Porter, Noah, March 4, 1892.
Potter, Henry C.. July 21, 1908.
Pratt, B. L., May 18, 1917.
Pulitzer, Joseph, Oct. 29. 1911.
Pullman, Geo. M., Oct. 19. 1897.
Pyle, Howard, Nov. 9. 1911.
Rampolla, Cardinal, Dec. 16, 1913.
Ramsay, Wm., July 23, 1916.
Randall, Sam'i J., April 13, 1890.
Rankin, McKee, April 17, 1914.
Reclus. Elisee, July 4, 1905.
Redmond, J. E., March 6, 1918.
Reed, Thomas B., Dec. 7. 1902.
Rehan, Ada, Jan. 8, 1916.
Reid, Whitelaw, Dec. 15, 1912.
Remenyi, Edouard, May 15, 1898.
Remington, F., Dec. 26. 1909.
Renan, Jos. Ernst, Oct. 2, 1892.
Reszke, Edouard de, May 30, 1917.
Rexford, Eben E., Oct. 18, 1916.
Rhodes, Cecil, March 26, 1902.
Ridpath, John C., July 31, 1900.
Riis, Jacob A., May 26, 1914.
Riley, James W., July 22, 1916.
Ristori, Adelaide. Oct. 9. 1906.
Roberts, Lord, Nov. 14, 1914.
Robson, Stuart. April 29, 1903.
Rochefort, Henri, July 1, 1913.
Rockhill, W. W., Dec. 8, 1914.
Rodin, A., Nov. 17, 1917.
Roebling, W.. April 15. 1912.
Rogers, H. H., May 19, 1909.
Rojestvensky, S., Jan. 14, 1909.
Root, George F., Aug. 6, 1895.
Root, Joseph C., Dec. 25, 1913.
Rose. James A.. May 29, 1912.
Rosewater, Edw'd, Aug. 21. 1906.
Rossa, J. O'D., June 29, 1915.
Rothschild, N. M., Mar. 31, 1915.
Roulede, Paul de, Jan. 30. 1914.
Rubinstein, A. G., Nov. 20. 1894.
Ruskin, John, Jan. 20, 1900.
Russell, Sir Chas., Aug. 10, 1900.
Russell, Wm. H., Feb. 10. 1907.
Sagasta, Praxedes M., Jan. 5, 1903.
Sage, Russell, July 22, 1906.
St. Gaudens, Aug., Aug. 3, 1907.
St. John, Florence, Jan. 30, 1912.
St. John, John P., Aug. 31, 1916.
Salisbury, Lord, Aug. 22, 1903.
Salvini, Alexandre, Dec. 14, 1896.
Salvini, Tomasso, Jan. 1, 1916.
Sampson, Wm. T.. May 6, 1902.
Sankey. Ira D.. Aug. 13, 1908.
Sarasate, Pablo de, Sept. 20, 1908.
Sardou, Victorien, Nov. 8. 1908.
Satolli, Francis, Jan. 8. 1910.
Schaefer, Jacob, March 8. 1910.
Schley, W. S.. Oct. 2. 1911.
Schliemann, H., Dec. 25. 1890.
Schurz, Carl, May 14, 1906.
Scott, Robert F., March 29, 1912.
Segur, Anatole de, Aug. 14. 1916.
Seidl, Anton, March 29, 1898.
Seton-Karr, Henry, May 29, 1914.
Shelley, Kate, Jan. 21, 1912.
Sheridan, M. V., Feb. 21, 1918.

Name.

Sherman, J. S., Oct. 30, 1912.
Sherman, John, Oct. 22, 1900.
Sherman, W. T., Feb. 14. 1891.
Sickles, D. E., May 3, 1914.
Sienkiewicz, H., Nov. 16, 1916.
Sigel, Franz, Aug. 21, 1902.
Smiles, Samuel, April 16, 1904.
Smith, F. Hopkinson, Apr.7.1915.
Smith, Goldwin, June 7. 1910.
Smyth, J. M.. Nov. 4. 1909.
Soldene, Emily, April 8, 1912.
Sophia, Queen, Dec. 30, 1913.
Spencer, Herbert, Dec. 8, 1903.
Sprague, O. S. A.. Feb. 20, 1909.
Sprague, Wm., Sept. 11, 1915.
Spreckels, Claus, Dec. 26, 1908.
Stanford, Leland, June 20, 1893.
Stanley, Henry M.. May 10, 1904.
Stanton, Eliz. C., Oct. 26, 1902.
Stead, Wm. T., April 15, 1912.
Stedman, Edmund C., Jan. 18, 1908.
Stephenson, I., March 15, 1918.
Stevenson, A. E., June 14, 1914.
Stillman, Jas., March 15, 1918.
Stockton, Frank R.. April 20, 1902.
Stolypin. P. A.. Sept. 18, 1911.
Strakosch, Max, March 17, 1892.
Strathcona. Lord, Jan. 21, 1914.
Strauss, Eduard, Dec. 30, 1916.
Strauss, Johann, May 3, 1899.
Strindberg, A.. May 14. 1912.

Stuart, Ruth McE., May 4, 1917.
Sullivan, Sir Arthur, Nov. 22. 1900.
Sullivan, J. L., Feb. 2, 1918.
Suppe, Franz von, June 21, 1895.
Sutro, Adolph, Aug. 8, 1898.
Suttner, Bertha V., June 21, 1914.
Svendsen, J. S., June 14, 1911.
Swift, Louis, Jan. 5, 1913.
Swinburne. A. C., April 10, 1909.
Swing. David, Oct. 3. 1894.
Sylva, Carmen, March 2, 1916.
Taine, H. A., March 5, 1893.
Talmage, F. DeW., Feb. 9, 1912.
Talmage, T. De W., April 12, 1902.
Teller, H. M., Feb. 23, 1914.
Tenniel. John, Feb. 26, 1914.
Tennyson, Alfred, Oct. 6. 1892.
Terry, A. H., Dec. 16, 1890.
Terry. E. O., April 2, 1912.
Thaxter, Celia L., Aug. 27, 1894.
Thebes, Mme. de, Dec. 26, 1916.
Thureau-Dagnan, P., Feb. 24, 1913.
Thurman, Allen G., Dec. 12. 1895,
Thwaites, R. G., Oct. 22, 1913.
Ticknor, B. H., Jan. 17. 1914.
Tillman, Benj. R., July 3, 1918.
Tilton, Theodore, May 25, 1907.
Tisza, Koloman de, March 23, 1902.
Tolstoy, Leo, Nov. 20, 1910.
Torney, Geo. H., Dec. 27, 1913.
Tourgee, Albion W., May 21, 1903.
Townsend, G. A.. April 15, 1914.
Tracy. B. F., Aug 6, 1915.
Tree, Beerbohm, July 2, 1917.
Trowbridge, J. T., Feb. 12, 1916.
Tschaikowsky, Nov. 5, 1893.

OF THE Elected. .1888

Tsu-Hsi, Nov. 15, 1908.
Tuley, Murray F., Dec. 25, 1905.
Twain, Mark (see Clemens,
S. L.).

Tyndall. John, Dec. 4. 1893.
Vambery, Arminius, Sept. 15, 1913.
Vanderbilt, A. G., May 7, 1915.
Vanderbilt, C.. Sept. 12, 1899.
Van Norden, W., Jan. 1. 1914.
Verdi, Giuseppe, Jan. 27, 1901.
Verhaeren, E., Nov. 27, 1916.
Verne, Jules, March 24, 1905.
Victoria, Queen, Jan. 22, 1901.
Vilas. William F.. Aug. 27, 1908.
Villard, Henry, Oct. 12, 1900.
Virchow, Rudolph, Sept. 5. 1902.
Voorhees, D. W.. April 10, 1897.
Wagner, C. W., May 13, 1918.
Waite, C. B.. March 25, 1909.
Wallace, A. R.. Nov. 7. 1913.
Ward, A. Montgomery, Dec. 7,1913.
Ward, John Q. A.. May 1, 1910.
Ward, May A., Jan. 14, 1918.
Ware. Eugene F., July 2, 1911.
Warman, Cy. April 7. 1914.
Washington, B. T., Nov. 14,1915.
Watts-Dunton, W. T., June 7.
1914.

Weaver, Jas. B., Feb. 6, 1912.
Webster, Jean, June 11, 1916.
Wells. Kate G., Dec. 13: 1911.
Wheeler, Joseph, Jan. 25, 1906.
Westinghouse, G., March 12, 1914,
Whistler, J. A. McN., July 17,
1903.

White, Andrew D., Nov. 4, 1918.
White, Horace, Sept. 16, 1916.
Whitney, M. W., Sept. 19. 1910.
Whitney, Wm. C., Feb. 2, 1904.
Whittier, John G., Sept. 7, 1892.
Whymper. Edw'd, Sept. 16. 1911.
Wilde, Oscar, Nov. 30, 1900.
Wilder, M. P., Jan. 10, 1915.
Wilhelmj, August, Jan. 23, 1908.
Willard, Frances E., Feb. 17, 1898.
Wilson, Augusta E., Aug. 9, 1909.
Wilson, Ellen L., Aug. 6, 1914.
Windom. Wm., Jan. 29, 1891.
Wines, F. H., Jan. 31, 1912.
Winter, John S.. Dec. 14. 1911
Winter, Wm., June 30, 1917.
Wittle, S. J., March 12, 1915.
Wolseley, Visc't. March 25, 1913.
Woodford, S. L., Feb. 14, 1913.
Woodruff, Tim. L., Oct. 12, 1913.
Woolley, Celia P., Mar. 9, 1918.
Wright, Carroll D., Feb. 20. 1909.
Wright, Wilbur, May 30, 1912.
Wyman, A. U., March 4, 1915.
Wyman, Walter, Nov. 21, 1911.
Yates, Edmund H., May 20, 1894.
Yeamans, Annie, March 3, 1912.
Yerkes, Chas. T.. Dec. 29. 1905.
Yuan Shih-kai, June 6, 1916.
Zeppelin, F., March 8, 1917.
Zola. Emile, Sept. 29, 1902.

Freycinet, Charles de, b. 1828.

.1890

..1909

Loti-Viaud. Pierre, b. 1850..

Lavisse, Ernest, b. 1842.

Bourget, Paul, b. 1852

France, Anatole, b. 1844.

Hanotaux, Gabriel, b. 1853.

Lavedan, Henri, b. 1859.

.1914

Deschanel, Paul, b. 1856.

.1899

Rostand. Edmond, b. 1868.

.1901

DEATHS PER 1.000 OF POPULATION IN
THE REGISTRATION AREA.
Annual average.

1906-10.1913.1914.1915.1916. Registration area.....15.1 14.1 13.6 13.5 14.0 Registration states...15.0 13.9 13.4 13.3 13.9; Cities in registration states

..16.3 15.0 14.5 14.2 15.0

Rural part of registration states.......13.4 12.7 12.3 12.3 12.9 The registration area in 1916 included twentyEix states, the District of Columbia and thirtyfive cities in nonregistration states, containing 70.2 per cent of the total estimated population of continental United States. The total number of deaths reported in this area in 1916 was 1,001,921. The estimated population of the area was 71,621,632 and the death rate was consequently 14 per 1,000 of population.

Kansas

Minnesota......10.5

In Registration States. Death rates per 1,000 population. 1911.1912.1913.1914.1915.1916. California ......13.7 14.2 14.5 13.6 13.7 13.5 Colorado 12.9 11.6 11.5 11.2 11.3 10.3 Connecticut....15.4 14.9 15.0 15.1 14.9 16.3 Dist. of Col.. ..18.7 18.3 17.3 16.6 Indiana.........12.9 13.0 13.3 12.9 12.7 13.6 9.8 10.1 10.9 Kentucky.......13.2 12.9 13.1 12.9 12.3 12.6 Maine ..........16.1 15.5 15.3 15.1 15.6 15.7 Maryland ...15.8 15.5 16.2 15.9 15.8 16.5 Massachusetts .15.3 15.0 15.0 14.7 14.5 15.2 Michigan .......13.2 13.4 13.9 13.4 13.4 15.1 9.5 10.4 10.6 10.1 10.7 Missouri .......13.1 12.6 12.4 12.3 12.1 12.9 Montana .10.2 10.1 12.0 11.2 11.4 12.6 New Hampshire.17.1 16.4 17.1 16.3 16.1 16.1 New Jersey .14.7 14.1 14.3 14.2 13.8 15.0 New York......15.5 15.0 15.0 14.7 14.6 14.8 North Carolina.18.3 17.3 16.8 19.0 17.3 13.1 Ohio ...13.1 13.4 13.8 13.0 13.1 14.4 Pennsylvania...14.2 14.0 14.6 13.9 13.8 14.6 Rhode Island...15.5 15.2 15.0 14.7 14.8 15.5 South Carolina. 13.8 Utah .10.3 9.9 11.0 10.1 9.9 10.4 Vermont..... .15.8 15.2 15.8 15.0 14.7 15.6 Virginia................. 13.9 14.0 14.2 14.7 Washington .... 8.9 7.9 8.5 8.1 8.1 7.7 Wisconsin ......11.5 11.3 11.5 11.1 10.8 11.8

....

All reg. states.13.9 14.6 14.7 13.4 13.9 13.9 Blanks indicate that the states concerned were not registration states in the years specified.

City. 1906-10. 1914. 1915. 1916. Denver, Col................ ..17.5 13.2 13.3 11.5 Detroit, Mich.. ........14.8 15.6 15.7 19.0 Fall River, Mass.......19.7 17.3 15.9 17.0 Grand Rapids, Mich...13.3 12.9 12.5 12.2 Indianapolis, Ind.......15.2 15.9 14.7 15.6 Jersey City, N. J.......17.7 13.8 14.5 14.6 Kansas City, Mo.......14.6 14.0 14.7 14.5 Los Angeles, Cal.......14.8 12.9 12.3 12.3 Louisville, Ky.*........17.4 16.5 15.0 15.0 Lowell, Mass. 15.9 16.2 17.3 20.7 19.8 11.8 11.4 12.7 12.0 11.5 12.4

..19.3

.......19.4 Memphis, Tenn.*.......20.6 Milwaukee, Wis........13.7 Minneapolis, Minn.....11.0 Nashville, Tenn.*. Newark, N. J...........17.2 New Haven, Conn......17.3 New Orleans, La.* New York, N. Y... Oakland, Cal....... Omaha, Neb......... Paterson, N. J....... Philadelphia, Pa..... Pittsburgh, Pa...... Portland, Ore... Providence, R. I.. Richmond, Va... Rochester, N. Y.....

.21.7 .16.9 .15.4 11.6 11.4 .13.8

20.5

21.2 18.4 14.1 13.9 13.9 10.5 13.8 12.2 14.4

.15.7

.17.7

..18.0

.10.3

..17.6

.22.5

.14.7

St. Louis, Mo......15.6 St. Paul, Minn.........11.0 San Francisco, Cal.....16.1 Scranton, Pa...........16.3 Seattle, Wash........... 9.8 Spokane, Wash..

.12.8

Syracuse, N. Y.........15.2
Toledo, O..
......14.9
Washington, D. C.....19.6
Worcester, Mass........17.1 15.7
*Cities in which 10 per cent or more of the
Population in 1910 were colored.

DEATHS FROM CERTAIN CAUSES (1916.)
Number in registration area and rate per
100.000 population.
Cause.
Typhoid fever...
Malaria
Smallpox
Measles
Scarlet fever...
Whooping cough..
Diphtheria
Influenza

.............

Number. 9.510

Rate.

13.3

2,175

3.0

114

0.2

7.947

11.1

2,355

3.3

7.284

10.2

10,367

14.5

18.886

26.4

Infant d'ths

Per 1,000

born.

3,494 107

1,706 105

9,414 101

6,930 86

55,101 24.5 10.1 3,871 70 10.002 22.7 16.1 1,096 .241.836 24.0 14.6 24,004

110

99

The following table prepared by the federal census bureau shows for the birth registration area of the United States the number of births in the calendar year 1915, the birth rate, the death rate, the number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age and the infant mortality rate. The states in the registration area had in 1915 an estimated population of 31,150,000, representing 31 per cent of the total for the United States. In the table stillbirths are excluded, and by infants are meant all children under 1 year of age.

Births. Rate Registration States- No. B'ths. D'ths. No.

Area.

Connecticut

Maine

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

21.1 24.0 .12.9 14.8

20.9 22.8 ..15.4 16.4

Infant d'ths

No. B'ths.D'ths. No.

Per 1,00 born

Area. Registration CitiesNew HampshireManchester 2,276 29.6 14.9 Albany 2,236 21.6 20.0 New York-Buffalo....12,632 27.4 14.9 New York (total).....140,177 25.6 13.9 White 137,591 25.7 13.7 13,333 97 Colored Niagara Falls Rochester Schenectady Syracuse Troy Utica

2,586 22.7 23.7

517 200

1,360 37.5 16.0

167 123

6.768 27.0 13.9

2,082 21.9 10.7 3,536 23.2 13.2 1,445 18.6 19.7

568 84

175 121

199 96 347 98

Yonkers

2.413 28.8 17.0 2.470 25.6 11.6

301 125

270 109

Harrisburg

Johnstown

Philadelphia (total).. 40.676 24.2 15.6 White

4,233 104

1,673 120

Colored

38,623 24.3 15.1 2,053 21.2 23.4

3,861 100

372 181

7,840 21.6 14.7

670

85

Pittsburgh (total)..... 16,077 28.1 15.3

White

100

Colored

Reading

Connecticut

Scranton

Bridgeport

Hartford

New Haven ........

Wilkes-Barre

390 108 387 87

Rhode Island

Providence

Waterbury

2,151 25.4 13.8

308 143

District of Columbia

Per 1,000 population.

Washington (total).... 7,027 19.6 18.1

White

Colored

4,814 18.5 15.1 2,213 22.3 26.2

398 83

RATES.

383 173

Birth. Mortal

Country.

rate. ity rate.

United Statest (1915)..

.24.9

100

MassachusettsBoston (total). White Colored Brockton Cambridge

19,722 26.5 16.1 19,376 26.6 16.0 346 21.5 23.0 1,530 23.3 10.5 2,615 23.4 13.1 3,910 30.8 15.9 2,948 30.0 14.3 2.943 26.2 16.2 2,110 21.0 11.7 3,534 30.8 15.0 3,100 30.0 14.7 4,502 28.0 15.4

405 137 460 156 162 77 505 143 276 89 418 93

224 71

*Infants born alive per 1,000 of population. Deaths of infants under 1 year of age born alive. Registration area only. §Excluding Finland and provinces of the Vistula and the Caucasus,

England and Wales (1913). France (1912)

German Empire (1912).

Austria (1912)

Russia in Europeg (1909).

Italy (1913)

Norway (1913)

Sweden (1912)

Denmark (1913)

Belgium (1912)

Holland (1913)

Switzerland (1913) Japan (1911)

32.29 54-55.. 31.6155-56...... 13.82

27-28...... 29.18 *Period of lifetime between two exact ages. Number of 100,000 persons born alive living at beginning of age interval. Number of 100,000

No. living. dying. of life. Age.

Age.

749 48.72 33.

No. No. Exp't'n living. dying. of life. 43,133 2,243

9.47

In 1917 Alaska produced minerals valued at $41,760.000. This, although about $6.870.000 less than that in 1916. was greater than that in any other year. The most valuable mineral product in 1917 was copper, of which 88,200.000 pounds, valued at $24.000.000, was produced. This was less than the output of 1916, which was 119,600.000 pounds, valued at $29.480.000, but was greater than that of any other year. The reduction was due largely to labor troubles. The gold produced in 1917, $15.450.000, of which $9.850.000 was derived from placer mines, was also less than that produced in 1916, which was $17.240.000, and was the smallest since 1904. The reduction was due chiefly to curtailment of opera

tions because of the scarcity of labor and the high cost of materials, but in part to the disaster at the Treadwell mine and the depletion of some of the richer placers.

During the year Alaska also produced silver valued at $1.050.000. coal valued at $300,000, lead valued at $160.000, tin valued at $160.000, antimony valued at $40.000, and tungsten. chromium. petroleum, marble, gypsum, graphite and platinum valued at $600,000.

In thirty-three years of mining Alaska has produced more than $391.000.000 in gold, silver, copper and other minerals. Of this amount $293.000.000 represents the value of the gold and $88,200.000 that of the copper.