The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-24
CITY NEWS.

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| Observation-Disclosures
Did you know that 1886 people
attended Loren1 show at Empress
theatre, Kansas City, last week2 Or
pheum Friday.
1.-The week old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Wolfe OF 1905 Exchange
street, died at the hons at 500
o'clock last night The funeral was
held this afternoon and burial was
made tn Oakland cemetery.
-Keohuk camp III. W. A. No. 622
win hold Its regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hall. All members are re.
quested to be present.
According to dispatches from
Wichita, where Ray Pfanschmidt was
arrested and arraigned, the prisoners
bond has been increased from $1,000
to $500.
The steamer Sidney, which has
been in New Orleans the last winter
in the harbor excursion business, left
there the early part of this month
taking out excursions at all river
points It will pass st. Louis for tho
upper Mississippi about next Tuesday
Many 80.
jim the court Of Justice milestone
this morning, S. Hamf1l Company
pleaded guilty to a charge Of viola
ton Of the pure food act in the sale
of an "onion salad" The fine was
SIS and costs. On two other informa-
lions Involving beans, they pleaded
not guilty and trial was set for
May 80.
Everybody shout see Lorenz
1915 road show at Orpheum Friday
night, 1880 and 8 p. M. See large
advertisement.
Mrs. Anna Orris, district instruc-
tor will visit Elmira chapter No. 40,
O. E. S., Friday, May rs, 1916. and
in Masonic temple at $500 o'clock in
the afternoon, also one in the even
ing at 1880 O'Clock, after which re-
freshments will be served.
Next Monday afternoon at 800
O'Clock, the steamer Morning Star
will leave Davenport on her long
return. Captain Walter Blair will be
in charge OF the boat and will have
his able assistants who have helped
him in his previous cruises which he
has made famous. Over sixty have
already booked passage. Among the
passengers win be Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Hollingsworth Of this city.
--latest reports from the chairman
OF the publicity committee OF the
United Commercial Travelers' con-
vention to be held in Muscatine June
1, and 3, indicate an attendance of
between 1900 and 1900 of the knights
Of the grip. All of the thirty-two
councils OF the state have now re-
ported Eight hundred authorized
delegates are coming and enough
visiting travelling men to bring the
attendance near the 1000 mark.
According to the Fort Madison
Gem City the delay on the rebuilding
of the Santa Fe river bridge at that
city, has been explained through q
statement given out from reliable
source today. It has been learned
that the Santa Fe railroad company
changed their plans OF erection OF
the bridge this spring. It is now
planned. according to the statement,
that the company wishes to erect the
bridge athwart the river at this point
and the railroad company Is seeking
a permit from congress to accomp-
lish this movement.
A Dubuque paper says: When the
employees of the Greater Parker
shows started to get their floats
ready for the big electric parade
through the principal streets OF Du-
buque Tuesday night 1t was discov-
cred that sometime during Monday or
Tuesday some person or persons had
stripped all the electric light bulbs
from one Of the floats and had taken
the majority of the bulbs from the
other floats. In all, the persons took
over one hundred bulbs which were
valued at about $25. The carnival
men are making efforts to locate the
robbers.
The big Streckfus excursion
steamer ST Paul, which took out the
Moose excursion here last week, was
slightly damaged Sunday forenoon as
it was making the trip from Rock
island to Davenport, previous to TAX
ing out its Sunday afternoon excur-
sion to Muscatine. The steamer was
going up stream on the Iowa side and
was only a short distance out from
the sea wall of the new levee park
and was followed closely by ferry
boat. The boat was preparing TO
m axe landing when a gale came
across the river which DleW Tile boat
towards the levee wall. The wheels
were stopped and the bow was blown
directly against the levee wall about
100 yards west of the ferry landing
at Davenport with such force that
about ten feet Of the cement walk on
ton of the wall was moved out Of
place. The only damage to the boat
was that ten feet Of the nose OF tho
boat was damaged. The hull of tho
steamer was not damaged.
The Iowa weather and crop ser
vice bulletin for the week ending May
%. has just been issued Us follows:
The week was unseasonably cool, the
average temperature being about
seven degrees below the MOI NAL. Frost
occurred from one to three nights
and ice formed in many localities on
the morning of the 18th. The rain