Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-08-17
Anotber beavv rainfall visited South

ern Minnesota Monday, thoroughly soak
ing the ground. II will be Of great bene'
fit to corn and potatoes.
Railroad Commissioners Maxson, o.
Kansas, says all vegetation has been de-
stroyed in the western part Of the state
by drought and hot winds.
A mass meeting Of miners at Spring
Valley, H., voted TO accept the Column
bus scale, but Manager Dalzell refused
TO receive their committee.
A mob of French Canadian Catholics
wrecked the mission houses OF the Bap'
tlst and Anglican churches and the Sal
walton army barracks In Quebec.
Passage of the tariff bill by the house
created great activity In the whisky
trade. In one hour in Louisville go, 00C
gallons were withdrawn from bond
Madeline Pollard, who achived noto-
riety through her suit against Congress-
man Breckenridge, is to go on the stage,
and will make her debut in Chicago.
An attempt to hold up a Lake Shore
express train at Kessler, Ind, was foiled
by the engineer, who ran his train
through the obstruction at full speed.
Alderman Schriver, Of Benton Barbor,
Mich, who was uperlntending the tear
ing up Of the electric railway tracks, was
shot and wounded by President Bean.
President Cleveland's administration
was Endorsed and the proposal for a pop
ular vote for senator defeated in the
North Carolina democratic convention.
The Italian wheat crop is much
above and the corn crop much below the
average. In Piedmont and Emilia the
corn is practically ruined by the drought.
One hundred and sixteen striking mem
bers of the street car union of Youngs-
town, Ohio, have been enjoned from in
terfering with the lines or the new men,
Eight OF the men who resorted to I'M
lawful tactics in the labor troubles at
Paterson, \. j., were given sentences
ranging from three months to six years.
At the national convention of colored
voters leagues in New Castle, Pa, meas
ures looking TO social and political ad-
vancement Of the race will be consid-
cred.
Launches belonging to an American
company and flying the American flag
were impressed by General Cabezas in
dians.
Under direction Of Mr.. Pullman, steps
are being taken TO evict striking tenants
who are behind in their rent. Five thou
sand men, women and children will be
affe cted.
The steamer Park Bluff, with 400 ex-
cursionists aboard. struck rock in the
Mississippi off Iseokuk and sank. Owing
to the low water all were enabled to
reach shore.
In July the Iowa condition on corn was
100 and the prospect was for a crop Of
about 2so,OOO,OOO bushels. The August
from the July prospect.
The mother Of Caserio Santo Geronimo,
the assassin OF President Carnot, has
written to Nine. Carnot, asking her to
intercede with President Casimir Perier
for the life of her son.
Ono warranto proceedings have been
begun by the attorney general Of Illinois
against the Pullman Palace Car Com
pany, which Is alleged TO have exceeded
the powers of its charter.
An autopsy on the body OF Nine Os-
singer, shows that she died - starva ton.
She had been deserted by her husband
and evicted from her rooms.
Joseph r. Wilson. who was implicated
in the tarring and feathering Of Adjutant
General Tarsney, OF Colorado, says the
outrage was planned and carried out by
men OF high standing politically.
The Ferryboat Richmond was cut in
two by the steamer Puritan in the river
at ST. Joseph, Mich. The City of Chi
cago had narrow escape, and her pas
sengers were thrown into panic.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois rail-
road offers a reward Of $500 for the arrest
and conviction Of the person or persons
who have or may set fire to bridges or
buildings Of the company in Indiana.
General James b. Weaver, the popu-
list candidate, was Endorsed by the dem
ocratic congressional convention at Coun-
ell Bluffs, which declared for free coin
age and arbitration of labor disputes
Joseph w. Reinhart, President and
one Of the receivers Of the Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Ferallroad, has resigned
both OF these positions. He feels that he
Is not in harmony with the reorganizers.
After preliminary trial lasting al
most day and half, Daniel Mayfeld,
charged with the murder of Breton
Byrnes, the non union Chicago and East
ern Illinois engineer, in Danville three
weeks ago, was acquitted
Preparations are being made by the
Wholesale Saddlers' Association of the
United States and by the Harness Manu-
lecturers Protective Association to wage
vigorous war on the convict labor sys-
tenn in vogue at Joliet, Ill.
Anton Schurman, a La Sale, H.,
miner, resisted an attempt to arrest his
father and was killed by deputies, one of
whom was wounded by Mrs. Schurman.
A bayonet charge by the militia was
necessary to dispense the mob.
A cyclone has swept over the prov
noes Of Madrid and Ciudad Real, in
Spain. Considerable damage has been
lone TO the crops, and over hundred
persons are reported to be either killed
Or injured. Much property was destroy
ID.
A disastrous headend collision occurred
IN the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad between Hurdland and Gibbs,
No., resulting in two trainmen being
killed and several passengers injured and
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