ILLINOIS. 



by fire in January. Its average number of pa- 

 ttssrts annually wa 563 : average cost /* rrn/ntn. 

 ^KSU: average time in boapftal, twovears. 



The Eastern Insane A*>luiii. at Kan 

 was never in better condition. In com 

 with thi a>lum a laboratory has been estab- 

 l,,hM and a |>alh.>li;it employed, who gives 

 all hi* time to scientific investigations an 

 rr! dicu<ion with the physicians of the m-ti- 

 iiitin. The total number of patient- treated 

 vaftS.467. i. :*71. of which number 99 



were recovered, "f the numU-r treated, 78 were 

 readmi The net cost per capita yearly 



The Northern Ho*pitl for the Insane, at Mi- 

 cm, hiul !.! patienta, 87 bein:: readmitted. 

 Ihinnt: tho biennial |>eriod 514 patients were 

 discharged, of which number 171 had recovered. 

 The number of deaths was 176; the gross cost 



The Mte f., r the Western Hospital for the In- 

 Aanr. a new institution, has been chosen at Wa- 

 tertown. near Kck Island. 



iiitentiary. having a deli 

 ; : is, saki : :' in appropriation, and re- 

 ceived one of $100,000 a year for two years. 

 The penitentiary is greatly overcrowded. 

 The penitentiary at Chester is in p.od condi- 

 The average number of prisoners was 

 656; ordinary cost per m/iila. :*8 cents a day; 

 earnings per 'capi (a. !M cents. 



The Reformatory In-titution at Pontiac ad- 

 mitted Loll persons durini; the previous year, of 

 111 were offspring of dis-ipated parents, 

 . and L'o from families afflicted 

 with insanity. The daily average of inmates was 

 7flB. The per capita yearly cost was $188.67. 

 Education. The total value of the property 

 .ing to the public schools and tne State 

 educational institution-, not including penna- 

 is $:{?.:{ 11 



rmal I'niversity, at Normal, 

 shows an enrollment of 620 students. The 

 m -i.-l department enrolled 550 others. The 

 Model Sx-hool was discontinued for want of 

 funds, and the State Institute al-o. 



MI. -nt for the year at the Southern 

 Illinois Normal School at Carlmndalc. numbered 

 716, with graduation above the average. An ap- 

 propriation of $40,000 was received from the 

 State for a library building. 



The existing normal schools being insuf 

 to meet the need for teachers, the thirty-ninth 

 Assemblv passed a bill authorizing the building 

 and establishment ..f two new 

 the K*tern and North, rn. The site chosen for 

 the Eastern school is at C'harle- 



Th* University of Illinois, at Urban a, received 

 liberal gifts for the year and an appn.p; 

 from the State of $325.000. Dr. Andrew S. 

 Draper i the newly elected president. The new 

 Engineering Hall was occupied in n,-t,,iM. r . It 

 a handsome building, with a central hall and 



irrad 



the class of 1883 of the S | ^rchitectnre, 



in competition with 15 other graduates. Fhe 

 chief point of interest in the report of th. 

 work of the university for the year was the 

 .mpaign of a biological sta- 

 tion for continuous investigation of the aquatic 

 life of Illinois river and its dependent waters 



and an elaborate exp.n 



Ailti inea-uiv> |,,r the destruction 

 chiiu-h bug. and especially for the <li-M-m 

 of the com. .i-ex <,f that in 



l.\ the lain. rat or\ *\utt. I 'art of II 

 > appropriation was to establish a d 

 nn-nt of economic geology at tin- la 1 

 stiiily of the soil- ..f the State, with sj 

 ii<-e t. their value f<>r purposes of maim! 

 The appropriations \vere frann-d I- 

 of un-hasin 



cost of pun-hasin^ thr Collep- of |'h\ 

 Surgeons, and Us consolidation with tin- u 



Ian-lit at the u 

 sity by an Officer ! tin- I'niti-d Stal.- army. 



The university enrollment for the year num- 

 bers 718 students, of whom 60'. > 

 109 were wotm n. 



At the N l.il.rary. ii 



Vance ( 'hrm \ i> I In- 



Pool,-, who died in March. 1SJM. as lil 

 His report for 1895 gives these 

 are in the library 1'j::.."n; volumes and 

 pamphlets. ex-lu-i\. ..f pamphlets in it,. 

 cal department, not yet accrssilile. 

 phlets number probably 17.WM). The en 

 ance was $2,931.261.60." nf tl,. 

 the year, 45,850 were men and 12,768 were " 



The Lincoln Homestead and Monument 

 The furniture, relies, etc.. in the Lim-oli. 

 stewl, Sprinu'tield. were claimed l.y Mr. n 

 a- hi^ personal property, and he was all<' 

 remove them. l-'.xten>ive repairs ha\ > 

 and the property is now in a fairly pn-.-ntal.lp 

 condition. A numl)er of authentic 

 ciatedwith Mr. Lincoln's life have I 

 by donation, and have been place. 1 in tin 

 stead as the property of the Si ate. Inder t 

 law, which went into effect July 1. 

 Monument became the property of t 

 it was transferred, with impressive cereim 

 the custody of the newly appointed 1. 

 commissioi[ers, at Springfield, .luly :>. 



Factory ln.peeiion. ..-tor's 



report shows that in 1804 :j.440 factor 

 workshops, employing 130,065 i 

 spected ; an increase of 1,078 fa 

 shops, employing 45.PJ1 men. ; 

 1,674 children, over the number in 1 



Agriculture. The Permanent State I 

 Springfield, is the latest of the Slate iiist:' 



There are Ix-autiful buildings : 

 recently erected, the mo-t imjiortant of \\ 

 the Dome Building, for agricultural 

 The dome is from the Horticultural 

 World's Fair at Chicago, and cost $68,00" 

 entire cost was $100,000. The fair was 

 .Sept. l.and was very SHCC.-- ful. sh .. 

 improvem< ultural matter- in theSlfM 



'air. which was held 

 when a few cattle were corraled wilhii 



and the highest premiuii 

 I'xhibit- wa- a -ilver rnuir costinjr j^pi 

 cut fair grounds contain i 

 ( '..iint y t:ave the additional donation of 

 to the Board of Airri'-ulture toward 

 of the project. The Board of Agriciilhn 

 ceipts for the year were $182,000. and tl 



$140,700. 



The Karmer-' Institute WHS held 

 field in January, and the Illinois Breeders' Asso- 

 ciation during the same month. 





