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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
TAFT VISITS
DEPARTMENT STORE
Helps John Wanamaker Dedicate His
New Business House In
Philadelphia.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 30.-For
the first time in the history of this
country a president of the United
States took part in dedicating priv.
ate business, when President Taft
spoke today at formal opening of
the John Wanamaker new store. Thir-
ty thousand persons accepted invita-
tions to the dedication and by special
wire connections the entire exercises
could be heard in the Wanamaker
store at New York.
The presidents remarks were brief
and complimentary to Wanamaker.
He particularly praised Wanamaker
for the educational opportunities of.
fered his employees and the retirement
funds for old employees.
In his address, John Wanamaker
confined himself chiefly to the edu
cational part of his business
Governor and Mrs. Tener, United
States Senator Boies PenrOse. and
Mayor Blankenburg were also guests
at the dedication
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
A HEALTHY,
HAPPY OLD AGE

May be promoted by those who
gently cleanse the system, now and
then, when in need Of a laxative
remedy, by taking a tablespoonful
Of the ever refreshing. wholesome
and truly beneficial Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA, which is the
only family laxative generally APP
proved by the most eminent ply
sicians, because ii acts in a natural
Strengthening way and warns and
tones up the internal organs without
weakening them. Its equally beneh-
hcialfor the very young and the mid.
die aged, as tits always efficient and
free from all harmful ingredients. To
get its beneficial effects it is always
necessary to buy the genuine, bear.
ing the name Of the Company
California Fig Syrup Co.-plainly
printed on the ffontof everypackage
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
he company free of cost to the lat
Wants Haaerla to Stand still.

Wants Hagerla to Stand Still.
But the company carefully claims
that it also has the right under the
Iowa law also, as we'll as by putting
the federal statute into operation.
Insofar as the states had rights,
the company AYERS that they exerted
them by promoting the building of the
dam and asking congress to pass the
franchise act, and that no single citi-
zen like Hagerla may presume to
speak for sovereign state and re.
verse its former action.
Moreover, it is claimed that money
| to pay the damages accruing to Hag-
erly has been paid once into the dis
trict court of Lee county, Iowa as as
sessed by commission and that Hag
erla can not carry up that suit an6
bring the one here in the fedora
court at the same time. 1t asserts
lit is willing to abide the Judgment O.
any one court but wants Hagerla Il
pick his forum and then stick in i
until the matter is settled.
The company denies that Hagerli
ever lived on the farm with his famil.
and denies that he has family al
he alleges in his complaint.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
$3.50 RECIPE FREE
FOR WEAK MEN
Send Name aid Address Today-You
Can Have It Free and be Strong
and Vigorous.

have in my possession prescrip.
t,o, for nervous debility, lack of vigor
weakened manhood, falling memory
and lame back brought on by ex-
cesses. unnatural drains. or the fell 3
NJ youth. that hs, cured so many
worn and nervous men right in their
own homes-w.thout any additional
helm or medicine-that l think every
man who wishes to regain lis manly
mower and virility quickly and quiet
" should have copy. So have
determined to send a copy OF the pre-
scription free OF charge. in a plain
ordinary sealed envelope to any mar
who will write me eor 1t.
This prescription comes from ply
eician VINO has made a special study
of men and am convinced 1. is tie
surest.acting combination for the cure
Of deficient manhood and vigor fail
rre ever put together.
think 7 ows 1t to my fellow mar
to send them copy in conf nee s,
that any man anywhere who is veal
and discouraged with repeated fa; IRE.
NAV stop drui ing himself with harm
full uatent medici-: cs. secure what
believe is the quickest-a- ting restora
tive upbuilding sPoT-TOUCHIN(
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Just drop me line like this: DR.. A
e. Robinson, 40S1 Luck Building. De
| troit Mich, and | will send you
| couy of this splendid recipe in plat
ordinary envelope free OF charge. !
| great many doctors would charg
$500 to $3.50 for merely writing OF
entirely three.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

Clean Your Back and Face Of Pmples
fy the blood. And there's nothing so
humiliating as a face that's all "brok-
en- OUT and spotted.
Stuart's Calcium Waters will clear
the most obstinate complexion, be-
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and remove the cause of the trouble.
The blood is cleansed OF all impurities
and foreign substances and these are
quickly eliminated from the system.
You'll notice wonderful change in a
few days-you will hardly know your
self in a week
And Stuart's Calcium Waters art
absolutely harmless to any one. Their
ingredients are just what a physician
prescribes in most cases of skin erup-
tions and poor blood These waters
are put up in concentrated form,
which makes them act quickly and
thoroughly.
Begin taking Stuart's Calcium Wa
fers today and then look at yourself
in the mirror in few days, and find
all those awful pimples, blackheads
acne, boils, liver spots, rash. eczeme
and that muddy complexion rapidly
disappearing and your face cleared
like the petal Of a flower
You can easily test Stuart's Calcium
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you will just send us your name ant
address. You can get the regular-sizet
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
PERSONALS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Brunat and
daughter, Neoma, of Burlington, ar
rived last evening to visit with rela.
tives for few days.
John Callahan of Unadilla. Neb., is
enroute home to spend New Years
with Ills parents, Mr.. and Mrs. An
drew, allahan.
Thos. Holdsworth and wife of Lin
coin, Neb., are visiting MIR. and Mrs
J. w. Holdsworth for an extended
time
John Fleming, Jr.. of Rock Islant
is in the city called here by thu
death of his mother, the late Mrs. Joh1
Fleming.
| Mrs. N. H. Peterson of Omaha. ar
rived home for an extended visit will
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. v Fan
stebt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
RAILROAD FINDS
kE0KUK IS BEST
In a General Reduction Of Railroad
Earnings, keokuk Is the Only
Bright Spot on the Map
of the West.
HEADS THE BURLINGTON
Among the Thousands Of Stations on
the Thousands of Miles Of the
Great System, Only keokuk
Shows Increase.

"Keokuk Is the only station, or city,
of the entire Burlington route sys-
TEN that does not show decrease
in receipts for the year 1911" said a
high traffic official of that railroad
yesterday.
The railroads generally have de-
nominated business rotten for the
last year and receipts have fallen off
generally and in almost all classes Of
traffic.
The entire Burlington system, reach
ing from Chicago to the far northwest
shows a decline of receipts at every
one of it's stations--except at KeokulS
| Without making any invidious com
parsons with other very excellent
cities in the middle west, Keokuk ha
attained real distinction in railroad
circles by it's great, if unheralded
growth during the year just ending.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
Reduce City Tax.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
MILWAUKEE,. Wis, Dec. 80.
New Years gift to taxpayers was an
nounced tonight by the socialist city
administration in the form of new
budget sent to the common council
insuring a lower tax rate for 1912.
Our present policy will gradual!
put the city on cash paying basis,
said Clerk Carl d. Thompson
Though we have succeeded in lower
ing the tax rate by four cents in 1911
we are now sure of a 20 cent cut fol
1912"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
MRS. ROOT DIED
IN WASHINGTON
Away on the Fifty-eishth Ami
versary Of Her Wedding.

or the death of Mrs. Angelina Root.
widow of the late Col. Richard Root,
former Keokuk postmaster and promi-
nent citizen, who for many years was
a citizen of this city and well known
here, Washington newspaper of last
week said:
Mrs. Angelina P. Brockman Root,
widow of Col Richard Root, formerly
assistant sergeant-at-arms of the sen.
ate, died Saturday night in her apart
ments at the Kenesaw, on her fifty
eighth wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Root was born in Oglethorpe,
Ca. January IL, 1889, and was a
daughter Of the late Moses G. Brock
man and Penelope Bunch. Until
twenty years ago Colonel Root was
United States marshal OF Iowa. He
served through the Civil war in the
Nineteenth Iowa infantry and the
Eighteenth Iowa cavalry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
Pre- Inventory
Reductions

All during January until February Isl
our invoicing time) we will offer every
novelty, broken set, odd piece, or costly
article at a reduction. Staple thinos of
every day sale will not be reduced n
price, nor any popular price lines but
those things which we offer in this sale
will be priced at such marked reduc-
ton that it affords fine opportunity to
save a good many dollars. These spec
ial prices will be made for cash ONLY
Nothing will be charged except at req
ular prices.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
G. A. MEETING
IN JANUARY
CONTINUED from page 81

the meeting Friday evening, when the
selection of leader was deferred I'M
til January s.
At the conclave additional plans for
money raising were made and within
the next month the association hopes
to have a large sum TO its credit.
Hannibal Is the last city of the cir
cult to engage manager, and the fact
has occasioned an uncomfortable feel
ing around the compact little circuit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
An Austrian Laborer stoops Too Fa,
Over Sand Chute and Falls to
His Death by suffoca-
ton Below.
STUCK FAST IN CHUTE
It Took Halt an Hour to Get Him out
With Large Force Working
Desperately to Save Him
From Death.

George Jelinch, an Austrian labor |
er, tried to regain his pocket knife
which was falling down sand chute
and fell into the tube to be suffocated
by the sand which packed around his
body before it could be shut off, at
noon yesterday at the water-power
works.
The man was helping keep the sand
going from the big bin down to til.
conveyor by keeping it broken up
with shovel. When his pocket knife
dropped down the chute, he instantly
stopped after it, no doubt intending to
keep his balance and get back. But
he went head first down the chute
which was barely large enough to
contain his body.
| When he lodged near the bottom of
the wooden tube, lot OF sand fol-
lowing before it could be cut off by
his Mortified fellow workmen piled up
on him and packed around him tight
".
Took a Half Hour to Get Him Out.
Instantly, work began below t.
shovel away the sand and get him on
through the chute, but it took a force
of men thirty minutes to accomplish
this, SO tightly was the man wedged
in the chute and the sand packed
about his body. When he was finally
taken out he was dead.
The body was taken to the morgue
and Coroner Korschgen notified. The
latter held an inquest in the afternoon
with a jury composed of Robert E
Trickett, Edward j Korschgen and
John ]. Jacobs. The witnesses were
some men who knew him from birth
or worked at the same job with the
dead man, and two interpreters were
employed in taking their testimon,
which was the state Of facts giver
above Dr. c. R. Armentrout testified
that he saw the man removed from
the chute and that he. was then deaf
from suffocation by the sand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
Diamonds
All so to 1920 less than regular prices

AT so to 1920 less than regular prices
Fine blue white perfect stones only.
Worth from SIS to 5000 at genuine bar
gain prices.
All diamond rings up to $40, ten per
cent discount.
Here are few specific bargains in large
stones. All blue white, perfect.
A ring worth $500 for .............. .....s 41oo
ring worth $4,000 ................... $500
ring worth 1880 for .....,............ s1o5oo
A ring worth $4,000 for ..,............ s12soo
ring worth $te5oo for .............. $4,000
A ring worth s225.oo for ..........,...... s2o5.oo
ring worth s2s5.co for ................ S265.oo
ring worth $4,000 for .............. $4,000
ring worth $4,000 for ................ s45ooo
Come in and take a look at the dia-
monds At these prices you will have
a real investment.
IkBRONs
Ks rs
STREET
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
THE GREEN BAY
ANSWER FILED.
Water-power Company Pushes Along
Proceedings Started to Enjoin its
Completion Of tho Big
Dam Here.
GOVERNMENT HURTS HIM
The Company Say. the War Depart
ment Compelled the Gates Which
are What Flood the
Green Bay Farm.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Dec. S0.-The
company building the great dam at
Keokuk pushed along step farther
the case by which Albert Hagerla
seeks to stop the work in the Missis-
sippi river by injunction proceedings
by filing it's answer to the complaint
of Hagerla in the United States court
here.
The answer is made long by legal
lagnuage, and it sets up great vari-
ETY. of reasons why Hagerlas conten.
tions are, "unsound, incorrect and UNI
true in fact"
The jurisdiction of this federal
court is attacked, because the com,
pany says it has long had Offices and
officers in Keokuk, Iowa, which thus
became the only place to file proper
suit. Also, because Hagerla has
pleanty OF recourse in law to collect
any damages he may sustain, and
hence has no right in court of equity
where the suit was filed.
Says Government compeIs Flooding.
The answer says that the dam
proper does not raise the water high
4 enough to overflow the Hagerla land
but the government compels the rails
ing of the water level to a greater
height by means of gates solely fol-
the benefit of navigation.
There is set out at length the aver
ments that the structures are a par
of the plan for deeper water navi
cation on the Mississippi which hal
cost the government millions to at
tain on the lower river, which i
, saves there for many miles where tn
old canal has become Inadequate.
1t is said to be selfevident that tn
effect of the dam on navigation an,
1 commerce are sufficient to enable cor
gress to pass the franchise act an
A also the act giving the United State
/ the right to condemn land under sue
circumstances as at Keokuk, where
lock and dry dock and machinery an
plant to run them are to be built b
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
No Excuse
For Pinples
Skin Cleared In Short Time b,
stuart's Calcium Waters, the Fa-
nous Blood Purifier.

Trial Package Sent Free to Prove it.
Pimples, biotches, skin eruptions Of
all kinds, are simply Impurities in the
blood coming to the surface All the
external treatment in the world won,
do particle of good unless lou purr
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

Hannibal was the goat last year
and the same condition may exist, it is
thought. unless good man is secured
in ample time to build UP team Of
strength.
The most important announcement
of the past week was the signing by
Galesburg of Ducky Eberts, one of the
fastest outfielders the Central Associa-
ton has ever had Eberts was secured
from Hannibal by trade for Nickel
last season, but was unable to COM
pete in all of the games because of an
injury
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
The coroner's Verdict.

The verdict was that the deceased
came to his death by accident while
trying to recover his falling pocket
knife, his going after the knife being
the primary cause of his death.
1t developed at the inquest that the
man has wife and three children livs
ing at his old home in Karlobag, Aus
tria. On his body was found $91 and
gold ring which Coroner Korschgen
will turn over at cnce to the Austrian
consul at Chicaso who will forward
the money and ring to his family in
the old country.
The dead man has three brothers
and one sister living and was thirty
four years old. He had been work
ing at that particular job for about
four months and presumably grew
careless from familiarity with the hole
at the top Of the chute. One witnes!
testified that the sand was falling
exactly as usual, when the man stoop
ed too far over after the knife which
| fell from his pocket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
Philadelphia and Graft.

Despite the fact that legislative COM
mittee is about to probe into the condi-
lions of Philadelphia municipal govern
ment, there is little reason to hope for
a betterment of affairs in that gang
ruled city. For many years Philadelphia
has been al the mercy of corrupt com
bination of politicians, as constituencies
In their operations as was ever the Tam
many organization in its control of New
York. The party designation in Phila
delphia is republican, while that of the
New York machine is democratic, but the
results are the same in both cases.
The independent citizens of Philadelphia
have had poor luck in trying to break
down the machine that has ground them
without mercy for a generation and more.
Their efforts to organize non-partisan
groups and to put tickets into nomna
ton have been thwarted by the superior
tactics of the thoroughly organized and
professionally trained gangsters On one
occasion, few years ago reform ticket
did in truth slip through. and Philadel-
pha. after a brief period of rejoicing
/ promptly went to sleep in the comforta-
| BILE belief that the work of reform was
| finished. AS a matter of fact Ii had
| just begun, and when the next election
day came ii was found that 1t was very
| badly begun indeed.
| The CRATER works all the time for his
own pocket. lie is busy at the primaries
and at the polls. He is alert between
campaigns. framing his combinations.
herdng his followers into compact
| groups, putting men under obliga tons to
| him and his bosses, getting perquisites
and pickings for all the faithful. finding
Offices for the more intelligent and Sc
curing contracts for tho more enterpris-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
The Aerial Gasoline Tank.

The latest aviation fatality, a double
one, is reported from Germany. The
gasoline tank on the machine exploded
and the apparatus and its passengers
dropped. The fall was only from a
height Of sixty feet, illustrating anew
the fact that the usual tragedy Of the
air is enacted al a relatively low alti-
tude. The trustworthy engine carries the
airplane 10 a good height and performs
we'll alofI This sacrifice of two more
lives adds emphasis 10 the necessity OF
constructing the heavier-than-air ap-
paratus more substantially and reliably.
Gasoline is dangerous fuel and must
De scrupuouSiy safeguarded in all cir
cums.ances. The conditions of airplan-
ING are such that the engine and the
tank must be in close juxtaposition, and
a fare from the former is likely to com
manicatc with any leak in the fuel sup
p4l- Every inch OF material must be
aGst-clas*. and every stroke Of work
tnanship OF the best. Otherwise breaks
VI! occur under the severe vibration
Incidental L. flight and the death roll will
ue heightened. Aviation is after all a
science Of exactness in at least the
necessity that every part of the flying
machine shall he perfect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09

ing. The system is worked with supreme
disregard for the taxpayer and equally
supreme respect for the machine.
Good men are identified with this Phlla-
deIphia machine, men OF high social
standing, but of low moral appreciation
Of the duty of the citizen to his fellows
and to the state. A social boycott OF all
who oppose reform would cause a ire
mendous disruption of personal relations.
Business men are drawn into the COM
binations because they fear bankruptcy
IL they resist. A state OF passive ac-
ceptance of the evil conditions results.
and the political game is left to the
ardent. active, skilled professionals who
form the gang and the amateurs OF a
single seasons activity who rally from
time to time around the reform banner ).
Then reform becomes a party cry, and
many tricks are played In its name that
corrupt the whole process. Philadelphia
needs a regeneration. Perhaps the dis
closures that are expected to come from
the pending inquiry will bring 1t about,
but there is small ground for confidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
Fairy Gold.

Across the woodland we shall see
The fairy gold dropped from the tree,
AS Autumn, with his wealth immense,
Displays his generous opulence.
What, no." we cry with scoffing bold
This is no. more than fairy gold.''
And yet what pleasures 1T will bring
Beyond coins sordid reckoning.
The singing stream; the skies that shine
The distant hills cloud-curtained line;
The tinkle delicately small
Where ferns conceal waterfall;
The tree-trunk that for many a day
Has lain across the rocks SO gray,
AS tenderly the seasons bring
Flowers and a messy covering
At every turn a picture fair
With which no canvas could compare
Awaits with melody SO sweet
That human art may ne'er compete
Pleasures above and far apart
From the fierce clamor Of the mart
Are his whose heart knows how to hole
The treasures bought with fairy gold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-09
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