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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
STRIKES A CONVICT CAMP.

Lightaing's Fatal Bette Welt q Geor'
gia Penal Coioay.
Lightning struck the convict camp ut
the lumber mills OF Greer Brothers, near
Dakota, Ga. Two convicts, both negroes.
were instantly killed. two others, white.
died shortly after as 4 result Of the shocks
received, while ten others were severely
injured, some Of whom will die. While
the prisoners, numbering about $50. were
ut supper, a terrible storm came up, and
when the building was struck panic fol-
lowed. About twenty Of the prisoners.
taking advantage Of the general confu-
sion, made dash for liberty and sue
ceeded in escaping. Ii was some time be-
fore pursuit could be organized, and In
the meantime the heavy rain had so effec-
tually obliterated the convicts' tracks as
to render the bloodhounds useless. Two
Of the convicts, who had but recently left
the hospital, were recaptured, they being
too weak to travel far, but the others are
still at liberty
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
TRADES TIDE is RISING.

X. G. Dun & Co. Note Gradual but
Certain mprovcmcnt.
r. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review of
Trade eays: There is no step backward
in business, although the season of mid
GUNNER quiet Is near. improvement con-
tinuee, gradual and prudently cautious,
as before, although in many branches evil
dent where no signs of 1t appeared few
weeks ago. Business men of the highest
standing In all parts Of the country, hav-
ing gradually perceived that the tide has
begun to rise, are regulating their con-
tracts and investments and their plans
for the future with a confidence quite up-
known to them short time ago. Great
changes before the adjournment of Com
gress are hardly expected, but removal
of uncertainty is with reason expected to
bring into operation buying forces which
have been restricted for months. Tho
main factor at this time is the steadily
Frightening prospect for crops"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
Train on the Air.

Interesting results Of an investiga.
ton Of the effect produced by rail.
road train on the air through which IL
moves were presented at a recent
meeting of the st. Louis Academy of
Science. 1t appears that motion is
communicated to the atmosphere many
feet away, so that large amount of
air Is dragged along with the train. A
peculiar danger arises near n swift
running train from the tendency Of the
moving air to topple a person over.
and at the same time to communicate
a motion Of rotation to the body. which
may cause It to roll under the train.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08

0arcia's Men cepture the Cuban Sea.
port, bat Fall 20 Hold IL.
Advices received from Santiago prov
ince give further details of the lighting
during last week around Gibara and
Banes, between insurgents and Spanish
forces. The advices state that the insur-
gents under Gen. Calixto Garcia and Col.
Torres. numbering between 5000 and
5000 well-armed and equipped men. at
tackled both Of the seaports simultane-
ously, but met with q stubborn resist
ance from the Spaniards, who had been
advised Of their coming. and were pre-
pared to resist attacks. The demonstra-
ton against Banes, which 10 less than
ten leagues distant from Gibara, on the
north coast, was merely feint By the
rebels to divert attention and draw the
Spanish forces from Gibara, which was
the point really to be attacked, and which
they knew had been strongly fordfed and
garrisoned. The ruse was partially sue
cessful. and Garcia, with his forces, en-
tered Gibara. His success, however. was
only Of short duration, as he was subse-
quently driven out after hot fight, dur
Ing which many were killed and wounded
on both sides. Gen. Comes has planned
his summer campaign and put it In opera
ton. Already columns Of thousands OF
well-armed men, under efhcient leaders,
have been distributed throughout Matan-
zas, Havana and other provinces
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08

or. he remained In the Union when Lee
went out, and was ordered to Washing
ton, where he becape dispatch bearer
and was trusted with many secrets be-
tween Lincoln and his generals. He act
ed as messenger for Secretary Stanton,
and finally became q messenger In the
White House, where for nearly quarter
OF century he has watched cabinets
come and 90, he himself fixture. He Is
iow-votced and gentle as a woman, and 1t
u rarely you can get him to open the
storehouse OF anecdotes that he Is so rich
In. For many years all the callers upon
the PreIdent passed through the doors
which he guards. He knew all the states
men aud ONCE holders In the country, all
the military men, and all the dead beats.
He got SO that he could turn down man
so nicely he never knew II till he was
bowed outside Of the corridor into the air.
He never made a mistake in letting man
In to see the President, 1t Is said, and In
that way made himself almost invaluable.
Another White House Fixture.
Geniai Majer o. l.. Pruden is another
OF the White House aDpurtenances which
President Mckinley has found checked
over to him for nearly twenty-five years.
His ONCE, that Of chief executive clerk,
comes next to that Of the secretary to the
President in Importance. Major Pruden
has been called 'the administration
sphinx" ever since he assumed his duties
at the desk. He knows q great many
things and knows them very well, bur he
IL one of the birds who can sing, and
won't. But, oh, what stories he could
tell IL he only would. He came to Wash
ington. "a boy in blue from New Jer-
sey, early in the war, and his splendid
penmansbip won him immediate recogni-
ton in the War Department. His regi-
ment was ordered away, but he was held
TO be too valuable penman to spoil his
fingers handling a big gun. In 1872 he
was detailed to the White House, and
was placed on the Official staff by Presi-
dent Grant, and he has been there ever
since. Col. Pruden's duties are mani
fold, vcxing and perplexing, but he is jolly
through IL all. He puts into writing the
history or every Official transaction in the
White House. Every nomination made
by the President, from cabinet minister
to the appointment Of q Cross roads post
master WHOSE salary is 3 cents a year
and furnish your own postofficc building
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
Strange Worship.

In London is sect which keeps up
the worship Of the Greek divinities,
keeping alive all the rituals with which
the numerous Olympian hierarchy was
of old wont to be invoked and propi-
tiated. At the same time there is a
small select order in Paris which wor-
ships the devil, erecting shrines to the
arch enemy and affairs lit with his own
fire. The balance sheets of both socie-
ties show that they are in prosperous
condition.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08

THE BUFFALO GNAT. The gnats re-
semble small flies. They appear in the
spring along the river regions and are car
ried into the country by north winds.
Wherever they bite they cause burning
itching. Soon a painful, hard swelling
makes its appearance. IL may remain for
a week or longer. Many such bites close
together produce severe inhammatory
fever. and in more susceptible victims
cramps.
Animals, when attacked by large num-
bers. grow frantic and seek to evade their
tormentors by rolling in the dust, rush
ing about and whirling round and round.
At times they are literally covered with
the animated pests. The ears and nostrils
are the chief points of attack. The for
mer are filed clear to the tympanum with
layer upon layer. An inflammatory fever.
with high pulse, soon sets in. The af-
ficted cattle soon die Of cramps and con-
WILSON'S. In the dead animals the skin
of the entire body will be found covered
with numerous minute ulcers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
HORACE BOIES SPEAKS.
Statement of His Position in the Cur
rency (Ontroversy.

In response to numerous queries. former
Gov. Boies of Iowa has given to the press
n signed statement in reply to the attack
made by Col. NJ. ID. Fox of Des Moines
on the position taken in his last letter.
Boies says that his first letter was not an
effort to outline the details Of the plan
he proposed, but was to give n general
idea Of plan by which gold and silver
for all practical purposes could be Jointly
and equally used as a redemption medi-
um, on the basis of the actual commercial
value Of these metals. He then rcstates
his plan and says that the net result would
be practically irredeemable national M
per currency, backed to its full face value
by gold and silver bullion held by the Gov
eminent for redemption purposes.
mo idle reserve In the treasury would
longer be necessary. No greedy specula-
tor would approach its doors with notes
for redemption for speculative purposes.
No bonds to replenish useless reserve
would ever again be issued in times OF
peace. Every dollar of national currency
now in existence would be ms good as
gold, for the deposit of the full face value
Of notes hereafter to be issued would of
itself provide reserve many times more
than sufficient to meet every demand upon
the treasury for redemption purposes that
would ever be made"
Col. Fox asserted that the redemption
of the notes in either gold or silver meant
virtually a gold standard for our curren
cy, to which Boies takes exception, and
says that in a broad and practical sense
it means true bimetallism. He then con-
tinues with the details of his proposition.
and then says that more important than
any question of ratio between the metals
is that of the future character of the pa
per currency of this country"
In closing he states that the idle cold
reserve Of S1O0,OO0,OO0 is as useless as if
buried under the sea, and can be dispens-
cd with by the adoption of n bimetallic-
system. There are graver questions than
10 to / crowding upon u.s.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
AME!N AND Il
I WoME=;tNAmI

Edward e. Aver Of Chicago has given
$4,000 worth of books to the Newberrv
Library of that city.
William Peagues, negro Rontist
preacher Of Chesterfield, s. c.. is the nth
er Of forty-three children.
Austin Gallaher, doubtless the last Of
the boyhood friends of Abraham Lincoln.
lives at Hodgenville, KY, and is in feeble
health.
Ex-Viec-President Adlai T.. Stevenson
strongly commends the efforts of the
League Of American Wheelmen to secure
better highways throughout the country
Six Of Europe's queens smoke, the Dow.
ager Empress of Russia, the Queen ~
Portugal, the Queen of Roumanis. the
Regent of Spain, the Empress OF Austria
and the Queen of Italy.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
CoPP's MURDEROUs DEED.
Attempted the Lives Of Three Of HE
Wife's Family.

Attempted the Lives of Three Of HE
Wife's Family.
William III. Copp, craEed because Of the
estrangement Of his wife, tried Monday
pt Chicago'to exterminate the family of
her venerable father, DIR. Andrew @. Ran
kin, a prominent physician and a war
comrade Of Gen. Grant. In the fierce
duel Of the men, witnessed by trembling
and injured women Of the household, the
father-in-iaw received razor slash
across his throat, making serious
wound. A bullet from the doctors re-
volver would have reached the madman's
heart had IL not been for the heavy folds
of reconciliation compact Copp had
brought In his pocket for his wife to sign.
At dramatic pause in the conflict res
cuers broke through the locked doors and
saved Cops victims from further in
jury. Their assailant was locked up at
Woodlawn. The doctors wife and Mrs.
Paul Hermes, a daughter, were severely
cut and bruised. Mrs. Copp was not at
home.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
WHITE Is THE MAN.

Iowa Democrats Select Him a. q Gu
bernatorial Candidate.
Following is the ticket named at Dec
Moines, Iowa, Wednesday:
For Governor. Frederick 4. White
For Lieutenant Governor,
BENJAMIN A. Plummer
For Supreme Court Justice. L G. Kline
For Superintendent Of Public In
struction. .... u. +. Re1nhardt
For Railroad Commissioner. s.. b. Crane
Frederick e. White and Judge Kline
are Democrats, Plumber and Reinhardt,
silver Republicans, and s. b. Crane, can
didate for Railroad Commissioner, Ia
Populist. The ticket really represents
the combined work of three separate and
distinct conventions. but on account OF
the provisions Of the antifusion law
which wac passed BY the State Legisia-
turc the Democratic convention had to
nominate It primarily and the Popuhet
and silver Republican conventions in
dorsed the action Of the Democrats.
Fifty-thre middle Of the road Popuhsts,
beaded by Messrs. Weller and Weeks,
bolted.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
Stamp Collectors.

To some countries stamp collectors
are a source of considerable revenue.
New Zealand recently issued letter
card with scenic designs, and so great
was the demand from collectors that
the supply was soon exhausted. The
authorities then changed the color of
the card. and the demand for the differ
ent color was almost as great MS IL had
been for the original series. In seven
months nearly four hundred thousand
cards were bought by the lobbyists,
bringing the colony n clear profit of
considerable over ten thousand dollars.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
WRECKED BY DYNAMITE.
Three Buildings at South Scranton,
d. RInrvu

Three Buildings at South Scrnuton,
Pa, Blown Up.
A dynamite explosion in South Scran-
ton, Pa, blew up the business block OF
Leon Olchofski, double dwelling block
owned by him, and detached house
owned by Michael O'Hara. Twenty 9TH
er houses had all the windows blown out
and plaster torn from the walls. The
shock was felt all over the city. The
cause OF the explosion is unknown, but
Ocholfski alleges that IT was the work Of
enemies be mode during political and
church disputes In that section. The to-
tai loss will reach S25, 600. The ruins are
being cleared away to ascertain IL there
are any victims buried in them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08


you will meet third in the person Of n
military looking gentleman who stands
guard over the cabinet room and the door
leading 70 the private part OF the Presi-
dents hcmc. He is Major Loeffier. Up
in that region you will also find Col. Pru-
den, the White House sphinx, and Col.
Crook, the all-around generalissimO.
There are others, but these are the ones
who, like Tennyson's brook. go on for
ever. Presidents come and go, children
who played at egg-rolling on the White
House lawns grow to men and women
and visit the White House with their
children, and there are greeted by the
same kindly faces that were about them
in the long ago happy days. Whole gen
eratiOns Of White House children have
come and gone, yet the faithful servitors
of their presidential progenitors are ntill
there under the historic roof, caring for
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
ROLLING MILLS SHUT DOWN.
Owners Fail to Agree with AmalGa-
mated Associations Wage Scale.

Owners Fail to Agree with AmaIGa-
mated Associations Wage Scale.
As the result of the failure of the joint
wage confeien of the Amalgamated As
ISOLATION of Iron and Steel Workers and
manufacturers to aglee upon the scale
at the Youngstown, o., conference, every
mill in the United States, with q few ex-
ception,, whose wage scales are under the
jurisdiction of the Amalgamated AssOcia-
ton of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, is
strut down. These mills altogether en-
ploy % 900 men, who are members Of the
Amalgamated Association, besides those
who are not. The Amalgamated Asso-
citation scale committee and the manu-
facturers could not agree on a pudding
rate. The committee held out for S4.5c
a ton for pudding and the manufacture
ers refused to bulge from their stand for
81. An adjournment sine die was finally
taken, each side to let the other know
when At had experienced n change Of
heart.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
GOOD NEWS TO VETERANS.

Senate Committee Decides to Report
Favorobly On Pension Bills.
Several hundred pension bills were re-
ported to the Senate Tuesday, as the re-
suit of the first meeting of the pension
committee since the present Congress- as
sembled. Mr.. Gallinser Of New Hamp-
shire, chairman of che committee, states
that it had been decided to report favor
ably all those bills which had formerly
passed either branch Of Congress-, or had
been favorably considered In committee.
Three general pension bills were includ-
ed, two Of them amending the law Of 1SoO
and another referring to proof in pension
cases.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08

with the action Of the Senate is re-
corded by him in handwriting that rivals
copper-plate. All the communications be-
tween the executive mansion and the de-
portments are entered in his books. He
makes the copies Of all the Presidents
messages. and personally delivers them to-
the President Of the Senate and Speaker
OF the House. The history of the docu-
ments which he has thus carried would
make interesting reading, if he would give
the inside facts away. But he won't.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
Ifaruns.

a lamp, said to be the largest in the
world, has been invented by Belgian.
II is six feet in height, and three feet
ten inches in diameter. Lard oil Is
burnt in It. and SO strong is its light
that it is possible to read at distance
Of 600 feet away from it. This Great
of lamps is composed of 5000
niacns
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
POPULATION OF RUSSIA
Js Now 129,211,IIa, and Hos Doubled
in Forty-fve Years

For the first time in history a general
census has been taken Of the population of
the Russian Empire, which is showb to
number 129,211, 113, OF which total "a,
616,2S0 are males and GA .594 1888 females.
United States Consul General Karel at
st. Petersburg says the figures show that
in forty five years the population Of Rus
sia uas doubled, and during the last
twelve years it has increased 30 per cont
To take this census the Russian Govern
ment employed an army Of 10000 per-
sons and its completion in three months
is regarded as n great achievement in
view of the vast expanse of territory COW
cred and the illiteracy of the population.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08

at work ON his
farm, was stung to
death by a swarm
that lit upon his
face and hands. In
western Oklahoma
and parts of Texas
adjoining several
hundred head of
horses, mules and
cattle have been
killed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
In the Houae of God.


One of the most sensational tragedies
ever enacted in north Texas took place In
the Methodist Episcopal Church in Pleas
ant Valley. Dallas County. in the course
Of the services Sunday. As a result An
gustus Garrison and Trunk Jones are
dead and Thomas Jones probably fatally
wounded. The Garrison and Jones fam
lilies are among the most prominent plant
ers in the section Of Texas. They own
adjoining plantations and have been on
the best of social relations for mapy
years. Augustus Garrison was a married
man and had a daughter 16 years old
named Lois. The Jones brothers were
single. Frank Jones for n year or more
had been very partial in his attentions to
Garrison's daughter. Recently the girl
made serious charges against him. he
matter became q neighborhood scandal In
Pleasant Valley, and Garrison swore he
would have the life of the betrnyer OF his
daughter. Mutual friends succeeded in
keeping the men apart until Sunday. when
the first meeting between them since the
scandal took place. Garrison and the
Jones family worship at the same church.
Just rs the preacher had taken his text
after prayer and the singing OF a hymn,
Garrison, who had a seat near the door,
stepped to the doorway, 1t Is believed, to
get some fresh air, as the atmosphere In
the building was oppressive. lie mad no
more than reached the doorway when the
congregation was startled by a fusillade
of pistol shots. Nearly dozen were fired
in about as many seconds time. When
the firing ceased Augustus Garrison and
Frank Jones were lying dead in front Of
the church steps, and Thomas Jones was
stretched on the lawn near by, one hand
clasped on his right thigh, and in his left
he had n pistol. His statement of the
shooting, was brief and in substance that
he and his brother Frank were approach
ing the church door and were within ten
feet of 1t when Garrison appeared and
instantly drew his pistol. Frank Jones
was shot three times, once in the region
of the heart, once in the right side, and
once in the head. Garrison received but
one bullet, and that pierced his heart.
Neither nan lived long enough to realize
his fate.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
Drive Back Fanatics.

The troops have attacked the fanatic
Tho hold the town of Canudos, and forced
Them to retire to their entertainments. A
correspondent at Montevideo telegraphs
that the Government has negotiated a
further loan of f4,O0O,OOO with English
capitalists TO meet war expenses.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
Endeavorerp in a Wreck.

Two sections of Christian Endeavor
excursion train on the Northwestern
road couided Mt West Chicago, thirty
miles from Chicago, in Du Page County.
ut 12:45 Wednesday morning. Three
passengers and a tramp riding on the
buffers were killed. Fifteen others were
injured. Another Endeavor train was
wrecked On the Vandaha road neax Van
dalia, but none but trainmen were in
jured
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
AIMS TO CRUSH GARCIA,
weyler Now Calls for 10000 Re-eu-
forcements.


The receipt of a telegram from Weyler
ordering $4,000 re-enforcements to be
sent him at once, has set the Havana
palace gossips at work. The officials be-
gin to think that Weyler is approaching
Garcia's worth little, and that he will
try to crush him with overwhelming num-
bers at once. News was received that
Garcia's forces had raided the town Of
Jaibacoa, near Manzanillo, and that Man
zanillo itself was menaced The town
thSt was raided was partially burned, and
the Cubans held it for two days, within
a few hours march of force triple their
numbers. The insurgents are preparing
for Weyler's reception, and doubtless the
next few days will be fraught with i'm
portant events if the captain general at
tempts TO try conclusions with Garcia.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
Accident i'm Colorado.

The FIRST section Of the Chicago Chris
tian Endcavor train ran into a freight
train six miles west of Akron, Colo. Fire
man G.. NJ. Cole OF McCook, Ncb., was
slightly hurt, and Dave Maguer, cngi-
necr, OF the same place, was seriously IN
jucd. One passenger was hurt.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
Near,bc 2.oOO.ooo Mark.

Chicago's population Is nearing the
100000 mark. According to the esti
mate of X. III. Donnelley, based on the
sompila ton of the new city directory, the
fity's population Is now 1,S2S,OO0. This
b an increase of 10000 over the total Of
1896.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
GO DOWN TO DEATH.
Many Lives Lost in Railroad Wreck
in Missouri.

IN Mf6SOuri.
The st. Louis express ON the Wabash
Railway, which left Kansas City at 600
Saturday evening, plunged through a
trestle at Missouri City, No., at five min
utes after o'clock, carrying down the
entire train, with the exception of the
rear car, a Pullman. The gorge, which
few hours previously wos practically
empty, became a raging torrent by a tire
mendous downpour of rain, and the tres
tie had weakened. Seven persons are
dead, Ave of whom are postal clerks, one
u baggageman, and one brakeman. The
conductor will die.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08

Leading Havana newspapers comment
ing on Canovas' Cuban reform bill, insist
that according to its provisions the fran
chise will be extended to loyal Spaniarsis
only and will exclude Cubans who bore
arms against Spain and those suspected
of having aided or Allotted the revolt.