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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27


RsDort oe conmissioner shows Num-
!, hef Of I'm pIoyes to he 20O, 200.
The annual report Of the United States
Civil Service Commission shows that the
whole number Of persons regularly en-
ployed In the civil service OF this country
In about 100000. OF these approximate
ly one-fourth are In the classified civil
service subject to competitive examina-
tions under the civil service rules. Of
those In tho unclassi6ed service 22,000
are laborers, 5000 are appointed by the
President, subject to confirmation by
the Senate, 1900 are In the legisl alive
branch Of the Government, and 1915 are
In the judicial branch. The civil service
act excludes these classes from clnssihn
cation. The total number of positions AZ
fected by the extension of civil service
rules from March 4, 1898, to Ian. 3, 1895,
was S,1S4. OF these, 5,537 were added to
the classified service by original classifi-
cation, and 2,647 by transfer of places
classified but excepted from examine
ton to list Of places subject 20 eompeti-
tive examination. Since Jan. 3 MI en-
ployes of the Agricultural Department
have been brought into the classified
service, except the Secretary and AS
sistant Secretary Of Agriculture, pri-
vate secretary to each, the Chief of the
Weather Bureau and his private secre-
.tary, the chief clerk of each department
and his private secretary, and laborers
and charwonen. A comparative state
ment shows that at the end of President
Arthur's administration, the approximate
number Of positions classified was 1913;
ut the end of President Cleveland's first
term there were n $3.50; and at the end Of
President Harrison's administration
there were 2,29S places classified. Elk
ecutive acts brought 29,S73 of the latter
number into the service, while the 13,O55
others, principally in postoffices. became
classified by reason of growth from small
Offices
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
WILL MEET IN DENVER.
National Educational Convention to
BE Well Attended.

National Educational Convention to
BE Well Attended.
Superintendent J. c. Macneill, of the
Kansas City public schools, treasurer Of
the National Educational Association, 10
in Denver concluding arrangements for
the annual convention to be held there
July 5-12. He estimates the probable at
tendance Mt 10000. DIR. Nicholas Murray
Butler, of New York City, president of the
association, puts the number Mt 10000.
The National Educational Association Is
the largest educational body in the world.
1t was established in Philadelphia in 1857.
The most famous accomplishments of the
association have been in the line of sys-
temizing the courses of study In the col
leges, high schools and intermediate
schools throughout the United States and
Canada. The reports of the committees Of
ten and fifteen are the most valuable edu-
cational documents ever published in this
country. The program for the convention
Is filled with features adapted to present
educational needs.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
A Notable Church in Washington

The old building of st. Matthew's Ro-
man Catholic Church of Washington,
which is about to be torn down, was
built in 1888, and has had an eventfnl
history. Gen. Phil Sheridan was a
member Of the church, and was buried
from there with Impressive ceremonies.
Solemn requiem masses have been cele-
brated there with the President of the
United States and his Cabinet and the
entire diplomatic corps In attendance
In connection with the death Of King
Victor Emmanuel of Italy, King Alton
SO XII. Of Spain, and President Carnot
of France, and other eminent European
rulers. 1t has also been the scene Of
some notable weddings.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Following is the standing of the clubs
of the Western League:
Gotham's Big Ditch.

Harlem ship canal, which connects the
Hudson river with Long Island Sound,
was formally opened Monday afternoon
with monster aquatic and land parade,
in which the United States army and
navy, the State militia and naval reserve,
the New York city police and fire depart
ments and numerous civic bodies were
represented. The parade was watched by
fifty thousand or more people stationed
along the line of march and on the banks
of the canal. The ceremony of pouring
two barrels Of water from the great lakes
into the canal, symbolizing the union
of the lakes with the sound, was accom-
panied by the firing of cannon by the
United States cruisers Atlanta and Gin
cinnnti
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
WILL DRAW THE LINE.
United States Cannot Allow Britis
Ciaims I'm Venezuela.

United States Cannot Allow British
Claims in Venezuela.
The only matter of great consequence
likely to engage the attention of the ad-
ministration in it's foreign relations is
the settlement of the Venezuelan boun-
dairy question. says a Washington CORE
spondent. The issues are all made up.
and the adjustment will be arranged be-
tween the governments of Great Britain
and the United States direct. The Gov
eminent of Venezuela will have very little
to say in the matter beyond the giving of
testimony and the presentation of afgu-
ments. She will have to abide by the de-
cision arrived at between the two great
nations. The late Secretary Gresham
gave nearly year of study to this ques-
ton and every point In the case is COW
cred in the papers now on file In the De-
partment of State. Secretary Olney will
be merely carrying out the policy agreed
upon by President Cleveland and Seere-
tary Gresham. This Government is pre-
pared to resist the claims of Great Britain
to the possession of the territory beyond
the famous Schomberg line and will stand
on that proposition.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
Treasurer Not Under Bonds.

The city officers of Sioux CitK Iowa,
are considerably startled by the discov-
cry that City Treasurer Anderson has
been serving for over year without an
official bond. At the beginning of his first
term he gave a 100000 bond. He was
reelected and through some unaccounta-
BILE accident the Council approved his old
bond on the superstition that it was q
new one. Anderson processes to be as
much astonished as anyone and will un.
doubtedly offer new bond.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27


Foreman Frank Il. Grover, OF the
Rochester, N. Y.,eGas and Electric Com
pany, leaned against a dynamo at the
power house and nearly lost his life, al
most 8, 900 volts passing through his body.
Grover was apparently dead, but three
of his colaborers. who knew the pecu-
liarities of electricity, set to work to re-
suscitate him under the directions OF the
doctor. They worked for forty-nve NH
utes before there was any sign OF return
ing life. At noon Friday urover, al,
though weak, said he expecteu 70 49,. MGa
saturday. He said he knew nothing
from the moment he stood beside the dy,
namo until he awoke. He received 2,sso
volts. The method of resuscitation Is
about the same as in drowning. This case
goes to prove that in judicial execution .. Sy
electricity the shock does not cause qeatn'
hut only suspends animation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
Death on an Excursion.

The whaleback steamer Christopher Co
lumbus made its first excursion of the
season from Chicago to Milwaukee Sat-
urday. On the return trip, while off
Waukegan, valve connecting one of the
vessels boilers with the steam pipes lead
ing to the engine burst, causing the death
of two firemen and scalding more or less
seriously ten others of the passengers and
crew. 1t is said a race was on with the
Virginia, a rival boat.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27

strongly contrasted to the current
modes severity. =, II such be the case,
the dainty garment pictured herewith
should come, see, and conquer in short
order. AS sketched, II is corn-colored
mousscline de sole, which Is gathered
~ narrow yoke of corn-colored silk
embroidered with black. 1t Is made Of
two flounces, the upper one stopping
at the points Of the yoke, and the lower
continuing all the way round and form
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
Dies Doing His Duty.

c. B. Birch, receiving teller for the
West Chicago Street Railway Company
at its Armitage avenue car barns, was
shot four times by a masked robber at
2:30 o'clock Sunday morning and died
three hours later at st. Elizabeth Hos
pital. The murderer escaped, after secur-
ing but little cash. A former employee
has been arrested on suspicion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
SALISBURY TO TRY 1T.
Queen Summons Him to Form n New
NIiuistry.

Queen sum mOns dIin 10 FUrn NeW
Ministry.
Lord Rosebery rendered his resignation
to the queen Saturday evening. He ad-
vised the queen to send for Lord Sails
bury, the former Tory premier. BY a
technical ruse almost impossible to ex-
plain to American readers, because of the
totally different procedure in parliament
as compared with our Congress, the new
ministry will avoid declaring itself before
parliament and may force dissolution and
a general election within the next three
weeks.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
BAD WRECK IN TEXAS.

Passenger Train Overturned in a
Ditch Near Houston.
Late Thursday night the north bound
passenger train on the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas Railroad left the track at Eu-
reka, near Houston, Texas. Five coaches
were overturned in the ditch. About mid
night dispatch was received at Hous-
ton asking for a relief train. The dis
patch simply conveyed the fact that the
coaches were in the ditch. 1t is rumored
that the wreck is bad one and that sew
eral passengers are killed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
Extra Session Called.

Gov. Altgeld has issued call for an
extra session of the Illinois Legislature
The call recites that the tax levy made
by the Thirty-ninth General Assembly is
inadequate in view of the appropriation
made, that the revenue system of the
State needs revision, and that the jury
system needs reforming and the prison
labor problem needs the attention of the
LEGISLATURE.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
Their Millions Were Divided.

Forty-six millionaires have died IN
Chicago within the last ten years, leav-
ing in all SOL 400, 900, or a trife less
than 100000 each. This was all very
widely distributed, there being very
few Of the heirs who were worth mil
lion from their share Of this property.
or the whole, $4,300,00O was given to
charitable and educational institutions.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
Takes Gov. Morrill, to Task.

In an open letter to Gov. Morrill,, Rev.
T.. NJ. Randall, pastor of the First Meth
odist Church of Leavenworth, Kan, de-
clares that Morrilps election was cele-
brated in Leavenworth, with Morrill, par
ticipating, by serving mixed liquors in
soup plates as one of the courses, and
that Morrill, and Chief Justice Horton in.
dorsed this novel way Of celebrating.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
Launch Boiler Blows Up.

The boiler of one of the steam launches
of the United States cruiser Columbia ex-
ploded at KEEL The cylinder head was
blown out and carried overheard with 1t
the smokestack and other portions of the
launch. -Four persons were injured by the
explosion and were taken to the naval
hospital.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27

Tan colored shoes may be cleaned
with a soft muslin cloth dipped In water
In which there are few drops of am
monia; rub sore CASTLE soap on the
cloth just before applying. Hold the
shoe quite firmly to prevent wrinkles.
When dry rub for minute or two with
n flannel cloth to secure gloss.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
Warden Chase Deposed.

BY a decision of the Kansas Supreme
Court, Warden Chase of the State peni-
Tertiary is formally removed from office,
giving ]. Bruce Lynch, recently appoint
ed by Gov. Morrill,. possession at once.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27

GAIN the summer
styles present one
marked character
istic that Is very
freakish. 1t lies in
the current rules
a b out Jewelry,
which Is notable
for its absence,
but which Is more
than replaced by
the glitter Of tinsel
and mock gems
worn on the dress
or hat. Rings are
now not admissi-
bic, except for
dress" occasion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27

Near Mount Gilead, Montgomery Coun-
", N. c., two brothers, Andrew and Mann
Rhodes, quarreled about some family mat
tiers. Sarah Rhodes, their mother, seized
and held Andrew while Mann, with a
knife, cut him open, killing him. Sarah
and Mann are both In Jail.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
Work of a Practical Joker.

What was intended to be a practical
joke on the part of young man whose
identity is not known as yet to the po-
lice may result seriously to three of the
employees Of the Paris laundry In Chicago.
He wrapped himself in sheet and fright
ened them SO effectually that they relaps-
ed into insensibiIity.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27

Miss May Belle Critchfield, the young
st. Louis heiress who so mysteriously
disappeared few days ago, was found in
the Convent of the Good Shepherd, with
or she had gone voluntarily in pursuance
Of n frequently expressed determination
to- join that community. She refuses to
return home.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
is SHORT A FORTUNE.
il. ]. A1drich Makes a Hasty Depart
ure from Denver, Col.

1s j. AiuriCn Makes a hustS DSpars
ure from Denver, Col.
Henry j. Aldrich has disappeared from
Denver, Colo, and at the same time it has
been discovered that 300 to 400 ranches
have clouded titles and 100000 is in
volved in the affair. Aldrich was presi-
dent of the Colorado Securities Company,
and as such he diverted money sent by
Eastern investors who desired to protect
shortages incurred in maturing obliga-
tons due to the drop in real estate. Money
was sent in by investors which was never
properly applied, and the result is that
titles to property involved are under a
cloud. The company's books show over
1000 loans which have not been properly
settled, and the result will be great confu-
sion in the titles, every one of which will
have to be examined before any can be es-
tablished as valid.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27

1t is reported that William Kylma had
been murdered in the southeast part of
Aitkin County, MINI. The motive of
the murderer was evidently robbery, rs
Kylma had $500 sewed in his under.
shirt when he left Aitkin ten days before.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
HAIL-sTORAI IN MINNESOTA.
Wheat Beaten Into the Ground and
,-S-- Crops Wiped Ont. :

Wheat Beaten Into the Ground ana
49,. Crops Wiped Ont. :
~ Another disastrous hail storm is report
ed from different sections of Minnesota
as having occurred Friday night. A de-
structive hailstorm struck the southern
part of Stevens County, doing much dam
age in the towns of Horton, Synnes and
Damien. The crops on a strip of land one
mile wide and six miles long were wiped
out, 1000 acres of grain being destroyed.
A heavy hailstorm passed over the town.
ships of Oscar and Elizabeth in Otter Tail
County, covering a territory two miles
wide and ten long. The territory passed
over is the garden spot of the county and
the hail beat the wheat into the ground.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
Several Men Injured.

At New Orleans Monday morning,
boiler exploded in the Union cotton press,
corner Terpsichore and South Peters
streets. A number of men were injured.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
Not Blind.

"As blind as mole" is not sensible
comparison, as the mole is possessed of
good eyesight although its eyes are
very small-about the size of a mus
tard seed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
Adopt a sliding Scale.

with some slight advances, was agreed
upon Mt Pittsburg by the tin plate manu-
facturers and workers. Wages are to
advance with increase in tin plate prices.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
Fiuhtinr i'm Formosa.

A special dispatch from Shanghai says
that fighting Is in progress at Taiwan,
Formosa, where 10000 Black Flags under
Gen. Lui Yung are assembled. The jap
anese are now attacking the forts at that
place and the British warship Spartan Is
removing the foreigners from the town.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
Big Blaze Mt Seattle,

Fire Thursday morning at 80 o'clock
destroyed 100000 worth of property Of
the Consolidated Street Railway Com
pany Of Seattle, Wash.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
Wichita Free silver League.

At Wichita, Kan, fifteen hundred peo
pie met in the Auditorium and organized
a non-partisan 16 to / free silver league.
Judge L. b. Wall presided.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
Japanese Fleet Coming.

Private letters say that as soon as
Japan's troubles in Formosa are set
tied Admiral Ito will be sent to San
Francisco with the Matsushima and two
or three other vessels of his feet.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27

Durer was a dabbler In alchemy, and
frequently spent half the night In
studying books of alchemy in hope OF
discovering the philosophers stone.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
UrcIe and Ncnhew Hanv

John Henderson, and w. B. Weller.
convicted of the murder of William Hen
dershot, were hanged at st. Thomas, Ont.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
GOWNS AND GOWNING.
WOMEN GIVE MUCH iArTgssTioN
TO WHAT THEY WEAR.

Rrsss 0laness At vAnsiss Ssninias. Erivo-
lou& HGsyhsH and Yet onsrsd In the
Hope that the Reading Nay Prove
uesesulSto Wearisd Womankind.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27

pense. A narrow veranda is a nuisance
that may be abated by simply building
out the floor to any width desired, COW
ering the newly made open veranda
with an awning. Bay windows are
effective and useful improvements. A
bay gives to room often the slight en-
largement that is needed to make it
comfortable.
The cuts given herewith illustrate
remodeling that was fairly successful.
All the conditions were unusually IA
vorable. The old frame was as good as
new, the foundation walls were perfect
and Of sufficient height. the arrange
ment of rooms was satisfactory and
very little in the way Of new trim and
decoration was required for the in
terror. The only new wall built was
for wing on the right side, indicated
on the floor plan by black lines. As
shown by the plan, the wing provided
for a square hall, staircase with
landings and library. But the intel
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27

When people vow at the altar to
share each others sorrows, they I'M
mediately go to work making sorrows
to be shared.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
Tea IL Smugricd.

< Consul General Karal, at st. Peters
bdrg, IN report to the State Department
gives the details of plan of the Russian
Government to raise more nenAy by in
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
O,cor Rema;us I'm Prisou.

An application was made for the release
of Oscar Wilde pending steps to be taken
for new trial. The application was re-
fused
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
A NOVEL DEVICE.

Smoke-Pipe of "a Stove.
Here Is q household contrlvance that
was recently invented by Il man in
Iowa. The Scientific American Illus
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27

features always being careful to pre-
serve the original spirit or style of the
design. This is called restoring and
enlarging rather than remodeling. An
exterior that is profusely ornamented
about the cornices with gig-saw work
copied from pantalet patterns may be
vastly improved by removing the cheap
stuff and substituting solid verge
boards with nodded edges. An interior
first floor with narrow doorways from
the hall and between the rooms may be
greatly improved by widening the door
ways, excepting those which connect
with the kitchen.
To improve a first floor that is toonear
the ground, the entire frame Of the
house may be raised and new under
pinning may be introduced from the
grade line to the sill without much ex-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27
DYNAMO WASLOADED.
RECEIVED 5000 VOLTS AND YET
LIVES.

Excursionists Die of Their Burns
Triumph of Tory Leaders-His Trust
cost HE Life-Crops Damaged by
Hail-Gothnm's Fire-Bugs.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-27

ligent student of plans will note all the
changes readily. 1t seems necessary
to say only that the wing, the veranda,
the bays and the high slated roof,
which provided for four new bedrooms,
supplied the additional accommoda-
tons required, and that the owner was
satisfied with the new exterior and
with the amount expended. a
Copyright.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-01
EVENING AUGUST 1885,
THE A. P. A. IN OMAHA
TO BRING ON A BLOODY LOT
 OF TROUBLE.
THE RIVAL POLICE BOARDS
Today Is Designated as the Time for Them to Come in Armed
 Conflict

As the first day of August approa- ches, the cay upon which the Churchill-Russell A. F. A. law goes into effect, the interest in police mat ters becomes intensified among all classes of citizens, says al Omaha, Neb., dispatch.
 Ever since the appointment of Chief of Police White by the present Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, and until last Sunday, the opinion generally prevailed that an armed conflict was almost unavoidable if two rival police and fire commission- CTS were set up. The malcontents and police plotters have been in al most constant conference with the members ofthe radical element of the A. P. A. of whom Judge Scott is the head, and Attorney Covell, partner of Churchill, the leading light. Nearly all of the twenty-two policemen who were recently dismissed by the pre- sent board have been enrolled as a nucleus of the police force to be or- organized by the new board, and they boast that all are armed.
 As part of the well-laid pro- gramme, it has been announced that Judge Scott had not adjourned his section of the Districts Courts, and would be on hand to issue any judi- cial order required by the plans of the new board. Yesterday the real in- wardness of this statement became manifested when one of the band told an officer of the police force that "h-l will be popping next Thursday" Asked to be more explicit, he said that the plan was to appoint the commissioners under the term of the Churchill Russell law, ut late hour Wednesday night, and have them ready to take possession of the affairs of the police early Thursday morning. If they resist they were to be arrested. These arrest were to be followed by the arrest of Chief of Police White and all of the officers of theforce who were not in sympathy with them, and who were not ready to do their bidding.
 Another part of the alleged scheme was that Scott was to be on hand and issue all writs that might be nee essarY to aid in erecting the machin- cry of the new law.
 Among the most moderate element of the A. P. A.. and the great mass of citizens, the universal sentiment is in favor of n settlement by the Su- preme Court.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-01
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