The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-19
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The fair and warmer weather
4 flags We're hung out this morning.
Attend P. l.. Kennedy's endur.
ance contest tonight at Hawkes. hall,
Two hoboes who were going alons
the street this morning begging dimes
were picked up by officer Holiday al
Sixth and Main at 10 o'clock and lock
ed up for safe keeping.
p. L. Kennedy will give an endur.
ance contest at his dance this even,
ing.
H. c. Brown will be the speake
at the meeting at the Y. w. c.. A. on
Sunday afternoon. Special music has
been arranged for the occasion and
the meeting will no doubt be an in
teresting one.
AT Iowa City last evening the Iowa
university basket ball team defeated
Minnesota in a brilliant game by the
score of 81 to 10. This is the last
game OF the season to be played on
the Iowa floor.
The boys were sliding on Timea
street from Sixth to Fifth this morn
ing, the hill being a glare of ice. One
boy was struck by the street car and
the police were asked to put stop to
the sport before some one was killed.
Officer Holiday went down and stop
ped the boys before any one was in
jured. The boy who struck the car
had narrow escape but was only
skinned a little.
Every police station in the west
has received communications in the
past to arrest John Hoover clever
confidence man, who played for high
stakes and was generally successful.
Hoover has just been arrested at
Waukesha Wis, after long criminal
career. His operating was confined
to audacious land swindles, and Hoov-
er pulled off his game at number Of
points in eastern Iowa, and also near
Quincy. Up to the present time he
had been successful in evading the
police. His game was worked through
the means of bogus mortgage, and he
always cleaned up several thousand
dollars each time. Hoover was per-
haps the most dangerous confidence
man plying his game in the west.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: 1t is en-
tirely fitting that the Burlington
Launch club have speed boat enter
ed in the free-for-all event at the COM
Ing motor boat races of the NJ " P. B.
A., to be held in Burlington on July
and 6. In fact the local power boat
figure that it would be I'M
worthy of their position in launch cir
cles not to be represented in this most
important event, which will attract at
tention all over the country among
boat owners. So it may be stated that
the pennant Of the Burlington Launch
crafts ever launched on the upper
river. The boat is now under con
struction, but no details as to it's lines
u engines, are to be given out at this
.ime
The Quincy Wing pays Conduc-
or George R. Hough the following
ribute: AS a brakeman and con-
luctor he was faithful employee and
| courteous official and won many
not only from both the I
public and his immediate superiors, |
,ut from those high in authority in the /
of The road. Three years ago
he officials rendered him an offer of
etirement with full pay, but he asked
o be allowed the privilege of continu-
ng in the service. which was accorded
lin. The occasion of his fiftieth years
ervice with the Wabash was made
he occasion of reception by the
eople of Clayton where he had made
is home for almost G half century,
nd was attended by several of the
Wabash officials.
The following invitations have
cen issued by the Bank Street Chris
AN Sunday school: Cordially in
ties yourself, parents and friends to
ttend a special serice at the church,
orner Bank and Fifteenth streets.
unday, Feb. 2S,1909. This year be-
lg the centennial anniversary of the
rganization of the Christian church
/ this country, and that Lords day is
lie fiftieth anniversary of Rev. Cory {
S a minister in that church. and his t
ermon that evening will relate the {
sasons which resulted in the organic i
ton of the Christian church, and also !
i've some of his pioneer experiences
5 minister There will be a special
usical program consisting OF songs
hich were used fifty years ago, and t
her enjoyable music. All are cordi- G
ly invited 10 come" Y
That discontinuance of the through I
eight business over the c., B. & @. f
lilroad may result in the removal Of a
any families from this city, it will in V
lie opinion of railroad men not make f
~ great change in employees here,
lys the Mexican Ledger. On January =
!, through disagreement between y
e Chicago and Alton and the Bur- i
lgton railroads the arrangements be- y
,een the two roads affecting only the h
rough freight business over the cut 9
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