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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21
INVOLVES 100000 ACRES.

Hoke Smith Says Northern Pacific
Does Not Rum 10 Ashland.
Secretary Smith has decided that the
eastern terminus of the Northern Pacific
Railroad is at either Thomson, Mimi, or
Superior, Wis, instead Of Ashland. Wis.,,
as has always been claimed by the COM
pany. About eight hundred thousand
acres Of land is involved, which is lost by
the company. The secretary does not
undertake to say whether the grant be-
gins at Thomson or Superior, but directs
all selections for indemnity between
these points to be held for further con-
sideration. He does declare that the
grant of the Northern Pacific does not
extend east Of Superior City. He also
says that he Is aware that the lands east
of Superior were the basis for the selec-
ton of a large quantity of lands from the
indemnity belt of the company's grant In
North Dakota. These selections having
been made some time ago, many, II not
all, have perhaps been sold by the COM
pany. The secretary has directed that
the company be allowed sixty days with
in which to specify new basis for any
of its indemnity selections voided by this
decision.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21

Great britain Only Has Trade Bal-
ance I'm Her Favor.
In q report upon labor and wages In
China, United States Consul General
Jernigan strongly urges the merchants OF
America to be ready to seize upon the
splendid opportunities for trade that are
sure to follow the approaching awaken
ing of China. He shows that ut present
the trade is heavily against us In the case
of both Japan and China. In the former
the balance las year was $10, 900, 600 and
In the latter $16,00O,0 900, while Great
Britain, several thousand miles farther
away, had balances In her favor about
equal to our losses. The consul general
holds that the European merchant Is
much more favored than his American
competitor by the government aid afford
Cd to the great steamship lines. Mr.. Jer-
nuigan argues that the Nicaragua Canal
will greatly benefit American commerce
with the East, and, with an American
bank in China, and an American Journal
published there, the commercial prosper
ity of the United States would be great.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21
Short State Items.

The Universalist Church, of Marshall,
has closed its doors until financial aid
comes to maintain services.
Joseph b. Witcher, of Saginaw, was
arrested at Cincinnati for embezzling
way back for trial.
The Episcopal Church of All Saints,
at Saginaw, will probably pass out of the
Episcopal church hands and become the
property of the Church Of Christ.
Canada Southern surveyors are said
to be marking out new route from st.
Thomas TO COPYRIGHT, with a view of
extending the road to Port Huron.
There was a unique scene in the court
room ut Schoolcraft day or two ago,
during the trial of case in which GER
tain sheep brands figured. 1t was ncces-
sary to bring into court the sheep bear
ing the marks in question for the jury 10
view.
A little Hillsdale girl was envious of
the big bonfires her neighbors made out
of fallen leaves, so she touched match
to her fathers haystack. The resulting
blaze completely eclipsed the other bon
fires, and she was satisfied.
Col. Michael Shoemaker. of Jackson,
died Sunday, aged "a years. lie was
one Of the most prominent Democratic
politicians and business men In Central
Michigan. During the war he was col
onel of the Thirteenth Regiment Of Mich
igan Infantry, and he and his regiment
were specially mentioned for gallant SER
vice ut Murfreesboro.
Last spring Charles Gates took Mrs.
N. NJ. Beebe's farm, near Pinckney, to
work on shares, and owing to some mis-
understanding, he husked his share of
the corn and sold II, leaving hers in the
field unhusked. She had him arrested for
grand larceny, and in the hearing he was
acquitted.
With the beginning of the new year
women. will be debarred from voting in
forty-eight Michigan cities, the change
Of single word in the charter passed
last winter for fourth-class cities accom-
plishing this result. The change was
not made Intentionally, and members of
the commission which drafted the charter
are greatly chagrined at the discovery.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
1915 to $5.25; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to $500; sheep fair to choice, SOU
to $3.75; wheat, No. . red, SIC to Csc;
corn, No. 2, 2Sc to 3Oc; oats, No. 2, 1Sc
to 10c; rye, No. 2, 3Gc to 3Sc; butter,
choice creamery, 21c to BE; eggs, fresh.
19c to 21c; potatoes, per bushel, zoe to
Doc; broom corn, common growth to
choice green hurl, 21ac to &c per pound.
lDdianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500 to
$500; hogs, choice light, $500 to $500;
sheep, common to prime, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 63c to G4c; corn, No. 1
white, Zoe to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c
to 22c. s4s
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs,
$3.50 to $500; wheat No. 2 red, Coo TO
Gle; corn, No. yellow, 24c to Doc; oats,
No. 2 white, 17c to 1Sc: rye, No. 2. 34c
to 35c.
Cincinnati-C Cattle, $3.50 to $500; .hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $3.50 to 1915;
wheat, No. 2, &c to &c; corn, No.
mixed, BE to 33c; oats, No. 2 mixed, zoe
to pc; rye, No. 2, 39c to Ale.
Dctroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $3.75; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2 red, CO to 64c; corn, No.
yellow, 23c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c
to pc; rye, 40c TO 41c.
Toledo--Whent, No. 2 red, G3c to 65c;
corn, No. 2 yellow, 2Sc to 29c;. oats, No.
2 white, zoe to 22c; rye, No. ., 30c to Ale:
clover seed, $3.50 to S4.3J.
Buffalo-Cattle, $3.50 to 1925; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep. $3.50 to 1918:
wheat, No. hard, 65c to G6c; corn, No.
2 yellow, 3Gc to Bic; oats, No. white,
23c to 24c.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 spring, 56c
to Csc; corn, No. 3, 27c to Csc; oats, No.
2 white, Zoe to 21c; barley, No. ., Doc to
Bic; rye, No. 1, SIC to CSC; pork, mess,
$500 to $3.50.
New York-Cnttle, $500 to $5.25; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2 red, 66c to &c; corn, No. 2,
36c to Bic; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c;
butter, creamery, 10c to 24c; eggs, West
ern. 19c to &c.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21

harmless to man, and are of great value
In the economy of nature. There are,
however, a few species Of bacteria that
are responsible for some of the most
dreaded and widespread of human dis
eases, some Of which are undoubtedly
contracted by inhaling the bacteria
floating In the dust. For collecting bac-
terra In the air, what is known as the
"plate method" Is most used. Into
a perfectly clean shallow glass dish Is
poured thin layer of warm nutrient"
gelatin, allowing 1t to solidify by cool
Ing, which gives q smooth, moist and
tolerably adhesive surface, each dish
being protected by closely fitting glass
covers. When it is desired 10 examine
the air Of any particular place COW
cred dish is set in a still place and the
cover taken off. Dust particles, inor-
ganic as well as organic, will settle on
the gelatin.
The germ of consumption or tubercu-
losis Is found In the dust that blows
about our streets and in our houses.
This germ Is, on an average, one-ten-
thousandth Of an inch long. 1t does
hOt SiOW III uutuiC OutSiuc thC DOuiCc
Of men and few species of warm
FLOODED animals; but it may remain
alive for long time in the dry state.
For some reason that we do not know
1t will not grow In the bodies Of many
men and animals, but orner persons
and animals furnish the unknown con-
ditions, and in them the bacillus tuber-
culosis grows readily and more or less
rapidly With reference to this germ
the human race is indebted to bacteria
logists for showing. in the first place,
that consumption is not inherited; in
the second place, that without the pres
ence and growth in the body Of this
bacillus the individual cannot have
consumption; and, in the third place,
that consumption is a preventable dis
ease. Again, and Of the greatest sig
nificance to the community, we know
that every person suffering from con-
sumption of the lungs may be expec-
torating every day millions Of living
and virulent bacilli, whose life and
virulence are not destroyed by a long
period Of drying. This is fact of ter
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21
Michigan Bean King Is Dead.

William T. Lamoreaux, of Grand Rap
ids, known as the bean king, from the
fact that he handled more beans annu-
ally than any other man in the world,
committed suicide Sunday afternoon by
shooting himself in the head. He suf-
fered stroke of apoplexy last summer
and since then had spells of melancholy.
Mr.. Lamoreaux was born fifty-eight years
ago in New York State and went to
Grand Rapids in the early '70s and began
business in a small way handling seeds
and beans. His bean elevator is the
largest in the country and for several
years he has handled 100000 bushels
of beans annually, with trade that ex-
tended all over tie country. His widow
and an adopted daughter survive him
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21
Diet of Cactus Plant.

Distressing stories of deprivation and
starvation are brought by the mail steem-
err from Jamaica. The district of st.
Elizabeth, comprising 5000 persons, is
in a most deplorable condition, brought
about by the failure of early crops by
drought and the devastation Of the sec
ond crops by visitation of caterpillars.
The Government of the colony has grant
ed $1,000, the parochial board of st.
Elizabeth 600 pounds and private dona-
tons reach $4,000. But this will soon
be exhausted. Two deaths have already
been reported-an old woman and girl.
Many of the poorer people are absolutely
nude and whole families have been living
for weeks on a little flour and sugar
Others are subsisting on cactus and other
plants, and unless extensive relief comes
soon many people, old and young, must
die from starvation and want of even
the barest necessities. In many instances
mothers are offering to give their little
children away to strangers to save their
lives.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21
MINISTER HATCH ARRIVES.
Hawaiian Representative Says Elk
Queen Liliuokalani Has Been Ill.

Hawaiian Representative Says Ex-
Queen Liliuokalani Has Been Ill.
A. Il. Hatch, late minister of foreign
affairs of Hawaii and recently appointed
Hawaiian minister to the United States,
has arrived in San Francisco. He says
that all of the exiles, with a few excep-
tions. have been pardoned and many of
them are returning to the country. Ex-
Queen Liliuokalani had been Ill, it was
reported, but her sickness was not re-
garded as being serious. The cholera
had disappeared, but its lesson remained.
The drainage of Honolulu has been made
almost perfect, creeks have been walled
up to stop overfiowing and swamps have
been cleaned up. Business was badly de-
pressed by the cholera, but, with the re-
moval of quarantine embargos, it was
improving. The situation as to the gov
eminent is said to be absolutely un-
changed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21


at is much harder to examine and
judge than to take up opinions ON trust;
and therefore the far greatest part Of
the world borrow from others those
which they entertain concerning all
the affairs Of life and death. Hence 1t
proceeds that men are so unanimously
eager In the pursuit Of things, which,
far from having any inherent real good,
are vanished DER with a specious and
deceitful gloss, and contain nothing an
swerable to their appearance. Hence
1t proceeds on the other hand, that, in
those things which are called evils,
there is nothing so hard and terrible as
the general cry Of the world threatens.
Thus the multitude has ordained. But
the greatest part Of their ordinances
are abrogated by the wise."-Boling-
broke.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21

rible significance when we take into
consideration the companion fact that
from one-seventh to one-fourth of all
the people who die are carried off by
consumption. And almost every person
who dies Of consumption Of the lungs
acquires the disease from bacilli fur
nished by some other consumptive. The
vast majority of consumptives undoubt-
edly take the germs into their lungs
with the air they breathe, and the
germs get into the air from the dried
expectoration of persons suffering from
the terrible disease.
But while 1t Is true that persons with
consumption may be constant source
of danger to their healthy fellows, it
Is not true that they always are or need
be. The breath itself Of the consump-
tive person, however Ill he may be, is
not dangerous, because 1t carries no
germs. The expectoration alone is
dangerous, and this only when 1t Is al
lowed to dry and become part Of the
dust. 1t Is In the dust, therefore, that
Is found the root of the evil Of con-
sumption. There are great many peo-
pic WhO uO hOt OtiiCNC thiS. lhCIt uEc
many who take no stock In this germ
business" as they call it. 1t Is char
acteristic of ignorant people to sheer at
what they do not or cannot understand.
1t Is unfortunate that the germ diseases
due to carelessness, ignorance and
prejudice cannot be confined to those
chiefly responsible for their dissent
nation.
Consumption Is so prevalent that It
would be difficult to find theater or
church audience without one or two
persons suffering with the disease.
Such persons may be ignorant Of the
danger to which he exposes his fellow
creatures by expectorating on the floor,
and 1t is entirely possible for him, In
the course Of two hours. to discharge
in his expectoration several million ac-
tive tubercle bacilli, which will become
a part of the dust Of the room as soon
as the expectoration Is dried and dis
turbed by the sweepers. As to public
conveyances. who has not noticed their
extremely filthy condition? Men of
otherwise Clearly habits use the floors
of such conveyances as cuspidores. and
of course the person suffering from con-
sumption has the same inalienable ex-
pectorant rights that others have.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21
Route for the Big Ditch.

noutC AoT thc div DltCns
Trustworthy information has been re-
ceived as to the contents Of the report Of
the commission which examined into the
feasibility and cost and recommended O
route for the Nicaraguan Canal. The
report is in the hands of the President,
who is using 1t in connection with his
work on his annyal message to Congress.
The report indicates that a canal across
the Isthmus via the Nicaraguan route is
entirely feasible from an engineering
point Of view. The cost of the project as
estimated is $4,000, 900, but it is stated
this sum Is too small by some millions.
The commission was nearly three months
engaged In its survey work. The route
as proposed by the commission is 173
miles long, or three or four miles longer
than that which the canal COM
pany proposed. The commission made
surveys to the right and left of the com
pany's route and has suggested some
changes which it believes will be ad-
vantageous. The commissions water
way will be supplied with locks. The
San Juan River and Lake Nicaragua
will be employed. but the former will re-
quire considerable dredging. The lake is
5615 miles across, from the San Juan to
the mouth Of the Lajas. Some dredging
will be required on the west coast of the
lake which is shoal for distance of some
thing like 1850 feet. Brito will be the
western terminus of the canal and the
distance from this port is u little more
than seventeen miles. The estimate has
been made that, in order to complete the
canal which the commission proposes, six
years will be required, and in order to
finish 1t within that time, force of 90
600 men will have to be constantly en-
ployed. The commission also went to
Panama and made n survey of the route
there, and also refers to this project in its
renort
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21
RIDDEN ON RAILS.

Mormon Elders Not in Favor with
Kentucky Farmers.
A report from White Post, Pike Coun-
ty, KY, states that two Mormon elders
were taken from a church there Sunday
night and ridden out of the State, and in-
to West Virginia, on rails. The elders,
who have been at work in West Virginia
for some time, crossing the river in de-
fance of the warnings of the farmers,
were exhorting a large congregation to
accept the Mormon faith, when they were
assailed by a band of men, who rode
them out of the State, but subjected them
to no other indignities.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21

Mont. for the scene Of the canal construc-
ton. The canal will cover 200, 900 acres
Of exceptionally fertile land, will cost
$1,000 900 and win carry with its con-
struction an early building Of Burling-
ton line into the Big Horn Basin. with
the erection of the new town and medical
springs resort Of Shoshone. Four syndi-
Gates, two in Chicago and two In New
York. with an aggregate capital Of $780,
10000. organized for the purchase and
development of Wyoming free gold and
placer properties have number of ex-
perts now in the State looking for invest
ments. NNtt ~ {.~.sT
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21
TRADE NOT AFFECTED.
Gold Exports Do Not Retard the Stock
Markets.

II. G.. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review OF
Trade says: 1.-The scare about gold ex-
ports had no real significance, and al
though $2,250,O00 more went out Satur-
day, the stock market continues strong.
There was and is substantial cause OF
difficulty in the fact that exports of prod
ucts have been too small TO meet the
greatly increased imports of merchan-
disc. The collapse of Kaffir speculations
abroad has forced many to realize on
Americans held, and the impression that
our Government may have to borrow
again also operates to our disadvantage.
But there is no local disturbance OF
money markets"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21
SCHLATTER Is MISSING.
Federal Warrant Issued for tho Ar
rest Of the Denver "Meaaiof,v

Federal Warrant Issued for tho Ar
rest of the Denver "Mcssiah."
Francis Schlatter, the so-called healer
and Messiah, disappeared from Denver.
and warrant for his arrest was issued
from the United States Court. He had
been summoned to appear before the
United States commissioner as a witness
against persons arrested on n charge of
using the mails to dcfraud by pretending
to sell handkerchiefs blessed by Schlat-
ter. The accused claimed they could
prove that Schlatter had really blessed u
bale of handkerchiefs for them, and In
that case he was liable to indictment.
He left note simply saying: "My mis-
sion In Denver is ended. Good-by."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21
Evil Comnanions.

The company that man keeps deter
mines his character. No man does I'M
dertake the religious life with honesty
and earnestness without separating
from evil associations. He draws of
to the good, and the evil as naturally
drav-s away from him. If evil asso-
ciatcs of the past are near to him they
arc no longer in sympathy with him;
not because OF his sanctimoniousness
but because there is something In the
man on account of which they do not
longer enjoy his society as they once
did. The more earnestly he dcvotes
himself to his God the more they draw
away from hIm.--.Iiev. j. l.. Withrow.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21
DID NOT HEAR THE SIGNAL.
Conductor and Brakeman of Freight
Train Killed.


A wreck on the Cleveland, Lorain and
Wheeling Railroad ut Warwick, fifteen
miles south of Akron, Ohio, resulted in
the death of two men. The engineer of
freight train stopped and whistled for
a fagman to be sent out. The conductor,
Charles Ernst, and brakeman, John Ad-
ans, were asleep in the caboose and did
not hear the signal. A second section
ran into the first at the rate of twenty
miles an hour. Both Ernst and Adams
were killed. The money loss will be So
600. Near Summit, n. j., four cars,
which were being drawn up n steep grade
on the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern Railway, broke away from the loco
motive and ran back at great speed,
crashing into the locomotive of news
paper train which was moving forward Mt
a good rate. Reuben Tindall. engineer of
the newspaper train, was killed and his
fireman, Hiram Rush, badly injured.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21
Lumber Is to Take a Bound.

Lumber prices seem certain to go up
with bound with the opening Of the new
year. for it is said that on Jan. 1 the
largest combine ever made will begin to
control the trade of the Pacific coast.
1t is the Central Lumber Company, Of
San Francisco, the successor to the old
Pacific Pine Lumber Company, and il
represents a capital of at least S45,OOO,-
600. 1t includes every mill of Importance
in the region west of the Cascade Noun
tains. from San Francisco on the south to
Vancouver, B. c., on the north.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21
FLOUR WAR STILL wAGING.

Price Is Down to 1925 Per Barrel
and May Go Lower.
The war on flour among Chicago mer
chants is jogging along merrily. One
large house announced a reduction from
$3.50 per barrel to $3.50 on the brands
manufactured by the Pittsburg company
and the Consolidated Milling Company,
while another house quoted Pillsbury's
Best at 1926 per barrel. A representa-
tive dealer was asked concerning the sit
uation. well, we are doing an awful
lot of business" he said, land the cut is
on in earnest. cannot pretend to say
how long it will last"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21
Formn.ans stII1 Re.i.t.

The japanese on the Island of For
mosa have established their headquarters
in Tai-Wan and have called for fresh
re-enforcements in view of the fact of the
natives continuing their resistance 10 the
occupation of that island by the troops
of Japnn.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21
Many Female Seals Killed.

Official compilations of the Collector Of
Customs which have been transmitted to
the Treasury Department amply demon
strate the rapid rate at which the seal
herds of Boring Sea are being slaugh-
tered. In the last three months 4,914
sealskins have been brought into port, Of
which number 1850 are females,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21
BANDITS BIG HAUL.
Get $4,000 from a Colorado Springs
Express Office.

Two masked bandits at Colorado
Springs, Colo, robbed the Wells t'argo
express Office Monday night of $4,000.
They presented revolvers to the head of
Assistant Agent George Krout and COM
PEELED him to open the safe. After they
had helped themselves they made their
escape. The stolen money was in pack
age which the agent left carelessly lying
on a table while he went out to train.
The robbers secreted themselves in the
Office. Agent Krout did not give up all
the safe contained, for the thieves were
in too big hurry to get away. Over $780,
600 was left behind
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21
SHIPPED HIMSELF IN A BOX.
Worn-Out Scheme of Young Man to
Save Fare.

A peculiar box left at a Columbus,
Ohio, transfer company's office for ship
ment to San Antonio, Texas, aroused the
suspicious of the manager, and the atten-
ton of the police was called to it. lnves-
tigation revealed that it contained John
Schneider, young German, who had ar
ranged to have himself shipped in 1t to
San Antonio. He had it well stocked with
provisions, and would have saved about
$25 in railway fare. Schneider had $40
when arrested. He was released, as no
charge could be made against him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21
wonId BE Governor.

John r. Tanner, chairman of the Re
publican State Central Committee of
Illinois, has resigned his position and
announced his candidacy for the Guber-
material nomination in 1896.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21
Settlers in Danger.

Indian Agent David Day telegraphs
from Ignacio, Colo, that two Indians anil
a squaw have been killed by unknown
parties near the head of Lost Canon. The
Utes are greatly enraged and he fears for
the safety of the settlers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-21

Growing out of an attempt OF the part
of n majority Of the wholesale grocers in
Chicago to form a combination with the
big Northwestern millers, a -four war has
broken out. Prices on the leading brands
are cut sharply by the local grocers.