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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-25
Kekuk Had Slightly the Better Of
Argument Yesterday Afternoon
in Tennis Doubles and
Singles.
row MATud RESULTED
c. r. JOY Won In Singles, Ralph Joy
and J. r. Bell Won in Doubles
and Messrs Buchanan and
Collins Lost.

LaHarpe's four leading tennis play
ers found the Keokuk stars little
too formidable yesterday afternoon
in the return match on the courts of
the Keokuk Country club and on
Mr.. G. R. joys private court. Al
though II. M. Buchanan and Earl
Collins lost close matches to their OPP
ponents, Ralph Joy and ]. R. Bell
came back strong and won in straight
sets from both the Illinois teams. Mr.
Joy did not take part in the double,
but contented himself with defeating
straight sets, winning Gil. 6-2 and 60.
In the first match of the afternoon,
Messrs. Buchanan and Collins lost to
Messrs VIII B. Kaiser and F. f..
vedder by the following scores: SO,
SO, SO, 7-5, Ga. The match looked
easy for the Keokuk men, but the
visitors, displaying improved form.
took the third set after the first two
had been lost The last two sets
were hard fought and went to the Wis
itors, by the above close scores.
Again on the Country club courts,
Messrs. Buchanan and Collins were
defeated by Messrs. John M. Hungate
and James C. Mayor, the scores being
81 and Ga
On the private court of Mr.. JOY.
Messrs. Ralp Joy and J. R. Bell won
In straight sets from Messrs. Hungate
and .4ayor by the following scores:
6-3, GA and rs. Later in the after
noon the same pair defeated Messrs.
Kaiser and Vedder by the following
scores: 6-3, 6-1 and 60. The Wis.
itors pronounced the court of Mr..
joys the best they had ever played
on. Louis Dadant acted as referee.
DR.. Neal Vedder, Mr.. joys orpon-
ert in the singles, is former Michi-
gan student and while In college was
4 member of the second college team.
The scores given above are In no
way line on the game which the
doctor played, for Mr.. Joy was given
4 hard fight at all stages of the game
He is an ambidextrous player who
can play with almost equal skill from
any angle on the court and is dlf-
ficult man to defeat for this reason.
The LaHarpe players are young
business men and co .ege students
who play classy game. Their abil
ity was shown on numerous occasions
during the matches yesterday ano
they fought hard for every point.
The players came to the city IN
automobiles and we're entertained al
supper at the Country club. The
matches are simply result of friend
" rivalry and the visit of the Illinois
men yesterday was pleasant one.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-25
CASTORlA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature sssss the :, lhzzzz~
DROWNED MAN
PROBABLY MURDERED
Man Found in Flint Creek Was In Fl.
Madison Last Week With Big
Roll of Money.

Fort Madison Democrat: The body
of the stranger found floating in Flint
creek Sunday, two miles north OF
Burlington, had nothing on it to assist
in it's Identification. There being no
marks of violence it was evident that
the man was drowned, though he may
have been thrown into the stream by
thugs. while possibly under the in
fiuence of drink or drugs.
The man had on his person glove
buttoner from the clothing store of o.
B. Stevenson Of this city. In con-
versation with o. B. Stevenson as to
the glove buttoner he recalled a Gus
toner of about a week ago who call
ed at the store after supper and made
considerable purchase. The dead
body answers Mr. Stevenson descrip-
ton very we'll He was about six feet
tall smooth face, light hair, and wore
brown suit of clothes. He told Mr..
Stevenson that he was a printer and
when asked his name said that he
travelled under several different
names, and this was his only answer.
| He had plenty of money and explained
that very unusual condition with a
printer by saying that he was carrying
a $4,000 insurance policy in an old
line company and needing money had
sold it for $1,000. He also said that
he owned piece of property in Mad
ison township. While at the store he
purchased a blue serge suit of clothes,
hat, three shirts, handkerchiefs and
a suit case. He told Mr.. Stevenson,
who made the sale personally, that he
was going to Burlington that night
He displayed quite roll of money and
seemed unaccustomed to handling so
much money. 1t is probable that he
found plenty Of help in Burlington to
spend the money, and from the fact
that there was no hat or coat, or any
article in the pockets but a printers
composing rule, the man Gf he is the
same one that visited Fort Madison),
must have been robbed, and 1t is pos
sible that he was either slugged or
doped and thrown into the creek.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-25

cureo Hay Fever and Summer Cold.
A. S. Nusba IN, Batesville. Ind.
writes: Last year suffered for
three months with summer cold so
distressing that it interfered with my
business. had many of the symp-
toms of hay fever and Doctors pre-
scription did not reach my case and
| took several medicines which seem
ed only to aggravate +. Fortunately
insisted lpon having Foley's Honey
and Tar. 1t quickly cured me. My
wife has since used Foley's Honey and
Tar with the same success" Wilkin-
son E. Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-25
Prescribed by Doctors.

lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, an honest, tried and true rem
edy for feminine ills, holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
Of any similar remedy, and is pre-
scribed and recommended by hundreds
Of fair-minded doctors who do not
fear to recommend worthy medicine
even though 1t is advertised.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-25
New Catcher Comma.

Belt is in line with new catcher
from Wichita who is expected to re.
port Immediately, if the deal carries
through without hitch. Treasurer
Sterne was unable to say who the man
was and nothing can be said as to his
ability.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-25
Holds tee aecord.

The, Beaumont (Tex.) Enterprise
tells Of typist who can take 100
words per minute. We know Of a man
In Allentown with a hatchet-faced
wife who can. and does, take at the
rate of about 800 words per minute
when she gets wound up.-Allentown
Democrat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-25
AS It OUGHT to Be,

Things would be greatly simplified
If the man who is i'll would always
enjoy eating enough, and if the man
who is well could enjoy refraining
from eating too much
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-25
Berte Was siqned.

Berte, the fast shortstop, formerly
manager of the Jacksonville team has
been signed at last by the directors
and is expected to join the team to-
day. Berte should bolster u the team
greatly as he has more ginger than
any man in the league and can play
his position with the best of them.
Berte went to ST. Louis Immediately
after being deposed as manager and
several managers have been after him
since.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-25
The Difference

Stubbornness is fighting to have in q
certain way what you want. Strength
of purpose is getting In the most con.
venient way that presents itself what
you desire.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-25
Left the Team at Burlington Last
Night Saying That He was
Too Sick to Play
Ball.
BERTE WILL REPORT
Mier Injured His Hand In Yesterdays
Game and Came Home Last
Night to Be Doc
tored.

There has been much doing in the
local baseball camp for the past day
outside of losing a double header.
Mier had his hand split, Thomas left
the team and Berte of Jacksonville
was signed by Manager Belt. Thomas
left the club last night and expects to
leave this evening for his home. Berte
is expected to report today at Burling-
ton and be In the lineup against the
Pathfinders.
1t was rumored that Thomas
has jumped his contract but
in conversation with his this
morning a Gate City reporter
learned few facts which would seem
to discredit these reports. Thomas
states that the reason for his leaving
the club was owing to the fact that he
is sick and has been sick ever since
he arrived. 81 have not slept over two
hours any night that have been in
this town Or any town in this league
he said. When asked If Belt had CIV
en- him permission to leave the team
he said that he didn't say that he
couldn't go. 1t seems that he can no
longer stand it to play in the condition
which he is in and just has to have
a rest.
May Have Malaria.
He describes his sickness as effect
ing his head saving that neither him
self nor the doctors who he has con-
suited know just what is wrong with
him although it is very probable that
he has malaria. 1t seems that since
he got spiked in the lip the trouble
has become worse till he can no long
er cavort around the diamond. Thom-
as states that he has already packed
his clothes and will probably leave
this evening for his home in Altoona
Penn sylvania and that if he begins to
feel better in week or SO he will
again join the team.
Mier's Finger Split.
Mier received a bad injury in the
third inning of the game yesterday on
his first trip to the hat getting hit
by one of Spencer's wicked shoots on
finger on his right hand. The Bur
lington Hawk-Eye states that his fin.
gernail was torn off but Mier said
this morning that his entire finger
was split and that the injury made
him sick. Just previous to his get
ting hurt Lemon had his hand split
and both the victims were in hands
of the doctor at about the same
time. Mier came home last night in
company with Thomas and this morn
ing visited the doctor to have the
bandages renewed. He will not be
able to get into the game again for
some days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-25
Work Of Excavatins for the Placing in
Of Three New switch tracks
Begun Yester-
dsy.
THE BUSINESS is BRISK
Notable Increase In Freight Business
and Passenger Traffic Exceed
insIly Heavy at
Present

The uptown c., B. & @. freight
yards are being enlarged, work of ex-
cavating for the placing in Of new
tracks having begun yesterday and to-
day dozen teams and force of thir.
ty men have cleared away large por-
ton of the embankment between Fifth
and Seventh streets and in the alley
between Exchange and johnson
streets In that locality
A month ago the work of enlarging
the present five track up town
yards was planned and work has been
commenced and three additional
tracks will be placed up town, en-
larging the yards to twice their pres
ent size and giving better facilities for
the large number of cars which re-
Gently have been congesting the
yards with the large increase of local
freight business.
One track will be run from between
Fifth and Sixth to Seventh street in
the alley and the other two will be
placed between the tracks already laid
and the alley track.
Business Increase.
With the fall season coming on, a
notable increase IN freight business
can be seen and with the first of Sep
TENDER the local switchmen and rail-
road men will have their hands full
with the fall business as is the usual
order of things.
The past summer season has been
unusually brisk in the freight traffic
line and the usual slump in business
during the present hot weather
months was not so noticeable as dur
ing the previous seasons. For the past
six weeks, long freights have made
their appearance each day and extras
have been frequently required to han
die the overflow of business.
Though the weather has interfered
greatly with grain shipments, on &C.
count Of the continued drouth through
out the middle west other shipments
have been goou.
Passenger business during the sum
mer season, coming to close has
been one of the busiest, say railroad
men in several years and not since
the st. Louis Worlds Fair in '04, has
passenger traffic on the local and
main lines been so good and thou.
sands of people have been handled
| by the various lines running the four
| compass points during the past sew.
eral months. In the matter of crowds
| the Seattle exposition has thus far
been success and many people have
made the trip who would otherwise
have passed up a trip of several hun
| bred miles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-25
mpaid in EuIln

Cedar Falls Record: The official
announcement is made that the peach
crop in Iowa will be complete fail
ure this year. Well, we will have to
get along without the luxury of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-25

MARIETTA:
Order Gold Medal Flour II your folks are
resnickity about their victuala. SALLY ANN.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-25


-, G., 8. & G. aallway Co.
iains iease from Union Depot
oei 'ns and tickets, Fifth aud Jonu-
sou slfeeE,
~ South Bound.
w. 81. Louis and south
'e ............... 12:46 am
~ Il 81. Louis aud Kansas
Wy and west, south, leave $40 am
~. \. Quinc3, idnuipal u
o. Louis, leave 1879 pun
~. IT, Quincy and Hannibal
arrive ............... $3.50 pm
Nv. AZ ieave .........s. $40 pm.
North Sound.
NO. {. Chicago. ST PAU and
points west, leave a:35 am
NO. Is, Chicago. st. Paul
ahu points west, arrive -. 1920 pm
w 10. leave ........... 1920 pm
~. D. Burlington, Chicago
anu east. leave ......... 2:05 pm
~ l. burlington. leave -. 1888 am
~ Of. Donnelison, c., B. &
n. C- aid North Road.
leave -. .............. $3.50 pm
So. on, from Donnellson, c.,
q *. c.. & North Road
arrive ...... 1880 am
NO. l, x. G W., west, leave S:J5 am
NO. 4. IRON Centervlile and
points intermediate, arrive 1:15 pm
NO. z. from Centerville and
west, arrive $40 nm
NO. 3. Centeryille, leave :. $40 pun
Daily.
DAILY except Sunday.
f|| a|||||||sI
.r ram 175-Leayes keokuk sos am
.n ram l4l-Leaves Keokuk 1855 pm
Iran. ram 472--Arrives Keokuk 81: 16 pm
Atain 47O-Arrives keokuk .l:v6 pm
Local Freight Trains.
IRAN S6-Arrives Keokuk .l0:15 am
Train 3D. Leaves keokuk .11:20 am
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-25

Y" 3. q g. railway Co.
iains iease from Union Depot.
oei 'us and tickets, Fifth aud Jonu.
son streets.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-16
NEU CHURCH FOR TRINITY
Viii Replace Chapel of the Interces-
sion at I58th Street.

It became known yesterday that Trinity Church
has planned for than year the building OF
= new church in Trinity Cemetery. Washington
Heights to replace the present Chapel Of the Inter
oession al 15Sth street and Broadway. repre-
sentative Of the corporation said that when the
chapel was bought by Trinity in 1907 and became
mart Of Trinity Parish with the understand
Ing that the old building would be taken down and
g new one erected
Although this plan was discussed many months
sro nothing definite had been decided upon TO
the time that the the closing of St Johns
brought Trinity into public view and court itiga-
ton The following statement given out yes
terday by Trinity Church:
Ever since the Chapel Of the Intercession was
taken over nearly years ago Trinity has In
tended build a church to replace the exist
ing structure. Definite plans, however. have not
been determined upon, although ii is fully realized
that the present structure is quite unequal TO the
means abandoned these plans, and fully intends to
carry them out soon as practicable.
The new site in the cemetery is at 155th street
near Broad dway, three blocks from the present
chapel. Il is in corner of the cemetery and is
now lawn. never having been laid out in burial
lots. been said that disposition has yet
been made Of the old site.
St Johns Chapel will not be closed next Sunday,
although every legal obstacle TO Trinitys long in
tended action has ,been removed DR.. Manning has
decided that the confirmation services Satur-
Ca evening VIII be held in II
announced yesterday that Bishop Greer will visit
Johns and confirm the classes. which larger
than usual DR.. Manning will also be present
New-York tribune., 1909-04-16
BACK TO BERMUDA WITHOUT LANDING
Wireless Tells Father His Son Is III, and He
Is Transferred to Outgoing Boat

Through the agency Of the wireless telegraph. b.
W. Walker a commission merchant of Bermuda.
who arrived here yesterday from the islands is now
on the way back to the bedside of his son with
out having set foot Manhattan.
On Wednesday night a wireless message re-
ceved board the Quebec liner Bermudian, west
bound. announcing that MIR. Walkers son would
have undergo a serious operation within few
days. The father became alarmed and appealed
to Captain Fraser, OF the Bermudian to help him.
The skipper a wireless to New York saying
that he would get up TO the pier If possible at 1880
a. Thursday. and asking that the steamer
Prince George. scheduled to sail for Bermuda at
Il a. m. be held for Mr. Walker.
At 1875 a. yesterday the Bermudian came
abeam the Prince George lying her pier. and
Captain Fraser sent MI. Walker in small boat
10 the latter vessel He taken aboard the
Prince George, which cleared for Bermuda before
the Bermudian had made fast to her pier
New-York tribune., 1909-04-16
HCRRTES BACK TO YALE.
Loaded rcith Books and Drinks, Ne1G
Hauen Dealer Caught His Tram.

William L. Force. who is sixty-eigM years
old and runs small book store at Yale came
down to this city yesterday in quest of higher
education He got tin two forms First he
spent q couple Of hours buying load of books
for Yale students and New Haven friends. Sec
ond. he bought load" OF another sort. Ihe
books-there were about twenty of them-he
put under his arms. The drinks he carried
somewhere else
Patroman Connolly, of the East 51st street
station spied Mr.. Force, steering his book our-
dened way with more or less uncertainty through
the streets near 47th street and Fifth avenue,
and placed him under arrest
When arraigned before Magistrate Herman
in the night court, last night, Force made an
.apologetic explanation Of his condition, and ad-
mitted that he had been indiscreet in quench1ns
a thirst that had followed him from New Haven.
The sympathetic magistrate dischar rged the er-
rant bookseller who lost no tipe in catching the
first train back the college town
New-York tribune., 1909-04-16
FOUR TRACKS FOR BRONX.
Mr. Eustis WOnders If They UM 90
Through" Borough.

Commissioner John E Eustis Of the Public Ser
vice Commission when asked yesterday to comment
on the second advertisement OF the Interborough
Rapid Transit Company's series, entitled -Four En-
press Tracks for The Bronx said:
II notice that the advertisement says four
tracks for The Bronx and not four tracks through
The Bronx I would like to see more defniteness
the announcement"
Mr.. Eustis added that the company's proposition
TO third track the Second and Third avenue
elevated lines did appeal 10 him particularly
He thought Interborough would better serve the
publics by building the greatly needed West
Side elevated extension into The Bronx. The com
mission. said, would be willing TO relnquish the
Jerome avenue branch Of the Broadway y-LexingtOn
subway route if the Interborough would
build the West Side L" extension.
Commissioner William McCarroll, commenting on
Joseph II. Choate's argument at Albany against the
bill amending the Public Service Commissions law,
said.
The commission does not seek enlargement
OF its powers The idea is perfect and more
clearly define the powers Of the commission. Con-
TWO years ago has proved marvellously practicable"
On the question of whether the traction com
panies in New York City afford operate
a ve-cent fare basis. Commissioner McCarroH said !:
Nobody has found what the average ride
Of a passenger in New York City is. The commits
sion has done its best to find this out The result
of its Investigations seems to show that the
age ride is little two miles. The companies
afford to operate a fve-cent fare If this IS
the average ride
New-York tribune., 1909-04-16
BULLET ENDS HIS LIFE.
4ccident, Says Coroner, IN Case OF
WeaIthv Contractor.

Martin Rourke. a wealthy contractor ana
builder of williamsburg. who had lived in that
section for forty years and had built more than
five hundred houses there. found dead
with bullet in his brain. yesterday afternoon
in his room in the house at No. 100 Taylor
street which he occupied with his son anu
daughter James and Elizabeth. Mr. Rourke
had planned to go to New Jersey in the after-
noon with f.is son appraise some real estate
Soon after luncheon he went to his room 10 pre-
pare for the trip. Having stayed longer thah
she thought necessary. his daughter went up
to call him. She received no answer TO her
knock and opened the door to find her father
lying on the floor dead Near him was the re-
volver with which he had been killed.
Coroners Physician DR.. Charles Wuest, VINO
was summoned said that the bullet had en-
tered Mr.. Rourke's mouth and had taken
course upward the brain, killing him IN
stantIy. Dr. wuest decided that it was case
of accidental shooting and the police record
agrees with the Coroner's certificate Mr..
Rourke's children said that there was no rea-
son why their father should take his own Ire
and in their opinion the shooting was accl-
dental. MIR. Rourke was sixty years old
New-York tribune., 1909-04-16
TO LOOK UP CAPT. HA1Ns's RECORD
Detectives Sent to New Orleans, Where Ac-
cused Man Was Once Stationed.

Detectives sent to New Orleans yesterday
by District Attorney Frederick c. De Witt of
Queens County to look up the record Of Captain
Peter {. Hams, jr.. who at time stationed
at the United States army barracks in that city
District Attorney De Witt closed his examination
Yesterday of the witnesses for the prosecution when
he disposed Of John Tonning formerly steward at
the Bayside Yacht Club and eyewitness of the
shooting William L. Annis by Captain Hams
Tonning wanted witness by the prosecu-
tion when T. Jenkins Hams tried but could
not be found 1t learned afterward that he
had gone trip TO his old home in Sweden. He
was found IN Brooklyn Wednesday and subpanaed.
Dr. Harris A Houghton, the first physician to
reach Anns after the shooting, also before the
District Attorney.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-16
PRESIDENT GOES; NUGENT TO RETURN.
Brother Peter Seeks Rest After Student Strike
at Manhattan College.

Brother Peter, president OF Manhattan College
was not in his place yesterday morning "he"
T{rother Cvprian blew the whistle that called the
students back their work after the Easter holt
DAYS 1t was announced that ne had left New York
for long rest soon after the students took up the
cause Of John Nugent, who had been expelled. and
strike. In the place OF Brother Peter was
Brother Jerome. one Of the Catholic brotherhood
OF Buffalo who will director of the affairs OF
the college.
Brothers jerome surprised the students Yesterday
afternoon by announcing that he had investigated
the cas- OF Nugent and had decided to renstate
him The director said that in future no secret
societies would be tolerated in the college II was
rurnored that thu recent strike originated among
members Of a fraternity to which Nugent belonged
Meme Wallace the EsQuimau boy, did not return
TO college yesterday and ii was said that he had
started for the home he left to come 10 New York
with Comma nder Peary.