Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-02-01


colorless cabinet will be formed and that
the chamber will be dissolved.
Judge Green Of the l.. =. District court
at Trenton, y. j., decided in favor
Of Hoe & Co the suit against Walker
Scott for the infringement of patent
for printing press folding machine.
NJ. de Giers. Russian minister of foreign
affairs, is dead. II is not likely that his
death will involve any change OF policy,
all of his probable successors being in ac-
cord with the ear in the desire for peace.
The assembly has passed the power OF
removal bill which is designed 10 give
the Mayor OF New York the power 10 re-
move the chiefs OF departments in the
city government. The vote was l02 TO
-.
Hugh Craig, manager OF the New Zea-
land Insurance company, says he has Of
fers from would be bidders who will lay
cable between Honolulu and Monterey,
Cal, if an American concession can be
secured.
senator Canrobert, the last Of the field
marshals of France. who was born in
1909. died at Paris His death was due
20 the fostering of an old wound in the
Constantine.
The GOA miners and operators a Belle
Vile. H.. came TO an agreement by prac-
tically adopting the July wage scale,
which wa. in force after the strike last
summer. 1t Is denied there was a strike
at the Freeburg pits.
The jury mpaneled at Union, Mo-, up
on a change Of venue, TO determine the
present sanity or insanity OF Arthur
DuestrOw. who year ago murdered his
wife and child in -. Louis, was dis
charged, having failed TO agree.
Mayor Pingree was refused hearing
by 5000 of the citizens Of Detroit For
nearly two hours he held the platform
in the Auditorium with a typewriter
speech in his hand, and tried without
success TO make himself heard.
The secret service officials have dis
covered new Photographic counterfeit
slO silver certificate of the series Of 1891,
check letter Il; J. Fount Tillman, Reg
ister; d. n. Morgan, Treasurer; por-
trait Of Hendricks, small scalloped car
mine seal.
The statement is made by one OF the
most prominent labor leaders at 81. Louis
that the position Of President OF the Uni
versal Labor Union, which is now in
progress of organization, would be ten
dered to Gov. John L. Atgeld of Illinois
within the next few weeks.
All the civil suits growing out OF the
recent county investigation at Sioux
City, Iowa. were settled and dismissed,
the county getting but little over $4,000
out of the settlement while the attor-
neys' fees have cost IL that much. All
the criminal suits still stand.
The tall observatory on Mount Utsay-
antha, near Stamford. in the western
Catskills was struck by violent gale
with such force as 10 send IL crashing
down the east side Of the mountain. 1t
made path thirty feet wide through
the forest for several hundred feet.
A. Il. Garner, citizen Of Sabinal
Canon, Uvalde county, Tex, found
meteoric stone weighing 225 pounds i'm
bedded in sandy earth TO depth Of five
feet. A piece was Clipped off, in which
was found nugget OF gold. Both are
in the hands OF scientists for investiga-
ton.
The Field Columbian Museum at Chi
y
while the lecture Of Prof. Penrose was in
progress. a gold box containing precious
gems, rare coins. and relics almost price
less, owing TO their historic associations,
was taken from a glass in the Egyptian
room.
In the Indiana legislature resolution
was adopted condemnng every phase
of the foreign policy of President Cleve-
land in relation 10 the Republic OF
Hawaii: demanding that the United
States keep man-of -war al the ISL
ands, and favoring annexation at the
earliest possible moment"
Knute Nelson the little Norwegian OF
Alexandria, as he is Familiarity called by
the politicians, will represent Minnesota
as junior senitor for six years from March
4. 1895. The matter was settled amid a
roar Of applause in the hall OF the house
of representatives Wednesday afternoon.
The vote stood Nelson, 1O2; Washburn,
SO.
The long looked for special train bear
ing a shipment from the Independence
mine OF the Cripple Creek arrived at
Denver Tuesday. The shipment consists
Of 100 tons Of rich ore, and il the richest
ceived in Denver Its value is estimated
al 81, 900, OO0, though it may reach high
er figure or may fall a little short.
Friday the main building of Henning's
brewery in Mendoza, H., was wrecked
by boiler explosion. the conclusion be-
ing so great that every building in the
city was badly shaken. The building
destroyed was five stories in height and
filled with machinery. The force OF ex-
position completely demolished il, kill
ing six men and badly injuring six 9TH
ers.
The jury TO try the conspiracy cases
against the officers of the American Rail-
way union and the strikers who are
charged with having committed the
overt acts Of violence in obstructng the
United States mail was secured at Chi
cago Saturday, and the formal opening
OF the trial with the speeches Of the
prosecution and the defense began Mon
day morning.
Senior Deleon, the special envoy sent
TO Mexico 10 negotiate an adjournment
OF the differences over the boundary line
between the two countries teleuranhs