The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-26
CITY NEWS.
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lodge. No. 1l6. 1. o. o. f., tonight t
7:So o'clock Visiting brethren cor
daily invited.
Ten Buffalo Bill tickets free at
Airdome tonight
With the carnival in full blast all
this week and Buffalo Bills show
coming on Monday. Keokuk is quite
lively for a few days.
Last time for Lady Carmen the
Egyptian Reptile dancer tonight.
There will be no parade OF the
Buffalo Bill show here on Monday, the
parade feature OF the exhibition hav-
ing been abandoned several years ago,
Buy delivery wagons at Sher.
woods.
After several days OF almost
chilly weather. it warmed up today
and probably people will be casting
aside the blankets on the beds in a
few days.
Dance by the S. L. NJ. Club to-
night, at Warsaw Agnes orchestra.
Harry A. frost, who has been
employed at the Irwin Phillips com
pany for several years past left yes
terday afternoon for Ottllmwa where
he will enter the retail clothing bust.
ness.
Miss Laura Van Pappelendam ar
rived today from Chicago to spend
her vacation at home. Miss Van Pap
pelendam was art teacher in the
State Normal University at Normal,
III. She had this position for the
summer normal She will return to
the Art Institute at Chicago this fall
and resume her work.
In the civil service examinations
held last week there were five out of
seven who successfully passed. For
the fire department E. A. Smith and
Walter Garrison, both Of whom are
now on the department And for po-
lice Curt A. vandehhayden and J. HI.
Faber. S. W. Sisson for bridge watch
man. All OF these applicants made an
average of over rs per cent.
George Gentry. when arraigned
this morning In the superior court
under an information charging him
with assault and battery on the person
of William Sinton, entered plea of
guilty and was sentenced by Judge
Mcnamara to thirty days in the coun-
| ty Jail. Gentry probably will be "shak-
en- out" Of town, with the sentence
held over him as a guarantee OF his
staying shook He came to Keokuk
from Burlington, but originally hail
ed from Arkansas.
| These are halcyon- days for the
small river packets, the delightfully."-
cool weather tempting many people
out on the river for a days enjoy
ment. The Keokuk this morning car
ried about fifty passengers out of
here for Quincy, including several
large parties. One Of these included
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Cox, Miss Gene
We've Cox. Mrs. George D. Rand, Mrs
Annabel McGaughey, Miss Margaret
McGaughey, Charles McGaughey,
John Morris, Mrs. Mcnamara and
daughter, Miss Bertha Horne and 9TH
ers
Mary L. Mckinney Of Aledo, who
was found guilty on June %, 1906,
charged with cruelty to a child, and
later declared insane. was released
from the asylum at Watertown. H.,
last Wednesday as cured. Revelations
brought out at the trial were OF the
most revolving nature. It was shown
that Mrs. Mckinney would take de-
light in sticking hat pins into the
flesh Of her 16-year-old adopted daugh-
ter, and make her submit to torture
Of the most painful sort. which nearly
resulted in her death. Mrs. Mckinney
vas sentenced to two years In the
penitentiary, but later was sent to
the asylum
Capt. Hugh Mckenzie appeared
before Judge Reardon, the Quincy DO.
lice magistrate at the city hall to
have prepared his affidavit concern
ing the disappearance of one OF the
deck hands on the steamer Keokuk
last Sunday. The Keokuk was return.
ing from the Gate City to Quincy
Sunday night, when somewhere be.
tween Canton and Lagrange one of
! lnc ToOSteTS vanished. capt. NC
Kenzie saw him on the lower deck af
ter leaving Canton but on arrival at
La Grange, the fellow was missing.
The entire boat was searched from
top to bottom but no sign Of the man
was found. Capt. Mckenzie did not
know the man. neither his name nor
where he came from. He had been tax.
en- on at Keokuk as ROSTERS are
usually employed and attended to his
duties as did the others. At Canton,
he worked as usual, assisting in land
Ing the boat after which he lounged
about the lower deck 1t is possible he
Jumped overheard and swan to the
shore, but so far as could be learned,
there was no reason for such action.