The true northerner., 1900-10-12
BRIEF DISPATCHES.


speeches in Illinois Monday.
The population OF the District OF
Columbia Is 2Ts,71S. as against 230.392
ten years ago; an increase of 1926 or
100 per cent.
Thousands OF visitors are arriving at
Kansas City 10 attend the festivities
OF carnival week, which Is expected to
be more interesting than ever before.
The population of Delaware. as an
nounced by the census bureau is 1S4,-
735. as against 16S.493 In 1890. This
Is an increase of 1922, or 9.6 per cent.
Deacons A. $. Lee and Homer Kessler,
OF Chicago Dowieites arrived at Mans
field. o., Sunday morning and were
taken in charge by others aud sent
away.
A man who was brought here from
Govan on the Clyde. just below Glas
Cow. and received at the city hospital
on September 20, died there Sunday of
the bubonic plague.
At Philadelphia Monday night Jack
Bennett, OF McKeesport and Matty
Matthews, OF New York, met in a six
round contest, OF which Bennett had
the better throughout.
A dispatch from London states that
the Red Boy mine, near Baker City,
Mont, has been sold TO an English syn
dioate. 1t is said the purchase price
is III excess of 100000
Wednesdays statement of the treas
ury balances in the general fund. exclu
sive of the $150,0O0,000 gold reserve
in the division Of redemption, shows:
Available cash balance, $136.96S, ,664 (;
gold, $S5,S7S, 200.
Mondays statement OF the treasury
balances in the general fund, exclusive
of the 50,0O0,OOO gold reserve in the
division of redemption. shows: Avail
ar'c cash balance. $13S,S21 ,S33; gold,
SS6. .492, ,442.
Thursdays statement OF the treas
ury's balances in the general fund ex-
elusive OF the $15O,O00,OO gold reserve
in the division of redemption shows:
Available cash balance, S136, 261. .206;
gold, $S3,901, ,103.
Mr.. John Alexander Dowie. OF Chi
cago, who recently went TO England to
promote the Zionist movement, began
his campaign Sunday in st. Martins
town hall, London, meeting with a
rather hostile reception.
Fridays statement of the treasury
balances in the general fund. exclu-
sive OF the S150.000.000 gold reserve in
the division of redemption. shows:
Available cash balance, S135, 4JS,9 $40;
gold. ssh S34.951.
o,.lr Ia
Dowie elders. arrived at Mansfield, o.,
Sunday but were promptly deported by
city officials. Two more elders. who
arrived later were not permitted to
alight from the train.
NJ. f. Dryden. a prominent attorney
OF Wheeling. w. Va. was shot and
killed yesterday by Thomas Workman.
his father-in law. in a family quarrel.
Workman claims the shooting was
done in self defense.
The steam yacht Mohawk. owned by
u. L. Mcqueen, Of New York. has re-
turned to Detroit, after having com
pleted trip of over $500 miles on
fresh water with Capt. Kid Wilds as
master and pilot of the craft.
Work was resumed by 500 men Mon
day in the converter and billet mill of
the Illinois Steel Co., in Peoria, which
have been shut down recently Work
was also resumed at the plant Of the
Pressed Steel Car Co, by 800 men.
Lord Roberts, the London Daily
News announces, will leave South Az
rica during the last week of October.
The authorities have decided TO limit
the number of colonial troops who are
10 be the queens guests in London TO
800
1t has been announced that the en-
tire amount of Swedish bonds con-
signed for sale in this country have
been disposed of. The amount was
severak millions. The largest sales
were in Wisconsin, Minnesota and the
Dakotas.
The receipts OF Klondike gold at the
San Francisco mint and Seattle assay
offices from July / to Sept 30 aggre-
gated $16.O47,555 and Of Cape Nome
gold S2,311 sol. The total of all de-
posits at both offices during the three
months was So. 3.234 so.
The puddIers Of the Norristown. Pa.
Rolling Mills held IA meeting Wednes-
day ard decided 10 accept Il cut of 81
Il ton I'm wages. Instead of receiving
$40 n ton. tEey will now receive So. 10.
Fires have been lighted after an idle
ness OF six months.
\ convention of the chiefs of fire de-
partments in the United States will
be held at Charleston, $. c., this week.
About loo fire chiefs were i'm Washing
ton Sunday and left at o'clock in the
evening in special train over the
Atlantic Coast line for Charleston.
Carl Schurz has resigned the presi-
dency of the National Civil Service
Reform association. I'm order. il is
stated. that his personal advocacy of
the election OF Mr.. Bryan shall not I'm
effect bear in any way against the non
partisan usefulness of the association.
The Indian coffee trade with France
IL threatened with extinction by the
new French duty on colonial products.
India annually exports 10000 900
lounds OF coffee 10 France and IL it
mas TO pay twice the dGty levied on
Brazilian conifee this trade. il is as
serted, win be ruined.
1t is estimated. according to the
it'll.