Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-12-01
THE NEWS CONDENSED.

Marchand permission to traverse
Abyssina.
powder mill at Lamotte, Mo-, blew
up, killing six men and wounolng sew
eral others.
Thirty Spanish transports are now
on the way to Cuba TO take spanish
troops home.
The resignation of Marshal Blanco
as captain-general OF Cuba has oeen
accepted by Spain.
Rear Admiral Winfield 5. Schley was
rendered a complimentary dinner py
the Brooklyn club.
Since the u. 5. bankruptcy law went
into effect July /, over 100 petitions IN
voluntary bankruptcy have been nleo'
The Knights Of Labor, at their Chi-
cago convention, elected John w. Far
sons, of New York, general master
workman.
Jotura Komura, envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary OF japan
to the United States, has arrived at
Washington.
Col. Hood, of the evacuation com
mission has taken possession OF Hol-
guin and appointed Col. Rodriguez
well-known Cuban. as alcade.
Rafael Iglesias, president of Costa
RIGA. and number of his retalners,
arrived in the country to visit President
Mckinley and see American cities.
Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott has an
nounced his intention to resign the
passionate of Plymouth church, Brook
lyn, which he has filed for 10 years.
Gen. Don Carlos Buell., a distin-
guished veteran of both the Mexican
and civil wars, died at his home near
Rockport, Ky, at the age of so years.
c. w. Couldock, the veteran actor,
died at New York. He had been seri-
ously i'll for some time with indiges-
ton, and dropsy of the heart. He was
born in 1915.
The Dreyfus case has caused quarrel
between NJ. de Freycinet, French min
lister of war, and Gen. Zurlinden. the
military governor of Paris, and the
latter will be asked to resign.
A personal letter from Admiral
Dewey says: II trust the entire Philip
pine archipelago will be retained by
the United States. Any other arrange
ment will lead to no end of trouble.
The news that detachment of the
o5th L. S. infantry tcolored) was to be
stationed ut Fort Logan III. Root, at
Little Rock. Ark, has created a sensa-
ton there and trouble is sure to follow
the advent of the Negro troops as oc-
cupants of that post.
The sultan has ordered the closing
of an orphanage at Boitung which
shelters 60 homeless victims OF the
Armenian troubles. The institution is
admirably managed by American mis-
sionaries, and being chiefly supported
by British charity.
For the first time within the recol-
lection of lumber dealers the govern
: ment has appeared in the market as a
buyer. The quartermasters depart
ment has been at work getting bids
for 4o, 00O 900 feet of corse lumber for
use in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines.
The first American soldiers to camp
at Havana were four companies of the
Second volunteer engineers under Gen
! Greene, which sailed from Tampa OF
the transport Florida and landed al
r Marianao wharf. With colors flying
the companies marched two miles to
their camping grounds.
1t is reported that Emperor Menelil
of Abyssinia is advancing on the rebels
5 of Boru-Mieda with 10000 men and {
numerous train of artillery. 1t is be
lieved that the objective of the Negu'
!, is the Bahr- FL Gazal basin and he viii
attempt to force a definite boundary
settlement from Great Britain.
. Secretary Long will recommend L
congress a large increase of men ant
y ships for the navy, as follows: Three
battleships of 10, 500 tons displacement
three armored cruisers, of $4,000 ton:
displacement; three second-class cruis
ers of c, ZOO tons; six third-class cruis
d ers, of 3, 900 tons; also to enlist 5000
: men and 900 boys.
The Corbett Sharkey fight at thu
Lenox Athletic club, New York City
ended in a fiasco. Corbett was yer.
evidently getting the worst of it when
in the ninth round, one of his second
jumped into the ring. This was ranl
violation of the rules, therefore Refere,
, Kelley awarded the contest to Sharke,
. and declared all bets off.
: The President is devoting all of hi
spare time to the preparation of hi
message to congress. Minor matter
, will be considered only briefly, and b.
far the larger share of the messag
: will be devoted to the great question
! which have been raised by the war
! The indications now are that the mes
l sage will exceed in length any sent L
t congress during the last several years
i, A dispatch from Washington says
a There is reason to believe that the ad
ministration would be willing to pur
h chase from Spain not only the Philip
c pine and Ualan islands, but all of tn
s Carolines and the Pelew group. TIL
J, belief prevails that the Germans vii