The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-06
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, September 3. 1900.

Des Moines, September 3, 1900.
The middle-of-the-road populists
held convention at the court house
OF the 2Sth, but owing to the small
attendance no ticket was placed in the
field. The state central COMMITTEES
was authorized to nominate ticket
and after the adoption of resolutions
the conference adjourned.
The Fidelity and Cas-, ,ty company
of New York was for. erly author
lied to do personal acc cent and en-
ployers' liability business in this state.
The management of the company did
not see fit to comply with the re-
quests of the auditor of state, and It's
certificate of authority, which eK-
PRED March /, 1000, has not been re-
newed; therefore this company now
has no authority to legally transact
any kind of business within the Dor
ders of this state. The auditors Of
nee is now in receipt of information
to the effect that the company is
now endeavoring to Illegally place it's
policies with citizens of Iowa direct
from the home office by correspond
emnce, thus evading the requirements
),
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 cases have been cared
for at the hospital, all of whom have
recovered. Not single death has ..c-i
Icurred from the disease since IL first
appeared in the city last winter.
With receipts amounting almost to
$4,000. and with the prospects good
for a surplus of nearly $4,000, the
state fair has come to close. In
the forty-siN years in which annual
state exhibitions have been given in
Iowa, the magnificent success that
mas attended the exposition Just
Closed has been without precedent.
PRESIDENT r. j. johnson of Humboldt,
mead OF the state board of agricul-
PURE, says he believes the surplus will
pc nearly $4,000, after all expenses
have been paid. This will mean n
much larger net profit than last year,
When the surplus was $16,39S.T4. With
n, large surplus in the treasury, it is
the unanimous sentiment of the di-
rectors that improvements at tie
grounds should be made, and that in
so far as possible, permanent build
lngs, 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 tinan-
cial way has been the fIawless
weather for the past week. Good
management and excellent attrac-
tlons, however, have had much to do
with it.
In an opinion filed in the Iowa VS..
Day controversy, Judge Prouty holds
that the amendment to the collateral
inheritance tax law is retroactive and
that 1T cures the defects in the orig
maj law. The opinion not only de-
clded that the state is entitled to the
recovery of the inheritance tax in
the Day estate, but sets at rest all
doubts as to the validity of it's claim
to other taxes.
viii the state claim possession Of
the 100000 surplus which the state fair
management now has on hand? The
management is worrying little about
1T. This is due to the ambiguity of
the new agricultural department. law.
Under it all the bills of the fair have
to go through the hands of the state,
executive council like other bills, and
While the law says the state shall
nave 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
state treasury, while no debts would
be assumed by the state ''rhe law is
very amblguous," said Director M. j.
little and while we hope that we will
not be interfered with in the improve
1nents we will plan, still there may be
some difficulty about whether that
surplus belongs to us or to the state'
The board of control has awarded
The contract for years supply of
flour for the state institutions. OF
the large number of bidders four only
were successful, and it is particularly
gratifying that these are all Iowa
trims. The Mystic Milling company
of Sioux City was awarded the con
tract for furnishing 300 barrels of
flour 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
cured the School for the Deaf at Coun-
Gil 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 1885 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 $500 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
Will Oppose Germany.
Shanghai, Sept. 1.-Two French
priests reached Kiao Chou from the
far interior, escorted the whole way