Items of Interest September 6, 1900 Issue

Items of Interest

The bulletins issued by the United States census bureau last week give the population of a number of important cities according to the recent count. St. Louis takes fourth rank of all the American cities with a population of 575,238, against 451,770 in 1890; Boston is fifth with 560,892 inhabitants, compared with 448,477 in 1890, and Baltimore is sixth with 503,957 people, against 434,439 in 1890. Indianapolis has 169,164 people, against 105,436 in 1890; Rochester, N. Y., 162,435 against 133,869 in 1890; Denver, Col., 133,859, against 106,713 in 1890.

James A. Sample, chief of the issue division of the United States Treasury, who was sent to Porto Rico to superintend the exchange of the Spanish coins for those of the United States, has returned to Washington and is reported by the newspapers as saying: "I traveled from San Juan to Ponce, through Arecibo and Aguadillo and covered the entire island. I found the majority of the natives opposed to the United States, whereas I had been led to believe that they welcomed Americans with open arms."

A Washington press dispatch says: "Two former Presidents of the United States may represent this country as members of the international board of arbitration provided for by the treaty negotiated during the peace conference at The Hague. Each of the nations participating is entitled to four members of this board. President McKinley has asked former President Cleveland and former President Harrison to serve as two of the members for the United States."

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