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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25

head to bend forward when he walks,
and he carries aAgold-headed cane from
habit rather than necessity. He dresses
in black, but Is neither shabby nor
fashionable. He wears a tiny gold stud
in his shirt bosom and n small ring on
the little finger of-his left hand. He Is
not givepto 6stentation. He-s fond or
reading and enjoys a game Of whist In
the evening. He does not like society.
He rarely goes to balls or big dinners.
He gives no champagne suppers and
keeps no dog kennels or racing stables.
He Is averse to elaborate furniture and
draperies. He is opposed to liveried
laekeys, and disappointed his daughter
by refusing to adopt a coat Of arms
when she married a prince. His great
grievance is that he has little home life.
He longs to settle down in house per,
manently and live In quite ease. His
ambition Is said to be to lead q studious
existence I'm country home.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25
Sea OF Azov Frozen Over.

The first time in the remembrance Of
the living generation the Sea Of Azov ia
frozen over solid. The Don River and
the Sea OF Azov froze very suddenly
In rather unexpected way and as u
consequence a number of vessels were
taken unawares and stopped on their
way. More than twelve steamers are
helpless In the ice between Azov and
Rostov, and a large number of vessels
are dispersed In various parts of this
immense frozen shoot OF water. first
tossed about by the violent storm and
then held fast In the glaclH' embrace.
While the River Don has frequently
frozen over there Is no record OF the
Sea Of Azov having frozen solid In this
century.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25
srAKKET QUOTATIONS.

/ Chicago-Cattle, .c5mmo1 to prime,
$3.50 to $3.50; hogs, shipping grades,
$3Ooro.$a.75: sheep, fair to CHOICE. $500
to $4.25; wheat, no: red, 73c toxic;
corn, No. 2, 21c to pc; oats, No. 2, 14e
to Ice; rye, No. 2, 30c to &c; butter,
choice creamery, 1ec TO e1c; eggs. fresh,
Ice to 1Sc; potoatoes, per bushel, zoe to
30c; broom corn, common short to choice
dwarf, $35 to $50 per ton.
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500 to
$5.25; hogs, choice light, $500 to 1918;
sheep, good to choice, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, SIC to S5c; corn, No. 2
white, PIC to DC; oats, No. white, zoe
to 22c.
st. Louise Cattle, $500 to s5.25; hogs,
$500 to 1915; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, SSc to 9Oc; corn, No. 2 yell
low, 19c &c Zoe; oats, No. 2 white, 16c to
lie; rye, No. 2, 32c to 34c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to s.. 90; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2. SSc to 90c; corn, No 2
mixed, 22c to 24c; oats, No. mixed, 1Sc
to Zoe: rye, No. 2, 35c to &c. fst
Detroit--Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $375; sheep, $500 to $425;
wheat, No. 2 red, S5c to see; corn, No. 2
yellow, 21c to DC; oats, No. 2 WHITE 19c
to 21c; rye, 34c to 36c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 red, SEC to SSc;
corn, No. 2 mixed. 21c to 23c; oats, No.
2 white, tic to 1Sc; rye. No. 2, 34c to 36c;
clover seed, $4.70 to $3.50.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 spring, 73c
to Toe; corn, No. 3, 1Sc to Zoe; oats, No.
2 white, Tic to zoe; barley, No. 2, 2oc to
&c; rye, No. 1, 34c to 36c; pork, mess,
$7.75 to 1925. tt $50
Buffalo--Cattle, common to prime ship
ping, $3.50 to $500; hogs, medium to
best, $500 to $500; sheep. common to
prime natives. $500 to $3.50; lambs, fair
to extra, $500 to $5.25.
New York--Cattle. $500 TO S5.25; hogs,
$3.50 to $4.25; sheep. $500 TO $4T5;
wheat, No. 2 red, Sic to SIC: corn, No. 2,
Csc to Zoe; oats. No. white, 21c to &c;
butter, creamery. 15c to 21c; eggs. West
ern, 15c to 10c,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25
CAPTAIN IN A PREDIcAMENT.
Schooner Una Reaches San Francisc
with M pa nera

Schooner Una Reaches San Francisco
with No Papers.
Captain Harkins of the schooner Ina.
arrived in San Francisco from Panama.
may find himself in a somewhat serious
predicament. His vessel has no papers OF
any description to present to the custom
house. Register, crew list and other doc
uments are all missing, and the Una. in
sense, is outlawed by maritime usages. Ii
appears that the Una loaded cedar logs
at Panama. Part cash was paid for the
cargo, and the balance. although cabled
for, had not arrived when the Una was
loaded and ready to sail. The captain of
the port at Panama told Captain Harkins
that If the money due was not paid imme-
diately the vessel would be seized and he
placed in Jail. United States Consul Gen
eral Vifquain was seen by the captain,
and. according to Harkins, Consul Cen
eral Vifquain advised him to "clear out"
This counsel he obeyed. Consul General
Vifquain has forwarded the Una's regis
ter and other documents to Washington.
together with his report of the case, SO
that any decision in the matter will rest
with the Federal authorities.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25
ELECTRIC LAMP COMBINE.
Big Concerns Organize to Crush On
Small Com petifors.

Big Concerns Organize to Crush Ont
Small Com petifors.
One of the most powerful combines ever
organized in the United States has just
been entered into between probably
dozen of the largest manufacturers of in
candescent electric lamps. The combine
is already engaged in an effort to crush
out all opposition through threats of suits
for damages for alleged infringements
upon certain patents. There has been no
exchange of stock or consolidation of the
effects of the companies, but instead the
combine has been effected through the
pooling of patents controlled by the sew
eral companies, in order that they may
be able to array themselves against all
competitors who refuse to come in and
raise prices on lamps. In this way the
promoters of the scheme hope to speedily
crush out all of the small concerns that
have waged unceasing warfare against
their wealthy competitors by cutting
prices.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25

daughter of James Corrie, and is the fatn
er of one son and seven daughters. His
son, e. Stanley Gary, is now junior part
ner in the old firm of James S. Gary x
Son. Mr.. Gary is 63 years of age.
Col. John J. McCook, New York's men,
Der of McKinley's cabinet, is the young
est of the famous Fighting McCooks" of
Ohio, family which furnished father
and eight sons to the Union army. He
will be 30 years old in May. He was a
student at Kenyon College, Ohio, when
the war broke out. He enlisted as pri-
vate in the Sixth Ohio Cavalry. He will
sacrifice profits from his law business said
to amount to $4,000 to $4,000 a year
to enter the cabinet. Col. McCook is dis
tinctively railroad attorney, and was
prominent in the reorganization of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad.
He is one of the trustees of Princeton
and an elder of the New York Fifth Ave
nue. Presbyterian Church. He was chosen
by the Princeton wing of the Presbytery
to conduct the prosecution of DIR. Briggs.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25
rIANs ron rAsIs nxrostrIox.
Work OF Demoiltion and Construction
Has Already Begun.

Work OF Demolition and Contraction
Has Already Begun. =.
Preparations for the great exposition a.
Paris to commemorate the close Of the
present century have 20 far advanced as
to warrant United States Consul Morse at
the French capital In sending to the State
Department = most elaborate report indi-
eating what has already been done and
the plans for the complete exposition. The
general scheme of the exposition is now
well defined. The work of demolition and
constructor, for (which the period Of a
little more than three years remaining
will barely suffice. has begun. The expo
sition win open April Is. 1900, and close
Nov. 8 of the same year. 1t Is the inten-
ton to make the exposition surpass all
predecessors In France and elsewhere not,
perhaps. in extent or in architectural fea-
lures, for IL Is conceded that In these re-
spects there Is little hope of eclipsing the
great achievements Mt Chicago, but In its
artistic aspect. in the logical, comprehen-
sive and scientific system of classification
and award, and In the uniformity and har-
mony of the whole. In a word, the am
hilton of the projectors lies chiefly in the
direction of artistic excellence and gen.
eral ensemble.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25
Odds and Ends.
The film ora soap bubble is the $500,
0OOth ~ /. m Inch I'm thickness

The film OK "a soap bubble is the $780,
0OOth Of an inch In thickness.
A man was arrested in New Jersey
the other day for digging his own grave.
The highest. inha bited building In
Europe Is the Alpine Club house, on
Mount Rosa--12,OO0 feet above the sea
level az t'nch
ThpZend language Is one of the most
ancient knownto antiquarians or phil
ologisfs. 1t is said to bear a close re-
semblanca, to the Welsh.
In Sweden the education of journal
lists Is treated as function OF the State.
Under this system the young journal
list gains knowledge Of the world by
travelling at the expense Of the tax
payer.
The proportion of blood to the total
body weight Is about one to ten. In the
infant the relative quantity OF blood Is
less than In the adult, and is diminished
In old age.
Never before have American tourists
poured into Europe as they are doing
this year. 1t Is probable that the In
crease will not be far from 70 per cent.
over last year.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25

The Great Humorist's Broken Heal tsd
etruggIe I'm London

The Great Humorist's Broken Hearted
Struggle In London.
Mark Twain, Americas greatest hu-
morist, who was once millionaire and
who has dined at the table Of kings, Is
living In London In an impoverished
condition. He Is worse than penniless.
He is a slave to debt, and, though In
poor health and burdened with age and
the woes OF a broken heart, he Is strug-
Cling to be again financially free. In
modest lodgings, surrounded by few
comforts and using only bare necessi-
ties, he Is trying to produce another
great literary work In the expectation
that Its profits may ut least pay his
debts. He has been working for weeks.
and those who have seen his manuscript
fear that the inspiration Is gone. He Is
working under forced conditions, and
the prediction is that the story-a tale
Of his latest tour of the world-will be
like plant forced In unnatural condi-
ti0ns.
The story of Mark Twaip's successes
and failures In finance are romantic
and pathetic. From printers devil on
a Missouri weekly he rose steadily until
at the age OF 80 the world knew him as
the author OF "Innocents Abroad" He
made fortune out OF that work, added
to 1t constantly, and In 1885 was worth
a million dollars. Then he put his cap
ital into publishing house-Webster &
Co.-and in a few years was bank
rupt. The obligations OF the firm
amounted to thousands upon thousands
of dollars, and as his name had been
used In connection with the business
Mark Twain felt called upon to wipe
out the Indebtedness. He has struggled
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25

for years to do it, and 1t is to this that
he is still devoting his energies and tai
ents. A year ago he started on tour
of the world and few months ago ar
rived In London from Africa. He is put
ting the experiences into book. but his
latest efforts are not his best. There has
been a steady decline in his humor
since it became a tread-mill grind.
When at the height of his fame Mark
Twain had many friends in London,
but now in his distress only few faith
full souls ever call to see him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25
AID FOR THE TURK.
Foreign Warships COerce the 1nsur-
geuts on the Islund of Crete.

Foreign warships CUerce the Insur-
gents ON the leland of Crete.
Canea dispatch: A fusillade having con-
'tinued since morning despite the warn
ings of the foreign admirals, the united
squadrons bombarded the insurgent camp
outside Of Canea. At 80 o'clock Sun
day afternoon III. NJ. s. Dryad, II. NJ. s.
Harrier and III. NJ. 8. Revenge, together
with one Italian, one German and one
Russian ship, opened fire on the Cretan
position where the Greek flag was hoist
ed some days ago, and ruined the house
held by the Cretans. The flag was soon
lowered and the order "cease fire" sound
ed after ten minutes. Thereupon the
flag was rehoisted. The rocks around
were crowded with Cretans. The Turks,
encouraged by the fleet, opened a lively
fusillade while the Cretans were removing
the wounded. The Cretans had not re-
piled during the whole performance. 1t
was a somewhat melancholy and degrad-
ing spectacle. The foreign admirals have
warned Col. Vassos, the commander of
the Greek forces on the Island of Crete,
of their intention to attack his troops with
four men of war anchored off his camp,
Aghioi Theodoroi, should he attempt to
advance to the interior of the island.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25

The news that Mr.. McCook and Mr.
Gary had been invited to. seats in the
cabinet and had accepted was received,
Washington correspondent says, by SEN
ators and members of Congress with
many expressions of satisfaction.
James A. Gary is the recognized leader
of the Republican party in Maryland. He
is n business man of wealth, manufac-
turer, and he has never hesitated TO give
effort and money to the cause of party. He
has been delegate to every national con-
vention of his party since 1872 and from
1880 TO 1896 has represented Maryland
upon the Republican national committee
In the councils of his party he speaks
with authority and his utterances are
heard with respect. In 1856 Mr.. Gary
was married to Miss Lavina w. Corrie,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25
MAYGO TO CONVENT.
ARTHUR DuEsTRoWs SISTER
CRUSHED ~ DISGRACE.
viii Forego the Use OF Her Great In
come-Hanna TO succeed sherman
BABY at the Harrisons'-Esswer Fire
on the Greeks.


1t is said that Miss Hulda Duestrow,
of St. Louis. sister of DIR. Arthur Dues
trow, who was hanged mt Union, Mo-,
for the murder of his wife and child, and
sole heir to the Dwestrow millions, viii
bury herself in Rom@n Catholic con-
vent. 1T has been currently believed that
she would marry Louis frost, young
school teacher at Trenton, ILL.,, who is
the nephew of Miss Sauter, her duenna,
but she and Miss Sauterb oth'emphatically
deny this. BY the terms of the will HUI
da's annuity will be 100000. but should
she die without Issue the fortune is to be
devoted to certain charities named by the
elder Duestrow. She is not Roman
Catholic by education or heritage. When
she becomes a nun her annuity will go TO
the church.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25
GEo. W. ADAMS DIES
Sad Ending of Life Filled Will
Strange Contrasts.

Sad Ending of n Life Filled with
Strange Contrasts.
George w. Adams, of Chicago, is dead
by his own hand. He was many years
ago an operator on the Board of Trade,
and until recently a bookkeeper in the en-
l,loy of the National Linseed Oil Company.
He was an ex-alderman, a descendant of
John Quincy Adams, and a man who at
one time held commanding position in
society, but misfortune overlook him, do
nestle troubles marred his life, and, at
length, when he lost his position, there
seemed little else for him to live for. He
took his life in the Office where, until re-
Gently, he was employed. The shot which
he fired into his right ear found Judgment
in his brain, and he never regained con-
consciousness. Mr.. Adams was about W
years old and had been with the oil COM
pany for about three years. 1t was only
recently, when the works shut down, that
he was discharged.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25
MOTHERS CONGRESS.
Will Hereafter Meet in Washingt
Each Alternate Year-ResoIutiou

Each Alternate Year-Reso1utfOns.
After very successful and enthusiastic
meeting of three days the first mothers
congress finished it's work and adjourned
to meet next year again in Washington.
That will be the general headquarters
of the new organization and the meeting
every other year will take place there,
while in the alternate years 1t will be held
In some other. city to be chosen by the
congress.
Before adjoutning a long series of res
olutions were adopted. In these resolu-
tons the mothers Endorse the work of the
Universal Peace Union, and second the
suggestion to the mothers, instructors and
citizens of America that lessons of peace
must be first taught by harmony at the
hearth; approve the founding of a ma
tional training school for mothers that the
women of America may be taught the
method for making hygienic homes and
for becoming intelligent mothers; promise
TO use influence to encourage legislation in
the various States and territories to Sc
cure a kindergarten Department. the
public schools; declare II to be their pur-
pose. TO exclude from their homes those
papers which do cot educate or inspire To-
noble thought and deed; protest against
sll-pictures and displays which tend to
degrade men and women or corrupt or
deprare the minds~of>fie young; md all
advertisements which offend decency; per
tition Congress to raise the age of pro-
fectiea, for girls in the District of Column
bia and territorfes'to 49, years at least;
exhort all mothers to closer walk with
''our father and mother Cod In whose.
nurture and admonition our children must
be brought up If iife-is ever to be worth
living" express appreciation for the re-
ception accorded to the congress by Mrs.
Cleveland. "who stands before the copn-
try as the gracious and beautiful ideal
of motherhood" They say that she In
her life has exemplified the principles for
which this congress stands.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25
EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES.

Chicago Health Department Sends
Ont Warning to Schools.
Chicago health department officials are
measles in various parts of the city. In
Lake View and other districts the disease
Is epidemic. In many of the cases the
disease, through complication with pncu-
monia and bronchitis, proves fatal. The
school inspectors of the health department
have. been given special instructions to
watch for the disease. No children from
an infected family viii be allowed to at
tend school until two weeks after the dis
ease has disappeared, A notice to that
effect was sent to the principal of every
public school in the city.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25
Better Trade Prospects.

r. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review of
Trade says: "A large increase in the iron
and steel business on account of sales
covering eight to twelve months psoduc-
ton of the largest works, a better de-
mand for wooden goods and slightly better
for cottons, gain which may prove last
ing in boots and shoes, slightl:- better
prices for wheat, cotton, wool and iron,
and money market well adapted to en-
courage purchases against future improve
ment in business, have rendered the last
week more hopeful than any other since
early in November"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25
COILS p. HUNTINGTON.
President of the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company.

President of the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company.
Coils p. Huntington, President OF the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
has been prominently before the public,
directing the lobby in Washington in
the interest Of the Pacific Railroad
funding bill that was before the house.
The public is familiar with the outlines
Of his Monte Cristo career and under
stands the bitter feeling against the
system which has kept the Pacific coast
in the grip Of his railroad. His personal
characteristics are not SO well known.
He Is described as having a calm. be-
whiskered, ox-eyed and nervous face
His frame Is tall and elastic. revealing
the strength and health of an iron con-
stitution. There is a tendency Of his
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25
McKinlev,a Adviaers.

A Washington dispatch says that Presi-
dent McKinley's cabinet will be organized
as follows: Secretary of State, John Sher-
man Of Ohio; Secretary of the Treasury,
Lyman ]. Gage of Illinois; Secretary of
War, Russell A. Alger Of Michigan; Sec
rotary of the Navy, John d. Long of Mas
sachusetts; Attorney General, Joseph Nc
Kenna of California; Secretary of the
Interior, J. J. McCook of New York; Post
master General, James A. Gary of Mary
land; Secretary of Agriculture, James
Wilson of Iowa.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25
STEEL MILLS TO BOOM.
Over One Million Tons of Rails Have
Been Ordered.

The Iron Trade Review says: "The steel
rail war was brief and fierce, and the
execution was quite all that could be de-
sired. 1t is safe to say that nearly $780,
100000 worth of rail business is on the
books of the members of the late pool,
nearly all of it taken in five days. If we
count $4,000 tons of Pittsburg sales. in
addition to 100000 tons of foreign orders
and 100000 tons of rails optioned to home
trade, and to this add $50, 900 tons taken
by Illinois and 100000 to 100000 tons
sold by Eastern mills, we shall have a
total of 1915, 600 tons"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25
Buuce A.ks for n Million

Admiral Bunce has sent to the Navy De-
partment a report for nearly a million
dollars worth of work on his ships. He
gives in detail the list of damages on board
the ships Of his squadron wrought by
the storm en- route to Charleston, and
recommends changes in ALMOST every one
of his vessels. -
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25
BIG PROFITS OF sUEz CANAL
Waterway Is Not Used by American
Ships.

Ships.
The business of the year just closed was
the most remunerative ever experienced
by the Suez canal, according to United
States Consul General Penfeld, at Cairo,
and the traffic aggregated almost 6,00O,-
600 in value. The number of vessels us
ing the waterway was twenty-seven less
than in the preceding year, but the ton
mage was greater and the canal receipts
were enhanced by the transit of n great
number of Italian soldiers going to and
from the Abyssinian war. British ships
fell off in number, but still made up two
thirds of the traffic, while the German
shipping in the canal increased. Not
single ship bearing the United States flag
passed through the canal last year.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25
Over 100000 short.

Ex-State Treasurer of Nebraska J. s.
BARLEY is short over $50O,OO in his ac-
counts to the State. State Auditor Eu-
gene ". Moore is also short $4,000.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25
Ex-Preeid ant n Pspa.

The anxiously awaited advent of an heir
at the residence Of ex-President Harrison
at indianapolis, Ind, took place at $50
O'Clock Sunday morning, when Mrs. Har-
rison presented her distinguished husband
with a daughter, a plump little cherub,
weighing eight and three-quarters
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25

Fire which broke out in the Everett
school building in Boston caused panic
among the pupils. Police ambulances
were quickly at the scene, and within a
few 4aiaa4es thirteen injured victims were
on their way to the city hospital.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25
puestrnw Ia Hanged.

Or. Arthur Duestrow, the st. Louis mil
lionairc, was hanged in the courtyard OF
the county Jail ut, Union, Mo. A few
hours before the execution took place
Duestrow threw off the mask of insanity,
sobbcd like a woman and admitted that
he killed his wife and child.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25

Rather than sever her connection with
the Catholic convent of the Sacred Heart
IN st. Joseph, Mo-, In which she Is a
novice. Miss Carrie Jewell will relinquish
her right to S25, 900 left her by her uncle,
Frederick Taylor, the New York banker.
who died few days ago.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-25

Secretary Of State
JOHN SHERMAN. Of Ohio.
Secretary Of the Treasury
LYMAN ). GAGE. Of Illinois.
Secretary Of War
RUSSELL A. AL0ER. Of MIchIrsn.
Secretary Of the Navy
JOHN D. LUNG. Of Massachusetts
Attorney General
JOSEPH M'KENNA, Of California.
Secretary Of the Interior
J. J. M'cOOK. Of New York.
Postmaster General
JAMES A. GARY, Of Maryland.
Secretary Of Agriculture
JAMES WILSON. Of Iowa.