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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

martial next month have already been
drawn by the Judge advocate general OF
the navy at Washington, the substantial
ton Of either involving dismissal from
the service. The first Is that Of sulpable
negligence in the performances Of duty,
under which fall at least ten specifica-
lions, every one fortified by the most dam
aging evidence. The second charge so
far formulated IL that of neglect OF duty,
and under this at least dozen instances
are specified. They relate to the demon
strable gross frauds practiced directly I'M
der the inspection of Mr.. Menocal, not on
occasions when he was temporarily abb
sent from the scene OF operations or when
subordinate was filling the inspectors
place; not when Mr.. Menocal was In Flor
ida, or during any of his frequent visits
TO New York City, but when, 1t Is assert
ed, he was In direct charge of the con-
struction of the Brooklyn dry dock and
actually witnessing the progress OF the
contractor. The efforts Of the naval legal
authorities, however, have not ended with
drawing the first two charges with their
specifications and collating the testimony
tc secure conviction upon them. Assist
ant Judge Advocate General Laucheimer,
who has been in Brooklyn working up the
case and examining the evidence dug out
of the mud by Constructor Bowles, has
some time in which to complete his pre-
seintation for the prosecution, and 1T Is
strongly intimated that before that period
expires he will charge collision between
the Government inspectors and the con-
tractors.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
DUN's. TRADE REVIEW.
Its Report on the Months Business
Briefly Summarized.

Its Report on the Months business
Briefly Summarized.
X. G.. Dun & Co.'s weekly review OF
trade says: '"The first month of the new
year has brought rather more increase in
business, but less Improvement in prices,
than was expected. With payments
through clearing house 7.3 per cent larger
than in 1892, and probably the largest
ever known in any month; with railroad
earnings 49, per cent larger than the
best of past years, the fact that prices are
very low only shows more clearly the in
crease in quantities Of products sold. The
settlement of wages on 10 per cent ad-
vance April / for 100000 coal miners of
the central region, with other changes,
will tend toward larger demand for pro-
ducts of all kinds, though also toward
some increase in cost of manufacture.
Wheat has been conspicuous, rising D
cents for the week, with SIS cents for
May options. Cotton has risen Jig cent,
notwithstanding the strikes in Eastern
mills and the official report of decrease
of 10.5 per cent in British exports of cot
ton goods last year. The wooden manu-
facture is doing well, fine worsted goods
having opened at an advance Of 20 per
cent of last year. Sales at three of the
chief markets have been $3.50, 100 pounds,
and for four weeks, 80, 421 ,07O, of which
p ,367, 100 were domestic, against &c.
547, 600 last year, of which 23,39S 300
were domestic. Failures for the week
have been 342 in the United States,
against 331 last year, and "a in Canada,
against 81 last year."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

Forced to Disgrace Herself, Mrs. Hig-
gins Attempts Suicide.
Disgraced and shamed by Q maudlin
husband before maudlin friends, Mrs.
Grace Higgins OF st. Louis decided 1t
were better to seek death than continue
to live. Mrs. Higginsas 81 years old.
The charge she places against her hus-
band has shocked the city. The latter Is
stage manager of local theater. Hig-
gins had been. drinking. He returned
homcv late, bringing party of friends
with him. His wife was sick In bed. Hig-
gins asked her to get up and dance. After
much talk size did so, recalling dance
she had learr ed in other days. The COM
pany was pleased and boisterously de-
manded the hoochi-coochi. She refused.
Get up and Dance" said her husband.
81 cannot" she answered. Haven't l
danced enough?" Get up and dance"
he repeated savagely. 1--WE want the
hoochi-coochi, and it goes" Wcarily the
woman tottered from her bed. She dane
ed until her eyes fairly started from their
sockets. At the end she was fainting.
II was heartsick and body SICK she said
at the hospital, 'and decided to make an
end of IL all"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
PROVES A FALSE FRIENc.
Missouri Farmer Loses His Wife
Through the Man He Trusted.

Missouri Farmer Loses His Wife
Through the Man He Trusted.
Up to a few days ago Richard Conway
and Nicholas Willard were cellmates in
the Gasconade County Jail at Hermann,
Mo. They liked each other and unfolded
little schemes and condolences to each
other frequently. Willard especially liked
to talk, and his principal topic of CONVEX
sation was his wife. Conway accepted
a cordial invitation to visit the Willard
farmhouse when the owner should have
served his time. Conway was released
ten days ago. Willard became free man
a week later. His release came in the
form Of a pardon based on information OF
a wife's infdelity and a friends treach-
cry. Conway had visited the Willard
home as soon as he was released and had
found Mrs. Willard ell that her fond hus-
band had said. He prevailed upon her
to go with him. They left three small
children, not the woman's, in the house
without protection.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

!, In the Ladies' Home Journal Clara
Morris. The actress, in writing of an old
and faithful servant-"John Hickey:
Coachman''-tells of the unique way in
whiyh he always celebrates the anni-
,versary of her birth. mot more than
ten~minutes after his discovery that
my birthday fell on Saint Patrick's
Day" she says, ''he was at the house,
asking II the ladies wouldn't let him
have some Crane material That SEEM
ed n very vague order-'grane material
leaving such n wide margan for spec
ulation as to what kind Of Crane ma
teriar he meant. But the only infor-
nation he would give was that he just
wanted some Crane material, dress
goods or the like
"Thereupon my mother gave him
deep fiounce of green silk. taken from
n retired stage-dress of mine. This he
ripped. and pressed, and sewed at. till
10, on Saint Patrick's morning there
fluttered from the Flagstaff q brilliant
green silk flag. and was informed it
was there In my honor, not Saint Pat
rick's. In the years that followed l was
very rarely at homo on my birthday,
but no matter how far away l might
be, early on Saint patrick's morning
the green silk flag ran swiftly up the
staff. But mark this now as he him
self would say, never even In my hon.
or, never once did that green flag fly
above the stars and Stripes Honest
old Irish-American that he was, the
flag he had served with arms In his
hands was the first nag in the world
for him, and had to take the place Of
honor every time"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
American Plan as to China.

There is reason to believe that the moral
influence of the United States will sup
port Great Britain in her efforts to keep
China open to the commerce of the world,
AYERS the Washington correspondent of
the New York Herald. The only active
steps which the administration will prob
ably take in the matter will be to enter
into negotiations with Germany respect
ing the treatment of American ships en-
tering Kiao-Chou and suc,, other ports
in China as may be seized in the future
by Russia or Japan. IF China has leas-
ed kiaO-Chou on the condition that it
shall be opened by Germany as Chinese
port, then it will not be necessary for the
President to take steps in the matter"
said an. official of the administration. 1T
will mean that commerce of all nations
will be allowed unrestricted entry thereto.
If, as we believe, however, Kiao-Chou
should be leased to Germany without con-
ditions, then Germany will have the right
and will undoubtedly exercise it to put in
operation port and customs regulations
such as are now in force in German home
ports. The United States cannot make
objection to the extension of such regula.
tons to Kiao-Chou in such an event, for
ii will be German soil to all intents and
purposes, as in Hamburg. However, the
administration will expect from Germany
privileges that may be granted by her to
any other nation, and will, therefore, reap
the advantages which Great Britain's at
titude against the shutting of the Chinese
door to the commerce of the world will
give. This is required in accordance with
the articles of the treaty between Prussia
and the United States
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to 500; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $500; wheat, No. 2 red, 99c to $1.O1
corn, No. 2, &c to 2Sc; oats, No. 2, pc
to 23c; rye, No. 2, acc to 47c; butter,
choice creamery, 1Sc to Zoe; eggs, fresh,
16c to lie; potatoes, common to choice,
52c to 65c per bushel.
Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $500 to
S5.25; hogs, choice light, $500 to $500;
sheep, common to choice, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 92c to 94c; corn, No. 2
white, 2Sc to 30c; oats, No. white, 24c
to &c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, 97c to 99c; corn, No. 2
yellow, 25c to 26c; oats, No. 2 white, &c
to 24c; rye, No. 2, 45c to Acc.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to $5.25; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $3.50 to $4.75;
wheat, No. 2, 94c to 96c; corn, No. 2
mixed, 29c to 3Oc; oats, No. mixed, 24c
to 26c; rye, No. 2, 4Sc to 43c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $5.25; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, Nc. 2, 95c to 96c; corn, No. z
yellow, 2Sc to 29c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c
to 2Sc; rye, 4Sc to Acc.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 red, 95c to 96c;
corn, No 2 mixed, CSC to 29c; oats, No.
2 white, 22c to 24c; rye, No. 2, 4Sc to 49c;
clover seed, $3.15 to $500.
Observation-Disclosures, No. spring, SSc
to Ole; corn, No. 3, CSC to 29c; oats, No.
2 white, 24c to 26c; rye, No. 2, Acc to 4Sc;
barley, No. 2, 40c to 43c; pork, mess,
$3.50 TO $1,000.
Buffalo-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2 red, 97c to 99c; corn, No.
2 yellow, Bic to 33c; oats. No. 2 white,
Csc to 29c.
New York-Cattlc, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat. No. 2 red, $1.05 to $106; corn, No.
:. 30c to &c; oats, No. white. 2Sc to
Soc; butter, creamery, 15c to 21c; eggs.
Western. 10c to dc.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
DUTY MAY BE REPEALED.
Rumor that the French May Repeal
the Tariff on American Wheat.

Rumor that the French May Repeal
the Tariff on American Wheat.
1t is rumored that the French Govern
ment is about to repeal the duty on wheat,
which amounts to 37h cents bushel.
Italy has already reduced the wheat tar
If, in response to serious bread riots, in
which it was necessary to call out the
troops. Much interest is attached to the
Chicago wheat market. Joseph Letter,
through his agent, George b. French, has
purchased from twelve to fourteen mill
ion bushels of wheat, and claims that this
cereal will shortly advance to $1.25 n
bushel The clique has cancelled all con-
tracts for foreign freight room, claiming
that the home demand will more than abb
sorb all the wheat now in sight The
price is steadily advancing and it is a bat
tie royal between young Letter and the
Chicago elevator interests. Charges are
made that railroads are making discrimi-
mating rates and this matter will proba-
bly, be fought out before the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
News of Minor Note.

Prof. Taschenberg, the entomologist.
is dead at Halle.
Secret societies at Denver are waging
war on department stores.
NJ. Il. Goodman, clothing merchant Of
Texarkana, Ark, was attached by home
creditors. Liabilities and assets not stat
ed.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
appointed William j. Kennesaw receiver
Of the First National Bank of Pembina,
N. d.
d. NJ. Hough & Co, shoe manufacture
ers at Rochester. y. Y, have made an as
signmcnt to Granger A. HOLSTER. Liza
bilities, $4,000; assets, $4S,00O.
Paul Felix Tallaidc the well-knowa
and veteran French actor, is dead. He
WAS born in Paris. Jan. 10, 1897, and was
admitted to the Conservatoire in 1915.
Mrs. Mary Shillito, widow of the late
John Shillito. founder Of the great mer-
camille house in Cincinnati that bears his
name. died after long illness from in
firmities of old age.
The United States ambassador TO Great
Britain, Col. John Hay, and family. win
sail from Genoa on the North German
Lloyd steamship Prinz Regent Luitpold
for Egypt for tour up the Nile.
The condition of the health of Empress
Augusta Victoria of Germany excites
comment She will go in the spring to
some Southern air cure. Her physicians
still forbid her leaving her rooms.
The Dominion cabinet which has had
under consideration the case of Mrs. Olive
Sternaman. under sentence to be hanged
at Cayuga. Ont, for the murder of her
husband, decided to grant her a new trial.
At Holbrook, Ariz., wild dogs are cans
Ing great loss to the ranch owners BIZ
killing stock.
At Ravenna. o.. while walking with
his sweetheart, Cornelius O. Eatinger
quarreled with the young woman. Sud-
denly he pulled a revolver and without =
word of warning sent bullet through his
brain. falling dead at his sweetheart's
feet.
A chattel deed of trust has been fled
by NJ. w. Alexander, proprietor of one OF
the Oldest retail drug houses In st. Louia.
TO Charles w. Wall, treasurer az Meyer
Brothers Drug Company. Liabilities
amount to $1,000. The cause OF the fall
urc Is not given.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

FATAl RAILWAY DISASTER ON
THE MAINE CENTRAL.
Passenger Train Deraiied ut Orono
Basin Mile by Spreading of the
Raiis-Train Robber Apprehended
!. ny Accident-Dun's Review Of Trade.
ecveraI Lives Lost.

~ The St.6John train ON the Maine Cen
trail, known also as the Provincial Elk
press, was wrecked in a cut at Arono
Basin Mills and six cars, including the
smoker, were thrown into the ditch. One
Of the passenger cars, in which were
many persons, was almost entirely demol-
ished. Two persons were killed and
twenty-seven injured, several probably ia
tally. Two of the injured have died since
the wreck and the condition of others is
critical AT the time of the deSailment,
which was due to spreading rails, the
train was running thirty-five miles an
hour. The private car Of President +. A.
Wilson Of the Maine Central Railroad,
which was occupied by President and
Mrs. Wilson and two ladies, was the only
one which was not thrown into the ditch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
ALASKAN VESSEL LOST.
Steamer Corona, Bound to Skagaway,
Dashes on the Rocks.

Dashes on the Rocks.
The steamer Corona, which left Vic
toria, B. c., Jan. 10, bound to Skaguay
and Dyea, has been wrecked. All her
passengers and crew were saved. This
news was brought by the steamer Dan
ube. 1t also brought the information
that the steamer Coquitlan, likewise in
the Alaskan gold trade, had stranded and
had been badly damaged il not complete
ly wrecked.
The Corona struck a rock near the
mouth of Skeena river, and Mt once COM
menced to sink. Lifebosts were lowered
and the passengers were conveyed to the
beach of the Skeena river. The steamer
Al-Ki went to the rescue, and is now on
her way with the unfortunate gold seek
ers. The Corona, it is feared, will prove
a total wreck and that the whole of her
cargo will be lost. The Corona had ac-
commodations for 22j passengers, 100 Of
them first-class. Seventy first-class and
seventy second-class tickets were sold in
Senttle
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
Saves Seven Lives.

Battery / of the. regular army has q
hero in Private John M. Jones, native
of Rogersville, Tenn. On jubilee day he
saved seven men from instant death at
the Lime Point fort, Cal. A squad of
seven men was firing salute, fifty pounds
of powder inclosed in a wooden bag being
the charge. One load did not discharge
and the officer ordered it pulled out of
the cannon. As the bag dropped to the
ground it was seen that one corner of it
was ignited. With one bound Private
Jones was beside the smoldering bag and
with his bare hands he rolled and smoth-
cred the burning wool before it could
ignite the powder
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
JeweIry or Works of Art.

George J. Gould collected valuable
eighteenth century miniatures on his lat
est trip abroad. The question of what
duty they should pay occupied the United
States board of general appraisers. The
articles, which include brooches, lockets,
rings, snuffboxes and so on, had been as
sessed as jewelry and under that classifi-
cation would have to pay duty of GO
per cent. Mr.. Gould declared that they
should come in as works of art at 20 per
cent, and there is disposition to insist
upon assessing the collection as jewelry.
Its value runs up into the thousands.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
DISGUISED FOR A HUNT.
Accident to Suspected Train Robber
Reveals Some Strange Possessions.


John +. Kennedy, a locomotive engi-
neer, who has been twice tried for COM
plicity in train robberies at Blue Cut, was
picked up on the street unconscious by
persons who had seen him thrown from
a horse which he was riding, the horse
having slipped on the pavement. A COM
motion was caused at the police hospital
when Kennedy was brought in, as he was
disguised by false chin beard and was
equipped for an expedition that could not
have meant peace for his fellow men. In
one of Kennedy's pockets was a black
domino mask. Distributed about his
clothing were the several pieces of a dis
jointed shotgun. In addition to these were
n 45-caliber revolver and a liberal supply
of cartridges and shotgun shells. He also
carried lantern. When Kennedy re-
covered at the hospital he refused to, talk
further than to say that he started on a
hunting trip.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
Riot at a Barbecue.

The National Stock Growers conven-
ton at Denver, Colo, came to an end in
a wild scene at the Union stock yards,
where a grand barbecue had been pre-
pared. A crowd of 10000 people was
present. Facilities not being sufficient to
accommodate the throng, there was much
delay and the tables were finally stormed
by the hungry visitors. The efforts of
fifty policemen and detachment of mi
l:tia to keep order were laughed at.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
Captured by Ruffians.

At Jackson, o., as Lulu Friend, 10
year-old girl, was going from the depot to
Der home near the Tom Corwin mine, ac-
companied by John II. Meyers and Vint
Taught, two friends of the family, they
were attacked by twenty ruffians, who
overpowered the two men and carried off
the girl Meyers and Taught offered
desperate resistance, and the latter was
struck with a stone, fracturing his skull
so that he is not expected to live. The
men carried the girl into one of the Wells
ton company's mines, where she was
found soon afterward by searching
party. She is in terrible condition men-
tally and physically. She was taken TO
the hospital, but the physicians do not
think she can live.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
Ocean steamer Lost.

The palatial ocean steamer Corona Of
the Pacific Coast Steamship line, which
sailed from Seattle for Alaska Jan. 20,
lies at the bottom Of the Pacific, some
where in the vicinity of the mouth of the
Skeena river, half way between Seattle
and Juneau. The advioes, though very
meager, say no lives were lost.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

Two men assaulted Health Inspector
Charles Leverenz Of North Tonawanda,
N. Y, beat him with sandbags and threw
him over parapet into the rapids of Ton
AMANDA creek. The water was full of
churning ice foes and Leverenz was ter
ribly bruised and cut, but he managed to
lay hold of the anchor chains of a schoon-
err below the rapids and was rescued.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
Insurance COMPANY victor.

The jury in the case in the Federal
court at Lincoln, Neb., in which Mrs.
George ID. Stevens sued the Northwestern
Mutual Insurance Company for the
amount of policy on her husbands life
returned verdict in favor Of the defend
ant. George ID. Stevens was a Crete
banker, who disappeared six years ago.
His wife believes him dead, but the in
surance company maintains he is alive
and the jury concurred with the defend
ant
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
Three Mem KilIed.

BY head-end collision of two freight
trains on the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad near Upton, KY, three men We're
killed and four badly injured. The killed
are: William Miller, engineer; Lee Eli
son, brakeman, and an unknown tramp.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
Rebel Naval Hero Dies.

Capt. Matt O'Brien, United States sup
cruising inspector of steam vessels, is
dead at New Orleans. He was one of the
few remaining figures of the Confederate
navy, having served on the Sumter, Shen-
andoah and the Alabama.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
49, -lTIIW -T-' "
In Memory of Lincoln.

A dozen men propose to build in the
famed Cumberland Gap, in Tennessee,
university which will possess all the i'm
provements of similar institutions in the
North. The idea is to educate the young
mountaineers who have had but few ad-
vanfages. The institution will be called
the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Univer-
gifv
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
Tnsuruent Leader Slain.

Lieut.. Col. Benedicto, with the Spanish
Reina battalion, surprised near Tapaste,
Cuba, the camp of the insurgent brigadier
Nestor Aranguren, killing Aranguren and
four privates, capturing five Of the in
surgents and wounding several others.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
CANADA's RESERVE ARMY.
Active and Ex-Members of Regiments
to BE Organized in Corps.


to Be Organized in Corps.
Canada is to have second line Of de-
Tense in the event of war in the shape OF
reserve army corps. 1t will consist Of
active reserves, who will perform duty for
three years, parade twice a year and be
subject to call ut any time and reserve
consisting of ex-members of regiments.
BY this means it is hoped to add to Cana
das fighting strength at least $4,000 men,
to be trained by old country officers. The
governor generals body guards, the
queens own rifles in Ontario, the Sixty
fifth French battalion in Quebec and
Domville's cavalry in New Brunswick are
now organizing the nucleus of the reserve.
The Government will supply arms and
uniforms
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
Canada Loses Her Trade.

Strong pressure is being brought to bear
upon the Canadian Government to close
the Dyea and Skaguay passes to Ameri-
cans altogether. The regulations enforc-
ed by the United States Government on
Canadian goods going through the dis
puted territory is killing Canadian trade,
and the coast towns of Victoria and Van
couver are suffering.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

who recently went to the Klondike to rep
resent a syndicate of Chicago capitalists,
n now the wife Of James w. Dougherty
csNigger JIM, the millionaire miner, and
N company with her husband 10 en- route
q the United States.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

PRUSSIA is commonly supposed to lead
south Germany in matters of education,
but among the Prussian army recruits for
1867 there were DIG per cent who
could not read and write, while in Wur-
temberg the percentage was 0.03, and in
Bavaria O.02.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

The trunk murder mystery which for
nearly fortnight had been battling the
police of New Orleans has been cleared
up. The murdered man was Rosario Gus
imano, and he was murdered in that city.
The police are hunting for Vincento Az
zarilla, his godfather, who is. accused by
the dead mans brother Of having killed