Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-12-21
GENERAL.

The large smelter Of the Anaconda com
pany at Butte, Montana, closed down, in
definitely throwing 800 men out of work.
This necessitates the discharge ofall men
working on the Chambers syndicate mines
the Anaconda and st. Lawrence at Butte
City, which combined give employment 10
$500 men.
Thomas Axworthy, the defaulting city
treasurer of Cleveland, has written fn-.n
London, proposing "A compromise by return
ing $lG0.OOO Of the stolen money 10 the city,
and repaying his bondsmeu by the end of
two years.
Mother Superior Mary Frances De Sale
died at Davenport, Iowa, on the 18th, aged
a. she entered the order Of the Sisters of
Mary in 1898
The United States steamer Galena sailed
| for Hayti on the 18th inst, and two other
war vessels will follow as quickly as pos
sible The object is TO demand of Hayti the
America steamer seized there some time
ago, and which is still be ng held.
The British parliament will be prorogued
December ~. Mr.. Gladstone will spend
the holiday vacation in Italy.
An attempt was made TO blow up Shufelt
& Co.'s distillery in Chicago the other
morning. by the use of dynamite. The ex.
plosive. however, failed TO do its work, as
only portion Of it went of, and the dam
age is not great. II is charged that the
deed was instigated by the whisky trust.
Two persons were killed and three others
injured by the eXplo sion Of boiler in a feed
mill in Trowbridge Ohio, the other morn
ing.
The new river and harbor bill appropri-
ates 81 800, 90, and of this amount Michi-
gan gets $3.50, 900 for two improvements
The postoffice at Alaska, Kent county,
was robbed Of $50 the other night.
II is now believed that Geo A. Blakeslee,
jr., OF Galien who disappeared recently
was murdered at Michigan City Ind.
a narrow gauge railroad is TO connect
Newberry and Naubnway next year,
couple Of logging roads being utilized
James Irvine of East Saginaw. switch
man. was run over by an +. * L, NJ. train
the other day and killed.
DR. Beidler, who was murdered on the
streets of Texarkana. Ark, recently, was
well known at Battle Creek, where he had
lived much or the time for the past two
years and whore he was extensively en-
gagged in business enterprises, having pur-
chased property at Goguac Lake, where he
had built hotel and made other perma-
nent investments.
The National Sabbath convention held
in Washington on the 18th inst. elected
the following officers; Col Elliott +, Shep.
ard of New York. president; Rev. DR. y.
II. Lord, Illinois, recording secretary; Rev.
j. III. Knowles of New Jersey, general sec
rotary, in charge OF the publication depart
ment: treasurer. +. y. Perlc Of New York.
A constitution was adopted declaring the
basis Of the union TO be 1.-The divine author
ity and universal and perpetual obligation
of the Sabbath as manifested in the con
stitution Of nature; "a declared in the re
vealed word of God, formulated in the
fourth commandment Of the moral law and
interpreted and applied by our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ, and as approved by its
beneficial influence upon national life"
The OBJ ect of the IL ion is declared to be
the preservation Of the American Sabbath
as "A day OF rest and worship.
Three soldiers stationed at Madison bar
racks. Sacketts Harbor, were drowned
while fishing in Lake Ontario the other day.
Chaplain George w Dorrants, United
States navy, died in Washington recently,
aged "a years. He participated in several
naval engagements and gained the name Of
the Fighting Chaplain"
The school election in Boston. on the 10th
inst, the question nj issue being the ex-
clusion from the public schools Of a certain
text book which misrepresented Catholic
doctrines, result d in the defeat of the
Catholic element. The women voters were
out in full force.
Two suits growing out OF the Mud Run
railroad disaster, were entered in the court
at Pittsburg, on the Eth inst. They are
each for 10000.
Chief Colorow, the late rebellious Ute
leader, is dead of pneumonia at Ouray,
Utah, aged 40
The commissioner Of navigation reports
that American tonnage is now exceeded
only by Great Britains merchant marine.
Teemaque T. Timayenis, formerly pro
fcssor OF Greek at Hazard college, and
author Of THE Original Mr.. jacobs and
the american Jew has been arrested on
charge of having committed extensive en-
bezzlements of money belonging TO the
Minerva publishing company, of which he
was the managing partner.
f. l.. Harper, vice president Of the late
Fidelity bank Of Cincinnati, now in the
penitentiary, has become violently insane,
and has been removed to the prison asylum.
Frank Wilcox OF Chicago has been award
ed verdict of $4,000 against the Chicago
city railway company, for losing q leg In an
accident on one Of It's lines.