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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12
grateful Recognition.

We're feelill' some repentant DOWN ~
Pohick on the Crick,
IN sendin' men to congress we looAeu
round an took the pick
OF people we thought qualified to run
proper race;
The kind that would turn out 70 DC :
credit to the place.
we don't deny that when it came 70
raisin of their pay
We felt aslittle dubious but as time
slips on its way,
The meetin' at the cross roads store
accept this sentiment;
Beyond all doubt or question they are
earnin every cent!
Jes' think Of having to go on the blaz
in summer through,
With naximums an minimpms an
differentials, too!
An Akin up lot O. schedules that I'M
press the mind
Like chemistry an 'rithmetic an loco
weed combined.
1t seems to Us that we inadequately
compensate
The services our congressman are rem,
derin' to the state.
We ought to raise their pay again, an
raise it high an quick;
At least sech is the fcelin here at
Pohick on the Crick.
Washington Star.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12
Life at Washinqton. iowa.

Washington Democrat: man in
this town has trouble ever and
anon with his wife. She runs off with
other men. Last winter she ran away
with another man, and finally when
he got lonesome he could not endure
1t any longer. He went after her. He
found her and they started in to show
him nice time. So they got him next
to some booze and he got drunk and
lost all his money SO that he had to
write home for money to pay his way
back. We do not know whether he
got his wife or not, and If he did, we
do not know how long she stayed. 1t
takes all kinds of people to make a
world.
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nothing to do but to call on me. !
had no horse or buggy Of my own ana
II had | would have found 1t dill
sficult to have driven over the rough
roads, and as had been troubled
with inguinal hernia for many years,
/ could not ride on horseback The
last time attempted to do SO nearly
cost me my life. There was no az
tentative but to walk to the brick
yard. where found the men IN great
suffering, requiring liberal doses o.
laudanum and stimulants and my per-
sonal attention for several hours.
Weary and exhausted l sought my
way home on foot, and | saw tn$$
sun rising over the eastern hills 1ubS
as was reaching my lodgings. May.
be it was the sun Of Austerlitz put
didn't SO regard it at that time.
Two or three years ago when Or.
Iorenz of Vienna was in this country
he took lunch with myself and sever.
al gentlemen. one of whom mentioned
had formerly been physician
whereupon DR.. Lorenz evinced CUT
iosity to know why had lett the pIO,
| fession, and l proceeded 70 give mn
/ the narrative that am now reiaune'
when | had finished one OF the sen X !;
men said. Now that you nave tu ,a ).
/ all about this there Is one tning you
have not mentioned, did these men
| live or der to which I RESPONDED
That question has been more el,al !
once asked but | have always esaaeu
an answer. $ /.
"This nights experience set me
thinking and the next evening Whel'
Young lawyer Howe and myseif were
taking our regular walk up anu
down the banks OF the Des MONIES
liver turned to him and said, Howe,
I have made a great mistake, cannol
nractice medicine in this country
without being able to ride on morse
back which am utterly unable 70 40.
III might as we'll admit the mistake
and turn my mind to something else.
/ shall read law. Tell me, what is
the first book that student of the
Law requires?' He answered, Black
stones Commentaries. Have you
got them?' He replied, Yes, have
them and the Iowa Blue Book OF laws.
and those are the only books l nave
I He was kind enough to loan me MS
| Blackstone and began at once 70
read law in my little dilapidated Of
/ fice.''
Another event in his brief medical
career at Harrington is chronicled IN
| the first number Of the Medico-
Chirurgical Journal of Keokuk, OF
September /, 1850. 1t is the first ar
ticle and first number of that publlca.
ton entitled Rheumatic Carditis,
Autopsical Examination, by John
Forrest Dillon, NJ d, Pennington.
| Iowa." thus connecting him in q slight
way with the earliest medical litera-
ture Of the state. In his letter TO Dr..
Jenkins Judge Dillon speaks in terms
Of highest praise of Drs. John F. San
ford. Samuel G. Armor, ]. G. Hughes,
/ D. L. McGugin, b. r. Ford and Josiah
Haines Of Keokuk. The first two
were among his teachers before the
removal of the College of Physicians
and Surgeons from Davenport to this
4 city.
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Edward Everett Hale.

Chicago Tribune: Having been a
kindly locker on at life for more than
four score years, DR.. Edward Everett
Hale has turned his gaze elsewhere
and passed to the majority. But he
was not content merely to observe the
passing events during his long life; he
plunged actively into the current and
identified himself with whatever SEEM
ed to him to need or merit aid. The
abolitionist movement. the civil war,
the cause of labor, the betterment of
civic conditions, philanthropy in its
various aspects, found in him an en-
ergetic laborer and wise adviser.
During his extended pulpit expert
ence he frequently assumed positions
which itstook thes highest courage to
maintain, but whether as a Clergyman
preaching sermons, an editor conduct
ing newspaper or magazine, or as a
writer of manageable pamphlets and
books, he4neyer hesitated to put him.
self on record on all questions where
his opinion would count. Covering as
Ibis long career did many of the most
stirring events of the. country's his
tory, his utterances touched the most
vital issues which have confronted the
nation, and not only had he no cause
to regret the stands he took, but he
saw time justify them one by one.
AS a spiritual leader none Of the
many noted preachers of New England
surpassed him in influence and none
was more beloved by those to whom
he spoke. AS commentator upon
events he was not content to dwell on
those which had become memories or
traditions, but he constantly showed
his thorough understanding of and
sympathies with present day affairs
While temperance and geniality usual
/ ly pervaded his writing, he could
thunder, too, when conditions required
a storm.
4 While he wrote much and we'll |,
was for purpose and not merely fol
4 the sake of writing. The preacher
rather than the literary man, was pre-
dominant in him, and his best knowr
production, the classic little story "a
Man Without Country" appeared a
a time when its lesson Of patriotism
was most needed.
4 AS philanthropic writer he was no
one of those who wallowed in optisti
generalties. Wherever possible he sus
gested remedies and some Of his sue
gestions hayes borne glorious fruit o
the most practical and helpful sort
His life was one of helpful endeavo
both in example and precept, and al
who have been within reach of hi
words will participate in the rich her
B tage of a life influence spread far TO
the good of mankind
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12
The Iowa state Liquor Dealers AS

q
The Iowa State Liquor Dealers AS
sociatiop has adopted the following
resolution:
I'VE make the demand for the sake
of the best interests of the liquor
business that brewers shall not fur
nish beer to saloon men who do not
conduct their business in a lawful
manner and it shall be the duty of
this association to try to enforce this
resolution
If the association enters in good
faith upon the undertaking to which
it has pledged itself and succeeds in
Ilit many Of the evils incident to the
liquor business will be eliminated. If
the supplies to places at which liquor
is sold illegally were 10 be cut off such
places would promptly cease to exist.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12
PAT Was All Riaht.

Dundee Advertiser: Patrick and
Michael had had an evening out to.
gether, and the hour was late when
Michael began to feel little anxious
as to the reception which he might
receive from his faithful and long
suffering spouse upon his return home.
pat" said he to his friend, I'll just
be for walkin' on in front Of yez, and
will yez tell me if can keep a
straight line?" Pat agreed. and Mike
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12
A Pun at Nordica's Expense.

Boston Journal: Apropos Of Nine.
Nordica's contest of the will of her
aunt, Mrs. Allen, and the claim OF
the famous singer that considerable OF
this wealth came from her grand
father, Camp Meeting John Allen, Is
told a story illustrating THE old reviv'
alist's sense of humor
His wife was getting into car
rage one day, and the old gentleman
neglected to assist her. "you are moi
as gallant, John, as when you were q
boy she exclaimed.
No was his ready response, an
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12
Reflections 81 4 Bachelor.

New York Press: One taing a
woman can learn to hold her tongue
about is her age.
The finest invention would be how
to go home late and be eager to get up
early the next morning.
!, a girl would rather have an agoniz.
ing toothache that doesn't show than
a painless peeled nose which does. +,
The more good man could get out
of going to caurch the more he'd,
rather the rest Of tae family went and
got it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12

The head of the naval academy at
Annapolis says that IL per cent of
the students there have heart trouble,
but it is recalled that young men al
ways are affected that way in June.
So the situation is not as serious as
would seem at first thought.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12

Would the gas company have been
willing to compromise had it defeated
the city in the case recently decided in
supreme court? Not that any one has
so far suspicioned.-Ced Rapids
Gazette.
What's that?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12

The Burlington Gazette enters dis |
claimer that it gave expert testimony
to the effect that beautiful hand has
brought more than 500 In many
poker game. 1t says it knows moth
ing about poker, but 1t is the best
pinocle player in southeastern Iowa
Is this a confession or challenger
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12
HOW COMMISSION PLAN HELPS

y An 1IQpOTtSu OldLOI, SpS0hiAe ~ - |
public meeting in Burlington in OPP
position to the commission plan OF
city government, said much about the
inalienable rights of the people III the
selection of their representatives. and
gave vigorous warning that those who
voted for the commission plan sur
rendered their rights Of franchise and
lost their voice in the city govern
ment. The Hawk-Eye takes notice
Of this charge to show conclusively
that the facts in the case are exactly
the reverse. 1t says:
Under the old plan the voters are
divided into wards. Each ward elects
one councilman, but has no power
over the election of the councilmen
from the other wards. They are,
| therefore, always represented IN the
city council by small minority. They
are without effective representation
unless the other councilmen, over
whom they have no control wish to
aid them.
"Under the new plan the wards are
abolished. and every citizen votes for
all the commissioners, and each OF
those elected is responsible to every
voter and is his servant, instead of be-
ing merely the servant of the voters
of one ward. and in no way beholden
to the voters of any other ward. I'm
der the present plan the voters in the
various wards are absolutely disfran
chised so far as the election OF alder
men from all the other wards is con
cerned. and certain wards which can
be controlled may elect counciimel
who are undesirable to the large ma
iority of the people, and there is nc
helm for it. Such a condition is moi
Inossible under the commission plar
i because all the people have chance
TO saw who shall represent them II
the administration, and may recall
any of them If they choose.
$50 far from abandoning theil
. rights in adopting the new plan, the
citizens secure far greater power Owe
the men who will represent them IL
, municipal affairs, and so far iron
losing their franchise they actual,
acquire that which they do not pos
sess under the present form of cit.
: government"
) Under the present arrangement
: there are six wards in Keokuk ant
I. the qualified electors of each ware
: elect two aldermen. The voters il
!, one ward have nothing whatever t
say as to the selection of aldermen ii
!. the other wards in the city. They ar
4 absolutely disfranchised so far as th'
r election of aldermen from all the 9th
3 er wards is concerned, as the Hawk
Eye points out. They are represent
!. ed in the city council by two of TIN
: twelve aldermen-one-six of TIN
entire number. In other words. the.
! are represented to the extent of 16 q
/. per cent and DISTINGUISHED to the es
+ tent of SO 1-3 per cent. Under tn
y commission plan all the voters in tn
4 city vote for all the candidates 70
I aldermen, SO that instead of havini
:, a representation of 1923 per cen
! each voter will have 100 per cent rel
: resentation. Instead of taking pow
= er away from the individual voter
:. increases it six fold. The opponent
s of the commission plan will have t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12

The claim is made by the st. Louis
Gfobe-D Democrat in behalf of Colonel
Bryan that in the political balloon
contest he has managed to stay long
er in the air than any other candidate
He has also led the Democratic don
key over some mighty rough roads
IN trying to keep sight of him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12
FREicHTiNc ON THE RIVERS.

Capt. u F. Ellison, OF Cincinnati,
secretary Of the national rivers and
Eharbors congress, now and for the
past thirty years an operator and
owner Of steamboats, on the Missis-
sippi river and its tributaries, does
mot agree with William e. Curtis, q
8ber writer of note. in his con
|FclusiDns based on the report OF the
Inland waterway commission, regard.
| ing the decreasing tonnage Of various
American rivers. Captain Ellison.
commenting on an article recently
published by Mr.. Curtis in several
metropolitan newspapers, said:
The report Of the Inland Water.
| way commission, as it applies to tn.
! Mississippi river and the remarks.
| thereon by Mr. Curtis in the main are
/ correct. There is no question but
What there has been during the past
Twenty years q steady decrease n
Through tonnage on the Mississippi
river. BY through tonnage is meant
tonnage from st. Louis to New Or
leans and from the tributary streams
to the same port, but to onset TINS
l. Lu0T0 is q CUuulllOls Vudt liz - Ae-eA>-
| Waterway commission has failed 70
take note Of, which Is a very decided
Increase in local and way tonnage,
which has increased in practically the
same proportion that the through ton
LIsge has decreased. There are today
more steamers engaged in local short
trede routes from various points on
the lower Mississippi river than werc
engaged in the same business twenty
years ago. This Increase Is most
notable at Memphis, Vicksburg and
Eatchez.
This change in handling freight on
the Mississippi river has been brought
about by various causes, chief Of
which is that the city OF st. Louis aud
lis merchants formerly practically
fscontrolled the bulk of the business 10
mississippi river points between ST.
Louis and New Orleans, inclusive.
With the opening up Of the new trade
markets west and southwest of st.
Louis there was developed field 10
which the transportation was perma-
nent and regular and the merchants
Of st. Louis turning to this regular
| and more productive field for the.r
output, abandoned to a very great ex-
| tent the Mississippi river valley coun-
| Try, to which by the river they never
had dependable route"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12

couture up something else as q cam
paign argument. The claim that it
initiates against popular representa-
ton is In direct conflict with the facts
in the case.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12

Mr.. Taft has agreed to attend a
Sunday School picnic SO as to draw a
crowd and wipe out an indebtedness.
He will be big attraction undoubted-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12
Ups and Downs.

Soon commencement days will come
And the graduates with ease
Will act just like thermometers
They'll get there by degrees.
Judge.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12


The washington Democrat doesn't
take any stock in the anti-Cannon
movement. In an editorial reference
to the subject in its latest issue IT
says:
1--WE note, by the Republican papers
of course, that the Democrats expect
to carry the next congress on the Is
sue of anti Cannonism but we would
advise the Democrats to get some
other issue. That is an issue that i
good enough to raise a howl about
but not worth much for campaign pur
poses. The more they fight Uncle
Joe the bigger his majorities seem t
run. Last fall, the temperance PEG
Pile, the churches and every otner SO
called reform force was after his hid'
and he ran away better than ever be
fore. Get something else, boys"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12
you aren't as buoyant as when yo'
were a gal"
DON'T Worry.

Des Moines Capital: Don't worry.
The corn crop is two points ahead OF
what it was a year ago at this time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12

Thought for the day: Getting some
thing out Of life depends on putting
something into life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12

Prof. Irving Fisher OF Yale, mem
Der of the conservation commission on
the life waste from preventable dis
ease, in a report on national vitality,
gives some interesting conclusions.
He cites statistics to show that life
has been lengthening for three cen
turtles, and at an increasing rate
During the seventeenth and eigh-
teenth centuries the increase was at
the rate OF about four years per cen
tury. During the first three-quarters
Of the nineteenth century it was at
the rate Of nine years. At present in
Massachusetts life is frightening at
the rate Of about fourteen years pei
century; in Europe about seventeen
and in Prussia, the land OF medical
discovery and its application, twenty
seven. India, stationary in general, i
stationary also In the span OF life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12
NOTES AND COMMENT.

= Photos of the new pantaloon dresses
make the wearers Of them look to the
Cedar Rapids Gazette like the Cherry
sisters used to act simply awful.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12

walked ahead How's that, my boy?s
he asked anxiously Straight enough,
for sure,' Pat replied; but who the
devil is the other fellow along with
yez?"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12


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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12

Life is a strawberry shortcake,
"a 1t ought to jbe added, Enough,
That the optimist sees the berries.
While the pessimist sees the dough.
IS. e. Kiser.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12

The germ to encourage is the one
that works for midsummer vacation.
Away if you can; but at home If you
must, advises the Davenport Demo-
crat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12

A good deal Of a fuss is being made
because Billy Sunday preached in his
undershirt at Marshalltown the other
day. "Well, did they expect him to
take that Of, too?" inquiries the
Washington Democrat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12

The world will rise up and call that
Boston dentist blessed if he has real
~ discovered an obtundent for use in
filling teeth which will stand in the
same relation to dentistry as ether
does to surgery. It will even do away
with some Of the joys Of that nerve.
soothing buzzer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12

The Sioux City Tribune has discov-
cred that there is some evidence go
ing to show that the crusade against
the fly, so far from being started as a
health measure, was instituted by the
bald headed man.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12

A 20o.acre farm in the state Of
washington was recently sold, to be
paid for in wheat, at the rate of 100
bushels to an acre in two years.
Farmers thereabout have often. ac-
cording to the Tacoma Ledger, gath
cred crops of from fifty to fifty-five
bushels an acre; and in this particu-
lar instance the purchaser seems to
aim at making his crop for two years
pay for the land.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12

The Houston Post claims that the
town Of Damnsite was founded by the
Republican boss Of Texas. The Des
Moines Tribune suggests that he
probably yearned for one spot in the
state that he could swear by.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12

According to the philosophy Of the
Co'iax Clipper. he who marries for
love gets a wife; who marries for po-
|sition gets lady; who marries for
money gets a mistress. If you are
sick, the wife will nurse you; the lady
will visit ro--; the mistress will In
quire abe CO. sealth. II you die
| the wife will W.. II you; the lady
will lament, and your mistress will
wear mourning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-22
WHITE FARMER SHOT A NEGRO.
CoIored Man Had Threatened to Kill
His AssaiIant

Burlington, Kan, May ED
Williams, a negro farmer, was shot
and possibly fatally wounded in the
country three miles north of Otumwa
by Milton Laws, a white height Dor.
Laws fired with shot gun loaded
with No. shot, and DIR. Wood of
Halls Summit has extracted more than
80 shot from Williams. Williams was
shot in the arm, leg and side, his arm
being badly torn.
Immediately after the shooting
Laws came to Burlington and give
himself up. Williams, who is gener-
ally considered honest and indus
trious, was brought here this week
and a date set for a hearing to place
him under bond to keep the peace
for having threatened to kill Laws
and when Laws saw Williams he ex-
pected trouble and after some words,
sent his daughter to the house for
his gun and when she returned with it
he fired three shots. all the shells he
had