The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-19
CITY NEWS.

IN shoe repairing. STA Main.
Regular meeting OF keokuk
Lodge No. los B, P. o. E.. tonight at
Eiks hall. Sixth anS Main street
visiting Eiss invited.
-Workmen are engaged in level
ing the open lot az I'll Main street,
preparatory to building an airdome.
This new line OF amusements will be
under the supervision OF c. 3. HUI.
-Clyde Martin OF this city witness
ed the sinking of the steamer Uncle
Sam al Kansas City. yesterday, An
account of i. is given in another col
umn of this iss.e in telegraphic form,
-Masonic-Spec meeting OF Eagle
lodge No. L.. A. F. s A NJ, 5 O'Clock,
Saturday evening. April IS. 1910. Work
on hzst degree, Visiting brethren fra
ts-nally invited By order of the W.
II. S. H. Johnston, Secy.
The steamer Grace made s trip
to Nauvoo yesterday TO get rock to be
used for repairs on riprap near Fl.
Madison. One of the long expected
cars of coal have arrived for the
feet Two more cars will be required
10 allow the fleet TO begin work in
full blast.
Rev, J. H. Helm, of Slater, Mo-,
has accepted the pastoral charge of
the Pilgrims Rest Baptist church.
and viii begin his work on June IL.
Preaching at the church this evening
by Rev. Brown of Kentucky will be-
gin at 1880 O'Clock.
Quincy Wing: C. r. Hough, of
Keokuk, was visitor in the city yes
terday- He made the trip down the
river in his launch and on the return
trip last evening was accompanied by
several Quincy friends who will at
tend the carnival which is on exhibit
ton in the Dam City this week.
Nauvoo Independent: Mrs L.
Annie Baumert and Ralph hagander
OF Keokuk spent Sunday with rela-
tives in the city. Other Keokuk peo-
pie in town Sunday were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Weber. Carl Weber and
family, Miss Maggie King. Miss
Meeks, Rolla Pentz and wife. Ed
Wiseman and wife, Mrs Geo. Clark.
and Daniel ]. Droe.
The high school baseball team
goes to Quincy Saturday to meet the
Quincy high school aggregation The
/ baseball team have usually been ac-
/ companied by large number of the
high school students going and return
ing on the boat and making the event
! take the nature of a high school ex-
/ cursion, but so far no like arrange
/ ments have been made for this year
! Charles w. Bradshaw. one of the
/ leading attorneys of Des Moines is TO
! be in Keokuk today and will inspect
/ Keokuk lodge No. 1o6 of the Elks in
1 his official capacity as district deputy
In his honor, a banquet and musical
program will be enjoyed by the mem
bers who will all turn out for the af-
! fair which promises to be one of I'M
/ usual interest. There will be initia-
ton Of candidates at the lodge meet
| ing which starts at 80 o'clock, to be
followed by the banquet and musicale.
! I'm several counties in different
states through which pass the pipe
lines of the Prairie Oil and Gas Co.,
the matter of taxation of the oil in
transit through them has been
/ brought up in the past, the right so
to do having finally come to issue in
Will county. H., where the circuit
court decided that such taxation
would be Illegal and coule not be
laid. This decision has just been af-
firmed by the Illinois supreme court.
The matter was brought up in Lee
\ county at Fort Madison, al the Janu-
ary, 1870 meeting of the BOARD of
supervisors. Attorney w. S. Hamilton
appearing for the Prairie Oil and Gas
CO., the board deciding, after the case
was presented and argued, that no
tax could be levied, basing their find
ings on the same lines that the ILL
nois courts decision was made upon
Quincy Journal: John Schroeder,
prominent farmer of Fowler both
arms bandaged and minus the sigh
of one eye, as the result of run.
away last evening. had the nerve to
get out of bed at the home of Albert
Mecher. his soD-in-law. 215 North
4 Twenty-seventh street, at 4 o'clock
this morning, in the hope that he
would be able TO get look at Hal
ley's comet. After gazing skyward
for several minutes, Mr.. Schroeder
gave UP in disgust, returning back to
4 the house. where he made himself as
comfortable as a person could pos
sibly be with two broken arms and
i with one eve siohfIess