Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1896 — IN GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL.

The presbytery of the St. Lawrence has voted to dissolve the pastoral relation existing between Rev. William N. Cleve- ■ land, brother of President Cleveland, and the church at Chaumont, N. Y. Too much politics is said to be the cause of the trouble. The special board which was appointed to make the trip from Port Royal to Hampton Roads on the Indiana and thus make <the final inspection of that vessel finds there is no weakness or defect in the hull, fittings, or equipment, nor is there any defect in the machinery of the Indiana. The question of the admission of women as delegates to the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church has been practically settled in their favor. The vote to date is 6,937 in .favor of the amendment and 2,187 against it. This gives the required majority, with 375 votes to spare. Li Hung Chang, the distinguished Chinese statesman, who is to represent the Emperor of China nt the ceremonies attending the coronation of the Czar at Moscow, has arrived at Colombo, Ceylon. He was received with high honors. Li Hung Chang is quoted as saying, in an interview, that after leaving Moscow he will proceed to Berlin, Essen, Paris and London, and thence to America, returning to Peking in November. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: 1 Per

riaycd. Won. Lost, cent Chicago 2 2 0 1.000 Pittsburg 2 2 0 1.000 Washington .. 2 2 0 1.000 Brooklyn 2 2 0 ( 1.000 Boston ....... 2 1 1 .500 Cleveland .... 2 1 1 .500 Philadelphia .: 2 1 1 .500 St. Louis 2 1 1 .500 Baltimore .... 2 0 2 .000 Cincinnati .... 2 -0 2 .000 Louisville .... 2- 0 2 .000 New York.... 2 0 2 .000 Charles. C. Bovey and John Crosby, of Minneapolis, representing the National Millers’ Association, say flour inspectors of London are greatly exercised over what they hold to be a discrimination against American flour. Flour from America enters London docks and is subjected to a landing charge of 18 cents per ton. French flour and American wheat escape this charge. Parliament enacted that no charge whatsoever shall be made on goods landing at these docks, but the steamship companies, it is stated, issued to American millers a bill of lading containing a clause subjecting flour to the 18 cents charge per ton. In this way the miller contracts, himself out of the laws of Parliament and must pay the tax. Furthermore, the dock companies, it is stated, propose now to increase the taxing of landing materially. Messrs. Bovey and Crosby have represented to' a sub-commit-tee of the House Ways and Means Committee that the American flour product is subjected to charges in contravention of English law, and which they have urged may be abated through retaliatory legislation here.