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

The latest gag at Washington is.
How much criticism can Teddy
bear?" The answer is, mot as much
as Bi1liken (Billy CAM" There have
been worse atrocities than this, but
the perpetrators were promptly exc
cuted.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28
The Gate City.

Rutledge Moo Record: ". a
Knott, representing The Gate City,
made this territory Wednesday for
the first time The Gate City is one
Of the best newspapers in this sec.
ton and is quoted oftener by our ex-
changes than any other.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28

Of the sixty-two cities which have
adopted the commission form of gov
eminent, one-sixth are in Kansas
This is the worst thing about the
commission plan that has developed
to date.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28

Iowa annot boast monopoly of
valuable hogs. A hog in Missouri
kept for medical purposes has yielded
$3.50 worth of serum and is still in
good condition
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28
WOULD CALL 1T LAKE THOR.

Mr.. James III. Anderson, a valuable
contributor to these columns from
time to time, has a suggestion anent
the naming of the lake that will be
formed by the water power dam across
the Mississippi river here. He writes:
I suggest that it be called Electric
Lake, Or more POLITICALLY, let 1t be
named for the scandinavian god,
Thor, the prototype of Jupiter, the
Grecian god. Thor is the god OF
lightning electricity. Call the lake
Loeb Lee Thor, the lake of the god
who rules electricity, Qightning) be-
slowing to all the land around it the
blessing of mechanical power"
1t is already evident that there will
be no lack of good names from which
to make choice Mr.. Anderson's sug-
gestion is an excellent one. but The
Gate City acknowledges preference
for either Lake Cooper or Lake
Logan. But for these gentlemen
there would be no lake. In SONG ap-
propriate way the names OF botn
should be identified with the great
Keol1uk and amilton water power
project for all time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28

The Democratic state convention
goes to Ottumwa in the last week of
June Jerry Sullivan will be chair
man and w. T. Cakes of Clinton sec
rotary More of loves labor lost.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28

Of authority. Mr.. Taft promises a
postal savings bank law, amendments
to the interstate and antitrust laws,
and he will get them unless members
of his own party combine for his de
feat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28

Ottumwa captur the Democratic
state convention by agreeing to furn-
ish hall and pay $500 cash to the
committee. The shire town of Wapel
10 county is also entitled to be known
as a community that "does things.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28

The Boone News-Republican has the
right idea. It say that the quickest,
and it might have added the best,
way to overcome excessive rates
charged for the shipment of live stock
in Iowa is to establish packing houses
In the state and ship the finished
product.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28

Further Improvement in telephone
equipment and service is promised
The most welcome innovation would
be line that wasn't busy when
needed in a hurry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28

IT appears that acetanilid is an
even more dangerous drug than has
been hitherto generally supposed. A
Chicago man accused of bigamy says
he was under the influence of head
ache powders" when he married
wife No. ..
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28

Abdul Hamid is said to be in a pre-
carious situation, which is not surpris-
ing. There is no other sort of situa-
ton an ex-sultan could be in.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28

An Iowa hotel advertises for three
combination girls Further speci
fications are awaited with interest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28

The treasury department has finally
decided that hen is bird. Now
who struck Billy tterson?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28
NOTES AND COMMENT.

President Taft has convictions,
and he has courage, too. says the
Fairfield Ledger
The Des Moines Register is moved
to doubt the truth of the saying that
there's a sucker born every minute
1t says that they seem to be coming
faster than that
A St Louis ragman has just died
leaving fortune of 100000. The
Toledo Journal concludes from this
that it is more profitable to collect
the rag than chew it.
The Denison Review suggests that
if the newspapers polled by the Chi
cago Tribune had no greater influence
with the people of the west than the
Chicago papers have with the people
of Chicago their opinions would not
amount to much.
The Vinton Eagle notices that
Howard Ram, the noted agriculturist
writer on the Manchester Press, is us
ing the word "perspicacity' in his
farm notes. The Eagle comedies that
this viii help some if the soil is in
proper condition to receive it.
The Washington Democrat says
everybody knows that one can get
any kind of poll one wants. any
body knows the Democrat adds,
that by polls the Democratic candi-
date for President was elected each
time he ran. II straw votes would
elect Presidents, Bryan would have
gone in dozen years ago
with his political career behind
him." remarks the Sioux City Journal,
lit is quite safe for good old Col
Gordon to speak good word for John
d. Rockefeller The applause which
greeted his uttersnces indicated that
at least some of the senators in har
ness envied the venerable Mississip
plan his opportunity to indulge In
straight talk
AS another suggestion for cutting
down the postal deficit the Fort Worth
Record offers that the Congressional
Record be sent only to such persons
as are sufficiently interested in 1t t.
break the wrapper. 1t feels assured
that this practice would save us abou
all the expense now attendant upo:
handling the Congressional Recort
through the mails.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28

A ST. Louis ragman has just died
leaving fortune of 100000 The
Toledo Journal concludes from this
that it is more profitable to collect
the rag than chew it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28
The CURRENT MACHINES.

it's short story masterpiece story OF
mystery of Fitz-James O'Brien en-
titled What Was IT," There are sew
eral strong stories in this issue, both
with more less tragical endings. They
are The Trail of the Monogrammed
Cigarette by Graydon Robb and '.Ine
Girl at Snyders Roadhouse' by W.
Carey Wonderly. There are also
number of good funny stories, ex-
tremely SO are "Casey's Two-Step
Into Fashionable Society by Edgar
Mathew Keator and Major Culpep-
per's Handy Teeth by Garrard Har-
4 ris.
The March Outing is a special motor.
boat number covering the entire field
/ from the selection of the boat to the
+ law governing its use, with such ar
/ ticles as Motor Boats Man May
Buy. ON Inland Water Paths The
Hunter and the Motor Boat, Motor
Boats and the Law" Finding the
Country Home by 3. p Powell, Of
4 fers many suggestion and timely
hint for the home seeker. There are
i two live short stories, "The Road to
| Happy Valley by Emmett F Harte,
THE hester on Carrizo,p by Charles
Alden Settler.
McClure's Magazine for March con-
tains a remarkably dramatic story OF
+ the Cherry Mine disaster by Edith
Wyatt. Few such stirring stories OF
| heroisms and self sacrifice have been
written. Burton ]. Hendrick describes
/ the latest experiments with the new
drug, stovaine: Xavier Paoli, who
formerly looked after foreign sover-
eigns sojourning in France, contrib
utes his "reminiscences of the Shan
OF Persia. Among the short stories
is "The Joint in the Harness. mar
velous story Of the romance and won
der of aerial warfare with full page
pictures by Andre Castaigne. The
number also contains, "a Task APP
pointed" by Perceval Gibbon.
4 Everybody's for March opens with
a new serial, THE Successful Wife,
anonymous Who the writer may be
probably is one of the mysteries Of
authorship which seem lately to have
become fashionable in the literary
world From a first glance it would
appear that to become successful
wife is a task attended with some
considerable turbulence and the edi
: | ~ :,,%, od,,n snhinafnc that fhe
woman question of the moment is tc
have an airing in fictional form. Fol
lowing this story is an exquisite poem
.@The Ballad of the Comforting, by
Theodosia Garrison. Mrs. Garrison
has been writing for SO many years
that it must surprise most of hei
: readers to know that she is still IL
, the early thirties. She began pub
fishing verse in her teens. All OF hel
later work is tinged with pathos, az
her beautiful face, despite its evel
present smile, is marked with the fea1
OF impending tragedy Her husband
young and promising lawyer, is
victim of slow paralysis. The Bur
! glar' is one of Arthur Stringer's thrill
: ers: Bishop Ogowanna," is a good
natured skit on the pompous native
clergy of the South Seas, by T. S
Miller and Billee Glynn; Shadow" i
one of Grace MacGowan's significan
: fictional treatments of the negro prob
! lem: THE Mountain and Mahomet,
by Joseph c. Lincoln is broad New
England humor, with a touch of low
and sentiment, and Bessie r. Hoove
: gives us a new phase Of Pa Flickine
: er's famous family under the title o
Jed's Jonathan"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28

The Des Moines Register is moved
to doubt the truth of the saying that
there's a sucker born every minute. .
1t says that they seem to be coming
faster than that.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28

President Taft has convictions,
and he has courage, too, says the
Fairfield Ledger.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28

Read The Daily Gate city.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
TELLS CAUSE OF FIGHT
IN DE LAVEAGA CASE
Contestant Gives His Reasons
for Insanity Charge

Miguel de Laveaga, cont estant of the
viii Of Maria de Laveaga, concluded
his direct testimony in Judge Coffey's
court yesterday by expressing his con-
viction that the testatrix was of un-
sound mind His reasons were:
That Maria de Laveaga seldom took
part in q conversation; that she ex-
pressed no opinions of her own: that
she did not know how much property
she possessed; that she never ask ed
about her property: that she never re-
quested money for her personal ex-
penses, and that she acted as a child.
For the remainder of the days ses-
sion De Layeaga was under cross ex-
animation by Attorney Shortridgs.
After Miguel de 4aveaga has concluded
his testimony witnesses will be called
in behalf of the proponent, Mrs.
"Pepa" Cebrian
WANTS HIS WIFE BACK-Joceph Barzzotto
IoI Mansel street. asked the police yesterday
70 fnd his wife. Josie. who left him Wedpes-
day. saying that she would never return
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
BARGEMAN ROBBED AND
STRIPPED OF CLOTHING
Old Suit May Lead to Arrest of
FootpadS

John Martinson, employed on an oil
bargs docked at the foot of Second
street, was held up by footpads near
Third and Mission streets Wednesday
night and robbed of SIS. He was
knocked down by a blow on the head
AMI his clothing was taken off him and
an old suit substituted
Pickpockets Wednesday night robbed !:
Max Sternfield, 1889 Eddy street, of a
purse and $40 and diamond ring valued
at $3.50.
August Peterson, 28O4 Pine street, of
a purse and 500.
David Higgins e32 Third street, Of
a diamond stickpin and IS.
Burglars broke into the shop of Hugo
D. Accettas. tailor, 1926 Kearny street,
and stole clothing valued at $3.50,
and the room of Herman Reihs. 235
Minna street, and stole clothing valued
at Sl50.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
REED THUND[RS::
COURT USES GAG
Judge Cabaniss OverlOOks Out
burst, but Warns Defend
ant to Control Self
All Evidence Now Taken and
Written Arguments Will
Be Submitted

Proceedings of a decidedly peppery
nature, which spluttered continually
during the hearing of the Charles Wes-
ley Reed divorce case yesterday after
noon, eliminated in a miniature ex-
plosion when Reed suddenly burst out
and informed Judge Cabaniss that he
was acting unfairly.
You have no right to make such a
remark" said Reed angrily, referring
to some passing comment made by the
Judge you are unfair. You have
been unfair from the very beginning OF
this case
Judge Cabaniss, who up to this mo-
ment had been extremely patient and
mild hammered, became austere.
L have put UP with great deal,
he said to Reed, "but it will not do
to try my patience too long. L will
ize the state of your feelings over this
painful affair; but L will insist that
you control yourself in future"
At the conclusion of the session there
were apologies all around and the mat
ter was cleared up.
Mrs. Reed was put on the stand to
rebut the testimony of her husband
and gave her explanation of some OF
the charges made by him. She admit
ted that she had made the statement
that marriage should be like a street
car system, with system of transfers,
but declared it was only uttered in a
spirit of frivolity.
There were some visitors present y
she said, among them being a demure
woman who is very easily shocked. I
made the remark in a spirit of absurd
lty and frivolity, never intending nor
imagining that it would be seriously
construed. My sole purpose in saying
not my sentiments and were not at
the time / spoke the words"
The charge Of her husband that she
refused to sit at the table, she said,
was brought about by his own actions.
He accused me of sappropriating
the household money for my private
ends" she explained, "and J became so
indignant at this unWarrantable insult
that ] left the table, saying I would
refuse to have anything to do with him
until he apologized.
Reed, in explaining answers made by
hlm on cross examination, said he had
not deserted his wife and that the fam
ily split was brought about by the at
titude adopted by her.
All the evidence in the case has now
been offered, and written arguments
VIII be laid before the judge within
10 days.
George d. Shadburne, representing
the defense, was anxious for an ora |
argument, but both parties to the suit
were spared that ordeal by the ruling
of Judge Cabaniss in favor of written
arguments.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
CONBOY ACCUSES JUDGE
OF CAUSING CONVICTION
Former Police Captain States
Grounds of His AppeaI

which Michael Joseph Conboy, former
police captain, will base his appeal from
conviction of manslaughter and SEN
tence to seven years Imprisonment.
filed with Judge Dunno yesterday by
Attorney J. j. Dunno, it is asserted
that the judge gave the jury to under
stand that he believed the defendant
guilty and that such should be the
verdict Judge Dunno is also stated
TO have lmpliedly ordered the jury to
return verdict of guilty. This is said
to have been an invasion of the prov
ince of the jury and fatally preiudicial
to the legal rights of Conboy. Con-
boy asked to be furnished with copy
of the transcript of the evidence taken
at the trial.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
DIR. SHIELDS DENIES
WORK IS FAILURE
Surroundings of PsychopathiC
Ward at St. Luke's Were
Great Handicap
Declares That Emmanuel MOve=
ment So Far Has Proved
a Signal Success

That the Emmanuel movement has not
failed to effect cures in San Francisco
was the declara ton made yesterday
by DR.. A. B. Shields. its chief local
exponent, who was in charge of the
psychopathic ward recently closed at
st. Luke's hospital
Many remarkable cures have been
effected by its instrumentality," he
said. The simple fact is that the ex-
pertinent at st. Luke's hospital has
proved the impracticability of a psy-
chopathic ward in a general hospital,
where the evidence of sickness and
suffering and other 'nameless horrors,
TO use Doctor Cabots phrase, act as
depressing suggestions upon sensitive,
nervous patients.
In a letter to Bishop Nichol under
date of September "a l wrote:
hope to see a psychopatfic annex
in the nature of sanitarium on En-
manuel lines, and for this 1 am willing
to undertake great labor. The neceS-
sity of conducting the treatment of vic
Tins of nervous disorders in an in
stitution by themselves has been borne
in upon me most strongly during the
brief period of my work al St. Luke's.
The constant contact with medical and
surgical cases. the evidences of pain
and suffering. often in the cries and
shrieks of the sufferers, is hardly a
favorable environment for nervous folk,
and constitutes a most serious handica D
to our work. The wonder is that so
many cases have been helped and that
the results this far have been so salts
factory.
Bishop Nichols, in accordance with
my recommendation, proposed that such
an institution be esta blished, but as it
would involve my assuming the entire
financial and executive responsibility,
upon mature consideration [ decided
that the task was beyond my powers.
The Emmanuel movement however far
from being a failure. has been signal
success.
II have treated what might be called
the out patient department-that is.
people living outside the hospital and
coming for treatment at stated times.
and have had the cooperation of
many of the leading physicians Of the
city, the large majority of my patients
having been sent to me by their doc
tors"
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
EXECUTOR TAKES PLACE
OF WIFE IN DAMAGE SUIT
Judge Murasky Rejects Railroad
Attorneys Pleas

An important decision was rendered
by Judge Murasky yesterday in the
case in which Margaret Eliopolis sued
the Southern Pacific for $4,000 for the
death of George Eliopolis, her husband.
Stanley Moore, attorney for the rail
road. argued that under an amendment
OF the civil code in 1907 the wife was
not entitled to sue and that the suit
must be brought by either the execu-
tor or administrator of the estate At
torneys James r. Brennan and Stephen
V. Costello thereupon asked permission
substitute the name of the admin
istrator, c. G. Bagenas, for that of the
wife as plaintiff. The point was ar
sued for four days and finally Judge
MlTasky permitted the substitution.
Had he ruled otherwise all personal
damage suits begun more than a year
ago in which the fellow servant prin-
clple is involved would have been
thrown out of court. Attorney Costello
says that there are pending in the
state suits of this nature for an aggre-
gate of nearly s2,000,000.
If the Southern Pacific loses the
Ehopolis case the permission given by
the court to substitute the administra-
tor for the widow will be one of the
grounds of appeal.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
EXPERTS TESTIFY j. c.
DUNPHY is DIPSOMANFAC
Brain Nerves and Blood Vessels
Have Deteriorated

Dipsomania is the disease from
which James Clay Dunphy suffers, ac-
cOrding to the testimony of DR.. John
W. Robertson yesterday in the trial of
the suit for the annulment of the
wealthy cattle owners marriage with
"Dodie" Valencia Baird -Dunphy. The
expert stated that Dunphy shows
chronic deterioration of the brain,
nerves and blood vessels His appetite
for liquor is uncomfortable, said the
doctor, and it was intimated that Dun
ply was tainted hereditarily.
Drs. c. F. Buckley and A. NJ. Gar
dener also testified that in their opin-
ion Dunphy is Of unsound mind. The
trial viii be resumed April IS.
Suits for divorce were begun yester-
day by:
Annie Howard against Frank Howard, cruelty.
Mabel sutton against Herbert s. Sutton, de-
sertion.
Elsie Moore against Leon S. Moore cruelty.
Manuel Cambria against Maria Cambria, deser-
tion.
Divorces were granted yesterday as
follows by Judge Cabaniss:
Gretchen Ehret from Albert H. Ehret. cruelty
May Vallejo from Philip Vallejo, desertion.
Alice C. Warner from Peter F. Warner,
cruelty
Raw Murray from James Murray, cruelty.
Bella :. Dillon from n. f. Dillon, villfuI
neglect
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
Local Brevities

BOY STRUCK BY wAGoN--Albert steltzer
the 10 year old son Of DR.. Emil steitzer, was
terday afternoon. slight scalp wound was
| inflicted.
CHARGED WITH RoBBERY-Robcrt Lee Hor-
rell and Walter Anderson were booked yes.
terday by Sergeant Stephen V Bunner and
| Policeman Fella for the robbery Of the Gleason
home last Friday.
EMBEzzLEMENT CHARGED-cbin Wav tbc
contracting agent for the Alaska fisheries,
charged with keeping r. Tsuchiya a Japan
ese; & prisoner for 20 hours, had Tsuchiya ar
rested yesterday on charge of embezzling be-
tween $1,000 and $4,000 from Wong Sue Sing
THREATENS BAR TENDER-Frank Norteen
drew revolver in a saloon at Grant avenue
and Hinckley alley yesterday afternoon when
refused drink. Norteen was arrested by
Policeman o'Connor for carrying a concealed
weapon.
ARRAIGNED FOR MURDER-AIexander Szaf
sour, tailor. who shot and killed his wife
Erma last Monday night and attempted to
end his own life. arraigned in Police
Judge WeIler's court yesterday and the case
continued until tomorrow.
GETS TWO YEAR sENTEECE-Corncius r.
who stole about 81 900 worth of jewelry and
uiff otefr articles from hotel guests pleaded
two years in the county jail
CHINESE GIRL MIssING-Tbe police have heen
asked to assist IN locating All Sue. years.
i02s Grant avenue, Wednesday afternoon
She was dressed in Chinese costume and is
feet inches tall.
FILE AFFIDAvITS-R. J. Flood filed with tbe
registrar yesterday the last of the affda Wits
necessary TO secure place on the primary
ticket for the republican nomination for jus
tice of the peace. Affdavits were also fled
supporting the similar candidacy of W. n
Smith Jr
DE YOUNG WINS SUIT-A verdict for the do
dsy IN sse snit in which nun, 1n,, yester, ,'as
NJ. H. de Young for S675 representing
deposit made by Lomax on Q contract to rent
the ground hoor Of the Chronicle building as
shoe store.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-08
NOTED GERMAN POET
TO GIVE A RECITAL
Herr konrad Mes Will BeHeard
Here Today

Herr Konrad Mes. the German
American poet. who has recently come
from the east to make his home in
California, will give a recital in Kohler
& Chase hall today under the auspices
OF committee of honor composed of
well known San Franciscans. Herr
Mes ranks among the foremost of Ger
man poets in this country.
The literary event will be supported
by musical numbers presented by Miss
Edna E. Seibt and Mrs. E. Blancken-
burg. Adolph Lion has undertaken the
business management of the affair and
the committee of honor is as follows: