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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-02
Plan REVISION
OF ORDINANCES
Big Meeting Held at District Court
Room Last Evening and Com
mittees Appointed
For Work.
PUBLIC SPIRIT SHOWN
Many Members Of keokuk Bar and
Private Citizens Turned Out
to Assist in Carrying
Out the Plan.

A feature of the meeting at the dis
trict court room last evening was the
publ g spirit shown by members of tie
bar and ilsvate citizens interested in
city government.
The mi citing was called to order by
the chairman of the old campaign COM
mittee who explained that it would be
necessary to revise the ordinances of
the city before the commission took
office next spring; that some of the
ordinances could not be used by the
commission and that some would be
very inconvenient. That the primary
would not be held until two weeks
before the council changed and that
no one would know WAC the commits
sioners were until one week before
they took office. That one week was
too little time to do the necessary
work.
If this work was not done the COM
mission would be handicapped for at
least six months and perhaps year.
The city of Cedar Rapids We're six
months getting their ordinances in
shape and their special charter was
more like the new law than ours is.
That if nothing was done there was a
possibility that the commission would
have no revenue for the first year.
Sections Proposed.
uIr ~, -, oy,,Jo;,,aa +hot tho Dammit
tee had arranged plan by which the
ordinances were divided into eight
sections and they proposed that a
committee be appointed to supervise
the work and that subcommittee be
appointed to take charge Of each sec
ton and revise it. The sections pro-
posed were: Organization Of the
commission, including distribution Of
duties, supervision of duties, supervi-
sion Of departments, the election Of
commissioners, recall elections and pc
titions; organization of departments,
including financial affairs, public
safety, polio fire department,
board of health, streets and parks, en-
gineer, civil service board, employ
ment and discharge of employees;
general taxation; including annual
revenue, its collection, keeping and
disbursement; special taxation, includ-
ing levy and collection, issuance of GER
| tificates for work done and redemp-
| ton of same; emergency taxation to
ro;ea ravapuo For poy4 voar (1Q10A I.
/ pc ice ordinances, the city criminal
code; powers of commission, including
granting of franchises and licenses
1 Initiative and referendum, issuance OF
! bonds, settlement of claims against
the city; public Improvements, includ
/ ing all matter connected with them
except the leyying of the tax.
Campaign Committee.
On motion of A. E. John
stone the campaign committee
was authorized to supervise the
work of the revision and accepted
! the duty. On motion of John H. Cole
the chairman appointed a committee
of three to arrange the eight sub-com
mittees, this work was materially
helped as practically the waole bal
of the city had volunteered their ser
vices. This speaks we'll for the public
1 spirit of the bar and shows that the
citizens are behind the commission
plan and are going to make it a sue
cess.
The committee composed of Johr
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-02

immense Production Of Soap.
More than s50,00o,0o0 worth of soap
is made and sold in the United States
every year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-02
LII Tile SUFFERER
FROM ECZEMA
Grew Worse in Spite Of Six Months
ofAoles. Treatment Sleep Ter
tibly Broken Face, Head and
Hands Masses of Dreadful Humor.
A SINGLE SET OF
CUTICURA CURED HIM
feel it my duty to let you know
with what success I have used the Cuti-

cura Remedies.
When our baby
was seven weeks
old he broke out
with W hat W 9
t thought W as
heat but which
gradually grew
W orsse w 9
called in a doc
tor. He said it
was eczema and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-02

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-02

H. Cole, A. Hollingsworth, and John
Royane, brought in report as fol-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-23

Seminary. in Princeton. N. j., who was
personally acquainted with Harry
Thaw, is in the pamphlet. In it DR..
Patton says he believes Thaw to 'be
absolutely sound mentally"
Mrs. Thaw gives in her pamphlet
some extracts pu' lished in newspapers
and magazine. utteranccs from the
pulpit and else. g, on the death of
her husband, w = Thaw, in order
to show the es;cc;. which the father
of Harry Thaw W.. l. And in clos
ing she says:
Yet. in order TO ,.rotcct wealthy
libertines, the caluni:lis ors referred to
in the body of the pamphlet did not
hesitate to attack the memory Of this
man, whose. whole life, spent in the
city Of birth, was & living epistle,
known and read of all men,
When the case of Thaw is called be-
fore Judge Mills in White Plains on
Attorney Jerome will appear in court
to question Thaw. Thaws lawyer has
said his client will be put upon the
stand.
BronZed and CHEEKY looking after Il
three weeks rest in the AdirondaCkS
District Attorney Jerome returned to
this city yesterday. He said he was
feeling fine and in few days would
go to his summer home in LakeviIle.
Conn. He was asked whether his re-
turn had anything to do with the re-
port he is to assist District Attorney
Wiu5oW of Westminster county in the
ThaW case. He refused to answer. He
said shat he knew nothing about the re-
rioval Of Bingham except what he had
read in the newspapers. He would not
comment on the change, only to say
that tn" report since the new commits
sioner went into office the gamblers
were returning to New York was not
true. He said he had reports from his
assistants which show no new gambl-
ing houses have been opened.
When asked about the alleged loot
ing of the Third Avenue Railroad Co,
he smiled and said his office was not
interested in the case.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-23
by President
Emeritus c. ". Eliot
Of Harvard University, in Ad-
dress Thursday.
Will Be Radically Different from
Any Present Faith.

Cambridge, Mass, July 22.-Charles
ward University, prophesied the advent
OF a new religion, in an address before
the Harvard Summer School of Theo-
logy this afternoon. 1T will not be
bound by dogma or creed" he said, cts
workings will be simple, but it's field
of action limitless. Its discipline will be
the training in the development of CO.
operative good will. 1t will attack all
forms of evil. There will be no super
natural element; it will place no reli-
ance on anything but the laws of ma
ture. Prevention will -be the watch
word. and skilled surgeon one of its
members" The coming religion, he
thought will be based on the two great
commandments, the love of God and
til, service of fellow man. President
Eliot said in part:
1T is fair to assume that the progress
of the 10Th century will bring about
what | call the new religion. The new
religion will not be based upon author
ity; the future generation is ready to
b. led, not driven. In the new religion
there will be no edification of remark
able human beings, and the falth VIII
not be radical or tribal.
1.-THE new religion will not teach that
character can be changed quickly; it
will admit neither a sudden CONVEX
sion in this world or a sudden para
disc in the next. The Christian church
has substituted for human sacrifices
the burning of incense. 1t will be of
immense advantage if the religion of
the Goth century shall get rid of these
things, for they give wrong concep-
ton of God. The new religion will not
think of God as a large and glOriEed
man or king or a patriarch; it will not
deal chiefly with sorrow and DEATH but
with joy and life. 1t will believe III no
malignant powers and it will attack
quickly all forms of evil.
For every man God will be null
tiplication of infinties This religion re
jccts the idea that man is an alien or
fallen being who is hopelessly wicked.
1t will be a religion of All saints 1t
will respect all lovely human beings. 1t
will have no place for obscure dogmas
or mystery 1t will comprehend only
persons of good will, for, after ALL they
alone are civiliZed.''
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-23

most enthusiastic follower Of their
work. the most devoted student Of the,
art of fire fighting cied when George
w. Gail, a member and president of
the fire board for four years and son Of
the founder of the great tobacco estab-
lishment of Gail e. AK. expired at the
Union Protestant nfirmary. From
early hoyhood his hobby had been the
work of the firemen. and he took the
deepest interest in them and them la
bors. When he failed to secure in
creases for men who did not come I'M
der the general increase, he divided
among them his four years salary as
commissioners, amounting to $4,000.
Mr.. Gail is survived by his wife. who
formerly was Miss Mary Felgner, and
by their dau3hters-Misses Helen Gail.
Elizabeth Gail. and Nanny Gail; and
one son-4Georse w. Gail, Jr. lie was
born on October II, 1865 His father on
coming from Giessen, Germany, locat-
ed in Baltimore, where he soon became
head of the widely known tobacco
house of Gail & AK, in which firm his
son became Junior partner in 1855 For
several years after the company sold
out to the American Tobacco Company,
in 1891, Mr.. Gail filled the office of man
ager Of the concern. He was a direct
or of the Third National Bank and was
connected more or less directly with
many of the city's leading financial in
stitutions
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-23
NOTICE or FORECLOSURE
July IL. 1909

WHEREAS. Emma Goodchild of Au-
gusta in 4he County of Kennebec and
State of Maine by her mortgage deed
dated Dec. "a. 1907 and recorded in the
kcnnebec Registry of Deeds. Book 4s3,
Page 10, conveyed to me. the undo rsigned,
a certain parcel of real estate situated
in said Augusta, and bounded and de-
scribed as follows: to wit,
"A certain lot or parcel of land situated
in Augusta on the west side of the Ken
nebec river and being lot No. $50 as delin-
Gated on survey map of water power
and real estate of the A. & w. Sprague
Manufacturing Company. made by Cush-
ing and Dewitt in 1856 and fled in Ken
nebec Registry of Deeds May is, 1867
Said lot being bounded on the north by
Monroe street aud on the east by lots
Nos. 14S and 49, now or formerly owned
by George Fl. Fisher. Being the same
premises mentioned in deed from Ma
poleon Labbi to Augusta Loan and
Building Association and recorded in
Kennebec Registry of Deeds, Book ABS.
Page 449. ~
WHEREAS the condition of said mort
gage has been broken
Now, therefore, by reason of the breach
of the condition thereof l claim a FORE
closure of said mortgage.
FRANCIS E. SPILLER
By LEWIS A. BURLEIGH. Her Attorney
jly23- fri3t
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The Escaped Exi|es from
Siberia Get AWAY
By Selling Boats in Which to
Cross Bering Strait
Deported Russians Forced to Aid
In Escape from East Cape.

Seattle. Wash, July ga special
cable to the Post-Intelligencer from
Nome, Alaska, gives information con-
corning the means used by the Russian
political eXilcs, who are believed to
have successfully landed in Alaska in
effecting a passage across Boring
strait from East Cape, Siberia.
According to information given the
authorities at Teller Rock and Port
Clarence, small towns in Alaska oppo-
site East Cape, Is deported Russians
were captured when attempting to re-
enter Alaska, the eXiles forcing them
to assist them in Selling boats from
the natives and to aid them in crossing
the strait.
On July l the Russian steamer Vlad-
ivOstok landed 800 Russians at Nome
Half of them were paupers and were
ordered deported, Customs Inspector
Beagle fining the steamer $1,000, The
steamer carrying the deported Rus
slams left Nome July 8, going at once
to East Cape. Upon arrival there the
paupers were put ashore. Immediately,
according to the tale told by the men
now under arrest, they We're impressed
by the 20 eXiles who had escaped from
the Yakubk district, 1900 miles west of
East Cape, in March and were forced
to assist i'll Selling natives boats in
which to cross Boring strait.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-23
MAKE GIRLS LEARN TO COOK.
Georgia Legislators Urged to Require
Study of Art in Schools.

Atlanta, Ga. July 22.-In an address
to members of the Georgia legislature,
the Rev. DIR. Broughton, pastor of the
largest Baptist church in Atlanta,
urged the passage of law requiring
girls 10 be taught how to cook and to
keep house.
"One of the greatest needs of the
country especially of the South" said
DR.. RrouShton, lis for better cooking
and better housekeeping. The average
wife knows nothing about either one
She assumes the role of housekeeper, as
ignorant as a wood rat of such impor-
tant matters. People eat to live, not
for the fun of it,
1--WE can never develop Il race of
brains and bodies until there is more
attention paid to cookery. Girls have
no right to marry until they know
something Of the feeding and cooking
When girls marry they are not- quail
fed to keep house. They have to learn
and by the time they do, wreck and
ruin has begun.
''Tha remedy for this is a compulsory
law making our public school teach
cooking and housekeeping. The legis-
lature could do nothing at present that
would do more good than this. 1t
would save our homes and give us a
better race of peorle."
1t is said that a bill will be intro
duced on the lines indicated by Dr.
BrOughtOn.
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SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Seaman on Prairie's Launch Hurt in
Explosion.

Prcvincetown, Mass, July pa sea-
man from Philadelphia was seriously
injured and two others had d narrow
escape on board of a steam launch
from the cruiser Prairie of the Atlantic
fleet, when one of the boiler tubes ex-
ploded while the craft was half mile
off Railroad wharf today. The injured
man. George f. Brown. was scalded
and was taken to the Prairie, where it
was reported that his condition was
critical.
Brown and two other men from the
cruiser were on theiE> way to the town
for provisisions when the accident hap
pened. Brown alone was in the narrow
compartment with the boiler. Suddenly
there was q mufIled roar and the other
two men on board saw steam issuing
from the cracks in the boiler II ON. AT
that moment there was a crash Of glass
as Brown hurled himself age lst the
boiler room window. He was dragged
to the deck by his companions.
Another launch nearby cam to the
assistance of the three men and took
Brown TO the Prairie
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priations; Chairman Bartholdt, Com
mittee on Public Buildings: Chairman
Scott. Committee on Agriculture;
Chairman Reeder, Committee on Irri-
cation; Chairman Miller, Committee on
Claims; Chairman Greene. Committee
on Merchant Marine; Representatives
Lloyd and Houston of the Committee
on Territories: McLachlan, Young and
Humphreys. of the Committee on Aiv-
ers and Harbors; Calderhead and
Longworth, of the Ways and Means
Committee; Rodenberg. of the Commit
tee on Public Buildings, and Barchfield,
of the Committee on Manufactures.
Probably about Is of the members
will be accompanied by their wives.
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woman, and 1 shall recommend it as
long as l live" MRS. MAY FRY,
Lindley, Ind.
One of the greatest triumphs Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the conquering of woman's
dread enemy - tumor. If you have
mysterious pains, Inflammation ulcera-
ton or displacement, don't wait for
time to confirm your fears and go
through the horrors ola hospital opera
ton, but try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound at once.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, has sheen thestandard remedy
for female ills, and such unquestion-
able testimony as the above proves the
value of this famous remedy, and
should give confidence and hope to
every sick woman.
If you would like special advice
about your case write a cOnfiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
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HE SAT- ON VESUVIUS.
Professor Matteucci Dies After Spend.
ing Thirteen Years on Volcano.

Rome, July 22.-Professor r. v Mat
teuc3i, director of the royal Observable
ry on Mt. Vesuvius, who was famous
for his devotion to duty during erup-
lions of the volcano, died in the OBJ
servatory last Friday. Frank A. Per-
ret, assistant director of the observa-
tory. an American, who predicted the
Messna earthquake, was Professor
Matteucci's sole companion.
Matteucci had been sitting on the We
suvian lid for over thirteen years, and
although at times cut and pounded by
volcanic bombs, which ONCE sent him
into a hospital, showed no desire to
quit
The observatory has stood for over
sixty years, more or less. intact. 1t is
Ell of the Bay of Naples, 'on little hill
called San Salvatore, atSthe foot of the
great cone.
This hill acts as a sort of lava break
er, turning aside the streams which
pour from the crater so that the OBJ
servatory is free from peril except from
bombardment by stones and other vol
canic missiles. i
1t frequently has been damaged in
this way and during the last eruption
all its windows We're broken. The build
ing consists of single story raised on
terraces and containing laboratories
offices, and living rooms for the direc-
tor.
The observatory was built by the
Italian government in 1S41 and has
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-23
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Boston Canoeist Meets With Accident
On the Hudson.

New York, July 22.--N. w. Laid, 60
years old and a prominent attorney
Of Boston, who is making a canoe trip
from that city to the Thousand Is
lands, via New York, met with a thrill
ing accident late last night on the
Hudson river opposite Hastings and
was rescued after desperate strug
gle.
He had padded his canoe all the way
down from Boston through Long Is
lard Sound, the Harlem river and into
the Hudson and was speeding up the
river in an effort to capture a prize
offered by the Boston Canoe Club. when
his craft was struck by gust of wind
and overturned. He held to the bot
tom of the boat and fought the cur
rent for half hour before his cries
were heard and he was rescued by
members of the Tower Ridge Yacht
Club
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-23
LIBERTY POLE FOR ANTlETAM.
Weighs Three Tons and Is Drawn to
BATTLEFIELD by Six Horses,

Hagerstown. Md. July ga liberty
pole. 107 feet long. to be planted by the
Philadelphia Brigade Association near
their monument on Antietam battlefield.
is on the way there, having left Philadel-
phia. to which city it was shipped from
Oregon on three flat cars, on Saturday.
1t is on a wagon drawn by six horses.
and the distance is $50 miles. The pole
weighs over three TONS measures 10 in
ches at the bottom. tapering to 8 inches
at the pinnacle.
A flag will be floated from the pole Sep
TENDER II. the anniversary of the battle
of Antietam, with appropriate cere-
monials.
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WILL VISIT HAWAII.
Twenty five Senators and Represent
atives to Make the Trip.

Washington, July CA party of 25
senators and members of the House of
Representatives, is preparing to visit
Hawaii. The visit will be made in re-
Spouse to an invitation extended by
the Hawaiian Legislature at it's last
session and the party will sail from
San Francisco on the steamer Siberia.
August q. Eighteen days will be spent
in Hawaii, during which time the four
largest islands of the group will be
visited.
The party probably will include Sem
ator Hepburn and wife, Senator Bourne,
Chairman Foss, of the House Commit
tee on Naval Affairs, and the following
members of that committee: Olcott,
Bates Thomas, Dawson, Ellis, Paget,
Gregg and Watkins: also Chairman
Rwney of the Committee on Appro-
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DRIVEN FROM CAR BY BEES.
Express Messenger on Lehigh Valley
Train Badly Stung.

Wilkes Barre, Pa. July 22-Vtillard
Smith. a United States Express Coaapafiy
messenger on the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
was driven from his car and had to seek
refuge and protection in the mali car of
train this afternoon while en- route to
this city by a swarm of bees. which es-
capped from hive in the car, frightfully
singing him in his eyes and exposed
portions were badly swollen.
The bees were being shipped to Lodi. n.
Y, and the breaking of a slat on the hive
allowed them to escape. When the train
reached Wikes-B Barre several express en-
ployees were also badly stung while MAX
ing effort to drive them froA the car.
The car finally had to be switched from
the train and Baggagemaster Stout. an
old bee handler. freed the car of the frs
ky honeyinakers,
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Struggling desperately to keep his
head above water and watched by hun
dreds of spectators on the shore, an
unknown man sSank to his death in the
Woonasquetucket river at Providence,
barely a minute before two policemen
reached his side late Wednesday night.
They dragged the body from the watcT
and for two hours efforts We're made
to revive the apparently lifeless body
but the work was in vain The body
is now at the morgue and it is that
Of d man about So years old and ap-
parently laborer
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A CURE AT BATH
More Proof, Mar at Hand, OF
the Value 6f the Tonic
Treatment for Stom.
ach Trouble.

There are plenty Of remedies by which
you can relieve for the time heartburn,
pain and gas on the stomach and can
smother nervous sensations and induce
artificial sleep But when you take
your next meal, all your troubles begin
afresh.
Experience shows that these troubles
vanish jusesas soon as the stomach is
made strong enough to digest the food.
In other words, it needs q tonic that
will rouse it to do the work Of changing
the food. into nour4shment. The tonic
used ought to be one that will agree with
the most delicate stomach
Mrs. James N. ellis, of No. 9 Tarbox
street, Bath, Maine, found quick relief
in Dr.. Williams Pink Pills after seven
years of indigestion. Upon their results
a.one, DR.. Williams Pink Pills deserve a
thorough trial by every victim of stom-
ach. trouble. Mrs. Gillis related her
caseas follows:
'+Tor seven years was in poor health
owing to stomach trouble. 1t was caused
by overwork and grew worse each year
I had but little appetite and everything
L abe UNSUCCESSFUL mo. was troubled WITH
gas on the stomach. My limbs became
nnmb and would think they were
going to give out any minute. I had
such dizzy spells that would fall to the
floor. was also afflicted with terrible
sick headaches and would be so deathly
sick and dizzy that would be confined
to bed for two or three days. Twas
greatly run down and lost considerably
in weight.
81 took the doctors medicine for over
a year. He would help me for time
but would always get worse again.
Through friend 1 began using DR..
Williams Pink Pills The first few
boxes helped me so that Twas encouraged
to keep up the treatment. When had
taken the pills while / became strong
and healthy. My stomach trouble has
been cured and can eat a hearty meal
without distress
Every dyspeptic should have copy
of our diet book which is mailed free to
any address. Send postal card request
for copy today. DR.. Williams Pink.
Pills are sold by all druggists, Or by
mail, postpaid, on receipt of price, sc
cents per box; six boxes for $3.50, by the
DR.. Williams Medicine Co., Scheneo
tady, N. Y.