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Inauguration Day will fall on a Sunday three times during each century, viz., 1917,

1945, 1973, 2001, 2029, 2057, etc.

POPULATION BY COLOR, RACE AND NATIVITY.

The Census Bureau issued on November 9 and November 18, 1911, bulletins giving preliminary figures on the divisions of the population of the United States by color, race and nativity. The divisions by color and race were:

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1 Indians, Chinese, Japanese, etc. 2 Enumeration in 1880 did not cover all Indians, as at later censuses.

For the South, Including Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Kentucky and Oklahoma.

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1 Indians, Chinese, Japanese, etc. 2 Less than one-tenth of one per cent.; enumeration in 1880 did not cover all Indians, as at later censuses. The divisions by nativity were:

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Nativity and Color.

Total

Native white....

Native parents.

1910. 1900. 1890. 1 1880. 1910. 1900. | 1890. |1880. 91,972,266 75,994,575 62,947,714|50,155,783 | 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 68,389,104 56,595,379 45,979,391 36,843,291 74.4 74.5 73.0 73.5 49,488,441 40,949,362 34,475,716|

53.8 53.9 54.7
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Foreign-born parents 18,900,663 15,646,017|11,503,675 | Foreign-born white....13,343,583 10,213,817 9,121,867 6,559,679 14.5) 13.4 14.5 13.1 Negro 9,828,294 8,833,994 7,488,676 6,580,793 10.7 11.6 11.9 13.1 1All other.. 411,285 351,385 357,780 172,020 0.4 0.51 0.6 0.3

1Indians, and Chinese, Japanese and other Asiatics.

DEATHS OF 1911.

To keep this record complete and continuous deaths are included which occurred after December 24, 1910.

A.

ABBEY, Edwin A., painter and illus trator, 59, London, Eng., August 1. ADAMS, George B., United States circuit judge. 66, Hague, N. Y., October 9. AGIUS, Monsignor Ambrose, Archbishop and Papal Delegate in the Philippines, Manila, December 13.

ALLEN, Amos L., Representative in Congress from Maine, 73, Washington, D C., February 20.

ATWILL, the Rt. Rev. Edward F., Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Western Missouri, 70, Kansas City, Mo., January 24

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Oregon, former Governor of Oregon, 53,
Redlands, Ca:., April 14.

LISS,

Cornelius N., New York mer-
chant, ex-Secretary of the Interior, 78,
New York City, October 9.
LOXHAM, William D., ex-Governor of
Florida, 80, Tallahassie, Fla., March 15.
BONACUM, the Rt. Rev. Thomas, Roman
Catholic Bishop of Lincoln, 63, Lincoln,
Neb., February 4.

BOWDITCH, Henry P., physiologist, 70,
Jamaica Plain, Mass., March 13.
BRIGHT, John Morgan, ex-Representative
in Congress from Tennessee, 94, Fayette-
ville, Tenn., October 3.
BRINKERHOFF, Roeliff B., brigadier
general, U. S. V., prison reformer, 84,
Mansfield, Ohio.

C.

CALDWELL, Joseph Pearson, journalist,
58, Charlotte, N. C., November 21.
CAPRON, Adin B., ex-Representative in
Congress from Rhode Island, 70, Still-
water, R. I., March 17.

CARRERE, John M., architect, 52, New
York City, March 1.

The motto "In God We Trust" on United States coins first appeared on the copper

two-cent issue of 1864.

CARROLL,

John Lee, ex-Governor of FRANCIS, Charles S., proprietor of "The Maryland, 80, Washington, D. C., Feb- Troy Times" and ex-Ambasador of the ruary 27. United States to Austria-Hungary, 58, Troy, N. Y., December 1

CARTER, Thomas H., ex-Representative in Congress from Montana, ex-Senator FRYE, William P., United States Senator from Montana, ex-Commissioner of the General Land Office, 56, Washington, D. C., September 17.

from Maine, ex-Representative in Congress from Maine, statesman and party leader, 79, Lewiston, Me., August 8. FUNSTON, Edward H., ex-Representative in Congress from Kansas, 75, Iola, Kan., September 10. G.

CASSIDY, Owen, New York politician, 48,
Watkins, N. Y., January 15.
CHAILLE, Stanford E., physician, expert
on yellow fever, 80, New Orleans, La.,
May 28.
CHAMBERLAIN, Abiram, ex-Governor of GATES, John W.,
Connecticut, 73, Meriden, Conn., May 15.

financier and speculator, 56, Paris, France, August 9.

COLMAN, Norman J., ex-Secretary of GIBSON, William C., Rear Admiral, U. S. N., (retired), 72, Brooklyn, N. Y., Agriculture, 84, St. Louis, Mo., November 3. May 10. CURTIS, William E., journalist, 61, Philadelphia, Penn., October 5.

D.

DAVIS, Robert, New Jersey politician, 63,
Jersey City, N. J., January 9.
DAVIS, William W. H., brigadier general,
U. S. V., journalist and politician, former
Governor of New Mexico, 90, Doyles-
town, Penn., December 26, 1910.
DEVINS. the Rev. Dr. John B. religious
worker and editor, manager of The Trib-
une Fresh Air Fund, 54, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
August 26.

DRAWBAUGH, Daniel F.. inventor. 84,
Camp Hill, Penn., November 3.
DRESSER, Solomon R., ex-Representative
in Congress from Pennsylvania, 68, Brad-
ford, Penn., January 21.

GILROY, Thomas F., ex-Mayor of New
York City, 71, Far Rockaway, N. Y.,
December 1.

GLICK, G. W., ex-Governor of Kan-
sas, Atchison, Kan., April 13.
GORDON, George W., Representative in
Congress from Tennessee, brigadier gen-
eral, C. S. A., 74, Memphis, Tenn., Au-
gust 9.
GRANT, James Benton, ex-Governor of
Colorado, 64, Excelsior Springs, Mo.,

November 1.

GRIERSON, Benjamin H., Major Gen-
eral, U. S. A. (retired), 85, Omena,
Mich., September 1.
GROVER, Lafayette, ex-Governor of Ore-
gon, (x-Representative in Congress and
ex-United States Senator from Oregon,
87, Portland, Ore., May 10.

H.
HAMERSLY, Lewis R., editor and pub-
lisher, 61, Annapolis, Md., December 31,
1910.

DRYDEN, John F., ex-United States Senator from New Jersey and president of the Prudential Insurance Company, 72, Newark, N. J., November 24. DUDLEY, Irving B., United States Ambas- HAMLIN, Charles, Brigadier General, U. sador to Brazil, 50, Baltimore, Md., November 27.

DURHAM, Milton J., ex-Representative in
Congress from Kentucky, ex-Controller
of the Treasury, 87. Lexington, Ky.,
February 12.

E.

S.

A., military critic, Bangor, Me., May 15. Associate Justice HARLAN, John M., United States Supreme Court, 78, Washington, D. C., October 14. HARRIGAN, Edward, actor and playwright, 67, New York City, June 6. HARRISON, James A., philologist and lecturer, 62, Charlottesville, Va., January 31, 1910. HART,

EARLE, Mrs. Alice M., author and antiquarian, 58, Hempstead, L. I., February 16. Alphonso, ex-Representative in EGGLESTON, George Cary, journalist and Congress from Ohio, 81, Washington, author, 71, New York City, April 14. D. C., December 24, 1910. ELKINS, Stephen B., United States Sen- HENDERSON, Thomas J., Brigadier Genator from West Virginia, former Delegate eral, U. S. V., ex-Representative in from New Mexico and Secretary of War, Congress from Illinois, 86, Washing69, Washington, D. C., January 4. ton, D. C., February 6. ELY, Smith, ex-Mayor of New York City, HESLIN, the Rt. Rev. Thomas, Roman ex-Representative in Congress from New Catholic bishop of Natchez, 63, Natchez, York, 86, Livingston, N. J., July 1. Miss., February 22. ELVERSON, James, journalist and pub-HIGGINSON, Thomas Wentworth, sollisher, 73, Philadelphia, Penn., Febru- dier and author, 87, Cambridge, Mass., ary 10. May 9. EMMONS, Samuel F., geologist, 69, Wash- HILL, Adams S., teacher of rhetoric, 77, ington, D. C., March 28.

Boston, Mass., December 25, 1910.

ERDMAN, C. J., ex-Representative in Con- HITCHCOCK, Edward, professor of hygress from Pennsylvania, 64, Allentown, Penn., January 15.

F.

FENNER, C. E., ex-Justice of the Louis-
iana Supreme Court, 77, New Orleans,
October 25.

FINNEY, Jameson Lee, actor, 48, London,
Eng., August 9.

FOSS, Sam Walter, journalist, author and
lecturer, 52, Cambridge, Mass., Febru-
ary 26.

FREMONT, John C., Rear Admiral, U. S.
N., 60, Charlestown, Mass., March 7.

giene and physical education, initiator of the modern system of physical training in colleges, 82, Amherst, Mass., February 15. Rev. James Theodore, HOLLY, the Rt. Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Hayti, 77, Hayti, March 20. HUGHES, Charles J., United States Senator from Colorado, 57, Denver, Col.. January 11.

I.

IVES, Halsey C., painter and art expert, director of the St. Louis Museum of Art, 63; London, Eng., May 6.

The flag of the Confederate States was first displayed in public on March 4, 1861, over the State House at Montgomery, Ala.

J.

McCOOK, John J., New York lawyer, 66,
Seabright, N. J., September 17.

JAGGARD, Edwin A., justice of the Supreme Court of Minnesota, 52, Ber- MCCULLOUGH, Mrs. Myrtle Reed ("Myrtle Reed'), author, 37, Chicago, Ill., Aumuda, February 14. gust 17. JANEWAY, Edward G., physician and teacher of medicine, 70, Summit, N. J., McCURTAIN, Green, chief of the Chotaw Indians, 62, Kinta, Okla., December 27, February 10. 1910. JENKINS, John J., United States dis- MCDONALD, John B., contractor, builder trict judge for the District of Porto of the New York Subway, 66, New York Rico, ex-Representative in Congress City, March 17. from Wisconsin, 67, Chippewa Falls, MCKEEN, James, New York lawyer, 66, Wis.. June 11.

JOHNSON, Tom L., ex-Mayor of Cleve

land, ex-Representative in Congress from Ohio, agitator for 3-cent street railroad fares, 57, Cleveland, Ohio, April 10.

K.

KEITH, William, landscape painter, 71,
Berkeley, Cal., April 13.
KILDARE, Owen, writer of fiction, 46,
New York City, February 4.
KITTREDGE, Alfred B.,
ex-United
States Senator from South Dakota, 49,
Hot Springs, Ark., May 4.
KLINE, Marcus C. L., ex-Representative
in Congress from Pennsylvania,

55,

Allentown, Penn., March 10. KNAPP, Seaman Asahel, agricultural expert, 77, Washington, D. C., April 2. KNOTT, J. Proctor, ex-Governor of Kentucky, ex-Representative in Congress from Kentucky, orator and humorist, 82, Lebanon, Ky., June 18. KNOWLES, Hiram, ex-United States District Judge for the District of Montana, ex-Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Montana, 76, near Ogden, Utah, April 6. KULP, M. H., ex-Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania, 53, Shamokin, Penn., October 19.

L.

LATTA, James P., Representative in
Congress from Nebraska, 66, Rochester,
Minn., September 11.

LATROBE, Ferdinand C., Maryland poli-
tician, seven times Mayor of Baltı
more, 77, Baltimore, Md., January 13.
LEXOW, Clarence, ex-State Senator and
New York politician, chairman of the
Lexow investigating committee, 58,
Nyack, N. Y., December 30, 1910.
LIPPINCOTT, Craige, Philadelphia pub-
lisher, 65, Philadelphia, Penn., April 6.
LOOMIS, Charles Battell, humorist, au-
thor and lecturer, 50, Hartford, Conn..
September 23.

LORD, William P., ex-Governor of Oregon, ex-justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, ex-Minister of the United States to the Argentine Republic, 73, Sar Francisco, Cal., February 17.

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LORE, Charles B., ex-Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Delaware,
Representative in Congress from Dela
ware, 79, Wilmington, Del., March 6.
LOUDENSLAGER, Henry C., Represent-
ative in Congress from New Jersey,
59, Paulsboro, N. J., August 12.
LOVERING, Henry B., ex-Representativ
in Congress from Massachusetts, 69
Wakefield, Mass., April 5.
LOWELL, Francis C., United States cir-
cuit judge, 55, Boston, Mass., March 6.
M.
M'BRIDE, George W., ex-United States
Senator from Oregon, 57,
Portland,
Ore., June 19.

Brooklyn, N. Y., February 22.

MCLANE, John, ex-Governor of New
Hampshire, 58, Southern Pines, N. C.,
April 13.

MACKAY-SMITH, Right Rev. Alexander,
bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Penn-
sylvania, 61, Philadelphia, Penn., Novem-
ber 16.

MADISON, Edmond H., Representative in
Congress from Kansas, 45, Dodge City,
Kan., September 18.

MALLALIEU,

MARCH,

the Rev. Dr. Willard F., Methodist Episcopal bishop, 83, Auburndale, Mass., August 1. Francis A., philologist, 85. Easton, Penn., September 9. MANDERSON. Charles F., ex-United States Senator from Nebraska, brigadier general U. S. V., 74, at sea, September 28.

MIGHELS, Philip Verril, short story writer, 42, New York City, October 7. MILLS, Roger Q., Democratic leader, exRepresentative in Congress from Texas, ex-Senator from Texas, 79, Corsicana, Texas, September 2.

MITCHELL, Alexander C., Representative
in Congress from Kansas, 50, Lawrence,
Kan., July 7.

MITCHELL, Charles E., ex-United States
Commissioner of Patents, 73, New
Britain, Conn., March 17.

MOFFAT, David H., Western banker,
miner and railroad builder, 71, New York
City, March 18.

MORTON, PAUL, president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, former Secretary of the Navy, 53, New York City, January 19.

MOSELEY, Edward A., secretary of the United States Interstate Commerce Commission, labor legislation reform worker, 65, Washington, D. C., April 18.

MUDD, Sidney E., ex-Representative in
Congress from Maryland, 53, Philadel-
phia, October 20.

MUNKITTRICK, R. K., humorist, author,
59, Stamford, Conn.. October 17.
MURPHY, Edward, jr., ex-United States
Senator from New York, 76, Elberon, N.
J., August 3.

N.

NATION, Mrs. Carrie, prohibition agita-
tor and saloon smasher, Leavenworth,
Kan., June 9.
NAZRO, Arthur P., Rear Admiral U. S. N.
(retired), 60, Jamaica Plain, Mass., Feb-
ruary 16.

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OLIN, William M., Secretary of State of Masachusetts, 64, Boston, Mass., April 15. OLIVER, James, New York City politician, 67, New York City, September 18. ORCUTT, Calvin B., shipbuilder, president of the Newport News Shipbuilding Company, 63, Baltimore, Md., January 30.

P.

'PARET, the Rt. Rev. William, Protestant

The capital invested in the manufacturing establishments of Pittsburgh, Penn., in 1909 was $283,139,000.

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