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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04
SHIPS THROW SHELLS
cRETAN INSURGENTS IN HALEPA
ARE BOMBARDED.
Crisis Affecting All Europe Now Be-
lieved to Be Near-Eyes OF Diplomats
Turned Toward Russia az the Pow
erful Ally of Greece.
Grecian Leader Warned.

Grecian Leader Warned.
War in grim earnest ragged Sunday in
Crete. just a week previous the fleets of
the powers landed blue jackets at Canea
TO maintain the peace, and ostensibly to
prevent Greek troops landing at that port.
Sunday these same squadrons trained
their big guns on the strongholds of the
Cretan insurgents and shelled them from
their position. 1t was day of the most
intense excitement in Halepa. From early
morning the insurgents had kept up gall
ing fire on the Turkish forts. The latter
returned the leaden compliments with
vigor, and what with the roaring of can
non and the whizzing of bullets the peace
ably inclined people in the town had u
frightful experience.
1t became evident in the forenoon that
the admirals on the cruisers were becom-
ing uneasy over the condition of affairs.
Dispatch boats fitted from war ship to
warship and flag signals were exchanged,
indicating that concerted action was being
arranged. Meanwhile the decks of the
cruisers were being prepared for action.
Guns were unmasked and marines were
lined up to meet all emergencies. The So
called rebels had been warned by couriers
bearing white flags that If their firing did
not cease the battle ships would take a
hand in the desperate melee. These warn
ings were scoflingly disregardcd, for upon
their receipt the fusillade from rebel rifles
only increased.
The time for action had come, and the
tremendous roar of a discharged shell
shook Halepa as If an earthquake had oc-
CURED beneath it. The first shot had come
from Italian boats, and speedily all the
other war ships Joined in the lombard
ment.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04

Sunday morning, when Mrs. Harrison pre-
sented her distinguished husband with a
daughter, weighing eight and three-quar-
ter pounds. When the announcement was
made to the ex-Presidept that the infant
was girl IL was thought that shade OF
disappointment passed over his face, but
1t passed away az quickly as 1t came, and
he appeared to take much pleasure in the
new addition to his household. Tele-
grams to friends throughout the country
were sent announcing the event, and many
congratulatory replies were received, some
of them from the most distinguished men
and women Of the country.
1t will be year the 10th of April since
the ex-President was married to Mrs.
Mary Lord Dimmick Of New York City,
niece of his first wife. He is "a years
old and she is AZ. The union has been
most pleasant, although 1t was objected
10 by the two children of the general,
neither of whom attended the marriage.
During the last few months the children,
IL is said, have become more reconciled,
and the daughter is said to have visited
her fathers house during a recent trip to
the city. The friends of the family have
been expressing the hope that the advent
of little Harrison might make complete
the reconciliation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04
TO FIGHT BIG STORES.
Chicago Retail Merchants Organize
Against Department Houses.

Chicago Retail Merchants Organize
Against Department Houses.
The retail dealers of Chicago are "out
after" the department stores as they new
er have been before. They have all felt
the fierce competition of these big COM
bination houses downtown, and have real
lied they cannot compete in the matter
of prices. They declare that public pol
icy demands the abolition Of the big
stores. Through the device introduced
years ago by Il. j. Lehman different lines
of trade were combined under one roof,
and a single high-priced man could man
age all of them. Cheap statesmen and
cheaper girls, 1t is alleged, took the place
of the competent clerks, so that expenses
were greatly reduced, and prices could be
cut down accordingly. 1t is well known
that the department stores sell hats cheap
er than the hat stores, stoves cheaper
than the stove stores, silks cheaper than
the silk stores, books cheaper than the
book stores, and that every Independent
house in every conceivable line suffers in
the struggle. Modern department stores
sell practically everything. They have
added photograph galleries, physicians,
lawyers, dentists and even manicures to
resentatives of those businesses have at
last organized in opposition. Against the
assertion that a man has a right to run
as many lines of trade as he wants to
they reply that the whole body of the pub
lie is damaged; that real estate values are
confused; that good statesmen are thrown
out Of work; that child labor is encourag-
ed, with all its possibly hurtful incidents,
and that the general public in the long run
pays more for it's goods than 1t would in
the old way, when each separate line of
goods was displayed in a separate store.
A big meeting of retail merchants was
held at the Sherman House and an organ
ization perfected for the promotion of
the anti-department store bill now before
the Illinois Legislature The chief reli-
ance of the leaders In the movement Is
what is called the cumulative tax system.
They hold that tax should be levied on
each line of business. If a man wants
to engage In a single line of trade, let him
pay tax of 500 to the city. II he wants
to manage two separate and distinct lines,
let him double the fee. Here is the pro-
posed scheme of taxation:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04

ever, Secretary Olney proposes to insist
that every opportunity be given Consul
General Lee to learn precisely how and
under what circumstances DIR. Ruiz met
his fate. If he was murdered the Span
ish Government will have to make prompt
reparation.
The only Information thus far received
by this Government from Consul General
Lee is contained In two dispatches, one in
forming the department of Ruiz's arrest,
and the second announcing his death in
the Guanabacoa Jail under suspicious cir
cumstances. This cablegram called for a
reply from the department, in which
Consul General Lee was instructed to
make prompt and full investigation. In
structions were also cabled to Minister
Taylor at Madrid, as already stated.
1t Is not true that Consul General Lee
asked to have war ships sent to Havana.
An official statement to this effect was
made at the White House. The admins
tration has no intention Of sending a
feet to Cuban waters.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04
OF CRETE SHOWING BUILDINGS

The fire was generally accurate, and the
effect whitening. The Cretan insurgents
were driven pell nell from behind their
breastworks, and, throwing away arms
and accouterments, they hastily sought
places Of refuge from the kissing missiles
of the feet The deadly ping Of their bull
lets across the empty streets ceased, and
as the firing of the big war ships stopped
the cloud of gunpowder smoke floated
lazily northward, over the calm sea-
The admirals issued statement direct
ed to Cal. Vasses, encamped at Aghioi-
Theodori, not far from Platania. The
document warns Vassos that 1t Is the in
tention Of the admirals to attack his troops
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04

of all the circumstances without delay,
and the Spanish authorities have already
been given to understand that this Gov
ernment will suffer no red tape to inter
fere with a prompt ascertainment of all
the facts.
Secretary Olney cabled Minister Taylor
at Madrid that DIR. Ruiz died under sus-
picious circumstances in the Guanabacoa
Jail, and directing the minister to impress
upon the Spanish Government the urgent
wish of the United States that all the
facts be made known with the least pos
sible delay. The Spanish are adopts at
making promises of this sort, but as a rule
much difficulty is experienced in securing
their fulfillment. In this instance, how
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04

The Cuban War Has a Bad Eject o.
Exports and Impoxts.

Exports and Imports.
The present Cuban revolution dates
from Feb. "A, 1895. In the preceding year,
1894, the exports of all American ports
to Cuba amounted collectively to more
than $20,O00.000. In the same year the
imports into the United States from Cuba
amounted to $75.670, 900, making total
commerce between the two countries OF
about $95, 100000 in one year. The fig
ures Of the fiscal year of 1896 show the,
extent to which commerce between the
two countries has fallen off. The total
exports from American ports to Cuba
were $7,50O,000, or about 30 per cent of
the former volume of business. From
Cuba into the United States were i'm
ported during the same period goods to
the value of $40,O15, 900, or about 55 per
cent of the former volume of business.
The chief item of American commerce
with Cuba, the chief item of importa-
ton from Cuba into the United States, Is,
of course, sugar, and this item has fallen
off about one-half. From 1895 to 1896
the importation of sugar into the United
States fell off from i, 800. .000, 900 to $780,
600, 900 pounds, from $4,000, 900 to $21,-
10000. The other important items of i'm
port into the United States from Cuba
are tobacco, bananas, drugs, wood and
ore. The American exports to Cuba in
clude in an ordinary year -four to the
amount of 100000 barrels Gt has now fall
en- to about 300, ,0O0), coal to the amount of
100000 tons, petroleum to the amount Of
100000 gallons Gt is now 10000, hams,
tallow, lard, cotton goods and machinery.
The devastation Of Cuban plantations has
not only reduced the number of exporta-
BILE products of Cuba, but it has, moreover,
decreased the market in Cuba for Ameri-
can products, for the planters, having no
longer any valuable crops for export, are
unable to pay for the articles heretofore
sent to them from the United States.
1t is estimated, on Cuban authority, that
apart from the actual expenses incident
to the prosecution of the war, the contin-
uance of hostilities is costing fully $751;
0O0, 1000 a year. OF this sum, $50, ,0OO, 900
is figured as the loss from the burned or
abandoned plantations, $500,0O0 from the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04
KING GEORGE OF GREECE.

should he attempt to advance to the in
terror of the island.
None of the diplomats will talk, but II
Il evident the attitude of England is per-
picking the cabinet. While Salisbury has
refused to join the proposed blockade of
Piraeus, British war ships, Ii reports from
Athens are TO be credited, are helping
the Turks. Meanwhile all Greece is re-
joicing over their alleged control of the
Island of Crete. A huge mass meeting
was held at Athens. Mt which an address
to the king was adopted pledging blood
and treasure TO maintain Grecian suprem-
acy In the island.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04
Gritty Little Greece.

1t takes little Greece to show the pow
ers how to get a move on.-Detroit Free
Press.
To Greece we give our shining blades
every time. Our hearts to you, Prince
George!-Boston Herald.
If the powers had little of Greece's
pluck the Eastern situation would soon be
settled.-Baltimore American.
When Greek meets Turk the powers
step in and spoil the fun. It's a great
mistake.-New York Advertiser.
The Sultan will never cease to feel that
Greece has been trifie niggardly with
her ultimatums.-Washin Star.
Little Greece isn't one of the big Pow
ers," but she has a fund of ginger that
puts the rest to shame.-New York Press.
The Turkey egg has been bad for long
time. Greece will do a world of good if
she smashes the shell.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
1t looks as If the powers hadn't even the
courage to let little Greece jump In and
do their own fighting for them.-Chicago
Record.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04
Wars and Rumors.

The cause of Cuba will certainly tri-
umph Another American football player
has gone to join the insurgents.-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
1t is the experience of history that wars
do not pay, whether they are between ma
tions, railroads or baseball managers
Baltimore American.
If there Is any respite from war excite
ment or time hangs heavy on their hands,
the English can always give a dinner to
Ambassador Bayard.-Chicago Journal.
Judging merely by the pictures that
have been printed one would be justified
in assuming that the most dangerous
weapon of the Greek soldier is his pointed
Post.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04
HANNA TO BE SENATOR.

Republican National Chairman Will
Get sherman's Shoes.
Mark A. Hanna is to succeed John Sher-
man as United States Senator from Ohio.
Gov. Bushnell has given out the follow
ing statement to the press:
1T had been my intention to make no
announcement in relation to the action l
would take In the matter of an appoint
ment to I'LL the prospective vacancy In the
Ohio representation In the United States
Senate until the vacancy actually existed.
But, on account of the manifest interest
Of the people and their desire to know
what will be done, deem II best now to
make the following announcement:
when Senator Sherman resigns to enter
the cabinet of President Mckinley, I will
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04

Thomas L. johnson, who was convict
ed at New Bloomfield, Pa, of murder In
the second degree for the killing of DIR.
George s. Henry of Duncannon, Pa.. was
sentenced to twenty years imprisonment
He attempted to kill his wife at the same
time, alleging that she had been intimate
with DIR. Henry.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04
HoBART's NEW HOME.
II Will BE One of the Handsomest in
Washington.

Washington.
vice-President Hobart will occupy one
of the most beautiful homes in Washing
ton and one which will enable him to keep
up the dignity of his position to the fullest
extent. The inmates of the White House,
even, might look with envy upon the in
mates of the Belmont" as the Vice-Pre
ident will coll his new home. Fancy the
beauty of the place." says Washington
correspondent.
A whole block of rolling ground, with
lawns in good condition. 1t looks down
upon Washington most haughtily, upon
the monument, the Capitol. the new IL
brary building, the tower of the postoffice
building and all the beauty Of the tree
lined avenues and streets. Belmont itself
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04

horses taken for use by the soldiers Of
either army, and $500, 600 as the value of
the cattle taken for the commssariat. The
destruction of towns, railroads, bridges,
stores and farms, goes to make up the
balance of the loss. Cuba's chief busi-,
ness is with the United States among for
eign countries.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04
SPAIN MUST ANSWER.

Reparation Demanded for the Murder
Of an American In His Cuban Cell.
Spain will hnve to make full reparation
and give ample apology for the death Of
the American citizen, DIR. Ricardo Ruiz,
who was last week found dead in a prison
at Guanabacoa. The administration Is
determined to have a full investigation
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04

Words should echo works.

WOrus snOufu ecnO WOrKB,
Loves secret Is to be always doing
things for God, and not 20 mind be-
cause they are such very little ones.
Nothing pays smaller dividends in
spiritual results than making a special
ty OF discovering the SHORTCOMINGS of
other folks. VI
have sped much land and sea, and
mingled with much people. but never
Jet could fino a spot unsunned by hu-
man kindness.--Tupper.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04

The old board of directors, with one ex-
ception, was reelected at the annual
meeting of the National Lead Company
stockholders in Jersey City, N. ]. The
regular quarterly dividend Of ~ per cent
en- the preferred stock was declared
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04
NEW BABY AT HARRISON's.

Little Daughter Arrives at the Home
of the Ex-Prosident.
The anxiously awaited advent of an heir
at the residence Of ex-President Harrison
In Indianapolis took place at $50 o'clock
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04

Katherine, Lady Grantley, wife of Bar
on Grantley, and daughter Of William III.
Mcvicker Of New York, Is dead ut Lon
don
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04
chicago's Three Hundred.

If Abraham Lincoln's sons father could
only know Of it he would smile his most
serious smile and then put his feet upon
the mantel and thnk.-New York World.
A deliberate and carefully planned
movement has been started to segregate
Chicagos creme de la creme Should 1t
be oleo de roleoD from the vulgar herd
Des Moines Register.
Robert II. Lincoln has been chosen as
the dictator in Chicago society. One can
not help but wonder what decision Rob
ert would come to were his father an ap-
plicant for social honors in Chicago
Pittsburg Times.
There has for long time been an inner
circle of Chicagoans, composed of those
whose ancestors had settled there before
the fire. 1t is understood that there Is
now larger but concentric circle of those
whose ancestors arrived before the fair
New York Times.
The organization of Chicago's "exclu-
sive phalanx" of 300 still goes on. 1t has
not yet been made clear what is the pro-
cess of natural, or artificial, selection, but
the strongest evidence seems to point to
residence of ancestors in Chicago before
the fire" as the principal test.-Des
Moines Leader.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04
GRAYLING MICHIGAN, A,

is comprcriise between the Formidable
ness of architecture that Is rigidly old
English and what Is distinctly modern.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04

appoint to succeed him Hon. Marcus A.
Hanna, of Cuyahoga County, to serve un-
Ill his successor is chosen by the Seventy
third General Assembly of the State.
trust this action will meet with the ap-
proval of the people.
ASA s. BUSHNELL"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04
That Trust Examination.

What Mr.. Lexow needs in his business
is somebody to assist him in letting go of
Sugar Refner Searles.-New York Ad-
vertiser.
1t begins to look very much as IL some
of the trusts would take themselves out of
the way II they are only given rope
enough.-Boston Herald.
Did Senator Lexow ever consider the
feasibility of putting his trust examina-
ton on the road as farce-comedy or a
rattling ue?-Chicago Times-Her-
aid.
There is something really pitiable about
the ignorance of a clever trust representa-
tive when he Is brought before legisla-
tive investigating committee. Chicago
Record.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04
The Maternal Conwress.

The congress of mothers at Washing
ton seemed to know what II was there for
better than the other one.-Boston Tran
script. /.
A convention of fathers left at home TO
mind the babies might give some inside
opinions about that congress of Mothers
Chicago Dispatch.
The national congress of mothers in
Washington must not be COMPOUNDED with
the national congress of grandmothers In
session in the same city.-New York Ad-
vertiser.
Perhaps the congress of mothers could
offer few words Of timely advice to the
new administration concerning the coun-
try's policy with reference to It's infant
industries. Washington Star.
At the congress Of mothers in Washing
ton Mrs. Helen Gardener Of Boston de-
clared that man is a tyrant Of the home.
1t Is now In order to hear from Mr.. Mary
Elizabeth Lease.-New York Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04
Pgzsksn nNf@s
ISSpREss

Winters backbone may be broken, but
II is almost sure to be out of the hospital
again before spring.-Baltimore Life.
No one will object to the aldermen ask
ing for more money. 1t is their habit OF
taking it that is so unpopular.-Chicvago
News.
1t is probably good thing that pistols.
slungshots, clubs and knives are barred
under the rules of debate of the Kansas
Legislature.-Savannah News.
The United States now produces &c.
100000 chairs annually, and still it is nee
essary to hang on to straps, while going
home at night.-Cleveland Leader.
A legislative wedding machine to pluck
out about two-thirds of the bills that get
into State Legislatures is one of the need
ed patents of the day.-Chicago Record.
1t is understood that the captain of the
Texas has offered to settle the Cuban
question by gradually destroying the ISL
and with a series of collisions.-Chicago
News.
The nation will have taken long step
towards permanent prosperity when ev-
cry municipality, large and small, regards
free baths and sanitary school houses as
necessaries of life, and insists upon hav-
ing them.-Baltimore American.
Miss Susan b. Anthony would like to
see general law compelling every hus-
band to give half his earnings to his wife.
A great many husbands who have been
giving their wives all their earnings will
do their utmost to have this law enacted.
Buffalo Courier.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04

CRAWFORD TENT, X. o. T. NJ. No. 1O2--
Meets every Saturday evening
j. j. COLLINS Conn
T. NOLAN, r. f.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04

CRAWLING CHAPTER ORDER OF EAST
ERN STAR, no. SO, meets Monday evening ON
or before the full of the moon.
MARY L. STALEY, ". M.
JOSIE BUTLER, Sec.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04

GRAlLING CHAPTER, r. A. NJ. No. 49,
Meets every third Tuesday in each month.
j. K MERz. H. p.
A. TAYLOR, Sec.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-04

woMEN's RELIEF CORPS. No. 162. meets on
the I'd and 4th Saturdays at o'clock in the af-
ternoon. MRS. M. K. HANSON, President
REBEccA WIGHT, Sec.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-11-25
Erin,s Jeanne pare.

Irish Americans of Minneapolis met
last night and decided to entertain
Miss Maud Come, the irish Jeanne
dare, on December 2. Miss Come
is the daughter of an Irishman who
was an English cavalry officer and
thoroughly devoted to the English as
against the Irish. Her sympathy for
the Irish people was aroused by the
arrogant talk she once heard at din
ner party of landlords and officials in
the south of Ireland. She then took
up the study of Irish history and
came to the conclusion that, instead
of being a nation of dissatisfied agi-
tators, the Irish were much aggrieved
and long-suffering. Since then she
has been an earnest champion of their
rights, and now publishes in Paris a
paper called L'Ireland Libre. She is
accompanied by James Egan, one of
the recently released political prison
ers. The money she raises in this
country is to be distributed equally
between the Irish amnesty fund and
the Wolfe Tone monument fund.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-11-25

Fred Kranz has moved into the
~Colvert house recently purchased by
him. He met with quite serious ac-
cident on Saturday. He returned
from Wadena with deer which he
killed south of that town, and while
skinning the animal the knife slipped
INJECTING an ugly wound lin his wrist.
An artery was severed and the blood
spurted out in a stream as large as a
lead pencil. Every effort was made
by himself and wife to stop it, but
without success. He FASTENED to the
doctor who soon had the flow stanched.
He has a very sore wrist yet.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-11-25

The three-year-oli boy of J.. A. Johnson,
of Lynn Centre, Ill, is subject to attacks of
! Group. Mr.. Johnson says he is satisfied that
the timely use of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, During severe attack, saved the
little boys life. He is lie the drug business
a member of the hrm of Johnson Bros. OF
that place. and they handle great many
patent medicines for throat and lung dis
eases. He had all these to choose from,
and skilled PHYSICIANS ready to respond to his
call, but selected this remedy for use in his
own family at time when his child's life
was in danger, because he knew it to be SUI
perior to any other, and famous the country
over for its cures of Group. Mr.. Johnson
says this is the best selling cough medicine
they handle, and that it gsves splendid sat
isfaction in all cases. Sold by Hanson& En-
erson, Druggists.