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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14
Notes of Current Events.

The men connected with Cotner Uniyer-
sity at Lincoln, Neb., who were accused
of robbing grave, were discharged
Lewis Cooper, an electric lineman, was
killed ut Elwood, ILL.,, by the breaking of
a spliced pole on which he was working.
The discovery of gold at the mouth of
Little Cottonwood, eighteen miles south
of Salt Lake City, Utah, is causing con.
siderable excitement.
Oregon's House Of Representatives has
declared against the Reilly funding bill
and In favor of immediate foreclosure
proceedings against the Pacific roads.
Now that the grinding season Is over
at the sugar mills, the Italians are leav-
ing Louisiana in large numbers and re-
turning to their homes in Sicily and Italy.
One steamer took 420.
Gen. A. p. Martin, chairman of the
Boston Police Commission, has written
to Governor Greenhalge, recommending
the organization of police departments of
the cities and towns Of the common
wealth on footing similar to that Of th,
State nAaikiA-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14
RAISING SUGAR BEETS'
GERMAN GROWERS ALARMED AT
AMERICAN PROGRESS.
Farners In This Country Have the
Advantage OF More Fertile Soil and
Can Raise Crop ut One-third the
Cost to Their Foreign Competitors.
oerman Merchante Angry.


European economists are alarmed at
the prospect that the United States, the
greatest sugar country In the world, and
always relied upon to absorb the surplus
European product, will at no distant date
produce all of its own sugar. Frank Ma
SON, United States Consul General ut
Frankfort, Germany, has submitted to the
State Department special report on
American competition In sugar produc-
ton, which is full of interesting statistics
on the subject.
Among other things he shows that the
crop of beet-sugar last year exceeded ny
100000 tons the product Of the preceding
year. The production of cane sugar has
doubled in the past twenty years., while
that OF beet sugar has trebled. Careful
examinations of the possibilities of beet
sugar production in the United States
have been made by European correspond
ents who show that certain districts. no.
tably California and some of the more
Southerly and Westerly States, enjoy de-
cided natural advantages over oil the
beet-producing countries Of Europe.
-Four elements enter into the competi-
ton, climate, cost and fertility of land,
cost of labor and the effective economy
of the machinery and methods of cultivn-
ton and sugar manufacture In all but
one-cost of lnbor-the Unitet-States has
the advantage. An English correspond
ent shows that whereas beet-growing In
Germany, Notwithstanding the cheapness
of labor, costs on an average OF $5O3O
per acre; in California, in spite of high
wages, the net cost does not exceed $3.50
per acre, differepce of $3.50 per acre
In favor Of the Pacific coast. Land is
also cheaper, and the California farmer
works rich virgin soil, while his German
rival is restricted to old, worn-out lands
which must be sustained by the constant
use Of fertilizers.
These facts have, as Mr. Mason shows,
awakened apprehension among European
economists and sugar producers, and have
greatly depressed the movement In En-
gland to plant beets instead of wheat
A report has been received by Secretary
Morton from United States Consul Morss
In Paris showing the cost of a complete
equipment for beet sugar mills of different
capacities. The cost of n mill of capac-
ity of 1914 tons is shown to be $1S6, 794;
of IL tons, $13S, 116, and of 515 tons, OF
$94, 600. The machinery upon which
these estimates are made, says Consul
Morss, is of the latest and most improved
patterns, and the installations contempla-
ted are frst-class in every respect. The
figures represent the cost of the material
free on board cars in the station at
Havre, and do not include the maritime
transportation, assurance, ETC., which re-
main at the charge of the consignee.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

Prof. III. G. Conn has discovered bac-
illus No. Al. Prof. Conn is an eminent
bacteriologist associated with the Wes-
leyan University of Brooklyn. Bacillus
No. Al Is the scion Of the proud and
illustrious house bearing his name. For
years his family has been doing an ex-
tensive business in diphtheria, tubercu'
losis, cholera and other well-knOwn
industries of like character. Judging
from the base uses to which Prof. Conn
purposes subjecting Bacillus No. Al, he
must have been the black sheep Of the
family. For the professor has publicly
expressed his determination to inocu-
late butter with Bacillus No. Al. And
Brooklyn butter at that! Such drastic
treatment, even to wild and hayward
bacillus, somewhat dulls the enthusi-
asm which naturally wells up over the
professors discovery. The professor,
doubtless in anticipation of the indig-
nation which his expressed determine
ton will arouse, says the experiment
Is in the cause of science and better
Brooklyn butter. If this be true the
cause Of science should stop at pro-
longed suffering. But why, we ask
Prof. Conn, should Bacillus No. Al be
selected to make something wholesome
out Of Brooklyn butter? What Is the
matter with Bacilli Nos. %, 80, z, or
even that old swashbuckler Of germ
dom, Bacillus the First? Why haven't
these been set to work on a plate Of
Brooklyn butter? Why should they be
given the more enjoyable and lucrative
task of developing consumption and
other popular brands Of disease? Why,
we ask Prof. Conn in behalf of advo-
Gates Of fair play, is Bacillus No. Al
compelled to gnaw his way through a
roll Of Long Island butter that has
dwelt some time In Brooklyn?
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

There has just occurred in the Medi
terranean an incident which should,
and we trust will, stir the souls Of some
Of our American reporters with the
charm Of great opportunity. 1t Is a
pretty little case Of piracy. AS the
story appears in the news, several boat
loads Of Moorish pirates captured an
italian ship and plundered her Of part
OF her load Of American petroleum. 1t
Is said our Government will be called
upon to do something about 1t; but Of
course 1t Is Italy's business to protect
her own ships. Our interest in the case
Is strictly romantic. The story indi-
Gates a revival Of the famous Mediter-
ranean industry formerly carried on
by Commodore Stephen Decatur and
other American mariners. If 1t is to be
revived 1t ought to be well described.
Happy narratives of such a piece Of
piracy, with portraits Of the pirates,
would enliven the news of the day-and
we think 1t could be very well done by
some of the women reporters, who are
all eager for opportunities to distin-
guish themselves.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14
ATTACKS ANOTHER MINISTER.

Rev. Anna Shaw Uses Sharp Ian
guage About DIR. Hawthorne.
The sensation Of Friday mornings SEES
sion Of the National Women's Suffrage
convention at Atlanta was q sharp attack
on Rev. DR.. J. B. Hawthorne, pastor of
the First Baptist Church, by Rev. DR..
Anna Shaw, D. D., of Pittsburg. She
arose to a question Of personal privilege,
holding in her hand a copy of a morning
paper. 81 DESIRE" said she, ITO call at
tention to an error in this paper in the
statement that / referred to Mr.. Haw-
thorne when / mentioned that some one
had said women ought not to vote be-
cause they were not taxed. / did not re-
fer to Mr.. Hawthorne. If the newspaper
report Of Mr.. Hawthorne's sermon was
correct, it was ungentlemanly, uncalled-
for, unmanly for him to go out Of his
way to attack a number of strangers.
did not answer DR.. Hawthorne. No lady
will attempt to answer him. She can't
descend to that plane" The remarks
were greeted with wild applause. 1t
would subside for moment, only to
break forth again at fresh thrust.
At the afternoon session Miss Maura
Clay, of Kentucky, a daughter Of Gen.
Sdbolub M OlhyS IcpoilCu III tho ooueh-
erp committee that the movement was
advancing In this section, though many
difficulties had been met In behalf Of
the committee on the plan of work, Mrs.
Caroline Chapman Gait reported a rec
ommendation for raising $4,000 for carry
ing on the work, and that special atten-
ton be given South Carolina, Utah and
Tennessee, where constitutional conven-
lions are soon to be held, and Idaho and
Michigan, where fcmslc sutfrag, amend
ments will be submitted to the people. A
course Of study similar to the information.
al Sunday school lessons was also recon-
mended. A subscription was at once
taken, and $1,000 Of the $4,000 asked for
raised.
Gen. Robert r. Hemphill, Of South
Carolina, ex-State Senator and present
reading clerk Of the Senate, was orator Of
the evening, speaking on woman's prog
ress toward enfranchisement In the Pal
metto State. Addresses were also deliv-
cred by Alice Stone Blackwell, on
"Strongholds Of Opposition" Caroline Z.
Merrick. on "Woman as Subject;" Eliz-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

the receivers had not been acting in the
interest of the property before going into
the question of removal of the receivers
He called Receiver Greenhut to the stand
and asked him if he dealt in any whisky
trust stock Monday or Tuesday.
Greenhut said he bought between three
and four thousand shares Tuesday, but
did not sell. Receiver Lawrence said he
neither bought nor sold. Attorney Levy
Mayer began arguing on the motion to
GUST the receivers.
Mayer, in his argument, arraigned
Greenhut and the directors of the trust
as receiving large emoluments not only
as directors but as managers of the trust
distilleries and through their connection
with the cooperage, coal and other COM
panies doing business with the trust. At
torney BURY, for the receivers, presented
affidavits from directors to the effect that
the receivership was necessary and urging
the retention of Greenhut because of his
intimate knowledge of the company's af-
fairs. After further argument the court
took the matter under advisement.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14
ARMENIANS NOT GUILTLEss.
Press Correspondent Tells Of Their
Outrages Against the Turks.


Press Correspondent Tells Of Their
Outrages Against the Turks.
A letter has been received in London
from the special correspondent of the
Associated Press, who was sent to Ar
menia from London to investigate the
reported Armenian atrocities, and who at
present Is In Armenia. For reasons that
will be readily understood, the name of
this correspondent is withheld, but he 10
a newspaper man well known in America,
and he was instructed to make an impair
tiaf investigation of the stories told of
Turkish cruelty. He spent a week or
more in Constantinople before starting
for Armenia, during which time he in
vestigated the reports current there and
continued his journey. His first letter
has lust reached here, after having been
posted by a trusted messenger ut Tifis,
Russia. 1t contains the first authentic
news from Armenia direct, and says:
'Whatever secrets may lie under the
snow on the Armenian mountains, II
seems beyond dispute from what l have
heard from many lips, that the published
stories Of ferocious butchery and red hor-
ror In the Sassoun villages have at least
a reasonable foundation of truth, and
that any change authorized by further
investigation will deal more with num-
bers than with the degree of horror. But
no matter what light we throw upon the
spasmodic wickedness of the Turk or upon
the inesnious deviltry Of the revolution
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

The Standard OIL Company Is begin
ming to reap the righteous reward Of
thrift enterprise and virtue. 1t now
announces that demand and supply
need no longer be regarded as fixing
the daily price of oil, and that the ex.
changes need no longer go to the for
mality Of posting daily quotations. The
trust itself will fix the price daily by
bulletin from its office-as, by the way,
the sugar trust does with its staple.
This simplifies matters for everybody,
particularly for the Standard Oil Com
pany, which is thus able to absolutely
control the speculative market In oil
to its own certain profit and to the con-
fusion Of its few remaining rivals.
Even IL 1t did not endow universities
the Standard Oil Company is doing a
great work for the education of tho
people.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

The Charleston Is. CO. News and Cou-
rier announces that it will pay 800 in
gold to those two Of its subscribers
who shall raise the two heaviest hogs
In South Carolina the present year.
The biggest hog is to take $50 for Its
owner and the second biggest $50, both
In gold. A third prize Is also offered
to the subscriber who shall raise hog
showing the largest gain at the lowest
cost. The paper states that its object
In Offering these prizes is to encourage
the people of the State to raise their
own meat and to show that South Caro-.
lima leads In the production Of hogs and
hominy, as 1t leads in the manufacture
OF cotton goods. 1t says the reports 1t
recently received from all parts Of the
State show that while the people have
raised little money they had more home
raised hog and hominy at the close Of
1894 than In any other year since the
war, and some of the reports are almost
startling In regard to the size Of the
hog and the little expense at which he
was reared. at has been demonstrated
that bacon can be produced In South
Carolina at an average cost Of three
cents per pound"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

ing repairs. The interior structure is of
brick. So inferior was the quality Of
brick used that few years of time have
crumbled them. Rain has stolen In be-
tween the slabs of granite and caused de-
cay. The fat roof of the broad terrace
leaks here and there. The monument
association, which controls the monu-
ment, has found itself powerless to
check the ruin of Lincoln's tomb. The
custodian has always been permitted to
collect % cents from visitors, but this Is
the custodian's compensation. Repeated
attempts have been made to have the
monument transferred to the State, but
up to this time all negotiations to this end
have failed. In the catacomb Of the Lin
coin Monument are the bodies of Abra-
ham Lincoln, Mrs. Lincoln, two of their
children and their only grandchild, Abra-
ham Lincoln, son of Robert T. Lincoln.
The monument is the Mecca of the pat
riots of the world.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

When a man starts out to smell bad
things, see wicked sights, and learn
dark deeds, he can generally smell, see
and hear. Stead and Burns and Now
bray all seem to come specially for such
purposes. They are all busybodies and
sensationalists, anxious for personal
glorification. Both Stead and Burns
have done good work in their own
land, but 1t has been Swallowed by their
unwisdom and crude criticism Of Amer
lea, that they know little about, and in
regard to which they have taken no
time to investigate.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14
Good Wine Wasn't Wasted.


II witnessed peculiar illustration Of
the prohibition sentiment in Maine q
short time ago." said a travelling man
the other day.
"a party of us went from Rockland
to the town Of Camden to see q launch
ing. The vessel was the Mary Man
ming, big four-master, measuring
something more than 1,500 tons, and
was launched full rugged. She is to be
used in the foreign trade.
"The unique feature Of her launching
was the method Of christening. 1t
would have gladdened the heart Of Miss
Florence Willard and her temperance
co-workers. Instead Of breaking a bot
tie of champagne when the vessel left
the ways, four young girls strewed
flowers over the bow.
ut was charming sight, and" added
the drummer, "there wasn't that I'M
pleasant sensation of good wine going
to waste."-New York Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

Kurt Won Goessel, captain of the foun-
dered North German Lloyd steamship
Elbe, was born In Ratibor, Prussian 81
lesia, where his mother still lives. The
Won Goessels are connected with many
OF the most aristocratic families in Ger
many. Captain Won Goessel's only broth
er Is a general in the German army, and
under William I. was a member OF the
general staff.
Won Goessel ran away to sea when he
was fifteen years old. He became an en-
thusiastic sailor, and eventually COM
manded fine sailing ship. More than
twenty years ago he passed the examina-
tons required by the Lloyds and entered
their service as fourth officer. He took
command Of the Elbe about three years
ago. For three years previous to that
time he was captain of one of the com
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

pany's vessels that went from Bremen
Singapore through the Suez Canal. B1l
fore that, time he commanded a Lloyd
boat that sailed from Bremen to Rio de-
Janeiro, and from that port to Baltimore.
Captain Won Goessels family consists
Of his wife and three children-a girl,
II years old, and two sons, one II, the
other 3 years old. They live in Bremen
haven. They formerly lived in Hanover,
but moved north to be nearer the captain
when he was in port. The captain was A
years old, fine looking, and stood six feet
two inches in his stocking feet. He was
broad shouldered, well built. He had
bright, blue eyes and wore faxen beard
He was an economic as well rs popular
captain, and time and again received pre-
miums from his company for the econ
omical administration of the affairs of his
boat.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

1t is felony for a policeman In New
York to accept basket Of peaches from
a merchant. But it is all right for a
policeman to accept hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars from Wall street specu-
lators. For getting camel through the
eye Of a needle Byrnes, of the New York
police force, is the rarest achievement
of the age. To keep him at the head Of
the force and imprison the poor patrol
man for taking a few dollars is worthy
the peculiar stripe of goodness in that
town
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

abeth Lyle Saxon, on "Club Life Among
Southern Women" Rev. Anna Howard
Shaw, on 1.-THE Home, the Taproot Of the
State,v and Lille Devereux Blake, On
wife, Mother and Citizen"
DR.. Anna Shaw has had very success
ful career in the clerical profession. She
Is a woman of wide and deep culture, for
when she was graduated by the Boston
University some years ago she received
diplomas not only from the theological de-
partment but also from the departments
of law and medicine. She has filed the
pulpit of several Massachusetts, churches.
DR.. Shaw Is vice president of the National
Woman Suffragists, and the talking
champion of the association. With Kate
Field she leads the ranks of American
women oraters.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

airy conspirators, we find 1t is still the in
nocent that suffer most. The Turk de-
clares the Armenians have inflicted shock
ing outrages upon Turkish men andowom-
en-, and from what is already known Of
conspiracy methods tits quite likely the
assertion is true. The facts are known at
the embassies in Constantinople, and pos
sibly they have been transmitted In re-
ports to the various governments"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14
CRUMBLlNG TO RUINS.
Unless Repaired Lincoln'e Splendid
Column Will Fall.

AOIumh VIII II dlAs
The Lincoln Monument is about to fall
down. This is the alarming condition in
which a committee from the Illinois Leg
islature has just found it. The tomb Of
the great emancipation is suffering from
neglect. Something must be done-and
done with celerity-or the stately ODE
lisk may be an irretrievable ruin. There
Is widespread demand that the State of
Illinois take charge of the monument, fix
1t up, and make it free to the world. That
this will be done during the present ses-
sion of the Legislature seems highly
probable.
The money with which the Lincoln
Monument was built came from all parts
of the land. Lincoln was scarcely dead
when the movement was started for the
erection of a monument at his old home.
The original cost Of the Lincoln Monu-
ment was about $230,OO0. But it's con-
struction was faulty, and only q few
years ago the State was called upon to
expend several thousand dollars in max
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14
Detroit Dry Sunday Town.

Not in twenty years past have Detroit
saloons been closed as tight as they were
Sunday. 1t was impossible to find a
back or side door to any thirst parlor"
open, and the men who wanted drink
had to find it at home or go without. The
recent civic reform movement, which has
among its objects the procuring of a
stricter enforcement of saloon laws, is
one cause of the closed saloons, but an
other and more potent one is the threat
made by Judge Chaplin that hereafter
any liquor law breaker brought before
him will suffer both fine and imprison-
ment. Heretofore nearly every down.
town saloon in the city has sold liquor
over its bar on Sundays.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

A woodsman does not expend few
powerful blows upon mighty tree and
then stop. expecting the majestic forest
monarch to fall; nor does wise mer-
chant send forth few fiaring ads and
then cease, expecting business and a
fortune to come without further effort.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

We understand that w. X. Wander
bilt proposes to put his wife or with
500 a day for life. But II Mrs. Van
derbilt is economical perhaps she will
not be obliged to take In washing for
a living.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

John Burns says our American hotels
are mot quite up to those Of England"
Such q criticism as that utterly destroys
the worth of any other he may make
concerning American matters.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14
NEWS OF OUR STATE.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO MlCHl-
GAMBLERS.
Judge Long's Example Followed by
Gen. Shakespeare of KaIamazoo-
Boiler Explosion Obliterates a Mus
kegon Man.
shakespeare Sues for q Pension.

shakespeare Sues for a Pension.
General William Shakespeare of Kali
amazoo, telegraphed to Thomas Il. Hop
kins, attorney at law ut Washington, to
institute mandamus proceedings ut once,
requiring Commissioner Lochren to show
cause why he should not allow his full
pension claim to be paid. The general Is
confident that he will win his case. 1t
will come before the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia. The general
has open wounds through his hips, but is
able to carry on a lucrative law practice.
His pension for several years had been
$72 month. 1t was reduced to $50
month. The steps now taken are on the
same line as those taken in the case of
Judge Long, who won by similar proceed
ings.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

The Spanish anarchist Franch. was
executed about year after he commit
ted his crime. In Spain justice seems
to have the same limping gait that often
afiiicts her sister In America.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

The Turkish Government has made
a report as to the nature of the Arme.
MAN outrages. Now all that is neces-
sary is for the Turkish Government to
get some one to believe the report.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14
There Was Crooked Dealing.

At the opening of the whisky trust liti-
CATION in the Federal court Mt Chicago
Saturday morning It was Judge Gross
cups evident intention to learn whether
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

The cable says that Sir Arthur Sulli-
van has sprained his ankle and will be
unable to attend further rehearsals of
his new opera. Has Arthur become
skirt dancer?
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

The Moqui Indians, who formally re-
Jected civilization the other day, should
be transported to Turkey. They would
be exalted to positions of rank and
power there.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

A Georgia exchange says: Matt
Grizzle and Rumfire Starger are max
ing lively race for tax receiver Of
Lumpkin County" If names count for
anything, both ought to win.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

Redfern, the man milliner, has been
sued for divorce. Chicago Is looking to
him now for seasonable novelties In d.
vOrce suits.