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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-07

owners Of all property adjoining sans
petition the council to vacate, there
fore,
Be It ordained, BY the city councn
OF the city Of Keokuk, Iowa:
That said alley In block H. III
Leighton's addition to the city OF
Keokuk be, and the same is hereoy
vacated.
Passed and adopted this End day OF
April, 1914.
Roll call:
Elder-Aye.
Gray-Aye.
Hickey--Aye.
Attest: Mayos'
o. w. SANDBHRG.
CITY CLERK. Ne
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lnssta VIM Be er,soAaed OF This
Week-save Money for Ns1
Stands Next
Year.
THE EXHIBITION GAMES
Have Four Days 70 Get In Shape for
the First Exhibition Game
With Fort Williams
Team.

Several minor Improvements VIII
have to be made at the baseball park
before the season opens, although 1t
IL the intention Of the directors TO
spend az little money as possible on
the old park stands. The directors
realize that the stands are not all
they might be, but think that the
great majority OF fans will agree With
them in that only what is absolutely
necessary will be done in improving
the old stands and the money saved
to be used on the new stands to be
erected at the new park next year.
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Athletes Hold ph,lI,es.

hSAsA wan "a Nv 1All1lSW p0IAs
Athletics Hold PhlIIies.
Wykoff and Plank held the Phillies
to four hits and the Athletics now
have . two-toons edge in the city
series.
The Yanks and Dodgers will mix At
Ebbets field again this afternoon. Man
ager Chance plans to give one Of his
pitchers an opportunity 70 work the
full nine innings.
Jack Coombs will be on the job at
Shibe Park soon aiding in the coach
ing OF Connie Mack's young pitchers.
Captain Thomas has wired the veteran
to strike camp in Palestine, Texas and
start for home.
England was wobbly in the first in
ming and the Maps scored three runs
enough TO beat the Cincinnati Reds at
the pace Mitchell was going. Mitchell
Including only six hits and attaching
an additional run, the Maps shut on.
the Reds.
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Healer Hawkins.

GALESBURG, H., April Healer
Hawkins of Peoria, who claims To
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Read The Daily Gate City, Zoe
per week.
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Ouinet Arrives In England and Other
Cracks Are on Their Way
or Start
Soon.
EAFTY IN GOOD FORM
Like Old Times for Giants When He
Shuts Out PeIicans and the
Giants Win on Three
Hits.

[By Hal Sheridan Written for the
United Press.l
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-07

what Sam Crawford Knocked from
Louisville TO Breathitt, center, and
Frank Baker took . practice shot
which sent the ball over the center
field wall Of the PhiIlies park.
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White SO. 1t Wichita
Waiver, on Cub Recruits.

Waivers on Cub Recruits
CHICAGO, April WAIVERS have
been asked ON six Cub recruits, slated
for the minors bat their names are be-
ing kept under cover
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c. 3. & q. RAILWAY co

Trains leave from the Union d..
eertAs and tcksts. FIFTH and lam.
soUTHBOUND.
xNo. Il. St Louis, west aud
south. leaves ............. S,1a.n
xNo. s. St Louis west and
south, leaves .............Ii :A.c
mo. 40. Z. q W. to 8odan, C..
3. Z K c. 70 Carfollton
laws ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s:tSaa
mo. I. st Louis. west and
South. leaves ............. 1:i3pn
sNo. 10. Quincy, Hannibal
Kansas City. St Louis,
leaves ................... s:lo,u
NORTHBOUND.
xNo. z. st Paul and points
west. leaves ............. 2:asan
xNo. u. Burlington. Chicago
and points west, leaves .7:4spu
sNo. 3. Burlington. Chicago
and east, leaves .......... 1:40Dm
xNo. !, Burlington and Chi.
eago. leaves ............. THAR
enc. 81, NJ. Pleasant branch
leaves s:sopn
No. s. X. Z W.. Sundays only.
leaves INSTRUMENTATION. 7:sspn
mo. ). K 4 W, leaves...... s:10pn
EMO. 4. from x. Z w. arrives 1:1Spn
sNo. 80. from Mt Pleasant
branch. arrives ..... IL: 45am
mo. :, from K. 4 W.. arrives S:10pm
No. 6. from Z. Z W, Sundays
Tx A-
xDaily. Daily except Sunday.
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a swing to the ear. Kansas weighed
1854 pounds; Bresnahan, 1924.
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- - ,(X0[2zRXV7VG
|9IlyY4 ! NEWS q
Baseball Tabloids

UNITED Press Leased Wire serTfce
NEW ORLEANS, April 7.-Peeved
because organized ball shut the Chi
cage Federals out OF good engage
ments here, Joe Tinker took his pets
TO GuIfport, Miss, today where tour
ists ars clamorins for game.
White Sox 1t Wichita
WICHITA, Kanz., April THE
White sox are here TO-DAY for an en-
azsment to be followed By two games
at Kansas City. They trimmed the
University Of Oklahoma team to 0
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erected a. +ba n.w nsrr ne,. ve.r
vuu snoo.h -, ,na.Is
Tb;s afternoon Anhott and sterne
uan+ ,n,t IN tho nark to Ioob after
tho condition q, the Stand. and the
Seld Tho .nYe1d Ia IN a ro,,1h con.
,df.,on and win have To be smocthed
doun before any ganss ara r,,aved mr.
rn,,cb nrzo,,ce vo-k dome Men VIII
r. se. IN IVORY come tine this week
- smoothing On. tn. zrfnkIea In the
4rse,d ID !, -,,.,tn1 the stands IN
go t. the orentnz o, .bs sesson.
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80 u.z.S
r-sx ~s71 -,s .ss s..,ss :, zooS
$500 .-z-.s -, ~ r-2t .5r,-zr TIE
- 80, w.r- .z,-re~ ,ba
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-. 80 4srr $50 z-d r&r ..anax rfrI
- $1,000 ss,s~r r- =. .ns r-ex-
-, xrsa xsgs ~ ra-- Ao- ard
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- NEW YORK,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-02

II he did not promise to marry you you
have no case-nOne ut all. Now. Ag-
mes. tell me. Did General Hastings
promise to marry your"
'Oh. yea oh. yes. indeed! Aggie
cried falteringly. And wish he
would. He's such u delightful old gen
tleman.
The legal representative OF the de-
lightfui old gentleman scow,ed disgust
eddy at this Outburst.
WAS that promise made In writing?'
NO" Aggie answered gushingly.
"But all his letters In writing.
you know. Such wonderful letters:
90 tender and sO-er-interesting!:"
''Yes. yes. ! dare say" Irwin agreed
hastily. with some evidences Of cha.
grin.
"Rut you're quite sure. Agnes" Mary
questioned gently. that General Hast
jnn did promise to marry your
"Oh. yea" Aggie declared teasely.
why. would swear to It." The
,imp,d eyes. 20 ling IN their snft
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-02
IPuSs and the Owl,

Owls make very amusing pets. but
lose the happy family" knack as they
grow older. A friend Of mine had one
that he wrongly kept tied to a stake
by a cord. 1t was OF that tiger Of
the north woods" species. the great
horned owl. and. while apparently quiet.
not to say sleepy. IN the daytime.
blinking with those great yellow eyes
In the name that has made the cou
try people believe they are sightiess In
bright light. he bad - surprising way
Of coming to life" whenever there
was any particular reason for doing ~
My friend had fAvorite kitten that
usually gave the owl q wide berth. but
n day 1t strayed within the danger
zone. The result was that the ap-
%parentIy sOinnOlent mass of brown
feathers suddenly galvanized itself. q
powerful claw shot out. n piteOus NEW
was heard and then-finis Felis do
notwithstanding.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-02

-. -r M- #-l- 1a .L sMhEEH&4Et-
luster. went first to Mary. then gase0
tYustingly into those Of the routed A.
torney.
We're beaten" he confessed defect
edly. turning his glance toward Mary.
whom plainly he regarded as his real
adversary in the combat on his clients
behalf. I'm going to be quite frank
with you. Miss Turner. quite frank.
he stated. with more %geniality. though
with a very crestfailen air. I'VE can't
afford any scandal. SO we're going to
settle at your own terms" He took
from his pocket a thick bill case and
| from this q sheaf of b%anknotes. which
he laid on the desk before Mary. with
q little laugh Of discontinue over hay
| ing been benten in the contest.
As he did 80 Aggie thrust forth an
avaricious hand. but 1t was caught and
held by Mary before it reached above
the top Of the desk. and the avaricfous
gesture passed unobserved by the at
torney. 4.
I'VE can't fight where ladies' are con-
cerned." he went on. assuming an best
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-02
Telephone fiat st,,.si Oh the table.

telephone fiat stO.xi Oh tie table.
1900 Spring" she remarked encour
agingly. will bring an officer almos
Immediately" She leaned back in he
chair and surveyed the baffied NH
amusedly..
Nevertheless" he rejoined. "yo
know perfectly well that General Has
fngs never promised to marry this CIR
You know He broke or as Aggi
entered the drawing room.
Now. the girl was demure in
ing almost beyond belief-a childis'
creature. very fair and dainty. gull
less surely. with those untroubled eye
Of blue. those softly curving lips q
warmest red and the more delica'
bloom and the rounded cheeks. The
were the charms of innocence and sin
plicity In her manner as she stoppe
just within the doorway. whence sh
regarded Mary with Il timid. pleadin
gaze. her slender little form poise
lightly as II for fight.
did you want me. dearT' she aske'
ASuCbs N0uIy OlIbNNCICO IL &AoA
ately. this IL Mr.. Irwin. who b
ZONE to see you in behalf Of taener;
Hastings"
oh" the girl mulmured. her voic'
quivering u little as the lawyer. afte
a short nod. dropped again into b.
seat. ''oh. I'm 80 frightened" Sh'
hurried. f%iuttering. to Il low stool bt
hind the desk beside Mary's chair. an
there she sank down. dropping slight
and catching hold Of One of Mary
hands as If in mute pleading for pro
lection.
"Nonsense" Mary exclaimed sooth
ingly. There's really nothing at all t.
be frightened about. my dear child
You mustn't BE- afraid. Agnes. Mr.
Irwin says that General Hastings die
not promise to marry you. OF cours,
you understand. my dear. that under
no circumstances must you say any
thing that isn't strictly true and tina,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-02
4 TALE OF THE SEA.
Lucky Rescue Of . Boy Who Was
lashed to the Branch Of q Tree.

Lucky Rescue Of . Boy Who Was
Lashsd to the Branch Of a Tree.
A sailor tells a tale Of peril that is
out Of the ordinary. He was OF
the crew of an English ship bound
from British Guiana to Rio Janeir"
When Oh the mouth Of the l'arana
river there came on a calm. followed
b. q dense fog.
At 10 O'Clock in the morning there
came out Of the fOg the voice OF y mt.
man being. calling for help. A noise
In q fog IL very deceptive. and this one
could not he located. hut an answer
ing hello" was given.
Suddenly something struck the YES
rel on the port quarter. and it ~
made out to te y tree. and IN its
branches war a Mativp ln,y. dashed t"
q limb and almost unconscious. The
tree was caught with y rope and the
boy taken Op hoard.
Il WAS half y day before ir rallied
enough to tell his tale. He and his
father had hppD hunting twenty miles
up the PARMA river when n sudden
fre2het came down. Roth climbed the
same tree. hut II was rooted up and
carried down the river. The father
lied. his son to q limb with his ioin
cloth. but before he could thus prOtts't
himself the tree tilted ver and hr
was swept away. The hoy had been
coating three days and nights when h.
was picked up.- st. Louis Globe Demo-
CrAf.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-02

he might contrive a chivalrous tone.
$50. If you will just hand over Gen
eral Hastings letters, why. here's your
money. You have the letters. haven't
you?" he demanded abruptly.
Aggie coyly took a thick bundle from
its resting place on her rounded bosom.
''They never leave me-" she said.
:"Well. they can leave you now all
right" the lawyer remarked unsympa-
%thetically. He reached quickly for
ward for the packet. which ARgie ex-
tended willingly enough. But it was
Mary. who. with q swift movement
caught and held It.
~ think" Mary explained tranquil
~. "that you had better see our lawyer.
Mr.. Harris. in reference to this. We
women know nothing of such detaik
Of business settlement"
"Oh. I see." he said disagreeably.
with a frown to indicate his complete
sagacity in the premises.
II thought you would. Mr.. Irwin"
Mary returned. If you'll take the
money to Mr.. Harris Miss Lynch will
meet you In his Office ut 4 o'clock this
afternoon. and. when her suit for dam
ages for breach Of promise has been
legally settled out Of court. you will
get the letters. Good afternoon. Mr..
IRWIN"
The lawyer made q hurried bow
which took in both of the women. and
walked quickly toward the door.
'Oh. you forgot your marked money.
Mr.. Irwin" Mary said.
The lawyer wheeled and stood star.
ing ut the speaker with a certain sheep
ishness Of expression that bore wit
ness to the completeness Of his dis
comfiture. Without a word he walk
| ed back to the desk. picked up the
money and restored it to the bill case.
young woman" he said emphatical
~. 'yOu ought to have been q lawyer"
And he took his departure. while Mary
smiled in triumph and Aggie sat gap
ing establishment.
you've darn near broke my heart.
she cried. bouncing up violently. lie
| ting all that money go out Of the
house. Say. how did you know It was
marked?"
Il didn't" Mary replied blandly.
BUTT was a pretty good guess. wasn't
it," Couldn't you see that all he want
ed was to get the letters and have us
take the marked money? Then. my
simple young friend. we would have
been arrested very neatly tndeed-for
blackmail."
"Gee-' she cried. THAT would have
been fierce. And nOw?" she question
ed apprehensively.
Mary's answer re~pudiated any posi-
bility Of fear.
.And' now" she explained contenteh
". 'he really will 60 to our. lawyer
There he will pay over that same
marked money. Then he will get the
letters he wants SO much. And just
because It's a strictly business trans
action between two lawyers. With
everything done according to legal
ethics So, ,7.
"And it's actually the sans Old
game!' AREie unused. y
%1f 6tft.r,ari. @r{srr
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-02
WHAT is A RESTAURANT
Here's a Definition of the New York
III 3h Life Brand.

II, ah Life Brand.
A restaurant Is Il pace where you
pay 81 for Is rents worth Of food. az
cOmpanied b: about 81 worth Of light
labor. light chilII and light music.
which you have heard before. After
leaving your hat with a Wall street
syndicate you pay all the way from
10 cents to rs cents for the privilege
Of getting it back and wearing 1t once
more. The III ference between a man
and woman indeed today is quite sim
pie. A IN pays $50 all ut Onc
for her hat. while ii man pays s. for
bis and $55 more in tip installments
for storage at restaurants while be is
vainly trying to obtain enough nOurish-
ment to sustain life between times.
The object Of all restaurants 10 to
furnish you with everything you want
except nourishment. This Is carefully
extracted from all food before II
reaches you. -~
Every restaurant nowadays has at
tached 10 it a homeless hotel and q
drugless drug store. u newspaper stand,
where you can huy a paper for not
over twice what you ran get it fol
across the street. and a box Office dis
pensary. where you raj get theatrr
tickets for almost any night you don't
want them ut the same rates. Every
restaurant also has n wine cellar which
y filed with native cObwebs. Euro.
pean labels and California grape juice.
Life.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-02
MARRIAGE BY FORCE.
ssnisnd Yesess tssvs . Rough Way
Of SAewtNo rhsis Love.

aWVeV
Of sAssiRO rhsis Lows.
The courtship an1 0asTiage customs
among the Greenianuera were In early
times simple and uncerem0nious. When
4 ovelorn youth made up his mlnd III
to the girl be wanted to adorn and be
useful In bis hut Of Ice or SHOW be
went to her house and dragged her
forcibly to his own domain. where she
was. expected to stay without any fur
ther marriage ceremony.
II an atiiuent bridegroom be would
perhaps soothe her lacerated feelings
By presenting her with \ new lamp or
some other article. Of household utility.
No matter how willing and even eager
the bride was to marry u young man,
Eskimo etiquette demanded that she
should resist every attempt to drag her
to her new home. and xhe milAt weep
aud wall bitterly she Wa there.
Indeed. she nluxt continue to weep aud
wall fur x0me days. run to her own
home. only 10 ~ drnggpd iae.k again.
II n s,said that this extremely simple
marriage ceremony h the only one ntiiI
IA me on the east esAsst Of (ireeniand,
md the awx governing divorce are ~
Informal ~ tts lxHs d mArsiaeA.
Ipndon Tslee1sph.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-02

Although few people IRE aware Of the
fact. CONSUMPTION has been part Of the
British constitution for 700 or 500
years. The militia law states that ev-
cry Englishman between the ages Of
eighteen and thirty Is liable to be
called upon for military service and
that each county must furnish q con-
tingert In proportion to its population.
At the time Ut the Napoleonic wars this
law was actually applied. but since
then It has fallen into disuse. without.
however. being repealed. Every year
since 1870 parliament has solemnly
gone. through the form Of snspending
for one year this ancient consumption
BY ballot.-Pearson'S Weekly.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-02

Seats 81 the Mighty.
Tommy What are the seats Of the
mtGhty? Father The end onea.-
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-02
WITHIN
THELAW
By MARVIN DANA
FROM THE PLAY OF
WELLER
SYNOPSIS
Copyright, 1913. by the II. K. Fly
company.

Mary Turner. a department store clerk.
= sentenced to prison for three years for
4 theft she did not commit ,
Edward Glider. owner Of the department
store, consents to see Mary before she
goes to prison. expecting her to confess
mary protests her innocence to Glider
and begs him to pay better wages to his
clerks to save them from temptation.
Mary forms a partnership with Carson
and his gang. by which they mulct rich
victims In a legal manner keeping with
u the law"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-02
a Sensitive Soul.

Owen Nudge was q very sentative
man. More than G at a harsh word
he had forsaken profitable, work and
gone home for sympathy To his wife
One morning Owen started out to help
Glenn Rutler. who had tought a new
stumn. pulling machine and was pre-
pairing to cleu,r u field. Toward neon
Owen came buck Mrs Nude sighed
and waited syihpatheticallS for the rs
DlAnatiOn
y inst couldn't stn,ll II" said Owen.
rv1hi,ing hix law. when s4'r that
stump puIlpr twist Them rorts ont II
reminded M " the times l sct my
back teefh pxtrarted The tir~t thing I
knew ! WINS linn, NJ i rng. and inst
ached alt over md Ind til qnIt."
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-02
CHAPTER WI.
A loQaI Document.

N RARY TURNER spent less thar
N/ an hour in that mysterionsly
lv important engagement with
nior Gi1dor nf uhirh cha huf
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-02

The druggist was becoming wearied
BY . shopkeeper. who. with. no inten-
tion to buy. kept asking questions. e.
amining various articles, pricing them
and demanding the manner Of their
use. Finally she picked up . bottle.
lis this pest exterminat0r renabls7'
she asked. How u It appliedT'
lyon take Z tablespoonful every half
hour. ma'am." the druggist replied
with more than an ounce Of setisfae-
don. and the woman asked 10 more
quesions.-St. Louis Post-DispatcA
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-02
Our LONGEST River.

Our longest river ~ the mississippi.
There is no other stream within our
borders that ran stand a moments
comparison with the "Fatber OF Wa
ter" TO l,e sure. there are some who
ciatui that the really great river h the
MissDsri. that that stream Is the main
one. Ut which the Mississippi h only a
tributary. Rut the claim II without
foundation. The Missouri. from Ito
source. In the northwestern Rockies to
itx junction with the Mississippi at. st.
Louis, IL u distinct stream from the
one into which It empties near that
point. 1t Is quite trne that from the
headwaters Of the Missouri to the gulf
the distance IN greater than It r. from
the headwaterx Of the mississippi to
the gulf. hut in the q y 1t Is two
streams. In the other only oBe.-Nsw
York a American.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-02
FREAKS OF NATURE,
An Uphill Waterfall and q Tree That
Squirms Like q Snake.


Nature in the tropics. left to herself.
writes John Burroughs. the naturalist.
is harsh. aggressive. 81 vage: looks as
though she wanted to hang you with
her dangling ropes or impale you on
her thOrns ar engulf you In the ranks
Of her gigantic ferns. "
Her mood is never as placid and
sane ~ in the north. There is q tree
IN the Hawaiian woods that suggests
a tree zone mad. II Is called the hau
tree II In> down. sluirms and wrig-
giles all over the ground Ike q wound
ed siE,k e. . II gels mp and then takes
to earth again. Now II wants to be a
vine: HOW il wants to lw u tree. 1t
throws s~onlelSuultS: II makes itself
Into loops anal rings: II rolls: 1t reaches:
It doubles upon itself. altogether it
IL the ~craZirSt vegetable growth l ever
saw.
1t was near Fall that ! saw what
! had never seen or heard VI before
a waterfall reversed. going mp instead
Of down. II suggested StocktOn's story
Of negative gravity.
A small lTODk comes down Of the
mountain and attempts to make the
leap down ~ high prtriptce. but the
wind catches 1t aud carries II straight
up In the air like smoke. 1t is trans
lated. 1t becomes u mere wrnith how
trlnx about the beptiing crag:
Nighr aud day this goes on. the
wind xnatching from the mountains in
this suInnnery way the water II has
brought them. Century Magazine.
Clerical Humor.
I When the Rev. IDr. Snow rOse to ad-
dress his evening congregation his
voice was slightly husky.
my friends" be said. Il have al
ready preached . sermon and made
two long speeches to societies In dif-
ferent parts OF the city, and BEFORE
have finished this evening you Will
think ! an like q wheel-the longer the
spoke. the bigger the tire"
Only q few appeared to *ee the p0iDf,
however. and thu g0gd doctor scofned
70 furnish = diagram -chicaKo 1rabs
une.