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Evening journal., 1909-11-30
Knitting and
Crochet Needles

AL kinds Of Knitting and Crochet Nee
dies IN various lengths and sizes--Rone
Steel. Wooden and Celluloid.
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CHANDLER . g ESsaiasr

No. 7l4 ". Ninth Street
Careful attention day or night
Bodies in Boarding Houses, Hotels
and HoF-''ais removed and cared for
untn claimed. Carriages furnished
Appointments hrst-elass Both Phonss-
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Stock Markets

More loans were called in this zerziHe
for the purpose Of preparing for tAe De-
cernber dividend disbursements, which
amount 70 quite a total
F, y. Lackey a Co. stated to-day:
The Copper stocks lost their early gains
but showed fractional losses at the END
OF the hrst hour but at noon had re.
covered 10 above its top prices OF tire
day. The early weakness included near
w al OF the investment stocks and spec
ialties. and & was difficult 70 trace TIE
source OF selling,
e. I. Hudson & CO. stated at noon:
The break to-day Is the one which we
predicted some time ago would occur In
cident to the meeting OF ConRress. II has
teen felt BY financial interests for some
time that sentiment would be disturbed
BY the prospect Of the Introduction Of
rnanv radical rnea sures IN consress, and
Nv the sending OF a radical measure Il
| con tress wabash issues were aeain
strong, as Il accumulation is going stead
ilx, forward. There is very good talk or
TVabash preferred. Furthr enghgerant.
os gelS 20 export 70 South America"
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Wilmington Soy to Go e Philippines.
charesl Taylor, a Wilmington boy
who IS now stationed at Fort M!ssoula,
Mont. will sail FOR the Philippines
with his comrades OF Company =, sixth
Infantry. On January ), 1910.
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Underwear and Hosiery

If YOU desire give useful man or child
buv some and Hosiery We have the best val
ues for least money all sizes, weights and styles
Underwear asc 75c $oo $1as 81 so and $500 per gar
sf.-
Hosiery Ioc rs1se is asc Ssc SOC and $roo per
pair XIII >.-s .ssA
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Dress Goods and Silks

s fs SPLENDID range Of styles and qualities black or col
ors Suitable for maon maid school girl or juvenile All
Gift patterns boxed free OF charge
Silks fancy plain effects 5oc Soc 59c 75e o5e @oO u
81 so per yard e.-s.o. -. 49,.
ward. ,A
chooS One the sensible gifts for woman would
oNUsS be pair of celebrated La France shoes. -
good S. 90 worth of value in every pair Our GO AT
price .............. &OaOO
S1APPSlS and upward
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as .. m. quotations from =. q
Lsekev & Co.. Bankers and Brokers.
members Philadelphia Stock Exchange,
cas- Market street. Wilmington. Del.
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READ THE EVENING JOURNAL.
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Am. Lccomoti sex Nor. Paei6c .TSsA
Anal. Copper. IS y Norfolk West9E
Am. Smelling e6ZlNf I'm Ger eSz
Am. sugar co.sSH Peoples Gas frs
Atch. T. & S. rySx Pennsylvania 1870
ssnhait Com. AK Phila- Rap. I ass
& rrAH Phila. Coynpa' 49,
Brooklyn r. T. II Phila. EleetrioI3
'en'i Leather ASK Reading 1917
ches. & ohio...S6 Rock Island ss5
Lainbria Steel 20 st. Paul ..--sA
Denver s r. CT Southern Pac I3S,
Erie Common sax South. Coz. So
E5e Sss pc ...46i. Tone~ah 50
klec. OF Amer. I3XlUnitedGaEIml So
Louisville & i-so Onion Pacia 3oI
LehIgh Nav. ria e. S. St Com So
en- Valley o6HU. S. st Proif1z1
Missouri Pae.. 60 wabash Pref sal
Mo. Kan Il T. AZ Western Unto 70.
N. Y. Central I76x
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Grain Market

Reported daily BY 3. D. Lsetey a
Co, bankers and brokers. msmbtrp
Philsdslpnis Stock ESshanss, s4s Mar
ket St
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Suits and Goats

Notwithstanding the nearness of Christmas
we are not neglecting to keep up our stock of
Women's, Misses and Children's Suits and
Coats. Those who have delayed purchasing
earlier still have the advantage of a complete.
assortment. ,. .s,,a.: ~
'Children's Goats, $3.50 to SEQ ~
Misses Coats, $40 to $50. gs :
Women's Coats So to S4s.
Suits at SIS to SIS.
Evening journal., 1909-11-30

PILES CURED IN 9 TO "A DAYS
PAZo OINTMENT is guaranteed TO
cure any. case of Itching Blind, Bleed
ing or Protruding Piles IN to IA days
OF money refunded: 50c-f
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Slipper SOIes

For Ladies'. Gentlemen and Children.
CAPITOL" and FLEXIBLE LEATH
Err LAMBS WOOL soLEs.
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WARMERS COAL
Delivery W to the minutes.

TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.
;T-S;xNrED-wHfrE GIRL FOR GEN
w eral housework. Apply between 8
a. N. and y 2. -. l04 Poplar 81.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-22
Survey of the pes Moines River.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Captain HUI.
has introduced bill in the house fos
the survey of the Des Moines river.
with a view to deepening the channel.
But where is he going to get the wa
ter to fill the larger channel during a
greater portion of the year? 1t is pos
sitle future generations may see the
Des Moines river navigated By com.
mercial craft, aided, perhaps, by dams
and locks. but Iowa is not sufficiently
dense in population to make such an
Improvement profitable now. The bet
ter present policy for that stream Is
to quit using it as public sewer and
to use it's water power for factories
and interurbans. That would promote
health, local industries and commerce.
and it is something that can be
achieved in the immediate future.
If Captain Hull's proposed survey
for which he asks an appropriation oil
fifty thousand dollars, will take into
consideration these practical factors
ii will have merit commencing it tc
the people of Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-22
History Rewritten.

Jacksonville Courier: Gugillielmo
Ferrero, 4 noted Italian researcher.
is busily engaged in knocking the
stuffing out of ancient history as she
is writ. This savant-admitting that
he is that and even more-is enllgh.-
ening Chicago regarding things re-
corded and which never happened. Ac-
cording to him most of the ancient
history is yellow even unto jaundlce.
In lecture delivered the other day
he demonstrated tina. Cleopatra,
whom Billy Sunday calls "the fiat
nosed enchantress of the Nile and
the high priestess OF sensuality,' was
not much other than dark comp,ect-
ed slob who happened to have a
bushel or two of jewels and an over
supply of passion. Mr.. Ferrero Woul:
have us believe that Cleopatra
shape resembleG that Of bale Of rags.
She had waist like a coal oil barrel
and feet like hams. Also Marc An
thony was no Apollo. He Is plctu'ed
by this knowing one as possessing
4 the characteristics of grey wolf al
derman, with launch on him that
would make Falstaff look primly thin
Marc is posed as a greedy lobste.' and
he cared no more for Cleo than did
! Boni for Anna. All he wanted was a
! standing which would make HIN
stronger politically and enable him to
/ overcome his opponents.
This italian deliver into the dim and
musty past also discovers that a
great fake has been worked upon the
! credulous public in connection viii
Nero. He says Nero never ser Ills
lamps upon a fddle-in fact knew &c
more about such a musical instrn
ment than Digger Indian boy know
about the nebular hypothesis or by
4 periodic logarythms.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-22
When Youngsters Were Hardy.

Emmetsburg Reporter: When We
were a boy we walked two miles to
school in northern Illinois. We never
saw an overcoat nor overshoes, and
pair of cloth mittens was sort OF
luxury. We slept in second half
story of house and could lay in bed
and count the stars when it was warm
enough to have our head from under
cover without freezing our ears.
Whoof, but 1t was cold when a fellow
jumped out Of bed in the morning be-
fore daylight to build the fire and ut
in . miniature snowbank. We did not
d,e-that IL so far as our knowledge
&c es--and at the present time enjoy
a reasonable degree of health. We
sometimes think that we shut our chill
dren up toc tight in the house and
every time they get Whin OF good
fresh twenty degrees below zero
weather they take to their beds and
have a siege OF pneumonia. Our chill
drep 20 to school three blocks, and
every time one of them gets his OF
Ter feet wet they are liable to have
cold When a boy we could tumble
into the water through the ice ant
walk mile with frozen clothes ane
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-22

which is inevitable in sucn cases.
The mistake is common one. as
the history of almost every commun-
ity will attest. keokuk has had its
experience along with the rest. Fol-
lowing the Sunday meetings here a
couple of years ago some very good
people undertook TO reform everything
while the coffee was boiling for break
fast. At the city election there was
no lack of soaring after the infinite
and diving into the unfath ,mable. :
but there was a lamentable paucity of
votes in the BALI boxes in favor of
wholesale, short-order reform Too
much was attempted and the methods
employed were not practical. Success
full reforms are brought about slowly.
but this is a lesson the average reform
er is still slower in learning
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-22
PETTY GRAFT.

In speaking of the petty graft prac.
ticed by members of the legislature
under the guise of committee clerks
the Iowa City Republican we'll says:
"The pretense that the senator's need
stenographers is all moonshlne. a
half dozen committees need clerks and
the chairmen of these committees
need stenographers at times, but three
fourths of the senators have no more
use for clerk than pig has Tor
double set of grunts 1t would look
better to admit that the senators have
some political boys and girls on their
hands and that they want them 10
spend the winter in Des MONIES at the
expense of the state. That is what II
means. except to those who want 70
pension members of their families.
That is the sum and substance o.
the whole matter. Nine-tenths OF the
clerks are wholly unnecessary and are
useless expense The excuse SCI
up for their employment Is so poor
as to be worse than none at all. Al
mission OF the exact truth, as pup
licly declared in the foregoing para
graph. would be more creditable u
the legislators.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-22
Wasn't at all Uneasy

Adam Bede was discussing the hill,
to appropriate for maintenance of chill,
drens Fairgrounds in Washington He
favored taving some women govern.
esses TO watch the children ane keen
them out of mischief end safe from ar.
cident
4 am reminded he said. of LADY
friend of mine who he'd twenty chill.
dren. They lived right on the bank
of river. and one day a stranger
drove up and stopped to take drink
of water-at the we'll.
~ should think you would be fear
full of trying to raise SO many chill.
dren in such a place. he said to the
woman.
why so?' demanded the mother
of twenty.
Why, it seems to me there would
be danger all the time CT some of them
falling into the river ard getting
drowned. Don't you worry a good deal
about that?"
Why, no. replied the womal.
You see, we've lived here nigh on 10
twenty years. and in all that time only
three of 'em have been drowned -
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-22
ATTEMPTING The IMPOSSIBLE.

The Colfax Give league does not
seem to be filing a long-felt want II
is reported that there has been much
opposition. and that r,any o. the
members are dropping out, and that
the city authorities are arrayed
against some of the things which the
league has undertake. The Burling
ton Hawk-Eye takes notice of this
state Of affairs to say:
ut is by no means an unusual occur
renee that movement of this kind,
which might be productive of immense
good, is rendered ineffective by It's
promoters who are not practical and
who attempt the impossible, being I'M
able or unwilling to begin with the
things that are practical and of com
paratively easy solution and gradually
ia win the confidence of the public and
10 gain the strength and the exper.
ience which are essential to real and
successful effort everywhere. Inc
Colfax organization probably tried &c
run before learning to crawl, and mas
therefore experienced the hard fal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-22

A bill introduced in the legislature
BY Senator Van Law contemplates
some direct and simple method for
cities and towns TO find out whether
or not the rates charged for gas. Wa
ter. electricity. etc, by public service
corporations is reasonable and fair.
Specific authority is given the munich
pal authorities to have access to the
books and records of such companies
and to require sworn statements and
reports-in short, the power is to be
lodged somewhere to find out whether
or not rates are reasonable, so there
will be some kind of basis for fixing
the rates. The need of some such leg
islation has been apparent for some
time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-22

Senator E. P McManus from
this county has introduced
bin in the state senate pro-
yiding for one more Judge of
the supreme court and minority rep
resentative upon the supreme bench.
His measure contemplates the election
Of three judges in 1910 for terms of
six years: that each party shall nomi-
nate three candidates and the two re-
ceiving the highest vote shall be de-
clared elected, and the one minority
party candidate receiving the highest
vote shall be declared elected. The
same rule shall apply in 1912, but in
1914 there shall be elected two judges
for terms of six years, the nominee
from the majority and minority party
receiving the largest number of votes
being declared elected. In support of
his bill Senator McManus said that
there is a tendency among American
people toward non-p Irtisan judiciary,
and that several states have accom-
plished this either by dividing the
state into districts or by such an ar
+ rangement as he proposes. He said
nothing. however, concerning the fail
ure of all attempts to secure a non
partisan judiciary in Lee county, In
which his party is in the majority
This phase of the matter probably es
capped his memory.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-22

William E. Curtis. writing from
Washing on to the Chicago Record.
Herald, says that defeat appears Ger.
tain for the postal savings bank bill
The opposition is said to come from
several sources: First. managers oil
state and local banks who fear they
Will lose their depositors; second,
from savings banks who fear their de-
positors will transfer their accounts;
third, from people who think the gov
ernment ought not to go into the
banking business, and finally. from the
members of the currency commission,
who telieve that the enactment OF
law establishing postal savings banks
at this time will interfere With gen.
eral reform of the currency system.
Mr.. Curtis argues against these OBJ
:ectio..s. but comedies that they are
likcly to prevail and defeat the bill.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-22

The affinity" business is likely to
suffer a serious setback in Kansas If
bill before the legislature of that
state becomes law. The bill makes
it felony for married woman to
run away with another man, and
wee versa. Any man who deserts his
wife or a legitimate child under four
teen years of age. will be guilty OF
criae punishable by Jail or peniten-
tiarv sentence. The same punishment
is to b.. meted out to wife. If
man lefoses to support his wife or
CHILD. he must go 10 Jail Another
bill. which seems certain of passage.
lrovi,.es that tr;des and grooms must
b, subjected % strict question by the
probate Judge ft;ore they are granted
license to rnay,s In addition to the
regular questions as to age and con-
sent Of parent, they must each give "a
family history" Those questions re.
lating to the health and disease OF
parents are such as to require them
20 be answered in private.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-22
ABBOTT ON IMMORTALITY.
Dr.. Lyman Abbott. Editor Of Outlook.
Explains His Conception of It.
DO dogs have souls??"

DO dogs have souls9"
This was question put by man in
the audience at Cooper Union Sunday
night to DIR. Lyman Abbott after te1e
latter had explained his conception OF
immortality.
DIR. Abbott thought a moment, and
then replied: Il don't believe that
dogs have souls. There is a sharp
distinction between animal life and
human life. Where there is life
without faith and love such as hu.
man being possesses, there can be no
SOUL
During the course of his address DR..
Abbott said that he believed in evolu-
ton, and told how through the ages
the germ of life had developed by
long process of growth into the hui
man being.
Then how do you reconcile evolu-
tion with the first chapter of Genesis
asked another inquirer.
Il consider this chapter" replied the
doctor, "a divine poem, no more to be
| interpreted scientifically than Milton
| Paradise Lost"
Then a youth arose in the audience
! and declared that as most of his time
! was spent on earth in work, he would
! like to know what were ilis prospects
of job in the next world. DR.. Abb
bolt confessed he did not know.
DIR. Abbott started in by saying that
] he thought Immortality could not be
/ scientifically demonstrated. The bur-
den of proof, he said, was on those
who would disprove it anyway, as the
presumptions were all the other way
| When the soul gets too big for Its
! integuments," he continued, len
comes death the outworn integumen'
drops and the spirit goes into some
realm we cannot comprehend.
There is no such thing as eternal
sleep. They we call dead are living
Whether they are within the sound
of our voices or not, they are living
Why was this germ of life developed
To make graveyard. do not be
lieve so. There must be larger, full
err life after this one"
Asked whether he believed in the
resurrection of the body. DIR. Abbot
declared he believed the resurrection
was merely the upspringing of the
spirit from the body, in what form he
could not say.
Il am sure | don't want my body,
he. exclaimed, after | am dead.
want a better one" Then he contin
ued:
The resurrection of Christ was no
an extraordinary event. merely an ex
4 traordinary instance of an ordinar.
event In some way Clrist, afte, Hi!
death, was made OFFICIALLY manifest t.
His disciples, but do not believe III
was resurrected in the body. He wa
resurrected in the same way as you
dead husband, brother or wife.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-22

Warden Sanders, it is announced,
wants legislative investigation.
which leads the Iowa City Republi-
can to say that if half that is told
of the warden is true. and there is
no doubt but it is. then lie ought TO
have the G. B. and that as quickly as
one can be written out and signed
Apropos conditions in the peniten.
tiary the Cedar Rapids Republican
has this editorial paragraph:
The or fellow who suicided at
Marshalltown. rather than to go to
Fort Madison, evidently had not heard
about the good times the convicts are
having at that penitentiary. meals
eaten to the dulcet strains of music
and so on and so on.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-22
Warden Sanders.

Burlington Gazette: The latest news
from the Fort Madison penitentiary
controversy is that Warden Sanders
is to ask for a legislative investiga.
ton. 1t is to be hoped that the report
i, tue and an Investigation rigid
one-is forthcoming. Conditions in
this penal institution are not what
thsy should be. The attacks made
upon Warden Sanders and his admin
istration are not inspired by malice
or envy. They have their birth In the
observations of Fort Madison citizens
OF good repute, whose sole purpose IN
giving vent to their opinions is to rec
tify conditions which they hold to be
tad-bad for the unfortunate inmates.
bad for the citizens of Fort Madison
and bad for the state at large.
The Fort Madison penitentiary Is
lot a reiWmatoTy or charitable IN
sti.u.ion. II Is place of confinement
for old ard hardened offenders against
society They arc hot sent there to be
reformed but letause they are danger
ous men to '.e Il: large. The people OF
Iowa do not der1and that the prisoners
u. Fort Madison be ill-treated. They
demand that they be justly and hu.
namely treated. But they do demand
that the people outside the walls shaii
live without fear of those within They
insist that automobile rides which
dangerous convicts are said to enJo.'
under the 'philanthropic" regime OF
Mr.. Sanders cease. They demand that
the prisonersbe kept within the four
walls of the prison until his ferm is
expired and be.no longer plaeE on his
honor" free t. rdAm and mingle with
free society
Warden Sanders is, no doubt, well
meaning man and ambitious to make a
good record and to hang on to his job
But he is not the man for the place
Neither the atmosphere of the circus
nor the school room breeds the type OF
men of which good wardens are made
Governor Cummins, in the whole
course Of his official career never
made a greater blunder than when ne
called for Warden Jones resignation
.nd rewarded Mr. Sanders political
activities by appointment to the va
Cancy.
Former Warden Jones was one o
! the foremost penal governors in the
j United States. His administration o
affairs was marked by common sense
humaneness and splendid results
4 Criticism was never directed toWar
! him. The state. its people and the un
fortunate class he was called upon
govern owe him a tremendous debt O
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-22

gratitude. Governor Carroll and the
board OF control have it within their
power to right great wrong. Let
them cali for Mr.. Sanders resignation
and reappoint Mr.. Jones to the posi-
ton he is SO admirably fitted for.
The Gazette bears Mr.. Sanders no
ill-will 1t wishes him we'll but i,
certainly believes his musical talents
and kindly heart can find better EN-,
ployment than in the Fort Madison
penitentiary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-22

TIE Chicago Clearing House Asso-
citation has adopted resolutions con
demning the postoffice savings bank bill
nov pending in congress, on the
ground that the proposed means of
conducting are impracticable. The
association has also declared the cur
rency and banking laws as now exist
ing form an inconsistent "patchWork
of legislation" and urged congress to
expedite the creation of new laws.