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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-19
HOW LAND SOLD
LONG AGO
Writer of Article In Annals Of Iowa
Tells Interesting incidents About
Sales and Fur Traders.

writer in Annals OF Iowa, prh-
hshed BY the State Historical society
describes a land sale in early Iowa in
the following:
The land sales furnished an inter
esting ana picturesque scene. For
DAYS prospective buyers, inpatient FOR
the opening Of the sale. had thronged
tho hotels and lodging-houses- New
acuuainsances were made. and hope
and anxiety might have been seen
written on the faces of many who hal
brought all their worldly goods with
which to buy home Dining-rooms.
CONS and bar-rooms were made to
do service as bedrooms. The suburbs
were like a military camp and din
ners were eaten from tables AMI
stumps Stimulated by the buzz ans
excitement of the throngs the lani
officers were hurrying 10 prepare
Mats TO appoint township bidders.
and 10 receive presumption claims
And who can doubt that II was great
eyen, for Lemuel Green jackson,
when on Noyemh.a- IS, 1898. he was
the successful bidder for 80 acres OF
lau6 at s1.25 per acre. Title. prop
erty. home and the future. all were
nov assured.
The trapping season is approaching
ana before the winter is over q nice
sum Of money will be made by Iowa
trappers. But there was time when
the streams and woodlands OF the
Iowa country y.eldee a rich harvest
Of furs each year to large number OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-19
Rock Island Paper Says City Wants
70 6e Allowed TO Make its
Own Choice IN
Baseball.
HOLDING STRAW VOTE.
Paper is Taking Vote on Whether
Three-Eye or Central essocEa-
tion is Wanted by
Fans.

A sample OF the feeling at Rock
Island relative to choice of league
for that city. the Argus last eTenfng
printed an Interesting article In which
seTeral Hfe-sized waIIops al President
Al Tesrney are modified The Argus
f. taxing q vote on the question Of
whether the Three-Eye or Central as
ISOLATION Is wanted IN Rock Island.
The rap at Tearey follows:
Moline need not be surprised at the
turn OF affairs which requires the
baseball association OF that city to pay
the back salaries OF the Danyille play
ers due at the time the team was
transferred TO the Plor city. II Is Inn
possible To get anything for nothing
IN baseball. especially Three-Eye base
hall as conducted under al Tearnsy as
president
Moline was needed to help the
league out Of bad predicamenr and
Mr. Tearnsy made his proposition suf-
feicntIy alluring to appeal There waa
z hook concealed IN the bait and Nc
ffne nor feels the point Such in.
stances hare been numerous in the
league under the leadership Of the
present executive. Moline VIII find
that it is In expensive company be
fore II has Travelled far.
Sc far as Rock Island Is concerned
this city has no complaint to make
against the cities which compose the
league The circuit fs made NJ Of tbs
towns that 1t wants TO be associated
with IN baseball II II were not fol
the presence Of alT. Tearney at tn.
head OF the circuit this city wonlr
still be member and would also b.
cro~dfng the leaders for pennan
honorE from season 10 season.
Under the present circumstance!
all 1t asks fs TO be let alone TO picE
its own baseball company II is no
trying to dictate Efia. the League
shall do or shall not do except 80 fa'
- IL applies 10 this city When Rock
Island turned i,s franchise back tt
the league no financial burden went
with IL The clubs debts were al
paid up and this city does rot fee
now that It owes anything 10 tbs
Three-Eye.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-19
Gave Germans the Slip.

limited Press leased Wire Seryice.l
LONDON, Nov ia thrilling
story OF the cash of the steamer Or
tega through the uncharteG waters OF
Nelson's Straits in order to escape a
German cruiser, was received here to-
day from the British consul at Rio
De Janefro. The Ortega, Of the Paci-
fic Steamship Navigation company,
had 300 French reservists on board.
At the entrance to the straits Of Ma
geIlen she encountered the German
cruiser. The captain called for stoke
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-19

six day bicycle race Is in It's fourth
day. Al 10 a m. the ten leaders had
covered I.s3. miles ana laps The
former record for the eighty-two hours
was 1880 and laps Thomas and
Hanley were two laps behind the lead
ers, PeteI and Bedell. and Mitten and
Anderson we're in the rear three laps
and Dupy and Piercy eight laps be-
hind Rrupsky and Hansen appeared
TO be hopelessly lost. one mile IN the
rear. Grenda was setting the pace at
10 O'Clock
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-19
Iowa and Aoo,es

Hopkinton Leader: A Jasper county
farmer is. reported to have sold the
apples from his thirty acres OF or
eha-d for $500 Being an Iowa item
this does not interest other Iowans
very extensively. If II were printed
from Oregon OF Washington, every
Iowan xho reads II would make wish
to hike for the west Iowa can pro-
dnce apples and other fruit with finer
flavor and reider cheeks than was
ever done In Oregon, but It requires
knoTTie6r.e. attention and spraying to
a'rornplish IL. just as 1t does on the
coast.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-19
Crimson Tries Yale Bowl.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
NEW HAVEN, Conn. Nov. 10
With the Crimson invaders allowed
the courtesy TO practice IN Yale's new
bowl today, the Ellis occupied their old
field for stiff signal and punting
practice Coach Hinkey announced
that the same line up he sent AGAINST
Princeton will face Harvard on Satur-
day. The Harvard practice in the
bowl was brief.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-19
GETTYSBURG SPEECH
ANNIVERSARY DAY
Col. n. 3. Blood and Mark Howe. Two
Local Men, Heard Lincoln Make
Address at Cemetery.

Fifty-one years ago ago TODAY Abra-
ham Lincoln delivered his famous
Gettysburg speech at the dedication
of the battlefield. on which was
fought the turning battle of the civil
war. Two Keokuk men saw Lincoln
that day and heard his speech. Col.
H r. Plood and Mark Howe. who is
in charge OF the national cemetery
here. were the two men.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-19
women Are Aeauitted.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
MORRISON. H., Nov. 19.-Mrs.
Emma Hutton and Miss Lillian Byers
were this afternoon acquitted Of the
charge of numbering their brother.
Emanuel L. Byers, wealthy farmer.
after the jury had deliberated since
$50 p. M Tuesday. Their defense
was that they shot Byers when he at
tackled them
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-19

Deputy United States Marshal Walk
er. With a fifth Mexican arrested in
San Antonio yesterday, alleged adher-
ents Of villa, they will be tried on a
charge OF conspiring to conduct a
military expedition against the Car
rama government, violation of the
neutrality on United States soil.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-19

Herald from press bureaus this fall
has gone into the waste basket, for
that one reason The average politi-
cal presses bureau output Is not writ
ten to win over the opposition. It
convinces only those who are already
convinced. and waves a RED rag at
everyone else.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-19
FURIOUS SPRINTING
IN SIX DAY RACE
Riders Sprint to Capture Some OF
5000 Prize Money Offered by
John McGraw Of the Giants.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-Fur!ous
sprinting to capture some OF the 5000
IN prizes offered by John McGraw, OF
the Giants, marked today's early hours
At Madison Square Garden where the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-19
luck. Chase Russians

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
BERLIN, Nov. 10. (via the Hague.)
-One Russian warship was damaged
and five others made for Sebastopol,
following battle with a Turkish
squadron, reports from Constantinople
declare today. The Turkish vessels
came upon the Russians OF Sebastopol
and Immediately gave battle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-19

hole volunteers from among his pas
sengers and under fire from the Ger
man warship sent his 5000 ton vessel
through the unmappcd waters. The
Ortega escaped and the cruiser did
not dare follow through the straits.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-19
Wasted Eneruy.

Clinton Herald: Why is 1t that a
political press bureau. OF any party.
always writes stories calculated to
cause revulsion Of feeling against
the candidates In whose interests the
bureau is working Every line OF
campaign dope" that has reachad the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-19
paradoxieaI.

Fremont Tribune: And the onis
Nebraska governor in long time ~
get second term is the one ~no
said he wouldn't have it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-19
Eaur Meriean. Arres.ed

rUnffe4 Press Leased Wire Seryfce.l
LAREDO. Texas, Nov. 1e-Feur
wexscans were arrested here today By
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
CHANGING FORM OF
 PRAYER IS DIFFICIJLT

The maneuvers of the aeroplane men or the United States navy at Vera cruz, who are now to remain to serve
 the United States army while there,
 nave revived the agitation in the Epis-
 copal church in this country to secure
 the Insertion of additional words in
 the prayer for personal protection by
 the committee of that church which is
 now taking up preliminary work on a
 revision of the Book of Common
 Prayer In the eI.itany'' of that book
 there is petition-"That it may
 please Thee to preserve all who travel
 by land or by water. etc" The pro- posal is to add "by air." so as to cover
 the perils of the air men. Agitation
 for such change in the 'Litany" peti- tion in the Prayer Book in England has been going on for sometime
 A perplexity has, however, arisen
 here as in England. It will scarcely do to make distinction as to class oi air men prayed for. All are in peril | Enlisted men who fly over Vera Cruz or over the route to Mexico City ii | the American army proceed thither
 surely need the prayers of Christian other air men, not in navy or army fly on Sundays and chiefly for pay and the thrills of the crowds who pay ad- mission fees. Shall they be prayed for while breaking Sabbatharian Jaws That is as far as the English reyisers of the Prayer Book have gotten, anc the American comhnittee Is said not tt have proceeded fmuch beyond it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
OUR ANGEL BRIDE

Dedicated to Mary Lou Cobb. The angels were jealous of the love we
 bore And took Our Bride to the Crystal Shore; They gathered around Heavens pearly
 throne And claimed her for their bride alone. They have torn away the crown we made And wreathed her brow in mellower
 shades; Not days nor years can ev'r reveal The loss, the anguish. the grief we feel. The clements wept. the clouds bent low. ' As we laid her form heath the pelting
 snow;
 The sublime whiteness of mother earth Was Heavens emphasis of an angels
 birth.
 Not man nor mortal can ever divine Why angels should claim our real sun
 shine:
 Eternity alone can ever explain What earth shall yield and Heaven con
 tain. Heaven is nearer we feel and know. God took Our Bride to teach ub SO: Our bleeding hearts. our weeping eyes Find consolation beyond the skies. Oh. Angels of Mercy. Oh. God of Love. Prepare our soula for the haven above: Take us, our Master. that we may abide In peaceful eternity with Our Angel
 Bride.
 Whom at iast VI enter the Feerly Portale And our souls shall minsie with tho i'm. ws viii sain msst our Bride. ansellicaily fssr Wsiting with engels to we'eems ue thers -H t Is ',,s7ss s s ze.iz <is <s {.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
COMING CONSISTORY WAS
 FIRST SET FOR APRIL 27

The consistory now announced to be held in Rome on May 26 was at first set for April 27. The 12 new cardi- nals to be created, six of them Ital- fans, will raise the Sacred college to 62. Three of the foreign cardinals, those of the archbishops of Toledo, Spain, Cologne. Germany and Vienna, Austria, fulfil legal agreements made with the nations named. New recog- milton of French Catholics of Canada, and the prompt recognition of Abbot Gasquet. at the head of the benedic- tine commission that is revising the Valgate translation of the Bible. are the surprises to well informed Cath olics. Expectations was felt that Aus tralia was to be honored, Cardinal Mo ran of Sidney, having died last year.
 There are always two companies of prelates in and near the Sacred col lege one upholds the administration of the reigning pontiff, the other op- poses it. In the present case 1t is true. however, that there is very general support for Pope Plus x and all of his acts; more general and heary than
 haa been true in century. Cardinal Dc Lai. the strong man of the pontfi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
QUEEN ELEANORE IS AVOIDING ENTANGLEMENT

Half dozen religious bodies in
 America have made advances to the representatives of Queen Eleanore of Bulgaria. alpeady here, looking to par ticipation in the Queens formal wei come. The agent has replied to all of them, to the Protestant Episcopal. which was first on hand with its of | fer on the ground of church unity. that Queen Eleanore prefers not to have any religious body identified with iher welcome or study while here. She fears injury to her and her work at home.
 A curious mixup of religions obtains lin Bulgaria as in America, and there !! it extends to the royal family itself. l The present King of Bulgaria is a Roman Catholic. The constitution of Bulgaria says the sovereign must be a member of the Eastern Orthodox church. The King is German, not Bulgar, of an ancient Catholic house, and an exception Is made of his case f by the Bulgarian law. Queen Elea- nore is a Lutheran of the famous Reuse house. In, Bulgaria religious bodies are divided s.400.000 belonging
 to the state church, the Orthodox; 643.-
 900 Mohammedans, residents chiefly in the eastern part along the Black sea;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
HARD YEAR FOR
 MISSIONARY BOARDS

l Seven out of the nine large mission Iary societies of America, closing their
 books this spring and handling an- nually S6,400,000 report deficits
 s6S4,000. This is by far the largest
 deficit ever shown by American mis- sionary societies in any one year. or
 the seven all save one contribute to
 the deficit. The two societies making up the nine, those of Baptists In the south, closed their books on May after desperate struggles to avoid debts, but it Is too early to gain exact figures. Debts are expected in both cases, and the $6S4,000 will be consid- erahly increased.
 The one society clearing with out debt was the Congregational Home, af- ter the hardest year it has seen in a long time. Special gifts at the last moment alone saved it by the mar
 row margin of $500. The Baptist Home society had at the beginning of the year a deficit of s21,000 which it has increased to one of s72,000. The Baptist Foreign society began the year
 with deficit of $64,500 and ended it
 with one of $162, 1000. The Presbyte-
 rian Home began the year with no deficit, and a record of none for 15 years, and fell behind $1sS,000 The Presbyterian foreign began with S65,- 5000, fell in deeper by $226,84S, and ended the year with one of $292,150, the largest on record for it or any
 other in the history of American mis-
 sionary societies.
 Explanation for this unprecedented showing are volunteered by missionary Headers in some of these bodies The
 Baptist Home people say no very un- usual efforts were made, no command ling appeal, and in its absence there
 was a failure to keep pace. The Bap- tist foreign say they are just now Itrying to find out what was the trou-
 ble. The Presbyterian Home lays it's
 showing to- stringent financial times,
 and bitter attacks made upon its poll iicies. These attacks and answers to them are to go into the geenral assem- Ibly, meeting in Chicago this month The Presbyterian foreign points to the | fact that It's income was larger last
 year by s304,ooo0 than during 1913. | Givers exercised discretion, however. and instead of contributing to the
 boards regular work they did so to causes on foreign fields to which they duced to become so. They sent their gifts through the boards hands, and made its income big, at the same time leaving 1t with a huge deficit on work ] to which 1t committed itself at the
 beginning of the year. It is stated
 that the unsatisfactory conditions are
 to be carried to the general assembly, at
 Chicago, along with those of the home
 board. Presbyterians south make a
 better showing, both in amount and Iregularity of gifts. On the whole the
 missionary leaders admit that while they are not discouraged they do find
 the spring of 1914 bad in method and
 the most unsatisfactory in showing in
 many years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03

than ever before. Missionary societies
 make up budgets for regular work, but
 people exercise individual judgment
 and send gifts to particular causes
 These gifts pass through the hands
 of the boards as special ones. transmit
 ted to their destination but not count ed on regular budgets. This same
 board received last year $1,SS5,600 for foreign missions, sum larger by
 $304,000 than during 1913. Churches
 sent $32,7O0 more. women $143.S0o
 more, and legacies brought $62,s00 more.
 Just now the Baptists who manage foreign work are trying to figure out how and when their deficit rose three fold. Presbyterians give no explana- Iiton beyond the fact that many spe- cial appeals were authorized. and that people, more than heretofore, are ex ercising individual Judgment. The spe- cial gifts of Presbyterians Increased last year by ssss.0O0 over those fol I1S13.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
Bad Both Ways
roin the Washington Star.


 Faui Rainey was describing to Now fork reporter some of his adventures With lions in Nairobi
 once, near our bait Of putrid meat. ne said, T awoke from a light doze in the dawn to find a lion actually sniffling U. my Feet l reached TOT my rifle, and With 'whoof the lion was gone"
 You must have felt rather queer" said the reporter.
 ] Tt fs strange said MT. Rainey, but the one thing that ran through my mind was a story-a story about man who stayed out at a banquet very, very late This man awoke in the dawn. and saw perched on the foot of his bed. an or gan grinders monkey that had climbed in through the window. His hands trembling. his eyes blood shot, the man drew his revolver from be- meath his pillow and said: >" If you're a real monkey it's bad lookout for you, and if you're not, it's | a bad lookout for me -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
Ancient Bunco Schemes n the Worlds Work.

About the year 172o . great many Eng lishmen invested millions of money in companies which were organized for such objects as: "Wrecks to be fished for on the Irish coast' For Making oil from Sunflower Seeds" For Importing q Number of large jackasses from Spain. 'For . Wheel of Perpetual Notion" and. dertaking which shall in due Time be Revealed.' The promoter of this last company received moro than 1000 subscrip- tions during the morning on which the offering was made and disappeared the oame afternoon with more than 000 guineas.
 The Englishmen who parted with their money for such ludicrOus enternrises were not. unfortunately, the ss AE Hind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
PRESBYTERIAN AND BAPTIST
 rOprJcN MISSIONS BEHIND

Presbyterian foreign and Baptist for eipn missionary agencies fall heavily behind this year. These represent the great bodies of the name in the north Preshyterians south did better, while Baptists south are just closing their books on foreign work on May l. The deficit of the Presbyterian north for eign work is the unprecedented sum of s2sa.16s, the largest ever reported bv a Presbyterian society of any kind while that of the Baptists Is s162.- 1000. These follow deficits of 191; tho former s65.O00 and the latter oi s64.500. The deficit of the Presbyte- rian board for this year alone is $226.- 848.
 !. But these unusue1 figures do not in- dicate that PresbH bHterians did not give money to foreign missions last year On the contrary. th$y gave larger sunni
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
Jews s7.Ooo. Roman Cathoilcs eo'o.o' Armenians 15,000. and frotes'a"s'' chiaflv of the western type oouv'

Queen Eleanore is. from all accoun.s tbat her advance agents give out eA- ceedingly discreet in her religious ,a, re- ,,, iations. She has private cnapiain, 4ha, German Lutheran, but beyond Una .na' her agents say she Is Christian Wi.h out much regard to name. noen ,', and her sister were tralneo a shs carved in the Red Cross before sne married the Bulgarian King. She mas come much into the sphere or m m Auance of American missionaries chieflv Congregational and Metnoaist h,,t her work is educational and nos nital relief not close relation wi.n leaders in any religious nouy S ,.. u o,ties that religious leaders as such do not wait upon her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03

cate, Is held to have his strength much
 enhanced by the selections of new car
 ulnals to be created at this approach
 Ing consistory. Archbishops Dulla
 Chiesa of Bologna, Senafini of the holy office, Tecchi of the consistory, and
 Guistine of the sacraments. have long been close to the famous cardinal. Dean Lega of the Rota tribunal is
 the only one of the six Italians held 10 belong to the company that might, at conclave, favor changed policies. Never before have three American cardinals been present at a Roman consistory they will be at this one at the end of the month. The college With the 12 new members added, will still contain an unusually small pro- portion of Italians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
OFFICERS SCHOOL ID
 BEGIN AT CAPITAL
Encampmnet for Instruc tion of A. N. c. Officers to
 Be Held This Week


 Montgomery. May 2.-(Special.)-AlI preparation has been made for the hold ing of the Officers School" here next week, when 150 officers of the Alabama National Guard will assemble for a week of encampment and instruction. The en- campment will be in charge of Adjutant General Joseph B. Scully, and the head instructor will be Captain William P. Screws, U. s. A. Captain Screws will be assisted by several other army of ficers
 The encampment will be held near the country club. and all necessary arrange ments have been made for the accommo- dalton of the officers During the week they Will be put through hard course or instruction. The school will continue throughout the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
HEAVY COATING OF 0|L 0N MODEL ROAD Miss Mccormick Will Have 25,OOO Gallons Placed on
 Huntsville Road

Huntsville. May 2.-(Special)-A heavy coating of crude oil will be placed on the model state highway from this city to Normal next week. and this will be the first oil road in this part of the state The work will be paid for by Miss vir- ginia Mccormick. whose home 'Kildare," i" Is on the road. It is estimated that 25,OOO gallons of oil will be required for this purpose.
 Two cases of smallpox developed in the Madison county jail yesterday and caused something of panic among the other prisoners in the jail. The patients were removed immediately to the pesthouse
 Capt. Frank g. White. who will become United States senator on May Il. spoke-in Huntsville last night in the interest of B. B. Conner for governor.
 From the Louioville Herald.
 "ptd you notice that awfully loud girlf'
 did ehe have ons''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
Rented Hen Strikes

From t11e NEW IOrK SuTI-
 Sunbury. Pa.-When eggs touched 6l cents dozen recently Philip Bradford of Sudbury discovered new form of speculation. It was revealed in Sqire Tierney's court when Bradford brought suit against neikhbor to collect rental for hen
 Bradford has lot of hens. Instead Of collecting his eggs a he rented out the fowls ay. tho renter winning i sE ued to lay properly. Ons ted to James 1T. Snyder, ,a 5ing she wanted to sit- eR ehs did winch Bradfc- ap.es col- lact :iis 1ental Shy psed y.
 equire frierney areiae ,r E eents alhinst Shy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
Land

'pid you notice that awfully loud girlr' did ehe have ons"