Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 23, 1905, Page 3

STATE'S BILLS ARE $1,750,000 ANNUAL SHORTAGE REPORTED IN THE REVENUE FUND. The State of Minnesota is in debt one and three-quarters millions of dol- lars. That is, the revenue fund of the state treasury is short that much of the drafts that have been made upon it the last few months. “How would you like to have your finances in the condition of the state revenue fund,” remarked one of the state officials, “Well, if I had four millions coming within three months, I would not ob- ject to a debt of a couple of millions,” replied another. That is about the condition of the state finances to-day. Discussing the subject, a state of- ficial said: “We are allowed by law funds, but at present we have overdrawn the fund only $215,000. The rest is suffi- cient to care for the current expenses and the state institutions. “The greatest portion of the income of revenue fund is paid during Febru- ary, March, April, May, June and July. We frequently are confronted with a short revenue fund at this time of the year. This has been the rule for many years, for we notice that as far back as 1874 a statute was enacted author- izing the state treasurer to overdraw the revenue fund $200,000. The pro- vision was insufficient to meet the in- creased demand, and the legislature of 1903 further amended the law and en- larged the scope of the overdraft to $600,000. The same legislature authorized the treasurer to borroow $250,000, thus providing for a shortage of $850,000. The legislature of 1905, owing to con- ditions existing at that time, author- ized the governor, treasurer and audi- tor to provide for the necessary ex- penses by making arrangements with banks to carry staté warrants until the time the funds in the state reve nue fund should become available. The sum of $1,550,000 in state war- rants is now held in banks, and draw- ing interest at 41-2 per cent, payable on the call of the state treasurer. This, with $215 overdraft, makes about $1,750,000 on the debt side of the reve- nue fund. This is somewhat more than at the corresponding time a year ago. “To meet this we have the following revenue in sight, which will be paid into the state treasury before April, d the most of it before’ March’ 1: Railroad taxes, $5,200,000; insurance, $250,000; corporation taxes, $200,000; tax collections, $350,000; miscellane- oous, $200,000. This makes a total of $4,000,000 cash which will be received, and as fast as the money comes in warrants in the banks will be taken up. We anticipate that by April 1 the revenue fund should be easily over a million on the credit side. “For more than thirty years it has been the policy of the state to antici- pate this condition, believing it is bet- ter to do so than to impose heavy taxes upon the people, because that would mean that for the greater por- tion of the year there would be large sums of money idle in the state treas- ury, and in the belief that it is better to provide for a temporary stringency by short time loans and the payment of $10,000 or $12,000 in interest than to impose an additional tax of a mill- ion or more upon our taxpayers. “The trust funds are in excellent condition, as we have now about $150,- 000 able for the use of the state investment board to make loans to counties, villages, towns, cities and school district Altogether the cash in the treasury amounts to nearly $1,- 000,000. It should be remembered that from the revenue fund alone can the oordinary expenses of the government be paid. The cash in other funds, such as the soldiers’ relief, grain in- spection, current university and other funds is set apart for special purposes. “So, although at first glance the revenue fund is in debt, with more than $4,000,000 practically earned and only awaiting payment into the state fund, it can be said that the revenue fund is in good condition. Gen. E. M. Pope, chairman of tthe committee which has been auditing the State Agricultural society's state fair finances, has made a partial re- port to the governor covering the dis- bursements for the fair this year. The committee so far has found the ac- counts O. K. The final report will be out in a few days. The disbursements for the year include the folloowing for amusements: Relay race ++ $2,402.00 Third Regiment band . 332.00 Rental of pianos .... . 57.00 Journal Newsboys band . 80.00 Minnesota State band . 550.00 Dan Patch ....... 5,253.74 Paine’s fireworks . 6,200.00 Balloon ascensions . 295.00 Loop the loop ++ — 700.00 Miss Hope's three orchestra: 850.00 “Unita and Paul” . > 150.00 High dive ....... 200.00 The Nelson family 600.00 Galleti’s monkeys . 250.00 Bounding wire act. Liberati’s band ... 484.00 2,250.00. 2 ESS AO Roe SKE ++ $21,117.74 211 PEOPLE INJURED. State Bureau of Labor Collects Statis tics Covering Third Quarter of 1905. The quarterly report of the state la- bor department on accidents in fac tories has been given out by Julius Moersch, statistician of the depart- ment. The report shows that during the third quarter of 1905, comprising July, August and September, 211 acci- dents to working people have been re- ported to the state bureau of labor. The law requires that reports of such accidents have to be made which require the aid of a surgeon. A classification of the reports show that of the total number of accidents 10 were fatal; skull fractured, 1; head or face cut, 11; ear split, 1; head or face bruised, burned, scalded or other- wise injured, 9; body bruised, 21; ribs broken, 1; shoulder fractured, 1; eye or eyes injured, 12; object in eye, 12; arm fractured, 3; arm bruised burned, scalded or otherwise injured, 11; wrist sprained or cut, 3; hand cut, bruised, burned, scalded or otherwise injured, 29; fingers cut off, crushed or injured requiring amputation, 9; fingers, cut, bruised or otherwise injured, 47; leg cut, bruised, scalded or otherwise in- jured, 5;-foot cut, bruised, scalded or otherwise injured, 10; knee sprained, 3; toes cut off or crushed, requiring amputation, 1; toes cut, bruised or otherwise injured, 2; ankle broken, 2; ankle sprained, 3. cording to industries shows that 24 re- ports came from slaughtering and meat packing establishments, 55 from railroad, shops, 7 from sash and door factories, 25 occurred on railroads in the operating service, 38 in sawmills, 13 in flour mills, 9 in machine shops and foundries, 1 in stone quarry, 17 in woodworking establishments, 3 in candy factories, 1 in bag factory, 4 in printing establishments, 2 in mining operations, 1 in paper mill, one in grain elevator, 2 in wagon works, 1 in woolen mill, 4 in street railway opera- tion, 1 im canning factory, 1 in orick yard, 1 in molasses mill. Of the injured the following shows the age class: Under 20 years, 38; 20 to 25, 33; 25 to 30, 18; 30 to 30, 20; 35 to 40,17; 40 to 45, 16; 45 to 50, 1; 50 to 55, 6; 55 to 60, 8; over 60, 3. H. A. GOETSCH WINS THE CUP. Money Creek Man First in the Butter Contest. H. A. Goetsch of Money Creek wins the governor’s cup, in the twelve months’ educational butter scoring contest, which has been conducted under the auspices of the state dairy and food department. His average score for the twelve. months was 95.71. The cup is a beautiful engraved silver cup which Gov. Johnson offered last winter to the buttermaker of Minnesota who would get the highest average score in a twelve months’ contest. Four additional cups were offered by the department to the four getting the next highest averages. Edwin Hed of Nicollet wins the best cup of the four with an average score of 95.69, which is only .02 per cent below the average of the winner. The winners of the three remaining cups in order are: H. J. Rosenau, Meriden, 95.58; C. W. Sly, Lake Crystal, 95.81; A. G. Schandel, ‘Elmore, 95.16. Mr. Goetsch, the winner, has scored high in every contest. He has been second in four of them, but has not been first any month. Mr. Hed, who comes next below, has not been first or second in a single month, but was third once, and has kept up toward the top every time. Mr. Rosenau, who comes third, was first two months and seeond once. A. G. Schandel has been first one month, second twice and third once. The officers in charge of the contest are greatly pleased with the general results of the contest. The number of entries have been unusually large, and on the average the quality of the but- [se has been up to previous years. Some months, July, August and the state fair scoring, especially, the qual- ity of the butter was exceptionally good. In the August scoring John Grosser of Westbrook won first with a score of 99, which is the highest made in any seoring during the year. In April, May, June and July the win- ners scored 98, and in the state fair scoring, four, A. G. Schandel of El- more, Alex Johnson of Lafayette, Al- fred Schroeder of Lafayette and C. E. Kendall of Schafer, were tied for first place with 98.50. St. Paul, Dee. 19. — Osear Carlson was blown almost to atoms by a charge of dynamite while excavating at South Wabasha and Congress streets. His head, ears, fingers and one arm were picked up nearly a block from the scene of the accident and the trunk of the body was. found forty feet away. mL. 5 IS Sie Pioneer Dead. New Richmond, Dee.’ 17. — Thomas Gleason, a pioneer farmer of the town of Cylon, fell from a load of hay yes- terday morning and was instantly killed. He was born in Ireland 65 years ago, and came to St. Croix county in the early days. Indicted for Larceny. Albert Lea, Minn., Dec. 17.—In dis- trict court the grand jury returned an indictment against Harry Squier of this city on a charge of grand larceny in the second degree. sing, tking,— 4 ing! poor, pour door. A classification of the accidents ac-|. Christian people, come and Hope and joy receiving! Tell of him who is our Still his Words are live ‘ Proud or bumble, rich or’ Christmas opens wide From each beart tts bless- ings pour,— The joy of jops is giving! now! tow, poor, Christian people, sing pe Earnest voices raising, Sing good will to earth bes Wibich, Itke beav'n, ts praising! Proud or bumble, rich or Christnas opens wide pour door. From each beart its biess= ings pour,— The foy of jovs is giving! Vs KS fe 5 Time was, with most of us, when Christmas day encircling all our lim- ited world like a magic ring, left noth- ing out for us to miss or seek; bound together all our home enjoyments, af- fections, and hopes; grouped every- thing and every one around the Christ- mas fire; and made the little picture shining in our bright young eyes, com- plete. Time came, perhaps, all so soon! when our thoughts overleaped that narrow boundary; when there was some one (very dear, we thought then, very beautiful, and absolutely perfect) wanting to the fullness of our happi- ness; when we were wanting too (or we thought so, which did just as well), at the Christmas hearth by which that some one sat; and when we intertwin- ed with every wreath and garland of our life that some one’s name. That was the time for the bright conclusion, that life is little better than a dream, and little worth the loves and strivings that we crowd into it? No! Far be such miscalled philos- ophy from us, dear reader, on Christ- mas day! Nearer and closer to our hearts be the Christmas spirit, which is the spirit of active usefulness, per- severances, cheerful discharge of duty, kindness, and forbearance! It is in the last virtues especially, that we are, or should be, strengthened by the unaccomplished visions of our youth; for, who shall say that they are not our teachers to deal gently even with the impalpable nothings of the earth! Therefore, as we grow older, let us be more thankful that the circle of our ; Christmas associations and of the les- sons that they bring, expands! Let visionary Christmases which have {| us welcome every one of them and long arisen from us to show faintly, after summer rain, in the palest edges of the rainbow!” That was the time for the beatified enjoy- ment of the things that were to be, and never were, and yet the things that were so real in our resolute hope that it would be hard to say, now, what realities achieved since, have been stronger! What! Did that Christ- mas never really come when we and the priceless pearl who was our young choice were received, after the hap- piest of totally impossible marriages, by the two united families previously at dag- gers-drawn on our account? When brothers and sisters- in-law who had always been rather cool to us before our relationship was effected, perfectly doted on us, and when fathers and mothers overwhelmed us with unlim- ited incomes. Was _ that Christmas dinner never real- ly eaten, after which we arose, and generously and eloquently rendered honor to our late rival, present in the company, then and there exchanging friendship and forgiveness, and founding an attachment, not to be sur- passed in Greek or Roman story, which subsisted until death? Has that same rival long ceased to care fcr that same priceless pearl, and married for money, and be- come usurious? Above all, do we really know, now, that we should prob- ably have been miserable if we had won and worn the pearl, and that we are better without her? That Christmas when we had re- cently achieved so much fame; when we had been carried in triumph some- where, for doing something great and good; when we had won an honored and ennobled name, and arrived and were received at home in a shower of tears of joy; is it possible that that Christmas has not come yet? And is our life here, at the best, so constituted that, pausing as we ad- vance at such a noticeable mile-stone in the track as this great birthday, we look back on the things that never were, as naturally and full as gravely as on the things that have been and are gone, or have been and still are? If it be so, and so it seems to be, must we come to the Botticelli’s Madonna decays, for other homes and other bands of children, not yet in being nor for ages yet to be, arise, and bloom and ripen to the end of all! Welcome, everything! Welcome, alike what has been, and what never was, and what we hope may be, to your shelter underneath the holly, to your places round the Christmas fire, where what is sits open-hearted! In yonder shadow, do we see obtruding furtively upon the blaze, an enemy’s face? By Christmas Day we forgive him! If the injury he has done us may admit of such companionship, let him come here and take his place. If otherwise, unhappily, let him go hence, assured that we will never injure nor accuse him, On this day we shut out Nothing! “Pause,” says a low voice. “Noth- ing? Think!” “On Christmas day, we will shut | out from our fireside, Nothing.” “Not the shadow of a vast City where’ the withered voice replies. “Not the shad- ow that darkens the whole globe? Not the shadow of the City of the Dead?” Not even that. Of all days in the year, we will turn our faces towards that City upon Christmas day, and from its silent hosts bring those we loved, among us. City of the Dead, in the blessed name wherein we are gathered at this time, and in the Presence that is here among us accord- ing to the promise, we will re- ceive, and not dismiss, thy people who are dear to us! Yes. We can look upon these children angels that alight, so solemnly, so beauti- fully, among the living chil- dren by the fire, and can bear to think how they departed from us. Entertaining angels unawares, as the Patriarchs did, the playful children are unconscious of their guests; but we can see them—can see a radiant arm around one favorite neck, as if there were a tempting of that child away. Among the celestial figures is one, a poor mis- shapen boy on earth, of a glorious beauty now, of whom his dying mother said it griev- summon them to take their places by ; ¢d her much to leave him here, alone, the Christmas hearth. Welcome, old aspirations, glittering creatures of an ardent fancy, to your shelter underneath the holly! We know you, and have not outlived you yet. Welcome, old projects and old loves, however, fleeting, to your nooks among the steadier lights that burn around us. Welcome, all that was ever real to our hearts; and for the earnestness that made you real, thanks to Heaven! Do we build no Christmas castles in the clouds now? Let our thoughts, fluttering like but- terflies among these flowers of chil- dren, bear witness! Before this boy, there stretches out a future, brighter than we ever looked on in our old ro- mantic time, but bright with honor and with truth. Around this little head on which the sunny curls lie heaped, the graces sport, as prettily, as airily, as when there was no scythe within the reach of Time to shear away the curls of our first-love. Upon another girl’s face near it—placider but smiling bright—a quiet and con- tented little face, we see Home fairly written. Shining from the word, as rays shine from a star, we see how, when our graves are old, other hopes than ours are young, other hearts than ours are moved; how other ways are smoothed; how other happiness blooms, ripens, aud decays—no, not for so many years as it was likely would elapse before he came to her— being such a little child. But he went quickly, and was laid upon her breast, and in her hands she leads him. There was a gallant boy, who fell, far away, upon a burning sand beneath a burning sun, and said, “Tell them at home, with my last love, how much I could have wished to kiss them once, but that I died contented and had done my duty!” Or there was anoth- er, over whom they read the words, “Therefore we commit his body to the deep!” and so consigned him to the lonely ocean and sailed on. Or there was another who lay down to his rest in the dark shadow of great forests, and, on earth, awoke no more. O shall they not, from sand and sea and forest, be brought home at such a time!—From the writings of Charles Dickens. Christmas eve at midnight has always in all countries been ‘looked upon as the “ghostliest” time of the year. leaves are lying deep?” the) gs- Washington, Dec. 15.—The senate spent four hours yesterday in discuss-' ing the Panama canal emergency ap- propriation bill, and when it adjourned the bill was still under consideration. There were set speeches by Messrs. Teller, Scott and Morgan, and they were followed by a general debate in which all phases of the controversy were exploited, including the question of salaries, the control of the Panama railway and the necessity for general legislation on the canal subject. Mr. Ailison, chairman of the com- mittee on appropriations, expressed the opinion that congress should take up the question of salaries in connec- tion with other legislation. He also said the status of the Panama railway should be made the subject of legis- lation. Messrs. Teller, Scott and Morgan expressed dissatisfaction with the con- ditions in Panama, but all indicated a determination to support tthe supply measures necessary to secure the con- strtuction of the canal as at present undertaken. Debate on the recommendation in tthe president’s annual message re- garding insurance regulation occupied the House again yesterday without conclusion. The pending resolution refers the question to the ways and means committee, and in its defense, Mr. Payne, chairman, made the argu- ment that the only way congress | could control insurance was through the taxing power. Washington, Dec. 16. — The house devoted four and three-quarters hours yesterday to lively debate on the pos- sibilities of controlling insurance com panies. Two set speeches were the features. One by Mr. Sherley (Ky.) bore on the doctrine of state’s rights, and the other by Mr. Cockran (N. Y.) related to the actions of the officers who managed the big life insurance companies of his state, Mr. Cockran promising that congress, through its taxing power, should confine all in- surance companies to the state im which they are organized. Mr. Williams, the. minority leader concluded the debate, holding that control was possible, but not through the taxing power. The Panama canal was again under consideration by the senate. and Mr. Tillman occupied the entire time giv- en to that subject, except that he gave way to questions or interruptions by other senators. He did not indicate any intention of opposing the passage of the appropriation bill, but he criti- cised the methods of the Canal com- mission in many of its transactions. When the senate adjourned the bil was still pending, but there was arn agreement to vote to-day. Washington, Dec. 18. — The senate Saturday passed the Panama canal emergency appropriation bill, but the result was not attained until after the debate on the bill had been continued the greater part of the day to the ex- clusion of practically all other busi- ness. The house indulged itself again to the extent of four hours of what was many times termed an academic dis- cussion of federal control of insur- ance. It was the fourth day of the de- bate and the interest of members had apparently diminished. Democratic contention for states’ rights predomi- nated in the oratory. The Republic- ans who spoke confined themselves more to the committee reference which should be made of the subject of insurance in the president’s mes- sage. On this many views were ex- pressed. Washington, Dec. 19.—Whethe censur! senate is warranted in senator convicted in a court of miscon- duct and not assigning him to a place on standing committees, yet leay his name on the senate rolls, was dis- cussed for two hours yesterday by the senate and then dropped without a rul- ing on the question. Several senate leaders took up the subject. On .ac- count of the delicacy of the question the debate naturally was not as open as would be necessary for final de termination of the matter. Mr. Bailey raised the point by in quiring of Mr. Hale when the latter presented the new list of standing committees whether every senator had been provided with a place. Mr. Hale replied that every senator except Mr. Burton of Kansas had been given as- signments, and he had been left off the committees at his own request un- til the charges against him had been disposed of by the courts. Mr. Mailey protested against any senator’s name being kept on the roll unless he was given work to do, and argued that it is the duty of the senate to itself, to Kansas and to the country, to investi- gate the charges against Mr. Burton and determine whether he is entitled to a seat in the senate. Insurance, hazing, the suffering Rus- sian Jews and immigration were all topics of discussion in the house yes- terday under the general leave of talk. The only business done was to send the canal appropriation bill to conference. Hit by Engine; Gets $2,000. Red Wing, Minn., Dec. 17.—In the case of Christian J. Floan against the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road for damages, the jury yesterday returned a verdict for $2,000, the full amount asked. Floan was run over by a switch engine.