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I A The Dally Qato City Rcecivta the Full Afternoon Unltl* Pfoes Riport—Beat Afternof Service In ths United VOL. 109. NO. 1. II1E1 ESTIMATE ON DEATJH LIST n« Authority Places aa High as 300, I, is Believed ces mce lir it j| tt 9 )ti',nl -fjk to 1 te%tthiriy Death List But This be Ex ALE OF H/ORROR GROWS Pari Islan in the Mediterranean a Population of Have Entirely Disappeared. the strait of Messina re the La Pari islands, a of volcanic islands in Meditteranean near the of Sicily have disappear The total population of the is 28,000" and must inev lnve perished. je minister of marine has a torpedo boat to ascer facts ipteg of the death roll of quakenow ceases to he Italian people, rt is now being made the living. Snip fugitives have been out of the stricken zone pies, Palmero, Catania Sports and, according jHer of marin^TTfes*- fctheri S 1.1 ie latest reports received jme state there have been ly intermittent shocks fol ^ng the first to which the iter part of destruction is Kbuted. The British war- I Minerva SHOCKS that his instruments! wave eng tes \e recorded forty-two thp first Imt dliei during the last ly without supplies of any kind. At Bagnara surgical operations are being performed with prun ing knives, but at Reggio even that is impossible. Thieves in fest the eountry and the des pair of unaided villages is com plete. Hunger supplies the motive for scenes of shocking violence and pillages and rob bers defy the few surviving po I licemen and soldiers. The commander of the Rus sian cruiser Admiral Makhai£4 off, which arrived at NaplesK yesterday 'with refugees from Messina, in his story of the dis aster says: "The city is liter ally nothing but a heap of ru ins. Every building there has collapsed. It is impossible to give even a faint idea of des olation of the scene. (I esti- ME Jan. 1. The Vita mate the deaths at Messina are that a wireless message conservatively at 80,000. The mind shrinks fronj contempla tion of present condition in the stricken city that there are thousands of persons still alive in the ruins, and that countless numbers must die." li ^re now quiet, and he is rta.li the .earthquake is not voicanic but geological ori In, sim lar to that of 1785. .. ,• today for re-inforcements ot The relief measures in oper ation in Messina and Reggio are proving wholly inadequate to meet the terrible demands f: upon them. A report from both places today says every time food is offered to the hunger crazed survivors the soldiers had to stand guard and keep the people from killing each other. At Reggio two sol diers guarding scanty supplies landed from a ship were killed in a hysterical rush for the St now centered in life ofc Mess na and 5,000 srs are^eing landed on the Boasts. has been decided by the krnnjent to send a fleet of igrant steamers to trans (the survivors to other pla- Mi*ry*ng emaciated children joined in the fight 'and a num ber of persons were injured be fore the mob was driven back. I The soldiers at Messina are dis at tributing loaves of bread the point of bayonet. The^ American gunboat "Scorpion"' left Constantino pie today for Messina on its,. way. to the sheltering surviv- J* ors. To permit them to re main on the scene means ul timate death •J mwr AW0 Wie8tS reported by wire-j NAPLES, Jan. to Malta two severe shocks priests, who Mached here from rred at Messina last night, Scylta today declared they rofessor Ricco, director of |were 'observatory at Mount Etna,!t dis-i we were swept out to sea. We I I Horror of the situation at ,, TJ thirty thousand to aid in tlio Lessrna and Reggio grows htli every fresh dispatch. The •, „1 o^a fho ntory as high as o00,000,| this appears to be extreme.] provmcial villages be-1 those already mentioned fnlnhrin ns mplet( ly ruined. This would tu™Gd rrespondent places the death 11 throughout the aitirej^, marine still holds to 115,000. ^iat ,was on i. oJo-li.' dicate that t|iejartliquake|tel -n lid not confine its work of hav- b]c to the coast. What has be plame of w]ie inhabitants in these images Snot known. !'^he Calabrian coast for! ii,iles has been torn and'- twisted. From Bagnara to Keg- io, twe ty-five miles, the coun-! is'half demolished. Assist- i,losion ce has reached but a few iUlagea \nd they are ppctical- •\5' m- I Sb. Jlitlia ana Otiom- .... til the governor granted him protec-1 bak think there is a coast town .in Calabria not practical Iv des troyed." -, MISSOURI BANK, leers. Taormina"s^: w,„HIXTrp(W Tmi swers inquiries received havinff been'l American Citizens as to vel-j ,, Fifty Bodies Recovered. MAYBURY, Jan. MAYBURY, Jan. i.-Fifty today investigated •ev JUDGE TRAUBE TOOK TO WOODS I i' Deaton and Official Forces Maintain an Ky., Unless the Governor Sent is urviv&d burvlvecl- the I onl7survivorsof l- Scy 1- One priest said: The ti- One priest said: "The ti-1 escaped death by clinging to|force rt fourteen! rs thev have been almost Picked \nh,BV TT+n» Strnm mt/ mot, uui maintaining an armed truce ever! to the 1 1 ui3 f* "jts ot wieckage^ and tmal a Smf ]l taken to Messina. I don't! Him. MilitaryFrv tion. An urgent call reached herej 1 SHORT $21,000 0 .,. S a 1, AblliJNbiUiN, Jan ihers make the outside estiJ Ambassador Griscom cab ed te 200,000 but the minister jthe state department today says "The Italian foreign ot-1toThe assul"es me way gg escaped uninjured. This that Taormma from!aminer' atives and friends in that place. TJ foreiffn office received fcjyS* tection. CITIZENS UNDER KP- rmed Truce Pending the Arriving of the State Militia.. {telegram requesting the governor to send military aid is the way the New 1.—Two 'i Year began here. Trouble began After Reorganization Officials Demand ed Accounting of Missing Fund fr'-liV'' -, —Examiner Acts. .j T1PTOX. Mo., Jan. 1.—Roy Bane ?j cashier of the People's bank of Tipton, i\ was arrested yesterday on the charge of embezzling ?21,000 of the bank's funds. The arrest was made at the in stance of the state banking depart ment. The examination was made by He Examiner Stephenson. discovery of the shortage is said have been made amonth ago when it was found a leaf was missing from an-{the register. According to the ex- thf c^sl^er a' discrepancy. ifc ]lftd xmof-- telegram saying ficial news in regard to the con sulate of Messina. bodies were removed from the 1,1 fated raine Tt is thought there are no muio i)0(]ies iu the mine. Mine inspectors —Good resolutions are in force. May they continue. SgRF JACKSON". Ky., Jan. 1—Jackson's xEW YORK, Jan. 1.—Honeful male citizens are under arms and a 1 ancial and commercial conditions for Ex-Sheriff Callahan. the Hargis ot reign, persuaded Sheriff Crawford to escort him into town with twenty armed de')llties t0 face the 1 I 111 drill Levi 11 lllg tljl rtl luUU 11 I giuce 16"at and county nlfprl court on a charge of murdering James I failures during the year at uiieu ocvjici cuiu Beaton thirteen years ago. When the I party arrived they found the Deaton's j190- and the two ballds 1,avo KEOKUK, IOWA FRIDAY, JANUARY, 1, 1909. 11909—Happy New Year, ev eryone! Here's something. Keep them! OUTLOOK FOR: 1909 OPTIMISTIC Dun Reports Hopeful Financial and Poipmercial Conditions For '/This Year and Speaks 3" t( ARMS I Beaton and' Oicial Forces Maintain an Recuperative Powers of Wall *of the Farmers. Were Beyond the Hopes of the -Most Sanguine—Bank Failures Low. .. mc.000,000 been|in judge Traube took |MIU„US woods near Lost Creek and declared would not return to hold court uu- their cha explained that this leaf contained the account of one of their biggest customers and that the I account would explain the dated with the Bank of Tipton, and ofli-1 cials of the new institution demanded an accounting of the missing funds. helVVhaneed *the^^OM^accounfbe'ine $7,000 short, the account of a Sedalia bank was $5,000 short, and that of a I St. Louis bank $3,000 short, while the more 1 accoU the cause of ex- nt was short $3,000 —The aquatic meet scheduled for I this morning at the Y. M. C. A. was I not pulled off owing to the low temper ture of the pool. .*•- fin-1 the year 1909 are glowingly predicted in R. G. Dun & Co.'s annual review of the trade conditions. The Review as serts that the recuperative powers shown by Wall street interests during the year just ended "were beyond the hopes of the most sanguine." Dun places the amount involved in less than that involved in altll0ugh n)ore banks failed than the preceding year The Review takes up the detailed fortunes and misfortunes of various during the old yeatk and chances for industries betterment during I I the new year. The summary is very I favorable. Farmers, say Dun, receiv- ever before. The total value from the produce was $7,778,000,000. The mon ey market was very light, says Dun. during the latter part of 1907 and the early part of 1908, but has since eased up to a gratifying extent. Daughter Dead—Parents Follow. N1SW YORK. Jan. 1—Unable to en dure the thought or spending their de clining years alone and without the cheering presence of their daughter, whom' thev both worshipped, Professor J. P. Gordy of the New York university I and wife today committed suicide a I few hours after the death of their daughter. The young girl, eighteen years of age, died this morning of pne monia. ANOTHER FIERCE apparent hard BALTIMORE FIRE Firemen, Assisted by Fire Boats, Fought Four Hours to Gain Control of a Fire. BALTIMORE. Md., Jan. 1.—-After a flght' the flrem,Pn' aided by flre INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR HUGHES For a Second Time and in the Presence-of a Large Audience He is Inaugurated Governor. sr THEIR PRODUCE RICHER HE MAKES SUGGESTIONS Street I Wants the Water Sources and Forests Preserved, Asks For Better Highways and Suggests Ballot Reforms. ALBANY. Jan. 1.—Governor Hughes was. toda-v inaugurated a second time as governor of New York. In his in augural address before an audience that filled the assembly chamber of the capital building he appealed to the legislature for forest conservation, improved water ways, better highways, safe guarding the water sources and REFORMER TURNS IV ed more money for their products than Philadelphia Merchant Gives Back Fif ballot reform. He said: "Our elec toral machinery should be safe guard- entire department, all but the Sixth ed as to insure an uncorrupted ex-1 street reel, responded to the alarm, pression of the public will." The funeral of the late Mrs. Bridget It is believed the governor will de- R0gan BACK HIS SALARY teen Thousand Dollars Earned as a Commissioner, commissioner in the political of 1905, yesterday TTii!/\ii/rATTT iPQ HA.1 chm-t the nonraint r,f a s^nn- boats, and railroad tugs, secured con- machine in Lincoln park. Ida Koenig.j a supper, which was served to over fif-' who had an arm fractured, jpncussion ty people and then several well-filled of the brain and her face badly disflg- baskets were carried away by the de-! ured, may die. The party was in Miss| serving poor. After the supper, thej Srj I Biankenburg. whose tertui as commis sioner ended yesterday, says he does no( leel lle PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1 .—Rudolph gasoline Biankenburg, the well-known marchant Concert streets. The blaze was put and reformer who was elected city I upheaval and he gives his salary to the police, I firemen and teachers' pension fund. 'cX.sl is, t/lsMsxst I MllilONAIBE IN SEARCH FOR WIFE W .A. Stone, Coal Operator of Unlon- town, Pa., Instructs Detec tives to Hunt For Mrs. Stone. ABSENT SINCE DEC. 2 Twenty-Five Hundred Dollars Will Given to the One Who Re PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. 1.—W. A. Stone, the millionaire coal operator of Uniontown, instructed the Indian apolis detectives to go to Massillon, Ohio, today and search all in coming trains from Greensburg, Ind., for his wife, who has been missing from her home since December 2. Mrs. Stone left TTniontown December 2, at the same time Emery Martin also dis appeared. Stone offers a reward of $2,500 for the return of his wife. Found Parents Asyphyxiated. CHICAGO, Jan. 1.—Albert Fortunat er went to his parents' room this morn ing and found both asphyxiated from gas. Albert says his parents met death by accident. TODAY'S MARKETS. Chicago Live Stock. CHICAGO, Jan. 1.—Cattle, 2,000, 10c lower beeves, $b.30@7.60 stackers, $2.75@4.90 hogs, 15,000, 6g)10c high er: light, $5.20@5.90 heavy, $5.85@ 6.20 pigs, $4.26@5.25 sheep, 4,000, steady natives, ?2.60@6.15 lambs, 4.50@7.8B. i.«. CITY NEWS: was mand a direct primary in his mes- prancis De Sales Catholic church, ser sage to the legislature. vices being conducted by Rev. James Dunn ion. The pallbearers were the held this morning at St. following gentlemen: James, Edward sent to the board of ™ent was not called out. citv trustees a cheek for ?15,000, repre-j sayed the machine frc city senting the entire salary years as commissioner. iloui(j i)e paid for services rendered for the city and the public, suraed by the blaze. for three! tler tlle tree ancl AU IUJYLU1511iiiiO to a doctor's office, where he died this1 flaiHCS. IN A COLLISION cashed into and demolished another concert for the children, followed by trol of a fire which for nearly four hours raged along the water front Th l'ss cannot be estimated. The flre de stroyed the old piers of the Baltimore Storage and Lighterage Co. idly through the park, when it crashed vices being held until 1 o'clock with 11 1 into a machine owned by Charles E.J great interest. The mission was as- ternoon, most of the business houses Fitzpatrick, the chauffeur of the Koe-j by a number of people who made do-j being closed for the day. nig auto, was arrested for speeding. nations. Ida Koenig's touring car, running rap-1 crowd remained until midnight, ser-1 —Keokuk was a quiet place this af- Rivers. Rivers was unhurt. Martin sisted in giving the supper last evening evevv church in .^4 kaU '. 45=, A ifiH Read The Daily Grate Keokuk's Best Newsi 10 CENTS PER 'H —This Is a very appropriate year for the people of Keokuk to resolve to buy "Keokuk Made Goods." —This afternoon at 2 o'clock, the city calaboose was as empty as the grave and up to that time not a single arrest had been made so far this year. —The pallbearers assisting in the fu neral of Mrs. Mary English yesterday were the following: P. J. Landman, Cary G. Kayser, Frank Puder, Lenard Richards and Mr. Wyrick. —The firemen enjoyed a smoker last evening, the treat being on Smith Hamill, whose automobile caught fire the other evening and the blaze of which .was extinguished by the depart ment..-"' —A still alarm was turned in this af ternoon at 1:30 o'clock on account of a fire on the Seventh street bridge and the chemical engine went down and put out the blaze. Two alarms were turned in by different parties arid the EIGHT PAGES RELIEF MEASUI ARE INADEI Terrible Demands Upon Rel and 8oldlers Deliver Fa the "Point of Thomas Mc-igio George and John Finigan, Donald a.nd D. M. Moore. The body was interred in the Catholic cemetery. Another automobile fire occurred last evning, when Dr. Armentrout's machine caught Are from a leakage of while he was at Ninth and out before any great amount of dam- age had been done and the fire depart Prompt worK om being con- Coroner Korschgen received notice today of the death of a man at Fort Madison who was injured by a tree falling upon hint. He was chopping: wood in Green Bay township, nine above and a Fort Madison, yesterday, tre* fel1 UP°» h,m. badIy removed to tile city I morning at 4 o'clock. The coroner de-1 cided that it would be unnecessary to! 4-170 ftfin "BVir Oiinlrp miss Ida Koenlg Probably Fatally Hurt hold an inquest in the case. 'Vr'TAV in an Accident in Lincoln —The coming of the new year wasi VvA.orlliNVTi.UjN, Ji\ Park. pleasantly spent at the Holiness Home I CHICAGO, Jan. 1.—Seven were injured, three seriously, when ajand opened the service with singing crowded automobile early today and prayer. There was a phonograph mission. No. 207 Main street, last even- j-ppoj-ts persons' ing, where a large crowd assembled 1 r, ., 1 Bayonet." TWO SOLDIERS be turns Mrs. Stone to Her Husband. Were Guarding a Scanty Supl visions When Half Starvf Half Crazed Vlctlr Attack Them. ROME, Jan. 1.—The can embassy is now cc that Wm. H. Bishop, States Consul to PaleJ ported not in Sicily at of the quake, was in tl tated part of the is is feared he is among Maj. J. F. Reynolds military attache, Bay ting, Jr., American sul at Milan, Winthroj ler of Philadelphia, ai terpreter, were today Grriscom to the scene I aster to investigate tl ican residents. '1 Survivors Suicic ROME, Jan. 1.—S cides among the cra^ fortunates are reportec Catania sends words eral survivors reaclU city and committed shortly after arriving King Sends Sole The King today der to immediately 10,000 additional soldic quake region. The king left Messii and returned to Reggie sonally superintend t! ering of medical supi the few suffering si along the west coast bria. Soundings iaken in tl of Messina today shot bed had risen. Pile searching the strait in to establish a safe cot temporary navigation. Unable to Reach Re CATANIA, Jan. 1. rarizi, heading a resci and attempting to' read by land, reports tl iter twenty-four llOUll get were unable to stricken city. Forty shij used in carrying refuge Messina/, Queen Helena was nc ed to accompany her to Reggio. She beggel but the horror of the^si at Caiabran town is c^ ed too great for her to "Warships otf the I Messina are bombardil eral places where fireJ ,nash' I Ing his head. He was found lying un-1 .lv..:].1i,i ,„P.1I1S out again. TlllS IS tlf 0 Tile National Red Crt $100,000 subscribed in this coii 1 addition to the $70,001 vest.erdaV to the quake Church to Contlib^ \p1'\V \'ORK Jan 1 bishop barley today the arc (Continued oi. 1 age