MISSOURI. 



563 



$2,210,669 in ten years. Of this total all but 

 $640,559 was a bonded debt. Scarcely one third 

 of the counties are without debt. 



The Noland Defalcation. On Feb. 28 Gov. 

 Francis, having received reports indicating that 

 funds of the State were being misapplied, began 

 an examination into the condition of the State 

 treasury. He soon found evidence to confirm 

 his suspicions, and on March 4 suspended State 

 Treasurer E. T. Noland from office. 



On the following day the Governor appointed 

 a committee to examine the condition of the 

 treasury at the time of the suspension and to re- 

 port the result to him. This committee met at 

 Jefferson City on March 7. On the same day 

 the suspended Treasurer handed his resignation 

 to the Governor. The committee completed its 

 labors on the night of March 12, and submitted 

 the following report : 



We find upon examination that the total amount in" 

 the treasury at the close of business of March 4, 1890, 

 was $1,517,394.13, distributed as follows: 



Cash and cash items in vault $13,359 10 



In the Union National Bank of Kansas City.. . . 321,956 66 



In the First National Bank of Kansas City 141,739 78 



In the First National Bank of Jefferson City. . . 74,275 89 



In the Exchange Bank of Jefferson City 75,754 72 



In the Kansas City State Bank of Kansas City. 358,086 92 



In the Franklin Bank of St. Louis 532,221 06 



Total $1,517,394 13 



We further certify that, upon a careful examina- 

 tion, we found that the books of the Auditor and 

 those of the Treasurer, after making allowance for 

 7 outstanding warrants aggregating $7,272.77, agree 

 in every particular as to the amount that should be in 

 the Treasury. According to said books, there should 

 have been in the Treasury at the close of business on 

 March 4, 1890, $1,550,139.82, and that consequently 

 there is a deficit of $32,745.69 due from E. T. Poland, 

 as State Treasurer of the State of Missouri. 



The Governor at once notified Mr. Noland and 

 his bondsmen of the shortage, and demanded 

 that it be made good. The bondsmen signified 

 their intention to restore the money, and by May 

 31 they had paid to the treasury the entire 

 amount, with interest. On March 12 the Gov- 

 ernor appointed Lon V. Stephens to be State 

 Treasurer for the unexpired term ending in 

 January, 1893. 



At the May term of the Cole Connty Circuit 

 Court E. T. Noland was indicted for embezzle- 

 ment of State funds, and his trial was set for 

 Dec. 15, 1890. On Dec. 17 the case was continued 

 until the first Tuesday in January, 1891. 



Education. For the school year ending in 

 1889 the following statistics are reported by the 

 State Superintendent : White children of school 

 age, 816,886 ; colored children of school age, 44,- 

 478 ; total, 865,364 : white children enrolled in 

 the public schools, 579,373 ; colored children en- 

 rolled, 32,168 ; total enrollment, 611,541 ; average 

 attendance each day, 376,977 ; male teachers em- 

 ployed, 6,195 ; female teachers, 7,439 ; total num- 

 ber of teachers, 13,634 (of whom 12,948 were 

 white and 686 colored) ; average monthly salary 

 of all teachers, $42.31 ; number of white schools 

 in operation, 9,178 ; number of colored schools in 

 operation, 509 ; total, 9,687 ; number of school 

 districts, 9,240 ; total value of school property, 

 $10,972,161. The receipts and expenditures for 

 schools during the year, as reported by the 

 county commissioners, are summarized as follow : 



Cash on hand July 1, 1888, $1,138,943.15 : tuition 

 fees received, $26,341.78; income derived from 

 public funds, $1,236,343.13; from railroad tax, 

 $284,669.88; from local taxation, $3,493,651.19; 

 total receipts, $6,143,249.13; paid to teachers, 

 $3,220,263.87; for incidentals, $746,255.32; to 

 district clerks, $60,135.59; for sites, buildings, 

 furniture, and apparatus, $340,572.93; for re- 

 pairs and rent, $168,788; for bonds and interest, 

 $214,907.98; for library, $16,447.39; total ex- 

 penditures, $4,767,371.08 ; balance on hand July 

 1, 1889, $1,375,878.05. 



The permanent public-school funds on July 1, 

 1889, were as follow : State school fund, $3,140,- 

 853 ; university or seminary fund, $540,095.08 ; 

 county public school fund, $3,621,695.26 ; town- 

 ship public school fund, $3,317,960.91 ; special 

 public school fund, $45,232.86 ; total, $10,665,- 

 837.11. 



The State Superintendent, in his report for 

 1889, says : " The last General Assembly increased 

 the school term from four to six months. While 

 the term was four months many districts were 

 satisfied to expend the public moneys derived 

 from State, county, and township funds and not 

 tax themselves one cent for school purposes ; but 

 now that the schools must be maintained six 

 months . to entitle them to these public moneys, 

 they will have to pay a liberal school tax in order 

 to meet this legal requirement. . . . The law on 

 teaching the evil effects of alcoholic stimulants 

 and narcotics upon the human system is a farce 

 and fraud. It is virtually a prohibition against 

 temperance instruction in the public schools. It 

 should be repealed or amended. . . . The law 

 should specify definitely in what language the 

 instruction in our public schools is to be given. 

 It is a disgrace to American institutions to have 

 the Englis'h language ruled out of our public 

 schools and German substituted, as it is done 

 wholly or in part in many districts. 



At the State normal schools the enrollment 

 during the year was as follows : At Kirksville, 

 505 pupils ; at Warrensburg, 739 ; at Cape Girar- 

 deau, 301. There were also 52 pupils in the nor- 

 mal department of the Lincoln Institute at 

 Jefferson City. At the State University the 

 attendance for the year was 580 students, being 

 larger than ever. The School of Mines, at Rolla, 

 has about 60 students. 



Penitentiary. On Jan. 1, 1889, the number 

 of prisoners in the Penitentiary was 1,831. On 

 Dec. 31 the number had increased to 1,860. and 

 on Dec. 31, 1890, it had decreased to 1,686. The 

 number of commitments, which was 840 in 1888 

 and 814 in 1889, was only 634 in 1890. The fol- 

 lowing table presents a summary of the finances 

 of the institution for the past two years, com- 

 pared with the two years preceding : 



Reformatories. The Reform School for 

 Boys, at Booneville, is flourishing, with 107 in- 



