Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-03-30
DOMESTIC.

occupied the remainder Of the session.
DOMESTIC.
A CoUNIERFEITER, TO whom officers
and farmers gave chase near Walcott,
Ia, killed himself with revolver.
THE president transmitted to con-
gress the final correspondence arising
out of the request made by President
Dole. of the Hawaiian provisional gov
eminent, upon Minister Willis for in
formation as to whether or not the
United States government would use
force TO effect the queens restoration.
THOUSANDS of men found themselves
stranded in Chicago at the close of the
worlds fair-out of work and out of
money. Among them were farmers,
mechanics, boolIkeepers, clerks and la
borers of all kinds Most of them are
reputable and worthy men, and during
the winter, as far as opportunity
offered, they accepted the humble
work on the streets, cheerfully and
thankfully, rather than live as tramps
and mendicants. The Chicago Relief
association befriended them in all ways
possible, and now offer 10 supply,
free of charge, help of every descrip-
ton TO farmers and industrial enter
prises throughout the country. EN-
ployers are requested to address the
association by mail at 1915 THE Rock
cry" Chicago, Ill.
GEN. WALLACE, of Charlottesville,
Ind, and the survivors of the Third
division of the army of the Tennessee
are TO march over their route at Shiloh
10 dispute charges made in history.
MINNIE SCHILLING, of St. Louis, aged
II, was fatally wounded by Edward st.
George Courtenay, a married lover,
aged 40.
THE Illinois steel works at South
Chicago started up, giving employment
TO 5000 men. The works have been
idle since last September.
Gov. RICH was sustained in removing
state officials by unanimous opinion
of the Michigan supreme court and he
made the following appointments TO
fill vacancies: Secretary of state, Wash
ington Gardner, of Albion; state treas
urer, James NJ. Wilkinson, of Mar
quette; land commissioner, William A.
French, of Bell. All of the appointees
took the oath of Office and the incum-
bents gracefully retired.
For assassinating ii. q. Bouldin, a
wealthy planter at Wharton, Tex, SIX
teen negroes were arrested and were
liable to be put TO death by mob.
MINNIE SCHMLING, Matthew Graham
and John Schremp were murdered In
one day in St Louis by different per-
sons.
EXCESSIVE rainfall caused much dam
age in Tennessee. Railroad bridges
! were washed away and houses wrecked
AT Centerville, Ia, burglars pried
open the door of a bank vault and stole
8.oOU silver dollars.
BY the killing of two members of the
Hatfield gang the old Hatfeld-McCoy
feud in West Virginia has been re-
newed.
HOUSES were unroofed, trees uprooted
and general havoc created by heavy
: windstorm which swept over Arkansas.
ALL the lighthouses on Lake Michi-
: gan have been put in operation, owing
J. 20 the early opening of navigation.
JOHN REED and Eta Shaw, two
young lovers, committed suicide near
7 their homes in Adams township, about
:, 10 miles from Oskaloosa, Ia. because
tnclT pdTeHJS ODJtCtcu 10 LnelT mar
riage until they were older.
A NATURAL-GAs explosion destroyed
J. LATE Harmon's home at Hartford City,
q Ind, and its seven occupants were bad
: ly injsred.
Y DR. j. A. HousER, of indianapolis,
claims to have arranged with ex-Queen
u Liliuokalani, of Hawaii, for lecturing
tour of the United States.
II In state convention at Birmingham.
z Ala, the depressed condition of the
negro was discussed, and it was the
sense of the convention that Africa Is
c the natural home of the negro and that
II they should go there and establish a
dgreat nation. They agreed, however,
that as the white man had brought
wlthem to this country IL was proper that
whe should pay their way back to Africa.
~ In the Pollard Breckinridge trial in
HlWashington the plaintiff concluded her
Testimony and the defendants case was
moutlined.
81 THE power house of the Missouri Rail-
road company was almost totally de-
stroyed by fire at St Louis, the loss be-
Wing 100000.
ht NJ. b. CURTIS intends to return to the
hsstage. He denies having confessed TO
shthe murder of Officer Grant in San
|vcFrancisco or To giving brides.
20 FIRE destroyed about "A third OF the
business portion OF llueneme, Cal.