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$8,585,354.98. The increase in the school at- 

 tendance over the preceding year was 2,802 pupils. 

 The total number of pupils admitted to schools 

 was 560,224. There are 9,987 schoolhouses in the 

 State, only 3 of which are log buildings. 



The average daily wages of teachers in all com- 

 lon and high schools was $2.51. The average in 

 cities was $2.99 and in country districts $2.33. 

 Dhe average length of terms was one hundred and 

 forty-six days one hundred and seventy-nine in 

 cities and one hundred and twenty-six in country. 

 A report on the operation of the compulsory ed- 

 ication law shows that the 108 truant officers 

 brought into school 25,025 children at a cost of 

 27,885.50. The cost of assistance rendered poor 

 children was. $19,801.48. The average total ex- 

 enditure for each child was $2.23. 

 The enrolment at the State Normal School at 

 Terre Haute in the year ending Oct. 31, 1901, was 

 1,864, the largest number, 1,200, attending during 

 spring term. The summer-school attendance 

 ras 673. The fiscal year began with a balance 

 af $13,072.65 in the general fund and ended with 

 balance of $16,123.78. From the State tax of 

 jth of 1 mill, $65,910 was received. There, 

 rere 475 students during the fall term, and 95 

 tudents were graduated in 1902. 

 The building of the former normal school at 

 luncie is to be opened as the Palmer University 

 September, having received an endowment of 

 100,000 from Francis A. Palmer, of New York, 

 mother $100,000 to be raised by the Christian 

 Church of the country. 



A class of 55 was graduated at the Indiana Law 

 chool in June. From the Medical College of In- 

 liana 72 were graduated in April, of whom 4 

 pere women. 



A department of commerce has been added 

 it the State University; the course requires two 

 pears and is to furnish training for business ca- 

 eers. 



Charities and Corrections. The number in 

 ic insane hospitals Oct. 31, 1901, was 3,961 ; there 

 rere 464 insane in county poor asylums, and 31 

 county jails. Of those in the 4 State asylums, 

 1,098 were women. 



The enrolment at the Institution for the Deaf 

 ind Dumb was 384, of whom 218 were boys. 



From reports received by the Board of State 

 Charities the population of the poor asylums of 

 Indiana on Aug. 31, 1901, was 3,0912,115 men 

 and 1,076 women. In a Charities Board bulletin 

 the following information is given: 



" A few years ago there was spent in outdoor 

 poor relief, including medical aid, in Indiana over 

 $630,000. This has been reduced in six years to 

 less x than $210,000 a year. Ten years ago 14.8 

 persons in each 10,000 of the State's population 

 were inmates of the poor asylums. Now there are 

 " 2.2 persons in each 10.000." 

 During the year ending May 31 the number of 

 ichers in the Girls' Industrial School was 137; 

 lumber of pupils, 927 ; average attendance of pu- 

 pils, 507; yards of material used, 3,118; number of 

 arments made, 1,267; amount expended, $614.95. 

 Reports made to the Board of Charities for the 

 rear ending Oct. 31, 1901, indicate that during the 

 pear there were confined in the 92 county jails of 

 Indiana 26,115 males and 1,899 females, an in- 

 rease of 550 over 1900. The report says: "A 

 fnopsis of the reports shows that of the total 

 number of prisoners 15,922 were serving sentence, 

 T33 were confined as insane, and 5,209 were 

 imps." Attention is called to the number of 

 imps received. Some counties maintain jails 

 is boarding-houses for tramps at public expense, 

 one county the books showed that the regular 

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in-and-out fee and full board were charged for 

 every tramp received. Those who came in one 

 evening and were let out the next morning were 

 paid for by the county for two days' board at 40 

 cents and an in-and-out fee of 50 cents, a total of 

 $1.30, and the tramp received a night's lodging 

 and 1 or 2 meals. Figures taken from the month- 

 ly reports show that for the first six months of 

 this year 3,232 tramps were harbored in Indiana 

 jails at a cost of $4,483.99, of which $1,497.05 was 

 for sheriff's fees and $2,987.94 for board. 



There were 9,111 inmates in the 13 State insti- 

 tutions May 1. The cost of maintenance per cap- 

 ita for the quarter then ending was: Central Hos- 

 pital for Insane, $42.77 ; Northern Hospital for In- 

 sane, $37.11 ; Eastern Hospital for Insane, $44.67; 

 Southern Hospital for Insane, $44.52; Soldiers' 

 Home, $39.05; Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' 

 Home, $42.11; Institution for Deaf, $69.97; School 

 for Feeble-Minded Youth, $37.59; State Prison, 

 $39.85 ; Reformatory, $36.28 ; Industrial School for 

 Girls and Woman's Prison, $49.96 ; Reform School 

 for Boys, $35.74; Institution for Blind, $95.48. 



Banks. There are 114 State banks, all in ex- 

 cellent condition. This year 13 new banks w r ere 

 organized, 1 retired from business. There are 5 

 savings-banks. The trust companies are coming 

 into general use as depositories for savings. 



The latest available report on State banks an- 

 swers the call made Nov. 25, 1902. A comparison 

 with the report made Sept. 15 shows that de- 

 posits have increased more than $800,000, loans 

 and discounts more than $700,000, while over- 

 drafts have decreased $40,000 over the last call. 

 On a combined capital of $4,770,550 the surplus 

 and profits amount to $1,530,619.62. 



The annual report of the savings-banks, issued 

 in February, shows an increase in assets over the 

 report of a year ago of $750,597.40. 



Building Associations. The State has 403 

 associations, with a membership of 112,822, and 

 assets amounting to $29,292,665. Their assets 

 have increased $725,739.14. This is the first year 

 since 1896 that there has not been a falling off in 

 the volume of business. In addition to this there 

 has been an increase in loans of $1,100,748.04 and 

 a decrease in real estate held of $256,198.59. The 

 increase in dues, prepaid and paid-up stock and 

 deposits has been $662,960.94. 



Life-Insurance. The result of the enactment 

 of 1899 is that the credit of Indiana life-insurance 

 companies has been raised, and now these compa- 

 nies find ready admission into other States, where, 

 previous to the enactment of the law, they were 

 debarred. 



Statistics of all the companies for 1901, stand- 

 ard life and approved assessment and fraternal 

 organizations, show a total paid in the State of 

 $4,202,863. 



The Antitrust Law. This law, passed in 

 1901, was in effect declared unconstitutional by 

 the decision of the United States Supreme Court 

 in regard to the similar statute of Illinois. Both 

 laws are invalidated by an exemption in favor of 

 live stock and agricultural products in the hands 

 of the raiser or producer, or of labor organizations. 

 Under the rulings of the court, an antitrust law, 

 to be constitutional, must apply indiscriminately 

 to all combinations, with no exemptions or excep- 

 tions whatever. 



Agriculture. A census bulletin issued in June 

 shows that the farms of Indiana June 1, 1900, 

 numbered 221,897, and were valued at $841,735,- 

 340. Of this amount $154.101,880, or 18.3 per 

 cent., represents the value of buildings. 



On the same date the value of farm implements 

 and machinery was $27,330,370 and that of live 



