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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
DEATH ENGINES
BRAKES WON'T WORK
Several Tests were Made with Loco.
motive Which Took Six
Lives.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. |
STAMFORD, Conn, June 1S.-
Tests with the death engine" 1888
were continued today on the New
York, New Haven and Connecticut
railroad in an effort to thoroughly
test all brakes Of the engine which
crashed into the pullman Skylark last
week, killing six persons. Coroner
Phelan wishes to observe the working
of the driver and tender brakes today,
and the train will be "cut in two"
while travelling sixty miles an hour.
The big mogul which Dougherty drove
into the Skylark was put through
eight tests yesterday and later In
the afternoon the climax was reached
when under the same conditions pre-
vailing as when Doherty was at the
throttle the train ran 225 feet furth.
er than it did with Doherty. The
brakes did not work and had train
been standing on the track ahead a
wreck would have resulted.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
FORT MADISON WANTS
STONE & WEBSTER
Council Extends Them Invitation to
Furnish Electrical Energy
for the City.

Fl Madison Democrat: The city
council passed a resolution extending
an Invita- to the firm of Stone &
Webster to submit to the council a
proposition to furnish electric energy
to this city and to secure a franchise
for the same. The action on the part
of the council was very com1nendable
and is step towards providing for
the best interests of our city.
Our readers will remember that
some time ago Stone & Webster
bought the old Atlee electric light
plant and franchise. A local company
was organized under the corporate
name of the Fort Madison Electric
Company to which his plant was
transferred Stone e. Webster author
lied the expenditure of 100000 to re-
build and extend the plant. The in
tention was to do that work this sum-
mer
Some weeks ago, however, the
| Washes of Burlington brought a suit
claiming that prior to his death Mr.,
Samuel Atlee had given them an op-
tion on the plant. They made Stone
& Webster and Mr.. Trawick defend
ants in this case and asked that the
plant be conveyed to them. Upon this
being done Stone G Webster imme-
diately ordered the stoppage of all i'm
provements on the line and the ex.
penditure of any money thereon, be-
cause they We're naturally unwilling
to expend 100000, or any other large
sum, on property which might pos.
hibly be taken away from them by
the cours and turned over to the
Washes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
He PASSED AWAY
On FLAG Day
George Washington Kelly OF Ferris
Who Died in keokuk Was a
Veteran Of the Spanish
American War.
LAWYER BY PROFESSION
After the Cuban War, Enlisted in U
$. Army and Took Part in the
War Against the
Philippines.
Especial to The Gate City. ]


FERRIS, ILL.,, June 1S.-George
Washington Kelly was born near
Colusa, ILL.,, April 4, 1874 and died at
keokuk, Iowa, June Ia, 1913 at 4:30
a. m. on the 13Gth anniversary of the
adoption of the flag of our country in
the service of which George practical
ly offered up his life.
George w. Kelly was baptised In
to the Christian church at Adrain, ILL.,,
at the age of Is years, and during his
subsequent career as teacher, lawyer
and soldier, he was honest, fearless,
kind and charitable and a good OBJ
server of The Golden Rule. After teach
ing school a few terms he studied law
in the office Of Judge w. C. Hooker
at Carthage, Judge William Niece at
Macomb and finished his course at
Memphis. Mo-, where he was admitted
to the bar in 1895 and practiced until
the Cuban war when he enlisted in
| the U. S. army and was stationed at
Tampa, Florida. He next returned
to Macon, Mo-, and practiced law
again for short period and again
enlisted in the u. s. army and took
part in the Philippine war and after
about two years service was sent to
the United States and served In the
| U. S. Commissary Dept, at Salt Lake
City, Utah. where the government
employed him IN position of trust,
receiving and forwarding supplies to
the army. He again returned to the
| Philippines and served nearly two
years when his health beginning to
break owing to too long exposure to
that tropical climate, he was station
ed at Buffalo, N. Y, where he enter
ed the hospital and soon afterward
returned to Ferris, broken in health
and made Ferris his residence until
his death. In 1912 Georges friends
/ prevailed on him to take the pro
Igressive nomination for state senator
for which office he made fair and
! honorable campaign.
Besides the host of earnest friends,
George leaves to mourn his departure
one brother, DR.. Blair Kelly of this
place, two sisters, Mrs. Halle Kow-
en- and Mrs. Mary Tyner and their
1 husbands, M. G. D. Kowen of Gilman
City, Mo, and Mr.. w. L. Tyner OF
Everett, Washington, one niece, Bess
Kowen of Gilman City. Mo-, and sew
/ eral cousins.
! The funeral services were held at
the Christian church Sunday after
noon. June is, conducted by A. Il
Cole of Carthage, ILL.,, and assis. ed by
ReT. Sherman Of this place. The bur
ial was near Colusa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
he cement sidewalk that is to fol-

the cement sidewalk that is to fol
low.
Rev. ]. Forbes Mitchell, had a mar
row escape from serious accident
which driving to Montrose Sunday
afternoon. Both front wheels Of the
buggy he was In came OF at once
dropping 1t to the ground. and throw
ing him out, bruising him somewhat;
fortunately the horse was gentle and
did not run and was easily stopped;
an approaching auto rendered the nee.
essary aid.
w. H. Bowen OF Hamilton was q
Warsaw visitor this morning.
VIM. Bardens is assisting R. o
Marsh in his Office here. He recently
arrived from Knox college. Galesburg
and will be here all summer
John McMahan of Wythe has great
ly improved In health. at which his
friends are much gratified.
DR.. s. e. Matte is having the up
per front windows of his office build
ing fitted with full length screens.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
ARE HEADING
FOR HYDE PARK
suffrasettes Marching to London to
Take Part in the Big
Demonstration.

limited Press Leased Wire Service1
LONDON, June 1s.-Tha monster
demonstration for woman suffrage
planned by the non-militants which
will end June 26 in Hyde Park, Lon
don, began today when fifty of the
peaceful suffragists started on foot
from New Castle. Accompanied by
gaily waving banners and band, the
women set out slowly on their long
hike and expect to reach London by
easy stages, doing propaganda work
enroute.
Within the week similar detach.
ments of women will start from near
ly every city and town in England
They will reach London from -four
directions on the appointed day and
in four long columns will meet in
Hyde Park.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
John D. Gets up Early.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. /
NEW YORK, June 1S.-Employes
at Pocantice Hills, the summer home
of John D. Rockefeller believe the oil
magnate is entering his second child
hood in the matter of sleeping. The
infants of Tarrytown, waking with
the coming of the dawn and yelping
loudly for attention have nothing on
Rockefeller It became known today
that John D. had found it Impossible
to sleep after the day begins to break
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
OFFERS A JOB
TO EVERY man
Opportunity In the Navy for Men Be-
tween Ages Of II and IS Who
Can Meet the Physical
Requirements.
DANIELS HAS PLANS
Al Present Time the Navy is $500
Men Short and Attractions Are Of
fered to Secure New
Enlistments.
DANIELS HAS PLANS
limited Press Special. 1

WASHINGTON, June 1S.--If you are
man, and are between the ages of
seventeen and thirty-five years and
from five feet two inches to six feet
one inch, and weigh in proportion,
With chest measurement of from 80
to SGa4 inches, dependent upon your
age, height and weight, Secretary OF
the Navy Daniels has job for you.
Moreover he has declared that if you
pass all these qualifications and want
I the job, he will give you as fine an
opportunity to see the world as you
could get anywhere, on board a float
ing home that was built for from
s5,OoO,Oo0 to S2o,oo0,oooO
Secretary Daniels has some adj
yanccd views regarding the way the
navy of the United States ought to
be run, and he is especially strong"
for reforms that will attract and hold
the best class of men and boys the
country can provide for the navy.
He believes the navy should be made
attractive to the young man, the col
lege graduate, the school boy and to
every man and boy who come up to
the physical qualifications mention
ed Perhaps the most radical of the
reforms Secretary Daniels would like
to see effected is his pet plan to
change the rules of enlistment so
that it would be possible for college
men to accept the hospitality of the
navy and cruise as man-o'-wars-men
during the vacations. He would have
it SO that college men who have a
leaning toward travel during their va
cations, could take such cruises and
acquaint themselves with the duties
of sailor.
Secretary Daniels, explaining his
project today, declared he believes
every young man should have a
working knowledge" of the navy. If
this were the case, he said, the rank
and file of the navy would be raised
even higher than it is now.
The secretary's plan is virtually the
creation of volunteer citizen re-
serve. He could have conditions such
that in case of necessity there would
be thousands of young men as useful
as they were willing to go behind the
big guns and uphold the prestige of
the United States navy.
Although Secretary Daniels is an
ayowed man of peace he believes
In maintaining high degree of pre-
paredness, and 1t is his aim to edu-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
The Warsaw Gate City
Warsaw, ILL.,, June Is, 1913.
EARLY in April, Henry scarlet,a man

Early in April, Henry Scarlet,a man
well known here, aged about thirty,
took 1t upon himself to collect money
in varying sums from our business
men, for the purpose, he said, of buy
ing uniform for City Marshal Ben
net. After collecting quite a little
sum he skipped out with the money
and has not been heard from since,
until yesterday when he was arrested
at Mallard by Marshal Bennett who
placed him in the cooler, his hearing
taking place at p. m. today.
The strawberry season is about
over, and prices did not get very low
Quality and quantity not up to prev
ious years.
Farmers hereabouts are busy cutting
clover; dry weather Is bearing hard
on all crops.
The city is putting In cement
curb and gutter on the east side OF
Fifth street from Main to Lafayette
streets; this is made necessary for
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
PHYSICIAN.

PHYSICIAN.
DR.. w. P. SHERLOCK.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office Is North Fifth street. in the
Howell building.
ONCE hours-10 to 10 a. M; 2 to 8
p M; evenings, Z to 8; sundays, II /
to / p. m. United States civil service
examiner.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
LEGISLATURE Adjourned.

SPRINGFIELD ILL.,, June 1s.-The
Illinois state legislature publicly adj
journed today after the busiest ses-
sion in many years. Among the most
important actions of the legislature
which goes out today was the state
vice probe A resolution passed by
the state solons on May 90 provided
for sine die adjournment on June
IS and for recess from today until
that date. The recess was to give
the governor time to sign or veto all
the bills passed up to today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
.RESINOL STOPS
ITCHING INSTANTLY
Heal. Skin Eruptions and Clear.
Unsightly Complexious.

II is fact that the moment Resinol
Ointment touches itching skins, the
itching stops and healing begins. With
The aid OF Resinol Soap, it almost al
ways clears away all trace OF eczema,
ringworm, pimples, blackheads, or
other tormenting, unsightly eruption
quickly, leaving the skin clear and
healthy.
But we do not ask you to accept our
unsupported word for it. You can
send today for generous trial OF
Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment,
and test them to your own complete
satisfaction, at no cost whatever, while
thousands who have been cured say,
What Resinol did for us it win do
Tor YOU" Physicians have prescribed
Resinol for eighteen years, and prac-
tically every druggist in the country
sells Resinol Soap and Resinol Oint-
ment. For free samples of each, with
full directions for use, write to Dept
42-S, Resinol, Baltimore, Md.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
Tax on Public Clocks

BERLIN, June Beginning today
owners of public clocks will have to
pay tax on the time-pieces The
authorities at Frankfurt, seeking for
something to tax, fastened on public
clocks. The clocks will be taxed ac
cording to their size. Citizens who
have been relying on these clocks for
years, have entered a strong protest
believing it will mean many owners
will take down the time-pieces.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
c. A. HiNsoN, M. D.
Residence and office
No. 11S North Fourth street.
phone No. 1874 Black.

and at 4:so every morning his coach
man has been forced to drag himself
from a sound slumber, drive to larry
town and get the morning paper.
Rockefeller says he is not especially
interested in what is in the papers,
but he needs them to pass the time
until other members of the family
awake at reasonable hour.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
Talents and Virtues.

It is with talents as with virtues:
One must love them for their own
sake or renounce them entirely. And
neither of them is acknowledged nor
rewarded, except when their posses
sor can practice them unseen
Goethe.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-11-21
THE HORN OF PLENTY AS A
SYMBOL OF THANKSGIVING

The cornucopia, or horn of fruitful.
ness and abundance, always used by
the Greeks and Romans as the symbol
Of plenty. is an apt expression of the
sentiment that prevails on Thanksgiv-
ing day. Filled with fruits and flow.
ers, it makes one Of the most charming
Of centerpieces for the Thanksgiving
dinner table. The contents should be
arranged so that the cornucopia is over.
flowing. the fruits and flowers running
out Of the horn and over the table.
A cornucopia may be made Of wire
covered with silk, or again with linen,
or it might be made Of cardboard on
which vines or autumn leaves are
Sewed. The leaves Of the galax, which
do not fade. could be used, although
one should prefer the beautiful black
berry vine, which at this season is al
ways at its best In color. The leaves
OF the vine should be made to run UP
toward the mouth Of the horn and
trail about its edges, suggesting a horn
being wound about with them. Flow.
ers, too, should fall about the brim so
that fidelity to the original idea might
be preserved.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-11-21
A Thanksgiving Prayer.

GOOD thing to read on Thanks
Al giving day, If one feels that the
III trials and tribulations Of the
: = year outweigh the compensa-
tions, is the prayer Of Robert
Louis Stevenson. the poet, writ.
ten during his last illness In Sa.
mOa. 1t breathes the very es-
Q sence Of the Thanksgiving spirit.
Here it is:
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-11-21
Goose and Turkey Rivals.

The goose may soon replace the clas.
sic bird which now forms the apex OF
most Thanksgiving feasts If the ad
vice Of some food experts is followed
According to them, the turkey is i'm
mature before Christmas. being put
through n system of forcing to get tc
the proper weight and fatness. While
its flesh is all right as far as health
goes. its favor is not at its best until
Christmas. when it really becomes the
king Of fowls. On the other hand, the
flesh Of the goose has reached its per
lection at Thanksgiving time
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-11-21
Munmies Make Paint.

Mummies ure usually preserved In
the finest bitumen, and this ancient
.bitumen has, in the course Of centu-
ries, turned the mummies a leathery
brown int 1t has been found that
when the bitumen and the shreds OF
mummy are ground down by mnchin-
cry, a beautiful brown pigment is the
result, exactly the tint required for
painting certain shades Of brown hair.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-11-21
The AIoe.

In Africa the leaves Of certain spe
cies of aloe provide material for bow.
strings, hammocks, fishing lines and
ropes. With the Mohammedans the
aloe means much. For instance, those
who have returned from a pilgrimage
to Mecca hang it over their doors as
q sign that they have made tine great
journey.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-11-21

[ SLHOUi, NOTES
Items Picked Up at the Mobridae
Schools by q High School Pupil
O~Os soc;

eight grade are Indebted to the
boys for an enjoyable evening spent
last Friday at the High school
building. Games and music fur
niohed the main diA ersioao OF the
evening, after which a delicious
lunch was served. The girls hope
to reciprocate sometime before
Christmas holidays.
Miss Schmidt, Who teaches at
the East Side school will spend the
Thanksgiving vacation ut her
home in Selby.
t. Miss SchOw will leave Saturday
10, attend the state te ,cher's meet
ting. held at Sioux Falls the first
three days of next week. She
will spend Thanksgiving with her
sister, who is tearhing at aston.
~
Albert Lindel of the ninth grade
had his right wrist broken while
Iplaying football during recess
Wednesday. 1t is to be hoped
that his injury will not prove pain
ful ard he will soon be about
again.
Regina Larson has been absent
from school the past week on ac-
count of sore throat.
The East second grade are get
ting interested in their spelling
lessons and TriIIiS SternS. Ethel
Piden, Fred Stephens. Leona
Crabbe, Marie Hilmey and John
Hit had perfect lessons for the
entire past week.
Leslie Edwards and Lynn Hol-
lenDeck are absent from school
because OF colds.
90
The East primary room will
have Thanksgiving program next
Wednesday at 2: 30 p. m. Friends
are invited.
Miss Swanson's primary room
are making booklets this week
which will soon be finished The
first grade are making Hiawatha
booklets and the second grade
spelling booklets.
Mr.. }. +. Clayton visited the
East primary school Monday p. IN.
90
The boys Of the geography class
accompanied by Mr.. Thompson,
walked to the river Tuesday and
optained some specimans.
6J
Miss Jessie McKennon of Glen
ham visited Miss Dewey's room
last week.
SS
irving Baker of t ne seventh
grade has been absent the past
week on account of sore foot.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-11-21
AIDES THANKSGIVING
FAITH.

Here is story apropos of
Thanksgiving for which George
Ade. the Iumorist, IL directly re-
sponsible.
THE only time I ever believed
in the transmisra ton Of souls
was one frosty November after
noon on my Indiana farm" ne
said to some friends not long ago.
1T was day or two before
Thanksgiving. The trees were
bare. The fields were russell
brown color. Toward me over
:hose russs4 fields strutted Il very
plump. rery large. very young
turkey.
Then it was that an ardent
belief in the doctrine OF metemp-
Sychosis seized me.
You l said to the superb
bird-'you are now turkey. And
.%ou will die tomorrow. But
cheer up. Your next transmit
grafton will be into the body Of
humorist not unknown to fame"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-11-21
Pride Goes Before a Fall.

STOP!
The word was Kissed by q goose just
as gobbler with all sails set strutted
by. But the proud bird, intent on ad
miring his own plumage, ignored the
command
"Humph." shifted the cnvious an.
serine. Hes all puffed up because he
heard the farmer say Thanksgiving
would be his day to enter society"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-11-21

Judge a. w. Campbell of Aber
deem. who had been at Timber
Lake for the past two weeks, at.
tending to legal matters in circui
court. passed through Mobrid :
Monday enroute to his home.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-11-21
WHAT THANKSGIVING MEANS


70 the small boy
Turkey and cranberry sauce.
To the debutante-
The first dance Of the season.
To the farmer and florist
Big business.
To tho waAderer--
Home.
To tho mother
The family VII MI - tAera.
To tho father-
Moro carving to "a.
To the collegian-
Football.
To the tired shopgirl-
A holiday.
To the chef
Extra work.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-11-21

"0ue thank thee for this place In
which We dwell, for the love that unttes
us; for the peace accorded vs tbts day /,
for the hope With which We eSpeet ths
tomorrow, for the health, the work, the
food and the bright skies that mako
cur ltves delightful for cur friends IN
all parte Of the earth"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-16
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

While Arthur Coburn, Jr., was at
work in his mill at Greene Depot he
was caught in the shafting and all his
clothes torn off. 1t was marvellous
escape from death. Mr. Coburn sui
fered only bruises and a bad scalp
wound.
Fryeburg, at special town mee--
ing. Monday, voted not to loan lis
credit or take any bonds in the Frye
burg. Chatham & Stowe Electric Raj
road. The vote was 1879 in favor ana
LAG against, and a two thirds vote
was necessary to carry the proposi-
ton.
Seventy-one cases We're marked Tor
trial at the opening of the supreme
judicial court, Tuesday, for the coun-
ty of Androscoggin held at Auburn. \
large number of attorneys We're oa
hand TO greet Justice Haley OF Bldde-
ford. Preceding the opening of the
court the members of the Androscd4-
gin bar gathered in the attorneys
room and made arrangements to give
a banquet to retiring Justice White
house and invite Justice Haley to be
present. The traverse iuries We're ex-
cused, until $50 Wednesday morning.
The grand jury went into session
shortly after 10 o'clock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-16
Suffragettes Burn
Another Residence.

Hastings Eng, April 15.-Militant
Snffragettes, today, destroyed the
handsome seaside mansion at ST.
LeonarGs- on Sea belonging To Arthur
Philip Du eros. Unionist member of
! Parliament for Hastings. The women
not only set fire To the house bus
placed explosive in many Of the rooms.
The residence had only recently been
vacated.
The women adopted the method
used by burglars for entering houses.
They first spread papers covered with
Jam over the windows so as to deaden
the sound and then smashed the iarG
panes of glass with hammers, the jam
preventing the broken glass fram fall
ing.
When the flames were noticed by a
passerby the fire brigade was. suiA-
moned and soon after the firemen ma
begun the work of extinguishing The
flames, loud explosion occurred in
one of the rooms and a fireman was
struck on the head by piece of metal.
other explosions followed in various
sections of the house.
A large quantity of suffrage ltera-
tnrc was found in the vicinity.