Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1898 — UNCLE SAM WILL PAY [ARTICLE]

UNCLE SAM WILL PAY

CRUISER AT FAULT IN RECENT COLLISION. > ‘ . f . Owner* of the British Steamer Sunk by the Columbia Are to Be Biim-buraed-Protocol* Decided Upon by Great Britain and the United State*. I ’ An Accident of War. Secretary Izmir has decided that the Government is indebted to the owners of the British steamship Foscolia in the sum of $218,889, being the amount of the claim arising from the collision between that vessel and the warship Columbia on May 28 off Fire Island lightship. The accident occurred during a fog, and the Columbia, acting under orders, showed no lights and gave no fog signals. The' Judgment of the court of inquiry was that the collision would not have occurred had the usual precautions been taken on board the Columbia, but that the condition of war did not admit of a display of lights or the sounding of whistles. Secretary Long says in his indorsement of the report of the court: “Upon careful consideration of the facts reported by the naval court of inquiry the department is satisfied that there is at least reasonable ground for the contention advanced by the owners of the Foscolia that the collision might have been avoided had the Columbia shown the lights and given the fog signals, a collision with one of our warships having occurred under such circumstances when for public reasons deemed sufficient to justify such action our vessel was disregarding the rules of the road at sea.” Congress will be asked to appropriate the amount of the claim and the money will be turned over to the owners of the ■Foscolia on the decree of the United States District Court for the southern district of New York. To Govern the CmamMon. The Dominion Government bus rweivod copies of the protocols agreed upon by the Governments of the United States and Great Britain for the goverance of the forthcoming international commission at Quebec. The commission is authorized to consider the following subjects, embracing practically all those at which the dominion and the United States have been at variance for years: The Behring sea sealing question, reciprocal mining relations, the Canada-Alaska boundary question, restrictive regulations for preserving the fisheries on the great lakes, the North Atlantic fisheries question and the bonding question connected therewith, the alien labor law and reciprocity of trade. From present appearance* the commission will not meet until August. The final meetings will be held in Ottawa.

Stand ins of the Clubs. Following is the standing of the tlubs fn the National Baseball Lengas: W. L. W. L. Cincinnati ..37 22 New York.... 28 28 Boston 36 22 Philadelphia .25 28 Cleveland .. .34 22 Brooklyn ... .23 33 Baltimore .. .33 22 Washington .23 36 Chicago ....34 26 St. Louis2o 38 Pittsburg .. ,32 26 Louisville ...19 41 Following is the standing of the dote to the Western League: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis .36 21 Milwaukee ..31 26 Columbus .. .31 20 Detroitl9 37 ‘Kansas City. 34 23Omaha17 34 fit. Paul3s 24 Minneapolis .19 38