The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-27
CITY NEWS.

For the first time since it was
built, the Keokuk and Hamilton dam
was lighted from the power house to
the Illinois shore last night and the
brilliant Illumination could be seen
for miles. Electricians made search
for transformers and turned the lights
on before Chief Engineer Cooper left
the city, making beautiful display
and adding another handsome tribute
to the many which have been paid the
noted head of the water power con-
struction in the last forty-eight hours.
Steamboat men far down and up the
river, stated that they could see the
dam illumination for miles. The
white way on the lock was lighted up
as was the power house and the dis
play Of lights was a grand sight for
the many who saw 1t,
One Keokuk grocery driver who
runs an automobile in hauling prunes,
cabbages. and other editables about
to customers on his route, was sur
prised yesterday morning on coming
out of home up between Ninth and
Tenth on High street, to find that
his machine had suddenly taken a
notion to run block and then stop.
The auto-delivery brake was not on
tight and the machine clipped away
from the place the driver left it,
Some one happening along about the
time the auto took life, gave chase
and shut the power off after running
ia block. Had the delivery vehicle
been allowed to pursue it's wayward
course, there is no telling where II
might have stopped.
The steamer Quincy was up last
night from st. Louis on her way
north, leaving at 1890 p. M. with a
number of Keokull passengers. Those
who were booked for the round tril
from this city to st. Paul were Misses
Loretta Tuite, Mary Cavanaugh, Mary
BRASIL, Mrs. l.. E. Miller, Miss Flor
ence Miller, and Mr.. and Mrs. H. R
! COLLISION, Mr.. and Mrs. A. v. Black
| ford, mother and son, of Bonaparte
Iowa, Mr.. and Mrs Mark Owen ant
Mr.. Peck of Chicago. There were
four passengers for Davenport from
this city.
AT midnight, Agent c. F. Verne
reported that the steamer Dubuque
would arrive here at o'clock thi
morning with 1872 passengers. Thu
! liner is four hours late The Quinc.
last night had 220 passengers, MI
4 Werner stated The st. Paul is du
lin from st. Louis tonight at $50. TIL
river business, especially the passer
4 ger traffic, is better at the presen
!! time than it has been in severa
years, the local officials of the Strech
lfus line and other boat companies re
port. The Black Hawk and Keoku
of the Carnival City Packet Co, wi
be in during the day from Quincy an
Burlington with excursion parties.
There was a big fire across til
river last night about IL o'clock, tn
flames being plainly seen from til
s bluffs on the north edge of the cit
The fire was back from the river
short distance and about a half mil
above the end Of the dam. From
distance it appeared as though
house and barn were burning up an
it is probable that the propert
was destroyed as there Is no fire SCI
vice near at hand on the Illinois sid
of the river
/ DIR. Frank Wyman, who has nc
seen Keokuk, his old home for qua
ter of century, arrived in the cit
last night and will spend Sunda
here, returning tonight to Oklahom
where he is in the government India
service. He was we'll known an
popular citizen of Keokuk years agC
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