Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1901 — IN GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL.

The warship Machias has arrived at Colon prepared to defend American interests. Ranger reached Acapulco on its way to Colombia. Railroad officials high in rank make the statement that the Erie system has been finally taken over the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad. The Newport News Shipbuilding an 1 Dry Dock Company has notified the NavyDepartment that the battleship Illinois would be ready to go into commission on Sept. 10. Information has been obtained byagents of the Colombian government that a vessel now at a New Jersey port had been engaged by the insurgents for a filibustering expedition. Gen. Fabius J. Mead, who had a notable career during the Civil War, died of consumption at the family home. Gen. Mead served all through the Civil War and enjoyed a close friendship with Gens. Grant, Imgan and McClellan. The number of islands in the St. Lawrence Thousand Island group to be placed upon the market by the Dominion department of the interior number approximately 500. They are distributed over the river between Kingston and Brookville. Though there are some drawbacks, notably labor troubles iu the iron and steel industry, business is of well-sustained volume, to which fact payments through the country's clearing houses, railroad earnings and the strength of prices of staple and partly manufactured merchandise offer testimony. Except in certain branches of the textile mzrkets, sellers of merchandise have an advantage over buyers, and distribution is as large as stocks will permit. The Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Plate Workers succeeded in enlisting the sympathy of other workmen, with the result that the output of merchant bar and wire rods is curtailed to the extent of about 40,000 tons monthly, according to R. G. Dun & Co.’s review of trade. Grain quotations eased off somewhat during the week, though the net decline was small. Weather conditions steadily improve, making the outlook bright for late planted corn. Failures for the week number 205 in the United States, against 171 last year, and thirty-five in Canada, against twenty-nine last year.