Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-07-27

that any official information had been re-
ceived of the intention Of the Canadian
Government to send mounted police to
the Porcupine region in Alaska. The
Canadians would not, of course, officially
notify this Government Of their intention
In the matter, but II the policemen could
have been sent without publicity there is
no doubt they would have gone to the dis
puted region. The intimation received
was considered as threat, and this Gov
ernment promptly said troops would be
sent to Pyramid harbor, which undoubt-
edly will cause the Canadians to aban-
don their inteAtiOn of ordering armed
men into the disySted territory, and force
q denial from both governments. There
is considerable confusion as to the loca-
ton of the Porcupine region, and the
general impression is that it is in the vi
tfnity of the Porcupine river, near the
arctic circle, 1,500 miles from Lynn
canal. This is erroneous, for the Porcu-
pine region is located south of the Kla-
heena river, east of the Porcupine creek
and west of Kluckwan, an Indian village
q few miles from the Lynn canal. The
extreme western point of the Porcupine
region Is only twelve miles from Lynn
canal. This region is rich in gold, and
1000 American miners have located
there. The territory is claimed by and
Is in the possession of this Government,
which does not propose to turn it over to
the Canadians.
1t has been found advisable, on account
of information received by the Washing
| ton authorities, to arm Government
transports used in the carrying of troops
to the Philippines. These ships have not
carried any means Of defense and are at
the mercy Of the smallest craft equipped
with one rapid-fre gun. The latter
would be able to sink the largest Of the
transports, which is nothing but ship
load Of people, whose weapons would
avail nothing in an attack at sea. The
authorities decline to confirm the rumor
| that the War Department has had ad-
vices of a plan Of the Filipinos to estab-
| lish q small navy for depreciation pur-
poses, as q means of getting materials OF
war landed at convenient ports, and as a
| system of attack upon our army trans
ports. They admit the transports are to
| be armed at once, and the equipment will
be furnished with such promptness that
the navy will be called upon to supply the
guns and ammunition. 1t is planned to
place one or two six-pounders on each
transport, and these will serve to resist
the attack of anything the F'ilipinos are
likely to bring against the ships.
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| Commissioner Evans has been vindi-
Gated Of the charges made against him
by the investigation of his bureau by the
| pension committee Of the Grand Army.
| Everything in the nature of complaint
| has been inquired into and the commit
| tee found that the commissioner had not
| only executed the laws relating to his
! bureau, but had been liberal in doing SO.
| While the committee is entirely satisfied
| with the work of the commissioner, it
| makes no concealment of the fact that
| it will endeavor to have the Secretary of
the Interior change some of his rulings
and amend the rules Of practice.
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All the diplomats are quietly laughing
at the State Department and ludicrous
blunder it made. Ambassador Tower at
st. Petersburg notified the department of
the death of the Grand Duke George by
cable, and it devolved upon the State
Department to send a reply in the name
of the President of the United States.
This was done, and cable to His I'm
perial Highness Alexander Ill.," instead
Of Nicholas H., the reigning sovereign of
all the Russias. Alexander ILL.,, as every
schoolboy knows, has been dead several
years, and how the State Department
came to make such a blunder is beyond
the ken of ordinary mortals.
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President Mckinley has decided to
postpone his Western trip until the early
part Of October, unless Mrs. Mckinley s
health permits him to leave earlier. The
President has made a positive engage
ment to visit Chicago to attend the cere-
monies attending the corner stone laying
Of the public building, which will take
place Oct. o. As his Western trip is
postponed until fall he will simply extend
his journey from Chicago to st. Paul and
| Minneapolis, where he will welcome the
returning volunteaers. If he should be
able to leave for the West in August, he
might go to the coast, but there is little
likelihood he will start during the heat
of the summer.
An old soldier whose patriotism has not
dimmed with age wants to help reim-
burse Uncle Sam for the $4,000, 900 paid
| TO SDuln Oh dCCOuut VI tut Il nlllDDiutS.
| He draws pension Of $72 a month and
desires to contribute % per cent of it
for,that purpose. Secretary Gage receiv-
| ed a letter from the old soldier in which
was enclosed check for % per cent Of
his last quarters pension. The check
was returned to the soldier with per-
sonal letter Of thanks from the Secretary
of the Treasury.
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There will be two sons Of former Pres
idents fighting for the flag in the Philip
pines, for in addition to Brig. Gen. Grant
there will now be Lieut. Col. Hayes Of
the Thirty-frst infantry. Webb &. Hayes,
son OF Grants successor, has already
won his spurs in the Spanish-American
war. He began as major of the First
Ohio infantry, and went with Shafter to
Cuba. He was wounded during the fight
ing Of Julv and his horse was killed