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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27

TO FORM A NEW GRAND ARMY.
Convention of Spanish a merican War
Veterans Called.

A convention 10 consist of two delegates
from each company that either served in
the late Spanish war, or was
organized with the view Of being mustered
into service. has been called to meet at
Washington. ID. c., Sept. 4, 5 and O. The
object of this convention, as stated in the
circular issued by the executive commit
tee Of the Proposed Spanish-American
War Veterans Association" is to organ
ize those who took part in the late war, or
were members OF provisional companies,
whose intention ii was to enlist in the SER
vice for the war, into Grand Patriotic
Fraterno Beneficial Society, or a Grand
Army of 1893, having for its object,
among other things. the wiping out of sec
tionalism in the land, the promotion of
closer relations, the fostering of more
unselfsh patriotism, and the corporate ef-
fort to secure the enactment of legisla-
ton, in State and nation, in the interests
of soldiers the army and navy generally"
The chairman Of the executive commit
tee of the association is Maj. Gen. Joseph
Wheeler. The headquarters and the place
of residence of it's secretary, William
Christopher Liller, are in Lancaster, Pa.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27

Mrs. George smiles with the rest. When
the sad features of the case are touched
upon she is moved to tears, that trickle
down her pale cheeks but are not OBJ
servable to the great mass of spectators.
Only once has her nerve deserted her.
That was when the blood and powder
stained waistcoat worn by Saxton on the
night of the murder was introduced as evil
dence.
Mrs. George is apparently the least con-
cerned person i'm the court room. She
knows that the penalty upon conviction in
the first degree is a seat in the awful new
death chair at Columbus. The thought of
il has probably come to her many times
during her long incarceration, but she is
so confident of acquittal that the visions
of the death chair do not appal her While
the jurors were being examined prior to
their acceptance and asked if they had
any objection to capital punishment, par
ticularly where n woman is the victim,
some of the spectators turned pityingly
to the stylish prisoner. but she gave no
evidence of n thought that this question
concerned her.
According to a correspondent, the people
of Canton have made IA heroine Of Mrs
George. They have paid for her meals
during her long Imprisonment, which have
consisted of the best foods that the best
restaurants in town could furnish. In
addition there have come fruits and flow
ers. a local florist received letter from
a far-off State the other day, inclosing
money for Il bouquet for Mrs. George.
The prisoner has been visited frequently
by some OF the society ladies' of Canton,
who have encouraged her to look hopeful
ly into the future. Letters or sympathy
have come to her from afar, from stran-
gers who had read of her case in the pa
pers. Mrs. George has really been a
boarder, and not prisoner, in Sheriff
Xaiser's care. Ordinarily Mrs George is
bright and cheerful and in happy conver-
sational mood. Nearly every day, before
and after court. she receives callers and
her merry laugh may be heard in the jail
corridors.
The prosecuting attorney, Alice Pome-
rene, young man Of marked individual
ity, conducts the case relentlessly and he
is ably seconded by his assistant, James
j. Grant, who was .Saxton's most intimate
friend. In his opening address Pomcrene
called Mrs. George an adventures and in
timated that her relations with Saxton
were not the only black spots in her life.
He said the crime could he brought home
to her and it could also he shown that she
had forfeited all confidence that Saxton
might have reposed in her
Mrs. Georges attorney, JOHN G. Weity
who, assisted by James 8. Sterling, In
making as good an array or legal talent
as could be found i'm the viciaity-Outline
her defense. He said that she was not
guilty. but dwelt mainly ON her relations
with Saxton. indicating that the defense
would rely upon the plea Of justi6able
homicide or emotional insanity. While
Mr.. Welty drew a pathetic picture Of her
unhappy past Mrs. George sat with eyes
closed and averted and face inclined to-
ward the table in front OF her. With
dropping countenance she heard the his
tory of her girlhood, her happy home, her
removal to Canton, and her relations with
Saxton.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27

ciated. The Speaker is said to have been
assured of an income of at least SOC, 1000
year, an emolument equal to that of the
President of the United States, from in
surance companies alone. He will con-
tinue to act as referee for the several in
surance corporations for which he has
been recently acting, and friends say that
his income may yet amount to 100000
annually.
Washington politicians say Speaker
Reeds retirement from Congress just now
is the best possible play he could make
for the presidency. 1t is taken for grant
ed that he will not be a candidate against
Mckinley next year, but it is also believed
he is looking ahead to 1904. OF the can
didates for the Speakership the youngest
is Sherman, who is "A years old. Hop
kins is 81, Dalzell "A, Payne So, Hender-
son 50, Cannon 63, and Grosvenor and
Hepburn 66.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27

Christian churches have not produced his
superior. He is progressive and full of
Americanism. His liberal ideas have done
much for Judaism, not alone in Chicago,
but throughout the world. He is a native
of Germany and is AZ years old. His
childhood was spent in this country and
here the foundation of his mental train
ing was laid. The polish was put on at
Leipsig and Berlin. The first few years
Of his ministry were spent in Baltimore
and Louisville, but since 1880 he has pre-
sided over the Temple Sinai in Chicago.
There he eliminated much Of the ceremo-
nial from church services. He shocked
his people when he tried to persuade them
that they ought to hold their services on
Sunday instead Of Saturday, but they
finally listened to him and since the
change was made ten years or more ago
the congregation has prospered immense
ly. He is now regarded as the foremost
rabbi of the world.
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TROOPS TO GO TO MANILA,
Fourteen Thousand Regulars for Otis
Volunteers to Come Home.

Fourteen Thousand Regulars for Otis
Volunteers to Come Home.
Fourteen thousand regulars are to be
sent to re-enfOrce Gen. Otis at Manila as
soon as the necessary marine transporta-
ton can be provided. 1t is not expected
that the bulk of the large body of re-en-
forcements can reach Manila until the end
of the rainy season, which has just be-
gun, but they will closely follow the de-
parture of the volunteers from the Phil
ippines.
With the regular troops already ordered
an effective force Of 81, 100 men, in addi-
ton to the recruits being sent every few
days for the regiments already in the
Philippines. This force is to be raised
to $4,000 men by the time aggressive OPP
erations can be pressed in the early au-
tumn. The volunteers to be returned to
this country from Manila number 1900,
30 the determination to send $4,000 able
bodied regulars to take their places is cal
culated to show the rebel leaders that the
United States is terribly in earnest about
meeting its responsibilities for preserving
order and commanding respect through
the archipelago.
II is stated that the army in the Philip
pines will be increased to $4,000 men,
whether the rebels abandon the field or
not. II Aguinaldo gives up his hopeless
fight as result Of the negotiations now in
progress between his followers and the
Presidents commissioners, $4,000 men
are deemed the right number to garrison
the forts In the outlying islands and es-
tablish lawful government In them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27
ARREST OF CoUNTERFEITERS.
Capture of Engravers of Famous 500
Bank Note.

Capture of Engravers of Famous 500
Bank Note.
The most important arrest by secret SER
vice men for years has been made in the
capture Of the makers of the famous 500
counterfeit bank note, which has puzzled
the authorities for more than year. Off
GERS under the direction of Chief John
Wilkie procured the arrest of the coun-
terfeiter. He was well-known news
paper man in Washington city.
When the Monroe notes." as they are
called, made their appearance about fif-
teen months ago, the work was so per-
feet as to be accepted at the subtreas-
uries, and Secretary Gage decided to call
in the issue which had been counterfeited.
Twenty-three million was then in circu-
lation, and $6,000,000 is still out. The
men arrested are: William NJ. Jacobs and
w. l.. Kendig, wholesale cigar manufac-
turers of Lancaster, Pa; Arthur Taylor
and Baldwin s. Bredel engravers of
Philadelphia, and James Burns, an en-
ploye of Jacobs.
A clew was found and since that time
officers of the secret service have been
eating, drinking and sleeping with the
men who were suspected. Not until they
were sure of their ground did these men
place the counterfeiters under arrest. Mr..
Wilkie and a number of his men went
over to Philadelphia to be present when
the arrest was made.
The Phiadelphians were taken into
custody, but the greatest secrecy was
maintained for fear of frightening away
the culprits at Lancaster. After placing
the men at Philadelphia under lock and
key, Mr.. Wilkie left for Lancaster and
paid visit to the men who were in league
with those in the City of Brotherly Love.
About one year ago the first clew was
obtained that has led up to the capture of
the gang. How that clew was secured,
how it was followed up, and the details
of the secret service operations during the
last twelve months will likely remain hid
den in the secret archives of the bureau.
The success of the bureaus operations
lies in the fact that its method of work is
never made public. As the Secretary of
the Treasury said. results are what count,
and the arrest of these men, with the tell
tale plates in their possession, is all that
the public need know of the twelve
months hard and secret work of Chief
Wilkie and his assistants.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27
PLANNING TO CRUSH REBELS.
General Lawton's Command Returns
= to Aid General McArthur.

Con. Lawtons expedition returned to
Manila Monday morning pursuant to or
ders from Maj. Gen. Otis. Lawton aban-
doncd q number of towns and twenty
miles Of territory along the lake which
had been cleared of Filipinos.
The withdrawal of Gen. Lawton from
the. Lagunatde Bay country was not un-
expected by officers of the War Depart
ment. Gen. Schwan, acting adjutant
general, said: Gen. Otis sent this expe-
dition to southern Lqzon for the purpose
Of destroying any irieurgent forces that
might be found there, to make a careful
Reconnaissance and to spread broadcast
fHkl recent proclamation Of the Philippine
commission, setting forth the purposes of
this Government with respect to the ISL
ands. l understand that he will release
all the prisoners he has taken, and they
win be sent to their homes. BY this action
It is hoped that he will prove to the Fill
tines that the Americans are not as bar
barous as the insurgents pretend we are,
and that we propose to treat the Fill
pinos humanely."
Dispatches from Manila say that Gen.
Lawton thinks IL would be necessary for
the United States to send 100,00 troops
to the Philippine Islands IL the natives
continued hostile. He said that It was
essential to garrison all the cities cap
turcd or thA are to be captured in the
future operations IL the insurrection was
TO be put down. Gen. Lawton's opinion il
given a great deal Of weight among the
officers in Washington. They say his
wide experience with guerrilla warfare
makes him a most capable Judge Of the
aifvfoffsn
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27
BRYAN ATTHE DOLLAR DINNER.
Silver Leader Arouses Enthusiasm at
the Jefferson Eanquet.


Three thousand people Of both sexes and
of all classes and conditions sat down at
the dollar Jeffersonan dinner in the
Grand Central Palace at New York. More
than 600 walters were required to attend
the guests. The first course was served
shortly before o'clock. The menu in
cluded soup, fish, roast beef, turkey, ice
cream, coffee and cigars. Three thousand
bottles of wine were gratuitously served
by wine company.
The arrival of William j. Bryan was
the signal for tremendous outburst Of
cheering. Among those who sat at the
guests table were: James X. Brown, pre-
siding; on his right, w. j. Bryan; on his
left, Charles A. Towne of Minnesota; 0.
ii. T. Belmont, William $. McNary, sec
retary of the Democratic State commit
tee of Minnesota: Mayor j. l.. Rhimoohs
of Covington. KY; Bolton Hall, George
Frederick Williams. eX-Congressman Will
liam e. Ryan of Rochester, A. S. Tow
son OF Virginia, Col Thomas Smith Of
Virginia and John Clark of Ridpath.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27
ROAST BEEF FOUND GOOD.
Army Court Samples 1000 Cans and
OuIy Ten Are SpoiIed.


The army court of inquiry, in session at
Washington, inspected nearly 1000 cans
of roast beef that had been shipped to
Porto Rico during the war with Spain
and later reshipped to Havana. Each
case of the beef was opened in the pres
ence OF the court, and the exterior of each
can inspected. Cans were selected at ran
dom and opened.
OF the entire lot only one blown or
swollen one was found. In all only ten
cans were found that gave any indication
of having been spoiled, and no can was
found spoiled that did not indicate by ex-
terror appearances that the contents were
defective. The beef examined comprised
about twenty-five cases of the Armour
Canning Company brand, and ten cases Of
the Wilson Packing Company. With the
exception Of the spoiled cans, the meat in
all the others opened presented a fresh
appearance, and had wholesome odor
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27
REED TO RETIRE.
Speaker Quits Politics to Take UP the
Profession of Law

Thomas Bracket Reed has become the
head of the New York law firm of Simp-
son, Thacher & Barnum, and ii is under
stood that he will soon resign his seat in
Congress and remove to that city. The
contract has been signed whereby he is
to take up the practice of his profession
Immediately upon his return from a brief
trip abroad.
Speaker Reed has known the members
Of the firm for many years and has had
frequent business dealings with them.
Though he had received offers TO go to the
head of several perhaps better known
firms, he early expressed his preference
for the one with which he is to be asso-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27
FILIPlNoS SEEKING FOR PEACE.
Committee Appointed to Confer with
Schurm an Committee

According TO Manila advices, Gen. La
garda said that a committee of twenty
two Filipinos had been appointed to con-
fer with the peace commission, and would
offer the following program:
/. AS large autonomous rights for the
Filipinos as possible.
2. To bring about peaceful relations be-
tween the insurgents and the American
authorities.
3. To insist that Americans and Fill
pinos only shall occupy public offices.
Arevalo, former aid to Aguinaldo, is
now in Manila. He said in an interview
that, il the Americans send emissaries to
Aguinaldo now, he thinks peaceful solu-
tion of the present troubles is possible.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27
England Is almost dependent upon the
United States for her food supply. Dur
ing the last calendar year our exports to
the United Kingdom were:
There were s9s colored commissioned

There were 398 colored commissioned
officers and 9,761 colored privates and
non-commissioned officers serving among
the volunteers during the Spanish war.
The Ninth and Tenth cavalry and the
Twenty fourth and Twenty-ffth infantry
Of the regular army are composed Of col
ored men under white officers, aggregat-
ing about 4,500. 1t is impossible to ascer-
tain, even approximately, how many col
ored men are serving In the navy, because
they are not designated, but they must
have numbered from 500 10 750 when ths
pavy was at Its fun war strength
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27
! ,ooo.MILE TICKET ACT UPSET.
Supreme court Holds Michigan Law
Ia Discrim in a ting and Invalid

The United States Supreme Court,
Chief Justice Fuller and Justices Gray
and Mex emma dissenting, upset the Mich
igan law requiring railway companies to
for 500 each. II. G. Smith applied to the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Rail.
way Company for a ticket under the act,
and the railway company refused to sell.
The Supreme Court of the State decided
that the law was n proper regulation of
railway companies within the State and
gave judgment requiring the company to
sell the ticket. The company appealed to
the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Because Of the almost complete absence
of anything like pitched battle against
the Filipino insurgents there is a ten
dency to lose track Of the rotal casualties
in the American army at Manila. Ac-
cording to the official records thus far re-
ceived at Washington the losses since the
outbreak of the Agunaldo rebellion on
Feb. have been 157 men and officers
killed and $50 wounded. This is consid-
erably over one-half the total number Of
casualties in the Spanish war. Appar-
emily there is still good deal of fighting
ahead for Gen. Otis and his troops, and
ii is not impossible that by the time Agui-
naldo is captured the fatalities of the Fill
pino war will be nearly or quite equal to
those of the Spanish war. But the ter
rible mortality from disease was the worst
feature of the Cuban campaign. and this
is happily absent in the Philippines.
-
The April crop report issued by the De-
partment Of Agriculture gives discourag-
ing outlook for winter wheat. Its condi-
ton is reported as 77-that is, % below
standard and Z points below the condition
reported at this time last year, which was
81. The crop last year was about the av-
erage for the last ten years. So that the
crop this year will be IL per cent below
the average. The cause of the poor con-
dition is not attributed to the heavy SHOWS
nor to the intense cold Of the winter, but
the frequent sudden and severe changes
in the temperature. The condition Of live
stock throughout the country, with the
exception Of hogs, shows that it suffered
even more than the wheat from the terri
BILE winter.
-
England Is almost dependent upon the
United States for her food supply. Dur
ing the last calendar year our exports to
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27
FIRE CAUSES GREAT PANIC.
Three Hundred and Fifty Girls Caught
in Burning Building.


in a Burning Building.
For two hours Saturday the entire
wholesale dry goods district of Cleveland,
Ohio, was seemingly doomed to aestruc-
ton, and the flam-s that were so threaten
ing were not subdued until they had de-
stroyed property valued at 81, ,125,O 900.
The fire broke out in the hat factory Of
Comey & Johnson, Nos. to 10 Academy
street, and within an hour the entire build
ing was in ruins. The walls fell in, bury
ing, 1t is supposed, some of the $50 op-
eratives.
A large number of girls were employed
by Comey & Johnson. A terrible panic oc-
CURED among them when the cry of fire
was shouted through the building. The
girls fled to the fire escapes. They scram-
bled down as best they could. Willing
hands were in readiness to receive them.
The fire started on the second floor, in
the packing room.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27
I'M EIlgsHELL

The American navy has practically an
been built since 1888.
The black plague Is still raging in the
Island Of Formosa.
The German Government has exprsss-
ed sympathy with the Unitcd States h
ts losses " Samoa
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27
GIRLS DIE IN A FIRE.
Orphans Home at Berne, Ind, To-
tally DESTROYED,

A dispatch reports the burning of the
orphans home at Berne, Ind. A terrible
panic was caused among the ffty-seven
inmates. All were rescued, with the ex-
ception OF three, who were burned to
death. The fire started from a stove on
the third floor and swept through the
building with great intensity. The home
contained inmates from nearly all the
Gentral States. The institution is con-
ducted BY German Mennonites.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27
PATRIOTS FoR REVENUE ONLY.
Ten Thousand Cubans Enlisted Since
the Fall of santiaRo.

Gen. Gomez's chief of staff stated to
a press correspondent that over 10000
Cuban soldiers who are actually in arms
will not get cent of the $3,OO0,OO0 given
by the United States, because they only
joined the army after Aug. IA. They did
not care to fght for Cuban freedom, but
were willing to take a share of the gifts Of
the United States. 1t 10 this class which
ID now most clamorous about the alleged
''rghts" Of the Cuban army.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27

In the embers of small house at Mine
Rock, near Somerville, N. J., were found
the charred remains of Benjamin Bush,
almost 100 years old, and Catherine Blue,
his housekeeper, over 20. They were re-
cluses, and II is thought the high winds
blew down their home, which caught FIRE
and cremated the two inmates.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27
DR.. EMIL q. HlRSCH.
Noted Jewish Rsbbi Will Not Leave
Chicago for New York.

DR.. Emil G. Hirsch, who recently ac-
cepted a call to the Temple Emanuel,
in New York, reconsidered, was released
from his New York obligation and will
remain in Chicago. His congregation
there declined to let him go. 1t pleaded
and begged of him to remain and offered
him life pastorate at $4,000 per year,
which he finally accepted. The New York
congregation whose call he declined is the
richest Jewish religious association in the
world, but the Temple Sinai, Chicago, is
not far behind.
DR.. Hirsch is one of the most learned
and eloquent men in the pulpit. The
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27

More than 300 propositions have been
submitted to the Secretary Of the Navy
Tor rnising the battleship Maine, which
was blown up In Havana harbor. These
offers came from various sources all over
the United States.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27

Queer Things thst Happen.
William Whist Of Denver died of apo
plexy while saying his prayers.
A Detroit burglar stole the piano and Q
stove from she house he robbed
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27

CAPT. coGHLAN. led by the two cap
tured Spanish prizes, the Sandoval and
the Alvarado.
New York forgot church and deied a
rainstorm to honor the vanguard of
Dewey's fighting ships and men. Salvos
from brass-throated whistles Of every boil
er that carried steam on water or land,
ponderous salutes from shore guns and
field batteries along the Hudson, mingled
with cheers from thousands upon thou
sands of Americans, attended the cruiser
from the time she weighed anchor till the
end of her triumphal trip to and from
Grants tomb. Grim in her war paint and
bristling with her guns, the cruiser which
tossed the first shell of the battle of Ma
nila bay last May day was bombarded by
patriotic welcomes. Flags futtered in the
rain from every flagstaff in the city and
thousands waited dinnerless beneath UNI
brellas in Riverside park for a chance to
cheer the fighting Raleigh and Dewey's
heroes. Overdue twentyfour hours, the
welcome was none the less hearty-so
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27
GREET THE RALEIGH.
THOUSANDS WELCOME DEWEY'S
GALLANT SHIP.
Vanguard of War Vessels In the Bat
tie of Manila Bay, with Its Crew of
Warriors, Is Honored on Returning
to a Home Port.

Thirty thousand enthusiastic people
stood along the water front at North riv-
er, at New York. and wildly greeted the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27
TRIALOF MRS.GEORGE
CHARGED WITH SHOOTING MRS.
M'kINLEYS BROTHER.

Celebrated Canton, Ohio, Casc-Prison-
err Has Remained Remarkably Cool
While Passing Under the Shadow of
Death-Scenes and Incidenta.