Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1899 — IN GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL.

Ex-Secretary John Sherman paired with a Democrat in order to avoid the fatigue of a trip to Mansfield to vote at the State election. Naval tests of the Marconi wireless telegraphy at sea were successful up to thirty miles. At thirty-six mile* the messages became unreadable. Gen. Funston has directed his attorney to sue Archbishop Ireland and a San Francisco Catholic paper for criminal libel in connection with the charge that he looted church property in the Philippines. The offices of La Union Espanola at Havana were broken into and 2,000 copies of the paper burned. The rioters were on the way to break up the machinery when an alarm was given and the police prevented further damage. It has been decided that for the present, at least, there will be no attempt to experiment with the Marconi wireless telegraph in connection with the signal service system of our army. Signor Marcoui has sailed for England. A dispatch from Washington says: Russia is preparing to seize the Chinese port of New Chwang at the head of Pechili bay. The United State* and Great Britain are preparing to resist the prospective Russian effort at territory grabbing. Officials of the W’estern Union and Postal Telegraph companies deny that those corporations are iu any way interested in the Telephone, Telegraph and Cable Company, which will soon be launched with a capital of $25,000,000 to tight the Bell company. At Egansville, Ont., William Yaster, who recently murdered his wife and 19-year-old daughter, completed the tragedy by committing suicide. Previous to taking poison he filled his mouth with gunpowder and touched it with a lighted match, but ouiy succeeded in lacerating his features. Duluth lumbermen have been receiving inquiries of late from England as to birchwood for spoolinaking, to be delivered at the seaboard for export. It is quite probable that later a business in this class of timber may be developed. Cedar and spruce lands are also in big demand, the former for railway ties and the latter for pulp wood, and a large quantity of each is being shipped. It is expected that at least 40,000,000 feet of pine lumber will be shipped east and southeast from Duluth the coming winter.

J. A. Osborne,, editor of the Fort Francis newspaper, has made a trip to the Hudson Bay country and went dear into the Eskimo land beyond, where the Indians live. He says the stories printed a few weeks ago of the riches of Unguva land are correct. It is a great country, He has a specimen of coal from a mine being opened and will soon be shipping. It is a quality of anthracite, with very light specific gravity and a very high percentage of carbon. He thinks it will find a large market. Work on the gold fields is very active. Bradstreet’s commercial review says: “If the aggregate of bank clearings in the country outside of the metropolis is a trustworthy index, as it no doubt U, the country’s trade reached its highest mark in the month of October. Prices certainly show marked strength in view of the proportions of earlier advances. Wheat (including-flour) shipments for the week aggregate 3,040,850 bushels, against 4,416,495 bushels last week. Corn exports aggregate 4,503,425 bushels, against 4,525:519 bushels last week. Business embarrassments for October furnish very satisfactory comparisons with corresponding months of the other years. There were 810 failures, involving *0,774,000 in liabilities, a decrease of 21 per cent in num\>er and of 54 per cent in liabilities from October a year ago, and comparisons with earlier years are even more favorable.”