Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-01-15
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. Jan. 10. IL

1
The board Of control has received
an interesting report from Mt. Pleas
ant hospital showing the amount OF
money on deposit December 81, 1902
4 in the haI dis OF the superintendent OF
the hospl.-i for the benefit of patients.
| Some of the patients have good sums
on deposit, the highest being SITS. go.
One individual has got the munificent
balance of cents to his credit. The
total foots up to $2,549.03. 4
Auditor of State Merriam on the Sd
turned in to the treasury draft for
! $925.75 representing back taxes of the
| National Fire Insurance company OF
Hartford. In addition to this, $63450
received In payment of fees was paid
in to the treasury.
The term Of office of the newly elect.
ed state officers began on the 9Th
B. F. Carroll OF Bloomfield succeeded
Auditor of State Merriam, John G.
Crockett of Eldora succeeded C. T.
Jones as clerk of the supreme court,
and w. w. Cornwall of Spencer sue
ceeded B. !. Salinger as supreme court
reporter. The bonds of those who
enter on new terms as state officers
and deputies were filed with the gov
! ernor as follows:
! Treasurer of State Gllbertson $500 900
Deputy Treasurer McQuiston. 100, 900
Auditor of State Carroll. =. :. .100, 900
Deputy Auditor of State Brandt rs, 900
Insurance Clerk VIM. M. Lewis. $4,000
Secretary of State Martin. :. 10000
J Deputy Secretary of State Hites 10000
Clerk Supreme Court Crockett 10. 900
! Deputy Clerk Bousquet. ;. 5000
Reporter Supreme Court Corn
wall ......... ........... 10000
Attorney General Mullan 10000
Railroad Commissioner Palmer. 5000
A decrease of nearly FIVE and
half millions in deposits in the 237
state and $40 savings banks of Iowa
is shown by the statement Just Is.
sued from the auditor of states office
to have resulted between September
| Is and December 8. The last call by
the auditor was December 8 and Sep.
TENDER Is was the date Of the pre-.
ceding call. ..
1t is estimated that over $4,000 an
nually is paid to Des Moines' people
holding good position in the state
house. Practically all the deputy.
ships and chief clerkships are held
by residents Of the city. This is true
in the Offices of governor, secretary,
treasurer, auditor, attorney general,
adjutant general board of control, ex-
ecutive council, exposition commission,
capitol commission and railroad COM
mission. The notable exceptions are in
| the office of clerk of the supreme
court and agricultural department.
Aside from Partnerships the salaries
aggregate over $4,000 annually, &C
cording to the next Official Register
soon to be printed, which go to Des
Motnes residents.
The reports which are made from
time to time of the cost Of feeding the
patients and inmates of the state in
stitutions to the board of control,
show that the state gives excellent
food to the people who are being
cared for. The dietary reports from
Independence just received indicate
that the patients have been supplied
with abundance of wholesome food,
at small cost. The cost Of the bare
material for the food for the patients
was 5s cents each per meal. The
cost of the food for the officers was
cents per meal each. The difference
was entirely in the fact that more
than 1900 were fed from the supplies
for the officers.
President A. e. Holder of the Iowa
State Federation of Labor is receiving
inquiries from various sources that in
dicate great interest has been aroused
among Iowa teachers over the ques
ton of lettering their wages through
the formation of unions. In fact, the
teachers of one community, in Web.
ster county, have already taken steps
toward the formation of union. The
| favorable consideration given by teach.
ers in Chicago and elsewhere to the
movement for organization, together
with the reports of State Superintend
ent Barrett, showing the low average
of teachers wages throughout Iowa
with the hopelessness of the outlook
for any increase in compensation, are
assigned by union men as the cause
/ for the aroused interest among teach
ers on the subject Of organization.
Discussing the situation, prominent
union labor leader said it was natural
| teachers should take hold of the move.
ment slowly, and that they first had
to be educated up to realize that the
| interests of teachers lay along the
same road as the interests of all other
wage earners. He thought ultimately
much would come of the union labor
movement among the teachers.
Chas. Anderson of Cumberland sui
cided at Davenport by taking laud-
anum. He was found dead in bed at
the Atlantic hotel. A draft for 500
on the Bank of Cumberland and let
tiers in his clothing revealed his iden.
tity. 49,.
Jehial Johnson, over 80 years of age,
celebrated Christmas by walking three
miles into the town Of Waukon from
his farm. He often makes the trip on
foot in preference to riding. which
he says belongs to the boys whose
muscles are not yet hardened.
Helmer Depoer, who was shot In a
quarrel by August Bunge at George,
December 81, has died from the eff |
fects of the wound. Death was due to |
an internal hemorrhage. Bunge will |
be arr .igned on the charge of murder !
in the second degree. The shooting |
occurred in q shoe store and was done, |
seemingly without provocation. The |
two men were quarreling over a mat
ter of farming.
A man seldom wants thing after |
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