Waterloo Daily Courier (Newspaper) - April 12, 1899, Waterloo, Iowa Press Wire Service Daily Courier 1890 Weekly Courier Established 1858 WEATHER PREDICTIONS Chicago April Generally fair tonight and Thursday warmer In extreme northeast tonight briak southerly winds WATERLOO IOWA WEDNESDAY EVENING APRIL 12 WHOLE NO 2609 CAUGHT IN AMBUSH Americans and British Sailors At tacked by Samoan Warriors and Several are Killed GERMANY AIDS JURY VERDICT IS FIRST TO RETURN Fiads no Cause for Blame in Roy Derrick's Death Special to the Courier Des Moines Iowa April jury In the death of rick brought in a verdict at 3 o'clock this afternoon that deceased came to his death by being run over a box car Owing to the fact that no saw the man killed and no one was at the time of the accident the jury came to the conclusion that death was due to accidental causes over which no one had any control PRIVATE DUNHAM COMES HOME Semoan Warrior on Point of rendering but is Held Back by the German Consul Co B Boy Returns to Waterloo Direct From Havana Having Received j His Discharge Prom Service SHORT STORIES FROM THE WIRES By Associated Press Aukland N Z April es Apia Samoa ot April 4 say a party of 105 Americans and British sailors were forced to retreat to the beach after having been caught in bush on a German plantation on that date The expedition was led by Lieut A H Freeman of British cruiser Tauranga Lieut Freeman and Lieut H L and Ensign J R of the United States cruiser phia were left dead on the field En- sign Monaghan remained to assist Lieut Lansdale and was shot in re- tiring Two British and two can sailors were It is estimated eight hundred riors were in the attacking The natives engaged were some of followers They severed heads of the British and American of- killed Priests of the French mission afterwards brought the heads to Apia The manager of the German tion lias been arrested and detained on board the on affidavits declaring he was seen urging the els to fight In a previous ment 27 of forces were killed and there werp casualties among the Anglo American forces ADMIRAL KAUTZ ACCOUNT Washington April Kautz has telegraphed as follows from Apia On April first while the combined forces of the British and United States under Lieut Freeman of the British navy were reconnoitering Apia they were ambushed I deeply regret to announce the death of Lieut Philip B Lansdale Ensign John R han Coxswain James Butler Ordinary Seaman Norman Edsal and five men wounded belonging to the phia The British lost killed two men and Lieut Freeman The Samoans say Mataafa on three occasions had resolved to surrender but the German consul Rose advised him not to do so Mataafa now says he will never give in Washington April dent received the Associated Press dis- patch from Samoa this morning Long after a visit at the White House said no additional forces will be sent to Apia and seemed to view the situation with perfect equanimity By Associated Press Washington April the army re-organization a of jor and brigadier generals of the ent volunteers will be mustered out of the present to enable them to accept commissions as general officers of the volunteers with the rank of brigadiers They Major Wilson Lee Wheeler Bates Young Chaffee Ludlow and Wood Brigadiers Wheaton King Grant Haley Hall Overshine Davis and Schwan Major Generals Wade An- derson and Henry resume their former commands MES TO WATERLOO COUNCIL IN 1900 Royal Arcanum Meeting Closed at Cedar Rapids Yesterday Wa- Honored Again DRIVING REBELS INTO MOUNTAINS By Associated Press Manila April p Wheaton drove the rebels from the American right flank between the road and foot hills into the mountains today Avith but slight resistance The insurgents villages as they retreated One American was ed SHOOTING AT LONG BRANCH BIRDS Iowa Men Making Records in Great can Handicap The home coming of the Forty-ninth Iowa boys has A few of the advance guard as it were have reached Iowa and all are on the road The first soldier of Co B to return from Cuba arrived in Waterloo this ing on the Illinois Central It is vate Fred Dunham He stepped off the train briskly and then hastened on a bee line to his home To a reporter who followed him he said that was the happiest moment he had known for many months He was overjoyed to be home again and now his only an- was to greet his parents a IK brothers and sisters His home coming was a surprise to all He was discharged from the vice a week ago Monday and on Thursday sailed from Havana on the for New York where he ed Monday coming from there directly home He looks the picture of health bright eyes elastic step and cheeks bronzed by the Cuban suns He has not seen a sick day he says since going to Cuba and he says further that the general health of the boys has been better there than at Jacksonville He says the boys are all overjoyed at the prospects of mustered out and sent back home Six companies of the Forty-ninth left Havana on the transport San Antonio the day he sailed They were bound for nah Co was not included in these but they expected to leave Havana He thinks the whole company will be home early in May Private Dunham has many words of praise for the Cubans especially those of the upper class He says they art extremely friendly to the Americans and appreciate all this country has done for them Gomez is the idol of the Cubans outside of a coterie of ambitious politicians but the latter have heen turned down and the old warrior will not control the actions of the Cubans Waterloo was yesterday as the next meting place of the grand council of the Royal April JO 1900 H A Snyder U Welil and 1 Connelly re- turned from Cedar Rapids where the eighth annual session of the grand council was held with a go oil ance of officers delegates and visitors form all parts of the staff It had been expected that the sessions would continue through today but thing was harmonious thore was no and by -1 o'clock In tho afternoon the business had all boon transacted new officers had been elected and installed and was taken until next year The following officers were Grand R Dohs of Fort Dodge Grand vice Con way of Sioux City Grand Will Campbell of Ft Madison Past grand 11 Jackson of Council Bluffs Grand A Snydor of Waterloo Grand Irish of Des Moines Grand W of Ot- tumwa Grand A kuk Grand of Grand A Taylor of Cedar Rapids Grand W of Burlington A Hartung of Des Moines ami U G Dawson of wa Finance R Weld of Waterloo M Dickson of Sioux City C A Beno of Council Bluffs Commute on S Irish of Des Moines F B Warner of Council FEK Councils charging 12 Councils charging 2 Councils charging 1 Councils charging Councils charging 1 QUARTERLY DUES Councils charging 75 2 Councils charging f 1.00 S Councils charging f 1.25 1 STATISTICS OF TH 10 ORDER December 31 Subordinate councils December 1753 Death rato in per 0.50 Deaths In ISli Assessments called lit 15 Number ot assessments called since organization benefits paid in 12.91 Benefits paid from sation to December 81 The public reception tendered by the members of George Greene council No 550 Royal Arcanum to the of and the delegates to tho grand cil meeting of the Royal Arcanum of Iowa and tho people of Cedar ids in the Dows auditorium last Ing was a most enjoyable event GARDEN RAKES AMD HOES Will be needed a few weeks later haps a very few days We have them also Spading Forks 3 4 5 and 6 tine Forks styles Wheelbarrows and Step Ladders all at old prices LEFT THEM AT HOME THIMBLES WEREN'T NEEDED CUTLER HARDWARE CO WATERLOO IOWA LAWTON CAPTURES By Associated Press Washington April ing was received from Gen Yesterday in the lake region Gen Lawton pursued the insurgents ward from Santa Cruz dispersing them He captured all the larger vessels used in the lake trade and a Spanish He is now endeavoring to pass them from tho river where they concealed into the lake Wheaton drove the enemy ten miles to the eastward of the railway Gen Lawton's and Wheaton's casualties were few and slight as the enemy made no stand Gen Otis has been notified by Spain that she will the islands of Polo and Mindoro soon BANK BOOKS AS EVIDENCE By Associated Press Philadelphia April motion of the district attorney Judge Biddle decided the books of the bank aible as evidence in the Quay trial The commonwealth declares it will prove the interest on state deposits was paid to State Treasurer Haywood Quay and C McKee of Pittsburg Long Branch N J April fect spring weather prevailed day in striking contrast to the three previous tournaments decided at the traps The fact that 212 shooters faced the three clover leaf traps in the Powder handicap at teen birds the only event decided gives one an idea what tomorrow will bring forth All the cracks were entered in the contest including Welch shall Dickey and Pulford previous Grand American winners Messner of Pittsburg Pa Was the only ab- sentee in this line Dr Carver and J L Brewer were also contestants but they fall short of dividing with the thirty leaders with straight kills Colonel Martin of Bluffton S C lowed up his good luck finishing with the thirty leaders in the powder dicap receiving The purse was worth Colonel Martin has many followers who believe that his chances of winning the Grand can handicap are equal to any shooter on the ground He quit tonight with eighty-two straight kills on the wood grounds His best run in his southern home was 141 Two hundreds of the 221 contestants the fifth bird before missing while 127 reached the tenth round without missing The ninth round saw the finish of Heikes Gilbert gar Bender and A H King Tom Marshall the winner of handicap went out on the twelfth ver and Palmer were also in with those who dropped out on the twelfth round Following is a list of the Colonel Martin Bluffton S C 28 E C Johnson Atlantic City N 1 Cleveland 26 E Voris Crawfordsville Iml 28 Campello Mass 28 Ben Teipel ton Ky J Hallowell Philadelphia 28 J E Riley Kansas City R Valentine Monroeville Ohio 28 Dr W B Kibbey Marshalltown Iowa 27 Blue Island 111 29 1 A Lane Marshalltown Iowa 20 J Barto Chicago 28 A D Sperry Rock Island 111 27 H R Sweeny Albany N Y 27 J R A Elliott Kansas City 31 C E Francis Pa 28 P S CHANGES IN ARM OFFICERS P Hazen of Ft By Associated Press Rock Island III April Thomas J Robinson a prominent zen and president of the Rock Island and Davenport Ferry company and Rock Island National bank died this morning aged 81 He established the ferry company in 1853 Bluffs and son Committee on R Dohs of Ft Dodge Fred W of Ot- tumwa and Charles M Dickson of Sioux City Representative to the supreme W Wilson of D F of Out 11 ty supreme regent installed the new officers Waterloo was then chosen as the place for holding the next grand cil meeting No important legislation was ed and the only other business of in- terst transacted was tho appointment of an advisory board to work in con- Grooms of 67 and 74 Years Sioux City April Stein hauer three score and seven last evening was married at the parsonage of the Whitfield M E church Rev Air Pittenger officiating to Bertha Loomis a young woman 29 years of age Mr Steinhauer met the young woman a number of years ago and it is said to have been a case of love at first sight The wedding was a private one and only a few intimate friends were present at the ceremony Yesterday a license was issued to 1 Hannaman Brooks who gave his age as 74 years to marry Miss Minnie Jackson a young woman of 31 HOUSEHOLD GOODS AT AUCTION Col W H Brott will sell at public auction at the corner of Jefferson and West Fourth streets Saturday April 15th at 1 o'clock the following hold One marble top bedroom suite one marble top stand cane ed chairs 3 patent easy rockers one Seth Thomas 8 day clock hammered brass piano lamp pair of portiers sewing machine and other household goods The beautiful sunshine balmy air and smooth paths dry and free from dust have brought out the bicycle fever in all its glory Everybody will ride wheels this year and if you want the best for the least money you should consult T F Place at the ler wholesale house He handles the the Ivanhoe and hoe special tf junction with the grand regent This board is composed of L R Dohs ot Ft George Con way of Sioux City H A Snyder of Waterloo and Geo H Jackson of Council Bluffs A general summary of the report of Grand Secretary H A Snyder and Grand Treasurer Waller Irish shows the RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Balance in treasury 1 518.24 Receipts in 2142.47 Disbursements in Balance in treasury Dec 31 1898 569.32 ASSETS AND LIABILITIES Total assets 065.56 Liabilities Dec 31 none PER CAPITA TAX Received from subordinate councils to supreme council 168.75 SUBORDINATE FINANCES Paid into the W O B fund Received from the W O B fund 33000.00 Total receipts general fund 7972.15 Expended for the relief of 438.54 Total disbursements Excess of assets over ties MEMBERSHIP Two Hundred Ladies of the Needle Clubs Meet for a Social Afternoon Waterloo is noted for its various and several meetings literary social and otherwise but it remained for the com- clubs of the city to carry off tho palm for numbers sociability and the faculty of having a thoroughly good time One would hardly imagine so many women in Waterloo found tho time to devote themselves to the as were present yesterday afternoon at tho Elks hall to help celebrate tho first assembling together of the needle clubs of tho city Early in the after- noon the ladies began to arrive at the ball and by four o'clock fully 175 were there The dining room and parlor were used for the reception rooms and in the large hall the tables wore placed These were arranged in a hollow square with tables for eight or ton sons center The guests marched around the room twice before they were seated and after this a gram was rendered Mrs Matt rott acted as mistress of ceremonies and announced the numbers 011 the program A cake walk was given by the needle club participated in by Mrs Fred Stearns Mrs W Smith Mrs Will Place Mrs Burns Mrs Geismar Misses Dollie Stearns Jessie Camp Maude Snyder Kittie Bates Munger This performance was much enjoyed and Repartee Mutual Benefit Happy Hour Social cle Hill East and West Three M's Tho was iu charge of the ladies and was certainly all that could bo desired Tho tables wore especially attractive with soino linen and silver Tho serving of so many guests was accomplished with ease and but little time wan consumed until all wore served The ladies wore tit the tables somewhat over an hour and tho timo was most pleasantly spent It was quite an undertaking to prepare the long tables so that till might bo at once but it was much more enjoyable in this way After tht supper was over the ladies wended their way homeward not over until a vote had been taken to hold another reunion next year and also a vote of thanks given to the Noodle club for the beautiful badges furnished by them The whole was a pleasant and enjoyable one and will be recalled with pleasure by those present Mrs Whitmore and Mrs Dawson of Waverly were guests of Mrs G W Dawson and those ladles expressed themselves as much pleased with the entertainment CLUB Program Given Last Evening at Home of Dr and Mrs Climate and Crop Bulletin Des Moines last year the season for ning seeding and other farm tions is three weeks late and it Is fully two weeks later than the average of the past ten years Winter conditions prevailed through the month of March and until about the close of the first week in April At the central the dainy mean temperature of the past week was about 9 degrees below normal and at tho average daily deficiency was 10 degrees for the week ending tho 8th inst Under these conditions the frost in the soil is receding very slowly and the surface has been too wet for field work In some of the counties in the central section a beginning has been made in seeding on dry ridges and well drained fields With favorable conditions a in that line will be made the coming week The fields of winter wheat have not as yet shown signs of life and ft is be- that late sown is about all killed The early sown fields have also suffered material damage Last year's seeding of clover has been ly injured an all sections Less hardy varieties of fruit have been ably The consumption of gratin and for- age during the past winter has been much greater than usual Wreck on the Illinois Central A wreck at yesterday afternoon on the Illinois Central main line two miles east of Webster City Six ditched and piled upon the track delaying traffic until a wrecking train which left here at 5 o'clock last evening cleared away the mass Stubener Bladensburg Md 27 C B Dicks Chicago 27 B Bingham Chicago 29 C Clear Lake Iowa 29 yards R Klein Spirit Lake Iowa 27 yards O Zwerg jr Sheboygan 26 W D Burgess ha 28 B F Popham 26 A Woodruff N J 28 R P Wood Brooklyn 27 W B Elliston Do you like a delicious cup of If so try Black Hawk Chops imported by the Woodruff Westfall Co Nashville 29 E L Post New York 27 U R Crosby Batavia N Y 30 yards The big American handicap began at 9 this morning Morgan has the finest soda in town Burden Struck by a bright idea the odist who had opened an office In a fashionable part of Chicago and wanted to do something original and at the same time convey the sion that he intended to be rigidly ex- in the matter of patrons hung out this Come in Here and Have the White Man's Burden Re- From Your Foot Membership January 1 Initiations 56 Admission by cards Reinstated 4 Withdrawals 79 Deaths 11 Total gains 02 Total losses 139 Net loss in 1898 77 Largest membership Smallest membership 8 Average membership 55 Number of councils 21 Number of councils dissolved 3 Total membership December 31 SUSPENSIONS AND MENTS suspended 7 Councils reinstated 6 AND SICK BENEFIT FUND Councils having loan fund 10 Councils having no loan fund 11 sick benefits 12 by all Those taking part Mrs Parrott said were Mr Sullivan and lady Mr E B Walker and lady Mr J D and lady Mr O E Pickett and lady and Mr Gus Place and lady The cake was won by the latter couple Mrs M J O'Keefe gave a happy lection entitled Plow Two Girls ied Mrs O'Keefe is a member of the East and West Needle club A tette composed of Mesdames Briggs Sheakley and Misses and Phifer saug Through the Rye very beautifully These ladles are members of tho Book and Needle club Mrs E M Voorhees recited an inal poem called Dusky which in a witty way told of the ambi- tions of a woman who in order to write a book neglected her husband and ing no talent in that direction was awakened to her folly by overhearing a woman who had urged her to devote herself to an ambition telling a party of how much of a nuisance she had become The story ends all right and the reform of the woman with an ambition is complete and she promotes her husband from a diet of burnt toast to buckwheat cakes the next morning The poem was well recited and con- many excellent hits The thor is to be congratulated on her fort Mrs Voorhees is a member of the Happy Hour club Miss Myrtle Moir rendered a piano solo in her usual pleasing way She The regular meeting of the club was held last evening at the home of Dr and Mrs J G Hildebrand Miss Mary took the ship and the program was largely a literary and musical discussion of The following ex- program was Piano Miss Carolyn Israel Talk on Another Stucco Mill Miss Vocal Thy Him Miss Viin Vocal Dr Mr Paul Davis Miss Vocal Miss Vocal from Samson ami Miss Vocal Valley by tlie Mr Night's Strong Miss Myrtle Aloir TRY A powder to be shaken into the shoes At this season your feet feel swollen nervous and hot and get tired easily If you have smarting feet or tiight shoes try Allen's It coals the feet and makes easy Cures and sweating feet blisters and callous spots Re- corns and bunions of all pain and gives rest and comfort Try it today Sold by druggists and shoe for Trial free Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy N Y Fort Dodge April W ford and the heirs of the Albee estate have completed arrangements for the erection of one of the largest stucco mills In the country on the lines of the Illinois Central and Mason City and Fort Dodge roads four miles east of this city The organization of the company lias been practically com- and the ground on which to erect the mill and from which to rock has been ed Considerable eastern capital is In- in the Tiew project but like the rest of the stucco mills at tins point the largest interest will be re- by residents of this city It is estimated from the plans drawn for the new mill that it will thing over with the machinery in place and all ready to start The new company is to he capitalized at The gypsum land been prospected and a vein of almost uni- form thickness was found It is about twenty-one feet through the workable seam The stone be mined in- stead of quarried this experiment having proven at the Cardiff mills erected a few years ago The will make the sixth to be erected at this point Miss Bell Frederick Killed represented the Coffee and Repartee club The Harmony club furnished nuts to crack to each lady Walnut shells had conundrums on a slip of per and if one could not answer the nut was opened aud the answer found inside This feature of the ment was very much appreciated and afforded plenty of amusement The club members deserve special mention for their contribution to the affair This club furnished 175 beautiful purple and white ed ribbon badges On the white bon was a small pansy with leaves and on the purple one the words The dle Club the date of tion and by the way the oldest needle club in the city It was the intention for each member attending to furnish a souvenir and these were at the plates following clubs took part in the reunion The Needle Work club the Harmony Book and Needle Dental Society Meeting The Blackhawk Dental society met n the office of Secretary E E Peek ast night and enjoyed a very pleasant Various topics of interest to he profession were discussed The next meeting is to be held at Cedar Falls Tuesday evening July IS rs II D A N Ferris were appointed a committee to prepare a for the meeting It will be leld at the Burr house and begin at S 3 m Two of the topics to be discussed The introduction and uses of rub oer in The tion and uses of amalgam H is the One True Blood Great Nerve Tonic Stomach To Hum sands its great merit Is KNOWN J E Neat of Clarksville is here day on Clarinda April Isabella Frederick of Corning Iowa was ed by a freight train onto her at the Q depot here yesterday morning just after she had left the passenger train from the north and was crossing the side track She had just cleared the track and did not seo the train coming A young man with her Charles S Tomlinson of this city Was slightly injured also Miss erick was coming here to attend a dis- cabinet meeting of the Epworth League She has a brother in ness at Corning and another teaching in the Cedar Falls Normal school She was a Christian young lady The cor- jury found her death entirely accidental Miss Frederick is a member of one of oldest and best families here Her brothers here are nent farmers and her father at one time occupied the office of county treasurer Black Hawk Chops Japan tea to in- ported by Woodruff 4 Co Ask your Its
