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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-15

edly In the foreign press. Another err
roneous impression In regard to Yuan,
The Washington OF China" is that he
rs of noble family. His family has
been Of the Honan gentry for many
generations, and his uncle was gen.
eral in the old Manchu army, but
they were not noblemen. Scholarship
has been the only sure key to pre-
ferment in the Chinese politics. Yuan
rejected the easy path by way of the
Hanlin academy, and chose the life
OF soldier after taking his provincial
B. A. AS the soldier in the old days
ranked below all grades of society ex-
cept the merchant and the actor, his
rise is all the more remarkable. He
is essentially a self-made man
Yuan Shih Kais public career be-
gan in 1862, when twenty-three years
| OF age, with his assignment to Korea.
Three years later he became Chinese
imperial resident He held that posi-
ton for nine years and was driven out
| by the war with Japan. He has held
many other positions under the Man
lchus
When the outbreak at wuchang on
October 10, 1911, startled the world
and struck terror to the hearts of the
Manchus, Yuan Shin Kai was leading
the quiet life of a FIonan gentleman
farmer The army that he had train
4 ed, the first corps of Chinese soldiers
that ever got their full pay on pay
Gay, was in the hands Of others, but
the spirit of the corps was with it's
old commander and benefactor. The
Manchu emperor and his mother sent
Shin Kai before he responded. Ho
was made viceroy over the disaffected
provinces, with full command of the
land and naval forces. Soon there
after he was summoned to Peking and
4 appointed prime minister to succeed
1.-THE notorious, corrupt and reactionary
Prince Ching. He then succeeded Ill
bringing about the resignation of the
FRINGE Regent, Prince Chun, who had
dismissed him two years before
An unsuccessful attempt to assas-
sinate Yuan was made in the streets
CT Picking on January Is, 1912. The
bomb thrown from a roof, killed a
! member of his bodyguard. Yuan con
t,nued to smoke a cigarette through.
out the ordeal. Three times he was
offered and three times he refused
the rank of marquis rendered him by
. the imperial family the month before
Ills abdication. He opposed both the
Manchus and the radical republicans
Yet the Manchus leaned upon him in
their last days, and the republicans
; accepted him as their first president
The reason was tina. he was, and still
is, the strongest man in China, as
the foreign governments have consid
cred him since 1900.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-15
1, 800 MILES IN
A WOODEN CANOE
Nine Weeks Trip Through Wilderness
of Canada Where Fish and
Game Were Plentiful.

EDMONTON, Alta, Oct. 15-Thir-
teen hundred miles in wooden canoe
on the swift northern rivers and 800
miles overland through wilderness
in nine weeks, is a trip just completed
by C. D. Melville, member of the
Dominion Fisheries Board. and John
McKenna, both of Edmonton. The
trip afforded the former an opportun-
ity to investigate the possibilities of
the northern waters, which, he reports,
TEEN with white and other fish
Melville killed two bull moose and
two big bears, shooting from canoe
while spinning along the Peace and
Wabasca rivers, which drop more than
900 feet in distanc of 800 miles The
banks are from so to 100 leet above
the water level. He reports seeing
large numbers of moose, bear and 9TH
er big game and wild geese, ducks and
pheasants. He and McKenna also
found indications of asphalt, sulphur,
iron and other metals on the way from
Athabasca to Fort Vermilion.
The voyagers visited the provincial
governments experimental farm, six
miles from Fort vermilion, midway be
tween the 5Sth and 59th parallels OF
latitude. near which the Lawrence
family. residents in the district since
1896, this season cut 900 acres OF
wheat, which averaged more than is
bushels to the acre. The experiment
tai farm, 1t is reported is making salts
factory progress.
THE north country is being settled
and developed rapidly" Melville sale
on returning to this city, and pioneers
predict big things with the coming o.
the railroads"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-15
NEW PRESIDENT
OF CHINESE REPUBLIC
Yuan Shin kai is Flfty-four Years
of Age and Has Long Been
in public Eye.
by. United Press. ]

-
PEKING, China, Get. Ia Yuan Shih
Kai, just elected the first permanent
president of China, has been the first
provisional president since March
10. 1912. Contrary to the general
opinion. Df. Sun Vat Sen, to whom
perhaps the greatest credit is due for
the revolution which overturned the
Manchus in, 1911, was never provision
al president OF the Chinese republic.
When the1revolution broke out at
Wuchang on October 10, 1911, DR.. Sun
Vat Sen was in Europe. He hurried
to China and on January 1, 1912, he
was installed at Marking as proyision.
al president ofsthes so-ealled govern
ment" which the rebels had set up.
AT that time the ManGhu' emperor
was still the legal ruler of China. He
abdicated on February 8, the edict of
his mother, the empress dowager,
directing that from that date all pow
err of herself and son should be vest
ed in Yuan Shih Ka'. the prime min
lister. One month and two days later
yuan was inaugurated provisional
president, with the consent of Sun
Vat Sen. Picking continued to be the
capital and the Temporary and revolu-
tionary organization at Marking
ceased to exist.
Yuan Shin Kai was born fifty-four
wears ago in Honan province, central
China. Thus, he is not north
Chinese, as has been said so repeat
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-15
lI[RTURn stove
N DRUNKEN Fight
IS. -t,,rnlna Of Gasoline Stove In
r,cht Between Man and Woman
Results in Fire Which
Destroys House.
p1JRNs ADJOINING HOUSE
"a. 81 Adjoining House Damaged by
Heat Of the Flresecond
Alarm Sent in
Later

"a one and half story, double,
t,.me house at BOG and 30S South
rourth street was almost completely
destroyed by fire and the side Of an
adjoining house at 312 South Fourth
greet was badly burned last night
shortly before seven O'clock, in a
Maze that resulted from the explo-
sion of a gasoline stove.
The first house was owned by Miss
Iowa Num- and the loss was not GOV.
cred by insurance. Practically all of
the inside OF the house was destroyed
Including good deal of furniture and
other articles. The other house Is
Inc property of O. G. Hewitt and the
loss was covered by insurance.
The first house was occupied by a
man and woman whose names were
Annie Peard and. James Dunn Ac-
coiding to the Besrd woman she and
Dunn got in a fight last night and
curing the engagement overturned a
gasoline stove which set fire to the
house. According to witnesses who
we're on the scene Of the fire early
both Dunn and the woman were in
toyicated when the fire started The
sos side OF the double house was oc.
cupied by James Wagner and his wife.
Two lines Of he Sc were laid by the
fire department to extinguish the fire
which burned fiercely on account OF
the gasoline explosion A second
alarm was sent in at 10:45 las. night
from the same place where an old
lounge had caught fire. This blaze
however did not amount to much
and was easily extinguished.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-15
BOYS SOLVE THE
SERVANT PROBLEM
At Pullman, Washington, College Stu
dents Have Hired Out as
Domestics.
Especial to The Gate City.1

SPOKANE, Wash, Oct. 15.-House-
wives at Pullman. Wash, town 50
miles south of Spokane, have no ser
want problem. Many Of the young
men attending the Washington state
college at that place have hired out as
domestics and during their spare
hours each day they wash dishes.
clothes and floors in the homes. Some
of the more versatile boys are cook
ing, also. Usually they get their room
and board in return for their labor.
The democratic spirit prevailing
among the students at the college af-
fords these boys equal opportunities
with their more opulent class mates
for taking prominent parts in the
various student activities.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-15

Waiter-"How's you appetite today,
Guest-"Bully good. Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets make me eat like a
t1orse.'
Appetite makes the glands Of the
mouth open and saliva flows very
freely hence the term Mouth Wat
err This is the first digestive juice.
1t has an important Office to perform
as all starchy, foods are partially d.
gested by it because one of its ingre-
dents, ptyalin is almost an instant di-
gestive Of starch. This process re-
duces the starch in foods to sugar.
The appetite causing free flow Of
saliva aids the stomach by it's ability
to mix the food eaten with mouth
juices which enables 1t to more read
lily do its work.
stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets go into
the mouth like food, are eaten, then
dissolved and fiuidized by the saliva.
This mass then goes into the stomach
and there quickly read1usts the stom-
ach juices SO that In short time food
is not offensive and, mans appetite
comes speedily back to him and he Is
hungry l healthy, normal way.
BY all means use Stuart's Dyspep.
STA Tablets were the means of restor.
loss of hunger. The quick return
of appetite to you will convince you
quickly that your stomach has been
out Of order and that Stuart's Dyspep
STA Tablets were the mems OF restor
ing its normally healthy condition.
Every druggist carries Stuart's Dys
pepsia Tablets and no matter where
you may be you can always obtain q
box anywhere ford so cents.-Adver
| tisement. sqF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-15
Iowa Inventions.
Especial to The Gate City.1

Op6cldll 10 L NE Gdle lily.
DIES MONIES, Oct 49, The follow
ing patents were granted to Iowans
for the week ending October Z, 1912.
as reported from the office of Wilfred
G. Lane, Patent Attorney, sos Croker
Bldg, Des Moines, Iowa:
No. 1,O74,679- Filter, John F. Wise,
Onawa
No. 1.o74,es7 OIL can and funnel,
James l.. Cox, Oskaloosa.
No. 1,o74,757- Thumb stall, Robert
M. Thomas, Shenandoah.
No. 1,O74,S6S-Wick raising and low
ering device, Henry Jungiohann, Dav-
EXPORT.
No. Observation-Disclosures couch
and bed, ETC.. Anton G. Eyles. assigns
to A. G. Eyles Chair CO.. Cedar Rapids.
No. 1,074,g74-Post puller, Elias Oh
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-15
Reds Disband for Season.

UNITED Press Leased Wire servicel
CLEVELAND, Ohio. Oct. 15.-Fol-
lowing their defeat of the Pittsburgh
Pirates yesterday, 4 to /, and the Reds
winning their first post season series,
the Maps returned and prepared to
disband for the season. Although the
series with the Pirates went seven
games the attendance was COMPARE
lively small and each Nap player re-
ceives but 1892. Total receipts for
seven games was S25,456.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-15
GOSPEL BOAT
MAY SAIL AGAIN
Was Launched Twelve Years Ago
and Has Been Idle for
Several Years.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, Oct 15.-The
good ship Gospel Boat, piloted through
the water front section and the resi-
Dental district, and from which Chap
lain J. d. Jones, former sailor and
civil war veteran, will fish for the
souls of men, is expected once more
to become a familiar sight to Cleye-
landers. And John D. Rockefeller
may be her sponsor.
The Gospel Boat was launched
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-15
Appetite Aa! Ho!
lis a Great Joy
stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are the
Best Appetite Makers Dyspeptlcs
and Stomach Sufferers Can Use.

Appetite is very largely series Of
signals from the stomach. When one
mas rousing appetite at the sight or
smell OF food the stomach through its
connection with the mind Of man Is
asked whether the food seen or smell
ed would be welcome.
The stomach .ifhealthy says yes and
at once our mouths water and we are
hungry from fdesire-keenly, raven
ously hungry. II the stomach be sick
then we have no appetite and are &C.
stpaily nauseated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-15
Even Most Chronic Sufferers Find Re
lief From Few Doses
Of croxone.

eroxone soon relieves such condi-
eohs because it reaches the very
ioots Of the disease. 1t aoaks right in
20 the stopped up, inactive Kidneys.
through the walls anG Innings; cleans
out the little filtering cells and glands,
neu,faiizes and dissolves the poison.
GUS uric acid substances that lodge In
,ne JOINTS and muscles to scratch and
,,rltate and cause rheumatism; heals
sue lnflamed membranes of the blad-
VET ana cleans out and strengthens the
ssopf ed-up, lifeless kidneys, SO they
'an hitter and sift all the poisons from
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-15
son, Jewell.

son, JeWeH.
No. 1,O75ooO- Concrete mixer, Theo-
dore Ahlborn, assigns to The Water
loo Cement Machinery Co., Waterloo.
No. 1o75,O23 Spring motor, Virgil
w. Creech, Mason City.
No. 5,044-Rail joint and chair,
William H. Lesh, Des Moines.
No. 1,o75.132- Car ticket holder,
Adolph Westensee. Galva.
No. Notwithstanding mechanism
for washing machines. orlo II. Wat
kins, assigns to himself, j. A. and w
j. Kelly, Clinton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-15
Mayor as Motorman.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Oct. 15.-May-
or Bading, Milwaukee's non-partisan
executive, conducted the city's bust
ness today with gorgeous blue mo-
torman's cap perched jauntiiy on his
ambrosial curls. This afternoon the
mayor will take his third lesson in
the gentle art of chanting a street
car. Bading viii run the first car
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-15
KE0KUK DELEGATES TO
RIVER MEET LEAVE
VIII Make Strong Bid for the Next
Convention Of the Association
at Hannibal Conventions.

" A. Hamill and others left last
n'sft for Hannibal to attend the SEES.
SONS of the upper Mississippi River
Improvement Association and the re,
mainder of the delegates left this
morning. Many important questions
are coming up and Keokuk's varied
business interests will be we'll rep
resented.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-15
Moraan,s Will.

limited Press Leased Wire service.l
LONDON, Oct, 1.-THE will of The
late ]. Pierpont Morgan, probated
here today shows that tie American
financier left fortune OF s5,9oOOO0
in England
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-15
SANTA FE TRACKS
WILL BE RAISED
Work Started by the Power Company
at f. Madison-Electric System
to be RehabiIitsted.

FORT MADISON, Iowa, Oct. 15.-
The power company has started the
work Of raising the Santa Fe tracks
from the east ice house at shopton
to the western yard limits ending near
the Prairie Oil and Gas company sta
Ton Two large steam derricks Nth
shoFel attachments and large gang
q laborers were put lpon the work.
The tracks will be raised above the
hish water mark and three feet above
me present grade which means no
little work and expense on the part
d the power company.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-15

When you have !. bilious attack give
Chamberlain's ablets tri L. They
are excellent For sale by Wilkinson
& Co. Pharmacy and j. +. Kiedaisch
& Son.-Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-15
To Improve electric system.

The Fort Madison Electric company
is employing a. number Of men on
the unloading OF fine cedar poles near
the power house. In accordance with
Inc rigid specifications of the Stone
Webster company regarding mater
las used in their work, THESE poles
are the best procuraole. They have
lasting qualities.
4 one of the first steps which the
electric company will take towards
giving this city better service is to
Ipend 100000 for improvements in
fort Madison in the rehabilitation CT
'ne entire electric lines of the city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-15

over the newly completed Eighth
street viaduct here, hence all the prae-
tice.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-10-02
TEST WEIGHTS ARE RECEIVED.
Secretary of State Must Q. K. Them
 Before Becoming Legal.

County Clerk w. L. Parker has received the set of test weights that were ordered in compliance with the law requiring county clerks to have government standard weights with which to test all scales and weighing devices used in the county
 According to MT. Parker's inter- pretation of the law, it is necessary for the secretary of state to test the weights and approve of them before they can be legally used. This the state is not at the present time prepared to do. It will require an expenditure on the part of the state of about Si5,000 to pur- chase the necessary apparatus from the national government with which to make the delicate tests.
 As soon as the weights have been officially approved the public will he notified.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-10-02
IMPORTANT RULING ON
 THE LIQUOR QUESTION
Ii Is Unlawful for Dealers to In Any Manner Solicit Trade in Dry Territory Except by Per-
 Sonal Letter.

Little Rock, Sept. 30 (Special).- Attorney General Moose delivered an interesting opinion Monday aft ernoon to Prosecuting Attorney C.. NJ. Erwin of the Third circuit, To- cated at Newport, in answer to a question whether it would be law ful for a liquor dealer in this state to write to prospective customers in dry territory in Arkansas, per- sonal. individual, typewriter let ters, soliciting orders for liquor. He says:
 The act of 1907, making it unlaw- full for liquor dealers to solicit or ders for intoxicating liquors, pro- vides that it shall be unlawful for such dealers in any manner to so- licit orders through agents, clrcu- lars, posters or newspaper adver- tiSements.
 "The act does not say it shall be unlawful to solicit orders through letters. The word circular is de- fined by Webster's dictionary as fol- lows: "A circular letter or paper, usually printed, copies of which are or given to various per sons, as a business circular A per sonal letter is not the same as a circular letter, and if the legisla- ture had intended to make it un- lawful for a dealer to solicit orders for liquor by writing a personal let ter it would have been easy to have stated so.
 "Inasmuch as the statute is pe- nal. it should be strictly construed, and it is my opinion that a personal letter written by a dealer into dry territory soliciting an order for iq- uor would not be violation of the statute above mentioned"
The Mena weekly star., 1913-10-02
.DARDANELLE BANK
 BLOWN BY BANDITS
Explosions Aroused Citizens. Who Exchanged Shots With Robbers All Wires Were Cut-Safe
 and Building Wrecked.

Little Rock, Oct. 1 .speciaI.- Four mounted bandits blew up and robbed the First State Bank of Dar- danelle at ? o'clock this morning. Two explosions aroused citizens, many of whom hurried 10 the bank and exchanged a fusilade of shots with the robbers, who escaped. The safe was blown into bits and the bank building was wrecked.
 The amount of loot obtained is not known. The robbers took precau- tion to cut all wires leading out of Dardanelle to avoid interception.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-10-02
NENA ON DULUTH
 GALVESTON ROUTE
National Highway Association Soon Will Make Proposition to Arkan- sas-States Interested
 in Project.

Fl. Smith, Sept. 30-According to a letter received by L. A. Deden, Fl. Smith good roads advocate, from Park A. Davis, assistant secretary of the Canada, Kansas City and Gulf Road Department of the National Highways Association, with head quarters in Kansas City, the asso- citation will soon make a proposition to Arkansas to carry out it's plans 10 build a highway from Duluth, Minn, to Galveston, Tex, via this state, The road passes through Minnesota, Iowa, Northwestern Mis- souri, Kansas, Southwestern Mis- sOuri, Arkansas and Texas.
 The principal Arkansas cities in- cluded are Rogers. Fayetteville, Ft. Smith, Mena, Hot Springs and Tex arkana. At Joplin the road strikes one of the main line of w. H. Har- vey's Ozark Trails and leads to ROg- CTS. It is to connect this city with the proposed Ft. Smith-Fayetteyille road which will include the Ft. Smith-Winslow pike that appears to be a certainty.
 From Ft. Smith the road traVerses the route of the proposed Ft. Smith Hot Springs pike, which was re- gently launched in this city. The latter does not touch Mena, but some distance out of Waldron the Ft, Smith-Hot Springs road con- meets with the Mena-Hot Springs road. Tn this manner Mena is placed on the lakes-to-the-gulf highway proposed by the new association.
 According to the records of the association, the federal government promised at the time it granted statehood to several states to use part of the funds derived from the sale of their public lands in build ing highways that were to become a part of a system of national high ways. This promise was never kept. The association intends con- ducting a campaign to influence the government to now carry out this compact.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-10-02
BABY FOUND IN WELL
Body Was Found Floating on Water Had Lived but Few Hours
 Alleged Mother in Jail.

The decomposed body of a female infant that had lived but a few hours was discovered in a well near Be- thesda Springs Wednesday morning. Miss Emma Nichols is in jail charg- ed with being the mother of the child
 About l2 o'clock Tuesday night an unknown party telephoned Sheriff J, A. Thornton that he would find the body of a baby in a well on the place where a family by the name of Nichols lived, between Dallas and Bethesda Springs. Wednesday morn ing Mir. Thornton, pr. w. P. Parks, coroner; Dr. NJ. A. Bizzell and o. A. Alexander motored out to the place. Upon being informed by the sheriff that he had received word that there was the body of a baby in we'll on her place, Mrs. Nich- ols, mother of the girl arrested, stated that she knew nothing of it, and if anything was in the well it was put there by somebody"
 The woman pointed out a well in the lot near the house and the body was discovered floating in the water.
 Dr. Parks immediately impanelled a jury and a thorough examination of the infant showed that It had been in the water about month. Bruises about the head disclosed the fact that the baby had been killed before being placed in the well. According to the physicians present the child lived but a few hours after birth.
 Suspicion pointed to Emma Mich ols. an unmarried woman about 2S years old, and she was examined by the physicians. Her physical con- dition indicated that she had be- come a mother within month.
 The jury returned a verdict that the "child came to it's death by being placed in the well, and that Emma Nichols was it's mother"
 The coroner directed Sheriff Thornton to arrest the woman and she was brought to Mena and placed in jail.
 pr. Bizzell was ordered to make a post-mortem examination of the body.
 The Nichols woman denies all knowledge of the infant and of the crime
The Mena weekly star., 1913-10-02
WILL MAKE ANOTHER TRIAL.
Rain Interferred With Cutting Out
 Red Bird Route.

w. B. Barton has returned from Womble, where he went a week ago to take part in the work of cutting out six miles of new roadway on the proposed Red Bird route from Womble to Mena.
 On September 25 three gangs started on this job, one of which was headed by Mr. Barton. Rain stopped the work when the day was half over, but it is said about half the clearing was done and this to a width of 8 feet. Twelve big teams of mules were kept moving in drag ging the felled trees out of the way.
 Thursday of this week has been set to complete the job.
 It also is proposed to build a bridge over Lick creek, between Womble and Black Springs and half the necessary money has been raised. This will have concrete abutments and a span of sixty feet besides the approaches. When the bridge is completed MT. Barton says they will undertake to grade and gravel the two miles of road between Black Springs and Wom- hln