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Houston, Tex....

44,633

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42,345

Lancaster, Penn..

41,459

Lincoln, Neb.

40,169

Brockton, Mass..

40,063

Binghamton, N. Y

39,647

Augusta, Ga...

39,441

Pawtucket, R. I..

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38,415

Little Rock, Ark..

38,307

Springfield, Ohio..

38,253

Galveston, Tex..

37,789

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27,557
42,938 37,371 14.8 Knoxville, Tenn..
42,728 27,601 54.8 Chattanooga, Tenn
42,638 38,067 12.0 Schenectady, N. Y
46,322 18.5 Fitchburg, Mass..
32,011 29.5 Superior, Wis.....
55,154 127.1 Rockford, Ill.......
27,294 46.7 Taunton, Mass....
35,005 13.2 Canton, Ohio.....
33,300 18.4 Butte, Mont..
39,231 27,633 41.9 Montgomery,
Ala.
38,973 30,337 28.4 Auburn, N. Y...
38,878 34,522 12.6 East St. Louis, Ill
38,469 31,076 23.7 Joliet, Ill......
26,178 46.7 Sacramento, Cal...
25,874 48.0 Racine, Wis..
31,895 19.9 La Crosse, Wis...
29,084 29.9 Williamsport, P'n.
4.7 Jacksonville, Fla..
27,412 35.6 Newcastle, Penn..
19,922 84.9 Newport, Ky.

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Terre Haute, Ind.

36,673

30,217 21.3 Oshkosh,

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31,494

30,311 19.7 Woonsocket, R. I.
15.1 Pueblo,

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Col...

28,157

24,558 14.6

South Bend, Ind..

35,999

21,819

64.9 Atlantic City, N.

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16.7 Passaic, N. J..

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21,805

64.8 Bay City, Mich...

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Elmira, N. Y.

35,672

30,893

Allentown, Penn..

35,416

Davenport, Iowa..

35,254

McKeesport, Penn.

34,227

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15.4 Fort Worth, Tex.. 25,228 40.3 Lexington, Ky.... 26,872 31.1 Gloucester, Mass.. 20,741 65.0 South Omaha, Neb 24,963 36.8 New-Britain, Conn 34,072 27,909 22.0 Council Bluffs, I'a 33,988 20,226 68.0 Cedar Rapids, I'a. 33,708 20,793 62.1 Easton, Penn...... 33,664 23,031 46.1 Jackson, Mich... 33,608 31,007 8.3

26,688

23,076 15.6

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Topeka, Kan..

EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS OF UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 1900. (From report of United States Bureau of Education for 1899.)

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433,733

Arizona Territory... | Robert L. Long.

Arkansas.

California..

Colorado..

Connecticut..

Delaware...

District of Columbia

Florida..

Georgia.

Idaho..

Illinois..

Indian Territory..
Indiana.

Iowa...

Kansas..

Kentucky..

Louisiana.

Maine..

Maryland..

Massachusetts...

1Decrease.

J. J. Doyne.

Thomas J. Kirk.

Mrs. Helen L. Grenfell.
C. D. Hine..

W. N. Sheats..
Gustavus R. Glenn.
Miss Permeal French.
Alfred Bayliss...
John D. Benedict..
Frank L. Jones.

R. C. Barrett..

H. V. McChesney.

J. V. Calhoun..
W. W. Stetson.

Martin Bates Stephens.
Frank A. Hill...

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A. T. Stuart.

151,325
33,174
45,560 1,159

4,085

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840

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108,455

2,792

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Frank Nelson..

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THE AMERICAN FLAG OR NATIONAL ENSIGN.

The official National ensign contains 45 stars in a blue field, arranged in 6 rowsthe 1st, 3d and 5th rows having 8 stars each, and the others having 7 stars each. The garrison flag of the Army is made of bunting, 36 feet fly and 20 feet hoist; thirteen stripes, and in the upper quarter, next the staff, is the field or "union" of stars, equal to the number of States, on blue field, over one-third length of the flag, extending to the lower edge of the fourth red stripe from the top. The storm flag is 20 feet by 10 feet, and the recruiting flag 9 feet 9 inches by 4 feet 4 inches. The "American Jack" is the "union" of the flag, its name originating with the "union" of the English flag at the blending of St. Andrew's Saltier with St. George's Cross. The "narrow pennant" or "whip" has the union composed of thirteen white stars in horizontal line on a blue field, one-fourth the length of the pennant, the remaining three-fourths of a red and a white stripe, each of the same breadth at any part of the taper, with the red uppermost. The Revenue Marine Service flag, created by Act of Congress, March 2, 1799, was originally prescribed to "consist of sixteen perpendicular stripes, alternate red and white, the union of the ensign bearing the arms of the United States in dark blue on a white field." The sixteen stripes represented the number of States which had been admitted to the Union at that time, and no change has been made since. Prior to 1871 it bore an eagle in the union of the pennant, which was then substituted by thirteen blue stars in a white field, but the eagle and stars are still retained in the flag. June 14, the anniversary of the adoption of the "Stars and Stripes," is celebrated as Flag Day in many of the States, especially by the children of the public schools.

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132,067,880 30,554,370 53,372,703

811,929
21,362

1,167,681
45,792

519,199

1,161,484

518,989

6,407

14,430

1,430

14.913 44,845 9,249,547 45,862,023 9,121,867 7,638,360

*The figures under the census of 1900 had not been compiled when The Tribune Almanac went to press.

THE ECUMENICAL CONFERENCE.

An Ecumenical Conference for the discussion of missions and missionary wark was held in New-York City, beginning on Saturday, April 21, and closing on May 1. The total number of organizations represented was 108, divided as follows:

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Benjamin Harrison, former President of the United States, was honorary president of the conference, which was composed of about 2,000 delegates. Every subject pertaining to the welfare and spread of foreign missionary work was considered, the two leading questions decided being the need for the extension of schools, and the importance of medical knowledge among missionaries. One of the most significant lessons taught by the conference was the amity existing among all Protestant churches in mission work, and the great religious problems were discussed without a note of discord.

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*See United Kingdom. Including Hungary. 1See Russia. 2Including Corsica. Including Sicily and Sardinia. Including Cape de Verde and Azore Islands. Empire and Finland. Including England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

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CONTENTS AND INDEX.

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Agricultural statistics...

Alabama: General information....406, 407 College fraternities..

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