Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1902 — IN GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL.

Marconi maintained constant communication with shore while crossing the ocean, wireless messages being transmitted over 2.000 miles. The British steamer Tiber, from Louisburg, B. C., for Halifax, with a cargo of coal, is thought to have foundered with her captain and crew of twenty men. Life buoys bearing the name “Tiber" have been found at Golboro. Millions of feet of timber cut and ready for hauling will have to be abandoned until next season because of the early break-up. It is estimated that the loss to the logging and lumber industry will not be less than $10,000,000 and many of the smaller loggers will be bankrupt. It is understood that the United States soon will take steps to obtain a reimbursement of the $72,500 paid to brigands as a ransom for Miss Ellen M. Stone and Mae. Tsilka, holding Turkey responsible, inasmuch as the capture of the missionaries was effected on Turkish soil. This question of responsibility may have serious developments.