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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
MOB LAW is INVOKED.
Georgia and Alaba ma I'm a Fury Over
Deeds of Blood.

Georgia and A1ab ba ma I'm n Fury Over
Deeds of Blood.
A perfect carnival of violence and
bloodshed is raging in Georgia and Ala
bama. Murders, assaults on women and
shooting affairs are reported from all di
rections, and at various places troops
are under arms to protect p:ssoners from
the fury of mobs. Prominent physicians
blame much of the violence on the pro-
longed heat. The trouble in Georgia be-
gan with the assault on Mrs. Ogletree at
Saffold and it continued with unabated
fury for six days, during which four ne
groes have been lynched. four persons
killed, one woman assaulted and numer-
Gus attempts made to lynch alleged Grim
inals.
Only the action of leading citizens of
Bainbridge prevented the lynching OF
John Williams, negro accused of as
sault. Three hundred men. armed with
dynamite and carrying telegraph poles
for battering rams, were marching to the
Jail when Judge Bower and two other
men stopped them and pleaded that the
law be allowed to take its course. There
upon the mob disbanded, only to gather
again at daybreak. The mob was pre-
pairing to attack the prison when the
valdosta and Thomssville militia COM
panies, which had been ordered TO the
scene by Gov. Gambler. arrived and dis
persed the mob.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
OTIS PRoCLAiMS NEW CONTROL
He Establishes Provisional Rule fol
the Island of Negros.


the Island of Negros.
Gen. Otis has proclaimed a provisional
government for the,Island of Negros
The island will be under a military gov
ernor, and a civil governor and advisory
council will be elected later. This Gov.
ernment is established pending the nc
ton of Congress on the constitution fol
the Island of Negros. Bacolor will be
the capital. A cabinet consisting of sec.
retaries of treasury, agriculture and IN,
terror will be appointed by the military
governor. These, together with an at
torney general, will exercise the execu-
tive power.
All male inhabitants of 81 years of
age, who can read and write Spanish,
English or Visayan, and who possess
$500 in realty, and who have been resi-
dents for one year are eligible to the
franchise. The military governor will
prescribe the time and place Of elections.
He will also appoint three judges to sit
at times and places designated. A free
school system will be established and the
teaching of English will be required.
The advisory council to be presided
over by the civil governor will devise a
system of uniform taxation. The mill
tary governor will collect the customs
and control the postal service. The sec
retaries will draw $1,000 a year. The
civil governor will receive $4,000 a year.
The military governor will have the pow
er of veto in all legislative action, sub
ject to the approval of Gen. Otis.
A Washington dispatch says that the
President has no intention of relieving
Gen. Otis from the military command in
the Philippines.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

Both are fond of society, and as the posi-
ton of Secretary of War is one of the
most prominent in the cabinet the couple
would become leaders in Washington.
Elihu Root is leading New York law
yer and Republican politician. The only
time Mr.. Root has been candidate for
an elective office was in 1889, when he
ran unsuccessfully for judge of the Court
of Common Pleas. He was appointed by
President Arthur in 1888 United States
district attorney, in place of Stewart l..
Woodford, for the southern district OF
New York, remaining in office until 1885.
He was an active member of the commit
tee of thirty which worked to obtain re-
form in the city Of New York, and in
1856 was chairman of the Republican
county committee OF New York. The
President offered Mr.. Root the Spanish
mission prior to it's tender to Mr.. Wood
ford. Mr.. Root was also suggested as
Secretary of the Interior and as ambas-
sador to London. Last year he was talk
ed of as United States senatorial possi-
bility
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
RIOT IN CLEVELAND.
STREET GAR IS sLowN UP WITH
DYNAMITE.
Nine Passengers Injured, Two of
Whom May Die-Mo Attack on
GERS and the Nonunion Crews-State
Militia Is Called Out.

Cleveland was quiet Monday morning
after a riotous Sunday. Mob violence
continued throughout the city from Sat
urday night to late Sunday night. Troops
A, mounted; naval reserves, and several
companies of the Fifth regiment, infan-
try, 0. N. G., were kept busy scattering
mobs. One missile thrower was shot
while trying to escape from policeman,
but with all the rioting there was little
harm DONE
Sunday night it became serious. The
worst incident Of the lawless night was
the blowing up of a Euclid avenue car in
the far east end. Nine people were in
Jured. 1t is believed nitroglycerin was
used. Motorman Dreggers was blown
from the car, and one of his ears was
blown off, but he managed to catch the
car again and shut off the current. About
twenty people were on the car. Women
who were not hurt tainted. The car was
badly damaged. Fred Smith was blown
Into the air, then fell into the holes made
In the floor, and was dragged along con-
siderable distance. 1t is believed couple
OF men who approached the spot in bug
gy a few minutes before the explosion
left the nitroglycerin on the track. A
private detective saw them and said he
knew them.
Mob violence broke forth with great
fury ON Burton street, near Trent street,
Sunday morning. About 10 o'clock the
mob, which numbered $500 people. at
tackled two cars with stones. The cars
were in charge of Patrolmen Moore and
Thorpe. The police left the cars and the
mob closed in about them. The officers
fought with their clubs but the fury of
the rioters was too much for them. They
were badly bruised, when Catholic
priest was seen elbowing his way through
the crowd He finally reached the police,
and standing before them and the mob.
commanded the rioters in the name of the
church to save the lives of the men. The
flowing robes of the priest and his brave
act awed the mob. The officers were then
taken into st. Prokops Church. Their
brave rescuer was the Rev. Father Wen
caSlauc
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

oner he had always declared his inno-
cence of any crime. He was confident
he would be vindicated in time and that
the Supreme Court would grant him a
rehearing. He frequently spoke about
his case and all his thoughts seemed to
be upon it. The warden and his deputies
all pronounce Luetgert to have been a
well-behaved prisoner The only trouble
which they ever had with him was II
little argument he got into with a repre-
sentative of large packing house over
the meat furnished He had to be placed
in solitary confinement as punishment
for his conduct.
Luetgert's passing away marks the
closing chapter of one Of the most grew
some murder mysteries in the annals Of
tcriminology-his debt to the law which
was fixed by jury at life Imprisonment
has been wiped out.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
-----------------
PREACH ON INGERSOLL.
Many Divines Make the Dead Infide1
the Subject of ermons.

Many Divines Make the Dead Infide1
the Subject of ermons.
The life and death of Col. Robert G..
Ingersoll has furnished the theme for
many of the sermons preached through
out the length and breadth of the coun-
try, and, in fact, all civilized countries Of
the globe.
Chicago.-Had he not met in his early
years with the cold, formal and repelling
restraints that false conceptions of re-
ligion had brought into the church he
might have become Americas greatest
preacher.-Rev. Brown. Agnosticism is
simply an expression of the inability Of
the human intellect to cope with so vast a
subject as the infinite being of God.-Dr.
Thorp. l believe that those who some
times attempted to reply to him did harm,
too. Argument is not so good a weapon
for the Christian as testimony to the
power of Christ to save and bless.-Dr.
Gray. There are ministers who are do
ing as much harm as he ever did; men
who try to prove that Jonah never lived,
who try to prove that Job was a fcti-
tious character, men who tear the very
Bible to shreds with their so-called higher
criticism.-Rev. Harrison. He had false
and morbid views of Christianity; his
was a caricature of religion-Dr. j. L.
Thomas.
New York.-Crime will continue to eat
it's way into the breasts of your youths
as long as consciences are dulled by such
doctrines.-Dr. Parkin. If in that infinite
presence he is compelled to ask for mercy
we are assured in scripture that there is
no failure of infinite willingness to for
give.-Rev. Cheu. He was a kind-heart-
ed, lovable father, the friend of society,
an orator, but with all his talents he was
a failure.-Rev. Smith. Col. Ingersoll
will be judged according to his light and
according to his deeds. Surely he will be
better off than the hypocrite, the liar and
the knaye.-Dr. Bodine. What bless
ing it Il that Mr.. Ingersoll and his fol-
lowers could avoid the consequences of
their own doctrine by living in an age Of
Christianity and enjoying that marvellous
civilization of which Christianity has
been the mother teacher.-Dr. Cadman.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
MUST ARBITRATe OR FIGHT.
Premier Laurier's Remarka able View
of Alaska boundary Disnute.

Premier Laurier's Remarkab able View
of Alaska boundary Dispute.
In the Canadian Commons Saturday
Sir Charles Upper brought up the ques-
tion of the Alaskan boundary. He said
that the United States, in refusing to sub
nit the subject to arbitration, well justi-
fed the decision Great Britain and Can
ada had reached in declining to allow the
question to go before the joint high COM
mission. He believed that the Govern
ment and commissioners of the United
States had lost confidence in their own
claims to this strip of disputed territory
Sir Charles suggested bill providing for
the protection of British and Canadian
interests by enacting that no license to
mine in the Yukon district shall be grant
ed to any other than British subject.
Premier Laurier, in reply, sympathized
with much that Sir Charles Upper had
said. He stated that he had little hope
now of a compromise, and was very sorry
to say that the negotiations had not ad-
vanced the position one iota from that of
January last.
The alternatives, he gravely stated,
were arbitration or war. Arbitration, he
emphatically declared. must come, and al
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

though an agreement upon the terms of
arbitration had not yet been reached he
held that Canada's wisest course was to
exercise further patience and forbear-
ance.
A Washington dispatch says that the
statement of Premier Laurier in the Ca
madam House of Commons that there are
two alternatives regarding the Alaskan
boundary dispute. arbitration or war, is
regarded in Washington as only another
bluff for Canadian home consumption
The United States has been in possession
of the territory in dispute for a genera
tion. The United States has only to say,
In Sir Wilfrid's ancestral language, "Je
suis; je reste"-I am here; l stay here
and then what Is Sir Wilfrid going to do
ahout III
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
ROOT SUCCEEDS ALoER.
New York Lawyer and Politician APP
pointed Secretary of War.

New York Lawyer and Politician Ap.
pointed Secretary of War.
The President has appointed Elihu
Root Of New York as Secretary Of War
to succeed Russell A. Alger, resigned.
The appointment was made after a con-
ference between President Mckinley and
the cabinet. The President has had un-
der consideration the appointment Of Mr..
Root for some time. Senator Platt said
his personal choice had been Gen. Fran
els V. Greene. He added, however, that
the choice made by President Mckinley
would be satisfactory to New York Re-
publicans, including Chauncey M. Depew.
Gov. Roosevelt and himself.
1t Is understood that the new Secre-
tary will not take charge Of the purely
military matters of the Office, leaving
these to Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn
and Adjt. Gen. Corbin, while he will con-
Germ himself with the larger problems
arising on account of our new posses
sions. The question Of salary will not be
one which will influence his acceptance of
the position, for he is wealthy and Mrs.
Root has quite fortune in her own right.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
DEATH OF ,LuETGERT.
Notorious Sausage Maker Suddenly
Expires in His Prison Cell

Adolph Luetgert, who was serving n
life sentence in the Illinois State peni-
tentiary at Joliet for the murder of his
wife, Louisa, died suddenly at n few
minutes before Z O'clock Thursday morn
ing. The probable cause OF his death
was heart disease.
1t was thought at first that he might
have killed himself, but the prison ply
sician, after examining the body, con-
cluded that death resulted from natural
causes. There were no indications of
poisoning, nor were there any marks on
the body. To all appearances Luetgert
had been in the best of health, although
he had been suffering from rheumatism.
The chaplain of the prison said that
in the several talks he had with the pris-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
TO REMOVE THE DAMS.
Illinois Valleys Demand ON Chicago
Tl-a asafr f~t

Illinois Valleys Demand ON Chicago
Drainage district.
Dredging Of the Illinois river and the
removing OF all dams therein Is demand
ed by the Illinois River Valley Associa-
tion before the water of the Chicago
drainage canal is turned into it. II this
is done the association, by implication,
promises to withdraw opposition to the
plans of the Chicago drainage district.
This was the net result OF the meeting
of the association at Whitehall, Ill. Five
thousand persons were present and the
result of their deliberations was incorpo-
rated in set of resolutions which will
be presented to Gov. Tanner and Presi-
dent Mckinley. The former will be ask
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

charge wished to secure some special at
traction to draw the crowds. They went
to see Mr.. Ferris and he came forward
with proposal which has at least the
charm Of absolute novelty. If the COM
mittee will raise $50 TO be given to the
brass band of Mexico Mr.. Ferris agrees
to build on top of the court house dome
a scaffold sixteen feet high. On top OF
this scaffold Mr.. Ferris agrees to stand
on his head between the hours Of 2 and
3 o'clock each afternoon during the fair.
-
W. l.. Dunlap, the newly elected COM
mander, Indiana department, G. A. r.,
is SO years old. He was born in Franklin,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

when he was killed. He was the first man
killed in the Union ranks in recognized
warfare, though four Massachusetts men
had been killed in the Baltimore riots. He
was with the Seventh when it led the
charge against the stone wall at Winches-
ter-the charge which gave Gen. Stone
wall Jackson his first defeat. He was in
the charge at Phillippi June 3, 1S61-the
charge that opened the war. He was Mt
Gettysburg and on the other great fields
of the North.
-
There died a few days ago in Terre
Haute, Ind, an unassuming man who left
behind him n diary covering fifty years of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
EVANSVILLE MINERS RIOT.
Nom Unionists Attacked-The Mayo
Forbids Parade.


Rioting and disorder prevailed at two
of the Evansville coal mines Wednesday.
AS the colored non-union miners came
from the First avenue mines they were
met by a crowd of boys who carried tin
cans. Several stones were hurled at
them. When a block away from the
mine the miners pulled their revolvers
and opened fire on the crowd No one
was hurt.
Several hundred people gathered and
the police dispersed the crowd and es-
corted the miners home. Nearly 1000
striking miners, their families and SYM
pathizers were at the John 1ngle mine
when the coiored miners quit work. Both
the strikers and non-union men were
armed. Mayor Akin issued a proclama-
ton forbidding the miners to parade.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

dary contended for by Canada, dotted
line near the coast, placing Dyea, Ska
quay and Pyramid harbor in British ter
ritory; the line claimed by the United
States north and west of the Lynn canal.
and conventional line proposed by Daw-
son which strikes through Pyramid har-
Dor. The latest proposition by the Amer
lean Government is to give Canada a
free harbor at the head of Lynn canal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

u "
IL. Blackfan and David @. Cox. In 1850
competitive examinations of applicants
for certain positions were begun in linn
tied way, but it took twenty years of agi-
tation to induce Congress TO act. In Eng
land free, open competition throughout
the public service was established in 1870.
The civil service commission Of 1871
adopted rules governing the examination
of candidates, which were in force until
Congress refused to make an appropria-
ton for the work, and President Grant
declared them temporarily suspended in
1875.
-
George Bruce Cortelyou. who has been
appointed secretary Of President Mckin-
ley during the indefinite absence in Eu-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

else. lie Is not only
the owner Of the
Mexico Opera House
and other valuable
property, but is an
athlete who goes in
his shirt sleeves in
the depth of winter.
A street fair Is to ba
held in Mexico and
the committee in
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

ton, and there was special train also
on the Long Island Railroad. The mourn
ers remained at Fresh Pond until the
cremation was completed, when the wild.
ow carried the ashes back to the home in
the ciperary urn selected for her by
George Gray Barnard. the sculptor, who
took the cast of Col. Ingersoll's head af-
ter death
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
WILL BUY 5000 HORSES.
Chicago Officers TO Secure Mounts for
Philippine Troops.

Philippine Troops.
Acting Chief Qnartermaster Palmer OF
Chicago received instructions from the
War Department officials at Washington
over the long distance telephone Saturday
to buy 5000 horses at once for the use of
the cavalry troops In the Philippines. The
animals required must weigh between 9OL
and 1000 pounds and be perfectly sound
in every respect and under years old.
The horses will be specially selected, as
none but the best animals are able to
withstand service In tropical climates
during the rainy season.
Maj. J. b. Aleshire, chief quartermas-
ter at Matanzas, Cuba, now in Chicago
on leave of absence, was selected to
travel through the adjoining States in
search Of the animals needed. He is one
Of the best experts on horses in the en-
ployment of the Government.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
MUST PROVIDE NEW GRAVES.

ment Of the Tents.
BY a decree of court the old Methodist
burying ground at Cumberland, Mo-, has
been sold and bodies buried there are or
dered reinterred elsewhere. The work of
removing the bodies has commenced.
Mrs. u. s. Grants parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Dent, are buried there. Gov. Lown-
des when informed of this fact ordered
their remains disintcrrcd and temporarily
placed until be can notify the Grant fem
liz.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
Fjrst Chiuese Pensioner.

All Yuh of Shanghai, China, a lands
man who enlisted In the navy in 1884
and was formerly attached to Dewey's
flagship Olympia, Wednesday was grant.
ed pension OF $50 month for lung
trouble. He has the distinction OF being
the first Chinese pensioner
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

active life. The
book would not
make exciting read
ing, because it tells
only the simple
story Of a man who
did his duty faith
fully and without
fault. 1t is the
daily record of the
life of Andrew
Walker, railroad
engineer. 1t shows
that during his fifty
years of active SER
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
BODY Is CREMATED.
Re mains of Col. Ingersoll Incinerated
at Fresh Pond, L. l.

The body of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll
was cremated Thursday at Fresh Pond,
l.. l. The coffin was plain and covered
with black cloth, having neither handles
nor plate. 1t was only used to convey
the remains from the house at Dobbs
Ferry to the crematory. A special train
was in readiness at the Dobbs Ferry sta.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

loss to the United
States forces was
four killed and
twelve wounded.
Calamba is n town
on Laguna de Bay,
about thirty miles
southeast Of Ma
Mia. 1t is much
farther south than
the United States
troops have yet
penetrated on land.
1t Is in the prov
ince Of Iaguna IL
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

Pat Malone killed by the cars, Akron,
Ohio.
Failing telegraph pole, Pittsburg, killed
Frank Scope.
]. c. Saylor, school teacher, shot dead
from ambush on Pickett's creek, Ken
tucky.
Prospectors are leaving Dawson City
by the hundred for Nome, the new gold
field.
A $4,000, 900 fertilizer trust Is proposed.
Ex-Commissary General Eagan has re-
turned from Hawaii.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
GOLD YIELD OF KLoNoIkE.
Mint Director Roberts Puts 1t $50,
100000 This Year

George ID. Roberts. director of the
United States mint, while in New York
called at the assay Office In Wall street
Friday and made the prediction that this
years gold yield from the Klondike would
reach $1S,0OO,000 or $20,OOO.OOO, and
that most of this will come 10 the banks
In New York.
The gold receipts from the Klondike al
ready this summer amount to $11 ,UOO,OOO,
which, Mr.. Roberts said, Offset the gold
that has been exported from New York
Cifv IN Europe
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

Lafayette will erect new library
building.
Radcliffe Alumnae Association now has
more than 200 members.
Only FIVE OF the 300 members Of the
senior class OF Yale failed to graduate.
Wells College Alumnae will try to raise
an endowment fund OF 100000.
The Rev. Samuel May, now of Ieices-
ter, Mass, Is the oldest living alumnus
Of the Divinity School of Harvard Uni
versity. He Is the only survivor Of the
graduates of 1888.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
MRS. STYLES is NOT GUILTY.
Chicago Woman Freed from Charge Of
Numbering Her Mothrr.

Numbering Her Mothrr.
Amid the hystericaI weepings of Mrs.
Augusta Styles, Judge Waterman, in a
Chicago court room, read the verdict of
not guilty. which freed Mrs. Styles Of
the charge of numbering her mother, Mrs.
Catherine Schultz, on May 4. The jury
was out but one hour and fifty minutes,
only three being for conviction and a
short sentence at any time.
Mrs. Schultz was deliberately killed by
Mrs. Styles May 4 after she had waited
for her for some hours for that purpose.
The cause of the trouble was Mrs.
Schultz revealing the story of the birth
of Mrs. Styles daughter Belle.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
ALASKAN MATTER eRIoHTENs.
Temporary Settlement May Soon Be
Reached with England.

Secretary Hay and Reginald Tower.
the British charge d'affaires, expect soon
to have the Alaskan boundary line prac-
tically settled on temporary basis. With
Canada eliminated from the controversy
it is thought that the American and Brit
ish Governments will have no difficulty
in reaching an agreement.
The map, made from Dawson's Cana
dian map of 1887 and United States
coast survey of Alaska, shows the boun-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

1871. In that year
Congress passed a bill
authorizing President
Grant to appoint a
civil service commits
sion. The members of
this first commission
were. George William
Curtis, Alexander q.
Cattell, Joseph Medill,
, avidson A. Walker,
T. II Ellicott ,Jospnh
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
IuhaIinu Poison Killed Him.

Philip Heger, aged 63, prosperous
farmer living few miles west OF Union,
No., scattered poison over his potato
vines to kill bugs. He inhaled so much
OF the poison that In spite Of the best
medical skill obtainable he died.