Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1895 — IN GENERAL [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL

John A. Lee, of Missouri, was elected president oF"ffie Naflohal Travelers’ As-' soeiation. - The National Wrought Iron Pipe Association has made an advance of 10 per cent in all lines of pipe. : Carl Browne proposes to have a reunion of the commonweal army at Washington on July 4, and says he will be there if he is not in jail. The Standard Oil Company and the Scotch Oil Company have concluded an agreement, which is to last three years, for an-advance in the price of candles. A special from the City of'Mexico says that five more passengers of the Colima have been added to the list of saved. The five were picked up by one of the rescue crews on the beach at Mauquily, and three of them are now at Pueblito on their way to Colima. Prof. T. Nash, chief of the British Educational Bureau of India, committed suicide Monday by jumping overboard from the steamship City of Topeka in Alaska waters. It was done in the presence of his wife, who is the daughter of an Indian prince. She was jealous of him and they had quarreled. * The State Department has received from United States Minister Taylor at Madrid the complete and final answer oi! Spain to the demand of Secretary Gresham for a disavowal of the firing on the United States merchant ship Allianca. The document has been awaited for some time with interest, and it was one of the main subjects which Acting Secretary Uhl brought to the attention of the cabinet at the meeting Tuesday. The answer is most cordial in tone and is expressive of the fullest disavowal of the course of the commander,of the Spanish gunboat which fired on the Allianca. It is said to be entirely'satisfactory to this Government, ns it fully meets in letter and spirit the demands made. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: Per Clubs. Played. Won. Lost. cent. Pittsburg 40 26 14 .650 Boston 33 20 13 .606 Chicago 41 24 17 .585 Cleveland 38 22 16 .579 Baltimore 33 19 14 .576 Cincinnati 39 21 18 .538 New York .37 19 18 .514 Philadelphia 36 18 18 .500 Brooklyn 36 17 19 .472 Washington 37 16 21 .432 St. Louis ..40 15 25 .375 Louisville ....:..36 6 30 .167 WESTERN T.EAGUE. Following is the standing of the clubs of the Western League: Per Clubs. Played. Won. Lost. cent. Indianapolis 33 23 10 .697 Minneapolis 31 19 12 .613 Grand Rapids.... 34 19 .15 .559 Milwaukee 37 18 19 .486 Kansas CTly. ... .35 16 19 .457 St. Pau1........ .33 14 19 .424 Detroit .31 12 19 .387 Toledo ...... k... 34 13 21 .382

According to the Government weekly crop report, the warm weather of the past week has been favorable for cotton, which is reported as doing well in Tennessee and Oklahoma, and as improved in Arkansas and North Carolina, though still backward in the last-named State. In Louisiana the stand has been affected by the cool weather of the preceding week, hut it has commenced to grow again. In Texas the early part of the week was unfavorable,but the warm weather of the latter part was favorable for cultivation, which was badly needed. The warm weather has also been beneficial to corn, replanting of which over the northern portion of the corn belt is about completed and it is coming up and doing well. Reports from Southern States indicate that corn in that section is in excellent condition. In Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and southern Illinois corn would be greatly benefited by rain. Winter wheat is in less promising condition in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Missouri, and rust is appearing in Illinois. It is nearly ready to harvest in Kansas and is heading in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Arkansas and Kentucky report improved condition, and prospects in Oregon are excellent.