Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1895 — IN GENERAL [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL

The Austrian corvette Don an arrived in New York Thursday morning. She has been cruising in the West Indies and left Martinique on June 2. The Donau is an old type of war vessel. She carries a crew of 350 men and mounts fourteen guns. Replying to Henry Labouehere, member for Northampton, in the House of Commons Wednesday, Rt. Hon. Akers Douglas, the conservative whip, said his party wtfs anxious for a dissolution of parliament at the earliest possible moment and hoped to be able to make a statement on the subject Monday. Mr. Balfour’s address to“the electors of East Manchester says that this is not-a fitting occasion to explain the proposed policy of the unionists.

The Canadian Government has received a draft of the bill for Pacific seal fisheries, read for the third time in the imperial parliament. Sir Charles H. Tupper, minister of justiceau-dex-minister of marine, says the Dominion Government will enter strong objections to two clauses of the bill. One of these empowers Russian vessels to search Canadian sealers and the other exacts the extreme penalty of forfeiture of the ship and equipments for infractions of the regulations. The Dominion Government will forward a strong protest to the Imperial Government. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: Per P. W. L. cent. Boston . . .50 32 18 .G4O Baltimore 49- 30 19 .012 Pittsburg 5G 34 22 .GOT Cleveland 5G 33 23 .589 Chicago GO 35 25 .583 Cincinnati ......53 29 24 .547 Philadelphia 52 28 24 .538 Brooklyn 53 28 25 .528 New York 53 2G 27 .491 Washingtou 53 22 31 .415 St. Louis .;. : . .57 —l7 4d .298 Louisville 52 8 44 .154 WESTEUV I.EAGUK. Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: Per P. W. L. cent., Indianapolis 51 32 19 .627 Milwaukee 54 29 25 .537 Kansas City 53 28 25 .528 Detroit ....... 50 2G 24 .520 St. Paul 50 2G 24 .520 Minneapolis 49 24 25 .490 Toledo 50 22 28 .440 Grand Rapids. .. .53 23 30 .434