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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-30
] JAMES w. GORDON
TO BE SPEAKER
Voters of the City are Urgently Re.
quested to be Present at Y. NJ.
c. A. Sunday Afternoon
Meeting.

James w. Gordon, county attorney
of Henderson county, ILL.,, will be the
Sunday afternoon speaker at the Y.
NJ. c. A. and one of the best programs
Of the year has been arranged. The
will be An interesting one to
the voters of the city as the talk OF
Mr.. Gordon's will be along political
lines. His subject "Citizenship and
Law Enforcement is one uppermost
in the minds of men and it will be
treated in full by the Henderson coun-
ty attorney.
The meeting is one to which every
voter in the city of keokuk is invited
and urged to attend. Mayor Strim-
back will be present to preside at the
meeting and Theo. A. Craig will in
troduce the speaker of the day.
Preceding the meeting a half hour
concert will be given by Marder's
string quintet and good program has
been arranged.
Letters are being sent out by the
association to many of Keokuk's citi-
zens and all should grasp the oppor-
tunity of being present to hear MIR.
Gordon, who is we'll known through
Illinois for his oratory
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-30
CLUB
AT MON1ROSE
Branch Number One Has Been Formed
Up There and the Good Work
Is Being Extended to
Other Towns.
THE LATEST CLUB NEWS
The Club Offers Reward of 500 For
Arrest and Penitentiary SEN
tence of the Lantern
Thieves

Branch No. 1 of the Keokuk Ian
tern Club has been formed at Mon
trose and branch No. is In process
of formation at LaPorte, Iowa. The
president and organizer of the Keo-
kuk Lantern Club leaves tomorrow
evening for LaPorte to organize the
branch there, but will not go to Mon
trose for the Montrose Journal has
started the branch club there already
and the members there will begin
qualifying this evening.
The following item clipped from the
Montrose Journal. shows that the city
city up the river is there with the
lanterns and has applied for charter.
The Lantern Club which was or
ganized in Keokuk since the accident
at the power house is becoming quite
popular. The streets are being light
ed by members OF the club hanging
lanterns in front of their houses, and
the membership now numbers over
500. 1t would be well for Montrose to
organize lantern club as we never
have any street lights and on these
dark nights 1t is pretty hard to get
around. We would like to see every
enterprising citizen hang lanterns in
front of their homes and places of
business until bed time Friday night
and keep it up during the winter and
see what difference it will make.
At LaPorte, the lighting plant burn
ed down Wednesday morning and the
city is in darkness That city will be
/ without lights for sixty days and a
! branch of the Keokuk Lantern Club
will be organized there for the bene-
| fit of the people.
Other cities, nearby, are consider
ing the forming of branches of the
/ Keokuk Lantern Club and Keokuk
will in time become famous as the
head Office of what promises to be-
come a national organization.
Directors Meeting.
At the meeting last evening of the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-30

washed my children's heads with Cuti-
cura Soap and then applied the wonder
full ointment, Cuticura. did this four
or five times and can say that they have
been entirely cured. I have another
baby who is 80 plump that the folds Of
skin on his neck were broken and even
bled. used Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
the trouble had disappeared. / am
using the Cuticura Remedies yet when
ever any of my family have any sores. +
can never recommend Cuticura suffi-
ciently;it is indispensable in every home.
! cannot find its equal. Nine. Napoleon
Duceppe, Al Duluth St., Montreal, Que.
May 81, 1907"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-30
SCHOOL BOARD
and THE BIDS
Did Not Award the Contract For Heat
ing Plant Last Evening But
Ordered an Investiga-
tfon.
DOESN'T LOOK WRONG
Directors Were Close Mouthed About
the Matter Which May Turn
Out to be False
Alarm.
DOESN'T LOOK WRONG

At the meeting last evening of the
board of education, the bids for in
stalling the heating and ventilating in
the new school building we're referred
back to the building committee and no
action was taken
A meeting of the board as commit
tee of the whole was held jsut before
the meeting at which the matter came
up and was discussed, 30 that the
cause for the action was no. made pub
lie, the newspaper reporters being de-
MED admittance at the secret session
and being told in private afterwards
that there appeared to be something
wrong some place in the plans given
out to the bidders
No one would agree t.aat there was
really anything wrong. but there was a
suspicion which needed investigation
and the building committee is to meet
Saturday evening to look into tn mat
ter and report at the next meeting.
The King Plumbing Company was
| the lowest bidder on the work, as will
be remembered and there were four
other bidders. The trouble in camp is
said not to be with any of the bidders,
but some place in the specifications.
! One of the directors remarked that
the investigation would not affect the
! bids in any way.
The many snags run against during
the construction of the high school
/ building, has caused the directors to
be very careful on this new building
and while the scare may amount to
nothing, as some of the directors
state, there was suspicion that some
thing was wrong and it is to be in
vestigated and Strengthened out.
| When tae board came to order
every director was present, also the
superintendent, Architect Radcliffe
John R. King and the newspaper repre-
sentatives. After the minutes of the
previous meeting had been approved
the executive session was held and the
newspaper men and Mr. King Were
asked to step into another room, the
board being closeted with the archi
: tect while the cloud On the horizon
was disposed of.
AS the matter may be only scare
Or mistake which was unintentional
the board would make no statemen
the nature of it, but it is understood
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-30
Acid And AlkaIi
In The Stomach
Disests the Food Naturally If In Right
Proportion; If Not, hen
Dyspepsia.

Acid and alkali make up the liquid
known as gastric juice, which digests
your food.
If through abuse of the stomach, or
weakness of blood or through scores
of other causes this gastric juice is
not made up correctly of acid and al
kali, your stomach cannot digest food.
Such stomach then acts as a pit
where the food lies ferments, decays,
is thrown off at last, either into the
ntestines or is vomited from the
system.
If thrown into the intestines a large
proportion Of it is taken up and pass
ed into the blood, for the intestines
are covered on the inside surfaces
with millions of little mouths which
are placed there to suck nourishment
for the blood,
You may readily see that if instead
of good rich nourishment, there is vile
poisonous fermented bile and acid,
these same little mouths suck some of
it by necessity and pass it into the
hlooL. The blood in turn throws it off
and the system is Immediately placed
in an imperfect state.
The blood is weakened, the tissues
lost strength, the skin becomes dis
eased and man in general suffers in a
score of places.
Then again the blood furnishes gas
tric juice to she stomach for when the
gastric juice is not needed cor diges-
tive purposes it goes back to the blood
When food comes into the stomach the
nerves along the Alimentary Canal and
in the mouth sigma. the brain for help
sufficient gastric juice to do the work
we'll and quickly.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets go into
! the stomach, balance the gastric juice
/ digest the food, are taken up by the
/ blood, purifies 1t and when the food
I comes again to the stomach natural
1 gastric Juice of right proportion greets
it an does it's wowrk perfectly After
time these little tablets restore Ma
ture, build up the gastric juice and
there is no longer dyspepsia.
| Every druggist carries them il
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10000 physicians will attest their wore
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once, or send us your name and ad
dress today and we will send you i'm
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Stuart Bldg, Marshall, Mich.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-30
All Humors

Are impure matters which the skin, liver,
kidneys and other organs cannot take care
OF without help.
Pimples, boils, eczema and other erup-
tions, loss of appetite, that tired feeling,
bilious turns, fits of Indigestion, dull head
aches and many other troubles are due to
them, They are removed by
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-30
A Citizens Suggestion.

~ SiSILSn SuSSCot'OUs
To the Editor of The Gate City:
In this time Of distress and darkness
due to the accident to the electric light
plant / venture to make a suggestion
as to the temporary lighting of the
streets.
Anyone who has been out these dark
nights has noticed how much more
light than he expected single lantern
of the coal oil variety gives when sus-
pended as some enterprising and pub
lie spirited citizens have suspended
their lanterns, over the street inter
sec..ons.
Would it not be possible for the city
to purchase enough lanterns and pro-
vide man to light, one lantern for
each former arc light. The poles are
there with the means Of hosting up
the lantern, and all that is required Is
man to do the lighting and cleaning.
1t just is at the intersections that one
wants the light to make the gutter
crossings safe.
A single lantern will do great deal
to dispel the gloom at these 1ntersec-
tons for the next six weeks or two
months At the end of that time when
the new engine is installed the Ian
terms can be auctioned and most Of the
cost of lantern be recovered. The city
is saving from the light rentals, which
is OF course not now being paid to the
electric company, enough to do this
lighting, probably a cheaper light than
the arc lights.
While the lantern club Is all very
well it Is a duty which will not be we'll
or methodically performed, to light the
streets with private lanterns. And
when a few have been stolen from
public spirited citizens the enthusiasm
will subside, and no light put out. !
notice in my neighborhood that al
ready by midnight there are but two
lights to be seen in many blocks and
the streets are practically unlighted.
City fathers to the rescue.
CITIZEN.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-30
PAINFUL ULCER
On Foot for q Year. Healed by
Two Sets of Cuticura

IT had an ulcer on my foot for year
or more and it was very painful as it
but his treatment did not heal it. About
eight months ago / commenced to use
Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment,
and Cuticura Pills. used two sets and
1t is now all healed up. Mrs. E. F. Ryder,
West Brewster, Mass, April 20, 1907"
Complete External and Internal Treatment for
Every Humor Of Infants Children and Adults
CutieurA Ointment l60c) to Heal the Skin. and
Cutcura Resolyent (6oc or 10 the form Of Chocolate
Bold throughout the world. Potter Drug 4 Chem.
Corp, Sole Props, Boston. Man.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-30
Had a close Call.

Mrs. Ada L. Coon, the widely
known proprietor of the Coon hotel,
Vaughn, Miss, says: For several
months l suffered with a severe cough
and consumption seemed % have it's
grip on me, when friend recommend
ed DR.. Kings New Discovery, began
taking 1t, and three bottles affected a
complete cure" The fame of this life
saving cough and cold remedy, and
lung and throat healer IS world wide.
Sold at Wilkinson & Co.'S drug store.
soc and $1o0 Trial bottle free.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-30
Hoods SarsapariIIa
In usual liquid form or in chocolated
tablets known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses 81.

that some bidders bid upon one size
of certain art of the heating plant
and other bidders bid upon different
size, so an investigation is to be made
why all bids were not upon the same
specifications all of the way through.
Two travelling men for Chicago
plumbing houses are suspicioned Of
stirring up the matter. They represent
no one who bid, but were present at
the public meeting, although they did
not speak. They are known to have
talked to the directors during the day.
A letter was received by the Chicago
firm which put in bid on the job,
stating that they could do the work
lower and better if given the contract,
even though they were not the lowest
bidders and suggesting some changes
which they would have made. This let
ter was referred to the building COM
mittee.
The impression prevails that the
King Plumbing Co., the lowest bidder
upon the contract, will be awarded the
contract later on and that the whole
business will turn out to have been a
false alarm; but should anything
wrong be discovered, bids will likely
be asked for again. There was moth
ing crooked in the King bid, nor in any
of the other bids, but the board refused
to award the contract last night until
certain charges had been investigated.
/ The members We're very close mouthed
about the matter last evening after the
meeting had adjourned.
School Concerts.
Philip G. Hayden, director of music
in the schools, was present and asked
permission to give a series of concerts
in the schools which permission was
granted, the concerts to be under the
supervision of the superintendent.
He explained that hi: plan was for
the pupils in each school to give con
cert for their parents at small admis
sion fee, the preparation for the con
certs to be in the regular course in mu
sic
After that there would be one or two
concerts in the high school by Keokul
musicians and the series would enc
with one in the nigh school by profes
sional artists.
The plan was approved by the board
and the superintendent of schools is t.
have charge.
A few other items of business wa!
transacted and the meeting adjourned
after an hours session.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-30
Tuesday Evening.

On Tuesday evening. the night of
the election returns, DR.. G. Walter
Barr will be present at the Y. NJ. G..
A. to take the returns and read them
to people assembled there. The as
ISOLATION is to have private wire and
will announce the returns as quickly
as possible. DR.. Barr will make his
announcements in an entertaining
manner comparing the votes with
those of last year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-30
Cabinet Meeting Abandoned.

WASHINGTON Oct 30.-It is an
nounced the White House cabinet
meeting scheduled for tomorrow has
been abandoned on account of the alb
sence of members.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-30
schooners Runs Ashore.

NORFOLK, Va, Oct. 3O-An un-
known four mastewd schooner ran
ashore fifty miles north of Cape Henry
two of the crow were drowned, six
were rescued The vessel is a total
loss
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-30

Morris Inman, 619 Concert.
H. R. COLLISION. 52s Morgan.
T. F. Richards, 1920 High.
A. G. Wilson, 1918 Concert.
Roy Young, 1217 Concert.
Leonard Matless, 302 Fulton.
Mrs. l.. Matless, ST., Oil Franklin.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-30

board of directors, number of new
members We're admitted, the list APP
pearing below.
The directors talked over the big
writeup for tomorrow evening in The
Gate City and voted to once more ex-
tend the invitation to the public to
join the club.
All who will telephone in, or send
their names, to The Gate City by S
O'Clock this evening, will become char
ter merbers and have their names in
the list to be published.
The club detective reported a num-
Der of lanterns stolen and progress in
the work of running down the thieves.
The club voted to issue the follow
ing notice:
500 Reward.
The Keokuk Lantern Club offers a
reward of 500 for the arrest, convic-
ton, return of stolen property and
penitentiary sentence of five years, of
any person stealing a marked lantern
belonging to a member of the said
club; said reward to be paid out of the
club treasury upon the lookup In the
!, Fort Madison penitentiary Of the
guilty party.
The club has faith in the boys of
Keokuk and believes that they will
not steal lanterns tomorrow night.
The boys should realize what dang
er it will be to the public to destroy or
steal lanterns and leaves 1T to the
honor of the boys of Keokuk to let the
| lanterns alone tomorrow night
New Members.
! c. j. Nelson, 1925 North Twelfth.
j. G. Stadler S29 North Twelfth.
j. H. Alderton, S24 North Twelfth.
! j. N D. Dickinson, ZIG Fulton
4 DR.. j. M. Shaffer, 226 Fulton
Jas. B. Diver 525 North Third
I w H. Huxley, 512 North Third.
1 Leonard Matless, 302 Fulton.
I Ross j. Robertson, 212 South
/ Twelfth
James Ward, 91S Bank.
! Wills a. WOTJueu, lUlO bdllh.
Josia r. Wilson, SIG Exchange.
4 c. j. Smith 1929 Franklin.
! VIM. Rees, 1899 High.
i The Congregational Church, corner
of Sixth and High.
/ c. w. Dickinson, 317 North Fifth.
DR.. w. M Hogle, 604 High
T. A. Wilson, 922 Exchange.
Frank Westerhoff, GIG Exchange.
Frank Keller, 622 Exchange.
T w. Agnew, 626 Exchange
4 DR.. Edward NJ. Hansen, 213 North
1 Sixth.
j. f. Lutz. 1926 Des Moines.
c. H. Rollins 720 Blondeau.
Capt VIM. Wilson, 116 North Tenth
John r. King, sos North Twelfth.
/ John We'll, 928 Palean
Mrs. Thomas Short, corner Seventh
and Carroll
/ 7. H. Joyce, GIT Exchange.
F. Maynard Woolley, 1913 Blondeau
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-30
Admiral Yamamoto Dead.

TOXIC, Oct, 3O.--Baron Yamamoto,
one of Japan's leading admirals in
the Russo-J apanese war, died here to-
day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-30
FOUND CUT|CURA
INDISPENSABLE
For Her ChlIdren-LittIe Girls Suf-
fered with Itching Eczema Which
Simply Covered Back Of Heads
Baby Had Tender Skin, Too.
ALL PROMPTLY CURED BY
WONDERFUL OINTMENT"
Some years ago my three little girls
had very bad form Of eczema. Itch

Ing er up tlons
formed on the
backs Of their
heads W hich
W ere sin ply
covered. Before
] heard Of Cuti-
cura, l uaed to
try a NJ o 8 t
everything, but
t h ey + Ill e d
Then mymother
recommended
the Cuticura
pa~aI;aa T
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-30

It's fact not generally known that
voter can vote for two candidates for
representative irrespective OF how their
names are placed ON the official ballot.
In other words voter can vote for two
candidates whose names are directly OPP
pOsite each other and his vote shall be
counted.
The Washington bee., 1908-05-23

Baptist Church Miss Essie Whitman
had her auditors in tears. At the
Vermont Avenue Baptist Church on
Wednesday evening standing room
was at a premium. Notwithstanding
the rain Tuesday evening, Mt. Airy
Baptist Church was too small to hold
the people. Thursday night Trinity
A. NJ. E. Church was crowded to
the streets. last evening the Tenth
Street Baptist Church, Rev. S. G.
Lamkins, gave these young ladies
great ovation. Next Monday night
the Metropolitan A. NJ. E. Church
Will be taxed to its utmost capacity
and those who have not heard these
wonderful singers should not fail
to so early and secure a seat.
Miss Essie Whitman is no doubt
the most wonderful singer in this
country. Every church of any prom
inence has been opened to their art
lists.
Miss Mabel Whitman is not only |
woman of great executive ability, |
but she possesses great musical abil-
ity. Miss Alberta Whitman is the
youngest of the three sisters. She
a sweet voice.
Willie, the little boy who takes
part in this combination, is a genius
See the programme in another col
umn.
The Washington bee., 1908-05-23
MRS. HALL AT HOME.

Mrs. Ida Hall, of $50 N street
northwest, gave an at-home lastWed-
nesday evening to her father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. James H. B.
Sma1wod, and sister and brother,
Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart. There were
many others present, among whom
were Miss Ida King, Miss Miller,
Miss Taylor, Mr.. Stewart, Mr.. Lew
is and others.
Music was furnished by Messrs.
James Shell and John Lee. The oC-
casion was enlivened with an original
poem by Mr.. James H. B. Small
wood. About nine o'clock the host
and hostess invited the guests to the
dining room, where an elaborate re-
past was served. Mrs. Hall is one of
the most refined entertainers in the
social circle.
The Washington bee., 1908-05-23
THE WHITMAN SISTERS.

For the past two weeks this city
has been musically electrified by some
of teh greatest musical artists in this
country. Notwithstanding Barnum
& Bailey's Circus, Buffalo Bill, and
other great productions, the concerts
that have been given by the Whitman
Sisters in the several churches have
been attended by oYerfowing houses.
These young ladies are natural
born singers, and their renditions OF
their musical numbers certainly cleo
trify their audiences. Before over
three thousand people last Sunday
afternoon at te laying of the corner
stone Of the Cosmopolitan Temple
The Washington bee., 1908-05-23

| ton, spent tuesday IN the city, the
guest Of DR.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Curtis.
He was entertained at luncheon at
Gray's by the local officials, and a
member of the baseball party which
went out to see the Chicago-Wash-
ington game at American League
Park. Mr.. Scott was en- route from
New York to Tuskegee.
The Hand-to-Hand Fraternity, a
beneficial organization which has a
colored department store in view,
held mass meeting Thursday night
at the Third Baptist Church. Ad-
dresses were delivered by President
John l. Hughston and other prom
inent members of the Order.
Mr.. ]. c. Gilmer, editor of the
Advocate at Charleston, w. Va, was
in the city last Saturday on business
connected with the Knights of Pyth-
ias.
Mr.. William A. Soders, of How
ard University, will return to his
home, Martin, Texas.
The Washington Whist Team, un-
der the captaincy of Lawyer James
A. Cobb, administered devisive de-
feat to the Baltimore Whist Team,
under the captaincy of Lawyer Will
lam McCard. The Washington team
had a balance of 20 points.
Mr.. Albert ]. DickerSon has gone
to Dallas, Texas, to visit his mother
and other relatives and friends.
Mrs. William Hopkins, of Chicago,
expects to spend some time in Wash
irgton while making a tour of the
principal cities.
Mrs. T. ]. Smith arrived in Wash
fngton last week from the South.
Mrs. Annie w. Silence has issued
invitations to the wedding reception
OF her daughter, carrie EStelle Lee,
to Mr. Charles Henricks Fearing,
June 8, 1908, at 2I32 Thirteenth
street northwest.
DR.. J. R. Wilder, MD, delivered
an address on tuberculosis before the
Mems Club of St. Luke's Parish last
Wednesday evening.
a large number of auditors were
present, both male and female. Ad-
dresses were also delivered by DR..
Price, Messrs. Mays, Brooks, Barnett
and others. Refreshments were serv-
ed by the Woman's Guild.
Over one hundred children in ele-
giant costumes take part in the can
tata Moon Queen" on the end of
June next. Don't miss this wonder
ful entertainment. See notice in an
other column.