Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-07-20
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending July IL.

For the Week Ending July IL.
John Billingsley, aged lO6, died az Lou
Ion, Ky.
The president has appointed 40 West
Point cadets.
John L. Thomas died in Racine, Wis,
aged l05 years.
The National League of Republican
Clubs met In -. Paul.
The worlds Christian Endeavor confer
ence opened in London.
Nebraska prohibitionsts named /. o.
Jones as candidate for governor.
II IS announced that by October l
only loo troops will be in Cuba
Hot, dry weather is causing great loss
10 cattlemen in southern Arizona.
Nearly the entire business portion OF
Trafalgar, Ind, was swept away by ere
The United States and Germany have
entered into reciprocity arrangement
Mrs. Laura Grant May, famous artist,
killed herself with poison in Bloomfield,
y. j.
King Oscar has offered rewards for
news OF Andrees balloon polar eXpedi-
ton.
Heavy rains in the Iowa and Nebraska
corn belt put the crop beyond reach of
danger.
Iowa gives promise Of finishing the
century with the banner corn crop Of its
history
The Colombian government has cap
tured all the war vessels OF the rcvolu-
tionists.
Tramps tried to capture Big Four
freight train near Indianapolis and were
worsted.
Three young ladies were killed by the
cars at railway crossing near Pres
colt, Ind.
\ rich strike of gold was made on the
headwaters of the Stewart river in Brit
ish Columbia.
The yield Of wheat in Minnesota and
North and South Dakota is estimated at
li0 100000 bushels.
John Jennings (colored) was lynched
by q mob at Cresswell, Ala, for the muir
der Of l.. Martin.
Indianapolis has been selected as head
quarters OF the middle-of- the-road popu-
list national committee
American athletes won seven out OF ten
events in contests for worlds amateur
championships at Paris
Four masked robbers blew open the safe
of Charles Y. Bussy's private bank at
Hudson, O., securing 800.
Fierce storms prevailed in Texas. one
destroying most OF the town of Llano
and injuring many persons.
Louis street railway wrecks and one car
was blown up by dynamite
The transport Hancock reached San
Francisco from Manila with lOl general
passengers and 547 soldiers.
American athletes won eight out of ten
events in the finals for the world anna
teur championships in Paris.
Gen. Macarthur has sent 100 addi-
uonal troops from Manila 10 REINFORCE
the Americans now in China.
John Chapman and Iver Lawson rode
a mile Oh a ,.'ndem bicycle in Salt Lake
City in 1:47ia breaking the worlds record.
The commercial treaty between the
United States and Italy has been APP
proved by the Italian chamber OF dep
uties.
The socialist labor party IN Indiana
nominated a full state ticket headed by
Philip H. More, OF indianapolis, for gov
eESor.
Capt Healy, of the United States rev.
enue cutter McCulloch, has been de-
clared insane and ordered committed to
an asylum.
Wiedmans lumber yard at Remus
Mich, containing ., 0OO, 900 feet Of lumber.
was set on fire by lightning and burned,
the loss being $4,000.
The Fourth and Fifth regiments, ILL.,
nois national guard, have rendered their
services 10 the government as volun-
teers TO serve in China.
J. NJ Green, Of Trenton, ~ j., was
chosen president of the National Educa-
tional association. The next place of
meeting was left to the executive COM
mittee.
a San Francisco dispatch says: orders
have been received at Preside 70 al once
prepare quarters for five regiments OF
troops which will arrive shortly en- route
for foreign service.
Gen. Lew Wallace will not preside al
the National Anti-Imperialist league
meeting In Indianapolis he says he will
take no part in the meeting and is not
in sympathy with ii.
The census office issued its first bull
letin Saturday. giving the population OF
the District O Columbia at 27S,71S This
is an increase since the last census of
Is 326. or 20.gS per cent
Exports OF the United States for the
fiscal year just ended amounted TO $780,
1924 the largest record in the history
OF the country, and the increase over the
previous year Of $167, 455. 9l2