ARKANSAS. 



2,327; Rogers, 2,158; Prescott, 2.005; Conway, 

 2,003. 



Most of the larger cities are disappointed over 

 the returns and sure something is wrong, as esti- 

 mates based on the school census give larger 

 figures. The Governor is reported as saying: 

 " These figures can not be otherwise than errone- 

 ous. Through these imperfect census returns 

 Arkansas will get only one extra congressman, 

 when we should have had two." 



Finances. The receipts and expenditures of 

 the State for the two years ending Sept. 30, 1900, 

 and the balances due each fund on Oct. I, 1900, 

 arc shown in the following statement from the 

 biennial report of the Auditor: 



Ceneral revenue amount received, $1,101,724; 

 warrants redeemed, $1,143,068.43; balance on 

 hand. $32,908.67. Sinking fund amount received, 

 $224,44&25; warrants redeemed, $237,057.53; bal- 

 ance on hand, $7,305.99. Common school fund 

 amount received, $927.841.23; warrants redeemed, 

 .1)60.32; balance on hand, $57,213.77. Perma- 

 nent school fund amount received, $2,967,423.13; 

 warrants redeemed, $1,137,179.32; balance on 

 hand, $2,120,799.25. Sixteenth section fund 

 (transferred to permanent school fund) amount 

 received, $221,791.89; warrants redeemed, $575,- 

 315.68. Confederate pension fund amount re- 

 ceived, $100,052.07; warrants redeemed, $101,- 

 648.52; balance on hand, $17,646.45. Direct tax 

 balance on hand, $15,315.73. Swamp land fund 

 amount received, $47,830.91 ; warrants redeemed, 

 $1,974.58; balance on hand, $49,076.23. Internal 

 improvement fund amount received, $59,839.10; 

 balance on hand, $61.316.80. State Capitol fund 

 amount received, $48,029.64; warrants redeemed, 

 $36,663.44; balance on hand, $11,366.20. Peniten- 

 tiary deposit fund amount received, $230,359.61; 

 warrants redeemed, $230,359.61. Tax due counties 

 amount received, $53,207.57; warrants redeemed, 

 $49,360.99; balance on hand. $13,378.08. Tax due 

 cities amount received, $322.65; warrants re- 

 deemed, $114.04; balance on hand, $642.13. 



Valuations. The value of real estate, as shown 

 by the tax books, is $127,062,908. The value of 

 personal property as assessed is $62,936,142. 



In a suit to determine the liability of Garland 

 ('< unity for a part of the indebtedness of Hot 

 Spring County, from which it was set off in 1873, 

 the court adjudged that Garland should pay Hot 

 Spring $18,880 as its share of the debt at the 

 time of separation. 



Education. The school population is 472,508. 

 The enrollment in 1899 was 296,785, of whom 

 76,049 were colored. In private and denomina- 

 tional schools there were 5,835. 



Twenty-one young men and women were gradu- 

 ated at the State University in June. 



Charities. The report of the State Board of 

 ( liaritable Institutions, published in May, gives 

 the following data: 



The current expenses of the lunatic asylum 

 from April 1, 1897, to March 31, 1898, were '$56,- 

 !'.->t;.73; from April 1, 1899, to March 31, 1900, 

 .<-,<. i lii.ss. an increase of $2,493.15 for the year 

 just closed. The record shows that on April 1, 

 1897, there were 507 patients on hand in the asy- 

 lum, and on April 1, 1899, there were 605, an in- 

 crease of 98 patients. 



The current expenses of the deaf-mute institute 

 from April 1, 1897, to March 31, 1898, were 

 $19,076.62; from April 1, 1899, to March 31, 1900, 

 S5lii.352.86, an increase of $276.24 for the year just 

 closed. The record shows that on April' 1, 1S97, 

 there were 208 pupils in attendance, and on April 

 1, 1899, there were 250, an increase of 42. 



The current expenses of the school for the blind 



from April 1, 1897, to March 31, 1898, were $13,- 

 723.85, and from April 1, 1898, to March 31, 1900, 

 $14,714.23, an increase for the year just closed of 

 $990.38. The record shows that on April 1, 1897, 

 there were 167 pupils in attendance at the school 

 for the blind, and on April 1, 1899, 192, an in- 

 crease of 25 pupils. 



The last Legislature increased the current ex- 

 pense appropriation of the lunatic asylum $10,000, 

 the deaf mute institute $4,000, and the school 

 for the blind, $11,000. 



Railroads. Among the States having new rail- 

 road mileage built in 1899, Arkansas stood third, 

 with 282 miles. During the first half of 1900 62 

 miles were constructed in the State. The net in- 

 comes of the several roads for the year ending 

 June 30, 1899, as reported to the railroad com- 

 mission, were: St. Louis, Iron Mountain and 

 Southern, $1,065,026.71; St. Louis and Southwest- 

 ern, $497,830.09; Choctaw and Memphis, $32,- 

 834.08; Paragould and Southeastern, $12,214.59; 

 Arkansas Midland, $8,765.02; Eureka Springs, 

 deficit, $6,756.07: Hoxie, Pocahontas and North- 

 ern, $2,844.67; Dardanelle and Russellville, $19,- 

 607.83; White and Black River Valley, $27,693.61 : 

 Stuttgart and Arkansas River, deficit, $3,366.69: 

 Des Arc and Northern, $2,916.43; Louisiana and 

 Arkansas, $29,164.04. 



The report of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and 

 Memphis for the year ending June 30, 1900, shows 

 an increase of $981,830, or 21i per cent., in earn- 

 ings; of $636,493, or 21 J per cent., in expenses: 

 and of $345,337, or 25J per cent., in net earnings. 

 In addition $100,000 was appropriated for im- 

 provements and transferred to the general im- 

 provement fund, $100,000 having also been de- 

 ducted from the year's miscellaneous earnings for 

 the same purpose. The surplus balance for the 

 year, after all deductions, was $28,406. 



The Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham 

 road, operated in the same interest, shoAvs for the 

 fiscal year an increase of $270,139, or 19 per cent., 

 in gross earnings and of $157,057, or 42 per cent., 

 in net receipts. 



Charters have been granted to the Arkansas and 

 Missouri and the Arkansas Western. The former 

 is to run from Little Rock to a point on the State 

 line in Boone County, and the latter from Howe, 

 Indian Territory, to Waldron, Ark., about 36 

 miles. 



The Stuttgart and Arkansas River was sold in 

 April to the Des Arc and Searcy. The White and 

 Black River Valley was leased in June to the 

 Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf. 



The commission gave an opinion in a case in- 

 volving their right to regulate rates, holding that 

 the transportation of freight between two points 

 in the State, though the line of railroad may pa> 

 outside the borders of the State for a few mih 

 is intrastate or domestic commerce and subject 

 regulation by the commission. 



Business and Products. Figures published 

 in August show the capitalization of corporations 

 registered with the Secretary of State from Jan. 1, 

 1899, as follow: Manufacturing associations. 23.- 

 868,575: railroad companies. $82,130,000; bank 

 companies. xfiSo.OOO; building associations. s7. 

 000,000; loan and investment companies. $135,000; 

 telegraph and telephone companies, $109,200; to- 

 tal, si 13,827,775. 



The cotton acreage this year was 1,718,901 : the 

 estimated crop, 809.000 bales; the consumption in 

 mills of the State, 2.3SO bales. 



From a review of the lumber trade for July it 

 appears that of 135 mills reporting, which are in 

 (i Slates and 1 Territory. 41 were in Arkansas and 

 Indian Territory; that they cut 40,962,812 feet 



