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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1911
Page
6
The body of former U S Senator Charles F Manderson arrived in Omaha after dying at sea on the return from Liverpool. It lay in state at city hall while city and county buildings were draped in black and officials including President Taft sent condolences.
Amusements note the Champagne Belles visit to the Waterloo theatre tonight for a lodge night with male attendees urged to attend. The piece promises humor and spectacle in a lively program.
The Supreme Court today, on its own initiative, assigned all states railroad rate disputes involving state versus interstate rates for joint hearing next January. The cases include Minnesota Kentucky West Virginia and Oregon, among others, forming one consolidated matter.
W. K. Fiesterler sells his stake in Waterinn Vapor Of Burner com s to Wm. Kegex as Tecentic forms. The company leaves for Chicago tonight to stay a week or ten days.
Waterson temple hosts the Eastern Stars memorial service Monday Oct 18 at Masonie temple. Eleven departed members will be honored including grand matron Emma Beckman and grand patron D W Clement. Waterloo mourns George R Turner G B Stilgon and others with Ida Wood and Mrs G H Hackett listed among those from last year. J R Reetor the venerable master leads the observance.
Secretary Meyer announces a $3.29 million gap between material on hand and books at the Washington navy yard. He attributes the difference to loose bookkeeping and late invoicing, noting no moral wrongdoing. This is the yard’s first record inventory in 25 years.
Rivermen brace for a sudden Mississippi rise after heavy rains and a dam burst near La Crosse Wisconsin. Mill owners secure goods and anchor log rafts as thousands of dollars in logs were swept downstream during the recent storm.
Two Waterloo men were arraigned in Justice Snapp's court for illegal fishing near Sans Souci bridge. They pleaded guilty but claimed ignorance of the law. The two trot lines were confiscated by Deputy Fish and Game Warden E. E. Bread, with fines of five dollars each.
The Army of the Tennessee held its forty seventh reunion in Council Bluffs Iowa with the unveiling of the Lincoln memorial in Lincoln Park. Miss Harriet B. Lake of Independence Iowa presented the monument, a gift of the Iowa Daughters of the American Revolution aided by the city and Pottawattamie county. General Frederick D. Grant spoke and Archbishop John Ireland offered the benediction.
Des Moines reports a thriving municipal matrimonial bureau with strong interest across the country. C. E. Lytton, the bureau's general manager, notes numerous letters from Baltimore Boston Denver Kansas City and Gloucester seeking soul mates.
H Riley banker from Quaka S D visits the Iowa Dairy Cattle Congress to learn how to run a cattle exposition. He aims to establish a similar event for South Dakota cattlemen, likely to be held in Huron. He mingles with exhibitors and promoters seeking practical ideas.
The W., C. F. L & N offers a special car between the exposition grounds and Electric park for Cedar Falls visitors not wanting to travel around via Galloway to Cbhau tauqua park. Cars will meet at Electric park on each arrival and transfer riders directly to the grounds.
James Sowers of Cleveland arrives in Des Moines after learns his brother William T. Sowers named a Nebraska woman as beneficiary. William died after a hunting accident and had planned marriage to Jeannette Townsend of Beatrice Nebraska. He left the fiancee $5000 policy and the remainder in trust to their mother.
Threatened with appendicitis, Miss Ethel Barrymore, now in South Bend Indiana, has canceled engagements for ten days. Her husband Russell G. Coit has been summoned from New York to her side.
Dorothy Dunbar, a gambling inquiry witness, affidavits that she faced threats and was offered 350 to testify that John Spellman, a newspaper reporter, was addicted to the opium habit. She says she was dragged from her apartments at Twenty eighth Street and Wabash Avenue to the office of State Senator Samuel A Ettelson where the bribe was proposed.
A defense witness denied knowledge of opium use by Spellman during Lieut. William W. Walsh’s trial for gambling near Comiskey Park on Labor Day. The affair includes a late night affidavit obtained by Chief Counsel William Wheelock and ongoing police investigations into an obstruction gang trying to taint commission witnesses.
Miss Delia Dolan, soon to wed Mr Bernard, was guest of honor at a miscellaneous shower hosted by Miss Anna Sohner on Fourth Street East. Eighteen guests arrived bearing gifts, with readings and piano numbers by Miss Martha McGlaughlin, Miss Margaret McNamara, and Miss Maud Large. A two course Trepast followed, flowers decorate tables, and Miss Edna Wolff of Cedar Falls attended from out of town. Dolan has worked at Vetter Waters store for years with many colleagues present.
The funeral for Luke Cahill will be held Wednesday at 9 00 AM at St Joseph's Catholic church where he was a member. Father Mulcahy will conduct the service and interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery. Cahill's brothers arrived from Denver and Milwaukee.
Berlin dispatch notes that the initial Franco German talks on Morocco reached completion with both sides indicating the agreement will be initiated. The message marks a sign of mutual acceptance and moves toward formal status.
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