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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
BIG DROP IN STOCKS.
Wildly Exciting Scenes Witnessed on
the Exchanges.

the Exchanges.
There was panic on the stock ex-
changes Friday. 1t was "black Friday"
on all OF the bourses. Millions were lost
on Wall street, and LaSalle street, Chi
'cago, has not had such a shaking up since
the memorable days in '96, when the
Moore campaign in Diamond Match and
Biscuit shares ended in disaster.
1t was a case of everybody trying to
sell at once. Stocks poured out of the
commission houses in enormous volume,
and with them came the most vigorous
hammering of the market by the profes-
sional bear element that has been seen
In several months. All efforts of the bull
interests to stem the tide were unavail
ing, and after the first few minutes of the
session all efforts in this direction were
apparently withdrawn. The market in
Wall street was in thoroughly demoral-
lied condition. Sensational does not be-
gin 10 express the state of affairs that pre-
vailed. The decline in the ipdustrials
quickly spread to the general list, and for
a time the bottom appeared to have drop
ped out of the whole market. Not only
the industrial, but the railroad shares,
good and bad, as well, were thrown over
board in the wild scramble of traders to
get out from under. 1t was not question
of taking remaining paper profits, but of
minimizing losses. The main idea seemed
to be to get out of the market as quickly
as possible.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
Interd.pendent Prosperity.

The railroad news of 1898 and 1899
under the Dlngley law offers striking
contrast to the sort of railroad news
which was all too common In the years
OF tariff reform and the Wilson-Gorman
law. Then the regulation railroad news
was the going of one road after another
into the hands of a receiver. Now near
ly every week brings the report OF the
incorporation of one or more new rail-
road companies. The published reports
of the roads already in existence show
increased earnings and growing vol
ume of business.
The general prosperity of the rail-
roads goes to make part of the mass
of evidence, easily obtainable, which
proves that the prosperity which results
from protective tariff is by no means
limited to those persons who are en-
gagged In industries, the products OF
which are subject to tariff duties. Pro-
lection means prosperity for the whole
country. The industrial system is one
of interdependence and the prosperity
of one branch Of industry means the
prosperity Of many others.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
TO PROTECT AMERICANS.
Cruiser Detroit Hurried to eide
Nicaragua.

TO bIuencIO0y
Nicaragua.
The cruiser Detroit was ordered post
haste to Bluefields, Nicaragua, for the
protection of American interests in that
quarter. Its dispatch under hurry orders
was at the urgent request of the State
Department, to which American residents
both at Bluefelds and in Costa Rica ap-
pealed for protection of American inter
ests.
The arbitrary and ext0rtionate policy
adopted by Gen. Torres at Bluefelds,
who OH more than one occasion has made
himself persona non grata to this Govern
ment, and whose restoration to power has
been followed by acts which American
residents resent and protest against, was
the main cause of the vessels dispatch
The State Department at the same time
cabled instructions to the United States
diplomatic representatives at Bluefelds
to lodge an energetic protest with the Mic
araguan Government against the action Of
Gen. Torres. In Costa Rica the American
business interests and residents are in
trouble as n result of an insurrectionary
movement. 1t Is understood that the in
surgents are levying forced loans on them,
besides collecting exorbitant and double
duties on imports.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
ortation Of Coal from the United States,


Trade reports from all over the coun-
try continue to tell of remarkable busi-
ness activity, with prices strong and
steady, collections good and an increas-
ing demand In all lines of trade. One
correspondent to trade paper sized up
the situation as buyers panic" That
Is the kind of "panic" that protec-
tive tariff always brings about. In
1899, under the free trade cdmlnistra-
ton of Mr.. Cleveland. with Its tariff re-
form Wilson German law we had an
other kind Of panic, the kind that has
always followed upon every experiment
made with free trade Or any approach
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
MIRROR OF MICHIGAN
FAITHFUL REcouNTINc or HER
! LATEST NEWS.
Claims to BE Wards Son Lands for
Homeseekers = Arbor Day Comes
April 2S- -Hilisdale's Missing Man

James Ward, lumberman and farmer
of Spencer township, died recently, leav-
ing an estate estimated at $1O0,0OO. BY a
will executed four years ago he made his
brothers and sisters beneficiaries in vari-
Gus amounts and bequeathed the rest to
his ncphews and nieces. The will is now
in the probate court at Grand Rapids, and
James f. Ward has appeared as con-
testant and as a claimant for the entire es-
tate on the ground that he is the only son
of deceased. The contestant is about ~
years old and has the documents to prove
that deceased and his mother were mar
ried In 1869. that he was born the day
after the wedding. and that the marriage
was dissolved by divorce four years later.
After the marriage Ward did not live with
his wife, and was thought to be bach
elor, but the claimant declares deceased
recognized him as his son and at different
times gave him employment.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
State News i'm Brief.

There were nine deaths in Michigan last
year from lightning.
All Saints Episcopal Church at Brook
lyn has a fine vested choir
The Seventh Day Adventists will erect
a school building at Lansing.
The Michigan Telephone Co. will open
an exchange at Onaway this spring.
Henry Hathaway, an old and esteemed
resident of Deerfield, died suddenly.
Edward Lawlor of WILLIAMSON was
kicked by horse and seriously injured.
The Thirty-ffth Michigan was muster
ed out at Camp Mackenzie, Augusta, Ga.
Mrs. VIM. Coddington of Kalamazoo
was badly injured in runaway accident.
Mrs. William Vansceiver of Lapeer was
seriously burned while trying to put out
an incipient fire.
Miss Lottie Lusk of Kalamazoo, who
was seriously burned on March 10, died
from her injuries.
The question of bonding Port Austin for
$4,000 to provide for water works was
lost in a recent election.
Sand Beach is more prosperous just
now than ever before, not vacant house
is to be had in the village.
Homer can get cement factory giving
employment to seventy-iive men IL a
bonus of $4,000 is forthcoming.
A steam roller Touring mill with a ca
pacity of twenty-five barrels per day will
be established at Berrien Springs.
The farm house Of Mrs. Il. Mcneil, west
of Inlay City, burned to the ground.
Loss about $1,000, partially insured.
Joseph and Frank Schaller of Port Hu.
ron, received $500 from Germany and
have no information as to the sender.
Samuel 1. Clark, 63 years old, pioneer
of York township, and Mary Il. Milros, "a
years old, one OF the Oldest residents of
Milan, are dead.
fine bed OF mari has been found six
miles west of Alma and only one-half mile
from the d., g. II. Il ". Railroad tracks.
A cement plant win be established there
in all probability.
The Pittsburg Coal Company, which is
prospecting for coal on the farm of Mr..
Firth. near Sterling, struck coal at a
depth of 125 feet, but the vein was so
small 1t will amount to nothing.
Rev. w. A. Bliss, pastor of Baptist
Church, Vaudeville, has rendered his
resignation to take effect May 1. Rev.
T.. NJ. Grifin of Rochester, n. Y, Is the
most recent candidate for the place.
Fred Sherwood, who lives In Oshtemo,
started for home with his team from Kal-
amaxoo and gave man ride who, after
riding about mile. Rugged him and rob-
bed him OF 1915 and has elpded capture.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
ELEVEN KNOWN DEAD.
New York Homes Destroyed by IN
Early Morning Fire.

Early Morning Fire.
Eleven persons lost their lives in two
fires which destroyed mansions in the mil
lionaire section OF Fifth avenue, New
York, early Friday morning. The first
blaze started in the residence Of Wallace
g. Andrews, the millionaire president or
the New York Steam Heating Company.
This magnificent palace proved a death
trap, as nearly every inmate perished, In
Guiding the millionaire and his wife, who
were found locked in each others arms
Mrs. st. John, their daughter, and her
three young children, also met death, as
did four of the servants. Two persons,
servants, alone escaped from the build
ing by jumping. They are in the hospital
fatally hurt.
Sparks blown two blocks through an
open window, from which young woman
was watching the fire in the Andrews
mansion, ignited the house of Albert j.
Adams. Miss Adams cries awakened
Nellie Quinn and Mary Malloy, two of
the servants, but by the time they reach
ed the Railways they found escape cut
off, so rapidly did the fire spread. They
jumped from the fourth story to balcony
extension and were severely injured
Mary Vokel, another servant, was also
badly injured by q fall. Isabella and Eve
lyn Adams, daughters of the owner Of the
house, were slightly injured by falling
glass. The fire in the Adams house was
put out after causing $4,000 damage
When the iremen searched the building
they found Mrs. Mary Loughlin, 60 years
old, burned to death in her bed on an up
per floor.
The police, after n thorough investga-
ton of the ruins of the Andrews mansion,
concluded that the fire started through a
gas explosion, which occurred In the base
ment of the house. Nearly every soul in
that splendid but Inflated mansion per
ished. Two servants saved their lives for
a time by jumping, but the injuries they
received from their awful leap will prob
ably prove fatal.
The Andrews mansion was completely
gutted, and it was three hours or more be
fore the firemen and police could b0gin
the search for the dead. Body after body
was carried out, laid on the sidewalk and
then carried to nearby police station.
The first to be identified was that of Mrs
George st. John, daughter of Wallace r.
Andrews. With her husband and children
she lived in her fathers house. Her hus-
band, c. G. st. John, happened to be
away in Delaware on business trip, and
thus saved his life.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13

The Empress Dowager recently restor-
cd to favor several degraded officials.
A national convention of Prohibition
lists will be held Mt Pittsburg June 3.
In 1903 the railroads of Iowa paid
about 3 per cent of the State, county and
municipal taxes.
A dispatch from Portsmouth, Va, says
that panthers from the dismal swamp
nightly invade the village of Deep Greek,
killing many domestic animals and terror
izing the inhabitants.
An expedition to search for Andree, the
intrepid aeronaut, who started on a voy-
age to the north pole in a balloon, and
has never been heard from, will start
from Russia in May.
In view Of the destruction by FIRE Of the
Windsor Hotel, New York, the question
of exits and FIRE escapes of London hotels
and mansions will be brought before ths
London County Council.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
PRODUCTION OF COAL.
1T KEEPS PACE WITH INDUS
TRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
Fuel Output of the United States Has
Increased Until 1t Now Amounts to
Twenty-five Per Cent. of the Worlds
Total Production.

The announcement that the rapid In
crease In expectation Of coal from the
United States Is causing uneasiness
among British coal producers and ex-
porters lends interest to some figures
on the coal production of the world and
especially Of the United States, just is
sued by the Treasury Bureau of Stats
tics. From these 1t appears that the
coal production of the United States Is
now nearly five times as much as In
1870, that the expectation has In that
time increased from quarter of mill
ion tons to over four million tons, and
that the United States. which in 1870
supplied but II per cent. of the worlds
output, now furnishes about 20 per
cent.
The part played by coal in industrial
productiveness explains the phenome-
nal Increase Of fuel output noted in
these statistics. Just as no other coun-
try can match the industrial growth of
the United States under the policy of
protection, so no other country shows
such rapid increase in coal produc-
Britain's average annual coal product,
as shown by a recent and widely quoted
statistical publication of the Swedish
government, In the five-year period,
1915, amounted to 127,00O,0O0 tons,
and In 1S01-5 amounted to 1S5.00O,0O0
tons, an increase of 45 per cent. in the
average annual output. Germany's av-
erage annual coal product in the period
1915 was 100000 tons, and in the
five-year period 1915 was 97,000,O00
tons, an increase of 115 per cent. The
average annual coal production Of
France in the period 1915 was 10000
600 tons, and in the term 1S91-5, 27,OOO,-
600 tons, an increase of 20 per cent
The average annual coal production Of
the United States in the period 1919
was 45,000,000 tons, and in the period
1915. according to our own figures,
was 132, ,OO0, 900 tons, an increase of 1913
per cent. The average annual output of
"other countries" not individually spe
Gifted was in 1S71-5, 34.OOO,0O0 tons,
and in 1915, 79,OO0,O0O tons, an in
crease of 132 per cent. The total aver
age annual output of the world in 1871
was in round numbers 266,000,000
tons, and in 1915 520,O0OOO0 tons, an
ancrease of 95 per cent. Omitting the
United States, the annual output in
1915 averaged 221.O00,0O0 tons, and
the average in 1S91-5 was 3SS, 600
tons, an increase of 75 per cent.
Comparing the growth Of coal pro-
duction Of the United States with other
parts of the world in the periods
named, the record stands as follows:
Growth Of Coal Production of Leading Coun-
tries, Comparing Average Annual Output
In the Period 1S71-5 with that of Period
1S91-5:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
Arbor Doy Fixed for April %.

Gov. Pingree has issued proclamation
naming April 2S as arbor day. He says:
II hereby call to the attention of the peo-
pie of the State the Importance of plant
ing on that day trees for ornament and
shade, and recommend that the State
school boards. faculties, teachers and stu
dents of the public schools, colleges, nor
NAL schools and other educational institu-
tions, observe the day by suitable exer-
cises and by planting Of trees, shrubs,
vines and flowers"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
Increase,
1915 to 1918.

Both the area Of coal production and
quantity produced have increased
greatly in the United States. In 1870
the number Of States in which coal was
produced was but 20, while In 1897 the
number was 80. In 1870 the produc-
ton of anthracite coal was reported
only from Pennsylvania, while the CEN
sus Of 1880 reports production in Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island and Virginia,
and more recent reports show n pro-
duction of anthracite coal in Colorado
and New Mexico. In the South the in
crease has been especially rapid. Ala
bama in 1870 mined but IL 900 tons of
coal, and i'm 1897. $500. 900 tons. Ken
lucky, which i'm 1870 mined but 15O, 900
tons of coal, produced in 1897. 1916
900 tons. Tennessee increased her out
put from $4,000 tons i'm 1870 to 2,5OO.-
600 tons in 1897, and Virginia, which
produced but 62,OOO tons i'm 1870, pro-
duced 1864, 900 tons in 1897.
The following tables show the coal
production of the United States and
prices in the Philadelphia and Balti-
more markets at five.year periods from
1870 to 1893; also the expectation of
coal from the United States during the
same period:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
Fewer Failures.

One of the commercial agencies gives
the amount of the failures for the first
three months of this year, as compared
with the figures for the same period in
the three preceding years. The figures
are as follows:
1890 S26, $50, 600 1897 ...... .S4S O0S. 900
1898 49,. 31,710,OO0 1896 ....... 57,252,OOO
These are statistics which the 'calam-
ity howlers" do not quote and do not re-
fer to, for such statistics record plainly
and pleasantly the existing prosperity
of the country. The difference between
the early months of 1896, when the
Democratic party was preparing to for
mulate its demand for a debased cur
rency, when money was scarce and
dear, because public confidence in the
soundness of the currency was shaken,
and the opening months of 1899, when
money Is abundant and cheap and busi-
ness men are filed with confidence, Is
like the difference between night and
day.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
Lands for Homest steaders,

The homesteaders of the State now hold
179,519 acres of land in the northern coun-
ties and are cultivating large portion OF
it under the State homestead law. In
few years the men who have taken up the
land viii have completed their payments
and will be the owners Of valuable farms.
The State still has 276,176 acres of land
subject to homestead entry, and with the
passage of law to protect the home
steaders thousands of acres will be taken
nm
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
CRAWLING. MICHIGAN THURSDAY, APRIL l3, 1899

to It By this country; a panic when
banks failed, factories closed, business
men went TO the wall and idle workmen
walked the streets. 1t Is safe to say
that the people of the country prefer
the buyers panic" Of 1890 under pro-
lection to the sort of panic we had in
1893 under partial free trade.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
More Pay for the MoIders.

An advance in wages Of 10 per cent will
be given union machinery molders of De-
troit earning $3.50 n day or less, COM
lmencing May /. The advance was de-
manded by the union, and at meeting of
representatives from majority of the To-
cal iron and steel works it was acceded to.
The new scale will be the highest ever paid
in Detroit.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13

The new national political party pro
posed by Gov. Pingree Of Michigan \
about to materialize. A call has been h
sued by the secretary OF a national con
mittee, upon which are Gov. Pingrec, ex
Gov. Aitgeld OF Illinois, ''Coin" Harvey
Eugene Debs and others. A meeting
will be held In Buffalo, N. Y, June . ID
July J, 1900.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
Missing HiIIsdaIe Man Is Found.

G. W. Eccles, former business man
of Hillsdale, who disappeared from his
home at that place some weeks ago, has
reached the home of his father-in-law, A.
II. English of Reading. He was in very
weakened condition and dimly remembers
of being in Texas. but does not know how
he got there or how he returned.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
Neo.uree Man Killed.

While walking on the tracks of the Chi
cago and Northwestern Railway, about
one-half mile from Negaunee, VIM. Ed
wards was struck by the engine of the
south-bound Milwaukee passenger train,
receiving injuries from which he died. Ed
wards was GA years old and leaves a
widow
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
FARES ARE LOWERED.
indianapolis Finally Wins It's Stree,
Railway Fight.

NhfIWay F1Ght.
Indianapolis has won it's fight for cheap
er street car fares--six tickets for q
cents, twenty-five tickets for 81, with
transfer privileges, making the fare really
cents. Single fares, however, will re
main at 8 cents as at present. The street
car company also agrees to bear the cosi
OF paving between the tracks and fol
eighteen inches on each side. These, in
brief, are the terms of the 34-year fran
chise OF the indianapolis Street RAILWAY
Company. which has been signed and nc
ceptcd. In addition to reducing the fare
and doing the paving, the company agrees
to pay the city of Indianapolis 81, ,l00, ,0O0
In cash, in regular installments.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
NewLake steamboat Line.

The Peoples Transit Company is the
name of new Illinois corporation that
will operate boat line between ST. Jo-
seph, Benton Harbor and Milwaukee for
the coming season. The new company
has purchased the Milwaukee run of the
Graham e. Morton Transportation Com
Dany,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
ItIaaR Healthy Advance.

Beside the present wage increases
in mills, mines, iron and steel works,
the cheap skyrocketing antics of Wall
street operators are insignificant, since
they create no values save purely fic-
tional ones. Wages are the bottom
gauge to wealth and prosperity.-Bos-
ton Globe.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
Highly Reprehen.ible.

The robber tariff is still bowling
along, increasing wages of working
men and committing other highly rep
rebensible acts against the peace and
dignity of the Democratic party.-Kan--
sas City Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13

A bill has been introduced In the LAP
anese House Of Representatives granting
special navigation subsidies to stcamsAip
lines plying between Japan and Eurupa
Seattle and San Francisco.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
NoiicentIy silent.

The wages of employees in the vari-
Gus tin-plate factories of the country
have been raised recently, and since
then free-trade papers have been no.
ticeably silent about the ridiculous
idea of making tin plate in this coun-
try."-New York Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
Prejudice Against Subsidies.

The system of discriminating duties
was on trial for a good many years,
and it Is notable that in those years
there was an encouraging increase in
the number of American vessels carry
ing the American flag. When the pro-
vision for discriminating duties was re-
pealed we began to lose our hold on
ocean traffic, which went into the
hands of Great Britain, country
which for two hundred years had en-
couraged by subsidy and bounty the
upbuilding of the greatest merchant
marine in the world. In this country
prejudice was excited against the sub
sidy system because in two or three
cases there were evasions of contract,
and in other cases 1t was charged that
undue lobby influence had been exert
ed.-Exchange.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
No Further MeddIiug Wanted.

Nothing is more certain than that the
people have had enough of Democratic
tariff reform to last them for more
than a generation. While the remem-
brance of the panic years from 1893 to
1897 lasts none but theorists and 9th
ers who have nothing to lose will con-
sent to further meddling with the pro-
tective tariff policy. Few others will
care for more experiments with silver.
Good gold money has become plenty
enough since its standard was estab-
lished, and it Is rapidly becoming plen-
tier. The gold mines Of the world are
now turning out more value each year
than mines of both gold and silver pro-
duced together seven years ago. Their
output Is increasing. Even the advo-
Gates of fat money can now get as
much gold as they will work for.-Ta-
coma Ledger
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
Quantity Of Coal Produced in the United
States, 1870 to 1907.

Average Annual Price Per Ton of Anthracit,
lat Philadelphia) and Of Bituminous "a
Baltimore) Coal, 1870 to 1893.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
Nebraska,

City elections were held all over Ne
braska except in Omaha. The heaviest
vote in years was polled. The issue was
almost universally license or no license.
The larger places almost without excep-
tion elected license tickets, while in the
smaller villages probably half decided
against the issue of saloon licenses. Poll
tics cut no figure except in the larger
c.tsao
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-13
Wisconsin.

In Wisconsin two justices of the Su-
preme Court were elected Less than half
the usual vote was polled in Milwaukee,
and reports from the State indicate that
there was very little interest in any of the
contests. In the municipal elections in
the cities Of the second and third class,
party lines were drawn in but few cases,
and the results have no national signif-
cance. Local issues determined nearly ev-
cry contest.