Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-20
GENERAL.


Two men were killed and three wounded
by boiler explosion in Allentown, Pa
July O.
General Master Workman Powderly has
written letter. in which he calls attention
10 an alleged corner in coffee, and ad-
vises abstention from the use Of coffee IN
Ill the corner is broken
Receiver Decker has compromised in the
matter Of Mormon church property, the
papers being filed in the territorial supreme
court at Salt Lake City. The receiver
keeps what property he had seized and also
1857, $50. - in cash. Further proceedings
are 70 be dropped pending the hearing on
appeal OF the questions involved in the
United States supreme court.
The labor party in Connecticut will nomi-
nate state ticket il September.
The half breed residents OF Batoche the
scene of the former rebellion, are out with
a manifesto in acknowledgements of Du-
mont as their leader and threatening the
government il they do not get their rights.
Those who took part in the rebellion de
mand 10 have their properties restored 20
! them.
Gov. Hill has called an extra session of
the New York legislature for the purpose of
appropriating funds 10 provide work for the
/ prisoners in the state prisons.
/ X. b. Parish of Louisville, once reputei
/ TO be worth 81 900 900, committed suicide the
other morning because he could not pay
f. board bill.
The Maplewood Park association OF the
| Minnesota Chautauqua is preparing - bring
| suit for $4,000 damages against Rev. T.
Dewitt Talmage of Brooklyn The assO.
citation claims that Mr.. Ta,mage agreed -
! ZONE TO MapleWoOd and assist in opening
/ The assembly on July 3. 1 and >, and that
his failure to keep his engagement has dam
aged the association 10 the amount named
FIX Speaker Samuel j. Randall is serious
! y i'll at his home in
1t is said that congress will not adjourn
| much before the first Of September.
/ Chairman Hoge. Of the committee Of
| brotherhood of engineers, and Chairman
Murphy, occupying the same position in the
iremcn 5 brotherhood, were arrested at the
| National hotel in Chicago the other morn
! ng charged with conspiracy.
/ Eight blocks in the central part of Suison.
/ Cal, were destroyed by fire July II.
! Thirty five switchmen employed by the
/ Chicago, Burlington x Quincy road AT Kan
sas City. struck the other morning. 1t was
/ local strike. caused by the cutting down
! Of the crews from nine 10 three.
Pnneo is the name Of a new town Just
started in Colorado, 100 miles east of Den
! yer, and 400 miles west of Omaha. There
! are thousands OF acres of government land
in the vicinity Of the new town which can
| Do Obtained al cost OF ABOUT % cents an
! acre.
| \ Wells Fargo express package contain
/ ing 81 900, sent from Bolton, Kan. 10 Little
/ Hooking, w. Va, was found on its arrival
| 10 contain nothing but pieces OF paper cut
/ to the size OF the bills.
Two men entered the Office Of the North
! western National Insurance company in
Milwaukee, and while one Conversed with
the clerk in charge the other made OF with
! 5000.
Steps are being taken looking 10 the
/ amalgamatiOn Of the four brotherhoods of
! locomotive engineers. iuemcu, brakcmcu
/ and switchmcn.
! DR. McGlynn, i'm recent speech before the
! anti poverty society in New York. predict
4 ed an uprising in which the church will be
/ the sufferer.
W. H. Powell. president of the national
/ association of union cX-prisoners of
/ war has issued his circular announcing the
/ sixteenth annual convention of the asSOCia-
ton 10 take place in Indianapolis on sep
/ tembcr i and 10 next.
The New York republican clubs held
meeting in New York, July i, and adopted
resolutions pledgiuy Support 10 Harrison
| ana Morton; approving The policy OF pro
! lection; appealing 10 republicans 10 organ
! ize; disclaiming all right 10 representation
at conventions as body, and making each
| club responsible for the result OF the com
! ing election in its own district.
Springer's livery stable in Buffalo was
destroyed by fire the other morning an
two men and 20 horses burned to death.
A call has been issued for convention
of colored voters 10 be- held IN Indianapolis
July -.
Floods in Pennsylvania and West Virgin
ia have destroyed millions of dollars worth
of property. In West Virginia alone the
damage is estimated at S2,Op0,oo0.
Charles NJ. kittridge, Denver banker has
missed his confidential clerk, Arthur White,
and $1,000
The striking switchluen in Kansas City
/ have placed "a boycott on the Burlington
! system. The engineers indorse their action
Gov. Marmaduke of Missouri has granted
a respite Of four weeks TO Hsgh NJ Brooks,
who was To have been hanged on the 18th
inst. for tho murder of his friend &. Arthur
| Preller in st. Louis in April, 1855.
The cornerstone of the administration
building of the soldiers and sailors home,
"a miles from Sandusky, Ohio, was laid
| July II, with imposing ceremonies. Many of
| the G.. A. X. posts OF the state were repre-
sented, and an immense crowd was IN at
tendance. At noon the veterans were re
viewed by Gov. Foraker
Prof. c. r. VanHize OF Madison. Wis,
has been appointed United States geolOgist
for the northwest
The New London and Northern railroad
! company repair and machine shops a. New
! London, Conn. were entirely destroyed by
! fire the other morning.
At Minneapolis Frank Hoover, president
of the typographical union and William b.
! Hammond, u member of its executive. have
been indicted for boycotting the Saturday
Evening Spectator.
a terrific gale swept down upon the At
lantic coast on the 18th inst. Many vessels
were wrecked, and "A number OF persons
drowned
Ben Hopkins. one Of the officers Of the
Fidelity national bank OF Cincinnati, sen
fenced TO the Ohio penitentiary. il suffering
from dropsy. The state board of pardOns
has signed "A recommendation asking Presi-
dent Cleveland TO pardon him.
| j. X. Bolch, plantation overseer in Fair
field county, South Carolina, has died from
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