Waterloo Daily Courier (Newspaper) - May 2, 1895, Waterloo, Iowa ESTABLISHED 1858 COPIES FIVE FIFTH YEAR WATERLOO IOWA THURSDAY MAY 2 1895 WHOLE 3373 SMS Revival of Business Indicated by Developments at the Na tional Capital THE FOWLER COMPANY INCREASED BANK CIRCULATION Establishment of New National Banks and Other Promis ing Features TOUGH MAN Wait a Minute But the wouldnt wait for the slowgoing kept right on going and about noon the clock struck PAST SIX Ever have one of this sort of the kind that is forever doing some out rageous sort of dishonest ir responsible clock May be we can nx up the old some conscience into it If we cant well say so and then show you a clock that can be de pended upon We have some honest clocks and they cost so little that you would be suspicious if we didnt guar antee Times cheap time too WASHINGTON May revival of business activity and the return of prosperity in the United States are ra by several developments at the capital during the past few weeks in quite as striking a manner as by the increase of prices and of the volume of business in the country at large There are several branches of the pub lic service which afford pretty accurate barometers of the condition of business and they have all indicated during the last month a pressure growing constant ly more favorable One of these indi cations is the rapid increase in national bank note circulation during March and ApriL The circulation was in creased during the panic of 1893 to meet a temporary emergency and the long period of dullness which followed led to a decrease of the circulation in consequence of the accumulation of idle Opposite Logan House 206 East Street Waterloo J C F JACKSON A Montana Ranchman Renders Service to Society MALTA Mont May Mar of Warm Springs Creek shot and instantly killed Jess Davis a member of the Curry gang that recently mur dered Pike Sandusky in the Little The Dayis family together with Buck Guinn had some trouble over an irrigation ditch and they swore vengeance on Marshall They made it so hot for him that Marshall disposed of his property and prepared to leave the country To stop his going they drove off his horses remarking at the time that they had a little grievance to settle with Marshall before he At 11 oclock one of them appeared heavily masked at Marshalls door He how ever had an inkling of the trouble and had the lights blown out and the door open He was sitting in the dark with three Winchester rifles loaded lying be side him on a table and a six repeater shotgun in his hands loaded with buck shot Davis made a rush for the door just as he was about to put his foot over the Marshall fired The entire charge entered his neck Almost Severing His Head from The others circled and ran A few random shots were fired at the retreating figures but none of them took effect Marshall stood guard over the body all night and the nest day until the authorities from Choteau Ministers Decide That Russia Has No Right For In A THOUSAND IDLE PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIES Foreign Warships Assembling at the Different Ports of Japan No 215 East Fourth St WATERLOO IOWA O 9 Waterloo Dental Parlors WEST FOURTH STREET OVER WATERLOO STATE J G HILDEBRAND D DS C K STEWART ML D Homoeopathic Physician and Surgeon Special attention paid to Operative Surgery Obstetrics and Diseases of Children Office In postoffice building corner East Fourth and Wa ter streets Residence 321 Irving street DR E B EDGERS Satisfaction guaranteed Office Wangler Block E 4th St 605 COMMERCIAL ST J E SEDGWICK A EXAMINES OF TITLES Complete set of Abstract Bridge Street A street Office No 527 Commercial A T KINNEY 521 WEST FOURTH ST CONTRACTOR AND Estimates cheerfully furnished to those con the erection of buildings of any char acter 1278 CURES Constipation Headache and all Liver Troubles The only palatable Laxative Water Refreshing and appetizing to the most delicate stomach aids instead of retarding digestion acts without griping Bottled only by the Excelsior Springs Bot Co EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MISSOURI and C B Henderson Ask for It Sold by Jas J Co Waterloo Knapp i owa capital in the banks and the tion of investors to embark in new en The increase in the secured circula tion during March was and the aggregate circulation was carried up to The advance during April has been equally marked and in an Increase of Nearly in secured circulation of the month The aggregate circulation on May 1 will probably exceed and will be larger than at any time since July 1889 when the process of reduc tion had been steadily going on for five years The bonds on deposit to secure circulation at the close of last week possessed a face value of as compared with on Feb and on March 31 The bond deposits do not always coincide exactly with the circulation as they are required to be deposited before the circulation is issued Establishing Ranks An more striking proof of re viving business activity is afforded by the applications for authority to estab lish new national banks which have recently been raining upon the comp troller of the currency The number of new banks organized which ran as high as 307 in 1890 fell to a mini mum during the panic and many applications made in the spring of 1893 were with drawn or abandoned The whole num ber of banks organized during the years covered by the comptrollers report ending Oct 31 1894 was only 50 smaller than in any year since 1879 The banks organized during ths six months which have now nearly closed since the last report have numbered 14 and the applications now pending and awaiting action are 31 Stamped Paper indication of the expanding volume of trade is afforded by the is sues of stamped paper by the postoffice department The term stamped paper is the technical designation at the department for postage stamps en and all forms of postage These issues were larger during the quarter ending March 31 last than for any quarter in the history of ths govern ment exceeding by about the largest preceding quarter which ended March 31 1893 at the period of the greatest expansion before the panic Mr Hazen who served for many years under the Republican administration as third assistant postmaster general and was retained because of the value of his services more than half of Mr Clevelands first term demonstrated after the depression of 1884 by an elaborate series of statistics that the sales of stamped paper fluctuated al most exactly with the state of business tattle Gold Withdrawn The restoration of confidence in the treasury since the conclusion of the re cent bond contract is indicated in the opinion of the treasury officials by the falling off in the presentation of gov paper money for redemption in gold It was these which ran as high as on a single day in January and averaged about for the last 12 days be fore the announcement of negotiations for the bond reduced the treasury gold reserve on Feb 11 to and threatened to compel a suspension of gold payments at the New York subtreasury These re dropped to in Feb ruary the larger part taking place be fore the conclusion of the contract and dropped during March to The figures for the first 18 days of April have been only and but for one or two special demands for export to South America or Canada would have shown a still smaUer total Ward Bound Over Wis May Conrt Clerk T H Ward under arrest for embezzlement waived examination and bound over to the circuit court He furnished the required bail Submitted a Compromise Mich May ore trimmers held a meeting which the leaders held a confer ence with Mayor Jacobs The mayor submitted to them a comprise county arrived The dead man had a heavy white mask over his face Be tween the thumb and index finger of his left hand was a match ready for lighting while in his right hand he carried a sixshooter A posse has started after the remainder of the gang They will probably resist and more blood is likely to flow Marshall is a member of the well known stock firm of Mercher Marshall A LARGE DISCREPANCY LONDON May Times pub a dispatch from Kobe dated April 26 saying that there is no mis taking the fact that there is evidence of a serious crisis in the relations between Japan and Russia but the correspond ent adds the Japanese press has been forbidden to refer to it and four news papers of Tokio including the semi official have been sus pended for reporting the fact that a secret council of the ministers was held The other newspapers in which refer ences to tho crisis appeared are defaced Continuing The Times correspondent says 1 Information reaches us from a reli able source at Hiroshima that the min have adopted a resolute attitude against Russian dictation They deny Russias right to interfere and even contemplate a defiance on Russia be lieving that the Russian military forces in the East are not powerful enough to enforce her demands The foreign war ships are assembling at the ports of Japan and the French vessels have been ordered to prepare for emergencies A NOTE TO JAPAN Furniture Makers and Strike for Higher Wages SHEBOYGAN Wis May 1000 men are idle in this city owing to the strike for higher wages at the Mat toon Manufacturing company furniture factory and the tannery of Theodore Zachetzsche Son Tho plants started up as usual but shortly after tho men walked out aud the machinery was stopped The men are now holding a meeting to decide what further steps to take Zachetzsche will probably meet the demands of the men but the Mattoon company claim they cannot at present and will run full time with a full crew as they have for the past six months It is feared that the strike will spread to some of tho other large factories hero MAKING SURVEYS Copper Agate Earthen or Tin Oat Meal Cookers English Officers Looking Over the Nica ragua Canal Route MANAGUA Nicaragua via Galveston May belonging to the Brit ish fleet were ashore at San Juan Du Sur the small port near which the Pa entrance of the Nicaragua canal is o be built It was noticed that they vere making measurements and topo sketches of the land in that part of the country and they also were apparently making observations along he route to be followed by the canal the line from the Pacific to Lake Nicaragua The officers also made sketches and took notes They refused to return on board ship BIG DEFICIT FOR THE MONTH At a variety of prices cor respond with the growing de mand for this every day article Poultry Netting and Fencing with Glidden Wire at lower prices than ever known and it will pay you to look at our as and prices on all kinds of Wheelbarrows Cutler Hardware tion which the cussing men are peaceably dig Auditor Dunn Wants to Know Be comes of Minnesota Fine ST PAUL May Auditor Dunn has sent out notices to several large lumber firms throughout the state that are suspected of having failed to make complete returns of the timber taken by them on state lands during the past half dozen or more years The returns made by the sur general Auditor Dunn says do not tally with the scales made by the auditors men or with the estimates of the Staples pine land ing committee the surveyors eral in nearly every case showing less timber on the land in question than was supposed to exist there and now the auditor wants a full accounting The notices sent out call for a total of 33746032 feet of lumber said to be in excess of that reported by the lumber men Harvester Works Start ST PAUL May Wood Har vester works has increased its force un til it has a full complement There has been such notable improvement in the business outlook that it has been de to increase the force in every de to full capacity The receiv ers have arranged for all the money necessary to keep the works in opera tion until after the harvest season and it is expected that 650 or 700 men will be put to work Mexicans Buying Texas Wool SAN ANTONIO Tex May 2 number of wool buyers from Mexico are buying large quantities of the spring wool clip from West Texas sheep men Over 100000 pounds of wool were purchased last week in Maverick and adjoining counties by representa tives of woolen mills at Durango aud Agues Calientes Mexico The price paid was gold per pound To Hello in Mexico CITY OF MEXICO May Stand ard Telephone company has decided not only to compete with the Beli Tele phone company in the United States but have organized a company with a capital of in gold to enter the field in Mexico Application for a concession has been filed and it no doubt will be granted Seeds for Fire Sufferers ST PAUL May state relief commission has purchased the follow ing seeds sor the fire sufferers Pota toes 3684 bushels oats 1805 bushels corn 116 bushels peas 15 bushels beans 85 bushels rye 9 bushels bar ley 10 bushels onion seeds 70 pounds The seeds will be sent immediately to Hinckley and Sandstone Reunion of Veterans at Ortonville ORTONVILLE Minn May P Blair Post G A R No 82 of this city is making arrangements for a re union of old veterans to take place June 1921 A general invitation is extended to all old soldiers and as special rates will be given on all railroads it is ex that there will be a very large attendance Examiners Move On WHITE EARTH Minn May Chippewa land examiners who have been operating in the four ceded town ships of the White Earth reservation have concluded their labors and have moved to Rainy river and Lake of the Woods region Woolen Mill Nearly Completed S D Work on new woolen mill ia fast completion and the mill will soon 1 e in readiness for operation The work of placing the machinery has be gun Seventytwo looms will be put in as well as an extensive knitting plant Russia Invites Germany and France to Join Her in a Kick PARIS May Gaulois an that Russia has invited France and Germany to sign a joint note stat ing their objections to the treaty of peace arranged at between the representatives of China and Japan and that the latter country be notified that the fact of her ignoring this note will warrant armed interruption upon the part of the three powers which sign it To Ratify Treaty YOKOHAMA May Ito president of the Japanese council of ministers and Count the Jap anese envoy have started for Che Foo in order to be ready to ratify the treaty of peace on May 8th the date fixed by the peace envoys for the ratification GUARANTEES TO SPARE Nicaragua Has Many Ways of Satisfying tue British Demand WASHINGTON May guarantee of the Nicaragua of the in required by Great Britain will be made in the amplest manner possi ble so that there appears to be no fur ther obstacle between the two countries as to a final adjustment The guarantee will be in severa forms as follows First the promise of the Nicaragnan government which in view of the fac that the government has never de faulted on its obligations is of regarded as a guarantee Second that the Bank of Nicaragua a national institution with recognized standing in London will if need be give the guarantee Third the republic of Guatemala one of the richest of Central American states stands ready to deposit in a London bank if Nicaragua desire the favor Fourth the Nicaragua canal com pany whose word in London would be Treasury Officials Disappointed in the Receipts WASHINGTON May treasury receipts during the mouth of April have not met the expectations of the of and the indications now are that the deficit at the end of the fiscal year will be little if any less than 000 The receipts for the month of April amount to and the expenditures to leaving a deficit for the mouth of and for the fiscal year to date The receipts from internal revenue show a falling off for April as com pared with the same month in 1894 of more than and a falling off for the fiscal year of about PULLMANS MAN L S PARSONS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL MUSIC Nineteenth Year Representing THE W W KIMBALL CO the Largest Music Honse in the World Secretary May Accept tho Car Company Presidency WASHINGTON May is stated in Washington upon what seems to be pretty good authority that Secretary Gresham has been offered the dency of the Pullman Car company and has an inclination to accept the position The salary of course would be much better than he is receiving at present and it need create no surprise if Mr Pullman retires and Mr Gresham is selected to succeed him JEWELRY STOCK COMPLETE MARKED DECLINE Comparative Statement of Immigration for Three Years WASHINGTON May statement has been prepared at the bureau of im migration which shows the number of immigrants which arrived in the United States for the nine months end ing March 81 of the last three years to have been as follows 1893 259560 1894 218438 1895 140980 The Elbe Verdict LOWESTOFT Eng May cor jury which has been ing the cause of the sinking of the North German Lloyd steamship Elbe after a collision which occurred early in the morning of Jan 30 last re turned a verdict of gross negligence upon the part of die mate and lookout AH work guaranteed Every thing sold on easy payments RIPANS ONE GIVES RELIEF acceptable in the highest financial ciri man of the British steamer Crathie cles will give either a guarantee or the cash if need be Besides these guarantees any one of which is and is regarded as ample the Nicaraguan authorities are said to have the actual funds immedi ately available without calling for out side help A guarantee by the United States is not regarded as essential under the foregoing circumstances Fear Negotiations May Fail WASHINGTON May ex press fears that there may yet be a hitch in the Nicaraguan settlement It is said that the possibility of an entire failure of the agreement has not been passed This view is based on the sig fact that no confirmation of Great Britains acceptance of the terms has been received at the state depart ment the British embassy or the Nic araguan legation Wonld Cause a Revolution COLON Colombia May is re ported here from San Juan Del Sur that there is every probability of a rev breaking out in Nicaragua if the government of that republic yields to the demands of Great Britain If the present government of Nicaragua falls it is contended that it will not be pos sible to adjust the claims of Great Baitain and that it may probably pro voke an armed conflict England Practically Agrees LONDON May is learned on good authority that Great Britain has agreed to the proposed settlement of her dispute with Nicaragua if the pay ment of the indemnity is guaranteed It is believed that the affair is cally settled Further Respite for Buchanan ALBANY N Y May Morton has granted a respite of one week to Dr Buchanan the murderer confined in Sing Sing to permit of the dismissal or determination of the appeal filed by his counsel with the United States supreme court which ran into and sunk the Elbe Capital and Surplus Commercial National Bank OFFICERS W W Killer W l A J H O Aast Iowa Want an Extension GREEN BAY Wis May delega tion of eight leading business men of of Waupaca were in city to urge the officials of the Green Winona and St Paul railroad to build an exten sion of that road from Scandinavia to Waupaca The line would give Wau paca direct communication with La Crosse Winona St Paul and Minne apolis Not Like Du Mauriers Trilby WASHINGTON May 2 Librarian Spofford said that the old Trilby brought forward in the Denver in suit was unlike Du Mauriers work in all save the name The old book has been on sale here for some time The Glare From Collma State of May glare from the eruption of the volcano Colima 60 miles in the interior is plainly seen at this city and at other points along the Pacific coast at night The disturbances are steadily increas ing Houses in the city of Colima but a few miles from the base of the moun tain are coated with ashes Afraid of Grasshoppers EXCELSIOR SPRINGS Mo May 2 farmers of Western Kay and Eastern Clay counties are alarmed over the coming of the grasshoppers which have already put in an appearance in con numbers These have come long before their time and it is feared their presence forbodes no good Want a Receiver KAUKAUNA Wis May was made by several stockholders of the Kaukauna Electric Light com pany to have a receiver appointed for the company The Green Bay and Mississippi Canal company is one of the complainants It is alleged that there is irregularity in the methods of con ducting the business R K ODELL COLLECTION A AND NOTARY PUBLIC DANIEL W FOOTE NOTARY PUBLIC FIRE INSURANCE T have a firstclass line of Insurance com panies Am also prepared to do all kinds of con Office at Cor 4th and Sts over Frank Bros Clothing Stove W R FRENCH IN HIDES PELTS TALLOW FURS AND WOOL HIGHEST PRICES PAID 512 Lafayette St Waterloo Iowa ONE GIVES RELIEF DR G jr MACK SPECIALTY DISEASES OP THE Lye Ear Nose and Throat SPECTACLES PITTED Office in Courier Bridge Street WATERLOO IOWA MALIC C UfI lot E POISON Te TOU Spots Aches Old Ulcers In rite of
