Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-03-11
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
srIef Paragraphs Of the Worlds Latest
Occurrences.

Frederick Warren Freer, a painter
Of international reputation, is dead
h Chicago, OF heart disease. He was
born ffty-nine years ago. In Chicago.
David Waldo, a wealthy horseman,
who formerly owned a race track In
Kansas City, Mo-, has met death near
Independence. Mo-, In runaway ac-
cident.
Secretary Taft has signed an order
for the abandonment of the military
post known as Fort Keho, Montana.
The post is not needed for the accom-
notation OF the troops In that section.
An uprising has occurred in a bar
racks in Caracas. Venezuela, the
soldiers killing their commander, Gen.
eral Mosa. The mutiny was quelled
only after a number OF soldiers were
shot.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy has
just received in private audience WILL
lam Dean Howells, the American nov
elist, entertaining him in a most cor
dial manner for half an hour. The
king was deeply interested in the pres
dental campaign In the United States
and the cruise Of the American feet
TO the Pacific.
Clinton o. Heath, Denver real
estate operator. has been arrested In
Los Angeles, charged with embezzle-
ment OF $4,000, the property OF Mrs.
Mary H. Hustled OF New York. The
money is said to have been intrusted
to Heath to invest in real estate, and
1t is alleged that he made some disas-
trCus investments in coal lands.
The building of a new penitentiary,
at cost estimated at $4,000, 900, is
recommended in report made by q
special commission. In Ohio, appoint
ed by the governor and submitted TO
the general assembly in Columbus.
The commission urges the building Of
an annex at one Of the state hospitals
for the confinement of the criminal
insane.
Captain Daniel Stewart, ninety-four
years old, Is dead at the home of his
living in Upper Alton, H.. after lying
abed twenty-seven years, during the
greater part of which time he smoked
q pipe His death was he ultimate
result of injuries suffered in a steam
boat boiler explosion. in 1885, and was
FASTENED by his setting the bed on
fire recently, while smoking.
The Atchison. Topeka and SAINT Fe
Railroad company has just contribut-
ed $4,000 to the bubonic plague fund
which the citizens health committee
in San Francisco, Cal, is raising to
exterminate rats, make that city san
itary and prevent the spread of the
contagion. 1t is reported L. ii. Harri-
man had authorized a contribution of
$50, 900 from the Southern Pasific COM
pany.
A tragic accident marred the recent
carnival celebrations at the village of
Salsas, in Bragana province, Portu-
gal. a man and bis two sons gave
representations OF the assassination of
King Carlos One OF the sons. who
was impersonating Buicea. the assas-
sin, shot and killed his father, who
was made up as Franco, with a re-
yolver which he believed was not
loaded The youth was grief-stricken
over the tragedy and with difficulty
was prevented from killing himself.
The president has signed a procla-
nation creating the Ozarh national
forest in the northwestern part of the
state OF Arkansas. The Ozark and
the Arkansas national forest, which
was created In December last. form
the two eastefnmost national forests.
The new forest has an area OF nearly
900 900 acres and is located in John
son, Newton. Searoy, Hope and Van
Buren, counties. on the divide between
the Arkansas and White rivers.
After living for six years with
broken back a complete paralytic,
Miss Effie Frishcorn, twenty-three
years old. of Ellwood City, Pa, is
dead. About six years ago. Miss
Frishcorn fell from a porch. breaking
her back. Portions OF the vertebrae
we're removed at the time. but no
hopes were entertained for her re-
covery. Ever since. she has baffled
ali physicians who attended her by
her tenacious hold on life. despite her
helpless condition.
Chief of Police II. Mallory Boush of
Norfolk. Va, has identified ring.
pawned by a parish prisoner in New
Orleans, as the property of A. II.
Berry. young Georgian. who was
murdered in Norfolk last October.
This prisoner is T. c. Felker. alias
George Hamilton, who with Charles
Neatherbee. was arrested recently
and convicted OF several robberies
Chief Boush found no evidence
against Weatherbee Berry was from
Romeo, Ca, and was visiting the
Jamestown exposition when murdered.