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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28
The Matter of Smoke.

But now to get down to the smoke
less town prospect for St Louis
Everybody knows just how dirty the
consumption of coal by the manufac-
turing and power plants and the
lighting plants and the various other
mechanical concomitants of a metrop.
oils make the city And some of them.
perhaps, know how any horse power
Is developed by all this burning of
the produce of the Illinois coal fields,
in spite of the bridge arbitrary.
1t will be a surprise, though, to
most ST. Louisians to learn that the
total boiler power of the city that de-
! voted to power purposes-is close,
1 very close. TO the total power esti-
mated to come from the Keolsuk dam
100000 horse Eower. At the same
time. III order to produce this same
power millions of tons of coal are
/ hauled into the city and there burn
ed, in an endeavor to keep the ma
chinery of the chief city of the Mis-
4 sissippi valley in operation.
Something like 5000 600 tons is the
annual delivery of coal in ST. Louis.
and of this big total the major per-
centage goes to the production of that
i power which the Mississippi seems
destined to supplant when harnessed
4 by the skill of man. Not alone is the
100000 horse power from Keokuk to
be available, but Lyman Il. Cooley, the
J hydraulic engineer, whose presenta-
! ton of fact was recently so powerful
) with the house committee on rivers
/ and harbors on the waterways issue,
: has declared that dams just below ST.
: Louis and ct Commerce. Mo-, can be
, built to supply each another 100,ssJ
/ horse power. Here. then, is 400, coo
E horse power in sight regardless OF
e any other power available in Missouri
h streams, and investigation shows that
nearly every river in the state is
capable of the hydraulic production OF
electrical power. Even at the present
cost Of electrical power, it has been
q making heavy inroads on steam pow
e er, because, though comparative costs
J. for given spaces of time have been in
e favor of steam, the instant availability
/. of electricity and its immediate cessa.
# ton when no lonSer needed have prov.
e ed the actual economy of the situa-
ton to be in favor of the strange cur.
e rent which even yet no man under
3 stands. Mechanically the application
ii Of electric power is making it's great
e est Roadway in the factories, with
" illumination keeping pace.
= But let let us make little calcula
j. ton in big figures. The 100000 tons
IS of coal brought into the city is cap
e. able, in rough figures, according to en-
A. gineers, of producing an energy equiv
D. alent to something close TO 100000
n horse power throughout the year
n, This energy represents every form II
If Which It is found in the city-the cleo
trio light, the gaslight, the factor,
N power, the heating plant. even the
a. energy that goes to aid the cook IL
s. the kitchen or the CRATE fire of {
e chilly evening, not TO mention the
h furnace or other household heatin:
e plants.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28
ST. Louis Globe-Dcmocrat of Sunday
Contained Illustration and
Lengthy Account of the
Power Dam.
TO BE A SM0KELEss CITY,
Looks to no Smoke When Power is
obtained From Giant Dam
That viii Harness Waters
of Mississippi.

Sunday st. Louis Globe Democrat:
VIII st. Louis be the twentieth cen
fury smokeless town on the day when
the Father of Waters is harnesscd?
That all depends.
No, not on the possibilities or prob
abilities of practicability, but on that
agile individual or corporation which
stands between the power producer
and the consumer, and in every day
parlance is referred to as the middle
man or the distributor
Just the same, there is every reason
to hope for a smokeless town when
w, v. N. Powelson, with his Keokuls
project and Lyman e. Cooley with his
river Improvement dams get in full
swing not to mention the proposition
| to let the flood waters of the Missouri
into the, Meramec by means of cut
Off, which gives sufficient fall to de.
velop immense power, and sundry 9th.
er plans which have been evolved
but have never yet found the capital
necessary to put them on the way tc
completion.
1t was the Keokuk project with Its
contracts for the delivery of immense
quantities of power to ST. Louis thai
first brought home to st. Louisans the
possibilities of natural power in com
petition with steaintdeveloped energy
AT first put at delivery of 5000,
horse power and later expected to b,
100000 horse power, coming from
plant estimated to be able to provid
100000 horse power, the transmission
of electric energy from far-away Kee
kuk has received only passing consid
Grafton from the average ST. Louisar
but there are others, better acquainte
with the possibilities, who see in tn
future real smokeless town on TIL
banks of the Father of Waters wit
ample reserve supply for unmeasure
future growth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28
Huntinn Neuroes.

ELDORADO. Ark, Feb, 2S.-Deputy
sheriffs are today searching the coun-
try for negroes who took part in the
race riot here where three white men
were shot and number OF negroes
homes burned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28
MANAGE Your own kinadon1.

The puzzles that yex w are number
less. Remember the mass that keeps
the world well balanced is composed
of the cheerful. commonplace hordes
making the best of every day Man
age your own small kingdom and do
not fret about the future of society
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28

MASON CITY, Feb 2S.-Glen Park
er, great Western passenger brake-
man, was arrested on seduction
charge just before going out on his
run. The train was delayed several
minutes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
OF THE PASSEN GERS
Twentieth Century Limited Goes Off
Track While Going at 70
Miles an Hour.

CLEVELAND. O., Feb. 2S.-Lake
Shore train No. %, the Twentieth
Century Limited, west bound, was de-
rallied while running 20 miles an hour
at Olmstead Falls, IA miles west of
here at 2:45 this morning. Seven
coaches were derailed, though both
engines kept to the track, Two pass
engers were slightly injured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28
Asquith is Puzzle.

HSqUTlh IS ? UlZIt.
LONDON, Feb. 2S.-Premier AS
quith's long awaited explanation of
the government legislative program in
the commons today, failed to clarity
the political situation and proved
more of a puzzle to the law makers
than any of his former actions. He
made no reference TO the budget but
asked that the commons authorize the
consideration for the next three scs-
sions of the borrowing measure. After
the Easter recess he promised that
the measure for the limitation Of the
lords veto would be forced through
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28
May Furnish Heat Even.


Not alone the power plants. but the
heating plants, and perhaps even the
warmth-providing means of the home,
may be replaced by the energy of the
rushing waters OF the Mississippi
whose power only appeals to most of
us when it is demonstrated in June
food or January gorge.
According to the estimates of the
engineers in charge of the construc-
ton of the dam across the Mississippi
at Keokuk, Iowa, and they are of the
best in the country, the power now
running to waste, but available, aggre-
gates, by conservative estimate, 200.-
600 horse power. This calculation is
made upon the basis of low water, re-
serve dams and the turbine genera
tors which have proven their econo-
my since the days Of the installation
of the great Niagara Falls station,
which now supplies large section of
New York with power and light.
When the Keokuk and Hamilton
Water Power company made its con.
tract with the Mississippi Valley Dis.
tribution company--an offshoot of the
st Louisans have come to be more
4 or less favorably acquainted--the
statement was made that there would
1 be a profit in the supply of electric
energy as far away from the source
of power as is st. Louis at the rate
of $25 per horse power per year. That
seems small figure, but it becomes
even smaller when reduced by calcu
lation to kilowatt hours, with which
subscribers to TIE present electric ser.
vice have become acquainted.
Very Low Cost.
A little arithmeticdl consideration Of
the figures puts the cost of the Keo
kuk power at the point of delivery
which is at the st. Louis city limits
at very small fraction less thar
three mills per horse power hour or
to be exact, two-seyenths of a cent
I Transformed--that' what they cal
it in electrical calculations-into kilo
watt hours, the prices would be 3.{
4 mills per killowatt hour. figure that
doubtless, will be very interesting tt
the luckloss individuals whose month
ly bills come in on basis of twelv,
4 cents per kilowatl hour under tlt
present scheme OF things.
A These figures are the delivery cos
at the city limits. Hence the remarl
that it all depends OH the middleman
the distributor, as to whether 81. Loui
is to become a smokeless town whel
the Mississippi is held in leash an,
made to give up the immense energ.
which has gone to waste for counties
centuries.
OF course, local distribution will re
quire some investment and some re
turn on that investment, but the finge
of the modern man must be put O
the initial cost Of the product in Oh
der to determine the consumptio
price, especially its justification.
Just in passing. no one need thin
that this seemingly infnitesimal pric
is going to be philanthropic matte
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28
roo LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR SALE You can buy pine wood
of Frank Clemenson by the load or
small quantities. Iowa phone, 263-R.
LoST-Female Scotch Collie; yellow
with white breast and feet, notify
Pauly, Kahoka, Mo. and get reward.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28
LATE AFTERNOON
BULLETINS
IBy United Press. ]
Lakeland is Dead.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 2S.- Rufas j. Lack
land, aged so, president of the Boat
mems bank and known as the grand
old man of st. Louis" died today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28
George w. Tanning Turned Over
s1o,5o0 to Charles Hubenthal
Today for flaming
Heights
OTHER TRANSFERS MADE
Popel and GilIer Company as Partner
ship Transfer to Anna w.
Gilier Property on Main
Street.

Ten thousand FIVE hundred dollars
was paid over today by George w.
flaming for Hubenthal's grove, which
contains approximately twenty seven
acres. The deeds were filed in the de-
putty recorders Office early this after.
noon, one being to about twenty-four
acres in section % and section "a,
and approximately three acres being
in section %. Association in the pur-
chase with Mr.. Tanning is Leon r.
Rollins. The forp'G owner and the
one by whom the deed was made is
Charles Hubenthal.
An option on this land, was secured
by Messrs flaming and Rollins just
few days before the water power
announcement. The option expired on
March /, which will be tomorrow, but
it was expected that it would be taken
up before the date of expiration
The name given to this grove by the
new owners is Tanning Heights.
1t is understood that the land Is tc
be plated and sold in lots in the
near future 1t is about seven blocks
from the end of the street car line
and is considered one of the mos
valuable tracts on the outskirts of the
| city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28
Popel and eiIler Transfers.

Other big transfers of the day were
those made by the Popel and Giller
partnership to Popel-Giller Company,
a corporation under the laws of Hi
nois, transferring to the latter lot l,
block 169 which is the saloon premis-
es on the corner of Eleventh and Main.
This in turn was transferred to Anna
w. Giller. of Warsaw for the sum OF
81 900, and there was also an optional
agreement filed relative to lot /, block
5, which is on the corner OF Main and
Water streets.
John j. Meister has been transferred
to Henry Brant, lot 4, block los, TIC
property being between Telth sno
Eleventh on Blondeau street.
Mrs. Virginia WINS sold to r.. t. Bar.
truff the old w. S. WINS farm, which
t is situated near Mooar, and consists
+ of 1876 acres. Mr.. Bartruff in turn
sold to James Cameron the same farm
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-03-01
NOT AN ANeLo-SAxoN VICE
Assassination Has Never Been Popu-
lar In Countries Peopled
by That Race.

This country is getting to have a
reputation of its own for assassina-
ton, though most of it is among the
obscure. It is among the obscure
here because it is confined TO our
alien population that oozes th,>ugh
the Ellis island gates from the far
east, the near east and the Latin
countries Men of Anglo-Sayon
races and stock have killed one an
other in ducls with great Joy. They
viii still stand up face to face and
hammer one another's noses, ewes
and jaws into pulp. They will try
10 break one another in two ON a
football field Thoy are bloolthirs.y
in battle wifbon having the lcas.
personal feeling about it. But lh'v
never have had thc snakes trick Of
singing from thc grass. or Of slip
ping two inches OF steel into mans
heart from behind and through bis
back on a dark night. or Of reaching
only, an arm forth from around a
corner and blowing an unsuspcchng
victims brains out Of his skull or
of mailing poison to somebody in q
box of candy or bomb in a tobacco
jar. Those are limb Of Satan tricks
the Anglo-Saxon. has not played. in
civilization or .barbarism. New.
York Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-03-01
TOO MUCH IMAGINATION.

A deal of misery results from the
yagaries of Imagination, declares
woman writer. We ought to be prac-
teal, for the sex has quite as much
of that side Of life to deal with as
do husbands and brothers. But we
are largely ruled by feelings and
that is just where we battle men in
their study Of women. For instance,
man seldom sees why a woman
with a good husband and comfort
able home should become morbid
he reasons from the standpoint of
practicality, while his wife is the vic
tim of starved imagination. She
needs mental food which home and
family do not supply-he gets it in
the world which claims him six days
out of seven, but does not realize it.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-03-01
WEALTH CANNOT BUY THIS
Imperial Toksy. Product Of Hungary,
Reserved for Exclusive Use Of
Austrian Emperor

There is one product Of the earth
that money cannot purchase-im-
perial tokay. This world-famed
wine is the product of vineyard in
Hungary, and is reserved for the ex-
elusive use of the Austrian emperor
The present emperor very generous
ly distributes the bulk of the an
nual vintage among the crowned
heads of Europe, but very rarely in
deed does any of the precious liquor
find its way into the market. This
happens only when the contents Of
the cellars of a deceased monarch are
sold. Consequently, unless he could
procure few bottles by underhand
means, even the multi-millionaire
would nssg be able to taste i'm
perial toEds.
There is, hewever, another or
dinary tokay, made in fairly large
quantities by the peasants of Hun
gary, and this anyone with money
can buy. But, Of courss, it falls
very far short of the tokayN yNconsumed
at the royal tables. IA
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-03-01
CHILD is WISER THAN MAN
Ills Instinct often Is More Reliable
Than the Wisdom Of His
Parents.

The imposition of any form Of re-
straint on the appetite of child is a
relic of barbarism, blunder on the
part of the parents and a sign Of
ignorance of the laws of nature. Not
only is it true that the child is father
to the man, but in certain directions
he is mans superior in wisdom. The
prevailing parental notions on the
rearing Of children are crude, archaic
and altogether unworthy Of enlight-
ened twentieth century civilization.
children have bottled-up intelli-
pence inside Of them" TO quote the
language of DR.. Woods Hutchinson,
and this tells them what is best for
them to cat. II is an admirable pro-
vision Of nature. One cannot over
feed them despite all the old super
stitions TO the contrary, A child who
wishes to cat between meals should
be permitted 10 do so, for his sys-
TEN requires the food If he dis
plays a craving for sweets, the crav-
ing should be gratifed. because his
appetite is guided by an infallible
instinct
The wisdom exhibited by nature
in this matter, as explained by DR..
Hutchinson, leads one 10 wonder
what function parents are intended
to perform. If the child's instinct
is to be relied upon in everything.
then parental guidance becomes
superhuous, and parents are of much
less Importance than they have
imagined.-R Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-03-01
GENIUS AND HARD WORK.

The published production of gen.
ius is like the personation of an ac-
tor on the stage. We see it and
Judge of it as it is presented, with
out thinking or caring by what
means he has arrived at his superb
ority. Research, reflection, study are
not taken into account; it is the eff
feet of his work, not the work, that
we consider. Quite likely we ex-
plain his impressiveness, his inhu-
ence upon US, his naturalness, as we
choose to style it, by pronouncing
him a genius, just as we explain dis
coveries in science, accomplishments
in art, triumphs in literature. They
are what they are because they have
sprung from genius-the measure
less work, which has aided, shaped,
ripened, expressed the genius is not
remembered, nor is it generally sus-
pected.-Junius Henri Browne.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-03-01
GOLDEN AGE OF eLUTToNY.

Attention should be called to the
very abnormal fact that there never
before existed in all natural history,
outside of a fattening pen and the
Strassburger goose the opportunity
for such luxurious consumption Of
food with so little movement as ex-
lists for many here to-day. 'Tis high
noon Of a greedy, gluttonous golden
agel Until 80 years ago, before up
to-date Office work, few Anglo-Saxon
men were ever in the house except to
eat or sleep and most were on their
feet nearly all the time when awake.
This great sudden change BODIES not
we'll.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-03-01
POETS VIEW OF MArRIMoN%

Edward Fitzgerald, the translator
of the Persian poet, Omar Khayyam,
was more or less genial opponent
Of matrimony as a state.
One day he said to his friend,
Miss Ellen Churchyard of Wood
bridge:
"Do you know, Nell, what mar.
riage is? ?"
Miss Churchyard thought not.
"Then I'll tell YOU" said he
marriage is standing at ones desk
nicely settled to work, when a great
big bonnet pushes in at the door and
asks you to go for a walk with it"
Cleveland Leader.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-03-01
KNEW WIZARD OF THE NORTH
Maiden Lady Recently Deceased in
Edinburgh, Was Acquainted with
Sir Walter Scott.

Miss Mackenzie, granddaughter of
the "NIan Of Feeling" whose death
at the aye Of 80 has occurred in
Edinburgh, had vivid recollections
IF Sir Walter Scott, who spoke to
her Of both her grandparents
Henry Ma.lcnzie as his oldest and
lcarcsl friend, and the last Baron
Scaforth, whom he immortalized as
high chief Of Kintail," Miss Mac
pnzie delighted to recall meeting
With Campbell the poet, Jeffrey
"rs'nc Of Linlothcn. Emerson and
"acauav, as wei as memories Of
he mother Of W. =. Gladstone, who,
~ letter he wrote to Miss Mackcn-
@ during his Midlothian campaign.
.ccollcd the friendly relations Of the
fWo families. Among the eighteenth
century correspondence of her grand
father in Miss Mackenzie's posses
sion were included letters from Will
liam Cowper and Samuel Johnson.
Gazette.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-03-01
Madisonville Lost 2 Games
World Wide Magazine.

The March Wide World Magazine
upholds its reputation as being
unique among present day periodi.
cal literature. 1t contains twenty
stories of adventure, sport, travel,
ETC.. each one of which is brimful of
interest and excitement. An excel
lent article on the fascinating sport
of "Mosse Calling" is contributed
by n. Hesketh. Prichard and After
Polar Bears in the Arctic" will tingle
the blood of everyone who has ever
held a gun. Making Odd Mas.
ters' " reveals some of the secrets of
modern picture taking. Lieutenant
r. S. Keyes continues his account Of
how Boatswain Juraschka, Of the
United States Navy, was captured
by Filipinos. Altogether the March
Wide World is remarkable value for
ten cents-not a dull line from
cover to cover.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-03-01

Get a gun and go to Princeton,
Ind. The wild geese and ducks are
eating up the wheat in the Wabash
river bottoms. The birds are being
caught with hook and line like fish.
A trot line with ZOO or 800 hooks is
used and is placed in the wheat field
where the fowls are in the habit Of
feasting on the green wheat. Grains
of corn are used ms bait and when
once swallowed the foragers are
hooked" for all time. Reports say
that 240 were hooked in this manner
in one day. The scheme is being
tried by many farmers and big
catches are made. 1t is stated that
the fowls are being dressed and
to northern markets.,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-03-01

Two weeks will be allowed the in
dicted directors of the National
Packing Company in which to ap.
pear for pleading to a true bill of
conspiracy found against them by
the Hudson county grand jury in
Jersey City. Twenty-one indict-
ments were returned against the
leading Chicago packers and others.
The penalty is three to five years
in the federal prison.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-03-01
WHIsTLlNo ARROWS.

A curious weapon has arrived a
the Offices of the Festival Of Empire
The weapon, which was sent as {
sample by the pageants armorer, il
an arrow of Henry Wills time, tc
which cunningly fixed is a small
whistle which sounds shrill and cleal
if the arrow is only just thrown
across a room.
1t is on record that the archerl
who formed King Henry's body
guard tipped their arrows with sucl
whistles SO that they "sang through
the air. London Graphic.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-03-01
DISORDERS or THE NERVES
Many Sufferers from What Might
Well De Called the Disease
Of Fear.

A gentleman of my acquaintance
is possessed with an abnormal dread
of water. 1t is positive torture to
him to wash himself, and he goes to
his bath in much the same state Of
mind as the doomed criminal on his
way to the electric chair. Another is
engaged to be married, but the en-
gagement threatens to be eternal,
for the mere thought Of the matri-
monial altar throws the unhappy
man into delirium of doubt, deljv-
erance from which is obtained only
by postponement of what ought to
be the happiest day in his life. A
third sufferer spends her days in
washing her hands, but, as in Lady
Macbeth's case, the damned spot will
not out. To her disordered sense of
reality, microbes are there and will
not go.
Another type of nerve suffering is
represented by the hysteric. Though
the disorder is supposed to be pc
culia to women, we now know that
there are male Mysteries as well as
female. The hysteric is born with
an abnormally suggestible mind.
Rev. Samuel McComb, in Every
body's.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-03-01
A sERvIAN UsuRER's WIFE.

Sara Chumitch, wife Of a notori-
Gus usurer Of Kragujevata, poisoned
him as he was on the point Of ruin
ing several families who owed him
large sums Of money. The jury at
the trial recommended her to mercy,
and letter Of gratitude signed by
hundreds Of citizens was read. 1t
was delivered to her on the day after
the committal of the crime. Sara
was acquitted and received an ova-
ton as she left the court.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-03-01
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There is only one
way 70 cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tionai remedies. Deafness lie caused by an in.
daned condition Of the mucous lining Of
the EustachIan Tube. When this tube Is
You have a uimbiing sound or
imperfect hearing, and when 1t Is n
,tirriy closed, Deafness Is the result, and
ulniess the inhammationean be taken out and
this tube restored TO its normal condition. hear.
ing viii be destroyed forever. Nine cases out Of
ten are caused by catarrh, which Is nothing but
nn iDnamsd condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We win give one Hundred Dollars for any
case Of DeAfness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Hans catarrh Cure, Send for
circulars free
F.J.cHENEY q o., Paps,, Toledo, O.
a old BY Drugg lists, price 75c, H5sst
Take Halls Family Pills ios constipation.