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The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-14

The Batesville Guard rejoices that Senator Kavanaugh will at least be there long enough to get a seat in the inaugural parade.
 You need shoes-good shoes. Why don't you go to Hills Shoe Store and get a pair at cost. They are in all feathers and sizes. Advt.
 The Board of Trade of Para gould is figuring on a special law to authorize the creation of i'm provement districts in Greene county for the purpose of issuing bonds to build roads.
 It is with regret that we re- port the serious illness of Rev. Geo. Logan, of Philadelphia. Rev. Logan has been in declining health for several months and his condition does not improve.
 Newt Weaver, a former Pres colt boy, passed through here this morning on No. 4 en route to his home at Argenta. Newt is a member of the police force there and has been down in Tex as for short vacation.
 The Texarkanian philosophizes thusly: How like the ground hog are so many of us. If we manage to get out of our holes, we take fright at our shadows and scuttle back. Don't flee from phantoms. Live above the earth and look into the face of the stars"
 1 have sold my stock of milli- nery to Miss Pearle Britt and want to thank my many friends and customers for their patron age and hope they will continue to buy of my successor who will have first-class trimmer and an up-to date ck.-Mrs. M. NJ. Teal
 Miss Pearle Britt left last night for St. Louis, where she goes to purchase her spring and summer millinery goods. She will be joined in St. Louis by Mrs. Narius who will assist in making selections for her stock. Mrs. Narius has many friends in Prescott who will be glad to learn that she will return with Miss Britt and trim for her this season.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-14
HINTS FOR HOUSEKEEpEPS

Keep Foley's Honey X Tar cor pound always on hand and YOU NSs, c.rI quickly h. ad off a cold by its proma. rrs use. It contains no opiates, heals p; ssS soothes the infiamed air nassora' a" stops the cough and may save S;, doctors bill. In the yellow packsSa Sold by Hesterly Drug Store. s''
The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-14
CUT THE HIGH COST OF LIVING

w.. H. Chapman, Winnebago, Neb., tells how he did it. My two children had a very bad cough and the doctors medicine did them no good. I got bottle of Foley's Honey & Tar Con- pound and before it was all used the children were free and cured of their cough. l saved doctors bill for one 25 cent bottle of Foley's Honey X far Compound. No opiates. Sold by Hes terly Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-14
NOTICE

All parties having an account with me will please call at the od stand and settle.-Mrs. M MI Teal. Advt.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-14
Local News

Local News
 Shad0WIaces at Hart s
 A good show at the Gem to night Advt.
 Ivan Caldwell is in Gurdon for a short visit.
 Did your Valentine remind you of yourself today?
 A. G. Wyril is spending today in Little Rock on business.
 Weather-Fair Friday;warmer in east portion; Saturday, fair.
 New en1broiderjes at Harris.
 J. D. Cornish spent this af- ternoon in Gurdon on business.
 w. c. Franklin, route three, this city was in to see us today.
 J. R. B. Moore will leave this afternoon for a business visit to Little Rock.
 For Rent-Three unfurnished rooms. Apply to Mrs. Trevil- lion, 626 West 2d street. Advt.
 Next Tuesday I will make a shipment of hats to Little Rock. If you have an old hat that you wish made new, bring it to me or telephone 162.-W. l.. Miller.
 Wanted-White housekeeper- one that can do all house work for small family-no washing. Apply to J. R. Wilson, 502 West Walnut street. Phone 145- Advt
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-31
MURDERERS TO
BE SET FREE
Two Dozen Of Them Are to be Given
Freedom AZ Deneen's
Last Act.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Jan. 31.-Twenty-four
murderers now in the state prison at
Joliet will be given their freedom at
intervals in the next six months. The
communication of their sentences was
announced yesterday as one of the
last acts of Governor Charles S. De-
mems term of office.
Thirteen OF the men are now serv.
Ing life sentences. The Others were
given terms ranging fro mten to fifty
years. All of them have been behind
prison walls for a number of years,
The oldest. Tucker Ballard, so, ne
gro. has been in the penitentiary since
1860.
The first to be given his freedom
was George Gill Roberts of Chicago,
sentenced seven years ago to twenty
years for the murder OF John v. Kopf,
formerly county commissioner, in =
political quarrel.
Bitter criticism OF Deneen also
came from the police department.
which has laid the blame for the re.
cent crime wave on paroled convicts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-31
The Warsaw Gate CITY
Warsaw, ILL.,, January 81, 1913.

Messrs. Hungate, Eymann and w.
G. Marsh returned from Carthage
Wednesday night where they attend
ed the meeting at the Commercial
Club rooms for the permanent organi-
cation of Hancock County Booster
Club to which they were appointed
by President Albers as delegates rep
resenting Warsaw. The meeting
called to order at 8 D. M, about thir.
ty delegates being present, represent
ing the following towns. viz: Hamil.
ton. Nauvoo, Dallas City, Carthage,
Bowen, Burnside, Augusta, Elvas.on
and Warsaw.
The following Officers were elected
and also constituted an executive
committee to formulate a constitu.
ton and bylaws: John NJ Hungate,
Warsaw, president: Fred Salm, il.
Nauvoo, first vice president; Leon
Chevillion. Carthage, second vice
president; W. D. Orr, Hamilton, sec
rotary; Mr.. Loomis. Dallas City, treas.
urer.
The best Of feeling prevailed at the
meeting and much enthusiasm felt az
10 the success OF the new organiza.
ton in making Hancock county q
power in securing advantages for i.s
Iupbuilding and growth. On motion
meeting adjourned to meet again al
the call Of the president and then re.
/ assembled on invitation OF the Garth.
! age Commercial club at the Wood Inn
where The members of the club and
delegates, In all numbering about 100
sat down to an elaborate banquet
with an appetizing menu, decorated
menu cards being at each plate The
tables were arranged In the form OF
U and were beautifully lighted and
decorated.
The banquet was enlivened by the
sweet strains of an orchestra in the
balcony at one end OF the room. ].
NJ. Hnngate acted as POSTMASTER and
Icr rehaf OF the visitors thanked the
business men OF Carthage for their
Iroyal reception and entertainment
After the banquet addresses were
made by r. r. Wallace Of Hamilton
member OF the water-power celebra
tien committee who spoke of some
Of the plans for the interesting event
and by Mr.. Ioonis OF Dallas City
who urged unity OF feeling and action
70 make the County Club winner
and also by Judge Mack OF Carthags
who spoke along the same lines. Ths
birth of his new club was most aus
picious and great confidence is fell
that it will quickly bind the towns O.
the county in union for their mutua
commercial and financial strength
J Wargaw's delegates feel they had |
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-31
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES
They Are Closely Observing
Public Health Conditions.

An examining physician for one of
the prominent Life Insurance Com.
panies, in an interview on the sub.
5ect, made the astonishing statement
that the reason why 30 many appli-
cants for insurance are rejected is be.
cause kidney trouble is 30 common
to the American people, and the large
majority OF applicants do not even
suspect that they have the disease.
He states that judging from his own
experience and reports from druggists
who are constantly In direct touch
with the public, there is one prepare
ton that has probably been more
successful in relieving and curinf
these diseases than any remedy
known The mild and healing in
fiuence of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root /.
soon realized. 1t stands the hignes
for its remarkable record Of cures.
We find that Swamp-Root il strictl,
an herbal compound and we woult
advise our readers who feel In neet
of such remedy to give II trial. |
is on sale at all drug stores in bot
ties of two -fifty-cents and one
dollar.
However, if you wish first to ties
its wonderful merits, send to Di
K,lmer & Co., Binghamton, n. y, 70
a sample bottle, absolutely free WheI
writing be sure and mention TIL
Keokuk Daily Gate City.-Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-31

royal time and speak Of the Carthage
Commercial club in the highest terms.
Messrs. Egbers and Wallace have
sold a lot each to Messrs. Dan Krau-
shaar and Earl Harness on Sixth,
south Of Fred 8. Rattermann's resi-
dence. 1t is the intention of the pur-
chasers to erect homes on. .he lots in
the spring.
Late authentic reports say that
Warsaw has number of good
things" coming to her this spring, but
1t is hard to make some people be-
lieve II.
Frank Winninger and Company
again delighted crowded opera
house Wednesday night, The Village
President" being the play which Wig.
orously end humorously depicted the
trials OF beautiful young city girl as
school teacher in country village,
the attack upon her character by q
10. of "old hens" because she was
handsomer than they were. and her
thorough vindication by the village
president (of school board), Frank
Winniger, who hires her for another
year in spite Of the aforesaid "old
hens" 1t was true picture of SO.
ciety in some villages and was a
scream" from start 20 finish, moth
ing but waves of laughter and ap-
/ plause. Frank, in bidding goodbye to
his friends before the last act, said
he was coming back next season with
company OF twenty-five, including
ladies chorus and would play a
whole week of musical comedy. The
company left Thursday morning for
Ft Madison where they will play for
ten nights. Frank is surely a vim
(ing) err. and Warsaw's latch string
is always out for him and his talented
company.
The Streed Concert Company and
Entertainers will give one OF heir
delightful entertainments at the
opera house Thursday evening, Feb
6, for the benefit of Warsaw Improve
ment Association and the new Boost
er club. Manager Rat. erman having
kindly interested himself In securing
this company to swell the eychequers
of the two clubs. There should be a
bumper audience. not only, because OF
the beneficiaries. but because the cr-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-31
Behind In Aviation.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Hopeless
ly outclassed by France, Germany.
England and Russia and many small
nations OF Europe in the number of
aeroplanes In use for military pur-
poses, friends of the flying game in
the United States are busy planning
IA tentative bill calling for a $3,D00,-
O0O appropriation for the advance
ment of aviation by the army and
navy.
It was learned here today that q
bill was being prepared, calling upon
congress to authorize this amount In
order to put the United States to the
front In this new arm OF defense and
offense. 1t is understood the bill win
be introduced into the house OF repre-
sentatiyes, possibly by Representative
William G. Sharp OF Ohio, who is
known to the flying men in this coun-
try as the champion OF the cause" in
the house.
1t will be pointed out that this great
appropriation would really give this
country the prestige enjoyed by the
larger nations of Europe in this new
field. Including the aeroplanes and
hydroplanes of the army and the
navy. the United States today can
muster but twenty-five machines.
France has almost 1000, while Eng
land and Germany have several hun
dred each.
The war department will be asked
to detail sufficient number OF men
to operate the large number OF ma
chimes that would be bought under the
appropriation.
The men who are interested In the
new bill represent the aeronautical so.
cleties. manufacturers OF American
made aeroplanes.. army officers and
scientific men interested in the adj
vancement of the science made pos
sible by the efforts OF Prof. Samuel
Langley, Wilbur Wright, Glenn Cur.
tiss and other pioneers In flying.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-31
Goino to PIttsburob

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-Secretary
Frank Morrison OF The American Fed.
Grafton OF Labor, will leave Washing
ton this afternoon for Pittsburgh to
assume personal charge Of the strike
of steel workers in the Rankin and
Braddock districts.
He will take charge of the work Of
organizing the employees and render
every possible aid" said President
Gompers today. following long con
ferences between federation officials
and strikers from the Rankin plant o.
the steel trust"
The steel strike will be the frs
battle in the new aggressive cam
paign decided upon by the fedora ioI
against those industries which tn,
union officials claim are seeking t,
reduce their workmen to the level 0
serfs."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-31
Canadian Money Trust.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
OTTAWA. Jan. S1.-An alleged
Canadian money trust" was brought
to light today by Hon. H. Emerson,
tliberal) when the new bank bill
came up for its second reading in the
commons. Charging that conditions
approximating those III the United
States as shown by the Pujo commit
tee exist in Canada, Emerson hotly at.
tackled the measure.
I'VE in Canada" he said have
come down to condition of affairs
where, but twenty-three men control
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-31
Going some.

CenterytIle Journal Talk about
rapid cour1ship and marriage all you
want 10, but Sioux City hello girl
has them ali beat a mile. She and the
man Of her choice met. wooed and
married, al IN forty-eight hours and
as the story GOES. will 1--we happily
ever after. That's going some. The
girl In question was hello girl In the
Martin hotel A travelling man saw
her and smiled. She smiled back and
was invited to theatre party, and
later the same evening he proposed
and was accepted. The next day they
we're married. Zoo nnic1 work to suit
us. Just think how much he missed
by not counting her for one whole
week anyhow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-31
INSIDE WORKINGS
OF STEEL WORKS
icontinned from page -

tons, force increased pay and recog-
milton of the union.
In majority of these industries.
feet amelioration OF working condi-
said Secretary Morrison, Of the feder.
alton, today. 'unskiIled laborers re-
ceiye as wages such small amount
of money that theirs is worse than a
bread-line.
I'VE are sending out a million
copies OF an appeal to workers to
join with US. We want to help these
now held In industrial slavery"
Morrison indicated that the fedora.
tons first campaign would be waged
against the steel trust" in an effort
to assist striking employees at Ran.
kin and Brsddock
When the federation undertook
the task OF organizing the steel work.
ers," a statement issued from head.
quarters today asserted, 1T was Civ.
en- out from trust sources that no Cd
position from the company would be
made to the organization Of it's EN-.
ployes. This assertion was not In &C.
cord with the previous policy of the
steel trust. and, consequently, It did
not bea- the mark Of veracity. The
/ expected happened
Secretary Morrison said that tbs
federation would grant every possible
assistance to the striking steel EN-
ployes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-31

our transportation, financial and In
dustrial institutions. OF the 121 cor.
porations in Canada there are TWEEN.
ty-three directors in control Nine Of
these men are living in Toronto. 10 in
Montreal and one in England. The
same forces for evil are working
here as in the United States ana
have proved great menace to the
masses of the people,"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-31
Texas oil Advances.

United Press Leased Wire service.l
FORT WORTH. Texas. Jan. 81
Crude Texas oil today advanced five
cents and at present is selling at CSC.
Oklahoma experienced raise Of two
cents today, the price now being S.
cents. A further rise was predicted
by oil men.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-31
Resume Trial Monday.

UNITED Press Leased wire Service.1
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. s1.-The
trial OF DIR. B. Clarke Hyde, charged
with the murder of Colonel Thomas
Fl. swope, will be resumed Monday i
Juror Higgins RECEIVERS sufficiently
from his illness.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-31

| January 30th. 1929, and was there
fore eighty-four years old when he
died. He lived on the ancestral acres
| until he was fifteen years of age. the
/ homestead that was settled by the
Jones family in 1850. His great
! grandfather, grandfather, father and
mother all lived and died in the i'm
mediate neighborhood and are buried
in the Jones burying ground
In October, 1915, he went to Sche-
nectady, ~ Y, where he learned the
| hardware business and where he re-
manned until the fall of 184S, when the
California gold fever broke out, and
he then joined stock company of one
hundred, organized in Albany, N. Y.
and bought the bark Nautilus and
sailed for San Francisco, via Cape
| Horn, February 23rd. 1s49. After a
long and tempestuous voyage of 223
days. they reached their destination
on October 3rd, making but two stops
enroute, one at Rio De Janeiro and
the other at Talcahuacua, Chilli
San Francisco at that time was a
very small village. The stock com
pany having virtually broken up at
sea, Colonel Jones, who had been
elected director while on the Pacific,
only remained in San Francisco long
enough to assist in settling the debts
contracted for repairing the ship.
Then company was organized and
he took passage on schooner for
Sacramento City, at that time a city
in name only. A few of the streets
had been chopped out of the woods
and perhaps a dozen houses made by
driving stakes in the ground and COW
ering the sides and tops with canvas
Ok and mule teams had begun to
come in from Missouri via Hangtown.
The party footing it themselves.
chartered big team to haul their
traps to Horse Shoe Bar on the north
fork of the American river nearly
parallel with the railroad across the
mountains as subsequently built. His
party worked on the north fork Of the
American river until 1850, when they
hired train of pack mules to take
them to the middle fork of the Yuba.
but only for the summer, as the fall
found him back in Horse Shoe Bar,
where he remained for a year, then re-
turning east via San Juan Del Sur, the
Vanderbilt route across Nicaragua;
the next spring he started back by
the same route returning to Horse
Shoe Bar once more where he remain
ed until 1866, returning once more tc
the east, this time via the Isthmus of
BARREN, on the first regular passenger
train that ever crossed the isthmus.
The locomotive was SO light that 1t
had to be assisted by the railroad en-
ployes, who used long ropes and walk
ed along the track ahead of the en-
CINE. Arriving in Saratoga county in
September of that year, he was mar
ried to Caroline Peck, an old school
mate Of his boyhood days. After the
marriage he formed partnership
with boyhood friends and moved to
Keokuk, Iowa, engaging in the hard
ware business and remained there I'M
til the civil war broke out, when he
came south and joined the army OF
General Curtis In Missouri as quarter
master Of the Iowa cavalry. At the
close of the war he was In Little Rock
to which city he brought his family
and where he resided until his death.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-31

Don't use harsh physics. The reac
ton weakens the bowels. leads 70
chronic constipation. Get Doanes
Regulets. They operate easily. tons
the stomach and cure constipation
Advertisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-31
ut win be first class

tertainment will be first class IN
every respect.
All Sunday services at the Luther
an church during Lent will be in Eng
lish. special Lenten service and spe-
cial music by large choir.
Mrs. JOS Hilberer Of Alton is visit
ing at the home OF Otto Hilberer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-31
Conditional.

Washington Post: T. r. says that
the progressiyes stand like rocks"
and they win, go long as George Per.
king furnishes the rocks.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-31

know that my Cold Remedy win re.
Heye the head, nose, throat and lungs
1lm1st Immediately, and prevent Ppeu-
inont, Bronchitis, Grippe and other dis
Get a - cent hottie OF tbese little pei
lets today md II you are not perfectly
Hatished with results Will refund your
money.
II your blood II impure or II yon nre
cons'ipnted, or II you have DyspepEn or
my liver or stomach trouble don't faii
10, use Munyon's Paw-Paw pills They
neip N curing cold --MuNYoS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-31
EaeY Only on Paper.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: Arbitra.
ton seems to be jugt about az hard as
any other form Of settling a contro-
versy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-31
Great Is Education.

Uncle Joe Well, Rob, what have
you learned at school today? Any
thing new? Rob-Yep; how to fix
crooked pins in chair SO they'll stay.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-31
MEET TONIGHT
! IN ANNUAL SESSION
Young Woman's Christian Assoeia-
ton viii Elect the New
Directory To-
night.
AT =. W. Q. A. ROOMS
Several Interesting Addresses, Musical
Numbers and an Enjoyable
Social session-Miss I'M
mesart PresIdes.
AT =. W. Q. A. ROOMS

The annual meeting OF the Young
Women's Christian Association will be
held at the auditorium OF the Young
Mems Christian Association tonight
and will be an event Of much more
than ordinary interest. The associa-
to- has done great work during the
past year, one of the most prominens
features OF which was the commence
ment of splendid new home building,
the handsome and stately walls OF
which are now growing upward and
already show the partial outlines of
one of the most attractive BUILDINGS In
the city. If the girls had accomplished
no more than this during the past
year. they would each deserve med
al Of honor for their earnest and sue
cessful work in uplifting Keokuk and
assisting the girls of the city in var
ious commendable lines, besides add
ing beautiful building to the many
which were completed or commenced
In 1912. They have still further
work before them, which they will do
with the same earnest and progress
sive spirit which has characterized
their past successful effort All mem
bers and friends OF the association are
invited to the meeting tonight, to be
held at 500 p. m.
The following is the program pre-
pared for the occasion:
Program Annual Meeting.
Invocation-Miss Harriet Solomon.
Minutes of last annual meeting
Mrs. Anna Robinson.
What Dollars and Cents Can Tell
Mrs. G. M. Covell.
The Progress of the Building Mrs.
Chas. Pond.
Report of Nominating Committee
and election of directors.
1912 in Brief" Miss Edna O'Harra.
Vocal Solo Blow, Blow We Wind of
Winter Sergeant. Prof. Paul UT.
Address"The Visiting Nurse in
Keokuk" Miss Margaret Mcclure.
superintendent Visiting Nurse Asso-
citation. St Louis
Violin Solo-Barcarolle Humoresce
Mr.. Donald Dick.
Informal Reception
At the punch bowls: Miss Betty
Board. Miss Fred Trawick. Miss Ona
LaTaste, Miss Adelaide Bartruff, Miss
Mary McGrath, Miss Frances Meigs.
Miss Maude Inmegart, vice presi-
dent of the 7. ". c. A., will presiie
in the absence Of the president, Mrs.
&C. D. streeter