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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-09-16

TRAINS DELAYED.-The motor car
of an electric train jumped the rails in
passing over frog" near Mt. Vernon
this evening and delayed the running
of the trains for about an hour. No
one was hurt, though some inconve-
nience was caused by the accident.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-09-16

A youth is wanted at this Office to
learn the art of printing-one who has
some knowledge of typesetting prefer
red.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-09-16
NEW DINNER WARE.

We have just placed on sale complete line
of the newest Dinner Gets, in the most SER
yiceable wares for everyday hard usage; also
the finest Limoges China for special occasions
Fifth floor 1Oth-st building
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-09-16
DRY GOODS.
BBB'yDHB|INS'
V7RECKAGE OF PRICES.

Only bargains far beyond the ordinary are
what we can expect you to give attention to,
with the thermometer ranging up to the 100
mark hence we will not weary you with any
offerings but what are wonderfully magnetic,
and this tremendous wrecking of prices should
pack our store with eager purchasers
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-09-16
LOCAL MATTERS.

WEATHER PRoBABIL1TIEs.-For this
g.rer.l!y fair: variable winds.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
LAKES PREY.


Barge Sumatra Founders In the
Storm OFF Milwaukee.
The barge Sumatra, consort of the Is.
w. Arnold, bound down from Chicago,
foundered off the government pier at Mil
waukee at 2:40 Wednesday morning
Four sailors were drowned. The captain,
mate and cook were rescued by the life-
saving crew. The Sumatra was bound
for Milwaukee loaded with grain. and in
tended picking up the Hattie Well. She
was leaking on her way up, and had the
pumps working all night. The sea was
running high and the crew had great diff
Guilty in keeping her from sinking. When
she reached South point she got in the
trough of the sea, and in short time her
matches We're washed off and her rails
carried away. The steamer sounded her
whistle and the tug Simpson at once put
out for the wreck. The sea at that time
was running very high and great trouble
was experienced in getting near the sink
ing barge. Just as the Simpson reached
the Sumatra she foundered. The tug
men succeeded in rescuing the cook and
mate from the wreckage. The life-sav-
ing crew was on hand and worked hard
to save the other men ON the barge, but
all were drowned with the exception OF
the captain, who was taken ashore by
the life-savers. The Sumatra is badly
broken up and only her mast can be seen
out of water now. The wreck occurred
three-quarters of mile off the harbor
out from the harbor entrance. --,. b,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08

Suffering Armenian Refugees II
Marseilles. r1


Marseilless Tr (
There exists condition Of AFFAIRS In
Mnrseilles which is1h disgrace to- Europe
and to the Armenian associations gencr-
ally throughout the world. Subsisting
upon Government, municipal or private
charity there are 900 unfortunate Arme-
mans, men. women and children, young
and old. healthy and sick, who have sue
ceeded In escaping from the bloody mas
sacres at Constantinople and who were
one and all buoyed up by the hope on
landing in Marseilles of being able even
tually. t., reach the land of freedom, the
United States. But weeks have already
elapsed and nothing definite appears 10
have been done foratheir relief, much less
toward finding them homes. by any OF the
many associations for the relief OF the
suffering Armeninns which have been
organized in Engla nd and America. These
unfortunates, however, seem to be the
very class to which'.h hand of charity
should be first extended. They are home
less, nearly all are penniless, many are
enduring the pangs Of hunger. and YET
nobody seems willing to step in and guide
tbs band of refugees to some place
where they can begin life anew and under
more promising circumstances. large
amounts of money have been raised Ia
the past for the destitute Armenians In
Armenia, but the situation Of the latter
is not whit worse than that of the half
starving refugees. if5as bad. Only about
eighteen Of they 500 Armenians who
reached Marseilles have as yet been able
to start for the United States. Ma
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08


of5cla1s had hairbreadth escape fsora
death Thursday morning during the fes-
tivities attending the celebration OF
Iowa's semicentennial anniversary at
Burlington. A himsily constructed plat
form, from which the distinguished visit
ora were reviewing the parade, collapsed
and pitched the entire party distance OF
fifteen feet to the ground. The accident
was witnessed by thousands and caused
the widest excitement. Vice President
Stevenson was reported killed. Gov.
Drake was said to have been fatally In
jured. Secretary of State Mcfarland,
Mayor Nauman. County Treasurer Bur
rus and dozen more prominent men were
included In the list of dead and wounded
that rumors quickly compiled. Happily
the accident did not prove to be as serious
as FIRST reported The Committee on Ar
rangemcntsis being criticised on all sides,
not SO much on account of the poorly con-
structed reviewing stand as for permit
ting 1t to be overcrowded. But for this
negligence the accident could not have
happened. County Treasurer Burrus Will
probably die.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
WRECK ON THE SANTA FEE.
Fate of the Express Train Recently
Held UP by Robbers.

Held Up by HODDers.
Santa Fe train No. 2, which was held
up In New Mexico Friday night, was
wrecked at Peterton, two miles east OF
Usage City, Kas., ut 4:4o O'Clock Sunday
morning, and the engineer. fireman, and
four tramps were killed. -Four other per-
sons were injured, and as a result OF the
accident one passenger shot and Killed
himself an hour after the wreck. The
engine, baggage car mail car, express car,
and one passenger car were totally wreck
ed. Underneath the passenger car was
evidence of terrific explosion. Here
the boiler of the engine had exploded.
The engine had been blown into the air
and had come down head first 200 feet
farther on. At this point there was a
hole, five feet deep and eight or ten feet
across, where the nose of the engine
dived through rails and ties, breaking the
heavy steel rails as though they had been
splinters. Then the engine must have
turned somerset, for it righted itself,
and was found about a hundred feet
further on. where it had struck build
ing used for n coal chute and knocked
a corner out of it. The building had been
struck near the top, showing that the en-
CINE had turned after 1t first struck the
ground. There was some talk that the
accident had been caused by dynamite,
but the boiler of the engine showed that
ii had exploded.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
STORM IN THE EAST.
Telegraphic and Rail Communication
Nearly Suspended.

Tuesday nights storm did great dam
age in PENNSYLVANIA. The greatest single
loss is that of the Pennsylvania Railroad
bridge across the Susquehanna at Co
lumbia, nothing being left of 1t but the
piers, the iron span in the middle and
the first span at each end. The bridge
was mile and quarter long and was
said to be the largest covered bridge In
the world. Columbia appears to have suf-
fered more than any other section of the
country. The damage in the borough is
estimated at $500.000.. Not, one of the
many big manufacturing plants along the
river escaped injury. Two men are re-
ported to have gone down with the bridge,
but this remains unconfrmed. The bridge
cost about $1,0O0,000. In New Jersey
the storm was also severe. The wind at
tanned q velocity of thirty miles an hour.
Frustrating telegraph and telephone
wires. Heavy washouts are reported on
the Pennsylvania Railroad east Of Hunt
ingdon. The casthouse of the Temple
furnace, at Temple Station, five miles
above Reading, was blown down by the
wind and nearly dozen workmen were
buried in the ruins. The men were pin
ned down by the heavy timbers, and two
were killed. The others are badly hurt
and it is believed some Of them will die.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08

New Jersey Man Imprisoned while
HE wife and Children Go Hungry.
One OF the occupants Of the jail at
New Brunswick. N. j., y Peter Per-
rine. who owes the municipality tho
sum Of $3.50 for poll tax and tax
levied upon dog Of which he Is the
reputed owner. When Perrine, who y
80 years old, was arrested, he leftFhis
wife and two boys penniless and with
out any means of support. The sear
that his little family may be compelled
TO 20 to the poornouse. while he is help
Iess In the fail, has made the unfortu-
nate mans punishment almost greater
than he can bear.
ayes. l know I-did not pay my poll
tax" he said, "but 1t was because
did not have the money. have only
had six weeks work In the last three
months, and II my wife had not taken
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
b. & o. WRECK.
One Man Dead, Two Dying, Several

Two freight trains collided at Philsonn,
Pa. On the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
124 miles east of Pittsburg. making one
of the worst wrecks In the history OF the
road. One man Is dead and two proba-
bly, fatally injured. Fast freight east,
No. "a, was scheduled to meet west-bound
freight, No. 95, at Philson. The latter
train reached the siding and waited on
the main track for the east-bound train.
Shortly after starting down the grade,
the crew on No. "A lost control OF the
train. In an instant 1t was going at an
express speed and the crew decided to
take chances by staying aboard rather
than by jumping. AS the train shot
around the curve Mt Philson. the east
bound freight struck the other train, and
every car of the former was thrown to the
common center of the collision and ground
to atoms. The engines were smashed 10
scrap iron. The other train was also bad
" wrecked, and debris was piled as high
as the telegraph poles. The property loss
to the railroad company will reach many
thousands of dollars.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
The Identification Needed

Mrs. William Maydenbauer, Of Seat
tie, Wash, is woman who deserves to
go down to posterity as one with an ad-
mirable sense of humor. She became
known to fame In the following man
ner: One day she entered the First Ma
tional Bank and presented to the CASH
Ter, one Turner, a newcomer in the city,
a properly drawn check. Mr.. Turner
demurred at paying 1t because he did
not know her. He informed her that
she would have to be Identified. She
looked up, and, discovering that a
stranger was waiting on her, remarked
succinctly:
"Well, sir, II any Identification Is nee
essary, you are the one to be identified.
have lived here all my life, and never
saw you around here before"
The cashier cashed the check.-Bos-
ton Advertiser.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$3.50 to S5.25; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to So. 70; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, &c to 69c;
corn, No. 2, 22c to &c; oats, No. 2, tic
to 1Sc; rye, No. 2, Doc to BIC; butter,
choye creamery, 14c to 16c; eggs, fresh,
lac to 16c; potatoes, per bushel, 1Sc to
3Oc; broom corn, common short to choice
dwarf. $25 to $50 per ton.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping, $500 to
$500; hogs, choice light, $500 to 1915;
sheep, common to prime, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, Csc to &c; corn, No. 2
white, 22c to 24c; oats, No. 2 white, 10c
to zoe.
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to S4.75; hogs,
$500 to 1915; wheat, No. 2, Coo to tic;
corn, No. yellow, zoe to pc; oats,
No. 2 white, 16c to tic; rye, No. 2, 32c
to 34c.
Cincinnati-Ca $3.50 to S4.75; hogs
$500 to 1915; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50
wheat, No. 2, TIC to 74c, corn, No. 2
mixed, 24c to 26c; oats, No. . mixed, Tic
to 1Sc; rye, No. 2, 30c to &c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $4.I5; hogs
$500 to 1915; sheep, $500 to 1925
wheat, No. . red, zoe to re; corn, No.
yellow, 24c to &c. oats, No. 2 white, dc
to pc; rye, SIC to Doc.
Toledo--..Wheat. No.. 2 red. T3c to 74c
corn, No. 2 yellow, 22c to 24c; oats, No
white. tic to 1Sc; rye, No. 2, 37c to 3Sc
clover seed, $4.15 to $4.25.
Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, Go,
to &c; corn, No 2, &c to DC; oats, No
2 white, Zoe to 21c; barley, No. 2, 2Sc t.
35c; rye, No. L.. 36c to- Bic; pork, mess
1913 to $G.25. coca 3
BuffaI6ACattle, $3.50 to S4.7J; hogs
$500 to $3.50; sheep, 500 to 1915
wheat, No. 2 red, 14c to I6c; corn, No.
yellow, &c to 2Sc; oats, No. 2 white
23c to 24c. y
New York-Cnttie, $500 to $500, hogs
$500 to $475; sheep. $500 to $500
wheat, No. 1 hard, Toe TO Tie; corn, No. 2
&c to Zoe; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c
butter, creamery, 12c to 17c; eggs. West
ern. 15c to 1oc.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
AID FOR CATTLEMEN
PACKING HOUSES UNITE TO
SECURE STOCK.
Supply Cash 20 Enable stock Raisers
Co Buy Feeders-six Die In Wreck
-wheat's Sharp Advance Greatly
stimulates Trade.
Provide Money for cattiemeu.

PrOVIue Money Tut
Money has become so scarce that stock
feeders in Nebraska and Western Iowa
had no means of buying feeders for the
winter, and the prospect of getting cattle
at the Omaha market began to be some
what gloomy. The corn crop is most
abundant, and with money easy, cattle
feeding would reach immense proportions
during the approaching winter. There was
organized at Omaha a loan company with
81, OOO,O 600 capital to meet the situation.
The leading men in the company are r.
ID. Armour and the Cudahys Of Chicago
and Omaha, Herman Kountze and VIII
lam A. Paxton of Omaha and j. J. Roche
of Sioux City. The Office of the company
is at South Omaha. and itbegan business
n few days ago, having loaned $6O,Oe0
already1 ....-.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08

in washing we would all have starved
to death. The dog tax was unjust,
because l gave my dog away a long
time ago, knowing that I could not
afford to pay the tax"
The commitment made out by Justice
Marryott orders the sheriff to keep Per
rine In safe and close confinement un-
til payment Of the $3.50 is made. Sher-
if Serviss says that, so far as he can
find out, no person has been confined
In the Jail for failure to pay taxes for
more than forty years.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
SIGNS OF BETTER TIMES.
Merchants and Manufacturers Have
Confidence in Future.

r. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review Of
Trade says: 1.-THE continued advance in
wheat may prove of the utmost import
ance. 1t has been 10 cents for the week
and 10 cents since Sept. 2, and is mainly
due to short crops abroad and foreign de-
mand. No lack of visible domestic supply
causes or supports the advance. Cotton
has weakened after its sudden rise, be-
cause the demand for goods has relapsed
into hand to mouth buying. Some injury
has been done by recent storms, but the
market seems not now in the humor to
magnify them. There are Enthusiastically
encouraging signs in the great industries,
although the actual gain in working force
employed or in new orders received is
slight. But the strong demand for ma
terials, for pigiroh, hides and WOOL as
for cotton, does not diminish and has al
ready gone far enough to stiffen prices.
In wool quotations are scarcely stronger,
but represent actual sales more nearly
than in past weeks when buyers with
cash almost made their own prices"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
Texaus Threaten All Yale.

The latest incident In the recent bit
of fun that the students of Yale had with
William j. Bryan is the following tele-
gram from Burnett. Texas: ITO the Yale
Hoodlums, New Haven, Conn: Your
mothers should spank you. If they can't
six Texans can corral your whole dog
gone outfit and learn you politeness.
"BRYAN AND SEWALL TEXANS"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
GREAT YERkEs OBSERVATORY.
1t viii, Soon he Equipped with tie
MOnstcr Telescope.

1t viii, Soon He Equipped with Ite
Monster Telescope.
The Yerkes observatory at Lake Ge-
neva, Wis, Of which view Is given
here, is nearing completion, and 1t Is
thought that the great telescope will
be placed in position in few months.
The iron work of the dome is already
placed. This is 40 feet high and 90
feet in diameter, and weighs about 200
tons. 1t rev0lves readily on 20 sets
Of ball-bearing wheels. 1t will be ma
nipulated by electricity, although the
adjustment Is so delicate that hand
power could be used to turn 1t. Be-
meath the dome Is marble floor, hung
with counter balance weights and cap
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
OHIO MINERS WIN.

They Go Back to Work on Basis OF
0Sk Cents Per Ton.
The coal operators and striking miners
in the Palmyra district few miles north
of Alliance, o., succeeded in forcing a
settlement of their differences on basis
of 6Sh cents per ton for mining, and
work was resumed Wednesday morning.
The strike was inaugurated more than
six months ago, and has been stubbornly
contested throughout. The result is a
substantial victory for the several hun
dred miners concerned.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08

The French military authorities have
adopted field telephone service as a
means Of communicating between diff
ferent wings of the army on the field Of
battle. A single wire is used, the earth
being used for the return current, and
the connection being established
through the sword of the soldier carry
ing the apparatus. This is thrust into
the ground at his side.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
THREE TRAINS IN A WRECK.
Brakeman Killed and Engineer Hurt
on the LehiCh VALLEY Road.

brakeman hIIleu anu EnEiHccr AS
on the LehiGh Valley Road.
By wreck on the Lehigh Valley about
a mile and a half east Of Batavia, N. T.,
one man was killed and another fatally
injured. East-bound freight train No.
$40 stopped on the main line at Niagara
Junction, where the Lehigh connects
with the peanut branch Of the New
York Central, probably to cool hot
journal. While standing on the main
line double-header, also east-bound,
came laundering up behind and crashed
into the rear of the standing train, piling
up the cars for quarter OF mile along
the tracks. Just then west-bound
freight came along and added to the de-
vastation by jamming into the derailed
cars. The wind was blowing gale and
some of the cars caught fire. The hre
resisted all efforts to extinguish 1t for
hours. The wreck was very costly.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
sewoI, Dr,ws H;s Check.

Candidate Arthur Sewall brought his
check book into use Friday ut New York
and contributed $4,000 to the campaign
fund The check was given to Treasurer
st. John, and while it does not represent
all that Mr.. Sewall has given during the
campaign it is one of the biggest single
sums contributed to the free silver cause
SO far
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
Four Children Bitten by a Dog.

At Maryville, Mo-, a vicious st. Ber-
nard dog attacked party of school chill
dren. Laura Baumann, aged Z years,
will probably die. Baby Kuchs cannot
recover. Albert Kuchs was bitten
through the wrist; will recover unless
rabies follow. Evan Hawkins was bitten
in the leg; will recover.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
Georgia Cities in Ruins.

Dispatches from Georgia via st. Louis,
Nc, report the almost total destruction
OF Savannah, Charleston and Brunswick
by a cyclone, early Wednesday morning.
Many ships were sunk and the old Mon
itor was blown away. Seven lives are re-
ported lost in Savannah and many others
elsewhere.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
Three Thousa nd on Strike.

In Boston over 5000 men and women
employed in the manufacture of clothing
are on strike in an endeavor to better their
condition. The strikers claim that the
contractors have violated their agree
ment made last year in nearly every par
ticular and that wages are at starvation
Doint
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
Alaskan MniI Service,

The Postoffice Department has awarded
q contract for carrying the mail between
Juneau and Circle City, Alaska. The
distance is sos miles, and the contractors
are to make four trips between Nov. J..
1896. and May /. 1897. They receive
S1,700 for each trip.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
Reware.

There is new kind of bug, and 1t Is
corker. 1t is spreading over the
country from the Southwest, and hui
man beings are its chosen prey. AL
ready 1t has invaded the Mississippi
Valley In great numbers. and many
persons have nearly died from Its bites.
Not whit more cheerful does this
news become when IL is explained that
the insect In question is giant spe-
cies of bed-bug. 1t comes from Next
co and Texas, and It measures full
inch in length.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
RUSSIA BUYS A PLATE MILL.
Armor Works of the WeIlman Iron
and Steel Company Bought.

and Steel Company Bought.
Agents of Russia, who are buying up
machinery for their Government in view
of possible war over the Turkish trou-
bles, have closed negotiations with the
officials of the Wellman Iron and Steel
Company at Chester, Pa, for the pur-
chase of the large armor plate mill and
engine of these immense works. The
Wcllman works were originally built at
a cost of nearly $1.500,000, and the plate
mill consists of the largest three high
train of rolls in the world. The plant
will not be dismantled, but the armor
plate machinery will be at once removed
to Russia, where it can be set up and put
mt work forthwith. 1t embraces the
largest armor plate rolls in the world.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
Shot HI. Infant isrotber Dead.

Andrew Andrews, a deaf mute, 8 years
old, while playing with shotgun, shot
his 3-year-old brother ut Irville, Ohio,
As Mrs. Andrews entered the room the
boy had the body in his arms.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
Irdian studenta Peri.b.

Saturday night Spencer Academy, To-
Gated ten miles west of Antlers, i. t.,
burned to ashes, together with all furni-
ture. -Four Choctaw boys were burned.
The academy was built by the Choctaw
nation. Everything Is total loss, as the
nation did not carry any insurance.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
Lenrosx In Montreal.

Leprosy in its worst form exists In
Montreal Lee Tung, Chinaman who
died Of mysterious illness, has been
found to have been n victim of it. An
inspection of all Chinese boarding and
lodging houses and stores has been or
dered.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
Sweat nv EIOotla.

Part Of Benson, Ariz., was washed
away, and six persons were drowned in a
food from cloudburst in the Milestone
Mountains, twelve miles southwest.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
More Russian ShiDs.

1t is announced in st. Petersburg that
the Russian commercial fleet trading
with China, Japan and Corea will shortly
be increased by five large steamers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
Yeternn stote.mon Dead.

Hon. Thomas Hawkins, the oldest
member Of the West Virginia Legislature,
died Monday, aged "A years.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE
LESSON.

Reflections Of an Elevating Character
-wholesome Food for THOUGHT
Studying the scriptursi Lesson In
teliigentIy and Probably.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08

No matter how much man admires
a woman, 1t is never safe for him to In
innate that she Is not good looking.