The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-12-07
THE PENSION RULE.
Number of Names Added During the Fis-
cal Year Was 5,344.


At the end of the fiscal year there
were on the pension roll 993, 225 names
a net increase of 2,010 over the fiscal
year 1899. The number added to the
rolls during the year was 1894 The
amount disburSed for army pensiopa
during the year was $134, zoe. So. "a. and
for navy pensions So, 761 ,533,41, a total
of $1SS, 462, 1865, leaving an unexpend-
ed balance of So, SAP, BIS to be covered
into the treasury, which shows an in
crease over the previous years expen-
diture of $107 OTTO There were 684
names added to the rolls during the
year by special acts passed at the first
session of the Fifty-sixth congress
The act of May, 1900, among other
things provides for an extension Of in
Come to widows pensioned under said
act to $3.50 per annum. The secretary
of the interior believes that by the OBJ
erat1ons of this act the number of per
sons pensioned under it will increase
and the increased annual payment for
pensions will be between So 0OO 600 and
81. 000, 000
The government justly appreciates
the services of its soldiers and sailors
by making pension payments liberal be-
yond precedent to them. their widows
and orphans.
There were 26.540 letters patent grant
ed including reissues and designs
during the fiscal ended June 80, 1900;
1850 trade marks, 6S2 labels, and SO
prints registered. The number of pat
ents which expired was 1888. The to-
tai receipts for patents were $1,S5S,-
22S.35. The expenditures were $l,247,-
S27.5S, showing a surplus of $110, 400.H.
The attention of the congress is called
to the report of the secretary Of the
interior touching the necessity for the
further establishment of schools in the
of q Clr q nj o.
ton is invited thereon.
Much interesting information is given
in the report Of the governor of Ha-
wall as to the progress and develop
ment of the islands during the period
from July T. 1898, the date of the APP
proval of the joint resolution of the
congress providing for their annexation
up to April 80, 1900, the date of the ap-
proval of the act providing govern
ment for the territory, and thereafter.
The director of the census states that
the work in connection with the twelfth
census is progressing favorably. This
national undertaking, ordered by the
congress each decade, has finally re-
suited in the collection of an aggrega-
ton of statistical facts to determine
the industrial growth of the country, its
manufacturing and mechanical re-
sources its richness in mines and for
ests, the number of it's agriculturists,
tional and religious opportunities, as
as well as questions pertaining to So
Geological conditions.
The labors of the officials in charge
Of the bureau indicate that the law of
March 8, 1899, requiring the completion
Of four important and most desired
subjects, namely population, agricul-
tural, manufacturing, and vital statis-
tics, will be completed within the pre-
scribed limit
The field work incident to the above
inquiries is now practically finished,
and as a result the population of the
states and territories, including the
Hawaiian islands and Alaska, has been
announced. The growth of population
during the last decade amounts to
over 13,000,000, a greater numerical In
crease than in any previous census In
the history of the country.
Bulletins will be issued as rapidly as
possible giving the population OF states
and territories by minor civil divisions.
Several announcements of this kind
have already ben made, and it is hoped
that the list will be completed by Jan.
!. Other bulletins giving the results of
the manufacturing and agricultural in
quiries will be given to the public as
rapidly as circumstances will admit.
The director, while confident of his
ability to complete the different
branches of the undertaking in the al
lotted time finds himself embarrassed
by the lack of trained force properly
equipped for statistical work, thus rails
ing the question whether in the inter-
est of economy and thorough execu-
ton of the census work there should
not be retained in the government en-
ploy a certain number of experts not
only to aid in the preliminary orga MIA
tion prior to the taking of the deem
NAL census, but in addition to have the
advantage in the field and Office work
Of the bureau of trained assistants to
facilitate the early completion of this
enormous undertaking.