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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

turns show part of the republican
state ticket running ahead OF Taft.
Sheldon may be elected. The repuDli-
cans are cheer over the prospect. The
democrats say the chance of election
is slight.
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Kansas Bank Closed

ARKANSAS CITY, Kan, Nov. G.
The Citizens and Farmers State bank
which is regarded as one Of the strong.
est institutions in this section, closed
its doors today. It is stated mat it
was closed pending an investigation
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E. A. Johnson, citizen of Lee
county all his life, met sudden death
while On his way to his farm in
Washington township.
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came alarmed, and going to the barn,
found his dead body.

CAME aiaTueu, ana gong to the Darn,
found his dead body.
Fear of insanity was the cause OF
the suicide OF Ed. Kripner of Iowa
City. according to information which
has just come to light through the
| finding of letter. Dear Folks:
Don't worry about me. I'm all right.
I'd rather be dead than crazy" form
! ed the contents of the note.
Mrs. Lew Baker of White Oak met
with painful accident She was driv-
ing with her children on the way to
! school and noticed something wrong
with the harness. In trying to alight
from the cart she fell, the force of the
fall coming on the right hand, dislo-
eating the wrist.
message has been received at
Charles City announcing that Ed.
Bray, former resident and son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bray. had acct
dentally shot himself and was very
low. Ed was hunting in the mountains
Of California, out from Bevied about
100 miles. His mother took the first
train for the west.
Because Of alleged mismanagement.
the State University of Iowa Dramatic
club has been entirely reorganized,
with a view of doing away with the
so-called "exclusiveness'' and the gen.
erous use of the contents of the clubs
treasury, to pay expenses of the mem
bers in trips to Cedar Rapids, Des
Moines and Davenport, to see shows.
AS the result of being kicked in the
head while playing in a game of foot
ball on the school grounds of the
Ihirty-second street school at Council
Bluffs, James W. Brakeman, 12-year-
old boy, is dead. The boy was playing
foot ball with his associates in the
school yard and in the scuffle was
kicked in the forehead over the right
eye.
Simon Pierce, aged 10, son of w. N.
Pierce, farmer living north of Mar
shailtown, claims the championship
for corn picking for 15-year-olds.
Young Pierce worked six days last
week in the corn fields. putting in ten
hours day. On every day he picked.
husked and cribbed ninety bushels
and had to shovel each load from the
wagon into the crib.
Rev. Father Charlevois. provincial
president of the Jesuit order, which
conducts st. Viateur's college for boys
at Bourbonnals, Ill.,, and Rev. T. ].
Mccormick are expected in Sioux City
to look over the ground with the view
of establishing Catholic school for
boys In Sioux City. Business men of
the city will hold conference with
the ecclesiastics during their stay.
Thursday afternoon about o'clock
an airship was seen to hover over E
don and at one time was not over 3oa
feet above the buildings. 1t was o.
an oblong shape and was under con
troll of Its manager. 1t then turned
southwest towards Bloomfield and
passed out Of sight. There was no
communication with it, therefore who
was its passenger is not known. 1t
seemed to be under full control and
{ nj ~Nal -
to be about fifty feet long. But very
saw it, for it was in sight but few
moments.
Brooks Caldwell, for ffty-two years
a resident of Marshalltown, is dead.
Mr.. Caldwell was 70 years old and
was native of Columbia county,
Ohio. He is survived by his widow
and three children.
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as hinh as "a nnn

COLUMBUS, Nov C.-The Republi,
ran state committees latest estimate
from unofficial returns put Taft's Ohio
plurality 10000 Harmon. Democrat.
governor, $500.
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RAILROAD TIME =, :,

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points west leave -. ' "a,
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No. 4 Issr west arrive.... TN pm
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no. :. Centerville. leay- s.os :.
Arrive. -
NO: :. from Centcrville
and points intermediate,
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NO: 2. from Centerville -
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DAILY eycept Sunday.
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West VIrainia 25,ooo.

WHEELING w Va. Nov. 6.-Late
returns increase Taft's plurality to
%, 1000
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Bert Fastis Of Written Husks One
Hundred and TWO Bushels of
Corn in Ten
Hours.
MASON CITY HAS TAG DAY
EIdon People Think They Saw an Air
Ship Over Their City
Gold Watches Found
Under Barn.

Written has champion corn husk-
er in the person of Bert Fastis, who
husked 102 bushels of corn in ten
hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Saturday was tag day in Mason City,
and total of nearly s7Oo was gar
nered for charity by the sale of about
5000 of the little red tags.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Brooks Caldwell, for fifty-two years
a resident of Marshalltown, is dead.
Mr.. Caldwell was 70 years old and
was native of Columbia county,
Ohio. He is survived by his widow
and three children.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

August Dallage of Lime City was
found dead in his barn by his wife.
He had gone to the barn to hitch UP
the team in order to attend the demo.
cratic rally held at Wilton, and being
absent for some time, his wief be.
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hours.
E. A. Johnson, citizen of Lee
county all his life, met sudden death
while On his way to his farm in
Washington township.
Saturday was tag day in Mason City,
and a total of nearly s70O was gar
nered for charity by the sale of about
5000 of the little red tags.
Jacob Behrens, retired German
farmer, aged rs years, living at Sum-
ner hung himself in his barn. Tenn
porary insanity Is believed to have
been the cause.
Henry Phillips. aged 16, was shot in
the breast while with party of Hal
lowe'en celebrators, at Raymond, but
a rib DETECTED the bullet and the in
jury is not serious.
Col. G. R. Burnett, formerly COM
mandant of the state university bat.
talon, died at Lincoln, Neb., to which
place he moved recently. The cause of
his death was diabetes.
W. D. Harrison, age 80 years. who is
married and has a wife and three
children, dropped dead of apoplexy
while saving wood at Charles City
His wife and children were at Mason
City.
Scion had a recent stir in It's social
circles by the secret marriage of Miss
Leona Martin, daughter of Editor w.
M. Martin of the Scion Economy, and
DR.. B. p Ridel, the dentist at that
place.
The team of J. A. Bush Of Elmo ran
away when frightened by traction
engine belonging to T. ]. Jean Mr..
Bush held on until his lines broke.
when he jumped off, and the fall
broke his leg near the ankle.
A son of John Smith, east of Eddy
vile, fell and sustained a fracture of
both bones of the arm. The boy had
similar misfortune some weeks ago.
and in the last accident he fractured
one bone in the same place.
Christian w. Bohnhof, well known
Dayenporter, suicided beside the grave
of his wife in Fairmont cemetery.
taking carbolic acid His dead body
was found lying across the new made
grave. His wife died last week.
The 15-year-old son OF Mr.. Metz.
felz of Pomeroy suffered severe in
jury to his knee. He and a boy friend
We're chopping wood with axes and
the other boy accidentally struck him
on the knee, fracturing the nkee cap.
Mason City is just now in the throes
of very serious run OF diphtheria.
There have been several deaths and
quite a number of homes are now
quarantined. Among the seriously Ill
is Cecil Gale, blind son of Senator
A. H Gale.
A few weeks ago while Chris Som
mers of Center was opening the gate
to drive through, his horse started to
run they ran into the wind mill, up
setting it and only missing Mr.. Som
mers by about foot as it fell to the
ground.
Maurice Uabst, member Of the
senior class of the Colfax high school
had his collarbone broken in a foot
ball game. The game was between
the Colfax Athletic club and the
Hillside club of Des Moines. the form
er winning by score Of IL to 0.
Three gold watches that were stol-
en- from the residence of William
Kelsey at 704 Fremont street, Des
Moines, about year and half ago,
were found under the barn OF George
Richter, 7O5 Fremont street, by Her
bert Willis and Walter Deksall.
Arthur " Brennaman Of Sioux CITY
has been appointed meat inspector in
connection with the bureau Of animal
industry. Dan w Hurst, l.. b Dun
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Tain 473-Leaves Keokuk. .s:ob am
Train 741-Leaves Keokuk S:1opm
Train 472--Arrives Keokuk. .S:o5 pm
Train 470-Arrives Keokuk 1:05 IN
Local Freight Trains.
sTrain S6-Arrives Keokuk, 1918 am
sTrain S5-Leaves Keokuk. 11:2o am
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Jacob Behrens, retired German
farmer, aged rs years. living at Sum-
ner hung himself in his barn. Tenn
porary insanity is believed to have
been the cause.
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Fear of insanity was the cause of
the suicide OF Ed. Kripner of Iowa
City. according to information which
has just come to light through the
finding OF letter. Dear Folks:
Don't worry about me. I'm all right.
I'd rather be dead than crazy" form
ed the contents of the note.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Mrs. Lew Baker of White Oak met
with painful accident She was driv-
ing with her children on the way to
school and noticed something wrong
with the harness. In trying to alight
from the cart she fell, the force of the
fall coming on the right hand. dislo-
eating the wrist
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Arthur v Brennaman of Sioux City
has been appointed meat inspector in
connection with the bureau of animal
industry Dan w. Hurst, l.. B. Dun
lap James w. Nelson and A. B. Yum
walt. all of Ames, have been appoint
ed veterinary inspectors in the same
bureau.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

A message has been received at
Charles City announcing that Ed.
Bray. former resident and son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bray, had acct
dentally shot himself and was very
low. Ed was hunting in the mountains
of California, out from Bevied about
100 miles. His mother took the first
train for the west.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

A son of John Smith, east of Eddy
vile, fell and sustained fracture of
both bones of the arm. The boy had
a similar misfortune some weeks ago,
and in the last accident he fractured
one bone in the same place.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

A few weeks ago while Chris Som
mers of Center was opening the gate
to drive through, his horse started to
run they ran into the wind mill, up
setting it and only missing Mr.. Som
mers by about foot as it fell to the
ground.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Three gold watches that were stol-
en- from the residence of William
Kelsey at 704 Fremont street, Des
Moines, about a year and half ago,
were found under the barn OF George
Richter, 7O5 Fremont street, by Her.
bert Willis and Walter Deksall
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Henry Phillips. aged 16, was shot in
the breast while with party of Hal
lowe'en celebrators, at Raymond, but
a rib DETECTED the bullet and the in.
jury is not serious.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Christian w. Bohnhof, we'll known
Davenporter, suicided beside the grave
of his wife in Fairmont cemetery
taking carbolic acid. His dead body
was found lying across the new made
grave. His wife died last week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Mason City is just now In the throes
of very serious run of diphtheria.
There have been several deaths and
quite number of homes are now
Among the seriously Ill
is Cecil Gale, blind son Of Senator
A. H Gale
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Maurice Uabst, member of the
senior class of the Colfax high school
had his collarbone broken in foot
ball game. The game was between
the Colfax Athletic club and the
Hillside club of Des Moines, the form
er winning by score of il to 0.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

The team of J. A Bush Of Elmo ran
away when frightened by a traction
engine belonging to T. J. Jean. Mr..
Bush held on until his lines broke.
when he jumped off, and the fall
broke his leg near the ankle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

The 15-year-old son of Mr.. Metz
felz of Pomeroy suffered severe in
jury to his knee. He and boy friend
We're chopping wood with axes and
the other boy accidentally struck him
on the knee, fracturing the nkee cap.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Because of alleged mismanagement.
the State University of Iowa Dramatic
club has been entirely reorganized,
with a view of doing away with the
so-called "exclusiveness' and the gen.
erous use of the contents of the clubs
treasury, to pay expenses of the mem
bers in trips to Cedar Rapids, Des
Moines and Davenport, to see shows.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-12-10
ALL IN THE GOLDEN FUTURE
Beautiful Picture Of What Life on the
Farm is to 30 Like.

The future farmer will subirrigate
his land, and defy drought as well as
hoeds. He will become a scientific
forester, and every farm will produce
wood and lumber as well as wheat and
apples. A single acre will produce
what ten acres yield now. Women
will work out doors as heartily as
men; In fact, they will be the horti-
culturists and the truck gardeners.
There will be closer relation between
the producer and the consumer ig-
noring a horde of middlemen who fire.
quently waste more than is destroyed
by ignorant help and insect foes COM
bined. Under the alliance with the
school the farm will be valued not only
for its gross weight Of products, but
for its poems and its education. AS
our schools become places for apply
ing as well as acquiring knowledge
our farm homes will become integral
parts of the garden school and the
school farm. The alliance between the
home and the school will become very
close. A valley full Of farms Is al
ready the nearest to paradise that we
have, but the future will tenfold its
wealth and hundredfold its delights
Independent.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-12-10
People Never Buried Alive.

In the American Magazine DR.
Woods Hutchinson, writing on 1.-THE
Curiosities of Sleep" says:
'It might be incidentally mentioned
for the relief Of anxious souls, that the
risk of any individual passing into
trance and remaining in 1t lone
enough to be buried alive is exceed
ingly slight. There is no authentic In
stance of this having ever occurred.
took occasion to investigate this ques
ton some years ago, and communi
Gated with a number of leading under
takers, and they all unanimously de
nounced 1t as one Of the myths of the
nineteenth century. One of them, al
the time president Of the National
Funeral Directors association, In
formed me that he had carefully In
vestigated every instance Of burial
alive reported in the newspapers for
Is years past and found every one OF
them to be In his own language, q
pure fake"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-12-10
AS EXPLAINED BY THE GUIDE
Garrulous Old Woman Found Out
What Caused Streak on Water.

The garrulous old woman in the
stern of the boat had pestered the
guide with her comments and ques-
tons ever since they had started. Her
meek little husband, who was hunched
toad-like in the bow, fished In silence.
The old woman had seemingly ex-
hausted every possible point in fish
and animal life, woodcraft and per-
sonal history when she suddenly es-
pied one Of those curious paths Of
oily, mbroken water frequently seen
on small lakes which are ruffied by a
light breeze.
'Oh, guide, guide" she exclaimed,
what makes that funny streak in the
water--No, there-Right over there!"
The guide was busy rebaiting the
old gentleman's hook and merely mum
bled "U-m-mm."
Guide" repeated the old woman in
tones that were not to be denied, look
right over where I'm pointing and tell
me what makes that funny streak in
the water"
The guide looked up from his bait
ing with sigh.
That? Oh, that's where the road
went across the ice last winter
Everybody's Magazine.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-12-10
NOT VISIBLE TO ALL MANKIND.
Sights and Sounds In the Cathedral Of
Mems comradeshlp.

When you enter 1t you hear sound
IA sound as of mighty poem chant
ed. Listen long enough and you will
learn that 1t is made up Of the beating
of human hearts, Of the nameless mu-
sic of mems souls-that is, If you have
ears. II you have eyes you will pres.
entity see the church itself-a looming
mystery of many shapes and shadows,
leaping sheer from floor to dome. The
work Of no ordinary builder! The pill
lars of 1t go up like the brawny trunks
OF heroes; the sweet human flesh Of
men and women is nodded about Its
bulwarks, strong, impregnable; the
faces OF little children laugh out from
every cornerstone; the terrible span
and arches of It are the Joined hands
of comrades; and up In the heights
and spaces there are inscribed the
numberless musings of'all the dream
ers of the world. It Is yet building,
building and built upon. Sometimes
the work goes forward in deep dark
ness. sometimes in binding light;
now beneath the burden Of unutterable
anguish; now to the tune of great
laughter and heroic shoutings like the
sound OF thunder. Sometimes in the
silence of the night time one may hear
the hammerings Of the comrades at
work up in the dome-the comrades
who have climbed ahead.-From "The
Servant In the House."
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-12-10
WAY OUT OF THE DIFFICULTY.
Problem That Seemed knotty Solved
by canny Scotsman.

IT Gamma leave ye thus, Nancy" a
good old Scotchman walled. "Ye're
too aud to work, an ye couldna' live
in the almshouse. Gin l die, ye maun
MARI .ahither man, wha1l keep ye in
comic y yer auld age"
INA, lay, Andy" answered the
good st.dse. II could ma wed anither
man, for what wad I do wi twa hus-
bands in heaven?" Andy pondered
long over this; but suddenly his face
frightened.
II hae 1t, Nancy" he cried. "Ye
ken auld John Clemmens? He's kind
man, but he is ma a member O the
kirk. He likes We, Nancy, an gin yell
marry him, twill be all the same In
heaven-John's ma Christian. Sue
cess Magazine.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-12-10
The Old English "TumbIer."

The old-fashioned English tumDler,
which insisted on reverting to an erect
position, no matter how frequently 1t
was knocked over, possessed merits.
This was the original form of drinking
tumbler-hence the name. They were
made of thin horn and weighted with
a dubious mass at the bottom. The
idea of their use was a double one.
The old drinking custom required that
the ale should be drunk at a draft
for its presence in the tumbler would
cause It to overbalance and spill Its
contents--and there was the advan-
tage possessed by the tumbler Of mot
rolling out of reach when knocked
about during. orgies.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-12-10
NOW ARE SPECIALISTS.
One Steals Only Glass Eyes, Another
Communion Cups.

There has recently developed among
thieves and burglars a movement
toward special lines Of work, so that
we now have specialists among
Crooks" as we'll as in the learned pro-
LESSONS.
During the past year the establish
ment Of well-known New York firm
Of opticians was broken into. The
place contained magnificent stock OF
valuable lenses, microscopical instru-
ments, gold chains and similar goods
worth several thousand dollars
The robber took none Of these
things, though they were lying around
ready to his hand. He simply secured
about 100 glass eyes and decamped.
Two other shops were likewise robbed
of glass eyes during October.
Large numbers of communion cups
are stolen from different churches
every year, both here and abroad. In
one Presbyterian church, where every
communicate is provided with q sep
arate cup, during the past year 216 OF
these miniature chalices have been
stolen.
The very valuable large, jewelstud-
ded chalice and paten, however, appear
to have no fascination for the thief or
thieves, though they might be as
easily carried away as the small cups.
In New Jersey there is man who is
undergoing Imprisonment at the pres
ent time-a confirmed thief-who
never steals anything but toys.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-12-10
Huge Masonry Arch.

The second largest masonry arch In
the world has, according to Engineer
ing News, recently been built on q
new railway in Austria. This arch
is the largest span Of bridge over
the Isonzo river, and is 27S.9 feet, hav
ing a rise Of rs feet. The arch 10 Of
cut stone founded on REINFORCED con
crete footings, backing into solid rock
It is 6.6 feet thick at the crown. The
largest masonry arch in the world II
at Plauen, Germany, having a span o.
295 feet, and the hitherto second
largest, at Luxemborg. with 277.t
feet span.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-12-10
Church Mechanics in China.

Chinese converts to Christianity
recognize distinctions in the common
faith, albeit sects and schisms are
contrary to their national traditions
The description of Quakers as No
wash society, Anglicans as Little
wash society, and Baptists as Largee'
wash society has, of course, regard
!, to the administration of baptism in
the three communities: but other
salient points frequently form the
basis OF title. Thus, to Celestial
Christians, Congregationalists are
known as the One-man.as-good-as-an.
other society, Wesleyans as Hand
shakers-in consequence of the Gus
tom OF their social gatherings
while Presbyterians figure as Women
can't-speakin-pub society.-Tit-Bits.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-12-10
A pecIInIna Japanese Industry.

The forging Of cimeter blades In
Japan was once fourishing industry
and the workers formed close and
powerful corporation But the indus
try has declined for years, and now
only two makers are left-Messrs
.Sonkyama and Myamoto. No young
Japanese has come forward to Offer
himself as an apprentice, and the
question was referred to the Mikado
with a view Of perpetuating the in
ydAytry.
The Mikado has come to the rescue
Ind has founded two scholarships Of
$500 to induce two lads to offer them,
selves for initiation into the art and
mystery Of making cimeter blades.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-12-10
FOR SALE

lam going to quit farming and have
for sale, complete Steam Threading,
Flowing and Seeding outfit In good
order Consisting Of a 20 Advance Com.
pound pillow engine, Nickles Il Shepard
separator, Parson feeder, Maple Bay
windstaker, engine tender. gang pillow,
Superior drill, harrow, sod cutter, water
tank and wagon, also first class cook
shack. Will sell all together or any
part separate.
l have eco acres Of wheat, I will want
the machine to thresh, as soon az
harvested.
G. F. HAWKINS,
Three miles south Of Dodge City on the
Minne0la road.