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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-26
b|RDMAN FLIES
HERE TOMORROW
Big Aviation Meet Will Be Held at
Messenger Tract, Short Dis
lance From the Car
Line.
FIRST FLIGHT AT 2:3o
Three Companies OF Militia VIII Be
There-surroundine Towns
Are BrIstling With
EXCITEMENT.

1t is the last day before the big
meet Tomorrow Aviator Willard in
his Glen n. Curtiss bi-plane will give
at Keokuk the first exhibition of avia
ton ever witnessed in southern Iowa
Thousands are on the tip-toe Of ex
pectancy and Keokuk will be thronged
with visitors.
Promptly at 2:30 Saturday afternoon
Willard will rise from the aviation
field for his first fight and will cir
Gle over the heads of the interested
spectators. The aviation field will be
located on the Messenger tract, and Is
pronounced an ideal spot TO-. the ex
hibition. Ample adjacent ground has
been secured for automobiles and car
riages and persons driving out will
have good accommodations for their We
hicles. The field can be reached eth
err by way of Orleans street past the
Country club and golf grounds or
from Main street. The streets cars
will afford service to Twentieth and
Main and plenty of transportation ia
cilities will be provided by autos
hacks and carriages from down town
So much better view will be afforded
from the aviation field than elsewhere
that everyone will want to view the
fights from there. They will be prin
cipally of an exhibition nature, demon
strating the controIof the machine. its
ability to turn, dip, rise. drop. etc. and
will be given comparatively close to
background SO that the spectators can
fully understand the various stunts. AS
1t will necessary to close all roads
leading to the field for some distance
to accommodate the patrons and their
vehicles 1t will not be possible for
persons outside the field to see the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-26
VETERAN OF
THE CIVIL WAR
Death This Morning Of j. w. Scott at
Bentonsport, Father Of G. c.
Scott Of keokuk.

At his home in Bentonsport this
morning at o'clock occurred the
death of j. ". Scott Of that city
from heart trouble and dropsy The
deceased was well known citizen
of Van Buren, county and was in the
neighborhood of seventy years old.
He was veteran of the civil war
and was member of the G. A. R..
Masonic order and Odd Fellows.
He is the first of family of eleven
children, to die and was the father
of G. c. Scott of this city. The moth
er of the deceased is still living
and Is past ninety years old.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-26
COLLECTION OF
REMARKABLE PHOTOS
Army Officer and Brooklyn Suburban
lite on visItNHerc, Show Their
Strange Collection.

Captain n. L.. Warwick of Norfolk,
Va. arrived today for short visit
with his parents, General and Mrs.
Noble Warwick, enroute home from
a western trip. He is accompanied by
friend, Nelson Monfort of Brooklyn,
who is also returning home from the
west
During their sojourn in California,
they took a great many photographs
Of scenery and sights and both being
amateurs at the game, were showing
a most remarkable collection of views
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-26
PERSONALS.

Mrs. H. Lowitz and Mrs. NJ Lesser
of Chicago arrived in the city this
morning for a visit with relatives
Mrs, Harry M. Phillips and son,
Fowler left today for an extended
visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Martin left
this morning for Kahoka to attend
the Kahoka high school commence.
ment exercises, one of Mrs. Martins
nieces graduating.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-26
Ailments of Men
Happily Overcome
SUCCESSFULLY TRIED BY
MANY.

Undoubtedly the following pre-
scription Will work wonders for
that great class of men who,
through dissipation OF their natur-
Al strength. find themselves in
tneir second childhood long be-
iotted to life's pleasures and en-
joyments are reached.
1t Is presumed to be infallible.
and highly efficient in quickly
restoring In nervous exhaus-
ton weak vitality, melancholia
and the functions.
compound fluid balmwort - in a
one-ounce package. and three
ounces syrup. sarsaparilla com
pound: TAX home, mix and let
stand two hours; then get one
ounce compound essence carolol
and one ounce tincture cadomene
all in six or eight ounce bottle,
shake well. and take one tea
spoonful after each meal and one
when retiring followed by
drink of water.
BY mixing it at home no man
need he the wiser to to anothcres
shortcomings, and expensive fees
are avoided
Lack Of poise and equilibrium
In men is constant source of
embarrassment even when the
public least suspects It. For the
benefit OF those who want a re-
storation to full. bounding health,
and all the happiness accompany
Ing It, the above home treatment
is given. 1t contains. no opiates
or habit-forming drugs whatever
Mix it at home and no one will
be the wiser as to your affliction.
.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-26

here. One was supposed to be pic
ture of an ostrich but looked more
like the rear view OF meat house,
while photograph of western colt
had the appearance of microbe on
stills.
Pressing business in the east will
cause the two photographers to hurry
home although they wished to remain
over until tomorrow afternoon and en-
ter the amateur photo contest at the
aviation exhibit.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-26

Read The Daily Gate City for
i've sport news
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-26

The splendid work OF Chamberlain s
stomach ard Liver Tablets is daily
coming to light. No such grand rem
eos Tor liver and bowel troubles was
ever known. Thousands bless them
lot curing constipation, sick head
acne hiliousncss, jaundice and indi
gestion Sold by all dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-26
Ouf SUIfIffiIssIUI1'
JOSHUA F. ELDER,
THOMAS P. GRAY.
FRANK r = SCHN1n

MANN i :. +. oSf1MlIi.
The report then takes UP an ex.
PLANTATION of funds, with such sub.
heads as. general grading, .
street Sidewalk" bridge sew.
err bond sinking fund.- fire" pub
lie park department, board OF
health cemetery legal
There is also contained the re.
ports of Chief John Anderson of the
hre department., City Marshal Schev.
ers, the report of the state examiner,
NJ T. Cox, and the financial state.
ment.
The back covers contain a small
engraving of the water power dam.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-26
lNKY HANDS

Ink stains on the fingers are not
difficult to remove If you have the
"Whiz' can handy.
Whiz will remove ink or any other
stain and cannot possibly injure the
skin.
Try it--keep g can in the house
just apply a little Whiz, water-rub
rinse-and- off-comes-t he-dirt.
Each can of Whiz contains coupon
which will enable you to secure Rog.
ers genuine silverware of a beautiful
design.
For sale by all grocers and drug
gists.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-26

Do You Have the Right Kind Of HeIp7
Foley Kidney Pills furnish you the
right kind OF help to neutralize and
remove the poisons that cause back.
ache, headache. nervousness. and
other kidney and bladder ailments. "
Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-26
COMMISSIONS
FIRST REPORT.
Il Appears In Pampn,et Form and IS
the Most Complete Ever Pub
lshed in tho City
Of keokuk.
REPORT rs EXHAUSTIVE
Gives Financial Status Of the City
With Reports Of Departments
Book is Free to
the Public.

The first annual report OF the city
Of Keokuk under the commission plan
Of government was published today in
pamphlet form, 1000 copies being re.
ceived from the printer They will be
placed in the city clerks office for
anyone who wishes them free of
charge A number will also be sent
out of the city.
The pamphlet contains thirty-four
pages and an exhaustive statement Of
the past years finances. The preface
contains few paragraphs to the citi-
Gems. They follow:
Your commission, in presenting
this, its first annual report, feels
that it is the fullest yearly recori
that has ever been published in this
city. ssssi
I'VE have divided the city's money
into funds, as required by the state
law, and this report shows the re-
ceipts and expenditures of the city's
funds in each account.
1--WE start our term OF office ignor-
ant of the circumstances under which
we would work But, aided by your
patriotic spirit, we were enabled to
carry through as much public i'm
provement as former years, and the
city of Keokuk, for the first time In
its history, did not borro-> money to
defray its current expenses.
"As shown by the financial sum-
mary on April 18th, 1910, the city
had floating Indebtedness of over
$4,000. On April fst, 1911, at the end
of the first fiscal year, it had to it's
credit over $4,000. The receipts of the
city have been practically the same
as in former years. and this gain was
made by eliminating useless expendl-
ture.
THE commission knows that 1t has
made mistakes, but assures the citi-
zens that it will endeavor not TO
make the same mistake twice.
In the ensuing year, we hope to
do good deal OF civic improvement.
A number of our streets must be re-
paired and rebuilt, and several new
ones must be graded and opened. AL
SO our sewer system is in great need
of extension.
The next few years will undoubt-
edly see a great change in the civic
conditions of the city We hope that
the citizens on whom the burden Of
adjusting affairs now rests. will meet
this change in the same fair and i'm
partial manner in which they have
judged our actions
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-26
Passenger CARVING AtrshIp.

BERLIN, May 26.-A second passen-
ger Carrying airship of the Zeppelin
type almost identical in proportions
with Deutschland II will be conplet-
ed by the Zeppelin Construction Com
pany at Friedrichshafen early in July.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-26

Foley Kidney Pills take hold of your
system and help you to rid yourself
Vi your dragging backache. dull head
ache, nervousness, impaired eyesight,
and of all the ills resulting from the
impaired action Of your kidneys and
bladder Remember it is Foley Kid.
ney Pills that do this. Wilkinson G.
Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-26

John d. Rock efeller would go broke
If he should spend his entire income
trying to prepare better medicine
than Chcmberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy for diarrhoea,
dysentery or bowel complaints. 1t is
simply impossible, and SO says every
one that has used it. Sold by all
dealers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-30
(SS8fsnoTs

The city has been making surveys in
Lakewood addition for the streets and
walks.
City Clerk Burge has been confined
at his home for a couple of days with
a severe cold.
Consumption is durable if treated in
the early stages. Give the North Side
fresh air camp a boost on Tag Day."
The Golden Rule club of the First
Presbyterian church will hold a ban
quet at the Central Y. M. c. A. to-
night.
The contract for installing over
5000 feet of tile drains at the fair
grounds has been let to Dumford
Brothers.
1--WE are very anxious to have the
White way installed, so that we can
have it in operation by Fair week.
said W. w. Webb.
Merle Gage has been appointed by
the board of education as superin-
tendent of Fairgrounds and athletlcs
in Topeka for the summer months.
The high school students have
filed out cards indicating what courses
of study they wish to take next fall;
There was just a little rain this
morning.
The christian Endeavor of the First
CONGREGATIONAL church will hold a So
cial and business meeting tomorrow
evening at the home of Naomi Bar
stow, 131 Buchanan street.
The Commercial club may advance
the money for paying for the installa-
ition of the White way adjacent to the
postoffice building, expecting the gov
eminent to pay the coin back later.
The Twenty third annual of the
shawnee and Usage County Temper
ance and Sunday School union will be
| held at the Frank M. StahI place
twenty miles southeast of Topeka June
! l 5th.
The next meeting of the Topeka Ad
! club will be held a week from this
noon Today was the regular meeting
day, but on account of the Memorial
celebration the gathering was post
poned.
It seems to be the general opinion
that within a short time petitions will
be circulated for White Ways on
Fifth, Sixth. Seventh and Eighth
streets within a block each side of
Kansas avenue.
Mr.. Lee Sidwell, formerly of To-
peka, now treasurer Of the Columbian
| Magazine Publishing Co., New York.
will return next month to visit his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. j. w Sidwell,
/ 500 West Sixth avenue.
There has been considerable de-
mand on the part of business men
that city ordinance be drawn up
| and passed doing away with electric
| light, telegraph and telephone poles
and show cases along Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-30

Items Tor the Oakland column may %
teleL honed to Ind. phone 175l1
Miss Lahore and Mr.. Guy Scrivner
are spending the Memorial Day vaca-
ton with friends in Lawrence.
Miss Alice Smith left yesterday for
her home in Dodge City, KAN, after
spending two weeks here visiting rela-
tives and friends.
Mr.. A Galloway has returned from
Hoyt, Kan. where he made a short
visit with relatives and friends.
Miss Nina Campbell is spending this
week in Usage City, visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. H. P. Campbell and family.
Mrs. George Miller and son George,
jr., of Overlook, are here spending i
few days with friends. They will go to
Lincoln, Neb., from here to make an
extended visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Moore, former resi-
dents of Oakland.
Mrs. Hugh Stanley is improving after
being quite sick for the past week with
an attack of the mumps.
Mrs. Rose Wilson is able to be up and
around after being quite sick for the
past three weeks with an attack of
erysipelas.
Fred Williams and Joe Clark are
spending a few days in Ozawkie on a
fishing trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Davis and Mr..
and Mrs. F. Chris spent Sunday the
y
AFTER avenue.
Mrs. E. S. Wallace has returned from
st. Joe, where she spent several days
the guest of Mrs. L. Heaster
| Miss Ruth Down spent Sunday the
guest of Miss Edith Jessopp of AFTER
avenue.
Miss Cal1die Simmons of Council
| Grove, Kan, is here spending a few
days on a business trip.
| Mr.. Merton Stanton of Burlingame is
here spending two weeks with Mr.. and
! Mrs. r. ]. Dan.
! Mr. Ed Gill is spending this week in
| Wakarusa.
| Mrs. c. Stockham will entertain the
Loyal Workers of the Christian church
at her home on Chester avenue
| Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. G. Kirkpatrick will entertain the
Ladies' Aid society of the Presbyterian
| church at a tea Thursday afternoon.
| Mrs. Sam Jones will entertain the
! Helping Hand society of the Christian
church at her home on AFTER avenu.
at their next regular meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-30
BANDITS ROB SCHOOL BOY.
Angered Because He Had Only Five
Gents, Men Beat Him.

New Britain, Conn. May S0.-The
police here are securing the outskirts
of the city today for two highway
men. who last week held up a 4-year-
old boy at pistol point while he was
on his way to store and robbed him
of all his possessions; namely, FIVE
shiny pennies which he was about to
invest in candy. Indignant at the
smaIlness of their haul, the two men
beat the child and then threw him into
a freight car in the railroad yards.
locking the door behind him
The lad, Peter Corati, was found in
the car yesterday, weak from hunger
and fright.
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street, Wednesday evening in honor
of Mrs. Charles Shape of Fit. Madi-
son, Ia, who is Mrs. Jones' guest for
g few days
Mr.. T. E. Prout left today for Col
umbus, o., where he will spend ten
days, attending a secretary's confer
ence.
Miss Marie Allen of Oklahoma iCty
will come Friday to spend a week with
Mrs. r. V. Whitaker Of S34 Jeffer-
son street.
W. E. Boydston of 422 jefferson
street, is spending a few days with
his folks in Meriden, Kan.
Miss Elsie Thomas is spending a
few days in Fit. Scott, Kan, with her
brother H. B. Thomas and family.
Miss Josephine Clarke and Miss
Florence JolIey spent Tuesday in
Shorey with Miss Ethel Johnston.
Mrs n. E. Morford and Mrs. V. f.
johnson and children of German ave-
nue., will leave Friday for Atlanta and
other points in Missouri. where they
will spend a month visiting relatives
and friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-30

Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Howell left
yesterday for points in Illinois and In
diana, where they will spend several
weeks on vacation trip.
Miss Myrtle Reynolds of Lawrence
is here spending a few days visiting
relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred jackson have
given the name, Helen Louise, to
their infant daughter.
Everett Clarke of 221 Lake street,
continues to improve after being quite
sick for the past four weeks.
Mrs. Long of Carbonate and
daughter, Mrs. George Baldwin Of
Usage City, spent Monday here, the
kina of PA Chandler street.
Miss Lola Mitchell is improving
after being quite sick for the past
week with an attack of the grip.
Mrs Margaret Maxwell OF. Salem,
Ind, is expected to arrive here Friday
to be the guest of her sister, Mrs. NJ.
johnson of Klein street for month.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Kelley are
spending the week in Leavenworth
and ST Joe with relatives and friends.
Mrs w. F.. Boydston and children
of 422 jefferson street, left last week
for Roswell, n. NJ, where they will
make an extended visit with relatives
and friends.
The Sewing Society of the auxiliary
of the Switchmans union will meet
Friday afternoon with Mrs. E. E. Nc
Fadden, at her home, 1910 Fillmore
street
Mrs. r. j. Miller is spending a few
weeks in Atchison with friends and
relatives
Mary Echbach of Emmett, KAN
IS here spending a few days with Mrs
J. Stevens of jefferson street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred johnson will
leave in few days for their home in
Illinois after spending two weeks
here visiting relatives and friends.
Miss Ethel Perry of Altoona, is
here visiting for a few days with Miss
Ruth Arthur. zfh
Mr.. and Mrs. E. ]. Semcon of OF.
tawa, is here spending two weeks.
Mrs. George Metzger and Mrs. VIM
Jones will entertain the G.. l. A. at the
home of Mrs. Jones, sos Madison
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-30
MADERO OVER THE LINE.
Round of Social Festivity Arranged
for Him in FL Paso.

Juarez. May 30.-Francisco 1. Madero,
jr., steps across to American territory
today for the first time in several
months. A luncheon in his honor was
arranged for today by an FL Paso resi-
dent, inaugurating a round of social
festivity. Tonight Senior Madero and
his military staff will be guests at a
dinner given by Ell Paso city officials to
Colonel Steever of the Fourth United
States cavalry and Colonel Sharpe of
the Twenty-third United States in
fantry, and the retrospective officers.
A public reception for Senior Madero
has been arranged by the Ell Paso
chamber of commerce for tomorrow
night, while Thursday night the former
insurrectos will give ball at the GUS
toms house here in celebration of their
triumph, Senior Madero leaving for
Mexico City the following day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-30

Wichita has got rid of these nuisances
in her business district by such an
ordinance.
The city offices were for the most
part closed today. Mayor Billiard and
Commissioner E. B. Stotts were the
only members of the board of city
commissioners who were in their Of
fees for business this morning.
In the last ten years in Kansas
there have been reported an average of
go deaths a year from consumption,
and it is estimated that If reports were
complete they would show at least
1900 annually. The camp, under the
auspices of the Topeka Anti-Tubercu-
losis association, on the North side is
doing much towards stamping out the
great white plague in Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-30
BURGLAR ROBS TWO.
Homes of DR.. I'll. III. Keith and d. T
Scott Ransacked.

A burglar made 50 and a watch and
got one camera last night by entering
the homes of D. T. Scott at 1909 Arch
avenue and DR.. II. H. Keith at ITO
West Tenth avenue.
He got the watch at Scott's and the
money and camera at Kieth'S. At both
homes he entered by raising screens at
unlocked windows. He worked the low
er floor thoroughly at the Kieth home
turning everything upside down in a
search for loot. The money he got, he
found in a purse Mrs. Keith had left
down stairs. The burglar did not go
up stairs.
The run through the Scott home
seems to have been in a hurry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-30
TRAIN IN A HEAP.
MiIwaukee's Steel Train Wrecked on
Its First Trip.

Seattle, May 3o.-The Chicago, Milwau-
kee and Puget Sound Railroad company's
new steel passenger train, the Columbian,
which left Seattle last night is reported
to have been derailed at Maiden, near
Spokane, and five passengers and two
trainmen killed.
Maiden is thirty miles south of Spokane.
1t is reported the engine was derailed and
the whole train piled up on the engine.
The engineer and firemen were killed.
The train was making its first trip, the
railroad having been opened only yester-
day. The passenger list was very large.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-30
CLUB RAIDS ARE COSTLY.
Prosecutor Turns in Bill of $3.50 for
Saturday Nights Work.

Bridgeport, Conn, May 30.-The authori-
ties here are wondering if the prosecuting
of Sunday liquor selling is worth all it
costs. AS a single item in connection with
the raiding of five clubs one Sunday a
short time ago, the special prosecuting
liquor attorney has just presented a bill
of $3.50. If the authorities were similarly
active on every Sunday throughout the
year, the prosecutors bill on the same
scale would amount to nearly $780, 900, far
more than the clubs pay in license fees
Exception was taken to the size of the
$3.50 fee and the matter went before
local court, where decision was reserved.
Everybody reads the State Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-30
PEOPLE ARE ANGRY.
Mob Marches Against the City Hall
in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma City, Okla, May 30.-Fol-
lowing a meeting here more than 1000
men marched to the city hall and de-
manded the resignation of Mayor
Lackey, who, with the city council, has
refused to vacate his office in favor of
the newly elected mayor, and the city
commissioners. A message from Whit
NJ Grant, the successful ,nayoralty
candidate in the recent election, asking
the angry crowd to await the decision
of the court, brought an end to the dis
turbance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-30
PREFERS DEATH TO MARRIAGE
Persistent WOOing Leads Girl to At
tempt to Kill Herself.

New York, May 30.-Rather than
wed man whom she did not love,
Is year old Rebecca Boltman hurled
herself from the third floor window
of her home shortly before midnight
and sustained injuries from which
she will probably die today.
The young man had followed her
from Hungary, she told the police, and
enlisted her parents aid in his per-
sistent wooing. For three years she
had withstood their urgings and at
length when they continued insistent,
decided to end her life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-30

Donald who is seeing his more prosper
Gus cousin off by the train-Ye MIGHT like
tae leave me bob twa tae drink We
safe journay, Willie, Willie (feigning re-
greD-Man, Gamma. Amy spare shullin's
l gle tae my auld mither Donald
That's strange Because yer mither told
me we never gle her onything- Willie
Weel, if 1 dinna gle my aud mither ony-
thing, what sort o. chance dae We think
you've gOt?-Puck