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The petition.

To the Honorable James Cameron.
ST., Burton Wilkinson and Ralph
Smith, composing the board Of police
and fire commissioners of the City of
Keokuk.
Gentlemen:-T petitioner, E. T.
Bartruff. says that he Is citizen of
the City of Keokuk, engaged in the
clothing business. On the night of
April 10, 1912, his store was entered
and robbed by persons unknown to
the petitioner. On April 20, 1912, he
went to the police station and inquired
of Tigue who was there and on duty,
what progress had been made in the
case. Tigue answered him by saying:
Il don't think you had a robbery. You
robbed yourself. You are nothing but
d thief
All this, alleges the petitioner, was
said without excuse of provocation or
the part of the petitioner. And fol
this action he prays the board tc
suspend the officer and remove hin
from the force. Conduct unbecomine
an officer of the police force OF thu
City of Keokuk is the specific charge
in the petition.
! Commissioners Gray said this morn
j ing that he and Chief Schevers wer'
told of the robbery by Bartruff on tn
morning following the discovery. OF
y Sunday they made a thorough examt
I, nation of the premises and were Q
the opinion that there had been
robbery, but it looked like an insid
job. So far nothing has been hear
of any of the stuff taken which cor
sisted Of fifteen coats, TWENTY-FIVE
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pairs of trousers, two suit cases and
about 500 in money.
Denied, Then Admitted

When asked about the robbery Sat
urday, Mr.. Bartruff informed report
ers that there had been no robbery.
This morning he admitted the fact but
said that he had nothing to say. After
some conversation he gave his the
DRY that the back door had been left
unlocked by the clerks when they
closed the store and the saief had en-
tered by the back door. The key
was always left in the door and after
going out the thief had locked it and
taken the key away. Mr.. Bartruff was
sure that the work was done by out
side parties.
The safe door was shut but the
combination was not on. Mr.. Bartruff
said that the combination was never
used for the reason that burglars
when engaged in their professional,
work, would not hesitate to blow open
a safe, rendering 1t unfit for further
use.
The case is apt to become quite
sensational because of the fact that
both sides have several witnesses to
state their view. 1t Is said that a
clothing peddler from Quincy was
with Bartruff when he went to the
station and that he is the principa,
witness, besides the merchant, for the
prosecution.
Commissioner Gray said this morn
ing that the officer would not be sus
pended pending hearing of the
charges and that no date had been
set for the hearing before the civil
seryice commission
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child,s Last Earthly Vision.

Some mysterious revelation OF the
unseen as we'll as an indescribable
pathos were contained in the last
words of a little girl, upon whom an
inquest was held at Gillingham, Kent.
England, recently. The child was ten,
an age when the child-mind often has
strange qualities for probing into the
mystic. A witness related that she
cried out, just before falling dead
Look, mamma; 1t is over there.
pointing to corner OF the room. The
mother inquired, What is over there?'
and the child replied. MY beautiful
home"
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Hoods SarsapariIIa

was saluted by the inhabitants with
three cheers; the spontaneous greet
lngs OF overlooking hearts: more
grateful to patriots ear, than the
hlred flourishes of a thousand trum-
pets. When he came to the brow of the
hill, on his way to Trenton he beheld
on the bridge which crosses the
Assanpinck creek, triumphant arch
erected under the superintendent of
the ladies of the place. The crown OF
the arch was highly ornamented with
MOVERS and laurels; and displayed in
large characters, In commemoration
OF the surprise Of Trenton. December
26, lI76: The hero who defended the
mothers. will also protect the daugh-
tiers. On the north side, were little
girls. dressed in white, with garlands
on their heads, and baskets Of flowers
on their arms; in the second row,
stood young ladies, and behind them
the matrons of the neighborhood
When Washington was passing the
arch, the children began to sing the
following ode:
Welcome. mighty chief, once more,
Welcome to this grateful shore:
Now, no mercenary foe
Aims again the fatal blow,
Aims at thee the fatal blow.
virgins fair and matrons grave
(These thy conquering arm did save,)
Build for thee triumphal bowers
Strew, We fair, his way with flowers,
Strew your hero's way with flowers. .
ThIrtIeth Of April.
The thirtieth of April was fixed for
his taking the oath of office, which
was administered by Mr.. Livingston,
chancellor of the state of New York,
In the presence of an immense con-
course of citizens. When the presi.
dent retired to the senate chamber,
he addressed both houses in an i'm.
pressive speech, reminding them that
no truth was more thoroughly estab
|lished, than that there exists an in.
dissoluble union between virtue and
happiness between duty and advant
age, between the genuine maxim Of
an honest and magnanimous people
and the solid rewards of public pros
rerity and felicity: and that the pro
|pitious smiles of Heaven could never
be expected on nation who disre
garded the eternal rules of order. and
right. which Heaven itself had or
GAINED. He concluded by saying. that
| in conformity with the principles hi
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had adopted when commander In
chief. he renowned all pecuniary COM
pensation for his presidential duties,
farther than was equivalent to his
additional expenditure in Office, which
should not at any time be greater
than was required for the public good.
There are lessons in these words OF
the immortal first president, the
study of which will prove profitable to
observe in thought even on Keokuk S
clean UP day.
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cIubman Shot Negro.

UNITED Press Leased Wire servicel
NEW ORLEANS, La, April 20
Frederick Gasquet. wealthy club
man, is held today pending an inquiry
into his sanity following the shooting
of his mothers negro coachman.
Gasquet shot and fatally wounded the
negro for trivial offense. -Four years
ago Gasquet married trained nurse
in Kansas City, Mo She agreed later
to divorce on receiving q settle-
ment of $4,000.
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CHARGES FILED
AGAINST T|GUE
E. r. Bartrutf Alleges That Police Of.
ficer Insulted Him at Sta
ton a Week
Ago
DON'T LOCK HIS SAFE
Fear of Burglars Blowing Safe Keeps
Clothing Merchant From
Turning comblna-
tion.
DON'T LOCK HIS SAFE

A petition was filed by
E. T. Bartruff Of the B. & H. ciotn-
ing store on Main streets this morn
ing asking that Police officer Tigue be
suspended pending charges of a SEN
sational nature set forth in the petit
ton. If these charges are proven, he
asks that Tigue be permanently re-
moved from the service. Following
is the petition in part:
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Socialism Ia a Menace

NEW YORK, April 90. because he
asserts that socialism Is a menace to
the nation, and especially to unionism,
Peter w. Collins resigned as interna-
tional secretary of the electrical work
ers' brotherhood.
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,Tis an Awful World I.

CHICAGO. April 30. Oswald Gar
rison Willard of New York. 1ecturing
here said This country is no longer
Gods, but place synonymous with
fraud, chicanery, injustice. trickery,
race hatred and prosecutions ("
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it placed the organization on per-
manent basis,
The Chicago convention was very
elaborate affair. from an insurance
standpoint, and was attended by q
large delegation Of department heads
from all sections Of the country.
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SAYS M. w. A. RAISE
WAS JUSTIFIED
Insurance Commissioners Endorse
Action Of Woodnnen In Chi
cago Convention.

Consul Bruce Lake. of the Keokuk
camp of Modern Woodmen is in re-
ceipt of circular letter relative to
the recent convention held In the La
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TELEGRAPH TABLOIDs
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limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
CHICAGO, April 80. -Reconstruc-
ton of new. living bodies from the
few perfect organs of the dead is de-
clared to be near future possibility
by DR.. Roswell Park. of the UNIVERSE
ty of Buffalo, in an address here.
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Boy Grabbed Live Wire.

CHICAGO, April 90. Phillip
schrader, aged 4, grasped a live wire
that had blown from it's fastenings.
The only injury caused by the 1900
volts was severe burns and bruises
from being knocked down.
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sMattlnn camnaian

GLEN ELLYN, ILL.,, April 49, Boy
Scouts in this place have declared
war on flies ard will devote largt
part of their time to distributing ana
watching fifty dozen fly traps they
have bought.
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NOTABLE DAYS
CONE T0GE Their.
Tomorrow Will be "ciean-upr Day
Tor keokuk When Everybody
VIII BE Patriotic and
Busy.
RECALLS ANToHER TIME
The Thlrtleth Of April Is the One
Hundred and Twenty-Thlrd
Anniversary Of Great
Day.

Tomorrow will be clean up day."
notable event in the history of the
city, made SO by the great interest
taken and the activity displayed in
the promotion of the enterprise. It is
furthermore. the one hundred and
twenty-third anniversary Of one OF the
most memorable events in all the
striking history OF the United States.
An old copy of William Grimshaw's
history Of the United States printed a
long time ago when the country was
an infant compared to its present I'M
bounded proportions, gives a better
view OF the high appreciation in which
George Washington was held and the
gratitude shown him by the entire
population old and young. From this
old volume are cleaned some facts
concerning the manner in which the
thirtieth day OF April was observed
one hundred and twenty-three years
ago. As the school children and wom-
en- will appropriately play a promin-
ent part on Keokuk's notable day to-
morrow, so they did on the memor-
able day away back yonder in Wash
ington's time. The reading Of this
story today may inspire the Keokuk
people to so into the work of tomor-
row with renewed energy and devotion
with new ideas, coupling the great.
day on which Washington was honor
ed at his first Inauguration. with a
commendable day which is to mark a
new era in the habits and thoughts
E OF the people of the city.
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Crossed the Delaware.

It was early in April in the year
1883, that representatives of the gov
eminent met in New York. Washing,
ton, the former commander in chief OF
the victorious armies. then in his fifty
seventh year, by the unanimous choice
OF the people. had again been called
from his agricultural pursuits. and
with much reluctance, consented to
act as president Of the United States.
When he had crossed the Delaware
and landed on the Jersey shore, he
The Glenwood post., 1912-09-14
REPUBLICANS WIN IN MAINE

Portland, Me-, Sept. lO.-The polit,
ical overturn in Names state election
in which the republicans won back the
governorship, three of the congressman
and sufficient majority on the joint
ballot in the legislature to elect Unit
ed States senator, became more appar-
ent today with the revised and addi-
tional returns. William T. Haines was
elected governor by plurality of
1857 over Gov. Frederick w. Plaisted
The vote with 90 towns missing, is
Haines, 70,024; Plaisted, 66,515. Two
years ago the vote was Fernald IRE.
publican), 64.672; Pla;sted, 73,425.
The new legislature will stand on d
joint ballot, 81 republicans and IS
democrats, with 10 districts yet to re-
port. All the progressive leaders were
actively identified with the republican
party in yesterdays election.
The Glenwood post., 1912-09-14

The town council met last Wedncs-
monthly bills and reauing a few reporls
OF officers very adgoitly sidestepped the
report of Engineer Canada Of the Colo
RADIO board OF fire underwriters on the
wiring conditions in Glenwood through
which the town is threatened with d
raise in insurance rates, and on the
plea of being sleepy the aldermen post
poned the consideration OF the repor.
until next Monday night and delegated
to the fire committee the power to
order the Mutual lights to be turned OH
when they saw fit, regardless OF ths
criticisms or inhibitions that might be
contained in the report in question.
Mayor Drach informed the board
that the allegations in the report Were
Of a very serious character and said
the report should be considered by the
full board and record made of the
board s findings before giving the new
company any permission to turn on
their current. Notwithstanding this
and oblivious to the danger that might
threaten every property in town by
such action Il motion by McKissack 10
leave the Whole matter to the experts
constituting the fire committee was car
ried unanimously.
= resolution by Cross authorizing
the mayor to taae up with the state
railway commission the matter Of
freig ght rates on coal from South Canol
and the transfer charge of cars in the
Glenwood yards was adopted
The Glenwood post., 1912-09-14
BARBER TRAINING HARD

Grand Junction, Sept. 10.-Rex Bar
ber, champion cyclist of the intermouu-
tain west, who will compete in the big
marathon race at the coming county
fair, is said by many of his friends to
be the most strenuous in his trainin 9
of any athlete they have ever known.
Barber, to begin with, arises at 4 q.
m. each day, and rides two miles to
the fair grounds race track, where he
starts riding before it is light. Sun
rise finds him shooting around the
machine. He then rides back to his
home on Orchard Mesa, eats a hearty
breakfast, and rides six miles east on
Orchard mesa, where he has contract
for harvesting some grain.
Ten hours of hard work ends his
day of labor and he returns home to
enjoy sound nights sleep. He states
that he will be in great shape for the
coming contest and hopes to break the
record he made in Denver in the News
Times contest in 1908, when he rode
the 26 miles 3s5 yards in 1:l1:10.
Other prospective riders are also
training. Fred Halbouer, Robert Rhone
and Arthur Chapman have begun 80
mile day regime with careful diet,
and will give Barber bitter tussle for
premier honors. No race in years has
been the means of creating as much
talk and comment as the coming mara
thon.
The Glenwood post., 1912-09-14
TIGHT, SHORT, VULGAR
SKIRTS CONDEMNED

Kansas City, Sept. 1l.-Masses Of
false hair ''that you can tell at n
glance was picked from counter, -
decollette gowns and tight skirts, "sug-
gestive and vulgar high heeled shoes
"that MAIN their wearers for life, -
and rouged cheeks "that make the
owners look like a weak imitation of a
circus Clown were scathingly denounc-
ed by committee on women IS dress
which made it's report at the annual
convention of the Kansas City direct
committee of the w. C. T. U. here yea
terday.
The committee declared itself for
moderation in dress in all things. The
following resolution was adopted by
the convention:
"In view of the fact that present
day fashions are unsightly, unhealthy
and immoral, individuals and societies
should direct their best efforts toward
creating sentiment against tight
skirts and dresses abbreviated at both
ends. Low waists and thin hosiery
should be condemned. Present ex-
tremes must be prevented from going
further"
The Glenwood post., 1912-09-14
THE DENVER FESTIVAL

The Festival of Mountain and Plain
will be held in Denver, October 15 to
IS inclusive. A fund of $4,000 has
been subscribed for the free entertain
ment of residents and visitors. The
railroads offer the lowest possible
round trip rates from western points.
This Festival of Mountain and Plain
originated in 1895 as an annual event,
but has not been held for several years
New blood has been injected into the
board with John NJ. Kuykendall as
president. The festival is on a par
with the Mardi Gras of New Orleans,
the Aksar ben of Omaha, the Portola
of San Francisco and similar events.
1t constitutes a week of amusement
and instruction in the resources of the
state.
The Glenwood post., 1912-09-14
WHOLESALE INDICTMENTS
AT DENVER

Denver, Sept. Wholesale indict-
ments were returned today by the
grand jury here in connection with the
investigation which has been on for
months. Mayor Arnold and Police Com
missioners Blakeey, Cree and NJ. g.
Brew were indicted with former Mayor
Hewett, Lavoren and Barton on the
charge of having violated their oath
of Office in permitting vice to flourish.
Z. b. Field, president, ,of the Noun
tain States Telegraph and Telephone
company, was indictt.. on the charge of
illegally using and obstructing the
streets with poles and wires. His son,
E. B. Field, Jr., was jointly indicted.
Other officials and former officials
are Chief of Police Felix O'Neil, For
mer Chief Hamilton Armstrong, all
members of the school board, James
Noland, former secretary of the police
board, and James A. Luddy, present
secretary of the board. Three high
officials of the International Trus.
company were also indicted and twenty
four of the indictments are said to be
against prominent residents charged
iwth owning property and using it for
immoral purposes and proprietors Of
the resorts.
The Glenwood post., 1912-09-14
THE MESA COUNTY BEE HIVE

The Mesa county fair grounds are
like bee hive the last week or so. A
large corps OF men are whitening up
the trees, repairing and painting the
fences, working over the race track,
and putting the exhibition halls, grand
stand and other buildings in prime
ors that viii attend the Mesa County
Fair this fall. This morning the
grounds were visited by the entire ex-
ccutiye committee who viewed the i'm
provements in progress with great sat
isfaction. The Mesa County fair
grounds are said to be the most beau
titul of any in the state. Its fine
large trees furnish an abundance of
shade making the :-.vunus cool and
pleasant in the very heat of the day.
The large running stream through the
grounds, bordered with grass and shade
trees, and crossed by nearly dozen
bridges, is growing more picturesque
every year. A strip - the outer edge
of the track is being prepared for the
course of the great bicycle marathon
in which many of the celebrated speed
ers of the state are scheduled to take
part. Several of the old Midland
racers are already training for this big
event.
The Glenwood post., 1912-09-14
WIFE SETS TRAP FOR HUSBAND

Chicago, Sept. 9.-Deserted by her
husband, whom she had met through
a matrimonial paper, Mrs. G. H. Moore
advertised in the same publication,
this time under an assumed name, and
received an answer from her unsus.
pecting spouse, who expressed an earn,
est desire to marry the beautiful Mrs
Henrietta Butler with an income OF
100000"
Finally "Mrs. Butler' Informed
Moore that if he would come to Engle
wood, her home, she would talk it over
Moore took train from Detroit
Mrs. Moore, wearing heavy veil, wa
awaiting him at the station. With he,
were three detectives.
81 love you!' exclaimed Moore a.
ne jumped from the train and saw
"Mrs. Butler.''
''That's funny" the woman said
and she removed her veil.
Before Moore finished gasping ht
was on his way to police station
Mrs. Moore accused him of having tax
en- $4,000 from her when he recently
deserted her.
The Glenwood post., 1912-09-14
81, 900 REWARD FOR CURE
OF HORSE DISEASE

Topeka, Kan, Sept. l0.-A reward OF
$1,000 was offered today by Governor
w. X. Stubbs to any person who shall
within thirty days present practical
cure for the disease which within 4
month has killed more than 900 horses
in Kansas. Following a conference
with veterinarians notices were sent
out to farmers "to take all horses and
mules off pasture until freezing wealth.
er comes.''
1t was decided that the surest meth
cd of stopping the plague was to feed
the animals only on green food and the
purest of water. The instructions sent
out included an admonition that all
watering troughs be thoroughly disin.
fected and warning against the feed
ing of musty hay
The disease now has spread to sixty
two counties. Governor Stubbs TODAY
received a telegram from Washington
announcing that twelve government
veterinarians had been ordered to Kan
sas. They will assist the forty live
stock experts now in the state employ.
The Glenwood post., 1912-09-14

\. G. Allan of Denver came in on
Wednesdays delayed Midland, having
started with the intention of attending
the funeral of his friend, F.. H. A. Lyle
He was greatly disappointed at his
inability to reach Glenwood- in time to
attend the last sad rites. Mr.. Allan
says Glenwood has lost friend whose
worth was not fully understood, but
the people will be made aware of his
real value as time goes by.
The Glenwood post., 1912-09-14
INDEPENDENT SUGAR
PLANTS URGED

Denver, Sept. 10.-As result of a
meeting held here by farmers interest
ed in the sugar beet growing industry,
Beet Growers Day will be made an au-
nual event in this state. The meeting
was held to discuss the beet growing
situation in Colorado and the sugar
making end of, the proposition. The
farmers assembled resoluted in favor
of increasing the prices of beets by
building more factories. Under pres
ent plans at least one new factory is
to be started at some advantageous
point in Colorado, the exact location TO
be determined in the near future.
The movement to organize the farm
ers interested in beet growing has the
endorsement of the American Sugar
Beet Growers league which guaran-
tees material assistance in the work.
Independent factories in Colorado is
the solution of better prices in the
future for the beet growers in this
state and will be encouraged by those
engaged in the business and by those
who contemplate entering it. The in
pedendent movement is not for the
purpose of fighting the beet growers
league, but for the furtherance of in
terest in the industry with all who are
connected with the business.
The Glenwood post., 1912-09-14

Beverly, Sept. 10.-President Taft
was so greatly pleased with the report
of his victory in Maine that he forgot
his lame ankle and went out to play
golf. Although the president had no
statement to make about the Maine re-
suit, his friends express the view thai
it will serve to keep in line many re
publicans who are wavering towards
the progressives.
The Glenwood post., 1912-09-14

Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 1O.-State Ba:-
teriologist Waite of the University Of
Nebraska has discovered the germ
which causes the mysterious disease
that has been killing horses in Kansas
and this state, according to statement
given out by Governor Aldrich. The
germ is said to enter the horses head
through the mouth or nostrils and
thence finds its way to the brain.
The Glenwood post., 1912-09-14

Through electric lighted Pullman OBJ
servation cars and electric lighted
tourist cars to San Francisco.
The Glenwood post., 1912-09-14

Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Eddy. late of
Brookston, Ind, are driving across the
country in a cozy house-wagon for the
benefit of Mrs Eddy's health. When
they left their Indiana home Mrs.
Eddy was so weak she could not walk,
but now, after considerable time spent
in the mountains, sleeping in pine
groves and filling her lungs with THE
pure mountain air, she walks several
miles each day and is making rapid
Improvement. Their wagon is yery
conveniently arranged to protect them
from rain and storm. They sleep IN
the wagon and do their cooking prin
cipally by camp fire although the wag-
on is equipped with stove, acetylen ,
gas and everything necessary to their
comfort that could be carried in a
wagon. If they do not sell their outfit.
they will drive it through to California
where Mr.. Eddy's parents reside. Mr..
Eddy was the pastor of the Baptist
church in Brookston until recently.