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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
HOTTEST OF THE YEAR.
Cities in Several States Suffered fro
the Heat Thursday.


the Heat Thursday.
According to telegraphic reports from
many Of the cities surrounding Chicago,
Thursday was the hottest day Of the
year. The warm wave was not confined
TO Illinois alone, but extended over Ne
braska, Indiana, Iowa and Ohio. In
Springfield, ILL.,, the maximum tempera-
ture was 81 degrees, while thermometers
on the street registered as high as 1O2
degrees, making it the warmest day Of
the year. Bloomington also suffered,
with the thermometer at the 100 mark,
and at Alhambra it was 103 in the shade.
At Omaha the mercury reached the 92
mark and higher temperature is reported
from the southern part of the State. Like
reports come from Anderson, Ind, where
there were several prostrations. At Gin
cinnati it was so warm citizens were
leaving the city for a cooler climate. 1t
took ten trains to transport the people
who left that city Thursday for the north
on account of the heat. Chicagoans suf-
fered from the humidity Of the atmos-
pierre. Although the temperature ranged
only from 6S to 7S, the humidity during
the afternoon reached 81 per cent, max
ing the air muggy and oppressive.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
: MUST THE HORSE GO?

The manufacturers of automobiles will
have no difficulty in watering their stock.
ST. Paul Dispatch.
The automobile never gets its leg over
a shaft or kicks holes in the dashboard
Minneapolis Times.
The assertion that the automobile has
come to stay should be amended to read
come to go.-Tacoma Ledger.
The automobile has the distinct advan.
tage of not being obliged to wear net
in fly time.-New York Telegram.
The horse will never be wholly dis.
placed until the automobile can be used
in an anise-seed fox hunt.-Detroit Trbi-
une.
"They tell me Jim Brewster has a new
road wagon that's a hummer" Yes;
it's a gasoline motor."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The public are accepting the horscless
wagons because they may lead to the ex.
tinction of the horse shows.-Birming.
ham Age-Herald.
While the automobile may eventually
tend 10 kill the horse, some nervous driv.
ers claim that 1t is soaring them to death
Philadelphia Times.
The horse is supposed to 60, but his 60.
ing II the going that knows no return
The automobile Is the propelling power
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10

TROLLEY Oar DISASTER NEAR
BRIDGEPORT. CONN. :
Hurled from Trestle ard Fifty Feet
Down Ravine-rhirty4hve Persons
Killed and Twelve Injpred-No One
ON Board Escapes. ,,l ~

Forty-thrce passengers on trolley car
on the Shelton street railway were dash
ed down a ravine ut Peck's mill stream,
five miles from Bridgeport, Conn, at
BIB Sunday afternoon. Twenty-six were
killed outright and two died atl'the hos
pital. ~
Over Peck's mill stream is an iron
bridge $50 feet long. The distance from
stream Is fifty feet. All VI the water
was drawn off a few months ago to per-
NIT the buttresses for the bridge to be
laid. The street railway line was open
ed to the public the previous Thursday
for the first time.
The car jumped the rails on the trestle
over the stream and plunged down the
embankment fifty feet below, where it
was buried In the mud. The motorman,
George Hamilton, saved himself from
death by jumping on the trestle as the
car plunged into the abyss.
The alarm was given and hundreds Of
farmers from the vicinity were soon on
the scene. Other cars that were follow
ing the fatal one arrived, and in short
time hundreds Of volunteers were at
work. The work was retarded owing to
the difficulty Of gaining a secure foot
passage in the narrow ravine. Farmers
and their wives and daughters came with
blankets and woolens, and all Of the
physicians in Bridgeport and Stratford
who were available were summoned.
The car was soon separated, the bottom
portion being lifted off. The top was
buried several feet in the mud and the
bodies of the dead and dying were strewn
about. The seats were smashed to splin-
tiers. Strange to say, few of the bodies
were badly mangled. All of the persons
killed sustained fractured skulls.
As fast as the bodies were taken out
they were placed in ambulances and the
vehicles provided by the farmers. The
dead were removed to the town hall in
Stratford, where the coroner and his as
sistants examined the effects found upon
them.
John and Daniel Calvin of Ansonia, as
Tar as is known at present, were the only
ones except Motorman Hamilton who es-
capped being hurled into the ravine. They
were on the rear end of the car, and
when it left the rails they took no
chances, but jumped and landed safely on
the trestle.
The cause of the accident is uncertain
The car is too badly wrecked to give an
indication Of possible defects Of its
wheels. South of the trestle is quite an
incline, on which the car ran down at a
very high rate of speed. After it ran
on to the trestle for about ten feet the
trucks left the rails and the car contin-
ued on the ties for about seventy-five
feet, when it went off the trestle and
dropped into the ravine below, over
turning completely and Impending. When
the car struck, the motor, which weighed
four tons, and the heavy trucks crushed
into it, instantly killing many Of the
passengcrs.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
:, TO .MoRMONIZE EUROPE.
MASSACHUSETTS Bound for England, Ger
many and Other Lands.

Missionaries Bound for England, Ger
many and Other Lands.
A party of twenty-five Mormon mis-
sionaries sailed from Philadelphia for
Europe last week, going to Liverpool.
They are mostly young men, two of them
being under 20.
The Mormon missionaries, unlike those
Of other religious denominations, are not
paid or supported by their church. Each
man undertakes the work voluntarily,
and pays his own expenses from the time
he leaves home until he returns at the
end of two or three years. The men
who went abroad are tradesmen, me-
chanics or clerks, who are willing to
abandon their respective callings for the
time being and devote their time and
means to the propagation of their faith
in foreign countries. Each man has
been Endorsed by his bishop, and though
some of the party are married they left
home and family cheerfully to prosecute
the work for which they felt they had a
special mission. They will be distributed
throughout Great Britain, Scandinavia,
Germany, Switzerland, Holland and Aus
tria, and will be followed at intervals by
others who will keep up the work of
propagandism.
The youngest Of the party was Thomas
Sumner, who is but Is years old. His
home is at Provo, Utah, where he re-
ceived good education. He is a native
Of Lancashire, England, and thither he
goes to seek converts.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
THE NOTORIOUS RENDERS.
Recalled by the Finding of an Old
Knife.

Knife.
A large knife, which is supposed to
have been the one used by the noted
Benders in disposing of their victims, has
been found in an old tree on the old
Bender place, east of Cherryvale, Kan.
The tree, which was a large elm, was
cut down for wood, and the knife was
found in hollow inside the tree. 1t is
supposed that it was hidden there, and
that after the Benders left the opening
In the tree grew together. The total
number of people murdered by this fam
lily will never be known. Eighteen graves
have been discovered so far. They kept
a tavern, as it was called, midway be-
tween Parsons and Independence, in
early days, where people would stop for
the night, and would mysteriously dis
appear. 1t was some time before the
Benders were suspected, and it was the
murder of DR.. York and his little daugh-
ter, that led to their detection. COL
York, n brother of the murdered man,
was an attorney in Independence, and
when his brother did not arrive as in
tended, an investigation was made, and
the horrible crimes of this family were
discovered.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
1890 to 5000; hogs, shipping grades.
$500 to $4.15; sheep, fair to choice. 300
to $5.25; wheat, No. red, 69c to Tic;
corn, No. 2, 30c to 31c; oats, No. 2, 10c
to 2Oc; rye, No. 2, sic to 53c; butter,
choice creamery, lie to 1Sc; eggs. fresh.
l2c to 14c; potatoes, choice, Doc to S5c
per bushel.
lndianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500 to
1915; hogs, choice light, 1918 to $4.75;
sheep, common to prime, 1925 to $4.15:
wheat, No. red, &c to Csc; corn, No.
white, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c
to 25c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to 5000; hogs,
$500 to $4.75; sheep, $500 to $4.75;
wheat, No. 2, 69c to Tie; corn, No. z
yellow, Bic to 33c; oats, No. z. 2Oc to &c;
rye, No. 2, 53c to 55c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to $5.75; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat. No. 2, Csc to Soc; corn. No. =
mixed, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21c
to 23c; rye, No. 2, SAC to 56c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $5.75; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep. $3.50 to A.75;
wheat, No. 2. tic to TIC; corn, No. 2
yellow, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c
10 Z6c; rye, 53c to 04c.
Toiedo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 69c to
tic; corn, No. 2 mixed. &c to 34c; oats,
No. mixed, 19c to 21c; rye, No. 2, Ole
to 53c; clover seed, new, 1886 to 1895.
Milwaukee-wheat. No. 2 spring, 70c
to Tic; corn, No. 3, 31c to 33c; oats, No,
2 white, 23c to 26c; rye, No. 1, Sic to 53c
barley, No. 2, 39c to Ale; pork, mess,
$S.25 TO $S.75.
Buffaio-Cattle, good shipping steers
$500 to 5000; hogs, common to choice
1925 to $500; sheep, fair to choice weth.
ers, $3.50 to 1925; lambs, common to
extra, $40 to $3.50.
New York-CattIe, 1925 to $8.00; hogs
$500 to $500; sheep, $500 to $500
wheat, No. red, Tee to TIC; corn, No. 2
SSc TO 30c; oats, No. 2, PIC to 29c; butter
creamery, 15c to 19c; eggs, Western, 10<
TO Lee.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10

Revolt Of the Ysqui warriers IL Prac-
ttcally Crushed.

A0yO4t W eA4S . S0e y ~ W. - = -
tica1ly Crushed
Dispatches received from Mexico show
that the revolt of the Yaqui Indians has
been practically crushed and that from
now ON the military authorities will con-
duct war Of determination, 30 as to re-
move all danger Of other uprisings in the
future. 1t IL also known now that Gen.
Torres was not killed by the Indians In
battle, as at first reported, but only
wounded.
When the treaty Of May, 1897, was
signed the Government agreed to provide
each Yaqui with a portion of land ana
supply them with corn until their farms
were under cultivation. The Indians
were also allowed to retain their. arms.
Since that time the Government has FED
the Indians, but they refused to work
their farms, and as consequence the
supplies were stopped. This was the
primary motive for the present war.
Capt. Moldanado, who as chief tetabi-
ate had led the Yaqui forces, had sworn
allegiance to the Government and had
been made a captain under Gen. Torres.
With an escort he was sent to confer
with the Indians. The natives deceived
him. On the 21st Moldanado was de-
coyed into the woods by his tribesmen
and there surprised and attacked by a
large number of the Yaqui. His escort
was routed and the captain was murder
ed by the very men he formerly COM
manded. On the same day the Indians
attacked detachment Of the Twelfth
battalion Of infantry In the city af Ba-
cum, but were repulsed.
Gen. Torres Immediately led column
Of soldiers iptp, the district to punish the
warriors. After a forced march he came
up with the Indians. and the battle COM
menced. The Indians were routed and
driven into the woods, leaving forty dead
OIL the fela, while there were many
wounded. The Government lost one kill
ed and had ten wounded. Gen. Torres
foiiDweds them up, and in the next en-
gsgemgnt killed forty -three, among them
four chiefs, Jopo. Slaumavanca. Fierros
apd Diopisco.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
GOES MILE IN 1922 2.6.
Major Taylor Beats the WORLDS Rec
ords on Bfcycle

Major Taylor Beats the Worlds Rec
ords on a Bicycle.
In the presence of a yelling, frenzied
crowd Major Taylor, the swift colored
professional cyclist, rode a mile behind
his steam motor at the Garfield Park
track in Chicago Thursday in the phe-
nomenal time Of 1:22 2-5, thereby beating
the worlds record by 3-5 seconds.
There can be absolutely. no doubt about
the authenticity of the performance. At
least FIVE watches caught the blur of
yellow and black as it sped across the
crack abreast of the pacing machine, and
all were under 1:23.
Taylor's performance is the more re-
markable in that it was not aided by
wind shields or any other device; 1t was
simply straightaway, paced race. Nc
Duties record of 1:2S was made with
the aid of a wind shield which protected
him from all currents and SO fashioned
as to make his machine practically a
light wedge on wheels, tapered before
and behind.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10

Dominican Revolutiouists Did Not In
tend 10 Kali Heureaux..

Dominican RevoIutiouists Did Not In
tend to Kali Heureaux.
Owing to the efforts Of the Government
of Santo Domingo to suppress news and
information about the recent assassina-
ton of President Heureaux and the re-
ported revolution in Santo Domingo, the
facts In the case are difficult to obtain.
But dispatch received by messenger
who has passed through Hayti indicates
that the assassination of President Heu-
reaux was not on the program, the pur-
pose of the revolutionists being to cap
ture Moca with the president, thus de-
CAPTIVATING the Dominican Government at
the first blow, the insurgents not pos
sessing the means of prosecuting pro-
tracted conflict. The premature depart
ure of President Heureaux threatened to
Illustrate this scheme, whereupon an.en-
thusiast, who was watching the presi-
dents movements, committed the act A
subsequent attack on Moca being repulsed,
the insurgents withdrew into the fast
nesses between Moca and Porta Plata,
hoping to secure sufficient accessions OF
men and arms to attack Porto Plata and
prosecute the movement in spite of its
initial failure.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
MAY EMPTY NEBRASKA PRISON
Legal Technicality Expected to Free
a Majority Of Convicts.

Legal Technicality Expected to Free
a Majority of Convicts.
, The State Of Nebraska has been cited
to appear before the United States Su-
preme Court and show cause why one
Henry Bolln should not be released from
the penitentiary on a writ of error. Bolln
Is serving a nineteen years sentence for
embezzling city funds as treasurer of
Omaha, He was prosecuted on an in
formation. The attorneys for Bolln in
their brief set out that to prosecute with
out grand jury indictment Is illegal and
in support of the proposition quote from
the enabling act, under which Nebraska
was admitted to the Union, as follows:
NO person shall be held to answer for
criminal Offense unless on presentation
to grand jury" In 1885, in spite of the
above, the Legislature of the State pro-
vided for prosecution by information.
This Is the first time that it has been
tested and many other criminals are
said to be prepared to sue for their lib
erty in the State il Bolln's contention is
sustained
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10

franssib srisa Rsilroad Too Light for
Heavy Traf1c.
w, f.; Dixon. manager Of the Bar
movo Engineering Company's locomotive
works at Mini Novgorod. Russia. which
company employs 10000 men. IL visiting
his home In Paterson. N. J. The indus
tries of Russia" said Mr.. Dixon. "are
all thriving. The Russians are slow
moving people, but they are steady and
sure. The Transsiberian Railroad ID
now completed from Moscow to Irkootsk.
a distance of about 800 miles. East OF
Irkootsk the road Is in operation In
patches. as 1t were. That Ii to say. II
has not yet been connected all the way
through TO Vladivostok. An unfortunate
thing about. the, building of. this road Is
that very light rails have been used. and
the ties are too wide apart. When Its
construction was begun nobody realized
the immensely OF. the undertaking. The
traffic has been greatly in excess OF all
expectations. and fear that the road
Will not stand the wear and tear. 1t
would cost an enormous sum to rectify
the mistake at this late date"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
MOBBED BY MINERS.
Occur D'Alene Labor Agent Fatally
Wounded at Cripple Creek.

Occur D'Alene Labor Agent Fatally
Wounded at Cripple Creek.
David Cornell, formerly a deputy mar
shall at Gold Field, Colo, was shot and
probably fatally wounded by an I'M
known man at the Florence and Cripple
Creek Railroad depot at Cripple Creek,
Colo. Connell had been soliciting miners
to work in the Occur d'Alene country,
and seven recruits whom he had secured
were with him when he was shot. They
were surrounded, hooted and stoned by
large number Of men, and it Is said they
drew their guns and threatened to shoot
AT this some one in the crowd fired two
shots, one taking effect in Connelrs side
and the other taking off portion Of
thumb Of one of Connell's companions
No arrests were made. Cornell had been
warned to leave the camp by a commit
tee said to represent the miners union.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
FACE DEATH IN LAKE.
Passengers Spend Night of Terror
on Lake Michigan.

Two hundred passengers on the steam
er City of Grand Rapids, which left
South Haven, Mich, for Milwaukee Sat
urday night, faced death through the
long hours of the night in violent north
easter, which caused the leaking boat to
nearly founder and which threatened to
rend the vessel from stern to bow at any
moment. With the water In the hold
within two inches of the fires the cap
tain put about for South Haven and af-
ter a desperate struggle with the waves
and water the steamer reached that port
at O o'clock Sunday morning almost in
q sinking condition. One force pump OF
all on board was serviceable and this
lone pump alone saved the passengers
from what seemed certain doom.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
Her BODY Cut to Pieces.

The aged wife Of John Pritzke was
found dead at her home in North Little
Rock, Ark. The body was horribly mu-
tilated, having been chopped to pieces
with an ak. Near the body sat John
Pritzke, the husband, in dying condi-
ton from wounds inflicted with an AK
The house had been robbed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
HOW HE MANAGED THE BANK.
Ex- Receiver William Piankinton Ex-
amfned Mt Milwaukee,

amined at Milwaukee.
William Plankinton, ex-receiver for the
defunct Plankinton Bank Of Milwaukee,
was examined Thursday before Court
Commissioner Schneider relative to his
management of the banks affairs. The
shrinkage Of over $500, 1000 from the face
value of the banks assets could not be
accounted for by Plankinton, who claim
ed to be ignorant Of many of the impor-
tant details Of the bank, as he did not
give personal attention to the work.
The ex-receiver had also credited him
self with $4,000 fees as assignee with
out notifying the court or creditors until
after he had paid himself He could not
decipher his report made as assignee on
July i, 1893. No attempt was made by
the assignee to realize on various securi.
ties or collect numerous accounts due the
hank
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
Lover Murders III. Rival.

Charles Haverly Of Beechtree and
James Lucas of Clarion Mines, Pa, have
been counting the same girl all summer.
Lucas learning that Haverly was to
drive her over to Lane Mills to attend
prayer meeting, also went. He took a
seat behind his rival and the young
woman, and during a prayer plunged a
pocketknife blade into his rivals back.
HaYerlY died. W.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10

to Indiana from Kentucky and settled
first at Corydon, Harrison County, the
first capital Of the State. There John
Hays only brother, Edwin, was born.
Later the family moved to Salem, where
the father practiced medicine, especially
distinguishing himself during the cholera
epidemic of 1924. He also was one of
the founders of the Salem Monitor, which
strongly supported Gen. Harrison during
the "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too" cam
paign. Edwin, the elder son, died in Sa-
lem at the age of and his grave is still
in the little Indiana cemetery.
-:
Boston has new crusade and new
crusader in Miss Lillian Jewett, who is
"a, rather above the medium height and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10

has received orders from Washington =
visit the old Umatilla Indian resssvatiou
and take such steps a. may be neoaesary
to remove squatters. The reservation
was ceded back to the Government and
most Of Il has since been patented. Some
of the undesirable. land was not sold and
this has been squatted upon.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
Following is the standing of the clubs
BIG DEAL IN ELEVATORS.

r. III. Peavey & Co. Buy the Minnesota
and Dakota Line of Fifty.
The Minnesota and Dakota line of fifty
elevators has been sold to +. III. Peavey
& Co. for 100000. The deal was con-
summated at Minneapolis and the prop
erty will at once be turned over. The
elevators are situated along the Northern
Pacific, Great Northern and Milwaukee
roads, and have an aggregate capacity
of 100000 bushels. This makes the
Peavey company's total capacity over
35,0OO,0O0 bushels, exclusive of new
line of houses now building in Kansas.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
FALL TRADE EXPANDING.
Shipments Tax Facilities of the job
bling Houses-Increased Demand.

bling Houses-Increased Demand.
Bradstreet's says: "All signs indicate
the maintenance of general trade and in
dustry in an unprecedented midsummer
volume. Western and Northwestern
trade advices tell of expanding fall trade.
Shipments on fall account from Mime
apolis tax the facilities of the Jobbing
houses. Increased demand is noted at
Chicago. Wheat Including tour) ship
ments for the week aggregate 4,I11, GA
bushels, against 3,366,432 bushels last
week, 4,111,312 bushels in the corre-
spending week of 1898. Since July the
exports of wheat aggregate 1S,5OS,9O6
bushels, against 14,426, 122 bushels last
year. Corn exports for the week aggre-
gate 5,027, 7O6 bushels, against 3,1OO,3Zo
bushels last week and 2,So6,923 bushels
in this week q year ago."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10

REV. DR.. GILBERT. aside the authority
of the Old Testament, and claims that
its writer's were imperfect men, incapa-
bic of rejecting the divine mind. He
claims that We have. by our acceptance
Of their writings, reflected their views,
and that, as consequence, we now have
a religion Of reflection.
-
Captain Greene is the army officer who
mas acted as press censor under Gen.
Otis. 1t has been his duty to read the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
Copper Discovery in Alaska.

G. G.. Anderson of Fulton, ILL.,, leading
a party Of twelve prospectors, has arriv-
ed at Dawson, Alaska, with sensational
news regarding copper find at the head
waters of the White river in American
territory. Anderson and his companions
are said to have found chunks of pure
copper, ranging from the size Of hens
egg to pieces weighing twenty-five
mounds tr.t
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
BALLOON CARRIES UP A BOY.


AerOnaut's Presence Of Mind Prevents
Him Being Dashed to Pieces.
During a balloon ascension ut Ere
mont, Ohio, thousands witnessed thrill
ing sight not down on the program. The
guy rope holding the balloon became en-
tangled about the arm of S-year-old Les
ter Miller just as the balloon shot up in
the air, carrying the boy with it, sus-
pended by one arm and shouting for help.
A thousand feet in the air the aeronaut
saw the boy and used heroic methods to
save him. The parachute was cut loose,
the hot air was allowed to escape and
after nine minutes in the air all struck
terra firma safely. The lads arm was
displaced. The aeronaut was severely
bruised when he CAME down.