Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1901 — ORDERS HELD BACK. [ARTICLE]

ORDERS HELD BACK.

ASSASSIN’S BULLET CAUSES A HALT IN TRADE. Business Waited Conclusion of President's Illness from Wound Received at Buffalo—Explorer Peary Is Heard From—Reached Far Northern Point. “An assassin's bullet checked the progress of a nation. For a time projected undertakings were abandoned and orders held back that were about to be placed, Speculators sacrificed stocks and options on grain and cotton.’ Better nt .-rs early in the week brought recovery in prices and postponed business was acted, but anxiety was again in evidence on Friday. After the crisis there will be a return to former conditions, because the solid foundation of the country’s prosperity is too deep to be permanently disturbed,” according to R. G. Dun & Co.’s review of trade. Continuing, the report lays: “In the principal manufacturing industries there is a steady gain in the number of active mills, and full operation is considered near. Predictions that the yield of corn will be the smallest since 1894 did not prevent the marketing of 3,178,782 bushels, compared with 3,262.265 a year ago, but exorbitant prices made exports from the Atlantic seaboard only 584,314 bushels, against 3,474,029 last year and 3,031,643 in 1899. Failures for the week numbered 175 in the United States, against 195 last year, and 18 in Canada, against 30 last year.” BRINGS A LETTER FROM PEARY. Relief Steamer Erik Arrives at North Sydney from Ellesmere Land. The Peary relief steamer Erik, from Cape Sabine, Ellesmere land, arrived at North Sydney, C. B. All ' ell. In a letter, dated Conger, April 4, 1901, Lieut. Peary summarized the result of his year’s work as follows: 1. The rounding of the northern limit of the Greenland archipelago, the most northerly known land in the world, probably the most northerly land. 2. The highest latitude yet attained in the western hemisphere (83 degrees 50 minutes north). 3. The determination of the origin of the so-called paleocrystic ice (floe berg). PROGRESS OF THE RACE. Standing of League Clubs in Contest for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National League: W. L. W. L. Pittsburg ...70 44 Boston 62 61 Philadelphia 71 51 Chicago 50 77 Brooklyn' ...71 53New Y0rk...47 73 St. L0ui5....66 57Cincinnati ...46 78 Standings in the American League are as follows: W. L. W. L.< Chicago ....79 48Baltimore ...60 61 Boston 70 53Washington. 54 67 Detroit 69 56Cleveland ...53 72 Philadelphia 65 60 Milwaukee ..46 79 Girl c nei a Song Writer. At Portland, Ore., C. H. Keating, known to the musical world as Lynn Down” and “Just One Girl,” has been down” and “Just One Girl,” has been sued for $20,000 for breach of promise by Jessie Stillson, a school teacher. Keating was married Aug. 1, this year, to Clara Troutman. Two Schooners Collide. The schooners Cassie F. Bronson, Philadelphia, for Bangor, Me., and Lavinia Campbell, Boston, for Philadelphia, were in collision at the Overfalls, near Delaware Breakwater, Del. Both boats were badly damaged. Texas Cotton Crop Is Short. E. S. Peters of Calvert, president of the Texas Cotton Growers’ Association, says: “The yield of the Texas crop will not exceed 2.400.000 bales. A shortage of at least 1,000,000 bales, compared with last season, exists. Mr*. McKinley Gets Estate. President McKinley left a will that was executed some time before the shooting. At no time during his final suffering was there apy wish or occasion to revise it or to frame a codicil. It leaves the bulk of his property to Mrs. McKinley. Farmers Delay Threshing. Reports to the railroad headquarters at St. Paul state that Northwestern farmers are delaying thrashing and shipping grain, fearing adverse effect on prices. Great Pteel Strike Settled. Union and combine leaders have settled the steel strike on the basis of terms originally offered by Schwab. The Amalgamated Association loses many mills, but its organization is preserved. Rooaevelt Takes the Oath. Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office as President in the house of Ansley

Wilcox in Buffalo. He pledged himself to continue absolutely unbroken the policy of President McKinley. Private Funeral at Buffa'o. Private services over body of President McKinley were held at the Milburn house in Buffalo on Sunday, after the widow, near friends and public associates had viewed the remains. i Give* *300,000 to Public. The will of Charles H. Hayden, the late retired manufacturer of wall paper, was filed In Boston. It gives away $300,000 in public bequests. Autopsy on President's Ho' y. As the result of an autopsy on the body of President McKinley the doctors officially gave gangrene as the cause of death. They also stated that he never had a chance to recover, nature uffording ho help to the beat medical skill and recuperative power being entirely lacking. Kruger's Hnn Surrenders. A dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, announces that 0. Kruger, a son of the former President of the Transvaal, and Oapt. Ferreira hare surrendered.