The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-19
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"A Jolly e.ening at the Roll.a-Ws


"A jolly e-ening at the RollaWay |
tonight.
See the fine program at Dodge's
] Theatre tonight.
The fair and warmer flags were
out today, promising that brand of
weather for tomorrow
! Hear the impassioneo plea of
| Robert Emmett, for Irish liberty, to-
night at Dodge's Theatre.
] You can enjoy yourself every
afternoon and evening a. the Roll-a-
! Way. No one will be admitted under
sixteen years of age.
| This evening a public reception
! is to be rendered to Rev. Venerable
AID his wife on the occasion of the
pastors second anniversary.
An information was filed this
morning in the Superior court by Prof.
Henry Barnes against James Hughes.
charging him with disturbing the
peace.
Every one should be present at
| the trial Of Robert Emmett. the IA
nous Irish patriot, at Dodge's Thea
/ /.
! Irish liberty.
/ During the storm of last evening
at about 6 O'Clock. considerable hail
l fell in Keokuk. The firemen at the
| ice house fire were caught in the
storm but there was no hail out there.
Manager A. D. Ayers of the Keo-
kuk Electric Railway and Power
Company was removed to Graham
hospital yesterday morning where he
underwent a minor operation and is
now getting along nicely.
There were no school bells ring
. ing gladly this morning for the lid is
on the public schools which are closed
by the board of health for the time
being, until the scarlet fever scare is
over.
April 81 has been set as the time
for the preliminary trial of Joe Phil
lips who shot Harvey Reed at Win
chester, Mo-, several days ago. Reed
received two bullets in the head and
was brought to Keokuk hospital for
treatment
The fire department was called out
Saturday night at about 1870 o'clock
by a still alarm Some crossed wires
in the alley near Tenth and Bank
streets had caused tree to become
ignited and a limb was burned off,
+ but there was no further damage.
Judge Smith Mcpherson has hand
n ed down his opinion In the Burling-
n ton voting machine case, deciding
i against Des Moines county and hold
/ ing that it must pay the sum of s1S.-
I COG and costs for the twenty-seven
I voting machines ordered.
Tomorrow afternoon is the time
set for the opening of the box contain
] ing the ballots used at the last cleo
. ton, at which time committee will
sort them over to see If there have
\ been any great mistakes made. The
Il count is scheduled to start at O'CLOCK
II and a report will be made later to the
II city council.
n The steamer Dubuque arrived II
II port from st. Louis last evening will
II a good passenger list, quite a mum
II Der stepping from the gangeplank a
this city and number who spent thu
n night on the boat came ashore thi
II morning. A good bunch Of freigh
/ was billed for this city and up rive
| towns. The boat left this mornins
| at G O'Clock for the south
II The steamer w. w went dow
II stream last evening at T:45 on he
II way to Quincy. The boat has bee
II lying on the ways at Rock Island dun
II ing the winter and has been undergo
II ing repairs and has been repainted
II The boat is used in these waters an
II between Burlington and Davenport /
H the excursion business during tn
II summer months.
II Sixty years ago today Wiley T
II Ray landed in Keokuk, coming to thi
Y city on a steamboat from Cairo wit
II his parents on April 10, 1913 The fan
ii lily came from Knoxville, Tenn, on
flat boat down the Ohio river t
. Cairo. They moved to farm nea
Pennington and lived there for nun
+! Der Of years. coming to Keokuk
+ 1S4S, since which time Mr. Pay ia
+ been a citizen of Keokuk
i Lacrosse Tribune: According
Z DISPATCHES received here from Davei
: port, the steamer Dubuque is maxim
:. its regular run from Burlington I
! st. Louis The other large steamer
: of the Diamond 10 line will be put
/. service about May Is. and probabl
+ a little sooner. The Quincy, st. Pa,
!; and Sidney, which have all bee
! overhauled and renewed Throughout
ID will make the run north of Burlingto
and will make this city one Of II
- chief ports. Later on in the seasol
as the river traffic increases, anothe
boat will be put on the southern ru
I from Burlington
The c., B. & o's local yard fore
d did good work in helping Chief A
r derson and his men put out the fiji
at the White ice house Yesterday a
ternoon. Engine No. 1873 used f
switching purposes in the yards W;