Allen's Living Topics Cyclopedia, Supplementing All Other Cyclopedias; A Record of Recent Events and of the World's Progress in All Department of Knowledge Volume 2 - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...Morris, 59,536; and Burlington, 59,117. The principal cities and towns were: Newark, 215,806; Jersey City, 182,713; Paterson, 97,344; Camden, 63,467; Trenton, 62,518; Hoboken, 54,083; Elizabeth, 43,834; and Orange, 22,792. Bfk If Ji!W MEXICO. NEW MEXICO: one of the territories of the United States of North America; organized Sept. 9, 1850; counties, 18; capital, Santa Fe. Territorial Officers, 1896.--Gov. (appointed for 4 years, salary $2,600 per annum), William T. Thornton; sec., Lorion Miller; treas., Samuel Eldodt; auditor, Marcelius Garcia; solicitor-gen., J. P. Victory; adj.-gen., G. W. Knable; supt. of public instruction, Amado Chavez; chief justice of the supreme court, Thomas Smith; assoc. justices, N. C. Collier, N. B. Laughlin, G. D. Bantz, and H. B. Hamilton; clerk, George D. Wyllys--all Dem. Legislature, 1895.--Dem. on joint ballot by a small majority. Elections.--In the election for a delegate in Congress 1894, there were 35,301 votes cast, of which the Rep. candidate (Catron) received 18,113; the Dem. candidate (Joseph), 15,351; and the Pop. candidate (Mills), 1,835; Rep. plurality, 2,762. The Dem. State Convention, held June 15, 1896, indorsed Richard P. Bland for the presidency, pronounced in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold independent of the action of foreign nations, and instructed the delegates to the National Convention to support no candidate for the presidential nomination not in accord with this principle. Farm Products.--Reported Dec. 31, 1895: Corn, 733,203 bush., from 26,956 acres, value $410,594; wheat, 809,248 bush., from 39,669 acres, value $590,751; oats, 393,773 bush., from 9,869 acres, value $177,198; potatoes, 59,360 bush, from 742 acres, value $37,397; and hay, 120,637 tons, ...