Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-01-25
LATE NEWS.

Dispatches from Pekin state that Cen
era Wei has been beheaded for coward
ice in recent battles.
Senator Thurston outlined his position
on the tariff and silver in an address 10
the Nebraska legislature.
Ohio wool growers in convention at CO.
lumbus declared the tariff law TO be
Colossal political crime"
A bill TO make train robbery a capital
crime was introduced in the Missouri
house by Speaker Russell.
Indiana legislators are endeavoring to
frame and pass law that will prohibit
prize fighting in that state.
Coal miners Of the Massillon district
voted 10 declare off the strike on cond-
tion that they be reinstated.
Farmers Of Adams county. H., have
boycotted the merchants Of Decatur, al
leglng they are inhospitablc.
Dun's Review Of Trade says there are
many good signs Of improving business in
all lines in the United States.
a resolution looking TO state control
OF the Lincoln monument at Springfield
was adopted by the Illinois house.
The board Of regents Of the University
tions Of the homeopathic professors.
< Governor Evans. Of South Carolina,
threatens To seize an Italian ship in the
Charleston harbor for selling liquor.
BY vote Of 40 to 81 the lower house Of
the South Dakota legislature decided 10
resubmit the question Of prohibition.
Advices from the Fiji Islands report a
terrible hurricane which destroyed much
shipping and killed number Of people.
Guatemala has rejected Mexico's ulti-
matum. and though negotiations are still
in progress it is believed war will follow.
Destitution in western Nebraska is on
the increase. A fifth OF the people OF
Greeley county are dependent on char
ity.
South Dakota's governor has offered a
reward OF $4,000 for the capture OF w.
". Taylor, the absconding state treas
urer.
The Nebraska Historical Society de-
cided that natives of the state should be
called tree planters instead Of bug-eat-
ers.
News received from China says the
plague has broken out at Annoy. The
average number Of deaths is seventy five
daily.
Sixty Of 125 dairy cows examined at
Charles City, Iowa, were found to be
suffering from tuberculosis and were
killed.
The Duke Of Orleans. pretender to the
throne OF France, has issued manifesto
asking the people to return to mon
archy.
The iron ore men in session at Cleve-
land raised the price of standard Bes-
semer from s275 to S2.s5 per ton and ad-
tourned.
The remains OF Mary G.. Stevenson,
daughter of the Vice President. reached
Bloomington, H., Monday, where the
funeral was held.
A terrible snowstorm ragged in the Cali
fornia mountains Monday and Tuesday.
In the railroad cuts the drifts are from
twenty to fifty feet deep.
The Illinois Supreme court decided
that railroad right of way which for
twenty years had been used for public
purposes could not be reclaimed.
1owa's Supreme court decided that
sales of liquor by an Omaha house
through travelling agent TO an Iowa
firm were not subject To the Iowa law
In consideration of an extension Of the
government debt for fifty years at per
cent the Union Pacific offers TO assess
stockholders for the payment of prior
liens.
In his annual report State Oil Inspec-
tor McMillen, OF Michigan, says that
during 1894 100000 gallons of oil were
Inspected, and the net revenue To the
state was $4,000
The trustrees Of the Ann Arbor. Mich,
High school rescinded the rule forbid
ding students TO become members OF fra
ternities and the six suspended students
will be reinstated.
In sermon on the power " the daily
press at Allegheny City the Rev. j. III.
Craig said: "Malign it, criticise IL, tear il
TO pieces as you may, it is a Gibraltar Of
power in our national domain"
In the meeting OF the state agricultural
implement dealers at Lansing, Mich,
President c. U. Young advocated the