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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
READS OF HIS MURDER.
John Crow VIII Free the Man Sentenced
for Life for Murder.

John Crow VIII Free the Man Sentenced
for Life for Murder.
John Crow left Muncie, Ind. for Jack
son. Mich, the other evening on an i'm
portant mission he said: ~ am going TO
free man who has been In the peniten-
tiary nine years and Is innocent / am
supposed to be dead. In the eye of the
public was murdered nine years ago this
month near Big Rapids, Mich. and
now man named John Van Nimmangs is
serving q life sentence in the Michigan
State penitentiary. My neme is John
Crow. Since that time I have not been
aware that anything was wrong until q
few days ago, when picked up Detroit
paper and read an article aboxt an at
tempt being made to secure the pardon Of
John Van Nimmangs, who is In tho peni-
tentiary on the charge of numbering me- n
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
LARGE FOR THE WEEK.

In Spite of Strikes There Is q Good Vol
umo of Trade.
r. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review Of
Trade says;
Storms and floods. prolonged strikes,
and large Exports of gold have done their
utmost to give business q vacation. But
wants unsattsHed during the last year. be-
lated and much lessened. and yet greater
than those of any other nation, have
caused a volume of trade quite large for
the season. Prices Of products still tend
downward without much speculation.
Failures diminish In Importance, the
amount of liabilities for the past week be-
ing only $4,000. 1870. and for three weeks,
81. s36. ore, OF which g. 642, 6s7 were OF man
ufacturing and e5. 025. 007 Of trading con-
Germs The number Of failures reported Is
1873 In the United States, against $50 the
same week last year. and In Canada 2S,
against IL last year, and again there are
noted scarcely any of Importance
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31

Iss1ss - x.!I y $1,000 9 - ~:
- proo11cally Z new church. .
church vlohe~s = 1s6nao'o epoo4 boo
sbroad enough ard big enough 70 shell
Ter humsnisy.S said D. Hirsoh. will
b established - the crownins sct OF the
Congress sThs new temples said DR.
Hirsch further In strain OF enthu siasm 1t
the reception given thoee sttonding the
Congress 1T the Standard Club swHl BE- .
terror 20 tyrsuts. solsce TO every suffer-
ing heart and . beacon light TO every
sourching mind
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
EXPERIMENT. WAS DISASTROUS
Engine Boiler. Heated with OIL, Explodes
and Injuries Two Men.

Engine Boiler. Heated with OIL, ExplodeA
and Injuries Two Men.
On account OF the scarcity OF coal the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
made an experiment of trying to run the
locomotive OF the fast mail train from
Chicago with coal oil The oil ex-
ploded. scattering the burning fluid
over the engineer and fireman. II Is
thought the engineer Is so badly
burned that he cannot recover. The fire.
man was also badly burned about the face.
neck and breast The coal supply of St
Louis is almost exhausted. and unless some
agreement is reached whereby the miners
will shortly resume work many large fac
tories In that city will be compelled to close
down on account Of lack of fuel The coal
famine has struck Sioux City, and the rail-
roads centering there have only weeks
supply on hand The price Of steam coal
II advancing rapidly
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
TO INVESTIGATE A SCANDAL

Armor-Plate Inquiry to Fall to the Lot of
the House Naval COMMITTEES.
The House Committee on Rules reported
back q substitute for the Dunphy resolu-
ton. The substitute authorizes the House
Committee on Naval Affairs to investigate
the armor- plate scandal A great mass OF
information has been collected BY the spe-
cial committee. and IL Is expected that this
data will be called for by Chairman Cum
mings, and that all the persons connected
with the manufacture Of the defective
plate will be summoned before the COM
mittee
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
The biggest Dog IN the World.

The biggest dog ever known was a
st Bernard named Plinlimmor, shown
at an English dog show in 1856. He
stood thirty-fve inches high at the
shoulder and weighed pa pounds. Pin
limmon is no. in this country, or, at
least, was brought to America directly
after being exhibited, having been
bought by an American gentleman at
a price so large that it is said he never
would tell what it was.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
Church Ladies Publish q Paper.

The edition of the Mankato tMinn.) Daily
Free Press Saturday night was edited and
managed entirely by ladies OF the Presby-
terian church Six extra pages and forty
columns of extra advertising were added.
and the issue was great success The
regular stated remained away from the
Office. and the corps Of editors, reporters
and advertising solicitors was made up
from among the leading ladies In the city.
who had full charge The proceeds were
several hundred dollars and will be used
toward new church.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
"-- Per


Coxey. Browne and Jones were sentenced
by Judge Miller in the Washington Police
Court Monday afternoon to twenty days In
jail for violating the statute Of the United
States prohibiting the display Of partisan
banners In tho Capitol grounds. and Coxcy
and Browne were fined Is each addition al
for trespassing on the grass. the alterna-
tive being another ton days in jail Jone.
was acquitted on this last charge
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
LUCK OF ANDREW J. DAVIS, JR.
An Ex-Empioye of tho Chicago Herald
Gains Enormous Wealth.

An Ex-EmplOye or tho chicago herald
Gains Enormous Wealth.
BY decision In the District Court at
Butte. Mont, Andrew J. Davis, Jr.,
young man formerly clerk In the count
ing room of the Chicago Herald, becomes
more than a milliona ire and the principal
owner In q bank. the annual income OF
which is something more than 100000.
The inheritance comes from the young
mans uncle. A. J. Davis. Sn, who was re-
puted to be worth from 100000 to S.
100000. Shortly before his death. In tn Q
presence of witness, he handed his
nephew certificates representing $50 of the
1000 shares of stock of the First National
Bank OF that city. telling him that he al
ways intended to give him the bank upon
his (the elder Davis') death and he did not
expect to live very long. No written as
alignment OF the stock transfer upon the
records of the bank books or power OF at
torney was made, and on the ground that
the transfer was illegal the other heirs
brought suit
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
oOMPARIsON OF TARIFFS.

Duties In tho Senate and House Bills and
the Mckinley Law.
The Treasury experts have completed
their work Of calculating the equivalent
ad valorem rates Of the compromise tariff
bill a. compared with tho equivalent ad
valorem rates of the Mckinley Law and
those of the Wilson bill. which show the
following averages on each OF the sched ules
aud for each Of the two bills and the exist
Ing law;
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
Must Expel Breckinridse.

There was a sensation at q meeting In
Lexington. KY. OF the Confederate Vet
erans' Association and It's auxiliary. called
to arrange for the decoration of Confeder-
ate graves Mrs M A. Harrison. member
OF the auxiliary. and wives of other lead
ing citizens, made addresses In which they
said they would not place flower on the
grave of a single Confederate unless the
association expelled Colonel Breckenridge
he meeting adjourned In con fusion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
Tn Uonor of yIctor,..

The dawning OF the Queens birthday
was celebrated in London by the ringing
of bells and the firing Of a royal salute Of
twenty-one guns at Windsor Flags were
displayed from the towersof the castle and
streets and houses were decorated with
bunting.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
Judrc Jenkin, condemned.

Judge jenkins was condemned by the
House Judiciary Committee by the adop-
tion OF the Boatner report The result
will be the introd uction of bills TO correct
the law so as to prevent a duplication of
the Jenkins injunctions and the offering of
q resolution condemning his course.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
u.hrev sw,nd,ed Ont q, All ooo.

Isaac Farmer. n wealthy Hebrew Of New
York City. claims TO have been svindled
out of $1,000 at Columbus, Ohio The
gold brick plan was used, but the article
sold was block OF railroad stock. II
proved to be bogus
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31

Samuel Mccullough. of Chicago, COM
mitted suicide while suffering from demen-
tia. Not satisfied with hanging himself TO
rafter he arranged the apparatus SO that
when the trap was pulled his head rested
in q tub full of water
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
KILLED In a Church.

The trouble over which the congrega-
tion of st. Casimir's Polish Catholic Church
at Freeland, Pa, has been divided for a
year or more eliminated Sunday In a riot
In which four men we're shot, two OF whom
will die A number Of others were serious
ly injured.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
Five Thousand corey,.ss.

Representative Davis, OF Kansas. has
made careful estimate OF the different
bands of Coxeyites on the way 70 Wash =
ington and claims that there are 8. 600 men
tram ping or riding on boats and borrowed
trains toward the capital
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31

Miss Julia Msrlowe, the actress, Is soon
TO mary Robert Tabor. her former leading
man A story TO this effect was con Hrmed
by Miss Marlowe herself 10 an interviews.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
Another Lost City Found.

The American arch@ologists who went
60 the recently discovered hidden city in
the Sierra Madre mountains have re-
turned, and tell of another hidden city
ave Spanish leagues north Of the first city.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
Woman Killed bv Ligbtninr.

During a severe rainstorm in Muncie.
Ind, sunday morning Miss Anna Howard
was struck by lightning and killed She was
at her home near the Indiana Iron Works
In the south part OF the city feeding
chickens at the time. The bolt did no
other damage. but badly frightened many
persons.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
Combine Ia ILLEGAL.

Attorney General Little, of Kansas, has
given an opinion that tho Master Plumbers
Association OF the State comes under the
provision Of tho State trust Law. and that
the members. in combining against nom
members are subject to criminal prosecu-
ton
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
Confession of a Money-Order Forger.

J. 6 Breeding, who was arrested at San
Antonio. Texas. charged with the forgery
Of numerous Wells Fargo money orders, is
In jail at St Louis. Breeding made q con-
fession. When he perfected his scheme he
went to Chicago and got sections OF plates
from different printing offices until he had
a complete plate of a ells-Fargo Express
Company money order He then secured
q printing outfit struck of his blank
money orders, and went to St Louis He
was discovered before he realized any.
thing
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
Knights Temp,ar, On Parade.

At the forty first annual conclave of the
knights Templars In Pittsburg the feature
of the 6rst day was the parade. In which
2, 900 knights participated
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
s. Guy Sea and His Coac hman Arrested.

8. Guy Sea and His Coschman Arrested
6. Guy Sea. of Chicago. and his coach
man, Charles Riley. were arrested at Gin
cinnati Ohio. for cruelty to animala Sea
is under treatment for consumption. He
started out for q drive One of the horses
baked. when Sea leaped to the ground,
broke two whips over the animals head.
and began to pull and twist the animals
tongue Spectators of the scene telephoned
to the Humane Society. and Superinte
ont Smith aud an officer made the arrest
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
KILLED In Their sleep.

At Yuma, A. T.. the porches of Antonio
Bustamente's house fell while the family
was asleep, killing his wife and one daugh-
ter and badly injuring three other daugh-
ters and himself
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
BLOODY FIGHT IN KENTUCKY.

Three Mon Killed In Battle with Three
Others In Harlan County.
James Middleton. Sinclair Middleton and
r shackleford were shot and killed In
Harlan County. Kentucky, In a fight with
Gilbert saylor. Bert and Noble HensIey.
There Il considerable excitement over the
affair. as the mon arc all we'll known
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31

The clubs Of tho National and Western
Leagues stand ~ follows In the champion
ship races
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
The ONLY clock I'm the World.

The Only CLOCK IN the "o'
In the year $50 A. ID. Pope Paul |.
sent the only clock in the known world
as a present to Pepin, King OF France.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
Now Plan of saIxation.

As the outcome of the Chicago Congress
OF Liberal Religionists. At Sinai Temple q
great summer school. based on the Chau-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31
THE NATIONS SOLONB.
SENATE AND HOUSE or REPRE-
sENTATlvES.

OR National Lav-Mskers and whas 1hsx(
Ars Doing for the Good Of the Csustzy@<
vszssus Measures Proposed. Diss.sssa
and Actod Upon.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-31

would assuredly take the plunge like
thoroughbreds.
True, there was ten feet of water
at least; but then both OF them
knew how to swim and there could be
no risk to their lives.
Moreover" Jean reflected, "they
will never dare present themselves to
their loved one-to their future wife
like dripping dogs just coming out
OF their baths and shaking water from
their coats with every movement OF
their bodies"
Jean persuaded himself that love
excuses everything in this world, and
even IL it was little mean he would
put the plan into action.
He dragged the two plahks onto
the bank without losing minute
more-for 9 O'Clock had just sounded
from the village church--he approach
ed the mill and rang the bell. His
heart was beating rather wildly, but
he felt no remorse in his soul and
proved that he possessed a nature
well hardened against the prick OF
the holy needles Of conscience.
"Ah, Mr.. Badjoker," said the mil.
Ter angrily. Here you are at last u
He had sent Marthe into an ad-
joining room in case the visit should
have q violent termination.
"Why do you speak to me like
| that, Mr.. Miller?" asked Jean with
the most natural manner in the world.
~ suppose you made bet among
yourselves, heinz" continued the
burly miller, gruff1y.
"How-a bet. NJ. Bernardo
"Eh bien. with those inseparable
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left him by his father being nearly II
quarter of million of dollars, great
deal of money in those days. All of
his fortune, however, was freely given
Tor the American cause, and when he
died III 1889 he was a poor man.
General Nelsou's father laid the cor
nerstone of the house which bears the
family name in 1872. Tie future
General was then baby only twelve
months old.
Had General Nelson done nothing
else to s3nder him worthy OF the name
of patriot, his net during the siege of
Yorktown would have Daen sufficient.
He personally took charge of the first
battery which opened upoG the be-
leaguered town, and, it is said, aimed
the first gan at his Cwn residence. He
offered the gunner reward of five
guineas for every shot fired into the
house. From the appescance of the
place at the present day, that gunner
evidently did his work well, and was
the possessor of II pocketful of guineas
after the surrender of the British
General.
The house, owing to the fact of its
being the finest one in Yorktown and
occupying II commanding position,
was naturally supposed to be the
headquarters either of CORVALLIS
or some OF his chief officers. Hence
the furious bombardment made upon
it. But CORVALLIS had his head
quarters in another Nelson house,
occupied by William Nelson, General
Nelson's uncle. William Nelson was
too old to engage actively in the stir
ring events of the time and had re-
sired to live quietly in his own home,
which stood not far from the original
Nelson residence. When the English
arrived he was suffering severely from
the gout and was unable to leave the
town. General CORVALLIS treated the
aged owner with marked considera-
ton. But the guns of the besiegers
were trained with unerring aim upon
this house as well, and during the first
day of the bombardment one of the
old mans negro slaves was killed by
she'll.
Besides his nephew, General Nelson,
the old man had two soIs in the
American army, and their anxiety for
The safety of their father, according
to one who was present at the time,
was painful to witness. The sona
inally persuaded General Washington
10 send flag of truce within the
British lines with request that
their father be permitted to leave the
town. Chevalier de Chastellux, a
Major General under Count de Ro-
,hambean, was in the American lines
iuring the siege, and in speaking of
this occurrence says:
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rrNrErAvcr NEWS Ayr worrs.

fntemparance annually causes 800 persons
In Prussia to commit suicide.
Illinois has 300 active Loyal Trnpnrancp
Legons with u membership Of $4,000.
Fifteen English brewer1 AMI win" NOR
chants who died last year lett over $50
0O0.
Slrouc drink Is not aniy the devils way
into mnn. but man way 10 the devil
Adam Clark, u. II.
The imports OF malt liquors in the Dutch
East Indies amounted in yalu' IN lSj! to
109,i ,il5 Dutch dorins.
Whisky. good 10 preserve corpses, ought
never to turn you into u corpse. DO not
touch i,,-Dr. Talmage.
The city OF London has about 1000 chart-
able Institutions, 756 of which expended last
year n total OF sH 7U,i7o
recent Minnesota Law puuishes the
srunkard by fine Of $40 to $40 for the first
orense, from $40 TO 500 for the second, and
ninc-y days Imprisonment ir the workAouSe
for tae third
All intoxicating drinks are poisonous. The
lighter beers and the finest fermcntsd wines
are rs truly, though not as strongly, intoxl-
eating as are the coarsest and cheapest splr-
itous drinks. DR.. Norman Kerr.
Any one who is familiar with the action OF
poison upon the living animal body, and has
made that subject OF special study, has not
the smallest hesitation In saying that alco-
hol is "a polson.-Dr. W. b. Carpenter.
The Commissioner OF Internal Revenue is
sued 40, 97S tax receipts to retail liquor deal
ers In tue Stats OF New York tho first fiscal
year, and 1884 for rstaiing malt liquors
ouly-making u total OF 4, 562 retail liquor
,eaiers.a
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house which frequently, although mis-
takenly, has been called the head
quarters of Cornwaliis during the
siege Of Yorktown. 1t, however, played
a verv prominent part in that decisive
Evolutionary year of 1871, and is one
OF the few historic landmarks left in
America which have survived both the
destroying force OF time and the march
Of improvements. The indentations
Of numerous cannon balls are still Wis
iblc on the old walls, plainly attesting
to the severe hombardment TO which
It was subjected.
The house was owned b. General
Thomas Nelson, Jr., signer Of the
Declaration of independence, and one
Of the noblest and most self-sacriiiciEg
patriots OF the Revolution. Previous
&c the war he was wealthy, the estate
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
scsE DECORATIVE poS'rs.

Don't put extra heavy drapery in
small rooms.
Don't overload your rooms with fur
niture and bric-a-brac.
Don't place an easel with large
picture thereon N the middle of the
parlcr floor.
Don't place large wooden pedestal
with n group of statuary between the
easel aud the further corner.
Don't place upon small table q
delicate piece of Italian statuary GOV.
cred with n canopy of glass.
Don't have big Chinese porcelain
jar in a room only four times the width
of the jar.
Don't use table lamp of herculean
proportions on small table or in n
small room. Give the eve space rs
well as the lungs. Space in the centre
of the room is MS precious rs the most
costly piece of furniture, for il en-.
riches all the furnishings.
Every apartment should convey the
feeling of use rather than the idea
that il is room for the exhibition of
furniture. Woman.
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.r,ord Cornuollis had too much bn.

'Lord CORVALLIS had too much hu.
manity to refuse request 80 Just, nor
can j recollect without emotion the
moment in which I saw this old gen.
tleman alight at General Washington's.
He was seated. the fit OF gout not hav.
ing yet left him, and while we stood
around him he related to us with
serene countenance what had been the
effect of our batteries and how much
his house had suffered from the first
shot"
General Nelson did great deal for
Virginia during the Revolutionary
period. He advanced large sums Of
money to pay the troops when the
Congressional Treasury was empty.
Through his influence and largely on
his own personal security he succeeded
in raising the greater part OF two.
million dollar loan called for by Vir.
ginia in 1880. For many years he was
member of tho Virginia Convention
and also of Congress. He was one OF
the committee which drew up the
Declaration OF independence, and he
signed that memorable document July
3, l77G. During the war he was for a
time Governor of Virginia.
In 1922 an effort was made in the
Virginia Assembly to repay to the
heirs OF General Nelson part of the
money he had advanced during the
Revolution. Although favorably re-
ceived, the matter lay dormant until
1881, when the State Auditors re.
ported against it. A petition to Con-
gress met with no better success, and
in 1889 Philip Nelson, the patriots
grandson, made another vain attempt
, before the Virginia Assembly.
General Nelson was buried in York
town, beside his father. Nelson Coun.
tv, in Virginia, is named in his honor,
and his statue in bronze is one of the
six which adorn the Washington mon
ument Mt Richmond, Va.
In 1924, General Lafayette, during
his last and triumphal visit to this
country, occupied the old Nelson
house during the time that grand
celebration was given NJ Yorktown in
his honor, Early in the Civil War il
was occupied for time 10y the Con.
federate soldiers, and after the battle
OF Bethel, June 10, 1861, the house
was used rs II hospital for the wounded
Federals who fe,l into the hands of
the Confederates.
The Nelson house, although 1S2
years old, is still i'll an excellent state
of preservation, and, unless overtaken
hV some unforeseen accident will
easily survive long into the twentieth
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WHISKY ANp wAr.

Simon pakaCu. the son of the Indian chic'
who ccded TO wliic men the ground on which
Chicago stands, visited the Worlds Fair. He
was vpxad by the sale oi liquor IN the grounds
aud alterward wrote : letter In which N,
says that the Fort Dearborn massacre of
1912 was caused 10y liquor furnished to the
Indians. In defence ot his race he dcnics
that IL was a massacre. but battle. In which
the Indians lost more than the whites But =,
he says. "my father said 'rattlesnnkc water
had more 10 do with the light than anythin:
else. When shipments were received 1t the
fort there were ilvc barrels OF snake witertp
one ot flour and meat, and thnt il was "a
common thing for traders 10 say Whisky
Is legal tender for the red man. lie often
said with a sigh. that he had seen mU-krat
skins sold fora sewing thimhclu. co. % .
deer skin sold for a drink ot IL buffalo
robe for a pint ot IT, and "a hcJ. sNIL for a
quar-, Of it.'--The Organizer.