Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-06-08

debris.
The Willamette River In Oregon ha 9
reached the unprecedented height Of
| thirty feet above low-water mark. AS a
direct result of the high water in the Mis-
souri, River, which will not begin TO re-
| cede for some time, the once prosperous
village OF Winthrop, thirty miles south
OF ST. Joe, will soon be wiped oil the face
Of the earth.
In the case OF the Associated Press
against the Washington Evening News
Judge Cox held that the contract be-
tween the parties 10 be inviolable and
granted the injunction prayed for by the
Associated Press to restrain the defend
ant from furnishing news, either local or
that received by it from the Associated
Press 10 the United Press.
At Tahlequah, /. T., Monday, Treas
urer Sharpe began the distribution OF
50, 0O0,OO among the Cherokees. This Is
portion of the Sc, 100000 paid this ma
tion for the"Cherokee strip" all of which
goes directly TO the individuals of the
tribe. 24,0O0 in number. Each man,
woman and child with Cherokee blood
will receive In the neighborhood Of s275
Wisconsin Central passenger ira in
was ditched at Mannville, Wis, Wednes-
day morning, the cars taking fire, caus-
ing a terrible loss of life. Six persons
are dead and two others are missing, sup
posed TO have been burned To death, and
from fifteen to twenty persons are in
jured, some of them fatally. Among the
dead are the engineer, fireman and brake
man.
Interviews with the leading manufact-
urers of Terre Haute Ind, show that IL
the coal strike lasts two weeks longer
nearly all of Terre Haute's industrial
Establishments will have To close. Sew
eral have closed already On account of
the coal famine the Illinois Central rail-
road has issued orders to abandon three
passenger trains on the Freeport di-
vision, beginning June l.
$. j. Kline. Roumanian, Is conclud-
ing negotiations for the purchase of 200,-
600 acres of land belonging to the Mitch
ell estate in MERGED county, California,
and if the deal is carried through 1900
Roumanians will settle In California as
colonists. These Roumanians are dis
satisfied with the ARRANGEMENT whereby
Bessarab ia was coded TO Russia and want
to get away from Russian rule.
In France, eX-Premier Casimir- Perier
was elected president Of the Chamber of
Deputies i'm succession TO NJ. Dupuy. the
present Premier. NJ. Casimir- Perier re-
ceived 900 votes to 1s7 east for NJ. Bour-
geois. who was the candidate supported
by the Radicals NJ Burdeau. who was
Minister of Finance in the Casimir Pc
rer Cabinet. was elected vice president
of the Chamber of Deputies.
Major William II. Upham, of Marsh
field, Wis, has decided TO enter the race
Or the republican nomination for gov
ernor. Major Upham is the seventh re-
publican to formally announce his can
didacy and about three times as many
are conducting still hunt. Major Up
ham was a candidate two years ago, but
was forced TO pull out and allow eX-Sen-
ator Spooner to have the nomination.
During the last eighteen months near
ly 200 horses have been stolen in Potta-
watomie county, Ok, but it was impos-
sible to obtain any clew TO the identity
of the thieves until the last week, when
a man, in Jail for murder, made con-
fesson which resulted In the indictment
of thirty three residents of the county
Many of the indicted men are farmers of
prominence. Seventeen of them have al
ready been arrested.
The most exciting election In the his
tory of Oregon took place Monday. Lord
(rep.), for governor, Is undoubtedly elect
ed by plurality Of 1900 to 5000. The
entire republican state ticket is elected,
with the possible exception Of Irwin, for
superintendent Of schools. The leglsla-
ture will be very close, and the populists
may hold the balance OF power in the
senate, though the republicans claim
they will have majority in both houses.
Steele q Walker, of st. Joseph, Mo-,
one of the largest wholesale grocery firms
on the Missouri River, have made an as
slgnment for the benefit Of its creditors.
AT the same time of the fling of the pa
pers Of assignment d. NJ. Steele and >.
a. and j. w. Walker filed instruments
conveying oil their other property 10 the
trustees for the benefit Of the creditors
The liabilities of the firm are placed at
S7o5, 900 ard II is claimed the assets will
exceed this amount by a good sum.
Owing TO the numerous acts OF lawness-
ness committed by the anarchistic Ital-
ians, Hungarians, and Poles at Coal City,
I'll. and surrounding towns during the
last few days the Santa Fe railroad tracks
from Lorenzo Station To Streator are pa
trolled by armed United States Deputy
Marshals. The cowardly reds made no
less than a half dozen attempts TO burn
railway bridges. Many attempts have
been made To wreck trains by placing
rocks and other distractions on the
tracks.
Troops awed the strikers at Camel
burg and Shelburn, Ind. At the former
place number of the leaders were ar
rested and the non-union coal side track
ed was released at both places. There
was no overt act of resistance, but few
men INDUCED in more or less reckless
talk. II is the intention 10 keep the
militia in the field until order IL COM
pletely restored. The total number of
men under arms is $50, aud 400 of them
are at Cannelburg under command
of Col. James X. Ross, Brig. Gen. Nc
Kee Is in command at Shelburn.
The worst rainstorm ever known in the
Rocky mountain region ended Thursday,
after continuing over forty EIGHT hours.
Pueblo. Colo, was visited by the worst
flood in its history. Several thousand
persons were rendered homeless and