Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1899 — IN GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL.

Ptaff. Washerman, one of Prof. Koch’s ablest pnpils, is believed to have discovered a serum for the cure of pneumonia. The cruiser Chitose, built by the Union iron, works at San Franciseo for the Japanese Government, has been formally delivered to Captain Sakural, who will be her future commander. The vessel now ffies the Japanese Hag. and is considered the- finest ship in the Mikado's navy. Ernest Matzen, second mate of the Three-masted schooner Jennie Warren, fed from the foremast truck to the deck, a distance of forty feet, and was so severely injured that he died in a few minutes, The accident occurred as the vessel was passing out of the Golden gate. EAiring the month of February there were- coined at the United States mint in Philadelphia 5t)t>,190 double eagles. The silver coined consisted of 76,000 dollars amt 1121H0O Half-dollars. There were -M6U9MO 3-vent pieces and 1,157,000 pennies coined. The total number of pieCes coined was 2,201,190, and their total value Contrary to the general expectation that American capital would seek early investment in the islands of Cuba and Porto Kiiea, following the American occupation, the- fact os stated by officials of the War Deportment at Washington is that so far very few applications have been filed for grants, franchises or concessions for the construction of public works of various hinds. The Kansas City Journal prints a Lengthy story to the effect that New York financiers whose contract to build tbe Nicaraguan canal expires October next ace believed to be back of a scheme to , overthrow the Nicaraguan Government in order to- secure from a new Government concessions which will enable them to permanently control the building of the eanni. John Drummond of Virginia, who recently visited Kansas City, the story alleges, endeavored to interest Kansas dfyams in the scheme. ISecretary John Willis Baer of the United Society off Christian Endeavor has announced some of the details of the program for this year s international Endeavor convention, to be held in Detroit July 3 tso ML Wednesday, July 5, will be given up. fee business meetings. July 6 the convention will listen to President Clarke’s innuaJ address and the secretary's report, and denominational rallies will be held in the afternoon. At night there will be two great tear meetings. For Saturday afternoon a grand outing to Belle Isle has been piasuu*d. The business situation is thus reviewed by Bradstreet's: "An enlarged volume of spring trade, particularly in dry goods, (file to- spring weather, special strength in aha- demand and price for cotton fabrics, asb immense and argent call at soaring prices- for iron and steel and all the products. and substantial advances in wages, chiefly affecting the above-mentioned in(ffnsCrirs and benefiting at a conservative calculation 110.000 operatives, are among the features of the week going to show fibee tike- producing elements of the country* population are sharing m the present favorable conditions. From many cities, east ami west, come reports of an active demand from jobbers for spring dfay goads. From the cotton manufacturing industry come reports of activity, whiSe the list of advances in prices of it on and steel products, whether of crude, of ■i —■fu till i il or even of old material, is a virtual roll raff of that industry's piodarffa. Wheat (including flour* shipments tor the week, aggregate 5.815,585 bushels, T»nt 3194L358 bushels last week. Corn aapaiits for the week aggregate 5,794,863 hashefix against 2,871,057 bushels last