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~. L. VAN sENSCHOTEN,

A TTORNEY AT LAW.-Onhce in Belding
IA Savings Bank Block Belding, Mich
REFERENCES BY PERMISsION;-Hon.A Allen B.
Morse, Hon. A. A. Ellis, Thos. r. McGarry, Hon.
+. ID. NJ. Davis.
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LADIES' LITERARY EXCHANGE.
The Closing of n Very Pleasant and sue
cessfuI Years Work.

The Ladies' Literary Exchange CLUB
closed their years study last Thursday.
AS the calendar announced, it was
presidents day. Mrs. Henry I'LL had
invited the ladies with their husbands
TO her home and Fales' bus and other
conveyances took them there.
After the happy meeting and cordial
greetings OF the family with the club
and other guests assembled, the pres
ident, Mrs. Harry Lamb, called the
meeting to order, Roll call was re-
sponded TO by miscellaneous quotations.
After the business Of the meeting was
finished the president gave her paper,
"A comparison between the opening OF
the century and its close" The paper
showed the improvements along scien-
tific ines, was well delivered, showed
much study and thought, and was
worthy of being presented before any
audience. This paper was the main
feature Of the work for the afternoon;
this being our closing day, it was a
holiday as well.
The president thanked the ladies for
assistance rendered her during the past
and all realized that nothing but kindly
feeling and mutual good will prevailed.
Mrs. u. w. Gooding, in behalf OF the
members of the club, thanked the
president for her work for the club
for the interest she had taken in each
member, and for her faithfulness as
presiding officer Also, in behalf OF
the club, she presented the president
with a book as "a token of their respect
and esteem. The book given was,
The excursions Of an evolutionist,
by John Fisk. 1t was as the ladies had
desired, surprise to her. She said 1t
was not necessary for the members TO
give any token of remembrance but
that she should prize the present
highly
The meeting adjourned until the
opening of the club year in September.
The guests were finely entertained
until tea was announced and fine re-
past was served. Rare specimens of
the vegetable garden were brought on
as the last course, in the heart of
which was found work for the head
instead of the digestive organs, when
merriment and humor prevailed. A
most enjoyable time was had and the
afternoon passed all too quickly.
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No one should forget the Field Day
exercises next week, given by the
scholars of the high school. Saturday,
June llth, is the day and a great day
it will be. Make arrangements to go
to the driving park at that time.
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I. OHLiNGER,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Physi-
l. clan and Health ofiicer-Once at residence
corner OF Bridge and Centre SITS. ONCE hours
l to 2and tosp. IN.
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TmE SPANISH "oApE VERDE FLEET.

The center of interest in the present
war is quickly shifted. One week it
lies of the south coast OF Florida as
our blocaoing feet moves TO the in
vestment of Cuba; the next week it is
found off the coast of Africa, where we
see the Cape Verde fleet gathered for
its long voyage to the relief of the
Spanish army; then it flies to the an
tipodes and we watch the fateful con-
flict of Manila; and before we have
had time TO estimate the full value of
the victory, the startling news comes
that the Cape Verde fleet, which was
supposed to be at Cadiz, is in the West
Indies, replenishing it's bunkers and
getting otherwise ready for its cam
paign of diversion and relief of the
blockaded island of Cuba.
Unless it is sunk or captured by our
squadrons, the Cape Verde fleet is
likely to fill large page IN the record
of the Spanlsh-American war, for it
happens to combine several qualities
which are essential to successful fleet
maneuvers. In the first place it is
homogeneous, three Of the armored
ships being sister vessels and the fourth
SO nearly like them that, for tactical
maneuvering purposes, the four ships
are Identical. The three torpedo boat
Gestroyers are also identical in arma-
ment and general design, two OF them
being of IS knots speed and one of 30
knots The similarity in the ships is
of great value in enabling the fleet as
whole to steam at any desired speed
or move in any desired formation, in
stead of the faster ships having TO wait
for some slower vessels or the more
powerful having TO shield the weaker
units when forming the line OF battle.
The disposition, arc of training and
power Of the batteries being almost
identical in all the ships, a fighting
position which is the best for one ship
| is the best for all the fleet. 1t is we'll
recognized fact in naval warfare that
this homogeneity in a fleet is in itself
IA considerable source of strength, just
as fleet made up Of ships Of miscel.
laneous types and having various
speeds must accommodate itself to the
slowest and weakest units or permit
them to be destroyed piecemeal by the
enemy.-Scientifi American.
|
Jerome Kern was before Justice
Chas. IL. FoOte last Friday on com
.,....,.,, 81 L.. NATn1li.nil, Cl,nr.,l,
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!. s. MORRIS,

DHYS1CIAN AND SURGEON ONCE rear
l. of w l. Benedict's drug store. Hours:
TO II a. m, 2to and Z to p. m. Residence
opposite OF M. IL. church Telephone 49,
rings.
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MORSE, LOCKE d FOOTE,

N'TToRNlys. At w.--onice.--speacer
IA Block, Belding. a. B. Morse or a. r.
Locke will be at this office every Saturday af
ternoon.
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y. &. FERGUSON,

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON-OFFICE: At
l. Residence on West Main Street. ONCE
nours to 10 "A. m, 2 TO 4 and 80 to 8 p. m.
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iAWLEY. T.. A. HORRIGA
HAWLEY e HORRiGAN.

l .AWYERS. Consultation free in all cases
- either in office by phone, Bedding, Mich
igan office, Spencer block
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-06-02

Jerome Kern was before Justice
Chas. X. Foote last Friday on a com
plant sworn out by Wellington Sharpe
on "A charge Of swearing and cursing.
Sharpe who lives near Kiddville and
has TO pass by Mr. Kern's place on his
way to town, claims the latter swears
at him and his children and also in
the presence of his wife very vehe-
mently whenever they meet. Kern
pleaded guilty and the fine and costs
imposed amounted to about 81.
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y. =. RINKHAM,

physician AND SURGEON-Onice over
Il Kingsleys Grocery Store Main 81. Hours:
TO and Z TO p. III.
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ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.

Advertising Rates upon application.
Advertising bills collected monthly. Tran.
sient advertising n advance.
Obituary poetry will not be inserted unless
paid for. Cards OF Thanks must be paid for
Marriage and death notices free
Copy for change OF advertisement must be re-
ceived not later than Tuesday noon in order to
insure insertion
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-06-02

Entered at the Postofice Belding Mich. for
transmission through the mails rs second class
matter.
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yPIiED.-If tins paragraph is marked you
"a will know that your subscription has eX-
pired, and as our terms are strictly cash in ad-
vance il will be discontinued unless renewed.
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q. a. STANTON.

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEoN-OFFIcE: Sec
Il ond floor, Meloche block. ONCE hours 8 80
to 10 a. m, TO and tosp. m Night call at
residence.
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q. ~. WILLARD,

nENTIST.-Onic over Holmes g. Connel's
~ drug store, Main street, Belding, Mich. All
work guaranteed.
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w. ANDREW QUIT, M. o.,

ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
~ Ohice-Belding Pharmacy. Hours-S TO 10
n m TO and to 9 d. m
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-06-02

DR.. q. r. SMITH,
VNENTIST.-O hours to $50. Leonard
IL Block, over Pages hardware store, Bel
ding Mich.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-06-02

The BANNER and Detroit Twice-a-
Week Journal, one year for SLIGO.
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yNIM. +. SANDELB, Loan Broker. short
w time loans on any form OF good security
Long time loans on high class real estate Sc
curity. ONCE at The Commercial Bank.
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THE BELDING BANNER
Published Every Thursday Afternoon
by
COwDIN &c LAPHAM,

BELDING, GoNGA co.. MICH.
once in the Peoples Savings Bank block,
Main street
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-11
RECRUITING FOR TIE ARMY
STATION HERE hCoEPTED SIX MEN
OUT OF NINETY YESTERDAT.

Requirements That Applicants Don't seeua 70
understand-An Austrian Ex-soidier Who
Wasn't EiiEisie-Two more Recruiting sta
tiens to he Opened In This EeiEhberhoed
Ninety men md boys applied at the recruiting
station. 25 and ~ Third avenue. yesterday for
enlistment In the United States Army. or this
number six were accepted. or the remainder
about a dozen were too young and ton wero too
old. Not all the others were rejected. Many
who might possibly have been received were
either foreign born citizens of the United States
who had forgotten to bring their naturalization
papers or were native Americans without q
character reference. All such woro told to
como again to-day properly equipped.
Tho number of applicants for enlistment yes
terday is about seventy more than the average
number OF applications that have been made
dnily for several years. Tho increase Is. of
course, due to tho passage Of the Hswley bill.
which authorizes an increase In the army by
two artillery regiments. or 800 men in all. At
present the station in Third avenue is tho only
one in this neighborhood, but within a day or
two two sub-stations will DO opened. One of
these will DO at 80 Montgomery street, Jersey
City, to DO in command of Capt. II. II. Bonham,
Second Infantry. The other will BIO in Brook.
Ign, and will be in mman OF Lieut.. Francis j.
Herman. Twenty-frst Infantry.
The Third avenue station is in m OF
Capt. Folliot a. Whitney, Eighth Infantry.
Many of those who applied for enlistment
yesterday evidently had little knowledge OF the
requirements. For instance, several Of the APP
plicants were boys. IS to 1s years OF age. 1t Is
prescribed In the army regulations that minors
shall not be enlisted. except boys between the
ages of IL and 10, who may DO needed AS mu.
sicians. But minors who apply for enlistment
as musicians must present with their applica-
ton the written consent of parent or guardian.
Except In the case OF minors referred to, APP
plicants must he between the ages OF Fl and. 80.
unmarried, OF good character, ablc-bodied, free
from disease, ard must be able to speak, read,
and write the English language. For the in
fantry and artillery the height must not BIO less
than D feet inches, and weight not less thnn 1913
pounds and not more than 100 pounds. For the
cavalry the height must not ho less than 8 feet
inches nor more than 8 feet 10 inches. The weight
of q cavalryman must not exceed 165 pounds.
Aside from these requirements there are others
which make 1t necessary that a man OF a given
height must have q specified weight and a spoci-
fled chest measure. and must DO able to expand
his chest at least q given number of inches.
The following table shows Just what these re-
uuirements are:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-11
RECRUITING i FohUNrEERs.
Thcrc Are N"nriy Enough Now for Two ReEi.
ments and All Arc Ready for War.

Thorc Are Nenriy Enough Now for Two ReEi-
ments and All Arc Ready for War.
Should war with Spain come, the Irish Volun-
teers would be ready to march at tho first call.
The war spirit is fairly boiling within them rs
II hasn't had a chance to boil since they wero
organized 10 fight England il the Venezuelan
complication should result in trouble. Nightly
the awkwar squads have been causing the per-
spring corporals to grow blue in tho face with
suppressed language. and twice a week tho
whole First Regiment. Irish Volunteers, has
been going through its PAGES under Col. James
Moran. Soon tho regiment will be split into
two regiments and n third will be recruited.
Already there are enough applicants TO make
up this third.
At present there are more than LOO men in
the First Regiment, and Col. Moran wishes TO
get enough men OF some experience in drill to
make up this number to l, 800; then the division
will he made. II Is not expected that the new
regiment will be enlisted before n fortnight.
The call for men issued by Col. Moran concludes
with these words:
Applicants must be Irish-American citizens
OF good character, able to rend and write, and
be prepared TO defend the Stars and Stripes
against the world"
The last six words are in heavy type. A re-
porter who WINS present at the drill last night
heard more eager and hopeful war talk there
than he has heard since the news OF the Maine
disaster was first received. Col. Moran SAYS
delay hve regiments of Irish. ready
and fit TO fight. The present regiment will act
MS escort TO tho Irish societies In the st. Pat.
rick'B day parade.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-11
Chest hedsure-
Weight.
As the applicants appeared yesterday they

As the applicants appeared yesterday they
were put through the preliminary examination
by tho recruiting Sergeant. who has been in
the ARM nearly Twenty-Five years. They wore
asked about their age and nationality and If thoy
could read and write English. There was only
ono applicant who failed to answer the latter
question in the affirmative. He could speak but
GerstoOd that he had been honorably discharged
from the Austrian Army. Alarsc number OF tho
applicants had been born in foreign countries,
but had become citizens or had taken out their
first papers. Not ono OF these brought his
papers. and they were promptly dismissed with
the suggestion that they bring their papers to-
day.
Every applicant must produce n satisfactory
reference in writing as to his character. A ref
erencc from a liquor seller will not be accepted.
Few OF the applicants had references from any
body. They wore told to. get some and come
again. Four OF the applicants were men over
80, whose certificate Of character was an hon
orable discharge from the United States Army.
recruiting sergeant that they were too old to re-
enlist.
Those who got through the preliminary exam.
ination were turned over to the army surgeon.
The cycsight was the first thing tested. The
ap cprS' mno WA" w stst,o seSaro Twenty In,;.r rect IT a IVA yy1 from
bet were printed in heavy black type. Each
candidate was required, to name these letters
one eye closed. then with the other eye closed.
On failure to pass this, test the applicant was
jected to a rigid physical examination. Ii 9th.
erwi Use physically sound; tho applicant was re-
lected If he harpened to have a crooked toe, 1t
is taken for granted that a man with crooked
toes cannot stand long marches.
The men whoar enlisted arc, at present, sent
to Fort Slocum, Davids Island. AS soon ms tho
enlistment papers arc signed the applicant is
subject to the. regulations of the army. He is
allowed, il he desires. to leave the recruiting Of
flee TO say gool-by TO his family or friends. il
they live in this vicinity. Otherwise. he must
remain at the RECRUITING station. The six en-
listed Yesterday will be sent to Fort Slocum this
morning. They will, like all other recruits. have
to pay their own expenses to the post to which
they are assigned. Thcy will receive Sl3 a
month. the regular pay Of artillerymen, caval.
rymcn. and infantry men.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-11
NEW TRIPOD GUNS.
To ne Set Up on the Decks OF v~esseis-Each
Fires 400 nuiiets n Minute.

fires 200 Uultcts q Minute.
The first of some new rapid fire guns from tho
Colt factory at Hartford, Conn.,, arrived at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard yesterday. Their calibre
Is only six millimctres. or a little less than n
quarter OF an inch, but they are very heavy. It
is quite probable that tho ordnance officers at
the yard have not seen a gun in a long while in
which they took SO much interest MS in these.
Each gun was fitted with two mountings, ono
to be used on land and the other on shipboard.
Tho latter mounting consists OF a steel tripod
with brass fittings. Ready for sea service, the
gun. mounted on the tripod, is placed near the
ships rail.
In that position 1t is capable of firing 200
shots II minute. in any direction. The mechan-
Ism OF the gun is such that 1t may be pointed
directly. down to the water. IT is supposed to
torpedo boats. A few such guns would make
the men on an approaching ship think they had
run into 4 bullet storm.
the new Leo rifle, used by tho marines in the
navy; The gunner sits in q bicycle saddle fas-
tened to ono OF the legs Of the tripod. All the
gunner has to do is TO aim his piece and keep
his finger on tho trigger and the gun does the
rest; 1t feeds itself and ejects the empty
shells. Power derived from one explosion OF
causes tho next explosion. The guns range is
day a. bullet was sent through a three. cighths
OF an inch steel plate. through n block OF wood
twenty inches thick which was behind tho
plate. on through n steam coil and then through
another steel plate one-eighth Of an inch thick.
Tho cartridges for tho gun are strung on a
belt, each belt CONTAINING 1000 cartridges. The
belt is in a steel box attached to one side of the
gun near the bre,ch and Is unwonnd as the
cartridges drop into the breech. The empty
posite side OF the gun. The. metal OF the barrel
OF tho gun Is about an inch.in thickness. This
Fifty more OF the gums are expected at the navy
yard In a few days.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-11
ACT1vIrY AT WATERroWN Arsenal.
The Plant TO work Eighteen Hours Out OF
twenty -four on Rush Orders.

The Plant TO work Eighteen Hours Out OF
Twenty -four on Rush Orders.
Boston. March 1o.-The arsenal at Water.
town this morning was tho scene of great &C.
tivity. Because Of imperative orders received
by Major Reilly last night from department
headquarters, tho works will DO kept in opera
tion eighteen out OF the twenty.four hours, eS-
cept Sundays, to carry out tho rush orders to
press construction of all kinds. The forge and
machine shops are especially busy in construct
Ing the carriages for the seacoast guns and in
making mortar shells. Major Reilly was pre-
pared for the emergency, and ut once assembled
the mechanics on tho civil service list,
About 200 men are expected to DO at work
within n week. There are $50 employed at pres
ent. Tho subordinate staff Of commissioned
officers and the force of enlisted men will also
be increased.
At Charlestown this afternoon an order was
received from Washington calling for the en-.
listment OF an indefinite number of marines.
This order came from Col. Hayward Of tho
United States Marine Corps at Washington.
and n bulletin board was at once placed outside
the navy yard announcing the need OF men.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-11
IS MIR. FORK TO GET Il SETBACK,
He May Not Continue at tho Head OF the Rx.
ecutive Committe in Brooklyn.

nv ANS WV - IN AheAu OI u AIo
ecutive Committee in Brooklyn.
The Democratic managers in Brooklyn are
deeply interested in the meetings OF tho twenty.
one Assembly committees which will DO held on
next Monday night. Each mmitt will elect
ten delegates to the County Committee and also
designate tho two who arc to be included in the
Executive Committee. Bernard J. York.
President Of the Police Board, has been
one of the executive members from the
Eleventh Assembly district for two years
and has served as Chairman of tho Executive
Committee for the past year. It is now said
that he will not be sent back to the Executive
Committee and may not even be honored with q
i.ele9tion to the Count. Committee. This set:
back for Mr.. York is said to have been decrecd
IN spite of his high standing with tho Tammany
Han managers. senator +. II. McCarrcn is
likely to be put at the head of the Executive
Committed.
1t is SAID that the relations between the Brook
lyn leaders and tho Tammany Hall managers
have become quite harmonious and that ali tho
minor appointments in Brooklyn will soon be
satisfactorily arranged. Mayor Van Wyck and
Mr.. Croker have become honorary members OF
the Parkway Driving Club. which is composed
In n large part OF prominent Kings county Dem
Ocrats.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-11
KoERNER JURY U TWO NIGHTS.
Ono Of Ttu Members Allowed by Court Omcers
to Telephone to His WHO.

One Of Ttn Members Allowed by Court omcers
to Telephone to Its wifo.
Recodeer Goff has locked up the Koerner jury
over another night. They will have been out
forty-two hours when the Court of General SEES.
sions reassembles at 1890 o'clock this morning.
This boats the record made on the trial of Will
liam S. Devery, then police Captain, now Deputy
Chief of Police. when Recorder Smyth kept the
jury out thirty.six hours.
The Koernor jury went out at 4:3o o'clock ON
Wednesday afternoon. None of its members has
had any sleep. Yesterday one of them, Charles
Shafn. the foreman was permitted by the court
officers to leave tho jury room to telephone u
message to his wife. Although the officers heard
Shain tell his wife to have some plunbing done
at his home, the fact that they knew what his
message was docs not relieve the court officers
from the responsibility OF having violated sec.
tion II Of the Penal Code, which makes 1t a mis-
demcanor for an officer in charge of a Jury to
permit any OF the jurors to hold communication
with any person outside OF the jury room, I'M
less that person is the sitting Magistrate in tho
case under consideration.
kOcrners counsel, Lawyer Abe Levy, says
that II koerner Is now found guilty no will have
the verdict set aside on the ground that the jury
was permitted to separate.
This is koerner's second trial. He murdered
Rose Alice Redgateo on the sidewalk OF Seventh
avenue on Sept. %. 1895. He wanted her to
marry him and her father objected.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-11
BIG STORM IN NEBRASKA.
summer weather Followed by snow and a
High Wind.

summor weather Followed by SNOW ana q
High Wind.
OMAHA. March 10.-The most remarkable SMELL
OF weather in Nebraska for years past has pre-
vailed throughout the State since noon. Yester-
day was a typical summer day. This forenoon
the weather was pleasant. scarcely cold enough
for an overcoat. Reports of the great snowstorm
sweeping across the State had preceded
the blizzard, however. Up TO within an hour of
the arrival Of tho storm the weather was sum.
MGR Ike. Then the sky darkencd, and a perfect
gale WAS accompanied by n snowstorm 30 dense
that one could scarcely see ten feet away. The
snow fell in great flakes and piled up in pro.
fusion.
One good feature Of the storm is the absence
Of any drifting. Tonight the weather is getting
very cold: On tho whole The benefits or the
storm viii DO many. No damage can result cx.
cept possibly TO spring lambs. all other stock
being bevond danger while tho mercury remains
high. On the wheat fields the benefits will be
improving the cereal prospects OF
the State 20 per cent.
As the ground is so warm. the snow cannot
panied the snow intertcred materially with
street and railroad traffic. Ali trains in and out
OF the city wcro belRted tonight. The telegram
service was also damaged by the %clinging snow.
The indications are that the storm will rage
hercely all night.
Reports from oil over the interior of the State
show a condition similar TO TINT in Omaha. At
snow fell that it was impossible 20 make head.
way on the street. II was impossible to see a
foot ahead IN the storm. and the wind blew with
hurricane force.