The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-03
BOOKS ARE NOW CLOSED
WORLDS FAIR BOARD HELD A
MEETING IN ST. PAUL.
Balance Of Ss9.33 Il Turned Into the
State Treasury: Four Members
Do the 5ue,nsss.

| From SATURDAYS Da:iv.
The accounts of the Minnesota
board of worlds fair managers for The
Columbian exposition held in Chicago
in 1898 were closed up at meeting
of the board in the governors office
yesterday, says The Pioneer Press.
After paying all outstanding bills
there remained in the treasury of the
board balance of S69.33, which the
board by resolution directed to be
turned into the state treasury. The
resolution also requested that the Sec
rotary of state cancel and return to
the treasurer of the board his bond
for $l5O,OOO, given ut the time he
qualified rs treasurer.
! The affairs of this board practically
were closed at meeting on May 20,
| 1894, when $4,000 was turned back
into the state trasury and balance
of $S06.SS was left in the hands of
the treasurer for the payment of the
expenses of printing the final report
of the board and for any other out
standing bills Since then the board
never has met, due in part to the
death of ID. \. Monfort, the president
of the board. This matter was called
to the attention of Governor johnson
u short time ago by a. l.. Ward of
Fairmont. one of the members of the
board who stated that no accounting
ever has been had OF the balance left
in the hands of the treasurer, John j.
Furlong of Austin, at the time of the
last meeting of the board.
An attempt was made to get the
board together two weeks ago, but
failed. Yesterday, however, four of
the five surviving members got to-
gether and closed up the business. 1t
was found that vouchers for $Gil.5l
of the money left with the treasurer
had been signed by the members of
the auditing committee of which Mr..
Ward is member, and had been paid
years ago. The financial report shows
the following payment made out of
$S06.sS: Postage and expenses of the
secretary's office, 1916; expenses of
the treasuer's Office, $37.l5; publish
ing and distributing 5000 copies of
the l4l-page final report of the super
intendent. L. p. Hunt, and the board
$5G67l. These bills were all paid
years ago, and after paying the ex-.
penses of the meeting held yesterday,
amounting to $1,000, there remained
in the fund $G9.33. which will 90 back
into the state treasury.
Appropriations of $4,000 and $780,
600 respectively were made by the leg
islature for the Minnesota exhibit at
the Chicago words fair, and of this
state treasury at the close of the fair.
In addition to the money large num-
Der of exhibits. among which were
number of pictures of scenes and
buildings prominent in the early his
tory of the state, We're sent back to
the state at the expense of the board
of managers.
The board yesterday passed resolu-
tions of regret at the death of ID. \.
Monfort. the former president of the
board Prof. o. V. Tousley and b. II.
Moore. United States commissioners to
the fair. The meeting was attended
by Jay La Due, Luverne. c. Nice.
Reeve, Minneapolis; J. J. Furlong Aus
tin, and \. l.. Ward of Fairmont. The
other member of the board, George
y. Lamphere, has moved to the State
of Washington.