Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-11-08
State News.

Rev ]. w. Hough formerly of Jack
son. died recently in Santa Barbara, Cal
ifornia
Rev Morgan Wood say the only way
10 g. feet political reform is 10 chrstlanizc
the ,eadc-s
TIE town of Henderson seriously lost by
fire few nights ago. The hre Is sup
posed to be OF incendiary origin.
Au oil paiutinc of senator James Nc
MILAN for which he sat in Paris The past
summer has been hung ia he Senate
chamber of the state capitol
The large steel safe in the First National
Bank i'm NcGregOr was blown open with
dynamite the other night The amount q
booty secured by the burglars Is estimated
at $40 600
There was punctured pipe Al Bay City
last sunday in the Standard Oil plpe line
causing spout of on 30 feet into the air.
The mole was cut by the Michigan Central
r. r. employees, and is the result of a diff
ticul'y between the two corporations.
The commission appointed by the Gov
ernor, visited the military academy at
Orchard Lake the other day. The mem
bers If the committee present commended
and expressed surprise al the excellence
aud thOroughness of the ok in the AGA
demic and military departments. as well
n the general management of Michigan
military academy.
Charles w. Miller. attorney for the Lake
Shore road. filed ailidavis in the Circuit
Court against James Brown. who is in Jail
at Allcgan, for implication in the memoir
abba Kesler hold up. charging him with
robbery, assault with intent 10 murder and
train wrecking. Gov Matthews has
issued rcqulsitIon papers and Brown has
been confined in jail at Albion, Miller
has IN his possession the written confession
Of Brown, and the apprehension OF the
entire gang of train robbers is now GER
tain.
In the state of Michigan there were p
j01 divorce suits commenced during 1894,
which was "A less than for 1893 OF these
DEGREES ,3A were granted, PIC were dis
continued and S9l are still perding As
there were II 22g marriages during 1884,
the per cent Of applications for divorce to
the number of marriages is 81 During
the year 1891 there were only four divorces
granted in the province Of Canada, and
but five in 1892 In the New England
states for 1898 there were 81 divorces
granted for every 100000 population.
The state Of South Carolina refuses tC
grant divorces for any cause. The dl-
vorce record Of Michigan is said to hC
about medium, or half way between the
extremes in the United States.
The convention of the state Sunday
fi,u NJ N 1pt
Nov lOaud will continue until the 2lst.
There will be about ? 600 delegates. / SOC
Of whom will be from the different pnrt,
of the state. Ii will be the largest conven
ton of the kind ever held in Michigan
+. .. Excel, of Chicago, the well knowr
composer OF and leader in gospel songs
Will lead the singing. Gen John b. cor
don will make the address at the opening
of the evening of Nov 10. b. + Jacobs
OF Chicago. than whom there is probably
no one more prominent, not only in this
country. but in the world as "a Sunday
School worker, will also be one one of Tn,
speakers. Hon. f. +. Barkworth, o
jackson, is the president of the association
The seventh annual meeting ef th,
Michigan Political Science Association
was convened AT the Hotel Cadillac In De
trot Nov lst The organization has 70
its object the solution of the problem o
municipal government-the formulating o
the best plans. The dues of the associa
ticn were reduced from So to So. Til,
new officers elected are as follows, Presi
dent, Gen w II With lgton. Jackson
first vlce.presldent, Judge j. w. Champ
In, Grand Rapids; second vice president
) l.; Smith Detroit; third vice president
w l.. Webber, saginaw; Secretary, Prof
Henry {. Adams, Ann Arbor; treasurer
DR.. Chas II. Cooley, Ann Arbor; execu
uce committee Prof ID. b. Waldo, Al
bion; Dallas Bonderman, Kalamazoo; G
A. Cover, Lansing