The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-05
CITY NEWS.

-Keokuk camp NJ w. A. No. 622
will ..oli its regular meeting tonigh:
at Woodman hail.. All members are re
quested to be present.
John Tumelty was called to Chi
cago yesterday. His sister Miss May
Tumelty was to be operated on this
morning in one of the hospitals there
DIR. j. w. Marsh of this city was
ore of the dentists who appeared on
the program for a discussion before
the State Dental society meeting yes.
terday afternoon at Waterloo.
Eastern Star Regular meeting OF
Elmira Chapter No. 40 o. E. S., Thurs
day evening. May 6, 1915 at 1880
O'Clock Work and refreshments. By
order of ". NJ. louie P. Hahn. Sec'y,
b Regular meeting of keokuk aerie
No. 6S3, F. o. E.. tonight at Eagles
hall. SIS Main. at o'clock Visiting
4 brothers always welcome. Chas. A.
/ Noakes. ecretary. Business of Inn
| portance.
4 B. L. Fremmer was taken sud-
| denly Ill yesterday and was removed
TO St. Joseph's hospital for an opera
/ ton. His condition is reported today
las being somewhat improved, ana
his friends hope that his recovery
&
A special Bible reading will be
conducted this evening in the prayer
meeting In the First Methodist Prot
iestant church, Twelfth and Exchange
streets. The subject will be. "Bible
Study. its Importance in Sustaining
/ Christian Life" The pastor will have
charge of the meeting. and all those
attending are requested to bring
Z PjhfaS Tho blfr Sc
Burlington will be in the hands Of
the Shriners on Thursday, when the
ceremonial session of Kaaba temple is
held in that city. 1t is estimated that
from coo to 500 members of Kaaba
temple win be in Burlington They
are coming from the north as far as
Clinton, visitors from Peoria will be
in the city, from the south Keokuk
and FIT Madison will send delegations
and in the west Charlton, Creston and
Abba will be represented.
The annual Sunday school conven-
ton of Lee county will be held in the
Baptist church in Fort Madison, May
p anu %. The services OF Rev. Will
liam Beachler OF the state Sunday
school association have been secured,
this fact assuring large attendance.
A fine program is being prepared, and
Philip Slack, president of the assocta-
ton, is asking that all of the schools
in the county see to it that they have
representatives at the meeting
Fort Madison Gem City: Through
the efforts of Deputy County Attorney
Z. c. Weber and County Clerk o. R.
Johnston, the county has been refund
ed the expenses of the trial Of escaped
convicts, held in this county in past
years, by the state. The money was
refunded in the form OF a check
amounting to several hundreds of dol
lars received today. The announce
ment of the action of the state will be
received with no little exultance by
many taxpayers who have been OF the
opinion for years that the county has
been imposed on in standing the cost
of trial of the convicts-
The expense OF the Pfanschmfdt
trial has been paid by Adams county
as shown in the following from the
Quincy Journal: ". E. Sapp nf Bureau
county, chairman Of the finance COM
mittee of the board of supervisors OF
that county, met with County Attor-
ney John T. Inghram of Quincy and
the Adams county board OF supervis-
ors composed Of B. F. Cate, chairman,
and Rudy Kiefer and Fred Tfeken. his
associates, to agree on the amount
Adams county is indebted to Bureau
county for the Princeton Pfanschmfdt
trial. The bill presented by Bureau
county was for s6,763.1S, but this was
thought excessive by the local officers
and they finally agreed on settle
ment for 1892 less the total amount
of the bill presented or s6.57I18,
which clears up the expenses for
Pfanschmidt trials
The Iowa weather and crop serv
ice bulletin for the week ending
May 8. has just been issued, as fol-
lows: The first half of the week was
warm and dry, but the latter half
gave general and copious showers
and about normal temperatures. Rap |
i'd progress was made in preparing
ground for corn and considerable
was done, especially In the
southern counties. The rains will be
Of great benefit to small grain, pas
lures, meadows, and truck fields.
Small grains and grass made rapid
growth and are now in excellent con.
dition generally. A large acreage Of /,
potatoes has been planted in the east |
ern counties and the crop Is doing !
well. Favorable weather prevailed |
for the pollination Of fruits. most va |
rietfes having pollinated before the I
recent rains, and the indications arc
still favorable for an excellent crop. !
EAGLES EXTEND INVITATION
To all members and their families /
~ oftand a social marty at F. q r, J