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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24
PROPOSED DEBATE.

Hon. Charles w Miller, representa-
tive from Bremen county in the Iowa
legislature, former chairman of the
Democratic state central committee
and the author of magazine articles
and numerous vitriolic speeches
against what he calls the doctors
trust. has been challenged by DIR. J..
W Kline of Fort Dodge, TO a Joint
debate upon the subject. to be held
May q. at Wayerly, Mr.. Nillers
tome
Mr. Miller has indicated a willing
ness to pick uD the gauntlet thus
! thrown down. but insists that he as
the challenged party, is entitled TO
the choice OF weapons in the duel OF
words and asks that the discussion be
carried on through the newspapers.
That he lacks experience and ability
as platform speaker ne says he is
as painfully conscious as the doctor
perhaps is ioyously so Besides. he
is accustomed 10 express his ideas
with his pen, which never halts on
account OF stage fright. 2 To this Kline
makes reply that Miller has no record
of stage fright He adheres TO his
original proposition and suggests that
= audience be a neutral one. Instead
OF Wayerly, as originally proposed. he
suggests Waterloo. This is the present
stairs Of the matter II can hardly
be claimed that tire world viii stand
stu Until the two worthless agree upon
the rrelin1inaries.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24
immortal Children Now Orphans.

REDDING, Conn, April 22.-Two
immortal American children became
orphans here last night. Mark Twain
is dead, and tom Sawyer, and
"Huckleberry Finn are fatherless.
The kindly, humorous spirit that for
twenty years has led the boys and
girls of America and England on joy
Gus pilgrimages along the Mississippi
and by its charm has turned the
caves and fastenesses of that turbid
stream into places of delightful ro-
nance and mystery, set forth at $50
last evening upon its long, last jour
ney, all alone. The parting came as
quietly as Mark Twain's own quiet
smile. Just before the spirit slipped
away there dawned upon the tired
body consciousness, then came rev.
erie. and finally. as softly as the fall
ing of curtain, death.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24
IMPROVING TIE RACE

In an address at the recent meet
ing OF the American Breeders asso-
citation before the committee on on.
genics, of which he is secretarv DR.
Davenport spoke of the tremendous
possibilities of benefit to humankind
which lie before that committee in rhe
further investigation OF the laws Of
human heredity He minated MAINLY
that it is discreditable TO US a. al in
telligent people that We are proud Of
our control of nature in other RESPECTS
and do nothing but vote taxes or re-
main satisfied with the great PITTS
and requests that philantbronigts
have made for the support OF the de-
llnquent defective and dependent
classes. He proposed that instead
we should take the steps that scien-
tific study indicates as necessary to drv
up the springs that feed the torrent
OF defective and degenerate pro
toplasm. Speaking further along this
line, he said
Greater tasks than those conten-
plated in the broadest scheme of the
eugenics committee have been car.
ried ont in this country If only one
half OF ! per cent Of the $3.50. 900 000
annually spent on hospitals. $50 900
600 on insane asylums, $4,000 900 for
almhouses, S13,o00,00o on prisons. and
S5,000,000 on the feeble-mind. deaf aad
blind were spent on the study OF the
bad germ plasm that makes necessary
the annual expenditure of nearly 500
100000 in the care of its produce we
might hope to learn just how ii is he
ing reproduced and the best way 70
diminish its further spread A new
plague that rendered 4 per cent of our
population, chiefly at the most produc.
tive age, not only incompetent but a
burden. costing s100,000.000 yearly TO
support, would instantly attract uni
yersal attention. and millions would
be forthcoming for its study. as they
have been for the study of cancer. But
we have become so used to crime. dis
ease and degeneracy that we take
them as necessary evils. That they
We're in the worlds ignorance is grant.
ed That they must remain so is de
MED
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24
TEN HOURS FOR WOMEN.

! A ten-hour day is established for
working women in Illinois The SUI
preme court of that state has just
handed down decision holding con-
stltutional the ten hour law for wom-
en- in industry. The court practically
swept aside all legal and technical
considerations by emphasizing the
human side of the law and the duty
of the state to protect its women
from overwork and consequent phys
zeal deterioration and by adequate
legislation to preserve the health,
morals, and welfare of the race.
The decision declares that women
can not work more than ten hours a
day at the severe manual labor re-
CURED in many establishments with
cut impairing their health This. the
court held to be a sufficient reason
why the protecting arm of the law
must reach out for the preservation
OF the vigor of present and future
generations Recognition by the court
of this as the spirit of the law is
the feature of the decision. The
bench reversed itself on the decision
of 1895, when an eight hour law for
women was held unconstitutional. on
the ground that it impaired the
right of contract
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24
After Kennedy.

Donnellson Review: We are in re-
ceipt of advance sheets of an article
entitled "Diluting Cannonism for
Home Consumption. which appears in
the current number of I.aFollette,s
Weekly Magazine, in which Congress.
man Kennedy is accused by the IN
surgents of the diabolical crime Of
voting with the Republican majority
in congress. Kennedy was sent to
congress from the First district for
the purpose OF working and voting
with the Republicans, and not to en-.
able him to secure notoriety SO he
could publish magazine and fill
chautauqua dates.
The very fact that his renomina-
ton is being fought by those whose
policies he can not endorse. shows
that he has influence and possesses
strength which they would prefer not
to cope With. II ne was simply
fgurehead, they would not waste their
time on him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24

with tears by the next. In all his
writings Mark Twain glorified child
hood. and extolled decency and manli-
ness He hated cant, and pretense,
and was merciless fiayer of fraud
and deception. He was patriotic and
loyal, and high minded He wrote the
true feelings of his heart. concealing
nothing. and was only prevented from
being one of the worlds greatest
critics by the love he possessed for
humanity. He forgave faults Of weak
less and deified virtue and made the
world of his fancy-which was that of
his own 10y and manhood idealized-
well worth living In. No man in liter
AZURE will be more missed than Mark
Twain And yet the world will not
miss him, for he will ever live in the
rare hunor and philosophy with which
ne has enriched tie literature of this
generation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24
omplexions and the bouyancy

complexions and the bouyancy of
spirits characteristic OF all who have
resided here for any length OF time.
To be Keokukian is to be an opti-
mist and TO be al peace with ones self
and the rest OF the world No one
with sour stomach or an overloaded
liver was ever known to be in that
beatific state of mind Il follows that
the diet OF Keokuk people agrees with
them and produces gratifying results,
and is therefore diet to be commend
ed 10 the dissatisfied and unhappy
everywhere, including OF course insur-
gents and Democrats. A diet OF green's,
forsooth Do men gather grapes of
thorns or figs OF thistles2 What could
Mr. Miller have been t1ial1ing about
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24

The governors of fifteen states, by
proelamations or open letters. have
endorsed the suggestion that today
be observed in all the churches as
tuberculosis sunday. Ministers of
every creed and no creed will join
today in the nationwide crusade
against the great white plague. 1t is
expected that their efforts will result
in many valuable additions to the
cause of reform in the administration
of our state and federal health laws.
1t is certainly high time that the ut
most efforts should be put forth to
stay the progress of the disease. The
annual loss from tuberculosis in this
country is estimated at 10000 lives
and s6,o00,000,0e0 This great waste
can be stopped none too soon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24

Engineers who have been working
on the plans for the Mississippi River
Transportation company. whose head
quarters are in ST. Louis, have evolved
a powerful towboat. operated with a
gas engine and capable of floating
with fuel on board, in ten inches of
water or less. The boat will be able
TO push light steel barges carrying
at least 400 tons OF freight up stream.
1t is expected that freight rates to
points in the interior reached by these
,barges will be reduced so per cent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24
MARK TWAIN.


His hands fall from the wheel: ht
looks no more
To see what reef or shoal may be
ahead,
u'iat narrow channel there may he
TO thread,
What Jagged rocks may iut out from
the shore,
Whit. message is it that the leadsmen
sen:?
MARK TWAIN The troubled en-
gines cease to throb,
The song the breezes sang ends in
sob;
The trip is done-the world has lost
friend.
On lips he taught to,smile the laugh
ter dies.
The sun shines with lesser, faint
er glow;
Along the shores where mirth was
spread q low,
Sad murmur passes. and, with tear
dimmed eyes,
Men look out on the stream. yet.
while they gaze,
In silence share the comforting be-
lief
That, safe in port, beyond the last
dread reef,
His soul is gladdened by Captains
praise.
IS. E. Kiser in Chicago Record
Herald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24

'ol Dave" Palmer's nomination
PAPERS for another term as railroad
commissioners are being circulated in
heokuk and are being signed gladly
by his many friends here. During his
service on the board he has been
lair to all interests and has made a
record as public official that is
greatly to his credit. The Indianola
Herald well says of him:
Colonel Dave Palmer is a practical
farmer himself He has been honest
and fair as railroad commissioners
and the farmers can not do better
than to continue him on the board
EVERY farmer and old soldier should
work for Colonel Palmer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24

There is talk at Des Moines that
Joe Long. editor Of the osceola sen
tinel, and Judge J. H. Henderson of
indianola, will manage Governor Car
rolls campaign for nomination for
a second term Headquarters will be
opened in Des Moines at an early
day
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24

Now we know what the Rough Writ
er thinks OF the Rough Rider. The
latter's opinion of the former has
been matter of record for some
time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24

a motto hung in conspicuous
place in a Peoria restaurant assures
patrons that The worst is yet to
come 1t is not recorded that that
restaurant has any disappointed pa
irons
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24
Lynn for County superlntend.,.

Montrose Journal: County superln.
teadent OF Schools e. C. Lynn is
having his nomination papers filled
out and will be candidate again for.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24

The grand vizier d Morocco was
poisoned by three OF his wives. This
isn't the first time that too many
cooks have PLAYED hob with the broth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24

A Sioux City census enumerator
fell dead while performing his duties.
1t Is not stated what kind of an an
swer he received.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24

According to the Free-Press. a girl
in Mt. Pleasant is called Billiken.
You know, the same paper explains.
the god Billiken makes you smile
when you look at him
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24

me position he now holds, which will
be good news to his many friends in
me county as he has filed the po-
sition to the satisfaction of all re-
gardless OF the party affiiation and no
doubt he will be reelected bv aD in
creased majority.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24

1t seems to the esteemed Knoxville
Express that this thing of scraping off
the snow to cut the dandelions must
be rather confusing to simple minds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24

Still, grapes blooming as late as
May have been known to yield an
abundant crop
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24

Even the gooseberry pie crop was
more or less damaged by the recent
cold weather.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24

Pr Wiley. the government chemigt
declares nine months is long enough
Tor any food 70 be kept in cold g5or.
age Or IN cans. He says that holding
ever the product Of one season to fn.
terfere with the output Of the new
exceeds the limits Of reasonable econ.
cmy and practical hygiene, and con
eludes that the storage Of strictly
seasonable products should be prohib
tied by law" The conclusion is a ten
able one and should be given N.
force and effect of law.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24

James R Garfield former Roosevelt
cabinet officer, addressed the Grant
CUP IN Des Moines Thursday even
ing IN a newspaper interview he de
eiared that James Hill is right.
ina unless America husbands its re-
sources il will hare 10 import food
SUNS before many years 10 feed its
people The crying need in Iowa. on
the same good authority. is consery-
ation and reyitalizing OF the soij
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24

@1pIa - IS the last ddy for filing
nomination papers for state Offices:
May the last day for county Offices.
An English railroad expert predicts
that within ten years trains sill be
running 80 miles an hour on regular
schedule
An Ithaca, y. T., man named Nc
Duff, claims TO own a rooster that
lays eggs Lie on McDnf," ex.
claims the Kewanee star-courier.
The nearp philosopher OF the Sioux
City Tribune has noticed that
the man who objects to house
cleaning also objects II the house
isn't clean.
It is the observation u the sun-
flower philosopher that wien a
mothers handwriting Is very poor.
and daughter is proud and sixteen.
she would rather be In school every
day than have her mother write
note excusing her absence.
The insurgent idea, says the
iowa City Republican, seems 10 he.
Now look here, Governor Carroll, We
nave started out 10 raise he'll and If
you 40 not want 1t raised Just with.
draw. Having suggested that you
Wltnoraw IL is now up to you TO get
mony.'" = 10
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-24
NOTES AND COMMENT.

April p is the last day for filing
nomination papers for state Offices;
May Z the last day for county Offices.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-03

distribution where twenty are now en-
gagged In it. That is the reason why the
cost OF living is high and the people
are complaining. The people must
learn they can't get along without
work, and the best place for them is on
the farm, where they can raise some-
thing. propose to go into this inquiry
thoroughly. notice some are already
complaining that my figures on beef
prices are not correct.
IF any one feels that way all he's
got to do is to go to the bottom Of the
matter himself and put forth convince
Ing proof to the contrary"
James Bronson Reynolds, investiga-
for Of the beef trust and q lot Of other
things and friend or former President
Roosevelt, expressed the opinion, after
q call at the White House, that there
was need Of investigation of the high
er cost of living.
Mr.. Reynolds said that when he lived
in New York and was engaged in set
Element work he found he could buy
food products cheaper at the best
stores in the city. Poor people all
around him, he said, paid higher prices
for inferior foodstuffs than he did.
Mr.. Reynolds believes that about the
only solution of the problem is in the
operation Of cooperative stores thru
which the poor can buy the best food
products at prices not higher than
those offered by the best stores He
said that while any attempt upon the
part of the government to regulate
prices might be surrounded with diff
culties, there was urgent necessary for
investigation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-03
T1dEsREpUB11oAN, MARsHALLrowN. IOWA. JANUARY g. 1910

self. I'm tired Of dealing with blum.
dering fools. Heinzman's mortgage will
be foreclosed, and you will hand over
as per the agreement your Boom com.
pany stock"
Orde stared at him In amaxement.
II must say you have good nerve"
he said. "You don't seem to realize
that you are pretty well tangled up. 1
don't know what they call it-criminal
conspiracy or something Of that sort,
suppose. So far from handing over
to you the bulk Of my property can
send you to the penitentiary."
Nonsense" rejoined Newmark, lean.
ing forward In his turn. II know you
too wen. Jack Orde. You're fool.
Do you seriously mean to say that you
dare try to prosecute me-? Just as
sure as you do I'll put Heinzman In
the pen too. I've got 1t on him. cold.
He's q bride Overland somewhat a
criminal conspirator himself"
Newmark leaned back with an anus.
ed little chuckle. III the man hadn't
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-03
FACTORY FOR CLEAR LAKE.
Necessary Guarantee Of 500 Acres
of Beets, is Assured.

Necessary Guarantee Of 500 Acres Of
Of Beets, is Assured.
Clear Lake, Jan. With $50 Of the
necessary 500 acres of land secured
which will be planted to beets the
coming year as per contract the erec-
ton of sugar beet factory here is
practically assured for the coming
year. c. E. Culver, who represents the
Iowa Sugar Beet Company, in an adj
dress to the farmers of this vicinity a
few days ago said the factory would be
built if he were guaranteed 500 acres
of beets would be planted this coming
season. Contracts from farmers are be-
ing signed up rapidly and it is be-
lieved that the requisite number Of
acres will be secured and the plant
built.
Mr.. Culver took results of the $50
acres planted to beets here last season
to prove that it was the mos, profitable
crop to raise known to the farm in this
climate. Under normal conditions he
said a profit of $50 per acre could be
secured from the beets while at the
same time a large portion of the tops
are used for feed or for fertilizer. The
scheme has awakened considerable in
terest here. The character Of the soil
which is Slightly sandy makes it wall
liable for beet culture.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-03

"Ho,o the dccu did you get on to thatY"
come to you and given the whole show
away you'd have lost every cent you
owned. And for your benefit I'll tell
you what you can easily substantive.
forced him into this deal with me.
l had this bribery case on him. What
had the man to gain by telling you?
Nothing at all. What had he TO lose i?
Everything his property. his social
position. his daughters esteem"
He paused moment to puff at his
cigar.
Pm not much used to giving ad.
vice" he went on. least OF all when
it is at all likely to be taken. But III
offer you some. Throw Heinzman over
Let him go to the pen. He's been
crooked and fool"
That's what you'd dog"
Exactly that. You owe nothing to
Heinzman. but something to what you
would probably call repentance. but
what is in reality muwIish senti-
mentality of weakness. However. |
know you. Jack Orde. from top to bot
tom. and know you're fool enough
not to do it. I'm so sure OF it that |
dare put 1t to you straight. You could
never bring yourself to the point Of de-
stroying a man who had sacrificed him
self for you."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-03
Wh.t cause. "Northsrr Liaht..,

Boston, Mass, JAM 1.-Neon, new
ly discovered gas, is the cause OF the
aurora borealis. said DIR. W.. L. Dud-
ley. head Of the department OF chemis-
try OF Vanderbilt University, before the
physical and inorganic chemists at the
convention Of the American Asgocia-
tion for the Advancement OF Science.
DR.. Dudley showed what he claimed to
be the only sample Of neon In this
country. 1t requires over 100 tons Of
air to get q pint OF 1t. He has discov-
cred that the friction OF neon against
mercury produces a yellow light. DIR.
Dudley concludes that at the poles
neon, under light pressure because of
the cold. II acted upon BY magnetic
currents, reducing the aurora borealis.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-03
KoHLsAAT ON OLD JOB.
Becomes Editor Of Chicago Record
Herald, Succeeding Moves.

7erald, Succeeding Noyes.
Chicago, Jan. Herman H. Kohl
saat, former editor and publisher of
the old Chicago Times-TIerald and we'll
known in newspaper circles, assumed
charge of the Record Herald as editor
today.
Mr.. Kohlsaat takes the place of
Frank B. Noyes, who has been editor
and publisher of the paper since 1902.
The elevation of Mr.. Kohlsaat to his
old time position was not a surprise
to Chicago, as it had been known that
the stock in the Record Herald had
changed hands recently.
There will be no material change in
the policy of the paper" said Mr.. Kohl
saat. Il can't say what was paid in
the stock transaction. However, I will
run the paper in the future and expect
to live and die right there In the Rec
ord Herald office"
Mr.. Kohlsaat was part owner of the
Inter Ocean from 1891 to 1893 and edi-
tor and publisher of the Chicago Even
ing Post in 1894 and 1901. He retired
from the Record Herald in 1902. Since
then he has been identified with real
estate operations.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-03
OREGON LANDS.

We are exclusive agents for Q 5000
acre tract of land very close to Port
land. which in its present state would
be an ideal location for stock and
dairy ranch. Four trains . day eart,
way; also river transportation. Rum
ming water. plenty of wood ana some
standing timber. Excellent location for
Il fruit farm and can he bought so as
TO cut ZIP into small tracts. This IL =
good opportunity for either stock or
fruit and q moderate sum viii handle
It. Correspondence invited Mcdonnell
& Sharp. S2S Lumbermen's Building,
Portland. Ore.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-03
BOARD OF HEALTH wRANeLE.
Defeated Secretary Reluctant Abou,
Turning Over Funds.

u06biu9 OV0S7
Burlington, Jan. 1.-Dr. A. C. Moerke,
of this city, president Of the state
board of medical examiners, was called
to Des Moines yesterday afternoon to
make a formal demand on Secretary
Thomas, of the state board of health
for the funds of the board, which are
in his hands.
Secretly Thomas was not reelected
by the state board for 1909 and his
term is at an end. The new secre-
tary, Sumner, is about to take his place
but Thomas has refused to turn the
funds over to the new man. This ne
cessitated the visit of DR.. Moerkle to
Des Moines to straighten out the
tangle. The formal demand can be
answered only in one way, by releasing
the funds.
Thomas has been very much put out
by not being reelected. In the recent
issue Of the Bulletin of which he is
editor, in his official capacity he took
advantage of his position to make an
attack on the members. It>appears as
if he wants to make as much trouble
as he can before being ousted.