Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-28
NATIONAL LIFE
SUIT IMPORTANT
Few People Aware Of Magnitude
OF Action Begun Against
the Concern
in PoL,cYHoLDERs INTERESTS
Those Who Have Persisted in Paying
Up Their Premiums Likely to- Join
in tho Demand for a Receiver-Trial
Of Case Likely to be Sensational Ono
Other News.

s--Other news.
Des Moines, Aug. 28.--Vcry few peo-
pie in Iowa Will comprehend at first
the magnitude of the suit started here
late Saturday afternoon to get re-
tceiver appointed for the Northwest
ern Life and Savings and 1t Is more
than likely that many of the policy
holders will at first fear that the start
Ing of the suit means that they are to
lose all they have paid in. AS mat
ter Of fact when they look deep into the
affair they will find that the suit is in
their interests. According to the alle-
cations Of the petitioners for the re-
stealing the funds and as intimated in
this letter Saturday an effort is to be
made in Minneapolis to secure the in
dictment of the officers for misap-
propriating the funds Of the North
western Life and Savings.
"A receiver Is never appointed for any
society unless 1t can be shown that
the appointment is absolutely neces-
sary In the interests of those having
their money invested in the concern,
to protect them and keep the money
belonging to them from being dissipat-
ed or embezzled or improperly used.
It is believed that the policyholders
ronnrul1v yMhn OF poj n
up their premiums as they came due
will at once avail themselves of the
opportunity to become interested in the
suit. When the suit comes for trial
September IL, some decidedly interest
ing disclosures will be made according
to prophecy. Affidayits and other evi-
dence is in the hands Of the applicants
for the appointment Of q receiver which
show that when the. officers resigned
at the demand of Auditor Carroll. of
this state, and Commissioner O'Brien
of Minnesota, the affairs were simply
turned over to the hands Of their
friends and the administration of the
company has been the same ever since.
Judge L. W. Collins was made the
president Of the company and for a
time had his Office in the building. His
integrity has never been questioned
but the real management Of the COM
pany was taken out of his hands and
he soon moved his office out of the
building and no longer attempts to take
hand in the company's affairs.
George A. Newman, adjutant general
of the G. A. r., Is making strenuous
oil ali
of the state that they must be prompt
about being at the senate chamber at
9 o'clock the morning Of Wednesday,
August 30, in order that the details
NAV be selected to carry the flags from
the second floor to the first. 1t is pro-
posed to begin the ceremonies prompt
ly at 10 o'clock as they must be con-
cluded at II.
Nothing has been heard Of the con
dition of Past Department Command :
er r. P. st. John for a couple Of days
but the last heard was to the effect
that he was not doing well at the hos
pital at Rochester, where he underwent
an operation for appendicitis. His
friends have been somewhat worried
and hope daily for better news of his
condition.
DIR. j. F. Kennedy, secretary of the
state board of health, has carefully
compiled the statistics Of the accidents
on the Fourth of July and finds that
this year there were 3,169 accidents in
the United States while last year
there were but 2,431. At the same time
1T 90 deaths
resulting from the accidents, while last
year there were 100. Thus the per
cent of deaths to the total accidents
was reduced 80 per cent. The expla-
nation of this, DR.. Kennedy believes,
is due to the more careful attention OF
physicians and to the campaign of ed
ucat ton which has taught the people
that no matter how small the wound
from gun powder it should be treated
to prevent lockjaw.
According to information gained in
the office of the state board of health
smallpox is on the decline, and during
the past three months there have been
reported but so cases from "a different
localities. The disease is mild In each
case and it is believed this is a sign
that smallpox is gradually disappear
ing entirely. During the same quarter
there have been but ten cases of tu-
berculosis reported to the board, which
is taken as evidence that the recent
ruling Of the board that tuberculosis
cases be reported is being disregarded
by the physicians of the state. Iowa
at the present time has diphtheria,
scarlet fever, typhoid fever, chicken
pox, measles and whooping cough, but
in no case in severe form nor epi-
demic in extent.
Some of the newspapers of the state
have been discussing nepotism and one
suggested that list of the relatives
of state officials employed at the state
house should be printed. There are
not very many. Governor Cummins'
sister was employed for time as
stenographer in the governors office.
but is not there now. Secretary Mar
tin has son, c. G. Martin, who holds
the position Of document clerk and acc