The times., 1899-12-06

and in confinement during the last fiscal
| year as compared with the year ending
June 30, 1898, but hardly sufficient to war
rant the belief that il may be attributed TO
| any decided decrease in crime generally.
| On July ], 1898, there were 3,2ll United
| States cOnviCts in the various prisons and
! TefOrmatOries OF the country. as against
| 3,137 at the close of the last fiscal year, on
| June 80 1899, showing a decrease of "A.
The report for 1898 showed an increase Of
l89 over the previous year, from which &c
would appear that the general average has
remained nearly the same year after year
for period of several years at least OF
the total number in confinement Is 130 on
June 30 1899, II9 were in the United States
penitentiary at Fort LeayenWorth, Kan,
and 81 in the United States penitentiary
at McNeils Island Washington. The re-
mainder, 2,271, were scattered among the
various prisons and refoTmatory institu-
tions of the States and Territories.
The report of the board OF trustees of the
reform school Of the District Of Columbia
shows that at the beginning OF the last
| fiscal year there were in the school 249
| boys; there were received during the year
g., total of 313, as against 354 for the
previous year. There were discharged dur
ing the year 107, leaving in the school
June so, 1899, 2O6.
tCLlOu Nv OlEICSS Is RECOMMENDED IL
creasing the age of boys who can be COM
mitted to the school from under sixteen
years to under seventeen years also pa
role system, whereby boys giving promise
of reform can be released, but il they re-
lapse into vicious ways can be returned 20
the school
The reform school for girls in the Dis
trict OF Columbia viii be completed by
July /, 1900.
OF the 1891 criminal prosecutions ter
| minated during the last year 216 were
| prosecutions under the customs laws, IN
which there were 1856 convictions, q acquit-
| tails, and 50 We're entered mol pros. dis
| continued or quashed; 6,544 under the in
ternal revenue laws. in which there were
| 4,021 convictions. S25 aCquittals, and 1893
| were entered mol pros, discontinued or
| quashed; 206 under pOstOffice laws, in
| which there We're 40 convictions, 90 ac-
| quittals, and 344 entered mol pros. discOu-
| tinued, or quashed; 10 under naturalization
acts in which there were convictions. 3
| acquittals. and . entered mol pros, discOn-
tinued or quashed; 562 under the inter
/ course laws in which there were $50 con-
victlOns, 81 acQuittals, and 1T2 entered mol.
pros. discontinued, or quashed; 214 under
! the pension laws. in which there were lt9
convictions, II acquitta1s. and SIS entered
! mol. pros. discontinued, or qusshsd; PA
under the pension laws, in which the-e
| were 109 convictions. II acquitJals and IS
/ entered mol pros, discontinued, or
| 0uashed; so for embsZZjement, in which
! there were 81 convictions, 5 acqui-tals and
| Al entered mol. pros. discontinued. or
| quashed; $500 miscellaneous prosecutions
/ in which there were 5.0S2 convictions / OSa
| acquittaIs. and 2.33S entered mol pros, dis
| continued or dUashed.
n many n o. pTq-lTuf ions under The
| internal revenue laws entered mol. pros.
! and settlement were made In the Internal
Revenue Bureau Of the Treasury Depart
ment.
| OF the.10,2 22S criminal prosecutions pend
ing July [, 1899. 112 were for violation of
/ customs laws. 4SS9 for violation Of inter
/ nal revenue laws. 755 for violation of post
| Office laws. 90 under the election laws, S
under naturalization laws. % under the
! intercourse laws. 1876 under the pension
| laws SIS for embezzlement, and 3,slS mis-
| cellaneous prosecutions.
| The aggregate amount of the judgments
| rendered in favor of the United States in
| civil suits during the last year was $a22,-
| 546.27. and the amount actually collected
| on these judgments was Sg7. 455.9I, while
/ SIS. 1922 was obtained during the year on
/ judgments rendered in former years for the
| United States and Sis. IS was other
! wise realized in civil suits.
The aggregate amount OF fines. forfeit
ures. and penalties imposed during the
( year in criminal prosecutions was S72S,-
! 70S 73 and the amount of these fines, for
| FIXTURES. and penalties collected during the
year was SlIO, ,436. while SS.1J2.S6 was real
, lied on fines. forfeitures, and penalties inn
posed in former years.