Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-10-19
LATE NEWS.

An lmpcTldl decree mas Dccu lSSued
guaranteeing protection to all foreigners
in China.
In the Belgian elections the liber ais
met with defeat. Surprising gains were
made by the socialists.
Experts have discovered that Stark
County, Ohio, has been robbed Of 81, 900
by dishonest officials
Della Keenan's suit for 100000 against
Russell Sage for breach of marriage prom
Use has been dismissed.
More than half of the eastern lines are
ignoring the pool agreement and col
lapse in rates seem certain.
Official estimates of the wheat crop in
Ohio places it at 5O,s52, 1873 bushels, the
largest in the states history.
Experiments at an Omaha distillery Of
making spirits from beet sugar molasses
have proved very successful.
O. \. Siostrom. a Swedish banker, Of
New York, has failed for $4,000. His de-
positors were poor laboring men.
Chester Hill, an Ohio village, was al
most wiped out by fire. The loss will
reach $4,000, with no insurance.
Dispatches from Shanghai state that
Chinese are in rebellion and are over
whelming the government troops.
The Pacific express office at The Dalles,
Oregon, was robbed Of $4,000 in cash
during brief absence Of the agent.
II is thought several prominent citi-
zenS of Ashland, Wis, will be prosecuted
by the government for land frauds.
A stranger distributed about 800 in
worthless old Indiana state bank notes
at Anderson. Ind e, and disappeared.
Snow fell in many counties of Pennsyl-
vania Sunday 70 the depth Of three inch
cs and the temperature fell To ~ degrees.
BY vote Of G5 10 30 the general con-
ference OF the Free Method st church de-
cided against the ordination of women.
Wholesale grocers of Chicago are lead
ers in revolt against the sugar trust
which is spreading over the entire coun-
try.
Uncontradicted rumors are 10 the eff
feet that Nellie Grant Sartoris is TO
marry Gen. II. Kyd Douglas, of Balti-
more.
Investigation shows that the soldiers
home at Dayton, Ohio, is haunted by
thieves who rob the inmates on pension
days.
During a riot between sophomores and
freshmen Of Lehigh University, at Beth
lehem, Pa, house was nearly demol-
ished.
A shortage Of upward OF g., 900 has been
found IN the accounts OF T. ID. Meads,ex-
receiver of the land Office at Marquette.
Mich.
III ho
ed from communion by the congregation
of Mount Horeb CKy.) Church until Feb
ruary.
Elections in Belgium were cloesly con-
tested and the result is in doubt. 1t is
believed the clericals will remain In
power.
T. L. Dixon. an ex-state official OF
Kansas, makes affidavit that Mrs. Mary
Z. Lease urged him TO steal 10000 from
The state.
Governor Mitchell says he will convene
the Florida legislature If necessary TO
prevent the Corbett Fitzsimmons fight in
that state.
Three indictments have been returned
against Webster Flanagan, collector OF
customs at FL Paso, Texas, for aiding
smugglers.
The state democracy OF New York has
Endorsed the ticket put up by the COM
mittee Of seventy, headed by WI. Strong
for mayor.
Nathan Straus was nominated for
mayor OF New York by Tammanyites
after Hugh j. Grant had refused to be
candidate.
Latest court gossip is that the queen Is
strongly opposed TO the possible marriage
of Miss Anna Gould TO Prince Francis OF
Battenberg.
Judge Jenkins dismissed the petition
for the removal of Receiver Cakes Of the
Northern Pacific and Endorsed the find
ings of the master.
Cripple Creek miners are again wrought
up by the arrest OF two OF their number
and the subsequent killing Of one in an
attempt to escape.
petition signed by twenty-seven ply
sicians, asking the impeachment Of
Health Commissioner Kempster, was pre-
sented to the milwaukee, council.