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Finances. The total receipts of the State 

 treasury in the year ending Oct. 31 are shown 

 by the annual report to have been from all sources 

 $7,121,149.31, and the total disbursements $6,970,- 

 589.41. There was a balance in the treasury Nov. 

 1, 1898, of $550,775.75, the balance this year being 

 $095,335.05. In June the receipts amounted to 

 $2,329,885.19, the largest of any month in the 

 year. The State debt was reduced by $012,000. 



The valuation of real estate for assessment was 

 placed by the county boards at $1,175,900,247, 

 and was increased by the State board $0,224,432. 

 The assessment valuation of railroads was $153,- 

 093,500; of telegraph and telephone companies, 

 $4,382,047; of sleeping-car companies, $393,084; 

 of express companies, $1,811,395. 



Education. The school enumeration for 1899 

 gave a total of 755,098, of whom 14,703 were col- 

 ored. The enrollment was 550,551, and the at- 

 tendance average 424,725. The number of teach- 

 ers was 15,480; the number of schoolhouses, 

 9,983. The amount of the common-school fund 

 held by counties in June was $7,842,032.77; the 

 congressional township fund held by counties was 

 $2,409,982.50; total fund, $10,312,015.27, making 

 a net increase during the year of $104,811.08. 

 The tuition revenue distributed in January was 

 $2,435,603.60, and in July $2,854,013.95; the spe- 

 cial revenue distributed in January was $554,- 

 682.00, and in July $089,398.47 ; total revenue for 

 the year, $0,534,298.74. 



Statistics gathered by a committee of the Town 

 and City Superintendents' Association appointed 

 to plan a uniform course of study for the public 

 high schools show that the whole number of 

 teachers devoting full time to high-school work 

 is 270, of whom 118 are women. It is shown also 

 that the average of high-school students, com- 

 pared with the school population, increases from 

 the larger to the smaller towns, those with more 

 than 10,000 population having but 7.71 per cent, of 

 the enumeration, while those below 2,000 have an 

 average of 19.30 per cent. 



The attendance at the State University, at 

 Bloomington, in 1898-'99 was 1,050, every county 

 being represented. The attendance in 1893 was 

 but 572. 



The Eastern Indiana Normal University was 

 opened Aug. 29 at Normal City, a suburb of 

 Muncie. A building affording accommodations 

 for 1,000 students has been put up at a cost of 

 $75,000, and a faculty of 23 instructors appointed. 



The enrollment for the spring term at the Cen- 

 tral Normal College, at Danville, was more than 

 1,200. At the Northern Indiana Normal School, 

 at Valparaiso, 3,247 were enrolled during the year, 

 and the average attendance was 2,231. Diplomas 

 have been given during the year to 1,255 stu- 

 dents in the various courses. 



At the sixty-first commencement of Wabash 

 College, at Craw r fordsville, in June, degrees were 

 conferred on 17 seniors. The president resigned 

 on account of disagreement with the board in 

 regard to the management. He believes that 

 girls should be admitted to the college privileges, 

 and that their admission would give new life 

 to the institution. In all, the college has gradu- 

 ated 784 students. 



Charities and Corrections. The statistics of 

 the State institutions given in April were as fol- 

 low: Daily average attendance in the insane hos- 

 pitals: Central, 1,530; Northern, 003.77; Eastern, 

 530.0; Southern, 473; total, 3,137.37. At the 

 other charitable institutions the daily average 

 attendance was as follows: Soldiers' Home, 470; 

 Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, 611; In- 

 stitution for the Deaf and Dumb, 320.8; Institu- 

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tion for the Blind, 121.27; Institution for the 

 Feeble-minded, 550. The average attendance at 

 the correctional institutions was as fellows: State 

 Prison, 779.73; Reformatory, 938.33; Industrial 

 School for Girls and Women's Prison women 

 40.1, girls 192.3, total 238.4; Reform School for 

 Boys, 538. Total for correctional institutions, 

 2,504.40. 



The net total expenditures for the one quarter 

 at these institutions were: Central Insane, $50,- 

 725.39; Northern Insane, $24,451.09; Eastern In- 

 sane, $21,170.81; Southern Insane, $22,583.72; 

 total, $124,937.01. Soldiers' Home, $17,504.74; 

 Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, $23,700.09; 

 Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, $19,202.07; 

 Blind Institute, $9,149.05; School for Feeble- 

 minded, $32,894.54; State Prison, $20,100.38; 

 Reformatory, $29,885.54; Women's Prison and In- 

 dustrial School for Girls, $9,317.84; Reform School 

 for Boys, $19,000.12. Grand total for all, $305,- 

 883.98. For the same quarter in 1898, $315,073.01. 



At the Soldiers' Home five new cottages were 

 built this year, with a capacity of 16 to 22 per- 

 sons each, and a new administration building. 

 The funds were given by counties and individuals. 

 The cost of maintenance for the year was $87,- 

 387.54. There still remain 75 applicants who can 

 not be accommodated. 



Militia. The annual report of the Adjutant 

 General shows that at the beginning of the Span- 

 ish-American War there were 4 regiments and 2 

 batteries. As many of the companies of the 

 State militia were completely dismembered dur- 

 ing the Spanish-American War, most of the men 

 enlisting in the regular service, Adjutant-Genenal 

 Gore, acting under instructions of the Governor, 

 has reorganized companies in 12 of the large cities. 



Labor. According to reports received at the 

 State Statistician's office, 33,404 men are em- 

 ployed on farms in the State, who receive an 

 average of $13.89 a month and board. Of women 

 employed in families, 11,714 are reported, and 

 their average weekly pay is $1.55 with board. 



Strikes among miners in two districts were 

 caused by controversies over the price of powder, 

 which, as was asserted, was sold to the miners 

 by the companies for 50 cents a keg more than 

 the lowest price at which it could be obtained 

 elsewhere, and they were compelled to buy of 

 the companies. Another strike was caused by 

 the discharge of a workman for intoxication, ac- 

 cording to a rule of the company. At Evansville, 

 in June, the importation of negroes to take the 

 places of striking miners resulted in rioting and 

 bloodshed. 



Products. From the annual agricultural re- 

 port of the Bureau of Statistics for 1899 it is 

 learned that the leading products of the farm, 

 and their value for the year, taking the current 

 prices at Indianapolis and including the live stock 

 on hand, are as follow: Wheat, $21,014,256; corn, 

 $45,374,041; oats, $9,300,296; rye, $299,450; barley 

 and buckwheat, $157,988; timothy and clover hay, 

 $40,600,830; flaxseed, $13,880; Irish and sweet 

 potatoes, $3,255,340; sorghum, $245,350; wool 

 clip, $1,140,400; tobacco, $590,400; tame grasses, 

 $6,500,000; milk, butter, and cheese, $17,180,000; 

 poultry and eggs, $0,980,000; slaughtered animals 

 on farm, $4,795,039; fruit and garden products, 

 estimated, $9,840,000 ; honey, $680,000 ; milk cows, 

 $15,210,000; other cattle, $19,964,340; sheep and 

 lambs, $4,680,600; swine and pigs, $20,210,124; 

 horses and mules, $25,120,100. 



The State Mine Inspector shows that 5,177,044 

 tons of coal were mined in 1898, an increase of 

 948,958 tons over the output of 1897 and an in- 

 crease of 628,233 tons over that of any previous 



