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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08

She entered on her labors enthusiastic
ally, and apparently was so devoted to
the work that she had time for nothing
else. During daylight hours she was al
most always absent from her home and
even her evenings were spent out. Her
mother and sisters noticed that the bloom
was rapidly fading from her face and
urged her to abandon the work at least
for time. But she would not. Mean
time Miss Bibighaus instead of making
converts or endeavoring to do so was
fast going to ruin. She had contracted
the opium habit, and instead of reform
ing others she was degrading herself. But
of this her people were ignorant. From
opium smoking she finally became SICK
and the next day she died.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08

eix-Year-Old Child IL Attacked and
Carried In 1Gidair.

otx- year-ODd Child IL Attacked and
Carried In Midair.
Attacked by owls and carried BY the
birds to IN abandoned building quarter
Of mile away, from which she was res
cued by her father. was the exciting ex-
perience OF little Annie johnson. Mr..
Johnson. who lives three miles south Of
i. Vincent, Mimi. Is a poultry raiser. AT
lusk the other evening Annie. who Is U
years OF age. heard commotlon In the
hen yard. Rushing out. she found the
place had been attacked by a large num-
Der OF white owls of gigantic size. The
girl went at once to the defense OF the
fowls. Instantly she was set upon by the
birds. which made ferocious onslnughts
upon her. In order 10 protect her face
and eyes from the beaks and claws OF
the birds the child was forced TO cover
her head with her dress. Her father.
hearing her screams. ran from the house
Just In time to see the owls dart upon the
child. fasten their talons in her clothing
and then raise her from the snow-covered
ground and bear her away. Mr.. johnson
followed them until they disappeared In
IN" old building. Immediately a great
noise arose within. and as the half-crazed
rather entered he saw the birds deposit
the child on platform half way up to
the roof. where she was Immediately sur
-ounded by hundreds of the birds. AS
Mr.. johnson approached they few away.
The little girl was found to be uninjured,
but her dress was torn almost 10 ribbons.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08

Tmmsnse euuns Paid By Quay and
Clark 20 Euter the Senate.
Probably Clark Of Montana and Quay
Of Pennsylvania have spent more money
than any other two men In the country
trying to get into the Senate, writes q
Washington correspondent. 1t Is said up
on reliable authority that In his contest
for control OF the State Of Pennsylvania
five years ago, the contest which resulted
In Quay victory and the election of
Boles Penrose to the Senate, Quay spent
about 100000. He had to 60 into debt
for a good part of this money, and then
attempted to recoup by speculation In
devious ways.
The testimony In the case of Senator
Clark of Montana, whose right to sit in
the Senate is questioned on the ground
that the election was secured by bribery
on colossal scale, reveals the existence
Of a revolving state Of affairs, to say the
least. The climax was reached when jus
tees of the Supreme Court of Montana
testified that they were approached with
offers of brides il they would dismiss dis
barment proceedings then pending
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
Side Lights on.
the BOer War.

The health of the horses in South AZ
RIGA is a question which is worrying
British officers almost as much as the
health of the men. On account of the
lack of railroads and the quickness of the
enemy's moves, mounted troops are al
most as essential as guns. With the
change from the dry to the wet seasons
comes the danger to horses. The average
death rate among the horses now from
sickness alone is about % per cent. In
some localities it has been known to
reach so and even 80 per cent. The dis
ease works rapidly. 1t often happens
that a trooper is riding along when his
horse begins to stagger, then drops and
dies on the spot. Donkeys are immune
to the disease, but mules are not.
-
The Kafrs, Basutos' and Zulus are the
native runners" But ii is not by run
ming that they do the best of their work.
This they do by shouting their messages
from hill to hill. They are the South AZ
rican telegraph system. The first news
of the battle of Glencoe which reached
England and America came to Cape
Town in this way. Whatever message is
given by a native negro is never altered
DIV any one WHO lotNuiuS II, thouSu ~
may be passed along by 1000 men. The
precise words that are uttered by the first
man are the identical ones which the last
one hears.
On Christmas day three Englishmen,
who had previously received passes to
remain in the Free State, were comman-
deercd and ordered to proceed to the
front. They declined to fight against
their countrymen, and on the same day
were taken to the market square at Har-
rsmith and shot.
-
Well up to the front, among the popu-
lar heroes Of the Boer war, is Bugler
Dunn, the boy of Is, first of the Royal
Dublin Fusileers to cross the Tugela,
and who, wounded In the right hand
while sounding the advance" immedi-
ately sounded the advance" with his left
hand.
Lord Roberts Is not the only British
general to have lost son in the South
African campaign. Gen. Brabant, COM
mander OF Brabant's Horse. and one OF
the most popular military men In South
Africa, had q son, Capt. Brabant, killed
In a sortie from Ladysmitk.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
FIRE SWEEPS CLARION, PA.
Fourteen Business Houses Burned
Ex-Judge Barr Drops Dead.

Fourteen Business Houses Burned
Ex-Judge Barr Drops Dead.
Fire destroyed the business section Of
Clarion. Pa, and resulted in the death
of cx-Judge w. w. Barr, who dropped
dead from excitement. Fourteen BUSH
ness houses were destroyed. The loss
will amount to $4,000. The fire started
in the billiard parlors of Charles Wilson
at 2 a. m, and before it was controlled
at 8 o'clock all the buildings on Main
street from Fifth to Sixth avenue on
one side of the street were destroyed.
The buildings burned were the Jones
House. the Office and residence OF j.
Frank Ross, Huling's news stand, Will
sons billiard hall, ID. w. Cooks meat
market, the Western Union telegraph Of
flee, j. L. Woods law office. u. Il.
Sloan's law Office, George q. winners
law office, the Offices of ex-Judge Barr,
the store Of j. G. Mcintyre and the Ma
sonic Hall, in which the postoffice was
located. The water pipes were all frozen
and the firemen were powerless to save
the buildings from destruction.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08

Paul and HE Policy.
According to John Hays Hammond.
the American engineer whose activity q
johannesburg while associated with the
Rhodes mining interests at the time OF
the Jameson raid In 1896. came near
costing him his life at the hands OF the
Beers, Americas sympathies In the Brit
ish- Boer conflict should be not with Dom
Paul but with her majesty's forces. Mr..
Hammond gave expression to this view
at brilliant dinner given him few
days since In Chicago. He spoke Of the
condition of affairs In the Transvaai
prior to the war and took the opportunity
to say that England was carrying on Q
just war and that the Beers were wholly
to blame for the present difficulty.
Mr.. Hammond made the assertion that
the Transvaal mining industry would
never have achieved success were 1t not
for the fact that English capital and
American ingenuity became interested
and entered the field. The Outlanders,
he said, were invited to the territory by
Dom Paul, who, when they had served
his purpose, denied them the right to ex-
list there by reason Of the oppressive laws
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08

Diamonds have been discovered dur
ing the last few years in the neighbor
hood of the great lakes. principally in
the State of Wisconsin, and the first
discovery recorded was Mt Eagle, wau
kesha County, in 1876. Since that
time seventeen well-identified dia,
monds, weighing from one-half cara
to twenty and one-fourth carats, have
been found about the great lakes, and
their discovery has given rise to con.
siderable speculation and the formu.
hting Of theories.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
COLLAPSE OF FLOUR TRUST.
Big Milling Combines Properties in
Hands of Receivers.

Hands of Receivers.
Judge jenkins of the United States
Court at Milwaukee has appointed receiv-
srs for the United States Flour Milling
Company. The bill asking the appoint
ment of the receivers places the liabili-
ties at $17,O95, 200. By this action the
great combination, which was intended
to consolidate into trust all the -four
mills of the country, is declared insolvent.
The list of mills owned by the company
include: The Daisy and Faist-Kraus mills
IF Milwaukee, the Syracuse, Baldwins-
Vile and Urban mills Of New York, the
Lake Superior, Anchor and Listman mills
of West Superior, the Imperial mills, and
the Terminal Elevator Company at Du-
luth, the Excelsior, Standard and st. An
thony mills in Minneapolis. Besides
these, the company own 90 per cent Of
the capital stock of the Hecker-Jones-
Jewell Milling Company of New York
and of the Northwestern Consolidated
Milling Company Of Minneapolis.
The capital stock of the United States
Milling Company is $25,000,000, and it
was organized under the laws Of New
Jersey. The order was entered by Judge
Jenkins upon petition of George William
Bollow of New York, holder of 500
shares Of stock, the par value Of which is
100000. The petitioner sets up that the
United States Flour Milling Company is
insolvent and unable to pay its debts now
due, and which soon will be due, and is
unable to carry on its business-the man
ufacture and sale of -four.
The United States Flour Milling Com
pany was incorporated and organized on
April %, 1899, with capital of S25,00O,
900. 1t is engaged, as sets forth in the
bill, in the business Of manufacturing,
buying and selling -four and other food
articles, and has acquired -four mills, mill
ing properties, warehouses, and other
nronartu nncasSary for its hnsinnss
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
NEWARK SUFFERS FROM FIRE.
Four Firemen Injured, and Property
Loss Estimated at 81 100000,

Four Firemen Injured, and Property
Loss Estimated at $1,OOO,OOO,
The greatest fire Newark, n. D., ever
experienced swept through the retail dry
goods district, destroying a score or more
of buildings. The loss is estimated at
over $1,000,000. The fire destroyed w.
V. Snyder's department store and its
stock, worth 100000; building adjoin-
ing, occupied by j. Nj. Mantz and others;
L. b. Aliens confectionery store; Z. H..
Peddie's trunk store; the rear of David
Strauss department store, and l.. >.
Plaut's dry goods store; w. L. Rae's jew
elry store; p. j. Garrgan's drug store,
and q number of small stores, and Bier
mans pawnshop. Four firemen were
buried under a wall at the rear of Sny-
der's that fell with a terrific crash. Capt
Walter Harris and Fireman Thomas
Brown were taken out unconscious. The
other two firemen were severely injured.
Several persons are missing, and it is
feared they met death in the flames.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
Heavy Fire Loss in Detroit.

In Detroit the department store Of
MARI & Taylor was Quilted by fire. Loss
es: Mari & Taylor, $65,0O0; George e..
Darwin, cloaks and furnishings. $4,000;
Razenswig & Co., boots and shoes, $780,
600; Moll & Stock, tailors; John ID. Nab
ley, cothier; III. NJ. Kittle Il Co., trunks;
Mrs. III. s. Weaver. and X. +. Craigie
suffered light losses. The total loss is
c101 OOO
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08

Purchased. I'm Germany just Before thu
Spanish American War.

Purchased I'm Germany just Before the
Spanish American War.
A special from Washington says: Sec
rotary Long has received report from
the board OF inspection and survey. stat
ing that the torpedo-boat Somcrs is in
many respects unsatisfactory. The Som
ers was able TO make only 17h knots,
and the trial showed that she was uniif
for sea service. The board suggests that
the vessel be used for harbor defense,
and states that she Is not worth any
great expenditure OF money. The Som
ers was purchased on March %. lS9S, OF
the Schichau works. Elbing. Germany,
for $72,997. 1t was reported the Spanish
Government was negotiating for her pur-
chase. and to prevent her from passing
into the possession Of the Madrid Govern
ment the American naval attache was
authorized to pay the price asked by the
Schichau works."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
Indiana Boys Heroism.

Al Peru, Ind, Charles Hardwick, IA
years of age, rescued his mother and
three sisters from their burning home.
He awoke just as the roof fell and saved
himself by jumping from the second-story
window. Remembering his mother and
sisters were still in the burning house he
fought his way through the flames and
succeeded in getting them out just as the
hcuse COLLAPSED
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
PLUNGE TO DEATH WITH TRAIN,
Passenger Coaches Leap Down an I'm
bankment Into a River.

Passenger Coaches Leap Down an Em-
bankment Into a River.
A passenger train on the Northampton
division of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad went through a
washout about two miles north of Plain
vile, Conn. Four persons were killed
and seven injured. The wrecked train
was made up of an engine. baggage and
mail car, combination car, passenger car
and the pay car in the rear. The train
was nearly one and half hours late and
was proceeding cautiously when il struck
the washout. There were no women
aboard the train. The scene of the wreck
is ordinarily small rivulet, the waters
OF which flow through a spacious culvert
AT this time, however, the water assum-
ed greater proportions owing to the heavy
rain
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
RESCUED FROM A WRECK.
Three Men, Woman and Child Saved

Three Men, a Woman and Child Saved
After Two Days of Suffering.
Three men, q woman and a child, who
spent two days and nights shipwrecked
in Great South Bay, off Babylon, l.. L..
and FIVE members Of the Fire Island life
saving crew who went to their succor and
were cut off from the main beach by ice
foes and gales that swept the frozen
area at the rate of eighty miles an hour,
fought their way through the icepacks in
a lifeboat and were safely landed at Fire
Island,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
SIX BUBBLES BURST.
Chicago Police swoop Down on Invest.
ment Com panies.

The books, correspondence and papers
OF every get rich quick" concern in Chi
cago-six in all-were confscated by the
police tie other day. The concerns clean.
ed out are: The Inter Ocean Trust Com.
pany, the Cooperative Trust Company,
Security Savings Society Of Chicago, the
Investors Protective Association, the Ed
win Il. Farley Company, ID. W. Moody.
The arrests came as result of mum.
Der of complaints against the concerns,
fled by former patrons. The concerns
solicited patrons throughout the United
States, promising them from to 10 per
cent week on investments. The police
estimate that over $500. 600 mas besa lost
n the concerns raided.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
Kills His EMPLOYERS Wife.

DR.. Franklin Caldwell Of Chicago shot
and killed Mrs. Ephraim Z. Hayes. also
of that city. in the Endicott Hotel New
York. He then took his own life. Al
the coroner's inquest facts were brought
out tending to show that DR.. Caldwell,
who was employed by DR.. Hayes, was
infatuated with the lattcr's wife, and
killed her because his affections were not
returned.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08

belonged to a high
ly respected family
and at one time
was an enthusiastic
C h urch worker,
Last May she de-
termined to bring
converts into the
church and offered
her services to Mrs.
j. ID. Nash, super
intendent of the
Chinese p,;ccinp
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
RETARDED BY BAD WEATHER.
Storm Delays development of Spring
Trade at Many Markets.

Bradstreet's says: stormy weather
has retarded the development of spring
trade at many markets, interrupting tele-
graph and railway communication and
naturally checking the movement of
merchandise. In prices aggressive
strength is still the feature of the cotton
and cotton goods market, while metals
remain steady. Food products, however,
have weakened, and some raw materials,
like wool and hides, are quotably lower.
Wheat Including -four shipments for the
week aggregate 1865, 1897 bushels, against
1860, $50 bushels last week. Corn exports
for the week aggregate 1858, 73O bush
els, against 2,S96,175 last week."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
Big Land Deal in Cuba.

l.. G.. Burnham, second vice-president
of the United Fruit Company of Boston,
and Hippolyte Dumois. the agent of the
company at Havana, have purchased
$4,000 acres of land on the Bay of Nipe
from an old French syndicate. This is
the largest land deal consummated in
Cuba in many years. The sum of $780,
600 is involved.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
Suicide of a Little Girl.

Hazel Rogers, II years of age, bright
and prepossessing child, committed sui
eide at Fort Madison, Iowa, by shooting
herself in the heart. Although little is
known regarding the cause, it is believed
she grieved over childish love affair I'M
til death seemed the only relief.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
Three Children Burned to Death.

John, Charles and Emma, aged respec-
lively 5, Z and o, children of Charles
Wenger, living eleven miles from Olym-
pia, Wash, were burned to death. The
parents were absent from home, attend
ing a dance, and an elder sister, aged II,
was left in charge of the house and chill
dren. The fire was started by the ex
plosion of q heater.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
ELEcrRIc-LINE CARS BURNED.
Plant of n Cleveland Suburban Com
pany Is Destroyed.

Plant of a Cleveland Suburban Com
pany Is Destroyed.
The car shops, paint shop, repair shop
and offices Of the Cleveland, Elyria and
Oberlin Suburban Electric road at Cleve-
land, were burned to the ground. The
loss will reach $4,000, and includes
nearly the entire equipment machinery
Except that in the power house,, cars,
supplies and office fixtures of the COM
pany, together with four snow plows. At
the time the fire started, between and
8 o'clock in the morning, all the cars,
with the exception of four or five, were
in the barns, and so rapid was the spread
Of the flames that none was saved. Ten
big suburban cars were destroyed. The
building, which burned was about 200
feet long and GOO feet wide.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
SHOOTS HIMSELF IN THE HEAD
Business Man of Menomince Driven &c
Suicide by Reverses.

Former State Senator Joseph Fleis
helm, who failed fer from $4,000 to
100000 recently. committed suicide al
Menominee. Mich. by shooting himself
in the head. The coroner's jury return
ed a verdict of suicide during bit OF
temporary insanity, caused by business
reverses. Mr.. Fleisheim was one of the
Oldest and most prominent business men
of the city. having conducted large in
surance agency for the last twenty years.
He was also largely interested in various
mining, manufacturing. and other indus
trial enterprises, and his failure was due
to unsuccessful investments. He was %
years old.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
Spanish Cruisers Cannot BE Saved.

All chance Of saving any of the Span
armored cruisers sunk off Santiago,
Cuba, has gone. Word has reached the
Navy Department that the Cristobal
Colon, which was pushed on the beach by
the cruiser New York after the battle
with Cervera's command. has slid into
deep water.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
Flour Trust Is Broken.

The United States milling combine,
generally known as the -four trust, has
gone to pieces, but the fact did not be-
come known until Judge jenkins in pro-
ceedngs auxiliary to the United States
Court of New Jersey appointed three re-
ceivers for the company.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
Want Homes in Minnesota.

Hendrick o. Hurdt of New York has
been in Minneapolis looking up locations
for the forty Holland families which
were intending to migrate to the Trans
vaal, but which have been compelled by
the war to change their plans.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
Boy Parricide Is Dead.

John Lewis Howard, Is years old, who
recently made a confession duplicating
his mother in his fathers murder, died
at Middlcsboro, Tenn. Almost with his
last breath the lad made the startling
revelation that he murdered his father,
shooting him to death at the instigation
of his mother, now Mandy Parker, she
having married again.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
Murder i'm Seeond Depree.

At Omaha, Neb., James Shannahan was
convicted of murder in the second degree
for the killing of Ed Callahan in Shanna-
hans saloon in South Omaha. In pre-
vious trial he had been acquitted of the
murder of Ed Joyce. Both men were
shot by Shannahan at the same time.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
Bush Fires Ira AustraIia.

The steamer Aorangi from Sydney
brings an account of the most disastrous
bush fires in Victoria experienced in the
last fifty years. The entire Warrnam-
bool district has been devastated, and
the damage is estimated at $2,0OO,OOO.
Seven persons persisted in the flames.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
WIN he rraininr shins.

Long directing that arrangements be
made for placing the auxiliary cruiser
Buffalo In commission. 1t IL expected the
Buffalo will be used as a iandsmen's
training ship. The Topeka will also b
used for this purpose.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
Two Killed and Six Hurt.

The Missouri Pacitic's local passenger
train from st. Louis ran into the rear end
of the same roads st. Louis day express
about ten miles east of Kansas City.
Two women were killed and six persons
injured.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
Dreycr Again Found entity.

Edward S. Dreyer has again been
found guilty of failing to turn over $319,-
600 which he held rs treasurer of the
West Park Board in Chicago. This is
his third conviction for this offcnse. and
he must now go to the penitentiary.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
VocnIist Is Round Dead.

Harold l.. Williams, 30 years old, a
vocalist, of Chicago. died at the Euro
pean hotel in Marion. Ohio. He was on
his way home from a visit with friends
at Circlevlle, Ohio. and stopped over to
epand Sunday
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
Vessel Probably a Total Loss.

The Allan line steamer Californian.
which went on the rocks off Ram Island,
ed. The passengers were safely removed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08

bad, Michael Synon. LYNX In I clothes
closet OF one Of the wretched rooms' the
family occupied Mt No. 240 South Green
street. Chicago. The woman's skull had
been fractured IN several pieces and
there were dozen gashes In her neck.
Her head had been beaten out Of all hu-
man semblance. The woman's husband
IL suspected.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
Bride Dies at the Wedding.

While the marriage ceremony OF John
s. Blair and Miss Mamie Somerset,
north of Perry o. T.. was being perform
ed the bride fell dead. The couple had
just taken their places in front of the
clergyman.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-08
DEATH CAUSED BY CIGARETTE.
Smoker at Pittsburg Sets OFF Can of
Benzine and Perishes.

Charles McGivern, an inveterate smok-
er of cigarettes, lost his life and imper-
lied the lives Of dozens of people in st.
Francis hospital at Pittsburg. He was
a painter and had his shop in the base
ment of the hospital. When he went
to work he lighted a cigarette too close to
a can Of benzine and there was an ex-
plosion. When assistance came McGiv-
ern's clothing was ablaze. He died short
ly afterward. The fire was confined TO
the paint shop