The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-01

ready Tor inspection. Central.
Outing fiannels, &c, S1.3c, 10c
121sc yard. Large assortments. Cen
trial.
The highest score in bowling
made at tae Olympia yet this week
has been 253, made by Leo Wolf an
out of town man who rolls very
swift and accurate ball. In four games
he averaged agout .225.
Frank G.. Silvers Of Des Moines
mas arrived in the city and will deco
rate Main street for the celebration
of next week. Besides The public dec.
orations every merchant along the
street should do his share toward max
ing the street beautiful during the
week.
No rowdyism will be permitted on
Main street next week. Besides the
regular police force there will be en-
extra force of officers to take care OF
the crowds and see that hilarity is not
carried too far.
People who have not subscribed
anything to the street fair fund, have
an easy opportunity to do SO by plac
ing their money in the ballot boxes
and thus getting chance to vote in
the Queen Of the Carnival contest
These ballot boxes may be found at a
number of the stores on Main street
and any amount from penny up to a
million dollars can be deposited.
Masonic Special meeting of Har-
din lodge, No. 30, A., F. and A.. NJ. at
1880 O'Clock this evening. Work in
third degree. Visiting brothers fra.
ternally invited to attend. BY order
of w. M A. K. Stewart, secretary.
The new button factory is giving
employment to large force Of men
and Is proving a valuable addition to
the city. The factory is not summer
affair but will run all through the win
ter and will give many people employ
ment
Grand tonight, Henrietta eros.
man in Sham
During the balloon races at St
Louis next week, If the wind should
happen to be right, some of the big
gas bags might, accidentally float up
in this direction. 1t would be a waste
of time, however, to sit on the roof all
week and watch for one.
Tonight at the Grand, Henrietta
Cr0sman in "Sham"
The Fit Madison Gem City of las
evening has to say Of the death o
a Franklin man, several relatives O
whom survive him, residents of thi!
city: Mayor George Vogt died at hi!
home in Franklin. Ia, at S:45 p. m.
Monday, Sept. 81, 1909, after linger
ing illness of dropsy and heart trouble
at the age Of seventy-one years ant
thirty-three days. He leaves his wifi
and the following children to mourn
his loss: Miss Carrie, at home, Mrs
Peter Wiegner of near Franklin, Mrs
John Karle of Keokuk, Mrs. Charlie
| Anderson Of Oskaloosa, Mrs. Charlie
/ Groves of Fort Madison, Mrs. Ed
Miller of Donnellson, George Vogt o
Larned, Kansas, and Henry vogt o
Keokuk, besides host of friends. Mr.
| Vogt was a good man, highly respect
ed by all who knew him. He was ;
/ kind husband and loving father ant
his family have the sympathy of man.
friends. His wife's condition makes /
seem doubly sad, as her mind ha
been affected for some time. Funera
| from the home Thursday morning
More prisoners, will ask the state
parole board for paroles during thu
October term than ever before since
the board was organized. A total o
16O cases have been set for hearing
during the term which opens mex
Monday. The largest previous mum
Der during any one term was 1855 las
April. Three life convicts are among
the 100 prisoners who will ask for re
lease from prison. They are B. L
Quinn, sent up from Lucas county
w. E. Alexander, sentenced from
Polk county, and Orman Mcpherson
Louisa county murderer. Quinn ha'
served the longest of any of the three
having been sentenced in 1891. Hi.
case and that of w. E. Alexander, the
Des Moines negro who killed hi
brother, are set for oral argumen
Monday Alexander has been in pris
on since 1904 and Orman Mcpherson
the Louisa county murderer, has sery
ed since 1897. Nine cases will b.
argued orally Monday. Ninety-thre'
of the convicts seeking paroles arr
confined in the reformatory at Ana
mosa, and sixty-seven are at For
Madison. Seventy-four of them arr
serving indeterminate sentences.
A fight occurred this morning ;
short distance between the lowe
locks between two Greeks who are a
work on the section. Shortly after
wards George Megrass filed an infor
nation against Ares Argereas, chars
ing him with assault and battery. Me
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