INDIANA. 



castle, and had ah- 



the assign: ttte December meeting of UM 



.-' ..f \V. <-ge a petition wa- 



thal arrangement* be made t< 

 catc worn- :!:;. There were 'J? s alumni 



..luuini opposed 

 nt have been ^rnlu:i 



whose address is un- 

 I li:t failed t,.r.-|.ly. 



Vmcennes Presbytery passed a resolution m 

 I ili.- frie: 



unea deaires to n-.-o.d it-* disappro- 



late Legislature to 



displace the denominational college in the school 



system in 



a course of instruction in the 

 ll the 

 graduate* of the non-State school. dis, --' 



.My confiscating tin- valuable 



pvopertj tad splendid equipment <>f tin- m-n-state 

 schools. It is with deep reinvt lha- a this 



movement is to be continued in faror of State col- 

 leges, and we call u|Niii good cili/ejis who value 

 . who believe in fairn .-.. ami who understand 

 the debt. jiast and present. of our puMie-sehonl 

 system to the non-State schools, to oppose the 

 encroachments." 



M-h.N.l enumeration for 1MJ7 shows a total of 



749.860. an increase of !;,. The fol- 



lowing summary shows the condition of the com- 



mon-scho. | ax compute.! for upport ion- 



Amount collected from counties. 



amount in treasury from all other 



sources. $ on hand. 11,001,41401; 



amount apportioned. .80; balance now re- 



maining in treasury. $19.11421 : fn-r cnjntn, sl.j:;. 



The State Board of .Y , u jon ami 



Examination has adopted rules defining what <-..!- 



leges are qualihVd ;>!omas that will he 



recognized by the board. These rules will bar out 



graduates of certain medical colleges. 



< h.irities and ( nrrcctions. An abstract of 

 the report of ' 1 of Char 



the following si "The number of inmates 



charitable and correctional institutions 



n ago 



was 6/JG4. of this number 4,106 were in the chari- 

 table institution* and 'J.I. "is \\\ the correctional in^t i- 

 t tit inns. At the close of the pa-t fi>cal year the 

 niiinlier of inmates of the Stale charitable and cor- 

 rectional institutions \\a< 7.1 Mil. of which 4.<J."4 were 

 in charitable ami 'J.l^'J in correctional institutions. 

 From these figures it is wen that the total popula- 

 tion of boti | and correctional institutions 



has increased 872 in the past five years. The in- 

 creaae in the charitaMc [nstitutiom has been 548 

 and in th .'!. While the population 



of the charitable and correctional institutions has 

 i--d. there has not IH-OII a corresponding 

 -t of mjiintenaii'-e. The total cost 

 of maintaining the institutions in the year juM 

 dosed was smaller by $6,880.17 than in 'the 

 which f-nded fiv,- years ago. 



m address before t of 



Charities and < 'orn- \ , tM h,. r t 



or said, urging economy in the administration of 

 - 



maintain and chari- 



atula- 

 elo4- of the last fisc. 



-'ate inMiiutions turned 

 ponded balances lawk into the trea^i; 

 Oorernor had already in June marie a nv.vo toward 

 \pens4-* of utir.ns by sug- 



gesting the abolition of useless offices and' more 

 careful scrutiny of the prices paid for supplies. 



Th- 

 Ilme in 1 \ he p..pulat ion : \ 



. women with their 

 \\ de.l and the nuin- 

 lis for admissjuii is increasing:. 

 says that the \ 

 molitl. ;t\,- ii|. (lie excess I 



tO ih'-ir wivrs ,r minor childi 

 Th. ].roi.riate.| xs.- - 



new chapel. for an "old m< 



$10,0" m and "wido, 



The old men's home j> in ,-, lion, ami I 



the i.thT t \-. ;-hed and furnished. I> 



tages. 'I'h. : iii- 



. of which the (lovernmcnt pays sl(M. 



The trustees of the 



Home, at Knight-town. Milmiitted their annu. 

 iiort i ' hurin^ 1 ' i 



left the home. There are now in the hoi; 

 dren. of wli 



The linancial statement sl,,,\\s t he c\p ( -nditi, 

 all the appropriation ..f $!MU" 



The report of the Central Hospital fortl 

 gives: Patients at be^innini: of j |; i\- 



:;MJ : died, 



lied at close of \c;,r. 1 ..>!: daily 

 '. The instinit Tin- 



actual /" /' nifiitn ( 



At the Southern Hospital for the I: 

 Evansville. the cost ,,f maintenance durin 

 'aging 48 cents a da\ 

 patient. 



The printing office and laundry at the 

 form School f.-r l'o\ ididd. were \>< 



June 1, with u loss of about $7. 



The Legislature th a law ma 



the Prison South, at .Jefferson \ ill.-. . 

 and providing that all prisom-rs under thirty \ 

 of age, serving their fir-t >cnt.-ncr. >hoiilil be i. 

 there, while the Prison North, at Mi-|, 

 should be t he State penitentiary for older criminals. 

 Transference of prisoners took place April T.'. \\heii 

 'J!M prisoners \\.-n- taken fnun Michigan City to 

 JelTcrsonville. and :!ls from JelTerw.nville to MiVhi- 

 LTan <'ity. (ireat precautions \\cfe taken. Bp 

 trains startini: simnltani'oiislr from the t \\ 

 The men wi-re shackled in pairs imm-di;. 

 being fed at breakfast and marched on board'' 

 that had been backed into the pr 

 company -f militia accompanied each train, as. d in 

 each coach of convicts were thr- 



After the exchantre the penitentiary contained 

 980, while the reformatory had fewer than HOO. In 



ber there were in nuind numbers 1KH) i 

 reformatory and M'i sit the penitentiary, 

 the reformatory i- I a-ll\ led. The i 



school is atten.! "j inmates. All illitn 



are compelled to attend this s-ho,l. The \\ 

 earning system is now in full operation, and ' 

 is plenty of work for all prisoners under 



in:: pontn 



The State Prison has been put into pi 

 buildings including a chapel and an administration 

 building, have ' 'e<l. a waterworks ; 



put in. and sh,,wcr baths provided. 



The following are tin- amounts appropriated by 

 the Legislature for maintenai pecial pur- 



poses at tl institutions: Central h 



al. maintenance ^'J5.(MH). sywcial $>. 

 Northern In-aiie I |o-pital. maintenance $90,000. 

 cial $? 'M! for the Insane, main- 



tenan- them Hospital, 



tnaintenaii' -ial $0,800; Education of 



the Hlind. maintenance $27,(XM 

 the I>eaf and Dumb, maintenance $58.0(K>. sp, cial 

 ''-<; Soldiers' Orphan-' Home, maintet ; 



