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The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-17
Detail Census Report.

The ANAL census report on the nom,
lation by sex, general nativity and co1.
or Of the several states and Territories
has been issued. The last bulletin ~
the series covers the entire country :.
shows that males number $1,000 9ae
and constitute 51.2 per cent OF the ~
tai population In 1900, while the 70
males number 37,244.145. or 4S.s ner
cent. There is slightly larger nro.
portion Of females now than 10 wears
ago. There Is q difference in favor =.
males OF 1,815.S07. as compared with
an excess of males for the eouiyalen.
era Of 1890 Of 1866. $40.
There has been an increase in tot.,
population Of II. 2s3. 1861, or 81 per cent
since 1890. made up Of 6,744,179 males
$780, females: an increase in
males Of 20.9 per cent and an increase
In females Of Eli per cent. There are
65,834, 800 native persons and AGO.
O85 foreign born persons, the latter clio.
ment constituting 1877 per cent of the
total population in 1900, against 14S
per cent 10 years ago. The foreign
born show an absolute increase during
the decade Of 1851, 1894, while the ma.
tive born hav eincreased in 10 wears
12,0S1 ,637.
As to color and race. the population
in 1900 is made up Of 1890, 1902 white
persons and 9,312,5S5 colored persons
the latter figure comprising s,s4O,sss
persons Of negro descent, 119, O5O Chi.
nese, 1886 Japanese and 266, 200 In.
dams. The corresponding figures for
1890 show total of 55,166,184 white
persons. 7,4SS.7SS persons OF negro de.
scent 126.77S Chinese, 1889 Japan.
ese and 273.6O7 Indians.
The colored element constitutes 1872
per cent Of the total population in 1900
against 12.5 per cent in 1890. The
white population shows an increase
since 1890 Of 11.s24,sls, or 21.4 per cent
and the colored element "a a whole TO-.
409,103. or It's per cent.
There has been an increase during
the past ten years ii persons of negro
descent Of l.352.001. or 1871 per cent.
and in the Japanese Of 1857, or 1872
per cent. The Chinese, on the other
hand. show q loss Of 7.72S, or 81 per
cent, while the Indians have decreased
from 27s,607 In 1890 to 266. 100 in 1900.
or loss Of 2.5 per cent.
OF the total white people, 56,740,7
are native whites, constituting 74.4 per
cent Of OF the total population. and
10.250,06S foreign whites. or 1874 per
cent Of the total population. Native
white persons are In turn subdivided
into 41,053, AIT Of native parentage and
15.6S7.322 Of foreign parentage. consti-
tuting respectively 1913 and 20. 6 per
cent Of the total population.
The native white element has in.
creased 1878 per cent and the foreign
white only 122 per cent in 1901.
The native white element of foreign
parentage has increased relative twice
as fast as the native white Of native
parentage.
Neutrality-suspicious. 304,178; fe.
males, 213.925; foreign, 11,346: total
white. 496,S04: native white, 394,179;
total colored, .21.79s.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-17

London, Oct. l4.-Another torpedo boat
destroyer, the Vulture, has buckled In
heavy seas. While on her way from
Portsmouth to Portland she had to re.
turn to Portsmouth, where it was found
that several plates were broken in.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-17
Tswa wipeA 0.t ~ rvre.

St Joseph, Oct. l6.-The town Of Ga.
Hen, in the southern part Of the county,
was practically wiped cut by Are that
started in . laundry. Estimated loss,
100000.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-17
REPORT ON TRADE.

Bradstreet's report on trade for last
week Is as follows:
Some quieting down In the general
demand for merchandise was noted
last week. partly the result Of weather
conditions In the northwest and
warmer weather at the west, while at
the south the restricted movement Of
cotton delayed collections at several
markets. The lull In the demand for
dry goods. clothing and shoes from
western 5obbsrs II, however. not unex-
pected, being accounted for by the adj
vanced stage Of the season.
Hardware 10 steady ut nearly all mar
kets, and supplies are generally limited
Some weakness In nails 10 noted at the
east. notwIthstanding active demand,
but at the west wire mills are behind
on orders. Special activity In lead and
zinc IL noted at western primary
points. Copper II in hand TO mouth
demand here. but II 10 to be noted that
spot prices have advanced at London.
Tin Is higher here, in sympathy with
the speculative advance at the same
market.
Among cereal products the feature 10
the active demand Tor -four at higher
prices. Wheat Ii fraction higher on
the week, on q belief that following the
recent decline caused by the heavily In
creased movement at the northwest
and the gain In visible supply reaction
IL due.
Wheat, including Hour. exports for
textile mills were built. OF which 147
Wheat exports. July 1 to date t1s
weeks), aggregate 'S9,S6S.17S bushels.
40 against 50,458. 240 last season.
The boot, shoe. leather and kindred
Industries are all active, and eastern
shoe shipments are IA per cent larger
for the season than year ago. The
strength Of hides and recent advance
in leather have been still further mar
rowing the margin Of profit In shoe
manufacturing.
Failures In the United States for the
week number 1873, a. against It's last
week, 21O In this week a year ago, 16l
In 1899 and 233 In 1898.
Canadian failures number 30 a.
against 20 last week, So In this week
year ago and 10 In 1899 and ~ In 1898.
Tacoma--Quiet: unchanged. Blue
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-17

Nagasaki, Oct l6. - The Japanese
steamer Tsurohikoh has been wrecked on
Mejima. Only one person d those on
board WAS saved.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-17

Electrical apparatus used IN mining
II estimated to be worth 500. 000. 900.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-17

Several months ago a prominent at.
torney OF this city, who had formerly
been employed by Pat Grove. received
9 draft from Grove from South Africa
for legal services rendered.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-17

OREGON NOTES.
A beautiful statue Of Diana and a
bust Of the young Augustus were un-
yelled at the State Normal school re-
GENTLY
The demand for lumber has become
30 great that 1t IL impossible for the
mills in the vicinity OF Eugene to sup
ply the market.
President Roosevelt has removed
from once George w. Hayes, register
Of the land once at Burns. Ore. No
successor has been selected.
The Photographers Association Of
the Pacific Northwest, which has been
In session at Portland, has elected the
following officers: President, A. L.
Jackson. Tacoma; vice-president, A. d.
Rogers, Olympia: secretary treasurer.
n. 9. Plummer, Seattle.
Though ON the road to recovery,
Charles Joerger, the 12-year-old son OF
N. Joerger, Of Pendleton, died unex-
pectedly Of injuries received from a
colts kick last week. Young Joerger
was playing In yard when he was
kicked over the eye.
Gov. Gssr left October II for Column
bus. o., to participate in the campaign
In. that state, making stump speeches
for the Republicans Mrs. Geer will
accompany the governor. They will re.
turn Immediately after election. and
expect to be home about November 10.
The Astoria factory Of the American
Can company IL rushed with orders at
present, and additional help is being
employed to increase the output Of the
plant. It Is now filling large order
for the Standard Oil company. work
that has heretofore been dome in San
Francisco
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-17

nacoma-Quiet: unchanged. Blue
stem. 531ac; club. 5215c.
Portland--Walla Walla, sac; valley
and bluestem. SAC.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-17

There II on exhibition 1t Havre .
bushel Of potatoes, each pot4to weigh
ing two pounds or over.
Chief ]. G. Bond, Of Billings, has
been elected president Of the Montana
State Firemen's Association.
Governor Toole has appointed dele
gates to represent Montana at the an
nual meeting Of the National Prison
Association which will be held in Kan
sas City from November 9 to 10.
G. F. IngersoM. manager Of the Rea
Cattle company, has returned from
Chicago, where he took a shipment OF
cattle. He attributes the high price Of
beef and mutton to q considerable de-
gree to the high price OF pork.
At = recent meeting of the Butte
Woman's Club the initiatory steps
were taken towards the building Of q
suitable club house for the ladies.
where they and their friends can meet
and discuss the various topics assigned
to them.
Great Falls had the honor OF enter
tanning another grand lodge. This
time It were the delegates from the va
rious lodges OF the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows who met there, October
Is and is. to celebrate the 9th ami
versary Of the founding Of the order
in this state.
What seems to be q good beginning
In the solution OF the great arid land
problem was recently made by Mon
tana. The state arid land commission.
which was created by the legislature
with power to reclaim lands donated to
the state by the general government
under the Carey act celebrated the
opening Of the great canal system In
district No. I. which comprises $4,000
acres Of splendid land in the beautiful
Dearborn valley. In the northern por-
tion Of Lewis and Clarke county.
"A dastardly attempt was made last
week at Kafispell to murder and rob
Malcolm McCauley. the head book
keeper Of the OtBrien sawmill. He was
temporarily In charge Of the plant, the
managers and superintendent being In
the east. Two masked men entered the
once while he was at his desk writing,
9 letter end, without speaking, fired
three shots ct the intended victim, one
shot penetrating the abdomen on the
left side, coming out the right side
Another was flesh wound on the
breast, and the other shot was glanc-
ing one over the eye. They secured
nothing. and escaped.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03
81. Louis as II Was
at the Time of the Transfer.

There is no mark left by nature or pre-
served by man TO Indicate to the careless
passer the spot at which this transfer, Pc
culiar IN history. was made. There Is no
monument, no tablet. no inobtrusiye pillar,
TO show that 1t is a place of fame.
Early in 1905, the Territory OF Louisiana
was owned By France. but governed by
Spain The conditions were much the same
as had prevailed forty years before, when
Spain held the title. under the secret treaty
of 1862. and France retained the governing
power. TIL Spanish flag few wherever
there was a settlement. Across the big
river was a foreign country-the United
-States-where n foreign language was
spoken. and where lived strangers and
aliens.
Louisiana Territory was divided POLITICAL
ly into two parts-Lower Louisiana. which
embraced about the present territory of the
State Of Louisiana and Upper Louisiana,
or Illinois. which extended northward from
the thirty-third parallel to the forty-nsuth
parallel. and westward. to the Pacific
Ocean. New Orleans was the governmental
center Of the entire territory: ST. Louis was
the capital Of Upper louisiana, and the
capitol building was q one-story stone-and-
wood structure, at the southeast corner
of Main and Walnut streets-tben known
as La Rue de Principals and La Rue de la
Tour.
Across the street. to tbs north, was La
Place de Arrnes-or the public square and
parade ground. stili further north were
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03
The Queens Death May Remove Color From the Spring
Haberdashery Of London and the Effect Is
Expected to Reach the United States.

WRITTEN o THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Black and white may be the rage this
spring and summer. Men and women alike
are expected TO affect the simple-color reign.
Guarantee IL this statement is the fact that
foreign as well as American black goods
manufacturers have already sold out their
entire stocks. and the makers OF white
goods are the busiest people in the country.
Why?
The Queen CT Engiand's death Is the rea-
son for it.
Now. this sounds funny in America. hut
st is true, nevertheless. In England and on
the Continent men and women will wear
quiet clothes for the next year to come.
The American who goes abroad with a
trunk full of loud shirts. fiaring neckties
and .'ortre" drapery viii find himself out
of place the moment he strikes London
To be like other people. he'll have to throw
his .screamers'' away. and fall in line with
the rest Of the world.
seat Designs and Quiet Patterns.
The American manufacturers know what
Is expected OF the well-bred American gen.
tIeman and lady. and the result, already
heTalded by the window display OF my
frierd, Budd. of New York. will soon be
obvious in every haberdasher's window in
the country.
We're going back 70 the shirt that came
in vogue when colored shirts FIRST took the
place Of the white. Wen have the black
hs1< striues the uny dot the little black
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03

flake. or any other kline Of small figure the
designers may construct; but the narrow
black stripe viii rule.
Neckwear Falls I'm Line.
A great many black ties will be worn by
business men. The material will be dull
self figures and other dull effects. Very
few satins will be worn; they glare too
much. These ties will be made in the lead
ing three styles-the ~four-in-hand. which
will be only an inch and a half wide; the
butterfly and the bat. Many men will wear
all white ties. in four-in-hands. with col
ored shirts. These black and white, all
white, or all black ties. will be the leaders
for the next six months to come. Properly
equipped with haberdashery of this kind,
the American who goes abroad the coming
season ant go wrong.
Naturally. the stay-at-home gets the
same clothes, n there you are! That's
what makes fashion, and incidentally puts
money into the pockets of manufacturer
and their customers. A stock Of black and
white goods is the easiest to make. the
easiest to handle, the easiest to sell.
Woman's styles the Same.
Al for the ladies'. they'll do the same.
You'll see more white. and black and white
shirtwatsts than ever. There has never been
a time in the history of fashion tha q
leading color did not take In the attire
Of both sexec: The principal slk manufas-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03

turers run to black. to white. and to black
and white. Look at the silk counters in
the dry goods stores. and see If I'm wrong.
Naturally. you'll ask. how did the manu-
facturers know. for these goods were made
last year In the summer and fall.
They figure ahead and speculate on events
to come. as well as your bulls and bears
of the stock market. The Queen was an
old woman. and her death could be ex-
pected with reasonable certainty to occur
at almost any moment. Fashions dictates
have always done what's happening nov.
Quiet colors. neat patterns In style and
makeup have always followed the demiss
OF rulers In monarchial Europe.
Rulers Deaths Make Fashion Plates.
History il simply repeating itself. You
not have noticed It in this country be-
fore, because We have never been a. COS
mopolitan as we are now. but you'll see
It this season.
Ny colleague and aid-de-camp, the drap-
er. win tell you the same thing. His ma
terials for spring and summer run to
blacks. blacks with me white stripes, with
the dash Of white very. very modest In
deed.
The weil-dressed men and women this
season WIN b those who eschew giaring
oolors. snowy patterns and e~xtravaeant
sty)es. and stick to the neat and quiet de-
s1Gns tn black a whatA.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03
The Old Fort at
the Top of the Hill.

To the west there ran two tiers OF small
hill ranges-one topped by La Rue des
Granses-Third strickland the other by the
fort. A double stockade Of logs. set YER
tically. and the space between them filled
with dirt. a two-story log building with
small windows, and q tower built of stone
and rising roundly to a height OF fifty feet
before it was capped by a pointed roof ris-
ing ten feet higher-that was the fort. In
each Of the walls there were gates and
large and small ~loopholes, the former
frowning with cannon. the latter for the
use of rifemen. should danger threaten. 1t
was a formidable fort with its brass artIl-
lery-gigantic then. nliputfan now-and with
space enough within its four walls to give
shelter to every one Of the 1000 Inhabitants
of the village. 1t sat directly across La Rue
de la Tour. extending half a block TO the
north. the same distance to the south and
a block to the west. Beyond It. and beyond
the limits OF the fortified town, were the az
ricultural grounds-LA Grands Prairie, Il
Prairie des Meyers. La Prairie do Cul de
Sac. La Petite Prairie. La Prairie Catalan
backed and crossed by forest trees which
hid wholly from view the famous Chouteau
mill.
An Irregular path led from the Govern
nent House to the fort. . path which wa
vered cs 1t approached each knoll In its
ascending way and twisted its yellow length
through masses Of frost-bitten grass and
leaness shrubs. Along his path there were
few houses. At La Rue dc PEglise-Second
street-there was . tiny long cabin. over
the door Of which was q rough-hewn cross.
This was the Catholic Church, the first In
ST. Louis. and the predecessor Of the pres
ent Cathedral. which stand close to the
original spot Here and there was a small
inciosed pasture. In which cattle were dumb
ly grazing.
And the Spanish nag was Haunting from
the Government House. La Place de Armea.
and the fort
Thus was St. Louis-with its 1000 inbab-
itants. its $50 houses. its church. its bakery,
its three blacksmith shops and its fort-on
the morning OF March 9, 1SoA.
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ritory to the United States. The dislike
Of the people-satisned with the easy Span
ish rule-to any change Of Government led
them. for . long while. to doubt the news
of the St Ildefcnso treaty. and to wholly
discredit the rumors Of the sale TO the
United StateA But IN time both were con-
drmed.
On November % Lower Louisiana had
been surrendered at New Orleans to the
French: on December 20 possession had
been formally given to the United States.
It was generally considered that these cere-
monies vested the title to the entire terri
tory In the United States: but Spain was
showing signs Of a desire to oppose the
treaty. and In order to avoi any technical
point ~ to the amount Of territory tina
had been actually transferred It was
deemed best to have q separate surrender
Of Upper Louisiana.
To accomplish this 1t was necessary to
vert some one with authority to act as a
commissioned of France, thai he might ac-
cept tho title from Spain and formally
transfer It. In the name of France. to the
United States. NJ. de Laussat was urged to
act IN this capacity. But NJ. de Laussat.
much chagrfned at the sale Of the terri
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03
Difficulties That Preceded
the Final Surrender,

Don Carlos Default Delassus, Colonel In
the Spanish Army n Lieutenant Gov
ernor Of Upper Louisiana at St. Louis. had
In an order dated February Il, 1904, given
the first official notification to his COM
mand Of the retrocession OF the territory
to France and its subsequent cession to the
United States. But the people Of the VII
lage. and. In fact OF all the settlements
contiguous. had known Of It for some
months. In the March previoua Pierre
Clement de Laussat. the new colonial Pre-
feet commissioned by Bonaparte to take
possession of Louisiana for the French un-
der the treaty Of st. Ildefonso. had arrived
in New Orleans. and the news Of his mis-
sion had spread to every settlement in the
territory. He had been in New Orleans but
a month and four days, when. on April 80.
the cession OF Louisiana to the United
States was perfected by the signing Of the
treaty. By the following August. Laussat
had evidently heard Of this treaty. for in
that month he wrote to Pierre Chouteau Of
st. Louis. telling him he had heard unofi-
cially that France had disposed Of the ter
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03
WRITTEN ron tbs SUNDAY REPuhLIc.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
WITHIN a space OF twenty-four hours,
ltI St. Louis and all Of Upper Louis
~iana-that vast territory of when
it was the pismy capital-was un-
Ger the dominion Of three nstionahues-
Spanish. French and American
This chanpefaI condition was the last OF
q series extending over a period which be-
gan IN - De Soto and his band
crossed the Mississippi River and became
the nrst white men TO set foot upon the
lands west of tina stream-and continuing
TO the spring OF 1894.
For almost three centuries the vast do
main was shifted from Spain 10 France.
and from France to Spain. as the fortunes
of war or the necessities or avarice of
rulers dictated
Thus, through a combination OF circun-
stances and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS fa--reach-
ing than was foreseen by any who then
nved-it passed from Spain to France and
from France to the United States between
noon OF one day and noon of the next. and
began its first period OF political perma-
nency.
TWO men only took part. as principals. IN
this triple-cornered transfer OF an empire
two men. speaking in different tongues. and
representing three nations; one of them
great. but in the initial stages Of the de-
cadence which in ninety-seven years has
eaten it away; another greater, by the
genius of one man, than 1t had been be-
fore or has been since; and the third one
weak. but solialy founded. healthily con-
strueted and showing. even in its infancy.
the capacity for taking those giant strides
which before the end OF the century then
beginning should carry Its flag around the
world.
II was a bloodless transfer-.his one
which took s0.e0o souls from uncertain
bondage and made them citizens, and which
ended the dreams of two nations for colo
NAL greatness.
There was the thunder OF cannon. and
the clank of swords, and the shouts of
in two armies. but the cannon
were fired only in salute; the swords
clanked only in parade; and the shouted
commands were merely those Of officers
marching their troops in review.
1t was IN incident without a parallel
not even in the preceding and kindred
transfer of Louisiar- proper at New Or
leans; for in that case twenty says elapsed
between the hosting of the French nag
end the lowering of IL by the same cord
which lifted the Stars and Stripes above
the public buildings.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03
WHEN ST. LOUIS in THE SPACE OF
ADAY WAS UNDER THREE FLAGS.
Remarkable Transfer of a Vast Terriory-an Empire in
Extent-in the History Of the World.

the houses OF Nine. Chouteau and her
two sons. Auguste and Pierre. and In the
distance. a great stone tower. a mill. and.
back Of them. the big mound.
To the east. and lying almost at the base
of the 25-foot bluff along which ran La Rue
de Principale. was the Mississippi River
yellow-stained and eddy-spotted as 1t is
to-day.
To the south were the shop Of LIE Clerc,
the baker. and the shop of Valois, the black
smith; and spreading away thinly toward a
line of low earthworks unimposing cabins
of logs and mud-the dwelling places OF
those who should. later on. be known as
the ancestors OF sons who had risen to
wealth OF fame.