Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-06-15
LATE NEWS.

One woman is dead and others are very
I'll, the result of drinking poisoned coffee
at Foster, Ind.
Mrs. Cleveland and her children have
arrived at Buzzard's Bay, whore they
will spend the summer.
People who were rendered homeless by
the floods in Montana are out OF food and
much suffering is reported.
Church people of England are flooding
Premier RoSebery with protests against
his patronage of horse racing.
John Burke, prominent figure among
the Irish Americans Of Milwaukee, died
after an illness of nine weeks.
d. L. Hardness, dairy and food COM
missioner Of Wisconsin died at his home
in Berlin Of blood poisoning.
Forest fires in Michigan swept a dis
trict a mile wide and five miles long and
wiped out the town Of Sagola.
Wheat harvesting has commenced in
West and Middle Tennessee and the yield
is reported better than expected.
For denounciug a shooting affair at
Newport News. Va, Dr. Stone, British
subject was tarred and fcathered.
Dispatches from Ardmore, l. r., state
lHdl Dill IdllOll, lLc ouldN. Was mica
by deputy marshals near Elk, |. T.
Fears are entertained that Congress-
man Jerry Simpson, who is i'll at Berke-
ly Springs. w. Va. will not recover.
John L. Gehr, ex-member Of the Hi
noiS legislature. a leader of the miners
riot near Peoria, has been captured.
Governor Waite is much inccnsed at
the deputies at Cripple Creek. and has
ordered them withdrawn or disbanded.
Mrs. Lois Triton. who was the last
slave sold at auction in New Haven,
Conn. Gn 1873, is dead at the age of 96.
Charges have been made by a Wash
ington paper that congressman are inter-
ested in surface ear lines at the capital.
Merchants of Milwaukee have asked
the newspapers 10 suppress news con-
corning smallpox in the interests Of bust
ness.
Muley Hassan. sultan Of Morocco. died
suddenly at Tadla and il is believed he
was poisoned His son has succeeded
him.
Forty-eight grain elevators, the prop
erty of the Red River Valley company,
will be sold in the interests Of the cred
jtors.
To check the tendency to lower prices,
Wisconsin paper manufacturers have de-
cided TO close their mills two days a
week.
Receivers OF the Northern Pacific rail-
road will borrow 100000 10 meet the
first mortgage interest coupons, due
July /.
Strikers at Salineville, O., blew up a
railroad bridge. They were charged by
troops, who dispersed them with bayo-
nets
Train robbers attempted to hold up
Santa Fe train near Gainesville, Texas
One of them was fatally wounded by Of
ficers.
Four bodies OF common wealers drowned
In the Platte river near Denver, have
come ashore. II is thought fifteen were
drowned.
Officers of the Wheeling and Lake Erie
Road are dscharging members OF the
American Railway Union and a strike
is threatened.
Strikers stoned a Vandalia train near
Brazil, Ind, killing the engineer William
Barr, and injuring the conductor and
brakeman.
- diihs a Il JIG W llD hdl bttu a
resident Of Buffalo for twenty-five years.
was seized when on visit.to his native
country and sent 20 Siberia.
Officers were elected by tho supreme
council of the Royal Arcanum. in session
at Detroit. c. w. Hazard, OF Monon-
gahela, Pa, was chosen regent
Directors of the Rock Island Railroad
were reelected at the annual meeting.
Net earnings Of the year were reported
at g, 06s, 594 and surplus at s2Os, 49s.
The constitution proposed for Hawaii
by the executive council has many pecu-
liar features. Educational and property
qualifications are prescribed for electors.
Attorneys for the Coffins, the convict
ed indianapolis bank wreckers, will APP
to Justice Harlan of the United
:. tss Supreme court for writ Of SUI
psedeas.
4 decrease In net earnings OF sl77,625
VI an increase in surplus Of tl94, 704 was
shown by the financial statepspt SUB