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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15
Telegranhic Rrexities.

The steamer X. L. Cole sank in the
Cumberland river at Hunters Point. She
had a full cargo. Three negro roustabouts
were drowned.
Miss Mary Morton, who was injured by
a bicyclist at Washington. is the niece of
ex-Secretary Morton. and not his sister,
as was stated. Miss Morton is improving.
Six persons, including the owner and
chief chemist of the mine. were killed In
q fire damp explosion at the Borsig col
liery, near Zabrez, Germany. The mine
IL still burning.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15
STORY OF THE WATERS.
10000 Square Miles Flooded, and 200
Lives Lost.

Lives Lost.
Ten thousand square miles of flooded
farm lands. POO lives lost, and S1OO,OOO,-
600 worth of property destroyed. This is
the record of the huge yellow monster
that coils its length like the slow spread
ing tentacle of an octopus from the Brit
ish line to the Mexican gulf. 1t is the
record of the insatiate Mississippi. Seven
States are wailing and wallowing and
foundering in the muddy torrent, and
thousands Of people have gone sailing
over their farms and into the flooded for
ests on logs, on RATS, on the roofs of
their houses. On the small knolls that yet
rise above the deluged lands in Arkansas,
Mississippi, and Louisiana. little groups
of half-starved men are gathered with
their families and farm animals, waiting
for the rescue that comes so slowly.
And still the tide rises and swells and
wdens and sings its long song of death
and disaster through the broken levees,
and still the six-foot SHOWS of Mime
sofa and the Dakotas melt and pour their
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15
terIor. whose CONDITION BIAS already been

terror, whose condition has already been
described.
Under these conditions. and having fully
exerted themselves to the fullest extent, the
local authorities have reluctantly confessed
their inability to further cope with this dis
tressing situation unaided by relief from
the Government.
1t has, therefore. seemed TO me that the
representatives OF the people should be
promptly Informed Of the nature and extent
OF the suffering and needs Of these stricken
people. and | have communicated these
facts In the hope and belief that the legisla-
tive branch of the Government will prompt
ly re-enforce the work Of the local authori-
ties In the States named.
WILLIAM MKINLEY.
A resolution was at once passed by the
House appropriating $20O,OO0 for the suf-
ferers and, the Senate giving it speedy
sanction. the resolution was carried to the
White House, where the President gladly
signed IL
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15

vast volume into the already unprecedent-
ed current. Levees from st. Louis to
Vicksburg are broken and destroyed. Gre
vases are everywhere. Twenty thousand
men have fought night and day, and are
still fighting the roaring waters. In the
hackwoods and isolated lowlands of Ar
kansas and Mississippi thousands Of poor
settlers have been deluged and are cut
off from communication or rescue. Thou
sands of farm animals have been drown
ed. Culverts and bridges have been wash
ed away and railroad traffic impeded. Reg
lief is slow and inadequate, and the eHd
is not yet.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15
News of Minor Note.

Gov. Adams has signed the bill abol-
ishing capital punishment in Colorado.
Madrid is gaIy decorated with flags in
honor of the victories of the Spanish
troops in the Philippine islands.
William G.. Fisher. a millionaire dry
goods merchant of Denver. Colo, died
Mt New York. He was % years old.
Henry Struive and two sons were
drowned on Gus Bulls farm, six miles
south of Frankfort, s. ID. This makes
six deaths from drowning within two
weeks.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15
cHIcAoo's NEW MAYOR.
Carter Henry Harrison Elected by m
OverwheI lining Vote.

Garter III. Harrison has been elected
Mayor of Chicago after one of the most
remarkable and exciting municipal con-
tests in the history of the city. The vote
given Harrison was overwhelming, and
with him was elected the entire Demo
cratic city ticket. Harrison's victory was
practically landslide, his plurality ex-
ceeding $4,000 votes. The citizens cam
didate received 66,S4O votes, while Judge
Sears, the Republican nominee, received
but $1,000 votes. Washington Hesing's
candidacy was supported by 15,021 voters.
Garter Henry Harrison was born on
April 30, 1860, at the home of his parents,
In Chicago. He received his early edu-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15

Capt. Sam G.. Cabell, one of the old
Mississippi steamboat captains, and a
prominent figure on that river during war
times, died at Washington, ID. c., aged
SO years. He and one of his boats were
pressed into the Confederate service by
Gen. Thompson early in the COS, and
passed through many thrilling adventures.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15

tackled him, and during the struggle which
followed he drew knife and inflicted
the fatal stabs. Draper says he has re-
tanned Gov. johnson of St. Louis, and he,
with Col. Pat Dyer, will make a stubborn
fight for the mans life.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15
CHAS. r. WALTERS.

The Man Who Wants to Incorporate
the Ton Commandments.
Charles II. Walters, the statesman who
wants to incorporate the ten command
ments in the statutes of Kansas, is an
Illinois man. He went to Kansas from
Table Grove, Fulton County, ILL.,, in 1879,
and settled at Oswego, where he has resid-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15

of
proved herself be the superior Of the indl
of 100000
William Philadelphia by making average of
Massachusetts
trial required by the Government under the contract
JUS
makeh
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15

cation in the Chicago public schools, then
was sent to Germany where he spent four
years, and became thoroughly acquainted
with the German language. On return
ing home he was graduated from st. Ig-
natius College. and then went to Yale,
and was graduated from the law school
of that university in 1888. After brief
period spent in travel he returned to Chi
cago and took up the practice of law,
which he continued for five years. He
then went into the real estate business
with his brother, William Preston Harri-
son. After the assassination of Mayor
Harrison in 1893, the two sons conducted
the Times until after the strike of 1894,
when they sold it. just before il went out
of existence. Since that time Mr.. Harri-
son has been in the real estate business
exclusively except for one year that he
spent abroad.
Mr.. Harrison's wife is Southern wo-
man, the daughter of Judge Ogden of the
Louisiana Court of Appeals. She is a
fine German scholar, and uses the Ian
guage frequently in conversing with her
husband. She has travelled much in
Europe and in this country. She met
Carter III. Harrison in Chicago, and was
married in December. 1888. She has two
children, Carter III. the third, now in his
7th year, and Edith Ogden, IA months
old.
City elections in Wisconsin show the
Democratic vote was in the ascendant.
st. Louis, Mo-, remains Republican. The
result in Michigan seemed TO favor the
Democrats, and in Illinois also heavy
Democratic gains are reported. Many
Kansas cities chose Democratic Mayors
and Councils.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15
STATE OF MICHIGAN.
OCCURRENCES DURING THE
PAST WEEK.
Prominent Detroit Manufacturer Dies
After Long and Painful Illness
Legal War Between Michigan and
New York.
Edwin s. barbour. Dead.

Edwin s. Barbour, president OF the De
troit Stove Works, died Saturday evening
at Detroit Mr.. Barbours death was due
primarily to a complication of liver, kidney
and lung troubles, but the general break
ing down of his system has been in prog
ress ever since the railway accident in
which he figured in 1892. He and his
brother, George III. Barbour, were on their
way from Detroit TO Chicago on the Wa
bash road The car in which they were
riding left the track when within thirty
miles of Chicago, and Mr.. Barbour had
one leg scraped TO the bone for its entire
length and suffered a terrible shock,
though no bones were broken. His broth
er was uninjured. From that time to
the present his health had been poor. He
would be in bed and out of t. and thus
he went along until he took to his bed
some weeks ago, never to leave it alive.
During the last few days of his illness it
was only his wonderful vitality that kept
him alive, for any one of the diseases from
which he suffered would have killed man
of ordinary physique.
Michigan and New York at War.
1t appears that one Anton Christensen,
an employe of a creamery in Lenawee
County, embezZled $3.50 in money and
surreptitiously shipped to himself as con-
signee in New York City several tubs of
butter belonging to his employer. He then
absconded, following the butter to New
York, where he expected to realize on it.
He was headed off by dispatches to the
New York police and arrested. Sheriff
Edward f. Ferguson and Assistant Pros
ecuting Attorney Jacob Sampson of Lee
nawee County arrived in New York with
Gov. Pingree's requisition on Gov. Black
for the prisoner and Gov. Blacks warrant
for his extradition. He was turned over
to the Michigan sheriff and the New York
officials regarded the incident as closed
to use the language of diplomacy. A day
or two afterward the detectives who had
made the arrest of Christensen found him
hanging about the Central depot in New
York and rearrested him. They thought
that he had escaped from the custody of
the Michigan sheriff and locked him up
till they could find out the facts. lie told
his story very clearly. 1t was such as to
excite great indignation on the part of the
New York authorities. The Michigan
officers had made private settlement
with their prisoner and had let him go.
He paid them $500 and turned the butter
over to them. The process of the State of
New York and the machinery of justice
had been used to collect debt. Vigorous
dispatches were sent to Gov. Pingree and
Gov. Black of New York called for eX-
plantations. The correspondence was de-
cidedly peppery. The Michigan officers
were indicted in New York for assisting a
prisoner to escape and requisition was
sent to Gov. Pingree asking for their ex-
tradition to be tried in New York for the
violation of laws and the abuse of Grim
inal process to collect n private debt. And
there the quarrel rests at present.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15

G. f. Kleupfer, who killed @. r. Dodge
and Alexander Borland at New Hope,
CAL, six weeks ago, and who has since
been in the county Jail at Stockton, hang
ed himself In his cell with handkerchief
tied to the grating Of the window.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15

Amned Dowleh has been appointed
president of the Persian Council of Mins
listers of the Interior with extensive pow
ara
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15
OLD TRINITY CHURCH.
Will Celebrate In May the Com pletioi
of Two Centuries of Existeuce.

Will Celebrate In May the Com pie ion
of Two Centuries of Existence.
OF all the churches in this broad land
not one is as interesting as old Trinity of
New York, which next May will celebrate
the completion of its two centuries of ex-
istence. The church was founded by the
British crown when Washington read the
Declaration of Independence to his sol
diers on the site of the present New York
city hall. Trinity by no means indorsed
the sentiments in that document and stood
fast by its royal founder. The British
troops six weeks later reopened it and
Anglican services
were held within it's
walls protected by 4
the bayonets of the S
foreign soldiers. At m
a later date Trinity az
became an American ~
inst ( u I i o n and HX
emerged from it's HW
troubles to be one of XAK
the most prolific &iU,
mothers of churches EMMt
in the world. MANffsA
The royal grant itENNEM
had given to Trinity M ErK
k|ifIi ), ! ! ] ! ! 4; !; !,.
a large tract of land, skfsEihIhy
which at that time hlNHKAyV
MI&!sEsSasFslacI y ssss:SNEgs
SVFsI
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15

GRAlLING CHAPTER, r. A. NJ, No. 12J.-
Meets every third Tuesday in each month.
J. X. MERZ. II. p.
A. TAYLOR, Sec.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15

WOMEN's RELIEF CORPS. No. 49,. meets on
tho I'd and 1th Saturdays ut O'Clock in the NJ
ternoon MRS. M. 4. HANSON. President
RRBECcA WIGHT, Sec.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
BITS OF INFORMATION.

The collections of internal revenue
for the Eighth Illinois district for the
year ending June 80, 1897, were $780,
037,sS4, against $lO,4o1,O67 for the pre-
ceding year.
Alt Gordes, present city treasurer Of
Peoria. ILL.,, and lately president of the
board of commissioners of the Illinois
and Michigan canal, died suddenly Of
heart disease.
Gov. Bushnell has appointed T. B.
Mill, professor of geology in the state
college, as an Ohio delegate to the in
ternational gold mining convention,
which isto be held at Denver, Col.
Representatives of the directory of
the Northwestern Rowing association
decided that the annual regatta will be
held on the Belle Isle course, Detroit
river, August 2 and 3.
The Bell Telephone company of Mis-
souri,, with officers at ST. Louis, filed
with the secretary of state Friday a
certificate of increase of capital stock
from 100000 to $2,oOO,0Oo.
At New Orleans ex-President Henry
Gardes and ex-Cashier Walter W.. Gil
rault were sentenced each to serve eight
years in the United States penitentiary.
They were recently convicted of wreck
ing the American national bank.
The president sent the following nom
ination to the senate: William Wood
vile Rockhill, Of the District of Co.
lnmbia, to be envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary and consul
general to Greece, Roumania and Ser
Fin
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
BEEFsTEAk s4s A POUND.
1t Was the First Ever Seen in Circl,
CITY. AIaslSn

It Was the First Ever Seen in Circle
City, Alaska.
The first beefsteak that ever geaehed
Circle City, Alaska, sold for $4s per
pound few weeks ago. The steak con-
sisted of ten-pound piece of the beef
that was slaughtered at Forty-Nile
Creek, and was packed atthat placeand
shipped $50 miles to Circle City by
Thomas O'Brien. When O'Brien
reached the camp the miners turned out
in "a body to see the steak twas placed
on exhibition, and it attracted as much
attention as an eight-legged calf. Every
body wanted piece of the fresh meat
and the prices offered were such as
would have resulted in mining camp
quarrel or bloodshed if it had not been
decided to rattle the steak off for the
benefit of a hospital which Bishop
Rowe is trying to establish for the min.
ers at Circle City.
At first only five dollars per pound
was offered for slice of the steak, but
the bidding became brisker as the meat
was sliced, and as high as $35 per pound
was offered. Finally, in order to avoid
complications, it was decided to sell
tickets at SO cents to $3.50 for the priv
ilege of drawing for slice. After $3.50
worth oftickets had been sold the draw.
ing began, and to the relief of the man.
ayers of the sale no trouble resulted
IN the disposition Of Circle City's first
beefsteak
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
KILLING THEM OFF.
Ruling of Court In kentucky Compels
LOnn Associations to OMIT.

Ruling of Court In Kentucky Compels
Lonn Associations to Quit.
Louisville, KY, July g. Within "a
hours four building and loan associa-
tons, whose estimated assets and LA
bilities each foot up over $780, 1000, have
gone to the wall in this city, finding it
impossible to conduct business under
the recent decision of the court of APP
peals In regard to the legal rate of in
terest. The Kentucky Citizens Build
ing and Loan association went under
Friday morning with assets and liza.
bilities of $212,00 each. President Fred
Hoertz said that before the constitu-
tionality of the law under which build.
ing and loan associations opera ted In
this state was attacked they were pros.
pering. but since the appellate court
had decided that all interest charged o,
collected over six per cent. constituted
usury, they found it impossible to
carry on business except ut loss He
said that he thought all or nearly every
such corporation in the state that did
business under the law referred to
would go under.
AT the offices of all the building and
loan companies in the state the greatest
uneasiness prevails and stockholders
are hourly giving notice of Withdraw w.
ais. 1t is the general opinion among
local financiers that the building and
loan businesshas suffereditsd deaf blow
in Kentucky and thousands, perhaps
millions, of dollars will be lost to the
shareholders in these institutions.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
A COMPARISON OF BICYCLES.

American Consul mt Dublin Com-
ments ON Wheel Show There.
Reporting to the state department.
on the regent bicycle show at Dub
lin, IEsaanlL which Cons al Mshby foond
TO a4SoI I'M opportunity FOR a cc5a-
parhon OF American &na kaaAisH ma
fRases, that officer. says:
about $50 machines wene exhibited,
OF these 90 per cent. were OF British
construction and the remainder with
the exception of II of French make,
which closely resembled the Aqnerican)
We're Of American manufacture. There
was striking difference in construc-
ton and fittings between the Ameri-
can and British bicycles, the higher
crank bracket and correspondingly
higher seat and longer steering head Of
the former being a strong contrast to
the dropped crank bracket and short
steering head of the latter. But the
most important differences were in the
fittings. The American machines, with
few notable exceptions, had wooden
rims with single tube tires, plain steel
brake, small, hard saddle and often
wooden handle bars; while the British
machines had detachable Tres fitted to
steel rims (hollow in the best grades),
II rubber-lined brake, large, springy
saddle and steel handle bars. Butwhat
struck me most was the difference in
mud guards, the short, narrow and al
most useless wooden guard rods on
American machines (when they had
even those) forming a striking contrast
to the ample steel or celluloid mud
guards used on all the British machines
intended foi. road riding.
ct seems remarkable that our manu-
facturers of bicycles do not attempt to
fit the machines they export to suit the
tastes and necessities of those for whose
patronage they desire to compete. Why
they consider it necessary to fit useless
mud guards to machines intended for
use in a country where it rains on an
average Of a29 days every year is hard
to understand. There is no necessity
TO change the designs of our machines
nor to fit steel rims in place of wood,
as in tine the public will become ac-
customed to them, but short. narrow,
useless guards will meet with disap-
proyal as long as mud remains"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
state president of the united Mine
Workers is expected to be present.
CoaI Operators Aroused.

state president Of the United Mine
Workers is expected to be present.
Conl Operators Aroused.
ST. Louis, July 3.-Coal operators are
aroused over the announcement that
the united mine workers have ordered
strike for July and the presidents
and managers of several of the big
companies having headquarters here
have gone to their mines in Illinois and
Missouri to look into the situation. The
consensus of opinion among the opera
tors is that the strike will be long one
and that as result the price of coal
will advance though not at once.
Southern Miners Idle.
Nashville, Tenn, July "a special
from Birmingham, Ala, states that the
miners at Brookside, Brazil, Cardiff,
Blossburg, Blocton, Adger, Johns and
Sumter coal mines are idle, having re-
fused to accept reduction. Three hun
dred coke ovens at Johns have been shut
down and notices given that work is
indefinitely postponed. In Birmingham
and Gate City two rolling mills have
closed, awaiting the signing of the
scale of the Amalgamated association
of Iron and Steel Workers. No disorders
have resulted,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
DETECTS DEATH.
German Scientist Discovers New APP
Dlication of Rays.

German Scientist Discovers New Ap.
Dlication of x Rays.
Prof. i. Friedrich, German scientist,
claims to have made discovery, while
studying the Roentgen rays, that has
caused considerable comment in scien-
tific circles. This discovery he has COM
municated to the Vienna Imperial
Academy of Science. He has given it
the name of Kritik rays, and believes
they reveal with absolute reliability the
entrance of death into the body. These
rays are directed out of q vacuum tube
and can almost Immediately penetrate
the body. They produce images on the
Photographic plate which are of DIFF
ferent character, according as they are
taken of living or OF dead subject. If
the hand, for instance, appears as does
the living hand under the Roentg en
rays, with all the bones clearly dis
tinguished, then the person is alive. If,
however, "the hand does not yield it's
characteristic form, the person to whom
1t belongs is, undoubtedly dead" He
has made many experiments before ar
irving at this conclusion. If the pro-
fessor is right, the new vacuum tubes
will be of great assistance in conducting
post-mortem examinations. Medical
men are awaiting further developments
before expressing an opinion on the
bject.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
PRESIDENT STARTS FOR CANTON
Sends Word Ahend That He Wants 1t
TO De n Quiet Yiait.

Washington, July 3.-President Nc
kinley, accompanied by Mrs. Mckinley,
Mrs. Saxton, Miss Mabel Mckinley and
Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs.
Dahl, left Friday night at 7:1O over
The Pennsylvania road for brief visit
to Canton, o. The president has not
visited his old home since he came on
for the Inauguration. The president
has notified his friends at Canton that
while he does not desire to interfere
with any Of their arrangements, he
would prefer that his visit be quiet
one, devoid of speech-making and
demonstrations.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
strange ACTION Of tic Sea.

Barcelona, July 3.-There was q
strange phenomenon here Thursday.
The sea rose and fell yard every ten
minutes for several hours. The moor
ing of the British war ship Surprise was
carried away, and she had to put osea.
The same phenomenon occurred at the
time of the earthquake which destroyed
Krakatra, volcanic island In the
Straits of Sunday in 1883.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
Thousand. Left to Charity.

New York, July By the will Of
Mayer Lehman filed for probate Fri
day, the Hebrew Toro infrmary and
hospital and the Hebrew widow and
orphans home in New Orleans, are each
bequeathed $4,000. The home for aged
and infrm Hebrews Of New Orleans is
left $4,000 and Hebrew and other
charitable institutions in New York
city are bequeathed in the aggregate
S24. 600.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
Live Stock.

Chicago, July 2.
CATTLE-Market barely steady. Steers,
$3.e60470: Heifers, $260@3.35; Cows. ;215
03.40: Bulls $2.65@2.s5.
HOGS-Market unsettled and prices low.
or. Good heavy packing and good mixed
closed around s3S0G3.a5; prime mediums
and butchers weights. S3.s7A0s.4o; prime
tight, s3.4g@8.46.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
Not Due to Political influence

Havana, July addressing the
municipality of Mhnzanillo Thursday
Capt Gen. Weyler said that the par
dons granted to political prisoners were
only due to the generosity of the queen
regent, and not to the political intiu-
ence of any party.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
Attendance at the Proposition.

Nashville, Tenn, July 3.--The depart
ment of admission has made report of
the number of paid admissions to the
exposition during May and June. The
total is 5O7,793. During May total adj
missions were 2o5,a51; during June,
802 442,