Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-09-28

| protectionists and fourteen free traders
i, were elected, the remaining twenty nine
members favoring an al valorem duty on
imports of % per cent.
The New York World has review Of
the corn crop. They conclude the yield
may be 1900 million. Reports from Iowa
! indicate less than half crop, Illinois
/ three quarters crop, Nebraska little
more than one-quarter, Indiana very
large, Kansas yield 100000 bushels
against $50, 100000 last year.
1t is officially announced that Col.
Breckenridge will not go 10 New York TO
practice law, but will continue a member
of the Lexington bar and remain with
his partner, John T. Shelby, and his son
Desha. Before going 10 congress Col.
Breckenridge was considered one Of the
best criminal lawyers in the state
The Wisconsin state fair closed Fri
day, and the Agricultural Society finds
e., 1000 of deficit. The fair did not at
tract the farmers this year and IL hard TO
depend on Milwaukee alone for its sup
port. The receipts on the five days were
$4,000. the expenses were over s2S, 200,
and 10000 of this was given in premiums
and prizes.
The schooner Col. Cook, formerly the
Augusta, stone laden, from Kelley's ISL
and, was abandoned in Lake Erie Sun
day in a sinking condition. The Cook
was small craft, valued at only 5000,
but had a history. Thirtyfour years
ago on Lake Michigan il ran down and
sank the excursion steamer Lady Elgin,
causing the loss of nearly 800 lives.
All records for long distance heliograph
signaling have been broken by the United
States army signal corps, a message hav
ing been sent by sun flashes from Mount
Uncompaghre, Colo, to Mount Ellen,
Utah, distance Of ls3 miles, by Captain
Glassford, chief signal officer, U. ). A.,
department Of the Colorado, and his as
sistantS The best former record was los
miles.
At Chicago Judge Gibbons sustained
the attorney generals demurrer to the
amended plea Of the whisky trust and
ordered a judgment Of custer entered
The decision and order, If sustained, will
have the effect of destroying the trust.
The judgment of custer will compel the
dissolution of the Cattle Feeding and
Distilling Company, and will cause the
forfeiture of its charter.
Canada's total foreign trade has fallen
off by S4.5O0.000 for the first two months
of the fiscal year The decline in exports
alone is IS, So, 900. The average duty on
dutiable goods imported in August was
over 30 per cent. The customs duty on
coal oil amounted TO over 80 per cent.
The figures are: Value of oil i'm ported,
$1,000; duty thereon, S24.s30. The duty
on cotton clothing was 80 per cent.
The most disastrous fire in the history
Of Portland, Oregon. occurred Sunday
in the dock of the Pacific Coast Elevator
company, and ragged for three hours, de-
strOying property valued at over q, 50O,-
600. When the engines arrived the fire
was beyond control and in half an hour
from the time IL started the docks for
half mile were on fire. Nothing could
be done but to let the fire bnrn itself out.
A convention of the delegates from the
different counties of Nebraska was held
in North Platte TO devise ways and
means of assisting the poor of western
Nebraska this winter. They found that
1900 persons would need aid. Commit
tees were appointed 10 secure free trans
pOrtation of donations and collect food.
The county commissioners will have
charge Of the distribution Of the food and
clothing.
The cattlemen and Cheyenne Indians
in Oklahoma are at war. The settlers
near Woodward are moving their effects
into town and the citizens are armng
Thursday the Indians drove off several
hundred cattle belonging TO cattlemen.
They wete intercepted by the cowboys
The Indians opened fire, at the same
time retTea ting. One Indian and one
cowboy were killed before the Indians
escaped.
Dun In his weekly review says:
"Breadstuffs are weaker, possibly be-
cause the government official report went
so far in predicting short crops as &c
cause reaction in opinion. While lower
estimates Of corn are commonly accept
ed, the price fell 81 cents and men are
reasoning that if the official estimate OF
wheat has been found lOOO0O,O0O bushels |
out Of the way the corn estimate may err |
100000 10 500, 100000 bushels.
The last Of the parties put ashore on
the La brador coast by the steamer Mi |
randa has returned by the vessel Vir-
GINA Lake. This was the University Of |
Pennsylvania expedition, consisting of
four professors In charge OF Prof. Hite. !
The party spent the summer making an |
exploration OF Sandwich Bay, North |
Labrador. Three great rivers were ex-
plored and charts made. Valuable orig
inal collections of birds and butterflies
were obtained
new system Of measuring the volume
of type was adopted by the United Ty
pOthet9 of America at It's recent session
in Philadelphia. 1t substitutes for the
ZEN" standard a measurement with the
whole alphabet as standard, "a system
that would be equitable 70 both employees
and employers" 1t was said this system
permitted the accurate measure OF work
actually done. and customers could be
made TO understand that the use of broad
face type would cost more than narrow;
faced.
The japanese government has decided
TO follow up the advantage IL has gained
against the Chinese, and push the war
with all possible vigor before the arrival
If MI nrIa g., |