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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-25
TWO BUCKS Al GEORGIA.
Were Reported as Being Shot There
To-day.

st. Alhans, Oct. o. Two bucks have
been reported shot in the town Of Geor-
gia. the successful hunters being wis
liam Dunmnore of that town ard Hcman
pattee of Richford The latter's animal
weighed 200 pounds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-25
EXPLOSION IN BREWERY
KILLED TWO MEN

AAie 1hVPctty 0dmhke az Ane fADAt
Brewing Co.'S Plant in Miiwaukes
Today Was sz5o,ooo-side Of
Power Plant Blown Out.
Milwaukee. wis, Oct 2s.-one man
was killed and another was fatally hurt
~ the plant Of the Pabst Brewing COM
pany here today when terrific boiler
explosion blew out one side of the
power plant.
The dead.
Fred stearn.
Fatally injured:
Gottieb Jehnert
tt was stated at the hospital. where
Jehnert was taken that he did not
have chance to recover, being horri-
bly, mangIed The loss to the brewing
company is S250.000.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-25
wIND sTops ToURNAMENr.
Aviation Exhibition at BlackpOol, Eng.
Called Of Today.

Blackpool, Eng, Oct. 25. The avia-
tion tournament, which opened last
week was abandoned today. The rain
and stiff gales prevented any notable
flights.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-25
400 POUND DOE
Killed in East Fairfield and Buck of
Same Weight.

East Fairfield, Oct. "a. Alven Wheel
oek shot buck to-day, the animal
weighing 200 pounds. II. Wright brought
down a doe which weighed about The
same.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-25

two sons and daughter Of Henry A.
Peckham
Justice Peckhams family was dis
tinguishcd iurist, and had been district
attorney Of Albany county, justice Of
the supreme court Of New York and was
an associate Judge Of the court Of ap-
peals Of New York when he met death
IN the shipwreclS Of the Vile de Harve,
November 20, 1878.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16
Eangram has some land up :, Canada
Water Power.

Dubuque Times-Journal: Keokuk
and Davenport are seeking TO harness
the Mississippi. SO are Minneapolis
and St. Paul. The government has
erected dam between these cities to
improve the navigation of the Missis-
sippi. A second dam is in process OF
construction. BY raising this fifteen
feet $1,000 horse power OF electrical
energy can be developed. The govern
ment proposes to permit the use OF
this power provided the two cities or
other interests bear the additional
cost. A commissioner named by Gov
ernor Johnson and the mayors Of the
two cities will report as to whether
the proposition should be handled by
private power company or by the
state of Minnesota and the two cities.
The state desires part Of the power
for the state university and the state
fair. Tae government desires 1000
horse power for Fort Smelling. Private
establishments could use the remain
der. The partnership proposed is a
novel one, but looks like good thing
for all concerned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16
oPrIMfsM.

President Hadley Of Yale. IN his
recent baccaIaureate sermon. laid
down the doctrine Of optimism as the
thing most likely to promote human
happiness. The following paragraph
gives the gist of his idea:
The man who il cynical whether
about women or business or politics.
ss assumed and in nineteen cases out
OF twenty with full justice to be inn
moral In his relations to women or
business or politics. The man who
has faith Ia the integrity Of others
In the face OF irresponsible accusa-
tons is assumed and ia nineteen
cases out Of twenty justly assumed
to have confidence In others
goodness because he Is q good man.
himself. This Is why people viii fol-
low the optimfst, even though he is
sometimes wrong, and shun the pessi-
mist, even though he 10 sometimes
right
In other words. We Judge others by
what we know Of ourselves. It has
long been recognized that man has
generally the good or I'll qualities
which he attributes to mankind
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16
who Beloved For Help?

Iowa city Republican: A Clear
Lake correspondent has an Iowa item
going the rounds Of the papers that
for curious construction Is as wonder
full ,as the incident related. The item
says the biggest fish ever caught in
the lake was landed by travelling
man, James e. Lennon, after forty
minutes Of special endeavor n which
travelling man ingenuity was matched
against pickerel sagacity, with the re-
suit that the pickerel got the worst
OF 1t and was landed. Then, after
giving the particulars Of the forty
minutes contest, the correspondent
says:
1.-THE fish weighed twenty-five and
one-half pounds. 1t was hooked with
an ordinary line and pole, Mr.. Len
non being alone. and 1t was only after
the most skillful maneuyering was he
able to make landing and then
had to lie down on the monster to
keep him from getting back into his
element, while be beloved Justify
for help. The carcass will be mounted
and placed In the club house"
We believe this is the first time a
fish was ever known to below for
help, and while he was believing, it
is to its credit that 1t "bellowed lus-
thy" While there is some doubt on
the poipt. pre~rmnblv II ia tbe nsh's
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

I. "a proposed to raise the speed
limit Of automobiles in residence dis
tricts IN Des Moines from eight to fiji
teen miles an hour It is also pro-
posed to modify the ordinance re-
Gently passed by the city council pro-
hibiting the leaving Of automobiles
and other conveyances in front Of
buildings In the downtown district II
carriages and other conveyances IN
which shoppers 90 down town to do
their trading are not allowed to stand
in front of the stores while the own.
ers are making their purchases bust.
ness men hold that their trade will
be materially injured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

The papers are telling Of ten Repub-
-licans who voted against the passage
OF the tariff bill In the senate. which
is said to. be a remarkably large pro-
portion. The case is not without
precedent. The Iowa City Republican
recalls that
History tells US that the tariff OF
1912, the famous Wing tariff, was
passed In the senate with nine Wings
voting against 1t, while twenty-one
supported 1t. 1t only got through by
one vote, three Democrats voting for
1t. Four years later, every Wing in
the senate including three OF those
Who opposed the enactment OF the tar.
iff Of 1912. voted against the repeal
Of that beneficent measure. Will his.
tory repeat itself?"
It has habit Of cong that sort Of
thing
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

Col. Albert E. Pope, head Of the
Pope Manufacturing company, is seri-
ousiy I'll at his home at Cohasset, n.
Y and viii probably not recover.
The Mason City GIobe-Gazette recalls
that Colonel Pope was the pioneer Of
the bicycle and proved conclusiyely
what advertising could do. When the
bicycle was at its height secured more
by newspaper advertising than from
any other one means, he retired from
active management and newspaper
advertising was discarded The bust
ness slrmped Immediately and al.
though the bike is not the popular
means OF locomotion, az Of yore, Col
nnel Pope has often said that with the
right kind Of advertising It could be
restored to It's pristine glory.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16
The Late Or. j. M. Emmert.

Des Moines Capital: DR.. Joseph NJ.
Emmert, for over thirty-ive years q
practicing physician at Atlantic. Iowa.
die today. DR.. Emmert was widely
known and had served as member Of
the state senate. He came to Atlantic
from Maryland in the year 1874. He
was regarded as the leading citizen OF
the place and was universally respect
ed. He was at the time Of his death
the Democratic member OF the state
board OF paroles and pardons.
DR.. Emmert was with Messrs. Berry
and Smith, his associates on the par
don board. and Governor Carroll at
Fort Madison on Saturday last. He
left his associates at Fort Madison and
went to Atlantic on account OF his
health. He was suffering with .
stomach affection. He looked badly.
He had been sufferer for number
OF years and was emaciated IN APP
pearance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16
SUFFRAGE oeFEATs THIS YEAR

SQf hAoG 0GF6AfO TITO 6tns
That all women are not IN favor Of
woman suffrage Is proved by the ex-
istence and efforts Of the Association
Opposed to the Further Extension OF
Suffrage to Women This organiza-
ton has a membership Of more than
1880 women, and It is working
against the franchise with almost as
much determination as the advocates
of suffrage are working for It. As a
part OF their campaign they publish a
paper called the Remonstrance which
abounds Ia arguments for their cause
In a recent issue Of this paper was CIV
en- a list OF suffrage disappointmeHts
IN the legislatures this year. The list
Included the defeat OF the proposed
constitutional amendments in the leg
isIatures of Massachusetts, California,
Oklahoma Iowa. Minnesota, and New
York; OF presidential suffrage bills In
Kansas and Rhode Island, and OF suf-
frage referendums in Iowa and Min
nesota. To this list OF suffrage de-
feats the following additions are re-
corded in later issue Of the same
paper.
In Maine, the Judiciary committee
reported adversely upon proposed
constitutional amendment, and It's re-
port was accepted.
In New Hampshire the house de-
feated municipal suffrage bill By q
vote Of IS to lis.
In Connecticut a municipal suffrage
bill was favorab1y reported but was
defeated IN the house by viva voce
vote.
IN Arizona, a municipal Suffrage bill
was defeated
In Wisconsin, a proposal to give
women full suffrage provided that q
referendum to be taken in 1910
should be In favor OF 1t. passed the
senate but was defeated in the as.
sembly by vote Of "a yeas to So
nays
IN Illinois the Billings municipal
suffrage BIZ failed Of passage In the
senate by vote OF 25 to IS. % votes
being necessary for passage. mo
ton TO reconsider was defeated, ~ to
81 BY vote Of 10 to is the senate
refused to enact the Chicago charter
suffrage BILL
In Missouri the proposed suffrage
amendment 20 the constitution was
adversely reported and no attemp'
was made to reverse the action OF the
committee.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

The board Of prison inspectors In
Missouri have resolved to follow the
example set by Warden Jones when
he was at the head OF the Iowa peni-
Tertiary at Fort Madison In abandon
ing the use of stripes and uniforming
the convicts according to grades. All
the details OF the plan have not been
worked out as yet, but the general
idea is to have special uniform for
the prisoners in the Missouri peniten-
tiary who conduct themselves accord.
ing to the niles. There are to be sew.
eral grades OF clothing, according to
the merit Of the inmates. Those who
have attained the high merit uniform
will be reduced to the uniform de-
noting an inferior grade when they
violate the rules. As at Fort Mad
ison. the striped clothing will be re.
tanned in a restricted degree for the
incorrigibles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16
should BE LadyIike at Ball Game

Rockwell City Advocate: A word OF
warning. There are few men IN
town who become unnecessarily ex.
cited when attending game OF ball
and the Advocate wishes In the kind.
lest spirit to caution them against
any unseemly conduct In the way
OF unnecessary demonstrations Of ap
prevail when the home boys make a
score or brilliant play. Bo'sterous.
ness CRATES upon the sensibilities OF
refined people and should az far as
possible be avoided While = iff may
not be In good taste to becJtie person.
al IN this matter. in order that there
may be no misunderstanding we will
say that this item has direct reference
to Dr. Parker, Fred Lavender and Art
Edwards. These gentlemen will
please bear in mind this admonition al
future games.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16
Iowa ana c.lIfornI..

Cedar Rapids Republican: Out IN
California the newspapers are copy
ing weather Items from the papers on
this side OF the Rocky mountains and
sympathizfng with the people on the
tcrrid heat through which they have
to pass. Well, we do have q few
weeks OF hot weather back east" but
1t IS the weather that makes the CROPS
and that makes us rich, rich enough
for some of US to go to California and
spend the winter months But as a
matter Of fact a few weeks OF hot
weather are not so detrimental az the
long siege Of summer weather they
have In California. There 1t begins In
April and ends in December. It is the
length OF the summer. with its dry
ness and it's dustiness that literally
Tags out the people. The man who
has to spend his summers in Iowa il
not injured as much by the heat az the
man who has to spend them In south
ern California As to torridity OF
heat, this may be said: Last Septem-
Der, between Los Angeles and San
Bernardino. the writer struck wave
Of heat such as he has never expert
enced in Iowa, where he was born and
has lived continuously. That one
day In the lovely San Gabriel valley
was worse than a month In Iowa
IN June at that. In that valley there
was not an inviting green spot, ex-
cept some Of the fruit trees after one
had shaken the dust from them,
which laid on them half an inch deep.
Water was found In only few
bitches. In Iowa everything is fresh
and green. everything IS inviting.
The California papers have long had
the habit of roasting" Iowa, where
its best people come from They ex-
aggerate badly our heat waves IN sum-
mer time and our cold waves in win
ter time Even Bob Burdette has
been IN the habit OF taking whack
at Iowa, from his pulpit. the Iowa that
gave him his reputation IN the world
OF letters.
Iowa people are getting little tired
of such misrepr They want
| It understood that they are going to
do some talking back. Southern Cali.
fornia is very well for the man who
goes there to spend few months IN
the winter time, but God have mercy
on the man who has to live IN its val
| leys all the year around and to work
in Its dusty orchards. Iowa IS para
disc compared with that.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

Of the three great fields California
Okiahoma and Illinois was the DON'T
nant feature Of the situation rather
than the discovery and opening Of any
considerable new fields.
The principal new Geld to gain PROM
hence was the Caddo pool, to norta-
western louisiana. Literally thous-
ands Of new wells were drilled, and
more than 1900 OF them proved pro-
ductfve. The average price per barrel
was just one cent more in 1908 than
In 1907.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

The editor of the Van Meter Qowa)
Reporter knows where he is .'at, all
right, and is willing to do his whole
duty in the premises. Witness the
following paragraph from the latest Is
sue Of hfs paper:
"A blackmaiIer is said to be In our
midst; II reports are true that reach
this Office. the guilty one should be
taken out and horsewhipped and given
a coat OF tar and feathers. They
should be kicked out Of town by a
jackass and we would Ike to do It.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16
Xafue Of 4 FACE

Boston Herald: The smiling face
Of President Taft may net be his for
tune, but It is great asset. No one
can look upon 1t without feeling like
smiling back And It must be Of great
help in the interviews with office
seekers. Mr.. Roosevelt with his grit
ted teeth and iron Jaw, often used to
send applicants away in ill-suppressed
fury. Mr.. Taft evidently knows how
to temper the negative with his big
good humor. To look upon reflections
Of that face during the next four years
cannot fail to raise by few degrees
the average cheerfulness of the ma
tion
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16
our GREAT OIL FIELDS.

During the past year, as shown by
the report of the geological survey
just made public eighteen states pro-
duced 166,oo0,0o0 barrels of crude
petroleum. Iowa is not credited with
"a single barrel but Illinois on the
east produced more than 24,00O, 900
barrels, and Missouri ON the south,
something more than trace Okla
homa acids first place with nearly A.
100000, or about one-fourth of the
whole conptry's output. California
was second. The increased activity
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

The clubwomen Of North Dakota
are to erect a statue to the memory
of Sacajawea, the Indian woman who
guided the Lewis and Clark expedi-
ton. It will be near Bismarck, a huge
bowlder to be the pedestal AS the
expedition was led to the west. the
figure OF the Indian woman win face
In that direction. A statue In honor Of
this Indian woman was erected at
Portland. Ore, last year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16
The Des Motnes Tribune dec

The Des Mofnes Tribune declares
that
Congress- VIII never get the revf-
sion downward habit bad enough to
put the salaries back where they we're
a few years ago"
Probably not; but IL downward re-
vision should obtain TO any consider
able extent the salaries would go back
to where they were few years ago
without any further aid from con-
gress
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

Only the other day Grand
Etaplds woman committed suicide
rather than remove to Chicago. Wed
nesday at Sterling, H., Cora Stoner,
when right at the altar and on the
very brink of the matrimonial abyss,
refused to marry William Watkins be-
cause he insisted on living In Peoria.
The Jacksonville Courier suggests In
extenuation of their conduct that both
OF them probably had "a woman's
reason" and that that lis sufficient,
They also had two other reasons
which cannot be called in question
'o-wit: Chicago and Peoria.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16
Cause Of His Downfall.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: An In
diana bank teller, on being arrested
for embezzlement, confessed and ex-
planned that he took the money to
maintain his wife in social position
above what his legitimate means made
possible. This looks like one OF those
cases where divorce might have been
blessing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

Illinois Is TO receive the solid brass
figurehead which formerly adorned
the battleship Illinois. The Peoria
Herald Transcript voices the hope that
the state VIII not follow its usual GUS
torn and elect it to Office What was It
the esteemed HIT. wanted and didn't
GET
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

It is estimated that $4,000, 900 will
be required for canal work for the
fiscal year of 1911. The fiscal years
appropriations amounted to $4,000,
0fl1. The increase for 1911 is due to
the amount Of structural steel that
will be required for the gates Of the
great locks which win be one Of the
largest items of the appropriation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

The legislature Of Illinois at It's last
session adopted an act ito regulate
and limit hours Of employment of fc-
males in any mercantile establish
ment, factory, or laundry, in order to
safeguard the health of such en-
ployes." A similar act adopted in
Oregon, has been declared constitu-
tional by the supreme court of the
United States.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16
All Round Washington Man.

Sioux City News: The name Wash
ington evidently was dear to the heart
Of the late Congressman Cushman.
He was born in Washir gton county.
Iowa. He removed to the state OF
Washington an was elected to repre-
sent his commonwealth IL congress at
Washington. His body Is now on the
way to Washington for =. last resting
place.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

According to the veracfous st. Louis
Globe-Democrat II was merely cor
Incidence that the Platte River was
twenty feet higher than ever before in
IT'S history on the day that Mr. Bryan
wrote to Mr.. Taft proposing to water
the federal constitution by submitting
two constitutional amendments to the
country a. once.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

The cormission plan OF city govern
ment, lib~ John Browns soul. is
marching "A. Fargo, n. D., will vote
on its adoption In few days. A lit
tie later Burlington and Clinton In
this state VII likely both give 1t their
approval.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

The Indiana supreme court has de-
cided that townships cannot be com
PEELED to supply conveyances to carry
children to school. In passing upon
the matter 1t argues that It Is better
for the health Of the pupils to walk
some distance In the open air than TO
be carried, usually in closely covered
carriages or busses.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16
The Cedar Behaves.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: While the
Des Moines, the Missouri, the Kaw
and some other rivers have been "on
bender full as a goat--the staid
old Cedar has been behaving just like
1t always behaves excellently. The
Cedar Is an ideal stream.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16
How About Thie?

Cedar Falls Record: Because Sen.
ator Gilliland said some good things
for Iowa In his debate with Miss Won
Petzold on the woman suffrage ques-
ton the Register and Leader takes
him to task and calls his praise OF the
state the rankest kind Of standpatism,
meaning thereby that he shouldn't
have said II. II must hi that Harvey
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

The election Of j. q. Samn1is Of
Sioux City IS Grand Exalted Ruler Of
the B. F. o. g.. and r G. Robinson Of
Dubuque as grand secretary Is the
hrst time these two honors ever have
fallen upon one state. The remaining
Offices are Of inferior merit or Iowa
might have appropriated some OF
them also.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16
odd Combination.

Aledo Times-Record: Cambridge
has very novel place OF amusement.
Said place being moving picture
show operated In deserted saloon,
and fitted up with secondhand pews.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

After four years trial Of a three
years high school requirement the
State University Of Iowa has gone
back to the old plan and students must
now have a four years high school
course before they will be admitted.
The old board Of regents took this ac-
tion at their meeting just before going
out Of Office.