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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-21
SHOT HIMSELF DEAD
Young Minister Kills Bimseli ID inc Presence of Woman Who
 Had Rsjecled Him.

Dallas, Texas, Dec 21.--ln the presence of the young woman who had just refused to marry him, tho Rev w. Woodfolk, aged 22, last night shot himself through the heart and fell dead across the couch on which the terrified young woman had been reclining.
 WoodfOlk called upon the young woman at the home of c. M. Nevitt. his cousin. Mrs Nevitt had just left the room and Woodfolk renewed his suit, having been rejected previously. Again refused, he drew the weapon and fired once, his body falling limp at the feet of the girl.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-21
CASTRO SEEKING WARSHIPS.
Report Has It That He Is Orderine
 Artillery In Germany

Berlin, Dec 21.-Conjectural re- ports are circulating in the press here that President Castro is negotiating with German ohipyards for the con struction of several warships to repel such actions as Holland is now talk ing It is furtIier stated that Castro intends ordering artillery in Ger many for the Venezuelan army.
 The imperial ministry of marine flatly denies the report that Ger man squadron will proceed to Amerl- can waters this spring. The German foreign office declares that no politi- cal subjects have been broached dur ing Castro's visit here.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-21
Gamblers Were All Fined.

New Haven. Dec 21.-Seventeen men. arrested during a police raid early yesterday morning on Wallace street. where it is alleged they were sallblirs, were arraigned in court to day. Sav9tore Pelligrini, the pro- rYietor. WAS sentenced to sixty days Ill jail gnG also to pay $25 and costs All tke others were fined B and costs c1cl.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-21
He His Back.

There had been a domestic spat at breakfast
 You monster"' snapped the matron, who was always scolding You are not like my two former husbands. They were tender men,"
 '1 never doubted that they were tender. Maria ventured the meek man, when you kept them in hot water all the. time" And he just cleared the front porch two yards ahead of the rolling pin. Chicago News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-21
THAW STAYS IN ASYLUM.
Cannot Be Taken to Pittsburg tt
 Testify,

Philadelphia, December 21.- Harry K. Thaw cannot be taken to Pittsburg to testify in the bank ruptcy proceedings, according to a decision handed down to-day by the United States circuit court of appeals here. This decision affirms the ac- tion taken by the United States court for the western district of Pennsylvania, which quashed a writ of habeas corpus, compelling the su- perintendent of Mattewan asylum to turn Thaw over to a marshal for ap- pearance in Pittsburg.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-21
Big Feed Mills Burned.

Stamford, Dec 21.-The feed mills of Samuel c. Ingersoll were burned early to-day and four horses and d large quantity of machinery and stock were destroyed. The loss will be $25,000. The fire is believed to have been started by tramp who went into the mill for shelter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-21
STEEL NEEDS NO PROTECTION
Such Was the Testimony of Andrew
 Carnegie To-day.

Washington, December 21.-Tha at he steel industry of the United States has reached a point, where it 1oes not need protection, but can stand alone in competitor with the world, was the feature of the testi- many of Andrew Carnegie to-day be- lore the committee on ways and means of the house, which is seek .ng evidence designated to assist in he preparation of a new tariff bill, which will come up at the extra ses- sion of congress.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-21
Pats Services.

Clergyman-Pat there's hole In the roof of the church, and I am try ing to collect money sufficient to re- pair it. Come, now. what will you contribute? Pat-Me services, sor Clergyman-What do you mean, Pat? You are no carpenter. Pat-.No, but if it rains next Sunday Oi'll sit over the hole. -Pearson's.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-21
A Way Msn Have.

"When q man talks about luck" said Uncle Eben. he nearly allus means hard luck, cause when he's prosper ous he's gwinter take all de credit foh his own smahtness." - Washington Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-21
Himini and tho Fountain of Youth

Bimini was fabulous island firmly believed in by the Ino:ans of the An titles, though they could give no fur .ther clew to its location than that 1t lay some hundreds Of leagues north of Hispaniola. On this island was the famous fountain of youth, giv- ing perpetual health and vigor. It was the search for this fountain tbat led Ponce de Leon and Fernando de Soto to Florida, on the outskirts of which the island was generally sup posed to be situated.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-21

Best bargains in diamonds. watch es, iewelry and silverware at NJ. A. Greens, 200 Bank street, Bucking- ham building
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-21

How poor are they that have no pa tience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees es?-Shakespeare.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-21
WEATHER FORECAST.

Forecast for Connecticut: Fair in south, snow in north portion to- night; Tuesday fair and colder; light westerly winds.
 There is no well defined storm on the map this morning but slight dis turbances are central in the lower Mississippi valley, Canada and the extreme northwest. These disturb ances are producing considerable cloudy weather in the eastern and southern sections.
 The temperature is rising in the eastern sections and falling slowly in the central and western sections.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity partly cloudy weather tonight: Tuesday and Wednesday fair and slightly colder.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-21

And many other things you may find in the Rubber Store that will make useful gifts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-16

The Davenport Democrat says in its
editorial columns:
Friends OF Major S. H. NJ. Byers OF
Des Moines are preparing to recon-
mend him TO President Taft for a dip
lomatie post. Mr.. Byers was in the
consular service for twenty years.
was a gallant soldier. the author of
the well-known song, "Sherman's
March to the Sea, and his literary
work has been credit TO the state.
What the Democrat says concerning
Major Byers is true, and much more
might be adduced in his behalf If
endorsements for a diplomatic post are
desired outside OF Des Moines the ma
jor can get them by the score in Keo-
kuk and elsewhere over the state. He
has brought noteworthy honor to Iowa
alike by his public services and his
pen, and his many friends would like
to see him receive recognition and re-
ward by appointment to a position in
keeping with his talents and character.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-16

.elt It my duty to and did vote for the
Republican candidates for state Of
fees. And since Folk has been defeat
ed by the ring / can not see anything
ahead of that party in this state but
the darkest gloom and will not follow
a party into bottomless abyss OF
moral destruction.
Since the election | have been do
ing some hard practical thinking. II
doesn't require magnifying glass to
see that practically all the successful.
conservative business men or this
country have utterly and irretrieyably
lost all confidence in the Democratic
party and 1t keeps on permitting itself
to be used for the purpose of soaring
the country into financial connipton
fits every four years. If 1t has no
more wisdom than TO be wandering
unclothed ghost in the great valley OF
industrial progression it ought TO stay
buried. From party of conservatism
and lofty ideas ii seems 10 have been
rebuilt into squeaky vehicle TO haIi
most any old repudiated politician into
Office. And 1t looks more that way IN
Missouri But there: | don't say
these harsh things to hurt my Demo
cratic friends nor to tickle my new
ones-they are Just what I've been
thinking. and if they had the candor
to acknowledge it forty per cent OF
the Democrats are thinking al, 1g
similar lines
Il shall not abuse Democrats Tor,
while no longer sympathize with
them. God knows | have sympathy
-N- a,-
would like to see the party redeem its
good name
We have reproduced the News ar
ticle in extenso because it states IN
controvertible facts which should be
given the widest publicity. The old
ring under the leadership of Gum
shoe" Bill tSone is again in
the saddle at the head OF
the Democratic party in Mis-
souri,, and no one acquainted with
conditions in that state prior to the
election OF Folk as governor need be
told what this means. The defeat of
Folk for senator ny Stone is in itself
sufficient cause for the News change
of front. When TO this is added the
fact cited by that paper that practic-
ally all the successful, conservative
business men OF the country have lost
confidence in the Democratic party,
and for the best OF reasons. longer at
hliation with it becomes exceedingly
difficult 10 intelligent, conscientious
men who stand for purity in politics
and the highest general good. The
News is to be congratulated upon the
step it has taken and is cordially well
come to the Republican household
No small degree of courage was reQuir-
ed to come out thus openly and repu-
date the party with which it has been
disinterestedly identified. The motives
that animate the News and its splen-
did courage assure that it will be a
valuable addition to the party OF prog
ress and prosperity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-16

Four hundred thousand pounds of
speeches We're printed for campaign
purposes at the government printing
Office during the campaign Just ended,
This aggregate means a total of T.
41S,7o0 copies of speeches that repre-
sentives and senators had printed for
distribution among their constituents.
These speeches. which are reprinted
generally. though frequently with
amendments and additions, from the
plates used in the Congressional Rec
ord, are paid for by the congressman
ordering the supply Those used dur
ing the last campaign far exceed in
bulk the records of former years. II
collected they would have made about
fourteen carloads, while the printed
sheets, set edge TO edge, would have
covered about forty-dve acres.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-16
The Matter of Municipal Lighting.

To the Editor OF The Gate City:
| think the suggestion of Mr.. G. l..
Baker in Saturday evenings issue a
good one. only that Mr.. Becker seems
to have overlooked the fact that the
city of Keokuk is the citizens of keo-
kuk, and while the Lantern clubs ex-
tension for year might save the city
$4,000. it would probably cost the
Lantern club nearly double that
amount.
Now. what l would suggest, to car
ry out Mr. BIS idea, would be for the
citizens, instead of furnishing Ian
terms and being bothered with clean
ing, trimming, lighting, etc, to say
nothing of the cost of oil, which by
the way is a very poor light at best,
TO make arrangements with the cleo
trio light company to furnish the
lights.
l am quite sure the light company
would be willing to furnish the Ian
tern club light for the city at about
the same price that they charge the
city. but even if they should charge
say % per cent more, the Lantern
club Tor citizens as you prefer would
still save money and labor and at the
same time have much better lights
What think you?
ROB'T. REEFS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-16
BUY HOLIDAY GOODS EARLY

Thanks TO the ofI-repeated good
advice Of the newspapers, people are
gradually overcoming the bad habit
OF waiting until the congested period
comes with its crush and depleted
stocks ar all the annoyances of
massed and riotous shopping before
making their holiday purchases.
There is still room for improvement,
however. and to encourage timely
and deliberate shopping some sug-
gestions OF writer in Milwaukee
paper are reproduced IN this con
nection as follows:
Think ahead sir weeks and IN
your minds eye see the hurry and
scurry and hurlyburly that viii dom
mate your home and favorite shops
as they did just before Christmas
last year and the year before. and
the year before that. etc. Cant yoQ
see the tired. oyeTxrought 1onan's
scramble az the bargain counters. the
scramble which IS as inevitable be-
fore Christmas each year as is the
twenty-ffth OF December Itself?
wise young matron OF our &C
qUaintance tails US that she has for
several ysars done al OF her Christ
mas shopping on the first OF Noveu-
Der and has had TIE Merry Christ
mas cards written the gifts prop
eriy appo--loned and the packages
neatly wrapped and ready 70 mail
or express Ten days before the an
uBal festival
Tou have no idea What a relief
this Is 70 ne this woman SAYS. I
hare tiule 70 select the gifts ior ny
friends deliberately and know what
an b1Ti1g believe on some
= .tcles ! actually save money
kaox thai ! an rot buying from the
frszzIed End d merchants stock
md that preseEtz have Tot been 4w-
Il over b. q taouzand shoppers. The
reai I'm q re th5ng however, is 70
III tecg ii mr. easr chair during the
uaouts 81 December and watch all
~ NJ rfycr. der. foolish trends in
ne rols3sY stopping rot
TIE foregoing sounds Ike good
ssasA. ard Il K good sense without
: doart. Il Il possible that some
merchants raaY not hare on display
.sei- fiji holidzy stocks At this time.
zad PERHAPS =o-ne individual pur-
czzse-s are mt - well prepared to
agy This weeE e they viii be next
1eek Pr rise men and women
xiii ro- rzit uutil the last moment,
Fl -e-er 70 themselves. the tired
e,erxs II he retail stores, and the
poor pog--zn
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-16
BOTH RIGHT.

ne ReT cyr4s Townsend Brady
~ zutho-. al>o TIE rector Of Trinity
gzr4aa. Tole1o. Ohio, has resigned
IA rec-orzhip under peculiar circum-
s.z-ces sczae time ago, while pre-
siding oger Z vestry meeting. he OBJ
tse+e9 80 expressions used by vestTy-
nza and ruled them out Of order
go1. he wag told that he was
5rezer.t oalY b. courtesy and had no
sg5cTstr oyer ne members. He re-
ssnE6@d rat he was rector. and his
ssc-5tT was from the canon Of the
ea1res To THIS reply was made that
.as cazre-. wsg chartered by the state
q Oblo. sn6 he yestry alone was rec,
1erfz46 BIZ re charter. Nr Brady
taea TiiEsdrex. and although later in
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-16


vited to come back. refused. saying
that he could not accept as courtesy
and privilege what he regarded as
legally right. 1t appears that. after
waiting reasonable time, and still
being denied his 'right, he has re-
signed.
The Springfield Register, presum-
ably good authority, says that this is
a case where both the vestry and the
rector are right, each from the point
OF view of source of authority; but,
if the congregation recognizes the
charter as superior to the canon, tae
rector loses. Whether the church
can be disciplined by the diocese is
another question
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-16
ARE OUR SCHOOLS 4 FAILURE

Colonel Charles ". Larned. L. s. A..
Professor OF Technical and Military
Graphics and Applied Geometry at
West Point, contributes 10 one of the
leading magazines an article calculst-
cd to surprise most readers OF it on
The Ineff1ciency OF the Public
Schools" The article is based upon
the results of the examination. which
took place last March. OF the appli-
cants for entrance to the Military
Academy The applicants came from
the public schools-high schools and
grammar schools-in ali parts of the
country On an average. they had at
tended these schools for about ten
years. Three hundred and fourteen
applicants were examined. and al that
number eighty-tour per cent failed in
one or more subjects. Were the matter
not 50 serious the specimen replies
which Colonel Laned quotes from the
examination papers would be amusing
in the extreme Here Is one instance.
IN, young man from Mississippi.
OF good family. after eight years Of
mental etfort-fTe in the grammar
school and three n the high sclool-
made q clean sweep Of erery subject.
II q buoyaut flight over the felas O.
general history. he finds Athens and
Sparta On the Tigress. His rer10-
-ardum on .f1a Spanish Tnnutsi1tc1 Is
Z medal % succiac- statement.
Spanish King tried 70 make every oae
IT.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-16
Advertising AphorIsm.,

Brains: A squirrel rife is noo,
weapon when you are hunting Gle.
plants, and an elephant rife wonId
not be very useful nor very econom,.
cal In hunting squirrels. Moral: Mata
up your mind as to just what class O,
people your line OF goods should in
terest and go after them with copy 10
suit and in the medium which
reaches them.
The hen is a good advertiser
when she lays an egg she lets every
one know about it. When you make
an improvement in your store or get
in some special goods get right out
and initiate a hen-only don't use the
same tone of voice.
Good advertising is telling the
truth. But 1t consists in telling the
truth in an attractive manner.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-16
What Might Happen.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: A commit
tee of Scott county citizens which has
been Investigating the matter reports
that majority of the members of
both the house and senate, of the Iowa
legislature, are in favor Of changing
the states liquor laws. 1t is sought
to have the mulct either considerably
changed, or repealed and a new law
enacted In its place.
There are some things about the
mulct law that could be changed with
out doing violence to right. But the
statute isn't such bad law after all.
1t has worked very we'll Its pro.
visions are such that, wherever 1t has
operated to make open saloons, con.
Quoted under commendable restric.
tons, take the place of holes-in-the
wall and open defiance of the pro.
hibitory law, conditions are quite de.
sirable. The mulct law operates very
we'll in Cedar Rapids. The greatest
objection has come from several OF
the river cities, where there has been
opposition to some of the restrictions
of the mulct law-restrictions which
the very large majority of the citizens
of Iowa endorse.
Numerous citizens Of Iowa who have
not been extremists either way on the
temperance question have opposed
opening the question anew. They be
lieve conditions are very satisfactory
Some of them also believe that If the
question were re-opened not only
would the mulct law be repealed, bu,
local option law would NOT be en-
acted in its stead
In other words. Iowa might have 6
prohibitory law attached to its con
stitution, and some of the present OBJ
jectors would then undoubtedly con
slider their last state to be worse thar
their first, or present position
The Gazette is. not defending the
mulct law in its entirety, neither is i
pleading for constitutional prohibi
ton; 1t is simply calling the attention
of some deeply interested people tt
what may happen if taey start some
thing"
Better live up to the present Law
and let it go at that.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-16
Mrs. casex,s Politics

New York Sun: '"Tis bad form
for to boast. as my Michael said TO
the cop from the Oak street station
who threatened for to break his head
ard Michael TUX the nightshick away
from him and thin putt it all over him
wild his bare fists. I'll not boast. but
I'll say this for the Irish: Give EN-
all they ask for and they'll give half
of it back to We and the other half to
their friends. That's the reason
there's so few Irish signs in Wall
street.
"They do betther in polytics. The
wondher is they ever lose. 'Tis so
like fighting But Bryan's an Irish
name. too. If he would sthrut less
and thrade more twud be grand
thing for the partly To sthrut and
to pose thin is Mr.. Bryan's worst
faults. AS the dear dead poet SAYS:
Why man, he doth hesthride the mar
now wurrud,' he saws like a COLOSSUS.
"a sort of giant, dye mind like
Colossus and we petty men SAYS he.
walk undher his huge legs and peep
about he says, to find ourselves dis
honorable graves, says he.
Casey and twas whin me ould
man wus living wanst heard a actor
wild Eddie Booth say thin lively lines
and niver forgot thin. They fit Mr..
Bryan and there's man / love too.
My Michael wud fight for him. He
does. He's captain Of our precinct and
amy man. he be Dago, Greek or
Scandinavian. who won't promise to
vote for Mr.. Bryan gets walon from
( my Michael He has most of thin
pledged"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-16
A Missouri Mother In Israel.

Downing (Mo.) News: Grandmoth-
er Smith is one of the staunchest
Republicans in this city and when
the boys were celebrating the vic
tory the other night she put lighted
candles in the windows of her big,
new house and then sat down to read
the Globe-Democrat with a thankful
heart and In peaceful contentment.
Mrs. Smith is getting quite aged but
she has never lost interest in the
Republican party and she hates Bill
Stone "worse'n pizen."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-16
Psdestrian's Riahts vs.. Au.omobII.

Seoeslrssr's Rights vs. AUTOMOBILES.
Cedar Rapids Republican: The fol.
loving question has been submitted
for an answer:
Il am about to cross street. afoo+
IN the distance some automobilist be-
gins 70 toot his horn. Am / expected
TO stop and wait until the man in the
car has used the street, or. can i go
on. as I Dlease?"
Perhaps this question should have
been submitted to LAWYER. This pa.
Per can only give the que tfoner news.
paper advice. not legal advice and
newspaper advice is generally Just
common sense advice.
In this way we would answer that
10 one is bound TO stop at the com.
mand OF an automobiles footing. The
man afoot has just as many rights on
the streets as has the man with the
automobile. The man afoot can con
time his pace across the street. 1t is
the duty of the man in the autono.
bile to have his car under such con-
troll. as far as speed is concerned. that
ne Col sun II @IliilU the 1901. at
street CROSSINGS. No automobile has
right to run the street crossings at
hreakneck sDeed. The driver is al
ways supposed to be in complete pos
session of his machine II he is not in
such possession and he mains or kills
any one at crossing he is to that
extent guilty of the manning or the
numbering. and he should be held
strictly TO the extent OF his liability.
The footing of the automobile horn
Is misleading to some people They
have an idea that 1t gives them the
same rights as those possessed by a
railway train that whistles for a
crossing. But the railway train runs
in given place, on its own right of
way and on its own tracks. 1t has
( special rights and 1t is not compelled
! to slack up for crossings. 1t is the
business of pedestrians and others to
keep out OF the way. to stop. to look
and to listen, before they venture
across the tracks.
But automobile drivers have no
such rights in the streets They have
the same rights that pedestrians have.
and no more. 1t is their business TO
! avoid others as much as 1t is the bust
/ hess of others to avoid them Pedes-
/! TRANS can cooperate with automobile
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-16
REPuplA-Es oEnoca a.g-1

The Canton No New5 Frszk
Hills editor md Ie5sisae- z-eg-ees
in It's --latest tss1a tazt aan esc-e Is
will be Re1utlicso -ers5z-z- s-
that is editor VII 4o-e tas Ra
can ticket. Il sars m. s 49, +.
taken after muca ce,n Deliberate
and consideration 81 polite. ssce--
eral and not through pine y -
nor for personal aspirations. ~ ~
for business reasons L Z
that the change VIII -esul. 4 e-s-efst
loss If It makes any diee-azez 80
receipts of the paper Tze la
reason is thus STATED b. Edf.c-
Il do not wan. 70 alz5o~a.e
subject that is probably - -
interest to most Of mr. rezds-s ~
that my position MAJ b .a..4- IS.
Iderstood will say that hzYe eIvsrr
laoored for purity in politics I'D c.4z
men In office and was on n 49,
advocates Of Folk for govsrn1r are
always opposed the old s,zra $50
with all the yehemence in M I'm ~
power This old ring having agar ~
lin control of the Democratic rsr-g. I