Iowa
Old Press
Waterloo Daily Courier
Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa
October 30, 1905
Robert Johnson of Marne, Falls From Moving Train
Atlantic, Iowa, Oct. 30—As a result of attempting to work a
ruse on the conductor and joking with his companions, Robert
Johnson, aged 27, of Marne fell from the Rock Island passenger
one mile west of this city and was almost instantly killed. His
body was found underneath a bridge Sunday morning and it is not
known whether he was knocked from the car steps by some
projection or whether he slipped and fell. Johnson and three
companions came up from Marne to spend the day. They bought
tickets and boarded No. 23 for home. They were joking among
themselves and “stumped” each other to evade giving
their ticket to the conductor. They endeavored to keep ahead of
the conductor in going through the train. It seems that Johnson,
in going from the smoker to the coach, attempted to swing from
the steps of one to the other instead of walking on the platform.
He was missed by his companions shortly before the train reached
Marne, and a searching party was organized and sent back. They
found his body. Coroner Stultz of Wiota conducted an inquest
early yesterday morning, and the body was shipped to Marne.
WEDS HIS NURSE
Keokuk Man Seeks Health and Finds Bride in Colorado
Keokuk, Iowa, Oct. 30.—Rather a touching romance enters the
story of the wedding of a Keokuk boy which took place at Colorado
Springs, Colo., when Cylde A. Woodbury of Keokuk and Miss Rose
Williams of Detroit were married. News of their nuptials has been
received here. The groom was in the west on account of his health
and the bride was a trained nurse. She took care of him, and in
the sick room as the germs of disease were driven away, the germs
of love began to accumulate and the affair culminated in a
wedding. The rarified air of the mountains causes the heart to
beat quicker, and when the invalid had regained his strength and
health there was a wedding. The groom is still improving. Mr.
Woodbury is an expert engraver and is following his profession in
Colorado Springs at the present time.
WED BY SIGNS
Peculiar Wedding in Which Deaf and Dumb Couple Participated
Shenandoah, Iowa, Oct. 30.—An unusual marriage was
solemnized at the home of Elisha P. Rhoades, a wealthy Page
County farmer, the contracting parties being his daughter, Emma
Luella, and Mr. Antoine Slikkerveer, of Orange City, Iowa. Both
are deaf mutes, graduates of the state institution for deaf mutes
at Council Bluffs, where the acquaintance began that ended in a
happy marriage. The officiating minister was the Rev. W. G.
Hoover of Clarinda, but the ceremony was repeated in the sign
language by Prof. W. O. Connor of the state institution, who is a
native of Georgia, but has been a teacher for six years at
Council Bluffs. The bride and groom are each twenty-four years of
age and they will make their home in Hull, where Mr. Slikkerveer
is a barber. The bride lost her hearing from sickness at the age
of ten years, and she can talk but little, and understands what
her intimate friends say to her by watching the movement of their
lips.
Gets $8,000 Damages
Eldora, Iowa, Oct. 30—A verdict for $8,000 was awarded G. A.
Elzig by the jury of nine men in the personal damage suit against
J. A. Bales here Saturday. Elzig claims that he was injured for
life by walking into an open ditch which Bales had suffered to
remain open along the public highway, and the case was stubbornly
fought. Congressman Martin J. Wade assisted Walter Weaver in the
prosecution. Mr. Bales is president of the First National Bank of
this city, a director in several other financial institutions and
guardian of the little son of the late George M. Wisner. It was
near property belonging to his ward that the ditch was dug and
where the accident occurred.
Peculiar Cattle Plague
Mason City, Iowa, Oct. 30— Perry Burgess, a prominent
farmer, is the loser of twenty-five head of cattle from throat
trouble, which affects more particularly the bronchial tubes.
These swell and seem to practically fill the throat. Mr. Burgess
had exhausted every known remedy, hoping to stay the ravages of
the disease. But so far has been unable to do so.
Murder at Dubuque
Dubuque, Iowa, Oct. 30—Jealous of his wife affections, Will
Clark on Sunday shot Roy Sumner dying almost immediately.
ADOPT RESOLUTIONS
Bar Association of Dubuque Pays Tribute to Judge Power’s
Memory
Dubuque Telegraph: The funeral of Judge J. B. Powers,
held at the family residence, 1499 Bluff Street, on Saturday
morning at 11:30 o’clock, was attended by a large number of
his friends and business associates, Rev. Hugh D. Atchinson,
pastor of St. Luke’s Church officiated, and Mrs. Bertha
Lincoln Heustis sang “Lead, Kindly Light,” and
“Hark, Hark, My Soul.” The honorary pall bearers,
chosen from the Dubuque Bar Association, were Judge M C.
Matthews, Judge J. L. Husted, William Graham and Louis G. Hurd.
The active bearers were Judge B. W. Lacy, E. A. Engler, Frank
Coates, C. Bayless, Arthur McArthur and C. H. Berg. The burial
was at Cedar Falls, and was attended by a party of Dubuquers who
left for that place at 1:05.
BAR ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS
At a meeting of the Dubuque Bar Association, held on Friday
afternoon, the committee consisting of B. W. Lacy, William Graham
and John Deery, reported the following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted:
Honorable Joseph B. Powers, a member of this association having
died Oct. 25, 1905, after forty-six years of active practice in
Dubuque County, or in the judicial district in which this county
was formerly inclined, and the members of the association
desiring to express in some measure their high regard for him,
their deep regret at his death and their sincere sympathy for his
family, it is therefore,
Resolved, That by the death of Mr. Powers the Bar of Dubuque has
lost one of its oldest and ablest members. One who by hard study
mastered the fundamental principles of the law, and who by
earnest application, and untiring industry and answering
integrity achieved prominence in his profession. His life was
devoted to the discharge of duties laid upon him as legislator
and lawyer. In the senate of Iowa he rendered faithful and
intelligent service to the state. As district attorney, he was a
vigorous prosecutor, but ever leaning to the side of mercy. As an
advocate he was courteous toward the bench and toward the
opponents, but always alert, and unyielding for the rights of his
clients. His presentation of the law to court was lucid and
forcible, and his arguments to the jury were clear and
convincing. His success at the bar was largely owing to well
founded belief of jurymen that he was dealing with them honestly
and truthfully. He was a careful student of municipal matters and
a watchful guardian of the city’s interests, and a prudent
administrator of its affairs. His advice and assistance was
always at the service of the younger members of his profession,
and his kind and thoughtful interest in them is warmly
remembered.
Resolved: That in the varied official positions he has held his
dominant motive and his continuous effort was to faithfully and
efficiently discharge the duties of his office, and that beyond
his successful discharge of his obligations as a good lawyer and
a good citizen was his pure and admirable life as husband and
father:
Resolved, That the resolutions be presented to the district,
federal and supreme courts, with the request that they be spread
upon their records and that the secretary send a copy to the
family of the deceased.
MAY MEAN A TRAGEDY
Cedar Rapids Woman Fears Her Son My be Drowned
The Cedar Rapids Gazette says regarding the findings of
a grip in the Cedar River at this place: Mrs. Lawrence Sullivan,
living at 1113 South Fourth Street, received word yesterday from
the officials at Waterloo that a grip, supposed to belong to her
son, A. M. Pugh, had been found in the river at that place. The
grip is said to have contained some underclothing, some letters
and a rock. Mrs. Sullivan at once commenced an investigation. The
boy, who is a lad of 15 years, is almost totally blind, and had
been sent to the blind institute at Vinton, and the mother
supposed her boy was in that institution. It was ascertained
today, however, that the boy had left the blind institution on
October 17 and that nothing was known of his whereabouts. Nothing
further could be ascertained over the telephone and Mrs. Sullivan
will leave for Vinton this afternoon to make a full
investigation. The presence of the grip in the river at Waterloo
might indicate a number of things and the mother is naturally
very much worried. It suggests that the boy may possibly have met
with foul play and been thrown into the river, owing to his
defective sight, and been drowned. Again it might mean that the
boy had thrown the grip in the river. At any rate, a thorough
investigation will be made at once. Mrs. Sullivan feels that if,
she can visit the blind institute at Vinton she will be able to
learn something that will prove of value in unraveling the
mystery.
MANY HEAR CALLEN
Two Large Audiences Gather to Hear the Farewell Sermons
Two large audiences greeted Rev. Callen at the First Presbyterian
Church yesterday morning and evening, to hear the beloved pastor
in his farewell addresses. The congregation of the Westminster
Presbyterian Church at attended both services. An informal
reception is to be held tomorrow evening in the church parlors to
give every friend of the pastor an opportunity to bid farewell.
The invitation is extended to everyone whether they members of
either of the Presbyterian churches or not.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
C. H. Grover to Angie C. Reed, lot in Cedar Falls, $900.
Katie Burna to John Wilson, land in sec. 36-87-14, $12,000.
Alice R. Potter to Harold L. Holmes et al., lot in West Waterloo,
$3,900.
Prudence Kennicott to John Young, land in sec. 30-87-11, $10.
C. A. Rownd to Frank F. Knapp, land in sec. 17-89-13, $10.
Sheriff Black Hawk County to O. J. Fullerton, lots in West
Waterloo, $67.60
John J. Van Norden to J. J. Van Norden, lot in Cedar Falls,
$1,000.
[transcribed by J.M.P., August 2008]