Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-10-26


territory, the United States government
and the local government OF the Indian
nation.
The suit of Mrs. Phoebe Rec Linton
against the London banking firm Of
Cooper IL Brown To have deeds and mort
cages on Nebraska land. aggregatlng
several hundred thousand dollars, turned
over To her was decided i'm Omaha in her
favor. Now she will press the s3oo,0o6
damage suit which the stories of the Lon
don bankers provoked.
w. T. Jenkins general manager for G..
ii. Hammond Il Co.. at Hammond, Ind.
and Isaac Thompson. the Kansas City
cattle dealer. are the men who We're in
dicted with Nelson Morris and eX Presi-
dent Reinhart by the Federal grand jury
Friday in connection with the santa Fee
rebates These, with John a. Hanley
the ex traffic manager Of the road, made
up the whole list Of the indicted.
According to Chinese advices a severe
battle has been fought on the banks Of
the Yalu River. The japanese are said
TO have crossed the river and 10 have at
tackled the Chinese, hut, il is reported,
after fierce fighting the japanese were
repulsed. Both sides are said 20 have
lost heavily. The Chinese do not claim
q conclusive victory, but they declare
that they still maintain their position
The Missouri passenger train No. 22a
on the Kansas and Arkansas Valley
branch, was held up by four or FIVE men
at Coretta Siding, seven miles east OF
Wagner, l. r.. at l o'clock spndst
a..
main track and the train struck IL The
robbers commenced a terrible onslaught,
and four or five persons We're shot. But
little money Is said 20 have been secured.
The prediction 10 freely expressed at
the time the whisky trust abandoned its
rebate system, that the company was
preparing TO inaugurate warfare in
dstilling prices, now seems about to be-
come reality, The trust has announced
reduction of cents per proof gallon in
all goods, which is equivalent TO nearly
4 cents per wine gallon. This is believed
10 be but the forerunner of still deeper
cuts.
In drawing water from we'll in
Homer, Neb., Ed Morris found a - bill
in the bucket. Subsequent drawings
brought up SIS. The well was then
drained and 81. l2s recovered. This money
is believed TO have been secreted in the
we'll by bank cashier who formerly oc-
cupied the house. In ls9l the cashier
reported himself robbed OF about this
amount. A warrant has been issued for
his arrest.
When the official ballot was received
from the secretary Of state by the county
auditor at Cedar Rapids. Iowa, for print
ing il was found that the names of the
democratic candidates for district judges
were omitted. Upon inquiry ii was dis
covered that the democratic committee
had failed to file certificates Of nominal
tion with the secretary Of state. This
leaves the democrats of this judicial dis
trict without candidates.
At the trial Of Dominique, one Of those
implicated in the late riots at Rio Jam
Giro. DOminqueZ asserted that when ar
rested with a number of others concerned
in the riots. all were stripped and beaten
with cords four dying under the lash
while a number Of others tainted and
were thrown on the floor in a heap
/ When the jailers came To take them tC
! their cells the men underneath in the
/ heap were found sutfocated.
The warm wave seems to have been
very general all over the United State:
| Sunday, and even Bismarck of the fai
northwest had almost a summer day a.
/ 80 degrees above zero. At Buffalo, y
Y, the thermometer registered l05 degree!
at the international bridge, and at
! o'clock was % on the dock in the sun
shine. AT Cleveland il was 80 and als'
at Erie. At Detroit the thermomete
registered 76 degrees and at Des Moine
II stood at -.
Black dphtheria In its most dangerous
form is raging all over the Indiana ga
belt and especially in Anderson, ElwooC
and Middletown. The schools at Mid
dletown have been closed indetinitel!
and it was recommended that the Ander
! son city schools close. as several teach
ers were taken down the past few days
( AT Elwood similar measures will have u
be adopted. The same is the case. more
or less In all Of the gas cities. Only on
case in eight RECEIVERS.
The conference OF the executive officer
OF the western and southwestern rail
road lines at St Louis agreed 10 adopt
/
all freight cars loaded and empty excep
tank and refrigerator cars, the rates oil
these 10 be left TO the discretion OF indi
vdual roads because OF the numerOu
existing contracts for rates. 1t was ais
agreed 10 pay no mileage whatever on liv
poultry cars. 4 resolution was passed I
issue no free transportation during tn
remainder Of the wear.
The secretary OF the bureau OF anima
industry at Kansas City has been ad
vised that shipment OF several ca
loads Of Mexican cattle Is on Us way
this market. Another shipment is g
route TO Chicago and third is expecte
TO be sold in Texas. This is the frs
shipment of Mexican cattle that is re
corded. 1t is said the reduction in IN
tariff made it possible, as under the Nc
Kinley law the sl0 a head duty was pre-
hibitory In effect. The new duty OF
per cent ad valorem makes the dut
about from 81 80 To 50 a head
Sir Charles HILBERT Upper Canada
minister of marine and fisheries. says tha
North Pacific seals are being slaughcsre
on land, which, together with the com
bined catch OF ffty-eight vessels eac
season, will soon result in their being eS
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