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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1911
Page
6
In London on January 3, police surrounded a four story Sidney Street house where suspected anarchists held out. A gun battle left two detectives wounded and eight anarchists believed dead as the building collapsed in flames. Firemen perished and several others injured in the chaos.
The Illinois state senate plans to expel Senator Daniel W. Holstlaw after he confessed to accepting a $2600 bribe for voting for William Lorimer. Meanwhile, Senators Stanford Pemberton and John Broderick face graft indictments and possible suspension if they attempt to serve.
Frank Gotch, wrestling champion, tested here for Chicago last night. Jur Leora said Chicago offers to arrange matches to wrestle for the widows and orphans of the December 22 fire. Gotch plans to return from Chicago tonight or tomorrow.
Ossining N Y Jan 3 Samuel Austin a Negro jockey long known on eastern tracks was electrocuted at Sing Sing prison at six this morning for the murder of his wife whom he killed at Marmaroneck on Sept 3 1969 Smoke Martins Standard Schigar
Chicago Jan 3 Ogden Armour and other indicted packers lost their first bid against criminal prosecution for alleged Sherman act violations. Judge C C Kohlsaat ruled the governor could dismiss the suit in equity against the national packing companies.
Los Angeles reports danger in early aviation as James Radley narrowly escaped a crash and Glenn Curtiss also faced gusty air. Monoplane hero Moisant will be honored with a granite bronze monument near Harahan, funded nationwide and abroad.
Columbus Ohio Jan 3 Gov Judson Harmon told the seventy ninth general assembly that wholesale vote fraud in Adams county must be stopped after lamenting the repeal of the Garfield corrupt practice act He urged prompt action to correct the evil Hears confession at night West Union Ohio Jan 3 Judge A Blair held court to receive election bribery confessions Over 300 indicted as town filled with offenders 188 new indictments in one night a record bringing total indicted to 2431
The U.S. government won its bid to declare Alabama’s labor contract law invalid. The Supreme Court held the law unconstitutional, arguing it reduced hundreds of Black workers to a condition akin to peonage.
Willie Hoppe, the world's champion billiard player, appeared before President Taft and his Cabinet to showcase his skill. He was the first billiard champion to perform before a U.S. president, with a billiard table set up for the event in the White House due to the lack of a billiard room.
Kansas City reports the coldest stretch of winter with temperatures from 26 below to near zero across Salina and northern Arkansas. Weather observer predicts warming tonight in Kansas City and Topeka. Omaha and Norfolk show 14 and 27 below, Wichita 2 below, Oklahoma City below, Artmore 7 below, with 1,000 homeless sheltered in Kansas City.
The W. C. & N. Kompany announces rapid installation of new machinery at its power plant and expects the power equipment to be ready by the tenth of the month. When online, the plant will eliminate power shortages and support a larger system capacity for the company’s operations. For gentlemen San Felice cigars.
In Ottumwa and Des Moines both wets and drys claim victory in saloon consent petitions filed with supervisors. Ottumwa reports 1,970 vote defeat by firms and 400 by wets with 891 withdrawals and 873 signatures in dispute. Des Moines sees 676 withdrawals while anti-saloon backs 7,520 valid names and 300 affidavits seek reentry. Cold snap hits 11 below zero. Cedar Rapids records 14 below.
Albert Pontis a 24 year old brakeman on an Illinois Central freight train slipped while walking over a box car roof near Manchester Iowa and was crushed when wheels passed over him. He was from Dayton Ohio and had been living in Manchester in the Railroad Y M C A quarters. PMID
Des Moines Indiana morning temperature dropped to 16.9 below zero causing widespread suffering among the poor and frozen water pipes. Trains and street cars were delayed while officials predicted warmer weather soon. Burlington reported milder conditions.
An epidemic of scarlet fever is feared in Council Bluffs IA with over two dozen quarantined cases and rising reports of measles chickenpox and diphtheria. One typhoid fever death occurred as frigid weather leaves residents in need of food and clothing. Also, James Knotes an Italian laborer was accidentally killed by a Northwestern train in the Union Pacific yards after failing to hear the whistle.
Cedar Falls Iowa January 3. Col Rodney Dexter and Mrs Aliee Vaughan Nichols of Buffalo New York were married at the groom's daughter's home. Rev J Snowden officiated. Guests included Robert Merrill of Cleves Iowa a great grandson of the groom and other descendants. The couple will reside in Buffalo New York.
Ames Iowa January 3 The Evening Press reports 340 pupils enrolled in the Short Course at Iowa State College last evening about 200 are new students and enrollment is expected to rise after the blizzard abates Senators Cummins and Young are among speakers Tonight at State University Iowa City the university opened late due to trains delays with temperatures at 16 below zero the coldest of the year.
In Sioux City on January 3 the Evening Press reports the coldest day in four years with a 19 degree below zero reading. For nearly three hours street railway service halted due to coal shortages, crippling local transit.
Postmaster General plans for nationwide postal savings banks begin with inaugurations in each state and territory. The New York designation includes Cohoes as the site for one such bank with offices under federal oversight.
Des Moines, Ind. Jan. 3 Evening Press reports Clifford Phorne the new railroad commissioner and Doyce the educational head did not appear to take office today. Cossan succeeds Byars as attorney general and Gar Tell succeeds Bosquet as clerk of the Supreme Court. Governor Carroll works on inaugural address while the State Teachers' association committee meets to frame bills for the legislature.
The winter term of the Waterloo Business College opened yesterday with several out of town students enrolled. Names include F H Multhanf Cedar Falls Fred Penrose Clarksville Clifford Watterson Aredale Harry E Stroud Marble Rock Harm Feldick Buffalo Center Otto Peterson Cedar Falls Elgabeth B Gissel Independence W F L Toomey Independence Dallas Armstrong Hampton Joe Bartholomew Dunkerton Carrie Raab Maquoketa Errol Canfeld Dunkerton Arthur W Chinkelberg Rockford Frank Gregg Cedar Falls.
Washington January reports indicate Representative John W. Weeks of Massachusetts will be elected chairman at a meeting urged by the president. Frank Hitchcock relinquishes the post as duties shift to J. I. Till of Maine amid Hitchcock’s service as postmaster general. Weeks is a Boston banker and key figure in Hornblower & Weeks, First National Bank of Boston, and Newtonville Trust Co., Newton.
Ogden Utah Jan 3 heavily armed officers chased two bandits who halted Southern Pacific Overland Limited nine miles west of Ogden. A porter was killed and another mortally wounded. One hundred passengers were robbed of money and jewelry. The robbers left toward Ogden. The other details cite a $2000 to $2500 loss.
Madrid reports a second cabinet meeting as Premier Canalejas seeks unconditional support for his policies. The ministerial crisis may bring more changes, with rumors that War and Finance posts will be filled by new figures, possibly Gen Weyler for war and Senor Rodriguez for finance.
Madrid dispatch says the Valenca garrison in Portugal has been confined to barracks by Lisbon orders and must be ready to move at a moment’s notice. In Des Moines, federal judges removed the receiver for the Albia and Centreville railroad, requiring a $50,000 bond to halt sales during the Iowa Central dispute. George F. Henry named master to hear the case evidence.
The steam collier Kennebec from Bualti toe for Boston ran ashore on the Vineyard sound side of Pasque Island, full of water. Westfield grocer Walter Summerhays reports continued real estate dealing with C. I. Munger, plans a home for W. E. Wessel, and expands his grocery store with a new 19 by 24 foot room. C. A. Baxter, a Washington clerk, was taken to the capital for treatment for quinsy.
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