Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-11-10
NEWSY BREvITiES.

reahed home from fOrto hlco.
u S. treasury condition Nov. 1:
Available cash balance, 1904, l75, 304;
goli reserve, S240, 645,65l.
AT least a dozen river steamers are
stu,k on sand bars in the Yukon river
anc all will probably by lost.
". OBJ. McDonough has refused the
off,r of $50, 900 made by the duke of
Westminster for his famous race horse,
Ornonde.
Mr.. and Mrs John Bohls, aged 70
and 65 years, respectively, were muir
dered on their farm, near Two Rivers,
Wis, by robbers.
The London Daily Mail announces
the appointment as governor of Khar-
toum of Col. Kitchener, brother of the
sirdar, Gen. Lord Kitchener.
The Russian government contem-
plates constructing great ship canal
to connect the Baltic and Black seas.
The estimated cost is $155, 100000.
The President has issued a proclama-
ton reserving for the use of the u. S.
navy certain water front property in
Honolulu selected by Capt. Tanner re-
Gently.
President McKinley's message to
congress will be very strong and ur-
gent appeal for immediate legislative
action for the construction of the Mic
aragua canal under government di-
rection.
The transport Pennsylvania, with
the 51St Iowa volunteers on board,
sailed from San Francisco for Manila.
The regiments numbers l,02s officers
and men.
German newspapers comment most
unfavorably upon the demands of the
u. S. for the whole of the Philippines,
and some of them strongly hint that
Germany might interfere.
Arthur Williams, colored, was taken
from Jail and lynched and his body
burned, at Jacksonville, Fla, for the
murder of Miss Elina Ogden, at Well
boz ne. He had confessed the crime.
The reports of the wreck of the u. S
transport Panama off Capt Mayisi,
with $50 sick soldiers from Santiago
on board, were unfounded. The Pan
anna arrived at Havana safely and soon
sailed for New York.
1.-THE Service Men of the Spanish
War" is the title of society organized
by w. /. Davenny, of Detroit, commits
sary of the First brigade, Second divi-
sion, First army corps, among the
troops camped at Lexington, Ky.
The Caldwell sisters, formerly Amer
| lean girls, now Marquise de Merinvilie
and Baroness Zedwitz, have given a
| $4,000 fellowship to the American
Catholic university, Washington, as a
memorial of their deceased parents.
The sultan of Turkey has granted
Emperor William the right to plant a
large German colony along the whole
frontier of Tripoli. This arrangement
will protect the sultan against French
encroachments across the Tripoli-Tunis
| frontier
Dartolome Masso, president of the
| Cuban provisional government, has is
sued an address expressing gratitude
for the assistance the u. S. rendered
Cuba, and expressing faith in her in
tentions. Cubans are urged to settle
down to peaceful pursuits.
Gen. Maxine Gomez has written to
Senior Quesada, at Washington, affirm
! ing his belief that the United States
will, in accordance with its moral
pledges, assist Cubans to independence
! He thinks temporary occupation of
| Cuba by Americans is necessary, and
says he proposes to assist in recon-
structing governmental affairs.
Mai. Simpson, of Gen. Merritt's staff
has just returned to Washington from
Manila. He reports distinct senti-
ment among the United States troops
that there will be more serious trouble
with the Filipinos, and that more
troops may be needed. To complicate
the situation the priests are now in
triguing to make the rebels discon-
tented with Aguinaldo and to set up
another insurgent chief.
There was renewal of hostilities at
| Pana, ILL.,, between the union miners
and the imported Negroes from Ala
bama. A Negro attacked James Boyle,
union miner, which caused battle
in which 30 shots were exchanged.
Two Negroes were slightly wounded.
No white miners were hurt. Maj.
Butler Immediately sent a detachment
of soldiers and Calling gun to the
scene and restored order
j. b. Caldwell and L. L. Stewart, of
the u. S. quartermaster' department,
were stricken with yellow jack in the
Hotel Pasaje, Havana, but owing to
petty jealousies between doctors, the
U. S. commissioners were not notified
and several days elapsed before the
men were removed to FL Vedado yellow
fever hospital. Now the hotel, full of
American guests, is probably in
fected.
Gen. Luque, Spanish military gov
ernor of Holguin, before leaving for
Spain, wrote tart letter to Gen.
Blanco, saying Cubans had governed
Gibara in an orderly way since the sur