Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-04

, years old. His wife is the plucky llttl,
woman who went into the millinery bust.
ness In the hope of retrieving her hus-
bands fallen fortunes
The sentence of nine OF the anarchist.
, who were tried by courtmartial at Bar.
celona, Spain for completely i'm the at.
tempt made last year by Pallas upon the
LIE of Capt. Gen. Martinez Campos were
announced Monday. Five of the prison
ers were sentenced To death and the four
others To life Imprisonment at hard la
Dor.
In pursuance Of his plan To suppress
extravaganza among officers I'm the Ger
man army Emperor William has in
structed the commanding officers To give
permission To keep race horses only To
the most wealthy of the officers and to
suppress the custom according TO which
Subordinate officers make expensive
presents.
Mrs John Matthews, OF Anderson. Ind,
an aged woman, has been driven in
sane by the Coxey movement She has
closely followed accounts in the newspa-
pers OF the formation of armies. She is
now raving mad and viii be taken TO the
Richmond asylum. In her hallucination
she believes that CoXey will destroy her
ana her children.
Judge Henry w. Scott of the District
Court OF Oklahoma has sentenced j. j.
Burke and +. l.. Brown, publishers of the
Daily Times Journal of oklahoma City,
TO the county Jail for ten days and TO pay
fine of 500 each for contempt in COM
menting upon his judicial character
The Judge refused To allow an appeal
ana both newspaper men were sent to
! jail.
Ohio militamen descended upon Gen"
CalynS commonwealers, at Mt Ster-
ling Saturday, by order of Gov McKin-
ley, and forced them To leave the Balti-
more N Ohio train they had seized. The
troops under the command of Lieut.. Col.
Colt of Columbus captured the entire
crowd and the train pulled out, leaving
the discounted army on the hands of the
Ohio executive
1t Is stated that a re taliatory measure
is being considered by the Mexican gov
eminent against the United States, Eng
land and other countries whose legislat-
i've attitude has been in opposition To sill
ver The plan is To increase Mexican
Import duties % per cent. strong COM
bination of Mexican and the Central and
Southern republics is a possible out
growth OF the agi~ltion.
United States Senator Francis b.
Stock bridge, of Michigan, died rather
suddenly Monday at Chicago. The SEN
ator's health had not been good for sew
eral years past, but his ailment did not
assume "A serious phase until about two
months ago when his physician in Wash
ington ordered him 10 leave that city as
quickly as possible and seek the more |
equable temperature of California.
The miners strike is on in full force In |
Indiana, as every block miner has sub
mitted To the intimidations OF the bitumi-
nous men and Joined the strike, notwith-
standing they voted a few days ago 70
continue work until the expiration OF
their contract. The situation begins to
look critical. Thousands of laborers
who are not miners are thrown out of
as the result of the miners
strike.
The California Supreme court handed
down ten decisions in the Blythe case, all
OF which are in favor OF Florence Blythe.
Five decisions are upon appeals from de-
mails for new trials. The other five de-
clslons bear on eleven other appeals ia
the case. Ihis settles the celebrated
case and gives the Blythe millions TO
Florence Blythe Hickey, the daughter
of Thomas Blythe. The estate is valued
at fully 100000.
Indiana republicans met at Indian
apolis and nominated a ticket headed by
w. ID. Owen for secretary of state. The
old ticket" with one exception, was
beaten. 1t was dstinctively a Harrison
and the Presidents APP
pearance upon the rostrum and his
speech 70 the delegates were received
With cheers that made the convention
hall resound as it has not since he APP
oeared in IL in 1888.
Frank Hatton. late editor of the Wash
ngton Post, died Monday afternoon.
tuesday afternoon, the previous week,
Mr.. Hatton, who apparently had been in I
'ood health, was suddenly stricken with I
paralysis While working alone at his
esk. He never fully recovered his con-
ciousness. The last fatal change was
nanifest,when the dread symptoms Of
Srights disease appeared. The virus c
pread rapidly and soon reached the !
cart ,
The special sanitary Inspector sent to |
IlsDOn by the Spanish government in | 1
rider TO inquire into the epidemic classed C
S cholera, which has prevailed there for a
ONE time, after a long investigation and 2
onsultation with the eminent specialist,
'rof. Sousa, declares that the outbreak
one of true Asiatic cholera. The sani-
ary Inspector in his report also traces s
ne source OF the epidemic, saying that IL 0
as imported to Lisbon from the Cape de o
'erd islands. V
Five hundred families, numbering over .
600 persons, in the vicinity of Iron ,,
fountain, Mich, are starving and must ;,
ave relief at once or die. The county :.
nd town funds are exhausted. Cover ~ ~
Or Rich does not believed il will be neces- -
Try to call out the troops TO preserve or
'r in the Upper Peninsula as some per-
m have suggested. and is confident that a
lie actual necessities of the miners and W
Ieir families will be supplied by the gen. pl
Gus people Of the State al
national official of the United Mine 5t
orkers' union who has returned from II
re Pocahontas, Va, coal field says the ~