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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19
The Presidents Trip.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: HAS
President Tafts trip done the coun-
try any good?" is question which
the Democratic Creston American asks
and then answers to its own satisfac-
ton.
Does he or anyone else know any
more about the people and their legis-
lative wants than was known before
he left Washington?
Does eating at banquets in swallow
tailed coats and white spats at $15
a plate contribute anything to the gem
eral welfare of the republic?
This whole junketing trip is ma
tional disgrace. 1t is peanut politics
played by high junks' at the expense
of the people, and we believe the peo-
pie will resent it at the polls"
The American is mistaken. The
view it takes is not popular one
The people approve Of the Presidents
travels. If the President were to re-
main constantly at Washington, or to
divide his time between there and
Beverly, the Creston paper would be
among the first to cry out against ais
aristocratic exclusiveness, his hob
nobbing with the east, and 80 forth.
It would be said that he had been very
glad to look to tae west for his cleo
ton, but that out of the way, he now
was through with the west and pre-
farred the more refined society of the
east.
But this aside. the Presidents trip
is expected by nearly everybody to
produce good for the country. 1t gives
the President more intimate
knowledge of the country's condition,
resources and needs than could be
had by him in any other way 1t
brings him into contact with the peo-
nile That contact inevitably conduces
to an improved understanding on both
sides.
The fifteen-dollar banquets and
swallow-tails are harmless trimmings.
What would the American have-the
Presidenc to eat from a stool IN
fifteen-cent chop house, wear over
alls and SLOUGH hat and chew straw?
ANYWAY, If the American had followed
events faithfully, it would have known
that at Omaha-at Omaha, the seat
os Nebraska's best-there appeared at
a twenty-dollar banquet one guest
wearing black tie with evening
clothes and another with ligat colored
striped pants in juxtaposition with a
clawhammer! Cheer up, brother even
from your own point of view, matters
are not so bad.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19
TRACTION
FREIGHT.
ELECTRIC
FOR


Mr.. Mellen, president of the New
Haven road, is preparing for an ex-
pertinent. An electric locomotive is
being built for him which is designed
to haul freight trains, and which is
likely to be completed next month
The Railway Age Gazette, high
authority on all matters pertaining to
transportation, says in commenting on
this announcement that it has long
been believed that the economy re-
sulting from the substitution of cleo
tricity for steam on trunk lines would
be chiefly conspicuous in passenger
traffic. Indeed, experts have held that
even in the handling of that class of
business there is room to discriminate,
the suburban service being regarded
as more inviting field for electric
traction than the long distance express
service The movement of freight by
electricity, on the other hand, has not
usually been regarded as promising
any special advantages. Nearly all
electric engineers, If not distinctly dis
CouTdSiuS ally dlIeupL W illtiatS SuSA
a service have at least been cautious
about advocating it in the immediate
future. For this reason the expert
ment about to be made by The New
Haven company deserves to be and
certainly will be watched closely. One
electric freight locomotive does not
guarantee revolution in railway
usage, but Mr.. Mellen's venture will
be an object lesson of exceptional
value. The New Haven management
will be the first, of course, to learn
whether the innovation is likely to be
profitable, but in time other railroad
officials will discover the truth and
be able to determine whether or not to
take similar step.
1t is announced that the new engine
is designed to draw freight train
weighing 1900 tons at the rate of thir-
ty-five miles an hour and a heavy pas
senger train weighing 500 tons at
forty-five miles an hour. In any case
the investment is not likely to be
wasted, for if a larger use of electric
power in hauling freight does not fol-
low it is pretty sure to throw new
light on the proper design of electric
engines for passenger trains.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

The Pennsylvania railroad has pur-
chased fifty-acre farm in Delaware
for an experiment station to demon
strate successful methods of farming
in a section where farms have been
abandoned because worked out The
Pennsylvania good example in this
matter points the way to large railway
activities in the future. The most
successful roads Will be those who do
most to build up traffic along their
lines by increasing the productivity of
the farms.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

The ballot to be used at the next
New York election will be four and
one-half feet across and fifteen inches
deep. 1t will have twenty-one columns
of candidates and the election booths
will have to be widened. Most OF the
booths are only three and one-half
feet wide New election boxes will
be needed also and tally sheets will
have to be enlarged 1t is estimated
that the ballots cast in each election
district will weigh 100 pounds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

Bank exchanges last week at ali the
leading cities in the United States
were $3,o34 .596. 232, an increase of % 6
per cent compared with a year ago,
but decrease of 1.5 per cent compar-
ed with the corresponding week in
1906. At number of the larger cities
partial holiday last week naturally
reduced the volume of bank clearings
hence the losses that appear in the
weekly comparison with the active
week in 1906. For the month to date
bank clearings are close to record
figures. the average daily being con
-iderably above preceding months this
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

The United States weather bureau
costs s1,00o,oo0 year and employs
200 men in various parts of the coun-
try, who send various reports about
the weather in their locality to Wash
ington twice each day The bureaus
forecasts are now sent to more than
100000 farmers every day by means
of rural delivery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

The Iowa Lutheran synod in state
convention at Des Moines last week
amended the constitution, prohibiting
theological students from marrying
until after they are ordained as min
listers. The claim was made the stud
ent mas no time for love making. If
the matter ever comes to showdown
the students will lot fail to "show
EN-. .
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

Captain Bernier, Canada's foremost
Arctic explorer, declares his belief in
Cooks story of finding the pole. Ber-
nier takes no stock in Esquimaux evil
dence, asserting that they would tell
any story in their desire to please.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

A number of hospital nurses at Oma-
ha went on strike to demonstrate
that the superintendent was wrong in
calling them fools. The demonstra-
ton doesn't seem to be quite as con-
elusive as to the point at issue as
could be desired.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

There is a growing suspicion that l.
took-a-shoo, the young Eskimo who
furnished Peary with evidence, may
have taken something else, also A
drink or two, for instance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

This is a pretty good sort of old
world, after all The latest install
ment of Prof George A. Dorsey's diary
4 47,00o-mile journey, appearing in
the Chicago Tribune, was the sixty
fourth, and there can't possibly be
very many more.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

The physical educator of woman's
college deplores that few women can
draw their breath correctly. However
that may be they know how to expend
it all right.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

Now that the issue has been settled
as between the Pittsburg Pirates and
the Detroit Tigers the country may
be able to address itself to considera-
ton of the best means of reforming
the currency system of the country
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

Burlington will vote Nov 20, on the
commission form of government
Present indications are that the prop
osition will carry by handsome ma.
jority.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

An Iowa farmer few days ago sold
his farm for S120 an acre, since which,
it is said. he cannot sleep. He will
know better next time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

Minister Crane would have been bet
ter off il he hadn't spoken the Ian
guage he knows best quite so f1uently.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

Those Pittsburg Pirates are mighty
hunters, else they never could have
made the Detroit Tigers bite the dust.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19
OFFICIAL REPORT
OF The COUNCIL
Published by Order Of the City For
the Benefit and lnforma-
ton Of the cltl-
zens.
FOR THE LAST MEETING
The Proceedings Of the Last Session
Are Herewith Given In
Full Detail and
Complete.
Keokuk, Iowa, Oct. 4, 1876

Council met in regular session,
Mayor Off presiding md all the alder
men being present on roll call except
Alderman Tigue. The reading of the
minutes of September Z, IS, and 20,
1909, was dispensed with and, on mo-
ton of Alderman Johnson, were ap-
proved as printed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

lie hOHlduy T0SlNdllSJ HOlullS
forth in Chicago complains that the
sinners he is polishing are cheap lot.
They are crowding the contribution
box with coppers
The Omaha Bee foresees that this
habit of an anniversary holiday for
every discoverer is going to raise the
dickens when Peary's April or Cooks
April comes around.
A st. Louis man broke his collar
bone in his haste to give woman his
seat in a street car. The Marshall
town Times-Republican concludes she
must have been peach.
Mr.. Sunday declared at Cedar
Rapids that some people in the church
wear out ten pairs of hold-backs to one
pair of tugs. They come in under
the wire riding in the breeding.
The ear-philosopher of the Sioux
City Tribune has noticed that many
a man who is the personifcation Of
grace before marriage. loses his rep
utation while trying to carve the
chicken.
According to the Herald-T Transcript,
Peoria man is so ill-natured that
the other day when he wasn't mad for
the first time in three years he went
to doctor to find out why he felt SO
queer.
The Creston Advertiser says there
is no question as to Harvey Ingham' 8
qualifications for seat in congress,
but" 1t adds, "if he should run on a
platform of his own construction we
would be willing to offer liberal
prize to the voter who could make
plain the difference between it and the
Democratic platform.
The Burlington has announced that
forty new chair cars will be put into
service on the main line between Chi
cago and Denver as soon as they can
be turned out of the shops. 1t is ex-
pected the cars will begin to be turn
ed over to the company by January
/. Those in use on the main line now
will be turned over to the branches AN
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

The Omaha Bee foresees that this
habit of an anniversary holiday for
every discoverer is going to raise the
dickens when Peary's April or Cooks
April comes around
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

A st. Louis man broke his collar
bone in his haste to give woman his
seat in street car. The Marshall
town Times-Republican concludes she
must have been peach.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19
Monthly Salaries.

MUMMY odidTieS.
Charles Off, August salary IS so 90
H. T. Moore, August salary !. 1880
James Breheny, August salary 5000
George Markle. August salary so 90
J. Ross Robertson, August sal
airy .. ......... 100 90
A. T. Marshall. August salary $500
Paul Luedtke, August salary $1,000
Chas. Forman, August salary $500
VIM Mclaughlin, August sal
airy .......... so 90
Jas. H. Terrell, August salary 1900
Thos. Dunn, August salary ~. 1870
John j. Dunn, August salary 500
H T. Moore, clerk police de-
partment, August salary !. 10000
H T. Moore, clerk police de-
partment, August salary ;. 245 90
H. T. Moore, clerk fire depart
ment, August salary $50. 10000
H. T, Moore, clerk fire depart
ment, August salary 80. 1877 so
Total $500. ........ s2152. so
On motion of Alderman Johnson
the salaries were allowed.
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fast as replaced by new ones, and the
cars now in use on the branches will
probably be reserved for use in case
of emergency.
THE CURRENT MAGAZINES.

The November volume of st. Mich
olas begins with fine list of good
things: The Refugees, the strange
tale of Neither Hail. by Captain
Charles ellison. The Young Railroad
ers, series of tales of adventure, by
+. Lowell Coombs. A Thanksgiving
Feast, the first of new series of
Betty" stories, by Carolyn Wells.
Books and Reading, new department,
by Hildegarde Hawthorne These all
are features which will continue
through the new year. and there will
be also serial story of American school
life by Ralph Henry Barbour, and a
series of jolly rhymes and verses by
Ruth McEnery Stuart. The program
for the new magazine year, given in
part in the November number, prom
ises an unusually rich and varied and
delightful feast
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19
DAILY BY MAIL.

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NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Romany revivalist holding
forth in Chicago complains that the
sinners he is polishing are a cheap lot.
They are crowding the contribution
box with coppers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19
Quarterly Salaries.

Quarterly Salaries.
John Annable, quarterly sal
airy .......$ 15.OU
VIM. Butler, quarterly salary 1900
]. P. Christy, quarterly salary Is. 90
John De Yong, quarterly sal
airy ......... ......... Is. 90
T. J. Hickey, quarterly salary 500
John P. Johnson, quarterly
salary 1890. ......... 1900
Albert Kiefer, quarterly salary Is 90
E. G. Lindstrand, quarterly
salary ..t.. 10. W
A. J. Mccormick, quarterly
salary ......... H. 90
]. R. Roberts, quarterly salary 10 90
Arthur Swanson, quarterly
salary ........... 10. w
Patrick Tigue, quarterly sal
airy ...... ............... 10. 90
T. ]. Hickey, chairman street
committee, quarterly salary 800
A. ]. Mccormick, chairman
sidewalk committee, quar-
terly salary .............. 1870
r. H. Fegers, physician to
board of health, quarterly
salary ........... 1000
Total ........ ......... $237. so
On motion of Alderman Johnson
the salaries were allowed.
Board Of Health Account.
Richard Evans September sal
airy -. -. ..............$ OF W
Total -. -. -. -. -. $ So o.
On motion of Alderman De Yong
the salary was allowed.
General Expense Account.
German Pencil Co., one extra
wheel .......-....,.... ....S w
H. Schmidt & Sons Co. 1um-
Der -. ~ 10
L. NJ. Coffey, salary and ex-
nense 80. 25 90
]. r. Dimond, part salary -. 30 90
Daily Gate City Co., printing 119 80
Bowman-Boyer Co., weighing 81 81
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

"The Romance of an American
Duchess by Demetra and Kenneth
Brown, the complete novel published
in the Smart Set for November, is an
interesting account of the life Of an
American girl who marries a French
duke and goes abroad to live in an
old chateau in the depths of Touraine.
Meth Boyce is represented by another
of her great character studies, that of
the wife in her story, "Suttee, who
makes self-sacrifice for her god, and
yearns for martyrdom. Jean Webster,
whose Patty stories made her famous
contributes in "On Lone Tree Hill"
one of the best examples of her re-
cent work "The Man with the Ugly.
Hands" is a grim tale of horror told
with consummate force and skill by
Frank H. Shaw, an English writer,
whose work is herewith introduced to
readers on this side of the Atlantic.
Edwin Wilman's "Woman's Rights"
lola Forrester's Mrs. Jimmies Di-
plomacy," are f. atures of the number.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

keokuk' Iowa -..... October 10 1909.
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Mr.. Sunday declared at Cedar
Rapids that some people in the church
wear out ten pairs of hold-backs to one
pair of tugs. They come in under
the wire riding in the preceding.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-19

fccntinued on rage ~
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
BY ANN FORSYTH

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-Sarah Ko-
ten, % years old and the slayer of
DR.. Martin Auspitz, is the mother
OF the biggest finest baby boy in
the city of New York.
His name is Abraham. and when
his mother holds him in her arms.
she says. There Is nothing in all
the world like loving as mother
loves. | did not know this before
Abraham came. My mind was filed
, with despair and hate. Now there
Dis nothing in my life but love"
Sarah and her baby have left the
Blackwells island hospital where
the first three months of Abraham.s
life were spent, and are in a cell
in the gloomy old Tombs. This
month there will begin the trial of
the girl on the charge of murder.
It was on June last that Sarah
Koten shot and killed DIR. Auspitz
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09

of your holdings at the present.
time, but in any event at not any
thing under so cents per share, II.
p. Knight, secretary. Al
John II. Nordquist and Judge III.
p. Knight. while in the city receAt-
ly. both discussed with local stock.
holders the amount of stock being
shipped east Local brokers say
that the amount of stock purchased
for eastern account exceeds 100000
shares.
Tamarack was the strongest
stock on the exchange today. and
there does not seem to be anything
obtainable under $1.00 per share.
Trading was not very active, and
what interest was displayed seem
ed to be centered in the coal issues.
This is the harvest time for the
coal people and they are making
the most of 1t. International Coal
& Coke is not affected because
their entire output is taken by the
Canadian Pacific, but the other
coal companies operating in the
Northwest are feeling the benefit
OF this weather.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
INDIANS FREEZING AND
STARVING TO DEATH

HELENA, Mont, Jan. 9.--United
States Judge Hunt has taken up
with the authorities at Washington
the question of relief for the large
Band of Chippewa Indians camped
Ebeut eight miles west Of the city,
Who reported to him that they were
starving and freezing as result
Fbf the blizzard.
n He expects prompt action, but as
The thermometer registers about 40
degrees below zero, citizens Of Hell
ena have taken it upon themselves
no bring them into town and care
/ or their wants until that time.
There are a number of babies In
the camp. and the condition of the
whole tribe is pitiful.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
GOOD EYE SAVED HIM

SANPOINT. Idaho, Jan. 9.-Aft-
er having been held for a whole
week, suspected OF being Charles
Burlinson, alleged to have assist
ed in the murder of Agnes Coving-
ton at Seattle, more than a year
ago, Frank Arnold has been re-
leased. The mere fact that both
Arnold's eyes were good is all that
saved him a trip to Seattle to face
the police. Agnes Covington was
killed by her husband, and Charles
Burlinson, a man with one defec-
tive eye, Is said to have assisted
in the crime.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
LID ON in OKANAGAN

CONCONULLY, Jan. 9.-Sheriff
elect Fred Thorp has issued cir.
cular letter to every saloonkeeper
In Okanogan county notifying them
that after January IL every saloon
In the county is to be closed on
Sunday. Mr.. Thorp states that this
does not mean simply the front
door, but means that no liquor is
to be sold that day. Outside OF
Conconully. which has been a
closed town on Sundays for several
months, the saloons have kept open
house Sundays.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09

classics. She shows in her speech
and in her emotions the ennobling
| influence of master minds.
Six years ago she came to Amer
lea, bringing with her two OF her
young brothers. She worked day
times, to keep the boys in school;
she went to night school herself, to
study English. At last came her
employment by DR.. Auspitz, and the
horrible tragedy of her poor little
| life.
"My mother" she signs, 81 must
write to my mother. But | cannot
tell her of my trouble, that is for
me to bear alone. 1t would kill my
mother to know all the agony
have endured
And your boy?" she was ques-
toned, what of his future?'
Il want him to study and play"
She kissed his fuzzy little head. Il
want him to have every opportun-
| ity to grow up to be fine man. 1t
is great responsibility. i must
be. oh! such a mother. Isn't it
wonderful"
1t is wonderful. It is unusual to-
day to find such exuberant, joyful
motherhood. it is amazing to find
so rare a spirit, a mother of such
heart and mind in prison dress.
"Once | did not think that could
live" she says, but now l have my
baby. | must live and work for him.
=; If only knew | could earn enough
to give him the education he must
have! His name is Abraham. 1t
was my fathers name, and | must
bring him up to be a good Abra--
ham. must work and make money
so he can go to school,
Some visitor suggested that she
could put the baby in an institution.
The big, black eyes flashed angrily
and the baby was Rugged tight
against her breast.
You think l could give up my
baby?" she cried in establishment.
you think | would put him away
and never have him again? You
think | would let him go?" She
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-09
The Koten Case

, Sarah Koten, a young
} Jewish girl, was employed
, by DR.. Martin Auspitz as a
, nurse in his private hos
, pital.
, He stole into her room
one night, she says, chloro-
, formed her and assaulted
} her.
, She sought redress in
courts of justice, but was
- laughed at by those who
, should have given her SYM
, pathy and aid. She could
} get no warrant for Aus
, PITTS arrest.
June 7, she shot and kill
, ed DR.. Auspitz, and gave
, herself up to the police.
, A baby boy was born to
her in prison. She has
named him Abriham, after
, her father.
} She is now to be tried for
her life, on the charge of
numbering DR.. Auspitz.