Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1903 — IN GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL.

Trade has been stimulated by cold weather, according to Dun’s Weekly Review; November railroad earnings gained 5.2 per cent; better tone iu iron is reported by Bradstreet’s. Heads of governments have arranged an international exchange of detectivea to guard against anarchy, and police from other nations will come to protect the President of the United States. Charles T v Yerkes rapped “high finance,” as exemplified by the United States Shipbuilding trust, saying the recent exposures have caused English capitalists to throw overboard American securities. Perry Heath is declared seriously involved in the postal scandals in the report of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow, just made public. The Department and the public are shown to have been swindled ont of large sums through the aid of trusted men, who secured only a small proportion of the profits. President Roosevelt says til eases will be prosecuted with thorougfc-