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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1906
Page
5
Springfield Missouri quietened as troops patrolled streets. Governor Folk ordered arrest of mob leaders, jail surround, militia protection. Kansas City report notes continued danger with threats to drive out all African Americans if arrests occur.
Springfield judge declares Col. James Hamilton Lewis in contempt of court and sentences him to sixty days in Sangamon county jail. The sentence may be remitted if Lewis dismisses suits in Madison county for Boston Water and Light against Alton Water Works and others to foreclose on second mortgage bonds.
Washington April 16 Herman Pehler living east of town was run over by a four disc harrow Saturday afternoon. He drove three colts to the machine. Frightened animals ran away and threw him under the disc. He sustained severe wounds and may die.
Sugar prices cut ten cents per hundred pounds across all refined grades in New York today. Vesuvius remains quiet as of April 16, with no change in activity reported at Naples. Arthur Dean, a 21 year old with ongoing fever, was found ill Sunday night in northern Minnesota and taken to city hall for shelter and meals before possible county farm care. H Gottschalk departed for a Chicago business trip.
Washington notes report the House passed a bill to raise the maximum loan to a single borrower to twenty percent of a bank's capital stock. The measure aims to expand lending flexibility across national banks. In a separate item, Senator Tillman seeks a Senate inquiry into campaign contributions and the lack of disclosure by the comptroller of currency.
Edgar A. Evans a prominent Northern Iowa insurance man was found dead in Hampton stockyards on Monday after a brutal attack at the home of Obadiah and Mrs Smith. Police expected murder but discovered Evans had killed himself after assaulting the Smiths and attempting to take securities from a safe. The case, tied to a note dispute with Smith, prompted a $50 reward and a coroner's inquiry.
Buffalo dispatch reports a grand jury indicts Fred C. Jewels collector of the port of Liverpool, Robert Woodbury former clerk, Byron D. Gibson and William B. Jackson supervisors, John C. Neff former county auditor, and Postmaster Greiner over graft linked to Erie county cemetery site purchase for an armory.
Easter Monday celebrations took place on the White House grounds with the annual egg rolling festival. In Cleveland on April 18 the Standard Oil Company announced a 4 cent per gallon price increase for refined oil and gasoline. The Alcohol Bill passed the House in Washington on April 16, legalizing denatured alcohol under the DIL act.
G W Blodgett of Kansas City is appointed agent of the Waterloo station, arriving to take charge and succeed A E Ham after nineteen years. Ham moves to a general agency westward. Blodgett served fourteen years with C G W, including nine as chief clerk in Chicago freight, and five as assistant agent in Kansas City. Ham has not yet confirmed plans.
Edgar A. Evans, longtime Waterloo insured man and organizer of Machinery Mutual and Property Mutual, dies by self harm amid suspected insanity linked to recent reverses in the Property Mutual business. Born 1853 in Honesdale, he built a career from teaching to insurance, marrying Isabella Bunnell Horton in 1895, and serving in Masonic and Odd Fellows orders. Local reaction remembered him as level headed and kindly.
The Property Mutual Insurance association, organized in this city years ago, is in receivership and will close quickly. It has liabilities around 317,000, but policy holders are not expected to suffer heavy losses as assessments will fund most claims. J A Evans led the group until his death, and J A Gilmore is named assignee to wind up affairs and collect overdue premiums.
Christ Episcopal church in Wahlerloo reports a large Easter offering of 260 dollars and 4 cents to clear church debt. An additional 17 dollars and 77 cents from Sunday school offerings aids the missionary fund. A parish banquet followed the meeting and service.
Davenport reports W H Fleming of Milwaukee died when he fell off a ferry boat into the Mississippi River Sunday morning. An inquest indicated intoxication preceded the fall. the body was recovered shortly after. The item also notes Arbor Day proclamation by Governor Cummins for April 27 and distribution of school program booklets.
Busso's Appeal Denied In Linn District Court Supreme Court Last Chance Sioux City April 16 The city council passed an ordinance March 22 raising circus license fees to 800 per day for up to 30 cars and 1000 per day for more than 30 cars plus other costs. The move aims to deter big shows like Barnum & Bailey and Poroparish Bells, with smaller tents still paying 20 per day. Officials hope the high fees curb crowds and nuisance while circuses seek cheaper routes or South Sioux City or South Dakota venues to skirt the charges.
Louis Sus, under death sentence for his wife’s murder, faces next Friday's execution unless a high court grants a reprieve. A district court Saturday denied the writ of habeas corpus, and an appeal was taken to the supreme court.
Delle Plaine resident J F Hinon sues Dr Harry Bella of Molro Medicine Co for $25,000 alleging slander. Suit filed in Vine ton after an incident at a show where the doctor blamed a medicine display and accused Hanson of theft amid anger over refusing to stock the company’s medicines. A Cedar Valley band provided music at Walnut Street Baptist church Sunday.
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