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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicaro-Cottle. common 70 nrimc
no to 81 70. bogs sb;nn;nc grades
$500 TO 81. Is: sheen fair 70 choice 81 Oo
to s4.25: wheat. No. rcd 74c 70 7Gc.
corn. No. 3. 2Ic 70 ooc. oats No , IL.
TO ice. rye M nc 70 aGc. bntter
choice creamery. 1oc n o1c. ayrs fresh
lie TO 16c. nototoes ner hnsbei ooc 70
30c: broom corn comn,on short 70 choice
dwarf. S35 70 $50 per ton.
Indionano,isV C.ttls sh;n,;nc 60 M 20
So d: hogs choice Hgbt "a on m "a *.
sheen gooJ 20 choice sa IN 70 400.
wbeat NJ . s5c 70 s7c. corn No \,
white oIc 20 ooc. cots NJ White Oh.
IN ooc
81. Iou;sLCot,,e sao0 ,o g, Ok. hoo.
$500 10 ca Ak. sheen 81 on 70 Fl EO.
wheat No aG. 60 ~. corn No . velIow
IOc ~ a,c.'oats NJ white IGc - ITc.
rye. No. 2 3oc to a4c.
Observation-Disclosures go ,o,o sh M. hoc.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
Notes of Current Exent..

Count Cassella, the Pope's private cham
berlain, formerly of Denver, died nj
Rome. He was born in London in 1929.
Edward w. Emerson, of Concord. son
of Ralph Waldo Emerson, has been che.
sen as poet for Phi Beta Kappa day nj
Harvard, next June.
The boiler of the county Jail at Frank
fort, Ky, exploded, utterly wrecking the
Jail office. Several men who were i'm the
Jail are injured and james Rodgers. Ca
bell Hardin and Lew Hill may die.
Archduke Otto of Austria. nephew of
Emperor Francis Joseph and heir ire
sumptive to the throne of Austria. has
arrived at Berlin and was received with
great ceremony by Emperor William. the
imperial princes and high court, military
and civil officials.
Sister Mary Xavier died at St Mary,s
OF the Woods, near Terre Haute, Ind.
aged q years. She was the last of the
seven sisters who went to that locality in
1912 and started in log cabin the order
of Sisters of Providence, and where Ia
now located property worth more than a
million.
The Russian legation In Washington
has sent a contribution of 500 TO the
popular fund now being raised In Wash
ington for the relief of the city'Spoor.
Capt. Henry King. chief editorial writ
er of the paper, has been appointed TO
succeed the late Joseph b. McCullagb as
editor of the st. Louis Globe Democrat
No change will be made in the policy or
style Of the paper.
u0fhchl ddvices from Manila say that
the Situation there is greatly improved
and that the rebels do not dare 10 nm
proach the capital. 1t is reported tbnt
5000 insurgents, while trying 10 cross the
Isthmus of Noveleta of the provinces -
Cavite, were repulsed with Acavy losses
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
WOOL GROWERS MEET.
They will Ask Congress for Protec-
tive Tariff on Merino. 81,

They will Ask Congress for Protec-
tive Tariff on Merino. g,
The National Wool Growers Associa-
tion met in Washington with thirty-six
members present, representing practically
all of the wool-growing States and terri
tories. A resolution was adopted calling
on Congress for such a protective tariff
on merino wool as will give the growers
east of the Missouri river 20 cents per
pound, farm value, for unwashed merino,
and % cents, farm value, for washed. For
sections west Of the Missouri river 10
cents is demanded, farm value, for I'M
washed. A committee of seven was ap-
pointed, with President Lawrence as
chairman, to confer with Representatives
of the National Association of Wool Man
ufacturers and with representatives of
the Manufacturers Club of Philadelphia,
with view to an agreement as to the
pending wool and wooden tariff schedule,
with a reservation, however, to the effect
that the growers would not agree to any
proposition not In accord with their views.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

Tests % Powder Tor the Big Teu-Inch
0un st eau Frencisco.
On the bluff, 800 yards back Of Fort
Winfield Scott, near San Francisco, the
big 10-inch breechloading rife was fired
Monday for the first time. Everyone be-
longing to the Preside reservation who
was OF duty was there to witness the
sight. About hundred people from the
city were present by invitation. The ex-
periments were to determine whether the
Brown prisnatic powder u suioed to this
class Of rife. Three shots were fired.
The first was two-thirds of fall charge
Of powdcs, 1856 % pounds, the second was
$50 pounds and the last a fun charge OF
280 pounds. Cast-iron shot with chilled
points. weighing $40 pounds each, were
used. The last shot revealed the factthat
the pressure was. too high 10 be safe. IT
ran up to 41,000 pounds. The limit allow
ed IL 81 900 pounds. Everything above
that figure strains and weakens the gun.
Every time this great rife il fired It costs
the Government 5000.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
Minor State Matters.

The directors of an Adrian bank were
surprised while holding meeting at the
appearance in the room of man who de-
manded 100000 which he said had been
deposited in the bank by an uncle, to be
given to him when he became "a years of
age. An officer took charge of him. and
he will probably be placed in an asylum,
as he Is insane.
Prof. X. NJ. Wenley. of Ann Arbor, has
accepted the invitation of the publishers
and general editor of the Dictionary of
Philosophy and Psychology" to edit the
sections on the philosophy of religion. He
will work co-jointly with Prof. Ormond
of Princeton. The other editors are all
authorities In philosophy, and Prof. j.
Mark Baldwin of Princeton is the gen.
eral editor.
The dining car Frogmore, attached to
the evening passenger train on the 500
line, was discovered to be on fire just af-
ter leaving Hunts Spur, small station
about twenty miles east Of Manistique.
Inside of fifteen minutes ii was entirely
consumed. The sleeping car Immediately
behind the diner also caught fire, as did
the first-class coach next forward, and
the fires were with difficulty extinguished.
Sever Everson, aged %, kas killed while
at work at Arpin. His hook slipped out
while rolling a white oak log, and he fell,
the log passing over him.
Suits against the owners. of the steamer
City of Kalamazoo, which was burned at
South Haven last November, will be be-
gun. soon by the relatives of Rosa Cow
ems and Joseph Lang, two of the crew
who lost their lives In the fire. Heavy
damages will be asked on the ground that
the owners of the steamer were guilty of
gross negligence in having no night watch
man on board the boat while fire was
kept up.
At Kalamazoo, the G.. III. Raynor Co.
stock OF books and stationery has been
sold to Edward Woodbury., one of the
creditors, for $10,750. The secured in
debtedness Is S10,245.G0. The stock in
ventoried $4,000.
The annual sleighing carnival of the
people of Fairplain was held Saturday.
Fairplain Is n prosperous fruit growing
suburb of Benton Harbor, and every Feb
ruary all the people join in a grand sleigh
ride. There were thirty teams and sleighs
In the line, with the Fairplan band at the
head, and all trimmed with evcrgreens and
bunting. One man held aloft the Stars
and Stripes and others carried bannersex-
telling the beauties of the town.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
cANApA.s RECORDS IN DANGER.
Fire in Old Western Department
Ruildiur Mt OffaMa. Ont.

Fire in Old western Department
Building at Ottawa, Ont.
5. The old western department building in
Ottawa. Ont, suffered damage to the ex-
tent of 100000 by fire. The offices de-
stroyed are those of the public works de-
partment,. the marine and fisheries and the
mounted police. The fire brigade had lit
tie effect on the flames, which spread
slowly but steadily along the fated build
ing. Lack of pressure, bad hose, frozen
hydrants and variety of causes contrib
uted to the poor work of the brigade. At
3 o'clock in the morning an engine and
men arrived from Montreal, but by that
time there was nothing more to burn. The
construction of a modern building in place
of the one wrecked by the fire will cost not
less than $25O,O00.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
Anxious for Seizure.

According to reports received from the
island of Crete. the situation has not
changed for the better. The revolution
Is spreading and the Christians are, in
most cases, fighting under the flag of
Greece. The conservative element in the
legislative chamber is opposed to the pol
Icy of seizing the island in.de6ance of the
powers. They argue that Greece should
not attempt to annex the island until she
Is assured of the support of some one OF
the great powers. They claim, further.
that Europe is not prepared to sanction
anything that might serve to impel the
Turkish problem toward solution at this
time. 1t is possible, they assert. that the
warshps of other nations will cooperate
in re-establishing, If not maintaining,
peace, and that King George may be
served with notice that he must not over
ride the European guaranty of Turkish
reforms on the island of Crete. On the
other hand, the radical element insists
that Crete should be annexed to Greece
without delay and In spite of all opposi-
ton. At any rate, they assert, an agrees
sive stand may force the whole Turkish
situation, under cover of which Greece
can obtain possession of Crete. During
the uproarious debate Tuesday afternoon
the radical element urged the Government
ion with Crete at all costs. So warm did
the discussion over this question become
that personal encounters between the
various deputies were only prevented by
the intercession of friends.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
o,Ma,Iey and santry Free.

Aid. Thomas ]. O'Malley, with John
Santry, was acquitted Saturday night at
Chicago of the charge of being concerned
in the murder of Gustav Colliander in Il
polling booth during raid when ballot
box was stolen. The acquittal of O'Mal-
ley furnishes the sequel to one of the most
remarkable criminal proceedings on rec
ord in this country and lifts a cloud from
the character of man whose private and
political life has stood the test of forty
five years without so much as n breath of
SUSPICION.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
TESTING FINENEss OF COINS.
Commission Making Annual kxamin-
alton at Philadelphia Mint.

Commission Making Annual kxamin-
alton at Philadelphia Mint.
The annual test and examination of the
weight and fineness of the coins reserved
at the several minis during the last year
opened at the Philadelphia mint Wednes-
day. The test and examination are made
pursuant to the provisions of section %
of the Revised Statutes, the President
being required to designate the commits
sioners. At the same time, the affair is
very much Of farce. or pleasing bit of
fiction, something on the line of the ex-
animation of the vaults of the House of
Commons the day before the opening of
Parliament in search of possible conspira-
tors. Few of the commissioners nomi-
mated from year to year know a thing
about the weight or fineness of coins, and
the affair has become little more than
junket
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
A Legacy of $4,000.

Kalamazoo College has just taken an
other boom. being the recipient of $780,
900 legacy, bequeathed by the late Charles
Willard, of Battle Creek. OF this sum
$4,000 will be used to endow what shall
be known as the Willard chair of Latin
language and literature, and $4,000 for
a scholarship fund for needy students.
The board of Kalamazoo College and min
isterial education have selected the last
Sunday in March as kalamazoo College
Day." This is designed to bring the Bap-
fists of the State into closer relation
ship with the institution. This board has
also offered SO prize for the best paper
on the subject, Education of Young
Women" The paper is not to exceed
1000 words.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

Indifferent as to theology, DESTROYS
oniy that men shall be good, is said to
De the present religious attitude OF
large proportion OF respectable people,
Ii the opinion is correct the future is
IN peril. The day has not come when
the world can afford to dispense with
sound theology. The men who believe
IN their hearts In the theology Of the
Bible are the men who maintain high
standard Of morality.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
UNFAIR BRITISH MILLERs.
Jealous of American F1our-They Say
II Ia Aduiternted.

1t Is Adutternted.
As an illustration of the unfair and con-
scienceless methods that a certain ele-
ment among British millers is using in the
effort to stop the growing importation Of
American -four, United States Consul
fancy, at Belfast, has forwarded to the
Department of State extracts from Irish
trade papers, making the broad charge
that all of the American -four is adul-
terated According to this remarkable
statement, the adulterant is cornmeal,
which is so finely ground as to defy detec-
ton when mixed with flour. The very
whiteness and purity of our flour is cited
in proof of the charge, for it is said that,
as the British milers can make only
yellow -four from Indian wheat, the Amer
leans must add the cornmeal, which is OF
a blush tint, to make their wheat white.
The consul says this sort of argument is
used with evil effect.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
Counterfeit Money Stolen.

Burglars entered the office of Secret
Service Agent Murphy in the Federal
building in st. Louis and captured all the
counterfeit money in possession Of the de-
partment TWO gangs of expert counter
letters are there frjail awaiting trial. The
capture of the counterfeit money robs the
Government of its chief evidence and
practically prevents the effective prose-
,cution of the cases.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
All Are Dead.

william Lewis, wife and one child left
Reinbeck, Iowa, for South Dakota early
last fall. The husband persisted in bliz-
yard, and the funeral of the wife and child
took place Thursday. They lived in a
rude sod house after the fathers death,
and the roof caved in. killing them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
CARS FALL OFF A TREsTLE.
Ice weakens a Structure at franklin
Mine, Nd.

Mine, Nd.
The breaking of an ice gorge weakened
a trestle on the Cumberland and Pennsyl-
vania Railway at Franklin Mine, Nd,
causing the trestle to give way about mid
night, while an excursion train was cross
ing it. The engine crossed safely, but the
combination car and rear coach went into
the stream, which was unusually high,
owing to a thaw, and this threw the en-
CINE on its side. There were fifteen pas
sengers aboard and they became panic
stricken, men and women battling to es-
cape. All eventually got out of the coaches
and probably reached shore in safety.
Robert Ross, engineer, and John n. How
ard, fireman, attempted to jump from the
engine, but Ross was caught in the wreck
and died from the effects of inhaling cs-
Gaping steam.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
settles With Merritt Family.

The case of Alfred Merritt, Of Duluth.
versus John ID. Rockefeller is reported to
have been settled for $500, 1000 in cash paid
to Merritt. All the members of the Mer-
ritz family joined in the settlement.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
Striking Miners Riot.

A riot occurred among the striking min
ers at the j. III. Somers Fuel Company's
mines near Bellevernon, Pa. in which
Superintendent William Bates and Boss
Hauler Charles CANADIAN were shot and
probably fatally wounded. The 400 men
mt the works struck because the company
refused to reinstate a hauler who had
been discharged for reckless driving. At
n 'meeting called to discuss the difficulties
quarrel arose and a fight was precipitat-
ed. The disturbers were driven from the
hall, but no sooner were they on the out
side than they renewed the struggle, using
clubs, stones and revolvers. Superin
tendent Bates, who was in the midst Of
the rioters, was attacked, and, drawing "A
revolver, tried to defend himself. He was
met by CANADIAN, who fourished re-
volver over his head. The men exchanged
six shots each and then fell to the ground.
Burgess Bronson closed the saloons tenn
porarily, and the town was put, under
heavy patrol, as another outbreak was
feared. The Somers company has an
Office at Bellevernon, but the general
Office Is at Cleveland. Ohio.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
SAFETY FOR DEPosITORs.
Kansas Legislator Wants All Banks
to Protect Their Patrons.

to Protect Their Patrons.
At Topeka, Kan, Representative Gil
lespie incorporated rather novel idea in
a bill which he has introduced in the
House. The bill provides for the creation
and maintenance of guarantee fund for
the protection of depositors of defunct
State banks. 1t provides for the levy Of
a qparter-mill tax on all deposits in State
banks to make a fund, to be deposited
with the State Treasurer. When bank
breaks and the assets from all sources
IRE exhausted, the State Treasurer shall
pay the depositors the balance of the
money due them from said bank out of the
fund accumulated.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
General Airer win. a Big Suit.

At Chattanooga, Tenn, Judge J. d.
Clark, In the case of Russell A. Alger
versus the estate of John +. Anderson,
to recover money paid for property in
Franklin County; Tenn, decided in favor
of the complainant. The amount involved
IS S103, 600, with interest for seven years.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

The President has recommended to Con-
gress thnt 1900 copies of passport regu-
lations of foreign countries be printed for
distribution by the State Department.
The communication also advises all Amer
leans going abroad to secure passports be-
fore leaving the United States.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

There are gains for all our losses,
There are balms for all our pain;
But when youth, the dream, departs,
1t takes something from our hearts,
And 1t never comes again.
We are stronger, and are better.
Under manhood's sterner reign:
Still we feel that something sweet
Follows youth, with flying feet.
And will never come again.
Something beautiful Is vanished,
And we sigh for II in vain;
We behold it everywhere,
On the earth and in the air,
But 1t never comes again.
--Richard Henry Stoddard.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
Death in a Cistern.

Rosie Fuller, aged 22, of Owosso. was
accidentally drowned in cistern in the
cellar of her mothers house. She had
been i'll for two weeks, suffering from the
grip. Her mother was at the barn for
twenty minutes attending to chores, and
during her absence from the house the
daughter arose from her bed and, the els
tern pump being frozen, went down cellar
to dip up water from the cistern, which
Is open. 1t is believed she either slipped
or became dizzy and fell into the cistern
head first. A crust of ice covered the
water. except hole that had been broken
to admit the dipping of water. When
discovered she was past rcsuscitation. She
was an unusually bright and intelligent
girl, a graduate of Baptist institution
of learning at Chicago. and was worker
In .he Baptist Church.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
white House Chri.teninr.

Marion, the youngest of the three daugh.
tiers of President and Mrs. Cleveland,
was christened ut the White House
Thursday. The ceremony was the brief,
impressive one of the Presbyterian
Church.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
Fell Dead in the Pulpit.

minister of Springfield, o., fell dead in
the pulpit while exhorting at big re-
vival at Felicity. Women screamed and
men wept. The couple celebrated their
golden wedding three months ago.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
Plan. of the Michigan Grange.

The executive committee of the State
Grange has formulated plans for Pat
rons' Fire Insurance Company and for ex-
tending it's cooperative department. The
committee Endorses change in tax laws
which shall require all taxpayers to make
oath to their tax statements, and Super
visors and boards of review to certify TO
tax rolls under oath. 1t favors an ample
appropriation for farmers institutes, and
explores the reduction of the appropriation
asked for travelling libraries.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
othcr Leri.latlon 60 w.it.

Congress, says Washington correspon-
dent, has settled down TO business and
quit fooling. There may be an occasional
canoe. The appropriation bills win occupy
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
scaIpers Are Yictors

The Senate Committee on Interstate
Commerce killed the railroad anti-ticket
scalpers' bill.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
New PubIic Buitdiu~..

The Secretary of the Treasury trans.
mftted to Congress a draft of bill pro-
viding that the Secretary of the Treasury,
after plans for apublic building have been
approved, may have them changed IL
deemed necessary. Buildings ut Racine,
Wis; Bloomington, ILL.,, and Mankato.
Mimi, are mentioned as cases which
would be acted upon under the proposed
law. ~, X
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
Thiry. ave Thousand Person. In want

Thfry'hve Thousaud Persons In Want.
The drought In north Louisiana covers
oil the vast territory between the Red
river and the Arkansas line, and the west
boundary and the river parishes to the
east. In most of this area not one bale
of cotton has been raised to ten acres In
cultivation, Over $4,000 persons are in
need and in danger Of starvation before
the next crop can be raised.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
STATE OF MICHIGAN.
ocouRRENcEs DURING THE
PAST WEEK.
Pathetic story OF . Father nc Mus.
ksgon-Hoiiy Man save( HE CASH
by Yeliing-sad Death OF an Owosso
Young Lady.


The story of one of the worst tragedies
In the history of numbering operations In
western Michigan was retold in trial
before Judge Russell In the Muskegon
Circuit Court. Jonathan III. Critchet, as
administrator of the estate of VIM. A.
Critchet, brought suit against Staples 4
Covell, the wealthy numbering firm. OF
Whitehall, for $15, 900 damages. At about
noon on the 9th of April, 1894, logging
engine was carrying a party OF nine men
In from the woods where they had been
at work to the camp where they were to
eat dinner, and had reached a place with
In half mile of its destination. At this
point tree had fallen across the track,
and this the locomotive struck while run
ming backward. The machine wavered
moment and then rolled over and down
the embankment on which the tracks were
laid, carrying with IL the entire crew. or
the nine men. seven were so badly scalded.
burned and bruised that they either died
Immediately or passed away within few
hours. The man who brings this suit lost
two sons in the accident. the one stated
and Loren Critchet When the father
was on the stand he told how his boy kiss
ed him and died in his arms. and as he
told the story his voice choked and court,
jurors, attorneys and spectators were sus
piciously busy in looking out the window
or with their handkerchefs.
Robbers We're Fooled.
w. G. Evans, n prominent business man
of Holly, and for many years a member
of the Common Council, was held up on
his way home from the Masonic lodge
room at IL p. m. and within one block of
his home. While passing the hospital on
Broad street two men stepped out from
behind the building. The large man
struck Evans over the head with a small
hickory club about twenty inches long,
knocking him down, when the small man
undertook TO rifle his clothes. Mr.. Evans
was not knocked out, however, and called
loudly for help. which frightened the small
man, who took to his heels. The large
man tried to complete the job, but was
not equal to the occasion and also ran
away. Mr.. Evans was at his place of bus
mess next morning, but somewhat dis
figured. He received hard blow with
the club over his eye, which made 1t nee
essary to call doctor to sew up the
wound. The only description of the men
was that one was large and one small.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
The FLIGHT Of Youth

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