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

\ dead The Daily Gate CITY.
Join the crowd for the moonlight
on the w. W. July 18th.
The fans should give the attend
ance figures 1 boost tomorrow at the
Jacksonville eokuk game.
Regular meeting of Keokuk lodge
| No. is. Il. o. o. f., Monday night at
T 5 O'Clock. Work in third degree.
Masonic Regular meeting Of
Hardin lodge No. 20, A. r. and a. NJ.
Monday evening. July ~, at 8 o'clock.
| Visiting brethren fraternally invited.
BY order Of w. w. A. X. Stewart,
secretary.
TX. & w. trains arc not yet able
to get farther than VanWert along
their route. Between Diagonal and
Kingley the water is still covering the
tracks. However 1t is expected that
these trains will be running as usual
| by Monday as the section men will
work all day Sunday if the weather
continues good.
1t is possible that the course for
| the races in the Central States Row
ing association regatta which will be
held at Ottumwa next week will have
| to be changed. The races will be
held at Ottumwa all right and on
the dates originally scheduled but
new course on the Des Moines river
may have to be laid out. The floods
on the Des Moines are terrific but
the officials are certain a good course
will be arranged.
Clark County Courier: A very
| pleasant day was spent at the new
home of Mr. and Mrs. DR.. Black OF
Wayland, Mo-, Sunday, July A where;
Mrs. Black entertained at dinner her
father, mother and three brothers, Mr..
and Mrs. Willie jenkins and family
of Keokuk, Iowa; DR.. Tom jenkins and
two sons of Carthage ILL.,; Walte'' Jen
kins and family of near Gregory, No,
also Mrs. Walter Jenkins mother, NJ,
Boulware and Mr.. and Mrs. P. j. Starr
OF Kahoka
Burlington Gazette: 1t has been
suggested that when the next regatta
is arranged for in Burlington in Au-
gust that the date be chosen some
time when the Keokuk base ball team
is here. There were as many people
in the city Monday and Tuesday, at
tracted by the prospects of good
base ball game as there were to see
the launch races. The people Of the
surrounding country are as much in
terested in the game of ball as Bur-
lington and they were greatly disap-
pointed as being deprived of the pleas
ure of seeing Burlington and Keokuk
play.
FIT. Madison Democrat: Governor
B. F. Carroll and the members of the
state board of parole are today guests
at the Metropolitan hotel The mem
bers Of the board of parole including
the secretary, B. w. Garrett, are: j.
M. Emmert. Atlantic; w. H. Berry, In
dianola; P. A. Smith, Scranton. ibis
is Gov. Carroll's first visit to the Fort
Madison institution. 1t is not only a
visit of inspection, but for the pur-
pose Of looking over the matter of a
parole or pardon for several convicts
which is under consideration. The Wis
1t of the board will probably determine
the fate of several ''lifersp wh., sees
clemency.
The fire department was called to
the home Of Paul Dysart, corner Of
Eighth and Grand avenue, a few min
utes after o'clock last evening to ex-
tinguish a blaze which had started
while the family were away from the
house. A mattress in one of the base
ment rooms was ablaze when mem
Der Of the family returned home and
discovered It. The house was filled
with smoke, but it was only the
work of fey, minutes for the fire
department to extinguish the blaze.
1t is not known how the fire started
but spontaneous combustion is the
probable reason. Mr.. Dysart sent the
fire department a box of good cigars
this morning for their good work.
Quincy Herald: Lewis county,
Missouri. is suffering worse from the
floods than probably at any time in its
history. Not only is the Mississippi
raising havoc in parts of the coun-
ty, but the Wyaconda usually an in-s
nocent and inoffensive stream, is on
tae widest rampage of its career.
This river, whose banks are famous
as resorts for. pleasure seekers, is
three feet higher than ever before and
the rush of its waters means heavy
loss and serious damage to the coun-
try roundabout. One citizen of Can
ton who was seen today estimates the
damage from the floods in Lewis
county at s5o0,O00.
FREDERICK RETo