The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-04

/ 0Acut--l Ne C8pltAl OF East CIduu
erB. Belgium. at the confluence Of the
Scheldt and the Lys. The city is
divided by the rivers and by canals
some navigable, into numerous islands
connected by over 200 bridges. In the
center of the city stands the unfinish
ed Belfry. square tower some .
feet high. built in 1183-1339 One Of
Clients most interesting institutions
is the great Beguinage or home OF
German and Dutch sisterhoods, which
constitutes little town of itself. II
Is surrounded by walls and moat
and contains numerous small houses,
eighteen converts and church. Sew
en- hundred Beguines, women devoted
to good works, live there Client was
captured by. the French in 1903, 1708
and 1745. The treaty OF peace fol
lowing the war OF 1912 betwc d Great
Britain. and the United States was
signed here in 1914. It has popula-
ton of approximately $4,000. a great
exposition was held here during 1913
in which Germany, Holland. England
and France took part.
Ostend-The Atlantic City OF Bel
GUM, with population of about As
600, situated at almost the central
point on the forty-two miles of sea
coast that belong to Belgium. In the
middle ages it was strongly fortified.
but in 1865 the last vestiges of it's
ramparts were removed. Since then
new town has been created, in which
a solid granite digne or parade over
two miles long, casino, royal chalet
and race course are features. Ostend
is in direct railroad communication
with Brussels, Cologne and Berlin.
visegrad-One of the eight principal
military stations OF the eastern
frontier OF Bosnia. forty three miles
east of the capital, Serajevo, where
the assassinations took place that
were the immediate cause OF the
European war. The town is about
ten miles west Of the Servian frontier.
Alost-A town in west central Bel
GUM, situated on the west bank of the
Bender river, midway between Brus-
sells and Client, sixteen miles from
each place. 1t was the ancient cap
ttaI of what was called imperial
Flanders. Thierry Martens here set
up one OF the first printing presses in
Europe. Its population is around
$4,000 The city and the surrounding
region are famous for their hop gard
ems and linen bleaching establish
ments. The meadows south of Alost
are often covered with linen under
going bleaching process.
Termonde-One of the FIVE forti-
fied places in Belgium, on the Bender
river, near the confluence with the
Scheldt. Its Notifications are old
consisting Of two forts and walled
city. It was here that Louis XIV was
forced to beat hasty retreat in 1861.
because its defenders opened the
bikes and flooded the country. The
population is approximately 1900.
Mons-A city in southern Belgium,
the capital of Hainaut since the eighth
century, at which time Chariemagne
recognized 1t as such. 1t has had a.
long military history, with numerous
sieges, being many times fortified. J;
dismantled, and fortified again, and
being finally made an unfortified city
in 1862. 1t is a fourishing city Of
about 10000 Inhabitants. and is the
central point of Belgium's greet coal
district, the Borinage.
Valenciennes-A French frontier
town with a population of about 2s.-
900, thirty miles southeast of Lille, att
the confluence of the Rhonelle andI