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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-21

street car motorman, succumbed at
his home at SOC South Twentieth
street yesterday afternoon at Las
O'Clock Eryspelas and pneumonia
We're given as the cause of his death.
Until last Monday he was apparent
ly in the best of health but Monday
noon complained of not feeling well
and retired to his bed early in the
afternoon. His ailment was pronounc-
ed pneumonia and later erysipelas de-
veloped. His condition grew much
worse Friday afternoon and the end
came at the above mentioned hour
yesterday
He was born in Hancock county,
Illinois, IN 1860 and located in Quin.
cy, thirteen years ago. For some time
past he has been employed by the
Quincy Street Railway system but
was for twenty years in the employe
OF the G. B. & Q. railroad, filing the
positions of brakeman and fireman
He was faithful member of the Yer
mont Street Baptist church; was af
/ filiated with North Star Camp No
4474 NJ. w A., and also held mem
bership in the Street Car Men, Benev,
client association. He claimed large
circle of friends in Quincy and in
Hancock county, where he was born
To survive him he leaves his widow
/ five daughters, Mrs. Clarence Smith
Mrs. Ed Kelley and Misses Edna
Grace and Mabel Spoonemore, and
one son. Raymond Spoonemore, all OF
/ Quincy. He also leaves three grand
children The funeral will be publicly
1 announced later.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-21
To Wash the Nostrils.

To wash the nostrils every day
should be the aim of everyone wish
ing to be free from the disgusting
symptoms of nasal catarrh.
Any one can readily rid themselves
of nasal catarrh By obtaining from
the druggist two ounces of antiseptic
vilane powder Use half teaspoonful
to pint of warm water and, snuff up
into the nostrils half dozen or more
times until all the Shiny matter is re-
moved. Also gargle the throat, and
apply the following splendid catarrh
balm to the nostrils: Mix a teaspoon.
full OF vilane powder with five cent
Jar of vaseline.
This treatment cleans. clears,
soothes and heals the mucous mem
brane and enables one to breathe free.
~ through the nose
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-21
AT THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE, wgDsEsD Az MARCH %

Then he looked across the room at
Bruce.
There's one thing" said he.
which has been pulling me, too.
I've been turning the whole thing over
and over in my mind and round and
round and | cant make 1t out. What
put you on my track? /"
OF the seven men in the room three
knew OF the four who did NOT know
II was doubtful which awaited the an
swer with the most unconcealed eager
ness-the man in the chair or the vete-
ran reporter leaning against the wall
near the door--Joyce or Connors.
Bruce turned in his chair and looked
at Connors with curious smile.
You can guess, can't your" he said.
No said the star man." grufly,
can't. ! admit I'm UP a tree-for
once. don't suppose It was anything
overlooked. was it?"
I'm afraid you did overlook IT, re-
piled Bruce showed 1t to you. but
you couldn't see anything In It. Hero
1t is
!. He held out his hand, palm upward
One Of the buttons on that shirt
said Bruce, quietly.
The older man leaning against the
wall and the younger man sitting help.
less in The chair across the room
! looked at the button and said nothing.
= took this over to button house
on Broadway" continued Bruce. !" and
they referred me to the Long Island
! City factory which uses them. There
found photograph and In it Nc
Ginnis picked out the man who hired
that rig from him last night"
The Managing Editor began drum
ming noiselessly on his desk again.
Then he turned towards Bruce.
My SON. said he, " this is hell
of story. one Of the biggest beats I
| know Of. You've done us proud"
The older man stopped and the
younger mans face grew red.
Have you been making notes of
this mans story" the Night Editor
went on
Yes, said Bruce. gathering up the
papers on the desk before him. I've
taken 1t down in shorthand I can
! dictate to Brown in the City Room.
He's fast typewriter He'll have i.
I done in twenty minutes
Ito b esssisaed)
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-21
!. CLAIM TO have
BEST SYSTEM
spoksnc's Commission Plan of Civic
Government is Held Up
AS Good
Model.
PREACHER AS MAYOR
Salaries Of $1,000 Per Year and Off.
Gals are Bonded for
Five Times That
Amount.
fGate City Special Service. j


SPOKANE, Wash, March FL
What is declared by experts to be the
most advanced practical plan of mum
icipal government by commission in
America is now in operation In
Spokane. Five commissioners, chosen
from among 90 candidates at a special
election on March Z, when women ex-
ercised the right of the ballot for the
first time in the history of the city.
were formally indicted into office on
March Ia, retiring Mayor Nelson S.
Pratt and ten councilmen The com
mission has been organized as fol-
lows:
Mayor and commissioner OF public
affairs, William j. Hindley, formerly
pastor of Pilgrim Congregational
church.
Vice chairman and commissioner of
finance, Robert Farley, formerly
city comptroller.
Commissioner of public utilities.
Charles NJ. Fassett, formerly president
of the Spokane chamber of commerce
Commissioner of public works,
David c. Coates. printer: former
lieutenant-governor OF Colorado.
Commissioner of public safety. Fora
q. Hayden. retired lumber mill oper-
ator and capitalist
The first three were elected for
terms of FIVE years, the last named for
three years. The salary is $4,000 a
year, the bond of each being fixed at
$4,000.
The commissioner OF public affairs
appoints and supervise the city engi-
neer, corporation counsel and inspec-
tor of weights and measures: the com
missioner of finance controls the books
and offices Of the city treasurer and
auditor; the commissioner of public
utilities has charge of the city water
works and power plant, street rail-
way, telephone and allied affairs; the
commissioner of public works has
supervision of the streets, pavements
and sewers, and the commissioner of
public safety controls the police and
firemen. The commissioners also look
after all the ramifcations of their
various duties and may change and
alter these by agreement
Three civil service commissioners, to
be appointed to serve without pay,
demand the merit system, examina-
tions. prohibitions, investigations and
removals on charges. The purpose is
to make permanent all municipal ap-
pointments, calling for special fitness,
so that faithful public official may
plan career and fit himself accord
ingly, without fear of displacement by
disfavor
Another feature of the charter is the
provision for publicity. All the meet
tngs are open to the public, and all
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-21
CDR. Miles Nervine
Raised Me From
the Crave Mrs. Taylor

This is strong statement TO
make, but it is exactly what Mrs.
Thomas Taylor, of Blum, Texas,
said in expressing her opinion of
this remedy.
sDr Miles Restorative Nervine
raised me from the grave and have
much confidence in it. can never
say enough for your grandmedicines.
If anyone had offered me $4,000 for
the second bottle of Ncrvine that l
used would have said mo indeed"
MRS. THOMAS TAYLOR,
Blum. Tex.
Nervous exhaustion is COM
mon occurrence of modern life.
The wear and tear on the nervous
system is greater now than at any
time since the world began. For
slccplcssncss, poor appetite and that
run down feeling, nothing is so
good as
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-21
Toledo, Peoria and. Western RAILWAY
c., 3. & Q. RAILWAY CO.

Trains leavo from Union Deaot
Bertiis and tickets, Fifth and John.
son streets.
South Bound.
No. s. st. Louis and south,
leaves -. ............... 12.45 an
No. IL. st. Louis and Kan
sas City and west, south.
leaves 1850. $50 am
No. 4, Quincy. Hannibal 4
st. Louis, arrive .:15 r. m,
leaves ........ 1:2O pm
NO. 10, Quincy and Hanni-
bal, strives .............. s:26 pm
No. 10 leaves ........... S:a5 pm
North Bound.
No. Z, Chicago, st. Paul
and points west, leaves 2::35 an
No. 10, Chicago, st. Paul
and points west, arrives -. 7;s5 pm
No. 13, leaves ........... T:s5 I'm
sNo. 8, Burlington, Chicago
and east, leaves ......... 1:55 pm
No. i. Burlington. leaves 1885 am
aNo. 81, Donnellson, c., B. &
X. c., and North Road
leaves ......~.. $3.50 pm
sNo. so, from Donnellson,
c., B. & X. c., & North
Road. arrives ........... 1870 am
mo. /, X. & w. lest. leaves so5 am
siNo. 5, Centerville. leaves 735 pm
| mo. 4, from Centerville and
points intermediate. arrives lis pm
sNo. 2, from Centerville and
sNo. 3. Centerville, leaves $40 On
'-No.se, from Centerville, ar
| rives ................. HOB an
Daily.
DAILY except Sunday.
1 ssSundays only.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-21
Ito b esssi.sed1

4 Clear Brain and healthy body are
essential for success Business men,
teachers, students, housewives. and
other workers say Hoods Sarsaparil
la gives them appetite and strength.
ard makes their work seem easy 1t
overcomes that tired feeling.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-21
Texas NurserYman SAYS.

Mr.. S. II. Weaver, Nurseryman of
Keenan,, Texas, writes; VIII say that
/ used Blackburn's CascaBoyal-P Pills
which You sent me, and must &C
knowledge that they did me more
good than any other medicine ] have
ever taken. | think your pills are the
greatest discovery in the science OF
medicine. Should you care to use this
testimonial in furthering its influence
you have my permission to do SO.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-21

TRAIN 473-Leaves Keokuk. .7:4o am
Train 741--Leaves Keokuk. q: So pm
sTrain 472-Arrives Keokuk. .S:l5 pm
TRAIN 470--Arrives Keokuk. .1:o5 pm
Local Freight Trains.
+Train S6-Arriyes Keokuk. $50 pm
'Train s5-Leave Keokuk 700 am
'Daily except Sunday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-21
As the Twls Is Bent.

I'll have to take particular care
with that boy said the conscientious
instructor. IS he inclined to be way
ward?" no. But II he ever does
anything wrong he is sure to be
caught. He leaves thumb prints all
over his copybook
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-21

No matter what your symptoms or
trouble. in all probability it is entire
" due to neglected constipation; and.
it you wish to be free from symp-
toms and ills, write TO The Black.
burn Products company, Dayton. o.
for a free trial package of Black.
burns cascaRoyal Pills. or obtain a
1oc or 25c package from your drug
gist.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-21

A Special Medicine for Kidney All.
nents.
Many elderely people have found In
Foley's Kidney Remedy quick re.
lief and permanent benefit from kid.
ney and bladder ailments and from
annoying irregularities due to advanc-
ing years. Isaac N. Regain, Farmer,
Mo, says: "Foley's Kidney Remedy
effected a complete cure in my case
and l want others to know OF IT,
Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-21
Or. Miles Nervine

Your nerves are your life and
lack of vital energy makes existence
a misery. DR.. Miles Ncrvine will
tone up your nervous system.
Ask any druggist. 1.-THE first bottle fails
to benefit, your nnonsyis returned.
MILES MEDICAL CO.. EIkhart. Ind.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-21
FORMER KEoKUKIAN
DEAD IN QUINCY
Jno. w. spoonemore, Street Car Motor.
man Died There ~aturday After
noon.

The Quincy Wing tells Of the death
OF a former Keokuk man as follows:
John W. Spoonemore, a well known
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-21
The Beat Of
the Year
By Robert Livingston Beecher

so-vnenr. ,ss- ~ IN. PEARSON rr.Lisasse co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-21

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-21

"a the name Of Wasnington
men blush there was puf
The Holly chieftain., 1911-02-24

One might fight a lie and still not
follow the truth.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-02-24
Probably Got or.

Apropos of certain unfounded
charges OF drunkenness among the
naval cadets at Annapolis. Admiral
Dewey, at dinner in Washington,
told a story about young sailor.
THE sailor, after long voyage
he said. went ashore in the tropics.
and, 1t being hot day, he drank, in
certain tropical bars, too much beer.
"As the sailor lurched under his
heavy load along palm-bordered ave-
nue.. his captain hailed him indig-
nantly.
Look here the captain said, sup
pose you were my commander, and
you met me In such a condition as
you're In now, what would you do to
me?'
why. SIR said the sailor, I would
MT condescend to take no notice Of
you at ALL sir ,"
The Holly chieftain., 1911-02-24
WA8HINeTON.

All the developments now favor
vote in the Senate on The Canadian
reciprocity agreement before adjourn
ment. March 4th.
In the court room Of the United
States Court of Customs Appeals. the
recently established Commerce Court
held its first public session.
The Senate committue on interstate
commerce, after spirited contest, de-
cided to give additional hearings on
the House bill to pre- ent speculation
IN cotton futures.
DR.. Edwin Powell, noted surgeon
of the Civil War and who was in
charge of clinical snrprry at Rush col
lege in Chicago for Sc raj years, died
in Washington Of hear disease.
Representative Am Lawrence Al
len. who succeeded the late Speaker
Thomas B. Reed as cuugressman from
the First district in Maine, is criti-
eally i'll with pneumoaa and is not
expected to live.
When the plans Of he two battle
slips to be approprarrd for by this
session of Congress are submitted for
fInal approval. it vii lie recommend
&c that the motive power be derived
f,om fuel oil exclusyoly,
President Taft's reciprocity agree
ment with Canada was ratified in the
House through the support of an al
most solid Democrat ,ute. The Me-
Call bill, carrying the agreement into
effect. was passed. y to 80.
| Postmaster General Hitchcock, in
asking Congress for al appropriation
Cf $l,0O0,O00 for the astablishment of
500 additional postal savings banks.
declares the forty-eight banks already
established have proven entirely sue
cessful
Enmeshed in an Apparently hopeless
tangle over the joint resolution provid-
ing for the election OF United States
senators by direct vote and in the
face of positive opposition from the
champions of the measure, the Senate
has appealed to President Taft to as
sist in getting might session in the
interest of dispatch of business.
Secretary Dickinson has given no
tee to the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company and the California & Atlantic
4 Steamship Company Of the termina.
ton of the existing arrangement
whereby those carriers are allowed 70
Per cent of the total freight charge
en- goods transported between New
York and San Francisco via the Pana
ma railroad.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-02-24
SPORT.

Art Edenfield, wrestling champion
C Kansas, threw Jack Brauman of
Denver twice within an hour at Wich,
ita.
Willie Gibbs of Philadelphia and
Tommy Dixon of Memphis, feather
weights, fought ten fast rounds to a
draw in Kansas City.
Shortly after midnight Frank Cot
fyn broke the worlds record for alti-
tude in Wright biplane in Augusta,
Ga. He rose 500 feet. The previous
night record was held by the late
Arch Hoxscy, with $50 feet.
At the end of twenty rounds of the
best fighting seen in Leadville, Colo,
in years, Referee Charles Boyne raised
the hand of Peter JensoI, the bat.
Ting Dane" of Denver. into the air.
thus signifying that he had defeated
"Kid" Ross of New York.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-02-24
NEWS TO DATE
IN PARAGRAPHS
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WEST ERN

4 general rain has fallen in Nebras-
ka and western Kansas. This was the
1lrst rain of consequence in five
months.
The gasoline schooner Oshkosh was
wrecked on the south spit of the Co
lumhia river. Portland, Ore, and seven
lives were lost
Overcome by an irresistible desire
10 shoot something, John Cash, a
street vender from Denver, shot and
killed Frank Harris, at Los Angeles.
Declaring persons guilty of small
thefts are unknown to the authorities,
citizens of Fort Lupton, Colo, are
planning vigilance committee to
crive thieves out of town.
The summer hotel at Moclips,
Wash, containing 1926 rooms, one-half
OF which was washed into the sea,
probably will have to be abandoned,
as large part of the remaining wing
Is hanging over the water and may
fall with high tide
David Leahy, private secretary to
Gov. Stubbs, was summoned before
the bar of the state Senate of Kansas
to give his authority for statements
made in newspaper article written
BY him that political crookedness is
rampant in the Legislature
The United States Army transport
Buford, which will carry cargo Of
l rovisions for the relief Of the famine
~. (,l,;
Seattle March 10th, according to an
announcement made by the relief
committee of the Seattle Commercial
Club.
Glen Curtis alighted on the water
alongside the armored cruiser Penn
! sylvania, at San Diego, Cal, and was
| hoisted on board. Soon afterward the
aeroplane was dropped back into the
water and the aviator flew away to
his hangar on North Island.
Two hundred lawyers in all parts
cI the country acted as jury to de
termine the proper fees to be allowed
attorneys in Kansas case, and one
firm which asked $4,000 will gel
$500: another firm that sought $50,
900 will receive $500, and third
who asked $4,000 will get what he
asked.
That twenty-five million of the hun
dred million dollars rehabilitation
fund raised for the Gould lines would
be used to double track the Rio Grande
from Denver to Salt Lake was the
statement made at Salt Lake by a
high official of the Gould system
The work, he added, would be fin
ished by 1915.
Twenty years after the crime was
committed, Gov. Cruce has honored
the requisition for James Bremen. 9
wealthy farmer of Kiowa county
Oklahoma. to be returned to Woods
county, Kansas, to stand trial for the
murder of Sam Woods, the founder OF
Woodsdale, Kan, and pioneer OF
Stephens county.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-02-24
Its FOOD
IT'S FOOD
That Restores and Makes Health
Possible.

There are stomach specialists as
we'll as eye and ear and other special
lists.
One of these told a young lady. Of
New Brunswick, N. j., to quit medi-
cines and eat Grape-Nuts. She says:
For about 12 months suffered Sc
verely with gastritis. I was unable
to retain much Of anything on my
stomach, and consequently was COM
PEELED to give up my occupation.
II took quantities of medicine, and
had an idea was dieting, but I con-
tinued to suffer, and soon lost Is
pounds in weight. I was depressed
in spirits and lost interest in every
thing generally. My mind was SO af-
fected that 1t was impossible to be-
come interested in even the lightest
reading matter.
after suffering for months 1 de-
cided to go to a stomach specialist.
He put me on Grape-Nuts and my
health began to improve Immediately.
1t was the keynote of a new life.
II found that had been eating too
much starchy food which l did not di-
gest, and that the cereals which had
tried had been too heavy. I soon
proved that 1t is not the quantity of
food that one eats, but the quality.
In a few weeks I was able to go
back to my old business Of doing cler-
ical work. have continued to eat
Grape.Nuts for both the morning and
evening meal wake in the morning
with clear mind and feel rested.
regained my lost weight in short
time. am well and happy again and
owe 1t to Grape-Nuts." Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
Read "The Road to Wellville," In
pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letterf new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-02-24
OATS-259 Blu. Per Acre.

That is the sworn to yield of Theodore
Harmes, Lewis CO., Wash, had from
salzer's Reiuvenated White Bonanza oats
and won a handsome 80 acre farm Other
big yields are Ill bus. ll9 bus, l03 bus.
etc. had by farmers scattered throughout
the L. s.
Salzer's Pedigree Barley, Flax. Corn,
Oats, Wheat, Potatoes, Grasses and Clov-
ers are famous the world over for their
purity and tremendous yielding qualities.
We are easily the largest growers OF farm
seeds in the world
Our catalog bristling with seed truths
free for the asking, or send Zoe in stamps
and receive 10 packages of farm seed nov
elites and rarities. including above mar
velous oats, together with big cataloc.
John A. Salzer Seed Co.. ls2 South sth St,
La Crosse, Wis.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-02-24
GENERAL.

Joseph D. Rockefeller. cousin of
John D. Rockefeller, died at his home
III South Bend, Ind. at the age of 80.
The Tennessee Packing & Provision
Company, $2,O0O,OOO corporation of
Nashville, has been thrown into bank
ruptcy.
| w. S. O'Brien, forty-two years old,
enc of the best known trainers of trot-
ting horses in the United States. died
at Waukegan, III.
Fire destroyed the Calumet ele.
vator. six-story structure, in Chica-
go. containing 100000 bushels Of
grain, causing loss of 100000.
Six nuns driven out of Portugal by
the Republican government which de-
| throned King Manuel have arrived in
New York en- route to Baker City,
Ore.
Pressed by the Rockefeller and
Kuhn.Loeb interests George j. Gould is
shortly to relinquish the presidency of
the Missouri Pacific Railway Compa-
ny, a position in which his father
placed him eighteen years ago.
Charles F.. Morek, a professional,
though comparatively inexperienced,
aviator, was forced to dive into the
| Hudson river with an aeroplane while
| trying to fly from a point near the
New Jersey palisades to Central park
en- Manhattan island. He narrowly
escaped with his life.
Philadelphia.-The funeral of the
Right Rev. OH Whitaker, Bishop of
| the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
| Pennsylvania, was held from the
Church of Our Saviour, interment TAX
ing place in the graveyard of the
| Church of St. James the Less, Falls
Of Schuylkill, this city.
Seven persons lost their lives in a
fire which destroyed the home of j. d.
Hardin in Sutton, W. Va. Only Mr..
Hardin escaped, the six remaining
members of his family and little
girl who made her home with the Har-
dins perishing in the flames. Natural
gas caused fire.
Washington.-Repr Benne.
who voted against Canadian reciproc
ity, has introduced in the House res
olution requesting the President to en-,
ter into negotiations with the British
government looking % the annexation
of Canada by the United States. The
resolution was referred to the commit.
tee on foreign affairs.
The high cost of living received a
setback when eggs in the Kansas City
market declined two cents dozen
ard hog prices Went twenty cents a
hundred pounds lower Eggs were
fourteen to sixteen cents wholesale,
which is sixteen cents lower than at
the beginning of the year. Hogs are
selling s1.25 lower than last year; cat
he fifty cents to one dollar lower, and
sheep 81 lower.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-02-24
FOR EIGN.

The Morning Post Of London, says
there are isolated cases Of the bu-
bonic plague at Glasgow and East
Anglea.
Strained to the breaking point are
relations between Russia and China,
and Russia has notified Great Britain,
France and Germany of her intention
of making n military display on the
Chinese frontier.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-02-24
Commercial Anxiety.

"a clockmaker must be the most un-
easy of manufacturers.
why so?"
Because there Is always the pros
pect of strike in his works"