Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-29
DAY. JULY 20, 1897.

". Business Manager
JULY 20, 1897.
brts OF the rich gold fields In
the Klondyke district, are
h great sensation, especially
ific coast. A few days ago a
ners who left California less
B. ago for this district re-
IN with gold dust and mug
eating over "a million dollars,
" less than 5000, and the
/ cling up to $S4, 900, which the
them had with him in mug
lies are told OF 30-foot veins
|aich, If even approximately
bake the Russian Bear feel
of and butting his brains
he thinks OF the sale OF Alas
e Sam for the sum OF 81 200
ldition rich coal deposits and
ire said to have been found
to offset these glowing ac-
y difficulties OF reaching the
Of supplying it with provis-
i'd to be very great, and the
Innate makes mining an un-
l,rd job. The Klondyke river
harry to the Yukon, which is a
|ger that crosses Alaska from
best. The Klondyke is not
fhe maps, but it empties into
|h near the border line be-
hska and British Columbia,
rely cut off from the rest OF
Tin winter. The gold in this
Is first discovered last August
b II. Cormack, and in few
|ne hundreds of men were
ht claims. There are said TO
Pnen in Dawson City, estab-
.r by, but a big rush seems
inevitable, and there is fear
-ation ard crime are certain
buring the coming winter.
~
lation in Turkey continues to
\ has been for the last few
game of bluff between the
the one side and the Powers
her. In such "a game Tur-
,als are past masters, and they
it up to the very last moment,
lal force is brought TO bear
IN. 1t is reported that the
indemnity has been reduced
No Turkish pounds about $2S, :
,ut the claim for territory in
has not been abandoned, and
that the Car has openly de-
the Sultan that unless the
for Thessaly are delinquisht,
roops will at once begin TO
'oss the Turkish frontier.
vever, sounds like another
as England is not likely TO
, any such movement. In the
Greece has been trying to
n her army by preparing
ody of reserves for immediate
the worst comes to the worst
army carries out its
a movement upon Athens.
, original cause of the trouble,
lost sight OF, but the Cretans
es have not abandoned their
on, and the Powers are still
ng the blockade of Cretan
C Local: We have no patience
'e that are crying hard times
ling that the country and the
at live in it, with the excep-
lew millionaires, are going on
financial ruin. The times
rider than they have been al
ore, and good times have fol.
will the good times follow
of depression we have been
ough for the past four or five
It's "a natural law that we
ave extremes. 1t is not al.
IN, neither is it always sun
Ie is bound to follow the other.
been ia the financial world,
es succeed the bad, and bad
cceed the good. No one can
tisfactory explanation why it
1t is a matter of fact proven
7 that such is the case.
~
nave found a lake OF oil in
I'd now with Petroleum, gold,
lber and furs that territory
ely to develop into the richest
can possessions. Moreover,
old mossbacks who howled
he purchase Of Alaska thirty
o are now spraining their
it'll deep, hoarse denunciations
Inexation of Hawaii. There
people who never learn any
experience. Every acquisi-
is government has been worth
, despite the fact that no ter
} been added TO the national
hitch did not meet with the
position that is now urged