Semi-Weekly Iowa State Reporter (Newspaper) - January 1, 1901, Waterloo, Iowa IOWA STATE REPORTER 29 WATERLOO IOWA TUESDAY 1 Brilliant Display at the Whit Scenes BEHEADED IN PEKIN Slayer of German Von Kettler Dies in China Benjamin B Jr Inaugurated Governor of Hew Tori Roosevelt In C G W Wreck Washington Jan the long line of New Years reception at the white house which each year inaugurate the social season at the national capitol none perhaps haye been more brillian than that which today ushered in the Twentieth century At when tb reception opened the grounds of mansion presented a stirring scene as the parades began to arrive and a long line of army and navy officers in ful uniform formed to the left of the mas sive Within the marine band discoursed national airs and lively marches throughout the ceremony Members of the cabinet and their wives together with ladies of the re party were first to arrive The latter entered the red and blue parlors and took their places behind line Promptly at 11 President and Mrs Me Kinley descended the main staircase followed by members of the cabinet and ladies took their places in the blue parlors and the long line of guests be- gan to move First came the ambassadors and of the foreign courts by full staffs headed by Lord the British a of the diplomatic corps Then came the chief justice and associate justices of the United States supreme court judges of the court senators repre former cabinet officers and ministers officers of the army navy marine corps secretary of Institute commissioner of eries civil service commissioners bers commerce commission commissioner of labor assistant taries of various departments other heads of departments Associated erans of the Mexican war Grand Army of the Republic Loyal Legion general veterans and Spanish war veterans At the general public was ad- mitted and for hours a constant stream of people passed through the parlors extending greetings to the president The parlors presented a scene of beauty and brilliancy beautifully de- with plants and flowers Me Arthur's Reception Manila Jan Prep McKinley's New Years reception proves greater than that of Wen MacArthur's it will not be the fault of the people of Manila The reception is the first official social function in which Americans and pinos have mingled in a social way For three hours a stream Of vehicles wound through the grounds of the governor general's residence and discharged their callers who were mostly natives The American flag predominated in the decorations Admiral Remey received callers by the side of MacArthur The wives of several generals assisted in re- SAW HIM BEHEADED Baron Von Slayer Is Put to Death In Pekin China Jan chinamen who killed the German minister Baron Von Ketteler in June last was be- headed today in the presence of a large number of spectators A meeting of the foreign ministers beheld the sight as soon as British Minister Satow who suffering from chills and had re- covered sufficiently to be present PUBLISHER DEAD P Formerly of Iowa Dies In Albany Jamestown N Y Jan P Uphain formerly publisher of the Iowa Times Des Moines Register and other newspapers and for years an employee under Frank W Palmer toe present ment printer died at his home in this city last night aged seventy-three Chas Mullan Jr arrived from Sioux City night and is ill with pleurisy Dr E W Jay over INAUGURATIONS of New York and iKan Officially Named Albany N Y Jan B Odell jr was today inaugurated gover nor of the state of New York The in auguration was one of the most elab orate ever held in the capitol Ther was a great outpouring of people Fif teen hundred national guardsmen wer in line in the escort column The gov ernor elect and his escort wer cordially greeted on the march from the executive mansion to the capitol The governor repeatedly had to bow his acknowledgments Governor Roosevelt shared the en with Governor Odell to a grea extent There was a demonstration o welcome in the assembly where the inauguration ceremonies tool place The chamber was filled to over- flowing Michigan's Governor Lansing Mich Jan noon Aaron T Bliss Saginaw inaugurated governor of Michigan at the state tol with appropriate ceremonies Large Concern Falls Philadelphia Pa Jan Biddies Sons woolen manufacturers have petitioned for involuntary bank The are liabilities An unsatisfactory condition of trade the rise in the price of raw materials and wages are said to be the cause of the petition Wreck Kills Two Chicago Jan W Bell an en- gineer was killed and John Scott a fireman was fatally injured by the de of a Chicago N W motive at Barrington near here today WILL BEGIN TODAY State Printer and State Binder Begin new Duties Des Moines Jan terms of office of the new state printer and binder Bernard Murphy of Vinton and of Mt Ayr begun day Mr Murphy was in the city making arrangements to go ahead with the work of his office He las resigned the at Yinton and in succeeding F R Conaway in- tends to devote himself closely to ng after the state printing which will je done by the Iowa Printing company under a contract with the state printer Mir Tedford purchased the bindery of Young some weeks ago Chancellor McClain of the law of the state university be- comes a member of the supreme court oday He took the oath of office when n the city attending the special session if the supreme court that closed shortly Christmas He succeeds Judge harles T Granger whose term ended with the close of the year 1900 Judge Granger is getting his affairs in shape o allow him to go to California for the winter ATTACK PAVING LAW ta Validity la Involved in Sioux City Case Sioux City Jan new special low of Iowa is to be given a shaking up as soon as possible street property owners are ling formal objections with the city to the assessments that have been made against them for the asphalt re- ently laid These will be taken up to tie council and its advisors at the ext meeting If the innocent looking little paving aw which the legislature passed last winter is as full of holes as Attorney F Gill alleges in the protests he has led it is even worse than the Titus He claims that private is taken for public purposes due process of law But while great damage has been one to the federal constitution Mr fill represents still more harmful ment of the Iowa constitution He ates that the law passed last nd which was at that time regarded a a mere temporary makeshift till more satisfactory legislation could be unconstitutional much as it provides no method of de- the special benefits to property owners Leave orders for Chicago papers at east side or Frank Bros west ide Papers delivered at houie 1545 E M Agent FOR Furnished room with heat Inquire at this office 1565 tf BLACKHAWK COUNTY'S NEW COURT HOUSE Photographed from Plaas of Architect F D UNION MILL MEETING Five Directors Specify Willingness to Erect a New Building on Site of the Burned of Former Wall Wheel and Mill There was to have been an official meeting of the directors of the Union Mill company today but owing to New Year's day being a holiday the ng resulted in but an informal ion of plans There Were present six five of whom expressed a de- ire to rebuild a mill on the site of the nins The company has had numerous from mill machinery men ding for contracts 10 outfit a new mill and along this line Barnard Lee's Moline agent has been notified at es Moines to come to Waterloo The rebuilding proposition naturally imbraces much that is worthy of con- It is a question as to whether he present wall will hold a brick ng as the tire ordinance would require nch material The old wall and wheel cost when constructed ence the great loss if the wall was not strong On the other hand ths company has t recently expended on the west side water power and this would e a dead loss if abandoned The entire mill when built in olden days cost 00 i Real Estate Transfers The following deeds were filed for ecord I A Snider to E guson lot in Cedar 800 Wirt P Hoxie et al to Geo D lot in East H C Harper to Etta M Reiser lot in East Waterloo 1200 25 Three transfers consideration An Iowa Cornstalk FOR 7 room house er Ankeny and Ricker Apply o Jos McChane room 7 Henderson lock Independence Through be mention made of it in the rs at the time Jed Snow has had ers of inquiry from nine different states the mammoth Mexican corn by him last summer Most of the writers have something to tell of big orn and after comparing notes Jed ays he has come to the conclusion that lis was the biggest corn ever raised in his country The tallest stalk was like 23 feet in height with moat of it nearly as high The ears are all matured the yield being about the same aa onr native corn The drous growth seemed to have been due to the combination of soil and change of climate as the corn never attains such height in its native Mexico PRICE 5 CENTS The publishers of The Reporter offer to Waterloo people copies of today's edition at 5 cents each This issue we believe is the most pretentious and the most comprehensive of the interests of Waterloo that has ever been issued in this city The paper of 36 pages with all the most prominent buildings and residences erected and completed in 1900 coat the publishers approximately the 5 per copy at which it is offered No one has been asked to contribute a cent in the way of illustrations cr in any other particular The burden is shouldered entirely by the publishers and no measures of doubtful integrity have been resorted to in forcing copies on the people nor has advertising been solicited on other than the merits of tne edition and the publication which has fostered and stands behind it The Reporter asks nothing in return for its effort If it is appreciated The Reporter is satisfied and the paper stands ready to repeat the story at the stated intervals at which such tidings are heralded forth This issue is presented with the nope that it may aid in the progress of Wa- and confidence is felt that a generous public will approve of the spirit which has prompted setting forth the facts contained herein BULLETIN JOHN HOWREY DEAD News Received Last Night of His Demise Dec 34 News of the death of John M rey was received last night by Waterloo relatives While not entirely the tews came as a great shook and the fact that the missive came by mail added a tinge of sadness that more prompt advice have alleviated Mr Howrey died in Phoenix Arizona December 24 of a lung trouble He was born in Blackhawk county Feb 26 1863 and spent the early years his life in Waterloo and vicinity He graduated from East Waterloo high school with the class of 1882 Mr Howrey early evidenced a liking for the newspaper business and learned the printer's trade in this city About j seventeen years ago he left locating first in Florida but later going j to the undeveloped west where he has since resided Mr Howrey has been connected with many prominent and influential journals in the west aud was a credit to the line of work he had j chosen for a life pursuit j His last visit to Waterloo was during the winter of 1898 94 His only tives here are one brother and one i B J Howrey and Mrs Geo F j 1 Garvin services were held Phoenix Dec and burial was made at that place in Year 1900 A D Grand Compilation of Figures To Reporter Welcome to Waterloo Waterloo as a City Wholesalers of Waterloo Nature's Prettiest Nooks Love Shafts ot One Cupid Wealth of Blackhawk County Manufactories Central Improvements Description of New Shops and New I C Engines Famous Bridge at Cairo 111 Old Cairo Ferry Boat Who Donated Money for I C The Y M C A The Local Ice Harvest Stone Quarries Police Force Blackhawk Was a County Old Settlers Association Pearls of the Cedar River Educational Continued Blackhawk's Timber Schools Telephones and Telephone Systems Retail Business County Farmers in City of Iowa Census Figures of First Things House Records of Death Great Factors of City Growth Popular Clubs of the City Insane Report for Year Chief Blackhawk Reigned Greenhouses of of City in Acres of the County Local Men of Professions Cedar River Water Power Religious Features Just a Steady Growth for City Early Inns and Modern Hotels Lines of Railway Gas and Electricity City Directory of Business Men Waterloo's of Banking of Waterloo Railway's Local Progress Recapitulation of Improvements of Improvements for 1900 Comparison with 1899 Census Facts Public Library Record ot Waterloo Annual Fire Record Business Changes Loan Associations Honored Men of County Official Blackhawk Census City Officials Record County Taxes Collected Martin Brothers Cigars Report Year iu Real Estate Progress by Years Official Papers Recorded Taxes to be Collected In the Twentieth Century Up in Passing A USEFUL LIFE ENDED For Many Years Public Citizen of Honor and An Old Soldier and Prominent Lodge and of Death John Thompson pioneer of Waterloo died at his home on Lafayette street last evening at o'clock Years ago in his prime he answered the call to arms for his country's sake During service a sunstroke was sustained which in the estimation of his physician was largely due to his release from a worldly existence He was a public man whose career had been closely interwoven with the history of Blackhawk county since the The deceased was born in Somerset county Pennsylvania April 10 1831 He came to Iowa with his father in 1849 and located in Linn county where later he married Miss Mary Carl the wife who survives him In 1857 he was at- to Waterloo and from the date of his arrival that year he has been a continuous resident of the city He was a man of honest purpose and with pride for an earnest and career as a trusted man among his brothers It was ever a gratification to him while living his later days to look back upon sixteen years of service as constable in East Waterloo and to re- view his attenuated service as bailiff of the Blackhawk county court The ture of the man is exemplified in his last acts as a public servant While a recent case was being tried he clung to his post in the court room although it was clearly evident he battled against weakness to maintain hk position For two weeks he strove to stand the strain but finally listened to the entreaty of those near to him and remained in his home For four weeks he was thus confined the last two of which he was forced to remain in bed His son Rea and his wife and other relatives were constant and faithful attendants ad- ministering lovingly as their beloved husband father and friend slowly ened to his death For three years Mr Thompson was steward of the poor house The ing partially stands today at the corner of Sycamore and Eighth streets He was overseer of the poor for five or six years By trade he was a miller and worked the mill formerly standing where the east side Union mill now is Later when the present structure was built he continued to labor there For twenty-five years he was a ber ot the I 0 O F under whose auspices the funeral will be held companied in honor by Canton the Crescent P M During his Odd he was three times a for the Blackhawk and district He was also a long time ber of what is now the Iowa workmen his allegiance extending over a period of twenty years For forty years he has been a con- member of the Christian church being one of the local of that sect He was the father of five children two surviving Rea at home and a daughter Mrs Will S Pitt who with Mr Pitt are here from wein to attend the funeral Coincidents of the death were marked On the day he died he had served sixteen years to a day as constable of loo and ten years ago to the day of his death his oldest son John died This son was at one time deputy treasurer of the county and also bookkeeper at the Union Mills The deceased as a soldier was a ber of Company F One Hundred and Fifty-first Indiana infantry The funeral services will be conducted from Grace M E church Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev F L Platt of Central City a former pastor of the Christian church of Waterloo He will be assisted by Rev Mr Evans of Grace church Bertie Olds the boy whose serious condition was the subject of mention a few weeks ago died last night at the residence of W R Palmer on West Eleventh street between Bluff and Jefferson The boy was born in port e Sept 1 and was 16 years and 4 months old at time of his death He has lived in and about Waterloo for the past five years The trouble ultimately caused his death was first noticed in last June In November he was sent to Iowa City to undergo an operation for its removal but the there decided that the case was beyond relief The boy's mother Mrs W R Palmer and two sisters are the surviving relatives The funeral will be held tomorrow but time and place had not been decided upon before going to press Interment will be in view Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock curred the death of Chas Philip ther at the houie of his Mrs John L Bowers of Cedar Falls The funeral will be held at the new Brethren church at the corner of West Fifth and South streets at 2 o'clock Wednesday Jan 2 1901 A of his life will be given in tomorrow's paper It became necessary to turn the hose on the ruins of the west side mill again this morning the embers having burst into in two or three places T B Askew M D eye ear nose and throat Office over
