Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-07-09
THE NATION.

II. b. Wilson, financial agent of the New
York presbytery, is s25, 900 short in his ac-
count
The New York parliamentary fund COM
mittee has sent another $4,000 to
Psrnell.
DR.. Gattling is perfecting a new police
gun for riot use, good for 1000 shots u
minute.
Henry Primrose, salvation army cap
o., for bigamy.
Gov. Hugh Thompson Of South Carolina,
has been appointed commissioner OF edu-
cation, vice John Eaton.
John A. Brown, an Atlanta, Ga, moon
sinner, was shot and killed by deputy
| United States marshall.
The state comptroller of Tennessee says
that $2l,0O0000 Of the 100000 Of state
/ bonds have now been funded at 80 cents on
/ the dollar 1t is supposed that the other
/ $30OO,0OO are held in Europe and will come
in slowly for payment.
The Barnum mine in IShpeming shut
down on the 30th ult., throwing POO men
out of employment.
OF the sixty-eight private penson bills
vetoed by the president four were offered
/ by Michigan congressman as follows: One
each was introduced by Senators Conger
and Palmer and Representatives Burrows
and Carleton.
Recorder Smith OF New York received n
letter from Hugo Rosendorff Of Berlin,
Germany, recently, thanking the recorder
! for fhe in which bn SnntanpaI
Johann Most, the anarchist. Mr.. Rosen-
dorr stated that the papers of Germany
universally commented with great favor
upon the recorders conduct of the trial
and decided language in sentencing, and
expressed the hope that the work of pun
ishing such pests to society would CON
tinue.
The collections of internal revenue dur
ing the first eleven months Of the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1856, amount to Sl01,-
1914 4S5, being an increase Of 50, 402, S3S over
the receipts for the corresponding period
for the previous year.
Louis Perdigrat a Frenchman who said
his name was Count Chatellres D'Ulze,
committed suicide in New Orleans recent
~. He was supposed to be poor but left
/ u
in France.
The issue of standard silver dollars from
the minis during the week ended June 26,
was S550,G0. The issue during the cor
responding period of last year was s444
4Gi The shipments of fractional silver
coin since June ! amounted to 1924. So.
The large brown stone house on II street
Washington. built by the late Zach Chan
der and which during its occupancy by
the senator was considered one of the
finest residences in Washington is now
occupied by the Democratic congression-
al campaign committee.
Land Commissioner Sparks has render
ed a decision in favor of "A settler named
Walden, who settled upon unsurveyed
land which was afterwards selected by the
Northern Pacific railroad company as in
demnity. The commissioner holds that
unsurveyed lands were not affected by
the indemnity withdrawal.
At the trial Of the anarchists in Chicago,
one of the arrested anarchists said that
the man who threw the bomb on the night
of the Haymarket riot, is dead, having
been killed 10y policeman.
The thirtieth national conference of
charities and corrections will be held in
st. Paul, Mimi, July 1921 inclusive.
There is every reason TO feel that the con
ference will b. largely attended and that
the papers and discussions will be of a
very practical character. Tx President of
the United States r. b. Hayes and Mrs.
Hayes will be present, and participate in
the exercises. Reduced rates will be given
at all the leading hotels in St. Paul and
Minneapolis Private citizens who are in
terested in charitable and reformatory
work are requested to be present.
Friends having business in New York
City will find the GRAND UNION HOTEL. on
42d Street opposite Grand Central Depot
one of the BEST Of the many Hotels in the
City. II has recently been refitted nearly
throughout, and its accommodations are
all frSt-class. Its manager, Mr.. W. ID.
GARRISON, is always attentive to the wants
of his guests and insists that the same at
tention shall be shown by every employee
under him. We have tried the GRAND
UNION on many occasions for number Of
years past, and can cordially recommend
il and its genial host to our friends, when
either pleasure or business calls them to
the Metropolis.
New Hampshire Democrats have nomn-
ated Thos Cogswell of Germantown for
governor.
The entire business portion OF Alturas
Cal, was destroyed by fire June 30.
Two girls of William Miller, aged II and
10 respectively, were burned TO death the
other night, seven miles southwest of
Sherman, Texas. The building caught
fire from carelessness in throwing away
match after lighting a lamp. The rest Of
the family had a narrow escape.
William f. Smith assistant secretary of
the treasury, has rendered his resignation,
and the same has been accepted Mr..
Smith resigns voluntarily, having accept
ed the position of solicitor for the st.
Paul, Minneapolis 81 Manitoba railroad.
Geo. Thompson of South Carolina has
been chosen for the vacancy.
Gen. Eaton, who was installed as the
President of the Marietta o., college, June
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