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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-19
WAS WELL KNOWN HERE
Mr.. and Mrs. Vim Mayer Were
Former Residents Of keokuk,
and Several Sisters
Survive.

Gerara Mayer, sixteen year OLD son
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Mayer, of
Warsaw, died last night at $50 after
a months illness occasioned by pneu-
nonia.
The young boy had been recovering
from the pneumonia attack but suf-
fered a relapse.
The family lived in Keokuk several
years ago, the father at present be-
ing superintendent of the Huiskamp
shoe factory at Warsaw. Gerard
Mayer was a member of the high
school at that place and was we'll
known here as well as in his home
place.
Those who survive beside the pa
rents are three sisters, Mrs. Frank
Marsh Of Montana, Miss Helen and
Miss Dot Mayer of Warsaw.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-19

BILE. This, however, will depend upon
caucus sentiment The tariff bills will
be written by the ways and means
committee and submitted TO the eau
Gus before being formally introduced.
Unless the case demands full list OF
house committees, only those requr-
ed for service in the special session
will be appointed. 1t is expected the
caucuses to be held on April ! and )
will be devoted to questions of or
ganization.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-19
CAUCUS DECIDES
ALL QUESTIONS
Whether Tariff or Reciprocity Comes
First Will be Decided by
Democrats

[Gate City Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, March 1S-"Ali
questions relating to the organization
and legislation will be decided in
democratic caucus, said Chairman
Underwood, democrat, Ala.) of the
new committee on ways and means
tonight.
Whether tariff bills or the bill to
carry into effect the reciprocity with
Canada, shall be given precedence is
one of the first and most important
problems to be solved. Chairman I'm
derwoods personal inclination is to
pass tariff bills in the house and get
them to the senate as early as posi-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-19
Appeal Made Effective.

A certain Hartford (Md.) farmer has
hit upon mode of relief from tres
passing fowls belonging TO his neigh.
bors. On one end of thread four
inches long he fastened grain Of
corn and on the other end tag in.
scribed please keep me home" These
We're scattered where the trespassers
were usually found. ard score or
more of hens carried home the appeal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-19
immune to Yellow Fever.

mat the natives in Bahia. Brazil.
are far more immune to yellow fever
man the foreign population Is proved
W the fact that of the 172 cases re-
corded there in 1909 rs per cent. were
among foreigners, who represent more
wan three per cent. OF the total pop
nlafion. or all the cases Of yellow
lever In Bahia last year 54.0S per cent
resulted In death.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-19
The Blue Mediterranean,

The extraordinary blueness of the
Mediterranean has two causes. One
is that very few large rivers OF fresh
water empty into this sea; the second
that the Mediterranean Is practically
landlocked and being exposed to a
powerful sun evaporation is great, BY
actual test the waters Of the Mediter-
ranean are heavier and more salt than
those OF the Atlantic.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-19

is one of the foremost ministers of
the Episcopalian faith and has been
one of the most successful ministers
of the gospel in the country. II is
very possible that he will be the
next rector Of the local church.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-19
MORE DEAD FLIES
IN THE PRECIOUS OINTMENT,

Pastor Russell Points Out Nor. ~.
eep''va Additions to tho Word Of God
Contained In Our Common Version
Bibles. but Shown to Be FAILS. a..
Gauss Not Found In the olSes. Greek
Mss'--oae of Those "FIiesn Ha,
Moulded Accepted Theoloay-pead
r''es Cause the Apotheeary's oint.
ment to stink.-Ecc!esiaste, 1871
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-19

Not long ago l
pointed out t b a t
the last tw civ e
verses of st. Mark $
Gospel, in our Com
mon Version, are
spuriousso recog.
nlzed by ali schol-
ars, because these
verses are not to
be found in any of
l.
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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-03
By
FRANCIS LYNDE

property, vaguely located somewhere
lin the mountains" was involved in
litigation. 1t was the reference to the
litigation which first drew Blount be-
yond the commonplaces, the awakened
interest being wholly professional.
Oddly enough, since he had never
expected to use it, he had specialized
somewhat in mining law. and before
many miles had been clicked off IN
de the drumming trucks of the Pull
man he found himself giving opinions
n laying down plans of procedure
for the mar who, investing in mines,
had apparently purchased more trou-
bic than profits.
Into the cleft thus opened by the ak
of business the hawk faced man in
serted a wedge Of cautious inquiry.
In addition to his mining properties,
he had been making investments in
tlmberlandS-bad investments, he fear
ed, since the government had late
~ taken such a decided stand against
the cutting of timber in the new for
est reserves.
Again Blount was good naturally
helpful. One Of his classmates in the
law school had been preparing himself
to enter the legal branch of the fores1
service, and Blount had acquired al
second hand 4 working knowledge OF
the forestry situation in the west and
Of the legal status of the western tim.
Der pirates. Moreover. he had very
clear and decided opinions upon the
question of the conservation Of the ma.
TONS timber resources. and he was
frank enough to express them emphat
ically.
If he had been less un%suspicious he
might have remarked the %quickened
attention of the prosperous looking
person who seemed SO willing to take
advice from Il chalfce acquaintance.
IF you We're a government man your
self you could hardly put the case
stronger" was the smiling commentary
of this person, who was as yet name
less to Blount.
"How do you know l am not q gov
eminent man." said the eXpatriate
willing enough to play the game as the
cards should fall.
Because you are not travelling or
government transportation was the
shrewd reply.
"You can't tell anything by that
Blount said, laughing. "a good many
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-03

A SECRET MISSION"
civilian employees of the government
travel on regular tickets like other
people"
81 know they do admitted the 9TH
er, and then, with a sharp side glance
which Blount missed, Especially if
they are travelling on a secret mission"
You needn't be alarmed. You have
not told M anything the government
could make use Of" returned Blount,
carrying the jest one necessary move
further along.
1t was precisely at this point, as
Blount remembered afterward, that
the forestry subject was dropped.
Later on, after the talk had drifted
back to mining and from mining into
politics, the hawk faced a %announc-
ed his intention of going back to his
section in the body Of the car to take a
nap.
A little further along toward evening
the great range which had been visible
for hours in the west began to define
itself in peaks and high, bald shoulder
ings Of wind swept mesas, and Blount
was glad to find some STRINGS of
the homecoming wanderers quickened
pulse answering to the nearer view of
the mountains.
At the dining car dinner, which was
served while the high peaks Of the
main range were still rejecting che
crimson and gold Of the sunset, Blount
missed his luncheon companion.
Now that he recalled 1t he remem-
bered that he had seen nothing Of the
hawk faced man since the early after
noon. But the absence OF compani0n.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-03

his captors were also mounted the
new status was defined by the hard
faced man in curt phrase.
"You go along quiet with us, and
don't you make no bad breaks. 1
more'n half believe you been lynn to
me, but I'm goin' to give you a chance
to prove up. If you don't prove up
you pass out, that's all. Now git in
line and hike out, and if ye're tempt
ed to make a break jest ricollect that
a chunk O lead out of a Winchester
kin travel a heap faster than your
cayuse."
For the first few miles the trail was
so difficult that speed was out of the
question. but later in crossing a high
lyinG valley the horses We're pushed.
and ten or twelve miles were covered
at a gallop.
When the canyon trail came out
upon broad uplands and became a
country road, with ranches on either
hand. watered by irrigation canals
into which the mountain torrent was
Inverted, Inere were no fa1nlllar
marks to tell Blount whittier his cap
tors were leading him.
AS he was able to determine bv
holding his watch face up to the moon
light, it was nearly midnight when the
silent cavalcade Of four turned aside
from the main road into an avenue of
huge cottonwood trees.
AT it's head the avenue became a cir
tular driveway, and fronting the drive
way a stately house, with a massive
Georgian facade and colonnadc por-
ticO, flung its black shadow across
the white gravel of the carriage ap-
proach.
There We're lights in one wing of the
house. and another appeared behind
the fanlight in the entrance hall when
the leader Of the three highbinders
had trampcd up the steps and touched
the bell push.
Rlount had a fleeing glimpse of q
black head with a crown Of snowy
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-03
CONTINUED

MT. Hardwick McVickar was not Of
those who fight as men beating the
wind. What time the delft waiter was
.clearing the table and serving the
snNt1l coffees he kept silence, but when
the time was fully ripe he said what
there was to be said.
You've got us by the nape of the
neck, as usual, Blount," he said.
Name your terms"
II have named them. Get in line
with the new public opinion, and We'll
do what we can for you"
McVickar had anticipated the thing
which was about to happen, not pre-
cisely in its present form, perhaps, but
in some form which would involve the
providing of a place for the senator's
son, and he smiled inwardly when he
remembered that he had given Gantry,
the division traffic manager Of the
Transcontinental, instructions to look
up one Evan Blount, a young lawyer,
on his next visit to Boston.
By all odds it would be better to wait
for Gantry's report before taking any
decided steps in the bargaining with
Evan Blount's father, but %unhappily
the crisis had arrived, and quite prob
ably it could not be postponed. None
the less the vice president tried for the
tpostponement.
o asking a good deal, Blount,
Fand you don't seem to realize it. If
we should agree to meet the people of
this state halfway, as you suggest,
what guaranty have we that we won't
be compelled to go all the way?"
The fine lined wrinkles were appear
ing again at the corners of the hered-
itary Blount eyes.
"You can't quite rise to the occasion,
can you, Hardwick?' smiled the boss.
"You'd like to be good, of course, but
you want to be cocksure beforehand
that it isn't going to cost too much"
"I'm only asking for a little time in
which to consider it, was the vice
presidents final word.
You have all the time there is be-
tween now and election. I've told you
what l am going to do"
"You know very we'll that we can't
allow you to do what you propose.
With an unfriendly attorney general
we might as well go out Of business
first as last"
"It is up to you. Mcvickar." was the
calm reply.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-03

"1AL1N0 ~ AM TOh IL AT MI.
wool when the door was opened, but
he did not hear what was said. Then
the negro disappeared, and there was
a little interval of waiting.
At the end of the interval the door
was opened wider, and Blount had a
gruff order to dismount.
What he saw when he stood on the
dOormat beside the hard faced man
with the Winchester merely added
mystery to mystery. Just within the
luXuriously furnished hall, where the
light of the hall lantern served to
heighten the artistic effect Of her dark
red house gown, stood a woman, evil
IDENTIFY the mistress of the Georgian
mansion. She was rather small and
dark, with brown eyes hat We're al
most childlike in their winsomeness. a
woman who might be twenty or thirty
or any age between.
"What is it, Barto?' the little lady
asked, turning to the man with the
gun.
The reply was direct and to the pur-
pose.
Excuse me, but l jest wanted to
ask if you know this young Teller
here. He allows he is
"Of course she said quickly, COM
ing forward without hesitation to give
her hand to the dazed one. please
come in. We have been expecting
you" Then again to the man with
the Winchester. THANK you, Barto,
for showing the gentleman the way to
Wartrace Hall"
1t was ALI done so quietly that
Blount was still awkwardly holding
sthe hand Of welcoming when his late
captors were riding away down the
cottonwood shaded venue. When he
realized what he was doing he was as
nearly embarrassed as Patricia An
ners' lover could well be. But his i'm
promptu hostess quickly set him at
ease.
"You needn't make any explana-
tions,' she fastened to say, smiling up
at him and gently disengaging the
hand which he was still forgetting to
relinquish. "Of course I saw that
you were in trouble Of some kind and
that your safety depended in some
sense upon my answer. What al 1
do for you"
81 was on my way to the capital
when these men held me up" he STAN
mered. "They-they mistook me for
some one else, I think, and for reasons
best known to themselves they brought
me here. If you could direct me to
| some place where I can get a nights
lodging
"There is nothing like a tavern with
in twenty miles of here" she broke in,
nor is there any house within that
radius which would refuse you a
nights shelter, Mr.
Blount made n quick dive for his
cardcase, found it and fastened to in
troduce himself by name. She took the
bit of pasteboard. and since she scarce
] ly glanced at the engraved line on 1t
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-03
CHAPTER III.

- A FALSE GALLUP OE
"a S a churlish fate decreed it turn
IA ed out that Blount was not to
KA have Gantry for a travelling
companion beyond Chicago.
On the second day of westward faring
the railroad man, whose business fol-
lowed him wherever he went, had in
structions to meet MI. Hardwick Nc
Vickar, his vice president, in the Illi-
nois metropolis, and on the morning
of the following day Blount continued
his journey alone.
Twenty-four hours later the expatri-
ated westerner had crossed his Rubi-
con, otherwise the clay colored stream
of the Missouri river, at Omaha, and
had entered upon scenes which ought
to have been familiar-should have
been and were not, so many and great
were the changes wrought during his
fourteen years Of absence. In the
smoking car he fell into talk with a
prosperous looking man whose thin,
hawklike face was so out of keeping
with the air of prosperity--a lone pas
senger who had boarded the train at
Omaha.
i At first their conversation was bald
ny despltory. The hawk faced one. 1t
: seemed, was a mine owner whose
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-03
PROLOGUE.

This story of q young mans
honest attempt to "break" the
boss" and the power of the
machine" is an absorbing1y in
innate portrayal of the working
of the wheels within wheels" in
a desperate political struggle Of
today. The senator, strongly in
trenched behind his party ma
chine" presents an almost in
Vulnerable front, and the con-
Tict between father and son as
this young Lawyer, single hand
ed, fights for what he honestly
believes to be the truth and
right holds one with a trennen-
dous sympathetic interest.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-03
lnuo the canyon.

lnuo the canyon.
The difficulty lay in the crude incred-
Utility Of things. Five minutes earlier
he had been riding peacefully up the
trail, wondering how badly he was lost
and how much farther it was to Deb
bleby's. Then, at a sudden turn in the
canyon bride path, he had come upon
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-03

Cuts and bruises may be healed in
about one-third the time required by the
usual treatment by applying Chamber
lain's Liniment. 1t is an antiseptic and
causes such injuries to heal without
maturation. This liniment also relieves
soreness of the muscles and rheumatic
pains. For sale by III. E. Close & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-03

There's nothing so good for a sore
throat as DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil.
Cures it in a few hours. Relieves any
pain in any part.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-03

Woman loves q clear, rosy complexion,
Burdock Blood Bitters purties the blood
clears the skin, restore rudy, sound
health.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-03
Well Written Up.

The French national library contains
1900 books on the French revolu-
ton.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-03

the campfire to wrangle morosely over
what should be done with him. Blount
found 1t difficult to realize that they
were actually discussing, as M of the
expedients. the propriety OF knocking
him ON the head aud finging his body
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-03

a campfire and
had found him
self looking into
the muZzle of a
leveled Winches-
ter.
From that to
t h e %unhorsing
and the binding
was but a rough
and tumble half
minute, since he
W q S unarmcl
and the surprise
had been COM
plete. but the in
credibilities re-
NAMED.
That some ri
diculous mistake
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-03
CHAPTER Nv.
THE HIGHBINDERs.

HEN the three men who had
WV pulled him from his horse
and bound him had with
lpo WIN tn tho 20 ,t u q v ,iAn "a
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-03

fro BE Continued
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-10-05

ously Of nurse but that meant, Little Mary knew.
many restrictions. separate elevator and the serv'
ants dining room. SHE went so bitterly at the
prospect that they compromised by having cham
bermaid for occasional service. Indeed Little Mary
wept frequently. No one could imagine why. She
cried when her sash was too small pouted to wear
certain dresses teased for the candy sale at the
Office. screamed for hour when Ethel insisted on
her wearing a coat.
one night he drew the child 10 his knee, saying.
She's sleepy Ethel think seven o'clock is too
late for n little girl dine Suppose after this you
she has something carly don't let her wait
for me-
He kissed the nushcd ll:tle cheeks smoothing her
hair with nervous hneefa put her 10 PED ne
continued chen we can dine with Mrs. MacLean
and her friends. as sho suggests. she's spoken to
lou Of II, hasn't She"
Yes" Ethel said family, "and told her we
couldn't consider il. Think OF now little we three
are together, Walter Your never see LlttIe Mary
at all, and you and | won't have time for a word OF
family affairs If We dine with those noisy people.
~ don't want to near anything of family affairs,
Walter said irrablv. II want to be amused; I'm all
edge" He put the child smartly on her feet and
started for the dining room
"You-hurt-my-hand" Little Mary bawled
they entered the elevator The tones of her parents
voices had startled her to new whimperlns she
was sleepy at the table that their faces became
mere burs; the rattle Of Mrs. MacLeans tongue at
a table nearby and her sudden gay laugh were all
that kept her from complete Inconsistencies. As
IL was she kept awake until aIter rhe soup Inns
they accepted Mrs MacLeans proposal TO JON her
friends.
AS a rule after dinner this group OF table COM
panions to the Gardeners sitting room for
cards Little Mary, meanwhile, was asleep III the
adjoining room. She responded nconsciousy to
the noise of elevators the boys in the corridors with
trays of tinkling glasses. and the Laughter Of the
card players in such close proximity by tossing
restlessiy on her bed. Sometimes she cried out in
her sleep, Now you stop in the tretul tone or
waking hours. Sometimes she could not sleep at
all and cried Justify. Upon such nights Ethel stole
from her guests, turned on the light and gave the
child picture book in the necessity of inducing
silence. The book was painfully familiar, Tor IN
their crowded suite Little Mary had small place for
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-10-05

smasher OF vases scratcher of furniture q collidng
evil noisy spirit. vicious destroyer of property.
You wouldn't take my little Sirl, then, under any
circum6tances?' Ethel would ask, and Little Mary
arrived at the conclusion that her parents in taking
fat would pertOrCe abandon her. She tugsed at
her mothers hand at each interview, Whispering
crafty, Lets stay at the hotel Mrs. AIacLean,
who had taken them all under hcr wing. ioineG her
persuasions to the child's. Little Mary heard her
urge the freedom from all care ct tho Winchester,
the chance to show their p""tty new clothes, the
ton for Walter Gardner after DAYS work, to say
nothing OF the freedom for them all.
Il don't know" Ethel said dubiouslT; Walter has
always thought great deal OF home
A smile lowered Mrs MacIean's cherry lips
III YOU want 10 stay. I believe can coax him TO-"
she said "Ive never seen yet the man | couldn't
manage"
she wincd hor arm around Ethel's waist for a
saunter, and drcw Little Marys moist Hahn in hers
You'll be buried alive in Fat. alone al day long
You must stay. boobies and 7 cant let you 90.
Little Mary has improved so much =, she peeped
really wouldn't know any Of you
Indeed the Gardner family were making strides
both in their own estimation and that OF the in
mates of the hotel Now when they entered the
great blaze OF the dining room and sauntered non
chaantly to their table, the walters fastened to
draw out their chairs, while people nodded and
smiled on every side
That's the fellow that made such killing on
wheat last week. they would whisper OF Walter.
That's his wife Did you such a change
for the before" ladies' murmured of Ethel. THE
child perfect cAerub; she's the pet OF the hotel
All this was due largely TO the ofiices OF Mrs.
"'Ni'N"i'' WIZ "Hen 11lncl Hdu 49,
advice had good-n aturodly taken them all three in
hand II was she who chose school Tor Little
Mary, led them to the fashionable shops enlarged
their acquaintance, amused and BATTERED Walter
Gardner when he came home out or SORTS had even
suggested his tailor and confded into MS sympa'
thetlc ears the reasons that had LED her 10 seek Il
divorce. They would have been lost, Walter and
his wife agreed without their new friend. 80, ,
What Mrs MacIean did for Waller and Ethel
Gardner. Doodles accomplished for Little Mary. I'm,
der her care the chd's acquaintance now embraced
every guest and employee OF me motel Ter new
and stylish frocks and the support OF companion