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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
ADJUSTMENTS.
About "RiIIy..

s.Billy.'' the new three act farce,
comes to the Grand opera house this
evening direct from its long run at
Daly's Theatre, New York, at which
theatre the Shuberts brought this
amusing play out at the beginning OF
last summer A commentary on the
popularity OF Billy" is the fact that
II remained in New York during the
heated term.
The farce is concerned regarding
the misfortune which comes to foot
hall hero. Some months before the
opening of the play the same hero has
met with an accident, the nature O.
which is not divulged The first ac
shows him on the steamship Florida
enroute from New York to Havana
4Billy" is making desperate love t
beatrice Sloane, but has strong oppo
sition in Sam Eustace; all of the par
ties concerned being passenger
aboard the FLORIDA
All goes we'll with our hero until al
untoward event puts him out OF tn
running. In fact, Billy" Is mad
/ sneechlegg. No one comes to his de
Tense. for the reason they canno
fathom the cause of his infirmity; lik'
wise, BILLY" is unable to give any II
formation as to his trouble. Eustac'
naturally, takes advantage OF his mi
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
Bridging the Republican Chasm

which trade has suffered for the past
half year. Had the defeat come a |
few months earlier business would be |
in much better condition in the
United States than 1t finds itcelf in at
this moment.
Now there will be closing OF the
lines in the Republican party. The
insurgents opposed reciprocity, AID
were backed in their attitude by
powerful element Of their constitu-
ents. AS this issue is buried beyond
any hope of resurrection in the near
future there will be no excuse for con-
tinuing the revolt any longer. The
tens of thousands Of farmers who
protested against the measure while
it was before congress now have their
views carried out, though this is
through the grace of an alien people.
The threatened bolt by the agricul-
turists against the Republican party
will not take place. The incentive for
1t has been removed. 1t has been re-
moved in such way. and with such
an emphasis, that this peril is elimin-
ated permanently. In the rural dis
| tricts Of the north and west the Re-
publican party has usually been par
! ticularly strong. Whenever the party
| had the farmers on its side, as it did
! for more than three-fourths of its
career, it was successful at the polls.
| The farmers are with the party once
more, and now they will stay with It.
| From this time onward insurgency
! will diminish. It has lost its chief
reason for existence. The Demo
cratic arithmetic men, in their guesses
for 1912, will now take Kansas Iowa,
Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin and
the other states of their locality out
| of the Democratic or the doubtful
column Republican sway in them is
reasonably assured of continuance
J, While reciprocity was pending there
was ferment in many of the west
ern states which recalled the bolt tc
Weaver In some of them in 1892 and
to Bryan In several of them in 1896
!, There is no good reason now to feal
that the Republicans will lose many
| of the trans Mississippi states in 1911
: which they have usually carried. L
j there were any elections in the west
) ern states in 1911 the improved Re
| publican situation would undoubtedl.
: reveal itself Unhappily, only four o.
! five states choose governors or have
, any other important elections in No
} vember of this year, and they are ii
8 the east and south. The outlook 70
the Republican party has suddenl,
5 frightened. Alien and extraneous is
S sues will be Stunned by the Republl
+ cans hereafter, and straight-out Amer
t lean questions, like those on whicl
9 the Republicans gained their victorie
a in the past, will be kept at the front
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25

hap, by not only making love to Miss
Sloane but by starting a report that
BILLY" is suffering asa result OF some
affliction that has been visited upon
him for his wickedness Not until the
finish of the third act does the. au-
thor take the audience into his secret.
AS matter of fact, while in game
Of football, Billy loses four front
teeth. During period of enforced
idieness, during which time he is in
retirement, he is fitted out with a sci
of incisors.
Shortly after the Florida" sets to
sea, steward bumps into the hero
knocking him to the deck and in fall
ing Billy loses the substitutes. AL
of the three acts are laid on the uppel
deck of the Florida the scene, b!
the way, being one of striking beauty
/ George Cameron is the author OF thu
farce.
The cast includes Frank G. Kim
and Chic Perkins. and fifteen others.
Seats now selling.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
cHlLpREns HOME SOCIETY.

CHlIOREN'S HUME SOSI6iY.
The Iowa Children's Home Society
makes fine showing of progress in
the good work in which it is engaged
This is the organization in which the
late H Scott Howell of this city took
such deep and abiding interest for
many years and whose welfare he did
so much to promote. His son, w. 9.
Howell, is at present one OF the state
managers. During the past year the
society registered 100 new wards and
placed and replaced 34S in family
homes. The minor wards still under
supervision in family homes number
$3.50. Since its organization IN 1883
the society has received total OF
4,497 wards. It's total income for the
year was s2S,53s.00, and the total ex'
penses s29,S12.S1, showing a small
deficit. The average yearly cost pei
child is sT3.25. One dollar a yeaI
makes person an annual MEMBER
SIS for FIVE years life member; SIC
a year for FIVE years patron mem
Der; $40 for five years benefactoi
member, and 500 yearly for nve
years an honorary member. The pres
ent needs include home and hos
pital for crippled children, increased
equipment, giftssof fruit, shoes, house
linens, and money, and the co-opera
ton OF every community to save thu
children. Keokuk has always beer
friendly to the society and shoult
attest its continued interest in sub
stantial way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
HoW,s This?

we offer One Hundred Dollars Rewar'l
for any case Z: Cntarrh that cannot be
cured b Ha GHE SasaTr 3 co., Sur Toledo. O.
:. ., tbs undersigned. have Known =. J.
Cheney for the last IS years. ana oeiieve
him perfectly honorable in All business
~ out any obligation made by his nrm
WnidinE. Kinnan Z. Marvin.
Wholesale Druggists Toledo. q
acting c,rectiy upon the blood and r.u'
cous surfaces Of the system Testimos.'
falls rent free. Prce rs cents per bottle
Take Hairs Tan lily Pills for constipa
ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25

Canadian government health authori-
ties and the state and municipal
health boards along Lake Erie is to
be held in Chicago Friday to plan an
international crusade against pollution
of lake drinking water.
Other notable conventions and con-
ferences OF the week will include the
National Eucharistic congress in Gin
cinnati, the National Blue and Grey
reunion in Memphis, the convention
of the National Association of Military
Surgeons in Milwaukee. the annual
meeting of the American Manufacture
ers' Export association in New York,
and the semi-annual meeting Of the
National Association of Cotton Manu-
facturers at Manchester, vt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
DOCTORS STORY
BELIEVED TRUE
Detectives See No other Way to Elk
plain Killing Of the
Man.

CHICAGO, Sept. 25.-Detectives
who have investigated the mysterious
shooting of Emil Rignos by DR.. VIM.
H. Falkner, a wealthy physician, de-
clare they are convinced the physic-
ians story of the shooting was true.
Falkner declared he had been lured
to the vacant house by Rignos, who
declared his uncle was Ill. and that
when he entered the house, Rignos
stuck him up at the point OF re
volver. In struggle for the weapon
Falkner declared. Rignos was killed
In searching the vacant house the
police found secret closet, with
coil of rope and number OF staples
securely set into the wall. 1t is Their
theory that Rignos intended to hold
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
clark,s Fool speech.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: II is signin-
cant to note here that the dispatches
this morning state that when told OF
the result in Canada Speaker Champ
Clark declined to make comment
There is reason. II was the fool
speech of Mr.. Clark on the subject OF
reciprocity which started the cry o.
annexation Of Canada. In that speech
Mr.. Clark said he was in favor OF the
pact for the reason that It was his be
lief II would lead TO the annexation O
Canada with the United States. Hi
words startled the country, annoyed
President Taft. and gave the oppo
nents of the policy in Canada or
with which they swept the proposition
and it's advocates 70 defeat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25

George Fitch has established
"Medical Corner" in his Transcript"
department of the Peoria Herald
Transcript, after the fashion of the
metropolitan papers. To woman
who wrote to ask him if she should
allow her little six-year-old girl to
eat candy he replied as follows:
There is no immediate danger in
candy if made from pure materials.
See that the cream used is at least
90 per cent tested COW cream, made
from perfectly healthy cows which
have not been allowed to feed or
bacillus infected grass. Make sure
that the fiavors are pure fruit fiavors
from fruits which have not served al
roosting places for flies or noxioui
bugs. If you have inspected the rae
tory and the box factory and the roaf
over which the candy is shipped ant
are sure that the grocer washes MI
hands after serving each custome
there will probably be no danger II
allowing the little one to have pee
now and then if it is we'll fumigateh
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
The Mermaid

The Mermaid.
The mermaid is a funny girl,
Now this we know is true,
She's never heard to ask a man
To please tie up her shoe.
-Yonkers Statesman.
Although she's truly in the swim,
The mermaid never flirts;
She has no pesky corns to trim,
And no divided skirts.
Youngstown Telegram.
And when the mermaid's dressing, she
is never so encased
In steel that she must ask someone
To button up her waist.
-Johnstown Democrat
Another Of the mermaid's traits
She never frets or blubbers
When it has rained and things are
damp,
Because she's lost her -nbbers.
New York Globe.
And though the mermaid Away
dwells
Within the salt-sea brine,
she never uses slang and says:
"I'ye had whaling time!"
-Des Moines Capital.
Rut better than these virtues few
j Is one beyond compare;
We never met a mermaid VINO
Wore other peoples hair.
4 Peoria Herald Transcript.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25

Depositors in the 1908 banks under
Ithe Jurisdiction of the state banking
department increased s5,967, 7141s in
the year from September IA, 1910 to
August 80, 1911. The gain in de-
sposits between May 90 and August 30
Iamounted to s2,931,041.7s. These
gains are the largest which have
been recorded for similar per cent in
some years and show uniform pros
perity in Iowa such as has not exist.
ed in some years in this state. While
the banks have reduced the amount oil
their bills receivable they have at the
same time strengthened their legal
reserve. This is regarded by the state
bank officials as most encouraging
Sign.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
NEWS FORECAST OF THE WEEK

/"
A busy week is in prospect for Pres
ident Taft After making number OF
short stops in Missouri and Kansas,
he will arrive at Kansas City IN time
to address the National Conservation
congress this evening. On this oc-
casion it is probable Mr.. Taft, in the
course of his remarks on the general
subject of conservation, will make
clear the administration future at
titude toward affairs.
From Kansas City the President is
to go to Hutchinson to speak at the
state fair and the Kansas semi-cen-
tennial celebration. Topeka, Atchin-
son and Leavenworth will be embrac-
! ed in the Wednesday itinerary The
next two days will be given to Iowa.
with stops at Council Bluffs, Fort
Dodge, Waterloo. Des Moines, Ottum-
wa and several other points. Another
swing across northwestern Missouri
/ is scheduled for Saturday and thence
the route will lead to Omaha, where
the President will spend Sunday
The third meeting of the National
Conservation congress, to address
4 which President Taft is to visit Kan
sas City. promises to be the most not
able gathering of its kind yet heio. a
number of subjects dealing with the
conservation of natural resources VII
be given to the question OF soil fertii
itv and it's maintenance. Secretary o
the Interior Fisher, former Secretar.
Garfield, Clifford Pinchot and man.
other men of note will be heard.
Primary elections in two cities at OF
nosite ends of the country will attrac
public attention during the week.
San Francisco a primary will be hel
. Tuesday for the nomination OF cand
, dates for mayor and other city ofh'
ials In Philadelphia similar primar
will be held Saturday. Both cities nav
4 witnessed strenuous campaigns. In
), broad sense the same issue prevail
/. in both cities. being a fight of the be
e ter element of the citizens to wires
n the control of municipal affairs frol
the officeholders and politicians allie
O ed to be guilty of the grossest kind
political corruption and graft.
nj Massachusetts will have its fir
g. practical experience with the dire
st primary law tomorrow, when all pa
lie ties will name candidates for COVER
n or and other state afficers to be vote
y, ~ for this fall. A spirited three-corner'
re fight is on for the Republican non
as nation for governor. Governor Foss
us assured of denomination by the Dem
&C. Gratis.
ad The conservation of Rev. j. r. WI
no chester as bishop of Arkansas will
Us tract distinguished gathering
IN Episcopal clergy and laity to Lit
ce Rock on Friday.
l." A conference of United states al
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
kEokuk AND MADAME NoRplcA

kEokUK AND MADAME NoRDicA.
The appearance in Keokuk on next
Friday evening of Madame Nordica,
Americas greatest singer, is in keep
ing with the new and greater career
upon which this city is about to enter.
The ideal city-and that Is what it Is
proposed to make Keokuk-is city
in which culture goes hand in hand
with material growth and prosperity.
Commerce and manufacture and trans
portation are essential and highly i'm
portant, but unless they are supple
mented by something higher they be-
come sordid and mean and fall short
of their greatest usefulness.
1t was in recognition of this fact
that Mr.. Jesse E. Baker took upon
himself the responsibility of guaran-
teeing the large amount OF money
necessary to secure the famous So
prano and her concert company for an
evenings entertainment here. His
public-spiritedness in thus affording
the people of Keokuk an opportunity
to hear and enjoy the highest class
of music is worthy of great praise. In
return. as evidence of their apprecia-
ton. they should support him through
the box office. He engaged Madame
! Nordica and her associates In the be-
lief that Keokuk is now ready for the
best in the world in the best lines,
and they should take pleasure IN con
firming the soundness of his Judgment.
Civic pride and loyalty to Keokuk
and its reputation as a center OF cuf
/ ture and refinement should assure en-
! gagement in advance of every seat IN
the Grand opera house.
Only once before has Keokuk been
honored with the presence and voice
of a real prima donna. That was Wnen
Adelina Patti sang in the old Baptis'
church on North Third street In 1891
more than half century ago. Bu'
Patti was not then the star she De
came subsequently, while Madame
Nordica is now at the zenith of hel
reputation as one of the worlds great
est artists. Nordica's coming to keo
kuk is therefore unique, despite PATTI:
previous appearance here. 1t is alsf
noteworthy in that she begins he
concert tour in this city. All tnes'
things tend to make the event one o
more than ordinary interest and mo
ment.
Keokuk owes 1t to itself to rise u
the full measure of its opportunity i
. this matter. It now has chance
, demonstrate that its appreciation 9
the best music is no less general an
no less genuine than that of the larg
cities. It is the chance of lifetim
to place itself prominently on the mi
steal man. and should be improved t
the fullest possible extent.
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UP the physician with revolver.
bind him. and hold him prisoner for
ransom.
1t developed that Rignos had rented
the house and paid the rent but had
never placed any furniture in it. The
police are searching for another man
who was seen with Rignos in the va
cant house several nights ago, when
it is believed the staples were ar
ranged for binding their captive.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
Nordlca Concert.

The announcement that Nine. Lii
liam Nordica, one of the worlds great
est singers, Is to be heard here in
concert has been received with I'M
bounded enthusiasm. Queenly in ap-
pearance, Noroica is a queen in the
realm of song and 1t is unnecessary
to repeat in print her triumphs. Great
as Brunhilde, Elsa and other big
roles, no singer has edualled her in
the affections of the opera-loving
public, and her success in concert
both here and abroad has been equal
ly brilliant Melba, Nordica. Sem
brich, Eames and Tetranzinni are
considered the greatest living So
pranos, but Of all these Nordica IS
admittedly the greatest concert artist,
for so great an actress is she and so
strong is her dramatic temperament,
| that even without the footlights, the
stage setting and the costume of the
role, she yet brings the whole scene
wildly before her auditors. No one
| could listen to Nordica's singing OF
"Elsa's Dream" without seeing her
as Elsa for the time being so strong
and compelling are her art and per
sonality. The diva is also one of the
greatest students of song literature II
the world and therefore her concer
programs are widely varied, and al
Nordica is an enthusiastic advocate o
opera in English, the majority Of hel
selections are in English. In fact
Nordica was the first to attempt sing
ing Wagner in English The Nordic'
concert will be on September 20.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
THE DAILY GRIND.

Ny son. when you speak of the work
you do, there's something to
keep in mind;
No matter how little it pleases you,
don't call it "the daily grind
Don't tell of the tasks that you dis
like, nor grumble at sorry
fate
There never was work set to our
hands that we had right to
hate:
1t isn't the work; it isn't the hire;
nor toiling from sun to sun
That counts in the eyes of them who
s. see-it's how is the labor
done?'
AS soon as you say it's grind, that
moment you hate your work,
That moment the imp of Incidence
shows you how you well may
shirk;
THAT moment you lose all your good
intent: that moment you ought
to quit,
For the work that you do is friend
to you while you are a friend
to it.
And once you call it a slayish task
and name it the daily grind,
Your work is a snare that will catch
your feet and cause you to fal
behind.
MY son, when you work you must fin
ish your task; you must fnisi
that task alone,
And work that is done with friend
" hand will change to a step
ping stone,
will carry you over the barring
stream or out OF the clinginl
slough
And lift you to where you may pu
your hand on the work that yo
want to do.
It will help you along to the height
you seek, will bring you unit
your goal
Sut when you declare it's the dali
grind" it will grind you bot
heart and soul.
Wilbur D. Nesbit.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25

The case brought to test the Moon
law has been advanced on the calen-
dar of the supreme court. Iowa cities
should soon learn whether it is legal
to grant permits for saloons in excess
of one for each 1000 inhabitants.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25

The difference between a speech
land lecture, as defined by Speaker
Champ Clark, lies not in the topic
discussed, but in the box office treat
,ment of the orator. A speech is free.
ia lecture is paid for.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25

The official Prussian crop report de-
scribes conditions in most gloomy
terms. The drouth has burned up the
crops, scorched the fodder and baked
the earth so that blowing for winter
sowing is almost impossible. APP
parently Germany is going to have
enough trouble at home without look
ing for more next door,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25

1t has been definitely decided that
the proposed reciprocity with Canada
will not injure the farmers of the
middle west. There amt going to be
no" reciprocity with Canada.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
More Pressing.

Did you eyer consider that old prob
lem of where all the pins go?"
"No, am going to take up the so
luton Of that problem as soon as !
have learned where all the dollars
go."-Houston Post.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25

+, A frost now would not injure the
corn and is needed to ripen the per-
simmons and hickory nuts. The yield
of all three is large this year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
a Very Dry Subject.

Traer star-Clipper: The fellows who
never, or only occasionally, pay their
grocery bills, don't have much interest
in the high cost of living discussion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25

Kin Hubbard has noticed that
there's nearly always false bottom
to bushel of fun.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25

The Creston Advertiser says that
the man who believes or processes to
believe that there would be the ghost
of a chance to elect La Toilette TO
the Presidency is so deficient in politi-
cal common sense as to make himself
ridiculous.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
cIosEp GATES.

The adverse vote in Canada on
reciprocity recalls what Kipling wrote
concerning the status of that country
in relation to England and its attitude
toward the rest of the world:
A nation speaks to nation.
A people speak to a throne;
Daughter am In my mothers
house
But mistress in my own.
The gates are mine to open.
The gates are mine to close,
And keep my house in order,
Says My Lady of the Shows.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25

Discussing Secretary Wilson's trou-
bles. the Manson Journal says that he
is getting to be an old man, full OF
self righteousness and self impor-
lance, and thinks he can do no wrong.
1T would be a good thing for Presi-
dent Taft" the Journal concludes, If
he was retired from his portfolio.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
Eoiav kIdnev pills

Foicy NtuUSy rtis.
Will reach your individual case II you
have any form of kidney and bladder
trouble OF urinary irregularities. Try
them. Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25

The Fairfield Ledger says that
while public opinion will approve the
Presidents decision in the Wiley case,
at the same time it must be admitted
that Wiley is not the easiest fellow
to get along with in the world. His
bump Of self importance is fairly
we'll developed, thank you" the Led
ger adds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
rHolyeHrFoR THE DAY

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
Two men looked out from prison
bars,
One saw mud, the other stars.