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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13
POOLS SHARE ISLES.
MORGAN CROWD GETS ONE.
THIRD OF THE BONDS.
Matter of Surprise to the Financial
worId-commerciai Feeling Strong
er-celi for Dunlop-Postai Service
May Materially Help Gold Reserve.


The Morgan pool at New York was busy
Friday selling bonds ut the market rate
of 11GH. There were reports In Wall
street that Mr.. Morgan was also a buyer
of bonds, which was noe unlikely, as they
are regarded as sure to advance to 40
within n short time. 1t is said that the
Morgan people. like many others, have
contracts for the delivery of many of the
bonds and find that they are short in the
supply they expected to get Late in the
day. too, came report from Washington
saying that the Morgan syndicate was
only to get $50, 100000 of the loan.' This
was great surprise, as on "Wednesday
the general opinion of those who heard
the reading Of the bids wus that MIR. Nor
gan would get at least $50,OOO,OOO. and
Mr. Morgan reported the treasury clerks
had given him $57 900, 900 as his probable
allotment At the subtreasury in New
York there was an thrush of gold for ex-
animation, which means that those who
are in and above the Morgan bid are
placing their gold for safe keeping in the
treasury vaults until the arrival of the
official notification that bonds have been
allotted TO Them
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13

whom are on the list as possible presiden-
tial nominees, are 66 years Of age. Gull
lom is noted for his resemblance to ADra-
ham Lincoln and trains his whiskers to
increase the likeness. He is a shrewd pol
itician and carries considerable force in
the councils of his party. Allison is con-
sidered one of the handsomest men in the
Senate, and is a great favorite on account
of his uniform courtesy and considera-
ton of others.
These Senators are Go years old: Teller
of Colorado, Vest of Missouri and Jones
of Nevada, while Senators PETER of Kan
sas. Walthall of Mississippi and Proctor
of Vermont are each Ga. Of the seXtet
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13
Indian walkers.

All travellers In South America are
impressed by the wonderful endurance
of the Indian couriers of Peru and
Bolivia. A Frenchman declares that
they filed him with admiration. The
manner in which they journey over the
Cordilleras on foot he pronounces as.
tonishing.
They climb and descend at the same
pace. They speak rarely, scarcely ever
complain, and never stop. II the trav-
eler halts for a moment to light a cigar.
they are at once some hundreds OF feet
In advance.
The gait is slow, but without relaxa-
ton. That is what makes them such
incompatible couriers.
Often when a man has journey Of
several days to make, he takes his wife
along: she bears her baby upon her
back, and the dog follows. The hus-
band carries the provisions. And this
is how they travel:
The Indian chews coca and spins cot
ton. The wife sings to the baby. and
spins also. They eat without hating.
and make but the shortest stop to
drink. Toward night. ito comfort
themselves" they cnew some roasted
beans" was escorted by an Indian
and his family who travelled after this
fashion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13
The Collect BOYS Adventure

Going to school in the far Northwest
is attended, sometimes, with the pos
sibility of rare adventures. In the val
ley of the North River, in Chehaiis
County, Washington, not only bears
but cougars are very common. y news
paper of that section relates that the
little son of Presley Collett, years old,
who lives about mile from the village
Of Attic, went to the postotIice on his
way home from school
This was n fortunate proceeding for
the little Collett boy, for mt the post
Office Roden Wade's dog came UP 10
him. The dog knew him, and the little
Collett boy patted him Oh the head,
and the result was that the dog fol-
lowed the boy on his way home.
AS the little fellow was trudging
along the lonely road, with the dog n
trife in advance, he felt something
snatching and nibbling at his trousers.
He looked around, and saw Il great,
savage animal following and crouchins
behind him.
1t was "A cougar and very large one
at that. The child uttered a fearful
shrek, jumped ahead as il he had been
shot, and ran down the road as fast rs
his small legs could carry him. l
Meantime the dog came back and
attacked the cougar ferociously. He
was a small dog, and not for moment
a match for the cougar, and spite of 4
noble struggle, was quickly torn TO
pieces. But his attack detained the
cougar long enough to enable the flying
boy to get considerable distance down
the road.
Here he came across William Vaien-
tine, II years old. William ran into ills
house and got n gun, and came back
after the cougar. Any Chehalis boy
of II is good shot; and Valentine, rs
soon as he caught sight Of the cougar
tearing and eating the dog, aimed n
shot at the animal which ended its life.
The cougar measured a little over six
feet from tip to tip. He would un-
doubtedly have made meal of the Col
lett boy IL the dog had not offered him
self for that purpose.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13

Report that IL Prevented q Naval
Demonstration By United states
A dispatch FROM WaShington to the st.
James Gasette ptsI London says the COR
respondant III that paper has the highest
authority TOR announcing that the en-
tente betASeen Russia and Turkey IN
known at the State Department and has
had a most important effect In modifying
the plan the administration had pre-
pared to compel Turkey to pay an In
demnity for tho damage done to Ameri-
can property la Armenia. The CORE
spondent says. la spite OF denials, he Is
able to assure the readers Of his paper
that naval demonstration upon the part
of the warships of the United States was
prepared. and that cabinet meeting APP
proved the policy of bringing pressure to
bear upon Turkey. He also says Secre-
tary Olney entered into communication
with Russia and Great Britain. asking
them If they would oppose action OF the
United States against Turkey. Great
Britain's reply, he says, was ,fayorable;
but Russia informed Mr.. Olney thattshe
preferred there should be no naval dem
onstration at that time, as Russia was
negotiating 10 bring about respiration
of order in Turkey, which country, l.. H..
De Kotzebne. Russian minister to the
United States. is said to have informed
Mr.. Olney. would pay any indemnity re-
quired. Therefore the projected demon
straton of the United States war vessels
in Turkish waters was abandoned.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13
RAILROADS IN CHINA.
Americans Should Not Allow Euro
penns to Get Ahead of Them.

Americans Should Not Allow Euro
penns to Get Ahead of Them.
The Chinese Government has at length
turned its attention to the construction
of railroads, and, according to United
States Minister DENLY, has appointed
Chii-Ahen a provincial judge to superin-
tend the building Of a railroad from
Tien-Tsin to Lu Kou bridge, eight miles
west of Pekin, which is rs near the sa-
cred precincts of royalty as Chinese ETH
quette will permit the road to approach
at present. The cost of the seventy miles
of road is estimated at $2,OOO,OOO. 1t is
to be finished in one year. The decree
ordering the work also requires Chinese
merchants to form stock companies to
build other railroads, for the Government
is determined TO exclude foreign capital
and foreign contro, of the roads, although
there is reason to believe it will ultimately
yield these points. when practical trial
has shown the magnitude of the under
taking, and the lack of ability, owing to
the inexperience of the Chinese mana
gers. In this case there will be great
field for foreign railroad enterprise, and
Mr.. DENLY who has lost no opportunity
of setting out the pre-eminent ability OF
Americans as railroad managers and con-
structors and stock builders, urges that
this market should not be allowed to pass,
without an effort into European hands.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13
LAND DEFENSES MOST NEEDED
Admiral Walker Gives His Views to
the House Com m ittee.

Admiral Walker appeared before the
Committee on Coast Defenses in Wash
ington and made an exhaustive statement
on the subject of coast defenses from n
naval point of view. The admiral stated
that while of course he advocates the
construction of thoroughly effective
naval force he fully recognizes the nbso-
lutte necessity of land defenses. He con.
siders one form of defense to be the com
pement of the other and both as necessary
as cavalry and artillery are to an army.
He deems the land defenses to be ne
cessity as means of protection to the
country by leaving the navy free to OPP
crate outside, and affording safe places
of refuge in case of the naval forces being
overmatched by a superior fleet of an
enemy, also to afford the means Of repair.
ing damages, and obtaining supplies and
coal under the shelter and protection of
the forts. He stated that without the land
defenses our dockyards could be destroyed
and our ships pursued into port and ami.
hilated by a superior fleet. He also atlvo.
Gates the building of battleships rathe,
than harbor defense vessels as being bet.
ter adapted for general purposes of attack
and defense.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicngo-Cattle, common to prime,
$3.50 TO $500; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $3.50
to $500; wheat, No. red, 65c to 66c;
corn, No. 2, &c to Csc; oats, No. 2, 19c
to Zoe; rye, No. 2, 40c to 41c; butter,
choice creamery, tic to 19c; eggs, fresh,
lie to 14c; potatoes, per bushel, 1Sc to
25c; broom corn, &c to 4c per pound for
poor to choice.
Indianapolis-Cat shipping, $500 to
$4.75; hogs, choice light, $500 to $3.50:
sheep, common to prime, $500 to 1878;
wheat, No. 2, 66c to Csc; corn, No. 1
white, &c to 2Sc; oats, No. z white, pc
to 24c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs,
76c; corn, No. yellow, 26c to &c; oats,
No. 2 white, 10c to Zoe; rye, No. 2, 3Sc
to 40c. SOS
Cattle, $3.50 to $4.75: hogs.
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, 75c to tie; corn, No. =
mixed. 29c to Bic; oats, No. 2 mixed, 22c
to 23c; rye, No. 2, 43c to 45c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $3.50: sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2 red, 74c to 76c; corn, No. 2
yellow, 2Sc to Zoe; oats, No. 2 white, pc
to 23c; rye, 39c to Ale.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 red, 74c to Toe;
corn, No. 2 yellow, 27c to Zoe; oats, No.
2 white, PIC to 23c: rye. No. 2, Ale to 42c;
clover seed, $4.35 to SAB.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., No. 2 spring, &c
to G4c; corn, No. 3, PC to, 2Sc; oats, No.
2 white, 20c to 21c; barley, No. 2, 32c TO
'S3c; rye, No. 2. 4Oc to 42c; pork. mess,
$1,000 to 5000.
Buffalo-Cattle, $3.50 to S5.25; hogs,
$500 TO $4.75; sheep, $3.50 to 1915;
wheat, No. 2 red. TSc to T9c; corn, No.
2 yellow, BE to 33c; oats, No. 2 white,
24c to 25c.
New York-Cattle, $500 to 1925; hogs.
$500 to $500; sheep, 500 to S4.25;
wheat, No. red, Sic to SIC; corn, No. 2,
3Gc to Csc; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 20c;
butter, creamery, 15c to 10c; eggs, West.
ern, lac to 1Cc.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13
Scores May BE Lost at the Village of
Bound Brook, N. ].

Scores May BE Lost at the Village of
Bound Brook, N. J.
Cyclonic winds and drenching rain
swept the entire North Atlantic coast
Thursday. Ruin and death were left in
the wake of the storm. Frequently We
locity OF seventy-fve miles an hour was
reached by the wind. Shipping suffered
severely, though the warnings to sailing
masters, given in ample time. kept nearly
all the vessels in port. TO the horrors OF
cyclone and food that of fire was added
ut the village of Bound Brook, \. j.,
which has been almost wiped out. While
the storm was ut it's height gasoline
stove exploded in a restaurant near lum-
Der yard. Water was waist high in the
street; fire apparatus could not be moved.
Communication was quickly cut off and
the last word received was from tele-
phone subscriber who said he was stand
ing in three feet of water, and that for
moot>of the population it was case of
burn to death, drown, or swim out The
dam ut Pocahontas Lake broke and all
the lower part of Morristown, y. j., was
inundated. Twenty-Five persons are miss
ing. Their disappearance is creating in
tense excitement.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13

G7a,000 could be - used BY the depart
m<nt prior to July 4, 1907. Of which
snlopqt. "a, 722OO0 should DO made avail
AM 4l614g the present fiscal year. He
rucommdhds that &15, 6O7. 900 be desig-
mated for Notifications, $1,000,000 for
sites, $500, 900 for submarine defenses,
$0,31G.800 for guns, ,nortar projectiles,
etc. The special advantage Of the In
creased appropriations as enumerated by
the Secretary are; The utilization of the
army gun factory to it's full capacity; the
more rapid armament OF our fortifica-
tons; the addition of twelve mortars and
carriages to those already estimated for;
the purchase Of an additional 500 deck
piercing shells and supply OF heavy ma
tcrial for siege service.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13

Der Of q number of historical and liter
airy societies. and is now corresponding
member of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts
and Sciences. Senator Hoar has keen
sense Of humor, which Is clearly reflected
in his twinkling blue eyes. and he Is never
better pleased than when engaged in re-
partee with the Democratic members of
the Senate. Senator George, of Missis-
sippi, enjoys the distinction of being the
most careless member Of the upper house
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13
VICTIMS OF STORM.

Total above the Morgan bid 500, 612, 900
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13
POSTAL REPORTS ON GOLD.
Statement of the Average Receipts
Now Being Prepared.

statement OF the Average heceipts
Now Being Prepared.
Postmaster General Wilson has recciv-
ed replies to all the 900 letters sent few
weeks ago to first and second-class post
masters asking for the percentage Of gold
received at their Offices. His clerks are
now engaged in tabulating the percent
ages, and the complete statement will
soon be ready to give to the press 1t will
show that a considerable percentage of
postoffice receipts is in gold coin, or its
actual equivalent. The Postmaster Gen
eral will not say what action will be taken
as result of this inquiry, but it may be
that postmasters whose receipts in gold
are reasonably large will be instructed to
send the gold in future direct to the treas
ury, instead of depositing it in local banks
with other postofiice receipts. BY depos-
'iting the gold the Government, in nearly
every instance. loses it, and it goes to
increase the hoard of gold held by bank
ers. BY sending it to the treasury or sub
treasury, it could be used to replenish the
gold reserve.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13

his carelcssness in handling immense rolls
Of bills has occasioned good deal Of gos-
sip. He always has number of bills of
large denomination, which he carries
loosely in his pockets. Senator Mills of
Texas has passed G3 summers, and the
Pennsylvania Senator's, Cameron and
Quay, are each 62, while Cockrell of
Missouri, with 81 years to his credit, COM
pletes the list of twenty senator's whose
ages range between 60 and 40. Cameron
might easily be taken for 80. while his
colleague Is just about as youthful.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13
IN Ohio is one of

ris colleague, being az. He has a long
war record, serving as major general in
the Confederate army, and he has pain
full limp as memory of the late struggle
He LOOKS every inch soldier, however,
even to his iron gray mustache and mill
tary goatee. Senator Morgan, of Ala
bama, has lived II years, 20 of which
have been passed in public life. He is an
authority on matters of international
law. and was one of the United States
representatives Mt the famous Behring
Sea tribunal. One Of his hobbies is the
Nitaraguan canal and he is one of the
strongest advocates Of the Government
ownership of this pathway of commerce.
His personal appearance is quite prepos-
sessing; he has forid face and snowy
mustache and goatee, a combination that
is generally pleasing.
Between 60 and 10 Years.
III. h.. {
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13

Sherman of Ohio, II; Bate of Tennessee,
~; Morgan of Alabama, II, and Gear of
Iowa, 20. The Tennessee Senator was
born in 1916. The fact that he is almost
an octogenarian is not apparent to a cas-
ual observer, and were it not for the fact
that his few remaining hairs are silvery
white, he could easily pass for 60. Some
say that he is becoming a little testy in
his advancing years, and that he is apt
TO be short and peppery, particularly in
debate. AS presiding officer, however.
he has no superior, and he is as impartial
while in the chair as he is well versed in
parliamentary law.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13
Notes of Current Eyents.

Judge Josiah w. Wright dropped dead
Mt Princeton, N. j.. while on his way to
Trenton. He was 6S years of age.
w. G. Bailey, of Minneapolis, hassbeen
elected president of the North yxxfcrn
Hardwood Lumbermen's Association.
DIR. James A. Bcasley, aged 20 years. a
wealthy planter Of Huntsville, Ala, died
at la Grange, Tenn, where he was Wis.,
iting a son.
Col. David S. Turner, aged 9H .xears
veteran during the late war, and grind.
father of Prof. n. l.. Britton, of CtAum.
bia College, New York, died at New 4Serp,
Staten Island.
Harry Hayward's promised messa ges
after death have not been received. and
Minnesota paper surmises that his ayire
has been grounded somewhere. We would
rather bet that IL Is burned out.
Owing to two years drouth on the
Pacific side of Nicaragua the coffee crop
has been much reduced, and instead Of
the 100000 quintals expected, il is not
now believed that the crop will exceed
100000.
The news of the election of Sir Charles
Upper, ST., as member of the House of
Commons from Cape Breton has been re-
ceivcd with qualification by Conserva-
tivcs. Sir Charles will take his seat i'm
the House Of Commons soon. The Mani
toba school bill will be introduced within
forty-eight hours afterwards.
BY the will of Ezekiel j. DonncIi. OF
New York. nearly all his estate. amount-
Ding to S630,0OO, subject to life estates Of
his widow aud daughter, Florence 4. Don
nell, and to the death Of the latter with
out issue, is devised and bcqucathed "a
the New York Free Circulating Library
for tho purpose of erecting building and
maintaining free reading room.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13
BONDS SELL READILY.
Total Amount Of Issue Subscribed
Several Times Over.

Several Times Over.
Washington Dispatch The public gets
from $3O,OO0,OOO TO $40,0O0,O00 of the
500, 100000 popular loan, and the Pier
pont Morgan syndicate secures the re-
mainder. on a bid of 110.6S17 for $780,
100000. Scattering bids were received
from banks and investors above that fig
ure for about the sum first mentioned. The
Morgan bid shuts out the combination
bidding engineered by John Il. Stewart,
Russell Sage, and half dozen trust COM
panies under their leadership. Not less
than 2J,0000O0 was bid for by these
concerns and their customers at the
uniform price of 110.0T5. The total
number of bids was 4,G40, representing
total subscription of $560,00O,000, not
counting u bogus bid of S1O0,OOO,O00 from
a Michigan doctor, and another from a
Texas humorist for $1G,00O,OO0. The
net price realized by the Government for
the whole issue will be very close to fS'iis
per cent, The Morgan bid is fractionally
above that fgure-about 8 ZIG.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13
John Henry Gear, the new Senator fro

Iowa. comes from
the House with a
long and honorable
record. Gear and
A Ills son make a
strong pair of Sena-
tors from Iowa.
There are twenty
Senators whose ages
range between 80
and 20 years. Sena-
tors Hawley of Con-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13
Ravs Find n Bullet.

A most successful experiment with
cathode photography, or y rays, as Prof.
Rontgen himself has named them, has
been conducted at McGill University,
Montreal, Quebec. Prof. Cox expert
mented on a patient of DR.. Fitzpatrick,
Tolson Cunning, who had been shot in the
left reg about Christmas. The bullet
could not be located, and the man suffered
intense pain. The wound had closed up.
The leg was photographed, and, though
it took forty-6ve minutes, the bullet was
found
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13
Crusoe,s Islnnd Proves a shclter.

The ship Louis Walsh, from Cal!ao,
brought to Port Townsend, Wash, two
Of the crew, Steward Chase and Cook
MICHEL, from the ship Parthia, which
was burned at sea several weeks ago 800
miles southwest of Juan Fernandez
Island. Tie captain and first officers
boats reached Juan Fernandez Island and
from there they were taken to Valparaiso
by a Chilean man-of-War. The second
mates boat had severe time and was
fourteen days reaching Valparaiso. For
six days they were without water and
flood. David Jones, an American actor,
who was n passenger. became insane and
was tied down for two days, when he
died and was buried at sea. The other
occupants almost despaired of reaching
shore and were considering the advisa-
bility of resorting to extreme measures
when a wind sprang up and quickly car
ried the boat to Valparaiso. where the
crew was taken ashore, unconscious and
nearly dead. 80
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13

The great Manchester ship canal Is not
doing much business according to the fig
ures for last years operations transmit
ted to the State Department by United
States Consul Grinnell at Manchester. He
says only "small cross channel boats
carry out full cargoes and efforts of the
company to attract the Indian and China
trade have been attended by disappoint-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13
Dense smoke Causes Excitement

Dense Smoke Causes Excitement.g
At New York fire that started in the
dryingroom in the basement of the Gil
sey House caused great excitement among
the 224 guests in the house, many Of whom
became hysterical, while others fell down
stairs in their efforts to escape from the
building. The Railways were filed with
smoke. and there was every indication
that the building would he consumed.
The fire was discovered while the guests
were still asleep. The watchmen touched
off the automatic signals which communi-
Gated with the various floors to alarm the
guests, and then hurried to the nearest
alarm box and turned in the fire alarm.
On the arrival of the engines in response
to the first alarm the smoke was so thick
that a second alarm was sent in. In a
short time the fire was extinguished and
the guests filed back to their apartments.
The total damage will not amount to more
than $500.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13
Next Lesson-"Faith Encouraged. -
Luke 3: 43-JJ.
without Prayer.

u
A modern writer on Christmas ethics
says of prayer that, whatever else II
is--duty, privilege or spiritual exercise
1t Is also a necessary element of the
spiritual life. When il stops entirely
spiritual life stops. To be without pray
err is to be without God" These are
uncompromising assertions, but they
cannot be denied. They are according
to Scripture and TO all human expe-
rience. But what CHASTITY testimony
they bear against those who restrain
prayer before God, who go to prayer
less bed and rise to prayerless days
work, who are neither drawn by Joy
nor driven by sorrow to the mercy seat,
but live from day to day and week to
week like the beasts that perish.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13

any speech he makes. Senator Voorhees,
shows all of his GS years, and his brow is
wrinkled with the worry and cares of
many political battle. He IL a bitter
partisan and has made many a fiery
speech on the floor of the Senate. Sena-
tor Plat Is tall and well-preserved
man and looks strong and vigorous. He
always takes q prominent part in discus
sions in the Senate, but is never known
to say anything brilliant, his words being
slow and measured. Gen. John b. Cor
don, of Georgia, who is 07 years of age,