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MONTANA. 



as spasmodic, for the reason that the new uses 

 to which it has of late been applied cover so wide 

 a field, and the territory in which it has thus far 



been developed is so limited (for Missouri now 

 produces one sixth of the entire zinc output of 

 the world), that good prices must prevail for some 

 time. The importance of our mining industry 

 can be better appreciated when we realize the 

 extent of the claim made 1 * that the lead and 

 zinc ore product for this year of the Jasper 

 County alone will exceed in value the gold and 

 silver 'production of the celebrated Cripple Creek 

 region.'" During the year 1.038 shafts were 

 ojH-rate<l in Missouri lead, zinc, and coal fields, 

 in and about which Hi.OOO men were employed. 



Railroads. The number of companies operat- 

 ing railroad-* in Missouri June 30, 1898, was 58. 

 Of these but ten declared dividends on their capi- 

 tal stock, and of the roads operated but two 

 the Hannibal and St. Joseph and Kansas City 

 Suburban Belt are wholly within Missouri. The 

 following-named railroads were in the hands of 

 receivers June 30, 1808: St. Clair, Madison and 

 St. Louis Kelt: St. Louis, Kansas City and Colo- 

 rado: and St. Louis, Cape Girardeau and Fort 

 Smith. The increase in the railroad mileage of 

 Missouri for 1898 was greater than any year since 

 1892, the increase for that year being 240 miles. 

 The larger proportion of the increase was in the 

 extension of the Kansas City, Osceola and South- 

 ern and the lines controlled by the Kansas City, 

 Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company. The 

 total railroad mileage, June 30, 1898, was 

 8,495.72. The aggregate capital stock of com- 

 panies operating in the State on that date was 

 $1,028.108,946. The total of taxes paid was 

 $817,799.07. 



Industries. The report of Thomas P. Rixey, 

 Commissioner of Labor Statistics, for the year 

 ending Nov. 5, 1899, shows for 40 leading indus- 

 tries the following statistics: Value of grounds, 

 $11.533.003; buildings, $16,257,756; machinery, 

 $13,288,759; capital invested, $70,322,334; goods 

 manufactured, $126,932,008: material and sup- 

 plies used during 1898, $77,512,396; amount of 

 taxes paid, $3,491,826. 



Proposed Exposition. The centennial anni- 

 versary of the purchase of the Louisiana terri- 

 tory, in 1803, by the United States from France 

 will be celebrated in St. Louis during the years 

 1903 and 1904. The celebration was decided upon 

 by a convention, held Jan. 19, of delegates rep- 

 resenting the States and Territories included 

 within the original purchase. It was also de- 

 cided that the observance should be in the form 

 of a great international exposition, in which the 

 United States Government, the States and Ter- 

 ritories, and foreign countries should be invited to 

 participate. 



Cyclone. On April 27, 1899, north and north- 

 oast Missouri were visited by a devastating 

 cyclone: portions of the cities of Kirksville and 

 Newtowp were laid waste, causing an appalling 

 destruction of life and property. About 50 per- 

 sons were killed, and hundreds were injured and 

 possibly maimed for life. The homes of more than 

 f>00 families were totally destroyed by the ele- 

 ments Gov. Stephens made an appeal for aid 

 in behalf of the sufferers, and the response was 

 hearty and prompt from all parts of the State 



Lawlessness. Under the directions of the 



father of the girl whom he had assaulted, and 



close to the scene of his crime, Frank Embree 



a negro, was flayed and then lynched at Fayette' 



on July 22, by a mob. The lynching occurred 



the hour that had been. set for the prisoner's 



The mob wrested Embree from a squad of 



deputy sheriffs after a spirited struggle. Embree 

 is the third negro that has been hanged for crimi- 

 nal assault on white women in Howard County. 



Political. The Legislature consists of 9 Re- 

 publicans and 25 Democrats in the Senate, and 

 58 Republicans, 80 Democrats, and 2 Populists in 

 the House. The House and Senate on Jan. 17 

 voted separately for United States Senator to 

 succeed Francis M. Cockrell for the term of six 

 years beginning March 4, 1899, the vote being: 

 Senate R. C. Kerens (Republican) 9, Cockrell 

 (Democrat) 25; House Kerens 52, Cockrell 

 76. The election took place in joint session on 

 the following day, resulting in the election of 

 Mr. Cockrell for the fifth term, the vote being 

 Kerens, 61; Cockrell, 103. 



MONTANA, a Western State, admitted to the 

 Union Nov. 8, 1889; area, 146,080 square miles. 

 Tne population, according to the census of 1890, 

 was 132,159. Capital, Helena. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers in 1899: Governor, Robert B. Smith; 

 Lieutenant Governor, A. E. Spriggs; Secretary of 

 State, T. S. Hogan; Treasurer, T. E. Collins; 

 Auditor, T. W. Poindexter, Jr.; Attorney-General, 

 C. B. Nolan; Superintendent of Education, E. A. 

 Carleton all elected on a fusion ticket of Demo- 

 crats and Populists; Adjutant General, C. F. Eng- 

 lish; Commissioner of Agriculture, J. H. Calder- 

 head; Land Agent, Henry Neill; Land Register, 

 H. D. Moore; Mine Inspector, John Byrne; Presi- 

 dent of the State Board of Sheep Commissioners, 

 T. C. Power; Examiner, J. G. Moroney; Archi- 

 tect, C. S. Haire; Chief Justice of the Supreme 

 Court, Theodore M. Brantley, Republican; Asso- 

 ciate Justices, W. H. Hunt, Republican, and W. 

 T, Pigott, Democrat; Clerk, Henry G. Rickerts, 

 Democrat. 



Finances. The receipts of the treasury from 

 all sources in the year ending Nov. 30 amounted 

 to $1,081,036.65. In the year $558,727.27 in war- 

 rants were drawn. On Dec. 1, 1898, $337,649.21 

 in general fund warrants were outstanding, and 

 Dec. 1, 1899, there were $376,042. The interest 

 paid on general fund warrants amounted to about 

 $13,000, but by reason of the reduction in the 

 interest rate by the Legislature the interest is 

 expected to be 'much less the coming year. The 

 cash on hand in the treasury on Nov. 30 was 

 $637,416.62. 



Valuations. The value placed upon property 

 for assessment in 1898, exclusive of railroads, was 

 $119,960,108. The value for 1899, as given by 

 county assessors, was $125.829,181. The railroads 

 were valued at $14,992,689 in 1899; in 1898, at 

 $13,793,581. The live-stock valuation was in- 

 creased $1,474,741 in 1899. There was a general 

 protest among those interested against the values 

 placed by the State Board of Equalization on 

 cattle and sheep for purposes of taxation. The 

 total valuation of cattle is $12,057,087; horses, 

 $3,289,717; sheep, $8,302,944, making the total 

 assessment $23,649,748. The assessors' reports 

 show 3,186,742 head of sheep in the State, which, 

 have been assessed at an average of $2.60. The 

 average assessment of beef cattle was $37.37; of 

 yearlings, two year olds and three year olds 

 $21.83, and of cows $25.71. The assessors this 

 year found 1,173 thoroughbred horses, 133,642 

 range horses, and 59,672 work horses. The aver- 

 age assessment of thoroughbred horses was 

 $95.76; range horses, $11.28; and work hors.es, 

 $27.99. 



The attempt of a county board to tax the 

 Associated Press franchises of newspapers was 

 not sustained, the county attorney deciding that 

 they were not franchises in the strict sense of the 



