Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-07-06
LATE NEWS.


Olive, H., for rioting at Gillespie.
The election in Hawaii will be waived
and Dole will be proclaimed President.
Fire in Brooklyn caused the death Of
two men and property loss of 81, 100000
Emperor Williams release of two
French spies has won Frances good will.
The trial of Santo, the assassin OF
President CarnOt, has been set for July
%
The food and fuel supply OF Chicago IS
affected by the strike and some alarm is
felt.
A Canadian Pacific bridge went down
under train, killing five persons and in
juring eight
Four churches in Mississippi were
blown down by tornado and several
persons killed.
The condition of Illinois winter wheat
is officially estimated % per cent better
than las, year.
Prohibitlonists at Des Moins have be-
gun suit to test the consttutionalty of
the new mulct law.
An attempt was made to assassinate
Marquis de Cuba, a leader of the Span
isH pilgrimage 10 nome.
General Charles Ezeta, the fugitive ex-
president Of the Republic of Salvador.
has arrived in New York.
, A Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad
train broke through bridge, killing one
person and injuring five
Distilers are taking thousands of bar
rels of whisky out of bond TO evade the
increase tax of the Wilson bill.
Iowa prohibitionsts nominated a full
state ticket. headed by Rev. Bennett, of
West Side. for secretary Of state.
Amos 4. Eberso!e, of lIilsdale College,
Michigan, won first pre- in the national
intercollegiate Ordtorical contest.
Federal troops were ordered out Tues
day to raise the California railroad block
ade, which was almost complete.
Believing the power Of the government
~ be aiding the railroads, the strikers
Will seek assistance from congress.
The Tammany police commissioners of
New York voted TO investigate charges
made against officers to the Lexow COM
mittee,
At Springfield, H., strikers held Wa
Ddsn bIdlll. NlIH Hilllld DOuuh lOI Do-
catur, until militiamen manned the To-
connective.
Officers Of the Penn Steel Casting and
Machine Company, Chester, Pa. were
arrested on charges Of frauds against the
government.
Strikers and sympathizers overpOwered
200 officers at Blue Island, Chicago, Mon
day, and Chief Deputy Marshal Logan
was stabbed.
The works of the Chicago Sugar Re-
ining Company have shut down owing
to inability TO get raw material because
OF the strike.
Aug. 10 has been designated as Battle
Flag day by Governor Jackson, of Iowa,
who recommends its observance as a
public holiday.
Troops have been ordered to Decatur
and Danville, H., where the local au-
thoritiss are unable to cope with the
railroad strikers.
A special train, manned for instant
service, is at Fort Sheridan, H., to carry
troops wherever they may be needed to
suppress disorder.
Accounts with worlds fair concession
aires have been finally adjusted. Re-
ceipts from all sources show grand to-
tai of g., ss7, COLL.
While insane as the result Of quarrel
with her husband Mrs. Merrill Baker, Of
Montgomery, VT. hanged her four young
children to bedposts.
The railroad strike is spreading. freight
traffic is demoralzed mob violence pre-
walls, militia are out and the use of fed
eral troops has begun.
Pennsylvania democrats nominated
William NJ. Singerly, of Philadelphia, for
governor. The platform demands Sariff
reform and sound money.
Five companies of United States troops
we're ordered to Trinidad, Colo, where
fifty-two deputies, sent TO protect the
railroads, were dsarmed.
Business failures in the United States
and Canada last week were 249, against
239 for the previous week, and 334 for the
corresponding week in 1898.
General Freight Agent Hambln, OF the
Burlington road, says: THE outlook