Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1906 — FARMERS IN COMBINE. [ARTICLE]

FARMERS IN COMBINE.

WILL HOLD PRODUCTS FOR MAXIMUM PRICE. Ovrr 200.000 A«rrlcul<nri«lx Banded ToSeflber In Grith riTiiffloW' KTraw# ■a* American Son. 'of Eqally— Bay Who Killed Brother Released. ...A combine of. all the farmers of the West to hold products for higher prices has been formed, with ’headquarters ’ inIndianapolis. Over 200.000 farmers are in the organiiajion; which is known as the American Sons of Equity. A general call was sent out recently selecting March 1 as the time for the movement to begin. Beginning with that date the farmers are to hold their products, especially wheat, uqtil they can obtain such prices as are decreed ns eqnit able _hy officials of the organization. The word is being passed through all the wheat-grows ing States and the response that is being made is said to be causing considerable concern on the part of market men ami speculators. A representative of a recog- ’ nizCd authority "in the wheat- trade-was. in.. Indianapolis the other day trying to. as 7 .certain what response the call was receiving. Tltis organization claims the producer ought to get. at least ?l n bushel for wheat,, no matter wh.it maybe - Hur sizc of -d® crop,.. it .ciairn-'d thm,thprice of any agricultural commodity can Im controlled by controlling the marketing. The call for the movement sets forth a minimum selling price on all farm products, prices which the agricultural strikers claim they are entitled to and can get if they stand together. Kansas and Minnesota are being flooded with copies of this call. It is. figured that if these States bold out for the higher prices the trick will lie turned, as Minnesota raises a big per cent oCthe spring wheat .crop and Kansas produces a controlling per cent of the winter wheat crops. STORY FREES BOY MIRDERKR. Brother's Tcmlug Leads to ' Death and Jurors l.et Youngater Go. “1 didn't mean to kill my brother, Howard, but he pulled the bed covers off from me and wouldn't let me sleep. Then Howard got some ashes out of the grate and rubbed my face with ’em. Gee, but I was mad then, and I just jumped out of the bed, grabbed a big poker, and smashed it at him to scare him. 1 didn’t mean to hit him, but just ns soon as I let her gp. Howard he fvll down to the floor and hollered for mam.” Nirt'-year-old Harry Harjs told this story to a coroner's jury in Pittsburg in explaining how he killed his brother, Howard, 13 years old. The jurors, believing that the boy was too young to realize the enormity of his crime, brought in a verdict of acquittal. The physicians who examined the dead boy found that the poker had penetrated the abdomen and intestines to the spine.

THREE BOYS PERISH IN FIRE. Flames Destroy Fonr Dormitories at Kenyon Academy. Three cadets perished in a fire which destroyed four dormitory buildings of the Kenyon Military Academy in Gambier, Ohio. Twelve other cadets were injured in escaping from the burning dormitories, and three of them are not expected to survive. Eighty-five boys were in the dormitories when the fine broke out, and a wild panic ensued. The fire started at 4 o'clock in the morning, while the students and professors were .asleep, and spread rapidly. The charred bodies of Cadets Winfield Scott Kunkle of Ashtabula, Ohio; J. E- Henderson of Ridge Farm. 111., and James J. Fuller of Warren. Ohio, were found in the ruins of Delano Hall. The buildings destroyed were Delano Hall, Milnor Hall, North Hall and the Annex. The losses on the buildings and their contents will probably aggregate fl 90,000. Torpedo Boat Winslow Disabled. The torpedo boat Winslow of Spanish war-Cardenas fame was towed to the Norfolk navy yard Friday from sea by the naval tug Mohawk, with her engines completely disabled. The Winslow left New York Tuesday for that station and suffered three breakdowns during her voyage, the last one leaving her helpless off Cape Henry, when the Mohawk was hurried to her assistance. Sleuth* Find Kidnaped Baby. Pauline Skillman, the Indianapolis child who was kidnaped by her father. Paul V. Skillman, in November and whose sorrowing mother so excited the sympathy of Mrs, Roosevelt that she urged Mayor Bookwaiter to renewed activity, has been found by detectives in San Francisco and will be returned to her mother. Ends Life with Freedom Near. Thomas Naglo, charged with murder, was found dead in his qpil in Philadelphia, having starved himself because hli case was not brought to trial, although be had been in jail eighteen months. He did not know that be would have been brought to trial within a week, and there is every reason to believe that he would have been acquitted. a Chicago liana* Koch. Johann Hoch, bigamist, robber and poisoner of women, paid the penalty of his crimes Friday, when he was hanged in the county jail in Chicago. His neck was broken by the fall; ' Heath of David B. Henderson. David B. Henderson* former Speaker of tie House <>f Representatives, died at I Dubuque, lowa, after suffering for months from paresis. Choked in Picket Fence. Martin Rogers, a steamfitter, was found I dead with his oeck between th* pickets of j a fence in Sixteenth avenue, Minneapolis. j Investigation showed that Rogers, who is ' known to have been drinking, slipped on ' the icy sidewalk and fell between the 1 fence pickets, where he was strangled to

REFORMS FOR LIFE INSURANCE. Sen York Comij.ttt.-e Present. J»e£ port to I.eKtalntore. In a merciless and Thorough arraign* ment the insurance Investigating committee of the New York legislature reviewed the situation it has uncovered. Alter making a number of recommendations for reform the committee in. its long-expect-ed report summarizes the sepsational testimony it brought, out and showed how matters could be remedied. Absolute prohibition of campaign contributions, strict regulation of all life insurance investment*. limitation of new business and the participation of every -policy in the election of company, officer*--these are a few of the proposed cures. ' ” •-■ ■-' ~.. ■:..... ' Lobbying • ds--denounced aa .pcmicioua an<l needless in plain terms, and the Legislature is told that ft owes it to itself to stop the practice. ’ As to campaign contributions, the report says: “The frank admission that moneys have been obtained for use in State campaigns in the expectation that candidates thus aided 1 would support the interests of the companies has exposed both those who solicited the contributions and those who made them to'severe and just condemnation. The committee recommends the passage of an unequivocal and drastic measure to remedy this evil.” Mat ters demanding. the bonsideration of the Legislature for the purpose of remedying existing evils and of establishing more securely the. business of life insurance in this State are grouped under the following heads: _ L Organization of life insurance cor- " pdriffFdfis'.'~”l 2. Control, or the. rights of policy holders iu the election of directors.' 3. Retirement of stock. 4. Investment including syndicate parti <-i ] >atigns. ' '* ■ 5. Limitations of- new business.--*»wwsra 6. Political contributions. -7.~"Lobbying. 8. Limitation of expenses. 9. Valuation of policies. 10. Rebates. 11. Surrender values. 12. Ascertainment and distribution of surplus. 13. Remedies of policy holders, or right- to resort to tlie courts. 14. Forms .of policies. 15. Publicity and State supervision. 16. Penalties.