ARKANSAS. 



ASSOCIATIONS, SCIENCE. 



charged, leaving 432 remaining at the close of 

 the year, of whom 361 were of the white and 71 

 of the colored race. Early in 1893 the new 

 buildings, for which the General Assembly of 

 1891 appropriated $85,000 as a construction fund, 

 were completed, and accommodations were there- 

 by furnished for 300 additional patients. 



At the School for the Blind there were about 

 200 pupils on Jan. 1, 1893. For the two years 

 preceding the average attendance was 146 pupils, 

 and the cost of maintaining the institution $74,- 

 236.43. At the Deaf-Mute Institute 138 pupils 

 were in attendance on Jan. 1, 1893. 



Penitentiary. At the State Penitentiary 

 there were 716 convicts on Jan. 1, 1892 ; 380 

 others were received during the year, and 10 

 who had previously escaped were recaptured, 

 making the total number in the institution dur- 

 ing the year 1,106. Of these, 266 were released 

 by pardon, commutation, or expiration of sen- 

 tence, 37 died, and 51 escaped, leaving 752 in 

 prison on Jan. 1, 1893, of whom 207 were of the 

 white race, 550 were negroes, and 5 Indians. At 

 that time only 268 were confined within the 

 Penitentiary walls, the remainder being em- 

 ployed by the lessees in various parts of the State. 

 Three hundred and eleven were engaged in farm- 

 ing, 98 in repairing railroads, 15 in shipping 

 wood, and 60 in brickmaking. The receipts 

 from the lessees for the year ending in May, 

 1892, were $32,128.48. 



Militia. Through the efforts of Gov. Eagle 

 during his term a State militia was organized, 

 consisting of 11 companies of infantry, 1 of cav- 

 alry, and 1 of artillery. The infantry companies 

 have been organized into a regiment, are well 

 armed and equipped, and are under fair discipline. 

 The cavalry company is also ready for active 

 service, and the artillery has been provided with 

 two guns and the necessary equipment. The 

 arms, camp equipage, and figures for these com- 

 panies have been supplied from an appropriation 

 made by the General Government. During 

 August, 1892, an encampment of these organiza- 

 tions, which lasted one week, was held in the 

 arsenal grounds, Little Rock. 



The Woodruff Defalcation. In the suit 

 brought by the State against the bondsmen of 

 ex-State Treasurer Woodruff a report was made 

 in November, 1892, by the special master, 

 Thomas H. Simms, appointed by the court to 

 investigate the facts, in which he found the bal- 

 ance due the State from the late Treasurer to be 

 $43,857.75. This sum is in addition to the ad- 

 mitted cash deficiency of $63,740.57, which the 

 bondsmen voluntarily restored to the State soon 

 after the discovery of the ex-Treasurer's irregu- 

 larities. The master also charged that the ex- 

 Treasurer, in attempting to cover up his short- 

 age, had been guilty of obtaining orders from 

 the State Debt Board for the issuance of scrip 

 under false pretenses, and that he had also em- 

 bezzled certain scrip belonging to the State. On 

 the strength of the facts found by the master, 

 the ex-Treasurer was indicted by the Grand Jury 

 of Pulaski County on Dec. 17, 1892, for three 

 different offenses. His trial did not occur till 

 October, 1893, when a disagreement of the jury 

 resulted, and the case was continued to the next 

 term of the court, when a new trial will be 

 held. 



Cotton-Growers' Convention. A conven- 

 tion of delegates from 29 counties in the State 

 met at Little Rock on March 10, and, after dis- 

 cussing the subject of cotton culture, adopted 

 resolutions that included the following : 



That we, the representatives of the cotton-pro- 

 ducing counties in the State of Arkansas, in conven- 

 tion assembled, recommend that this convention do 

 proceed to organize as a permanent organization, to 

 be known as the " Cotton-Growers' and Merchants' 

 Association." 



That we recommend that there be local organiza- 

 tions of this association organized in every cotton- 

 growing county, and that the said local organizations 

 shall, when possible, co-operate with any farmers' 

 organization now existing. 



That we recommend a reduction in the acreage of 

 cotton for the year 1893 to such an extent that by 

 a corresponding increase of the acreage in grains, 

 grasses, and cereals sufficient produce mi^ht be raised 

 in the country to feed the men and animals neces- 

 sary for the cultivation of cotton and the independ- 

 ence of the farmer or planter. 



That extraordinary ettbrt be made to especially 

 produce an abundance of corn, meat, hay, peas, oats, 

 and other necessaries for the planters' use. 



That we appoint a sufficient number of delegates to' 

 the Interstate Cotton-Growers' Convention to repre- 

 sent Arkansas in this matter, and to take action look- 

 ing toward a hearty co-operation of all the cotton- 

 growing States for the end of reducing the cotton 

 acreage to an extent equal and not in excess of the 

 demand, so as to keep the price of cotton to a figure 

 at which a profit may be realized. 



ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE ADVANCE- 

 MENT OF SCIENCE. American. The forty- 

 second meeting of the American Association was. 

 held in Madison, Wis., Aug. 17-22, 1893. The 

 officers of the meeting were : President, William 

 Harkness, of Washington, D. C. ; Vice-Presi- 

 dents of sections : A, Charles L. Doolittle, South. 



WILLIAM HAK.K.NESS. 



Bethlehem, Pa. : B, Edward L. Nichols, Ithaca, 

 N. Y. ; C, Edward Hart, Easton, Pa. ; D, Still- 

 man W. Robinson. Columbus, Ohio; E, Charles 

 D. Walcott, Washington, D. C. : F, Henry F. 

 Osborn, New York city ; G, Charles E. Bessey, 

 Lincoln, Neb. ; H, J. Owen Dorsey, Tacoma 

 Park, Md. ; I, William H. Brewer, New Haven, 

 Conn. Permanent Secretary, Frederick W. Put- 



