The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-13
CITY NEWS.

Ideal excursion day.
Buy your horse NY net Tor q
little money at Sherwood's.
Don't neglect the want column
when you peruse this newspaper
Farmers are pleased with weather
conditions. Big crop means big bush
ness.
viii sell you fly net cheap at
Sherwood's.
Next week the fraternal Order OF
Eagles will assemble in Burlington in
state convention. The Burlington
Eagles look for an attendance of
about one thousand members. Keo-
kuk will send large delegation. The
meeting dates are June Is, 10, 20.
-ln the district court yesterday, a
decree was signed in the suit of
Charles and Marcus Earnest, against
Thomas Hardesty and others, FOR a
bill to quiet title to Sixth street prop
erty, favoring the plaintiffs.
Burlington Gazette: There are
many rumors afloat that the Walsh
brothers syndicate have concluded
negotiations with the Ft. Madison
street railway and electric light com
panies and will take possession at an
early day, and that plans for an inter
urban road are already under way.
Mr.. Walsh is absent from the city
and it is impossible to get confirma-
ton or denial of the rumors.
beginning Monday, June 18th, and
continuing until September 1st, the
dry goods stores, the two ten cent
stores and the millinery stores OF
Keokuk will close their places of bust
ness at $3.50 each Afternoon except Sat
urdays. The arrangement was enter
ed into this week and it will give pro-
prietors and clerks an opportunity to
get away from the stores earlier so
they can utilize the earlier part Of the
hot summer evenings for rest and
recreation.
1T develops now that the new bag
gage rates which had been announced
to go into effect on all railroads some
time ago. will again be held up. The
rates which provide for excess
charges according to the size Of the
trunk as well as according to weight,
were first announced to go into effect
the first OF the year, but were sus-
pended by the railroads In response
to general protest from the travel
Ing public. Recently the announce
ment was made that the rates would
go into effect July 1. Now the inter
state commerce commission has In
terfered and the matter has been
taken up by that body. As a result
of an appeal to them the commission
has issued an order suspending the
new rates for 100 days beginning July
l, pending an investigation by the
commission. The order affects every
railroad in the country 1t is charged
that the order is in effect an increase
! in baggage rates and the investiga-
ton to be made will be thorough.
/ - Concerning a former Keokus
young man today's Quincy Whig
says: "Cleoma Ross, the young mar
who was recently up before the cir
cult court ON the charge of petit lar
4 ceny, evidently prefers the reform
school to the county jail, for yester
/ day afternoon he made known his de
sire to plead guilty to the charge be
fore Judge McCarl and run the chance
OF being allowed to go free. When al
raigned before the Judge. Ross sale
/ that he was willing to plead guilty 81
that he would not be compelled t,
remain in Jail until the Septembe
term of court, but he further admit
ted that he really was not guilty. HI
was advised by Attorney Roy that tn
judge would not accept the confession
under those circumstances and wa
accordingly taken back to JAIL wher
it is probable he will remain unit
time for his trial. Ross, it will b
remembered, was the young man VIII
was charged with entering the Elit
cafe on March IL and stealing som
cigars, money and a meat cleavel
Attorneys Young and Johnson wer
secured to defend him and after
heroic fight they succeeded in hang
ing the jury and having the case con
tinued. Ross stated yesterday tina
he was tired of languishing behind tn
bars of the jail and that he really pre-
ferred the reform school to the loca
institution for criminals"