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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28
ANNUAL EXCURSION
OF INFORMING STAR
Captain Walter Blair Announces Trir
Will be Davenport to Florence,
Alabama. .

Announcements, Is made by Captain
Walter Blair owner of the Northern
Steamboat company, Of the annual
southern excursion trip Of the steamer
Morning Star. The boat leaves Daven-
port, Iowa, May 20, for a trip to Flor
ence, Alabama, and return. distance
Of $50 miles
Reservations must be made by May
20. The boat Is due to arrive here on
the down river trip May 20, and re-
turn at 10 a. NJ June 10. The trip af-
fords glance at the scenery on $40
miles down the mississippi river, fifty
miles up the Ohio and 300 miles up
the Tennessee. a..
Captain Walter Blair, whose execu-
tive ability has made the past trips so
pleasant, will again be IN personal
charge Of the boat this year.
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After dtsposlng Of his steamboat in
terests he was not actually engaged
in any business. For many years he
enjoyed driving about looking after
his farms. For the past three years
he has not been so active, but has
enjoyed better health than is usually
allotted to men Of his age, and bids
fair to be with us for some time yet
Captain Williams was the last sur
viving member of his family and has
also seen many Of his pioneer friends
pass away. He is almost daily re-
Ceivfng by mail congratufatory cards
and letters from friends near and
far, many from steamboat officials
scattered almost the length of the
Mississippi, all rejoicing. at his havs
ing reached the century mark.
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liver At kE0kUK
lover FLOOD MARK
kaae Of 14s Feet 4 Registered To-
day and Stream Will Continue
TO Even Higher
Points.
Hood CREST FRIDAY
les Moines River over Banks In Some
PoInts-Wagon Road 10 En-
danoered by Cave
Ins.
,uooD CREST FRIDAY

The Mississippi river at Keokuk is
hove flood stage, and is still rising.
rhe crest of the flood Is looked for
bout Friday. The Des Moines river
out of its banks in some spots, and
he wagon road between Keokuk and
Alexandria, at the Missouri end of
he bridge Is threatened and already
as caved in, according to reports
rom people living In that vicinity.
While the road is still passable, 1t Is
My with difficulty and no little dan
ker.
The river stage at Keokuk this
morning was 14.5 feet, rise of FL
eet since yesterday. The flood stage
d IA feet here. At Warsaw the river
Is way above food stage. Fifteen
eet Is the flood mark there, and the
liver reached 17.5, according to the
Measurements sent the local weather
bfice. The rise at Warsaw was %
Beet, slightly more than at Keokuk.
The river is still rising, and the
krest Of the flood, it is figured, will
be reached about Friday.
Lands Under Water.
To both north and south of Keo-
kuk the river is reported as already
aoing some damage. The sixty acre
batch of the Keokuk Canning COM
bany this side Of the Des Moines
FLYER bridge and south of the old lum-
Der yards is under water today, it
WAS reported. Other land Is expected
10 be under water by tonight, with
the water still rising.
Reports from Viewer, Iowa, north of
Fort Madison were that the Skunk
liver there, tributary of the Mis-
6issippi Is on the rampage, and that
water Is threatening some of the
houses there.
| The Des Moines river, south of
'Keokuk, is rising, and is stopping
pver in many places between here and
alexandria.
Wagon Road In Bad Shape.
Reports come from people who live
hear the Des Moines river that the
wagon road on the Missouri side of
the bridge is caved in, and in danger
|of caving in still more. The road, 1t
bis said, has been undermined, so that
BIT is possible to drive over it, but that
the wagon wheels go perilously near
the edge. which is none too solid, and
(which might cave in still more from
|the weight of the wagon. A report
|of the condition of the road has been
made to authorities here.
General rains are responsible for
this sudden rise in the river. The
|high stage Of water is bearing out the
|prophesies which were made some
time ago that there would be some
real old fashioned floods this spring
along the big river.
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whip the captain. He was recently
asked what he did, but he says he
don't remem ber." Though this was
an elopement, the bride says she has
had no cause to regret her act. In
September 1866, Captain Williams re-
turned to the river trade. becoming
one of the famous Eagle Packet COM
pany, was the first president and held
this position until he sold his interest
in 1884. He was always captain
on one of the company's boats. He
commanded the steamer Eagle plying
between Warsaw and Keokuk and
afterwards from Keokuk to Quincy,
and also the steamer Grey Eagle, part
of the time on the Illinois river run
ming from Peoria to Henry. He COM
manded the steamer Spread Eagle In
the Alton trade, and the steamer Bald
Eagle when running between St.
Louis and Keokuk, also the steamer
De smet, a boat belonging to the
Eagle company.
Had Marrow Escape.
He made several trips on the
steamer De Smet from st. Louis to
rfp,,noati on one Of which he mar
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28
First Experience as Boatman.

Before his marriage, Captain Will
liams had his first experience as boat
man, he and a friend buying a fiat
boat, loading 1t with grain and TAX
ing it to New Orleans, and after dis
posing OF the cargo they sold the boat
and returned to Warsaw by steam
boat. This, at that time, was quite
common way of shipping grain. In
1852 he went with q party overland
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PIIes Cured In 8 to IA Days
Druggists refund money If PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure itching,
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
First application gives relief. SOC.
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Cascarets are a treat! They nyen
your liver, clean your thirty feet of
bowels and sweeten your stomach.
You eat one or two Cascarets like
candy before going to bed and in the
morning your head is clear, tongue Is
clean. stomach sweet, breath right.
and cold gone and you feel grand.
Get 10 or 25-cent box at any drug
store and enjoy the incest. gentlest
liver and bowel cleansing you ever
experienced. Stop sick headaches,
bilious spells. indigestion, furred
tongue, offensive breath and constipa-
ton. Mothers should give cross. peev-
ish, feverish, bilious children whole
Cascaret any time. They are harm
less and never grippe or sicken.
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to California just at the height of
the gold fever; he remained there
about a year and returned by water,
crossing the Isthmus Of Panama.
Like all early pioneers he suffered
all the inconvenience so common in
those days, and performed most any
farm labor from hauling rails to
grading grain. He was quick to take
advantage of the helps afforded him
in the great and marvellous change in
farm machinery from crude tools, to
the best that could be had, and pur-
chased and operated one of the first
Mccormick reapers owned in this
section. During his younger days he
held at various times, number OF
county and township Offices and
proved himself very efficient. In 1849
he was deputy sheriff Of Hancock
county under Sheriff Gay, and the
latter dying in office, Captain Williams
acted as sheriff until another was
elected. Familiar with the stirring
events of the Mormon war, he was
not sufferer from Mormon depreda-
tons as many hereabouts. He often
saw Joe Smith and was In Carthage
the day Smith was shot in the Jail.
In politics Captain Williams was a
Wing, but after the republican party
succeeded 1t, he has been one Of tts
| warmest and most patriotic support
ers. He takes a Keen interest in poll
tics even now, and is an eager reader
of the news, so far as his sight will
allow. also keeping in touch daily
with European and Mexican war de-
velopments, always anxious for the
daily paper.
Notes Many Announcements.
In the years covering the captains
life he has noted the great advance
been the means Of bringing our great
velopment
In August 1s49, Captain Williams
was united in marriage to Miss Ange-
line A. McMahan, daughter of Andrew
and Mary McMahan, on the farm en-
tered as government land by Mr.. Nc
Mahan, but now owned by Bert G.
McMahan, his grandson. Nine chill
dren were born to this union. elk
dying in infancy. The survivors are
Mrs. Mary w. Johnson. Mrs. Flora
Howard of Warsaw and Thos. L. Will
liams Of Wythe township. Mrs. Will
liams passed away on her husband 8
S5th birthday.
Oldest Steamboat Captain.
Captain Williams is possibly the old
est steamboat officer now living, and
is known from St. Louis to st. Paul.
In 1856 he began his steamboat
career which he followed for twenty
eight years and was always captain,
beginning in command of the Warsaw
and Alexandria ferry, continuing in
that trade until the ferry J. r. VIII
lians was taken south in 1863 by DIR.
English, its owner, Captain Williams
declining to go. An incident connected
with the ferry has recently been
called to mind by a former Warsaw
lady now living in a distant city who
the other day wrote to relatives in
this city and told them to ask the
captain IL he remembers an elope-
ment years ago in which he was an
unexpected participant, carrying the
runaway couple to Alexandria where
they were married. Just as the boat
swung out from shore the irate faith er
and brother Of the bride-to-be arrived
and shook their fists at the boat and
demanded that the boat return. The
captain however, kept on and when
he returned with the happy couple
the father and brother threatened to
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-25
LIEUT.. BRITTON
TOCOACH FAST .
COLLEGE SQUAD
West Point Star Will Handle
ReinS at College of Hawaii;
Next Game on Friday

Saturdays game between the Col
lege of Hawaii and Mckinley High
School, which resulted in the college
sweeping the field by II to 0, was
most satisfactory game. As a mat
ter Of fact the result was better than
was expected for Mckinley High
School outweighed the college by l6i
pounds per man to Isl pounds. How
ever. the game showed that while the
team is picking up wonderfully there
are still several defects that need cor
r5cticn. and If the events of the past
few days are any criterion they most
certainly will be speedily obliteratef.
Lieut. Eritton. first lieutenant Of d
"ompeny, Engineers, Fort Shatter,
9 10 has not yet been in the islands
tyo weeks. was secured as coach by
Tho "nI,eee football committee. Lieut.
2it'1n Is easily the biggest figure In
fGGthall N the islands at present, for
he ACQUIRED wide reputation as West
p ints last years star left halfback.
HiI! Play Friday .=. r..
IT the very beginning If this weeks
Practise Lieut. Britton started nrac-
fise eff with a rush. He has given the
[ earn IN entirely new set of forma-
ticnq, signals and plays. The team eX-
hihited new life Immediately, and
enent all yesterday afternoon in
steady and earnest grind. This news
l. especially interesting since it fit
tinoly prepares the team for the CHRIST
ering Of the new j. p. Cooke athletic
Geld IN the coming Friday afternoons
garre with Mills School The game
was originally schedules for Saturday
afternoon, but with the consent Of the
Mills School authorities it was agreed
TO play Friday and allow both teams
to see the Punahou-McKinle game.
Sidney Nicholson, the great, big
giant of center for the college, has
been i'll for the best part of week,
and although he played star game
Saturday afternoon, he was not feel
ing in the best of condition. There is
a possibility that he will not be in
the Mills School game The college
has, however, actually lost good
man in Barnhart, who has gone to
Kauai and possibly will not be back
for football for the remainder of the
year.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-25
NATIONAL GUARD
GRIDDERS STAGE
HARD PRACTISE

The National Guard is holding reg
ular practise every evening on Alex
ander Field. There is great need of
1t, for a team-not group of stars
with moulding reGutations-is needed
for Saturdays game, when the guard
and the I'd Infantry teams clash.
General Johnson, who has been run
ming at right half, is called away to
Maui and will not be In practise this
week. His loss both as half back
and as an enthusiastic worker will be
keenly felt, At present it looks as If
the following men would start the
game Saturday: Aylett and Ross, ends;
Carter and Whitccnb, tackles; Far
ker and Hart, guards; Marsh or Wood
ward, center; Midkiff, quarter back;
Bergman and Among, halves; Nc
Candless. captain, full back. This is
not definite announcement, for there
are a number of men trying out and
closely contesting for several of the
positions; at any rate, number OF
men will doubtless get chance, who
are not in the lineup named. -.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-25
LEAGUE
MAY BE FORMED
IN Hawaii SOON
SchofieId and Shafter Will Have
Strong Teams in Field This
Year: Interest Revived

Soccer players are beginning to don
their trunks ready for the season
which will begin as soon. as the foot
ball season is over, and it is expect
ed that a number of good games will
be played There are enough good
soccer teams in Hawaii to form
league, and this would be an ideal
Plan to boost the sport.
Shafter is taxing an interest in the
game, and already there are a mum.
Der of stars who have signified their
intention of playing, and the team is
ready now for practise games. Scho-
the fed, and with st. Louis.
Healanis or a town team in action
the lovers of the game would have
ain opportunity to witness a league Sc
ries here.
Chatter Team
Among the players who are show
ing UP well at Shafter, and who are
ready for practise games are Devlin,
Marion, Bevernick. Musgraff, Van
Pelt, Roberts, Smidt, Beaulieu, Dow
ling, Haddican. Lewis, Koon and
JAMES. ANY team ueSll lHS SdulSS
may communicate with Manager Had
Gican, Company l., End Infantry, Fort
Shafter. Revernick is captain Of this
team. .s..:. 49,
Cashier will have number of play
ers out this year, and the North Cast
ner team has been practising during
the past two weeks. Among the men
who will take their positions on this
team are: Muldoon, Walsh, Burke,
Kilroy, Yeahey, Marion, Sherilack,
Warosich. Andersen, Valentine, Bal
lesky and Travers. Capt. Travers has
gathered together a good squad, and
is expected to make a good showing
against the other teams.
Castner Issues Defy III. ...@...".
The Cashier eleven has issued a
challenge to any team in the islands
and arrangements for games can be
made by communicating with Sergt.
John Trayers, Company I, 1st 1nfan-
try, Schofield Barracks. -.... Il. =
The time is ripe now for the Or
ganization of a league, and all teams
that wish to secure games are request
ed to get in touch with either of the
organizations or communicate with
the Star-Bulletin. Soccer has always
been a good clean sport, and if the
men interested in the game can get
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together and form schedule, the low
rs of the game will welcome the re-
turn of the sterling pastime
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The first experiment in Japan in the
manufacture of artificial silk is being
tried at Yopezawa.
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Tigers Smother AIertS in Fast
Basketball Game Last Even
ing at Y. NJ. c. A.
SENIOR LEAGUE STANDING
hesutts Last Night
AIl-Stars. IL: Fort De Russy. 10.
Tigers, 40; Alerts, 3.

The All-Stars defeated the Fort De
Rufsy five IA to 10 and the Tigers
wnn from the Alerts 40 to 3 In last
nights opening double-header of the
Y. NJ. c. A. Senior Basketball League.
TIE games were played in the games
hall and a good crowd OF basketball
enthusiasts were out to see the games.
With the soldier aggregation taking
g 'ead and holding IL until the last
couple Of minutes of play OF the last
quarter, Ncttnge OF the All-Stars hand
fiy Gagged q coupe of baskets that
turned the tide and gave victory to
fte AIl-Stars This game was fnarred
h- much fouiing. Roth teams were
fast end good 1T PASS work. but had
very little respect for the rules Of the
game.
IN the second game between the
Tigers end the AIerts the fans were
t-ected To scne fine pass work and
o.essy goal throwing Both teams
we're there with the goods In this de-
arfn1ent. of the game, but the one
saisedness Of the score was due to the
great height of ID. f. Nicholson at
fnDter. and the bieness OF Big Jim
Mott Nicholson, who stands nesr the
seven-foot mark, had the tap-off from
center every time and whenever he
or Mott got the ball in their hands
around their end of the field 1t was
good for a field goal. Nicholson
Gagged nine field throws and Mott Sc
cured five.
The league will put on double
header every Tuesday night and a
single game on Thursday nights This
win be the weekly offering until De-
cember z.
The lineups last night:
: All-Stars-Humme, IF; Nottage, If:
Bennett. c: Black, re-; Whiteomb, liz.
De Russy-Hackett, IF; Best, If;
Merrilees, c; Cosgrove. rg; Wheeler,
iss
Summary: Field goals, Nottage 5,
Hackett 2. Humme, Bennett, Co.'S
grove: foul goals, Nottage 4, Hackett
;. Humme Cosgrove Time of quar-
ters, 10 minutes.
T'gers-Jim Mott. Duggan. IF: H.
Henry. "; u. =. Nicholson. c. S. Mich
olson. w II. Meinecke, rg; G. Tinker,
ig.
Alerts-R. B. Clay. RI: C. R. Clark,
u; A. g. Grove. G; A J. Grillo, Smell,
lg: E w. Austin, re-.
Summary: Field goals. ID. F. Mich
olson o. Mott s. Henry. Clark 3. Dug
gan 2. Clay; foul goals. Henry. 2,
Clark
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Amama is kicking an average of 60
yards on punts and drops, while
Brunswick is averaging about so to 60
on punts and kicking placement for
goal and drop kicks at 40 yards with
the greatest accuracy Lee as quar-
terback is running the team with
great accuracy and vim and gives
promise Of playing the pivotal posi-
ton like a general. But what is more
pleasing than anything else is the
willingness of the entire team to act
as a machine, irrespective of individ-
ual ability and the offensive and de-
fensive as taught by Lieut. Britton
will go far to mold the men into
one of the ablest teams on the island.
Nor are. the rudiments of the game
neglected in the advance of the sci
ence Of football. Dropping on the ball,
handling and holding the ball, posi-
ton of the players in their respective
positions on the deams, tachling and
following the ball, offensive and de-
fensiye strategy-these are all be-
ing taught and assimilated in way
that promises that the game next Sat
urday on Alexander field will be one
of the best of the season and any
person will be we'll repaid who comes
early at 2 p. m. and witnesses the
game. T.. .... ..:.>*..
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entry LIST FOR
Tennis tourney
CLOSES TONIGHT
Many Expected to Hand in
Names at Last Moment:
New Stars to Play

Entries for the tennis tournament
which will be held at Kapiolani Park.
beginning Friday afternoon will close
this evening at T. o. Hall & Son. To,
date there have been very few enter
ed, although large. number are ex-
pected to hand in their names late to-
day. =. "=s -.
Several players, who have made a
coed showing il the past will be en-
tered. and younger players have al,
ready entered the play. Ii is thought
that if enough ladies will consent to
play there VIII be ladies' dou-
bles. Tennis enthusiasts expected
large entry list in the present tour
nament, and the clubs will undoubt-
eddy send in more names today.
a. l.. Castle and William Eklund
will play in the mems doubles, and
Alan Lowrey and William Hoogs have
also entered Without doubt these
combinations will be favored to show
in the finals If separated in the draw.
Eklund, the present champion, is a
favorite for the singles event, al
though there are a number of players
who will give the En- man 4 hard
game. -.. -. "
In the ladies' singles there are but
few entries thus far. but the class
of play win be especially good. Anew
tennis star is expected to flash on the
courts this year when Miss Male vi
cars plays in the first match this
week Miss Wears recently wen the
ladies' singles event at Hilo and many
believe that she will have an excel
lent chance to win many of her match
es during the present tourney -. --.
Miss Thelma Wicke is another play
er who did not appear in the last
tournament, and inasmuch as she is
present champion of the Wv. G. A,
should make a good showing in the
racquet play. Miss Pauline Schaefer
is entered in the mixed doubles with
A. l.. Castle, and it is expected that
she will also play in the singles. Miss
Ruth Anderson made an excellent
showing in the last tourney, and play
ed dashing game in the doubles
play -. ~. D.! 4
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Remember THE MEIJIS?
WELL THEY BEAT SQUAD
OF ST. LOUIS PLAYERS
Especial Gable to Nippu Jill.

TOXIC, Japan, Oct. %. St Louis
baseball team of Honolulu lost another
game to a japanese team here. yes
terday when the Meiji University team
defeated the visitors by score of
to S. Bushnell started in TO pitch
for the Hawaii team, but the local
players hammered him out of the box,
and Crumpler took his place and
pitched good ball. Osawa started on
the mound for the Meijis, but was
relieved by Fujita.
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1t is said Jonas Hopkins, farmer
of Fitzwilliams, n. H., has grated
roses on an apple tree.