The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-11
CITY NEWS
Engage Rate's orchestra for dance

No higher teacher in musical rhet'
ORIG than Mrs Laura H. P. Robinson
log South Tenth street.
The first session of the architectural
drawing class of the Y. M. G. A.
night school will be held this evening.
Funeral services for the late George
Kimler were held yesterday afternoon
at Charleston and interment made
/ there.
1t will soon be Christmas shopping
time. The Gate City reaches the
Christmas trade as well as all other
lines of trade.
Seat sale for Chicago Ladies orches-
ira opens tomorrow morning at 500
o'clock at Y. NJ. C. A. business office.
Reserve early.
Reserve seats tomorrow morning at
Y. NJ. C. A. for the Chicago Ladies
orchestra. Grand musical event is
Friday evening, and none should fail
to enjoy 1t.
At the meeting of the minor league
magnates and presidents in Chicago
yesterday thirty-three players were
placed under the ban, and are sus
pended until re-instated at some flu
ture time.
The official count of the recent cleo
ton, is given elsewhere. BY compar
in the official majorities with those
given by The Gate City and othel
Keokuk papers, The Gate Citys fig
ures were the nearest correct of an.
figures published in Keokuk.
All the new rails which are bein,
placed in by the @ along twenty-on'
miles of its road have been completes
and the new rails between Alexandra;
and the middle locks have been laid
Roadmaster Wcodin stated this morn
inf that much improvement is goini
on all along the road.
The High School foot ball team viii
go to Quincy Saturday to meet oil
time foot ball rivals and victory i
looked for. This will be the secon'
game between the two teams thi
season, the first resulting in to
tie. Coach Merrill in comparing tn
scores made by Quincy this season
predicts a victory for Keouk.
The steamer North Star which lief
here on Monday for Rock Island lief
that city and is on her way down tn
river to st. Louis where it will Sc
cure barges for the new barge tow
ing business which will be conducte
on the Hennepin canal and will toy
coal from the Illinois coal fields t
the Mississippi river and the Ill
nois.
Something novel that has been in
, vented by some level headed stree
car man has been placed on one o
the yellow cars, which are now be
ing used in Keokuk. The scheme i
T in the form of a mirror about half
, foot square and is placed on the rea
: of the car so that the conductor b
looking through the glass in the rea
door can note the getting on and Of
of all passengers from the front.
The department made hard rul
70 Sixth and Ridge street this nool
I at 1890 where the weeds along thu
. bluff at that place had caught fir,
again from a passing locomotive ant
t with a strong wind blowing the fir,
was sweeping through the dry gras
| dangerously near to some houses il
that locality. The two Sixth street en-
| gines and the West end reel respond
cd but Only the chemical engine wa
: needed to extinguish the blaze
If it was Made in Keokuk" buy II
w. L. Reach of Muscatine. man
ager of the Reach Musser Lumber Co
and one Of the most prominent bust
ness men of that city will be in Keo
The men of Keokuk at the regular Y
II. c. A. Sunday afternoon meeting
Mr. Reach is a member of the Meth
odist church of Muscatine and is
personal friend of Rev. John Wesle.
Potter. pastor of the Trinity M. T
church of this city, and also has tn
> acquaintance of c. R. Joy and c. +
Mcfarland. He is quite politica
man and at one time was asked to ru
for congress. He refused in the fac
Of certain election. Not long ago a
Columbus Junction on but fe'
hours notice he was substituted fo
= prominent republican in joint pt
litical debate and handled the stu;
4 ton in an admirable manner. TIL
meeting Is expected to be one of tn
very best of the year and all men {
the city are invited to hear this spe
er of unusual oratorical abilit
II Special music will be arranged for tt
meeting and the regular half no,
. concert will precede it.