Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-22

Tdhcu near bNllts Ntp.s was bllIdgfu
and then lynched. Cattle rustlers are
suspected of committing the crime
Three men We're killed, one fatally and
ten seriously injured. aud propcr,y worth
100000 destroyed by the burning of the
Wabash roundhouse at Toledo. o.
II is believed at Washington that II
JUSTICE Jackson, now I'll in Tennessee,
does not recover his health before fall he
viii resign from the supreme Court
! bench.
! The Pennsylvania house passed final
/ ~. by vote of l5l 10 %, the bin proh b.
A.. iting the wearing of any religious in
! sigma or garb by teachers IN the public
I schools.
Mrs. Sarah Lambert, poor widow liv-
! ing near Crown Point. Ind. has received
notice that she and her children have
! been left Sl,O0)OJO by a lately deceased
relative.
In a speech at Ottawa, H., Rev Father
Malone, of Colorado, denounced the in
cendary utterances Of Recorder con, OF
! New York, who advised lrishmen To use
! violence.
Commissioner Shields, of New York,
| issued an order of commit mcnt for T. itor
Dana, but paro.ed him pending argument
| of a motion for his removal TO Washing
ton for trial on a charge of libel.
The frosts of last week have had a
tendency to make the price Of dried fruits
now remaining ON hand in the ware
houses Of the san Jose, Cal. valley firm,
if not 10 advance them.
NJ. A. Kirchncr, newspaper man well
Indiana, committed suicide by shooting
at Defiance, Ohio Family and business
troubles and drink were the causes.
Telephone war between the Central
Union and Pana companies at Eiwood,
Ind, promises to bring free service. The
Central Union has cut rates 10 81 per
month for business houses and d6 cents
for residences.
The first big deal in the Rainy River
gold country, amounting To $4,000, has
just been closed. The deal was made on
the strength of the reports OF an old
California expert, DR.. a. J. Thibbodo,now
OF Appleton, Wis.
The Standard Salt Company, OF Chi
cago, has selected Superior, Wis, axthe
distributing point for the western trade
and it is estimated that 10000 barrels of
salt will be handled there during the next
season Of navigation.
The American Match COMPANY. recently
organized at Oshkosh. Wis. with album
dant capital and valuable pttcntS on
match machinery, has sold ont 10 the
Diamond Match COMPANY The price
paid by the trusts withheld.
Ia. OF 4 %
knows what credentials have been given
by the Chinese Government To Ii Hung
Chang. who is on his way to japan 10
negotiate a treaty OF peace. These
credentials are correct in form.
TIE Forest City Furniture company OF
Rockford, H., has agreed 10 take back
its striking employees on the old terms:
ten hours work and ten hours pay The
leaders Of the strike will not be re-em-
ployed, and the men may resent this.
Reliable information from Pekin is to
the effect that Ii Hung Chang is au-
thorized by his government 10 pay and
furnish provisions TO the japanese troops
at the posts already occupied by the Jap
anese if Japan will grant an armistice.
News comes from several sections OF
cattle by the big rains and strong wind
prevailing the last few days. From
Brewton and Eufala comes the report OF
great damage TO farms and destruction
TO cattle.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg says II
is reported that all the Russian Mediter-
ranean squadron has been ordered 10 the
Pacific to be in readiness TO make a posi-
tive demonstration in concert with Great
Britain in regard to the japanese de-
mands on China.
The name for the new political party
as finally decided at Pttsburg is the
"home protection party A resolution
was passed calling for all kinds OF money
TO be on parity, but that the govern
ment shall issue it direct to the people
instead OF TO the banks.
Jack" Kerry, for several years we'll
known sporting man at Sioux City, Ia,
and in Dakota towns, has been notified
that by the death Of his father he is sole
heir to a 100000 estate in Ireland. He
ran away from home fourteen years
ago. He left at once for Ireland.
The colony Of northern central Kansas
emigrants which went TO Edmonton, in
llt IIbNluNt VI &AlDti ID lllSl AOlum
ba, year ago, is TO be followed in a few
days by another large party from Con-
cordia, Clyde. Greenleaf and other towns
in that section. The party is made no
Of French Canadians who settled in CEN
tral Kansas fifteen years ago.
Particulars come by the Australian
mail Of a terrible hurricane which swept
over the Eli Islands the effects of which
were still a topic Of interesting discus
sion when the Mirowa touched at Suva.
1t was in this storm that several large
vessel came TO grief with lamentabl loss
Of life, and buildings in Suva, the capi-
tai Of Fill suffered very severely.
The largest distillery ever built will
soon be constructed in Terre lIaute,
Ind The syndicate purchased ten
acre tract on the Wabash and contracts
will be closed at once for the erection of
distillery with a capacity of not less
than 10000 bushels per day After the
completion Of the new dstillcry the
daily consumption of corn will approx
mate 10000 bushels.
A large number Of farmers from Wis