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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
Fearful Loss of Life.

A correspondent at La Rioja, capital Of
the province of the same name IN Argen-
geEtine. telegraphs that the city has been
ruined by Sunday nights earthquake. The
churches, schools, and public ediices were
all thrown down. The people are camping
out In the neighborhood as there was a
general rush into the upen air when the
first shock came. At times the shocka
lasted twenty six seconds The scene was
a horrible one. women shrieking and faint
ing on every hand as the walls came crash
ing down Two Sisters OF Mercy were
killed. and many more are now entom bed
beneath the ruins The Governor fears
that the killed and wounded throughout
1000, as many of the outlying towns
also suffered Not house In town Is
without damage. 1t is reported that in
various parts of the province the ground
opened and geysers of boiling water and
mud .spouted forth. The Village of Del
Arbordon has been completely swallowed
up in the huge gaps which opened in the
ground. The nation al government Is send
ing special trains with doctors tents. food
and every kind OF assistance. as we'll as
laborers to clear away the wreckage La
Prensa has opened a public subscription
list and the Town of La Rioja has contrib
uted 10. 900 milreis 1t Is estimated that
at least 20, 900 persons are homeless South
of Buenos Ayres only a slizht shock was
felt The wave appears to have passed
away to seward near the mouth of the La
Plata River
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
CRASH ON THE LACKAwANNA.

Three Persons Killed and Passengers
Shaken Up In . Collision.
Express train No 2 on the Della ware.
Lackavsnns and Western Railroad. north
bound. running at the rate OF forty miles
an hour. dashed into q freight standing on
an open switch at Forster. Pa. Three per-
sons were killed and q large number in
jured. The accident was the result Of the
express train plunging into q coal-train
engine which was backing down the
south bound track, and which BY reason
Of the open switch passed on
to the northbound track just az the
fast-nying train came along. The coal
train crew consisted OF Engineer James
Lynot and Fireman Elmer SculL The for
mer was instantly killed aud Fireman Scull
died at the hospital of his INJURIES The
express train engineer was Valenti tine But
Ter. and his fireman was William u Hosey.
Hosey was also instantly killed. but Butler
crawled out from beneath the wreck Of the
two engines with scarcely bruise. escap-
Ing the scalding steam which parboiled the
other Victims There we're no serious in
juries to passengers. us first reported. they
only suffering from shaking up when the
engines came together
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

Oooupsnts OF New York Dullding Are
BufRocatsd 70 Death During Fire.
Seven people were smothered to death
by smoke In q tenement house Gre ~ 216
West Thirty-second street. New York.
Another woman jumped from third.
story window and will dia The fre came
suddenly and cue on all escape by the
stsirways In the excitement every body
looked 10 his or her own safety. and rush
cd down the Are escape The following
persisted In the building: George Fried
man. I years; Levy Friedman. yeara
Annie AppleblAtt - years; Lena Mitchell.
"a years; Margaret Killisn. 20 years;
Jacob Killian. her son. 40 years George
Levy. Mra Killian's grandson, 20 yeara
years Lena Friedman. mother Of the dead
children. jumped from the third-story win
dow. She was badly crushed and mangled
and will dia The house IL q hve-storv
brick tenement. the ground floor being
occupied BY q grocery and the upper
stories being arranged with front and rear
apartments There were seven families In
the house. The only means of exit for the
people II by means OF a stairway, narrow
and dark. which runs directly up through
the center of the building. Before they
were thoroughly aroused the flames shot
up tnrOugh the air snaIts anu hhii-
ways. licking the wood work add cut
ting on the escape OF the ten
anita By the time the Hremen came the
inmates were In q state Of hopeless panic.
Some of them made their way to the roof
and escaped to nd joining houses Others
appeared at windows surrounded by flames
and crying piteously for aid A great
crowd gathered In the street below, un-
able to extend any relief to the papic-
stricken victims Those imprisoned per-
sons who did not lose their heads climbed
out on the fire escapes. and some OF them
reached the ground In this way. The FIRE
was extinguished soon after the hose was
turned on. and though the work OF rescue
was prosecuted with zeal from the instant
the fremen arrived on the scene, they
were too late The damage to the house
will not exceed So. 900.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
THIS WIDE WORLD.
INTELLIGENCE FROM ALL
PARTS.
NO TROUBLE IN PERU
DENIAL OF THE STORY OF REV.
OLuTION.
Three Firemen Die In . Packing House
Fire ut South Omahs-Murderous Deed
of = Buffalo Man-Pathetic Errand Of
Robt. Fulford.

Inquiries at the admiralty and foreign
ONCE In London show that no orders have
been issued for the dispatch OF the British
warships 70 Vancouver or elsewhere IL
was asserted that no information had been
received AT those departments OF revolu-
tionary trouble In Peru The dispatch
which caused the inquiry at tho admiralty
was from Victoria, b C.. and read as fol-
lows: The flagship Royal Arthur and four
ships of the Pacific squadron have orders
to rendezvous at Callao Immediately, ana
the flagship left under full steam to- night
The trouble is said to be that the British
consulate has been taken possession OF oy
revolutionists. the Consul made prisoner
his wife and daughter killed and the con :
sulate burned to the ground.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
Luck Of Senator Jones.

Senator Jones, of Nevada, told the
following story OF the finding of
match on gold-hunting trip in
early days to q Washington reporter:
1--WE set out one day to 60 up
great canyon" says the Senator,
land we found it most fatiguing, for
there was no road. Six miles OF
travel in the canyon was equal to
twenty-five miles on the level. One
of my deputies was with me. At
noon we had gone about half our
journey, and we stopped for rest.
/ was very fond of smoking and
! pulled out my pipe, intending to
take smoke. loaded up and then
reached for match. There was not
one in my pocket. My deputy was
not smoker, and he did not carry
matches. l was almost dying for
smoke. AS / was looking around
desperately / saw match lying on
the ground right beside q little
stream that ran through the canyon.
/ was almost frightened at the sight
Of it at that providential moment in
such an out-of-the-way place. L
picked it up, saying to myself OF
course it won't light. 1t has been
lying in the wet sand a long time,
and l can't expect it to light. But
it did light, and l had my smoke. l
never knew piece OF luck to beat
that. 1t is not the most important
incident in my life in which good
fortune has stood by me, but it is
one OF the strangest. "-[San Fran
cisco Examiner.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

The quiet country neighborhood
four miles south Of Indianapolis, Ind,
is enjoying n sensation which has de-
velped from horse trade whose feat
ures would discount anything in the
latter-day calendar of sharp practice
in horse trades. John Chambers, q
well-to-do young farmer, had a
smooth, clean-limbed young animal,
quiet and gentle, and good traveller,
but with q defect in breathing which
made her practically worthless. In
common parlance, she was broken
winded and the disease was so marked
that she wheezed audibly even when
standing in the stable and without
being driven, thing unusual even in
broken-winded horses, as the defect
can rarely be detected except when
it is developed by exercise. Several
days ago, q stranger rented a farm
near by and moved into the
neighborhood. Chambers thought
this his chance, and, forcing a
sponge into each nostril Of his bro
the animal to breathe only through
his mouth he drove over to see his
new conner and proposed trade. A
bargain was struck and Chambers
got horse worth a dozen of his and
SIS to boot. The purchaser did not
suspect anything for several days,
till the animal gradually grew so
offensive that he could hardly enter
the stable. He then took her to
veterinary and the latter, after pro-
tracted examination, detected and
drew out the sponges. With the re-
moval of the sponges, and the dis
charge of the accumulated pus, the
trick was discovered and the Wheel
ing returned. Chambers, under
threats Of prosecution, gave up the
animal and the money, but the neigh
bors were so incensed that they had
him arrested for cruelty to ANIMALS,
and the fine and costs amounted to
$3S.-[Chicago Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
SHE sMHEsi q

FOR miles an miles the country smiles,
An all the skies are blue;
Both night an day it's jest that way
Sowe'll be smilin', too!
When the bells are ringin',
An all the birds are singin',
It's Joy the country's bringin'-
80 we'll be joyful, too!
Year In an out, in hope an doubt,
The country'ss tandin' true;
It's faith is strength rolls along;
So we'll keep rollin'. too!
With all the sweet bells ringin',
An birds by millions singin',
It's joy the country's bringin'--
So we'll be joyful, too!
--[Atlanta Constitution
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
RIG BLAZE IN OMAHA.
Part of the, Hammond Packing Company's
Plant Destroyed.

Part of the, Hammond Packing Company's
Plant Destroyed.
A portion of the large packing and
slaug htering establishment Of the q. II.
Hammond Company, ut South Omaha,
burned Friday. The fire departments OF
Omaha and South Omaha made desper-
ate fight against the spread OF the ire 70
the entire group of the Hammond build
ings, which are huddled closely together
as well as to the immense packing plants
of Swift & Co and the Cudahy Company.
After the flames had nearly been got I'M
der control two firemen belonging to the
Hammond plant fire department we're
caught under a falling wall and instantly
killed. 1t is supposed that the fire broke
out about o'clock In the morning. 1t OBJ
tanned a tremendous start, and the killing
and the chill rooms are already burned.
The beef slaug hterlng house. In which the
fire originals is the largest OF the Ham
mond Company's buildings. and 1t Is prac-
tically Quilted. II Is estimated that the
loss on the beef house alone VIII reach
$500, 900. as It was killing 900 or more cat
tie day and was we'll stocked The In :
surance on the entire Hammond Company
plant Is placed at 81, 500, 000
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
smali-Pox at Washington.

Another case of smallpox was developed
ut Washington James L Parker. OF In
diana, law clerk In the division where
the other cases were reported, was the VIC
tim. The smallpox scare at the Interior
department gathers force. DR.. Woodmap,
the health officer of the District made an
urgent appeal to Secretary Smith to close
the entire Interior Department. In the in
terest of public health, and In accord ance
with the request an order was issued to
close the department for fumigation. This
applies to the secretary's Office, census
Office patent Office, general land Office.
miscellaneous division, railroad division.
and Indian affairs division. all of which
are In the main Interior Department
building
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
Rovon RIDING.
The Way Australian Mustangs Are
Broken In.

"Open the,gatei' roars the man.
sger. look out, you boysl" and
with q mad rush out flies the colt
through the open gate, like a shell
from howitzer. For twenty yards
be races at full speed, then prop
ping" as IL galvanized, shoots up
ward with the true deer's leap, all
four feet in the air at once from
which the vice takes It's name), and
comes down with his head between his
forelegs and his nose (this watched
narrowly touching the girths. But
the rider has swayed back in his sad
die with instructive ease, and is quite
prepared for succession of light
ning-like bounds-sideways, upward,
downward, backward-as the agile
and frantic animal appears to turn in
the air, and to come down with his
head in the place where his tail was
when he rose.
For an instant he stops; then, per-
haps, the spurs are sent in so as to
accentuate the next performance.
The crowd meanwhile Of six or seven
hundred people, mostly young or in
the prime of life, follow cheering and
clapping with every fresh attempt on
the part Of the frenzied steed to dis
pose of his rider. A few minutes Of
this exercise suffice to exhaust and
steady the widest colt.
1t is o species Of ''monkeying, a
device Of the buck-breaker, who ties
a bag on to the back Of timid colt,
and he, frightened out of his life, as
IL by monkey perched there, ex-
hausts himself and permits the rider
to mount and ride away with but lit
tie resistance. Sometimes, indeed,
the colt turns in his tracks, and be-
ing unmanageable in his paroxysms,
charges the crowd, whom he scatters
with great screaming and laughter
as they fall over each other or climb
the boundary fence. But very
shortly, with lowered head and trem-
bling frame, he allowed himself
to be ridden to the gate of
egress.
There he is halted, and his rider
taking hold of his left ear with his
bride hand, swings lightly to the
ground, closely alongside of the
shoulder. Did he not so alight, the
agile mustang is capable of a light
ming wheel and dangerous kick.
Indeed, one rider dismounting care
lessly discovered this to his cost
after riding a most unconscionable
performer.-I New York World.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

HAMBURG bsfoss snyhody II Chicago
learnsd Of his sudden and sensation al
flight Then 70 became known that ~
steward Of Washington Park Club.
he had embexxled large amount
OF money. just how much wilr never
be known. but his tealings aggregate a
least S1s. 600. and possibly much larger
sunl Just before he ran away Reese packed
up all the books and papers in his once and
carried them down stairs TO the engine
room Of the aristocrstic clubhouse
sThrow those In the furnace and burn
them. he shouted TO the fireman. sor Ill
shoot you In your tracksn The trembling
fireman swung back the furnace door.
threw in the mass OF books and credit
checks, and In q few moments the only
records by which the extent of Reese's
embarrassment could be learned had been
destroyed Then he skipped
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
In Search Of Salt.

Frank Cushing, of the United States
National Bureau Of Ethnology, be-
lieves that the necessity of procur-
ing salt had much to do with the
migration Of interior tribes. In the
folklore Of the Zuni there is salt
goddess, who is the daughter of the
ocean, and salt itself, they believed,
was derived from the sun. Perhaps
we do not give sufficient credit to the
methods Of the interchange OF COM
modities which must have existed in
the earliest periods. New York
Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
DIED IN A FIRE BOX.
Sixteen Humans Burned to n Crisp In a
Seattle Hotel.

Sixteen Humans Burned to a Crisp In a
Seattle Hotel.
At Seattle, Washington. sixteen PER-
sons-ten men, three women. and three
children - were burned to death In
the West street Hotel Saturday morn
ing. Thirteen bodies have been identi-
fed The financial loss Is less than
10000, we'll insured. The fire was
undoubtedly caused by the explosion
of lamp in the kitchen The pro-
prietor's son was aroused by the noise of
the explosion about o'clock, but before
he could investigate the flames had spread
all through the house The corruga ted
iron sheeting kept the flames hid until
nearly the whole interior was a furnace
The thin partitions were of resinous pine
covered with cheesecloth and burned furi-
ously.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
SUGAR CROP OF HAWAII.
The Outlook for 1898 Is Said to BE Very
Good.

The Outlook for 1895 Is Said to BE Very
Good.
The outlook for the Hawaiian sugar crop
of 1895 is very fiattering. For several
years this industry has been IN depressed
condition. This has been due In part TO
successive seasons of drought The dry
seasons have taught the sugar growers a
lesson. Immense reservoirs for the storage
of water have been bnilt In the mountains.
whore the rainfall Is always very heavy.
From these reservoirs the water is con :
Quoted In pipes TO the plantations across
hills and sandy plains In some cases as
far as forty miles. The Hawaiian Com
mercial and Sugar Company has expended
nearly $50. 900 in the development Of it's
water supply this year The sugar crop of
1895 will begin to como into the market
very soon and Is estimated at $50, 900 tons.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
Two Whaling ships Return.

The whalers Hidalgo and La Mia got
into San Francisco from the arctic Friday
morning. The Hiialgo has 100 barrels OF
oil, 1000 pounds Of bone, and 200 pounds
of ivory. The La Mia came I'm bare after
a nineteen months cruise The Hidalgo
took only one whale, and that cost the life
of one of her crew. A snarl among the lines
capsized the whaleboat, and before assist
ance could reach the crew Harry Strath-
more. a native OF Washington. was drowned
His body was recovered. and given burial
at sea.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
To Place Annie Pixley's Ashes.

Robert Fulford. OF New York. the theat-
rical manager, has gone to London, Ont t,
on pathetic erraed. He took with him
the ashes of his late wife, Annie Pixley.
the actress who died last winter In Eng
land. They will be placed on the ceme-
terry lot where her only son, Tommie Full
ford. Is buried A handsome monument
will be erected over tho remains of both by
Mr.. Fulford. The late actress visited Lon
don every summer to renew the flowers on
the grave OF her son, OF whom she was pas
sionately fond. Grief over his death hast
ened her own.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
ON AN OLD CHARGE.

John Eckert Held for Drowning Ambrose
Rude Two Years Ago.
John Eckert, of San Pierre, Ind, was ar
rested and taken to Valparaiso by officers
from that city, TO answer to the charge OF
drowning Ambrose Rude in the Kankakee
River nearly two years ago. He was ar
rested at that time. but the evidence was
not sufficient and the court suspended
trial and Eckert was allowed his freedom.
He has been bringing suits against his
neigh bors. and they. rather than be COM
PEELED to answer In court. have settled
with him for various sums female de-
tective, 1t is claimed. found additional
evidence sufficient to prove his guilt
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
Kirk Com mits Suicide.

George Kirk, solicitor for Chicago
laundry, shot his sweetheart Florence
Schultz, and then fred u bullet into his
own head, killing himself instantly. The
woman will live. Kirk was about %
years old. A few weeks ago he met Flor
euce Schultz u married woman, but not
living with her husband. He fell desper-
ately In love with the woman. and before
he had known her three days proposed
marriage The woman was not anxious to
put her neck in the marriage yoke again.
and she told Kirk to wait awhile until she
knew him better
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
MURDERED HIS PARENTS.
william Gipp, without Provocation, Shoots
His Father and Mother.

HIS Fhther ana Wother'
Without known provocation, William
Gipp killed his mother aud fatally wound
ed his father at their home in Buffalo
The murderer, who was employed as a
railway car inspector, the duties OF which
position kept him out all night, entered the
house on his return from work, and with
out word to show his intention. drew n
revolver. with which he fred twice at his
mother One bullet struck her In the tenn
pie, while the other took effect In her body.
She died almost instantly. The shots
aroused the family. The father was the
first to appear, and at him the son fred
twice. one bullet striking him at the COR
ner of the right eye, near the nose, and the
other taking effect in his right breast The
other sons then entered the room and
grappled with William
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
Five Mangled by a Train.

wagon containing a party returning
from dance was struck by Big Four
Train near Lebanon. Ind. Sunday morn
ing. and Ave of the merry makers were
killed. The dead we're: Gertrude Davis.
Grace Davis, Tenna George. Carl Gowans,
Nav McUanleL
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
DIED AT HIS POST.
Chicago Policeman Shot Down by . Man
He Had Filled with Lead.

Chicago Policeman Shot Down by . Man
He Had Filled with Lead.
Policeman George Krum, of Chicago,
was shot and killed early Thursday morn
Ing at 161 Twentieth street. The officer
was passing the house when he heard loud
talk, and thinking that row was In prog
ress he entered. On the second floor Of the
building he opened q door and found
several persons quarreling. One of the
men was James Burns 1t Is supposed
that Burns got angry at the officers inter-
ference and shot him. Burns was himself
shot three times by the officer. and he is
now dying at the county hospital The
police were soon on the scene and all the
the occupants OF the house we're arrested.
The body OF onicer KruP was found lying
on the stairway where he had fallen In his
attempt to escape from the house.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
TRAIN HOLD-UP AFAILURE.

Robbers Place Obstruction on the Lake
Shore Line Near Buffalo, N. Y.
An attempt was made to wreck the Bos-
ton and Chicago special on the Lake sh ore
Railway near Lake View, ten miles west of
Buffalo, by placing plank and stones on
the track just west of siding
Fortunately the distractions we're discov :
cred and the train was stopped Superin-
tendent Niles does not credit the theory OF
train bbery. An investigation is now In
progress
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
shoots Children for Being Noisy.

A crowd of little boys and girls was play
ing in the streets of Severance. Kan. near
the home of Daniel Wood They were
making considerable noise and Wood fred
into the crowd with q shotgun. fatally in
juring Willie Ward and Rosa Delaney and
wounding Lizzie Corcoran. Wood was ar
rested at once by Marshal Hall. and It was
with difficulty that the prisoner was kept
out OF the hands of mob As soon as
possible he was removed to Troy to avoid
violence
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
Improvement in Sugar sesta.

Improvement in the quality Of
beets and in the process of manufac-
ture is so great that in Germany the
root will produce ten per cent. Of it's
weight in sugar. This is encouraging
to those who are experimenting in
this line In this country.-[New
York World.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
Costly Blaze in Kansas CITY.

Fire at Kansas City destroyed the store
and stock of the Green Grocery Company.
The store was a four-story building al
Santa Fe and St Louis avenues. and was
built ia 1885 at a cost of $4,000 II was
insured for $4,000 The stock was worth
$50, 900 and was insured for $50. 900. James
Green was the sole owner OF tho building
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
BEES MAY GO BY MAIL

San Salvador Honey Makers Admissible In
Sample Lots.
The Intern ational Bureau of the Uni
versal Postal Union at Berne. Switzerland,
has officially announced that the postal
administration OF Salvador give, circula-
ton In Its mails to packages containing
live bees Consequently packages of live
bees will be admitted as "samplesn to the
mails hereafter dispatched from this coun-
try to the republic of Salvador, provided
they are properly packed
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
Over n Hundred Dead.

The Union Line steamer wairaipa, bound
from sydney. N. 8 W.. for Auckland. was
wrecked Sunday night on Great Barrier
Island, OF the northeast coast OF New Zea-
land. The steamer had large number Of
passengers. and liz OF them were drowned.
The number of the saved Is not positively
known. but among the rescued are some OF
the Messengers