The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-30
CITY NEWS.


-Duncan-Schell Furniture Co.'S.
store open tonight until $3.50 to ac-
comodate those who wish to attend
the last day of September sales.
Miss Marion Bradford has been
selected as cadet teacher to assist in
the regular work at the Lincoln
school and Miss Blanche Beam will
occupy a similar position at the Nc |
kinley school. Miss Bradford is a
graduate Of the local high school
while Miss Beam comes from Valley
Junction. She will reside with her
sister, Mrs. D. W. Dayton.
The annual Home Coming day at
St. Johns Episcopal church was
successful and profitable one for the
parish Special music was furnished
by a splendid choir, among the spe-
cial numbers being "Te Deum" and
the offertory, in which the solo parts
were taken by Miss Louise Klein.
Rev. Sage preached on service and
outlined means by which the mem
bers of the parish could serve the
church to the best advantage during
the coming year.
The heating plant OF Westminster
church failed to operate yesterday.
brief session of the Sunday school
was held and other services aban-
| doned.
The citizens who are agitating
1 The white way for Main street. are
making progress Estimates are being
obtained on certain kinds of posts
and it is hoped to have something
/ definite to present to the merchants
and the city officials in a short time
! The men who are pushing the move
ment are in earnest and are energetic
and effective and 1t is hoped that
they will be able to succeed. Not
only Main but other streets could be
Illuminated to advantage to the credit
and beauty of the city.
i Five men appeared before Judge
Mcnamara this morn ing to answer
to charges preferred by the police.
!, James Brown and William Hamilton
were given suspended sentences OF
ten days each on charges OF plain
, drunk and T. c. Close, John Doe and
]. Sullivan were gwen thirty days
each on charges of drunk and dis.
turbing the peace. These sentences
were also suspended upon payment OF
costs in the cases and the promise OF
the men to get out Of town Close is
! the man arrested a few weeks age
i and charged with stealing watch
from the auction sale of the goods Of
, the late c. Hornaday.
II Assistant Chief of Police Scheut
tier of the Chicago police department
I who was in Keokuk recently, gives
/ the following theory in regard to thu
: murder at Quincy, in the Chicago
. Tribune: Assistant Chief Of Police
Herman F. Schuettler of Chicago il
!, inclined to the belief that the a.
, maniac Is the man who Deneauet
Mrs. Jennie Cleghorn in hovel at 5
y West Seventeenth street on the morn
! ing of January 10, 1910. This mar
= Galesko Enchevy, was adjudged In
! sane, ordered deported to Bulgaria
! but is known to have smuggled him
: self back into the United States
! There's great similarity betweel
! these Sunday night murders and tn
case of Mrs Cleghorn,' said MI
Schuettler. In every case this mul
!, derer-it seems to be one man-ur
locks the door to enter and fasten
after the crime, proceeding as quie
ly as possible just as Encheyy did.
believe Enchevy is travelling over tn
y country killing people. He is man
&C who changes with the moon. H
loses control DER himself and is irrt
- sponsible."
-Wanted: Young man to do co
lecting. King Plumbing Co.
The new steropticon, the pu
@ chase of which was authorized by tn
:, board Of education, has been held u
= by Superintendent .Aldrich and
> will, in all probability, not be install
I ed this year. If the machine weI
= placed in service under the preser
:. electric power it would necessitate
= new reostadt for the machine whe
the current generated at the dam
= turned on next year. In view of tn
:. fact Superintendent Aldrich does nj
- feel justified in the expenditure I
the money appropriated.
:, :, Quincy Wing: Mr.. and Mrs, c.
~ Elliott motored down from KeolSu
= Tuesday afternoon to spend fe
days with the Mohrenstecher's b,
!. returned to Keokuk on Wednesds
evening by train as Mr.. Elliott W;
!, called home by the death of one
:. his congregation. They expeos to
= down again in week or two to Fl
= ish their visit and go back in the
= car. They are just getting settled
- pleasant new home at sos Fultt
~ street, which they have taken for
year.
Chief of Police John NJ. Kenl
has made some slight changes IN Z
way the men shall patrol their bea
ia and has given Assistant Chief Jol
CT Pearson an opportunity to get son