Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1903 — IN GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL.

Ilentseh's bonded warehouse, containing 10,000 tons of merchandise, was gutted by fire nt Sydney, N\ S. W. The loss is estimated at $2,300,000. Carlos Ezeta, ex-president of the republic of Salvador, died nt Muzatlau, Mexico, in exile, poor and almost friendless. Gov. Canedo paid the Expenses of his burial. The cruiser Atlanta sailed from Pensacola. Fla., for Ilayti to protect American interests. Capt. Turner would make no statement concerning his orders from the Navy Department. General Funston has arrived at Vancouver barracks to assume command of the department of the Columbia, relieving Brig. Gen. Randall, who will start in a few days for the Philippines. English railroad ofliciais, on a tour of the United States, decide the methods in vogue on railroads in this country are too gigantic to be of practical value in operating the lines in Great Britain. Miss Clara Barton is to retire as active head of the American National Red Cross Society; will be succeeded by Rear Admiral William K. Van Iteypen, retired, formerly surgeon general of the navy. The discovery of a rich body of ore has caused a stampede to Parral, Mex. The vein is five feet in width and of unknown depth nnd assays 200 ounces of gold and 2,000 ounces of silver to the ton. The departmental assembly at Panama has elected Jose Domingo Obuldia as cne of the senators for the isthmus. Senor Obuldia is u stanch friend of the Panama cunal treaty and also is a rich landed proprietor. Seven packing concerns purchased last summer by Armour-Swift-Morris interests are merged in t tie National Packing Company, $15,000,00*) capital. The action may In> forerunner of general consolidation of packing interests. The American Window Glass Company lias signed a wage agreement for the coming year. The signing of n scale with the glass blowers relieves all fear that the men will be supplanted by machines in the trust’s factories, nt least sos another year. Wulter E. Iloxte, second m.lte of the steamer America, who was left behind when the Ziegler party sniiod on that vessel for their polar expedition, is plan nlng to make n trip to Hudson hay in a entboat. lie will follow the coast northward ana explore the Labrador coast ■nil the entire Hudson bay const. After a long conference between the trainmen of the western division of the Southern Pacific and the ofliciais of the company u settlement wns readied on abasis of 15 per cent Increase ip the wages of the freight trainmen mid of 12 per cent in the pay of the passenger trainmen. These increases will affect 4,(XX) employes on the division.