Semi Weekly Iowa State Reporter (Newspaper) - December 11, 1900, Waterloo, Iowa IOWA STATS REPORTER VOL WATERLOO IOWA TUESDAY 11 NO Conflicting Statements Come From Opposing Camps OFFICIALS SAY ITS OVER Telegraphers Declare They are Better Situated Than Ever Towne TaKes Oath as Senator and Selects a Seat on the Democratic Baseball League Day's Chicago Dec advices re- today officials of the Santa Fe company are fully convinced the tele- strike is over Third Vice President Barr this morning ved from Gen Manager Mudge at Topeka following Newman is sending a message to all operators telline them as they have agreed with President Ripley to arbitrate that they can return to work to call again President Ripley denied the assertion there had been an agreement to arbitrate Newman says Men Are Winning Wichita Dec a statement sued at noon by General Chairman Newman of the Santa Fe telegraphers he says the situation is better now than it has been since the strike was ated Word has he states from different sources the Santa Fe officials are out bogus telegrams over my alleged signature I order the men to return to work as the strike is temporarily adjusted I brand this and similar statements as a base lie made use of by officials to deceive ators to get them to return to work in order that the congested condition of freight and passenger trains may be re- During the last eight hours fifty men have quit who did not belong LOSS TO METHODISTS Out Conar citation at from Fatal for a flat Gladbrook Dec to Dail Methodist church a this place was burned to the groum yesterday the fire breaking out while the Sunday morning service was in progress The fire originated in the basement where the is and was under considerable head way before it was discovered By gooc fortune a panic was prevented and the entire congregation made its exit from the burning building without much confusion There came near being one fatality even after the worshippers were safely out of the church A young son of the minister found he had forgotten his hat and made his way back into the ing to find it His act was not noticed and the firemen supposing the church empty locked the door to prevent draft A painter who had been doing some work on the interior that he had some ladders inside which he desired to save and was permittee to go in to get them He found the boy lying on a seat nearly overcome by the smoke The foundation is all that is left of a church building that had been just put in complete repair and freshly de- The loss is estimated at from to The parsonage which is on an adjoining lot and the terian church is near by were saved with some difficulty to the union but were taken to fill places of the strikers Many officials who were telegraphers are at various points on the line ling the keys personally as no operators can be secured The Missouri Pacific will give us moral and financial ance and if an attempt is made by the Santa Fe to pass freight over the souri Pacific the of that road will strike immediately I say this after a consultation with representatives of that system FIRE NEAR FAIRBANK TOWNE TAKES IT In as Senator from Minnesota Proceedings Washington Dec the ate convened today Nelson Minn pre- sented the credentials of Charles A appointed to succeed the late Senator Davis Towne took the oath He was warmly congratulated by many colleagues as he took his seat on the democratic side A to provide for the appointment of an additional judge for the northern district of Ohio was passed the house the legislative executive and judicial appropriation was taken up There being no de- sire to speak on either side the general debate was closed and the read for amendment under under the five minute rule Farm House Burned and Contents Totally Destroyed Fairbank Dec to Daily Smith who con- ducts a meat market in this place has also been running a farm in Oran ship Fayette county about three miles from here on which he resided He concluded to move to town and packed his goods last Friday in order to move en Saturday After he had completed packing he went to the house of a neighbor a few rods distant During his absence from his house it caught fire from some unknown cause and burned down within about half an hour from the time he left Everything was destroyed the loss being aboat and insurance NEW LEAGUE Base Ball Meu Perfect a Rival tional Organization Detroit Dec 10 A new base ball has been organized of which Ban B Johnson president of American league will be president says the Evening Post this afternoon The lowing cities will make up the Detroit Grand Rapids Toledo ville Minneapolis St Paul Kansas City and either Indianapolis or Buffalo BICYCLIST VEKT Swedish Crime Avenged Vesteras Sweden Dec who on May 17 last on the steamer Prins Carl on which he was a passenger passing murdered seven men and wounded five others was beheaded The condemned man chanted verses of psalms as he laid his head upon the block A swell Wedding New York Dec Margaret Louise Post daughter of Mrs William Post was married today to J Lawrence grandson of the late William Astor The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's mother by Bishop Potter Attempting a Diving He oa His Head on the Edge New York Dec 10 Joseph D Stark 25 years old met a tragic death Saturday afternoon in the ond Regiment Stark with c Robbery of Adams Express Co at Keokuk Explained ESCAPE OF A MURDERER Hugh Mysteriously Leaves Creston Jail Two Interesting In District Court at Rockwell Am bunked Near Kort holer Four fears Keokuk Dec Taylor has confessed to robbery of the Adams ex- press safe of on the night of September 24 at the union station here and is under indictment for the crime He effected the theft by opening the safe by use of the combination which he was not supposed to know While the union station man was whirling the combination dial back and forth Taylor looked over his shoulder and picked up first one number and then another In this way he obtained the entire series of numbers which opened the safe The rest was opportunity which soon came While the men on duty were busy at the express car on the night of 24 Taylor slipped into the union station office twirled rapidly the dial of the safe lock opened the door quickly slipped out the largest money package there and slipped away self before anybody knew he was in the office The package contained but the amount might easily have been several times that amount on any other night Taylor's confession relieves from an innocent employe of the com- pany who had been dismissed from its service because of the He has been restored to his place in the office MURDERER ESCAPES Just How Be Got Out Is an Mystery Creston Dec Hugh ixon colored escaped from the county ail between the hours of 5 and 6 Just low he escaped is a mystery as no bars were sawed off and the jail doors were intact The only explanation of be escape is that during the forenoon when officers went into the jail to get iut some prisoners to try them for minor offenses they forgot to lock the ail door or that while tney were get ing out the men Dison succeeded in vading their notice and left the cell for the jail corridor He is aid to have eaten hia dinner on top of homage and in the evening when Sheriff Miller went in it is the theory that ixon went out Dixon two weeks ago Saturday night Lottie Holmes in a railroad camp tear Thayer and escaped to Burlington where he was captured C A Guild a Farmer While Near Fort Fort Dodge Dec A Guild a well to do old farmer of Hill township was fired from Saturday morning while driving The was concealed in the underbrush at the road The range was too great and Mr Guild was uninjured but the heavy fur overcoat which he wore was perforated with shot in many places His wagon box was riddled with bullets Guild charges Oliver Bricker with the assault Bad blood has existed between the two men tor some time and Guild recently had Bricker arrested on a charge of cutting wire fences Guild claims to have recognized Bricker and accuses him of having fired the shot POISONING HOGS Wapello Farmer's swine Die of At- tempt to Pulverized Glass Ottumwa Dec large number of valuable hogs belonging to Jack Morris a well-known farmer living near this city have died from some mysterious cause Becoming that there was something wrong Mr Morris had the stomachs of some examined when they were found cut to pieces with pulverized glass No ory has as yet been advanced as to how the hogs got hold of glass unless it waa given them by some one with evil intent Mr Morris has lost a total of thirty up to date PLEADED GUILTY TWO WIVES wo Claimants for Estate of Jack Wallace of Bock well City Rockwell City Dec strange story and one that taxes the credulity of many is revealed by a suit filed in vuu armory stars wita c J number of others was participating in district court Jack Wallace a an amateur circus being conducted for tbe benefit of the regiment Stork's act was to ride a bicycle up in in- cline 200 feet long and 35 feet high at its end and then dropping the bicycle into a net into a tank of water thirty-five away The water was three feet deep There was a large crowd present Stark mounted his bicycle and alled it rapidly the incline Just reaching the end of the incline be jumped from the seat and then jumped towards the the bicycle in the meantime falling into the net well known citizen died a couple of years ago willing all of his estate amounting to about to his wife who has since resided in Rockwell City Airs Wallace sold the quarter section farm in Twin Lakes township to B F Mitchell and now comes a woman from England who avers that she was Secretary Chinked London Dec dis- patches announce Li Hung Chang's secretary Yi Ko has been ar- rested by an order of Field Marshal Von Waldersee on a charge of com- with the Boxers The First Baptist Sunday is preparing to present a cantata Santa Clans Reception The entertainment will be held Christmas night Dec 25 lawful wife until his death and is now his widow that his real name was Jack Casley and that she was mar Killing me him St Just Instead of falling directly into the England on February 21 1863 The tor of the tank Stark struck the district court of Calhonn county tner edge of it and then fell Into the tank apparently lifeless vened today for lts December term bers of the regiment jumped in and The Wilcox murder case will be the quickly had Stark out of the water tout denth had already taken place His head had been crushed in Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Lift To quit tobacco easily and forever be nelic full of life nerve and vigor take Bftc wonder-worker that makes strong AH druggists teed and sample free Address Sterling Kemedy Co Chicago or New York Gives women that womanly beauty refined into its fullest splendor that dazzles the eyes of mankind That's what Rockey Mountain Tea does Ask your druggist great event of the term and in fact of the year The defendant Henry cox is a young man about 21 years of age and was indicted by the grand jury last August charged with murder in the first degree the victim being the young man's lather The killing took place on the father's farm about four miles south of Lake City April 30 last The defendant admits the killing but saya it waa committed in self defense Attorney M R McCrary of Lake City Arthofer Is sentenced at- Dubuque but May Be Pardoned Dec Arthofer on trial for killing his brother in-law Anton Loibl pleaded guilty to slaughter Saturday and was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary A petition for pardon signed by the jury court and attorneys will be sent to the governor immediately and may never serve a day in prison Confirmed Six Hundred Dec was a memorable one in tbe Catholic church of being the Feast of the Im- maculate Conception Archbishop made it the occasion of ng first pontifical high mass since his appointment He also administered the rite of confirmation on over six hundred children At the conclusion he be- stowed the pontifical blessing to which he attached a plenary indulgence Issuing Bogus Clinton Dec P Bentley of Colorado Springs Col who is said to be secretary of several mining nies with headquarters at Colorado Springs is under arrest here charged with fraudulently issuing stock in com- panies of which he was secretary He had been in Clinton about two months Bentley will return to Colorado without requisition papers With Seduction Atlantic Dec man going der the name of Frank McCabe was ar- rested here upon information from the sheriff at Sigourney charging him with seduction His real name is Floyd Goon He was here picking chickens when arrested An officer from Sigourney came and got him Jnck tbe In Sioux City Sioux City Dec City has a Jack the who is causing a reign of terror among the women in tain sections in the fashionable part of the city The Hugger carries on his work each evening and as yet the efforts of the police to capture him have been futile HOSTETER IB Sold to Mitchell 8 Who Will Conduct Business In Fut Closed for Fourteen Successful Business From Monday's Dally A deal was consummated today where by E L Hosteter retires from the re tail furniture business The entire stock and good will of the Hosteter Furniture Company is sold to Geo E Logan and G A Johnston of Mitchell S D and possession will be given after inventory the latter part of the week Mr Geo E is in the city com- the transaction and conducting the inventory which commences night The store will be closed until Thursday morning when it is expected to open under the new management This business which has grown to be one of the and finest furniture stores of the state was established by E L Hosteter fourteen years ago on the west in the building now pied by Frank Kistner's shoe store He had a very small capital and ced by upholstering and repairing furniture Two years later he chased the 3 B Gninn stock in East Fourth street and for nine years con- ducted a retail business in the building occupied now by Drew grocery store He was enterprising and successful and finding his quarters too small three years ago secured a tract of land at the corner of Sycamore and Fifth streets and erected a double store Very little business was carried on in that quarter of the town then but the march of progress in that vicinity has demonstrated that his judgment was good On Sept 29 1899 a devastating fire destroyed the building and stock Mr Hosteter secured what salvage he could from the ruins and rebuilt the handsome brick block as it now pears with probably the largest floor space of any in the city The stock is a big one well selected and often spoken of by traveling men as the envy of many furniture dealers in larger cities The disposing of his retail and under- taking business does not signify that Mr Hosteter will be lost to Waterloo business circles He will continue to reside here and has plans for a future enterprise not yet entirely matured The men who will succeed to the Hosteter Furniture Company come to the city with the highest tion as gentlemen and business men Mr Logan who is in the city is a young man of large experience in the trade and of pleasing address Mr G A Johnston was at one time a resident of Waterloo and is a relative of the Hallowell brothers and J D Caldwell He will arrive in the city about Thursday The gentlemen pro pose to branch out and cover a larger field even than under the old regime The name of the new company and the details of the future policy of the store will be announced later SOULS AND MONEY Among the tens of thousands who have used Chamberlain's Cough Rein edy for colds and la grippe during the past few years to our knowledge not a single case has resulted in pneumonia Thos Whitfield Co 240 Wabash avenue Chicago one of tbe most inent retail druggists in that city in speaking of this We recommend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for grippe in many cases as it not only gives prompt aad complete recovery but also counteracts any tendency of la grippe to result in pneumonia For sale by Wangler Bros and J K Joder is defending the man case for the young Every household should be prepared For emergencies for how often like a thief in the croup or whooping cough may come upon a dear child without warning and in a few hours place its sweet life in the balance by a slender thread Cough Cure promptly used will avert all danger Sold by Bros druggists and Henderson Drug Co Candy Cathartic euro constipation If C 0.0 rail rotund money Dual Objects of Twentieth Century Movement Last evening at Grace M E church a meeting was held in the interest of what is known as the try Movement of the Methodist This movement has as its aims Reconversion of people he first three years of the new century and the raising of as a cial thank offering for religious poses The fund thus raised is to be distributed in various directions among which are the relief of churches ered with debts increased ment for the denominational col- eges an endowment fund for he support of worn out preachers and for the extension of missionary vork The meeting was addressed by Dr S N Fellows formerly pastor bne First M E church of this and by Dr Mills of New York The cipal address was by the latter whose wit and eloquence alternately convulsed iis audience with laughter and moved hem to deepest fueling He spoke of he great achievements of the oast as a reason for a thank offering at this time and by striking comparisons showed how great the advancement had been along all lines That the older days were not better than these was shown and established with ing proof Dr Mills stated that more than had been raised of the which was set as the stake to which the financial part of the twentieth century movement is directed He de- clared that there was also a phenomenal activity in the matter of revivals and believed that all that had been planned to be accomplished would be effected within the time set No effort was made to raise money or to secure pledges at this meeting the purpose being to stimulate the thought of the church along the lines suggested Regular meeting of the city council will be held tonight No ness of importance is scheduled bnt there will be a large amount of routine matters that will take the attention ot the city fathers pay spot cash for 100 set of second hand single and double harness at White's harness shop SERVICES YESTERDAY Progressive Brethren Consecrate Their New House of Building Expenses Provided for by Wood from Monday's Dally Last night at about the new Brethren church was dedicated after ample provision had been made to meet all the obligations incurred in its erection and furnishing The tory service was simple but impressive Is consisted of the prayer of tion offered by Rev J Allan Miller of president of Ashland college Ashland Ohio Thus closed a day which will be a memorable one in the history of the Progressive Brethren church in this city as it marked the of hopes long cherished that some day they would have a church home of their own Three services were held during the day at each of which the house was well filled The first was at 11 a m when a powerful and interesting sermon was preached by Dr Miller from the text found in Hebrews 7th chapter verses 1 and 26 Among other things the preacher Christ in the scriptures is represented as fulfilling a three fold office namely prophet priest and king This is the historical order of representing these functions We receive Him first in the capacity of a prophet He is the ideal of all the Old Testament in- of will A prophet is one who becomes the voice for com- some will of God to the mind and hearts of men Man has ever sought instruction and longed for light His soul hanger con- sumes him in that unguided and un- enlightened from God he falls DOW as ever in the path into a thousand errors in his for God Heathen oracles brought no message of light and life to him and phy was impotent to satisfy his cravings Plato We must wait until one must teach us how to conduct ourselves toward the gods Moses came a prophet est rank and he revealed and inter- the will of God to men And so wondrous was the outgrowth of his teaching that the tribes to whom he spoke became the nation destined to be the moral teacher of the earth Like unto Moses as a teacher and interpreter of God's will is Christ He came from the of the Father and declared Him n all His relations toward man He is manifestation of God's character Jesus Christ we have the perfect and final revelation of God to men spoke as a faithful servant but Jesus Christ sneaks with the authority of a son No Hebrew prophet no king no heaven sent ministering spirit unto this prophet in his message to the world Having received Jesus Christ as an authoritative teacher one sent from God speaking from heaven we are led on to accept him as our high priest becomes of necessity onr day's man our go between onr Christ Priesthood rests fundamentally upon and true human needs Naturally the human mind shrinks roni the word priest as it has een thought of in connection with servants But the soul recognizes the and majesty and infinite power of God It is equally cognizant of its own weakness sinfulness and worthiness Every man has deey needs which he believes God can supply God is unapproachable in His less However some men who are ter than others dare approach Him to plead their own cause They succeed or God hears them They are by others less bold to plead for Thus priests arose The iion of priesthood is essentially service service in behalf of others Its basis ies in sympathy a sympathy strong or the needy the sinful the lost vice for men expressed in intercession with God Jesus Christ is y such a high priest At last though he never ceases to be be prophet of God speaking to us as hough he never for a moment leaves he most holy place in the heavens where as our ever living high priest he intercedes for last to our in- joy he sits enthroned a king ind this is his highest and ion Oh let us never to hear lis messages and to plead His sacrifice until in our conscious experience we know and recognize Him as king also Thirty-eight times in the New ment is He explicitly called a king One hundred and forty times does the New Testament mention the Kingdom Its final triumph is tbe consummation of the age Submission to Christ characterizes the first act and the whole action of the spiritual life Obedience to a person is the essence of Christianity Following the sermon a statement was made by the building committee of the cost of the building and the debt incurred for which no provision had yet been made The total coat of the building of furnace and some other items which had been provided for by special donations was Pledges had been secured to dedication to the amount of 45 leaving nearly to be raised in order to dedicate the clear of debt on i
