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The Dally Gate City Reealvea
the Full Afternoon Unltsd
Proas Report—Beat Afternoon
Service in the United States.
VOL. 109: NO. 58.
STORM SWEEPS
BRINHLEV, ARK.
Tornado Visited the Little City and
a Fire Followed That Con­
sumed Debris—Many
Were Killed.
RELIEF IS BEING SENT
Trainmen Who Passed Through the
Stricken City This Morning
Say it is Burning in
Twenty Places.
PORTER FOOTE.
J. L. STERRITT.
HENRY STOVALL, JR
MRS. PHILLIPS.
MRS. BELLE DARDEN.
CHARLES FRENZE.
MR. AND MRS. HOOD.
HELENA', Ark., March 9.—Reports WASHINGTON, C, Feb 9
from survivors of Brinkley, a town of Senator Dolliver will be' chairman of
five thousand, today say the entire the senate committee on agriculture
town was destroyed last night by fire and forestry, according to good auth
following a tornado which swept the I ority. His friends regard it as prac
place. Nothing but a mass of charred tically settled. The makeup of the
and burned wreckage remains today.
Eight are known to be dead and hun
dreds injured, many of whom will die.
The first news of the disaster was re
ceived when T. N. Kinnell, telegraph
operator, and Line Richardson, ex
tricated themselves from the ruins
of the Rock Island station and walked
to a. nearby town and sent a brief
message telling of the destruction of
the town. They said the station was
blown from over their heads, and the
entire building razed. Kinnell was
slightly injured. Fire then starLed in
the debris of the town. The telegraph place on the committees will be given
and telephone wires are down 'n
Ar-i
kansas as a result of the tornado, with the polic- of Senate leaders to
and details of the storm are lacking. try to placate insurgent senators, it
Relief trains are being rushed to is expected that he will be given fair
Brinkley. ly good assignments. A great :-ace is
Damage is reported in the vicinity being run among the senators for a
of Gourdon. Windows in the train place on the finance committee, Sen
between Gourdon and Reader were &tor Dolliver being one of the aspir
blown out according to reports. Some ants, but it is net certain who will
buildings were unroofed. ,At Fourcbe I win.
.dam.-wberethe storm, crossed the I A", .s
Ing hurried to the scene to furnish
protection. Before the governor left
on a special train he received sec
ond message from Mayor Jackson ask
ing for troops.
Reports from Carlisle say that three
persons were killed when a home
there was demolished. The house de
stroyed was that of Mrs. Mason, a
widow, living near Carlisle. Three
sons were killed, being caught in the
wreckage of the house. The head of
one was severed from the body by a
heavy beam. Mrs. Mason's daughter,
received injuries which may nrove
fatal.
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18 Whites—20 Negroes Dead.
Eighteen whites and twenty negroes
are dead at Brinkley and forty per-!
sons are seriously hurt. But six resi
dences remain standing in the midst
of the debris of the fire, and tornado, prencj,
Three thousand people are honnless.
The property loss is estimated at over
a million dollars. Help is pouring into
the stricken town from all poinfs, the
dead being pickod up and the wounded
cared for. The bodies recovered will
be put on a special train and brought!
to Helena for burial. The injuvod are
being taken to nearby cities. The
identified dead are:
uilding damaged
and most of them demolished.
Two trains arrived at Brinkley
shortly after daylight and found the
People nearly helpless, dazed by the
disaster. Relief parties formed, and
the work of the rescue was started.
The negro district was completely
wiped out. The business section is
presenting a desolate appearance,
buildings being twisted about, tumb
led over into the street. It is report
ed almost every business house In
town was a total loss. In the resi
dence section, houses were unroofed,
walls were torn out, generally aemol
ished leaving but six standing. The
work of relief is greatly hampered
for the lack of facilities. The prob
lem confronting the relief parties, Is
how to house the people for the night,
Many will be moved to. nearby towns.
Death Liet To- Low.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 9.—
(Continued on page 3.)
PICKED
4
ooiiivfR
Iowa Senator to Head the Agricultural
and Forestry Committee, De­
feating Senator Warner '"A-"'
For th. PU&J
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CERTAIN HE
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SERVE
Not Known WHi^Jummlns Will be
Given but it is Likely He Will
be Placated In Some
rj \V way. fA.t
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committees will not be known official
ly until after the special session
opens, but Senator Dolliver is looked
on as slated for this place. Senator
Warner is ahead of him as member
of this committee, but he 13 chairman
of the military affairs committee and
he will not be named.
Senator Hull has not yet annonnced
the members o' the committees which
he has been authorized to name. It
is quite possible that Senator Dolliver
v-ni serve on the committee.
Nothing is yet heard as to what
to Senator Cummins. In accordance
Arkansas river, it turned into a tor-! May Go Over Wilson.
nado. Water in the river was lifted WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9.—
Into a water-spout two hundred feet I Will President Taft go over the head
high. The storm swept on to Kerr, of Secretary Wilson in the bleachced
through Baucum. It plowed a path flour decision. This is the question
sixty feet wide, leveling buildings and which is creating some attention,
uprooting trees. E. B. Adams, a The bleached flour interests are urg
farmer living near Kerr was fatally ing President Taft to open the
hurt. I bleached flour question, especially in
Thieves arc looting the ruined the interests of Minnesota, Iowa,
houses at Brinkley, and troops are be-! Nebraska, and the middle west. They
want to appeal the decision of Secre
tary Wilson, which was against
bleached flour, to some tribunal like
a referee board. The matter is of
the more interest, as on Mr. Taft's
decision will clearly Indicate what
policy he intends to follow in isgard
to strict enforcement of pure food
laws.
Judge Smith Goes Home'.'
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9
Judge Walter I. Smith is the only
members of the Iowa delegation who
has gone to Iowa since the end of the
congressional session. He has gone
1
to Council Bluffs on legal business.
WALKING MATCH
DRAGGING ON
Entries Were Leading This
Morning With Dineen and
Prouty in Second Place.1
NEW YORK, March 9.—The monot
onous grind of the six day go-as-you
please racers is dragging on today,
Cibot and Orphee, French entries, are
now leading at eight o'clock this morn-
199.1.
The contestants are developing
epidemic
contestants about noon, leaving but
The tornado struck the city without 1 thirteen teams in the race. a reasonable doubt and the trial of
warning, the path being the width of I this case must be governed by tiie law
the town and every "•uilding danaged
LEGISLATURE SEEKS
TO MEET DECISION
ANOTHER BUG
FOR STANDARD
^lillr
Case Almost Brought to a Standstill
by a Ruling of Judge Anderson„*
Which Favored the
Company.
•NO CHANCE TO WIN^OUT
r-A
Particulars in Which Intent to
i". Violate the Law
1
ing, having covered 204.8 miles. Di- standstill today by another ruling fav
neen and Prouty were second with
Known.
CHICAGO, March 9.—The Standard
Oil trial was brought almost to a
ori :g
^e company by Judge
son_
meut
ing about the track apparently half ]ars, in which he alleges the intent to
asleep. violate the law and the knowle-lge it:
The epidemic of quitting struck the was being violated. The circuit court
0f
as
Ander-
hel(1 .that the sovern-
Tlle udge
into pure authatons. Many are wind-! meut was bound by the bill of particu
into pure authatons. Many are wind-!
was bound by the bill of particu-
appeals could not find proof uevond
'a'^ down by that court.'
I The effect of the decision makes the
government's case apparently impos-
Bill Introduced to Give Missouri Con- nois classifications and by the luling1 ft,
trol of Roads—To Prohibit the circuit court of appeals can't prove
JEFFERSON CITY, March 9.—Fol- ney Wilkerson anticipates the dis
to the 1 missal of the case before submitted
JifPifif
City yesterday Speaker Speer, of the
Missouri house, today induced a bill Pope Recovers Health.
lowing the adverse decision
state in the federal court at Kansas to a jury.
prohibiting the issuing of passes by ROME, March 9—The Pope today
railroads under penalties of a fine practically recovered his health, jjn
from $10 to $100. Officers, employes received in private audience in
and charity workers are exempted apartments Bishop Troubec, of St,
from the bill.
It is expected much adverse rail
road legislation will be started. Rep
resentative Cross introduced a bill re
quiring all railroads doing business in
the state to incorporate in Missouri.
This will give the state the control of
the railroads.
resident
sible. By a bill of particulars it is
bound to prove the intent by the Illi-! 'ea(* f°rces in
Passes. the intent bv classification. Special
I assistant Union States District Attor-
KEOKUK, IOWA, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1909.
HOW THE BLIZZARD HELD WASHINGTON IN ITS CLUTCH DURING INAUGURA
TION. ...
[It is likely that congress will soon pass a bill fixing a date early in May or late in April for future presidential in
auguration. .This question has been before the senate and house in one shape or another for many years, but the
almost unprecedented blizzard which marred the last inauguration stirr9d a popular demand for a change in the
inaugural date, which the government is bound to consider: These pictures give a cleaT idea of the storm that
held Washington in its clutch on March 4, forcing the inaugural committee to change its plans and causing discom
fort and. suffering to thousands of people who went to the capital for the gala occasion. The small oval picture
shows Mr, Taft and Mr. Roosevelt toiling up the capitol steps in the blinding snow. The other pictures are
scenes of the parade moving along the slush covered streets.]
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Government is Bound by the Bill of Deputy Guchkoff Bitterly Attacked I
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FOR
H\sr
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Duma After an All Night Session Vot­
ed Five Million to Place the
Balkan Fleet in Shape to s«
go Into Action. ,,
$20,000,000 POIPi STORES I SAYS HE KILLED
Premier Stolypin For the Un-
preparedness of ther'„'
Army and Navy.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 9.
sia is arming for a possible European
L"
CI
c,a,h. Tho Douma, after an 'JTSte 'r.
executive session, today voted five
million to place the Balkan fleet in
...
s.°'Cj
an
anin^,lnl
Guchkoff bitterly attacked the cabinet
for allowing the army and navy to
roach such a condition of such unpre
paredness and boldly asekd Premier
Stolypin if he consI4?red Russia's
leaders of the army and navy fit to
caSR war
broke out
LA FOLLETTE WILL
The Entrance of Stephenson Into the
,1 Senate is 10 Meet With no
Opposition. if :Ci:
WASHINGTON, March 9.—Certifi
cates of the election of Senator Steph
01is
0n'j0^
jlis arrived Saturday in time to
him to be swom in, are now
permit
Death List Eighteen. jon the fiftenth when that body re-con- doubtedly would have killed both 1
ST. LOUIS, March 9.—.T. A. Stoker, 1 venes and Stephenson will be sworn Colonel and Robin Cooper, had lie not
a
of Brinkley, who is here on In. It is understood here that La been shot. Sharp, he declared, had
business, received a message today Follette will not make any attempt to nothing to do with tho shnoting.
saying that eighteen persons had been jkeep Stephenson from taking the of- iVirs. Carmack was not present in
killed in the torusdc there. [flee v.•• jcourt today, being ill in her hotel.
WOMAN SHOT
Killing of Miss Jane Reed on the
Highway Near Mt. Washington
Cleared up by Joseph
J. Mueller.
But That 14 Was
Accidental, He Be-1
ing at the Time Engaged in a
Fight With High­
waymen.
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BALTIMORE,
Rus-' March.i 9.—Mystery
isurround^g, the shooting, last night,
Ri
wortran, irtAhe^Toad^ ijear- Mt. Washing
""u|ton, cleared tdday when Joseph
M,was
'".TlT, „L' J- Mueller, to whom she was engaged
y„
an*
w'10
uas
r,
1011 1 1
w,®lp
pleted in Lie Japanese war. Deputy I
1
I
lier
at
the
jnient to detectives that he fired the I ^lr'
nlotnn r.10 .linmnPQA wnr I lonnrv ... I rmvi/»i«nATi' Ti, 1 .1
shot that ki]led Misg U(Jed
clares, however, that lie was firing at'
that the killing of his sweetheart was 1
accidental. Mueller is held without
bail pending investigation. When the
body of the girl was found in the road
NOT OPPOSE PRESENT GROUNDS
He dclt°morro^
highwaymen, -he held them up, and ]dinfr'
OF SELF DEFENSE
Attorneys for Cooper Says that Car
1 mack Would Have Killed Both
of His Clients.
NASHVILLE. Tenn., March 9.—At-
ments the
in the
day
Cloud, Minn. hands of the secretary of the senate, tlie jury tor acquittal on the grounds I turn to Chicago.
a
0
a
PARTS OF TARIFF
BLL OUTLINED
Out Last Night and Entire
Measure Will be Print-
ed Wednesday
t-0'
Reduction on Steel Rails Among the
Proposed New Measures in the
,v Schedule—Shoe Men
Are Favored.
jy
A Vi
vided for. A duty of four cents ai
Liquors the Same.
The Inheritance Tax.
The matter which is perplexing the
committee is of placing the tax on in-
act,0»,a!0,'S
I much time may be saved thus and the
ASKS CLERK TO
STOP WEDDING
N. Hutchclnson of Omaha Wires
Coloroda Springs Official to
Prevent a Marriage.
C°I-,OHADO
ordering him
nneapolis,
fJnie
of ,ens ^is
'-o
the tihooting, made a written state- P^^^ent society man from England. cated for this section tonight
The
ate tllc reab0n for
merely
com
P°tent.
I
torneys for the defense began ar^u-1 ltcturer. was suddenly stricken at 9 7 a.111 .. 29.M
a a a a a
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Portions' of the Proposed Bill Given It Shows Free Hides, Free Coffee, Free
st°P
eM)ectcd
EIGHT PAGES.
ROUGH DRAFT
MIFF BILL
it
«s^. j?ll
Wool and General Reduction in
Woolen Goods and Steel
Billets.
1
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LIQUORS REMAIN SAME LUMBER RATE IS OUT
the Redding of Francib R. Hutchinson ed hi Oregon, and the barometer is
telegram does not northc :ly winds.
vv
werc
t'
pound on coffee Is levied. This is by I fn Preston's throat was cut
way of compromise with Porto Ricans, 'lj ^acG ttn* hody horribly slash
who demanded six cents. -lis. Picston was injured in th«
Whiskey and beer will remain as 4
they are at present, if the sub-com
mittee raise is enacted into law. It
was felt whiskey was already carrying
all the tax it could starid, while in case
of beer and the prohibition movement
throughout the country it was ex
plained had cut down consumption of
beer, and it was felt that it would be
a hardship to impose a further tax.
It having been manifest to commit
tee that duties derived from customs
under the new bill would not produce
the revenue expected, they turned to
expedient of reviving the war revenue
act of 1898, which placed a tax on tele
grams, bank checks, playing cards and
all stocks bought or sold. The feature For Keokuk and vicinity Snow
of the war revenue act is incorporated and colder tonight and Wednesday,
in the measure as a draft, it is said.
heritences. Taft wants It, it Is de-i central portions.
clared, and is pressing the committee .'\r Iowa: Snow and colder tonight.
,^/i
Figure is In Dispute But it Wilt be
From $2 to $1 or $1.50—Wood
Pulp and Paper Mak-
a* ing Material Free.
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WASHINGGTON, March 9—Having
been practically completed by tariff, draft of the tariff bill shows: Free
frnmers, portions of the new tariff bill hides, free coffee, free wool, tho same
last night were sent to government general reduction of woolen goods,
printers. It is expected that by Wed-1 heavy reductions in shoes and manu
nesday the entire measure will be In! textured leather. Lumber cut from $2
type. t° $1 or $1.50, tho figure being yet In
Although no announcement has been! dispute. Steel billets cut from 10 to
made bv the committee regarding any I 25 per cent. Other steel cut from one
of the tentative bill, it has beeii learn- third to one half of the present rate.
ed on unquestionable authority that
as a concession to shoe men because
of placing of hides on the free list, tho
duty on shoes will be considernbly re
duced.
While no figures were obtainable re
garding the steel schedule, it was
stated, on the same authority, a sub
.... ..
WASHINGTON, March 9.—A rough
Plate glass moderately reduced, with
heavier tax on window glass, wood
pulp and paper making ateriala
free.
Fierce Battle With Razors.
CHICAGO, M-rch 9.—In a battle
w'th
stantial reduction in the dutv on steel Thomas Preston, aped 41 years, and
rails, tools and similar products is pro-j
razors today, in a rooming house,
fatally slashed by Charles
owner
suxue way.
of the house. Croft was
4 4 4 A A A
ANOTHER COLD WAVE.
LINCOLN March 9.—Another
cold wave swept Nebraska and
South Dakota today. At Chad
rOn/Neb., the temperature drop
ped to 10 below. At Gregory,
S. D., it reached 8 below. A
snow storm and blizzard is
sweeping 'owa.
O
THE WEATHER.
Indications for Iowa, Illinois and Mi*,
souri, Wired From Chicago.
High northerly winds.
For Illinois: Rain or snow tonight
*ith colder south and central por
tion^ Wednesday threatening and
colder with snow flurries north and
that line, and pre-1 Wednesday partly cloudy with snow
High northerly winds.
colder
c'oudy
dictions are, it is said, committee will least portion.
yield to the president's wishes. For Missouri: Snow and
Taft is seeking to have the copy of tonight. Wednesday partly
the bill delivered to the senate
com-iwith
colder east portion
niittee- on finance before the special! Weather Conditions.
session begins in order that they mayj The western area of low pressure,
llJJiXv iiegin work on it at once, believingi 'nS castwaid, and deepening as it
adyanced,
extra session bs materially curtailed, 'storm center o'ver Northern Missouri
and Southern Iowa, am- an area of
low pressure has been left in Western
hah concentrated in a
Texas.
There have been rains in the south
and snow in the north from the Rocky
mountains to the Atlantic coast, with
high emperature from the Ohio val
ley to the Gulf coast, and temperature
nn a r\r\ below the freezing point following the
SPRINGS, Colo., Mar. storm center, in the mountain region,
The county clerk here today re-! extending, eastward to Iowa and
ceived a telegram from J. N. Hutch-1 south to Northern Texas.
ihS°n'
his ward, and Gordon high in New England.
c'l*
An area of high pressure has form-
Stephens is a Colder weather, with snow ia
to arrive here Wednesday, accompanied by
stopping the wed- Daily River Bulletin,
The New Atorney General. Davenport
WASHINGTON. March 9.—George Galland
last night Mueller declared she was I Wickersham, the new attorney gen-' Keokuk
shot by a robber. I cral has been formerly presented to 1 St Louis
I the supreme court of the United States C„ B. & Q. Bridge, Burlington, Iowa,
iby General Hoyt. Judicial! March 8—The present stage of
red tape required that he be "intro-! river is 4
r„solicitor
requlre0 tMt
stating the girl id "in-1 Stage.Heiglit.Change.W.'a'h'r
St. Paul
La Crosse
Cooper-Sharp trial to- Cedar Rapids, where he was to Ice- Rainfall for "-ast 21 hours, 7.21 liun
Attorney Meeks appealed to ture last night and was forced to re- dredths.
His right is
Made Bank Examiner.
WASHINGTON, March 9.—The
comptroller rf the currency has ap
pointed Miller Weir, of Jacksonville,
111., as bank examlner-at-large.
indi
and
high
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14 Frozen
12 Frozen
15 4.
8 3.3
15 G.l
30 14.7
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Snow
Snow
Rain
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xl.3
,eet
Cldy
Cldy
,nc„e
,0.the
10
jduced and his commission shev/n to water mark, a rise of 1 inch since last
the court. report.
The river will rise slowly.
Dr. Gunsaulus Stricken. Local Observations.
DES MOINES, Iowa, March :1.—Dr. I March. llar.Tber.Wind.'Weather.
Frank Gunsaulus, noted divine and 8 7 p.m. .. 29.71 38 N Lt Rain
abovil
NE Cldy
River above low water of 1864 6 feet
tenth.
Change in 24 hours, rise of 21 tentha.
•vean temperature. 41.
Maximum temperature, 4(5
Minimum temperature, 36.
FRED Z. GQSEWISCH.
Observer.