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

bill requiring every CORES pondent Of
commercial agencies 10 be licensed by
the State. X. G.. Dun Il Co. claim such
law would make IL impossible 10 carry
on business in North Dakota. South
Dakota had similar law, but u has
been repealed.
f. VI. Thoman, the statistician OF the
Prairie Farmer makes the amount of
wheat now held ON the farms l65. 100000
bu. OF which nearly 70 per cent is re-
served I'm the winter wheat States. The
amount of corn In farmers hands is
56s,0OOOO1 bu. and oats 2G7.0OO.OOO bu
Condition of winter wheat $50 per cent,
against 9i.3 on Jan.1 He aisostate- that
former figures on wheat fed 10 farm ami
mails have apparently been overesti-
mated.
Judge Sanderson. Of san Francisco de-
cided that Nose" Gunst. the sporting
man. whose appointment by Governor
Markham as police commissioner of san
Francisco started a wave of reform and
investigation over the entire State can
continue I'm Office i'm spite OF Governor
Budd's attempts to displace him. and
that the Governor had no power 10 re-
move a member Of the police commits
sion. though he can appoint one in case
OF vacancy.
Twenty-one indictments for election
frauds perpetrated during the fall election
were returned by the special grand jury
at Kansas City. which since late i'm Jan
uary has been investigating charges OF
corruption made during the past few
months. Ofthe offenders, Justice OF the
Peace owen w. Kruger, against whom
there are two indictments. is the most
important and best known. He is charged
with being an accomplish in ballot box
stutfing and other crookedness.
At the bottom Of the third column Of
the last page of Sundays Chicago Times
were the words THE end" They gave
the reason why the presses were silent in
the Times building Monday morning for
the first time in over forty years, except
ing when the ashes left by the great fire
OF ISL covered them. Monday the Times
Herald appeared, for the Times has been
absorbed by the Herald and only its
name and history are left OF the great
paper which Wilbur +. Storey made.
Justice Burroughs OF Virginia render
ed decision upholding the constitution
atty of the law Of Virginia prohibiting
the manufacture, sale and public cater
ing Of oleOmargarine and similar SUBJ
stitutes for butter. Cases were brought
against leading dealers by Rev. Samuel
Small, attorney for the dairymen. swift
~ Co.. OF Chicago. employed counsel To
fight the case and test the constitutions
ality Of the law. The case may 90 10 the
supreme court Of the United States.
\ strike among the miners Of the Pitts
burg district is ON, and 1900 men have
III 1.
not another pound OF coal will be mined
in the district for less than 60 cents a
ton This action was entirely uneXpect-
ed. The minority advised delay until
the lake shipping season opened. When
the convention adjourned miners in ev-
cry part Of the district were notified that
60 cents is the price, and the strike was
on. The suspension will be widesp read.
Bulletins compiled from the returns Of
the last State census OF Michigan show
there are IT, Q52 farms In the State.
None Of these consist Of less than three
acres or produce less than 5000 worth Of
product per year. OF the total number
l49, OO3 are cultivated by owners. q.l27 |
rented for a money rental, and 10. 732
worked on shares. The value Of the
milk and cream sold for the year was
s2,g70, 3s5. In addition 10 this +, 95l ,375
pounds of butter and 2O6.66o pounds OF
cheese were made.
The steamship Australia which ar
rived from Honolulu Monday had on
board thirteen passengers who are ex-
lies from the Hawaiian islands They |
are all men who made themselves OBJ |
noXious TO the republic of Hawaii |
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Although her sentence has not been |
made public. it is stated by a cabinet Off
Ger that the ex-Queen has been sentenced |
10 serve five years in prison and to pay
fine OF 5000. 1t is understood that her
sentence will not be changed by the pres
ident.
Thomas Harland. who was deputy |
commissioner OF internal revenue when |
the war measure income tax laws were
in force and who successfully defended |
Samuel j. Tilden's famous income tax.
suit, has given an opinion which in sub
stance is TO the effect that the income |
tax law puts the collection OF the tax in |
the hands Of officials who cannot consti-
tutionally collect il. These are the dep |
uty collectors OF internal revenue. They /
cannot collect il because they are not |
"public officers" but merely the collect
ors' hired men.
At Monongahela City Wednesday the |
miners Of the river held a convention and |
decided TO strike for the old 60 cent rate, |
which was fixed a. the compromise price |
in the Pittsburg field at the end OF last |
years general strike. Twenty ght del
egates were at the meeting and repre-
scented all the pits in the river, employ
ing about 5000 men. A resolution was |
adopted that the demand for 90 cents be |
put in Immediately and that no work be
done until the demand is granted. The
river mines are all idle at present, as the |
ice has closed them.
Nearly two score men were killed by
an explosion OF gas in the White Ash
mine OF the Santa Fe Railroad Company,
three miles from Cerrillos. y. NJ We'd
nesday. Nearly 800 men are employed
in the mine. but fortunately only seven
tv or eighty were at work when the ex-
poson occurred. Only eleven OF these
escaped alive, and some OF them may yet