davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-14
Weather Conditions.

The movement of the depression
from the Mississippi valley to Vir-
ginia has been attended by heavy
snow in the lake region and north
eastern states, and rains in the Ohio
valley, Arkansas and Tennessee,
The western field of high pressure
covers the eastern slope of the Rock
les, and it is colder from the Rockies
to the Mississippi valley.
There have been rains, With rising
temperature on the Pacific slope. and
marked depression has appeared in
the northwest.
Conditions indicate fair weather for
this section tonight and Saturday,
with colder tonight, the minimum
temperature falling to about IA above
zero, and becoming warmer Saturday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-14
Greatest is Kindness.

The greatest thing in the world is
generous loving-kindness. Remember
life is a battle and the army. needs
encouragement, not prodding.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-14
True proxerh.

1t is a true proyerb, that if you live
with lame man you will learn to
halt-Plutarch.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-14
Fish That Live L-ona.

The salmon is said to live about ten
years, but pike and carp sometimes
reach 150 years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-14
Local Observations.

kEOKUk, Jan. IL
Bar. Their Wind. Weather
13 Z p. m. 1925 81 NV Lit snow
Ia Z a. m. ..30.44 IS NV Cloudy
River-Frozen.
Jan. 13.-Mean temperature, 33 de.
grees; maximm.,, 35: minimum. 81.
FRED 2. GOSEWTSCH,
Obseryer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-14
Hannibal to Furnlsh c.ment.

The cement for the big dam, or
most Of it, will come from the big
plant at Hannibal. When Mr.. Cooper
first investigated TIE physical work
of building dam across the Missis-
sippi river he said the conditions
were ideal and there viii no physica:
hardships to be encountered. The
close proximity of material will ac-
celerate the work Of construction.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-14

Quarters for Workmes.
Boarding quarters will be erected
for the workmen on the Illinois side.
They will be properly housed and be
near the construction work.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
SEMITIC RACE WAS LEFT
HANDED SAYS SAVANT
That's Reason Writing Reads
From Right to Left

Why the writing of the Semitic race
should distinguish itself from that OF
nearly all other peoples in that it runs
from right to left is question, says a
writer in the New York Sun, that has
never been satisfactorily explained
from physiological standpoint, un-
less a new theory is to be accepted, put
forward by Doctor Erlenmeyer, Ger
man savant.
He maintains that the ancient He
brews were all left handed. In support
of his argument he quotes various pas
sages in the Talmud, where special d.
rections are given concerning the use
OF certain phylacteries with the right
hand. Several passages in the old tes-
lament also seem to bear out Doctor
Er1enmeyer's contention, notably in the
cases of Jacob and Job.
The former. as related in the book
of Genesis, laid his left hand-'-wit-
tingly," the text says-in blessing upon
the head of the firstborn of Joseph's S
sons.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR
CONSIDERED A HOODOO

Though Franklin will continue to
receive honor as the inventor of the
first pra cticable lightning rod, the
study of atmospheric electricity goes
back at least to the time of Tullius
Hostilius, who perished in an attempt
TO draw fire from the sky says the
London Globe. Cicero, in one of his
orations against Catiline, calls atten-
tion to the destruction of the gilded
statue of Romulus by lightning as an
evil omen. A learned priest named
Dfvisch is said to have erected
the first lightning conductor in Europe
at Prendiz, Bohemia, in 1854, and it
was 130 feet high. Though the En-
peror Stephen and the Empress Maria
Theresa publicly proclaimed their con-
fidence in the inventor, a most disas-
trous drought that afflicted the country
year later was aScribed by the super
stitious populace to the new tangled de-
vice, and Divisch was compelled to
take it down.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
BOHEMIAN CLUB
Marches TO ITS
new QUARTERS
With Whisper for Past and
Shout for Future Process
sion Is Formed
JOllity Follows the Rendition of
"The Oracle" Elaborate
Music Drama

With z whisper for the past and a
shout for the future, the Bohemian
club took formal entry Of its new club
quarters at Post and Taylor streets last
night, hedging the event round with
ceremonial and speeches. music, song,
fun and frolic. The whisper was in
memory OF the days that were with
those Of their brothers who now are
not Before the evening broke with all
its 5ollity and uproarious celebration
there was a moments pause as Judge
Harry Melvin. president of the club.
brought back, the names Of Uncle"
George Bromley. Of Pete Sloan and
many another brave Bohemian whose
wit and humor had awakened the laugh
ter in the old clubhouse IN the happily
haphazard last three years.
PATHos IN PROGRAM
The occasion was programmed to be
one Of uninterrupted merriment, but
there was 4 touch Of pathos to 1T. The
members gathered at the old clubhouse
st o'clock in the evening. The walls
were bare Of their paintings, the rooms
stripped Of the thousand ane one nick
nacks and bric-a-brac, making them
home had been built in the midst of the
ctty's desoltion, and in their emptiness
was echoed the memories of the laugh
ter and care free joyousness which had
lightened the burden Of the rebuilding
and eased the struggle against odds.
We carry away with US" said Judge
Melvin in a farewell address to the old
clubhouse. "tlle sentiments and memo
ries which within these walls have
fourished. and am confident that they
viii be transplanted in the new quar-
ters IN such fashion that they will
appear TO have been there since the be-
ginning OF time"
MARCH TO NEW QUARTERS
farewell word was spoken by Colo
mel A. q. Hawes and a poem on Bo-
henia read by General LuciUs H Foote.
These concluded the ceremonies at the
old club. Immediately after led by the
charter members hooded I'm dominoes
and carrying torches. the members
formed q procession and marched to the
new quarters.
The members went straight into the
Jluksroom. where was given The Or
acle, an elaborate music drama the
lines Of which were by ePter Robert
son and the music by DR.. Humphrey
Stewart Included in the cast were H.
Mcdonald Spencer, Wyatt Allen, j. c.
DoTnin, Harris Allen. Frank Mitchell
Frank ?. Deering. Carl F. Anderson,
Reginald F. @. Keene, Henry L. Perry,
Roy Royne and Allen Dunn. The light
ing arrangements Of the new stage
declared TO be the most perfect of any
thearer in the country installed by
Edward J. Dufey, were displayed for
the first time. The stage mana cement
was under the direction Of William H
Smith and the scenery painted by
George Lyons.
BOHEMIA AMONG GODS
The production was q highly fanci-
ful affair, portraying Bohemia among
The gods and through him expounding
the charitable beliefs of the land
whose name he bore
The lights in the building were
turned on for the first time on the
conclusion Of the production. and then
the members poured through the
rooms, keeping up the celebrations the
night long.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
ORIGIN OF THE WORD
"YAMKEE" EXPLAINED
First Applied by English to the
Dutch

A Dutch professor has been investi-
eating the origin of the word yam
kee," which some consider to be an In
dian corruption for English" He
traces the word to the time of the
Dutch occupation in the seventeenth
century. when New York was New
Amsterdam. 1t was in 1874 that New
Amsterdam became New York, says
the London Globe. At that time Great
Britain was at war with Holland and
conflicts arose In America between the
English and Dutch colonists The Eng
lish called the Dutch Yankees, formed
from the Christian names of the two
brothers De Witt. statesmen who at
that time assisted in directing the af-
fairs of Holland. One was Jan and the
other Cornelius, who was known as
Kees. The two names combined make
Jan Kees, or Yankees, and this combi-
nation was used to designate the
Dutch, in the same manner as today
John Bull represents the Englishman,
and Brother Jonathan the American.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
HORSESHOW DRAWS
A RECORD CROWD
Thrill Is Caused by the Protest
Against Winner of TaHyhO
Road Race

NEW YORK. Nov. 1.-THE attend
ance at the first days session of the
annual horse show in Madison Square
garden is significant of the great
public interest. One hour after the
show was formally opened today those
in charge looked at the crowds and
deciced that the show this year would
be a record breaker in point of attend
ance If the applause is any criterion.
this years show will be the greatest
in interest of any in the 26 years the
exhibit has been held. The show is
now on in earnest and the fashionables
are on parade.
The garden is a sufficiently beautiful
spectacle in its new dress of salmon
and white draperies, with lights glis-
tening overhead through festoons of
flowers. to be a show in itself, inde-
pendent of the fortunes represented
in the finest horseflesh in the world
and lin the millions suggested by a
walk about the arena, the list of box
holders being more than ever signi-
f1cant and impressive.
This was children's day and there
were 1000 orphans present. Besides
many OF the box holders brought their
Youngsters Otherwise the audience
was a fashionable one, and the women
were resp1endent in furs and velvets,
smart tailored frocks and stunning
hats.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt, who is the
handspring OF the affair. was early on
the scene. and his box was occupied by
his young son. accompanied by his
governesses. To The Calls correspond
ent Vanderbilt said
This horse show will certainly
achieve second place among horse
shows of the world.
of course, the Olympia, at London,
is first. There is an especially fine one
at Brussels. I would be inclined to
rank that third, but I have not seen
the shows at Vienna and elsewhere"
Chiefest of the thrills today was the
tallyho race from the garden to Arrow
head inn, nine miles UP the Hudson
river side and back. Besides being
swift, it brought on charges of viola
ton of rules, of gentlemen's agree
ments, consequently of sportsmanship-
Vanderbilt went to dinner thinking he
had won only second place. Protests
have deferred the decision until Mon
day, when he may possibly find himself
declared winner
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
OILMEN WILL ASK
CONGRESS TO ACT
Operators in Convention at
Bakersfield Want All Legiti=
mate Claims Protected
Would Have National Legisla-
tiOn Framed to Conform to
Recognized Rights
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

Especial Dispatch TO The Call
BAKERSFIELD. Nov. 12-At
meeting of about $50 representatives c
oil operat tors of the state held here to
day, the following resolutions wer
adopted:
Whereas. the mineral oil lands
are subject to location under the
placer mining laws and such lands
have been almost universally To-
Gated by an association of eight
persons. locating and developing
claims OF 160 acres each. and
Whereas, certain customs and
procedures have been followed for
the past 10 years or more in the
location. development and patent
ing of oil lands, and
Whereas, these customs and pro-
cedures have been approved by the
commissioner of the general land
office in thousands OF instances
through the issuance of patents TO
sail lands, and
LAW RECOGNIZES CLAIMS
Whereas, through the appeal OF
the commissioner OF the general
land office for long period of time
they came to be recognized as law
and were upheld as law by the
courts of California, and
Whereas, many oil claims have
been located and their development
proceeded TO in accordance with
these customs and procedures, and
Whereas, the commissioner OF the
general land Office has recently held
that these customs and procedures
that have been prevailed and have
been accepted as law for many
~ in q n
the rules and regulations of the de-
partment, thus endangering many
legitimate oil enterprises initiated
in good faith, and in accordance
with established customs and pro-
cedureS, now, therefore, be 1t,
WANT CONGRESS TO ACT
Resolved. that it is the sense of
this convention that the rulings or
the land department in relation TO
the oil mineral lands of the county
should be made consistent with the
decisions of the courts as then un-
derstood and to the END that bona
fide claims acquired and developed
in good faith under such laws and
decisions and the rulings of the de-
partment should be validated and
confirmed. And in order to remove
all doubt and uncertainty and to
encourage the development and i'm
proyement of oil mining lands and
the oil mining industry remedial
act of congress should be inme
diately passed under which all such
bona fide claims located and devel-
oped or undergoing development in
good faith may be patented.
We recommend that the chairman
of this convention shall appoint
committee of seven persons and
that such committee shall have
general authority as representa-
tives of the oil industry of the
state to take all such steps and
proceedings as shall be necessary
TO carry into effect the foregoing
resolution. to obtain the relief so
urgently needed by the oil inter
ests and to present matters to the
land department, to the president
and to congress, with full authority
to do so.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
SUCCEEDS
SENATOR DOLLIVER
Lafayette Young Appointed by
Governor Carroll to Repre-
sent State of Iowa
New Member of Upper House Is
Personal Friend OF Presi-
dent Taft

DES MONIES. Ia. Nov. 12.-Gov-
ernor B. F. Carroll today announced
the appointment of Lafayette Young.
editor and publisher Of the Des Moines
Capital, to be United States senator to
succeed the late Senator Dolliver.
Young will serve until the legisla-
ture meets January s. when a senator
will be elected to fill the unexpired
term of Dol1iver. which ends in 1913.
Young has vigorously supported the
administration OF President Taft and
has been an active champion of Gov
ernor Carroll.
In 1900, at the Philadelphia repub-
lican convention, Young nominated
Theodore Roosevelt for vice president.
He accompanied President Taft on his
trip to the Philippines some years ago
and is a personal friend of the presi-
dent.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
MAN WANTED TWO
SEATS AND HE GOT 'EM

large and pompous person wear
ing a high hat, a long coat, yellow
spats and a congenital sneer, for sew
eral days made himself obnoxious
around Washington hotel bit ago.
He announced he was from New
York. nagged the bellboys, jawed the
clerks. cussed the service, roared at
the food. complained about his room
and. the elevator and the telephones and
the bar, and everything else.
One afternoon he walked over to the
porter and said: Here, you; I'm going
to quit this town and go back to New
York, where I can get some decent
service. / want you to buy me two
seats on the 4 o'clock New York train.
Get me two seats. now, and meet me
at the station with the tickets. 1 want
one chair to sit in and one to put my
feet in.
The seats were delivered at the train
just before it pulled out One of the
seats was in car No. and the other
was located in car No. 4.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
WAR SECRETARY MAKES
ROYAL GUARDS WORK
Regiment Sent to Egypt to Pre-
vent DISARMAMENT

LONDON. Nov Richard Burden
Haldane, secretary Of state for war, is
unooubtedly the most abused man in
England al present He has been thor
oughly unpopular with the old fash
toned military element ever since he
took Office with the present liberal gov
eminent. because he set to work to
uproot all the old military abuses and
abolish most of the military sinecures,
but on the whole society looked on him
with 2 kindly eye because he was a
fsvorite Of the late king: and after 2 IL
who cared about the common or garden
soldiers. toward whose Improvement
his efforts were directed2
Now he has committed the unforgiva-
hle sin. and society is down on him so
hard that il VIII be interesting TO see
what VIII happen, for even in these
democratic days II England drawing
room influence has z lot 10 do with a
mans success in politics Haldane has
actually had the temerity 70 order the
guards to get 70 work, and If there is
one thing English society and the
guards themselves think that they are
not intended for IL is work.
Haldane has ordered the Scots guards
to 20 10 Egypt and relieve the battalion
of the Coldstream guards which has
been there for a couple of years To
the outsider it would seem that this is
not very dreadful thing, particularly
IS one battalion Of guards relieves an
other. but the Coldstreamers were sent
70 Egypt 10 save them from disband-
aaent when the liberals had q fit Of
economy.
They are paid q. good deal more than
ordinary soldiers and physically they
are the flower Of the British army
Their officers are all sprigs OF nobility
and the messroom of a guards regi-
11ent is a lot harder to enter than the
most exclusive club in London.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
THE FIRST TASTE
learned to Drink Coffee when Bah

If parents realized the fact that cof-
especially harmful to children, they
would doubtless hesitate before giving
the babies coffee to drink.
when I was a child in my mothers
arms and first began to nibble things at
the table, mother used to give me sips
of coffee. AS my parents used coffee
exclusively at meals I never knew
there was anything to drink but coffee
and water
And so L contracted the coffee habit
early. 1 remember when quite young
the continual use of coffee so affected
my parents that they tried roasting
wheat and barley, then ground 1t in the
coffee mill, as a substitute for coffee
But it did not taste right and they
went back TO coffee again. That was
long before Postum was ever heard of.
l continued to use coffee until I was 81,
and when I got into Office work 1 began
after breakfast l was so nervous
could scarcely attend to my corre-
spondence.
AT night, after having coffee for
supper, 1. could hardly sleep, and on
rising in the morning would feel weak
and nervous.
"A friend persuaded me to try Pos
LulIl. My WlIS dIu l. Ulu not ike 1t at
first, but later when boiled good and
strong it was fine. Now we would not
give up Postum for the best coffee we
ever tasted.
II can now get good sleep, am free
from nervousness and headaches.
recommend Postum to all coffee drink
ers."
Read The Road to wellville,' in
pkgs.
There's a Reason
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true. and full Of human
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
PORTLAND WRECKED
On ALASKA ROCK
Vessel Strikes Uncnarted Reef
in Binding Snowstorm Off
KataIla River
Famous Steamer, Once Used by
Gang of Smugglers, Be-
lieved TO Be Doomed

CORDOVA, Alaska, Nov. 12.-Lying
at the mouth of the KataIla river, with
an unobstructed sweep of the ocean
beating in upon her, the wooden steam
er Portland, Captain Franz Moore, OF
the Alaska Coast company line, seems
doomed to be added to the already long
list of vessels that have been wrecked
along the treacherous Alaska coast.
Creeping through the inky darkness.
made worse by a binding snowstor1n,
the vessel struck an unchaTted rock off
Martin island at o'clock this morning.
The heavy jar when the vessel ground
upon the rock brought the passengers
to the deck in their nightclothes, but
order was soon restored. The pumps
were set to work but the thrush of the
water was too great and Captain Moore
headed the vessel for the Katalla river.
where she was beached at high tide
with a calm sea The passengers were
landed in the ships boats without
harm
Launches from Kataua were soon
alongside and took off the mail, ex-
press and baggage.
VESSEL Is RAPIDLY FILLING
Captain Moore thought he could make
temporary repairs at low tide, but this
is now being directed to save freight
on barges. The main boiler is out of
commission and the hold Of the vessel
is filed with water.
The steamer Alameda, now off Cape
st. Elias, has been ordered to the
scene to lend assistance, but heavy
swells threaten TO pound the vessel to
pieces.
Is Famous Vessel
SEATTLE, Nov. 12.-Oficials of the
Alaska Coast steamship company, own
ers of the Portland say that the
steamship will be saved, believing
that If storm should come up 1t
would drive the Portland farther on
the sandy shore, but not break her up.
Captain Moore was master of the
steamship Kentucky when she went
down off Cape Hatteras last year. The
Portland is Of 1920 gross tons and was
built at Bath Me. in 1885.
She was formerly known as the Hay
ten Republic and was fired on off the
coast of Hayti some 90 years ago,
while carrying arms to Haytien revo-
lutionists. international complica-
tions that grew out of this incident
stirred the whole world. After the
Portland had been released and sold
to Pacific coast owners it was the
vehicle of the biggest opium snug
Cling opera tions ever undertaken in
the United States. landing opium at
Portland and Seattle.
The government prosecuted members
of the smuggling ring and sent mem
bers of some of the most prominent
families in Oregon and Washington to
prison. Thirteen years ago the Port
land was one Of the first boats TO ar
rive at Seattle from the north, carry
ing gold from the newly discovered
Klondike diggings.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
GREAT CEDAR FOREST
is FOUND IN AFRICA
Wood Shipped to Germany to
Be Used for Pencils

Some time ago it was stated that
cedar wood had become so scarce that
I German chemist had discovered a
process of treating potatoes whereby a
substitute was obtained for the cedar
.asings of lead pencils. The chemists s
discovery is not likely to turn out as
profitable as was anticipated, for the
news is IL hand Of the discovery in
German Z. st Africa Of a magnificent
forest Of cedar trees. Already several
.onsignments Of cedar trees have
reached Hamburg, and it is said that
he future of the cedar pencil industry
IS assured. A Paris contemporary, in
M king this announcement, adds, with
,oftv scorn: "Detruire une foret cedres
,our fsire des crayons. C'est simple
nent ignoble ct bien digne de repoque
,arbare ou nous vivons."
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
ITALIAN TOWN TO HAVE
HUMORISTS' EXPOSITION
Comic Artists to Hold Forth At
RivoIi

Riyoli. the charming little town in
Italy, the neghbor of Turin, will next
year be the scene of an interna tional
exhibition of the works of the comic
artist. This original exhibition, known
as the frigidarium, will be installed in
the chateau built by King Victor.
1t stands on hill and dominates
the radiant plain Of the Po, facing the
ancient capital of Italy. This exhibit
tfon of the works Of humorists will be
in striking contrast with the great
industrial exhibition in Turin, which
will mark the jubilee Of the proclama-
tion of the kingdom of Italy.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
KNIGHTS ANNOUNCE sMoKER-rhe Kni

KNIGHTS ANNOUNCE sMoKER-rhe Knights
of st. Patrick will give smoker and enter
ing a4o Golden cate avenue Wednesdav even
ing R. G. O'Connor will deliver an address
and Jeremiah Deasy will read a paper on
Celtic Names and Literature -
INSURANCE COMPANIES sUED-S. w Levy
brought suit in the United States circuit court
yesterday against the Caledonia and three other
insurance companies for SIS, $40 for services as
agent according to a contract made before the
fire Of 1908
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
FIRE DAMAGES
BISHOPS Home
Students of the University Save
Valuable Collection of
Manuscripts

DENVER, Nov. 12-The home In this
city of Henry w. Warren. senior active
bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
church, was damaged by fire today and
q number of valuable paintings and
other works of art ruined.
Students from the University OF Dem
yer saved Bishop Warren's valuable
collection of manuscripts and books.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
Bishop Warren Is in New York at
tending a meeting of the bishops.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
WORK FOR SAN FRANCISCO

Do YOU want New Orleans to get the
panama. exposition If you do motif
,ou want that exposition In San Fran
osco-go to the polls tomorrow and
lote for charter amendment No. l. il
leads the List.