Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-12-21

pension agents III 4Nbiihtiu UNIV, WIS
indicted by the United States grand jury
at Toledo for using fraudulent aiiidavits
10 secure pensions.
The officers of the King Bridge Com
pany, of Cleveland. Ohio, announce their
intention 10 establish branch works AT
Sioux Falls, which will supply their en-
tire Western trade.
The Kearney (Neb) National Bank
closed its doors Friday. The liza slities,
as nearly as can be now ascertalned. are
about $4,000 The county loses $1,000
and the city $4,000.
The Indians on the Pine Ridge reserva-
tion are getting restless and the settlers
are fearful of another outbreak. The
Sioux have never been peaceful since the
Pine Ridgc incident.
Advices received by the Brazilian min
lister To Argentina tell of ten deaths from
cholera in single day in the state of
Rio Janeiro and say that yellow fever Is
increasing in the capital.
Contests have been brought by the pop
ulites of Mississippi for the congressional
seats of Allen in the First, Money in the
Fourth, Williams in the Fifth and Spen-
Ger in the Seventh districts.
John Battys Sons, one OF the oldest
establishments in yarn and carpets in
the Kensngton district, are financially
embarrassed at Philadelphia, Pa, with
liabilities aggregating $4,000
1t is reported that the Chicago and
Northwestern Company has obtained
control of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids
/ and Northern Railroad and will operate
il as feeder for the main liue.
The populist leaders of Mississippi
| have decided to place full ticket in the
I field for every Office from constable OF
each Of the various counties up 10 the
! Governor Of the State at the coming cleo
| ton.
Ex-City Treasurer John Hargrove OF
! Huntington, Ind, has been found TO be
| a defaulter 20 the amount OF $500 and
! his bondsmen will be proceeded against.
! He is confined TO his house by fatal
disease.
In transferring the records in the
election commissioners Office at Chicago,
il was discovered that many OF the pack
ages containing ballots cast at the spec
ial mayOraty election had been tamper-
ed with.
| The strike Of employees OF the South
Bend, Ind, Wooden Company has been
settled. The strikers return at the old
[ wages with the understanding that the
! 1215 per cent cut will be restored as soon
as business warrants.
Banker \. c. Burnham, of Champaign,
III. has rendered TO the city for "A public
library his old homestead and two valu-
able lots. together with $4,000 in cash
for the erection OF building and $4,000
for the purchase OF books.
Judge J. O. Cunningham and wife have
offered 10 the Home Missionary Society,
of the Methodist Church. their hand
some country residence near Crbana, H.,
for the purpose of furnishing home for
helpless and dependent children.
Bishop Cimyo Adachi. priest OF the
Yohoho-Ji, the principal temple in Oyo-
TO Of the Nicharin religion of Japan IS
in San Francisco 10 propagate Buddhism.
lie will establish a temple in that city
with a corps of attendant priests.
At the annual meeting OF the Iowa
State SherifTs' Association held at DeS
Moines Wednesday the following officers
were elected: President, NJ. f. Hinkley-
Marcus: secretary, j. l.. Budd, Ames;
treasurer, w. NJ. Bomberger, Harlan.
There is great alarm at Ashtabula, O.,
over an outbreak Of malignant diphthe'
ria. Fifty-seVen new cases have been
reported during the six days and seven
deaths have occurred. The state board
Of health has been appealed TO for help
The Indiana Supreme court handed
down decision holding that a saloon
keeper NAV be held responsible for dam
ages or injuries resulting TO an intoXi'
Gated person who became intoxicated
from the liquor purchased in his saloon
j. II. Turner, a real estate dealer IL
San Francisco, is under arrest charged
with swindlng operations aggregatinl
$4,000. 1t is said he mortgaged prop
erty he did not own, and sold the same
property several times, forging the deeds
The Midland Terminal Railroad, ;
feeder Of the Colorado Midland, has beer
! completed into Victor, Colo, where th'
principal mines in the Cripple Creek dis
2 trict are located, and within thirty day
trains will be running 70 the city OF Grip
6 pie Creek.
Il. +. Tillman was elected United
. States senator from South Carolina, re
J ceivng 131 out OF the 155 votes cast NJ
g c. Butler received q votes The vot
stood in the senate, % for Tillman, 6 70
= Butler; in the house, l02 for Tillman
Is for Butler.
e The latest report from China state
that the emperor is at last prepared I
= appeal directly 10 his victorious foe, an
v will ask for an armistice while Prince
I Kung and Ii Hung Chang proceed u
Japan TO make terms. This rumor
a now officially confirmed.
: DR.. r. A. Nelson. superintendent OF tn
r inebriate ayslum at Milledgeville, Ga
was literally chopped to pieces with
!. Ratchet 10y Thomas Allen, an inmate {
: the asylum. Allen was suffering froI
n deIirium tremens and DR.. Nelson ha
taken him out for a walk.
Governor Flower has dismissed tn
:. charges against the board OF manager
q OF the Elmira, y. Y, reformatory In
i volving, charges against Superintendent
Brockway of cruelty TO inmates. Tn
v Governor says the punishment infiicte
: | caused no permanent injury.
l. The California Supreme court ha
II thrown out of court the action begun b