The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-10-16
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The census bureau announces that
the population of Tacoma, Washington,
is 37,714, as against 36,OO6 in 1890, an
increase of 1,70S, or 4.74 per cent.
The population of the District of
Columbia just announced, is 27S,71S, as
against 23O,392 ten years ago; an in
crease of 4S,326, or 20.9 per cent.
Butte, Montana, is having a smallpox
scare. In eight days twentyeight vic
tins were sent to the pesthouse. Com
pulsory vaccination will be enforced.
Minister Wu's salary has not been
cut since the Chinese troubles began,
and the business of the legation has
been running with perfect smoothness.
The census bureau announces the
population of the state of Delaware as
1S4,735 in 1900, against 16S,493 in 1890.
This is an increase of 6,242, or 9.6 per
cent.
The strike at the Buckingham &
Hecht shoe factory in San Francisco is
ended. The strikers won every point
contended for. over 500 workmen We're
involved
1t is officially announced by the CEN
sus bureau that the population of New
Hampshire is All, ,5SS. In 1890 the pop
ulation was 376,5 the increase being
B5,05S, or $50 per cent.
In the English Parliamentary cleo
tons the ministerialists and the opposi-
ton have now gained twenty-seven
seats each. The former now hold 3o1
seats and the latter 205.
The twenty-eighth convention of the
American Travelling Passenger Agents
closed at Old Point Comfort October
9th. The next meeting will be at Los
Angeles, California. In October, 1901.
The twenty plants of the American
Tin company have resumed operations.
The mills, which employ $1,000 men,
were closed for more than three months
pending a settlement of the wage scale.
Since its inception five months ago.
the Speyer Germany, automobile stage
line has carried 10000 passengers.
Each coach carries twenty-eight pas
sengers and the route is ten miles long.
A St Johns, Newfoundland, dispatch
says that seventeen Iisning vessels op-
Grating on the Grand Banks during the
gale of September 10Th are still miss
ing, with crews aggregating over 200
men.
Eminent judges have selected the
names of Emerson, Longfellow. Haw-
thorne and Irving to represent authors
in the names of famous Americans for
the New York University Temple Of
Fame.
Chief Constructor Philip Hichborn,
U. S. N, has been awarded diploma
and gold medal for the Franklin life
buoy, Hichborn turret and models of
war vessels exhibited at the Paris ex-
position for 1900.
The census makes many changes.
When 1t comes to counting noses Uncle
CO., 10, Of Of
cities. Memphis is now the first city OF
Tennessee and Nashville is in mourn
Ing and demands recount.
A. P. Deer, an aeronaut of Chicago.
fell to his death at Gays Mills, Wis
consln, from balloon, in which he
ascended to n height of 200 feet. The
ascension was made at fair and was
witnessed by 5000 persons.
Mr.. Krugers grandson, ElofY, sailed
from Lorenzo Marques October 10th
to prepare residence in Brussels for
the former president of the Transvaal.
The latter will sail on the Dutch
cruiser Gelderland few days later.
The Anti-Horse Thief Association,
covering Kansas and Indian territory,
met in Wichita on the 10th instant
with 300 delegates. Last year the or
ganization recovered sixteen or eigh-
teen horses stolen from Its members.
Major Edward Goldberg, United
States Indian agent, died at Senaca,
Missouri. on the Sth instant, of mush-
room poisoning, after an Illness Of lit
tie more than one day. Mrs. Goldberg
is also very i'll from the same cause.
The Treasury Department has given
notice of the discovery of a new coun-
terfeit $40 silver certificate. series Of
1891, with portrait of Hendricks. The
counterfeit Is described as a photo
graphic print, without the silk fibre,
and of inferior workmanship.
Isaiah T. Montgomery, who was in
youth n slave to Jefferson Davis. found
ed after the war colony of negroes In
he Yazoo river valley, in Mississippi.
He is now mayor of the town of Mount
! Bayou. the center of the colony, where
the negroes own 12,OJO acres.
Richard ]. Carroll, for number of
years chief money order clerk in branch
postoffice T., New York city, has been
arrested for forging and raising money
orders. The amount of the alleged for
geries Is not yet known, but is believed
to be large. Carroll was efficient and
had been employed in the postofiice
sixteen years.
A contract has been made which will
give Denver another railway connec-
tion with El Paso, Texas. The Ell Paso
& Northern will build to Texline, New
| Mexico. The Choctaw, Oklahoma &
Gulf will build to the same place from
Weatherford. via Amarillo, Texas.
Both Amarillo and Texline are on the
Denver & Fort Worth.
Colonel Sampos SALES, brother of the
president of Brazil, has been assassin
ated in Sac Paulo by an Italian farmer
named Angel Sungeretti. President
Sales will not postpone bis visit to