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THE CORRESPONDENT.
VOLUME X.
POPULATION
IS 76,205,220
Census Figures Have Doubled in
Last Thirty Years.
official report made public
Growth For Last Ten Years Was
Nearly 21 Per Cent—Figures
by States For 1900.
^ Washington special says: The
official announcement of (ho total pop¬
ulation of the United Stales for 1900
is 76 295 , 220 , of which 74,627,907 are
,
contained in the forty-live states repre¬
senting approximately the popoluia-
lion to he used for apportionment pur-
poses. There is a total of 184,158 In-
(bans not tsxed. The total population
in 1890, with which tbe aggregate
population of the present census
?kould be compared, was 63,069,756.
Taking the 1890 population as a basis
there has been a gain in the popula¬
tion of 18,225,464, during the past
ten vears, representing an increase of
nearly 21 per cent.
Following is the official announce¬
ment of the population of the United
States in 1900 by states: 1,82S,697
Alabama....... .....
Arkansas...... ..... 1,311,564
California..... ..... 1,485,053
Colorado*...... ..... 539,700
Connecticut ..., ..... 908,355
Delaware...... ..... 184,735
* Florida........ ..... 528,542
Georgia....... ..... 2,216,329
Idaho........ ..... 161,771
Illinois....... ..... 4,821,550
Indiana.... ... ..... 2,516,463
Iowa.......... ..... 2,251,829
Kansas........ ..... 1,469,496
Kentucky..... ..... 2,147,174
Louisiana..... ..... 1,381,627
Maine........ ..... 694,366
Maryland..... ..... 1,189,946
Massachusetts. ..... 2,805,346
Michigan...... ..... 2,119,782
Minnesota..... . ... ' 1.751,395
Mississippi.... ..... 1,551,372
Missouri.... .-. ..... 3,107,119
Montana...... ..... 243,289
Nebraska..... . ..... 1,068,901
Nevada. . ..... 42.3J4
New Hampshire ..... 411,588
New Jersey.... ..... 1,881,669
New York ..... ..... 7,268,009
North Carolina ..... 1,891,992
North Dakota.. _____./ 319,040
Ohio.. ........ ..... 4,157,545
Oregon ........ ..... 413,532
Pennsylvania... ..... 6,301,365
Rhode Island... ..... 428,556
South Carolina....... 1,340,312
80,1th Dakota . . ..... 401,559
Tennessee...... ..... 2,02 ’,723
Texas.... 3,048,828
Utah ............. 276,565
Vermont.......... 343,641
Virginia........... 1,854,184
Washington....... iVest . 517.672
Virginia...... 958,900
Wisconsin......... 2,068,963
Wyoming......... 92,531
Total 74,627,907
territories, etc.
Alaska (estimated!.... 44,000
Arizona......... District *.... 122,212
Hawaii............... of Columbia... 278,718
Indian 154,001
New Mexico.......... Territory...... 391,960
Oklahoma............ 193,777
1 398,245
ersons iu the service of the United
DOO, stationed at,road (estimated),
Indians, 84,400.
etc., ou Tudiau reserva
'-’ns. except Indian Territorv, 1900,
1 > 282
, total i .’ * for
seven territories, etc, 1900,
V'67,313; 1890, 552,965; Indians not
u *8d, 89,541. *
The Alaskan figures are derived
,r °m partial data only, and a’.l returns
or Alaska and for certaiu military or-
ftnizttions stationed abroad, princi-
m the Philippines, have not yet
"eeu received.
Bulletins will be issued for the vari-
' ,u * minor civil thadiffer-
divisions in
»tates and territories as fast aa
Possible. 7 5t ? d »ill The be entire number, it public is ex-
* More - readr for the
the first of January.
GEORGIA’S GREAT GROWTH.
Census Figures Show That She Is
Third Largest State as Regards
Population In Entire South.
The census figures just made public
at Washington show that Georgia’s
gain in population in the last ten years
is greater than any other of the south¬
ern states except Missouri and Texas,
and that she is now tha third largest
state in the south in popiflation.
She has beaten out Kentucky for
that position in the past ten years.
The Blue Grass state had nearly
20,000 more people in 18SJ than
Georgia, hut Georgia has swept ahead
<f her with wonderful speed.
Georgia’s gaiu is largest of all the
southern slates save Missouri and
Texas, whose population 10 years ago
was larger than that of Georgia’s now.
The following figures show how
the state has grown during the past
tweuty years:.
1880: Population 1,542,180
1890: Population 1,817,353
1900: Population 2,216,329
Increase between 1880-1890. 295,173
Increase between 1890-1900. 378,976
If the basis of representation in
congress under the newly completed
census is placed at 184,000, which
would he an increase of 10,000 over
the present apportionment, Georgia
will be entitled to a new congressional
district, giving the state twelve-mem-
bers in the house of representatives electoral
and fourteen votes in the
college. This fact was made dear on
the announcement of the census bureau
that the population of the state has
goue to 2,216,329. The existing pop-
ular basis is one congressman to a
fraction over 174,000 persons.
To the Georgia public which has
confidently looked forward to twelve
iZnZIZu It it „ ratTo rp, If is «r will Geor- ovtr
gm lueieuse the ratio of people 0 n e over
184,000? If not, then Georgia is cer-
rc'amiortionmeu^^ommitteest<f nnSpdln stat?^ lliSStara be JFll an-
> i the ihUnVthe work to enuaie heir a -
nnliinnol dSHc limits o tha
A W r Zoritv majority of of tL the GeoJL’ia Georgia members members
!LTS%hriasT7eTmoShs°Sh!t Z Jew \L “ation iro
the vu new l of basis course , of o he representation, old n enen one rs changed, pro
o
will not he fixed at more than 1.0,000.
A QUESTION OF VERACITY.
Cleveland Denies Published Inter-
view Lut .j . Paper and anii Author ill(hnr
Both Stand Pat.
Tbe Philadelphia Times editorially *
says:
“The following dispatch was
eeived by the editor of The 'limes
from coresident Cleveland relating
to the alleged interview from him iu
the national presidential contest and
published prominenUy in this journa..
“ ‘Priscetox, N. j.. October
50.—Editor Philadelphia Times:
Tbe a leged interview with me,
published in this morning's Times,
is an absplut® and outrageous
fabrication. ,
• 1 ( „ Gbover „ C i.evklano.
“Mr. Clevelands emphatic denial
of the interview in the president,a
situation, published in this
yesteruay morning, is accepted as
conclusive.” whose
AS 4s aoon soon as a. R. J. Black,
initials were signed to the dispatch,
heard that Mr. Cleveland had denied
Hie interview, he voluntarily went to
The t,«. ..a ,.Ho-
ing sworn affidavit:
“‘Philadelphia, Oct. 30, 1900.
I, Robert J. Black, had an interview
with Grover Cleveland on the 23d day
of October, 1900, in his home, iu
Princeton, N. J., and during a lengthy
talk with him iu his parlor he told me
that he favored Bryan, aud said: “Mv
hoy, you will see a landslide for Bryau
on the dav after electionthat be also
said Mr. Brvau was a great orator.
“ ‘R. J. Black, Vinton, Iowa.
—-~~ t d tor L , fad .
W** 11 ' -
A New Orleans dispatch says: Ma-
j or Henrv J. Hearsey, editor of the
baiiv States and one the of strongest south, is
newspaper writers in
deal. He was born in the Western
Feliciana parish ia 1840, and was od-
nested privately. His journalistic oaly 21 ca-
,eer began whea ha was yen
of ago.
KNOXVILLE. Gl. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER?, 1900.
LEADERS SUICIDING
Powers May Be Cheated Out of
Revenge On Orientals.
MINISTER M RECEIVES CABLEGRAM
It Announce* the Death of Kanjj VI am!
Yu H«ien Who Were Identified
With the Boxer*.
The Chinese minister at Washing¬
ton has received a dispatch statiug
that Kang Yi, a member of the cabi¬
net with Yung Lu and one of the anti¬
foreign leaders, whose punishment
was demanded by the powers, is dead;
also that Yu Hsien, the late governor
of Shan Si, who is said to have been
responsible for the death of many mis¬
sionaries, has committed suicide.
Minister Wn regards this act as the
result of the disfavor which the high
officials receive from the throne. The
text is as follows:
“Cablegram from \iceroy Chang Ti
^ nn S> dated October 25th, states that
governor of Shan Si has reported that
Kang Yi died on October 18th; that
^ s * eD > lat® governor of Shansi, has
committed SH j clde by a wallowing gold
^ ea L au d I rince luan has not be€u
permitted to accompauv the court,
“Cablegram, dated October ’24th,
from Director General Sheng, states
that an imperial decree has been issued
directing Prince Chiag and Earl Li to
fix and submit for approval the several
penalties to he inflicted on ttiose
princes and ministers that ought to he
P^shed^^He^addfl th*t
and Prince Chwang have not been al-
lowed to accompany J the court to Shan-
The death of KaDg Yi is au impor- rFng-
<ttat event, as he is one o{ the
*e*dera whose punishment was He-
manded bv the powers. He held the
Position of assistant grand secretary
and president of the civil board, and
»Ibo was one of the six Chinese states-
makiuK ud ?s the privy nearest’the council or
cabinet, which the body
throne. Although * the dispatch to Mr.
^/th instant , Kane Yi “died” on
’ it is thought fesnlt that
tbis .. Jeath » WflS t he natural of
the disgrace which has overtaken the
anti-foreimi * and boxer element
Governor Yu’s method of suicide,
by swallowing gold loaf, in unique in
China. It is a means by which high
personages take their life, the gold
i ea f being representative of their high
station. The leaf forms a congealed
hall in canals of the body aud brings
*
death from suffocation.
Minister Wu’s advices received Fri-
d Ce^vTsited „ v a i so «,how lith that sevIrTcensu" Prince Tuan has
from
(he thronef anJ to BIIch an extent that
ifc won , d be no 8urpri(!e if be followed
the courge o{ R and Yu. He
has been prevented from accompauv-
ingtlie imperial court to Sinan-Fo,
and remains at Shansi, cut off from
further influence on the throne. It is
expected that he will be banished,
which to a prince of the blood i*
worse than decapitation, and under
1 he Chinese idea of propriety, suicide
is , ike ly to be his end .
SEXSATIOXAL BILL
_
ietroduced in tb« c«or f i» Senate F«r
-
"e.Tier , !•«„,.h.neut , , . «r , i.a*u.,e». „ , ,
Senator Hardaway, of Thirty-sixth
. - i.
Georgia senate chamber Friday morn-
ing by introducing a bill to amend the
law for the punishment of assaults
n p OQ WO uien. The hill caused a seu-
8a tion.
when Clerk Hansell read the docu-
ment and read the words developing
lb . Kn ique idea of Mr. Hardaway
there was for a moment doubtful
ailenc«» than every man’s eye aought
his neighbor’s and there succeeded an
excited though orderly little buzz.
Mr. Hardaway’s idea is to apply an
unusual correction to th® evil.
Lawyers among the legislators isy
that he has undertaken what, under
our law, is an impossibility without s
constitutional amendment, forthscon-
stitution prohibits tbs legielstura from
imposing what it calls “cruel and un-
usual punishment Tha bill was
referred.
BATTLE witoolomen
Small Force of Americans Forced
to Retreat After Fierce Fight
With Filipinos.
The war department Friday received
a dispatch from- General McArthur
giving an accout of a fight in which a
email detachment of the American
troops attacked a much superior force
of Filipinos. The dispatch follows:
“Maxiu,' ‘October 26.—Adjutant
General, Washington: October 24th
First Lieutenant Fibigger, forty men,
company II, Thirty-third regiment,
United States infantry volunteers;
Second Lieutenant Grayson Vheidt,
sixty men, troop L, Third cavalry,
attacked insurgents fourteen miles
east of Tarvican, Uocosa province,
Luzon; developed strong position oc¬
cupied by about 600 riflemen, 1,000
bolomen, under command of Juan
Villamor, subordinate of Timos.
“Desperate fight ensued, which was
most creditable to force engaged,
though under heavy pressure and
overwhelming numbers, ouf troops
were compelled to return to Tarvican,
which was accomplished in a tactical
and orderly manner. Their loss, mod-
erate estimate, over 150. Our loss,
killed: First Lieuteuaut George L.
Fibigger, Charles A. Liudenherg,
William F. Wilson, Alfred L. John-
8o», Guy L. McCliutock.
“Wounded, eight; missing, nine.
“Thirty-six horses missing; some
known to he killed.”
COUNTY COURT ILLEGAL.
The Oeoifia Supivinn Tribunal Bender*
n Startling Derl*ion.
The supremo court of Georgia, Fri¬
day, liauded down a decision in the
nf nave. Murray vo. the elnlC,
larceny from the house, which iu effect
declares the coun’y court of Washing-
ton county to he illegal and its judg-
ments of no effect.
The court’s decision is almost startl-
mg, view of the mauy complications
that it involves. The court was es-
tablishcd in 1895, but the supreme
court holds that the court is illegal
because it was sought to he established
under the general act of 1872, author-
izing the establishment of county
courts upon recommendation of the
grand jury, hut that Washington coun-
ty was excepted from that act by
1 subsequent local act
Since its establishment judgments
involving many thousands of dollars
have been rendered in this court, and
hundred of peonle iu the chain- * ar,
now serving seulences
gang imposed by the said court. Tha
effect of the supreme court’s decision,
therefore, mnv he to cause the release
of a >l Persons now serving sentences
imposed by the county court of Wash-
iugton and to invite a renewal of liti-
gatiou over civil cases already decided
* court which had no legal exist-
enoe.
A ATTACKED ' 1 U b HY * LIW3S I IONS
To»n« Wom*n Anim*i T*m«r iu* Fri*ht-
r«l »Cxper...K e in Bar,,,« B c. B «.
On the midway of the Spartanburg,
S. C,,- carnival Friday a spectator
threw a lighted match near a can of
5J. gasoline ’ which exploded. The can
as ucar tbe oage in whicb Madam
Clio, ' otherwise known as “The Lion
was doing her turn with four
Boftic lorire lions beloncinz fompany. to the Frank P
Carnival The straw
on [he ^ „ ronn(i and the tent oamrht fire *
„, J he lions became , frenzied . . . and attack- ,
td tb the young vsidm womwn.
h _ tlie -Liation and those who did
aucc. The floor of the cage esught
fire aud there was danger of the lions
breaking out but Madam Clio d.s-
played remarkable strength and cour-
With an iron bar she heat hack
the lions. Her arms aud shoulders
were crue |i y torn by 1beir c i awB) and
her dothfng stripped as well as burned
by tbe fire, but she kept the lions uu-
der control, issuing orders for ex-
tinguishing the £re, until help came,
and tbe roaring beasts were gotten
into another cage.
Reported Capture of Nrhrelber.
Counsel for tbe Elizabetbport bank,
of Elizabethport, N. J., was informed
by telegraph Friday from New Bruns¬
wick that a man who answers tha de¬
scription of William Schreiber, who
robbed the bank of $109,000, had been
taken into custody there. .
NUMBER 4
SHERMAN IS AT REST
Body of Illustrious Statesman En¬
tombed at Mansfield t
THE HOME OF BIS BOYHOOD DAYS
Funeral Service* Both at Wndiliisrton and
At Mansfield, Were Beautifully Ap¬
! propriate and Simple.
in the capitol of the nation, where
his life work had been accomplished,
there gathered Wednesday represen¬
tative of every government department
and the representatives of many for¬
eign powers to pay homage to the
memory of John Sherman. The fau-
eral services were held at the Sherman
home. A notable gathering of Btates-
men, diplomats and officials filled the
hallways and parlors of the residence.
The services were simple. They be¬
gan at 1 p. in., and were conducted by
Rev. Alexander Mackay ttmitn, rector
0 f st. John’s Episcopal church, assist-
ed by Kev . £ m. Paddock, assistant
rector.
Concealed iu the rear of the hallway
a quartet of St. John’s choir, accom-
pained by the organist, saug in the in-
tervals of the service. After the hymn,
“Rock of Ages,” Dr. Smith read the
simple, but impressive funeral service
of the Episcopal church. Wlieu the
readiug of the service was finished
the choir softly sang the hymn,
“Peace, Perfect Peace.” There.was
no funeral address and after's brief
prayer the choir chanted th» mtiioni,
"Lord. Let M« K Mjr m--1 lUu
Number of My Days.” lifted by
The casket was theu tbs
bearers, with the honorary pallbearers
following and carried from the bout'
where a detachment of the Iifth cav-
airy, under Colonel Rafferty, waited te
escort it to the depot.
The honorary pallbearers who were
grouped about the coffin during the
ceremony, were Secretary Hay. Secre-
tary Gage, Justice Harlan, of the su-
preme court Admiral Dewey General
Nelson A. Miles, ex-Senator Cameron,
of Pennsylvania; Senator Hawley, of
Connect,cut; Judge Bancroft Dana,
Hon. J. A. Kasson, of the state de-
partmeut, and Colonel M. M. Parker,
The funeral party left for Mansfield,
Ohio, on a special train over the Penn-
sylvama railroad at 3:30 o clock,
TH train be.Hj, the di-DV-i-hM
dead aud tiiosc TT^o escorted the body
from the national capital arrived iu
Mansfield at 10:15 Thursday moruing.
Awaiting were Major Brown and a cit-
izens’ committee of fire* a squad of
police and company M, Eight infantry,
Ohio national guards, which did scr-
' vice iu the Spanish war. Close by the
car which contain the catafalque, and
which was heavily draped, were forty -
tw0 “ emb ? r8 of General Sherman a
brigade, , all old , men, gray aud bent,
Without dirge or other sound of
mourning the body was transferred to
the hearse, the funeral cortege slowly
proceeding to the church. The body
was borne between two tiles of the
members of the Sherman brigade and
Rouble files of Company M. Preceding
)}* e hearse irer* he carnages bearing
“ , ° m WashingioM. In the
? tar r6t 7 £ Boot, er ? f, Cengressman re8ldent McKinley Kerr,of hecre- Mans-
fi ejd, and Se C ret ary Co r te i you
Mansfield did honor to her departed
foremost citizen. Every business
, bouse was ,] draped r . n ..] in .-_ mourning, every
church was opeu and the streets were
,brOD 8 e<l w,lh the sorrowing thoas-
c j t j es aa( | towns
The formal service8 at lhe cbnrc h
b ? at2: 30p. m. The altar was
d(JC oraUd 1Q wbite , t the request ; of
tbe fami , Ti and the robe of he offi .
dating rector, the Rev. A. B. Putnam,
was of white also. «-As the rector
chanted a brief ritualistic rite, tbe
procession headed by Governor Nash
of Ohio, filed by and took a last look
at the decrased. The crowds came
and went with noiseless tread.
There was no formal sermon, the
officiating clergymen adhering closely
to the Episcopal ritnal. At the con¬
clusion of the services tbe funeral train
proceeded to the cemetery a mile dis
tabt. At the sepnlchre the aeremonies
were of the simplest character, the
casket was placed in the Sherman fam¬
ily vault and sealed *e4 As throng
retraced its way.