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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-14
Want Circuits Redistrieted.

South Bend, Ind, Dec. IA
meeting of magnates of the Central
Ohio and Pennsylvania leagues will
be held at Dayton within the next
ten days. the meeting having been
arranged at the suggestion of the o.
and p directors, who want to redis-
trict the two circuits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-14
Piles Cured In 6 to IA Days.

Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to
cure any case of itching, blind bleed
ing or protruding piles in to Ii
days, or money refunded. so cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-14

The peculiar properties of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy have been thor
oughly tested during epidemics of in
fluenza, and when It was taken in
time we have not heard of a single
case Of pneumonia. Sold by all drug.
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-14

however, and he lost out, another play
er being elected
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-14

Dubuque Telegraph Water
loo, confident of supremacy over Fort
Dodge. has now started to pick on Du-
buque. 1t is learned that the live
wires Of tEat town have whispered
into NLe ear of Manager Frank Boyle
that i\hall be his duty to finish ahead
of the Miners in the coming Three
Eye rage. They care not for the pen
nant, but for the glory of beating cut
their larger commercial rival. Go to
it. fellows. We're glad 10 hear there
are a bunch of live ones back of base
ball there. Not desiring TO take advan-
tage of It's smaller rival. Dubuque here
by informs Waterloo that Manager
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-14
Give
Money

A Rock Island Savings
Bank book will make an
acceptable Christmas gift
one that will be ap-
preciated by children, rel
atives, friends or en-
ployes.
By depositing 81 or more
you can open a savings
account in the name of
any person, and we will
mail the book so that it
will be received Christmas
morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-14

Doc ChiIds has persuaded number
of Decatur gentlemen who have money
TO pay off the debt on the baseball
park, $1,000 being the lumber bill in
Cured in the erection of the grand
stand. Pity those Decaturites didn't
loosen up little earlier.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-14
To Protect Scorers.

Another Recommendation which the
committee viii make 20 the league IS
that steps be taken 20 Dr5Teut players
from disputing decisions OF Off
cial scorers in regard to the scor-
ing OF hits runs. errors and tLa like
The con -nittee wishes to have the de-
cisiOn of the scorer as undiSpu;abIe ds
the decision Of the umpire and to have
the same penalties apply. Scorers have
been known to change their record at
the instance OF players who imagined
themselves offended and who raised
kick with tie scorer over his decision.
# the recommendation CT the commit
tee is followed it will mean a fine of
So or more for a player who raises =
Gig fuss over an error charged against
him or about a hit which he thought
he ought 10 have had credited to him.
Il was also decided to recommend
that no one officially Or financially
connected with a club be eligible to
act in the capacity of official scorer.
One of the eight scorers last year was
a director in a club and the visiting
teams "a that city made considerable
complaint as TO his favoring his own
club
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-14
Number of Clubs Deemed.

The number of clubs which are 10
make up the league will be defined n
the next edition of the constitution for
the first time. Previous to the revising
of the laws. the constitution merely
stated that the league is to consist of
such CLUBS as care to join together.
This was revised by the committee and
the law is now that the league shall
consist of eight clubs, although there
is a provision to continue doing bust
ness with a lesser number in case
there 81 nd be occasion to drop one
out or ~ case of one fiunking out Of
it's own accord
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-14

President AL Tearney is represent
ing the Three-Eye league at New York
this week and viewing the fight in the
National over the election OF new
president. With him are Jack Nc
Carthy. manager of Danville, and Dick
KinseUa whom you all know.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-14

Peoria has lines out for big league
catcher who is said to be some pump
kins. President Johnson has secured
the signature of Floyd Freeman, De-
catur amateur, to contract. Freeman
is pitcher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-14
WARMED OVER

Doc ChiIds of Decatur has opened
pool room. which is presided over by
Cecil Coombs as manager. Jack Her
bert and Doug Jeffries make the place
their loafrg headquarters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-14
new LAWS FOR
The THREE-EYE
Committee Recommends Dou-
BILE Headers Instead Two
Games on Holidays.
TO MEET IOWA ENACTMENT
Accounts of Retiring President, Nj. H.
Sexton, Found Correct and
Ready for Successor.

Ex-President NJ. H Sexton of the
Three-Eye league had an auditing
committee consisting of J. T. Hayes Of
Davenport and R. H. Johnson of Peo-
ria to look over his books and accounts
yesterday and they were found in ax-
cellent snaps and ready to be turned
over to the president-elect, A. R. Tear
ney, Chicago. This will probably be
| done at the next meeting of the league,
which will take place in Chicago in the
near future
After the work of auditing the books
was completed, Mr.. Sexton joined the
two magnates and the three took lid
the work of revising the constitution
and bylaws of the league, as they were
assigned to do at the last meeting Of
the directors. They went over the en-
tire list of laws of the organization
and revised and reshaped them so rs
to make them of more service than
there were heretofore.
Make Recommendation.
In addition to revising the laws the
committee found 1t advisable to recon-
mend several additions and changes i'll
the constitution. Principal among
these was one dealing with holiday
games. The plan as followed in past
years was TO play a game in the morn
ing and one in the afternoon. The
legislature of Iowa stopped this as far
as the Iowa cities were concerned,
when last year it passed a statute pro-
hibiting baseball on the morning IF
and up TO 3 o'clock on a holiday.
The committee decided that there
ought to be no attempt to evade this
law and that the best way to get
around it was to play a double header
after o'clock and to charge double
admission for the exhibition In the /
end this will benefit not only the |
league but the patrons as well. AT .
present it costs a grand stander" the |
sum of $3.50 exclusive of car fare 10 .
attend both mmorning and an after /
noon game and if the recommendation /
OF the committee is adopted it will .
cost him only 10 and he will save half
the money it would have cost him for
car fare At the same time, more
People will attend the game and the
league and the patrons will both bene-
fit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-14

Buelow has been informed of the In
fants' intentions and he promises to
put damper on their well laid plans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-14

The American all-star team, captain
ed by Miner Brown of the Chicago Ma
tionals. got the bumps at the hands OF
the Havana baseball team yesterday,
TO o.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-26

At the close Of his sermon in Mar
shalltown last Sunday Rev. w. A. Sum
day called upon the immense audience
present to give three cheers for our
country and God. With one voice the
thousands that filled the tabernacle
broke into hurrahs that could be heard
for blocks. The Times-Republican in
chronicling the incident says that the
demonstration was never equalled by
any multitude that ever gathered in
that city. The outburst followed the
delivery OF Mr.. Sundays famous SER
mon on Booze" which the Times
Republican declares was, without a
doubt and beyond the possibilities OF
cavil or contradiction. the greatest
attack on the saloon and its attend
ant evils which was ever heard In
Iowa. Before Sunday began to speak
he stripped himself Of his coat, collar
and shirt, and stood CARRIED above the
waist line in only a sleeveless under
garment. Because of the heat and of the
tremendous force the evangelist put
into his sermon, the sweat ran from
ais body like water from bather.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-26
overhauled constantly. Moreover.
the cost Of repairs Oh the electric
machine is insignificant compared to-
the cost OF maintenance Of the steam
locomotive.
PUBLISHING COUNCIL PROCEED
lNGS,

A. Des Moines dispatch says:
City councils Hover the state ara
anxious about the new law passed by
the last assembly, and the office Of the
attorney general is beirg flooded with
letters Of inquiry as to whether or not
under the new law they must publish
in newspaper report of what the
council proceedings were and pay for
such. The two cities under the Des
Moines plan of government are also
much interested. Under their char
ter they must print reports of the cOun,
Gil proceedings for distribution and If
compelled to. also pay for printing
them in newspapers it will put a
double burden on them"
It will doubtless be news to many
people that Iowa newspapers do not
receive pay for publishing the Official
proceedings" of the city councils in
their columns There is a general inn
preston to the contrary, but the Inns
preston Is a mistaken one. No Keo-
kuk newspaper ever received cent
for such publication. The Off
cial proceedings are published
in pamphlet form for purposes
Of preservation and these psmph-
let's are bound together In q
volume at the end OF each year. The
paper designated as the official paper
prints the pamphlets and receives pay
therefor at legal rates. and it is custo-
mary for the official paper to give pub
licity to the official record, but thcre
never was any provision for payment
for such service. Publication OF coun-
Gil proceedings has always been gratu-
itous on the part OF Keokuk news
papers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-26

The difference in mean temperature
between southern and northern Iowa
is graphically shown by a chart in the
April report Of the Iowa section of the
Chronological service of the weather
bureau The chart shows the mean
isotherms bv lines passing through
points of equal temperature. In the
northwestern part of the state the
mean temperature for April was 3s. A
little further south it was 40 In the
latitude of Sioux City it was AZ. Still
farther south-slightly south OF Dubu-
que on the eastern border-it was 46.
On a line through Decatur, Wayne, APP
panoose, Davis, Van Buren,, Henry and
the northern part of Des Moines coun-
ties the average temperature for April
was 49, South of Donnellson and
| Viewer it was so. This is difference of
twelve degrees mean temperature be-
| tween southeastern and northwestern
Iowa. The prevailing winds through
out the state during the month were
| southeasterly. In Lee county the wind
| blew in directly the opposite direction.
There was more sunshine at Keokuk
during the month than anywhere else
in the state. Come to Keokuk!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-26
Express Rates.

Chicago Tribune: The express com.
panies have had things their own way
for long time. On comparatively
small investments of capital they have
been getting great returns. The stock
holders of some Of them have receiy.
ed dividends Of handsome amount ex-
ira dividends on occasion, and some
times a bonus in the shape Of addition
al stock. In the case of one company
the stockholders have not been invited
to a meeting for many years and do
not know as much about affairs as
they are now seeking to find out
through the courts. But the opinion
is general that the express business is
an extremely profitable one in every
respect.
The profits come from shippers.
They are complaining bitterly of in
creasing charges where the paymen.. =
made before were sufficient. The traf.
fic director of the Chicago Association
of Commerce declares that the ex.
press rates out of Chicago have been
raised twice during the last year. In
some instances they have been virtu-
ally doubled AS result OF these
complaints from many sides the inter-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-26

1t is announced from Washington
that Senator Dolliver. when he next
talks about the tariff, which is ex-
pected to be before many days, is go
ing to indulge in some comparisons
OF the positions taken by the present
sponsors for protection, with those oc-
cupied by Mckinley, Allison, Kasson,
Dingley and other men who, In their
time, were the representatives Of the
protective creed. The Iowa senator
expects to demonstrate that if McKin-
ley, Allison and Dingley were now
present and helping make the meas
ure. they would be siding with him,
and not with Senators Aldrich, Smoot
and others Of the committee on ii
nance. 1t used to be said on the
firm in Pennsylvania fifty years ago
that Jokes are free in harvest time
The same may be said of guesses when
tariff bill is pending.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-26
ELECTRICITY ON RAILROADS


The railroads claim that substitution
of electricity for steam out on main
lines would involve prohibitive losses
by making junk Of millions of dollars
worth of steam locomotives. This,
however, is misleading and far from
true. according to writer In Popular
Mechanics, for during the several
years necessarily consumed in chang
ing over, say, 1000 miles of trunk line.
the future would be taken into con-
sideration. AS fast as the steam loco
motives on one division were released
they would be transferred to other
divisions to take the place of worn
outs there, and at last there would be
branch lines of their own and smaller
roads which would absorb great part
of what motive power remained at the
finish. There would be some direct
loss and some indirect, such as plac-
ing on branch lines heavier and faster
locomotives than the business requir-
ed. but the loss from this item would
be only fraction of the whole There
would be other millions of dollars,
now invested in locomotive repair
shops, thrown out of ug but this
would bring its own coLls nsation, for
the electric locomotive ,otaes to the
shop only two or thre.ne PES a year.
where the steam loco S9k Npust be
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-26


The Springfield Register tells the
liquor interests Of Illinois that they
are making vital mistake in trying
to repeal the township unit on the To-
cal option question. 1t says that these
interests are more responsible than
even the prohibitionists for the local OPP
ton agitation TINT !has SO annoyedthem,
and that they will only invite more
stringent legislation by antagonizing
the township unit provision Of the
law. The liquor interests should be
exceedingly careful not to make mis-
takes of any kind at the present juno
5ture of affairs. Public sentiment is
against them and unnecessary agita-
ton Is certain to make their last state
worse than their first, as was the
case Of tae man the scriptures tell
about
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-26


state commerce commission has been
asked to investigate. In Illinois the
movement is taking the form OF leg
islative enactment placing express
companies under the jurisdiction Of the
railroad and warehouse commission.
Such legislative action would not be
anything new. Express rates are reg
ulated by commission in Indiana,
Iowa, and Wisconsin, states in close
geographical proximity to Illinois.
They are SO regulated in Massa-
chusetts. New York, and Minnesota.
They ought to be SO controlled here
The legislature should not adjourn
without passing the bill now before 1t
which makes this provision. The fact
that complaints are being made by
many leading shippers suggests that
there must be reason for inquiry. And
the railroad and warehouse commits
sion should be given authority to make
such inquiry soon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-26

said, because they don't need to;
but 1t would be q distinct blessing to
know whore tae tornado is going to
strike next.
The West Union Argo says that II
money spent by Iowans in worthless
mines and other crazy ventures in dis
tant states had been spent developing
Iowa water power and manufactures
the state would be enjoying ire
mendous boom.
Bert Keltz remarks about Cover.
nor Carroll's celluloid collar says the
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune, ssonly
strengthens the opinion held in many
quarters that Keltz thinks more OF
his linen than Of more important mat,
ters such as common honesty.
The newspapers which are busy
making the next governors OF Iowa
might as well possess themselves in
patience" says the Cedar Rapids Re
publican. The governorsaip is long
ways ahead and the people OF Iowa are
Just now more intent on business than
politics"
The Springfield Register remarks
that there was lately time in the adj
ministration OF American affairs when
Austria's proposal to tax bachelors,
widowers and childless husbands might
have been worth a special message to
congress.
In fight between two shopgirls and
the proprietress in bakery in New
York City the combatants threw bread
at each other as the upshot OF a dis
cussion of social superiority. The re-
suit was that each of the combatants
succeeded in breaking through the
upper crust.
William G. Brown, aged eighty-four
years, who had lived in Oregon since
1S47, and recently died in Dallas. won
local fame and affection through his
custom Of giving an annual dinner to
the widows Of that place. No one will
pc surprised that he was popularity
known as Uncle Billy"
a recent divorce decree in Georgia
court reads. In part as follows: 1T
IS ordered. adjudged, and decreed
that total divorce be granted plaintiff,
Mrs. lola Wallace, and that her disa-
bilities be and the same are hereby
removed, and she is allowed to marry
again, but she is cautioned to be par
ticular as to tae second marriage and
make no mistake =
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-26
INJURIES FROM LIGHTNING.

An interesting and important Ques-
ton as to the liability of telephone
company for injuries to an occupant
of a dwelling caused by lightning en-
tering on telephone wire has just
been decided by the Texas court OF
civil appeals. The specific negligence
charged was the company's failure to
install with It's arrester device a
ground connection, designed to pre-
vent heavy charge Of electricity from
entering the house.
It appears that during a passing
rainstorm, accompanied by thunder
and lightning, plaintiffs wife entered
the room in which was the telephone.
Suddenly there appeared bright
flash of lightning illuminating the
room like blaze of fire followed by a
loud report Members Of the family
rushed into the room and found the
wife unconscious on the floor about
four feet from the telephone, badly
burned about the face and neck. In
determining the company's liability
the Texas court Of civil appeals con.
cludes that, where q telephone com.
pany has reasonable grounds to appre
bend that lightning will be conducted
over its wires into the house 1t must
exercise due care in selecting and
maintaining such known and approved
devices for arresting it as are reason,
ably necessary to guard against acct
dents that may be fairly expected to
occur. In the case at bar it was found
that the company had failed to do this
and a judgment against it was accord
ingly affirmed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-26

Admiral sigsbee, who commanded
the Maine when it was blown UP in
the harbor Of Havana, has been ex-
pressing himself as opposed to an at
tempt to raise the wreck. He thinks
that it is not worth while, first, be-
cause the wreck is not very serious
obstruction to the harbor, and sec.
ondly, because it would be impossible
to raise the battered battleship in It's
entirety, and II it were knocked to
pieces we should be accused Of trying
to conceal something. He believes
that the board of inquiry reported cor
rectly that the explosion was from an
external mine and that that conclusion
should be considered final.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-26
There will be twenty-one free milk
stations, numerous day nurseries and
five tent baby hospitals.

Central Illinois broom manufacture
ers are experimenting with hay as ma
terial for their product. The hay costs
only IS ton as compared with broom
corn at sS5 to $50 c ton. Should the
new brooms prove satisfactory 1t is
easy to see that growing broom corn
at present prices will speedily come to
an end. It is figured that brooms
made Of hay can be sold at $1.4O to
S1.75 a dozen and at better profit
that brooms manufactured from
broom corn.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-26

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