Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-04-17
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. April IL. 1909.

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nation conveyed to the legislature.
The appropriations committees OF both
houses have been waiting for the dis.
position of the millage bills in support
of the state educational institutions
and to hear from Washington before
determining finally upon their recon.
mendations. 1t is believed that the
report from Washington as to the
amount of money Iowa will realize
on her war claim will be received with
in few days, and that it will be such
a sum as will warrant the appropria-
tons committees in treating most lib
orally the st. Louis exposition and the
state historical building.
The friends of the state educational
institutions are greatly pleased with
the passage of the millage bills with
SO little difficulty. They have been
hard at work upon the matter for sew
eral weeks. and have been disappoint-
eG in numerous instances when they
expected to be able to call the bills up
and other measures interviewed. In
some cases they began to be worried
for fear the date Of adjournment would
approach SO near as to make it diff
fcult to get the bills before the house
in time to receive favorable considera-
ton. A great deal of work was done
in favor of the levies and those OPP
posing them practically gave up the
fight. The opposition on the floor of
the house was confined to few spas,
modic efforts, and it was recognized
that the bills would go through by an
overwhelming vote. Great credit is
due President w. NJ. Beardshear. of
Ames, who has spent a great deal of
time on the matter and has assisted
materially, not only in securing the
levy for his own institution, but also
for the other educational institutions
Of the state. Taken altogether. the
three levies amount to one-half mill.
and on the present valuation will yield
about s257,000 annually. This sum
will be divided as follows: STATE Uni.
versity, $110,000; State Agricultural
College. $4,000; and State Normal
School, $4,000.
The sum of s1.50S, 467.7s has been
charged to the counties of the state
for general revenue purposes by State
Auditor Merriam. This is the tax
levy for general state purposes Of
1901, to be collected In 1902. 1t rep.
resents levy of 81 mills on the tax
able property in the state according
to the 1901 assessment, and Is now be-
ing collected in the various counties.
BY act of the twenty-eighth general
assembly the executive council was au-
thorized to fix in 1901 rate that would
yield approximately $1,500,000 for
general state purposes. Under figures
obtained from the auditors Office, the
council fixed the rate at 81 mills The
estimates made by the auditor were
remarkably close to correctness, as
shown by the total Just charged
to the various counties on the books
in the auditors office. This sum, ST.
sos, 467.76, as given above, Is but q
little more than $4,000 out of the way
Of the sum directed to be raised by the
general assembly. 1t is said to be
the closest estimate ever made In tho
auditors office on the general revenue.
In addition to the total named above.
the counties are charged with sos $685.
80, being the one-tenth mill levy for
the Iowa State college and the same
amount additional representing the
one-tenth mill for the university. The
total levy for 1901, including the one
tenth mill levies for the university and
the state college, is 2.9 mills. The
amount raised by the one-tenth mill
levy for the university in excess of
$4,000 goes into the general revenue
and the same is true as to the levy for
the state college.
Major Turner has called for the ad-
Post grading and certain preliminary
work in construction of buildings on
account of the contest in the district
court. ]. M. Work and others have
asked the court to enjoin the city from
loaning the water works company $40,.
900, as provided in a resolution passed
by the city council two months ago.
This case has not yet been decided.
The government informed Major Turn.
er that 1t would not be best to secure
bids until this legal obstacle to active
operations is removed. The Exchange
committee hopes to induce Work tc
withdraw the suit, but thus far the
socialists have even declined to press
the suit for early trial. and have rather
derided the efforts of the Exchange
committee.
The supreme court reversed the YER
dict of the Warren county court at
Indianola in the famous Hossack muir.
der case and new trial will be grant.
ed the accused woman. Mrs. Hossack
is now serving life sentence at Fl.
Madison for the alleged murder of her
aged husband. The crime occurred
two years ago at the Hossack farm
seventeen miles southwest Of Indian
ola. Mrs. Hossack aroused members
of the family at two o'clock in the
morning with the cry that burglars
had entered the house and struck her
husband with whom she was sleeping
a blow with an AK. He was found to
be dying, his head split open with an
AK. and blood spattered al over the
wall. Suspicion pointed to the murd-
cred mans aged wife for the reason
that though she was sleeping in the
same bed with the murdered man, she
failed to see the assailants. The con-
dition of the bed cover and her own
clothing was a circumstance against
her as was also the fact that
she had quarreled with her hus-
band over her favorite son and the
disposition of his large farm. The jury
at Indianola returned a verdict of
guilty on purely circumstantial evi.
dence.
She-"How many men owe their
success in life to their wives" He
Eyes, and how many more men owe
"A. A. T. s.
Doesn't the sopranos voice sound
metallic to your" Eyes; but then. you
know, there's money in it."
rs he really such an expert stem
ographer?" "Expertness is no name
for it Why. just for practice, he
actually took down a church sewing.
circle discussion without missing a
word"
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