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On the 14th of February the legislature accepted a gift of eleven acres of ground from Elizabeth and George Jolinson, on the site of the Pawnee village where Lieutenant Pike first raised the American flag in Kansas, and appropriated three thousand dollars for the erection of a monument there to commemorate the event. The corner stone of this monument was laid July 4, addresses being delivered by J. C. Price, president of the Pawnee Republic Historical Society, Henry F. Mason, of Garden City, and Margaret Hill McCarter, of Topeka. On the 30th of Sep- tember, the monument was dedicated with fitting ceremonies .* Addresses were made by John C. Carpenter, Mrs. Katharine S. Lewis, Noah L. Bowman, F. Dumont Smith, and Miss Helen Kimber. The monument is a neat shaft of Barry granite, and bears the following inscription: "Erected by the State of Kan- sas, 1901, to mark the site of the Pawnee Republic, where Lieut. Zebulon M. Pike caused the Spanish flag to be lowered and the flag of the United States to be raised, September 29, 1806."
A mutiny of the convicts employed in the coal mines occurred on the 18th of March. The guards were overpowered and threatened with death if the amount of coal for a day's task was not reduced. A negro convict climbed seven hundred and twenty feet to the top of the shaft and gave the alarm. Re-enforcements were sent to the guards, the convicts were fired upon, and two were killed. Nearly three hundred were concerned in the mutiny. The negro who gave the alarm was pardoned.
In November a revolt in the Federal prison at Leavenworth occurred. By some means the convicts had secured weapons, and, while working on a new cell house in open ground, terrorized the guards and made a break for liberty. Three guards were wounded while trying to prevent the convicts from escaping. Twenty- seven made their escape, but the news of the outbreak flew fast, and within a few days eighteen were either killed or captured. The rest succeeded in getting away.
November 8, Mary A. Bickerdyke, a notable Kansas character, died at her home in Bunker Hill, Russell county, aged eighty-four years. Soon after the beginning of the Civil war Mrs. Bicker- dyke heard a letter from an army surgeon read in church one
"The wis was to dedicate the monument on the anniversary of Pike's visit, September 29, but In 1901 the 29th fell on Sunday.
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KANSAS, FROM HUMPHREY TO 1902.
Sunday morning. In this letter the lack of competent nurses was deplored. She determined to go to the assistance of those who were disabled while fighting the battles of their country, and soon became famous as an army nurse. At Belmont, Donelson, Cor- inth, Vicksburg, Atlanta, and other places, she was not only nurse, but cook and laundress as well. General Logan decorated her with the badge of the Fifteenth army corps, and General Sherman gave her the appellation of "Mother Bickerdyke," a name which clung to her till her dying day, and of which she was justly pround. A soldiers' hospital, established by the Women's Relief Corps at Ellsworth, bears the name of the "Mother Bicker- dyke Hospital."
Five state tickets were nominated in the campaign of 1902. The Populists and Democrats united on a ticket, which appeared on the ballots under the head of "Democratic." This was made necessary by the act of 1901, which prevented the name of any candidate from appearing more than once upon the ballots.
On the 22nd of May the Democrats met at Wichita and nomi- nated W. H. Craddock for governor; Claude Duval, secretary of state; J. M. Lewis, auditor; William Sense, superintendent of public instruction* ; J. D. McCleverty, supreme judge for the six . year term and John C. Cannon for the two year term. The other places were left for the Populists to supply. This was done by a convention at Topeka, June 24, when Fred J. Close was named for lieutenant-governor; D. H. Hefflebower, treasurer; E. S. Waterbury and B. F. Milton, supreme judges for the six year term, and Frank Doster for the four year terin; Daniel Hart, superintendent of insurance, and J. D. Botkin, congressman-at- large. The Democratic platform reaffirmed the national declara- tions of 1900; opposed trusts, and demanded the passage of laws to prohibit state officials from accepting railroad passes, to reform the tax system, and to resubmit the prohibitory amendment. In their platform the Populists endorsed all that was done by the Democratic convention, May 22; declared in favor of the initia- tive and referendum and of a primary election law; deplored the assassination of President Mckinley, and demanded a law to stamp out anarchy in the United States.
The Republican state convention met at Wichita on the 28th of May, 1902, and nominated the following ticket: Governor, W. J. Bailey ; lieutenant-governor, D. J. Hanna ; secretary, J. R. Burrow ; anditor, Seth G. Wells ; treasurer, T. T. Kelly ; attorney-
*Sonse was afint ward withdrawn and William Stryker substituled.
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354
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general, C. C. Coleman ; superintendent of public instruction, I. L. Dayhoff ; superintendent of insurance, C. II. Luling ; congressman- at-large, Charles F. Scott; supreme judges for the six year term, H. F. Mason, J. C. Pollock and A. O. Greene; for the four year term, A. HI. Ellis *; for the two year term, E. W. Cunningham. The convention adopted resolutions re-affirming the national plat- form of 1900; mourning the death of President Mckinley ; approving Roosevelt's administration, and pledging him the sup- port of Kansas Republicans in 1904. The administration of Gov- ernor Stanley and the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty were also approved.
The prohibitionists nominated a ticket with F. W. Emerson as the candidate for governor ; the Socialists nominated A. S. McAl- lister, and the "Middle-of-the-road" Populists put forward J. H. Lathrop.
When the election came off, the Republican candidate for gov- ernor received a clear majority of more than 21,000 over all his competitors, the vote being as follows: Bailey, 159,242; Craddock, 117,148; Emerson, 6,065; McAllister, 4,078; Lathrop, 635. All eight of the Republican candidates for congress and ninety-five out of one hundred and twenty-five members of the legislature were elected. Two constitutional amendments were voted on at this election. One, proposing to increase the pay of members of the legislature from three dollars a day for a term of fifty days to five hundred dollars for the session, was lost. The other, providing for the election of all county officers at the same time state officers and congressmen are elected, was ratified. The new administration went into power at the beginning of 1903, the centennial year of the Louisiana Purchase.
*Judge Ellis dled September 25, and the vacancy off, the tleket was filled by the appointment of R. A. Burch.
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KANSAS, PROSPECTIVE AND RETROSPECTIVE.
CHAPTER VII
Closing Observations and Statistics
K ANSAS has an area of 82,080 square miles, being approxi- mately 400 miles in extent from east to west and 200 from north to south. It is a part of the great plain lying between - the Mississippi river and the Rocky mountains. The surface slopes gradually toward the east, and all the principal streams flow in that direction. The elevation above sea level varies from 735 feet at Coffeyville to 3,500 feet along the western boundary. The climate is healthful and the soil in most parts of the state very fertile. Agriculture, horticulture, stockraising, manufactur- ing and mining are all carried on successfully. The principal farm products are corn, wheat, sorghum, alfalfa, and various kinds of grasses. More that twenty million fruit trees were reported in 1900. During the earlier years, droughts did much injury to the crops, especially in the western part, but recently attention has been paid to irrigation, more than three thousand private reservoirs having been constructed and put in successful operation. Along the Arkansas river land is irrigated by taking the water from the river, making an exceedingly productive ter- ritory. Coal, lead and zinc are found in paying quantities, the coal fields of Kansas being among the richest in the Union. An inexhaustible supply of the finest salt is one of the resources of the state, the development of which is yet in its infancy. Leaving Alaska out of the consideration, Kansas is the geographical center of the United States, the actual central point being near Fort Riley. Less than half a century has passed since the lands of Kansas were first thrown open to white settlers, yet in 19oo census returns were received from 105 counties. A little study of the following tables will show the growth and distribution of the pop- ulation, the march of progress and the evolution of the state.
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THE PROVINCE AND THE STATES.
TABLE SHOWING THE POPULATION BY COUNTIES, AT EACH UNITED STATES CENSUS SINCE ADMISSION INTO THE UNION.
Counties.
1860.
1870.
1880.
1850.
1900,
Allen
3,082
7,022
11,303
13,509
19,507
Anderson
2,400
5,220
9,057
14,203
13,938
Atchison
7,729
15, 507
26,668
26,158
28,605
Barber
2,661
7,963
6,954
Barton
2
10,318
13,173
13, 784
Bourbon
6,101
15,076
19,591
28,575
24,712
Brown ..
2,607
6,823
12, 817
20,319
22,369
Butler.
437
3,035
18, 586
24,055
23,363
Chase
808
1,975
6,041
8,233
8.246
Cherokee (+)
1,501
11,038
21,905
27,770
42,691
Cheyenne
37
4,401
2 640
Clay
163
2,912
12, 320
16.116
15,833
Cloud
2,323
15,313
19,295
18,071
Coffey
2,842
6,201
11,438
10, 856
16,613
Cowley (5),
158
1,175
21,538
34,478
30, 156
Crawford
8,160
16,851
30,286
38,809
Dickinson
378
3,013
15,251
22,273
21,816
Doniphan
8,053
13,969
14.257
13,535
15,079
Douglas
8,637
20,592
21,700
23,901
25,096
Edwards.
2,409
3,600
3,682
Elk
10,623
12,316
11,443
Ellis .
1,336
6,179
7,942
8,626
Ellsworth
1,185
8,494
9,272
9,626
Foote (6)
411
5,303
5,197 21,354
Garfield (7)
1,163
5,526
6,991
10,423
10,774
Gove
1,196
2,991
2,411
Graham
4,258
5,029
5,173
Grant
9
1,30%
422
Gray
2,415
1,264
Grooley .
3
1,261
493
Green wood
759
3,481
10,518
16,309
16,196
llamilton
168
2,027
1,426
Harper.
4,133
13, 266
10,310
Harvey
11,451
17,601
17,591
Haskell.
1,077
457
Hodgeman.
1,704
2,395
2,032
Howard (8)
19
2,794
10,718
14,626
17,117
Jefferson
4,459
12,526
15,563
16,620
17,553
Jewell
4,364
13,684
16, 853
17,385
18,104
Kinginau
3,713
11,82.1
10,663
Labetto
9,973
22, 7:5
27,5-6
27,387
Lano.
Lon venworth
12,606
32,414
32,355
38, 485
40,940
Linn ..
6,336
12,174
15,298
17,215
16,639
Logan
3,381
1,962
Lyon.
8,014
17,326
23, 196
25,074
MePherson
738
17, 143
21,611
21,421
Madison (9)
636
12,453
20,539
20,676
Marshall
2,280
768 6,10471
14,130
21, 902
24.855
Mendo .
2,512
1,531
Minmi ..
4,950
11,725
17,802
19,611
21,641
Mitchell
485
14,911
15,037
14,647
Montgomery
7,604
IN, 213
2:1,101
29,039
372
2,519
1,619
Decatur
4,180
8,414
9,234
Finney
3,350
3,469
Ford
Franklin
3,030
127 10,385
16,797
20,279
8-1
Geary
Jackson.
1,936
6,053
207
17,475
19,349
:9,420
Kearney.
:59
1,571
1,107
Kiowa
2,873
2,365
601
2,060
1,563
Lincoln
516
8,552
9,709
9,856
Clark
163
2,357
1,701
Breckenridge (2)
3,197
Buffalo (3)
191
Chautauqua
11,072
12,297
11,801
Arapahoe (1)
3
Marion
71
Johnson
3,122
Comanche
KANSAS, PROSPECTIVE AND RETROSPECTIVE.
TABLE SHOWING THE POPULATION BY COUNTIES-Continued. .
Counties.
1800.
1570.
1850.
1890.
1900.
Morris
770
2,225
9,265
11,381
11,967
Morton
9
721
301
Nemala
2,4.36
7,339
12, 462
19,219
20,376
Neosho
88
10,206
15,121
18,561
19,254
Ness
Norton
1,113
7,645
19,642
25,062
23,659
Osborne
238
2,127
10,307
12,581
11,182
Pawneo
179
5,396
5,201
5,081
Phillips
1,529
7,818
16,350
17,722
18,470
Pratt
1,890
8,118
7,085
Rawling
1,623
6,756
5,241
Reno
12,826
29,079
29,027
Republic
1,281
14,913
19,002
18,248
Rice .
5
9,292
14,45L
14,745
Riley
1,221
5,105
10,430
13,183
13,823
Rooks
8, 112
8,018
7,690
Rash
5,490
5,201
6,134
Rossell
156
7,351
7,333
8,489
Saline
4,246
13,803
17,412
17,076
Scott
1,095
15,753
4,362
44,037
Sequoyah (11).
5
1,503
822
Sha wuce
3,515
13, 121
29,093
19,172
53,727
Sheridan
1,567
3,733
3,819
Smith.
€6
13, 883
15,613
16,384
Stafford
4, 755
8,720
9,829
Stanton
5
1.031
327
Stevens
12
1,118
620
Summer
22
20,812
30,271
25,631
Thomas
161
5,538
4,112
Trego
166
2,535
2,535
2,722
Wabaunsee
1,023
3,362
8, 756
11,720
12,813
Wallace
538
686
2, 108
1,178
Washington
4,081
14,910)
22, 91
21,963
Wichita
27
6,691
13.775
15, 256
15, 621
Woodsuss
1. 45S
3.827
6,535
9,021
10,0.2
Wyaudoito
2,60g
10,015
19, II:
51,407
73,227
Total
107,206
364,399
996,096
1,427,096
1,470,495
(1) Taken to form part of Finney in 1581.
(2) Divided between Finney and Hodgeman in 1884.
(3) Annexed to Finney and Hodgemau in 1881.
(4) Name changed from McGee.
(5) First organized ns Huntor county.
(0) Divided among Finney, Ford and Hodgeman in 1881.
(7) Annoxod to Finney in 1893.
(8) Created ns Godfrey county, taken to form Chautauqua and Elk iu 1875.
(9) Annexed to Greenwood and Lyon counties.
(10) Annexed to Chase county.
(11) Taken in 1884 to form part of Finney.
2
3,722
4,941
4,535
6,995
10,617
11,325
Osage
33
12.517
12,053
11,844
Otoe (10)
Ottawa
12,014
13, 661
14,442
Potlawatomie
43
1,202
1,098
Sedgwick.
568
Sherman
13
5,261
3,341
Seward
1.827
1,197
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THE PROVINCE AND THE STATES.
TABLE SHOWING THE DATE OF CREATION AND ORGANIZATION OF EACH COUNTY IN THE STATE, TOGETHER WITH THE PRESENT COUNTY SEAT.
Counties.
Created.
Organizod.
County Seat
Allen.
1855
Anderson
1855
Atchison
1.555
Atchison.
Barber
Feb. 26,1567
1873
Medicine Lodge.
Barton
Feb. 26, 1867 1X35
1872
Great Bend.
Bourbou
Fort Scott.
Brown
1855
lliawatha.
Butler
1855
Eldorado.
Chaso
Cottonwood Falls.
Chautauqua
Mch. 3,1575
1875
Sedan. Columbus
Cherokee
1873
Apr. 1,1886
St. Francis
Clarke
Feb. 26, 1867
May
5,1885
Ashland
Clay . .
Feb. 21,1860
1866
Clay Center.
Cloud
Concordia.
Coffey
Burlington.
Comanche
Feb. 26, 1861
Feb. 27,1885
Coldwater.
Cowley ..
Feb. 25, 1867
1870
Winfield.
Crawford
Mch. 6,1873
1879
Oberlin.
Dickinson
Feb. 20,1857
Feb. 27, 1860
Abilene.
Doniphan.
1855
Troy.
Douglas.
1855
Lawrence.
Edwards Elk.
Mch. 3,1875
Howard.
Ellis
Feb. 26, 1867
llays.
Ellsworth
Feb. 26, 1887
Misworth.
Finney
Oct. 1,1891
Garden City.
Ford
Feb. 26, 1>67
1573
Dodge City.
Franklin
1855
Ottawa.
Geary .
1855
Feb. 28, 1859
Junction City .
Gove
Feb. 26,1567
1850
liill C'ity.
Grant
Mehl. 6,1873
June 9,18-8
Ulysses.
Gray
Mch. 5,1881
July 20, 1857
Cimarron.
Greeley
Mch
6,1373
July
9,1887
Tribune.
Green wood
Eureka.
Hamilton .
Mch 6,1873
Jan. 29, 1986
Syracuse.
Harper
Feb. 26, 1867
1×73
Anthony.
Harvey
Newton.
Haskell .
Mch. 5. 1587
July 1,1-57 1879
Jetmuro.
Jackson.
1.855
1870
Mankato.
Johnson
1555
Olathe.
Kearney
Mch.
6,1873
Lakin Mch. 27,1558 1874 Kingman.
Kiowa
Feb. 26, 1867
Mch 23, 1886
Greensburg.
Labotte.
Feb. 7,1867
Feb. 7,1867
Oswego
Lane.
Mch. 0,1873 1855
June 3,1886
Dighton.
Lincoln
Feb. 26, 1867
isio
Lincoln
Linn
1855
Mound City.
Logau
Mch.
4,1881
Sept. 17, 1887
Russell Springs.
Lyon
Emporia
McPherson
Feb 26,1867
1870
McPherson.
Marion
Feb. 17,1860
1860
Marion.
Marshall
1855
Meade
Mch. ! 6,1873
Nov. 3, 1×85
Muado.
Miami
1855
Juno 3,1861
Mitchell
Feb. 26, 1867
1×70
Montgomery
Feb. 26,1867
1869
Morris
1855
Nov. 18, 1886
Kichfield.
Nemahn
1.855
Seneca.
Noosho
June 3, 156l
Brio
NONS .
Feb. 26, 1867
Noss C'ily.
Norton
Fob. 26, 1At17
1873
Norton.
Fob. 27, 1860
Lyndon.
Osborne
Feb. 26, 1867
1871 | Osborne.
Santa Fe.
Hodgeman
Mch.
1857
Ilotton.
Jollerson
Oskaloosa.
Jewell
Feb. 26, 1867
Giove
Graham
Jan. 1, 1868
Girard.
Decatur ..
Mch. 7,1871
Kinsley.
Kingman
Leavenworth
Leavenworth.
Marysville.
Paola. Beloit.
Independence.
Coupeil Grove.
Morion
1555
Iola. Garnett.
Cheyenne
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KANSAS, PROSPECTIVE AND RETROSPECTIVE.
TABLE SHOWING THE DATE OF CREATION AND ORGANIZATION OF EACH COUNTY-Continued.
Counties.
Created.
Organized.
County Seat.
Ottawa.
Feb. 27, 1860
1866
Minneapolis.
Pawnee
Feb. 20, 1867
1872
Larned.
Phillips
Feb. 26, 1867
1872
Phillipsburg.
Pottawatomie
Westmoreland.
Pratt ..
Feb. 26, 1867
1879
Pratt
Rawlins.
Mch. 6,1873
1-81
Atwood.
Reno .
Feb.
26,1867
1872
Hutchinson.
Republic
Feb.
27,1860
1858
Belleville.
Rice
Feb. 26,1867
Mch.
6,1572
Lyons
Riley
Feb.
26, 1567
1872
Stochtou.
Rush
Feb.
26,1867
1874
La Crosse.
Russell
Feb.
26,1867
1872
Russell.
Saline
1-59
Salina.
Seatt.
Mch. 6,1873
Jan
29,1856
Scott.
Seward
June
3, 1861
Jan.
17, 1886
Liberal.
Shawnee
1×55
Topeka.
Sheridan
Mch. 6,1873
1550
lloxie.
Sherman
Mch.
6,1873
Sept. 20, 1846
Goodland.
Smith
Feb.
26, 1867
1572
Smithi Center
Stafford.
Feb.
26,1867
1879
St. John. Johnson .
Stevens
ilch. 6, 1873
Aug.
3,1856
Hugoton.
Sumner
Feb,
26,1867
1571
Thomas
Mch.
6,1873
Oct.
8,1885
Trego
Fob. 26, 1867
1879
Wakeeney.
Wabaunsee
Alına.
Wallace.
Mch. 2, 1868
1888
Sharon Springs. Washington.
Wichita
Mch.
6,1873
Dec. 24, 1886
Leoti.
Wilson .
1565
Fredonia.
Woodsou
1855
Yates Center.
Wyaudotte
1855
Kansas City.
Sedgwick
Feb. 26, 1567
1570
Wichita.
Stanton
Mch.
6, 1873
June 17, 157
Wellingtou. Colby.
Washington
1560
Manhattan.
Rooks.
1855
NOTE .- A number of counties were created by act of the legislature, and afterward disappeared without leaving any record of the disappearance, further than the change in boundaries show that they were absorbed by other counties. Examples of this kind can be soon in the counties of Broderick, Calhoun, El Paso, Fremont, Hageman, Irving, Montana, Pokoton, oto.
The recent progress of Kansas in agriculture is somewhat phenomenal. The increased area under cultivation and the var- iety of crops cultivated, have contributed to the wealth of the country and the certainty and safety of agriculture as a business. It is quite remarkable to observe the gradual extension of the wheat belt westward until this year ( 1903) an excellent yield of wheat came from the land next to the Colorado line. The follow- ing tables give a very careful estimate of the value of the most important crops.
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THE PROVINCE AND THE STATES.
1901.
1902.
PRODUCTS.
Quantities.
Values.
Quantities.
Values.
Winter wheat
bn.
90,015,514
$50,479, 579
51,323, 839
$28,983, 941
Spring wheat.
287,581
130,925
325,397
155, 547
Coru
42,605,672
21,731,215
201,367, 102
78,321,653
Oats
20,806,329
7,375,817
32,966,114
9,561,254
Rye
2,955, 065
1,408, 980
3,728,296
1,584, 321
Barley
2,356, 700
931,753
2, 188, 973
801,382
Buckwheat .
3,177
2,700
2,770
2,216
Irish potatoes
2,313, 772
2,313, 772
8,193,632
3,136,857
Sweet potatoes.
231,950
289,937
539,879
334,487
Castor-beans
6,103
7,933
4,400
5,500
Cotton
.lbs.
57,800
4,046
136,005
9,520
Flax ..
bu.
1,260, 192
1,701,259
1,427,975
1,713,570
Hemp
lbs.
3,600
180
10,200
610
Tobacco
17, 600
1,760
15,150
1,515
Broom-corn ..
13, 105, 125
521,205
16,581,205
495,640
Millet and hungarian.
tons.
445, 784
2, 472,863
400,160
1,445,415
Sorghum
3,785,953
3,822, 668
Milo maize
tous.
45,063
16,514
56,166
Kafir-coro
1,380,432
6,388,025
2,824, 621
9,495,572
Jerusalem corn
4,611
18,663
7,999
27,372
Tame hay.
1,172,623
9,3-0,904
803.934
4,823,601
Prairie hay
1,383,388
9,580,699
820,637
3,242,548
Live-stock products.
74,706,299
65,693,332
Horticultural products, ete
1, 872, 085
2, 242,332
Totals.
$195, 254, 645
$216, 002,025
AGGREGATE VALUES FOR TWENTY YEARS.
Winter wheat
$116,491,894
Spring wheat
10,037,199
Corn
800,539, 152
Oats
116,891, 995
Rye
23, 100, 502
Bartoy
8,316, 503
Buckwheat
314,934
Irish potatoes
66, 881, 560
Sweet potatoos
5,552,114
Castor beans
2,658,004
Cotton
318,373
Flax
25,976,471
Hemp.
91,043
Tobacco
443, 100
Broom corn.
16, 142,985
Millet aud hungarian
60,666,997
Sorghum
49,903,046
Milo maize
806.283
Kafir-corn
42, 901,195
Jerusalem corn
777,255
Tame hay
75, 139,461
Prairie hay.
150, 180, 421
Live-stock products.
960, 488, 433
Horticultural products, etc
40, 121,909
Rice corp (raised in 1883 and 1884)
232,774
Grand total
$2, 936, 193, 909 146, 809, 695
Annual average
10,734
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KANSAS, PROSPECTIVE AND RETROSPECTIVE.
No less remarkable is the development of mineral wealth in Kansas. While coal, zinc, lead and salt have continued to increase in yearly output the recent advances in natural gas, oil and cement lave added much to the wealth of the mining industry. Kansas has now a large and rich natural gas and oil field which is adding daily to the development of manufactures. The following table gives a brief summary of the wealth of the mineral productions in 1901 and since the industry began. A considerable increase is shown in 1902 and 1903 although complete returns are not at hand.
SHOWING VALUE OF EACH OF THE MINERAL PRODUCTS OF KANSAS FOR 1901, AND SINCE THE INDUSTRY BEGAN.
Name of product.
Amount for 1901.
Value per unit.
Value for 1901.
Grand total of productiou since industry bogan.
NON-METALLIC PRODUCTS.
Coal
tons 1, 793, 374
$1 30
$6,231,386 00 106,875 00
$71.911,984 69
Coke
42,750
2 50
762,609 00
7,393, 435 57
Cooperage bbls.
635,507
25
158,877 00
153,877 00
Clay products
49,217
4 25
209, 172 00
2,526,585 00
Stone, building (estimated) cu yds. Natural gas
768, 506 00
2, 420,866 00
*Oil, crude
.bbls.
169,197
80
135,357 60
615,741 73
Oil, reflned, and fuel oil
including gasoline
112,500
2 00
225,000 00 56,490 00
891,289 00
Portland cement (estimated ) bbls.
750,000
2 00
1,500,000 00
2, 150,000 00
Lime (estimated)
1,510,000 00
Sand (estimated)
650,000 00
METALLIC PRODUCTS.
Zinc ore, 33, 974.82 tons, woril. $797,814.36, yiolding metallic
zinc ...
. tons
16,987.41
81 50
1,384, 173 90
47,514,550 68
lead
tons
3,666.73
86 75
318, 088 83
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SMELTING PRODUCTS.
Zinc smelting
tons
81,512.30
81 50
6,615,697 45
47,351,332 28
Lead smelting
tous
1,137
86 75
98,631 75
5,562,253 38
Totals
$20, 223, 132 53
$200,908,518 33
. bb!s.
131,372
43
427,808 00
3,994,204 00
Gypsum cement plaster .tons
529, 157 00
5,351,051 00
Hydraulic cement
Lead ore, 5,238.19 tons, wortb $245, 880.61,
yielding metallic
65,000 00 100,000 00
873,375 00
Balt, without cooperago.,
bbl4. 1,271,015
*1903 shows a large increase in the production of oil and of natural gas for manu- facturing purposes.
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THE PROVINCE AND THIE STATES.
YIELDS, IN BUSHELS, FOR TWENTY YEARS.
Years.
Wheat, Winter and Spring.
Corn.
Rye.
Oats.
1893
30,021,936
182,081,526
5,081,391
30,987,861
18-1.
48, 650, 431
150, 870, 656
6, 235,575
29,057,291
1855
10, 772, 181
177,350,703
2, 725, 301
31,561,490
1556.
14,579,093
139,569, 132
2, 525, 385
35, 777,365
1837.
9,278,501
73, 791, 451
1,926,335
46,727,418
1558.
16, 724, 717
168, 751,087
3, 199,110
51, 665,055
18:9
35, 319, 851
273,888,321
5,850,050
47,922, 889
1890.
25,801,211
51,090,229
2,271, 579
29, 175, 582
1891.
58,550,653
139, 363, 991
5, 143,030
39,901,113
1892.
71,538, 906
138, 638, 621
4, 012,613
43,722, 451
1-93.
21,827,524
118,624, 369
1,0443,019
28,191,717
1894
25, 205, 700
66, 952, 833
978,638
15, 385, 469
1895.
16,001,000
201, 457, 396
1, 655, 713
31,664,743
1896
27,751,885
221, 419, 114
998, 897
19,314,772
1897.
51,026,604
152, 110,993
1,661,662
23, 431, 273
1898.
60,790,661
126, 999, 132
2,153,050
21,702,537
1899.
43,687,013
225, 1~3, 432
1,751,406
26,016,773
1900
77,339,091
131,523, 677
1,915,026
31,169.942
1901.
90,333,095
12, 605, 672
2,955,005
20,806,329
1902.
54,619, 236
201,367,102
3,723,296
32,966,114
Totals Yearly averages
801,255, 351 40,062,767
3,028, 695, 770 151,431,788
58,203,491
2,910,174
643,214, 598 32, 160, 729
Kansas was organized as a territory May 30, 1854, and admitted as a state January 29, 1861. From the first organization of the territory, the government has been administered by the following officials : .
Territorial Governors: Andrew II. Reeder, 1854; Wilson Shannon, 1855; John W. Geary, 1856; Robert J. Walker, 1857; James W. Denver, 1858; Samuel Medary, 1858.
Secretaries : Daniel Woodson, 1854; Frederick P. Stanton, 1857; James W. Denver, 1857; Ilugh S. Walsh, 1858; George M. Beebe, 1860.
State Governors: Charles Robinson, 1859; Thomas Carney, 1862; Samuel J. Crawford, 1864; Nehemiah Green (elected lieu- tenant-governor, succeeded to the office Nov. 4, 1868, when Gov- ernor Crawford, resigned ) ; James M. Harvey, 1868; Thomas A. Osborn, 1872; George 'T. Anthony, 1876; John P. St. John, 1878; George W. Glick, 1882; John A. Martin, 1884; Lyman U. Ilum- phrey, 1888; Lorenzo D. Lewelling, 1892; Edmund N. Morrill, 1894; John W. Leedy, 1896; William E. Stanley, 1898; W. J. Bailey, 1902.
Lieutenant-Governors: Joseph P. Root, 1859; Thomas A. Osborn, 1862; James McGrew, 1801; Nehemiah Green, 1806; Charles A. Eskridge, 1868; Peter P. Elder, 1870; Elias S. Stover,
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1872; Melville J. Salter, 1874; Lyman U. Humphrey, 1877; D. W. Finney, 1880; Alex. P. Riddle, 1884; Andrew J. Felt, 1888; Percy Daniels, 1802; James A. Troutman, 1894; A. M. Harvey, 1896; H. E. Richter, 1898; D. J. Hanna, 1902.
Secretaries of State: John W. Robinson, 1859; S. R. Shep- herd, 1862 (appointed) ; W. W. H. Lawrence, 1862; R. A. Barker, 1864; Thomas Moonlight, 1868; W. H. Smallwood, 1870; Thomas II. Cavanaugh, 1874; James Smith, 1878; Edwin B. Allen, 1884; William Iliggins 1888; Russell S. Osborn, 1892; WV. C. Edwards, 1894; William E. Bush, 1896; George A. Clark, 1898; J. R. Burrow, 1902.
Auditors : George S. Hillyer, 1859; David L. Lakin, 1862; Asa Ilairgrove (appointed), 1862; John R. Swallow, 1864; Alois Thoman, 1868; D. W. Wilder, 1872 (resigned Sept., 1876) ; P. I. Bonebrake, 1876; Edward P. McCabe, 1882; Timothy McCarthy, 1886; Charles M. Ilovey, 1890; Van B. Prather, 1892; George E. Cole, 1804; William HI. Morris, 1806; George E. Cole, 1898; Seth G. Wells, 1902.
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