Semi-Weekly Iowa State Reporter (Newspaper) - March 4, 1904, Waterloo, Iowa STATE REPORTER York to Re Part of Holdings HONEY FOR PANAMA CANAL WATERLOO IOWA FRIDAY 4 2002 FATAL FALL FROM WINDMILL A C Michell Killed Near Dougherty Tuesday Charles City March to C Michel 44 a widower was killed Tuesday near Dougherty by falling from a windmill he was repair ing He lived at Rockford where he has a brother who is a merchant Mrs Ellen Steele filed suit for di vorce against her husband i Richard Steele alleging maltreatment i They were married at Galena 111 in ACTOR IN TROUBLE Twrntv Per Cent of Two girls 17 and 3 are the is vi sue of the marriage She alleges in merit Funds Will Be her petition that he has maltreated i nd threatened her life on frequent occasions On last Saturday she Cleveland Denies Story That He Dined a Negro in the White Smoot Trial on 1 Again I claims in her petition that he knock ed her down and dragged her from the house by her hair and threatened to drown her In the Cedar river and was only prevented from so doing by timely intervention of neighbors March secre tary of the treasury today will call a the depositary banks of New York City to deposit twenty per cent of their government holdings in the sub treasury the money to be turned over today to J P Morgan Co as finan cial representative of the republic of Panama on account of the Panama ca nal purchase This twenty percent will aggregate about The remaining 2000000 will be taken from the subtreasury The secretary also will call on all special depositary banks to forward to a designated depositary in New York City twenty per cent of their holdings on or before March 15 This will re In a deposit altogether of about 30000000 The remaining 000 will supplied by the treasury it self ON HANDS OF THE CITY Prof McKown Swindle Several Local Merchants WAS CAUGHT AT OELWEIN Man Taken from Blind Baggage of Early Morning Out to j be Startling Story Afraid of his Wife CLERKS SHOT BY CRANK War Department the Scene of a Mur Assault Maiv awar department messenger was today seriously shot in the back crank in the mail division of the adjutant generals office The of the man as shown by from him is William J an inmate of St insane asy lum Arthur Wicker a clerk was also shot in the arm and another barely missed Emma Sexton Clark OBrien was quickly overpowered and disarmed OBrien is a ed soldier of the regular army He en tered the room of the mail division announced his dissatisfaction witn Ms discharge papers and op ened fire From Thursdays Daily The Waterloo authorities appear dis unfortunate in obtaining un willing control of insane persons The case of George Berry the maniac re cently sent to Independence after hav ing been kept at police headquarters is still fresh in the minds of local res Today there is incarcerated at police headquarters an individual who if he is not prove an important witness in the case which he detailed to the officers this morn ing The fact he told so startling a story led to believe insane The young man in question gave the name of Pearl Berry He was taken from the blind baggage of train No 1 on the Illinois Central railroad this morning and escorted to the police sta tion by Officer Charles Dahl En route to the station Berry told the officer that he was foolish for wasting time with him as there had been a foul mur der committed near this city a time before the arrival of the train and he Berry was a witness Intended Putting on Amateur Performance in Waterloo Exciting Chase After Thespian Last Night Which Ended Witnesses Galore in Police Court Today Testified Against Him From Thursdays Daily It was with a dramatic air that Prof G W McKown stalked into police court this morning and bowed to numerous friends who were lying in wait to testify against him He seated himself in the prisoners box scowled at Judge Martin and grasping the ends of a fierce Italian mustachio silently signified that he was ready for the court to proceed The pro was informed that he wanted on the charge of having de several local business men and caught attempting to escape to Chicago With a great show of defiance and an air of injured pride McKown replied he had defrauded no one never intended to and was about to proceed with innumerable excuses when the court informed him that he might plead guilty or not guilty as no red tape was permissible this morning He pleaded not guilty with every in dication of haste and Police Chief Simmerling immediately lined up a cal band will attempt to carry on prep for the performance of The Fatal Card without the valuable aid of the professor An amusing incident in connection capture was related by a witness in court this morning He stated that McKown told him last evening that owing to the sickness of one of the members of a company which is holding down the local boards this week he was elated to do the leading part in last nights perform ance which was entitled The Prince of Detectives McKown with all sin cerity played a lead to the detec tives last night and the friends of Police Chief Simmerling this morn ing termed him the Prince Grant Bemis and family are nicely located in their new home Argyle street which was recently of G 0 Miller Mr Miller and famil gone to Albert Minn and taken possession of the leading hotel there ALL WILL BE INSPECTED WORSE THAN A DOG Is Treatment of Robert Mac Mahon by Relatives TELEGRAMS TO OFFICIALS Any Hole Good Enough Says Wealthy Brother Heartless Message from Wealthy New York Brother Informs Police Any Hole Is Good Enough for Dead Man Get Decent Burial From Thursdays Daily It is a dramatic and revolting finish which has suddenly been reached lr tlie efforts of tne authorities tc give Robert MacMahon whb commit ted suicide yesterday a decent burial The telegram which waa received at Fire Chief Dunham Finds Conditions Police headquarters from Benjamin on the East Side to be Extremely Fighting Almost an Impossibility at Present From Thursdays Daily Fire protection for Waterloo prop erty is extremely poor at present ow ing to the condition of the water hy many of which are frozen The Business district and fine resi dence portion of tie city are reported tb be in much danger should fire break out An investigation of the hydrants is being conducted and all things possible are being done to re lieve the situation SHOT HIM BY MISTAKE Hotelkeeper Fires Rath Shot 10 Anger Boone March Meredith was shot Wednesday afternoon by Proprietor Charles C Kirk of Northwestern hotel He will recover Several of the shot fired struck him in the heady but the shot were so fine that It is hoped the wound will not result fatally Kirk was arrested charged with assault to commit great bodily injury and was released on bond Although bystanders say that Kirk fired at Tom Wilson fireman at the heating plant Kirk declared he only shot to scare Wilson who was drunk and whom he ordered out of his employ and off the grounds says Kirk first threw a stone at him but admits threatening Kirk with a brick The excitement the crowd of 500 which had gathered cool ed down when it became known that the boy was not fatally injured ALL WITHIN 24 HOURS a me dozen witnesses who proceeded to tell On the morning of the fire that de 4 I THE SMOOT HEARING President Smith Admits Violation of Law Washington March today hearing of the protest against Heed Smoot retaining his seat in the senate President Smith he had violated the laws regarding polygamy since 1890 He was ready tc face the laws of the land and stand the consequences rather than and their mothers His have borne him children since the date of the manifesto No plural Marriages have in the church since the manifesto Polygam cohabitation is regarded by the church as contrary to law Examined This Morning Berry was placed in a cell over night and today given an examination He stated that his home was in Em poria Kan and for several minutes appeared well aware of his surround ings questions which he was answering His mind began to waver towards the close of the examination however and he exhibited signs of fear lest his wife appear on the scene and do him personal injury He beg ged the officers for protection claim ing that he Was afraid of the woman Berry will be kept at the city jail until the authorities can determine whether or not the man has relatives at Emporia He was thinly clad and suffered considerably from his expo sure while stealing a ride last night CHILD LABOR BEATEN Measure Voted Down by the House This Morning their stories Would Put on Home The story in connection professors advent to Waterloo and Sudden departure borders on the se rious According to Prof Hewitt who is organizing a band inthis city Mc Kown arrived in Waterloo several weeks ago and made arrangements to put on an amateur performance for the benefit of the proposed Waterloo band Contracts were drawn up tickets printed and things were going lovely when the visitor bethought him self of an excellent This scheme consisted of a visit at the jewelry store of Fessler Demmel where McKown stated he desired to secure some watches as prizes to be given away on the night of the per which were scheduled for Browns opera house He secured two watches several days ago and yester day returned and after securing the third requested that he be allowed two rings The entire assortment he claimed was to be exhibited to mem bers of the band at a rehearsal last evening The jewelers objected to allowing the stranger so large an amount of valuables without payment and upon mentioning it to were promptly presented with a check drawn on the Security Savings bank to cover the amount of the jewelry Caught at Oelwein Mr Fessler a member of the firm the factory ol the Waterloo company a con was made to a hydrant on the corner of Bast Third and Sycamore streets but no water could be ob This difficulty led Fire Chief Dunham to make an official tion of the existing conditions and the inspection commenced the same day and is still in progress On Tuesday Chief Dunham in com pany with a fireman from each side ofthe river forty hy on both sides of the river and out of that number found it ble to obtain water from sixteen 8 on either side of the river Yesterday almost the entire day was devoted to the work Forty were tested on the west side and only two found in bad order The east side diJ not make as a Fortyone were out of which number 13 were found The majority of that are out of order are located near the business center and those in the vi of Franklin Mulberry and La are said to be giving more trouble than those near the out skirts The water works company was informed of the situation and they are pouring hot water and throwing salt in the hydrants in an effort to eliminate the difficulty The danger is is thought can be eradicated within a few fays MacMahon a brother of the dead man and wealthy can scarcely be attribut ed to a sane man Under the circum stances its context is absolutely heart less and shows conclusively that every iota of friendship which might pos sibly have existed between the brothers before death overtook one has been utterly dissolved In order that the reader may obtain a clear idea of the heartlessness o the whole affair the telegraphic com exchanged between Pd lice Chief Simmerling and Benjamin MacMahon are reproduced in full be low The following message was ad dressed to Chief Simmerling and re yesterday signed J C Murtagh an death of Robert Macmahon Relatives care nothing about but will remit town ol minimum expense at cheapest interment place Please notify proper department and have them communicate with BENJAMIN MACMAHON street New York Informed of Cost A telegram was immediately dis patched to Mr MacMahon at New York informing him of the cost of burying his brother which reads as follows Will cost sixtyeight dollars to bury your brother in cemetery Potters field less Answer 0 H SIMMERLING Police Chief From His Own Brother It is almost beyond the powers of human conception to believe that the telegram reproduced below emanated from a brother of the MacMahon who committed suicide here yesterday Such however i the case To man eyes it will bring tears as it should The message follows New York March 21904 O H Simmerling Police Chief Three Children of Walter Wallhouser Pass of Scarlet antine Was Established Monday Funeral May Be Public From Thursdays Daily A sad affliction has visited the fam ily of Walter Wallhouser who became fearful later in the lest the check be valueless despite I the fact that the professor had been GROVER DIDNT DO IT Dined a Negro in the White House Washington March N C In the house today calling atten tion to the statement made a few days Scott Kansas that a negro had dined in the white house while was president read a letter Cleveland in which the statement was A deliberate fabrication out of whole cloth Scott accepted Mr Clevelands state vent trae and offered an apology to president Des Moines March to I recommended and the house this morning ted city authorities They the child labor was defeated a search for the stranger 35 votes to 55 in the negative and discovered that he had left a note An attempt will tra made to hls room giving a fasle address pur er porting to be his location for the ev The senate this morning discussed on the west side and various the for public examiners for cpun ty officers and the uniform system of bookkeeping for county treasurers but failed to reach a vote KANSAS TOWN BURNING HWI Reported to Be an Burned to Death Kas March is report ed the house jail a lumber yard and fifty residences have burned at City One woman was burned to EXAMINER BEATEN Senate Set on Measure by a Vote of 20 to 34 Des Moines March to the afternoon session of the senate the public examiner was defeated by a vote of 20 to 27 German School Closed Oa account of the quarantine of the kome of Rev Theodore Wolfram the parochial school on Walnut street has teen temporarily closed One of the Wolfram children who attended the afflicted with the disease RUSSIANS FORCE SUPPLIES Compel Koreans to Supply Rice Fod der and Fuel Seoul March Russian forces at Anju are compelling Koreans to supply them with rice fodder and fuel The Russians are Antung ly with the apparent intention of pre venting the from crossing the Yalu AWN i i i salve other stories were told of the profes sors whereabouts Each hour added mystery to the affair until a party was located who declared he had seen the thespian leaving Waterloo over the Chicago Great Western early in the vening Police Chief Simmerling in with Mr Fessler left Water oo at midnight and discovered the ob ect of their search at elwein purchas ect of their search at Oelwein purchas mediately placed under arrest and re to Waterloo Upon appearing in police court this morning it developed that McKown had also secured two suits of clothes rom the McCune store on the day of his departure which he was to try on before paying for These were in his possession at Oelwein as well as the Fessler Demmel jewelry Grand Jury to Investigate Police Judge Martin disposed of the case this morning by sentencing the traveling actor to thirty days In the county jail The grand jury will con vene on Monday and several facts in the episode will be presented to them for investigation Meanwhile the lo WERE FRIGHTENED BY SMOKE Fire Department Called by Telephone to Residence on Lincoln Street A telephone message at oclock last evening summoned the fire depart ment to the residence of John Kalten bach on Lincoln street The high wind it appears had driven the smoke into the dwelling until it had ap of being on fire Without waiting to make a full investigation of the facts the fire department wa called but their services were un necessary No regular alarm was turn ed in and no water thrown On account of the high wind that prevailed Fire Chief Dunham remain ed with his men at the station during the entire night to be ready on a moments notice in case of necessity The teams were kept in harness and men in readiness until this morning SHORT ILLNESS ENDS FATALLY Waterloo Iowa Any hoje good enough Utterly un worthy consideration Am mailing cheque to town clerk tc recoup city This is final No further communication on subject desired If any letter left please destroy No kin ship will be acknowledged Act ac cordingly BENJAMIN M ACM Authorities Are Undecided As yet the local authorities are un decided as to any disposition which will be made of the remains of the late Robert MacMahon It is edged generally that the man was ad at times to an excess of drink ng but despite this fact was brilliant n many ways finely educated and In very move portrayed the gentleman There is no question that he will not je given a potters field burial Other means will be adopted and the unate man will at least have a sem blance of a decent last resting place Just what reasons the New York city relatives of MacMahon have for desiring to dispose of the case so cannot be imagined It is mown among intimate here that some trouble arose between the relatives in past years but the most difficulty would their home on High street The house was quarantined for scarlet fever Mon day and two days later three children had passed away One of the trio war ill only a couple of hours The dis ease attacked them in an severe manner and death followed rapidly The father is an employe of the Un ion Mill company anu moved hie fam ily to lils city Fairbank Only a short tirie ago The children had been as well as usual until Sunday On that day they complained of feeling unwell and on a quarantine waa established In less fortyeight hours one of the afflicted ones had cumbea and was followed a few hours later by another Yesterday noon an other was taken violently a couple of hours after was dead Those who passed away were a baby boy aged 18 months and two aged six and seven respectively The surviving members of the family are the parents and a sister aged eight years The disease appears peculiar as it works with dedly effect in a remark ably short time The matter has been reported to the health officer and an investigation may be made into the matter The board of health has also been appealed to In behalf of the par ents desire a funeral at which friends may attend at the cemetery I is probable that the remains may be so arranged the attendance at tte grave will be permitted Mrs H L Pierce Died of Typhoid Fever Today Noon Mrs H L Pierce died at 12 oclock today at her home 417 West Park ave nue of typhoid fever after a lasting only Saturday She wa a young lady and leaves her husband and two small children Mr Pierce is a traveling salesman They have liv ed in Waterloo about three years The remains probably be taken to the ladys old home in Illinois for burial TODD DRUG CO WILL MOVE Change in Location of Fifth Street Pharmacy is Announced Today The Todd Drug CO is making prep for the removal of its store from the Orinda block on Bart Fifth street to the comer store room in the Royal hotel block corner more and East Fifth streets Tha change will probably be made within a week The room f occupied by Herman Rosgen has been rendered vacant by his removal to another lo cation on Sycamore street Messrs Todd purchased the macy business of Roy Gates some months ago and since have made sev eral Important changes in the place The gentlemen maintained clean and uptodate place and enjoy a good patronage The affairs of the company have been in charge of Chas Todd manager of the store The new quarters will be more commodious and better adapted to the needs of the in no case warrant such despicable ac tions The story contained in the mes sage reproduced is lengthy and should be studied Mr and Mrs John Berggren who have been living at 309 East Second street have moved Into the Bender residence at 217 Mulberry street i Mr and Mrs Carl Bachtell are the proud parents of a baby boy born this morning Dreyfus Trial Again Paris March court of cassa tion begun today consideration of the appeal of Alfred Dreyfus for of his trial Add Paris s not as great as in previous the court was crowded was not present his interests being In hands of Lawyer The report of M Boyer reporter of the which was read It presented two new facts upon which Minister of Justice Valle recommended a revision of the case It is claimed by those present in court if the new facts are edged by the tribunal the innocence of Dreyfus would be established
