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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1908
Page
5
Prince Ching, head of foreign affairs, forwarded Pu Yi’s personal letter to President Roosevelt from Peking. The infant emperor asks for sympathy and understanding and to allied powers for China’s crisis. Foreign legations express surprise at the government’s handling of recent events.
Denver November 19 information charging Mrs Allen F Read with assault with intent to commit robbery and assault with intent to do great bodily harm was filed in criminal court by District Attorney Stidger He disputes drugging or hypnotism claims and says the accused is not as ill as alleged Also reports on balloon Yankee landing and other items including not guilty verdict in Pittsburgh fraud case and Lamphere trial progress
The New York Stock Market report shows varied prices across major issues including Amalgamated Anaconda American Smelting United States Steel at 7 percent, Pennsylvania at 120, Reading at 1885, and Chicago Great Western at 13 percent. A sale note announces underwear at 37 cents at the Model on East Fourth Street.
Ascaion Commandery No 25 Kalehta Templar to drill and prepare for the upcoming annual inspection Friday evening November 29 at 7 80 pm Officers and members urged to attend Hat Wattle Supper at First Presbyterian church Saturday November 21 supper ready at 5 pm The Model O Gest Temple Rebekah Lodge No 54 meets Friday evening November 20 Fog eeentae meeting and Men's work pants sale price 98 cents at The Model OB 11 The Spent Slave at The Syndicate
Philadelphia November 18. The firm of John A Bordman & Co. stock brokers assigns to Lincoln Bi Eyre. The firm operates nineteen offices in eastern cities and says the voluntary move was caused by the bail movement in the stock market. No figures are available but the failure is not expected to be important.
Peter Van Vis sEngen, a self confessed raider of more than $700,000, was transported to Joliet to avoid possible suicide and to escape photographers. Newspapers were held over his face during departure to the union depot, drawing a crowd but no confrontation. A life sentence inmate shaved him before the transfer, as he faces convict No. 6038 and potential broom factory work at Joliet.
Officials announce a busy dairy convention with notable prizes and strong interest from dairy farmers and cattlemen. An educational contest is highlighted as a key feature, drawing crowd attention and anticipation.
Notes from the Iowa dairy convention mention a separate foretaste of crime as Sheriff Ramsey reports the capture of four teens linked to the Muskogee toll-keeper murder. Cotton Taylor and Fonzo Smith face life terms. Smith may join Taylor if evidence ensures conviction. The case drew Waterloo readers amid convention updates and local prizes.
Police report fan known as Fannie Colvin used tales of poverty and a broken arm to solicit funds in Cedar Falls and nearby districts. Officers rushed to stop her as she traveled by boat on Cedar River and was later held for obtaining money under false pretenses. Multiple witnesses recall her soliciting at George North’s home and Cedar Falls, while officers faced a river mishap during the arrest.
Mrs J Parrott has returned from Chicago while the Tilous Central resumes motor car service on the Madison branch after a trial period of corrective work. Officials say the system must prove it can operate through winter with similar efficiency to summer service.
About 175 guests registered at the Ells hotel where convention headquarters are. DeGrosz orchestra played pre session selections and will give a concert after the afternoon session. The Creamery Journal issues a convention pamphlet titled Creamery Journal Junior with topics and day’s program, popular with visitors.
Reports describe the new government gold coinage as controversial with local officials and collectors. Specimens of the half and quarter eagles reveal Liberty on the obverse and United States of America on the reverse, bearing denominations of five dollars or one thirty and a half dollars. Separately, Edward Haynes of Des Moines reunited with his family after nine years, while Phoebe Barrows remains missing and presumed abducted by unknown circumstance, with authorities alerted.
The City Medical Society voted unanimously in the Syndicate Building to support a Franciscan Sisters hospital on the east side of the river and to form a committee to study their hospital practices. They also supported adding a wing to Presbyterian hospital, saying Waterloo can sustain two well run facilities. the Sisters would serve all physicians and patients.
Waterloo manager Boyle announced Maurice Kent has signed to join the 1909 Waterloo Champions pitching staff. Kent, longtime Marshalltown and Oskafoosa links, is praised as a premier college pitcher with strong fielding and hitting. Also secured is a young left handed hitter named Nack from the western state independent leagues.
Freeport Illinois franchise in the Wisconsin Illinois League is to be sold to the highest bidder after a directors meeting. A debt of 2100 from instruction and lack of interest crippled the club, with attendance dropping last season. Appleton, Lena Rivera, and Waterloo are named among parties connected to the financial distress and potential buyers.
A directive urges every member of all committees to make attendance a duty. The call stresses punctual presence, responsibility, and impact on committee work and outcomes.
A Cedar River baby found floating near Waterloo in Blackhawk County is linked to a possible miscarriage with criminal overtones. The inquest concluded the death resulted from miscarriage and that the culprits who abandoned the body remain unknown. The coroner ordered burial at a local potter’s field.
A remarkable case in Des Moines district court involves Elza Zaun and Laura Fitch-Zaun amid a $10,000 suit for alienation of affections. The first wife and second wife, plus others, are named as defendants as the affair unfolds and a complex divorce history emerges.
New York November 19. John D Rockefeller testified as the Standard Oil hearing resumed. Archbold, vice president of Standard Oil, prepared to take the stand. Rockefeller described price controls, producer and refiners unions, and purchases aimed at expanding crude oil output, storage, and exports.
Jacob Phelen a Blackhawk county resident for 44 years died in Gilbertville at 4 20 am after years of affliction from asthma and complications He was 72 and survived by a widow two adopted children Frant Phelen of Gilbertville and a married daughter in Keokuk Funeral services will be held at the Catholic church at 9 00 am with burial in Gilbertville cemetery Also noted Charles Turner a Waterloo native and printer who joined Dixon Hanson Publishing Co will work as advertising representative from Chicago after a Duluth Minnesota stint.
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