St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 12, Number 29, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 15 January 1887 — Page 1

VOLUME XII.

INDIANA AFFAIRS. Biennial Message of Governor Isaac P. Gray. The Financial and Industrial Condition of the State. Gentleman of the General Assembly : In obedience to the provisions of the Constitution of the State, you have assembled to enact sttch laws ns in your wisdom tqe wants of the State demand, and it affords me much pleasure I to welcome the chosen representatives of the I people in this new Capitol, in which you have I been permitted to meet, prior to its completion, through the kindness of the contractors. The rooms designed for the use of the General Assembly and their respective officers and committees, and also such rooms as could bo prepared for the use of the State officers, were tendered to the State free of charge, upon the condition that the State shall indemnify the contractors against any damages, to any part of the building, which shall be occasioned by such occupancy. Their offer was accepted, and you have the honor to be the first General Assembly convened in this magnificent Capitol, and in thus dedicating it to legislative purposes, I trust you will, in the results of your seston, leave an enviable and honorable record, to which, at all times, you will have just cause to refer with becoming pride. Public Debt. The indebtedness of the State may be given in a tabular form as follows : FOREIGN DEBT. Five per cent. State stock certificates, issued under the adjustment acts of 1846 ami 1847 ; due and interest stopped Sept. 1, 1870 SI 1,169.99 Two and one-half per cent. State stock certificates..., 2,355.1'1 Three and one-halt per cent, registered funding bonds, temporary loan, dated April 1, 1885, payable April 1, 1895, issued under the provisions of an act approved Feb. 21, 1885, and held us follows : German Savings Bank in the city of New York 400,000.01 Dry Dock Savings Institution of the city of New York 100,000.00 Citizens’ Savings Bank of New Y’ork City 85,000.00 Three and one-half per cent. Registered Bonds, Temporary Loan, issued under provisions of an act approved Feb. 21, 1885, dated March 1, 1885, and payable at the pleasure of the State after March 1. 1890, due March 1, 1895, held as follows: Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn, New Y’ork 500,000.00 German Savings Bank in the City of New Y ork 100,000.01 Three and one-half per cent, registered New State House Bonds, temporary loan, dated May 1, 1885, payable May 1, 1895, issued under the provisions of an act approved March 31,1845, held as follows : Bowerv Savings Bank of the City of New Y’ork. 8400,000.00 Citizens’ Savings Bank of the City of New York 100,000.00 Total foreign debt 81,701,825.12 DOMESTIC DEBT. School Fund Bond No. 1, issued January 1,1867, bearing 6 per cent, interest 8709,024.85 School Fund Bond No. 2, issued January 20, 1867, bearing 6 • per cent, interest 2,658,057.30 School Fund Bond No. 3, issued May 1, 1868, bearing 6 per cent, interest.. 184,234.00 School Fund Bond No. 4, issued January 20, 1871, bearing 6 per cent, interest 177,700.00 Schoo] Fund Bond No. 5, issued May 3,1873, bearing 6 per cent, interest.. 175,767.07 Five per cent. Bond held by Purdue University at Lafayette, Ind., due April 1,1901 340,000.00 State University (Bloomington) Bond, • in custody Treasury of State, dated October 1, 1885, bearing 5 per cent. interest... 60,000.60 Total domestic debt $1,304,783.22 Total State debt ,86,006,608.34 AMOUNT OF INTEREST ON FOREIGN DEBT. All of which is paid semi-annually, as follow's : Funding bonds, temporary loan (principal 8585,000, interest 3!a per cent.), payable April 1 and Oct. 1 820,475.00 Temporary loan bonds (principal $600,090, interest 3bi per cent.) payable Sept. 1 and Marchi 21,000.00 New State House bonds, temporary loan (principal 8500,000, interest 3 percent.) payable May 1 and November 1.... 17,500,01 AMOUNT OF INTEREST ON DOMESTIC DEBT. Interest payable semi-annually, April 30 and October 31. Six school fund bonds, numbered from one to five, inclusive, aggregating $3,904,783.22, at 6 per cent $234,286.19 Purdue university bonds, $340,009, at 5 per cent 17,019.00 Indiana university bond (Bloomington], $60,000, at 5 per cent 3,000.00 Total amount interest $313,261.99 State Finances. The reports of the Auditor of Stat? for the fiscal years ending Oct. 31, 1885, and Oct. 31, 1886, will gfve you in detail the financial transactions of the State Government for those two years. For the past ten years the tax levy for State purposes has been fixed by law at 12 cents on the SIOO, and at the time such levy was fived it was only deemed to be sufficient to meet the usual and ordinary expenses of the State and its institutions. In that period the State has largely developed in her material, financial and commercial resources, and the cost of the maintenance of her institutions has also increased on account of the increased number of inmates. New offices have been created, and new duties have been added to the old offices, which have likewise largely aided in increasing the current and ordinary expenses of the State. In addition to such expenses, there have been, from time to time, as each General Assembly convened, appropriated from the general fund, from which all the expenses of the State Government and her institutions are paid, large sums for unusual or extraordinary expenses. The State has in part been enabled to pay the large amount of extraordinary appropriations by anticipating the revenue of each ensuing year in the way of advances by several County Treasurers, as provided by 'aw. The amount of advances has increased from year to year, as the pressure upon the Treasury for funds has grown, until such advances for the fiscal year ending October 31,1886, amounted to the sum of $440,801.65. The State Government has, during said years, been carefully and economically administered, without the loss of a single dollar to its revenues by defalcation or official neglect of duty. In the construction of the new State House $200,000 has been appropriated and paid from the general fund. The construction of the Female Department of the Indiana Hospital for Insane, at Indianapolis, begun in May, 1875, and completed June 2, 1884. was wholly paid for by appropriations out of the General Fund at a cost of §722,000, of which sum $522,009 has been paid since April 1, 1877. Also the construction of the three additional Hospitals for Insane has been entirely provided for out of the General Fund. The amount now authorized by appropriations to be drawn from the General Fund on account of these institu tions is 81,163,800, of which amount there had been paid at the close of the last fiscal year the sum of $747,255.73. The appropriations from the general fund for extraordinary expenses from the Ist day of November, 1883, until the Ist day of November, 1886, as taken from the report of the Auditor of State, amount to $1,208,852.0?, and show the continual sapping of the revenues, which were only intended to pay the current expenses of administering the State government. The amount expended for like purposes from January 1, 1877, to November 1, 1883, was perhaps as large. In the foregoing amount there has been no attempt to include many small specific appropriations or the increase in current expenses of our great and growing State, occasioned by the legitimate expansion of our public institutions, the creation of new offices, and the enlargement of the duties of older offices. In 1885, the General Assembly, by an act approved February 21, 1885, authorized the Governor, Auditor and Treasurer to make a temporary loan of £600,000.00, redeemable at the pleasure of the State after five years and payable in ten years, at a rate of interest not exceeding four per cent, per annum. It was also provided in the same act, that whenever it was ascertained that the temporary loan indebtedness of the State, or any part, could be funded at a lower rate of interest, and that such officers could negotiate and secure the funding of such temporary loan at such lower rate, they were authorized to fund such indebtedness at such lower rate for a period not less than five years, nor more than ten years. There was outstanding at the time a tern-

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porary loan of indebtedness of $'85,000, issued - April I, 1879, payable April, 1, 1839, and redeem- I able at the pleasure of the State after April 1, I 1841, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. I per annum. j It was ascertained that such indebtedness ; could be funded at a lower rate of interest. Bids were invited through public advertisement upon each of said loans, and the loans | were awarded to Mr. Walter Stanton, of New | York City, as the lowest and best bidder. The I bonds of the State, dated April 1, 1885, were I issued, denominated ’’registered bend, temporary loan" for $600,000. bearing 3’. ; per cent, interest, payable semi-annually, upon which loan the State received a premium of 1% per cent., amounting to $8,2.50, and the sum of $608,250 was paid into the Stnto treasury to the credit of the general fund. । Similar bonds denominated "registered funding bond, temporary loan," for $585,000, were issued payable in ten | years from April 1, 1885, bearing interest at 3 per cent, per annum, and with the proceeds of said bonds the State redeemed and canceled said outstanding temporary loan bonds of 8.585,009 issued April 1,^1879, bearing 5 per cent, interest. A premium on the new bonds of 1•„ per cent., amounting to $10,965.75, was received and paid into the State treasury to the credit of the general fund. The premium received upon the MX),000 was much smaller than received upon the $585,000 funding lean, because the law required the former to be redeemable at the pleasure of the Stat > after five years while the latter was payable in ten years, capitalists regarding it a very desirable investment. The General Assembly, bv an act approved March 31, 1885, authoriz ' Governor. Auditor, ami Treasurer to n .. a temporary loan of $500,001 by issuing and selling the bonds of the State, redeemable in not less than five nor more than ten years, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding four per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, t > moot the api»ropriations for the new State House. According to public notice of the sale of said bonds, said loan was awarded to the lowest and best bidder, and in pursuance of such bids the bonds of the State were issued, denominated “Registered New State House Bond, Temporary Loan,” dated May 1, 1881, payable in ten years, bearing three and one-half per cent, interest per annum, payable semi-annually, upon which loan the State received a premium of one and one-half per cent, amounting to $7,509, and the sum of :5 )7,500 was deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the New State House Fund, as the law directed. The credit of the State has so improved that said loans were negotiated at a rate of interest, with the premiums received, that will make said loans average about 3*4 per cent., and the refunding of said temporary loan of April 1, 1879. will make an annual saving of $8,775 in interest. Under provisions of “Au act to provide a fund for the permanent endowment of the Indiana University and for the investment of the same," approved March 3, 1883, a sum exceeding $60,000 of said permanent endowment fund had been paid into the State Treasury, and, the State needing a loan to meet a casual deficit in the revenue nnd to nay the Interest on the public debt, tho sum of $60,0)0 was, in pursuance of section 6 of said act, transferred from said fund to tho credit of the general fund. As provided in said act, a non-negotiable bond of the State fur said amount was made and issued by the Governor and treasurer, attested by the Secretary of State with the State sea), to tho trustees of said university, dated October 1, 1885, pay able in fifty years at the option of the State, bearing five per cent, interest, to be paid semi-annually, on the first days of May and November, in each year, until said bond is paid. The total amount borrowed for tho benefit of the general fund was $660,000, and, deducting such amount from the amount of the said extraordinary expenses, $1,208,852.02, will show that during said years 1883, 1884, 1885, ami 1886, the sum of $518,852.02 has been paid from the revenues of the State, over and above the ordinary expenses. It will be apparent to you that the State can not engage in the construction of expensive and elaborate improvements without increasing the tax levy for State purposes, or borrowing the necessary moneys to meet tho additional cost of such improvements. Considering tho excellent credit or the State, I have no hesitation in recommending the borrowing of the necessary funds in preference to increasing the rate of taxation. The not receipts to the’general fund from all sources, exclusive of $257,936.75 advanced by counties and $679,215.75 received on loans, for tho fiscal year ending October 31, ISBS, were $1,424,249.10, while the expenditures from the same fund, exclusive of advances returned to counties during such year, pursuant to appropriations, were s2,' 83,085.61. The net receipts to the same fund, exclusive of advances by counties, for the fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 1886, were $1,421,3 0.81, while the expenditures from the same fund, exclusive of advances returned by counties, during such year, pursuant to appropriations, were $1,619,537.78, The expenditures of the last year mu not equal to those of the former year, because the revenues of the State hav< not been sufficient to meet the appropriations. The State is paying annually about one-fifth of its entire revenue as interest on its domestic dolt, which consists of non-negotiable school bonds of $3,904,783.22. issued in 1867 mid 18i)8, bearing 6 per cent, interest; a non-negotiable Purdue University bond of 8340,000, issued in 1881. boning 5 per cent, interest, and a non-ne-gotiablo State University bond of $60,009, bearing 5 per cent, interest; and I earnestly recommend a reduction in the interest on tho §3,994,783.22 school bonds to 3 or 3 .. per cent., as I believe the revenues to the School Fund would stdl continue to be sufficient. If, however, it should be deemed preferable, inasmuch as tho State can borrow money at a much lower rate of interest, a loan could be authorized to pay off the entire non-negotiable school bonds, and aft r the payment thereof provide that tho money shall be distributed to the counties in the manner heretofore provided by law, and that all school funds be loaned in the manner now directed at tho rate of interest not exceeding 6 per cent per annum. Either method, I believe, would meet with popular approval. If a funding loan for such purpose were negotiated at a rate of interest not exceeding 3 per cent., which I believe to be possible, it would result in an annual saving of interest of $117,143.59, besides providing a large amount to be loaned to the people of the State at a fair rate of interest. It is evident that the revenues are barely' sufficient to meet tho current expenses of tho State Government, and with a decreased appraisement of nearly $51,000,000 of tjie property in the State subject to taxation, shows conclusively that the money necessary to complete and equip the new public buildings must be raised either by increased taxation or the negotiation of a temporary loan. In order to provide for the wants of the State and the completion and equipment of the pub lie buildings now in process of construction, a sufficient loan should lie authorized, running twenty' years, redeemable at the pleasure of the State after fifteen years, at a rate of interest not exceeding three^and a half per cent, per annum. As a means of creating a sinking fund for tho final extinguishment of the State debt, I would recommend that the present tax of two cents, levied for State House purposes, be continued permanently, and the proceeds used in paying off or purchasing the State's bonds for cancellation and destruction, thus liquidating the State’s indebtedness caused by the construction of the new public buildings, without increasing tho present rate of taxation. With the signs of increased prosperity I trust that we may reasonably anticipate some increase in the value of the personal property of the State, and that the curr, nt receipts will lie ample to discharge all current expenses, aftei' providing for the present contingencies. But I assura you that this can not be done without your assistance in zealously protecting the treasury from doubtful claims and extravagant appropriations. Public Buildings. NEW STATE HOUSE. The construction of the new State House, in accordance with the provisions of an act of the General Assembly, approved March 14, 1877, is fast approaching" completion, and will, doubtless, be ready for acceptance and occupancy during the present<ear. The Board of State House Commissioners, in their report, will submit to you a full statement of their financial transactions and detailed estimates of the expenditures Jo complete-the House and to provide the same with furniture, for both of which purposes additional appropriations will be necessary. Your attention is also called to needed legislation to provide for the care and custody of the new State House after its completion and acceptance by the State. ADDITIONAL HOSPITALS FOR THE INSANE. The law authorizing the construction of three additional Hospitals for Insane was passed in 1381. The law required that two commissioners should bo appointed from each of tho two leading political parties to superintend their construction. My predecessor appointed as such commissioners Gen. Wm. Grose, Hon. DeForest Skinner, Col. Joseph B. Gray and Hon. John C. Robinson. The location of the several hospitals was fixed, one each at Evansville, Richmond and Logansport; tiie plans and specifications adopted, and tiie contracts for their construction let, and the buildings commenced before tho commencement of my official term. The board as constituted by my predecessor was continued bv myself, and so remained until Oc.tober 2 >, 188 >, when Gen. \\ illiam Grose resigned, and has since been elected a member of the present General Assembly. The n on .

WALKER TON, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1887.

| Eugene H. Bundy was appointed to fill tho va- ] cancy. Inquiry made last September through the , I State Board of Ho ilth, sh >wed the number of ! insane persons confined in the jails and poor- | houses of the State to be about 1,100, and it is । reported that some are locked in cells, some । wear ball and chain, and others are chained to I the floor. I need not urge the necessity of an I early completion of the hospitals in order that I those poor unfortunates may have proper care and medical treatment. The total amount appropriated for the con- I struction of tho three Hospitals is $1,163,800, | and the Board asks an additional appropriation I of $107,001) to complete and equip the institutions. Os tho allowances made to the contractors I there has been paid $747,255.73, leaving a bal- j ance of tho appropriations for said Hospitals unexpended of $419,556.05, which amount was unexpended because the receipts to the General Fund were not sufficient to pay allowances against tho same and meet the largo expenditures for the maintenance of tho State government mid tiie public institutions. The Medical Engineer estimates the annual cost of maintenance for each of the three hospitals for the fiscal year ending October 31, 1887, at $30,000; for the fiscal year ending October 31, 18'8. to about $70,000, and for the fiscal year ending October 31, 1889, $70,00). The board presents with their report such bills as they deem necessary for the organization and government of each institution when completed, the basis of which is a board of four trustees for each hospital, the two leading political parties to bo equally represented on each board. Tho commissioners also recommend the purchase of ton acres additional to the present grounds of the Northern Hospital, for tho purpose of adding to its symmetry and procuring better access to the grounds. The board having purchased to the limit authorized bv law. must have some additional authority to purchase the land. I commend tho matter to your investigation aim consideration. State Institutions. STATE VNIVEKSITV. Indiana University is taking rank with tbo very best educational institutions in the West; tho number of students is steadily increasing each year, and the work done in the University is equal to that done in many of tho more pretentious universities. Tho library has been largely increased by well-selected volumes. The museum is very extensive. The laboratories now afford unsurpassed facilities for practical work. The faculty is composed of monos high character and finished education. I commend tho University to your favorable consideration. THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. The success of the school has demonstrated its usefulness as a factor in developing professional teachers, and in promoting the cause of education. During the seventeen years of its existence the average attendance lias increased from 47 to 433 students. During the last two years 81 per cent, of tho students have come from the homes of farmers and mechanics, and oightv-seven counties of the State have been represented. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The excellent report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction contains the evidence of the increased proyierity and efficiency of our common school system. Tho common school fund has been increasing at tho rate of about •60,000 per year for several years past, and now amounts to $9,458,08 >.71. INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB. The report of this institution for tho year 1886 shows the value of the real estate is $459,000; personal property, $44,890; total, $503,890,97; value of products of farm and garden, $3,618.6.5; eahiingn of the institution. 862.81 ; value of clothing furnished pupils and returned to State treasury for collection, $963.93; appropriation for maintenance, 555.000; expended from maintenance fund, $52,069.98; appropriated for re pairs, $3,000; expended from repair fund, 81.348.45; special fund. $726.27; expended from special fund, $195.35 ; number of pupils in attendance, 316 ; per capita cost, Sl6l 52. The Superintendent's report shows that the health of the pupils during tiie year has been good, and that d marked improvement has been made in educational metho la. INSTITUTION FOB THE EDUCATION OP THE BLIND. The Tiust?oß in their reporl estimate the value of the real estate at $< '6,238 ; tiie personal property nt 417,769 66; total valuation. $373,■ 998.69. Th “v report oxponde I for current support, 5'3,892; for repairs, $1,991.67; total expenditure, $2 .8'8.67. The institution furnishes the pupils tuition, board and washing only. The Superintendent s rejxjrt shows that the school session commences on the secon I Wednesday in Neptemb r. annmillv, and continues forty consecutive weeks, at the expirction of which all tho pupils are required to be removed from the institution. The whole number of pupils enrolled during the session of 1885 was 126. The total number enrolled during tho session of 1886 was 130, is) males and 70 females The average monthly attendance was 93. Tho cost per capita for maint< mince was $197.45 for forty weeks. INDIANA INSAN) HOSPITAL. The Trutees, in their report ending October 31, 1886. estimate the value of the real estate nt $1,430,150.00; value of personal property, $'221,0 1').95. Total, $1,6.51,210.9 >. There was appropriated for tho fiscal year ending October 31, 1885, for maintenance, clothing and repairs, 8'280.000. There was appropiwted for tho fiscal year 1883, for maintenance, clothing, repairs and improvements. $151,500. That portion of which was designated for specific repairs was authorized to be expended between tee first days of April. 18'5, and 18-mi, making tho total for the two fiscal years, $631.500.00. There was expended in the fiscal year ending October 31, 1885, 8319,0'7.90, and in the fiscal year ending October 31, 1886. $298,958.60, showing that tho entire appropriations of the two years of $631,5,10 were all expended exceutThe sum of $16,453.50. The average number of patients during the year 1885 was 1,122 ; the average number of patients for the year 188 > was 1,512. The per capita expense in 18'5, based upon the expenditure for maintenance, was $173.43; the per capita expense for the year 1886, based on the expenditure for maintenance, was $160.02. Taking the total disbursements for each year, less the expenditure for clothing, tho per capita expense for 1885 would be $216,08, and for 1886 would be $lB 1.19. The Superintendent’s report shows tho number of officers and employes to be upward of 30 ), or one salaried person for every four and onehalf patients, and tho amount of compensation paid to them to be about 57,0 10 per month. Tho annual expense of maintaining the Institution consumes about one-fourth of tho entire revenue of the State. I earnestly recommend that the law governing tho Institution be so amended that patients who have estates sufficient to support ‘hem should be compelled to pay for their maintenance. SOLDIERS’ ORPHANS’ HOME AND INSTITUTION FOR FEEBtE-MINDLD CHILDREN. The last General Assembly amended the law for the government of the Soldiers' Orphans’ Home and the Institution for Feeble-Minded Children, which provided that the Governor should appoint three Trustees, one of'whom, at least? should be a woman, and the male members of tho Board should be honorably discharged Union soldiers, and at least one member should be an adherent of one of each of the two political parties casting the largest number of votes at the last general election. In pursuance of said amendment, I appointed as a board for the management of said Institution the Hon. Ben L. Smith, of Rush County; Cautain James H. Harris, of Hamilton County, both honorably discharged Union soldiers, and Mrs. Sarah E. Pittman, of Monroe County, whose husband is also an honorably discharged Union soldier. They still constitute said Board. The Trustees had succeeded, by judicious management of the Institution, in paying off a large portion of its indebtedness, imd wore congratulating themselves upon being able to make repairs and beautify the grounds during the coming year without Increasing the expense of their management, when, on tho 21st day of July, 1886, a disastrous fire destroyed the main building of tho Institution, but providentially no lives were lost. The building was insured for $25,000, $20,000 of which has been paid, and $5,000 is now in litigation. The grounds consist of fiftv-seven acres, which aro valued by the Trustees nt $4,500; the walls and foundation of the building at $17,000; boiler-house, boiler and engine, $4,500; laundry, bakery, school-house, nursery, barn and other buildings, s2,soo—total valuation, $28,500. The Trustees have been moved to prompt action to rebuild, in order that a home may again bo provided at as early a date as possible for the inmates, and I commend their action to your favorable consideration. I recommend that the Feeble minded Institution be separated from that of tho Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home, and suggest that tho febble minded inmates be removed to one of tho now hospitals now in course of construction. STATE PRISON SOUTH. The report of the Directors for the State Prison South shows that the income of the prison has not been quite sufficient to meet the current expenses. The total disbursements, including officers’ salaries and $4,307.61, expended for repairs for the fiscal year ending October 31, 1886, were $82,255.45; receipts and earnings, $79,590.12, showing excess of disbursements over receipts, $2,665.33. The Warden’s report shows that the daily average number of convicts during tho year was 573, and tho number remaining in prison Oct. 31, 1886, was 525. The number received since the establishment of tho prison, in 1822, was 8,713, and discharged up to Oct. 31, 1886, 8,218. STATE PRISON NORTH. The reports of tho State Prison North for tho last two fiscal years show the prison to have been self-sustaining. For the fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 1885, the receipts and earnings were $105,221.67. Total disbursements including repairs.

officers’ salaries and $26,657.25 expended for improvements, were 899,662.15. The excess of । receipts over all expenditures was $37,559.52 Tho monthly average number of prisoners was 702; number of deaths, 8, and number of prisoners October 31, 1885, 703. For the fiscal year ending October 31, 1886, tho receipts and earnings were $111,430.10. Total disbursements, including repairs, addition to library, and officers’ salaries, were $96,712.37. The receipts over expenditures, $14,717.73, showing an increase of receipts over । previous year of $8,'2f18.43, and a dei crease in expenditures of $2,9.50.15, and an in- | crease in not earnings over previous year of i $11,158.58. The monthly average number of ! prisoners was 701; died during tho year, 13; i number in prison October 31. 1886, 697 ; received since its establishment in 1860 until October 31, 1886, 5,427, and discharged, 4,277. Tho sanitary' conditionJJof the prison during the last two fiscal years has been excellent, and the health of the prisoners has been good. REFORMATOBY FOB WOMEN AND GIRLS. The report of this institution for the year 1886 shows that there wore in the Penal Department 54, and in the Reformatory Department 129. Average number for the year, 181. The expenditure for maintenance and repairs was $30,000. The net earnings of the institution for the your, including amount received for boarding one United States prisoner, were $758.81, leaving as the net cost of the institution for the year $29,241.19. Per capita cost, bused on entire expenditure, sl6l. >5. Earnings, p> r capita, per annum, $4.19. Aggregate salaries paid officers and employes, $8,258.40. The managers recommend tho building of a hospital and chapel. INDIANA REFORM SCHOOL FOR BOYS. This inatitution, formerly named '‘The House of Refuge." was established in 1868. There have been luhiillted to its guardianship since its opening, lantiary 1. IH'ri, 2,13'.< boys. There won', lit the close of the present year, .>l6 in the institution, an increase of 76 over tho preceding year. There were admitted during the last year 203, and released zl ’>. The Institution has been remarkably free from disease, not a single death having occurred during the last year. This fact speaks highly for the sanitary condition of tho Institution, its discipline, and the care and attention given the inmates. The appropriation lust year for the maintenance of tho inatitution wna $60,060. The ■'' r ustees ask an additional appropriation of ■O,l, on account of needed improvements, and . .so recommend that legislative pr. vision bo made for the appointment of a “visitor'' to visit tho boys out on ticket-of-leave, for tho purpose of ascertaining the character of their homes, the intluencea that surround them and their general conduct that the management of the institution may have reliable information in relation to the same, and also to procure suitable homes for homeless bovs. whose conduct in tho institution entitles them to ticket-of-loave VBISON HEFOBM. The Constitution of the State provides that "the penal code shall be founded on the principles of reformation and not of vindictive justice ; that cruel ami unusual punishmontii shall not be intlictod ; that all penalties shall be proportioned to the nature "f tho offense," yet our penal system and penal code, and eipeciallv tho manner in which tho latter is administered, could hardly be further from a comp iance with those wise and humane provisions of our Constitution Nearly every day our courts are sentencing t> the penitentiary young mon under 21 years of ago, in many instances their first offense, ami in many cases tho offense a techno al one. and hundreds aro sent t > the penitentiary by courts nnd juries, thereby bhi'tim.' their chara tern f neier. mere Iv for tin' purjs’Se of saving the cm. ,ty from the expense o( a jail sentence, which would have b<‘on sufficient pumshim nt for tho crime committed, and not only increasing tho number of the criminal class, but inflicting a punishment in violation of the a)»ove provisions of our Constitution, which says "All punishment shall be pioportioiiod to the nature of the oflonne " Two thlrils of the prisoners in our State prisons are under 31 years of ago. To expect to reform this class of prison) rs by their foieed nss aUatl‘>n with bardene<l ami contlrmeil euminals, murderers, thieves and counterfeiters v»ul>l bo to rvas >n that evil associations do not contaminate or corrupt Those who have had oxpen< m c m the management of prisons, ami also those who have given careful attention to th" Impress made upon the character of the young and comparatively innocent convict. by tho :u:gi ,te pnsou system, testify t " its hurtful infl iouio. nnd tho Ahm> t impossibility of effecting reformation under such a s> stem. filer Ha neons. PUBLIC rniNTIMI, HINDING, AND KTAIt NKIIV. The r<q«>rt ot the Secretary of State is accompanie.i by an elaliorate ami valuable r.-port ffom the Clerk of th» Bureau ot Public Printing, Binding and Stationery, showing in detail the printing ami binding d ne ami tho stationerv fiirmshed on account of each public ollb e, and a ithotized by law to bo charged to the Pul.lie Printing Fund, and also on account of each public institution, ami authorized by law to be charged to the appropriation for such institution. Tho present bureau was established by an net of the General Yssembly, approved March 1 I. 1875. and all the public printing, binding, nml stationery for the use of the several offices nnd tho expense of which wns chargeable to the public printing fund, w.n to bo executed through such burmiu. The act has proved of groat benefit to the State, nml has reduced the cost of publi - printing. In 1"> the General Assembly, by an act approved April 13, IH<>, largely increased tho dutu s of the bureau, and required that all the printing, binding, ami stationery for the use of any office, or any public institution, should be executed through such bureau. Under the law every office and institution has boon supplied at a uniform price, which has been secured throughcompeti.ion, after duo public advertisement. In making the appropriation for public printing, binding and stationery, I would commend t> your consideration the propriety of appropriating a specific ainoiin for each officer er department mimed, for the reason that the present law appropriates a fixed sum without limiting the amount that any officer may order. STATE HOARD OF HEALTH. Tho repoit of the board contains much interesting information.and gives a detailed account of their expend turns. The amount appropriated was s’>jx),i, all of which w as expended, except the sum of 56 cents. The board states that ns tiie people become more familiar with the operations of the various health organizations, ami the objects to bo attained, the more popular the law be em-'s, ami the more readily tho rules and regulations of the board are observed. STATE LIBRARY. The State Library was organized in 1841, and at the closaof the last fiscal year contained 23,441 volumes. During tho period of its existence it has been under the management of eighteen Librarians, holding an average tenure of 2'<> years each. In so short a period a Librarian is barely able to become familiar with tho duties of the position, and is compelled to retire when he has become competent to discharge intelligently its duties It is evident that what the Librarian says in her report is true—that these frequent changes seriously detract from tbo usefulness of tho T.ibrary, and will continue to do so until tho Legislature makes different provision for its management. The net profit of tho State Fair of 1885 was $7,924.21), and of 1886, $8,645.51. The Board has reduced its debt of $60,090, bearing 10 per cent, interest, to $35,000, bearing 6 per cent, interest. The Board asks an appropriation by the General Assembly sufficient to pay tho interest on its debt for tho coming two v ears, and authority to have not less than 8,000 copies of its annual reports printed. STATE GEOLOGIST. The State Geologist has submitted to mo a report ot his labors and discoveries for the two years ending Oct. 31, 1886. Tho report is quite voluminous, ami I refer you to a careful perusal of its contents. INDIANA LEGION. The report of the Adjutant-General shows the military force of tho State to consist of three regiments of infantry and one regiment of artiiliry. The first regiment of infantry consists of elevon companies, aggregating 571 mon; tho second regiment of twelve companies, aggregating 609 men ; and tho third regiment of eleven companies, aggregating 557 men ; making tho strength of infantry force 1,737 men. Tho first regiment of artillery is composed of nine batteries, aggregating 17 guns and 250 men, making the military force of tho State, mustered into l service, 2,020 men of all arms. I recommend a reasonable appropriation for tho support of the Legion, and that tho number of troops be limited by law, so that the State may have, though it bo small in numbers, a well-trained and disciplined military force. Indiana furnished 208,367 soldiers for tho Union army dwring the late war.’ Many of the muster-in and muster-out rolls in the Adjutant General’s office aro worn out by constant use, and many of them have become partially unintelligible, and if it is tho desire of the State to preserve her military records, provision should bo made for that purpose. MINES AND MINING. The report of the Mine Inspector shows that ' tho number of mines operated in tho State is 208; tho total amount of capital invested in mining, $1,975,000; the number of miners, 6.40.1; i tho number of fatal accidents among miners during tho year, 7 ; tlu? number of non-futal accidents, 9; total number of accidents, 16, which i was 16 less than last year ; but tho Inspector is of the opinion that all tho accidents that occur in mining are not reported to him, and recotn- > mends an amendment to the law requiring own- । ers and oi>erators to report accidents to the Inspector. i The output of coal the last year was 3,000,009 tons, being 25,000 more than was reported last , year.

PBEURO-I>NEUMONIA. In my inaugural address, I called attention to the alarming spread of pleuro-pnemnonia among tho cattle in New York, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky and other States, and that our own State was threatened witli an invasion of said disease, and recommending legislation to protect the cattle interests of Indiana from the same No action, however, was taken in relation to the matter by the last General Assembly. The disease continued to increase to sneh an alarming extent in neighboring States as to make its introduction into Indiana imminent, and causing grout anxiety and alarm among tho cattle growers of tho State. Believing it proper to do everything possible to prevent its introduction into this State, I issued a proclamation on tho 10th day of November, 1885, prohibiting tho importation of cuttle into this State except under tho regulations provided for in tho proclamation, and while there was no law for the enforcement of the regulations required by tho proclamation, yet, generally, it was cheerfully complied with 1 y cattle shippers and I hove no doubt saved the cattle growers of Indiana from grout loss, which would huvo occurred by the intnxluction of tiie diHouse. On October 11, 1886, I issued another proclamation calling attention to my former proclamation, and warning shippers of cattle that the sumo must bo complied with. GETTYSBURG MONUMENTS. Two yours ago 1 recommended an appropriation for the purpose of erecting tablets to murk the positions occupied by tho Indiana regiments on tho battle-field of Gettysburg, whi< h was, perhaps, the greatest battle fought by the Army of tiie Potomac dining tho war, and which shod so much luster and lenown upon the Union arms. The Indiana regiments that participated in that great and decisive event wore the Seventh. Fourteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-seventh, and two companies of the First and six companies of tho Third Cavalry. Tho General Assembly appropriated SS)O lor Ouch regiment for the erection of tablets, and tho act provided "that the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Adjutant General of State, and five members from each regiment, to be designated by the Governor, boa committee to expend said appropriation and place tho tablets in position, in connection with tho Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, organized under tho laws of Pennsylvania.'" In pursuance to tho provisions of said act, I appointed a committee frtnn tho survivors of each regiment. Said committees located the sites occupied by said regiments, purchased nnd erected tablets thereon, and on the 28th day of October, 1885, the monuments wore dedicated and pre'sented to tho Gettysburg Battlofiold|Memorial Association. with appropriate ceremonies, und tiie committee say in their reiant that these monuments uro a credit to our State and conspicuously mark the several places whore in that great battle the bravo and gallant six regiments of Indiana won imperishable renown. Tho committee reisirt that the battlefield nml monuments uro cared for bv the Battlefield Association, and thnt many of the States of tho Union have made appropriations to tin 1 Assoeintio’i for that purpose, and recommend that ImLana make an appropriation to said Association for tho sumo xrposo world's indi stiual and cotton centennial I XFOHiTK’N. Tho hist General Assembly passed nn act approprintlng S or so much thereof as minht be necessary, for tho purpose ot maintaining ami I le-crMm; tiie exhibit' oi tho State of lndtumi nt tho AVorbl s Industrial and Cotton Centonninl Exi<osttion. then being held at the citv of Now Orleans. The act provided that tho Commissioner for Jmbana t > said Exposition should, within thirtv days after tho close thereof, make a full, true an l complete ro|a>it to the Governor of his receipts and etoon .turea ns such Ccmmissioner. and that w ith said report he sh< .d silo vouchors for nil sums bv him expended As required by s nd net, tho Commissioner, General James K. Carnahan, filed his report, w tli tm l ji per vouchers, showing his receipts nn I <>vpouditmeH ns such Commissioner, which r |> rt ■ how» nn ex)tonditmo by the Commissioner of sl,9.'i. u. Doing nn ■'xpemiiture of S •» 31 in ovces ■ of tii" appr ipnation. I V V A 1 |OS Tho docrense of noariv $54,000.0.90 in tho Inst appraisement of j ioperty. notwithstanding the Stat ■ s conntaiitlv increasing in wenltl and | population shows conclusively that a very lari.oel s f |i. p.rt is esenpingtaxation, and a law sh mid I e enacted piov i ling for a nyHtem ot ti e most rigid < xn niimtion in order to prevent tho escape from t ixnt on of various kinds of personal propertv. including nmn y. promiaaory notes, stocks mortgage 3 and the property of telephone, sleeping car, parlor-cur, and trust companies. LABORING CLAUSES. Ihe aggregation of individual wealth in various combinations ot power, the combination of manufacturing monopolies, and tiie organization of co il mill" ami other 'vnuicutcs with tho railroad companies, are subjects that should receive your careful eonsi lemti >n All th. se c.imbinations of capital ami corjxirate power are organized forth" purpose ot forcing up th)' prices of commodities nnd the necessities of life, and ot controlling tho wages of labor, to the serious detriment of the people ami oppression of the laboring masses. To such an extent has become the desire to rapid I v accumulate wealth, that, wer? it possible, the very sir we breathe and the vv liter wo drink would bo controlled ami doled out to the people nt such prices ns monopolist' might seo pro, er to fix. The lulioring classes constitute a largo portion of our population ; they comprise, in a great measure, the honest, intelligent, thinking citizens, wno seek good governin' nt, nml are entitled to ns full protection nt the hands of the law as capital or any other interest, and inasmuch as their c ipital comprises nothing but honest toil, the enactment of such laws as will protect their just rights against the combination of capital and corporate power, secure to them the prompt nml full payment of their wages, and give relief from competition with convict contract labor, should receive your consideration. TOWNSHU’ trustees. The recent fraudulent transactions of township trustees and their exposure during the summer of 18s5 are wi ll known to each of you. Such fraudulent transactions seem to have been confined exclusively to the township trustees of Indiana, and raise the question whether our present township system does not explain why Indiana was made tho field for such fraudulent operations. The duties of township trustee, township treasurer, and township clerk being combined in one officer, and thereby placing the entire management of township business in his hands without any check upon the transaction of his business, the accomplishment of fraud is made more easy and less liable to detection. Tho fact that such fraudulent transactions did not occur in those States that have adhered to the old system of three trustees, a treasurer and a clerk will bo accepted as a better system than the combining of their duties in a single officer. Under our laws, the Common Council of our cities, with a single exception, appoints three School Trustees for the management of the city schools, and for stronger reasons it would seem that the management of the schools in the townships outside of the cities, as well as the management of other township business, is sufficient to authorize the election of throe Township Trustees, a Treasurer, and a Clerk. I would recommend a return to that system. DEFALCATION OF PUBLIC OFFICERS." The frequent defalcations of persons in positions of public trust demand your earnest consideration, to the end that more stringent measures may be devised for tho pro:ection of public funds, and I recommend the enactment of a law requiring tho official bonds of all State and County Treasurers to be signed by at least fifty freehold sureties, whose aggregate worth, over and above all their indebtedness and exemptions allowed by law, is double the amount of such bond, and that the severest penalties be attached to the crime of embezzlement. CONCLUSION. It is my sincere wish that your proceedings maybe harmonious; that time will not bo unneceHiiarily consumed at tho public expense, aud that the Divine Ruler of all things may inspire you with wisdom to perform your duties to the acceptability of the people of the State. Saving' and Spending. The curiosities of Gotham are numerous, but none excel the scenes that transpire in some of the great deposit vaults. Any fine day dozens of old, gray-haired men can be seen sitting doAvn Avith their heavy boxes beside them caressing stocks and bonds, tangible evidences of wealth, and squinting Avith keen cat-eyes at the coupons, to find something collectable on them. Their daughters are out on Broadway and carry dogs; and their sons are oft yachting, or tossing the last bit of gossip at tiie clubs. It is always good to know, if only in passing, a charming human being; it refreshes one like llowers and woods and clear brooks. The conscience has to do, not Avith fitness or expediency, or advantage, but with right and wrong.

CONGRESSIONAL. Work of the Senate and the Houae of Representatives. Mu. McPherson’s resolution, calling on tho Secretary of the Treasury for a statement of the indebtedness of the Pacific Railroad Companies to the governmv ' and as to the effect of the funding bill thereon, was adopted by the Senate on the 6th inst. The Semite passed bills granting pensions of $2,060 per annum to the widows of Gon. John A. Logan and Frank P. Blair, and to carry into effect a treaty with China for the suppression of the opium traffic. A resolution was adopted calling on the Secretary of AVar for the report of the Board of Engii oers on tiie bridging of tho Mississippi River near St. Louis. Senator Edmunds presented a memorial from a committee of the General National Convention of the Prot- < stant Episcopal Church, praying Congress to provide for obtaining statistics of marriage aud divorce. Senator Spooner presented a memorial from the State Grange of AViscousin, praying for the passage of the interstate commerce bill. The Senate passed the bill to carry into effect the treaty with China for the suppression of the opium traffic, and also the bill granting to tho Kansas, Texas and Southwestern Railroad Company and right of way across Fort Hayes military reservation. Tho bill to incorporate the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua was reported to the Senate Foreign Committee and placed on tho calendar. A bill to protect tho morals of minors in the District of Columbia was introduced by Senator Vance. President Cleveland nominated Thomas C. Manning, of Louisiana, ns Minister to Mexico, and Hugh A. Densmore, of Arkansas, as Minister Resident in Corea. Tho House of Representatives passed tho pension bill, which appropriates $76,247,500. Mr. Henderson introduced it bill authorizing the bridging of tho Mississippi at Dubuque. In the election contest of Page vs. Pirce, a Rhode Island case, 11 majority report from the Elections Committee of the House held that neither is entitled to a seat in Congress, while the minority recommended the seating of Pirce, the Republican sitting member. In the case of Kidd vs. Steele of Indiana n unanimous report was made in favor of Steele, Republican. Senator Call introduced aresolution in the Senate, on the 7th inst., declaring that certain lands granted for railroad purposes in Florida shall be forfeited, and instructing the Attorney General to bring suit against all corporations attempting to sell or advertise public lauds embraced iu railroad grants where bills for forfeiture are pending before Congress. Senator McPherson submitted an amendment to tho interstate commerce bill, proposing the addition of a Clause to section 5, which prohibits pooling, in effect suspending that section until Jan. 1, 1888, whenever a majority of tho commission believe the interests of both shippers and carriers would be best promoted by permitting pooling. A remonstrance was presented from Dayton (O.) business men against, and a petition from the Konosha, (Wis.) Business Men's (Tub in favor of. the interstate commerce bill. Petitions favoring the experimental agricultural stations bill were also presented. Bills wore passed to adjust the claims of anv State for expenses incurred in the national defense; for a school of instruction for cavalry and artillery at Fort Riley, and appropriating S3O,<W for the widow and daughter of Erskine S. Allin, the inventor of tho Springfield breech-loading ritlo. Tho House passed forty-two pension bills, including one granting SSO a month to the widow of General Durbin AVard. The House also passed the Senate bill amending tho act providing for the sale of tho Sac and Fox lowa Indian reservation in Nebraska and Kansas. The amendment provides for tho allotment of lands in severalty to minors aud orphans. A nil.t. was introduced in the House by Mr. Hiscock on the Bth inst. I reduce the taxation and duties on raw sugar, also on tobacco, snuff and cigars. Mr. Springer presented an amendment which he proposes to offer to the Pacific Railroad funding bill when it comes up for consideration. It proposes to strike out nil that nortion the bill which prescribes the mode in which tho companies shall pay their indebtedness to the Government, and to insert in place thereof u series of provisions, the principal of which is that tho companies shall, the first day of October and semi annually thereafter, pay into the United States Treasury a sum equal to the amount which the United States is required topavseminnm allv us interest on the subsidy bonds advanced to the said companies until tho maturity of said bonds, less tiie amount of any puvinents made by th" said companies during the six months previous to any such payment of their indebtedness under any act of Congress heretofore passed.

Senator Butler introduced a bill in tho Senate on the 10th inst. to prevent the sale of adulterated fixid in the District of Columbia and Territories. The Senate non-concurred in the House amendments to the Senate bill to provide lands for Indians in severalty, anl aAked for a conference. Messrs. Stanford, Cullom, and Beck expressed their views on the interstute commerce bill. A petition was presented and referred praying for a reduction of internal revenue taxes. Alsoone from certain North Carolina manufacturers asking tho repeal of internal revenue laws an 1 a reduction of tho tariff. Senator Frye proposed an amendment to the postoffice appropriation bill making an appropriation of S4O-9,000 for the transportation of Bouth American mails in American vessels. The following nominations to Consulships were sent to the Senate : Isaac R. Diller, of Illinois, ut Florence; Oscar Malmros, of Minnesota, at Cognac; Willoughby Walling, of Indiana, at Leith A bill was introduced in the House authorizing the Secretary of tho Treasury to erect public buildings (not to exceed in cost $10,090 each) in any town in which the gross receipts to tho Government from any office exceed $10,OX). Mr. Warner (Ohio) introduced a bill appropriating $50,000 to aid in the erection of 11 monument at Marietta, Ohio, to commemorate the first settlement of tho Northwest Territory. Mr. Morrill, of Kansas, introduced a measure to place lumber and salt on the free list, and to reduce tho duty on sugar.

Mr. Sherman introduced a bill in the Senate, on the 11th i£%t. to reimburse the depositors of the Freedmen's Bank of AVashington. The Senate passed a substitute for the House bill for the relief of settlers on the public domain in Nebraska and Kansas, and the House measure releasing to the city of San Antonio certain portions of the military reservation at that place. The President sent to tho Senate the following nominations ■ To lie Consuls of the United States—O. B. Collins.of Mississippi, at Charlottetown, Prince Edward's Island ; Fred Ellison, of Indiana, at St. Helena. Also these postmasters: Illinois—Anna, William C. Rich; Monticello. William A. Miller; Monmouth. John W. Lusk. Wisconsin—Dodgeville, M. J. Briggs; Sturgeon Bay, George AV. Aleen. Kansas - Salina, Nicholas H. Farrell. A bill appropriating $100,009 for tho purchase of a site and $290,000 for tho erection of a public building at Cnarleston, S. C., was passed by the House. Tho Secretory of AVar transmitted to tho House a report from the Board of Engineers (appointed under the terms of the last river nnd harbor bilb upon the proposed acquisition by the govornfiient of the Illinois and Michigan (Hennepin) canal. The report is generally favorable to the construction of the proposed canal on tho lino which is designated in t io bill reported by the House Committee 011 railways ami canals. The House passed the bill creating a department of agriculture nnd labor Tho Dili as passed provides tliat there shall bo at the seat of Government an executive department to bo known as the Department of Agriculture aud Labor, under the control of a secrotary of agriculture and labor and an assistant secretary. In this department there shall be 11 division which shall bo under the charge of a commissioner of labor, whobhall hold his office for four years and until his successor shall bo appointed, unless sooner removed, aud shall receive a salary of $ ,000 a year. The Commissioner shall col’ect information upon the subject of labor, its relation to capital, tho hours of labor, the rate of wages, the cost of produc ion of the articles produced, the earnings of laboring men ami women, the means of promoting their material. intellectual, mid moral prosperity, mid the best means to protect life mid prevent accident in mines, workshops, factories, aud other places of industry. The Secretary is empowered to inquire into the causes of discontent which may exist between employers mid employes within the United States, mid li • mav invite mid hear sworn statements from both parties concerning the matters in controvery. To be good nnd do the moat good avg can noAv and here, and to help others to be and do the same; to seek with all our might the highest ualfare of the Avorld Ave live iu and the realization of its ideal greatness and nobleness and blessedness—this is religion. The widest shaving ever made by a Avood Avorking machine was recently placed on exhibition in a store in Winchendon, Mass. It Avas forty-two inches wide, several feet long, and of uniform thickness.

NUMBER 29.

OBITUARY. Death at New York of John Roach, the Well-Known ShipBuilder. Alice Oates, the Comic Opera Singer, Passes Aivay After a Long Illness. Judge Rogers, of Chicago, Stricken Down While Standing in a Dry-Goods Store. Jolin Roach. [New York telegram.] John Roach, the great ship-builder, died in this city on Monday morning. Mr. Roach was in great pain from the cancerous growth with which lie suffered, and lie was kept under tli« Influence of morphine. He had brief intervals of consciousness, during which he spoke to his son Garrett, who was c instant in his attendance at the bedside. Only a few intimate friends of the family were admitted to the house, and nobody "4'

other than the nurses and the physicians were allowed to seo the patient. The dying man sank rapidly, and when ho passed away it was without a struggle. At his bedside wore Mr. and Mrs. Win. F. McPherson, of Philadelphia. John 15. Roach, Garrett N. Roach, Stephen W. Roach, Miss F.meline Roach, John Walton, a nephew, Mrs. Roach, and three grandchildren. John Roach was born in County Cork, Ireland, but was reared in America in the city of New York. Prior to his starting in business on his own account he was a common workman in the Allaire works. At this place he soon advanced himself through his adaptability to business to the position of foreman, after which ho established himself with a very small capital. but his old employers' recommendations assisted him to a moderate credit, and his natural force soon gave him prominence. In 18>7 he was able to purchase the Morgan Iron Works for about 84'10,030 and in 1868 the Neptune works for $150,000, and two years later the Franklin forge for 8125.(00, and also a largo property at Chester, Pa , where he subsequently put in operation the extensive works known as the Delaware River Iron ShipBuilding and Engine Works, of which corporation Mr. Roach was the President and owner. He was the builder of numbers of vessels for the United States Government, having been given the contract for the ships Dolphin, Boston. Atlanta, and Chicago. The Boston was finished in August, 1886. and the unfortunate Dolphin—which caused John Roach so much trouble by having been rejected under the Cleveland administration —was at last transferred to the Government through negotiations between Mr. Roach and Secretary Whitney. Alice Oates. [Philadelphia dispatch.! Alice Oates, the well-known, comic opera singer, died at the residence of her husband, in this city, on Monday, She hud wasted away

greatly under a painful complication of diseases, and death came as a welcome relief. She was born in Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1849, and her family name was Merritt. Her education was begun in her native town and . continued at Terre Haute, Ind. In 1865 >she married James A. Spates, leading man at J Wood's Theater in Cincinnati. Alice Oates first appeared on the stage in Chicago in 1861, when she was 20

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years of age. Her voice gained her the part of Earl Darnley in the burlesque of “The Field of the Cloth of Gold.” Her success was instantaneous, and after the first week she was billed as a star. She played a long time in Chicago without a .. . C 1. (11 M 4*l.

cnango of bill, aud then brought tho burlesque to this city, where it ran at the Chestnut Street Theater ovei' two hundred nights. This was her first and last appearance in burlesque. Afterward sho devoted her talents to comic opera. Her husband died of consumption in 1870, and in 187'2 the widow married* Tracy AV. Titus, from’" whom, however, she was soon divorced. Mrs. Oates' sang and acted with sue-*, coss in Now York, and all over tiie United

best known through her performance in connection with the Oates Comic Opera Company, of which she was both directress and prima donna. John G. Bogers. [Chicago special. 1 John G. Rogers, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County, foil dead in a dry goods store on State street Monday. Up to that moment he appeared to be in perfect health. 'A ■ 4 W M * kI M > fillip The announcement of his sudden demise was painful to the community here the deceased jurist has lived for many years and where he won hosts of warm friends and admirers. Adolphus writes: “I am infatuated with a beautiful serio-comic singer at present in the city, and I desire to testify my admiration by sending her a floral tribute. What design would yon suggest as appropriate?” Well, if she sings as well as the average serio-comic vocalist, we would suggest a pillow bearing the inscription, “Rest.” Miss Ida Porter, a “Vassar Girl.” a niece of Jay Gould, who has successfully managed a school in Camden, N. J., so interested her uncle that lie has presented her with a school editice, which was dedicated by President Kendrick, of Vassar.

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