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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1901
Page
2
A brief town summary notes Merri complies on state statement of Simto and Saviage Banks. Depositors rise with a big increase in deposits. Includes miscellaneous town matters and local financial updates.
DES MOINES June 4 Auditor of State Merriam releases an official statement detailing state and savings deposits since 1890. The compilation covers the number and amount of deposits as shown in reports submitted to the auditor each year by June 30.
COUNCIL BLUFFS June 4 When the board of county supervisors convenes as a board of review it will find the assessed valuation materially lower than two years ago. The books of the assessors for the twenty eight townships show a decrease of over 700000 in the assessed valuation. The assessed valuation in 1894 was 7621172 while this year it is 6906268 a decrease of 724914.
DES MOINES June 4 Bishop Keane bought two gale fide Jats in Dubuque and gave them to St Joseph's college. The gift marks the completion of rounds that pave the way for a major expansion at the college. A $50,000 addition to the college will be built next fall.
The famous Bellstedt band of Cincinnati performs in Omaha throughout June with two shows daily including Sundays. A large audience seating venue has been arranged for the events, and the Scherets are drawing strong crowds with grand nubicul treats.
President Machean of Bay University in Des Moines reports that many students earn most of their living through work at the college. Mary attends college while Tuurleed and others support themselves by doing odd jobs on campus. The university encourages student work and much of the copying is done by students for pay.
Clarence Gibson, a 20 year old farmer from Nora Town, was lured by a man posing as a clerk in Farnam Street. The impostor asked for change and vanished after Gibson lent $2.50 while claiming to return after a bank errand. Police were notified and the scam unfolded.
Des Moines June 1 the Iowa Supreme Court ruling protects building and loan companies from usury claims by concluding the 27th general assembly curative act allows charges up to 12 percent on contracts made under it. The decision in J M Edworthy v Iowa Savings and Loan Des Moines holds the curative act bars retroactive usury claims, maintaining protections for loan associations.
State Superintendent Barrett sets opening term dates for western Iowa counties. Towns and start dates include Greenfield August 5 Audubon August 5 Carroll July 22 Storm Lake July 29 Denison August 5 Rockwell City August 8 and numerous others such as Jefferson July 8 Creston June 10 Council Bluffs June 17 Sioux City July 29.
Des Moines reports Henry Packard, a single farmhand, found dead face down in a plowed field five miles south of town. He had been working on a Lee Wilson tenant farm owned by George Cardin. Cardin observed the man standing in the area for two hours before investigators found him with lines wrapped around his body. Death attributed to heart disease.
The celebrated Bellstedt band of Cincinnati is touring Omaha in a big tent, presenting a series of concerts through June both in the afternoon and evening. A rare chance to hear fine instrumental and vocal music is offered, with more favorable opportunities unlikely soon.
Luther Kinney of Jamaica vicinity was thrown from a buggy on the highway east of Perry and dragged two miles by the lines. He died on pickup with severe bruising noted.
Des Moines June 1. An Indian woman aged 19 on a Tama county reservation committed death by her own action Sunday noon. She had been married three years and was mother of a young child born months ago. She, named Me Gee, had separated from her husband about three months. Supposedly recent trouble with Lim led to the act.
Mrs. McKinley remains seriously ill after a tiring journey to Washington. Physicians monitor every symptom as she rests in the White House. Dr P M Rixey leads care with Surgeon General Sternberg and Dr W W Johnson consulting. President McKinley spends day at the White House with his wife and takes a short drive with Secretary Root in the afternoon.
Paul Morton, second vice president of the Santa Fe, says negotiations with Hamburg-American aim to start a San Francisco to Orient line. A new service will begin with one or two steamers monthly, expanding as trade grows, while current California and Oriental contract runs until next year.
Washington report details the green pea louse as a major pest spreading across the United States. Since its 1899 appearance in Bridges Virginia its damage rose to millions, with Maryland farms losing up to eighty percent. Authorities describe controls and combating measures in an official bulletin.
Mrs. Sarah M. Atkinson of Winnebago Neb has been appointed matron at the Indian school there. Treasury awards contracts for Lincoln Neb public buildings include coal from Union Fuel Co ice from Cooper Manufacturing Ice and Cold Storage Co and miscellaneous from H Herpolschelmer.
Hiram Price, longtime Iowa Republican congressman and former Indian affairs commissioner, died in Washington at 81 from heart trouble. He also served as president of the State Bank of Iowa for many years.
Washington May 31 Secretary Root declares all second lieutenants of cavalry who held the rank on February 2 last and all second lieutenants of infantry who were in that grade at the 1890 volunteer army organization date shall be promoted at once to first lieutenant.
Treasury officials in Washington on May 31 discussed the insular cases and concluded that the decisions are not conclusive to alter the U S government’s administration of Philippine customs laws. Therefore duties on imports from the islands will continue to be collected as before.
A speech by Senator McLaurin in Charlotte triggers discussion of a new southern movement influenced by aristocratic and plutocratic elements. The article argues imperialism and corporate power threaten democracy, with Tillman and southern factions shaping a potential white Republican shift to divide black voters and reform state and national policy.
The piece argues Republicans exaggerate gains from holding the Philippines to influence China trade. It cites Consul General Wildman describing peasant incomes of 2 to 6 cents daily, limited need for American farming machinery, scarce horses, flat terrain, no usable water power, and high costs of steam, concluding American manufacturers should not press a doomed market.
The resolution adapted by the Association of Spanish American War Veterans, as reported by the Indianapolis News, urges Indiana Congressmen to use influence to obtain a court of inquiry for Colonel Harrison. It calls for prompt and repeated action to correct the injury and wrong done him in Sigdiamiagal, demanding accountability from the army.
The national statistics chief offers a vague estimate on the balance of trade, citing $60 million in freight abroad and $75 million to $100 million in foreign earnings plus similar U.S. outlays, with $100 million foreign investments in 1900 and canceled debt. The piece argues the balance benefits no one but a few travelers, warns of data errors, and calls the boastful monthly reports misleading.
The Schenectady Locomotive Works joins the nationwide trust, yielding control to Morgan Vanderbilt Hills interests. Stockholders fear loss of orders, iron and steel access, and employment influence as the plant risks decay if not absorbed. Citizens urged to elect lawmakers who can curb giants.
The Northwest World's Fair Site Association reports a discovery tying Gov. William H. Clarke's Missouri residence to Goodfellow Avenue and Natural Bridge Road. Directors and officers say the site offers historic value for the Louisiana Purchase exposition and will present their case to the fair committee.
Victor Smith explains the new beverage lambs wool is simply roasted apple juice with spiced ale. He notes it echoes an old Irish feast called la masubhal and says the name change to lambs wool was easy as it migrated through history.
A farmer's wife writes to the American Agriculturist about seventeen years of summer boarders. She notes maiden ladies and school teachers as her favorites, finding them contented. She reflects that fine feathers may not make fine birds but they make soft pillows.
The piece explains how major railroads, led by Missouri Pacific, form a broad Community of Interest linking Missouri Pacific with Denver and Rio Grande, Rio Grande Western, Southern Pacific and others. The network lets a passenger board in St Louis and ride to San Francisco, showcasing scenic routes across Kansas, Colorado, Utah and the West, and shifts tourist traffic toward these lines, arguing public benefit from intensified cooperation.
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