The Grit-advocate., 1900-09-07
TELEGRAPH ITEMS.

Judge Hanford OF the United States
Court has handed down decision
holding that the bankrupt has the right
/" choose what property shall be eX-
"npt If the total value does not exceed
'hr amount which is legally exempt in
any state.
The Cruciblc Steel Company of Amer
lea has advanced the price of all kinds
If open hearth steel 81 ton. This APP
plies te all producfS except fine tool
steel. which remains AT cents per
pound and upward. according to quail
iliy.
The census bureau announces the
population of Wilmington, Delaware.
is 16.1GS against III. .4l3l in 1880 This
is an increase of 1907, or 2454 per
cent: Paterson. New Jersey. has 1O5,-
III. as against 7S.347. This is m in
crease Of 2G,S2i, or 34.24 per cent.
The population of st. Louis, accord
in. to the official count of the returns
IF the Twelfth census, is 575,23S in
1900, against 451.17o in 1890. These
figures show for the city as n whole, an
increase in population of l23, ,l6S, or
2I.33 per cent. from 1890 to 1900
All the persons accused of completely
ill the Havana custom house frauds
have been acquitted The president of
the court inserted in the decision Il
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 nearly two weeks the 1900 resi-
dents Of Council City, according to
Nome advices, have fought a fierce fire
which threatened the whole town, and
during eight days had scarcely a 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 1893 feet long and 1880
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 $5,6OOOOO.
The anarchist, Bresci, the assassin of
King Humbert, Intellectually attempted
to commit suicide Sunday, according
to a dispatch from Rome. He now re-
fuses fsod, saying that he has no in
tentioA 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
adjuaieated 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 50 widely dis
tributeA In unknown hands that his
friends 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, 1856 officers and 4,47O
men; British, 1S9 officers and 5,942
men; French, 115 officers and 1908
men; Nalian, 13 officers and 277 men;
Japanese. 573 officers and 195OS men;
Russian. 275 officers and II 800 men.
Passengers on the Lehigh Valley
trains will not be able to purchase
newspapers. fruit, candy, etc, on trains
after September 1st, as it has been de-
cided to abolish the custom Of carry
ing BewsbOys 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 nuisance than an advantage
to passengers.