Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-12-05
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


For the Week Fading Dee. z.
Safe blowers robbed the Tomah
(Wis.) post Office of about $1,000 in
stamps.
The Belgian steamer Leopold foun-
dered i'm the North sea and rs persons
were drowned.
The will of Herr Krupp bequeaths
the big gun factory at Essen to his
eldest daughter.
There was over $4,000 in "A mail
sack which was stolen or lost at or
near Danyille, Ky.
The total circulation of national
bank notes outstanding November 20,
1902, was 1854 ,S54,514
The coinage executed at the mints
of the United States during Novem-
Der amounted To S5.246,950
Rev. W. II. Milburn, blind chaplain
of the United States senate, has re-
signed owing TO iii health.
The liner 81. Louis arrived al New
York after one of the most tempestu-
Gus voyages in her history.
Four men were killed and three fa-
tally injured by the explosion of gas
in a colliery at Shamokin, Pa.
Two men made an unsuccessful at
tempt to rob Chicago d Alton pas
senger train at independence. Mo.
Marine losses on the great lakes
for the season just closing are re-
ported about the same as last year.
r. Henry French. famous as "A the
atrical manager and producer OF
many celebrated dramas, died in New
York.
Senator Hawley, of Connecticut,
who is seriously i'll. is not expected
to resume his public duties and may
resign
Amid a flow OF poetry. vii. humIr
and oratory. New York friends cele-
brated the sixty-seventh birthday os
Mark Twain.
John l.. Sullivan. the former pugil-
list. filed petition in bankruptcy in
New York To prevent his arrest for
debt in Boston.
Harvey Logan. the alleged Montana
train robber. has been given ten sen
fences, aggregating $50 years. at
Knoxville, Tenn.
Nelson and Frank Hamlin. broth
ers aged T. and 10 years. respective
". were drowned at Millersburg,
Mich. while skating.
The November fire loss shows to-
tai of SlO.55s 800 against S14 .S0lOOO for
1901 Loss for + months. Sl23 $4,000.
against Sl52O00OOo for 1901.
\ London paper demands thar the
United States keep order among the
South American republics if the Nom
roe doctrine is 10 he enforced.
Barry tombstone. famous actor,
shot and killed Kate Hassett. am
actress i'm Philadelphia. and then
shot himself jealousy was the
cause.
The government receipts during
November amounted To S43.599.ooI
and the Disbursements S43O4o.25G
leaving "a surplus for the month II
! SjNS.741.
Alfred Mosley and English work.
men. who have been ON "a tour of the
/ l hlltN SUITES dll'i ohhhhs ~ US
satisfaction with The result of their
observations.
The United States is said to have
reached a practical agreement with
Costa Rica and Nicaragua whereby a
canal route. with absolute control is TO
be made over
Capt Pershing and 60 American sol
diers completed the march across the
island of Mindanao. and are proba-
bly, the first white men who ever
made the journey.
j. j. Hill offers to transport army Of
ficers by the Great Northern railroad
to the Philippines at 500 each and pri-
Yates at S2j and TO carry freight from
! Chicago 90 Manila at 40 cents hum
dred pound.
President Joseph smith. of the Nor
mon church. in an Interview. declared
the church does not sanction polygamy.
Only members who had plural wives
before the anti-poly gamN law was
passed now possess them.
Western Nebraska land frauds in
volving 1882, s44 acres are under in
,estigation by Col John :. Mosby at
President Roosevelt's instigation.
Cattle barons are accused of fencing
public land and paying widows So for
securing it under homestead act.
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