The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-05
weston's Great Feat.

Weston's Great Feat.
Edward Payson Weston, the aged
pedestrian, who started from New
York on March Is to walk to San
Francisco in 100 days, Sundays ex-
cepted, is due to reach his destination
on July When he arrived at Battle
Mountain, New. it was estimated that
! he had vet to walk 455 miles, or an
average OF about sixty miles day,
to complete the journey on time. Wes-
toms record in the early stages OF his
present walk. and until the time ne
reached Wyoming was the most re-
markable During the first flve days
| he walked from New York to Utica,
273 miles. He arrived in Chicago on
April II, the distance over the route
he took being approximately l,26o
/ miles. On May % he had reached
Hugo Colo, 1856 miles from New
/ York. Thereafter he was beset by
almost every imaginable difficulty.
Heavy storms on the plains delayed
! him and at other times he had difii-
Guilty in getting water and food. Later
on in Utah and Nevada he was forced
4 to do nearly all his walking at night,
! the heat Of the day being so intense
that he could not Sleep much less
i venture forth In the glare OF the sun.
Then he encountered clouds OF mos
4 uuitoes, which harassed him 30 that
his strength almost failed him at
4 times. Throughout the journey the
4 veteran maintained the wonderful
4 cheerfulness which has helped him IN
so many OF his long hikes. II he sue
ceeds in accomplishing his task It will
stand as the most remarkable feat Of
endurance ever performed by man
of his age.
Quincy Herald: Gossips have been
busy reporting the early union OF
Charles Reyes, the clever Quincy
pitcher and Miss Caroline Gross, and
also that OF o. F. Rudd. the former
first baseman. to Miss Ann Gross, bu'
while engagements are possible there
will he no marriage In either case unit
fall. Miss Garrett Keyes, sister @
Pitcher Keyes, is here from her noms
II at Leroy. illinois, and is guest a
| the Gross home. Her mother, wit
lis the wife of prominent physician
II Of Leroy. is also expected here 10
la day or two, but this is no sign Q
+ wedding. Miss Ann Cross has
9 claim Of 100 acres in the same dis
! trict in which Elder Rudd is located
o She must prove up under the regr
: lations and establish certain forT
2 Of residence before securing full t
t tie. This must all be done unde
o her maiden name and consequent
q there will be no wedding in he
n case until the legal time for complef
d ing title is passed.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Manage
1t Egan may have an opportunity to tax
L on aIndian" Charles somewhs
e lengthy pitcher of the Redskin trib
e who came into town yesterday, seel
a. ing an interview with him. He state
that he was personal friend of job
House, and knew Pitcher Kent {
i waterloo very we'll. Kent, who wa
3 coach at Haskell, he said, had recon
n mended him to Boyle OF Waterloo
IS but the latter had too many men nov
S Charles will go to Quincy seeking
o position with the Quincy team.
IS oyler is surely handy man to hay
i around.
"a Phelan, the visitors short stol
a made dandy stop for Belts grounde
= in the fourth inning yesterday an
. threw him out by quite margin.
IS Noe deserves to win more game
~ than he does if he pitches the SAN
I. brand of bali as he did Sunday.
y, Seven strike outs is pretty good fl
al pitcher working against Kewane
le Bramble was surely stingy with tt
u hits but Noe was right with him
~ that respect.
Prough's victory Saturday make
his string of winning games tot
nine, all in row. He struck o,
III, ten men IN his last game with tn;
m big drop of his.
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