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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
MONETARY DELEGATES IN PARIS
Messrs. wolcott, Stevenson and Payne
Reach the French Capital.

Nle6sEes w OhCot1 anu hyhC
Reach the French Capital.
The United States bimetallic commits
sion. consisting Of Senator Edward o.
Wolcott of Colorado, ex-Vice- President
Adlai Il. Stevenson Of Illinois and Gen.
Charles ]. Payne of Massachusetts, has
arrived in Paris. The commission will
not take any steps officially until Gen.
Horace Porter, the new United States
amba ssador to France, has presented his
credentials. Then. through Gen. Porter,
the commission will ask President Faure
for an audience. Upon that occasion the
commissioners will present their creden-
tials to the president and will await the
appointment by the French Government
of special delegates with similar powers
to their own, with whom they will confer.
The United States commissioners will
remain in the French capital for about a
month and will then proceed to London.
According to the French premier. M. Mel
Inc, there IL not the remotest likelihood
Of France taking the initiative in calling
a monetary conference until Great Brit
ain agrees to take part In such confer
ence IL II IL called.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

The story of the crime, as recited by
the police, is replete with details of one
of the most diabolcal murders ever COM
mitted in this country. Luetgert is charg-
ed with having planned the killing week
in advance, and, when all was ready for
the deed, with having enticed his wife
from the handsome family residence at
10 o'clock that night, after which he led
her into the adjacent factory and there
struck her down.
The story next has her body thrown
into huge vat, into which had been
dumped barrel of quicklime and large
quantity of chemical liquid. The quick
lime and the acid failed to entirely eat
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

away the flesh from
the bones and other
wise reduce the
body. After a wait
of an hour or two
portions Of the re-
mains were raised
and placed into a
sausage curing re-
cepticle, around d
which are steam
coils capable Of pro-
ducing a heat of 200
degrees. Apparent
ly the destruction
was not complete
enough to satisfy,
and what WAS not
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

was great when he swore by the beard of
the prophet that he had but one. Like
all the Turkish representatives in Amer
lea, Moustapha has left his wife, or wives,
and his family at his home. n great palace
on high hill overlooking the city of Con-
stantnople, surrounded by tropical gar
dens and vineyards. When at home he is
a practical, busy man, and devotes much
of his time to affairs of state. in which
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

wedding ring he
placed upon the dead
woman's finger eigh-
teen years ago, when
he swore to love,
honor and protect
her, will be the thing
of all things which
will put the moose
around his neck.
Acid and quickhme,
it is alleged, all but
made away with her
frail body, but they
left untouched the
golden band of we'd
lock.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
MEMORIAL OF WASHINGTON.
Great Monument Unveiled by the
President at Philadelphia.

Saturday was day of great signif-
canoe in Philadelphia. for it marked the
unveiling of one of the most beautiful
monuments in the country, erected at a
cost of $3.50, 900 to the memory of George
Washington. President Mckinley, his
cabinet and the diplomatic corps were
present. The military display was large
and imposing. There was squadron of
cavalry with mounted band, four bat
teries of foot artillery and one light bat
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
RIOT IN A LEGISLATURE.
Wild Scene of Disorder in the Illinois
HOusc,

Bloodshed and rioting occurred Thurs
day in the Illinois House. An attempt
was made to pull Speaker Curtis from
the chair. Z. ]. Meaney was hit on the
cheek bone with an inkwell which was
hurled directly at the Speaker, and which
would have struck Mr.. Curtis but for the
fact that Meaney was in the way and re-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

the body had been removed the murderer
evidently turned the hose in and over
flowed the receptacle, withdrawing the
plug from the hole near the bottom,
that the contents would go to the
sewer. The mixture thus diluted with
water ran off, but enough remained in the
bottom of the vat to betray its character.
Upon examination the sediment and the
rings were found.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

A majority Of the London newspapers.
led by the Times. are favorable to Lord
Dmraven's motion, made In the House of
Lords, asking for an inquiry into the
health of the soldiers Of the British army
N India
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

Broker Chapman, who was found guilty
Of contempt before the Senate sugar In
vestigating committee, entered upon his
prison sentence Monday.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

CHARGED WITH FOUL CRIME.

Chicago ssus ge. Maker Arrested for
Having Killed HE Wife.
Adolph l.. Luetgert, who is in jail at
Chicago, charged with having murdered
his wife on the night Of May i, Is presi-
dent of the A. l.. Luetgert Sausage and
Packing Company. Should he be hanged
for the crime charged against him, the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
BARNARD, OF AIRSHIP FAME.

The Man Who Made the Successful
Trip at the Nashville Fair.
Prof Arthur Wallace Barnard, physi-
cal director of the Y. NJ. G. A. at Nash
vile, Tenn, has drawn to himself the at
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
WHAT CUBA'S WAR HAS COST.
American Property to the Value oi
SIO,OOO,OOO Destroyed.

SlOsOOO,OOO DeetrOyeus
The New York Herald has the follow
ing expert estimate Of what the war has
cost:
hunger .............. ........ 225,OOO
Estimate deaths from starvation 10000
American citizens In want, as
shown by Consular reports.... 200
American property destroyed In
CuDa ........ 80. ........s... Flo,VoOVU
Cuba ............ ........... .$125, ,OOO, 900
Spanish soldiers sent to Cuba. 100000
Spanish soldiers lost In battle
and by disease. e............... $4,000
Cost of war to Spain. ......... $50, 900 900
Cost Of maintaining present
army per month S11 900 900
Production Of sugar In 1895,
tons .............. l,UUOOO
Value of sugar in 1895. ........ S70,OO00O0
tons ............. 100000
Value Of sugar In 1S96-07 .... S14,O0OOOO
Value of normal tobacco crop. $4,000 900
Value OF last years tobacco crop S3,375OOO
Annual revenue paid by Cuba be-
fore the war. ar................ 81. 1000
Revenue paid by Cuba In 1885,. $S,00O0O0
Annual imports from Cuba into
war .......... ............... $4,000 900
Imports In 1896. 6.......... 100000
isoS ........... po ............. 100000
Exports I'm 1896. 96................ $4,000
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

woMEN's RELIEF CORPS. No. lo2, meets On
the I'd and 4th Saturdays at o'clock i'm tho af-
ternoon. MRS. M. 4. HA NsON Presidont
REBEcCA WIGHT Sec
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

he 10 an adept, and to the education of his
children, all of whom are now grown to
womanhood and manhood. Moustapha
is descended from long line of noble an
cestors, and his family has been prominent
In the affairs of the Turkish Government
for many generations. He IL wealthy.
able, diplomatic, and does not resemble
the "villainous Turk" of tradition.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

CRAWLING LODGE, 1. q. o. f., No. Ia. -
Meets every Tuesday evening.
r. b. JOHNSON. N. G.
p. Z. JOHNSON, Sec.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

CRAWLING CHAPTER, ORDER OF EAST
EkN STAR, No. SO, meets Monday evening IN
or before the full Of the moon
MARY l.. STALEY. w n
JOSIE BUTLER, Sec.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

CRAWFORD TENT,.K. O. T. M. No Ios -
Meets every Saturday evening.
j. j. COLLINS Com.
T. NOLAN, r. f..
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

CRAWLING LODGE. No. s5e, =. Il A. NJ
meets In regular communication on Thursday
evening on or before the full Of the moon
FRED NARREN. W. n
A. TAYLOR, Secretary.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

CRAWLING HIVE, No. 81. l.. o. L. M--Meets
every first and third Wednesday of each month
MRS. GoULETTR, Lady Com.
MRS. r. WALDE, Record Keeper.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

COURT CRAWLING, /. o. f., No. 79o.- Meets
second and last Wednesday of each month.
j. WOODBURY., G. Il
B. WIsNER, r. s.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURcH--Fathcr
H. webeler. Regular services the last Sunday
In each month.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH
Rev. w. H. Mawhorter, Pastor Services every
Sunday at 1:co y. m, and alternate Sundays ~
1880 a. m. Sunday school at D. m.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

DANISH Ev. LUTHERAN CHURCH = Rev.
A. =. w. Bekker Pastor Services every 6un-
day at 1880 a. m. and p M. and every Wednes-
day at 7 D. m. A lecture in school room IL IN
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-30
CABINETS IN HISTORY.
From the Mail and Express.

Franklin Pierce was the only man
elected president and serving his full
term who made no changes in the cabi-
net. Garfield, the elder Harrison and
General Taylor made no changes, but
they died in office early in their terms.
Millard Fillmore, who succeeded Taylor,
got along with the same cabinet for
three years.
John Tyler holds the record for cabi-
net advisers. He had twenty in less
than four years, including three secre-
taries of state. four secretaries of war
and five secretaries of the navy. An
drew Jackson had fifteen different cabi-
net members during his second term.
-Four American presidents have retain
ed the cabinents of their predecessors.
They were John Adams, Martin Van Bu-
rem, John Tyler and Andrew Jackson.
Only in the case of Van Buren, was this
a fortunate undertaking. The cabinet
of Adams intrigued against him. Tyler
quarreled and parted with his, and John
sons conflict with Edwin NJ. Stanton pre-
cipitated the impeachment proceedings.
Daniel Webster was secretary of state
under three admiristrations-Har
Tyler's and FIslmore's. Thomas Ewing
was secreary of the treasury under Har-
rison, Tyler and Taylor, Timothy Pick
ering was postmaster-general in Wash
ington's first term and secretary of state
under Adams. William Window was sec
retary of the treasury for Garfield, Ar
thur and Benjamin Harrison.
Six secretaries of state have been ele-
waited to the presidency. No other cabi-
net position has graduated a president,
although Monroe was secretary of the
treasury as well as secretary of state.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-30
CLASS DISTINCTIONS.
from the Boston Traveller.

From the Boston Traveller.
The tendency of the times is unfortu-
nately In the direction of class distinc-
tons. There is danger that the great
principle of the equality of men as men
shall pass into innocuous desuetude. Woe
betide the day when the royal birthright
of any citizen of this republic shall be
forgotten. The history OF nations shows
that degeneracy follows hard upon the
heels of the separation of the people into
the very wealthy and the very poor
classes In the large cities OF this country
there are already the -four hundred
into whose select circles others may not
enter, and the selection is made upon the
basis of wealth, or, what Is worse, the
degree OF ehieminacy, to which the poor
dude has degenerated in his extreme de-
votion to the cut of his trousers or his
ballrot m manners.
While it must be admitted that the ten
eency is strongly in the direction of a
separation of the people into two classes,
the very rich and the very poor. fortu-
natcly for us there still remains the great
middle class, outnumbering boti the
othe: classes in the ratio of 100 to I, and
In tEeir hands rests the destiny of this
republic. They are the people, and unless
they are false to themselves, no p2wder
on earth can retari their progress nor
deprive them of their rights. They COM
prise all who devote themselves to honest
labor, whether of hand or OF brain. They
may be poor, they may be in moderate
circumstances, or they may have secured
a competency. Relative conditions may
change in a day but "a mans a man for
a that" Let the people respect them
selves, guard jealously their own rights,
ana be willing to accord to others the
same privileges they ask for themselves
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-30
OCTOBER.

When c:me October days,
The gray solemnity of autumn lends
The sadness of a tale that sadly ends;
The doves cau is the softer for the tone
That hints of old regrets and hearts
alone;
The crckets Ginning rises like the gong
That sounds from some retreatlng fairy
throng;
Across the hills there hangs an azure
haze,
As some vast web in prehistoric days;
And echo answers all sounds readily,
As though the world, tco, heaves a sob
and sigh
When ccme october days.
When come October days,
The nuts drop to the splashing pools
where trout
Napoleons of their spheres-tho minnows
rout;
The wagons to the orchards go and come,
Where childrens voices mellow to a hum:
The fecks of sun and shadow lie like
scales
Upon the road that crawls on through
the wales;
The leaves fall--hiding deeper from our
view
The forms and faces Of the ones we knew
And We reflect we're nearer TO the time
When hearts shall feel no chill as OF the
rime
When come October days.
VIII T. Hale, in Times-Herald.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-30
A Committee Out of Work.

The verdure Of the fields and foliage
throughout the East this autumn un-
fortunately does not prevail in the
West where the pastures and mead
ows are dry and burned. While this
is not a desirable forerunner of anoth-
er season besides being unfavorable
for feeding until cold weather closes
in, it does not seem to dampen the spir-
it's of the Western farmer. He has
been selling literally for big prices,
but it is an evidence Of his prosperity
that he is keeping back a considerable
amount of grain, thus showing that
he has received enough for that al
ready sold to render him Independent
for the time in not being obliged to sell
more unless he so chooses. That he
has a large store of wheat is certain,
while he has received double the price
Of last year for that sold this season.
Although It was feared that corn
would not be profitable crop. a larger
reserve Of this grain tnan any other
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-30
Shrinking Currency,

Although it is not generally known,
the government is considerably ahead
every year from paper currency that
has been lost or destroyed. Many of
the paper notes of nearly every issue
leave the treasury never to return for
redemption. OF the old issue of $40, 900
greenbacks, which We're called in a. few
years ago, not one was lost. The
monthly statement of the United States
treasurer shows that one bill OF that
issue is in circulation, but it is kept
in the Office of the United States treas
urer as a curiosity. OF the 5000 green
backs. which We're also called in, three
were missing, and the government is
probably ahead $4,000. In the treasur-
er's monthly statement an item ap-
pears of $1000,o00 unknown, DESTROY
ed which is the amount supposed to
have been burned in the Chicago fire.
OF the $1,107, ,9O1, 900 of paper currency
now in circulation, $500, 900 900, rough
ly, is in $40 notes and certificates, $271,-
100000 is in the IS denomination, $2O5, =
100000 in twenties, $4,000 900 in fifties,
$50, 100000 in hundreds, $4,000, 900 in five
hundreds, and s92,OOO,OO0 in 81, COO bills
Of the 81 bills in circulation there are
$dG,5S9,S74, and in twos $29 1895, $50. The
only $4,000 bills now in circulation are
gold certificates amounting to $l2,3S0,-
600
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-30
The New York May Battle.

The political situation in greater
New York has attained dimensions of
national interest and Importance. Thus
far three distinct municipal tickets are
in the field-one, the non-partisan or
Mugwump ticket headed by Seth Low,
which stands for purely personal gov
ernment another headed by Henry
George, which includes in its pro-
gramme free silver, municipal owner
ship of public works and many of the
minor items of modern socialism; and
the third, the straight Republican
ticket representing within municipal
lines the broad principles of the ma
tional administration and offering in
the person of General Benjamin F..
Tracy a mature, experienced and ad-
mirable statesman. Tammany's ticket
and Tammany's platform have yet to
be presented.
In point of personal fitness the choice
between Mr.. Low and General Tracy
is evenly balanced. The latter has the
broader mind and the ripper experience;
the former perhaps excels in physical
alertness and endurance; but each is
honest, intelligent and sincere. The
great point of difference between them
consists of the fact that while one as
serts the necessity of divorcing the
mayoralty utterly from politics of the
partisan variety the others candidacy
embodies a denial of the practicability
of such a separation under existing
conditions and urges Republicans to
stand by their party in insistence upon
progressive partisan government as
well in the city as in the state and in
the nation. The supporters of General
Tracy contend with emphasis that Mr.
Low as mayor could not be non-par-
tisan; that as issues and organizations
stand aligned at the present epoch in
our history the taking of sides Is i'm
perative. He must, they say, be
either for the principles of the st. Louis
platform and, being for them, must be
willing within the limits of propriety
to work for them and for the triumph
of the political agencies representing
them, or else he must be against them
that neutrality cannot be other than a
pretence, a pose; and that 1t is the
duty of citizens of New York in SYM
pathy with Republican principles to
strengthen the Republican battle lines
from the smallest office up to the high
est
Greater New York is to include with
in it's borders 100000 inhabitants, or
as large a number as formed the popu-
lation Of the United States during the
administrations of President Washing
ton. 1t will be municipal empire ex-
ceeding in both population and wealth
a majority of the present states of the
Union and in political importance the
mayoralty of greater New York will
be second only to that of the presi-
dency itself. Under these circum-
stances the eagerness of different par
ties or groups of interests to capture
control of it is not to be considered
strange That the best interests of the
city and OF the country at large call
for the election of General Tracy, and
thereby for the Endorsement and rein
forcement of the Republican position,
Is a proposition in our judgment made
evident by the briefest survey of the
foregoing facts.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-30
All Are Faith Doctors.

Father Dorsey of St.Gabriels church,
Chicago, interested an intelligent au-
dience at a physicians dinner Monday
evening by describing the cure wrought
upon his sister at Lourdes in 1884,
since when she has been perfectly well.
The girl had injured herself by a fall
and had been bedridden for q num-
ber of years. After being let down
into the bath of pure ice water at
Lourdes she was completely restored.
Father Dorsey said 100000 people
went to Lourdes every year, and he
often saw 1000 day there. He wit
messed at least $50 cures and one of
them was that of o woman who had a
cancer that extended from her lip al
most to her waist. She was cured in
stantly without leaving so much as a
scar The result was, Father Dorsey
said, that he believed in God, and be-
lieved that God still took an interest
in his suffering creatures.
The topic of the evening was faith
cure and the many eminent physicians
present contributed anecdotes pertain
ing to experiences in their own prac-
tice. One of the speakers gave his
opinion to the effect that it is not
creditable to the intelligence that so
many in the medical profession ridi-
cule or discredit the cures wrought
by 50 called faith healers. He assert
ed that every physician should be pre-
pared to account for and explain these
results through the operation of we'll
known laws of mind and that he should
be able to show that there is nothing
miraculous or supernatural about thess
cases. The many great institutions de-
voted to divine healing and Christian
science to which throngs of patients
flock show that it is worth while for
the reputable physician to employ in
telligently a neglected means of thara-
peutics which are ignorantly and often
harmfully used by laymen.
This is a common sense view of the
matter. Every physician knows that
his personality has much to do with
success in practice. He realizes that
confidence in his ability is a strong aid
in the restoration of health. He may
tian science, hypnotic suggestion or
whatever he will, but the fact remains
that the singular influence of mind up
on mind, or mind upon body is not ne
elected by the intelligent practitioner.
In th:se days of fads, of materialistic
beliefs and of frantic pursuits of the
occult it is folly to ridicule the belief
of others in their particular taboo"
as Grant Allen puts it. While perhaps
it is better in this work day world
to disabuse the mind of the idea of
mystery and supernaturalism in con-
nection with many cures wrought, lest
it leads the too susceptible imagination
into a realm which units it for prac-
tical application, yet it is idle to assert
that nothing inexplicable occurs in the
sphere of medical science for nothing
is more inexpllcable than the mind of
man and its vagaries.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-30
MISTAKES AND RETRACTIONs,
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
No amount of care can abolish the pos
slbility of errors in the conduct of a
daily paper. Despite the most careful sup
ervsion false and injurious statements
Will occasionally be made In the most re-
liable journals. Those who have any
knowledge of the work of collecting. edit
ing, and publishing the news of the world
every morning or evening do not wonder
that injurious mistakes sometimes hap
pen, but find cause alike for surprise and
gratihcaton iE the infrequency of such
misfortunes.
No newspaper that has attained any
standing in a community Is ever guilty
of Intentionally defamng character. Even
II the responsible editor of paper We're
not influenced by motives that control
the acts of all honorable men, he could
not afford to wreck his paper by COM
mending 1t to public detestation The
character OF newspaper, Ike that of a
business man, is too valuable to pe trifted
with. Enterprise is no more essential
than honesty and decency to permanent
success in journalism.
But, although 1t Is impossible for any
newspaper to 80 carefully guard against
mistakes as to secure absolute immunity
from danger of doing a personal injury,
1t is always practicable to make that
prompt and frank retraction which is
due to the injured party, due to the self
respect of the paper and to the public.
The habitual readers of a paper know the
difference between accident and malice;
they forgive the former, but are implaca-
BILE towards the latter. To withhold a
retraction when the public's sense of JUS
tice recognizes that ii is due Is to forfeit
that kindly feeling in a community which
is priced, not only as a personal tribute
to the management but as an important
element in newspaper property.