Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-08-03
LATE NEWS.

ANhlliSdhs VI Dldllle- VI
letter fame, died at Maynard, Mass.
Herr Doves so-called bullet-proof
cuirass has been rejected by the German
government.
Excessive heat is reported in European
cities, and many deaths have occurred in
Berlin and Vienna.
The governor of Hong Kong places the
deaths from plague in the Canton dis
trict alone at 10000
A disease which battles the physicians
has killed three persons at Minerva, o.,
Many others are afflicted.
Seventeen buildings in the business
district of Brooklyn, Iowa, were burned
causing a loss of S125, 600.
The iron miners strike in Michigan
peninsula has been declared off and the
troops have been ordered home.
Stocks Of wheat in the elevators In the
northwest are reported at IA, 100000 bu,
againt Ii, 100000 bu year ago.
General A. j. Pleasanton, originator Of
the blue glass theory, died at his home
In Philadelphia. aged Sc years.
General managers predict that within
five years railroads will own all their
equipment except sleeping cars.
Statistics Of the recent strike at Chi
cago show that the railroads lost $685.
9l2 in cars burned by the rioters
Forest fires along the line of the North
ern Pacific in Wisconsin are dying out,
there being nothing more to burn.
Reports from all western states indi-
cate the hottest weather ever known.
Great damage to crops will result.
Two thousand houses were destroyed
by fire in Cottcl, a Bulgarian town. 1t
is believed many persons persisted.
Thomas b. Reed was renominated for
congress by republicans of the first Maine
district in convention at Bddeford.
Three Forks and Watson, prosperous
towns in British Columbia, have been
completely destroyed by forest fires.
The Village of Colonno, Henry county,
H., was almost wiped off the map by a
fire, the origin of which is mystery.
According to government reports, corn
In Iowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas Is
perishing, owing to the lack of rain.
Striking miners al Coalburg, Ala, fired
upon deputy sheritfS from ambush, kill
Ing two and fatally woundng another.
Available stocks OF wheat in the United
States and Canada, according TO Brad
streets, reach a total Of 7l,749,OO0 BUSH
els.
In letter to a trade paper Archbishop
COrrigan says he will obey Satofli's de-
cision placing liquor dealers under the
ban.
Thomas S. Wright, attorney Of the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Rail-
way, died in New York from a stroke Of
heat.
Joseph p. Greenhut, president OF the
whisky trust, has brougt suit againt the
Financial Daily News of New York for
libel.
Hammond, Ind, has been evacuated
by the Indiana militia in spite Of the pro-
test of Mayor Kelley and Sheriff Frede-
rich.
At Briceton, O., family Of three per-
sons were killed, poison having been
placed in the well from which they
drank.
At Lurav,lle, Fla, John Thomas fred
upon mob Of would be lynchers, killing
the leader and fatally wounding four
others.
Armed bodies OF coke strikers, who have
Deen WOIhntn III
vanla, are TO be suppressed by the state
militia.
Sparks from a locomotive destroyed
lumber yards, a schoolhouse and other
property at st. Joseph, Mo, valued at
$4,000.
Wilson Soule, millionaire OF Roches-
ter, n. Y, was dragged over stone pave
ments by runaway horses until life was
extinct.
Governor Mathews, of Indiana, has de-
termlned on policy which will stamp
out the white caps, who have disgraced
the state.
The Supreme court OF New York has
refused new trial for John Y. McKane,
the convicted boss OF Gravesend, now in
Sing Sing.
Incendlaries saturated thirty resi-
dences In Jefferson Vile, Ind, with oil
and set fire to o. them in an attempt
to burn the city.