The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12
Nauyoo Wants Through Line With
Good Train Service and Will
Lend Support to Only
Ouch line.
FINE MEMORIAL SERVICE
The New Band Strongly Organized and
Members 81 the Union viii
Furnish Street Concerts
Iris Summer.

NAUvoo. III, June 12.Nauvoos
Odd Fellows held their Memorial day
last Sunday. The program of the day
asarted from their lodge room at cor
rer Thirteenth and Mulholland streets
by forming procession with the Nau-
VOC band In the lead and followed by
the Daughters OF Rebekahs and Odd
Fellows and marched to the cemeter-
les, Arriving at the old cemetery,
graves were decorated Of members
and friends and then proceeded to the
new city cemetery where the appro-
pirate exercises were held. Prayer
was offered by an eminent minister
and followed by that ever touching
song Nearer Ny God to Thee" which
was rendered In a manner as only first
class voealists can. The Nauvoo band
then played a hear-touching dIrge
which was followed by one Of tae
most mastery addresses ever deliver
ed on q ike occasion Rev. Woods OF
Hamilton was the orator and he held
his visitors spell-bound during his
/ discourse. He would have received
much applause had It been anywhere
else but in the Silent City Of the Dead.
After this splendid GRAFTON by Rev.
Woods, the band played another touch
Ing dirge and in the interim tie
the graves OF the members OF the Odd
Fellows and Rebekahs were decorated
with beautiful flowers. Then the pro-
cession WAS reformed and returned to
their hall. all feeling that they did
their duty to the departed and that
II was well done.
There Is nothing new in the Maui
VOC trolley proposition taat can be YER
TIED at the present TIME. We are
anxious to secure this important en-
terprise and somebody IS going to
build 1t and give US no stub, either.
Any company that wants to build
through Nauvoo without asking any
thing preposterous will receive d glad
hand. But when they ask Nauvoo to
build the road for them they might
just as well seek other green pas.
lures. Nauvoo has been a city for
seventy years or more and all his
time witaout railroad and when any
company expects our people to build
the road ready for operation they will
have to survey other routes. We dc
not doubt but that Mr.. p. j. Kieran's
Intentions are good as to the Nauvot
trolley proposition, and as4to his Civ
ing Nauvoo only stub of the Keokuk
Nauvoo, Hmilton, Carthage and Mot
electric interurban is undoubtedl.
WITHOUT foundation. He Is entirely tot
much Interested in st. Mary's Acad
envy and Spaulding's Institute to de
prive these institutions of firstclas
fnterurban train service, for this 5 Il
what these largest institutions OF tn
United States need and what they vii
get If the electric line Is to be built
First class train service will build III
these institutions, make them profit
able, as well as make Nauvoo a grow
ing city. Meetings at Powe1lton an
at Nauvoo were held and nothing @
a great character was forthcoming a
though much enthusiasm was display
ed. No definite results have been OF
tanned SO far, but II active work WI
begin by July 10th, the promoters wi
have to move rapidly.
Our electric lights for street an
house are giving splendid satisfaction
We got the electric lights before W
got the trolley and almost all here sal
we would get the trolley before tn