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)NDAY AUGUST 16, 1915 HM NO Kuespert had been out of employ «ent for some time, it Is stated, and r*a§ also despondent over his fhysl |vcal condition, which is "aid to have ite«n caused by an excessive use of iiatoxlcanta. 7 "for the past tifo months he had Men boarding at 702 High street with Anna and Lizzie Bernhart, sisters. I They state -that he was called at 6 o'clock this morning, as nsnal, but •B*le no reply, although he was not •'ton! at that time for his steady tmthlng could be heard. Both sls ten work out and during the, morn te« he was left to himself. «.• Break Down Door. Liule Bernhard was the first to re- wt4rn. After she got dinner ready lie called Kuespert but received no gnawer. The smell of gas through the femie was also apparent. Becoming alarmed she broke down the door to Ms room, which la on the first floor, MJ found him lying in bed, dead. She toned the gas off and called her sis Jit Drs. Brown and .Doraey were ant' summoned, but it. was found on aa anamination that the last spark of life had flown and that efforts toward i'Wiral would be futile. This afternoon the body was taken an undertaking shop wl\ere It will I'lHoaln until It Is decided^ what dfs ^yosltfon to make of it. Resident Since 189j2. Kuespert during his residence here told a romantic story of his1 early life. Although It is not known Whether his tale is true, or the result 'f 5* ,!'t life.-. goeentric Character With Ro mantic Past, Bnda Life This Morning at Board •$ '4. ing House. gggl* •fctf IAS FOUND DEAD IN BED »vi": Relatives Here—Said to Have Been Despondent Over Death of His? Relatives, pr '5* 5- Because of failure to obtain em I'Blovment and grief over the death of Sveral or his relatives in fighting with Ithe German army In the European f?W Ernest Kuespert turned on the m» in his room at 702 High street, »me time this morning and ended 'Sit mortal existence. Mr Kuespert was widely known Ihere'as an eccentric character and for many years a valuable cutter I'at the Hulskajnp shoe factory. Al ISouith he has no blood relatives In S Keokuk. he la related by marriages |fi,the family to the Findelsses of 706 4- 4?4' Kaeopert' had been a resident of iJfeokuk since the year 189^ He came ft»r« to Join his brother, a well-known I'local musician who died a^tew years I tack. He obtained employment at the |Uio4 factory and continued' there un til about a year and a half ago. Since (that time he had been working, at f.adid Jobs and recently had- been em [yioved as a laborer at the 4ark. !tf Chinese war in 1889-1890. a crea- I tlTe Imagination, there seems to be I'M real reason to believe that it Is g*#t so, as he told It many times wlth- Mt varying In details. According to his story, he was' born of royalty, was associated with royal Vlty for many years of his life, and *m" a page to the ill-fated Ludwlg of Bavaria, the king who drowned itamelf in 1886. He was one of the Sixteen pages who accompanied the lieftrt of Ludwlg to Its final resting place with the hearts of all the kings of Bavaria at Aid Oedlng, and who decorated for bravery for leading a victorious charge In the German- Here Is His Story. His name while he lived In his ••rental cattle in Bavaria, was Er nest Gottliel Waldlmlr Brick von Keuspert. baron of Loosburg, but In Keokuk he was known as plain Er hest Kuespert. Mr. Kuespert had a romantic career the fifty-one years, of bis life with his share of adventures. He was lorn at Wunsiedel, Bavaria, in the Tear 1864 in a grand old castle. This castle is one of the most historic in Bavaria and contains over 200 rooms.-, Although born a baron ho did not inherit this castle which went to an older member of the family. At the {present time It Is In the hands of the 4ead man's grand-nephew. toy -{'net Goes to Court. When he wae fifteen years of age, jhe boy was chosen as one of sixteen from among all the royalty of Bavaria to be a page'to Ludwlg II, king of the .Principality "art that time. Ludwlg *a» holding his court.ln Munich at this time and here Went youne Kues Jflrt to take ITO %a,t his duties. The six teen oages of the king had nothing to wnplaln of at the court as they were splendidly dressed and treated. Toting •Kuespert was dressed in a suit of ™e Mlk with a blue silk hat with long *trich plumes curving over the head T'W. His duties at this time was •*S upon the king, to hand the F®*hl8 food when it was brought in servants, in other ways make handy around the royal house- as well as ornamental. Death of the King /Btospert had been in 1 King Lud- Eaervicethe about one and one-half when !i_ world was shocked .Z& *&• vfcv palace, castle Berg at Harnberg. Kuespert was at this ca'stle at this time and was in the very heart of a mystery that has baffled two conti nents since. It was the custom for the hearts of all the kings of Bavaria to be buried separately at Aid Oed lng. About six days atter the death of the Bavarian monarch, his heart was placed in a prepared casket and taken under body guard to that place with the sixteen pages in attendance, as they had been during the life of Ludwig. Upon the accession of Prince Otto, the demented king who was deposed just a few .months ago, a new set of pages were chosen and Kuespert en tered school at Nuenberg, In Bavaria, attending regularly for the next two years.' ... •. Joins German Army. Joining the army in 1S88, he had but a year to wait to see active ser vice in his country's. battles. It was in 1889 that a number of missionaries were killed in China, the outcome of which was that Germany sent an army iAto the territory of the celes tial empire. Kuespert was a first sar geant in" a company of infantry that was stationed in Germany at' the oat break of the hostilities. As the home soldiers were given their choice about going or staying, Kuespert decided to go to the scene of the fray, and em barked on a transport ship at Ham burg. Going through the Suez canal he arrived at the scene of action at Kiao Chau,tthe Chinese port that the German's were besieging/ This city was protected by a number of forts which were all successfully carried by the Germans. First Sargeant Kues pert with a detail of sixteen men was sent out to find the strength of one of these forts, and discovering that it was strongly held, was re-enforced with 150 soldiers. Dividing his men into two squads, he sent one body around the enemy to take their pow der houses and leading .the rest he made a desperate assault upon the front. This yaa a success' and the Chinese were routed but not until a shot from. the enemy had broken Kuespert's nose. For his bravery in this affray, he was decorated. At the conclusion of the war, which only lasted a few months, Kuespert return ed to Germany, coming to America and Keokuk In the year 1892. His brother was living in this city at that time, and he came here primarily for. a visit with him. He took out his citizenship papers In this city in the year 1897. He made trips back to -the bid coun try every four years. -, For Society Editor Call Black C65. TWO ON THE BATTLEFIELD. 'Who are you, fcrfand 'No friend. Yotyt foe. You shot me in the Battle of the Aisne." 1?" 1 Ycu shot a bullet through my breast, And ended all my hopes." "And did you die?" 'I died, friend, pursing ybu." 'I prayed that you would not die! I Bhut my eyeg and shot at you. I prayed you would not diel" "I died. But Just before My eyes were covered with that film That shuts out light I shot at you." 'Ah, you, then!" "I." God help us both!" "What did you leave behind you' That you loved?" "A woman, white as a pale flower, And trembling like a flower Blown by the pathless wind. I held her to my heart, And kissed her on the mouth And left her, Trembling like a flower. And you? What did you leave? ••My wife and my young child, A boy with yellow hair And wistful, questioning eyes That smiled at me While she wept, clinging to me. I had to tear her strong young arms I From round my neck." ,» j-God help the women waiting in the 'world!" "Here, take my hand. I would our women folk Could see us now. Together, arm holding arm And weep upon each other's hearts, Each comfort each, For lack of us." -The phantom hosts On phantom horses, wild with fear, Hide flying by To seek and question God Why this should be.'^ -Here, take my hand. Dead brother whom I killed And who killed me. Let us go on together Tin to God. And question with the rest. Lucine Finch in the Outlook. Woman's Alliance. Mrs O. Whitney entertained the Woman's Alliance this afternoon at ZThTme. 525 North Eighth street. Entertained for Sister. Mm Martin Larsen entertained twenty voung women on Friday after- noon terrible news of the suicide of wr&rlan Mar at the summer nrtfjiiin^irniilriika at a surprise £T .4* /1* A?/- s1 O'*O/F. Member of l. Kuespert was a member of the local Odd Fellaw fraternity and was noble grand for several years. Acting Coroner Buffliws will not conduct an Inquest.' 1B rarty In honor at the birthday anniversary other sist£% Miss Caroline Jacobson. The guests Week at Bluff Park. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A, Fry, Miss Clara Gertrude Fry, Miss Helen Reddle and Miss Mamie Young will leave today to spend a week in the Blom cottage at Bluff Fark. Entertains for Friends. Miss Elsie Buck entertained the young women of the Afternoon Bridge club today in honor of Mrs. Glen Cox and Mrs. Earl Collins. Dinner for Mrs. Clark. Several Keokuk people were pres ent at the dlntfer at Lakeview club yesterday evening at Hamilton, In honor of Mrs. Champ Clark. The dinner was at 7:00 o'clock and follow ed a delightful ride on Lake Cooper in the launches of Major M. Meigs and Charles S. Pond. The dinner was a very informal affair and there wero 100 guests. Those who attended from Keokuk were Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Mc Farland. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Pond, Dr. and Mrs. Pease and Major M. Meigs, Mr. and Mrs. H. W Iluiskamp. Tho ride on the lake was taken as far as Nauvoo. Moorheads Visiting Here. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Graham Moor head and son, Bobby, are visiting in Keokuk for a couple of dsys. They motored here yesterday and will spend a couple of days with relatives. FREIGHT DELAYS PASSENGER TRAIN Rock Island Passenger Due Here This Afternoon, Held Up on Other Side of Beacon by Freight. The Keokuk and Des Moines train due to arrive in Keokuk at 1:05 this afternoon was several hours late, and orders were sent to Keokuk to make up a train here, and send it out un til the train from Des Moines was met. Then the passengers and mail and express were to be transferred. A freight train off the track at Bea con was the cause of the delay. It was reported here. The passenger was behind the freight and conse quently was indefinitely delayed. It was decided to send out the -passen gers from Keokuk and meet the oth «r train and then transfer passengers. It would be very late this afternoon before passengers on the train behind FUNERAL NOTICE. are invited. .a libel suit. 5v 'THE DAILY GATEJ CSTTr'fMi-l OUR PUBLIC FORUM R. P. Schwerin On the Seamen's BUI' k1 4V-*V' The American plowmen are Interested In sea com merce. It is expensive and llkewtie'humiliating to have to salute a foreign flag every time a fanner wants to ship a buBhel of wheat, a bale of cottdn or a pound, of farm products across the ocean. The American farmer Is en titled to the protection of his flag la sending his products across the sea, and Congress should give such encourage ment to Bhlpping interests as is necessary to meet foreign competition in ocean commerce. A receut bill known as the Seaman's Bill became a law under the President's signature and Mr. R. P. Schwerin, rice-president of the Pacific Mall Steamship Company, when asked to define this law and outline its effect upon American steamship llpes, said in part: "The bill provides that no ship of any nationality 'shall bei permitted to depart from any port of the United States unless she has on board a crew not less than seventy-five per centum of which. In each department thereof. Is able to understand any order given by the officers of such vessel, nor unless forty per centum in the first year, forty-five per centum in the second year, fifty per centum In the third year, fifty-five per centum in the fourth year after the passage of this Act, and, thereafter sixty-five per centum of her deck crew, exclusive of licensed officers and apprentices, are oft a rating not less than able seamen.' "The oversea trade of the world Is competitive, therefore the original cost Of the ship and the operation of the ship have to be reckoned with In the keen competition of these rival nations with one another. The Oriental sailor obedient and competent and Is the cheapest sailor in the world. It Is therefore manifestly clear that If this law applied to all nationalities in the transpacific traffic, all would be on the. same economic basis, but it works a single hardship to all the ships of the world, except the Japanese and American ships, and with the latter it works two hardships. With the European, the cost of constructing a ship is no higher than the cost of con structing a Japanese ship, but If they had to provide European crews, while the Japanese operated with Japanese crews, the condition of competition would be such that they could not overcome the handicap and they would be driven off. But the American ship would have to contend not only with the tremendous increase of cost of wage In the substitution of the European crew for the Chinese crew, but also the greater Initial cost of the ship. As the Japanese have now done away with their European officers and Japanese crews, all of whom speak a common language, there Is no difficulty for them to comply with all the conditions of the bill and continue their Japanese crews, with Oriental wages. "The law, therefore, instead of assisting the American ship, adds uiother heavy burden, while It places none whatever upon the Japanese ship, but, on the contrary, turns over to the Japanese the traffic of the Pacific Ocean, which the American ship Is forced to forego by act of Congress of the United States." Hamilton City Everybody .get ready for Wednesday night's band concert. Professor Thompson will give us a fine concert. EM Jolidon 1B home from one of his trips. He is buying hay and grain In the northern states and reports the prospects for a big crop of corn are good. Miss Elizabeth Hamilton, after a visit with her-uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Holmes, left for her home in Mt. Pleasant. John GUler and famly of Warsaw, were guests at the Hotel Granite yes terday. J. L. Millar and family of West Point were guests at the Hotel Gran ite yesterday. Hiram Newton, Grace Spence and Earl Barber of Pontoosuc were Hamil ton visitors yesterday. G. E. Pence of New York City was a Hamilton visitor yesterday presented her with a handsome ring as a reminder of the happy occasion. Thursday Club Meeting. Mrs. Leonard Pelgen will entertain the Thursday club this week at their regular meeting. Hamilton, III., Aug. 16. O. B. StephenBon of Chicago spent Sunday In Hamilton. Oscar Johnson and family came down from Galva In their car Satur day and took in the Chautauqua. We were glad to see Oscar. When he was In Hamilton he was always a great worker in the ohautauqua. William Rath left this morning for Galva to visit with his brother and sister in Galva and Kewanee this week. Mr. and Jin. P. Kimball and Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Schneider were regis tered at the Hotel Granite yesterday. Harry Bird and Miss Hilda Meyen henkle, Earl Scannell and TWlsg EJthel Carr weire guests at the Hotel Gran ite yesterday. Mrs. Bert Harper of Shenandoah, Iowa, Is home visiting with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Barrnum, this week. the wrecked freight could arrive," It was reported at the local despatcheds office. MUST KILL DOGS OR PAT HIS FINE Charles Bates and Wife Charged with Maintaining Nuisance—Dunn Bound Over to Grand Jury. Charles Bates, colored, must pay a fine or turn his six dogs over to the police by tomorrow morning to be killed. Neighbors complained that the dog and the pups disturbed their peace and the police filed an informa tion against Bates, charging him with maintaining a nuisance. He was ar raigned in the court of Justice Lein decker and was fined $5 and costs and ordered to turn' the dogs over. The information was filed against Bates and his wife. Charles Dunn was bound over to the grand Jury on a charge of mali cious mischief. He was put under bonds of $160. Dunn was charged with having thrown a whiskey bottle through the window of the express company office at 13 South Fourth street. Save Money Now. Collier's Weekly: There are two good reasons why everybody should exert himself to save a little more money now than commonly. A purely selfish reason is that saving now counts more than saving during ordin ary times. A dollar saved now will yield larger returns than a dollar saved two or three years ago, and more probably than a dollar saved two or three years in the future. Money saved now can be Invested with as much safety as is humanly achievable so as to bring in 5 percent or more. A few years ago savings in vested In securities of similar strength would yield only 3 percent. When this war is over the World is going to be relatively rich. Those who save now will possess the world later on. Another reason for saving now is that it is the best thing a noncombatant can do to help the world from the fate that is being brought upon it by the war. Accumulated savlngB are the basis of civilization. Out of ac cumulated savings hospitals are founded, railroads are built, and new discoveries in science are made pos sible. The accumulated savings of the world, in so far as they exist in Europe, are being destroyed as fast as possible. By this destruction the world will be set back inevitably. Any American, living outside the zone of general destruction, who saves money now will help by so much to counter act this setback of civilization. Breaks the Record. O'BRIEN—The funeral of the late Patrick O'Brien will be held from St. Peter's Catholic church Tuesday mor-- -. lne at 9 o'clock, leaving the house a*.! person who can point with pride to 8:30 O'clock. Friends of the family having defeated George Aberdeen News: Sister ESastwood, of the Watertown Herald, has smash ed a record. She Is' one newspaper W. Egan in rAlWt Party of Twelve Working Here To day Valuing Rock Island and Des Molnee Holdings. ARE GETTING VALUES All of the Roads In the United States Will be Valued by Commerce Com '. mission—Rock Island Among the First. A valuation of the property belong-, lng to the Rock Island nnd the Keo kuk and Dea Moines railroads at Keo kuk is being made by a party twelve, working under direction of the Interstate commerce commission. The men who comprise the party making this valuation arrived In Keokuk last night from St. Paul, and were busy today checking up the local property. They are traveling In a private car and will go from Keokuk to Des Moines over the Keokuk and Des Moines railroad. They worked out of Des Moines to St. Paul and then came to Keokuk. Physical valuations of the property here In which the Rock Island rail road has any Interest will be made according to Louis Hood, who is in charge of the party. The valuation will Include. the union station prop erty, rolling stock, and all of the property In which the Rock Island road has any Interest. This will in clude. now the property of the Keo kuk and Des Moines as well. On All Railroads, This valuation according to Mr. Hood will be made upon the proper ty of all of the railroads in the Unit ed States. The government, through the interstate commerce commission is endeavoring to check up the actual values of the railroads, and to do this, the country has been divided into five districts. There are twelve parties working in each district. Eight par ties are now working on the Rock Is land valuation. The Kansas City Southern was thi first road to be valued, and the Rock Island Is the second one to be visited by the In terstate commerce men for the pur pose of valuation. Any and all property in which the Rock Island Is interested will be valued by these parties as they go over the system. The men were working here today checking up the profiles of the and union station grounds trackB, and making measure ments for the union station property. Twelve Men In Party. ,The men who compose the party making .this valuation are the fol lowing: Louis Hood, who is In charge of the party. G. N. Kelly, J. W. Kelly, J. W. Waters, R. C. Jones, R. D. Rhodes, A. B. Beckman, C. H. Gates, R. S. Thomas, B. R. Rohrer, John Parette and R. Plumber. CITY NEWS. —Lin Haywood says that fifty-two years ago tomorrow, there was a kill ing frost in this section of the country, which did much damage. —Knights and Ladles of Security, Keokuk council No. 1039, regular meet ing tonight, 8 o'clock, at Cameron's hall. Initiation. —Claude R. Porter, district attorney for the southern district of Iowa, and a number of friends, were here yester day on an automobile trip. They re mained in Keokuk until this morning. —A marriage license has been is sued to L. G. Lannlng, 26, and Alice Blair, 18| Keokuk. —Qulncy was vlBlted with a heavy rain shortly after noon today, accord ing to passengers on the north bound line train. The rain came down in torrents for a time, and when the train reached LaGrange, it ran into sun shine and dry weather. Keokuk hai a miniature shower about noon, bur nothing like what came to Qulncy. During the afternoon, rain threatened hero. STRANGER KILLED BY TRAIN AT DTJMAS Was Beating Way on Railroad Stepped Off One Train In Way of Another. An unidentified stranger was liter ally ground to pieces when he stepped off a Santa Fe train at Dumas, Iowa, this morning in front of an east bound freight. The victim was from appearances about nineteen years of age and was beating his way on the train. The body Is being held at Dumas Speaking of Outside Pressure. Burlington Hawk-Eye: The Hawk Eye nominates the present editor or the Sioux City Journal for congress in the eleventh district. It doesn't even know -his name, but his editorial page is a splendid indication that he would make a rattling good congressman. Suggesting a Title. Mason City Times: The Sioux City Journal intimates that the trip of the editor of the Des Moines Register to the Pacific coast has made a new man of him. The title of the chapter might be called the Rejunevatlon of Uncle Harvey. Surprising. Kansas City Times: Carranza is said to be removing the "archives" from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico. Is it possible that Mexico still has anything as traditional and "set In IU ways" as archives? «_T«TjTf 1 V"' JESSE DYMFF DIES IN WEST Former Keokuk Man Passed Away In Denver, After a Long Ill ness. HAS RELATIVES HERE Body to be Brought Her»—Decedent Left This City About Twelve Years Ago. Friends and relatives In this city learned today of the death of Jesse Albert Miller Dyagraff, which occur red at his home in Denver, Colo., last night. The body will be brought to .Keo kuk, the birthplace and former /home of the decedent, and burial Will be made here. It la not known yet Just when the remains '"111 arrive. Mr. Dyagraff was born In this city on September 7, 1883, and lived here until pbout twelve years ago when he went west for his health. He had lived in various cities in- the western part of the United States during the last few years and finally settled In Denver. His wife, but no children, survive. He was employed in a music store In that city preceding his demise. An aunt, Mrs. Emma Walters, resides near Keokuk with a cousin, Georglana Walters. An aunt, Mrs. Flora Haff ner, and a cousin, Leslie Haffner, re side in Los Angeles and an unci* John E. Miller, and a cousin, Edward Miller, live at Jefferson, la. Mr. Dya graff's parents are dead. The decedent had many friends in this city who will learn with regret of his death. He was formerly a popular young man of Keokuk and possessed a wide acquaintance both here and In the western cities where he made his home. He had been 111 since last Christmas. DRINKS POISON Louise Carter Takes Bichloride of Mercury for Unknown Cause— Lies at Point of Death. TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL Believed That James Hogan Will bo Released From Serving Twenty Year Additional Sentence. [Special to The Gate City.] FORT MADISON, Iowa, Aug. 18.— Louise Carter of this city attempted suicide this morning at her home, 180 Fifth street, by swallowing a halt dollar's worth of bichloride of mer cury. Although she did not die Im mediately, this afternoon she lay at the point of death at the Sacred Heart hospital, where she was taken. Be cause of the action of mercury. It is thought that It will be only the matter of time before her death occurs. bhe was twenty-eight years old and was recently granted a divorce in the district court here from Alfred Meyer The cause of her taking the poison is not known. Her sister reported that she had Just recently returned from Montrose and since that time had been In a despondent condition through some unknown cause. The Carter woman told her siBter at the hospital this afternoon that she Just tooK a notion to end It all. At one time she was employed In a restaurant here but lately had not been working. Hogan May Get Off. It is believed that James Hopan, who had Just completed a term in th0 penitentiary here, will be released to 'day, following court action which win [undoubtedly prove that he cannot be held to the additional twenty-five years which the Iowa law tacks" on to Iowa convicts after two penitentiary sentences. This law provides that both 'sentences must have been for three years or more, and, according to a pe tition of the prisoner contained in a habeas corpus, one of his sentences was only for two years. A letter hag Just been received from Attorney General Cosson stating that if the statement of the prisoner is correct, that he will have to be re leased. Hogan's case was the first to test the new c^r twenty-five years ad ditional sentence. PERSONALS. Mrs. C. A. Bowen of Quincy, III., Is In the city for a short visit at the home of Mrs. W. Bancroft, 609 High street. Ross Wilson returned Saturday night from a visit in the east Miss Margaret Meek and Miss En glehardt are visiting In New York. Misses Martha and Pauline" Jones, of Columbia, Mo., are guests of Mrs. Grace C. Brownell and Miss Carver, «t their home on North Fifth street. •..5'V,' PAGE THREEf Let Ua Repair Your CLOCK We Call for and Deliver Jew.hr. PHONE 417 Storage Room For Household Goods WANTED—A practical well driller for deep wor|)c. At once. Haggerty & Skog. Phonp red 1808. WANTED—Five or six room modern house, preferably North side. Phone black 450 or 1«74. WANTED—Place for young lady to earn board and room while at tending Trl-Stata Commercial college. Country girl who knows how to work. Reply care of Gate City. WANTED—Place for young man to earn board and room while attend ing Trl-Stata Commercial college. Not afraid of hard work. Any kind of •work acceptable. Address Gate City. FOR RENT Modern eight room house fruit trees and flowers. Real reasonable. Apply 909 Lelghton. FOR BENT—.Furnished rooms in modern house, for light housekeep ing. Call at 109 North Seventh. FOR RENT—Light housekeeping rooms, modern, close in also good barn. 315 Blondeau. FOR SALE. FOR SALE—Five room partly modern house, corner lot, with building site In rear. Edith Miller, 400 North Fifth. FOR SALE—Barber shop, three chairs and bath, cheap If 'S Odell & Hoar |sf Clean, dry and free from vermin, at very reasonable terms. We especially solicit large lots that will remain some time. Collier Stationery Co. 823 Main street. Want Column WANTED. WANTED—Team of work horses, 6 or 7 years old. Price must be '••3 reasonable. Address Horses, care Gate«^ City. WANTED—Names of families to board my students. Reasonable rates necessary. Nothing fancy ra-. quired. Write me giving prices, eto. A. F. White, President Tri-State Commercial college. WANTED—25 experienced button cutters at once, men who want em ployment all winter can use a few non-experienced men. Hawkeye Pearl Button Co., Keokuk. FOR RENT. jRH FOR RENT—No. 811 Exchange, six*-5'3] room frame house, newly papered and city water in the kitchen. John Tumelty. •'/, FOR RENT—No. 906 Timea, six room frame, house, city water in kitchen will repair to suit tenant. John Turn Mr FOR RENT—Apartment for house keeping also two.modern houses on north side, furnished or unfyrnish- vr ed. Inquire 727 North Ninth street, Bold at once. J. W. Phillips, 24 South Fifth street. FOR SALE—Horse, buggy and har ness, and 2-year-old colt. William Cowley, 102 Exchange street. MISCELLANEOUS. MEN—Our illustrated catalogue ex plains how we teach barber trade in short term, mailed free. Moler Barber College, St. Louis, Mo. LADIES—Our catalogue explains how we teach hair dressing, manicuring, facial massage, etc., in few weeks, mailed free. Holer College, 810 North Sixth street, St. Louis. TELEGRAPHY learned with us has put every graduate into a good po sition, because our railroad connec tions know we have best equipment, methods and practicality of teaching. Cost very low, now. Demand greater than we can supply. Write Depart ment E. Highland Park college, Des Moines. Iowa. DAMASCUS COMMANDERY NO. 5, K. T. Meets regularly every third Thurs day in each month. Visiting breath ren cordially invited to attend. C. J. Eckland, E. C. H. Y. Crawford, Rec. Disappointing.' Omaha World-Herald: It must hi awful to return home after a vacation in a sweltering resort and learn how cool it has been here. Timely. Vinton Eagle: The Christians wHl I meet In Des Moines next year. It about time that something of that kind should meet in Des Moines.. 1 —Read The Dally Gate City, la' cents per week. it