Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-01-18

State institutions have asked the
legislature for appropriations amount
ing to Sl,3ls,512.6s. OF this $3.50, 1000
is for Cherokee. Thirteen of these in
situations are under the management
OF the board of control, which has rec
commended appropriations as follows:
Soldiers Orphans, Davenport. .....s 100000
Soidlers Home, Marshalltown... 100000
College for Blind, Vinton. ............. 65O0O0
Home for Blind, Knoxville. ........... 100000
S Ssa for Deaf, Council Bluffs........ 6SNI
FeeDie Minded, Glenwood. ........... 6.53400
Industrial School, Eldora. ........... No500O
Industrial School, Mitcheliville. $500. aaTOOO
Hospital for Insane, Mt. Pleasant. go. 626O0OO
Hospital at Independence. ............. 2aS00O0
hospital at Clarinda. ................. 25,8o000
Hospital AZ Independence. ............. 360,OO0O0
Psnisensaryy az An Anamosa ts SsSSs
W759, los
The board also recommends the par-
chase of land as follows:
Hospitai at lndependence...... .....S 1900
Hospital at Clarinda Observation-Disclosures, 10000
For Feeble Minded, Ciarinda. ........ 2s'0O0
Soldiers Orphans Home, Davenport. 5OOO
The educational institutions do not
come under the supervision of the
board OF control, but the board has adj
visory powers. The trustees ask APP
propI iations for these institutions as
follows:
State University, Iowa City ..........s lIs,soo
State Normal School. Cedar Falls. $4,000
State Agricultural College, Ames. 2i1,0Oe
The amount asked by the State UNI
versity and the State Agricultural
College Is to be derived in part by
the continuation of the one-tenth mill
tax, which now goes to them. Other
APPROXIMATIONS mentioned ara.
Arsenal. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS $40 600
rlOyu memorial. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10,0Oe
Historical department. Observation-Disclosures. i0000
Articles of incorporation of the
Willmar & Sioux Falls railroad have
been filed with the secretary of state.
The capital stock is $1,000 600. The
law requires that the maximum fee for
filing incorporation articles of this
character shall be So 900, which amount
the company has paid. This is one Of
the roads of which the Great Northern
is parent, and it is the first time that
system has owned road in Iowa. The
Great Northern has recently purchased
the Sioux City & Northern, which runs
from Sioux City to Garretson, S. D.,
and the Pacific Short Line, which runs
from Sioux City to O'Neil, Neb.
Notice has been served on Secretary
of State Dobson by the sheriff of Cedar
county to the effect that the state Of
Iowa has been sued for SITS, 900 dam
ages by Philip Harrington. Earring
ton was convict No. 2,63s in the peni-
tertiary and was sentenced to three
years, on February /, 1894. He was SO
years of age and served until July 81,
1896, when he was released on account
of expiration of term, counting good
time earned. He has threatened from
time to time to sue the state to recover
damages for false imprisonment, and
the beginning of the suit was not a
surprise. harrington was sentenced
for forgery, according to the books Of
the pardon clerk, and was sent up from
Jones county.
Postmaster Schooler has been
definitely instructed to begin the reg
istration of letters by letter carriers in
Des Moines January.15. This will be
in the residerce portion of the city
only, and for the purpose of ascertain
ing whether the plan is practicable. II
the experiment proves a success the
service will be gradually extended over
the entire city.
Governor Shaw has offered a reward
of $500 for the apprehension of the
murderers of John +, Robson, of Sioux
City, who was killed in his office on
the evening of December 20.
The Ministerial Alliance, at its re-
cent meeting, decided to print the
names appearing on the saloon petit.
ton, giving as their reasons that they
believed the saloon men had used un-
fair means in securing the petitions
now on file.
A campaign against tuberculosis IL
to be inaugurated in the state by the
Iowa State Sanitary Association,
which has been organized in Des
Moines through the united efforts of q
number of prominent veterinarians,
surgeons, physicians and stock men Of
the state who are interested IN securing
proper sanitation to prevent the spread
ing of the disease by infection. In the
constitution which was presented to
the meeting at the Savery hotel for
adoption the object of the association
is said to be for the purpose of dissem-
mating the principles of sanitary
science and applying them to the pre-
vention of tuberculosis in mankind
and in the domestic animals. DIR. j.
A. Scroggs, of Keoluk, was made pres
ident and DR.. George A. johnson, Of
Sioux City, secretary. To spread the
work of the association throughout
the state, vice-presidents were named
in each of the congressional districts,
and 1t was decided that all should be
done to awaken interest towards hold
ing meetings at the same time as the
live stock associations of the state
every wear.