Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-06-29

az Sacramento. which declared in favor
offree and unlimited coinage at l6 TO /,
was written by NJ H. De Young, whose
newspaper. the Chronicle, has been an
advocate OF bimetalism for many years.
The largest class ever graduated from
Oberlin Ohio College received diplomas
Wednesday, numbering in the classical
course thirty men and thirteen women:
philosophical course. nineteen men and
thirty-three women. and literary course.
ten women; conservatory Of music, one
man and six women.
Some time ago prominent Catholic
died in Mobile, Ala. and left $4,000 10 be
used by the priests OF St Joseph's Cath
Ollie Church in saying masses for the re-
pose Of his soul. His relatives contested
the will and the supreme Court OF Ala
bama has decided that as there is no iv
Ing beneficiary of the trust il is void.
a dispatch from Pont-y Pridd, Gla-
morgan. Wales. says that a terrible ex-
plOsion occurred Sunday afternoon in the
Albion colliery. near that place. Two
hundred mners are buried beneath the
debris Of the mine. II is estimated that
eighty miners were killed either by the
explosion or by the falling earth and
rock.
Kansas popuists opposed to the re-
election Of Gov. Lewelling and the pres
ent State officials are making arrange
ments for another State convention 10
nominate a straight middle Of he road
"anti-fusion" ticket. 1t is TO be held
about July %. The nominee for Gov
ernOr will be ex-Congressman Otis or
John f. Willis.
A terrible cyclone from the southwest
struck the village Of Keighley, Kan,
and nearly wiped the little town of the
earth at 7:30 Monday night. Many were
pinned under falling houses and their
fearful walls indicated serious injuries.
IL il thought many were killed. as the
cyclone swept on its course as far east as
the people could see il.
Adjutant General Tarsney was the
victim of dia bolical outrage al Colo
RADIO Springs early Saturday morning.
He was kidnapped from his hotel there by
masked men. who took him out in the
country, stripped him. and then admin
stered a coat Of tar and feathers. The
men who perpetrated the outrage are
not known, neither is their motive.
The tug James Il. Nicoll, having on
board sixty five young men, principally
from New York though few are known
TO have belonged TO Brooklyn. was sunk
just outside Of Sandy Hook Sunday at II
o'clock. 1t also had crew Of three men
and a captain So far as il is known
only thirty eight persons were saved.
Two bodies were recovered and 20 are
missing.
A Washington dispatch says Ex Secre-
tary Of the Treasury Charles Foster is TO
have charge OF Gen. Harrison'S interest
in the race for the next republican presi-
dental nomination. occupying toward
the eX- president ana his campaign pre-
cisely the position occupied by John C..
New of Indianapolis during the twelve
months or more prior TO the Minneapolis
convention Of 1892.
Despite the most stringent efforts 10
conceal the fact. the details of a some
what serious accident TO Thomas A. Edi-
son, the great inventor. have just come
10 light. He was sitting on the porch Of
his boarding house, when in some unac-
countable way his chair gave way and
he was thrown backward on the porch,
striking himself heavily. II Is feared
that some serious internal injury may
have been sustained.
Iron ore shipments out OF Lake SUI
perior for this year 10 date have been not
far from 10000 net tons. navigation
having been under way just sixty days.
Duluth and Two Harbors have shipped
10000 net tons. from the Mesaba and
NermiliOn ranges: Ashland, from the
GOgebic range. $4,000 tons, and Mar
quette the remainder. Escanab la. on Lake
Michigan is also shipping freely.
A strike Of fabulous richness has been
made in the Pixies Peak mine. al Grip
pie Creek, Colo. The new ind consists
OF an eight-inch streak of decomposed
quartz or tale which averages sixty
ounces OF gold 10 the ton, being Of much
the same character as the other three
veins found in the property. The Pixies
Peak is now by far the richest gold prop
erty discovered in Cripple Creek.
The London Post commenting on the
decrease OF emigration TO the United
States, thinks the decrease is less due &c
the exclusion laws than TO the fact that
the west has had its day and that the
tide of emigration is turned toward AZ
RIGA. The omnipotence Of capital in the
United States has grown into an almost
intolerable tyranny and has driven the
farmer and the workman 10 the wall
The Grand Army Of the Republic Of
Iowa met at Council Bluffs. Wednesday
The report Of the adjutant showed a
total membership OF l7.65s on Dec. 81. a
decrease Of 2.309. The death losses were
26G, an increase Of Is over the preceding
year. The financial report showed the
receipts TO be $40, s54. 70, and expenditures
az, 1874: balance on hand, g.. POI. IS
George A. Newman, Of Cedar Falls. was
elected commander.
The rains have begun 10 fall again IN
the northeast of Austria. and the situ-
alton in the flooded districts is worse
than at any time since the trouble be-
gan. The inundation OF the valley Of the
Waag is the worst that has occurred
since 1913. Over thirty villages are SUBJ
merged. In the region of Mosciska, Po-
land, there have been terrible halstorms
and heavy rain that have caused the riv-
ers TO overflow their banks.
Notwithstanding an unmistakable pub
lie feeling that Erastus Wiman was
guilty Of ONLY technical breach of the