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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1900)
.Tnminr.v 2.S. 1)00 ! ) OMAHA ILLrSTliATrTn KRIS. JOHN T MALLAL1EU. KEARNEY SIXTH W 13 PEEHLES , PENDER THIRD IMS DIST1UCT CENSUS SUPERVISOR TU1CT CENSUS SUPERVISOR. How Nebraska's Census Will Be Taken On June 1 , next , will begin the taking of the census , for which preparations are already In progress. While the census will bo the twelfth since the organization of the national government. It will be only the sixth decennial census so far as Nebraska Is concerned , the ilrst having taken place In 1SCO , six years afler the organization o * the lerrilory. For Ihe coming census Nebraska - braska has been divided Into six census districts , corresponding to Its congressional districts , each lu charge of a census super visor. The list of supervisors has only been com pleted the past week and Is as follows : First district , Fred W. Miller of Falls City. Second district , D. II. Wheeler of Omaha. Third district , W. E. Peebles of Ponder. Fourth district , Thomas E. Hlbbart of Adams. Fifth district , Isaiah D. Evans of Kene- sav.- . sav.Sixth Sixth district , John T. Mallalleu of Kear ney. ney.Wo Wo so frequently hear stories supposed to illustrate Iho inaccuracies of census taking lhat It may bo of Interest to toll just what the law requires and what methods will bo pursued. The actual count of the people , which Is the real basis for all census work , will bo done by a corps of enumerators working under the various supervisors and reporting to Ihcm. In , Iho Omaha district 130 enumer ators will probably bo employed , of which 08 will work lu Omaha alone ; in the other districts the number will correspond. Thu subdivision of the census district into onumeralors' dlslricls will all be done in Iho olllce of the director of the census In Wash ington who will also appoint the enumerators and special agents upon the recotimenda- tion of the supervisors. I'l'iialtli-N for Crooked Work. The law restricts the twelfth census to in quiries relating to population , mortality , the products of agriculture and of manufactur ing and mechanical establishments. The statistics as to population and agriculture will bo collected by enumerators. Each enumerator must do his work himself and alone , except that In certain districts the director of the census may authorize the supervisor to hlro an interpreter to aid thrt enumerator In enumerating persons who do not speak English. This provision that the census officials must not bo assisted fly any one who ncs not been appointed and taken the oath applies to supervisors , supervisors' clerks , interpreters and special agents , as i well as ' ) enumerators. Any employ of tto census who , having ; taken and subscribed the oath , shall , with out Justifiable cause , neglect or refuse to ) perform the duties enjoined on him , or who shall , without tbo authority of the director of the census , communicate to any person not authorized to receive tbo same any In formation gained by him In the performance of i his duties , Is guilty of a. misdemeanor and i punishable by a fine not exceeding $500. If 1 ho willfully and knowingly swears falsely ho 1 shall bo deemed guilty of perjury and bo 1 Bubjecled upon convlcllon lo Imprison- mcnt not exceeding three years and a flue not : exceeding $ SOO. If ho willfully and knowingly 1 makes a false cortlllcalo or flctl- tious ' relurn ho Is guilty of a misdemeanor and is liable to a line not exceeding $5,000 and ' Imprisonment not exceeding two years. This latter provision Is Intended to prevent the padding of Iho returns. Celliniat the Popiilnlloii. It Is made the duty of each enumerator to visit personally each dwelling house In his subdivision and each family therein and each Individual living out of a family In any place of abode and by Inquiry made of the head of the family , or of the member thereof deemed most credible and worthy of Irust , or of such Individual living out of a family , to obtain each and every Item of information and all particulars required by the law , as of date June 1. In case no person - son Is found at the usual place of abode of such _ family or Individual competent to answer - swer Inquiries the enumerator may ob tain the information as nearly as practicable from families or persons living nearest such place of abodo. Inquiries as to population shall cover the name of each person , age , color , sex , whether married or single , divorced or wid owed , place of blrlh of the person and his or her parents , whether alien or naturalized , number of years in the United States , occu pation , months employed during the year , literacy , school atteudanco and whether or not ho or she owns or rents his or her farmer or home. Each and every person more than 20 years of age , belonging to any family resid ing In any enumeration district or subdivi sion , and In case of the absence of Iho heads and other members of such family , then any representative of such family Is re quired , at the request of the enumerator , to render a true account , to the best of his or her knowledge , of every person belonging to such family. Willful failure or refusal to render such Information constllutes a misdemeanor and subjects the culprit to a flue not exceeding $100. Statistics as to mortality will probably bo collected by special agents from death and cemetery records where such are avail able , otherwise by enumerators. Agricultural StatlHtlcN. Information as to agriculture will bo col- lectcd by enumerators and the same require ments and penalties are Imposed upon olfl- clals and those to whom their Inquiries are directed as are provided for the compilation of the population schedules. The inquiries which the enumerators are required to propound - pound , which the rural residents are required to answer relate to the name and occupation of persons residing upon th" farms , their color , the tenure by which WriECKINO THE EXPOSITION-THE VANISHING CYCLOUAMA Pholo by Louis R. Bostwlck. I 1) EV\NS , KENESUV KIKTI1 MIS TltlCT CENSUS SUPERMSOR they hold Ihe land , acreage of Iho farm oc cupied , value of Ihe farm and Improvements , acreage of different products , quantity and value of products , number and value of dif ferent varieties of llvo stock. The Inquiries relate to the quantity and value of pro.l- ucts during the year ending December III. 1S9D. .llaiiufiu'tiirliiir niul Mi'oliaiiloal. The compilation of the llgures relating to manufacturing and mechanical enterprises will doubtless be collected by special agents , except ' , perhaps , those located In the small towns ' and cities. Inquiries In that line will rclato to the name and location of the plant ; whether It Is an Individual or co-operative establishment or otherwise ; date of com mencement ' of operation ; character of busi ness ' or kind of goods manufactured ; capital Invested ' ; mimhcr of proprietors , firm mem bers ' , co-partners or olllcers ; amount of their respective ' salaries ; number of employes and amount ' spent In wages ; quantity and cost of ' materials used ; miscellaneous expenses ; quantity ' and value of products ; time In op eration ' during census year ; characler and quantity ' of power used ; character and num ber ' of machines employed. The answers will relate to the fiscal year last closed. The enumeration of Iho population must ho taken between Juno 1 and July 1 , ex cept ' In cities of over 8,000 at the preceding census ' , where It must begin June 1 and be completed ' within two weeks. Other StutlHlloiH in He Ratliereil. When the schedules mentioned above have boon completed and returned the director of the census may , under the authority given him by the act , collect statisllcs re lating to special classes , such as Insane , feeble minded , deaf , dumb and blind ; to crime < , pauperism and benevolence , Including prisoners , paupers , juvenile delinquents and Inmates of benevolent and reformatory In stitutions ; to deaths and births In regls- Irallon areas ; to social statlsllcs of cllles ; lo public Indebledness , valuation , taxalion and expendllures ; to religious bodies ; to electric light and power , telephone and tel egraph business ; lo Iransporlallon by walor , express business and street rollwajs ; to mines , mining and ( minerals , and the pro duction and value thereof , Including gold , In divisions of placer and vein , and silver mines , and the number of men employed , average dally wage , average working tlmo 1 and aggregate earnings In the various 1 branches and divisions of the mining indus ' try. This work will generally bo performed ' by special agonls and there nro no Ilm- Ilallons as lo tlmo upon the preparation 1 of any of the schedules except that of pop ' ulation. WHECKINU THE EXPOSITION -CERE VIEWING THE RUHBISH HEAP-Phot by Louis H. Ilostwlck. THOMAS ' E I11HIIAHT , ADAMS FOURTH MVNIHL 11 \ \ IIEKLKR OM Ml \ SICCOM ) DISTRICT CENSUS SUPERVISOR DISTRICT CENSUS SI PERN ISOR Demolition of the Exposition Buildings The mily building on the grand court of tins exposition remaining to give the visitor to tin- exposition giomuls i\ faint Idea of the architectural beauty which char.u-teiIzed the Traiismlsslsslppt anil the Greater America Is the one ( lint shcltoicd the government ex- hlblt. All the others havu fallen before this onward sweep of the bilgado of carpenters and house wreckers. Last Wednesday the work if razing tlUa last alructuro was heI gun. Under the direction of the wrecking company 2.10 men huvo been engaged In tearIng - Ing down all the remaining exposition build- lugs. The promenades which furnished a. doi Mghtful retreat for exposition visitors are now sandy roadways , along which vims and wagons cart away lumber and other ma- terlal from the buildings. The Ingoon InoUs llko a dilapidated canal bed. In places thu water Is thinly coated with Ice , In otheis It seems to wander aimlessly hither and thither In seaich ol some place wheieby to gain egress from Us wooden banks. Along Its sides are signs of "Danger ! Keep < > IT the Ice. " The wrocklng company expects to com plete Its work April 1. As rapidly as the lumber In the buildings la reloaded It Is carted away and separated , according to Its size and character. That which Is lee small to bo used for anything else Is chopped Into kindling wood. Much of the material Is sold as rapidly as It In ready for shipment. That for which there Is not now any demand will be- shipped to Chicago. Considering the number of men employed on this work and the precarious nature of their employment the number of accidents to the laborers has been extremely Hinall. Mr. A. Harris , manager of the wrecking com pany , says : "Only two or three of our work men liavo been Injured during the time that wo have had our big gang eimployed on the contract. They have all recovered and aio 1 now at work. " UlNiioHllloii of UK * Material. When the company completes the work of tearing down the bulldlngn and bn the lum- ber material either sold or shipped to Chl- cage , attention will ho devoted to the staff whicli covered the buildings and gave them > the appearance of marble. Thin material 1 has been carefully collected and preserved. To the majority of people who liavo visited I the exposition this fact has seemed strange. The average mind can comprehend that lum ber once used Htlll has an Intrinsic value , but for what purpose the broken and 1 crumbling taff can bo utilized has always been u subject of conjecture to the curious i whoso Interrogations were answered by the workmen with the word * ) , "Tho boss tolls im to gather up this stuff , because It's going to bo used for something. " "What are wo going to do with the staff ? \Vo aio going to use It , to bo mire , " Bays the manager. "Tho vnluo of the exposition ! pioperty to us was greatly Increased by reiidon of the staff. Wo Blmll convert thlH staff Into a fertilizer , valuable for agrlcul- ' tural t purpOHos. Is Htich a thing possible ? Indeed 1 It IH. Wo converted all the staff from I the buildings at the World's fair , which we ' bought , Into this fertilizer and not only sold ! It easily , hut also had the Hatlsfactlon of knowing that It was most valuable for the I purposw Intended. We have a special process | for the conversion of staff Into fer tilizing I material. The solution necessary lethe the I production of fertilizer IH composted of one-third i staff. The other lngroillonl the public ] might he Interested In knowing , hut you'll : oxcnso mo for not telling what they are. i "lu order to produce fertilizer we will liavo to operate a mill , deslgniM and fur nished ; with machinery for Ito manufacture. We may bo alilo to secure u BiilUililu bulld- Ing here. If not , wo shall build win our selves. ( This mill we folia1 ! probably lm\o In operation about /M'fH ' 1 , and to turn all the HtalT wo have Into fertilizers will ( alto about u year's tlmo. Wo expect to employ from " 5 to 100 men In thin mill. "Tho most of the material wo arc selling , " continued Mr. Harris , "la to out-of-town part Ira , although some j nrchases have been made by Omaha p"opK I 1'avo Juat sold to Iho city , thiough Flro Chief Hodell , the hook and ladder and the two hose cartu which wo purchased from the exposition. Wo have no further use for thin ipparnlim , as our lumber Is In little danger of lire now , es- pccfa'lly since wo are protested by U'o ' chiso observation of a gang of watchmen at night. " Babies Dotrolt Journal : Once upon a tlmo a man with a Ililght Ilaby chanced lo live next door lo a man with an Unbright llaby. At first the man with the Ilrlghl llaliy exulted over his neighbor. lint presently the Ilrlghl Ilahy took to saying things such thai when his father repealed Ihein ho bad to buy the dilnkH In order to gel anybody to stand Nllll and listen. This soon reduced Iho man with Hie Ililght Ilaby to penury. In tin' ' meantime Iho man with the Un- brlghl Ilaby had paid for his cyclopedia of unlvorbal history and now ho him money In Iho hank. "Alas ! " cried the man with the llrlgbt Ilaby , healing his breast. Heroic Treatment Clovelaml I'laln Dealer : "WlmfH tins mailer with Mis. Illuster's volco ? It muil to bo go dieadfnlly high and shrill. " "Hluster coaxed her to talk Into a phonograph - graph record. Then ho ground out luir voice at her. " "What diil she do ? " "She In olio the unachine and went to biM , but It informed her , " S o WUECKINO THE EXPOSJTION-KALI.INO OK SOUTH ENTIIANCE OK MACHINERY HALL Photo by Louis It. Ilootwlck