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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
RUSSIA is in A RAGE
WOULD ESCAPE BLAME FOR
KILLING OF CHRISTIANS.
Angry at the Powers for Their Action
I'm the Grecian- Turkish Imbroglio-
Two Have Withdraw from the
Biockading Squadron.


st. Petersburg dispatch: In the most i'm
portant quarters much annoyance is felt
ut the signs of the vacillating policy
shown by the powers at moment when
the greatest firmness is necessary. The
feeling is that the other powers are trying
to place Russia in the undesirable position
of shedding Christian blood. The Otgo-
loski publishes a very strong article on
the subject, and thinks England is going
to establish herself in Crete, and being
there, say: sly suis, J'y reste,' and as
Crete is not what the Dardanelles is TO
Russia, the latter would not go TO war
about it. Crete can only be pacified by
shedding Christian blood, but orthodox
Russia cannot do so. England has done
so before and can do it now" In diplo-
matte circles the position is looked upon
as very embroiled, and the only solution
will be that if the Greeks insist on fight
ing they should be allowed to go on and
be beaten.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
TO KEEP OUT THE PLAGUE.
Russian Government Taking Prompt
Precautionary Meaaurea.

Russian government Taking Prompt
Precautionary Measures.
The Russian Government, according to
United States Consul General Karel at
st. Petersburg, is acting with vigor to pre-
vent the spread of the dreaded bubonic
plague into Russia. A sanitary commits
sion has been created, with fund of 1OO,-
600 rubles to draw upon, and it has added
new measures of precaution to the exist
ing regulations. 1t has prohibited for this
year the pilgrimage of Russian Mussul-
mans to Mecca or to other suspected
places, and forbidden Russian Christians
visiting the holy places of the East Meas
ures have also been taken to send medical
help to threatened localities. 1t was re-
ported that several Indians who had come
to Afghanistan had died at Kandahar last
December. In consequence the Russian
and Persian Governments have establish
ed military cordons on the Afghan from
tier and cut off intercourse, though there
have been no additional cases reported.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
Alleged Farmer counterfeiter.

Detective VIM. Il. Walsh of st. Paul,
connected with the United States secret
service, arrested Il. T.. Bennett of En-
sign and took him before the United
States Court Commissioner at Escanaba,
charged with counterfeiting. A few days
ago he ordered some goods of Montgom-
cry Ward & Co., Chicago, which excited
their suspicion, and they notified the
United States treasury officials, who sent
the detective to Rapid River to intercept
the express package. When Bennett call
ed for the package he was taken in charge
by the officer, who went to his house and
there turned over die for the making of
silver dollars, which is said to be a re-
markably fine piece of work. Bennett is
about 90 years of age, owns n farm at
Ensign, where he has lived for the past
eight years, but was formerly a machin-
list, and has patented several inventions
His idea is alleged to have been to make
dollars out of pure silver, and content
himself with the profits from them. He
has always borne an excellent reputation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
BUCKET SHOPS WIN.
Injunction Against Board of Trade
and Western Union Stands.

lpJunCttOu against ftCarn OF Trade
and Western Union Stands.
Bucket shops won victory in Judge
Horizons court in Chicago. His honor re-
fused to dissolve the temporary njunc-
tons obtained by number of firms and
individuals against the Board of Trade
and the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany restraining the defendants from de-
taching telegraph wires from the com
plainants' places of business and from re-
moving ''tickers" and from cutting off
''the supply of market information as has
heretofore been supplied" The court
holds that the action of the Board of
Trade in allowing market quotations to be
distributed all over the country, as has
been done by the telegraph companies for
number of years, has rendered this nc
ton of public interest, and therefore it has
not the legal right to deprive the public
of this interest thus acquired.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
Passes the Senate.

The anti-department store bill passed
the Illinois Senate Wednesday. The vote
was 80 to 4, with Z members absent or
refusing to vote. The four members open
ly protesting against the measure were
Baxter, Chapman, Hamilton and Nc
Cloud. A number who voted for it did so
Under protest, saying they believed it to
be unconstitutional, but were willing to
let 1t go to the courts. Senator Baxter
made a speech against the bill. He de-
clared such legislation to be against the
spirit of all Advancement. The depart
ment store, he said, was the natural pro-
duct of economical conditions. 1t was, he
said, an example of the universal ten
dency toward the concentration of capital
and the Capitalization of distribution. The
introduction of machinery, he explained.
resulted in doing away with the small
shops and smithies, and in sending the
spinning wheel and hand loom to the gar
ret, but in the end 1t increased mans pow
err of productiveness and made the lux
uries and necessares more plentiful, and
gave greater leisure to workmen for rec
reation and intellectual improvement IF
we are to follow the spirit of this legis-
lation," said he. 1--WE might as well do
away with the railroad, the telegraph, and
the telephone. We should go back to the
OK teams as a means of transportation.and
distribution of merchandise. l must vote
against this bill" concluded Senator Bax-
ter, because it is not in the interest of the
great consuming class; because it will i'm
pede progress and stop the march of civil
ization." Senator Mahoney answered
Senator Baxter with speech in which
he defended the bill and criticised the de-
partment stores. He referred to the al
legged fact that there are $4,000 unrented
stores in Chicago and argued that the big
establishments are responsible for such a
condition. He said he would vote for the
bill on the ground of morality alone, and
declared that the conditions under which
women are employed in department stores
in Chicago are a disgrace to the city. Con-
tinuing, The asserted that the big stores
outstrip their smaller competitors, not be-
cause of the superior business ability of
their managers, but because the latter
have the advantages of securing more
capital, Furnished in many cases." said
Mahoney, by retired stockyards mag
Mates"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
WIRES DOWN AT TACOMA.
Heaviest Storm of the Winter Is Ex-
perienced.


perienced.
At Tacoma Thursday the heaviest wind
storm of the winter ragged, blowing a gale
of forty-two miles an hour. Many chin
neys were blown down and signs and bill
boards scattered promiscuously about. A
large portion of the cornice of three
story Pacific avenue building was blown
down, bringing with it tangfe of live
electric light and telegraph wires. The
draw span of the Eleventh street bridge
was blown open, temporarily stopping a
funeral procession. In the surrounding
country trees were blown down by the
score. For some time Tacoma was cut
off from communication with the outside
world. The gale was felt by all sound
steamers, which were more or less de-
layed. The British ship Rheuddian Cas-
tie broke away from her buoy and drifted
across the bay. A tree fell across a NOV
ing train on the Seattle branch, but it was
decayed and broke in two without causing
any damage
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
Ramon. Landmark 70 Go.

Henry Ward Beecher's original Second
Presbyterian Church in indianapolis,
which was built under his direction in
1910, Ia to be torn down to make way for
n modern building, which is to be erected
mt Circle and Market streets. The church
Is the most famous landmark of the city.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
Two Mortgages Filed.

Two chattel mortgages given by the Me-
keel Stamp and Publishing Company of
st. Louis to creditors have been filed for
record. George ID. Mekeel, vice-president
of the company, said: 'The assets of the
company represent more than 500, 900.
We have no debts but those mentioned in
tho mortpaQes ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
OFFICIAL PAPERS MISSING.
Cleveland Has Taken from the White
House Many Documents.

HOuse MaHy DOcumeHts.
1t has been discovered that upon his re-
tirenent President Cleveland removed
from the White House all papers contain
ing evidence or charges against Govern
p,ent officials. Moreover, he had used his
.wn pleasure in determining what docu-
ments were private and what public. This
fact was discovered by clerk who was
seeking certain papers containing damag-
ing charges against an official still in
Office. Among the missing papers are
those which contain the charges against
the librarian of Congress.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
Germany Follows Britain.s Lead.

1t is asserted at Constantinople on what
is regarded as reliable authority that in
consequence of the refusal of Lord Sails
bury to join in blockade of Greek ports,
Germany has given notice to the powers of
her intention to withdraw from the con-
cert. 1t is understood that Turkey sent
her squadron through the Dardanelles or
the advice of Germany.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
WANT A PRISONER OUT DF JAIL.
Maine Officials Trying to Get Rid of
Davis.

A peculiar case is presented in the at
tempt of the officials of Penobscot County,
Maine, 20 evict from the county Jail a
prisoner who has been there for four
years. In September, 1893, William Da-
Wis was committed to jail for contempt in
refusing to answer questions put by the
court as to the whereabouts of his money.
He had been sued and judgment rem
dered. Davis went to Jail and has refused
to weaken. For three years they have
been trying to find some flaw in the pro-
cess of his commitment whereby he could
be taken out of durance. for the county
was tired of paying his board.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
Death of VIM. T. Adam..

William L. Adams, the well-known
writer, who, under the pen name of Oil
yer Optic, has entertained boy readers
for more than a generation, died at his
home In Boston, Saturday. He was 75
years of age. He had been i'll for some
time with heart trouble.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
Little C;rILo.t

The parents of Elva Hall, aged IL years.
placed her OH the cars at Nandalia, Ark,
for Linton, Ind. She was tagged and a
note pinned on her coat to her grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Washington Morris.
Since her departure from Arkansas the
child has not been heard from. Circulars
are being sent broadcast, and the railroad
officials are trying to get trace of the girl.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
BREEDER stole 100000

Discoveries just made add $4,000 to
the embezzement of Cyrus Il. BREEDER, the
defaulting cashier of the First National
Bank of Bethlehem, Pa, who disappear
ed a few weeks ago, leaving a shortage
estimated at the time to amount to. 3d.
600. He also stole 81, 900 from a building
association.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
Iron Ore Pool DissoIves.

The Bessemer Iron Association. known
as the iron ore pool, has been dissolved
The big interests and the Minnesota Iron
Company were unable to agree. This
means lower prices for ore, greater pro-
duction at mines and a reduction in the
wages of labor.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
Fought Tn the Death.

During fight at Lapaz, Ind, between
Jacob Leeds and Richard Thomas, Leeds
was fatally stabbed and Thomas was shot
and instantly killed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
Eigbt Per.ous Iuiured.

The worst fire Lawrence, Mass. has
known since the burning of the Washing
ton mills six years ago completely dis
mantled the Gleason building, one of the
best business blocks in Lawrence, early
Monday morning, and resulted In the in
Jury Of eight persons
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
Hits the Kinetoscone.

The Maine House. by n vote of 65 to %,
passed to be engrossed the bill providing
for fine of $500 for Photographic or
other representations Of a prize fight In
the State.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
FREEING Confesses.

William Ingless, under arrest at Cleve-
land, o., for incendiarism, confessed to
having set fire to forty buildings in De-
troit.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
People Have Beeu wnrned.

The experts at the weather bureau say
that the crisis has not yet been reached
In the great floods of the Mississippi,
From Cairo to the delta II seems that the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
Minor State Matters.

G. Il. Wheeler, pioneer of Montcalm
County, passed away at Coral Death
was caused by an enlargement of the
heart.
The BENTON Harbor City Council has
raised the salaries of city officers. Alder
men will get $50 per month; city attorney,
$50; marshal. $50; police, $40. The other
salaries remain unchanged.
Bay City lumber dealers report steady
and satisfactory increase in the demand
for stock. The inquiries are double what
they were year ago. The box factories
also report increased business.
Joe Mosack, saloonkeeper, and Ed. Hen
messy, hotelkeeper, of Gagetown, were ar
rested and taken to Vassar on charge of
selling liquor without a license. Both
waived examination and were bound over
TO the Circuit Court.
While playing near the stove the little
2-year-old child of ID. r. Clark of st.
Louis accidentally upset kettle of hot
grease upon itself, burning il in terrible
manner. 1t is thought that the child's
eyesight can be saved.
The Lansing Republican is authority
for the statement that Boston capitalists
will erect handsome five-story hotel in
that city this summer. The cost of the
proposed new structure is given as S125.-
600.
Mrs. Helen Garfield of Jackson has won
a victory in the courts against the city of
Jackson. The Circuit Court gave her n
verdict of 81, 800 damages for injuries sus-
tanned on defective sidewalk. A motion
for new trial on the part of the city was
denied and on carrying the case TO the
Supreme Court the verdict of the lower
court was affirmed.
Glenn Blood, who shot Sheriff Snow
Jan. Z at Kalamazoo, and was convicted
of assault with intent to do great bodily
harm, less than murder, was sentenced by
Judge Buck to ten years at Iona. He
told the court that he could not see why
he was not convicted of attempt to MUIR
der.
w. II. Davidson of Port Huron. who
secured judgment against the Illinois
Central Railway Co. for $4,000 for in
juries received about three years ago.
through nis attorneys, received n check
for the full amount and costs. The case
was tried twice and each time carried TO
the court of last resort by the railroad
eompany.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
Sentenced for Life.

The Circuit Court for Tuscola County
adjourned at Caro-, the criminal cases be-
ing disposed of as follows: People vs.
Howard Hawley; People VS.. James Law
son; People VS.. Thomas T.. Stevens. con-
victed for the crime of murder of James
Brown Dec. %, 1896 first degree. The
court sentenced each of them to be con-
fined at the State prison at Jackson to soil
tary confinement ut hard labor for life.
In the case of the People vs. John Cum
Minis. charged with the murder of James
Brown, the jury returned'a verdict of not
guilty. Alfred Empy. convicted for lar
ceny. was sentenced to two years impris-
onment at Ionia. The celebrated murder
cases have been the most exciting ever
tried in Tuscola County.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01

REVIEW OF THEIR WORK At
WASHINGTON.

Detailed Proceedings Of Senate and
House-Bilis Passed or introduced
In Either CHARACTERIZATION of Mo.
ment to the Country at Large.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
The Anti-Tru.t Decision.

1t is refreshing to have the act of 1890
revivified.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The effect of this decision is to make
unlawful all agreements between railway
companies to carry freight and passen-
gers at fixed rate. Each railway must
carry at its own rates.-Chicago Times
Herald.
Every sensible man recognizes the fact
that the discrimination against railroads
has been carried to the furthest extreme,
but the decisions of the courts are based
upon the law and facts.-New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
If joint traffic agreements among rail-
roads are in violation of the antitrust
law of 1890, then those agreements among
manufacturers which fix prices. limit pro-
duction and adopt the other expedients Of
trusts certainly can be reached under the
same law.-Atlanta Journal.
This judgment must be added to the
long line of deplorable decisions, begin
ming with the legal tender cases. in which
the court has revealed its weak grasp of
the fundamental principles of law and
government by dividing almost evenly up-
on them.-New York Evening Post
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Serera's Cholera and DlarrhOea Cure.
will save your children. Price 25 and SOC

THE goldbugs are continually
making the charge that Mexico
is onNhe eve of financial crash,
when they know that Mexico is
today the most prosperous re-
public on the continent. Failures
in business are few and far be-
tween. The national offices are
filled by shrewd, honest and COM
petent men. Specializing in gov
eminent securities is forbidden,
hence that government always
has on hand a sufficient amount
of money to defray the legitimate
expenses of government, without
resorting to the American prac-
tice of issuing bonds in time of
peace.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-08-19

pocket a rabbits foot, which, after
making a cross mark on the ground
with his foot and splitting in it, he
rubbed three times across his breast,
repeating in an inaudible voice some
mysterious words. noticed that at
ter this that the delegates always
wanted TO go wherever Uncle George
and | went.
Our stay in Montreal was brief,
comprising two nights and one day.
Thursday morning, July 22d, owing
to the shrunken condition of my
pocket-book I started on the return
journey home. Six others came With
me. But the greater portion of our
crowd went down to Quebec.
Returning, our party stopped one
day at Niagara Falls. So much has
been written about this great natural
wonder that l need not trespass upon
the patience of your readers by
writing of what in a sense is familiar
to every school boy. At Cleveland
we visited the tomb of the lamented
Garfield. AS [ stood near the casket
that held the crumbling remains of
the "Martyred President" 1 was car
ried back in memory to the time
more than fifteen years ago-when in
Washington City L gazed upon the
pallid face of the dead body Of Presl-
dent Garfield, which was then lying
in state in the rotunda of the Capitol.
At New Orleans l stopped one day,
during which I visited many points
of interest in the Crescent City. I
did not fail to visit the statue of old
Aunt Margaret and the orphan asy-
Ium she founded. Old Aunt Marga-
ret, it will be remembered, came to
New Orleans an orphan. She ever re-
manned the friend of the orphan, and
when fortune smiled upon her she did
not build for herself a luxurious
home, but spent all her means upon
the friendless, the poor, and outcast
of the great city, which i'll the child
hood of her own life had given her
such cold and cherries welcome
In my opinion this statue houors the
grandest woman that ever lived
A nights ride from New Orleans
brought me back to the land of my
adoption and the scene of my labors-I
Texas, the largest and best State in
the Union.
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IT is now believed by many
that the struggle in Cuba will re-
suit in a triumphant victory for
the Cuban patriots in less than
80 days. Spain has neither
money nor troops to prolong the
struggle beyond that time, while
the Insurgents ranks are being
constantly recruited and other
wise strengthened.
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A. PRIEST in New Jersey ha

A. PRIEST in New Jersey has
forbidden the young women of
his parish to go on picnic with
the young men of the Total
Abstinence Society. His reason
is that "they would let the young
men kiss them in the moonlight
if they went" Obviously total
abstinence in this case does not
mean abstention from all the in
toxications of life.
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SeTera's BaIsam of Life

insures regularity in every case, enriches
the blood and strengthens the nerves
Mr.. Andrew Fritz, East Jordon, Mich,
writes: Had it not been for your rem
edies believe my wife would have been
dead now. Having seen an advertise
ment of your Balsam of Life got one
bottle and am pleased to say it cured
her."
Ladies especially will find Severa's
Bslsam of Life boon for their ailments.
Price IS Cents.
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THE assassination of Capt.
General Weyler may be looked
for at any time, now mat the
anarchists have started the ball
rolling.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-08-19

THE Canadians are placing a
Gordon of mounted police at the
passes leading to the Klondike
gold fields for the purpose of put
ting a check on American miners
who are flocking to that country
In drOyeS.
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MANY of those who are now
planning ways to get into the
KIondike country, will be
puzzling their brains to evolve a
means of getting out of it before
they are there many months.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-08-19

JUDGE W. A. Randolph, of the
district court at Emporia, Kansas,
has rendered decision in a
civil suit declaring 10 per cent
excessive and unlawful interest
IN Kansas.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-08-19

TEXAS democrats are in good
shape and feel confident of their
ability to land their ticket by the
usual brutal majority next year,
in spite of the hysterical rawlings
of the goldbug boilers.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-08-19

ALTHOUGH Cyclone. Davis has
been virtually dead as a politician
for the past seven years, he
seems only to have found it out
recently. Poor fellowI
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-08-19

THERE is said to be a regular
epidemic of suicides in Paris,
France.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-08-19

THE best medicine for rape
fiends is a three-quarter inch
rope in the hands of determined
men.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-08-19

An enthusiastic Texas editor,
in dwelling upon the beauties
and advantages possessed by the
Lone Star State, says: "There
are flowers and bees and cows
enough to in this State to over
flow a patch of ground ike Mas
sachusetts with milk and honey.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-08-19

The Southern Pacific railway
and the Morgan line of Steam
ships, acting in concert, have
made Houston the base of their
rates for Texas freights.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-08-19

THREE young women in Ger
many have been commended for
their thorough work in pharmacy,
and Fraulein Eva Bose, a daugh-
ter Of the German minister OF
public worship, has been pro-
nounced by DR.. Fraulein, presi-
dent of the Imperial Germany
Pharmaceutical Society, to be
one of the most excellent and
gifted scholars he has ever met.
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DAVID BENNETT HILL is said to
be taking a postgraduate course
IN a deaf and dumb asylum, and
hopes to emerge therefrom in a
short time a thorough graduate.
Dawes tongue has been his ruin.