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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
ice HARVEST
HAS STOPPED
Season is Almost Over and Unless
Another Freeze Occurs, Season
For Ice During 1909
is Ended.
FINEST IN THIRTY YEARS
Weather Was at Freezing Point All
During the Harvest and the Ice
Was Pure and Ten
Inch Thick.

What is said bv local ice men to
be the greatest ice harvest in the his
tory of the Des Moines canal at Keo.
kuk for thirty years is at an end.
This is speaking generally for a few
more tons may be taken from the canal
before the present season can be real
ly said to be at an end but most of
the ice companies have stopped work,
for the season of 1909 and all ice
houses are filled to overflow.
The reason that the ice men think
that the harvest has been so remark
able is because of the fact that the ice
which has been harvested froze in a
very few hours to ten inches and this
has been the standard thickness of
the ice that has been cut in the canal
during the past nine days Somethink
else out of the usual run of things is
that no accident has happened during
the entire time of cutting ice and load
ing it as is the case during a great
many of the seasons past. A boy fell
in over his head while at work on the
water box at the first locks yesterday
and No. IL ran into the Pond ice chute
while coming into the yards yesterday
but these are the only two slight hap
penings that have been recorded.
During all the time of the harvest
the weather was at the freezing point
and the thaws which generally form
on top of the ice and become clogged
with SCOT and dirt did not occur this
year and the ice is as pure as the pur-
est.
Hundreds OF thousands of tons of ice
We're shipped from this place to all
points of the country and the icty is
one of the prominent ice shipping
points of the country and the city is
men have found employment in this
profitable labor and the best of wages
have been paid. Several outside firms
have been engaged in the past week or
two with large forces of men cutting
ice and shipping it to all parts.
Now that the ice season is about at
an end. the rail road. men who have
worked all hours during the harvest
have a great burden lifted from their
| hands Hundreds of cars of ice have
been handled by the c. B. G @. men
in this city during the past ice season
and only those who have had the task
of doing this work, know what it is.
Yesterday the harvest Stacked up
somewhat and only fifty-fve cars of
ice were cut Several of the ice COM
panies left the field last evening and
have finished their harvesting for this
season The canal will probably show
watery appearance again today and
tomorrow if the present spring wealth
or continues.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
a. second Annual Anniversary Of
~. order Was Held Last Even
ing in Hawkes. Hall
by Members.
SIN. YOUNG PRESENT
!. Fine Supper Was Served the Guests
IN The Dining Room and Dane
ing Enjoyed Until
One O'clock.

There are not many people in this
cv who know that there is an Anti
porse Thief society organized for the
proection of the property of farmers
and ctlers of the surrounding coun-
tw Such however is fact and
though only two years old, the order
in this vicinity is a growing one and
hundreds of farmers have banded
themselves together for not only the
protection of their horses and cattle
but for the protection of all property.
Last evc2.ng at Hawkes. hall 1t
Eighth and Main street. Anti-Horse
Thief Society, No 227 and composed
nj men who live in the district near
Keokuk known as the valley, met and
celebrated their second anniversary
with their wives and friends. About
l25 we're present last evening and en-
loved social evening together.
Mr.. Miller, an ardent worker of the
association was present and made a
number of interesting remarks which
vas followed by an address of SEN
aNSspung of Argyle who was in the
city for the purpose of addressing the
meeting and who made an interesting
short talk on the purpose of the order
and the much good that it has accom-
pished since its organization.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
keokuk POLICY Approved.

Another Keokuk policy is approved
by being made statute law to the ben
eft of the corps of teachers.
The policy of the Keokuk board of
education has always been to care
fully select teachers in the first place
and then keep them permanently.
Some teachers have been on the pay
roll of the Keoluk school district for
over thirty years. and designations for
marriage or other cause is practically
the only way vacancies occur in the
teaching force. But under the present
law each teachers term of service ex-
pires in June and she has to be hired
over again, exactly as if she had never
been known in the district.
The new school code provides that
when once employed and having
S rived a year, each teacher shall be
considered permanently employed by.
the district to have permanent con.
tract, and to be dropped only for
cause by positive action of the board
of education.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
Rank FooIishness,

when attacked by cough or a
cold, or when your throat is sore, It
is rank foolishness to take any other
medicine than DR.. Kings New Dis
covery," says G. o. Eldridge, of En-
pire, Ga. Il have used New Discov-
cry seven years and know it is the
best remedy on earth for coughs and
colds, Group and all throat end lung
troubles. children are subject to
Group, but New Discovery quickly
cures every attack" Known the world
over as the King of throat and lung
remedies. Sold under guarantee at
Wilkinson G. Co., and j. F. Kiedaisch
& Son drug store. soc and s1.0o.
Trial bottle free.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21

passed as reported it will give Iowa
school law unsurpassed by that OF
any state in the union-and today the
Iowa law is about as mixed UP mess
of legislation as can be found in the
country. Senator McManus can be
relied upon to see that Inc new code
is improved and not spoiled in its
passage through the present legisla-
ture, and after next July, we shall be
in much better shape as regards Iowa
schools"
The report of the commission will
be passed by the present legislature.
more or less modified, and will become
effective law or July !, next.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
The Square Dance.

Dancing was started =. O'Clock and
The old time square dances were in
duged in by those present. At IL
o'clock supper was announced in the
large dining room and all repaired to
that place for supper Where commit
Tee Of gentlemen served an excellent
repast for those present, the guests of
the evening
Bread and butter sandwiches. celery.
pickles, cold ham, meats. coffee, ice
cream. cakes and confectionery conf
posed a part of an excellent menu.
ihose who had charge of last even
sIIngs affair were the following gen
l'lelnen. H. Peters Geo. Voss. Joe
3OBlennis, Carl Seabold, Fred May.
hew
Repairing to the dance hall again,
tAls pastime was enjoyed until
O'Clock, music for dancing being fur
alshed by the Agne orchestra, At
ate aour, the Anti-Horse Thief soci.
sey and their geusts departed for their
homes after having happily celebrated
sne second anniversary of lodge 227
" ms useful and growing order.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
Stomach Trouble Cured.

If you have any trouble with your
stomach you should take Chamber.
.lains Stomach and Liver Tablets. Mr.
j P. Klote of Edna. Mo- says: Il
have used great many different medi-
cines for stomach trouble. but find
Cnsmberlains Stomach and Liver Tab.
lets more beneficial than any otheY
remedy l ever used" For sale by vii.
k.nson & Co., Pharmacy and j. F.
K.edaiscA & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21

scores of people will attend to Look on
at the merry skater" in their various
disguise. The sight will be whole
show il itself.
Continuous music on the big concert
organ VIII be pleasing feature of
the sair. The rights of admission
VIII be strictly reserved as usual.
The management has spared no
trouble or expense in arranging for
this party I'D the participants will
have an evening long to be remember
ed Thosr Eho do not skate will have
almost as great enjoyment in looking
on, and arrangements have been made
for the comfort of those who so de.
sire. Do not miss this one event.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21

You would not delay taking Foley's
Kidney Remedy at the first sign of
kidney or bladder trouble if you real.
lied that neglect might result in
Bright's disease or diabetes. Foley's
Kidney Remedy corrects Irregularities
and cures II kidney and bladder dis
orders. Wilkinson & Co.. and j. F..
kiedaisch e. Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
Mexican Volcano Active.

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 2O.-A volcano
near the city of Colmina is in erup-
tion, throwing out a great quantity of
ashes and stones today and while no
lava is flowing, the people are not
alarmed. The past few days slight
earth quake shocks have been fell.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21

James H. Anderson, 1864.
Jacob Busch, 1864.
DR.. W. Bancroft. 1860 and 1854.
Myer Bower, 1860 and 1854.
Col. n. B. Blood, 1850 and 1894.
G. W. Clinton. 1860 and 1864.
Henry Conn, 1860 and 1864.
j. l.. Candy, 1864.
d. P. Dunkle, 1864
John Griffey, Sr., 1860 and 1864.
H. E. Freeman, 1864.
Felix Gremminger, 1860 and 1864.
Thos. H. Howell, 1860 and 1854
Hiram lngersoll 1864.
E. NJ. Ingersoll. 1860 and 1864.
Ben b. Jewell 1860 and 1864.
Harvey Justice, 1860 and 1864.
NJ. v. Riley, 1860 and 1864.
l.. r. Lockwood, 1860 and 1864.
Ben Mayhem, 1860 and 1864.
d. W. McElroy, 1864.
H. r. Miller, 1850 and 1864.
A. j. Matthias, 1864.
John O'Blennis, 1864.
John S. Sims. 1860 and 1864.
j. n Milestone. 1864.
DR.. J. NJ. Shaffer. 1854
c. A. Wright, 1860 and 1864
Ren Mcintyre, 1860 and 1854.
Samuel H. Brown, Clark Co, Mo.
B. r. Hambleton, Hamilton, Ill.
John Rickert, Hamilton, Ill.
b. F. Martin.
George j Leming.
L. A. Berryhill, 1861.
John Berryhill, 1864.
Ben Stevenson. 1860 and 1854.
Louis Stevenson. 1860 and 1854.
Robert A. Kayser, 1861.
John c. Fry, Washington. d. c.
Fr1ncis NJ. Damon, 1860 and 1864.
j. S. Ferguson, 1860 and 1864.
Latham Aver, Sr.. 1864.
Franklin Burt. 1864.
Matthias Belts. 1860 and 1864.
James A Bunch, 1860 and 1854
G ". Campfield, 1860 and 1854
Edward Cory Warsaw. Ill.
Joseph Cooper. Nauvoo, III.
E. R. Drake, 1860 and 1864.
John r. Dimond, 1854.
William Fletcher, 1860 and 1864.
John Fleming. 1860.
James X. Galloupe. 1864.
George Gilmore. 1860 and 1864.
]. NJ. Hurley. Montrose. Iowa.
j. Harmon. 1860 and 1864
Leroy Harmon. 1860 and 1854.
w. H. King, Hamilton, H.
Robert Mott, Vincennes. Iowa.
Charles Martin. West Point, Iowa.
George Mccormick. 1860.
I. c. Reeves. 1850 and 1864.
w. S. Sample. 1864.
Ira S. Sims. Mooar, Iowa.
+. Townsend, 1860 and 1864.
George Welshymer, 1860 and 1864.
William Wilson. 1860 and 1854.
ID. A. Wilkins, 1860 and 1854
j. A. Sargent, Vincennes, Iowa.
NJ. V. Conn, Vincennes, Iowa.
William s. Bunyan, 1860
Read The Daily Gate City.
,ents per week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
Riot Of the Unemployed.

LONDON. Jan. 90 Tlousansd of
unemployed men singing social;stic
songs and carrying banners engaged in
fierce fight with the police this af-
ternoon at Berkeley Square in front
of the house of Lord Lansdowne, the
leader of the house of lords. After a
sharp conflict the riots We're dispers-
ed and many were injured on both
sides.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
BIG MASQUERADE
ROLL WAY TONIGHT
everything in Readiness for the Big
Masquerade Party, the Big Event
of the Season.

I, everything is in readiness for the
.Y's masquerade part at the Roll-a-
Wy 'ohight. This party has been one
y 'ne main top $ for weeks, and some
~ costumes will be seen, as
s ss, are competing for the fine skates
Va salcn are to be presented to the lady
tunes ~ oeSt cos
!, us needless to say that the demand
= sAd'es VIII be insistent, and that
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21

that the board works. best by commit
tees, and in city the size of Keokus
three men. the seven men now on the
board of education being kept reason
ably busy looking after tie multitude
nous details that come up every day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
Hard coIds-peonle wbosa bloo

Hard Colds People whose blood is
pure are not nearly so likely to take
hard colds as are others. Hoods
Sarsaparilla makes the blood pure.
and this great medicine RECEIVERS the
system after cold as no other med
icine does Take Hoods.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
Four Men Killed.

LANDING \. j.. Jan. a0.--Four men
were killed near here this afternoon
when a mill at the Forsythe powder
works blew up Several others Wei,
reported injured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21

Every Keokuk citizen who voted for
Lincoln, is requested to report either
to Mrs. j. l.. Candy, or to The Gate
City The following are some from
keokuk and vicinity who are regis
tered as having helped elect Lincoln
as president of the United States:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
Golden State Limited
Is a Train of Comforts

There is delightful roominess about its big new easy
riding Pullmans You take your choice OF draw
ing-room, stateroom the regular sections
You enjoy the artistic decorations of its unique mission
style dining car and the welcooked food that is attrac-
lively served
You pleased with the buffet library observation
entirely for your entertainment There valet and
barber minister your Electric fans and berth
lights, we-socked library, the current magazines da
lily papers and stock market reports-these comforts
to make the trip seem all too short
Remember too the route of this tran-El Paso Short
lne-is the lowest altitude route to the Coast
Daily service to Los Angeles Santa Barbara and San
Fralsicso.
The Golden State Limited is the only train by any line
afording through sleeping service between Chicago
and Santa Barbara.
No excess fare
:: e: : :: 81
ReYeS
the
andCa o
I F. BOYD Div Pass Ast,
T r keokuk,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21

CLEMENTISE:
Don't try to. make angel food unless you
use Gold Medal Flour. BELINDA
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21

Fill out the blank lines below
with your name and address,
cut out coupon and mail to the
PYRAMID DRUG COMPANY,
154 Pyramid Bldg, Marshall,
Mich. A trial package of the
great Pyramid Pile Cure will
then be sent you at once by mail
FREE, in plain wrapper.
Name Observation-Disclosures.
City and State ............
Street
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
Recommend the keokuk Wav.

Recommend the keokuk Way.
The commissions report provides
that no iinations shall he made for
school directors something hitherto un.
known to the law. and that candidate.
so nominated shall be put on ticket
furnished by the district. although OF
course anybody may be voted for. as
is now the case for county and other
officers, by writing In the name.
The commission also recommended
the Australian form of ballot for
school elections, which is the form
provided by the keokuk board of edn-
cation for years, although any intel
ligible kind of ballots have been re-
ceived and counted, which the new
code also provides for.
In short, the peculiar Keokuk plan
is practically lifted bodily into the
statutes of the state by the school law
commission.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
Methods Long in Use in keokuk Finat-
ly to be Adopted as Law in
the School Statutes
of the State.
ENTIRELY REORGANIzED
The Report of the Legislative Commits.
sion PIeases the Practical
School Officers Of This
City.

The state of Iowa is coming to the
keokuk plan of conducting the school
administration, as is shown by the
new revision of the school laws pre-.
pared by a commission appointed by
the last legislature.
The commission has reported to the
present legislature a completely new
code which in several import
ant particulars comes into line
with what has been in Gus
tom in Keokuk for many years al.
though unknown elsewhere, at least
as rule.
This city has held a nominating con
vention before each school election.
and the nominees OF that convention
have been placed on a printed ticket
furnished by the board of education;
for election day-al of which is en-.
tirely outside the idea of the presen,
school laws of Iowa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
ZACHARY TAYL0R'S
DAUGHTER IS DEAD
Former Mistress Of White House
Passes Away, Aged s..

Winchester, Va, July 26.--Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Taylor cambridge, the daughter
of President Zachary Taylor, and a
former mistress OF the White House,
died here after a brief illness, aged
eighty-five years.
Mrs. cambridge was the third daugh-
ter of General Zachary Taylor, twelfth
president of the United States, and
was born at Fort Smelling, Mimi, April
20, 1924 Death was due to heart fail
ure, following long period OF illness.
She will be buried here.
Mrs. cambridge received her educa
ton in Philadelphia. At the age OF
nineteen years she married Major Will
liam w. s. Bliss, who was member
of her fathers staff in the Mexican
War, and who later became his private
secretary. After her fathers tnaugu-
ration, Mrs. Bliss, or Miss Betty" as
she was popularity called, became mis-
tress of the White House. 1t was said
of her that she did the honors of the
establishment with the artlessness OF
a rustic belle and the grace of a
duchess" She had wide acquaint-
ance with public men of the day and
was noted for her beauty and charm
and the splendor of her entertain.
meptS
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
ANGRY GYPSIES WELD
BABIES AS WAR CLUBS
Attack immigration inspectors
While Being Deported.

New York, July 23.--Using their in
fants and little children as weapons, 6
band of gypsies that had been ordered
deported on the Lamport & Mol
steamship Verdi, sailing from pier No
8, Brooklyn, fought with the immigra
ton inspectors with great ferocity.
The gypsies were wild with rage al
immigration Commissioner Williams
insistence that they should be sent
back to South America, whence they
came last Monday.
Dispossessed of all other weapons
both men and women in the band
welded their offspring by the legs as
human bludgeons until three of the lit
tie ones we're unconscious, one sc
badly injured that when the boat sail
ed it showed no signs of life.
One woman took the child she car
ried, baby of not more than ter
months. and hurled 1t at the head oil
an inspector. The little one fell on Its
head on the hard floor of the pier and
lay there crying in pain.
At that the chief grasped a young
ster of two years, took hold of its
skirts and pulled them over It's head
ripping off every vestige of clothing
Quickly taking IL by the heels he
swung 1t about his head as war club
at the inspectors. He struck at In
spector Tillson. who ducked once, and
the second time the child's head and
the inspectors bumped together sc
hard that the noise was sickening,
Then the chief threw the child at ar
inspector and 1t few twenty feet from
him to light face down on the rough
floor of the pier. The child was dazet
and lay there in agony while the fight
went on. Other women and men ther
grabbed their children up and bumped
them against the inspectors, and II
seemed by that time that two or three
of the little ones would be killed.
The scene was too much for the
'longshoremen who up to that time
had refused to interfere in a flgh
which was not theirs. They jumped II
and took the babies from their franti,
mothers and fathers, and with theil
fists smashed right and left till within
few minutes there was little figh
left in the gypsies.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
STAYS RIVAL WHO
BEAT HIM IN FIGHT
Vim. Barrett Stabbed Over the
Heart Near PaOIi, Pa.
USED FRIENDS KNIFE

Both Were In Love With the Same
Girl, and After Being Severely Pun
ished In a Fist Fight Fred Menden-
hall Used Large Knife With Fatal
Effect.
West Chester, Pa, July 26.-Fred
Mendenhall, aged twenty-five years, OF
Glenlock, and Ernest Snyder, of Phila.
delphia, were lodged in the Chester
county Jail on the charge Of numbering
William Barrett in the road between
Duffryn Mawr and Paoli. The police
say the three men were at the Duf-
fryn Mawr hotel drinking up to about
an hour previous to the commission of
the crime.
A few day. ago Mendenhall and
Barrett, who were in love with a young
girl in the neighborhood, had a fight
over the complication, in which Men
denhall was severely punished. AS they
were walking down the road at mid
night on their way home Saturday
night reference was made by Menden-
hall to the fight and hot words soon
brought on another battle, in which
Mendenhall was again worsted.
It is said that Snyder then took a
large knife out of his pocket and,
handing it to his friend, whose guest
he'd had been for several DAYS, is said
to have uttered these words: There,
Fred take this and cut the heart out
of him"
1t is said that Mendenhall then
plunged the weapon up to the handle
into the breast of Barrett. the wound
being close to the heart and death re
sulting five minutes later.
Word was sent to Squire Wesley
Graham, at Malvern, who soon was on
the scene of the murder and, locating
the two men, put them under arrest
and landed them in the Chester county
prison in this place.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
BRAND TO BE PREMIER
Asked by French President to Form q
New Cabinet.


Paris, July %, Aristide BRAND,
brilliant scholar, orator and ayowed
Socialist, and architect of the final
chapters of the separation law, was
summoned TO the Elysee Palace and
asked by President Fallieries to re-
construct the CIemenceau cabinet.
Should NJ BRAND succeed in forming
a new cabiEet, as his friends believe
he will, the tendencies Of the new min
istry will be distinctly more socialistic
than those OF the outgoing cabinet M.
BRAND is opposed to the dissolution
of the revolutionary General FEEDER.
alton Of Labor, which M. Clemenceau
favored and NJ Barthou, minister OF
public works, and NJ. Viyiani minister
of labor, have champloned socialistic
doctrines. The retention OF NJ. Pichon,
the foreign minister, in any cabinet
formed would be source Of general
satisfaction.
A BRAND cabinet would be exceed
ingly distasteful to the monied classes,
who at least knew that Clemenceau
was not afraid to resist those of reyo-
lutionary tendencies.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-31
HOUSE NOT READY
TO REFUSE GIFTS
Votes Down Resolution to Pro-
hibit Taking Fees From Trusts.

Washington, July 24.-The session
of the house was enlivened when Mr..
Randell, of Texas, wanted the speaker
to appoint a judiciary committee to
consider bills prohibiting members OF
congress and court officers from &C.
cepting gifts or employment from cor.
porations, trusts or persons interested
in legislation.
Mr.. Randell declared that the OPP
ponents of such legislation had not
only succeeded in preventing the pas.
sage of a law of that character, but
even suppressed discussion of such
measures on the floor of the house.
Looking the facts squarely in the
face" he said, the conclusion forced
upon us causes blush to mantle the
cheek of every patriot and self-respect
ing man."
No man, he said, could serve two
master. 1t was, he contended, "a pit
liable but uncontrovertible fact" that
the disinterested and faithful servants
of the people are helpless "in the pres
ent contest against the organized plum
derers of the nations wealth
He declared that the benefieiaries
of special interests "entrenched In
power and firmly combined with the
dominant political party openly de
rided the American people and brutally
demanded the pound of flesh. Should
the committee be appointed. he said
there could be passed law that would
"sever the connection of the servants
of the people from the interests that
now control u.s."
The resolution was voted down.