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PAPER THAT
BOOSTS KEOKUK
ALL THE TIMB
VOL. 111. NO. 35.
DOUGHERTY IS
ASKING RELEASE
Peoria School Board Thief Wanta to
be Paroled After Serving Over
Four Years in Joliet
Penitentiary.
HE HAS SOME OPPOSITION
His Appeal Will be Vigorously Fought
But He May Be Cordoned
and Become a Free
Man.
fEORIA, Feb. 10.—Newton C. Dough
erty will make his great effort to gain
his freedom from the Joliet peniten
tiary in one week. This effort will be
opposed by every civic and municipal
organization in Peoria, where for over
a quarter of a century Dougherty
steadily carried on a series of pecula
tions and forgeries. However, in view
of the pardon board's recent actions in
freeing Hering and Stensland, the Chi
cago bankers, who stole almost as
much as he and who served less time,
no surprise would be occasioned
should Dougherty be freed.
Letters were received from D- B.
Breed, clerk of the board of pardons,
announcing the hearing for Wednes
day, the 16th. State's Attorney Scholes
will go to Joliet to fight the pardon,
having had the hearing postponed
from the January meeting until next
week, so that he could attend and
put tip a fight. Fights were also made
in the Stensland and Hering cases
by the sufferers, but they availed noth
lng.
Dougherty was exposed in the Bum
mer of 1905 and indicted in the Sep
tember term of the circuit court and
was sentenced to the penitentiary on
five charges of forgery. His sentence
was the customary indeterminate one
and had the board wished it could
.have pardoned him In eleven months,
tie has now been in the penitentiary a
little over four years.
Because of the fact that he is a
Peorian and thus vitally interested in
in a re or in
iiey, member of the board, will not sit
In the Dougherty case. It will be heard
by Charles Eckhart and E. A. Snive
ly-
If Dougherty is pardoned the. ques
tion naturally arises as to whom he
will bTparoled?"^"HIS ^fe^on Horace
to whom he is paroled will have to
make* monthly reports to the board of
pardons sis to hi? conduct, his earnings
and his mode of living.
WEIGHING MAILS
ON FEBRUARY 17
Job will be Don* on Every Road West
of the Mississippi Clear
to the Coast.
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for
Voted to Strike.
SP1TZER GOES
TO PENITENTIARY
Sugar Trust Dishonest Official is
Sentenced to Two Years in the
Government Prison at
'i* Atlanta.
OTHERS ARE SERVING
Checkers are Already Serving One
Year Terms But Spitzer Gets
S'j"
Double Dose for Good
Measure.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—Oliver Spitz
er. former dock superintendent of the
American Sugar Refining company in
Williamsburg, who was convicted of
conspiracy to defraud the government
in connection with the short weighing
of sugar imports, was sentenced by
Federal Judge Martin today to two
years in the penitentiary at Atlanta.
The company's checkers convicted at
the same time, are now serving a one
year term on Blackwell's Island, but
Spitzer has been in the hospital and
could not be sentenced before.
George MacKellar, attorney for
Spitzer moved to have his client ad
mitted to bail, pending the perfecting
of an appeal to the United States cir
cuit court of appeals. The motion was
denied, but Judge Martin offered to
remand Spitzer to the custody of the
United States marshal, so that he
might remain in this jurisdiction thir
ty days, while the appeal papers were
prepared. MacKellar refused the of
fer, declaring that his client coula
not be admitted to bail, he might as
well begin serving sentence while the
appeal was being prepared, as the
time spent in a local Jail would not
be deducted from his sentence.
Spitzer will be taken to Atlanta this
afternoon.
Governor
CHICAGO, 111.. Feb. 10.—By a vote
reported as 80,007 to 91, the switch- and died two hours later
men who are member® of the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen of eighteen
Chicago railroads, decided In favor of
a strike. The general managers of the
railroads had refused to increase the
wages, but conceded certain changes
In the working rules, and offered to
submit the wage question to arbitra
tion. The railroad officials believe the
question will be settled by that me
thod and theire will be no strike.
pleasep
-v:rfy WITH PROSPECTS
Hadley Believes Missouri Should Get
Busy and Help Government in
River Work
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 10.—
Gov. Hardley is greatly gratified over
the $1,000,000 appropriation by con
gress for the Missouri river, and he
says there is
much the state can do
in the way of co-operation with the
national government for the improve
ment of the Missouri.
and daughter are all in Chicago. His
other son, Ralph, is in Denver. At
the time of the famous assumpsit suit
hearings in 1907 and 1908, when the
«x-superlntendent was brought to this
city to testify, he said that if he should
ever leave the penitentiary alive he
would come, to Peoria and convince
the people that everything was a mis
take and that he had acted in perfect
good faith, pleading gujlty only to districts which will make them more
avoid the inevitable crash following! effective. The governor has been In
suoh a case as his and in hopes of es-! strumental in awakening the farm
tablishing his innbcnce and restoring ?-s along the Missouri river at points
lis standing as a citizen again in a subject to overflow to the necessity
short time. If paroled he aid the one °f building levees to protect their
The state should encourage proper
legislation, he says, for the organiza
tion of levee and drainage districts
end the construction of dikes to pre
vent overflow. He will recommend to
the legislature next winter amend
ments to the laws relating to levee
lands. In Callaway, St. Charles and
St. Louis counties levee districts have
been organized.
HORSEMEN PLACE
BAN ON HOPPLES
National Trotting Association Decrees
That Straps Must
Go.
CHICAGO, Feb. 10.—Probablv the with the season of 1915 no hopples they are the work of his enemies,
most important rewets,hing of the]shall be used on pacing horses andj
infills in the history of uo riostoffice up to that time the device is to bei
department will begin on February 171 gradually eliminated. This decision
in what is known as the fourth divl-l was adopted by the twenty-fifth con-!
fiion, consisting of all the territory gress of the National association.
west of the Mlsslsslnni river tofthe|
"Hopples."
Pacific coast. Upon t.hse result of*the|4iot be used in races or in perform-,
reweighint? depends the settlement of ances against time on two-year-olds
many of the mooted questions which or under in 1911: on four-year-olds on
have been bothering the government. under in 1912 on flve-year olds or un-,
ami the. railroads
Foul Play Suspected,
OSKALOOSA. Feb. 10—Walter
Dutton, aged 36. of Eddyville, was
found in a bruised and unconscious
condition under the overhead bridge
in the Iowa Central wards at midnight
le suspected.
WAS RESULT. OF
Quarrel In a Store Was Followed by
Deliberate Murders and Ital-
Oo Not Wait For Mine Horror But Present Madriz of Nicaragua Makes
Engage in a Battle and Three *iit in New Orleans Bank
Ian Colony is in.
Uproar.
WASHINGTON. Pa., Feb. 10.—Three
Italians were shot to death as a re
sult of a feud among the Italians of
the Shaw mine, near Midway. John
Marks, a storekeeper, Is the alleged
murderer, and Toney Putchey is said
to have been an accomplice. Both
are being pursued by a posse of
Americans and the constabulary.
The shooting resulted from a quar
rel in Marks' store. Hours afterward
Marks and Putchey walked to the
home of John Panelli, one of tho dis
putants, and shot him dead. Ton3y
YalU was shot down when he ap
proached, to investigate the shooting.
Marks and Putchey hastened to the
honie of Mike Mania, who was also
concerned in the quarrel, and shot
Mania .dead. The Italian colony is
in an uproar.
ARRANGE RATES FOR
ELKS CONVENTION
Cent and a Half Per Mile for the Trip
to Detroit on July 11
to 17.
of Them are Shot as a Fund for Rainy
Dead. •, Day.
CHICAGO, 111., Feb. 10.—At a meet
ing between Frederick S. Burgess,
chairman of the executive committee
of the Elks and representatives of
the Central Paesengen Association,
it was decided t(. gyaat a .r&te fif .1%
cents a mile from all points within'
the jurisdiction of the, Central Pas
senger Association to Detroit for the
annual convention of the Elks, July
11 to 17. The tickets will be open and
will require no validation. They will
be good returning up to and includ
ing July 20. They will be on sale
at all Central Passenger Association
points from July 7 to 11. An exten
sion of thirty days to August 20 will
be granted by depositing the return
ticket and $1 with the railroad before
July 20.
CHARGED WITH
BEING CROOKED
Disbarment Proceedings Commenced
Against Attorney Johnson of
Decorah, Iowa.
DUBUQUE. Feb. 10—Disbarment
proceedings against E. J. Johnson, a
prominent attorney of Decorah, have
caused a big sensation in northeast
ern Iowa. Johnson has been a prac
ticing attorney in Winneshiek county
for years and had many clients among
the Scandinavians. Judge Hodson
appointed a committee of lawyers to
investigate Johnson's conduct, and this
committee filed twelve specific charges
against him. Among other things he
is charged with dishonesty, conversion
I of money belonging to clients, im
morality and deception of clients. The
hearing next week will be sensational.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—Beginning Johnson denies the charges and says
says the new rule, "shall
yoars. ler in 1914. after which time hopples
It is not at sll unlikelv that. thP re-ishnll be barred."
weighing will result In several radical! No action was taken by the associa
changes in the methods and in the tion on tte request from the stewards
rules and the pay given railroads for of the Grand circuit that horses shall:
transportation of the mails. Last year he eligible to start on half-mile tracks
the government paid the rnilroads ful-1 in classes four seconds slower than on
ly $47,000,000 for carrying the malls, mile track records.
and the railroads Insist, that the com
pensation was inadequate, while the
government Insists (hat It was, If any
tlilng, too great.
Foul play
Iowa Supreme Court Decisions.
[Special to The Gate Gity.]
DES MOINES, la., Feb. 10.—State
of Iowa against Sells, appellant,
Clarke, reversed.
State of Iowa against Adkins, appel
lant, Poweshiek, affirmed.
Maxwell against McCall appellant,
Washington, affirmed.
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KEOKUK, IOWA, THURSDAY, FEB. 10, 1910.
THESE MINERS FEATHERING NEST WRIGHT BROS
KILL EACH OTHER
Sl?* v'i
HE GETS READY TO RUN
put8 Hjs Bood|c jn the 8ame
That Zetaya Planted His Before
,He Made His-
Jump.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 10—DX Ma
driz, acting president of Nicaragua
has opened a personal account in a
bank here- The initial deposit was
$15,000. The banking Srm is the same
it is declared by Central Americans
here, as that with which former Presi
dent Zelaya had business dealings. It
is believed by the Central Americans
here that the action of Madriz indi
cates a serious condition in Nicaragua
and that Madriz is preparing for flight
should Estrada be victorious.
American Injured.
BLUEFIELDS, Feb. 10.—Gabriel
Bishop, American chief of artillery in
the Estrada army, was wounded in an
engagement near Lake Managua. His
condition is said to be serious. Bishop
is a native of New Iberia, La., and
distinguished himself in the battle of
Rec Reo.
PARIS POSTPONES
ITS MARDI GRAS
No Public Merry Making Until the
Flood Damage Has Been
Given Attention, j,
PARIS, Feb. 10.—The usual mardi
gras procession and fetes which were
to have been held were cancelled ow*
prevent a publIc MERry-makiuG and BO
avoid the danger of the sewers being
further choked up with the quantities
of confletti washed into them from the
streets.
The Seine has risen a few inches
during the twenty-four hours preceding
last evening, because of heavy rains,
which increased the volume of Its af
fluents above the city. However, there
is believed to be no danger of a repeti
tion of the recent flood conditions.
MILL EXPLOSION
KILLS SEVERAL
Many Were Also Injured When the
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BEFORE FLEEING REGIEVE MEDAL
,ace
Boiler Blew up Early this
Morning. s«
BAY CITY, Mich, Feb. 10.—Prince
ling's mill blew up today west of here,
killing three and fatally injuring two.
besides injuring ten others. The ex
plosion occurred just before starting
time this morning when the boiler
blew up without warning. A number
of miraculous escapes are reported.
Pioneer Merchant Dying. .«sS
CLEAR LAKE, Feb. 10.—John Hal
verson, a pioneer merchant, was
stricken with paralysis Sunday night
and is at the point of death
$1,000 to Carthage. 4
ROCKFORD, 111., Feb. 10—P. A. Pe
terson, a furniture manufacturer of
Rocltford, has given $1,000 to Carthage
college of Carthage, 111. 'V.
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Smithsonian Award is Given to the
Men for Their Great Achieve­
ment in Science of
Flying.
THE LANGLEY TROPHY
Justice Fuller of the Supreme Court
Ma£e the Address and Wilbur
Wright Made the
Response.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Wilbur
and Orville Wright today received the
recognition of the Smithsonian Insti
tution for their great achievement in
the science of aviation.
This was in the presentation to
them of the Langley medal authorized
by the regent of the institution and
named in honor of Samuel Langley,
late secretary of the institution who
was a pioneer in aeronautics in this
country. Chief Justice Fuller of the
United States supreme court, chancel
lor of the Institution, made the pre
sentation and Wilbur Wright re
sponded. Following the presentation
Wilbur Wright left for Florida, where
he is to conduct some experiments,
and Orville returned to Dayton.
LIKE THE END
OF SECOND ACT
Railroad Jack Play in Real Life Hap
pened In Little Illinois
Town.
ALBION, 111., Feb. 10.—An itinerant
telegraph operator, "working extra,"
failed to hand over a train order and
therefor is on his way, but he re
trieved his negligence and prevented
a collision between passenger trains
by a trick of daring and strength, be
for^-fle departed.
Train No. 2, westbound and late,
pulled out the Southern Railway sta
tion here without the operator having
delivered the order to hold it for the
passing of the east,bound train. He
rushed, frantically along the track,
missed the steps of the last car and
fell headlong.
On his feet again and running he
caught the rear rail, pulled himself
to the vestibule door, smashed the
glass and stopped the train. There
was just time to get back to Albion
when the eastbound train rushed by.
The operator did not show up.
PRIMARY ELECTION
FOR ILLINOIS
Today and Result Will be
Close.
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SPRINGFIELD, 111., Feb. 10.—Carry
ing all the primary election commit
tee amendments and after sidestep
ping the "blanket ballot" amendment
by a margin of a single vote in the
house the primary bill was advanced
to its third reading by the senate.
The vote today on its passage will be
an exceedingly close one. Bills for
separate nomination of members of
the legislature and the commission
form of municipal government are al
so ready to be placed on passage. The
senate ratified tli* proposed federa in
come! tax and rejected the resolution
for a probe of high prlces.if,
DEAD CATTLE
IN THE WRECK
That They Were Killed
on Spot.
and Little Hopes Were Enter­
tained That He Was
Alive.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 10.—In a hiead-oh
collison between two Chicago and Al
ton freight trains at Venice, 111., last
evening G. R. Williams, fireman on the
south-bound engine, was buried
beneath the wreck. His body had not
been found up to an early hour this
morning, and none of those working
on the wreck had any hope last night
he would be found alive. He was 30
years old, was married and lived
in Bloomlngton, 111. It was his first
road trip.
The south-bound train carried two
cars of cattle next to the engine. One
of these cars had nothing left but the
trucks after the wreck, and the other
was tilted up on top of the engine and
the tracks of the first cattle car. In
the cab of the south-bound engine was
the body of a dead steer that had been
wedged into the car so tightly it could
not be pulled out. A
All around the scene of the wreck
were dead and dying cattle. Fourteen
Injured ones were killed to put them
out of their misery.
In the cattle car that was up in the
air where the cattle could not be
reached there were some animals ap
parently not injured. From the first
cattle car, the framework of which
was demolished, some of the less badly
injured animals ran away and were
lost in the dark.
The north-bound crew was Jv Rieger,
conductor, J. M. Cronin, engineer, and
B. G. Grear, fireman. The south-bound
crew was F. Shuman, conductor, J. W.
Raymond, engineer, and G. R. Wil,
llams fireman. All of these, except
Williams, escaped injury. Officer Geo.
E. Bennett, Jr., of the Venice police,
was only half a block away when the
engines struck and heard Williams
scream as the wreck piled up on him.
AMELIA GLOVER
WAS ONCE STAR
Famous Actress and Dancer of Years
Ago Died in New York at
Age of 48
.if
yk'
U'lnai891COMiss
THE WEATHER:
Light Snow Flumes Coming
—Warmer Tomorrow.
EIGHT PAGES.
DIPTHERIA IS
LATEST MENACE
Stock Car Smashed and Many of the Cherry Threatened Now With an Epi-
Amlmala Were so Badly Injured
tiemic of the Disease Among
The Widows and
C. & A. FREIGHTS CLASH STARTED BY A NURSE
Fireman Buried Beneath the Wreck
Orphans.
No Doctor in the Village at the Time
When Free Milk was Dis­
tributed by Woman
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Question Comes to a Vote 'n^e House Giovei.( dancer, wh6 was famous fire which destroyed the First
twenty years ago l'or her beauty andj National bank building.
grace, died at the home of her sister! A. L. Vrazenschedt was killed jump
in this city. For years Miss Glover ing from a third story window. His
was one of the stars of John Russell's wife, and Wm. O'Conner were burned
comedians. She worked as a mem- to death. Crossed e'ectric wires are
her of the Russell aggregation with
such well-known stage folks as Wil
liam Collier, May Irwin, Dan Daly,
Theresa Vaughn, David Warfleld, Ig
naco Miartinelli, Joseph C. Miron, Nat
Goodwin and Kate Castleton. Some
of the shows that Miss Glover ap
peared in were The City Directory,
About Town, Natural Gas and We,
John H. Russell, the manager and pro
prietor of tiie companies in which she
had been appearing. Mr. Russell died
about ten years ago and soon after his
wife was married to Al. Lawrence and
retired from the stage. She was about
4S years old.
CAPTAIN SHARP
PASSES AWAY
Served with Honor in Spanish-Ameri
can War and Commanded
"the Vixen
Big Packing Plant.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Fen. 10—Busi
ness men here and in towns in the
southwestern part of Iowa are form
ing a company with a capital stock
of $250,000. It is to be known as the
Iowa Corporative Packer Co. Tho
big plant will probably ,h« 'orated
here.
Stricken.
CHERRY, 111., Feb. 10.—Every wid
cw and orphan of the St. Paul mine
fire Is exposed to diphtheria through
professional nurses who are attend
ing the sick. After dealing out free
milk to nearly 200 women and chil
dren, Miss Frances Wheeler, of Chi
cago, one of the four nurses here,
was stricken with diphtheria. The
other three nurses attended her
through the night, tbere being no doc
tor here. Dr. Guilfoyle, of Arlington,
was called. No anti-toxin is obtain
able and Miss Wheeler was not in
oculated. The other three nurses
made regular calls and last night two
of them measured out the free milk
at the railroad station.
Mrs. Miller, keeper of the nurses'
home, and her two children were sent
to live at a public boarding house. As
nearly everybody has been exposed,
rumorB of an epidemic are numerous,
but the nurses say there is no dancer.
The nurses' home will be disinfected
and Miss Wheeler will be isolated.
A stampede was narrowly averted
in the mine when several tons of
brick and concrete part of the burn
ed fan house, fell 350 feet down the
escape shaft. Several carpenters had
descended in a temporary elevator
to rebuild the incinerated curbing.
After loosening several timbers to
facilitate the work, the carpenters
Jh^ard .a cracking sound above them.
The contractor ordered the' 'men to
the surface immediately.
Then the loosened superstructure
tottered and fell. The men clearing
the underground roadways ran to the
hoisting shaft, but returned to work
on hearing what had occurred. Man
ager Taylor said he expected to get
at the 16G or more bodies 'n the mine
by next week.
THREE DEAD
FROM THE FIRE
Jersey Shore Bank Burned and Two
Were Burned While One Jumped
ipppi From Window.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—Amelia Three persons lost their lives in a
JERSEY SHORE, Pa., Feb. 10.—
believed to have caused the fire,
THE WEATHER.
Weather Forecast.
For Keokuk and vicinity: Light
snow flurries tonight or Friday warm
er Friday.
For Iowa: Light snow flurries to-
Glover was married to °r Friday warmer tonight and
in east, portion Friday-
For Illinois: Fair and warmer to
night Friday increasing cloudiness
with rain or snow In afternoon or
night.
For Missouri: Increasing cloudi
ness- with rain or snow late tonight
or Friday: warmer tonight aud cast
portion Friday.
Weather Conditions.
The eastern area of low pressure,
moving to New England. ha3 been
attended by snow flurries from the
Missouri river eastward, through the
lake region to the northeastern states
ari( ra
WASHINGTON, D- C„ Feb. 10.— The western field of high pressure
Capt. Alexander Sharp, president of has passed to the Mississippi valley,
the board of inspection for shore sta-1 accompanied by temperatures below
tions of the navy department, died to-j zero in Dakotas and the northern
day at the naval school hospital. Mississippi valley, and colder weather
Captain Sharp entered the naval ser-: in the central valleys.
vice from Missouri .in 1870. Duringl A moderate depression extends over
the Spanish-American war he com-j the mountain region, from Montana
manded the Vixen, being advanced five I to Texas, here the temperature is rls
numbers in grade for eminent and con- ing, and snow is falling in Utah.
spicuous service while engaged upon! Conditions are favorable for snow
I that duty. He commanded the battle-i flurries in this section tonight or Frl
ship Virginia on the voyage of the fleet I day, and warmer Friday.
around the world.
a O at
ins in the southern states.
KEOKUK, Feb. 10.—
Bar. Ther. Wind- Weather
9 7 p. m...30.31 29 W Clear
10 7 a- m...30.35 13 NW Cloudy
River: Frozen.
Feb. 9.—Mean temperature. 27 de
grees: maximum. 32: minimum. 22.
FRED Z- GOSEWTSCll.
Observer.