Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1899 — IN GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL.

The First Bank off ’Rkaguay firas >dh»nl] its doors and J. G. Frioe ten teem aggufiuted receiver. Liabilities •eHtimaaefi afi. fWI,000; assets, SIB,WW. The Boston Transcript ataft ttte deal which had for its jnmpose Hike <nimsolidation of the leading -jmiimlt oar wunte of the country has fallen “It is my first and jirhicynil wriidh tttert my brother James and my wife Ehnnm become husband and wife,'*’ fa cue SHHftmne of the will left by the late Sum TL tent. Of fifty-five candidates CKsnrifad gfeysically for admission to the Watt Petre military academy, only three ww® nsjjrstted—Martin of Indiana, Warrwiirik <aff Alabama and Merritt at large. A big rate war fa in progress «n tte upper Yukon. Fares to ISawson Otty bsnre been cut from SIOO to $2.30. A vwmpnsmise must come or the ruin <cff ate tbEs»portation companies will te cuxmtate. An order has been placed wiitih a Nw England factory for a SOOO sword to te presented to Gen. Funston on tes nwfiunn from Manila. This sum ihas Iboen ■eammbuted by Funston’s admirers in Kansas. Tentative designs have teen 'crnujihCsod for the six new cruisers included iin tte last naval appropriation art amd a atatar letter has been drawn tfur iteteltatiimi among shipbuilders, outlining ttte itepnniment's idea of the type <off wesstil teteed. Between twenty-five and toiriy Ipffunis, including men, women and <toil&nen. were drowned in the Lake off Clouds, maar ttte Canadian Pacific Railway., wiiifa ctowhub to the reservation to attend ;a pettfattdii. They were traveling in boats amteHy mum nfactured of cariboo skins, wtem ttte Bung boats collided. Both vessels were owrturned and the entire party was Ilostt.