Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-08-03

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been destroyed and IL is feared number
OF persons persisted.
Luther Chall.s, editor OF the Atchison
CKan.) Champion, is dead. He led the
fight on Senator Ingalls, which resulted
I'm the latter's defeat.
Nearly 10000 acres Of land have been
given in four years by the Province Of
Ouebecro fathers OF families containing
twelve or more children.
Two men are dead and two seriously
wounded as the result OF quarrel be-
tween Pawnee county, Nebraska, farm
ers about rowing hog.
Butchers in the packing houses at
South Omaha, Neb., have struck to Sc
cure an increase In wages and the re-
dress of other grievances.
Advces from Galesburg, H., show that
L. w. Rogers, an officer of the American
Railway Union, abandoned his wife and
five children at that place.
Archduke William ILL.,, a second cousin
OF the Emperor of Austria, was thrown
from his horse while riding and received
injuries from which he died.
Chicago Typographical Union has de-
a committee TO represent 1t in the con-
vention of the peoples party.
Joseph Wilson, said To have been the
leader in the tarring and featherng Of
Adjutant General Tarsney, of Colorado,
was captured at Nevada, Mo.
Mrs. Anna f. Jones, of Chester, Pa,
blinded her husband with redN pepper
when he complied with her request for a
kiss before they parted forever.
Official advices received at Berlin from
Russia state that the Russian govern
ment will not interfere in the Chinese
japanese dispute regarding Corea.
Live stock is being hurried TO market
because Of the scarcity Of feed, Chicago
receipts Monday were 100000 head the
largest in the history of the yards.
New York's four hundred are said TO
have taken advantage of the Pullman
strike 10 give setback TO the social
aspirations Of the millionaire's family.
The Hon. ]. c. Burrows was unani-
mously renominated for congress by the
republicans of the third Michigan dis
trict. The action was by rising vote.
An expert thief is working dentists Of
fees in Iowa, and robbing them of gold
used for filing teeth, and he is making
rich haul. Thus far he has eluded detec-
tion.
In a speech at Terre Haute, Ind, in
which he reviewed the strike, Debs de-
clared he would in future urge laboring
men 10 use the ballot to secure their
rights.
In statement issued by the Chinese
government ii is said the transport sunk
by the japanese was flying the British
flag, and that several Of those killed
were Europeans.
Minneapolis was visited by fire Mon
day afternoon that for two hours threat
ened the business and manufacturing dis
tricts and entailed a loss of nearly half
ambition dollars.
Manager st. John, of the Rock Island,
says: The corn crop situation Is crit
zeal, but rain would do a great deal Of
good. Our reports are so bad | don't
like TO talk about them"
A terrific cyclone visited Watonga. o.
T., seat of Blaine county, Monday night,
destroying many buildings and crops and
injuring a great many persons. The
town was badly wrecked.
James Windsor, the Des Moines packer,
says spectators do not appreciate the
drought situation in Iowa. The corn
crop, he says, is ruined. The hay crop is
about one half Of last year.
The London Lancet says the pupil OF
Mr.. Gladstone's eye, recently operated
on. has become SO INSTRUCTED that
needle operation is necessary. His other
eye is affected with an immature cata-
ract.
The Cincinnati Southern r. r. company
issued an order requiring all employees
either to resign from the American Rail-
way Union or be discharged Practical
ly all members of the union In Chatta-
nooga complied with the order and gave
up their membership cards.
Hostlities between Japan and China
have begun. A japanese warship has
sunk Chinese transport containing 900
soldiers, and another japanese ship has
engaged, and, it is reported, defeated,
Chinese cruiser. The king of Corea is
also a japanese prisoner and has been
sent 10 Japan as hostage.
The great coal mine strike in Indian
Territory is over The strike was de-
clared off Wednesday by an almost unan-
imous vote Of all the miners. The mines
for the first time in five months will re-
sumo operations. The men accepted the
terms of the company and have agreed
to lay aside all malice and go to work.
John Mullins, Herman Rubbake and
c. c.. McKimms of Colorado Springs have
been arrested for completely in tarring
and feathering Adjt. Gen. Tarsney. 1t
is said that of the number for whom
warrants have been issued two are
women, and of the remainder two are
visiting in Iowa or Illinois and. will be
brought back.
A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb, says
the best indication Of the prevailing
drought in western Nebraska and north
ern Kansas is seen In the daily stream
Of movers wagons carrying settlers from
that district TO the east. 1t is not the
report OF an alarmst TO say that crops Of
all kinds west OF the Tooth meridian In
Nebraska are failure.
II. NJ. Neill, well-known cotton stats
tician. estimates the cotton acreage at
q ,0OO, 600 acres and out-turn at $4,000
bales. In this he allows 2,650,O0O for
Texas, and $780, 900 bales for other states
There will be left over 600, 900 bales each
by Sept. l, 1895, compared to Sept. /,