The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
CITY NEWS.

on its thirty-seventh year.
Advertising cards are out an
nouncing the coming poultry show for
keokuk. on November 1926.
To-day was Davenports birthday
and his wife remembered him by Civ.
ing him handsome rattle snake cigar
holder.
The many church and lodge soci-
cites conducting lunch rooms during
this week are solving the problem for
the eating question
Regular meeting of fuckecaetuck
ancampment No. Z. l. o. o. F.. at ODD
Fellows hail at S O'Clock tonight Wis
ng brethren fratsrnally invited to-
attend.
Wabash number 50 viii leave at
$40 a. m on the fifth. sixth, seventh
and eighth, on account of state fair
at Springfield, Ill Returning VIII
leave Springfield at 5:45 p. m.
The Gate City received a fine
serenade this morning from the Fif-
leth Iowa band which stopped in
front of the building and played cou-
pie Of selections which were greatly
appreciated
Wabash number 50 will leave at
$40 a. m. on the fifth, sixth, seventh
and eighth, on account of state fair at
Springfield. H. Returning will leave
Springfield at 5c45 p. m.
The two equilibrists performing
between Seventh and Eighth on Main
are the best local street fair has
had for several years and their work
is Of q very classy nature Their head
10 head balancing and their one hand
TO hand stand feature the attraction.
"A general alarm was turned in
last evening from between Sixth and
Seventh on Concert streets from the
A. G. Hostetter residence, where q
fence had caught fire from hot ashes
being thrown against IT, The blaze
was put out with a couple of bucket:
/ OF water. The alarm was turned IL
at f1:10
One Of the many monkeys carried
with the side shows made his escaps
this morning and set out TO take il
the sights of the city. The little All
NAL climbed all over Gibbons opera
house and ran along the buildings AMI
leaped down into Lucas avenue. cut
ting across lots and over toward ths
Y. NJ C. A. building, where it disap
peared
The police report rather quie
night and the list of "vags. and sus
Dicious appearing individuals arrested
were not nearly as numerous as OF
the night preceding. But a half doz
en- arrests were made. none of which
were of any Importance William But
Ter, the man arrested for the larceny
& OF shirt. was given fifteen days b.
4 Judge Mcnamara IN the superior
4 court.
1T Is understood that the Burling
! ton railway will submit propositions
for retaining about $4,000 acres OIL
land south of LAGRANGE, No. The
road has track running through
the fertile bottom lands in that
section, which Is subject to heavy
overfows from the Mississippi river
causing the railroad company al
times to abandon service when it is
\ greatly needed. The proposition OF
the railroad company is to start with
] its roadbed as a foundation for per
manent iegee, and then raise 1t three
1 feet higher, and this would protect
the land from oyerfows from over
flows and loss VI crops. The railroad
4 company would require an assurance
of $4,000 for such service from the
land owners, and it submits the argu
j ment that the land so protected would
\ Immediately enhance in value from {
4 quarter to half million dollars.
The question of whether or moi
the IllinoIs-M Missouri league will en-
dure fer another season is troubling
4 the papers Of that circuit. The Ma
/ comb Journal insists that the leagus
4 will not be disturbed over Galesburg':
/ withdrawal any more thin 1t waf
when Hannibal left the league. The
Journal says: Reports have beer
received from Canton. Beardstown
Pekin and Macomb, and all four O
the cities are anxious to have tht
A league continue r. Is true it was {
money-loser, but that was due in {
great part to poor management ant
excessive salary limit, or, rather
4 disregard of the limit. Notwith
standing these facts all OF the towns
have expressed determination T.
remain in; in fact Macomb is al
ready signing new players for mex
year and is starting again for thu
pennant. Reports that the I'm
is to be dissolved are erroneous, ant
the cities that compose the league
are as loyal and determined to holt
the organization as ever before
The following from st. Louis
paper tells OF the death OF man wei
known to keokuk members of the Y
NJ. C. A.: Thomas C. McPheeters
prominent for many years in religious
and civic Improvement work in st
Louis, died at $50 p m. yesterday a
st. Luke's hospital following an opera
ton for the relief of jaundice Mr.. Nc
Pheeters. previously in robust health
contracted the ai1ment 1aSL july Will,