Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1902 — CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE.

The national adm'nist ration is to be commended for the prompt way in which it has decided to lay bare the beef trust and to apply such remedies as can be secured by the courts.

There are 50 American schoolhouses in Porto Rico with a total attendane of 1,300 The people are ex ceedingly anxious to learn and there are no truant officers or penalties needed.

The officials of the St. Louis fair have again exercised the prerogative of changing their minds ami the of ficial announcement is now made that the exposition will be postponed until 1904.

Colonel William Jennings Bryan has at last announced authoritatively that he will not be a democratic candidate in 1904 And Miss Democracy is thinking; “Nobody asked you, Sir, she said.”

A firm in Massachusetts is making the medals for the English coronation exercises. According to the London newspapers which decry the “American invasion” this is adding insult to injury.

The federal action on the illegal combination of the meat packers is assurance not only that there has been a violation of the statutes but th t the present administration believes in fair play for tire consumer.

When the country knows the real truth about the Philipinos’ atrocities the alleged cruelty of the American soldiers will not only be condoned, but there will be a general wonder that the men have be<n so self-con-tained

China is taking her place in civilization if the officio' reports of the enor mous increase in the postal service count for anything Mail expansion is a good sign, and one ot the most notable ones in this county also at the present time.

Several vessels nave gone ashore on Lake Superior and have been wrecked during fugs at the same spot. Investi 'ation showed that a deposit of magnetic ore is the novel cause of the trouble, as it dt fleeted the ships’ compasses.

Mh. Bryan says tlie silver question is still ait issue anil claims that the democratic platform of 1904 should n - incarnate the Kansas City platform. Its adoption would certs inly be a good thing for ti e country to secure lour more years of repub'ican prosperity.

President Roosevelt has just ap pointed Thomas Nasi, the cartoonist, Consul General at Guayaquil, Ecuador. Nast was one of the first, of the pictorial satirists of i he country and his work was of value to the republican party at the time of its hardest struggle. His picture of Boss Tweed of New /ork, in which a likeness was made by a moneybag with a simple dollar sign on it will always stand as a marvel in caricature.

Frtir Oak*. , Mrs. Right was in Chicago Monday. Miss Idel Street spent Sunday in Chicago with her friend, Minnie Bishop. Mrs. Cottingham and son Willie were the guests of Lora Bruce, at Rensselaer, last Friday and Saturday. Thirty people from here took advantage of the cheap excursion to Chicago last Sunday. John Gilmore, who was accidentally hurt by the cars at Good land a few weeks ago, is beginning to get around on crutches. Sam Thornton, wife and children, of Surrey, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Miles Moffitt and other relatives. Benj. Raynor, of Gilman, 111., spent Monday with relatives in town. Frances Brady, of Chicago, spent the latter part of last week with her sister, Mrs Nelson and other relatives. John Baker is building an addition to and otherwise improving the appearance of his house. A. D. Washburn and Jack Right attended a big horse sale in Chicago last Friday and Saturday. The latter bought a fine two-year-old trotting mare. Dr. Proudly and son Charlie have gone to Colorado Springs, Col. The former will stay about a month, but Charlie expects to remain there permanently with his brother Harry for the benefit of his health. He has been suffering with hemon-hage of the lungs for the Aasl four months, and ihinks thaLMuntry will be much more beneficial to him. Quite a combination of business has just lately been established in the Ressler building west of the post office, in the way of a barber shop, billiard room, cigar stand and laundry office. G. A. Warner, of Kniman, is sole proprietor, but Tom Comeford, of Rose Lawn, is doing the tonsorial work, while Can Manderville, the all-around vender, is managing the rest. The slot machine in connection, is doing about the largest business, how'ever.