The Indian Population Rises in Late Census Find
The American Indian, long deemed dying out, shows a late census figure near 300000, revealing renewed population presence after a decade of decline fears.
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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1900
Page
2
The American Indian, long deemed dying out, shows a late census figure near 300000, revealing renewed population presence after a decade of decline fears.
The earliest U S mail ran monthly from New York to Boston. Today demand pushes for daily free home delivery to every household across the nation.
In Shelton Laurel township North Carolina a banner Republican area McKinley received 210 votes while Bryan garnered none reflecting a striking early preference.
The use of Niagara Falls as a generator of electrical power on a large scale led to successful experiments across the United States and Europe and spurred huge investments in water power schemes elsewhere.
The Kentucky girls celebrate a win in a bet about an election. One girl secured a man as the prize and expresses herself with satisfaction at the winnings, noting she is single and of marriageable age and knows what to do with him.
The Victoria Cross honors extraordinary bravery and courage as awarded by Queen Victoria. It is noted that about 180 men alive today are entitled to wear the medal, with the awarding act often described as transporting the recipient into another world.
Georgia notes within its borders for known real daughters of the American revolution they being Mrs. Oliva T. Way Mrs. Martha Penn Rodgers Mrs. Oliver P. Berry and Mrs. Mary Bibb Hall each the daughter of a soldier who fought in the continental army during the revolutionary war.
British and American ornithologists conclude after a year long discussion that the great condor of the Andes is the largest flying bird. The second prize goes to the harpy eagle of the Philippines.
A government report shows that in the past year 50 553 letters to the dead letter office contained money orders drafts and money totaling 1 136 645. The data underline the many awaiting a letter that never arrived and the financial losses involved.
Fairly reliable statistics claim 23 billion hen eyes must be laid in the United States in 1900. Egg production towers above most minerals and even pig iron in value, and if stacked would form a column about 461,648 miles high, far surpassing the moon’s height overhead.
The United States court of appeals ruled that ordinary weather bureau predictions are not trustworthy and men are not bound to heed them. A ship master unloaded rice on an uncovered Charleston wharf, rain spoiled the cargo, and after litigation a lower court ruled against the sea captain. He appealed, and the higher court affirmed the decision.
The United States treasurer reports the copper one cent as the most counterfeited coin. In the year, 11,146 in counterfeit silver coins notes and certificates were detected and destroyed, 3,277 five cent pieces and 121,652 one cent pieces, with counterfeit minor coins rising. Only 13 counterfeit gold coins were presented in the past fiscal year.
Plans sketch a trans Atlantic liner capable of four day crossings. The proposed ship would be 930 feet long with 87 foot beam, 40000 ton displacement, 110000 horsepower and speed 30 knots. Rival firms push ahead though restraint may curb the record chase.
Ali Ferrouh Bey, the Turkish minister at Washington, announced the sultan will build a railway from Damascus to Mecca for pilgrim travel. Americans are asked to submit bids for locomotives and rolling stock. Once ignored, America is now seen as a key factor in world trade.
President McKinley presents a broad view of U S policy toward China and the Boxer rebellion, calls for reforms and international cooperation, and outlines aims for indemnity, trade equality, and open doors. He also covers the Philippines, Hawaii, Cuba, Porto Rico, and broader aims for peace, trade, and civil governance abroad.
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