The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-18
SECOND CHAPTER
OF THE STORY
Recent Carrie Nation Raid at Mem
phis, Mo-, Is Followed by Suit
For Damages.

Uses TO De fought out IN the courts, a
suit for damages having been filed.
The Dencalian Club, Incorporated, was
among the places raided and now
comes back at the raiders with a le-
gal action to recover damages from
sixteen men who participated in the
raid. The club asks for $500 actual
and $4,000 curative damages.
A third chapter followed quickly
upon tle filing of the damage case.
Now comes County Attorney Robert
ing in the circuit court seeking to Sc
cure forfeiture of the charter of the
Dencalion club.
Editor James Gillespie of the Rev
ellie is one of the five candidates for
the Memphis postoffice, Major R. u.
Cramer after two terms, declining re-
appointment. Mr.. Gillespie has been
at the helm of Scotland county's only
republican paper for twenty-three
years. Previous to going to Memphis
he served as clerk of the court in Van
Buren, county, Iowa. eight years and
deputy at the same place four years.
He is veteran and by long years Of
service has earned recognition at
the hands of his party.
Mrs. Eliza Sweet of near Kirksville.
mother of Mrs. Alfred Clifton, who
with her husband, was killed at the K.
& w. crossing last week, has been APP
pointed guardian of the Clifton chill
dren. J. E. Rigger, county attorney
of Adair county, was in town with Mrs.
Sweet and will probably bring suit
against the railroad on behalf of the
orphaned children. 1t is said that the
proposed action will be based upon
the finding of the coroner's jury which
criticised The railway company's train
crew for exceeding the limit through
the city limits.
Sally" Fountz, who was recently
released from the penitentiary at JEFF
ferson City, was bound over to the
grand jury Friday, on complaint OF
the county attorney. He is charged
with breaking and entering the home
of the late Mrs. S. E. B. Smith and
burglarizing the contents Of trunk.
1 The Memphis football team with
Prof Baughman as coach, played ka-
hoka Saturday with to score. The
line up for Memphis: Dougherty, Q.
B.; Durnall F. B.; Long, l. H; Jen-
kins, r. H; Davis, L. E.; Morris, l..
t.: Morton, L. G.; Tough, C.;Toombs.
R c.; Woodsmall, R. T.; Sanders, R.
4 E.; Walker, Gristy, Shockietf, Hen
dirk. McQuoid and Forester substi-
| tutes.
w. P. Briggs and his son Lee R.,
have just completed two-story and
basement brick block for their stock
of implements and automobiles. In
connection with their plant they have
a good bushel elevator in the same
building with dump scales under the
same roof. 1t is built with all Of the
conveniences incident to their growing
business.
Manager Kinney of the Hotel Kin
ney is building a second story on his
opera house as an annex to his hote
property. The opera house will be re
modelled making the finest opera
house and hotel property in north
eastern Missouri.
J. Z. Mount, the leading hardware
merchant is improving his business
. house with a new enamei cement brlci
and plate glass front.
]. C. Walker is building new si'
room house in the north part of town
Frank Hardness formerly of Hark
ness & Sage and ]. D. Thompson
botl of Kahoka, are opening new
exclusive shoe store at the northWes
corner of the square. Both are sue
cessful business men of long expert
ence, well qualified for their new un
dertaking.
Charles Tinney, bandmaster witt
Cole Bros circus closed his season
DapvilIe, Ind last week and is hom'
for the winter. He will have charg'
of Tinney's Smoke House until mex
season.
w. A. Gray, of Scotland county, thu
seed corn man, was until recently th'
owner of the champion pig steer
weighing 1000 pounds. The steer wa
a high grade Durham, standing fee
and five inches in height, 9 feet ant
9 inches in length, exclusive OF horn
and tail, 81 inches around the fore lei
and feet and inches around tn
girth. The steer died while on exhih
ition in Nebraska His hide weighet
316 pounds. Mr.. Gray has had tn
hide mounted by an Omaha taxaderm
ist and will soon place it on exhibition
Lee T. Witty, the veteran Memphi
immigration agent and Robert I. NC
Clandless for twenty years railroa
emigration agent are giving the peopi
OF northwestern Missouri les
lon in newspaper advertising. me
used Illinois papers almost exclusive
". In addition to this city they sen
o,t thousands of descriptive D0OkleIs