Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-18
LATE NEWS.

George Gould was blackballed by the
Racquet and Tennis Club, of New York
ST. Louis grain men charge that Chi
cago traders secure advance government
crop reports.
The COxeyites who left Portland, Ore,
6oostrong number only forty, and they
are scattered.
Richard Croker has formally withdrawn
from the leadership of Tammany Hall
organizations.
Gannon's industrial army was offered
good wages at Hastings, Neb., but the
offer was refused.
Forest fires are raging in Elk county,
Pennsy lvania, and a number Of oil rigs
have been destroyed.
Akron. Ohio was visited Thursday by
violent windstorm and rainstorm. One
man was killed by lightning.
Edward Lane was unanimously renom-
mated for congress by the democrats of
the eighteenth Illinois district.
Seven men armed with Winchesters
robbed the bank in Southwest City, Mo-,
Of $4,000, and shot four citizens.
a bomb was exploded at the entrance
to Prince Odescalchi's palace in Rome
and three persons were injured.
Gus Wesbrodt, treasurer Of Middle
town. Ohio, has used $4,000 Of the city's
funds in trying TO beat the races.
New York men have commenced action
to secure possession of lands in Lyon
county, Iowa, valued at $3.50, 200.
A vast nihilist conspiracy is said to
have been discovered in st. Petersburg.
hundred arrests have been made.
Members of Randall's industrial army
found spy sent by Secretary Gresham
In their ranks, and he was dismissed
Chief Justice Raney, of the Florida SUI
preme court, has resigned and curious
political complications are likely to en-
sue.
Col. Casper Budd, famous for breaking
up the Knights of the Golden Circle in
Indiana, died at Charlottesville, aged 50
Fears.
Members Of the federation of women
clubs, in session at Philadelphia, tabled a
proposition 10 unite with the National
Council.
Mrs. Mary E. Lease is critically Ill
with typhoid fever in Kansas City. In
her delirium she expresses fear Of assas-
sination.
Jesse P. Farley, three times mayor OF
Dubuque, Iowa, and a pioneer railroad
builder, is dead. He settled in Dubuque
Ia 1893.
Rev. Richard X. Todd. for forty-three
years proprietor of Todd seminary foI
boys at Woodstock, H., is dead at the
age Of 70.
Populists of several Indiana towns have
combined to furnish provisions fsr Ran
dall's army. Many of the soldiers have
deserted.
The new railroad tunnel through the
Palisades, opposite New York City,in New
Jersey. that cost 100000, was formally
opened Tuesday.
An average cut of more than 30 pei
cent has been made in west-bound freight
rates as result of the collapse Of the
trunk line pool.
DIR. Talmage will not again assume
charge of the Brooklyn Tabernacle I'M
less s2sO,OOO in cash is raised for new
building and site.
An earthquake destroyed the cities o.
Egido and Merida and several villages in
Venezuela. Ten thousand lives are sale
to have been lost.
George Rose, the murderer of Assist
ant Postmaster Kuhl of Cottonwood
Falls, Kan, was taken from Jail by
mob and hanged.
Near Remsen, Iowa, Annie Hanser
was shot dead by Herman Peters, he
uncle, who. after saying it was an acct
dent, killed himself
Passenger and freight trains collideC
at Menomonie Junction, Wis. Engineer
James Jeffreys was killed and four 9th
er men badly injured.
Formal action has been taken by a rep
resentative of the Illinois populsts I.
have the senatorial apportionments o
1893 and 1882 set aside.
FINS r. Downing was selected as can
didate for congress by the democrats II
the sixteenth district Over five hun
dred ballots were taken.
Hiram j. Brendlinger, the SECOND
mayor OF Denver, Colo, was found deat
In bed. Half OF his fortune of 5000
goes to Chicago nephew.