The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-26
CITY NEWS

Smoke Moeller's Silver Ash cigar.
The Troubadours tonigT t; concert
and dance at M. w. A. hall.
The Day After Biograph COM
edy, at the Majestic tonight.
Mems light and heavy arctics,
$1.75 values at SIPS. Star shoe store.
All credits for extraction to apply
on plates given by DR.. Colby, will be
honored by DIR. H. B. Wescott.
Troubadour concert and dance to-
night at M. w. A. hall. Ladies 25c,
gents soc, for both concert and dance.
-Keokuk Camp NJ. w. A. No. 622
will hold its regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hall. All members are
requested to be present.
The water power offices at the
corner of Third and johnson streets,
are busy ones. The activity in that
locality is increasing every day Sec
rotary Allen and his assistants are
busy people.
-Des Moines Capital: Governor
Carroll has received a petition from
Fort Madison asking that B. G. Davis
of that city be appointed state fish
and game warden to succeed George
A. Lincoln Of Cedar Rapids. Mr.. Davis
has been deputy game warden for
the past twelve years and his friends
are urging his appointment to that po-
sition. There is some question as to
whether or not the appointee must be
an old soldier under the old soldiers
preference law. This is being urged
on Governor Carroll. the veterans
claiming that as Mr. Lincoln is vet
eran, he cannot be replaced by any
one but veteran.
Quincy Herald Prof. Vaughn.
the Keokuk hypnotist. who operated
| in Quincy for a short time last year
| is under arrest at Monet, Mo. With
him was Nellie Clark a Keokuk girl,
who has been living with him as his
wife for several weeks. Vaughn was
married year ago to the daughter of
a wealthy Burlington manufacturer,
and she is now seeking divorce.
I Vaughn's hypnotic power separated
another Keokuk girl from bunch of
money. and she Is seeking to have
him punished on that account. In
the meantime the mother of Miss
Clark, and Fred Johnson of Washing
ton, to whom she was engaged, are
seeking to have him prosecuted for
seduction, SO from all accounts the
professor will have an excellent
chance to see whether or not juror
can be hypnotized to such an extent
as to hang the jury in criminal
case as SO cleverly portrayed in "The
Witching Hour
Burlington Gazette: The Mer
chants National bank, at the prope
time, was selected by the county treas
urer as the official repository for thu
| county funds This selection was ar
! proved by the board of supervisors, a
the law requires. The Merchants BAN
on entering into the contract wit
the treasurer complied with every re
quirement of the law, and now, afte
this contract is closed and in opera
ton, comes the two new members O
. the board, Kuhlenbeck and Romkey
with an attempt to nulify and set
aside and themselves assume the pre-
negatives of the county treasurer.
certainly would be very remarkabl
law that would place the responsible
: ity for the safe keeping of the count
funds with the treasurer for which h
is required to furnish heavy securit.
and then give authority to dictat
where and how those funds should b
: taken care of to any set of men, goot
bad or Indifferent, who might becom
+ members OF the board of supervisor
SO far as compensation for the count
. deposits is concerned all that has eve
been received by the county, and {
: much as could be obtained. has bee
!, under the administration of Treasure
Rhein and now that the law
:. changed and it is made obligatory tn;
=. a certain amount be paid he is seeir
!. to 1t that the new provisions al
strictly complied with. II would see
!. that there are other motives bac
I. OF the present situation than dist
n terested concern for the public We
IS fare.