Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1886 — GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

GENERAL.

A sens ational story concerning Minister Manning’s experience at a banquet comes from the City of Mexico by special telegram to the Chicago Times: The American colony iu thia city is profoundly agitated and worked by an affair which touches American pride to a d fir. e even Hur- , passing the i»e<lgwick affair.’ This story in brief is to the effect that the new American Minister, Hon. Thomas H. Manning, of Ixailsiima, lias fallen a victim to the relentless enemy of Mr.* Sedgwick. Thursday afternoon, Nov. is, Mr. Manning attended a dinner given in his honor by M. L. Guirard, one of the leading members of the American colony. Many of the most distinguished Mexican! politicians and bankers were present at the banquet to.mcot the ne w Simis’er. At thu-conclusion of the banquet Judge Manning repaired to his rooms, and was not again seen eu the ..street tor. nearly, a ..week,-ile was rojstrted by tlMrffocretary of legation r.nd'others as being ill and confined to his room. It is now stated, however, thpt the distinguished gentleman during four entire days lollov. the banquet was in a * frenz ed state, and continued to indulge so freely , that his secretary and the interpreter could not make him realize what ho was- doing;. * The Jjccr-taxy of Legation called on un old member of the American colony, and, together they" filially succeeded bv liberal use of medicine’s in bringing the Minister to realize his situation. As soon ns Manning realized what bail tran-spir-d, his secretary visited the newspaper offices and c<rreßpondents and tried t> induce them to say nothing about the mutter. Guiiard, the person at whose,table the banquetoceurro I. is severely censured. He is the same person, who introduced Envoy Sedgwick to members of the famous Jockev Clan. It is thought on all sides that the unfortunate event will, in all probability, lead to an early resignation of Minister Manning. Liei’tenant Peakcy arrived at Halifax on his way home from Greenland, where he has been for the purpose of establishing the feasibility of a new route for arctic explorers across that country. He made his headquarters at a Danish settlement on the west coast, and from there made several journeys inland, the principal one being to a point 100 miles eastward. Here he found the elevation above the sea to be 7,500 feet. He is satisfied that Greenland can be crossed from west to cast by future expeditious to the north pole. The Mexican Government has proclaimed the abolition of interstate duties on national and foreign merchandise in transit,in accordance with a constitutional amendment adopted by a majority* of the ’ States... .Business failures for the week iu the United States and Canada numbered 216, against 211 the previous week. Casualties were more numerous in the South than in any other section of the country, sixiy-sev-en being repbfled. Telegrams to 13rad.streef s record rather less activity in the/, movem nt of general merchandise, although at Chicago there has been an increasing volume of sales, particularly of dry goods, and iu a less noteworthy degree at St, Paul, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, and Burlington. At Eastern ceute s the movement of dry goods has been disappointing. Prices generally are sustained, and the outlook for heavy-weight woolens continues bright. Prints, however, have declined J cent from-SY cents for C4’s after a,month of extreme firnjne-s. Raw wool is quiet, but tends to favor buyers, as < oncessions have been made to mauufaetun rs wanting large lines. There is rather lea.-, confidence as to higher prices. Pig-iron continues very firm, with no change in pril e-. Steel rails are more active and more profitable to makers than has been generally made public, and prices are $1 higher, at $35 ip S3O per ton. - r O’Donovan Rossa declares that, although he has been retired from the executive of the Fenian dynamite branch, there will be no letting up in th? relentless dynamite warfare on England.