Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-22
CHILD LABOR BILL MEETS DEFEAT
House Refuses to Sanction the Measure-Is Also OPP
posed to Other Bills-Senate Defeats Examina-
ton of Treasury Books-Other Notes
of General Interest
fspec,al correspondence.1


decision of Auditor General Carroll
will amount to $4,000 this year. There
are four companies doing business in
this state, the Northwestern National,
the Concordia. the Milwaukee Fire and
the Milwaukee Mechanics. Commits
sioner Host of Wisconsin is held re-
sponsible for the ruling in Wisconsin.
Missionaries in Korea.
A half dozen Iowa women are engaged |
in mission work in Korea and are
confined within that country during the
war between Russia and Japan. Among |
them is Miss Eva H. Field. She is !,
physician for the Presbyterian church
mission at Seoul Miss v. L. SnooB
recently went from Fairfield to Kores
as a missionary, and Mr.. and Mrs. G.
E. Kearns, of Mt. Vernon, are at Fusan
and Sven Chun. Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
NJ. Cable and Miss Mary M. Cutler, of
Pomeroy, are also in Korea. Several Of
the other missionaries there were class
mates of the Presbyterian ministers In
this n;f-.
Democratic Convention.
been called for May 4. 1t will have 1877
delegates. The republican state con-
vention meets May Is and will have
1902 delegates. The Seventh district
congressional convention will be held
in Des Moines, May II. The congress
sional convention of the republicans,
| in the Seventh district, will choose the
n icf, ut jn1o IN fhn mol
vention. The democrats will choose
their district delegates as we'll as their
delegates at large at their state con-
vention. The national republican call
provides that the district delegates
| shall be chosen at congressional con-
! ventiOns.
! Born in Vermont.
| Henry Thomas Reed who succeeds
Oliver P. Shiras as judge of the fed
eral court in the northern district of
!, Iowa, was born in October, 1886, at
Alburg, Green Isle county, Vermont.
His father removed to Howard coun-
ty in 1856 and Mr.. Reed has resided at
Cresco since that date. He has com
mon school and law education. He
served in the fifteenth general as
sembly but refused to return. He was
candidate for district judge three
years ago but was defeated by the
democratic candidate. The congress
sional nomination in the Fourth dis.
trict has been offered to him repeated
ly. He is practicing law with his son
at Cresco. His brother, DR.. John Reed,
ic of 7 Svpn fa+1 ind
three years ago at Cresco, aged 81.
Suicide Of Bankers.
Five Iowa bankers have killed them.
selves within the last six months be-
cause of financial reverses. The list
includes Frank LaRue. at Corning,
who is the last; George D. Wood. OF
Colfax, who was the first; G. F. Utter
back, Of Sigourney; banker at Linn
Grove, Buena Vista county, and Banker
Wood, of Charles City. The Corning
State savings bank had bad state OF
affairs. About $4,000 less assets than
1 liabilities were found and it is said
the assets will shrink materially. La
Rue shot himself as did the other four
bankers. He carried insurance amount.
ing to about $65,0Oo which goes to his
wife. 1t was in companies which dc
not contest on account of suicide.
Did Fine Business.
The Rockwell Farmers Cooperative
association, at it's seventeenth annua
meeting, reelected the old officers anc
reported fine business despite the
crop failure of the year. 1t did bust
ness Of $450,000 which was falling of
of but 100000. Business was done Al
one per cent. The stockholders wer,
surprised at the success of the year
Frank Campbell was reelected mana
ger for the tenth time. The association
is planning on the establishment a
Rockwell City Of a department store
to supply the farmers who are stock
holders in the concern. Originally tn,
association dealt in grain and lumbe,
only. Now it is adding all kinds O
supplies to its list.
Cowine Reappointed.
/ John Cownie has been reappointet
member of the state board of control
, He has served six years, being ap
pointed by Gov. Shaw and hay
ing drawn the long term. The senat,
. confirmed him without opposition. H,
. represents the farmers of the state OF
| the board, which has also two lawyers
; the senate in 1900 having turned dowl
, a business man nominated by Gov
| Shaw. Mr.. Cownie lives in Iowa coun
: ty. He very earnestly opposed reloca,
/. ing the school for the deaf at Council
j Bluffs, and there were threats of oppc
. sition from that section which did no
3 come to the surface.
LEON BROWN.