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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10

Ex-President Harrison is taking bicycle
lessons. He wears n suit Of Scotch home
spun.
The New York Order of Confederate
Women has elected Mrs. Jefferson Davis
honorary president.
Paderewski gets 5000 for one concert
In London in jubilee week. Patti gets a
like sum for three songs.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand d'Este. heir
to the throne of Austria, who was suppos-
ed TO be dying of consumption, is recover
ing in Southern Tyrol.
Henry Il. Cheatham, the colored man
who was recently appointed recorder of
deeds for the District of Columbia, owns
much property in the District.
Admiral Canevaro, commanding the
fleets of the powers off the coast of Crete.
was born in Peru, of Genoese father.
His brother is peruvian minister TO Italy
and France.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles will be present at
the Queens jubilee as the military repre-
sentative of the United States Govern
mcnt. Ambassador Hay will be the dip
lomatic representative.
Mr.. Fairfield, head of the South Afri-
can department Of tie British colonial
Office, who died recently in Italy, was the
one man who probably knew all about the
attempted outrage in the Transvaal
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10
CRAWLING MICHIGAN THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1897 NUl


merchants OF Two Continents Listen
TO the President.
The commercial museums were formal
ly opened at Philadelphia Wednesday by
President Mckinley, who presided during
the attending exercises at the American
Academy of Music. He delivered speech
in response to Mayor Warwicks address
of welcome, and then at night, in a nota-
bic banquet held at the Bourse, which
celebrated the tenth anniversary of the
Manufacturers Club of Philadelphia, as
we'll as the opening of the commercial mu-
seums, the President delivered an i'm
promptu address.
The ceremonies. which were most i'm
pressive and interesting. were given an
added Importance by the distinguished
character of the assemb,age. Besides the
President and his party, including the
members of his cabinet and the foreign
ministers, the guests included the dele
gates attending as representatives of their
countries from South America, Central
America. Mexico and even more distant
points.
The banquet was probably the most no
table ever given on this continent. 1t was
notable not only in point of numbers, near
ly 1,5OO persons participating, but in the
distinction of the chief guests. Besides
President Mckinley there were seated
at the table Of honor Secretary Of Agri-
culture Wilson, Attorney General Nc
Kenna, Congressman Dingley, Dalzell,
Grosvanor, Heatwole and Tawney; the
ministers from Mexico, Brazil, Chill, Ar
gentina, Venezuela and other South Amer
lean governments; the Chinese minister,
and a number of other eminent officials
from the capital
The hall in which the dinner was held
covers an entire block in area. 1t was gor-
geOus with light and color Ensconced In
IA compartment formed by walls of flags
at one end of the hall was the Marine
Band, under Director Fanciulli, which
ahernated with the Germania Orchestra,
stationed at the other end. To avoid un-
due delay in reaching the toasts, the serv-
ing of the banquet was promptly begun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10
STRUNG UP BY A MOB.
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NEGRO lYNCHED ~ FRENZlED
PEOPLE or uR6ANA, o.
1Iob's First Attempt Was Met by
Deadly voiieys OF Ride Buiiets-Au-
thorities Didn't Interfere with the
= Second Attack.
Night Of Awful Sensations.

"Ghck" Mitchell, the Urbana, o., negro
brute, has paid the penalty of his foul
crime with his life. An outraged people
took the lav into their own hands and
meted out to him the punishment he so
richly deserved and obeyed the command
and wish of his PROSTATE and, as anDounc-
ed. dying victim. He was hanged to a
tree in the court yard Friday in broad
daylight, after a night of horror and ira
gedy.
Recently Mrs. Eliza Gaumer, the widow
of the late publisher of the Urbana Dem
ocrat. was criminaliy assaulted by Chas.
Mitchell. alias "Glick" Mitchell, a noto-
rious negro. who was arraigned Wednes-
day. but his victim was too i'll to appear
in court. The man was taken to her home
for Identification. As he entered the door
she raised herself on her elbow and ex-
claimed: "The brute! Hang him! How
dare you face me. you brute" In de-
fault Of 81 600 bail Mitchell was locked
MP in the city prison. but on account of
the feeling was removed to the county Jail
the same night for safe keeping.
From the time of his arrest threats of
lynching were made, and Sheriff Mclean
took all precautions to prevent it, secur-
ing from the Governor the services of
two companies of militia. His Indictment
by the grand jury, his plea of guilty and
the sentence were all recorded within four
hours Thursday evening. His sentence
was to twenty years Imprisonment, and
he was 10 have been taken from the Ur-
eana jail Friday to begin the term.
Thursday night the jail was surrounded
by threatening mob. News of the in
tended attack on the prisoner reached the
officers Of the court in the afternoon, and
they called on the Governor for militia
TO protect Mitchell The local company
was ordered out, and took up lodgings un-
der arms in the Jail. At 2:30 o'clock Fri
day morning a mob attacked the jail with
sledge hammers. The militiamen fired
into the crowd. killing and wounding
many of the attacking party and repelnng
the assault.
AT I-10 o'clock in the morning a COM
pany of miltiamen arrived from Spring
field, -. The crowd. already enraged at
the authorities, rallied for another at
tack on the Jail. This time the authorities
made no resistance. None of the men in
charge had the nerve to order another vol
ley turned into the bodies of IS towns
men. The negro was hustled out of his
cell and hanged to the nearest tree in the
presence of a bowling mob of 1000 per-
sons. over 800 of whom were women. The
feeling is intense against the sheriff for
allowing the National Guards to fire on
the people, and there is a very general
approval of the work of the mob.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10
Inpauesc Enterprise.

The enterprising Jap" or rather a
dozen of them, are expected in England
this month to undergo a three years
course Of training in private establish
ments in shipbuilding and naval engi-
neering. The Japanese Government
has voted $4,000 to pay the expenses
OF these students, and an additional
vote of a similar amount is to be made
for the purpose of sending another doz-
en- "Japs' to study the manufacture of
firearms in England. The British man
ufacturers who permit the "Japs" to
have the run of their workshops will,
within a decade, be deploring the loss
OF control i'm the markets Of the world.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10

OF the country show a marked improve
streets Of last week are of very en-
couraging character Dun's Review
says that unmistakable evidence Of i'm
proyement comes in the general in
crease Of commercial loans; the distinct
change gives proof that business has
been larger than many have supposed
There is a continuing increase in the
volume Of business, in demands for
products and manufactures, and con-
sidering the time of the year, in move
ments Of grain and produce.
Reports from various parts Of the
country show renewed activity, both
In business and manufacturing. The
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Com
pany, which worked but two days a
week last winter, is to work twenty
days In June; 100 looms Of the New
York cotton mills at Biddeford, Me-,
were started up last week, after a
years silence; work began last Monday
in all departments Of the Portage iron
works at Duncanville, Me-; the mills
Of the Lackawanna Iron and Steel
Company, at Scranton, Pa, have re-
sumed operations after an extended
idleness, part of them now running
on double time; the Thomas iron fur
mace at Birmingham, Ala, which has
been idle for several months, has been
put in blast, and the Alabama rolling
mills have started up after an extend
ed idleness. Bradstreet's summarizes
it's reports from various parts of the
country by saying that there Is ten
dency to increase business in the South
Atlantic and Gulf States of the Pacific
coast and in a few States in the North
west. Contrast this with the condi-
tions four years ago and see If people
are justified in making complaints
about the present state of business.
Reciprocity in the south.
Our Spanish-American friends at the
south Of us evidently recognize the fact
that the Republican party is again
in control in the United States. They
are sending delegation of business
men here to encourage trade, a step
which they carefully avoided taking
during the existence of the Cleveland
administration, which cut off the reci-
procity treaties and thus closed to the
United States the markets which those
treaties had opened in those countries.
A. b. CARSON.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10
EARTH IN A QUAKE.
Slight but Distinct Shock Causes
Alarm in Many States.

Alarm in Many States.
A distinct but slight earthquake was
experienced Monday throughout the
South Atlantic and Middle Southern
States. 1t is Stated at the Weather Bu-
reau at Washington that the direction of
the wave was from south to north, but re-
ports received from various sections are
conflicting. Savannah, Ga, was the fur
thest point south at which the tremor was
felt, while the northern boundary of the
wave was middle Maryland West it
was felt as far as Knoxville, Tenn. The
disturbance seems to have been most
severe in the Appalachian Mountain re-
gion.
The shock was felt in Cincinnati and
suburbs. The printers ran out of the
Times-Star office. Occupants of other
buildings were alarmed and at Coney ISL
and, Chester Park, the Geological Gar
dens and elsewhere there was conster-
nation among the holiday crowds. At
the lagoon on the Kentucky side there
was panic among several thousand peo-
pie on the grounds. The waters in the Ia
gon We're so rough that the life-savng
crew went to the relief of those out in
the electric pleasure boats. At Knoxville,
Tenn, two distinct shocks were felt. Sew
eral large buildings We're badly shaken
and two chimneys fell. In Charleston,
w. Va, the earthquake was felt all over
the city. In many buildings the furni-
ture was moved by the vibrations. The
people were panie-stricken and many ran
out of the large business houses think
ing the buildings were about to tumble
down. The vibrations We're from north
TO south and lasted fifteen seconds.
A distinct shock was felt in Louisville,
KY. but no damage was done. The
shock perceptibly shook Asherille, \. 9.
Hundreds of occupants of buildings ran
into the streets. At Indianapolis many
persons felt the shock. Visitors to the
court house tower thought the building
WAS falling and hurried down.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10
What DeIny Means.

Every day Of delay in the Senate over
the tariff bill means a delay Of many
days in the return of prosperity. I'm
porters are making the most Of the time
during which the bill is delayed in the
Senate to bring in quantities Of foreign
goods. Every dollars worth Of foreign
goods thus imported means that just
so much less will be bought of our
home products, and consequently the
demand for American labor will be so
much less.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10
is PATRIOTISM DYING7
Sporting Events Crowd Ont Memorial
Services.

Services.
Judging from the newspaper reports
and other appearances Decoration Day
has lost its character and significance in
. New York. writes William +. Curtis to
the Chicago Record. when telling of the
observance of last Memorial Day. 1t is
no longer an event to revive patriotism
and stir the memories, but is almos. who'll
~ given up to athletic exhibitsnis and
sports. The old battle flags are honored,
the Stars and Stripes float from every
public building and from the windows and
roofs of many residences, and the Grand
Army posts still march with limping steps
to the cemeteries, but the great mass of
the people do not give a moments thought
to their debt to the dead. There were
ceremonies at the tomb of Gen. Grant, at
Greenwood, and at other silent camping
grounds. where, as an old veteran remark
ed. his comrades had been put to bed with
a spade. but the participants were mostly
the survivors of the war and the widows
and orphans of its dead. The people at
the cemeteries numbered hundreds. while
over 10000 saw Howard Mann win the
Brooklyn handicap; 24.O00 saw baseball
game Aetween the New York and Pitts
burg teams similar crowd witnessed a
boat race on the Harlem river. and every
branch of outdoor sport had some special
attraction to celebrate the holiday.
Newspapers are a fair index of public
interest on these subjects. They give a
page 10 sporting intelligence and column
TO the ceremonies of Decoration Day. In
one paper counted twenty-four columns
filled with sports and four columns to the
soldiers monuments and cemeteries. 1t
II a serious question whether the his
toric significance of the holiday is to be
lost and whether the public mind is be-
coming so absorbed with athletics, games
and turf gambling that it cannot devote
one day in the year to the expression and
l.nlfiNnfinn of nafrinfism
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10

The first coins really deserving the
name of United States coinage were
struck off as pattern pieces" by Ben
jamin Dudley, at the instIgation OF
Robert Morris. and were laid before
Congress in 1888 as specimens of what
the coinage should be. They were n
mark" and 'qulnt," and thus de-
scribed: The --obverse, an eye.
the center OF a glory, thirteen points.
cross equidIstant. circle of as many
stars. The 'quint" Is similar in de-
sign, the value on reverse being noted.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10
,Txpicai of Mckinley.

When the Tennessee Exposition was
put il notion few weeks ago by the
pressure OF President McKinIeys fin
ger on the electric button, It was typi-
cal of the way in which the wheels of
industry were put in motion when the
news of the election Of the great pro-
tectionist was flashed over the country
last November, and also Of the manner
in which they will be started humming
when the last vestige OF Gorman-Wil-
sonism Is obliterated
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10
FULTON LOSES THE wooDMEN.
Head Camp at Dubuque Orders Head
quarters to Rock Island.

At The national convention of Modern
Woodmen in Dubuque, the headquarters
were ordered removed from Fulton to
Rock Island in sixty days. 1t was decid-
ed to hold the next head camp at Kan
sas City. Charges of the misappropria-
ton of funds made against the head Off
GERS were not considered by the conven-
ton. The law prohibiting membership
to liquor dealers was so amended &c not
to affect those in the order before such
legislation was enacted.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10
sMEplgY Is The vIoToR.
.S4::oeisssd SyeiSsS ciaSs.

y - <~f~ru1x~<I -"
sfAssociated Cycling Clubs.
William ID. Smedley, picked by the ex-
perts as the slowcst rider among 49S con-
testants In the eleventh Chicago road
race, won with mile of daylight be-
tween him and his closest pursuer. Time,
1:07:04 2-5. He ran so far in advance
of the flying host that he robbed even
the second and third men Of much Of their
honors. Henry O'Brien captured the
time prize, his figure being 1:O3OS. He
broke the record for the Wheeling course,
which Is fraction under twenty-five
miles Smedley is 81 years old. His
training has been going on for only two
weeks. He worked so hard during the
race that he was ead-physically--at the
end, and had barely enough breath left
to tell the jam which brought him con-
gratulations to carry the good news to his
wife.
There have been eleven Chicago road
races. They have all been we'll contest
ed, and some of them have produced
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10
Bad for Bradford.

Great activity is now being displayed
In Bradford in anticipation of the re-
vised American tariff. The January re-
turns of trade with the States showed
decline of f350,000; but since the
draft tariff published phenomenally
heavy shipments have been made of a
wide range of materials. mainly from
stocks. The new tariff, IL carried, will
be a heavy blow for Bradford Even.
ing News, London.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10
COOLEST MAY ON RECORD.
Month Just Closed Sets a New Mark
for the Weather Bureau.

Last month will go down as the coolest
May on record. In the records for the
last twenty-six years, beyond which time
the Weather Bureau can tell us nothing,
no May can be found which gave as low
an average temperature by two degrees
as the month just ended. The lowest rec
ord on the weather mans books for May
was in 1876, when the thermometer went
down TO 20 degrees, but this was an ex-
ception rather than the rule. In Chicago
May 1 showed temperature of 33 de-
grees and the following day went only
one better. These were the coolest days
of the month, and May 10, when the mer-
curry ran up to 81 degrees, was the warm
est
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10

The Chinese Government has decided
to adopt the free delivery postal system
and has honored Chicagoan with an of
fer to assume charge of the undertaking,
the same being Frei Il. Stoll, formerly
general superintendent of city delivery in
that city.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10

Every one familiar with the subject
admits that reasonable duty on hides
viii directly and Immediately benefit
the farmers and stock raisers through
out this country. This fact should have
weight with our national legislators.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10

Harry Singleton, who murdered Officer
Mccormick two years ago, and Thomas
Milton, who murdered his mistress, both
condemned murderers, had desperate
fight in Jail at Tampa, Fla. and Milton
was nearly cut to pieces
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10
SETTLERS in DANGER.
CHEYENNE INDIANS START ON
THE wARPATH.

Rumors that at Least Dozen White
Men Have Been Killed = Further
Slaughter Likely TO Follow IL Troops
DO Not Interfere.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10
A GOOD RECORD.
ADMINISTRATION HAS ACCOM-.
PLISHED MUCH.

Vigorous American Pol
icy-Action ON Cuba Will Come in
Due Time-Continued Business I'm
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10

CRAWFORD TENT, X. o. t. M. No. IO2- =
Meets every Saturday evening.
j. j. COLLINS Com.
T. NOLAN, r. f.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10

GRAlLING CHAPTER, r. A. NJ, No. l2l.-
Meets every third Tuesday in each month.
J. X MERE. H. p.
A. TAYLOR, Sec.
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That is good news that comes from the
new supervising architect of the treasury
to the effect that orders have been issued
by the Secretary to have the work on the
new city post office" pushed ahead. There
is ample ground at the site for push"
Little of that element has been noticed
within the precincts for long time. There
Is a recollection that about five years ago
an energetic contractor was at work there
who was In a hurry to get through his job
because he had something else to do In
another city, but that is merely a memory
now. The work of clearing the site and
breaking ground was begun five years ago
last February. In that time scores and
hundreds of new buildings, involving prac-
tically as much labor, have been erected in
various cities by private enterprise, and the
governments efforts have been put to
blush by even the most dilatory. But the
dawn Of better time Is at hand The
work Is tC be pushed" The present Sec
rotary of the Treasury knows what push
is and what it acconplishes. He comes
from pushing community, and mis- works
throughout his business career have been
characterized by this element Of time-sav-
Ing, money-saving activity.
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he now possesses. True, he has of late
years been a more or less successful owner
of a racing stable. His operations on the
turf have netted him snug profit but 1t Is
impossible to point to the race course as
the origin of his wealth for he enjoyed
more than a competence before he took to
horse racing. That sport was merely the
fad of a rich man and Croker has made 1t
profitable fad. No amount Of allusion to
the turf will disabuse the minds of the
people who are not blind from political
strabismus of the notion that Mr.. Croker
got his start and the bulk of his fortune
through the corrupting modes of local gov
eminent uncovered by the investigation
that frightened him to Europe. 1t is no
torious, now says Mr.. George. that for
years nominations by Tammany Hall came
high, that they cost the candidates good
round sums. that were supposed to be
profitable investments in view OF the high
salaries of the offices. These sums were
paid into the Campaign funds" Of Tam
many, which were at all times under the
close personal control of Richard Croker.
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Croker and George

i@ichaFu croker says that Henry Georges
attacks upon him do not worry him. vet he
persists In explaining or ATTEMPTING IN ex
plain certain OF the charges that concern
MN personally. Mr. George has revived
tne famous question suggested by the
Lexow investigation; Where did he get
II. ne mas made some ante-electjon
promises about falling Croker that prob
AMY mean little or nothing. for the MAYOR
VI even so great a city as the new me-
troPoiis has not plenary power in the mat
Ter Oh prosecutions and punishment. The
mayor can, OF course. make his appoint-
Hioii's Win the View to a sweeping investi-
CATION. possibly followed by trials of those
VINO may be found to be guilty Of offenses
and crimes, out he can not control grand
and petit juries Mr. George may mean ALI
that he says, and he Is doubtless entirelv
honest in his determination to make
things warm for Mr. Croker if the voters
should choose the advocate of the single.
tax theory. But there are legal limitations
In the way Of an autocratic fiinging out of
drag-net among the political bosses of
New York with the design of placing the
dishonest ones ir Jail.
however much Mr.. Croker may explain
the reasons for his departure for Europe
and whatever he may say or intimate about
the sources of his present wealth the gen.
eral public will Inevitably believe that the
present boss of Tammany Hall Departed
because the Lexow committee was probing
dangerously close to him and to his profits
from the corruption that ran riot In New
York city. Mr.. Croker has never been en-
gagged In business of a sort that should
legitimately earn for him the large fortune
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sufiice to demonstrate to the dairymen that
it is better and cheaper in the end to be
honest and hygienic n their business ar
rangemcnts than to save a few pennies
for hot water and labor with the risk Of
paying heavy fine for the economy.
Milk is VIGOROUSLY susceptible to I'M
wholesome influences. The germs of dis
ease are readily taken up by the liquid and
are transmitted in full vigor directly into
tie system. Modern dairy methods recog-
nize this danger and there are means Of
ample precaution if the handler Of the
milk In quantities is awake to the neces-
sity of care and cleanliness 1t is to the
advantage of the dairyman as well as to
the customer that only the cleanest and
safest methods should be employed. The
other day it was discovered by an employee
of the District who utilized his spare time
to make a small profit from a lunch counter
that single lot of poor milk had caused
the ruin CT his trade. This article of food
Is regarded with just enough suspicion by
its users to warrant extra care in its hand
ling and delivery and the health officer will
doubtless find the dairymen susceptible to
few pointed suggestions in the line of
more hygieI,ic methods contained In en-
forcement Of the regulation.