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not demanded money as prereq uisite
10 the signing of the affidavit, anu Taylor
replied that he had asked for his w wilt
ness fee, but didn't get 1t. de said that
Judge Levy had agreed to pay MIN SooV
for his services in securing Mr.. Kellogg as
client, but he had received only ABOUT
5000. The offer by Judge Levy to pay
$500 was after the signing OF the Kellogg
contract.
On cross-examination Judge Levy said
he had only one question to ask. DE
wanted to know If anybody had been to
the witness on his behalf, and Taylor SAID
that nobody had spoken word to hlm
about the matter.
M. S. Meugass remembered the signin e
of the contract. He acted as friend OF
Judge Levy and received no compe nsa-
ton for his services. He denied that he
gave kellogg and Taylor any whisky, but
finally remem bered that they took one
drink together. He said it was not true
that Taylor signed the contract first. he
was there as the friend of Judge Levy and
be saw that all was regular in the transac-
tion.
Judge Hebbard remarked that he did
not consider it of importance to ascertain
who signed the contract first as the In
strument did not need a witness to make
it binding. AS the pleadings stand there
is but one point to be settled: was kel-
logg competent to make a valid contract
when he signed the document in courtf
The case was then adjourned until III
o'clock this morning.
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Builders, Contract.

Babette Federlein with Sarcander & THOMPSON
to erect three-story building f side OF CheIsea
place, S7:6 of Bush street, c. A. Meusdo fer,
architect; $340O
Martin Nolan with John Nj. BrAdt, mechanical
work in a two-story building on W side CT anchez
street. 81 70 of seventeenth, Townsend d
Wyneken: S2O55.
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DIVIDEND NOTICES

T DIVIDEND NoTICE-DIVIDEND NO
~~D 40 go cents per share) of the Hutchinson
ugar Plantation Company will be payable at the
alter Friday, August 20, 1897. Transfer books
will close Saturday August Ia 1897, at 12 O'Clock
n +. ID. SHELDON, Secretary.
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SITUATIONS wANTED-FEMALE.

CWEDISh FIRST-CLASS LAUNDRESS AND
- cha m BERN aid. also a Swedish frst-class COOK,
years last place, wish situations. MRS. NOR
ION, 3l5 Sutter st
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MEAT SWEDISH GIRL, GOOD COOK AND
IN housekeeper; 41a years in last place; is a
good laundress; city or country. MRS. NORTON,
3l6 Suffer ST.
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EMPLOYMENT OFFICE-MRS. LAMBERT,
u AT Powell st. (tel Main $3.50, furnishes best
help OF all nationalities.
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HELP WANTED-FEMALE.


CECoND GIRL sl5: GIRL, BYRON, CAL,
see party here Webser g
Geary, $1b girl. Buchanan, $1s girl, o'FarrelL
$l5; girl. Waller, $15: girl, Vallejo, Cal, SIS;
girl Broadway, SIS; girl, California SIS: girl,
Suter St, SIS; girl. Ukiah, Gal. SIS; Is German,
~ Danish and 20 Swedish girls MARTIN d CO.,
749 Market.
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HELP wANTED-Continued.


WIDoWER IN THE COUNTRY WITH
w small family wishes lady companion, and
not over 20 years: good home to right party.
Call at Winchester House, A Third St, room B.
bet and 3.
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POSITION WANTED-MASSAGE TREAT
patients; SOC per hour Masseur box 30, Call
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COMPETENT FARMER AND FRUITGROW-
" er and generally handy man as manager or
might rent if terms favorable. 6. t., box i6A,
Call Office.
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JVELL LOCATED CANDY-STORE COM
w plete factory; small ex pense; great sacrifice.
124 kearny st.
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SCANDINAVIAN, TANNER BY TRADE,
~ wishes situations; has worked In the finest
tannerles in Northern Europe: understands ne
preparation of sole leather. Address Tanner, 129
Clara ST.,
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. YOUNG SWEDISH GIRLS WISH TO DO
4 second work or housework In sma family; =;
references. Pfeiffer st. bet. dupont and Stockto
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VOUNG WOMAN WANTS SITUATION TO DO
L chnmberwork in frs,-class hotel; country pre-
ferred. Call or address l4O9 Bush st.
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YOUNG WOMAN TO LEARN MANICUR RE;
i good home and pay if assist in light house
work NJ M. box II, Call Office.
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LNXPERIENCED YOUNG FRENCH LADY
IL wants a housekeeper's place; no objection to
the country. 11G2 Market ST. room 81
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CIRL, FRANKLIN ST.. S25; GIRL, OC-
" tavia, 500; girl, Eddy, s25 girl, Kenneth, Cal,
s25 see party here: girl Golden Gate ave. $25;
gih Polk st., $50: girl. Webster, $40; girl, Ala
meua so; girl, Geary, 500; girl. Castro, $50;
girl, Oakland $50; girl, Fillmore 500; girl, Turk
$lS MARTIN d. CO., 749 Market st
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w WANTED-POSITION ON FRUIr FARM OR
w In vineyard by SOBER. industrious man who
thoroughly understands the business and 10 good
hand with horses Address L. BARDELLA, box
81, Call Office.
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~ ARDENER OR MAN ABOUT PLACE, CAN
" drive and milk, WAITS good place; English;
aged 80; good appearances; excellent references.
g. g., $50 Sacramento ST.
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SITUATIONS wANrrp-con+,nu.n.

SITUATION AS PORTER, COLLECTOH Oh
~ salesman in store be competent middle aged
man; city references. Address b. l. THERMAN,
1922 Folsom St
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COMPETENT GIRL WISHES SITUATION TO
" do general housework or cham berwork: must
sleep home. Address L. t. box Al, Call Office
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-18

gage indebtedness in Kansas during the
past seven years, showing n deorease OF
As per cent. or over. $106y 900, 900, since
Jan. I, 1890. The comparison u drawn
between the figures OF the Federal census
Of 1890 and reports to the Capital from
the registrars Of deeds of thirty-eight
COUNTIES. showing the recorded mortgage
indebtedness on Jan. i. 1897. In 1890
these counties had mortgage indebted
ness of <63. 1853 ,031, and In 1897, on the
same basis, $34, &C, 1888, or a net rcduc-
ton in the seven years of $2S,53S, 49,
over 40 per cent. If the same percentage
holds good for the entire State, which the
Capitals figures show to be true, the total
reduction in Kansas for the seven years
amounts 60 sos ,068, 20S. This reduction
is very much greater II settlements by
deed and foreclosure in tho western third
of the State be considered. Careful esti-
mates of the same figures show that only
SAC, 100000 of Kansas mortgage debt Is
held by persons outside the State. VI
this. $40, O0O, 600 is held by insurance com
panies doing business In Kansas, ana.
therefore, but $50, 100000 by individual
foreign creditors, as compared with 49,
100000 In 1890. In 1890 the total mort
gage debt of the State on farms and lots
was reported by the census TO be ~ per
cent of the actual value of all taxed real
estate. To-day ii does not exceed 10 per
cent. The statement shows that Kansas
has been diligently and successfully pay
ing out. and is to-day probably freer OF
debt than any other Western State. 1t
conld pay its present foreign obligation OF
$2J. 100000 from the proceeds OF single
crop.
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THE VOTING MACHINE.

house of moderate dimensions is still
that the parlor is made too formal, and
Is not given the true home atmosphere.
A growing tendency to make the room
more part and parcel of the house is
apparent, however, to throw 1t open to
purely family gatherings, and to make
1t reflect the individuality Of the own
ers. In the large and elegant house of
the extremely rich, the parlor becomes
the drawing or reception room. given
over to ceremonial events. In this case,
it Is fitting that all the resources of
wealth should be lavished upon the
room, and elaborate display Is pardon
able hut in the homes of those who
are In moderate circumstances, moth
ing more instantly reveals n vulgar
taste than the attempt to differentiate
the parlor from the rest of the house,
by rich and ornate furnishing. Silks
and satins have no place there. IL the
living rooms are given up to cotton imi-
tations and mattings. Everything
should be tasteful and in exquisite or
der, for it may he open to the inspection
of an unexpected guest at any moment.
1t should not be museum of unrelat-
ed treasures. nor should 1t brlstle with
fragile -brac. 1t should proclaim
a welcome to everyone who enters 1t,
with easy chairs. cosy hooks. sufficient
ly natural light in the day time, and
low, and cheerful lamps at night. From
the architectural arrangement OF most
detached houses, the parlor Is rarely
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-18
Told i'm a Few Liues.

The making of paper flowers is one of
the Duchess of Albany's chief pleasures.
The Arkansas Senate passed n bill ap-
propriating $4,000 for the relief of the
drouth sufferers in Arkansas.
james b. Porter, Secretary of State
from 1861 to 1867. died at Lansing, Mich.
of rheumatism of the heart. He was born
in 1924.
President Alvah Hovey, of the Newton
(AIass.) Theological Seminary, has started
on an extended trip through Egypt and
the Holy Land.
Miss Grace Fairweather is the cham
pion lady billiard player of the world. She
is native of Newcastle, England, and is
not yet 81 years of age.
Emile Richebourg. the French novelist,
is said to have amassed 100000 in TWEEN
ty years by writing sensational serial
| stories for lie Petit Journal.
The Court of Appeals of Montreal has
maintained the right of trades unionists
to strike If the firm they work for refused
to discharge non-union men.
Gov. Black of New York has declined to
interfere in the sentence of death of Ar
thur Mayhem, who was convicted of muir
dering Stephen Powell at Hampstead
March Z. 1896.
Freight trains collided mt Birmingham.
Ala, on the Mineral and Southern Rail
road. wrecking two engines, fatally in
juring Charles Ryan and a tramp and
hurting Frank Mosby.
Senator Seabor introduced resolution
i'm the Missouri Senate expressing SYM
pathy with the Cretans and applaudng
King George in his opposition to the pow
ers in his effort to preserve Grecian lib
erty.
BENJAMIN u. Bacon. an insurance agent
who, few years ago, was one of the
wealthiest and most prominent business
men in Kansas City. Mo-. committed sui
eide. Dependency following business re-
verses Is supposed to be the cause of sui
eide.
The liner Spree reached her pier in Ho-
boken after rough voyage. Before reach
ing the Needles she ran into dense fog
and had to anchor. The seas pounded her
decks. staving a lifeboat to pieces, tear
ing out section of rail and inficting 9th
err damage.
Charles Burkman. Keokuk Qa.) bar.
Der. had just finished shaving n customer.
had the razor in bis hands, and attempted
to assault several persons, but was Mt last
overpowered and locked up. Ee has a
wife and four children.
The California deep water harbor COM
mission has submitted it's report TO the
Secretary of War. The commission de-
cides in favor of San Pedro as the harhor
on which the Government appropriation
shall be expended. Commissioner Morgan
does not sign the report.
Gen. Obregon. while accommodating near
Merceda, between Candelaria and I.osoa.
province of Pinar del Rio. captured an i'm.
portant insurgent depot containing all the
dynamite shells and explosive material
belonging to the forces formerly com.
manded by Gen. Antonio Maceo.
Judge Parlange. of the United State
District Court. pronounced sentence nj
New Orleans on the Texas Pacific Rail
road officials, u. >. Sargent and l.. s.
Thorne, who . few days ago pleaded gun
ty, of, violating the interstate commerce
law. They werc fined $4,000 each. a.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-18

No Longer = HooD Whose Doors Are
Always Kept Closed.
The Improvement In public taste In
this country during the past few years
Is shown In few ways more strikingly
than in the furnishing OF the parior. In
the olden times, when. houses were
heated with difficulty by open fireplaces
or little wood stoves, 1t became the Gus
tom In winter time to shut or the por-
tons Of the house that were not needed
for living purposes for economy of fuel.
The parlor was not a necessary place
for family use, as the household gener-
ally gathered for comfort In the kitch-
en- or dining-room. Therefore, the par
Tor was the first room 10 be closed on
the approach of winter, and the last to
be opened on the advent OF summer
Perhaps the chill of the atmosphere
made more apparent the depressing In
fiuence OF Its formal furnishing, and
the parlor gradually came to be en-
tirely disassociated from any idea OF
family functions.
Even In the small house, where every
inch of space was needed, this was the
state ROOM" whose doors and win
dows were to be kept closed, and whose
portals were not to be passed except OF
special occasions. Even when Goa
heating, by hot air or steam, revolu
tionizcd indoor life. when 1t was mo-
necessary to shut inner doors for mere
comfort. the tradition of the parlor still
survived. 1t Is scarcely a generation
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-18

exactly how he votes. In other ma
chimes the voter has no evidence what
ever, but must trust the machine with
out knowing how his vote is cast.
The voter is registered on the poll
lists as in all elections, then he enters
the booths by means of the swinging
front door. BY an automatic connec-
ton the machine is unlocked. The
voter now decides whether he will vote
a straight or mixed ticket-if straight
ticket he raises the lower latch, which
instantly opens the straight ticket slot,
and at the same time locks all the slots
for voting the mixed ticket. Then he
takes up the stamp of his party and
prints the name of his party on the
ballot within the machine. Walking
out the doors swing in an opposite di-
rection and throws that ballot or vote
into the machine, locks it up and leaves
it ready for the next voter.
To vote a mixed ticket the voter
presses down the upper latch. This in
stantly opens the slots for every Office,
and at the same time locks the straight
ticket slot. and the mechanism carry
ing the ballot so that it cannot be
moved neither backward nor forward
The voter now stamps the name of the
candidates party through the Office
slots.
be-, To vote for a man not on the ticket
often taken advantage of In local cleo
tions-he writes his name In full, to-
gether with the office, on a slip Of pa
per and deposits 1t in large slot at the
bottom of the machine. He then writes
or stamps his initials In the slot Of the
office for which he voted.
That voting machines would simplify
and render safe elections, and are a
possibility of the near future, there can
be no doubt, since fraudulent votes could
not be cast, and every vote would be
counted exactly MS the voter intended,
the result being determined In rs many
minutes as 1t now takes hours.
This would avert the difficulties In
the recent elections of South Dakota,
Wyoming and Tennessee, as disputed
ballot would be impossible.
The result would have been different
in Kentucky. Mr.. Bryan carried an
elector by over 1000. Had a machine
been used he would probably have car
ried all. AS 1t is evident that when a
voter votes for the first elector his in
tention is to vote for all. Had Ken
lucky heen; pivotal State this would
have been n grave national question.
The same thing happened In 1892.
When Mr.. Cleveland carried the first
elector of Ohio. but lost the balance.
The people are entitled to a perfect
system of voting. but 1t has not been
realized In the Australian method, as
It Is open to fraud In many ways, be-
sides causing the voter to vote In such
a way that thousands of disputed votes
are thrown out, sometimes enough In
some States to turn the scale IL all had
been counted.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-18

one of the best lighted rooms, nor is
there need that 1t should be. nor is 1t
generally as well provided with arti-
fetal heat. For these reasons 1t Is mis-
take to furnish I'm cold tones. such as
white and gold. Delightful as the con-
temptation Of such a room is, 1t is not
comfortable nor home-like. nor Is 1t
worth the time and patience 1t requires
to preserve 1t In the midst of full
ficdged nest of young Americans.
The accompanying plan provides n
parlor of attractive shape and size. that
lends itself to the treatment indicated
above. The woodwork Is painted deep
cream and the walls. coral. the floor Is
stained deep red brown, or covered
with ''old rose" or dark copper felt,
which helps to tighten or soften the ef-
feet Of the decorations, and can be over
laid with rugs. The general dimen-
slons Of this design are: Within,
through library and kitchen, thirty
three feet ten inches; depth. forty six
feet six inches, including veranta.
! Height of stories, cellar, seven feet; first
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-18
Fighting Bob Evans.

Capt. Robley ID. Evans. of the United
States navy--whO, by the way. objects
to his nickname Of Fighting Bob''-
was a junior officer when the war
broke out, and his Virginia mother.
thinking her son had not yet learned
his own mind. sent in his resignati ton
without consulting him. The resigna-
ton was at once accepted. and the
young man was out of the navy. But
he found Il way to induce the depart
ment to rescind its action. and saw
much service during the war. He
walks to-day with slight limp, due 20
4 wound received I'm action.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-18
QUEST OF THE QUEEN
VICTORIA WANTS TO GET AN
AMERICAN FORTUNE.
ADVERTISE for Missing Stocks Owned
by Former subject-Biockade of
cretan Porte Is Ordered-spsin In
Desperate Struts. I"
Victoria wants a Fortune.

The following advertisement, which
was printed in papers at New York. is the
last of many efforts which have been made
by Queen Victoria of England, through
her agents, for twenty years or more to ac-
quire possession of the estate of an old
cotton trader. long dead. and which, under
a curious and ancient law, belongs TO her:
ITO stockholders and others-lnforma-
ton wanted as to purchases of railway or
other stock or shares in American COM
panies on behalf of John Robert Turner,
of Charley, Lancashire, England, cashier
(for some time resident in the United
States, who died in England In 1873; date
of supposed purchases uncertain Any
person affording information which viii
lead to discovery of such (unrealized) in
yestments will be suitably rewarded. Ad-
dress Messrs. Hockmeyer. 12I Green
street. New York" John Robert Turner,
who was born in the opening year of the
century, is supposed to have died pos
sessed of American securities valued AT
from $150,0O0 to 100000. but this for
tune mysteriously disappeared ut his
death and no trace of il has even been
found, though before ii was learned that
the sovereign had the first claim upon it.
others who believed themselves heirs
made q thorough search.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-18

The water OF the se;l Is a perfect brlne
md no decomposition can take place In
any organic substance Immersed In It.
This fact. which is not generally
known. Is marvellous illustration of
the wise provision OF nature for render
ing the earth habitablc. So vast is the
amount OF animal life t. the ocean. ir
the sea water did not perfectly preserve
all organic matter 1t contained, In the
course Of century or two the ocea ms
would become masses OF putrid sul,-
stances. the nauseous exhnlatlons from
which would make life impossible. IN
der present conditions. OH any part Of
the globe.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-18
NEW VOTING MACHINE.
Almost Human Device that Makes
Unerring Record of Ballots Cast.

Almost Human Device that Makes
Unerring Record of Ballots Cast.
A new vote recording machine that
overcomes several objections to voting
machines heretofore exhibited, Is be-
ing built in Cincinnati. The illustration
shows the machine with one booth
open ready for voting, the middle booth
partially open. giving good view Of
the voting slots. The third booth closed,
as all would be when the machine Is
not in use.
This machine, as compared with
others, is inexpensive, and as three men
can vote at once, has remarkable speed
Instead of a complicated voting device
for each candidate it simply has a
plain voting slot for each office. This
arrangement admits an unlimited num-
Der Of candidates without changing the
size of the machine. But the most
salient feature is that the voter sees
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-18
WANTS wEYLER's MEN.
Spain Needs Troops to Suppress the
Philippine Rebellion.

Spain Needs Troops to Suppress the
Philippine Rebellion.
Havana dispatch The news of Span
ish reverses in the Philippines, and the
repulse of Polavieja before Cavite and
his resignation in front of the enemy,
added, if that were possible, to the gloom
and depression that prevails in official
circles in Havana. Now it is understood
why Gen. VIEWER received telegraphic in
structions on the 9th inst. not to embark
ON the 10th. Primo de Rivera, who was
to have succeeded him in the hopeless
task of subduing Cuba, is designated for
the supreme command in the Philippines.
Six thousand troops that were to have
sailed from Cadiz for Havana this week
will be sent to Manila, and General Wey-
Ter has been asked to send as many troops
as he can spare to Spain. These 5000
recruits were raised by offers of bounty.
as in the present state of public opinion in
Spain it was not deemed safe to exercise
the draft. General Weyler has stated
that he can only spare 10000 men, and
these will shortly be embarked for the
peninsula in the guise of invalids and
men whose time has expired.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-18
vindictive and Intelligent Dog.


Many queer tales have been told OF
the manner in which dogs, particularly
dogs of the larger breeds, have treated
smaller, dogs that have annoyed them.
Instances where they treat the smaller
dog with contempt and take no notice
OF him whatever are familiar to every
one. Big dogs have picked up smaller
animals, given them shake. and put
IN end to annoyances of that sort.
None was so queer, however, as the
punishment inflicted on small dog by
big one in Wilmington. Del. The big
dog belonged to carter and accompa-
MED his master OH his trips. The cart
er's dog was n staid and dignified ami
NAL that bothered no one, and was very
gentle.
At one place which they passed each
day a whiffet used to run out and bark
and snarl ut the big dog. The big dog
lit was mastiff-paid no attention to
the little fellow. Whether the whiffet
thought the mastiff was afraid OF hifi.
will never be known, but 1t was noticed
that day by day the little fellow be-
came more bold. Finally he ran out
and snapped ut the mastiff.
That was too much for the big fell
low. He seized the whiffet by the back
and held him quite still for moment
Then lie ran before the cart and as the
front wheels drew near he held the
whiffet close to the ground. AS the
cart was about to pass the mastiff push
ed the whiffet's head before the front
wheel. The cart was loaded with bricks
and the head of the whiffet was crush
ed. The mastiff resumed his accus-
toned place beside the cart and con-
tinued on his journey. not looking back
once.-New York World.