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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-28
WOMEV's AUXILIARY.

The annual convention Of the Virginia
brauch. Women's Auxiliary, Episcopal
Church. met 10 Grace Church, Bsrryville,
Yesterday. Miss Sslie Stuart, OF AleTsn-
drls, presided. Delegates sre present
from sill over the state. Bishop Gibson
delivered q sermon last night A reeeP-
ton was held Tuesday night at the
home Of Mr.. ]. I. Griffith which wac
very largely attended.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-28

James Lucas, who was one OF the
posse that accused John Wilkes Booth,
died in Fsyette, Iud., yesterday, sged
So years. % the night President Lin
coln was ssssssinatGd Lucas was or
duty. he was Que Of The posse that
fcllaHed Booth.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-28
COMMUNICATED,

would like to ask q question; "Who
"a the democratic candidate for COVER
norS" Neither Of the three speakers
mentioned his usme last night. q.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-28
Southern Medical Association, New

Orleans, La, November 9th'llth'
On account above Occasion the Southern
Railway will sell from it's principal st,tiols
in Virginia including Washington. ID. e.,
greatly reduced tickets, November, Itb, Sth'
midnight of November 18th Consult agents
L. s. BROWN, General Agent, Washing
ton, D c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-28

The Lindner Shoe for Ladies
fine VEGA has no equal, John A.
Marshall s. Bro. Az King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-28
CIRCUIT C0URTFOR THE COUNTY

fudge J. B. T. Thornton, presidipg]
Simpson VS.. luminous; judgment for
Csuton National Bank, of CAUTION,
Ohio, which bank WAS represented by
Col. F. L. Smith, OF this city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-28

70 polo,
the route. a 81.
from the lecture room u,
Protestant CnOrch 81 s O'Clock -
evening, November 2,aud all who go are
assured Of j)lly good time.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-28
Weather Probabilities.
CONlRAOT AWARDED.

For this section fair tonight and Friday;
colder tsnisht; moderate northwesterly winds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-28
GONE WRONG AGAIN.

A few we, ks ago q small boy OF this
city was arrested 10 Washington and
brought to this city on the charge OF
eoteung and rObbiog hardware stores
here. The Juvenile offender was brought
into the Police Curt, aud IS the pro-
prietoIs Of The stores showed no disposi'
tion to prosecute him, he vas dismissed
with warning. EIrly last night
the same boy WAS discovered 10 the
third story Of another bsrdware store.
The boy had secreted himself among
some rolls OF fence wire. He was takeo
10 charge aud turned over to his parents,
The proprielots having refused to prose-
cute the Juvenile offender.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-28

The Hess, The Walkover, The
Regal Shoes for Men. ]. A, Mar.
shall & Bro, Az King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-28
FOR RENT

EOR sALE-Ten room BRICK DWELLING
!, go oonS;sinn. Price 81, 800 Address
:" s''' PRINCE STREET PROPERTY
oco7 a. Care Gazette Office.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-28
FOR RENT

SALE OF FANCY ARTICLES.
A sale Of handmade FANCY AklICLEo
Ruben's store SATURDAY, October 80.
ocs73t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-28

NOTICE. The annual meeting Of the
~ stockholders Il the ALEAA NDKIA
on " ,NDAY, Novembsr ], 1909
oct1s ii GEORGE UHLEK, Secretary:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23
Muscatine,s Bad Fig.

Waterloo Reporter: Muscatine
must be in a bad way municipality. The
city council there is seriously consid-
ering a proposal to make property
owners pay taxes on basis OF so per
cent of tae assessabIe value of their
property. instead of the % per cent
basis which is specified in the state
laws. 1t is stated that by the terms
OF the proposed ordinance the resi-
dents OF that city will pay Just
double the tax that they are now pay
ing. as IA as the city's portion is con
cerned, unless perchance the valua-
tons are somewhat reduced under the
proposed higher schedule" After
Evangelist Sunday @regenerated. Mus
catine the saloons of the city we're
snuffed out so far as legal existence
was concerned It would be interest
ing to know whether the resultant
loss of revenue from this source has
had anything to do with the new mo-
ton, or whether the city fathers of
Muscatine are such poor fnanciers
that they must double the basis of
income that other Iowa municipalities
managed to meet expenses on.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23
gambling. The many women who are
able to spend an evening agreeably at
bridge whist without ever wagering
cent viii not appreciate Mrs. Sims
concern for their morals.
Waste Of Good Land.

Webster City Freeman Tribune: The
ida Grove Pioneer thinks it extrava.
giant and foolish to have such wide
foadways in Iowa. It says that mot
only Is u a great expense to try and
care for the whole space. but the un.
used space is a breeder Of two-thirds
q our weed trouble. Let US reduce
the width of the roads to twenty-feet
or thirty feet and then make that all
road. and good one. The sale Of
the extra strip Of land on each side
OF the road would pay for the building
OF permanent highway twenty-five
leet vide OF crushed rock and gravel
y appears to the Freeman-Tribune
that the suggestions of the Pioneer
are worthy Of thoughtful considera.
ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23
NEW POSTAL CARDS IN PROSPECT

The postoffice department Is pre-
pairing TO issue 4 new posta' card.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
called In the exps-t chemists Of the
department of agriculture AMI mas m
structed them 10 To~k oIit formula
that will give much better paper
than can be made under the contract
now in force.
He says the postal cards issrei by
this government are inferior to the
product of almost every country and
that it is contemplated q make i'm
provements in the general style of
printing and arrangements of the type
and esigns. It may be decided 10
change also the color of the ink and
the tint of the paper.
The government issues $4,000, 900
postal cards month The present
four-year contract expires December
81 next, and in the meantime the pdet-
master general is giving personal At
tention to deyising a more substantial
and ornate card.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23
a NEW ELECTRIC LINE.
Work is Begun on Hannibal & North
ern Missouri Railroad.

Memphis Reveille: The actual en-
gineering work on the Hannibal e.
Northern Missouri has begun The
road is to be an electric line 100
miles in length. with Hannibal and
Kirksville as terminals. It will run
through Marion, Shelby, Macon and
Adair counties which contain some of
the richest agricultural lands in the
state, and will touch a score Of small
and large towns as intermediate
points. including Palmyra, Shelbyville
LaPlata. This road will penetrate a
district seventy miles wide that is
without railroad and win develop
hitherto undeyeloped parts OF the
state.
There Is an active rumor in the air
that this road may come as far north
as Memphis.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23
Lysancer Johns Discovery.

Atchison Globe. Whenever Lysan-
der John Appleton lies on the lounge
and shuts his eyes hi folks imagine
he is asleep and begin to tell things.
He learned recently while trying
rest that his wife had charged SIS
hat to him for which she was paying
on the installment plan out OF the
money supposed to go for the table.
The shock almost made him open his
eyes. He also learned tina. his wife
was conniving with Dayseg Mayme in
love affair OF which re disapproved
Your father" said Esrs. Lysander
John, is an old fogy.s Lysander
John advises all men who seek happi-
ness to take Their maps at the office.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23

The commercial club OF Red Oak
has fled the required petition for z
special election on county hospital
under the new Law. and perhaps Mont
gomery county viii be one Of the lead
ers IN the new movement In making
mention of the fact the Burlington
Hawk-Eye takes occasion 10 say:
It Is TO be taken for granted, that
the business men OF Red Oak have
sounded the voters Of the county on
the subject. And II the plan carries,
there wiz be delegations from other
counties going TO Red Oak IN little
while TO gather information as to
county hospitals. For it is foregone
conclusion tina ere many years have
passed there viii be few countries in
Iowa without q county hospital. and
the whole nation viii De keeping tai
on the fight upon the white plague, as
waged in the HawkeYe state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23
Cost Of .Lixlnu Error.

Buffalo News: The idea that the
tarin has made the cost of living high
is so seduIously cultivated that when
the new tariff is adopted and prices do
not Immediately go to the bottom
there is likely to be much public dis
appointment The fact of the case Is
that the tari.- has exceedingly little to
do with the cost of living In the Unit
ed States. The United States is the
great granary of the world and has
more food products 10 sell in excess of
the demands of the home market than
any other country
II we look abroad for sources of sup
ply at cheaper rates than those pre-
vailing in our OWN country it is inn
possible to see any land from which
supplies could be drawn to feed
Americans at less cost than is paid
our own fellow citizens The farmers
OF our country are surely not going to
accept less prices than are offered the
farmers of Argentine. for instance or
Russia or Hungary or Egypt. or India,
or Australia, or Canada The export
price is not below the domestic price.
The theory that domestic prices are
put up close to the level Of the amount
Eof duty exacted on the imports of for
eign goods is disproyed completely In
food scheduleS at least Yet the dis
proof is scarcely ever published by
freetrade newspapers and seldom ad.
mitted by freetraders themselves, Lit
tie recognition is given the probable
truth that the influx of gold has
caused general increase in the level
Of prices all over the world, and too
little credit for the cost of living is
given to the demand OF the civilized
nations for a higher scale Of living
than nsed to be satisfactory to such
peoples.
Whether these things be true or not
Fit is certain that those who look for
the cutting down of prices Of staples
of living because the tariff is lowered
in any particular direction are proba'
bly, destined to find out the mistake in
their belief that the cost Of living is
affected very much one way or the
other by rates of duties on foreign
goods imported
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23

A Davenport doubter thus voices
his unbelief in the columns of the
Democrat.
There is belief or dream in Keo-
kuk thai when the commission plan
of government is put in working or
der shas great water power wiz
be developed, that the population will
multiply. that new industries cannot
be kept out of town, that the weeds
will all disappear, and that most of
the citizens viii be kept busy clipping
coupons. Which is TO say that the
Gate City is anticipating too much
happiness
Not at all Keoknk knows its de-
serts and has abiding faith in the logic
of events supplemented By earnest,
well-directed. persistent effort More
oTer. KeokuE believes in itself To
doubt would be disloyalty, TO falter
would be sin
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23
INCOME TAX 4 PERIL.

David J. Brewer. justice OF the
United States supreme court, discuss
ed the income tax qnssti on Wednes-
day before 3 convention OF Life insur
ance agents In Milwaukee. and eon-
nemned the tax as giving the nation
power to tax the states out OF their
vitality.
Justice Brewer anticipates that nm
der the hue and cry OF the dag the
government win be accorded the privi-
lege OF taxing incomes. Then when
congress sees nt TO levy income taxes
on all the income received from sub
stansiai. direct personal property and
real estate, what VIII the states do In
case they need large sums Of money
for their own revenue. The power to
tax, as John Marshall said. is the pow
er to destroy" The justice vent on to
say
II once you give the power TO the
nation TO tar all the incomes you give
it the power TO tax the states, not ont
OF their existence, but out Of their vi
tally.
Chief Justice Chase in q meznor-
able opinion said the whole thought
Of the nation Was Of an indestructible
union composed OF indestrUctibie
states.
Now in my judgment, home rule is
one OF the best things to be recorded
believe the town meetings of New
England. where they gathered every
rear and settled all questions Affect
ing the town. we're worth as much 10
the general public almost as the coz
gress of the United States. If we are
going 10 continue this nation along the
lines OF the independent action OF the
individual, we have got to preserve
the rights of the individual in his com
munity TO take his part in controlling
the action o. that body I know this
Is not the modern shought-but some
judges say things which are not popu-
lar; some are real obstinate We very
often have to say things which are
not popular. And it is well that we
do.
1T is well that there IS body OF
men In the nation and ii the states
that stands independent of politics,
that stands without hope of political
reward and dares TO express just what
it thinks on all questions which come
before IL / always glory in the words
of Mansfield. who. when hungry oh
came up 70 Westminster demanding
a certain judgment, said caImly |
wish popularity, but it is that popu-
iarit.- which follows, not tfst which
runs after
Just so long as you have q judics-
arr in this nation and state, intelli-
gent, honest and fearless. you need
never fear that ne are going to run
the way Of those republics which end
ed in the supremacy OF the mob
In the same address Justice Brewer
criticised public debts. So far as
possible he believes every generation
should par its own debts The only
thing to be guarded against. he de-
clared, is the wickedness Of the bank
ers and Wall street spectators who
occasionally get Up panic
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23
POSTAL INFORMATION.

a postmaster IN small town out
west recently coIlated lot of mis-
cellaneous information concerning pos
tai affairs and published it for the
benefit of the patrons of his office.
a number of his most important sug-
gestions and recommendations appli-
cable everywhere, are given below
When addressing letter or card
with a lead pencil, see that the adj
dress is plainly written. Pen and ink
are preferable.
When you address letter or card
see that You spell the town correctly.
Do not abbreviate the names of cities.
ike Gin. ior Cincinnati, or Phil for
Philadelphia; and do not neglect the
state, for there are a number of cities
In the United States of the same
name For instance. there are twenty
Portlands and six Greshams. And
don't write only city. for il by some
mistake clerk making up the mail
should get 1t in with a bunch of let
tiers going to another town and state,
how will the receiving clerk know
what city 10 return the letter to?
When you address a letter or card
leave room for the stamp and post
mark in the upper rigat hand corner
Postmarks viii often blur the address
when written too near the right hand
corner.
Do not put writing IN newspapers OF
packages. II you do it makes the
article first class. and requires letter
postage, two cents an ounce OF frac-
ton Of an ounce.
Written or typewriter letters in
unsealed envelopes are subject TO the
same rate of postage as when sealed
/ two cents an ounce or fraction of an
ounce
Postcards containing writing and en-
closed in envelopes. il sealed or IN
sealed, require TWO cent stamp, and
I the stamp must be placed or the en-.
velope, not the card.
Put your return address On your let
ter: then If 1t can not be delivered
lit will be returned To you. and moi
/ be sent to the dead letter Office.
Don't forget 10 put a amp on your
letter, or better still buy rom en-
velopes already stamped: ron can ge.
twenty-five for ffty-four cents. You
can get them from your carrier or al
the post Office.
/ When wishing to send money always
purchase a money order. for II sent
in this manner ard it Is lost, the pos,
Office department Will Issue a dupii
cate. II you wish TO send money 70
"ye home folks" in the old country
there is no safer way than an inter
national money order.
Valuable mail should be sent first
class, and registered, for the post
Office department viii make good any
loss in the mail not to exceed twenty
FIVE dollars (s251.
When yon mail letter or package
see that it is substantially done up
The rapid handling OF the mails some
times destroys a poor envelope or GOV
ering of package, and your mall il
thus lost.
When you move to another post Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23
The iowa Trolley Field.

Davenport Democrat: Congress
man William B. Mckinley OF Cham
paign, III. attracted much attention by
bis recent visit to Iowa. The Illinois
congressman is at the head of sys-
TEN which operates more than 5000
miles of electric cars In the state
across the river AnG the system has
fifty more miles under construction
Congressman Mckinley has invested
much money in Iowa and it looks as if
he we're inviting the opportunity to
put down more. He has secured con-
troll for his associates OF the Des
sioines traction interests and also the
Edison light plant In the capital city.
This is not all. There is sort of I'M
derstanding among those who imagine
that they know the intentions OF the
trolley congressman that he has only
made beginning in the Iowa field.
The supposition is that he is out for
interurbans already built and a
chance to construct more lines. No
one supposes that the 7oTa trolleys
viii be operated independently of
those in Illinois. At more than one
point electric cars cross Mississippi
river bridges. That they will do so in
the future wherever there is bridge
is not Wild guess In fact, the Nc
Kinley system is building a bridge
across the Father OF Waters at st,
Louis in order to have its independ-
ent entrance into that city. The time
Is ripe for more interurbans and for
them TO succeed they must be linked;
they must feed each other With pas
sengers and freight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23

It is announced from Springfield
that Governor Deneen has decided to
call special session of the Illinois
legislature TO be held in November.
Is primary law, deep waterways, and a
constitutional amendment relating to
the income tax viii be the main sub
jects named in the call. with any 9th
ers the leaders may agree upon The
governor is known 10 be m favor Of
the amendment This is no criterion
of the legislatures disposition. but
ii is expected that Illinois win head
the list of states to act upon the pro
posed sixteenth amendment to the con
stitution OF the United States.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23
The Whist Reformers.

Dubuque Times-Journal: Mrs. Sims
Of Dies Moines. once the champion
whist player. is now engaged in a
campaign to root bridge whist out Of
American homes She says it leads to
gambling and Is greater curse than
ittemperance The zeal of the con.
vert Is proverhal. Mrs Sims might
exercise a greater influence If she
we're an authority on morals instead
Of whist Card playing is no better
or worse than many other pastimes
which may be made the occasion FOR
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23

ice notify the postmaster Of your
former post ONCE to forward your
mall All ilrst class letters. cards and
sealed matter wiz be forwarded with
our extra postage Other mail you
VIII be notified OF on an Official card
Of the amount OF postage required to
forward the article. Also notify the
postmaster OF your new address 20
hold your mail until called for
Notify the publishers OF your papers
that you have changed your post ONCE
and gire them your new address
Letters nom the pension agency can
be delivered only TO person addressed,
Or 10 some one Of his or her family
authorized TO receive tae same.
II ron have friend visiting you
have their mail sent in vonr care
If you receive letter BIZ mistake,
that is not yours. do not open It. but
return to the once. but If ron By mis-
take open It, write on the envelope
opened By mistake. and sign your
name
Il is advisable for rural patrons TO
keep on hand : supply Of stamped en-
velopes. postal cards, one and two cent
stamps You can get them from your
carrier.
Don't get vexed IL your carrier or
the post ONCE force sometimes makes
mistake We ali make mistakes
some times. We are only human. See
that your box is kept in good order
II the hinges need oIiing. attend to II
If Your box is not convenient for the
carrier to drive up to. change It
If It is necessary 20 place coin in
tie box for stamps, do not put it loose
In the boz. but put in an old en-
yelope or cup.
Don't place packages or letters IN
your mail box for the carrier to de
liver TO some one else on the route
free 1t requires postage.
Put your letters and cards cross
ways Of the boz, and not lengthways.
They are easier to pick up. Always
have your letters ready when the car
rier arrives Tave your mail addressed,
and If you wish a money order, always
have the application FLIED out before
the carrier arrives
Don't keep the carrier any longer
than necessary TO converse with you.
These little things all help the carrier
to get around his route on schedule
tine.
II ron have any grievances or com
plants to make about the service you
receive. state 1t in letter addressed
! to your postmaster.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23

The Memphis ReveiIle sends The
Gate City specimen product of its
Office IN the form Of a pamphlet adj
yertising live stock sale which
would do credit TO much larger es-
Enlistment. The evidence is con-
elusive that the ReveiIle ONCE is
equipped to do frst-elass work and has
workmen whs know how TO use It's
facilities to the best advantage. There
is no excuse for anybody in Memphis
sending away from home to have
printing done.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23
Goinc up.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: A fine Henry
county farm near New London, 10
acres, has just been sold for $40 per
acre. That is handsome figure but
the farm vas worth 1t and more. For
if the purchaser had not expected to
make some thing on the investment,
and something handsome. he would
rot have bought That farm viii pay
big interest on more than s170 per
acre, and therefore the price will con-
tinue to rise.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23

st. Louis Globe: John ]. McGraw,
the baseball expert. denied at a ban
quot given in New York the marvels
attributed to the spitball.
It's good ball. he said at fools
the best CT them But when hear
some Of the miracles put to its credit
well, then | think OF Harriet Hare
Of Frisco.
4 once read in Frisco paper:
Harriet Hare of Mob hill got a needle
IN her waist two years ago. and only
last week this needle worked It's way
out OF the arm Of yonug Los Angeles
rose farmer .
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23
An opsimIst.

An optimist.
Tie man who reads the score and
says.
TT might have been great deal
worse,
Wen beat them yet on other days
So what's the use to vail and
cursor
Who. when a hit might win the
game.
Looks calmly while the ball Is
missed,
And then a season ticket buys.
That gentlemarfs an optimist-
Quincy Wing
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23

In other words. the verdict In the
Gsngles case. secured at a cost Of
1000. Is that Ella didn't steal that
lace. but that she is monumental
liar.