The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-10
CITY NEWS.
Buy harness of Sherwood.

Look for Hornaday's ad Friday.
A marriage license was issued
yesterday to Mark Broadway of Car
min, Ill, and Miss Inez Davis of
Keokuk.
Mrs. Cortes Maxwell, 713 High
street. began her primary music class
for piano, on November 1. Graded
pupils two weeks later.
The Rock Island passenger train
No. 40, which was derailed yester-
day at Mt. Zion, did not make it's
return trip on schedule time. 1t re-
turned in the evening and left this
morning on time.
The newly elected directors of
the keokuk Bose Ball association
VIII hold meeting within the next
week for the purpose Of electing Of
ficers. 1t is believed that the same
officers will be reelected. They are
g. 2. McManus, president; A. D.
Ayres. vice president, and Louis
Sterne, secretary-treasurer.
The following are the Rock Is
land railroad officials that were in
the city today on their annual tour
OF inspection: c. H. Hubble, gener-
al superintendent, with headquarters
IN Cedar Rapids, and F. W. Williams.
z. F. Brown and V. H. Hagelbarger
OF the Des Moines Valley division,
with headquarters in Des Moines.
Across the river this morning
could be heard the boom of the
olasts on the water power works as
they were touched Off by the men ex-
cavatlng and trenching. me dull
noise sounds great as it speaks of
ACTIVITY on the other shore and tells
that the weeks will slip by to the
time when work on the Iowa side of
the river will commence
The announcement from the wa.
ter power offices yesterday that add.
tlonal surveying would begin on the
Illinois side above Fort Madison for
obtaining data with respect to over
HOW damages when the water is in
creased by reason of changes in the
dam caused considerable interest
There is no question about the en-
larged activity on this important en-
terprise within short time and Keo.
kuk and Hamilton are feeling elated
over the prospects for commercial
uplift that will be generally felt in
this section
The election was being freely
/ discussed about the city today. The
Gate City received numerous inquir-
les over the telephone about the cleo
ton of governor, for until today the
democrats claimed the state for Por-
ter. The tie vote for recorder pre-.
cipitated much talk This is believed
to be the first tie in Lee county, al
though Keokuk has had a previous
tie. G. B. Lake, the republican win.
ner in the race for district court
clerk, has been showered with con
gratulations from his many friends
as We're also the republican winners
in the offices Of Justice Of the peace
and constable
Failing from the bridge at Viewer
George Dorney, Turk, was probably
fatally injured yesterday morning.
mis- back being broken. The injured
man was brought to a Burlington hos.
/ pltal and is now in critical condi
ton The physicians say it is practi-
cally impossible for him to recover.
i Should he linger he will be paralyzed
Dorney, who is Macedonian, has
been working with the Burlington
route bridge builders, who are putting
up a new structure over the Skunk
river near Viewer. He was working
on one of the spans and lost his bal.
ance, falling to the ground below. a
distance of twenty-five feet Dorney
struck pile of material and his back
was broken. The physicians can dc
nothing for him. The injury is such
that the lower part of the body is
! completely paralized. 1t is probably
that should he escape death he Nlll
never be able to leave his bed.
Memphis Democrat: Leonard j
Montgomery, of the firm of Pettingil
& Montgomery, has accepted posi-
ton in the State Central Savings
Bank, OF Keokuk, and is now work.
ing for that institution. Mr.. Montgom
cry has the position formerly filled
by ]. o. Boyd, anu is in the loan de
partment of the bank. His duties will
be the examination of titles when ap
plications are made to the bank for
loans. The Democrat congratulates
Mr.. Montgomery on his new position
and also congratulates the bank on
securing the services of so careful
and painstaking an attorney for this
position Mr.. Montgomery is well
tyersed IN the, law and is very eau
Ftious I'M his official acts and we dc
not believe better or more compe
tent man could have been secured N
this section of the country. Mr.. Mont
gomery came to Memphis about two
years ago from Kahoka, and since his
! residence here he has made many
/ friends both in business and in a
social way. We regret to see him
leave Memphis.