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prevailed ; the English women and children were 

 sent away, and troops were sent from Fyzabad 

 to the scene of the trouble. Rioting from the 

 same causes occurred in July at Ballia, to which 

 100 men of the Bengal infantry were sent to 

 quell the disturbance. But the most serious of 

 these religious outbreaks began in Bombay on 

 Aug. 10. It was the day of the Divasra holiday 

 of the Hindus, and also' a Mohammedan prayer 

 day. The Hindus made a great noise with their 

 tom-toms near the principal mosque, and after 

 the morning prayer some 2,000 Mohammedans 

 rushed out of the mosque, shouting their war 

 cry and running toward the neighboring Hindu 

 temple. Apprehensive of an outbreak, the police 

 were massed near the temple, where they met 

 and drove back the Mohammedans. Rioting 

 then became general throughout the city, espe- 

 cially in the native town and in the suburbs, 

 and was continued throughout the two days fol- 

 lowing. There are upward of 500,000 Hindus in 

 Bombay, while the Mohammedans number about 

 160,000, and it was estimated that at least 50,- 

 000 men took part in the riots. The- police were 

 unable alone to cope with such widespread dis- 

 order, and the military were promptly called out. 

 In addition to the troops of the garrison, the 

 volunteers were summoned, and marines were 

 brought from the war ships in the port and 

 troops from Poona. Comparative quiet was re- 

 stored on the night of the 12th, but the out- 

 breaks continued for several days. The rioters 

 on both sides fought fiercely with sticks and 

 stones, and several mosques and Hindu temples 

 were desecrated or destroyed. The number of 

 killed, so far as known, was 36 rioters and 3 

 policemen. The immediate cause of these reli- 

 gious riots was believed to be the activity of the 

 missionaries of the Cow Protection Society in 

 stirring up the feelings of the Hindus against 

 the cow-killing Mohammedans, and while the 

 educated and better classes on either side took 

 no part in the riots, it was evident that they did 

 little to prevent them. 



Khan of Khelat deposed. In April the In- 

 dian Government was advised that the Khan of 

 Khelat had murdered his Prime Minister, caused 

 other high officials to be mutilated, and held a 

 number as prisoners. A column of troops was 

 ordered forward from Quetta, and the Khan 

 was called upon for an explanation, and required 

 to release the prisoners. The Khan admitted to 

 the Viceroy's agent that he had killed 3,000 men 

 and women since his accession, thirty-six years 

 ago. Upon the recommendation of the agent 

 the Khan was deposed in August, and his eldest 

 son, Mir Mahmud. recognized as his successor. 

 The position of the state remained otherwise 

 unaffected. 



INDIANA, a Western State, admitted to the 

 Union Dec. 11, 1816; area, 36,350 square miles; 

 population by the census of 1890, 2,192,404. 

 Capital, Indianapolis. 



Government. The State officers during the 

 year were: Governor, Claude Matthews, Demo- 

 crat ; Lieutenant-Governor, Mortimer J. Nye ; 

 Secretary of State, William R. Myers : Attorney- 

 General, Alonzo G. Smith ; Auditor, J. O. Hen- 

 derson ; Treasurer, Albert Gall : Superintendent 

 of Public Instruction, H. D. Vories; Statistician, 

 William A. Peelle ; all Democrats ; Judges of the 



Supreme Court, Silas D. Coffey, Walter Olds, 

 Jephtha D. New, James McCabe, Timothy O. 

 Howard. 



Finances. The Auditor's compilation from 

 the returns of the taxable values of the several 

 counties for this year gave : Total true valua- 

 tion of taxables, $1,266,855,377; total State tax 

 on this sum, $1,704.806.44 ; total value of rail- 

 road property, $160,387,420 ; total number of 

 polls, 385,619. The grand total of taxes for all 

 purposes estimated for the year was $18.037,- 

 759.51. The amount of delinquent tax, includ- 

 ing the past year and the preceding years not 

 yet outlawed, was $3,001,906.69. 



Following is the assessment of express, tele- 

 graph, telephone, and sleeping-car companies 

 as fixed by the State Board of Tax Commission- 

 ers. These figures are exclusive of the real 

 estate, structures, machinery, fixtures and appli- 

 ances subject to local taxation within the State : 

 Express companies, $1,225,890.75 : telegraph and 

 telephone, $2,976,925.25 ; sleeping-car, $558,400 ; 

 total, $4,761,216. This is the first assessment 

 made of these companies since the supplement- 

 ary tax law passed in 1893 went into effect. 



The State debt at the beginning of the year, 

 with interest, amounted to $8,830,615.12. The 

 matured bonds, to the amount of $340,000, with 

 interest, $51,287.50, were paid on April 1. 



A census bulletin published in April shows 

 facts about mortgages as follows : The aggre- 

 gate of farm mortgages in the State is $74,554,- 

 426. In 1890 the value of farms and improve- 

 ments, exclusive of personal property, was $529,- 

 537,587. These figures are below the real value 

 of the property, but upon that basis the debt on 

 farms is less than 14 cents on a dollar, while 

 that on lots and improvements is almost 13 

 cents. The mortgage debt upon the true value 

 of the real estate in Indiana is 9-79 per cent., 

 lower than any Northern State now reported. 



Banks. The report compiled from official 

 data showing the number of bank failures and 

 resumptions from January to September, shows 

 that 36 Indiana banks failed and 7 resumed. 



An investigation of the failure of the Indi- 

 anapolis National Bank resulted in 7 indict- 

 ments. That against the president contains 167 

 counts. Two indictments were found in con- 

 nection with the failure of the Vincennes Na- 

 tional Bank. 



An abstract of the reports made to the comp- 

 troller of the currency in October shows the 

 total resources of the national banks in the State 

 to be $53.994,670, and the total liabilities the 

 same, including individual profits, $1,867,075, 

 and unpaid dividends, $32,446. The average 

 reserve was 37*41 per cent., or about 12| above 

 the legal requirement. The individual deposits 

 are $26,495,725, and the cash on hand, aside 

 from cash items and clearing-house exchange, 

 amounts to over $8,000.000. 



The first report on the building and loan as- 

 sociations of the State gives the number as 477. 

 The assets, including $640,501.65 cash on hand, 

 were, in June, 1893, $27.538,061.94, with liabili- 

 ties the same, including $1,760,587.82 of undi- 

 vided profits. The total receipts were $17,340,- 

 856.46; the disbursements the same, including 

 the amount of cash on hand as above. The 

 total number of shares in force June 30, 1893, 



