Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03


committed suicide. When the boy was
| told of 1t, he tainted and was unconscious
| for two hours. Dime novels are respon
| sible for the tragedy.
Monday was sentence day in the Mus
kegon Circuit Court and Joseph Graham
was sent to Marquette for five years and
John Fitzgerald for one year. Graham
raided dwelling house in the day time
and Fitzgerald robbed clothing house
dummy of its overcoat.
The governor of the engine ut the Pal
merton woodenware plant at Saginaw
would not work, and as result the en-
CINE ran away and tore Itself to pieces
The fywheel burst and the fragments
went in every direction. There were
about 800 people working in the plant at
the time. but fortunately none were in
jured.
Daniel N. Miller, of Battle Greek, a
| freight conductor on the g. a. q. t., was
instantly killed Mt Elsden, near Chicago,
| Sunday morning. He was in charge of
freight No. 300. The train was pulling
out of Elsden yards, and he was stand
ing by on side track watching the train
move out. A switch engine and four cars
the noise made by the moving freight.
He was struck, and locomotive No. $50
and four cars passed over him.
Judge Long says that in applying TO
Pension Commissioner Murphy for re-
storation at the old rate of $I2 he has
not abandoned his famous case recently
dismissed by the Federal Supreme Court
because of the retirement of Commits
sioner Lochren. Such application had to
be made in order to get the matter be-
fore the new Commissioner Should the
latter grant the application that would
end the case. But his refusal is neces-
sary before the corrts can again be APP
pealed to.
At Pontiac the Circuit Court has
awarded Junius Ten Eyck Judgment of
10000 against the Pontiac, Oxford and
Northern Railroad in payment for SER
vices rendered in securing the right 0f
way of the railroad when it was built,
The case will be appealed to the Supreme
Court. A few years ago the Circuit
Court granted Ten Eyck a Judgment for
10000, and the railroad authorities car
ried the case to the State and United
States Supreme Court in both of which
the Circuit Court judgment was sus-
tanned. For some reason the first judg-
ment has never been paid.
There is no change in the situation as
regards the failure of the First National
Bank of East Saginaw, and Bank Exam
iner Caldwell says that matters are be-
ing secured and protection given as fast
as possible. President Il. Il. Judd stated
that he would make over all of his prop
erty toward paying the Indebtedness Of
the bank. To show the confidence that
business men feel in the matter, n num-
Der of claims were bought by parties out
side Of the bank for 90 cents on the dol
lar. 4 he other banks report business the
same as usual, and have felt no effect
from the failure, all having the perfect
confidence of the community.
The Polish Catholic Church in Bay
City has been having a world of trouble
lately over affairs which are purely local.
Father Bogaki was denied admission to
the parsonage. He had many adherents.
Sunday a regular riot occurred, and four
men were seriously hurt. The police
dispersed the mob. Monday the priest,
by disguise. gained access to his parson-
age. A crowd soon assembled outside
and waited fer the priest to appear. Sew
eral men made attempts to enter the
church At . o'clock in the afternoon
both factions assembled at the church
and small-sized riot ensued. After con-
siderable fighting. in which no one was
seriously hurt, the adhcrents of Father
Bogaki were repulscd. Then Mayor
Wright appeared and ordered the mob to
dispense. The warr.ng factions finally
left for their homes.
Ten years ago, in order to secure the
location Of silk mill ut Bedding, num-
Der of residents of that village subscribed
amounts ranging from $1j to $3.50, the
fund thus raised to be used to pay the
taxes on the new plant for ten years,
those being the terms on which the mill
was secured. When the subscriptions
were made, the money was invested in
mortgages and other securities. BY care
ful management, together with the COM
paratively low rate Of taxes in the village,
the fund has increased until this fall when
the ten years time having expired. each
subscriber received back the full amount
he had subscribed, with nearly 30 per
cent additional as interest on his money
during the time. In addition to this, the
securing of the mill at that time proved
the nucleus for other industries which
have made a prosperous city out of the
then small village.
Chairman ID. NJ Ferry. of the Republi-
can State Central Committee, expended,
according to his affidavit filed with the
Secretary of State, the sum Of $50, 332. IS
in the recent campaign in this State. The
statement was not itemized. w. II. Shell
L.. s.fG DO i1u tat oh NJ
the sound money Democratic party, dis
tributed x14 ,J9S.4S, while Chairman
Baker, of the silver Democratic party,
declares he spent considerably less. May
or Pingree spent $3,366 in his campaign.
including his contribution to the State
committee of $1,700. Mileage books cost
his Honor $500, so he says, while the
remainder was spent for hotel bills, litho-
graphs and incidentals. w. s. Mesick,
silver candidate for Congress in the Elev-
enth District. expended 1926; Q. A.
Smith, the fusion candidate for Congress
in the Sixth District, parted with 1898.
and Charles s. Hampton contributed ST.
209.76 to silver's cause. A. Il. Cole, Of
FowIerville, fusion candidate for Auditor
general, staked $3.50 on the result; Hon.
T. r. Barkworth, of Jackson, invested
$492 Is in his chances for Congress in the
Second District. =. s. Miner, who ran
for Circuit Judge on the wrong ticket in
Shiawasse and Livingston Counties, Is
out $260.75, while G. w. Smith, the sue
cessful candidate for Circuit Judge in the
Oakland District, has a paying invest
ment Of $4J7.5O.
A sad scene was witnessed at the home
of Albert Colburn, living two miles north