Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1895 — IN GENERAL [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL

Fred Filgiano, absconding cashier of the Grand Trunk Road, who pilfered $17,000, has been arrested at Hamilton, Out. A question of great interest to Canada was asked in the House of Qommons by Mr. Price, who inquired if the Government was aware that the present exclusion of Canadian store cattle had caused and was causing -severe loss in some of the agricultural districts, and whether the restriction can be removed. The president of the Board of Agriculture, Walter Long, replied, saying that as late as July 10 cases of cattle suffering from pleuro-pueumonia had been found among cargoes coming from Canada, and the Government in consequence must maintain the restrictmn placed upon such cattle. Mr. Long added that the Government was communicating with the Government of the Dominion of Canada on the subject. Although passengers arriving at Victoria, B. C., by the Oriental liners agree that cholera is working frightful havoc in Japan, the newspapers of that country contain no reference to the devastation of the plague. This is probably due to the fact that the disease finds its victims chiefly among soldiers recently returned from the front, and the Government, therefore, takes advantage of the law’ rc lating to the press censorship to its fullest extent. According 'to officers of the Victoria, and the more recently arrived Empress of Japan, the military has suffered a loss of thousands during the last few months and the principal stations in Japan are at present converted into great hospitals. The Formosa expedition has proved especially disastrous. The following is the standing of the clubs in the National League; Per P. W. L. cent. Cleveland ......101 63 38 .624 Baltimore 91 56 35 .6K> Pittsburg 96 57 39 .594 i Chicago 99 55 44 ,551 Philadelphia .... 92 51 41 .554! Cincinnati 94 52 42 .553 Boston 92 50 42 .543 Brooklyn 94 49 45 * .521 New Y’0rk ...... 94 47 47 .500 Washington .... 86 30 56 .34?) ! St. Louis 98 32 66 .327 i Louisville 91 22 69 .242 1 WESTERN I.EAGUK. The following is the standing of the clubs iu the Western League: Per P. W. L. cent. Indianapolis 95 .61 34 .642 St. - Paul 95, 56 39 .589 Kansas City.... .96 55 41 .573 Minneapolis 94 49 45 .521 Milwaukee 96 47 49 .490 Detroit 97 47 50 .485 Terre Haute 98 41 57 .418 Grand Rapids. ...99 32 67 .323