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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25

sons, Mrs. Chas. Holdefer and son
Misses Irma Holdefer and Mary Nil
Ter spent Sunday at Martin Webers.
Miss Rose Thereof was an over sun.
day visitor in Ft. Madison.
Several from here attended .be
church dedication at Houghton Thurs.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs Leroy Koch and SONS
spent Sunday at Jacob Rochs.
irwin and Merle Frank of Mt sterl.
ing are visiting relatives here.
REV VIM. Kreis and son Arthpr
came home Friday morning from two
weeks visit in Fredericksburg. Iowa
Carl Bank left for Des Moines Mon.
Gay evening where he will attend a
three months summer school.
Misses Lulu Klingler and Mabel
schmidt spent Sunday with Miss
Theresa Dalms.
Misses Clara Graeber and Minnie
Halffner visited with Miss LAIR. CT
Sunday. :
Mr. ana Mrs. Gene Haffner. Misses
Juiia Roth and Lille Haffner drove
/ TO FIT. Madison last Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip sniesz ~. =,
and Mrs. E. H. Hulsebus spent smn
day with Mr. and Mrs. Geo Kircbna r
Mrs. Dora E. Wiegner rat,,rnaa
nome Friday evening from 4 savera1
days stay in Pennington = : a
! Mrs. Chas. Holdefer and gr.nd.ou
John and Joseph, were Mt Pleassnt
callers Thursday. "'aii' :
Mrs. L. R. Reid who has bear -.
sick the past two weeks il abIa i'i.e ~
! UP again. e - pe
Mrs. John Wilhelm and daughter ~
Franklin visited her son. cbaa ~ !,
| wife, IN our city Monday evening :
/ Mr.. and Mrs. L. e. Rarnaa
/ daughter of LaCrew visited in o,r e ana
the past week. "a o'sy
Sunday afternoon after the han
/ game between Pennington and ~
nelson, John Verrnazen's team ~
came unmanageable and threw b,,, - :
the ground, breaking his arm ba,o~
the elbow. He was taken r. ~,
home of DR.. Washburn who de-
the arm. and was then taken home !,
Mr.. Southerland's automobile Il :.
Z hoped by his many friends that he u,a
get along alright and soon be abla :,
use his arm again.
Mrs. John Vogt and mother NJ,
Ball of Primrose spent SUNDAY n ~
lefty.
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entertained BY their aunt, Mrs. Albert
Lamm last week.
Thursday Mrs. ]. w. Hawkins receiv-
ed the sad news of the death OF her
niece. Mrs. Addie Glazebrook. at her
late home at Phoenix, Arizona. Mrs.
Glazebrook was twenty-seven years of
age and had spent the greater part OF
her life in Keokuk. Having been in
i'll health for several years, she with
her husband and parents went to Arr
iona in October. 1908, hoping the
change of climate might restore her to
normal health. The deceased was the
only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Heinze. who with the husband. Albert
Glazebrook and three brothers, George,
of Phoenix, Arizona, Edward and ia
cob of Keokuk are bereft OF patient
wife, loving daughter and kind
sister.
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=, =. Z. y & -.
that the Indians have played most Of
the games at home. PA Belt will
send his scouts to victory often
enough to keep within few points o.
the top.
Today ne take the first Of three
straight from Kewanee.
The jumps slapped little fine on
Belt Monday. but he doesn't mind that
a Bit The Keokuk manager Is 50
eager to win that he forgets himself
now and then and let's. fly wild one
Joseph Waitalwircz, the Burlington
catcher reported early in the season.
has been recalled by Ned Egan from
Superior. to take the place of Ed
krebs, who was released yesterday.
Cedar Rapids and Springfield went
nfteen innings to tie yesterday, the
count being 2 and 2. There have been
several long games, in the Three-Eye,
but the Central Association games
have been broken up early in the
melee in most instances thus far.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25
KIDNEY & BLADDER
DISEASES ARE FATAL
In Many Cases Unless the Deadly
Uric Acid Poison Which GAUGES
Them, u Removed.

| The symptoms OF uric acid poison,
or kidney and bladder disease, are
many. and easily recognized. Among
them are chronic weak and aching
back respectfully in evidence when at
tempting to lift something or to raise
suddenly from STOPPING position)
sharp. stabbing pains and bitches in
the back. groin. and limbs. muscular
soreness, twitchings, etc.
Some of the more dangerous results
are gallstones and gravel inHamma,
| ton, painful. scalding sensation and
sediment in the urine. impure blood
and Its long train of evils, sciatica,
| dropsy, chronic diabetes, Bright's dis.
ease, and other fatal maladies.
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills
very speadily and permanently rectify
any arrangement OF the kidneys and
bladder that is not past help. They
operate at once. and directly. upon the
kidneys. bladder. and liver. and are es-
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purifying reconstructive, tonic and
curative.
AS an instance OF the great good
which follows upon the use of these
marvellous beneficial Pills note the
case OF Mr.. Geo. F. Gilmore, jackson.
Ga. who writes: I take great pleas
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the most aggravated cases Of inflama-
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E. c. Dewitt & Co.. Chicago H..
want every man and woman who have
the least suspicion that they are affiict-
ed with kidney and bladder diseases
to at once write them, and trial box
OF these Pills will be sent free by
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25
First Boat Above
City Of Des Moines|
An Interesting Story Of the Trip Of the First Steamboat
Above Des Moines in the Year 1859

Through the courtesy Of Mrs. Car
oline T. Davis, The Gate City is per
mitted to publish today very inter
esting article Of the first steamboat to
navigate the Des Moines river above
Des Moines, Iowa.
The account of the trip is written
In the autobiography of C. F. Davis
and will no doubt be OF much interest
to citizens along the Des Moines river
as far as Fort Dodge as we'll as an
interesting local story of the trip OF
the steamer which was captained by
C. F. Davis.
Mr.. Davis was member OF the
Wholesale grocery firm OF Chittenden-
McGavic and Co., who were located
In this city in the fifties. The trip
made by the steamer will be more In
teresting also because OF the recent
run from Des Moines to this city by
Major M. Meigs and party In their
work of sounding the channel from
the capital city to the mouth OF the
Des Moines.
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CAS- ORA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s ss.ss sss q l17z1zal
DoNNELLsoN NEWS.


DONNELLSON, Iowa, May 25.-Mrs.
Chas. Holdefer and son Morris Carl
and sister, Miss Mary Miller, Of Rey-
nolds, Ind, arrived in our city Thurs
day for weeks visit.
Edward H. Wiegner of Pennington
spent Sunday at home.
Misses Alma Bank and Julia Roth
left for Mt. Pleasant Friday morning
for a weeks visit.
Miss Laura NJ. Seyb is home from
weeks stay in Kahoka and New
Boston.
Miss Mary Schmidt spent Sunday
with Miss Rosie Koch.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Holdefer and
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The boat was laid up at the banh
wherever night overlook us, only run
ming in day light, warping through the
locks at Bonaparte and Bentonsport.
Had Good Times.
/ One OF the pilots was 8 violinist
and at several places where we tied
up to shore for the night, with as
sistance Of the neighboring bellies and
beaux. had old fashioned dances.
| Our cargo being billed through fol-
Fort Dodge, we made no stops for
way business and arrived at Dies
Moines Friday evening, where we re.
manned all night.
Saturday morning we left Des
Moines, our boat being light draught
and the river good stage of water,
we passed over the dam at Des
Moines and arrived that evening at
the Boonsboro landing, several miles
from the town OF that name. There
we remained for the night, some par
ties coming over from the town. we
had dance In building ON shore.
Between this point and Fort Dodge.
we ran out of fuel and had to land
several times. all hands going to the
woods to gather dead timber to keep
our fire going.
Came Miles.
The shrill whistle of the boat every
now and then brought people in to the
river bank for miles back, to see a
boat. That evening Sunday we
made a landing at farm owned by
man named Merricles. short distance
below Fort Dodge. The farmer being
very anxious for supplies. made my
first sale Of groceries to him. the bill
amounting to $1o0.60 which he paid in
gold.
The next morning, Monday. about
noon we steamed up to the landing at
Fort Dodge. The town was up on the
high ground some distance from the
river but all the population were at
the landing to greet us.
went on shore with my invoice and
by noon OF next day. the cargo was
all sold and paid for in gold, that be-
ing the currency Of the country then.
The merchants of Fort Dodge whom I
remember as purchasers, were NJ. NJ.
Hare. S. C. Hinton. Gregory & Mes.
more, J. I. Howe. Chas. Ranke and F..
A. Blackshire, one of the pilots of
the boat w.o lived at or near the
town.
Grew Honored.
On the evening OF the day our boat
arrived. the citizens OF Fort Dodge
gave a dance at Masonic hall in honor
OF the arrival of the first steamboat
loaded with freight for that port. I
now have one of the invitation cards
used upon that occasion, on which
appear the following names as man.
ayers: Maj William Williams, Hon.
W. w. Messervy, Hon. J. S. stockdale,
C. c. Carpenter, L. L. Please and L.
Mericle.
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first thought that his ankle was brok-
en-, but an examination proved that
only bad bruise and deep cut had
been made. Cannon took up the
pitching at this stage and made good.
Incidentally Cannon got plastered with
a $40 fine for speaking forcibly OF a
decision made by his honor, the jumps.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25
NEGRO'S BLOW
ENDED HAGUE
Put Heavy Right to Yorkshire Mans
Chin and the Fracus was all
Over In an Instant.

LONDON, May 25.-Sam Langford,
the colored heavyweight OF Boston,
knocked out Ian Hague, the heavy
weight champion Of England. Ia the
fourth round. The fight, which was
for a purse of $4,000 and the cham
pionship. was scheduled to go twenty
rounds.
In the first round Hague was slow
to start. Langford had shade the
better of it until the end Of the round,
when Hague reached him with a hook
to the jaw. This seemed to encourage
the Britisher, and although no dam.
age was done in the second round he
showed more cleverness than the col
ored man.
Langford opened the third with a
hard left to the face, and he used this
blow effectively several times before
the gong sounded. Hague. however,
partially closed the Americans eye
with hard right swing.
The men came up together In fast
mix-up at the opening of the fourth
and Langford put terrific rign on
the Yorkshire mans chin which end
ed the contest.
o'Brien and KetcheI Matched.
PHILADELPHIA. May 25.-Jack
O'Brien and Stanley Ketchel are
matched to fight six rounds inthis city
June 9Th.
Declared a Rraw.
LONDON, May 25.-The bout be.
tween Jimmy Walsh, American, and
Digger" Stanley of London, for the
England. was declared draw at the
end of fifteen rounds.
Knocked Out in First Round.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 25.--Mike
Mesic. of Chicago, knocked out Walter
Little, of Chicago, in the first round.
Gotch Defeats Olson.
OMAHA. May 25.Frank Gotch
defeated Charles Olsen. of st. Louis,
in 21:4o and Is minutes, respectively.
Sporting Tips.
No game at Jacksonville yesterday.
The Boiler Makers are our meat to.
day.
A Waterloo paper predicts that Keo-
kuk viii slump on the road arguing
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25

Mary weak. nervous women have
been restored t health BY Eoley's Kid
ney Remedy as 1t stimulates the kid
neys SO they will eliminate the waste
matter from the blood. Impurities
depress the nerves. causing nervous
exhaustion arl other ailments. Com
me- zee today and yca win sc on be well.
Pleasant to take. Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25

For burn or scald apply Chamber.
lain's Salve. 1t will allay the pain Il,
most Instantly and quickly heal tba
injured parts. For sale by Wilkinson
& Co. and J. F. Kiedaisch Sen.
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Of
Health Free

The army and the navy are the safcf
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NO remedy but a laxative could win this
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re the basis Of all health. and DR.. CAD.
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y me stomach and inteEtines so tnse
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wpmen, children, old people and all Others
VINO need q gentle laxative and who car ar
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rather try It free before buying. send your
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TENS OF thousands OF people are learnihs
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the doctor as follows; II believe In ~.
Caldwell Syrup Papsin. WIN never Use
but pr caldwell'a Syrup Pepsin. Inas
Now you use II, either in the free tria!
or the regular SO cents or 81 bottle, and
you VIII soon share Mr.. Edwards opinion.
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Il viii be noticed in the above table
that the attendance at the games last
SUNDAY are doubled, counting two ad-
missions for each person who attend
ed the game.
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$4,000 EASY
FOR HANNIBAL
City has Already Accounted for 1885
Of its Guaranteed Attendance
In Less Than 4 Month.

The attendance at the games in
Hannibal are the surprise of the Cen
trail Association. With last Sundays
games the turnstile there has counted
out about $4,000 paid attendance. as
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25

II thereis anything abcn.
your aiIment that you don't
understand. or II you want
any medical advice, wriLs
10 tho doctor. and hs WIZ
answer you fully. There y
no charge for this services =
The address Is Or. W. p
Caldwell, SOS Caldwell bldg
Monticello. III.
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KEOKUK INDIANS
IDLE YESTERDAY

Of Louisiana, Mo-, $50 lbs. each Best
2 IN 3. limited to Is minutes elapsed
time.
s:15- Second preliminary. Gus
Ridge, OF Hannibal, Mo-, VS.. Will
Feeley, Of shelbyville, No. Best 2 in
3. for lightweight championship Of
Missouri. Limited to 80 minutes
elapsed time.
SIS emi-windup, Wrestling Roy
all Eight students of Gem City
Business college will wrestle stimuli
taneously, the last man. UP to be de-
clared the winner. Limited to 30 min
utes. Contestants: T. F. Tezzia,
(1Tol: j. NJ. Douglas. 140): "A. T..
White, (16o); Diamond Dick" (160):
skinny" Sewer, (130); Red" God
den, (165); F. g. Gex, (170).
Main event, Fred Bartl vs.
Young Miller. of st. Paul, best 3
in 3, catch-as-catch-can style, Police
Gazette rules, strange hold barred
For $500 side bet, purse and worlds
welterweight championship.
Belts Trouble.
Jacksonville Morning Journal:
There were great doings at West
Side ball park Sunday afternoon. A
total OF Is runs were made by the
two teams and the number Of hits
totaled 26. The error column showed
that but five mistakes had been
made in fielding If the mistakes in
department of the players had been
kept it would have taken two figures
to count them. Pa Belt, at least in
the judgment of the umpire, was the
chief offender in this line. He was
twice fined IS, was later ordered to
the bench and finally Umpire KnowI.
ton requested Deputy Sheriff Chuck
Wannamaker act as escort. al.
though there we're no bellicose inten-
tons displayed by the Redskin man.
ager at the time of his retirement
Five pitchers participated in the bat
tie. O'Hearn and Bramble were the
opposing twirlers when the game
opened. Bramble did not last through
the initial round and Bluejacket. the
Indian. who pitched for Pittsfield in
the Billy" Sunday game last fall,
was substituted O'Hearn lasted un
til the third, when he retired in fav-
or of Akers. The latter was spiked in
the last part of the fourth by Oyler.
who made the third out. 1t was at
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A Waterloo paper predicts that Keo-
kuk will slump on the road arguing
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Declared a Rraw.

LONDON, May 25The bout be.
tween Jimmy Walsh, American, and
Digger Stanley of London. for the
England. was declared a draw at the
end of fifteen rounds.
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Snortlnn Tins

No game at Jacksonville yesterday
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Gotch Defeats Olson.

OMAHA. May 25.-Frank Gotch
debated Charles Olsen. of st. Louis,
in 21:4o and IS minutes, respectively.
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Knocked Out in First Round.

MEMPHIS. Tenn, May 25.--Mike
Mesic. of Chicago, Knocked out Walter
Little, of Chicago, in the first round.
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The Boiler Makers are our meat to-
day.
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O'Brien and ketchel Matched.
PHILADELPHIA, May 25.-Jack
OiBrien and Stanley Ketchel are
matched to fight six rounds inthis city
June 9Th.
The Washington times., 1909-05-23
VISITORS To BEACH
SEE STORMS WORK

ATLANTIC CITY, n. J., May -
Glorious sunshine. in contrast ID wealth
er for. the past two days. brought Joy
to the boardwalk crowd before noon to-
day.
The chief pastime Of the visitors today
was the promenade Of the full-length of
the walk to peep at the damage done by
the gale that swept the coast on Fri
day and Saturday. CuEious crowds visit
ed the steel pier, to take a peep at the
partially wrecked section which was
hammered down when the big breakers
caught it unsupported during repairs.
Thousands of curious visitors visited
the beach at Pennsylvania avenue to-
day to see the crucifx Of sand which re-
sisted the storm waves that wiped out
practically every other pier OF the beach
statuary in its path,
Suuerstitious ones still insist that the
resistance to the storm by the religious
figure, built of the crumbiing sand IS
q miracle, and the sand artists refuse
TO touch the figure even to make slight
repairs until the storm is over.
The beach IS still strewn with wreck
age, fioated along the coast troIE other
points, where small craft and fiimsy
shooting boxes and other small build
ings were wrecked by wind and waves.
The Washington times., 1909-05-23
BISHOP GALLOWAY
IS HONORED TO-DAY

\ memorial meeting in honor of
the late Bishop Charles B. Galloway
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South. was held this afternoon at the
Mt. Vernon Place Methodist Church.
Ninth and K streets northwest, with
a large number of the friends of the
late bishop present
The Rev. J. Howard Wells, pastor
Of this church, presided and introduc-
ed the speakers. Addresses by the
Rev f V. Tudor, .. D., on behalf
of the NJ. F. Church South: the Rev
J. W. r. Sumwalt. u. D, district SUI
perintendent of the Washington dis
trict. ana Harry Peyton, on behalf OF
the Mississippi Society, are on the
program.
The Washington times., 1909-05-23
SUPPLY OF COPPER
IS RUNNING SHORT

LONDON. May civilian H
Nichols, president Of the Nichols Copper
Company of New York, which turns out
one-fifth OF the copper used in the
world, or ~, 000.O0O pounds a year, told
the Munsey. News Service correspondent
today that in bis opinion the world could
not supply enough copper TO meet COM
merdal requirements, at the present
price of Is cents a pound
Consequently copper" said Nichols,
lis bound to increase in price until IL
goes far above the quotation II reached
Just before the late American financial
disturbance, which was % cents There
is a likelihood of a copper famine in
the near future"
The Washington times., 1909-05-23
SLIDING SCALE BENEFITS
BOTH PEOPLE AND
GAS COMPANIES.

the public mind was filed with distrust,
and every piece OF gas legislation pro-
posed by the corporations met with i'm
mediate and stubborn opposition because
it was viewed. and properly so. with
suspicion The public sought Es}ief from
the infections Of chaotic situation,
and the formation of the Boston Fran
chise League was the result.
The Leagues Work.
'''chis league, composed of representa-
tive business men whose interests were
involved, realized that its first duty was
70 allay the public distrust OF the gas
companies by bringing the latter to un-
derstand that they must serve the pub
lie interest. The coming of James S.
Richards as president of the Boston
Consolidated Gas Company has had
much to do with restoring that corpora
ton In public favor. In fact, it is only
Justice to Mr.. Richards TO say tbst he
has been one of the biggest tacIors III
correcting long-standing evils that were
the OutgTOWth Of bad gas management
THAT Boston has today what might
be called the nearest approach to Ideal
gas service conditions among any OF the
American municipalities Is in 4 large
measure due to Mr.. Richards efforts.
In Use Five Years.
''The sliding scale plan was adopted
in Boston about Eve years ago, after
representatives of the FRANCHISE League
had investigated the subject in Eng
land, where 1t is in force in most OF the
larger cities of Great Britain. The
author of the plan, Sir James Livesey,
aided the inquiry of the Boston investi-
GATORS materially, with the result that
when they returned to their city they
were prepared to submit it for adoption
since its adoption in Boston, the Con
sOlidated Gas Company has voluntarily
reduced the price Of its product from 30
cents to 50 cents per thousand feet, al
lowing the company dividend or I per
cent and then second time 10 80
cents. which allows it a dividend of S
per cent.
Would Benefit Washington.
''The same plan. IN Lly judgment,
could be applied with equal satisfac-
ton 10 Baltimore or Washington. pro-
vidine the gas companies o. those cities
and the consumers could b. brought to-
gether in confidence. In is fundamen-
tai principles, this plan could be applied
in anyAcity to any of the public service
corporations"
M. Filene is a stanch believer, too,
in il being the duty OF business men to
handle the civic questions relating to
their community. He says the efficient
men should be the rulers of the cities
and not the self-seeking politicians
whose influence he feels, is often too
strongly felt in the relations between
public service corporations and the
people. Efficiency alone, in his opinion,
is the test of fitness in handling civic
matters, just as IL is ia conducting a
business,