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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20
SPORTS AND FADs OF OUR PRESIDENTS.

James Buchanan had a trick Of
slipping away from Washing
ton to the woods, where he en-
joyed himself shooting. He
went monthly and brought
home fine bags of game. His
summers were spent hunting,
during which he got not only
game for dinner but health for
the President.
Abraham Lincoln, the man
without an education, was so
passionately fond of poetry that
. he carried scraps of 1t in his
pockets to read at odd moments.
When ut ease for an hour he
would sit and repeat verses, the
fayorites being Oliver Wendell
Holmes Last Leaf" and
"Why Should the Spirit of Nor
tai Be ProudY" His sentiment
al nature needed no other fund
of joy. Grants recreation while
In the White House was bill
lizards. He bought a very good
table, and cleared out a corner
of the conservatory to make
room for it. When tired he
would play billiards; and when
supposed to be away for the
afternoon" taking a trip some
where, he was driving the balls
with his sons, one of whom now
has the table. Hayes is remark
able for the recreation he did
not take. Billiards, wine and
fast horses were his abhor-
renee. His recreation while in
the White House was in such
limited poultry culture as he
could carry on in the White
House Enclosure and at his sum-
mer home, a pastime taken up
as a livelihood afterward.
President Arthur's amuse-
ment was unquestionably ban
quet giving, and he carried it
out to the. death. He was the
greatest connoisseur of wines
that ever entered the White
House. He was a magnificent
entertainer, and when not press
ed with work he banqueted his
friends. Benjamin Harrison
loved the Adirondacks with his
outdoor life. He liked Cape
May, near the sea. His recrea-
ton was and is to commune
with nature, and from her he
gets his inspiration as well as
his rest. William Mckinley
has no settled fondness for
sports. He loves to ride horse
back, and he has three car
ria pes for his wife
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20

Z. #. SHEPARD. 1t Is already set
tied that the marriage was love mar
riage. 1t is even limited that the heart
broken mother has forgiven the son in
the hope that the last sheaf in his har-
vest of wild oats has been sown, but
the bride and groom have not been re-
ceived in the ancestral palace in the
Murray Hill neighborhood. They do not
expect to be received there for some
time, and to save themselves from the
shafts Of the curious they sailed for
Europe, to be gone as long as they
please. The bride, before her first mar
riage with Mr.. Potter. who died five
years ago, was Miss Esther Virgins,
Of Greenport, l.. 1. Her father sold
groceries, vegetables, nails, ice and mo-
lasses, and all the other necessities
which are carried by the corner store.
She was the belle of the town. She
was so pretty that II Is told that yachts
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20
The Empress or Au.trio.

The Empress of Austria Is not in
good health, and is obliged to forego
the long early morning walks which
have been her delight and a trial to the
ladies In waiting. She has worn black
ever since the death of her sou, tho
Crown Prince Rudolph, and has given
away all of her jewels except the crown
jewels. The Princess Rudolph is a
gifted handsome woman, but she aud
THE Empress are not the best of friends.
The Princess Elizabeth, her little
daughter, is a very interesting child.
and rs fond OF mountain climbing as
her mother.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20

better and collections slightly easseFss
In st. Louis general trade shows .
slight improvement and collections are
good; in Louisville n steady season
able trade is reported by Jobbers In
nearly all lines and collections are fair
~ good; in Chicago general trade sit
uation Is improved slightly; % an Bait
more 1.-THE outlook for the fall Is epcQar-
aging; in Pittsburg there has been
steady increase in the volume Of bpsi-
ness; In Providence, r. l., cotton
manufacturers who recently reduced
their output have again started On full
time and capacity" s.a
1a A. b. CARSON. !
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20
THEODORE A. HAvEMEYER.
Through Hard Work He Became One
of the Sugar Kings of the Country.

Theodore A. Havemeyer, who died in
New York recently, was known
throughout the country as the sugar
king. All his life he had been identi-
fed with sugar refining and amassed
an immense fortune in the business.
Mr.. Havemeyer was born in New
York City So years ago. He was one of
the four sons Of Frederick G. Have
meyer, who first established sugar re-
fining upon n Thorough basis In this
country. Like all Of his brothers young
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20
Earthuuakea.

It has been noticed on various occa-
sions that different animals have shown
signs Of uneasiness or fear without ap-
parent cause, and that few minutes
afterward an earthquake shock has
been felt.
People who have had the opportunity
Of taking note Of this popularity In
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20

Russian doctors are hereafter to
wear, as a sign that they are legally
qualified to practice, little zuak. or
badge. a silver oval plate an inch and
half long by an inch wide, ON which
Is design of two intertwined serpents
The object is to increase the safety of
the wearer in the less civilized parts
Of the country.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20

* ROVER CLEVELAND
Twill 60 down in history as
~ the duck-hunting and fish,
ing President. During his last
four years in Office he went duck
hunting 100 times and dragged"
over 1000 feathered fiers.
But other Presidents, says the
San Francisco Examiner, have
had their sports or fads. George
Washington conducted the larg-
est stock farm known in his
time at Mount Vernon. He
owned 5000 acres of land. and
upon 1000 of it raised fancy
stock. He bought all the finest
horses in that part of the coun-
try, and originated the thor
oughbred" system. John Ad-
ans left Harvard In 1855, the
best trout fisherman in his class,
and so firmly did this sport cling
to him that after his presidency
he retired to Braintree, Mass,
to spend the remainder of his
days "along stream" His vaca-
lions, though infrequent while
in the White House, were pass
ed fishing along the Potomac's
shores, then wooded and wild.
Thomas Jefferson, rich mans
son, was an accomplished violin
player. So fond was he of this
accomplishment that when
pressed with work he would res
olutely put away his violin lest
he be tempted to play it. James
Madison went through Prince
ton in two years and came out
so delicate from the strain that
he was never able to join the
sports of other men. He took
refuge in gardening, and raised
the finest roses ever grown and
the stnrdiest cabbages.
The pen Of James Monroe was
so mighty that it vanquished all
else. Writing came first, last
and all the time. During his
eight years in the White House
he took no vacation at all, de-
voting all his spare time to pen
driving. He. was the only
President who, believed in
"all work and no play" John
Quincy Adams was so fond of
dancing that during his minis
try to the Netherlands he Ia
mented long and loud upon his
inability to attend social func-
tons. He was too poor to re-
turn them. Never a man was
more at home in the ball room,
and 1t was his delight to escape
the affairs of state and arrange
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20

men sailing the sound used to run into
this port, ostensibly to get Ice, actually
to see Miss Virgins. She helped her
father behind the counter Shepard
viii have enough money to be indiffer-
ent to opinion. He has his allowance
Of $1,000 a month, and is an heir to
millions.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20

s h e pard is a
grandson of Will
lam III. Wander
bilt. He Is a
beardless youth of
o, W h i'll e h | S
charming bride is
% and was a fas-
cinating w | d o W
when young Shep-
ard first met her
some months ago.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20
Noth,uv ecr,or.

DIR. Ende-Thcre's nothing serious
the matter with Patsy, Mrs. Mulcahey.
1 think little soap and water VIII do
him an much good as anything.
Mrs. Mulcahey-Yis, docther; an win
OF give Il T him befoor or afther be
uaies f--Judge.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20
CAUSED TONGUES TO WAC.

Elliot r. shepard's Marriage the So.
cicty Sensation in New York.
Elliot F. Shepard's marriage to Mrs
Esther Potter continues to be the So
ciety sensation in New York. Young
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-20

Unless she is of an unusually gener.
Gus nature, the young wife win have no
rivals In her husbands affections.
When to an instructive jealousy II add
The Florence tribune., 1897-07-31

The Cariboo region commenced to de- cline in 1865, with the exhaustion of the shallower mines, although mining has continued there on limited scale to this day, It is credited with pro duction in twenty years of between $3O, ,O0O, 900 and $40,0O0,OO0 in an area less than fifty miles square.
 It will be seen that the mining coun- try in Alaska must make an immense record to equal that of little Cariboo, the history of which not one person in a thousand has ever heard, and with the name of which few are familiar. Itis agood deal to say of anything that it is the greatest in the history of the world. The earth has been here
The Florence tribune., 1897-07-31

r. P. FISHER, NEWSPAPER ADyFRTrs
 IJs ing Agent, 21 Mechanics Exchanpe Ss,, Frannisco, is our authorized agent T6i, paper is kept on He at his office,
The Florence tribune., 1897-07-31
Proclamation of Reward.
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA.
 EXECUTIVE DEPARrMKKT.>

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMEET.D fEEO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL. come:
 Whereas, I have received information from authentic sources that Mum Davis and J. L. Stearns, both citizens of this Territory and residents of Mohave county, were mur- dered on or about the sixth day of February, 1sg7, on the Colorado river about sixty miles northwest of Kingman, at point near the town of Colville, in said County of Mohaye, by a Piute Indian known as 'Mouse," and Whereas, It has come to my knowledge that the people of said county are in constant fear of other murders being perpetrated by said Piute Indian,
 Now, therefore, I, Benjamin J. Franklin, Governor of the Territory do hereby offer reward of three hundred dollars (SsOO) for the apprehension of said Piute Indian known as Mouse" and his detention in any jafl in the Territory of Arizona. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
 hand and caused the Great Seal tsEAL.l of the Territory to be hereunto
 affixed.
 Done at Phoenix, the Capitol, this second day of June, A. D. 1897.
 By the Governor,
 B. J. FRANKLIN, F. B. DEvERRUx,
 Asst. Secy of Arizona.
The Florence tribune., 1897-07-31
MsteoroIoalcaI statistles.

The signal service of the general govern ment maintained station at Florence from 1874 to 1882. The reports covering the period from July, 1880, to April 1882, gives the follow ing statistics which may be taken a safe guide to the prevailing temperature given during the series of six yeas:
The Florence tribune., 1897-07-31
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 It stands first among weekly" pa- pers in size, frequency of publication and freshness, variety and reliability of contents. It is practically daily at the low price of weekly; and its vast list of subscribers, extending to every State and Territory of the Union and foreign countries, will vouch for the ac- curacy and fairness of its news columns.
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The Florence tribune., 1897-07-31
Proclamation of Reward.
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. } EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT }

 TE,o ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL A come:
 Whereas, Official information has been re ceiyed by me from the District Attorney of the County of Graham, Territory of Arizona, that Augustine Chacon, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to be executed at the May term of the District Court, 1896, at Solo, knoxville, in the County of Graham, the judg- ment of said court afterward being affirmed. by the Supreme Court of the Territory. and the said Chacon being resentenced to be ex- ecuted on the 18th day of June, 1897. and Whereas, I am officially informed that said Augustine Chacon did, on the 9th day of June. 1897, escape from the jail at Solomon vile, in the said County of Graham. Now, therefore, I. B. J. Franklin, Govern or of the Territory of Arizona, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested, do hereby offer Five Hundred tS500) Dollars Re- ward for the apprehension of said fugitive from justice and his detention in any jail in the United States.
 In testimony thereof have this twelfth day of June set my hand and caused | [sKAL.l the Great Seal of the Territory
 to be affixed.
 Done at Phoenix, the Capital, this twelfth day of June, A. D. 1897.
 By the Governor,
 B.J. FRANKLIN. CHAs. NJ. BRUCE.
 Secretary of the Territory.
The Florence tribune., 1897-07-31
sUSsrRoKE IS UEKEowE

Tn fact in a residence of sixteen years in Arizona the writer has only known two persons to be overcome by the heat, and fhey recovered. Their condition, however was more the result of whisky than heat. The air is SO dry here that a registered temperature of no degrees is not as oppres- give as 30 degrees in St. Louis or New York. The Signal Service bureau has recognized this fact. and reports the difference between the apparent and sensible temperature to be fulIs 30 degrees At nearly all times there is a pIeasent breeze; the nights are invariably cool in the summer, and outdoor labor IS performed without serious discomfort to either man or beast on the warmest days. Very seldom does the thermometer get be- low the freezing point in winter, and in the gardens of Florence to-day are castor bean plants two years or more old,
 UNTOUCHED BY FROST.
 orauee and lemon trees require slight pro- <ection during he winter for year or two, ,,y4il the wood is sufficiently hardened.
 While it is a popular thing. for one to say chat he is mot here for his health, <" it is an undisputed fact that for all pulmonary ail- rnents no climate on earth IS equal to South' eTn Arizona, and there are numbers of active, iHr.tti4strious citizens, with but one lung, who aqos here years ago, expecting to live but sl Sas,.S y,aeIxs But for all that the wonderful fsssa Crande valley is something better than Tbat 11i portion of the great Casa Grande ...ilc. lying along the line of tho Southern pssae;t,e railway in the vicinity of Casa Grande rd ArizoIa is at present, and with good s.s@,, aoe considered one of the most desirable ,s,,rtioi,s of this magnificent Southern Ari-
The Florence tribune., 1897-07-31

About the meanest obituary notice ever printed appeared in a Tennessee paper last week. It seems that the de ceased owed the paper for ten years subscription, and the editor said ths late lamented had fallen so low in his moral life that he had to climb up hili to get into perdition.
The Florence tribune., 1897-07-31

zona. Great changes have been made in 'e appearance of this part of the valley during the last four years. It was about that long ago that the Florence canal was completed and the work of actual improvement begun. 1t is useless to deny that under our present water system there is nothing lll1e sufti- cient water to irrigate this vast body of land
 THE CASA GRANDE VALLEY CANAL is forty-three miles in length and covers 60000 acres of land, about 7,009 of which are under cultivation. It Is so constructed that it can be easily enlarged and its capacity in- creased. A reservoir covering 1900 acres, having storage capacity of eight billion gal lons in the southeast corner of township 6, range s, gives ample supply of water the year round to all farmers located below it, but those above suffer by a shortage of water during a few weeks in summer.
 It is proposed to remedy this by the con- struction of huge reservoir at the Buttes fifteen miles northeast of Florence. Com potent engineers have examined and reported upon the scheme and pronounce it feasible.
The Florence tribune., 1897-07-31

long time and great many remarkable things have occurred that have been for gotten. The wise man asserted three or four thousand years ago that "there is no new thing under the sun."
The Florence tribune., 1897-07-31
AZ uHINHABIrABLE DESERT
CASA CYANIDE RESERVOIR.

The reservoir of the Casa Grande Valley Canal company is the largest in the territory It covers a surface of 1600 acres, with an aver age depth of F feet, and contains about eight tbousand million gallons of water. It is sit mated fifteen miles southwest of Florence A leyee of earth has been thrown up across depression in the plain l4,000 feet in length I25 feet in width at the bottom and 9 feet in width at top, to 1 slope on each side, and an average height of 9 feet. The waste is regu- lated by east iron pipes 3 feet in diameter, Eet in solid masonry, regulated by gates and tower. This reservoir cost SI50000, and sup- niles water for G,000 acres.
The Florence tribune., 1897-07-31
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 all papers from the Eastward.
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The Florence tribune., 1897-07-31

The heat as represenfed m the hDOYe tabIe turing the paonths of June, July and August is nothing like as unbearable as Tn the Eastern States, and death from
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-24
TAUGHT ~ SUNDAY SCHOOL AND
STOLE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
FORGERY AMONG HIS CRIMES.
ROBRED WOMEN AND THE MEMBERS
OF HIS CHURCH.
His StcaIing<. ID Is Said. viii iGGrc-
gate SfDopt-NurdcroHs Cook nj
the Olive PrrLcr to HING
-Lsnching News sup
pressed.

New York. Dec 2G-William II. Kent. 4
well known lawyer Of BROOKLYN a promin-
eat member OF Plymouth church. in the
Sunday school of which he is Il teacher. and
the organizer Of the Pennsylvania Savings
bank. connected with the Bethel mission
Sunday school a branch OF Plymouth. Is
in Jail in brooklyn. having been arrested
on a warrant charging him with forgery.
Kent is accused by Mrs. Mary II. McCord,
of Brooklyn. of falsely certifying and
acknowledging satisfaction of mortgage.
Mr. McCord. who is a wealthy woman.
declared that her name, which appeared on
the satisfaction. was not put there by her
hand or with her consent.
1t is alleged by Mrs. McCord that Kent
has betrayed the trust rcposed in him by
herself. and that he has not only appro-
priated the 81. 100 charged in the warrant.
but that he has allowed taxes on property
to accumulate and has used money belong
ing TO Mrs. McCord's niece and her servant.
an elderly, frugal woman, who had been
advised that Kent could bs trusted.
Assistant Attorney Caldwell stated that
Kent had taken no less than $1,000 from
his clients. Kent also is involved in 4
difficulty over the estate of William An
derson who was member of Plymouth
church. lie left an estate valued at about
$1,000, ana I'm his will left Kent 5000 and
made him sole executor. The heirS-at-law
and, failing, they began 4 civil action in
the supreme court. Former Judge Nathan
iel III. Clement was appointed referee by
Judge Gaynor and the case is still pend
finding that kents affairs were in con-
fused condition.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-24
INSUBORDINATE CADETS.
Seventy-One Restricted to Quarters
at Annapolis for Refusing to
Turn InfOrmers.

Annapolis, Md. Dec. 23.-Seventy-one ca
diets of the third class are restricted to
quarters for INSTRUMENTATION. Last Sunday
morning when the officer in charge was
In the quarters of the third class a num-
ber of the cadets broke into loud yelling
in resentment of the strict rules with which
the officer governs the cadets when in
charge of them. The affair reached Il crisis
when the cadets held n class meeting Mon
day night in order to inform the superin-
tendent who Were the guilty persons. No
one would tell on himself and nobody would
tell on the culprits. Then the class COM
municated to Captain Cooper that at their
meeting they could not discover who had
done the yelling. This was all Captain
Cooper. the superintendent. was waiting for
before he took heroic steps He issued an
order that because the cadets of the third
class maintained an insubordnate spirit by.
refusing to tell who We're guilty of the dis
respectful conduct while the officer in
charge WAS in quarters. they would be re-
stricted to quarters. this order to he in
force on Christmas day, except from the
hours of o'clock in the morning to go
at night.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-24
$4,000 TO MRS. KNUDSEN.
Pension and Back Pay Granted to
Soldiers' Widow Who Has New
er Left Norway.

Washington, Dec. ga pension has been
granted to the widow of Knud Knudsen,
soldier in the late war, the back pay of
which aggregates over $4,000. The man is
a native of Norway and was married to
the woman who now gets the pension in
April 1858. knuGsen emigrated to this
country in 1861. enlisted January 81, 1852,
in Company II, Fifteenth regiment. Wis
consin volunteer infantry. and died in serv-
ice October 1G. 1863.
In connection with the allowance of the
claim. the pension office makes the follow
ing statement:
'.On August 81. 1894. thirty-one years
after the soldiers death. the widow, who
has never left Norway. applied for PEN
sion. Under the present laws she has title
and the claim must be allowed, granting
arrears of pension from the date Of the
soldiers death. making the first payment
amount to between $1,000 and 5000. In all
claims filed subsequent to July 1880, and
prior to June :, 1888, pensions. if allowed.
would begin from date of filing the appli-
cation. On the latter date. however, an
act was passed which provides that all
pensions granted to widows hereafter shall
commence from the date of the soldiers
DEATH
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-24
A GIGANTIC COMBINATION.
j. PierpOnt MOrEan's Coal Pool VIII
Cover RituminOus rs Well as
Anthracite Field,

New York, Dec. 23-It has developed that
the big coal selling combination of the
anthracite railroads, whereby that product
is to be Goled out by supreme head. Is
only part Of 4 vast project for the control
OF the entire coal industry in the East j.
Pierpont organs plan involves the creation
OF similar central selling agency to cover
each of the great bituminous coal districts
o. Pennsylvania. Ohio. West Virginia. In =
diana and Illinois. and Il uniform working
arrangement between them that shall nut
y stop to rate cutting and decentralization
of the trade. The companies are to agree
upon the proportion each is to get and
haul. and the buying company is to call
upon them accordingly as fast as it needs
coal for the market. The companies in
terested are the Baltimore & Ohio: Cieve-
land. Lorraine & Wheeling. Columbus, San
duSky & Hooking. the Pennsylvania and
the Wheeling & Lake Erie. AS soon as
trade is placed on Il solid basis, it is the
Intention to make an advance in wages
The rate per ton paid in the Ohio district
at present time is ~ cents
The principle of distribution among the
many interests is TO be practiced in the
bituminous trade in the same manner as
in the anthracite.