davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30
&c. @. o."

burlington Hawk Eye: A good many
readers have been puzzled
over the meaning of the three letters
&c @. d." sent out by the wireless
operator on the smiling steamship Re-
nnblic last Saturday The letters rep
resent the international marine code
distress signal and they stand for the
words. Come Quick, Danger"
That sentence is the grand hailins
sign of distress in marine Freemason-
nv. 1t is one of the most thrilling mes
sages that comes to the listening ear OF
the wireless operator. 1t means that
somewhere on the vast deep human
life is in imminent danger. Nothing
stands in the way of instant response
to such signal.
1t is no wonder that a dozen steam
ships gathered within the locality OF
the sinking Republic in few hours
after the collision. The mysterious
agency OF Marconi had declared the
grand hailing sign of distress and tbs
business of the great seagoing craft
everywhere within the radius OF the
call was Immediately suspended ant
the business of rescuing human life
at once taken up.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30
SERUM is SUCCESSFUL.
Use at MarshalItown Is Followed by
Gratifying Results.


MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa. Jan. 30
Miss Ruth Plunkett, the sixteen-year-
old daughter of Edward Plunkett, who.
within three hours, was stricken with
cerebro-spinal meningitis and became
unconscious, promises to recover I'M
der the use of the FieXner serum.
Unable to either see or hear, and being
out of her mind. with her temperature
at 104 and pulse 10. the patient has
been brought to more nearly normal
condition by three injections Of the
serum into the spinal canal. Yester-
day her temperature had dropped to
1876, and her ,ulse was practically
normal. The girl is able to see and
hear distinctly. and is rational most
of the time. although she complains
somewhat of headaches. A micro
scopic examination of the spinal fluid
withdrawn to inject the serum showed
the presence of the diplococci. the
bacilli that caused the meningeal trou-
BILE. The bacilli we're not found in
large numbers owing to the early stage
of the disease when the serum was in
ijected. TIL entire medical profession
of the city is watching the case with
, much interest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30
SAVE THE QUAIL

The Gate Cit in a recent issue sug-
gested that the farmer of Iowa should
rally 10 g support q the bill before
the legislature to prohibit he killing
Of quail in this state until the st OF
January. 1917. The qu' : needed for
the protection of the crops from IN
sect pests, are in danger of eEtinc-
ton, and the purpose of the proposed
law IS to afford them a cfance to
multiply. The Cedar Rapids Republi-
can seconds The Gate Citys sugges-
ton. 1t says that the law p opposed,
if it could b. enforced, would be one
of the most sanitary, and adds:
The quail in this state are all but
exhausted. They are helpful to the
farmers. They are destroyers OF IN
sects. With their young broods they
are great destroyers of insect life
the viewpoint of the game butcher
and the farmer are radically opposite
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30

In an election contest in Van Buren,
county. Iowa, Judge D. NJ Anderson
has held that ballots should be
counted according to the evident intent
of the voter unless the marks are
clearly marks cf identification. That
is to say, in case where voter
placed cross before the names of the
candidates for President and Vice Pres
ident. tho Judge ruled that the intent
of the voter was evident and such
marks were not marks of identification.
The ballot should be counted in Its
entirety and not thrown out. the
court also held that where voter
placed the word yes before name
the ballot should be thrown out, as
this could be mark of identification
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30
rHE COMMISSION PLAN.

AS already noted in these columns
a bill is before the legislature making
II optional with Iowa cities to change
their present plan of ward and coun'
Gil CITY government to the commls-
sion plan, in the interest OF econom!
and better municipal government II
the bill becomes Law. as 1t is hopeu
it will, no city will be compelled 10
make the change. but any city can de-
eide for itself whether to adopt the
commission plan or not.
The idea of government by COM
mission was first tried in Galveston.
Texas, following the destruction OF
the city by tidal wave few years
ago. The situation has changed IN
Galveston very much for the better.
During the first five years of the new
regime at Galveston there has been
saving of 100000 annually, and the
city is freer from crime than any
other southern seaport. In Houston,
Texas. under the commission plan, the
tax rate has been reduced from 81 TO
S1.S0. Three large school houses at
the cost of 100000 have been con-
structed: fifteen acre park has been
purchased for $4,000: the sewerage
system has been rebuilt, and miles
of paved streets have been laid. Des
Moines has tried the system less than
a year Already ten states of the
Union have cities governed by the
commission plan and results. on the
whole, have been satisfactory.
In brief the commission scheme ac-
composites success by placing all OF
the powers of commandments
tive. executive and to some extent Ju-
dicial--in a board of five commission
ers, which has the power of appoint
ing all subordinate officers. Thus the
city council is done away with. The
five commissioners at large are elect
ed by the people The work is di-
vided into five departments: streets
and public improvements, police and
fire protection, waterworks and sewer
age. finance and revenue. Each com
missioner is given department and
/ absolute authority therein in all ordi
nary matters. The general policy Of
the government is determined, how
/ ever. by the board as a whole.
There are provisions requiring quar-
4 terly publication of all financial mat
/ tiers and a recall proviso so that an,
member elected may be deposed by
! a vote of the people. This is gener
ally the plan in operation in severa
cities of Texas, Kansas. Iowa, Nortf
and South Dakota, Oklahoma. Idaho
and in Lincoln. Neb.. and Haverhill
Mass, and Berkley, Cal.
The bill before the legislature il
modelled after the best of the laws OF
4 the subject in other states and SHOULD
receive tie sanction of both houses a
soon as it can be reached. The su
periority of the commission plan is to-
obvious to require pointing out in thi
connection.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30
Postal SAVINGS PROSPECTS,.

Sioux City Journal There is no
occasion for immediate excitement
over the postal depository bill. There
is no prospect that it can be passed in
any shape by the house at the present
session. 1t is unlikely to come to a
vote in the senate Nevertheless it
will be we'll to keep up the effort to
get the bill in the best possible shape
for passage.
Banking interests. which are pretty
solidly opposed to any postal savings
legislation have hopes that the whole
project can be blocked until it may
eventually languish and die. 1t is not
realized. After March next We will
have Republican President and a
Republican congress, both elected IN
platform holding forth definite
pledge of adopting a posta. savings
system 1t therefore will be the plain
duty of the Republican executive and
congress to see that some sort OF
postal savings law is enacted Presi-
dent-elect Taft is on record with a
/ crisp declaration that all platform
pledges must be redeemed If the
postal depository bill does not become
a live wire early in the Taft admin
istration some good guessers will miss
their guess as to Taft's disposition an
ability to do things.
The bankers have brought their Up
position to the wrong shop i'll bring
ing it to congress. 1t should hav5
been ventilated at the Chicago con
vention. If the plan was as bad a
the Bryan deposit guaranty, as SOM
bankers now say, they should no
have allowed the party to be com
mitted to it. At the time the plar
looked like an effective foil to thf
BRYAN guaranty scheme, and the bank
ers were willing it should be used a:
such during the campaign. ina
should estop later condemnation OF tn
plan as wrong in principle or imprae
ticable in detail.
When the showdown comes l. vii
be on the question of adopting tn
best possible postal depository plan
Bankers who want to be OF use to TIL
public in this matter, incidentall
looking after their own interests
should cooperate to perfect a goo
!, law instead of trying to defeat an
, legislation along that line.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30

The merchants of Plattsmouth,
Neb.. have set good example which
the merchants of Keokuk who handle
cigars would we'll initiate. When
anyone steps into store in Flats
mouth and calls for I. igar the mer-
chant invariably sets out box OF
homemade goods. They carry other
brands, brit if desired they must be
asked for In most "res the smoker
takes what is offered him. There is
no doubt that if Keokuk merchants
we're to adopt this arrangement the
sale of Keokuk-made cigars would be
greatly increased, There is the more
reason they shou. do so because OF
the fact that better cigars for the
money are made in Keokuk than any
where else.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30

although some times the young farm
er is himself more CT a game butcher
than he is a farmer.
In all such matter we should con-
stantly bear in min, that in the past
we have kept down the Insect pests
largely through the activitie of the
birds. They are the natural enemies
of many of the most destructive IN
sects and having wings they can get
into the places where the insects hide
and where they deposit their eggs
When we deprive ourselves OF the
services of the quail we deprive CIR.
selves of one of the best means OF
fighting the pests that afflic1 farm
ers and fruit growers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30

The Marshalltown Times-Repnbli-
can was very willing, rather anA-
ious in fact, that Colonel Hep
burn should be retiled from con-
gress. But now that he has been
supplanted by Jameson it is free TO
say that while the latter is a very re-
spectacle sort of citizen and a good
fellow to meet, he will rattle around
in Pete Hepburn's seat like mustard
seed in a brass kettle 1t would have
been more to the credit of the Mar
shalltown paper if it had foreseen
such a contingency. Those who re-
nigged on Colonel Hepburn have SIM
ply got what they bargained for
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30
A Position for Major Lacey.

Davenport Democrat: Judge Taft.
when fully vested with power,
might ask congress to pass the necos-
sary law and then appoint former
Congressman John F. Lacey-lafoly
candidate for United States senator
from commissioner of birds
He is a friend of the feathered ones
and there is far more need of giving
them protection than there is of ex
tending it to most of the infant in
dustries.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30
The New Iowa congressman.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Cedar
Falls Record doesn't take much stock
in the claim that because few of the
old congressman are retiring, the state
will become back number. The Rec
ord thinks if there is a vacuum ut
will not long continue with such men
as Pickett, Kendall. Good, Wood and
Kennedy. whose excellent training
will serve them well In this larger
field of usefulness. These new re-
cruits are a brainy lot of fellows, elo
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30
The Daily Gate City

quent. industrious and enthusiastic.
The state will hear from them in
most creditable manner when once
they get into the harness. The Rec
ord takes the right view of the situa-
ton. The Record could have said
more. It could have truthfully declared
that most of the critics are papers or
politicians whose ambitions in a polit-
ical way have been unceremoniously
stepped upon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30

If a bill pending in the leg
islature becomes a law the name
of the State Normal School Will
be changed to the State Teach
ers' College" The measure was
prepared with the approval of Presi-
dent H. H. Seerley, who gives as his
reason for asking the change the fact
that several smaller schools, of lower
class than the state school, have
adopted the title normal school,
thus tending to lower the standing OF
the stat, school among those who are
not acquainted with t and do not know
the class in which the smaller schools
belong
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30

In an address day or two ago 10
tho New York legislature in Joint ses-
sion United States Senator-eleet tilhu
Root nointed out what he believes are
two dangers due to the development
of this country. One. he said, IS the
danger of the national government
breaking down in its effective machln-
cry through the burdens that threaten
"a he cast upon it. On the other mana
Is tbe ,.anger of breaking down the
local self.govenment of the states,
Mr.. Root declared himself opposed TO
the direct election of senators and
also 10 the initiative and referendum
because they are based on the idea
that the people cannot elect leglsia-
lures whom they can trust He added
in this connection:
They proceed upon the idea OF
abandoning the attempt to elect trust
worthy and competent state leglsla'
lures. But if you abandon that at
tempt if you begin to legislate OF TO
amend constitutions upon that theory
what becomes of all the other vast
powers of the state legislatures. in
maintaining the system OF local self
government un6er the constitution.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30

DR.. Eugene Davenport, dean and d.
rector of the college of agriculture OF
the University of Illinois, would apply
fundamental principles for improve
ment of the human race, as is done in
live stock breeding. He proposes that
all "culls or scalawags' of the human
race shall be taken before the courts,
scientifically investigated, and, il
found unworthy colonized and allowed
to die off. 1t is to be feared that Dean
Davenports suggestion is more scien'
tific than practicable.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30

The Iowa Legislature which is con-
sidering bill fixing minimum wage
for working girls would do well to
heed the opinion of Judge Pinkney in
trying a seventeen year old CIR on a
charge of lerceny. The girl was pa
rolled with these remar by the Judge:
You cannot expect young girl to
keep straight on a salary of 81 a
week and pay carfare out of it. 1t is
a crime and disgrace for young
girl to be employed in responsible
position at so small a salary"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30
No Division Threatened.

To the Editor of Tho Cat City:
DES MONIES, Iowa, Jan. 2s.--A
recent issue of your valued paper
comments upon an editorial in the
Christian Science Sentinel with ref
erence to conditions among Christian
Scientists in New York City. There
has been an effort for sometime TO
make it appear that the Christian
Science church is on the verge of
division This, however, is not true.
The Christian Science church is
now and has ever been on the firm
basis of united endet yor necessary to
the intelligent accomplishment of
those ends for which it was establish
ed, namely, tho redemption of the
sinner and the christianly scientific
healing of the sick. There is but one
Christian Science church, the Moth
err Church in Boston, The Vine of
which all other Christian Science
Churches are the Branches.
The speculative inference that
there Is liability of the cutting off of
First Church" in New York is with
out foundation in fact. The member
ship of this church S loyal to the
! teachings of Christian cience and to
! the recognized authority of the Chris
! tan Science church. Christian Scien-
lists clearly see that only through
/ intelligent, united effort is it possible
/ to accomplish the WORK which Chris
/ tian Cciencp emnha sizes There will
never be any personal ,eader of the
Christian Science denomination, other
than Rev. Mary G. Eddy Mrs. Ed
dy's teachings will be her only success
sor. in fact these teachings have al
ready succeeded her personality to a
very great extent in the policy CT the
church.
Respectfully,
JOHN l.. Kendall.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30
An Oklahoma chiropodist has been
robbed of $4,000 and Oklahoma is not
much of a corn state at that.

Iowa people who went away 70
spend the winter got stung, didn't
thew" ironically inquiries the Atlantic
Telegraph.
The Cedar Falls Record. discussing
the changes in the Iowa congressional
delegation. says Iowa may lack pres
tige at Washington for a session or
two but not for long with such men
as pickett. Kendall, Good, Wood and
Kennedy. These recruits continues
the Record, "are brainy lot of fel-
lows. eloquent, industrious and enthu-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30

Former Minister IL Spain Hann:s
b. TAYLOR of Alabama, in a striking
article for the Ja-u ~ North Ameri
can Review, asks if TIE so, tn is going
TO continue its attitude of isolation
and it's antagnoism 20 Industrial and
commercial Development He insists
that this de-clopmeht is conditional
upon the continue zee of protective
tariff. He wants 70 know if the
south is going to 20 on being the
pocket borough of on political party
when her industries have become
diversified and when the negro ques-
ton has been practically settled.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30
CONGRESSMAN Kennedy.

Columbus Safeguard: Congressman
Kennedy is always doing the right
thing at the right time. The weather
turned off so warm the last of the
week that our neighbor, John Multi
gan, and this writer. decided to put
out some garden, and the next mail
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30

Here is pointer for the sweet girl
graduates of Keokuk. The girl grad
yates of the James McCosh public
school IN Chicago made their own
commencement dresses at a cost of
$l.39 each for material All the dresses
are Of the Same kind of material and
pattern and were made under the di-
rection of the teachers in the school
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30
Stone Has Missouri,

Kahoka Courier; The keokuk Gate
City isn't certain whether Missouri
has the Bill Stone habit or whether
Bill Stone has Missouri, saying there is
a lot to be said in favor of each propo
sition. The Bill Stone has Missouri
proposition would seem to have the
best of it at present.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30
Exposed at Last.

Des Moines Register and Leader
The editor of the Knoxville Express
confesses that no Merry Widow hat
ever prevented him from seeing the
preacher in a church. His habit of
staying away from church probably
did that.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30

Iowa's reputation as a part of the
banana belt has suffered more or less
during the past twenty-four hours, but
not more so tnan that OF Oklahoma
and the southwest generally. The
storm was as severe there as here and
In some localities worse.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30

The Nebraska legislator is consid
ering a bill requiring hotels TO be in.
spected annually and that all bedding
be aired at least once every three
months. Clean bed linen and individ,
ual towels are to be provided. These
requirements are not al all onerous.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30

Senator Hopkins seems to be max
ing the same kind of progress as the
frog in the well. in the old arithmetic
which climbed UP two feet every day
and slid back three feet every night.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30
PROFIT IN FORESTRY.

When the cause of forest preserva-
ton in America received its greatest
impetus through the new policy OF
President Roosevelt and Forester Pm
chot, critics of the plan insisted that
it was nothing but an expensive fad
with little prospect of the government
getting any returns for years to come.
In REPUTATION of this claim the Omaha
Bee quotes figures from the report
of the forestry bureau for the last
wear. These figures not only contra-
dict the assertions of the critics, but
afford promise of still more emphlatic
proof of the profit of forest preserva-
ton. In 1908 the government soid
timber to the value of SS50.0OO from
it's forest reserves, of which amount
one-fourth was turned over to the
states in which the forests gre" ana
the balance was covered into the ma
tional treasury to offset expenses Vi
the forestry department,
The forestry bureau claims lha'
/ this sale has been of marked benen'
to the forests, and that nearly all OF
| the timber sold was secured by the
necessary process of thinning it. 1t If
predicted that the sales of timber FOL
the present year will exceed $1,000
900 and will increase yearly at
rapid rate. 1t is quite probable tha
! within a few years the revenues IRON
the government forests will more thar
nav the cost of forest maintenance, II
! addition to yielding an annual income
to the states in watch such forests arr
located.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30

bill has been introduced in the
legislature to increase the pay for
the burial of soldiers to $50. The
measure should be marked for pas
sage in both houses and endorsed by
a unanimous vote
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30

Omaha's superintendent of schools
does not favor boxing exercises for
the school chilure1. If any boxing is
to be done the school teachers want
to do it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30
DAILY GATE. CITY.
PUBLISHED BY
IHE GALE CIIY COMPAN l
q sklRvlN Manager
BY MAIL.

DAILY b MAIL. ., M
SIX months -. l.5u One month -. .,,,; ~
Entered in keokuh postomce as se@oA0
class matter. ,a.a
Postage prepaid; terms in adVaiue the
All subscription orders shouiu si ~ is n
F. q. address and state whether 10
new or renewal order. II change u snd
dress is desired, state both me GU INV
new address. a.~ ax-
Remit by postofice money ora ot,..r e ~.
press money order. registered leelei -
draft at our risk. or ga Oh
The date printed on the address OF ea 'slA
paper notes when the subscriplioh
subscribers failing to receive tnelr pa av
spers promptly will confer law.
giving notice of the fact.
Address all communlcat tons too.Ny
THE GATE CITY SOHlf iowa.
THE GATE CITY is on sale at the ioi-
lowing news stands: -, Iobnson
Hotel keokuk, cor. Third ana oo ,rast
G. H. Rollins & Co.. ~ Man 90
Depot News Stand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30

"Tillman airs his race views, says
washington dispatch There is
merit in the suggestion of the Omaha
Bee that he should also fumigate and
disinfected them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30

1t is evident that Senator Hopkins
needs to send out several more &c.
@. d." messages from Springfield
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30

A Chicago widow, after two years
OF mourning, declares that her hus-
band has returned tc her in the form
of canary bird. Shed better keep
an eye on the cat.