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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1911
Page
2
A compact digest notes recent nationwide developments with brief headlines and quick takes. Key figures and institutions are referenced to provide a snapshot of ongoing policy shifts, economic signals, and notable public events shaping the national scene.
Judge Barnard Thomas postpones proceedings in the Sully case against Mrs. Hammon until November. A US UK arbitration treaty advances to British approval. Colorado Governor Shafroth protests the abolition of the Denver based Colorado department. The monetary commission spent 207130 dollars through March 31 1911. Teller and Bonynge each earned 15562 in salaries. Seventy seven mail bags carry bond bid invitations to 23000 national banks slice banks and trust companies. Citizens may learn bond details from their banker at 3 percent interest for amounts from 100 to 5000 dollars.
A sweeping bulletin lists political shifts in Mexico and the US Treasury focus on tariffs and bonds. It notes Taft nominations, Standard Oil court reactions, labor cases, Panama Canal bond issues, and rail and airline industry moves with multiple regional and international updates.
Democrats in the house clash over rules committee powers amid potential revival of contempt charges against Gompers Morrison and Mitchell. London prepares for coronation visitors while heat prompts talks of adjournment. Diaz resignation seen as not bringing peace to Mexico. Norris Brown expected to face tough re election bid. Bryan predicts oil trust decision will reignite trust issues. Abyssinia proclaims Hynes Lidji Jeassu emperor.
Iowa City death of John M. Seydel veteran of the Mexican War. Corydon fire devastates business district. Dr. Jennie Christ elected president of Iowa society of medical women. Edick child dies after falling into lye. Several more incidents include robberies, accidents, and civic plans across the state.
Des Moines May 23 Negotiations near completion to extend the Inter-Urban railway from Colfax to Newton Iowa connecting Des Moines with Jasper county seat. The 14 mile extension would lease the old Newton and Northwestern line between Colfax and Newton. The Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern receiver Homer A Loring said the line would be extended and the railroad would pay 15000 yearly for the use of the road at 6 percent on 250000 valuation.
Governor B F Carroll will speak at the Iowa Funeral Directors association gathering opening at the Coliseum. About four hundred directors are expected to register for three days of lectures, banquet and a business session, likely the largest attendance ever for the group.
Davenport May 23 Judge Letts discharged the jury that tried Rudolph Brandenburg for killing his stepfather Claus Muenter on February 27. The jury had been out 56 hours longer than any previous Scott county jury. A second trial is unlikely.
Harvard men of Iowa will banquet at the Chamberlain hotel Friday evening May 26. Alumni will attend the field meet in a body and there will be a reception for the old grads.
Des Moines council approved bonds totaling 157661 to finance the Walnut street bridge. The issue comprises 158 twenty year serial bonds, expected to go to market within a week.
Iowa City residents win a suit filed in Denver against Dr A L Pollard and former Postmaster T B Allen over $200000 invested in 20000 acres of land. The outcome awards them either return of funds or the land.
Des Moines memorialized a crash at East Third and Walnut streets where a motorcycle carrying Clarence Cogswell and Henry Heinrichs collided with a street car. Cogswell may be crippled and Heinrichs disfigured for life.
In Corning on May 23 Mrs. Frank Dick of Quincy ten miles away drowned in a small pond. Friends believe it was suicide but her husband contends it was an accident.
Henry B. Rose aged 66 of Des Moines and a member of the Soldiers' home died last night. He served in Company F of the Fifth Iowa infantry in the Civil War.
Centerville on May 23 reports a verdict of $15,000 against the Rock Island company in favor of the Adams estate. The suit concerns the death of J. A. Adams, a switch man, who was killed when knocked from a car by a projecting beam of a coal chute in the yards here.
John Murray aged 31 fell from an engine in the Great Western yards at Clarion and was killed today. His head was severed from his body in the accident.
Eugene Jubinvile describes moving from Michigan to Red Lake Falls Minnesota to Meota area in 1903 with wife and eight children. He lists land holdings 48 cattle and 85 bushel per acre oats, prosperity of settlers, and calls for Canadians to seek land at $15 per acre with good crops and no frost.
Belle H Bennett president of the Woman's Missionary Council South and Mrs R W McDonnell lead a plan to mobilize 300000 women in the south to pray daily for the rich. The aim is to inspire contributions to a world evangelization fund through organized prayer groups.
The Rev Andrew Meldrum has focused on teaching his daughter Dorothy Meldrum since she was a child. On her return from Sunday school she said the lesson was dandruff in the lion's den indicating his active religious instruction in her early years.
The remark contrasts soft powder with a two days’ beard growth, noting the latter’s roughness even toward an old maid. The playful line surveys sensory preferences and social stereotypes in a humorous tone.
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