Semi Weekly Iowa State Reporter (Newspaper) - September 20, 1901, Waterloo, Iowa r r i r r jc IOWA STATE REPORTER VOL 7 WATERLOO IOWA SEPTEMBER 20 1901 NO 1730 Body of President McKinley Consigned to the Grave VAST CROWDS ATTEND Canton Literally Banked With Sorrowing Thousands Brow of the Martyred President I Crowned With the Last Tribute o Love and Gen eral Throughout country Canton Sept crowd is in the city today in its history esti mated at nearly one hundred thousand People overflowed the sidewalks an literally packed the street from side to side The funeral procession started from the McKiniey residence at The body of the was taken into the church at Simple Services at Church Services at the were simple They began with a of an or gan prelude Beethovens funeral march As the last notes of the prelude stilled the Euterpean ladies quartette of Can ton sang Beautiful Isle of Some where Rev 0 B Milligan pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Can ton delivered a touching invocation The ninetieth psalm was read by Dr John A Hall of Trinity Lutheran church Canton and that portion of the fifteenth chapter of First Corinthians included between the and verses was read by Rev E P of Trinity Reformed church of Canton The favorite hymn of Mr Kindly Light was then rendered by a mixed quartette When DiCO E Manchesterpastor of First Metho dist delivered an address At of discourse Bishop I W Minneapolis de livered a short prayer Then the Nearer My God to Thee was sung entire congregation The people remained standing after the close of the hymn while the benediction was pro by T P of Cleveland The casket was then bjrne from the church to the funeral car and the march of the procession to the cemetery began Wife Could IJot Attend Mrs McKmley did not attend any of the ceremonies today owing to her con dition which is causing grave appre hension those caring for her Throughout the morning she went pite hour after hour From now on she will be guarded the most solicitous care for only in keeping her quiet can the collapse be avoided UNIVERSAL Length and Breadth of Land Bows In Submissive Chicago Sept never in the history of the country was there ever such a universal suspension ot business cf all kinds as that of today every city town village and hamlet held memorial services during the hour the obsequies over the late President McKiniey were being held at Canton the citizens generally partici pating Many large railroads telegraph com panies street car systems associated press newspapers and other corpora tions unable to suspend service through the services showed respect for the illustrious dead by a total sion of business for five minutes at hour when the casket at Canton was being lowered to its last resting place The service at many of the larger cities was on an extensive scale IOWA BANK ROBBED Burglars Loot Shellsburg Institution With Cedar Rapids Sept bank at was broken into this morning and the safe blown open with dynamite Two thousand seven hun dred dollars in cash was secured The escaped on a hand car A posse is scouring the country British Troops Captured London Sept captured two hundred British troops and three guns at nek A TEN THOUSAND LOSS Sawyers Store Mason An Wyth Grocery Or Steven the Mala from In Coal Bin Cedar Falls had a fire during the early morning At ire wa discovered in the office of Ur Stevens over H W Sawyers clothing store The fire evidently started from thi combustion of coal as the floor wai burned through where the coal wa piled in one of the back rooms of thi suite and above the roof was also burned through the flames running uj from the bin The fire was discovered by the Hes kett family which rooms in the rear o the building there being rooms other than those used by the doctor between The escaped in their clothes the greater part of their house lold goods being destroyed The fire somewhat in the Sawyer store but the damage is chiefly due to water The grocery of Mason Andrew Wyth was also considerably damaged he water leaking through and wetting the goods There was a tile floor in the grocery and the water was swept out of being allowed to run down cellar into the stored goods This saved additional loss The losses are about as follows H W Sawyer Mason Andrews te Wyth 1000 Dr 500 HesKett 400 Balance of loss on building The two first named losers were well the loss being covered The milding was also insured Dr Stevens id not have a cent of insurance Most f his instruments were destroyed hree streams of water played on the ire for an hour and a half BOAT FOUNDERED Vessel Goes Down as Result an Explosion London Sept torpedo boat destroyer The Cobra has foundered n North Sea the result of on She carried a crew of and all are reported lost except about dozen CIRCUS STORY o the Effect That No Exhibition Will Be Given in Webster City Today rom Thursdays It was reported on the streets last vening combined shows of ells Brothers and would nbt ive an Webster City here they are to be today that they buld stop there feed the animals and ontinue to the next date without a per enhance There seems to be an error i the report if the following from the Webster City of last veiling is to be believed That paper ays Mr Stowe advance agent of the Sells circus which is to here tomorrow is in the citr nd authorizes the statement that the reet parade will not take placa until am tomorrow on account Of the memorial service which is to be eld at 10 oclock He says Mr Sells very anxious to carry put the wishes f the community in this matter to the illest and were it prac cable he would omit the usual per on this day altogether out of to the occasion But this would e impossible and he has deferred the parade until as late an hour as may be in order to interfere as little as with the memorial service The afternoon and evening perform nce will take place at the hours adver A D Schorle left today for a three months visit at his home at Baden This is Mr chorles first visit at his old home in a umber of years and a trip that he has one been He has five rothers still in the fatherland all of serving in the German army nd one of which was in China with it uring the recent troubles Home Visitors Excursion Tickets With 30 day limit on sale to points Indiana Ohio and Kentucky on ertain days during September and from all Iowa points on the Cedar Rapids North rn railway See agents for ars John G Farmer A G P T B C R N Ry Cedar Rapids owa Not quite enough listed to advertise or sale day Call at once Waterloo tock Exchange Near Deaths physician renounced it Brights Disease He aid I might die any moment A riend suggested Dr Kidney nd Bladder Cure I took three boxes nd was cured E W Bush 692 Ave Chicago a box old by Wangler Bros Todd Land raf Co B Striegel Renken Co SERVICES IN WATERLOO All Fay Tribute to the Na tions Dead of Mourning Every where ercUes at the Opera House From Thursdays Daily The burial of Win McKiniey was ob served in Waterloo today as becomes a city under the stars and stripes when its chief executive is laid in the silent tomb amid the sobs of the states The observance was a sorrowful duty none the less lowering because of leaden skies and drizzling rain The sorrow ful pomp and display the fluttering of flags the low muffle of music were absent people going with hearts to the opera house to hear the exercises given in his memory But none the less sincere was the sol emn and memorial plan ned for the man whose earthly work is oer and whose clay will with the dust of ages but whose soul goes marching on in the lives of the Amer can people and in their history The places of business were closed almost universally the artisan the banker the and the merchant uniting in the holy observ ance There was not a spirit of despair but one of resignation aid hope urin led with the mourning for one we oved The black and the white about he flag told in sombre words the story of our yearning and regret At the Opera House In weeping skies and muddy treets the throng that gathered at the house this afternoon to pay ite to the late president was far be yond the capacity of that building to Every seat was filled and all landing room was while here were not a few wLo failing to admittance disappointedly re raced their steps through mud and ain to their homes Seats were re for the veterans of the Grand Army comrades of Major McRinley jn lis military service audalsq for pany B of the Forty ninth regiment and the Womans Relief Corp These in a body a little before 2 oclock nd took the places assigned At about 215 3 H Leavitt the for the the first exercises of the which was the singing Light Cardinal by a quartet consisting f Misses Vroom and and S M and Paul Davis followed in which the vast aud mce was led by Rev A A Tanner of tie Congregational church closing with be Lords prayer io the utterance of hich petition hundreds of voices joined n unison The next sang an anthem Thy Willbe Done being speciall in view of the ast words uttered by the president be ore passing into unconsciousness Rev Samuel Gallen was then intro and delivered a beautiful and el fl eulogy upon President McKiniey hich the Reporter publishes in full Mr Callen said Rev Callens Address Fellow Citizens We meet today t the request ot our president and the o our own hearts to pay he last tribute of respect to the life nd work of Wm McKiniey This is me third time in thirtysix years re have met as a nation to mourn he our magistrate at ne hands oj a vile assassin We might note in passing that it is Just werity years ago today since the la Garfield died at Elberon N It is too soon yet to set forth the rue greatness of charac er Ve win need to ask for the per of history and when long me hath passed stand forth n his true proportions and men wiu ay He was one of the greatest of Americans God ever gave us It seems to us very fitting that at lis time when loving hands are plac ng him in the tomb there to rest the heavens be no more that we dwell fond regret upon hat brave hopeful patient life that vent out all too soon This is a time when men love to trace all things to heir beginnings Nations and insti tuons as well as rivers are revealing leir sources the place from whence hey spring But amid all this study is more interesting than to race some men back beyond ances ral hills to see from whence flow the treams of strength and beauty that themselves into his abundant fe know that heredity plays some range tricks and am aware that that man Wm Shake the supreme genius of the ges was the child of parents who ould neither read nor write Yet we feel that blood has s influence in the Development of In this regard Mr McKin ey was well endowed We go back long his family line and find that ome of his ancestors took part in the war and helped to gain ur independence He originally came that race that gave America so many of her leading orators and and Scotch rish He possessed the subtle intell genius of the Scotch and the warm enthusiasm of the Irish Thia heritage he disciplined by years o study and service until he combined in himself the strength of the granite hills and the beauty and grace of the vine and flower Early in the history ot the continent we see the Cavalier and the Puritan struggle for acy but both hurled themselves into the revolution and Cavalier and Purl tan as such were lost in the storm of battle and from the fire of war there came forth something better than American So it is not Scotch or Irish Cavalier or Puritan that we come to honor today but the man who bore the bright consummate fruitage of American institutions Wm McKinley His home life was warm and tender because of the sweet religious that filled all hearts there He early knelt at that truest altar that was ever mothers from that holy of holies he went forth to engage in the battles of life How well he fought and conquered all the world knows He was destined by his father 10 study law After leaving the public schools he attended the Allegheny col lege at Meadville Pa but soon he hears the assault upon Ft Sumpter and from the school room he passed to the recruiting office and enlisted the Ohio regiment His first colonel was Wm S Rose B Hayes after president was also in the regi ment His gallant on the bloody field at Antietam was watched by General Hayes and afterwards re warded He was made a second lieutenant and then promoted to be come first lieutenant then captain and was finally mustered out as a major of volunteers his commission signed by Abraham Lincoln He re turned from the front and took up the study of law and was admitted the bar in When he was thirty years of age he was elected to congress and his great political career began Mr Hayes was president when Mr ley was in the house of representa tives and it was his custom to often visit the white house for Mr Hayes had known him from his youth and all through his military and political Career Mr Hayes said to him one day To achieve success and fame you must pursue a special line You not make a speech on every offered or introduced You must confine yourself to one particular become a specialist take up soine branch of legislation and make study Why not take up the subject of tariff Being a subject not be settled foi some years to come it offers a fleld for study and a chance for ultimate fame Witt these words ringing in his ears devoted himself to the of the tariff lie became the greatest authority on that subject in the He was soon recognized as one of the leading statesmen and he passed swiftly from congress to the gover ship of Ohio and then he found it an easy step to tHe white house What was there in Mr McKiniey that gave him such among his fellows What was the secret of Ms power us note that nature en dowed him with a strong physical body Blessed with a robust consti he was able to endure all the privations xf army life and answer every call made upon him in the halls of legislation Again we note ment his mental He gave himself subject with the most persistent application His advice to young men was never trust to luck but work hard His whole life was full of the most exact ing toil and during the Spanish war tee was rarely out of his office before 2 oclock in the morning so earnestly did he apply himself to his duties He had large maps onthe walls of his office and with pins for hold ers dotted the maps wherever our or military forces were opera ting Thus he kept everything under his own eye He will be known jn history as a great statesman independent and or He was a born leader of men but always Courteous and kind He carried men by his attractive personal He never used the means that most political leaders are known to have used It was not his plan to abuse anyone no matter how bitterly he was opposed He was always the Christian gentleman All great orators must rely chiefly on moral power that indescribable something which gives virtue to char acter If there is not moral earnest ness back of the spoken word the speech will be empty but sounding brass and tinkling cymbal The preacher is who is greater than any sermon he ever preached What a man says may be common enough but a well grounded manhood gives a peculiar and influen tial force to the words uttered No man who ever listened to Mr Mc can forget the soul behind the words the character that domi all else and gave his ideas momentum This leads us to note the mans wonderful reserve force He was never taken by surprise He always rose equal to every emergency and never disappointed the people At the battle of Napoleon kept his old guard in reserve until Mc Donald pierced the Austrian center then he hurled his reserve into the breach and the day was won So mcKinley held his resources well in hand and when the hour came to strike he marshalled his forces marched forth and the victory be longed to him His heart was treasure laden He loved the common people and the common people heard him gladly He knew that men needed love and sympathy and he gave them the last fua measure of devotion No presi dent ever held so many public re He wanted to get close to the hearts of the people and it was while he was pouring out his love and friendship to them that he met his tragic death It was his heart power that enabled him to make the dis severed nation in fact as well as in name In 1889 Henry W Grady said in an address delivered in Boston Give US the broad and patriotic loy alty that loves and trusts Georgia with Massachusetts That de sire has been fully realized We who love Mr McKiniey can well look back with satisfaction on the part he has played in tae of reconciliation He used all the influence of his ex position all the generous im pulses of his great warm heart to des troy and bring in the reign of love over north and south How his soul was thrilled with joy and his lips touched with eloquence when he the fruition of his long cher ished hopes Standing before the people of Atlanta he uttered senti ments that are today immortal united one country again and one country forever Proclaim it from the press and pulpit teach it in the schools write it across the skies The world sees and feels it it cheers every heart north and south and brightens the life of every American Let nothing ever strain it At peace with all the world A STRANGE COINCIDENCE Cora from hich Her to Kd win and 00 Next Mali Ke 91 ao from Him Yesterday afternoon Cora Waugh left the courthouse a free woman having been granted a decree of divorce from her husband on the grounds of desertion and non support Going to the tice she was greatly surprised and some what excited to receive ten months pay sent by her husband who is now in the navy stationed in the vicinity of the Philippines The sum amounted to and was all but a month received by the husband for a period of ten months This is the first time Mrs Wangh had heard from her husband since he de her over a year ago was greatly disconcerted over the receipt of the money and for a time varying emotions filled her breast She took the money to her attorney and asked if she it He advised her to do so use it for the care of the child which is in her possession and the custody of which the court her in the decree Tt is barely possible that when the service of the husband is over in the navy should he return there will be another knot tied which will never be broken by divorce Edwin Waugh was a deserter not only of wife but of the army He deserted the army and waa captured and deserted a second time It may be that fear of being taken by the army again is what induced him to leave hia wife and child and it may be also that his heart has beat warm for thein through the intervening months The receipt of the money would show that hehad not forgotten them at least home again and with each other what can stand pathway of our progress and prosperity Today we have the broad and perfect loyalty that loves and trusts Georgia alike with Mass His life was most touching and beautiful It was his custom when in Canton to attend church every Sabbath in company with his aged mother and when he was governor of Ohio almost always went over to Canton Sunday morning and the dear old mother went to church leaning on the arm of her son The service over he hurried back to Colum where his wife awaited Ms coming ind ministry For over twenty years he has watched with tenderest care over an invalid wife He never lost the manly sympathy of his wooing lays No one who ever looked into his face could think of him as ought but good man His complexion was ilear a sign of temperance 111 an age of excess and of an age of He was a great man but with greatness he combined goodness Some great men have lived as though the possession of genius was a pass indulgence Byron could sing like an angel but he rouli not live like one Burns was one ol the kings of song but he loved the ale house more than the library and the scepter fell from his hands It s said Goethe during his lifetime cept two friends busy one sounding and the other cleaning mud froni his garments It was al together different with Mr McKiniey From Thursdays He accepted the place God gave him I W D Pierce is in the county jail and honored the talents nature be stowed upon him He posit W D PIERCE IS ARRESTED Said to Have Entered Home L A Co b band Taken Three Kl n Ther from Valued at Ono and Twentyfive Dollars on and talents were like so many voices calling upon him to live a good His response to the moral sen were so that we can thint of him as fulfilling of manhood King Arthur ideal that the ol the Table beheld when they swore o reverence their conscience as their to break the heathen aid to up hold the Christ to ride abroad dressing human wrongs to speak no no listen to it to honor own word as if their lead sweet lives in purest chastity to love one maiden only to cleave to her worship her by years of noble deeds not only to keep down the base in men but teach high thoughts and amiable words and courtliness and the desire of fame all truth and all that makes a man Tennyson ells that when bis knights lay hands n his into their faces comes a momentary likeness of the king As the people stand today and mourn the death of their may the light that glowed h his soul fill all hearts and shine n ail faces He ever wore the white lower of a blameless life But why this adherence to high and noble deals There must be for very effect The cause sometimes ies too deep for mortal ken Back of the thought is the thinker back of the uea stands the Creator There can We are to Mr Blaine for a description of three of Americas greatest Clay Mr Douglass and Thaddeus Stevens Mr Clay was the greatest In 1841 when he was sixtyfour years of age he took control of the Whig party from the president who had received their against the power of Webster in the cabinet and against the eloquence of Choate in the senate and against the herculean efforts of Caleb Gushing and Henry A Wise in the house In unshared leadership in the pride and plentitude of power he hurled against John Tyler with the deepest scorn the mass of that conquering column which had swept over the land in 1840 and drove his administration to seek shelter behind the lines of his political foes Mr Douglass achieved a victory scarcely less wonderful when in 1854 against the secret desires of a strong administration against the wise coun sel of the older chiefs against the conservative instincts and even the moral sense of the country he forced a reluctant congress into a repeal of the Missouri Compromise Mr Thaddeus Stevens in his con test from 1865 to actually ad his parliamentary leadership until congress tied the hands of the Continued on Page 4 charged with burglary the fruits of his clandestine visit being three rings val ued at the property of Mrs L A1 CobD wife of the jeweler A warrant has been out for Pierce for four weeks and has been in the hands of Mike Ham mond of Cedar Falls deputy sheriff Pierce has a wife Cedar Palls and it that sooner or later he would visit her arrived in that place and Deputy Ham mond arrested him bringing him to Waterloo last night The rings stolen Were a diamond valued at an emerald and a pearl making the total as stated The rings were taken somewhere between noon and eleven oclock at night on the 17th of December last from rooms in the Tom Watts building at ISO fourth street where the Cobbs were living Suspicion pointed to Pierce but until recently no evidences cOnld be secured to inake good the charge Other prop erties stolen are thought to have been taken by him Pierce is about 30 years of age and the Cedar Falls woman who bears hie name is his second wife the first wife being divorced For a time when in Waterloo Pierce drove a bakers wagon for Schorle the Fourth street baker It is supposed entrance was gained by skeleton keys One of the hardest looking outfits ever in the city arrived during the rain today Two decrepit horses bony and old shivering with the cold rain upon their backs hauled a tough looking covered wagon into town and took quarters on Sycamore street The owner was a young fellow from Clinton and in company with him was a youth about 18 years of age The two hare been at the lakes all summer and started from Minnesota rather too late in the season They have been trading horses until they were almost traded out and the rains comine on have made life miserable for men and horses They offered the outfit for that they might continue their way home There is still some money left in the pocket of the older man F R Parsons route agent of the American Express company in Iowa made his regular call here today Mr Parsons intends to move his office from to this city about October 1st or iss soon as he can procure a suitable residence for his family His company operates over the Central and North western railroads and by residing at Waterloo it will bring him nearly in the center of his territory Frank Hanlon last night entertained n parry of about fifteen of his old school friends He is abont to leave for Chi cago where he will take a two years course in the pharmaceutical depart ment of the Northwestern university
