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The following appropriations to State institu- 

 tions were made by the Legislature : 



Hospital for the Insane, Mount Pleasant . . 



Industrial School, Eldora 



College for the Blind at Vinton 



Penitentiary at Anamosa 



Hospital for the Insane, Independence 



Penitentiary at Fort Madison , 



Benedict Home, Des Moines 



Soldiers' Home, Marshalltown 



Industrial School, Mitchellville , 



School for the Deaf, Council Bluffs 



Industrial School for the Blind, Knoxville. 

 State Fish Hatchery 



$24,000 

 6,050 

 5,100 

 37,665 

 10,000 

 9,500 

 9,000 

 11,875 

 5,000 

 14,100 

 22,100 

 6,000 



Hospital for the Insane at Clarinda 127,03S 



State Normal School at Cedar Falls 50,000 



Institute for Feeble-minded Children at Olenwood . . 49,850 

 Soldiers 1 and Sailors 1 Orphans 1 Home at Davenport. . 14,600 

 State Library, $3,000 in 1894, and $5,000 annually 



thereafter. 



State University, $65,000 for special objects, and 

 $25,000 annually for permanent addition to support 

 fund. 



Agricultural College, $49,000 for improvements, and 

 $15,000 annually hereafter for repairs and current 

 expenses. 



For building- a dormitory at Marshalltown for widows 

 of soldiers and sailors and for army nurses 3,000 



In the matter of the investigation of irregu- 

 larities at the Fort Madison Penitentiary (see 

 " Annual Cyclopaedia " for 1893, page 408), the 

 Governor reported that he believed the warden 

 to have been guilty of nothing worse than apply- 

 ing the guard fund to purposes not authorized 

 by law, but for purposes connected with the in- 

 stitution and necessary expenditure, and that no 

 part had been appropriated to his own use. He 

 recommended a further hearing of the case by 

 the Legislature. 



Military. Provision having been made for 

 the erection of a soldiers' monument at the cap- 

 ital, with the surplus of the direct war tax re- 

 funded, the corner stone was laid in September. 

 The base and shaft are to be of Vermont granite, 

 and the, medallions and figures of bronze. The 

 figures of soldiers will be modeled from men who 

 were in Iowa regiments in the civil war. The 

 crowning figure will be a representation of Vic- 

 tory, in bronze ; the entire height of the monu- 

 ment, 135 feet. 



Battle-flag Day was celebrated Aug. 10, the 

 anniversary of the battle of Wilson's Creek, in 

 1861, where the first Iowa blood was shed in the 

 civil war. About 4,000 veterans were in line, 

 other companies joining in the parade, and the 

 flags that were carried during the war were 

 taken by the regiments to which they belonged 

 from the arsenal to the Statehouse, where they 

 will be kept sealed in glass cases hereafter. The 

 Army of the Tennessee held its reunion at Coun- 

 cil Bluffs in October. It was resolved to petition 

 Congress to appropriate money for making Shiloh 

 battlefield into a national cemetery and park. 



The commission appointed to locate the posi- 

 tions of Iowa troops in the national park at 

 Chattanooga reported in October that their 

 work had been done. 



The Federal grand jury found indictments, in 

 October, against each of 3 members of the 

 late Board of Pension Examiners at Carroll. 

 The evidence went to show that two of them 

 would fill and sign blanks certifying their pres- 

 ence and participation in the medical examina- 

 tion of pension applicants, which ready-made 

 certificates would be used by the third for any 

 applicant he saw fit. 



Banks. The statement of the condition of 

 banks was made June 30 by the Auditor from 

 their reports. Following is the consolidated 

 statement as to the State and savings banks, 

 compared with that of 1893 : 



Assets, June 30, 1894, $61,271,266.82 ; liabilit ics, 

 $61,271,266.82. Assets, June 30, 1893, $60,854,- 

 842.61; liabilities, $60,854,842.61. The total 

 assets of the State and savings banks at the 

 close of business, June 30, 1892, were $59,011,- 

 405.14. , 



By reports of Sept. 26, 1894, both classes 

 banks showed increase in bills receivable and 

 posits, and decrease in cash and credits. 



Railroads. The report of the Railway Cor 

 missioners was filed in December. They cor 

 plain that they have found it very difficult, ar 

 in some instances impossible, to secure from the 

 railway companies information on " the working 

 of the system of railway transportation in the 

 State," and on other points where the Iowa busi- 

 ness must be separated from the gross business of 

 the entire lines. The railway managers say that it 

 is impossible to separate accurately the business 

 of Iowa from that of the whole line, and espe- 

 cially impossible to say what part of the expenses 

 of the whole line should be charged to Iowa 

 business. But it is evident that there has been 

 a decrease of earnings, amounting to nearly one 

 eighth, chiefly on freight business. This loss in 

 earnings was urged in favor of increased rates, a 

 request for which was before the commissioners. 

 The number of em-ployees was reduced, and the 

 average wages of those retained was lowered. 

 While 31,127 were employed in Iowa ; n '1893, 

 and received $18,389,373.78, the number in 1894 

 was 29,308, and the compensation $16,378,740.81. 



The total earnings amounted to $102,403.819.- 

 70, of which the proportion for Iowa was $40,- 

 699,679.92. 



The total number killed in Iowa by raih 

 accidents was 145, and injured 491. 



The taxes paid by railways to the State 

 amounted to $1,426,014.85. The number 

 miles of lines in Iowa was 8,477'49. The total 

 assessment of all the roads in 1893 was $44,869,- 

 784, and for 1894 it was $44.876,035. 



Insurance. The Auditor issued in June his 

 annual insurance report for 1893. Following is 

 the summary : 



One hundred and twenty fire insurance com- 

 panies, 1 joint live-stock insurance company, 1 

 steam-boiler insurance company, 4 plate-glass 

 insurance companies, 2 fidelity insurance com- 

 panies, 1 accident insurance company, and 4 

 companies doing an employers' liability business 

 were authorized to do business in the State dur- 

 ing the year 1893. 



Of the fire insurance companies, there were 14 

 Iowa joint-stock companies and 6 Iowa mutual 

 companies, 75 joint-stock companies and 1 mu- 

 tual company of other States, and 24 United 

 States branches of foreign companies. There 

 were also 137 mutual fire and tornado associa- 

 tions of this State. 



During 1893 there were 33 life insurance com- 



ganies authorized to transact business in tlv 

 tate. Of this number, 3 do also an accident 

 business, 1 does exclusively an accident business, 

 and 3 do industrial life insurance. 



Of the life insurance companies authorized 



