Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-07-05

A committee has been appointed 10 in
quire into the dealings between London
guilds aud Irish tenants.
Some tune ago the solicitor OF the treas
| ury gave an opinion that there was nothing
| in the law To prohibit the landing Of Chi
nese for the mere purpose Of passing
| through the country. Secretary Window,
however, has directed rejection OF the APP
plication until the question could be con
sidered more thoroughly.
Johnstown, Pa. is no longer under mill
tary control.
The lfe-saying service Ia taking steps for
the establishment OF two life saving stations
on the great lakes, provided for by the last
congress--one at Marquette, on Lake Su-
perior, and the other at Kewaunee, Wis,
on Lake Michigan.
Typhoid fever has broken out in Johns
town, Pa, principally among the men en-
gagged in the WORK OF removing tho debris.
George b. Ormsby, who was lately dis
missed from the navy, has entered suit in
the supreme court OF the District of Colum-
bia against Secretary Tracy for $lOO, 900
damages for ire spass inc dent TO his i'm
prisonment at Mare Island, Cal, his trial
and dismissal.
A passenger train on the Chesapeake IL
Nashville road jumped the track near Bled
soc, Tenn, the other morning, and the pas
senger and baggage coaches went down the
embankment about 20 feet. Eight persons
were seriously in ured and number OF
children were more or less hurt. The
wrecked cars were badly smashed
William Walter Phelps has been APP
pointed American minister TO Germany,
receiving the appointment from the Presi
dents own hands. Mr.. Phelps immediate
~ qualified for the pos ton. After "a brief
visit TO his home in New Jersey he will go
TO Berlin.
The Illinois state board of agriculture
estimates that there will be l27,OOJ,OOO
bushels OF oats harvested this year, and
4,052, 900 bushels of rye.
John McDona Of Waterbury, Conn,
blind for 80 years, has just passed through
seige of sickness, and his eyesight has
been restored, seemingly in d miraculous
manner.
For debt of SIS who he could not pay,
F'ung Hoy, Chinese cook. was butchered
by three highbinders in San Francisco the
other night, who fell upon Hoy with hatch
cts and knives and left him lying mangled
on the sidewalk.
The case of Kemmler, condemned TO SUI
fer death by electricity, was ken 10 the
New York supreme court and action was
I ken on the case June -. The state con
ststution pro ibits cruel and unusual pun
ishment, and counsel for the murderer con
tended that execution by electricity was
both cruel and unusual. The court decided
that testimony would have TO be taken as
10 the effect OF AN electric current on the
human body, and appointed Tracy =. Beck
er Of Buffalo to take testimony and report
10 the court July 30
William Walter Phelps, one of the
American commissioners TO the Samoan
conference, has arrived in Washington.
The President has appointed Henry
Lawrence to be ass aver OF the mint or the
United States at San Francisco; Michael
r.. Smith TO be assayer in charge OF the
United States mint at Denver, Colo. Jas.
r.. Fitch of the District OF Columbia TO be
trustee of the re4orm school OF the Dis
trict Of Columbia
Mrs. Annie Craig, whose life was insured
for 800, died suddenly at the residence of
her son in-law, Edw rd Glynn in Pittston,
Pa, and as IT was the third mysterious death
in Glynn's house, an inV estigatop was made
ana arsenic found in the woman stomach.
Glynn and his wi are in jail.
John NJ. Galloway, lind commissioner at
Guthrie charged with crooked work at the
opening of Oklahoma, has been removed.
w. NJ. Allison Of Winfield succeeds TO the
post.
Rumored in official sources that the
President will call an extra session of con
gress in November.
Solicitor Hepburn has given an opinion
TO the secretary Of the treasury that there
is nothing in he law to prohibit the land
ing of Chinese. laborels who desire To
merely pass through The terri DRY of the
United States in transit The question
arose on an application for the land ing at
San Francisco OF q number Of Chinese des-
tined for Cuba, bond being offered tor
their departure from United States terri
tory. The application was granted.
Moses NJ Dane of Utah has been APP
pointed chief OF the accountants division
i'll the general land Office.