Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1892 — HAS RUN OUT OF CASH. [ARTICLE]

HAS RUN OUT OF CASH.

Columbian CommUlon Bead Over Heels , , s In Debt. According to a Washington dispatch, the World’s Columbiam Commission seems to be a bankrupt concern. It is out of funds. The Treasury Department hasn’t enough money to pay the expenses of the last session of the National Board, not to mention the expenses of the offices at Chicago, from now until July 1, when the next appropriation, if one is made, becomes available. The plain truth is that the National Commission is already head over heels in debt and that its account with the Treasury Department is overdrawn at least $12,000. The fact has apparently been concealed out of deference to the national branch of the World’s Fair. At the'Treasury Department it was stated that only ten vouchers, calling for the pets diem and expenses of members of the National Board, had yet been presented tor the April service. These ten vouchers, including the expenses of one committee meeting, aggregate $1,587. At the last meeting of the National Commission the attendance was unusually large. The expense of that session could not have been less than $12,000. Only ten vouchers have been received at the Treasury Department for the expenses of the commissioners who attended that session.