Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1903 — IN GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL.

William Nichol, James McLellen, Hugh McCallum amj. 11. Boulton were drowned in Bass Lake, near Owen Sound, Ontario, while fishing. The Sultan of Turkey lias asked Miss Alice Roosevelt to christen the Ottoman cruiser Medjidia when that vessel is launched from the Cramp yard in May. Advices have been received at Washington that Cuba at her own expense intends to raise the wreck of the battleship Maine and that bids for the work will be called for. The treaty of reciprocity between Cuba and the United States as amended by the Senate of the United States was approved in the Cuban Senate by a vote of 12 to 1). This approval is absolute and is not hampered by any conditions. The sailing steamers Virginia Lake and Aurora arrived nt St. John's, N.’ F., from the ice fields with 48,000 seals. They report a total of 238,000 seals for two-thinW'W the fleet nnd this year's catch is likely to reach 300,000 seals altogether. After having devoted six months to the duty of selecting n general secretary to succeed J. Willis Baer, the committee of sixteen trustees of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, appointed for the purpose, have chosen for the oflice Von Ogden Vogt of Beloit, Wis. Oflidal investigation of gold fields iu the Tanana district of Alaska is snid to have disclosed that the region is richer in the precious ore than the Klondike nnd the area included is grenter. It is the output of gold this year will amount to $20,000,000. The management of the Lake Shore lias decided to four-track the system from Chicago to Buffalo, thereby establishing n four-track line from Chicago to New York. Nearly 400 men are already at work on the improvement, and within a short time fully 2,000 will he employed. C. M. Waters of Denver, Colo., has been designated by Acting Postmaster General Wynne to take charge of the salary and allowance division of the l’ostofflce Department ns the temporary successor of George W. Beavers, resigned. Mr. Waters has been for several years an assistant to Mr. Reavers. Canada is to have another transcontinental railway. Its terminal will be at Quebec in the east and Port Simpson, B. C., in the west. The road will run parallel with the Canadian Pacific, hut will be from 200 to 400 miles farther north, traversing the very heart of Canada, through the wheat and pulp wood belt.