Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-10-25

favor OF sound money. AZ The meeting of
the American Bankers Association In
| atlanta last week.
The Porte has finally appointed com.
| mission TO inquire into the recent Armen-
IAN arrests, and promised 10 deal severely
with anyone who is found to have tortured
the Armenians in prison.
The board of trustees of the American
University in Washington will AZ once
begin work on the hall # history There
Is $50, 600 with which to commence work
ami Tl2o coo available at any tune.
DIR. Abbc J. seymour, Of Buffalo. "A
distinguished woman artist and doctor.
threw herself in front cf Lake Shore
train the other night AMI was killed she
was suffering from disease OF the nerves
The constitution Of the Cuban revolu
! iionaTy government, which was recently
adopted AT meeting Of the insurGeut
leaders in Puerto Prime pc sept % has
been promulgated II embodles the wisest
points of the constitution of the United
States.
Gen. Hazard, well known politician
! and member of Custer post G. A. r., OF
Tacoma, Wash has begun movement
to have disabled eX confederate soldiers
admitted To the national soldiers homes
on exactly The same basis as eX union
soldiers. This is opposed by many g. a.
Il men.
A pay car on the q r. 81. road WAS
wrecked near Ceylon Ind the other day
and three men killed. A gang of bridge.
worNers had pushed their car on a switch
TO let the pay car pass bat neglected 10
close HE switch and the tram. running 81
miles per hour Dashed into them The
pay car and engine were wrecked.
\ pardon has been granted by the
president to George VI. Van Leu
ven, sentenced in Town to imprlson-
| mcnt for two years and ! 600 fine for
violation Of the pension laws Van Leu
ven's Is one Of the most celebrated of all
| pension fraud cases. he being nm attorney
with an extensive pension practice.
The secret service division of the treas
ury department has discovered the exist
ence OF a counterfeit SO silver certificate
OF the series OF 1891, check letter d. bear
| ing the portrait of the late Thomas A
| Hendricks. The counterfeit is apparently
| printed from an etched plate Of fair work
mansbip and the general appearance of
the note is very deceptive. The note has
been "doctored' to give it an aged ap.
! pearance.
Maj lIalford of the United 81 ties army
who was eX President IIarrisons private
| secretary when asked if Mr. Harrison
would be a candidate for the presidency.
| said; Not in the sense of seeking the
| nomination. Things may shape them
| selves so he Will become the parly's can.
didaie but further than that caunot say
In fact, | have kept from making any
| inquiry rs TO Mr.. Iarrison's Intentions
because | did not want to be in the position
of having to answer the question.
The annual report Of the quartermaeter
general Of the army shows that during the
year the army was literally and promptly
supplied with all necessary articles of
clothing and equpage Of satisfactory
quality. The cavalry mount Of TO day is
better than that of any previous time and
is SUPERIOR to that of foreign armies. The
average cost per head was S9j 81 for cav
airy horses and liS o. for artillery horses
Owing to the considerable reduction in the
| allowances for drafts and pack animals
made possible by the cessation Of Indian
wars on the Rio Grande a large saving has
been made by The appropriation for such
stock