Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-10-19

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Hand, principal of the Kildare, O. T..
schools, killed G.. y. ROhr, Mayor of Ar.
kansas City. Hand has become insane
a. Il Crawford, ex-cashier OF tn,
American National Bank Of Spring field
Mo-. has been sentenced 10 five years in
the pententiary for classifying the books
OF tho bank.
The grain blockade with threatened
Chicago some weeks ago has now been
entirely lifted and the western roads are
once more taking all the freight they
can procure.
The Iowa Wholesale Grocers' Associa
tion met at Cedar Rapids and decided &c
abide by the association rules and cover
any price made by Chicago or other job
bling centers.
1t cost Armour & Co. SEQ TO pay fine
and costs imposed upon Louis Dumont at
Massillon, Ohio, for selling oleomargar-
inc without naming the ingredients up
on the label
Not the shadow OF a tangible clew TO
the identity of the men who accomplish
ed the remarkable feat Of train bri gand =
age in Virginia Friday night has yet
come to light
The semi official Cologne Gazette says
the powers have agreed not 10 oppose a
japanese advance on Pekin. China has
asked Germany TO use its good offices 70
call OIL the japanese
Five hundred hogs are being fed in
Frankfort, Kan. by farmer. who is
giving them only fresh wheat, which he
buys there for ~ To 80 cents. lie says
they are doing nicely on it.
Before the Arawa left Honolulu ru-
NOR was in circulation that Queen Lii
iuOkalani had gone crazy. The report is
not credited, although for several days
she had not left the house she is occupy
ing
During the Hessian maneuvers near
Hofheim eight reserve soldiers attached
10 the Eightieth regiment mutinied and
attacked their captain with swords. The
prisoners are liable 10 be sentenced TO
death.
The highest average yield of corn per
acre since ISL, as given by the govern
ment, is - bu. The Michigan state re-
port says the average yield in that state
is 40 bu this year, while the government
makes il sc.
Two hundred Evangelical churches In
Pennsylvania will be given over 10 six
ESherite preachers II the plan for pastors
and flocks TO 90 out is carried into effect.
The row is a new phase Of the ESher-
Bowman troubles.
Sir John Ashley. the well known sports
man, is dead. He will be remem bered in
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nous Ashley cup, which was so much
coveted during the craze for longdis-
lance pedestrian contests.
Oyster dredging on Chesa peake bay be-
gins this week. The supply has fallen
of one half in the past fourteen years,
owing 10 the absence Of a system Of cul-
tivation. In many places the natural
beds have been scraped clean.
Chicago now has in public warehouses
4, 733.0OO bushels Of spring wheat, a de-
crease last week of $1,000 bushels. while
winter wheat stocks increased over 200,-
600 bushels. Chicago is rapidly getting
10 be an exclusively winter wheat mar
ket.
The University Press, the second larg-
est printing establishment in Cam bridge.
will not be Interrupted. The concern
was established in 1899 and, excepting
lapse of one year, has been running ever
since.
One result Of the hatters' strike in
y. j.. has been to divert trade
TO Yonkers, New York, Reading. Pa,
and other cities. The hating bosses in
Newark, realizing this state Of affairs,
will take immediate steps 70 settle the
strike.
Considerably more than 100000 worth
OF potatoes, weighing 3l,745 tons. were
brought from Scotland to the United
States in nine months ended in June, and
this, too, Notwithstanding protective
duty OF 25 cents per bu on imported po-
tatoes.
Professor David Swings death ends the
work and organization OF the Central
Church at Chicago. The board of trus-
tees met, and voted unanimously 10 rec
ommend to the $500 members that the
society should die with the master genius
who made il.
Much annoyance is felt in German
government circles from the unreason-
able delay Of the Washington bureau in
10 that country the awards
made TO German exhibits at the Chicago
Worlds Fair. Not single medal or
diploma has reached Berlin.
The friends Of the Rev. DR.. Parkhurst.
the New York reformer have begun TO get
alarmed about the state OF his health.
They are watching him with the keenest
anxiety and are constantly warning him
that he is putting upon himself strain
greater than the strongest man can bear.
The executive committee of the strik-
ing cloakmakers of New York claim that
30, 900 Of their members have returned to
work under the terms specified in the
Joint agreement formulated by the strik-
ers and signed by factory owners who do
not belong to the manufacturers union.
The Michigan crop report estimates
the yield OF wheat for 1894 at u .627.64g
bu. 1t states that Is per cent Of the crop
Is being fed to live stock and that the
will increase. The yield is
about 100000 bu larger than reported
by the national department of agrcult-
ure.
The federal grand jury in session at
Madison, Wis, has had no end OF testi-
mony presented to 1t touching the Ash