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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31

NJ. L. CHURCH-Rev. II. l.. Cope Psstoc
Services ut 10 80 o'clock am. and 714 Pun. Sun
day school at ~ IN. Prayer meeting every
Thursday evening at ~ o'clock. All are cor
daily invited to attend.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31

COURT CRAWLING, /. o. f., No. 790.-Meets
second and last Wednesday of each month
j. WooDBURN. G. Il
B. WIsNEI r. s.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31

CRAWLING COUNCIL, No. Il. & 5. M,
will hold their regular convocation on Friday, ON
or before the full of the mooo.
JULIUS X. MERz, 7. j. M.
F.. NICHOLSON, Sec.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-31

REGULAR CONyOCATION OF PORTAGE
LODGE, No. 141, X. of r., meets In Castle HAN
the first aud third Wednesday of each month.
JULIUS X. MERTZ, X. of II. $.
AMBROSE MCCLAIN, G. G.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21
-SSAAiL<~
Daily Eagle
M.M. MURDOCK. Editor.
oLADspoNR AND VICTORIA.


They will bury Gladstone, bury uiih
with distinctive national honors. out
the hereditary bloods Of England
never loved the Grand Old Man ne
was a great man and a national cnar-
acter before Victoria came 10 her
throne. and more to him than 70 any
otbAr statesman is due England's COM
noerciaI supremacy. But England
queen nor any of her Tory lords ever
entertained any love for the Premier
of premiers. Victoria has worn the
crown a long while. but Gladstone
much OF the time has been more hhe
king than she the queen. Victoria has
visited in person and in social way
the house and home of every premier
of her fifty years reign, except Glad
stone. He would not accept title at
her hands, but as a commoner he mad
no rival, while no peer was his equal.
lie remained just a plain Mr.. but 10
him the proud heads of royalty, the
stiff necks Of heredity had to bend
Queen Victoria's reign will remain
probably the most brilliant in all the
history of England, but Gladstone
more than Victoria, rendered 1t so.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21
HOLD ON THERE. DEWEY.

Again is the Importance of our trade
with the Orient being set forth in the
Associated Press dispatches. The com
merce of Uncle Sam in those countries
is growing tremendously. which of it
self is &. strong argument IN favor OF
holding on to the Philippines. Great
Britain alone shows a greater traffic.
That Russia, Germany and France are
willing to go to war in order to expand
their Asiatic possessions would seem
to Justify any other country in hold
ing what 1t had already acquired in an
appeal TO the sword II anybody thinks
for a moment that the great mass Of
people in this country do not want to
hold Manila, just let him become a
candidate, making the giving up of
Manila an issue, and go to the polls
with it. The mass of the people Of
this country are practically a unit in
not wishing to have what the United
States has already acquired pass from
its control, and this sentiment is rap
Idly crystalizing.
AS for anything else that may hap
pen outside of the Philippines and the
West Indies. it may be that in the end
we will have to cross the Atlantic to
convince Spain that war is Improbable
for the fellow who gets licked. Murat
Halstead facetiously says: I'VE are
giving Europe a great deal that is good
for them to think about. 1t is charm
ing, even delicious, that they should be
specializing as to what we are going
to do with the Balearic islands. with
beautiful Majorca and Minorca; with
those exquisite Canary islands; with
the gorgeous Philippines"
1t might seem to some a wild specu-
lation to suggest that before this war
is ended America will reach from the
mouth of the Mediterranean to Hong
Kong, with the Canaries, the West In
dies, Hawaii and the Philippines all
dependencies. and all with territorial
representative foreign governments.
each with a delegate on the floor of the
lower house of congress. with their
governors and other federal officers
named at Washington and electing all
the other officials themselves. as does
Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21
WAR REVIEW UES.

The war revenue measure having
reached the senate is melting a partisan
discussion in so far as the way in
which the necessary funds shall be
provided. 1t is bond and anti-bond.
Turpie leading the opposition to a bond
issue. holds that greenbacks and loan
certificates in addition to the internal
revenue features viii provide sufficient
funds To pay all the current expenses
of the government, including the extra
expenses of the war. The majority of
the senate committee substituted for
the house bond section one authorizing
the issuance Of $3.50. 600. 900 legal tender
notes, redeemable and reasonable the
same as greenbacks. together with the
coinage OF the silver seigniorage. SEN
ator Allison made a minority report on
which the present discussion is main
tanned. The house measure for which
the Republicans in the senate are con-
tending authorizes the secretary Of the
treasury 10 borrow on the credit Of the
lnAAt0 GNdNNS tue sum OF S9tN.Ntl.N tk, or
so much thereof as may be necessary.
and to issue. at not less than par. cou-
pom or registered bonds in such form
as he may prescribe and in denomina-
tons of $50 or multiples OF that sum.
redeemable in coin at the pleasure OF
the United States after ten years from
the date Of their issue and payable
twenty years from such date. and
bearing interest payable quarterly in
coin at the rate Of per cent per an
mum. The bonds are to be exempt
from all taxes or duties Of the United
States, as well as from taxation in any
form under state. municipal or local
authority. and are at FIRST to be offered
as a popular loan
The loan certificate form Of the bill.
also struck out by the majority of the
senate committee. authorizes the seere-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21
THAT THREATENED ALLIANCE.

Ali of continental Europe Is AFRAID Oh
an Anglo American alliance. All thdt
Europe has got to do to prevent an al
lance between America and Great
Britain is to keep their hands on, their
meddling fingers out Of the spanish
situation. The first movement LOOKING
to an agreement between the contin-
entail powers of Europe in the way OF
a coalition offensive or defensive in the
present war for freeing Cuba Will bring
America and England together without
loss of time or formality. America
does not particularly take to sucn TN
alliance, nor did she get excited over
Chamberlain's speech. but If there is
coalition against her in her war for
fair play and humanity she would join
Great Britain as unhesitatingly as
brother would join brother.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21
The Assault on Letter.

There are two sides TO high priced
wheat. Kansas, which has had 50 much
admiration for young Joseph Letter. be-
cause of his material aid 70 Kansas pro
ducers, Is being soundiy abused IN the
east.
The New York Journal. the great free
silver organ which made such gallant
fight for Mr.. Bryan. leads In the assault
against young Letter In an editorial II
says:
Mr.. Letter. Chicago young man. has
raised the price of bread to the 7s,oo.eS'
people Of the United States and made an
immense fortune for himself.
The Letter Loaf means a great deal to
hundreds OF thousands OF humble homez.
where in the best of times there IS not
too much to eat
What shall be done about the Letter
Loaf?
"One great-hearted public adviser says
the best way to break the corner in
wheat is for the wives Of poor men to
bake their own bread and save cent and
half daily. That is easy to do-over a
hot fire that costs more than cent and
half. while the washing and other WICK
waits and the children look out for their
selves. Similarly. the way to bring the
coal trust to terms should be for the
American wife to go down to the river
and fish for driftwood, or follow coal
carts through the street, filing her apron
with the droppings. Or. she might beg
a plank or two where building is going
on and carry 1t home on her head
who is this Letter that has brought a
national calamity upon the United States?
Just an ordinary young man, pleasure
loving bachelor. who knows how TO gam
49, II ~olr
Were this a lawless country he would in
return for the Letter Loaf be given a
rope and a lamp-post Were we living
under a benevolent despotis1 he would
be sent TO Jail for life by way Of exam
pie.
But what shah be said of the great
American people who have no moro sense
than to let IL be possible for a young
Chicago rounder to commit crime like
this of Letters? For IL is crime, a CO.
| lossal and horrible crime, whatever the
law may say. Aren't there brains enough
IN the collective American mead 10 devise
legal guards against such moiarn plum
derers as Letter? HIS power to skin the
| poor is not due to his smartaess but 10
the stupidity of the citizens Of the re-
| public.
The right answer for the American to
make to the Letter Loaf is not 10 order
| his wife to tho oven to sa re a cent ard
a half, but to demand legislation (and go
TO the polls with his demandD which shall
make it as unlawful for this piratical
! young Chicago rounder to rob the whole
country-or for any other enterprising
thief TO do 1t under the forms of law
as it is now for one man to hold another
up on the street and force MIN at the
| pistols point to hand over his money"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21
Fort de France.

Fort de France. Martinique, where the
United States steamer Harvard and the
Spanish torpedo boat Terror are at an
Choir. is the strongest fortified p0ins the
French own in America. Il is both a MIL
itary and naval station and a fort was
erected on a mountain top there years ago
and has since been improved and strength
ened by some OF the most modern guns
known in warfare
During the civil war the United States
cruiser kearsaSe chased the Confederate
blockade runner Alabama into the harbor
and was or the point OF opening FIRE on
her when the authorities forbade IL. Here
they remained for some time and ! lr;ng
a stormy night the Alabama slipped OUT
and disappeared in the Caribbean Sea
Several times 1t has been badly damaged
by tropical cyclores during which hun
dreds lost their lives II Is noted as be-
ing the birthplace OF Empress Josephine /:
a Hfe-sizs piece q statuary OF her a5orns
the principal p,zZa. The fort has hzi for
years but one family. the King Of Daho-
mony and his six wives whom the French
captured after great trouble IN ths Afrf-
can Tilds and imprisoned
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

tary of the treasury to borrow at the
market rate OF interest, not exceeding 3
Per cent per annum. such sums as In
his judgment may be necessary to meet
public expenditures and to issue certif1-
Gates of indebtedness in such form as
he may prescribe, in denominations OF
SIS or some multiple thereof, the GER
tificates so issued to be payable at such
time. not exceeding one year from the
date Of issue. as may be prescribed by
the secretary Of the treasury. provided
that the amount of such certificates
outstanding shall at no time exceed
800 000. 600.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21
SPANISH BUMPTIoUsNEss.

The people Of the United States I'M
derrate Spain, or otherwise the Don is
running a big bluff. There has been
no sign of distrust or fear upon the
part of the home government Of Spain
or her colonial governors. The only
real indication OF weakness is the reor-
ganization of her ministry. The editor
Of the Madrid Impartial. the foremost
newspaper of the kingdom, after par
taking of a square meal of garlic and
onions, complacently proceeds to the
comparison between forces Of the two
countries. This comparison goes for its
Spanish facts to government statistics
and TO Weylers, to De Lome's and TO
Polo's estimates of the United States,
The editor of the impartial says to
his enlightened readers that in some
ways, but more particularly on paper,
the United States appears to have a
slight superiority, but, then, it must be
remembered that her forces are disor-
ganized and torn by civil and political
strife. The northern and southern
states bear no good will toward each
other, and those Of the south are only
awaiting an opportunity to break the
i've rule of the northern states. The
states of the south really desire to re-
cover the slaves and to make the
northern states pay dearly for the cost
Of the civil war, which waged with
greater or less severity from 1861 to
1885,
OF course. if the Spaniard exagger-
ates his own side az much as he mis-
represents the side of the United States
there is nothing to be said. Among
other things, the editor of the Impair
cial declares that anarchy practically
reigns in the American republic, that
whole towns have been disorganized
and municipalities left stranded by the
wholesale designations of their officials.
Following this bit Of startling informa-
ton comes the reflection of this wise
Spaniard that the soldiers of Spain are
fired with sentiments of patriotism and
this quality is absolutely unknown in
the United States. The troops of that
country are made up of people born in
other countries and, although they
have gone through the form of swear
ing allegiance to the United States
they have no respect for that govern
meut.
Within a week the chances are that
something will happen in the Gulf OF
Mexico which will change the tune anC
ruffle the complaisancy of the Impair
cial. Take Manila as an instance Of
what it will be like.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21
DAILY EAGLE 100 PER WEEK.

~. rasn. and yesterday tas STATE suihfT-
lties hustled around and provifei re-
tens. TIE Kansas volunteers have *
peTfenced re worst stds X ce H-o ne fiFlrs
gos-E % Topeka. ~ there ssTe been of4F
tso days without rafa Eia1s fHeT "eaf
fhsrs TIE Atchtsaa o9ys. Tao oe-s'ss -
the Txs1-y -aecoad regimen, eAt'st .
have q uscs time a. " afhtzg on D~t
- - knows a1rnsit1az stysf arm1
Sc ,avs hey xii % eans-sd 0af n 20
rs.v. ara vii cot have - PEE ssni TIE
a. thev Erfsc3pA.s. Tss TEsafy -aeesi.
MI bs ne best erfls1 are esze-S "a
,sxi-asus Il fhs fhrse from Kansas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

Mamma" said Tommy Tucker how
much older viii / have 20 grow before
I can 60 10 the war;
You VIII have % be az least Twelve
years older" answered his mother
And Tommy took another look al the
latest bulletins went out u the barn.
broke his wooden sword 70 pieceS. crawl
e into The haEuow aid wcpL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

A Frsach ar= Pass arroz1cfd nat s.
has 1svsass AZ Err2ratex - wsleA = 49,
&c hsrFe-s may - zuu 80 sE-ss1 - it1s-
~ znazs al agsr az tAr9sz ~ afrg
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21
ecrambIrd ErruaIa Dewey.

In honor OF DeEey's great victory fhe
chef al the University club. New York
has pat on the 5gl % fare. Scrambled
eggs a IA Dewey" which. being Interpret
Cd. means Simply. Spanish oosiet-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21
The meekiu~ Rsrd win learn.

sFrom ChSfszDoog2 kEzle@f
Green bgslerS sn hIGs or srcEn take %
ne WOODS for practice. and rsccSsnE birds
have chance 10 learn TIE service calls
% infantry and artillery.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21
Bombardment of San Juan.

have been asked by telegram, says
Correspondent Curtis. of the Chicago Rec
ord, why Admiral Sampson bombarded
San Juan, if he did not want to capture
the city. There were sAYeral reasons:
l. To make the harbor an unsafe asy-
Ium for the Spanish feet.
2. To make San Juan useless as a base
of supplies.
3. To discover the position OF ths dif-
ferent batteries and the power OF their
guns II 1t was not possible to dismount
and destroy them before the city was
REINFORCED by the feet, and to destroy
the Notifications as far al possible. so
that If Sampson had 10 fight the feet at
San Juan il would have no assistance
from the land forces
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

sC,usz- ale - - laseHt drink "a -
- she eog sazoees. II - bsaoss-res lG e.sa-
zna warranted - cFS4ss s.sfsazssasss ssasf
tak5rE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

Colonel Fred Gran; has already cistin-
guished himself By refusing TO permit a
volunteer TO see ais dying mother. The
American people VII not tolerate that
sort OF thing and one son q great
man is precl0ded from rising 20 distinction
IN this war,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

The administration has a. last come to
the knowledge THAI this country can not
depend on any substantial ssszSsA9ce from
the insurgents in mis- war. The insur-
gents have never made a very beautiful
figure outside OF newspaper stories.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21
Quaint Old CuraeOa.

Curacao, writes ". E. Curtis, in the
Chicago Re .o-d, is q Dutch colony, and
the Quaintest tile isIano in the word.
1t is not biggs- than the District of Co
lumbia, but has about 10000 inhabitants
and has played an important part in the
history of America. 1t has belonged at
different times to England, Spain and
Holland, and It's coy harbors has been
the scene Of many a bloody battle be-
tween the navies of the old world, as well
as between the pirates and buccaneers
that infested the Caribbean Sea for two
centuries. It has been for 100 years and
is still an asylum for political fugitives,
and many Of the revolutions that rack
and wreck the republics on the Spanish
main are Matched under the shelter of
the pretentious but harmless fortresses
that guard its port. Bolivar, Santa Ana
and many other famous men in Spanish
American history have lived there in ex-
lie, and until recently there was an i'm
posing castle upon one Of the hills, called
Bolivar's tower. There the founder OF
five republics lived in Punishment for sew
eral years and waired for rescue.
The houses are built in the Dutch style,
exactly like those in Holland; the streets
are so narrow that the people can almost
shake hands through their windows with
the neighbors across the way, and the
walls are as thick as would be needed
for fortress. The Dutch governor lives
In solemn-looking old mansion fronting
the Shattegat, or lagoon, that forms the
harbor, guarded by a company of stupid
looking soldiers with a few old-fashiorsed
cannon. The entire island is Of phos-
pilates, and the government receives a
revenue of $500, 900 from companies that
ship them away.
There is not spring or well, or any
fresh water, and the inhabitants are en-
tirely dependent upon rainwater for ex-
istence, or upon supplies brought in bar
rels by schooners from the Venezuelan
coast, ninety miles away, or upon distill-
ed seawater. As sometimes 1t doesn't rain
for a year or two the natural supply is
often exhausted, and a glass of imported
water is worth as much as the same
amount of wine or beer
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

Wellman has started out TO find Andree.
He will probably be as hard to locate as
Cervera.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

General Miles doesn't seem to be very
far along in the Ancient and United Order
of Ice Cutters.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

Cervera is probably already studying
out the excuse he viii make for being
whipped.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

AS soon as Sampson gets at Cervera
there will be another sad but glorious
day for Spain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

Before the government curtailed its in
formation every man in the United States
had resolved himself into a board Of
strategy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

The Spanish feet is believed to be at
Santiago de Cuba. This is IN the country
where the insurgents have been claim
ing they were strongest. Why don't they
do something?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

The smoke in q naval battle is as dense
as it is in the first car back of the bag
gage car on Kansas passenger train on
a wet day.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

In all Cuban towns the feeling against
Americans is very bitter. But lots OF
sugar will be added when the men in blue
uniforms begin to loaf about the Streets
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

Bryan has already recruited his com
pany. lie had no trouble Every man
who enHsts expects 70 snow his patriot
ISM under the eyes Of q man VINO as pres
ideat later can not refuse him an appoint
meuk
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

Most OF the loafers on the coast spend
their time standing on the shore and see
ing things on the distant horizon that look
like Spanish warships.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

We are a peaceful people normally and
delay is inevitable in getting into war.
Better a long peace than intermittent
war, even If We do halt and hesitate IN
time of conflict.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

In order to show Spain just what we
can do. Admiral Sampson should send the
Associated Press boat Dauntless to the
rescue of the Oregon
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

1t suddenly struck Dick Howard of Ar
kansas City the other day that It must
have made the Spanish as hot to read
about Manila as il did him TO read about
the gripping Of the Winslow
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

Large, wet teams are going to pelt the
land il this war is ended without che In
diana, Iowa and Oregon getting into a
single tight hole.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

SIMPSONS bo1oardment OF Matanzas
accomplished nothing; neither did his at
tack on Porto Rico. In both places he
endangered his craft. Sampson has cut
very little ice 50 far
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-21

'Fod Gods sake. Andrew" she cried,
come and see Something awful Is going
on in the museum. Smith and I rushed
out into the passage. Sure enough. we
could hear again the shutting noise, while
the strange crying sound now rose almost
TO wall From within somebody seemed
TO be trying the handle OF the door.
1 think I was the first 10 summon up
courage 20 enter. As I turned the handle
/ held the candle high above my head
The door resisted a. first, evidently from
something heavy lying against II. I
pushed, and the r1ass swept In with the
door.
Standing a little way from where I had
LEFT IL was the gorgeous mummy case q
the Pharoah. with the glass front open
and still swinging slightly to AID fro on
Its hinges. Half behind the door lay q
confused heap OF broken limbs AMI torn
bandages. mingled with the fragments OF
the Plebeisn's shell. On q nat specimen
case before the upright coffin lay The
head Of Pharaoh. evidently torn awzy
from his body with violence. an expression
OF AFFECT terror frozen on his broad feat
ures. which even the damaging effect OF
q smashing blow on the snu5 nose failed
20 disg1ise. Ard above all IN Tire late
Phsraoh's case. upright, majestic. with
an awful smile on his thin chops. the
naughty stare OF an emperor IN his hol-
low eyes. and round his neck the label
OF the Ptoierny stood the PleoeIans-A c
II In London Weekly Sun