The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-09
tJ : |! NEWS.

on tho w. w. July 18th.
Caoice chickens at J. w. Mar
keys
Don't miss Huiskamps' sale. We
Will make the lowest prices.
Shoes and oxfords at your own
price at Bode-Larson's removal sale.
All our Mems $500 and $3.50 OK
fords selling at $3.50. Star Shoe
Store.
The high water scare is about over
and siege Of good weather is look
ed for.
The Keokuk teSm will play Jack
sonville three more games, playing to-
day, Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs William E. Steele suffered q
stroke OF paralysis several days ago
and Is still in a serious condition.
The X. & w. train which leaves at
S:55 p. m. did not make It's usual trip
last night, owing to the bad condition
lof the track.
Many freight trains will come into
the yards for q while now as condi-
lions for the last few days have kept
many of them out Of here.
~. D. Hainline, a veteran employe
of the Burlington. passed away at his
home in Galesburg Wednesday. He
was known by many railroad men In
! Keokuk.
One hundred and thirty-seven
Iowa letter carriers have received a
raise In salary of 500 per year includ-
ing 10 in Keokuk. Carriers Anderson,
Boud, Brerton, Fields, Mcnamara,
Rollins, Semple, Thompson and Welsh
are raised from $1,000 to $1,10O per
year and Carrier Koepf gets raise
from $500 to $780,
Now that the Des Moines Press
club is on firm foundation, Secretary
C. c. Nye will shortly mail invitations
to every active newspaper man In the
state to become nonresident members.
This was decided upon at meeting
OF the executive committee OF the
club
Ottumwa Courier: Grace Baker,
who was arrested at Keokuk short
time ago for being drunk and acting
crazy on the streets, was up before Po-
lice Judge Morrissey this morning on
the same charge. When asked about
her conduct she claimed that she had
spells of heart trouble and 1t made her
| light headed. She said she was not
drunk, but was sick, and gave herself
up for this reason. It is supposed
that her crazy spells were caused by
the use OF drugs. She was given five
days In which to collect her scattered
| wits.
Centerville Citizen: After spend
| ing three days in an investigation OF
charges which we're made last spring
in the convention Of District No. 13
/ u. M. w. of A., at Des Moines, the
commission this morning decided to
cali Hon. William Jennings Bryan, Of
Lincoln, Nebraska, to act as the fifth
man on the commission and cast the
deciding vote on questions in issue. A
telegram was sent to Mr.. Bryan and
an answer is awaited, but 1t is moi
| known whether he can be secured OF
not. The four members OF the inyes
| tigating commission are John H
/ Walker OF Springfield, H., William
Kramer OF Beacon, Iowa, B. A. Shell
ton, OF Mendoza, Mo-, and w. w
White Of Jerome. The matter which
is being investigated developed after
the contest over the seating Of ths
delegation from Centerville Loca
Union No. 5s3.
i Fort Madison Democrat: Tht
! arguments in the habeas corpus case
Z OF Leroy Ware were made before tai
4 district court at this place today ant
the court took the case under advise
ment and will render decision mex
. week. Mr.. Ware was represented b.
i w. S. Hamilton of this city, and
Wayne county, where the alleged
crime was committed, by County At
I torney Solomon Of that county ant
Theodore A. Craig and Deputy E
G. Weber of this city. 1t will be re
membered that Ware was sentenced
to serve five years in the penitentia1
at Fort Madison Tor 1radulent bank
ing, besides there were several othel
indictments found against him, on th,
Z charge of false entry and embezzle
/ ment. He commenced serving hi.
: sentence several months ago and IL
! May last was paroled by the state
board of parole, under condition tia
} he remain in Fort Madison and repor
monthly to the state authorities. HI
had been outside the prison walls onl.
a few hours when warrant for hi
arrest and detention, from the sheriff
! of Wayne county to Sheriff ]. ]. Datil
of this county, was received and ex
ecuted. Then came the habeas codpu,
proceedings. on the grounds that h,
! was still ward of the state and serv
i ing sentence, the matter being al
gued today, as above stated.