saloon element made common cause in screening the murderer; and although arrests were made and confessions and strong incriminating evidence secured, able lawyers were employed by the saloons and no convictions were made.
The financial condition of the State at the close of the fiscal year, as shown by the reports of the Auditor and Treasurer, was as follows: resources of the State for the biennial period ending June 30th, 1887, from all sources:
| Balance from last report | $ 147,151.94 |
| From Counties | 2,882,179.27 |
| From Insurance Companies | 140,355.24 |
| From Railroad Taxes | 40,302.67 |
| Fees from State Officers | 67,407.36 |
| From Telegraph and Telephone Companies | 22,559.87 |
| From miscellaneous sources | 21,080.96 |
| Transfers from Temporary School Fund | 38,073.26 |
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$3,359,110.57 |
| PAYMENTS AND CASH | |
| Auditor’s warrants redeemed | $3,231,151.39 |
| Interest on warrants | 107,563.95 |
| Cash in Treasury, June 30th, 1887 | 20,393.95 |
The total assessment for taxation is reported at $495,710,241. The warrants outstanding July 1, 1887, amounted to $455,987.30.
Reports from the State institutions showed that there were in the two Insane Asylums 1,498 patients; in the two Penitentiaries six hundred seventy-three inmates; there were but forty-two children in the Orphans’ Home and sixty persons in the Soldiers’ Home. In the Boys’ Industrial School there were three hundred thirty and in the Girls’ Department there were one hundred twelve.
