The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12
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CITY NEWS.

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tractive prices. surprise you. Ayres
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Holiday shopping will be quite
lively this evening and there will be
a big crowd down on Main street un-
less there should be change for the
worse in the weather conditions.
No. II, X line, was 45 minutes late
in arriving this morning. The private
car of General superintendent F. H.
Ustick being brought down from Bur-
lington with the regular train.
On New Years day the Baptist
Boys basket ball team will go to
Mount Pleasant for game to meet
squad from that city. A return game
will be played here on the Sth of
January.
tJfc Ayt Of
Blondeau street, are feeling very sor-
ry over the loss of their dog Snip, who
died last night Of heart failure. She
was twelve years old, was very in
telligent and a household pet.
The new postage stamps are being
noted on mail received in Keokuk
from some of the eastern and larger
! cities, but as yet there is no supply of
| the stamps at the keokuk office. As
soon as the present supply of stamps
is exhausted. the Keokuk office will re
ceive the new ones.
The fire department made run
last evening at 5:35 o'clock to the AL
j. Seibert home at No. 521 Exchange
street where gasoline stove had kick
ed over the traces and set fire to some
of the woodwork in the kitchen. There
was but little damage done, although
there was considerable smoke.
The committee appointed recent!
to look into the matter of banque
for the Keokuk Lantern club, has de
cided not to do anything until afte
, the council acts upon the petition
asking for $500. In case the council
grants the request, the banquet com
mittee will ask the club for part O
this money in order to give the bar
quet.
; Railroad business in the poultr,
: line has picked up considerably witt
in the last few days and many cars o
poultry are being handled in the lc
cal yards at the present time. Chris,
mas and holiday fowls are the caus
S of the extra large amount of poultr
cars being handled at present. Man
stock cars can be seen in the loca
yards and business in stoc'- is also o
the increase.
The Power City basket ball tear
was victorious over st. Peters las
/ evening at the latter's gymnasium b
a score of % to IL. There was a fa
sized crowd present at the gam
which was preceded by preliminar
|. between the employed boys team an
J. the ST. Peters high school team. IL
former winning by a score of 10 to
In the feature contest of the evenin
: T. Hickey was the star, caging mo-
+. of the baskets made by the Pow,
! City team.
Water Ways Journal: Capt. Gu
Seifert, of keokuk Iowa. WI
has been on government boa
. on the Upper Mississippi fl
several years, is home fl
Y the winter, his boat having la
up, Capt John Streckfus Will lea,
on the 18th inst. with his fine excu
sion steamer j. S. for New Orleans
arrive there for a Christmas day e
cursion.. The lighthouse steame
Lily Capt Vim. Eagan in comman
left last Saturday for Cairo. whe
she will remain for while before g
ing to lay up quarters at Paducah.
Shippers in the entire weste
part Of the United States are up
- arms over what they term has be
an attempt on the part CT the ra
roads to take out of the hands
= the shippers the right to determi
over what roads they will route tht
= freight: The action of the roads
inserting in their west bound tar
schedules certain clause has a-ous
the shippers OF the west and threi
ems to cause the re-opening of t
rate war between the railroads a
the shippers. 1t seems that the sh
pers have lust discovered that in t
tariff which the railroads recent
filed with the interstate CONNER
commission. they inserted as ri
three of the tariff the following claus
The rates herein named are subje
to the absolute and unqualified rig
of the initial carrier to determine t
routing beyond its own line T
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