Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-03-16
THE cooperation of the Canadian 90,

known in the south, went into the
hands of receiver with liabilities of
800, 900.
THE Bank of Harrison, Neb.. closed
its doors. Depositors would be paid in
full.
WILLIAM BOWMAN, prominent farm
err near Jacksonville, Ind, was killed
by load of stone overturning upon
him.
JESSE HAUsELMAN, of Ravenna, o.,
aged Is, started west to fight Indians.
He was arrested at Massillion and sent
home.
JUDGE SMITH, of the Cincinnati SUI
perior court, granted an order forbid
ding members of the district carpen-
ters' council preventing non-union men
from working at mill where there
was a strike.
OWING TO heavy rains towns to the
south of Chicago were under from to
q feet of water
WILLIAM WEIR, n prisoner sent TO the
Ohio penitentiary from Cleveland on
three-year sentence for passing coun-
terfeit money, died while entering the
prison
JOHN GEsCHwILM killed his wife at
Columbus, o. Five years ago he killed
his brother and served a two-year term
for it,
JOHN HALLoCK. confidential clerk in
New York of Theodore Pabst IL Co.,
importers of glass and chinaware, was
arrested on the charge of embezzling
S65, 900.
THE Virginia Legislature defeated
bill 10 require the United States flag TO
be raised on public schoolhouses.
THREE men were killed by the explo-
sion OF Lehigh Valley locomotive near
Wilkesbarre, Pa.
The democratic members of the sem
ate finance committee laid before the
full committee the Wilson tariff bill as
they have amended il. Many duties
are raised, and sugar, iron and coal are
taken from the free list. The income tax
remains. The date when the free list
shall go into effect is changed from
June /, 1894, TO June 80, 1894.
CALEB ;. BRAGG. a Cincinnati mil
lionaire, died on a Pennsylvania train
near Pittsburgh, Pa, while homeward
bound.
laborers with a shower of stones at
Cleveland o., and one man was badly
hurt.
Mrs. MARTHA G. ATcHIsoN was in
cinerated, as she had requested, at the
crematory in Graceland cemetery, Chi
cago.
Two DENVER police commissioners
secured an injunction preventing the
governor and mayor from ejecting
them from Office.
Two THOUSAND striking silk weavers
at Paterson, y. j., roughly treated one
man who refused to quit work.
REV. II. MACNEHL, of Emporium,
Pa, received a fortune by the will of
an old woman, whose spectacles he
picked no.
THE second trial of Daniel Coughlin
on the charge of completely in the muir
der of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin in
Chicago came to close after a session
of nearly four months by the return of
a verdict of acquittal by the jury, who
were out only six hours.
JOHN GEYER was swindled out of
$3.50 in Chicago by w. f. Ohlran, who
for sale.
BoUNDLEss, the famous race horse,
broke a tendon at Little Rock, Ark,
and may never run again.
THE w. r. Strong company, dealers
in nursery plants and seeds in Sacra-
mento, Cal. failed for sl45. 200.
FIVE minutes after taking table
spoonful of wine as a toast at recep-
ton in honor of the wedding engage
ment of his son, Joseph Racker, of
Rosepbayn, n. j., died in terrible con-
vulsions.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 9th aggregated
1896, $50, SEA, against sS3s, 52s, l66 the pre-
vious week. The decrease, compared
with the corresponding week in 1898,
was 28.2.
THERE were 24s business failures In
the United States in the seven DAYS
ended on the 9th, against 264 the week
previous and 1913 in the corresponding
| time in 1898.
DUTCH NELL, of st. Louis, defeated
James Barron, of Australia, in fight
of thirteen rounds at Hot Springs, Ark.
A SYNDICATE has purchased 1900, 000,-
| 600 feet OF northern Minnesota pine
timber for 81, 600, 600 in round figures
THE suit of Miss Madaline V. Pollard
against Congressman w. c. 7. Breckin-
ridge, of Kentucky, for breach of prom
ise began in Washington.
GEN. HOWARD reported TO the war
department that Atlantic port cities
were without modern means of defense.
THE land Office at Washington de-
cided that nearly 10000 Michigan acres
were wrongfully given the Portage Ca
nal company.
A STATEMENT from the pension
bureau shows that there are 900, 900
pensioners on the rolls
WILLIAM SNYDER and his wife, both
over 40 years of age, were burned in
their home at Develan, n. Y. Snyder
got out once, but went back to rescue
his wife.
JAMES Il. BILLINGS, dealer in boots
| aud ehoaq In, Rostop fo{laJ for SrOo non