Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-05-15

ialoraDlc report has been mad
on the bill To Increase the pensins 4
veterans of the Mexican aud India
wars.
a house on the corner OF FourteeniI
ana Canal streets, Chicago. collapse,
the other day and several person
Were killed.
a bill has been introduced in m,
House OF Representatives, providing 10
Inc creation Of uniform national m nj
tary organization.
a village near Havana was fired b,
the rebels ii few days ago, and almos
entirely destroyed. Several person.
were killed, Spanish soldiers drove .tht
insurgents away, the latter leavin =
forty dead men behind.
A fiye-story building in Cincinnati
was leyeled to the ground a few DAYS
ago, by an explosion of gasoline. The
/ upper stories were used as flats, and
SaIoonists did business on the lower
iioors. y number of persons were kill
ed, but how many cannot De known
until the debris has been cleared away.
Senator German, of Maryland, when
asked what he thought the action of
the Chicago convention would be on
the currency question, replied: "Both
the Chicago and ST. Louis conventions
WILL in my opinion, adopt practically
the same platform rs far rs the cur
rency Is concerned. That is, they will
both declare Tor sound money. There
VIII, doubtless, be contest over this
question IN Chicago, but believe the
sound money men will win.
The report of the commissioner of
Patents shows that p, 800 patents were
ISSUED to inventors last year, Pennsyl-
vania heads the list of states with 2,27O.
patents. In proportion to population.
however, Connecticut is in the lead.
Thomas "A. Edison was granted Ill pat
ents. lie report shows that aggregate
receipts from all sources during the
year were II 245, 247;eypenditures ST.
Oo4. 1856. In every year since 1861
there has been a surplus over all ex
pendltures.
About 200 street car employees IN
Milwaukee went on "A STRIDE last Mon |
dav. About 200 men stopped work |
aud demanded salary at the ship ward, |
OF the Newport News Shipbuilding and |
Dry-dock Co. the other day. Thl. |
action ON the part of the employees was
brought about by the new time system. |
The system is called the dock system. |
ana each man has key and registers |
ms own time. The men claim much |
time is lost in the morning and at DIN
ner hour on account of having to wait
IN turn TO register.
Almost 10000 government emploveS
have been brought with one sweep un-
Ter the protection of the civil service
~ the issuance of an order by Prcs-
lent Cleveland making general re-
ilslon Of civil service rules. The order
; the most important since the inaug-
Watlon of the system more than de.
'ade ago. Its practical extent is the
Justification of all government EN-.
'loNes below the rank of those subject
o nomination by the president and
Confirmation bv the senate and above
he grades of laborers or workmen with
few exceptions. The order has long
cen IN contemplation aad its pfOmul- ,
alton is the result of an immense
mount of correspondence and confer
nee between the president, the civil
arvlce commissioners and the head of r
ne various departments.
Hon. Edwin Uhl, United States Am. {
assador to Germany, was formally
resented to the Emperor of Germany.
nd was afterwards presented to the {
impress and court ladies. In his adj
ress to the Emperor, which had been
repaired in advance and the copy sub
ltted 10 the court officials. according
the custom and requirements. point
out to the emperor the important
ld close the relations existing between I
lie two countries, both in commerce i
ld science. Many of the best citizens g
the United States. he said. were of I
erman birth or descent. He express i
the hope that these ties would t
rengthen and not disturb the peace s
i and friendly relations of the two G
and concluded with an ex- {
'ession of admiration of the country c
which he was accredited and for It's
Ter. The emperor replied briefly to O
+. Uhl in English, joining in the hope C
hich the latter had expressed, and u
eaking very approximately and ad V
IrIngy of the United States and OF &
nericans. He trusted. he said, that v
+. Uhl's activity would rebound To the S,