Cedar Falls Gazette from Cedar Falls, Iowa • Page 1

LLS GAZETTE ISSUED TWICE A WEEK-TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MORNINGS. VoL53. CEDAR FALLS, IOWA, JANUARY 8,1904, i CEDAR FALLS GAZETTE PUBLISHED BY ISSUED SEMI-WEEIjLY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MORNINGS. TERMS OF 8UB8CBIPTION One year Six months. The new library-board elected, consists oMS.

F. Sessions, G. B. Vftn Sa'un, T. B.

Carpenter and F.F.Butler A. Court, whose husband lived on the farm'of T. L. French, near Willongh by, died the first of the week, aged 3 years. Joseph has some apples the Davis variety, which he has two years.

They are in goo condition. Law, who has recently, built a home fronting the park on Clay street baa moved into it from his farm, ten moved into it from Entered as Second Class Mail Matter, at northwest of town. the Post Office in Cedar Falls. 13- i. 1 Mr, D.

Eisser head book-keeper atMtf, Reminiscences of Cedar Falls. PAPERJ4O 188. Current Events of 1878. Ellen Noonan died of consumption on the 12th inst. Several of our citizens have commenced making garden.

James Tina of Willoughby died last week, aged 29 years; I MARCH 15th--rhe trees are bud ding out and onion tops are sprouting. Charles Larsen has returned from Den- mark, bringing three friends with him. The trains were delayed several hours Wednesday night by a slide at the bluffs Ibelowtown. I Bheppard Wilson sold a colt to "Uncle JEph" of the Hyer Sisters troupe and shipped the sarnie this wqek. F.

L. Seliger has purchased the build- ing he occupies, first door nortH of the Baptist church, of B. H. Markley. N.

Christensen has manufactured a re- volving drag for Ole Johnson. Itispar- serviceable for breaking corn foi Pleasant, is in town with this Cole Bros. making, annual settlement branch of -the fiwn. Died, Mrs. Miller, wife uf F.

M. Miller arid daughter of Mr. Gerholdt, near Finchfo'rd. She leaves a husband ant five small children. Her death was very sudden.

Tho farmers east of town have gone to raising clover instead of wheat, thinking it pays better. George Leland raised three bushels and a peck to the acre, which he sold at $5.00 per bushel. A barn belonging to David Brown, west of town, struck by lightning Tuesday night and burned to the ground No. 42 together with reaper, etc. one horee, three hogs, Burglars have been in town this week.

They entered the residences-of T. Frence, F. N. Chase and W. B.

Anderson. At the first two places they were fright- ened away without securing anything but at the latter, they took Mr. Ander- son's clothing, $15.00 in caah and a sil- ver watch valued at $45. No clue. YOUTHFUL WARRIORS.

forty loads of stock and 5 belonging to emigrants were ship- westward over-the I. R. R. 'last Monday. F.

has invented a double Ishovel wheel corn cultivator, which is one of the best things in that, line we i M. Stead has moved Ins blacksmith Third street to the lot east of Clay's Foundry, along the This brings his wagon and close together WadJeiith has sold an interest in at this place to W. A. i. who will run with G.

H. will locate in Ce- re Onan has purchased a half-inter- in the grocery houae af Smith and hereafter the firm will be Smith it nan. Mr. Onan has for a long '-fcime clerking for Wilson Williams and -ifejfcr, Wilson Co. le annual school election was held Monday evening and resulted in the ce of E.

Townsend and I. D. Gilkey: Townsend had no opposition, but Gilkey ran against G. C. Howland won out by six votea.

rank L. Morgan -was down to Guth- Center last week and purchased a store at that place. He will 'move Jeiifaily there, and with his brother ihe store. F. L.

is succeeded as clerk li Bryant Store G. J. Itouui from La Cross, Wis. 2l2nd--The new council elected las eh Mr Mis an It was Mostly Boy who Fought the War of the Rebellion. The war of the rebellion was fought by boys.

This fact is made patent by statistics in the possession of Adjutant General Byers. Of the large force of men in the field there were only. 46,626 who were 25 years of age or.o.ver, only 16,011 who were 44? or over; Ts That it can be' said with considerable truth was represented in the field, is shown by the fact that twenty five were 10 years or younge thirty-eight were 11 or whi 1,151,438 were under 18, and 2,159,76 were 21 years of age or under. The statistics give the following recor of the civil-war veterans at the time their 10 years or under 11 years or under 12 or 13 or under 14 or under 16 or under 17 or under 844,89: 18 or under 21 or under 2,159,708 22 or under. 8,51: 25 and over 46.62C 44 and over.

16,01" THE IOWA STATE CAPITOI, BUILDING. The damage to the beautiful Stte Souse at Des Moines on Monday'jastj aas drawn the attention of the the history connected with this grand edifice. In thpse days of fraud and dis- lonest appropriations of public funds it 8 a of sincere pride recall that Iowa, the beautiful prairiestatey hadtffiS magnificent structure erected with suspicion of misappropriation of funds. Every dollar appropriated was used best possible advantage and. building that cost $3,000,000 watffrven value received.

No source of satis- faction to every honest citizen. The ground was broken for the struc- ture in 1870 and fourteen years later whiie Governor Sherman bad charge of the affairs of state, the beautiful building was formally opened to the administra- tion of Iowa's officials. The style of structure is similar to magnificentState Buildingin Albany, few York, and is considered the second landsomest in the United States. Others have cost more money but have not bepn o.wisely or so well constructe.d. The money used in the buiidingVwas-Taisedrby yetirly of a af furnishing for the 'J state, 'the cprner 2 3 22 22 1,52.

DOWIE MAr GO TO TEXAS. Paxskird, city clerk and J. Sager, iiSpJIbBaricroft have been supplying btisb Columbia with fruit trees again I season. Melendy, J. Royce and Dr.

Robinson are present members of Health. Chapman and John Purdy have for building a school house aver township, Butler county. 4, at the Monitor House, March' by Dr. J. H.

Rhea, Mr. William of Grundy county, to Miss Anna By Dr. J. H. Rhea, at the residence" of VTaylor on First street, Mr.

Busbey, to Miss Calista Bald- of this city. Dr. J. H. Rhea, at the parsonage of JB.

Wednesday wiring, Prophet Has Option on an Island of 30,000 Acres Off Cost San Antonio, Jan. Alexander Dowie the founder of Zion City, 111., is not going to Australia on this trip. He has arrived here to inves- tigate Matagoria island, on the Texas coast, as a site for a new "Eternal City." He has an option on thd island which embraces thirty thousand acres. Dowie'admits that he has had this plan in mind for some time and that he may bring his entire following to the hew settlement UNION ITEMS. W.

C. Miller filled his ice house this Laura JMiller and Myrta Hall of Shell Rock visited with friends in this vicinity the Catbottc cfareh, in daj, MaJTh by Mr. 0. E. Mullarkey and danghter of Daniel Plo btadty.

aftorn tbe Danish by the pastor, RST. A. B. Nelson; ik Julius Baassa Friese aad Linbald. A wsdding WM served the happy couple and at tU residsace of Ths brid.

had om of Mr. MM) tin. Msfaa. thrwysan. one day last week.

Pashby and Fada Matz left Sunday for Ames, Iowa, to take a two weeks course at the college. Mrs. Schmidt and children of Waterloo vwitsd a few days of last week with friends in this vicinity. Sunday saliool of tbe SHon's church Btectod their officers for the coming J. H.

Snpt, Prank Feist, Julius Mlllwr Carl Miller, Treas. and Mrs. Prank Miller, organist The Y. P. A.

of the Zion's church elect- ed the following officers for the com- term Sunday. Ester Gerholt, Vice- Dora Feist, Rec. Sec'y BOM Mill- er. Cor. Pjank Feist, Tnas Pannan and organist Annie Miller.

The Grand Jnry has retorned indict- against two Cedar persons. Gay charged with rape and Ellas Cook charged withbreaktngandsotsring. for tone, a granite boulder from the Iowa facial drift, and the foundations and basement were built of Iowa atone, rl The upper stories were built ofilisSbpri and Ohio stone. The interior is 'finished in dark granite with wainscoat- ing. There are some beautiful pieces oi sculpture and painting and tbe interior is all very nne especially in the supreme court room.

The finish is all in keeping 'with the massive and elegant architec- tural designs of the building which ia the pride of Iowa. The building stands on an eminence and be seen-for miles around the Capitol -The central dome towering taajheighiof 275feet, and'covered with a'coating of gold leaf at a cost of OOOjmade a.rich and attractive crown to the building. -Perhaps the choice collection of-books in the State library is tne mb'st interesting features of tprnishings of the building and one it would be most difficult to replace. 700,000 volunies have-been placed on the of this delightfurroom and many of them are-among the most valuable to DQ found in any library in tbe United States. CHURCH DIRECTORV.

1 i appropriated general improvements of the Of this amount 1180,000 haaalready-been used and it was esti- mated tbatf 132,000 morethan the orig- inalMppropriation-; would be necessary to" complete the improvements that were It. most unfortunate circumstance that the fire of Monday shoijld have been indirectly caused by the effoitts'to and modernize the builairiK. A larger sum. will- now riec- EPITOME OF THE NEWS. are InteresUng News Items Gathered from Ex chnpes and Other Sources.

The Chicago car barn murderers now on trial. Henry L. Little of the Chicago Board of trade thinks wheat will soon reach 11.00 a bushel. A i at Plankin ton, South Dakota, Wednesday morning, destroyed seven business houses. The British Cruiser SiriuR has arrived at Chemulpo, with a detachment of mariners who will proceed to Seoul.

The state senate of Mississippi by a vote of 31 to 1, instructed its senators to vote for the Panama canal treaty. Fears of heavy floods in the Allegheny river near Pittsburg, Pa. is feared. Ice gorges are forrued at interval for fifty miles above the city. Duringthe past two weeks wage earners, who have been idle for months, have been furnished employment 'iy the resumption of mills in the Pitts- lurg district.

Senator Hanna, chairman of the lational republican committee, Wednes- lay night attended a conference in Chi- ago on plans for the national repubH an convention. Senator Allison has fixed this after- oon at 3 o'clock as the time for the ext caucus of the congressmen of the orthern district of Iowa on the federal ndgeshipo'r that'district. to any -thing like its or even to a-pdssibie condi- tion for-the ordinary routine work for which the 'building was erected. It has been a popular belief that the Iowa State House was fire proof. Such massive walls of stone and masonry obld give an idea of resistance to fire or any other destructive element.

The results of Monday's conflagration prove beyond a doubt that the building is subject to destruction and that its SCIENTISTS. Christian Science service Sunday mom- ing at 10:30 in the Uaiversalist church building near, the corner of Main and Fifth streets. AH are welcome. PBEBBYTERIAN CHU.HCH' Bcv. Franklin T.

Conner. Pastor. Regular service 10:30. The evening service at 7.30. Theme, "The Second Word From.the Cross." Sabbath schoo at 12:00 and Christian Endeavor i 6:80.

FIB8T METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHBHClT D. AfcGurk. D. Pastor. Dr.

J. T. Bassett President ofOppe Iowa university will preach morning an evening. Class meeting at 9:30 and p.m. Sunday school at 12 m.

GERMAN EVANGELICAL. Corner Clay and Ninth Streets. Pastor Rev'. A. Goetze.

Preaching at 10:30 a. m. by the pasto A. Goetze. Prof.

Wright wil preach at 7:30 p. m. Sunday school a. m. Junior League 2:00 p.

m. Senio League 6:30 p. m. We especially irivit the public to hear Prof. WrightSoDdaj evening.

BAPTIST CHURCH. Services for. Jan. 10. Preaching 10:30 in the morning and 7:30 evening by Rev.

J. B. Smith of Mr. Smith has been doing a fin. work at Cresco and it is hoped a large audience will be present.

Sunday achoo at noon, and Young people's meeting 6:30. The King'a messengers meet Mrs. Nelson'a at 3:00 o'clock. ST. LUKE'SPKOTEBTANTEPISCOPAL CHURCH 7th and Main Streets.

Chas. Lewis Biggs, Rector. Service for Sunday, Jan. 10. 10:3.1 a.

m. Morning Prayer and Litany ser mon, "Canst Thou by Searching Find out Sunday school and Bible class meet at 12:00 m. Everyone cordially invited to attend. Bishop N. Morrison visits the church on Friday Jan.

29th to adminiater the apostolic rite of confirmation. ROCK island System TIME TABLE. CEDAR FALLS, IOWA. The Right Rvut" and from and between CHICAGO ST. LOOS iMFiMPHJS PEORIA St.

JOSEPH OMAHA DENVER COLORADO SPGS. FORT WORTH St. PAUL a in th Cresco Line. The first oar In the morning- for Cedar leaves from the corner of East Fourth airt a of stone make it more difficult to combat with the fire fiend when once it has gained an entrance. All grains and.

strong, higher and excited Wednesday, on extremely ulllsh war news. May wheat showed a gain of roots over last night's clost. For the time in ten years the east- ern and western passages of sett B. I. bay am cloasd by ice.

Abont fifty veasels have caught in the fee, which in some places is ten laches Mrs. L. 8. Coffin, wife of Hon. L.

8. Coffin, pmidentof tbe Home for Decrepit Railway Men, president of the Iowa Aati- Saloon foagw, and loandarol Bsril, shortly afternoon Wednesday at Wil- lowedge farm, the family home, near Fort Dodge. Five townships of the Duluth district in Itasca County, are to be thrown open to homesteaders about the middle of-January, and a great rush to that.place is expected. They comprise the largest tract that will everbethrown open to homesteader and timber entrys in the state. Treasurer Silbertson has submitted his annual report to the auditor of state, showing that Iowa has on hand funds iri'the amount of Of this, is in the general revenue, the available fund, a fact which would indicate the state had money enough to repair the damage done to the cnpitol and some to spare, a block of the business houses -burned Wednesday night in Burlington, Iowa.

The loss is $250,000. Tho fire originated in the building occupied by the J. V. Ritcbey Furniturecoinpiwiy and Wyman Rand's Carpet company. Be- sides these is burned jewelry, millinery and plumbing stores and a saloon.

It is supposed the flre was caused by an elec- tric light wire. Cedar Falls Local Line in 25 7:00 33 9:00 9:20 9:65 Waterloo and Danver No. Lv Waterloo AT Glasgow Ar Denver No. Lv Denver r.t Olaagow Ar Waterloo NORTH BOOKD. ,2 6 14 22 A A 6:40 9:00 1:00 :25 7:16 i :3 fi oo 7:37 9:56 1:65 5:20 SOUTH BODND.

5 13 27 A A i 7:40 11:00 3:00 8:00 11:20 3:20 6:20 11:85 3:55 6:55 0:00 Subject to ohanire wlthont notice. C. D. QASS. Gen.

Paae igent. 34 11:00 11 11:55 37 A 12:01 12:20 12:55 KANSAS CITY MINNEAPOLIS and every where bey Time table in effect Jan. Trains Leave Cellar Falls as Fallows: EABTBOTTND. d6, 8.05 a. Chicago Pass.

8, 4.18 p. Louis 20, 1.55 a. Chi. St. Louis Lm 72, 12.15 p.

Way Freight. MOBTHBOUND. No. 47, 5.55, Ebckford Pass. No 7, 9.40, a.

Twin City No. 1.55, a. Twin City No. 71,. 2.15, p.

Way Freight. For sleeping ear reservations, tickets time apply to B. E. IVEB, Age t. No.

No. No. No. CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN XO1NG SOOTH AMD WEST. Des Koines A Kansas City Exp.

daily 5:06 p.m. DesMoraeB Ex. daily 7:40 SL uea Moines Einress except Sunday 2:35 1JSAVE. NORTH AWD XAST. Northwestim Exp.

daily mi Oelwem Excess Ex. Sunday ...5:05 anuns arrive from north and east at 6-00 luSay 138 dai 'y- and 3:3 m. except Prom'south at 12:20 p.m. dally 1 1 Drawing Boom 'leeping- Cars on all nlKht trains. Dining Cars on the Cafe plan.

All trains steam heated. The Limited otter tr BUS For further information call on or address J. B. HABDINO. Agent.

Illinon Centr Eflectlye Ko a. 1802. GOING BA8T. 2 Jl lc Limited, a No Cblcaeo Eipresa .2.16 No. 6, Eipress No- 4M, Waterloo Passenger 406.

fi in No. 86. way Freight. 1040 a i i No. i.si No.

8. Omaha Eipresg No. 6, Faat Kail No. 63, Fast Frelg-ht, No. 96.

Way Frelcht, ex. Sunday 7.40 a TRAINS GOING NORTH. wn' SS' lVil 1 aud Llb6rt; Lea PasB.10.4S a No. 408, Albert Lea Passenger 4.30 No. 2 arrives 9.30 700 am OmaHa a a 10.85 8loa 8 a Panl T.2o'l"m" H.

E. OASNKR. A rent. E. M.

CUDDEBACK Successor to M. D. Philleo, Office corner Main and Third Streets. Both Phones. 24tf is EDDY DISTRICT.

Miss Ethel Reed, from Minnesota visiting: friends in this neighborhood. The Miller young people, Mae Ostrand- er and Lillian Ames spent New Years eve with Mr. and Mrs. L. Pfeiffer Miss M.

copfined to her homoj week by wckness. Miss Min- is Bijoh isJJgubatitbUnij'lor her. Roehmler young people, Lewis and Gertrude Brown, and Florence Mitchell spent Saturday at the Bash home. Pit and Flinch were the popular games played. Mary and Nettie Miller enter- taitaed for News Year's dinner, Maude Mae Ostrander, Ullian Ames, Miitois and Violett Bosh, Ethel Reed, Damond and Bessfe'Conaing.

is strfeisir HI 7 of heart A I I A Pick up any paper you please nnd items like these erect your eye: "Bitter cold and higU wind "Mercury near zero mark." "C-'old wave covers country." "Three men and a woman perish and many per- sons are frost-bitten." And yet winter has only begun! What are you going to do about it? Will you flght through three more months of Arctic weather or will you join the army that is now headed for the sunny valleys of Southern California? If you are wise, you will go to California. It is less than tnree days distant; a round trip ticket cost only $102 45 And your ticket is good to return any time within nine months of date of purchase. In California, In can live just about as you do at home In mld-summor-bathe, play gull, pick fruits fflow IpJUaaily in the ran while yon watch thejmirl break along the shore. Beltway to get thire' is la tie island By st, Two routes: Southern via El Scenic via Colorado your choice. Golden Btate Limited runs dally Dec 20 to April rt, Chicago and Kansas City to LOB Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Francisco.

Tourist afeeptaff cara dally El Paso, three a week thro' Colorado. Tickets, bertha and full Information at all Rock lalaad ticket offices, or by addressing JNO. G. PALMER, D. P.

Ctdar Rapids, Iowa..