen announced that the inquest would
be continued until the return Of 9TH
er witnesses to the city.
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officers stIII Suspicious.

Despite the developments of Friday.
and yesterday the officers were
ioathe to accept the theory of
suicide, basing their opinions on
Information which has been Sc
cured by them, and which informa-
ton justified them in making the most
minute Investigation before Mrs.
Armentrout was vindicated. The Off
GERS assume that it would have been a
very easy matter for Mrs. Armentrout
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Sale Not Recorded.

County Attorney Craig questioned
Feeney about the sale of the drug in
an unlabelled box. and without max
ing record of the sale. Feeney re-
piled that the box was prepared for
another party some time ago, but that
the party took the drug in a bottle
and he tossed the box back in a
drawer. He did not just quite recol-
lect how the Keithiey sale was made
without the proper labelling, or why
no record was made of the sale at
the time, His explanation Of his own
statement to the police officers when
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-30
Officers Were Careful.

The most recent developments in the
death of young William Keithley have
tendency to strengthen the sensa.
tional turn of affairs taken in the case
Friday, when rather vague evidence
pointing to suicide was unearthed by
Sheriff Crimmins, and which appeared
or the surface to be conclusive. Sher.
if Crirnmins' location of the Mace
where the strychnine was bought, and
by whom it was purchased, threw an
altogether different light on young
keithley's death week ago last night
despite the fact that there were other
conditions which made the au.
thorities doubly careful in their inves.
tigation, and which prompted them
to make minute verification OF
facts before taking further steps to-
ward lfberating Mrs. Armentrout.
That Keithley bought the poison a
week ago last evening when he came
down town to buy some groceries
there is now no longer room for doubt
as the statement of John Feeney. a
clerk at Reeves drug store, fully sub
stimulates that fact. That Keithley
bought beer and took il home with
him is another substantiated fact, and
according to Mrs. Armentrout. it was
the second time in his life that he had
ever brought beer to the house. An
other feature in the case which has
been learned is that Keithlev sent the
necessary amount to Hannibal the day
previous to pay for his life insurance
all of which would seemingly indicate
that Keithley, contemplating suicide
bought the beer in which to put the
poison, and that he had paid up his in
surance the day previous in order
that the insurance money would be
forthcoming for the benefit of the aunt
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tC nave asked ke1tnley TO buy the poiS-
on while down town, without exciting
any suspicion on the part of Keithley
Also. that it does not appear probable
that young Keithley would have died
with lie on his lips, for he repeated,
when asked, that he had taken nothing
to induce death And still further, it
Iis believed the officers thought they
had information tending to show that
Mrs. Armentrout was in need of mon
ey
But back of it all remains the one
tfact that Keithley had been going the
pace that kills, and that realization OF
his habits that he had formed probably
weighed on his mind
Indications were that Mrs. Arm
entrout would be released from
custody, for unless some sensa-
ttional developments should be
forthcoming, which would have
strength enough to offset that brought
forth when it was discovered, there
remained nothing at the present time
tc justify further Incarceration, and as
stated in Fridays Gate City, the find
ing of the seller in all probability furn-
ishes the solution of the death.
Said keIthley Was Alone.
Feeneys statement Friday evening
before the coroner's jury did not diff
fer from that as stated in Fridays
Gate City, although there were some
additional details, immaterial in them
selves since it has been developed
that Keithley bought the poison.
Feeney said Keithley volunteered
the statement that he wanted the
drug to use in killing a dog. Feeney
did not know whether Keithley
bought the drug to use himself. or
whether he was sent after it by an
other. He said Keithley frequently
traded at the Reeves drug store, but
last Saturday evening was the first
time young Keithley had ever been in
the place alone, saying he was al
ways, previous to that time. accom-
panied by a woman. He gave a de-
scription of the woman and was then
sent over to the city fail, where he
identified Mrs. Armentrout as the wo-
man by whom he had always been
accompanied when he came into the
place. keithley did not act suspi-
cious. said Feeney, when he called for
1.-THE drug, and there was nothing in
his actions to indicate nervousness or
excitement such as might be in
duced by intended self destruction. He
sold Keithley twenty grains of strych-
nine.
Sale Not Recorded.
County Attorney Craig questioned
Feeney about the sale of the drug in
an unlabelled box. and without max
ing a record of the sale. Feeney re-
piled that the box was prepared for
another party some time ago, but that
the party took the drug in bottle
/ and he tossed the box back in a