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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
BIG TRANSPORT
TO CONE SOUTH
As Soon as Water is High Enough to
PERM. i. to Come over
Rapids 3. F. Yoskum
viii Start.
TOO WIDE FOR LOCK
Boat Cost s25o,ooo and viii Be Used
to Transport Trains From One
Side of the Mississippi
to Other.

The transport b, F. Yoakum. re-
Gently completed by the Dubuque
Boat and Boiler Works, will start on
hef long Journey to the southland as
soon as the stage of water in the
mississippi is sufficiently high to
make 1t possible for her to pass over
the miles of treacherous rapids near
keokuk. The dimensions of the boat
are such that she cannot ride through
the locks of the canal. The an.
proximate value of the boat which
was finished ten days ago and the
1rst steel plate on which was laid
November 3, 1909, is $25OOoO. In the
hull there are l,450 tons of steel
The Yoakum is the property of the
st. Louis & San Francisco Railway
company and will be used in the
transporting of trains from one side
OF the vast expanse of the Missis-
slppl In Louisiana to the other. Along
many OF the southern reaches of the
rather of Waters, the character of
the bottom of the stream, owing to
PiS'ShSC VI qulNhSduu, makes III
impossible to bridge, and the trans
port method is the only solution of
this vexed problem in railroading.
Ihere are two sets of tracks on
the craft each accommodating eight
cars, the transport being equipped
for the operation of her two side
wheels with two engines of 1000
horse power each. The dimensions
OF the craft are: Length, 3O5 feet:
beam, 50 feet inches; depth, Z
feet, over guards, 80 feet.
Among the notable crafts that
have been constructed by the Du-
buque Boat and Boiler Works are
the towboat Sprague, built for the
Consolidated Coal 4 Coke company
oil Pittsburg; the Pelican, for the
louisiana Mississippi Transport com
pany Vicksburg, Miss: Government
Dredges Nos. 5 and 6, for st. Louis;
Torpedo Boat Erricsen, of the u. S.
navy. The total value of these crafts.
each of which is a leader in its class.
runs into the millions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
Blood Hounds Out.

Chief Schevers was called out of
bed at o'clock this morning by
Sheriff Crimmins who had been in
formed of the theft of money at the
Utley home. which is located back of
the cooper shop on the hill alcag
Hilton road.
The house is three-quarters of a
mile out of the city limits and not far
rom the place where Casey brothers.
house was robbed Saturday afternoon
Chief Schevers, with Turnkey Tim
crimmins of the county Jail, drove to
the Utley home early this morning
and search was made of the prem
lses for some clue to the robbery. Nc
tell-tale foot prints could be found
however.
The blood hounds of Bert Daley
We're put into use but could not
strike trail.
Officers will be kept on this latest
robbery for the time being with the
possibility in view of getting some
knowledge of who committed the lat
est burglary in the Hilton road vicin
ity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18

Ayres, w H. Carter, j. w. Clark, Dr.
John Marsh, Maj. H. A. Heaslip.
After the adjournment Of the parish
meeting, the newly elected yestry-
men met and elected the following Of.
fcers for the coming year: H. w.
Upham, senior warden; G. Colling-
wood Tucker, junior warden: Ira w.
Wills, secretary; E. Ross Baker treas
urer.
The members of st. Johns parish
are looking forward to renewed ac-
tivity in the church with the coming
of their new rector, Rev. John c..
Sage of Dubuque, Iowa, who takes
charge of the parish on June l.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
Had His Last "Load..

A story is told By member nj con.
gress whenever his brother is present.
That brother, now a prosperous mer-
chant, was incontinently discharged
from a position as bookkeeper in a
wholesale grocery store in ST. Louis.
A curt note dismissing him. contain
ing no reason for the discharge. was
all that he received. Determined to
have an explanation. he went to the
private office of the merchant and
asked:
Why did you fire me?"
Because you were dangerous, said
the merchant quietly. You were load
ed all the time"
That cured the young man complete
ly. He hasn't been loaded since
that day. The Sunday Magazine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
ST. J01IN'S PARISH
in GOOD SHAPE
AnnuaI Meeting of That Place Of Wor-
ship Held Last Night and Bust
ness Attended
To,
REPORTS OF SOCIETIES
vestrymen Elected for the Year
Look to Activities With Coming
Of Rev. John c
Sage.
REPORTS OF SOCIETIES

In ST. Johns church, Episcopal,
last evening the annual meeting of
the church was held with large at
tendance, H. w Upham was chair
man of the meeting and Ira W. Wills
acted as secretary.
The report of the treasurer, John
A. Dunlap. was read, showing the
financial condition of the church to be
in most satisfactory shape
Reports were also made by the sew
eral auxiliary societies connected with
the church, showing all to be in a
most excellent condition
The following were elected as
vestrymen to serve for the ensuing
year: H. W. Upham, G, Collingwood
Tucker, E. Ross er, VIM. Balling-
er, John W. Hob Ira w, Wills, Jno
H. Dunlap, Tho P. Gray, Jos. j
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
HIGH SCHOOL
TRACK CANDIDATES
a Likely Bunch of Speed Men Will
Represent X. n. S. at Quincy
on Saturday.

The tryouts for the Quincy meet
saturday which were to have been
held this afternoon have been post
poned and will be staged later in the
week The high school athletes look
good and are certain to score heavily
IN the dual contest.
IN the distance runs Stricken, Full
.on and Meister are going well and
IN the dashes Robertson. Heinemann
ala Davis look good. The weights
VIII be taken care Of by Hawkes. and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
Why Children "Fidaet.-

Rdgets provoke wrath from
thoughtless grownups. Often one
hears an angry fool shouting: why
can't you sit still?" but the child can't
sit STILL nature will not let it, but
is stimulating it through its nerves
to make it grow. The fidget arises
from lack of proper play or employ
ment Supply this or divert the at
tention to something interesting and
the nerve centers will have work to
do, the growing need is satisfied and
the fidget stopped.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
Too Smart for a LAWYER

B. Davis Noxon was one of this
ablest lawyers in central New York. A
young man entered his Office as stu.
dent and was given Blackstone to
study At the end of month he asked
Mr.. Noxon what he should read next
DO you understand Blackstone?"
Eyes" was his answer.
Read Kent" was the order.
In another month he announced that
he had finished Kent and What
next?"
Have you read Blackstone and
Kent?"
Yes
DO you understand them?"
Yes
Well" said Mr.. Noxon, you had
better go at some other business; you
are too smart to be a lawyer. Re
hoboth Sunday Herald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
Lett over.

Barbara, aged four, had always been
allowed to make small cakes out of
the scraps of dough left from the
mornings baking, so one morning
after being sent to gather eggs, she
came running in with very tiny one
and exclaimed "Oh. mamma. see this
little egg, it must be that's all the
dough the hen had left Delineator.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
HoW's This?

we offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured oE Ha rHE SaFaFr e CO our Toledo q
Nc. the undersigned. have known /. j..
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
ry out any obligation made by his Arm.
Walding, Kinnan e. Marvin.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
cous sGrfaces of the system. Testimon-
ials gent free. Price IS cents per bottle
Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18

Elder and the jumps by Bowlby. Full
ton, Hodge and Swan.
The purple and white will have a
fast relay team which will represent
the school in the Tri-State meet here
and possibly at the Iowa City inyi-
tation meet. Four will be picked
from the following quintet: Davis,
Robertson, Heinemann, Bowlby and
Fulton.
keokuk will suffer the loss of Pease
in the pole vault. He has torn a
ligament in his foot and will be I'M
able to perform any more this year
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
The Sound sleep Of Good Health.

nc sound Steep OF GOOD Health.
Can not be over estimated and any
ailment that prevents it is menace
to health. ]. l.. Southers, Eau Claire,
WIS.,, says: Il have been unable to
sleep sou1dly nights, because of pains
across my back and soreness of my
Kidneys. My appetite was very poor
and my general condition was much
run down. have been taking Foley
Kidney Pills but short time and
now sleep as sound as rock, my gen.
eral condition is greatly improved
and know that Foley Kidney Pills
nave cured me" Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
# | Had Eczema

I'd wash it away with that mild. sooth-
ing liquid, d. d. D. Trial bottle, 25c.
Relieves all kinds of skin trouble,
cleansing away the impurities and
clearing up the complexion as nothing
else can.
Yes. If | had any kind of skin trou-
BILE, I'd use ID. u. ID.
McGrath Bros. Drug Co., and Will.
kinson G. Co..
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18

Good results always follow the use
of Foley Kidney Pills. They give
prompt relief in all cases of kidney
and bladder disorders. Try them vii.
kinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
No JeN Lullabics.

1t is remarkaule that notwithstand-
ing the love and devotion of a Jewish
mother there seems to be no trace of
real Jewish lullaby. Those known
are of a recent origin.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18

Diarrhoea should be cured without
loss, of time and by medicine which
like Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy not only cures
promptly but produces no unpleasant
after effects. 1t never fails md is
pleasant and safe to take Sold by
all dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
Humors Come to the Surface in

Humors Come to the Surface in the
spring as in no other season. They
don't run themselves all off that way,
however, but mostly remain in the
system. Hoods Sarsaparilla removes
them, wards off danger, makes good
health sure.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
Your Nerves
Need Strength
Nerves Are Tissue Same AS Muscle.
Give Them Food.

If every cell in your blood isn't in
a healthy state then what chance has
the various organs of the body to prop
erly perform their functions?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18

Prompt relief in all cases of throat
and lung trouble if you use Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. Pleasant to
take, soothing and healing in effect.
Sold by all dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
Or a stronq Face.

Even when man knows he isn't
handsome, he thinks he has rather
intellectual look. Philadelphia Bull
letin.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
Evidently Acquainted.

Whoever took the bills from Mr.
utley's pocket, was evidently &C
auainted with the place where the
money was put during the evening.
Mr.. utley who is a telegraph oper
ator in the Rock Island freight Offices
at the foot Of Bank street, had re
ceiyed his months pay yesterday and
the amount taken from his poke,
last night was part of his salary
He had gone home Immediately after
his days duties were through.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18

WILL NOT LOSE IT
Absolute Assurance Given That the
Headquarters of the Internal
Revenue Office viii
Remain There.

BURLINGTON, April 1S.-All hail
10 congressman Kennedy and all doff
thelf hats to W. W. Copeland.
through the prompt action of the
latter and the instantaneous and eff
hclent work of the former Burlington
people can rest assured that the inter
MAJ revenue headquarters for the
southern district of Iowa will remain
IN burlington and will not be removed
10 Des Moines. as the shrewd politi-
clans oil that town had hoped and ex-
pected.
Congressman Hull had secured
everything that was loose, in federal
way, for Des Moines Militarv posts.
federal courts, pension office, weather
bureau, custom house, ETC., and when
Judge Prouty was made his successor
he felt it incumbent upon him to con
tlnue this larceny system There was
only one other federal office that
seemed loose He imagined that it
would be easy to get the internal rev
enue office away from Burlington and
annex it to the multitude of govern
mental favors which almost filed Des
Moines.
And, in fact, he had the move well
on the way and wrote letters back to
Des Moines that he would unuuestion-
| ably land the plum.
That he reckoned without his host
is evident from the following letter re.
ceived this morning by Mr. Copeland
from Congressman Kennedy:
Washington, April IS, 1911.
MIR. w. w. Copeland, Burlington, Iowa.
My Dear Copeland received your
letter about an hour ago conveying to
me the effort that was being made to
remove the revenue Office from Bur
lington to Des Moines Immediately
started for the treasury building to
see the commissioner of internal rev.
enue, whose duty it is to recommend
change where changes are made.
After explaining the situation to him,
he assured me that | could tell my
people not to be disturbed. that while
Prouty had taken the matter up with
him, he had taken no action and as
sured me that no action would be
taken. 1t was we'll that we took this
matter up in time for the only action
that had been taken was letter writ
ten by Prouty to the commissioner of
internal revenue asking that the
change be made, You can rest assur-
ed that the revenue office will remain
where it is.
took this matter up with the com
missioner of internal revenue for the
reason that he is the party who rec
| cmmends changes of this character
and as he informed me that some good
and sufficient reason must be assign
ed before they would think of making
a change, and it was after had gone
into the matter with him that he told
me to say to my people that they need
not be disturbed over the matter.
With best wishes, | remain,
Yours truly,
C. A. KENNEDY.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
C. A. KENNEDY.

Had not Mr. Copeland acted as
promptly as he did in laying the whole
question before our congressman, and
had not Mr.. Kennedy taken the short
cut to the treasury department, it is
more than possible that Burlington
would have lost the only governmental
asset it possesses.
Our citizens can rest assured that
Burlington will be the internal rev.
enue headquarters for some time to
come, and the hundreds who are com
PEELED to come to this office from all
over southern Iowa will continue TO
make their regular journeys in the
future as in the rast
1t is well that such emergency men
can be obtained in such times of need
Congressman Kennedy has added to
his friends in this community.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
crawIed in a Window.

A window in the dining room Of the
utley home was Slightly raised. Civ
ing evidence that the thief in the
night had entered there and had made
his exit by the same route as the
doors were found locked
Mrs. Utley slept in a room off the
sitting room and Mr.. Utley lay on a
bed arranged in the parlor. but the
family sleeping soundly heard no one
enter and the burglary was not dis
covered until this morning. What
time the thief entered is not known
exactly but it is supposed he got in
some time after midnight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18
ANOTHER HILTON
ROAD ROBBERY
W, l. utIey, the Rock Island TeIe-
graph Operator Had SOS Taken
From Trousers Pocket
Last Night.
HANGING ON "A PLOUGH
Thief Entered Window and Went to
Room Where Head Of House
hold Was Sleep
Ing.

Il
When Walter i. Utley went to bed
at his home on the Hilton road at 9
o'clock last night he did not dream
that any one knew he had s65 in
money pinned in the watch pocket Of
his trousers.
This morning when Mr.. Utley arose
to put on his trousers, he found that
they had been removed from the floor
at the side of the bed where he had
put them on retiring Going into the
yard, he found his garment hanging
on plough handle and the money
which he had secreted in. the small
waist band pocket had been removed
by robber who had entered unheard
some time during the night.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18

kist Wrapper. Thousands of families
willlave none but Sunklst Oranges, After
you have tried them once they will win
you. Please make the trial today. Your
dealer sells them. Ind don't forget 10
save the "Snnktst" Wy0tte,s.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-11
TO ENLARGE WATERWAY.
WeIIand Canal viii Be Made Bigger
and Work Started In Georgian Bay.

OTTAWA, Ont, March ll.-That
the Welland canal will be enlarged
and beginning made on the con-
struction OF the Georgian Bay canal
was u statement made to the Cana
dian commons yesterday by Railway
Minister G. P. Graham in presenting
his annual budget.
The minister stated that surveying
parties are now working on three
routes for the enlargement of the
Welland canal and he hoped that
choice of routes might soon be made
so that work could be completed per-
mitting large vessels to reach the
foot Of Lake Ontario without break
ing bulk,
Minister Graham reported a surplus
of $69O,00 on the state-owned Inter
colonial railway, that $94,0O0,000 had
been already spent in building the
national transccntinental railway be-
tween New Brunswick and Winnipeg
and that 1t would cost Sl45,OOO,OO
when completed and that there will
be a substantial appropriation bade
for the Immediate construction by
the government of the railroad to
HudSOn.-bay.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-11
CASE" COMMITTEE NAMED.
viii Look UP TubercuIar Patients
and Arrange For Treatment.

To concentrate their efforts in the
investigation and care of tubercular
patients, representatives of a number
Of charitable and public organizations
met, Friday, and organized a special
case" committee, composed of the
following: James B. Williams, secre-
tary of the Associated Charities;
Harry II. Prenzlauer, secretary of the
poor commission: DR.. Luther s. Love
joy, secretary of housing commission;
Miss Blanche J. Hart, superintendent
of United Jewish Charities; Miss
Gardner of the children's bureau;
Miss Maude VanSyckle, assistant sec
retary OF the Detroit tuberculosis
sanatorium; Mrs. Lucian Moore, pres
ident of the Visiting Nurses associa-
tion; member from the board OF
health, not yet decided upon. and DR..
Herbert M. Rich, Mrs. l.. Z. Gretter
and ]. L. Hudson. The committee will
try to have all patients brought under
rs notice treated In the Detroit Til.
berculosis sanatorium.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-11
SERVERS OF JESUS
REAL ARIsT0cRATs|
None So Wealthy as Those Who
Follow Christ" Says Rev. G. H.
Beale-Pleads for Missions.

IF you possess the spirit of Jesus
Christ you belong to the elite Of the
earth, no matter how poor you may
be In wealth. how humble In birth. or
how obscure In social position" the
Rev., Charles II. Beale. OF Milwaukee.
told the large audience, In the De-
troit opera house, Friday. at the noon
day INSTRUMENTATION Lenten ser
vice.
The crowd was the largest OF the
week, with all of the lower floor filled
and more than half OF the balcony,
while late comers stood crowded 70
the walls inside the foyer.
1T looks to many today as though
the great prizes of the earth such as
wealth. luxury, position and ease were
the greatest things to be desired"
continued the speaker. "but repeat
that the most aristocratic and the
wealthiest human being Is the fol-
lower OF the Lamb OF God"
| In the course OF his brief talk which
he called The spirit, OF the whole
DR.. Beale made a plea for the mis-
| sionary, especially In the foreign field
1T Is the spirit OF the whole that
sends men and women into far-off
countries 10 carry the gospel Of Jesus
Christ" said he. Many decry for
eign missionary work and say let
these foreign peoples have their own
religions. we have enough to do to
take care OF the sinners at home. Do
they forget that Paul was determined
to carry his Lords message into the
farthermost parts OF the then known
world? II man possesses the spirit
of the whole, he will never be content
until he has taken the message OF that
spirit to others. He must keep on and
on, ever moving, ever eager to bring
one more being under its influence.
ITO many persons the idea of q
holy man represents an exagger-
atedly. pious person. Many pious
men are not holy. A holy man means
a whole man-whole In every sense
of the word and sound to the core.
People may differ in their interpreta-
tions of the scriptures, may question
this passage and doubt that circum-
stance, but no one has ever been
found to question the fact that Jesus
Christ was a holy man, a whole man.
This Is an age of skepticism, and moth.
ing IL considered too sacred to probe.
/ but with all the higher criticism the
manner OF man which Jesus was has
never been assailed."
Previous to his talk and following
the singing of The Holy City" by
Fred Butler, DIR. Beale said he wished
/ to express the appreciation OF him
self and OF the Congregational denom-
ination, which he represents. for the
generous space given the services this
week in the daily press, and said that
in doing this the newspapers were
aiding to a very great extent, the
purposes OF the meetings.
DR.. Beale will speak for the last
time Saturday noon. Next week. the
Rev. w. X. Stearley. rector OF the
Church or the Apostles, Philadelphia,
will speak for the Episcopal denom-
| ination, under whose auspices the
| weeks services win be held.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-11
SEN. LaF0LLETTE SAYS
PUSH BALLINGER CASE
Wisconsin Statesman Demands That
investigation Be Pushed Visor-
ousiy and Quickly.

MADISON. Wis. March bl.-With
a demand that an investigation Of the
administration Of Richard A. Balling
er, as secretary Of the into.or, be
prosecuted Immediately and yigoT
ously, LaFollette's Weekly, today, In
an editorial. declared that Ballinger
retired confronted with the possibil
ity of impeachment proceedings in the
extra session"
The resignation Of Ballinger," the
editorial says, lis the last desperate
attempt OF the administration to close
the history OF the transactions oi
Ballinger. The appointment OF Wal
ter l.. Fisher to succeed Ballinger is
prompted by desire to win back, II
possible, the confidence OF the people
TO the administration.
But no resignation, no presidential
assurance, will remove the public ne
cessity for searching and thorough
investigation"
The Detroit times., 1911-03-11
FOX TRIAL NEARs END.

FLINT, Mich. March 1.-THE case
of Frank Fox, who is charged with
the murder OF Ella Blade, will go &c
the jury today. The prosecution and
defense closed their cases yesterday
and only the argument remains to be
heard Fox was placed on the stand
I'm his own defense, but he was not
sworn. No other witness was offered
In his defense. He maintained his
original claim that he could not re-
member any Of the incidents OF the
shooting and he also repeated his
statement that the crime was not pre-
meditated