Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-18
INSURANCE MUDDLE CLEARS
Northwestern National Life Comes Il
Terms Of Isva State Auditor
GRlswoLD MYSTERY STILL UNsoLVEO
omcers Find n slight clue that Points
Toward Unidentified DeniEen
of the Under
world.

DES MONIES. Ia, sept. lt--(SpeClal.)-
The insurance troubles Of the State de-
partment and the Northwestern National
Life association are gradually straigh-
eninE themselves and the probabilities are
that the end Of the winter will see the
end Of the trouble, as between the au-
ditor and the authorities of the com
pany.
After hurried trip to Minneapolis, State
Auditor Carroll returned to the city this
morning bearing the intelligence that the
company had decided 10 allow the old
policyholders of the Northwestern Life
and Savings Of this city to retain their
policies and the conditions Of the policies
and not TO exchange them for the policies
OF the larger company. The company also
allowed an investigation OF the books Of
the company by the Iowa authorities.
matter refused two weeks ago.
This decision on the part of the COM
pany will effectually settle the larger part
Of the trouble. When the officials of the
company were compelled to give up their
| positions last spring and other men were
selected by the state officials of Minnesota
and Iowa, It was because Of persistent
| efforts and demands on the part of the
! officers of the company that the holders
! Of policies in the absorbed company ac-
| cept policies in the present company. This
! did not suit many Of the stockholders and
| policyholders in this state and the result
was that continual friction existed between
| residents of the state Of Iowa and the
! Minnesota concern.
| Judge Smith Mcpherson handed down
| his decision in the case of the restraining
order OF the Iowa policyholders against
tho company. holding that while the com
pany could take little action they would
be allowed to accept the payment Of dues.
This is for the purpose of protecting the
| policyholders.
After the decision Judge Mcpherson takes
occasion to review the misnomers OF some
Of the funds Of the insurance companies,
stating that the real fight between the
two forces is between the company and
the persistent" policyholders, those men
that do not allow their policies to lapse
and thus increase the earning possibilities
Of the officials.
Murder stil Mystery.
The manner of the murder Of George
Griswold is still a mystery, one of the
deepest that ever confronted the police
and detectives Of the city. Further exam
ination of the remains incline the au.
thorities to believe that the body was kept
tw1nty-four hours after death before II
was thrown into the water. Not clue
has been found at this time that would
give a clue to his assailants.
The only thing that points to a GER
tain class is that at the time the remain,
were found the deniZens of the under
world of the city knew that an insuranc,
{ man was missing. They also knew nearly
the place in the city the man lived.
Just after the remains were taken from
the river some one of the negroes anc
| Loaf u-hH toe
told the newspaper men at the scene tina
an insurance man was missing. The maj
who gave this Information was not held
and the police will have to round up tn
dozen men at the point to get the rfgh
one, but the fact that he gave the bust
| ness and the location OF the mans hom
is taken as evidence that some man wa
present at the time the remains wer
taken from the water that knew some
= thing Of the murder. No one had bee
5 notified Of the disappearance Of GriswoI
and no insurance man had been rnisse
from the large number in the city.
. The only possible clues to the assailant
OF the man are a satchel and a leathe
. pocketbook. These have not been found
but he carried the satchel at the time h
: lett the Munger hotel TO go to the trair
DOn't Like Crop Report.
e The report of Hon. John Cownie con
: cerning the corn crop Of the state is crea,
| ing considerable trouble among the Gro
! | officials. A number of them are maxim
$ desperate efforts to make II appear tha
the report was a bull" report and tba
= little credence should be given II. Tn
fact that the report was only on what III
possibilities Of the crop might have beer
with good seed. has not reached the me
at this time.
Cownie made no charges that the pres
ent crop would not be one Of the larges
: In the history OF the state, but he in
sisted that It would have been thousand