The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-15
IOWA
UNAUTHORIZED EXAMINATIONS
Auditor of State Merriam Attacked by
~. Eastern Insurance Concerns.

Max Beehler of Manchester, in the exam
nation Of eastern insurance companies.
| The charges are along the lines made by
| an eastern insurance company g. year or
more ago. to the effect that examinations
| of the companies are being made and
high fees exacted The Insurance Press
of New York is particularly severe on
| the auditor for his course and asserts
| that in the case of one New York COM
pany, che and his assistant spent two
and half days in one company's Of
| flee and presented and collected a bill
for $3.50 for that service
| Auditor Merriam has been in the east
about a month and has been in New
| York. Philadelphia, Springfield and other
eastern cities. There has been general
silence preserved in his office as to his
whereabouts and the attacks coming from
insurance circles on him have caused
good deal of surprise. The members of
| the council have no further verification of
| the truth OF the allegations that he is
making unauthorized examinations than
the complaints through insurance journals
ana agents. There seems 10 warrant in
law Tor an investigation by the council,
and in view of the fact that the auditor
has but about twenty days more to
serve, it Is probable no attempt will be
made on the part of the council to dig
| into the facts.
Dobson and the National Life.
A war of charges and counter charges Is
gong on between ex-Secretary of State
&. L. Dobson and the National Life and
trust company of this city. of which
Dobson was president until recently, but
from which he has now withdrawn DOH
son maintains there is extrava gance in
the management Of the company sufficient
TO cut down to small figure the returns
TO patrons and in return the company
scorches Dobson and declares it was con-
tlnually embarrassed by his record as
secretary of state. The episode has suf-
nc1ed to bring out the fact that when
Auditor Merriam steps out of office at
the beginning of next year. there will be
no member of the executive council who
IS connected with a life insurance or
building and loan concern. l. -. -
! b. F. Carroll. auditor of state-elect,
mas announced the appointment of j. F.
Wall of Mt. Ayr as revenue clerk. This
completes the list Of Mr. Carrolrs appofnt
> ments. Governor Cummins has named
l. DR.. 5. Bailey of Mt. Ayr as member of
the Iowa Louisiana Purchase Exposition
commission from the eighth congressional
district to succeed DR.. p. L.. Prentis OF
Delphos, who has resigned to- become
medical inspector I'm the department OF
| immigration under Secretary Shaw with
headquarters at Buffalo.
Rival for Grant Club.
The organization of the new Polk
County Republican club in this city has
= evoked no little comment and there is 2
= good zeal or speculation as to the rea
d sons back Of its formation. The fact
n is the organization is in the nature of q
= Grant club. o. W
O. The Grant club, to which nearly every
?. ieaolng republican of Iowa belongs, or al
y least hundreds Of them, has been grow.
g ing more and more exclusive and there /:
l.. laree element of the young and active
r republicans oi who do not like it. They re-
sent: the indifference manifested toward
4 them by the old and wealthy habitues ~
the luxurious Grant club headouarter.
C and hence the formation Of the new or
: ganizat1on. More than this the new
Isl clup is also hostile to the present cit,
# administration Of Mayor Jim Brento1
r. ana IS anxious to see reforms in munici
d pal affairs Colonel A. B. Shaw is pres
al ident.
i IOWA FALLS, lOWA.-A contested vii
Z case that promises to go to the sunrern
court mas come up in the district court q
wright county. The will contested is tba
: ~ W.iiam n. Selleck It appears tina
= TWO Wills are in existence, one being date
e ABOUT a year prior to the other. One wa
= offered by w. F. Selleck, who asked tina
e. a Will bearing date of year prior to tn
n ilrst pc declared the last testament Of tn
5, deceased on the grounds that when tn
If later VIII was executed the deceased wa
q mentally 1ncapacitated to execute a. will
The court held that the first will was tn
l. proper one, but the jury found to the con
!. trary.
g. CEDAR FALLS, IoWA-This city wi
{. soon become the terminus of the larees
- farmers telephone system in the sta f.
: The exchange at present is at Hndsor
- but the line will be extended to this cit
when the council grants g. franchise
~ Farmers to the number of $50 have tele
is phones on this line which cost them no
id over SO cents a month. They pay tn
1t operator at the exchange, hire linema
IS and each patron pays his own repair bill
F. Inc farmers are principally stock raiser
= 4 who find that it is dollars in their poclz
a cts to keep close track of the markets
id DUBUQUE, IoWA-Cornet F. Stark.
in clerk in the railway mail service betwee
Mt, Dubuque and Sioux City, has mysterious
j. disappeared It is believed that he com
, i m1tted suicide, as he has been actin
strangely of 1ate.-There will be a baske
Id ball contest next Friday night between til
m crack University of Wisconsin team an
i'd the Business Mems team of the local :
Y. M. c. AIRS. Edward Farrell and hus
lg band have each filed suits for S. 900 dam
ages against the city for injuries receive
as the result of a fall.
&c DIES MONIES, toWA-At the age of
lit years Margaret iHossack is preparing
il. stand trial for a second time on tt
-. charge of murde ring her husband II
. trial will take place at Winterset. job
st Hossack was killed with an ak as he Ia
v asleep in his bed on Dec. l., 1900. Fl
4 wife was sleeping by his side:@ She to-
IL the coroner that she was awakened /
noise as of some one running. She r,
q. UP and returned to find her husbar
ne bathed in his own blood. - :, /.
is =: : - : "a ;. !, 49,
v STORM LAKE, IOWA.-Des Moines i,
~ surance adjusters fixed the damage do1
=, in the Buena Bista college fire at @s1S3. 3
1.-The Baptist church congregation. h;
an extended an. invitation -toesRev.s- b, =:
Of Bartlett of Des Moines to become its pa
On tor, and he has accepted. X 4 -. !
ks r. ~. - = ---.----z--.----.. 80 u 49,
LIE MARS, IoWA.-The suit for 81. 3
damages brought against the Omaha ros
in by Mrs. Martha Munson because of Il
es, death Of her sister. Mrs. Margaret Ba
RS singer, resulted in q, verdict forsthe pla Il
lot tiff for 81 and costs. t
- CLINTON, IoWA-During a QUAR-
rg Charles Granderson Of Sioux City was sh
ay and killed, Benjamin Carroll was wourid
OF twice and Mrs. Carroll was probably IA ia
4. ly shot. The shooting resulted from jea
:. ousy. 3-.y Lz$ 80
"a SIOUX CITY, IOWA-Mrs. Albert