180 



K \NSAS. 



Statr Intitatlonft.-The following re the 

 charitable, education*), and |H-iml institutions 

 ,,f tin- >:ate. with the rt of ground* ami build- 



i for tin- Blind. J^ 

 Sobool for the Deaf and Dumb. *1 44.2-Vo : 



. --- vsylum fr [robedlet, ftt,- 



"phan^ Horn.-. *4'.).:.:i : ' 

 | 

 IN**: - 1 1 It tirml College, $180,930: 



S-M....I. *12?.. in inrv, $1.659,- 



K.-form .svh.N.i. $119.863: ReformatoiT, 



<; Indu-trial S-h.M.l f., r (J iris, $40,700; 



nii > - < HI. for tin- completion 



of win. h about $1,000.000 more will U needed. 

 The luial pre* i State building-. 



with grounds and equipments, is $r. 



Railroads. On Dec. 31, 1893. there were 

 81931-28 miles of -it.-l.-trnrk railroads in the 



1894 one line construct. 

 mile* of new track, making a total <>u I 



1894, of 8.934-58 miles, and giving Kansas the 

 fourth nlaco as a railroad State. The State 

 Board of Assessors in 1895 made a total assess 



.gainst railroad property of $59,645,740.88, 

 .aw of $118,942.40 from the total of the 

 us vear. 

 V'M-k Yards. The annual reports of Jan. 2, 



1895, show that the stock yards at Kansas ( 'it y. 



form the second largest plant in the world, 

 \tent and ojM-rations only 

 bv that in Chicago. During 1894 the receipts 

 of stock of all kinds aggregated l. '.:,:;. m head. 

 valued at $98,577,164, and the total receipts 

 from the owning of the vards in June, 1871. till 

 Jan. 1. 1895, were 52,0^4,924 head, valued at 

 $858.525.683. The receipts of 1894 comprised 

 1.692,512 cattle, 2,550.601 hogs, and 587,599 

 sheep. Shipments were made to 26 States and 

 Territories. 



Airricultim -. The United States Depart- 

 meot of Agriculture reported as follows on the 

 principal crops of 1894: Corn. .'i.7:n.940 acres, 

 728 bushels, value $17." -vheat. 



8395.686 acres, 35.315.2o9 bushels, value $15.- 

 W,088 acres, 25,705,975 busheK 

 value $7.968.852. rfe, ir.Mir, acres, 866,781 

 bushels, value $398.719; barl-v. HJ.lUt acres, 

 l bushels, value $69,699; buckwheat. 

 8.675 acres, 88340 bushels, value $29,106; po- 

 tatoes, 108.213 acres. 4.436,733 bushels, value 

 $8.016.978; bar, 8306389 acres. 2.545.535 tons, 

 value $18364.659 ; total value, $58,859,150. 



Taxable Manufactures. In the fiscal year 

 ending June 80. 1894, the collections of internal 

 ' : *::; .'.739.97. fn-m th,- fol- 

 lowing sources: Distilled spirits. $65.008.40; 

 tobacco, $82,786.75; fermented liquors, $16,- 

 ; oleomaixarine, $21 and penal- 



U. $1.499.12. The same sources yielded a 

 total of $277388181 in the fiscal year ending 

 June 80. 1895. In the last year there were 808 

 cigar factories, which used 383,- 

 of tobacco, and had an output of 

 3 cfcarm and 45 other factories, which 

 bad an output of 10388 pounds of plug at 

 877 pounds of smoking tobacco. Other taxable 

 manufacture! iwere: Apple brandy, 1.212 gal- 

 Jons; grape brandy. l>47 gallons: fermented 

 '13 b*rrH; wheat whiskv, 351 gal- 

 lons; and oleomargarine, 7.189330 pounds. 



Natural (tan. The diw-.-v.-rv of natur.. 

 in Allen and Neosho Count i<^ has licm f. 



by a similar M find H <>n ih-'k..r\ en-ek, 



Hip. Kranklin Count \. where in. : 

 burin.- . A syndicate ontrollim; tho 



Allen County Held has se. 



iini-il of 1 for the cm 



works and the installation of 

 plete plant th- 



state < eiisim. The cen-u- takrn in 

 showexl a total population , i i.:::;i . 

 crease in ten years ,,f UiJ.i:;s. Kon 

 showed an imna^-f o\.-r the eiinmerat 

 1894," 

 a decrease aggre 



unties were Wynnd- 

 47,978; S*-d-. 



\tdiison, 26,995: Hen... 'jr.. I'.rj ; I: 

 25,849; Osage, 24,818; Marshall, .'..",;; ; Sum- 

 ner, 24,138; Montgomery, L:!.!MS : 



I94j Douglas. 28,587; Washin-i 

 Diekinson, 20 f 92(i : l-'rankhn. 

 20,374; and M-lli. 

 populous cities and lowi. 



40,6W: Topeka, ::n.ir,i : Wi.-hita. -Jioii ; 

 enworth. 'JO.s-J-J: At-hi.,,n. i:,. 

 11,108: Lawrence, UI.OH4 : EMttsburg. 

 Hutehinsi.il. H..-)i:, : Ktnporia, 8,22-".: I 1 

 : Ottawa, 7.05U: Arkansas City. 

 Salin;.. 5,708 : Nr-'-iitine. ."..:.( U : NewtOD, 

 and Winfield. 5,081, 



Judicial Decisions.- I;. L- th.- decision 

 mentioned under " I'.ankini:," twi. oth- 

 portant ones wen n-ndered. In < 

 Supreme Court sustained the adi<.n 

 Leu'i-l.-itiire_of is.", j n adopting a law 1 

 ing certain judicial districts and reap|>ortiontnc 

 t he state. On Dec.8 the same authority I 

 down an opinion suMainini: the . 

 alityof the laws of 1H!>:{ which p\\- 

 months' time to debtors to rcd-.-m then 

 erty on all sales on execution or fon 

 made prior to the passage of the law. 



Legislative. The L< ^Mature ,, 

 biennial session on Jan. ^. The mev- 

 Gov. I jewelling was principally d 

 attack -n tin- liVpuMican party ami the 

 of the State. He urged the strict. 

 in appropriations; recommended a- 

 all [iroperty at its actual value; dn 

 the fee system: declared that tin- di;: 

 institutions of the State should lie und< 

 partisan management : upheld th.- -trik- 

 coal miners : demanded the exen i-. of StateV 

 rJL'ht- as agaiti^t " the increasing tet, 



.1 <'ourts t.i draw to themselves em 

 ministration of affairs of the State- and i 

 stitute themselves general guardian^ of tin 



LTovernment-" ; and ncknou 

 need of a court of appeals, but .nc who- 

 ings should not he final. Charl.- K. Lobd 



. was elected speaker, and all the 

 dinate officers who were nominated in t 

 publican Hons. caucus and the Populist 

 caucus were installed. 



The Republican ' "t. Kdn, 



Morrill. was inauguratc.l on .Ian. M. II 

 dress was a brief review of the material P^fff 

 of the State and of the condition "f i\< m 

 portant interests. In his message to th 



