Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-08


against the outlaw, Cherokee BILL Of
guilty of murder. He received the YER
diet with contemptuous laugh.
Mrs Waldron, the white wife OF Chief
! Blackfoot, has lost in her second effort
/ at Dsluth, Mimi. TO secure Land under
! the allotment law. She is not regarded
as an Indian as contemplated boy law.
The Holdredge. Neb., National bank
! has failed and the comptroller OF the
currency has taken charge. The bank
has capital stock of $4,000. No ,tate-
ment Of assets and liabilities has been
issued.
The north bound Houston and Texas
{ Central train, a. it stopped at tho inter-
section of the Missouri, Kansas and Tex
as, five miles north of Dallas, Tex, was
( held up by seven highwaymen who, how
ever, secured ao money.
An epidemic Of grip prevails i'm Lynn,
| Mass, 10 am alarming extent. there be-
ing al present al least 800 cases Physi-
clans have reported upward of 200 new
cases since sunday There have been
many fatalities, especially among aged
people.
Grand Duke Alexis Michaelovltz is
dead. The deceased should not bee con-
founded with the Grand Duke AlcNl, Of
Russia. the uncle OF Car Nicholas II. of
Russia. The dead man was only second
cousin Of the Car and but little is know n
OF him.
Monday Miss Anna Gould. daughter Of
the late Nv ard of Wall Street" became
the Countess dc Castel'anc. The we'd
ding was a most elaborate one. The
ceremony took place In the oriental
drawing-room of Mr.. George Gould's
mansion
The fight made on Omaha gamblers
and municipal corruptlonists by the
Anti-Nice League reached a sensational
point when William Donnely, a leading
gambler, admitted before the grand jury
20 having paid p, 600 in brides TO prom
inent city official.
Influenza has taken hold Of the people
Of Berlin with strong grip. The milder
weather appears 10 have favored its
spread. In fact, according 10 statistics
of the local sanitary bureau. three
fourths Of all the sickness in the city at
present is due 10 influenza.
A West Greenland expedition has been
started for the season Of 1895. The prom
inent movers in itarc largely New York
erS and Brooklynites although Phila-
delphia, Boston. Princeton, and Chicago
will each furnish its quota OF scientific
workers, money. and supplies.
The Geyser company at silver CliI.
Col, has struck another rich streak OF
ore at the .. lOl-foot level IL runs from
1900 % 1900 ounces Of silver 20 'he
ton The last shipment 10 the smelter
consisted of 100 tons high grade ore con-
taning gold. silver and copper
Toronto, Ontario, has been visited by
its third disastrous tire within a month.
The GIobo was destroyed on Feb. g. the
Osgoodby Building on Feb. 10, and now
Simpsons immense drygoodS establish
ment, six stories high, only recently
erected, is a mass OF burning ruins.
The Nebraska legislature has decided
10 revive the beet-sugar bounty by pay
ing the producer s. per ton for all beets
produced. The last legislature suspend
ed this law. The house had great fight
over the affair. The bill was opposed 10y
the solid democratic and independent
vote.
A dispatch from Constantinople says
that in consequence Of charges preferred
by Turks twenty five young Armenians
were recently arrested and twenty one
OF them were imprisoned. 1t is added
that the arrests have produced a painful
impression which may lead to additional
Disturbances
The friends OF the proposed amend
ment to the Illinois law Of libel achieved
signal victory in the house and sent
the bill To a third reading. 1t will be
engrossed this week and probably put on
its passage in fortnight or less Its
chances OF getting through the house are
exceedingly good.
There are in 81. Josephs hospital. in
Chippewa Falls. Wis, ninety patients
who have received injuries in the woods.
Many Of them are very serious. Thurs
day four men were brought 10 the hos
pital, two Of them from Clifford's camp.
They were crushed between logs and
their recovery is very doubtful.
Whipple Post, Of the Grand Army OF
the Republic, has undertaken the task Of
floating the stars and stripes over every
schoolhOuse in kankakee County, H.,
on next Memorial Day. This movement
is believed 10 be In line with the efforts
Of the G.. A. X. TO teach patriotism in the
public schools throughout the land.
Chicago and -. Louis capitalists are
reported 10 be interested in a project TO
build a railroad from Sheldon, H., TO
Toledo, Ohio, traversing section of
northern Indiana that is devoid of rail-
roads running in the direction OF the pro-
jected line. The name selected for the
new road is the Toledo, Winona IL West
ern.
An invention that promises TO revolp
tionze prairie farming has been brought
TO a successful issue by Mr.. Stevenson, a
farm manager Of Morris, MINI. The
contrivance combines a pillow, seeder,
harrow, roller, and reaper. all OF which
can be worked conformity or separately.
Steam is the motive power and the ma
chine is comparatively light
A dispatch from Havana announces
that in skrmishes with the government
troops In Mantanzas the rebels lost two
killed and three OF their number were
taken prisoners. The insurgents at
Guantanamo.a short distance east Of the
city OF Santiago de Cuba, have been dis