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Index

OF NOTEWORTHY ARTICLES OR PARAGRAPHS IN PRECEDING VOLUMES OF "THE
WORLD ALMANAC."

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Boodle Aldermen of New York, List of..1888...118

British Throne, Order of Succession to...1896...351

Bryant's Index Expurgatorius..

Chinese Treaty with the U. S..

..1896... 44
.1893...423
.1893...423

Clearing-Houses of the World, Statistics

of..

Coins, American, Prices of Rare.......

1893... 75

Columbian Postage Stamps Described...1893...150

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Marine Conference, International...........1890... 56
Marriage Laws of All the States.............1894...197
Medal of Honor, U.S. Military, List of
Persons Awarded.....

Medical and Surgical Progress in the
Nineteenth Century.

.1899... 84

.1901...298

Mining Claims, Land Office Procedure in..1890... 95
Mormons, The..
.1897...329

Ministers, U. S., Abroad and to U. S.,
from 1789.

.1895...124

Multimillionaires, the American..... .1900..268
National Bank Capital, Where Held......1888...104
National Cemeteries

Naval Guns, Range of.....

1894...295
.1892...252

Naval Vessels of Great Powers, Lists of.1899...344
New Testament Chronology.

Novels, Hundred Greatest...
Pan-American Conference...
Peace Conference at The Hague.
Philippine Islands Described.
Population of Nations of the World,
Density of....

.1901... 28
.1895...246

.1890... 60

.1900.. 98
1900... 91

.1890...206

Porto Rico, Description and Map.....1899... 80
Porto Rico, Act for Civil Government...1901... 93
Postage Stamps, Old, Prices of........ 1893...150
Postal Statistics of the World....

Prisoners' Commutation Table.........
Prohibition Party, Growth of....
Produce, Comparative Prices of...
Races of Mankind...

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.1890... 90
.1900..236

.1889... 97

.1890...105

.1900.. 58

.1892...154

.1895.. 98

South

.1891...150

.1893...131

1900..269

.1900.. 96

.1901... 92

Constitution of New York, New.

.1895.. 93

Constitutional Amendments, Proposed.

1890... 78

Silver Purchase Repeal Legislation...
Silver Question...

.1394...102

.1886... 50

Counterfeits, Dangerous.

.1890...136

.1888... 68

Cuba, Description and Map.....

.1899... 78

Cyclones, Statistics for 87 Years........

.1889... 24

Czar's Universal Peace Proposal..

.1899...106

Dispensary Liquor Law of S. C...1894...108

Spain, Treaty of Peace with.

Divorce Laws of All the States.

..1894...200

Earthquake Record of 1891...

1892..190

Electricity, Death Penalty by..

.1889...114

Erie Canal, Dates of Opening and Clos-

ing.....

.1898... 32

Executions by Electricity......

.1889...114

Faribault System of Education.........

Fecundity, Statistics of.

Fisheries of the United States...........

Alliance.

Suicide Statistics of the U. S...

Flag, American.......

Floriculture in the United States...

Gold Standard Act of 1900....

Single Tax Explained.

South African War and Map.
South Carolina Liquor Law.

Spanish-American War, History of....... 1899.. 64
Stage, Professional and Non-Profes-

sional Names of Actors and Actresses..1888...135
St. Mary's Canal, Dates of Opening and
Closing

Stars, the Fixed.....

1893...185 Sub-Treasury Scheme of the Farmers'

.1895..231

..1893...150
.1892...246 Sunshine, Duration of on U. S. Territory..1901... 53
..1892...140 Sun Spots, Their Influence on the Earth..1901... 49
.1901... 91 Tariff Legislation, 53d Congress..

.1898... 86

.1900.. 94

.1894...108

.1900.. 88

..1891... 37

.1900.. 34

..... 1892... 91
...1890...132

Goulds, Genealogy of the

.1900..269

Governors of States, List of, from the

..1895.. 86
Taxation of Bank Issues, U. S........ .1895...101
Telescopes in the U. S., Large...
.1889...124

Revolution.......

..1896...125

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Tornadoes, Statistics of, for 87 Years.....1900... 35
Torpedo Service of the World..
Truck Farming in the United States...
Trusts, Principal.

..1886... 65

.1892...140

.1900..120

1898... 32

Utah, Act Admitting..

.1895..117

In Darkest England...

.1891...189

Income Tax of 1894.

.1895.. 92

Index Expurgatorius..

..1893...192

..1891...150

.1890... 56

Influence of the Moon on the Weather...1898... 52
Inter-Continental Railway.
International Marine Conference.
Labor Commission U. S., Recommenda-
tions of......

1895... 94

Labor Movement in U. S., Chronology of 1892... 93
Labor Strikes, Tabular History of.......1895... 96
Lake Erie, Dates of Opening and Closing..1898... 32
Land Areas in the U. S. and Europe......1890... 96
Liberty Enlightening World, Statue of..1887... 24
Lightning, Damage by, in the United
States, Statistics of......
.....1889... 23

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Utah Commission, Report of....
Vanderbilts, Genealogy of the.......
Venezuelan Boundary Treaty.

.1890...161

.1900..268

.1896... 67

.1888... 58

.1892...140

.1892...195

1900...356

.1888...109

.1890...114

.1897...253

.1893... 75

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.1892... 74

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Occurrences During Printing.

SOME weeks are occupied in printing a volume so bulky as THE WORLD ALMANAC, and it is necessarily put to press in parts or forms." Changes are in the mean time occurring. Advantage is taken of the going to press of the last form to insert information of the latest possible date, which is done below. The readers of the ALMANAC are requested to observe these additions, corrections, and changes, and it would be well to make note of them on the pages indicated.

56. Facts About the Earth: Polar radius, Clark's latest determination is 20,854,895 feet-3,949.791 miles. 90. Gold Standard: The Peruvian Congress adopted the gold standard for the Republic December 6, 1901.

115. Socialist Party: The National Secretary is Leon Greenbaum, headquarters 427 Emslie Building, St. Louis, Mo. This is not the Socialist Labor Party.

123. Postmaster-General Charles Emory Smith has resigned, to ake effect about January 10, 1902. The President has appointed Henry C. Payne, of Wisconsin, to succeed him. Secretary of the Treasury Gage has announced that he will resign from office in February or March.

127. Diplomatic Intercourse: Signor F. Mayor des Planches has succeeded Baron Fava as Ambassador from Italy.

130. The Committee of Arbitration and Conciliation appointed by the Civic Federation Conference to promote industrial peace organized by electing the following officers and Committee on ByLaws: Chairman-Senator M. A. Hanna; Vice-Chairmen-Oscar S. Straus and Samuel Gompers; Treasurer-Charles A. Moore; Secretary-Ralph M. Easley; Committee of By-LawsOscar S. Straus, S. R. Callaway, James H. Eckels, John J. McCook, Samuel Gompers, and Henry White. 148. Rear-Admiral Schley filed a bill of exceptions to the findings of the Court of Inquiry in his case, December 19. Secretary Long nevertheless approved of the findings of the Court against Schley. Rear-Admiral Sampson filed a protest against Admiral Dewey's opinion December 20. Several resolutions for an investigation of the case were introduced in Congress. 177. The Danish Islands Purchase: Representative Gardner, of New Jersey, introduced. December 6, 1901, in Congress, a joint resolution authorizing the State Department to purchase the Danish West Indies and appropriating not exceeding $4,000,000 for that purpose. The resolution refers to the desirability of American ownership of these islands under the Monroe doctrine. 217. Failures in the United States: R. G. Dun & Co.'s record for 1901 to November 30 is: Failures, ·11,212; liabilities, $115,567,053,

230. Borax: The production of crude borax in 1900 amounted to 24,235 short tons, and of fine borax, 1,602 tous. The value of crude borax is taken nominally as $25 per short ton. The staзtics for 1899 are: Crude borax, 24, 068 short tons. No statistics were obtained for fine borax in this year. The nominal value for crude borax in 1899 was $21 per short ton. These prices quoted are nominal only. It is not possible to obtain the exact figures for this commodity. 233. Prices of Wheat, Chicago Market: Latest record for 1901. Highest, December, 84 cents, superseding 774 cents in June.

237. Sugar: The following was the production of sugar in 1900-1901 by sugar-growing countries, a tons of 2,240 pounds, as reported by Willett & Gray, New York. Cane sugar: Louisiana, 275.000; Porto Rico, 80,000; Cuba, 630,000; British West Indies, 165,000; Hayti and San Domingo, 45,000; Peru, 105,000; Brazil 190,000 Java, 710, 120; Hawaii, 321,461: Queensland, 92,554; Mauritius, 175.267; Demerara, 95,000; Argentina, 114, 252; Philippines, 52,000. Beet sugar: United States, 76,859; Germany, 1,979,098; Austría, 1,094, 043; France, 1,170, 332; Russia, 920,000; Belgium, 340,000; Holland, 178,081.

322. Andrew Carnegie has given $10,000,000 for educational purposes in the United States. The plan does not involve the establishment of university buildings in Washington, but rather the placing in the hands of Government Trustees of a fund from which the expenses of deserving students in the line of original investigation may be paid at home or abroad. It will facilitate the use of the scientific and other resources of the Government for research, and cooperate with colleges and individuals in securing to properly qualified persons opportunities for advanced study and research.

337. Reformed Episcopal Church Bishops: Rev. Dr. Latane, of Baltimore, Md., has been elected Bishop, to succeed the late Bishop Nicholson, of Philadelphia.

363. Population of Countries: The census returns of Algeria show a population of 4,790,000. The natives number 4,071,000; the colonists of French extraction 292,000. as compared with 291,000 foreigners, naturalized or otherwise.

396. State Capitals: Newport ceases to be one of the State capitals of Rhode Island, under the constitutional amendment adopted in 1900. Providence is now the sole capital of the State. 399. Postmasters: The President nominated to the Senate, December 16, 1901, Postmasters, as follows: George H. Roberts, Jr., at Brooklyn: Clayton McMichael, at Philadelphia; George Ripperger, at Long Island City. 420. Consuls: Angus Campbell has been appointed United States Consul at Warsaw, Russia. 434. Congress-House of Representatives: Contests have been filed in the office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives for seats in the Fifty-seventh Congress, as follows: Alabama, Seventh District, N. B. Spears vs. John L. Burnett; Kentucky, Third District, J. McKenzie Moss vs. John S. Rhea; Missouri, Twelfth District, William L. Horton vs, James J. Butler; North Carolina, Third District, John E. Fowler vs. Charles R. Thomas; Ohio, Twelfth Dis trict, John J. Lentz vs. Emmett Tompains; South Carolina, Seventh District, A. D. Danzler vs. J. William Stokes (now Asbury F. Lever), Virginia, Fourth District, C. F. Wilson vs. Francis R. Lassiter. By the death of James A. Walker, the contest instituted by him for the seat from the Ninth District of Virginia, occupied by William F. Rhea, has been abated. 439. International Court at Alexandria, Egypt: The United States judges are: A. M. Keilly, of Virginia; George S. Batcheller, of New York; Somerville P. Tuck, of New York.

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Dr. Deralli........................ ........................583
L. Thomson......

.560

Manhattan Coal Co.....
Cocoa and Chocolates.
Huyler's....

XV

Fly Killer.

.575

.572 Chas. C. Childs & Co............xlii
Gas and Gasoline Engines.
Kansas City Hay Press Co...xliv
Olds Motor Works.................567
Kavanaugh & Darley.........
Gas Generators.
The Sunlight Gas Co..
Sunlight Gas Machine Co......600
Gas Heater.

ii

.575

Collars and Cuffs (Linene).
Reversible Collar Co......
Commissioners of Deeds
for Every State and For-
eign Country.
Braman Law Co...

.....

..X

Suvio Improved Heating Co...598 595 Gas Lighting.

Cream Separators.
Superior Fence Mach. Co..xxxviii

Automatic Fire Extinguish-Curtain Poles (Ringless).,595

ers.

Merchant & Co............. 565 Dairy Products.

Bicycle Brakes and Coast

ers.

Eclipse Mfg. Co..........xlvii, 565
Billiard Tables.

Slawson Bros....
Deafness (Cured).
Dr. Powell

Safety Car Heating and Light-
Gas Machines.
C. M. Kemp Mfg. Co...........605
ing Co.

Ransom Gas Machine Co.......603
Glass Expert and Manu-
facturer.

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Homer Brooke..

583

.......601

John Garmore..
Dental.

560

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Hairdressing

...571

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..576

Brunswick Balke - Collender
Co...

E. T. Burrowes Co...

Blank Book Manufacturer.
John Cassidy.....

Body Braces.

The Philo Burt Mfg. Co....

Dixon, John C...
Detective Agency.
Fuller's..

595 Dictionaries.

G. & C. Merriam Co..

580 Drawers and Shirts.
J. A. Scriven Co....
608 Duplicators.

Bone and Vegetable Cutter.
Humphrey & Sons.

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The Felix F. Daus Duplicator
Co..

The Schapirograph Co.....

Books and Publications.
Goodwin's Improved Book-
keeping and Business Manual.545
J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Co..... 548 Educational Directory.

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.607 New York Institute of Science..587 Incubators.

Peabody Medical Institute.. 569 Private Schools and Colleges..562-3 Racine Hatcher Co............xliv
Murray Hill Publishing Co....574 Elastic Stockings.
Excelsior Publishing Co.... 589 Flavell's...

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Central Preparatory School.....ix Star Electric Gas Lighter Co..xxy Woman's College of Baltimore.562 N. Y Preparatory School....xvii Xxxii New York Institution for the

New Excelsior Dry Battery

Tardie & Co......

Dr. Marshall Truss Co.

Builders and Contractors.
Haas & Fried.........

Manufactory..

.568

William Roche..

Calendars (Combination
Perpetual).

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R. R. Vernon..

.541

D. J. Mahler.

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Stanley & Patterson

Co.....

J. H. & J. Andrews

Havers & Fagan..

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.XXXviii

593

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Instruction of the Deaf and ..562 The Omnigraph Mfg. Co. (Telegraphy)..

xiii Dumb....

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.564
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562 Electrical Engineer Institute of Correspondence Instruction.562 Mercantile Shorthand School..563 Insurance.

Henry Geissel & Co............xiv

Carriages, Buggies, &c.

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Exploitation and Trading.
The Colonial Exploitation and
Trading Co...
Fence Machines.
Superior Fence

Fences and Gates.

Machine

.xxxviii

Enterprise Foundry and Fence

U. S. Buggy and Cart Co........564 Co...

Mutual Life Insurance Co..... viii
Fidelity and Casualty Co.......ix
New York Life Insurance Co.. 2
Liverpool & London & Globe... 16
Equitable Life Assurance Co.
Back cover and 590

Jewelry.

W. S. Simpson..................573 .xlii Arthur Mfg. Co.................583

FOR WORLD ALMANAC ADDENDA

(The Buyer's Guide), See pages 553-560.

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