Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-11-05


redress. The state department, it is ur
) derstood has received from him a bill 70
$4,000 damage against the Mexican gov
eminent, together with statement of hi
side Of the case.
X. w. Aston OF Georgia, aged 2s
clerk i'm the sixth auditors Office. treasur,
department. shot himself in the head tn
other morning. He died instantly. n,
cause l. known why he should have com
mitted the rash act
Geronimo and his band under stron,
guard, are en- route 20 the Florida forts
where they are 10 be imprisoned.
Elk Mayor Joseph b. Clark Of Manchester
n. H., committed suicide the other morn
ing His failure TO receive n congressional
nomination and business failures caused
the deed
The switchmen's strike at Minneapolis is
/ practically settled, new men taking the
place of the strikers.
The Mammoth cave railroad from GIas-
/ gov junction to the Mammoth cave, will be
open next month.
jay Gould, after having made thor
ough examination Of his railroad proper-
~ in the west southwest and St Louis.
expresses himself as well satisfied with the
condition OF his roads and their terminal
faculties, except the latter in St Louis.
John Ham Of Dover, n. H., n veteran of
the war of 1872, died October %.
Geronimo is TO be immortalized by the
PAPER mache artist of the Smithsonian
institution, and life size cast of him is
now being made for the chronological sec
ton OF the institution. The impression
that zen. Miles made terms with the hos
tiles Is strengthened by their sentence of
confinement at Fort Pickens which army
officers, who are familiar with Indian
warfare, think a punt, hment very little
calculated to impress the other Indian
tribes with an idea ofthe power and sever
ity of the government.
The department Of the interior has re-
ceived report from Commissioner
Sparks on information derived from the
general land oiiice complaining Of the |
montana improvement company making /
large depredations upon the public timber
on the unsurycyed lands along the line Of
the Northern Pacific
The district attorney Of Arizona claims
to have secured sufficient evidence TO
convict Geronimo and his men Of murder
and Gov. Zulicl Of Arizona. has reouested
that the Indians bo turned over TO tho
civil authorities. Tho order to send the
'aptivcs to Florida, is, however, final.
Forest fires in the Blue mountain region
ave caused loss Of many thousands OF
dollars
Along tho line Of the Canadian Pacific
in the Scott act counties. tho
NV is eyaded by carrying liquor in oil
ans.
For tne first nine months Of the present
ear &&3, go immigrants arrived in the
nited States.
Counsel for the condemned anarchists j
i'll make one more effort for them. The s.
lotion will be based on the Instructions q
nat man who incites an ofTense by q
oeaklng or writing is equally guilty with q
re actual perpetrator. As the term has a
ot expired the judge can grant the
otion.
Miss Sallie Mclirath, niece OF the noted
lriman Price McGrath, was burned ID D.
cath at Lexington, Ky. Her CLOTHING
'ught fire from the CRATE and before the '
lme' could lie eXtingui~hed she was hor
oly burned and died after five hours of 81
'eat suffering. Her sister. Miss Bella
as also seriously burned in trying 10 put D
II the flames. Miss McGrath was Blue %
ras- Belle and one Of the handsomest ID
dies in Kentucky. ii
Forest fires are doing great damage in s..
,w Hampshire. 81
An Ohio postmaster who runs dry II
ods business connection with his office az
5 got himself into trouble. He is com III
aimed of 10y a rival merchant. The post Ai
'ster had quantity Of small envelopes y'
n neat pattern printed with an adver. al
ement Of the bargains for sale at his Zee
IRE. Every purchaser Of stamps at the I-i
stoiiice get, them enclosed in one Of -
'se envelopes, and as any one buying n
antity wants something in which TO
'p them the envelope is "a continual adj.
rtiSement OF an ingenious postmaster's
vate business.
he secretary OF war has directed thai nc
LEI Mapgus and the two bucks who III
re- captured with him he sent to For, vi
kcnS Fla. with Geronimo and his band OF
that the squaws and children I'M h'
nSus' band 90 sent to Fort Marion. "
r. sunderland. whose church Presidect u
veand attends, refused 10 interccde IN
"a 'he president in behalf Of one OF the
ron, Of his church who had been di1
'osed from government position. and
consequence OF this refusal number of oe'
inhers have left the church They say me
reverend doctor refuses to interreda uei
oHgh fear of losing the president a. an
endant at h, church ott
he issue of standard silver dollars from POI
minis during the week ended October sha
was Sl.@n,S2l The issue during the me
responding period of last year was POI
IBIS. The shipments of fractional sill.
coin since October amount to So. ed
GO
he commissioner OF internal revenue Eu
modified theregulations in regard 10 the 7
law so as to make them con. me
n 10 the opinion OF the attorney reuer gre