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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-20
CITY NEWS.

4 You los money If you fasl to SCI
] our line OF hats before you buy Spe
cial prices all this week at kariFs.
Thomas r. Shelley. % OF Hamil
ton and Louella NJ. SAMSON. ~ o
1 Keokuk. were granted marriage II
cense Saturday evening.
Buy your groceries at the CLOSING
out sale at 26 South 18th st. Plenty
| OF staple goods left, sugar. bacon
milk, canned goods, flour. coffees
ETC., and will be until the close o. the
sale. Ask for price list. keokuk
Cash Grocery.
Phone 81 for . case OF Leisy
beer when you're out.
announcements of the birth OF q
son to MI and Mrs. Frank Greenousn,
of Hamilton. H.. April -, were re-
ceived in Keokuk today. MIS- Green
ough was formerly Miss Alta Clark
and was in the employe OF The Gate
City Company several years ago,
Phone 81 for q case OF Leisy
beer when you're out.
III. 8. Payne, who 10 promoting the
Fort Madison Keokuk interurban. is
calling on thu business men Of this
city disposing OF stock in the nsw
road. He Is meeting with good sue
cess. The proposition Is certainly one
that would develop fine trade terri
tory for this city.
Send your family washings to
Power City Laundry. Phone 1880.
-"Keokuk peopls should not get
discouraged II there is hesitation In
the development OF this city or tmme-
date section as was naturally expect
ed by the development OF the water
power Il IL certain 70 result most
satisfactory There is big develop
ment coming" This was the encour-
aging news that well-informed man
gave to reporter for this paper. He
said he was not trying to raise any
false hopes but possessed enough In
formation to be sure that what he
forecasted would become reality.
Call 1880 and our wagon will call
ut your door for your laundry. Pow
er City Laundry.
e. l. Barr. state manager Of the
General Electric Co.. was in the city
today making arrangements for the
removal Of his household goods to
Des Moines which point has been his
headquarters for several months.
From Ksokuk Mr.. Barr goes to Cedar
Rapids to attend a meeting Of the
state electricians. Mr. and Mrs. BAT
have made many warm friends here
who deeply regret their removal. Mr..
Barr is vary optimistic about the
future OF the city and would like very
much to have remained in the city OF
Keokuk but under the new arrange.
ment OF the company this was not
possible.
Will Lave for the season, one
Arabian and one draft stallion at
Hamilton, III. B. w. Elder
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-20
BEFORE NETTING
OF CABINET
President Urged 70 Hand Passports t.
Huerta's Representative In
Washington.

UNITED Press Leased Wire service.1
WASHINGTON, April 20.-When
the cabinet went into session at 1890
o'clock It was understood that the
president planned to take up the en-
tire Mexican situation including the
position OF the constitutionalists. 1t
was reported that the president had
been urged to hand Senior Algara. the
Mexican charge d'affaires his pass
ports with the explanation that he
could no longer be considered part
of diplomatic Washington. inasmuch
as the government he represented
President Huerta's-had no official ex.
istence 30 far Is the United States ID
concerned. Those who were urging
this move were also urging that the
president recognize the belligerency
Of the constitutionalist. thereby Civ
Ing them the active support OF this
government against Huerta. 6ecfe-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-20
THANKS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT

THANKS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
We wish to take this public method
Of thanking the hre department for
the promptness with which they re-
sponded to the hre which destroyed
our property and the efficiency Of the
organization after arriving on the
scene. It was their good work that
saved the residence.
e. H. LOWENSTEIN AND FAMILY.
The Press., 1914-05-27
BATTLE HYMN'S BIRTH.
Story of Writing of Famous War Song
 by Julia Ward Howe. -..

Story of Writing of Famous War Song
 by Julia Ward Howe. ! --..
 Mrs. Julia Ward Howe told the story of how she came to write her stirring song, the Battle Hymn of the Repub lie"
 Ut was during the second year of the war; she said, ''and had gone to Washington with my husband and my pastor, the Rev: James Freeman Clarke had wished many times that 1 could do something for my country. but the way seemed closed. My hus- band was too old and i'll to go; niy son was only a boy. My children were so young that I could not leave my home for long myself. While we were. in Washington there was a great review of the troops across the river.3 We drove out to see it. While it was in progress there was dash made against some of our troops by the enemy. It was repulsed, but the review was aban- doned, and the troops came thronging back to Washington and we with them. .+.~. t..' :.
 "The progress of our carriage was slow. for the roads were crowded with the soldiers. To encourage the men we began singing various songs and hymns. and they would join in the chorus. After we had sung John Browns Body Dr. Clarke turned and asked me why I did not write some new words for that music. replied that had tried several times, but nev- CT could seem to write any good enough.
 '"The next morning just about 4 o'clock I woke suddenly. AS I lay there in bed the words of the hymn began to form themselves in my mind I got up and by the. faint light of the early morning scrawled them son d piece of paper and then went back tC bed and sound asleep again. That is the way the hymn was written. Sat urday Evening Post. ..
The Press., 1914-05-27

Photo by American Press Association. WOMAN NURSE AT GETTYSBURG REUNION. with d mighty love and eurneStness in their hearts, d love and pity, and ability to show them forth.
 Moved by an indOmitable desire to serve in person the victims of wounds and sickness, few hundred women, impeIed by instincts which assured them of their ability to endure the hardships, overcome the obstacles and adjust themselves to the unusual and unfeminine circumstances ill which they would be placed, made their way through all Instructions at home and at the seat of war or ill the hospitals to the bedSideS of sick and wounded.
 They were really herOines. They conquered their feminine sensibility at the sight of blood and wounds: their native antipathy to disorder confusion and violence subdued the rebellious deIicacy of their more exquisite senses lived cOarSely and dressed and slept rudely: they studied the caprires ot men to whom their ties were simply human-men often ignorant. feeble minded. out of their senses, rnVjn2 with pain and fever. They had d still harder service to bear with the pride the off cial arrogance. the hardness or the folly. perhaps the'impertinence and presumption. of half trained medical men whom the urgencies of the case had fastened on the service.-"WO mans Work In the Civil War"
The Press., 1914-05-27
"War' Governors
 North and South

Y HERE is the list of "war" gov ernors: California furnished ~ 0 John G. DOwney, Leland
 Stanford and Frederick +. Low; Connecticut, William A. BUCK ingham; Delaware, William Burton and William Cannon; Illinois, Richard Yates and Richard J. Oglesby; lndi- ana, Oliver P. Morton; Iowa, Samuel J. Kirkwood and William M. Stone; Kansas, Charles Robinson and Thom- as Carney; Maine, Israel Washburn, Jr., Abner COburn and Samuel Cony; Massachusetts, John A. Andrew; Mich igan, Austin Blair and Henry H. Ora DO: Minnesota, Alexander Ramsey and Stephen Miller; Nevada, Henry G. Blasdell; New Hampshire, Ichabod Goodwin, Nathaniel S. Berry and Jo- seph A. Gilmore; New Jersey, Charles S. Olden and Joel Parker; New York, Edwin D. Morgan, HoratiO Seymour and Reuben E. Fenton; Ohio, William Dennison, David Tod and John BrOugh; Oregon, John Whitaker and Addison c. Gibbs; Pennsylvania, Andrew G Curtin; Rhode Island, William Sprague, John R. Bartlett, acting, William c. Cozzens. acting. and James Y. Smith; Vermont, Erastus Fairbanks, Frederic Holbrook and J. Gregory Smith; West Virginia, Francis H. Peirpoint, prOvi- sional, and Arthur l. Foreman; Wis consin, Alexander W. Randall, Louis F. Harvey, Edward Solomon and James T. Lewis.
 The southern governors were:
 Alabama, Andrew B. Moore, John Gill Shorter and Thomas H. Watts; Arkansas, Henry NJ. Rector, Harris Flanagin and Isaac Murphy; Florida, Madison s. Perry and John Milton; Georgia, Joseph B. Brown; Louisiana, Thomas O. Moore and Henry W. All len; Union military governors, George F. Shepley and Michael Hahn; Aissis- sippi, John P. Pettus, Charles Clarke and Jacob ThOmpsOn; North Carolina, John W. Ellis, H. T. Clark, acting, and Zebulon B. Vance; South Carolina, Francis w. Pickens, M. L. BOnham and A. G. Magrath; Tennessee, Isham G. Harris and Andrew Johnson, Union military governor; Texas, Samuel Houston, Edward Clark, acting, Fran cis R. Lubbock and PendletOn Mur- rah; Virginia, John Letcher and Will liam Smith.
 The border state governors were:
 Kentucky, Beriah Magoffin, James F. Robinson and Thomas E. Bramlette: Maryland, Thomas H. Hicks and A. W. Bradford; Missouri, c. F. Jackson; Union, H. R. Gamble and T. C.. Fletcher.
The Press., 1914-05-27
DIED.

Whereas our esteemed sister, Mrs. w. T. Jones, having been taken from us by the Divine law which we all obey, we as a Grange and as friends and neighbors, regret her loss and miss her pleasant personality, and be it
 Resolved-That in the loss of our sis ter our Grange has met deep loss, and that our charter be draped for period of thirty days.
 Resolved That our sympathy be ex- tended to our brother upon whom the loss falls most heavily. 7 Resolved-That copy of this express ion be given our brother, w. T. Jones. and that a record of the same be made by our Secretary, and that 8 copy be printed in the local alpaper.
 Nj Mrs. B. J. ids. E, Robinson, Committee. r Mrs. Eva M. Bugbee,)
 At 8 regular meeting of Wauseon Lodge of Odd Fellows the following resolutions were adopted
 That in the death of Brother Perry P. Davis the lodge loses a worthy and true member
 :. Resolved-That we extend to the famt ly our heartfelt sympathy and that a copy of these resolutions be published in The Press, and that our lodge charter be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days. c, w Comins,)
 A. H Adams, Committee.
 J. J. Clark
The Press., 1914-05-27
War and a Window.

In the days when Louis XIV, "Le Grand Monarque." was dazzling Eu rope his minister. I.Ouvois. was super intending on the kings behalf the building of the palace of the TrianOn in the park at Versailles. Louis ln spected the buildings one afteFnOoIE and declared one of the windows to be out of shape and smaller than the rest. This LOuvOis denied. and the king had the window meaSured, with the result that he was proved to be right, and he openly before all the court ridiculed I.OuVOiS
 But the minister hnd his revenge for. with the angry ejaculation that be would find better employment for a monarch than that of insulting, his ia
 vorites. he embroiIed France by his in sOlence in, d quarrel with the powers
 which only ended years later in the peace of Ryswick after a war which entnilpd the loss of many lives and the expenditure of large sums of money
The Press., 1914-05-27
Siher1a's Growth.

Omsk, Siberia, has become the outfit ting point for an extraordinary Inigra
 ton. estimated at 100000 people an
 nually, which pOurs into the country bordering on Mongolia. Nothing in Europe or Asia has ever been quite so like the springing up of the great cit
 les of the American middle west as is the growth today of new towns in Si
 beria. Except that the tide is moving east instead of west. the movement has many parallels to the wonderful migration which won the west for America. There are, however, two strik ing differences The first is that the pioneering is comparatively luxurious compared to the American movement
 while the natives instead of being swept aside are being absorbed by in
 termarriage with the settlers. Tie ten day journey up the Irtish river ffronI Omsk into the promised land is made by steamboats which are the last word in the luxury and convenience of river traffic. Chicago News t4 4
The Press., 1914-05-27
Hungarian Road to sIimness.

This Is method for reducing that Is practiced in Hungary:
 At night just before retiring fill the bathtub with hot water and iI this dissolve three pounds of epson salts Get into the tub and lie with the body as flat as possible. Keep the hot water faucet open all the time. so that the water never coOls. Remain ill this bath for fifteen minutes; then take a cold shower or spray. ,>+ a!
 At first the baths may be enervltlng If so, take one every second day. The Oftener they are taken the quicker the reduction will be. They are said#tO be quite harmless. though a bit strenuous at first
 Practically the same method is used for curing a severe cold in the head or chest. except that only two poulids of epson salts are used. and a very hot drink, preferably tOddy. is drunk be fore getting into the bath. as 1t aids in inducing precipitation. After the bath go directly to bed and put on all the covers possible In two hours the bed will be quite damp from the per spiration. or should be. New York Sun '"5't' ''.H
The Press., 1914-05-27
ASHFORD. WestfOrd

Mrs. Starkweather is visiting at Mrs. J. Burdick's.
 A. Richards made a business trip to Rockville last week. =.
 Lizzie Gidosh is visiting her sister on Village Hill for the week.
 F. Squier and daughter, Myrtle, were at Willimantic on Friday.
 Mrs. Jennie Borton of Rhode Island is visiting her sister here, Mrs. Lizzie Kidder.
 R. Woolridge of Glastonbury and I. Jefferson made a fishing trip here over Sunday.
 The social held last Friday evening was decided success and over twenty dollars was taken in.
 Mrs. O. A. Richards who has been staying with Mrs. Cushman the past week has returned home.
 MT. and Mrs. H. F. Scott of War renville visited Mrs. Eliza Mercy and Mrs. Hattie Whitmore on Sunday.
 " ATr0nV1410s
 Mrs. B. O. Bugbee is spending a few days in Kennebunk, Me.
 Burton Case of Willimantic is spending this week with his parents here.
 Mrs. Nellie Bates, who has been in a hospital recently, is now again with MT. and Mrs. David Mathewson.
 Memorial day exercises will be held this year at the Ashford Center Con. gregational church at l. 30 D. m.
 Sunday services were of the usual order. Subject of the sermon was "Visions of God, :" Ezek. l l. The o. E. service was conducted by Mrs. David Mathewson, with an unusually good attendance.
The Press., 1914-05-27
ELLINGTON.
Crystal Lake.

Mrs. Perlin Dimock entertained com pany from Springfield Sunday.
 Supper and social in the Hall this Thursday evening.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Charter and daughter, Florence, Everett Charter and family, and Oscar Menchetti from Bland ford came by Auto Sunday and spent the day with Crystal Lake friends and re- turned home in the evening
 A large number of Spanish, War Vet erans from Rockville attended church here Sunday, where Memorial service was held. The pastor Rev. J. N. Geisler preached 8 most helpful and interesting sermon. The singing was excellent Arthur Gyngell, who kindly assisted the choir, also rendered a solo. After the service the grave of Comrade Geo. Mo Clellen in the center yard was1decorated with flowers, while taps were played by William Finley. <.
The Press., 1914-05-27
WELLINGTON.

Several from this vicinity are at the county W. O. T. U. annual con- vention in Ellington to-day.
 Misses Alice. w. Pratt and Edna Bugbee passed the week end at their homes and attended the grange Friday evening.
 We are pleased to hear from mem- bers of the family that Vincent Hor- key is in improved health at his home in New York. His daughter, Miss Bertha, is with him; Miss Annie happy in her hospital work, and Charles busy and content in Hartford.
 We wish to correct an error. There were 87 at Sunday school last Sunday, instead of 78.
 At a special meeting of the Ladies' Aid Monday afternoon it was decided to have ice cream on sale for the assembly Decoration day, and to serve cake to go with it free, as usual. Cake is solicited by this notice. If the weather is good there will be large number present, as 1t IS expect ed that all the pupils of all the school in town will participate, so you will make no mistake in bringing along loaf of cake. Helpers will be in order, and any who are willing to assist in waiting on the children, to avoid confusion, will kindly report to Miss Palmer. All the exercises and the collation. will be at the town hall, as, coming ehssaturday afternoon, it would be difficult to get the church parlor in order for the Sunday school the next day; therefore the church will not be open. The invitation is general of course, as this is every country -lover's day. The children vui i'll hrinO AOuorG ac 17suo1
The Press., 1914-05-27
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The Press., 1914-05-27
HISTRICT OF SOMERS, ss. Probat,

nISTRICI OF OUMEhO, Ss. TTOUaIt 1J Court, May g, A. D. 1914
 Estate of Giuseppe Viottl, late of Somers in said district, deceased.
 Upon the application of Michele Riccio, Con- sular agent of Italy, praying that letters of ad- resented ntestate, as per application on file more fully appears, 1t is
 Ordered-That said application be heard and said district, on the 1st day of June, A. D 1914, at g o'clock in the forenoon, and that pub lie notice be given of the pendency of said appli on, by publishing the same once in some news paper having a circulation in said district, anC by posting a copy thereof on the public sign post in the town of SomerS, in said District, al least five days before said day of hearing
 CHARLES $. FULLER, Judge.
The Press., 1914-05-27
AGENTS WANTED

We want a reliable man or woman in Stafford Springs to look after renewals and new subscriptions to Metropolitan, "The Lvest Magazine in America " The work may be done in spare time-a few hours each week. Liberal pay for whate CT time Is put in. No investment or bond re- quired, no previous experience necessary Full instructions and supplies sent free. Give two references. Desk IA, METRO POLITAN MAGAZINE, New York.
The Press., 1914-05-27
MODERN HOUSE

My New House at Keefes Plains for sale hay ing Rooms and Bath with all modern improve ments, built with lumber 20 per cent. less than to-days prices and with carpenters 75c per day less for 10 hours. l will sell for much less than present cost of building and show bills of cost of everything This house was well built by MT. Fred Graves and can be made to accommodate two families. -
The Press., 1914-05-27
.ISTRICT OF HOLLAND, ss.. Pro

KIOlhIOI UT IOLLAND, Ss. TTO' J bate Court, May 9, 1914.
 Estate of lillian G. Mathews, late of Willing ton, in said District, deceased.
 The administrator having exhibited his ad ministration account with said estate of this court for allowance, 1t i|
 Ordered-That the 2d day of JuLe, 1914, at 1( o'clock in the forenoon, at the probate office fl Holland, be and the same is asst gned for hearing on the allowance of said administration account with said estate, and this court directs the administrator to cite all persons interested therein to appear at said time and place, b. publishing this order in some newspaper having a circulation in said district, and by posting copy on the public sign-post in the town O Wilmington, where the deceased last dwelt, a least five days before said time assigned Certified from Record.
 EDWIN $. AGARD Judge
The Press., 1914-05-27

The June term of the Holland county superior court will open at Rockville with short calendar on Tuesday, at 12 M. Cases will be assigned for trial at the same time, Judge Howard J. Cur tis of Stratford will be on the bench.
The Press., 1914-05-27
COLLECTORS NOTICE Borough of Stafford Springs.

All persons liable to pay taxes in the Borough of Stafford Springs, list of 1913, and the street sprinkling assessments, are hereby notified that 1 am ready to receive the same. All taxes are due May 1st, and on all taxes not paid by June 1st interest at per cent. per annum will surely be charged, together with legal fees for collect. ing. For the purpose of receiving the same will be at the store of w. E. Hanley every Thurs day from May 1st to June 1st, 1914, from a. m. to D. m. PATRICK J. MURRAY, Collector.
 Stafford Springs, Conn.,, April 9, 1914.
The Press., 1914-05-27
Notice to Taxpayers.

All persons liable to pay taxes in the town or WillinRton arc hereby notined thaC nave warrant to levy and collect tax or twenty four mills en the dollar on the list or 1915 paya- ble Nay 1st, 1914. For the purpose or collecClng g Hame will be at the store of Gardiner Hal, Jr., r Co each business day, except that on May lQth | win be at the Town Hall rom O'CLOCK until ASO o'clock D. m. ,,.,,...o
 JAMES SERVICE, JR-, Collector, Wfllington, Conn., April sth 1914.
The Press., 1914-05-27
Tax Collectors Notice.
 TJNION

Notice is hereby given that all property taxes in the town of Union on list Of 1918 are due May lst, 1914, and payable at par until June 1st, 1914 will be at the Town Hall Friday, May lst ana Saturday, May SOth, from until D. m., to re- celve said taxes. On all taxes unpaid afteI June 1st int crest at the rate Of 9 per cent. and all legal expenses will be charged.
 T. o. NEWELL, Collector Union, Conn, April l4th, 1914.
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ATa Court of Probate holden at Staf

A T Court of Probate holden at Staf "A ford, within and for the District of Stafford, on the 20th day of May, A. D. 1914
 Present, k BERT H. FISK, Judge.
 On motion of Annie M. Black, executrlx on the estate of Martin Hunt, late of stafford, within said district, deceased.
 This court doth decree that six months be al lowed and limited for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims against the same to the execuCr1x. and directs that the public mo- tice be given of this order by advertising the same once in some newspaper having circula- tion in said District, and by posting 8 copy on the public sign post in said town of stafford. Certified from Record.
 MARCUS B. FISK. Clerk.
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or who moved among the camps and travelled with the corps, were an exceptional class-as rare as herones always are-a class representing no social grade, but coming from all, be longing to no rank or age of life i'll
 particular, sometimes young and sometimes old, sometimes refined and sometimes rude, now of fragile phys ical aspect and then of extraordinary robustness, but, in all cases, women
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:. RAIla nf Rrunaa-

The famous peal of bells in ,thesb sbel- fry at Bruges is played on the principle of a music box, with an enormous drum weighing 2,OO0 pounds. In the drum are 30,O0O holes for brass pegs which touch the trackers and move the wires communicating with the bell hammers. The airs are changed once each year, but the drum must be wound up every two hours.