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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18

guards are compelled 10 so unarmed.
The life of guard is in constant peril.
should convict kill guard, Warden
j. c. Saunders and this model board OF
control would in all probability repri
MANI the convict, and deprive him of
his music lessons for week or fort
night, or take away his butter ana
white shirt.
A farmer passing along after dinner
one day. On hearing quite tumult,
asked a guard who was on the inside.
What's going on inside; is it an up
rising of the convicts?" The guard
told him it was game OF baseball
| The farmer remarked We'll. this is
one hell of penitentiary," and passed
on. The warden upon hearing of the
j incident took il for text for the
chapel exercise; the warden always
makes it point to ten the convicts
that they are just as good as those on
the outside; he stuck that farmer full
of pinholes il his happy remarks.
Illustrative of his line of thought, il
thought is required, recently some Wis
itors were being shown through the
pen" by the warden-in the presence
OF convicts he made the statement,
! These men are just like you and L.
OF course, there are few bad men in
; here, but the most of them are just as
We are, We all do things that would
give US year or so If il got out on
US The visitors looked upon this as
confession.
Again let us return to the discipline,
there is no discipline--it reminds one
of the inquisitive person who entered a
! country newspaper Office and asked
the apprentice or devil of the shop.
Boy. what is the news" The aston
ished boy answered, News. news,
there hain't no news, the editor is
sick"
The article written by the young
. lady unfortunately gives no thought
or sympathy to the widows and or
phans. the victims of these criminals
no thought TO the men, women and
children left in penury and distress by
the convicted bank wrecker whose
own family, in mos. instances. live
highly and entertain lavishly, not 4
thought as to the hardships of the poor
victims.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18

Prof Abbott Lawrence Lowell, the
distinguished harvard lecturer or
European and American gov 7rnmeD.s-
has been elected president Of Harvard
University b. the corporation. the
place recently resigned b. President
Eliot Professor Lowell comes OF an
old Boston family closely connected
with the development Of the great
uniyersity. His .ther found d the
lowell Institute and his brother z
Perciva Lowell, the ,amops astron-
omer. The presidenteiect was 2 mem
Der Of the ella. Of - q; Harvard and
distinguished himself as the best one
and two mile runner in college After
graduation he went through the law
school with .honors and began the 2rac-
uce @; law in Boston. He is Re
publican in politics and personal
friend of President Roosevelt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18

Rev Billy Sunday was a profas-
sional baseball PLAYER for seven years.
but there is no record that he ever
converted an umpire.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Granted But the variegatel Ian
guage Mr.. Sunday employed and the
facility he acquired in its use in ex
pressing his opinion of umnires hai
been of distinct advantage TO him ii
his revival work. Without such pre-
liminary training he never could ute
those long strings of denunciatory ad
jectives with such rapidity and withou
stopping to take breath.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18
convicts Old Timers.

Once in a while an innocent man
may be found in a prison, but when il
is known that most of these convicts
are serving their second, third,
fourth. fifth and sometimes sixth SEN
tence, the question of sympathy seems
quite ridiculous to some people. A
library book, or Sunday school les
son produces no more permanent eff
feet on these habitual criminals. high.
way robbers, train wreckers. cut
Threats, strangers and incendiaries, or
combination of all these crimes, with
such little pleasantries as horse steal
ing. etc. convicts who only expect to
remain out of prison for short time
the more respectable class in the
prison are those who are in for murder
or Observation-Disclosures who commit
ted crime under great passion or prov
ocation. Many of these men were nos
criminals and were faultless in other
respects. These men are entitled to
pity
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18

The ethical marriage in which tie
couple merely accept ca otter IS hus
band ana wife. is reportet il ~ gain.
ing in popularity IN New York Tn
Fortunately most such marriages are
followed by unethical divorces
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18
CONVICTS RULE
Fl. MADISON PEN
Fort Madison Physician in Telling Article Dis
closes Pretty Kettle of Fish at Penitentiary.

Editor Burlington Daily Gazette: In
the article which you republished JAN
uary S. taken from The Daily Gate City
OF keokuk of January I, 1909, | made
certain definite statements of the situa-
ton in the state penitentiary at this
place. | gave some of the Incidents
which came to the surface in connec-
ton with the innovation of folly and
prodigality. which obtain in the con-
tinued mismanagement of this penal
institution, which has become so nau-
seous TO persons not bereft of common
sense that it has assumed the proper
tons of scandal of statewide inter
est VIVA. stated i'll the first article,
adhere 10, and could have been more
voluminous. had it Lot been the part
OF wisdom to try at least to confine the
article rather than to expand it, and
thus render it tiresome % the reader.
will not make statement in this
controversy which will not be adj
MISSILE a. evidence in any court, or
inquiry properly conducted under the
laws of Iowa, or which would not be
sworn to by reputable citizens.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18

John D. Rockefeller's physician says
he will live 10 be one Hundred years
old. The name of the doctor can be
given in this connection only at regu-
lar advertising rates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18

heokuH cuts more ice thar any other
Mississippi river town One reason for
this Is the location Of the government
canal here and another is the pro1
unity to s. Louis. They are thirst
lot down there in summer time
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18

PrlaUas Ds ZONES schools
szr tEey hs-e hnally succeeded in
z77llz1izz Ee rats NOW let us
bear frol he principals Of the Ke7-
k1s sc1oosz.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18
Guards Are Dispirited.

The guards have ceased to make any
reports of misconduct, for the reason
that it only results in the discharge of
the guard or reprimand to the Of
fcer BY the warden. The manual labor
performed by the convicts has been re-
duced to minimum. till it hardly
reaches necessary exercis by the
time the music. period OF rest, limo
yations for the enjoyment of the con
yicts, etc. is taken out OF the hours OF
labor, they get so little exercise that
the warden finds it desirable to leave
the cell doors open at night il order
that the pets of the prison can recreate
sufficiently TO digest the highly nutri-
tious food which is supplied to them in
such generous quantities.
convicts Garry Knives.
Every convict can carry knife;
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18

The onton club 0. Chicago gave lis
first annual dEnnar last SATURDAY.
eveaing- Strong sentiments @cra Ut
tered Thica 7Eocgnt tears 10 me eyes
Q all present
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18

The secret is out. John D. Rookie
Teller always gets up from the table a
little hungry Anybody can get riol
that nay
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18

Iapaia coun.r tails the Alphabetical
roll Of Texas counties. hut II Is the
peacA of the busch The county Just
boasts Of 42s Fl deiged Alnericsc cis,
liens. eYerg n Of whom voted f3r
Taft
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18

The grounding will be due in two
more weeks. Then everybody wiz
knox 70 certainty just what veathe-
10 expect
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18

The senate committee on finance has
reported favorably the plan to in.
crease TO 100000 tho salary of the
President, which is now $4,000. and
10 raise the salaries Of the Vice Pres.
ident and speaker of the house from
$4,000 to 100000 each.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18

IoTa has q. Of tie primary laws
APPLY said b the s.. Louis Globe-
Democrat q hare en picked green.
Te countTg IS tull Of tken and they
are Al! Of kind
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18

The Tennessee legislature passed :.
sFaSe-Eite prohibition Dill and Mem
p1Ss azs become the largest dry Gig
II Ize zo-st
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18

Anyway. John W Kern got several
million dollars worth OF free adYertis-
ing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18
keokuk, Iowa January fs, 1909.

The Tennessee night riders have
been endorsed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18
Advertise.

SIT. Vernon Hawkeye: II g"n want
ANYTHING IN the busine: way nova
dayg you have 10 go after II.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18

The Burlington Ha.k-Eye holds
that wat Billy Sund said about the
Masons md EIks and other orders in
a recent "prayer@ q Spokane was not
: PRAYER a all. It's view is that while
the sentiment was good. it Eas not
clothed in language appropriate for
the puIn.t. THE same p per goes on
70 say Nor IS il appropriate for
tho home. Il Is difficult TO conceive Of
PRAYER without reverence: or rever-
ence crouched in such language. That
Is one Of Mr- Sundays weaknesses "
Il IS clear that il the HaEk-Eye had
tie editing OF Mr. Sundays utterances
z great manT Of them would be left
said And It would be in the right
Of course.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18
Statistics just made public show tha-

Statistics just made public sho~ that
during the year ending SEP
-ember 90 last there we're
in ali Iowa 111s convictions
for crime SIX OF this number
1ere sent 10 the industrial school. Isl
10 The penitentisry. 1es to the county
jail ~ 70 county jail or fined and
40 we're fined. THE tota' amount OF
fines imposed hy tne district court
amounted 70 s1oe9ols0 and the total
amount collected to ss3.315,42 The
total expense 20 the counties Oh &C
count Ct criminal prosecutions, out
side OF attorneys fees. vas s458,s07 %.
and the total expense paid county a.
toneys on account OF criminal pros
acu,ions and salaries amounted 10
SI25 1852.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18

j. F, Conrad of Des Monies has con
racted the habit Of contributing what
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18
No Wonder a. All.

Tama News: A Methodist churc,
in ST. Louis has suspended its pas
tor. Rev J. ii. Flower, because b.
kissed the ladies OF Dis flock. And still
the wonder is expressed that mort
young men do not enter the ministry
Read The Daily Gate City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18
Just a Little Incident.


This prison should in no sense be
used as an experiment station outside
of the study of criminology. The young
lady had not heard of the fight be.
tween the deputy warden and the wall
guard: she had not heard of the re-
cent fight between two convicts dur
ing the rest period after dinner i'll
which it became matter CT necessity
Il use force in what seemed about to
eliminate in an instruction; she was
not told of the recent conduct OF one
o, the worst criminals in the pen, a
colored Desperate. who while at work
left MS machine. III spite the guards
reinonstranc+. went 20 the machine of
a fellow convict. and when told to re-
turn TO mis- work said: Go 20 h. you
G. d. s. OF b.. stand as we'll
in here as you do. and refused TO obey
orders. The guard pressed the button
fo- the deputy warden. When that of
ficer made his appearance. the guard
made his statement, the negro denied
it, the deputy simply remarked, Huh,
is that all there is to this" then
turned and left the shop. The warden
paid even less attention to it than his
subordinate. except to tell the convict
to go back to work. AS soon as quiet
was restored, the negro convict went
over to the guard and leered at him
and said: Now you see. you G. d.
s. of b.. my word goes further
than yours in here" With this he
threw his hat in the air and danced a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-18
Discipline a Travesty.

Discipline a Travesty.
! will in this article take ZIP the sub.
ject of discipline. | will preface my
remarks on this subject by stating that
the discipline at this prison is the
worst in its history: it is travesty.
In the Hawk-Eye of January 10 letter
was published and signed by young
lady, who is in the employ of the state
in connection with the libraries of the
different .tate institutions. which are
under the board of control. The ar
ticle seems to be inspired by someone
on the present prison force. The young
lady is to be commended in one re-
spect-she signed her article with her
true, christian name, like woman
almost all men hide behind an alias
No difference as to her perspective
her signature entities her to applause
whilc at the same time the narrow en-
vironment of the library gave her but
little chance to gain 4 satisfactory
viewpoint In the preface to the ar
ticlo, the young lady states ..
should like to add a few words to
show the situation from my point of
view" The point of view as taken by
the young lady, who was here but for
day or so, was inspired no doubt by
those who are trying to retain their
hold on their job.
The young lady writes as follows:
'The fact that the men have taken nc
advantage of their increased liberties
t at the discipline Is no harder to
maintain than formerly and that the
whole spirit of the prison is more
manly and hopeful than hitherto are
facts which must be reckoned with be.
fore any adverse criticism is accepted
as final judgment.
In the words of an officer, who has
served twenty-one years in the institu.
ton, the discipline has never been as
easy as it is now, as is materially evi.
denced by the remarkable decrease in
solitary colinements. So long as this
state of things continues, it would
seem to show that this most interest.
ing experiment is along the lines OF
progress
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13
TESTIFIED IN UNION
PACIFIC MERGER HEARING

New York. Jan. 12.-Vlctor Mora
wetz was called to the witness stand
in the Union Pacific merger hearing
this afternoon, He said he was form
erly counsel and then chairman or
the executive committee OF the At
Gibson, Topeka G Santa Fe Railroad
company, but resigned last October.
Mr. Morawetz testified;
I'm 1901 the Atchison company
bought stock and second mortgage
bonds of the Santa Fe, Prescott 8c
Phoenix Railway company. Frank
Murphy was president of the COM
pany Because of his ability and our
confidence IN him. we asked him TO
continue as president. This he mas
done until today
"Mr Murphy had project to build
a road from Phoenix TO Benson.
did not think the prospect good one,
Mr. Murphy said he would build the
line anyway. l told Mr., Ripley if u
was TO be built We would build IL
ourselves. We declined to build it to
Dudleyville. Mr. Ripley was not dis
posed to build it to Benson. He did
moi think It would pay
In the summer of 1902 VIC deter
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13
DELIVERS MESSAGE
TO LEGISLATURE

Topeka, Kas.. Jan. 12-Governor
Walter r. Stubs, delivered mis- first
message TO the Kansas legislature that
convened here today in sixteenth bien.
NAL session.
Governor Stubs earnestly recon-
mendcd the enactment of publ utili-
ties law, urging the legislature to
utilize. whatever may be used TO adj
vantage OF the present railroad law as
n basis and adding the best features
OF the New York and Wisconsin public
utilities laws, which have mad a severe
practical test"
The operation Of the commission
plan of government was praised and
the governor said he believed also
that the city schools should be brought
under the control of the commission
Governor Stubbs asked the leGlsla-
ture 10 pass certain amendments 10
the present primary election law to
make II still more effective.
He urged careful consideration of
some safe banking guarantee plan
demanded a fiat 2-cent passenger rate
law. declaring the present law to be a
humbug and said an anti-pass statute
should be passed
The legislature that met today is
Overwhelmingly Republican. and two
weeks from today, It will elect Joseph
L. Bristow, of Salina, to the United
States senate TO succeed Chester |
Long, also a Republican, of Medicine
Lodge, whose term will expire Marcn
next.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13
NEW STONE IN ARIZONA
FOR BUILDING PURPOSES

Washington. Jan. 1S.-Secretary
Garfield is preparing for double ex-
pertinent In the San Carlos Indian res
ervation in Arizona There is found
on that reservation peculiar stone
which Is called "tufa" or white ash"
which is peculiar to the reservation
Wnen first removed from the quarries
1t can be cut with an ordinary knife,
pbut it hardens when it is exposed to
the atmosphere.
1t is as light as wood and there is
demand for it in the vicinity of the
reservation for building purposes. The
secretary mas asked congress to set
aside three sections. or almost two
thousand acres of land within the res
eryation, in which this stone is to be
found. for the use of the Indians. He
thus expects to experiment WITH the
stone Itself and at the same time as
certain whether it is possible to get
the Indian to work in developing it
and demonstrating its usefulness. The
secretary thinks that If the stone pos
sesses the quality attributed to IL there
will soon be general demand b. build
ers for 1t, especially in the southwest
where timber Is scarce.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13

When President-elect Taft announced
tentatively that he might appoint Ny
ron T Herrick OF Ohio, to ais official
family in the position of secretary of
the treasury, all of the political lead
ers were surprised. Secretary Gar
field of the treasury department has
been doing yeoman work and it was
figured by those closest to the Roose-
welt administration that Garfield was
due for a promotion and more than
likely he would get a berth in the
treasury department
1t was. therefore, CT interest that
President-elect Taft has tentitively
suggested the name of Myron r. Her
rick for the cabinet, for its indicates,
along with his other appointments.
that he Is going to break completely
with the Roosevelt influences.
There is human interest side TO
the appointment of Mr.. Herrlck which
Is especially significant Back in the
palmy days of Boss" Cox Of Cincin-
natl. it will be remembered that Mr.
Taft dealt Cox death blow In fiery
attack at Akron. This attack result
ed in theh defeat of Mr., HerTick, who
was then running for gubernatolial
honors in Ohio. Mr.. Taft admired
Mr.. Herrick. for they had been life
long friends and he had no thought of
injuring Mr. Herrick wnen he assailed
Cox.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13
COLUMBIA FRESHMEN
IN LIVELY SCRlMMAGE

New York, Jan. 13.-After lively
scrimmage in a cafe and dance hall
ia Harlem last night. six freshmen
Of Columbia university were arrested
and taken TO the night court to be
arraigned on a charge OF disorderly
conduct The trouble started after
fifty of the students had panquetted
and adjourned for little college fun.
The manager Of the cafe In question
saw the crowd coming and instructed
an eX-policeman, VINO acts rs speclaI
suard at the place, to keep the boys
out Fifteen of the youngsters sue
ceeded@in fighting their way past the
guard and the struggle followed Reg
ular police came to the assistance OF
the special officer. Patrons OF the
place were thrown into panic and
huddIed In a corner until the air had
cleared.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13

This did not deter Mr.. Herrick. now
ever, from remaining loyal to Mr. Taft
and in the work before the Chicago
convention Mr.. Herrick did all in his
power to fight Foraker and win Taft
delegates in Ohio. After the conven-
ton Mr.. Herrick did Herculean service.
Before the campaign opened he went
for Mr.. Taft throughout the campaign.
to Europe for vacation and rest
While In London ne attended a ban
quet given to the governor of the Bank
OF England Among other things the
head Of the English banking insdtu-
tion observed that " Mr.. Taft should
be elected president he thought they
(the Bank of England) would have 10
loosen up bit and take the American
railroad securities" but that if Mr..
Bryan should be elected they would
have Ia walt Bit
Mr. Herrick brought this story homo
and told IL in every banking and finan-
cial center in the country either by
word of mouth or in letters.
The Cleveland banker also raised i
fund of $4,000 in Ohio for the cam
paign and had the pleasure of going
down 10 New York and placing 1t In
the hands of Frank Hitchcock.
The reward of this work and Of Mr..
HerrIck's undoubted qualifications for
the position are plainly seen in his ap-
Dointment TO the portfolio.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-13

less than three weeks before his let
ter OF February Is TO Messrs. Heeder
and Watkins. in which he requested
him to hold in reserve for him eight
of the best quarter sections and prob
ably a little more than three weeks
before his statement in the senate
that he had not bought land anywhere
in the west or undertaken TO buy any.
IIc told me he wished information as
to the status of the lands embraced
in these Oregon grants because he
had heard so much complaint about
The conduct OF the corporation. claim,
lug them during his recent journey
through the states of the Pacific slope.
He criticised. with great severity. the
policy OF granting the public domain
TO such corporations.
He said that the lands had become
of great value and many persons
wished 10 purchase them, and added
that he would have been glad to do
so himself If he could, but he never
told me word of any connection on
his part with an arrangement to ac'
Quire some part of these lands. AS
stated by him, his reason Tor making
these inquiries was that he might bet
:er discharge his public duties.
~ gave him a full statement oil
the information which had been col.
lected by the department OF the re.
suit of an investigation made by
AIessrS. Townsend and Mc3lair as
special counsel. / told him that we
deemed it advisable to secure congress
sional action in the form of a resolu
ton empowering the attorney general
to claim a forfeiture of these lands
| Senator TilIman then offered TO in
troduce a resolution on the subject
| If l would prepare one, and l did pre-
pare such a resolution. which was in
troduced by him and subsequently
| adopted ] dealt with him throughout
as asking the Information and advice
could give, only that he might full
fill mis- duty as a public officer"