Gilpin observer., 1900-09-06
TELEGRAPH ITEMS.

Deen held at Britt, Iowa. Admiral
Dewey was nominated for president Of
the United States and Filipino Red"
for vice president.
A Shanghai telegram says Ii Hung
Chang has sent a memorial begging
the Empress Dowager to appoint
Prince Ching, General Yung Lu and
the Yangtse viceroys as joint peace
makers with himself.
The will of the late Archbishop Hen
messy of Dubuque, Iowa. gives to half
Il dozen relatives 100000 worth of real
estate. Other relatives and various
church societies receive S60O,0OO worth
of real and personal property in Iowa.
Judge Hanford of the United States
Court has handed down decision
holding that the bankrupt has the right
to choose what property shall be eX-
empt if the total value does not exceed
the amount which is legally exempt in
any state.
The Crucible Steel Company of Amer
lea has advanced the price of all kinds
of open hearth steel 81 a ton. This ap-
plies to all products except fine tool
steel, which remains at cents per
pound and upward, according to quail
itiy.
population of Wilmington, Delaware,
is I6,50S. against 81, ,431 in 1880. This
is an increase of 15,077, or 24.54 per
cent; Paterson, New Jersey, has 1O5,-
III, as against 7S,347. This is an in
crease of 26S24, or 34.24 per cent.
The population of st. Louis, accord
ing to the official count of the returns
Of the Twelfth census, is 575,23S in
1900, against 451,7I0 in 1880. These
figures show for the city as whole, an
increase in population of 123, 3,46S, or
2I.33 per cent. from 1890 to 1900.
All the persons accused of completely
in the Havana custom house frauds
have been acquitted. The president of
the court inserted in the decision n
clause to the effect that he thinks four
of the accused are guilty, and these
may be taken before the Supreme
Court.
The wireless telegraph system of
Hawaii has been Interrupted in being
finally made ready for public use by
difficulties in construction of the sta
tions. Manager Cross announces that
within three weeks the whole system
will be in operation for the general
public.
For nearl, TWO weeks the 1000 resi-
dents of Council City, according to
Nome advices have fought fierce fire
which threatened the whole town. and
during eight days had scarcely mo-
ment's rest from Telling timber, setting
back fires and dousing water upon
threatened houses.
The German government has ordered
four new battleships to be built by Ber-
lin firms. All will be of the same type
and will be 393 feet long and 11,SOO
tons displacement. A speed of nine
teen knots is expected. They will be
completed in three years at total cost
for the four vessels of $5,6OO,OOO.
The anarchist, Bresci, the assassin Of
King Humbert, Intellectually attempted
to commit suicide Sunday, according
to n dispatch from Rome. He now re-
fuses food. saying that he has no in
tention to give the bourgeoise the salts
faction of seeing him condemned. He
shows no signs of alteration of intel
lect.
The Duke of Manchester has been
adjudicated a bankrupt, entailing his
resignation from all his clubs. The pc
tition to the bankruptcy court includ-
ed one of the young nobleman himself,
whose acceptances are so widely dis
tributed in unknown hands that his
friends for some time have strongly
urged this radical course.
The German naval commander al
Taku telegraphs that the following
troops had been landed up to August
18th: American, 155 officers and I.47C
men; British, $50 officers and 5.9i:
men; French, 10 officers and 2,9Oi
men; Italian. 13 officers and 277 men;
Japanese. 5I3 officers and 19.50S men,
Russian, 275 officers and II, 500 men.
The iive-mile bicycle race between
G.. A. X. veterans was run at Chicago
on the 29th. j. Patterson. aged sixty.
one, of Greenfield, Indiana. was first
NJ. Hammert, aged siNty-five, of Chi
ago. second; L. ii. Rarilg. aged fifty.
five. of Chicago, third. j. l.. Smith OF
Cleveland, aged fifty-siX. won the time
prize. Patterson's time was 1898
Smiths time was 1923.
Passengers on the Lehigh Valley
trains will not be able to purchase
newspapers, fruit. candy, etc, on trains
after September lst as 1t has been de
cided to abolish the cusj ON of carry.
ing newsboys on trains Many com.
plants have been made about the man.
ncr in which the boys peddle their
goods. and It is believed that they are
more of n nuisance than an advantage
to passengers.
Gales $. Jackson, n nIg gro lawyer OF
Richmond, West Virginia, acting for
the National Council of the Constitu-
lonal Rights Association. has en-
ployed counsel In proceedings which
will be Instituted for the purpose of
bringing before the United States Su-
preme Court the question of the legal
lty of the recently enacted statutes.
laws and constitutional amendments
IN some of the southern states which.
Il Is claimed tend toward the disfran.
rhiscment of the negro.
The total population of the states
will not be given out for at least eight
)r ten weeks. The returns from all the
titles having II population of 25.0OO or
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