The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-29
CITY NEWS.

Four vegs were locked up over
night IN the police station and bounc-
ed out of town this morning.
Send In your Panama hats at
once to be cleaned and reblocked. B.
& II. SIG Main.
Ball game tomorrow afternoon. at
Hubinger park. Power City vs.. Grand
Leaders. Admission, 15c. Ladies
free. Game called $50.
The river fell almost a half foot in
the past twenty-four hours. the stage
reading 1917 feet this morning at the
lock.
Ed. Galloway was fined $50 and
costs this morning In the Superior
court for q violation Of the mulct law
in serving beer in his hotel after 10
o'clock in the evening.
"A quantity of the bedding which
had been In the houses on the levee
which were Quarantined for small pox
recently. were burned this morning at
the foot Of Blondeau street.
Wabash freight No. rs and n and
Rock Island freight trains No. IS and
Sc will be annulled ON Monday on ac-.
count OF Decoration day. The offices
will be closed on Monday.
The funeral Of Mrs. Elizabeth ].
Simpson was held this afternoon in
the presence Of a number of friends.
Rev. j. G. McCaslin. OF the Methodist
I Protestant church conducting services
at the church.
The body OF John Hoskins. the
former coloreI resident Of Keokuk
who died in Chicago. arrived in the
city this morning and has been taken
10 the residence Of Charles H. Owens.
I1223 Morgan street. The deceased
was seventy-six years OF age.
The Keokuk high school baseball
team drove to Carthage this morning
and will battle on the diamond with
the Carthage High school team this
afternoon. The game is the final one
of the season and the followers of the
purple and white expect victory.
Among those who made the trip are
the following: N. Kiedaisch, e. Kie-
daisch, Walker, Hayden. G. King,
Parsons. Duncan, Pechstein, VAIL
gren, Horn, Weismann and G. L. Yes
tai.
The steamer w. w took out a
large excursion this afternoon to Fort
Madison, the affair being given by the
4 "A. O. Fl. Of this city. Dancing will be
enjoyed by those attending and the
day and evening will be ideal for the
outing. Refreshments were served on
board. A number Of people will go to
Montrose this evening to meet the
boat at that place on its return. The
w. w. arrived IN local port at 500
this morning from Quincy.
i The A. o. II. excursion with hun.
dreds Of people on board departed
from the local boat landing this after
noon shortly after 2: 30 o'clock with
Il Agnes full orchestra playing enticing
dance music. The crowd was fine
one and many Keokuk, Hamilton and
4 Warsaw people took advantage OF the
i opportunity Of attending this first big
i excursion. The w. w. and barge
looks larger and more spacious than
ever and it was not long before the
boat was headed up the canal when
q dancing commenced. The A. o. H.
organization. has everything in readi-
ness for the excursion and the comfort
OF the guests was carefully attended
to. refreshments were on board. The
( boat vii stop at the several points en-
route and will reach Fort Madison and
remain during the supper hour. On
the return trip this evening it will
meet the north bound Kline trim at
Montrose. Many who were unable to
make the trip this afternoon intend
to go on the train this evening and en-.
Joy the trip down the river.
The best exhibit that the manual
! training department Of the keokuk
; High school has ever had Is that seen
today in the large window of the
i, Schell-Demple Furniture Co. It con
tains many fine pieces of furnitures
and articles made in the manual
training room under the able direction
of Professor Arthur Lock A large
porch swing made by Arthur Morgan
10 OIf VI bnS iCdtulc ditlClCS dIlu dist
LA handsome writing desk made BY
Rolla Edrman Well made Morris
chairs by Harry Horn, Norman Ring
strum, Glen Parsons. Adrian Mein
hardt and Victor Peters, large center
: table by Nels Leasum, library tables
by Guy Huston Albert Lnquist and
George Kirchner. a lawn seat by Ed
Kiedasch, a stand by Ed. Snwser
piano benches by Earl Carpenter ami
Kenneth Davidson, small stools b,
Leslie Worthen and Harold Bolbe are
among the many handsome and wei
made articles that appear In the ex
hibit. The seventh and eighth grad
BOYS made number of small clock,
which require careful work and there
are many other articles which were
too large to be placed in the displa,
window. A porch swing by Ro,
Strickler is also an attractive piece q
furniture. Altogether the exhibit Il
one to reflect great credit to those whit
have been enrolled in the work dur
ing the past year and 1t was true ex