The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-25
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The population Of Rochester, N. Y,
wasmade public by the census bureau
yesterday. It is sl6a, ,4a5, against 1s5, ,SgS Z
jinilSso, an increase OF 2s,5a9, or 2l.3lt per I
cent.
The population OF Indianapolis, Ind, !,
has Just been made public by the CEN
sus bureau. 1t is 169,1Gi. against 1885,
1876 in 1890, an Increase OF G3,72S, or
60.44 per cent. 5i.. :. \, s,
b An official dispatch from TieE Tsln
dated August 9l, says the German ma
val detachment arrived at Pekin Au-
gust IS, and that the marine battalion
reached Ho-sl-Wu August, 20.
Second Assistant Postmaster Generni
{Shallenberscr has appointed tho gem !:
eral committee OF expert postal OILS
clals to have charge OF the investiga-s Z
ition Of the pneumatic tube service In (
the principal cities OF the country. \
A special; dispatch from Pretoria says
General Lord Roberts has confirmed
the sentence OF death imposed upon
Lieut.. Cordua, formerly of the staats
artillery who was convicted OF being
a rlngleader In the plot to abduct Gem
eral Roberts, and kill British officers.
A race war Is Imminent In Sabine
county, Texas. The negroes have
posted notices threatening to kill three
ifToaa!aeas white men, and are intlmi-
dating white women. Peace officers
have been called from adjoining coun-,,
ties. Il
The thirteen hundred visiting Cuban
school teachers who spent busy day
yesterday In seeing the sights of PHIL
adelphia, were taken to the University
of Pennsylvania group OF buildings. In /,
West Philadelphia. The inspection s
of the buildings took up the entire
morning.
\ At Washington Park, Kansas City
yesterday, the reorganized church Of
Latter Day Saints began Its second
annual reunion. with a moderate at
tendance. The meetings will'last ten
days. Several lenders OF the church,
among them President Joseph Smith.
of Lamont, Iowa, will speak. ;isi
Frederick scharn. the eIghteen-year-
old boy.5o OF New York, WHO has been
held by the police pending the investi-
CATION Into the murder Of his sister,
Kate. last Saturday. was released on
q writ of habeas corpus Friday. but
was Immediately re-arrested on q
charge OF burglary.
Siege Battery O.. OF the Seventh ar +
tlllery, now at the Preside, San Fran
cisco, will set sail for China on tho
Belgian! King. US originally intended.
1t probably will be assigned to Hono-
lulu or Fort Mason. The. balance .ot
Light Ba attcfy c., Seventh artillery;
has arrived from Fort Adams, and en-
camped at the Preside.
The Building Trades Council OF San
Francisco, representing twenty-eight
trade organizations, has ordered a gen.
eral boycott Of all the goods turned out
by nina-hour planning mills. The ac-
ton is the result OF mill owners de-
clnrlng that under no circumstances
will they consent to arbitration or nc
cede to the demands OF the employees
for an eight-hour day.
The British steamer 1ngra. Captain
Burkell. from Passaroeang. July %, for
the United States,ii is ashore twenty
eight miles southwest Of Cape Guard
afuI, and will probably prove totnl
wreck. Captain Burkell and eight
Europeans and twenty native members
of the crew were picked up. The rest
are missing. having taken to the boats.
The natives are plundering the wreck:
After sessions covering three months
or more special committee composed
of brokers, grain receivers and eSpor.
ters-all members OF the New York
Produce Exchange-have agreed upon
n basis OF trading TO enforce minimum
rates OF commission and brokerage on :
grain. 1t Is believed that when. on
September Q. the grain trade OF the
port officially meets to consider tho (
agreement, there will be no doubt
whatever OF the ratification. The
agreement chiefly provides that for the
sale OF consigned grain one-half cent
per bushel shall be charged on wheat,
corn and feed barley.
A dispatch to the New York Herald
from London says: Because the general
manager OF the TAFT Vale railway re-
fused to meet representatives OF labor
union, not n pound OF coal is moving
at Cardiff, and 10000 coliers are idle.
The strike on this railway, II not
speedily terminated, must have a dis
astrous effect on shipping. and seri-
ously embarrass the admiralty ut a.
time when steam coal Is q very pre-
cIous article. No better time could
have been chosen by the labor union
leaders to stop this great coal carrier.
Welsh steam coal has already touched
record prices, and the admiralty only
\ few days ago was forced to pay an
exorbltant price for 100000 tons.
The department OF agriculture Is
about to Issue q bulletin prepared by
EntomologIst L. o. Howard on the
OF the United Stntes. II
discusses their structure and biology.
and Indicates the difference In all
stages OF existence between the kinds
OF mosquitoes that transmit malaria
and those that do not, and also dis
cusses the subject of remedies. Among
other things the bulletin says that
since the opening up of the gold fields i
In Alaska and tho great Influx OF NIL
ners and traders, knowledge OF tho
abundance and ferocity OF the Alas
kan mosquitoes has become w!de-
spread, and government surveying par-
10, In s.nrt}nty fnr Alaska for their
summers work are in the habit OF con-
,ulting the department for mosquito
Bite remedies. z, st; 3
Weather Forecast for To-day.