The Holly chieftain., 1900-09-07
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The Chinese minister In London a.
serts he is In constant communication
with Ii Hung Chung, who II stiii IN
Shanghai
Judge Hanford of the United States
Court has handed down a decision
holding that the bankrupt has the right
to choose what property shall be ex-
ernpt II the total value does not exceed
the amount which is legally exempt In
any state.
The Crucible Steel Company of Amer
lea has advanced the price OF all kinds
OF open hearth steel 81 ton. This ap-
plies to all products except fine tool
steel, which remains Mt Z cents per
pound and upward, according to quail
lily.
The census bureau announces the
population of Wilmington, Delaware,
is 76,50S. against 81. .431 in 1880. This
is an increase of 15,O77. or 24.54 per
cent; Paterson, New Jersey, has 105,-
Ill, as against 7S.347 This is an in
crease of 26,s24, or 34.24 per cent.
The population Of st. Louis, accord
ing to the official count of the returns
Of the Twelfth census, Is 1852 in
1900, against 451,77O in 1890 These
figures show for the city as a whole, an
increase in population of 123, ,468, or
27.33 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 Il
clause to the effect that he thinks four
of the accused are guilty, and these
may be taken before the Supreme
Court. Gf
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 adyices, have fought a fierce fire
which threatened the whole town, and
during eight days had scarcely a mo-
ments 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 1903 feet long and 1880
tons displacement. A speed of nine
teen knots is expected. They will be
completed In three years at a total cost
for the four vessels of $5,6OO,OOO.
The anarchist, Bresci, the assassin of
King Humbert, Intellectually attempted
to commit suicide Sunday, according
to dispatch from Rome. He now re.
fuses food, saying that he has no in
tention to give the bourgeoise the satis-
faction Of seeing him condemned. He
shows no signs of alteration of intel
lect.
The Duke of Manchester has been
adtudicated 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
tributed 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 2,3O3
men; Italian, 13 officers and 277 men;
Japanese, 573 officers and 19,508 men;
Russian, 275 officers and II, 500 men.
The five-mile bicycle race between
G. A. r. veterans was run at Chicago
on the 29th. j. Patterson, aged sixty
one, Of Greenfield, Indiana, was first;
NJ. Hammert, aged sixty-five, of Chi
cago, second;P. II. Rarilg, aged fifty
five, Of Chicago, third. j. L. Smith of
Cleveland, aged f1fty-six, won the time
prize. Patterson's time was 1888;
Smiths time was 1928.
Passengers on the Lehigh Valley
trains will not be able to purchase
newspapers, fruit, candy, etc, ON trains
after September 1st, 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 1t Is believed that they are
more of q nuisance than an advantage
to passengers.
Gales s. jackson, 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 States Su-
preme Court the question of the legal
ity Of the recently enacted statutes,
laws and constitutional amendments
in some Of the southern states which,
1t is claimed tend toward the disfran-
chisement Of the negro.
The total population of the states
will not be given out for at least eight
or ten weeks. The returns from all the
cities having population of 25,0OO or
more will be published first. When this
list has been exhausted attention will
be turned to the n0nulatinn of tho