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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
News of Minor Note.

The estate of Gail Hamilton. according
to an inventory fled, amounts to $31 .O20.
james Il. Eustis, late ambassador to
France. will resume The practice Of law
in New York City.
Owen Mullen was terribly beaten by
tramps and then thrown from moving
train at Cleveland. o. He viii die.
The formation of volcano from a fis-
sure caused by the recent earthquakes
is feared by the people OF Pearisburg, Va.
acting under decision by the Attor-
ney General of the United States that
the clerks and deputies in the marshal's
Office are not protected by the civil SER
vice law, Marshal Kercheval of Indian
apolis notified his deputies that their SER
vices would not be required after the end
of the year. The Deputies appealed and
received letter from President Proctor
of the civil service commission saying
In emphatic terms that the clerks and
deputies are protected under the law.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
lie CRAWLING, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY JUNE IL 1897.

within the compass Of sixty seconds, and
then either send for the proper official or
else shoot ii out by messenger to the place
it belongs.
The only occasions upon which Mr..
Sherman feels called upon to grow little
expansive are the diplomatic days-Thurs-
day. This is the especial day that he sets
aside for the reception of the diplomats,
to talk over things with them confidential
ly, and on this day other visitors nave
very slight chance of being received by
him. The Secretary of State receives the
diplomats in a room adjoining his once,
and called the diplomatic room m'-by all
odds the most gorgeously furnished gov
ernmental chamber in Washington. Run
ming its entire length is a carved ebony
table. and il is at the head of this table,
seated in tall revolving chair, that Mr.
Sherman receives the diplomats, one Dy
one. They string int othe anteroom for
their audience with the Secretary of State
all the way from 10 to L o'clock, anu IN
receiving them no matter OF precedence 's
observed. The first TO arrive is the nrst
to be received. The Secretary of State
gives these audiences for general re-
sume of each diplomats business, ana IL
is for this reason that he only receives
them one at time. He leans back in his
revolving chair, with his spectacles push
ed up on his forehead, taking in what each
Of them has TO say, and occasionally Jot-
ting down n note on a scratch pad in front
of him. Mr.. Sherman is not inguist.
The only language he can speak is Eng
lish. But as there is not now in Wash
ington n single representative of another
nation who cannot also speak English, the
Secretary of State has no trouble in car
rying on these conversations.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

of New York. He has long been promi-
nent IN national affairs. He was a dele
gate to the Republican national conven-
tons of 1864. 1868 and 1876. In 1866
he was a member of the New York Leg
islature and in 1870 he was elected a MEN,
ber of Congress from the Oneida district
and was reelected in 1872. Mr.. Blaine,
then Speaker of the House. made Mr..
Roberts. new member. a member of the
Ways and Means Committee. an unusual
honor. In 1889 President Harrison ap-
pointed Mr.. Roberts assistant United
States. Treasurer at New York City. In
1888 Mr.. Roberts was offered the presi-
dency of the Franklin National Bank. and
accepted the place. Mr.. Roberts is wide
ly known Travelled man and has written
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

they rest his mind. He considers that at
the age of seventy-four he has earned a
rest from the heavy literature of finance,
of economics, of statesmanship, and Mr..
Babcock, his secretary, says that he fo.-
lows the woes of the latter-day heroine,
the truly good stiltings of the modern
hero. and the sulphurous calculations of
the fin de steele villain with a really re-
markable interest, even if he does smile
good deal through his spectac,es over
what he reads. But all this happens after
A O'Clock in the afternoon, when Mr.
Sherman is Mr.. Sherman, and not the
Secretary of State. and it is with his man
ner of putting in his time as Secretary of
State that this article is concerned.
When Mr.. Sherman became the Secre-
tary of the Treasury a matter of twenty
odd. years ago he was confronted by one
of the most hercuiean tasks that ever
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
OvERRUN WITH TRAMPS.
Alarming Increase Observable In the
Great Army of Unem p1oyed.

Alarming Increase Observable In the
Great Army of Unemployed.
One of the significant and disquieting
evidences of the long continued depression
in industry is the large number of tramps
reported in all sections of the country.
This is particularly true of the territory
east of Chicago. The movement appears
to be toward the older States. California
and the Rocky Mountain States are no
longer favored by tramps. 'The coast is
played out and Colorado is no BETTER" Is
the verdict of the travelling fraternity.
A railroad detective whose business
keeps him ON the road between Chicago
and Cleveland large part of the time,
said that the number of tramps exceeded
anything in his recollection. There are
thousands of them" he said, "and 1t In
not fair to call them tramps, either. The
majority of them appear to be mechanics
and laborers out of employment. They
drift from one place to another in search
of work, and are reduced to the necessity
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
FIGHT WITH TRAMP ROBBERS.
Deputy Mnrs'iais Mt Whiting Wound
Ono aud Cnnfure Eirhf

Deputy Mnrs'iais Mt Whiting Wound
One aud Capture Eight.
In the thick gloom of the Michigan
Southern Railroad yards at Whiting. Ind,
the scene of many petty crimes, half
dozen or more alleged freight car robbers
and highwaymen engaged in n fierce bat
tie early Thursday morning with the town
officials. Revolvers were freely used by
both the alleged outlaws and the officers
and about thirty shots were exchanged.
One Of the men. who gave his name as
William O'Connor. was shot through the
right i:and. IIher esidents in the vicinity
of the shooting were aroused by the fusil-
lade and before eight men were finally
arrested the entire town OF Whiting had
been terrorized. The authorities at Whit
ing believe that they came as an organ
lied gang to pilfer freight cars.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

several books, not only on finance but on
other subjects; among them may be men
toned Greece and Beyond" planting
and Growth of the Empire State" and
Government Revenue" Especially the
American System" He is 40 years old.
Francis Schlatter three years ago was
a shoe cobbler in Denver. and earned a
precarious living at his trade. He began
to hear silent" voices, as he said. and
in obedience to their commands gave away
his tools and began a pilgrimage toward
the Pacific coast. He was several times
arrested as vagrant and thrown into
jail.
He footed the entire distance and re-
turned to New Mexico. where he was
heard of among the Indians as the mes
siah in the early part of last year near
Albuquerque. The newspaper reporters
discov red him being followed by mobs of
Indians, among whom ne, cured the sick,
paralytic and blind by touching the af-
ficted with his hands.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
FIVE HUNDRED MEN DROWNED.
Great Storm Disaster Overwhei m 9
Chinese Fishermen.

Meager particulars were brought by the
Empress Of Japan of = disaster which be-
fell the fishermen of Chusan archipelago,
off the coast of China. On May q, when
all the fishing boats were out on the fish
ing banks, terrible gale sprung up. OF
the several hundred boats out at the time
very few returned, and it is estimated
that some 500 men lost their lives. The
storm was one of those sudden ones for
which the coast Of China is noted, and the
fishermen had no chance to seek shelter.
The storm swept over the entire archi-
pesago, which extends across the mouth
of Hanchow bay on the eastern coast of
China. Several large junks were lost, in
which scores perished.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
and Pubic Schools" Clinton scollapd, Of

and Public Schools" Clinton Scollard, Of
Clinton, N. Y, poem, ''The March of the
IDEAL" President James II. Garfield,
Ohio State University, winners Of
Men" "The Needs of Rural Schools"
will be discussed i'm their various phases
by Henry Sabin, State Superintendent
of Public instruction of Iowa; William L.
Harris, United States Commissioners Of
Education; DIR. ID. l.. Kiehle, of the Uni
versity of Minnesota, and DIR. A. b. Hins-
dale, of the University of Michigan. Miss
Estelle Reel, State Superintendent Of Wy
oming; Miss Jane Adams, of Hull
House; Prof. James l.. Hughes, of Tor
onto, Canada, will speak upon subjects
yet to be announced.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
VANDALS IN a CEMETERY.
Dcface Stones Over Fn
mons Dead In Boston.

mons Dead In Boston.
There is no length to which the rapa-
cious relic seeker viii not go in his mad
desire for souvenirs Of the curious, fam
Gus and antique, and three of the Oldest
and most highly venerlted tombstones in
the Old Granary burying ground on Ire
mont street, Boston, those of Revere,
Hancock and Increase Sumner, bear am
PIE evidence of the truth of this state
ment.
In accordance with custom the Old
Granary was opened to visitors on Memo
rial Day, and, during the day hundreds of
sightseers visited the grounds to see the
LAST resting places Of Boston's famous
dead. Among them was one, perhap.
more. who. not satisfied with the privilege
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

In view of the action Of the United
States Government through Minister Nc
Kenzie in March last in demanding and
obtaining the release of an American sail
or named Ramsey. the Peruvian Govern
ment viii ask for an inquiry into the ai-
legged unjust arrest for vagrancy at Brun-
swick, Ca, Of Peruvian citizen named
Francisco Melina, who is said to have
been IN treated while IN prison thnrA
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

tt VIII De nOtlceu InuI, WltH UIt tAcep-
tion of 1893, the expenditures of the Gov
ernment have exceeded the revenues, the
excess being $50 ,S03, ,2G0.5S in 1894, $42,-
S05, ,223.1S in 1896 and S25, ,203. .245.I0 in
1896 For the first nine months of the
current fiscal year ended March 81 the
revenues of the Government from all
sources had reached total of S242, 1885,
O51.25, while the expenditures during the
same period amounted TO $2S1 $50. .:332. Is,
or a deficit of $3S, 800, ,2S0.93 in the reve-
nues.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
SECRETARY OF STATE
HOW SHERMAN DlSPOSES OF A
DAYS BUSINESS.
He Ia Methodical at All Times-Saves
Himseif by Relying Upon HE Az
Misunderstanding Office Seekers and
Dealing with Diplomats.
Mr.. Sherman's Day.
Washington correspondence:

ECRETARY . Is
State John Sherman
works at his desk
from 8 o'clock in the
m rn n g until 4
O'Clock in the after
noon; then he goes
home and reads nov
els. He is an omniv-
orous consumer of
novels of all degrees
of merit, of all colors
of binding-yellow
preferred. He says
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
NEW wuNITEoSTATES TREASURER
Ellis II. Roberts, New York Banker,
Recently Appointed.

Ellis ii. Roberts of New York. who has
just been appointed treasurer of the Unit
ed States by President Mckinley, is the
president of the Franklin National Bank
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
Legislatiye:
Total actual expenses. ;. 1886, 1886. .22i.54

The following statement shows the es-
innate Of expenses for the present fiscal
year, as submitted to Congress by the
Secretary of the Treasury:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
Increase
River
and llarbol
Interest on and

The total revenue and expenditures of
the Government for the last four fiscal
years are given below:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

GRAlLING CHAPTER, r. A. NJ, No. 14a--
Meets every third Tuesday in each month
j. X. MERz. IL r
A. TAYLOR, Soc.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

WOMENS RELIEF CORPS. No. l62, meets o.
the I'd and 4th Saturdays at o'clock In the NJ
ternoon. MRS. M. L. HAN ANsON, President
REBEccA WIGHT Sec
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

The Pennsylvania road reports net earn
ings as $70S, 767 less than last year.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
COST OF GOVERNMENT.

Federal Expense Account for the Nine
Months Ending March 81, 1897.
The following statement shows the cost
Of sustaining the various branches of the
Federal Government for the fiscal year
ending March 81:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

MARVIN POST, No. 24o. G. A. r.. meets the
second and fourth Saturdays in each month
w. s. CHALKER. Post Com
@. w. WR CHIT, Adjutant
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

CRAWLING LODGE, 1. q. o. f.. No. Isz. =
Meets every Tuesday evening.
p. b. JOHNSON, N. G.
p. Z. JOHNSON, Sec.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
DECREASE IN THE PUBLIC DEBT.
The Monthly Statement Shows a Fail
of $1,560,OOO for May.

The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that the debt, less cash in the
treasury at the close of business on May
20. 1897, was $996, ,6S4,052, a decrease
for the month of 81, 5000 which is prin-
cipally accounted for by an Increase of
over 100000 in cash in the treasury.
The debt. independent of the cash, was
increased during the month by $463, ,215,
accounted for in redemption account
The debt is recapitulated as follows:
Interest-bearlng debt ......s SAT, ,365 O3O
Debt on which interest has
ceased since maturlty.... 1,34s51O
Debt bearing no interest. ..... 31S,0S4, ,324
Iotai ....... ........... .Sl,Z26, I01 ,S64
This amount. however, does not include
S595, 535, 1853 in certificates and treasury
notes Offset by an equal amount of cash
in the treasury. The cash in the treasury
is classified as follows:
Golu .....'.s... .............. .x1S1, 1OI ,391
silver '..''..'''. .s..s.s...... ol0, ,951
luptr l4f, ,SB4,B<O
Bonds. disbursing officers bal
ances, etc. ............ ....... 16. 129.555
IOtui ss.s'....s. .*obl 4B6, SZB
Against this there are demand liabili-
ties outstanding amounting to $637, $685.
013, leaving a net cash balance in the
treasury of $3.50, 1882.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

CRAWFORD TENT. X. o. r. NJ. no. Io2 =
Meets every Saturday evening
j. j. COLLINS Coma
T. NOLAN, r. r..
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
;41S,O91,O73.17


The following statements show some OF
the most important and interesting items
of expense in the management of the Gov
ernment during recent years:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

GRAYLING LODGE, No. $50, =. d A NJ
meets In regular communication on Thursday
evening on or before the full Of the moon.
FRED NARREN. w. NJ
A. TAYLOR, Secretary.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

ST. MARY's CATHOLIC CHURCH.-Fsthex
II. Webeler. Regular services the last Sunday
In each month.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH.
Rev. w. II. Mawhorter, Pastor. Services every
Sunday at 7:co p. m. and alternate Sundays as
10:3O q. IN. Sunday y-school at 2 D. m.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05
FRISCO INTO X. C.
To Reach That City From OsceoIa
Via Bolivar and the Blair Line.


The deal bywhich the st. Louis &, San
Francisco railway is to acquire the
possession of the Kansas City, OsceOla
&, Southern railway was closed in New
York yesterday as anticipated in the
State Journal last night. The terms
o fthe deal, it is understood, call for
the construction of a connecting
branch from OsceOla to Bolivar, dist
ance of SO miles, which will connect the
Frisco and the Blair line, and when
this is completed the property is to be
turned over to the Frisco management
on a lease with option to purchase.
The deal was negotiated by Presi-
dent D. 3. Robinson, formerly vice
president of the Santa F'e. and Chas s.
Gleed of this city, and gives the F'ris-
co road a line into Kansas City. The
Frisco now has branch running from
Springfield. Mo, to Bolivar and the
terminus of the Blair line is OsceOIa
SO miles north of Bolivar The con-
structiOn of the branch will connect the
two and it is said that this will be
completed by January 1.
Aside from its rOadbed and switch
property, the Blair line owns about
$50 cars, twelve locomotives and the
necessary other equipment to operate a
road of it's length. 1t was formerly
the property of the Kansas City &
Southern Railway company, but John
1. Blair took it on a mortgage in 1891
and has been operating it ever since,
as he will continue to do until the ex-
tension is completed and the entire
road is turned over to the Frisco about
the first of the year.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05
WATTERSON GIVES UP.
Is Now Convinced That the Demo
cratic Party Does Not Favor
the Gold Standard.

Louisville KY, Nov. 5-Henry Wat
terson gives up the fight. In an edi-
toriaI in the Courier-Journal he says
under the caption: THE End of the
Battle:''
The Courier-Journal has little to add
to what it has already said by antfci-'
patton touching the Democratic situa-
tiOn in Kentucky, brought into being
by the vote of Tuesday last. That vote
confirms the position of the convention
that nominated Mr.. ShackelfOrd for
clerk of the court Of appeals, and re-
pudiates the position OF the convention
which nominated Mr.. Hindman.It fixes
the relation of the Democratic organi-
ZatiOn in Kentucky in the national or
ganizatiOn of the Democratic party, at
least through the next state and ma
tiOnaI election. It is so decisive in
character as to leave nothing to con-
lecture and the Courier-Journal has
neither the wish nor the purpose to
challenge it.
The issue, as it was made and has
been fought out, was clear and eXplic-
it. No effort was wanting to maintain
it. Nobody could by any posi- bility be
mistaken about it. We may regret the
verdict against US, but we accept it.
We shall make no further effort to di-
rect the party course or cOunsels, or to
share in any of the responsibilities of
party leadership, having done our best
according to our conscience and belief
to divert our political associates from a
policy and procedure the end of which
no man can now foreSee; the results of
welfare of the country and the party.
But we are Democrats, not Republi-
cans, and, mailing our flag to the mast
head of honest money, free trade and
home rule, we shall, in the character of
a private soldier in the ranks, contrib
ute whatever we are able to the as
certainment and the vindication of
truth.
For the gentlemen who have by their
victory confirmed their leadership, we
entertain not the least i'll will. All the
hOnOrs belonging to that leadership be
theirs. and, let US add, all the respon-
sibilitieS. If they continue to win vic
tories, they will approve their commits
siOns. If they lose them, they, in turn,
will have to pay the penalties of de-
feat Where we can, we shall support
them. Where we cannot support them
we shall enter no factiOus opposition to
them. We go to political annihilatiOn
with prefect cOmpOsure, without a sin
gle resentment or regret, having fought
out to the bitter end a profound con
victiOn in perfect fairness and good
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05
BOSS CROKER
is STRICKEN.
The Tammany Leader Cannot
Leave His Bed.
Too Ill to Even See His Friends
Who Call.
A BIG DEMONSTRATION
Had Been Arranged by His
Followers for Last Night.
Much Mystery Prevails Regard
ing His AiIment.
A BIG DEMONSTRATION

New York, Nov. 5.-Richard Croker
was stricken with so serious an attack
of illness in his room at the Murray
Hill hotel last night that he was not
allowed to see anyone outside of two
or three intimate friends and his ply
sicians.
The utmost secrecy was preserved
about the nature of the attack. Moth
ing definite could be learned from
either of the physicians. The first in
timation that the Tammany hall leader
was i'll came to Senator DimOthy ID.
Sullivan. The Sullivan association
and several hundred personal friends
had arranged to Serenade Mr.. croker
at the Murray Hill hotel
Word came to the MetamOra club on
the Bowery that Croker was too i'll to
appear or make any response to the
visitors, but that he had no objection
to the parade going by his window.
senator and ex-ambassadOr to France,
came into the hall escorted by two
friends, and sent his card to Mr.. Gro
kers room.
From Mr.. Croker's room was sent
down Andrew D. Freedman, president
of the New York base ball club and Mr..
CrOker'S financial representative in the
recent campaign to explain that Mr..
Croker was too i'll to see him. To the
East Side Democrats it was said: 'Mr.
Croker is too i'll to leave his room. He
cannot leave his bed"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05
PILATES REPORT.
RumOr That it Has Been Dis
covered in the Vatican
Archives.

New York, Nov 5.-A dispatch to the
World from Rome says:
The World correspondent visited the
vatican to obtain authoritative infor-
NATION regarding the reported finding
in the vatican archives of Pontius Pi-
late's report to Emperor Tiberius of the
crucifxion of Christ. One story current
was the original report had been found
and that the pope had ordered a care
ful study of it. Another was that the
document discovered was not Pilates
own report, but a manuscript of A. D.
149 referring to it, while other fraGmen-
tary writings of the third and fifth cen
turies, touching the same matter, had
come to light also.
The correspondent found the vatican
authorities very reticent, some officials
were even chary of admitting that any
thing had been discovered at all, and
were extremely apprehensive lest they
might be represented as giving color to
an expectation that a contemporary
account of the most solemn event in
the worlds history is in existence.
The sub-keeper of the vatican arch
ives said:
His holiness naturally is extremely
cautious about permitting the publica-
ton of any document with the imprint
of the Holy See, the authenticity of
which may afterwards be reasonably
contested. His holiness has been pro-
fOundly interested in the possibility of
the discovery of the original document
referred to in one dated A. D. 149, but
so far search has been fruitless'
The correspondent gathered that the
manuscript Of A. D. 149 only refers to
the earlier report and contains no de-
tails from it of any value and that
careful exhaustive search for the orig
ina1 is now being made in the vatican
by experts specially commissioned by
the holy father, who are also to search
for references to it in documents writ
ten earlier than A. D. 149
The attitude of the vatican authOri-
ties on the matter is one of skepticism
as to the likelihood of any original au-
thentic information being unearthed.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-05
WANT A BIGGER ARMY.
New York Chamber of Com
merce Asks an Increase
of 1000.

New York, Nov. Sat regular
monthly meeting of the chamber of
commerce today a resolution was
adopted suggesting to the government
the advisability of increasing the army
by about 4, 600 artillery men so that the
modern coast defenses now in cOnstruc-
tion may be properly manned.
The following is the resolutions:
I'VE, the Chamber of Commerce of
the city of New York being fully i'm
pressed with the urgent need of an in
crease in number of the federal artil-
lery force to properly insure the vast
amount of property of our city and
other seacOast cities against destruc-
ton and levying of contributions that
would be visited upon US in the event
of war with foreign nations, do earn
estly request and urge the president
and congress of the United States to
take such immediate action as will
provide a force of trained artillerymen
for the proper manning of our sea-
coast defenses and it is believed by
us that 40 seacOast batteries require a
numerical increase of the armyof about
1000 artillery men, is absolutely neces-
Sary to accomplish these purposes