Waterloo Daily Courier (Newspaper) - May 14, 1895, Waterloo, Iowa KWC COPIES FIFTH YE AK WATERLOO IOWA EVENING MAY 14 1805 WHOLE NO 1383 DID GREAT DAMAGE Temperature Fell Below the Freezing Point in North ern Ohio FOILER COMPACT Wholesale Grocers FRUIT AND EARLY VEGETABLES Almost Entirely Destroyed Corn Will Need Replanting Damage Elsewhere HAS CREATED A STIR Earl of Selborn Proposes to Test Some Parliamentary Questions LONDON May stir has been created in certain circles by a letter published in the London Times signed by the Hon George N Curzon member of parliament and the Hon William St John Freemantle Broderick mem ber of parliament announcing that the Earl of Selborn who succeeded to the tide on the death of his father on May 5 and who as Viscount Wolmer rep resents West Edinburgh in the house of commons proposes shortly to raise the question whether a peer of the realm May can continue to sit in the house of com mous or 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 fix 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 them Times cheap time too H WELD OPPOSITE LOGAN HOUSK 206 East 4th Street Waterloo Iowa No 315 East Fourth St WATERLOO O Waterloo Dental Parlors WEST FOURTH STREET WATERLOO STATE J G HILDEBRAND D D S CK STEWART M D Homoeopathic Physician and Surgeon Special attention paid to Operative Surgery Obstetrics and Diseases of Children Office In postoffice corner East Fourth and Wa ter streets Residence 321 Irving street r DANIEL W FOOTE NOTARY PUBLIC FIRE INSURANCE I have a firstclass line of Fire Insurance com panies Am also prepared to do all kinds of con Office at Cor and Sts over Frank Bros Clothing Store DR E B EDGERS Satisfaction guaranteed Office Wangler Block E 4th St DR G JT MACK SPECIALTY DISEASES OP THE Lye Ear Nose and Throat SPECTACLES FITTED in Bridie Street WATERLOO IOWA GEO B MILLER ATTORNEY AT LAW 605 ST J E A AND OF Complete sat of Bridge Street A street Office No 527 Commercial R K ODELL COLLECTION ATTORNEY AND NOTARY PUBLIC ST J W BABB TAILOR CLEVELAND O from numerous points throughout Northern Ohio show that the heavy frost was disastrous in its effect upon fruit and early vegetables In many sections nearly all grapes applet peaches cherries and early garden veg etables were killed At a number of said that wheat and corn been severely damaged In many ases corn will have to be replanted he temperature fell below the freezing point and ice formed on still water Che damage is enormous At Alliance the thermometer showed wo degrees below freezing berries and all small fruit together with all vegetables are completely killed At Columbus the worst frost since is reported The ground froze in many places and the fruit is nearly all killed At Millersburg the thermometer was two degrees below freezing All fruit is frozen and grave apprehensions are alt for wheat IOWA AND SOUTH DAKOTA Corn and Small Grain Escape Without Serious Injury Sioux CITY la May to The Journal from Northwest Iowa and South Dakota report a heavy frost water freezing at several points Fruit and vegetables will be damaged con but corn and small grain escape without serious injury DESMOINES May were light frosts here during the morning on lowlands No material damage was done Fierce Weather on Michigan MILWAUKEE May fierce norther is sweeping Lake Michigan and marine disaster will no doubt result No wrecks have occurred at this port but a dispatch from says the life saving crew has gone to the rescue of the scow Quickstep of this port which is being driven before the gale and is in danger of going ashore Snow is reported all through Northern Wisconsin and much damage has been caused by frost Much Damaged DETROIT May Michigan dispatches report that fruit was not materially injured by the frost Even the tenderest varieties are reported un injured In the northern peninsula and the northern part of the southern por tion of the state a heavy snow fell and with freezing weather badly damaged vegetables and tender fruits Blizzard at Green Bay BAY Wis May severe blizzard prevailed here from midnight to 9 a in Three inches of snow fell accompanied by a wind of 40 miles velocity Great damage resulted to fruit market gardens and growing grains Freezing weather will add to the destruction Trains are not seriously delayed An Inch of Snow OSHKOSH Wis May inch of snow fell here and the thermometer stood at freezing Great damage was done to early fruit berries and gar dens while winter wheat and early corn also suffered to a considerable ex tent It is probable a large acreage will have to be replanted Crew in the Rigging MILWAUKEE May special to The Wisconsin from says An unknown schooner cap sized in the lake off North Point Ths crew can be seen clinging to the rig ging The tug Gillen with the life saving crew has gone to the rescue In New York NEW YORK May from various parts of report a cold wave with freezing temperature at many points Ice formed in many counties Fruit trees and vegetables have been considerably damaged Pennsylvania Ohio Visited PITTSBURG Pa May Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio were visited by a heavy frost Garden truck and grapes were nipped but it is thought no serious damage was done to fruit Crew Were Rescued ALPENA Mich May J D Kitchen from Alabaster o Chi cago went hard aground on the east shoal of Middle island The crew were rescued by the lifesavers A Blizzard MENOMINEE Mich May howling blizzard passed over this sec tion during the night and the snow is now 4 to 6 inches deep All garden truck and fruit are ruined Killing in West Virginia BLUEFIELDS W Va May killing frost visited this section and it is feared injured the fruit crop Senator Calkin BUFFALO Minn May W E Culkin who has been confined to his bed with typhoid fever for several weeks is now able to be out again Cleveland Appoints Commis to Succeed Roose velt and Lyman ONE FROM EACH PARTY Colonel William G Rice of New York and John M Harlow of St Louis be elected a member of that body The Earl of Selborn intends it ap pears to continue attending sittings of the house contending that until he ap plies for his seat in the house of lords his status in the house of commons is not affected The letter refers to Lords Palmerston Castlereagh and others who forewent their seats in the house of lords in order to retain civil appointments Are Divided The Times commenting editorially upon the letter points out that the an are divided upon the question whether a seat in the house of commons becomes vacant by the mere fact of the holders succession to the peerage The Times supports the Earl of ac tion saying that he is quite entitled to challenge an authoritative decision and that he deserves credit for his deter to bring the question to a definite issue The St James Gazette on the other hand seems to be rather frightened at the possible outcome of the Earl of Sel borns project and says If he succeeds there will be a de mand for a general settlement and re casting of the house of lords with the introduction of some form or other of an elective element THE WOMANS BIBLE WASHINGTON May presi dent has appointed John M Harlow of St Louis and Colonel William G Rice of New York to be civil service commis to succeed Messrs Roosevelt and Lyinan republicans Colonel Rice was private secretary to Governor Hill early in his administration of the affairs of the Empire state Mr John Harlow of St Louis who was superintendent of mails in the of that city and was promoted to be postmaster bv President Harrison The effect of these appointments will be a reorganization of the commission as regards the political leanings of its members Mr Proctor who continues on the committee is a Democrat while Colonel Rice is a Democrat and Mr Harlow a Republican Both the new commissioners are ardent advocates o the civil service reform movement GENERAL ASSEMBLY REFRIGERATORS Are selling better this year than ever their superior ties becoming known the more they are used If you want the best most economical durable and cheapest BUY THE DRY AIR ALASKA Our assortment is large Our prices will also interest you JUNIOR GASOLINE STOVES TIN AND RUSSIA OVENS and we sell the WONDERFUL INSURANCE CUTLER HARDWARE CO JAPAN A COMPETITOR Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Other Women to Correct Some Errors of Translation CHICAGO May local paper says in the person of Elizabeth Cady Stanton has laid her hand upon Genesis the Exodus Leviticus the Psalms of David and the Song of Solo mon the scripture of Matthew and the word of the Acts and is about to bring forth from them and their companion pieces a new Bible The revision 01 new translation is to Womans Bible The version of the Bible addressed to The Most High and Mighty Prince James and the revision of the same completed but a few years ago leaves womans position in the scriptures as serts Mrs Stanton far inferior to that of man Her Associates Mrs Stantons or apostles in the the preparation of the new work are named to include Lady Henry Somerset Miss Frances Lord Frances E Willard Rev Hanaford Rev Olympia Brown Mrs Robert In Lillie D Blake and Mary A Livermore Sufficient attention has not been given said Mrs Stanton to the posi tion of woman in the divine book The agitation to secure equal rights and privileges for woman the Bible is con stantly referred to to show the inferi of the sex This being so it is absolutely necessary that tions of the Bible in regard to woman arising from wrong translation and in should be corrected Odd Fellows of Dakota HURON S D May Harvey J Rice of this city secretary of the Odd Fellows grand lodge of South Dakota says the approaching gathering at Yankton will be one of the most im portant in the history of the order in the state The grand lodge will con vene at 9 a m Tuesday May 21 and continue three days The Rebekah as sembly will meet at the same time and the grand encampment will be called to order on May 23 Burned in Their New Dwelling MIDLAND Mich May and Mrs Frank Hale were burned at 3 am The couple moved into a new house the previous j day They were busy un packing goods until a late hour but finally retired with the rest of the fam ily They awoke to find the house in flames and were so hemmed in that escape was impossible and they died in great agony The children were res cued Neighbors declare that the fire was incendiary Tlie Supreme Body Meets a Pittsburg Thursday PITTSBURG May gen eral assembly of the Presbyterian church will meet Thursday May 16 a 11 a m Dr Samuel Mutchmore re taring moderator will preach the open ing sermon Reports of special com will be presented on the second day of the session On the evening of Thursday the 16th the Lords Supper will be celebrated Besides the routine affairs various matters of special interest will be dis cussed among them federation between the reformed churches the status of Lane seminary work of the com of conference with theolog ical seminaries on seminary relations to the assembly the relations of Chris tian Endeavor societies in the Presby terian church to the boards of the church This will be the of the reunion of the old and new schools into which the churches had been di 01870 Negotiating Rt Washington for Use of the Nicaragua Canal WASHINGTON May Tokio cable stating that Japan has her eye on the Nicaraguan canal presents a new and important phase of tho canal ques tion in which the United States has taken such a vital interest Thus far the United States has regarded Great Britain as the only dangerous com petitor for the use or control of the canal Now Japans interest in the canal presents a new factor Her vic tories over China promise to make her a prominent power in the Pacific By gaining privileges in the use of the Nicaragua canal Japan will also secure direct access to the Atlantic without the long trip around The Horn The importance of a quick route to the At from Japan is said to be very great from a naval and commercial stand point The details of the recent nego at Washington cannot be learned as treaty making is guarded with much care until the instrument is concluded L S WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PARSONS MUSIC Nineteenth Yaa THE W W KIMBALL CO the Largest Music House in Bishop Potter a Referee NEW YORK May 14 differences between the Marble Workers union and the Marble Employers associa tion arising out of the recent building trades strikes are now being arbitrated by committees representing both sides with Bishop Potter as umpire Several meetings have been held and a good deal of evidence taken Bishop Potter will give his decision some time this week after a final bearing DECLARED A BRIBER Verdict Nurses for SAN FRANCISCO May Gulstan Roperts arrived in this city from Honolulu en route to Rome where he is going to induce the pope to send more missionaries to the Hawaiian islands to care for the 1200 lepers on the island he says the sight is too sickening to discuss The bishop will also visit the Brothers of Mary at Dayton O Fell Down a Shaft BUTTE Mon May D Mc Donald and Jacomo were in stantly killed in the Rarus copper mine here Both were on a shaft cage as cending from the depths and the latter fainted and was caught between the side of the shaft and cage In falling struck McDonald and knocked him off the stage body was dropped 300 feet and was horribly mutilated Sergeant Suicided MILWAUKEE May special to the Wisconsin from Sault Ste Marie Mich says First Sergeant Fred Schmidt of company D Tenth United States infantry blew his head off with an old army musket at Fort Brady He had been in service 20 years Released a Prisoner Mont May man named McCloskey imprisoned here on a telegram from Cripple Creek for some crime committed there during the great miners strike of one year ago was taken out of jail by about 50 miners from the Combination mine armed with Winchesters of Guilty Against a School Inspector DETROIT May verdict of guilty was rendered against Julius Lichtenberg the inspector who was tried for accepting a bribe from the agent of a Manitowoc school furniture factory Lichten berg was remanded for sentence This is the second conviction of members of the Detroit school board on the same charge Inspector Liphart was sentenced to five years imprisonment but was recently granted a new trial by the supreme court Inspector Walsh was acquitted and Inspector Milo H Davis left town when the charges became public and his whereabouts is unknown At about the same time Lichtenberg at tempted to suicide and came very near bsing successful CUBANS AFTER RECRUITS STOCK COMPLETE All work guaranteed Every thing sold on easy payments Capital and Surplus Commercial National Bank OFFICERS W W Itiner XT X A 3 H C Iowa They Are Organizing Parties of Filibusters in the South MONTGOMERY Ala May prominent railroad official said that he had positive information that the Cuban patriots had emissaries all over the South working up recruits for the rebel army which he said was in the neighborhood of Montgomery and had arranged to take about 100 men from here about leaving ostensibly as farm hands and be put through to Cuba from minor ports along the Florida coasts The officials say the agents are operating in the backwoods districts and avoid the towns The official promises to vouchsafe more in formation on the subject later TO CONQUER CHINA W R FRENCH nr HIDES PELTS TALLOW FURS AND WOOL HIGHEST CASH PRICES 5 12 Lafayette St Waterloo Iowa WM WAGNER AND L Delia Left Her Diamonds Ills May Delia Fox and her company left this morning for Springfield Shortly after the de parture of the train Mr T G Ticknor the clerk at the National hotel found under the pillow in the room that had been occupied by Miss Fox a satchel containing a pair of slippers and dia monds valued at Miss Fox wired and sent back her maid for the diamonds Cholera Reports Confirmed CAIKO May of an out break of cholera at Mecca are confirmed from official sources Cholera prevails at Mecca and in the villages frequented by the caravans of pilgrims in the land of pilgrimage In this re gion are the sacred cities of Mecca and Medina and the seaports of Jiddah and Kleven Minting BREST May British steam ers and Martina collided off Armor lighthouse The Martina sank Eleven of her crew are missing Had Been Abandoned DULUTH May working on the Cameron attempt at suicide case the detectives found that woman had been robbed and abandoned by Samuel D Smith who took her from Detroit They found that he had been assisted in his plans by his wife who had been the means of bringing her husband and Mrs Cameron together Kidnapping Negroes LITTLE BOCK May have reached here from Ouachita county of the wholesale kidnapping of negroes by Louisiana farmers living adjacent to the Arkansas line When laborers were needed they crossed into Arkansas selected the negroes they wanted and took them to Louisiana by force A ST Minn May Lyman wHo was indicted a short time ago for passing forged checks broke jail here and escaped His case was to come up in the district court next week Fong Foo Sing Will Lead tho Salvation Army Into Heathendom SAN FRANCISCO May Another army is about to invade China but the campaign will be conducted on different lines from that of the Japanese The Salvation Army is going to try to con quer the Orient and bring the millions of Chinese into the field of Christianity The leader of the movement is Fong Foo Sing a young Chinaman who is a member of the Salvation Army of this city He says the late war has made China open her eyes As a result the way will be opened for civilization Christianity and other good things Secured a Change of Venae CUMBERLAND Wis May Camp burglary case was called here but a change of venue was taken to Barren county owing to alleged dice The case will come up again on May 15 Window Glass Conference PITTSBURGH May meeting o the window glass manufacturers of th country will be held in Pittsburg on Thursday at which final action will be taken on the proposition to form a combine Chase LUBEE Me May Ira J Chase of Indiana who has been very ill here for some time died Satur day night He was 49 years of age Chicago Beer for Family Use Strictly pure goods only PRICES REASONABLE GOODS DELIVERED 629 Sycamore Waterloo Iowa REGENT CROWNED KING OF TONIC WATERS Worlds Fair Highest Award Thin award was based on an of water and completely sustains oar that it retains Its healing properties The water of Regent Spring is the best tonic water in the Dr W P Mason Prof Analytical iensselaer Institute Troy N Y SEND FOB Excelsior Springs Bottling Co EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MO Sold by a B HENDERSON A CO