The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15
CITY NEWS.

Repair az SnOe Co., Ola Mdiu
For the consideration Of $4,000
John J.. Meister and Clara Meister, his
wife. have transferred to James Gall
oway fifteen acres in section 8, town
ship GO, north of range 5, the property
being near Mooar.
Rev. w. d. Venerable, pastor OF
the Seventh street Baptist church left
last evening for Independence, Mo-, to
attend the missouri S. ate Convention.
He will visit Lawrence, Kansas, Kan
sas City and Joplin Mo. The DR..
will be gone about two weeks. Rev.
E. p. Green will continue to conduc!
tae revival services.
j. r. Roberts left this morning
for Oskaloosa, where this afternoon le
attended the funeral of his youngest
sister, Mrs. George Petit, whose home
was in Des Moines. Death was caus-
ed from cancer of the stomach, the de-
ceased passing away on Wednesday
night. She leaves to mourn her loss,
aer husband, three daughters, TWO
sisters and two brothers.
-Children's regular Saturday mat
inee, SC at Dodges.
johnson and Ketchel have been
working furiously during ne week Tor
their big clash tomorrow aNternoon at
I San Francisco and are not resting TOT
| the hour of battle. Johnson's manager
asserts he will go after Ketchel from
/ the start of the going to score an early
i knockout. Betting odds remain ten TO
/ four, with Johnson the long end. Con-
| siderable money is being wagered
! that Ketchel will remain fifteen
rounds. The big fight will be held
+; Saturday afternoon and will be fully
reported in the Sunday morning issue
of The Gate City.
Choice dressed poultry Hauberts.
The gentleman bandit who ROBBED
the bank at Highland Park, Chicago,
has been identified as l.. Harris OF
/ Los Angeles. The description of the
dead man caused some Keokuk ro-
! mancers to associate the name of H..
| Harrison, former Keokul citizen,
with the crime. This was mere pre-
! sumption and no one gave any cred
ence to the rumor of Mr.. Harrison's
connection with the robbery. The
idea of him ..eing engaged in such i
thing is too ridiculous for belief.
Special children's matinee Satur-
day at Dodges. Children, sc.
While making dash to the fire
81, of q Y.
Il noon one Of the Rolla engine horses
fell and was quite badly bruised. AT.
ter being precipatated 60 the ground
the animal was dragged for some dis
lance. receiving bruises on his side
, and cut under one of his front legs
The horse will be off duty for a
while and his place is being taken by
the horse of Chief Anderson. The fire
, occurred about 4:30 o'clock and the
!, wood saed in the rear OF the McCar
, thy property was almost entirely des
troved. The structure contained wood
and coal 1t is not known what caused
the fire
I Quincy Herald: First, sunshine
| then a squall, sunshine again, next
9 hail storm, then snow, rain, mist
and sunshine once more. On the III
: trip yesterday afternoon, all wa
, smooth sailing until the boat got nea
/, Keokuk, when it ran into very dSn s'
; fog blown down from the Rapids. IN
pilot was unable to see the electro
lights on the shore until he had gon'
! past the landing opposite the Unlol
depot. He let the boat drift back an
: then ran her into the landing along
side the Wenona, without seeing tt
. boat until they got almost up to mel
. Had there been less experienced
: less-reliable and level headed pilot a
! the wheel, the Keokuk hight have hi
something, bit Pilot Hugh Mckenzl
knows the river so well between tn
: two ports that he never has any SER
4 Gus trouble and has had no accident
during the time he has been in serN
4 ice on the old steamer Silver Crescen
and the new packet Keokuk.