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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
F;fty-nipe Taken Ont Dead.

G. ii. Davidson, n prominent banker
of Wichita, Kan, has received a letter
from his son. James Wheeler Davidson,
n member of the Imperial japanese
guard, stationed at Formosa, telling of
horrible cruelty practiced by the Span
iards toward the natives of the Philip
pine Islands, who are now in revolt
against their oppressors. Young David
son went to Philippine Islands recently
to investigate the condition of affairs
there and report to the japanese Govern
ment. He found that the natives and
half-castes were being subjected to the
most cruel tortures known to history, and
their condition was so ptiable as to excite
his deepest sympathy, but he dared not.
he says, make known the real facts while
on the islands. The methods of torture
invented during the inquisition are re-
sorted to in wringing confessions of trea-
son from suspects, and he declares that
5000 suspects have been arrested and
thrown into foul prisons and dungeons
at Manila. Mr.. Davidson describes the
death of fifty-nine unfortunates who
were smothered in the "black hole" there.
There is large underground pit in Man
lila with an opening above. -Four hun
dred were thrust into il Mt one time and
the opening closed. The air was soon
exhausted by the imprisoned wretches,
who for breath Of fresh air fought each
other like demons. Their cries and plead
ings failed to move the hearts of the SEN
tries, and fifty-nine were smothered. Mr..
Davidson tells of various forms of pun
ishment inflicted, which, he says, is aided
by torturing machines actually used in
the days of the inquisition, and which are
preserved at this time Mt Manila.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
No "FIap Doodle"

Mayor Pingrees announcement that he
doesn't want any flap doodle" connect
ed with his Inauguration as Governor has
caused some establishment in Lansing
where arrangements were being made for
the event, with the understanding that
his Honor was willing. Comptroller
Blades made two visits to the city, as
everybody supposed for the purpose OF
arranging the program for the event, and
whatever steps were taken met with his
approval. The discovery that the Mayor
will not tolerate any such frills Is mat
ter of disappointment to many of his
friends, who desired to see him elevated
with great eclat to the high Office to
which he has been elected.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
Lake Death List Ia Sixty-six.

The season of navigation on the lakes,
now just closing, has been remarkably
free from disasters where large loss of
life was involved. The most serious dis
aster was the wrecking of the schooner
Waukesha, off Muskegon, Nov. z, when
six lives were lost. The schooner Mary
ID. Aver went down with five Of her crew
May II. The schooner Sumatra foun-
dered off Milwaukee Sept. 4, carrying
down four seamen. A boiler explosion on
the Rhoda Stewart, off Alpena, ended
three lives. and three were burned with
the City of Kalamazoo Nov. 30. July
the schooner Little Wissahickon went
down with three seamen. Twenty-six
sailors fell overheard and were drowned.
Six fell through open matches and were
killed. One diver was suffocated. Mis-
cellaneous causes make up the remainder
of the death list of sixty-six. One passen-
ger only was lost. 1t is believed to have
been case of suicide.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
MARKET quotations.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$3.50 to $500; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to 1915; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $3.75; wheat, No. red, Toe to 76c;
corn, No. 2, pc to 24c; oats, No. 2, lie
to 19c; rye, No. 2, Csc to 4Oc; butter,
choice creamery, 22c to 24c; eggs, fresh,
PC to 23c; potatoes, per bushel, zoe to
Doc; broom corn, common green to fine
brush, 21ac to 51ac per pound.
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500 to
$5.25; hogs, choice light, $500 to 1878;
sheep, common to prime, $500 to $3.50:
wheat, No. 2, SOC to Ole; corn, No. 2
white, zoe to 21c; oats, No. white, 22c
to pc.
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, Ole to 93c;
corn, No. 2 yellow, 21c to 22c; oats.
No. white, 10c to &c; rye, No. 2, 35c
to 36c.
Cincnnati-Cattle,$ $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $3.75; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 92c to 04c; corn, No. 2
mixed, pc to DC; oats, No. mixed, 10c
to 21c; rye, No. ., 40c to 42c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs
$500 to 1915; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. red, 9Oc to Ole; corn. No. .
yellow, PIC to PC; oats, No. 2 white, Zoe
to 22c; rye, 3Sc to 39c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 red, 92c to 04c;
corn, No. 2 mixed, pc to 24c; oats, No.
2 white, tic to Zoe; rye. No. 2, 3Sc to 30c;
clover seed, $5.25 to $685..
Observation-Disclosures, No. spring, tic
to Zoe; corn, No. 3, 21c to 23c; oats, No.
2 white, Zoe to pc; barley, No. 2, 30c to
34c. rye, No. 1, 43c to 44c; pork, mess,
$3.50 to 500.
Buffalo-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs.
$500 to $500; sheep, $500 to $3.75:
wheat. No. 2 red, 07c to Csc; corn, No.
2 yellow, 24c to 25c; oats, No. white,
23c to 24c.
New York-Cattle, $500 to S5.25; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2 red, Soc to SIC; corn, No. 2,
2Sc to 30c; oats, No. white, 23c to 24c;
butter. creamery, 15c to 25c; eggs, West
ern, zoe to 22c.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
Short State Items


Frank Smith, young Deerfield farm.
er. was arrested by United States mar.
shall from Bay City on i charge If send
ing obscene letters through rhe mail.
John J. Bagnall, of Kalamazoo, aged
A.. who just contracted TO build $1,000
house for Sidney Forbes, of Detrot, fell
out of tree which he was trimming. a
distance of thirty feet, f-acturing his
skull and injuring him internally. lie is
not expected to live.
The Standard Wheel Company, of Kal.
hmazoo, which was reported to have shut
down for an indefinite period, is running
in all departments and employing as
many men as usual at this season of the
year.
Sophronia Root, of Flint. wants Sheriff
Gamer to pay her $1,000 damages for al
lowing X. b. Root to get away. She got
n judgment Of $631.5 against Root for
assault and battery. Root was arrested
on capias and clapped into Jail until he
should pay, but was released in 81 300
hail, promising to stay in Flint, but left
for parts unknown, 1t Is alleged.
The retail shoe firm of Karlson & Fors-
berg, of Manistee, after being in bust
ness just six months, has made an as
Segment for the benefit of it's creditors to
G. w. Conat. Their liabilities are about
81 800, while they claim assets valued at
over $1,000.
G. III. Shaffer, the ingenious president
Of the Muskegon Electric Alarm Works.
has invented what he says is the secret
of applying perpetual motion--cylinders
sliding in and out of drums filed with
water, diminishing weight by operation
Of the law of specific gravity. These
weights applied to a band running over
smooth pulleys are the essential features
u the idea.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
News of Minor Note.

Gen. Blnco has resigned the Governor
Generalship of the Philippines.
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi has been
elected president of the Societe Liberte
des Artistes Francois.
While excavating for a cellar under
Trinity Church, Newport II. l., workmen
found several skeletons, one of which
was in a cedar coffin and was well pre-
served.
The burgomaster and sheriffs AT Brus.
sells have resigned owing to the adoption
by the common council of proposal fix
ing the minimum wage of communal en-
ployes at francs per day.
The prefectorial commission at Paris
has reported in favor of the removal of
the Orleans Railroad terminus to the site
of the Cour des Complies, which was
burned during the commune.
A Berlin dispatch says Princess Eliza
beth Of Lippe is dead at Delnod.. She
was the widow of Prince Leopold of
Lime. and was the Princess of Schwartz
burg X ubolstadt. She was born in 1893
George w. Shiffler, teller of the First
National Bank of Lebanon, Pa, is miss
ing. He is thought to be suffering from
temporary arrangement, brought on by
the heavy defalcations Of Cashier Hoffer.
Senator Voorhees, physician says the
Senator cannot possibly recover and will
never again be seen in Washington. He
IL suffering from progressive paralysis.
and because of his age he cannot be-
cured.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
THEIR LEADER SLAIN.
Cuban Insurgents Lose Maceo, Their
Ablest General.

Nupah insurgents Lose niaCeO, lnelr
Ablest General.
1t is stated in most positive terms by
the Spanish authorities at Havana that
Antonio Maceo, the great insurgent lead
er and the heart and soul of the Cuban
cause, has been killed in Havana prov
ince, after having effected the passage of
the western trocha, near Mariel, at its
northern extremity. With the Cuban
leader died Francisco Gomez, son of Max
imQ Gomez, who accompanied the mulat-
to general on his passage of the trocha.
Most explicit details of the finding of the
bodies of the fallen Cubans and of the
facts relied upon for their Identification
are at hand through the report of the
Spanish commander, Maj. Cirujeda, who
contested the passage of the trocha I'M
successfully on Dec. with Maceo, and
who sustained another conflict Monday
with the forces under the insurgent lead
er. 1t was in a reconnaissance after the
latter engagement that the Spaniards
found the two corpses, which they have
identified as those of Antonio Maceo and
Francisco Gomez.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
NAGGEDINTO SUICIDE
San FRANCISCO WOMAN AND
DAUGHTER DIE.
Couldn't Stand Social Both
We're Prominent In Church Work
Antonio Maceo, Insurgent Leader,
Was Murdered by the spanish.
Toxic Their Own LIves.


Mrs. Sarah b. Ingersoll Cooper and
her daughter, Harriet Cooper, both wide
~ known as workers in the cause of tenn
perance, Christianity and philanthropy,
committed suicide together in their home
In San Francisco Thursday night. Mrs.
Cooper's will was discovered upon table
In the apartment, informing the world of
the joint suicide and requesting that the
bodies be not taken to the morgue. Mrs.
Cooper and her daughter were foremost
among the members of the Woman's Suf-
frage Association. Mrs. Cooper was, in
fact, president of the California Woman
Suffrage Association and was prominent
ly identified with church and kindergar-
ten work. She taught the largest Bible
class in the world and was a prominent
officer of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union. The suicide has made 4
profound sensation in the city, where
Mrs. Cooper and her daughter had been
until recently the leaders in church and
Christian affairs generally. The tragedy
is directly traceable to the recent scandal
which eliminated in the church trial and
condemnation of Rev. DR.. Charles o.
Brown, pastor of the First Congregation
al Church. Mrs. Cooper was one of his
warmest supporters in the early part OF
the trial. Before the end of the trial,
however. Mrs. Cooper and her daughter
turned against him, and the part of the
Coopers in the case was in violent dis
agreement with the church element,
which censured them for their activity
against the accused clergyman. Since
the trial the Coopers had been snubbed
by former friends and given the cold
shoulder by their associates in church
work. Harriet Cooper was so oppressed
with the burden of the social boycott that
was imposed upon herself and her mother
that her health failed and she suffered
from nervous prostration. She often
spoke of taking her own life, but had been
dissuaded by her mother.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
Old Pensioners In Adrian.

Two widows of the war of 1912 reside
in Adrian and forward vouchers for pen
sions every quarter. Mrs. Margaret Bron-
son is but u, but her husband served in
the war of 1912, and over forty-eight
years ago was married to her in Lenawee
County. She resides in the city with a
daughter, who is the widow of soldier
serving in 1861, and is very active and
able to work, though she sustained a
stroke of paralysis about year ago.
Mrs. Polly Sheldon is over 90, and lives
with a daughter. She is quite vigorous
and able to walk downtown easily any
pleasant day.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
North German Lloyd Steamer sa1ier
Goes Down on Corrobedo Roche.

North German Lloyd Steamer sa1ier
Goes Down ON Corrobedo Rocks.
Vigo, Spain, dispatch: The North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Salier was lost on
Corunnas Corrobedo. All hands were
drowned. There were 30 passengers on
board. Her crew was composed OF six
ty-ive men. All on board, passengers
and crew, persisted. The Salier's passen-
gers consisted of 113 Russians, thirty
five Galicians, sixty-one Spaniards, and
one German. The Salier was bound from
Bremen to Buenos Ayres, via Corunna
and Villagariea. The passengers were
mostly in the steerage. The Corrobedo
rocks, on which it is believed the Salier
was lost. are situated off the southwest
coast of Corunna and should have been
given wide berth before the steamer
headed eastward, and then in northeast
erly direction for the bay leading up to
Villagariea.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17

A Rat Creates Panic in School.
The mischievous boy pupils came
very near breaking up the high school
at Livermore Falls, Me-, a few days
since. In some way, known only to the
boys, they obtained possession of n
live rat. and big one, and let 1t loose
to "do" the schoolroom. The teacher
was simply amazed, and the big girls"
nearly had fits. They gathered their
skirts about them with great alacrity
and sought refuge on the top Of the
desks. Three Of the boys were imme-
diately suspended by the teacher, and
a meetingsof the town committee was
called, at which 1t was decided, the
committee laboring under the idea that
"boys will be boys" to let them go
back on promise of good behavior
Lewiston Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
LURED TO DEATH.
Antonio Maceo the Victim of Spain's
Treachery.


General Antonio Maceo, the famous
Cuban leader, is really dead, having been
treacherously murdered by Spaniards
Dec. while on his way to attend con-
ference to which he was invited by the
Marquis of Ahumeda. acting captain
general of Cuba, while General Weyler
was in the field. Saturday a letter was
received by Colonel ]. A. De Huau, the
head of the Florida junta, at Jackson
vile, Fla, from his secretary correspon-
dent in Havana, giving detailed account
of the assassination of General Maceo
and his entire staff, with the exception
of DIR. Zertucha. who was Maceo's ply
stefan. The letter came from reliable
source in Havana, but the correspondents
name, of course, cannot be made public,
for, as Mr.. Huau said: '"rhe writer
would be shot within an hour by Spanish
authorities if they knew who gave away
details of one of the most horrible afro
cities ever chronicled in modern warfare"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
freeing Wildcats.

"A LUIS tAuRcltc COIIeopOnutut VI Iilt
Chicago Tribune furnishes lively de-
scription of a wildcat hunt, as he says
the sport is followed in southern Cali
fornia. A company Of people, men and
women, with pack Of eager dogs, have
chased a cat till it has taken refuge in
the hunters come up, on horseback, of
course, while the dogs sit in a circle
about the tree, making music. Now and
then one of the younger dogs makes
a frantic attempt to climb the tree. The
cat, meantime, is sixty feet perhaps
above the ground, crouching on a big
limb, his eyes blazing green and vel
low, his ears twitching, and his short
tail moving hack and forth.
"Now, ladies and gentlemen" says
the huntsman, form yourselves in a
circle about the tree and give the dogs
full play, and don't shoot. The hounds
have worked for the cat, and they de-
serve it. Again, it is the most humane
way of looking at it; the dogs will kill
the cat sooner than bullet"
With this little speech delivered for
the benefit of the exc'.able tenderfoots
in the hunt, the horses are arranged in
big circle about the sycamore, and
young man who wishes to beard the
lion in his den crawls slowly up.
AS he draws nearer the cat looks
around in desperation. The tail
twitches more nervously. CHANGING
down at the open-mouthed dogs, then at
the approaching human enemy, the poor
animal is evidently considering the
chances. Nearer the climber comes,
until man and cat gaze into each others
eyes scarce three feet apart.
For a moment the puss hesitates;
then, turning quickly, he steadies him
self, and with mighty spring is in the
air. Down he goes fifty feet, bounces
among the bush, a mass Of springs,
steel and rubber, and is away. He has
landed just beyond the circle, and n
horse has dashed aside to let him pass,
followed by the pack in full cry. They
go like a fash of light, a roaring, crash
ing sound. A scream, and puss is again
visible, perched upon the limb Of anoth-
er big sycamore.
The same thing is repeated again and
again, till the women repent, and cries
of Let him gow Poor puss!' are heard
above the baying Of the dogs that are
growing fairly mad with unappeased
foreclosures.
Again the young man faces the cat.
this time fully sixty feet from the
ground. Surely IL ever an animal had
won its liberty this one has. But the
game is up. The dogs are spreading.
and as out into the air the cat leaps in
magnificent form they collect.
Down he comes like gigantic flying
squirrel, with legs spread far apart, the
soft, cushlon-like pads ready for a re-
bound. Like flash he cuts the air.
strikes the ground Mt the writer's feet.
and is enveloped in a whirlwind of fero-
cious hounds.
The agony Of the cat is over In a sec
ond, but the dogs fight, war and strur-
gle until each has vented his rage upon
the inanimate skin that Is now borne
aloft as trophy. Not few Of the dogs
have felt the sharp teeth and claws of
the vicious cat, that tips the scales at
fifty pounds.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
pwAaFs OF WONDERLAND.

Exhibition I'm Berlin.
There are now on exhibition In one Of
the museums OF the German capital
specimens of pigmy race who were
recently brought from one Of the provin-
ces of British Burmah, on the banks Of
the Irrawaddy River, not far from its
mouth. These diminutiye human be-
ings are different from any heretofore
seen In Europe. They are physically
and mentally normal--perfectly formed
and Intelligent human beings. They
ok like little statues carved by mas
ter's hand, and, since their pretty faces
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
Pingree in War Paint.

Gov.-elect Pingree has said it. Michi-
gan is to be battered this winter with
the bullets of reform, while the whole
country looks on at the battle. The fa-
nous Mayor-Governor has outlined his
plan of action and the coming fight be-
tween him and his Legislature will con-
tribute the most intensely interesting
chapter in the history of commonwealth
government in the United States.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
Steel to BE Cheap.

War, fierce and to finish, is to be
fought within the cash-supported ranks
of the steel billet pool. This grim deter
Inination was the outcome of the meet
ing held at Pittsburg Friday. The pool
had under consideration the grave ques-
ton of dissolving the powerful organiza-
ton. Long and earnest was the discus
sion, and the men who had decided upon
the wage of battle finally won.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
cRITIcIsEs DINGLEY BILL.
Farmers Congress Memorial Ready
for Presentation to Congress.

Farmers Congress Memorial Ready
for Presentation to Congress.
A memorial to Congress adopted by
the National Farmers Congress recent
ly held at Washington has been drafted
in proper form for presentation to both
houses of the national Legislature and will
be presented without delay. The most
important feature Of the memorial is the
pronounced ground which it takes against
the wool sections of the Dingley tariff
bill, now pending in the Senate, and the
disposition of which is just now the
bone of contention among representa-
tive Republicans. 1t is charged that
the bill strongly discriminates against
wool growers in favor of the wool manu-
facturers and insists that it should be
amended in several important partic-
ulars
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
Plague Kills Hundreds.

Eight hundred deaths are reported up
to date from the plague at Bombay, but
the number is believed to be much larger
Crowds of panic-stricken natives are flee
ing from the city. Trade and travel are
seriously affected. In Bombay for two
months the plague remained confined to
one ward. 1t has now spread to all dis
tricts of the city and Is increasing largely
with the cooler weather.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
NATIONAL HOMES LESS COSTLY.
Congress Must Make Provision for
More AppIicants.

Congress Must Make Provision Tor
More Applicants.
w. B. Franklin, President board OF
managers of the National Homes for
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, in his re-
port to Congress says gradual decrease
is shown in the cost. of maintenance OF
both the State and national homes. The
whole number cared for at all homes
was 4O,44S, an increase of 1905, at an
average cost of SLIGO per man. APP
plcations for admission, he says, are
more numerous than ever before. Great
er number of persons apply for admis-
sion each year, and as they are nearly
all eligible it will be necessary for Con-
gress to make additional provisions for
their accommodation. 1t is estimated
that there are 154,S10 soldiers, any one
of whom may become a beneficiary Of
the homes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
WHEAT FOR AUSTRALIA.
American Merchants Will Ship Nearly
100000 Bushels.

J. s. Larke, the Canadian Trade Com
missioner in Australia, has furnished the
Vancouver Board of Trade with a state
ment as to the condition of the Australian
crops. He states that that country will
have to import over 5000, 900 bushels of
wheat this year, owing to the failure of
the Australian harvest. He says that the
bulk will come from America. Canadian
merchants were late in the he!d San
Francisco merchants having secured n
large number of orders.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
Oppose the Goyernment Tax.

The American Society of Irrigation En-
gineers have adopted resolutions oppos-
ing the idea of government action in the
building of irrigation reservoirs and
canals, but advocating government
commission to make suggestions for the
aid of the States in the work.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
LEGAL WAR OVER BLOOD MONEY.
Identity of Dynamite Dicks" Sup
posed Corpse Is Disputed.

posed Corpse Is Disputed.
A big row exists between the officers
of Kay County. Oklahoma, and the Unit
ed States marshals of the Territory over
the identity of bandit killed near Black
we'll some days ago. The courts will
have to decide the matter. In a fight
with outlaws the sheriff's posse killed
a man whom they claim to be Dynamite
Dick" for whose capture, dead or alive,
there is a large reward. Half n dozen
marshals who claim to know, say the
man is not Dynamite Dick" but "Skee-
ter Dick" cattle thief of note. The
slayers of the outlaw assert the marshals
are attempting to cheat them out of the
reward
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
Illinois Bic Corn Crop.

The Illinois corn crop of 1896, as report
ed to the State Board of Agriculture, was
the largest ever raised in the State with a
single exception-im 1879, when the total
yield of the State was 500, 100000 BUSH
els. In 1896 the yield was 2SS, 600
bushels. The average yield per acre was
the largest in the history of the State,
forty-two bushels. The average price
throughout the State is IS cents per
bushpl
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
Milwaukee Store Seized.

Willis A. Meyers department store in
Milwaukee was seized by the Sheriff on
four attachments, aggregating SOS, 921 90
Later Mr.. Meyers made an assignment
to George Koch. Meyers attorney esti-
mates the assets at $4,000 to 100000
and the liabilities Mt 100000.