Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1895 — IN GENERAL [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL

The Manitoba Legislature has adjourn-. ed until June 13 in order to allow’ the Canadian Government to act on the school question. British Columbia canners have petitioned the Canadian Government to place salmon on the free list, to enable them to meet American competition. Antonio Bern and Louis Budinich, two Hungarian students, who are walking from Buenos Ayres to Chicago, have reached Piedmont, Mo. They have traveled 10,365 miles on foot since Aug. 7, 1892. 'l3lO Amalgamated Association of Tin, Iron and Steel Workers and the Merchant Bar-Iron Manufacturers’ National Association have entered into a combination to secure for the iron Workers of the country better rates of wages and for the manufacturers fair competitive conditions against the mill operators of the Pittsburg district, - who have been Working their employes at low wages. Between 2 o’clock Friday afternoon and 6 o'clock Saturday morning the temperature in Chicago fell 43 degrees. The highest temperature of Friday Was 86 degrees. One man was prostrated by the heat. The fall in temperature of 32 degrees in twelve hours at Fort Robinson, Neb., brought on a snowstorm Friday morning, which lasted half an hour and made the hillside white. Following is the standing of the dubs of the National Baseball League: I’er Clubs. Played. Won. Lost. cent. Pittsburg ....17 12 5 .706 Chicago ......19 12 7 .632 Boston 15 9 6 .600 Cincinnati ... .19 11 8 .579 Cleveland ....16 9 7 .563 Baltimore ....13 7 6 .538 Philadelphia ..14 7 7 .SQO New York.,.. 15 7 8 .467 Brooklyn ....15 6 9 .400 St. Louis 20 Washington ..15 5 10 .333 Louisville ....16 5 11 .313