The Worthington advance., 1899-07-07
]: MIN Y d ES " a NEWS.
The state Debt.

M l.INlN ED( ()lA laEM >.
81 The State Debt.
The present state debt as passed
upon by the state board Of audit, in.
scluding the governor, the attorney
general and the auditor, is 81, ,125, 900,
represented by bonds held by Eastern
institutions The states assets, with
the exception Of the amount deposited
with state and national banks, include
the following items:
Cash on hand and deposited, $1,274,-
1878; Tennessee redemption bonds,
$27O, 900; Minnesota funding bonds,
$182, 900; Alabama bonds, 1854, 200; Mas
sachussetts gold bonds, So, 2S5, 900; Vir-
ginia funding bonds, $125, 200; United
States bonds, 5000, 900; school district
and county bonds, 81, 800, 59O.64; Della
ware, $4,000; certificates of indebted:
ness state capital, 500, 900; Virginia
funding bonds, $500, 900; total, Sc, $751;
S37.
There is outstanding about Sc, 600, Ooo
due on state land contracts, the prop
erty of the permanent school fund.
The state university has to it's credit
three-quarters of million of interest
bearing bonds, with half million
more in state land contracts. In the
near future Public Examiner Pope will
check up the states assets.
Climate and Crop Bulletin.
The week has been very favorable
for the growth of all crops, and they
have responded well, except where the
high water drowned them out in pre-
vious weeks. The loss due to floods,
however, has been rather over esti.
mated, but still the loss in Wabasha
and Olmsted counties was considera-
BILE. Wheat, oats and barley are lux.
urious, and there spots in many fields
that are lodged. Spring wheat may
be little late in the Red river valley;
in many places south of the central
count ies it is beginning to head. Bar
ley is heading very we'll. Oats are be-
ginning to head in southern counties.
Rye is turning color and will ready to
ready to cut early in July. Rust is re-
ported in a mild form at widely scat
tered points. Corn has been backward
and not very vigorous, but better
weather is causing a rapid improve
ment. In most of the state the hay
crop will be good. Glover and timothy
and ready to cut as soon as the wealth
er is dry enoug gh. In parts of the state
the clover is very poor.
Claim of the State.
The war department has heard moth
ing in long time from the state of
Minnesota on the question of money
due the state on account of the muster
ing in of troops last year. The total
claim of Minnesota was about $14O, 600
in round numbers, and of this amount
only about $4,000 has been paid, this
sum representing allowances made to
the men direct. Gen. Muehlberg, when
he was in Washington several months
ago to look after the matter, was told
pointedly that the state had not COM
piled with the government require
ments and that until it did so the rest
of the money would be hung up. The
government requires that original
vouchers be placed on file in the war
department. The state of Minnesota
offered to file certified copies, the state
auditor claiming that he had no right
to give up the originals. Here the
matter rests and here it will rest until
Auditor Dunn and the secretary of
war can get together on some common
ground.
F., .,-- :: Menage Returns. .~~v~-~~.s ....
After an absence of six years, an ex-
lie from his native land, Louis F.
Menage returned suddenly to Mime
apolis.
Mr.. Menage stated that he had re-
turned to answer the indictments which
were found against him in 1884, and
County Attorney Reed accompanied
him to, Judge Elliott's court room,
where the indictments were read
There were three indictments. The
first one read by Clerk Royce was that
under which w. S. Streeter W as tried
last. 1t charged grand larceny in the
sum of $270, 322.7. To the question,
''Are you guilty or not guilty?" Mr..
Menage answered ''Not guilty."
The same pleading was made to the
other indictments, and bail was fixed
at sic, 900, which was furnished.
Deaf Convention.
The sixth convention of the Nation
al Association of the Deaf will meet
inst. Paul July lila. The deaf peo-
pie of the Twin Cities and members of
the State Association of the Deaf are
very much interested. They are bound
to exert their best efforts and intend
that the delegates from other states
shall have a royal good time. The
convention will meet in the state capi-
tol. A reception at the Windsor hotel
and picnic excursion to Spring Park,
July Is, is announced. The excursion
will not be exclusive.
News In Brief.
Bert Paul, aged ~ years, was
drowned in Lake Bemidji.
The Norwegian Luther college at
Minneapolis will be-consolidated with
the college at Northfield. ia
John Kobetich was sentenced to one
year in prison for forging St. Paul
postoffice money order for $780,,
A. C. Loring, Minneapolis, has been
chosen vice president of the United
States Milling company, and manager
of all the interests of that company
west of Buffalo. - >ia*-
The Woman s Christian Temperance
unions of the Twin Cities have decided
to have building of their own at the
state fair grounds.
The state game and fish commission
will place about four million trout fry
in the streams of the state.