Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-08-29
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending Aug "a


A i've million dollar broom making COM
bine Is planned.
Five persons dropped dead Of heart dis
ease in Chicago sunday
Baltimore chemist f. said 10 have per-
iectec a fuel made of street dirt.
The First national bank at Aberdeen.
s D., was robbed by burglars Of $3.50
William Cpshaw shot his father and step
mother and killed himself at Salem. Mo.
The sultan OF Turkey ordered that all
demands OF the United States be conceded.
Ohicial cholera statistics show a total
up 10 date IN Manila OF =, % cases and is 90
| deaths
The doors Of the Elrora Gnd) bank, A
/ private institution. closed with Liabilities
/ OF $1,000
FIELD Marshal Lord Wolseley reiterated
his recent statement that the American
army Is the best.
Boer generals at Brussels have unani-
mous.y selected Gen. Botha as future leaG-
er OF the Beers.
The war department has decids G 10 Limit
| the term Of service for officers in the Phil
!ppines TO three years
Augustus Torrey. chief c!vH engineer
OF the Michigan Central railroad. Ole Z at a
hospital Ia Detroit. Mich.
Grace Limo and Wilbur Macy. each aged
J., were drowned near Kalamazoo, Mich,
by the cdpsizirg of a raft.
Gen q. ;. Mcdowell OF Franklin, Pa,
and his l2-year-olG daughter Laura were
crowned n Corueaut lake.
H. race riot al Haughvl.e. Ind be-
tween ~ negroes aIC' whites half dozen
persons We're badly injured
Henry Smith, OF Milwaukee, has been
nominated for cor gress by the democrats Of
the Fifth Wisconsin district
Jacob Spawn one OF the best known resi-
dents of central l..iTaf. died 4f E.r
d. Lexington, aged 100 years.
The annual convention OF the national
frdterral congress, embracing 80 societies
AND 10000 members began iu Denver.
Lawyer William ;. Forrest OF Chicago.
VII urge the Illinois bar 10 propos, a
IA" ~ stop murder trials boy newspapers.
Bryant Schick dreamed his wife was dead
IN chicago and woke up 10 ind she had
killed herself and TWO children with gss.
The National Fraterral Congress. COM I
posed OF % oiccrs arc repres ming 4o,Y."9
persons. met "a drhua. convention at Den D.
Yer.
Thoma. Jones, a negro charged with .
cr.m.Ialy assaUlt.rg Mr. William Smith F.
near Seven Springs, y. c., Was lyrchea by /
d mob.
The marriage Of Vivian Nay Sartoris,
graLdaughtrr OF Gen. Grant, ard FREQ
er.ck Roosevelt Seove!. took place AZ CO.
burg. Ont
The census report shows that 9 per cert.
OF tie city population is i.literatr as COM
pared win l@ per cent. OF reside hts % cuuL-
Try districts.
\ royal German commission has been
delegated hoy Emperor William o. come
TO 3D., United States 10 discuss topics with
j. + Morgeu.
The treasury department. report shows
that tie world has l.15" submarine t,ie-
graph cables. having total length of Isar-
y -vo"o miirs
Figure show that the Sunday atterd-
lrce ~ adults at Chicago churches =
about -'455, OF which 1871 are Wunl,n
md so.S44 mer.
Clarence a Plank. police juCge Of Spring :
lelt' o.. who admitted a shortage 90 So
49,, committed suicide al Springfield, Mo. :
~ taking poison.
Ger. Frederick Funston. commanding ,
h department Of California. has issued J
~ order that all enlisted men must at 7
end regular drills.
Near Emporia. Kan, hundreds Of farm
rs fled from the water. ut the Cottonwood !
lveT, leaving b. hind their Gelugtd farms l.
I'd footcd homes
The joirS mobilization Of regular troops
I'd militia 90 take place az Fort Riley,
Kan. ir September may be reviewed ~ D.
resident Roosevelt
Howard, the ter-year-o.d son % Wash. a
lgtur sharp, Of Virginia. H.. while play. {
~ with rifle, accidentally shot ard killed
lis Clara jump. aged q
Secretary shaw ordered the dismissal u 7
clerk who sstd his connection with the .,
-easury department Co. advertising
'heme 10 play the races ;