Scott, James W. (46), proprietor Chicago Times-
Herald^ New York City, April 14.
Scott, Leonard (85), publisher, Jacksonville,
Fla. , bronchitis, March 1.
Scudder, Dr. Henry Martin (73), naissionary and
clergyman, apoplexy, June 4.
Secretan, Charles (80), professor of philosophy
and author, Lausanne, Switzerland, Jan. 22.
Seeley, John R. (61), professor of modern his-
tory and author, England, Jan. 13.
Seelye, Julius Hawley (71)^ ex-President Am-
herst College, ex- Member ot Congress, author,
Amherst, Mass. , May 12.
Sefton, :Marian (85), actress, widow of John Sef-
ton,Navesink Highlands, N. J., Sept. 19.
Seymour, Frederic'^ (74), Baron Alcester, Ad-
miral and Commander at the bombardment of
Alexandria, London, March 30.
Shufeldt, Robert W. (73), Rear- Admiral, U. s. N, ,
retired, Washington, D. C. , influenza, Nov. 7.
Smith, George, philanthropist, Rugbj', June 2L
Smith, Green Clay (63), Brevet- Major-General,
U. S. A. , ex-Member of Congress, nominee Prohi-
bition party for President in 1876, Washington,
D. C. , carbuncle, June 29.
Smith. Robert Payne (77), Dean of Canterbury,
England, Aprill.
J. Smithy Samqel F, (87), editor and poet,£^uthor o(
' *' America," Boston, Mass. , Nov. X6,
Snow, Ambrose (82), President of the Board of
Pilot Commissioners, New York, June 26.
Solomon, Edward, musical composer, England,
Jan. 22.
.stambuloflf) Stefan, Bulgarian statesman,
Sofia, assassination, July 18.
Stevens, Mrs. Paran, society leader. New
York, April 3.
Stephens, George (82), professor of literature,
Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 9.
Stevens, John L. (75), ex-Minister to Hawaii,
journalist, Augusta, Me. , Feb. 8.
Stone, David M. (77), former editor of the New
York Journal of Cmnmerce, Brooklyn, N. Y. ,
catarrh of the stomach, April 2.
Story, William Wetmore (76), sculptor and
author, Rome, Oct. 7.
Strong, William (87), ex- Justice of the United
States Supreme Court, Lake Minnwaska, N. Y. ,
Aug. 19.
Summerfield Hawkins, Sir John (79), British
Lieutenant-General, England, Jan. 10.
Suppe, Franz von (75), composer, Vienna,
May 21.
Sutherland, Charles (66), ex-Surgeon-General,
XJ. S. A. , retired. May 11.
Sybel, Heinrich von (78), German historian,
Marburg, Germany, Aug. 1.
Taaflfe, Count Edward, ex-Prime Minister of
Austria, pyaemia, Elischan, Bohemia, Nov. 29.
Talmage, Mrs. T. De Witt (57), wife of Rev. T.
De WittTalmage,Dansville, N. Y. ,Aug. 5.
Taj'lor, William M. , D. D. (66), Presbyterian
clergyman and author. New York, Feb, 8.
Thedim, Augusto de Sequeira (38), Portuguese
Minister to the United States, Washington, D. C,
consumption^ Nov. 21.
Thomas, Elisha Smith (61), Protestant Episcopal
Bishop of Kansas, Salina, Kan. , March 10.
Thurman, Allen G« (82), Statesman, Colum-
bus, O., Dee. 12.
Tyson, George I. (59), New York newsdealer,
Riverside, Ct., Oct 7.
Upham. Francis W., D. D., (78), Biblical scholar.
New York City, Oct. 18.
Vacquerie, Auguste (76), author, poet, journalist,
France, Feb. 19.
Van Dj'ke, Cornelius Van Allen (77), Arabic
scholar, scientist, Beyrout, Syria, in November.
Van Wyck, Charles H. (71), ex-U. S. Senator
from Nebraska, Washington, D. C, Oct. 24.
Vaux, Calvert (71), landscape architect. Graves-
end Bay, N. Y., drowned, Nov. 19.
Vaux, Richard (78), lawyer and author, Phila-
delphia, Pa., the grip, March 22.
Waddell, John N. (83), Presbyterian clergyman,
Birmingham, Ala., injuries from a fall, Jan. 9.
Wade, Sir Thomas Francis (77), diplomat and
author, Cambridge, England, July 31.
Waldemar, Reigning Prince of Lippe-Detmold
(71), Detmold, March 20.
— ^Velde, Theodore D. (92), lecturer and author,
Hyde Park, Mass., Feb. 3.
Weston, James A. (68), ex-Governor of New
Hampshire, Manchester, N. H., May 8.
Wheatleigh, Charles (72), actor. New York City,
apoplexy, Feb. 14.
Whitaker, Joseph, founder of "Whitaker's Al-
manac,' ' Enfield, England, May 15.
Williamson, William C. (79), biologist and geol-
ogist, Clapham, Eng. , June 24.
Wilson, James F. (67), ex-United States Senator
from Iowa, April 22.
Winchester, Locke W., Vice-President National
Express Co. , heart failure. New York, Maj' 17.
Woodbury, Augustus, D. D. (70), Unitarian
clergjTnan, Concord, N. H., Nov. 20.
Wormser, Simon (71), banker, New York City,
July 30.
Worth, Charles Frederic (70), dressmaker,
Paris, March 11.
Wyse, Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte (45), en-
gineer and explorer, Paris, Aug, 12,
Zorilla, luanuel Ruiz (56), Spanish states-
man, Sp3.in, Junel3,
■•'.-. IUI1J..J-
The Famous Old People of 1896. 79
^l)e jFatuous <©ltr people of 1896.
Age. (Age at the last birthday is given. The list was made up for January 1, 1896.)
105. William Salmon, of Pennlyne Court, So. Wales, oldest member of the Royal College of Surgeons.*
94. General George S. Greene, late TJ, S. A.
93. Rev. Dr. William H. Furness, G P. Villiers, M. P. , ' 'Father of the House of Commons. ' '
91. Neal Dow, Prohibitionist; ex-Senator George W. Jones, of Iowa.
90. Francis William Newman, James Martineau, philosopher; George MlUler, orphanage founder ;
Cardinal Mertel, Mrs. Keeley, actress.
88. Ernest W.G. B. Legouve, oldest French Academician.
86. William Ewart Gladstone, Cassius M. Clay, Dr. Nathanael Greene, President of the Bhode Island
Cincinnati; Admiral Keppel, R. N. ; ex- Secretary of the Navy Thompson.
85. Pope Leo XIII., ex-Senator Payne, Senator 3Iorrill.
84. Harriet Beecher Stowe.
83. Samuel Smiles, biographer; Bishop Clark, of Bhode Island; Charles L. Tiffany, jeweller; Mrs.
Henry Ward Beecher.
82. Sir H. Bessemer, inventor.
81. Ernest Curtius, Greek scholar; Verdi, the composer; Due de Nemours, Baroness Burdett-Coutts.
80. Bismarck, C. W. Couldock, comedian ; Sir Henry Parkes, Australian statesman ; Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, Adolf Menzel, German painter.
79. Justice Field, ex-Senator Dawes, M. Leon Say, the financier ; Rev. Newman Hall, Daniel Hunting-
ton, painter; Philip James Bailey, poet; Parke Godwin, Russell Sage, Bishop Wilmer.
78. Professor Mommsen, historian; King Christian of Denmark, Sir John Gilbert, R. A.; Sir Joseph
Hooker, botanist; Senator John M. Palmer, Bishop Williams, of Connecticut.
77. Ex- Senator Evarts, Prince de Joinville, ex-Senator Hampton, Professor Bain, Bishop A. C.
Coxe, Baron Renter, news-gatherer; Mrs. John Drew, actress.
76. Queen Victoria, Prime Minister Crispi, General Longstreet, John Ruskin, Lord Playfair, Duke
of Cambridge, Sir Monier- Williams, Sanscrit scholar; Julia Ward Howe, Bishop Huntington
75. Herbert Spencer, John Tenniel, cartoonist; Florence Nightingale, Mrs. G. H. Gilbert, actress;
Jean lugelow, poet; Princess Mathilde Bonaparte, General Rosecrans, Susan B. Anthony.
74. Professor VirchoWj Due de Broglie, Sir William H.Russell, journalist; Rev. Dr. Storrs, Sir Charles
Tupper,Ristori, tragic actress; Dr. Temple, Bishop of London; Sims Reeves, singer; Chancel-
lor Prince Hohenlohe-Schillingfuerst.
73. Due d'Aumale, Rosa Bonheur, Bishop Whipple, Got, French comedian; Edward Everett Hale,
Professor Alfred R. Wallace, Abrahi S. Hewitt, Rev. Henry M. Field, Donald G. Mitchell.
72. Duke of Argyll, Thomas Wentworth Higgiuson, Thomas Hughes, Max Muller, Senator Sherman
Professor Goldwin Smith, ex-Speaker Grow, Li Hung Chang, Chinese statesman; Rev. Dr,
Robert Collyer, Miss Yonge, novelist.
71. Professor Huggins, astronomer; Eastman Johnson, painter; Governor Levi P. Morton, George
Macdonald, novelist; Judge T. M. Cooley, constitutional lawyer.
70. Sir William Aitken, pathologist; Richard H. Stoddard, poet; Professor March, philologist.
69. Karl Blind, Marquis of Dufferin, ex-Empress Eugenie, Senator Hoar.
68. Sir William Harcourt, statesman ; Pere Hyacinthe, Professor St. George Mivart, Sagasta, Spanish
statesman; J, H. Stoddart, comedian; Senator Voorhees, Marquis of Ripon.
67. Sir Henry James, lawyer; De Freycinet, French statesman ; ex-Senator Edmunds,GeneraIGourko,
Russian commander ; Ibsen, dramatist; Mrs. Oliphant, novelist; Ambassador Thomas F. Bayard,
President Dwight, of Yale; Jules Verne, Count Tolstoi, Justice Gray, of the Supreme Court;
King Albert of Saxony, Berthelot and Challemel-Lacour, French statesmen; Sir Julian
Pauncefote.
66. General Booth, Salvation Army leader; Joseph Jefferson, comedian; Sir John Millais, R. A. ; Carl
Schurz, Senator Allison, Senator CuUom, KingOscar of Sweden, Nasr-ed-Deen,Shah of Persia:
Viscount Peel Cherbuliez, French novelist; Mayor Strong, of New York.
65. President Diaz, of Mexico; Emperor Francis Joseph, ex- Queen Isabella, Sir Frederick Leighton,
R. A. ; Rev. Joseph Parker, English pulpit orator; James Payn, novelist; Marquis of Salisbury,
Albert Bierstadt, Louise Michel, French agitator; Salvini, tragedian; ex-Secretary Tracj%
Mme. Janauschek, actress ; General Oliver O. Howard, Canovas del Castillo, Spanish statesman.
64. Ex-Chancellor Von Caprivi, Archdeacon Farrar, General Gilliffet, French soldier; President Gil-
man, of Johns Hopkms; George J. Goscheu, British statesman; Frederick Harrison, positivist;
Henry Labouch^re, journalist; Professor Marsh, of Yale, palseontologist; Henri Rochefort, Vic-
torien Sardou, General Schofield, Senator Frye.
63 Field Marshal Lord Roberts, British Army ; Rev. Dr. Talmage, Maggie Mitchell, actress ; Sir Edwin
Arnold, poet; Castelar, Spanish statesman; Count Kalnoky, Austrian statesman ; Professor Vam-
bery, Andrew D. White, Justice Shiras,ProfessorWilliamCrookes, Senators Gordon, of Georgia;
Cameron, and Quay; General Ignatieff, Bishop Perry, of Iowa ; Edward Burne- Jones.
62. Chief Justice Fuller, Field Marshal Lord Wolseley , Denman Thompson, actor ; Justice Harlan, ex-
President Harrison, Duke of Devonshire (Lord Hartington), Clarence Edmund Stedman, poet;
John L. Toole, comedian; Lewis Morris, poet; Frank Stockton, novelist.
61. Chauncey M. Depew, Du Maurier, artist and author; President Eliot, of Harvard University;
AugustusJ.C. Hare, author; Sir John Lubbock, Cardinal Gibbons.
60. Leopold II. , King of the Belgians ; Whistler, painter ; Rev. Lyman Abbott, President Charles K
Adams, Bouguereau, French painter ; Secretary Carlisle, Andrew Carnegie, Bishop Potter, Theo-
dore Thomas, Paul Du Chaillu, " Mark Twain, ' ' Herve, French journalist.
At what age does one become " old "? Five centuries ago a man was old at fifty. But the hale and hearty gentleman of to-day
who has just turned sixty would probably protest against being classed among old people, even if famous. That his susceptibilities
may not be wounded, therefore, a separating dash has been discreetly introduced after age sixty-five .^ , ,^ ^ „
* The fact of Mr. Salmon's age and relation with the Royal College of Surgeons of England has been verified by Secretary Ed-
ward Trimmer, of that institution, in response to an inquiry by the Editor of the Almanac. Mr. Salmon will have completed hia
106th year in March, 1896. He obtained his diploma April 7, 1809, and is the oldest Freemason in the world.
80
53nitrtJ .States Kntrtnal i^eiintue J^rmpts*
SUMMARY
OF INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS FROM 1865 TO
1895, INCLUSIVE.
Fiscal Tears.
Spirits,
Tobacco.
Fermented
Liquors.
Banks and
Bankers.
Penalties,
Oleomarga-
rine, etc.
Adhesive
Stamps.
Collections
Under Repealed
Laws.
1865
$18,731,422
33,268,172
33,542,952
18,655,531
45,071,231
55,606,094
46.281,848
49,475,516
52.099,372
49.444,090
52,081,991
56,426,365
57,469,430
50,420,816
52,570,285
61,185,509
67,153.975
69,873,408
74,368,775
76,905,385
67,511,209
69,092,266
65,766,076
69,287,431
74,302,887
81.682,970
83,335,964
91,309,984
94,712,938
85,259,252
79,862,627
$11,401,373
16 531,008
19,765^48
18,730,095
23,430,768
31.350.708
33,578,907
33,736,171
34,386,303
33,212,876
37,303,462
39,795,340
41,106,547
40,091,755
40,135,003
38,870,149
42,854,991
47,391.989
42,104,250
26,062,400
26,407,088
27,907,363
30,083,710
30,636,076
31,862,195
33,949,998
32,796,271
31,000.493
31,&43,556
28,617,899
29,707,908
$3,734,928
5,220,553
6,057,501
5,955,869
6,099,880
6,319,127
7,389,502
8,258,498
9,324,938
9,304,680
- 9,144,004
9,571,281
9,480,789
9,987,052
10,729,320
12,829,803
13,700,241
16,153,920
16,900.616
18,084,954
18,230,782
19,676,731
21,918,213
23,324,218
23,723,835
26,008,535
28,565,130
30,037,453
32,527,424
31.414,788
31,640.618
$481,253,954
$4,940,871
3,463,988
2,046,562
1,866,746
2,196,054
3,020.084
3,644,242
4,628,229
3,771,031
3,387,161
4,097,248
4,006,698
3,829,729
3,492,932
3,198,884
3,350,985
3,762,208
5,253,458
3,748,995
' 4 ,288
4.203
6,179
69
â– â– â– â– 2
$520,363
1,142,853
1,459,171
1,256,882
877,089
827,905
636,980
442,205
461,653
364,216
281,108
409,284
419,999
346,008
578,591
383.755
231,078
199,830
305,803
289,144
222,681
194,422
219,058
154,970
83,893
135,555
256,214
239.532
166,915
1,876,509
1,960,794
$11,162,392
15,044,373
16,094,718
14,852,252
16,420,710
16,544.043
15,342,739
16,177,321
7,702,377
6,136,845
6,557,230
6,518,488
6.450,429
6.380,405
6,237,538
7,668,394
7,924,708
7,570.109
7,053,053
$197,838,124
$160,638,180
1866
236,236,037
1867
186,954,423
1868
129,863,090
1869
65,943,673
1870
71,567,908
1871
37,136,958
1872
19,053,007
1873
6,329,782
1874
764,880
1875
1,080,111
1876
509,6.31
1877
238,261
429,659
1879
....
1881
152,163
1882
78,559
1883
71,852
265.068
1885
49,361
1886
32,087
1887
29,283
1888
9,548
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
Total 31 Years.
$1,884,755,870
$986,681,730
$67,719,947
$16,944,660
$1,207,070,330
Aggregate receipts,
Aggregate receipts
1865-95 inclusive,
from all sources in
including commissions allowed
the fiscal year ended June 30,
on sales of adhesive stamps, $4,84"2,348,766.
1895, $143,246,078.
RECEIPTS BY STATES AND TERRITORIES.
FISCAL TEAR EXDED JUNE 30, 1895.
States and Tebritoeies.
Alabama
Arkansas
California and Nevada
Colorado and Wyoming
Connecticut and Rhode Island
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas, Indian Ter.,and Oklahoma
Kentucky
Louisiana and Mississippi
Maryland and Delaware*
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Aggregate
Collections.
$88,719.83
84.952.64
2,090,720.25
300,211.63
1,066,176.44
470,763.03
393,417,72
30,604,069.60
6,804,164.98
465.105.87
277,633.81
19,947,823.67
1,173,368.80
3,771,282.40
2,687.178.35
2,173,888.01
2,169,844.78
7,830,900.70
States and Territokies.
Montana, Idaho, and Utah
Nebraska and N. and S. Dakota —
New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont.
New Jersey
New Mexico and Arizona
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. . .
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Total.
Aggregate
Collections.
$175,432.53
1.146,947.88
500,906.92
4,088,666.53
41,308.22
19,090,722.70
2,632,779.96
12,477,148.01
331,890.52
10.981,086.12
87,419.32
897,302.88
392,129.07
2.607,181.90
688,991.06
4,706,441.62
$143,246,077.75
* Including also the District of Columbia and two districts in Virginia.
IList of ^ppvoptiationn iJg ^onsrcss, 1889^96,
The following have been the annual appropriations made by the United States Congress for the
expenses of the Government for each fiscal year ending June 30. from 1889 to 1896, inclusive:
Deficiencies
Legislative, Executive, and
Judicial
Sundry Civil
Support of the Army
Naval Service
Indian Ser\-ice
Rivers and Harbors
Forts and Fortifications. . . .
Military Academy
Post-Othce Department
Pensions
Consular and Diplomatic . .
Aericnltural Department . .
District of Columbia
ML<!ceUaneous
Totals
1889.
$21,190,996
20,924,492
26,316,530
24,474,711
19,938,281
5,401,331
22,397,616
3,972,000
315,044
Indefinite.
81,758,700
1,428,465
1,715,826
5,056,679
10,129,502
$245,020,173
1890.
$14,239,180
20,865,220
25,527,642
24,316,616
21,675,375
8,077,453
None.
1,233,594
902,767
Indefinite.
81,758,700
1,980,025
1,669,770
5,682,410
10,186,689
$218,115,440
1891.
$34,137,737
21,073,137
29,760,054
24,206,471
23,136,0.35
7,256,758
25,136,295
4,232,935
4.35,296
Indefinite.
98,457,461
1,710,725
1,796,502
5,762,236
10,620,840
$287,722,438
1892.
$38,516,227
22,027,674
35,459,163
24,613,529
31,541,645
16,278,492
2,951,200
3,774,803
402,070
Indefinite.
135,214,785
1,656,925
3,028,153
6,597,125
2,721,283
1893.
$323,783,079
$14,934,158
21,901,066
26,854,625
24,308,500
23,543,267
7,664,068
22,068,218
2,734,276
428,917
Indefinite.
146,737,350
1,604,312
3,233,061
5,317,361
3,381,019
$304,710,198
1894.
$21,226,495
21,866,303
27,550,158
24,225,640
22,104,061
7,884,240
14,166,153
2,210,055
432^556
Indefinite.
166,531,350
1,557,445
3,323,500
5,413,224
520,666
1895.
$319,011,847
$9,450,820
21,.^3,977
25,866,432
23,592,885
25,366,827
10,764,733
20,043,180
2,427,004
406,535
Indefinite.
151,581,570
1,569,787
3,226,915
5,544,297
623,858
$301,788,820
1896.
$8,519,981
21,885,818
35,096,045
23,252,608
29,416,077
8,762,751
11,452,115
1,904,558
464,262
Indefinite.
141,381,570
1,574,459
3,303,750
6,745,443
297,668
$293,057,105
^Jt Winittti estates ILiQf^U^oxtnt IBntaUinf^mtnt 8i
The following are the members of the Light-House Board:
Hon. J. G. Carlisle, Secretary of the Treasury and ex-officio President of the Board, Washington, D. C.
Rear- Admiral John G. Walker, U. S. Navy, Chairman, Washington, D. C.
Mr. Walter S. Franklin, Baltimore, Md.
Colonel John M. Wilson, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.
Captain John R. Bartlett, U. S. Navy, Washington, D. C.
Lieutenant- Colonel A. Mackenzie, Corps of Engineers, TJ. S. Army, Washington, D. C.
Commander George F. F. Wilde, U. S. Navy, Naval Secretary, Wa.shington, D. C.
Captain John Millis, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Engineer Secretary, Washington, D. C.
At the close of the fiscal year there were under the control of the Light-House Establishment the
following named aids to navigation: Light-houses and lighted beacons, including post-lights in the
third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, twelfth, and thirteenth districts, 1,396; light- vessels in position, 41;
light-vessels for relief, 4; electric and gas buoj'S in position, 23; fog-signals operated by steam or hot
air, 130; fog-signals operated by clock-work, 185; post-lights on Western rivers, 1,411; day or un-
lighted beacons, 424; whistling-buoj'S in position , 66; bell-buoys in position, 96; other buoys in posi-
tion, including pile- buoys and stakes in the fifth district and the buoys in Alaskan waters, 4,547.
In the construction, care, and maintenance of these aids to navigation there were employed: Steam
tenders, 32; steam launches, 4; sailing tenders, 2; light-keepers, 1,203; other employes, including
crews oflight- vessels and tenders, 1,078; laborers in charge of post-lights on rivers, 1,364.
^i)e Winitt^ <^taUu Mtiitnnt (tntttv ^tt\}itt.
The United States Revenue Cutter Service is an arm of the Treasurj^ Department, and is
under the direction and control of the Secretary of the Treasury, and its purpose is, principally, tc
enforce the revenue laws. Its immediate supervision i-esides in a bureau of the department Ivnown as
the Division of Revenue Cutter Service, which is in charge of a chief and a number of assistants. The
present chief of the division is Captain C. F. Shoemaker, R. C. S., Washington, D. C.
LIST OF VESSELS IN THE REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.
Name.
Class.
Alert
Alex. Hamilton ..
Alex. J. Dallas...
Andrew Johnson
Bear
Calumet
Chas. B. Penrose
Com'odore Perry
Discover
Frank Sperry
Geo. S. Boutweil
H. Hamlin
Hudson
Lot M. Morrill
James Guthrie
Galveston
John F. Hartley-
Levi Woodbury...
Sloop
Propeller..
Side Wheel
Propeller
Launch
Sloop
Propeller..
Station.
ElizabethC.,N.Y
Philadelphia.
Boston, Mass.
Milwaukee.
Alaska.
Chicago.
Pensacola, Fla.
San Francisco.
Savannah.
Patchogue, N, Y.
Savannah.
Boston.
New York.
Charleston.
Baltimore.
Galveston.
San Francisco.
Portland.
Name.
Class.
Louis McLane
*Manhattan
Oliver Wolcott
P. G.Washington
Richard Rush
S. P. Chase
Samuel Dexter
Schuyler Colfax...
Search
Thomas Corwin...
U. S. Grant
Walter Forward..
Winona
Wm. H. Crawford
Wm, H. Seward..
W. P. Fessenden
Wm. E. Chandler
Wm. E. Smith ...
Side Wheel
Propeller.....
Bark-rigg'd
Propellei"
Side Wheel
Launch
Propeller
Side Wheel
Propeller
Station.
Key West.
New York.
Sitka.
Philadelphia.
San Francisco.
New Bedford.
New Bedford.
Wilmington, N C
Baltimore.
Port Townsend.
Port Townsend.'
Mobile.
Newbern, N. C.
Baltimore.
Shieldsboro, Miss
Detroit.
New York. ,
New Orleans.
*Steamer Manhattan, Captain Stodder, in charge of the anchorage grounds. New York Harbor.
Office, Room 16, Barge Office.
National 3LtaQUt for ti)t J|rotection of .American
^nutitutionu.
This absolutely non-partisan and unsectarian organization was incorporated December 24, 1889.
The general secretary has prepared the following statement of the objects of the organization, which are:
' ' To secure constitutional and legislative safeguards for the protection of the common school sys-
tem and other American institutions, to promote public instruction in harmony with such institutions,
and to prevent all sectarian or denominational appropriations of public funds. ' '
As a means of securing the foregoing objects, the following proposed XVI. Amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States has been introduced in both houses of Congress: "Neither Congress nor
any State shall pass any law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof, or use the property or credit of the United States, or of any State,or any money raised by taxa-
tion, orauthorizeeitherto be used, for the purpose of founding, maintaining, or aiding, by appropria-
tion, pajinent for services, expenses, or otherwise, any church, religious denomination, or religious
society, or any institution, society, orundertakingwhichiswholly or inpart under sectarian or eccles-
iastical control. ' '
During its five years of judicious educational and aggressive work the League has secured the
withdrawal from the receipt of Government appropriations for the support of denominational educa-
tion among the Indians of the Protestant Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist Episcopal, and Congrega-
tional churches, and the Orthodox Friends. It has also received the endorsement of the proposed XVI.
Amendment by these Churches and by the Baptists, United Presbyterians, Methodist Protestants, and
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. It has secured action on the part of the United States
Senate, which promises a speedy settlement of the important question of sectarian appropriations for
Indian education. The Constitutions of twenty- five States now contain provisions against a divis-
ion of the Common School Fund and against sectai-ftm appropriations. In the new Constitution
of New York State, a notable advance was secured in the assertion of the principles advocated by the
League. The various American patriotic orders, representing over 4,000,000 voters, have given the
proposed XVT. Amendment hearty endorsement, and have adopted the League's platform of
principles. The offices of the League are at 1 Madison Avenue, New York City, where all communi-
cations should be addressed to the General Secretary.
The officers are : Presidmi, William H. Parsons; Vice-JP>'esident,Dorma.nB. 'Eaton; General Secre-
tary, James M. King; Treasurer, William Fellowes Morgan; Law Committee, William Allen Butler,
DormanB. Eaton, Cephas Brainerd, Henry E. Howland, and Wheeler H. Peckham.
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United States Pension Statistics,
^nittti cStaUs J^nisiou c^tatiisticjs.
NUMBER OF PENSIONERS ON THE ROLL JUNE 30, 1895.
General Law.
Act of Junk 27, 1890.
Number of
pensioners
on the roll
June 30,
1895.
Number of
Location of
Army.
Navy.
Army. |
Navy.
on the roll
Agkncy.
Invalids.