Semi-Weekly Iowa State Reporter (Newspaper) - September 18, 1900, Waterloo, Iowa IOWA STATE REPORTER VOL 14 IOWA TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 18 1900 NO Over One Hundred and Miners Go Out DEATH LIST GROWING Over Four Thousand Names So Far Verified El flit Thousand Persons Are Being Cared For In Begins Work Early Philadelphia Sept from the anthracite coal fields in this state in- the tie up caused by the strike for higher wages of mine ers is at least as complete as leaders have claimed at anytime Some in the Hazleton region are ing today with as high eighty per cent of the men at work but the greater number of men in the district are idle In the Seranton and Wilkesbarre dis- the tie np is practically complete In the Schuylkill region with Pottsville for the central point the men are at work with very few defections These men have not the grievances that prevail in the other districts President Mitchell the United Mine Workers who has established headquarters at Hazleton estimates over men have struck and more will join them tomorrow DEAD List Revised to Thousand Refugees In Houston Houston Sept latest list of dead in Galveston printed by the Post revised to date accounts for sons The Post states none of the sons named in the list have been heard from and most of the names have been furnished by relatives of the dead The number of people who have left Galveston ia now stated at relief quarters to be over Of these are being cared for in Houston BRYAN'S DAY Makes a Large Number of Five ute Speeches Carthage Mo Sept started today's work at 5 o'clock this morning He made five speeches at Springfield Aurora Pierce City coxie Carthage and Joplin being greeted by good crowds at each place His talks referred principally to trusts and imperialism More of Goebel Murder Trial Frankfort Ky Sept Gaines one of the most important witnesses for the prosecution in the Jim Howard trial testified today Howard is the man he saw run out of state house grounds and jump the fence ately after the shooting of Goebel Cuing Wants Washington Sept Wu has received a despatch from Prince Ching requesting him to ask the tary of state to instruct Minister Conger to open negotiations at once with Ching and Li Chung who have full authority Prince Killed Dresden September 17 bert of Saxony was killed in a carriage accident yesterday near here Have yon a sense of fullness in the re- gion of the stomach after If you will be benefited by Iain's Stomach and Liver Tablets They also cure belching and sour stomach They regulate the bowels t oo Price 25 cents Sold by Wangler and J K Joder Best lor the Bowels No matter what ails you headache to a cancer you will never get well until your bowels are put right RETS help nature cure you without a gripe or pain produce easy natural movements costs you just 10 cents to start getting your health back CARETS Candy Cathartic the genuine put up in metal boxes every tablet has C C C stamped on it Beware of tations You can pet anything in the abstract line of Abstract Co Fourth Krause's Little Liver Pills do not gripe or sicken and may be given to a child or aged person without danger of causing any unpleasant results Sold by Wangler Bros druggists and derson Drug Co SUNDAY MORNING FIRE Hans Gram's Restaurant on Water Street a Total Damage About E Found Unconscious In Burning Building A serious fire occurred early Sunday morning and for a time threatened the destruction of a large portion of the business district of the oast side An alarm was sounded at and a second alarm turned in 15 minutes later The fire was in a frame building on Water street owned by Fred Stolte and by Hans Gram who conducted a restaurant down stairs and resided in the second story The interior of the building was entirely gutted and the flames broke the sides and jumping across the alley caught the frame work of the brick buildings ing Fourth street The whole alley way between Water and Sycamore streets seemed on fire but the firemen soon had a flood of water every building and the danger was passed In the Stolte building a man was found unconscious in one of the rooms Jim Gallagher had a room in the second story and had left some money there He and Officer Schultz got to the room and stumbled upon the body of the man who was lying all cramped up upon the door He was taken out and a physician called who worked over him about two hours ing artificial respiration before con- returned The suffocated man was found to be J E Rinker a young man working for the ley Mfg Co He had gone to bed with Mr Gallagher and was asleep when the fire broke out In attempting to get out he was overcome with the smoke and gas and fell to the floor The fire had almost reached him and his back was badly blistered He was taken to MB boarding house where he now IMS in a serious condition His lungs are still filled with smoke and respiration is very difficult His parents have been telegraphed for and are now on the way here The physicians think chances for recovery are about equal The fire is supposed to have originated from a gasoline stove The restaurant kept open all night and had two stoves a gasoline and a ranee going at the time Mr Gram had gone to bed an hour earlier and Mert Marcus was left in charge He discovered the kitchen to be on fire and ran to the water works pumping station to give the alarm When the department arrived the whole building was ablaze The damage resulting from the fire will amount to about divided as Fred Stolte on Hans Gram restaurant 800 Hans Gram on furniture 300 L S Parsons building 250 Joe Friedl building 200 well covered by ance there being on the building on restaurant fixtures on household goods and the ings adjoining fully protected MINISTERS PICNIC Preachers of Waterloo and Cedar Falls Have a Holiday The Twin City Ministerial tion held its first annual picnic today at the First Baptist church It had been intended to have the picnic at Cedar River park but it was decided that the weather was too cool to make an out of door gathering enjoyable and a change was made to the church A party of about forty consisting of ministers and their wives were present sixteen having come from Cedar Falls In the morning a paper was read by Rev Rollin R Marquis pastor of the Presbyterian church in Cedar Falls on The Critics and the World Dr quis holds firmly to a belief in the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch and vigorously assailed the critics who claim to reach a different conclusion through the methods of the higher criticism He applies to them the words which Paul applied to similar critics of his day Ever learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth The paper was able scholarly and logical and brought out with striking clearness the absurdities discrepancies and disagreements in the the higher critics themselves Dr Marquis God will take care of His book We may go on with confidence preaching the word just as of old and expect God's blessing Dinnet was served in the dining room of the church at this afternoon Colson a young man coming here recently from Masonville Iowa set upon and brutally slugged by thugs He was standing near the wild west tents at the show grounds at about 0 o'clock when he was struck on the head from behind He fell forward and was struck a second time in the face cutting a deep gash from which the blood streamed He cried out and managed to escape his assailants and sought a physician who dressed his wounds the cut in the face requiring several stitches Robbery was probably the cause of the assault Free stone peaches this week at Brown's To Cure Cathartic lOo i C C vo euro One Is Caught at The Others Escape FARMER IS SANDBAGGED Was a Well When Struck Down J U of Clarion Fined for Company Re- Bank on Account of lington News Clinton Sept Mary Bealer the daughter of Philip Bealer of Fenton 111 six miles east of this city eloped Sunday with Albert Barnhard of Cedar Rapids Nebraska Barnhard came to Clinton Saturday and engaged a livery rig telling the man that he wanted a good team as he was going to steal a girl and expected a hard drive Sunday morning at 6 o'clock he took the carriage and went to Fenton where he met his sweetheart and her sister going to church He asked Mary to get in the carriage and ride with him saying he wished to talk to her He drove directly to this city At o'clock the couple boarded the Colorado special for Cedar Rapids Neb the home of the groom The father of the girl and a brother followed the couple to this city but the lovers were speeding westward before they reached here A message was sent to the sheriff of Boone and when the train arrived the two were placed under arrest Bealer later wired the sheriff to hold the aways until his arrival and left on the Northwestern train at 9 o'clock When taken off the train at Boone the couple said they were married here yesterday The county clerk said however that no marriage license was issued to them CHOSE A GUARDIAN Toung uirl Runs Away With Man Many Years Her Senior Burlington Sept is all agog with excitement over the ment of a girl with a man old enough to be her father The principals in the case are Irene Thomas the daughter of E C Thomas a farmer and Thomas Zimmermann who tip to a few weeks ago was employed by the Burlington on the steam shovel just east of Gladstone Saturday the father of the girl was in the city and invoked the aid of the Burlington police in the search for his daughter He said that Zimmermann had been working on the new track of the Burlington all summer and had been staying at his house His ter he did not think was paying any more attention to him than a child like her should to a twenty years her senior Tuesday Irene left the house for a walk Loungers at the depot say they saw her meet Zimmermann there and together take the train for ton The girl's father thinks the pair came to Burlington and boarded the Fox Flyer for the lice followed that clue and proved it baseless They are of the opinion that the elopers immediately on their ar- rival here boarded the fast train for Chicago and are now in the big city It is not believed that they could have been married in Iowa for the girl is under age and looks to be as young as she really is Zimmerman it is re- ported had a couple of hundred dollars when he left Gladstone YOUNG ELOPERS Girl of Fifteen Elopes With a Swain of Twenty Avoca Sept Palmer a director of the fair brought his family with him to the fair He had a daughter whom he says is 15 years old who disappeared about 2 o'clock Friday A search disclosed the fact that she had eloped with Roscoe Conkling of Wright township aged 20 years Conkling with a friend had applied to the county clerk for a and sworn that he was 21 years old and he and friend had sworn that the young lady was 18 Mr Palmer at once filed an information and put it in the hands of an officer to ar- rest tha couple After procuring the license the parties started sonth to have the ceremony performed Nothing has been heard from them BANK REIMBURSED Adams Express Co Pays the Stolen Burlington Sept pursuance with their practice in the past the Adams Express Co will on Tuesday pay over to the Commercial National Bank of Chicago to make up the loss sustained by the theft of a package sent to the National State bank of containing a similar amount In the somewhat similar robbery a few years ago in which a valise containing was stolen from the Adams Ex- press Co the bank was also reimbursed There is a stipulation however which both the Commercial bank and the tional State bank must sign agreeing to refund the money if it is proven that the was stolen by the employes of either institution or while in either bank The local bank is absolved from loss it having been proven that it was the dummy package which was received at this office The payment of the money does not mean that the detectives have given up hope of catching the thief and they are working as hard as ever toward that end Two Men Arrested at With the Crime Kalona Two suspicious characters have been arrested at South English charged with sandbagging Hugh a farmer Ayres had spent the evening in town and was on his way to the livery barn for his horse He stopped at a well to get a drink and noticed two men com- ing through an alley While he was drinking he was struck a fearful blow on the and was unconscious for several hours He was found in this condition near the well about half an hour later and a physician was immediately summoned He has been unconscious at frequent intervals ever since and is in a critical condition The motive of the assault was robbery Mr Ayres described them as well as he could from the brief glance he took them as they were coming through the alley Two men arrested at South English seem to answer the description DENISON FINED Clarion Bootlegger Gets Severe alty for Violating Injunction Clarion Sept D Denison has been fined and costs by Judge Birsdall for violating an injunction not to sell beer Denison was arrested for bootlegging recently and enjoined by the district court This being his second violation the judge made the fine heavy and it is thought will be effectual Engine Sparks Cause Serious Fire Waucoma Sept threshing on the large farm of H Faust west of our city sparks from the engine of the steam thresher of H started a fire which burned the thresher two large barns the grain flax and hay from a 400 acre farm There is some insurance but the loss will be heavy District Judge Resigns Clarion Sept Birdsall will resign his position on the bench to take effect Oct 1 He will practice law again Failing health is the his resigning Boy Seriously Injured Cherokee Sept Champion 15 yeras of age was knocked down by an oil wagon which passed over his back The injury was very serious READY FOR WORK Contractors and Material for Have Arrived From Monday's Daily Geo F Jenkine of the firm of Swift Co Chicago contractors who have undertaken to erect the new shops for the Illinois Central is in the city and is personally directing the unloading of a number of cars of stone cement and lumber which is also on the ground The contractor is today employing his time in hiring masons and other help The contractors need many men and will use them for a considerable period It is their intention to employ Waterloo help as far as possible Mr Jenkins is a former employe of the Illinois Central in the building de- and is remembered by Master Mechanic T W Place and dent F B Harriman Modern science has done much for humanity it has demonstrated that there ia a better way of curing a bad cold than by disarranging the stomach with nauseating syrups Krause's Cold Cure is a recognized specific for colds and la grippe and has been in use for ten years without a failure to cure Sold by Wangler Bros and Henderson Drug Co WOMAN'S WILD NOTIONS Middle Aged lies Woman Runs Away from Home Imagining She Is Going to College and Off In Waterloo From Dally Last night a lady passenger on the C G W train which arrived in this city shortly after midnight climbed out of the car window and was left behind when the train moved on At Oelwein her disappearance was noticed and a telegram was sent to the police to look for her In the meantime after wandering about the city and trying to gain ad- mission at various places the lady had found lodging at the Central house where it was speedily discovered that she was in a demented condition and she was taken in charge by the keeper a physician also being It was learned that the un- fortunate woman's name is McKnight her home being in Des Moines where her husband is a man of some He was telegraphed for and ar- rived at today Mrs McKnight is possessed of an idea that she is going off to college although she is a woman apparently over forty years of age She had on several dresses one over the other when she arrived at the hotel and gave other in- of of mind She some slight injuries in getting out of the car window but not cient to prevent her walking over a considerable part of the city before finally taking refuge at the hotel When she left Des Moines she chased a ticket for St Paul and it is not known what caused her to leave the car at this place unless it was to throw off the track the members of her family from whom she was trying to escape ESCAPE Death and Disaster All Around His Family at Galveston Mrs I E Bentz has received a letter ftom her daughter Mrs W H Cooley who passed through the terrible storm at Galveston She said they had only recently moved to a house across the street from their first residence and to this incident the family owe their escape from death When the storm com- they were all at home The house is four feet higher than any rounding it yet the water rose eight feet high in the rooms and everything in the house was ruined When they were able to look out they saw that the opposite side of the street was wrecked and washed away and where had lived a short time before several dead bodies were plainly visible among the debris which was piled two stories high The block in which they lived was the only one in eight squares that was not entirely destroyed The scenes were terrible to behold What they would do in the future had not been de- termined at the time of writing H B Allen has received confirmation of the supposition that his property in Galveston was wrecked in the great dis- aster Mr Allen owned two houses and four lots and all that is left is the site A family of five occupied one house and two the other Nothing has been heard of them since that day their names not appearing either in the list of dead or survivors Mr Allen also owns a ranch between Galveston and Houston and little damage was done to the property there A shed was wrecked but no one injured Everything Ruined Joe Schiel this morning received a letter from a friend Wm Cook Jr at Galveston giving soma information of the terrible storm about ten days ago The letter was written September 12 It was at Mr Cook's home that Mr Schiel stopped while spending the last winter at Galveston Nels Ronquest and John Schifferdaker of this city were also guests of Mr Cook last ter Among other matters Mr Cook writes as 1 don't believe the equal of this dis- aster ever happened on this earth Our town is ruined for ever and has ally washed us off the earth Nearly every house in town has been blown down or washed away and the loss of life was terrible We must have about people drowned and killed Our Johnny Martin Fegles my father all the Schwoebel family Mr and Mrs Fegles were all lost in the storm It was a frightful sight to see the ruin everywhere I lost everything I had on earth and have not one cent to replace it with All the goods in my house were mined by water Tell Ur Cooley's folks that they are all saved but only by a scratch Mr Allen's place ia totally destroyed You can't realize our fate nor the extent of the disaster Prof Field's worm powders sold by druggists in every state in the Union For brood sows Raven Food has no equal The pigs will be strong and have plenty of It cures in pigs and iambs It removes worms from hogs cures colds and fevers prevents pneumonia and disease and makes them do well Try dollar no cure no pay and money refunded For sale by Co Groceries Comforts the heart strengthens the It's good ill or well Makes one's face bright as a summer morning That's what Rocky Mountain Tea does Ask vonr druggist LIVED THERE 32 YEARS Mrs P Byrnes Mother of Joe Byrnes of This City Passes Away of Mrs Anna Marie der This Morning From Monday's Dally The sympathy of a host of Waterloo friends will go out to Joe Byrnes in the great bereavement he has suffered in the death of his mother Mrs P Byrnes which occurred Sunday at the family home in Waverly The fatal illness covered the period since last February and was contracted in Milwaukee where deceased went to nurse a sister through an attack of pneumonia Mrs Byrnes was taken ill with the same treacherous disease and for four months was so sick she could not be home A few weeks ago she had recovered sufficiently to travel and was brought to the old home where re- covery was rapid and seemingly she was fully restored to health The in- nature of the disease however had undermined the once strong and an attack of dysentery which seized her last Tuesday was the beginning of the end Mrs Byrnes was 59 years of age and had been a resident of Waverly for nearly a third of a century She was a consistent Christian woman and in her home life the character of wife and mother was seen in the bright and beautiful light where such relations are ideal and supremely happy Besides the husband five sons and one daughter are left to mourn the irreparable loss The surviving children are Jos Byrnes of J M and M J St Paul W M T E Chicago and Miss Sadie Byrnes living at home Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at the Catholic church in Waverly at fc Solemn requiem high mass will be celebrated by Rev Father Daugherty the pastor assisted by Rev Father Coyle of Cedar Falls and Father Cooney of this city Mrs Anna Marie Schroeder mother of Mrs Dora and the late Wm H Schroeder died this morning at at the home of her daughter 218 North Lafayette street The cause of death was stomach trouble coupled with ad- years deceased being 76 She has been a resident of Waterloo for about five years coming here from Scring Creek township where the ily settled at an early date Besides her daughter in this city Mrs Schroeder leaves a sister Mrs Stolte living at Cedar Falls The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon a service ring at the house at and at First Lutheran church at Rev George Sandrock will officiate Burial will be at Elmwood MANY MISFORTUNES Adolph Vollenweider Sustains a Badly Broken Leg Adolph a blacksmith residing at 108 Webster street seems to be pursued by misfortune Yesterday morning at about o'clock he stepped out of his house and in some way ped and as he fell he twisted his with the result that he broke his right limb just below the or where it joins the hip The injury is in a serious locality and will knit together very slowly Mr Vollenweider pre- vious to this accident was suffering with a malady that is more than the equitable portion for one man to bear He had a throat trouble that caused the food channel to fill or grow together and after undergoing a severe operation a silver tube was inserted in his ach through which he feeds himself Some time before he lost two children by disease and other misfortunes came to him who is a man in only moderate circumstances He must be endowed with a patience to withstand all his trials Arranging to Build Stucco Mills Fort Dodge Messinger N J Berkley and Wirt P Hoxie of loo are in the city today completing the preparations for opening the work on the new stucco mill which was referred to in the days ago The new mills will be located on the worth property situated just south of the Carbon station which is four miles southeast of Fort Dodge This is 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