The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-05
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MIDNIGHT BRIEFS.
The census bureau announces tina
the population OF Richmond, Va. Is So,
$50. X. Z. y II q s59 Il &
The directors OF the Calumet C Heclt
Mining Company, have declared n divi
dend of $40 per share. q !: ~ N
The census burenuf announced tina
the Spopulation8of Hartford. y Conn. !.
10. $50. us ngainst s., 23o in 1890. III
1 The census bureau announces thai
4 the population OF Fort Wayne. Ind rs
45.115. as against Sc, 1913 In 1880.
/ The census bureau announcer thai
the population of Charleston, S. G., Il
55,SO7. MS against q .ss5 In 1880, z; i. S.
4 2 CourIers from the posse in pursuits Of
! the Union Pacific train robbers al
4 Rawllns, Wyoming, report that tile
trail has been lost at Timber lake. )
Il Efforts are being made by the Amer.
4 lean Window Glass Company to start
It's factories regardless OF the trouble
IwitlEthe flntteners and cutters over
the wage scale. ~ & 4, d. Z. n. q.
Emperor William has conferred the
Order OF the Red Eagle on Admiral
Bendemann. commanding the German
lsQuadron In the Far East. for the SER
vices he has rendered In China. :
a bulletin issued; by the medical OH
GERS Of Glasgow, Tuesday, shows that
an additional plague case has been re-
ported. The total Is now thirteen;
doubtful cases, three; under obserya-
tion, 100. 4. AZ
The steamer State of Nebraska arriv-
ed at New York yesterday. from Glas--
Cow, ard reported all well on board.
However, as she came from n plague
port,she was held at quarantine for cx-
animation. 81 IA TTi'i !.
Acceptances OF Invitations to the
third party convention to meet In New
York to-day, to nominate candidates
for president and vice. president, now
insure an attendance OF more than II q
hundred delegates. 3 = Z; W. Z. "a
The imports OF wheat Into Liverpool
last week were 1910 quarters from
Atlantic ports, and IL, 1000 from 4 other
ports. The imports OF corn into Liver
pool, last week. from Atlantic ports,
were $4,000 quarters. IA
A report was current Tuesday that
! two cases OF the plague had been dis
covered In the vicinity of the London
| docks. but the medical officer, when
| questioned on the subject, said he knew
nothing about the matter. q:
| THE third conference between the
wage committee OF the Amalgamated
Association OF Iron, Steel and Tin
| Workers and representatives Of the
great iron and steel firms on the ipud-
ding and mill scale for 1900, began at
Detroit yesterday afternoon. 3 q:
The examination OF Baron Sudefy In
the bankruptcy court of, London,
shows liabilities amounting to e79,6Ss,
and assets OF ESQ. Baron Sudeley be-
came bankrupt In 1893, with liabilities
reaching G460.273. His creditors then:
received q dividend OF ten pence In the
| pound. 2. Il. EIa.5.i -
Alvina Bollen, eighteen years old,
daughter Of Hans Bollen, proprietor Of,
the metropolitan Hotel. Denver, was
shot and instantly killed on Sixteenth
street. by William C. Baragar.9a re-
jected admlrer. Baragar, then swallow
ed poison, but prompt medical attend
ance saved: his life. & 4 :. 4;
Mrs. Corliss, wife OF Col. A. w. Cor
Hiss. Of the Second United States In
fantry. died at Fort Logan, Denver,
yesterday, after q long: Illness. Colonel
Corliss is now en- route to China, with
his regiment. He passed through Dem
| yer @ few days ago. but his orders did
not permit him to go to his wife.s bed
side. vi & n n 81
THOMAS NJ. McCraclten. was secretary
and treasurer of the United Mine yyor-
kers' Union. stated that he had re-
ceived notice that six mining compan-
les In the Jellico. Tenn. district have
agreed to grant the demands of miners
relative to the new wage scale and the
| striking miners will Immediately re-
turn to work. ~
The French consul at Canton, under
date OF Monday, September 8, cables
that the French gunbout Comete has
returned to Canton. He adds that her
trip to Swallow, ION the estuary of the
river Hang Kang), has had q good eff
feet and has ended the troubles and ag-
itation against foreigners which were
spreading In the region north OF
Kouang-Toung.
In his address to the thlrty-seventh
annual convention OF the American
| Medical Association In the Russell
House, Detroit. yesterday. Dr. Leon
ard Pearson. OF Philadelphia. president
OF the association, urged that the eff
AL 70 VI di tHe ileIluSIS Ne CUUCeneTl-
ted during the ensuing year on the Sc
curing of commissions for veterinar-
lans in the regular army. Nearly $50
members were present. d
The ratincations OF the agreements
and treaties resulting In the peace
conference were formally placed In the
foreign office archives at the Hague
yesterday. The minister OF foreign az
fairs. DR.. w. H. Beaufort. in n brief
speech. expressed the. hope that the fu-
ture historian will be able to declare
that the work OF the conference was OF
lasting benefit TO humanity.
President Murphy. OF the New York
city health department, says that he
has no fear OF infection from the bu-
bonlc plague. Every precnution known
to science has been taken. Ships from
infected ports are subjected to the most
rigid inspection. No PASSENGER not
within, half q degree OF the normal
temperature Will be allowed to land
without going to. the detention hospit-
als. =. l;S5G = = x
A heated but one-slGcd discussion
over tho adoption OF rules OF order as
governing the election OF officers was
the opening feature OF the unnualscon.
vention of the National Association Of
Letter Carriers, which begun ut Detroit
yesterday morning. The full repress n
tation Is IS9 delegates, OF whom GOO