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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10

OTHERS ARE GOING TOO
The M. v. p. 3. A. Regatta at the
Illinois City VIII be the
Largest Ever Held in
the West.

Motor boat men are planning for
that one of the worlds greatest.
sports, with the oncoming of warm
spring weather and local launchmen
are beginning to sit up and take no
tice of what is to be doing this sum-
mer in the way of notable races.
be held at Peoria on the Fourth and
fifth of July are being talked OF with
unusual interest and on every side
it is being predicted that the M. ".
P. b. A. regatta at the Illinois city
will prove of surprising interest and
Importance.
Several Keokuk pleasure boat own
ers will represent this city in the
regatta on beautiful Peoria lake, al
though it is doubtful if there will be
ter power city. A year hence however
| it is promised that more than one
racing craft will bear the local motor
| boat associations flag in the larger
races of the country, and when the
lake above the dam is complete, there
will be races and regattas galore for
this city, it is promised. Already,
/ local members of the Keokuk NJ. B.
club see membership of five hundred
wideawake motor boat owners, in SEES
/ sion at a local club meeting and rep
resenting this city in the worlds big
gest events.
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What is Buzzins.

Many rumors are current along the
river and off the river, of the many
astonishing speed craft that are now
being built. First in Importance to
the local fans, is the Minnie c. H.
Ernest Corsepius' boat, the FIT. Mad
ison ice mans craft. which has met
with series of set backs since it
was first started but which "Corsep''
intends to put in the water this year
at Peoria, and carry off every purse
and cup in sight.
Hughey, the Bellevue, Iowa, mil
lionaire, is having boat of wonder
full speed built Along the Illinois
river, several dark horses" are fast
taking shape under the carpenters
and mechanics skill. Quincy will be
by Ed Moritz' "Teaser"
or some other craft which will likely
be built Muscatine, Clinton, Daven-
port. st. Louis, at which latter place
the Independence the boat which
met with several mishaps on its way
to the Peoria and Burlington regattas
last year, has not yet shown her
speed, and may spring surprises.
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TO MAKE kEOKUk
SPOTLESS TOWN
Not With Soap But the Hauling
Away 81 Ashes and Trash in
the Streets and
Alleys
CITY ORDINANCE CITED
Main Thoroushfare and Alleys are
in Need of Attention From
the Council and
Citizens.
CITY ORDINANCE CITED

Keokuk should take more pride in
than she does.
II own, and have sway over thirty
pieces OF property said a Keokuk
attorney this morning, but If the city
council should issue an order to get
in line with "clean up movement
Sin Keokuk. would be one of the first
Slo commence work. and would start to-
morrow. but there is little good to
have rose among the thorns,
Eby keeping my place in spick
land span shape and have my neigh
hors leave their places in a dirty con-
dillon
At the present time. the alleys OF
the city especially are in dirty con
dition. in many places. although there
are many Thoughtful citizens who have
kept their back thoroughfares in a
spresentable condition. But there are
many more, who need an annual dig
each spring about cleaning up and get
@ting in shape for the warm weather
months.
The cutters along the curling Of
Main street are filed with an accumu
lation of debris which has stood for
months and possibly the last cleaning
the thoroughfare received was Just be
fore street fair
A business man of this city. who
made recent visit to Ottumwa, city
claiming a larger population than Keo-
ilnk, said that no dirty streets in this
town could compare with the muddy
and unkempt thoroughfales of that
Des Moines river city. SO Keokuk is
not 50 bad off after all but bad enough
say many forgtfais is not the much adj
Y vertised sspotlcss town.
What the Ordinance Says:
Regarding the. throwing of ashes in
the ALLEYS and streets, the revised cit,
ordinance says.
Sec. 1SS.-"No person shall keep Of
deposit in any part of the city (except
at manufactures where ashes are
kept any ashes unless the same be
kept in close and secure metallic OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10
Round World on Motorcycle.

STERLING, H., March 1o-Leroy
Hendricks, nineteen years old, son Of
A. r. Hendricks, mayor of this city,
will depart April | on a trip around
the world on motorcycle. He will
take no money with him, but will try
to make expenses painting signs
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earthern vessel. or brick or stone

earthern vessel, or brick or stone
ash room, or permit the same to be
kept or deposited on any property,
owned or controlled by them
In many places ashes are piled
in back of barns, menace to sur
rounding property. on account of the
liability of fire In some instances it
has been known that people dump
their ashes in front of their homes, a
thing that people who are boosting
for clean city will not cos1nt nance.
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corsepius Writes Webb.

Ernest Corsepius, owner of the Min.
ME C. III, has written to Commodore
Thomas Webb, of the Illinois Valley
Yacht club. telling of his intentions
for future summer races. The star
racing man tells Commodore Webb
that he will enter the Mascot II
and Minnie G III in the M. V. p B.
A. races at Peoria this summer Cor
sepius also stated in his letter that
the Mascot" the little twenty-sevep
footer which won the $3.50 prize and
the Hotel Fey cup at the regatta last
year, is for sale.
In letter to The Gate City this
morning, Commodore Webb. who re.
members each year, the motor boat
editor" of this paper, says:
Fred B. Burnham, the new owner
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10

pleasure boats, may make the trip.
A meeting of the Keokuk motor boat
club will be held some tine soon, and
the matter of representing Keokul at
the summer water sports will be more
definitely planned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10

of the world beater the Dixie IL
has written me, saying that he would
enter his boat here providing a spec
ial purse was made up and special
race for boats in his class, run ]
am getting in touch with some OF the
foremost racing magnates of tho west
and it is quite probable that this can
be arranged for, and the Dixie H.
will be on the job here July next. :
Corsepus' "Cheese Box"
The Peoria Star boat editor has to
say of Corsepius and his first Mas
cot"
Remember. you boat fans, the
cheese box arrangement that Ernest
Corsepius brought down here from
Fort Madison, Iowa, last August, and
with which he burned up the river
and walked away with the lion $
share Of purses and cups? Well.
Corsepius wants to sell her, and is
willing to talk business to any boat
man desiring to annex the speed
shark to his Aquatic stable. This
doesn't mean that Corsepius has quit
the boat game or that he will not be
seen here in the July races. Far
from it, for he writes that he is now
building small boat to be called the
Mascot II and which he believes
will beat anything that the Mascot
T. has ever done Both engine and
hull are of his own design. In addi
ton to bringing his new boat TO
Peoria he also proposes to enter his
Minnie c III in the races FIR
larger boats.
Corsepius is the man who M de
last years regatta the success that 1t
was. In face of the fact that Peoria
took the regatta away from Fort
| Madison, Corsepius entered his boat
and brought big delegation of boat
men here from that city. Arriving
here. he furnished the most sensa-
tional performances with his craft
and stirred up the river with his
| little Mascot" to such on extent
1 that the boat fans are talking about
| ~ ycl MdoCOC \ 10 saw w W ~
! excellent condition and in far better
shape for racing than last year, be-
cause of the fact that the bearings
I etc, of the Pierce & Budd engine
are worn smooth. The engine is a G.
i cylinder, will develop from 40 to &C
horse power, and has sent the hull
at the rate of 30 miles an hour upon
\ several occasions.
keokuk Roatmen Will go.
That Keokuk launch men will go tt
Peoria this summer in several of the
best pleasure boats in this section, Is
certain The Vivian III of Captain
A. c. Decker will take party dowr
the Mississippi and up the Illinois
river and after the races, will return
\ via the Hennepin canal around Rock
ford and home, the same trip tina
was made last year in August. Cap
tain John Leisy, owner of the RED
Wing" will also take a party to thu
I.regatta on Peoria lake, w. S. Phillip.
and several other owners OF loca
a
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Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure any
case of Kidney or Bladder trouble
that is not beyond the reach of med.
icine No medicine can do more.
Wilkinson e. Co.
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$500 Reward, 500.

TIE readers OF this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has ben able
to cure IN all its stages. and that Is Ca
tarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity Catarrh being constltu.
tional disease. requires CONSTITUTIONS
treatment Halls .Catarrh Cure = on
Internally, acting directly upon the hood
and mucous sarfaces Of the system
thereby estroying the foanda ion Of
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature In doing it's work.
The proprietors have SO much faith in
its curative powers that they offer One
hundred Dollars for any case that 1t
fails to cure. Send for list of testimon-
'' Address g. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c..
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
Ubiquitous Microbe.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-01

And now m notice that an at.
tempt is to be made to solve the prob
lem Of high-prieed meats by present
ing a bill in congress to suspend the
tariff on meats for one year and place
meat imports on the free list. This
is the free trade remedy confined to
one particular article instead of APP
piled to all imports competing with
home productions, as the consistent
free trader would advocate.
The tariff just enacted last year put
hides on the free list, but it's effect in
reducing the price Of leather and
leather goods to the ultimate con
sumner has not been appreciable to the
naked BYE. If putting meats on the
free list should have no more effect on
the market than has putting hides on
the free list 1t would certainly fail of
the desired object, although perhaps
1t might not be doing much harm. If,
however, free trade in meats should
really bring in a large supply from
abroad the effect at home would be
serious, II not disastrous, upon the
farmers and live stock men who raise
the meat animals.
The meat packers are not particular
as to their source of raw material sup
ply, They would just as soon slaugh-
ter cattle from Mexico or Canada, or
distribute dressed meats from South
America or Australia, providing they
have their margin Of profit, as they
would handle homegrown live. stock.
Since the big packers, like the ulti-
mate consumer, are looking to buy on
the cheapest market and sell on the
dearest, the American farmer and the
American stock raiser would be the
ones who would be squeezed the most.
If meats alone of all the necessaries
of life were high and dfsproportionate
in price, and If these high prices pre-
vailed only in this country, the free
trade remedy might appeal with some
more force, but when the complaint is
no more with meat prices than with
the prices of many other articles on
which letting down the tariff bars af-
ford nc relief, and no more here than
in foreign countries, it is plain that
the free trade remedy does not touch
bottom.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-01
PERSONAL NOTES.

Mayor Crump OF Memphis. Tenn, hA
issued public notice to the citizens to be
careful when boarding street cars, and II
pickpockets attempt to rob them to kill
them II possible.
oklahoma's blind senator, Mr.. Gore. had
a desire for the place of the late Senator
McLaurin on the Interstate Commerce
Committee, but It was Mr.. Hughes Of Colo
RADIO, who got II,
A lawyer received s775,OOO for legal work
preliminary to the formation OF a merger,
yet in all probability another lawyer, for q
less fee, will try to demonstrate tina Il
was not legal at all.
Jonas L. Rinker OF weatherIy, Pa, who
Is 50 years old, served as juror In the Car
bon county court at Mauch Chunk last
week for the first time IN his life. Not
only was this his first court experience,
but he had never been inside OF a court
room in his life before.
James Is. Aiken, OF Fort Worth, has
announced that he had Just completed
the sale OF 1900 acres OF land in
Brewster and Preside counties, Tex, for
lO0.O Oo gallons Of whisky. The land which
has been bought by distillers OF Dayton,
o., is valued at S1.10 per acre. ,o'
Prof. W.. B. Bailey, Of Yale UnIver-
sity, who has just been sworn In as SUI
2ervisor of the thirteenth FEDERAL census
tor the district OF Connecticut, estimates
that the population OF that state for
80 will show an increase over the CEN
us Of 1900 Of 10000. II 9these figures
are verified Connecticut has a population
of 100000 now, as compared with 9o0,-
100 ten years ago. .tH,
The intolerabIe conduct Of a Baltimore
husband is pictured with infinite pathos
n this paragraph OF his wife's testimony
n the divorce proceedings: why. he
vent to sleep right while Senator Raynsr
las speaking. i was listening. so stirred
nth enthusiasm that ! could scarcely
eep my seat. and I turned to my bus-
and expecting, of course, that he, too.
vas thrilled with enthusiasm at that fine
democratic speech, and there he was
sound asleepF
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-01
Our Birthday Book
February i, 1910.

peter ". ,DeGraw, fourth assistant post
master general, is 81 years old. General
DeGrsw used to be a newspaper man. and
In his official capacity is specially charged
with looking after rural free delivery.
George f. Edmunds. for many years
United States senator from Vermont, and
once seriously considered for the republic
can nomination for president, was born
February l. 1928. He retired from the
senate to practice his profession Of law. In
which he is recognized as one of the lead
ers. and is now living in Philadelphia
Harvey w. Scott, editor of the Portland
O~regonian. who recently declined an offer
TO be ambassador 70 Mexico. is % years
old. Colonel Scott was born in Illinois and
holds a front rank In Pacific coast Journal
ism. i- -
Victor Herbert began making music
February /. 1853. at Dublin. and has been
leading an orchestra ever since.
Jonothan p. 'DoIiver, Iowa's fighting
senator. is So years old today. He is a
virginIan by birth and practiced law at
Fort Dodge before going to congress.
Edward A. cudahy, head Of the big
cudahy packing plant at South Omaha
and various Cudahy interests here and
elsewhere, was born February 1, 1860. at
milwaukee.
John f. Dale the Insurance man, Is
celebrating his blst birthday today. He
was educated at Northwestern university
and Is now agent for the State Insurance
company OF Hartford.
fg Dunn, who distinguished himself at
Denver by putting William Jennings
Bryan in nomination for his third defeat.
was born In sarpy county, February !, 1868.
He practices law in Omaha when not dis
barred.
Dr, Henry b. Lemere, the w~ell-known
oculist and aurist, is IS years old. DR..
Lemere comes originally from Manchester,
England, and after graduating from the
University OF Nebraska medical depart
ment and before beginning TO practice in
Omaha. was house surgeon OF an eye and
ear infirmary In New York City.
Charles Metz. the senior member OF
Metz Bros. was born February I, 1861, az
Bellevue. He became associated with his
father in the brewery business IN 1879 and
Is low president and general manager OF
the corporation
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-01
The Mustaohe and the Maid.

Certain Of the fair "co-eds'' con-
nected with the Chicago university
have banded themselves together to
discourage the cultivation Of mus
taohios by the young men connected
with the school, Clean shave or no
favors," is the ultimatum OF these
young misses. OF course, the young
men will HE themselves away to the
barber without delay, for who would
hesitate a moment between his mus
taehe and the maiden OF HIS heart.
Thus is another blow struck at
mans rights by domineering woman.
From the very beginning Of time the
mustaches and the. whisker has been
mans by right. a distinguishing mark
OF sex--no, not supremacy; that word
Is obsolete now-4distinctioh. Nature
implanted tha beard on the man. and
left fair woruan's face smooth and
downy 81 the freshly ripened peach, In
all his masculine attributes, man has
glorified, but in none more than his
hifsate equipment. Among civilized
tribes the beard has been-sacred as
well as symbolic. An oath sworn by
the beard has possessed a. peculiar es-
sence Of sanctity, while the plucking
OF another by the beard has always
been looked upon as the most immi-
nent Of deadly personal ~affronts. The
caliow youth has looked forward
through his adolescence to the day
when hts lip and cheeks would bristle
with this emblem Of full developed
manhood, and his struggles with the
early crop OF fusz have been Homeric.
but hitherto respected.
To be sure, In these days OF anti
septic treatment OF everything from
the cradle 10 the grave. most men,
after they have fully satisfied them
selves OF their, capacity for growing
a beard, and have demonstrated It In
one way or another to the satisfaction
Of those about them, nave been cen;
tent to rest on the record, and with
recourse to razor, safety y other sort.
have wrestled nightly that natures
mark might be made as little con-
spieuous AZ possible. But to. the boy
OF college age has always been re-
served the right 70 grow whatever OF
beard or mustachic he might elect.
That he Is now 70 be gwen his choice
between asserting his fledsIlhg man
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-01
BUILDING TRADE ACTIVITIES
FiOurishinE Conditions in the East,
West and south.

FlOurishinE Conditions I'm the East,
/. West and south.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
East, west and south all report the most
flourishing conditions in the building trades.
Immense demand has set in for building
material Of every class and character. ana
the call for workingmen upon construction
work was never so great as Il is at the
present time in the preparation that is
being made for the opening OF the opera,
tions of the spring.
There never were SO. many men employed
during the winter months upon construo-
tion as there are this January.
In all the large cities the working forces
have been busy every hour that II was
possible to work upon many large opera
lions.
The character OF the structures in every
portion Of the country are of a far more
substantial and permanent nature than
those that We're erected in prior years. ana
In the cities especially many are designed
to stand for centuries as specimens OF GOOD
workmanship and fine architectural skin.
1t will be centuries before any of our
cities viii reach the maximum OF popuia-
ton or approach the cessation of Improve
ments and construction to accommodate
their Inhabitants. but never in our past
history has there been the pressure for
new construction to serve as homes for
the people as is now in evidence through
cut the entire United States.
Money spent in this class Of work is spent
to the very best interests Of the various
communities and the nation at large.
Thu inhabitants secure from these opera
lions the very greatest results through the
flow Of cash in the varied and various
channels while the work Is in progress. and
the finished ediflces remain q permanent
advantage to the people,
This extraordinary increase in eonstruc-
ton work OF all classes cannot fail to act
as a stimulant to man other branches OF
general business.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-01
The British nilsmma.

British newspapers are beginning to
discuss the possibility OF what they
would cali a coalition, ministry az
the outcome Of the late parlimentary
elections in which the liberals have
won out by so narrow n margin az
to make their control prechrious. A
coalition" ministry would be one
made up Of representatives OF both
political camps with a view TO a com.
promise policy falling short OF the
lengths to which the extreme liberals
would go and ~conceding something to
the conservatives. and possibly also
something to the Irish and the labor
elements. A combination or fusion in
this country made up on such lines
would be almost unthinkable because
II would be sure soon to disagree and
d~isintegrate, and We on this side Of
the ocean Notwithstanding the fact
that British history tells Of coalition
ministries in the past, canno see an
other as a present probability.
The result Of the British elections
is to retain the liberals in power, al
though with greatly reduced major
tiles, and to hold them responsible
for the legislative program and the
course of governmental administra-
ton. The showing OF strength by the
opposition may. and doubtless will,
make the new government go slow and
hesitate to adopt extreme measures,
but the latter will none-the-less have
to make permanent the fruits of the
fight to the extent of removing the
power of the lords to block budgetary
legislation in the future. Whether to
do this will require a reconstruction of
the hereditary branch of parliament or
any serious wrenching of British Gus
tom and tradition, is yet to develop
and viii doubtless depend in a large
part on the attitude or the eonserva-
tives themselves.
The British parliamentary elections
are over, but several more turns will
yet have to be taken before the British
constitutional crisis Is past.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-01
KING OF ALI TRUSTS.
government Case Against the Anthra-
cite Combine.

'a SAANE
Baltimore Sun.
At last the. government has taken steps
to dissolve the anthracite coal trust. Suit
was instituted nearly three years ago. On
Tuesday last the government filed its brief
in the United States circuit court In Phila-
delphla asking that this monopoly be, en-
Joined from continuing its unlawful prac>
tices. The government maintains that Ger.
tain railroads and, codl companies have
been engaged in q conspiracy and combIua-
ton to stifls compositions and obstruct trade
and commerce AMONG the states in anthra-
cite coal.
" hatever may be the status of this trust
as regards. the leYa consumers of anthra-
cite coal have "a lkdBd basis ifor their belief
that IT is a monOpoly OF the most oppres,
slve kind. T~heyahaVe never been able to
understand why nnhas so long enjoyed i'm
munity from prosecution-why It has been
permitted to, control the production of an
indispensable article of fuel, to regulate
distribution and to raise prices at its own
will. It seems superfluous to suggest that
the anthracite coal trust has had the
friendly consideration Of powerful influ.
ences, both at Washington and at Harris
burg. There are few trusts in this country
which have not been treated with amazing
consideration despite the fact that the
people demanded relief,
In the present instance a combination Of
railroads and mining companies controlled
by them have monopolized a part of tho
fuel supply of the nation and have ex-
torted enormous profits from a helpless
public. 1t Is to be hoped that the law will
be found adequate at last for the protec-
tion Of the consumers of anthracite coal,
that the monopoly may be destroyed, that
the people. will derive material benefit from
the dissolution of the oppressive trust. In
the light Of past experience it is too much
to hope that the coal ~monopolists will be
punished according to, their desserts. Yet
the people have suffered grievously from
their practices and would rejoice TO see the
punishment fit the crime.