Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-02
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.


BRIEF NEWS NOTES.
PopuIntfon of Wisconsin,
WASHINGTON, December 1.-The pop
ulatfon of Wisconsin is 2.0690a2 against
1.6Ss, $50 in 1880, an increase OF S62,l62, or
22.6 per cent.
Twenty Houses Burned
FULTON, KY, December Twenty
business houses were burned to-day Inc
Boyd Reed was fatally hurt in jumping
from a third story window
Report Denied
CINCINNATI, O., December. 1.-spe-
Gals from Ashland. KY, deny that Glib
son, charged with killing his child with
a hot poker, had been captured.
An Appeal Filed
FRANKFORT. KY, December Am
appeal Of ex-Secretary of State Caleb
Powers from the life sentence for alleged
completely in the Goebel shooting was
| filed to-day
Furnaces Resume
LEBANON, Pa, December 1.-After
five months idleness. the 1--WE furnaces
of the Lebanon Valley Will resume, en-
ploying 1,100 men.
Work of the Mint
PHILADELPHIA, December 1.-The
United States mint executed during No
vember Il, 1856 900 coins, valued at 2,254-
10 of this. sl16,3SS IA was of gold for
Costa Rica. The rest was in American
silver, nickel and copper.
Manchesters in New York
NEW YORK. December 1.--Among the
passengers who arrived to-day on the
steamer ST. Louis from Southampton
were the Duke and Duchess of Manches-
ter.
Report Completed
WASHINGTON. December carroll
w Dwight, commissioner of labor, has
completed his fifteenth annual report
Population of Indian Territory
WASHINGTON. December 1.-The pop
ulation of Indian Territory is 39l $50,
against 1S0.1S2 in 1890 an increase of 2l1,-
rs, or ITS per cent.
Prince Alexander Dead
ST. PETERSBURG. December l.
Prince Alexander Imeritinsky, governor
general Of Warsaw, died yesterday even
| ing.
The Award Announced
BERNE, December 1.-The award Of
| the Swiss government in the Franco-Bra-
lillian boundary dispute gives Brazil 141-
000 square miles. France gets about 5000.
Prof. Mommsen Dead
FRANKFORT ON THE MAIN, Decera-
Der 1-Prof Tycho Mormsen brother
of the historian Mommsen, died yester-
! day evening. He was born in 1919
! Sugar Advanced
NEW YORK, December 1.-The Ma
! tional Refining Company advanced the
price of fine granulated to-day to 5.53
cents per pound
Coal Lands Sold
About 1900 acres of coal land. optioned
by Homer Crumrine and l.. A. Russell al
$50 per acre, has been sold to Pittsburg
capitalists
Treasury Statement
WASHINGTON, December 1.-To-dav's
statement of the treasury balances in the
general fund, exclusive of the $150.C30
gold reserve in the division OF REDEMPTION,
shows: Available cash balances, $139,l15,-
19l; gold, $93 235,735
LiScum's Body Arrives
SAN FRANCISCO, December 1.-The
remains of Col. L:scum, who fell at the
head of the American troops before the
walls of Ten Tsin, arrived here this
afternoon on the transport Thomas.
Ordered Shnt Down
PORTSMOUTH. o.. December 1.-The
Cruc:ble Steel & Iron Company has or
dered its plant here closed as soon as
work now on hand is completed. Eight
hundred men will be thrown out.
Got Ont an Injunction
MANSFIELD, o., December IA bat
| tie to-day between a force of graders Of
( the Mansfield Short Line and two hun
dred section men of the Pennsylvania
railroad. brought about by the Short Line
attempting to grade on the Pennsylvania
right of way. caused the Pennsylvania
to set out an Injunction against the Short
Line III retaliation for one which the
Short Line got out last night against the
Pennsylvania \ rUnber of fights occur
red between the Short Line men and the
| Pennsylvania section men.
Blast Furnace Bid In--
IRONTON, O.. December 1.-The blast
furnace operated by the Union Iron &
Steel Company was bid in al sheriff's sale
to-day by the New York & Ohio Iron &,
Steel Company for $4,000.