Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-11-22
News Summary.

IL is rep )rted thai lie Sutton OF turkey
has been poisoned
San Francisco wants the next Repub-
lican convention.
The storm of Tuesday was quite general
all oyer the country.
Senator Allen of Nebraska, is said to be
a candidate for president.
1t Is reported that ex President Harrison
has made fortune 10 South Africa gold
mining speculatons.
The birth of a princess was an event o.
note 10 the household Of the Car OF all
The Russas the 10Th instant.
The trouble in Armenia still continues.
Five thousand rcvOlutiOnsts are reported
70 have gathered in Asatlc Turkey.
EX.Surrogate Joseph :. Avery aged 90
committed suicide by drowning himself
Thursday in his cistern at Clinton, y. \.
Gov. Altgeld and the Illinois contingent
were entertained in Charleston, ). c,
Thursday. They 90 to Augusta, Ga, to-
day.
Frances Schatter the healer of
Denver is exciting great attention all over
the country. His powers of healing seem
TO be miraculous.
The steamer Boyle, which sank in Long
Island sound Wednesday causing the loss
of six lives is said TO have been improper
ly equipped with life.savng apparatus.
There seems to be "A division of of opin-
ion Just now, as To whether Mr.. Cleve-
land message will be in the nature of Il
confession or merely plea in abatement.
Commercial reports are to the effect that
prices Of nearly all commodities have fall
len off recently 1t is a fact that is far
from encouraging to business interests in
general.
Geo. NJ. Pullmans life was recently
threatened by maniac. The man was
arrested. He was an employe of the Pull.
man works and mad been urged on by a
fortune teller.
Late report is 10 the effect that the BIZ
metallic League will accept an invitation
to unite with the National Silver Commit
tee in "A conference to be held at Washing
ton Jan 92 1896.
The National Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers i'm session at Washington, have
adopted resolution urging congress to
recognize the CuhanS as belligerents. They
will elect officers to-day.
The postal and other telegraphs compel
ing with the Western Union have won an
important victory in the |. :. supreme
court pdting hem on 4 footing Of equality
as TO franchises along railroad lines.
The Williams & England Banking Co.
at Salem Ore, closed its doors Thursday
notice was posted saying that a run on
The bank was expected and that the Off
cials desired to treat all depositOrs alike.
Thursday was Pennsylvania day at the
Atlanta exposition Gov. Hastings, Of
PENNSYLVANIA, was the principal speaker.
Cleveland, 0 also had It's day and large
number of visitors from the Forest City
were there.
Frederick Romero and James Montague
have fought duel near Bisbee, Ark. IN
which each received injuries which will
probably prove fatal. Romero believed
that Montague had aienated the affections
of his wife and challenged him TO fight
Sunday afternoon occurred tragedy at
Wleyvllle, West Va, in which an officer
of the law was killed 10y shot from one
White, while the officer was attempting
his arrest Newt Turbee was the officer
killed and Hibbs was seriously wounded
Edgar w Coleman, of the Milwaukee
Herald, read an interesting paper before
literary society Thursday on The Mission
of German Newspapers in America, in
which he siad the German newspaper was
AmertcanIzing the Germans who settled
in this country.
Recent dispatches report trouble in
Armenia again. Reports Of terrible
nassacres are made from Constantlnople,
Armenians killing Turks and Turks
Armenians The Sultan cables his story
TO the American minister, holding the
ArmeHlans responsible for the condition of
atTails,
The National Reform Association will
meet in the North Avenue Baptist church,
Baltimore, Dec. - l3 The abiect of the
conyenton will be to seek such an
amendment to the United States constitu
tion as will suitably acknowledge God,
the authority Of the Lord Jesus Christ
and the supremacy of lIls law over the
nation"
The New York ledge of Elks hel its
9th annual benefit at Miners theatre
Thursday afternoon, the l4th instant
Among the artists who volunteered were:
Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry, who,
supported by Miss Cooper Lyons, Lacy
and Harvey and Miss Maude Milton, com
posed the camp scene at Newark, in the
third act of Charles |
Criminal Court Judge Anderson, Thurs
day the ii instant, sent w. +. Brooks, ed
itor of the Daily Herald. published in
Nashville, Tenn, to jail for contempt OF
court in refusing To answer before the
grand jury questions relatingto allegations
made in the paper that Sunday laws were
openly violated and pool rooms were run
openly Brooks refused TO tell the source
of his information
The fire y hich started in the flve-story
brick building Nos 200-202 Congress
street. Boston, occupied by the Empire
Dlstiling Co. Thursday the l4th instant
caused a loss of $l2j O00-$5Q, 600 on the
building and SO 600 on contents There
is an insurance of about $4,000 on the
latter, and there were about 30 employees
in the building when the fire broke out
but all of them escaped.
4 terrible accident occurred at Cleve-
land Sunday night, when motor car
plunged through an open draw down 100
feet into the river, carrying with 1t load
of men. womcL and children Fifteen