Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1900 — IN GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL.

Structural iron and steel has taken a big drop iu price owing to eonipetitive interests, v ' „ ' Geronimo, the noted Indian chief, ip preparing to wed a young girl who has $40,000. Steamers Merwiu, Resolute and Dollar vi'ie v.recked on the coast of Alas»a and fifteen persons drowned. Figures of the bureau of statistics show that commercial relations with Spain have been fully restored. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has issued a circular notice prohibiting the employment of women telegraphers. The island of Cuba, with her exhibit at the Paris exposition, has achieved a notable success. The exhibit received 140 prizes. The little town of Columbia, B. C., in the well-known Boundary- creek mining district, was reduced to ashes. The loss will be close to $150,000. Tile Au.e’icEH Window Glass Company iias declared a dividend Of per cent on its $4,000,000 preferred stock. This is the second dividend of the kind this year. ReturnetL-GhadsfitHi Emleavorers eomplain of treatment received from tourist agency, which, they say. abandoned them in Europe after they had paid in advance the expenses of the tour. The yacht St. Francois while on a pleasure trip from Tadousac to River de Loup was catight in a squall arrd r:>psizvd off WlMtc* Island. Two persons are mi.-s----ing and were probably drowned. The crimipnl element is again in the saddle at Nome, according to passengers who arrived from the north by the Centennial. Greatest indignation has been aroused by the discovery of at least three attempts to bu’rn the city. A Tuessage received fronr tire Jlus'koka region of Canada states that W. Sprangue Kerr, n prominent live stock dealer of East Buffalo, N. Y., and for many years secretary of the East Buffalo Live Stock Exchange, has been drowned iu South lake.

A private telegram has been received announcing the death in Alaska of Oliver Morton, sou of Oliver P. Morton, war Governor of Indiana. Morton went to Alaska two or three mouths ago on behalf of the Goivernmcnt to look into the seal and fishing industries. Uitidi Ruppccht, a German resident of Norwich, Ont., was found dead on the grave of his recently deceased wife. He had shot himself through the temple. The woman died from poisoning and murder was suspected, owing to the fact that the couple had not been living happily. An important innovation relative to the operating employes of the Union Pacific Railroad Company will be inaugurated Sept. 1. It will be tire introduction of tire system of discipline by record, and after its operation begins the suspension of employe from duty with consequent loss of time will be discontinued. Bradstreet’s views the commercial situation thus: ’’Among the favorable features reported this week are advices of further expansion in fall trade distribution at leading Western centers, a rather better distribution by dry goods jobbers at the East, a firmer tone and a perceptible growth in confidetn'e, nccoinpnnicd byheavy buying in sortie classes of steel mid iron, and a disposition to believe that an average wheat crop and much more than average corn and oats crops ure assured. Steady Increusu* in current gross railway earnings over n year ago and an exceptionally favorable net-carniiigs report for the first half of the year arc additionally encouraging features. Wheat, Including flocr, shipments for the week aggregate 3.113,041 bushels, against 8,318,700 bushels last week. Corn exports for the week aggregate 3,017,081) bushels, against 2,8!l0,7."4 last week.”