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business on July 14, 1898. reported as follows : Re- 

 sources Loans and discounts undoubtedly good 

 on personal or collateral security, $69.170,376.28; 

 loans and discounts undoubtedly good on real 

 estate security, $6.991,521.34; overdrafts by solvent 

 customers. $771.803.34; United States bonds on 

 hand, $305,984.22 : other bonds and stocks, $5.896,- 

 487.87; real estate, banking house, $2.249,049.38; 

 real estate, other than banking house. $1,159,213.07; 

 furniture and fixtures, $578,388.37 : due from other 

 banks, good on sight draft, $17,872,944.21 ; checks 

 and other cash items, $1,816.523.04; national bank 

 notes, legal tender United States notes, and gold 

 mid silver certificates, $6,092,722.11 ; gold coin, $3,- 

 201.406.73: silver coin, including pennies, $669,- 

 -120.51; all other resources, $143,476.62: total, 

 $116.919.267.09. Liabilities Capital stock paid in, 

 $20.408.270; surplus funds on hand, $7,346.724.28; 

 undivided profits, less current expenses and taxes 

 paid, $1,280,871.44; deposits subject to draft at 

 sight by banks and bankers, $6,108,200.11 ; deposits 

 subject" to draft at sight by individuals and others, 

 $62,725.948.38 : deposits subject to draft at given 

 dates $18,292.642.44 ; bills payable and bills redis- 

 counted, $642.096.57 : dividends unpaid, $54,323.69 ; 

 other liabilities, $60,190.18; total, $116,919,267.09. 



There are 226 building-and-loan associations in 

 the State, 222 of which reported a total of liabili- 

 ties and resources at $18,255,186.22, making an ag- 

 gregate with the banks of $135,174,453.31. 



Insurance. The removal of the State insurance 

 department from St. Louis to Jefferson City was 

 effected in 1898. It is reported that the receipts of 

 this department have increased largely over the 

 receipts of former years, more insurance companies 

 being now licensed than at any time in the history 

 of the department. In the ten years from 1878 to 

 1887 the receipts of the department amounted to 

 $182,787.68. the disbursements in the same period 

 being $166,028.98, leaving a balance of $16,758.98; 

 in the ten years from 1888 to 1897 the total receipts 

 amounted to $272,455.58, and the disbursements to 

 $165,874.52, an excess of $106,581.06. The receipts 

 up to Dec. 12, 1898, were $58,000, or $22,180.85 in 

 excess of expenditures of the department. The 

 2j-per-cent. tax levied on the gross premiums of all 

 insurance companies of other States doing business 

 in Missouri during 1897, and paid up in 1898, 

 amounted to $233,306.17, the total sum being $13,- 

 933.96 in excess of such taxes in the previous year. 

 All the business of the insolvent companies which 

 had been in course of settlement for twenty-one 

 years was closed up, and $17,333.33 of assets of the 

 insolvent corporations was paid into the treasury, 

 increasing the school fund to that amount. 



Penitentiary. At the beginning of 1898 there 

 were 2,327 convicts in the penitentiary. An average 

 of 1,362 daily during 1897-'98 were employed by 

 contractors, at the rate of 50 cents per day, making a 

 daily income for the institution of $681. The sur- 

 plus of cash on hand was $8,552.63. The sum of 

 $29,545 was expended for a new cell-building, $26,- 

 159 for a new shop-building, and 1,000 for books 

 for the library. In his review of the institution for 

 1897-'98, the" Governor said: " Not only is the 

 financial status of the institution an excellent one, 

 but the splendid discipline of the men maintained 

 is worthy of notice and commendation. The old 

 idea which prevailed so many years among prison 

 officials, that men incarcerated for crime could only 

 be controlled by harsh and severe means, that crimi- 

 nals had to be controlled by brute force, and that 

 there was nothing in the nature of a convict that 

 could be touched or softened by kind words or 

 gentle manner, has been abandoned. In our peni- 

 tentiary to-day the higher instincts of man are ap- 

 to." 



Insane Asylnms. The State supports 3 insane 

 asylums, the Fulton, the St. Joseph, and the Nevada. 

 In 1897-'98 the 3 contained 1,528 patients. 



Government Lands. In 1898 there were 498.- 

 264 acres of United States Government land subject 

 to entry in the State, this being the only State con- 

 taining Government lands for cash entry. These 

 lands can be purchased at $1.25 an acre, excepting 

 such as were embraced in homestead entries and 

 reverted to the Government ; such can only be se- 

 cured by homestead entry. One person can acquire 

 title to but 320 acres. Homestead entries can only 

 be made for 160 acres, but purchase may be made 

 of an additional 160 acres. 



Products. The Labor Commissioner reported 

 the surplus products of the State, "after having 

 fed, clothed, and sheltered her 3,000,000 of inhabi- 

 tants," as follows, shipped during 1897: Live stock 

 Cattle, 1,015.331 head ; hogs, 3,415,459 head ; horses 

 and mules, 106,265 head ; sheep, 387,385 head ; poul- 

 try, 51,804.524 pounds. Farm crops Wheat, 5,269,- 

 734 bushels ; corn, 4,789,984 bushels ; oats, 658,991 

 bushels; rye, 160.862 bushels; hay, 2,919.435 bales; 

 grass-seeds, 228,783 bushels; flax, 3~4,51 2,819 pounds; 

 cotton, 24,010,000 pounds; cotton-seed products, 

 15,844,000 pounds; tobacco, 1,379,235 pounds; cas- 

 tor beans, 1,114,055 pounds ; popcorn, 48,330 pounds. 

 Fruits and vegetables Apples, 2,029,339 bushels ; 

 peaches and plums, 139,237 baskets ; strawberries, 

 394,823 crates; small fruits, 134,478 crates; fruits 

 and vegetables, 6,828,903 pounds ; dried fruit, 1,883,- 

 602 pounds; potatoes, 150,268 bushels; onions, 

 19,664 bushels; melons, 4,447,273; canned goods, 

 8,466,621 pounds. Mill products Flour, 2,625,607 

 pounds ; corn meal, 7,606,311 pounds ; mill-feed, 

 40,954,916 pounds. Minerals Coal, 1,981,397 tons ; 

 pig-lead, 50,600 tons; lead and zinc ore, 235,333 

 tons; iron ore, 61,960 tons; pig-iron, 12,080 tons; 

 chats, 83,200 tons ; charcoal, 183 cars ; nickel, 2.000 

 tons ; granite, 1,944 cars ; fire-clay, 3,018 cars ; lime 

 and cement, 722,707 barrels ; plate glass, 223 cars : 

 tiff, 2,400,000 pounds; tripoli, 4,170.606 pounds; 

 barytes, 17,000.000 pounds. Timber Lumber, 365.- 

 320.523 feet; logs, 14,742.000 feet; walnut logs, 

 3,168,000 feet; piling, 13.986,000 feet; cross-ties, 

 4,053,686 ; cord wood, 119,458 cords ; cooperage, 4,410 

 cars. Miscellaneous Molasses. 124,266 gallons ; 

 honey. 65,215 pounds; beeswax. 3,798 pounds; wine, 

 2.005,791 gallons ; cider and vinegar, 568,382 gal- 

 lons; wool. 2,478,025 pounds; eggs, 34,314,138 

 dozen; butter, 3,378.272 pounds; cheese, 463.00:! 

 pounds; fish, 850,397 pounds; game, 2,238,315 

 pounds; dressed meat, 1,351,436 pounds; tallow, 

 2.489,994 pounds; hides, 9,903,842 pounds; furs, 

 293,997 pounds; feathers. 487,300 pounds; nuts, 

 51.952 bushels; milk, 474,731 gallons. 



Lynching'. An excursion boat from Quincy. 111., 

 and Hannibal, Mo., arrived at Clarksville in June, 

 with about 300 negroes on board. " They got into 

 a free-for-all fight," according to a newspaper re- 

 port, "and City Marshal Meloan went on board to 

 quell it. He put Curtis Young under arrest, when 

 somebody in the crowd shot the marshal in the 

 back, killing him. A posse of fifty citizens gath- 

 ered and went on board the boat, and arrested Sam 

 Young, Curtis Young, Bob Taylor, and Charles 

 Taylor (all colored), and took them to jail. During 

 the night Sam and Curtis Young were taken from 

 the jail and hung." 



In the same month Henry Williams (colored), 

 charged with an assault on some white girls, wns 

 hanged at Wabash bridge, Macon Co. A dispatch 

 from the scene thus described the affair : " Williams 

 died protesting his innocence. Rev. J. A. Robbins, 

 Sheriff Glenn, and Mr. McVicker made speeches, 

 pleading with the would-be lynchers to let the law 

 take its course. Robbins was hooted down, and 



