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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-08
NEWS SUMMARY.
CONGRESSIONAL.

MAY %, SENArF.-A message was read
from the President returning, without his
approval, the bin appropriating So, 600 for
public building at Youngstown, Ohio.
The bill 10 revive the grade of general OF
the army was passed, and the senate adj
Iourucd
HoCsE.-Another day was spent in CON
sidcring appropriation bills.
MAY 81, SENATR.-The conference report
on the bin 20 establish department of labor
was agreed TO- The senate then proceeded
10 the consideration of senate bill 10 quiet
title OF settlers on the Des Moincs river
lands IN Iowa Argument in its favor was
made by Mr.. Wilson of Iowa, and against 10
10y Mr. Eyarts who favored his own bill
proposing 10 indemnify the settlers on the
lands in question. After further discussion
the bill was passcd-ycas, 2S nays, /. Some
minor business was then transacted and
after a brief executive session the senate
AT 80, adjourned.
HOUsE.--The day was spent I'm debate on
The tariff under the five minute rule.
JUNE ,, HoUsE-The entire session was
spent In debate on the tariff bill. Mr. Bur
rows (Rep., Mich,) read statements 10 show
the Importance OF the lumber industry
which II was, he said, proposed 10 strike
down. He said that $4,000 900 were paid
tho laborers in this industry-the third
largest in the country-in one year The
statements, he said. had been made not by
his MIR BurrowsD constituents, but by
those of Mcssrs Tarsney and Fisher Mr..
Cox dem, y. " said that these men
were almost all millionaires men who had
made the forests Of Michigan almost "A cal
cincd desolation. On this point he was "A
wanted TO protect the for
ests Of Michigan from the axe He init
mated that IL might become necessary 10
amend the rules 10 cut of dilatory motions
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-08

Tug boat Fulton exploded her boiler at
| the mouth OF the Mississippi river. killing
| the captain and pilot and wounding several
| deck hands.
| Brewers in national convention at St
! Paul decided 20 oppose any scheme TO lessen
! wages or lengthen hours of employees. They
meet in Newark, n. j., next year.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland have
! been invited 10 spend the Fourth Of July in
| Cincinnati.
The residence OF Mrs lie Jerome of
| Wichita, Kansas, was entered by burglars
the other night. and $4,000 worth of da-
monds and other property stolen.
The public debt reduction reduction for
May was about $i,OO0,00O and Sl2, OO0, 600
were paid out for pensions
Louis Hullcr, the great concessionaire Of
Lower California, has concluded "a cash
purchase OF 5,OOO,OOO acres OF land for col
onllation purposes in the states Of Chiapas
and Chihuahua. Mr.. Hullers agents i'm
Europe have forwarded a number Of Ger
man families during the last month 10 CHA
pas.
Wilson NJ. Campbell, sentenced for life
10 the Kansas pentcntiary for assaulting
his daughter, is found 10 be innocent and
'pardoncd" He had served four years.
The senate has adopted the conference
report on the bin creating department Of
labor and passed the bill.
Mrs. Rawson, the wife Of wealthy Chi
cagO banker who was suing for divorce, be-
came angry at her lawyer in court the other
morning and fired several shots at him.
The woman is believed TO be insane. III. G.
Whitney, her attorney, is seriously, though
not fatally injured.
Since March 4, 1855, the commissioner Of
the general land Office has restored S0,69O,-
20 acres of land 10 the public domain, and
the question Of adding l54l0,05S acres 10
the amount is still pending.
Peter Kirk, representing a big syndicate
of English iron manufacturers, has leased
the Denny iron mine in the Cascade noun
tains, in Washington Territory; > 800 acres
OF land on Lake Washington have been pur-
chased, and 1900 men will be employed
The new city Of Kirkland will be establish
ed. Work will begin Immediately.
James b. Hayes Of the Idaho supreme
court is dead
Six men attempted TO run the rapids at
Ottawa, Ont, in small boat. The boat
capsized and three Of the men were drowned.
President and Mrs Cleveland will visit
BuifalO this month.
The bark Monravia sailed from New York
for Liberia June ., carrying Is families Of
colored people, who have been sent out by
the American colonization society.
Prof Anderson, principal Of the Spencer
high school, and the Misses Lille and Clara
near Spencer, Ind, on the evening Of June
The Crystal salt works near Warsaw, Y
y, were destroyed by fire the other morn
ing.
Three men were killed in a railroad
wreck near Anoka. Mimi, the other morn
ing.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-08
MODERN EUROPEAN cREMAroRY

net burned in the proper sense of the word,
but is reduced TO ashes by the chemical APP
plication Of intense heat.
This, tho cremationists claim, is simply
substituting one OF natures dccomposing
agencies tor another, the Quo being quicker
and moro clearly than the other. AL the
gases resulting from the decomposition aro
consumed. as is the smoke OF the furnace,
and nothing can be seen issuing from the
chimney but the CULVER Of the heat, and this
heat is said TO be absolutely odorless. Tho
process might bo called, says IN eye-wit-
ness, the capitalization ~ tho body, tho
Generalization OF its material parts Tho
timo required TO complete the operation is
apout two hours. y very smau portion OF
.Sy yeu,ains Is ashes, but tho mass is IL the
form OF calcned bones IN snail fragments,
very white odorlcss, entirely deprived OF
animal matter, and may be- preserved any
length of time without change. There are
from four TO seven pounds Of these remains,
which are easily contained in gallon jar or
urn.
The crcmatorium az La-acastor, Pa, re-
Gently completed, coat only 5000. II is OF
gothic architecture 3Sxi2 feet, and COM
priscs a chapel, toilet rooms and furnace
room. Tho furnace, which cost but FL 200,
has given satisfaction an seventy FIVE or
one hundred cases. Coke il used, and
$50 pounds is sufficient Incarceration is
completed in from forty -fve to ninety min
utns Then in tho bottom Of the retort "a
found the ashes. consisting OF pure oxide OF
lime. Somebody having claimed that a Gre
matory gives OF poisonous gases, Prof.
Baker WAS employed ~ ans>yze tho gasos
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-08

/ OF their kind, and almost daily called ilto
use IN giving scientific assistance 10 nature
/ in the performance Of one Of her slowest
and most abhorrent proccsses- as
sistancc which substitutes almost instant
/ puurcauon FOR gradual putrefaction and
decay.
The crcmatorium at buffalo, recently com
/ plotted, Is a far type of American struct-
ures designed for that purpose, though ITS
architecture more resembles that Of a
church or chapel than j. common. The
building is reached by spacious roadway
running 20 a porch. and then passing around
20 the door of the mJrtuary chamber. Those
who accompany the body aAyht AZ the porch
and pass thence into the auditorium. The
body is removed from the hearsc 10 the mort
uary chamber and there placed upon a -lr
The car is then moved by machinery, noise
lessly into the chauccl, whore. ~ - is de-
red, the body may remain in siuht Of
those in the auditorium during the progress
OF such services as may be desired. vt the
proper time the same me -lanism moves he
car noiselessly througlrtAe doors which
lead 10 the iucinoratinC room, and the doors
close bchiudlt.
In a natural gas crcmatory at Pittsburgh
incinerations are performed within an hour
or SO at very small cost The average cost
Of lncincrations IN the United States is said
10 be s25, though many of the societies find
the cost to be very much less Cremation
societies arc sprlpG.ng up all over the
country, and it is estimated that no fewer
than fifty arc either building or preparing
10 erect furnaces and suitable ehapels and
columbariums. There are handsome cre-
matoriums at Detroit, New York, Los An
eclcs, Lancaster, Pa, Cincinnati and else
where
In the 10 Moync crematory at Washing
ton, Pa, cremation is performed in a fire.
clay cylinder, or retort, which is three feet
in diameter by seven feet long This retort
is heated 10 4 red heat by a furnace fire Of
coke which is built underneath and kept
burning for twenty or thirty hours before
the cremation IS to take place The body is
placed IN an iron crib made in the shape OF
u coffin, and this CRIB slides into the retort.
Is addition 10 the ordinary burial garments
the body IS covered with cloth wet with
solution Of alum, which, even when burned,
retains its form. No flames enter the re-
tort only tue intense heat, and the body is
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-08
POLITICAL.

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Randall ,i,a.nrcsidsnt on tbo ranuhIica
ticket nrovidcd Tho ~ Tonis ronvnnti"n
Endorses tho presidents tariff reform idoas
m =, ~. - -
CIV Graz ~ indiana yin ba nni,"to Ia "a,
vice president ON the democratic ticlrct
! Ni,hie,on will throw n rpaioritv ~ bav -, :,
for cen. Black of Illinois though Judga
! Morse j. favored nv some and Dnn Diclir.
son by = fayy
~ p,u.,,.t:. MI.
- 80 ~" - say wv ucu.o
49,, - ~ ION ~
tIeveIa,5 ~ Nry Yori, and Aiien . M.
man OF Ohio Congressman Samuel I
Randall fayors this ticket. and Thurman is
said 10 have given his consent TO have his
name placed on th" ticket
Hon. John c. New Of indianapolis. saws
Indiana win remain true % Gen. Harrison
until the last vote is pollcd at the COuycu-
tlu.
The state ibitior convention ~ W..
rouSip a. Madison nominated q & Duraut
of Ha.ir. f., Governor h,. .,,...i.,,ration ~
q Hi,hmoud ~ DAM was re- ,in,taj ,'boir.
man. of asf;ttrrautral committed 4 WON
ans s,iir4,gc pI3ul, was voted lovro Inv 1,s
fnII4 when the pI.t form was adnn'aJ
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~ ~ i'.''-S e1c'1.ty appealihg TO
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-08
THE STATE.
Polsnnel Her IInshand.

Mrs Frau' Carmichael was arrested in
Lansing the other morning, charged with
the murder OF hrr husband, Anderson Car
michael, Ira Wright township Hilsdale
county. During his wiic's absence on the
l4th of last january he ate a piece OF pie
which She had saved FOR him, and soon after
became terribly ill., A ueighbor heard his
groaus and 10 this man Carmichael insisted
that he had been poisoned by his wife and
urged him 90 secure the pic for analysis.
Instead the uoighbor ran for help. and when
he returned the pie had mystcriously disap
pHarcd Carmichael died the next morning,
after repeatedly asserting his wife had
poisoned him. lie drank heavily, however,
and the corouer's jury decided that ne came
% his death by poison put IN liquor by him
self His remains have since been disin-
TERED. and the stomach given % "A chemist
for analysis.
Carmichael was tried and acquitted two
years ago on the charge of burglary, and his
wife's devotion 20 him at that time caused
general remark
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-08

from tho chimney or the Lancaster cremac-
ory Fifteen jars OF gases were collected
while there was nothing IN the furnace but
the burning coke and nftecn moro during
tho incarceration Of man VINO had dled'
from dropsy. lie could not detect any dr.
ference between the gases collected during
and before cremation.
Incarceration is q simple and inexpensive
process, and after the dccaying body -
thus cthcrca,ized thcrc need be little
further trouble about or from IL. The med
ical student nor yet the tombstone man and
his bill can di.turb he dreams Of the poor
widow The Chicago Crema,ory Associa-
ton will doubtless build a c0lumbarium, or
place for storing the u.ns containing ashes
in connection with the crematory a
small, well arranged building VIII contain
thousands Of urns, each fashioned accord.
ing 20 tho taste Of relatives, but none OIL
which need be expensive.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-08
TO CREMATE THE dad.

Some Chicago People Prefer IncIneration
To Burial, at Least Think They DO. and
Arrange To Crafty 1hsmselyes-Iiow 1t
Is Done.
II IL quite probable, says the Chicago
Herald, that the efforts now being made in
Chicago 20 organize a cremation society and
build orematorium will result in final sue-
cess. Some OF the men who favor this
method Of disposing Of the dead have taken
the trouble 30 make inquiries concerning the
number OF believers in cremation in Chisa-
go, and estimate the number az from three
10 five thousand persons The new asso-
cation will at once proceed 10 form an in-
corporation and 10 issue stock. The plan
most in favor il 20 capitalize at say 10000,
place the stock in three hundred families,
II possible, the stock TO be paid for either
in cash or on easy Installments.
As soon as enough money has accumu-
lated in tho treasury "a site will be pur-
chased, and tho erection OF crematory
will rapidly follow. Tho cost Of the site,
building and apparatus need not exceed
$4,000. In fact, some Of tho best modern
crematOrics have cost much less. There
are no fewer than eleven crematories in the
United States, some Of thcm perfect work,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-08

THE man who said he was o. c lark wa1
really out on a swallow.
~.
WHY it rains IN very hot wcather' Tho
heat opens the pours Of the clouds.
#ss
IT may sound like a paradox, yet tho
breaking Of both wings Of an army Is u
pretty sure way TO make it Fly.
~
BosroS firms ledger weighs forty.
seven pounds. The athlete who keeps /.
finds the health-lift unnecessary.
~
SWINGING is said by the doctors to be
good exercise FOR the health, but many
poor wretch has come TO his death by il.
e.
AN evening paper speaks OF some houses
tho roofs OF which are "shngled with
slate" This is almost as good as tho
Hibernan description Of a roof copper.
bottomed on the top with sheet-tin.
THE worst we ever neard.-w nat IL tho
difference between man struck with
amazement and u leopard's taili One -
rooted to the spot, and the other Is spotted
TO the root.
-
The difference between the black and
white race is easily explained When q
white man lie choking, he turns black; but
when a colored man is in the same fix, h.
doesn't turn any thing but his eyeballs.
e..
PAPA" said n bright Chicago boy Jus,
home from seight-of-hand entertainment
81 wish ! was conjurer." why. my
son" 81 would turn you into rat, call VI
The cat, and wouldn't have fun"
e..
A LITTLE girl who had often heard be,
mother speak Of her father. who was some.
what bald, as being n self-made man, asked
her one day, IL her father was a self-mads
man, why he didn't put more hair on biz
head
An old negro in New York was paid NJ,
wac 5. a day or two since, receiving the
most OF II IN silver half dollars He looked a
them benignly rs they lay in his hand
chuckled as though in triumph, and co
claimed: OATS dc stun do rats canI
chaw."
80
TIE human body expands immcnsely-vftS
age When eleven young men are soateJ
on one side Of the car, they can easily sit u,
n little closer TO make room for n pretty
girl, but six Of them can manage 70 usonopo
lie An entire side Of tho car when III OIL
woman oomes in.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-08

Sheep skins wool. % n ID
WopI. The market Is in an unsettled
condition an there is a wide discrepancy
in report sales OF th. Michig m clip are
reported at ia Be-
LIVE STOCK
CArTLE-Market st dy 5t) l0c hig her ,
steers Sidj ; stocksrs and feeders
s!g0 II. COWS bull, aud mixel, 81 a5(a
3 30; Texas cattle { 3 "a, -.
HoGs-Market SLOW. DC lower; mix ID
s. 5000 heavy, s. ,J9 . 80; light
as 3 0p5 20; sNps Sl0, ..
SHEEP-Market dun, AMI - lower
natives an1 Wester horn as 3 In.
ferior TO fair. $40 ~; Texans ,Jd4 -;
lambs per head % to ..
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-08

Matthew Arnod's will was even shorter
than that OF Roscoe Coukiing. In one line
he left all he possessed 10 his wife.
Talmage is authority for the statement
that there are no pianos in heaven. What's
the use OF piano trying 20 b. square or up
right them
Austin Corbin has gonet) Europe
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-08

IT may sound like a paradox, yet tho
breaking Of both wings Of an army Is u
pretty sure way TO make it Fly.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-08

A BosroS firms ledger weighs forty.
seven pounds. The athlete who keeps /.
finds the health-lift unnecessary.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-08

WHY it rains in very hot vcather' The
heat opens the pours Of the clouds.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-08

THE man who said be was o. lark wa1
really out on a swallow.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-08

SWINGING is said by the doctors to be
good exercise FOR the health, but many a
poor wretch has come to his death by it.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-08

THE human body expands immensely -vi;S
age. When eleven young men are SCAT !
on one side Of the car, they can easily sit u,
n little closer TO make room for n PRETTY
girl, but six Of them can manage 70 usonopo
lie An entire side Of tho car when ~ OIL
woman oomes in
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-08

AN evening paper speaks Of some houses
tho roofs Of which are "shingled with
slate" This is almost as good as tho
Hibernian description Of roof copper.
bottomed on the top with sheet-tin.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-06-08

LITTLE girl who had often heard he,
mother speak Of her father. who was some.
what bald, as being self-made man, as ked
her one day, II her father was a self-mads
man, why he didn't put more hair on biz
head
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-02

ecIS
A new and ingenious
way of winning a de-
bate was introduced
recently at a meeting
of a debating. society
OF YnnnS nHnnlp in this
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-02

dition; and with all the mechanical
operations of the school system there is
no piece of the machine that runs with
more wearing and tearing effects than
the examination. If it's an objection
to our school system that it destroys
diversity of character through the uni
formity of conditions, then surely ex-
aminations are Objectionable, because
they narrow the field of study till it
reaches the uniformity of certain tests
that can be met without really master
ing the subjects in which one is ex-
amined. In it's discussion Of this SUBJ
ject the New York Times peril
nently remarks: ''The point to be made
is that examination should not be the
master and rule the methods of work.
In all the higher schools the money re-
wards of learning are too often hostile
to the best results in mental develop
ment. Boys are trained for scholarships
as two-year-old horses are trained for
the races, and young men at the univer-
sites are made to believe that the main
purpose of education is that they may
win high prizes at the examination. The
examination system, by which the roots
of knowledge are constantly pulled up
to see if they have sprouted, is in full
blast, and its work in diverting our
youth from the true ends of education
is as deeply and injuriously felt in
America as in England"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-02
Thirteen Still Unlucky.

The gossiper Of the Washington Post tells
touching story of the way in which certain
Southern congressman are affected by the
news OF the recent floods at Augusta, Ga. In
1910 there was a flood at Augusta, and i'm
medIately after it subsidized William Henry
Harrison was elected president. That was
known as the Harrison freshet,' ana since
that time, so the story goes, no other watery
calamity has befallen Augusta until this year.
During the present freshet the water has
risen thirteen inches higher than in 1870.
and what disturbs the Southern members is
the fear that it will be followed by the cleo
ton of another Harrison to the presidency.
These gentlemen should remember that thir-
teen is the unlucky number, and should see
in the fact that the water rose thirteen inches
higher than in 1910, an omen Of certain de-
feat for Harrison.-Chicago Herald, Sept 80,
1883.
There can be no doubt, since age has
only strengthened the superstition that
thirteen is an unlucky number, and Mr..
Harrison, while lucky in carrying the
electoral vote, may prove to be bad luck
for himself, his party and the country
at large-the latter being the popular
majority that welded the electoral
minority. We hope, however, that four
years of Office viii not afford him suf-
ficient time to do much damage-iust
enough to show the policy Of the plat
form that he represents.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-02
COLUMBUS IN THE SWIM.
That Town Will Succeed CIeye.
land in the American Associa-

That Town Will Succeed CIeye.
land in the American Associa-
ton.
PITTsBURG, Dec. 1.-The board OF
arbitration Of the large base ball leagues
discussed the articles of qualified adj
mission to the national agreement at its
session to-day. Changes were made
requiring minor leagues applying for
admission to have four clubs, and COM
polling them to pay all salaries to
players before contracting for next
year. Territorial rights were also
amended and the four-mile limit
adopted, making it compulsory upon
minor league club to sell player to any
club who agrees to purchase
him. The action of Des Moines
in agreeing to sell Holiday
to Philadelphia for 81, 800 and then sell
ing him to Cincinnati for $4,000, was the
cause of the adoption of this rule. A
resolution censuring Des Moines was
also adopted. The board adjourned
this evening, and members left for home
on to-night's train. 1t it stated, upon
reliable authority, that arrangements
have been made for Columbus, o., to
take the place of Cleveland in the
American association. Four citizens
have agreed to subscribe $4,000 for the
purpose of putting good club in the
field, and meeting of prominent Off
Gals of the association will be held in
Columbus tomorrow to close the deal.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-02
Attorneys for the Manitoba
Railway Sing a Sweet
Song to Villas.
Gov. Beaver Accepts the Invi-
tation to Marshal the In
augural Parade.
John j. Enright Appointed
Assistant Commissioner
of Indian Affairs.
Presidential Plums Fall Into
the Laps Of liinnesatians
and DakOtanS.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The secretary
of the interior to-day heard argument
in the matter of the adjustment of the
grant of the st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Manitoba Railway company. The case
before the secretary was on a reference
from the commissioner of the general
land office for instructions. The cues
ton involved is whether, in the
adjustment of the grant to the state of
Minnesota to aid in the construction of
this road and its branches, the grant
should be treated as an entirety so as to
permit the selection of the surplus
lands along the main line to make up
deficiency along the line of the st. Vim
cent extension. S. ii. Pinney, counsel
for the railway company, and Vice
President Clough contended that the
act of March 3, 1865, authorized the
company to make its selections within
the twenty-mle limits through the en-
tire length of the road and its branches.