Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-12-14

Excitement is running high in South
Dakota in consequence Of the rich gold
strike AT keystone. The mine is called
the Holy Terror and is running five
stamps. The first thirty-six hours run
netted $500. and the next twenty four
hours $500 The rock is increasing in
value. Enough rock is In sight 10 last
two years.
The revenue Of the Dominion Of CgX-
ada for the five months ending Nov. 20
was Sl3,6c5,054 and the expenditures sl2,-
050,O3s. The revenue is two millions
short OF what IL was during the same
period last year. a million and a half
Of this diminution is in the customs du-
ties. The total net debt on Nov 80 was
S246, 500, 270.
A four-foot vein of coal has been dis
covered in Fairfield township, Bureau
county, H.. that extends 10 the northern
limits OF Yorktown township in Henry
county. This is a new locality for coal
and arrangements will be made at once
10 sink two shafts. The coal lies but
eighty feet below the surface, and is of a
high grade.
The Texas cattle Raisers' Associations
headquarters at Fort Worth has been adj
viS-sd of the most extensive prairie fires
that have devastated the Texas Pan
handle, since Indian days. Beginning at
at San Juan, in New Mexico. the fires
swept northwesterly and sOutheaSterly
until about 25.000 square miles OF land
were burned over.
Governor Altgeld of Illinois has been
looking and feeling badly for sew
eral days, and, feeling the necessity Of
rest and freedom from the cares of Office,
has gone 10 Hot Springs, Ark, accom-
panied by Mrs. Altgeld They will be
gone an indefinite length Of time, the
Governor not being decided as TO the
length OF their stay.
Adry \. Hayward has made partial
confession, which enables the Mime
apOlis police TO declare that little re-
mains to be explained regarding the muir
der Of Miss Catherine Cling. She was
killed by c. a. Blxt, engineer of the
Ozark fats. as the result OF a plot hatch
ed by Harry L. Hayward, with the un-
willing assistance Of his brother Adry.
The correspondent of the London
Times at Shanghai telegraphs that the
new vicerOy OF Nankin is changing the
officials. He is nstructing them with
river defenses. with mines and torpedoes,
and has appointed a new admiral 10
command the Nan Yang squadron. 1t is
supposed that he expects the japanese
70 make an attack on the place during
the winter.
Al Sioux City. Iowa, all of the county
officials and ex-county officials and mem
bers Of the board OF supervisors, with
the exception Of two, VINO were indicted,
have been placed under arrest. None of
the criminal cases will be tried at this
term Of court, but at the next term one
OF the branches Of the district court Will
be organized into criminal division 10
dispose Of the cases.
Ferdinand de Lesseps died at Paris
Friday. The little life that for few
years past was left in the body Of the
builder OF the Suez canal went out like
candle burned low. Since the rottcnness
Of the Panama canal deal was made pub
lie De Lesseps had been dying. His mnd
failed and it vas natural that in time his
body also would fail. The cause was adj
vanced age and a complication Of mala-
dies.
All foreign diplomatic action at Con-
stantinOpie has been sus pended In conse-
II,
on the initiative Of Great Britain. is pro-
ceeding between the Berlin treaty sigma
tory powers with the view OF taking
joint action on the Armenian question.
The porte is very anxious at tins new
turn Of affairs and has apprised the sui
tan OF the exchange Of views taking place
among the powers.
The defeat OF the English liberals in
the Brigg division Of Lincolnshire has
caused a great cOmmotion in political
circles. This reverse. following the loss
in Forfar, seriously shakes the position
OF the government. the first effect being
10 create universal feeling that the
ministry can only meet parliament Feb.
8, take a vote in the house Of commons
on the resolution against the house of
lords, and then dissolve.
The contest for the short term United
States senatOrship in Michigan is hot
one. The pros poets Of deadlock in the
legislature are becoming more apparent
with every passing day, and interest in
the three cOrnered fight between j. c.
Burrows. :. = Ods and Senator John J.
Patton is becoming interesting. There
are several gentlemen posing as dark
upl-tS W NJ are InhhluR Ib Cdl'dlS At
all but who are waiting the result Of the
race between the leaders.
1t is likely that the Indian Two Sticks,
who was found guilty Of the murder Of
the cowboys on White river and sem
fenced TO be hanged Dec. 2s, will not suf-
fer the penalty Of his crime on the date
mentioned. His attorney is making
desperate fight TO save the neck OF the
redSkin, and will shortly 60 before the
state Supreme court with a bill Of eXcep-
tions, in which il will be attempted TO be
shown that during the trial Of the muir
derer sufficient errors were made TO
vtiate the judgment.
1t is reported that soon after the be-
ginning OF the new year the St. Paul
Railway company and the United States
Express company will enter into deal
by which the working force on all pas
senger trains will be reduced about one
half, as far as the baggage and express
services are concerned. The plan. which
is in the interest Of economy, is to have
one man attend to both baggage and ex-