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MARKET QUOTATIONS..

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $500; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, Tic to re;
corn, No. 2, 3Oc to 31c; oats, No. 2, 22c
to 23c; rye, No. 2, SIC to Csc; butter,
choice creamery, 21c to 23c; eggs, fresh,
1Oc to TIC; potatoes, choice, 25c to Doc
per bushel.
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500 to
$3.50; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to Sab;
sheep, common to prime, 1925 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2 red, Csc to Zoe; corn, No.
white, BIC to 81; oats, No. 2 white, 25c
to 26c.
st. Louis-Cattle. 1926 to $6.75; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to S4.c0;
wheat, No. 2, Zoe to re; corn, No.
yellow, Bic to 33c; oats, No. 2, 22c to
24c; rye. No. 2 SIC to 5Sc.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $3.50 to 1925; hogs,
$500 to $4.75; sheep. $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, zoe to re; corn, No. 2
mixed, Doc to 36c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 25c
to 26c; rye. No. 2, SIC to 65c.
Detroit--Cattle,, $3.50 te $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $4.75; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, zoe to re; corn, No.
yellow, 3Sc to 39c; oats, No 2 white. 26c
to Csc; rye. Gle to &c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, re to
FAC; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 34c; oats,
No. mixed, 23c to Doc: rye. No. 2, 59c
to Gle; clover seed, $5.95 to $6.05.
Milwaukee-Wheat. No. Northern,
Gee to CSC; corn. No. 3. 32c to 34c; oats.
No. 2 white. 24c to 26c; rye, No. 1, 0Sc
to Soc; barley, No. 2. 48c to 4Sc; pork,
mess, $7.25 to $3.50.
Buffalo-Cattle. good shipping steers.
$500 to $3.50; hogs, common to choice.
1926 to $4.75; sheep, fair to choice wcrh-
ers, $500 to $3.50; lambs, common 70
extra, $3.50 to $3.50
New York-Cattle. 1925 to Sc. hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2 red, 75c. to TIC; corn, No. z,
4Oc to 41c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 31c:
butter, creamery, 17c to 25c; eggs, west
err. Lie to 20e
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-26
NEW ROUTE TO KLosDIKE.
Clerk OF the Abercrombie Kxpeditio
Telis OF an All-American Way.

Clerk OF the Abercrombie Kxpedition
Tells Of an Ali-Americsn Way.
Recent explorations conducted by
Quartermaster Clerk John H: Rice. q
member Of the Abercrombie expedition.
demonstrate the practicability Of an all
American route to the Klondike. Capt.
Abercrombie has discovered q route
around the Valdez glacier" says Mr..
Rice. "We left the glacier by way Of
Keystone canyon, entered Dutch valley
and crossed the divide into Heikhell val
ley. After leaving this we reached the
village of Klutona and then proceeded to
Copper Center. Lake Montasta was our
next stopping place. Near the lake. a
short distance beyond the Slana river, Is
pass through the Alaskan range, 1000
feet above sea level and easy Of access.
Proceeding, we reached the Tanana river
and then Lake Mansfield. From the Ket-
chuntsock village on the lake we started
for Mosquito fork, and In the valley OF
that name found good grass growing to
the height Of three feet. Leaving the
valley we reached Franklin gulch, and
crossing Forty-Mlle creek travelled along
the divide to the Yukon, ten miles from
Eagle City. We made the trip from Val
dez to Eagle City in forty days. The
distance Is about 435 miles"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-26
PRICES STILL GO UP.
Wheat Declines In Spite Of Unfavor-
able Crop Reports Large specuia-
tive Demand for Wooi-Iusurauce
Policies Not InvaIidated by suic de.

r. G.. Dun & Co.'s weekly review OF
trade says: I'm most lines business con-
tinues to expand, though in some there
are signs that buying has been checked,
either because prices have outrun the
views Of buyers, or because recent pur-
chases have been SO heavy that nobody Is
left in need. Prices are still advancing
On almost every line, supported by rising
prices of materials, and works every
where are still crowded to their utmost
capacity, while at many points it is found
hard to get enough competent hands. But
the volume of business expressed in val
ues rises much more than prices, showing
a remarkable increase in quantities OF
goods exchanged. The outbreak OF war
i'm South Africa has brought no such
changes as many feared. In England the
markets have treated it as an event al
ready overdiscounted, and relations with
this country were not appreciably affect
ed. Wheat has declined 112c in price in
spite of unfavorable crop reports. Wool
has enlisted powerful speculative inter-
est, and sales of IL ,293, 900 pounds for
the week at the three central markets
represent about twice the consumption.
Bessemer sales of $23 for next year and
$2450 for this year at Pittsburg are
reported, with billet sales at $50 to $40
and sales of sheet bars at $50 per ton.
Failures for the week have been 145 in
the United States, against 221 last year,
and 20 in Canada, against "A last year.
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pVIskSa e e. tbs
IsPREss
Boer and Briton.

England is always heroic when she
starts out to lick an infant.-Memphis
Commcrcial-Appeal.
The end will be the complete establish
mcnt of English domination over South
Africa. That must come in time.-Phila-
delphia Times.
The Beers have the right to assume
that the British Government has decided
upon the extinction of their independence.
Rochester Post-Express.
One is naturally inclined to the belief
that the use of a little finer diplomacy
on the part of the Beers could have
averted the war which must eventually
result in their defeat.-Albany Journal.
It Is a fight not against but for the
people Of the Transvaal, IL it be fair to
call three out Of four the people. And
whatever the more immediate fortunes Of
the war may be, in the end medievalism
will make way for the modern.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Is 1t not quite probable that the
'Lore!ei" Of the diamond fields at Kim
berley and the gold mines at Johannes
burg may lure this great nation to her
utter humiliation and destruction? Rome
had her day. Britain will have hers
Waukegan Sun.
There Is not the slightest merit in
Great Britain's attitude toward the
South African republic. 1t is simply q
case of Great Britain coveting gold and
being determined to obtain possession Of
gold fields regardless of the rights of
Kruger's people.-Omaha WorldHerald.
II England wins, and wins quickly
and the majority Of unbiased persons
throughout the world probably believe
she. will-the effects Of the conflict, be-
yond q temporary furry on the specula-
tive exchanges at the outset, and the tenn
porary suspension in the outflow of gold
from the Transvaal, are not likely to be
serious.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
1t Is a wanton and cruel attack upon
a simple, virtuous race of people, who
ask only to be let alone, and who moved
as far as possible away from the English
to avoid a conhict.-Baltimore American.
The Dutch people of the JSansvaal are
narrow, fanatical, avaricious, and only
half civilized, IL that They have never
entertained the faintest notion of keeping
the promises made as a price Of their do
nestle independence. They refuse to keep
them now. They have decided to fight
rather than to recognize the commonest
rights OF humanity In the people who
constitute all of the intelligence, decency
and enterprise In their country.-Wash-
ington Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-26

start to finish the race had been a pro-
cession, with Columbia constantly in
creasing a lead which she established
soon after the beginning Of the contest.
In the weather work over the first leg
the Columbia was 1850 better than the
Shamrock, and in the run home, with all
kites bellying, the Yankee clipper added
twenty-four seconds to her lead. This
doubtless would have been increased II
the wind had not freshened, naturally
helping the yacht astern, and partly clos
ing the great gap Of misty sea between
her bow and the Columbia's stern.
The breeze, which was from the east.
varied in force from six to twelve knots,
but was true rs to direction. The seas
were somewhat lumpy, and occasionally
white-crested, but they were not big
enough to bother a catboat. In the win
ward work neither yacht was favored.
In the run to the finish the element Of
chance apparently was with the Fife
model.
The contest, which was fairer than any
ever sailed off Handy Hook, may be said
to demonstrate that the Columbia Is the
better craft in light or moderate breeze,
knitting her way to windward through
smooth seas, and that she is also superior
by a minute or more in following breeze
of moderate power.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-26
BLOW FOR SKATER.
Admiral Sam pson Insists Chadwick
Wrote the ToraI Letter.

Admiral Sam pson Insists Chad wick
Wrote the ToraI Letter.
A Boston special says Rear Admiral
Sampson, now in charge of the local navy
yard, has made another attack on Gen.
Shafter, simplifying his statement made
at Morgantown, w. Va, that Captain
Chadwick = entitled to the credit for
Toraps surrender by saying that Shat
ter did not understand the situation be-
cause of ignorance.
To reporter he said: when / made
the speech at Morgantown had consid-
cred carefully what / intended to say,
and will retract none Of my statements,
for they are all correct. said that Shat
ter was not capable of understanding the
results of the battle because of his lack
Of proper education, and l will say so
again. 1t was solely through the efforts
of Captain Chadwick that Toral surren-
dered as soon as he did. Heretofore it
has been thought that it was Shafter. In
his report to the War Department Shat
ter gives himself the whole credit, neg
lecting to even mention Chadwick's name
This 1 did not think right, and deter
mined to correct the matter as soon as
had the opportunity. Gen. Shafter has
used his utmost efforts to give the i'm
preston that it was he, and he alone,
who forced the surrender of the Spanish
troops. / wish to correct this impress
sion."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-26

mast-headed. and then, when the Erin
ran alongside the victorious yacht he
called for ''Three British cheers for her.
For the eleventh time the attempt of
a foreigner to wrest from America that
yachting supremacy Of the world has
failed. The trophy won by the old
schooner America forty-eight years ago
Is still ours, n monument to the superb
ority Of American seamanship and Amer
lean naval architecture and a standing
challenge to the yachtsmen Of all nations.
The intrinsic value of the reward
which hundreds of thousands of dollars
were expended to secure is small--simply
an Anticipated piece of silverware which
Queen Victoria offered to the best sail
ing ship in the world in the early days
of her reign, but around it cluster the
precious memories of unbrol1en American
triumph and the honor of mastery in the
Eoblest of sports.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-26
HARD BLOW ON TRUSTS.
Supreme Court Decision In America
Glucose Litiga ton.

NOuTt DGCl0iOn
Glucose Litiga tion.
Trusts and combinations formed for
the purpose Of controlling prices, regulat-
ing outputs of commodities and sitting
competition received a body blow at the
hands of the Illinois Supreme Court in
Springfield Thursday. In an opinion
written by Justice Magruder and concur
red in unanimously it is held that the
SAC, 100000 Glucose Sugar Refining Com
pany, commonly known as the glucose
trust, is in fact trust within the mean
ing of the statute passed in June, 1893,
defining trusts and prohibiting them. In
arriving at this conclusion the court fol-
lows the reasoning it laid down in the
celebrated case which proved the ruin Of
the whisky trust, and plain terms are
used in denouncing the purposes had in
view by the organizers of the company.
The case was one begun by George Il.
Harding Of Chicago and makes the
American Glucose Company the princi-
pal defendant. The American Glucose
Company is one of the six concerns
which the trust absorbed, and the pur-
pose of the litigation is to prevent the
sale Of the American Glucose Company
to the trust. The Supreme Court heard
the case upon a writ of error taken by
Harding after his amended bill had been
dismissed upon a demurrer. The court
reverses the decision of the court below
and remands the case, with directions
which will apparently partly, at least,
disrupt the trust. The decree sets aside
all the conveyances by which the trust
became the owner of the property OF the
American Glucose Company and all as
signments and instruments which accom-
panied the delivery. The lower court is
also directed to furnish every relief con-
sistent with the prayer of the bill.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-26
EUROPE is AROUSED.
Encland's Immense Military Plans
Puzzle the Powers.

fuZZiC TIC IO"CTbs
1t Is reported that Great Britain's inn
mense military preparations against two
insignificant republics are viewed with
considerable curiosity in some Of the
European capitals. notably Paris and ST.
Petersburg. Notes have been exchanged
on the subject and it is even limited in
Unofficial quarters that inquiries will be
addressed to the British Government as
to the contemplated absorption of the
two republics by the British empire.
The London Press Association has an
nounced with an air of authority that the
Governments plan is to terminate the
war in the speediest manner possible af-
ter the forts at Pretoria and Johannes
burg have been RACED and then to promul-
gate by order of the Queen in counci! a
new constitution for group OF i've fed
eral states-Cape Colony, the Transvaal
Natal, the Orange River Free State and
Rhodesia-under the title of the domln-
ion OF South Africa the crown to nom
mate governor general and the five
states having power to elect its own leu
tenant government and to have local leg
islatures with dominion parliament to
meet at Cape Town. With some modifi-
cations, the scheme is based upon lines
similar to those of the Canadian Govern
mont
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-26


priced trophy. That was when the Vigi-
liant vanquished the Valkyrie six years
ago. in three hours twenty-four minutes
and thirty-nine seconds. The Columbia
defeated the challenger in actual time
by six minutes and sixteen seconds. With
the allowance Of sixteen seconds which
she received from the Shamrock her cor
rected time was six minutes and thirty
four seconds.
The Yankee craft showed her superb
ority in every point Of the game, and her
active and hardy Deer isle sailormen
were more than a match in seamanship
for the nimble Britons of the Shamrock.
In the run to the outer mark the Column
bia was one minute and eighteen seconds
better than Sir Thomas ship. This
seemed to be the Shamrock's best point
Of sailing. In the weather work the TO-
lumbia defeated her rival by five minutes
actual time.
Sir Thomas Upton will challenge again
for the Americas cup. He acknowledge
ed that the Columbia was the better boat
long before the race was finished. He
said that she had beaten the Shamrock
in weather just suited to his yacht, and
said he was pleased that there had been
good breeze for the last contest, be-
cause it precluded the possibility of any
excuse for the Shamrock. He paid
graceful compliments to the Columbia,
her owner and designer, and declared
that he had received the best and fairest
treatment that could have been accorded.
AS soon as the Columbia had crossed
the finishing line, Sir Thomas ordered
that the Stars and Stripes should be
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Echoc. from south Africa.

War poems are popular in English
newspapers.
Italy has sent cruiser to South At
rican waters.
President Kruger's wealth is estimat-
ed at $5,000,O00.
English papers say that many Of the
Orange Free State Beers oppose the CIV
ing of aid to Kruger.
The London Nails circulation Is now
over $4,000, having increased because
of its attitude towards the war.
Bakers are being enlisted to go to
South Africa to bake bread
Equal rights to negroes are denied by
the constitution of the South African re-
public.
Johannesburg street cars are not run
ming. as the horses have been seized by
the Beers.
Paris newspapers complain because,
while there is an Irish and a German
volunteer corps in the Boer forces, not a
single Frcnchman has up to the present
demanded the favor of being allowed to
perforate an Englishman on the coming
battlefclds.
Nearly every Canadian newspaper is
enthusiastic in favor of the war.
. Lord Rothschild is raising a fund for
the chartering of a Red Cross vessel dur
ing the war.
London newspapers say that President
Kruger is not as virtuo-is and upright as
he Is painted
A major in the Berkshire regiment,
who has been attached to the Forty first
depot at Cardiff, received orders to pro-
coed Immediately to South Africa, but
before leaving the country determined to
become united to a young lady of TO- the
daughter of London physician. The
nuptial knot was tied Mt the Cardiff reg
Stry onics-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-26

President Expsctsd' - Discuss New Ne
partnsnt Of connsrce.
A dispatch from Washington says that
President Mckinley will. II Il expected.
devote considerable attention In his forth
coming annual message to another execu-
tive branch Of the Government. with a
cabinet oficer at Its head. to have charge
of interstate and foreign commerce. II
seems to be pretty well settled that a
recommendation will be made for . new
Department of Commerce, but Its full
scope Is still a matter for discussion, and
will probably not be decided until vari-
Gus subordinate officials OF the Govern
ment have submitted the data which they
have been requested to furnish and there
has been general exchange OF views
around the cabinet table. As early rs
June last the President began to give
consideration to this subject. and at that
time called for data concerning the con-
troll Of colonies by foreign powers, and
of the extension of our commerce into
foreign fields. A great deal of this In
formation has been compiled and various
officials of the administration are work
ing on individual plans for the creation
of such a new department as proposed.
There are some differences Of opinion as
to putting the new colonial possessions
under the control of department to be
devoted chiefly to commerce.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-26
BUSINESS SITUATION.


Chicago Correspondence;
The money market continues to be ths
interesting point In the business a. well
as the speculative situation. Rates have
worked considerably lower, although they
are still well above the normal and prom
ise to stay SO during the remainder OF
the month at least. During the last few
days call money in New York has ruled
at about 8 per cent, while time loans Tor
all periods from thirty days to six months
have been quoted at 9 per cent.
The offer of the Treasury Department
to discount the interest on the public
debt up to July l, 1900, was largely re-
sponsible for the easing up of the East
ern money market. 1t Is hardly likely
that any great amount of government
funds will be released through this
means, but the proposition exerted an
important influence nevertheless In that
1t almost Immediately checked the ten
dency Of clique Of money brokers to ma
nipulate rates. There has been no strin-
gency in the generally accepted sense Of
that term. Conditions have been such,
however, as to make 1t possible for few
people to mark up rates to such an ex-
tent as to bring about considerable dis
turbance in the speculative markets.
Speculation in grain was not particular
ly active during the week, but the re-
verse was true Of the demand for imme-
date requirements. Heavy foreign buy
ing orders were in the market for wheat.
corn and oats, more especially for the
coarse grains; the only limit to the ship
ments Of the latter was the cars and yes
sells to convey them, which were far be-
hind the demands. Exports for the week
Of more than 100000 bushels Of wheat
and -four and over 100000 bushels OF
corn offer irrefutable evidence Of the
need of the importing nations for Amer
lean grain.
Prices did not advance any for wheat,
Notwithstanding the activity of the for
eign demand. This was because of pre-
vailing impression that much. Of that pur-
chased was as a precaution against re-
mote possibilities connected with war in
the Transvaal. Another reason why
speculative buying of futures Jagged be-
hind the immediate demand for the ex-
listing commodity was the ease with
which the great foreign shipments could
be spared, as indicated by the visible
supply. Stocks Of corn and oats in sight
not being so conspicuously liberal as those
Of wheat, the shipping demand for the
former had more stimulative effect up
on prices.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-26
News of Minor Note.

Wife of President Diaz of Mexico is
fully recovered.
Chocolate concerns OF the United States
will consolidate.
Ironton, Ohio, wood mantel plant burn
ed. Loss $4,000.
Archie Carroll, Chicago, killed Stewart
Mckenzie. Woman in it.
Southern stove manufacturer. have
added per cent advance.
Louisa Harriday. colored. over 100
years old, died at Baltimore. Md.
Fall River, Mass, announces another
advance In prices of print cloth.
Samuel Clark, an ore contractor, Iron
ton, Ohio, was killed in a wreck.
Dan Owens, London, KY, for killing
Homer Smith, gets n life sentence.
Private Christopher O'Neil died Mt
Ponce, T.. r., from infammatory rheu-
matism.
Uruguay may re-estab.ish its legation
In Washington, with Jose Bailey Ordoes
as minister.
Denver, Colo, has ordinances for the
issuance OF bonds amounting to "a, 7O0.-
600 for water plant. and compelling the
street railway company to heat its cars.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-26

ohanrock IL Outgeneraled and Out.
sailed from start 60 Finish.
After seven failures the Columbia Mon
day won the first of the series Of races
with the Shamrock for the International
championship and the Americas cup. Sir
Thomas Lipton's green-hulled challenger,
the Shamrock, which has appeared so
slippery In light airs and battling breezes,
was beaten over a sea course of thirty
miles, fifteen on the wind and fifteen
with the wind astern. The elapsed time
OF the victorious boat, the Columbia. was
4:53:53, or :1O:l4 better than that Of the
Shamrock, which covered the course In
5:04:07. Deducting her time allowance
of six seconds, the Shamrock was van
quished by :1O:OS. There was not much
enthusiasm at the end, because from
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-26
FOR IMPROVING THE OHIO.
Convention at Louisville Adopts Res
0lutious to That End.

Convention at Louisville Adopts Res
olutions to That End.
The most important business before the
Ohio Valley Improvement Association at
Louisville, KY, was the adoption Of the
following resolution: That Congress be
urged to appropriate a sufficient amount
to insure immediate improvement of the
Ohio river to it's mouth at Cairo; that the
Improvement Of the Ohio between Pitts
burg and Marietta be pushed; that Con-
gress prevent encroachments on the chan
mel of the Ohio which may render navi-
CATION difficult and dangerous; improve
ment Of the Mississippi river at its
mouth; immediate construction Of locks
and movable dams at and near Gallipolis,
Ohio; ownership by the United States Of
an isthmian canal; the building of dam
just below Cincinnati, and standing APP
preparation by Congress Of $4,000 annu-
ally for dredging the Ohio.