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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29

In ninety-two the country through our fac
tories doomed amaIn.
Our farmers We'd with swelling pride In
-, fields OF growing grain.
The dnerchnnt.s grace. a smiling face, was
=. part Of his attraction;
The blacksmith wiistled at his work a song
The brightest ken for laboring men OF all
the golden ages.
For those who sought for manly work at
honest living wages;
Our children. too. in garments new. went
tripping Off TO school.
And oh. twas grand throughout this land.
Contentment was the rule.
And then to thlnk-our senses sink-it seems
so mOnstrous strange
The demagogues persuaded us twas best IN
have "a change"
They said the tarifr was tax, burden sore
10 bear;
1t only helped the rich, they said, and that
was SO unfair,
And thus throughout the long campaign
they never ceased to wall
dinner pail"
We'd all be bankrupt, so they said, In &C.
cents OF alarm.
Unless the tariff was repealed, unless we
had reform"
We voted most for Grover,
Believing In the promised bliss Of -four
long years In clover"
When scarce the shout had echoed out that
Cleveland was the master,
TIL fell fear OF danger near and horrible
disaster
First black despair was labor's share. born
Employment priced was paralyzed by for
eign competition.
From day to day, no work. no pay. while
hells of homes were made:
Projections shield was made to yield, to
build up English trade;
The merchant so0u took down his sign, he
could not pay his debts
Because this mOnkeying with reform" had
ruined his assets.
Onr farmers, too. the country through loud
walled of their undoin'
Thus one and all In common thrall faced uni
versal ruin;
The cruel hand OF foreign land was over us
Not war and pestllence combined could
bring such dire disaster.
Thank God, at last the terror's past Of
struggles and Of losses,
The days Mt hand. Wen rid the land Of these
performer" bosses.
We ne'er again Will trust the men who
forged these free-trade collars,
Nor will we have our wages paid In 53-cent
dollars.
IT'S constant brawny work we want with
honest compensation,
And then you'll see prosperity throughout
this mighty nation.
money now In billions.
But idle store can help no more the half-clad
starving millions.
IT'S not more dollars that we need but want
way to turn 'em:
Hasten the day when labor may first have
chance TO earn EN-:
Remove again this CALLING chain of ''pauper
competition"
IT'S this we need. not "cheatng greed" to
better our conditions:
No story told Of ''cross of goid'' will lead us
now astray.
No Bryan can. with unrrled plan, e'er win
our votes today.
And labor scorns his "crown of thorns,"
that stage-play of despair:
His silver cry Is all Il lie, twas free trade
placed II there.
Then haste the day when vote we may, and
speak our indignation
Against the man with monstrous plan Of fiat
reputation;
With might and vim Wen bury him so he'll
not peep again.
With protection for our cry, and Mckinley
for our man.
e. s. weeden in Chicago Inter Ocean.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$3.50 to $5.25; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to $3.TS; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, re to 73c;
corn, No. 2, DC to 24c: oats, No. 2, lie
to 1Sc; rye, No. =, Soc to SIC; butter,
choice creamery, 1Sc to zoe; eggs, fresh,
lie to 1Sc; potatoes, per bushel, 1Sc to
25c; broom corn, common short to choice
dwarf, $50 to 500 per ton.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping, $500 to
$500; hogs, choice light, $500 to $3.75;
sheep, common to prime, $500 to So. % (;
white, &c to &c; oats, No. white, 1Sc
to 2Oc.
st. Louis--Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs,
$500 to S3.75; wheat, No. 2, 79c to Soc;
corn, No. 2 yellow, pc to 23c; oats.
No. ? white, Ice to 1Sc; rye, No. 2, Doc
to &c.
Cincinnati Cattle, $3.50 to s4.75: hogs.
$500 to $3.75; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, SOC to SIC; corn, No. z
mixed, CSC to 29c; oats, No. mixed, 10c
to zoe; rye, No. 2, 42c to 44c.
Detroit-Ccetle, $50 to $500; hogs.
$500 to 1915; sheep, $500 to 1925;
wheat, No. red, SOC to SIC; corn, No. .
yellow, 2Sc to Doc; oats, No. white, &c
to 23c; rye, Zoe to Ale.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 sed, SIC TO SEC;
corn. No. 2 yellow, 24c to 26c; oats, No.
2 white, 10c to 20c; rye. No. 2, 40c to Ale;
clover seed, $5.45 to $5.55.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 spring, 76c
to 7Sc; corn, No. 2 25c to &c; oats, No.
2 white, 19c to 21c; barley, No. 2, 35c to
&c; rye. No. 1, 3Sc to 4Oc; pork, mess,
$6T5 to $7.25
Buffalo-Cattle, $3.50 to $4.75; hogs.
$500 to $500; sheep, $500 to $3.25;
wheat, No. 2 red. SAC to Soc; corn, No.
yellow, Bic to 33c; oats, No. 2 white,
&c to 25c.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs.
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $500 TO $3.50;
wheat, No. 2 red, Toe to SOC; corn, No. 2,
Doc 70. &c; oats, No. 2 white, &c to 24c;
butter, creamery, 1Jc to 21c; eggs, West
ernv 16c to 19c. .-.---.-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
Chaptcr ON NOMENCLATURE.

II a man takes a piece of steel worth
Is cents and makes of it watch-springs
worth 500, that is skill.
If he takes piece of paper worth 2
cents and writes on it poem that sells
for $50, that is genius.
If he takes a farm worth 50 an acre
and by his labor and knowledge puts it
in heart again and makes it worth $50
an acre, that is work.
If a man takes hammer worth 60
cents and in days use of it earns 81 .35,
that's hard work.
If man buys n yearling ut a trotting
sale for SO. that in its 3-year-old form
develops ability to make mile at a
2:O6A gait that is judgment.
If man buys a silver mine he has
never seen and it makes him a million
aire that's luck.
If man buys nm article today for
S1.5O and sells it tomorrow for $500,
that's business.
But when a government takes SO cents
worth of silver and coins IL into a cart
wheel. and says lcgislatively that it is
100 cents. or n dollar, and pays it out
as such to it's creditors, that is not
finance, but highway robbery from the
New York Sun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
>QzlS RNUS
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Emma Offat has won up to date $780,
900 in purses.
Since Gentry made his record of 2:O3A
last season he has made gain of 100
feet to the mile.
Fitzsimmons is under $1,000 bail in
New York, he having been indicted by the
Grand Jury for arranging to fight to a fin
ish with Jim Corbett.
Page, the greatest green trotter Of the
year. has been ten times first, three times
second and one third in fourteen starts.
His winnings are $4,075.
How quickly the boomers passed out
of fashion. The short skirt and golf
stockings-and pretty ones they are. too
are now the vogue among the fair sex.
James Michael rode FIVE miles paced,
flying start, at the Garfield Park cycling
track, Chicago, Saturday, in $40, re-
ducing the American record for the dis
tance.
Cooper. who is matched for a series Of
races with Bald for stake of 81 900 and
the championship. won forty-one races
this season. His total winnings this year
foot up TO 5000.
Van Zant, one Of the fastest and best
campaigners of the year, was worked
some as yearling, but she was expert
mented on for three years before she be-
came properly balanced. AS a 3-year-old
it Is said she would trot mile in three
minutes.
The Baltimore baseball team will make
q short tour of England. Arrangements
will be made for series of games with
all the prominent baseball clubs of the
British empire. LANCE and Gleason will
take the places of Brodie and Reitz. They
will be billed in England as the Three
Times Champions of America.
A most remarkable feat was recently
performed by an athlete named Tommy
Burns. of'London, On wager he was to
dive from the top of London bridge and
then run to Yarmouth, distance of 12S
miles, inside twenty four hours. He made
the dive, but was Immediately arrested
by the police. He was released on bail,
and started on his run. He won the
wager by doing the journey in 23h. 4Om.
Burns has saved forty-three lives.
Jennings, of Baltimore. leads the Ma
tional League in batting, with an average
Of 400, closely followed by Keller. Burk-
EFT and Deiehanty. Zin.mer leads in catch
ing, Lajoie as first baseman. McPhee as
second baseman, Irwin as third baseman.
Dolanas short stop. Cooley as left field
er. Brodie as center fielder, Thompson as
right fielder, and Payne as pitcher.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
Young Men.

That was splendid little speech
which Maj. Mckinley delivered to the
first voters of Canton on Monday. He
truly said that the young men were the
hope of the community, the state and
the nation. The young men Of today
will be the leaders of tomorrow. and if
they begin right when they first partici-
pate in the political affairs of the coun-
try they are pretty certain to continue
in the right path throughout their lives.
The young men of today have high
aspirations. They want to do right.
with the party which represents in the
largest degree the virtue, intelligence,
and patriotism of the American people.
1t ought not to be difficult for them to
determine which party that is. Look at
the leaders of the two great parties.
Look at the men who are today advo-
eating the election of William Jennings
Bryan on n platform declaring for re-
pudiation and ruin. Look at the fol-
lowers of those leaders. That is all
that is needed. No young man of sense
viii hesitate long about making king ;u, his
said about the Republican party:
'No party ever had a grander history.
No party ever did more. for mankind,
for liberty. for equality and for the prog
ress and glory OF the country.
at represents the best hopes and as,
pirations of the American people. and
embraces within it's doctrines and pur-
poses the honor of the country and the
greatest prosperity of all the people,"
Nothing truer was ever spoken. The
greatest and best men this country has
produced during the past half century
have been members of and leaders of
the Republican party, and the policies
il has advocated in the past and Is adj
yocating today have received the en-
dorsements OF all those men.
Every young man who casts his first
vote this year should support the cause
of William Mckinley and sound money.
cleveland Leader.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
Afraid TO Discuss IL.

William Jennings Bryan IA afraid to
discuss the tariff. III reply tb question
recently concerning the tariff. he loftily
said, 'Oh, we can change oup tariff sys-
tenn at any time" and to another inquiry
he replied, "You cannot force the tariff
question into this campaign"
Yet the tariff is made an issue by both
the Popocratic and Republican plat
forms. The former declaEes 1.-THE Re
publican threat to restore'tie Mckinley
law" is disturbing business. Moreover,
Gov. Mckinley has placei protection
side by side with sound money as the
issues of supreme importance and the
masses of the Republican party agree
with him.
1t is not Mt all difficult 70 understand
why Mr.. Bryan ignores the tariff ques-
ton. He dare not undertake. a defense
before the American people of the disas-
trous policy for which he is in part re-
sponsible. Four years ago Mr.. Bryan
denounced the policy of protection as
1.-THE most vicious political principle that
ascribed all the ills experienced by the
American people wholly to protection.
He had nothing to say ~bout the cur
rency. He had not then discovered
that the decentralization of silver was
responsible for all the trouble. The
tariff alone was the source of every
wrong and every i'll suffered by our
people.
Two years LATER Mr.. Bryan found op-
portunity to en.body his views in legis-
lation and to command national atten-
ton as one of the most radical of the
foes of protection. He helped to put
wool on the free list with disastrous re-
suits to American sheep husbandry and
corresponding penefit to the wool-gr0w
ers of Australia and other foreign coun-
tries. He voied against protection to
American sugtr producers, to the serious
detrimentt of 90 important, industry. He
supported by voice and vote tariff
changes whica greatly stimulated the
worsted and wool manufactures of Eng
land and struck an almost fatal blow to
those of the united States. He was a
foremost advocate of the policy which
has kept more than million of the
American people in idlepess or only par
TALLY employed for the past three years,
reducing the demand for the products
of the farm and the factory to the ex-
tent of hundreds of millions of dollars
annually.
He Is in part responsible for tariff
legislation which has caused an enor
nous deficiency in the revenues of the
government and compelled bond issues
TO meet EXPENSES. In short, Mr.. Bryan
was as inst umental as any man in Con-
gress in br nging about the unfortunate
industrial and business conditions from
which labcs and capital alike have suf-
Iereu iinniedsuruDie injury unu ny WHICH
the progress of the nation has been great
ly retarded.
Now Mr.. Bryan is afraid to attempt
defense IF his record before the Amer
lean people. But he is grossly mistaken
IL he imagines the people are not Think
ing about that question. His free silver
theories and platitudcs and fallacies, his
appeals to prejudice and passion have
about lost their force. The cause of
currency debasement and reputation Is
a losing cause, and Mr.. Bryan cannot
escape responsibility for his share in the
tariff legislation, no matter how much
no frios
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
LARGE LOANS BY GERMANS.
Vcnczuelan's Commission Secures
$1O,OOO,OOO.

SlO,OOO,OOO.
Advices received by Minister Andrade
of Venezuela are to the effect that the
commission sent by Venezuela to Ger
many has returned after accomplishing
most satisfactory arrangements which
bring about a close identity of interests
between the two countries. The main
features of the arrangement are loan
Of J0,O00,0O0 bolivars, or $1O,O0O,OOO, of
German capital TO the Venezuelan Gov
eminent and the establishment of a Ger
man bank with large capital at Caracas.
The large loan comes from private Ger
man sources, but it is felt to be not the
less important in showing the sentiment
of the German Government toward Ven
ezuela. The commission was headed by
the Minister of Public Works in Presi-
dent Crespo's Cabinet. On reaching Ber
lin the members were received with
marked honors by Emperor William, who
conferred decorations upon them. Here
tofore English capital has built the docks
ct Laguayra and carried forward other
enterprises. 1t is pointed out also that
the security and responsibility of Vene
zuela are strongly attested when German
capitalists, who are careful and conserv-
ative, make such heavy investments
there.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29

Manager OF Florida Lumber Mills
kiils Two Iufuriated Employees.

Manager OF Florida Lumber Mile
kills Two Infuriated Empioyes.,
Besieged by Infatuated negroes, ]. NJ.
Criglar, manager of Hagerman's lumber
mills at Hager- Station, four miles west
of Chipley, Fla, defended himself with
such effect that he killed two of his as
sailants and wounded four others. Orig
lar became engaged in a quarrel with one
of his employees, and the other negroes
drew pistols and began firing at the man
ager. Criglar ran to his office. locked
himself in and opened fire with Win
chester on the maddened negroes. who
surrounded the building. For an hour the
battle continued, and when the Louisville
and Nashville train arrived at the station
the negroes were preparing to set fire to
the building and cremate Criglar. The
train crew and passengers, however, rush
ed to the lattcr's aid and dispersed the
negroes. The negroes had fred over 200
bullets into the building, but Crigler es-
capped by lying on the floor. AS soon as
the negroes fired a volley, however, he
would rise and shoot at them through the
windows.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
Chained i'm burning House.

The small frame house of Martin Morse
at Canton. Pa, was discovered on fire.
The doors were fastened, and upon break
ing them down the neighbors found Mrs.
Leroy, aged 80 years, alone and chained
to the wall. The chains were broken and
the frantic woman carried from the build
ing as the roof fell in. Mr.. and Mrs.
Morse. whose reputation is good, say that
the old lady is childish, and to keep her
out of mischief they chained her when
they went away from home. The fire
began on the top floor, and Mrs. Leroy
was chained downstairs.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
Goods Bought on Conditions.

There is no doubt that the business
men of the country are counting on
revival of business In the event of Mr..
McKinley's election. News from all Sec
tons of the Union is to the effect that
orders are being placed with manufac-
turers and jobbers, conditioned upon
the result of the election. If Mckinley
wins the goods are TO be shipped; IL
Bryan Is successful the orders are to
be countermanded or reduced.
One of the largest furniture houses
In Chicago, Ford, johnson & Co., re-
ceived n letter from customer in Cali
fornia the other day, placing a large
order for goods. The order was made
conditional in this way: IF the election
goes for free silver we do not want the
goods; IL against free silver we want
them shipped November 5--not later"
The California merchants say that
they are prompted by business prudence
alone to make the order conditional, be-
cause they fear the result Of the tri-
umph of free silver. The same reports
come from wholesale merchants in New
York and other large cities.
Why should any sensible voter besi-
tate to dirapprovc at the polls 4 policy
which In regarded with 80 much un-
certainty and doubt by the business
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29

four years ueo the tariff was the only
thing that Bryan. did talk about. He
was sweeping In HE statements. He said
that tari6 Of 10 per cent; was just AZ
the "crime Of 1878" He said: "You
must attribute IL to the inventive genius
that has multiplied a thousand times.
In many instances the strength of q
SINCE arm, and enables us to do today
with one man what fifty men could not
do fifty years ago. That Ii what has
brought down prices IN this country and
everywhere" These words of Mr.. Bry-
now. But he hasn't the honesty to re-
peat them now. Rather than admit that
the medicine he induced the country to
take then was drastic In its effect he
bobs up serenely with another nostrum
far wrose than the other. He Is politi-
cal quack of the worst kind.-Cedar Rap
ids ua.) Republican,.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
Spain Is Very Gloomy.

A Madrid dispatch says: The Queen
Regent presided at council of ministers
Thursday. Senior Canovas, the premier,
gave complete sketch, which was
gloomy enough, of home and colonial af-
fairs. The loss of men in the colonial
wars has proved disastrous to husbandry,
as proved by the marked decrease in ex-
ports. Spain will be compelled to largely
import breadstuffs. Only patriotism pre-
vents the latent discomfort from breaking
out. A sort of instructive presentiment
impels the nation to show cohesion and
naughty determination with a view to
avoiding international complications and
the possible intervention Of the United
States
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
FULFILLs HIS THREAT.

Suicide in Virginia of w. T. Ram
busch, of juneau, Wis.
A dispatch was received at Juneau,
Wis, late Tuesday night from the cor
oner of Fredericksburg, Va, stating that
w. L. Rambusch, the absconding banker
of Juneau, had committed suicide there.
The dispatch asked what disposition
should be made of the body. 1nstruc-
tons were at once sent to forward the
body to Juneau for burial. Rambusch
was engaged in banking and the abstract
business. He disappeared OH Oct. 10.
and forgeries amounting 10 between
100000 and 100000 have come to
light.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
Able to Teach Her Father Law.

Lawyer Rosalie Loew tried her first
divorce suit in the Supreme Court, Brook
lyn, Friday before Justice Clement and
was successful in obtaining a decree for
her client. Her father. who had a di-
vorce case before the same justice, was
ruled out of court on the examination of
the second witness. 1t was said Mr..
Loew had requested his daughter to try
the case for him. but she refused on the
ground of its irregularity, and the sequel
proved her judgment to be correct.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
BUTCHER MORE ARMENIANs.
Buried Alive and Young
Women Kidnapped.

A Berlin dispatch to the London Daily
News says: The st. Petersburg Viedo-
mosti gives details of the Van massacre
secured from fugitives who have arrived
at Elchmiadzin. They declare that no
ArmeniaEs are left in the Van district.
The Kurds, declaring that they were exc
cutting the Sultan's will, mercilessly
butchered the men, kidnapped the pretti
est women and girls, and threw the chill
dren into the pits intended for storing
corr and buried them alive, in order to
save ammunition. The adult victims
were arranged in rows and were killed,
two or three at single shot. The details
of the outrages on the priests and tenn
pies and the sacred books and vessels are
indescribably revolving.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
HurI Egus mt Carlisle,

John q. Carlisle, Secretary OF the
Treasury, was the target for eggs at Cow
ington, Ky, Thursday night. Repeated
voicing of insult and contumely hurled
at him was coupled with incidents which
leaders of all factions declare were the
work of hoodlums. He stood by his ora
torical guns throughout, but at the close
Of the meeting had to be escorted to his
home by platoon of police.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
Notes OF Current Events.

The National Democratic party OF Ne
braska nominated X. 3. Bibbs for Gov
ernor.
The Missouri Pacific has decided to re-
duce the rate on grain from Kansas points
to Kansas City and the Missouri River
80 that the sum of the local shall not be
more than cent on the 100 pounds above
the through rates to Chicago.
The flagstaff of the White House 1T
Washington. which was blown down in
the recent gale, was restored to its pace
and will be once more used in displaying
Old Glory as signal shat the President
Is on duty at. the national capital.
Reports from Arkoe, No., state that a
yorng woman OF. that place has been ar
RESTED for the horrible murder of Mr..
John Baumley near that place. II II said
that she was In love with Mr.. Baumley,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
Ex.Convressman Willis Dead.

Edwin Willis, of Michigan, Formerly
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture and
president of the United States Govern
ment Board at the Columbian Exposition,
died at Washington Friday night. Mr..
Willis was splendid specimen of Amer
lean citizenship. intelligent, honest and
conscientious. He leaves reputation
for fidelity to trusts and integrity in the
discharge of all duties, public and pri-
waite, upon which there is not spot or
hlemish
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
DEFENDED THEIR HOME.
English Lord and His Wife Shoot to
Kill in Oklahoma.

r. T. Brooke, reported to be an English
lord, shot and killed three men Sunday
night twenty miles north of Perry, o. T.
At the early opening sale in Perry three
years ago X. II. Brooke was one of the
largest town lot holders. He was report
ed to be worth $500,000. Lord Brooke
married Mrs. Maude Parker, who at one
time was said to be the wife of we'll
known Kansas cattle man, and six
months ago moved to her farm, twenty
miles north of Perry, Sunday night at
midnight five men went to Brooke's home
with the intention of robbng him of his
annual income, which had lately been
received. Brooke went to the door and
the men demanded money. Brooke and
his wife began to shoot. One man was
killed in the yard, and it has since been
learned that two other men were killed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
corucob Pine Inventor Dead.

Washington, No., aged Il years, is dead
of pneumonia. He was born at En-
schede, Holland, and emigrated to this
country in 1867. He was the inventor
and patentee of the now world-famous
corncob pipe.