Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-14

others Wounded IN saloon h9ht al
Whiting. Ind, last Friday.
4 The House of Representatives has
passed II bill making it felony to
hold prize lights IN the territories.
The Senate committee on appropria
tions has reported the pension clause Of
The biz. The amount Appropriated is
$14l.384,575.
Lady Wide, mother OF Oscar Wilde,
IS dead. Sac vas IN Irish pDctcss Of
note, aud wrote verse that fortified the
haart> IT the people.
A passenger train crashed through a
bridge at forestville, fifteen miles south
of Hartford, Conn. las. Friday 4
scele OF people were Killed.
y bill has been introduced in the
House of Representatives for the con-
sruclion OF IS gun-boals the cost Of
which is limited to Sll,750,0O0.
Richard Kloettke OF Chicago, DIES.
pondeGt because he could no, find
work. shot his parents, ms wife and
three children, and then committed
suiC de
The House committee ON appropria-
tons has fayorably reported the bin 90
aid IN establishing schools IN the states
and territories 10 educate the deaf
The measure appropriates 100000
The new bond bids have been tubu-
lated Nearly SEQ bids have been ac-
copied subscribing for an aggregate of
500, 7S3, $50. The Belmont
syndicate eceives $34,2ll.350 of the
new lOan.
Benjamin Harrison has written Il
letter TO the chairman of the republi-
can state central committee OF Indiana.
positively refusing TO allow MS name to
20 before the ST, Louis convention as a
presidential candidate.
The Pocahontas dam at MorlistoW n,
y. j., gave way the other morning.
The break was followed by great
Hood, and men, women and children
were surrounded by rushing waters
Iwenty-onc persons are reported
drowned
The British policy in the TransvaM
has been outlined External relation,
must be maintained by her. The right,
at the government viii be maintained
The UtIandcrs are debarrcd from citi-
zensh.p, and their petition for reform
rejected with scorn.
Three hundred heirs Of Aauekc jams
met IN Cleveland, Ohio. few da}
ago An effort was made 10 secure
thr legal services Of eN.Goy HoydlvY
of New York. but he refused - accept
the case on The ground that there wa
no merit in the claim.
The remains OF Prince Henry Of Bat
tenburg were received at Cowe- Isle ri
Wight, from South Africa, on the 5th
INST, and placed in the Whippirgham
church. The Queen attended the ~.
neral, and the highest military bonors
were paid the deceased nobleman,
Hon. George b. Barnard, cashier Of
the Fort StauwX National bank of
Rome, y. Y, eX-mayor of the city, and
prominent in church work. suicided a
few DAYS ago. He was short in his ac-
counts with the bank about 1919 600.
and his personal Indebtedness to the
bank was nearly $4,000.
The whole Atlantic coast was swept
by terrific storm last Friday. Ii
New York city and Brooklyn buildings
were blown down, and a number OF
persons killed. Other cities suffered
grea, loss of life and property. In
New York city the wind reached a
velocity of - miles an hour.
The A p. A. is making a lively war
on Speaker Reed, charging him with
being III league with Cardinal Satolli,
ane heaping insults upon the ''little red
school house. aud in every way pos J..
bic seeking to bring ridicule aud dis
ciedit upon the patriotic orders of
which the A. F. A. is the representa-
tive.
Fire started in lumber yard n
Boundbrook. n J.. the other morning.
and the entire business portion of thc
town was DESTROYED. While the dYn
was raging, the Raridan dam broke,
and Hooded the town People were
forced from their homes, not knowing
whether they would have to swim,
burn OF drown.