Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-10-18

Sister Martha Seton, the oldest Sister OF
Charity in the United States, was buried
at Emmetsburg, Md, Oct. ii. She was ~
years old at the time OF her death, and TOOK
her first vows 10 years ago.
Tammany Hall offered to make ex Presi-
dent Cleveland its congressional candidate
in the ninth district, but the ofier was de-
cined.
The Baltimore university school OF medi-
cine has refused TO admit "a colored man az
"A student. DIR. Michael dean OF the school,
says that the refusal To admit the man was
not based on race prejudice on the part OF
the faculty, but simply as "A matter OF expe-
diency. The institution IS not endowed,
and therefore cannot afford to antagonize
the sentiments Of its patrons.
The business portion of Serpent River,
Ont, was destroyed by fire the other day.
Two hundred people are homeless.
Fifteen million feet Of lumber In Brock
wayville, Pa, was burned on the 10Th
inst.
Yellow fever has made its appearance at
Key West, Florida.
The supreme order Of the temple OF the
Pythan Sisters WAS organized In Indian
apolis the other day.
Cashier Jessup, who stole $3.50, 900 OF the
funds of the City bank OF Scranton, Pa,
has been indicted by the grand Jury.
A memorial meeting in honor of the late
..
Walter H. Foster, charged with embez-
cling 81, 900 from the Mccormick reaper
company of Rochester, n. T., was arrested
in Toronto the other day.
w. A. Robinson Il Co., oil refiners OF
Providence, X. l., have failed for soOJ,OOo
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe was elected
president of the Woman Congress at the
meeting in Denver
Costa Rica has withdrawn hostilities
against the Nicarauga canal, and work is
now progressing
Assistant Secretary Bussey has rescind-
ed Tanners orders which abolished the
~ rating for pensioners aud established
81 rate. Secret ry Bussey says the order
had neither the color OF law nor the author
ity of precedent.
Judge Day of Auburn, NJ Y, decides
that the electrical execution Inv is consti-
tutional, and remands kemmler To the
custody Of the warden of the Auburn
prison.
Crops in Morton county, Kansas, are a
failure. and 900 people arc in need OF imme-
diate aid.
Fire destroyed $4,000 worth of cotton,
sheds and presses for Taylor ~ Lowe of
Savannah, Ga, the other morning.
Mayor G.. II. Orwan Of Horace Kansas
was burned to death in railroad accident
near Astor, Kan, on the Oh inst
Henry Willard wants TO get control OF the
Northern Pacific railroad, and has a
scheme, which, If successful, will connect
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
A guild has been formed in New York in
the interest of Chinese. The purpose is
to extend Christian fellowship TO the Celes-
tials.
The magnificent stone house of Mr.. Glen
Studebaker, at South Bend Ind, which
cost about 500, OO0 w as entirely destroyed
by fire the other morning. Mrs. Stude-
baker and the servants had a narrow es-
cape.
Severe frosts are reported in various
portions OF Alabami on the Sth inst.
Master Mechanic Twombey of the Rock
Island road, whose son is responsible for
the accident in Chicago, when seven lives
were lost, has rendered his resignation.
Prof. Joseph T.. Nourse, l.. = NJ, died at
his home in Georgetown on the 9Th inst.
The first election in Tennessee under the
Australian system OF voting took place in
Chattanooga on the sth inst. when munich
p Il officers We're elected. The election
was the most orderly of any ever held
there. The republicans carried the day.
Latest returns from Montana concede
the election OF democratic governor by
800 ma ority.
a day laborer by the name of Devault
was helping 10 grade Lincoln park, just be-
low Red Bank, n. j., when his shovel sud
denly threw up stack of bank notes to
the amount of $4,000. 1t is believed that
the money was buried by "a man named
Sherman who lived in that vicinity years
ago and was notorious "s bank robber.
After the first scene in Lord Chumley''
at the Lyceum theatre in New York the
other evening, T.. H. Sothern appeared be-
fore the audience and announced that Chas.
h. Bishop, who had few moments before
been acting prominent p It. had suddenly
died in his dressing room while changing
his costume. The audience was then dis
missed. Mr.. Bishops wife was with him
when he died and was Frustrated by the
sudden shock