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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14
CRIME STORIES IN NEWSPAPERS.

1t is common complaint when
newspapers are under discussion that
they devote too much space to crime
stories. That these complaints are
not justified is demonstrated very thor
oughly by an article written and copy
righted by Arthur I. Street, publisher
of Streets Pandex of the News, in
Chicago. Mr. Street goes into an
extensive and careful analysis of the
matter published last year by the lead
ing newspapers of the country
In his summary, which embraces
thousands of items handled by tele-
graphic press associations and by spe-
cial correspondents, Mr.. Street shows
total of 443 items relating to leading
criminal cases. Items relating to other
topics are given as follows: Foreign
news, $3.50; congress, LAO; railroads
67s; Roosevelt, $50; Taft, $50; banks,
3s6 Democratic party, 1886; education
al, 1926; Germany. BIZ; Republican
party, 3o5.
OF minor crimes there is showing
of 900 items. These relate to suicides
murders. robberies, embezzlements
arson and various other events having
a criminal feature. They, OF course
are legitimate items, such as news
papers cannot ignore in their capacity
as purveyors to the public demand fol
news. 1t will be noted, however, thai
when these minor crimes are added te
the number of reports dealing witt
the leading criminal cases there is still
an overwhelming majority of item!
relating to non-criminal news matters
OF his itemized record Mr. Stree
says:
at shows beyond any possible cavi
that the amount of serious and impof
tant matters printed in the daily pres
of the country far outweighs the sen
sational and the superficial. 1t demon
strates that the newspapers are eve
more alive to things that make TO
real progress than they are to crime
ar any of the baser evils of society
And 1t thoroughly substantiates tn
claims of those who understand th
: newspaper best that 1t is the mos
comprehensive, valuable and effectiv
!. factor in modern human advance
| ment."
Mr.. Street probably could take n
t note of the many thousands of item
/ of strictly local concern that appear
' the papers. items relating to CONNIE
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14
Let up on the Tariff.

Burlington Hawk-Eye. Evidence Is
at hand from various quarters of the
country, east, west and south, bearing
out in remarkable manner the
views of the Hawk-Eye that an era
of great prosperity is at hand and
that the. people are not worrying about
the tariff. nor desiring any further agi-
tation OF the subject. Financial adj
vices from New York state that as a
result of the general revival in bust
ness and larger earnings the dividend
outlook for many of the industrial
companies is exceptionally bright
Within the next two years it is ex-
pected that disbursements to share
holders of industrial companies will
establish a new high record.
! One of the most emphatic testimo-
malls. however, to the approaching
boom in business is given by Mr.. w.
4 B. Southwell, business manager of
the Des Moines Register and Leader,
who has just returned from a several
weeks business tour of big eastern
cities, and was thus able to form an
accurate impression as to business
conditions. In an interview in the
Register and Leader. Mr.. Southwell,
who was formerly business manager
of the Burlington Hawk-Eye and is
very we'll known throughout the state,
says:
Everywhere in the middlo west
and the east optimism prevails
Business men are not only talking
prosperity. but they are contributing
to it by placing direct orders. have
made this same trip at intervals in
former years, but never found bust
ness men SO enthusiastic and SO con
fldent or so ready to place orders fol
goods and advertising as on this tour
"The national advertising cam
! paigns are on enormous scale, to b.
5 renewed this fall and winter, ant
. Iowa newspapers will receive littl,
t more than their former share of thes'
publicity campaigns.
j Another impression gained Wa
: with respect to what appeared o con
3 spicuous absence of talk about bus
! ness waiting upon adjournment 0
! congress and the final adjustment b
= 1t of the tariff through the enact
I. ment of the new law to take the plac
, of the Dingley law. With one or tw
e exceptions the business men wit
q whom I taxed were laying plans TO
It extending business without regard t
e the final tariff action. In fact, tn
e tariff was mentioned but few time
and then only incidentally, while tn
o actual passage of the measure SCENE
IS to create no special interest anon
n the business men"
r. So it will be seen that there is Ii
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14
BETTER THAN KILLING THEM

BETTER THAN kIlLINI ITEM.
If hearers of Mrs. Besaut and read
ers of what she says will avoid being
preiudiced against her by her over
dogmatic assertions about what goes
on in the other world they may get
some useful suggestions about what
might be done to better conditions on
this side of the dividing line. For ex-
ample. what she says about murder
ers. Mrs. Besant doesn't believe in be-
heading or otherwise killing murder
ers-and for novel reason. She says
they are more harmful after being
"clIt off than before. She was illus
trating what an easy thing dying real
" is. as she sees it and went on to
tell what a dreadful time drink-lovers
have in the other world where there Is
no drink, so she understands. Then
she said:
1 "The murderer isn't killed when you
/ strike off his head or hang or electro
cute him. You only kill his physical
body and you thereby set him free to
spread his evil broadcast over the
community. Have you ever noticed
how crimes repeat themselves? This
/ is encouraged somewhat by the print
ing in newspapers of the details OF
such crimes, but the present method
of dealing with the murderer also has
its effects. He goes forth into the
next world veritable devil who in
cites to temptation" She advocated
locking the murderer up where he
could do no harm and then workins
on him to improve his nature, so tina
wien death comes he will take bette
ideas into the next world with him.
The Buffalo News points out tina
4 there is suggestion of country eS
perience in this. Mrs. Besant proba
bly, knows, as most farmers do, of cer
tain kinds of weeds that are Thankful
I for being plowed up and taken, by GU
tivator. to see the world. They jus
root afresh when they are broken an
separated and turned under in neN
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14
spEAKER cANNoNs VIEWS.

Speaker Cannon has no fear about
whether he himself will return to the
house. He says that if the Eighteenth
Illinois district is as willing as ne Is
he will continue to be its representa-
tive. He anticipates no opposition In
his own party and has no fear OF the
Democrats of his. district. Referring
to the tariff bill he says:
81 believe it is a good measure. l
ask the. people to wait until 1t mas
been tested before condemning 1t. |
believe congress has kept the pledges
made by the Republican party at the
Chicago convention. There has never
been a tariff bill passed yet which sat
isfied all the people and there never
will be. There has always been lot
of kicking before the country adjusted
itself to the new conditions and got
down to business.
q expect history to repeat ITSELF
but when the people are fully &C
uuainted with it they will see that II
/ is a splendid bill and l look forward
to at least ten years of prosperity ane
progress under it.
! In framing the Dill the WoFhlnS
men, the laboring classes, and thei
rights were first considered; secondly
4 the rights of the manufacturers AM
employers of labor, and finally an
against their viii, the rights of tn
importers. 1t is my judgment that
fair test of the law will demonstrat
that it is a good law for all classes O
the nation. Let's give 1t trial, an
then we shall see where we stand"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14
CONGRESSMAN Kennedy.

Montrose Journal: Congressman
Kennedy came home Saturday morn
ing and all extend him a hearty wef
come, they feel that he has brought
honor to them by his actions IN con-
gress. OF course he did not DO 10
please all, and those who are sensio'e
did not expect him to. The Deiho'
cratic press of Lee county is never
pleased. They even got wrong az
their President and when their own
President failed to please, why should
they expect Republican congress
man to do so. Mr.. kennedy was. eie..
ed as a Republican and that IS 'ne
way he voted on measures. Preslu en-,
Taft is satisfied with the tarin W. w.
and says it is good ONE ana nls
endorsement shoald be good enoueA
for any Republican.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

According to the Office OF the sec
rotary of state at Des Moines, Iowa
is investing in benzine buggies at the
rate of $4,000 per day Forty ma
chimes are registered daily and the
average price is assumed to be $1,000
In the course of few months the
Hawkeye state is putting millions in
to these Convenient and speedy We
hiales. "And why not?" asks the Bur
lington Hawk-Eye, which thus answers
its own inquiry:
Iowa has money to burn, and she
is growing dollars over her 5o,ooo
square miles of inexhaustible sou,
growing them at the rate of from S4o
to $500 per acre. What signifies a
small matter of $4,000 per day TO
state where one crop is going to pro
duca perhaps s250,o0o,ooo in a rev
months. Just as soon as the airship
comes into the market. Iowa Will be,
Gin building and buying them ana
then she will be looking about for
something else TO amuse her ana 70
add to her comfort and convenience.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

1t hasn't been so very long ago
when we were told that the vicious
railroads. were the destroyers of our
happiness, and of our business; then
the cry was that we were being de-
stroyed by the tariff This leads the
Des Moines Capital to wonder what
will be the matter with us next. And
It recklessly adds that it doesn't care
as long as prosperity keeps up. THIS
it is, complains the Burlington Hawk
Eye, that the accursed commercial
spirit dominates all Of our aspirations
for reform and chokes down the hopes
of civic uplift
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

WHATS the relation of self to self"
asks Mrs. Vance Cheney in an article
on Right Thinking" in the Practical
Ideals Magazine The most important
of all relations, the relation OF self to
self, it is rightly declared, should be
one of profound respect, absolute
faith in ones self, and complete
loyalty to self. Only as one IS
loyal to self can he be of value TO
his associates or to himself No man
has the respect or loyalty of others
who has not developed these traits in
himself toward himself.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

Differences.
The King can drink the best OF VINE
So can /;
And has enough when he would dine
So have I;
And cannot order rain or shine
Nor can I.
Then where's the difference-let me
Betwixt nv lord the King and me?
Do trusty friends surround his throne
Night and day?
or make his interest their own?
No, not they.
Mine love me for myself alone
Blessed be they!
And that's the difference which see
Betwixt my lord the King and me.
Do knaves around me lie in wait
to deceive?
or frown and Aatter when they hate
And would grieve?
Or cruel pomps Cypress my state
BY my leave?
No. heaven be thank'd! And here you
see
More difference 'twixt the King and
He has his fools, with jests and auips,
When he'd play;
He has his armies and his ships
Great are they;
But not "a child to kiss his lips;
Well-a-day!
And that's a difference. sad TO see'
Betwixt my lord the King and me.
wear the cap and he the crown
What of that?
sleep on straw and he on Gown
What Of that?
And he's the King and I'm the cio"h'
What of that?
I, happy /, and wretched he,
Perhaps the King would change WIN
Anon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14
THE DAILY GATE CITY

cial, industrial or material improve
ments, to social and church affairs,
and those which are purely personal
all of which tell of things which tend
to elevate mankind. Nevertheless,
Mr.. Street has done an Important serv-
ice to the newspapers and to the pub
lie in his compilation. 1t will remove
an erroneous impression from many
casual reader and will moderate tle
asperity of many a carping critic
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14
Postal Gard Dangers.

Utica Press: A postal card IS "a
great convenience, but 1t may oe . a
in way that will make consia i,arsl
trouble. Section 1898 of the ieue'a 70
statutes makes 1t a misaeihea M on
place in the mails postai .a. - ,c.
which is written statement - arv
count or a demand for money =, uaha,
description. A Rochester pho'0s 81 az q
was arrested on "Wednesday on onsto.
charge Of sending to woman e, ian 90 sag fol-
mer on a postal card bill for v oard
that hath the bill vas year old, aan and. sd in.
gested that 1t be paid N Wv" INC ar.
stallments of 5 cents. VI. D and nut
raigned ne pleaded not guii's' a
up $3.50 bail.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14
The Mason city Globe-Gazette

The Mason City Globe-Gazette de.
clares that the congressman who were
not appointed on committees to their
liking need not grumble especially
If they fought Cannon. 1t says that
'"the predominant faction in Iowa pol
iitics for the past fifty years has not
been giving out the best chairman
chips to the fellow who opposed them"
and adds:
THE really brave insurgent is the
man who takes his stand irrespective
of positions on committees and who
does not expect anything at the hands
of the speaker he endeavors to push
out of the chair. The politician who
goes about rewarding his enemies in,
stead of his friends always secures
early retirement"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

In its issue last week country pa
per over in Illinois said that "the
new front porch up at Eldridge Clark
remodeled home is on the east" 1t
appears this was a mistake-the
porch is on the west side of the house
How the paper in question sought to
correct the error is thus told in its
issue for this week:
In order to have the building cor
rectly fit the description in the paper
we have tried to persuade Mr. CLARK
to move the porch around to the east
He says he's TOO busy now but vii
have it done in the fall if we still in
sist on the change being made,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14
The chief sanitary inspector

The chief sanitary inspector OF
Chicago strongly. recommends the lib
eral use Of plain, old-fashioned white
wash. He holds that nothing better
has been found to cover the dark
spots, and in this he is right beyond a
doubt. Whitewash is both de-
odorant and an antiseptic and is CRATE
full to the eye. Plain, old-fashioned
whitewash should be employed much
more generally than it Is.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14
constructing OF piece Of furniture.

constructing OF piece of furniture,
may afford the desideratum, may pre-
serve the balance. We read that a
boy who learns to do things with his
hands will not commit suicide from
dependency when man, nor will he.
Ours is a complicated civilization.
Tolstoi may be right. But he comes
tardily. The die Is cast. The simple
life is a dream. The current has car.
ried many of us far out from natures
shore. Brain workers there must be-
lawyers. editors. preachers, etc. But
they ought to be careful and not get
cracked.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

tie encouragement in business circles
for renewal Of the tariff agitation
Business is preparing for big step
forward, and the people are going 10
be too busy making money to bother
with politics for while.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

The medical department of the
state University does not expect as
many as forty students in its freshmen
class this fall. 1t is anticipated that
the requirement of years work in
liberal arts will more than cut the
class in half
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

Iowa produces more hay than any
other state in the union, but the grade
is the lowest and cheapest of the
twenty-three recognized by the Ma
tional Hay Association The De-
partment of Agriculture properly adj
vises Iowa farmers to. pay more at
tention to the cultivation OF better
grades.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

The slot machine men complain
that the new penny is too thick to be
nsed in their devices. If their COM
plant is we'll founded the dimensions
Of the new penny are all right.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

Kansas Republicans are Disguised
with the direct primary plan and are
going back to the convention practice.
1t takes but short time for the direct
scheme to ruin any party that resorts
to it. Every element of discord rallies
to the new cry and boasts of the in
tent to smash things generally in
PARTIES
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14
keok,k Iowa August, IA, 1903.

The Dubuque Times punster says
that no one will accuse Iowa OF
Haugen the important chairmanships
this year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14
A Great Reviver.

Jacksonville Courier, Dem: The
new tariff law not only has revived
business and started prosperity on It's
beneficent rounds, but 1t has also
revived a corpse. Alton B. Parker
has expressed himself on the matter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

Annie Besant says her soul once oc-
cunied the body of blind girl IN
India. Even if this be true, II aoes
not iustify her in seeing things now.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14
Aviation In 1909.
rose

Aviation in 1909.
rose
and
rose
airship
graceful
The
Above the gaping town,
shout,
raised
we
even
But
The
cranky
thing
came
down.
Newark News.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

DAILY y NA<aaA' e. n
Six months 49,. L5olone month - 80. ..cond
Entered In Keokuk postofnce Do se-
class matter. avonca
Postage prepaid terms should give the
q address and state whether Is
new or renewal order. II change .hs o, % and
dress Is desired. state both the oio CIV
RE Remit BY postoface money order ,ae. OK .,
press money order. registered
The date printed on the address o, ea ex.
paper notes when the supscrip'ion
pires. ,x,. their pa.
giving notice Of the fact
Address all communiGaatioo,nns utp g.
THE GATE CITY COMPATy Ia
No ia North Sixth ST.. keokuk. Iowa
THE GATE CITY Is on sale at the io'
HOTEL Keohuk, cor Third m ana d ' s3nsss
& G. Fl; R seos SIS Main street.
Depot News Stand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

ne washington Democrat declares
that any piano on hot summer night |
is nuisance, but when it is out of
tune it is crime.
The Spirit Lake Beacon says it
ought to be a criminal, as it is
moral, offense to put the name of
either Thaw or his wife in type.
Taft announced that he will spend
an entire day in Des Moines. 1T is
evidently his first trip to the city"
suggests the Iowa City Republican.
The annual picnic of the State
Line Veteran Association will be at
Cantril on September 4. The princi-
pal speaker will be Rev. ]. w. Potter
of Keokuk.
The waverly Republican complains
that there are few great orators In
this twentieth century, and what few
there are are near the danger line OF
being stuck on themselves.
The Jacksonville Courier calls on
the Rock Island railroad to enforce its
rule against employees drinking. 1t
says that Wednesday night train
near Peoria raced twelve miles with
an airship.,
The Washington Democrat tells OF
an old maid in that town who asked
another one what she thought was the
best time in life to get married, to
which the Intercepted party replied
naively. when you get the first
chance"
A man in Punxsutawney, Pa, swa.-
lowed his false teeth and the sur
geons have just taken them out of his
stomach. The Knoxville Express ad-
vances the idea that no doubt he had
a gnawing sensation at the pit OF his
stomach as long as they were there.
The Belle PLANE Union says that a
half dozen reckless young men IN
company with an equal number OF
girls Of questionable character and
the whole outfit soaked UP with a
case or two of beer will slide faster
toward hell in a given time thar
most any other combination that car
. be devised.
Iowa creamery and dairy interest.
have won their fight for free return
, of empty milk cans by the express
! companies. General Traffic Manage
Bradley, OF the American Express
telegraphed from New York as fol
( lows: "All express companies viii
t issue supplement to classification Is
. effective August 1, containing the fire.
return of empty milk and cream can
without wagon service. Omitted b
;, oversight
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

The Real Problem. talks
Marshalltown T.-R.: II nav .ou %.
like 4 crazy man what are you
Ing to do with the alienists!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

Taft announced that he will spend
an entire day in Des Moines. 1T is
evidently his first trip to the city,
suggests the Iowa City Republican.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Washington Democrat declares
that any piano on hot summer night
is a nuisance, but when it is out of
tune it is a crime.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

The annual picnic of the State
Line Veteran Association will be at
Cantril on September 4. The princi-
pal speaker will be Rev. J. w. Potter
of Keokuk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

The Spirit Lake Beacon says it
ought to be criminal, as it is a
moral, offense to put the name OF
either Thaw or his wife in type.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14
THE GATE CITY
PUBLISHED BY
THE GATE CITY COMPANY
DAILY BY MAIL.

sKiRv,N Manager
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

The Jacksonville Courier calls on
the Rock Island railroad to enforce its
rule against employees drinking. 1t
says that Wednesday night train
near Peoria raced twelve miles with
an airship.,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

The waverly Republican complains
that there are few great orators in
this twentieth century, and what few
there are are near the danger line OF
being stuck on themselves.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

A man in Punxsutawney, Pa, swa,-
lowed his false teeth and the sur
geons have just taken them out of his
stomach. The Knoxville Express ad-
vances the idea that no doubt he had
a gnawing sensation at the pit OF his
stomach as long as they were there.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-14

The Washington Democrat tells OF
an old maid in that town who asked
another one what she thought was the
best time in life to get married, to
which the Intercepted party replied
naively. when you get the first
chance
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-04-23
Rawak Gets his Msoey

Way back in populist days of
1894 when Governor Waite was in
his glory and the Cripple Creek
war was on, the Gunnison News,
then under management Of &. L.
Rawalt, published the constitutional
amendments for that year Because
of the war, the News had changed
to daily and bills for the amend
ments counted up However, for
some reason Mr.. Rawalt failed to get
it allowed, and though he was elect
ed to the legislature twice could not
get relief. After fifteen years, this
last general assembly saw the JUS
tice of his claim and allowed it with
interest in the total sum OF S1,07S.
90 Hon c. 5. Thomas was Mr..
Rawalt S attorney, and this was the
first bill signed by Governor Shat
roth after adjournment Of the legis-
lature.