Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-09-24
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Latest Occurrences.


Of the car. tire exploded, causing
the car to plunge through a fence.
The British war Office has placed
with Chicago firm another large
contract for American beef and the
admiralty Is engaged at the present
time on negotiations for contract
for the navy.
In a fight with pocket knives,
Charles Dunfield of PENNSYLVANIA was
killed at Hot Springs. Ark, by Sam
w. Ray of Tennessee. as the culmina-
ton OF a quarrel between former
friends.
Foreign missionary worA for the
fiscal year just ended cost the Ameri-
can board of commissioners for for
eign missions $SS0.0l1, according to
the report issued by the treasurer of
the board, Frank II. Virgins of Bos-
ton.
John Zett. who has been on trial In
Rockville, Conn, for the killing of his
wife, Mary, and his granddaughter,
Viola. last month, was found guilty
of murder in the first degree. judge
Curtis imposed sentence OF death.
Zett is to be hanged on Dec. 81. next.
A powder magazine used by the
Samples Mining company, McAlester
Okla. was struck by lightning. The
explosion killed one miner and seri-
ously injured eight others. The ex-
plosion shook the country for a radius
OF several miles
Government immigration statistics
for August show very great decrease
in the number OF immigrants coming
to this country compared with the
same month of 1907. The total I'M
migration during August was 27,7S3,
while during August, 1907, the immi-
grants numbered 9S,S25.
The season over Coney Island show
men are packing up after the leanest
year in the history OF the resort. AT
a farewell banquet of the concession
aires. toasts we're drunk in beer in
stead of the champagne Of happier
days 1t was variously said that the
Dreamland and some OF the other hig
shows have dropped from 100000 to
$500, 900 on the season.
The New Foundland legislature was
dissolved Friday, and Monday Nov 2.
was named as the date of the general
election. Sir Robert Bond, the pre-
mier, will be the government leader
during the campaign, and the opposi-
ton will be headed by Sir Edward
Morris. who until last year was at
torney general in the Bond cabinet
Mrs. Margaret Bradford, a widow,
Of Mobile, suffering of mental derange
ment. saturated her bed with oil and
then set fire TO it, lying in bed to
await cremation. The pain became so
intense that she sprang up and ran
through the streets screaming, her
clothing abaze. The flames were ex-
tinguished by spectators, but the wo-
man was probably fatally burned.
According to an order issued at the
war department in Washington, a re-
ward of $50 will be paid in cases
where deserter is delivered by a
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post, or at such other places as may
be designated for his delivery by prop
er military authority. 1t also pro
yides that amount will include full
consideration for all expenses incur
red In such apprehension and delivery.
The president since July 1st has
passed upon ninety-six applications
for pardon which brings the work of
the pardon attorney of the department
OF justice up to date. OF this num-
Der. forty-fve applications were de-
MED and fifty were granted. A large
percentage Of the applications were
for the restoration OF civil rights for.
feited by reason of convictions for
penitentiary offenses.
The average wages per hour in the
principal manufacturing and mechan-
ical industries In the country were 81
per cent higher in 1907 than In 1906.
while retail prices OF food were Az
per cent higher, according 30 the July
report OF the bureau of labor in Wash
ington. The regular hours or labor
per week were four-tentns of one per
cent lower, and the number of en-
ployes in establishments investigated
by the bureau showed an increase OF
1 per cent.
An institution to provide education
which shall be OF especial usefulness
TO men and women entering business
will be established in the town of Fps
witch, Mass, under the will of John b
Brown of Ipswich and Chicago, which
has been filed for probate In Salem
Mass Personal requests amounting
to about $4,000 are made, and the
residue OF an estate estimated eli
more than a million dollars is left FOL
the foundation of this institution. DIT
Joseph Fairhill of Chicago Is named
as one OF the trustees to carry out the
plan.
The government receipts paid int
the treasury since SCI {. ] show +;
marked improvement, even exceeding
the receipts for the corresponding
period in Sept. 1907, which was some
weeks before there were any indica
TOMS OF a money panic. The receipt
for this day aggregated s2.S09,794, o
which s1,373,040 came from customs
$685. from internal revenues AM
1923 $50 from miscellaneous sources
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