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THE GREAT DAM AT KEOKUK.
To Be the Largest in the World Except
the Orte at Assouan.
In July, 1913, there will be completed
the greatest engineering project
now in process of construction
on American soil, with the single exception
of the Panama Canal, says
the World Today. This is the mile
loilg dam which will stem the waters
of the Mississippi at Keokuk, la.
For more than 50. years that portion
of the upper Mississippi river
valley immediately contiguous to the
Des Moines rapids has dreamed of
the day when the water would be
harnessed and factories would line
the banks. But the years passed
and tne stones aia not itsscuiuic
themselves to form any dam and
.. * trade went inland.
When the word went forth that af
ter 50 years of hoping anck dreaming
a mile wide dam was to be built there
% v - were many yet unconverted from
doubt. But when congress took favorable
action and granted the necSi,
, essary franchise the doubters began
I; to wax enthusiastic.
By the time President Roosevelt
eigned the franchise for the immense
dam and power plant on February
9, 1905, the eyes of the entire country
were on Keokuk. When the necessary
$20,000,000 capital was secured
and the first shovel full of dirt
; ; v was turned the world woke up to the
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lev held the key to the industrial
. future.
On January 9, 1910, definite announcement
was made to the world
that the dam would be built. By
February 1 several score of men
I? "were at work. Early in December,
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500 men started to work on
|&y;: the Iowa shore. Throughout the en*ire
winter they toiled to throw a
rampart across the river.
"When the waters, guided by engineering
craft, pass through the 30
turbines they will generate 250,000 !
, horse-power, enough to light every
private and public lamp, run every
.street car and turn every factory
" wheel in practically every Mississippi
valley city from the Saint on the
north to the Saint on the south. Two
thousand men went to work with
i. the breaking up of the ice and the
opening of navigation.
j r The dam is to be the largest in
the world, with the single exception
of the Assouan irrigation dam across
the Nile in Egypt; the water power
plant will be the largest in the
world without exception, unless two
or more of the Niagara plants are
combined for the purpose of comparison.
When completed the dam will be
6,800 feet in length, of re-enforced
concrete, 37 feet high and of the
same width, the foundation buried
seven feet in the solid limestone bed
& > - of the river's gorge.
p|' Extending practically due east and
;V" west across the river, the dam will '
run its uninterrupted course for 4,400
feet, when it will veer to the
fefe"- south and give way to the power
Pip; plant, on the Iowa shore, where the
turbulent waters will be converted
into commercial power,
ife'-'f? The dam will result in the formap.,.'
tion of an immense lake from three
m to five miles wide and 40 miles long
above Keokuk, overflowing the low
Il&nds and entirely changing the tocography
of the country now immediately
adjacent to the river. It will
also completely drown out the nine
. mile canal built 40 years ago at a
cost of $8,000,000. It is one of the
requirements of the Federal franchise
that this government canal,
with its three locks shall be supplanted
by a new one-lock canal and
a new dry dock be given the necessary
running power free of charge
to the end of time.
The dam completed, the rapids
will give way to a placid pool or
if lake, up and down and across which
the heaviest laden boats may travel
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v in safety. In the second place Keokuk
will become one of the largest
power distributing centers in the entire
world.
Already contracts have been signed
for the transmission of 60,000
horse power to St. Louis, 175 miles
south, to run the street cars and light
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f negotiations are under way to transmit
the power north and south, east
and west from St. Paul to Memphis
and from Chicago to Omaha.
In the third place Keokuk will become
the center of a new manufacturing
section; the city famous as
the hub of the richest agricultural
country in the world will displace
plows with smokestacks, corn plant".ers
with looms and harrows wTith
*dynamos.
Foiled!
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"The last time I was in New York
I entertained at dinner at a swell
cafe a country cousin from Leavenworth.
When we got ouside he said
to me: 'Do you know that you accidentally
dropped 80 cents on the
table just as you left? That thief of
a waiter tried to grab it, but I beat
him to it.' "?Atchison Globe.
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I When
a Revolver was Drawn in the
! l'nite<l States Senate.
Probably the gravest and most sensational
episode that ever occurred
on the floors of congress, and the
only time that a revolver has been
drawn by a member of either house
upon one of his associates during
parliamentary debate, is recalled by)
the recent dispute between Messrs.
Wickersham, of Alaska, and Mondell,
of Wyoming, in the house of representatives.
It took place in the senate
chamber, says the New York
Herald, more than half a century
ago between Senator Thomas Hart
Benton, of Missouri) and Senator
Henry S. Foote, of Mississippi, when i
Millard Fillmore wa^ in the chair as
president of the senate and vice!
president of the United States.
In 1850, in those tumultuous times
preceding the civil war, when sectional
differences were at their
height, the Senate held its sessions
in what is now the United States
Supreme court room, small but dignified.
Senator Benton had been a
member for about 28 years and
Senator Foote for barely three years.
Senators Daniel Webster, Lewis Cass,
Henry Dodge, of Wisconsin, and Jno.
C. Calhoun were all of the same age,
born in 1782, while Henry Clay, of
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years. Mr. Benton was born in 1782
and Mr. Foote in 1800. Both were
from the South. Mr. Benton was a
native of North Carolina and Mr.
Foote of Virginia. Both were educated
in the, South and each had
chosen the law as a profession. Both
were members of the Democratic
party and each had been a practical
duellist.
Very little has even been written
about the outbreak between these
two men, as the proceedings were
struck from the record by order of
the senate, but Senator Tipton afterward
gave a detailed account of the
affair in his political reminiscences.
After telling how Mr. Foote had for
several days goaded Mr. Benton in
debate on the slavery question, Mr.
Tipton says:
"On April 17 Benton, having the
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served,' said Mr. Clay quietly.
" 'A. pistol has been brought here
to assassinate me,' yelled Benton.
'The scoundrel has no reason to
think I was armed.'
" 'I brought it here to defend myself,'
returned Foote. 'My friends
urged me to that, being diminutive
in size, and quite feeble in health.'
"immediately calls for the /floor
were heard from all parts of the senate.
Benton repeatedly demanded
that cognizance be taken of the fact
that a 'pistol had been brought to assassinate
him.' No one would make
such a motion. John P. Hale, of
New Hampshire, one of the youngest
members, said that he considered it
the proper thing that an investigating
committee be named, and if no
one else would make the motion he
would, but he believed it should be
done by an older and more experienced
man.
"Mr. Clay said that he would be
satisfied if the senators would give
their word of honor that they would
drop the quarrel during the session.
"To this Benton disdainfully replied:
'I have done nothing on God
Almighty's earth to authorize any
man to charge me with a breach of
the peace, and I will rot in jail before
I will give a promise admitting
that the charge is true.'
" 'I shall always wear armss,' Foote
spoke up, 'when I suppose I am in
danger, for the purpose of self-defence
alone.'
"Seeing that no amicable adjustment
was to be had, a committee of
six was appointed to investigate the
disturbance and report such measures
as it saw fit. After three months
the committee had no recommendation
to make, but hoped that the senate's
disapprobation of the scene
would have a salutary effect, and in
case of a repetition the senate would
enforce prompt, stern and effectual
punishment."
1IE CLARES PROHIBITION FARCE.
Judge Hammond's Observations on
Georgia Liquor Law.
Augusta, Ga., May 11.?Discharging
his petit jury this afternoon, following
five acquittals of saloonists
charged with retailing liquor, Judge
Henry C. Hammond, of the superior
court, commenting from the bench,
presented facts to show that, despite
the prohibition law in Georgia, the
people want the liquor, the State licenses
the dealer, juries refuse to
convict and hence the prohibition
law of the State is a farce and failure.
The most drastic law ever passed
for State-wide prohibition was enacted
in Georgia, the experiment was
tried, the State treasury felt the loss
of revenue, a gentle breeze opposed
to prohibition sprang up, the State
granted license to saloons to deal in
any "beverage, drink or liquor in
imitation," for the former alcoholic
drinks, summarizes the facts he offers.
The judge then asks what scientist
has ever discovered any drinkin
"imitation" of alcoholic beverages.
Concluding, ^he court declared that
he expressed no personal opinion?
"such would be out of place"?but
that he was merely presenting a few
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that the South was in no danger;
that there was a cry of wolf when
there was no wolf, by which the
country was thrown into a flame.
Foote followed in a terrible arraignment
full of loathing and contempt,
until finally, in the middle of
a sentence that was never finished,
Benton, white with rage, arose from
his seat, and passing around through
the lobby, entered the aisle leading
to Foote's desk. Foote immediately
advanced to the open space m n-vm
of the speaker's chair, drawing a revolver
as he moved.
"All was confusion in a moment.
Dodge, of Wisconsin, seized Benton,
and Daniel S. Dickinson, of NewYork,
took possession of Foote's revolver,
while from confusion confounded
the senate chamber was reduced
to consternation subdued.
"During the uproar Benton could
be heard crying: i have no pistol.
Stand out of the way. Let him fire.
I disdain to carry arms. Let the assassin
fire.'
" 'I hope that order will be pre
Aiken, May 11.?Aiken is to have
a school for army officers' instruction
in the use of army aeroplanes next
winter. Frank Coffvn, who is under
contract to conduct a Wright Brothers
aeroplane school in Aiken next
winter, has written that there will be*
a number of officers here to receive
instruction next winter. The following
is Mr. Coffyn's .letter to Mayor
Gyles:
"I was very pleased to receive your
note and sorry I could not find time
until now to answer it.
"I have started the ball to rolling
in the direction of Aiken for the win-1
ter camp and have already the promise
of one high in authority that the
government will be glad to send me
quite a number of officers there for
instruction next winter and their machines,
so Aiken might as well prepare
for early rising to the tune of
aeroplane next winter."
Mr. Coffvn is now in San Antonio
demonstrating the use of the army
aeroplane on the border. Recently
Mr. Coffyn participated in a bombdropping
experiment, when a railroad
was ostensibly blown up.
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A Lake of Soda.
Many wonderful stories have been
tpld regarding the vast soda deposit
at Lake Magadi in East Africa. A
British expedition has recently ascertained
the facts regarding the lake
which, according to "The Chemical
News," are as follows: What, in the
case of an ordinary lake, would be
water consists at Magadi of a solid
deposit of soda with a hard surface
looking like pink marble. During the
wet season?which in this region is
very short?the surface is covered
with a few inches of water. Immediately
after' the cessation of the rains
the whole of the surface becomes dry
with the exception of a margin about
30 yards wide. Even during the
wet season the amount of water on
the surface in no way renders impracticable
the working of the deposit.
The area of this wonderful deposit
is about 30 square miles. The 'deposit
is divided into several distinct
layets,-the top layer being about 10
inches thick. When a block of soda
is removed the "mother liquid" rises
to the surface level and immediately
begins to form a fresh crust. The Indians
say that the, crystalline mass is
reformed so rapidly that they work
the same spots year after year.
There are good reasons for assuming
that the deposit extends in a solid
mass to the full depth of the valley
containing the so-called "lake." A
bore-hole sunk to a depth of nine
feet?the greatest deDth nossible
with the appliances available at the
moment?passed through a continuous
mass of crystalline soda. Assuming
only a uniform depth of nine
feet all through the deposit, it is estimated
that this would represent
about 200,000,000 tons.
Irreverent. ~
Robert, aged 10, was playing with
the other boys on the corner of Nine|s
teenth and Tioga streets, when his
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motner, wno naa Deen nsreumg iu ms
conversation, called him.
"Robert," she began in a grieved
tone, "I never thought I'd hear you
swearing."
"Why, I wasn't swearing, mother,"
the boy defended himself. "I only
said 'the devil.' That isn't swearing."
"Well," replied the mother quickly,
"maybe it isn't exactly swearing,
but it is making light of sacred
things."?Philadelphia Times.
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PAROLE GRANTED. ;
D. A. Matthews, Sentenced for Beating
Foster-daughter, Paroled.
L. A. Matthews, the Spartanburg
man, who was convicted on the
charge of assault and battery and
sentenced to 19 months oh the chaingang
for whipping his ward, Miss
Morrow, has been paroled by the
governor. He was convicted in November
of 1909. The action of
Matthews in whipping his ward caused
a sensation in Spartanburg.
Reasons for Whipping.
Spartanburg, May 12.?L. A.
Matthews, who was paroled to-day
by the govenor, was a well known
painter here. He administered a teri
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riDie Dealing id 111s lusiei-uaugmci,
Miss Elizabeth Morrow, believing, as
he alleged at his trial, that she was
too intimate with E. S. Kennedy,
former chief of the local fire department.
The young woman recently
was married to Kennedy, who resigned
from the position as chief of the
fire department.
The beating of Miss Morrowcaused
a sensation at the time, public
indignation against Matthews being
at fever heat for days, with"
threats of bodily harm.
His trial atracted crowds and Miss
Morrow, who lingered between life
and death at a local hospital for
weeks, had the sympathy of the peo
pie of the city, who by popular subscription
paid her hospital bills. She
was taken into the homes of the best
people here and remained there for
some time.
Methodists Discuss Federation.
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 8.?The
sub-committee of the joint commission
of three branches of Methodism
appointed to consider a plan of federation,
met this afternoon and tonight.
The result of the deliberations
will be laid before the commission
for action later in the week. Until
the report is presented to the full J
committee no intimation of the unification
plan will given out for
publication.
Following are the members of the
sub-committee on plan which met
to-day:
Methodist Episcopal?Bishop Earl
Cranston, Washington; Bishop J. M.
Walden, Cincinnati and Dr. R. T.
Miller, Cincinnati.
Protestant Methodist?T. H. Lewis,
West Cambridge, Mr.; Rev. M. L.
Jennings, D. D., Pittsburg and S. R.
Harris, Henderson, N. C. i
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op E. E. Hoss, Nashville, Tenn.; Rev.
F. M. Thomas, D. D., Louisville and
W. G. M. Thomas, Chattanooga.
Regular sessions of the federation
commission will begin Wednesdaymorning
and continue until the business
to come before it is completed.
Big Loss for Ship Owners.
Norfolk, May 12.?The sinking of
the Ward line steamship Merida yesterday
by the steamer Admiral Farragut,
off the Virginia Capes, will
cause a loss of approximately $2,000,000,
according to an estimate
made to-day P. E. Cabaud, general
agent of the owning company.
Mr. Cabaud said that the Merida
valued at about $1,250,000, was insured,
and that the cargo and effects
of the passengers, valued at probably
$750,000, "were presumably insured."
As to the liability of the company,
the passengers who were losers
on the Merida, Agent Cabaud said, all
probably would be losers except to
the extent of insurance carried. The
passengers will seek to recover from
the Merida's owners.
Ten of the passengers constituted
the party of August Peon, a wealthy
hemp exporter of Yucatan, Mexico.
The Peon family estimate their personal
loss at $100,000, including
clothing and jewels and cash which
was locked in the ship's safe.
There seems to be no hope of saving
the Merida. There were said to
have been seven tons of silver aboard
her.
Engine Dashes Into Freight.
Florence, May 1.?A lumber road
engine ran wild this morning about
daylight and left the lumber yards
at Cades, splitting a switch, moved
up the main line of the Coast Line
towards Florence. It proceeded with
out incident to juaite uuy, wiiere xt
met a through freight train on which
Engineer Boone, of Florence, was
engineer. He saw the wild engine
coming and as it did not respond to
signals he shut off his steam and reversed
his engine and jumped. He
was badly hurt. The engines came
together with a crash which derailed
them and tore the front of each
pretty badly. The fast mail was detoured
by Sumter and the wrecking
force put to work. They had the
track clear in time for train 80, the
morning passenger from Charleston
north v.o pass about a half hour late.
It is supposed that the throttle had
been left slightly open and when the
watchman put fires in the engine for
the morning work as soon as steam
got up the engine ran herself into
trouble.
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