The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-01
CITY NEWS.

-FTeSh cat fish at Jos. HauDert'S
Harness repaired while you wait
at Sherwood's.
Tomorrow is ST. Mary's Catholic
church day at LeBron Jewelry Co.
and Duncan-Schell Furniture Co.
The regular monthly meeting
of the Benevolent Union will be held
at the home tomorrow morning al
10 o'clock.
Will Crooks Smith. OF Quincy
Mrs. c. R. Joy, Miss Edythe Russell
Mr.. James Youno in Holy City. Fri
day night. % cents.
The steamer City of Beardstowr
will likely pass up the river today OF
tomorrow with dredge in tow en-
route to Burlington, where the dredge
will be engaged excavating the levee
at Burlington.
The steamer Omaha, with head
quarters at Gregory. is expected tc
pass up the river today on her way
to Burlington for the winter. The
Omaha, is daily packet running in
the ST Louis and Hamburg, Mo-.
trade
Preparatory to the communion at
the United Presbyterian church next
Sabbath there will be preaching to-
night by Rev. G. c. Williams and to-
morrow friday night by Rev. r. w.
Lilley. The public is cordially In
vited to these services.
The funeral services of the late
Charles Byron Homer were held in
the Union church at Sand Prairie,
iowa. at.2 p. m, Nov. goth. 1910, Ell
der James McKiernan of Pennington
preached che funeral sermon to the
large congregation OF sorrowing
friends. The interment took place
at the Meek cemetery
Governor Deneen yesterday ap-
pointed the delegates 10 represent H.
linois at the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress to be held In
Washington. d. c.. Dec. Z to 9. Among
the number are the following: Henry
F. Dayton, Captain ]. W. Gardner, r.
NJ. Lewis, B. H. Miller and f. X.
Stone of Quincy, H.; e. J. Baxter.
of Nauvoo, C. F. Dadant of Hamilton
and Phillip Dallam of Warsaw.
Manager Morley OF The opera
house has created new stage
setting for the Minstrel to be given
December 9. for the .leokuk Base
Ball association. The setting will
be the Keokuk Water Power Club
house situated along the side of a
lake. From the blue print lie has
recently made it will be relas.ic and
appealing to the audience, and will
show the achievement of his wide
theatrical experience.
The pharahenalia OF Company L
of the Fifty-fourth Iowa infantry, will
be inspected in Keokuk tomorrow by
Captain Johnson Of Fairfield. Captain
Johnson comes i'll the capacity of a
surveyor for the state. His duty is
to examine uniforms. guns, etc, and
condemn anything if necessary. The
company here is hoping for a new
set of khaki uniforms. About twelve
of them are in very poor condition
and none of them are very good.
The chemical engine answered q
still alarm from the residence of Miss
M. K. Fletcher. T22 Franklin street
at 7:25 last evening. A fiue was afire
Another still alarm was received a
sos, and the chemical engine was
called to the rear OF the Hutchinson
residence, corner of Second and Con
cert streets, where large tree hat
caught fire from sparks from a fiue
The fires yesterday numbered three
the first being general alarm shcrt
" before noon from Sixteenth ant
Concert street A she: on the prop
er.y owned by Charles Bird burned
Quincy Journal: At called
meeting held last evening at the
rooms of the Chamber of Commerce
of all committees which have hat
charge of the commission form o.
government campaign in Quincy, de
cidely advanced steps were taken
which means than in less than sixt!
days The NOt6TS OIL Ills CITY VIII Ia W
the opportunity of determining wheth
er or not they wish their city to take
rank with the more progressively
governed cities of the country in the
adoption of system of municipal
control that will be along strictly
non-partisan lines and operated OIL
sourd business principles.
The application of the Commercial
Coal Dealers association of Iowa fol
a reduction of coal rates in the state
has been argued before the state
railway commission and taken under
advisement. The application is fol
a general reduction, and while it is
made in the name of the coal dealers
association. which association com
prises 80 per cent of the dealers OF
the state, the railway companies
claim it is solely in he interest Of
First district members of the associa
tion who want rates hat Will over.