Semi-Weekly Iowa State Reporter (Newspaper) - December 16, 1902, Waterloo, Iowa k y IOWA STATE REPORTER 47 WATERLOO IOWA TUESDAY DECEMBER 16 1902 OPERATORS PLEA Arguments Begun Before the Strike Commission THE UNIONS ARE RECOGNIZED Right of Labor to Organize Is Conceded The Venezuelan Buried in Ruins of Todays Men a Collapsed Burned in BRITAIN CALLS A HALT Advises No Further Aggressive Action at f resent London Dec Associated Press has reason to believe orders have been sent the British commander in Venezuelan waters to take no fur ther aggressive action at the present pending a decision being arrived at on the proposal for under consideration by the British govern ment v D a G Bickley went to Shell Rock his morning WAS RESIDENT OF DENVER End Came Sunday Morning at of Death Was Con sumption and of Waterloo Several Years Ago Scranton Dec Con gressman Wolverton in his opening ad dress before the strike commission on behalf of the coal operators today said in part It is impracticable to adopt a uni form method of mining for the whole anthracite region owing to the differ ence of conditions in different Respondents will show that it is the acknowledged purpose of the United Mine Workers to organize all mine em ployes and form a monopoly of the for the fuel supply demanded by the comfort and prosper ity of the American people Respond ents concede the right of labor to or for its protection and to bene fit the conditions of the laborer but they feel that to be subject to any con trol of the bituminous coal organiza tion composed of boys as well as men would end in ruin of coal business He pointed out the question of recog of the union was in no way in Inthis hearing and said he would show average earnings of all employes of manufacturing establish skilled and unskilled is below the average miners that the PAY FOR TURKEYS Highest Price in Years Quoted Today Ducks and Chickens at Flood Tide Live and Dressed latter dont work more than eight hours and that the present system of weighing coal only method that can be adopted IOWA MEN APPOINTED Turkeys ducks and chickens are soaring not in the air but on the mar ket This morning the Waterloo Pro duce company one of the largest insti in the city dealing in poultry posted the following prices for that product Young chickens cents hens 8 cente old roosters 4 cents ducks 9 cents hen turkeys 13 cents young gobblers 12 cents old gob blers 10 cents geese 6 cents These prices are paid the farmers for the live poultry and are the highest paid at this season of the year for tie past fifteen years The reason of the big advance in the price is on account of the scarcity of the birds few being brought to market at a time In former years the the months of November and December range the lowest of any time during the year As a usual chickens stop lay hustle in Nominations Sent to Senate By dent Roosevelt Washington Dec dent today sent the following nomina tions to the senate Surveyors of M Shubert Coun cil Bluffs Iowa James Bolton Sioux City Iowa Lloyd C Griscomb Pennsylvania to be minister to Japan Richmond Pearson Carolina to be minister to Persia at NEW VESSEL LAUNCHED Large Crowd Attends Ceremony Detroit Detroit Dec Erie and Eastern Transportation companys new steamer Tionesta was launched today from the Wyandotte yards of the American Ship Building Co in the presence of a large crowd of peo ple The Tionesta is 360 feet long KLO will have a cargo capacity of 3500 tons and a passenger capacity of 350 fn order to avoid feeding them ter months Now however the mar kets are very short and those raising poultry are inclined to keep have The retail price of these ed are as follows Chickens 12 cents per pound ducks 12 cents per pound geese 10 cents per pound and turkeys 18 cents per pound The above are the prices for the product asked at the meat markets today The pros are that the price will advance in a day or two At this season of 1892 hens were purchased for 6 cents chickens 6 cents young turkeys 9 old turkeys 7 and old In 1894 chickens and hems brought 4 cents a pound and old roosters 2 cents Thus it will be seen that the price since then has about doubled scarcity of the poultry tends to throw chicken pickers out of em ployment at times so at present a very fair price is paid men Their work is all done by the piece 2 cents being paid for old hens 2 for young chickens and 3 for turkeys The wages of the men vary according to their capacity for picking and ranges from to a week The av man can pick from one hundred to a hundred and fifty birds in a day although the most proficient can clean Word was received here yesterday of the death of George for twentyfive years a resident of Denver la The news of his demise was not entirely unexpected as he has been a sufferer from consumption and diabe tes for more than three years and has been bedridden the past five weeks Deceased a farmer and and had an acquaintance extending over the greater part of the state Death came at oclock Sunday morning Mr Bloeser been an acute suf ferer from the dreaded disease for many long months and has done all in human power toward seeking relief A short time ago he went to Chicago and there consulted several found could do nothing to ward benefiting him However they advised a change of climate and he was sent to Chamberlain SD The atmosphere at that place was top dense and he was obliged to return in a short time Last summer he went to Colfax but with no better results He has been able to go about his work until the fore part of last month when he had to give up and took to his bed was a son of George and Louisa Bloeser both of whom are now dead the father having passed away five years ago and the mother more than twentyone years ago He waa born at Atlantic New Jersey in 1857 and when four years of age NO TIME FOR FOOLISHNESS Secretary Hay Informs Germans of American Washington Dec Hay has informed the German govern ment that in event an attempt is made to enforce a peaceful blockade of the Venezuelan coast American ships should not be interfered with in their trading except the prohibition is ap to all shipping and he intimates his disapproval of stoppage at all Pearl Rose has typhoid fever Her condition is not considered dangerous however LABOR COMMISSIONER Eight Waterloo Concerns Have Failed to Comply With His Attorney Reed Will Institute Pro Against Them BATTERY WONT WORK Mishap to Electric Supply Causes Have It Repaired To Have to Tele phone For Alarms Mondays Daily is in hard shape should a HONORS TO MITCHELL Visit to His Old Home Calls Forth Warm Demonstration Spring Valley ill was given a warm welcome upon his return to home today The town was in holiday attire The day was observed as a general holiday and business was suspended in his honor It is estimated three thousand unionists and citizens took in the parade ed with his parents to made his home in thia city forthe next seventeen years or until he at his Jan 1 1878 he toMary Denver Shortly afterward they ed place and settled on a farm a quarter of a from the little lage By thrift and energy he grew prosperous and now owns consider able property in and adjacent to Den ver Ten years ago he started in the business and has been a signal success at it having a reputa tion of being one of the best criers in the state Besides his wife deceased leaves three sons Philip married and resid ing at Denver and Amiel and Louis at home He is also survived by four sis ters and a brother They are Mrs Louise Landwehr of Seattle Wash Mrs Amelia Schramm of Chicago Mrs Carrie Arthur of Chicago Mrs Fred Stolte of this city and WANT CASTRO TO RESIGN A Movement for Removal of Obstacles to Settlement of Venezuelan Trouble Caracas Dec movement is on foot to request Castro to re sign and to summon congress with a view of arranging a satisfactory set of the existing THREE BURNED TO DEATH Two Others Severely one and seventyfive in a day URGENT DEFICIENCY House Passes Measure Which Carries Dec Chouse today passed the urgency deficiency appropriation carrying including for stamping out the foot and mouth disease in New England and the same amount to cover deficiencies in the rural free de livery service The senate has adopt ed the house holiday recess resolu tion POOL FOR New York Banks and Morgan Ready to Get Busy New York Dee number of banks in this city and J P Morgan Co have formed a pool of to lend in the money market in the event of an actual emergency Henry Bloeser also a resident of this city A brother Jacob died about twelve years ago and another brother William also preceded him to the grave having died in thia city Two sisters Lulu and Lizzie died in infan cy and now lie buried in New Jersey The two sisters from Chicago arrived in the city today noon to be in attend ance at the funeral The funeral services will be held at the Presbyterian church in Denver Wednesday afternoon at oclock fire break out The fire alarm sys is out of order and will not work owing to an accident to the trans at the Logan house which is to power for the system It is hoped to have the machinery re pair Jd early tomorrow Chief A A Dunham stated today that in case of a fire the public should be requested tp telephone the alarm to the pump house himself or exchange If this Is done very little would be experienced in case of Part of the battery wore out and yas shipped to Dubuque this morning It is expected the ma will be received again tonight have been the city circuit so that the liouse will not suffer any is furnished the hotel plant from the Rapid sit S B Reed this morning received notice from State Labor Commissioner E p of Des Moines to begin proceedings against eight Waterloo concerns fo not complying with the Iowa labor law Mr Reed will have notice serv ed on the delinquents to this effect at once According to an act of the last general assembly amending article 24 the labor commissioner is required to inspect the various factories and shops employing labor and see that the shops buildings and machinery are provided with proper accoutre ments for the employes Mr Brig ham visited Waterloo last fall and made the inspection A number of changes were made in the law recent ly regulating sanitary conditions escapes and blowers and pipes for emery wheels With the exception of these last named provisions the Wa institutions complied with the regulations About two dozen con cerns were found deficient and he or dered them to meet the requirements by December 1 Eight of them have not According to the Iowa law he has turned the matter over to County Attorney Reed to compel them to do so However if they do so immediately the matter will Be settled otherwise trouble is liable to result Mr Brigham paid Waterloo indus tries a high tribute regarding the manner in which they treated their employes saying they were the equal if not the superior of any in lows Few or no offenders of the child labor restriction were found k JURY DISAGREES Damage Suit Against Town of Parkers for Hon O B Courtright has from Allison where he assisted in the prosecution of the case of Cornelia Lush vs the town of for damages for personal injuries sustained by a fall on a defective side walk several months ago The cam was submitted to the Jury Friday and after being out several hours they agreed to disagree The case will prob ably have a new hearing at the next term of the Butler county courts ENTER PELTON RESIDENCE Secure Containing Not Disturb Anything Else or the No Case One of the boldest house robberies reported in may months was that at residence of Mrs Mary Pelton 420 Independence evening Thieves avenue Saturday gained entrance fire alarm system is in good or will be In condition as soon as can be attached to the circuit The people are urged to use the telephone immediately on the ery iOf a fire and not endeavor to use the fire alarm Interment will be in the cemetery two miles south of Denver COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS Brother of Mrs B F Burton Gets Ap At Council Bluffs Among the names of appointees to day sent by President Roosevelt to the senate was Leander M Shubert as collector of customs at Council Bluffs The appointment is of con local interest as Mr Shubert is a brother of Mrs B F Burton of this city He is known here through visits with his sister He has recent ly been connected with the coal busi ness and has been quite prominent in southwestern Iowa politics The ap pointment is quite a lucrative one He resides at Council Bluffs ADDITIONAL LOCALS From Mondays H H Haase of Waverly spent Sun dayin Waterloo J Rhomberg of Dubuque is in Wa today on business C I Shimer became the father of an eleven pound Wy Sunday George Dawson George Lichty and B T Cowin went to Allison this morn ing VENIRE TODAY Grand Jurors Will Serve for One Year From Each and Places of Venire Tenement House Fire New York Dec mem bers of the Bond family were burned to death and two others severely in jured in a tenement house First avenue today fire in Todays Deaths Philadelphia Dec Wela president of the civil service reform league of Chicago died here this after noon of apoplexy FIFTY MEN BURIED Caught Beneath the Ruins of a Col lapsed Round House Philadelphia Dec the Pennsylvania Railroad round house in West Philadelphia collapsed this afternoon burying fifty men in the ruins No one was killed but a number of injured were taken out J P Sherman who is suffering from a paralytic strike is not quite as well today and his condition now is considered very critical WORK ON NEW DIRECTORY Canvass Commenced be Issued About March 1st C H Shaffer J A Stolar and L H Secor representing W H McCoy the directory publisher arrived In the city today and have already commenced the canvass for the 1903 directory for Waterloo The canvass will occupy about six weeks and within a month after its completion the book will be ready for delivery Thomas Fergason and wife of Fort Dodge spent Sunday in this city as the guests of their sons J B and A L the proprietors of the Golden Rule They left this morning for Ft Dodge being en route home from an extended visit with a daughter in Belle L C Davis of Clarksville spent Sun day in Waterloo D H Younga bridge contractor and owner of the Delaware county here from Manchester on business The Tribe Of Ben Hur will hold its annual election of officers at the hall tonight and will also initiate several candidates into the mysteries of the order G W Dawson and a number of H Central officials are today going proposed route of the Cen of Cedar Falls and are pur chasing the ground It is not thought that any of it will have to be con Henry E Garner and Jennie Tucker of New Hartford were married at today in the county clerks office by Justice J H Kuhns Both were too to secure a license but the brides parents accompanied them with the written consent of the grooms About two inches of snow was ad ded to the covering of the beautiful already hiding the earth Little or no wind accompanied the snow so that sleighing will bo excellent The previous snow had melted sufficiently to make a good foundation The country roads are said to be in fine shape Louis of this city has gone to Dubuque where tonight he will be united in marriage to Miss Ida Heller of that place The wedding will be a very quiet affair the ceremony being performed in the presence of only the relatives and a few of the most inti mate friends of the contracting par ties They will make their home in this city Dr D W Grouse who is now hunt ing in northern Alabama has sent home to his folks a fine deer which was killed by him The deer is a doe and is one of the largest and finest specimens that has been seen in Waterloo The Crouse fam ily will dine on venison for some time and the skin of the deer will be stuffed and mounted as a permanent evidence of the doctors skill as a hunter From Mondays The venire for both the trial and grand juries was drawn today by depu ty clerk of courts S M Bentley Twentyfour trial jurors were drawn for the January term of Court The grand jurors serve one year and tile trial jurors but one session of court The law provides that only one from each township can serve on the grand Jury and a number of extra names were drawn A number of the grand jurors are those who at last term as trial jurors The trial jurors are W W Wyant Waterloo Erastus Dolph Big Creek T Church Waterloo J C Jensen Lester John Harrig Poyner A D Adams Waterloo Chas A Lawson Waterloo B O Raymond Spring Creek Jens Nielsen Cedar Falls Chas Weber Barclay John Ortner Barclay Elias F E Bender Waterloo C Schmitz Fox V L Cook Washington Wm Valentine Union G H Waterloo J H Smith Cedar C E Clausen Waterloo RA High Fox J L Schmitt Waterloo C A Gutknecht Blackhawk J Marson Waterloo N C R Cavanaugh Lincoln Grand Jurors J Y Campbell Barclay C G Kober Big Creek W C Miller Union D C Henry East Waterloo Geo P Beck sr Waterloo J E Callaghan Mt Vernon A J Peck Cedar J W Boyle Lester H B Eighmey Blackhawk R M Gunn Eagle D E Metcalfe Poyner F S Stevens Cedar Falls through an unlocked door and secured a purse containing about In cash which was left on a chair in the sit ting room by Miss Mate Pelton Miss Pelton had returned from her work early in the evening and threw her purse on a chair when she enter ed She left soon afterwards to ar tend a social function When the other members of the household re tired the door was left unlocked for her on her return The purse and money had been left on the chair WBen she returned she was surpris ed to find both doors open and f lately thought of her purse and money She was unable to find them nor any of the family heard any one enter The thieves did not molest anything else in and the belief ife that they the purse on tie chair as the were up and the interior of the room was plainly perceptible from street There is absolutely no clue for the police In the case Waterloo has been exceptionally free from petty thieving the past few months and close will be kept on all suspicious characters to put a stem to it The funeral of Russell Annibal the little boy who was drowned last Fri day evening was oclock yesterday afternoon at the Union chap el and was conducted by Rev J B Johnson pastor of the First M BJ church The pall bearers were Harry Manning Percy Manning Fred Bunch Dwight Green Marion Bunch and Jas Leland The music consisted of duets by Ed Andreson and Ralph Huston There was a very large attendance the chapel being completely filled and many being unable to find seats Bur ial was in Elmwood cemetery Mrs C M Palmer recently of Rock ford but for the last fortnight of Wa went to Rockford this after to arrange for the shipment of their household goods to thia city where they will hereafter make their home Marriage License Henry E Garner 19 New Hartford Jennie Tucker 17 Waterloo W E Grason known as Kentuck and a frequent visitor in police court was sentenced to five days In the county jail today by May lor Martin i Styles in Infants Shoes Red White Blue Pink and Black in all combina tions The largest and hand line we have ever shown Waterloos Shoe House
