The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-14
CITY NEWS.

-Head Inc Daily Gate City.
Attend Ayres auction sale tonight
Ferndell apple butter Immegarts'.
For real concrete see ]. c. Nc
Manus,
Don't miss seeing that elegant
line OF buggies at Sherwood's.
Quincy H. S. VS.. K. H. S. Sat. Apr.
Is. Athletic park First game OF season.
The greatest of comedies tonight
and an all-star program. Colonial the
ater beautiful.
-Special-School children's matt
nee Friday, AIS p m. after school.
Colonial theater beautiful.
Lots at auction in Kings add
ton p. m. tomorrow. Buy a lot
to build ma little money
The Thursday evening art class
will meet this evening in the Unita-
rian church parlors at IA o'clock to
continue the study OF modern art.
At a meeting of the grand council
OF the Royal Arcanum of Iowa held
this week in Ottumwa, e. NJ. Majors
Of Keokuk was elected grand trus-
tee and also member of the commit
tee on credentials.
-Keokuk lodge. No 25S. A. o. U.
W., meets every Thursday night at
1880 o'clock at hall over Keokuk Saw
fngs bank corner Fifth and Main
streets. Visiting brethren cordially
invited. c. w. Trott. M. W.. Ed. w.
Moore, Recorder.
fpa fnhk ~
the Missouri district for the Burling-
ton, was in Keokuk and Fort Madison
yesterday looking after the interests
of the freight department. General
Agent A. C. Maxwell of this city ac-
companied Mr. Gray to Fort Madison.
He returned to ST. Louis last evening
in his special car on No. 10. Mr.. Gray
Is one of the well-known and one of
the many of the 90 efficient officials.
The United States lighthouse ten
der steamer Lily came up the river
yesterday afternoon and is now sta
toned at the locks. The Dubuque ar
rived here last night at 1870 with a
very good trip of freight and passen-
gers. The steamer Keokuk arrived
from st. Louis last evening and went
out on her regular trip to Burlington
this morning.
Carthage Republican: Fifteen cit
liens of Carthage and vicinity have
formed a corporation and bought the
Duacan-Schell Furniture company's
stock of goods and formed the Rails
ton Furniture and Carpet Co." with
Harry Ralston as head and general
manager. The capital stock of the
concern is $4,000. They will have
no connection with any other firm out
side Of Carthage and will be in posi-
ton TO buy closer by reason OF not
having tribute to a parent house.
-Officials of the Pullman company
stand in the attitude of being willing
to concede that there should be a
difference in the price of upper and
lower berths in sleeping cars, but are
not willing to submit to the decision
of the interstate commerce commits
sion, which will eventually require
reduction in all tho rates charged
Ii has not been officially decided,
however. that the Pullman company
will contest the decision of the com
mission In the courts, although this
course seems almost certain to be
taken and especially upon the ques-
ton OF the comm sions ju'ne
John s. Runnells, vice president and
general counsel for the P>nsnaan COM
pany, said: "The company might be
willing to conceed that the use OF up
per berths are worth less to the pas
sengers than are the urc Of the lower
ones, despite the fact that 1t costs the
| company more TO provide an upper
berth than It does lower one"