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Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04

Cotton States Fail to DO Their Par
for the Big Show.

Cotton States Fail to DO Their Part
for the Big Show.
The proprietors of the Cotton States
exposition, which was to have been held
in Chicago this fall, have decided to give
up the scheme for the present This ac-
ton was decided upon at an executive
session OF those in charge. The proposed
fair grew out of the visit Of many promi-
nent Chicagoans to Atlanta last Noyem-
ber. The leaders of the movement for
the Chicago Cotton States exposition have
been confident Of success. For long
time it has been apparent to the Chicago
committee that the South would eventu-
ally fail to come to time and the exhibi-
tion would fall through. The Chicago
committee has done all that 1t agreed to
it has raised the necessary 100000
successfully to carry on the project; 1t
has facilitated railroad communications
between the North and South, but after
repeatedly advising the Southern commit
tee that it was ready to carry out its
part. communication was received ask
ing the committee to postpone the date,
no time being set. This, it is thought,
amounts to an eventual abandonment or
the scheme on the part of the South. The
directors say that the exposition has not
been entirely abandoned, but that 1898
or some other year may be selected as the
time to hold ii.
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SOUTH AMANA.

This is not an exclusive people. While
in a sense they separate themselves
from the world, they have welcome
ready for all who visit them, and men,
bership in the society is not difficult to
obtain. Any one who is willing to sub
scribe to their rules, who is sincere in
his profession of faith, and who will
attest to it by casting his property into
the common fund, may take up life
among them upon probation, and, If he
prove worthy, attain to fellowship.
This means food and clothing, abun-
dance when WELL care when i'll, shelter
and protection from want in old age
At any time a member may withdraw
If he has a disposition to do SO, and
may take from the common fund what
he put into 1t, or the heirs of a men,
ber may do so.
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Amana, Iowa, the present location Of
the same. Metz died in 1857, and the
spiritual and temporal guidance Of the
sect fell to Barbara Landman, wom-
an of unusual abilities and strong spir-
itual fervor. She maintained her as
tendency until she died, and since then
trustees have administered affairs, no
one having as yet claimed to be en-
uowed with direct inspiration from
God on spiritual matters.
The estate of the society consists Of
land severally classed in three grades:
Bluffs or grazing land, rich bottom
farm lands, and timber tracts. The
lands adapted to tillage are highly cul-
tivated.
The people do not dwell in separate
farms, but In eight hamlets, called, re-
spectively, Amana, South, West, East,
.ligh, Middle, New South Amana and
Homestead. The houses are Of wood,
and one and one-and-a-half stories
high, unpainted, but scrupulously neat.
Each village has church and school
house, a comon cellar, and one or more
kitchens and dining-rooms, also In COM
mon, where men and women dine sep
arately. 1nere are also kindergartens,
where small children are kept while
their mothers are In the fields, they
frequently choosing to work there with
the men.
The schools are good, and Industrial
goes hand n Land with intellectual and
moral education. Little boys solemnly
81, and knit, c1d trades are taught.
The work is regulated by the Board
Of Trustees and by the village boards,
which assemble nightly to discuss the
events of the day and plan the opera
tions nf the narrow Each memher
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FoiIs the Lynchinp Bee.

John Hoffman escaped being hanged by
an infuriated Chicago mob Monday
through the timely interference Of the po-
lice. He had been chased through alleys,
shot at, kicked and beaten, and choked
by a rope, when the guardians Of the
peace arrived just in time to prevent n
lynching. Hoffman hailed the coming Of
the officers with tears of joy, and went to
a cell in the West Chicago avenue station
with as much alacrity as a bridegroom
goes to the altar. to carefully caress a
broad, blue welt on his neck, and reflect
upon the uncertainties of life which at
tend the occupation of burglar. Hoff-
man had burglarized a fat, knocked down
its woman owner, fled with his booty with
hundred men In hot pursuit, hid himself
under barrel in a lumber yard, and when
there discovered had knocked down three
men, fought the whole crowd like wild
beast, received and given many blows,
and finally, covered with blood and
wounds, his clothes in shreds from the
desperate scuffle, had only succumbed to
overpowering numbers from sheer weari-
ness.
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DONE Misjudge His Strength.

Do not underestimate the strength Of
your competitor. He may be a better
buyer than you. His lieutenants may
be better skilled In mercantile tactics.
His capital may be more abundant, and
therefore can be well turned over at
less profit. If you want to be victorious
there must be no sleeping at your post.
Throw out your skirmish lines of good
values and honest modern methods.
Let It be matter Of positive knowl-
edge with every member Of your CON-
munity that your store is on the ad-
vance every season. If your store is
renowned for everything new and
good, II your prices are always right
and your methods aggressive and at
the same time honorable, victory will
be yours.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04

Terrible Accident Attends the Czar's
Coronation.

Coronation.
One of the most terrible disasters that
ever overlook the common people or his-
sia happened Saturday in Moscow, when
over 900 persons were killed or received
injuries from which they afterward died
In a panic on Khodijnskoje plain, precipi-
tated during festivities in honor of the
coronation of the Gar. The official re-
port places the number of dead at over
$500. Most of these persons were in
stantly trampled to death, and the spec
tacle presented when the portion of the
plain on which the stampede took place
was cleared Of the survivors was sicken-
ing in the extreme. The crowd was
awaiting the signal to dine at tables laid
out of doors and the distribution Of pres
ents from the royal house when the dis
aster occurred. The immediate cause OF
it was the pitching into the midst of the
dense throng assembled gifts, for which
wild scramble was made. The Gar
has given orders that the sum of 1000
roubles be given to each bereayed family
and that the victims be buried at his ex-
penSe.
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How TO Clean Black sim.

The French method of cleaning black
silk Is very simple and the results very
satisfactory. The silk is thoroughly
brushed and wiped with n cloth. then
laid on board or table and well
sponged with hot coffee that has been
strained through piece of muslin. The
silk Is sponged on the side intended to
show. 1t Is allowed to become partially
dry and then ironed on the wrong side.
The coffee removes the shiny look and
does not leave the papery stiffness pro-
duced by other liquids. The silk ap-
pears thickened by this process. Try IL
upon a necktie and yor will be sur
prised ut the results.
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MARKETS ARE WEAK.
POLITICS AND BIG CROPS THE
CAUSE.
Gold Exports an EntireIysNaturalR Re-
sult-Frightful Accident Attends the
Fetes at Moscow = Missouri Town
: Deluued By cloudburst.
Prices Go Downward.

r. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review or
Trade says: Continued exports of gold.
amounting to $3,900,000, are recognized
as natural results Of the borrowing and
importing early in the year. but caused no
serious apprehension. There is general
conviction that destructive schemes VIII
not succeed, although at present political
uncertainties cause part of the business
that might be done to be postponed untii
the future is more clear. Markets for
products are weak, rather than stagnant.
The business done is small, but largely
governed by the belief in large crops and
insufficient demand"
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ligious and economic problems by a
communal life. The Iowa "Inspira-
tionists," about 1900 in number, occu-
py 25,0O0 acres Of land In Amana and
adjacent townships, and are incorpor-
ated under the laws of Iowa.
The founder of the sect was e. L.
Gruber, of Wurtemberg, Germany,
born in 1864. He was assisted by John
f. Rock, Of the same country, and the
sect was formally established in Hes
sen, Germany, about 1714. There the
colony existed without making much
advance, until Christian Metz, a man
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04
Bolt After Defeat.

The national prohibition convention at
Pittsburg resulted in split. BY n vote
of 427 to 3ST the narrow gauge members
Of the party won their fight to confine the
platform to the single issue of hostility
to the liquor traffic. The silver men made
good their threat to bolt if they were de-
feated, and met in separate convention.
The regular convention nominated Joshua
p. Levering. the millionaire coffee ,mer-
chant Of Baltimore, as its choice as Presi-
dent. Hale Johnson, Of Illinois, was nom-
mated as his running mate.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04
westcru League.
Downfall of Two Preachers.

A sensation was created at Middletown,
Ohio, in the synod of the Western Dis
trict of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
by the announcement that two ministers.
delegates to the synod. had been fined for
being drunk and disorderly. They We're
Immediately expelled by the synod. They
are Rev. Andrew Popp, Stanton, Ind. and
Rev. o. II, Koblitz, Hopeville, Mercer
County Ohio.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04
Give. Her Estate to a Convict.

Mrs. Martha Galloway, large property
owner Of Fort Scott, Kan, died Tues
day, leaving will beQueathing to her
son, Clark Bedell, who is life convict
in the New York State prison Mt Auburn,
half Of her valuable estate and preclud-
ing her husband from any share in it.
The convict son was for many years
prominent man Of Fort Scott, and his
parents have succeeded in keeping his
disgrace profound secret until the moth
er died and the step-father retained coun-
sci to contest the will. The nature Of
Bedell's offense is not known at home.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04
Big Telephone War Is Promised.

AS result Of the WAR declared by the
Standard Telephone Company, its old
rival, the Bell Company, held special
meeting ut Philadelphia. The capital
stock Of the Bell Telephone Company was
then increased from $1,OOO,OOO to 81
100000. VicePresident James II. Nit
chell said the money would be used to cx-
tend the company's business.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04
USE A HOSE.
Young Woman Teacher of Duluth
Acquittcd of an Assault.

Miss Mary Braithwaite, principal Of
the Bryant school in Duluth. Mimi, was
acquitted of a charge Of assault. Miss
Braithwaite was arrested for whipping u
boy named Henry Grytdahl with piece
of rubber hose. The boys father made
the complaint, claiming that the boy had
been badly injured. Testimony was in
troduced to show that the boy was very
bad youngster and physicians testified
that bruises on his person might have re
suited from II moderate whipping. Miss
Braithwaite testified that the rubber tab
ing was the same that was commonly
used as means of infiicting punishment
in the schools there. ht+t .u l.ot
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Crowninu of the Car.

His majesty, the Emperor Nicholas
Alexandrovitch, autocrat Of all the Rus
sias, and her majesty, the Empress Alex
andra Feodorovna, were solemnly crown
ed Tuesday in the Cathedral Of the As
sumption, with the utmost ceremony and
in accordance with all the religious forms
and ancient rites
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04
CONGRESSMAN HIT ILL.
Friends Fear HE Present Sickness
May Prove Serious.

Congressman Robert Hit, of Illinois,
chairman of the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs, who passed through
such a serious sickness last summer, is
again ill. He has been confined to his
bed for several days. At his home it was
stated thatNMr. Hits illness was not seri-
Gus and is principally the result of a bad
cold. He has not fully recovered from
the effect of the attack last summer,
which came near to being fatal, and his
friends fear that in his weakened condi-
tion his present illness may prove more
serious than it would under usual circum-
stances.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04
Twenty-Five Drowned.

A cloudburst broke over Seneca, Mo-.
at 4 o'clock Saturday morning, and in ten
minutes the water in Lost creek swept
through the city like mill race, carrying
AWAY every structure in its path. Not
a house in the district south Of the creek
Is left intact on its foundations. Twenty
five persons were drowned.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04
TO AID ST. LOUIS.
Mayor Swift Calls n Special Meeting
OF the ChicaN0 Cnuncil

Of the Chicago Council.
Mayor Swift on Thursday sent out q
call for a special meeting OF the Chicago
City Counci! for the purpose Of consider
ing what might best be done to aid the
stricken city of st. Louis. Chief Swenie
of the fire department said that no call
had been made on HIM from the fire de
partmcnt OF st. Louis, but that of course
he stood ready to act when one was made.
All the city officials were deeply concern
ed over the catastrophe which had be-
fallen st. Louis, and expressions of will
ingness to aid in every way were heard
OH all sides.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04
EXPLORER Low OF to Lobrador.

A.,P. Low, the well-known explorer of
the geological survey, left Ottawa, Ont,
on another expedition to Labrador. He
will go directly north to Hudson Bay, sail
up the east coast and then pass across the
northern part Of Labrador Peninsula to
the Atlantic and on down the Atlantic to
Hamilton Inlet, the scene Of his recent
exploration, and arrive home about Ne
yember .e
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04

City police were called upon at Pitts
burg to eject unruly delegates at the pro-
hibition party's national convention We'd
nesday. The trouble arose over the mo-
ton of a silver delegate to substitute a
broad-gauger for the single-issue man
who had been chosen by the national COM
mittee for temporary chairman. He was
howled down and the anti-silver crowd
ecored the first victory
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04
L,iIi.n Nordica +. Marricd.

Nordica and Zoltain +. Doene, who
were attending the May festival at In
dianapolis, the first named as chief SOLO
ist, were seen in jewelers. establishment
selecting two handsome rings. Wednesi
day morning a marriage license was is
sued to Lillian b. Norton and Zoltain Il.
Doene, and during the day they were
married by Rector Cartenstein, Of st.
Paul's Episcopal Church.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04

KittylI won't let them repair my
wheel again. They charged me dol
lar for simply sticking my tire on.
Tom-For simply sticking it on? Kitty
Yes. Tom-By Jove! that was simply
sticking 1t on!-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04
Curtaiis the whisky OUTPUT.

All the rye whisky distillers in the East
ern States will suspend operations on
Sept. next. This will throw out of en-
ployment 1000 workmen, coopers and
laborers. The skilled workmen about
the distilleries will be kept rs they are
under contract. This action was resolved
upon Mt meeting at New York, repre-
senting, it is estimated, $25, ,O0O, 600 capi-
tai, at the Waldorf Hotel. JIG. Ponte-
tract presided, and Edwin v. Dougherty
was secretary. Z T
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04
MUST PAY BOUNTIES.
Com ptro11er Bowler's Ruling De
c1ared to he Wrong.

Com ptrO11er BOwler's KuIin9 Dc
cIared to he Wrong.
The United States Supreme Court an
nounced its decision Monday at Washing
ton in the sugar bounty cases of the
United States VS.. Gay and the Realty
Company. The cases were brought to
test the constitutionality Of the ruling Of
Comptroller Bowler denying bounty to
the sugar planters under the law of the
last Congress. The opinion of the court
was handed down by Justice Peckham
and affirmed the opinion Of the court be-
low holding the sugar bounty law valid
and overruling the Comptroller. The
opinion was a unanimous one.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04
smaII-Pox in the MORO Castle.

Private advices received in Key West,
Fla, state that smallpox is raging in the
Moro castle, Havana. Sixteen cases
were removed from the castle to the hos
pital one day. Yellow fever is also rag
ing in Cuba.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04
Rich Ore from the Reddy Milne.

Salmon & Morgan of the Reddy Mine
at Deadwood. s. D., took out Saturday
1,500 pounds of ore that was so rich that
the Deadwood and Delaware Smelling
Company shipped it direct to the Omaha
refinery The mine is situated on the
Homestake belt
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04

Severe storms which at some points al
most assumed the proportions Of cy-
clone, prevailed In central Kansas and
southern Missouri Monday night and
Tuesday morning, doing more or less dam
'ee< 'tNe reports Of casualties are fur-
nished. 10 sssT Ust fi 81 1slss
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six Years for Emanuel Ninuer.

Judge Brown, OF New York, sentenced
Emanuel Ninger to six years in the Erie
County penitentiary. Ninger is the artist
who so szillfully counterfeited United
States treasury notes with pen and ink
that for years he remained undetected.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04
MIs. wanamaker Not Engaged.

The announcement made from Buda-
Pesth that Miss Wanamaker, daughter of
ex-Postmastcr General John Wanamaker,
was engaged to CountFelix Harnoncourt,
heir of the wealthy Baron Sinais., owner
OF Trensenteplitz, is denied by Mr.. .Wana-'
makers son-in-law.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04

ingassigned his specified duty,is noti-
fed, and accepts the notification without
O thought Of objection. The women
work with the men In the fields, not al
ways from necessity, but rather from
preference.
The amusements of the people are not
of a demonstrative kind. Dancing Is
strictly prohibited as immoral and friv-
olous. Church meetings take the place
OF lighter social convivialities, while
the national holidays and the special
observances of the colony AFFORD gen.
eral opportunity for q mild iSdulssnce
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04
TALENTED DOG.

Albany, N. Y, Canine Can Blow
Trumpet.
There's dog in Albany, ". Y, who
can play the trumpet-that is to say,
he can blow two or three harmonious
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04
Only one survivor in Fourteen.

c. +. Mum. wife and family of twelve
children moved from Lincoln, Neb., to
st. Louis last month. The father, moth
er and eleven children were killed in the
tornado.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04
Pfeffer Given Hia ReIease.

HCHCH oHNCh HTo NCHcuSts
The New York baseball club gave Fred
Pfeffer his unconditional release, without
the usual ten days notice.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04

of much mental energy, assumed the
leadership, and some time prior to 1854
transplanted the colony from Germany
to Ebenezer, Erie County, N. Y. In 1854
Metz induced the colony to sell its prop
erty to Ebenezer and acquire land in
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04

st. Losdie and Her Slater Town Feay-
80 fully Scourged.r N'FAs
-Four hundred and sixty-threc dead and
T1S injured is the awfHi story Of Wednes-
days cyclone. Time will swell the list
Though the ,sorrowful,work of the enum-
orators was but begun, this table shows
their grewsome totals at midnight Thurs
day night:
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04

When boy wears n pair OF new
shoes without protest, 1t is an indica-
tion that he is going away on the cars.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04

notes from a small brass horn-and
wonderfully funny he looks when he
sits on his launches blowing away for
dear life. The dogs name Is Mascot,
and he's the queerest genius alive.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04

Every one who believes IN hypnot
ism believes In ghosts.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-06-04
National League.

Following Is the standing Of the clubs
In the National Baseball League: W.. :.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07
ELEPHANTS ROLLED A1oARD-
How the Big Beasts Embarked on a
Steamboat Mt a Chicago Wharf.

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
A troupe of elephants made up the cargo
which was shipped for Milwaukee yester-
day morning on the steamer City of Ere
mont 1t is seldom that such a consign-
ment of freight is shipped on the lake
boats, and the stevedores do not banker 70
handle such a shipment. 1t knocks all the
poetry out of the life on the rolling wave
to tackle the circus elephant and drag him
over the gangplank by the tusks
There were five elephants in the party
When they arrived at the docks the ques-
ton arose as to how they were to be load
ed. They were too tan to walk aboard
the steamer in the low gangway, and the
sailors were not husky enough to wheel
them on board. Had they been anything
but trained elephants, they would have had
to swim to the Cream city or else go by
land. The captain of the steamer was in
clined to believe that he had contracted for
an impossible undertaking, as the animals
were not sufficiently skilfui to climb rope
ladder to the upper deck. He was sorely
disappointed, as his ambition had always
been to haul q menagerie out on the bill
lows and then he could use them to trim
the vessel. But the trainer was not so
easily discouraged. He knew his beasts
better than the captain did, and was there
fore. equal to the situation. He ordered
the smallest OF the troupe to lie down on
the gangplank and the animal compiled
without a whmper. The elephant was
then asked to roll on board, which com
mand was also obeyed promptly The
monster brute made but two revolutions,
and found himself bound for Milwaukee.
In telling of the novel occurrence, one of
the dockmen said:
eve got them on board safely by rolling
them down the gangplank. but it was a
tight squeeze for the two biggest. When
the steamer felt the weight of the elephants
on one side she listed some, but was prop
erly trimmed at last, when the keeper
ordered them to lie down amdships. They
did as they were bid, without making any
bones about it. l suppose they thought
they were going back to Africa. I've seen
horses make more trouble than those ele-
plants did when being loaded
When the boat got well under way and
felt the swell Of the water as the east
winds blew, the elephants proved them
selves good sailors. and trumpeted their
delight. They looked out at the broad
waste of sea and sky, and watched the dis
tant sails with much interest as the two
legged passengers above them did.
The smallest one however, when the CITY
had long been left behind, felt somewhat
uneasy. He rubbed his ponderous stom-
ach with his trunk, and delivered shriM
trumpeting sound, which drowned out the
sound of the steam whistle
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07
Making Change in circle City.

The people of Circle City are not bother
ing their heads about coinage measure, zee,
Very little money is in circulation, put IN
der the circumstances they feel no lhoo .ia
venience from its scarcity, and the so y
scales to them are as good as the stamp u
the mint.
AS a sample business transaction, W.
man came into a store and bought soa ,ns
armful Of groceries. The bill, / thlhk W.
&c. She dropped on the counter puS
skin bag that looked as If 1t contaille slo ~
pound or two OF dust, and the cietk t .oSy
1t and shook a little pile out into the va
of the scales until the balance turn nnd
Then he handed the bag back 10 hel IN IN
emptied the tray into another bag co's'a cas-
ing something like pint OF dust tha ..ars.
lying on the basement shelf. Inc "a
action consumed about as much ti,ne e.
1t would require to take $l.H out VI 90
bill, provided the clerk didn't nave ~
out to some other store to get the c .ls, hss
think the coin known as two ol's
a certain standing in this town as MI q IN
ure Of value, but have never seeu some
practical use. a half dollar goes III ''
instances.