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

Ideal excursion day.
! Buy your horse ny net for a
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.
I'm 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 Fs. 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 runners.
Beginning Monday. June 18th. and
continuing until September LIST, the
dry goods stores, the two ten cent
stores and the millinery stores OF
keokuk will close their places of bust
ness at $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 60 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 /. 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 120 days beginning July
/ !, 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 former Keokuk
young man today's Quincy Wing
says: "Cleoma Ross. the young man
who was recently up before the cir
cult court on the charge of petit lar
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 said
that he was willing to plead guilty so
that he would not be compelled to
remain in jail until the September
term OF court but he further admit
ted that he really was not guilty. He
was advised by Attorney Roy that the
judge would not accept the confession
under those circumstances and was
accordingly taken back to jail, where
/ 1t Is probable he will remain until
I time for his trial. Ross it will be
remembered. was the young man who
was charged with entering the Elite
cafe on March II and stealing some
cigars, money and a meat cleayer.
Attorneys Young and Johnson were
secured to defend him and after a
heroic fight they succeeded in hang
ing the jury and having the case con-
tinued. Ross stated yesterday that
he was tired of languishing behind the
bars of the jail and that he really pre-
ferred the reform school to the local
institution for criminals"
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