Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-02-08

thdI thfee were drowned. Eleven were
saved
On petition Of holders Of 700 shares OF
stock receivers were appointed for the
whisky trust. j. Il. Greenhut aud T.. f.
Lawrence being named by Judge Cross
cup at Chicago. This concern has since
its organization paid more than S6,00,O0O
In dividends, but which, for the last six
months, has been staggering toward
bankruptcy.
On reliable authority the New York
Press announces that the new bond issue
will be taken mp by "a syndicate COM
posed Of American and foreign bankers.
The Issue viii be AZ least oo000,0OO OF
the United States government A.. and
may be more. The delay is understood
20 be due tO the exact figures at which
they will he sold.
Ward McAllister, New York's fore
most society director and organizer Of
the 400 died Thursday night. For more
than year Mr. Alistcr had been aiilict-
ed witha chronic ailment, which is sup
posed to have FASTENED his demise. lie
made a trip abroad for the bettcrment Of
his health, and consulted some of the
leading physicians OF Europe.
Dcstitution among Kansas and Okla
homa farmers is becoming more evident
and urgent appeals for outside aid are
being made. Men and women begging
for food is daily sight upon the streets
Of our suffering little town." said Pat
rick McCloskey, merchant or ST. Fran
els, Kas He is member OF a relief
committee appointed 10 apply for aid at
the principal western cities.
II. 4. Phipps aud II. l.. Sessions, who
have been running the Calumet, Mich.
Conglomcrate as a populist organ, were
taken TO Jail 10 serve a sentence of six
months for alleged criminal libel uttered
against candidates in the November cleo
ton. The newspaper plant was at once
taken possession Of by j. K. Ryan, the
MORTGAGE, who will run the paper here
after "a the Red Jacket Tribune.
The great whisky trust is tied hand
and foot in the mesheS Of the law. Fol-
lowing the appointment Of receivers,
made public Tuesday, the stockholders
committee Wednesday secured from
Judge Grosscup temporary verbal iD
structionS for bidding the directors and
officers Of the company from meeting or
doing business until the question of the
recevershp Is settled.
With the S1,oOOOo0 worth Of supplies
contributed by other states and the 500
900 cash appropriated by Nebraska for
her drought sufferers many Of the desti-
tute are starving and freezing. 1t is the
result of poor organization OF the state
relief commissions The commission is TO
be reorganiZed this week by the legisla-
ture Hundreds of cars OF relief are on
81. IA I'D fst III
sitiuu of the commission.
Wei Hai-Wei has fallen. 1t was cap
tured 10y the japanese after two days
skirmishing. The Chinese bolted when
the actual assault was made. II is stated
that their loss was 300 men. Lui-
Luug-Tau, an island near the city on
which are workshops and some forts. is
still in the hands OF the Chinese All the
Europeans In the city escaped unhurt.
1t is reported that during the fighting all
the Chinese men-Of-war and ships in the
harbor sailed away uninjurcd
A dispatch from Shanghai says tele-
gram has been received there from Chin
kiaug saying that "A party of officers
from the American warship Concord
landed at Chin kiang for the purpose OF
shooting game. They, by accident, shot
Chinaman. The populace became in
furiated and attacked, seized and carried
of the whole party. The commander OF
the Concord sent an armed force Of blue
Jackets and marines TO rescue them at
all hazards. Further news in regard to
the affair is anxiously awaited.
DR.. Willis f. Everette a prominent
metallurgist, who was employed by east
ern milionaires 10 investigate che Monte
Cristo gold quartz mines, saws the recent
closing OF the Everett smelter demon
strates that his report was correct and
that the mines are not feasible as a
smelling proposition. As result he
places the loss sustained by John ID.
Rockefeller at 81, 100000 Three million
dollars was Invested in opening a rail-
road to the mines, which are back OF the
city OF Everett in the Cascade mountains
in Washington.
Advices received at Auckland. y. H.,
from Honolulu under date Of Jan. 70 an
nounce that eX-Queen Liliuokalani has
been arrested on the charge OF com Dlicity
with the insurgents in the recent rebel
lion. In addition, all the insurgent lead
ers have been taken into custody and are
being tried by court martial. Three Of
the insurgent leaders pleaded guilty 20
treason. Martial law is maintained.
The rebellion against the Republic OF
Hawaii turned out TO be complete
hasco. The news OF the arrest Of ex-
Queen Liliuokalani, published in Lon
don, created a sensation.
Seamen have now decided there is net
the slightest hope for the Chicora, its
dSmantled hull or the twenty six luckless
men who were caught in the hurricane
two weeks ago. This conviction was
made doubly sure by the failure OF the
tugs sent out from Chicago to find any
wreckage. The section covered was
route of twenty five miles in the vicinity
OF South Chicago and the bay To the
south. Men with glasses sat on the
prows for hours with range Of least
twelve miles in the clear atmosphere, and
there was not a speck in the vast stretch
OF ice which seemed to run from shore to
shore.
Ambassadors sent TO Japan by China 10
negotiate terms OF peace, as was supposed,
were given no power by their own gov
eminent 10 decide any question what