The Springfield herald., 1900-09-07
TELEGRAPH ITEMS.

A convention of tramps has just
been held at Britt. Iowa. Admiral
Dewey was noml' I'd for president of
the United States ard "Filipino Red
for vice president.
Shanghai telegram says Ii Hung
Chang has sent II memorial begging
the Empress Dowager to appoint
Prince Ching. General Yum" I.u and
the Iangtse viceroys rs joint peace
makers with himself
The viii of the late Archbishop Hen.
messy Of Dubuque Iowa, gives to half
II dozen relatives 100000 worth of real
estate. Other relatives and various
church societies receive SBoO,9OO worth
of real and personal property in Iowa
Judge lInnford of the United States
Court has handed down II decision
holding that the bankrupt has the right
to choose what property shall be cN
empt If the total value does not exceed
the amount which is legally exempt in
any state.
The Crucible Steel Company of Amer,
len has advanced the price of all kinds
of open hearth steel "a II ton. This mp.
plies to all products except fine tool
steel, which remains mt I cents per
pound and upward, according To quail
itiy.
population of Wilmington, Delaware. |
is 7G,50S, against 81, 431 in LS90. This
is an increase of 1907, or 2i.54 per
cent Paterson, New Jersey, has 1O1.-
III, rs against 7S,3i7. This is an i'll
crease of 2GS24, or 34.24 per cent.
The population of st. Louis, accord
ing to the official count of the returns
If the Twelfth census. is 57J,23S in
1900. against IJI.T1O IN 1890. These
figures show for the city as whole, an
increase in population of l23,iGS, or
27.3:i per cent from 1890 10 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
clause 10 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
tons. Manager Cross announces thar
within three weeks the whole system
will he in operation for the general
public.
For nearly two weeks the 2.Uuo resi-
dents of Council City. according 10
Nome advices. have fought II fierce lire
which threatened the whole Town, and
during eight days had scarcely a mo
mcnt's resi- from Telling timber, setiin.
back fires and dousing water upon
threatened houses.
The German government has ordered
llr new battleships to he built by Rcr-
N firms. All will be of the same type
and will he BOB feet long and 11,SHl
tons displacement. a speed of nine
teen knots is expected. They will be
completed in three years nj IL total cost
for the feur vessels of S5.6OO,OOO.
The anarchist. Brcsci the assassin of
King Humbert. Intellectually attempted
to commit suicide sunday. accoruln.
to a dispatch from Rome. He now re-
fuses food. saving 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
lcct.
The Duke of Manchester has been
adiudicatcd n bankrupt. entailing his
resignation from all his clubs. The pc
tition 10 the bankruptcy court includ-
ed one of the young noblcmnn himself.
whose acccptances are 81 widely dis
tribuicd in unknown hands that his
friends for some time have strongly
urged this radical course.
The German naval commander II
Taku tclcgraphs. that the following
troops had been landed up to August
18th: American. loo officers and ANA
men: British. 1S9 officers and 5,9ii
men: French, 10 officers and 2,9o3
men: Italian - officers and PIT men
Japanese. 579 officers and 19,50S mcnt
Russian. 27I officers and 1900 men.
The iive-mile bicycle race betweeH
G.. A. II. veterans was run ut Chicago
on the 10Th. j. Patterson, aged sixtyt
one, of Greenfield, Indiana, was firstt
NJ. Hammert, aged sixty five, of Chg
cago. second: l.. H. Rarilg. aged fiftSf
live. of Chicago, third. j. l.. Smith 4
Cleveland. aged liftysiS. won the ting
prize. Pattcrson'si time was l03E
Smiths time was 1923.
Passengers oil the Lehigh Valley
trains will not be able to purchase
newspapers. fruit, candy, etc, on traint
after September Isl. rs 1t has been d't
cided To abolish The custom of carryt
ing uewsboyS ON trains. Many com,
plants have been made about the mani
ner in which the boys pcddle theft
goods. and II is believed that they ard
more of n nuisance thau an advantage
TO passengers.
Gales $. Jackson. II negro lawyer OF
Richmond West Virginia, acting fol
the National Council of the Constitu
ional 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
ity of the recently enacted statutes
laws and constitutional amendment
in some of the southern states which
it is claimed tend toward the disfrail
chisemcnt OF the negro.
The total population of the statt
viii not be given on for nj least eiSl
pr ten weeks The returns from all Nv