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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
DIRE DISTRESS IN CUBA.
Shocking Conditions Observed In the
Devastated Island.

Shocking Conditions Observed in the
Devastated Island.
Deplorable as the condition of the re-
concentrates may be, SPANS first duty
is clearly to relieve the sufferings Of her
own troops, writes a correspondent of the
New York Herald. To begin with, the
Spanish soldiers have received no pay for
many months, and consequently they are
not able to buy anything on their own ac-
count in the small towns in which they
are stationed. Then, too, the credit of
the troops has been in most instances ex-
hausted, the shopkeepers refusing to de-
liver more goods unless they were paid
what is long due to them.
II the captain general were to go to the
country he would see i'll soldiers lying by
the wayside, he would find many forts
that in reality are nothing more than hos
pitfalls, and in many of the small towns he
would experience difficulty in getting to-
gether force Of any size that would be
able to tackle an ordinary band of rebels.
] am not in any way exaggerating when l
write this, for I have seen these things
myself. l took the train for Artemisa
early Sunday morning. At every small
station that we passed saw i'll soldiers.
In many INSTANCES the mark Of death
was plainly visible in their faces.
l visited church that had been turned
into Jail. Half the guards were invalids,
and had the prisoners not been weaker
than the guards there was little to him
der their escape. One Of the prisoners
watched his chance and slipped me note
begging me for Gods sake to give him
some money to buy clothing. Another
prisoner, who had evidently been Mt one
time a well-to-dO planter, was allowed to
roam about the church on sort of pa role.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09

10 thelr papess. The lottery NV <lsoe>D
that re Poetmaster 0eoeral. upon oyi-
denee satisfactory 10 himself hat con-
Germ or person Il operating through the
mails lottery or scheme offering prises
dependent upon lot or chance. 70 prohibit
the delivery Of all mail matter TO It. All
newspapers and periodicals containing ad-
vertisements Of this character are forbid
den transmission In the mails. This law,
It is now announced Mt the Postofsce De
partment In Washington, will be applied
to all schemes which are violations OF IT,
II they are continued In operation or ad-
vertisements OF them are published. Miss
ing-letter contests are held to be such vio-
lations. because many correct answers
can be given, but only one list Ii deemed
the correct list" by the promoter OF the
scheme. The chance consists In guessing
what words compose the so-called cor
rect list" Such schemes are held to be
especially obnoxious, owing to the skilifui
wording OF the advertisements, which
makes the chance for obtaining a prize
more remote than in the defunct Louis
lana lottery.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09


ruined herself long before she met one Of
them. The husband betrayed, Gulden-
suppe murdered, Thorn to be electrocuted.
She lives.
Guldensuppe was In the way of Thorn,
and the Mack woman had tired of him as
well. Guldensuppe blacked the eye Of
Thorn and kicked him downstairs. The
Mack woman held out her arms and Thorn
returned. He talked of queer things and
revenge on the bath man. The woman
lured Guldensuppe ON June % to a cot
tage at Woodside which she and Thorn
had rented. Guldensuppe entered while
the woman fingered in the yard. Thorn
killed him; and over his dead body Mack
and Thorn worked severing the parts.
These were scattered in the river. The
police found some of them. Clews to
the murderers were few.
Thorn afterward talked to barber,
one Gotha. He told him what he had
done, the deed OF the Woodside cottage.
Gotha kept silent for weeks. Then he
spoke, and to the police. The Mack wom-
an and Thorn were arrested, the woman
defying the police and never revealing her
secret until ten days ago, when she told
it on the stand and accused Thorn of the
murder itself Then Thorn accused her
of the crime under oath. He made So
called confession. The jury did not be-
heyo him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
sIAkkEr QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to 1915; hogs, shipping grades,
$o.OO to 1910; sheep. fair to choice. 500
to $500; wheat, No. red, 96c 10 9Ic;
corn. No. =, 25c to &c: oats, No. =. 2Ue
to &c; rye, No. 2, 46c to 47c; butter,
choice creamery, &c to 23c; eggs. fresh.
1Sc to 2Oc; new potatoes, 45c to 60c per
bushel.
Indianapolis-Cat shipping, $500 to
$5.25; hogs, choice light. $500 to 1918:
sheep, common to choice, $500 to $3.50:
wheat, No. 2, 93c to Die; corn, Ne.
white, &c to 2Sc; oats, No. 2 white, DC
to 25c.
st. Louis-Cattle. $500 to $3.50; hegs.
$500 to 1878; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 9Tc to DOC; corn, No. 2
yellow, 24e to DC; oats, No. 2 white. 2lc
to 23c; rye, No. 3. Acc to 48c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to $5.2S; hogs,
$500 to 1913; sheep, $3.50 to A.75;
wheat, No. 2, ODE to 05c; corn, No. z
mixed, &c 10 2Sc; oats, No. mixed. 23c
to 24c; rye, No. 2, 45c to Ate.
Detroit-CettIe. $3.50 to s5.25; hogs.
$500 to 1915; sheep. $3.50 to $40:
wheat, No. 2, Soc to Ole; corn, No. 2
yellow, &c to 2Sc; oats, No. 2 white. 24s
70 Z0c; rye, 40c to 4Ic.
Toledo-wheat, No. 2 red, 94c to 95c;
corn, No. 2 mixed, 27c to CSC; oats, No.
white, PIC to &c; rye, No. 2, 46c to 4Sc;.
clover seed. $3.11 to 1915.
Milwaukee-wheat. No. 2 spring, S6c
to SSc; corn, No. 3, 26c to 28c; oats, No.
2 white, 23c to 25c; rye, No. 2, 40c TO Ate;
barley, No. 2, SOC to 43c; pork, mess,
$7.25 to $T.75.
Buffalo-Cattle, $500 to s525; hogs,
$500 to 1910; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2 red, Doc to 06c; corn, No.
2 yellow, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white,
26c to Csc.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $5.25; hogs,
$3.50 to $500; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2 red, Csc to 00c; corn, No.
2, 33c to 35c; oats, No. white, 26c to
&c; butter. creamery, 15c to 24c; eggs,
Western. 22c 10 24c.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
THAT BURIED $4,000, 700.
Believed to BE Safely on Board a
British Cruiser.

Believed to BE Safely on Board n
British Cruiser.
At San Francisco 1t is believed that the
100000 treasure of Cocos island Is
safe on board the British cruiser AM
phion. This is indicated by the news
brought from Guatemala by the United
States gunboat Alert. While she was In
port the Amphion arrived from Esqui-
mault and Immediately sailed for Cocos
island. Some of he men, however, gave
more information of the trip Of the Brit
ish flagship Imperieuse to the island, and
this shows that the search was far more
successful than was supposed. 1t seems
that when Admiral Palliser went to the
island with the flagship in October he
landed a party Of men, and, guided by
man named Hartford, they commenced
digging in a certain spot. At a depth OF
about six feet they uncovered a large
square slab of granite that had once been
some sort of an inscription. A tackle
was rugged and the block of grnnite re-
moved, disclosing the entrance to sort
Of tunnel. Being unable to proceed with
the facilities at hand, the Imperieuse
sailed for home. and the Amphion was at
once dispatched to the island.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09

Slice the incoming Of the present adj
minietration at Washington twenty-seven
American prisoners have been released in
Cuba.
The Indiana State Suppsms Court has
decided that wife may pUcuver by legal
proceedings money lost by her husband
IN gambling.
Angel Paz, who betrayed Gen. Cas-
tillo to the Spaniaryis for $4,000, was cap
tured by the insurgents on his way TO
Cienfuegos, court martialed on a drum
head and hanged.
Maj. Joseph +. Denniston, ex-county
and city treasurer, and one Of the best
known citizens of Pittsburg, died after
short illness. The primary cause of death
was wounds received during the war.
Owing to reports that President Pierola
Of Peru was critically iii the Peruvian
minister cabled to Lima, and has received
a reply stating that the president was
slightly indisposed, but In no sense scri-
ously ILL.,
Over 1000, 900 bushels OF coal left Pitts
burg for Southern markets. There are
IN the neighborbood Of 10000 bushels
loaded awaiting shipment and 1t Is ex-
pccted between 100000 and G,0O0,0 600
will get out on the present rise.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09

should not be passed upon him. Spalding
arose and after standing fully minute
before the bar OF justice said
Your honor, great injustice has been
done me. am proud Of my business rec
ord in this city for the past thirty
years. yet maintain that not one cent
OF this money has ever been personal gain
Tor me. L challenge any man in the city
or Chicago or elsewhere to designate one
instance when l did not honestly perform
my duty. Ii you had permitted, Judge
Horton, the testimony which twice ac-
Quilted me to be heard by the jury which
sat before you in my last trial, would
have been freed ON this charge as on the
others, but you didn't and l stand con-
victed Of terrible crime. / am not gull
ty, but humbly accept my sentence. That
is ALL"
In arriving at his opinion Judge Hor-
ton cited many cases, and although it
was set forth in Spalding's last trial
that there was no intention on the part of
the accused Of approprating the money to
his own use, he held this was no excuse.
The prisoner had admitted during the
trial that he had deposited with the First
National Bank Macoupin County bonds
belonging to the University of Illinois as
security for his own personal check. The
court held that when Spalding, who was
at this time treasurer of the University
of Illinois, took these bonds he became
debtor to the university for this amount.
His failure to produce them when called
upon made him an embezzler, and there
fore subjected him to the full penalty Of
the law. Inasmuch as the money was
secured on the bonds given as security,
the embezzlement was plain to the court,
and his decision was in accordance with
the admission of Spalding himself.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09


Burious Uurricane Lashes the Islands
Of Great Britain.
1t = believed that thirty vessels, large
and small, and 100 lives have been Lost
In the hurricane that for twenty-four
hours dashed the British Isles. The dam
age to other property Is extremely heavy,
especially at the watering places, where
the invasion OF the bowling waters has
swept walks, gardens and parades and
carried on fencing and small cottages.
The Government loses heavily at the
WoOlwich arsenal and the Sherness dock
yard. The loss In Government stores will
reach thousands Of pounds.
In London, the squalid region below
London bridge was submerged, and hun
freds of houses and cellars have been rem
dered uninhabitable. The marine disas-
ters will be keenly felt by the insurance
companies, which already are serious SUI
ferers by the recent big fire. The storm
was one OF the severest in recent years.
All the coast towns suffered heavily.
Failing walls and flying debris added to
the loss of life. Vessels were reported
ashore on every part of the coast, and
many ships are known to have foundered,
with the probable loss of all hands.
AtLowestoft, Yarmouth and elsewhere
the sea has flooded the quays and neigh
borhoods, washingoaway the esplanades
and doing other serious damage. The sea
wall at Scarborough was washed away,
and the passenger and mail services
across the channel had to be suspended.
At Liverpool the squalls blew off the
roofs Of several houses, threw down Chin
neys and tore up trees. The Mersey flood
ed its banks on the Chester side and del
uged the shore district for miles. Similar
disasters occurred at Holyhead, where a
number Of valuable yachts were sunk at
their mornings. Scarcely a vestige re-
mains in sight OF the wreck of Lord Mel
sons old flag ship, the Foudroyant, long
fast in the sands off Blackpool. The
scenes at such popular resorts as Var
mouth and Margate were Of great gran
deur, but the damage done was enormous.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
AERIAL NAVIGATION.


The Airship You Saw Inst Summer
Was H. 8. Maxine.
A special from New Kensington, PAP,
states: Ii what Hiram s. Maxim claims Is
true, aerial navigation is an accomplished
fact. Mr.. Maxim, who is the inventor OF
the Maxim gun, says he has Travelled
across the continent and back to his start
ing place in such an airship. Indeed, It
was his strange craft which aroused such
extraordinary interest last summer and
which was reported having been seen ut
Denver, Chicago, st. Louis and other
Western cities. Mr.. Maxim's craft Is
cgar-shaped, conical ut both ends, with
an upright aeroplane at the stern Tor
steering apparatus. The skin Of the ship
is double and filed with hydrogen gas.
Every part Of the ship and motive power
Is made OF aluminium; the motive power
being naphtha. The whole thing weighs
5000 pounds, occupies 100000 cubic feet
Of space, can attain easily a speed of lOO
miles an hour, and will carry passengers
and freight parcels. New kensington
aluminium furnished the material. Mr..
Maxim's company is the Atlantic and Ia
ciic Aerial Navigation Company, OF
which G. A. Smith and NJ. A. Terry, we'll
known business men of San Francisco,
are respectively president and secretary.
A trip to the Klondike will be made soon.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
POOR STOCK IS NEVER GOOD.
President Thompson Gives Fellow
stockmen Good Pointers.

President Thorn pson Gives Fellow
stockmen Good Pointers.
President w. II. Thompson of the ma
tional live stock exchange opened the con-
vention at Sioux City. In the course of
his remarks Mr.. Thompson urged that in
order to maintain the avenues OF outlet,
and especially the foreign markets, only
the best stock and meat products should
be exported.
No opportunity to improve In the manu-
facture Of such products should be lost.
1t costs as much to father an inferior as
a superior brand OF cattle, but the market
values Of each class differ from 30 cents
to $3.50 per 100 pounds In fnvor of the
latter animal. He advised the getting rid
of inferior or common cattle by cross
breeding with superior animals. In no
case keep cattle beyond three years. Dur
ing the first three years the animal Is In
best condition to fatten and sell. On
branding he advised that such marks
should be placed where they would least
interfere with the tanning Of the hide.
He advocated the raising of hogs as
profitable industry, also that of sheep.
There was money In the business now, he
said, but the quality of mutton could be
improved upon, as sheep breeders had
hitherto paid more attention to the wool
chan the meat.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09


In bis annual report to the Secretary Of
the Treasury Mr.. Forman, commissioner
Of internal revenue, estimates that the re-
ceipts from all sources for the current
fiscal year will aggregate ut least $115,-
1000, an increase oyer 1897 Of about
s., 100000.
A Comparative statement Of the receipts
during the last fiscal year is given as fol-
lows:
as sp !z ss2oos.S42; increase over 1885, 81
Tobacco. sao7io.2e7; decrease. 1881.
:, Fer err n liquors. ss2.472'i62; decrease
0leOmargarine: sl.o34.i2o; decrease. $780,
FILLED cheese. s1s.o92; increase. s1s.oe2.
Miscellaneous. 1876. $50; decrease. 500, 72o
Total receipts. $146.610,o o3; decrease, $2ll,-
The Withdrawals for consumption dur
ing the year are given as follows:
Fruit brandies. LAG. l31 gallons; decrease.
204. 1870.
Spirits distilled from grain. 0s. saa. 2s1 gal
Ions; increase, 1,703,321
Beer. S4,423.094 barrels; decrease. l'4oS.-
Cigars and cheroots Weighing over three
pounds per 1000. number. 4.063. 160, OCT; de-
crease, 1I4,5Sd,S4O.
Cigarettes weighing not over three pounds
per 1000, number. 4,151. 600. 100; increase.
1872, 17S.120.
Cigarettes weighing three pounds per 1000.
number. 1850, 40; increase, 155,613.
Snun. h. $40 pounds; increase. TO-
041.
Tobacco. chewing and smoking. 2e0. 734.-
S12 pounds; increase. 7.067,67
OleomargarIne. AZ, 534. $50 pounds; decrease.
5,O98. PA.
Filled cheese, 1.666,137 pounds Qaw be-
came operative during the year,.
The cost of the collection of the revenue
during the last fiscal year was 3,848, 400.
During the year 2,241 illicit stills were
destroyed and thirty-two were removed.
Eight hundred and twenty-nine persons
were arrested, one killed and three were
wounded. or the stills seized and de-
stroyed 22S were located in Alabama,
S41 in Georgia, 463 in North Carolina,
100 in South Carolina and 245 In the
sixth Virginia district.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09

Ex-Banksr Gpalding's Motion for New
Trial IL Denied.
Charles Warren Spalding, president and
charged wrecker Of the defunct Globe
Savings Bank OF Chicago, was sentenced
by Judge Horton to the Joliet peniten-
tiary under the provisions Of the indeter-
inmate imprisonment act. For the crime
Of embezzlement, of which the banker
stands convicted, the extreme penalty Is
fifteen years, which may be shortened
three years by good time, and has always,
after the first year, the possibility Of par
don by the prison commissioners.
When Judge Horton had finished read
ing his opinion he asked the ex-banker II
he had anything to say as to why sentence
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
CHILD TURNS swINDLER.
Twelve-Year-OId New York Girl Gets
$1,7OO from Her Father.


A remarkable case of swindlng by a
child of abnormal development of the inn
aginative faculty is found in the case of
Gertrude Turecek, II years old, of New
York. She has in six months obtained
81, 700 from her father on the statement
that the money was wanted by President
Mckinley and other distinguished men.
One day Gertie told him that a company
had been formed, composed Of the Presi-
dent, Mckinley, Superintendent Of
Schools Jasper and other distinguished
men, and had selected herself and n few
other pupils from the public schools for
special instruction. One day she said
the President had asked her to get 500
to help the company along, and her father
gave it to her as quickly as he could get
a check cashed. So it has gone on until
he has given the girl $1,000 and has but
little left. He is now trying to learn
what she did with the money, and is one
moment overcome with grief by the de-
ceitfulness of his idolizei little daughter
and the next overwhelmed with admira-
ton for the magnitude and cleverness of
her lies.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
Missing Merchant Returns.

Sidney A. Osborne, an Efyria, Ohio,
merchant, who disappeared Oct. 30. in
Cleveland, has returned. Osborne says
he was struck on the head with a sharp
instrument, and afterward with a sand
bag. He became unconscious and when
he recovered he found himself in sec
ond-story room, with an aged negro wo-
man. All his money was gone except a
s. bill He was in n distant city. He
says that he was drugged the greater part
OF the time. When he was released he at
once wrote to his wife, and, obtaining
money through brothers Of secret or
ganization, he made his way home.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
AS DECLARED BY ABDUL.

Turk Not Responsible for Pi11age Of
sAmerican Missions.
The United States minister to Turkey,
James Il. Angel, has renewed the de-
mand OF the United States for an indem-
nifty from the Turkish Government for
the pillage Of the American missions Mt
Khartoum, Marash and Haskongj, Arme-
mia. The porte denies any responsibility
for the pillaging on the ground that the
Government acted under the stress Of un-
avoidable circumstances. Minister An
CELL, however, insists upon the Govern
ment's responsibility, as Turkish troops
and police participated in the 6utrages.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
EARTHQUAKES IN KANSAS.
Wichita Residents Startled by an Early
Morning Shock.

A light earthquake shock startled the
citizens Of Wichita, Kan, at 1888 on
recent morning. Telephone messages
from Wellington and Hunnewell, Kan,
describe the earthquake as quite violent
in those cities. 1t reached south into
Oklahoma. Specials from Pratt and
Kingman, Kan, near the Oklahoma
boundary, say slight earthquake shocks
were felt at those places. No damage
appears to have been done. At Pratt
distinct shock was experienced at 12:oS
n. IN. 1t was not severe, but strong
enough to cause furniture to rock and
lamps and dishes to rattle. The disturb
ance lasted about three seconds. The
shock at Kingman was felt at i n. m.
Vibrations were from north to south,
lasting about ten seconds. No damage,
so far as known. At 80 an earthquake
shock Of considerable energy was felt at
Arkansas City. Many people We're alarm
ed and rushed from their rooms. The
shock lasted ten seconds. No damage
resulted.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
sQUAw KILLS HERSELF.

Mother Of Victim of Lynchers Fails to
Survive Disgrace.
A report has reached Bismarck, n. d.,
from the Standing Rock reservation that
the mother Of Philip Ireland, one of the
young Indians recently lynched at Will
Transport, has committed suicide because
of the disgraceful death of her son. There
is belief among the Indians that any
person who may be hanged will never
reach the happy hunting grounds-the
heaven of the Indian. This is the reason
that the Indians at Standing Rock want
ed the Indians shot and not hanged.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
Savage Indians Converted.

Rev. N. b. Random, OF Omaha, Neb.,
superintendent of Baptist mission work.
has just completed a tour among the Bap-
fist Indian missions In Southwest Okla
homa. At one meeting seven blanket Co
manches, formerly fierce warriors, were
converted. A Baptist association, COM
posed of Ave church organizations of blan-
ket Indians, was formed and will ask to
be admitted to the next general associa-
ton. Several Kiowa and Comanche
chiefs. who were former leaders of bloody
raids on Texas and Kansas settlers. are
now ordained preachers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
Claim. slice Of Quaker City.

Daniel La Fortune OF Oakland, CAL,
claims to be entitled to large section Of
land in the city of Philadelphia and has
engaged an attorney to commence litiga-
ton in his behalf. La Fortune believes
he is the heir Of William Ball, who died
at Hope Farm in 1877. In that year
Hope Farm was OF little value, but since
then Philadelphia has grown up and
about it.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
Bavarin Has a Small Crisis.

During an alteration in the chamber
at Munich between Herr Helm, Centrist,
and Herr Casselmann, Liberal, the pres
ident Of the House was twice compelled
to call the latter to order. Herr Cassel-
mann appealed to the House, which de-
cided that the presidents action was not
warranted, the Centrists voting in the
minority. The president then rendered
his resignation, which created sensa-
finn
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09

will die in the electric
chair. Mrs. Mack, his
accomplish, will, it is
said, plead guilty and
may be given twenty
years in prison.
Thorn, n barber, loved
Mrs. Mack, a midwife
who in turn had deserted
her husband for William
Guldensuppe, n bath at
tendant. So in this ira
gedy three men have
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
Tennessee Medical College Burned.

The Tennessee Medical College at
Knoxville was destroyed by fire. The col
lege was one of the best institutions in
the South and is well attended. The
building cost $4,000 and was compare
lively new. The owners say the contents
we're worth $4,000. Insurance carried
was only $4,000.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
Murders Her Babes.

Anna Niggi, young married woman
of Philadelphia, murdered her two young
err children, aged years and q months,
respectively, by illuminating gas and ut
the same time attempted suicide by the
same means. There seems to be no rea-
son for the woman's action.