The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-24
CITY NEWS

-Consresational supper, Thursday.
Are you registered? II not at
lend to it tomorrow.
/ Albert Nollers is able to be out
these days and came down town YES.
terday.
H. c. HickoS, travelling freight
agent of the Glover Leaf line, was A
heokuk visitor today.
Chris Scherer, formerly of This
city and Elizabeth Gaiser were marr,,
I Yesterday at Burlington.
mere should be large attend.
ahce OF ladies' and children at the Lau.
rant matinee next Saturday.
The Western Union wiremen
postponed work on repair Of tho wires
on the bridge today and spent the
hours in the hotel lobby talking, on
account OF the rain.
1t is said that the sisters in charge
Oh ST Elizabeth hospital at Fort Madi.
son have decided to close the buiIdine
ana oHef 1t for sale, contemplating re.
moving TO Gary, Ind, where they are
oHered $4,000 to establish a HOSPITAL
there.
thomas Mears is removing with
ms family to Twenty-first and Timea
streets today While he is absent
from his position as union switcaman
IN me lower railroad yards, his duties
are being discharged by Thos. Wad.
! den.
The funeral of David o'Brien was
held this morning at st. Peters Cath.
| ono church, services being conducted
by hev. Thos, OReilly. There were
many relatives and friends present
and ehe services We're solemn and i'm
pressive. The body was paced TO
rest in the Catholic cemetery.
Next Sunday afternoon at the Y
W. c. A. the Young Peoples society
of the Westminster Presbyterian
church will have charge of the ser.
vices at $50. Music and speaking
VIII be arranged by the society. 9th
er societies of the different churches
of the city will have charge of the
meetings from time to time.
"A still alarm, sent the chemical
engine to the Fulton street steps YES.
terday afternoon at 1925 o'cloc..., the
weeds and brush being on fire and
threatened to climb UP The hill and
lick up few houses. Some of the wo-
men in the neighborhood We're work.
ing bucket brigade when the engine
arrived. The blaze was extinguished.
Tie funeral of John Mcpherson
was held this morning from the train
the procession going first to the
church at o'clock where requiem high
mass was celebrated by Father Troy
of Pennington. There was a large at
tendance of friends at the services and
the floral offerings were very beauti-
full. The pallbearers were the follow
ing gentlemen. c. A. Mcnamara. Ed
ward Monogue .ohn O'Neill A. j.
Hickey, John Roach, and Tim Grim.
Minis
The committe out today to Sc
cure funds to finance the baseb I'll
club through the coming season We're
unable to do much today, weather con-
ditions being such that soliciting was
difficult. Only few members of the
committee did any work this morn
ing, while others started out this az
ternoon Ed Woolley and Leon Iol-
Inns We're able to do little soliciting
on the south side between Fifth and
u Seventh streets and report favorably
of their efforts. About $50 is the
amount raised in a few hours work
If the committees are unable to do
much this afternoon Il thorough can
vass will be m lie tomorrow.
A petition to the city council has
been filed by w. b. Collins in which
he protests against a double eXamina-
ton of the city books, which are just
at present being gone over by ex-
ports from the office of the auditor Of
state and by experts appointed by the
city, all of whom are to be paid for
their services. He also protests
against the cutting down of trees in
Triangular park and asks that when
ever such things are to happen, that
the matter should be brought up be-
fore the council and then laid over for
month in order to give the citizens
an opportunity to talk the matter over
and file protests if they desire.
This mornings Hannibal Journal
says: The case OF the state of Iowa
against Leon Fitzgerald, charged with
burglary with intent to commit lar
ceny, is set for trial in the district
court of Iowa at Keokuk Thursday
March 25th This is a case that has
attracted widespread attention. Leon
Fitzgerald and James Givan are both
Hannibal boys and they were arrest
ed in this city on the charge of break
ing into Wedler's residence at Keokuk
during the street fair held in that city
last summer They were both placed
in the Keokuk jail and soon after
: wards Fitzgerald was released on
bond, while young Givan was kept in
jail awaiting the action of the grand
jury which convened in that city some
two weeks ago. When the grand jury
convened Givan turned states evil