The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-03
CITY NEWS.

-Doughnuts and crullers that are
extra good. Order them now from
Schouten's.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Edsell
a daughter, on February q, at New
York City.
IN. ]. Montague, who submitted tn
an operation for appendicitis. has re
covered sufficiently so as to be able to
return to his home.
-Keokuk camp M. w. A. No 622
will hold its regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hall. All members are re-
quested to be present.
Regular meeting of Keokuk aerie
No. 6S3, F. o. E.. tonight at Eagles
hall, 523 Main. at o'clock. Election
of officers. Visiting brothers always
welcome. Chas. A. Noakes, secretary.
The Gate City has been asked a
number Of times If the women are al
lowed to vote at the school election.
They are not permitted to vote for
school directors but are allowed to
vote on school bond issue.
Clarence Westerfield, charged
with disturbing the peace and quiet OF
Mrs. R. Casey following a quarrel in
the vicinity of Eleventh and High
streets last night, entered plea OF
mot guilty and IS being held in lieu
of 500 bond.
-Doughnuts and crullers that are
extra good Order them now from
Schouten's.
Don't forget the school election
next Monday. Polls open at p. n.
lov, al = n1n will
take place at the Washington school
building, corner Ninth and Concert
streets. Tr., candidates are F. NJ. Bal
linger, John P. Hornish, H. F. Krue
! ger, JohnbA Dunlap and G. F. Skirvin
The Gate City telegraph reports
carried an article about the Western
Pacific railway asking for receiver
The first vice president and general
manager of this road is c NJ. Levey
former resident of K,eokuk. The
San Francisco offices Of the company
are IN the Mills building. The rail
roads have been hard hit for the past
few years. The Western Pacific is
the newest Of Pacific coast lines. II
is Goul6, proposition.
Fort Madison Gem City: A group
Of workmen in the employ of the Santa
Fee have been busy in the work OF
overhauling the engines and the pow
err appliances OF the Santa Fe river
bridge at this city for the past week
the operations beinp now completed
The completion Of the work Of over
hauling the machinery now places the
bridge in condition for the river traf
fic of the summer and th, bridge-tend
er is now awaiting the arrival Of the
first boat and the opportunity to swing
1.-THE draw for its passage.
One can get some idea of the
thousands who are going to th., Cali
fornia exposition by the following
from the Fort Madison Democrat ::
Monday was an exceedingly busy day
at Shopton as during the day and
night twenty-five passenger trains
We're handled, number of them he
! ing extra sections of train No. g. II
was estimated by local officials thai
approximately 5000 people pass I'd
through Fort Madison Monday, the
majority of them being headad' fol
California and other points Of interest
throughout the west.
| Fort Madison Democrat: For this
| third time this winter Robert Haffner
the young hunter, living west OF town
today claimed a bounty of twenty dol
lars for wols pelt. His latest catcf
was brought down Sunday Afternoon
about three o'clock after chase o
an hour and half. Hounds jumped
the, wolf in West Point township and
chased 1t so close to Mr.. Haffner tina
he took shot at it and wounded it
The dogs finally surrounded the vol
in creek about a mile and hal
east of Franklin where it mounted {
stump and kept off its followers un
/ til Mr.. Haffner arrived and ended thu
hunt with load OF BIB shot
-Carelessness on the part Of thu
| city OF ST. Louis. the Fruin-Colnor
Contracting company and th., Mis-
souri, Valley Bridge and Iron com
pany. in neglecting to place propel
warning signals on the new intake
! duct of the city water works opposite
the Chain Of Rocks, was responsible
for the loss of the steamer Majestic
of the Wisherd line steamers, which
ran aground on the obstruction ant
was wrecked June 20, 1914, accordins
to allegations in suit for $50, 00t
damages fled by the Wisherd com
pany in the United States distric
court yesterday. The Majestic is 81
legged to have been total loss. Thu