Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1899 — IN GENERAL [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL

Confirmation has been received of the rumor that the steamer Scotsman has gone to pieces. She broke up during a storm several days ago. The National League season of baseball is ended. The pennant goes to Brooklyn. Boston finished in second place and Philadelphia third. Edwin B. Hay, counsel for W. F. Sylvester, owner of the alleged Filipino filibustering steamer Abbey, has made a statement in defense of Dr. Edward Bedloe, Uuitefl States consul at Canton, China, under charges for granting an American registry to the Abbey. Portsmouth, Ohio, officials of the Cincinnati, Portsmouth aud Virginia Railroad say negotiations are well advanced for the purchase of the line by the Pennsylvania Railroad. It is said to be intend* ed for use in connection with the Ohio River Railroad as a low-grade line from Pittsburg to Cincinnati, tional League at the close of the season The standing of the clubs in the Nais as follows: W. L. W. L. Brooklyn ..101 47 Pittsburg ...76 73 Boston 95 57 Chicago 75 73 Philadelphia 94 58 Louisville ...75 77 Baltimore . .86 62 New Y0rk...60 90 St. L0ui5....84 67 Washington. 54 98 Cincinnati . .83 67 Cleveland .. .20 134 Prairie fires have swept over the Dauphin district iu northwestern Manitoba. Hundreds'bf settlers were surrounded- by flames before they had time to realize the danger, and iw a twinkling houses, grain, hay 'WiK‘bg ! <4u<f ifenees went up in smoke, and the accumulation of years of toil disappeared front tl»e face of the earth. Fire swept rover territory many miles in extent. i At Toronto, Out., an attempt was made to burn the war material which the Government has all ready for serving out to the Toronto, London and Hamilton Transvaal contingent. At the time stateil an officer and a private on their rounds fe.und part of the woodwork of the storeroom of the fort on lire aud with the help of the fire brigade extinguished the flames before serious damage was done.. It was then discovered that waste and rags saturated with oil had been placed clase to the woodwork and set on fire. The woodwork was also well oiled. R. G. Dun Ac Co.’s weekly review of trade says: “Industrial conditions could hardly he better. After many months of such extraordinary buying that its continuance seemed impossible, even larger buying still crowds producing works in most lines beyor-1 their capacity. Sales of wool are smaller, only 7,473,300 pounds for the, w.'ek at the three markets, without further advance. Failures for the week have been 164 in the United States, against 205 last year, and 27 in Canada, against 25 last year.”