Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-08
IOWA ivAY WILL b
CREDIT 70 STATE
If Plans Carry 1t Will Stand
as Guide to the Other
States
MORE NEWS OF STATE INTEREST
Recently Merged Insurance Concerns
Involved in Mass Of Litigation =
Warm Times Promised at Meeting
of State University Board Of Regents
Meetins-cummins Praises Storms.
Special to Times Republican.


Des Moines, June S.--If Iowa Day
at the st. Louis exposition is not all
that could be desired for the credit
of the state of Iowa, it will not be
the fault of Governor Cunmins, or the
Iowa commission, or of the men at
ST. Louis who are cooperating to
make the Iowa day the biggest of the
state days and to set a pace that Will
be hard for other states to follow. The
Iowa day will really be the first of the
state days. There have been some
others announced, but when they were
reached it was found that neither the
St. Louis people nor the people of the
state were ready. In the case of In
diana day, which was to have been
June 9, the state Of unreadiness was
discovered and the day was postponed,
while only dedication of the state
building took place. Iowa has thus
far been first in everything at the fair,
and is going to be first In having q
great Iowa day. Governor Cummins
issued special proclamation to call
it to the attention of the people. This
is appropriate from the fact that the
day will celebrate an anniversary IN
the history Of the state, that of the
first landing on Iowa soil of white men.
It was on June II that Marquette and
Joliet landed at the mouth of the
Wisconsin and first saw what is now
Iowa. That was 231 years ago. It
is to celebrate this event that Iowans
will go to st. Louis June II and show
the people how to celebrate an amir
versary day. The programs as arr
ranged by those in charge will be
delightful one-big parade, with Iowa
military, Iowa cadets, Philippines and
Indians. music, big officials. etr.
Then there will be the exercises at
the Iowa building where the eloquent
Senator Healy will deliver himself Of
an address that is sure to be fine
one. There will be the concert and
reception and lots of such things. The
commission has secured wonderfully
low rate for the fare to st. Louis, a
cent mile for the round trip, from
Iowa points, and this ought to take
them to the exposition in great num-
bers.
There is some impression yet COM
mon in the state that the exposition
is not ready for sight seeing. Mr..
Reeve, of the exposition force who
was here yesterday, states that this
not true. Everything is now in full
readiness for visitors and no better
time can be found for the trip to St.
Louis than during June. Governor
Cummins is very DESTROYS that Iowa
people shall go to the exposition IN
large numbers on Iowa day. II they
do it will make day that will stand as
a guide to other states for the full
season.
Two big semi-insurance concerns
that were literally driven out of Iowa.
by some certain notoriety to
which this correspondent contributed
some part, are not having smooth
sailing as component parts of merged
in Chicago and Minneap-
oils. The Chicago company, which
absorbed the Nation. which was found
ed by Leslie NJ. Shaw, and some 9th
ers, is involved in mass of litiga-
ton, A Chicago paper this week an
nounces two additional suits for mil
lion dollars each, commenced against
the company in relation to an alleged
wrongful conversion of stock of the
company. The Minneapolis COM
pany, which absorbed the Northwest
ern, has recently been sued here by
certificate holders in Illinois, who want
to have a receiver appointed to COM
pei a division of the profits In ac-
cordance with the certificates which
were so Objectionable that the Iowa
company had to get out of the state
This company has settled number
of suits. The present suit is one about
which very little is known here, but
it is evidently causing some worry for
officials of the company have felt CALI
ed upon to go into the newspapers with
mailing scheme.
The board of regents at the State
meet next Monday at Iowa
City. 1t is certain they will at that time
give some consideration to the subject
Of the controversy over the faculty and
president But very little has been
heard of this here for some days. The
fact is that those who started out to
raise a great spontaneous demand for
the immediate and summary decapita-
ton of President MacLean. with per-
on the part of the regents to in
vestigate and try him afterwards II
they felt so inclined. learned that what
they were doing was merely to so fix it
that the regents dare do nothing at all,
40 matter what might be the right
hing to do. Sympathy for President
MacLean was growing so rapidly that
t was about to become case where
everybody was to take sides and have
A fierce factional fight in the state. 1t
s known that members of the board of
.egents felt very much incensed that
he attacks should be made as they
we're and they are still unwilling to
accept without some questioning the
Of those who have been 20