NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



NEW JERSEY. 



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ending Sept. 30, 1900, was 425. The average daily 

 number for the year was 420.13. An appropria- 

 tion of $50,000, made by the Legislature of 1899, 

 for new buildings and improvements, has re- 

 sulted in two new buildings and important re- 

 pairs to the old ones. Ever since the opening of 

 the asylum in 1842 it has been self-supporting. 

 Its current receipts have sufficed to meet its ex- 

 penses, including the cost of ordinary repairs, 

 but the new buildings have been furnished by the 

 State. It has been a semi-private and semi-State 

 institution. Through the action ofHhe Supreme 

 Court and the Legislature, However, it has now 

 become a State institution, owned and operated 

 by the State through a board of trustees ap- 

 pointed by the Governor and Council. 



The State Prison. The whole number of con- 

 victs in the prison, Nov. 30, 1900, was 151 males 

 and -2 females. Of this number 132 can read and 

 write. The average number in prison in 1896 was 

 181 ; in 1900, 140. This decrease probably results 

 from the increasing tendency of the courts to 

 commit convicts to the county institutions rather 

 than to the State prison. An order abolishing 

 visitors' days and visiting fees has been issued, 

 and is clearly a beneficent regulation, assisting in 

 the preservation of discipline, and restraining idle 

 and vulgar curiosity. It is appreciated by the 

 convicts. The discipline of the institution is 

 rigid, but the results fully justify, the mainte- 

 nance of the present admirable system. The most 

 interesting incident of the year was the return 

 of Mark Shinborn, the notorious bank robber, 

 after an absence of thirty-four years. He was 

 committed (at the age of twenty-four) Feb. 27, 

 1866, for ten years; escaped Dec. 3, 1866; was re- 

 arrested in 1900, and returned Nov. 8 to serve 

 his unexpired term. 



The Soldiers' Home. Up to Jan. 1, 1899, 369 

 men were received into the home. In 1899 and 

 1900 47 others were admitted. The number now 

 in actual attendance is 86. The average cost per 

 capita of maintenance in 1900 was $221.43. In 

 1899 a new laundry plant was added to the home, 

 at an expense of $1,797.47; also an electric-light 

 plant, costing $900, and other improvements. The 

 library contains 1,400 bound volumes and a large 

 number of periodicals and newspapers. On July 

 21, 1899, lightning struck the hospital in two 

 places, damaging the interior somewhat, but doing 

 no personal injury. 



The Anti-Saloon League. The funds con- 

 tributed for the prosecution of the work of the 

 league were $5,600, and the expense for the year 

 was about $5,000. " The past year has been one 

 of such great activities and encouraging ad- 

 vancement that the Anti-Saloon League is now 

 favorably known in every city and in nearly 

 every village and town in the State, and numbers 

 its adherents and sympathizers by thousands." 

 The most important department of its work is 

 the Agitation Department, which is promoted by 

 circulation of literature and by public speech 

 and song. In the year ending Nov. 15, 1900, 320 

 public meetings were held. Much has been ac- 

 complished also by the Legislative Department, 

 in influencing the nomination and securing the 

 election of temperance men to the Legislature and 

 as town officers. 



Old Home Week. The idea of Old Home 

 Week was suggested by Gov. Frank W. Rollins. 

 He says, " The loss and decay in some of the agri- 

 cultural sections of New Hampshire were brought 

 closely home to me, and it was while studying 

 this problem and its remedy that the idea of Old 

 Home Week occurred to me as a possible help 

 in restoring lost people and conditions." In the 



spring of 1899 he called a convention at Concord 

 of all interested, which was largely attended. 

 From this association more than 50 local societies 

 were at once organized, and more than 50 towns 

 celebrated the new festival in the following Au- 

 gust; in 1900 more than 100 more. It now ap- 

 pears to have become a permanent festival. 



Political. The official vote for presidential 

 electors was: For McKinley, 54,803; for Bryan, 

 35,489. 



The whole number of votes cast in the State 

 was 92,352, in a total population of 411,588 one 

 voter to every 44 of the population. 

 . The official vote for Governor was: For Chester 

 B. Jordan (Republican), 53,891; for Frederick E. 

 Potter (Democrat), 34,956. The Governor's 

 Council consists of 5 members all Republicans; 

 the Senate, of 23 Republicans and 1 Democrat; 

 the House of Representatives, of 300 Republicans 

 and 97 Democrats. 



NEW JERSEY, a Middle Atlantic State, one 

 of the original thirteen, ratified the Constitution 

 Dec. 18, 1787. Area, 7,815 square miles. The 

 population, according to each decennial census, 

 was 184,139 in 1790; 211,149 in 1800; 245,562 in 

 1810; 277,426 in 1820; 320,823 in 1830; 373,306 

 in 1840; 489,555 in 1850; 672,035 in 1860; 906,096 

 in 1870; 1,131,116 in 1880; 1,444,933 in 1890; and 

 1,883,669 in 1900. Capital, Trenton. 



Government. The State officers in 1900 were: 

 Governor, Foster M. Voorhees; Secretary of State, 

 George Wurtz ; Treasurer, George B. Swain ; Comp- 

 troller, William S. Hancock; Attorney-General, 

 Samuel H. Grey; Adjutant General, William S. 

 Stryker; Superintendent of Public Instruction. 

 Charles J. Baxter; Commissioner of Banking and 

 Insurance, William Bettle all Republicans. Chief 

 Justice of the Supreme Court, William J. Magie 

 (succeeded by David A. Depue) ; Associate Jus- 

 tices, Gilbert Collins, Jonathan Dixon. Bennet Van 

 Syckel, Charles G. Garrison, William S. Gummere, 

 George C. Ludlow (died in December), John Frank 

 Fort, and A. Q. Garretson; Court of Errors and 

 Appeals: Judges, J. W. Bogart, G. Krueger, Fred- 

 erick Adams, W. H. Vredenburgh, Charles E. Hen- 

 drickson, and Peter V. Voorhees. Chancellor, 

 William J. Magie. 



Population. The population of the State, by 

 counties, in 1900, was: Atlantic, 46,402; Bergen, 

 78,441; Burlington, 58,241; Camden, 107,643; Cape 

 May, 13,201; Cumberland, 51,103; Essex, 359,053: 

 Gloucester, 31,905; Hudson, 386,048; Hunterdon, 

 34,507; Mercer, 95,365; Middlesex, 79,762; Mon- 

 mouth, 82,057; Morris, 65,156; Ocean, 19,747; Pas- 

 saic, 155,202; Salem, 25,530; Somerset, 32,948; 

 Sussex, 24,134; Union, 99,353; Warren, 37,781; 

 total, 1,883,669. 



The population of Jersey City was 206,433; of 

 Newark, 246,070; of Trenton, 73,307; of Paterson. 

 105,171; of Elizabeth, 52,130; of Camden, 75,935; 

 of Hoboken, 59,364; of Atlantic City, 27,838; of 

 Bayonne, 32,722. 



Finances. The Treasurer's report presents the 

 transactions for the fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 1900. 



The receipts of the State fund, including bal- 

 ance from the preceding year, were 4.^7i>.949.13. 

 and the disbursements were $2,871.726.97, leav- 

 ing a balance of $2,005,222.16. which was larger 

 than the balance of the year before by $752.069.03. 



The receipts of the school fund, including bal- 

 ance, were $841,585.64, and the disbursements were 

 $762,145.94, leaving a balance of $79.439.70, which 

 was larger by $18,718.82 than the balance of the 

 year before. The State school tax amounted to 

 $2,333,550. 



The receipts and disbursements of the Agricul- 

 tural College fund were $4,080. 





