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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-27
shultz For New Trial.

The Gate City Sunday morning con.
tanned a brief mention of the motion
for new trial which has been tiled
in the Schultz C., B. & @. case. Ac-
companying the Motion are three aft
davits that Kelley was not in Keokuk
on March 18th, the day on which the
contents or part of it, was removed
from tne car containing junk An
other affidavit is from a Peoria man
stating that Kelley was in that city
on the day mentioned. The Peoria
chief of police writes that Kelley and
his wife were arrested there for lar
ceny Following are some of the af-
fidavits accompanying the motion:
Maggie Inman says that she is per-
sonally acquainted with the Kelley
family, including William Kelley, and
was on March 30, 1906 and during the
year 1906 said Kelley family lived in
my neighborhood. That William KEEL
ley married a girl by the name of Ce-
liza Griffin and that he and his wife
did not get along together and parted,
and along between Christmas and New
Years, 1905, William Kelley left Keo-
kuk and went to Peoria, ILL.,, 1906: that
when he retu: ned to Keokuk as afore-
said she was sick. and said Kelley
came to her house and asked how she
was getting along. She asked him how
he liked Peoria and he told her he Xix
ed it over there and that he expected
to return soon. She states positive
ly William Kelley was not in Keo
kuk, on March Goth, 1906. Affidavit
states that she understands that said
William Kelley testified in a case
Where Harry Schultz was plaintiff ant
the c., B. and @. was defendant thai
he, said Kelley, was in Keokuk or
March goth, 1906. This affiano knows
to be untrue.
Oscar Becker also states that he /.
personally acquainted with William
Kelley and that he knows said Kelle!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-27
Chicago Live Stock.

CHICAGO, Sept. 81, 1909
Hog receipts, $4,000; estimated to-
morrow, 10000; &c lower; left over.
$500; clearances, good; mixed, S7.S5
@S.5O; heavy sS.1O@S so; rough,
s7.65@s O5; light, 81. eO@S. 45; bulk,
IS. 1908. 40; pigs, $685. 10.
Cattle receipts, $4,000; market
steady, to 1Oc lower; beeves, 81. $50
$50; stockcrs and feeders, So. 600
$50; cows and heifers, 50. 25@6.25;
calves, 81 .oO@9. 90; Texans, ST. 400
$50.
Sheep receipts, S5,OoO market
steady to Zoe lower; sheep, SO 900
500; lambs, s4.00@7 10.
Chicago Live Stock.
Estimated receipts tomorrow-Hogs
1900; cattle, 5000; sheep, $4,000.
ST. Louis Live Stock.
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, Sept. 81
Hog receipts, 1900; steady to strong;
mixed, IS. COOS SO; heavy, $3.50
$50; rough, s7.50@7 80; light, 81. SO
s. 40; bulk, IS O0@S.35; pigs, $1,000
7.75.
Cattle receipts, $500; market
steady, 1oc lower; beeves, $1,000
7.75; stockers and feeders, SO. 500
AIS; cows and heifers, So 25@6. 50;
calves, IS. 5O@S.0 90; Texans. $500
s. 40.
Sheep receipts, 10000; market
steady; sheep, sS.5O@4.75; lambs,
SC. 25@735.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-27
CRY NEWS.

Fire screens at Webers.
See our IL J of aluminium ware. A.
Weber Co.
Choice meats at Hauberts.
Phone Haubert for choice meats.
DIR. F. B. Dorsey has moved his
ONCE to his new building, corner
Seventh and Blondeau.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-27
lmaalnatlon ana ou.eL..,.

u IS neurasthenia which breeds the
almost universal anxiety about health
which is one of the signs Of the times
This leads to a corresponding preva.
ience OF quackery of every kind
British Medical Journal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-27
Life and Licensed Ar.r.,,,,

IN all things below the rance ~
genius IT Is foolish to talk in universal
Terms. Whim is just enough good for
the small matters of every day: and
lie has large areas of licensed an.
archy where truth cannot reach as far
as your next door neighbor.-Frank
Moore Colby.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-27
FUNERAL NOTICE.

RIGNEY-The funeral of the late
James Rigney will be held Tuesday
afternoon at 200 o'clock from the resi-
dence of j. w. Talley. No. 1900 Des
Moines street.
Friends Of the family invited.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-27
To Decipher Worn lrscr;nt,on

WuFH inscription.
10 read an inscription on a silver
com which by much wear has become
opiiterated, heat poker red hot and
pace the coin upon it. The inscrip.
ton VIII plainly appear, of greenish
nue., put Will disappear as the coin
cools. W."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-27
VERDICT AGAINST
CITY OF kEOKUk
City Collector Had no Power to Raise
Assessment on Hubinser
Property, According to
Judge.
OTHER COURT NEWS
French Seduction Case Continued Al.
ter Verdict Had Been Rem
dered by Judge Withrow
in Above Case.

Judge w. s. Withrow rendered de-
cision in the case ON c. r. Weismann,
executor, VS.. City Of Keokuk, at the
opening of district court this after
noon and found for the plaintiff. The
case was one Instituted because of the
increase OF tax assessment by City
Collector Loewenstein, after a report
had been made by the assessor and
had been passed upon by the city coun-
ell. The first assessment on the prop
erty, which is the building at the co.,
ner of Sixth and Blondeau streets, IVES
on che valuation of $1,000 and when
the change was made the valuation
was increased to $4,000 and the tax
LEVIED thereon. This change was made
without knowledge to the plaintiff un-
til time for the payment of the taxes.
French Case Continued.
Following decision in tnis case the
French seduction case was resumed.
The first witness examined was Mr..
Grant, father of Mayme Grant.
plaintiff. He stated on the stand thst
he was "a years of age today, this be-
Ing his birthday. He is probably the
the most preserved, man Of that
age ever seen upon a witness stand
in Keokuk. He is station agent for
the Rock Island at Croton, having held
that position for number OF years
past.
Final report was made in the estate
OF George s. Fuller, deceased.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-27
WANT COLUMN
WANTED.

WANTED Men to learn barber trade.
Few weeks completes. Thoroughly
practical training. Moler graduates
command highest wages. Our d.
plomas recognized everywhere. Shop
experience and wages before complet-
ing. Catalogue mailed free. Moler
Barber College, st. Louis, Mo. tt
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT room house, Gil Elk
change. Water, gas. Enquire 6-s
Exchange street. 1t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

WILL Save you dollars. For the next
ten days will offer car load of
high grade vehicles below factory
prices. w. e. Bates, Coz Main street.
24-6t
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Peoria Cash Grain.

PEORIA, Sept. 27.-Corn-2 yellow,
637k; 8 yellow, 63A; 2 mixed, cay;
mixed, 63A; mixed, 62A.
Oats-3 white, 1914; white, $50
1914; standard, 40.
Receipts, Wheat, /; corn, 80; oats,
8.
ST. Louis Cash Grain Market.
ST. LOUIS. Sept. Wheat-No.
red, $1.16@1.20A; 8 red, s11S@1.17;
2 hard winter, s1.o5@1.1O; hard win.
ter, $1.02@1.06.
Corn-No. 2, 641k@65; 2 white, s5;
2 yellow, IS; 8, e41s; 8 white, 64%;
yellow, 641s; 4, 63k@64.
Oats-No. 2, 39k; 2 white, ~; 8
50; 8 white, 39@41A; white, 3sA a
40.
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WANTED-ten laborers. Apply Nc
ManEs & Tucker. 26-2t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-27
WANTED.

WANTED-Position by experienced
young lady stenographer. Address
"Stenographer," this office. 1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-27

Between Fourth and Concert
and cemetery, child's brown bear
skin CO. Notify Peerless Laundry
Reward 1t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-27

FOR SALE-Four large wood stoves.
Suitable for store or school houses.
H. R. Collins.
LOST.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-27
Liyernool oneninn.
Liverpool Close.

LIVERPOOL. Sept. 27.-Wheat, I'D
igher to unchanged; corn, 1sd higher.
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FOR SALE.

FOR sALE-The Mathew Aston
home. One of the best river view
homes at Hamilton. room brick
house; lots; plenty of fruit and good
water. Terms to suit. Call on or ad-
dress H. G. Williams. Hamilton, Ill.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-27

FOR SALE-Five bull dog pups. In
quire 715 South Fourteenth street
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-27

Chicago Cash Grain Market
CHICAGO, Sept. 27.-Wheat-No. 2
red, s1.15@1.16; 3 red, s1.0S@1.12k;
2 hard winter, s103@1.0S1a; hard
winter, s1.oO@1.O3h; nor. spring,
s1.O2@1O5; 2 nor spring, s1,01@104;
spring, s1o0@1.04.
Corn-No 2, 65@65& white, 65M
@66; 3 white, 65@65%; 8, 64%@
65A; 8 yellow, 65h@65h; 4. $40
641a.
oats-No. 2, SO; white. Al: 8
white, 3S1s @4o%; 4 white. 371s @39;
standard, 4Ota@41A.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-27

FOR SALE-Good home, south side.
Best bargain in city. Call at 524
South Second st.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-27

FOR RENT-The Planters House,
1925 Main street. Enquire of Jacob
Renwald, 1900 Main street.
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-Two dwellings. eight
and ten rooms, north side. modern
improvements. Inquire 727 Morgan.
tt.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
MADE $3.50 ON $285.
How a Lucky Buyer OF "Call'' on
Union Pacific Fared.

From the New York Times.
When the stock market was soaring
stories were many of those who had
profited by their belief that E. II. Harri-
mans death had been sufficiently dis
counted to prevent anything like real
break in the market. None OF the stories
of those who had bought the market in
London or who had put in overnight or
ders to buy at the opening could quite
touch the experience of a customer of
Arthur Levin of the Consolidated Ex-
change, who went into the New street
put and call crowd on Thursday after
noon and snapped up call on 1000 shares
of Union Pacific, good yesterday or to-
day at 1882. This man for $2S5 purchased
a call on 1000 shares at that figure The
call was put out by a customer of Ball
& Whicher who was long of the stock
and Endorsed by that firm. If the buyer
had covered at D71z his profit at the high
price of the day would have been $3.50 On
his investment of $2S5. Like most regu-
lars in Wall street, however he was not
willing to risk his profits and began to
cover at 200H, selling one-half of his call
between that price and 206 at an averag :
of 203. At this average his profit was
$225O with so shares still left on which to
realize today.
The fact that a call on 1000 shares of
Union Pacific at 1851 4 points above
Thursdays closing price. was being Of
fered after seemed attractive to many
spectators, and there were at least four
men yesterday who said they had tried to
take up the offer. but were too late. Lew
ms lucky customer himself had tried TO
get a call on 5000 shares on the same
terms. but Ball & Wicher's customer had
only 1000 shares to offer. He was long of
the stock, and his loss represents only
his prospective profits.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
: GERMAN INSURANCE.
How the Business Is Managed in Ger
man Empire.

From Harper's Magazine.
The accident insurance, like that for
sickness and old age. was forced upon the
state as political measure By the old
Roman law a working man or his family
had got indemnity in Germany If he were
hurt or killed in the chances of his trade,
only from the person through whose care
lessness or malice he had suffered. The
injured person had always to prove the
fault; the immediate author of the dis
aster, often an oyerseer or fellow work.
man, was the only person who could be
held so that a man came away more
often than not with empty hands. even
if he won his suit because ofsthe poverty
of the responsible party. An employer
could be held. only if neglect could be laid
directly to his charge. and 1t was not es-
tablished what was neglect and discharge
of duty in an employer. A first law, IN
tended to meet the cases of railway en-
ployes, held the employer for all neglect
OF his overseers: another, over 80 years
later Os71). held him unless he could prove
that the fault had been the workmans
the burden of proof being thus trans
ferred to him Both laws were evaded;
in the Reichstag handbook one reads of
debate in 1879 in which a great mine
owner admitted that of 1878 accidents
which had come to his notice. only Psi
about one-sixth-had received redress. The
chief problem with which the young EN-
pire was face to face in those first years
of it's life was the friction between the
1aboring and employing class. 1t must
have a kind of unity If it was to live, and
in this casel the government interviewed,
and passed in 1883 the first of the present
laws, under which inquiry is excluded.
indemnity being granted irrespective of
the culpability or innocence of either par
ty. Though a man has himself dropped
upon the floor the oil upon which he slips
into machine, his compensation is as
sured.
The pension is. in amount, two-thrds
of wages if a man is completely disabled,
the loss of one-third being appraised as
the expenses he would have to meet in
pursuit of his work If able-bodied. and
against his chances of being voorhees,.
Partial accidents have partial indemnity;
and in case of death a family may re-
ceive as much as 60 per cent of wages, a
wife until she remarres, children until
they are Is. and all others dependent upon
his labor for maintenance, with the re-
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He Remembered Il.

From Young's Magazine.
Charles J. Ross, now appearing in "The
Love Cure" was discussing a recent
shrieking divorce suit
1.-The convenient memory of-the average
Witness" he laughed, sis like that of an
old colored man once met who claimed
to have known George Washington.
'I asked him II he was in the boat
when General Washington crossed the
Delaware. and he instantly replied, Lor,
Massa, steered dat boat
Well said 7, do you remember when
George took the hack at the cherry
tree?'
HE looked worried for a minute, and
then, with a beaming smile, said:
"'Why suah, Massa, I dun drove dat
hack mahself'"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
Line on the Company.

From the Philadelphia Times.
While Richard Golden now dead, was
making a curtain speech after a per-
Torrance several years ago, he accidental
ly dropped his handkerchief on the stage.
The actor. or "Old Jed Prouty," as he
was known on the stage, had nearly fin
ished his tale when ne heard gallery god
yell: you've dropped your handker-
chief. Jed
Quickly switching his remarks. the ae-
tor related this anecdote:
Samuel Foote, the actor, was taken
into a fashionable London club by 4
friend who desired to write a letter. En-
tering a room filed with strangers and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

at once exiled to the arctic zone of
Northern Russia.
"Ahl how happy l was at the news of
the great struggle between the people
and the Gar, and how ] longed to take
part in it!
Il had no rest, day or night, until 1
had managed to fee, but then-oh, irony
of fate!-when 1 returned the revolution
was crushed and the Gar was master
once more. @
The executions, the outrages and the
overf1lled prisons nearly broke my heart.
and more than once | had secret long
ing to return to my grave in the Schlus-
selburg, where at least / was ignorant of
such horrors.
But now I am hopeful again, for
know that a new revolution will and
must break out, and 1 trust to hear the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03
Plan to Raise the Ground.

From the Boston Herald.
An amateur farmer writes that the
only objection to his present work is
that he is obliged to stoop. The
ground" he says, lis too far away.
He should at least be reminded OF the
comment made by western editor on
the pathos of the STOPPING figure in
"The Man With the Hoe All that
fellow needs is longer hoe
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

bodings of new and happier days in
Russia. Then | shall know that | have
not suffered in vain
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-03

BY the time she had arrived there
however, the Russian government had
conceived a more diabolical form of pun
ishment than work in the mines. In the
middle of the Neva river, near lake
Ladsga, they had erected fortress, and
they decided that Vera F'igner Should
end her days in one of its cells, almost
entirely below the level of the water.
In the midst of a severe Siberian win
ter she had to journey all the way back
again on foot. The hardships of the jour
ney and the brutality of her escort were
beyond belief At last, after months and
months of walking, tired and footsore.
the party arrived at the fortress. The
prisoners were ferried to it In the dark,
and for % years after the prison gate
closed upon her Vera Figner never saw
the light of day. When she was brought
before the director Of the fortress he
said to her: Nobody has yet walked out
Of this fortress; they have all been car
ried cute She was then conveyed to her
cell
1T measured eight by ten feet" said
Mime. F1gner in telling of her ordeal,
was low, dark damp and its walls were
painted black, SO as to cast deeper
gloom into our hearts. The stiffness was
awful and many prisoners were driven
mad. Their shrieks made the night hid
8Oue lOf us.
Sometimes we heard a door open. 1t
was the signal that a comrade had died.
Some committed suicide, the most hor-
ribe death being preferable to their
present torture. One, former friend,
poured the paraffine out of his lamp over
the bed and clothes, set fire to the lot,
and burned to death. Another disem-
boweled herself with broken lamp
globe.
Then the governor tried to rob us of
the few privileges we possessed. This l
would not stand, and prepared to sacri-
nee myself. Upon a petition from me
the Governor came into my CELL Sud
denly l jumped upon him and tore his
epaulettes from his shoulders
THE penalty for this was DEATH but |
knew that before execution I would be
brought to trial, when 1 could let the
world know of our sufferings. The au-
thorities saw through my plans and L
was not tried.
AT last we received word, even in this
living tomb, that a new revolution was
on foot and again we began to hope. The
year 1905 came, with It's great strikes
and the constitution.
After % years of a living death I was
once more able to set my eyes upon the
sky. to greet the shore of which / had
taken leave under such melancholy cir
cumstances.
yet l was not to be free, for / was
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-07

cultivator. Now and then during
the year half bushel or so was she'll
ed and ground at the water mill for
family use. The balance of the crop
went to the chickens, pigs and horses
No one can realize what a mighty
change has taken place, who has not
seen the hoe give way to the hand
planter and in turn to the check row.
er, the five and six acre to the eighty
and one hundred acre fields, the lit
tie hand full of hominy and meal by
the miller to the multitude of differ
ent products now shipped daily from
our factories by train loads to every
country of the globe.
What becomes of the corn crop?
1t is estimated that rs per cent. is
consumed on the farm. Fifteen per
cent. is used for manufacturing pur-
poses and ten per cent. is exported.
There is no other plant from which
SO many products are made. More
than $50 products being made from
the stalk, cob and grain. The fol-
lowing are among some of the more
important: Several kinds of corn
flower or meal, starches, sugars, can
dies, syrups, alcohol, WHISTLES, oils,
salad dressing, rubber, hominy, brew
er's grists, cellulose, dextrine, paste,
mucilage, beer, germ oil cake, gluten
feed, paper, pipes, etc.
| was startled some time ago when
| read of l.. B. Clore of Johnson
county, Ind, who won the grand
championship prize of 1000 in gold
and $1,000 trophy for the best 10-ear
exhibit of corn at the national corn
exposition at Omaha, Dec. 8, 1908;
also of |. S. Long, of Lebanon county,
Pa, who has been breeding corn for
vitality and quantity, and who has
won the Worlds record corn-crop of
yield. The result is that he produc-
ed 1870 bushels an acre on 73 acres,
and more than 140 bushels an acre
on II acres. Think of MIR. Longs
achievement, 10000 bushels of corn
from ninety acres of land. At the
same time, just remember that no
farm in the west has ever done so
we'll, even on soil black with humus
and rich with plant food, the accumu-
lation of years.
The selection of seed corn by the
farmer from his own crop is gener-
ally accomplished in one of three
ways:
First. BY picking out the seed af-
ter the corn has been cribbed.
Second. BY selecting the best ears
while gathering.
Third, BY going into the field be-
fore harvesting time and selecting the
most desirable ears.
or these three ways, the latter is
the best, because better selection
can be made, when the entire plant
as well as the ear can be considered.
W. II. BULLOCK
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-07
cry in New England.

Siy III ANSW
The membership of Turner grange
is composed solely OF the families of
this thrifty farming section, and the
average attendance is over 16O an
nually. This large attendance en-
ables the grange to hold interesting
meetings at all times of the year,
one popularity is the fact that no
evening meetings are held, all be-
ing held in the daytime.
At 10 o'clock on the first and
third Saturdays of every month the
members assemble and the business
commences. At the noon recess a
dinner is served. At the close of
the afternoon meeting the labors of
the day are completed, and all get
nome in time for the evening chores.
This grange owns the hall in which
the meetings are held, which is a
commodious structure, containing
the lodge room, dining room and
Kitchen completely equipped for
serving large numbers and a library
with over 700 carefully selected vol
umes. The latter is installed in a
very attractive library room, nicely
carpeted and containing reading
facilities. librarian is in charge
during each meeting, and books are
taken and returned by members.
over 500 is annually expended in
purchasing new books.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-07
A State Master ON Good Roads

State Master Greasy of Pennsylva-
MIA at a meeting at Selinsgrove,
snyder county, said that the good
roads built by the highway depart
ment were miserable and expensive
failures. During the years of its
existence no definite plan has been
established except religously car
ried out method of squandering
money. There is too much mahog-
any desk business about building
the so called state roads. Every
time a strip of such highway is to be
made or repaired an office attache
from Harrisburg is sent to the
scene. Generally he looks wise, and
that is all. Although not cognizant
OF locally pecularities of the road
bed, he disregards the suggestion of
the ruralties. The unsatisfactory
upkeep of many of these thorough
fares is a striking evidence of the
employees own ignorance"