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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

Port Huron is after the next Repub-
lican state convention.
There is one case of smallpox at
Salem, Washtenaw county.
March was the birthday anniver-
sary of Ottawa county, as a county.
The municipal lighting plant at Pc
toslxey made 5000 profit last year.
G. W. Perkins, of Grand Rapids, a
student at the Yale university, is i'll
with smallpox.
The total measurement of the snow
on the level in Detroit on the night OF
the 5th was 20 inches.
A business mems association has been
organized at Capac to look out for the
interests of the village.
The citizens of Boyne Falls are being
terrorized by a gang of highwaymen
Hold-ups are of frequent occurrence.
1t is expected that the Ludington
Novelty works will remove TO Kalama.
roo. They will be given bonus OF
81, 900.
A shingle mill is TO be put in al
North oxford this spring to cut a large
amount of cedar in the swamp near
there.
Measles and scarlet fever are still
raging in many parts of Arenac county
but the scarlet fever at Standish i,
gone.
Plainwell young people nave organ
lied a dramatic club and are Vivinc
some of the latest plays to the peopl,
of that village.
Flint's present fire alarm system has
proven very unsatisfactory of late, and
the council has arranged to have a new
one put in ON trial.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
A Bad Wreck In Indiana.

miners train, carrying 400 work
men, employed at the mines north of
Brazil, Ind, to their homes in that
city, was run into by local freight
train on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
on the night of the 5th, and the caboose
and two cars were smashed to splinters.
Two men were instantly killed, and
more than 40 persons severely injured.
Among those seriously injured, many
will die. The wreckage caught fire
and the rescuers were forced TO make a
heroic fight to prevent those pinned in
the wreck from being cremated.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
10 Inches OF Snow in Detroit.

A heavy snow storm struck Detroit
at 2:30 o'clock on the morning of the
eth, lasting over "a hours and was
the worst experienced since April 6,
1886, when "a. l inches fell in one day.
During the recent storm between IA
and 10 inches of the beautiful fell.
The storm was universal all over the
state and at some places business was
at a standstill Most all of the rail
roads experienced considerable diff
Guilty in getting through, and street
car service in many cities was badly
crippled
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
w AR NO ES.

The insurgent forces, according to
are endeavoring to keep alive the
armed opposition to the United States
and are planning to continue the insur-
rection with guerrilla warfare on a
larger scale when the rainy season be-
gins The insurgent organization has
been remarkably rehsbilitated during
the past month, particularly in the
northern provinces, according to a
high authority. The insurgents have
a secret organization patterned after
the Katipunian method, even in the
most strongly garrisoned towns, af-
fording perfect means of communica-
ton, and that the machinery is man
aged from Manila, some of the leaders
being Filipinos pretending to be sup
porters of the American administra-
ton, many of the municipal govern
ments installed by the army forming
part of the machinery.
Bates, with two battalions of the
10th and 45th regiments and detach-
ments of artillery, engineers and signal
corps, total ., 200 men. landed troops on
the southeast, northwest and southern
coast of San Miguel bay, Camarines
province, to move on Nueva Caceoces,
in three columns. The only strong OPP
position was encountered by Col. God
win, and the battalion of his regiment
at Lithuanian, northwest of Nueva Ca
ceres. Godwin's loss was Adjt. Gale
her, died of wounds; three enlisted
men severely and five slightly wounded.
The enemy left Ga dead on the field
and many wounded, who were cared
for by our medical officers. Goodwin
captured number of armed insurgents,
Is Spanish prisoners, 30 rifles and con-
siderable ammunition and property.
A hundred insurgents, seven miles
from San Fernando de la Union, on the
1st ambushed 10 men of the Sd cavalry,
who were escorting a provision train.
The Americans scattered, and while re-
turning to camp, one man was killed.
The insurgents captured four horses
and quantity of provisions. A sub
sequent reconnaissance of the locality
developed the fact there were intrench-
ments there and force of Filipinos,
estimated to number 500 men. The 3D.
cavalry is preparing to drive them out.
The Filipino junta at Madrid Spain,
announces that special ENJOYS from
Aguinaldo will arrive in Paris in March
and will go thence to London and Ber-
lin to seek funds for the continuation
of the struggle against American SUI
premacy. 1t is declared that guerrilla
warfare will be continued, and it is
limited that assurances of money to
continue the fight have been received
from Europe.
The bodies of 90 soldiers who died in
Cuba since the end of the Spanish war
were buried with military honors at
Arlington cemetery on the LIST.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
Blood HunOrs
Are Cured by
Hoods
SarsapariIIa

1T always take
Hoods Ssrsaparilla In
the Spring and IL 10
the best blood purifier
L know Of" MISS
PEARLE GRIFFIN, Bald
win, Mich.
"Eruptions tn at
came on my face have
all disappeared since
began taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla. II cured
my father OF catarrh."
ALPHA HAaILroE,
bloomington, Ind.
II had scrofula sores
all over my back and
face. / began taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla
and in a few weeks ]
could not see any sign
OF the sores" OHIO b.
MOORE, Mount Hope.
Wis.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
Double Murder and Suicide.

Joseph Clean. farmer living near
Bluefeld, w. Va. killed his daughter
and her lover and then cut his own
throat on the eth. Clean had forbid
den Albert Marsh to call on his daugh-
ter On returning nome he found
Marsh in the parlor with his daughter.
He ordered Marsh to leave, and on his
refusal took up shotgun and fired at
him. Ellen Clean sprang in front OF
her lover and received the charge in
her throat, dying instantly. The
second shot killed Marsh. Clean then
killed himself
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
Plague Disease in the Hawaiian Islands.

Two reports bearing on the bubonic
plague situation in the Hawaiian isl.
ands have been received by the marine
hospital service at Washington from
DIR. Carmichael, surgeon in charge in
Honolulu. They are dated Feb. IL
Regarding the appearance of the plague
at Kahului, the doctor says that three
undoubted and two suspicious eases
were reported. Seven cases in all were
reported from Jan. 30 to Feb. 10, al
occurring in the Chinese quarter. The
anti-plague serum is being used with
GOOD results
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
Boiler Explosion at Carson city.

The boiler in the planning mill, owned
by j. 7. Waters, of Carson City, blew
up on the morning of the 5th, and Mr..
Walters son, Erwin, aged II, was in
the engine room at the time and was
killed. His head was split open and
one leg blown off. Buildings were
shaken over the entire town, many
window lights were broken and debris
thrown over two blocks. This was the
first fatality of the kind in the village
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

Although it is out of the question to
attempt to obtain any official authority
for the assertion that politics in Ger
many are preparing the way for seri-
Gus differences between Germany and
the United States in commercial mat
tiers, information is obtained at Wash.
ington to Justify the statement that in
case the lawmakers of Germany carry
out their declared purpose of exclud-
ing American meat products such a
course will be met by retaliation by
the United States.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
The bubonic plague has reached

The bubonic plague has reached
Cazumel, state of Yucatan, Mex.
Four dead and seven injured was the
result of wreck on the New York,
New Haven & Hartford road, which
was caused by a washout two miles
north of Plainville, Conn, on the LIST.
A serious revolt of 20 convicts at
Tourah, the great prison near Cairo,
Egypt. nearly involved 500 prisoners.
Blank cartridges having failed to over
awe the malcontents. volley was
fred from window opposite, through
the window of the room occupied by
them. Five of the prisoners were shot
and two, it is believed, fatally wounded.
All then surrendered and were confined
in cells.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
An All-Year Resort.

The Crescent Hotel Eureka Springs. Ark,
opens March l. 1900. A most desirable. at
tractive and convenient resort for health and
pleasure seekers. Ideal climate, pure sparkling
water, best accommodations. Through Sleep
ers via Frisco Line. Write for particulars TO
Manager Hotel or to any representative OF
Frisco Line
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
Hons I'm Cold storage.

A novelty is the cold storage of hops
This is done in several places. Sew
erai systems are employed, notably the
Linde, Pontifex and De la Vergne.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
II Purifies
the Blood.
Cures
All Eruptions.
Eradicates
ScrOfula.
Every other Man Killed.

At the battle Of Hastings "a. ID.
1860, the weapons being swords and
battle axes, 500 fell fatally wounded
out of every 1000 soldiers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

Love isn't blind; it usually sees
double.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08

Ex-President Cleveland is seriously
iii at his home in Princeton, N. j.
The age-herald., 1900-01-09
WHEELER TOOK THEM ALONG
A Manila Incident That Shows Why he-
 porters All Love "Fighting Joe"

Manila Letter in the Denver Post.
 Manifa, P. L. October 4.-Aflter % long wait for the expected envoys from Agui- naldo. who were to escort the American prisoners to our lines, a weary lot of ''spe- cial commissioners" .'staff correspondents fin the field" and. Journalists and ordina- Ty reporters heand with relief that the en- voys might be expected Saturday. When the white flag appeared q corporal and three men were sent out with white flag to meet thenI .t., tI,.... e.e
 The special commissioners" ct al., be heving that the opporftune time had ar- rived to uncover themselves, climbed out of the trench, and. approaching the sentry on the bridge, attempted to cross, only to be met with the remark, General MacAr- thur has strictly forbidden any civilian to go beyond this point"
 Evidently we were ''up against it." Just then, however, some one spied General Wheeler and his staff riding up the track from Angeles.
 "Joen fix it." was the unanimous yer dict.
 General would there be any objection to our accompa nying you across the creek?" he was asked.
 None at all," was the affable answer.
 Now Joe" really did not have anything to do with the business. General MacAr- thur, as commanding general of the forces at the front, was the only one to give per mission ito go over to the truce party. But "Joes" friendship for the newspaper men is second only to his ability as a fighter. So we went.
 "T'here's no use getting your feet wet" said the old confederate to his friends. Here, get up behind us on these horses"
 No excuses would go, so we mounted on the rear of the little ponies. The sentry looked down from the bridge with scowl but said nothing.
 Under the shade of a bamboo grove. alongside the track, we met the fnsurgent officers and the prisoners. who had come up in the. meantime.
 Names, interviews and pictures obtained, we started back, meeting on the way Gen. erals Macarthur and Wheaton, the former looking glum and sullen and the latter with a twinkle in his eye. They had learned how we came to cross the lines
 While we raced to the military telegraph office to send our stories, the three Amer lean generals and their staffs escorted the prfsonerds and insurgent officers to the railroad station. where special train was waiting to take the party to Manila,
 'tFighting Joe" had formed another link in the ties that bind him to the newspaper fraternity n'-
The age-herald., 1900-01-09

France, now well entrenched in south Chi na; Germany. now well established in shantung, and England, that has long held Shanghai and Hong Kong. When these four nations fall out the partition of China will occur at once, and not a thought will be given to MT. Hays stock of assurances. A dozen things can precipitate a division of decadent China. Japan may cause it when she gets ready to attack Russia. Russia will almost certainly precipitate a contest when her Siberian railway is com pleted, while France can support her The entire Chinese machine may be developed, but again it may collapse. Left to itself, China might become happy and strong, but no one believes any such contingency will be permitted to occur. The people of China are all right. but they are not masters of the situation. Their four masters cannot be expsc to agree even for single year. MT. Hays assurances may tide the admin istration over the next election, but be- yond that they are not worth the paper they are written on, and some of them are not in writing at all. At least one is mere ly verbal.
The age-herald., 1900-01-09

From London Truth.
 I was asking a friend of mine who had been or intimate terms with many of the leading Boers what was the opinion enter tained by them of their respective generals He said Joubert was considered the best; that Cronje Was the most trusted by the men, because he, preferred to fight in the old Boer fashion, and would almost rather be without artillery than with it; and that Schalk-Burger was deemed somewhat too cautious, but in all else a good commander My friend doubts whether French and Ger man strategists are being welcomed by the Boer generals. Foreign officers are, how ever, employ cd in all matters appertaining to artillery about which before the war the Boers knew very little. In the Boer ranks a command is very seldom heard. The men of the commando keep their eyes on the field eornet, and the field eornet on his superior. and all directions are given by means of movements of the arm and hand.
The age-herald., 1900-01-09
THE BOER AS A FIGHTER

From the Forum. td
 The world since the Boer war of 1881 has formed very high estimate of Boer skill with the rife The fact is. that the Boer is a fair shot. thoroughly familiar with his weapon. with the horse he rides and with; the country in which he fights.
 The Boers strong point is his mobility. He can ride to a chosen spot, dismount and drop his reins, fire a half dozen shots, mount again and go on to fresh position. His horse is trained to stand in the vedt," wherever he is left. His pocket will supply many meals for himself and the grasses of the veldt give abundant forage for his horse. His skill with the rife has been ac- quired in pursuit of large herds of antelope But he knows nothing of the finer skill of deer-stalking. His favorite mark Is a herd of POO or 300 blesbok. I have seen a Boer refuse to fire at a single animal. on the ground of too probable waste of ammuni- tion. 4o
 The Boer has not been without his use in the world-scheme of civilization. Like the American backwoodsman, he has blazed the way for the march of progress. His bold and restless spirit has pointed out a path to the crowding nations of the Old World. His have been the privations, his the toll, and his the peril But his function is at an end; civilization presses at his heels; the land from which he drove out the Kaffir calls for denser population. He must submit to absorption or perish. For the present he refuses to be absorbed:
The age-herald., 1900-01-09
THE COTTON BELT
Where Over 2o,OO0,0OO Acres of Producing
 Fields Are Located fr .irss
From Ainslee's Magazine.

From Ainslees Magazine.
 "The cotton belt covers 24 degrees of longitude and 10 degrees of latitude. Ex- clrdng from the count the greater part of Virginia, more than 100000 square miles of western Texas and the wtfoie of Kentucky Kansas, Missouri, Utah, California; Arizona and New Mexico, in all of which cotton has been cultivated, and where a larger demand might cause its culture to be. ex- tended, the cotton-growing region meas ures nearly 60O0O0 square miles. almost one thipd of the total area of settlement in 1890 of the United States. The 20, 1000. acres planted in cotton occupy barely five acres in every 100 of this extensive region. Scarce ly 50 per cent. of this territory is in farms, and not more than one-ifth has any time been tiled This section contained in 1890 a population of over S,OOO.00o whites and something over 5,O0O,000 negroes, in all 13,- 651,0O6, every 100 of them producing 53 bales of cotton, an average 254 pounds of lint per capita. e.e ~
 ''In 1881 South Carolina lead the other states in the production of cotton. In 1850 Alabama stood first. Mississippi lead in 1S6o-1SS0 Texas sood at the head~ih 1890, and still does. The center of production was near Montgomery, Ala. in 1850; this center had moved two miles west by 1S60 < In 1870 it was near Carthage, Miss, and in 1880 was in Noxubee county, Mississippi. In 1890 it was 60 miles northwest in At taaa county. It Is moving west all the time on account of the increasing crops in Arkansas, Texas and the Indian Ter ritory, not to mention Oklahoma"
The age-herald., 1900-01-09
OUR GROWING NAVY

From LeSlle weekly.
 Something of the pace at which we are moving forward may be imagined when 1t it stated that, roughly estimated. the exist ing naval fleet represents an expenditure for construction of about s125,OOO.0OO, and yet there are under construction, or await ing formal acceptance by the government more than half hundred war vessels, the contract price for which, exclusive of ar nor and armament, Is In the neighborhood of $4o,O00, GOO.
 The war almost doubled the aggregate of men on our war vessels. At it's ouaset the complement was 12500 men, but in the sum- mer of 1898 1t reached the maximum figure of 24 123 men. Since that time it has, of course, decreased considerably. But the in- coming congress is expected to authorize a permanent naval strength of upwards of 20, 900 men. For the future bright hopes may be based upon the most favorable of fndi- cations Many congressman have been spending the summer of 1899 in the study of naval science abroad. New battleships, armored and protected cruisers, are to- be constructed, and each class is quite certain to mark a step forward in .Se science Of building vessels of war. Res< Admira: George w. Melville declares that the new battleships should be Of 20 knots of speed {; that they should carry large batteries Of rapid-fre guns have ample coal bunker ca pacity and be fitted with triple screws-rad- ical revolutionary measures all, but vital fin influence if successful. yd
The age-herald., 1900-01-09
MOODY AND MEN OF MIND

From the New York Mail and Express.
 An impression prevails, think. that al- though the late Dwight L. Moody drew great audiences, he did not attract any ex- cept persons of limited brain power, whose emotions are req dily excited. If such an impression exists 1t is time it was dissipat- ed During the closing years of his life Thurlow Weed was frequent attendant upon MT. Moody's services and I remem- Der hearing John Randolph Tucker the distinguished southern lawyer and states man, give an animated description of one of the Moody meetings at which he was present. It was evident from what MT. Tucker said that MT. Moody's preaching made a profound impression upon him. The fact is Moody attracted all sorts and conditions of men. He was a notable H. lustration of the truth that intense moral earnestness is an irresistible power. "The only faith that wears we'll" said Lowell, "and holds it's color in all weathers in that which Is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience" Moody had that sort of faith and he made all whom he addressed feel that he had it. Hence his great influence t'
The age-herald., 1900-01-09

yesterday and to have had a long private interview with the amiable master of that mansion. With characteristic Oklahoma directness. Delegate Flynn Is said to have pumped this question squarely at MT Me Kinley: MT President who is your choice for the second place on the ticket this year?' The president is reported to have promptly answered the Oklahoma states mans question in this wise: Flynn" said he, "that is detail with which I am in no way interfering. The wisdom of the party in convention assembled can be relied upon to make the proper selection. My only. wish is that he may be a big enough man for president" It is said that Mir. Flynn has conlfded this oracular utteranee to only a few choice spirits, and that 1t is being sub jected to every imaginable interpretation. Is the presidents health failing? Does he expect to be reelected and then break down in the middle of the term? Is there imminent danger of some combination being formed that will force on the ticket with him somebody not big enough to be presl- dent? How big a man does it take to make a president? Does MT. Mckinley desire to have his running mate of 1900 succeed him in 1904? Is Theodore Roosevelt a big enough man for president? Is Elihu Root? Is Tim othy Woodruff? These and scores of other questions are being eagerly asked in whis- pers of one another by the small coterie ot statesmen to whom the Hon. Dennis Flynn has confided his great state secret.
The age-herald., 1900-01-09
THE ONLY DAILY MEwspApER IN ALABAMA
PortuuaT's Biu Talk,

Portugals protest against a virtual blockade of Delagoa Bay is probably in- tended as a measure to strengthen the grip of Charles V. upon the throne-a grip that is by no means strong or secure. It is con- ceded that if he had entered into a treaty by which the colonies of Portugal would have been divided between England and Germany, he would have been forced from E his throne. He Is probably endeavoring to put himself alright before his own people.
 Portugal will not at any rate be able to gather any support that will be valuable to [ her. The only two powers that have inter- ests in that section of the world are Ger many and England and there can be no doubt that complete and comprehensive understanding exists between them. France is willing to interfere, but Russia is busily engaged in various schemes, and France has no intention of acting without Russia. England, in short, will work her own will, and Delagoa Bay will be watched by British . ships. and suspected vessels will be stopped and searched.
 In the long run Portugal will go out of the colony business, and England and Germany will divide her possessions. As colonizer she has not done much better than Spain did. Thus far, England and Holland are the only two nations that have succeeded in building up and developing colonies. Ger many hopes to be successful also, but none of her enterprises are thus far very prom dsing This Is partly due to climate and other forbidding circumstances, and when
 Germany secures a colony that white men can live and thrive in the world may have another example of successful colonization.
 Some of the African territory of Portugal is healthful, and when Germany obtains share of it, as she undoubtedly will, we shall know what she can accomplish
The age-herald., 1900-01-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the. New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 It isn't mans fault that he was once a baby, but it always makes his ashamed to think of it. A
 When woman wants to get another woman mad she gives her some fancy thing that the second woman gave her last Christmas.
 Every woman spends a lot of money every Christmas buying presents for people she would be lot happier if she didn't know.
 Nowadays a man has got to give the girl he used to give a ,70-centsdiary to a $7- lamp shade. or all the women will call him s'eld-fashioned."
 Probably every girl you meet over IS has a book down in the bottom of fler top bureau drawer that SC Is afraid to leave out on the table for fear her mother won't let her read 1t.