*Coeducation of the sexes in part or full. Education of women only. §Education of colored people. a See Western Reserve University. b Annex to Columbia. c College charter granted 1890. d Two-thirds of trustees and fellows must be Baptists. e One of departments is a school of theology. f Males and females admitted equally to graduate courses; females admitted to examinations only in undergraduate courses; females passing all necessary undergraduate examinations are awarded degrees. g Preparatory school, or Franklin and Marshall Acad emy, admits girls. h Theological institutions. i Also Indians. j Women are admitted to Medical Department only. k 95,000 acres of land, $2,500,000 bequest by Mr. Stanford, $2,000,000 in buildings. 1 One for each member and delegate to Congress, one from the District of Columbia, and ten at large. m Woman's College at Lynchburg, and academies at Bedford City and Front Royal. n See Western Reserve. o Exclusively for orphan boys. p Graduate courses only; no undergraduate work done. Of these interments about 9,300 are those of Confederates, being mainly in the National cemeteries at Camp Butler, Cypress Hills, Finn's Point, Fort Smith, Hampton, Jefferson Barracks and Woodlawn. TELEGRAPH LINES 177 WORLD. 1,150 277 112 380 750 366 4,701 2,780 OF THE A German expert, after a careful estimate, says that the total length of telegraph lines in the world is 1,062,700 miles, of which America has 545,600 miles; Europe, 380,700; Asia, 67,400; Africa, 21,500, and Australia, 47,500 miles. The United States has a greater length than any other country, 403.900 miles, and Russia comes next, although European Russia has only 81,000 miles. The other countries follow in this order: Germany, France, AustriaHungary, British India, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, Turkey, the Argentine Republic, Spain and Chili. In point of proportion, however, Belgium leads, with 409 miles of wire for every 1,000 square miles of territory: Germany comes next, with 350 miles; Holland is only slightly behind Germany, and the United Kingdom has 280 miles of telegraph for every 1,000 miles of country. EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS. (From report of W. T. Harris, U. S. Commissioner of Education, on pupils enrolled in schools and colleges, in June, 1895.) Tota's 14,201,752 *396.327 1350,099 $118,347 13.544 8,050|a8,950|b22,287 Of the teachers 267,951 are women and 128,376 men. Includes such agricultural and mechanical colleges and other schools as do not confer the A. B. degree, but confer the B. S. or other scientific degree. Includes 206,022 girls. Includes 60,993 girls. a Includes 65 women. b Includes 1,413 women. Of the pupils enrolled in the 16 Southern States and the District of Columbia, 1,441,282 are colored and 3,845,414 are whites. In addition to the above statistics there are 155 public normal schools, with an enrolled attendance of 26.138 female and 10,353 male pupils, and 201 private normal schools, with 10,571 female and 11,442 male pupils enrolled. There are also 481 universities and colleges, in which there are 29.008 female and 84.765 male students. There are 163 colleges distinctly for women, with 19,224 students enrolled. COLORED FREE MASONS. The United Supreme Council A. A. S. Rite of the 33d degree for the Southern and Western jurisdiction held its annual session in Washington, D. C., October 5, 1896, and elected the following officers: John G. Jones, Sovereign Gr. Com., Chicago, Ill. Richard T. Greener, Lieut.-Gr. Com., New-York City: E. A. Williams, Grand Prior, New-Orleans, La.: Rev. Dr. C. W. Newton, Grand Chancellor, Jacksonville, Ill.; D. F. Seville, Gr. Sec. Gen., Washington, D. C.; W. Morris, Gr. Treas. Gen., Minneapolis, Minn. POPULATION, DATE OF SETTLEMENT, INDEBTEDNESS, ETC., OF STATES AND TERRITORIES. Of the thirteen original States. a. Purchased from Russia. b. According to nearest census. c. Less sinking fund. There are ten different kinds of money Gold coin is legal tender at its nominal Standard silver dollars are legal tender Subsidiary silver is legal tender for VARIOUS MONEYS OF CIRCULATION. United States notes are legal tender for Gold certificates, silver certificates, and The minor coins of nickel and copper The coinage of legal-tender gold was authorized by the first coinage act, passed by Congress April 2, 1792. The gold unit of value is the dollar, which contains 25.8 1,647,381 grains of standard gold 900 fine. The The silver unit is the dollar, which con- PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE, JUDICIAL AND DIPLOMATIC OFFICERS. THE EXECUTIVE. GROVER CLEVELAND, of New-York. President of the U. S... RICHARD OLNEY, of Massachusetts, Secretary of State.. $8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 (The figures after each name indicate the year of appointment or assignment, and the figures with $ sign indicate the annual salary. Ass't Controller-Edward (1895), Connecticut, $5,000. A. Bowers, Auditor for the Treasury DepartmentErnest P. Baldwin (1893), Maryland, $4,000. Auditor for War Dept.-T. Stobo Farrow (1893), South Carolina, $4,000. Auditor for Interior Dept.-Samuel Blackwell (1893), Alabama, $4,000. Auditor for Navy Dept.-Wm. H. Pugh (1895), Ohio, $4,000. Auditor for State Dept.-Thomas Holcomb (1893), Delaware, $4,000. Auditor for P. O. Dept.-Geo. A. Howard (1894), Tennessee, $4,000. Treasurer U. S.-Daniel N. (1893), Connecticut, $6,000. Morgan Register of the Treasury-J. Fount. Tillman (1893), Tennessee, $4,000. Controller of the Currency-James H. Eckels (1893), Illinois, $5,000. Commissioner of Navigation-Eugene T. Chamberlain (1893), New-York, $3,600. Solicitor of Internal Revenue-Robert T. Hough (1893), Ohio, $4,500. Director of the Mint-Robert E. Preston (1893), District of Columbia, $4,500. Chief of the Secret Service DivisionWilliam P. Hazen (1894), Ohio, $3,500. Supervising Surgeon-General of the Ma Supervising Inspector-General of Steam of Statistics-Worthington C. Ford (1893), New-York, $3,000. Bureau of Engraving and PrintingClaude M. Johnson (1893), Kentucky, $4.500. Superintendent of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey-W. W. Duffield (1894), Michigan, $6,000. Bureau of Immigration-CommissionerGeneral, Herman Stump (1893), Maryland, $4,000. Commissioners-Joseph H. Senner, NewYork, $6,000 (1893); Thos. F. Delehanty, Boston, $2,200 (1894); W. H. Ruby, Baltimore, $2,200 (1893); J. J. S. Rodgers, Philadelphia, $2,200 (1891); W. P. Stradley, San Francisco, $2,200 (1893); W. T. Levy (1894), Quebec and Halifax, $2,200; R. G. Penn (1893), Vancouver and Victoria, $2,200. Solicitor of the Treasury-Felix Reeve (1893), Tennessee, $1,500. A. |