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Louis. Mo., from which he was graduated in ]s;n. 

 Embracing a mercantile career. In 1 organi/ed after 

 three year- ( training the commission c.)in]iai 

 I). U. Francis \ 15m. in Si. Lnuis, which was from 

 the outset ope of the leading firms operating at the 

 Merchant>' Kxcliange in that city. In 1NSJ he was 

 1 vice-president of the Exchange, and in the 

 following year was chosen its president. In l^M 

 he was a delegate to the National Democratic Con- 

 vention that nominated G rover Cleveland for the 

 first time. In the following year he was elected 

 Mayor of St. Louis, overcoming a Kepublican ma- 

 jority at the previous election of 14.000. and as 

 mayor he promoted needed municipal reforms. In 

 ted by a large majority Governor 

 of Missouri, and his administration was much 

 praised. lie was a sound-money advocate during 

 the agitation for free coinage that ended in the 

 triumph of the silver party at the Democratic Na- 

 tional Convention in Chicago. In August, 1^96, he 

 became Secretary of the Interior. 



For a sketch of Mr. McKinley, see page 428 ; for 

 portrait, see frontispiece. 



UNITED STATES CENSUS. Official reports 

 of results obtained during the eleventh census in- 

 vestigation are now practically complete. Numer- 

 ous volumes have been issued, and the remainder 

 making, in -all, 25 quartos, a compendium in 3 vol- 

 umes, an abstract, and a statistical atlas are being 

 issued from the press as rapidly as present printing 

 and binding facilities will permit. 



In previous issues of the " Annual Cyclopaedia " 

 such of the important facts as were made available 

 before going to press found a place, chiefly under 

 the heading UNITED STATES CENSUS. In the vol- 

 ume for 1890 appeared: General Plan and Scope 

 of the Eleventh Census. Official staff. Area of 

 States and Territories. Gross, water, land. Pop- 

 ulation. States end rmtoKe* 1890-'80-'70-'80- 

 '50: 306 cities of 10.000 and over, 1890-'70-'50 ; 

 review of enumeration results, with comparisons: 

 grouping of States, with reasons : rank of States 

 and Territories, 1890-'80-'70-'60-'50 : results of State 

 census in 14 States. 1885; Alaska; Indian Terri- 

 tory and reservations: in cities, at each census, 

 1790-1890; rank of cities. 100.000 and over. 1890- 

 "Ni-'70; colored, of the South, by Stales, also com- 

 parison with whites. Chinese. Japanese, and In- 

 dians ; increase and decrease : center of, location at 

 each census : distribution in accordance with rain- 

 fall : distribution in accordance with humidity: 

 distribution, by drainage basins. Transportation. 

 Urban rapid transit, totals ; length of line, 1880-'90, 

 and motive power, 58 cities. J\<i >:<-<ition. Teachers 

 and pupils, male and female, public schools, 1880- 

 'SMI. -jo States and Territories: teachers and pupils, 

 white and colored. 1890. 182 cities. Paujim'xm aid 

 ( 'rime. Convicts, by States and Territories. Fi- 

 nance. Bonded debt, floating debt, and cash and 

 funds in hand. 1889-'9o. by States; bonded debt. 

 floating debt, and available resourc 

 cities, by States and Territories. J/' res. 



Product of pig iron and steel, with furnace stacks 

 and steel works. lssO-'90. by States and Territories. 

 Jlines and JJininr/. Coal product, with total in 

 tons, value at mines, number of employees and 

 8 paid. Alabama. Maryland. Pennsylvania, and 

 States west of Mississippi river. 1889. 



In the " Annual Cyclopaedia" for 1S91 the article 

 UNITED STATES CENSUS included the following 

 official data : Population. Total, places of 1,000 

 and more, also totals, by classes, for places of 1.000 

 and under 2.5uo : 2.5oi> and under 4.000; 4.000 

 and under 8,000; 8.000 and under 25.000; 25.000 

 and over: official count for Alaska. 

 l 'A/x.^.s. Totals of insane, public and private insti- 

 tutions; schools for deaf: schools for blind. Pau- 



?. Tot a!- --rs in pen: 



tiarir- and in county jail-: inmate* of juvenile 



. 



i-'itinn. Teaeher> and pupils, male and f- D 

 publi< i loiial State- and 'I 



147 additional cities. 



Totals. mile> of paving, co-t !' light ing. strength 

 and cost of fire and police !'< 

 cities. . Name-, membership, and prop- 



erty of 8!) seeis and denomination-, l^'.m. 

 iiiim-f. A:_ r _ r ri -_'ate. bonded debt, floating debt, and 

 sinking fund, al- 

 //'/ in each political division, isso-'iio f,,r United 



unties, and municipalities. . 

 culture. Aggregates of quantity and value.} 

 tict of hops, truck farms, floriculture, viticulture, 

 - ed farms, tropic and sem it ropic fruits and 

 nuts, also aggregates of horses, mules, and asses on 

 farms, and live stock on ranges. The aggregate of 

 acres irrigated, with detailsof States and Territ 

 is also given. Some classes are for 1889, others for 

 1890. Mannfnrtures. Aggregates in proof gallons 

 for alcohol, Cologne spirit, high wines, whisky, 

 brandy, rum, and gin as distilled spirit consumed in 

 the arts, manufactures, and medicines, l^'.i. J. 

 and Mining. Product, in value, of metallic, non- 

 metallic, and unspecified minerals, 1880-'89. with per- 

 centage of increase. The product of bituminous and 

 anthracite coals, quantity and value, by years, 1882 

 'v. Aggregates, in quantities, or values, or both, 

 1880-'89, of pig iron, iron ore, aluminium, copp'-r. 

 lead, x.inc. quicksilver, nickel, gold and silver, min- 

 eral waters, petroleum, natural gas, and minor min- 

 erals. Fifth and Fixliefi'-s. Details, with aggre- 

 gates in value, 1880-'89 of the whale, fur-seal, and 

 sea-otter fisheries, including vessels and men. De- 

 tails, with aggregates in value, of the Pacific States 

 fisheries, 1889, including salmon canning. Trans- 

 portation. Aggregates of passengers carried, earn- 

 ings and income, expenditures, and miles operated, 

 in each of the ten railroad groups, 1880-'89, with 

 names of States comprising each group. The traffic 

 on the Lakes, in classes, tons, and value, 1889. 



The next issue of the " Annual Cyclopaedia '' 

 ( l s !2), under the same heading, contained the latest 

 available official data as detailed below: pnjoiln- 

 tion. Aggregates of color, sex. and general nativity, 

 with actual increase, under headings of males, fe- 

 males, native, foreign, white, and colored, for each 

 decade. 18oO-'90. Percentages, United States, male 

 and female, native and foreign, white and colored, 

 each decade, 1850- r 90. Aggregates and totals by 

 States. 1^90, of males, females, native born, foreign 

 born. Aggregates and largest totals, with analysis 

 of dwellings and families, 1890. in States and larg- 



:ties. Pauperism a/td ('rinn-. Totals. b\ 

 and age. of juvenile reformatory inmates, with brief 

 analysis : totals by age. sex, color, nationality, etc.. of 

 prisoners convicted of homicide, with totals for terms 

 of imprisonment and death penalty. Education. 

 Apparent total enrollment, public schools. l^o-'iio. 

 each State and Territory, with totals also for private 

 schools and parochial schools : brief analysis, includ- 

 ing special reports concerning the Southern States. 

 anddetailso f parochial schools by creed*, Religion. 

 Membership and property of 27 additional sects and 

 denominations. Finance. lv ..regales of 



United States debt, as a 1111 -;ate debt, 



county debt, municipal debt, and school-district 

 debt, "with notes on increases and decreases, and 

 j,i-r atement. Ai/riculfure. Total - 



States, isfln. of acres and farms irrigated, with aver- 

 f farms, cost of water, value of products. 

 etc.; totals of artesian wells on farms: aggregate 

 and totals, tobacco product, by Si with 



value of crop and percentages ; area, product, and 



