Evening journal., 1901-05-16

Philadelphia. New York. Chicago.
ming OF 1899, as there were debts amount
ing to more than was in the treasury.
Two notes amounting TO SS5,OOo were paid
In the year
The amount Of State licenses Of all kinds
for the year ending September % Is given
as sll4,359.23, an increase of $3.50 over the
amount of the year preceding. The rev.
enue from taxation Of railroads, accord
ing to the treasurer's report. was s6s.
$3.50. The Adams law for taxation OF
investments has been attacked as uncon-
stitutional.
Wilmington had bonded debt of 81
s65 100 at the beginning OF. the year.
Militia.-The National Guard. which was
somewhat broken up by enlisiments for
the Spanish war, is improving. companies
being refilled The government appro-
priation under the new law is S5l75 a year,
to be drawn in clothing, arms, and camp
and garrison equipage.
Education-The reports of the public
schools OF the State, outside Of Whining
ton. gives the following statistics: Total
enrolment I'm all schools (white), %. .254:
monthly attendance, 1855: number In
graded schools chose having more than
one teacherl 10,2S0; in rural districts
while, 1874; colored. 4.677: amount paid
in salaries in white schools. slll O5g: col
ored. slS,G27.9i; for textbooks white. S.
277is. colored slf59 total expenditure
for white schools. sl94. .sOO63; for colored.
l.ar ..Fr
! ing hbraries-New Castle county. 4: Kent.
Z; Sussex, ]; number OF schools in rural
districts having nbraries-Kent county. 2.
whore are good circulating libraries under
the control of the State Federation OF
Women's Clubs; average monthly salary
of principals in New Castle county. S5s;
Kent, $50; Sussex. $3.50; assistants. New
Castle county, S35; Kent ss275. Sussex
s2a25
There are % Delaware .udents In the
State Normal School. at West Chester.
Pa.
Delaware College granted diplomas ia
Il students, June 20. The class that en-
tered in September numbered %, of whom
ls are in the agricultural and engineering
courses. A new curriculum went into ef
feet this year giving more freedom fol
lelective studies. The college and the ex.
pertinent station have about 10000 books
Of which 5000 are I'm the general library
The Wilmington Military Academy
graduated in the scientific course and
! in a special course in June.
Attention was called this year to a So
called University of Delaware" which
was offering Inducements to residents OF
Europe and parts of the United States
who desire the degree Of doctor of phi.
losophy The incorporators were found te
be a dentist a saloon keeper, and a trim.
mer for a car company. The two latter
knew very little about the institution
but had signed because they were asked
to. The dentist could not be found. Under
its charter the university can teach
dental surgery and the science OF philoso
ply. and confer degrees for these courses
and also confer honorary degrees. Tn,
charter Is perpetual and the university
can operate In any part of the world.
Public Instltutions.-The hospital foi
the insane, at Farnhurst, had $40 patient,
In August The expenses for the first foui
months Of the year were sg,l7646
The Ferris Industrial School for Boy,
had 20 inmates at the opening of the year
The receipts. including a balance of 81.
i2Olsi, were sl7.447.07; the balance remain
ing, $2S46.59. A farm Of 200 acres is culti
waited by the boys.
The Industrial School for Girls is sun
ported I'm part by the State and in part b,
voluntary subscriptions. There were d
girls present in May; accommodations ar,
provided for So
The Delaware Orphan Home and Indus
trial School for Colored Boys was opene,
at Wilmington in November 1t is main
tanned by colored residents.
Business.-From statistics of failures fl
1880 # is learned that there were 80 II
Delaware, with liabilities amounting L
SS.s54 and assets to s47, 49, In lSes ther
were q, with SiS6450 liabilities and s7l 20
assets; and in 1897. 45 with 500, 800 nabili
ties and sgi $50 assets.
Tho clearlngs at Wilmington banks 10
one week OF April. 1900. were 81 .1Ss. si45.
as against SS76957.S7 for the correspondin
lperiod Of 1899. The olearings for 1sgs wer
about SS7OOO,OOO. and FOR 1899 $4,000 Og
For the six months ending April the
were $24.s53.O54
Railroads.-The report of the Delawar
Railroad Company for the year ending @,
tober 81 1893 shows the following figure,
Freight earnings, sS95 95SS892: passense
N 4OA515.54; mails, express. rents and mi.
: eellaneous. s9l127; total gross earning
!, Ns9l'5SG46; operating expenses. ssSs. .74s.b
. net earnings, SiO2, 1924; interest and prem
: iums on securities matured. sl4.1lO5
: gross income, S4l6,903. As; interest. take
I and sundry charges $St51S.32; net incom
= 1892, ,SsO.16. The figures show an increa.
= in freight receipts Of S104 2i6.S5: in passei
= ger receipts. Of $67.O6O5a; in receipts fro
mail. express, rents. and miscellaneou
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