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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
r. K. M'LAURY GETS
BETTER POSITION
c.. 8. G. @. clerk in Passenger Office,
to Des Moines as City Passenger
Agent, Great Northern.

Robert K. McLaury will become city
passenger agent of the Great Northern
railroad at Des Moines next Monday.
Mr.. McLaury who has been clerk in
the passenger office of the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy road in this
city since August /. 1909, recently
was offered and accepted the position
in Des Moines with the Great North
ern which carries with it larger
salary and an opportunity for ad-
vancement that could not we'll have
been ignored when the proposition
was made to Mr. McLaury.
R. K. McLaury came to Keokuk
from Burlington about two years ago
where he was chief clerk in the pas
senger Office of the c., & Q. in that
city. The fact that Mr.. McLaury's
higher step from railroad circles in
this city to those in Des Moines, is an
advancement among few which have
occurred here in the past several
years, is the cause for general con-
gratulations among the friends of the
resigned young gentleman clerk OF
the o. Added success in his work
is wished by those who know him
Mrs. McLaury who has been i'll at
the hospital for the past several
weeks, will not go to Des Moines un-
til fall but will visit with relatives in
Burlington until that time.
Milton B. Johnson succeeds Mr. Nc
Laury in the keokuk passenger of
fee. Mr.. Johnson has been revising
clerp in the freight department of the
c., B. & Q. and has been in railroad
work here for the past several years
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Proposition TO Purchase All of Them
and Add Them to the Postal
Department. Of the United
States.
TWO REASONS GIVEN
Companies Do Not Reach the Farm
ers and Rates Are Lower for
Packages Than If Sent
BY Mall

WASHINGTON, June 14.-War on
the express companies began in earn
est today before the house committee
on postoffices and post roads which
opened here. Representative Lewis
(dem. Md, appeared in support of his
bill which provides for the purchasing
of all express companies. He assert
ed the cost of living is now influenced
by the unsatisfactory methods of quick
transportation
There are two main reasons why
the main express companies must be
added to the postal service he said.
First the express companies do not
reach past the railroads and do not
reach the farmers The second rea-
son was the rates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Value of Fads.

Whatever our occupation or profess
sion in life may be, 1t is most desir-
able to create for ourselves some other
special interest. In the choice of a
subject anyone should consult his own
instincts and interests. will not at
tempt to suggest whether 1t is bet
ter to pursue art or science; whether
we should study the notes in the sun
beam, or the heavenly bodies them
selves. Whatever may be the subject
of our choice. we shall find enough,
and more than enough, to repay the
devotion Of lifetime. Life no doubt
is paved with enjoyments, but We
must all expect times of anxiety. of
suffering and of sorrow; and when
these come 1t Is an inestimable COM
fort to have some deep interest which
will, at any rate to some extent, en-.
able US to escape from ourselves
Sir John Lubbock.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
RULES FOR SAFE
AND SANE FOURTH

/. Do not allow your children
to celebrate with percussion caps,
toy pistols, revolvers or the deadly,
treacherous cannons.
2. Do not hold any kind of a
flrecracker, piece of fireworks or
any explosive in the hand.
8. Never touch an explosive al
ter lighting it. Curiosity to see
why 1T didn't go" has resulted in
many sad accidents.
4. Do not perpetrate the insane
Joke of laying firecracker behind
some friend The victim might be
nearer than you think or have on
thin clothing.
5. Do not play the excruciating
" funny Joke of slipping up be
hind some one with revolver and
round of supposed blanks. There
might be bullet in the gun when
you fire it 10 frighten the inno-
cent victim. Then besides, the
powder, if lodged under the skin
causes tetanus many times.
6. Do not tie firecrackers to
cats and dogs. They do not know
the meaning of the Fourth of July,
unfortunately, and cannot possibly
appreciate such humorous out
bursts. Cases have been known
where terrorized animals have car
ried exploding crackers into
houses, causing fires and sending
women and children into Mysteries.
I. Bar the toy cannon absolutly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Ms. sidney Love Alleged to Have
Suggested Such Plan for Her
Husband to Garry
Out.
THEIR DIVORCE SUIT
Case Being Heard in oregon With
Both Present and Husband
Telling Of Wife's
Uselessness.

BAKER, Ore, June 14.-Sidney c..
Love, formerly OF Chicago, was on the
stand all morning in the hearing OF
his suit for divorce against Marjorie
Burnes Love, which began before
Referee Charles P. Murphy.
The questioning of the witness was
along the lines of his business affairs
prior to and after his marriage to
the defendant especially his financial
affairs when they lived in Rofant,
England. when the quarrel which re-
suited in their separation took place
When the matter OF his wife's At
ness to care for the child during their
residence in England and her habits
during that time came up Love said:
She gave the child no care at all
She never got up for breakfast and
seldom for luncneon and lay in bed
until or O'Clock every day smoking
cigarettes. She smoked thirty-ive or
forty day. She was addicted to the
use of sleeping powders continuously
What they were composed of do not
know
Concerning letter alleged by the
plaintiff to have been written to his
mother BY the defendant during her
illness after they were married Love
testified:
AS far as / know the letter has
heen destroyed but she wrote my
mother telling her about our married
life. and, among other things she
said. concerning her own uselessness:
don't see why Sidney don't trade me
off for yellow dog"
Concerning the reasons why he
wanted his wife to leave England,
Love said:
The reason was that had lost my
money and had to 90 to work
Mrs. Frances Burnes, mcther-in.
Of the plaintiff. was blamed for the
quarrel between Love and nis wife
Mrs Love sat by the side of her
attorneys and frequently directed
them to object to some of the testi
Fony and made other objections.
Mrs. Love and her mo he's a.riyed
here much to the surprise Of Love
who had expected his We to present
fel side of the divorce sa*e hearIne
by depositions taken in New York
Her arrival here, acr II, ,anied ~
her attorneys. is considered by Love
and his attorneys as an indication
that she places small reliance upor
the New York decree granted on Ma,
a and intends to fight the local case
to fislsh
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Crews of TWO Big Vessels Walked
Away Today and the Boats Are
Forced to Remain at
Docks.
OTHERS WILL ALSO QUIT
White Star Company Gives In and
Biggest Ship in the World
Will Be Able to
Sail.

LIvERPooLE. June 14.--This was
the first big port to feel the effect of
the strike of seamen. The crews of
the Tuetonic and Empress Of Ireland
abandoned their ships today and the
vessels cannot sail. Union officials
say as soon as the big ships come in,
the men will strike.
Officials of the various lines are
making preparations to ship in strike
breakers. The men say they will not
oppose this as the companies cannot
secure competent men,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
MEXICAN PEONS
ON RAMPAGE
While Mount colma Continues to
Shake, Yucatan Natives
Use Dynamite.

MEXICO CITY, June IA mem
ber of the new Mexican cabinet said
today that yesterdays cabinet meet
ing laid plans for division of the rural
estates. Reports of three big changes
in the board of the National railway,
are emphatically denied. The llman-
tour railroad policy will be continued.
The Colima district was shaken
again last night by an earthquake
Reports from Yucatan say that poems
there are on rampage and are using
dynamite to destroy cattle and prop.
erty.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14

DYER MAKES REPORT
Department Commander Shows 4t9
Deaths of Veterans in the
State During Past
Year.

MUSCATINE, Ia, June 14-With the
streets of the city already thronged
with visitors and with every incom
ing train bringing new delegations,
the opening day of the state G. A. K.
encampment began marked by ideal
weather conditions. The giant drum
corps of the National Association of
Civil War Musicians, gathered from
all over the state, paraded the streets.
The formal program began in the af-
ternoon with meetings at 2 O'Clock of
the w. R. c. and the Ladies of the G..
A. R. for ritualistic work, meeting
of the council of administrator of the
G.. A. r. at o'clock and the grand
reception at the A. o. u w. hall at
4 o'clock, at which Commanderin-
Chief John E. Gilman of Boston,
Mass, was the chief guest of
honor
A big campfire was held at the
Grand opera house last night.
Department politics began to as
sert itself this morning wherever the
veterans or the members of the as
sociated patriotic societies gathered.
Candidates are actively marshaling
their forces in preparation for the
election of officers in the G. A. R. and
1 the other societies which will be held
4 either this afternoon or Thurs
I dav morning. Capt. Lot Abraham OF
Mount Pleasant, will probably be elect
ed department commander of the G. A.
r.. as he apparently has no opposition.
The first accident OF the encamp-
ment occurred when J. F. Mcintosh. a
/ prominent resident of Atalissa and a
/ member of the G. A. R., fell while as
/ cending a stairway and broke his knee
cap.
Renewed efforts on the part Of the
the Iowa soldiers and sailors monu
4 ment removed to more slightly 10
cation, is suggested in the annual re
4 port of H. A Dyer, of Mason City, de
/ partment commander, delivered toda,
to the annual encampment
Commander Dyer also expresses thu
regret of the department over the de
feat OF the Sulloway bill in congress
and urges renewed interest in the mat
ter. He states that since the las
encampment testimonials have beer
purchased for all surviving department
commanders of Iowa and they hay,
been properly presented.
The committee on soldiers hom
made report and regarding this Com
mande Dyer states that it seems Z
indicate that the home is in excellen
condition and everything satisfactory
During the year 1910 there were Al
deaths among members of the G. A. r
in Iowa fhe membership January
last, was 1851 and the membership
year before was 1926 The numbe
of posts was 335 as against 344 tn
year before.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Fighting Man.

It is mans nature to fight. 1t is his
merit to fight for what he believes TO
be right. Courage and bravery are not
achieved by hiring lawyer. A man
who is not willing to fight to the
death for the right or for his own is
not as good or complete man as one
who is willing But opinions about
this are not so important as the fact
that It is mans nature TO fight, and
that neither resolutions nor legisla-
ton nor provision to get over all kinds
OF trouble In any other way than by
fighting win ayail-Elwood Hendrick
in the Atlantic.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
White Star Comes In.

SOUTHAMPTON, June 1.-THE
White Star company has conceded
the demands of the strikers, which
will permit the Olympic to sail on her
maiden voyage. She is the largest
ship in the world and will reach New
York on Thursday.
The strike of the seamen has
spread to the ROYAL Mail Packet Co.,
and the Union Castle Co. The strik-
ers are jubilant and predict either a
victory in few days or say they will
have the passenger and freight busi-
ness of the world tied up.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
GLASS OF POISONED
GRAPE JUICE
Woman Charged With Attempting to
Kill Step-daushter Has Clever
Defense.

DELAWARE, Ohio. June 14.-That
her two little Ions drank part of the
glass of grape juice in which she is
alleged to have given arsenic to her
81 year old step-daughter, will be the
main defense of Mrs Jessie Wade
Hinkle, who is charged with admin
istering poison to Miss Myrtle Hinkle
They will never convict me- she
said today, for l allowed my two
sons to drink from the same glass
and they are both healthy
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Joan of Arcs Sword.

A sword in the Dion museum has
just been identified as that used by
Joan of Arc and presented to her by
Charles VII OF France. On one side
of the hilt is engraved figure kneel-
ing before a cross and the inscription
Charles W." while the other side
bears the name "vaucouleurs The
sword also bears the arms of France
and OF the town OF Orleans and the
date 1419.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Easy Enough.

Barry is literary rather than math-
emattcal In his tastes. His teacher
was trying to initiate him into the
mysteries Of division During the
struggle she said in despair: Don't
you even know how many times three
goes into twelve?" "Aw. that's easy"
said the eight.year-old in disgust,
three times and three over WON
ans Home Companion
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
CANDY POISONING
is ALL FAKE
Confectoners Declare There Never
Was Real Case Because They
Investigated.

CHICAGO, June IA bitter attack
upon undertaking magazines and the
assertion that there was never a real
case OF candy poisoning was made by
5 B. Seward. president, at the ooening
OF the convention of the National Con-
fectioners Association, representing 20
per cent of the candy trade.
He declared that in every case OF
alleged candy poisoning, the associa-
ton has had an analysis made.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
MUST GE GREAT
PLACE TO SLEEP
Drought Has Caused all Mosquitoes tc
Leave City for Better Stamping
Ground.

TULSA, Okla, June 14.-According
to DR.. D. U. Wadsworth, city super
intendent of health, the drought has
effected some good in that it has
completely eradicated the mosquito,
so far as Tulsa is concerned.
There are no ponds or stagnant
pools of water for the mosquito to
thrive in and consequently the sum
mer pest had to seek greener fields.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Good stiokers.

There are some practical makeshifts
for mucilage White of egg will be
found quite as good as mucilage for
sealing a letter Another substitute
is biz of cold boiled potato rubbed
over the paper, the paper then being
held in place firmly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
SOCIALISTS LIKE
DEMOCRATIC WAYS
Victor Berger viii Support Wool Bill
Because 1t Just Suits
Him.

WASHINGTON, June 14-victor
Berger today pledged his support to
the democratic wool revision bill be-
cause he said it was in line with So
cialism. The people are growing
poorer he said and some day there will
be a volcanic eruption which will pun
ish the innocent as well as the guilty.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
CASTRO CAUGHT
HEADED THIS WAY
Deposed Ruler Of Venezuela Is Trying
to Get Back Home and Stir
UP Trouble.

WASHINGTON, June 14.-Ex-presi-
dent Castro has been located by the
state department at Port De Paz,
Haiti, and the italian government has
been warned not to allow him to go
to Venezuela and start another revo-
luton. He has been posing as an
Italian officer and is on an Italian
ship.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Mccumber Speaks.

WASHINGTON, June 14.-senator
McCumber in a speech ON reciprocity
today said that for selfish reasons. the
newspapers of the country have ere
ated false impression which nearly
destroyed the republican party last
year and would not support the party
next wear
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
See Jurors Selected.

CHICAGO. June ID Eight Jurors
had been selected by noon and pros
poets appear good that the actual
,ilal of Arthur EVELYN see will begin
tomorrow morning. The state insist.
cd that married men with daughters
should be placed on the jury while
.he defense sought to have single men
there.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
lafoIIette Nominated.

MADISON, Wis, June 14.-Senator
Lafollette today stands as the candi-
cate of Wisconsin progressive repub-
llcans as candidate for president. He
was nominated" at the progressive
banquet last night, which was featur-
ed by a bitter attack On President
Taft.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Greatness and the Chain.

No man can be great officer who
is not Infinitely patient of details, for
an army is an aggregation of details.
defect In any one of which may de-
stroy or impair the whole. 1t is a
chain of innumerable links, but the
whole chain is no stronger than its
weakest link-George s. Hilliard:
The Life and Campaigns OF George
B. Mcclellan
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Would pay Debt TO Women.

Henry Muirhead, of Glasgow, Scot
land. who died recently left part OF
his fortune to found and maintain an
institution Of instruction for women
in physical and biological courses, SO
they could become dentists. electri-
clans, chemists, and so on He said
in explanation that he had always
been indebted to women, to his moth
er, his wife and his eldest sister.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Record Christening Party.

A unique party met in Aberdeen,
Scotland, recently to celebrate a
christening. In addition to the par
ents of the child. there were present
the following relatives: Four grand
parents. one great.grandfather. four
reat.grandmothers. Their united
ages were nearly 500 years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Just Boys.

"I inquired once" says Mr.. Arthur
D. Dean in the Worlds Work, of
a group Of teachers what they taught.
One said mathematics, another re-
piled English, still another, science,
but the fourth-God bless the little
prophetess-merely said: Please. sir;
Just boys.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Now Is the lime.

Never, never. walt for postmortem
praise Speak the kind words which
love prompts, and remember that
words of loving kindness are the best
possible tonic which can be given
even to the happiest of mortals.-hate
Tannant Woods.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
evidently His Eirst Watch.

Customer-"Se here, didn't you
guarantee that this watch would keep
good time for a whole year," Store
peeker- Certainly" Customer Well,
you're a fraud The blamed thing
ran down after two days. Judge
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Let Contract for Trolley.

DAVENPORT, Iowa, June 14.-The
building of an interurban line from
Davenport to Muscatine, Iowa, was
made certain when the contract for
grading the right of way was let to
Yale & Regan of Chicago.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
unfortunate Praise.

"There's such thing as spelling
persons good looks by praising them" !"
LAS how" We'll. told Agnes she
had beautiful nose. and she has
made herself cross-eyed looking at It."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14

Virgin Soil Awaits Settlers.
~ is claimed that there are in the
northern part of British Columbia a
u'llion acres of virgin soil awaiting
"e advent of up-to.date fruit growers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Harder Nut to Crack.

Now that Harvard scientists have
solved the riddle of the Sphinx, it is
mp to the Yale highbrow to discover
why woman always steps off NOV.
ing street car backward.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Eor Hiccouahs.

It is said that teaspoonful OF
mixture of granulated sugar and vine
gar will stop hiccoughs Immediately
Womans National Daily.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Ono Consolation.

with enormous crops of prunes and
Nanuts reported, the public may feel
assured of the Injuries OF life. what
sser may happen to the necessaries-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Serious Problem.

Nothing is more difficult than for a
woman to decide when to begin her
thirtieth year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Chinese Warship Coming.

PEKIN, June 14.-China expects to
send a cruiser to Mexico within the
next week to protect the Chinese resi-
dents there.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14
Weather Conditions.

The eastern depression, moving OUT
on the coast, has been attended by
rain in the lower lake region and
northeastern states, and the pres
sure is diminishing in the western
field of high pressure, which is cen
tered in the Dakotas.
The western area of low pressure
over the mountain region is advancing
slowly, day temperatures beins high
on it's front, on the eastern slope OF
the Rockies, and there have been
scattered showers from the mountain
region TO the lower Missouri valley,
the rainfall being heavy in western
Texas On the Pacific slope the
weather is generally fair, with mod
erately high pressure.
Conditions indicate unsettled wealth.
er. and probably showers tonight or
Thursday, for this section.
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pallY River euIIetin.
River Forecast

River Forecast.
The river win remain nearly sta
tionary during the next As hours.
Local Observations.
June Bar. Their Wind. Weather.
13 I p. m. 2oS7 81 NV Clear
IA a. m. 1884 68 w Cldy
Mean temperature June 13, 10.
Highest temperature 84.
Lowest temperature ST.
Lowest temperature last night So.
FRED z. GOSEWTSCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-14

Common Trait of Mankind,
It is the care of very great part
OF mankind to conceal their indigence
from the rest-Johnson.
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THE WEATHER,

For Keokuk and vicinity: Unset
tied weather with probably showers
tonight or Thursday.
For Illinois and Missouri Unset
tied weather with probably showers
tonight or Thursday.
For Iowa: Unsettled weather with
probably showers tonight or Thurs
day. Warmer northwest portion to-.
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Read The Daily Gate City.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-02

tenn is planned for the few who go to
college instead Of the many who go to
work.
In some towns school gardens have
sprung up in response to the demand
that education must FIT the masses for
life as well as the minority for col
lege. Geography. history and arith-
metic have in consequence been prun.
ed back severely, and the educational
sap is seeking an outlet in new direc-
tons
The school garden is a great educa-
tional force which must be reckoned
with in the near future. Why? Be
cause it is rare combination of es-
sendal educational qualities. 1t is a
happy mingling Of play and work, va
cation and school athletics and man
ual training, pleasure and business,
beauty and utility. head and hand,
freedom and responsibility, Of correc-
tive and preventive, constructive and
creative influences. and all In the
great school Of out of doors 1t is the
corrective Of the evils Of the school
room. 1t IS the preventive Of the per-
lis Of misspent leisure. 1t is con-
structiye OF character building Ii is
creative Of industrious, honest pro-