The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-05
CITY NEWS.

Lawn mowers ground at Wood
bury's. Only soc.
Before buying elsewhere see Sher-
woods immense stock of harness.
If YOU missed Via Wireless at
Dodges last night, see it tonight
Its up to the people of Keokuk
to assist the commissioners to make
the new kind of municipal govern
ment a success.
Via Wireless at Dodges again to.
night.
Regular meeting Morning Star
lodge No. 5, knights of Pythias to-
night at $50 o'clock at Castle hall,
Fifth and Blondeau. Visiting Knights
invited
Regular meeting of the Order of
Owls tonight at their hall, corner
Third and Johnson streets Visiting
Owls invited BY order OF Worthy
President. Paul T. Pechftein, secre
tary.
-Ottumwa knights of Columbus
held big initiation Sunday at which
fifty-fve members were initiated into
the order and Sen E. P. McManus re-
sponded to toast. The degree work
was in charge of Hugh Stewart and
staff of Dubuque and there were $50
guests at the banquet in the evening.
"A great program at Dodges to-
night.
The building of the water power,
the new life that is being injected in
the business interests, modern alter
ations that are going on on Main
street property, the new commission
dences of prosperity are making Keo-
kuk look better all the time. It's the
opportune moment for everyone to
boost
Quincy Herald: st. Anthony's
congregation was thrown into state
of sorrow yesterday by the unexpected
death of their beloved pastor. the Rev.
Symphorian Fortmann, O. F. NJ, who
died while getting ready to perform
his priestly duties and say mass at his
parish church. This duty he had fol-
lowed at this church regularly for the
past eight years, and while this, the
second oldest of all German Catholic
churches in this vicinity, can boast Of
its prominent pastors. none was more
popular among his flock than the d.
ceased
-Boke, the button cutter, VITO was
responsible for {; lie death or Walter
Schmitt in the A. ,sheel at the Grace
Mills last summer and escaped pun
sihment through one of those miser-
able technicalities of law which were
recently criticised by President Taft
as outrageous wrongs in criminal law
| procedure that abort justice
and breed mob law, got into another
| drunken scrape at Keokuk Tuesday
| evening. and in this instance he got
the worst of the bargain, being badly
beaten by two companions He fled
an information against them and they
were committed to Jail in default OF
500 bonds.-Warsaw Bulletin.
Hannibal Courier-Post: Fire, be-
Iieved to have started from spontan-
eous combustion, which broke out in
Claude Huffine's bowling alley on
South Main street. last night, ruined
the alleys and slightly damaged the
building The firemen at the Central
fire department received the alarm at
$50 o'clock and were soon on the
scene When they arrived the room
was full of smoke and they were un-
able to locate the fire. However, 1t
was soon discovered and the flames
were extinguished with little difficulty.
The loss is fully covered by insurance
in the Phenix and Northern, both rep
resented by Scheidker & Hoffman.
-Ottumwa Courier: The case OF
Sherman Goodwin for violation of the
law of Iowa which prohibits the drink.
ing of liquor and the use of indecent
language on railroad or street cars
while in motion, was begun this af
ternoon in district court. This is the
first case under this law that has
been tried in this district although
Des Moines and the eighth judicial
district have each tried cases brought
5000 and sixty days jail sentence
was imposed upon the offender The
offense for which Goodwin is charged
is alleged to have taken place on the
Burlington railroad October 20. 1909
. while Goodwin was enroute to Dude!
from Ottumwa and between Ottumws
and Chilicothe at the time he was pu
1 off the train. The train was No. II!
and in charge of Conductor d. Dana
Brakeman George Duce put Goodwin
| off the train. The railroads are strict
ly enforcing the law as measure 0
/ protection for their patrons and ar,
4 determined to leave no stone unturn
l ed to prosecute every violation of thu
act that takes place on their lines
Special Agent James Harrison of tn