Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1900 — IN GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL.

The State Department at Washington has been advised by the Japanese legation of the appointment of Mr. Ivogoro Taknhira as Japanese minister at Washington. The steamer Danube brings news of a rich strike on the headwaters of Stewart river, 400 miles from Dawson. A stumpede is on, boats going up in a continuous string. The schooner A. M. Itailou, engaged in the grain trade between the Bay of Quinte ports and Kingston, Out., was capsized in a squall at South Bay. None of the crew was lost. Vice-Consul General McLean has made, a report from Yokohama on the importation of American flour into Japan. He says that the use of flour is not confined to the large cities, but is becoming common throughout the country. A message from San Domingo says that W. Swift Wright is now the prime minister of that republic. Mr. Wright is a Logansport and Indianapolis man. He was editor and proprietor of a paper in Logansport for many years. Sol Smith Itussell has canceled his engagements for next scuson, Mr. Russell expected to return to the stage in the full, but his physician informed him that if he hopes to regain his health he must remain away from the stage for a year. Ten buyers have received cable advices from Yokohama, Japan, packers that prices of teus would advance at once. Among the causes are the Chinese trouble, rise in price of,labor in Japan, increased cost of packing material and the short crop in Japan. A daring train robbery took place at Santa Eulalia station, uear Chihuahua, on the Mexican Central. A freight train was derailed and the train crew attacked by a dozen bandits, who carried away some booty. Thus far, this is the first train hold-up on record in Mexico. The United States revenue cutter McCulloch returned from Nome minus its commander, Capt. M. A. Healy. The latter is confined in the marine hospital at Port Townsend. Returning from Dutch Harbor Capt. Healy attempted to take his own life by cutting the arteries of his right arm. Charges looking to trial by court martial have been preferred against Captain Charles T. Baker of the United States transport Sumner. The principal cause of complaint is that Captain Baker caused the death of Henry B. Ryan by confining him in the “brig” prison, aboard sliiii, while he was sick. The Canadian minister of marine has announced that after several years’ negotiation an agreement has been reached among the governments of the United States, Great Britain and Russia as to the terms of arbitration of claims arising out of the seizure of American and British sealing vessels by Russian cruisers in the north Pacific-in 1892. Bradstreet’s says: "While trade is still of only midsummer volume, the beginnings of improvement in demand are apparently becoming visible. The improvement is still one of tone rather than of actual demand, but with, as seems possible, a yield of 540,000,(HM) bushels of wheat, a next to record-breaking yield of corn and a very large production of oats, the Western crop situation contains many encouraging features. The industrial situation is rather better, ns a result of agreements upon wages by a number of iron and steel manufacturing concerns and their employes. Lower prices for lumber are apparently inducing more activity in building, though how much is due to this, or how much to the settlement of labor disturbances, is hard to measure. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 2,829,910 bushels, against 5.018,852 bushels last week and 3,205,815 bushels in the corresponding week of 1899. Corn exports for the week aggregate 4,022,008 bushels, against 3,014,290 bushels last week and 4,553.739 bushels iu this week a year ago.”