The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-22
CITY NEWS.
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One lone drunk was The toll at the
police station during the night, and
! police business has lapsed into quiet
moss after the shooting affair of the
night before
Ferndell peanut butter. Immegart.
According to the almanac, sum
nler began this morning at 1888
o'clock. II summer is going to be hot
ter than spring this Is going to be a
record breaking year in this part OF
the world.
Jacob G.. Fowler of Lincoln, Neb.,
who committed suicide on Sunday
morning by shooting himself, was at
one time a resident of Keokuk and a
member OF the police force, leaving
here for Luray, Mo. He was SO years
years OF age and had probably lost
his mind.
w G. Cross, mayor Of Burlington,
his wife and Theodore Kirchbaum,
also of Burlington, took supper at the
Hotel Keokuk last evening. The two
Burlington gentlemen and lady arriv-
ed at o'clock in an automobile. They
1 came to Keokuk to see the dam
works.
Rev. Will Jones, evangelist of
Columbus, Ohio, will hold ten days
meeting at 219 Main street, commenc-
ing Saturday evening, June "a. Rev.
Jones is Welshman and was con-
verified during the Evan Roberts revi-
val in Wales few years ago Come
and hear him.
Timothy Quinn. who fell down the
elevator shaft at the 8. P. Pond Co.
plant and escaped with bruises on the
face and back, is getting along all
right and expects to soon be his nor
h NAL self again. He had narrow es-
cape from death, having fallen quite
a distance through the shaft
With couple of timbers falling
with him Arthur Barclay, one of the
carpenters at work rebuilding the
court house at Fort Madison, slipped
from the top of the scaffolding yester-
day and hit on pile of rocks and
| gravel thirty feet below, the only evil
dent effects OF his fall being slight
scratch on one hand.
w. L. Bishop, president OF the
Hawkeye Pearl Button Co., and party
of three will arrive in Keokuk this
evening in an automobile from Mus
catine. The gentlemen have reserved
visit here tomorrow, inspecting the
kdam and attending other business.
/ Peter Mass, pipeman and captain
at the Tenth Street Rolla station, re-
signed last night after he had been
suspended for thirty days by Chief
Anderson for disobeying orders. A
misunderstanding between the chief
and Mass occurred during the after
noon, when the fireman was ordered
to cut gasket but refused to. Bert
Smith, formerly with the U. s. regular
army, has been appointed to fill the
vacancy made by Peter Mass and en-
tered upon his duties today at the
Sixth street station.
Just as the firemen at the Sixth
street station had tucked themselves
into bed last night, had extinguished
the glims and were preparing to
snooze until morning, young miss
who is fast and true friend of the
fire boys. stopped below the bedroom
windows at the station. She called to
!. the sleeping ones and when one OF
them was reused, told him she had a
i lot of ice cream for the crew. The
8 fire fighters jumped from their beds
3 with even more agility than If they
were going to lumber yard fire and
3 sliding down the big brass pole, were
/ about to consume the iced dish when
Il an alarm of fire was turned in from
( Fourteenth and Franklin. BY the time
the department got back, the ice
t cream was soup and they had missed
q treat
. The special U. s. taxes are due
4 and must be paid at the office OF the
r internal revenue collector in Burling
!. ton before July /. Anyone subject tc
t the tax continuing business after
4 that date will be subject to arrest and
heavy fine. The money is coming
1 in slowly, everyone apparently hold
II ing their money as long as possible
+ The most important of the taxes is
8 the government tax of s25 per year
4 This has always been an important
4 source of revenue, but it is constantly
: being cut down through the action OF
+ the Iowa laws. The prohibition terri
: tory is slowly being hedged In. The
local office will lose taxes on brew
s cry and about forty saloons OF OF
: tumwa, which must close business on
!, July /. 1t Is expected that Des MONIES
Y will drop sixteen saloons and the rev.
}. enue office will lose about $500 from
Q that source. Liquor dealers forced
4 out of business at other points will
/ further decrease the revenues.
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