Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-18

Two hundred CoXeyltes drove mar
shal's posse srom train at Montpelier,
Wyo.. and started east. Troops have
been ordered To intercept them.
In the midst of a sermon on the uncer-
tainty OF life in Emanuel Methodist
Church. Philadelphia, Rev. j. w. Lang
ley was stricken with paralysis.
Naval veterans of the civil war dec
ora ted Farragut's grave in Woodawn
cemetery, New York, Sunday. Rear Ad-
miral Osborne made the address.
Tip" the ferocious elephant in Cen
tral Park. New York, who has destroyed
eight men. was killed by poison, the exc
cution requiring nine hours time.
A motion To expel Congressman Brock
inridge from the Union League Club Of
Chicago, was adopted by the board Of
managers without dissenting vote
Kellys army foated thirty-fve miles
down the Des Moines River 10 Eddyville,
Iowa. Sunday. An abundance Of food
was supplied by Oskaloosa citizens.
Coxey and Browne attempted To de-
liver speeches on the commonweal move
ment in Hyattsville. Nd, Sunday, but
were compelled to desist by citizens.
Because Of inability TO secure coal the
factories of the American Glucose Com
pany at Peoria, H., have shut down,
throwing $50 men out of employment.
The committee of experts has agreed
on revised football rules which forbid
mass plays. encourage kicking and pro-
vide for linesman TO aid the umpire.
Threatened trouble at stanton, H.,
has been avoided by an agreement TO
leave To the local miners the decision as
10 whether TO suspend or continue work.
The American Ticket Brokers Asso-
citation, at its session in Washington, re-
solved to contest the Illinois Supreme
court decision sustaining the antscalper
law.
Kelly and his men floated down the Des
Moines from Eddyville TO Ottumwa Mon
day, whore they were fed on promising
to continue their journey in the morn
ing.
Three convicts in the state prison at
Jackson, Mich, overpowered a guard
and tried to blow down the wall with
dynamite. A catastrophe was narrowly
averted.
Gen. Mathew NJ. Trumbull died at his
residence in Chicago. He did brilliant
service in the civil war and had written
extensively on the tariff and labor
questions.
Five thousand persons visited the com
monweal camp near Elkhart, Ind, sun
day. Randall did not defy the authori-
ties and address the crowds, as he said
he would.
Twenty-three members of the executive
committee of the Roumanan national
party were placed on trial for treason in
Hungary and 10000 sympathizers gather
ed TO protest.
Resolutions opposing Breckinridge's
return TO congress and calling on Sena-
tor Blackburn to aid 10 bring about his
defeat were adopted by a mass meeting
at Lexington, Ky.
Twelve of the fourteen aldermen Of
Rockford, H., have agreed TO refuse TO
confirm a successor 10 Fire Marshal Hef-
fran, removed by the mayor because of
his religious belief.
One Of the most destructive cyclones
ever known in the Chickasaw Nation has
passed over that country. Twenty
houses were blown down. A woman and
child were fatally hurt
Nat Sylvia and Felix Young, members
of the Dalton gang. who were implicated
in the Pond Creek robberies Of the Rock
Island trains ssrne time ago, were arrest
ed at FL Reno, o. L.
One of the most determined mobs that
ever congregated in Kansas lynched
William Mckinley and his son Lewis, at
Sharon Springs, for the murder Of
Charles Carley one week ago.
Members Of the Little Falls, y. Y,
branch of the Ancient Order of IIiberni-
ans boycotted lecture by John f. Fin
erty, Of Chicago, and their action has
created a stir among Irishmen.
A resolution suggesting that the gov
eminent obtain any additional revenues
needed by an increased tax on beer was
adopted by the American Distillers' AS
ISOLATION, in session at Cincinnati.
A robbers den, in which one OF the
men shot by Postmaster Whittenberg
while robbing the Boone Grove Office is
believed 10 have died, was discovered in
the marshes near Wheatfeld. Ind.
About 300 strikers who were marching
TO Rich Hill Mo-, headed by a band,
captured a Missouri Pacific train few
miles out of Lexington and went through
In spite Of the remonstrances OF the con-
ductor There was no trouble
Fire in the little village of Norway,
Maine, destroyed seventy dwellings and a
number Of business places. The total
loss will reach 10000. Several people
were injured by falling timbers, and it is
feared there has been some loss of life.
An important event in the history OF
inland ship building was the launching
at Dubuque, Ia, Saturday, of the tor
pedo boat Ericsson, the first craft of the
kind ever constructed inland. The Erics-
son is also the second torpedo boat built
by this government.
The revolution in Salvador is fast los
ing ground. Gen. Antonio Exeta, with
an army Of 1900 men, has surrounded
the City OF Santa Ana. Gen. Exeta's bat
teries began the bombardment Of the city
Wednesday, and the firing has since been
continued without intermission
The failure OF Col. A. n. Schuster,
which carries down the wholesale cloth
ing firm of A. y. Schuster IL Co., was a
surprise To the business men of 81. Jo-
sanh Mo Tho liabilities now foot mn