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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20
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A census bulletin gives tables showing
the population by SEX general nativity,
and color, of Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, and
Indian Territory. From the figures pre-
sented it appears that Iowa has only u
per cent of coiored persons, and with re-
spect TO sex that in each case the males
constitute a larger percentage of the to-
tai population in 1900.
In each State and Territory there is an
excess of males over females in 1900. the
males constituting oil per cent Of the
total population of Indiana, 51.S per cent
of that of Iowa, 523 per cent of that OF
Kansas, and 533 per cent of that of In
dian TERRITORY.
The foreign born element in 1900 con-
stitutes somewhat more than one-eighth
of the total population of Iowa, while In
Kansas it is Il little more than one
twelfth, and in Indiana about one-eigh-
teenth. In Indian Territory the proper
tion of foreign born is small, this element
constituting only IL per cent of the total
population of the Territory in 1900.
The white element in 1900 constitutes
in Indiana 97.7 per cent, in Iowa 99.4
per cent, and in Kansas 1868 per cent OF
the total population, the small colored
element in each of these States being
composed almost wholly of persons OF
negro descent. In Indian Territory, how
ever, the whites constitute 77.2 per cent
and the colored 22.S per cent of the total
population of the Territory in 1900, the
latter element being comprised in good
part of Indians.
OF the total population of Iowa in 1900
foreign white persons constitute 1871 per
cent and native white persons of foreign
percentage 29.2 per cent, these two eie-
ments combined representing upward of
two-6fths o. the entire population of the
State. These same two elements of the
white population constituted little over
one-fourth of the total population of Kan
sas in 1900 and about one-hfth that OF
Indiana. In Indian Territory these same
two elements represent only 3.S per ceuC
of the total population, the native white
element of foreign parentage alone rep
resenting &c per cent.
The figures. for the three States of In
diana, Iowa, and Kansas are summarized
in the accompanying table:
States and Terri
tories. Males. Females. Native. Foreign
Indiana .1,2S5, 404 1,231, 05S 2,374,34 142.12t
Iowa IL, 156,S49 1,075,004 1926, 933 305, go
Kansas = 76S, 716 TO1, no 1,343S10 126,6S5
To show the relative strength of the
different States in regard to the clements
of the population, a table Of percentages
gives the following results; IF
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20

Director Merriam has issued bulletin
showing the population of Michigan, Min
nesOta, and Mississippi by sex, nativity
and color. According to this bulletin the
total population is as follows:
Total popu- Native
States lation. Males. Females born.
Mich. %, 42O, $50 PAS, 9O5 1,172,077 1,S79,s2g
MINI. .1.751,394 $50. 400 S1S,S04 1. 246076
Miss. ..1,551,210 7S1,451 7O9,s10 1,5i3.2sg
The males predominant in 1900 in all
of the three States considered in this bull
letin, Minnesota having the largest pro-
portion, or $50 per cent of males, as
compared with 46.S per cent of females.
In Michigan and Mississippi the percen-
tages for the males are SIG and 50.4 re-
spectively.
In Minnesota the foreign born element
in 1900 constitutes something more than
one-fourth of the total population of the
State, or 2S.9 per cent, while in Michi-
gan the same element constitutes 22.4
per cent of the total population. In Mis-
sissippi the population is practically all
of native birth, the foreign born element
in 1900 representing only fve-tenths Of 1
per cent of the total population.
In the consideration of the native and
foreign born elements in 1900 it should
be borne in mind that at the present
census Indians ana other persons on In
dian reservations are included in the
statement Of population, which was not
the case, however, at preceding censuses.
The inclusion of this element affects ma
terially, in certain cases, the percentage
of native and foreign born, but it has no
special effect upon the proportions in any
of the States under consideration, al
though there are few thousand Indians
still residing in each, practically all OF
whom are of native birth. -.
The white population of Mississippi is
composed almost wholly Of native white
persons of native pafentage this ele-
ment constituting 39.7 per cent of the
entire population of the State in 1900.
In Mississippi over one-half (5S6 per
cent? of the population in 1900 is coIored,
this element being composed almost
wholly Of persons Of negro descent. In
Michigan and Minnesota, however, the
population is practically all white, the
coOred element representing less than [
per cent of the entire population in each
of these two States.
Foreign white persons constitute 2SS
per cent and native white persons of for
eign parentage 461 per cent Of the total
population Of Minnesota in 1900, these
two elements combined representing sub
stantially threefourths Of the population
of the State. while in Michigan the same
two elements combined constitute over
one-half Of the total population, or 5G.7
per cent
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20

Tie Republican game OF amusing the
people by putting up sham legal fight
against the monopoly combines has
been resumed.
This game was begun by the Harri-
son administration. The sherman law
~2S passed in 1880. before the Mchin-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20

Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has decided that the
business IN which he has determined 10
engage upon retiring into private life
near Richmond, Va, viii be "of an il
dustrial character" but beyond this he
has refused 10 make any statement for
publication.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20

A shipment Of American locomotives
has reached Paris. They will he used
on the s-Mediterranean road, and
French manufacturers will adopt their
best points In future work
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20

piece. The hat is so constructed that the
heaiSear proper does not touch the head
ut all. Many are now worn.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20

Wilhelm Myerbach, correspondent OF
the Berliner Tageblatt, has been arrest
ed By the British FOR alleged espionzgs
In behalf OF the Beers
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20

A new trolley line between New York
snd Connecticut promises q regular run
o- sixty miles an hour outside OF city
limits.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20

1t appears from the geographical sur
veys accepted as a basis Of the recent
federal census that Texas is the largest
State in the country. In the New Eng
land group the largest Of the States is
Maine, with nearly 10000 square miles
Of land surface; none Of the other New
England States has as much as 1O,O0G.
Two States which are most nearly alike
in area are New York and North Caro-
lima. Two others which correspond very
nearly are Iowa and Illinois. Arkansas
and Alabama are Of almost the same size
and Ohio and Virginia differ by only a
few square miles The land area of each
is about 10000 square miles.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20
KRUGER LOSING HIS MIND.
Condition of Former South African
President Causes Alarm.

Former President kruger's mind is
failing, and, according to London ad-
vices, those who have recently seen the
President of the Transvaal are Of the be-
lief that his complete breaking up is not
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20

Miss Lizzie ROsenstein. Boston, tried
TO escape from Newark, y. j.. mosqui.
toes. fell down q dEmbwaiter shaft and
was killed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20

A New London. Conn, shipbuildfns
fr1n has given an order for the IOnges;
chain in the worId 70 s foundry AZ LeE-
aaoz- Pa It's leagth VII be 5,76o feet
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20
THE FILIPINO HAT.

The coolest and newest thing in the
way Of masculine headgear is the Filipino
hat. These hats are the most recent
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20
Leaves East to Fight Alone.

The decision of the Steel workers in
the fourth district is expected to have a
far-reaching effect. 1t practically leaves
the Eastern workers fighting alone, the
West having withheld all support ex-
cept promises of financial aid District
Vice President William c. Davis is left
the lone striker here, he having served
notice upon the company that he would
not return to work when his shift ended
Saturday night.
The financial support offered by the
Western lodges promises not to he large
if based on the offering Of the South
Chicago contingent. Five per cent was
the assessment declared last week, ana
the contribution was not increased.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20
WILL NOT QUIT WORK
WESTERN STEEL WORKERS RE-
FUSE TO GO OUT.
Lodges Vote Disobedience to Shaffer's
Order for Shut Down-Men Resolve
that Their Contracts Are More Bind
ing than the Union Mandate.

The national strike of the Amaiga-
mated Association of Iron, Steel and lin
Workers received a body blow Sunday.
WOrkingmen in South Chicago and in
Milwaukee voted with great emphasis
not to strike. At Joliet the men deferred
final action, but it was plain that the
sentiment was not widely different from
that at the mills where the union men,
in fiat-foOted fashion, refused TO go out.
In Pittsburg President Shaffer had moth
ing to say. but the other strike leaders
were greatly disappointed by the, news
from the West. The steel operators, on
the other hand, are jubilant and have no
hesitancy in saying that they have the
strike broken beyond any hope of the
Amalgamated Association keeping it
alive
Beside the mills about Chicago which
were in doubt up to Sunday, the steel
corporation reports resumption of work
at the Ohio works of the National Steel
Company at Youngstown. and the King,
Gilbert & Warner plant at Columbus. In
the Carnegie group the Homestead, Ed
gar Thomson, Duquesne, Upper and
Lower Union, and Howard axle works,
employing $4,000 men, were reported to
be in operation without trouble. Parts
of other mills were also declared to be
going ahead with sufficient force. The
mills where the operators concede losses
are: New Castle, 1000; Mingo juno
ton, LOCO; Boston mills, 425; Elba iron
works, $50; Republic iron works, 1910;
Riverside works, 1000; making total
of 1885 new men on strike.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20
Vote at South Chicago-19o to At.

The decisive action at the South Chi
cago mills of the Federal Steel Company
was taken by the two lodges of the
Amalgamated Association. By Il vote of
100 TO At they declared they had no diff
ferences with their employers, and be-
lieved they owed more loyalty to their
contract with the company than to the
association. The two lodges have 5I2
members, 40 per cent of them being
present at the meeting.
In Milwaukee the employees of the Bay
View mills, likewise a branch of the Fed
eral Steel Company, expressed as en-
phatically as their South Chicago breth-
rem their disapproval of the order of
President Shaffer to strike. President
Redfern of the Milwaukee lodge inform
ed his men that the South Chicago and
Joliet employees were not disposed to
strike, although they had expressed their
willingness to contribute literally to the
support Of the men who are in idleness
in the East. With the probable action
of the Illinois men fresh in their minds,
the Milwaukee workers refused to obey
the order Of their national officer.
At Joliet one reason for a weeks de-
lay was a desire to comply with a re-
quest for deferred action from General
Manager Mccullough. Pending the an
nOuncement of the result President Shat
fer was expected to visit Joliet and give
the 300 members of the four lodges the
advantage Of his advice.
The action of the Bay View and South
Chicago steel workers, with the proba-
BILE refusal of the Joliet lodges to leave
their mills, practically eliminated the
mills controlled by the Federal Steel
Company from the fight 1t is UNDER
stood that the policy suggested in the
East during the last week in the dis
mantling of the McKeespOrt plant be-
cause of the continued disturbance in
that section and its removal to more
peaceful districts is to be followed. In
carrying out this plan of seeking friend
ly and conservative regions the Illinois
and Wisconsin plants will be enlarged
by the United States Steel Corporation.
This in recognition of the desire express
ed by the men thereabOut to avoid being
drawn into controversies in which they
have no particular interest.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-21
Capital Punishment.

There is movement in the State OF
Kansas in favor of passing law COM
peliing the Governor to sign the death
warrants Of all prisoners in the peniten-
tiary under sentence of death, and efforts
were made at the last session of the Leg
islature TO pass the law. The influence
OF benevolent associations, however, pre-
vented It. II is said that another attempt
viii be i.iade in the Legislature which is
now in session.
There are more than fifty murderers
now under life sentence in the State
prison, and some OF them say that they
would be glad to have the death sentence
executed. Three of the men who express
this desire committed murder while under
the influence Of intoxlcants. 1t is declared
that a majority Of these condemned to
life Imprisonment would prefer death to
serving out the sentence in their present
condition. They are employed in the coal
mines, seven hundred feet under ground.
and many OF them never see the light of
day except as they go to their meals or to
the mines. il is quite conceivable that
thy might prefer death to this existence.
Tho agitation against capital punish
ment was considerable a quarter OF a cen
fury or more ago. but for some reason or
other is now subsiding. The opponents Of
this time-honored system are likely to de-
clare that the reaction in its favor is due
10 4 bloodthirsty modern spirit which re
CARDS III. taking Of human life as a light
oaef.e; but it can better he accounted for
in other ways.
There Is undoubtedly. in recent years.
growing reaction against the Old idea that
death is the worst of all evils. The dis
appearance OF old-fashiensd theological
doctrines doubtless has something to do
with this, for so long as a man believes
that the more or less modified happiness
OF this life Is the only happiness he will
ever have. :ha; he is condemned to suffer
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-21
THADDEUs STEVENS WILL.
Its Provisions just Made Effective
After Thirty-two Years.

LANCASTER, Pa, Jan. 20-The full
provisions of the will of Thaddeus stevens
the "Old Commoner." were yesterday
made effective after a delay of thirty-two
years. Mr.. Stevens died in 1868 and shis
will provided that under certain circum-
stances, il his estate should amount to
$50, e00~ $50 coo of it should be expended in
the erection of a home for orphans in
which 10 preference should be shown on
account of race, color, or religious belief
and the residue should be invested in
Government securities bearing no less
than per cent interest.
When the first account was fled the
heirs maintained that the estate. without
the accrued interest, did not reach $50. 00O
and on that line carried the case to the
Supreme Court and lost. All the execu-
tors having died. the Lancaster Trust
Company was appointed trustee. and re-
Gently the Stevens Orphans Home Asso-
citation OF this city petitSned the court to
issue an order on the trustees to turn
over to the association the Stevens fund
now in its possession. amounting to near
~ $50, 900.
An opinion was handed down yesterday
by Judge Lnndis granting the PRAYER of the
petitioner and the work OF carrying into
effect the charitable idea of Stevens will
be proceeded with at once.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-21
THE CANADIAN CENSUS.
Great Interest Taken in the Pros
pectiye Dominion Enumeration.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2O.-A great deal Of
interest is felt in Canada in the result OF
the census which is to be taken this year;
and it is with the object of showing as
large figure as possible that both the
Dominion and the Provincial Governments
have been Offering all kinds of induce
ments 10 Canadians who have crossed the
border to return 10 swell the population
returns. 1t is calculated that the popuia-
ton is now about 100000, but there is
nothing in the ratio of increase shown at
the three previous countings to JUSTLY the
estimate, and in the Province of Ontario
the birth rate has fallen so low as to at
tract the attention both of the moralist
and the economist, while among the pro-
life French Canadians decided tendency
TO limit families has begun to show itself
A sketch OF the progress of Canada in
population has a certain interest on ac-
count of the relatively slow rate of in
crease as compared with the United States.
The first official census Of Canada was
made in 1863, little more than half a
century after Champlain had founded Que
bee. At that time it was taken New
France. as Canada was then called. counted
53S families comprising 3,215 persons OF
these Montreal had 625, the largest aggre-
cation in one locality at that time in the
country Quebec came next, with 547. and
Three Rivers, with 455 souls. Around Que
bee there was a comparatively concentrated
population, there being at Beaupre 5S3 at
BEAUFORT 1S5, and on the island of Or
leans ASP persons. The royal French troops.
numbering about 1000 souls divided into
twenty-f0ur companies, were not included
OF the total of 3.215 persons. TAI were en-
gagged in the different professions and COM
merce, and OF these 401 We're merely serv-
ants or subOrdinates. The clergy com
prised one Bishop with eighteen priests
and other ecclesiastics; and there were
thirty-one Jesuit priests and brothers,
chiefly engaged in teaching and in missions
to the Indians. There were also eighteen
nuns OF the Ursuline order, twenty three
of the Hotel Dieu, and four of the Con-
gregation There were I.019 married per-
sons and forty-two widows and widowers,
and 252 children under fifteen years of
age. The males in the population exceeded
the females by S53.
During the eighteenth century there
we're twelve counts of the population. and
there were number of irregular counts
made during the first half of the last cen
tury the nineteenth. IL was not until
lS6O-6l that a complete census of the
whole country was taken simultaneously.
The census of 1871 gave a total of $685.
204 that of 1881. 1924, $40; and the last
that of 1891, a total of 1888, 239. Since
then immigration has been artificially
stimulated, and repatriation. especially of
French Canadians. has been encouraged
in every possible way.
The first census of the United States. in
1890. gave a population of 3.929,21i souls.
At the same date the number of inhabi-
tants of the territory now comprised in
the Dominion of Canada. exclusive OF the
Indians. was 22S. 900.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-21
DUTIES ON CUBAN IMPORTS.
Delegates Coming. to WASHINGTON to
Ask for Reduction.

HAVANA, Jan. 20.-A meeting OF rep
resentatives of the political parties. the
Economic Society. and the Society of
Planters. decided 10 send delegates to
Washington to petition for a reduction as
far as possible Of the American import
duties on Cuban products. and especially
sugar and tobacco. and the abolition OF
the Cuban export duty on tobacco. The
planters made an attempt to recommend a
further extension of time allowed for the
payment of mortgages. Speeches were
made to the effect that the revolution was
responsible for the losses Of the planters
who would be ruined II the holders OF
mortgages were allowed to foreclose them
on May ], when the last extension of time
granted viii have expired.
lhose interested in the economic move
meht were opposed to granting any fur
Their extension, which they claim would
not help matters. but the lowering of the
import duties imposed by the United
states and the abolition of the export du-
ties in Cuba are points on which all the
parties and societies agree
Many feared the movement might be
split by the introduction of the mortgage
question. 1t is claimed that the total
amount of the mortgages is S240. 000. 600.
Many delegates to the constitutional
Convention were present at the meeting.
These claimed to be in hearty sympathy
with the movement, except on the mort
gage question, which they claimed is one
for the Cuban government to settle.
The project for the constitution will be
publicly read tomorrow. 1t is almost the
same as that presented on January 10,
which was drawn up by central commit
tee OF five delegates. whereas tomorrow's
project is the former project modified by
the private sessions.
~Article II allows all foreigners who were
domiciled in Cuba from January l, 1899.
to six months after the establishment of
the constitution to become citizens. Ar
ticle VII gives six instead of four sem
ators to each province.
There is an article allowing foreigners
who fought in the ten years war and who
are fcrty years OF age. to become Presi-
dent. This caused much discussion. Senior
Sanguilly. who opposed 1t, did so on the
ground that the article was directly de-
signed to allow Gen. Maxine Gomez to be-
come President, as the other two TO whom
1t might apply, namely Ruis Rivera and
Ruloff. were not likely to be candidates for
the Office. He said the services of General
Gomez should not be rewarded by giving
him an Office such as the Presidency. as
he die not have the disposition or knowl
edge to fit~him for it. Senior SaDguilly
and others fear that General Gomez will
unwittingly become the instrument of a
gang IF schemers.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-21

one job has never been enough to occupy
his energies at any one time. Other men
have considered the Governorship of New
York enough to employ their time and at
tention; Roosevelt found time hanging
heavy on his hands, and not only made
long talking tour for campaign purposes
in the West. but found time to dictate a
Life of Cromwell in his spare mo-
ments-the last-named task being also
one which the ordinary mortal would con-
slider as requiring much time and thought
1t is therefore in character that, instead
of taking time for meditation apd prayer
over the responsibilities of his future OF
fee and the duties of his present one, he
should go hunting what remains of the
carnivorous quadrupedal aborgines of the
wilds of Colorado.
But it appears that the objection of the
Andover literary society to Governor
Roosevelts conduct is based, not on his
strenuousness or his extraordinary versa
tility. but on the compassion for the
mountain lions and the grizzlies which
he is supposed to be Staying. 1t is not
hHoNH Just NO" lut SVClttS ~ Inv
knowledge that these beasts were suffer-
ing from the skill of the quondam Rough
Rider Perhaps Mr.. Ernest Seton-Thomp-
son has interviewed some of them. II it
is really true that they are in danger of
determination through the prowess of
Roosevelt ii behooves the officers of the
natural history societies 20 bestir them
selves and prevent the slaughter. lest the
grizzly become as rare rs the megather-
ium and the panther. or rs extinct as the
dodo. Science has SOME claims as well
as the strenuous life But on the whole
it is perhaps as We rot 30 take report
on this subject too ser rously. The grizzly
bear is a creature ordinarily quite able
to take care of himself and so is the noun
tain lion, and so is Roosevelt. There may
not be as much battle. murder, and sud
den death out there as the peaceful in
habitants of Andover suppose. To judge
by the book which Roosevelt wrote about
the recent war in Cuba one would sup
pose that he. single handed. spread de-
structiveress and desolation among the
Spanish forces and went around habitual-
ly dyed in red; but when it came down
to the actual facts 1t appeared that he shot
one Spaniara in the back.