Wfiy 80 Many British Officers Get Killed in War;
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The rxtrnnrdinnry fnlntity among dm lenders of the tli-i t i mIi soldiers in
nctlons at (smith Hill, I'.liindsliuigte nnd Belmont is clearly cxplniucil in this
picture. While llm men in the rushes up I tin Kopjes took ndvnntngn of
miry cover, thn officers esteemed it. their duly to stiuid erect. Ill this piml
tlon they bccntno conspicuous quarry fur tlia Hour marksmen.
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The Plans for tlie
TPwElfth Qensus.
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All through tlia punt nit mouths
preparations hnve been going busily
on in Washington fur n gront publish-
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uif VII mr'l inff niiicii win hit iiiii iiiuiimi
promptly on tho first, dnj of tho com
ing June. The results of the under
taking will begin to appear in flniidicd
form two yenrs from tlint duto, nml
will oontinun to lie brought out nt in
tervals for three or four years there
After. The publisher in the govern
ment; the publication will lie dcaig
nnted ns the Twelfth Consus of the
United Hinted.
The twelfth census will differ hi sov
ernl particulars from Any of the pre
ceding ones. It will be conducted ou
Wlt.MAM K. MKIIRIAtf.
(Director of the Twelfth Census.)
a larger scale, ns there are of course
more people to be eunmomtod. It
will embrace a greater area; for the
first time the inhabitants of Alaska,
Hawaii, and Porto Itico nre to be in
eluded in the count. Moreover, tho
coining census will be tho ilmt in
which all the work of recording end
computing statistic) is to be done by
tneohanioal means. Eleetrio tabulat
ing ruaohiues wore introduced for this
purpose toward the olose of the elev
enth census, but in the coining enum
eration they will be relied upon en
tirely. The thorough organization uoces
sary in order successfully to carry
through each an undertaking as this
may be Appreciated when oue reflects
upon the labor involved in counting
evfliity-five millions of Anything a
task that would require one man's un
divided energies for twelve hours a
day during more than a year and a
half. In the case of the census the
labor is multiplied by the considera
tion that the soventy-ttve million units
Are human beings, concerning each of
whom a dozen facts must be recorded,
nd that they are scatterod over some
four million square miles of the earth's
aurfaoe.
The task of taking the census will
require altogether the services of more
than forty thousand persons. They
will be separated into two main h
visions the field forces, and the head
quarters staff in Washington.
. The former will include by far the
greater number nearly forty thou
sand, all told. These will be the enu
merators, who will gather the re
quired information from all parts of
the country, and the superintendents
in charge of this brauch of the work.
The data thus collected will be com
piled and prepared for publication by
FBONf VIEW OF MEW
staff of three thousond clerks in the
central office.
KougUly speaking, there will be one
enumerator for each township through
out the eonntry, or, In the cities, one
for each ward. The enumerarators
will be local "residents Appointed by
- the Director of the Census, on the
' . recommendation of aome influential
- par toi 1 niaallyitbe Congressman from
-tit distriot Jl'Ue operintendenU
will linve rhnrgnot divisions generally
tho same in limit ns the Congres
sional districts. In the enso of Iho
linger cities, however, there will be
but one superintendent to ennh city,
although hi territory may include sov
Pf ill Congressional districts. J 11 Mas
snehilHiittH, wliern nil ellleieut census
biirenu exists under the ilireetion of
the Hlnto authorities, there will bo a
singhi superintendent.
The enumerators nre expected to
si art on their rounds 011 June 1, I'.IOl),
They will ho supplied beforehand with
portfolios contniuing bliiuk schedules
Tho punched record pnrds
nre counted, qr tnliulntod In
the elcetiicid inhuliiting mil
chines. These machines ure
provided with n circuit dos
ing device, into which the
enrdn nrn rapidly fed one by
0110. Tho holes in tho curd
control tho eleetrio circuits
through n numlior of counters,
which will ns ilesirod count
tho simple fuels nn to the
number of mules, fenuilcs,
etc., or the most complicntod
combiimtiou which the slutis
ticiuu nmy nsk for.
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TAIU'liATlNO IIKOOIIDH,
on which to outer the name of each
person in their districts, together with
the information provided for by luw.
Most of them cau complete their tasks
within a few days, and will receive
from 850 to $150 for their services,
aooording to the amount of work in
volved. As soou as the schodulos are
completed and revised, under the di
rection of the district superintendents,
they will be forwarded to Washing
ton. Here is whore tho work of putting
the census data into intelligible and
valuablo form will bo done, and here
is where the tabulating machinery
will come into play. These machines,
by the way, are tho invention of a
formor couhus employe, Mr. Herman
Hollerith. They were designed with
a special view to use in the census,
although they have proved valuable
for other statistical work.
liy this system the statistics con
cerning enoh person will appear on a
separate punohod card. About seven
ty-five millions of these cards will be
required, therefore, to ooutuin all the
data colleotod for the ceusus.
The cards are numbered to corre
spond with the numbers opposite the
names in the sohouules. They con
tain two hundred nnd eighty-eight
symbols, ouch of which is nn ab
breviation representing some faot
within the range of the census enum
eration. They are punched by means
of An eleotrio machine.
CESBU8 UUILDINU.
In reoording tho statistics a elerk
reads from the sohedulea the informa
tion entered opposite a certain name
to en operator seated at the key-board
of the punohing-maobine. With a
little praotice this punohiug-maohine
oan be operated as fast as An ordinary
type-writer. Experience has ahowu
that the average number of reoorda
that one elerk can transfer from the
schedules to the cards ia seven hun-
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dred per (Uy. It is the Intention of
the Census Jluresn to put one thous
nd olerki At work with these mi
chinos as soon a the returns Are in,
eo tliAt this branch of the work should
fit
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ri.HCTIlll'Ati TAIIt't.ATIMII-MACIUNR.
bn eonipleled In nliout n liunilrod
diiys.
IV0111 the puneliiiiR nmeliinn (hp
record rnriU go to the cleetrin Inliu
Inling inncliine, whieh in oven morn
Ingenious. In form it lit something
like mi upright piuno. In tho men of
tho upper pin t of tho box nrn net a
iiuuilier of indientnr iliiils, imeli one
devoted to Some one set of fnetn com
prehended In tho census. Jnside the
innehine is a romplientod syHtem of
eleetrio wiring ponnerling thesn indi
entors with the npprnting nppnrAtitN.
It is the mission of this tuiichiiin to
total tho various fuels recorded oil
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Tho transcript of tho orig
inal returns of thn enumera
tor to tho punched card will
be done with small machines,
something liko n typewriter,
called keyboard punches.
About one thousand of these
keyboard punches will bn
used, nnd the eutiro work of
transcribing tho 70,01)0,0(10
or more individual records
will be done in about 100
working days, or noarly four
months after the first reports
are in.
tho punched cards. To do this tho
punched cards Are slipped into the
machine beneath A set of eleetrio noo
dles, mounted 011 spiral springs. Tho
operator presses these neodlos down
TnB ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
upon the card. Wherever there are
punch-holes the needles pass through
and dip into a cup of mercury placed
beneath. An eleetrio circuit is thus
completed, whiuh moves up the indi
cators on the oouneotod dials one
point and records the particular fact
indicated by each punch-hole. The
totals are always in view on the indi
cators, and Are copied off on slips at
the end of each ruu. Each machine
is oapable of disposing of five thou
sand cards por day.
The statistics computed by the ma
chines will be oopied on record slips
and turned over to another force of
one thousond olerks, whose business it
will be to make up tables aud prepare
copy for the printers.
By the aot of Congress providing
for the coming enumeration it was
stipulated that the four principal re
ports on population, mortality, agri
culture and manufactures must be
ready for publication on July 1, 1902.
The Uireotor 01 the twelfth cen
sus is William It. Merriam, ex-
Governor of Minnesota. The actual
work of preparing the statistical in.
formation of the census for publioa
tiou will be in charge of Assistant Di
reotor Frederick II. Wines. Mr,
Wines has had long experience in this
sort of work. He was in charge of
one department of the eleventh cen
sus, aud was employed also in tho
census of 1880. As assistant to Mr,
Wines there are five chief statisticians,
all experta in their lines, to each of
whom will be assigned oue depart
ment, Harpera h eekly.
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Designs For Costumes That Have Do-
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como ropumr in
Nrw Youk (!rrr (Hppclal). As lime
goes on it Is made uumifest that the
power of tho fancy theatro walet lias
not been lessened in the smallest degree
by our long familiarity with Its charms,
TMKATIIR IIOIlll'K.
nor will tho shadow of the shirt wnist
diminish in the lenst during the win
ter. The former tried nnd true friend
in every wardrobe is putting out somn
iiineiidnieiits on its previous condition.
That is to say, it is ni riving iu the
timrssixn rostiiHE.
shops made of satin or tho very soft
satin Hiirfaoad silks that havo suf
ficient bod; to stand fanciful stitching.
This is pretty and commendable aud
the elloot is very liko the sketch of a
bodieo given hero, the original of
which whs of black pean do soie, hand
painted in dosigu of iris in the natural
color of the flower. The collar is of
shirred chiffon and a similar finish is
at wrists.
Hoores of the silk and flan not shirts
Inst out of the workrooms show how
they have shed their loose shirt sleeves
and broad cuffs for dress waist sleoves
and cuffs that drop over the hand; it
is easy, therefore, to hazard a prophecy
in favor of this fashion that Is going
to rob our shirt waists of one-half their
simple charm.
Mourning Cuiimnns,
Contrary to what has hitherto been
the custom, cloth is now considered a
suitable textile for mourning, of
course. Heavily trimmed witn orepe,
with which material the hem of tho
dress is invariably covered. Another
favorite textile for mourning is "Cash
more do rindo," and again cheviot
aud "drogiiet."
For half-mourning, all the new pas
tel shades of bluish-grays whioh are
now so fashionable are adopted, On
these the trimming, though not neces
sarily of crepe, must in all cases be
black, or black and white mingled.
Capes, or the new long semi-fitting
garment, are more seen thau short
jackets, which are considered some
what too negligee. These garmenta
are made this year of considerable
length, reaching to within about
twelve inohes of the foot of the skirt.
Among furs, astrakhan, caracule and
Mongolian-goat are suitable, not as a
trimming for the dress, but in the
$hape of capes or boas,
in l'aris no deep mourning Attire is
considered complete without the long
orepe veil, starting from the back of
the bonnet aud reaching to the ex
treme verge of the skirt; but ouly
during the first three mouths does it
oover the face, after whioh period it
is allowed to droop over the back of
the dress, while a short square veil
shields the lace.
A pretty new fashion for half-mourn
ing for children's wear showa dresses
of aome heavy weave of wbite woolen
textile! trimmed with narrow bands of
FASHIONS,
tna Moiropons.
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black crepe, f 11 this oasn the hat inny
also be of white feltor velvet, trimmed
ns lightly ns possible with crepe, but
without either fenthnrs or flowers,
Tho ni.iurnliig costume shown In
the large engraving is of black cloth,
trimmed with festoons of rrnpo. On
tho wnist a berths of crepe surround
A tucked chemisette of tho same In a to
rial. Thn long cloth eonl shown is cut In
very narrow gores nnd piped with
crepe. There nro two rows of black
orepo seallopH, one on the front of the
(leep-shapcd flounce, the other head
ing it. Tho collar is iiIho lined with
crepo.
Sliort Olnvp Wurti,
Our grandmothers thought them
selves very smart in one-button gloves,
and A few years ago six button ones
were very commonly worn, but thn
length of Iho sleeve of tho moment has
sent many buttoned gloves out of
fashion, and three nnd two buttons are
tho smartest thing to wear just now.
Indeed, longer gloves than these are
out of thn question il wo nre to look nt
nil in tho fashion and to preserve our
dainty cuffs in nil iuiinnnulnto condi
tion. Slrln nl llm New Toitr.
Tho new toques nre considerably
Inrger than former shapes. They are
wiiler, nnd nre therefore becoming to
women with slender faces, when the
trimmings nrn nut arranged ton
straight nnd high. Many of the
Kronen models nro composed of ex
quisitely shaded velvets; that is, there
is not a single piece of shaded velvet
used, but three separate weaves. For
nniinxisa cloth coat.
instance, one handsome toqne is com
posnd of a beautiful trio of tints.
shading from deep prolate purple to
palest i'arma violet. Another hasvel
vot grading from dark jacqueminot red
to rose pink, with three ostrich plumes
matching three distinct shades, held
by a triangle-shaped buckle of Frenoh
brilliants. A third model shows an
artistio blending of moss, mignonette
and stem green velvet, the hat being
noarly oovered with standing aud
gracefully drooping green plumes.
Th Winter dirt.
In her velvet gown and her sable
collar and muff, with a atringof pearls
about her throat, this winter's girl
will bo robed like a queen.
For Ilia llonia.
This daiDty costume is of soft.
dinging wool goods in a charming
shado of silver gray. The frills and
sssh are of pink silk. The long train
adda much to the cfl'eoJiTeueaa of the
house toilette.
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A DAG OF SILVER.
Pamnpir on Pittsburg Street Car Find
Goodly Sum el Money Bsnaslh Hit
Fesi-Owner Found.
'I he foltiiwillir Iiiniiiiii4 urfrf Unlfrrl
Init wrck: James imiiiermiin. Ilimcnns-
villi-. $H: Iniiirs II. i.iihinil. I.irkoini
enter. Sift lit $17; Wulli.r llitrv Milli-r.
Andrews Settlement, $14 to $17; John K,
l effiird, Alesnndrin, Miiiiliiigdou, $i to
I'lirnlifih (. rim. Knntiiir. &H S...ir:ili
I'.. Waters, Venango, $8: Mary I'.. Wal
lers, OiiioniiriiPHSiiiu, $: ilaoin plus .
ters, 'oiiiiiiiiMirssiiiu. $H: Win. Alclip-'-
son, I'.ric, $u; Jainb Wcimrrt, Mr-:
Kecsport, f . ; ll.inul ., Mitur, Dunbar,
f: Win. I. Kiikpatrirk, New Castle,
f; I'.li Hovi's, New Cuttle, A In $14;
Win. liiiilrrmnrc, dead, Kuffsdalc, $ft
In $17; Aaron Miller, Armbrust, $17 to
Meiiiiimiu K Auititi, I'ittsburu, $i
nenry k.. lower, nradlonl, yi
Jain. II. I'ur.ili O.ikl.iiwl t,X in
fi: Jo.eph N. Cox, S.-illnd.-i-hurK. to
$10; Margaret J. llm Irr nmrr , htulf xl.ilo,
Sn; Margaret J. Ililrhrun, Troittvillr,
$; l.llen II. Campbell, llrnokvillc, $;
I'.liahrth l.vttle. I'orl M.ililil.i. in:
J'lhn N. I;rapr, I'r.inkfort Springs, $H;
I Inneas l.eiser, WiiIhoiiIowii, $IJ; John
Shorts, dead, 'Townville, $17; John
Ulli'll, W,'lt,oillown, Albert Kd-
ii-jrils, MnHgrove, $14 to $17: Helen S.
Stout, Walerfiird, $H; Catherine Shorts,
'fowtiville, $u; John Stewart, Pittsburg,
$0; I'dward Johnston, I'itlshurg, $0;
John (i. I.nwer. I'ittshurg, $'1; (ioilfricil
Ililher, I aleiloma, $10; Henry Chollcr,
Howard, $10; John Hutchinson. Alle
gheny, pi; John I'itnatrii k. Ileunett.
fi; Abraiu S. Valentine, llelb-foiite, $10;
Win. Ismail, 1'iti Onirg, $0; J. S. Cald
well, Ilyroiiilown. $K: Mm had roe . Al
looua, p,; John Mi 'l'iirk, i'ittsbiirg, $0;
Alexander Kapis, Mi Keesport, $(1: John
l.iMienhaver. Kamev. $H: iirharil f'ctl
t'.'l, New l-reeport, $0 to $H.
Wampum was well fleered a few days
ago, but the victims only found it out
I uesilay morning. Some days ngo a
well dressed stranger arrived in the
town with biisini-ss cards of n firm pur
porting to do business in Chicago. The
man ntfi-reil to furnish made to-order
suits of ( lollies for $10. About .10 peo
ple ordered suits. The fellow nsked
each man to pay $1 down. The suits
were to have been completed and de
livered yesterday, but the man did not
pul in an appearance. A telegram was
sent by Justice of the 1'eace William
I'arshall, one of the victims, to the
chief of police of Chicago asking about
the linn ami its agent, and in a short
time an answer was received that
there was no sin h firm in Chicago nnd
nothing was known of the agent, An
ITort will be iiiade to find him.
The iiowder works of lames S. Mil
ler, near .Siinineytown, were completely
wrecked by an explosion iTiday, and
three men were killed and several others
injured. The dead are William llarr.
ageil years, superintendent of the
works; Alien Sihncck, 4' years; John
Schwager. J. years. Frank SrhafTer,
aged J. years, was probably fatally in
jured, and Kaytiioiid Faust was serious
ly burned and bruised. I lie bodies
were horribly mangled. The shock of
the explosion was terrific, and consider
able damage was done to the houses of
the workmen, which arc located near the
works. The cause of the explosion can
not be definitely ascertained. Within
the past dozen years there have been
five explosions, three of which resulted
in fatalities.
Wallace Ilorland, an agent for the
1'ittsburK Provision Company, boarded
a I'ittsbiirg car last Saturday. lie had
been sitting with his feel on a canvas
bag until his curiosity became aroused
and lie kicked it. There was a jingle
inside, and an examination of in con
tents followed. Inside the bag were
350 shining silver dollars. Mr. nor
land told the conductor that the coin,
did not belong to him, and the con
ductor also disclaimed its ownership.
The money remained in the property
worn of the traction company until last
evening. It was then claimed by M. A.
Critchley. He had gotten off the car
and left the bag behind.
I'ctcr A. II. Wiilener. the millionaire
traction magnate, of Philadelphia, an
nounced that he has purchased 36 acres
of land at I.ogan. a suburb of Phila
delphia, on which he intends to erect
ami endow a home, hospital and school
for crippled children at a cost of
000,000. 'flic announcement was made
in a letter from Mr. Widcncr to Mayor
Ashbridgc. The institution will be
known as the Widcncr Industrial Home
for Crippled Children.
The faculty of Washington and Jeffer
son college this week began action
against the students who participated
in the depredation committed on Hal
loween night, over a month ago. As
a result the faculty is having its inning,
and, threatened with expulsion, the stu
dents have agreed to pay for all dam
age done to college property, amounting '
to about $500, F-ach student has been
assessed $i.Jo,
At a meeting of the Beaver School
Board the question of providing for
the maintenance of the proposed Car
negie Library for that place was con
sidered. It was decided to levy a I
mill tax for the purpose, which it the
limit allowed. This will amount to
about $1,500, which is about half the
sum required. The balance will be
raised by subscription from the citizens
of Beaver.
Five burglars broke into the Fayette
ville flour mill the other morning. Fail
ing to blow open the safe, they hauled
it aoo yards away to the Mont Alto rail
road station. There they broke open
t tool house, and with sledge and crow
bar battered off the locks and hinges.
The thieves secured $100 in cash and a
number of checks.
New Castle is to have a new union
Jepot and it will be built by the Western ,
New York & Pennsylvania road aed
the Pittsburg & Lake Erie on the site
of the present one.
During the fall of a roof at the Grassy
island mine in Oliphant. near Scranton.
a few days ago, William Kitzsimmons,
a 30-year-old laborer, was killed, and hit
father, Patrick Fitzsimmons, a miner,
was to badly injured that he will die.
Sarah Piper, 4 eart old, daughter of
Henry Piper, of Grccnsburg, was fatally
burned a few days ago, The child wai
playing in front of a grate, when her
clothes caught fire.
Milton J. Ramsey dropped dead at
his home at Bridgivvater from heart
I failure. He was 54 years of age.
The Braddock Machine and Manufac
turing Company, canital Ivono. h
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