Waterloo Daily Courier (Newspaper) - July 3, 1906, Waterloo, Iowa BONA FIDH OF ANT PAPER IN WATERLOO INDICATIONS J Chicago III July Fair tonight and Wednesday SIXTEENTH YEAK WATERLOO TUESDAY EVENING 1906 NO 4853 NEWS FROM WASHINGTON Canal Bonds Bring Good Price Senator Allison's Absence From Senate Was Felt White House in Need of Repairs Other Capital News Washington D C July early announcement is expected from Roosevelt as to the make up of the interstate commerce commission under the new rate law Iowa will probably he represented by E E Clark of of the Order of way Conductors J S Harlan of will probably be added to the commission anil it is learned from high authority that Mr Harlan will probably be made chairman There has been much talk of two er Iowa men for membership 011 this commission Col Hepburn and ex-Governor Larrabee Representative Hepburn was the choice of a large number of the members of the house for this place and ex-Governor bee has many friends who would like to see him nominated The chief in the way is that neither Colonel Hepburn nor Mr to be appointed to the In a letter to a friend here some time ago ex-Governor definitely put out of the race and in discussing the subject Colonel Hepburn said that he did not want a place on the sion and would not accept air ment thereto He regards the duties of members commission as and at his time of life has no de- sire to take them upon The appointment of Mr Clark has not been officially announced but it is generally understood that it is decided on dent Roosevelt has been friendly to Mr Clark since he served on tire com- mission that arbitrated strike about three years ago Franklin Lane of California has been confirmed as a member of the sion and Knapp Prouty Cockrell and Clements will be retained Allison Absent Washington D C July has developed that the absence ot Senator Allison from the senate was the cause of the difficulty of Saturday whereby there was a delay in ment and much irritation over the de- lay Senator of experience has acquired perfect iarity with appropriation measures There was delay and friction such as would never have been noticed if ator Allison had been in charge This friction led to sharp criticisms of the government printing office Not all of this was deserved and -had Senator Allison been present there is not the slightest doubt that things would have passed much more smoothly Thomas P Cleaves clerk of the committee has received ti letter from L J Neely Senator son's private secretary saying that Senator Allison was gaining strength rapidly since reaching Iowa His petite is improving and he is showing many signs of regaining the best of health Leaving Washington Washington D C July Iowa members generally have left the city Colonel Hepburn and Representative Cousins were the only members of the delegation remaining here yesterday Senator Dolliver has gone to New York and alter a few days rest will depart Iowa Colonel Hepburn will depart for Iowa Friday ami will spend the summer at his home in Clarinda A to Washington O C July Hepburn discussed the whereby the Keokuk and Hamilton Power company which is to build a dam at is the right to condemn such land as it needs for its project This measure is ono of general application and clothes power companies with authority to condemn land in such cases t Colonel Hepburn said that the that was passed insured the construction the Keokuk dam and in his opinion would make Keokuk the greatest turing center in Iowa The company that will provide the power there has a capital of It will have 000 horse power at its disposal and be able to provide power for all localities within a radius of 150 miles at low river House Repairs Washington D C July 5 the adjournment of congress it lias de- that extensive repairs must be made to the White houso before President Roosevelt and his family re- turn next autumn y The discovery was made almost with the killing by Harry K Thaw of ford White one of the firm of archi- which three years ago directed the remodeling of the house Some of the work done on the White house at that time failed It has been found necessary to replace the roofs on both the east and west races either because of faulty con- struction or because the work was rushed to such an extent that early frosts subsequently damaged It Examination for Inspectors Washington D C July carry into effect the meat inspection law en- acted by congress the service commission has announced an nation of inspectors held on July 21 The regulations dO not require that inspectors be veterinarians but they must be qualified from experience to determine whether or not meat is sound wholesome and fit for human food They must be competent to supervise the preparation of various meat food products must be between 21 and 50 years of age aud must have had not less than one years in the work required to be done The entrance salary is per an- num The Bond Sale Washington D C July at the treasury department develops that in selling the Panama canal bonds Secretary Shaw is not actuated by any desire to bolster up the treasury at this time or to disburse the money to pay the expenses of canal construction The money is to be held by the de- to support the financial ket next fall should a crisis occur in Wall street There was some surprise expressed over the announcement that bonds would be sold It was known the ury would be reimbursed on account of canal already incurred but it was understood the bond sale would be deferred until late summer or early fall The treasury need of funds at this juncture having on the largest working balance recorded for months Conditions in the big money centers are not considered particularly able for a bond sale because of the weakness of stocks Notwithstanding these facts the treasury officials believe the bonds will sell for as high as 100 It is not expected any will sell for less than The price United States bonds of was 103 THE FOREIGN NEWS BUDGET The Church of St Michael Hamburg Destroyed at Rows of Other Buildings By Spread of the Flames STILL DEADLOCKED Rushing Preparations for Sailing of Wellman Expedition Associated July great church St Michael with a towei spire 420 feet high was totally de- stroyed by fire today The falling tower killed four workmen The fire is spreading Rows of buildings are in lames and the wind is blowing strongly Worse Than Tinned Meat London July Page Gaston of Chicago before a tee of the house of lords today that the cigarette is worse than Chicago tinned meats The Henley Henley Eng July the ond heat of the Grand Challenge cup the Argonauts beat the Thames Rowing club Tromsoe Norway July ing of the with the the polar expedition is being pushed night and day so that the voyage to Spitsbergen can bo started July 4 The cargo which must be taken to the sailing point of the airship is larger than the capacity of the Frithjof and it will be necessary to ship seventy-five tons of sulphuric acid and forty tons of iron used for gas making by another steamer The Frithjof started its first age from hore to on June 15 carrying Major Hersey seventeen men and the material necessary for building houses machine shops and sheds at the northernmost depot When the auxiliary steamer sails the overflow cargo this week it Will make three voyages which have been necessary to transport the ex- equipment from Tromsoe to Spitsbergen The fragile and delicate parts oil the airship are intact and in good der though handled nine limes bo- tween Paris and Tromsoe in transfers between railroads and steamship lines Unless some unforseen dent intervenes u determined effort reach the pole this XO TOMORROW Following out the custom ol many no papei will sued office ol he Daily rier tomorrow employes of the office iii nil departments will In given a holiday to celebrate the fancy may dictate It is sincerely liopcO out of he noise the turmoil tlie cauldron of exploding dynamite and powder of intonation may come every man woman boy and girl all of his oi her Infers eyes unimpaired MOTHER TOLD OF TRAGEDY Informed Upon Her Arrival London This Morning in White's Family Will be Active in the Prosecution Twelve Hundred Ballots Taken in District Convention City July convention of the district has taken twelve dred ballots in this city and the lock continues The vote Chase Webster City clora 10 Peterson There is no outlook the deadlock today 17 15 for a break in BLOODY FIGHT Bad Mix Up in Fort Dodge Night Last to Fort Dodge la June a bloody fight with knives and bricks last night in front of a local saloon participated in by seven or eight men Will Bessin was slashed across the eye ball with a knife and will lose the sight Mack Ellis received three broken ribs and an unknown tramp had his skull tured by a blow from a brick will be made summer Thus far the reports from the arctic have been unusually able Drift ice in large quantities and heavy snowstorms were ered by the Frithjof on its return voyage from Spitsbergen North of there the weather is even more rigid Skippers however offer the en- of prospective good weather in July and August Maneuvers the result of the naval maneuvers both the attacking and defending fleets claim a victory Both suffered loss in ships er May accompanying the attacking fleet captured the Scarborough and telegraphed to King Edward We have obtained complete control of the lish channel and have demanded the surrender of the English supports The defenders the ship Victorious flagship of Rear Ad- miral Archibald Milne together with the battleship Royal Oak and two cruisers in a battle off Cape Finisterre and claim that they secured the trade route by driving the attackers into the North sea COMMITTED TO ASYLUM A I own an Insane Set Her of A Business good enough for you to devote your time to is good enough for some other man to invest his money in You can fmd the other man by using the Courier Columns Boone July RutherVord a the county since a prominent and wealthy Mason was from his home near Madrid yesterday and sent to Ho is mildly insane SAVE HEALTH AND WEALTH An Important to Devise Ways and Means To Prevent River's Overflow and Stagnant Water Alton Case Associated Chicago July taking of testimony in the rebate cases of the Alton railroad and two former of- was concluded in the federal cour today Attorneys for the de- fense made a motion that the court direct the jury to return a verdict of not guilty and argument followed Would Build Wing Dam and Open Cut-Off THE DREADED CHOLERA A Virulent Type of the Disease Visits Manila and Provinces Associated Manila June of a lent type hns broken out among the natives of Manila and surrounding vinces Four Americans at Manila are One is dead one cases and sixteen wore re- ported today The provinces report twenty-six eases and deaths The suburbs and Fort are There has beon onb death among the soldiers by the laudable desire to prevent the of ihc city in of high the beauties and benefits bo derived from the parks up stream protecting the health of the of tan qua and Sonci parks against the deadly miasma likely to lurk in stagnant water a was at today to moans to cover tbo expense of building a at the bead of the cut-off ana placing the stream when cut off shall be removed A was pointed Lo reduce the various tors oC the problem to a basis the members of which are as To represent association W park t P Sou el H M Heed council J H braud W C F X I tail way H One tbo most Important ings held in the city estimated by the which H Is to held In the court honwe forenoon presided over by I Miller list and 1 ns In were I of Hie Saus association the city of Waterloo through ilie mayor and Alderman French and brand the W O F railway through President S ami tlie park board through F Fowler president Aiming those present be- sides the named were i T Wilson City engineer of L Newton engineer of Hie railway company 10 counsel for the railway company H F city attorney of Joo G K H M J C Gates Rev C H O J Fullerum J French J D W W of association and others The object of the was lo re- duce to a workable basis a solution of the differences between the eliy and the railway company of the cut-off suit for which is now and has been sel over cause oC a belief that Hie case can be amicably settled out of court The engineers made their report pointing out the feasibiliiy of building a wing dam near the bead of the off at a oi between and of the construction of and railway bridges at I he cut off whore the embankment is to bo re- removed using tbe same abut but each bridge being distinct the bridge occupying tbe and the railway company's occupying its of way Tbe bridge to bu used by the may be built for or thereabouts It will have a span and a way of IS or feet Importance ol Action The manifold interests the city demand something lie done to prevent tbe city from overflow in times of Hood and to safeguard the beauties ol tlie park It was pointed cut by this it does not matter when Hie park commissioners invest in ground Cor parks the people will gt u berc they have been accustomed lo going and where the grounds are easiest of cess much depends also upon the native of tlie For those reasons It was pointed out the natural parK and oC the people of Waterloo is afong the Cellar river than which there flows MO more beautiful stream in alt the west The foundation ot the growth nf Wa- nause for its people in the measure is Cedar river ami Suns SoncI park L 8 Casts who grew quite eloquent in a brief talk fit the meeting said Hie people have long been accustomed to seeking rest recreation to feasting their eyes on the beauties of up the the habits und of the past halt century have ed the gave of people to Cedar River park or the beauty spot now occupied by the tract known by that name and it was bis opinion that nothing should be done which would tend to de- stroy the beauties and benefits of the people's popular play ground lie told of how Hie park had brought the Rapid Transit company here how It made it possible for the street way to enter into and became a part and parcel of the growth of the Tbe company expected lo bridge tbe west branch of tbe stream where now the cut off bin I park people believed that lo keep that branch open would destroy the use of the Ho plans were changed and an embankment built at a heavy cost a cost far heavier than tbe bridge would have been Mr Cass though the company should not now be expected to take out I be till and put in a its own cost It should not be obliged pay Tor tlie errors ol judgment which lime has proven on part of hose who counseled Hie change from the original plans Interlaced It was pointed out by W W Miller that there are six parties who are vitally interested in this matter of constructing a dam near the of the to divert the water into tho main channel of river in times of These are the ion Suns Souei lion Hie street company tbe park hoard tbe city and David who land fit thought no material progress could lie made Inward a settlement until a workable basis could be found Later the committee noted above was ed and Mr made its chairman Meetings of tho committee will be held at bis call Tbe purpose Is to ascertain the exact cost to bring about the improvements aim divide it on a pro rala basis Thought City Most G ami L S Cass the city had a deeper Interest ihan anyone else and that it should very liberal in guarding the of its people In reply Mayor Hector the city its cosl and would build the wagon bridge of construction of the dam which will be the main thing will no doubt be borne by the six parties who will receive benefit from its construction Tlie dam will be built several rods this side of the mouth of tbe cut-off and will lie about as high as tin stage of the wa- ter at the present lime fn it will bo a tile through which there may be a free circulation of Hie writer tbe purpose lo build the dam in the winter when covers ibe river The stone can be gotten near by and ed on sleds then dumped holes into the bed nf the stream This method will reduce the cost has arisen in later years which means so much to tbo material esthetic and sanitary interests of the city an this movement for the pre- vention of and doing away with stagnant water at Hans Souei Mrs Harry K Thaw to Become a Mother MUST GO DK Torre Haute Ind Tilly six who voted 10 remove Mayor iii impeachment proceedings must go Haute saloon keepers have decided Several men told the not in patronize their places The bartenders union voted a boycott on It is that while the mayor waft charged with laxity in or I laws is belter regulation over before I liy Associated Press 1 July Thaw er of Harry K Thaw arrived here this morning She was informed of the While tragedy by tins of mouth aud bore up splendidly under tho blow She has not decided upon her future movements Proof of Marriage New York tuly Harry K Thaw said today thiat she would duce proof at the Thaw trial that she and her husband wore married in Active New York July Allen W counsel for family of the late Stanford White has called on District Attorney Jerome in regard to tlie ing of While by Harry K Thaw nud it is made plain that the district at- torney is to have till tlie aid of the family of late architect in the of Thaw Anthony has broken Into the Thaw case again with this an- that he has important revelations concerning Stanford White's relations with young women It came to hint in the form of a ter signed by a man who that he is personally cognizant of what went on in the room in Twenty-fourth street occupied by White and his friends He gives the names of several of White's friends A most important statement in the letter is that young girls were brought regularly from HID country to serve purposes of White and other men Dishonest Detectives New York July the of Hie detectives who look Harry K money for trailing Stanford White gone lo Thaw ami unchanged he murder of last Monday night on the lop of Madison Square Garden might not have taken place This is the declaration of S W head of the squad of private detectives who for months spied on White as the hired agents of Thaw snid the reports made by our mon been sent to Thaw just as they were made instead of being doctored aud altered and sometimes suppressed out- right in order to prolong the task that killing would not have occurred It was Hie policy to tell Thaw enough to keep him stirred and irritated One night last year three of our de- tracked White to his so-called in Twenty-sixth street He was in an automobile and with him he had two girls still in short drosses They all throe went upstairs and ty soon wine began to be sent up to them One of the three watching outside should have hurried to Thaw with tbe news that they had bagged their game It would only have been necessary for Thaw to gel Hie police or the Children's Society agents to the house and break in the White could have bad no defense intention all along was to get such evidence against While as would Show White up and either land him in jail or drive him out of country No Speedy Trial New York July will be no speedy trial of Harry Thaw Mr ome said that lie should not put Thaw on trial before the October term of the criminal court It is expected thai the proceeding will in criminal branch of the supreme court What justice will preside has not been mined It with the appellate division of tho supreme court to detail a supreme court justice to sit in that court counsel declare they have statements taken by J girls who say they will take the stand and swear that they were subjected to indignities by White and his friends at midnight suppers in His studios The defense has decided to put Mrs Thaw on the witness stand She has told Judge she is willing to and no matter what tions the district attorney shall put to her she will answer them She be- that upon her testimony her husband can be cleared fuly whispered the news to Harry Kendall Thaw about lo become a a changed man ot the young rake who has done so much to disgrace the name he bore and lo break the heart of those who have HO idolized him she told him only a short lime ago that the man who had lerl her from the paths of rectitude was pursuing her even while in that con- dition aud endeavoring to drag her back from the estale she had entered into when became his lie learned Ibis ami knowing that in four months his wife would become a mot brain of the young man way and it was the real catuie of the terrible tragedy at Madison Square Harden last Monday night is part of Hie secret that is home for Incurable crippled children in street only a couple of weeks ago just before Mrs Thaw left for This home is supported by Mrs Thaw as one of I be lences of Third Presbyterian church which she all ends This garden parly was well attended by society If some little fellow dropped Ins crutch Harry was on hand to pick it up If some child fancied another dish of ice cream or craved a drink wonderful which was being served bis wife was on hand to tend their wants with her own hands They did not leave I In- care of the amusement of these sufferers hired servants Personally they looked lifter them and ti is safe o say Unit all the Thaw ever tendered 10 his chorus girl friends did not give him the satisfaction ho cured from I hat day of kindly tration to the wants and wishes of un- fortunate past couple of months Harry Thaw had been a much changed man so his friends here assert since his wife old him of her hopes and their prospects he bail changed His old ways were no longer followed lie seemed to he preparing himself to bo more of a credit to the lit lie stranger who was going to come into this world and bear his mime The bouts down own were abandoned Ho lo his friends that be was done with the old life be was ing to nettle down and make Ill ing out of himself lie did not loll why hut the secret leaked out ami his wife told her friends what she hoped for society even that portion of it which has been turning its nose in the air was much in the coming of an heir lo the Thaw lions Then the persecution by While is said to have begun or rather to have increased Friends of couple here allege there has scarcely been a lime since their marriage that White was not mailing overtures to the girl to have her leave her husband and join him again In her condition she was and affected much more iously than she hail been before saw no way out and finally appealed to her husband and then came the ble tragedy of last Monday night Will Tell Her Story New July Thaw publicly hat she will fell her story at Hie trial of her husband TERRORISTS WAR ON POLICE Assassinations Are of Daily currence in Russia New Logan Liable to be Mild Sky Scraper Would Contain 120 Very able Rooms II is more than probable that the new hotel o be occupied by It W Johnston Co corner of Sycamore and Fifth streets will be four stories high and contain 120 rooms This will provide one biggest antl most ornate hotels in this part of the stale The intention had been to build but three high bul there has been a feeling on the part of the Waterloo capitalists inter- ested in the property that it would bo a good investment and provide the now landlords with larger accommodations another story were added The Charles City gentlemen who are inter- ested in the El will be in the city today or tomorrow when a conference will be held by the Waterloo partners and definite an- swer will be given to the proposition It is believed that there is need in Waterloo for as large a hotel as the addition of the fourth story will make of this property and Ibis too in spite of the fact that the Irving lias been greatly enlarged and a part of it built up an additional story Tlie great need of Waterloo lor some years past has been better and larger hotel dations and now this seems to be about to be FOR DOLLIVER The Government's Agrarian Introduced in the Douma f Associated Warsaw July terrorists determination to exterminate the lice force shows no signs of ing Two police sergeants wove shot aud killed today The assassins caped Tlie Agrarian SI Pel July agrarian has been ally approved introduced in the er house and published in the Official Messenger Tho purpose of the Is to distribute upon favorable all the arable land of peau Russia to who not sufficient lauds i Two Kilted Yesterday Warsaw July rumors that he terrorists were organizing a general slaughter of the police partially corroborated when two shot dead and three wore wounded in various parts of Warsaw yesterday Terrorists shot and ed a last evening and an infantry captain named the latter having been accused by revolutionary papers of commanding platoons at executions The sins escaped Parliament leers SI July after- noon silting yesterday of the lower house of parliament which was de- voted to discussion of the law viding for the abolition of the death penalty broke up In utter disorder when Gen military tor attempted to address the house in behalf of W Minister Rudiger His appearance in the tribune was the signal for an outburst of cries of organizer of Jewish etc from the members ot group of toil in which Die entire left joined The members of he house pounded their desks shouted whistled and ed to violent means of showing their displeasure Pavloff after listening to the slorm for several minutes turned to President bowed half o signify his acceptance of the situation and left the tribune who appeared to be thoroughly angered at the tion endeavored to quoll it with his voice and the violent ringing of the bell used in calling the house to der but he fruitless task and loft the chair signifying that the session was adjourned The appearance of Pavloff ceded by a long speech from Prof introducing the providing for the abolition of the death penalty and an address by Minister of Justice defending the necessity for the ty owing to the number of political crimes under the tions of anarchy and terrorism which he declared a menace to all ity and civilization in Russia M had scarcely spoken five minutes when a few fit tempted to Interrupt him with cries of but M sternly repressed them sharply declaring that such methods of closing a sitting of the house were utterly which statement was greeted by a hearty round of applause The members of the group of toil also made a demonstration when M had finished ing but the generally did not participate in it Fresh disorders are reported among tins sailors of the eighteenth division who wore the ringleaders iST the ad t mutiny The outbreak arose ostensibly owing to bad food but this considered a mere pretext the demands of the men were satisfied and the trouble is said to have subsided Thaw her husband that she was er it made Mayor of Ft Dodge Will Give Reception in Senator's Honor Fort Dodge la July nel of Ft Dodge has invited the entire public to a reception at bis home on the evening July 7 in honor of ator who will arrive home from Washington on that day Dropped Dead Associated Milwaukee July Hill aged former well known banker recently appointed public dobt com- missioner dropped dead today Ho was prominent in Masonic circles TRY A COURIER WANT AD Deposit your savings In n Savings Tlie Waterloo Savings only Savings on west side leaking out concerning the Thaws and the man who pursued he young woman since she was only more than a child In short dresses One of lie biggest functions which have place on grounds and flue big house was ho Burden party for the children of NOBODY HURT Remarkable Train Wreck on Delaware Hudson the N Y July nlogn limited on the Delaware Hudson was wrecked here today and although the I ruin was completely demolished not a was killed or hurl The wreck was to an open switch YOU WILL BE EASED If your house is ated with originality in and treatment than if done ma common place fashion Let us put our stock of exclusive wall papers and our as successful decorators at your service We can assure you faction in every respect j HENDERSONS The 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