Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-04-05
dent Of the Louisiana Lottery company.

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Iron-workers have met in Clev Gland
o., and agreed upon scale OF wages
satisfactory 10 both sides
The coal miners of +. l.. Robbins, in
the Pittsburg district, have resumed
work ~ go cents a ton.
ConnellsVille Pa.) coke operators will
pay their men the l6 cents increase an
nounced by the F'rick company.
Rev. @. $. V. Howard of Chicago has
been expelled from it's ministry and
membership by the North Indiana
| Methodist conference.
The row In the Atlanta (Ga) Police
commission has been settled by a com
promise. The mayors faction gets the
chairpanship.
The Detroit. Mich. council adopted a
resolution providing for an investiga-
ton Of charges OF dishonesty against
henderson that body.
The Canadian department Of agricult-
ure says the forest wealth Of the do
minion shows an invested capital of
500, OO0, 900: a wage list Of $50 600, 900. and
an output valued at Sll0,000O00.
Ex-President Harrison denies that he
is going To Richmond. Ind. to hunt
ducks,
Senator 5. II. Elkins and his family ar
rived at Los Angeles. Cal. from Mexico.
Wayne county CW. Va is excited over
supposed discovery OF silver In Whites
creek.
The Delaware and Hudson canal will
open April 8.
Premier Greenway has adjourned the
legislature OF Manitoba. pending legal
opinions on the Catholic school fight.
N,pro rtf.,,, NN-,r,a,,te 1,Ivtctto, q,ap,-
perance union. at Kansas city. decided
To remove their hats at all indoor meet
ings
New England coast was visited by
hurricane, the wind attaining a velocity
Of seYenty-hVe miles an hour. and do
ing much damage TO shipping.
Deputy County Assessor l.. d. Bal
ley of Julien, Cal. and r. b. Bracket
of San Diego are missing and it is
feared they have been murdered for
their mony.
Andrew j. Martin, wealthy farmer
Of Cowan, Ind, was arrested charged
with forging the name OF John Rich
mond 10 a note for 81 900. He gave bail
for trial
New York police discovered the
body Of a colored woman terribly mu-
tilated evidently the work Of voodoos.
Samuel Frazier who figured in the
attempted hold-up OF the Cincinnati
Southern train. has been imprisoned
at Somerset, KY, on charge of steal
Andrew j. Campbell, prominent in
business and social circles at LeXing-
ton, KY. was killed by a burglar
James Mcbride murdered Mrs David
Rockford at Springfield, Mass.
Seymour Jackson, cashier OF CODES
bank at st. Ensenada, Cal, has been
arrested on suspicion Of having robbed
the bank of $4,000 March 20.
The Kansas legislative committee TO
Investigate the charges against Warden
Chase Of the state penitentiary has de-
cided to begin the hearing next We'd
nesday.
Hawley f. Webster. late postmaster
at Brockport, y. Y, pleaded guilty TO
the embezzlement OF $l,372 He was
sentenced TO pay the amount and to
spend eighteen months i'm Jail.
ENtradition proceedings have been
instituted to get j. g. Coleman. the dva-
mond robber recently arrested in Cana
da from the authorities there and take
him to Waynesboro, Ca. for trial
William Buster. an aged German
farmer Of Garrison, Iowa, tried TO
poison family and is in danger of be-
ing lynched
Mrs. Scoville- Lederer and Miss Cora
Smith were arrested at Des Moines
charged with the murder of Michael
Smith.
A. G. Hesing. editor Of the Stats Zie-
tung and father of the postmaster OF
Chicago, died al the age Of u.
Edward Bradford Barnes, a we'll
known newspaper man. died at Corn
ing, n. Y.
Rev. Nicholas Hotel. of St. Boni-
faces church. Peoria, was found dead
in bed. Apoplexy was the cause.
Presiding Elder w. S. Birch, OF Ko-
komo, Ind. died while attending con-
ference at Logansport. aged 20 years.
Senator Robert Turner, formerly Of
Chicago. died at Denver after a linger-
ing illness. aged 50 years.
Dr. William Hotchkiss. who. II IL
thought. was l40 years old, died in St
Louis. He had been free mason 100
years.
Koyama Rokunseki, the japanese
who attempted TO assassinate Ii Hung
Chang has been sentenced to penal ser
vitude for life.
Sir Edwards Grey's statement re-
causes a sensation all over Europe.
a resolution declaring in favor or
home rule I'm England. Ireland, Scot
land and Wales was adopted by the
British house of commons.
Dispatches from Toxic announce that
the emperor Of Japan has declared an
unconditional armistice.
The government forces won de-
cisive victory over the rebels in Colon
bia. The revolution is believed TO be at
an end.
Nearly all the electric wires at Var
mouth. n. s, were Frustrated by the
storm Of Thursday.
The schooner Samuel V. Colby, which
left Fortune Bay. y. F,'Feb. 2. has
been given up as lost 1t carried six
men.
IL is expected that the legislature OF
! Michigan will vote upon woman suf-
frage during the week.
Final session Of the Nebraska legis-
lature will probably be marked by
general scramble over private bills.