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POPULATION OF CITIES HAVING 25,000 INHABITANTS OR MORE

IN 1900.

The following statistics, prepared under the direction of William C. Hunt, chief statistician for population of the Census Bureau, gives the population of the 159 cities having 25,000 inhabitants or more in 1900, according to the official count of the returns of the Twelfth Census, taken as of June 1, 1900. The 159 cities combined have a population in 1900 of 19,694,625, as compared with a population for the same cities of 14,855,489 in 1890, and of 9,933,927 in 1880. The absolute increase in the population of these cities from 1890 to 1900 was 4,839,136, or 82,426 less than the absolute increase from 1880 to 1890, when it was 4,921,562. The percentage of increase in population of the 159 cities from 1890 to 1900 was 32.5, as against 49.5 from 1880 to 1890. In 1880 there were but twenty cities which contained more than 100,000 inhabitants, but in 1890 this number had increased to twenty-eight, and in 1900 to thirty-eight. In 1900 there are seventy-eight cities of 50,000 inhabitants or more as compared with fifty-eight in 1890 and thirty-five in 1880. The combined population in 1900 of the nineteen cities of the first class is 11,795,809, as against a population in 1890 of 8,879,105, representing an increase during the ten years of 2,916,704, or 32.8 per cent. The same cities showed an increase from 1880 to 1890 of 2,567,452, or 40.6 per cent. The nineteen cities of the first class comprise New-York, which, with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, properly stands by itself; two cities, Chicago and Philadelphia, each of which has a population in excess of 1,000,000; three cities, St. Louis, Boston and Baltimore, which have a population of 500,000 each; five cities, Cleveland, Buffalo, San Francisco, Cincinnati and Pittsburg, which have a population of between 300,000 and 400,000 each; and eight cities, New-Orleans, Detroit, Milwaukee, Washington, Newark, Jersey City, Louisville and Minneapolis, which have a population of between 200,000 and 300,000 each. The nineteen cities of the second class have a combined population in 1900 of 2,412,538, and show an increase of 33.3 per cent from 1890 to 1900, as against an increase of 79.2 per cent from 1880 to 1890. The forty cities of the third class have a combined population in 1900 of 2,709,338, as against a population in 1890 of 2,067,169, which is equivalent to an increase during the decade of 31 per cent, as compared with an increase of 51 per cent during the preceding ten years. The eightyone cities of the fourth class have a combined population in 1900 of 2,776,940, having gained since 1890 676,381 in number, or 32.2 per cent, as against an increase of 68.7 per cent from 1880 to 1890.

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New-York, N. Y.. 13,437,202 | 2,492,591 37.8 Portland, Ore.....

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Chicago, Ill.....

Philadelphia, Penn
St. Louis, Mo.....
Boston, Mass...

Baltimore, Md....
Cleveland, Ohio...
Buffalo, N. Y...

508,957

1,698,575 1,099,850 54.4 Atlanta, Ga.......
1,293,697 1,046,964 23.5 Grand Rapids, M'h
575,238 451,770 27.3 Dayton, Ohio.....
560,892 448,477 25.0 Richmond, Va.....
434,439 17.1 Nashville, Tenn...

89,872

65,533 37.1

87,565

60,278 45.2

85,333

61,220 39.3

85,050

81,388 4.4

80,865

76,168 6.1

381,768 261,353 46.0 Seattle, Wash....

80,671

42,837 88.3

352,387

342,782

325,902

321,616

285,704

278,718

Kansas City, Mo..
St. Paul, Minn.....

San Francisco, Cal
Cincinnati, Ohio..
Pittsburg Penn...
New-Orleans, La..
Detroit, Mich....
Milwaukee, Wis...
Washington, D. C.
Newark, N. J.....
Jersey City, N. J.
Louisville, Ky....
Minneapolis, Minn
Providence, R. I..
Indianapolis, Ind..

246,070
206,433

285,315 204,468 39.5 Lynn, Mass....
230,392 20.9 Oakland, Cal....
181,830 35.3 Lawrence, Mass..
163,003 26.6 New-Bedford, Mass
204,731 161,129 27.0 Des Moines, Iowa.
202,718 164,738 23.0 Springfield, Mass..
175,597 132,146 32.8 Somerville, Mass...
169,164 105,436 60.4 Troy, N.
163,752 132,716 23.3 Hoboken, N. J...

255,664 37.8 Hartford, Conn..
298,997 14.6 Reading, Penn....
296,908 9.7 Wilmington, Del..
238,617 34.7 Camden, N. J.....

79,850

53,230 50.0

78,961

58,661 34.6

76,508

61,431 24.5

75,935

58,313 30.2

287,104 242,039 18.6 Trenton, N. J....
205,876 38.7 Bridgeport, Conn..

73,307

57,458 27.5

70,996

48,866 45.2

68,513 55,727 22.9

66,960

48,682 37.5

62,559

44,654 40.0

62,442

40,733 53.2

62,139

50,093 24.0

62,059

44,179 40.4

61,643

40,152 53.5

60,651

60,956 10.5

59,364

43,648 36.0

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59,007

50,756 16.2

56,987

44,126 29.1

56,383

44,007 28.1

56,100

41,024 36.7

Allegheny, Penn..

129,896

Columbus, Ohio... 125,560

105,287 23.3 Charleston, S. C..
88,150 42.4 Savannah, Ga....

55,807

54,955 1.5

54,244

43,189 25.5

Worcester, Mass..

118,421

84,655 39.8 Salt Lake City, U.

53,531

44,843 19.3

Syracuse, N. Y...

108,374

88,143 22.9 San Antonio, Tex.

53,321

37,673 41.5

New-Haven, Conn.

108,027

Paterson, N. J....

81,298 32.8 Duluth, Minn.....

52,969 33,115 59.9

105,171

Fall River, Mass..

78,347 34.2 Erie, Penn...

104,863

74,398 40.9 Elizabeth, N. J...

52,733 40,634 29.7

52,130

37,764 38.0

St. Joseph, Mo...

102,979

Omaha, Neb....

52,324 96.8 Wilkesbarre, Penn

51,721 37,718 37.1

102,555

Los Angeles, Cal..

140,452 126.9 Kansas City, Kan

51,418

38,316 34.1

102,479

Memphis, Tenn...

50,395 103.3 Harrisburg, Penn.

50,167

39,385 27.3

102,320

Scranton, Penn...

64,495 58.6 Portland, Me....

50,145

36,425 37.6

102,026

75,215 35.6 Yonkers, N. Y....

47,931

32,033 49.6

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77,696 22.2 Norfolk, Va....

46,624

34,871 33.7

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94,923 10.8 Waterbury, Conn.

45,859

28,646 60.0

91.886

70,028 31.2 Holyoke, Mass....

45,712

35,637 28.2

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EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS OF UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1, 1900.

(From report of United States Bureau of Education for 1899.)

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United States...

J. G. Halland....
Lewis D. Bonebrake....
S. N. Hopkins.........
J. H. Ackerman...

Nathan C. Schaeffer......

Thomas B. Stockwell.
John J. McMahan.....
E. E. Collins..

M. C. Fitzpatrick......
J. S. Kendall.

Mrs. Emma J. McVicker
Walter E. Ranger......

Joseph W. Southall.

Frank J. Browne..

J. R. Trotter...

L. D. Harvey.....
Thomas T. Tynan....

15,138,715 415,000 5,495 1,957 $197,281,603

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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Totals.....

32,067,880 30,554,370 53,372,703 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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Norway

6,705 9,575 Totals

*See United Kingdom.

Number.

1899. 1900.

2,054 4,234
1,606 6,459
560,982 90,787

*

385 355

12,797 18,650

1,328 1,152

4,436 3,962

645,103 48,237

*

2,585 4,656

2,035 1,530

|311,715 448,572

Including Hungary. 1See Russia. 2Including Corsica.

Including Sicily and Sardinia. Including Cape de Verde and Azore Islands. Russian

Empire and Finland. "Including England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS OF THE TROOPS IN WARS OF U. S.

WORLD.

Total

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Northwest Indians.
With France.

1775-1783 395,330
1790-1795 8,983
1798-1800 14,593

28,283

With Tripoli...

1801-1805

13,330

Aconcagua

Chili

23,080 Creek Indians.

1313-1814 13,781

Chimborazo

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War of 1812....

1812-1815

528,274

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21,286 Seminole Indians.

1817-1818

5,911

Illimani

Bolivia

21,030

Black Hawk Indians..

1831-1832

5,031

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21,000

Creek Indians..

1836-1837

12,483

Hindoo-Koosh

Afghanistan

20,600 Cherokee troubles.

1836-1837

3,926

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20,320 Florida Indians..

1835-1843 29,253

Mt. McKinley.

Alaska

20,464 Aroostook troubles.

1838-1839 1,500

Mt. St. Elias.

Alaska

Mexican

18,100

1846-1848 108,475

Logan

Canada

Antisana.

Ecuador

19,500 Apache, Navajo & Utah 1849-1855

19,335 Seminole Indians...... 1856-1858

2,561

3,687

Cotopaxi

Ecuador

19,613

Civil War...

1861-1865 2,778,304

Kilima-Njaro

East Africa.. 18,715

1Naval forces.

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20,013

Elbrooz (Caucasus). Russia

18,526

Popocatapetl

Mexico

Orizaba

Mexico

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NAVAL MILITIA.

17,748 The following table gives the strength of

17,373 the naval militia of each State, together

15,918 with the allotment to each, in proportion

15,810 to the number of uniformed petty officers
14,898 and men on the rolls on January 1, 1900,

14,500 from the Congress.

Washington 14,526

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14,380

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14,320

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14,271

States.

Pike's Peak....

Colorado

14,108

Officers.

Mt. Ophir....

Enlisted
men..

Allot-

ment.

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Fremont's Peak.

Wyoming

13,790 California

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10,000 Connecticut

21

164 1,760 78

Logan Peak......

Utah

Mount Hood...

Peak of Teneriffe... Canary Isl'ds. 12,182 Florida

10,004 District of Columbia.

11

164 1,760 78

24

167 1,792 99

Miltsin (Atlas).

Oregon

Morocco

11,225 Georgia

17

159 1,707 10

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Perdu (Pyrenees).... Spain

Lebanon......

Monte Corno.....

Mezzovo (Findus)

Sne@hattan

Mt. Mitchell.

Mount Marcy.....

Mansfield (Green)... Vermont

R'nd Top (Catskills) New-York

11,500 Illinois

54

466 5,003 20

10,950 Louisiana

21

293 3,145 79

Sicily

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46

493 88

Syria

10,533 Maryland

29

232 2,490 87

Naples

9,523 Massachusetts

38

606 6,506 31

Greece

8,950 Michigan

19

285 3,059 90

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32

282 3,027 69

No. Carolina.. 6,711

New-York

55 670 7,193 45

Arabia

6,541 North Carolina

40

291 3,124 32

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190 2,039 93

New-York

5,344

Oregon ...

16

133 1,427 95

4,364 Pennsylvania

9

161 1,728 57

Scotland ...

4,368 Rhode Island

16

189 2,029 20

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212 2,276 14

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198

2,125 82

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