Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1901 — IN GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL.

President McKinley died at 2:15 o'clock Saturday morning, after lying unconscious for five hours. It is reported that half the Porto Rico coffee crop has been partially ruined by the recent storms and that the banana crop has suffered serious damage. Rear Admiral Francis M. Ramsay has been selected as a member of the Schley court of inquiry to fill the vnenney caused by the rejection of Rear Admiral Howison. Union and combine loaders have settled the steel strike on the basis of terms originally offered by Schwab. The Amalgamated Association loses many mills, but its organization is preserved. President McKinley left a will that was executed some time before the shooting. At no time during his final suffering was there any wish or occasion to revise it or to frame a codicil. It leaves the bulk of his property to .Mrs. McKinley. As the result of an autopsy on the body of President McKinley the doctors olllcially gave gangrene ns the cause of death. They also stated that lie never had a chance to recover, nature affording no help to the l*est of medical skill, the recuperative power being entirely lacking. Attorney General Knox has completed his investigation of the charges of the Bar Association of Hawaii against Abram S. Humphreys, first judge of the first judicial circuit of Hawaii. The conclusion reached is that Judge Humphreys has done nothing that would justify his removal. Not one of the charges is sus tained.

The Schley court of inquiry opened with the declaration by Schley’s counsel that the sole point at issue is whether he or Sampson, was in command at the battle of Santiago. Admiral Dewey sustained the protest against Admiral Ilowison serviug ns a member of the court, and court adjourued until his successor is appointed by the Navy Department. “An assassin's bullet checked the progress of a nation. For a time projected undertakings were abandoned and orders held back that were about to lie placed. Speculators sacrificed stocks and options on grain and cotton. Better news early in the week brought recovery in prices and postponed business was transacted. but anxiety was agaiu in evidence on Friday. After the crisis there will be a return to former conditions, because the solid foundation of the country's prosperity is too deep to be permanently disturbed,” according to It. G. Duu & Co.’s review of trade. Continuing, the report says: “In the principal manufacturing industries there is a steady gain iu the number of active mills, and full operation is considered near. Predictions that the yield of corn will he the smallest since 18!i4 did not prevent the marketing of 3,178,782 bushels, compared with 3,202,205 a year ago, but exorbitant prices made exports from the Atlantic seaboard only 584.314 bushels, against 3,474,029 last year and 3,031,043 in 1 SOIt. Failures for the week numbered 175 in the United States, against 195 last year, and 18 in Canada, against 30 last year.”