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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
KEEPING UP THE HOME.
Ohio Woman Looks Ahead 20 Yea
Until Zeltner II Free.

Ohio Woman Looks Ahead 20 Years
Until Zeltner IL Free.
Some months ago John Zeltner, Jack
son township, Ohio, German farmer, was
convicted Of completely with his brother
Paul In the murder Of Attorney X. HI.
Westenhaver of Hoytville. He was sem
fenced TO serve term Of twenty years
In the Ohio penitentiary. John Zeltner's
wife has furnished a striking example
of how determined woman may adapt
herself to the most discouraging circum-
stances. She was left with three small
children to care for, and to this burden
was added the care of an SO-acre farm.
She went into the fields like q farm
hand, helped to plant and harvest the
crops, and has made a full hand on the
farm almost every day since her hus-
bands incarceration. She has recently
completed harvesting forty acres of corn,
much of which was husked with her own
hands. Besides she has fed herd Of
100 hogs, which are ready for market,
and cared for the cattle and horses, milk
ed the cows and attended to her dairy.
There Is mortgage of about $500 on
the farm, and it is her determination to
keep her little family together and pay
off the Indebtedness, so that when her
husband regains his liberty they will have
a home Of their own in which to pass the
remainder of their lives.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21

Awful Scenes Bollowing IN Earth
quake On the Island of Ceram.a
BY the steamer China repme the drst
details Of the appalling disaster caused by
Z tidal wave which swept over Ceram,
one OF the Molucca islands, between Bor-
neo and New Guinea. Mail advices show
that 5000 persons were killed on Ceram
alone, when the dreadful earthquakes of
November visited the coast Of japan and
agitated the lands adjacent to that en-
pire. In the night the people Of Ceram
were awakened by a terrific earthquake
that seemed to move from north to south.
All fed from their houses and took up
places In public squares. few hours
later the water rose In the bay OF AnI-
bonia. The tidal wave followed. AT
Pauholy and Samasoeroa, on the bay,
the wave swept over the tops Of trees
thirty feet high. When the wave sub
sided corpses were everywhere. Broken
trees and portions of houses were buried.
Every few rods were great heaps of
stones and powders that had been wash
ed up from the sea. changing the entire
topography Of the country. The exact
number of killed along the coast will
never be known, as the bodies are buried
in many cases yards under new ground.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21

The four leading candidates for Gov
ernor in Florida are gold men.
Neither party expects more than 5000
plurality in Maryland this year.
Senator Morgan's reelection from Ala
bama will be opposed by Joseph f. John
ston, present Governor of the State.
Again there is a movement to make the
vote cast, not the electoral vote, the basis
of representation at Republican national
conventions.
Among Illinois newspapers there is a
general belief that Carter II. Harrison
will be the Democratic candidate for
Governor.
Georgia politicians are evincing interest
over joint debate to be engaged in by
Gov. Johnson and Senator Morgan ut
Athens, Ga.
In Utica, N. Y, Republican was elect
ed as a member of the City Council by
one majority, and his election makes the
Council Republican.
A movement is on in Minnesota to have
the University Regents and the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
elected by the people.
The Connecticut House OF Representa-
tives has in its membership 101 farmers
and seventeen mechanics. There are 252
members in the House.
Petitions are being circulated for the
nomination of Mayor Jones for Congress
in the Toledo district of Ohio for the
November election in 1900.
Commissioner of Agriculture o. b. Ste
vens, who has been mentioned as a candi-
date for Governor OF Georgia, says he
has no ambitions in that direction.
State Senator Elsberg will introduce
into the New York Legislature a bill
providing for centralized control of the
school affairs OF Greater New York.
According to the Philadelphia Ledger
ex-senator Quay does not expect to be
seated on Gov. Stones appointment, and
he Is urging an extra session of the Leg
islature.
The Anti-Saloon League is taking an
active part in the campaign for the
Speakership of the Ohio Legislature in
opposition to A. +. Mccormick, the lead
ing candidate.
In one New York election district the
thirty of the Twenty-frst Assem-
bly,, there are only FIVE voters, and the
cost of primaries and election is $3.50, or
$50 to a voter.
Reuben +. Kolb, who ran for Governor
Of Alabama some ten years ago on an in
dependent ticket, Is mentioned with IA
for rs the regular Democratic nominee
Far the next race.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $685. hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $4.75; wheat, MOI 2 red, Csc to &c;
corn, No. 2, SOC to 31c; oats, No. z, 22c
to 23c; rye, No. 2, SOC to sic; butter,
choice creamery, 24c to 26c; eggs, fresh,
19c to &c; potatoes, choice, 35c to soc
per bushel.
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500 to
$3.50; hogs, choice light, $500 to $4.25;
sheep, common to prime, $500 to $4.25;
wheat, No. 2, 66c to Csc; corn, No. 2
white, 30c to BIC; oats, No. 2 white, &c
to CSC.
st. Louis-Cattle, 1925 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $500 to $4.75;
wheat, No. 2, 69c to Tic; corn, No. 2
yellow, Doc to 31c; oats, No. 2, 23c to
25c; rye, No. 2, Sic to 53c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, 69c to Tic; corn. No. z
mixed, &c to 33c; oats, No. 2 mixed, &c
to &c; rye, No. 2, Coo to &c.
Detroit--Cattle, $3.50 to $6.76; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $500 to S4.25;
wheat, No. 2, 69c to Tic; corn, No. 2
yellow, 33c to SAC; oats. No. 2 white, &c
TO 2Sc; rye, 56c to Csc.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, Csc to
69c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 32c to 33c; oats,
No. mixed, Doc to &c; rye, No. 2, SOC
to BIC; clover seed, $3.50 to $4.9O.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. northern,
65c to &c; corn, No. 3, 30c to 31c; oats,
No. 2 white, 24c to 26c; rye, No. /, Soc
to SIC; barley, No. 2, 42c to 44c; pork.
mess, $3.50 to 5000.
Buffalo-Cattle, good shipping steers.
$500 to $6.75; hogs, common to choice.
1925 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $500
20 $4.25; lambs, common to extra, $4.5Q
to $3.50.
New York-Cattle, 1926 to 1915; hogs.
$500 to $4.75; sheep. $500 TO $4.75;
wheat, No. 2 red, 74c to 75c: corn, No. 2.
4Oc to 41c; oats, No. 2 white, Dec to 82c:
butter. creamery, 2Sc to 26e; esgs. west
ern. Ice to 22c.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21

News Of another crushing defeat to the
British arms was received at midnight
Friday by the British war office in Lon
don. This time the victim Is not Meth
uen or Gatacre, but Gen. Butler, to whom
the nation had been looking to redeem
its tottering military prestige. Gen. Bull
Ter reports that he was severely defeated
by the Beers at the Tugela river during
the day, not only suffering heavy losses
in killed and wounded, but having to
abandon ten guns and losing another that
was destroyed by the enemy's shells.
He moved against the Beers Friday
morning, in pursuance Of his purpose Of
raising the siege of Ladysmith, from his
camp near Chieveley, his plan being to
force the passage of the Tugela simulta-
neously at two drifts or fords, situated
two miles apart by two brigades, under
Gems. Hart and Hildyard respectively,
with a third brigade under Lyttleton in
the center, ready to give its support
where needed. The Beers proved too
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21

strong for Hart, who delivered the first
attack on the western drift. He was
driven back, with great loss, although his
men behaved with the utmost bravery.
Then came Hildyard's turn, and his
movement was begun propitiously, when
the crushing disaster of the day occur
red. The artillery under Col. Long, which
had been withdrawn from its support Of
Hart to aid in Hildyard's attempt to
cross the eastern drift, approached too
close to the river, and was suddenly con-
fronted by a terrible rifle fire from
large force of the enemy, which had been
concealed by the river banks. 1t appears
to have been a veritable ambuscade, and
the whole of the British artillery was in
few moments put out of action, all its
horses being killed. Gallant efforts were
made to save the guns, but all were lost
but two.
Whole Army Retreats.
Hildyard's movement was, of course,
out of the question without the support
Of the artillery, and he was ordered to
withdraw, and the whole force retired to
the camp at Chieveley. The news of this
disastrous reverse of Gen. Buffers entire
army has filed the cup Of British bit
terness to overfowing. The attack which
Englishmen were impatiently awaiting,
even demanding, for the relief of Lady
smith, was delivered Friday morning. 1t
not only failed completely, but the Brit
ish army was driven back to its original
position at Chieveley, after heavy slaugh-
ter and the loss of large portion of its
artillery. The immediate consequences
of Gen. Buffers reverse are very dis
heartening to the British. There is no
need to say that the news startled and
aroused England as nothing has done in
recent times. From now on the country
will go to war as if the life Of the empire
depended on the issue, as it truly does.
Pretoria has now become as vital to the
preservation of the British empire as the
possession of Bombay, Melbourne or
London itself. The struggle in South At
RIGA will now be treated as a great war,
which it is, and not as an expedition.
England will now mobilize the militia and
colonial troops, and also call for volun-
teers, if necessary. She will pour SOL
diers and guns into South Africa with
out number. But the first thing she will
do is to call halt. There will be no
further attempt to invade the Boer re-
publics until great army is massed In
Africa, and more than a month must
elapse before this can be done.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
IN HONOR OF WASHINGTON.
Exercises Concentrating the Tooth
Anniversary of His Death.

Exercises ommemorating the Tooth
Anniversary of His Death.
The Tooth anniversary of the death Of
George Washington. the liberty loving
revolutionary leader and first President.
was observed throughout the United
States Thursday. In Washington City
and at Mount Vernon the anniversary
was celebrated with impressive Masonic
ceremonies. President Mckinley and
his cabinet took part in the exercises,
as well as delegations from about fifty
lodges throughout the United States,
England, Canada, Nova Scotia and New
Zealand.
At sunrise guns from Fort Washing
ton began sending their noisy tribute to
the honored dead lying at Mount Yer
non on the opposite bank Of the historic
Potomac. The echoes reached Washing
ton city and gave the signal to the host
of Masons gathered from far and near
that the ceremonies of the day had be-
gun. The procession to Washington's
tomb was composed Of the Master Ma
sons of the District of Columbia. Fol
lowing these came the officers of the
grand lodges Of the District and Of Vir-
ginia and the grand representatives of
lhc iouBco VI LWchty Otatcos tOSSlhcA
with various civic and military organiza
tons. An interesting figure in the pro-
cession was George Washington of Shep-
herdstown, w. Va, the grand nephew
Of President Washington and the son
Of the last Washington to own Mount
Vernon. II. Il. w. Duke Of Virginia, the
eighth descendant from Gen. Washing
ton, also took part in the procession.
The procession, headed by the Third
United States cavalry band, marched
down Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh
street to the river, where boats were
taken for Mount Vernon.
Meanwhile, at 10 o'clock, President
Mckinley boarded a special electric train
to go to Mount Vernon. He was accom-
panied by the members Of his cabinet and
invited guests. On arriving at Mount
Vernon the procession was reformed and
moved to the historic mansion, where
President Mckinley joined the column.
IT then marched to the old vault, to
which the remains of Washington were
consigned Dec. 10, 1899, moving by the
same path and in the same order as in
the funeral procession of 100 years ago.
The places Of honor at the vault were
given to the representatives Of the lodges
with which Washington was identified in
his lifetime. A solemn dirge by a band
was followed by prayer by Bishop Ran
dolph Of the Southern Episcopal diocese
of Virginia.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
LAKE SHIPPING WAS HEAVY.

Navigation Season Which Closed the
Other Day Broke the Record.
A memorable year for the lake shipping
trade ended the other day when the navi-
cation season formally came to close.
Not only have profits to vessel owners
been unprecedented, but there is every
promise that the next season will be
just as profitable to the lake trade. A
feature of the season was the number OF
changes in ownership of lake craft. Cor
porate interests have stepped in and sue
ceeded the individual vessel owner. So
many have been the purchases of boats
of all descriptions by the large industrial
firms identified with the lake trade that
in few more seasons all the lake vessels
will be under the control Of the large
corporations, according to marine author
tiles. The enormous demand for iron
ore was the main cause of the lake
boom. All through June, July, August,
September and October the steady up
grade continued. One of the results of
the demand for lake vessels to carry ore
was the successful competition of rail
ways for the grain trade.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
QUAKER CITY WINS.
Philadelphia Chosen AS Place of Hold
ing Republican Convention.

ing Republican Convention.
The Republican national convention
will meet in Philadelphia on June ID,
1900. This was decided in the national
committee meeting at Washington Fri
day afternoon. The final vote stood 20
for Philadelphia to "A for Chicago, with
Ohio and Colorado absent Chicago had
the votes of the Western States and
four from New England. Philadelphia
had the votes of the Southern States,
the territories and two from New Eng
land.
The arguments in favor of Philadel-
phia were sentiment, cold cash and South
ern delegates. The President allowed it
to be understood that he would not OBJ
ject to being renominated in the only city
where, since the civil war, Republican
President was renominated and elected.
Grant was renominated in Philadelphia
in 1872. There were also the sentiment
al argument that Philadelphia was the
cradle of liberty, the place where the
constitution was written, and the city
where the flag had its origin. More i'm
portant than this sentimental argument
was the certified check for 100000 Of
fered to the committee by Philadelphia.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
FATAL COLLISION IN OHIO.
Passenger Train Crashes Into a Switch
Engine at Cleveland.

Passenger Train Crashes Into Switch
Engine at Cleveland.
A Cleveland, Akron and Columbus
passenger train collided with switch
engine near the State insane asylum at
Cleveland, killing two men and fatally
injuring another. Both engines were
hurled from the rails and landed bottom
up in the bitches, one on each side OF the
track. The coupling pin behind the pas
senger engines tender broke and none
of the passenger coaches left the track.
In the cab of the switch engine were the
engineer, A. G. Sherman; the fireman,
Charles Ehlers, and the conductor, Harry
Schultz. They were crushed under the
tender and terribly scalded by escaping
steam. One Of Sherman's legs were
crushed. Both of Ehler's legs were cut
off. These men died later at st. Alexis
hospital. The engineer Of the passenger
train, George Carson, applied the sand
and air brakes when he saw the danger
and jumped, breaking one of his arms.
His fireman, William A. Moore, also
jumped, but escaped with a few bruises.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
Odds and Ends

Louisville school board condemns golf
skirts.
Georga's prohibition bill was killed in
the Senate.
Mountain Valley Hotel, Hot Springs,
Ark, burned.
Augusta, Ky, school building, worth
$4,000 burned.
Charles Grey, Welstop, o., blown to
atoms in a mine.
James Mcconnell, editor of the Phila-
delphia Star, is dead.
John Fritz, Celina, o., fatally stabbed
his wife in the breast.
Rumored that the p, G. & L. has been
acquired by the B. X q.
Edison and Columbus, o., electric light
plants will consolidate.
Half the business portion of Cumby,
Tex, burned. Loss $50, 900.
Eight firemen, Montgomery, Ala, were
injured by a gasoline explosion.
Union Pacific people deny that the
Northwestern has leased that road.
Two men were asphyxiatcd by gas in a
little shoe repairing shop in Brooklyn.
Sells Bros circus may remove head
quarters to Bridgeport, Conn, from Co
mmbus, Ohio
Texas health board has established
quarantine at Galveston against ships
from Santos, Brazil, where plague exists.
Willis ]. Abbot. well known in news
paper circles. will take charge of the press
bureau of the Democratic national com
mittee.
Minnesota railroads have concluded
contracts for the delivery of 60O,O00,OOO
feet of pine logs to mills in the vicinity
of Dublin.
The pilot boat James Gordon Bennett
was struck by dummy shell fred from
the Sandy Hook proving ground and bad
ly damaged
Pete Thompson was killed at Eel Reno,
Okla, by John Curtis, son of Robert
Curtis, wealthy white man, who mar
ried into the Caddo Indian tribe.
Jailer VIM. Shockley and his son, Har-
nv Shockley, Columbus, Ohio, were in
dicted by the United States grand. jury
on the charge of aiding Capt. l. T. lobe
to escape from Jail.
United States will have an irrigation
exhibit at the Paris show.
Cotton mills of New Hampshire have
increased wages 10 per cent.
Conductor Howard, Newark, o.. was
killed in collision near Mansfield. En-
gihecr Peterman badly injured.
Many negroes are said to have been
duped into leaving Georgia for Missis-
sippi by an alleged female immigrant
agent.
Joseph G. Hoagland, 30. founder of the
Royal Baking Powder Company, died in
New York. He was several times a mill
lionaire.
General Electric Company, New York,
may erect $2,500,000 plant near Rug
by, England.
Gov. Gage. California. will call an ex-
ira session of the Legislature to elect
United States Senator.
Mrs. Annie Glennan, insane. New
York, killed one daughter aud attempted
to kill another and herself.
New York's commissioner of agricui-
ture will prosecute the persons who ship
ped oleomargarinc to Buffalo merchants
for Elgin butter.
Rev. G. M. sheldon, author of 'In14is
Steps," says he hasn't given up the idea
Of starting a daily religious paper. Chi-
cago or st. Louis will get II.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
UNITED STATES WHEAT CROP.

Department of Agriculture Provides
Statistics of Acreage and Yield.
The statistician of the Department Of
Agriculture reports the wheat crop of the
United States for 1899 at 547,3OO,OOO
bushels, or 1913 bushels an acre. The
production Of winter wheat is placed at
291, 10000 bushels and that of spring
wheat at 255, 10000 bushels. Every i'm
portant wheat-growing State has been
visited by special agents of the depart
ment, and the changes in acreage are the
result Of their Investigations. The new
ly seeded area of winter wheat is esti-
mated at 80, 10000 acres, which is about
100000 acres greater than that sown in
the fall of 1898. The average of condi-
ton is GIL.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
SULTAN OF SuLU.
Monarch Who Is Something of an Issu
in American Politics.

Monarch Who Is Something of an Issue
in American Politics.
Mohammed Tamajamalu Kiran, Sultan
of Sulu, the monarch who is something
of an issue in American politics, Is the
ruler of 40 islands, of 10000 subjects
and dozen wives. The Sultan, his peo-
pie, his wives and the $4,000 slaves in
his islands are now subjects Of the Unit
ed States. He is known by many titles
other than sultan, for example, 1.-THE
Stainless One" THE Spotless One" and
"The Mountain of Light" His dress is
simple, consisting of one garment, after
the fashion of a modern night shirt. He
is short, fat man, with a round, boyish
face and big, saucerlike eyes. Kiran
lives in small house protected by q
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
OUTGENERALs HIS GUARDIAN.

Marion Lambert Marries Florence
Parker In Spite of Objections.
The marriage at Richmond, Va, of
Miss Florence M. Parker, dashing,
beautiful girl, native Of that city, to Ma
rion Lambert of st. Louis concluded
romantic courtship. The two children
neither is over 10 years old-recently de-
termined to get married. The boys
guardian, however, deemed him too young
to marry and withheld his consent Lam
bert then determined to take his prospec-
tive bride and her attendants to Wash
ington in his private car, where the laws
are more lenient. This plan was aban-
doned and another one more ingenious
substituted. Carlton Jackson. Miss Par
ker's brother-in-law, appeared before the
judges of the Chancery court and quail
fed as Lambert's guardian. He then at
once gave his consent to thesunion. The
wedding took place Immediately.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
This and That.

August Lowell, Boston, gave $4,000 to
the institute of technology.
Richard s. Berlin of Omaha, Neb., has
been appointed census supervisor OF that
city.
Postmaster Bailey, coloreo, Millview,
Fla, gets five years in the pen for EN-
bezzlement.
Giantess Ella Ewing has erected n
house at CORN. Mo-, the doors of which
are ten feet high.
James Tates, Chicago waiter, was
fatally stabbed with an umbrella In the
HANDS of a customer.
A Sonora (Mexico) mine operator says
the war with the Yaqui Indians will con-
tinue for two years.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
DEAF AND DUMB BURNED OUT.
Western Pennsylvania Institute De-
stroyed, but without LOSS of Life.

Western Pennsylvania Institute De-
stroyed, but without Loss of Life.
Fire destroyed the Western Pennsyl-
vania Institute for the Deaf and Dumb
at Edgewood. There was panic among
the 500 pupils in the building at the time,
but the teachers managed to get them
under control and remove all safely from
the building. There were no accidents
to children or teachers. The pupils were
taken to the Home for Aged Couples near
by and to the houses of residents of Will
kinsburg, where they will be cared for
temporarily. The institute was a large
four-story brick building and covered
about an acre of ground. The loss is
placed at $4,000, with insurance Of
100000. The fire is believed to have
been caused by the bursting Of a gas pipe.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
Killed with a Coffee Gun.

William Morganrath died at Dayton,
Ohio, from the effects of a blow on the
head with a coffee cup, delivered by ].
I. Jones. The young men were in n res
taurant talking and joking, when Nor
ganrath got the laugh on Jones, which
angered him. Jones grabbed up the cof-
fee cup and threw it at Morganrath, frac-
turing his skull.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21

stone wall ten feet high and quite thick.
The first floor contains only one room, a
large, bare apartment. The sleeping
rooms of the palace" are on the second
story. The Moros-that is the name of
the Sultan's subjects-havc the reputa-
ton of being an innocent, harmless peo-
pie, but when Gen. Bates visited the
islands on the Charleston he found that
most of the inhabitants went about arm
ed. The mother of the Sultan is regard
ed as the most beautiful woman among
her people.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
African Wool Ia Needed.

The war in South Africa is affecting
the wool manufacturers of New England.
Shipments of Cape wool are due in Bos-
ton, and there is no prospect Of their
arriving, and IL British campaigning
shall last for sixty days in the Trans
vaal indications point to a sudden rise in
wool-estimated at 10 to ID per cent.