Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-22

deira. Cholera riots occur daily. The
food supply IL running short.
There are heavy floods In northern
Portugal. The souza river. normally
a small stream. IL a raging torrent S6
feet deep.
The state department decided that
Italy IL entitled TO the extradition OF
Porter Charlton. which was demanded
on q charge of murder and who con-
fssssd to the murder of his wife near
Lake Como. Italy.
After a battle with the censor last
ing ave years, "Salome" was produced
at Covent Garden theater In London.
The name of John tho Baptist was not
mentioned, being replaced by the Gu
phemism The Prophet"
According TO tho terms Of the will
of the late Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy. the
Christian Science church. the source
jor portion Of her estate. including the
value Of copyrights. which Is about
s1.600.O0
A revolutionary outbreak Is threat
ened in Honduras and intense excite
ment prevails throughout the country.
Martial law has been proclaimed and
the larger cities Of the republic and
the jails are filed with political pris-
oners.
In shooting match In which two
boys used each other as targets, AL
bert Perrin, fifteen years old. was
killed by his playmate, Jesse Osborn,
sixteen years old, at Indianapolis.
Currency reform; extension Of the
scope OF the national banking laws, II
there are no immediate general
changes In the monetary system; civil
service retirements; customs service
free from practical politics; business
like methods In the daily transactions
of the government and abolition Of red
tape wherever 1t clogs the wheels Of
the governments business are among
the recommendations In the annual re-
port of Secretary of the Treasury Mac
Veagh, presented to congress.
The United States district court for
the eastern district OF Pennsylvania de-
cided that there is no general conspir-
dGy dluOuB TIC dNllS COdl Vail y
ing railroads or coal companies to re-
strain trade or commerce, or to mo-
nopolize the trade or TO maintain GER
tain prices, but 1t did decide that the
Temple Iron company Is a combination
OF anthracite coal carrying railroads in
violation Of the Sherman antitrust
law.
Information reaches st. Paul. Mimi,
from Menominee, MICH, that Nan Pat
terson, who was tried three times on
the charge Of murder, was married 10
Sumner Prescott, young manufacture
er of Marinette, Wis, at st. Paul on
October "a last
1t costs so much per capita to edu-
cate the children of Montclsir, N. j.,
that the school board has engaged
Prof. Paul H Honnis Of Harvard uni
vsrsity at $50 a day to investigate
and report as to how the expenses OF
the schools may be reduced.
Five votes elected w. N. Ruby to
the Colorado supreme court because
the parties neglected to put up candi-
dates to fll the unexpircd term Of
the late Chief Justice Robert W.
Steele
George D. Horrss. formerly q bank
er Of Sioux Falls. 8. D.. was released
from the Leavenworth federal peni-
Tertiary after serving three years for
violation Of the national banking laws.
Horras was only twenty-six years old
when he went to prison.
Seven Chinese girls brought TO San
Francisco In the steamer Manchuria
assert they were kidnapped for the
slave trade in Honskong and confined
on the ship In q locker II fest square.
into which no light was lot during the
whole voyage
Generating Secretary of the In
terror Ballinger on all the charges
brought against him and condsmning
his accussrs as having been inspired
by deep feeling OF animosity, built
upon a supposed difference in policy
respecting conservation, a majority of
the congressional committee which In
vsstigated the so-called Ballinger-Pin-
chot case submitted its report to con-
grsss.
Juan Sancho Azcona was arrested
at Washington by direction OF the de-
partment OF justice on request Of the
Mexican government. Azcona is q
member of the inner council Of the
Mexican revolutionists. He was
known to be closely associated with
Francisco !. Madero, leader Of the in
surrectionists. Azcona Is former
member OF the Mexican congress and
a journalist.
Fire destroyed the Fendrich cigar
factory, the largest independent fac
tory in the world, and several other
business buildings on Main and First
streets, Evansville, Ind The losses
will run over one million dollars,
partly covered by insurance.
Duveen Bros. the greatest art and
unique dealers and connoisseurs In
America. owe the United States gov.