Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-03-02

wholesale business district Of Quincy,
Ill.
ERAsTUs WIMAN, the well-known
capitalist and railroad maguate, was
arrested in New York on two charges
of forgery.
ILL HEALTH caused the resignation of
W. O. Hughart. for twenty-five years
president of the Grand Rapids & In
diana railway.
A SCHEDULE of 1875 games has been
adopted by the Western Baseball asso-
citation. The season will open May 8.
OMAHA police uncovered n gang of
female countcrfeiters and two of its
members were under arrest.
FIVE woodchoppers were caught in a
snowslide near Verdi, New, and only
one was rescued alive.
THE report of Statistician Robinson,
of the agricultural department, for
January shows that on January there
were lG1, 1888, 453 farm animals in the
country.
FooTPADs attacked DIR. Francis NJ
Abbott at Indianapolis. He shot one
of his assailants and was himself fatal
ly wounded.
THE British steamer Fairy, of Vic
tora, engaged in smuggling Chinese
into this country, was seized near
Point Morrowstone Wash, by the rev.
enue cutter Wolcott.
CHARLES Crouch, who died at Fay
etteville, Ark, confessed on his death
bed that he had murdered three per-
CONS II, tha Ia - fa,v wars
REV. j. I. HENsLEY, Of the Methodist
Episcopal church, who had been hold
ing n series of protracted meetings near
Flora, H., was killed by runaway
team.
Mrs. FREDA RoTHsCHILD, OF Omaha,
was badly disfgured 10y IA tramp pou"
ing coal oil upon her and setting her 90
fire.
EIGHT men were killed by an explo-
sion in the coal mines at Blossburg,
n. NJ, and three others were injured.
IT was understood in New York that
Erastus Wiman would plead guilty
to forgery and trust to the courts leni
ENJOY.
REPEATED attempts to burn Peca-
tonica, H., have aroused the residents
to excitement and extra precautions.
WASHINGTON birthday was observed
in many places throughout the coun-
try.
SECRETARY MORTON has written let
ter saying the government has no bust
ness appropriating money for thistle
determination.
The executive board of the Knights
of Labor declared general boycott on
St. Louis English syndicate beer.
A BRONZE tablet was erected in Bal
timore TO mark the spot where the con
tinental congress met in 1916.
FIVE men were killed and several
injured by the explosion of boiler IN
mill at Compile, La.
THE steamer Oceanic arrived at San
Francisco, bringing news that nothing
of Importance had occurred in Homo
lulu since last advices.
The Culver building in St Louis oc-
cupied by the Tyler Desk company and
the Udell Woodcnware company was
destroyed by fire, the loss being $3.50,
600.
JAoos HEAsToN, living at Warren,
Ind, handed over 81, 500 to three masked
midnight robbers, turned over and
went TO sleep.
ALDERMAN WADswoRTH hoisted the
English flag above the American at
Philadelphia, but residents made him
haul down the first
The farmers of the Indiana gas belt
have organized series of detective as
sociations for the apprehension of Grim
inals.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses In the United States during
the week ended on the 23d aggregated
S691, 4y1, $50, against s7s9, Isl, I'll the pre-
vious week. The decrease, compared
with the corresponding week in 1898,
was 1872.
A PLOT to burn and loot Gadsden,
Ala, was frustrated by the arrest Of
four of the conspirators.
GoTHAMs millionaires were subscrib-
ing literally to the fund for relief OF
the unemployed. w. w. Aston gave
$4,000
A BUSINESS block and public school
building at Fort Wayne, Ind, were de-
stroyed by fire, the loss being Sl20, 000
THERE were 2ss business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the Esd, against 1923 the week
previous and 1913 in the corresponding
time in 1898.
JACOB A. MOORE, aged Sc, and Mrs
Slack, his housekeeper, aged 80, were
found murdered in their home in Bush
Vile, n. Y. Robbery was the motive.
SANpow, the strong man. was hypo-
tiled by DIR. C. II. Mersereau, of New
York, and made TO do many strange
things.
FIFrY-oNE coal miners convicted of
rioting at Mansfield and Bunola, Pa.
were taken to the penitentiary and
workhouse TO serve out sentences vary
ing from six months to two years.
SEVEN of the eight members of the
Kruger family near Michigan City,
ind, died from the effects of eating
pork containg trichina.
A BUGGY containing Walter Black
man, aged 10 years, and Miss Minta