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the existing State laws of marriage so as to 

 prevent unprincipled persons from officiating 

 us ministers. The subject of providing for 

 aged and infirm rabbis was discussed, and a 

 board was appointed (Drs. Jastrow, Kohler, 

 and Kohut)to aid congregations desiring rabbis. 

 Addresses were delivered by Rev. Drs. S. 

 Adler and A. S. Bettelheim. In the public 

 session, Rev. Dr. M. Jastrow ("Law against 

 Law "), Rev. Dr. A. Guttmann (" Harmony 

 the Law of Nature "), Rev. Dr. A. S. Isaacs, 

 and Rev. L. Stern ( u Hand-in-Hand "), partici- 

 pated). On June 30 a Sabbath-School Conven- 

 tion was held in Cincinnati, at which a plan 

 for organizing Jewish Sunday-schools was pre- 

 sented, and a number of congregations signi- 

 fied their adherence. In this Western organi- 

 zation are interested Rev. Dr. Wise, President 

 of the Hebrew Union College; Rev. Dr. Miel- 

 ziner, of Cincinnati ; Rev. H. Berkowitz, of 

 Mobile ; Rev. Dr. Hecht, of Montgomery ; and 

 others, including the young graduates of the 

 Hebrew Union College, who have met with 

 much success. 



The death of Leopold Zunz, at an advanced 

 age, took place on March 19, at Berlin, and 

 memorial services were held in Europe and 

 America. Among the more prominent names 

 on the death-list may be mentioned Rabbi Dus- 

 nus, of Leeuwarden, Holland; Baron Popper, 

 of Hungary ; Prof. Theodores, of Owens Col- 

 lege, Manchester, England ; Rev. Dr. Kalisch, 

 of Newark, N. J. ; Dr. Gordon, Russian He- 

 braist, journalist, and philanthropist ; Rev. 

 James K. Gutheim, of New Orleans, La. ; Rev. 

 R. D'C. Lewin, of New York ; Rabbi G. Tik- 

 tin, of Breslau, Germany ; Rabbi Dr. Landau, 

 of Dresden; Baroness James de Rothschild; 

 Lndwig Lowe, member of the Reichsrath ; 

 Baron Carl Meyer Rothschild ; L. Kompert, 

 the novelist ; Gustav Heine, youngest brother 

 of the poet ; R. Elia Esra, the Rothschild of 

 Calcutta; Rabbi Dr. L. Adler, of Cassel; Rabbi 

 Dr. B. Friedmann, of Mannheim, the teacher 

 of Ferdinand Lassalle ; Adolph Reichenheim, 

 of Berlin, who left large bequests for charitable 

 purposes without distinction of creed ; J. H. R. 

 Biesenthal and J. Brill, Hebrew scholars of 

 distinction ; the widow of Meyerbeer ; Dr. Leo- 

 pold von Kaulla; Baron J. Castelnuova, of 



Pisa; Prpsperi Padu, of Florence, physician 

 and patriot; Ritter Nathan von Kallir, of 

 Brody ; Rabbi Schreiber, of Pesth ; Rabbi Dr. 

 A. Auerbach, of Bonn. 



The beginning of a new era for Jewish learn- 

 ing in America was ushered in by Rev. Dr. 

 Szold's " Hebrew Commentary on the Book of 

 Job," and the first part of Rev. Dr. Jastrow 's 

 " Talmudic and Midrashic Dictionary." l n 

 addition, Rev. Dr. Kohut issued a collection 

 of sermons on " Rabbinical Ethics," and Rev. 

 Dr. Zirndorf wrote a work in German on 

 " Jost and his Friends." The rapidly increas- 

 ing interest in Semitic studies is shown by the 

 appointments of Dr. M. Jastrow, Jr., as Pro- 

 fessor of Arabic and Rabbinical Literature, at 

 the University of Pennsylvania ; Dr. R. Gott- 

 heil, as lecturer of Syriac, at Columbia Col- 

 lege; and Dr. A. S. Isaacs, as Professor of 

 Hebrew, at the New York University. The 

 publication of Karpeles 1 "Geschichte der ju- 

 dischen Literatur " is the most notable popu- 

 lar contribution abroad to Jewish literature. 



A new rabbinical seminary was opened at 

 Rome. Meetings were held in New York for 

 the establishment of a Jewish theological semi- 

 nary, and the institution is to be opened early 

 in the new year. This movement is under 

 conservative auspices, and is presided over by 

 Rev. S. Morais, of Philadelphia. A resolute 

 effort to educate the Jewish masses was be- 

 gun in the winter by the Y. M. H. A., of New 

 York, the Jewish ministers of the city par- 

 ticipating in a course of lectures on the funda- 

 mentals of the Jewish religion. The Aguilar 

 Free Library was organized in New York by 

 the amalgamation of the libraries of the Y. M. 

 H. A. and Hebrew Free Schools. 



A movement was begun by Sen" or Lopez 

 Lapuya, of Madrid, early in December, to fa- 

 cilitate the immigration to Spain of descend- 

 ants of the exiles of 1492, as well as Jews in 

 general who wish to become Spanish citizens. 

 The plan has been received with great favor by 

 prominent Israelites and the Jewish press 

 throughout the world, and a committee of im- 

 migration has been formed. 



Henry A. Isaacs became Sheriff of London. 

 Sergeant Simon, M. P., and Philip Magnus, 

 were knighted by Queen Victoria. 



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KANSAS. State GoTcrament. 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, Samuel T. Howe; Au- 

 ditor, E. P. McCabe ; Attorney -General, S. B. 

 Bradford ; Superintendent of Public Instruc- 

 tion, J. H. Lawhead ; Insurance Commissioner, 

 R. B. Morris ; Railroad Commissioners, James 

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

 Mine Inspector, John R. Braidwood ; Commis- 



sioner of Labor Statistics, Frank II. Bet 

 Supreme Court : Chief-Justice, Albert H. Hor- 

 ton ; Associate Justices, W. A. Johnston and 

 Daniel M. Valentine. 



Growth of the State. The Governor, in his 

 message to the Legislature of 1887, says : 



The growth of Kansas, during the past two years, 

 has been extraordinary. The census of March 1, 

 1884, gave the State a'population of 1,135,614; that 

 of March 1 , 1886, showed an increase to 1,406,738 ; 

 and our population now exceeds 1,500,000. Since the 

 1st of January, 1885, fifteen new counties have been 



