The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-27
CITY NEWS.

"A. o. H. excursion Saturday after
noon. Boat leaves at 2::30 o'clock.
SEQ McManus & Blan for cement
side walks and all kinds Of concrete
work. Office, Ninth and Johnson.
R. G. McIlwain has decided to Mrs.
Lutte A. Tibbs, 35 feet across lots
and 2 and the east half Of lot in
block 50. the property being on the
corner Of Tnird and Carroll streets.
The consideration is not stated in the
deed.
There was hard storm last even
Ing shortly after s o'clock when the
rain came down hard for short time.
The shower was but a local one and
at IL o'clock the moon and stars had
come out from behind the clouds and
the balance OF the night was clear.
The convention OF the State Fed
Grafton of Colored Women clubs clos.
ed last night at Ottumwa with the
election Of officers. Mrs. George Ash
by, Of Keokuk. was elected CORES
ponding secretary. Mrs. c. B. Lewis,
of Davenport, was elected president.
The deed has been filed for the
sale Of the two story double building
on Main street between Sixth and Sew
enth streets, now occupied by the
Roll-a-Way to James Cameron. An
drew Kiewit and others deed to James
Cameron, ST., for $4,000 the west
20 feet of lot II and the east half Of
lot 10 In block a. This sale was
noted in The Gate City month ago.
Carthage Democrat: 1t is said
that the T. P. & w. railway has offer
ed the use of their tracks from Keo-
kuk to Eivaston to the interurban in
exchange for the use of its tracks by
the T. P. & w. from Elvaston to Car
thage. That would suit Carthage all
right. The trolley route would in that
event strike northwest of Elvaston
through Powellton and on to Niota.
The road would run into Nauvoo
on a IT. or stub from about mile
east.
Miss Elma Johnston, living near
Floris sustained probable fatal injur-
les from torpedo explosion a few
days since. The way freight passes
near the Johnston home and the
brakeman had on different days
thrown off three torpedoes at this
place, the last one with paper at
tached on whic', was written hello"
A younger sister took the torpedos
into the house, and Miss Elma de-
termined to see what was In the little
tin box. for that is what it looked
like The torpedo exploded and
crushed In the right side of her face
shattering the jaw into a hundred
pieces and destroying one II not both
eyes. Chas. Alexander, the brake
man, admitted throwing the torpedo.
| The penalty for throwing explosives
is 10 years Imprisonment If an injury
results and murder in the first degree
If the person dies.
"A Des Moines newsaer says: Stu
dents of criminology at the state house
have theory that Tom Hatch, who
escaed from the Fort Madison peni-
Tertiary las week and who has de-
4 fed all enortS at recapture, may have
been one of the men who performed
the daring robbery of the Union Pa
cific near Omaha Saturday night.
There are half a dozen people at the
state house connected with the board
of parole and the board of parole who
know Hatch well. In former years
Hatch was train robber. Hatch has
always liked to work in the west. It
is the theory that he started west and
perhahs has fallen In with some of his
old paA near Omah-, Without ques-
ton Hath is Lard up for money and
/ 1t is reasonable that he would suggest
train robbery, as the quickest way of
making STAKE.