Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-11-30

of'Bill Cook and his gang OF outlaws.
While troops are not needed and could
not be used, the people OF the Creek Ma
ton feel the government should hunt
the robbers down, and as an inducement
to the United States Marshals and In
dian police have offered the reward.
That there is a demand for the new S
per cent bonds greatly In excess OF the
supply was demonstrated when the bids
under the recent call were opened In
Secretary Carlisle's Office and Ii was
found that had the issue been three times
go, 0OO, 900 there yet would have remained
a demand OF g, O00, 900 that could not be
supplied. The aggregate OF the bids was
els, 100000
Post Office Inspector Houck and Deputy
Marshal George Lawson arrived at Fort
Smith, Ark, Thursday, with the news OF
the arrest OF five men at Wichita Falls,
Tex, 10y the Texas rangers. That the
men under arrest are members OF the
Cook gang Is assured almost beyond
doubt. Two OF the bandits who are most
wanted by the government are Bill Cook,
the daring young leader, and "Skeeter."
The grand jury OF McLennan county,
Texas, returned an indictment against
all the officers OF the Standard Oil Com
pany from President Rockefeller down.
The indictment charges them with vio-
lating the trust law OF Texas by making
conspiracy to control prices. Applica-
ton was made TO the governor for
reQuston on the governors OF New York
and other states for extradition OF the in
dicted men.
The japanese captured Port Arthur
after eighteen hours fighting The Jap
anese fleet did not take part in the en-
gagement, though the torpedo boats at
tached TO the feet did. The Mongolian
and Chinese soldiers at Jen Ho have
raised the standard OF rebellion. The
Viceroy Of Nankin, Chang Chic Tung,
has been ordered to Pekin fer the pur-
pose Of recognizing the army after the
European model.
Trans-Missouri grain traffic is about
played out and the prediction is made by
railroad officials that shipments will be
few and far between until a new crop Is
harvested. Railroads, instead OF trans
porting grain TO Eastern markets and for
export, are hauling IL into Nebraska,
Kansas, and other Western States on az
count OF the short crop. There are bout
seven counties in Nebraska without Wis.,
ible supply OF wheat.
At Ridgeway, Pa, Frank Myers, Lud-
wig Rosenbeck and William Geitner,
miners, convicted OF burning coal tipplss
and placing bombs beneath buildings
during the strike last June were fined 81
and costs of prosecution and each sem
fenced 10 Riverside penitentiary for
seven years at solitary confinement and
hard labor. Joseph Krietle and Wassel
Swinter received the same fine and five
years Imprisonment on the same charge.
An important order affecting the Union
Pacific Railroad Company has been made
by the United States Circuit Judge,
Walter San born, at st. Paul, Mimi, and
filed In the clerks Office of the United
States Circuit Court at Topeka. The or
der directs the receivers Of the Union Pa
cifc Railroad TO turn over all receipts
from the lands belonging TO the railroad
TO George Gould and Russell
Sage, the holders Of the first mortgage
bonds Of the road.
Another revolutionary plot Of Gen.
Marginal has been discovered by Presi-
dent Hyppolte of Hayti. The presi'
dents son-in-law was implicated in the
attempt TO overthrow the government,
and he was ordered arrested and shot
He eluded the soldiers, however, and es-
capped. Attaches Of the German legation
and prominent officials are also parties
to the plot. The outbreak of the revolu-
ton, which has been imminent for some
time, is expected daily.
Formal charges were prepared against
District Attorney Fellows Wednesday
and Governor Flower asked TO remove
him from Office. His record is very vul-
nera BILE, as politics and pull have been
strong motives in many OF his official acts
Governor Flower notified Colonel Fell
lows that charges had been been filed
against him, and ordered him TO show
cause why he should not be removed from
the Office OF district attorney OF New
York county for neglect OF duty.
The prairie and forest fires which have
been raging in the Okaw river bottoms
near Pans, H., are under control. The
damage done to timber, meadows, farm
houses, and live stock Is at the present
but over $1,000 acres have
DttI DuTntu ONtI. duu tuc iOSS w icsi-
dents Of the bottoms will reach way up
into the thousands. The fires are the
most damaging known In the bottoms
since the prairie and forest fires during
the early settlement of the state.
Car Nicholas III. and Princess Alix OF
Hesse- Darmstadt were married at st.
Monday, the ceremonies being
imposing. In honor OF the cars we'd
ding 10000 poor people OF st. Petersburg
iined Tuesday at the expense Of the
car. All the schools were closed for
three days to give the children a holiday
and enable them to celebrate the impe-
rial marriage. A manifesto granting
amnesty to participants in the Polish
revolution and to many other offenders
was issued by the car
A letter, dated Constantinople, Oct. 81,
states that from information receiv ed
from Bitlas twenty seven villages have
been annihilated in Sassoun and 5000
men, women, and children have been
by the troops and Kurds. The
massacre occurred in the early part OF
and was the result OF an ARRAY
between some Kurds and Armenian viii
layers from whom the Kurds had stolen