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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-11-23
Pardon Board
Did Investigate

The Clark County Review scores
Pardons for granting pardons to the
Scots and to James Noble. The pa
per states that it is travesty on the
law and goes into the record in the
cases.
The action OF the Pardoning Board
in the cases was the result OF inves-
tigation, petitions and cirtum stances
In the case OF Scott and wife they
We're pardoned on petition and ap-
peal from Clark County
The Noble case was one of more
than usual attention. The Board did
not hastily take up this case. In, the
first place a petition for pardon was
received from the county. many Of
the best citizens placing their names
thereon. The Sheriff of the county
asked for the release as did some OF
the jurors who heard the case.
In no instance was snapshot tax
en- in any OF the pardons issued last
week The members of the Board
not only took into consideration the
petitions and conduct OF the parties,
but a careful review Of each case was
held before the pardon issued. 1t is.
even stated that several witnesses
who testified against the man have
been quietly investigated and their
personal conduct in a measure result
ed in the freeing OF the man who was
sentenced to a life term.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-11-23
Double Attraction
At the Park

De on again this evening at the Park
Theatre. Those who attended last
evening. and there was a crowded
house. all agree that this is one OF
the best attractions shown i'll this
city in some time. The Harmony
Trio will head the bill
Miss Edith Reeesc, Famous Violin
Soloist, Direct from an Eastern tour,
will entertain DON'T fail to hear
MIR. kecne, the man with the Lady,
Voice, in his Spccaltics. and Mr..
Stndman will present his Funniest OF
Funny Hebrew Sketches.
Mr.. Blackburn, the Famou, Bass
Singer will also be part Of this I'M
usnal program.
The following four excellent mo-
ton pictures vii be shown in con
ne ction with the above entertainment
Father and Son. Pathe American
drama
Country Cupid (Biograph.
Niece and the Chorus Lady.
Jaurez Aitef the Battle.
The regular two shows will be
given. The first al $50. Populai
prices. 10 and ~ cents
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-11-23

Frank Wildes, receiver of the State
Bank, was among the delayed pas
sengers from the coast on the morn
ing train.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-11-23

Help swell the playground fund by
Opera House tonight. The surplus
of the lyceum eptertainmets goes in
to the fund,
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-11-23

Mrs Irwin Lewis. who has been
visiting with her mother, Mrs. S. p
Davis TO rthe last month was a de-
parture for her home in San Diego
last evening.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-11-23

The Bonston Lyrics company ar
rived this morning and were met at
the train by the Leisure Hour COM
mittee.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-11-23
FROM THE LAKE

Julian Guinan has returned to this
city from Lake Tahoe, where he has
been for the past few months.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-11-23

Several members of the State Po-
lice, who have been on a hunt for the
escaped convict, Were arrivals this
morning on the passenger train
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-11-23
FROM RENO

Jersey Mcdonald. who has been
from Reno this morning
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-11-23

Best in the World. SAINT Cruz
Lager aud Porter. Now is the sea-
son for Hall and Half. Try it. Car
son Brewery Company. Patronize
home industry.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-11-23

The larger children of the Orphans
Home have been invited by the COM
mittee to attend the entertainment
ts-night at the Opera House.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-11-23

i Pastel painting, accompanied by
interesting reading at the opera
house tonight.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-11-23

The Opera House will be warm
and comfortable tonight. Secure
your seats tonight if you have not
had time to do so before.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1911-11-23

Boston Lyrics tonight, do not fail
to attend.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Notice is hereby given that there is
now on file in the office OF the City
Clerk of the City of Keokuk, plat
and schedule showing the lots and
pacels Of land subject to assessment,
the owners thereof and the amount
to be assessed against each of said
lots or parcels of land, for the follow
ing improvement, towit: An eight
inch tile sanitary sewer through the
alley in Block 112, and In rear OF
Lots l. 2, 8, 4, 8, 10, II and IL, Block
119, commencing at a point on the
west side Of Seventh street and con-
Meeting with main sewer in Block
119, City of Keokuk, and that all OBJ
jections thereto and to the prior pro-
ceedings on account of errors, irreg.
ularities or Inequalities, must be
made in writing and filed with the
City Clerk within twenty days from
the It'll day of August, 1911, or the
same shall be held waived
o. w. SANDBERG,
City Clerk
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07
ORIGINAL NOTICE

State OF Iowa, Lee county-ss. In
the District Court of said County.
John T. Welsh, plaintiff, versus
Mary Fry. Jacob Fry, William Mol
ineau, Ralph Molineau, James Welsh,
Peter Welsh. Conrad Schaffer and
Lee County Loan and Building AS
ISOLATION. defendants.
To the above named defendants.
You are hereby notified that a peti.
ton will on or before September 10,
1911, be on file in the clerks ONCE OF
the District Court aforesaid at Keo-
kuk in behalf of the above named
plaintiff, against you and claiming a
decree of partition OF the following de.
scribed real estate: Lots one, two
and three in block sixty-eight; lots
seven, eight and the west half OF
nine In block eighty-four; and also
lot twelve In bloch eighty-five: and all
In Mason's lower addition to the City
of Keokuk, Lee county, Iowa, among
the heirs of John Welsh and Marg
aret Welsh. according to their respec
tive interests, and asking that the
membranes against same be deter
mined and paid. That If partition can
not be made in kind, THAI same be
sold at public sale.
And unless yon appear thereto and
defend before noon Of the second day
of the next regular September tern
of said Court, to be begun and holder
at Keokuk on the twenty-fifth day o.
September. A. D. 1911, default will b
entered against you and judgmen
rendered thereon as prayed for ii
said petition.
B. F. JONES,
Attorney for Plaintiff
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07

In 1870 for every 1000 marriages in
the United States there were twenty
nine divorces. In 1905 there were
eighty-fre. These figures are quoted
as showing an unfortunate tendency.
In fact they show only that woman
IS becoming more independent and
less tolerant Of injustice. The num-
Der of happy marriages has not de
creased, but the number Of unhappy
and mistaken marriages which are
being severed has grown Woman is
demanding something better in mar
riage than before
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07
NEWS FORECAST OF THE WEEK.

NEWS FORECAST OF THE WEEK.
The present week Is expected to see
the end of the special session OF CON
gress and the departure of the Presi-
dent and the members Of both houses
for their belated summer vacations.
The vote on the Arizona-New Mexico
statehood bill, the last important item
on the legislative calendar. is fixed
for today
Admiral Togo, the famous Japenese
naval commander nov visiting the
United States, will srend the early
part of the week Id Washington,
where several notable dinners. are to
be given in his honor He Will go to
Philadelphia Wednesday and after a
visit OF one day in that city he Is to
become the guest of New York City.
The department of agriculture's
crop report showing the condition
of the principal crops on August l
will be issued Wednesday afternoon.
1t will announce also the preliminary
estimate of yield and quality of win
ter wheat, the acreage of buckwheat,
hay and rye, and stocks of oats and
barley in farmers hands on August l.
The Michigan School of Mines at
| Houghton will celebrate its quarter
centennial during the week. President
| Taft has designated the secretary of
commerce and labor to represent the
administration at the celebration.
Astoria, Ore, is to begin a notable
celebration of the one hundredth an
niversary of the arrival on the Pacific
coast OF the expedition sent from New
York by John Jacob Aston, which
formed the first American settlement
at Astoria and gave the United States
its strongest claim to the Oregon
country. The celebration is to last an
entire month and will be conducted or
an elaborate scale.
/ An international aviation meet vii
be opened In Chicago Saturday, to be
| continued for eight days. The pro
gram provides for racing for various
/ distances around the flying field
weight carrying, quick starting ant
quick Ginning contests. bomb throw
ing from great heights and cross
water races.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07
STEEL HULL BOATS COMING.

The Mississippi Power company has
announced that 1t will close the dam
and create great pool extending for
distance OF sixty miles above Keo-
kuk. probably not later than July 4,
1913. The dam IS beino fastened to
completion and may be ready for use
before the date named. There will
then be easy navigation for nine
months each year between Burlington
and Keokuk. Noting these things,
the Burlington Saturday Evening Post
gives out information concerning a
line of steel hull boats on This
stretch of river, as follows:
IN less than twenty-five years
there will be continuous town along
either side OF the river between this
city and Keokuk-and while electric
and steam railways viii do their part
in caring for the large commerce, the
boats TOO will get their share. The
talk now Is that new company will
build and operate six steel hull boats
in the trade between keithsburg and
Keokuk The headquarters OF this
boat line are TO be in Burlington. The
new boats will be built for speed and
viii make the run from Burlington to
Keokun and from Keokuk to Burling-
ton in an hour and half, stopping at
all landings. This is good passenger
train time. Such service undoubt-
eddy would attract and hold the bulk
of the travel between the two ter
minals"
For some reason or other best
known 10 itself the Post "has it in
for the railroads, and it makes its
prophecy the occasion for demand
that the roads build high bridges
and do away With the draw bridges
now In use. There is no question
that bridges high enough to permit,
river craft of all kinds TO pass under
them would be an improvement, but
| there are some equities in the case
which should not be entirely overlook
/ ed. The present draw bridges were
built in conformity with the demands
Of the government and accepted as
I satisfactory to the public interests
To turn around nov and demand thai
/ these structures, erected at large cost
be consigned to the junk pile and still
/ more expensive structures be erected
in their stead would be manifest!
unfair. The most that could be de
I manded in justice TO all concerned
would be that ali future bridges b.
built at such elevation above th'
river that boats of all kinds may pas
under them without delay to eithe
boat or train. The Post proposes
campaign for the elevation of tn
, river bridges The Gate City will er
list if the proposed legislation
shorn of its retroactive feature and
made TO apply only TO bridges bull
in future years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07

The Ottumwa Courier thus graphic
ally states the situation and points
out DUTY that should be recognized
and performed by newspaper editors
and other public teachers:
There are twenty-five million men
of voting age in the United states,
one one-thousandth part of one per
cent OF that number Is two hundred
and fifty. Even such a small fraction
as that can create lot OF dissatis-
faction by going around the country
preaching that everything is wrong
If no one takes the trouble to show
that they are mistaken
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07
From $1.10 to $1O,000,OO0; Lewis
Got Money From the Women

get in for $40. He promised 1000
600 OF publishing company stock, and
said the endowment would pay 81
A0l, 600 the first year and several
times that thereafter
Last year the league was announced
to have q, 600 life members at $50
each, which should have made 81 fund
of $1.S52.000. Last fall. after persistent
demands for an accounting. Lewis
said he had received only $685.. SIC.
and had paid out s1.117.7S2. Nothing
came of the great educational univer-
sity except correspondence lessons
from three existing concerns with
which Lewis had contracted, and the
league is said to have nothing but an
Indebtedness of about $4,000. 600.
Last summer when Lewis had de-
faulted on the notes of all his enter
prises, including his trusted notes.
and money had quit coming into the
league, he had ''hurrah for Lewis
meeting in this city. He insisted that
every one of his schemes had proved
fortune maker and boosted of $780,
J00, 600 of assets with liabilities OF
only one-third of the amount. He said
that II building fund of $500, 900
could be raised all his enterprises
could be financed. He proposed to is
sue debentures against this fund, and
in spite OF past experiences the wo-
men gave up 81, SOC. 900 more for de-
bentures
From these schemes the postoffice
authorities estimate that Lewis had
taken in s1o,oOo.00D. He is still opti-
mistic and hopes to have his trial set
down for the week of October %,
when the American Women's League
is to have its convention here.
Il believe my trial will draw 5000
more women to the convention he
says.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07
TAKE OFF THE ROOF.

In commenting upon the serious
charges preferred against the man
agement of the Fort Madison peni-
Tertiary by Editor Brant of the Iowa
City Republican and Inmate Leonard
W. Haley, The Gate City said that
a situation has been created which
makes a thorough Investigation impef-
alive. A like view of the matter is
taken by the Marshalltown Times
Republican, which suggests that $50
much noise has been made over the
alleged conditions in prison, and es
pecially at Fort Madison, that more
harm will come of quietude than oil
action" Continuing, the same paper
says:
| That the allegations may be the
result of personal difficulty between
| the allegators and the governor hal
! become incidental. Whether or no
/ there is truth behind them the hes
thing to do is to investigate boldl,
/ and openly. If the accusers are lyin;
4 the people want to know it. If con
ditions are bad, unwholesome and un
civilized as alleged the people wan
to know that too and remedy it.
4 Publicity of conditions one wa
or another is the best cure or tn
best refutation. Take the roof off tn
prisons and let the public Judge i
the long run its verdict is just"
Let US have "the truth, the Who'll
truth and nothing but the truth
i about conditions in the Fort Madiso
!, penitentiary. Publicity will hurt n
t one who doesn't deserve to be hur
e Take off the roof,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.

Notice is hereby given OF the in.
corporation Of The Mississippi River
Hotel Co lpany, whose principal place
of business Is in the City of Keokuk,
in the county of Lee and state OF
Iowa.
The general nature of the business
to be transacted by saic corporation
Ehall be hotel business and real estate
business. and said corporation may
purchase, build, own. equip, operate
lease or sell hotel or hotels, and may
purchase, lease, own. sell, or in any
other way deal in real estate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07
The amount Of capital stock author

The amount OF capital stock author
lied is one hundred and fifty Thousand
dollars ($150. o00), divided into fifteen
hundred shares of one hundred dol
lars each, which must be paid for ii
cash when issued Said corporation
may begin business when ten thous
and dollars OF Its capital stock shall |
have been fully paid.
The time OF the commencement Of
said corporation was July Is, 1911,
and its termination shall be twenty
years thereafter, unless sooner dis
solved, and unless renewed as by Law
provided.
The affairs Of said corporation shall
be conducted by board of 1--WE al
rectors, to be selected from the stock.
holders at the annual meeting Of the
stockholders, and they shall hold Of
fice until the next annual meeting Of
the stockholders and until their sue.
cessors are elected and qualified. Va
cancies in the board OF directors shall
be filed by the remaining directors
until the next annual meeting of the
stockholders. The officers of the cor
poration shall be a president, first
vice president, second vice president,
secretary and treasurer, and the Of
ices OF secretary and treasurer mc
be held by the same person. The of
flcers shall be selected or elected by
the board OF directors at their first
annual meeting after their selection
by the stockholders. The directors
may select the secretary and treasur-
er from among their own number, or
from among the stockholders, but the
president and vice presidents must be
selected or elected from said board q
directors Until the annual meeting
of the stockholders In 1912, the board
of directors shall consist of Jesse E.
Baker, ]. A. Trawick. H. L. Cooper,
L. A.. Hamill and Ira W. Wills, and
Jesse e. Baker shall be president, J.
| A. Trawick shall be first vice presi.
| dent, H. L. Cooper shall be second
/ vice president. L. A. Hamill shall be
secretary. and Ira w. Wills shall be
treasurer.
The highest amount of indebtedness
to which the said corporation is at
any time to subject itself shall not
exceed two-thirds-i2-3) OF Its capital
| stock.
The private property Of the stock
holders is exempt from corporate
debts.
! Dated, Keokuk, Iowa, July 81. 1911.
JESSE E. BAKER,
4 2. s. BAKER,
HUGH l. COOPER,
A. C. DECKER,
/ JAMES CAMERON,
L. A. HAMILL,
THos. H. JOYCE.
A. q. TOMBSTONE,
C. R. JOY,
/ WILLIAM LOGAN,
(! JOHN LEISY,
4 GEO. S. TUCKER,
i IRA w. WILLS.
i incorporates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07

Harry S. New, Indiana's Republican
member of the national committee,
and few years ago the chairman of
that body, says that there is not the
least question as to where Indiana will
stand in the next national convention.
1t will present a solid delegation for
the denomination of President Taft
Mr.. New does not know of any dispo
sition On the part of any element OF
any one of influence within the party
TO try for anything else, and in his
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07
THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER


Father OF all, in every age,
In every cline adored,
By saint, By savage and By sage
Jehovah, Joye or Lord.
Thou great First Cause, least under
stood,
Who all my sense confined
To know but this, that Thou art good,
and that myself am blind;
Yet gave me in this dark estate,
To see the good from III;
And binding nature fast in fate
Left free the human Will;
What conscience dictates to be done,
Or warns me not TO do.
This, teach ne more than hell to
shun,
That more than heaven pursue.
What blessings Thy perbounty gives
Let me not cast away;
For God is paid when man receives,
To enjoy Is to obey.
Yet not TO earth's contracted span
Thy goodness let me bound,
Or think Thee Lord alone OF man.
When thousand worlds are round.
Let not this weak, unknowing hand
Pksume Thy bolts TO throw,
And deal damnation round the land
On each Judge Thy foe.
nTam right, Thy grace impart
Still in the right to stay;
II i am wrong, o teach my heart
To find that better way,
Save me alike from foolish pride
And impious discomfort
At aught Thy wisdom has denied,
Or aught Thy goodness lent
Teach me to feel another's woe,
To hide the fault : see:
That mercy 10 others show,
That mercy show 10 ne.
Mean though I an, not Wholly so,
Since qusckened by Thy breath,
3 0 lead me wheresoe'er I go,
Through this days life or death
This dsg be bread and peace my lot
All else beneath the sun
Thou knows't if beat bestowed or not
And let thy viii be done.
To Thee. whose temple is ali space,
Whose altar, earth, sea. skies,
One chorus let al Being raise,
All Natures incense rise.
Alexander Pope
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07

The Marshalltown Times-Republi-
can foresees that the Des Moines Reg
lister and Leader will keep up its cam
paign for larger field OF young men
from which to select a nominee for
governor until it induces Col Dave
Palmer to get into the game Why
not? "our Dave" is as young as the
best of EN-.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07

Iowa will be for Taft without an II.
an an, or but The Iowa delegation
to the next national convention viii
be a unit on the subject and 1t ought
to be chosen without a contest The
man who suggests fight, on the eve
of a presidential election should be
summarily thrown down the back
stairs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07

Abe Martin is something of a pes
einlst on the labor situation He
declares that for every fellow who is
looking for work there are nine hiding
from 1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07

some folks talk, the less they say.
We speak of ii as common sense,
but the Ottumwa Courier says that II
you'll just look around, you'll find 1t
is not SO con mon as you think 1t
is.
An 80-acre farm three miles north
OF Ottawa, H., sold the other day at
s2s7 an acre. About the same time
500 acres in the same locality sold at
auction for s163.760, or s1s5.45 an
acre.
The Des Moines Capital says that
the Democratlc-insurgent passion
down at Washington to get everything
on the free list may have as its
grand climax another free soup adj
ministraticn.
Keosauqua Republican: In this sec.
ton Of the state it takes nearly a
cent to buy pound of nay, little
more than cent to buy pound OF
corn, and about i've cents to buy a
pound of potatoes. What rich field
for the magazine muckracker to start
something!
William Howard Taft will be the
next Republican nominee for Presi
dent says the Burlington Hawk-Eye
THE duty of Republicans is to solid
ify the party and prepare to meet the
common enemy Factionalism vii
have no standing In the party. 1t ii
unity or defeat"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07
iud gment the action VIII be unani-
NOUS in every district in the state.

Civilization rewards genius. capaci-
ty, force and integrity: but when the
final awards are made. all the blue
ribbons go to the man who felt like
quitting but didn't, says David Glib
son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07

Chicago preacher who hired a
brass band to attract people to his
church has lost bis job. The Des
Moines Tribune concludes that he was
not good judge of brass bands.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07
cheerIno Him Tn.

GheefIn9 HIM Up.
The Wife--After all, Adolphus, tnis
visit isn't going to be 80 expensive.
With the half-dozen dresses simply
had to get and your clothes clean anu
pressed we'll manage splendidly'-
Harper's Bazaar.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07

The people of Des Moines are dis
cussing the high cost of living in that
city. The Fairfield Ledger declares
that they will never know what it
actually is until they put up at Des
Moines hotel during the state conven-
ton or at state fair time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07

A Los Angeles man is advertising
for a homely bride. No we looking
for one in Keokuk
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-07

Excepting When It Won't Write.
1t seems natural for the owner Of
q fountain pen to feel rather superior
about it.--Atchison Globe.