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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-11
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DENMARK.

Miss Minnie Woodruff has returned
for short visit with home folks ans
friends. from Ainsworth, Neb., where
she has been since last October, teach
ing music in the public school, having
charge Of choir and music at the First
Congregational church and teaching
both instrumental and vocal music to
private pupils
Mr.. Fred Herm and family were in
TT. Madison yesterday, having dental
work dore.
Misses Helen and Alice Judy were
in FIT. Madison yesterday, having den
tal work done
Drs. Philpott, OF FIT. Madison. were
ont yesterday to dress Mrs. Getchel,s
wound. They hone to have Mrs. Get
chel sitting up by the last of the
week.
Why does not some one with an au-
tomobile gather i'm the cid settlers
around here and take them t8 the old
settlers meeting at Donnelson. on
August 9th. At town in Washing.
ton county, on today. August IL,
all the old settlers will be brought
TO their celebration in autos furnished
by the committee. and the old settlers
will have a parade all for themselves.
There are several old settlers In
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WITHOUT ANY TIRES.
Rubber VIII be Eliminated From Ma
chine That the Wizard is Work
ing on.

NEW YORK, Aug. 11.-Thomas A.
Edison, with that youthful enthus-
iasm that gives the lie direct to his
gray hair, has new ambition. He
is bent now upon sending humanity
back to nature-in a motor car.
It is for this purpose that a series
of runs are now being made in the
interests of showing just what is
now possible in that line.
What l am doing as Mr.. Edi-
son himself put it, sitting in his Or
ange laboratory, lis to show that a
man may take his wife out and go
motoring in an electric car for day
among our Jersey hills, or up in Win
chester or down on Long Island and
come back to New York with power
enough still in his machine to run
forty miles further.
THE next thing want to do is to
get rid of pneumatic tires-get rid Of
rubber. I've got my claws on an idea
too. It's rubber that makes motors
cost. Why, friend of mine came up
from Atlantic City recently and the
trip cost him $40 for tires. Think of
| 1914 for shoe. 1t may do for the peo-
pie who live at the Plaza but not for
anybody else. I'm going to make the
motor so cheap that anyone can at
4 ford to run one who can afford to
4 buy one. It's the repairs that make
them so expensive now.
Il am building for myself bic
four-seated car that will be done in
about month, to show what can be
done. with an electric car on large
scale
II am also building 1,000-horse
power storage battery locomotive
that is to be tried on the Erie rail
road. 1 hope to be able to electrify
that roads entire suburban system
Such locomotive will permit alter
mating electric trains with the regu
lar ones. 1t can be recharged at the
public service company's plant. Tha
will make cheap power for you"
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PRICES HERE AND ABROAD.

With each successive campaign
Democratic newspapers and stump
speakers reiterate the charge that
American manufacturers sell machin-
cry in foreign countries cheaper than
at home That this charge is wholly
baseless is conclusively shown by fig
ures recently compiled by Senator
Beverage from the government in
sular reports of April, 1910. The
original table included reapers and
hay rakes, but the latter two are
omitted for want of space. The COM
parison was the same as for binders
and mowers. given herewith:
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Official government estimates of

Official government estimates of
the country's corn crop. as made for
the month of August by the depart
ment of agriculture, just published,
should lend encouragement to bust
ness in all lines Despite losses ag-
gregating 22oUoo.OOo bushels last
month the crop promises to be q,
49o,00O,oG0 or just thirteen million
bushels more than the bumper croI
of 1906. Much uneasiness has been
felt in many quarters, as to the con
dition of the corn crop and this re
port out today will bring relief tc
many observers, who count upon 9
good yield of corn as the greatest
factor in the fall business situation.
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THE REGULAR REPUBLICAN PRO.
GRAM

On the day before the recent Re-
publican state convention a number
of leading Iowa Republicans held
caucus to consider the situation and
agree upon what was best to be done
under existing conditions. Former
Governor Frank d. Jackson presided,
and addresses were made by Col. w.
p Hepburn. Major John F. Lacey,
Captain ]. r. Hull, Lafayette Young
Swallowed by the impending conven-
ton and none of the Des Moines pa
pers gave a detailed report of its pro-
ceedings. Interesting particulars are
supplied by the latest issue of the
Centerville Iowegian just at hand
Colonel Hepburn, fresh from Wash
ington, outlined the purposes and de-
sires of the Taft administration. Ma
jor Lacey retold the story of the wo-
men who went to Solomon with the
baby which both claimed One was
the mother, the other an outcast vino
wished to get possession. Solomon
proposed that the baby be cut in two
and each given half when the real
mother renowned her motherhood tc
save its life and gave it to the other
This, the Major said, is what the rea
Republicans of Iowa are doing. Tt
preserve harmony and save the party
they have been letting the insurgent.
run things. He believed that now the
time had come to make a firm stand
LATE Young said that the trouble
now is that the truth cannot be made
to appear. The people have been made
to believe the false. They look upol
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Commercial orchardists of the

Commercial orchardists of the
northwest estimate that they will
ship between $500 and 1000 cars of
apples to American, European and
Australian markets this season from
the state of Washington alone, and a
proportionate amount from the other
apple producing states of the inland
empire. Inc bulk of the crop will GO
to Chicago, New York and Boston. II
is expected that the export business
this year will be greater than at any
other time in the history of the
northwest
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pber, some people get everything into
their heads except sense.
The Dubuque Times-Journal saws
the state platform adopted puts the
Republican party on the defensive.
The humorist of the Peoria Herald
Transcript has noticed that two souls
with but single thought have a
way of eating twice as much as one
The meanest thing about money, in
the view of the New York Press par
agrapher, is how little it is when it
is paid to you and how much when
you pay it out
The Des Moines Register and Lead
er's idea of nothing to be interested
in is this search for white giant who
can pound Jack Johnson into state
OF insensibility.
The Des Moines Tribune predicts
that within two weeks there will be
less signs of dissension in the Re.
publican ranks than there have been
at any time in FIVE years.
1T doesn't seem to make much diff
ference in Iowa . says the Castana
Times, whether it is high license low
license, mulct raw or prohibition-tne
way of the thirsty isn't SO very hard.
A community that hasn't good sense
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Taft Republicans Real Republicans

Taft Republicans Real Republicans.
Washington Democrat One thing
is certain and that is, either Cum
minis and his followers are not Re-
publicans or Taft and his followers
are not. And to say that Taft is not
Republican is the same as saying
that Jesus was not Christian, and
we use the name with all reverence,
for Christians are Christians because
they follow Christ and Republicans
are Republicans because they fol-
low leader and that leader at this
time is Taft. You may talk of Lin
coin and Mckinley and Roosevelt till
you are black in the face, but they
are back numbers. Two are dead, and
Roosevelt is out of politics. Every
whipsnapper that hobs UP hangs onto
Roosevelt's coat tails but that avails
him nothing. BY taking thought, no
man can add aught to his stature and
SO nobody by saying he is for Roose-
welt can make himself Republican.
If he is Republican. he is for Taft
and not ashamed to say SO and if he
refuses to endorse Taft he is Demo
crat or hypocrite and we do not
care which horn of the dilemma You
take
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eENToNsPoRr.
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Quite number from here attended
ehautauGna at Pennington Sunday.
Mrs Nancy Downing and grand.
daughter, Glen, returned home from
Eldon Tuesday where they had been
the guests of Mrs j. o. Murphy.
The tent meetings at Vernon have
closed
Mrs. Mary Weaver entertained her
nephew, Geo. Mitchell and wife, and
Mrs. Mandy Mitchell Tuesday.
Miss Mary Stevens has been en-
ployed to teach school / y miles
south of Bonaparte.
Mart Campbell is entertaining two
grandchildren from Norman, Mo.
Max e. Ruble of Keokuk is guest
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IMMORTALITY.

Not in some vision of eterni1y,
In endless bliss; nor in mystic
sense,
The enc life merging in the cosmic
whole
Not thus feel thy Immortality.
But in the strong abiding memory
OF thy brave life; the quickening in
fluence
OF the great love of truth which fill
ed thy soul;
And in the good thy love hath
wrought in me.
And when thy little son climbs on
my knee
And looks at me with eyes in which
| read
The truth; when in his childish life
l see
The very principles which thou didst
love
All, then need no risen Christ to
prove
While these remain. there Is no
death indeed.
IS. c. Fish in the Pail Mall Gazette.
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An eastern preacher told his con-
gregation the other day thai there
may be spiritual baseball in heav-
en- 1t would be interesting to know
what language the fans use there in
expressing their opinion of the UNI
pire.
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a coMMENpABLE CHANGE

Henceforth the meetings OF the
Keokuk city council are to be public
and the citizens of Keokuk will be
welcome to attend them. This an
nouncement is made on the authority
OF Mayor Elder, who writes The Gaze
City as follows:
To the Editor of The Gate City:
Whereas there seems to be some
misconception by some of the citi-
zens of Keokuk in regard to meet.
ings of the city council the council
has requested me to state to you that
all meetings of the city council are
and have been public; that any citizen
of the CITY of Keokuk is welcome at
any time in the council room or other
city office, during business hours
and in fact, each one is cordially in
vited to call and inspect our work,
provided they do not waste the time
of city commissioners and employees.
Yours very truly.
]. F. ELDER,
Mayor
The announcement is worded to
convey the impression that the meet
ings of the council under the COM
mission plan have been open all along.
AS to this the only information the
public has hitherto had was contain
ed in the statement made by Mayor
Elder in his inaugural address that
one public meeting would be held
each month and that at all other times
the business of the council would be
transacted behind closed doors. The
mayor now states that "all meetings
are and have been public which is
equivalent to admitting that that Of
fetal and his associates early recog-
nized that their policy of secrecy was
mistaken one and that they had
promptly reversed themselves To
complete the record it only remained
for them to acquaint the public with
the fact, as Mayor Elder has done II
his letter to this paper printed above
The only complaint voiced to date
against the local commission was the
policy of secrecy announced by the
MAYOR at the outset. Now that it is
known that this policy does not OBJ
tain and that-to use the mayors
language citizen of Keokuk Il
welcome at any time in the council
/ room or other city office. and in fact
each one is cordially invited to call
and learn for himself what the com
missioners are doing, there should NJ
longer be any feeling of resentmen
toward the commission on the part
4 the community. All cause for crit
cism has been removed and there j
no reason why every good c1tlzel
should not cooperate heartily wit
Mayor Elder and his official asse
! ciates to make the commission pla
in Keokuk an unqualified success
This desirable end can be sttalne
1 only through the united, well-directe
efforts of both citizens and commits
siopers. So far as the proceeding
of the latter have come to publ
knowledge they have met with cordls
approval There is reason to belieV
that Keokuk has been better govern
ed during the past five months tina
ever before in its history, due in pal
, to merits inherent in the commisslo
plan and in part to able and faithf'
administration. Now that the int
est of the community has been i
vited and its moral support is ensure
there is nothing in the way OF ma
ing the city government of keokuk
example worthy alike of the admir-
, ton of Keokuk people and the emul
, ton of other municipalities.
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ings Of the famous old organization
is not confined alone to the men who
wore the blue and carried the mus
ket. 1t IS hoped that an even larger
number will be present this year.
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If the Mississippi river gets much
lower it may become advisable to
limit the size of the fish with a view
of lessening the amount of water
they displace.
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A bill has been prepared for intro
duction in the Texas legislature pro-
hibiting treating in saloons. 1t is
known as the anti-set-'em-up meas
ure and would undoubtedly operate
in the interests of temperance.
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spider-Web suits.

Now that The hot weather is with
us again it might pay some enthusi
astic tradesman to revive the manu-
facture of costumes from spiders
webs, which at one tine served %
make cool and attractive fabric. Inc
first person to use the webs In TINS
way was Montpelier merchan.
named Bon. Louis XIV. himseh
deigned to appear IN spider web sur
with gloves and stockings OF the sans
material. and several OF his court ioi.
lowed his example. The fashion was
at its height from 1909 TO I'LL. bu'
the spiders appear TIC have struck
work. or perhaps they we're swept
down by conscientious housemaias,.
Anyhow, you would hardly get spf
der suit today.
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49,. 80 .+f.~s. I. xr.s., uno-,v Az
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Will any Democratic paper be non
est enough and frank enough to admit
that 1t misrepresented the facts in the
case? We shall see.
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Moines with honor to himself and
credit to his constituents. The Gate
City commends him unqualifiedly to
the voters of the county as in every
way worthy their support.
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The Dubuque Times-Journal, depre-
eating the discussion in Iowa this
year of national questions to the ex-
clusion of state questions OF far great
er Importance. says: 1T cannot mat
ter much to Iowans generally wheth-
er the duty on this or that commodity
is 5 or 10 per cent higher OF lower
than 1t should be but it matters much
what the legislature may do in re-
spect to the regulation of many mat
tiers of practical Importance to the
entire state. In off year campaigns
local questions should have the first
place. and they would if it were not
for the factional division in the ma
jority party
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The Ottumwa Courier advises Iowa
to drop politics and turn to business.
More Iowa money would be retained
in Iowa for investment" the Courier
says, land more outside money would
be attracted to Iowa If it were not
for the fact that the state is kept in
continual turmoil of political
strife,
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enough to regulate its own affairs will
get little benefit from a state law.

Wonder how it would do for all of
US to be just plain Republicans, says
the Charles City Press, commenting
on Senator Cummins' declaration that
Iowa Republicans cannot remain half
standpat and half progressive.
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NOTES AND COMMENT.

According to the sunfower philoso-
pber, some people get everything into
their heads except sense.
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LUcRErIA. =.
Just learned that Gold Medal Flour y
siited ten times through finest siik. EUGESM
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DAILY BY MAIL,

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The Dubuque Times-Journal SAYS
the state platform adopted puts the
Republican party on the defensive.
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keokuk, Iowa ......... Aug. II, 1910
The Prescott daily news., 1910-12-16
DEADLOCKED ON CAPITOL
OKLAHOMA SENATE ACCEPTS
 THE CULBERSoN SITE.
House Tables 1t and Difficulty May Lead to Removal of Capital
 to Another City.

Oklahoma City Ok, Dec. 16.-The house and senate are deadlocked over the capital removal controversy. Sev- eral members, disgusted by tactics of delay, are advocating support for an- other city unless a settlement can be effected soon.
 The senate, by unanimous vote, passed the concurrent resolution to locate the capitol on the Culberson site, northeast of Oklahoma City The resolution was sent to the house, where it was tabled by almost unan- imous vote.
 The house sent word to the senate that no action whatever would be taken on the resolution until the sen ate acts for or against the bill passed by the house locating the capitol at Putnam City. House members de- clare the Putnam proposition is the strongest and the only one of merit yet presented. They declare the Gull bertson proposition is not of suffi- cient merit to warrant acceptance.
 The business men of this city must quit their knocking and get to- gether or the capital may go else where,' declared Representative Bar rett of Shawnee.
 The final proposition made by Put nam and his associates includes a bond of $970,000 as a guarantee that Q s1,500,000 capitol will be built, with $150,000 for furniture, $40,000 for the expenses of the capitol commission and $10,000 for moving the present furniture from Guthrie.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-12-16
WORK FOR WORLD PEACE
American Society for Judicial Settle ment of International Disputes
 Begins Conference.

Washington, Dec. 16.-Universal peace, the disbandment of that great drain upon a nations resources, the standing army, and the establishment of an international court of justice where disputes arising between na- tions can be settled without recourse to war, have been agitated by philoso- clergy for centuries. It was to this end that The Hague Peace confer ence convened; and these motives actuated the forming of the American Society for Judicial Settlement of h. ternational Disputes, which met here last night for a three-day conference. The meeting is attended by the presi- dent of the United States, some of the foremost citizens of the republic, and emissaries from the leading countries of Europe. The presence of these representatives of foreign govern ments lends an international tone to the conference and adds to its im- portance as a factor in forwarding this work
 Secretary of State Knox presided last night and Cardinal Gibbons de- livered the invocation. The speakers were Senator Root, Justice Riddell of the High Court of Justice of Ontario, Canada; John w. Foster, Justice Brown of the supreme court and An drew Carnegie Today one of the in- teresting papers will be that by Charles Noble Gregory of Chicago on Aviation as Affecting the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes.' At banquet Saturday night Presl- dent Taft will be one of the speakers.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-12-16
SHIP AND CREW hRE LOST
CAPTAIN EATEN BY SHARKS OFF
 AUSTRALIAN COAST.
Derelict Vessel, Then SWims to Shore.

Victoria, B. C., Dec. 16.-After drifting six days without food on a derelict, Theodore Anderson, a Swede, swan to shore on the west coast of Australia. He told thr' H. ing story of the disaster that had brought death to every other mem her of the crew
 News of the tragedy was brought here by the steamer Moana from Brisbane. The derelict was a pearl Ing lugger of 200 tons, the Hugh Nor man. She was sailing down the coast rom Broome to Freemantle, when she struck a reef. The dingey was launched and all members of the crew except Anderson and the cap tain boarded her
 The little boat drifted away and was swamped. All her occupants Were drowned. The captain ordered Anderson to jump in after the dingay, put seeing three sharks cruising in the vicinity. he refused to do SO
 Later the lugger drifted off the reel and the captain leaped over board and tried to swim ashore. but ne was attacked and devoured by sharks.
 Next day Anderson decided to risk all m an effort to reach land. It tCok nm an hour to swim ashore and he was pursued by sharks, but escaped them.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-12-16
CUBAN HELD FOR RANSOM
Alarm Is Felt in Provinces at Sec ond kidnapng Within
 Two Days.

Havana, Dec. 16.-Senor Criscencio Spiritus, Santa Clara province, has been kidnapped by the bandit Innocent Soils and $6,000 is being demanded as the price for the restoration of the prisoner. As this is the second oc- currence of the kind within two days, there is great alarm and fear through out the province.
 Senor Rafael Beninz, a merchant of Havana, was captured by bandits in Remedies, Santa Clara province, and was only freed after s1,5OO had been paid He was badly treated
The Prescott daily news., 1910-12-16
WIDOW BURNS TO DEATH
Enveloped in Flames, She Bushes From Home and Falls Into
 SnoWdrift.

Washington, Dec. 16.-With her nightgown burning and her body en- veloped in flames, Mrs. Catherine Long. a wealthy widow GO years old, ran from her home at 1915 First street northwest and fell unconscious in a snowdrift in the street while fire engines were rushing to her home.
 Burned from head to foot, she was taken to the Casualty hospital, where she died within an hour.
 The firemen after much effort ex- tlnguished the burning home. The cause of the fire has not been learned.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-12-16
FAMINE FOLLOWS FLOODS
Terrific Storms That Have Swept Spanish Coast Have Cut Hun
 dreds Off From Relief.

Madrid, Dec. 16.-Famine and pes toilence are following in the wake of terrific cyclones which have swept Spain from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean.
 Rains have put the rivers out of their banks and scores of villages are either cut off or are deserted Hun dreds of men and women have been driven mad by the flood horrors.
 In some parts of the interior roads, bridges and railroad tracks have been washed away Many buildings have collapsed.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-12-16

ccived indicate a majority of 30,0G0 This is Lewis home and the locals in this vicinity are said to have given hlm the largest vote in history.
 John Zelenka, president of this sub district. was reelected by large ma jority, and all the other officials of this district are said to have been re- elesed.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-12-16

Mobile, Ala, Dec. 16.-Ross H. Sta. pleton, George Brooks, Robert Robert son, J. w. Ptomey William Gum and James R. Gum of Edwin county, Ala, were found guilty of night rid ing by jury in the United States district court here. There was mis- trial in the case last January. The maximum penalty is ten years i'm prisonment and a fine of $5,000.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-12-16
REPORT LEWIS RETURNED
Unofficial Returns have 1t That Head of United Mine Workers Is
 Successful.

Bridgeport O., Dec. 16.-According 10 unofficial returns received here, I. l.. Lewis has been reelected na- tional president of the United Mine Workers of America. Rsturns re-