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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-15

road. II was silver mine, and that
metal was quoted at good figure Just
then. Consequently. he chafed at the
forced inactivity OF his mine and ia
vored granting the concessions asked
by the men. But Majors was as firm
as a rock. his position once taken. and
he fought the president himself with
the same logged determination he had
displayed towards the men.
Majors Was the key TO the situation,
the stumbling block TO both interests,
and ugly threats we're made against
him by the strikers. He had succeed
ed in operating the line after g
fssi,ivn. although schedules were dis.
arranged ana the service was general
ly demoralized. II was only bis force
full personality that had accomplished
even this. and az soon as made even
q cursory examination of conditions
saw that my friend held dangerous
az well as 9 difficult position.
The day after my arrival ! was pres
ent when he received : delegation Of
the strikers, and was more than ever
impressed with his indomItable will By
this interview. There were four Of the
strikers, headed by a man named Hal
Iiday. the walking delegate to whom
have referred. He was pompous, over
bearing, pudgy, unscrupuious. and q
man Of most malignant countenance.
lie was the speaker for the strikers.
and thought that ! detected some
thing more dangerous than ardor for
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-15

his cause IN the insolent manner be
displayed during the Interview
Majors heard the impaSgionsd ad.
dresg Of the delegate without inter.
rupting him and. when be had finished
turned 20 the others, whom be called
by name. and whom be addressed as
follOws.
Boys, ] have looked Into your case
as carefully as II Il we're my own. You
are In the wrong. there Ia no virtue in
your contentious and / cannot consider
them further You have been recsiy.
ing better wages and better and fairer
treatment than the employees of any
other road IN this state. You haven't
a legitimate cause Of complaint and
you are wasting your own time and
mine az well u seek further confer.
ence with me until you come to your
senses and are willing 10 return 10
work on the old terms. Any Of you
who wish 10 return 10 the service may
do 80 without prejudice. You are be
Ing deIuded BY selfish egitator who
IL prOnung By the misfOrtunes which
his counsel has br0ugh, upon you. II
you prefer 20 follow him rather than
me. ! have nothing farther 70 say 10
you. | am going To run the =. IL o.
In spite Of you or anything that you
do. II you resort 70 violence will
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-15

that be had assumed lately. II was
Saturday night and, az the road did
not operate q Sunday train. Majors
could afford TO take the night of and
enjoy the rest be needed 80 badly.
think he appreciated this, for he nc
cepted my invitation with alacrIty.
He came I'm late. and saw at once
that something was preying upon his
mind. ] was far from guessing the
real nature of his trouble for ! at.
tributed II TO the strike We made q
sorry endeayor TO renew our old col
iege gayety, but II wouldn't work.
Majors was abstracted and let me DO
most Of the talking ! told him what
knew Of the old boys, and recalled
many amusing incidents of our school
life, but I could not rouse him from
the ft of despondence into which he
was sunk. And through It all, Majors
sat with a PARKWAY look on his face,
and saw thst he was not following
my rambling talk. for once or twice
When paused for him to answer some
question, he Was 30 deeply Involved In
his own gloomy thoughts that he didn't
know I had stopped speaking.
Nevertheless. am convinced that
he enjoyed the evening. poor fellow.
for towards the end OF 1t be rallied
bit, and We had lively half hour Of
It before he had to take his departure.
I wanted to walk with him TO his
rooms. which were over his once. but
be would not permit me 10 accompany
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-15

have the guilty run down and pun.
iBhed II II takes thousand years.
have nothing farther to say TO you"
Halliday. the agitator. glared dan.
gcronsly at Majors during the inter.
view, and as he Hulkily skunk out Of
the room ! overheard him breathing
threats against my friend TO one Of his
companions
The climax OF the strike came the
following day when one OF the trains
was deraiied and the fireman and en-.
gineer. who were strike breakers. were
killed. Majors went In person TO the
scene Of the wreck TO investigate. II
didn't take prolonged examination
TO determine that the wreck was the
result of direct and premeditated de-
sign. This aroused every drop OF
fighting blood ia my friend. and be set
about tracking down the guilty per-
sons with the utmost vigor. He en-
pIoyed the best detective talent OBJ
tsinable, and II was not many days be-
fore two of the strikers. tools Of HALL
day. had been arrested and there was
every chance that both Of them would
hang for the Job. Suspicion pointed
strongly towards Halliday as the insti-
gator of the plot. but we were salts
fied that be had not had an, direct
part in carrying II out. He was too
wise for that, but Majors gathered evi.
dence against him that promised to
put him In the same boat with his con
federatea
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-15

mAnds Majors. my friend. had duly
Investigated their complaints and coz
gldered their demands and had found
that there was virtue IN neither, but
that both we're inspired by labor
agitatOrs who saw a chance % advance
their own selfish interests by bringing
about a difficulty between the road and
its employees. The demands had been
refused and the men had gone out On
strike.
MaiOrs had come Up from the ranks
himself and had every sympathy for
the men until be had convinced him
self that they were In the wruEg once
convinced on this point. be mad bowed
his neck and refused TO treat with
them further unless they returned to
work uncOnditionally. The men knew
his determined character and they
realized that he meant Just what he
bad said believe they would have
discontinued the strike. so popular
was Majors with the men and 50 well
was bis honesty known, II II had not
been for the activity Of walking dele
gate " the traiumGn's union
Another obstacle 10 a settlement Of
the trouble was the president OF the
road He was a wealthy mipe owner,
and one Of the best paying properties
was situated a. the terminus Of the
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-15

his character 70 believe that be would
conquer even Death until his iron will
had accomplished bis purpose.
gathered him into closer embrace
against my thTobbiDg heart.
Don't Try to find my slayer" be
The strikers didn't 90 IT. They are
innocent. The key on my watch
chain" 4 pause while he painted for
breath and then be continued. broken.
~, Secret draweT-desk-exD all
GOod-bye"
searched his desk for the secret
drawer. supposing n war the big roll,
er.top one a. bis Office % which his
laborious duties held him 20 constant
slave. But II contained DO secret
drawer 50 ! turned my attention 70 his
room. II was my frat visit 10 his
apartments and vas amazed at the
baroness Of them. The back room was
fitted up ~ a sleeping apartment; u
was not carpiytsd and II contained
only a bed. dresser and washstand =.
the chesDest kind. Everything about
Il suggested direst poverty II was
az barren an a priests cell.
could not account for this, %
knew that Majors made an excellent
salary and his appearance had always
been prospeTouS Sorely troubled By
this discovery. turned my attention
10 the front room. II was almost as
k1a1k az Eta u7eas,a-a ossarfar. .xwxarS
for an easy chair. several cases Of
books. and q richly carved mahogany
desk which would have set a col
iector'E heart beating At a dangerous
rate. saw az glance that this was
the desk that Majors had referred TO.
One Of his keyg opened II and looked
about for the secret drawer II didn't
take long 10 locate # but experienced
some difficulty IN opening r. Within.
found a tin bOnd.box which the tiny
key from his ~ssen chain unlocked
II contained two packets. one Gd-
dressed To me.
Opening the latter packet found a
letter with my name upon II and set
about reading II al once
Dear Friend: ! an within the shadow
Of death A. J write. 4 danger which has
lowered over my unfortunate head since
the hour 81 my birth Ia closing In upon
me. There IL no sa1apinE g. II II were
my secret alone. would c0bfds IN you,
bBt u IL not mine and ! must let 81 die
with me. am writing this 70 that sUs-
plciOu VIII not attach 10 the strikers
should I b. found dead, for they wilt
have nothing 20 DO with my HAsassinA-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-15
cslesIssine chiI1heod.

II II curious sign Of the times tlsss
children nowadays show q rcmarkabBs
interest In money. They vaat % xnow
the cost Of ob3scts. they love to pisy
with coins, and money seems 70 -
the present they prefer. - zsitusg,
Vienna
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-15

! IS human nature for
very man 20 think that
his troubles are greater
than those Of any other
son. but no one really ever
knows the syrrUws Rnaw
iug az another PERSONS
heart even though the
other be- ones dearest
friend This fact Was i'm.
pressed upon me 20 a man.
ner that ! shall never for.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-15

Resurrection of an Old
ChGm of College Days
In fhe Far Wesf-Ifs
Consequences - Thrilling |
Episodes of the Labor
Trouble Reunited Two
Men Majors Death /
and ifs Tragic Revelation,
Which Captain Dickson !
Saw la q Picture and
WsD of Hair D q 81
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-14
Second Han.

\
Keokuk came back strong in the
second round after a good lecture by
Belknap, and in less than two min
utes scored a touchdown, Hawkes.
kicked to Carthage, the bali going to
the ten yard line, where a Carthage
man received it and was brought
down in his tracks with a beautiful
tackle by Bickel. who made long
dive for him. The first play failed
entirely. the ball getting no further
than the quarter back, and the next
/ thing Carthage did was to punt, King
getting it on their thirty-five yard
line. He returned it abyet twenty
seven yards, aided by fine interior
ence furnished by McManus, while a
line plunge by Hawkes. carried it to
within five yards Of the goal line.
From this point Duncan carried it
over. King missed goal. Score,
Keokuk, 5, Carthage, 0.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-14
kEOKUK HIGH
GETS revenge
Completely outelasses carthsse, Win-
ming BY . Scare Of Fifteen
10 Nothins After *
citing Contest.
FUMBLEs ARE FREQUENT
Roeh Sides Drop the Ball on Many
ocoasions-Ksokuk Strong
On the Line
PIonsss.

In game featured by fumbIing
on both sides, and terrific line pInng-
Ing by the purple and white players,
Keokuk gave Carthage a good drub-
bling, the final score being fifteen to
nothing. The visitors were entirely
ontclassed and never came near
scoring, the play being carried on in
their territory throughout the CON
test Both sides played erratic ban.
fumbling on numerous occasions, es-
peciaily on the forward pass. Hawkes..
the local fun back, dropped the oval
several times when IN position for a
punt after center had passed II to
him perfectly, while two or three
times the man running with the ball
dropped it while being tackled. In
spite of all this. Keokuk played bril-.
liant ball, the Illinois representatives
ne1ng unable to stop the attacks OF
the local men, although they spofIed
several forward passes. Penalties
We're numerous, on one occasion Ref.
cree Dadant PLACING the ball back af.
teen yards when # was in Keoguk 4
possession, owing to the fact that
the crowd would not stay back. The
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-14

and paid three years after his death,
Recently there came to the Keosaus
qua post office letter addressed to
Capt, Wilker. The letter was deliver
ed to the widow and upon being open
ed was found to contain a draft for
$25, and a letter which read as fol-
lows: Topeka, Kansas, Some
twenty years ago owed you eight or
nine dollars | am now ampl, able
to pay my obligation and send you
SIS to cover the principal and inter.
est The debt had long been outlaw.
ed but the debtor has doubtless at
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-14

Who were unable to gain on line plays
and finally forced to punt to King,
who advanced it ten yards. A for
ward pass then hit the ground and the
usual penalty was inflicted King was
unable to make the distance and
Hawkes. punted. the ball striking
King in the back, Carthage man re-
covering it. Only one play was COM
pleted when time was called with the
ball in midfield Score o to 0.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-14
last made peace with himself by bal
ancing the account.
Extreme PoIiteness.

Although he overcharged me ter
ribly," says the returned traveller, THE
cab driver who took me over Paris
was most polite
"All Frenchrnen are" we observe.
Yes, but this one got off his box
and helped me find the necessary pro-
family in my French-English diction-
airy, SO that ] might say what | thought
OF him. "--- Exchange.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-14
EXHAUST
| ,stslEStfjIssIlsl.--5
H-sits Ssa- 500.


can be served every day and in SO many
ways that its usefulness and welcome
is without end. The food for vegetar-
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many homes.
Makes meal preparation pleasure.
No more guessing what to what
to get that this one will like and at the
same time please the others.
Food you're sure Of. Wholesome,
fresh and pure-in sealed packages
only-not forgetting food cost cut in
two.
Only five and ten cents a package at
all grocers. Write for free receipt
MAULL BROTHERS, st. Louis, Mo
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-14
AN OLD DEBT
HAS BEEN PAID
Man Who Borrowed SO Twenty Years
Ago and Returned Draft
for $25.
Especial to The Gate City

Especial to The Gate Cityl
KAHOKA, Mo-. Nov 13.-Judge
Paryis e. Todd of this place relates a
recent incident as proof that men do
not forget their obligations. Judge
Todd and family are friends of Mrs.
Jennie Wilker, widow of the late
Cart. Ale Wilker Of Keosauqua and
from Mrs WiIker received the story
of an old debt due to her husband
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-14
Ball Soon Lost.

a line play Melted two yards and
punt went out Of bounds. Keoktk
recovering it near the middle Of the
field. McManus on the first play,
started around right end and before
he was downed had gone twenty-five
yards Just before he was tackled he
fumbled but King recovered. On the
next play Hawkes. again hurdled and
fifteen yards was again lost Nc
Manus again went around end this
time covering ten yards and with nine
teen to go, Hawkes. punted Carthage
was offside on the play and Keokuk
was given five yards.
An end run by King added ten
yards. A tumble then occurred and
the ball was captured by Carthage,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-14
NOURIsHING AS MEAT

The time-worn argument that a
meat diet is essential to strength and
vigor has received a hard Knock In the
form of Americas great wheat food
Faust Brand Spaghetti.
For here is food as nourishing ag
meat cheaper than meat cleaner
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-14
Another Forward Pass.


On the first play an attempt to go
through the line, two yards were lost
and an incompIeted forward pass lost
fifteen more for them. OF this point
Carthage punted TO Keokuk's twenty
yard line. King receiving the ball and
advancing it ten yards before AZ was
downed On the next play Carthage
was offside and suffered FIVE yard
penalty. Hawkes. hit the line for the
distance between two chalk marks,
and on forward pass, Parsons to
King. the latter funbled after carry
Ing 1t for some distance, Duncan re-
covering the oval This Melted fif-
teen yards. At this point time was
taken out to discuss the play, and
when play was resumed King adj
vanced five yards around left end A
forward pass was then tried but the
ball hit the ground and fifteen yards
was lost. A fake play with King
again carrying the ball, advanced It
five yards However, the distance to
20 from that point was too great and
Hawkes. punted thirty yards to the
Carthage fifteen yard line. Carriages
ball.
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Of bounds about ten yards from where
it was kicked Keokuk recovered and
It was her ball on the twenty-five yard
line.
An end run by King gained three
yards and Parsons went through the
line for two From a punt formation
King chased around right end for ten
yards while Hayden running from
position added three A beautiful
forward pass, Hawkes. to Parsons,
placed the oval ten yards ahead and
an end run by the same added five
more yards. Again he was tried but
this time he fell and only covered
two yards On this play Carthage
was offside and was penalized five
yards for the offense. On two line
plunges, Hawkes. covered six yards,
and King hiked around left end for
FIVE. Hawkes. was then called upon
and he hurdled. Keokuk being penal
lied fifteen yards.
The next play was an attempted
triple pass and King was thrown be-
fore he had chance to get it away
about FIVE yards being lost on the at
tempt This gave Carthage the ball
on Keokuk's thirty-fve yard line
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Referee--Dadant, Hamilton.
Umpire Besson Keokuk.
Field judge Merrill
Head linesman-Craig McManus.
Timekeepers-Well, Carthage; Reid,
Keokuk.,
Time Of halves-25 minutes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-14
The Last score.

TIE Last OCUIcs
Carthage kicked to Duncan who fell
with. the ball on the twenty yard line
but got up and went ten more.
Hawkes. hit the line for five and on
the play Jocoby, tackle for Carthage,
had his knee injured, retiring in fav-
or of Moon. a series OF line plunges
netted twenty-five yards and Par
sons going around end advanced the
ball twenty more, being downed by
Woods on the forty yard mark. Two
end runs netted only six yards. With
the ball on the 35 yard line on a
fake formation Hawkes. missed a
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attendance was good and the inter
est was intense at all times.
The stars of the fracus are not
hard to pick. although each man play
ed strong game. King as usual
pulled OF some long end runs, using
the straight arm to perfection Dun
can, with rather poor interference,
made substantial gains, fighting his
way all the time. On several occas-
ions he slipped and fell temporarily
while going around end but would be
up IN an instant warding of all
tacklers and proceeding with the ball
Hayden running from tackle position
around through the other side of the
line. was always good for at least
FIVE yards. while Hawkes. also did well
In hitting the line. although he was
penaiized twice for hurdiing. Quar-
ter back McMants made some big
gains around end. pulling off on sew
eraI occasions. 20 yard runs. There
was not man on the team who did
not make several star plays, every
PLAYER showing up exceptionally well
Although Hawkes. hit the line for
some good gains, 1t was clearly evil
dent 10 al that the big full back was
having an off day. His muffng of
passes spoiled several chances and on
one occasion when punting the ball,
ne kicked ii squareIy into Talf Back
King, the latter eventually recovering
it. He hurdsed repeatedly for while,
sometimes jumping over a half doz-
en- players at once With him play
ing in form Keokuk would undoubt-
eddy have run up much larger total.
Towards the end Of the battle,
Coach Belknap sent in substitutes.
Merriam took the place of Bickel,
Elder supp1anted Meinhardt, Heina-
man took Deyero's place at left end,
while Bowiby took up McManus'
duties at quarter back. The last
named, however, did not get in play,
going in Just before time was called.
Davis relieved Deyero.
The local team had somewhat
changed about lineup when the game
opened Parsons being at left half in
place Of Duncan, who was holding
down the formers position at right
end. Devero was at his accustomed
place at left end, although his right
leg was in bad shape, while Davis
who played that position against
Burlington, was on the side lines. In
the second round, however, Duncan
resumed his duties in the back field,
and Parsons went to end. This com
bination proved to be the strongest
OF the two. Duncan had lame back
/ when he entered the game, but held
out all right. while Devero's leg was
weak when he entered.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-14
The Came.

Captain Mccarthy won the toss and
decided to kick off. Keokuk defended
the north goal. Carthage kicked to
McManus on the fifteen yard line. he
advancing It about ten. Parsons made
five Yards around end, while Hawkes.
hit the line for an equal number fol-
lowed by King who also gathered in
five. Parsons then carr ed it for
three more, and King could only ne,
eotiate two, the ball going to Car
thage on downs.
An attempt at run around left end
laiied and three yards were lost on
an attempt to gain around the other
extremity A neat forward pass to
Woods netted a distance covered by
three chalk marks. Parsons threw a
runner coming around right end and
Carthage punted the ball, going out
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-14

than meat that
produces energy
without great body
heat---a food that
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-14
Another Touchdown.

Carthage kicked and Hawkes. car
ried the ball twenty-five yards. Nc
Manus went around end for ten and
for this Referee Dadant penalized
Keokuk owing to the fact that the
crowd would not keep back of the
lines. King made a short gain and
Nichols recovered an onside kick by
a clever piece of work, the play net
ting fifteen yards. Duncan tore off
an end run for ten yards and the
referee called him back for alleged
hurdling However, he soon changed
his mind and the play stood. Nc
Manus ran fifteen yards, putting the
ball on the Carthage 40 yard mark.
Duncan added FIVE and Hayden went
through the line for eight, asseries OF
line plnnges and end runs added nine
more and with eleven to 60, an onside
kick for fifteen yards was captured by
McManus, putting the ball on the five
yard line. In two plunges Hawkes.
carried it over. Meinhardt was hurt
on the play King failed to kick goal.
Score, Keokuk 10, Carthage, 0.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1909-06-03
Origen del Aguila en-
la Bandera
--.O:-

La signlficnci6n y origen del dg,,ila
diylsa dc In Bandern Mexicann. ca ex.
pilcadn COMO Biguo, por Jose Dosal
Consul de Mexico eli Kansas City:
"Hacfa solo unos cunntos siRlos dc
Ia Ezra Cristiana, cuando las tribus Az.
tecas emprendieron un largo viaje ha,
cin 81 Sur, desde Glg6n punto, qulzas
usde 10 que ahora Sc llama Estados
unidos. Ellos viajaron aiio tras aiIo
detentendose ell las estaciones oportu.
llnmente para cultivnr las cose2has
For lin llcgaron nj hermoso valle de
Mexico.
Ell un luSar no dlstante del actual
sttio de Ia Capital dc Mexico, el Em.
perador Azteca consult0 4 los astrolo-
sos, los que le respondieron que ST.
guieran el Vltelo del primer 6guilu
que vieran salir del campo hasta el
lugar eli quo reposara por primera veg
y que alli ediflcara In ciudad.
Un dia Sc diviso un aguiln, salieron
explorRdores q seguir v observnr eI
paJaro y vieron que descendi0 no
so Sobre un nopai. que sc hallabn en-
una islita, Ell medic del Lago de Tex
coco. Cunndo los eXplorndores re a.
cercaron. vteron que vi Aguila lIevn-
Dn entire sus garras una culcbrn, que
estaba devorando. :
FL emblema del Aguila devorando
una culebra. do perfil, fue adoptado
por Moctezuma II, como escudo de
nrmas AZteca.
La Repnblica MexIcana igualmente
adopto el Aguila Ia Culebra on lu
bandera. hacienda la pintura de
frentc.
Existc una lcycnda. segtin Ia cual.
ioS colores fueron sugeridos ppr un
itaiiano del ejercito instirrecto, que
los hlZo scgilr los do su nacion pro-
pin. -- st. Louis Post Dispatch.