Daily Times-Tribune, The (Newspaper) - June 1, 1906, Waterloo, Iowa I f j C i y yi f VOLUME 1 WATERLOO IOWA FRIDAY MORNING JUNE NUMBER 208 Attempt to Assassinate in King Alfonso and His Loss of at Least Sixteen Lives THROWN AT ROYAL CARRIAGE King and Queen Narrowly Escape Death in After Their Wedding Associated Madrid May rejoicings over the marriage of King Alfonso and Princess Victoria had a terribly dramatic sequel at this after- noon as a bomb thrown from an per window exploded with loud effect near the coach occupied the king ana queen Providentially King fonso and Queen Victoria escaped by an electric wire deflecting the bomb but at letist sixteen persons most of them being of the personal and tary escort and other spectators were killed Many others were injured The dead i Captain Barrosa commanding part of the king's escort Lieut Lieut Prendergast and six soldiers Marquise of Golosa and her ter Don Antonio and his neice aged G years Jose Sola seventy years of age Louis One royal groom who was leading a horse drawing the coach carrying the king and queen Several of those killed were ing on the balcony of the bouse from which the bomb was thrown Many soldiers of tlie escort were thrown from horses and ed fragments of the bomb struck a number of people in the crowd The horse of one of the re- publican guards belonging to the cort received the full force of the charge in his chest thus averting it from the two rulers On Way to Palace The explosion occured just as the royal about the palace The f had been diverted from Arsenal street to Mayoi street owing to popular de- sires The procession had just ed through Mayor street and was about to turn into the ing to the palace when the explosion shook the buildings in the vicinity stunning a number of people and throwing the cortege into confusion The royal coach was brought to a sudden stop by the shock officers and soldiers of the cort falling to the ground about tlie equerry and horses that had been ed The screams of the terrified multitude mingled with the groans of the dying It was immediately seen that the royal coach was intact King Alfonso immediately alighted and Queen Victoria out of the riage They then entered another coach and were driven swiftly to the palace All this happened so quickly that pepple away from were not the tragedy that had been enacted and continued to acclaim their sovereign Soon however there appeared the carriage empty with two horses ing- others spattered with blood several of them bleeding from their wounds Grooms and spangled uni- forms Then came a boy shouting that a bomb had been thrown at the king The appearance of the king and queen in the coach brought out delirious ovations as the fact was that the had been spared Horrible Spectacle Meantime the scene of the tragedy presented a horrible spectacle with horses and men lying about literally torn to pieces Intense excitement prevailed the mob invading the streets while the guards maintain order and block the proaching streets Bodies were wrapped in blankets and moved to ters while the wounded were taken to hospitals in ambulances The ment was literally covered with blood and the upper stories of the buildings nearest were spattered with it The place from which the bomb was is a boarding house The chamber from which the missile was hurled was May 22nd by a man from Baiv celona giving the name of Morale and when the police surrounded the house the man attempted to flee but was captured Another man escaped over the roof of houses One of the injured proved to be a son-in-law of Premier private secretary cording to an official statement it is not known whether one or more bomba wore The statement con- that it is impossible to tain at present the author of the out rage though it is known that a Jonian Manuel Duran took an apartment in the house from which the bomb was thrown on May 22nd From the Queen's House The bomb which was concealed in a bouquet polished steel a half centimetre thick The house from which it according to some reports belongs to the mother having boon bequeathed to her by a philanthropist and being the only house she owns in Madrid The house is opposite the church of the Sacrament and the captain general's residence Wires of the Scene Frederick Whitridge the American special envoy cabled the president at 4 o'clock this afternoon giving the details concerning the attempt on the life of the king and queen Later in the went to the royal palace where he was assured that the king and queen were very tranquil considering their narrow escape The Duke of was entering the palace at the time Whitridge was there showing that his wounds are not serious Whitridge also called at the foreign office and on behalf of the United State's expressed profound pathy with the Spanish sovereigns and their people Curious Incident As a curious coincidence it is just a year ago today that the bomb was thrown at King Alfonso in Paris As the king accompanied by President Loubet was driving away from the gala performance at the opera May 1905 an anarchist threw a bomb at the royal carriage It struck a trooper of the escort on the shoulder fell to the ground and exploded without Injury to the Icing or president who continued their drive to Palais D'Orsay People are Indignant The indignation of the people over the outrage was very great Some French detectives were arrested be- cause they had a foreign appearance After the outrage the visitors book was opened at the palace and it was signed during the afternoon by the foreign princes envoys diplomats ministers and officials oi all ranks It is stated that on the arrival at the royal palace the king and queen were both in tears They were quickly rounded by foreign princes each anxious to show sympathy and offer congratulations on thir escape From 2 until G o'clock in the evening it was impossible for any brie to get near the house from which the bomb was thrown The house is close to embassy and about a of a mile from tlie royal palace L- Many Arrests Made Many arrests have been made among them Manuel Duran a nian who is believed to have been the principal conspirator It is said that immediately on the Duran seized and hurried down stairs As he reached the street men flung themselves upon him shouting kill the assassin The mounted guard pressed around and away It had been rumored that King fonso a few days ago received an anonymous warning of an intended outrage but the authorities deny this The Wedding The tragic event of this afternoon and the narrow margin by which King Alfonso and the new queen of Spain escaped death caused the brilliancy of the wedding temporarily to be ten although it was to have ed a period of unprecedented ties Some of the wedding features however were such as to fix selves indelibly upon the minds of the spectators One of the prettiest sights was the Cue actual heir to the throne who accompanied the king The little orphan of the Princess of Asturias was clad in knickerbockers of white silk and reached only to the king's waist King Alfonso reached the altar long before Princess Victoria The lengthy wait which led to fear an inopportune event The king twice arose on the throne and gazed fastly toward the door Hardly an arm's length away was the American special envoy Frederick W ridge who through chance or de- sign most favorable sition of the assemblage With him was General the French envoy and side of him the envoy of Morocco a huge swathed in white a nese minister Republican simplicity never was more strikingly exemplified European courts were represented by princes most of them heirs to thrones while France the United States and the south and Central American re- publics stood out with plain envoys As the ceremony closed fonso embraced his bride and her mother This glimpse of domestic derness as well as the democratic touch given by the presence of many in the galleries who were there by the king's request made the scene an effective one to which a sequel quickly succeeded BURNED BY HIS PLAYMATES claims that since then steps have been taken to give certain a preference in matter of ments petition is filed on part of a farmers who furnished the beets to the factory and the Union Pacific railroad which holds claim for freight The Standard is one of the largest beet sugar ies in the world CHILDREN ARE KILLED Associated Ind May burg this afternoon lightning struck a barn where a number of school children who were attending a Sunday School picnic had gathered during the storm Marvin Greer aged 12 was instantly killed and five other were Injured but not seriously A terrific hail storm lowed the lightning MILLER FUNERAL Remains of the late Mr Miller to Be Buried Tomorrow The funeral services of the late B G Miller will be held at the residence tomorrow at o'clock The vices in charge of Revs combe and Rollins and willbe under the auspices of the G A R of which organization deceased was an honored member wood The burial will be in ARE GUILTY United States Court Convicts roads of Rebating in Re- Business Associated Milwaukee Wis May ed court of the eastern district of Wisconsin today announced the decision in the rebate case of the government against the Milwaukee Re- company railroads and the Pabst Brewing company on the charges of alleged violation of the kins act finding against the ants with the exception of the Pabst Brewing company So far as the ter is concerned the suit is ed The complaint was made by the MAY FINISH WORK TODAY Senate Conferees are Stubborn and House Members Forced to Recede from Stand THE DEMOCRATS FILIBUSTER Conference on Statehood Ex- to be Able to Report Today United States that the refrigerator transit company had received sions of 10 to cent on all shipments of beer of the Pabst ing company routed by the or transit company copy of traffic agreement with the Brie road was made an exhibit of the com- plaint The railroad companies admitted having made such concessions but claimed these had been paid the same as commissions to other freight j ors Judge delivered the ion which was concurred in by Judges Grosscup and Kohlsaat DEMOCRATS i Meeting Between the Committees Held in Washington to Ar- range for Campaign pay Associated Washington May committee of the national com- the sub-committee from the national committee met here j night for conference Every member 1 of the campaign committee with the exception of two were present The conference lasted nearly three hours and was for the purpose of talking over plans for the coining campaign and harmonizing any differences if any were found to exist between the committees It was announced that the utmost harmony exists between the two bodies Edwin Sexton assistant secretary of the democratic national committee elected secretary today of the sub-committee to work with the con- gressional committee Indianapolis Ind May man Taggart has the ing sub-committee of the democratic national committee to assist in the democratic congressional campaign J Guffy of Pennsylvania R M Johnson of Texas J Taylor Elison Urey Woodson of tucky Robelt Sulivan of Illinois Tiin Ryan of Wisconsin CORNELL IN FINALS Associated W Va May child of Robert of Cedar Grove was tied to a stake and burned to death by his playmates playing Red presented by members of the local lodge of Red here in mock tation of Indian's Chicago and Cornell Decide Honors In Tennis Meet Associated Chicago 111 May col- lege of Iowa and the University of Chicago took the honors in the finals ASK FOR RECEIVER Associated Omaha May petition was filed in tho district court today asking that the Standard Beet Sugar Com- pany be declared bankrupt In May W R Ferguson was appointed receiver for the company and the of the Western Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament Hayes of Cornell won the championship in the singles by defeating Loesch of Wisconsin In the doubles Garnett and Gray of Chicago defeated Hayes and of Cornell TO ENGAGE LABORERS Panama May Panama nal Commission hag sent a special agent to Spain to engage laborers to work on the canal Joe was visiting tives in Sioux City week the first of tho Associated Washington May are but eleven amendments in the road rate yet io be disposed of by the conferees Twenty ments disposed of was the record of two sessions of the conference com- today Of the amendments considered the senate had receded on but three while the house conferees have thirty-nine Those on which the senate receded are all of minor importance and are regarded as not affecting the in any way The amendments still in dispute are the express company amendment those relating to oil and the ship of producing properties by com- mon carriers the ment the sleeping car provision Jim Crow pf lading provision retention or rejection pf in its and side track ment The prediction is confidently made that a complete agreement will be reached on the measure row Democrats Filibuster Washington May crats of the house resumed ing today and demanded a roll call on every possible tary point Notwithstanding these tedious delays the house passed the diplomatic and consular tion carrying ail appropriation pf A number of amendments were adopted chief among which were the changing of the the ambassador to Japan from to and fixing salaries of the ministers to Belgium and Netherlands of as fixed by the originally reported and and fice were sent to the conference adjourned at until tomorrow the minority threatening to cause a roll on three amendments to a ing the military record of F Graham was mustered out of Graham Graham was mustered but of service in at the time he alleged he knew of no other reason than he voted the an election held by his regiment Ohio Volunteers time previously With the democrats killing Dazell of Pennsylvania decided to ad- journ rather than go through the of two more roll calls Statehood Conference Report Washington May in the house stated that the conference report on the statehood will be made tomorrow or at the urady This report will be an ment on the basis of Foraker of a year ago which the people of Arizona and ico may vote on the question of joint statehood at the regular election held for the purpose of electing a delegate to congress The amendment is to be reported exactly as it was introduced a year ago by Foraker in the senate At todays session of the conference committee it was agreed that rie should be the new capital of the state of Oklahoma until 1915 witli certain restrictions as to the amount of money which may be expended to that date At that time the vote will be taken for the location of the tal Wants Easier Washington May tive Crumpacker of Indiana ed a today as a substitute for the Beveridge meat inspection ment placed on the agricultural in the senate The defines the authority which may be vested in the of agriculture and lifts its authority so as not to conflict with the police powers of the state In accomplishing adequate inspection with this restriction provision is made whereby the secretary of culture may accept the inspection of state inspectors as to the sanitary condition of packing houses Where the inspection is made on the part of packers which makes the state in- inadequate the secretary of agriculture is authorized to stop all meat products at state lines and make a thorough inspection Where the state inspection is accepted by the secretary this federal inspection in transit will not be made Certain labels and tags to denote the ter of state inspection are provided for believes the Beveridge amendment in authorizing the al inspection of packing houss Is a violation of the police of a state and that all rulings sustain this position Edward hoad of the Cudahy Packing Company of aha hns members of the Nebraska delegation in congress testing against the meat inspection to the tural appropriation He objects to the provision compelling packers to pay for and complains that the is too drastic in every particular Senate Is Busy The senate today passed tho Knox immunity and omnibus lighthouse with practically no debate ed the military academy and was only prevented from passing the em- liability by a motion to go into executive session Most of the afternoon was in the executive session of the nomination of Judge James sham to judge of the United States circuit court for the district of ka but he was not confirmed Charges against him which have prevented confirmation for three years were urged strongly by Senators ber and Hansbrough Nelson Teller Pettus and a number of others He was defended by Senators Dollingham Bailey Culberson and others No vote was had nor did it appear one is imminent He is now serving on recess appointment Murphy Has Washington May tive Murphy of Missouri introduced a today to provide for the free expression of representatives in con- gress on bills measures resolutions and rules and for punishment for in- therein The makes it a punishable by two years im- prisonment and disqualification to hold any office of profit or trust for any representative or speaker in congress to promise to support or in- fluence the passage of any THE REALM First Class is Graduated from the Presbyterian Hospital with Appropriate Ceremony The graduation exercises of the first of graduate nurses from the Presbyterian hospital were held last evening in the auditorium of the Y M C A The large audience room was filled with persons present to hear the program and everything was in fine shape Mr Em- mons Johnson who since the first has been a benevolent of the institution was man and carried out his portion of the program with befitting ability The program was as Selection by the Masonic Quartette Charles H combe and Mr Paul Davis x Address of W B Violin Haffa Vocal Nettie Vroom Graduation D W Crouse Piano Law and land Presentation of D W Crouse Father Mark Coouey Those who received diplomas Miss Grace Beal Miss Grace art Miss Minnie Ames Miss Helen Bosch Miss Frances Breckenridge and Miss Edith Eighmey The first graduation exercises were very successful and those who com- posed the class have reason to be proud of the success attained by them while engaged at the hospital in this city Installation of Officers The annual installation of officers of the Epworth League of Grace M E church was held Wednesday from 5 to 6 las Inn The members of the were the guests of Mr las and the Inn was open for the first time this year while the installing of the officers was going on Dr E G Cattermole pastor of the church made address and installed the officers after which Mr Douglas served a fine banquet supper The affair was a success in every ular and the hours spent at the Inn were happy ones The officers installed President Frank Kellogg First vice-president Miss Dina Helen ond vice-president Miss Beulah ham Third vice-president Miss iune Keagy Fourth vice-president Miss Blanche Larson Secretary Mr Paul Van Metre Treasurer Mr Otis Morton Chorister Miss Glenn Miss Mamie Mrs Boehmler Surprised Mrs H C Boehmler was agreeably surprised yesterday by about twenty of her intimate friends The ion being her birthday she was pre- sented with many beautiful gifts in memory of the day Most of the was spent in playing the game of five hundred after which a delicious repast served Those who excelled in card playing were Mrs John Snyder who whon first prize and Mrs Charles Parker who took the second prize THE POT IS BOILING OVER Bushes in West Waterloo are Being Whacked by Cummins and Perkins Men VOTERS BEING ROUNDED UP Orange Township Holds Us Caucus West Side Caucus Tonight THE WEATHER Washington D C May Fair except showers and Cooler in northeast Saturday fair and warmer INDEX TO TODAY'S ADS GERMAN BAPTISTS MEET Officers are Chosen at the Springfield Associated Springfield 111 May bers of the various standing tess of the German Baptist Brethren held their first meeting today and elected F Shanger of South Band Ind moderator to succeed Elder John Zuck of Clarence Iowa H C Early of Reading clerk I B Trout oC Elgin writing clerk At a meeting of the building com- it was arranged to construct a building as au annex to he publishing plant of the Gospel senger at Elgin Illinois And still the pot Thus is the condition of politics in West described The ingredients were stirred with a good big political club and with the hot fire which was under the bowl all day yesterday the mess into which the game has at last arrived boiled and bubbled until a late hour last night All day the members of each division of the party were chasing up and down the street after some victim John Hartman C D er J E C D Kern Cal Kingsley Ben Rodamar and a ber of others were doing personal work and each had a favorable re- port to giye when the committees met last night Both factions of the republican party had a meeting last evening The Perkins crowd met somewhere and it can be said to their credit that they eluded the most vigilant A crowd was in the lobby of the Irving house another was to be found in Henderson's but the Leavitt Johnson bank had been deserted the Perkins people fully realizing that it was not a good place to meet They met however a fact evidenced by the crowd of business men who have joined the ranks of the who were to be seen on the streets Chet Kern's office and Dr Power's compartments in the Miller building were the favorite for the Cummins crowd and in each place the lights burned until a late hour The Rubicon has been crossed and the bridge has been destroyed and it now is up to the two factions to fight This they are both determined to do Today is the last day Waterloo promises to be the scene of a political such as has not seen in a generation Every man is being brought into line on both sides and Hie Perkins at last com- ing out in the open are on the streets in open warfare Yesterday the west side stores and business offices were literally with sale The Cummins people had a likeness of the governor with his platform while the Perkins crowd had a larger with the platform and the list of delegates and The bills were read with perceptible interest by the people and discussions throughout that section of the city were frequent battle wil be fought and won this evening and while the Cummins people seemingly have a cinch on the caucus this election like others in the past may prove a surprise and the Perkins followers may have a single trump up their sleeVe which they can play which will land them the victory Orange Township Caucus Orange township caucus was held last evening and a great fight was had It is said that the caucus was about divided The Cummins men were said to have gained control however and the nominees for gates to the county convention are said to be Cummins men They are as Harvey Hess Simon Miller Herbert and E ny Barrel Must Be Here That which everybody must be true Measured by this standard there is no doubt that a very fat wad has arrived in town The only division of sentiment is with regard to who has it The swear by the great horn spoons it is the Progressives for whom cial have arrived while the progressives are quite hement in asseverating that the role is railroad boodle furnished by J Blythe through Ed Hunter of Des Moines for disbursement by Al Boehmler of Cedar Falls and George Lichty of this city Both these tlemen modestly deny the soft im- but wink the other eye and go out to beat the bushes and garner recruits from the hedges and byways The democrats are ed to be good natured and concede that both are for once confining selves to statements of That the wheels and bearings of local are being greased will admit of no contradiction The long green is in evidence also its effect Both sides have money The Perkins lows have a long lead and unless all signs are deceptive they are going to make themselves felt The played a strong card yesterday They captured the and clerks of the primary at Falls and if the other side wins It will be with clubs and axes for trumps Last night the indications wore that there would be a furniture breaking time at Cedar Falls this evening The Cummins following were apprehensive that their ents would at no chicanery to win even though they hud to re- sort to methods that would make train robbery respectable by ison Scouring the Woods Both sides wore very in Wa- yesterday Jack Bryant and Billy spent the day The Fair Seven-day bargain sale g Yetter Waters Tuesday gains in June sale 4 Ludwig Sixth anniversary 5 Hieber Metz Co specials for Friday and Saturday 5 Two piece suits 5 Kohl's Special shoes and fords 4 Gun metal oxfords 5 Bachman Kehe continued dissolution sale 2 h Campaign Notice to voters 3 Cummins Campaign tee Notice to voters ing the mazes of the establishments luring the dear ing men into the Perkins fold Close upon their heels was John Hartman and a sextet of Cummins patriots busy explaining that his jesty was a flower of virtue compared to the editor of the Sioux City nal These latter portrayed the evils of railroad domination of the party and showed the state was headed for the demnition bowwows if he should capture the primaries today It so happened that W H Baily au eminent attorney from Des Moines strayed into the city early day morning Mr Baily his full name and place of residence upon the register at the Irving house That he was from Des Moines was sufficient to set tongues wagging He was set down at once as an emissary of the governor and kept under until noon when alarm gave way to a sigh of relief Mr Baily was found to have come hither to plead a case for a client before the district court But the Perkins lows had scarcely recovered from the hysterics of fright when a deputy pharmacy commissioner from ster City lit at the Irving He ly admitted he had come to Waterloo to exert a modest influence for mins Therefore he was looked upon with suspicion and it was only by great persuasion that Call Kingsley was restrained from sicking his dog Mickey the upon him An examination showed that he had come unarmed and as his sion appeared to be peaceful he was permitted to roam about unmolested Two traveling men being put wise to the loudly announced that they were in town to do strong arm for Perkins Thereafter John Hartman went about attended by his vicious dog Blucher while Chet Kern fortified himself with a blank injunction to serve at a ment's notice Pathetic Incident A pathetic incident in was the fact that the appeal to re- publicans of the county issued by the Perkins following yesterday had been written by B G Miller whose death from a stroke of apoplexy curred Wednesday evening only a few hours after he had completed the work It was his last call to his republican comrades It was stated to a representative of the bune that Mr Miller had written the appeal in its entirety a few hours pre- ceding the summons that closed his life Editor Witt of Shell Rock a dis- tant relative of the famous Russian winged his flight to Waterloo day Whether he came with full de- signs against the governor or with ulterior motives for the undoing of Editor Perkins was not learned tor Witte moved about a mood of deep mystery Possibly will lift the veil today and disclose where he is at The friends of the governor were disposed to regard him with lively suspicion This ply he was an enemy bearing Greek gifts While there is room for the best information last night was that the having an excellent organization would win in the contest at the primaries in West Waterloo this evening The Perkins crowd were not at all inclined to make any concessions but there was an air of confidence about the enemy that greatly disturbed them New Man Chosen by the New York Mutual Life Insurance Company Associated New York May a meeting today of the trustees of the Mutual Life Insurance company it was an- that William Stevenson has been elected comptroller New committees made up almost exclusively of men who controlled the under the McCurdy regime elected President Peabody announced that an investigation is being made re- garding the recent charges of tion in the company's supply ment Ho added that if uny officer of the company owes it money steps will be taken for full and complete restitution C A ban gone to Albert Lea Mian fov a two weeks visit with relatives and
