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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
Rear Admiral schIey Wants the Other
Man Who Claims to Have
Reached the Pole, to
Submit.
TILL BELIEVES COOK
p1nes Are Best Posted in the World
als|s on Polar Matters and Should
2 Look Into Peary's
Claims.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Reaffirm-
Ing his complete confidence in DR..
Cook, Rear Admiral w. S. Schley,
flred, called publicly upon Com
11nder Peary to submit his proofs
4 HIT he reached the north pole to
me scientific body other than the
0tional Geographic Society. This
"a admiral declares, should be done
once in the interests of justice, and
establish beyond question the
Inns of Peary. The admiral be-
Hires the same body which threw out
repudiated Cooks data should be
permitted to pass upon the data sub
United by Peary to the Geographic
Society
The Danes are the best posted
body of men on Arctic matters in the
Il world" he said. "The consistory OF
y the University Of Copenhagen should
be given the opportunity to examine
the Peary proofs, for, in that way,
they would be submitted to the same
test that was applied to those of Cook
The consistory which was regarded
BY the civilized world as more than
friendly to DIR. Cook, showed by its
aetion in turning down the explorer
t5eksi It holds the scales Of justice, as
aees them, evenly and honestly"
Qreover. Admiral Schley believes
s1bmission Of the proofs to Copen.
zen should be insisted upon by
cary, despite whatever the National
B 33eographic society's attitude may be-
was suggested to the officer that
the society some time ago officially
declared its intention to- let scientific
&bodies Of reputable atandinS examine
md test the Peary proofs when they
had been passed upon by the society.
But the organization hasn't done
- he retorted quickly. $50 far,
there has been shown no disposition
= TO carry out its avowed intentions.
has there?'
\ Admiral Schley declined to say on
what grounds he took exception to
the finding of scientists of the Uni.
versity of Copenhagen that Cook had
1 not been at the north pole. He mere
ly reaffirmed his belief in the explorer
adding that he believed, also, that
& Peary, too, had gained the top of the
4 earth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
Funeral Next Week.

JACKSON, Miss, Dec 23.-The
body will be buried at the little Gem.
etery in Brandon, Miss. Rev. 8.
Emory, pastor Of the Methodist church
will deliver simple address and the
body will be borne from the church
by old friends and neighbors Of the
dead statesman. The funeral will be
held Wednesday. The plans were de.
cided upon at family conference to.
day Gov. Noel, anxious to do honor
to the dead senator, has telegraphed
condolences and asked that the body
be allowed to lie in state in the
rotunda of the state capital, but this
request was denied
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
Prince Albert Took the Oath Of Office
Today and is Now the Ruler
Of the coun-
WAS NO CORONATION Y
Ceremony Did Not Include Placing Of
a Crown Upon the Head and
Lasted But a Few
Moments.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 23.-Prince Albert
became King Albert Of Belgium to.
day, the oath OF Office being admins.
tered in Parliment hall in the presence
of the ministry, the chief officials OF
Belgium. Albert's wife and foreign
representatives including U. S. minis
ter Maine. The Belgium ceremony
does not include a coronation and he
became king the moment the oath was
administered.
The daughters Of Leopold and
Princess Louise, returned to Buda
Peste today to prepare for the con
test of Leopold's will.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and Vicinity: Rain or
snow tonight and Friday. Rising tens
perature.
For Illinois: Increasing cloudiness
with probably rain or snow late to-
night or Friday. Rising temperature.
For Iowa: Unsettled with rain or
snow west portion tonight and east
portion Friday. Rising temperature.
For Missouri: Rain or snow tonight
and Friday Rising temperature
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
TO Be SHOT FOR
KILLING NEGRO.
Plight Of an American Attorney in
Mexico Who Was Intoxicated
When he Killed Black
Man.
ONE FINAL CHANCE LEFT
His Appeal Is Now up to the Supreme
Court and if That Fails he
VIII be Exc
cuted.

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 23.-Unless the
supreme court of Mexico interfere
Samuel L. Hampton, st. Louis at
torney, will be shot because he killed
a negro in Mexico three years ago.
The Federal court has refused his ap-
peal.
Senator Taylor of Tennessee has
been in charge Of Hamptons case. 1t
is declared he was intoxicated when
he killed the negro, but the court has
refused to consider this fact. 1t is
also alleged that he made state
ments, which were misgiven by the in
terpertor who acted for him during the
trial.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
Her Comb Iqnited.

BEAVER, Okla, Dec. 23.-Mrs
James Reece, wife OF a preacher at
Gate, was seriously burned by a
comb in her hair igniting from a
stove. Instantly her hair was ablaze
but sheput 1t out with her hands. All
night long the woman walked the
floor. not desiring to.awaken her three
small children. fleece was alb
sent from home "a pulpit en-
gagefhent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
Burned His Arm.

MASON CITY, Dec. 23.-Manager
George Il sham of the Trafford music
store, had his arm badly burned He
was thawing out ice in the window
nth a red hot poker when the decora-
tions for Christmas caught fire. He
saved the store from destruction. but
was burnt himself
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
Weather Conditions

The field of high temperature has
drifted southeastward, and is concen-
trated over the Central Valleys. tenn
peratures remaining below normal
over the greater portion of the coun-
try
There have been light snow fiurries
over the northern districts, and rains
in Western Texas and Arizona, with
an area of low pressure in Arizona,
and the pressure continues low in the
northeastern states, where storm Is
off the New England coast
Conditions indicate snow, possibly
turning to rain, and rising tempera-
ture for this section tonight and Fri
day.
Local Observations.
Date Bar. Their. Wind W'thr.
% p. N. -. 30.51 10 w Clear
% a. m. -. 3O55 10 SW CFdy
River above low water of 1864. 6
feet, tenUhs.
Change in "a hours, rise, feet, 3
tenths.
Mean temperature, 22nd, Is; maxi
mum temperature, %; minimum tenn
perature, Ia.
FRED z. GosEWIsCH,
~ Observer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
The Writ Filed.

WASHINGTON Dec. 23.-The writ
Of error upon which the government
is appealing to the supreme court
from the decision of Federal Judge
Holt of New York, in which he held
that certain sugar trust officials were
exempt from prosecution by the sta.
tute of limitation, was today filed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
Three Children Burned

DELAWARE, Ohio, Dec 23-The
three children of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper
Williamson. Werner, aged 2; Grover,
4, and Mabel, years. were burned to
death in a fire at the home of their
parents in the eastern part of the
county. The parents were absent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
penot Burned

MOUNT STERLING, H., Dec. 23.-
The Wabash depot at Versailles,
about ten miles east of this city. was
burned. 1t is supposed to have caught
from a spark from a passing locomo-
tive. A Ray warehouse near by was
also burned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
interurban Money.

IOWA CITY, Dec. 23.Half of the
one hundred thousand dollar stock
subscription required of local business
men to insure the construction of the
iowa City-Davenport interurban, has
been raised and the Commercial club
will start lively campaign for the
other fifty thousand dollars after
Christmas.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
Roosevelt's Party.

AAMAIAA. Uganda, Dec. 23.-The
Roosevelt party left today for Lake
Nyanza. The twelve year old king
of Uganda witnessed the departure
and presented Roosevelt with yalu-
able ivories. During the day Roose-
velt visited the English church and
the Catholic mission An American
flag was unfurled in his honor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
Abraham Simmer is m.

DUBUQUE, Dec. 23.-Physicians
hold little hope for the recovery OF
Abraham Simmer, p1lilanthropist. The
patient has been seriously i'll for a
fortnight with pneumonia. Mr.. Slim
mer's beneiciaries run into hundreds
pf thousands.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
Work conxicts on Roads,

DES MONIES, Dec. 23.-Congress-
man ]. A. T. Hull writes and says
congress will pass a law this session
tn have military prisoners in all parts
OF the country work upon the public
highway.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
zeIaya in Command.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. ga cable
gram from Bluefields says telegram
from the interior just received says.
Zelaya is now i'll personal command
Of the government troops.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
Because She Might Accept.

why doesn't the college woman
marry?" asks a magazine writer
Why not ask the college woman?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
Death Of Senator McLaurin Of Missi-
ssippi From Heart Disease at
His Home in Jack.
son.
WHO WILL SUCCEED:
John Sharp Williams is Mentioned as
is also vardamon, to FIJI the
Unexpired Term Left
Vacant.

JACKSON, Miss. Dec. 2S.--Arrange-
ments for the funeral of Senator Nc
Laurin, who died of heart disease
yesterday, are not yet completed.
Governor Noel today said he would
do nothing regarding a successor COR
McLaurin until after the funeral and
then he would consider carefully be-
fore taking action. Tho Mississippi
legislature meets at the same time
congress conyenes, January 4. An
appointment in the meantime could
be made by Noel but If 1t displeased
the legislature, the new senator would
be out of job before he reachsd
Washington.
John Sharp Williams is one of the
likely candidates. His appointment
would mean a split of the remainder
of the term in two parts. The legis
lature favors Vardamon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
Passed Through Paris Today on tlis
Way to Belgium, With His
Wife and 1s-Year-
Old Boy.
FOUND BY AMERICANS
Was Trying to Hide in Marsei,. -
Under an Assumed Name BIZ
People Recognized
Him There.

PARIS, Dec. 23.-Di ook passed
through Paris today on his way to
Belgium according TO a generally
accredited report.
Cook, accompanied by his wife and
a youth of is came to Paris from Nice,
the report says: A dispatch from
Marseilles says Cook registered at a
hotel there under the name of Richard
son from Naples. According to the
hotel officials. Cooks intention was
to remain hidden in Marseilles, but
his identity was disclosed by several
American guests and he hastily de-
parted.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
Entered Senate in 1894.

WASHINGTON, Dec 22.- Senator
McLaurin. who was 81 years old, be-
gan his first term in the United States
senate in 1894, but was elected gov
ernor of Mississippi in 1895 and serv-
ed in that Office four years.
He was elected again to the senate
in 1900, and served one term. He
then returned for the term which be-
gan on March a. 1907. His present
term Of Office would have expired on
March 8, 1918.
Senator McLaurin began the study
of law in 1868, after he had served
through the civil war as a private in
the confederate army. He was born
on March 26. 184S, at Brandon, Miss,
and was reared on farm. He en-
tered the confederate army when he
was 16 years old Seven children sur
vive him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
Deserving Of PITY.

PITY the sorrows of the man who
has disagreeable boss in the Office
and another at home.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-23
Brother is Alarmed.

NEW YORK. Dec 23--Wm. T. Cook,
Brooklyn milk dealer, this afternoon
gave out an interview in which he de-
clared he believed some harm had
come to his brother Doctor Frederick
4. Cook, the explorer and added that
the records passed upon by the Uni
verify of Denmark, we're not the rec
ords DR.. Cook intended to present to
the University to prove his claim
that he had discovered the north pole.
My brother is strangely missing
and l fear foul play, though admit
/ have nothing but conjecture as a
groundwork for that fear. Last Mon
day morning I received a letter from,
him which was dated on ship board
He did not tell what ship he was on
The letter was mailed from foreign
port, do not finow which one"
The postmark was destroyed. He
said the letter declared the records
sent by Landsdale, were only a few
copies and not the ones intended to
prove his claim. He said he had the
original documents in his possession
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-09-18
How Did You Die?

Did you tackle the trouble that came
your way,
With a resolute heart and cheerful?
Or hide your face from the light of day
With craven soul and fearful?
Oh, troubles ton, or a troubles an
ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it,
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt
that counts,
But only how you take it.
You are bitten to earth?
Well, well, what's that?
Come up with smiling face,
It's nothing against you to fall down
fiat,
But to lie there-that's disgrace,
The harder you're thrown, why the
higher you bounce,
Be proud of your blackened eye!
1t is not the fact that you're licked
that counts;
It's how did you fght-and why?
And though you be done to the death,
what then?
If you battled the best you could,
If you played your part in the world of
men,
Why the critic will call it good.
Death comes with crawl, or comes
with pounce,
And whether he's slow or spry,.
1t isn't the fact that you're dead that
counts,
But only how did you die?
Edward Vance Cook
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-09-18
To Regulate Opium Smokers.

A quaint touch of Oriental ingenuity
to harass the persistent users of opium
has been invented by the superintendent
of police at Canton, says the Lancet's
correspondent in China: This official
has issued 10000 wooden licenses, ten
inches long by eight inches broad and
three-ffths of an inch thick. On the
front of these boards are characters
giving the smokers name and address,
and the quantity allowed him per diem,
and on the back are the opium regula-
tions. The licenses are not allowed to
cover their boards when going to buy
opium, but must wear them conspicu,
ously so that all may see them. Next
year these wooden licenses are to be
two feet long by one and half broad
and three-ffths of an inch thick.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-09-18
Smith Girls Getting Back.

NORTHAMPTON, Mass.-A deserted
village springing into life and becoming
populated again--that is Northampton,
Just at present and that is what North
ampton will be for the rest of this
month until Smith College and the nu-
merous other institutions of learning
here are in full swing for the scholastic
year.
Northampton's population, now about
nineteen thousand, will be three thou
sand greater by the end of the month
and most of the increase will have been
caused by the coming of upwards of two
thousand young women students.
This week there have been a few of
the signs of returning life-all on the
very practical side. Maids employed in
the houses of Smith College, the Capen
School, the Burnham School and the
Clarke School for the Deaf have been
returning from the mountains, the sea-
shore and the other places where they
have been employed during the summer.
They form a distinct body by them
selves-distinct from the other servants
of the city. For three weeks they will
be engaged getting their part of the
years work under way.
Later the cooks will come-the aris-
tocrats of the servant population, the
women about whom Smith girls compare
notes when the respective merits of the
college boarding houses are compared
Boston Herald
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-09-18
A MERCHANT
ON NEWSPAPERS

In his talk at the sales managers
anquet Mr.. Elias Michael criticised the
newspapers for publishing on their front
pages hot wheather news and scandal.
instead of information about st. Louis
excellent schools and park system. This
is hardly fair, in view of the pages pub
lished recently about the heroic achieve
ment of DR.. Cook and its scientific value,
or the pages about progress OF aerial
navigation. But let that pass.
Mr. Michael is successful wholesale
merchant. His success has been gain
ed by selling goods that the people
want. He knows that Bibles, sermons,
instructive books, addresses on the ad-
vantages to society of sobriety, unset
fshness, civic pride, and good notices for
the home would be better for his Gus
toners than coal-scuttle hats, laces,
fancy combs, jewelry, gewgaws, open
work silk stockings and peekaboo
waists. Yet instead of offering his
customers Bibles and notices and in
formation about municipal progress and
insisting that they buy them, he offers
them hats, laces, silks and gewgaws. He
even pushes these things and creates a
demand for them. He exhibits them to
prospective buyers. The retail mer-
chants who buy from him put them in
their show windows. They cater to hu-
man vanity. The merchant sells the
people what they want, not what he
thinks they ought to have.
The newspapers print great deal
about the schools, the parks, social, sci
entific, educational and municipal pro-
gress. They print all the news about
these things and even push them. They
print sermons and essays. But they can
not print nothing else. They must meet
the public demand for all the news, even
the news about the evil that men do.
The public wants the news and the
newspapers must give it what it wants
or cease to publish. 1t must fill its
front page-its show window-with at
tractive news wares MIR. Michael would
soon stop buying newspaper that gave
him essays instead of news. And he
would be right. 1t wouldn't be a news
paper; it wouldn't fulfill its function
and mission.
However, in behalf of the newspapers,
we will offer Mr.. Michael compact.
When he and his fellow merchants sell
only Bibles and notices the newspapers
will print nothing but sermons and es-
says.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-09-18
FRAT" INVITATIONS

careless and something that wasn't ex-
pected doesn't happen-as did the night
we tied Tudor Snyder to the south
track while an express went by on the
north track, and then had the time of our
young lives getting him off ahead of a
wild freight which we hadn't counted on.
All we ever aimed at was to make the
initiate so thankful to get through alive
that he would love Eta Bita Pie forever,
and I must say we usually succeeded.
1t is wonderful what young fellow will
endure cheerfully for the sake of pass
ing it on to some one else the next year.
1 remember I was pretty mad when Eta
Bita Pie headed me up in barrel and
rolled me downhill into a creek without
taking the trouble to remove all the
nails. 1t seemed like wanton careless
ness. But long before my nose was out
of splints and my hide would hold water
1 was perfecting our famous Lovers
Leap" for the next years bunch. That
was our greatest triumph. There was
an abandoned rock quarry north of town
with thirty feet of water in the bottom
and a fifty-foot drop to the water. By
means of long beam and system of
pulleys we could make freshman walk
the plank and drop off into the water in
almost perfect safety, providing the
ropes didn't break. 1t created a sensa-
tion, and the other frats were mad with
jealousy. We took every man we want
ed the next fall before the authorities
put stop to the scheme. That shows
you just how repugnant the idea of be-
ing initiated is to the green young col
legian.
OF course, fraternity limitations are
supposed to be conducted for the amuse-
ment of the chapter and not of the can
didate. But you can't always entirely
tell what will happen, especially if the
victim is husky and unimpressionable.
Sometimes he does a little initiating
himself.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-09-18
Secret of a Long Life.

You sometimes see woman whose
old age is as exquisite as was the per-
feet bloom of her youth. You wonder
how thi shas come about. You wonder
how it is her life has been a long and
happy one. Here are some of the rea-
sons:
She knew how to forget disagreeable
things.
She kept her nerves well in hand
and inflicted them on no one.
She mastered the art of saying pleas
ant things.
She did not expect too much from her
friends.
She made whatever work came to her
congenial.
She retained her illusions and did
not believe all the world wicked and
unkind.
She relieved the miserable and sym
pathiZed with the sorrowfu.
She never forgot than kind words
and smile cost nothing, but are price
less treasures to the discouraged.
She did unto others as she would be
done by, and now that old age has come
to her and there is a halo of white hail
about her head, she is loved and con-
sidered This is the secret of a Ions
life and happy one.-Interstatt
Teacher.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-09-18
Twelve Business Maxims.

The president of the London Cham
Der of Commerce gives these twelve
maxims which he has tested through
years of business experience, and which
he recommends as tending to insure
success:
l. Have a definite aim.
2. Go straight for it.
3. Master all details.
4. Always know more than you are
expected to know.
5. Remember that difficulties are
only made to be overcome.
6. Treat failure as stepping stones
to further effort.
Z. Never put your hand out further
than you can draw it back.
8. At times be bold; always be pru-
dent.
9. The minority often beats the ma
jority in the end.
10. Listen well; answer cautiously;
decide promptly.
II. Preserve by all means in your
power, "a sound mind in sound body
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-09-18
The Supreme Gift.

Man has no wings, and yet he can
soar above the clouds; he is not swift
of foot, and yet he can outspeed the
fieetest hound or horse; he has but fee
BILE weapons in his organization, and yet
he can slay or master all the great
beasts; his eye is not so sharp as that
of the eagle or the vulture, and yet he
can see into the farthest depths of
sidereal space; he has only very feeble
occult powers of communication with his
fellows, and yet he can talk around the
world and send his voice across noun
tains and deserts; his hands are weak
things beside a lions paw or an ele-
plants trunk, and yet he can move
mountains and stay rivers and set
bounds to the widest seas. His dog can
out-smell him and outrun him and out
bite him, and yet his dog looks up to
him as to god. He has erring reason
in place of unerring instinct, and yet
he has changed the face of the planet.
Without the specialization of the lower
animals-their wonderful adaptation to
particular ends-their tools, their weap-
ons; their strength, their speed, man yet
makes them all his servants. His brain
is more than a match for all the special
advantages nature has given them. The
one gift of reason makes him supreme
in the world.-John Burroughs in Allan
tic.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-09-18
A news item shows the amount of

A news item shows the amount of
money spent by students in Columbia
each year Four hundred dollars is a
conservative estimate of the amount
each student in the University spends
in Columbia annually. The greater part
of this goes for board and clothing.
Next comes rent, student supplies,
amusements, and incidentals. The to-
tai amount spent by the 5000 students
in the University amounts to a great
deal more than million dollars annual
ly. This does not include university
maintenance and salaries of faculty
members. The total amount represents
an enormous amount of business.