Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-03-23
NEWS SUMMARY.

FL Paso, Texas, recently. She was widely
known in the east n throughout Europe.
Henry Bergh, the founder and president
of the society for the prevention of cruel
ty to animals, died in New York on the
18th inst.
f.. f. Thomas, postage due clerk in the
Washington postoiice, has been arrested
for theft.
Suits are to be brought TO secure tho
cancellation OF patents issued on lumber
culture entries in the Humboldt, Cal,
lane district.
The senate committee on territories has
reported favorably an enabling act for the
admission OF North Dakota.
Three men were killed and several Sc
verely injured in a collision near Hunting
ton, Pa, the other morning.
The petour plow works at Dixon. H.,
were burned the other day. Loss $l50,OOO
Several tenement houses i'm New York
were burned the other day. The inmates
barely escaped with their lives.
The house committee on Indian affairs
has completed the annual Indian appro-
p%riation bill. IL ap%propriates -, l92, 253,
being 500, 4+i less than the estimates.
the fierce gale along the Atlantic coast
on the 18th inst, drove 90 vessels ashore
at Lewes, Del. Twenty-Five lives were
lost.
A meeting of the resident members OF
the Chi Psi fraternity. whose chapters are
LOCATED in many Of the prominent colleges
OF the country, was held in Washington
recently and organized n Washington
alumni association. e%lecting Senator
Palmer of Michigan, president, and Gen.
r. ID. Sewall vice-president. Hon. Don
NJ. Dickinson, postmaster-general, mem
Der OF the Chi Psi chapter at the univer
sity OF Michigan, was present at the meet
ing. The annua convention OF the fra
ternity is 10 be held in Washington April
1, : and G.
Cyril p. Benedict, an old employee OF the
Adams express company in Washington
has been sentenced TO the penitentiary
for three years aud a half for embezzle-
ment.
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New
Jersey and the District of Columbia were
practically snowbounl for several days,
as q result Of the great storm Of the 18th
inst.
An Indian outbreak in the far north
west is impending.
A premature blast of dynamite, three
miles from Bremen. Ga. buried four con
victs beneath a huge pile ofdirt, and when
exhumed three were found TO be dead.
The fourth IL not expect ted TO recover.
Chairman Jones OF the republican ma
tional committee decides that delegates 70
the national convention should be chosen
in the same way that delegates for con
gress are chosen.
Five hundred American engineers, fire
men and brakemen are wanted TO go TO
China, and John Jones, who has been there
three years, is nov at Albany drumming
up recruits. Engineers are to get $3.50 per
month, iremen $lt5 and brakemen Sl.5, if
they guarantee TO remain five years.
Miss Ella Keats Peay, a niece of the
English poet John Keats, died in Louis
vile, Ky, recently.
Contributions 10 the irish national
league are larger this spring than at any
time before in many years.
Crop reports from Ohio promise but -
per cent Of a wheat crop.
The boiler in a saw mill at Burlington,
III. exploded the other morning, and
three men were killed.
\ passenger train jumped the track at
Newkirk, Pa, AMI one man was killed.
North American railroad superintend
ents will meet in New York. April Q.
Memorial services in honor OF the late
Emperor William were held in Washing.
ton on the 10Th inst.
Two hundred pounds of powder explod-
ed in a warehouse at Grass Valley, Cal,
the other morning. Several persons were
killed.
Construction trains near Camden, 5. c.,
collided the other morning, killing an en-
gineer and injuring several train hands.
The Chesruun brothers, five in number.
have been indicted at Ashland, O., for
killing a constable.
The Buckeye buggy works at Columbus,
o., were destroyed by fire the other day,
at a loss Of $40. CO.,.
J. =. Smith q Son, wholesale glassware,
and Baxter x Benton, commission mer-
chants, Pittsburgh, were burned out: loss,
100000.
Three men were killed near Burlington,
Ind, the other day by the explosion Of a
boiler in a saw mill.
In tho Muhlburg railroad county tax
Judge Barr of Louisville, Ky, has decid-
ed hat a writ should issue compelling
Judge Coleman 10 make the necessary
levy. The amount involved is nearly
$4,000. The bonds are held in many
states, from Tennessee 10 Michigan. and
the fight against the payment has been in
progress for ten years. 1t is believed a
settlement by compromise will soon be
reached.
a quantity Of dynamite exploded in the
heart of the city at Duluth, Mimi, the
other day. Many OF the best buildings in
the city were damaged.
The coal operator, of the Pennsylvania
and Ohio district, have perfected an
organization 10 govern the actions OF
shippers and operators in both states.
The secretary of the treasury tells con
gress that he is opposed TO Sherman's bill
TOR the Investment OF funds for the re.
demption OF national bank notes. He re.
CARDS il as impracticable, and says that
the only true method of reducing the sur
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