The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, Sept. "a. 100

Dcs MONIES, Sept. ~, 1901.
One of the most interesting state-
ments of the many that are to be in
cluded in the biennial report of the
state auditor is that showing the tax
collections during the years 1899 and
1900, as compiled from the reports OF
the county auditors and the auditors
of special charter cities. The total
collections for 1899 were $19,726,.-
1880. The collections include all
corporate taxes derived from the gem
eral and special levies. A portion of
the increase of 1900 over the proceed
ing year is due to the additional levy
of one-tenth of mill for the agricu1-
tural college.
Captain Z. B. Soper of Emmets-
burg, head of the Shiloh monument
commission, in speaking of the plans
of the commission, said: Gas mat
tiers now stand, we are waiting for
the national commission to approve
the design selected for the state mon
ument. Colonel Cornelius Cadle of the
national commission has the design
directly in charge, the approval of it
being left to him by the national COM
mission. Some slight changes will
have to be made in the inscriptions
for the regimental monuments. The
design for these has been approved
by the national commission The
reason for the changes is that 1t is
found necessary to shorten some Of
them to make them correspond with
the size of the space reserved for the
bronze tablets. This matter is in
process of adjustment.
II would like very much to get tho
approval of the plan for the state
monument from the national commits
sion and the secretary of war, so we
could go ahead and let the contract
for putting up the monuments. do
not expect there will be much further
delay. When the plans are approved.
I think immediate steps for the LETT
ting of the contract will be taken.'
Asked whether the monuments
would be completed next summer,
Captain Soper said he hoped so, but
much would depend on the time Of
letting the contracts.
The great volume of business done
by the board of control is shown by
the report of the expert accountants
to the executive council. which was
recently filed with Secretary A. II.
Dawson and which has been made
public, though it has not formally
been taken up by the council. The
report covers the three years begin
ming July 1, 1898, when the board Of
control law went into effect, to July
], 1901. The total receipts for all this
institutions in the three years in gen.
eral support funds were $1,000, 697.97
and in special appropriations were
Sl,2O6,5 45.S3, making a total of $4,276,.
243.S0. The total disbursements were
1881, $4,000, of which SO .997, O72.51 was
IN general support funds and special
appropriations, July i, 1901, was 1894,
423.71. The report of the experts, FL
Ill. Skinner and w. HI. Hedges, is sSl
splendid tribute to the efficiency s.
the board.
Four years ago deal was mao
by which the city Of Rss Moines cd
possession OF the eZdEtate erssp IA
building grounds OH the riveiAsps ~. s g!
for a city library site, and the pas III
got plat of ground facing the 81 'f ~
capitol building on East Elev@ EN-
street, 100 by 1872 feet in size, in fSSsa1
turn therefor, in addition to about
$4,000 in cash. The deal was emf
nently satisfactory to the military
department of the state, which has
long been dreaming of a modern ar
senal building. Such structure will
be asked from the incoming state
legislature. 1t is suggested that
the arsenal building be of size to
accommodate the adjutant general
and his force, the stores of the mil
itary branch of the state government,
the civil war records, the civil war
flags, which are now sealed up in
cases near the state library, and
which the capitol commission win
insist ON having removed, and the
Grand Army of the Republic head.
quarters, when are now cramped into
the state capitol building. A struc.
ture that will accommodate all these
will easily be built for the $4,000
fixed by the military department. as
the maximum.
The Sovereign Grand lodge of Odd
Fellows, in session at Indianapolis,
'oted to hold the next encampment
at Des Moines. This is good news to
The Odd Fellows of the city and state.
as they have been working to secure
this convention for over year. To
entertain this convention will entail
an expense of from $4,000 to sac, 900.
Part Of this will be furnished by the
Grand lodge of Iowa, but much of it
will have to be raised in Des Moines.
The will of Mrs. Martha c. Gala
nan leaves $4,000 to the Des Moines
Home for the Aged, and $4,000 to
the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial
School at Tuskegee, Ala. 1t is possi-
BILE, however, that these requests
may not be paid in full, for the Iowa
law provides that but one-fourth OF
an estate may be left to corpora
tions. Mrs. Callanan's estate is es-
timated at $4,000 and these two be-
quests include more than half OF the
estate The LEGAL limit would give