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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26

are jubilant today over the statement
made yesterday by Acknowledgement
Wilson, that he had gone as far as his
power and the law permitted when he
had issued a notice to the local au-
thorities to make arrests. He said that
The whole matter resolved itself upon
the grand jury of the county. That
aody would have to receive n con-
aider any complaint that might be made
and if they failed to bring an indict-
lnent, that closed the incident.
Mr.. Wilson denied that he had ever
said he would come to Atlantic City to
confer with Prosecutor Goldenberg. He
said he did not intend doing anything
of the sort because it was not part of
his duty.
Mayor Stoy still insists that he has
not been served with the notice which
Attorney-General Wilson says he gave
into the hands of some of the reformers
to serve, and City Solicitor Harry
Woolton says that he has not received
any such notice for filing.
1.-THE reformers," said Woolton to-
day, "are merely trying to shift their
burdens upon Mayor Stoy. They have
found themselves unable to win their
cause and are eager to give somebody
else the responsibility.
"The only way Mayor Stoy could
close the saloons without delay would
be to place a policeman in front of each
door, and this would not be practic-
able"
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26

directed to report at the next meet
ing of the finance committee.
Under the act authorizing the sale
of the old building, the proceeds are
to &C to the sinking fund for the pay
ment of the bonds for the new build
ings in Overlook.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
LOST IN WOODS 30 DAYS; INSANE.

PORT ARTHUR. Ont, Aug. 26.-Lost
in the woods for thirty days and alme st
dead when found by Indians, Herbert
Reeves, 80 years Did. a former United
States soldier. was brought here yes
terday, raving mad.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
PENN pRoHIBITIoNIsTs MEET.

PITTSBURG, Aug. 26.--The Pennsyl-
vania State convention Of the Prohibi-
ton party was opened in old City Hall
here this afternoon.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26

The exhibition features of the day
were a dumb-bell drill and later a
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26
CHINESE OUTLOOK PLEAsEs TAFT.

BEVERLY, Mass, Aug. 26.-Presl-
dent Taft feels that the consular sit
uation In China is very bright.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-26

wand drill, the first by the boys and the
last by the girls. The drills were we'll
given and reflected great credit on the
children's teachers. The girls athletic
contests consisted Of an Indian club re-
lay race for the older girls and a po-
tato race for the younger ones. The
first race was carried off by the West
Side team, composed of America Ka-
juski, Eva Catlett, Agatha Gillen and
Anna Brandt. East Side finished sec
ond, and Branch Brook third. In the
potato race, Madeline Blume finished
first. May Breitneg second and Ruth
Leonard third.
The boys contests We're well con
tested, all of them being some form of
a running race, There were four dashes.
a Junior 50, junior 100. senior 100 and
senior 220. There was also a senior 440-
yard run. a enior mile relay and a
Junior half-mile relay, The results We're
as follows: Junior 80, Harry Slaton, B.
B., first; Herman Bergstein, second, and
w. Van Ness third. Junior 100, Harry
slaton, first; Herman Bergstein, second:
A. Reubin, third. Senior 100, Ray
Kelley first; G. Lanser. second; Charlie
Danworth, third. Senior 300, John j.
Cunningham, first; Lanser second;
Mike Rooney third. Senior 440-yard
run, w, Williams first; Kane, second;
Valse Farley, third.
One-Mile Relay Race.
In the one-mile relay the Branch
Brook team, consisting of Oscar Tener,
Charles Wanworth, w. Williams and
Mike Rooney, finished first with East
Side second and West Sid third. The
Junior (boys) potato race was won by
w. Lynch: second, w. Van Ness; third,
Hornish, of West Side. The Junior one
half-mile relay was won by the Branch
Brook team, West Side second, and
East side third. The Branch Brook
team consisted of w. Lynch, A. Jones,
Harry Slaton and w. Van Ness.
The results of the Fairgrounds meet
follow:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07
Venus is far to the southwest, WHOA
means cold winter in the northern
states. If you don't believe these pre-
dictions just wait and see.
IGNORANT or THE BIBLE.

OF the one hundred seniors In the
English department of the West Des
Moines high school less than one
fourth could answer the question,
Who was Judas % asked them by
their teacher one day last week. One
fippant and ungrammatical young
woman wrote in her examination pa
per in reply that Judas was the king
that everything he kissed turned to
gold" Most of the class were perfect
ly content in their. minds that he was
King Of Judea. Like lamentable ig-
norance was betrayed concerning Col
gotha. A number wrote down with I'M
mistakable assurance that Golgotha
killed David with little stone They
were sure it was pebble or some
thing like that, not that 1t made any
particular difference. There was one
thing thai the class specifically did
know, and that was that some place in
the Bible there was a law or some
thing that said it was wrong to MUIR
der. Some said it was Moses law
written on Sinai, and others said it
was one of the ten commandments,
but did not remember which one. One
student even went so far az to say
that 1t was In the Lords prayer. Such
ignorance of the Bible among senior
high school students is as regrettable
as 1t is surprising.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07

week is handled by the money order
system of the United States and it's
possessions.
Turning to the foreign money order
business Mr.. Mundell said:
Heinz pickles are advertised in
fety-seyen different varitiees. The gov
eminent of Uncle Sam goes EN- one
better for we have money order ex-
change systems with fifty-eight differ
ent nations, and with different rules.
It is a Chinese puzzle. We sent out
last year s96.000.00O to foreign nations
and took in $26,000,000 yet we made
S360,O00 on exchange, owing to the diff
ference IN monetary Values
Following the address the speaker
answered a number of questions we'll
asked by delegates. One man greatly
interested the audience with story Of
how canny citizen Of Ohio, during
the recent financial depression, took
out $4,000 worth of money orders and
made them payable to himself, instead
OF risking the money in a bank. The
citizens money was safe until he felt
secure enough to collect upon himself.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07
A PARLotJs MoNTH

Weather Prophet John C. Busby of
Independence predicts that November
VIII be changable month, with cleo
trio storms, cyclones, tornadoes, hui RI
canes, suicides, murders, railway
horrors and great storms on land ind
sea. Violent earthquake shocks will
be numerous this month. Halley's
comet, like a great fiery serpent dash
ing through the blue vault above us,
VIII have an evil influence over our
planet This fiery air devil" as Mr..
Busby calls 1t, has tail that will
sweep through cur atmosphere, so
there will be something doing on
Mother Earth" AS heretofore noted.
Mr.. Busby foresees a severe. winter.
He cites in support of this prediction
that the song birds left early for the
southland: that the squirrels are lay
ing away large stores of nuts; that
the corn husks are tight on the ear;
that the worms and caterpillars left
long ago; that the potato bug is be.
low the frost line, and that the planet
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07
Mr.. LEvEY's PROMOTION.

Mr. c. M. Leveys many friends in
keokuk and throughout the entire
Mississippi valley are greatly pleased
over his latest promotion in the trans
portation world. AS announced recent
~ in the dispatches, he has been elect.
ed director and the second vice pres
1dent and general manager of the
Western Pacific Railroad company,
with headquarters at San Francisco
This is noteworthy advance and it is
as merited as conspicuous. Very early
in his railroad career Mr.. Levey was
resident OF Keokuk, and the attach
ment 1T then formed for him has grown
with the passing years. 1t has watch
ed his rise with interest and pride and
has recognized in each successive
promotion merited appreciation of his
qualities { man and operating Off
clal. That still further honors are in
store for him is not doubted by anyone
acquainted with his character and ca
reer. Mr.. Eevey has made good in
every capacity in which he has been
called upon to serve, and his Industry,
capability and fidelity to the interests
committed to his care assure that he
Will attain to still greater distinction
by deserving it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07
THE DREADED LOCO WEED.

many papers In southeastern Iowa
published recently dispatch under a
Burlington date line to the effect that
a horse in that city showed symptorns
Of insanity; that It would run against
tne stable trying to kill itself. and
that a certain expert pronounced II
case OF poison from eating loco and
on examining the hay fed to the
horse 1t was found to be full of loco
weed One Of the papers in which
the item appeared was the State Line
Democrat published at Keosauuua.
copy OF the Democrat containing II
reached Mr.. G. G. Mort of Wakeenv
kas., who writes to that paper to saw
that loco weed was never shipped in
any nay for the reason that 1t does
not grow In grass that gets high
enough TO be cut for hay. Mr.. Mort
says he lives in the loco district and
that very often when a horse bepina
TO eat the weed it will not care about
eating anything else. THE loco
weed he continues, grows among
the snort grass Cor buffalo grass that
we have out here. Not any of 1t gets
three inches high which will prove
to you that it is never cut for bav
/ We never find loco in the tall grass
mat is cut for hay Furthermore
4 When horses get enough OF if Ia
anect them instead of getting viii
and crazy they get slow and moochv
4 You can hardly drive them out of vour
way. 1t does not make any difference
now hard you strike them they don't
seem to feel it; they act as if thew
We're hardly half alive. There is lots
OF it here where the pastures are Gov
+. cred with the buffalo grass, SO We
nave had considerable experience with
IT. We are not an expert nor even
a small veterinarian, but we would
pronounce the affected horse a plair
case of blind staggers..
/ In the light of Mr. Morris disclosures
there need be no apprehension O.
wholesale poisoning of horses from
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07
p. o. MONEY ORDERS.

In an address before the National
League OF Postmasters of she United
States at Syracuse, N. Y. last month
Mr.. r. w. Mundell of Chicago, assist
ant superintendent of the department
of registered mail, made public some
facts Of general interest regarding the
money order system. Last year this
system in Uncle Sans states and pos
sessions handled business to the value
of over $1,000, 100000, without the In
vestn1ent of cent of capital. Not
withstanding this immense volume oe
business, the government operated the
department at something of loss.
The money order system, Mr. Mundel.
pointed out, is the peoples own, main
tanned by them for their own financial
convenience. The fees charged by the
postoffice department are merely
nominal. The money order system is
for the public benefit It is not main
tanned to make money.
In the course of his remarks Super
intendent Mundell pointed out some of
the differences between the depart
ment's system and that of express
companies and banks In case mon
ey order sent out does not reach the
payee the postoffice authorities make
Considerable effort to find him, and
falling In this returns the order to the
sender. Having no personal interest
In the system and nothing to gain
through funds that do not reach their
destination, the government endeav-
ors, as matter of course, to have the
orders reach the benefciaries. The
speaker called attention to the fact
that when person made application
for money order he was taking the
initial step toward entering into con-
tract with the government. and that to
establish his own responsibility in the
premises the government required him
to make out his own application and
affix his name to it, In this connect
ion, the speaker recommended that
postmasters give talks in the public.
schools and secure the assistance of
teachers in instructing children TO
make out their own money order an
plications He thought this would be
practical step.
A point emphasized by Mr.. Mundell
was the safety of the money order sys-
TEN. Many banks failed two years ago
and people who had funds invested in
these institutions lost them. The
chances of loss In this method of com
municating funds are practically moth
Ing. He told, too, that it is from
third and fourth class postofficeg that
the government makes its money. The
average amount for which orders are
issued in these offices is 81. The aver
age fee is five cents. two of which go
to the government and three to the
postmaster as his fee. In cities of the
first and second class clerk hire costs
Uncle Sam twenty times as much as the
amount received in fees, SO the bust
ness is transacted at considerable
loss there.
An idea of the magnitude OF the bust.
ness can be obtained from the fact
that from s15.000,o00 to $4,000. 900 a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07

The esteemed Jacksonville Courier
has been casting UP It's accounts and
finds that it owes The Gate City three
pounds of country sausage, due ever
since last winter. 1t promises that
payment will be made on ground hog
day. which seems an appropriate oc.
casion for liquidation of the debt. In
making acknowledgements of the obi
cation the Courier is kind enough to
say that "The Gate City is a bright
and cheerful sort of sheet" The com.
pliment is appreciated, but this paper
must insist nevertheless on the nav.
ment of the debt according to the
terms of the contract Fine words are
all very well in their way, but they
don't butter any parsnips. Three
pounds of country sausage" are nomi
mated in the bond and nothing else will
fill the bill.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07

Congressman Lloyd of the First
Missouri district, adjoining Keokuk,
has reached WashiEgt after his trip
down the river with the Presidential
feet. He is quoted as saying he had
talked with nearly all the members of
congress who made the trip and that
the general verdict regarding the pro.
lject was that the Mississippi should
certainly be improved, but all seemed
to want more information as to what
ought to be done and the best method
of doing it. This is in line with the
views of Congressman Mckinney Of
the Fourteenth Illinois district as ex-
pressed on the occasion of his recent
visit to Keokuk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07
INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS.

Iowa teachers In state convention at
Des Moines on Thursday last adopted
a resolution favoring a mandatory
state law for the medical inspection OF
schools and students This action
was directly in line with that taken by
the state board of health few days
previously. The state board in its reso-
luton recommended the appointment
of physicians by local boards OF health
to make regular inspection of all
schools. The cause for such inspec-
ton is found in the fact that the pubic
schools are often centers from which
infectious diseases disseminate, and
furthermore because many individual
cases of minor infirmities, impair
ment of hearing and defects of vision,
exist among the pupils, of which the
possessor is largely unconscious and
which retard both his physical and
mental growth.
1t is claimed that frequent inspec-
lions OF the public and pirate schools
of the state would tend to prevent the
development of epidemics among the
pupils, save valuable lives and by cor
recting individual infirmities contrib
ute largely to the safety and efficiency
of the public schools, The resolutions
adopted by the state board contem-
plate that competent physicians or
nurses shall make frequent inspections
not only of the school children in their
various districts but also OF the build
ings, toilets and lavatories connected
Herewith. Local boards of health and
other organized local anu professional
societies are cordially invited to CO
operate and by their united efforts to
contribute to the safety and efficiency
of the schools of the state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07

According to the Boston Tran
script, the late Admiral Erben had the
good fortune or the merit to originate
a woodworking phrase, "the man be-
hind the gun" He used it in a speech
Ton the factors of success In naval
warfare to emphasize the necessity
of having efficiency, preparedness,
run through the entire personnel 1t
was also a reminder that the enlisted
men have a good deal more to do with
bringing about victory than always
appear in history of official reports.
{ The expression was employed in sup
iplementing the views of Captain Ma.
han, and attained circulation at once
as epitomizing a whole library of in.
.struction.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07

Judge Mcpherson of the federal
court has ruled that the city of Des
Moines shall have the right to exam.
inc the books of the waterworks com
pany. The city is asking for re-
duction in rates and the company has
refused to allow an examination of its
books. The decision is both important
and just. The merits of the case are
thus briefly stated by the Waterloo
Reporter:
The right of the city to regulate
rates is established and those upon
whom this duty devolves have to
work with their eyes shut unless they
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07

The Actors Church Alliance Of Chi
cago has disbanded. If the paragraph
er of the Peoria Herald-Transcript Is
to be believed, a quarrel over whose
turn it was to go to church the,next
week caused its sad demise.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07

The efforts of Chicago elevated
railroad to abolish smoking cars re-
Isulted in riot, in which two men
! were severely injured. Down with
Cannon and Cannonism!" The speak
er's connection with the affair isn't at
-all clear, but it is the habit nowadays
to blame him for everything that is
wrong and there doesn't appear to be
any reason why an exception should be
made of the Chicago incident.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07

Voting machines were used in Buff
falo at the recent election and they
gave full and reliable returns within
two hours after the polls closed. The
promptness with which results are
known, the fac that they permit of
neither errors nor frauds. and the les
isened election costs are all arguments
In their favor. When enlightenment
has come as the Budcists say, peo-
Iple will wonder why they were not in
general use much sooner
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07

Tom Johnson of Cleveland is no
longer Presidential possibility and
by the same token Harmon stock is
looking up. In any event the name of
the next President of these United
States will be William Howard Taft.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07

loco weed contained in hay shipped
In from Kansas or anywhere else.
Following the publication of the orig
inal item it was feared that new
danger threatened horse owners from
this source.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07

can examine the books of the corpoi-
ations. The rate must be compensa-
tory but how the city council or the
commissioners are to know wheth-
err or not 1t is compensatory without
access to the company's books 1t is
hard to see.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07
Those excited women who propose

HOSb eACfIcu WUMeH VITO prUpUHU
to invoke English methods in trying
to gain suffrage for their SEX" sug-
gests the Cedar Falls Record, fought
to pause long enough to convert the
women of Iowa to the proposition. At
present but few women give any
thought to universal suffrage. =
The leaders Of the movement ought
first to line up the women of the
state"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07
keokuk. Iowa 49,. November 10, 1909.

Topeka, Kansas, also voted to adopt
the commission plan of city govern
ment. Might as well make it unani-
nous.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07

The next step in the "debrutalizing"
OF football should be abolition of the
game. 1t is attended by entirely too
many fatalities.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07

The eleventh annual session OF the
Iowa state conference OF Charities
and Corrections will be held at Daven-
port November Z, 8, 8 and 10.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07
NOTES AND COMMENT.

Those desiring to get rich COM
paratively quick might hire out to
husk corn suggests the Des MONIES
Capital
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-07
OUR GUARANTEE

We guarantee every be made Of Aawess material,
and the workmanship to the guarantee to re-
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year from date OF purchase We replace any stove
within 80 days from date through
defect in its construcon provided h set up accoraIn
Instructions side accompanying
each stove This goes every New Century sold
by the sche-DempIe Furniture Co
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Our New
All Cast Iron
Range

A striclv high class range
made Of all cast-iron. The
entire construction is made
like the cast-iron stove of six
ty wears ago. when stoves
would wear twenty-five years
and more before going to the
scrap pile. All the latest i'm
provements are embodied in
this range.
The design is the latest.
plain modelling which is clean
and easily kept clean always
in style
Price Of range like cut is
$4,000
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