The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-24
CITY NEWS

ABOUT heokuk ottu0 SuueCItuc ioi
The Gate City.
-P. E. o. excursion to Quincy, Wed.
Aug. %, Steamer Keokuk. Adults, soc.
children, 25c. Leaves at f.l5 a. m.
The chemical engine responded to
q still alarm from the cooper shops at
{ o'clock yesterday afternoon, the
weeds being ablaze again.
Bring your wife OF sweetheart on
the moonlight excursion. Thursday, s
o'clock, IS and So cents. Given by
Trinity Young Mems club and Eph.
plata Society.
III. T. Graham has resumed his du-
ties at the State Central Savings
bank after vacation Of two weeks,
the greater part OF which time was
spent in camping on the Illinois shore
across the river from Canton.
"A dispatch from Louisiana. Mo-,
says: The body OF Miss Ethel N. Rob
inson. who was drowned in the Miss
issippi river here Thursday night, was
recovered at o'clock last night, after
being in the water for TWENTY-FIVE
hours. Waves from the steamer Du
buque. which passed down here short
" after six o'clock washed the body
ashore and 1t was found by fisher
man named Davis, two miles from the
point where the young woman was
drowned.
Lagrange Tribune: The citizens
of Lagrange were startled Saturday
morning when told that ex-Mayor
Louis F. Koch had passed away at
about o'clock a. M. While Mr.. Koch
had been failing rapidly for some time,
none thought that his taking away
would be so soon. He became violently
sick late Friday evening. Funeral
services we're conducted at the home
Monday forenoon by D.. ]. F. Cook as
sisted by Pres. Crouch and Rev S. G.
Fisher. Burial was in the city GENE
tern Lss-
Rock Island Union: The coal test
which had been in progress through
the summer on the steamer Helen
Blair Is nearing completion. The
statistics are not yet ready but the re-
suits are very favorable. The students
who conducted the experiment found
that the equipment was in no instance
found to be more than .02 below stand
ard. The principal tests were made to
ascertain the amount Of fuel gases
which escape from the furnace In the
smoke. It was found that the exhaust
steam heats the water entering into
the boiler to temperature OF 202 de-
grees Fahrenheit before 1t gees into
the boilers. As the water is under a
pressure OF $50 pounds. this heat would
be above the boiling point In the op.
en- air. The students have also found
that there is no waste from the cyl.
inders through the packing. It is
probable that there is no other steam.
er of It's size on the river which OBJ
tains as much power from the amour,
OF coal used than the Helen Blair does
Captain Walter A. Blair, manager
OF the Carnival City Packet Co., was
| in Quincy yesterday accompanied by
his wife. They made the round TRIP
on the steamer Keokuk. Capt. Blair
says three weeks more will conclude
the steamboat rush of the season
While there he told of preparations fol
the arrangement of -wo excursions
the first of -hich will be Special
on the steamer Columbia from Dav
export to Quincy and return. The
Columbia is OF the Blair line. The
boat leaves Davenport on September
It'll and arrives In Quincy the follow
ing evening, making all stops of In
terest going and coming, and leavins
Quincy on the return trip Thursda,
morning at IL O'Clock. The captain l,
also arranging another cruise on hi!
steamer, the Helen Blair, which viii
I'm an excursion from Davenport t,
st. Paul on September 14th. to take il
Fl. Smelling, and one day on Lake ST
: Croix.
Hannibal Post: Another wa
added to the long list of deaths b,
; burning with which Hannibal seem
) cursed. when Mrs. Mary Ellen Cor
: ignited her clothing while workin
over gasoline stove yesterday an
] ran screaming into the yard, expi,
: Ing as soon as the flames were .,
s tinguished. The terrible accident O,
r Cured about ! o'clock at her HON.
i z12 Washington street, south sid,
= and the events attendant upon its b.
0 ginning will never be known. as sh
!. was alone In the house at the tim
o and never spoke afterwards. It is sui
4 posed, however, that she attempted
L open the door of the oven which sill
!; upon the gasoline stove and In dom
:. SO used her apron as holder to DR.
T tect her hand from the hot iron. !
d this way the apron came in conta.
e with the unguarded flame and fire
n her clothing. She fell in the yard ar
Z passed away while passersby wei
+ wrapping her in blankets to e
l. tinguish the flames.
i The new postage stamp whie
,r will be placed on sale September
st is described as follows: It is oblor
% in shape. being about q by Il
e inches in size and comprises a be
IN der containing at the top the insert