Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-10-05

anxiety there among the foreign popula
ton and al TEN Tsin. the foreigners act
lively organizing for defense of the for
eign quarters.
General Coxcy's brass band, which ha
been travelling with him during the cam
paign, deserted him in Columbiana, Ohio
CoXey has been giving the band boys
sleeping quarters under the canvas ant
feeding them on hard tack. They de
manded hotel diet and sleeping accom-,
modations. Coxey would not accede q
their demands and hence the desertion.
The organization has just been com
pleted of the Commercial Wheel COM
pany, which is 10 act as selling
agent for the companies west OF the AL
legheny Mountains, which manufacture
30 per cent Of the output Of wagon wheels
In that territory. Each company is 20 be
given stock in proportion 10 the value of
Its plant or plants, but the property is not
be turned In.
The boldest express robbery ever
known in Arizona was committed near
Maricopa few minutes after midnight
Monday. The train held up was the
east-bound Southern Pacific. and the
desperadoes are believed TO have secured
10000 in gold. The robbers were pnr-
sued and in desperate fight with the
sherltts posse one rObber was shot and
another captured.
AT a populiSt mass meeting held in
New York Governor Altgeld was enthu-
siastically indOrsed for President of the
United States. John Swinton said: "He
Will prove a national Parkhurst I'm the
cause of human emancipation. Remem-
Der his name 90 out and work for him.
ana dOn forget new era is dawning
and that the day Of human slavery Is al
most at an end"
The northern part Of Wichita, Kan.
was swept Monday night by a tornado.
Buildings Of all kinds were demolished.
unroofed, twisted out Of shape. and re-
moved from their foundations and il is re-
ported two unknown men were killed. In
all, some twenty five or thirty substan-
tial buildings, besides innumera BILE barns
and outhouses. were demolished or in
lured in greater or less degree.
BY solemn and impressive ceremonial
n 81. Chrysostom's Episcopal Church. /
New York, the personality Of Russell |
former Boston society man
vas sunk, and he emerged Brother
iugh, the founder and first member OF |
he new brotherhood of the American
,hurch. his life cOnsecrat ted TO work
mong the poor and lowly, and especial
among the children of poverty.
President Havemeyer Of the American
sugar Refining company has issued or
ers for the closing down at once of one
alf OF the refneries under its control
nd next week the rest Of the refneries
ill be ordered to shut down. This ac-
on is taken because Of the large amount
refined sugar on hand and also. IL ia
aid, because OF the operation Of the new
irih. This will mean putting at least
1000 men out Of work
The Carnegie company proposes 10 re- ,
dust the wages OF its 5000 employees at
he Edgar Thomson steel works. This. (
course, means a reduction. The men
ave been working under a three-year {
ale which expires Oct. 80 Since the |
ale was formulated the Amalgamated
ssoclation has agreed to several heavy :
Us in wages paid by the union Compel ;
)rS OF the CarnegieS, and the latter y
aim that they must meet these reduc- Il
ms. =
The regular Chicago September grand a
ry closed its labors SATURDAY. after
- exciting sessions. As result OF its r.
vestigations Of gambling in the city Fl
rty-nve true bills" were returned into II
d9e McConnell's court. They were a
'ected against ninety seven individuals II
all. twenty seven wealthy owners Of :,
icago property were indicted for rent Il
premises for gaming. and doing il
at that, according TO the II
'ue bills" n
oodmen Will organize a large union "
; 1all TO take in the employees Of the he
sconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan si
eries. a preliminary organization tn
been made at Ashland. Wis. and W
clal committees started in every d. pc
ton TO perfect the broader organiza-
n. Noodmen have never organized
ore. To cut down the long hours in
al OF raising wages they say IS their de
son Tor organizing. There are about err
40 woodmen in the pineries. at
he opening Of the railway which the ce'
Xican government has constructed FOL
oss the Isthmus Of Tehuantepec. and pc
oh is now ready for traffic. is an event tic
10 the
lmercial world. II will not only de- tul
" the monopoly the Panama railway
enjoyed for almost half a century. TO
II VIII considerably shorten the I
lsportation distance between the At wa
lc and Pacific ports Of the United sui
ties and between the ports Of western Inc
ope and eastern Asia. sail
nee the enactment of the Geary law ley
y Chinese have gone 10 Arizona and gre
leo Tor the purpose of securing trans ma
alton 10 their native land a the ey- Tn,
e OF the United States government. ind
exclusion law provides that in the sue
'etion OF the court Chinese found UNI is "
ully in the United States NAV be inn maj
med at hard labor for not more than bre'
year and then deported. 1t is likely so 4
hereafter Chinese convicted of this nit
se Will be given the full benefit OF late
aw 10 stop the wholesale immigra- tect
OF Chinese from the south. ing
braska democrats split over fusion. In
administration men bolted when use
e Holcomb. the populist candidate. sam
named Tor governor. Holcomb. CAT Vhes
arey, Kent and Jones are populist 10 z
nees. The l04 boilers at once or huc
'ed into separate convention and cons