Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1903 — IN GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL.

Frederick Law Olmsted, the noted landscape architect, is dead. War with Colombia is a possible contingency should the canal treaty fail to secure favorable action.

Dun's Review of Trade says business generally is buoyant, thus disproving pessimistic predictions of a slump. Conservatism is developed because of uncertainty of financial conditions. Sir Thomas Lipton says he may not again race for the America’s cup until England has produced a Herreahoff, and admits he has been beaten in the yacht races by brains and development. The revised edition of the Christian Science Manual contains important changes in the church policy governing “healing,” teachers "being restricted to thirty pupils in each twelve months.

Charles R. Flint announced' that he was organizing a new combination of the box board industries of the country. The new concern will take in the United Box Board Company and fourteen others. Secret meeting of Baltimore and Ohio engineers, firemen and trainmen resolved to demand increase in wages, and intimation has been given that a general strike will be ordered if demand is not granted. Messrs. Stanley, Bixby and Needles, members of the Dawes commission, have requested the Secretary of the Interior to make a thorough investigation of charges Involving their conduct of Indian affairs.

Inspector Van Nertd, who is to be superintendent of construction of the Chicago federal building, has been summoned to Washington for conference with the treasury officials before going to his new post.

Governor Hemming of Jamaica ha* asked the Associated Press to contradict the report that there has been an outbreak of the bubonic plague in Jamaica and says the health of the inhabitants of the island is excellent.

There is danger that Panama will secede from Colombia because of the rejection of the canal treaty. The belief exists that the United States would; speedily acknowledge the independence of Panama and conclude a new treaty. President Roorevelt announced that Henry C. Ide, at present member of the Philippine Commission, would be designated as vice governor of the Philippines in succession to Gen. Luke E. Wright when the latter assume* the office of governor general. The Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia has advices from Cuba to the effect that a new and deadly plague has made its appearance in one of the provinces of Santiago. It presents in combination the terrifying and worst features of spotted fever and black fever. Because of continued disasters resulting in loss of life 100 men have quit work in the Treadwell mine, on Douglas Island, Alaska. The men do not make any charge of mismanagement or unsafe condition of the mine. They rather intimate that the property is “hoodooed.” The Cuban Secretary of the Treasury has suspended the captain of the coast guard steamer who unwarrantedly seized the American schooner Addie Cole as a smuggler. The Cole was overhauled and taken to Havana Aug. 20, but the investigation showed that there were no grounds for tuspicion and the schooner was released. The national government of Colombia has approved the recent decree of the Governor of Panama placing a tax of SIOO on all steamers and sailing vessel* entering the ports of Panama or Colon while the danger of introducing th* bubonic plague lasts. These taxes will be devoted to defraying the expense* of the quarantine station. » It transpire* that th* report that Vice Consul Magelssen was killed in Syria is incorrect. An unknown person fired at him, and the bullets parsed close to the rtce consul but did not touch him. The error In stating that Vice Consul Magelssen had been killed arose from a mistake in a cipher telegram. Our warship* have not been recalled, however. The attack on Mr. Magelssen is regarded as an incident which point* to the necessity of r demonstration which will have the effect of insuring the protection of Americas* la the Turkish Empire.