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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1906
Page
4
The Malvern Leader lists subscription terms for one year and six months with pricing details. The page fragment references a byline W. P. Wortman and a publication date in 1906, though many words are garbled in the OCR.
The Glenwood Opinion mocks economy for a court house and pushes 15000 to 200000 as a worthy sum. It cites Osceola and Chariton court houses with costs 45000 and 350000, noting features, materials, fireproof vaults, and rest rooms. It questions signatures on editorials and critiques county supervisors amid local rivalries.
Henry Angus Rogers, claiming to be son of Count Angus of Denmark, is under arrest in Des Moines. He confesses to embezzling funds from the Benton club of St. Joseph, Missouri. Cummins Nears Decision on Lawson Insurance Committee Membership. Johnson of Minnesota to be consulted before final form. Cummins declines chairmanship due to campaign for a third term.
Major H. M. Chittenden, in charge of Missouri river improvements and Yellowstone work, is transferred to Savannah, Georgia. Colonel J. B. Quinn is expected to succeed him in Sioux City. Chittenden has served six years here and is a noted author and prominent engineer in the government.
Des Moines Feb 10 Governor A B Cummins announces he will seek the Republican nomination for governor this year. He says a letter to Iowa Republicans will explain why he had reportedly preferred not to run. The move triggers a likely bitter preconvention fight with contender George D Perkins of Sioux City.
The Iowa Marriage Dowry association filed articles of incorporation in Polk County Iowa. Its stated aim is to encourage lawful wedlock promote economy endow homes and create a small marriage dowry fund for mutual benefit of contributors. Capital stock is 10000 with a five member board led by D R Lucas W H McClain J G Hill W H Dickenson and W F Hackney along with Harvey West as directors.
The Iowa state railroad commission cut rates on nearly forty articles, led by a 40 percent drop for toilet soap and van pumps. Farm scales allowed five per carload instead of three, aiding Council Bluffs Sioux City Des Moines and other depots. Agricultural implements windmills and parts see reductions returning to manufacturers. Clam shells whole and crushed receive 25 percent cuts boosting town soap industry.
Des Moines Feb 12 William J Carter stands trial in district court charged as an accessory before the fact in the October murder of Edward Gresser. Prosecution seeks to prove he aided the crime even if he did not fire the fatal shot. An indictment for actual murder reportedly awaits elsewhere after the tragedy.
Des Moines reports a revived push for a pure road bill in the Iowa General Assembly. The measure, backed by dairy and grocers groups, would create a state food and dairy commissioner with new powers, including appointing a state chemist and enforcing strict labeling. If passed, the act would take effect January 1, 1907.
Thomas W. Lawson of Boston urged Iowa lawmakers to gain Governor Cummins support for forming a multi state committee to govern proxies from policyholders in New York Life and Mutual Life. Cummins declined to commit, awaiting a decision after discussions with Minnesota’s Johnson. The fifth week saw progress in committee work but few measures enacted beyond eleven laws, while many resolutions urging federal action on rate, pure food, and Reed Smoot issues failed or stalled. Officers were elected in a joint assembly including a State Printer, State Binder, Regents, and Trustees for several state institutions.
Des Moines reports Attorney General Herbert Hadley said he has made out his case against Standard Oil in Missouri and expects a ruling to bar the company from doing business there. Deposit ions showed alleged combinations among Waters Pierce Republic and Standard Oil to divide Missouri. Witness Northrup testified he received advance price notices and non competition instructions from Republic and Teagle, with directives to route orders away from Waters-Pierce.
Chicago, Feb 14. In the packers trial two Swift & Co employees testified, repeating earlier accounts of government agents visiting their offices and the subsequent handling of testimony. Judge Humphrey, noting the trial lag, urged extended sessions but no additional time was set.
Washington February 14George W Beavers pleaded guilty in criminal court to indictments charging he conspired with former State Senator George B Greene of Binghamton New York and W D Doremus to defraud the government in furnishing postal supplies and for bribery He was sentenced to two years in the Mountesville W Va penitentiary.
Testimony by handwriting experts continued at the Mann perjury hearing in New York. Albert Osborne of Rochester, a handwriting expert, was cross-examined by Colonel Mann's counsel as the case against editor William D. Mann of Town Topics proceeds.
Storm disruption postpones the speed event in Central City Nebraska on February 14. Organizers reschedule as weather conditions cancel outdoor activities and affect planned races. Local officials urge spectators and participants to monitor updates for new timing and venue details.
John A. McCall former president of the New York Life Insurance Company lies critically ill at Lakewood New Jersey after a sinking spell. Doctors and three trained nurses attend him as Mrs McCall and three physicians continue to monitor his condition. The exact illness is not disclosed though it is understood to be a severe accelerating ailment.
Des Moines reports the Iowa Senate votes 50 to 47 to approve a drastic pure food measure prohibiting commerce in adulterated or impure foods. The House rejected a woman suffrage resolution after a protracted debate. The Baltimore suffrage session notes reports from state presidents and discusses school city governance and juvenile courts.
In Youngstown Ohio on February 14 a collision on the North avenue streetcar line injured sixteen people, with two fatalities. Slippery rails caused the accident after a car ran out of control while conductors tended signals. The fatal victims are Mrs. Hannah Rees and Mrs. Lavine Barr.
Washington Feb. 14 Senator La Follette declines Thomas W Lawson invitation to join a committee to vote on the proxims of a minister for policy holders of two New York life insurance companies at their meetings this year. He cites public business pressure as the reason for not undertaking the work.
Fire at the Colorado and Southern railroad shops in Denver caused by a broken electric wire drop in varnish damaged the shops for $200,000. Eight shopmen and firemen were burned. Eleven passenger coaches were burned, including five Pullman sleepers. The shops will be rebuilt.
A Detroit Toledo and Iron engine, light on fuel, crashed into a freight caboose near Thrifton solving a crash that injured all twenty passengers. The mail car ahead of the caboose was wrecked but no mail was lost.
A terse telegram reports Robert Baggaley burned to death in his Bull Wog Nevada cabin and Turkish consul searches by soldiers. In other notes John J Esch of the San dusy party is jailed for embezzlement and a Chicago furniture firm faces a strike linked to the new piecework pay system.
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