The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12
CITY NEWS.

. o24 MAIN.
! Mrs. Geo. C. williams and daugh-
/ ter, Miss Dorothy K. will leave to-
morrow evening for Duluth, Mimi, to
visit with relatives.
| Buy harness at Sherwood's.
The paylnaster Of the Burlington
Route will be in Keokuk on the 18th
of the month
The Second Presbyterian church
will give lawn social in West Keo-
kuk park, June 13.
The ice water barrels along Main
street yesterday proved themselves
welcome installments.
-Airdome. See tonight's new show.
The steamer Clyde. belonging to
the Taber Lumber Co., with the Mary
K. towed log raft to the Taber mill
late last night.
The Graham hospital guild will
meet at the nurses home. tomorrow
Tuesday, afternoon at $50. A full
| attendance Is desired
WIN. F. Kammerer and c. NJ. Vog-
Ter. members of the Blue Lodge of
Masons, left this morning for Cedar
Rapids to attend the state Masonic
convention
Fifty dagoes with blankets. trunks
and other luggage, arrived this morn
ing at 1 o'clock on the Steamer Du-
buque from st. Louis. The men are
seeking employment here, their goods
having been unloaded in the ware
house.
DR. Fred A. Jackman. here as one
of the expert witnesses in the Samuels
trial, is a cousin of Mr.. F. NJ Bateman
of this city. He is also an old school
mate Of Manager F. NJ. Bateman Of the
Hotel Keokuk. DR., Jackman's home
is in Bloomington, III.
When the steamer Keokuk pulled in
from Quincy about half past one yes
terday afternoon, Clerk Andy Zenge
of the boat took large party OF the
down river citizens under his wing and
plotted them by land to the dam
works.
The Westminster Presbyterian
church will give an excursion to Quin-
cy on the steamer Keokuk, a week
from Thursday st. Paul's Evangelical
church will give an exclusion to Quin-
cy on the boat the 2iIth and the Meth
odist Protestant excursion will be this
coming Thursday.
Capt. A. ]. Whitney Of Rock
Island Is stopping at the Grand this
/ week. on visit to Keokuk to see the
/ water power work and call on old
4 friends, He ran the first coal burning
engine on the old Des Mones Valley
road from Keokuk to Eddyville, the
! old locomotive being named Geo. E.
Kilbourne." and was one Of the pio-
neer railroad men of this section.
Robert Hamilton, aged about o. a
/ farm hand near Payson, was killed In
a runaway about a mile east OF Mel
1 rose chapel, southeast of Quincy, Sat
urday afternoon about 5 o'clock. The
team of mules that he was driving be
i came frightened at passing automo
i bile and started to run away, throwing
Hamilton out. The wheels ran over
! his back, fracturing the spine. He
died about two hours afterwards.
4 For the purpose Of obtaining sta
ttstical information from the post
Offices OF the United States the gov
eminent during the month of May re
auired count of all the pieces Of
mail handled by the different offices
of the country It required large
amount Of tabulation and extra work
but the department got the informa
ton. The Keokuk Office handled
545, s07 pieces Of outgoing mail OF al
classes and handled 5os.Seo pieces O
incoming mail of all classes.
Read The Daily Gate City
Edward Elfstrom, tailor employ
ed at S. S. Lowitz & Sons, suffered
an epileptic At at the corner of Fourth
and Main street this morning abou
80 o'clock. 1t was necessary to CIV
him medical attention as he sat on tn
sidewalk, after coming from under tn
spell, and later he was removed t
!. st. Joseph's hospital Mr.. Elfstrom
subject to these spells. He Is extreme
: ly heavy. weighing about three hur
. bred pounds. He came to Keoku
!, from quincy InTee Weohs aso III
t home is In Peoria.
] Word has been received in Ket
kuk OF serious accident that harper
r ed to John NJ Huiskamp in Chicago o
l. Saturday, June 8, In which he suffere
a dislocation OF the hip and abrasio
9 of the right elbow by being knocke
4 over by an electric car. The accider
y happened while Mr.. Huiskamp wa
l. crossing Van Buren, and State street
3 and according to the reports receive
here there was no warning OF the bell
l. Knocked to the pavement with sever
s. injuries, Mr.. Huiskamp was picked u
by two men and taken to an emer
n ency hospital Since, Mr.. Huiskam
has been removed to Washington Pal
1t hospital
Nearly two hundred people q
IA tended the Y. Nj c. A. open air NEE
'r ing at Rand Park Sunday afte
noon. The address was made
of Rev. ]. F. Sanders, pastor OF IL
First Baptjsf church Music WI