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The Washington herald., 1909-06-27

At a meeting OF the Business High
School championship baseball team. held
yesterday. Eddie NaUghten. the veteran
oUtfelder. was chosen manager OF the
Stenographers for next season, 10 sue
ceed Jimmy Donnelly. and already Mr..
Naughten is planning for his next years
schedule The list vill vary but slightly
from this seasons schedule, except that
several OF the weak teams VIII be dropped
and stronger ones substituted.
AS has been stated previously. Jimmy
Fegan, the clever catcher. has been elect
ed captain OF the schooIboy champions.
to succeed Jimmy Keane, and in Fegan
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27
60 80 Year. Henee.

FroIa re Ctscago TriOune.
Within S,ooo years the Niagara River
viii be a dry bed. and Chicago viii be
az the source OF a great river flowing
from Lake Michigan 10 the Gulf Of Mexi-
co" said Prof J. T. Goode last night IN
q lecture before the members OF the As
ISOLATION OF Bank CLERKS. He based HIS
inference on changes OF ground ar Nj
agara Falls.
The meeting was held IN the Northwest
ern University building. at lake and
Dearborn streets. The professors sub
tect was Chicago. city Of destiny" and
the speakers remarks were Illustrated
by views from a stere0pticon.
Prof G0Ode said pas; ages had provided
great stores OF coal and iron within easy
reach OF Chicago. and these two prod
ucts alone, he said, insured q great city.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27

O-lse- 1---sel q nc stenoEraIiers tor net year.
the Stenographers viii get a born leader,
veteran player. and in the mind OF
everybody Just the man for the place.
Business is going to make a strong bid
for a second baseball championship. and
from the present outlook the StenOgra-
phers viii put fast aggregation in The
held, as there IS just enough veteran ma
tertal left 70 steady tha youngsters, and
with the boom The winning Of the cham
pionship has given the school It is freely
predicted that when the institution opens
It's doors next fan there will be an abun-
dance OF good material from which "a
select men TO I'll the four vacancies.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27

Little Rock has the distinction OF hav-
ing the youngest and oldest batteries IN
harness Casey and Fullenwider, the
youngest pair. are nineteen and twenty
one years OF age respectively. while the
summers OF BIZ Hart and Jack O'Connor,
Jumped together, nearly reach the ninety
mark
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27
ADAMS IS IN FORM
KenSingtOR's DtmiEutIve Tvvirles
Beats WashlESton 4. C.

Beats Washington A. c.
Kensington. Nd. June $--The Wash-
iEgtOn Athletic Club was defeated here
to-day Ia an exciting game by the score
Of 70 8 Adams. for Kensington. pitch
ed strong game. holding his opponents
70 six hits. IIartsh0rn starred IN the
field and at bat Score:
R. Z
Keusinzta.s.....-...-. oO01 o070z-s %
gVsssisgzon A. C.---1 Q 20 o-5
Batteries-Adaus and Merrill. FTle- and Loea-e=.
Unrlre-slr ALamz- Tine Of E1ne-l hoE and =
MINUTES
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27

Sports ~Who are looking for son thtzgs
might co wen 10 hunt iIp Joe Cantlloa.
manager OF the washington team, says
q New York paper This is what Joe
boldly declared IN a recen- interview;
I've got the best club IN the East. and
any OF those folks n New York. Boston,
or Philadelphia can get a chunk OF my
money if they think the other Eastern
clubs are going 70 beat washington cut
in the race for the American League
pennaat~
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27

The trap shooters annual tournament
VIII be held next year n Cleveland N
June Vita the eycsptiQH OF the special
trophy events. the programme VII be
open TO the world.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27
ATHLETESTOCOLLEGE
High School Will Be Well
Represented Next Year.
PENDLETON TO PRINCETON

Episcopal Highs star AIIrOund
Athlete Gives New Jersey Institu-
tiOn the Choice over University of
virginia-Five OF Central Highs
Stars to Join Collegiate Ranks.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27
HILARIOUS IS FIRST
Keene Colt Wins the Tidal
Stakes in a Gallop.
LED THE RACE ALL TIE way

shows Burst Of Speed When the
Gate Is sprung, and Quickly Has
Things Bis own Way-Ten Thou
sand Spectators Cheer Colt "a He
Covers the Distance fR 2sO6
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27
VIC WILLIS.

E-sr pitcher of H.s PittErrss. xao has done nnch
to est tAs snos1 ctty team IN tas Lad this
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27

John Small who for the past two years
has been a player on Techs champion
ship football team. WIN next season be a
candidate for the Cornell freshman team
Small was one Of the fastest and most
consistent ground gamers on the team,
and for the past two years has been the
pick OF gridiron authorities Of Washing
ton for a position IN the line on the all
high eleven. He Is undoubtedly one Of
the best players ever developed in this
city. and should experience little trouble
IN making good" at the university.
Not 10 be out6one by the other high
schools, Business VIII have a representa-
tive in the collegiate ranks during the
season OF 1910 John Gregory. who has
played on the baseball and basketball
Douglas Island news., 1909-03-03
The NOrthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed.
Information for Everybody

Hindus employed at the Fraser river, B. C., have gone on a strike.
 A $500 pan is reported from No. IT on Goldstream, Fairbanks district.
 Reports from Nome have it that the miners union has another strike on,
 Steam boat men say it is yet too early to make up schedules of Nome sailings.
 First Lieut.. Jeuuet has started from Seattle to install wireless system at WrangelI.
 As matter of news the Skagway Alaskan prints short passages from the scripture.
 The army appropriation bill passed the senate with the s35O,OOO for Alaska roads in it.
 Congress has extended the time for the completion of almost all of the rail roads in Alaska.
 Two Juneau ladies are about to pub fish a whole bookful of poems and legends of Alaska.
 The revenue cutter Perry, stationed in Southeastern Alaska, has been or dered to Puget Sound.
 The Alaskan says that Cordova vas 54 days without a drop of rain this winter Perhaps it showed.
 Fairbanks Aerie No. 1O37 is the most northerly aerie of Eagles in the world and has a membership of 602.
 The first stamp mill ordered for h. terior Alaska will be installed at Chute creek, 55 miles south of Fairbanks.
 After the coming spring Whitehorse will be known as the greatest dredge building point of the North.-Star.
 A. s. Dautrick, agent of the Alaska Coast Go. at Valdez, has been relieved by the appointment of B. F. Watson.
 The Alaska salmon pack for 1908 was 2,619,O19 cases. This was the banner year for the fish industry of the North.
 At the meeting of the '87 Pioneers at Juneau last Saturday, John G. Held was elected president of the organiza- tion.
 The second shipment of 800 cases of eggs to go over the trail to Fairbanks left Seattle during the month of Feb rusry.
 Some idea of the age of the Arctic Brotherhood may be gained from the information that Camp No. l, at Skag- way, has just given it's eleventh annual ball.
 A big pay streak has been opened up in the Gold Mountain district, on the right limit of the Yukon, according to William Lane, nephew of 0. D. Lane of Nome.
Douglas Island news., 1909-03-03

Eager to have it's line completed, the Copper River railroad has requested NJ. J. Heney, the contractor, to rush work this season, and Mir. Heney says that during the summer season he will employ 4000 men. Heney has con- tracted to build 50 miles this season and 100 miles next, but it is possible that the figures may be reversed.
 c. Garfield, of Candle, has uncovered a large body of pay dirt which, from authentic information, is undoubtedly one of the biggest propositions in Alas ka. Eight feet of dirt that will average 20 cents 10 the pan has been blocked out, showing it to extend over a thou sand feet iu length and in places over 80 feet wide, though the average width is bardly more than 50 feet from rim to rim. The new find was recently struck under heavy overburden of muck and lava, at depth of 60 feet. It has been quietly developed both winter and summer.
 4 Sound paper announces that the sale of town lots iu the terminal city of Prince Rupert will Ue held on the first day of May. Where and how the sales are to be made is not stated, and prob ably not known. The ownership of the lots to be sold is divided between the government of British Columbia and the Grand Trunk Pacific railway, and the latter owns three quarters and the former one quarter of the land to be sold. Officials of the provincial government expect that their share of the proceeds of the sale will be any, where from S3000,000 to S5,000,000.
 Mining operations around Nome, pre- vious to Christmas, were very quiet and but few strikes of importance are recorded. AS the sun rises higher and the days become longer more work will be inaugurated and prospecting will be
 
 of the business men and trades people of Nome have realized the necessity for extending credit to reputable operators in order to encourage the development of the country's mining resources, which were Tagging for want of en- couragement by the big companies This step has given new impetus to the miners and many camps are gradu- ally resuming work. In general there are plenty of laborers to be had at S3 per day, though the local miners de- mand S4.
 J.H. Causten, now collector of GUS. toms for Porto Rico and for five years in the customs service of Puget sound, has resigned his office and will be suc- ceeded by D. B. Richardson, his chief deputy. Mir. Causten became we'll known through his suit against Capt. Barnette, the millionaire banker and miner of Fairbanks. While serving at St. Michael he met Capt. D. T. Barnette, who had chartered the trading steamer Lavelle Young to take trading stock to some point on the Tanana river. Capt. Barnette was short of money and Mir. Causten put up s6,000 to help him to get his supplies to point on the Tanana which Capt. Barnette would se- lect as desirable trading point. Capt. Barnette became rich, and in the suit which MT. Causten started several years ago it was claimed that the riches came as a direct result of of the grub stake given him at St. Michael.
Douglas Island news., 1909-03-03


 
 Portus Weare, another man once great and powerful in the affairs of Alaska, died broke at Los Angeles last month.
 Dr. l.. s. Keller, proprietor of the Skagway Alaskan, is candidate for the office of U. $. marshal, to succeed Marshal Shoup.
 Among the assets of an insoIvent railroad com pany in Alaska were found number of whisky glasses and poker chips, but uo whisky.
 A marble totem pole will be erected at Killisnoo, as d memorial to Chief Xxi Tch- Na.Tih, otherwise known as "Saginaw Jake" who died May 20, 1908.
 C.. Georgeson, Tn charge of the az ricultural experiment stations in Alas ka, thinks that congress will appropri- S3O,OOO for the work of his department this year,
 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer as sures it's readers that President Taft will surely visit the A.-Y..P. exposition, but does not think it probable that be will find time t0 visit Alaska.
 Senator Piles introduced resolu- tion in the senate instructing the sec retary of war to investigate the need of wagon roads in Alaska, and also the need of federal aid for railroads in the district.
 It is announced that the Northern Commercial company will withdraw the river steamers Seattle No. 3 and Lavelle Young from the Yukon service and operate them on the Susitna this summer.
 The report comes from Valdez that the Horseshoe copper mines at Horse shoe bay, Latouche island, owned by the Reynolds-Alaska Development company, have been sold to Tacoma capitalists.
 R. W. Service, the poet of the Yukon, has in course of preparation a volume of poems which will be called "The Ballads of the Chechaco," sort of sis ter to hls previous publication, Songs of Sourdough."
 Chas. M. Schwab, ex-steel trust pres ideut, is said to be negotiating for the purchase of the Beatson mines on La touche island. These mines have been reported sold about once or twice year for the past four years,
 A strike is reported on the Toolick- sack, tributary of the Kuskokwim, about 100 miles from the mouth, where no less than s4 900 was taken out last summer with rockers. Miners who were working averaged S24 day.
 One man in the Circle district is the controller of 5,93O acres of ground. This mans name is Robert Warren, and he has finished the assessment work on the entire 37 claims, which were filed in bunch. Warren will attempt to get London capital to work his hold ings.
 The month of January just past will be recorded as the coldest in the Yukon history, the average minimum temperature for the thirty-one days of that month being 43 below zero, which was going some, and the same record continued until after the middle of February.
Douglas Island news., 1909-03-03

The steamer City of Seattle, which will be placed on the run to Southeast ern Alaska in April, is being thoroughly overhauled at the Moran yards at Se- atle. Her engines have been taken out and when she goes into commission again she will be almost as good as new.
 During the course of his speech at the banquet given him upon his arrival at Seattle, Judge Wichersham said: "l am an Alaskan-have mushed it from Valdez to the Panama and down to Nome. have roughed it, and been as lousy as anyone who ever mushed It over the trail"
 The Canadian Yukon must be a poor place for lawyers, judging by the state ments of J. A. Clark, defeated candi- date for parliament, who is leaving the interior country in disgust. He says that he has nothing to show for eleven years in the Yukon except wide eX perience and S3,OOO in debts.
 Mrs. Royal, proprietress of the Skag- town laundry by that name, insists that any of the young men of that town who come spooning around her laundry girls must put up S100 cash or they will be fired out in the cold; to strangers who may desire to make love 10 these girls the price is S20O; and soldiers from Ft. Seward, S250.
 Representative Gaines, of Tennessee, in the national congress has called Governor Hoggatt lobbyist and has insiuuated that he would accomplish more by remaining in Alaska aud at tending to his own business here, Rep resentative Gaines is simply ignorant nothing is left undone in the office of the governor of Alaska-by the acting governor.
 J. s. Houseu, Klondike miner, dis covered rich gold outcropping near Cloudcroft, Mex, on the Mescalero Apache Indian reservation. The stores in Cloudcroft have been closed, and the proprietors and clerks have gone into the gold fields after claims. They have discovered in their hunt that the Indians have been working claims in the region for many years.
 Barney Goss, private secretary for Delegate Wickersham, is we'll known newspaper man of Fairbanks. He has visited nearly every camp of the North. Few men have enjoyed such a varied career. A soldier of fortune, he has travelled throughout the world. Going to the Philippine islands as bandmaster of one of the volunteer regiments, he worked his way up until he was named a captain of the scouts. He has been successively soldier, civil officer, author and miner.
 Alaska is now producing large vari- ety of the rarer ores, such as tin, tung- sten, antimony, uranium, etc., for which the coast smelters give no favor able rates. Mining men have done lit tie with these ores; but with the es- tabIishment at Seattle of branch of flee of the reliable Slipp Butler com pany, the problem of disposal has been solved and production stimulated. 0. E. Bogardus, well-known assayer of the Northwest, represents the company and will be glad to furnish desired in- formation.
Douglas Island news., 1909-03-03

The steamer City of Seattle, which will be placed on the run to Southeast ern Alaska in April, is being thoroughly overhauled at the Moran yards at Se- atle. Her engines have been taken out and when she goes into commission egain she will be almost as good as new.
Douglas Island news., 1909-03-03

During the course of his speech at the banquet given him upon his arrival at Seattle, Judge Wichersham said; "l am an Alaskan-have mushed it from Valdez to the Panama aud down to Nome. 1 have roughed it, and been as lousy as anyone who ever mushed 1t over the trail"
Douglas Island news., 1909-03-03

Dr. L. s. Keller, proprietor of the Skagway Alaskan, is a candidate for the office of U. $. marshal, to succeed Marshal Shoup.
Douglas Island news., 1909-03-03

Among the assets of an insolvent railroad company in Alaska were found d nun Der of whisky glasses and poker chips, but uo whisky.
Douglas Island news., 1909-03-03

Portus Weare, another man once great and powerful in the affairs of Alaska, died broke at Los Angeles last month.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-19
CITY NEWS

Read The Daily Gate City.
Choice dressed chickens at Joseph
Haubert's market.
Y. w. c. A. Market-Benner's Tea
Store, Saturday 200 p. m.
See Miss Baldwin's spring dis
play of Millinery, Saturday, March 90.
Mrs. Waugh has returned to her
position as cook at the Y. W. C. A.
cafeteria after an extended visit in
Texas.
Millinery opening of Mrs. Danford
Saturday, March 20. Ladies are invited
to call and Inspect the bright new
lines of millinery.
Its a sure thing that if you buy
your piano at Sheafer & Saunders
one price music house, 607 Main, you
get full value for every dollar invested.
| -Puckechetuck lodge No AZ meets
every Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock
e. S. Cushman. ~ G.; George w. I'm
/ megart, per Sec Work in the first
degree
The address which was to have
been made this evening at the Y. 81.
c. A. for the members of the boys de-
partment on Water Power ty Major
M. Meigs has been postponed until
next Friday evening.
OF Father L. ] Vaughan. Tho ap-
pears at the Grand "Wednesday even
4 ing, the Elgin, H. Daily News. SAYS:
Again has Father Vaughan appeared
! before an Elgin audience and once
more has thrilled his audience with
his peerless oratory. He carried his
audience from thought TO thought with
an ease and eloquence that brought
him supreme admiration from all
Hannibal Morning Journal: F.
A. Torrey,. superintendent = motive
power of the Burlington lines, East
was here yesterday from Chicago. His
special car was attached TO Burlington
train No. at 1903 p. nj. for Keokuk
and went from there to Burlington on
No 3 last night. 8ir. Willsfe and Mr..
4 Cyr accompanied Mr. Torrey to Keo.
! kuk.
City politics IS claiming the at
ltention Of the voters. A number Of
citizens are being mentioned for the
nomination ON the republican ticket.
/ being Louis Stern. Geo. Tucker, John
I Dunlap. Mayor Strimback, John Chris
lty. Jack Hardin, and otherg. The Re-
I publicans hold their city convention
next Thursday when candidate for
mayor and marshal win be nominated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-19
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kEokUkl
CITY NEWS.

Read The Daily Gate City, 10
cents a week.
See our nobby new line of Ok
fords. Star Shoe Store.
The tailors of Hamilton will give
a dance on April 14th.
Ladies cordially invited to attend
the opening of Miss Mccoy Saturday.
South bound K line train was 40
minutes late in arriving with Chicago
mail this morning.
See the fine display Of millinery
at the opening of Miss King Saturday,
March 20 Newest patterns.
The firemen had the hook and
ladder truck out last evening in front
. of the opera house building for some
| practice in ladder raising.
A meeting of the L. NJ. RS, q
: young mems club of the Congregat
tional church will hold it's regular
monthly meeting tonight in the clut
rooms at the Sunday school
| Sterling Hawkins who has beef
employed as teamster fo- the Mississ
lippi Coal and Ice Company has gone
Ito ST. Paul where he has a position
with one of the railroads of that city.
See our big line of harness and
buggi :. Large stock of furnishings
Repair work done while you wait
Prices always the most reasonable
| and satisfaction guaranteed at George
| Sherwood's harness store.
| Beginning April 1st, government
river lights will again CLEAN at night
to guide steamers and other river
lcrafts. A number of river lights Of
tn ST. Louis district will be Lighted
on March 10th. The lights from Nau
VOC down to the foot of Fox Island, ar
island below Gregory will be lit fol
F, the first time On April J.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-19
CITY NEWS

Read the wants. Some good Of
ferings every day.
Order your Sunday roast of ]. w.
Marley and get the best
Attend the spring millinery open
ing of Miss Mccoy Saturday. Mar. 90.
See the fine display of millinery at
the formal spring opening of Miss Nc
Bride Saturday.
The $500 Pattern hat sale-no re-
turns-no exchanges-sales cash-wiil
be feature of STERNS Opening Sat
iurday next
A game OF indoor baseball is
scheduled for this evening in the
church league between the Methodist
and Presbyterian teams.
The appeal in the distcrict court
of the case of the state Of Iowa VS..
Nels Warner has been dismissed on
the payment of a fine of S. and the
costs. IS
Grand spring millinery opening oi
Miss Mcbride tomorrow. Saturday
| The ladies of Keokuk and vicinity are
requested to call and see the fine
spring exhibit of Millinery.
The st. Peters high school girls
basket ball team will play game with
Memphis at that place on Saturday
April /. This will be the first out-of
town game for the St Peters girls OF
| the season.
w. ]. Fulton will be the Sunday
afternoon speaker at the Y. NJ. C. A
He will take for subject, The Value
of Man" The music Of the after
noon will be furnished by the Marder
string orchestra and the association
male quartet.
Duck hunting on the river at the
present time is good and hunters are
very successful in killing this kind Of
game. One local sportsman sold a
four days shoot to one OF the poultry
firms recently for s19.. which seems
pretty good and netted the hunter
almost five dollars day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-19

OUR numerous high-class artists have been
= deftly designing the most intelligent
Millinery combining the highest possible
tone to be secured from continuous
and frequent visits to the New York market
our showing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-19
CITY NEWS.

Smoke Moeller's Silver Ash cigar
Mrs. Danford's millinery opening
Saturday. Do not fail to ateI d.
Spring millinery opening at Miss
Kings Saturday, March 20, to which
the ladies are cordially invited.
The $500 Pattern hat sale-no re
turns-no exchanges-sales cash-wi!
be a feature of STERNs Opening Sat
urday next.
In the pool tournament at the Y
NJ. c. A. last evening Boyd defeated
Maxwell by a score of 60 to 50, in a
game which was close throughout
This evening Eckland and Ulrich and
Gordon and Dickey will play.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-19
ANNOUNCEMENT.

l wish to announce myself a can
didate for city marshal on the Repub-
lican ticket subject to the decision of
the city convention.
HARRY MALONE.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-19
ANNOUNCEMENT.

will be candidate for the Office
of city marshal subject to the action
of the democratic convention.
JOHN NJ. KENNEY,
City Marshal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-19
ANNOUNCEMENT.

ANNOUNCEMENT.
I wish to announce myself can.
didate for city marshal on the Republi.
can ticket subject to the decision OF
the city convention.
HENRY KESsELRIMG.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-19
ANNOUNCEMENT.

announce myself candidate for
the Office of City Marshal subject to
the action of the democratic city con-
venticE.
JERRY HARRINGTON.