Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1895 — IN GENERAL [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL

Richard Mansfield has-bought all the dramatic rights in this country for J<odier's “Trilby.” ■. Col. De Garmo, originator of the Montreal food fair and well known in Chicago, is alleged to have absconded from I!<■ i.treal, leaving numerous unpaid bills belli nd hjiri. Word has reached Sierra Mejada, Mex., of the killing of three men in a tight in the Carmen mining district, near the -Texas-terder All of the men were Amer-, leans, one of them being John F. Lemon, the superintendent of one of the new mines at that place. Advices from San Juan Beautista, Mex., say that six Guatemalan outlaws who have been committing-many murders and robberies in that section during the last few months have been slibt. A force of armed citizens overtook the outlaws near the town of Saguil and a fight took place, in'wliieh the leader of the brigands, Francisco Bojas, was killed; Five -others were captured and they were shot. Finance Minister Foster delivered his budget speech in the House of Commons at Ottawa, Ont. lie places the deficit for the current year at $4,500,000. He said if the duty had not been taken off sugar the deficit wovjd have been swept away and some $3,000,000 gone against tlje diminishing of the debt. He intends putting an impost on raw sugar to the extent of half a cent per pound and a corresponding duty on refined sugar. Distilled spirits, at present $1.50 per gallon, would be raised to $1.70. Alcohol, gin, etc., now per gallon, would be raised to $2.25. Following is the standing of the chibs of the National Baseball League:

Per Clulvf. Played. Won. Lost. cent. Pittsburg ....12 9 3 .750 Boston ; 9 6 3 .667 Cleveland ... ;I>2 8 4 .667 Brooklyn 9 5 4 .556 Baltimore .... 9 5 4 .556 New York.... 10 5 5 .500 'Chicago 12 6 6 .500 Cincinnati ...13 6 7 .462 Philadelphia ..10 4 6 .400 Louisville .... 12 4 8 .333 Washington ..9 3 6 .333 St. Louis 13 4 9 .30S Straw hats and wall paper are now slated for a trip to the sky. Their prices are likely to join the procession of balloons occupied by beef, oil and leather. Straw braid, out of which the familiar and necessary straw hat is made, has gone up 10 per cent, and more, and there is a chance that cheap straw hats will cost a little more this year than they did last. There is an equal chance, some jobbers believe, that next year's crop will be sold at better prices; because oLpectfihrrconditions-that exist. Braided straw, of which hats are made, comes mostly from China and Japan. Last summer's spell of hot weather exhausted the supply of straw hats; the war in the East, it is thought, has interfered to some extent with the shipments from' China and Japan, for Jt is understood the manufacturers have not yet got their stock. There has been a smart, healthy trade in hats for the coming season and a rise in straw braid. Out of these conditions jobbers foresee possibilities that hats may cost more.