Semi Weekly Reporter (Newspaper) - February 8, 1907, Waterloo, Iowa IN MM IOWA FEBRUARY I 1907 IK WE TDK RELATING TO NOTE WAS STRICKEN OUT REFUSED THAW IN 1903 INCIDENT IN HER LIFE CONNECT D WITH WHITE REASON Wife of Defendant Gave Twtlmony f Corroborating to of the Kefir York Feb the Thaw Jury was on the way to the court room this morning a man on the street call ed out vote for Thaw He was ar rested and arraigned before Justice Fitzgerald Evelyn Thaw first Witness Mrs Thaw declared Stanford White was at the tln she and Thaw dined there and she saw him Mrs Thaw said the note related to Stanford White but the evidence was out Mrs Thaw said she refused to mar ir In 1903 because of the Incident ID her with White She save other to the details of the shooting V Mrs Thaw testified White sent her mother to Pittsburg and then took her tome to one of where she dined alone with him She also told her experience with Whits in the mir rored bedroom She screamed and but he said Ity all over Thaw Broke Down Mrs Thaw broke down and cried and could hardly proceed re lated her experience Thaw sat with his face buried in a handkerchief MM Thaw sAd when she told Thaw at Ike time he proposed in Pir M with White Thaw got down on his knees picked up the of her dress and kissed it White made Mrs Thaw promise would never tell her mother He it was all right Mrs Thaw said the effect of her story on Thaw was terri ble He sobbed and walked the floor and stayed up all night talking it over How She Met White Mrs Thaw said she met Stanford White at a la 1901 she thought him and ugly The party to which she was taken was In a dingy 24th street She said she was told she to luncheon with some society people and had hoped It was at the Waldorf Astoria THE WEATHER Iowa Generally fair tonight and Friday not much change In temper ature sunset moon risen at a m FATAL Engineer Kline and Two Mill Kilted Freeport 111 Feb wreck on the Great Western at German Valley today resulted In the death of Engi neer Martin and two mail clerks No The train was fast passenger G W WRECK Illinois Central State eight Were Killed A fatal wreck occurred at an early hour this morning at Valley a little station on the Great Western near Freeport 111 Illinois Central railroad men who were at Freeport brought the accident to this city Some said there were eight peo ple killed the engineer fireman three mail clerks and three passengers This report however is at variance with the Associated Press dispatches give the dead at three Engi neer Kline and two mail clerks The train is said to hare jumped the track and the engine crashed into a grain elevator death crushing the engineer tot BitY RAILROAD IN BEFORE COMMITTEE EXPLAINED WISHES AS TO MARS TON LIMITING HOURS THINK IT WELL TO WAIT MEN NOT OPPOSED TO MEASURE BUT PREFER CONGRESS TO ACT for Intro In the Home Wednesday Des Moines Feb Rep Clarke yesterday introduc ed abill if the freight rates in any adjacent state were shown to be less than rates for the service in Iowa the railroad commissioners must after hearing and investigation put in force in this state just as low rates as are found to be In force in any adjacent state The committee on labor yes gave a hearing on the which provides that no railway employe engaged in the movement of trains shall be permitted to work sixteen consecutive hours Representatives of the motive depart Former Waterloo Man Had Head meut of several of the Iowa lines were bodge Shops j present and addressed the committee the but that it seemed to them recently promoted from carpenter in the local shops of the Illinois Central to car foreman of the Fort Dodge shops was badly injured Tuesday while at his work Mr Fuller was working with several others who were using as a battering rain In some manner Mr Fullers head got in the way and the blow that was intend ed to fall on the car struck He was badly hurt Fred that it would be as well to wait until the congress had ure on the same subject now before it Some suggestions in regard to minor changes in the Marston were made Appropriation Following appropriation bills were introduced in both houses yesterday Insane hospital Cherokee a telegram from Mrs Fuller j insane hospital Independence this moraine statins that Frank was this morning stating that Frank was painfully seriously injured Hurt John Waterloo brakeman on Central had the get the beel of one of his feet Penitentiary at 37400 between the pilot of the locomotive and the railroad rail near the Charles City depot injuring it somewhat but no bones were broken He Was taken to the Gilbert hotel where medical aid was summoned DEFENDS HIS RIGHTS Geo Kulp to Be Defendant torney in Divorce Case The action which comes up lor hearing in district court Monday be of more than ordinary interest for the reason that George L Kulp will act as his own attorney and defend the action brought by his wife Lida Kulp The petition for divorce was filed cember and in it several rather sensa tional allegations are made basis for decree being granted c The defendant after calling on a number of legal to fend his own action and in an answer filed Thursday makes the following statement Answer to petition for divorce of Lida Kulp The petition as filed on Dec 12 1906 by Lada Kulp is a tissue of misgtatements Defen dant in this action makes a sweeping denial of the entire petition Defen dant is not mentally nor financially able to property make his defense at this time and very respectfully asks and prays his honor Judge Platt to postpone action in the case until the lext term of Very respectfully submitted Geo L Kulp defendant and his own attorney at this trial Feb 7 1907 The answer was regularly filed with the clerk of the district court and placed with the petition as filed by plaintiff When the attorney for plain tiff noted the answer he immediately took the matter up with Judge Platt and a motion was made to strike the the grounds it was not drawn according to law and was not verified by The defendant was given an opportunity to argue the resistance of but took occasion to ask a few pointed ques bringing out the information stated Immediately thereafter he took until Saturday to file an authen answer and the court set the case for hearing some time Monday giving the defendant instruction to present himself in courtat a m Gates Set for Monday I Shortly after p m Thursday the criminal were taken up REPUBLICANS To BLAME It was found none of Crowd in Court Room When Mrs Thaw resumed the stand after recess the only place jn the not invaded by the crowd was the judges bench A letter was placed in evidence from Thaw to Attorney Longfellow which supported the testimony of Mrs Thaw concerning her relations Mrs testified that when she returned from refused to see him because she had jut a girl in a bath tub pouring scalding water dfi herShe also tld Thaw White and Aba Hummel had shown with these things which they lad drawn up ATTACKED MAYOR OF NEW YORK Albany Feb hearing tnis afternoon before an assembly commit tee on the powers o police commissioner of New York Assemblyman Vose asserted the present mayor of New York in his first term of telephoned the commissioner of order ed him to transfer a certain inspector because he was too active in suppress ing vice thereby alienating votes for mayor CUPID TEAM Bull Takes Annie Lamb as and Will Live on a Farm Gilman HI Buli and Miss Annie Lamb were yoked in mat at the bride west of Ashkum yesterday They will of course live on a farm Girls reform school Mitchel State agents board of control Inebriates home Knoxville Soldiers orphans home College for blind Vurton 24300 14000 11300 3000 Boys reform school Eldora 28500 PHYSICIANS Appoint In Ar Meeting The Waterloo Medical society held a meeting in the parlors of the Irving hotel last evening There was a rep membership present not withstanding the inclemency of the weather The business transacted was of for the year and the appointment of a com to make all necessary arrange meats for the to be held the fore when Dr McCor mack a representative of the Ameri can Dental will be present The officers for the year are j B Brinkman Vice J B Sec and C A Water bury The Intends to do all in its power to make the April district meeting a pronounced success in or der to carry out rangements systematically the dent was authorised to appoint a com of five to act in conjunction with the Blackhawk Medical associa tion who in turn cooperates with the district association POORLY CONSTRUCTED CHIMNEY FELL AT HOME OF DAVID BERKOVITCH DAMAGE AMOUNTS TO Technicalities Turned DoWn Senator introduced two bills referring to cases on appeal be fore the supreme court One pro vided that supreme court should not pay attention to technicalities in con appeal cases and that decis ions of lower courts should be consid ered prejudicial only when they caused erroneous judgment fendants The other provided that no case should be reversed by the su court except when the court is satisfied that substantial justice has not been accomplished and no crim inal case shall be reversed except when there is reasonable doubt of the guilt of the person charged Washington Feb democrat ic senate leaders reached a decision today the republican senators must take the entire responsibility if treaty with Santo Domingo continuing the present financial relation is ratified WANT or LADY io travel and collect for firm of capital Salary 107200 per year and expenses Salary paid weekly and expenses advanced references requir ed Headquarters at your home AJ dress Armstrong Alexander 125 Ply mouth PI ice Chicago 111 them were ready for trial and the ac tions against Joe Hurley and Nick So renson were continued until February term The Chicago Great Western railway pay check fraud cases were called and instruction given that J B Hollenhors W V Sibert and Claude Johnson would have to plead on Mon day Builds up wasted tissue promotes appetite Improves refreshing sleep digestion induces giving renewed strength and health That swhat Rocky Mountain Tea will do 35 cents Tea or Tablets For sale by Wangler Bros Senator Chippie introduced a num ber of bills prepared by the state bar association The senate committee on corpora tions yesterday report for passage by Peterson prohibiting corporations making campaign con Senate judiciary committee report ed for passage making it a peni offense for a man to desert his family without cause House yesterday passed by Moore permitting guaranty companies to issue security bonds equal to ten per cent of the capital and surplus also by requiring boards of supervisors to call elections for township officers in newly organized townships also authorizing boards of supervisors to pay bounty for fox pelts also by Weeks au boards of supervisors to per mit erection of monuments on ground belonging to county HORTICULTURIST HERE M J Wragg of Des Moines Would Superintend Park Improvements M J Wragg chairman of the civic improvement committee of tbe Des Moines Commercial club is in Water loo today having come from the capi tal city for the purpose of interview ing the park commissioners of Water loo with reference to the improve ments that are contemplated for this Unfortunately Henry W Grout and James Byrnes two of the park commissioners are out of the city at the present time and C F Fowler was the only member of the commit tee he was able to interview It Is understood that Mr Wragg is desirous of obtaining the dency of which is to be done and owing to his past experience and excellent references will likely receive encouragement from citizens Owing to the fact that he was un able to meet the entire committee Mr Wragg expects to return to Waterloo within a short time for tie purpose he had in mind when he came toWater loo today Eatt Side Fire Station Being Calci mined By the Firemen Expense Fife was discovered early Thursda morning in the house occupied by Dave corner Bast Tenth and Franklin streets A defective chimney filled with soot tumbled down and sparks ignited the siding The blaze burned briskly down to the floor before the fire department was sum by telephone Alarm fot box 44 was turned in tiver tiie transmitter at oclock When the men arrived at the place the occupants of the house were stand ing on the no prepara tions tor saving or put the Are rA directed upon the flaming bouse and the fire was extinguished before very much damage was done The loss will amount to and Mr say whether he carried in surance The same house was on fire in December Improving Fire Station Chief Dunham and his men are bus ily engaged at present in making sev eral improvements to the centra sta tion on East Fifth street Some of the firemen are adepts with the paint and brush and the wails of all rooms upstairs are being tinted A hand some border homemade completes the decorative part Twining vines and plants have been started along the Celling and beautiful pictures have beeH placed on the walls When fin ished the local station will be one of in the state TODAYS DEATHS London Feb Honorable Joachim Goschen viscount died sud denly this morning of heart failure INSURANCE LESS THAN HALF Nashua Fire Lost and Insur ance Nashua Feb After the excitement following the recent which nearly all of the south east of it has been learned thai the victims of the disaster have all carried insurance excepting one Wm Landts nearly air saved but badly marred In moving He iswell insured carrying a policy of 43000 Bucklins barber shop and cigar factory were insured for and that was all the insurance he car ried Mrr Bucklin is tax collector in this township and fortunately all of his books but are in bad shape However his book of personal accounts which was of considerable to him and papers of the estate of his deceased father were destroyed Fred Keller is probably the heaviest loser as fie carried but 12600 insur ance and he not only lost some of his stock of groceries and the couple carloads of flour etc but the building A B Krieger carried no insurance and his family homeless Mr Richardson was also insured for 11500 The building occupied by Mr Lundt was by H 0 Phillips of Minnesota formerly of Nashua who for Mr Richardson and Fred Keller have rented buildings across the street and will be ready to open up for bus iness in a short time It is quite probable that they will erect brick buildings on the old site in the spring Scoles are fitting up the basement of Howards building andwill open up a shop there this week Wm Lundt has moved his goods into the Howard brick store and will remain there for the present at least The total lossin close to 120000 and the total amount of insurance carried is about SICKNESS INTERVENES AND UP SETS PLANS CASES ARE REASSIGNED TRUMBAUER DIVORCE CASE TAK EN UNDER ADVISEMENT and At No for Trial Were t Monday Morning v Toe January term of court is draw ing to a close with few cases of gi eral importance and few actions of any nature taken up compared previous terms of court The men held for duty were called under order of Judge Platt to appear at the court house ready for service Thursday morning as it was expected law cases could tw tried The attorneys were also called for the purpose of arranging the cases but when it came to It was found no cases requiring jury In shape tobe heard the court made an order that the jur ors be excused until a m Mon day The cases mentioned Wednesday were those which were hoped to be brought up Some of the attorneys interested were out of the city while others were sick and incapacitated for service in the cases In the instance of the case of Obenchain vs Rutter Attorney Swisher for the plaintiff was reported sick and Ed Rutter the de fendant reported under the care of a physician as a result of too much en ergy In yoking a quarrel This placed the court up against a condi tion and not a theory the alternative to excuse the jury rearranging some of the cases for hearing and de vote time to equity the bal ance of the weet The Cases for Hearing Judge Platt made a new assignment of cases Thursday shortly before the noon hour Eli Margretz Separator Go vs Smith Obenchain vs two cases for damages set for firSt trials to on Monday On Tues day the cases of M Storm ft Co vs and Watson vs Hill will on for hearing On Wednesday tie cases of vs Wilson Mul len vS Frye Williams On Thurs day actions of Mullen vs Phelps and Beatley vs Bradley Westcott This comprises all thelaw cases set for immediate attention and it is not be yond the range of possibility several will be continued until the February term which opens on the inst with Judge Ransier on the bench Cases With Attention Given Judge Platt has taken the case of Trumbauer vs Trumbauer which on trial this week under advisement and will render a decision later The action brought by F M Merrick against Joseph for collection of account has been dismissed without In the case of Dickson Graff Co vs Henry Graft Jj for col lection has beci made granting plaintiff judgment in the sum of is added interest at 6 per costs of The court also found two judg ments on OK Sim of Kramer ft in the sum pf at 6 per cent and costs of action and the other in favor of George S Yenny Vallejo Calif Feb States ship Yorktown has received or ders to proceed to San Salvador for grocery la att ded 6 per cent1 interest court costs of Temporary Injunction The new court business for dispos al at February term petition filed by Morris Levy against the Stew Press a joh at 313 West Fourth street The peti asked and was granted ary injunction restraining the firm rom operating presses in ing occupied except between the hours of m and pm The peti recites that he the busi ness as lessee and manager of the in which building the idb printing establishment is located hat they have been inthe habit of running their presses at all hours of disturbing guests and cans Ag them to leave the hotel because could not sleep nights The peti asks that they be adjudged aa maintaining a nuisance on this ac estopped in the operation of presses except during the hours ofthe day mentioned The temporary was ordered to be granted y the clerk on the filing of a bond in the sum of Talk Messrs Stewart and Simmons pro of tlie job printing business maintain that they have done nothing to interfere with the management of the hotel in any way that they have been engaged in business at tbe pres ent location the past five years and baye since that time conducted the business in such a manner as to dis turb no one that they have not oper ated to exceed one job press any time after p m Hileman Gindt have installed a handsome morgue table at their under taking shop of Hamilton Platt Try CaM The announcement that Judge Ev ans kas set for trial the O B case on the charge of brines to light the fact that he A application to Judge F C Platt of this city to exchange benches forthe term or part of the term The request not acquiesced in as Judge Platt la not In position to make the exchange for personal reas ons When the request was received nothing was said of the Soule case but since Judge Evans presided at the former trial it is Inferred this was the reason Soule it the Iowa Falls banker who has been in the pub lic eye for the past few years Waverly People Wed Dr John P Gable and A of Waverly were mar In Waterloo this morning The ceremony was said at the parsonage of the First M E church by Rev Frank Cole a former Waverly pastor The newly married couple departed for Des on the first train Dr Gable is a dentist at Waverly THREE U MEN IN WA WEDNESDAY AND NEW MAN JOINED RANKS NEW RECRUIT ACCEPTED Major P George With Results of Local Recruit ing Station Sergeant Cooler of Co L 6th U S Infantry was jn Waterloo yesterday on his way to his home in Reinbeck for a with his parents He has just finished a three year enlistment und was discharged on January at Fort Montana Upon re his honorary discharge he star ted for his home and was six days in reaching Waterloo The Northern Pa cine train on which he traveled was 6 hours late because of the terrific snow storms that have prevailed In the lately Cooley left his Hay tame on here expects to return to Waterloo within a short time and take np here He was a en tering the service and will again work at his trade having decided not to re enlist During His service he was stationed In the Philippine islands and was al the scene of the battle of Mt Daho on Jolo island Emitted Harry H Major CharleS P George of Des Moines was in the city Wednesday for the purpose of examining Harty H Gnagy who had been secured as an applicant for coast artillery service by Sergeant John A Wooldridge now in charge of the local recruiting office The applicant passed the necessary physical examination and will be sent to Jefferson Friday This is the fourth enlistment since the recruiting office opened in the city one has been for the coast artillery service At other times when recruiting offices have been op ened in Waterloo there have been such a few applicants that the offices were closed within a few weeks Ma himself as being well pleased with the results so far and the station may be maintained in city for a number of months Chicago Man is Secured By Opera Sidney Lovell of Chicago will draw the plans for the new opera house to be erected by Messrs and Haf fa on Lafayette This much was decided upon between the gentle men on a visit to Chicago and prelim inary sketches will be submitted which as soon as received will be care fully inspected and details for the reg ular plans arranged Mr LOvell ig recognized as one of the most competent architects in the business and is a man who has made a study of opera house construction He has drawn plans for over fifty city houses Among the more recent are located in Moline Quincy Chicago Appleton Fond du Lac San Francisco and Washington D C His plans are claimed to be complete in detail of ar rangement making the stage in full view iof all auditors and the sound emanating therefrom easily heard in all parts of the house Insures the new house to be constructed in Waterloo will be given detail of arrangement as well as ar beauty Waterloo is a Magnet Waterloo is continually attracting people from the smaller towns to this city and is ever to receive der accessions Mrs Clara Palmer of Tripoli has disposed of her proper ty there and will take up her residence in this A A Isenhour a broth of Hazlett Is prepar ing to come to Waterloo to live There is always room for one more family A GRAIN Feb 7 I May July Sep CORN May Sep May July Sep PORK May July LARD May July May V July 78 47 47 40 37 38 MH 47 47 47 41 38 33 78 47 47 40 37 33 W 41 37 33 1780 i i 896 1002 1000 I I I 967 375 Chicago Feb Thi following ara the estimated receipts of hogs and sheep for today Hogs Cattle 15000 Sheep The hog market opened lOc lower Mixed and butchers Good to choice heavy 70 Rough heavy Light The hog market closed lower Mixed and butchers Good to choice heavy Rough heavy Light 1 Estimated receipts tomorrow Hogs left over yesterday S The cattle market opened dull closed dull and weak The sheep market opened closed steady t LOCAL MARKETS Waterloo Thursday Feb 7 Hogs Eggs Butter pure comp lOc Potatoes Oats Corn Wheat Barley Hay wild Straw Bidet No 1 Hides No 2 poultry Hens Young chickens Staggy chickens c Old rosters Young turkeys 12 p Young hen turkeys Old hen turkeys Old torn turkeys lOc Ducks Geese 6c CREAMERY REPORT A statement has been Issued by the directory of the Creamery association which shows that tion to be in a most prosperous condi tion A committee composed of H W Johnson and 0 H Leonard of Cedar Falls and Mr Schultz of Dike gave the books a thorough inspection and found the following to be true Assets Butter shipped for which re received after Dec 1 1906 129824 Book Accounts 31642 car salt 7600 Total Liabilities Due patrons Due patrons for cream Nov Due for hauling Oct 59232 Due tor hauling 52113 Due for expense pet 126957 Due for expense Nov 47940 Total By amount necessary to bal ance 48543 In addition to the above the com states further We also find that during latter art of the year some expenses for improvements were Incurred which seem to this committee unusually large same having been purchased tram the Creamery Package Co of to We these Improvements have added o the taken into consideration in determining the sets and liabilities of the company Mrs A Wallace of Osage and Mrs Arthur C Alcock of Waterloo were united in marriage at 8 oclock Wednesday evening at the home ol Mrs 947 The ceremony was performed by Rev 3 H pastor of the United Evangelical church The groom 13 a contracting carpenter and is well mown in this city Mr and Alcock will make their at 111 Riehl street Waterloo Marriage Arthur C Alcock 28 Waterloo A Wallace 36 Waterloo Clifton C Wood Esther S Wolzmuth 23 Cedar John P Gable 31 Jessie A Winslow 26 Waverly Charles I Turner 39 Waterloo S Saucer 24
