The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-20
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. September IA ion


Adjutant General Byers is engaged!
an completing statement of the.
claims payable in funds due the state
of Iowa for it's expenses in equipping
and supporting the volunteer forces
raised here during the period of the
SpanishAmerican war. Aside from,
checking the stateme: over and Sc
curing necessary attic, wits the work
lis completed and the plan is to GER
tify the. statement to Washington at
once. Exclusive of .9uartermaster's
stores. which the COVE. ilnent will re-
turn i'll kind, the states claims.
against the government arising from.
the Spanish-American war amounted,
to over $146,o00. OF this amount SOL
4S3.7S has been paid. 1t was turned,
over to the treasury of Iowa in one.
bulk in April, 1890. 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 will be several thous-@
and dollars worth of disallowed and
disputed claims. An effort will he
made TO have these met next winter.
ny an appropriation of congress. In
these claims will be listed the eS-
penses of the governor in his trim
TO the southern camps, the expenses
of the commission that visited the
southern hospitals, the expenses of
the adlutant general when he inyes-
tigated the condition of the Fifty
1lrst regiment at San Francisco. and
other items the war department will
not authorize payment of on it's own
responsibility. The government has
ALREADY returned to the state the
1entage that is due it. There are
sun large number of uniforms
forth[ccoming and all other classes of
Hnartermaster's supplies with which
the state fitted out the volunteer nr.
CARNATIONS
l.. A. Wilkinson was, removed FROM,
the Office of secretary of the state
board of control on September by
that body, which at once elected i.
5. Treat to the vacancy and advanced.
a. Is. McCown to the position of
chief accountant, formerly held by
Alr. Treat. The vote for Mr.. Wilkins
sons discharge was unanimous. He.
was notified that he would be given
until September 80 to terminate the
relations, and would be permitted to
resign instead of having the record
show that he was dismissed Upon
rendering his resignation Mr.. Will
klnson delivered to the board a com
'nunlcation 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
pffice had furnished the :stips." 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 saws
that the board illegally allowed
changes i'll the bids. These and other
charges are made the cause for an
attack upon the members of the board.
MIR. Cownie and Mr.. Kline DENY the
charges and say they are prompted
Wy Il 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 aericul
tural societies. The law passed by
the last general assembly has made.
change in reference to these reports
and thcy must be Forthcoming on or.
before November 1. In case any So
ciety fails to report at the required
time, state aid is forfeited and no.
representation is allowed at the an.
nnal convention.
The law provides that any county
or district agricultural society upon
filing with the auditor of state atfi-.
davits OF it's officers showing what
sum was actually paid out for the.
current year for premiums and upon
obtaining 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 WI. Robert. 1T shows.
There We're 2sS pupils enrolled during
the year ending June 80, 1900 Twen-.
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 fol. the
year amounted to $1,42S.S4. The man
ufacturing departments, including
shoe shops, sewing rooms, carpenter
shops, i rinting Offices and bakery,
produced goods to the amount of $685.
154.62.
Russia's Indemnity.
Picking, Sept. lathe Russo-Chi-
nese bank, which closes here today