Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1901 — IN GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL.

Cuban constitutional convention has voted in favor of universal suffrage. Alexis E. Frye has resigned his position as superintendent of Cuban schools. News was brought by the Amur of a fire at Dawson which destroyed three buildings and did damage'to the amount of $50,000. American commission at Havana has determined that yellow fever is not contagious, and that it is propagated by mosquitoes. An explosion of gas in coal mine No. 5 at Hondo, Coahuila, Mexico, caused the death of four men and the injury of upward of twenty others. Montana cattlemen are interested in stocking the grazing lands of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska. The purpose is to furnish a supply of beef near at home for the Alaska trade and also to care for the growing trade of the far ■East. The Alaska movement is already under way. Its volume is surprising even th* transportation managers. Three vessels, the Excelsior, Cottage City and Ruth, sailed from Seattle for the north with an aggregate of 175 passengers aud 1,500 tons of freight. The national electors met at the capitals of the several States Monday, east their votes for President and Vice President iu acordance with the result of the balloting last November, aud selected messengers to carry to Washington the' certified records of their proceedings. Banes, a small town between Gibara and Holguin.' on'the north Cuban coast, was completely destroyed by tire. Sev-enty-six houses and four stores were lyirned to the ground and numerous families are homeless and in distress. It is estimated that $60,000 damage*was done. Alaska advices state that the Sitka Indians, including the Eagle, Crow and Frog clads, who' have been quarreling over the use of totems and other emblems of their respective clans, have decided, after a long conference, to put aside their differences and make the American flag their tribal emblem. The American Cigar Company, with a capital of $10,000,000, was incorporated at Trenton, N. J. James B. Duke is among the incorporators. The company is understood to have been formed for the purpose of taking charge of the manufacturing department of the American Tobacco Company’s business. Tlie Russian government is charged by the postoffice officials of Milwaukee with confiscating money sent by registered mail. They charge that where the letters are believed to contain money the persons to whom the letters are addressed are sent for and compelled to open the letters in the presence of the officials, who confiscat the money when found. R. G. Dun & Co.’s review says: “Only in the textiles is special hesitation shown. Staple products are firm, iron and steel prices are held without trouble, boots and shoes and wool are steady, and all with fair demand, so that manufacturers are busy. Throughout the country distribution of merchandise continues on a good scale, and collections are unusually prompt. Wool has ceased to decline, and sales at the three chief Eastern markets increased slightly to 3,308,700 pounds, against 3.121,000 pounds in tlie week preceding. Manufacturers purchase with extreme caution, and domestic fleeces suffer by increased competition of cheap wool from Australia and China. Failures for the week were 324 in the United States, against 274 last year, and 37 in Canada, against 25 last year.”