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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (INDIANA.) 



stock $109,550,761. These values added to that 

 of farms make the total value of farm property 

 $978,616,471. 



The total value of farm-products for 1899 ex- 

 ceeds that for 1889 by $109,690,936. 



The average area of farms has declined from 

 136.3 acres in 1850 to 97.4 acres in 1900. Consid- 

 erably more than two-thirds of the area in farms 

 is tilled by the owners or part-owners. 



The value of live stock in 1900 was $109,550,761, 

 of which horses represent 37.1 per cent.; cattle, 

 except cows, 20.7 per cent. ; and dairy cows, 16.7 

 per cent. The value of the products of the dairy 

 in 1900 was $15,739,594, while the value of the 

 poultry and eggs was $15,614,937. 



Manufactures. In manufactures great prog- 

 ress is shown during the decade. The report of 



1900 shows 18,015 manufacturing establishments. 

 The aggregate capital invested in 1900 was $234,- 

 481,528, an increase of 78 per cent, over 1890. 

 The number of persons employed in 1900 was 155,- 

 956, an increase of 31,607 since 1890, the aggre- 

 gate of wages paid was $66,847,317, against $51,- 

 749,976 in 1890, and the value of the products was 

 $378,238,100, an increase of almost 67 per cent, 

 since 1890. This remarkable growth of manu- 

 facturing industries was largely due to natural 

 gas. 



By the factory inspector's report for 1902, a fur- 

 ther increase of employees is shown, the total being 

 178,019, of whom 26,200 w r ere women; there were 

 2,622 boys and 1,196 girls under sixteen. 



Later figures than those of the census are shown 

 also in a report of the State Statistician, giving 

 a comparison of 10 representative industries, 

 which have a total of $38,714,977 capital in- 

 vested in 1901, against a total of $24,286,833 in 

 1898. Each of the 10 industries shows a large 

 increase in the value of the product for 1901 over 

 that of 1898. In 1898 the value of the product 

 was $86,283,795, and in 1901 it was $121,434,106. 

 The greatest increase is in the beef and pork pack- 

 ing industry, being $18,103,273. The total amount 

 paid for wages in 1898 was $16,386,807, and in 



1901 $21,973,820. 



The coal product in 1901 was given as 6,962,940 

 short tons, valued at $7,078,842. 



Valuable deposits of iron ore have been found 

 along the line of the projected Indiana Southern 

 Kail road, according to reports by experts who 

 have recently made an examination there. In ad- 

 dition to the coal deposits beds of limestone 

 have also been found. The samples of the iron 

 ore that have been assayed show that there is 

 practically no admixture of sulfur, and the same 

 condition of freeness from sulfur is found in the 

 coal veins in the immediate neighborhood. 



Lawlessness. A srike on the street-railway 

 in Terre Haute in January was the occasion of 

 an outbreak of mob violence, in which one man, 

 a miner, lost his life. 



A negro, guilty of assault upon 2 women, was 

 hanged by a mob near Sullivan, Nov. 20. The 

 sheriff, from whom he was taken by the mob, 

 was deposed from office by the Governor, in ac- 

 cordance with a law passed in 1901. He was, 

 however, entitled by the same law to a hearing 

 before the Governor, and may be reinstated if he 

 can show that he did all in his power to protect 

 his prisoner. 



A national federation of negroes was incorpo- 

 rated at Indianapolis, Aug. 23, the object of 

 which was declared to be " to protect the colored 

 race from mob violence, to aid a general advance- 

 ment of the race, to arrest and punish lynchers 

 of colored people, secure equal rights for colored 

 people in all States, and to secure legislation to 



pay compensation to widows of colored men de- 

 prived of their lives by other than process of law." 



In September great excitement was caused by 

 the discovery of wholesale grave robberies in the 

 vicinity of Indianapolis. The bodies were sold to 

 medical colleges. Several indictments were found 

 in November against alleged grave-robbers, most 

 of whom are negroes. 



Soldiers' Memorial. The dedication of a 

 monument to the memory of the soldiers and sail- 

 ors of Indiana who took part in the civil war was 

 witnessed by an immense concourse at Indianapo- 

 lis in May. The corner-stone of the monument 

 was laid in 1889. Among those who took part 

 in the dedication exercises were the Governor, 

 Major G. V. Menzies, Gen. J. W. Foster, Gen. 

 Lew Wallace, James Whitcomb Riley, and Com- 

 mander Starr, of the Grand Army. 



Political. An election for State officers, ex- 

 cepting Governor, was held in November. There 

 were 6 tickets in the field Republican, Demo- 

 cratic, Prohibitionist, Populist, Socialist, and So- 

 cial Labor. 



The Republican State Convention met in In- 

 dianapolis, April 23, and named the following can- 

 'didates: For Secretary of State, Daniel E. 

 Storms; Auditor of State, David E. Sherrick; 

 Treasurer of State, Nat U. Hill; Attorney-Gen- 

 eral, Charles W. Miller; Clerk of Supreme Court, 

 R. A. Brown; Superintendent of Public Instruc- 

 tion, Fassett A. Cotton; Judge of Supreme Court, 

 John H. Gillett; Judges of Appellate Court, Ulric 

 Z. Wiley. Woodfin D. Robinson, Frank S. Roby, 

 Daniel W. Comstock, William J. Henley, James 

 B. Black; State Geologist, Willis S. Blatchley; 

 State Statistician, Benjamin F. Johnson. 



The resolutions, which were very long, were 

 largely devoted to approval of the national policy 

 and of the leaders of the party. The present State 

 administration was commended. Other declara- 

 tions were: 



" We pledge the people that the Republican 

 party will not confer special privileges on railway 

 or other combinations, but will maintain and pre- 

 serve the right of lawful competition and the su- 

 premacy of the laws over all corporations and 

 monopolies. 



" The laws touching the garnishment of wages 

 should be revised ; and the laws for the protection 

 of miners must be observed and enforced. 



" The Republican party demands the adoption 

 and enforcement of proper laws regulating nomi- 

 nations, securing to every man the right to express 

 his choice for the candidate of the party to which 

 he belongs, whether the nominations are made by 

 a direct primary or a delegate or mass conven- 

 tion." 



The Democrats met in State convention in In- 

 dianapolis June 4 and made nominations as fol- 

 low: For Secretary of State, Albert Schoonover; 

 Attorney-General, W. E. Stilwell ; Auditor, James 

 R. Riggs; Treasurer, Jerome Herff ; Clerk of Su- 

 preme Court, Adam Heimberper; Superintendent 

 of Public Instruction, Samuel L. Scott ; State Stat- 

 istician, Myron D. King; State Geologist, Ed- 

 ward Barrett ; Judge of Supreme Court, Fifth Dis- 

 trict, Timothy E. Howard ; 3 Judges of the Appel- 

 late Court from the Southern District, John R. 

 East, W. H. Bracken, and John D. Megee; 3 

 Judges of the Appellate Court from the Northern 

 District, R. H. Hartford, James T. Saunderson, 

 and H. G. Zimmerman. 



The platform denounced trusts, the Dingley 

 tariff law, the Philippine policy of the Govern 

 ment, and the. Fowler bank bill; and condemned 

 " the Republican party for refusing to give the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission power to enforce 



