Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-09-20
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, September IT, 19t

Adjutant General Byers is engaged
claims payable in funds due the state
of Iowa for its expenses in equipping
and supporting the volunteer forces
raised here during the period of the
Spanish-American war. Aside from
checking the statemer: over and Sc
curing necessary atiid its the work
is completed and the plan is to cer-
tify the statement to Washington at
once. Exclusive of {, ',artermaster'
stores, which the COVE. nment will re-
turn in kind, the states claims
against the government arising from
the Spanish-American war amounted
to over $4,000. OF this amount SOL
4S3.7S has been paid. 1t was turned
over to the treasury of Iowa in one
bulk in April, 1899. Since then moth,
ing has been received. 1t is the plan
of the adjutant general to embody
in the present statement all claims
that can be paid under the law.
amounting approximately to $4,000.
1t is expected this amount will be
paid the coming December. Outside
of this there win be several thous-
and dollars worth of disallowed and
disputed claims. An effort will be
made to have these met next winter
by an appropriation of congress. In
these claims will be listed the en-
penses of the governor in his trim
TO the southern camps, the expenses
of the commission that visited thu,
southern hospitals, the expenses of
the adiutant general when he inves.
tID1 ted tho rnn1it,a,, - Al.
hrst regiment at San Francisco. and
other items the war department. will
not authorize payment of on its own
responsibility. The government has
already returned to the state the
tentage that is due it. There are
stlll large number of uniforms
forthcoming and all other classes of
quartermaster's supplies with which
the state fitted out the volunteer or
CARNATIONS.
Ii. \. Wilkinson was removed from
the office of secretary of the state
board of control on September 3 by
That body, which at once elected +.
5. Treat to the vacancy and advanced
a. u. McCown to the position OF
chief accountant, formerly held by
Mr.. Treat. The vote for Mr.. Wilkin-
sons discharge was unanimous. He
was notified that he would be given
until September 30 to terminate the
relations, and would be permitted 10
resign instead of having the record
SHOW that he was dismissed. Upon
rendering his resignation Mr. Will
klnson delivered to the board COM
munication making many charges
against certain members of the board.
Among the charges was one that
tips had been given to certain meat
bidders by member of the board.
SO that telegraphic changes in bids
might be made to the favored ones
advantage. Some time ago Mr.. viii
kinson charged to the board that
one of the other employees of the
office had furnished the "tips." Ac-
cording to the testimony of members
of the board. investigation revealed
that the tip had been furnished by
the bidder himself. innocently, to his
competitor. Mr.. Wilkinson also says
that the board illegally allowed
changes in the bids. These and other
charges are made the cause for an
attack upon the members of the board.
Mr.. Cownie and Mr.. Kline deny the
charges and say they are prompted
by desire to get even with the mem
bers for discharging him.
Secretary Van Houten of the State
Agricultural society is sending out
report blanks to the secretaries of the
different county and district agricul,
tural societies. The law passed by
the last general assembly has made
change in reference to these reports
and theH must be Forthcoming on or
before November !. In case any So
ciety fails to report at the required
time, state aid is forfeited and no
representation is allowed at the an
nual convention.
The law provides that any county
or district agricultural society upon
filing with the auditor of state afIi.
davits OF its officers showing what
sum was actually paid out for the
current year for premiums and upop
obtaining a certificate from the secre.
tary of the state society, showing il
has reported according to law, shall
be entitled to receive from the state
treasury sum equal to 40 per cent
of the sum paid in premiums. In no
case is the sum paid to any society to
exceed 5000. This state aid will be
forfeited this year in case of failure
to report by November 1.
The annual report of the Iowa
school for the deaf has been received
by the board of control from Superin.
tendent Henry ". Robert. 1t shows
there were 2ss pupils enrolled during
the year ending June 80, 1900 Tween,
ty-one left the institution, and three
died in the year. The largest number
received from any one county was
sixteen from Pottawattamie. Polk
came next with thirteen. Several
counties sent but one pupil. and four
teen counties of the state were not
represented. The farm products for the
year amounted to Sl.i2s.s4. The man,
ufacturing departments, including
shoe shops, sewing rooms. carpenter
shops, rinting Offices and bakery,
produced goods to the amount of $685.,
1912.