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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-16

War Seems Almost Certain = Many
Eailurea Rep0rted.

War Seems Almost Certain - Many
Failures Reported.
News received from Guatemala Is to
the effect that the country Is In bad way
financially and politically. During last
month the following failures were report
cd: FREDERICK Chacon, $500, 900; Lorenzo
Essen, $1,7OO,OO0; Enrique Mentzo, $l,-
100000; Ascoli e Co., $1,OO0,OOO; Bauer
& Co., 100000; Victor Matthous, $2,-
10000; total, $7,OO0,OOO. AL Of these
houses have been extensively engaged
in the expectation Of coffee and other
Central American products and the i'm
portation Of merchandise. Besides,
great number of firms have gone under
for less amounts. The total Is nearly $S,-
900, 900, but is trife misleading, how
ever, because it represents Central Amer
lean money, which is very much depre-
ciated in value. Reina Barrios, who was
president and who declared himself die
tator Of the republic two months ago, is
excessively unpopular because OF his re-
cent high-handed action and his cruelties.
There is demand that Brosper Morales,
a lawyer and former Minister Of War, be
chosen to succeed Barrios. To prevent
this Barrios intends calling n session OF
the Assembly very soon in order to have
himself confirmed as dictator. II he is
successful war Is almost certain, because
the country will not longer submit to his
oppression. If he is defeated war Is just
as sure, because he cannot afford to be
driven out Of Office.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-16
OLD CORN Is BEING HELD.
Nebraska Farmers Said to Have an
Immense Amount of Grain.

Nebraska Farmers Said to Have an
Immense Amount Of Grain.
A member Of the Nebraska Board Of
Agriculture, who has returned from an
extended trip through the State, makes
this report as to the result of his trip,
and figures have ben prepared which show
that there are 1OO,00O,000 bushels of cid
corn yet in the hands Of the farmers OF
the State; 50,0OO,0OO bushels Of old corn
in cribs in the State; 2o0,0OQ,0OO bushels
Of new corn safe from bad weather or
frost and assured to the producer, what
ever may happen to the late corn; from
100000 to 100000 bushels OF late
corn, which has been injured to some ex-
tent by the late hot weather, much or
which, however, will be saved If rain
comes to the State within few days;
and 100000 bushels of wheat, rye,
oats, barley and fax. This makes total
of SOC, 100000 bushels Of grain raised by
the farmers of Nebraska this year, allow
ing for 25,000,000 bushels Of late corn
to be saved out of the total acreage. 1t
is estimated further that Of this crop
there will be consumed in Nebraska 1oO,-
600, 900 bushels, leaving $50, 100000 bush
els to be shipped out of the State during
the next twelve months. The profit to
the railroads for moving this grain will
be $l0,000,000.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-16
Told I'm n Few Lines.

Prince Bismarck is suffering from neu.
ralgia of the face.
Robert A. Magee, bachelor farmer
who lives near St. Matthias, Mimi, was
robbed of $1,000.
At the meeting OF the Board of Direc-
tors of the Oregon Railway and Naviga-
ton Company A. l.. Mohlcr was elected
president.
Three tramps who were stealing ride
were fatally injured in the wreck of n
st. Louis and San Francisco passenger
train near st. Louis.
DIR. Frederick A. Cook. OF arctic fame.
has sailed from Brooklyn on the steamer
Havclinc for Rio Jnneiro. There he will
join the Belgian antartic expedition when
it reaches that port about Oct. 1.
There is to he a marked advance in the
price of pine lumber as n result of the
advance in agricultural products. The
list committee OF the Mississippi Valley
Lumbcrmen's Association met to agree
on an advance.
Pctaluma, CAL, can probably boast of
an institution which is The only one OF
its kind in existence. as far as is known.
1t Is grcenbonc mill and horse abatfoir,
the product of which is intended OILY for
chicken feed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-16

Cuba was confirmed by informa-
ton which came to him from high
authority. De Penaloxa has been intro
duced In st. Louis az member Of an old
Spanish family whose sympsthies are
with the Carlist party, but whose con-
nections with high politics In Spain keep
them posted on most Of the important
diplomatic movements. He said: "Some
time last September, when the Cuban
question was SO much agitated In the
United States, even to the point Of fur
nishing planks to the declarations of pres-
idential conventions, Senior Canovas del
Castillo, then premier of Spain, received
assurances from the English and French
Governments through their representa-
tives in Madrid that they would not per-
NIT any action on the part OF the United
States other than very perfunctory rec
ognition of the belligerency Of the insurg
ents. Aug. B, before leaving Paris, l
learned from trustworthy sources that
this assurance had been renewed
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-16
y1oHr WITH DErurIEA


Coal Con pany's EHors az Eviction =
complets FAILURE.
The efforts to evict the striking miners
of the Pittsburg and Chicago Coal Com
pany at Orang6ille, one and a half
miles from Gastonville, Pa, resulted In
a riot OF no mean proportions ana the
utter failure on the part of the company
to accomplish its object. When the news
spread that the evictions were to be at-
tempted the whole vicinity about Finley
vile, Gastonville and OrangevilIe became
wildly excited. About o'clock at night
twenty deputies from Washington, Ia,
in the charge of Chief Deputy Joseph
III. Wetherili, reached Finleyyille, where
they were met by large crowd OF strikers
and their friends. Each deputy was armed
with q Winchester rifle and a revolver.
but In spite Of this the strikers, heaoeo
by loo Polish women, closed In on them
and the deputies received rough treat
ment. They were gradually forced pacR'
and finally retreated to Gastonviiie,
where they were followed by crowd OF
about 200 men and women. At CASTOR
vile the deputies took refuge In the once
of the company, where they were kept
all night. The building was bombarded
with stones and bricks and an occasional
shot was fred. At o'clock in the morn
ing the trouble of the night reached ell
max when the deputies sailed out from
their besieged quarters and started 10
Orangeville. Each one carried his WIN
chester in his hands and his revolver was
exposed, but these had no terrors for the
besiegers. Headed by the women, the
strikers rushed on the deputies with
stones, clubs and pickhandles, and blows
fell thick and fast. One Of the big women
wrested the rifle from deputy's hands
and struck him ON the head with it, in
flicting serious injury. Almost every man
in the posse was cut and bleeding and
several were seriously hurt. One had his
right hand almost severed by n sharp
stone. The officials Of the company say
no further attempt will be made to evict
the miners for the present.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-16
ANOTHER BAD WRECK.
Seven Killed, SIX Wounded on tn
Iron Mountain Rond.

Iron Mountain Rond.
A disastrous freight wreck occurred on
the Iron Mountain road at Hanson, /. T.,
o small station twenty miles west Of Van
Buren,, Ark, resulting in the death Of sew
en- men and the serious injury OF six 9TH
ers. or the wounded 1t Is thought that
two will die, as they suffered internal in
juries.
The wrecked train was local freight No.
As, from Coffeeville, Kan, to Van Bu.cn.
While the train was running 1T twenty
miles an hour the forward trucks of one
of the cars near the engine broke, wreck
ing fifteen cars loaded with walnut logs
and baled hay. With the exception of two
In front and three in the rear. including
the caboose. every car Of the twenty com
posing the train was ditched. In the mid
die OF the train was car loaded with
heavy machinery. From the ruins If this
car the seven dead and six seriously
wounded were taken.
1t appears that the occupants of the
wrecked car were party OF men and
boys living at Wan. i. T., who were 70
ing to Van Buren, to end employment In
the cotton fields. When the machner,
car left the rails 1t fell on it's side. nearly
all of the men being caught by the heavy
beams. A car of logs was piled on toI
Of the one in which the men were riding.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-16
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Would that cotton had the cinch that
wheat now has!-Atlanta Constitution.
Every time "scorcher" is arrested and
fined n good deed is done for cycling
New York Tribune.
The best time for public official to
deny an interview is before he submits
to it.-Chicago Times-Herald.
II wheat keeps climbing, the Western
farmers will have sixteen dollars this year
where they had one last.-Atlanta Jour
nal.
The engineers strike in England is
spreading, but no judge has yet ventured
to enjoin 1t or any part of it. How unpro-
gressive they are over thereLSpringfield
Republican.
A West Virginia lawyer says Judge
Jackson's injunction against the striking
miners is merely a scarecrow. Viewed
even in this light, ii is not striking sue.
cess.-Bcston Transcript.
The adventures who at juneau have
decided to turn back and wait for sprinc
may have weaker hearts than their com
panions who go on, but 1t looks rs IL they
had stronger brains.-San Francisco Call
The trouble with the Spaniards in deal
ing with the Cubans Is that they go or
the assumption that the Cubans have for
gotten their history.-New York Sun.
The Cuban insurgents seem to be max
ing hay while the sun shines. They arr
not expected to have much more time Il
harass Weyler.-Knnsas City Times.
1t is believed that Prince Henri is also
convalescing from his recent ardent de
sire to meet the entire Italian army OF
the field of honor.--Ncw York Journal.
The Cubans contemplate the prospcc
of new head of Spanish affairs with thu
conviction tliat any change Is not likc,,
~ be for the Washington Star
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-16
HIT BY THE HEAT.
Intense Suffering Caused by Torr.dity
of an Autumnal Month.

1t lacked only one degree Thursday on
the official thermometer of the weather
bureau to give Chicago the hottest day
for September in twenty-siX years. I'm
der the deadly rays of the sun the mer-
curry climbed to 81 degrees, and would
have gone farther up the scale to set a
new mark for the month had 1t not been
for the kindly Intervention of lake
breeze. One death and four prostrations
bear witness to the torridity. Workmen
were stricken in the midst Of their toll
and had to be carried away for succor.
In the early days of the weather Office
heat in September like that Of Thursday
was unknown. In 1881, with the quar-
tiers of the department much nearer the
sidewalk, a mark of Oh was reached. For
twelve years this was the maximum until
the mercury rose to 90 In 1898. This high
mark was reached in the middle Of the day
and with no southeast breeze engaged in
an attempt to discourage the tendency OF
the Thermometer. Considering the condi-
tions, Thursday might be called the hot
test day of the year in Chicago. Their
mometers nearer the sidewalk than the
top of the Auditorium tower showed oS
and this was the temperature in which
Chicagoan sweltered.
At Milwaukee there was one case OF
heat prostratioD reported. Miss Annie
Sohmers, employed in the inspecting room
of the Layton Packing Company, was
overcome about noon and was taken to
her home. She may not recover.
The week has been the hottest Septem-
Der week Oshkosh wis., has any record
Of. Thermometers Thursday registered
SO.
At Pana, H., the Government thermom-
eter registered 104 in the shade. Rain Is
needed. Corn in many places Is scorch-
ing.
La Sale, ILL.,, reports the week to have
been the hottest Of the season, the ther-
mometer registering 100 in the shade.
Corn is drying up in the fields.
The heat was so intense i'll Champaign,
ILL.,, that the schools had to be closed
Thursday afternoon. Corn is drying up
on the stalks and farmers say much OF
1t can never fill out.
At Valparaiso, Ind, the thermometer
registered 102. Several prostrations are
reported. but none fatal. Throughout the
county the corn is drying up for want of
rain.
The Government Thermometer at Ell
dora, Iowa, the last ten days has aver
aged %
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-16
GOLD AND DEATH.
Steamer Cleveland, from the Yukon,
Brings Gloomy News.

Steamer Cleveland, from the Yukon,
Brings Gloomy News.
The steamer Cleveland with thirty min
ers from the Yukon and treasure various
Nv estimated from 100000 to $4OO,OOO,
arrived at Seattle Friday night. Gloom
Ter even than the advices of the steamers
Portland and National City are the reports
that the old Atlantic liner brings down
from the north. Dawson and its tribu-
tary districts are hungry and demand
food. There is a sullen note in the de-
mand and the warning is to the transpor-
tation companies that continue to SEND
rum to miners who want bread. Inc
doors of the trading companies stores at
Dawson were closed and barred on July
90, for they had sold all their provisions.
Unsheltered Dawson has mild epidemic
of typhoid fever and few have died for
sheer want Of necessaries that their
money could not buy. There has not been
licensed physicians enough to care for the
sick. The lack of food will drive hun
dreds from the country, and it is expect
ed that st. Michaefs alone will shelter
fully 300 during the long winter. Near
" every miner on the Cleveland believes
he has turned his back on starvation and
reiterates the oft-told warning. The
steamer Eliza Anderson of Seattle Is
probably a wreck near Kodiak and Pu-
get Sound awaits in gloomy doubt for the
confirmation of the disaster. The block
ade of Skaguay has come to st. Michaeps.
There are nearly 500 men there unable to
get up the river. The embryo argonauts
hold meetings, but their protests and de-
mands fall upon deaf ears. Ninety dol
lars premium was paid for passage ON
the Hamilton. The summer output of
gold has veen very light and there may be
a falling off in the winter production.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-16
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, 500
to $3.50: wheat, No. 2 red, 96c to &c;
corn, No. 2, 30c to &c; oats, No. 2, 19c
to 2Oc; rye, No. 2, Sic to SIC; butter,
choice creamery, 16c to 1Sc; eggs, fresh,
12c to 13c; new potatoes, 50c to 60c per
bushel.
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500 to
$3.50; hogs, choice light, $500 to $3.50;
sheep, common to choice, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, 95c to 97c; corn, No. z
white, Bic to &c; oats, No. white, 21c
to 23c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, Doc to $1.01; corn, No. 2
yellow, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, l9c
to zoe; rye, No. 2, Acc to Ole.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, 05c to 96c; corn, No. 2
mixed, BIC to 33c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 19c
to 21c; rye, No. 2, 49t to 5lc.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $500
wheat, No. 2, 97c to Csc; corn, No. =
yellow, Bic to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, &c
tn 24c; rye, 0Oc to Ole.
ToledoaWheat, No. 2 red, Csc TO 09c
corn, No. 2 mixed, SIC to 33c; oats, No
white, 19c to zoe; rye, No. 2, 49c to Sic
clover seed, $500 to $4.05.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 spring, 05s
to 96c; corn, No. 3, soc to 31c; oats, No
2 white. 21c to 23c; rye, No. 1, 51c to SIC
barley, No. 2, doc to Ate; pork, mess
$3.50 to $500.
Buffalo-Csttle, $500 to $3.50; hogs
| $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $4.I5
wheat, No. 2 red, 99c to $1.00; corn, No
2 yellow, 36c to 37c; oats, No. white
| 24c to &c.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs
| $3.50 to $4.75; sheep, $500 to $3.50
| wheat, No. 2 red, $1.04 to $1.O6; corn
No. 2, 36c to Csc; oats, No. white, "a
25c; butter, creamery, 12c to 1vc; eggs
Western, 15c to lie
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-16

yirn 81 J. =. willard q ca. II Force
Into Bankruptcy.

Barm 81 J. j. willard 4 Co. - Forced
Into Bankruptcy.
James II. Willard & Co., OF IS, $50 and
1927 Broadway, New York, firm adver-
tiscd as bankers, brokers and commission
merchants of Philadelphia, Buffalo, Chi
cago, Washington, Toronto, Montreal and
New York, assigned to its chief bookkeep-
err, james l.. Starbuck, with preferences
for $4,000 to William III. Osterhout of
Ridgeway, Pa. Liabilities were guessed
at from 5000, 900 to $1,OOO,O00.
The firm was organized two years ago.
1t had no rating at Bradstreets. The
partners were James X. Willard, various
ly recorded as AGA Lake avenue, Chicago,
and Of Kennett, Hopkins & Co., 90 Broad
way, New York, and Al Broadway, New
York, and the brothers Elmer and Jay
Dwiggins, nephews Of Zimri Dwiggins,
who founded country banks In Illinois,
Michigan and other States, which nearly
all went to the wall several years ago.
Wizards home is in Chicago. He
was there identified with the firm Of John
Dickinson a. Co., who absorbed the Chi
cago business OF Willard a. Co. He was
member of the Chicago Board Of Trade
and the Produce and Consolidated Stock
and Petroleum Exchanges Of New York
City. The failure OF Willard & Co. was
similar to that of Il. b. Cuthbeit Il Go.
A bull market did not suit its speculative
business. 1t was all one way-the way Of
the customer.
The failure Of the Dwiggins' interest in
the firm of j. Il. Willard & Co. recalls
the collapse Of the Columbia National
Bank of Chicago, in 1893, of which Zimri
Dwiggins, uncle OF the Eastern operators,
was president. This was the first of the
big banking institutions of the West that
collapsed and the failure Of number
Of smaller institutions in the vicinity of
Illinois was directly attributed to it. The
Columbia National was capitalized for
$1,000,000 and was nearly that amount
in arrears when its doors closed. Exam
nation of the books showed that only
$1,000 was on hand. The Columbia Ma
tional did an immense correspondence
business with country banks, that were
seriously affected by the failure. Zimri
Dwiggins is now living at Storm Lake,
Iowa.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-16
VICTORY FOR CUBANS.
THE TOWN OF VICTORIA DE LAS
TUNAS CAPTURED.
Spain Loses Military Control Over
an Important Province-Likeiihood
that the Insurgents Will Make the
Captured City Their Capital.


News received ut Madrid OF the capture
OF the fortified town of Victoria de Las
Tunas by the Cuban rebels has caused in
tense excitement. This victory gives the
insurgents control of the province of San
tiago de Cuba. 1t is believed they will
make Victoria de Las Tunas their seat
Of government, and upon it found their
claim to the United States for recognition
OF belligerency. The minister Of war mas
cabled Captain General Weyler, asking
for an explanation regarding the capture
of the town, which is defended by seven
forts, having two Krupp guns among
their armament. The Madrid newspapers
commenting upon the capture Of Victoria
de las Tunas, condemn Captain General
Weyler. The impartial says General
Joovoller was removed from his command
for a similar disaster in 1876. 1t is
pointed out that the strategical position OF
Victoria de las Tunas is important. Ihe
government has decided to act vigorous
" and to Immediately dispatch further re-
endorsements to Cuba if necessary.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-16
ARMOUR IN THE DEAL.
Narrow. Gauge Road to the Yukon Cp
Copper River Is Proposed.

NarrOW.00uEe hOaO 10 INC L ukOu Cp
Copper River Is Proposed.
A company is being organized in San
Francisco and will be incorporated under
the laws Of Arizona which has for its OBJ
ject the construction Of narrow-gauge
railroad from tidewater on Prince Will
lam Sound up the valley Of the much
talked-of Copper river, and thence across
the divide to point on the Yukon River
near the boundary lire. The name of the
company will be the Alaska Central Rail-
way Company, and its capital stock So
100000. The promoter of the enterprise
is Col. John Underwood, former extern
sive railroad contractor. Associated with
him, he says, are Elijah Smith Of New
York, the controlling spirit Of the Oregon
Improvement Company, and John w.
Cudahy and 2. d. Armour, the Chicago
packers, and one or two local capitalists.
The proposed road will be about 3D. miles
long. Senator Perkins and Capt. Goodall
are mentioned as possible members of the
Board of Directors.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-16
WORK GIVEN MANY IDLE.
Labor Reported as Sharing I'm the Re-
markable Revival OF Business.

LABOR Reported as cnarIn0 III the me-
marknbie Revival OF Business
That labor is sharing in the remarka-
BILE business revival is shown by reports
of New York trades unions that there is
an increase over last year Of "a per cent.
In the number Of men at work. Granting
that this ratio obtains throughout the
country among industries similar to those
reporting in New York, the increase
would exceed 100000. The rise Of cents
In wheat during the last week seems not
to have been due to furry, but in an
swer to the daily increasing foreign de-
mand. The average advance for the
week in sureties has been SLIP per share
for railroads and 20 cents for trusts.
Bank clearings for the week increased
.45.6per cent over the corresponding week
In 1896. r. G.. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Re-
view of Trade says, there's no hating
the advance. Business grows better in all
ways, for while its speculative end breaks
conspicuous gamblers for a decline, n
steady increase in production, in work
ing force, and in the power Of the people
to purchase is the feature which over
shadows all others. The farmers are
helped by higher prices for wheat, and
while Western receipts do not show that
they have marketed n tenth of their
crops, assurance of a handsome profit to
come prepares them to buy literally here
after. Because Of this and the increase
of hands at work dealers throughout the
country have started to replenish stocks,
which Is the great force at present oper-
ating in manufactures and trade, though
distribution by retail trade has greatly
increased.