Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-03-18
SUMMARY OF NEWS,
Brief Paragraphs Of the Worlds Latest
Occurrences.

The police OF Providence, II. l., have
taken a census OF the unemployed
people; 5000 were found.
Despondent over his discharge after
twenty-five years employment with a
telegraph company, Harry L Jones OF
Chicago committed suicide by inhaling
gas.
Edward l.. Day, millionaire head OF
breakfast food company, at Cleve-
land, o., is dead at the Good Samari-
tan hospital. In Los Angeles, OF urae-
mic poisoning.
A denial was made at the italian
court OF a marriage engagement be-
tween the Duke OF Abruzzi, a cousin
OF King Victor Emmanuel, and Miss
Katherine Elkins, daughter OF Senator
Ellins OF West Virginia.
Rear Admiral Theodore F. Kane, re-
tired. is dead In New York He was
born in Washington, ID. c., In 1910.
During the civil war he was In active
naval service on the cambridge. the
Savannah and the Neptune. He was
retired in 1896
Among the recent arrivals In San
Francisco is DR.. Chin Tao Chen, senior
secretary to the Chinese board OF A.
nance. He has been dispatched 20
this country to study the currency
question and will later pursue similar
studies in Europe.
Coal in huge quantities is being
stored by the railroads and by deal
supplying big establishments. The in
centive is the possibility of a strike
among the bituminous miners in the
next three months.
AS result Of friction with the
United States officials on crossing the
border line between the United States
and Mexico. LANG Hsun, the charge
d'affaires OF the Chinese legation In
Mexico City, who is at the Fairmont
says he will return to America.
At the annual parliamentary dinner
which has just taken place at the
quirinal in Rome, a notable fact was
that for the first time the menu was
printed entirely in Italian, at the ex
press wish Of the king. Italian anC
not French will be the language Of the
court in the future. ~-Sz.ssESs- s.-s
A persistent rumor that President
and Mrs. Roosevelt will visit England
next year is current in American cir
Giles in London. II is said that HI
will stay six months in London will
his family and will study the organi
cation of the navy and the manage
ment OF the dock yards.
]. f. Kavanaugh a wealthy lumber
man OF Davenport, Ia. has reported
to the police, in New Orleans, tina
he had been feeced out of $37,50I
by a party OF men who posed as rep
resentatives OF prominent sporting
clubs. Kavanaugh said he was in
duced TO bet on a fake wrestling
match
Frederick w. Foster, machinist anC
gunner on the Confederate cruise
Alabama during the civil war, and on'
Of forty men who escaped when tina
vessel was sunk by the United States
cruiser Kearsarge, is dead in Atchison
Kas Foster kept his connection will
the Alabama's career a secret unit
less than a year ago.
Former Judge o. W. Buchanan o
Winnsboro s. c., whose wife is |
niece of Senator Tillman, was mys
teriously shot and perhaps MORTAL,
wounded, while on his way from CO
lumbus TO Augusta, Ca, TO see hi
niece, who is Ill. The shot was fire.
through the car window, near Ward
S. c. He is in a critical condition.
A so-called Coxey's army of Cali
fornia will start from Oakland an
San Francisco for Sacramento AM
will be joined enroute by unemploye'
In such numbers that II is announce
that fully 1.00e will be In line by tn
time they reach the state capital
They intend to demand from the stat
authorities certain measures whicl
they believe of benefit to them.
Investigation OF the churches OF Oh
cago regarding the danger from fir
and the protection of congregation
in the matter OF exits has been starte
by the captains OF the fire department
Although no reports have been re
ceived, a canvass of few of the sta
lions near the downtown distric
showed four OF the churches violate
the state law as well as city ordinanc
in the locking of certain exit doors.
Because Of a general misappreher
sion on the subject of the change 4
the national flag, necessitated by az
mission of Oklahoma to the UnioI
the war department. In Washington
has found Il necessary to issue eli
GUAR letters TO correspondents SUI
gesting designs for the flag, that
design has been already adopted, to g
into effect on the fourth of July mex
In the approved design the field q
q unfon ~ the flag cOnsigte of fOrtv-si