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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1905
Page
1
A survey of Everybody's Magazine beef trust story sparks debate on bank failures in Iowa. Officials say failures were outsized and a state law requiring bank incorporation and regular audits could help, with the State Bankers' Association pressed to push the bill.
Des Moines reports Jesse Crawford, paroled after twenty two years for the Adel bank robbery of 1595, seeks gubernatorial permission to leave the state to pursue the man who murdered his half brother in St Joseph Missouri. The Adel heist by Wilkins and Crawford sparked a large manhunt. Crawford set a barn on fire, Wilkins was killed as he fled, and bystanders were shot during the chase including S M Leach and George Clarke.
Hon Frank O Lowden of Chicago donates a fifty dollar prize to the state university of Iowa for annual excellence in debate under faculty rules. No conditions on awarding are attached. It will be first awarded next year. Lowden, alumnus of Iowa University College of Law, also gives annual prizes in Latin Greek botany geology and mathematics.
HEVILLE the Modern Woods of America plan the largest celebration in the district of Iowa with a Woodmen picnic. Governor Cummins is listed to attend the event, highlighting the civic gathering and state interest.
In Iowa a Corning State Bank inquiry notes 15,000 in charges against directors for alleged breach of duty as the bank faced collapse. The case outlines duty violations and potential remedies amid ongoing Bank failure concerns.
Fragmentary OCR text indicates a court outcome with individuals named Thomas and Seufield involved in a legal case, and a reference to confinement at a fort or penitentiary. Details are garbled but imply criminal conviction and transport to a detention facility.
Federal prosecutors convened a grand jury to probe the beef packing industry and antitrust concerns. The session focused on potential illegal coordination among major firms and possible price fixing under federal law.
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Fragmentary OCR text provides unclear names and events. The readable parts mention a kill or death linked to a person or group, with scattered proper nouns suggesting a news item about a fatal incident or crime. No coherent timeline or locations are recoverable from the fragment.
A fragmented OCR readout hints at a local event or tribute involving someone named Adele. Readable details are sparse but suggest a community notice or brief theater or music item. Further context would clarify the event, people involved, and location.
University of Nebraska reports a nearly normal week statewide with mean temperatures near normal in the south and east but seven degrees below in the northwest. Rainfall varied from below normal in the southeast to above normal in the northwest, aiding wheat and rye while oats stand thin in places.
Washington report notes no railroad rate bill with force will exit the senate interstate commerce panel. Hearings show no plan to grant any federal commission rate fixing power. Rep Townsend of Michigan, co author of the Esch Townsend bill, sees no bill along Roosevelt’s suggested lines. Col Hepburn, head of the House Interstate Commerce Committee, shares the view. Both foresee renewed efforts to regulate rates via government action.
A violent tornado struck Marquette Kansas wounding many and destroying most homes. At least twenty nine killed and forty four injured with several in critical condition. Homes churches and a parsonage were demolished as relief teams and Bethany college pupils assisted afterward. The town of 1500 in McPherson County faced widespread ruin.
Tokyo reports Japan anger over France not preventing Russian Pacific squadron's neutrality breaches. France promises neutrality allegedly false, prompting calls for vigorous action. Japanese officials in London say France delayed actions to aid Rosentvensky and Russia, with Russians granted privileges outside the three mile limit. The Times notes Tokyo Chamber of Commerce weighing halting French trade.
C 5 West a Manila stationed paymaster on leave attacked the conductor on a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul train. Glass broke, passengers fled, brakemen restrained him. He was taken to Union Station and held at a police station while his mental condition is being examined.
Mrs. Amelia Hoch resumed testimony in Joliet Illinois as she described how Moech wooed her after her sister's death and gained control of her moves after marriage. Hoch sat close to her lawyer and showed interest while Hoch leaned to catch replies during proceedings.
Torpedo boats under Lews Nixon of New York near completion at the government yard. Trials in the Black sea to begin in a few days. Nixon provided his own organization to push construction amid foreign-country difficulties. The Gregory has proved seaworthy crossing the Atlantic, with tests to evaluate claimed advantages in harsher future trials.
Albany N Y. The State Department of Agriculture plans to attract immigrant farmers and farm laborers to New York by collecting and sharing information on farm and dairy advantages. It notes a long-standing shortage of farm labor and that eastern migrants seldom settle locally, shifting focus to drawing settlers from elsewhere as western lands fill.
CHICAGO The Interstate Commerce Commission postponed further corn products testimony in the ongoing investigation. California milling interests protested a 10 percent differential between corn meal rates and Nebraska to Pacific routes. After San Francisco manufacturers testified, Chairman Clements said the corn inquiry would rest and the panel would turn to woodenware rates.
In Asbury Park New Jersey 95 year old George Schmidt a wealthy retired Newark butcher who spends most of the year in Ocean Grove married Mrs Bien Day Schwartz who knew him in girlhood. The couple kept the ceremony secret. The groom has two great grandkids and remains active, while the bride is reportedly youthful and lively.
Washington reports from Seoul that Penyang magistrate Paing Han Chun, accused of oppressing locals and infringing American treaty rights, was removed from office. His misdeeds reportedly totaled over $100,000 in extortion and ill gained payments. Minister Allen details complaints by Americans and his efforts to address the issue with Japanese authorities in 1904.
Britain and Canada accept American certificates of hull, boiler, machinery and life saving equipment inspections while the United States will accept British and Canadian certificates. The pact, already agreed, aims to ease vessel clearances at all three nations ports and reduce costs for owners of steamships.
A U.S. federal grand jury in New York has been secretly examining issues tied to American Tobacco Co and its subsidiaries under anti trusts law. Special assistant Henry W. Taft leads the inquiry, with officer E. F. Hale initially refusing to answer questions, prompting the revelation of the investigation.
Houston reports that Governor T Lan ham has approved legislation permitting betting at race tracks on the day races are run. The measure enables wagering at live events under state oversight and could affect attendees and track revenues.
Secretary Taft cabled Governor Davis at Panama to return to the United States for malaria recovery. Colonel Gorgas is placed in charge of canal administration until Magoon arrives. Davis resists departure amid malaria but fears misreading his move during the adverse Isthmian health conditions.
President Roosevelt was hosted by Denver citizens at the Brown Palace after a Colorado tour via the Denver Rio Grande. The banquet, a lavish affair, featured a toast by Chief Justice Gabbert and a speech on railroad rate policy urging federal supervisory power and fairness to all property owners and railroad interests.
German foreign office officials expect plenipotentiaries from the United States and Germany to meet in autumn to negotiate a commercial treaty. Preliminary proposals may be exchanged late this summer. Germany stated on March 14 that the tariff agreement with the United States of July 10, 1906, would terminate by March 1, 1906, but this is not called a denunciation.
Annam reports Admiral Ro jestvensky's squadron cruising off Vau Fong bay for several days and issuing a Tuesday warning.
SACRAMENTO Cal Former State Senator Harry Bunkers of San Pran cisco convicted of accepting a tribe was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary at San Quentin.
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