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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
Hard to Get Into the Army.

The talrulation of the enlistments in the
United States army for July show that
Capt. Palmer. in charge of the Chicago
recruiting station. enlisted only twenty
seven men out of 4S5 who applied. The
army standard has been raised until it is
more difficult to enter 1t as a private, for
the pay of $14 a month and board, than
Al is to secure admission into any other
department of the Government, since an
applicants recommendations have to be
certified to by two or more responsible
citizens and a record for industry must
be shown. The total enlistments during
che month were 430 and the reflections
2.033 <--,g,s1 -
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20

In New Mexico and Arizona. When he
crosses the Mexican boundary he changes
the remaining $500 into $1,000 Mexican
dollars, with which he pays one thousand
Mexican laborers. On Sundays the men
frequently cross the line. When the
Mexican comes over to Arizona he finds
that the dollar which he received for n
days work is only 80 cents in spending
money" On the other hand, when his
fellow laborer from the States crosses the
line he receives two Mexican dollars for
his one dollar Uncle Sans money. ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20

The Santa Fe system has branch line
which runs from Rincon, New Mexico, 20
Guaymas, Old Mexico. The company
pays it's section hands in both countries
ut the uniform rate of 81 day. But its
American sections are twice as expensive
to maintain as its Mexican sections.
Why? When the paymaster starts out on
his monthly round he puts, we will say,
81, 800 in United States money in his box.
One thousand dollars Of this money he
pays to one thousand American labOrers
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20

&ausCu ~ u
Thursday moMing the fast mail train
hound eastward on the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern road tlAshed through
n weak culvert near Otis, Ind, pnd the
engineer and fireman were instantly kill
ed. The accident Is one of the worst the
Lake Shore has had In years, but fortu-
nntely the passengers on the train es-
capped injury. A waShout. brought about
by heavy cloudburst, which suddenly
struck that region Wednesday night, was
the cause of the accident. The wrecked
train was the fast mail for the east which
leaves Chicago ut 2:45 every morning.
and Is known as No. "A. 1t does not, az
a rule, carry many passengers this side of
Cleveland. Those who were on board
were in the sleeper and coach at the rear.
The train consisted of one of the large
Engines in use on the limited trains of the
Lake Shore, two postal cars. n baggage
car, day coach and Wagner sleeper. All
the cars with the exception of the day
coach and the Wagner sleeping car left
the track, and for all those who were on
the train it was an almost miraculous
escape from the sudden death which the
unfortunate engineer and fireman in the
cab of the engine suffered. AS 1t was the
passengers were severely shaken up and
their confusion. when they realized what
had taken place, was great. Death came
to James Griffin the engineer, and Mi
chael Roach. the fireman, almost instant
". When the crew and passengers on
the train began search for them with
lanterns they found them at the side of
the locomotive. Both were dead and their
bodies were horribly mutilated especially
that Of Griffin. Both of his legs were
torn entirely from the body and were
floating on the surface of the water in
the pool. His chest was terribly crushed,
and the remains are in such condition
Us to be almost unacceptable"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
Four Men Are Drowned.

Four persons were drowned in Lake
Michigan Sunday afternoon at Double l..
gap" mile north of Benton Harbor
They were: James Buttrick, "Frcnchy.'
stranger; Martin Manning, Frank Yer
ring. The men, with dozen others. were
bathing, when two of the number who
could not swim, were caught by the un-
dertow and the others went to their res
cue. Two brave fellows lost their own
lives in the effort, while third had n
narrow escape. drowning man clinging
to him and pulling him under.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
Killed by a Cat.

Howard. the 11-year-old son Of David
Lowe, died at Bay City of hydrophobia.
He was bitten on the hand and cheek by
n cat six weeks ago. DR.. Stevenson thor
oughly cleansed and cauterized the
wounds and thought the boy would r..
cover. Friday evening he was again
summoned and found the boy in fren-
w, screaming and choking when water
was brought in his presence. Narcotics
were administered but the boy did not
sleep during the night. Saturday morn
ing he was running about the house with
eyes staring. The usual remedies were
applied without results. Al 10 o'clock he
went into commissions and died. The cat
had been bitten by dog suffering from
the IN bies
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
WANTED TO STRIKE THE KING.
Oscar of Sweden Almost Assaulted
by an Angry Laborer.

A special cable to the New York Jour
nal from Berlin says that King Oscar of
Eweden. while travelling through Nor
~yay, left the train at Stoeren. Most of the
,nen on the station platform removed
their hats. Several of them, however
kept covered, and the King was in a
great rage He strobe up to Ole Foste, n
laborer. who had kept his hat on, and
knocked the head covering off. Foste lost
his temper and started to attack the
King, but his friends in the crowd held
him back Most of the men in the crowd
vho had removed their hats promptly put
them on again.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
Wrecked the. binding.

A 15O-horse power boiler at the Louis
vile brick Hand tile works, near Maxine,
five miles west of Alliance. o., exploded
with terrific, force. completely wrecking
The building. !, Isaiah Johnson. engineer,
had his back broken. his body being pene-
trated by an iron bolt, He will die. Sam
uel Snyder was badly injured about the
head and his breast was crushed. He
cannot recover.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
y Entire Family Are DROWNED.

Thirty lives are reported lost by a cloud
Lurst in Pine Creek Valley, Pa. The
whole valley. eight miles in length, is de-
vastated. De Haven, a small town in
Wildwood oil field, was swept by the mad
rush of the flood and an entire family
named Appleton was drowned. How
many were in the family is not known.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
Possesses a Patched cuticle.

A few days ago twenty members of tho
Maccabees contributed sixty pieces OF
cuticle to be grated on Miss Minnie
Rupp, of st. Joseph. who was burned on
July 4. The operation was successful.
and twenty EIGHT more Maccabc Goa
tributed 1OS pieces, which completely
covers the burned place. The skin graft
ing has attracted much attention. AMI
physicians from all over that part Of the
State witnessed the operation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
Hail Like Cannon Balls.

Over $40 inches of rain fell at Abel,
la, accompanied by a heavy hail. Corn
n nearly ruined. Hailstones are said to
have measured four inches through. Hun
dreds of English sparrows were killed
and every window glass in the town was
broken. Trees are badly broken and the
fruit crop damaged.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
Wreck in Virginia.

The +. L. V. train, limited. on the Ches-
apeale and Ohio Railroad, which left
Washington at 1851 p. m, Friday, ran
into an open switch ct Kavensworth. Va,
about 1915 a. m. and four Of the six
passenger coaches were badly wrecked.
Several lives are reported lost, and If
teen or twenty passengers injured.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
Standards seeking the Laurada.

1t is stated in Philadelphia that the
Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes has start
ed in quest of the Laurada. The filibuster
bears portion of one of the best equip
ped expeditions that has gone to the
insurgents aid. The remainder of the
arms are to be transferred to her off the
Florida coast from a tug.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
Supposed Murder of w. F. Eyster

w. +. 'Eyster, a prominent man Of
Chambersburg, Pa. was found dead in
an alley at Lincoln, Neb., having been
frugged and robbed. He left his hotel
early in the. evening with a rough char
acter. Eyster was n director of the
b. and G. V. X. X. Fred Vance and FIVE
women are held for the crime.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
ware Garner. Not Fooled.

An interesting straw comes from In
dianapolis. A few days ago the en-
ployes of large manufacturing estab-
lisbment In that city were asked wheth-
or or not they favored the gold stand
ard. OF nearly 1900 worklngmen who
were interviewed 9G0 were outspoken
for the maintenance of the present
money standard. Only 3G2 declared
against 1t, and 15S said they were I'M
decided.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
Cripple Creek Gold Output.

According to data collected by Secretary
Parsons of the Colorado Mining Ex-
change, the gold production, of Cripple
Greek in the first six months this year
was $7,256,0OO. He estimates the total
production of 1895 will be $4,000, 900,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20

Low interest rates on farm mortgages
under free silver is the bait which has
caught good many honest farmers.
They will go back to sound money prin-
ciples when they understand that inter-
est rates are far lower in gold standard
nations than in silver basis countries.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
nie in CrnnI Forn,.

Because of the lack Of adequate. fire
escapes at least six and perhaps twenty
persons lost their lives in fetee IRE al
New York Tuesday 'aftersfocn. Prcbsbly
"A dozen were injured.i Three' scharred
1odist o&ere recovered. Only one body
has been identified "
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
DuIuth BANK Goo. Down.

The Security Bank of Duluth, capital
100000, one Of the leading banks of the
city, has closed its doors. Heavy with
drawals of deposits and the impossibility
of making speedy collections is given as
the cause The banks deposits are in
the neighborhood of S3O0,000.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20

A fine ounce Of gold is worth $20.67.
Sixteen ounces OF silver are worth
$11.20.
Congress can legislate until IL is black
in the face without making the ounce
OF gold worth less or the sixteen ounces
OF silver worth more.-New York Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20

Twenty-Five guests waited half an hour
longer than usual for their dinner at one
Of the Newark, o., hotels Wednesday. A
constable attached the meal on a judg-
ment for a few dollars in favor of a SER
want girl. A friend of the boniface sup
piled ths,MOney % p ilemn
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
Mosa,iuito 900 n Fiooded. ..

Serious floods have caused much dam
age OH the Mosquito coast Several vii
lagos have been destroyed. the telegraph
lines to Grcytowh are down, and the CO.
lombianr schooner Pioneer trading be-
tween. Colon and Blue Fields, has been
lost. --aAM
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
Heat KiIIs a Eat wom.n

At Montgomery, w. Va, Mrs. John
Waters. who weighed $50 pounds. died
Of excessive heat. The mercury was ut
100
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
Chemical Plant Burned ont.

The plant Of the Northwestern Chemi-
ri Company, west of Milwaukee, was
burned. The loss is about $4,000. with
assurance Of $4,000. The building and
aoutcnts are a total loss.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
Left Worthless Notes behind.

James Bowers, a farmer living near
Van Vert, Ohio, has decamped, leaving
behind at least $4,000 worth Of notes
with forged Inducements. Creditors are
seriously disturbed at the condition Of af-
fairs
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
b lshower off Toads in Knnaan.

A deiuge of toads accompanied the
heavy rainfall Tuesday night south OF
Topeka, Kan. A freight train at the
foot of Waukarusa hill was stopped by
them. Sand failed to make the wheels
stick.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
SOME POOR DEBTORS.

Treat Corporations Which Free Silver
Would Enable to Cheat Their Creditors
Out Of Half Of the Money Borrowed.
The free silver agitators claim to be
working in the interest of the debtors
Of the country, whom they represent as
being large number of poor persons
The creditor class ia denounced as
small number of greedy bankers and
monopolists, banded together for the
purpose Of expressing the masses Of the
people. Reputation Of debts is openly
advocated by the silverite and Populist
press on the ground that the men who
borrow money are more numerous than
the men who lend. The belief that in
some way free coinage will benefit poor
debtors by injuring rich creditors is at
the bottom of nine enths of all the de-
mands for cheap money.
The falsity of assertions that scheme
to pay debts i'll 80 cent dollars would
help the poor and hurt only the rich
can be easily seen by looking at few
of the prominent debtors of the country.
Among tho great corporations which
would be able to pay off their bonded
indebtedness in dollars worth so cents
are the following:
Bonded in
debtedness.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy ;. .sl02 600 600
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul.. 81, 00O. 600
Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific. T2.OO0 O0O
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western As. 600 900
Lake Shore and Michigan Central. 48O00, 900
New York Central. ................ &C. 600 600
New York, New Haven and Hartford $4,000 600
Northern Pacific ................... 1900 900
Central Railroad Of, New Jersey. 100000
Chicago and Northwestern. ..,,...., $1,000, 900
Here ara ten poor debtors whose obi.
cations of $545, 600, 600 are payable in
coin-not gold. Under free coinage
law these corporations could pay the
thousands of persons who hold their
bonds, many of them held by savings
banks, insurance companies, people of
small means, etc., in S272, 500, 900
worth of silver. And this is called re-
form in the interest of the masses
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
1890 Bushels nm Acree

The Michigan crop report for August
gives the average yield of wheat per acre
at 1859 bushels; acreage, as shown by
Supervisors returns, 100000; total
yield, 100000 bushels. The heavy
rains have done much damage to wheat in
southern counties. AS to quality, 50 cor
respondents in the southern counties an
swer good; 22S average and 1853 bad:
central counties, SO good, 81 average and
Fl bad; northern, 81 good and is bad.
The corn is the best in years. the estimate
for the State being 1O1 per cent. Oats
are estimated to yield 31.S bushels per
acre In the State. This crop has been
considerably damaged in the southern
counties by the heavy rains. The aver
age condition of potatoes is %; beans, 90.
The yield per acre of clover and timothy
hay is estimated at ~ per cent; meadows
and pastures is 80 and clover sowed, 50.
The apple crop promises to he heavy
throughout the State. The figures are
III per cent
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
Trying to Win New Jersey Lnureis

Trying 10 win New jersey Lnurcis
The mosquitoes at Kalamazoo are ter
rible beyond description and their like
never was seen there before. The whole
valley is crowded with them and peop,c
cannot move without plowing through
them. Several cases are. reported where
people, while out walking and bicycle
riding, have brcathed them into their
lungs with bad results. but ordinary bites
have not resulted seriously so far as
known. Horses have been great sufferers
from their bites. Screens are no barrier
to their entrance TO houses. The plague
Is accounted for by the heavy rains which
have flooded the lowlands and made
breeding places for them. The faces of
the people in that vicinity are like those
afflicted with smallpox or measles, but
it is Mi the result of the pcsky skeeters.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20

Now PosoibIe "a Send Messagee from
ship to shore.
a description of new electric tele-
graph has been forwarded to the Depart
nsnt of State by Robert Kirk. consul ut
Copenhagen. The apparatus was con-
structed by young boatswain In the
Danish navy, and makes II possible to
.commun{cpte with = ship Mt certain an
Choir ground without. any direct line from
the land. An electric battery IL placed
on the shores with one pole An contact
with water az moist earth. while the cur
rent ftIQT th3Suther pole. through tele-
graph ksyt'Gadxa revolution intsrruntcr,
is conducted to cable which is laid out
to the anchor ground and placed around
tho latter In coil with a diameter of
1,OOO-1 200 feet. On board the ship at
the anchor ground, or ss33dI distance
outside the coil, there Is small solenoid,
with which telephone Is connected.
When message is sent from the land a
bell sounds OH the ship and the communi-
cation Is sent by the telegraph key
through the telephone instrument. The
signals may be based on the Morse alpha
bet. The apparatus may also be so con-
strhcted that an answer can be sent from
the ship. ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
A. Fad IA the Turks.

From far Formosa, where for upward
of year japanese troops have sbeen
vainly striving to crush out the seeds of
post-bellum opposition to japanese inno-
vations, comes story which, for bar
barous cruelty and defiant violation of
oil ethics of civilizations, fortunately has
few parallels in history, even of the saw
age races of the world. The terrible tale
of rapine, murder and wanton cruelty
reached Victoria, b. c., by the steamer
Empress Of japan and fully bears out the
statement on the situation in Formosa
given publicity by the Rev. DIR. Mackay,
on his return to that island six months
ago. Other equally credible correspond
ents are now the witnesses against japan,
and the burden Of their arraignment
against Japan is that, seeing neither fame
nor profit to be gained in the subjugation
Of the Formosans by the arts of modern
warfare, recognized as legitimate by civ
ilized nations, the japanese troops sent
to the island have embarked on crusade
of blood, their object being to crush out
all signs OF discomfort by, as far as posi-
bic. discriminating the native population.
The policy of determination has been
zealously pursued from the beginning of
The campaign, and what with the destruc-
ton of their crops, the burning of their
villages, the Dissertation of the graves Of
their loved ones. the ill-treatment of their
,vives and daughters and the butchery ot
their innocent children. the people are
driven to the last expcdicnts of despera-
ton.
Notable New Freight Line.
An English syndicate, mt the head OF
which IL Sir Whetman Pearson, member
of parliament for Colchester, has just
concluded lease with the Mexican Gov
ernment Of the Tehauntepec Isthmus
Railway The terms Of the lease include
m ssreement on the part of the syndicate
TO finish works already well advanced for
the Improvement of the harbor Of Coat
zacoa Licoz, at the Atlantic terminus of
the road, and to construct the harbor
works at Salina Cruex, the Pacific ter
minus. which were included in the original
plans, but which the Mexican Govern
ment has been SO far unable to execute.
The road itself will beigreatly improved
and put in the condition of frst-class
line. A line of ships. plying between Sa-
lima Cruez and San Francisco, will be. put
on to deliver freight to the many lines
plying In the Gulf Of Mexico. A deter
mined effort will be made to secure the
freight and low-priced passenger traffic Of
San Francisco. On the. other. side Of the
isthmus II is expected to get the bulk of
the European fine freight. such as dry
goods. which now comes by steamship to
New Orleans and bynrsiig to San Fran
cisco ~ '.,S y bGn wnrraG' ~ ~ 50
To Enforce Arrnoaf Boycott.
The National Retail Butchers Protec-
tive Association, at its annual convention
IN Denver, instructed its police commit
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20

The National Retail Butchers Protec-
tive Association, at its annual convention
IN Denver, instructed Its police commit
tee to enforce the boycott previously or
dercd against all meats handled By the
Asmour Packing Company.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
What &c to 1 Means.

It means that 16 ounces Of silver for
debt paying purposes shall be made, by
law, worth as much as ounce Of gold.
One ounce of gold will now coin
$500. Sixteen ounces Of silver shall
be made to coin $500.
You can buy in any market today IS
ounces Of silver for 50. "a. The profit is
81 per cent, OF, IS. GO.
In other wofds, if man borrows of
you today $500 he can pay you, if
"free silver at 16 to 1" becomes law,
with 80. "a.
Look out that it doem'tl
Silver is merely a commodity, like
tin, iron or wood.
If the government should say SO. o.
worth of wood shall cost $500, would
you buy it? Certainly not.
The silver dollar today is worth SO
cents. Its present ratio to gold is about
81 to /. All the governments in the
world cannot change the commercial
value of silver any more than that Of
coal, iron, tir or copper!
The more silver produced the cheaper
it will get
Would England, France or Germany
take in payment Of debt from us for
$500, 80. "a, simply because our gov.
eminent said that 50. 94 worth Of silver
is worth SIS. GO Of gold?
Certainly not! No moro than you
would accept such q settlement Of per.
sonal debt.
A standard Of exchange must be CO.
extensive with the commercial world
and acceptable to all concerned
Have They Cornered the Copper Cents9
A majority of the letters from the
workingmen in your columns claim
that gold has appreciated In value since
1873 and that this appreciation has
been caused by the wicked bankers
who have cornered all the gold. Has
any one suggested that these wicked
bankers have cornered all the cents?
In 1873 1t required 100 cents to pur-
chase only one ounce of silver. To-day
1t requires only 6S cents to purchase
this same one ounce OF silver. In 1870
1t required 125 cents to purchase one
bushel OF wheat. To-day GO cents will
purchase one bushel of wheat. And
yet 100 cents will purchase the same
amount Of gold to-day as 1t could in
1873. Clearly, then, 1t Is this bad little
copper cent that has caused all our
compel all Of our creditors to accept
five mills instead Of ten for / cent
Common Sense in New York World.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
western Isehxne. M

Following is the Standing Of the clubs
In the Western League: ~ t
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-20
National League.

Following is the standing Of the clubs
Of the National Baseball League:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-23

The organ of the Society of Public
Analysts mentions the following curious
instance of commercial ingenuity: A
certain firm of confectioners abroad use
large quantity of walnuts in various
forms of sweets and found that
the shells had distinct COM
mercial value and, in fact, they
sold the shells for more than they
gave for the whole walnuts. The shells
ore ground to powder and then used in
adulterating ground cinnamon. But the
buyer Is not altogether secure in pur-
chasing cinnamon in the stick, for this
h sometimes adulterated by the ma
tives who gather it with baIks of other
shrubs. A l,eartless, if ingenious, de-
ception, too, is that practiced every
spring. when large quantities of COM
mon weed, the leaf of which closely re-
sembles the musk plant, are by some
means slightly scented with musk and
sod as the genuine, at so much root,
to the great subsequent disappoint-
ment of the buyer.-Household World.