Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-04-13

Die Freiheit, at New York. has sus-
pended and Herr Most, its editor, Is In
hiding from his creditors. At one time
Die Frelheit was the leading organ of the
anarchists I'm this country and had Il
large circulation. Since the Chicago ex
ocutions, however, il has steadily gone
down until there are not enough sub
scribers left TO pay postal expenses.
Ex-President Caceres. one OF the can
didates for the presidency, has been pro-
| claimed dictator of Peru. The dictator
| is supported by the army. but congress
| and the people are hostile To him. The
| banks are all closed and business Is sus-
| pended. The streets are patrolled by the
| military and the constitutional president,
| Senior del Solar, is said to be fugitive.
| The strikers in the Pennsylvania coke
| fields are quiet so far this week and ii Is
| commonly reported that there will be no
! more rioting and bloodshed unless In
| duced by some rash act on the part OF the
companies. The presence of the deputies
| with Winchesters has tanned the warike
| spirit Of the Huns. They are now Will
| ing TO push the strike by peaceaole
means.
The Boatner Congressional committee
| TO investigate Judge Jenkins, began It's
work at Milwaukee. Monday. 1t is evil
dent the committee intends to make
thorough investigation and that the
| Chairman OF it at least is convinced that
| because a railroad is in the hands OF re-
cejve-s the court has no more powc- oye-
the employees than If it were in the hands
| OF its officers.
| Fifty-seven county treasurers in indi-
| ana are defendants to suits brought by a
| trio Of express companies, the American,
| the United States and the Adams. The
plaintiffs ask an order restraining the
treasurers from levying on them for de-
| linquent taxes, as they claim that house
bill 43l was not passed until after mid
night of March 4, 1898, the last day when
bills might become laws.
| Commissioner Of Labor James T. Todd
has finished his investigation relative 10
the farming industry OF Kansas, and the
conclusion is that farming is unproiita-
BILE The department sent 1918 letters ia
farmers asking: Does farming pay?"
To this query answers came from ,292 OF
the .523 townships in the state. OF that
number PSI answered emphatically
"NO," while the Al answered Yes
Two of the largest Touring mills in st.
Louis closed down few days ago, osten-
sibly for the purpose OF making repairs
10 machinery. II is now reported that
nearly every Touring mill i'm that district
/ has closed down for an indie finite period
I II is claimed that there has been an
/ overprOductiOn OF -four and this, In addi-
ton 10 the low price of flour. makes it al
most necessary for the mills 70 close
down.
Rancbmen from Missouri river points
and the Blackhills country say that the
loss 10 stock in the late snowstorms does
not exceed 80 per cent of the first esti-
mates. The snow is rapidly disappear
Ing and cattle will soon be doing we'll on
the open ranges, Herdsmen in all parts Of
the Black hills. and particularly in tho
vicinity OF the Cheyenne and White riy-
ers. have suffered much less than re-
ported.
The Federal grand jury at Minneapolis.
| Mimi, which has been for some time in
vestigating the Van Leuven pension
frauds in the southern part OF the state.
brought in thirty four indictments
against Pension Agent Van Leuven and
his associates. With the sixty -four in
tictments already returned in the Iowa
courts, this makes tajal OF ninety eight
indictments growing out of the pension
frauds
The Cincinnati Price Current says that
calculations for states suggest general
average condition OF s., against list
years official n, implying sufficiently
better position 10 balance the wheat acre
age deficiency. II the condition OF win
ter wheat Is reduced To 80 per cent by the
recent cold weather the yield Will be
fully as large as that of 1893. a condition
of 50 per cent is equal to an avera &c yield
OF l25. bu.
The Central Building League, of Chi
cago, composed Of some eighteen or TWEEN
ty organized trades, has declared war
against striking employees by inaugural
eng general lockout in every branch of
the business. This course was unani-
mously decided on at a largely attended
meeting of representative bosses, con-
tractors, and material men. From $500
TO 1900 workmen will temporarily have
their Jobs taken from them aud their
daily wages cut off.
Coxey's army reached Uniontown, Pa,
Monday, with nearly 800 men in line A
big delegation and a band met the arms
a mile out OF town and escorted IL TO the
limits There twelve motor cars were in
waiting TO transport the army to its com
pany ground at Mountain View Park,
but the mon preferred to march through
town and take the cars on the other side.
On Tuesday the army marched to Far
rington, which is way up in the noun
tains and consists OF one house.
The long -looked-for decision by Judge
Jenkins on the motion made by the chiefs
Of the great railway organizations for a
modification Of his famous Northern Pa
cifc strike order was rendered in the
United States circuit court at 2 o'clock
Friday afternoon. The decision grants
the technical modification of the supple
mental order asked for by the petitioners,
while II reiterates more strongly the real
position taken In the injunctional order.
In reality there is not point yielded.
The American Protective association
and the Catholics came together In a