Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-03-27

general holds such reissue was not
necessary and that the provisions of
section 1863 of the code requiring
500 shares of state banks applied
only to banks organized after it be
came a law.
The house committee on appropria.
priations has decided to recommend
for passage a substitute to the bill pro-
viding 100000 for a state arsenal and
adjutant generals building. The sub
stitute provides the appropriation shall
not be available unless it comes out
of the money that it expected from the
federal government to pay interest on
the war bonds and war warrants The
proposition is to erect this building
on the grounds at Eleventh street and
Capitol avenue, just east of the state
house. The committee felt the bill
was meritoTious and, inasmuch as the
department has saved nearly this
amount in the last few years, that 1t
was due to the guard that the appro.
priation be made. There were large
savings made by the department dur
ing the Spanish war. These reverted
later to the general fund.
Senator Harper has introduced a
bill providing an appropriation of
$4,000 for the purchase of paintings
for the state historical bilding. The
paintings will include portraits OF
Governors Gear, Sherman, Larrabee.
Boies, Jackson, Drake and Shaw.
Congressman Hull received the Polk
county delegation to the congressional
convention by vote of 1877 to 104.
Judge Prouty made an address with
drawing from the contest. but adding
that he would again be candidate In
1904.
The Moore bill to allow $1,000 an.
nually to the Iowa State Poultry as.
sociation was recommended for pas.
sage, also the bill to allow $1,000 an.
nually to the Iowa State Dairy asso-
citation.
The house committee on agriculture
held session and decided to recon-
mend for passage the bill to permit
the Des Moines Street Railway COM
pany to enter the state fair grounds.
This bill is desired by the state de-
partment Of agriculture, which wants
the company to run line from north
of the Grand avenue entrance to the
grounds to the amphitheater. This
committee killed the bill providing
for three assistants for the state dairy
commissioner. ...
DR.. Chappell, local forecast Official
of the government weather bureau
service, has inauguarted new scheme
for the dissemination of weather fore
casts. He has had made large num-
Der Of small weather signal flags and
stats which he will issue to rural mail
delivery messengers with the request
that they display them upon their
wagons while going over their routes.
The senate committee on pardons
Oy vote of to decided to report to
to the senate against pardoning Yves.
ley EllSins, who is confined at Ana.
mosa, for numbering his father ant
mother. The question was discussed
at great length and three members of
the committee were strongly in favor
OF pardoning him. 1t is understood
that the house committee will report
the case out without any recommen.
dalton at all.
The house committee on appropria.
dons has recommended for passage
a bill appropriating S150,000 to the st.
Louis exposition. The committee is
not unit in favor of this, and it is
said quite as many favor quarter of
a million as there are that favor a
less sum. The committee voted down
a proposition to appropriate 100000
TO the exposition. The senate COM
mittee has recommended $4,000. The
committee also voted to appropriate
100000 for the erection of the east
wing of the historical building. There
Is string tied to this, however, in a
provision that the appropriation shall
not be available unless the state re-
ceiyes the claims from the government
for interest on the war bonds and war
warrants, and that the money shall be
taken out secondary to the 100000
that is to come therefrom for an ar
senal and adjutant generals build
ing. The executive council is author.
lied to buy so much land as needful,
which is supposed to be the land lying
between the present west wing and
Twelfth street. 1t is presupposed
that a main building shall in the fu-
ture be built between the two wings.
The original amount asked to com.
plete the building was 100000. 1t is
estimated the main building, which fu.
ture assemblies are expected to take
care of, would cost 100000. The com.
mittee killed the Secor pure food bill,
which carried an appropriation Of
$4,000. The committee recommended
for passage the bills that have been In
dorsed by the senate committee on ap
preparations. appropriating $1,000 to
the Benedict home of Des Moines, the
Dubuque Rescue home and the
Women's and Babies home of Siouy
City.
Casey-"Did ye hear about poor
Flannery?" Cassidy-"Sorra the
word" Casey-"Shure, the big stamp
hammer in the foundry dropped on his
chist an killed him" Cassidy-"Well,
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