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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1912
Page
9
Des Moines reports one of the mildest Novembers in 35 years with abundant sunshine and normal winds. The month had 15 clear days, 11 partly cloudy, 4 cloudy, and a mean temperature of 40.0 degrees, 6.02 above normal. Peak 70 on the 10th, lows of 1 and 26, one thunderstorm on the 11th, and 1.08 inches of rain on the 12th with 0.2 inch snow total.
A class of 145 children was confirmed at St Marys Catholic Church by Archbishop J J Keane of Dubuque. The ceremony included an eloquent sermon and benediction, praising St Marys School for first place in St Josephs college collection. Assisting deacons and local pastors helped in the rites. G W Heer of Dubuque attended.
A free lecture on the Orient will be offered by the Laymen's Missionary convention follow-up committee. Dr W S Marquis of Rock Island Ill travels abroad and visited mission fields worldwide. Dr Velm Reherd of the First Presbyterian Church will present with lantern slides and colored pictures next Tuesday night Dec 10 at the First Congregational church. A figures tabulation from Waterloo churches will be announced. The event is described as important and should draw a crowd.
Lisbon Ohio December 4 John Cobourn and Mrs Mary Furrows charged with murdering Richard Burrows contractor at East Liverpool last September will plead guilty to manslaughter It was announced today A jury was chosen to hear evidence to determine the extent of the surprise Burrows body with five wounds in the breast and head crushed was found in a neighbor’s barn Cobourn who roomed in the Burrows home and Mrs Burrows confessed but said Cobourn killed Burrows to save Mrs Burrows life whom he attacked The state alleges Cobourn and Mrs Burrows were lovers
The First Presbyterian church arranged with Rev. Walter Russell of Chicago to lead evangelistic meetings starting February 16. Russell, praised as a strong gospel preacher and experienced evangelist, previously spoke at Clear Lake last summer and was described as safe, sound, sensible, and a prince in the pulpit. The Presbyterians believe he is the right man for Waterloo at this time.
A freight wreck between Freeport and Dubuque today delayed Illinois Central passenger trains No 7 and No 5 about three hours each. Both trains were detoured from Freeport to Dubuque via the C G W line. License information mentions Glen J Stewart Reinbeck Sophie Alberts Reinbeck.
Senator elect Joseph Ransilelt of Lancs opened the ninth annual National Rivers and Harbors congress as 1000 delegates from the U S and Canada gathered in Washington. Taft gave the first welcome. Speakers included Mrs. A Barlow Miller of Charleston Georgia and Boston Mayor Fitzgerald. The program features a lecture on Coast and River Terminals by Dr M L Harding.
The Chicago Tribune reports a wedding officiated by Rev Robarts in a drizzle at a Wabash Avenue home. Lucile Cameron, 19, white, and John Arthur Johnson, believed 6, were joined after the minister conducted the ceremony for a $100 fee.
Fa. Lane, once a Waterloo resident and later a Guthrie Center banker, visits town with his son Ray. He is the son of Squire William Lane, a Waterloo pioneer, and formerly worked at Parrott & Girton print shop before becoming an abstractor in the courthouse. About a quarter century ago he moved to Guthrie Centre to take up banking.
A new Sehyuneman drug store opened yesterday in the Reber building at the Fourth and Jefferson intersection. The formal opening will occur later, likely before the holidays.
The Chicago Evening World formerly the Daily Socialist suspended publication today due to financial troubles. One edition was printed with an appeal for aid, and when it failed to bring in funds the presses were stopped.
Assistant Attorney General Chas. G. Revelle opened closing arguments in a Missouri hearing led by Special Commissioner Daniel Dillon to remove St Louis Dressed Beer & Provision Co and Hammond Packing Co of St Joseph over alleged ties to National Packing Co. Dillon will report to the Missouri Supreme Court. They support Robt. N. Carson of Iowa City for secretary.
Fire destroyed the fixture department of the American Sash and Noor company and the plant of the St. Joseph Specialty Shoe Machinery company in St. Joseph Missouri early today. Loss estimated at 170000 with no details on casualties.
A Davenport delegation of about fifteen cars heads to Colfax tomorrow for the River-to-River Road association annual meeting and will attempt to depart from Davenport for the event.
Col Archibald Gracie of Washington dies in New York at age after surviving the Titanic disaster. He went down with the ship but surfaced to rescue others and later helped several passengers. His family is prominent in New York Washington and Mobile.
Tokio Dec 4 Premier Saionji and all cabinet members resigned today over the crisis of finding a successor as war minister to Lieutenant General Uyehara. It is expected Princes Taro Katsura or Lieutenant General Count Terauchi, governor general of Korea, will be asked to form a new cabinet.
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