Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1895 — IN GENERAL [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL

The sovereign grand lodge of Odd Follows lias adopted an amendment to the. constitution barring out saloon-keepers, bartenders and professional gamblers. At 1 o'clock Thursday morning the Netherlands-American Steamship Company’s steamer Edam, from New York, bound for Amsterdam, collided with the steamship Turkistan about fifty .miles southeast of Start Point, Eng. The collision occurred in a dense fog. The captain, crew and passengers of the Edgm 1 ook to the boats immediately, and within two hours the Edam went to the bottom. TEe Boats were tulteii in tow by" the trawler Vullur?, of Brixham, and the Vulture and boats were then towed into PtyjEowSh*-<-hy- rtfee «»B*BS£f<Sßl*a None of the passengers or crew was injured, but they lost all their effects. . The following is the standing of the clubs in the National League;, Per P. W. L. cent. Baltimore 123 81 42 .659 Cleveland 128 83 45 .648 Philadelphia ...125 77 48 .616 Chicago 126 70 56 .556 Boston 125“ 69 56 .552 Brooklyn 125 67 58 .536 Pittsburg 126 06 60 .521 New York *24 64 60 .516 Cincinnati 122 - 61 61 .500 Washington .... 122 39 83 .320 St. Louis ...124 37 87 .298 Louisville 126 34 92 .270 WF.STFFX T.KAGUE. The following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: _ J Per P. W. 1,. cent. Indianapolis ...122 79 43 .648 St. Paul 122 72 50 .590 Kansas City.... 127 73 54 .575 Minneapolis ....124 65 59 .524 Milwaukee ....126 59 67 .468 Detroit 125 58 67 .464 Terre Haute.. . 125 55 70 .440 Grand Rapids. .124 38 86 .306