Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-09-06
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
sDes Moines. September 3, 1900.

The mlddle-of-fhe-road populistss
held 4 convention at the court house
or the 2Sth, but owing to the small
attendance no ticket was placed in the
field. The state central committee
was authorized to nominate ticket
and after the adoption If resolutions
the conference adjourned.
The Fidelity and Cas'''lty company
of New York was TO -'erly author
lied to do personal ac lent and EN-.
ployers' liability busine in this state
The management of the company lid
not see fit to comply with the re-
quests of the auditor of state, and is
certificate of authority, which ey.
pired March /. 1900. has not been 70.
| newed; therefore this company now
has no authority to legally transact
| any kind of lLsiness within the Dor
ders of this state. The auditors of.
| flee is no.s in receipt of information
| to the Eject that the company is
now ehdeavoring to Illegally place it's
poli',es with citizens of Iowa direct
from the home Office by correspond
emnce, thus evading the requirements
| of the Iowa laws.
One patient only remains at The
smallpox hospital in this city and
unless the unexpected happens the
| hospital will be closed next week
About seventy eases have heen cared
for at the hospital, all of whom have
recovered. Not a single death has &c.
| CURED from the disease since it first
| appeared in the city last winter.
With receipts amounting almost to
$4,000. and with the prospects good
for "A surplus of nearly 100000, tina
state fair has come to close. In
the forty-siX years in which annual
state exhibitions have been given in
Iowa, the magnificent success tina.
has attended the exposition just
closed has been without precedent
President X. J. johnson of Humboldt,
head of the state board of agricul-
ture. says he believes the surplus will
be nearly 100000, after all expenses
have been paid. This viii mean Il
much larger net profit than last year,
when the surplus was Sl6,39s.74. With
large surplus in the treasury. il is
the unanimous sentiment of the di-
rectors that Improvements at the
grounds should be made, and that in
so far as possible, permanent build
ings, such as will be creditable to the
state, should be erected. One of the
most potent causes for the success
of the exhibition this year in finan.
cial way has been the fawless
weather for the past week. Good
management and excellent attrac-
tions. however, have had much to do
with it.
In, LII Al
Day controversy, Judge Prouty holds
that the amendment to the collateral
| Inheritance tax law is retroactive AMI
that it cures the defects i'm the orig
| inal law. The opinion not only tie
| cided that the state is entitled to thu
| recovery of the inheritance tax in
| the Day estate, but sets Mt rest all
doubts as to the validity of its claim
to other taxes.
viii the state claim possession of
| he $4,000 surplus which the state fair
| management now has on hand? The
management is worrying little about
IT. This is due to the ambiguity of
the new agricultural department law
Under il all the bills of the fair have
to go through the hands of the state
! while the law says the state shalt
have no interest or responsibility in
the state fair the directors incline to
the belief that the money on hand
may be claimed for the benefit of the
statetreasury, while no debts would
be assumed by the state. "The law is
very ambiguous said Director NJ. j.
Wragg. I'VE discussed the matter a
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not be interfered with in the improve
ments we will plan, still there may he
some difficulty about whether that
| surplus belongs to MS or to the state
The board of control has awarded
| the contract for wears supply of
| flour for the state institutions. OF
| the large number of bidders four only
were successful, and il is particularly
| gratifying that these are all Iowa
| firms. The Mystic Milling company
| of Sioux City was awarded the con-
tract for furnishing 800 barrels of
| -four for the College for the Blind at
Ninton. The Marshalltown Roller
| Mills 600 barrels for the Iowa Sol
| diers' Home at Marshalltown. The
| Centennial Mill company of Avoca Sc
| 'HI't tue t''iool lot ilie ibtdI at iOufl-
| ell Bluffs, the Institution for Feeble
| Minded Children at Glenwood, the
| Hospital for the Insane at Clarinda
and the Industrial School for Girls
at Mitchellville, aggregating 2,C35 bar
rels. Shannon & Mott OF Des Moines
secured the award for the Hospital
at Mt. Pleasant, the penitentiary at
| Fort Madison, the Iowa Soldiers Or
| phans' Home at Davenport, the peni-
| tertiary at Anamosa, the Industrial
| School at Eldora and the Hospital at
| Independence. The amount required
| for these institutions is 6,200 barrels.
| The price at which the awards were
made was not given out by the board,
but it will aggregate from $4,000 to
| $4,000.