, 1900-09-06
TELEGRAPH ITEMS.

with Ii Hung Chang, who is still in
Shanghai.
A convention of tramps has just
been held Mt 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 n memorial begging
the Empress Dowager TO appoint
Prince Ching. General Yung Lu and
the Yangtse vlcproys as joint peace
makers with hirGself.
The will of the late Archbishop Hen
messy of Dubuque, Iowa, gives 10 half
a dozen relatives S4OD.OOO worth of real
estate. Other relatives and various
church societies receive 100000 worth
of real and personal property in Iowa.
Judge Hanford of the United States
Court has handed down n decision
holding that the bankrupt has the right
TO moose what property shall be cN-
empt If the total value does not exceed
the amount which is legally exempt in
any state.
The Cruciblc Steel Company Of Amer
lea has advanced the price OF all kinds
of open hearth steel 81 n ton. This ap-
plies to all products except fine tool
steel. which rpmainS at I cents per
pound and upward, according to quail
itiy.
Tho census bureau announces the
population of Wilmington. Delaware,
is TG.5OS. against 81 .431 in 1880. This
is an increase of 1907, OF 2i.54 per
cent: Paterson. New Jersey, has 1O5,-
III, as against 1887. This is an in
crense of 26,s24, or 34.2+ per cent.
The population of st. Louis, accord
ing to the official count of the returns
of the Twelfth census. is 5I5,23S in
1900, against I51.ITO in 1890. These
figures show for the city ms Il whole, an
increase in population of 123.i6S, or
21.33 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 II
clause Ia the effect that he thinks four
of the accused are guilty, and these
may be taken before he 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 nearly two weeks the 1000 resi-
dents of Council City. according to
Nome advices. have fought n fierce fire
which threatened the whole town. and
during eight days had scarcely II mo-
ment's rest from Telling timber, setting
back fires and dousing water upon
threatened houses.
The German government has ordered
-four new battlcships TO be built by Ber-
lin firms. All will he of the same type
and will be 1903 feet long and 1850
o displacement. A speed of nine
tten knots is expected. They will be
completed in three years nj n total cost
for the four vessels of S5,GO0,000.
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 bourgcoise the salts
faction of seeing him condemned. He
shows no signs of alteration of intel
lect.
T!he Duke of Manchester has been
adjudicated n bankrupt, entailing his
resignation from all his clubs. The pc
tition to the bankruptcy court inclu6,
ed IL of the young noblcman himself.
whose ncceptances are so widely dis
tributed in unknown hands that his
riendS for some time have strongly
urged this radical course.
The German naval commander at
Taku telegraphs that the following
troops had been landed up to August
18th: American, 100 officers and 4,4TO
men; British. lSD officers and 5,942
men; French, 10 officers and 2,9O3
men; Italian, IL officers and 21T men:
Japanese. 57B officers and 19.50S men;
Russian, 30 officers and 1l,5OO men.
The fivt-mile bicycle race between
G.. A. X. veterans was run nj Chicago
on the 10Th. j. Patterson. aged sixty
one, of Greenfield. Indiana. was first;
NJ. Hammert, aged siNty-tive, of Chi
Gag second; +. IL. Rarilg. aged fifty
five, of Chicago. third. j. L.. Smith of
Cleveland. aged tifty-siX, won the time
prize. Pattcrson's time was 1898;
Smiths time was 1923.
Passengers on the Lehish Valley
trains will not he able to purchase
newspapers, fruit. candy. etc, on trains
after September LIST. as 1t has been de
Cided to abolish the custom of carry
ing newsboys on trains. Many com
plants have been made about the man
ner 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 negro lawyer of
Richmond, West Virginia. acting for
the National Council of the COnstitu-
tional Rights Association. has EN-
ployed counsel in proceedings which
will be instituted for the purpose of
bringing before the United Stntes SUI
preme Court the question of the legal
ity of the recently enacted statutes,
laws and constitutional amendments
i'll some of the southern states which,
1t Is claimed tend toward the disfrun.
chisement of the negro.
The total population Of the states
will not be given out for mt least eight
or ten weeks The returns from all the
cities having IL population of $1,000 OF
more will be published first. When this
list has been exhausted attention will
be turned to the population of the
states. Work on the smaller cities, viii
lagos and townships then will be tax
81 up. An cffOrt will he made to have
the entire II completed by the lat