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Dr. S.Gumbinner, of Berlin; Rabbis Elias Colin, 

 ofMayence; Abraham Caro, of Pinne ; Louis 

 Morhange, of Metz; M. Feuchtwang, Nicols- 

 burg ; Adolph Ehrentheil, of Bohemia ; M. M. 

 Stern, of Vienna; Asher Stern, of Hamburg ; 

 Ornstein, of Lemberg; Hillesum, of Holland, 

 Solomon Debenedetti, of Naples ; Rafael Foa, 

 of Parma; Frohlich, of Halle; Isidor, Chief 

 Rabbi of France ; Samter, of Berlin ; Max 

 Kayser, Socialist deputy of Berlin ; Dr. S. A. 

 Belmonte, of Hamberg; Moritz Ritter von 

 Goldschmidt, of Vienna; the Russian finan- 

 ciers and philanthropists Samuel Poliakoffand 

 Israel Brodsky; Madame S. Goldschmidt, of 

 Frankfort ; Baroness Caroline de Hirsch, of 

 Munich ; and Miss Miriam Harris, of London, 

 all noted for their piety and benevolence ; 

 Prof. Arsene Darmesteter, of Paris; Levi A. 

 Cohen, of Tangiers ; Rev. Dr. Louis Loewe, of 

 London, the secretary and life-long friend of 

 Sir Moses Montefiore ; Alexander BJumenthal, 

 President of the Venice Chamber of Com- 



merce ; Jacob de Neuscholz, the banker-phi- 

 lanthropist of Jassy; Moritz Lowenthal, of 

 Dresden: Prof. Leone Levi, English political 

 economist; Alexander Sidi, philanthropist of 

 Smyrna ; and Prof. L. Polizer, of Vienna. 

 Among the more notable deaths among the 

 Jews of the United States were Michael Ileil- 

 prin, of New York, author and critic; Mrs. Hen- 

 ry Cohen, of Philadelphia; Alfred T. Jones, of 

 Philadelphia, founder of the " Jewish Record " ; 

 Hon. G. N. Herrman, of Ne\v York ; Col. Isaac 

 May. of Philadelphia ; and Dr. Joseph Aub, 

 oculist, of Cincinnati. 



The Rev. Dr. Isaac Schwab, of St. Joseph, 

 published "The Sabbath in History"; Mr. 

 Isaac Markens, of New York, " The Hebrews 

 in America " ; and the Rev. Dr. L. Grossman, 

 of Detroit, "Judaism and the Science of Re- 

 ligion." A complete edition of Miss Emma 

 Lazarus's poems was issued in two volumes. 

 Dr. Charles Gross was appointed instructor in 

 history at Harvard College. 



KAXSAS. State GoTcrnment. The following 

 were the State officers during the year : Gov- 

 ernor, John A. Martin, Republican ; Lieuten- 

 ant-Governor, A. P. Riddle; Secretary of 

 State, E. B. Allen; Treasurer, James W. 

 Hamilton; Auditor, Timothy McCarthy; At- 

 torney-General, S. B. Bradford; Superintend- 

 ent of Public Instruction, J. H. Lawhead ; 

 Superintendent of Insurance, Daniel W. Wild- 

 er; Railroad Commissioners, James Hum- 

 phrey, L. L. Turner, and Almerin Gillett; 

 Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court, Albert H. 

 Horton ; Associate Justices, William A. John- 

 ston and Daniel M. Valentine. 



Finances, The bonded debt of the State, on 

 Jan. 1, 1889, was $803,500, showing a reduc- 

 tion since Jan. 1, 1886, of $127,000, and a 

 total reduction, during the past four years, of 

 $132,500. Of this debt, $256,000 is in the 

 hands of individuals or corporations, and $547,- 

 000 is held by different State funds. The per- 

 manent school fund holds $537,000 ; university 

 fund, $9,000; sinking-fund, $1,000. State 

 bonds to the amount of $86,000 will fall due 

 on July 1, 1889, but provision has already been 

 made for meeting them, by the issue of new 4- 

 per-cent. twenty-year bonds, to be sold to the 

 permanent school fund, under the terms of an 

 act of the last Legislature. 



The Legislature at its last session also en- 

 acted a law " to provide for the assumption 

 and payment of claims for losses sustained by 

 citizens of the State of Kansas by the invasion 

 of the State by bands of guerrillas and maraud- 

 ers during the years 1861 to 1865," commonly 

 known as the Quantrell raid claims. This law 

 assumed the payment of a certain portion of 

 the claims audited by a commission appointed 

 in 1875, and imposed upon the State Auditor 



the duty of preparing a schedule of such claims, 

 and issuing to each claimant "certificates of 

 indebtedness bearing interest at 4 per cent, per 

 annum from July 1, 1887." The auditor issued 

 certificates of indebtedness, aggregating, up to 

 the close of the year, $346,776.54 in payment 

 of claims, and $98,252.90 in payment of inter- 

 est; in all, $445.029.44. 



The law provides that these certificates shall 

 bear interest at 4 per cent, per annum, but the 

 Legislature neglected to make any provision 

 for the payment of this interest, and early last 

 spring the State officers were confronted with 

 a serious dilemma. The State Treasurer finally 

 made arrangements for the money necessary to 

 pay the coupons falling due July 1, 1888, all 

 the State officers signing a personal note for 

 $14,000, bearing interest at 4 per cent, per an- 

 num, and payable Jan. 31, 1889. The State's 

 fiscal agent holds the coupons paid as security 

 for the note. 



The next installment of interest is payable 

 on July 1, 1889. The coupons following are 

 for one tenth of the principle, with interest, 

 and fall due on and after Feb. 1, 1890, and on 

 the same date of each year thereafter, until the 

 whole of the certificate is paid. 



The balance in the State treasury on June 

 30 was $324,882.06, against $584.273.16 two 

 years previous. On Dec. 31 there was a bal- 

 ance of $243,830.75. 



Municipal Debts. On this subject the Gov- 

 ernor says: 



The steady and enormous growth of our municipal 

 indebtedness amply justifies alarm. On July 1, 1884, 

 the county bonds' and warrants outstanding airLrre- 

 gated $8,065,748.29; township bonds and warrants, 

 1-2,650,030.90; city bonds and warrants, $2,487,- 

 43'). 17; and sch oof-district bonds and warrants. >'2.- 

 748,714.50, making an aggregate municipal indebt- 



