Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-07
MINNESOTA REVISES BOOKS
State Making Inspection with View
of Changing Accounting System.
RAILWAY EARNINGS IN STATE
Net PROFIT from Operations I'm Iowa
Eighteen and Quarter Millions
Only Two Small Lines Oper-
ated mt n Loss.
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DIES MONIES. Dec. S-(Special. Expect
ing to make some changes in the Minnesota
method of public accounts. a number of the
state officials visited the state offices in
the Iowa capitol yesterday and Investigated
the Iowa methods, securing blanks. etc.
Those who were here were: Auditor of
State Samuel G. Iverson, Deputy State
Treasurer r. s. Pettijohn, Deputy Public
Examiner Francis N. Tracy and W. c.
Hebron. The Minnesota officials, in their
tour Of inspection, nave visited the state
capitals in Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois
and Ohio.
Compulsory Education for Blind.
Bernard Murphy of vinton, in Des Moines
today, said that he expects to spend con-
siderable time in the city during the COM
ing session Of the legislature and will urge
the passage of severai new laws such as
will effect Vinton and the State School for
the Blind there. Among other things, Mr..
Murphy will urge the enactment of a law
providing for compulsory education of the
blind in Iowa. He says there is as much,
OF more reason why the blind should be
compelled to secure an education as chill
dren with all their senses. He points out
the fact that some graduates of the School
for the Blind are now able to make more
than a living for themselves and are indie
pendent, whereas many blind people with
out an education are dependent on the state
and counties.
Lawyer Arrested.
Overzeal on the part of Wilbur ]. Garri-
son. we'll known lawyer and politician, to
assist the sheriff in getting T. L. Arnold
and r. z. Herrold, under arrest after being
indicted by the grand jury on a charge OF
conspiracy, resulted in his W arrest to-
day.
He is alleged to have sent postal cards
through the mails offering a reward Of
800 for the arrest of the two men.
When one of the post cards reached a
friend Of Mr.. Arnold's he filed an infor-
nation in the United States court charg-
ing Garrison with sending defamatory and
libelous literature through the mails.
Garrison was placed under arrest at
noon today by United States Marshal Bid
well. and was later released under bonds
of 5000.
Railway Earnings.
fluctuations completed in the office of
the State Railroad commission today show
that the total earnings from operation Of
the Iowa roads for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1905, amount to s64, 400, S72.O6. The
grand total will probably amount to even
more because OF the lateness of the report
of the Great Western road. which is in the
hands of the receiver.
The operation expenses for the year were
SAG, 125, 1858, and the net earnings are
SIS, 21. 1852 for the S,972.7s miles of road
within tho state. But two roads showed
losses. they being the Abba Central. which
lost &,&sl9. and the Muscatine North &
South. which operated at a loss of 81, 75S. 50.
State Fair Dates.
Dates for the state and sectional fairs
Of the oming year were fixed at the
meeting OF the representatives of the DIFF
ferent agricultural associations held at
Chicago during the international Live
Stock show.
Iowa will have the usual dates-the last
four days in August and the first week In
September-Ohio being assigned the same
dates, while a special or district fair will
be in operation at that time in Topeka,
Kan.