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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1908
Page
5
In New York City nearly four thousand retailers and buyers anticipate a spring trade near normal. Merchants report renewed confidence after the recent financial panic and expect prosperity to return to pre panic levels with conditions flourishing in the wholesale district.
Night riders burned a residence in Hopkinsville early February 27. A note left by the Middlesboro troupe accuses Gregory of breaking his pledge to the association. Gregory's wife and daughter were asleep as the home burned to the ground. authorities have been ordered to scene.
In New York two people were burned severely with many others hurt as firemen rescued several from danger in two early morning fires suspected to be incendiary. In Kentucky a large tobacco warehouse at Switzerville, seven miles from Frankfort, burned early today, holding about one hundred thousand pounds of tobacco not in the Equity Society pool. owners are independent buyers accused of false Burley district business.
William Jones known as Birmingham and Irene Alzina Jones were sentenced to long terms for kidnapping 8 year old Lillian Wulff last December. The judge imposed thirty years on Jones and twenty five on Irene Jones after a jury found them guilty last week.
Washington February 27 The Lafollette Sterling Mobility proposal faced a Senate education and labor hearing with ex Senator Charles J Faulkner opposing many provisions. Faulkner cited decisions arguing the liability law for common carriers is unconstitutional except in hazardous employment cases. He warned extending the act to all injuries by workers could be struck down by courts. FLOOD SHUTS FACTORIES Philadelphia February 27 Seven mills in Manayunk shut due to the Schuylkill River flood from heavy rain leaving over five thousand workers idle.
New York February 27 Captain William A Van Schaick master of the General Slocum the steamer whose disaster cost many lives was taken to Sing Sing prison to serve a ten year term with hard labor The case centers on his role in the fatal fire and subsequent tragedy in which about a thousand people perished
London date notes Chancellor Asquith introducing a licensing bill as the government main measure. It targets reducing numbers of regular buses and saloons based on population, with licenses to be cut by about thirty thousand, affecting huge capital and labor interests in licensed property.
Hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission heard requests from railways nationwide for extensions of time before the new labor law takes effect. Thirty seven applications were filed as the commission noted it cannot rule on legislative policy. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and Southern Railway cited potential labor needs and financial hardship from enforcing the law.
Omaha Nebraska February 27 Union Pacific Northwestern and Burlington railroads announce they will observe the nine hour law effective March 4. The three roads will hire about 200 additional telegraphers on Missouri river lines. Train service will be cut back where feasible.
In Indianapolis on February 27 miners and operators from western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois moved toward adjournment without issuing a call for a new interstate wage conference. Operators oppose proceeding due to weak business conditions and ongoing joint talks with Peoria miners over local conditions, delaying broader coal wage negotiation.
Jefferson City Mo February 27 An opinion handed down in the supreme court holds that the law creating the court of general sessions in St Louis is unconstitutional and void. The decision states criminals confined on guilty pleas and sentences are legally restrained of liberty and entitled to freedom.
Jens K Falisen aged 46 and Line M Rasmussen 32, both of Cedar Falls, apply for licenses while Frank T Wagner 18 and Fay M Scoville 17, of Waterloo, also appear. The remains of Henry Stephens were laid to rest last Thursday in Spring Creek Township cemetery after services by Rev B D Hull of Grace Methodist church. A large crowd attended and accompanied the 20 mile funeral procession.
Jury hours drain as Stager trial proceeds with lengthy opening arguments by state and defense. Judge Ransler orders jurors not on current panel to report Monday, while Cannady and Dolly Graham cases await fresh panels due to pretrial publicity. Court crowds, extra deputies, and strict order rules mark the morbid proceedings.
New York report notes United Metals Selling Company has sold about 9 million pounds of copper in February, with most exports to England. Domestic stock remains high and refined copper inventories are low, while prices average just under thirteen cents per pound.
A famous man known as Flin t Bludaoe, John Jones of the upper Mississippi, was laid to rest in Dakota Minnesota after a mining accident echoing a heroic poem. In Macomb Indiana, Secretary of State Hon. I Ne Pearson died suddenly of apoplexy, as Paul Davis reports from the south enjoying springtime and relatives.
The first copies of McCoy's 1908 Waterloo city directory were distributed Thursday morning. It lists over one thousand new names and estimates Waterloo's population at 23,000, up about 3,000 in under two years. Evan Co. Abbott tops the alphabet, Myrtle Zwanziger departs, Smiths lead with 186 members, Johnsons 72, Browns 43, Joneses 30, Jensens 20. The volume, 457 pages, is slightly smaller and bound in yellow.
Russell Page a Civil War veteran decorated by Congress for Fort Donelson defense was found dead in his Cleveland home amid poverty and his wife’s struggle to find work. he led sapper forces and saved comrade Homer Stratton under heavy fire before retreating.
The Republican state convention met in St Louis on February 27 to select four delegates at large and alternates to Chicago, recommend a Missouri member for the Republican National Committee, draft a platform, and choose eighteen presidential electors. Cyrus P. Walbridge of St Louis served as temporary chairman and stated there were no axes to grind and no punishments to be meted out.
The message reports Collins has sent certificates but does not specify how many remain unused. Efforts will be made to have him return to Iowa. Bank placed in resolver's hands. Philadelphia, February 27. Returning papers to Binford, to confer by wire later.
Judge R M Wright in Webster City sets two year maximum permits for liquor sales by registered pharmacists, diverging from five year norms. The decision, made during a decuent term in Hamilton County, signals fewer long permits for new druggists and could reshape local practice.
Miler Myrta Youngs of Laporte and HR W Gardner of near here were married at the bride’s brother George Young’s home in Cas day township Benton county. The couple, well known to two large circles of friends, will reside on the Pose place just north of town.
The Irving hotel expansion to a three story brick building on Bridge street will add fifty rooms and two ground floor stores. Costs range from 25,000 to 40,000 dollars with construction to begin in spring. The present hotel will be extended with a 20 foot frontage and two new entrances to a cafe and private banquet rooms. The project involves steel girders, brick walls, and an outside entrance, plus a canopy over the sidewalk and a modern cafe to be built under supervision of C. L. Kingsley.
Stockholders of the Metropolitan Street Railway petition Governor Hughes to remove District Attorney William T. Jerome over two dozen charges. They allege failure to prosecute major cases, delays in pursuing insurers, alleged criminal schemes, and misconduct in high-profile investigations. The filing cites improper statements and improper campaign contributions from corporate-connected figures seeking favors.
Reports from Biichart Indiana Sterling and Clinton Town on February 27 describe a multi car pursuit. The French car Inthem led at 7:56 toward South Bend while a German car broke its universal joint west of Biichart and was towed by horses. A second French car passed before noon, and a French inlot car became stuck east of the area. An Army car carrying General Grant’s message moved through Sterling at 3 16 a m. The Mississippi crossing at Clinton Town occurred at 12 60 p m.
At LaPorte on Feb 27 the R Pirentone residence was destroyed by fire started from a cook stove around 7 30 am. The family escaped with heroism, furniture saved but water damaged. Owner estimates loss around 1200 dollars with 800 dollars insured by Town Mutual of Des Moines.
Henderson Drug announces James Handerson will head the wallpaper department and operate from the rooms formerly occupied by Roods on Ridge Street. Attorneys warn of an assignment of jury cases Friday at 10:00 AM. all bar members with trials this term should appear. The first jury case, Oltrogge vs Reed, is set for Monday at 9:00 AM. Walter Armamort has been quarantined for chicken pox.
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