Semi-Weekly Iowa State Reporter (Newspaper) - July 10, 1900, Waterloo, Iowa IOWA STATE REPORTER VOL 4 WATERLOO IOWA TUESDAY JULY 10 1900 NO St Louis Employes Go Into the Business Once More QUESTION OF VERACITY Strikers and Company at Over Agreement Stevenson Arrives at Lincoln to Find Out Where He is to be at in the Cam of Chinese Toilet Steel Start Up ST Louis July thousand five hundred members of the association of street railway employes of America met in West End coliseum today tp discuss the advisability of re- suming the strike on the lines of the St Louis Transit company which was re- cently declared off after two months duration It is alleged the company violated the agreement of July 2 by employing new men since that time The company de- nies the allegation The men decided to resume the strike NEWS FROM CHINA Reports Conflicting But Generally Favorable LONDON July latest news from Tsin contained in a news agency message dated the 6th reports a re Chinese attack that morning with 12 guns The allied forces replied with guns landed from the British cruiser Terrible and a mixed force of men a sortie under cover of fire from the naval brigade attacking the Chinese who retired after seven hour's of fighting Earlier dispatches report severe fighting notably on the second and third when the Chinese de- unexpected strength and caused considerable damage with artillery MONEY FOR WAR French Government Votes Millions of Francs and PARIS July an- it will need a new credit of fourteen and a half million francs for China in addition to the a half million already voted From Chinese Sources July ing was received last night by Minister Wu from Sheng director general of im- telegraphs at Shanghai dated July 3rd two legations in Pekin were still preserved All were safe Rebellions troops and rioters made attacks but suffered many losses The imperial troons are but meet with difficulties in doing so It is feared food and are exhausted Missions Looted BERLIN July consuT at Chefoo cables today the American mission at Tung Lu arid a Catholic sion at Ching Chu Fa were looted The Boxers continue their endeavors to incite the population of Chefoo to re- volt Prince to the Rescue BRUSSELS July Shanghai dis- patch says Chinese newspapers assert Prince Ching's troops have arrived at Pekin to Europeans and de- fend them against the rebels THE BOER WAR Several Small Skirmishes Reported by Roberts LONDON July telegraphs the war that Mahon reinforced by Button's mounted infantry drove the Boers who had been threatening his line of railway to the east of Friday and Saturday Mahon was attacked by men British casualties were two officers and twenty-six men wounded Stein by Dewet and other Free State commanders with troops left Bethlehem on the 4th for commanding at Rustenberg has driven off the enemy who tried to take the heights ing the town The enemy suffered heavily British casualties were two killed and an officer and three men wounded T P of Surnner is visiting L S CATO ON THE PLATFORM lion Cato MaKet a Statement His Responsibility for the Specific 10 to 1 Declaration in Democratic Platform From Monday's Daily Hon Cato Sells of Vinton was in the city a short time this morning Mr Sells was very prominent in the cils of the democratic national tion at Kansas City last week and in some he has been censured as being responsible for tte specific 16 to 1 declaration which appears in the form Mr Sells was interrogated on this point and explained his position and his part in making the platform in the following I know that Mr Bryan felt 80 ly upon the question that had the con- vention disregarded his wish ia that re- spect the result would have been of very serious consequence to the demo cratic party I felt the responsibility necessarily accompanying this information and I chose to take the chance of possible misconstruction of my own conduct rather than certain embarass my party and its great leader and I ately acted accordingly CONFER WITH BAYAN Stevenson Reached Lincoln TMs Talked Over LINCOLN Neb July E Stevenson the democratic nominee for vice president arrived at Lincoln this morning to attend a conference of leaders One thousand people including Bryan Senator Jones Charles A Towne Campau of Michigan son of Kansas Stone of Missouri iels of North Carolina and Arms Martin gathered at the depot and gave him an enthusiastic welcome Among the subjects to be discussed by the democratic leaders besides position on the vice presidency are the establishment quarters appointment of a campaign committee and a general plan of the campaign including work to be done by Bryan and Stevenson Steel Works Start-Up JOLIET July converter and billet mills of the Illinois Steel com- pany resumed today and nearly one thousand men were put to work The amalgamated scale has not yet been signed but indications are a speedy will be affected Town Founder Suicides CHICAGO July B Cossitt founder of Lagrange Illinois and one of the best known men in this section today committed suicide by shooting He was eighty years old and wag de- over a long illness Oregon at Chefoo WASHINGTON July department was informed this morning the Oregon had arrived at Chefoo She starts for Kure Japan to dock on the tenth JOHNSON DID IT He Confessed the Robbery of Chas Ward's Residence Sheriff Law has returned from ton Jackson county where he arrested Chas Johnson charged with robbing the home of Chas Ward in Orange township on June 21 Johnson was in the employ of Ward and is the young man who claimed he saw a man and woman driving a sorrel horse from the yard on the day the robbery occurred His story sounded plausible but when lie left suddenly June 29 without address the officers became and began to trace him After being brought back here he confessed to the crime and the gold watch chain and ring which comprised a portion of the stolen property were recovered Ee sobbed terribly when in the sweat box and afterward but the tears did not look natural and excited little pathy after the first few moments Brown's Store Robbed It cost M C Brown about fifty ars to see the street parade this ng While the force -in the crockery store was watching Bros great street pageantry some unknown jerson was going through the drawers n the stores and appropriating the oose cash Entrance was effected a back window and the visitors proceeded to break open every drawer which seemed to have any promise of valuable plunder They made a haul of about fifty dollars from he cash drawer and this is thought to be the extent of their gain When the returned the thieves were rone and so was the money and there was no clue by which to trace them up Iowa Town Takes an Aggres- sive Attitude FOUND DEAD BY TRACK Supposed Remains of Lewis Oleson Picked Up Illinois Central Bridge Man Killed at Webster Mosquito Bite Commission Firm Has a BELMOND July a result of the atrocities in the celestial empire and the restoration of Prince Tuan several Belmond citizens have decided to have their shirts washed elsewhere than at the Chinese laundry here Some of the younger element favor hanging Whang Chu the CRUSHED BY TRAINS Supposed Remains of Farmer Oleson Found Near FORT DODGE July mangled remains a middle-aged man were Sunday found on the Northwestern railroad tracks west of Lohrville ant have been taken in charete by the town authorities until claimed by friends The man is supposed to have fallen from an passenger train and the body must have remained on the track some time as it is ground into a jelly by passing trains Considerable money was found in the pockets and a check for on the Stanhope bank by W E Oleson From letters on the body it is believed the man is Lewis Oleson a wealthy farmer living south of Stanhope GOT IN ITS WORK South Dakota Man Dying from Mosquito Bite Sioux CITY July H Skekel of Tyndall S D was sent to Chicago Saturday from this city where he had been brought for treatment for a mos quito bite which it is feared will prove fatal Dr Berry of Tyndall the Skekel family physician was Mr Skekel and he regarded the condition of his patient as very serious While the train was moving from Sioux City to Manilla Dr Berry administered hypodermic injections a powerful drug six times and even this did not entirely quiet the sufferer The bite was on the side of the face and was first noticed ten days ago after a night when the mosquitoes were un commonly bothersome The swelling around the bite grew until it from the cheek tp the neck and on the neck there rose a large lump The surgeon's knife was applied to this lump but this only aggravated matters and in a few hours the whole side of the face had swollen out of all recognizable shape and blood poisoning had set in After a consultation of Tyndall cians it was decided that the best thing to do was to take Mr Skekel to Chicago BURNS WERE FATAL Mrs J B Romans Died Saturday at Denlson DENISON July Romans wife of Hon J B Romans of this piace died Saturday from in jury caused by an explosion of gasoline The accident to Mrs Romans occurred Friday after- noon Her clothing was entirely burned off of her and from her knees to her eyebrows she is badly scorched The accident was caused by the careless handling of gasoline by a child An open dish filled with gasoline caught fire in the child's hands Mrs Romans told her to throw it away and in her fright the child threw the burning fluid all over Mrs Romans and in an instant she was a mass of flames FIRE AT EDGEWOOD Quite a Loss on Account of lightning Stroke DUBUQUE July special from Edgewood Fayette county states that lightning struck the butcher shop of Wm Kramer Saturday and an entire block was destroyed by fire including Kramer's place hotel A C Willard's restaurant Geo Blazier hardware and the office of the Iowa Lumber company Loss ance EAGLE ATTACKS MAN Alter Being Slightly Wounded He Shows Fight but Is Killed CLINTON July Perry a fisherman on Beaver island in the just below the city had an ex- citing with a large American eagle evidently driven here by the vere storm last night The eagle was first seen in a tree near the house Mr Perry shot it inflicting a slight wound The bird then attacked him viciously with both claws and beak but was shot with the second barrel before it had done much injury The eagle ured six and one half feet from tip to tip and weighed forty pounds The bird had claws as long as a man's gers and its legs were an inch in eter between the foot and knee The like of it has never before been seen in this section Buchanan County Republicans INDEPENDENCE July chanan county republican convention Saturday placed in nomination for clerk of courts M O Fouts for recorder J B Traux for auditor V W Davis GRAIN BROKERS FAIL Leach Connelly of City Had Lone Side of Wheat Sioux CITY July Con- nelly grain brokers of Sioux City lost so heavily in the recent rapid tions of wheat that thay were forced to the wall They closed up shop and sued a statement that they will be able to pay out probably less than 50 cents on the dollar on liabilities amounting to about The markets of July 2 and 3 spilled the business of the firm They had several hundred thousand bushels of wheat on the long side the Chicago representatives of the firm called for immediate advances to cover the rapid declines and they were unable to furnish promptly enough and they were closed out Sioux City tors who were winners in the heavy local trading will be the final losers s Killed by from a Bridge WEBSTER CITY July vens of Dubuque employed with an Illinois Central railroad bridge fell from the Central bridge in this city Saturday afternoon and sustained in- juries which he died Sunday morning Firm Falls INDEPENDENCE July ware firm of Randall Jacobs is bankrupt Assets liabilities KNOWN IN WATERLOO Supposed Victim ol Boxer Uprising Has Friends in This City In the list of Americans at Pekin the uncertainty of whose fate has excited so much anxiety is the name of Cecilia E Payne The lady is an lowan and has relatives and acquaintances in loo The following personal note with reference to the lady has been handed the The lady spoken of as Cecilia E Payne in the foreign dispatches is a dis- tant relative of Mrs Jessie Miller of this city She was born and reared in Dubuque and received her education in the Catholic seminary of that city 18 years of age she moved with mother and younger sister to St Paul to complete her studies in painting in which she became very proficient Some of her paintings were sold at large prices Later on the family moved to Milwaukee and a little more than a year ago she sailed to the Orient and became a guest at the American legation While pursuing her studies she acted as interpreter for the tion She had planned to visit Rome Vienna and Paris and return to this country in 1901 Her family are in a terrible state of suspense as to her able fate ROCK PULLER Xew That Attracts Con- Attention Duvean are exhibiting a rock machine at the show grounds that is attracting considerable attention today Under the machine is a rock estimated as weighing about nine tons which was brought from over two milts in the country Saturday evening after supper Mr the inventor is enthusiastic over his machine and his highest hopes for it have been realized A stone feet which had withstood all efforts to re- move it with other machines on four previous occasions was lifted from the lole Saturday and would have been Drought to town had the six horses to the machine been able to haul it Mr Fulghum has received word from he patent office stating that his chine possessed seven points above all others but he desires twelve and has wn them where to look for them on model The machines will be made at the Cascaden foundry near the I C and will be sold for apiece HOLD TO YOUR MONEY There are Many Grafters in Town But tbe Show Management is operating With the Police in ing Them Out Prom Monday's Dally This is circus day but there is no need to say that Every man woman and child knows all about it and a good share of them have had an advance view from visiting the show grounds Sunday where everything was whirl and bustle on account of preparations for the two exhibitions today Tents were being put up the horses being groomed and dinner cooked for the great horde of circus employes day being Sunday the noon meal was one quite elaborate and the city people showed great interest in what these amusement makers eat Sunday was a good day for the street cars many of the show people visiting the park and wherever these people were there were others Especially is this true of the grafter element and it is not difficult for the police to spot this class There were many of the smooth boys here yesterday but the best of them did not arrive until today There is not much profitable work to be done on Sunday and it gives the officers less time to spot them if they do not come until the sightseers arrive Ringling Bros continuously employ one of the best detectives that money will secure and he is of inestimable value in giving information to the lice He says it is easy to spot grafters for you will always find them ing among the hayseed boys the kind you know that are always attracted by the cry Everybody now try your luck the cane you ring etc With pickpockets it is different but a detective soon gets to know them and can distinguish the game of the erous circus followers Those that are suspected as being light fingered are often locked up during the hours of the street parade when the crowd is best for the work Two were in the city jail here this morning having been pointed out by the circus detective who said they had been ing in numerous places where tbe show visited Some pretext or another some fake charge is urged to get these men out of circulation and as a result Waterloo has had few forenoon robberies What will be done this afternoon or evening time will tell One of the slippery ones put in this morning was in the city yesterday and something could be seen of his work He has little squares of prepared paper which by moistening brings out tures He works the country boys by producing the portraits of their hearts and country girls by bringing out the likeness of their beau and while the photographing is going on finds opportunity for his work The square is placed in a boy or girl's hand as the case may be and the grafter places his moistened hand on top When the paper it sufficiently saturated the picture is to be seen Nothing is charged for these photographs but usually the grafter is the gainer by a watch pin shirt stud loose change and often a pocket book Realizing that one of the best ances of getting the patronage of the people is keeping a show clear of the slippery class that are a prey upon sonal property a report is made by the management of the show in every town visited containing descriptions of the fakirs and what can be expected of the various ones The shows furnish mation as to the best place to locate the extra police and are continually ing out this man or that man and often a petty robbery is averted by this nal vigilance Despite the fact that meals are being served in nearly every church basement and vacant store the restaurants are having more than they can do to take care of the crowds The report comes that the Ringling Bros show sold tickets for the Saturday afternoon performance at Iowa Falls That seems a vast crowd but that number is going to be exceeded here The Parade The people of Waterloo saw today the largest and most elaborate street parade that ever accompanied a circus to this city Bros pitched their tents in Waterloo early yesterday ing At that time their circus was credited with being one of the best on road but today it stands ably the leader of all The procession this morning was nearly two miles long and it was filled with new and entertaining features Among these were a mounted band of excellent musicians and a set of dral bells Never before has a circus brought to Waterloo as many beautiful as were seen in the line and never have such gorgeous wagons and fine costumes been seen here with a circus parade The Ringling Bros are generous in the displaying of their wild animals A jiant hippopotamus headed this ment of the parade It weighs pounds in its summer clothes and could swallow a Saratoga trunk Behind it came leopards panthers bears lions igers hyenas and other denizens of the jungles Music furnished by four bands One of these Spader Johnson's on Pago A RARE ANIMAL OFFER Brothers Make a tion to President Case of Rapid Transit Loan a Great Col- lection to be Kept at Waterloo From Monday's Daily The brothers who were privileged to spend Sunday in loo and who thus had an opportunity to see a great deal more of the city and its surroundings than would have been possible had their show visited the city in the middle of the week were much impressed with the beauty of location and the progressive spirit which they noted here As a result of their visit it is quite possible that Waterloo may soon be provided with a rare zoological collection which these gentlemen own and which they have offered to loan to Waterloo parties In connection with their great shows and for the purpose of keeping the shows supplied the Ringling Bros have found themselves compelled to keep a large reserve stock of animals This reserve is constantly receiving new cessions through the purchases of their agents abroad and from it the traveling menageries are supplied as they may require After a visit to Cedar River park they were struck with the fact that it was an ideal location for this reserve menagerie and made a proposition to L S Cass president of the Rapid Transit railroad to loan the animals for a zoological garden in the park vided suitable buildings are erected to shelter the many rare and valuable specimens that make up their great col- lection The matter will be laid before the meeting of the park board soon to be held at which the Park association will be asked to furnish the necessary grounds If this is granted there is every reason to believe that Waterloo will soon have the finest zoological garden in the west and that without great expense to our citizens It is needless to say that the of the park to visitors will be greatly enhanced by the presence of such a collection and that the number of visitors drawn to our city by its popular resort would be greatly in- creased as soon as the project is carried into effect CONTRACT LET C W Campbell is Lowest Bidder on The bids for the building of the block on Commercial street were opened Saturday at the office of Murphy Ralston the archi- There were six bidders J E Atkinson of Webster City John Geier Conrad M E Bush Des Moines C A Smith C A Stoy and C W Campbell The lowest bid was that of the last named and the contract was awarded to him The contract price is of which amount is for the Miller double store building and for the Phelps single store building The bids ranged from that amount up to about DIED AT RAYMOND Mrs Clarissa Harris Aged eral Today at Fairview From Monday's Daily Mrs Clarissa Harris of Raymond died yesterday morning at her home in that place aged 88 She was born in Ohio in 1812 and moved to this state about sixteen years ago She was the mother of James Harris of Poyner township and the grandmother of Mrs W A Hallowell of this city Her band died eleven years ago and is buried in Fairview cemetery in Waterloo Mrs Harris will also be laid The funeral will take place this after- noon at the home in Raymond con- ducted by Rev W H Lusted following which the remains will be brought to this city for burial WOMAN RUN OVER Mrs E E Injured This After- Seriously Hurt From Monday's Daily Mrs E E Dabbel of Lanark 111 was run over by a buggy this afternoon in a manner that might have led to rious consequences While crossing Sycamore street at the First National bank two young women came driving down Fourth street from the east and turning shortly to the left struck Mrs Dubbel just as she was trying to make way for two bicyclists The shaft struck her side and knocked her down She was carried into a near by office and medical aid summoned After removal to the home of E W Heiple on Lafayette street it was found that the bruises were not serious and it is thought that the lady will soon recover Mrs Dubbel ia a niece of Jes of the west side and is here visiting Chautauqua and recuperating from a late illness Plain drunks are enjoying today Their shortcomings are over- looked as far as possible for fear of overcrowding the jails On the whole though the day is quiet in police
