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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-03-30
LATER.

THERE was no session of the United
States senate on the cath In the
house the post office appropriation bill
was considered. 1t carries ss7, 470, 500,
which is SO, 142. S5l less than the esti-
mates and SO, 466, 2S5 more than the APP
preparation for the current fiscal year.
An amendment to set aside $40, 900 for
the purpose of free delivery expert
ments in rural districts other than
towns and villages was adopted.
SOLDIERS and foreign warships have
left Rio de Janiero and all traces of tho
recent warfare were disappearing.
CoXEY's good roads army, numbering
200 men, left Massillon, o., on their
march to Washington.
REPORTS from Wyoming indicate that
n blizzard which lasted seventy hours
caused great loss of live stock on the
ranges.
PRINCE BEsoLow, a student at Will
liams college, has been recalled to his
home in Africa TO become king of his
people.
AERoNAUT WILTON fell from his bal
loon, n distance of 500 feet, at Cannes,
l. u,
instantly killed.
MURDERED for his hoard, the body of
Joseph Petrow lay for three weeks in a
hovel in Chicago.
ENRAGED at the crying of his baby,
andre Bartelli of Barbertown, Pa,
threw il into a stove, where it was IA
tally burned.
HENRY VARGERsoN was shot by a
travelling river Snowman at L niontown,
Ky, and fatally wounded.
EVERY jew in Troy, Ala. has re-
ceived "a notice from white caps to leave
town under penalty of death by hang
ing.
THE Colorado supreme court has de-
cided it had no jurisdiction in the Den
yer fire and police board controversy
and the case was referred TO the circuit
court
IT was said that President Cleveland
was suffering with a combination of
govt and rheumatism and was ablo TO
move about with difficulty.
DR. j. ii. RAUCH, ex-secretary of the
Illinois board of health, was found dead
in bed at Lebanon, Ps.
DOUBT Is expressed Oy many attor-
neys as TO the power of any court To
again pass sentence on Assassin Prem
dergast, the murderer of Carter III.
Harrison.
EIGHT dwellings, business block,
saloon and q church were swept away
by fire at Ford, Ky.
FORTY men were driven 10 sea on
floating ice at ST Johns n f. and IL
was feared they had persisted.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-03-30
The News Condensed.
Important Intelligence From All Parts.
CONGRESSIONAL
Regular Session.

No BUSINESS OF importance was transacted
In the senate on the 10Th, the entire day being
consumed IN the consideration OF bills on the
calendar, and most OF these were matters OF
small importance -. The house spent the day
fn discussing the sundry civil bill The last
paragraph was considered, but no definite ac-
ton was taken on any item
IN the senate on the Goth Senator Voorhees,
reported the tariff bill aud gave notice that on
April he would ask the senate to take it up
for considera non. 80. In the house the sundry
civil appropriation bill 1927, 6s7 9SJ) was report
ed The house then adjourned to the cd
A TREATY which provides for restricted Chi
nese immigration has been negotiated and was
under consideration IN the senate on the
2ist. 80. The house was not In session
IN the senate on the 22d number OF bills Of
minor importance were acted upon. Mr.. Sher-
man introduced a resolution directing the com
mittee on judiciary TO investigate the charges
OF stimulation OF United States coins or OF
the coming OF standard silver dollars. After a
brief executive session the senate adjourned
until the Goth. The house spent almost the
entire day in hlibustering over the O'Neill-
Joy contested election case from the st. Louis
district The bill for the construction Of a
bridge across the Monongahela at Pittsburgh
was passed.
THE senate was not in session the 23d -. In
the house q Joint resolution appropriating So
QUO for the salaries and expenses OF additional
deputy collectors Of internal revenue 10 carry
out the provisions OF the Chinese exclusion act
was passed The struggle over the o Neil-
Joy contested election case was resumed and
occupied the remainder OF the session.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-03-30
FOREIGN.

TwESTY-sEvEN persons were arrested
and would be executed for an attempt
to kill the king of Corea.
HUNDREDS of people in Exeter hall.
London, celebrated the Goth birthday
of Neal Dow, the American temperance
reformer
Two HUNDRED Malays were killed
in fight with Spaniards on the Island
of Pautor.
Louis KossUTH, the Hungarian pat
riot, died after long illness AT Turin,
aged % years.
A BOAT sprang a leak and sank in the
lake at Patzeuaro, Mexico, and six
young women were drowned.
QUEEN VICTORIA and the prince of
Wales have consented to the marriage
of Princess Maud TO Premier Rose berry.
MEMBERS of the family of Louis Kos
suth, the dead hungarian patriot, de-
cided to inter his remains in his native
land.
BECAUSE the theaters in Buda-Pesth
did not close out of respect for Kossuth
they were stormed by angry students.
By the explosion of a bomb in the
church of Gallien at Grenoble, France,
twenty persons were injured. three OF
whom may die.
PRESIDENT PEIXoTo, of Brazil, has re-
vived the imperial decree OF 1888 and
will execute without trial all persons
who took up arms against the govern
ment.
IT was said that Hawaii was about
to establish "A republic, Minister Thurs
ton having been called home from the
United States TO assist in the under
taking.
FIRE in school conducted by sisters
of charity at Laon, France, destroyed
the building and cremated six of the
pupils.
DISPATCHES from st. Johns, y. F.,
were 10 the effect that three arctic par.
ties were in course of formation there.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-03-30
Ruined by Floods.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 23--The
damage 10 property in the Mississippi
valley by storms and floods during the
last three days is beyond calculation.
Bridges have been washed away,
houses wrecked, railroad tracks dis
placed, farm land has been spoiled, es.
pecially in the bottoms, and crops
have been delayed where before every
prospect for an early and highly favor
able season for farmers and planters
was anticipated. The precipitation at
Memphis reached about inches. There
are eleven railroads entering Memphis,
and every one of them has been sub
jeeted to washouts. Two miles of the
track of the Chesapeake Il Ohio and
Southwestern railroad were swept
away at the Hatchie river, miles
north Of Memphis The St Louis &
Southwestern and the Tennessee Mid
land each reports washouts, while the
track of the former is submerged for
several miles in White river swamp.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-03-30
WILL YIELD S38I,OOO,OOO.
Estimates oil the Yearly Revenue Under
the Amended Tariff Bili.

WAsHISGToS, March 23.-The esti-
mates OF the amount of revenue which
the tariff bill reported To the senate
will probably show that the total
amount will be about 1881, 900, 600. This
is a reduction of between Sl3, 600, 600 and
1000, 600 from the estimates in the frs,
bill reported to the committee. The
principal reduction is made in the inter
nal revenue part of the bill through the
restoration of the present tax rates on
domestic cigars and cigarettes, which
amounts to loss of over $4,000, 900.
There will also be an appreciate fall
ing off in the duty on tin plate, caused
10y changing The duty on that importa-
ton from l 1-l5 cent to l cent per
pound. The change in the fruit SEIZED
ule, whereby bananas, pineapples and
cocoanuts are taken from the dutiable
list, will maze up the other principal
items of losses. AS the bill stands, if
the estimate is correct, it will produce
at least $50, 900, 900 more of revenue
than will be needed
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-03-30
PROPOSED CHINESE TREATY.
Senate Com mittee on Foreign Relations
WI Make "A Iavorable Keport.

Senate Com mittee on Foreign Rotations
VIII Make "a Favorable Report.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-The senate
committee on foreign relations has been
considering an important Chinese
treaty, negotiated by the new Chinese
minister and Secretary Gresham. 1t
does not meet with the approval
of some of the senator's, who are
members of the committee. 1t is un-
derstood that this opposition, while
considerable, has not been sufficient TO
prevent its being reported favorably,
though possibly with some amend
ments- A synopsis follows:
The now treaty runs for twenty years, and IL
at the expiration Of twenty years neither gov
ernment shall give notice TO the other OF it's in
. tention 10 have IL terminated, then II shall re-
main In force for another twenty years. During
the period OF the life of the treaty Chinese arc
prohibited from entering the country except
upon conditions. Provision is made for the re.
turn OF any Chinaman who has a lawful wife,
child or parent in the United States or property
10 the amount OF $1,000 or debts due him 10
that amount. In order 10 secure the benefits
OF this provision the Chiuaman must leave with
an officer OF the United States description
OF his family or property and secure "A GER
tiflcate emitting him TO return He must
also return Wlthln year, Whlch may DC eS-
tended another year In cases OF sickness or
other causes beyond his control The existing
treaties providing for the privileges OF travel
and sojourn in the United States OF Chinese
officials, teachers, students and travellers for
curiosity, as well as the right OF transit OF Chi
nese officials through the country are preserved.
In return for concessions granted by this
country TO better protect the Chinese people
and 10 lesson the hardships which IT IS claimed
they suffer by reason Of the Gcary law, the
Chinese government is 10 take greater precau'
tons TO prevent the coming OF Chinese la
borers TO this country. The treaty renders in
operative most OF the features OF the present
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-03-30
a Brief Census.

There was an energetic landlady, a
widow, in a large boarding house in
New Hampshire, and her brother, who
was a wIdower, joined her in the BUSH
ness enterprise.
IL so happened their first guests were
young widow and her father, who
had recently buried his second wife.
The Associated Charities" sent out an
agent TO investigate case of distress
In that neighborhood, and it CHANGED
this was the first house she hit upon.
"Of whom does your family consist?"
she inquired of the mistress.
"All remnants was the prompt re-
ply.-Youth's Companion.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-03-30

AT Roma, Tex, two boys, aged Is,
in love with the same girl, fought
duel with daggers and one was fatally
hurt.
GOVERNMENT officials have discovered
new counterfeits in circulation. One
is two-dollar treasury note and the
other one-dollar silver certificate.
UNKNOWN forgers have victimized
various banks of St Louis To the
amount of eco, 900 by new scheme.
1T was decided by the Iowa legisla-
ture TO adjourn April O.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-03-30
PANIC IN THE FLAMES.
Five Hundred school Children Threat.
ened with Death-Soveral Hurt.

Five Hundred school Children Threat.
ened with Death-soveraI Hurt.
EVANSTON, H., March 23.-Fire de-
stroyed the South Evanston public
school Wednesday morning and in
the panic that seized the terror-striclSen
pupils and teachers several children
were badly injured. Five hundred
girls and boys were in the building at
the time, and it was only by rare
good fortune that scores of them
were not burned or trampled to
death in the mad rush for tho doors In
the excitement following the discovery
of the fire a crowd of pupils ran up to
the top floor In wild endeavor to flee
from the flames and smoke, and were
there hemmed in. Several of them
jumped from the window lodges and
were seriously hurt They are:
Newell Simmons, head cut and shoulder dis
located; Ella Sagert, leg broken: Percy Brad
ley, hip dislocated and internal injuries:
Esther Burden, 7l5 Evanston avenue, jumped
from third-story window, head and shoulders
injured: Lucy Huxtoble 24S Wesley street,
found unconscious on the third floor, burned
about head and face; Carrie johnson, s3i Wes-
ley avenue, burned about hands and injured by
inhaling smoke; Frank Johnson. fireman head
falling timber.
The scene about the burning build
ing was appalling. The fremen were
endcavoring TO lift ladders TO the win
dows, while the parents in the yard
and streets about the schoolhouse were
shouting to the children clinging to the
windows to hang on or go back and de-
scend the stairs. Finally a boy stood up
in third-story window and jumped
TO the ground, 40 feet below. 1t
was Newell Simmons He fell on his
shoulder and was picked up senseless.
Almost Immediately afterward Esther
Burden leaped from an adjacent win
dow on the same floor The Sagert
girl struck squarely on her feet and
sank to the ground with shrek of
pain. Physicians say that her right
leg is broken and that she may have
sustained serious internal injuries S.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-03-30
Result of Lazfhcss.

The steam engine was made perfect
ly automatic 10y lazy boy who was
employed to open and close the valves
Desiring to play instead of to work, he
tied string from one part of the ma
chine To another. thus making the en-
CINE attend to its own business. He
was never heard of aeain, and even his
name is unknown, but a perfect engine
was the outcome of his laziness. St
Louis Globe Democrat.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-03-30
Seized by tn. state.

MINNEAroLIs, Mimi. March 23.-The
state has seized about 2,Oso, 600 feet of
logs in Minneapolis. This is another
move in the campaign against al
legged lumber thieves. The logs
were held by the Shevlin-Carpenter
company and were seized on the
ground that they had been irregularly
cut on land purchased from the state
by A. Il. Matthews, of Saltwater.
The question to be determined by the
courts is the value of the logs. a rep
resentative of the company says they
are not worth more than $3.50 thou
sand. 1t is understood the state clains
the logs are worth $40 thousand.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-03-30
An r,eetine show.

There was "A youth who did aspire
To be "a funny man.
And so he looked about him for
The great American plan
He took O church fair In one night
He took IN one or two,
And. strange AZ IL may seem, he found
Some oysters in the stew.
He lived among some lawyers for
month, and here the youth
Discovered by experience that
They sometimes told the truth
He met a lot OF women and
He'd sit with them or walk;
And after awhile IL struck him that
They didn't always talk.
He hired mule, a docile beast,
Whose movements were not quick,
And after using IL year or so,
He found IL wouldn't kick.
He saw a gun which had no load
Inside. where loads we seek,
And couldn't make IL go of, though
He fooled with IL q week.
Then he retired In great disgust
For. To- how could he be
A funny man, when everything
Was such fallacyy
Detroit Free Press
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-03-30

None of the First Water.-First
Wave-"Will YOU dance with me?" Sec
ond Wavr-"No. oaly the rougher ele-
ments are out to-day. "-Trutk
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-03-30

"DoEs Flagson practice what he preach-
eslr "Great Caesar No; he never gets
through preaching Chicago Inter Ocean.
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preparation of an expedition of this char
acter there is every chance for delay or
accident, for 1t is necessary to prepare not
only for q voyage and for a siedce journey
over the ice. but for existence through an
unknown period, where no other resources
but those carried along are accessible. If
any thinks IL easy task to prepare
q venture of this sort, throwing about IL
all possible safeguards. thinking of every
thing. anticipating eli possible wants. let
him try it and be undeceived. But as our
gallant little steamer cuts the waters of
the fioris straight into the Arctic ocean
We walk the deck with a reasonably clear
consciousness that our preliminary work
has been wei done. and that are fully
equipped for battle against the king Of the
fee. This letter-our last communication
with hcme for several months-we write
In hopes OF being able TO send back by some
fishing smack on our way out to sea.
AS We steamed out of the port OF Tromso
this afternoon the citizens gave US a hearty
goodbye. The quays were crowded with
people. who waved and shouted to Is their
good wishes. and every steam craft in port
whistled its shrill farewell note. Salutes
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How It IL Done.
New York Recorder.

From the New York Recorder.
This pathetic tale leads me to make a
few remarks as to how these foreign
scamps obtain a foothold In our best
society"
Suppose the scene Is the opera Mrs
A notices a stranger In Mrs. BIS box.
who Is that over there with Mrs By
she asks.
''Oh. that's a young Englishman. I met
him at the club last night. / think his
names Cremorne. Seems Jolly fellow"
Hes nice looking. You may bring him
to my box IL you choose"
So Cremorne the scamp is duly passed ON
from one family to another, no one know
Ing a thing about him. or caring, for that
matter, so long as he Is presentable ana A
novelty.
He may have got his first introductions
through accident, mistake or a chance ac-
Quaintance on shipboard.
1t matters not. He Is soon In the swim,
and. being an iron pot. Is very apt to get
the best OF the earthenware families who
have taken him up.
In this recent incident the people who
petted the pilferer are to be congra tulated
that he didn't get away with a daughter or
Two. a. well ~ with their money ana hric-
a-hrao
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A SWINGING AQUEDUCT.
One English Canal Carried Across An
other ON q Drawbridce.


From the Burlington iIa.) Gazette.
The recently opened ship canal, which
connects the city OF Manchester, England,
with the sea, Is Of commercial rather than
engineering Importance. There We're few
difficulties to be overcome I'm its construc-
ton. yet one of the novel features OF the
enterprise Is so curious that IL deserves
passing notice. 1t is a very common occur
renee for one railroad track to be carried
over another; much less frequently we see
one canal conducted across the line of an
other, but to have the intersections OF two
water routes provided with a drawbrtdce
Is still more unusual This, however. was
found the most satisfactory way Of deal
ing with the problem presented where he
route OF Manchester's new highway TO the
Mersey ran up against the old Bridrewater
canal, leading southwark from wigan. I'm
Lancashire.
Just what reasons existed for not having
a grade crossing do not appear, but Il does
appear that such a scheme was not deemed
feasible. and hence the smaller channel
was borne over the larger But a flxed
aqueduct would have interfered with the
masts. II not the smokestacks, OF big shtps.
and therefore a swinging span, like that OF
An ordianry drawbridge, was resorted to,
Obviously, the stationary ends of the sew
cred waterway needed to be- and they are.
equipped with gates, which must be closed
before the swinging span Is opened The
latter structure Is similarly furnished. so
that II 10 possible to open the draw" with
floating barge On It
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Eist. student of the famous Prof Mohay.
who has given more study to the meteor
clCg- OF the arcticS than any of his con-
tc.npcraries. Juell and HeyeriahI are rni-
vCrs!ty men. both famous runners on the
Ski, or Norwegian sLOwshOe, the latter be-
fng the fastest ski runner in southern Nor
Way. IL Mr.. Eassfilt We have a cracl.
mountain rude and cook. and our Nor
weSian foreman, Capt. Petersen has a trio
Of picl-el sailors and experienced icemen
under HIM. When II comes to ski and
Skate and suoy. shoes. we comprise a num-
Der Of men who are skilled upon Canadian
snowshCes. Of which we have good outfit
and in Alfred s Franklin OF New York we
have the second fastest skater in America
Moreover. Mr.. Firth OF Chicago presented
Us with cav of his ice bicycles which is
tlkeA along in hopes that we may be able
To Try some interesting experiments with il
at nts- headIuarters. 1t is net adaptable 10
the rough ice of the pack. though doubtless
5000 eontrfFance for smooth surfaces.
Experiments i'm Advance.
An equipment such as ours. full of the
latest and best that modern science and
mechanical arts can Offer, is interesting in
every phase. Fer instance. on our VOYAGE
Up the coast Of Norway a part Of the crew
vas detatie! to live for three davs upon
tAe ration which we are TO use on the ice
-Four men were to live for three DAVIS unon
eighteen pounds Of food. or one and a balr
louncs per man per day. When the whole
eighteen pounds Sl1 been assembled To-
gene. II was placed in a common wa ter
pail -Four ounces of concentrated soi,n
stun occupying only the space of a sarline
poA. made thick. rich porrIdCe for all
"A0os' Containing thirty seven per ceSs g
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nitrosenous matter and equaling in nutri.

nitrogenous matter and equallng in nutri-
tive value a large roast OF beef Four
ounces of American evaporated apples gave
Us fine dish of acidulous fruit, and a haR
ounce of tea. sweetened with few grains
OF saccharine, maze a fit companion for the
apples Two ounces of solid meat from Chi
cago and six ounces of ships biscuit gave
the actual eating which seems a necessary
tribute to long standing habit Eating Is
very largely a habit at best. and the day
Will come when We shall demonstrate the
ability Of man to cure himself not of the
habit of eating, but of eating a large
quantity simply for the sake of the COM
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" HOUR AGO WE
babe goodbye to the
world OF civilization
and are now steAn-
ing straight for the
arctic regions. y e
sailed on the vci,ss
day that was months
ago set for our de-
parture. and II Is no
little triumph for an
arctic expedition to
get away on schedule
tine. In the world Of
detail repui-ei for the
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were fired, and a fleet Of small boats ac-
companied us for mile on our way. The
last man to say goodbye was Consul
Aasaard, the foremost citizen of the town,
who has been our agent in Norway, who
charters ed for US the Ragnvah Jari secured
for us a number OF the men who accompany
US, and who has. with his practical help
and wise counsel. been Of inestimable serv-
ice to our enterprise. The hospitality and
generosity with which this American ex-
petition has been treated ever since our
arrival upon the shores of the country were
emphasized last evening by a farewell din
ner IT the home of the consul We sailed
away with regrets not only for leaving our
new-found friends in Norway. but with
keener emotions as We thought Of the
hearts and homes far away I'm America that
were darkened by this shadow of separa-
ton and danger.
The Party On Board.
We are twenty-five souls on board sixteen
OF whom belong to the expedition proper
and nine 10 the crew. OF the sixteen MEM
hers Of the expedition all but six are Nor
weSi1ns. One Is an EngIishman and one an
Amerlcanizsd Scandinavian. But we fear
no trouble from this mixture OF races. Al
ready the NEST Of us have lived together on
ship for Il week. and We have n happy fam
lily Even r:Ore enthusiastic than the Amer
leans over The prospects OF the expedition
are the Norwegian members and when they
saw the portrait of DR.. Ncnsen hung con-
spicuoTsly in our cabin they exclaimed
we Ike Manson well enough, but we are
out 10 beat him" y fine lot OF fellows we
have in our Norwegian continent-athletic,
Wi!!ing. hHiomit table. Three-Oyen, Alme
ent Ddhi-are scientific men, Mr.. Oyen be-
Ing Scolosist of wide reputation who will
REMAIN in charge Of our headquarters at
SpitzberSen- Mr.. Dahl will be geologist to
tae polar party 3ir. Anne Is a meteoroIo-
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The Largest Sale Of Lots Ever
Known in Its History.
A NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Washington's Contribution Toward
Its Endowment.
OLD DISTRICT RESIDENTS
Written for The Evening Star.

49, - 80 49, - . -
per on this subject /
sketched the progress
made by the Com
missioners Of the Dis
trict in the erection of
the public buildings
and Improvement of
the city up TO the
summer of 1913, and
the complications in
which they had been
involved by the lot
terry schemes of Mr..
BIodgett.