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humorous department.

judge Russell.-Judge Richard B.
Russell of Georgia is known in poll
tics as plain Dick" Russell. On the
recent election of Governor Hoke
Smith to the United States senate,
Russell announced himself as a can
didate for the executive office, for
which he ran with all his might
which is saying a great deal. Besides
being a justice Of the court Of ap-
peals, a well-known politician and
prosperous farmer, Judge Russell Is
the proud father of fourteen children
Having twelve children already, and
being superstitious by nature, he was
unwilling to risk the unlucky thirteen,
so his last two were twins.
On one occasion Judge Russell took
his fourteen children with him to
state fair where, among other things
they were exhibiting a two-headed
calf as a side attraction. Judge Rus
sell cautiously inquired the price OF
tickets.
Ten cents for whole and five cents
for half tickets" explained the show
man.
Frightening perceptibly, plain
Dick" handed out the money, "Give
me one whole and fourteen halves y
he said.
The Snowman eyed him curiously
Have you got fourteen children" he
asked.
"I have that" replied the judge.
Got 'em all wild yer?"
plain Dick" pointed proudly to the
long row Of human steps rising oacK
of him. There, they are" he said;
count for yourself"
Lifting his finger the Snowman
counted one by one.
Mister" he said, keep yer mon
ey. Suppose you sell me ticket, and
I'll bring the calf out to see you."-
COSMOPOLITAN.
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To Give Him the Saek.-Two noble
men in the reign Of Maximillian IL
l564-1566-one a German, the other
a Spaniard, who had each rendered a
great service TO the emperor. asked
the hand of his daughter in marriage.
Maximillian said that as. he esteemed
them both alike 1t was impossible to
choose between them, and therefore
their own prowess must decide 1t;
but, being unwilling to risk the loss Of
either by engaging them in deadly
combat, he ordered large sack to be
brought and declared that he who
should put his rival into it should
have his fair Helena. And this whim-
sical combat was actually performed
in the presence of the imperial court
and lasted an hour. The unhappy
Spanish nobleman was first overcome
and the German succeeded in en-
veloping him in the sack, putting him
upon his back and laying him at the
emperor's feet. This comical combat
is said to be the origin of the phrase,
Give him the sack" so common in
the literature of counting.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-05

ia An excellent way TO cure insom-
MIA is to bandage the eyes with a
handkerchief before retiring. The
compress seems to drive away the
blood from the eyes, and so cure, or
at least, temporarily relieve that feel
ing so often experienced by insom-
MACS of trying to see in the dark.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-08
Candidate for President Forced to
Lock the Front Door in Order
TO Attend TO His
Business.
TOO STRENUOUS TIMES
New Jersey Delegation to Baltimore
Are Guests This Afternoon
But All Were Not
Present.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
SEA GIRT. N. j., July 8. Fatigued
by an arduous Sunday spent receiving
guests and declaring that he was
way behino IN his work., Governor
Wilson gave out word that he was
mot at home" to anybody before
noon, He explained that he was
obliged to have half day to himself
in order to attend to unfinished busi-
ness, and prepare for the luncheon to
the New Jersey delegates to the Bal
timore convention, scheduled for this
afternoon.
At least twenty-four Of the twenty
eight New Jersey delegates we're ex-
pected to come to the Little White
Hosue," and nobody around the sum
mer capitol seemed to know whether
James Smith, Jr., and the other three
anti-Wilson men would swell the total
to twenty-eight or not Smith, through
his newspaper, gave out a statement
that ne would not attend the Wilson
luncheon because he was not invited
and knew nothing about 1t except
what he read in the newspapers, but
Chairman Grosscup came back with
the assertion that the invitation was
extended to the entire New Jersey
delegation.
Governor Wilson this afternoon had
appointments with Senator Gore OF
Oklahoma, and with w. F. McCombs
Of New Jersey. who 1t has been said
the governor favors for campaign
manager. It was understood that
they were to consult with Governor
Wilson about details Of the national
committees meeting scheduled for
Chicago next Monday, since Governor
Wilson has announced that he would
not attend the meeting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-08
NOW FACES
BRITISH STRIKERS

dollars for the last month The loss
in wages to the strikers is estimated
at $5,O00,O00.
At an open meeting of tho strikers
on Tower Hill today James O'Grady,
member of parliament, replied to the
charge that it was because OF the
strike that the king and queen had
refused to be present at the opening
of the work on the new Victoria and
Albert docks on July II. O'Grady de-
clared there was no foundation for
such charge.
Those really responsible, he said,
are the insolent employers who have
ridden rough-shod over parliament
and public opinion and who are now
trying to snub royalty itself"
Ben Tillott said that no one was
more sorry for the failure of the king
and queen to participate in the pro-
gram than the strikers but that they
could not be blamed
He stated that the cause Of the
strikers is becoming stronger daily
and expressed the belief that the en-
ployers must soon concede all Of the
demands OF the workers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-08
MADE LAST PLEA
FOR LORIMER
Senator Dillingham; Summed up the
Defense of the Illinois
Boss.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, July s.-Pleading
with the senate carefully to weigh
the evidence before they blasted Lor.
liners career and character Senator
Dillingham;, of Vermont, today sum
med up the Illinois senator's defense
against custer from the senate.
Dillingham; asserted that the eyi
dence developed the existence of q
jack pot but that this fund was
used solely to influence legislation and
did not go beyond this point. The
case against Lorimer, he said, rested
solely on Charles A. Whites confes
sion that money was paid for Lori
mer votes. All other witnesses, Dill
ingham maintained, held that there
was merely the ordinary distribution
of the "jack pot"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-08
.FI,KS STAMPEDING
STREETS OF PORTLAND

The city is magnificently decorated.
While the major portion of the Elks
arriving so far are from San Francis
co, Los Angeles, Seattle and other
western cities, large delegations from
the middle west and east VIII arrive
tonight.
The ritual, charter, judiciary and
credentials committees are working
increasingly so that their reports may
be ready for presentation to the
grand lodge. One OF the principal
questions to be tbreshed out by the
ritual committee is whether the goat
shall be eliminated from the initiating
ceremonies.
Most Of the Elks from larger crries
favor this bus the lodgemen from tn.
smaller cities and GOWNS want to re-
tain the animal.
Election of officers will be held to-
morrow. Thomas B. Mills, of Super
ior, Wis, will be elected grand exalt-
ed ruler, succeeding John P. Sulli-
van. Mills is the only candidate
Rochester and Cincinnati appear to
be the most formidable contenders in
the race to obtain the 1913 conven-
tion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-08
Grand Lodge Session VIII
Open This Evening After
Day Of Fun.

IIfnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
PORTLAND. Ore, July SWIM
the city thronged with Bills from
every state in the union, and thous-
ands more pouring in on special
trains, the forty-sixth annual grand
lodge reunion of the Elks began here
today. 1t will continue throughout
the week, ending at midnight Satur'
day. The program today includes
sightseeing trolley trips, band con
certs in the business sections, recep-
ton on board the historical old battle
ship Oregon. reception to visiting
women at the Elks temple, and Ro'
man chariot races The formal open
Ing of the grand lodge will be held
tonight.
Elks arriving today were met at
the trains and escorted to their quar-
tiers to the music Of dozens Of bands
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-08
TRY TO UNRAvEL
BRUTAL CRIME
Police Are Haffled Over the Cruel
Death Of Twelve Year
Old Now York
Girl.
HALF HUNDRED WOUNDS
Body Found In Vacant Lot, Stripped Of
Clothing and Covered
With an Old
ollcloth.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
NEW YORK, July S.--Although
they have two men under arrest on
suspicion the police today admitted
they were completely baffled In their
efforts to solve the brutal Staying OF
twelve year old Julia Connors, assault
ed and slain after being horribly tor
tured while held prisoner In an unoc-
cupied fiat at 1868 Third avenue The
child was found, denuded Of clothing
and lying In vacant lot at Third
avenue and 172nd street yesterday.
She was able to tell nothing regard
| ing the identity of her assailant The
police and doctors who have been
working on the crime today pro-
nounced it the most brutal In the city's
annals.
Julia Connors, who was unusually
pretty and large for her years, disap-
peared late Saturday night, Her
frantic parents searched the neigh
borhood for her, and appealed to the
police, but no trace OF the child was
found until yesterday when her body,
slashed with half hundred knife
wounds, and bruised with blows from
a heavy fist, was found covered with
lpiece of stained oilcloth and stuffed
into box lying in the vacant lot,
The child died In the hospital an
i hour later The police after. vainly try
ling to trace her movements arrested
Giovanni Gerfzzf, "a. coal and ice
4 dealer, and Jefferson Kelly. Gerazzi,
j the police allege, answers the de-
lscription given them by Florence
Motze, playmate of the dead girl,
of man who decoyed Florence and
Julia into cellar. The police admit
that the Motze girl has told them
numerous stories that have refused to
stand investigation. Kelly had blood
stains on his clothing, but insisted
they came from injuries he received
in recent accident.
The police today ordered an autopsy
to determine the exact cause of the
child's death. Finger print experts
are also at work in the hope of lo-
eating the slayer through bloody fing-
er prints on the side of the bath tub
in the unoccupied fiat where the
Icrime was committed, but the outlook
for solving the mystery was admittedly
| dark today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-08
ELOPED WITH
BOYHoOD LOVER
Woman Is Now Headed Home WIKI
husband While Man Is Locked
UP In jail.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
SAN FRANCISCO, July s.-Located
after eloping with Robert Warrington,
of Martinsburg, Ohio, her boyhood lov.
er, Mrs. Pearl Shrontz is on her way
to her home in xenia, Ohio, today
with her husband, DR.. w. T.. Shrontz
while Warrington remains in Jail here
on a vagrancy charge.
The husband traced his runaway
wife to San Francisco, where he found
her living with Warrington in cot
tage. Only the threat of prosecution
on a felony chargee induced her to
leave Warrington's side.
The pair were infatuated with each
other during their college days but
separated after quarrel, only to re
new their romance after Mrs. Shrontz
had been married six years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-08
Eighty Thousand Men Out Of
Work and Families Are
Hungry.


UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
LONDON, July S.-Many women
and children were today facing star
vation as the result of the transport
workers strike. which today entered
its eighth wedk. The strike leaders
claim that 10000 men are still out.
The union relief funds were exhausted
long ago. Today. all organized chari-
ties are unable to care for the appli-
cants, and the death rate, especially
among the children of tender years,
who are unable to secure needed
nourishment. has increased to an
alarming rate.
The reports of the board of trade
show falling off in the volume of
imports of more than s2,0O0,OOo and
lin exports of upwards Of FIVE million
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-08
Mrs. Ella Flags Young Goes After
irwin Sheppard at tho National
Educational Association
Meeting.
sPIFFED CONVENTION
Telesrams Sent by Official May Lead
to His Being Thrown
Out Of His
Scat.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO. July s.--An attempt to
have the records Of the office of Sec
retary Irwin Sheppard of the National
Educational Association investigated,
failed at the meeting of the board Of
directors this afternoon. The motion
for the investigation was not seconded.
The attempt resulted from a para
graph in the report OF President Car
roll G. Pearse Of Milwaukee. which
stated that Sheppard had not included
in his report certain kilograms which
had been received and sent by the
association, without which the presi.
dent declared the report was incom.
plete. Friends OF Sheppard objected
to the remark Of the president, and a
lively discussion followed, during
which harsh things were said about
the secretary. One of the leaders in
the attack upon Sheppard was Mrs
Ella Flagg Young, OF Chicago, who
said that Sheppard had a peculiar
manner of addressing members of the
organization and once he "sent her q
telegram that was written as though
he was addressing a twelve year ole
school girl"
Mrs. Young is one Of the leaders II
concerted movement in the associa
tion to unseat Secretary Sheppard
Her chief grievance against him wa,
4 that he said the convention hsd beel
E'spiffed" into clecting a president Ii
Boston in 1910, meaning that a larg
number Of non-members we're givei
voting power at that session and with
drew Immediately after the session
Mrs. Young was elected president a
Boston In 1910.
| The board of directors today adopt
ed resolution proposing to change
the time of the meeting OF the ma
ltional education council from summer
to some time in the winter. Summer
schools and travel during vacations
were given as reasons for the teach
ers staying away from the council
meetings.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-08
Pierce Must Pay.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, July S.-Henry Clay
Pierce, the st. Louis oil magnate.
must pay to Mrs. Alice Rycroft, of
this city, s171,oOo which she alleges
was due her as the result of stock
deal She obtained judgment by de-
fault for the amount against Pierce i
the supreme court several months
ago. Pierce, through his attorneys.
applied to have the Judgment set
aside. He alleged that he was not at
his home when the time for the trial
came and argued that he had a per-
feet defense.
Judge Brady held that Pierce's ex-
cuse was insufficient and that Mrs.
Rycroft was entitled to collect on nor
Judgment,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-08
.IONOPAH TOWN
BECOMES TORCH.
Greater Part Of the Western Mining
Town Reduced to Ashes by
Big Fire Early
Today
NO LIVES WERE LOST
Only one Wire Out Of the City and
News Of the confIasratlon
is Not Very Ex-
tensive.
NO LIVES WERE LOST

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
ToNOPAH, New. July 8.-With the
greater part Of the town in ashes,
Tonopah faces a loss of more than
100000 from fire which early today
swept the business section. Many OF
the best buildings in the camp were
destroyed, among them the stock ex.
change
Nearly all wires into the city were
put out of commission, only that from
the depot being now in working order
No lives, so far as known, were lost
in the blaze.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-08

MINIATURE CONVENTION
TAFT Allowed to Select the Captain
But Prefers That His Advisors
Mako the
Choice.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. 1
WASHINGTON, July s.--Naming Of
manager for President Taft's re-
election campaign was the Job which
the president and nine members OF a
subcommittee appointed by the Chi
cago convention, wrestled with here
today.
The presence Of dozen national
leaders in the lobby of the Willard to-
day gave the appearance of minia-
ture convention Among those here
we're William Barnes, Jr., Of New
York; A. M. Stevenson, OF Colorado;
Uncle Joe' Cannon; Senator Crane,
of Massachusetts,; Secretary VIM.
Hayward, Of the national republican
committee; ex-senator Hemenway,
and Joseph B. Healing, of Indiana.
The nine members OF the sub-com-
mittee s. A. Perkins, of Washing ton;
Powell Clayton, Arkansas; R. o.
West, Illinois; j. j. Adams. Iowa; G.
B. Warren, Michigan; N. X. .Niedring-
haus. Missouri: F. w. Estabrook, New
Hampshire; Newell Sanders, Ten
nessee, and Alvah H. Martin, Virginia
met behind closed doors at o'clock
The committee got into touch with
President Taft shortly after noon. adj
jcurned to the white house, where
luncheon was served. Throughout the
day the executive Offices were throng-
ed With politiciaiias Tonis sastaI the
president plans reception TO which
he has invited the entire republican
national committee nearly all the
members being in the city senate and
house leaders and large number Of
lieutenants.
That the picking of national chair
man and of an advisory committee to
assist in the campaign was regarded
as no easy task was evident today
from the committees attitude. Gus
tom gives to the candidate the pre-
rogative of naming his campaign
manager, but as yet President Taft has
refused to express any preference.
The committee decided tentatively to
agree on its own choice, and suggest
that man to Taft, but it was with the
understanding that II the president
felt otherwise, the committee would
Immediately ratify his selection.
The committee also tentatively sub.
mitted to President Taft their choice
of the personnel Of subcommittee OF
Ave representing as many different
sections of the country. whose duty
shall be to advise and assist the cam
paign manager in his. fight for Taft's
reelection.
President Taft's train was more
than an hour late, and 1t was after II
o'clock when the executive arrived
at the white house. With him on the
train were Secretaries Macveagh ant
Nagel, and John Hays Hammond.
The conference Of the members O
the subcommittee ended before noon
Members said no agreement had beer
reached as to the national chairman
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-08
One Day Of Relief Yesterday When
Rain Fell but Warm Weather
is Back Now on
the Job.
THREE DEAD FROM HEAT
Four Drownlngs and Health Officers
Expect Many More Deaths
During the Heated
Spell.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
q CHICAGO, July 8.-The heat wave
took renewed grip on Chicago to
day after day of relief brought by q
heavy rain storm, and three deaths
from the heat and four drownings
within the last "a hours was the rec
ord at noon. The extreme humidity
coupled with the heat made condt
tions almost unbearable as the day
advanced, and health authorities an
ticipated many more deaths.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-08
Weather Conditions.

The pressure remaining high in the
southeastern states, with low pressure
between the Rocky Mountains and
the mississippi Valley is causing CON
tinued warm weather, with scattered
local showers or thunderstorms, be,
tween the mountains and the western
lakes, Huron, S. d., and Chicago re-
porting the heaviest rainfall, and
there have also been showers In the
Ohio Valley and southeastern states.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-08
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and Vicinity: Unset.
tied with probably scattered local
thunder shower tonight or Tuesday
Not much change in temperature.
Illinois. Iowa and Missouri: Unset
tied weather with probably local scat
tered thunder showers tonight OF
Tuesday. Not much change In TEN
perature.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-08
Confirm Nomination.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON July 8.--The SEN
ate judiciary committee voted today
to recommend the confirmation of the
nomination of William Marshall Bull
lit, of Louisville. to be solicitor-g
OF the United States.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-08

Hotel Keokuk opened new reg
lister Sunday and the first name there
ON was ~. Clark, GAINESVILLE, O." The
next entry was an automobile party
of four from Hannibal, Mo.