The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27
CITY NEWS

Lawns, reduced prices. Central.
Ewers' Grand Leader. best &C cigar.
Read the Wabash adj 1t will in
terest you
"A big high class show tonight at
the Air Dome.
Low prices sell those fly nets at
Sherwood's, To3 Main.
An all silk colored umbrella at
$3.50 at Central store
Westminster sewing society So
cial tonight at 905 Blondeau.
Colored silk umbrellas at re-
duced prices at Central store.
Harvey G. Hull will please you
with all new songs ct the Air Dome
h tonight.
Nothing quite SO refreshing Gu.
\ ing hot weather as nice toilet water.
Inspect McGrath Bros line.
Special for tomorrow, mems half
soles and heels, soc; ladies', Coo; sew
ed work. Karle's, S14 Main.
-Berns & Curtiss. the two sisters,
/ in a swell singing, dancing and must
cal act, at the Air Dome tonight.
Regular meeting OF Hermann
lodge. No. 116, I. o. O. F., tonight at
1850 o'clock. Visiting brethren cordial
" invited.
In consideration of $4,000, Edward
Gullick has transferred to Lewis and
John Eppers sixty-three acres in sec
ton s, township 81, range 5 west.
Bids have been received by the
city for the new legal sized fling cabi
net to be used in the council cham
hers. The award has not yet been
made.
1t is estimated that about 100000
worth of machinery will be required in
the construction of the Keokuk and
Hamilton Water Power dam, much OF
which will have to be especially made.
Bids are being submitted for the ma
chinery.
i Hubert Roland, one of the feeble
minded inmates Of the Lee county
home, died last evening at six o'clock.
! The deceased had for number of
years been confined at the home.
Burial will be made at Hickory Grove
cemetery. succeeding funeral services.
Local members of the Ancient Or.
der OF Hibernians received cards from
Rev. P. n. McDermott, who has been
attending the national convention OF
the Hibernians at Portland, Ore, in
which he states that Thos. Maloney
state president in Iowa, has been elect.
ed treasurer. Mr.. Maloney is we'll
known in Keokuk and Warsaw, the
latter place being his old home.
Iowa has 204 citizens whose
names appear in the 191O-1911 edition
of Who's who in America" 1913 OF
whom live in sixty-eight towns and
cities throughout the state and Al in
Des Moines. In the list Of Des
Moines people is James c. Davis, for
merly of Keokuk. Who's Who, &C
cording to the publisher is "bio-
graphical dictionary of the noted
men and women living in the United
States.
Best toilet waters at McGrath
Bros.
AT the Seventh Street Baptist
church last evening, George w. Mnrry
at one time member of congress
; from North Carolina. delivered lee
} ture on Race Ideals" which wa
greatly appreciated by all present
The colored orator is man of educa
ton and ability and talked with intelli-
gence and vigor During the evening
Miss Daisy Ware added to the enjoy
ment of the entertainment by a mum
Der of vocal solos.
The value of tag on a dogs
neck after his license has been paid
was shown yesterday when resident
of Hamilton called up the city clerks
office. here and informed the man on
this end that a dog with tag on his
neck, numbered sos, was wandering
around across the river, lost Clerk
Sandberg looked up the number and
found that the dog belonged to the
John Tigue family, and the pet was
put in wagon and brought over here
and restored to the owners.
BE with the crowd at the Air
Dome tonight.
"A dispatch from the Fort Madison
penitentiary, regarding the conversion
4
Iof Junkin, says: Fort Madison State
Penitentiary, July 26.-John Junkin.
confessed murderer of Miss Clara Ro-
sen of Ottumwa, has been converted
to the Catholic religion. From the
Catholic prayers he has chosen the fol
lowing as his fayorite prayer: 20
Lord, my God, my Savior. l accept
with resignation, yet, even cheerfully
, the death thou hast destined for me. .
His lips move as he repeats this pray
ier as he awaits death on the gallows
Friday. He was converted by Rev.
Father A. J. Zaiser OF Fort Madison.
Tomorrow Junkln says he will make a
complete confession of his crime to
Father zaiser. 1t is possible that Jun
Kin will make public confession on
the gallows. Father Zaiser will urge
him to do 80. Junkin says he wants
to die game and with pure heart.
Much interest is being shown on
the question of whether Gov. B. F..
II Carroll as governor would hove ~