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The Daily Gate City from Keokuk, Iowa • Page 7

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iNDAf, SEPT. .21, 1914 Fort Madison Man, Claims for Santa Fa, PX Passed ft Attorney Away in Hoapital Sunday, OJCAME ILL WEDNESDAY Ma Addrsll Old on ma Way to gttlera' Known Here and Keokuk p. Girl. j' ft D. M.

Hamilton, claims attorney for the Atchison, Topeka ana Santa Fe former member of the Lee. county W. died at Kafisas City yesterday forenoon. News of his death wag contained In a message received toy his brother Judge W. 8.

Hamilton at Fort Madison yesterday. Hamilton left at once for Kansas City. Miller Hamilton, as probably he wag beat known to bis friends and associates jttre was a resident of Port Madison for He was prominent in tics and law. For fifteen or twenty years he hag occupied, the. position of claims attorney for the Santa Fe.

Mr. Hamilton fH bora in Pittsburgh ftTlSSl ttteTSiitae to tee county wiib his parents, who settled at Fort Madison. When a young man he clerked in the store of Cady, Jones and Peck, in-this clty ThestQre was situated onMain, between Second and Third streets. -He studied' law-. and was admitted to the bar in this state.

He became one of the most prominent members of the Lee county'bar during his lifetime, and his name is blazoned on the roll of honor of its. members along with the Millers. In 1878 Mr. Hamilton married a Keokuk young woman. Miss Mary M.

Rice, daughter of J. M. and Katie Rice of Becomes Claims Attorney. As a fitting climax to a career in his profession Hamilton became the claims attorney of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad. He moved to Topeka where the offices of the company were established.

But he always maintained his interest in his former and -his warm friendship for his'Lee colinty friends' puil asosclates. He was year to.make the address at the. Oltf Settlers reunion at Fort Madison. He arrived in Fort Madison ata the day set for the meeting, but rain spoiled the exercises of the day, and they were v. portioned to Mr.

Hamilton In the dteaMldbTmet the-handful of old settlera who had braved the elements, and renewed acquaintance with his old frlenA In the city. He promised to come pack on the following week to makcT'his address, and everyone eagerly looked rorward to his Stricken Wednesday. On Wednesday word was sent to Fort Madison that Ee had been with acute indigestion and his condition wa3 so serlo.us that he had fcejn removed to. a hospital in Kansas City. His brother prepared to go to bedside when a telegram came saying that he was better and that there was little neetf for alarm.

On Saturday, a second telegram was received, giving to his anxious family and friends. Yesterday morning the message bearing news of bis death was received. His demise wag due to the attack of aoute indigestion, vulvular heart trouble and It wag later diacovered, an of Bright's disease, Mr. Hamilton Is survived by 0 Shis widow and two sons. One Qf these la Hale Rice.

Hamilton, the American actor who haa had such a brilliant career. There are two sisters antf two brothers also, surviving, Judge W. S. Hamilton of Fort Madison, Mrs. W.

E. Harrison of Fort Madison, Jamea Hamilton of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Bert Cook. Judge Hamilton, accompanied by J. M.

O. left Fort Madison, for Kansas City -yesterday afternoon. At the time he toft no arrangements had been funeral. It is provable, that the body will be brought back to Fort Madison. An Historical Sketch, J.

D. M. Hamilton was born in Pittsburgh, July 18, 1851. He was the son of the Hon. J.

S. Hamilton and Sarah Miller Hamilton. His father was a. prominent democrat In Pennsylvania. He came to Iowa in 1851 and In Fort Madison.

Decedent was onfy a baby when "his parents county. He Ms early education in the schools of Fort Madison, and took a literary course at Knox college at Galesburg. He afterward entered the law department of the Waahlngton University of St. Louis, from which he graduated in 1875. Mr.

Hamilton, following in the footsteps of hlg father, embraced democracy and became prominent in various campaigns as a speaker. He served. artirtT Ison tBS5nate legislature. "He -was presidential elector, for the first district of Iowa. He vas appointed by Governor Sherman 'as member of the commission to locate and build the southwestern hospital for the insane at Clarlnda.

i- Brilliant Public Career. In 1886 Mr. chairman of the resolutions at the state democratic convention and was tendered the nomination of state senator but refused the place. In March, 1887, he was elected mayor of Fort Madison. He was a Knight of Pythias, having passed all chairs and in 1884 was grand chancellor of the state.

He was -also an Odd Fellow. He was junior member of the old Arm of Valkenburg and Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton was married In 1878 to Miss Mary M. Rice of Keokuk, daughter of J.

M. and Katie or la Expressed. Members of the Keokuk bar expressed their sorrow on hearing of 'the death of their member. The Fort Madison bar association will take action" at' once to prepare a memorial on the death of their associate, and the members of the Keokuk bar expect to take some suitable action on the death of On all sides regret at hiscpassing has expressed. WhilegUwre were some did not personally atsaliig keen.

The tXe members of the association out to the bereaved family and the brothers and sisters. WE ASS NECKLACE GERMAN EARS 4 Black of France Make Cruelties Look Rather Tame Press Leased Wire LONDON. Sept. mail to "ew London Globe prints a gruesome story of the manner In which the French Sengalese soldiers have followed up victories over German troops. The account Is contained In a letter from a reader of the Glpbe, whg -ti? nessed "It der," reads the letter to the Globe, "that the French and British troops have not retaliated on the Germans "An Army Moves move faster than its supply men cannot march and fight without healthful, sustaining food.

In the Battle of Life, you cannot go fast or far without nourishing, health-building food. Such a food is It is scientificiallv prepared to supply the greatest amount of nutriment in concentrated, easily di- gestible form. While war in Europe is sending up the price of all foods in America, remember there's delicious flavour, economy and better health v. -r' riii No Advance in Price Grape-Nuts. by Grocers everywhere.

mfc mm Biscuit Tempt the appetite, please the taste and" nourish the body. Crisp, clean' and fresh.l 5 cents. Baronet Biscuit Round, thin, with a delightful flavor for luncheon, tea and dinner, so cents. GRAHAM CRACKERSE Made of the finest? ingredients. Baked? to perfection.

The national strength food. xo cents. Buy biscuit baked by NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Always look for that Name. for the terrible atrocities committed toy the latter. The Turcos and Sengalese, however, are not so scrupulous.

"One Sengalese warrior is walking about Havre with a necklace of German ears across his shoulders. Another carries at his waist the gory head of a UMan with a dented picket haub set with rakish tilt over one eye. A wounded Turco was put in a carriage of a Red Cross train with four wounded Germans. At the first stop a doctor came, to the window and asked it they were all fight. The Turco replied that the Germans were resting peacefully.

It was not until the train reached its destination that it was discovered quite how peaceful their rest was. The Turco had strangled four." In the same letter to the Globe the writer made chaises of atrocities against the German soldiers. "One can quite understand the French desire to get at the Germans," the letter stated. '1 hear first hand stories, not third hand 'yarns' that make my blood run cold. All boys1 whom they catch have their right arm cut off sometimes at the wrist, sometimes higher up.

Both boys and girls are mutilated In revolting fashion. Quite close to Arras a three weeks old child was torn from its mothers' (breast and hacked In bits before her eyes." MRS. 0. P. DORSET'S MOTHER IS DEAD Pasasd Away at Qulncy After llllness of Nine Waa Held on Saturday.

The many friends of Mrs. C. P. Dorsey of 709 Franklin will be grieved to learn of the death of Mrs. Dorsey's mother, Mrs.

Frank Kiefer. Mrs. Kiefer died at her home in Quincy last Thursday. The funeral was held on Saturday. Mrs.

Dorsey has been at the bedside of her mother during her Illness, a period of nine months. A Flag of Truce. Press leased Wire WASHINGTON, Sept a truce over Stinday in the war upon the rivers and' harbors "pork barrel'1 bill, republican allies, headed iby Senator Burton, filibustering against the measnVe, were refreshed and ready for wi Indefinite bombardment today. An armistice waa in sight today, however, to afford time for consideration of mediation overtures. Peace conferences were planned In an effort to reach a compromise upon drastic reduction of the bill's total.

1 An agreement to cut the bill to about $20,000,000 appeared to be the most probable result. tr-v1 v.s, THE DATT-T GATE CITY nut Was Born (n Keokuk of Pioneer Lineage and 8pent Most of Hla Life in TKls City. HAD READ LAW HERE Waa a Member of the Iowa Two Terms, Elected From Lee County. vVsWi. Sabret T.

Marshal, one of the most extensively known young men of Keo-. kuk and the county, died 4 o'click Sunday morning- at a local hospital where he went for an operation for appendicitis, whioh waa successfully performed with the hope that he would soon be restored to health. The hopes werp not well founded and soon his case became alarming which ahowed too plainly upon the of his neareat friends watching every phase of hls condition he lingered1 courageously, fighting the battle with heroic strength, but at the last the grim monster conquered and the young victim rests in that sleep which knows no waking, and a prominent figure in the social and other active circlea of the city and county is removed trom our.mldst, eK' J' "'Atieeitdrs. ib He descends from the active and honored pioneers of Lee county. His grandfather, Col.

William Patterson, father of his mother, was one of the promlent leading spirits in the early history of Lee county and the state. He was a member of the first legislature of Iowa, and of other sessions of that body. In the border troubles between Missouri and Iowa he was commissioned colonel of Iowa militia by the governor antf waa active in the peaceful settlement of those troubles. He was three times mayor of Keokuk, and 'or seven years postmaster at KeOkuk. He was a member of the const'tutlonal convention at Iowa City In 1857, and was for a long time president of the Des Moines Improvement company.

For aver nine years he was president of Keokuk National bank, a. position he held at the time of his death. He was a fine old pioneer, christian gentleman, always at the front in every commendable commercial, Industrial or civic movement for the benefit of hls city, county'jbr state. The father of tfie deceased. Col.

Samuel Taylor Marshall, a prominent pioneer lawyer of the coutity married a daughter of Colonel Patterson, and located at Keoknk, where he was known for his many sterltng qualities. Besides ranking among the leading members of the bar, for a time he had editorial connection with "Nip antf Tuck," a dally paper published Kepkuk( in. early days. He ft college rftari from, college," Ohio, located In his'native town. He was a lieutenant colonel from a military organization in Ohio to join what was known a3 the Patriots, which' served at the time of the invasion of Canada.

Captured by the British troops, he and a comrade were thrown into prison, tried and sentenced to be fiiied £nd transiforted to Van Dleinanslantf." iTr. Marshall's Biood Sufferers WanttoKnov The Light is Turned on to a Subject of Darkness. The mere fact that S. S. the famous blood purifier, drives out disease la gUfflnf his active s.

world's story, a topic of conversation wherever men get together. Tbey wonder why, simply because most remedies are mystified and put before them as "discoveries." Tbe facts are ttat we pay too much attention to possibilities and Texas, on account of the fallu not enough to real, homcspim accomplish- mcnt. S. S. S.

Is a remedy of our fathers. It has a- history that is written deeply in men's minds because It has tloie tbe work, driven out deep seated disease, revived hope, pnt the O. K. on appearance and clamped dowfa tight any effort of germs to get the npper hand. Any sore spot on the skin Is an Immediate demand for 8.

8. S. since the first principle of this famous remedy Is to strike out for places of trouble. This Is a physiological fact and S. 8.

S. to true to the workings of our body. Get a bottle of P. S. 3.

today at an druggist and begin blood It will master any blocd disease end do It In a way to emphasize Its inflncncc. And If yon would like definite advice write The Swift Specific Swift Atlanta. Oa. Their medical department is where most people first seek advice that pats them on the straight road. vu'.

'-v. You Love United cool indifference to his fate cause! him to be released.1 was by the British troops he had on his person his commission as lieutenant colonel, a dangerous document to possess in war times, when a prisoner in the hands of the enemy. This document Mr. Marshall chewed ana swallowed. But the short hardship and suffering he endured! 'while In tho of the British soldiery brought on a serious illness.

In December, 1842, when Iowa was very young, that canig here. Born In Keokuk. Sabret T. Marshall was born In Keokuk November 20, 1869, and at the usual age entered the public schools of Keokuk and passed through the several grades until he had become a high school student. He early chose the law as his vocation, and began reading with his father and brother, and in January, 1895, was admitted to the 'bar at Des Moines, passing an examination in open court before the supreme court of Iowa.

He at once commenced the practice In Keokuk, but he spent the years 18967-8, in Denver, Coloradto, and El Paso, Hiere is a 1-o-n-g luscious confection to roll under your tongue with keen delight! The newest chewing I III double sharing DULL SPLITTING. law, was a friend always to the juit so heedless. Be young students and gave them valu- iure you get Dr. James' Headache aJble aid and encouragement in the it there will be no disappursuit of knowledge. of his health.

He returned to Keokuk In 1898 and resumed the practice here. He also became active in politics and in 1899 he was nominated by the democrats as a candidate for the lower house of the Iowa legislature. He wm- elected and re-elected for a second term. While an active worker on committees and he used his gift of oratory very 'Seldom, though he was a forceful, cwivifoclng speaker. While in the legislature he served1 on the following committees: Judiciary, railroads, commerce, municipal corporations, compensation of public officers, buildings antf loan, hospital for insane, woman's suffrage, and insane.

Sabret Marshall had many friends meat. Dr. James' Headache Powders re. lieve at cents a package. You wearing her territorial clothes, he ar- powder and in just a few momenta rived in Lee county and entered upon your head clears and all neuralgia and take a Dr.

James' Headache career here, and Lee county iistress vanishes It's the quickest surest relief for headache, whether is better perhaps, that he throbbing, splitting or nerve- Blaok. He was a man of much reading, ms Peking. Send someone to the drug Residence. 317 North Fourth street, tory and general literature as itore and pet a dime package now. Bell 'phone 1280-Red.

pointment. Caught a Bad Cold. "Last winter my son caught a very bad cold and the way he coughed was something dreadful," writes Mrs. Sarah of Tipton, Iowa. "We thought sure he was going Into consumption.

We bought just one bottle of Chamberlrln's Cough Remedy and that one bottle stopped his congh and cured his cold completely." For salo by all strength Peppermint lots of "Pep!" DOUBLE wrapped and SEALED to keep'it always fresh and lull-flavored. DOUBLE outer band is a Coupon good toward valuable presents. Try how good it is! Made by Wm. Wrigley Jr. manufacturers of the famous everjrwhere.

A Package a Day Keeps the Blues Away! PROFESSIONAL CARDS .1 in Keoknk and Lee county, where he wae born spent most all his life. He was of a genial social disposition, with enough of real, genuine and original humor to make him welcome in any social gathering. He wag not discriminating in his nature, but held to some of the primitive pioneer traits. He appeared to think "a man's a man for a that," and was easily approached whether attired In overalls or broadcloth, and he treated lord and peasant in the same genlai spirit. He will be sadty missed in many circles of the city in which he mingled, usually as the life of the little company.

He was a young man of bralns reading and thought and was fairly successful In the undertakings which he pursued earnestly and persistently. His memory will long remain green in many Keokuk and Lee county hearts. PHYSICIAN. OR. W.

P. SHERLOCK, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office, 18 North Fifth strew: in the Howell building. Residence, Hotel Iowa. Office to II a 2 to 8 p.

m. evenings, 1 to 8 Sundays, to p. m. United States civil service examiner. OR.

BRUCE L. OILFILLAN, PHYSICIAN AND 8UROBON. ism PAGE SEVEN r-vi jr A JV rMk- 4 r'f, Jiall 1 Office, 621 Vi Main street, aver Winger Bros, store. Bell 'phooe 190- a. m.

1-4 p. m. 7-S p. m. Sunday by appointment.

C. A. JENKINS, M. D. Room 4, Bstss boilding.

No Osteopathy. 823 Blondeau. Phone 141L. OR. H.

H. STAFFORD, DENTIST. In Dorsey Building across from the Postofflce. Hours from 9 to If, 1:80 to DR. W.

FRANK BROWN No. 10 North Ftfth Street. Hours: 10-11 a. 2-4 p. p.

m. Calls may be left at City Drug Store. I. ACKLEY UNDERTAKING! and EMBALMING 007 Blondeau Street'" Iowa Phone 219, CHICHESTER SPILLS Office phone 29i restdiance. MC' a.

m. I to I 9. i. W. P.

BUTLER, CHIROPRACTOR. 'c- iMRa Jtlla lalM and M4 1 rfv-.

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