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New-York tribune., 1909-05-20

When arrested for violating the speed law Of
Massachusetts the Governor of that common,
wealth surrendered with grace. There's no
leze majesty nonsense about his excellency.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20

The Evening Post is hurt because the Re
publican Club ventured to say something about
fusion All that is wanted of the Republicans
is votes and a good manys of them.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
Abouf People and Social Incidenf.

Count and Countess Ferdinand Corlor.a,.s,.
field. who we're married last week a. tts LIS
the countess's uncle. Columbus O'DouneI - 9
West sd street. are booked 70 san FOR EuroV- !. Z
day. =
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20


field Madison avenue and 10Th street for ,ts -
eft OF Hope Farm was thronged again vs.,.-t--
afternoon and evening BY members 90 the s.sst-
able world. Among the amusing feature. -,
Pete the Pig which performs during the -
Vile entertainment each afternoon. and which -
seen yesterday walking about the grounds n s,1
dress. Il naturally attracted much attention -.
cialIy on the part of the children Richard -
, renee pushed a small red wagon about the s,
closure. calling out in loud voice Hockey poksvr.
which sold I'm small portions by Mss Ksts
arlne Atterbury. In the evening the ballet s-s-,
The Bartered Bride" given. as on TissssV
and will be repeated again tonight. II was a.
cided yesterday. owing 70 a general demand 20 r..
duce the admission to-day from s % s..
Among those seen at the various booths IA
about the field were Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson
Mrs. f. s J. Mcvickar. Mrs Tracy Dovs Nrl
John H. Mccullough. Miss Catherine Camer7s.
Mrs Frederic Bull Mrs. Richard Stevens. M-.
Edmund Randolph Mrs. Joseph 8 Stevens Nh
Henry CIews. Mrs Gustav Amsiuck. Miss Dorefhv
Schieffelin Miss Cornelia Barnes. Mrs J. Borden
Hartman Mrs oliver Hartman. Miss Elearrr
Wbitridge. Miss Maria de Acosta. Mrs James NJ
Gerard Mrs J. Gordon Douglas. Miss Beatrice ard
Miss Josephine Crosby Miss Pauline Ro1iasos
Mrs Charles H Marshall. Mrs. F. o. Beach Mss
Emily Potter Miss Alice Anderton. Miss Francs
Macdonald, Mrs. Oren Root and Mrs. Archibaa
Rogers.
DeInronico again served dinner and among thos,
who had tables we're Mr.. and Mrs F. O. winthrop
ir.. Captain and Mrs. Philip NJ Lydig. Mrs lanes
q Bishop Mr. and Mrs F. g. Bishop. Profssso-
and Mrs H. Fairfield Osborn. Mr. and Mrs J. BOr-
den Hartman, Mr. and Mrs. Fuller Potter. Mr.
and Mrs J. Turner Atterbury. Mrs Fo1hal P
Keene Justice and Mrs James " Gerard and
Mr. and Mrs Z s J. McVickar.
Mr.. and Mrs. David B. ogden have returned %
town from LeuOx, Mass
Miss Mary Sands. who is to be married 70 Joaz
Godfrey SAKE at the st. Regis on June 10, VI
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20

Commodore and Mrs. ElbridEe T. C;srrv -.
Misses Gerry. who went abroad earfv n R =
month. are booked TO sail for home on Juiy a .
remainder % the summer.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20

Mrs. Charles p. Alexander Miss E,--...
Miss Janetta Alexander who had been ,b-.- -
about two months. have Just returneF Il : -
York. and are at their house. in West 7s,b -.
They will leave within the next few dav. ~, -
edo 10 spend part OF the summer
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
Mr.. and Mrs. David B. ogden have returned u
town from LeuOx, Mass

Miss Mary Sands. who is TO be married 20 Joaz
Godfrey SAKE at the st. Regis on June TO- VI
bava her cousin Miss Julia a COlIsnder. for h=
maid of honor and only attendant Mr. SAKE. Wa
was for several years secretary Of the Psi CpsLn
club will have for his best man Austin VI Pooa
the treasurer OF the club. and for ushers L ".
Vertheimer, the present secretary % the cilo'
Percy h. Hudson. Perley l. Freeman Alsn n
~, S+1ar+ Johnston and Dr. H J. Schwartz
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel r. Peters salsa "a, -
rope yesterday. and Will spend mosr OF ths -
mer abroad.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28
The CAUSE OF MISERY.

Such is the title of a book just out
from the pen of noted leader in
modern charity work, DR.. Edward T.
Devine, head of the New York Char
ity Organization Society. Dr. Devine
undertakes to demolish the old con-
ventional idea that misery and pow
erty are the inevitable outcome of de-
PRAYED character and to prove that 1t
is economic in its origin and the re-
suit of reimbursement Says he: ST
hold that personal depravity is as for
eign to any sound theory of the hard
ships of our modern poor as witch
craft or demoniacal possession He
maintains that these hardships are
economic, social and traditional. Com
menting on this work, Robert Hunter.
the former settlement worker. who
has turned socialist, says in the New
York Call: His diagnosis is funda.
mentally in accord with that held by
the great working class socialis,
movement. DR.. Devine is too keen a
thinker, too we'll trained in science
and too conscientious a seeker after
facts to remain in thralldom to the
grotesque sophistry Of the philan
thropic school of the past. His rup
ture with the past is the belated trib
ute of the individualist to the sound
ness of socialist economics"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28
JOY in Old Ronaparte.

Des Moines Capital: The town OF
Bonaparte, on the Des MONIES river,
was the original manufacturing center
of Iowa. The Meek brothers lived
there They had dam across the
Des Moines with ample water power.
They manufactured yarns and cloth.
The Meek brothers flannels were
known all through the Mississippi val
ley. Farmers had been accustomed to
hauling their wool one hundred miles
or more to the Meeks at Bonaparte.
The patronage of the mills was not
confined to Iowa The settlers of Mis-
souri, drove to Bonaparte. The great
factory progressed until the Meek
brothers were making clothing and
grinding whe,t also. But in late years
the Meek brothers were IT. financial
straits and the machinery was all
stopped. There has been no work in
the mills at Bonaparte since last jan
uary Now the Bonaparte Record re-
ports that all the properties have been
sold to new organization and the
wheels will begin to turn Old Bona
parte will be herself again. Upon the
receipt of the news from the federal
courts kegs of powder We're purchased
and an old time celebration was held
with series of salutes from the old
cannon on the old south hill
This will be good news to Iowa. The
Bonaparte mills are not local in their
influence We trust the water power at
that place may be improved in ORDER
that no steam power may be necessary
The Des Moines river ought to be lined
with factories.
The Meek brothers in their first gen
Grafton were practical workers. They
knew how to do things We know less
about the second generation, but we
presume they are chips off the old
| block. Congratulations to the people
| of old Bonaparte are extended.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28
lied methods of transportation. Why
Ing plan shall work revolution in the
art of house construction?
INSURANCE AND HEALTH.

The Insurance Field proposes tina,
local fire insurance departments CO.
operate with local health departments
and associations for identifying and
cleaning up towns and cities. 1t shows
effectively what local agents can do.
1t relates the enormous fire waste.
much of which is owing to neglect.
and that in spite of money spent on
fireproof buildings tho fire loss keeps
pace with the growth of the country.
Insurance Field shows how the in
terests of the business man and the
fire underwriters are interviewer and
1t is not uncommon to indicate care
fully what the agents of the COM
panies can do to assist local officials
in the direction of public health i'm
provement and the identifying of
cities at the same time, for it is one
OF the wonderful things about that
movement that the more beautiful you
make city the more you insure pub
lie health, for no city can be beautiful
that is dirty.
To clean up town is the first con-
dition of making 1t beautiful in any
sense and when city is kept thor
oughly clean health conditions are
sure to improve and influences of Ill
from without are sure to be cut off.
There is then very real connection
between insurance and public health.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28
HE WONDERED NO MORE.
An Impromptu Speech that Induced
the Chairman to "Set
EN- Up.''

Washington Post: They were COM
memorating the surrender of Cornwall
lis at Yorktown with the usual fiery
speeches AT the close of the regular
program the chairman announced
with a wink to those near him:
I'VE are happy to have with us on
this suspicious occasion representa-
tive Of King Edward, il not King
George. Ladies and Gentlemen, beg
to present to you Major Arthur Forces
ter of the First Royal dragons. who
will now say few words"
The major looked a little surprised
as he strolled to the front of the plat
form, polished his eyeglasses and be-
gan with drawl.
1T has long been wonder to me
how CORVALLIS, with the pick of the
British army, held Yorktown against
a miserable force of militia for only a
few weeks. But, ladies' and gentle
men, I've seen your town today, and
my wonder Is now that he cared to
hold such forlorn spot for even one
day"
"shake,' broke in the chairman,
the drinks are on me-"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28

and substitute hayrack for the bed
she had been using, her friends urged
her to let up; you are surely high
enough now in all conscience they
said, but Ella answered that she had
borrowed the motto of Kansas: ITO
the stars through difficulties,' was her
reply, and she grew harder than ever.
She received encouragement instead
of applause; her father complained
bitterly because he always had to be
altering the plan of the house, and
her mother rallied because she had
to use stepladder when she but
toned Elias waist, but the indom.
table girl kept on with her work
until she reached her present height
and then it became evident that L!
she grew any more she would inter
fere with the airship traffic. Shs
ceased growing and is now receiving
large sums from the amusement man
ayers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28
WHERE GOD MAY DWELL.

Prof George Burman Foster OF
Chicago had for the text of his ser
mon last Sunday the inscription which
Paul found on an altar in Athens:
TO the Unknown God" He suggest
ed the inquiry if God may not dwell
where no one seems to know Him,
and be far from where He is wor-
shipped and confessed with much
ostentation. In part he said:
To-day God is certainly not in
many places % hot zeal for Him, for
there is no love and trust in truth
there. But VINO knows, He may be
just where we seek Him not-there
in some club of atheists who are
earnestly seeking the truth; there in
some hall of the anarchists whose
denial of law is but cry for better
law; there in some miners camp
where men swear God may well be
where one does not know Him, aye
where one even denies Him, and He
may not be there where people know
all about Him, and say SO ad naus
cam"
The speaker declared that God is
where clean heart is, where kind
ness and truth and trust are! He
also declared that no human soul is
without God.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28
EprsoN,s CONCRETE HOUSES.

Thomas A. Edison has incurred the
displeasure of the New York contrac-
tors through his plan to build cement
houses while you wait. Mr.. Edison
says he will demonstrate when his ar
rangements are complete, that a con-
crete house now costing $4,000 and
requiring several months to build can
be constructed in six hours for a mat
ter of s1,650. The contractors say
they have no faith in Mr.. Edison's
idea, and Mr. Edison says they
couldn't be expected to have, as they
do not know how he is going to pre-
pare his cement He recalls the fact
that Wall street took no stock in his
electric trolley scheme.
Thomas A. Edison has accomplish
ed many wonderful things and there is
no reason to believe that he is Chi
merical or insincere when he says he
will prove that his idea is practical;
that concrete houses may be "poured"
at a cost that is nominal as compared
| with the present expense of construc-
ton and that the time required for
their completion may be reckoned in
4 hours instead of in days, weeks or
months. He believes that the art of
moulding concrete will in the near
| future be reduced to the science of
perfection and economy. Within
/ twenty or thirty years the poor, he
declares, will be able to enjoy houses
more beautiful than the rich now
aspire to, and the man earning $3.50
a day, with family to support, will
be better housed than the. man of to-
day who is earning $40 The average
reader will agree with the conclusions
of the Louisville Courier-Journal In
its statements that
Should Mr.. Edison's predictions
come true the tenement house prob
lem will settle itself When build
ing is reduced TO so exact science as
is foretold by the Wizard of Menlc
Park" there will be no excuse fol
"shacks.' or dilapidated or unsanitary
tenements. The cheap and poorly
constructed frame cottage will be
relegated to oblivion and the architec
tural appearance of cities will be ma
terially changed and improved.
Mr.. Edison, the New York contrac
tors say, is man of dreams. Tha
is fact, but it must be admitted tina
his dreams have acquired the habit O
coming true Certainly the public
) has no more cause to doubt his con
: crete house plan than the Wall stree
, financiers had to question and rejec
, his trolley scheme. The world nov
! knows that the trolley has revolution
may 1t not be that the cement mould
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28
our NATIONAL GROWTH.

Statisticians considered qualified to
form estimates believe the United
States census to be taken next year
will show population of between 90
100000 and 100000 persons. They
would not be surprised If the figures
ran as high as 1O0,000,000. These cs-
Inmates are made from the census
bureau figures up to the census of 1900
as compared with the estimated pop
ulation of the larger cities for 1908.
Although the bureau Is not permitted
to offer advance estimates, its officials
rely implicitly upon the knowledge and
ability of the statisticians who make
them
The department of agriculture at
Washington estimates that the mum
Der of farms in this country has In
creased from 4s564,641 in 1890 to g..
100000 in 1908, the total acreage has
increased from 623,o0o,000 in 1890 tc
more than 100000, 900 in 1908 and the
capital of the farmers in the form OF
land, buildings, improvements, live
stock, implements and Htachiners is
computed at s2s ,0Oo, 100000, which rep
resents an increase of IS or so pei
cent over 1890.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28
A Rising Young Woman.

Speaking of Ella Ewing, the Scot
land county giantess, who Is eight
feet, four inches in height, and appear
ing at the county fairs in Kansas. the
Emporia Gazette draws this helpful
lesson: 1T is interesting and instruc.
tive to contemplate the career of this
remarkable woman. She was born of
poor but respectable parents Her
father was about sixteen hands high
and her mother of the usual height.
True it will be seen that she had no
inherited advantages. Many of the
girls she played with at school had
parents much taller than Elias A
girl of a weak spirit would have been
discouraged by this fact but Ella
was cast in "a sterner mold. SO to
speak Early in life she determined
to outgrow all the girls in her class.
If they were contented with such
pitiful accomplishments as music,
stenography, painting or such things
very good, but she had higher aims
nearly three feet higher. Having
marked out her life work, she began
growing and devoted all her energies
to the task, pausing only for neces-
iary refreshments. While other girls
Of frivolous temperament were vast
ing the precious time at the local air
dome with their studies, Ella stayed
at home, growing in the most indus.
trious way. When she was seven
Get high and her father had to put
4 new doorway in his humble abode
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28

A statement Of the National Anti.
Tuberculosis association calls atten.
ton to fact which shows the re.
markable interest in anti-tuberculosis
work, evoked during the past year
namely, that fully one-third of the
100000 appropriated this year is by
special legislation and for new work
The last congress appropriated, in
addition to this sum, nearly s1,000,00C
for the maintenance of the three fed
eral sanatoria in New Mexico and Col
orado. 1t is estimated besides that
the numerous county and municipal
appropriations made or to be made
for tuberculosis work for next veal
will aggregate at least 100000, max
ing the official public expenditures ii
the United States for the wiping ou'
of tuberculosis at least $8,000,000 Nc
money Is more generously given BY
the people for a good case.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28

The twentieth annual report OF the
directors of the Wabash railroad
shows that the gross revenue from
operation for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1909, was $25,868, 03330, an
increase of $127,959.11 over the pre-
vious year. The gross operating ex-
penses were $18.757,18447, a decrease
of $S6, 563.46, leaving a net operating
revenue of S7110,84S.83, an increase
of $214.522.57 over the previous year.
In submitting these figures President
Delano says that the fiscal year just
closed represents a period Of gradual
recovery from the financial disturb
ances which eliminated in October,
1907, the first five months of the year
showing large decreases in earnings
compared with the same months of
the year previous, but the succeeding
seven months showed a steadily in.
creasing Improvement over the year
previous. The reports of the vice pres.
ident and the general manager for the
operating department show that the
physical condition of the property has
been well maintained in all respects
The decrease in maintenance of equip
ment was due largely to the difference
in the method of charging hire Of
doreign) equipment and partly to the
fact that during considerable period
Of the year large number of cars anC
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28
The Noon Whistle.

There's charm about the chimin'
of the great cathedral bells,
An there's harmony, allurin' when
the big pipe organ swells;
There's captivatin' sweetness in tk
thrillin' of lark
Or whip-poor-will a-callin' through
the damp and dewy dark.
But say you've been aworkin' for a
weary half day,
A-blisterin' your fingers as you're
earnin' of your pay,
The screechin' note that greets you
seems the sweetes' sort o. tune
AS you drop your pick an shovel when
the whistle blows for noon.
It's raspin' note discordant to a
highly cultured ear,
But to every hungry feller it's a mes
sage soft an clear;
An you mutely bless the music as you
take from off the nail
The dainty homemade knick-knacks
in the battered dinner pail.
Why, the daughters of Terpsichore
|
that sat at Pallas' feet,
Meier tripped ripplin measure that
to ears was half so sweet;
That, no doubt, was soul enthralin';
this hungry stomach's boon;
An the pipes o. Pan seem playin'
when the whistle blows for noon.
There are artists upon music, an
there's critics, it is true,
But a hungry man at noontime is a
judge of music, too!
For he's given not to thinl-sn' how the
sweet crescendos roll,
An stomach's not the vaeueness OF
music-lover's soul
An so I say, the hummin' O. the
plump, brown-belted bees
A-hustlin after honey. in the famed
Hesperides
Meier with the swish o. busy wings q
melody did Groom
! AS sweet as stealeth to me when the
whistle blows for noon.
Roy Farrell Green in Leslie's.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28
Bank clearings showed a decided

Bank clearings showed decided
Improvement last week, total exchanges
at all leading cities in the United
States being s3,os6,255, $3.50, $50 per
cent over a year ago, and 1879 per
cent larger than in the corresponding
week of 1906. The increase was gen
orally we'll distributed throughout the
list of cities reporting, but was espec'
tally marked in the west.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28

It is now demanded that Senator
Stephenson of Wisconsin die in order
to restore harmony in the La Fol-
lette ranks Modesty and sweet rea-
sonableness were never conspicuous
among the qualities displayed by Lit
tie Bob's followers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28

A Des Moines man says he walks
twelve miles day. making three
round trips between his house and his
place of business. He must be in
training for a street car strike or a
job as letter carrier.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28

New Orleans has decided to bar plug
hats, dress coats and poetry during
President Taft's visit next month. The
evidence is conclusive that civiliza-
ton has reached high state of adj
vancement in New Orleans.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28

the Adirondack Grouse" by Todd Rus
sell; Turkey Tracks in the Big Cy-
press" by A. w. Dimock; Game Birds
at Close Range" by Herbert X. Job;
this is one of Mr. Jobs fascinating ar
ticles upon camera hunting; rifles
and Shot Guns of Today; Their Care
and Selection" by Charles Askins. An
article sure to attract attention for its
revelation of new opportunities to
sportsmen is "Mexico's Unlimited
Wilderness" by Dillon Wallace.
The complete novel in October Lip
pincott's is "Melissy," tale of Cow
boyland as it is today The author is
William Macleod Raine, who also
wrote 'Ridgeway of Montana" Any
one who reads one of Mr.. Raine's
western tales can have no doubt that
he has actually lived in that country
and acquired his local color at first
hand. "Melissy" is the pretty daugh-
ter of crusty but really good-heart-
ed Arkansan who has moved west
ward. Through carelessness he loses
mine, which becomes the property
of an excity man who has incurred
the ennlity of the cattle-men by dar-
ing to bring sheep into what they
have considered their territory. Sons
| dramatic scenes take place ere the
charming little heroine and her manly
lover are so placed that one can safely
prophesy that they lived happily ever
| afterward'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28
Not Every NIGHT.

Delineator: A little city boy on his
first visit to farm saw the farmer,
wife plucking chicken and asked:
DO you take off their clothes every
night?"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28

Bert Lester Taylor's attest consign-
ments to the cannery, in his Line-o'-
Type or Two in the Chicago Tribune,
are the following:
ut is confidently anticipated"
"Socialistic. un-American, and rev
dictionary"
Firm well knit figure"
Frank open countenance.
1.-THE best man won
Stage, fears Purdue
*Double penalty, when used in Wis
consin, especially by "Stalwart"
The Gate City respectfully submits
the following words and phrases as
worthy like fate:
Classy"
.Grueling examination
Poor but respectable"
+. 'It goes without saying
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28

A Chicago boy has been lost eighty
three times. The fact carries with 1t
Its own comment on his mentality.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28

1t is sagely observed by Philosopher
Perkins in his Sioux City Journal
that possession of temper is nine
points in controversy.