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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04

houses were blown down. The path cut
by the cyclone from Oakland and Meta
mora on the northwest through Thomas,
Orion, Goodison, Washington, Disco and
the country located between II filed with
populous towns and it Is feared that many
of them have been wiped OF the map. 1t
seems that the list Of dead and injured
would pass 100, and no, estimate can be
given as to the property damaged.
storm Was q Twister.
Actual details Of the devastation caused
by the cyclone were meager, but all Of
the witnesses agree that the storm was a
regular Western twister. Its first appear
ance at Thomas station was from the
southwest In the form Of densely black
funnel-shaped cloud, moving with almost
incredible swiftness and seeming to take
long leaps. 1t seemed to have the elias
ticity Of gigantic rubber ball, and would
strike the ground, then, leaving q foot
print of devastation, bound ihto the air
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04

There was a short time after the storm
when st. Louis could not communicate
with the outside world. Nor could her
own citizens communicate with each 9TH
er by any electrical means. Such con-
fusion and ruin in large city was never
witnessed since the Chicago fire.
Breaking at the hour it did, and the
night following. the work of rescue and
relief was very slow. The fremen and
police were Immediately made aids to the
surgeons and physicians of the city.
Many people were buried under the ruins
of their homes or places of business. The
electric lights being out, searching parties
in the ruin strewed streets could not go
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04

bursting reservoir covering square
mile located just above Johnstown. For
weeks heavy rains had fallen in the noun
tains, and the resultant freshet wrought
ruin and death that appalled, the country.
While towns were washed away, bridges
destroyed and industries forced to sus-
pend. Hundreds Of people chung to their
floating homes, which were swept onward
upon volume of water unprecedented In
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04

Thomas j. Marshall,
one Of the most pros
porous young mer-
chants of Chicago,
and the quartet has
been held for trial.
The murder was
one Of the most sen
sational which have
occurred in the west
ern metropolis in
years. One evening
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04

place DR.. Mosher is ELIZA N. MOsHER.
to fill is new one. Her duties will bring
her into almost personal relations with
the GOO young women in the university,
and to each Of them she will be guide,
philosopher and friend. DIR. Mosher will
be the first woman professor In. the uni
versity, and her post will be one OF great
distinction and responsibility She leaves
very lucrative practice in Brooklyn to
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04

professor of hygiene,
is now on her way
to Europe to study
the colleges for wom-
en- in connection
with Oxford and
Cambridge. ~ he
dean of the depart
ment for many years
W as Martin l..
Dodge, but the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04

and travel q mile or more before again
touching the earth. so
Beyond Macomb County the storm was
lost somewhere in the Canadas.
A terrific hurricane. and cioudburst
struck Cairo, H., at $50 O'clock Tuesday
morning. The extent of the destruction
OF property could not be ascertained, but
it Is known that at least a dozen lives were
lost through the capsizng OF the steam
ferryboat Katherine. The disaster occur
red at the mouth Of the Ohio river. As
speedily as possible relief parties were or
gnnized to drag for bodies and rescue the
Inflated passengers and crew from the
mad fury Of the waves. The captain, en-
gineer and clerk of the steamer succeed
ed in keeping aHoat until succor reached
them and they were brought ashore. All
attempts to save the other victims were
unavailing.
First WORK OF DESTRUCTION.
Hurricane Came Like Thief Upon
Sleeping Iowa Families.
In the Iowa region, where the storm
started, Sunday had been fearfully hot
and sultry day, the air had been oppres-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04

Grease stains on cloth may often be
removed with magnesia. The stained
place Ii FIRST dampened; then the mag
nesia Is moistened and vigorously
rubbed on the stain. 1t must be al
lowed to dry thoroughly. Then the
powder can be easily shaken Oh.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04
ahead. They simply had to wait for the
dawn.
RECALLS THE JoHNsTowN FLOOD

Story of the Disaster that Visited
the Pennsylvania Towns.
The catastrophe which has befallen st.
Louis was within a few days Of the sew
enth anniversary Of the awful calamity
visited upon Johnstown, Pa, and adjoin-
ing towns May 81, 1889, in which many
lives were lost and millions Of dollars
worth of property destroyed by the floods
that ragged along the Conemaugh river,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04
THE GREAT EADs BRIDGE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
And this destruction was done in thirty

And this destruction was done in thirty
minutes.
The bells of the city were pealing 9
o'clock when the worst of the storm had
passed.
Fact st. Louis Ruined.
East st. Louis tremendous shipping in
terests have received a heartrending
blow. The railroad tracks were literally
torn up from the right of way and scat
tered. Huge warehouses and freight de-
pots were piled on top of each other.
Long lines of box cars loaded with valua-
BILE freight were turned upside down. The
telegraph Offices were destroyed and miles
Of wire blown down.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04
Chance for Doctor.

Eight hundred thousand francs, $780,
600. have been given to the Paris Acad.
envy OF Medicine by Nine. Audrifrred,
the income to be paid yearly to the man
that discovers specific for consump-
ton, whether Frenchman or a for
eigner.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04
STORMS Dire Work
A Cyclone Devastates Three
lee'q States. e
DEATH IN IT'S WAKE,
Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan the
' Sufferers.

rhc Death Roll Will Pass the Hun.
dreds, and Hundreds More Are Tn
jured-Terrific Downpour of Water
in Several Instances Completes the
Destruction Which tho Wind Icgan
Damage to Farm Property Ii Lit
orally OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Towns
Are Wiped OFF the Earth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04

modern history. Many people were res
cued from their perilous positions In the
upper stories Of their homes.
and 1000 men were thrown out Of en-
ployment. Five large bridges were swept
away. Cars and lumber hoated upon the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04

Their house was on high hill, above the
surrounding country, and the funnel dip
ped down to it. Houses, barns, outbuild-
ings and grove were destroyed alike. Two
minutes after the storm struck there was
no trace Of the house save the cellar, and
in it were piled the chimney and stove
and half the furniture. The house was
torn to pieces, the boards into splinters.
They were scattered so far that no trace
can be found save here and there for
mile Gust pieces Of the broken lumber. The
trees were stripped Of their bark, but
left standing. This was a freak Of the
storm. At places, as this one, 1t would
strip the trees of their leaves and bark,
but leave the trunks and branches; at
others 1t would twist them off or uproot
them. AT the Bailey place the members
of the family were blown a considerable
distance from the house. The bodies of
the victims sSkfe found in the fields, where
were also FOUND the bodies of dozen
horses, two score Of cattle and about 100
hogs, that had occupied the barns and
other buildings on the place. Every ami
NAL wns@dead. ~
Freaks of the Storm
The storm perpetrated all the remarka-
BILE feats that cyclones are famous for.
The first large building wrecked in Iowa
was the Monarch school house, west Of
Bondurant. Here 1t took up a large
school house, shook it to pieces, scattered
Il so that very few of the boards are to be
found, and even distributed the stone
foundation over the fields, while a big
wooden stile over the fence, three rods
from the building, 1t left unframed. The
huge cylindrical cast iron stove was tossed
into an oat field q quarter Of mile from
the site Of the building.
The storm came in some places In the
form of two and in others In the form Of
a single funnel At Bondur&nt there were
two, sweeping along the earth side by
side. Between them was a calm space,
and in this little damage was done. After
the two consolidated their force seemed
to be greater.
It was at Mr.. Markets. barn, near FL
gin, however, that the cyclone played it,
most curious prank. The barn has an In
terror covered stall, like small she1,
where Jim, a bay horse, makes his stall.
The furious wind reduced all the rest Of
the barn to splinters except this stall,
which II threw fifty feet through the air
and stood bottom end up In an adjoining
lot. Jim was found standing on the cell
ing Monday morning chewing hay from
the roof of his home as contentedly as IL
nothing had happened. He had not re
ceived q scratch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04

ness houses were hattened. There was
no chance for the escape Of the occupants.
The ruins covered bruised and mangled
bodies that will not be recovered until
system attic search II made. Thousands of
families In South St. Louis are homeless,
practically, and the temporary hospitals
shelter scores and hundreds.
X At the time the storm broke the streets
were thronged with crowds Of people re-
turning from their work Among these
the sudden fall Of almost inky darkness
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04
NEW PROFESSOR AT ANN ARBOR

Six Hundred Women to BENEFIT by DR..
Eliza M. Mosher's Experience.
DR.. Eliza M. Mosher, Of Brooklyn, who
comes to Ann Arbor as associate dean Of
the department Of literature and arts and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04
to the properties Of the Lehigh Valley
and Reading railways.
FOUR UNDER ARREST.

Quartet Of Chicago Toughs Charged
with r. J. Marshail's Murder.
The coroner's jury has charged Frank
Carpenter, Charles Quincy, Clarence
White and John Lang with the murder Of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04

Profits OF . Steamship Lime.
The Cunard company's profits for tho
year Just closed were ESQ, 900 $3.50, O00)
more than for the previous year.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04

Henry Stefke, aged 40 years, was found
dead In Bloomington, Ind, the presump-
ton being that he met death In . run
away.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04
LIST OF THE DEAD.

Those Whose Lives Are known to
Have Been Blown Out.
tt., IOWA.
valeria-Two children Of Douglass Ak
ems, Miss Monita Dickey, Solomon
Dickey. Charles Phalan, Sr, Charles
Phalan, Jr. Daniel Phalan, Dennis Pha-
Ian, Susie Phalan. Michael Phslan, Mn.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04

Howe children, John NIFTY, William Nit
chell. Mrs. William Mitchell, two Mitchell
children, John Porritt, Abram Quick, two
Quick children, Mrs. Henry Quick, Mrs.
Scott and son, Daniel Thompson and son.
Oakwood-Mrs. William Davis and
child, w. NJ. Fiield, Charles Laird, Roger
Werber, Mrs Roger Werber and others.
Themas-Eleven were killed hereabOut;
names could not be obtained.
Minor Damage of the Storm.
Several houses at Laporte, Ind, were
struck by lightning, but the damage was
small.
At Fowler, Ind, James McDaniels'
barn was fired by lightning. -Four valua-
BILE horses persisted.
Lightning struck the residence Of Coun-
Gilman Jackson and Emery SWEET at No
komo, Ind, doing much damage. The
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04

The city Of st. Louis, torn and devas-
tated by cyclone. ,hootledl by torrents
of, rain and in many ,plaees attacked by
fires, was Wednesday night the scene Of
such, "a carnival Of death and destruction
as has seldom been eQualed in America.
Owing to the frightful havoc of the storm
cutting off almost every line Of communi-
cation with the stricken city, but little
information could be had, and that Of a
very vague nature. 1t is estimated that
as many as 800 lives were lost. while the
damage to property is inestimable- Scarce
ly : building in the city but has been in
some way or another damaged by the
tornado.
Ruin and desolation are upon st. Louis.
For the FIRST time in the history of q me-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04
ST. Louis IN ruins.
Huge Buildings in the City's
Heart Destroyed.
DEATH ON THE RIVER.
Excursion Steamers Are Blown
Bottom Side Up.

Human Beings Swept to Instant Doom
Down, and Railroad Trains Over
turncd-Loss of Life Rivals Tint OF
tile Johustown Disaster = Principal
BaiIiinss In East 81. Louis Destroyed
Fire Adds Its Horrors-Millions of
Dollars Property Damage.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-11
.A New Kind of Tnrnip.

When the idea that a cheaper measure of values will make the country richer once gets hold of man, it IS pretty hard to drive it out of his mind. It Is not so much matter of knowledge or belief as blind faith in what some one has told him. Facts and logic are pow erless against delusion, but sometimes all illustration drawn from his own ex. perience is effective.
 Suppose that all the farmers who think that free coinage would benefit them should learn this spring of 8 new turnip seed which was guaranteed to produce roots just twice the size of those HOW grown, but which would be of such an inferior quality that it would be only half as valuable for feeding stock The new variety would require more ground for growing, more fertilizers, more labor for cu1tiyating and pulling and larger cellars for storing But az the food value of the roots would be just the same as a crop of the kind now raised, where would be the advantage of the bigger quantity? Would not the farmer who tried the new kind be poor CT to the extent of the extra land and labor used in their production? His cat tie would find that they had to eat two bushels i'll order to get the same nour- ishment that they got from one bushe1 of the old kind He could not exchange a bushel of them for more than half of the things that the same quantity of the better quality would buy. And he would without doubt swear that he would never again waste time and labor on roots which were one-half worthless.
 Money is money. Turnips are turnips Doubling the quantity of money by cut ting it's value i'll two would be as fool ish as growing kind of turnips with twice as much water in them.
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Rascally Legislation.

Suppose a man of grave phiz and character should ill distress apply to his neighbor for the loan of 1, 1000 silver dollars with solemn promise on his hon or and truth to repay them in month, and in the meantime the tender act un- der consideration should pass into law, and the borrower, at the month s end, should tender 1000 of the new paper dollars iii payment.
 ''I beg leave here to propose to every member of the assembly who voted for that law and to every other man who ia a member of this state what their sen timents of that action would be, and in what light they would view the borrow CT, who rendered the paper dollars-i. e., two-ffths of the debt-in payment of the silver ones he receiyed-i. e., would they consider him as an upright, honest man, or d shameless rascal? ?'- Pelatiah Webster in Political Essays" Published ill 179t.
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Prosperity Not Politics.

It is of the highest importance to the people of Illinois that both state con- ventions shall declare clearly and posi- lively for sound money. The money question is not one of politics, but Of prosperity.
 Two years ago there was large amount of English and Scotch money in this city for investment. It was loaned at low rates and on favorable terns It lowered the interest rate in the general money market. It helped to make money cheap as well as abundant.
 As soon as 1t became apparent abroad that the senate of the United States was dominated by men who believed in free coinage of silver, which means that debts contracted on basis of 100 cents to the dollar shall be paid at the rate of 30 cents to dollar, this foreign capital, which had been so fruitful for the state, gradually withdrew.
 Its withdrawal contracted available money to that extent and at the same time raised the interest rate, while it frightened the money market even at the higher rate. There is scarcely an in- dustry in Illinois that has not suffered by this stringeney. There is not an in- dustry in Illinois that will not be bene- f1ted by the return of this foreign money. The man who needs to borrow to make a payment on his little home is as much to be benefited by it as the great merchant, the farmer as much as the manufacturer.
 Should either state convention declare for unsound money or qualify its flnan- cial plank in any way so as to seem to lean to free silver coinage the entire state will be the sufferer, and the class upon whom the injury will fall most cruelty will be the wage earners. For, with money at high rate and hard to get, 1t will be impossible to continue in operation industrial plants that give steadfast employment to hundreds of thousands.
 Let both state conventions therefore speak for honest money, and speak so that the language shall be universally understood
 The money question is question Of prosperity, not of politics Chicago Times Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-11
 An Uniust Judge.

Populist Judge Mckay of Harper county, Kan, shows himself true be- Iever in his party $ principles of repudi- ation and debt evasion by his advice to the people of his state. He is reported as saying in published statement: 1.-The way 10 get rid of these boom bonds is to quit paying taxes. If lands are not sold, the titles will remain as they are now. Then, when the debts against the counties and municipalities are outlaw cd, we can begin paying taxes again. ,
 This is a straightout declaration for anarchy and cenfiseation. If the teach ings of this unjust representative Of law and order were generally adopted. eivi- lized society would be impossible and men would return to lawlessness. With out taxes governments could not exist, and unless men were willing to pay their just debts trade and industry would come to a standstill.
 Yet Judge Mckay doctrine of whole sale repudiation is only the logical re- suit of Populist cheap money doctrines. If it is right to conhscate one-half of the property of creditors by enabling debtors to pay their obligations in 50 cent dol lars, why would it not be equally right to repudiate the debts altogether? Does stealing become honest on a 50 per cent basis2 If the government can justly pass freq coinage law which would wipe out one-half of all the debts now owing, why would it not be as fair to wipe out two-thirds, three-quarters or the whole amount? And if creditors may be robbed of their honestly acquired property, why should not the farmers lands or the workingmen' s cottages be taken for the benefit of the landless and homeless?
 The only safe principle on which to base all legislation is the absolute secur- ity of property rights. To what conclu- sions a scheme for partial repudiation may lead is shown by the advice of B Populist judge. Are the American peo- pie ready to swallow the financial the ories of party which openly advocates repudiation and dishonesty?
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-11
Germans Against Free Silver.

The Anzeiger des Westens of St. Louis, leading German Democratic pa- per of the southwest, is disgusted with the free silver plank adopted by the Democratic state convention. It says:
 Its authors identify themselves prominently with this 16 to l platform as adherents of the time henored prin- ciples' formulated and practiced by Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Benton and other great and distinguished Dem ocrats. However, he who is in the least acquainted with Democratic history knows that these time honored Dem oeratic principles have nothing in com mon with the modern Populistic advo- cates of free silver, and that the great and distinguished Democrats, from Jefferson down to Tilden, were one and all sound money men, adherents and champions of honest, full value specie, who would have fought every attempt at depreciation and at fraudulent shift ing of responsibility as being rascally and criminal. One might as well try to imagine George Washington i'll the role of the traitor Benedict Arnold as those distinguished Democrats advocates of the proposition for the coinage of 50 cent dollars or compelling the creditors of the nation to take them as payment for 100 cents. Old Hickory Jackson and Old Bullion Benton would have driven from his threshold with curse, if not with lash or horsewhip, any one who would have dared to approach him with such proposition.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-11
Conditions Before 1873.

"The free silver Bourbons, /" says the New York World. want to restore the conditions prior to 1873. Let them be- gin by increasing the price of silver from 69 cents an ounce to $130 Then perhaps they will bury out of sight the 400, 900, 900 and more of silver dollars coined since 1873. The next step would be to seal up the great silver mines that have more than doubled our current supply of the white metal. After all this is done free coinage could do no harm. But the conditions must be restored before the country can safely 90 ahead on the Bourbon tkea~~. s'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-11
Tornado Insurance.

It is the part of wisdom to carry Tornado Insurance. Have YOU a policy on your home? Ii not, call on Mills x Sons, who will write you policy in the old Phoenix of Hart ford. It's very cheap insurance, only $5 per $1 ,000. Tornado insurance also written on store buildings and stock. Talk with Mills. Telephone No. %.
 2Sd1m
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-11
HERE AND THERE.

A Chicago man suggests that when would-be bank robber de- mands the cash, it would be good i,lea to throw red pepper in the eyes of the audacious scenndrel. That is just like Chicago and reminds one so foreibly of the salt-on-the-bird's stall scheme. It will be remembered that 1t was a health official from the Windy City who some time ago seriously advised the use of rose wa ter before and after kissing Be it said to the credit of the youth of the country that they didn't have time for that. neither did they give any heed to the recommendation. They took theirs straight
 
 The Duke and Duchess of Marlbor- ongh will occupy house in Rudley
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Tn hIilMankee.- Wis.

Annual meeting Baptist Young Peoples Union. For this occasion the Mo. P R. will sell round trip tickets for $2l55. Tickets on sale July n. 15 and 16. with limit Of re- turn July 22 By depositing tickets on or before July 20th with joint agent at Milwaukee an extension of return limit may be obtained to and including Aug. 9th.
 I. L. REINAGH,
 City Ticket Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-11

Sir Edwin Arnold in the goodness of his heart wants to see in every National cabinet a Minister devoted to the protection of beasts, birds and fish, The New York Sun pithily remarks that the birds and beasts are already well protected by soeie- ties formed for that purpose and the fish by the want of dexterity and TO- mantle temperament of the fishers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-11
Plants For Sale.

Sweet potato slips, D cents per hundred; tomato plants rom b to D cents per dozen; egg and pepper plants, 9 cents per dozen. Parties desiring any kind of plants can get same by leaving their orders with John H. Talbot X Co.
 l6dtf Pro MERLo.
 Gardner
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Nervous ProstratiOn
 Cured by Dr. Miles Nervine.

Prolonged derangement of the nervous system not only affects the brain and men, tai powers, but develops disease ip some of the vital organs. The most dangerous of these indirect results is when the heart Is affected. This was tie case of the Rev. N. F. Surface. Pawn River Mich, who writes under date of Feb Ii, 1895: