Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-10-01
Tho state department is in receipt of I'D

commerce, INSTRUCTIONS OF various linus
have been placed in the Canton river, in
spite of repeated diplomatic protests.
The abuse of the missionaries still con
tinues with increased severity. The fail
ure OF the House of Representatives to
pass the Chinese indemnity bill is given as
the cause of the assaults upon the mission
aries.
Among the steerage passengers on the
Egypt who were received in the Castle
Garden the other day were 800 Roumanian
Hebrews They had been expelled from
their own country and most of them had
tickets TO various parts OF the United
States None Of them had any money or
means TO provide for themselves. The
party was made up of men, women and
children. Emigration commissioner Stew
enson made strict examination, and
more than fifty were held for future ex-
animation with probability that they
will be sent back paupers.
Public Printer Benedict is making
wholesale reductions in the force in his
office.
bloody fight took place in Pittsburg
the other day between Irish and Italian
laborers, paddy Rocco an Italian, had
his skull crushed, and Pat Consadine, and
Irishman, was scot in the abdomen. Both
men will die. a number of arrests have
been made.
William H. Parker, the American min
lister TO Corea, reports 10 the secretary of
state, under date of August >, that the
cholera is still raging throughout Corea.
No reliable statistics are kept, but il is
estimated that 800 are dead inside the
walls of Seoul and that so far 1900 have
died in Chemulpho. About 20 deaths oc-
cur daily in the small Corean villages. No
foreigners have been attacked neither in
Seoul or Chemulpho. The disease is said
to be worse in the country than in Seoul,
but this the minister can hardly believe.
The Charleston city council recently
passed resolutions thanking the people Of
this country and England for the assist
ance already offered, and requested Mayor
Courtenay 20 prepare and issue nd adj
dress showing the present condition and
invoking additional aid, as the present
assistance granted is wholly insufficient
10 meet the unexpected exigencies The
loss inflicted is far greater than at first
supposed. Mayor Courtenay asks the
press Of the United States TO make public
the distressing condition of the city. Re
lief is now offered TO nearly 700 persons,
most Of whom are colored. Every case Of
distress is relieved as soon as known.
The senate committee to investigate the
fisheries question expect TO leave for Can
ada on the 2sth inst, and thoroughly ex.
anime the sources and statutes of the ex.
listing troubles between the United States
and Canada. They hope to report at the
opening of congress. The members are
Messrs, Edmunds, Frye, Salisbury, Nor.
gan and George.
A special train of twenty cars, contain
ing live stock from Montana en- route for
Chicago, jumped the track west OF Black
River Falls, Wis, the other evening, owing
10 a broken flange on the forward wheels
Of the locomotive The locomotive tender
ana nine cars were piled on one another,
making fearful wreck About twenty
cattle were killed and as many seriously
injured. The loss will be large The crew
was badly shaken up but no one was
seriously hurt.
Two freight trains on the Missouri,
Kansas q Texas division of the Missouri
Pacific collided on n curve one mile south
Of Clayton in Vernon county, Mo. Both
engines were completely demolished as
well as many cars. The engineers and
firemen jumped before their engines col
lided, and no one was injured. One Of
the trains was loaded with cattle. l4O Of
which were killed. The loss is placed at
$4,000.
Z WIN +. Gould, a son-in-law Of Neal Dow,
the noted prohibitionist, has been arrested
for embezzlement Of $4,000 from the First
National bank of Portland Ne, Of which
he was cashier.
A comparative statement has been pre-
pared by the postofilce department show
ing the sales of stamps, postal cards, etc,
at 80 Of the principal postofiices in the
United States during the month Of August,
1856 as compared with the same month in
1855 The statement shows total increase
in sales of Sl42,6S6 or 1906 per cent.
Martin Irons, the leader OF the knights
OF Labor strike in the Missouri Pacific
railroad last spring, Is under arrest in st.
Louis, to answer to the charges found
against him in the indictment for COM
plicity for tapping the private telegraph
wires running into Vice President Hoxies
residence. Owing to the recent i'll be-
havior Of the master workman his bonds
man has withdrawn from his bond and he
will tie kept under arrest until his case is
tried.
The state department Is in receipt Of
advises from Minister DENLY at Pekin de-
failing the cruelties and outrages cupon
missionaries in China. The cruelties
practiced upon helpless women and chill
dren are revolving in the extreme. The
missionaries have been driven from their
homes and their property destroyed. The
trouble grows out OF the trouble with the
Chinese in the United States.
Edward c. Buskirk Of Indiana, and Dan
iel c. Geutche of Ohio, have been appoint.
ed principal examiners in the pension