The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-03
CITY NEWS.


The public, parochial and private
schools all opened up again this morn
ing after two weeks close.
Horse clipping and shoeing at
Blake & loves, sos johnson Street
The knights OF Pythias lodge at
Pennington has gone under and the
paraphernalia was taken up last y eek
by the grand secretary.
Bonaparte Bee has suspended
publication in that place and the
plant has been moved to Keosauqua
where the paper will be continued,
making three newspapers for that
place.
Carl H. Walstrom, for a number
of years day engineer on the Burling-
ton bridge, is dead, victim of the
white plague. The deceased was
born in Princeton, H., on July s, 1871,
and was member of the Odd Eel
| lows.
The members of De La Sale Coun-
GIL 619, Knights Of Columbus, ap-
| preached holy communion in body
at st. Francis De Sales Catholic
church Sunday morning at 8 o'clock.
Rev james Dunnion, the celebrant,
spoke eloquently concerning the or
| der.
The petition asking for special
election for the people to vote on the
question as to whether Keokuk shall
have the commission form of govern
,,,;1y 10 X,raeoptod to A ntipp Nav.
or Off this evening, who will be COM
PEELED to call the election within sixty
days, according to law.
The heaviest locomotive ever
built, weighing 605,00O pounds. and
measuring go feet in length is now on
it's way to Chicago from Philadelphia
where it was built. 1t will be sent
over the Southern Pacific road to
Nevada, where it will be used on the
mountain grades. 1t will burn crude
oil for fuel.
i Frank Mcmillan, aged sixteen
son of VIM. Mcmillan, met with an
accident at his home In Humeston
Iowa Tuesday afternoon of last week
which cost his right eye. The boy
works at the Humeston produce house
but on that fatal day he did not work
and was at home. He found some old
shot gun shells and emptied the pow
der into tin can which he set off
The can exploded and some part OF IT
struck him in the eye. His father at
once took him to Keokuk where surgi
lao a3I eyfxy hut found ft1 a
the eyesight was destroyed.
Coroner Korschgen went to Fort
Madison Saturday evening and held
/ the inquest over the death of Sim
Howe. The coroner's jury was com
Iposed of G. j. Kennedy, A. w. Richer
and Geo. M. Wilken and the verdict
was that death resulted from
being struck by Santa Fe engine
No. 1403 drawing east bound
train No. 8, without negligence
on part Of said train crew, said Howe
being time keeper of section gang EN-
Iployed at place of injury.
!. Barney j. Venter committed sui
eide in hen house in the rear of his
residence In Edna. Knox county, last
Tuesday, by drinking carbolic acid
and shooting himself through the
heart with shot gun. An empty
vial and shot gun with an empty
shell were found near his cody. The
only known reason for his act was the
illness of his wife, who he thought
until yesterday, would recover. He
Il fo{L -, 10 10
Rouner, formerly State Senator.
George Patten of Payson, Utah
writes as follows about the burning Of
the Mormon temple at Nauvoo, to this
Evening News of Salt Lake City:
seen in NJ Saturday Evening News
j that gentleman of Ogden asks abou
the date of the burning of the Nau
1 VOC temple. The date | have is DC
tober 9, 1S4S. The name of the party
that burned it was Joseph r. Agnew
At the troublesome time one Debenire
was killed four or five miles east o
| Nauvoo, and buried. This happened
about the time the mob burned thu
homes of our brethren at Greer
Plains. Next year some of our breth
ern went out from Nauvoo to narves
some grain and a mob came fire. Pom
toosuc and took the brethren to De
benire's grave. stripped them and bea
them almost to death. A possee ar
rested five or six of them and brough
them to Nauvoo and they were kept
few days about three blocks from .ou
house. Father was one of the guard
and when he went to his meals,
stood guard in his place. This Agnev
VS. one of the prisoners. On hi
death bed he stated he got key t
one of the temple doors, and tw'
years before he set the fire he flxet
the combustibles at his home ant
rode down in the night, unlocked tn,
door, went up in one of the towers
started the fire and rushed for home
Only four persons knew he was thu
man.
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