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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-15
ooo..veIt Sends Special Message to
the House vetoeins the Bill to
Construct Dam Across
the James River.
MISSOURI ENTERPRISE
points to the Growing Value Of Eleo-
trc Power and Error in Giving
Away Valuable Water
Power Franchises.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-President
Roosevelt today sent special mes
sage to the house vetoing the bill au-
tborzine William Fl. Standish to con-
str,,ct dam across the James river
IN Stone county, Missouri, Ind divert
ing norton of the waters through a
mel into the river again to create
electric power. The President says
the bill gives the grantee a valuable
privilege which has monopolistic condi-
lions and it is essential to protect the
public interest He refers to former
communication showing the tendency
of monopolistic encroachment upon the
natural resources, and says:
when the public welfare is involved
congress should resolve any reason
able doubt as to its legislative power
in favor of the people against special
privilege. My reason is believe the
FEDERAL government in granting a
license to dam navigable rivers has
the power to impose any conditions 1t
finds necessary; that its consent is
legally essential to an enterprise OF
this character. The people OF the
country are threatened by monopoly
far more powerful because it is in clos
er touch with domestic and indupstrial
life than anything known to our ex.
perience A single generation will see
the exhaustion of our natural re-
en,,rno- rs III orl and cur, riSn
l.. price of coal as will make the price
of electrically Transmitted by water
power controlling factor in the trans
portation and in the manufacturing
and in household lighting and heating,
To give away without condition this,
one of our greatest resources, would
be an act of folly
He pointed to the present control of
water power installation by corpora
tons and lne growing tendency on
their part to increase.
Gobbling up Water Power Rights.
The President points to the result
of investigation by. the bureau of cor
porations, showing certain interests
md directly mentions the General
Electric company and the Westing-
house Electric company had succeeded
i accumulating nearly a quarter OF
the most valuable existing sights at
water power points. Herbert Knox
Smith, chief of the bureau of corpor.
atoms, in letter accompanying the
message, declares the General Elec.
'ac controls three subsidiary corpor-
atoms, and admittedly owns five water
power companies and probably domi
mates five others. 1t alleges the West
mghouse controls three subsidiary
concerns, two power companies and
probably seven others.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-15
FLOATED SOME
DOUBTFUL SECURITIES
Mayor Jones. of Rugby N. D., Vic.
Il :'izzed Bankers in Many
States

GRAND FORKS. n. D.. Jan. 15.--
Several hundred thousand dollars in
security of doubtful value has been
hoated it : alleged, by Mayor A. II.
Jones, who disappeared from Rugby
recently. whose banks at Rugby and
Barton closed. Bankers in many
states We're caught.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-15
Weather Conditions

The high barometer from Northern
Montana has moved to the Dakctas.
its low temperature affecting only the
Dakotas the northern portion of the
Mississippi VallcT and northern Mich
ican
There have been rains on the Pa
citic slope, with a low barometer IN
Greg II. vita rising temperature, ana
snow in the northern sections of the
countrs with rains in the outhern and
caste. portions, with rising temper
ature
Warmer weather is indicated in this
section tonight and Saturday, the
temperature near or above freezing,
and rain or snow tonight or Saturday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-15
DUKES OFFER
WILL BE ACCEPTED
If 1t Does Not Conflict With the lmmi-
grafton Laws of the United
States.

ROME, Jan. 15.-The ministry OF
public works began the consideration
today of Duke Littas offer to colon
ize five thousand families of the quake
survivors in Florida The chief diffl-
Guilty in carrying out the plans. accoro-
ing to the officials, is the probable
conflict of the immigration laws of the,
United States. The dukes offer wilt
be accepted if it does not conflict
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-15
Rockefeller Not Sick.

CLEVELAND, Jan. 15.-Rockefel.
ler's physicia, H. F. Biggar said to-
day there was absolutely no truth in
the report that his patient was suffer.
ing from rheumatism. He said: Rock.
efeiler Will live to be hundred years
Old
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-15
WORST FLOOD SINCE
'83 IN CALIFORNIA
Floods in the San Joaquin and oJse
Valley Section Destroying Con-
siderable Property.

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. 15.-Ad-
vices received today by the state en-
board indicate the wors.
flood prevailing in both the San Joa-
quin and Jose valley section since the
1883 deluge. Bridges along the Santa
Fe are washed out.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-15
ToDAY's WEATHER FORECAST.
Indications for Iowa, Illinois, and Mis-.
souri, 'ired From Chicago.

For Keokuk and vinicty Rain or
snow tonight or SATURDAY.. Warmer
Saturday.
For illinois: Snow Aurries or rain
tcnie CT Saturday. Rising temper.
ature Saturday.
For Iowa; Snow hurries tonight or
Saturday.
Tor Missouri: ain or snow to-
night or Saturday Warmer Saturday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-15
KILLED WOMAN;
BOASTED OF CRIME
of Sandy, Utah, and Goes to Sa-
loon to Tell cf Crime.

SANDY, Utah, Jan. 10 Mathilda
Eelund was shot down and instantly
killed by Axel Carlson, who it is be-
lieved is insane. After the shooting
Carlson entered the house and fired
three more shots into the body of the
woman and then went to a saloon and
boasted of what he had done.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-15
HILL TO BUILD
LINE INTO CANADA
Will Send a Direct Line into Western
Canada-Has Bought News
paper.

WINNIPEG. Wis, Jan. 5.-It is an
nounced that James ]. Hill is comins
this spring with direct line and e
new system through western Canada
and for the purpose has purchased =
local afternoon paper which he vii!
make a double header.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-15
Jenkins Watches Jury.

AS the stenographer read the min
utes Jenkins leaned well over his head
resting on his hand. scrutinizing care
fully the faces of the jurors as though
10 read his fate there. He kept his
gaze for tae most part on Foreman Hill
and Juror Jardine. They gave him
glance for glance. but their gaze was
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-15
Fatal Accident in Roller Mill

EvELAND, Jan 1,,-John
Brooks was fatally burned and three
other workmen We're injured in an ex-
plosion of q sfefm pipe today in the
pudding mil Of lie Union Rolling
Mil Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-15
To Find a Beef Trust

ST PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 15.-The
House adopted a resolution for a COM
mittee of five to investigate whether
there is beef trust doing business in
this state in violation of the law.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-15
supply Ships at cibr,,t,r

,ly sni' ss',NGToN = Jan. 15.-The sun
,ons a,p Celtic, with 100000 navy ra.
,av aooard, arrived at Gibraltar to.
irom ssseordine ~ to dispatches received
,erar. 'se navy department. The cargo
'rom Naples, where it is headed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-15
Died at AGE Of 1n4 Years

wsst >, .iLLL, Ky. Jan. Moses
lOa s' plea IN Mitchellsburg today. aged
n;, ne Is survived by his wife who
.ioa oaa'eie's-eight. They have been mar.
''ea Tor eighty y-one years, M
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-15
RADICAL ANTI
JAP MOVEMENT
Judiciary Committee of California
Legislature Reports Against Al
LOWING Japs to Own Land

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 15.-One of the
most drastic steps in the anti-Jap
movement was taken today by the Cal
lfornla legislature when the assembly
Judiciary committee reported favora
bly, on the bill preventing japanese
from owning reality in California
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-15
Favor Presidential Salary of 100000

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-The SEN
ate committee appropriation has ap-
proved the appropriation bill with an
amendment increasing the Presidents
salary to 100000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-15
Local Observations.

iver above low water of 1864
frozen.
c., B. & Q. Bridge, Burlington, Iowa.
Jan. 14.-The present stage of the
river is > feet 5 inches above low wa
ter mark rise of 212 inches since
last report.
Mean temperature, %.
Maximum temperature, SO. Y4
Minim 4 temperature, %. 7
FRED z, GOSEWISCH.
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-15

FLUSHING. Jan. 15.-The Hams
jury was still in it's room at eight
O'Clock this morning. The general i'm
preston is that the jury is aopelessly
deadlocked For the first time in the
history of a big murder trial the JUS
tice presiding remained al. night, 1t
was necessitated by the serious illness
of Jurors Thomas Walsh and Patrick
Ahearn When the jury took break
fast at 7:30, the twelve men looked ut
terly worn out They walked in pairs
and indicated by their attitude they
were divided into rival camps. JUS
tice Crane received request from
the jury at $50 to have the testimony
of John Tierney. the garbage remover
of the Bay Side Club, witness for
the defense and Captain Clark and DR..
Mcbride, witnesses for the state, read
to them The court sent for the coun-
sci for the prisoners and the reading
began. Before the jury filed into the
court room wore reached several in
terested in the outcome of the trial
that the jury stands nine for acquittal.
1t was unconfirmed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-15
Jury DeIiberates for Twenty-Five
Hours and Then Frees the
Hains Brothers From
Custody.
JOY IN THE COURT Rc !
Man Who Murdered Capt. .osnnIs is
Discharged BY II sJudse
After the We xby
the J1.

FLUSHING, Jan. 15.-Ienkins Hams
was acquitted OF the murder of Annis
this afternoon at o'clock. There
was a hard struggle in the jury room
but the adherents to acquittal were
always in the majority The verdict
was received with the most extraor-
dinary demonstration of any murder
trial in recent years. Crowds packed
the court room and cheered and clap
ped hands, at the result The spec
tators were hurr;edly bundled into
the street by tho police order of
Justice Crane.
jenkins received tho verdict with
tears streaming lown his cheeks, and
shaking in every mLscel as a man with
palsy. He half started to his feet
with the CALCULATIONS Thank God,
thank God" Then fell back in a state
of almost utter collapse IS he realized
what it all meant.
AS Crane stated to discharge the
jury Major Hams. brother of jenkins,
burst. through the doors, sweeping
aside the two guards ar with tears
streamir G DOWN his cheeks, plaintive-
ly cried Where Connie, thank God
he is free" Justice Crane then dis
charged the prisoner ar addressing
the jury said, Il want to- thank the
jury for its excellent work. and the
praiseworthy patience which they
analyiZed the evidence and returned
the ver6,, # Attorner IcIntyre. his
eyes .lled with tears and voice shak-
ing with joyful passion, taanked the
judge and jury. jenkins did the
same. AS the judge arose to leave the
bench Major Hams bounded forward
and was clasped in the arms of his
brother. The men we're weeping on
each others shoulders.
jenkins said, Il must phone to moth
er and father. They will be So glad.
Our poor Peter shalt never leave him.
am going back to the Long Island
city jail and stay with him." Shay
quilted jenkins and hurried to a
l,earbv phone and called his mother.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-15
Thornton Also Free.

Thornton Hains was this afternoon
also acquitted cf the murder of
Annis. The jury leliberated for %
hours.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11

suppose me to be- might have made my mark
in the world. But it is 1 am like climber
in the mountains who has to depend upon a
broken leg. At rare intervals I feel what 1
might have been had the power that rules human
destinies been propitiOus to me" Even more
mournfuI are the notes on Carlyle in his declin-
ing days sent to his Russian friend by Froude.
He grows weaker daily" writes the latter, and
when told that if he goes out he will catch cold
and hurt himself he says that it is just what he
wishes to do, that he may die and be well out
of it." He is sulky because he is obliged to
go on living writes FrOude another day
He has lost his interest IN everything which
is taking place on earth and is and more
absorbed in what is coming. He assures him
self that Goethe believed in future life and
he wonders why" Froude's admiration for the
old Scotchman was repeatedly expressed in his
letters. He and Byron" he says in one of
them will alone be remembered five centuries
hence Of all our modern men of Genius ! =
wonderful genius, These two have been real
men; the rest will be found to be but the notes
of broken Banks worth as much as the paper
on which the promise to pay is written But
against the promise will be written No ef-
fects.'" Not long after the publication by
Froude of the "Reminiscences he wrote to
80. k:
.arlyIe's women friends expected me to paint
for them the foolish idol which their own foolish
because I could not and would not crafty them
The "Reminiscences viii be Ike BosweIS Life
two at poor Boswell and then found that he
had given them the best biography in the English
language
As he begins work on the last of his Carlyle
volumes Froude writes to the Russian: "A
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11

"cbarm'-as a drawing of character 'eV''''
tion of personality this work is painfully iaCN
inp Her own "reminiscences. too, are ScaH''
But Mr. stead is at no loss for fri@'eiid'
stretches his relation to prodigious i"''
erabIe-ength. bringing in his own eNpe,
enres with lavish pen. He takes hlnlseH '''
.ooroc- of 30 x" and the Bulgarian atroclty
AGITATION with equal seriousness, producing III III
these two big volumes narrative which "oulu
have been twice as effective if shortened Oy
half
II is in the gIimpses of eminent men ana III
the extracts from their only seni-PoIitlcai ie'-
fers that the interest of the Work LOT tle eeh
oral reader lies. Here. for instance IS Il mourn
go -,as-aae from one of Tyndalrs epistles: MY
.oo,,ire neglect and delay arise wholly from
nv heavy work. and. though you VIII not De
Iieve me- my bad brain Had nature give"
me the capacity of resting that brain BY steep
7 might have really approached what you
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
GDr 5yem2lor!s 01ib1ao1ss
SUNDAY. APRIL II, 1909.

Professor Brauder Matthews makes some JUL
cf,uS reu,lTIS in The North American keNle"
on the interesting subject of Literary Men ana
public Affairs" The professional writing man
has meyer been credited with practical Sits' As
Trofessor Matthews reminds US, the poH'lcal
,y,nf,Is Of AIarchayelIi, for example was not re-
,v,rdeJ Iv responsible office. He recalls tlie
cry nf \apoIcan'S soldiers in Egypt as tle9
formed s0uar, to repel The charge OF the M'liI'
Iukes. .Assr; and sIvantS 10 the centre III
every age men Of action and men OF ahaHS
have shared the sentiment of the politician WHO
not 81 very long AGO contemptuously refused 10
discuss a certain measure. because II was adYo-
Gated cnlv by Il number of those damned III
a,.lry fellows" Professor Matthews would can
attention to the fact that the literary ieiio" -
NOWADAYS being taken more seriously, ana HIS
cxr,resSions of satisfaction IN this circumstance
are the more effective becaUse he deals III very
inst spirit with the whole matter For one
thing he realizes that diStrust OF the literary
man has not always been unreasonable. Inc
tvnc ne admits is inclined on occasion TO De
somewhat impractical and is also apt 10 take
itseIf TOO seriously. assuming the possession OF
"tba vision and the faculty divine ana OF
wisdom greater than that shared by the rest OF
the world.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11

lake and Freeman. Il presently appeared that
she had a mission, whether accredited or self
imposed is immaterial-that she desired to be
instrumental in establishing harmony in Anglo
Russian relations, and in favOrably interpret
ing to England. during the period of the Eastern
crisis QS76-1S80) and afterward, the intentions,
sentiments and conduct of her cOuntrymen- She
published books and many explanatory letters
over the signature of 30. X" and she talked
with persuasive enthusiasm. DisraeH who
knew her but who apparently cared little for
the acoUaintance and was not affected by her
opinions once called her The NJ. p. for Russia
in England" and the story of her energetic
campaign shows that the name well earned
Gladstone is represented by Mr.. Stead as work
ine, shoulder TO shoulder with the fair Russian
in the endeavor to secure the Anglo Russian
concord and many letters addressed by the
statesman to the lady arc printed here.
1t must be said that one of these epistles
is of any great intcrest-in none of them can
we recognize the Importance that Mr.. Stead
seeks to ascribe to them. \ good many Of them
are merely duu-we might even say intention
ally and ingcniously dulI-and after traversing
the correspondence, together with the editors
comments we cannot but justify Morley in so
briefly treating in his biography of Gladstone
Nine, NovfkoH's connection with the story of the
Eastern Question as debated in England We
might even whisper tho conviction that If the
brilliant Russian had never set foot on English
shores the end OF that story would have been
,he same. Brilliant Nine Novikof probably
was, though we fall TO gather such an impress
sion of her from Mr Steads pages. Neither
do we find anything here of her Oft mentioned
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
LEARNING AND POFERTT-

From The Manchester Guardian
Writers Of books have often declared th2t
is no unusual thing in Out-Of-the-Way paris
Scotland under smoky rafters of cottages u-
thatch of which is kept down by ropes Welsn--
with huge stones for some young Ieiv"
conceive q passion for knowledge and bai--
with the evil star of his poverty 70 some p-'
nose Mr. D. T. Holmes, ii his recent dels-
fuI volume Literary Tours IN the HIgn-A-
and Islands of Scotland touches on sl-
aspects of that subject He talks u B'tIu Il--
donald of TrOtterniSh. whose croft costs A-
from - to 81 Der annurr and whose only G..
came near being inp0uHd~t f'- the prIcr
seed potatoes who has EitCE-i his wagon
the high star of poetry 4 heard hin s-ns
Gaelic poem of his own composition contain
TWENTY-FIVE verses OF intricate F-rSllcd----
saws Mr. Holmes He tells also of the >
rtI1tfarr Who rode % the seaport, crossed g
sound rode across the breadth OF Sco-~+i--
Aberdeen. and there sold his mount 10 p! -
college fees -.----s
And here is an anecdote If -a- II lsarn-lS =
nOyertv at least of learning m adverse SlEIJ-.-
ings. Two sailors and q ~-"rN--1-r We15 ~
cusSing the subsistence Of u. land on So4---5
pier one of the sailors all -.t that MS So
mothers cabbage patch was covered L.
water on which his boat was H'tt.IS- -
shOpman. turning % me gu -.- --- We -
passage of TenuySuu OF the SEQ --''--+ - 80
the tree, used t. grUN-~D Earth N1al t-l-7
hast thou seen" This quotation led % q -.-
erary talk, in which he -.-a6-a-- lllr lr.. T.
poets he preferred Homer ,-l- traHs'I---
YOU like BEST L inquired sSacNlr- -
piled ''aS being the most t#.-.--i- o. u -
But | rarely read = trlTS.at-.-- iTt-5 -
in his own Greek This rer-l-N ulale - -
whose fingers were -Ii~t-C-UE WITH H5.-.-
scales. came 20 me As a pleasant S-Eli- z4
on in the day I visited his house d.l =. = ,l,.
fine library and his splendid ~'---tl-o-- -
steal books
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
20. X.
T7co Big Tolumes Ab0m Nine.
N0likOf.

THE NJ p FOR RUSSIA. "Reminiscences and
Correspondence of Nine. Olga Novikof- I'D b.
tied by w. T. Stead Illustrated In two vol
umes, Syo Pp. go. 55l. G. =. Putnam Sons
About thirty years ago there appeared in Lon
don society a very clever and reasonably good
looking Russian woman, Olga NOvikon by
name She a daughter Of the minor no
bility of the North. and a goddaughtcr of Gar
Nicholas l. She was. moreover. the wlIe or i
military officer Of high standing and the sister
in-aw of the Russian Ambassador at vienna
Her intellect had made for her friends among
the statesmen and savans of the Continent.
and in England she speedily won the liking of
men like Gladstone, Froude, Carlyle. King
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
PRAYER.
BY AUBREY DE WE'RE

BY AUBREY DE NEKE.
therefore when thou wouldst pray 'r ooo' ''''"
aims, 49,. ,,,-,ocri+aS
@ Ilo" -, ~ ,.,in,y Iorio,IsIy: the common streets
49, af their largcss. eChOing their psalms
TN such the laud of men. like unctu"us paiih sitr
L-,IIS nth sweet SAVIOR IrpiouS CouhleFleito;
t,ratinp OF heaven. for earth their Dosoif oeatS'
f,raeninp nj weeds. they lose immortal Palms
Cod needs not iteration nor vam crleS; ,i,-bt
That man communion with his God Ihis''
- 1,eInur Christ gave the ordinance of prayer:
Vague ambagcs and witless ecStasieS. eci;
N,raiI not ere a voice to prayer be gwen -
The heart should rise on wings OF ioHe ~
heaven.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11

The truth is that the literary commentator
on nublic affairs has been brought into diSrepufe
very largely through the intrusions OF mediocre
individuals whose foolishneSS has Deen rs 1907
iebIv attributed to some essential element i'll the
literary temperament. Moreover, even some
clever authors have remained literary fellows
:, tho n,rroweSt sense As Professor Matthews
observes: They know little or nothing except
books. They have cultivated the means Of eX-
,y~ession; but they have TO express only WhaL
1hcv NAV find in their libraries. They do not
know the world beyond their book shelves. Ihey
ere men of letters, not men Of action; and often
they are not men Of thought But on the
other hand the author Of genuine substance IS
not nv anv means conCeited or Ineffective. -
mandarin compIacency is not characteristic OF
t2e truly great man Of letters When he
throws himself into public affairs he uses quite
os much common sense as belongs to the aver
ace practical POLITICIAN and, in fact, IS generaly
not only wiser but shreWder. He IS coming INTO
lis own as this esSayist notes, but the latter
rightly ado, that the literary fellows" will be
accented in Il broader capacity only in proportion
rs they learn so to control their utteranceS ana
50 to direct their energies that the plain people
will have no excuse for reSuming again the SuS-
picious attitude Of bygone days" He argues
for 4 more liberal tone in the literary life, for
quicker Sympathies, for less of that strict pro
fcssfonaIiSm which, after all, may sometimes
hplp Il man to perfect his style, but will also
DO much to dry up the springs of feeling for
the interests of mankind at large.