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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1906
Page
5
The body of Marshall Field arrived in Chicago on a special Lake Shore train and was met by many friends at Thirty first Street station. It was taken to the Field residence where a simple funeral will be held at noon tomorrow.
Annapolis January 18 Midshipman Charles B M James of Grinnell Iowa a member of the second class was served today with the charge of hazing. Eight specifications back the accusation marking the greatest number of distinct offenses yet charged against a midshipman. Washington January 18 James Bigelow the magazine writer declined to reveal to the Senate canal commission the source of his information. The committee met in executive session for about an hour and adjourned without a decision on action regarding Bigelow's contumacy.
In Quincy Illinois June 18 a large fire leveled the J B Schoo Saddlery Co plant along with the city hall and Harns t s livery stable. Losses exceed 300000 with several injuries from falling walls.
In Kansas City at the stock yards evidence emerged of an organized group defrauding shippers through a scheme of overweights and underweights. The disclosure came during the trial of Jay J. Miller, a trader charged with perjury.
Six Jews, members of a Warsaw anarchist committee, were executed today in the courtyard of the Warsaw citadel after being arrested two weeks ago on charges of manufacturing bombs.
A New York woman, Mrs Lizabeth Holmes, was detained at the house of detention after an arrest last night. She claimed to possess papers for President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft that would reveal startling things. A second item notes Venezuela's government macrimonious treatment of M Taigny and possible naval demonstrations from Caracas. A clerk, Rayman Gilday, at Harry Bernsford store burned his left eye by a misfired match head during an attempted fight, with the eye sustaining a burn that may scar.
In Cedar Falls on January 1 special visitors J J Morton M H Miller and John Paul of Waverly toured businesses and attended a city hall meeting. They argued sugar beets benefit farmers by supplying the Waverly plant and raising land values nationwide. Miller cites local soil suitability and Stigwall adaptation to beet cultivation.
Washington January 18 galleries crowded as the senate met in anticipation of renewed debate. Tillman offered a resolution authorizing the president of the senate to appoint four committees of five senators to investigate the recent incident at the White House that led to the expulsion of Mrs Joe Norris and report to the Senate. The motion was laid on the table.
In Appleton Wisconsin Carl Schultz aged twelve and his younger brother played wild Indian and burned their eight month old baby brother to death. Their mother Mrs Otto Schultz suffered severe burns trying to rescue the child. The boys said they covered the infant with burning paper and set it alight, intending no harm but fled as flames spread.
About three hundred young people enjoyed an evening at the Y M C A in Waterloo with games socializing and refreshments as the Ladies Auxiliary opened the building for an acquaintance style gathering planned to occur monthly. A counterfeit bill incident surfaced involving a young man during the day. The article notes a local druggist guest and social circle details.
Prohibition era action shakes city as druggists are summoned to court over liquor permits. A Temperance Union campaign prompts druggists to be notified to prepare surrender or face legal consequences. West side dealers are given until Friday 8:06 to respond, while the reformers seek broader action and a mass meeting to gauge public sentiment on permit surrender.
David Davis of Cole Davis Co, in Waterloo to call on orders for a large shipment of shoes. A Boston store telegraphed for a representative to place immediate orders. He said orders would keep workers busy until mid May and praised Waterloo’s appearance and prospects in the southern states.
O F Brown plans a new vaudeville theatre in the Syndicate block on Bridge Street. A large lease for the former Hunter Daylight store will fund a first class arena with a stage and canery. Seats from Commercial Street will be moved to Bridge Street to form a unified lower-floor seating plan. The project could yield three Waterloo theatres, including two vaudeville venues, and aims to attract middle-market patrons with moderate prices. Subscriptions scam incident described involves a Philadelphia publishers’ misuse of subscribers’ names, while a church group honored Mrs Wilt Mickelberg for resigning as organist. January court term at Montezuma opens with 181 cases, including four criminal trials.
Sioux City Republicans plan a mass meeting at Woodbury county courthouse next Monday evening to officially launch Geo. D. Perkins for governor. The call, signed by Freb W. Sargent and GOP leaders, seeks united citizen support and assigns a special committee to carry out actions.
Senator Tom Healy, assisting County Attorney M C Hutchson in the Pratt murder prosecution, suffered a sudden heart palpitation Tuesday afternoon. He collapsed in his closing argument but was carried to his hotel, treated, and resumed presenting his case when court reconvened Wednesday morning, though clearly affected by illness.
Des Moines report states D. B. Clayman claimed threats at the capitol were a jest while in custody. The Insanity Commission ruled him not safe at large and he was committed to Cincinnati asylum after deputy Sheriff Charles Temple escorted him there.
Des Moines Jan 18 Ed Chassell of Le Mars was nominated for state binder, and Emery English of Des Moines for state printer by the joint Republican caucus. English beat J M Anderson 78 to 98 for state printer while Chassell was named for state binder by acclamation. A motion to delay action until legislature acts on biennial election laws failed 7 to 47. A second joint assembly meeting will formally elect the nominees.
A threatened strike against Waterloo, Colar Falls and Northern Railway men was compromised after a grievance committee of eight motor men and conductors met President L. B. Cass. The meeting ended with an adjustment and service resumed without interruption.
Fairfield January 19. Overseer of the Poor John McLean and City Marshal Black confronted a man and a woman named Jerry and Becky at a home seeking supplies. The pair, feebleminded but once seen as harmless, drew weapons and threatened to kill McLean. They were bound over to the grand jury on $600 bonds each and may be sent to the poor farm south of town.
Johnson and Nichols of the Electric theatre plan a charity show next Tuesday night with 25 percent of gross receipts donated to the Salvation Army. The little theatre seats 60 to 800 and hopes strong patronage, with door collectors for the Army. The management, offering free admission to lodge members on Fridays, aims to expand by leasing a wing to enlarge the theatre for larger crowds.
Three plasterers W E Thayer E F Peterson and Geo Jeannin fell twelve feet from a scaffold on Scca more street Wednesday afternoon injuring them. Thayer fractured both bones in one leg, Peterson broke two ribs, Jeannin suffered bruises and scratches. Harvey Lincoln escaped injury as the plank gave way under heavy weight. All are resting well.
Mrs Briggs of Eagle Grove died at home after an illness. Widow of Will Briggs, she was born in Canada 47 years ago and lived on a Cedar township farm before her marriage to Will Briggs in 1900. Survived by two daughters and several siblings, funeral services will be held near Washburn with burial in Cedar township.
Cyrus T. Strayer, in the case of Joseph Grimma, alleges the defendant owed 20 dollars monthly from April 8 to November 26, 1803, for work on the Harker claim, with partial cash and in-kind payments totaling 112.30 and six days unpaid amounting to 4 dollars. He seeks recovery of 30.40, with the defendant willing to pay.
City Clerk R C Thompson finishes compiling 27 pages of records on ordinances affecting the Chicago Great Western Railway. The documents trace name changes and line extensions from 1882 to 1900, noting Waterloo connections and the transition from Wisconsin Town and Nebraska to Chicago Great Western.
Walnut Street Baptist Church members observe a day of worship and fellowship beginning at 5:00 p.m. with a social hour until 6:00 p.m. Supper is served at 7:00 p.m. and a social hour follows until 8:00 p.m. The evening includes prayer, vestments, and addresses by department heads of the First Dayist church. No roll call of departed members.
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