Index OF NOTEWORTHY ARTICLES OR PARAGRAPHS IN PRECEDING VOLUMES OF "THE 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 Clearing-Houses of the World, Statistics of.. Coins, American, Prices of Rare....... 1893... 75 Columbian Postage Stamps Described...1893...150 Marine Conference, International...........1890... 56 Medical and Surgical Progress in the .1899... 84 .1901...298 Mining Claims, Land Office Procedure in..1890... 95 Ministers, U. S., Abroad and to U. S., .1895...124 Multimillionaires, the American..... .1900..268 Naval Guns, Range of..... 1894...295 Naval Vessels of Great Powers, Lists of.1899...344 Novels, Hundred Greatest... .1901... 28 .1890... 60 .1900.. 98 .1890...206 Porto Rico, Description and Map.....1899... 80 Prisoners' Commutation Table......... .1890... 90 .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... .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. Spanish-American War, History of....... 1899.. 64 sional Names of Actors and Actresses..1888...135 Stars, the Fixed..... 1893...185 Sub-Treasury Scheme of the Farmers' .1895..231 ..1893...150 .1898... 86 .1900.. 94 .1894...108 .1900.. 88 ..1891... 37 .1900.. 34 ..... 1892... 91 Goulds, Genealogy of the .1900..269 Governors of States, List of, from the ..1895.. 86 Revolution....... ..1896...125 Tornadoes, Statistics of, for 87 Years.....1900... 35 ..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 1895... 94 Labor Movement in U. S., Chronology of 1892... 93 Utah Commission, Report of.... .1890...161 .1900..268 .1896... 67 .1888... 58 .1892...140 .1892...195 1900...356 .1888...109 .1890...114 .1897...253 .1893... 75 ..1894... 81 .1892... 74 J. P. CADDAGAN, NEW YORK. Exclusive Patronage. 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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. Dr. Deralli........................ ........................583 .560 Manhattan Coal Co..... XV Fly Killer. .575 .572 Chas. C. Childs & Co............xlii ii .575 Collars and Cuffs (Linene). ..... ..X Suvio Improved Heating Co...598 595 Gas Lighting. Cream Separators. Automatic Fire Extinguish-Curtain Poles (Ringless).,595 ers. Merchant & Co............. 565 Dairy Products. Bicycle Brakes and Coast ers. Eclipse Mfg. Co..........xlvii, 565 Slawson Bros.... Safety Car Heating and Light- Ransom Gas Machine Co.......603 (Phono-Pneumo Treatment).. Homer Brooke.. 583 .......601 John Garmore.. 560 Hairdressing ...571 ...........599 ..576 Brunswick Balke - Collender E. T. Burrowes Co... Blank Book Manufacturer. Body Braces. The Philo Burt Mfg. Co.... Dixon, John C... 595 Dictionaries. G. & C. Merriam Co.. 580 Drawers and Shirts. Bone and Vegetable Cutter. The Felix F. Daus Duplicator The Schapirograph Co..... Books and Publications. .607 New York Institute of Science..587 Incubators. Peabody Medical Institute.. 569 Private Schools and Colleges..562-3 Racine Hatcher Co............xliv 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. Manufactory.. .568 William Roche.. Calendars (Combination R. R. Vernon.. .541 D. J. Mahler. Stanley & Patterson Co..... J. H. & J. Andrews Havers & Fagan.. .XXXviii 593 Instruction of the Deaf and ..562 The Omnigraph Mfg. Co. (Telegraphy).. xiii Dumb.... xlvii 562 Electrical Engineer Institute of Correspondence Instruction.562 Mercantile Shorthand School..563 Insurance. Henry Geissel & Co............xiv Carriages, Buggies, &c. Exploitation and Trading. Fences and Gates. Machine .xxxviii Enterprise Foundry and Fence U. S. Buggy and Cart Co........564 Co... Mutual Life Insurance Co..... viii Jewelry. W. S. Simpson..................573 .xlii Arthur Mfg. Co.................583 FOR WORLD ALMANAC ADDENDA (The Buyer's Guide), See pages 553-560. |