The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-18
LATE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.

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The census bureau announced that
the population OF La Crosse, Wis. Is
2S.s95. against 5000 In 1880. q, ~
Hon. David b. Hill viii make his FIRST
speech In the presidential campaign In
Elnira. N. Y. September 25.
The subject OF arbitration in settling
labor troubles is the special study OF
the Industrial commission at Washing
ton this week. ~ s. Z
Eight pudding furnaces ofithe w De-
wees Wood plant. at Mtkesport, Pa,
resumed Monday morning. after a shut
down OF over two MONTHS
The farm residence OF John Leech. on
Bantnmi Ridge. near Steubenviile. Ohio,
was destroyed by fire Monday morning,
Loss 5000, and partly. insured.
Postmaster General. Smith left Wash-
ington Mondas evening for West Wiz
ginia. where, he will make u number of
speeches. beginning ut! Charleston.
The attendance at the public schools
iof Parkersburs has proved SO large that
all the buildings are oyercrowded.. and!
there Is great necessity for more room.
!. AZ Vienna; dispatch says that the ,nan-
'ager Of the Orpheum will offer ex- Pres.
ident Kruger sl,0oola week for SIX weeks
to lecture on the war In South Africa
Five new cases OF bubonic plague have
been discovered In the heart of the q tsp
of Glasgow, and the scare caused blythe.
appearance Of the disease has been. re-
newed
J It Is rumored that General. De, Wet.
the Boer general; who succeeded in es-
Gaping from SO many British troops
wast killed on September 2 near Potoll-
efstrpm. e. e. 2
/ Prince Albert. the youngest child of
Prince George. duke Of Saxony, and
nephew Of King Albert, was killed ut
Dresden. Monday, by being thrown from
HIS carringe.
The trial OF James Howard, Of Clay
county. KY. accused of the; murder OF
William Goebel. may cause another out
break In the Baker Howard fcud i1r
/ Clay county.
\ Hon. Stuart Walker. of Martinsburs...
has rendered his services as a spell-
binder to the Democratic committee.
and an extensive itinerary has been ar
ranged for him.
/ The imports of wheat into Liverpool
last week were $4,000 quarters; from At
Inntic ports and 5000 quarters from
other ports. The Imports of corn from
Atlantic ports lust week were 67.4OG
/ quarters.
: Reuben Vernalter and Babe Richard
son, well known characters. who were
In the Logan county. W. Va, Jail. on |
charge OF forgery, escaped by tearing a
hole through the brick wall almost
thirty inches thick, and then dropping
to the ground.
The Denver News announces that
Thomas +. Walsh will receive s13, 0o0. 900
for his Camp Bird mine at Ouray. Col,
from syndicate of English and Amer
ican investors. headed by Alfred. Belt.
the South African diamond king, and ].
Pierpont Morgan. EJn
The Kosmos liner Herodot, from
Hamburg and ports on the Southern Pa
eilc coast, came into San Francisco
Aging the Bolivian flag. in honor OF DR..
f. Guachalla, the new Bolivian minis
ter, who was passenger on his way to
Washington. The Herodot also brought
the family OF Minister Calderon, of
Peru.
In connection with the bankruptcy
proceedings against the Duke OF Man.
chester, who was adjudicated bankrupt
August 90, the duke estimates his la
billtles at e15,000. largely due to re-
newing endorsements in behalf Of
friends. without ascertaining that The