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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06
unbuiIdlno Of a Gentleman.

You will never be able to make a
gentleman out of your boy until you
first make him man. You cannot
make gold ring out Of brass. The
diamond polished was first diamond
in the rough.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06

WANTED At once two girls. good
wages viii be paid. Call in person
At Lee County Home. R H Hart,
superintendent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06
Made Good.

Howard Before marriage he said
he'd go to the ends Of the earth for
her. Coward-"And after marriage
he did ito get away. Life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06
More Sugar from Beets.

BY the use Of improved methods the
percentage of sugar in beet crop hes
been increased on the average within
4 decade from 1850 per cent to 1885.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06
That Il. Some Homes.

"Home is where the heart is" so
the poets say. But some declare that
home IS where the crouch * on dis
PLAY. Kansas City Journal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06
Good Stage for the Boats.

The present stage of water makes
a good one for the boats and a gem
eral flood is hardly expected although
the river has risen quite little and
will continue to rise until the various
small streams reach their normal
stage. In the past twenty-four hours
the river has risen three-tenths of a
foot, resulting from downpour OF
about two and thirty-seven hundredths
inches. with every indication for more
rain. which if it comes is apt to cause
a stage which will overflow lowlands
below here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06
| ~TO-NIGHT
kQ)ocCOle&D|
/ 4 !slz1a,YTaIzr1E ..: Z
Land Fairly Divided.

There are in Great Britain $4,000
holdings Of over one acre, Of which 81
per cent. are under so acres, whereas
only 312 per cent. are over 300 acres.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06

WANTED Competent girl for general
housework- Address p" this Office.
1t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06
Expensive.

"They say he died poor" He did.
You know he raised q large family
of girls and every one Of them gradu-
ated. Detroit Free Press.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06
The Quincy Hhig Speaks"

The quincy WLlS SpedhS
It is likely that Owner Higgins, of
the Des Moines club, will rather lose
the money Hotter has offered for Mer-
tens than toilet him come here, as Hig-
gins feels that Quincy ''butted in on
the Keokuk deal. 1t certainly was a
legitimate and proper s'butt-in" and
Hofer has offered Higgins the amount
he asked for Mertens. but it is doubt
full If he will let the big player come
here.
Although Mertens could be used by
the local management very conven-
iently he will not be missed to great
extent. In spite of the fact that he is
good batter and would drive in many
runs, he can be discounted ID the field
ing game by most Of the local gard
ners every one of whom can handle
anything in the outfield.
1t will be interesting for the fans to
see how the case Is disposed Of and
what disposition is made of the much
wanted player. AS was before stated
he probably will remain with DeE
| Moines, although this is suppositior
| entirely. It looks as though Del
Moines could use new player being
In sixth place in the Western league.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06
lMER1ENS CALLED
TO DIES MONIES
Receives Telegram this MerntnS In
ssraetins Him 70 Repott At
onsS AZ The Capital
CTS
he KNOWS NO DETAILS
Mertens Stated that Ne did not Know
What Mould be Done ia His
ase-Would 90 70
Quincy.

The Merten.s case assumed some
form again this morning when the big
outfielder. over whom there has been
so much trouble between the magnates
OF this league lately. and who has prob
ably been the principal actor In fan
ming bees for the last month received
q telegram from owner Higgins OF the
Des Moines team instruct.ng him to
report at once at the capital city, and
receive instructions. 1t is these in
structions which will be OF vast in
terest to the fans around the circuit
and which even Mertens himself has
no idea as to the nature Of Mertens
left this morning for Des Moines on
the Rock Island at S:45 and will ar
rive there by noon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06

FOR RENT Seven room house. 621
Fulton street Or. H. A. Kinneman-
1t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT New modern dwelling.
north aide, furnace. electric lights,
gSs, -ath- Address 727 Morgan. 1t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06
Possibilities in the Case.

Those who know think that Des
Moines will hold on to Mertens them
selves for the rest of the season,
rather than let Hofer get hold OF
him, for Higgins and Hotter are kind
of mad at each other. and at the
present time, are not in the
mood to do the do unto your neigh.
Dor as you would be done by" act be
tween themselves.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06
Tired q Loaflng.

The big fellow is getting tired Of
hanging around and said this morning
that II he cid not get a place soon he
would quit playing ball for this year
at least He does not think that there
Is much chance Of him getting to play
with Quincy, although he would gladly
do SO, in fact he would be glad to play
with any one just to be In the game.
He was very anxious this morning to
learn the nature CT Mr.. Higgins In
structions but OF course could CLEAN
nothing from the mere telegram and
can only wait until he arrives and en-
tiers into communication with that
Mogul.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06
Damage to Railroads.

The damage to railroads was the
washing out of bridge near the
cooper shop over which the North
road trains Nos. so and 81 run, The
result was that these last mentioned
trains will in all probability have to
go around by way of viele to make
their regular trips to and from L>on-
Nelson. Nearly every year taere is
a washout along this line and this
sort of thing Is usually expected after
a hard rain.
The pile driving outfit from Hanni-
and Immediately left for the scene OF
the wreck. 1t is expected that it can
complete the necessary work required
there in a reasonable time so that
there will not be a very long interfer-
ence with the regular schedules of the
trains. All other trains reported this
morning on scheduled time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06

When your baby cries. when hen y yt he
condition 81 Its bowels. II It is c ED
stipated nor bilious give - " LAMA a
wells Syrup pepein. Price ~ ieAsA y
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06
Fire Station Crippled.

The telephone and light service at
the west end fire station were Grip
pied by lightning, which put both tel
lephones out of commission and the
gamewell had to be repaired this
morning. it also having been put out
OF business during the storm of last
night. The lights in the station house
in West Keokuk were also knocked
out and electricians and linemen were
kept busy at that place this morning,
restoring the service OF lighting tele.
phones and gemewell fire alarm.
In some places boats along the riy-
er front were torn from their mornings
and carried out into the river and pob-
ably lost, though none of the larger
craft at that place were damaged.
IT seems queer to the weather man.
that such severe storm should come
at this time, the past several days
having been almost cold enough to
i start the baseb urner again. A storm
like the one last night generally fol-
lows hot dry spell but such was not
4 the case and the lightning, thunder
and other elements, We'd with each
other in severity.
AS is general after hard rains like
the one we have been having for the
past two days the streams become
very much swollen and many bridges
are in danger of being washed or car
ried away by the speed and volume Of
| the torrents which are developed III
what is ordinarily peaceful creek
! Of course the superfiuous water from
these in time feed the rivers and caus,
them to rise in alarming proportions
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06
STORM PLAYED
BAD TRICKS
The car,ewell Service, the Lights
and Telephones Were Out OF
Business at West End
RAILROAD wAsHoUTs
Storm Came at Nest Unexpected
Time, During Cool Spell
and Night Was
Bad One.
WASHOUTS

The electrical storm during tie
night was one of the worst in this vi
entity for many years, is what the old
Ier residents OF the city said this morn
ing, when the down Jour, the thunder
and the lightning had ceased and the
skies had cleared.
1t was one of the worst nights to
sleep that one can remember in some
time and the crash of the lightning
and sharp, almost incessant peals OF
thunder, made the night one to be re-
membered for some tune.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06
No Known Damage.

Although the electrical storm was
one OF the fiercest for several years,
there was no damage reported today
as a direct result of the storm which
commenced at IL o'clock and contin.
ued into the early hours of the morn
ing.
a number Of telephones throughout
the city. were knocked out of commits
sion by the lightning. which was in
tense during the night and the nigh,
seemed as bright as day with the con
tinued electrical flashes which were
frightening to those who had occasion
to be out in the storm during the
night.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-27
Discoveries in the Air.

The growth of ballooning has led
to many curious investigations touch
ing the atmosphere and its inhab-
itants. By the use of anchored bal
looms with self-registering instruments
some of the experiments of deep-sea
sounding have been repeated aloft.
At Strasburg sounding balloons have
been sent to height of nearly $4,000
yards, and 10000 yards to 10000 yards
is not an uncommon height. One of
the astonishing things said to have re-
suited is the discovery at height Of
1900 yards of an isothermal zone in
which. contrary to experience up to
that height. temperature does not d.
minish with recession from tina earth.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-27

and misery. / advise all suffering
women to take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. "-MRs. EMMA
WHEATON, Vienna, w. Va.
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or HARM
full drugs, and today holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases of any similar medi-
cine in the country, and thousands of
voluntary testimonials are on file in
the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, from women who have been
cured from almost every form of
female complaints, Inflammation, ul-
ceration, displacements, fibroid tnmors,
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every such suffering woman owes it to
herself to give Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound a trial.
If you would like special advice
about your case write a cOnfiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-27
SYNOPSIS.

Vanishing Fleets a story of what
might have happened" opens in Wash
1ngton with the United States and Japan
on the verge OF war. Guy Hitler, sec
rotary OF the British embassy. and Miss
Norma Roberts. chief aide of Inventor
declares war and takes the Philippines.
Guy Hitler starts for England. Norma
Roberts with military officers also leaves
washington on mysterious expedition for
the Florida coast. Hawaii is captured
by the laps. All ports are closed Tokyo
learns OF missing japanese fleet and
whole world becomes convinced that
United States has some powerful war
agency. England decides to send a fleet
TO American waters as Canadian pro-
lection against what the British suppose
u q terrible submarine flotilla. Hitler is
also sent to Canada TO attempt to force
his way through American liIes with a
message. British fleet departs amid mis-
givings of English. Fleet mysteriously
disappears. Hitler makes failure of eff
fort TO deliver message TO the president
War between Great Britain and Germany
Is threatened. The kaiser disappears.
King Edward of England is confronted by
Admiral Beyins OF the United States. and
upon promising to present the missing
British admiral, the monarch agrees to
accompany Bevins on tour. which the lat
ter says will uncover the agent of war
and end all conflicts. The Dreadnaught.
biggest of England's warships. is dis
Thames. much TO the mystery of the
kingdom. The story goes back to time
many months before the war breaks out.
and Inventor Roberts visits the president
and cabinet. telling of and exhibiting a
metal production. This overcomes fric-
ton when electrified and is to be applied
60 vessels to increase speed to over 50 miles
an hour.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-27

turbed when the anchor chains went
rumbling through their hawser pipes.
Like an army of ants, drilled and
acc1imated. they swarmed out upon
the land, the sappers clearing the way,
the carpenters DOMINIC their aprons
and grasping their tools while piles of
lumber, kegs of bolts and nails, and
mountains of iron sheathing accumu-
lated upon the beach. And then, as
the ringing of multitude of ham,
mers and the steady biting song of the
saws filled the air with sounds of in
dustry, great cases of machinery
swung up from the holds, floated dig
lilly to the bulwarks, and went slowly
down to the lighters A city of tents
sprang up as by necromancy, with gut
tiers to carry off the rains, and sewers
10 prevent disease. Camp surgeons
accustomed to sanitation superin-
tended these outposts, paying as much
attention to the spreading of a mos
quito net 10 keep away the dread
stygomia. as to tautening the canvas
roofs and clearing the grounds.
All available means of a resource
full nation had been gathered together
as an expert driver seizes the reins
OF four-in-hand and guides his horses
along n known road to a given desti-
nation, and all with the regularity
which would distinguish the work had
1t been the most unimportant action
of every day industry.
Norma, having no part In this task
of construction, wandered idly up and
down the decks or round the clearing
throughout the day; and as she
watched she saw the birth of a NINA
ture city, saw the heaps of material
on the beach dissipated, saw tall steel
smoke stacks poke their SUBMITS up
ward supported by spider-like cables.
saw shining, corrugated roofs spread
themselves protectingly over floors
wherein machinery was already being
placed, and wondered at the accom-
plishment
The sun went down, losing itself
among the keys and waters of the
farther west, before a bugle gave a
quick imperative summons and the
toiiers dropped their tools for the
evening meal. Many of the officers.
some of them grimy and stained with
work, their linen no longer immacu-
late, and their hair unkempt, came
aboard the gunboat for dinner. They
ate hurriedly like men in the field. and
one by one, with scant apology to
their fellow diners. disappeared. Norma
was almost the last to leave the cabin
and appear on deck, which to her sur
prise was vacant. Even as she glanced
along its deserted length there came a
whistle from the shore.
Darkness had descended abruptlv
and piled its blackness over the is
lands and the seas of the tropics. The
palm trees and shrubbery out to the
west were silhouetted against the last
faint light of day, and from the
swamps of the island came the
cries of night fowl, the whir and
chirruping noise of insect life.
and the nionotonous croaking of
frogs. swinging here and there in
erratic circles. Ike fairies of the jun
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broad reaches or the Atlantic, will
destination unknown
A general order had been ISSUED
and made public. that, inasmuch a.
the poaching of Cuban fishermen OF
American grounds round lower Flor
ida and the keys demanded attention
the gunboat Penobscot had been de
tailed to patrol those waters. In the
United States this attracted no atten
ton; but the swarthy fishermen o.
the tropics took warning and no longer
steered their smacks to the forbidden
waters, struggling their shoulders in
impotent wrath.
Rumor had 1t that the transport
was carrying mechanics and laborers
to the Philippines, where a new dry
dock was to be constructed, and the
collier was generally supposed by
men of the waterfront to be laden with
materials for this work And so, de-
spite the momentous significance of the
sailing of these three ships, the world
remained In ignorance, paid little
heed, or forgot.
Those yoyagers who were in the
secret looked forward with eagernecs
to the task before them, realizing to
the full that on them depended much.
And of these was Norma, who leaned
over the stern rail of the Penobscot
as it dropped down the harbor,
watched the lights of the city grow
dim in the distance, saw the great.
silent statue of liberty rear itself
against the sky, and felt the first free
swell lift and sway the deck beneath
her feet. Her departure had not been
pleasant.
There on the land behind was the
man whom she seemed doomed for
ever to hold at arms length She had
parted from him with the announce
ment that her father was compelled to
go south for time, and had insisted
on her accompanying him. For how
long? All, that could be but conjec-
ture: perhaps for two or three months.
Was he i'll? No, not exactly: but he
was going away and needed her. Yes.
she would write occasionally from Mi
ami, Fla; but not often. because her
charge would demand her time. And
so, answering and evading. filed with
yearning. and yet debarred from Civ
ing confidence. she had hidden him
gcod-by and come to this: Sailing
away in the night with all the furtive-
ness and mystery which enshrouded
pirate ships of old bent ON plumber
and rapine.
The days of the voyage were much
alike; filed with work. Down in the
cabins the engineers and machinists
drew hasfy plans of buildings, then
marked spots where machines were to
have floor space, drew diagrams for
transmission of power. and consulted
charts showing she depths of water
round their prospective shipyard.
They had not even time to watch the
devious course in and out among the
Islands which marked their entry 70
the scene of ton. When the nulsatjons
OF the screw stopped and the shin
ceased her vibrations. they were s,ill
at their several tasks. and were dis
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-27

Il. 1lukndm 3 tcBe-
table Compound.
Eleven years ago 1
was a walking
shadow. Ihad been
under the doctors
carebutgotnorelief.
My husband per-
suaded me to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound anditworked
like a charm. 1t re-
lieved all my pains
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OWES
HER
LIFE TO
Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Vienna, w. Va. ct feel that owe
the last ten years of my life to Lydia
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-24
MINNESOTA MAN A VICTIM
Tomas p. Lien Of RushviIIe Killed by
Mrs. Belle Guinness.

Mrs. Belle Guinness.
Another victim of Mrs. Belle Cum
ness, arch murderess of Laporte, Ind,
has been identified as Tomas Pc
ter Lien of Rushford, this state.
Samuel p. Lien, who recently returned
from sea cruise Of three years in the
Pacific ocean, identified a watch that
had been found in the burned ruins of
the Guinness house as one that be-
lOnged to his brother Tomas
On his return home from sea last
week Lien learned that his broth r
had gone to Laporte on April 2, 1907,
following correspondence with Mrs.
Guinness, whose advertisements for a
husband he had read in Norwegian
paper, and had not been heard from
by relatives since. Tomas had taken
$1,000 with him, sewed in his clothes,
to pay mortgage on Mrs Guinness
farm, it was learned. In return for
this money Mrs. Guinness was to be-
come his wife.
Liens body was one of the ten hor-
ribly mutilated corpses found buried
about the Guinness yard.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-24
News Of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
WOMAN JUMPS FROM BRIDGE.
Minneapolis Suicide Said TO
Have Been Demented.

Mrs. Elizabeth Rudd, aged twenty
five, jumped to her death in the Mis-
sissippi river from the steel arch
bridge at Minneapolis. Many people
witnessed the woman's leap.
It was at first reported that Mrs.
Rudd had thrown baby into the river,
but it cannot be learned from her
business associates or, others who
knew her that she had a child, so the
police are inclined to believe that
what witnesses of the tragedy took
to be babe in arms was only bun
die Mrs. Rudd was carrying
Mrs. Rudd was married two years
ago, but left her husband soon after
the wedding and has since lived alone.
Her sister, Miss Esther Marstrander.
said that for some time Mrs. Rudd had
been slightly demented.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-24
COMMISSION IS APPOINTED
Will Promote Improvement of River
Transportation.

VIII TIOtIOIS improvement OF tJvcF
Transportation.
Impetus was given to the movement
for deeper waterways when Governor
Eberhart appointed state waterways
commission, the work of which will
be to promote such projects for the
Improvement of river transportation
as shall be found advisable after in
vestigatiol. Although until the meet
ing of the next legislature the new
commission will be somewhat handi-
capped because of lack of funds, the
work will be taken up and advanced
as much as possible. When the legis-
lature meets it is expected that the
commission will be aided by appro-
priation and its scope of action defined
by statute. The following were ap-
pointed: s.-s
Colonel James H. Davidson, St. Paul,
chairman; Alexander McDougal, Du-
luth; w. D. Washburn, Jr, Minneapo-
lis; l.. G. Spooner, Morris, and Theo-
dore Void, Winona.
With the appointment of the COM
mission, Minnesota aligns itself with
Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and other
states which already have such bodies
to aid in the general movement for i'm
proved inland waterways.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-24
EBERHART WANTS ECONOMY
Does Not Desire Abolition Of Oil and
Boiler Inspection.

Two wv NSStS NUOiiIIOH Ol VII ana
Boiler Inspection.
II want the state oil and boiler in
spection done in businesslike man
ner and when I advocate the aboli-
ton of those departments I do not
advocate the abolition of the inspec-
ton. l think we could have better
inspection at less COST"
This statement was made by Gov
ernor A. O.. Eberhart to supplement
his recent speech at Minneapolis,
in which he advocated num-
Der of reforms which the state might
bring about. The governor boarded a
train for Chicago Immediately after
making his speech in Minneapolis and
not until he returned did he know
of the wide publicity that the speech
had been given.
IF the law were made stricter and
certain standards for oil established
and then severe penalties provided for
any company selling oil not up to
standard, the state would not need to
spend 100000 year for oil inspec-
tion," he explained.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-24
Forced Into Exile.

VIM. Upchurch of Glen Oak, Okla,
was an exile from home. Mountain
air, he thought, would cure frightful
lungracking cough that had defed all
remedies for two years. After six
months he returned, death logging his
steps. s'Then I began to use DIR.
Kings New Discovery" he writes,
land after taking six bottles am as
we'll as ever" It saves thousands
yearly from desperate lung diseases.
Infallible for Coughs and Colds, 1t
dispels Hoarseness and Sore Throat.
Cures Grip, Bronchitis, Hemorrhages,
Asthma, Group, Whooping Cough.
SOC and S1.O0, trial bottle free, guar
anteed by 0. NJ. Olsen, Druggist.