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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-01-02
kruger's Terms.

Durham, Natal. Saturday, Dec. 23-
Winston Churchill says that from CONVEX
satlons with members of the Transvaal
executive at Pretoria he learns that the
Beers began the war with trepidation,
but that President Kruger is now conf
dent that Great Britain will soon sue for
peace. In the highest Transvaal circles
MIR. Churchill asserts there is serious talk
Of Il compromise. by which Great Britain
would cede the territory now occupied by
the armies of the two republics pay an
indemnity of E2O,O00,OO0 100000, OOO).
and acknowledge the complete independ-
ence of the Transvaal.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25
!. DO. NoT.Z...LlkE II.

English and German Papers Comment
! Unfavorahiyo ON Americas. Answer.
"a BERLIN, Sept. "a. Discussing the
answer of the United States govern
ment to Germany's proposal regarding
the Chinese settlement, The Vossische
Getting says: 81. \. " z* M: '',,s.s =.
Americas abandonment Of the con-
cert Of the powers will not have serious
consequences for. their diplomatic me-
gotiations, but it will render their task
more difficult, :inasmuch as nothing so
increases Chinese presumption and in.
science as: the knowledge that harmony
in the ranks Of their opponents has
been disturbed. The action Of the
United States is equivalent to an aban-:
donment Of the common interests Of
Occidental civilization and probably
will lead to q prolongation of blood.
she'd" T. E. VA :.> !.
LONDON, Sept. 24.-The Standard,
which discusses editorially the replies
of the United States government says:
'''The policy thus laid down implies
the existence at Washington Of q very
exaggerated estimate of the good will
Of the Chinese viceroys. It is to be-
feared that the action Of the United
States will tend to weaken the moral
influence of the allies, and for this rea-
son it is to be greatly regretted. - !.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25
RocKHlLL's IDEA

Understood He VIII Advise the With
&%E drawal of Troops From Peking- I. n:
SPEKIEG,. Sept. 10, via Taku, Sept.
22.-Mr.. William Woodville Rockhill,
special commissioner of the United
States, has already conferred with Mr..
Conger, the United States minister, but
has not yet met Prince Ching. It's I'M
derstood that he will advise the admin
istration to withdraw the American
troops from Picking as speedily as would
be safe. i. ~ s ' I: {. %. #.s. y
The plan to withdraw the German
legation from Picking has been tenn
porarily abandoned, pending the re-
ceipt of further instructions from
Berlin. d = S II s5.lgs }s 4 :.g.s <5 III
The Russians report q Boxer demons
stration against the railway yesterday
and the Germans are discussing an ex--
petition to Pao Ting Flu after the ar:
rival Of their main force. @# 3 III
General Ohaffee will 90 to Ten Tsin
soon: II .sjl i I; .sl n
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25
OoEs ~ T NJ i y
Rristow Lanshs ~ ths STORY XXI N - Pro-
poSed Ext w ASi Hilton. q al is

Isrlstows Laughs ~ tn story ofl - Pro-
y. Mn posed Extr Asi tion.
WARRINGTON. Sept. "A ~ Hourth Az
sistant Postmaster General Bristow was
shown the Havana dispatch saying that
Former Director General of Posts Rath.s
bones attorneys had asked for his
(Bristow's) indictment and extradi tion
q Havana. He laughed AZ the story
and said that In view 81 the trouble il
took "a get a man extradited to- Cuba
he did not feel in any imnedi late
danger Regarding the private en-.
'ployes of Rathbone = carried on the
.postofice rolls, Mr.. Bristow said !:
hose cases were taken up dis soon
as I got to them investigated first
the Cuban postal service. then the Ha-
tvana office and lastly Rathbone' s in
!dividual accounts These men were
dropped from the lls, as - remember
II, at the end of May, y few days after
i had gotten round to them officially !"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25
MAKES CUBA LAUGH.

Porto Rico Wants Her to Pay 81, $780, 900
That Was Loaned to Spain.
\. HAVANA, Sept. s4.-Porto Rico's de-.
'manG on Cuba for the repayment Of
more than $4,000, 900 advanced to Spain
to. condaet military operations against
Cuba has been the source Of considera-
BILE amusement. Cubans are asking
why they should repay funds lent to
the enemy for the express purpose Of
ubduing them. ~ ~: j:@% : !,
General Wood will return the docu.
ments forwarded from Washington to
Governor Allen Of Porto Rico, together
with q mem orandum couched in dip.
5lomatic language, pointing out that he
is unable to take any, action in the
matter. =. = So &sj r G,g II q .. ~ ,sE$% +
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25
yellow Fever Spreading in Havana.

III. yellow Fever Spreading In Havana. -.
5n* HAVANA, Sept 70. Thirty-one new
cases Of yellow fever have been OH
,cially reported since Friday, making
nearly 100 now under treatment. Cap
tain George S. Cartwright, Twenty
fourth United States infantry, quarter
masters department, who was taken
down with the fever Sept. II at Camp
Columbia, lis dead. Robert Thomas and
Alfred Kilbourn, Second United States
artillery, we're attacked Saturday. !.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25
The St. Paul Dispatch OF Sept. 81,

The st. Paul Dispatch OF Sept. 81,
says: : 80 > 4 - r @.~.s@ $'
1.-THE current issue of, the Reform
Press Bureau presents the Democratic
campaign issues according to the most
advanced Democratic idea. The issues
upon which the Democrats are making
their campaign are fairly-well shown
in the Reform Press Bureaus cartoon:
for this week. 1t represents Capt Van
SAINT staggering along a public high
way with Teddy Roosevelt in the
lead, the captain being weighted down
with a number OF labeled articles, one
Of which Is an enormous bottle marked
Republican Enthusiasm Whisky, The
cartoon Isl, of course of the scraggy,,
scrawly sort that the bureau turns out
from it's plant, and is very faulty In
execution, but it sufflces to- show tbs
Democratic plan Of campaign-personal
abuse and Nillifcatton.@> f@, u E:5 .8
"A few weeks ago the Republican
committee sent out letter to the Re-!
publican editors Of the state appealing
to, them to use the arguments Of reason
and moderation, and not to be driven:
by the abuse of the opposition to res
plying in kind. IT has been observed
that the Republican press has fol-
lowed this advice very closely. and al
most without exception Republicans
newspapers have confined themselves;
TO fair and moderate criticism OF Gov.
Lind's ADMINISTRATION and have care-i
fuzzy avoided all personalities. E$ MA
III The letter. Of the Republican COM
Emittee to the Republican editors seems
!. to have driven the Democratic manage
ers Into a frenzy. and they responded:
I.to the appeal for decent methods by
getting out the indecent cartoon above
alluded TO- @ "a n s:s%S n .33+S
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25
TELEGRAPHlc BREvlTlEs.

President Mckinley has returned to
Canton. # VT =s IN. s'2$ /: ::
! The census bureau announces that
the population Of Saginaw, Mich. is
4s,s45, as against 46, s22 in 1880. This
is q decrease Of 1877, or $50 per cent.
Colonel Joseph n. Wood, grand mar-
shall Of the Grand Army parade during
the recent national encampment in
Chicago. died Of angina peotoris Friday.
+ The vote on the PROPOSITION Of the
glass chimney manufacturers conced-
ing an advance Of 8 per cent il favora-
BILE to making the increase and all fac
tories in the country will resume opera.
lions at once. s.}. :as s = t$$&' :5E5
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25
RurlinKtoh6 Flyer Held Up.

4 LINCOLN, Neb.. Sept, "a. Four
masked men held up the express oar on
the st. Louis Portland flyer Of the
Burlington road At the village Of Wood
lawn, few miles northwest Of Lin
coin: The men commanded the ex-
press messenger to open the local safe
for them and allow them to go through
it. The through safe, which the mes
senger could not open and which con.
tanned 9 large sum Of money, was not
m 0laSta1 q S3sT sS NV E5tER - "2 =
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25
s1a 4 on, Aug. IL.

Il Il LONDON, Sept The, Times corre.s
.spondent in peking reports that the
American missionaries at Fen Chau Flu,
south Of II; Yuen Fu. including Mr..
sAtwatey, his wife and two children
end Mr.. Price, his wife ard child, were
butchered by soldiers If Yu Hsien as
recently as = Eg. Is IN circumstance s. of
revolving. treachery J. n N 52 I y ssaS ,$e i,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25
NV with 5two-tnirds Of 4 crop. tie farm /.

With thirds Of q crop. the farm
.ers are paying $4,000 a year more for
the inspection Ok their grain than they
paid when there was 2 full crop. OF
course the s'reforfners''$ say that the
buyer i avs the inspection fee but the
farmer; knows that, IN the long run, i I
comes out Of him. and he IS not dis
5pose;sssgto pay large salaries to law
iosaa seis. even though they be appointed
W & u reform . governor or chief In
spector. ~ VI III h "a 3' NJ s 9sS
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25
Bryan Has Cancelled II; No Dates.

a .BFYan Has CancetIed No Datos. go
:. !, CHICAGO, Sept. "a. Senator ]. z.
Jones. chairman Of the Democratic ma
tional committee, denies the story that
many of w. J. Bryan's dates in Illinois
and other Western states had been can
celled. in order that the Democratic
presidential candidate may devote more
time to canvassing New York. LII ,%.5Ig 81
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25
,v,s n t;ro.y,iug Cotton in Africa.

BERLIS, Sept. An expedition
under t4.e auspices OF the German col
aonial secretary, will leave Nov. 10 for
Togo, West Africa, to make expert.
4ments in cotton growing in that region.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25
n ~ If!Ts ~. tEfE
BOUNDED HIM TO DEATH.
$F$ 54s 4ass s g7s n at :-F:
Police 1t Algiers Pint ia : Thrilling Hour
-. !. :. 4

Police 1t Algiera Pint In : Thrilling Hour;
@@3 49, With AN Insane Negro. y g. ~
# New ORLEANs, Sept, ,24.-Edward
Gurley, an insane negro, was killed in
Algiers after "a thrilling hour. He woke
up his black roommate and cut his
throat, saying he was going to die and
wanted to take his: roommate along.
Gurley was pursued by Sergeant Co.
man and. the police but he took the
officers clubs away from them and
made furious onslaught, nearly Kill.
ing the sergeant. The police fired bnt
missed. With the aid Of other men
they finally beat the negro with clubs
and other weapons. until he was
pounded to death. The negro victim
and Sergeant Conan will recover. 4
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25
Rejects Gernany's Proposal tn !
Punish the Guilty Chinese If
~ Officials. sss
TROOPS REl lain. IN I. m /: KING 4
All Are Informed That the.
Cred ntials Of III and 2 Thing III
MAJ Are r cognized
Proposed to Open " p PreIim-5
mary sNegoti ations With
u s yy5s2 .s IF the Envoy

WASHINGTON, Sept "a. By order Of
the preside nt, the state department. has
made public the correspond nceS be-
tween this government and the gov-s
srnments Of Germany and Russia and
Prince Ching 81 China The disolos-s
ures in no wise change 81 add to the
.account Of that correspond nce already
given in these dispatc hes s! II
The United States rejects Germany's
proposal 70 make punishment 81 guilty
Chinese officials condition precedent
to negotiations. .3:# 4.
Russia is informed that our minister
I: IS to remain for the present at Peking.
All the powers are informed that the
I United States recognizes the snffi ciency
Of the credentials Of III Hung Chang
and Prince Ching, aid that it is the
purpose Of this government toaopen
preliminary negotiations with. the
Chinese ENJOYS. /" & FsE3 as.5
zx, \ Still In, the Concert. IVA
The word A'prehminary'' and the
phraseology Of the remainder Of the
notes concerning negotiations. make it
plain. that the United States has not
withdrawn from the concert Of the
powers, and has not as yet proposed to
GO ahead and negotiate +, on IS own a.
Instead the United States is careful
to 40 announce It's intention Of opening
So g. $sak- 80
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25
HOPEFUL 4. FOR GAS COW.

Improvement Noted IN the Rubonio
Plague Situation. ,s n !s#s t5s'Asg4t
M GLASGOW, Sept. "a. The plague sit
nation is improving. q Forty contact
eases were discharged during the day
from the reception hospital, leaving
under treatment: Certified bubonio
cases. "a; doubtful ., and II the recep-
ton house 81. $4s w $S. 81
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25
Sioux City Live Stock.

:, # SIOUX CITY, Ia., Sept ~ e..
3CATTLE-Market steady. ~
it, Sales ranged at S5.0O@5.40. for beeves,
1925 @3. 50 for COWS, bulls and mixed,
So. so GA. 10 or stoc kers and feeders, S. so
OF. 40 for calves and yearlings.
: HOGS-Narket &c lower. Range of
prices S. 1906. 20. '..2$ rs ~ A.:
- Rece ipts: Cattle 800, hogsg, $780, ~
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25
LATE MARKET REPORT.
Duluth Grain.

:. y. .. ',4fs ::<.:s y DULUTH, Sept a. /: (
/ WHEkT-No.s i hard s5o, No. /
Northern, SsNo, No. . Northern 7711c.
No. 8 spring 1870 To ArriveNo u
hard s4Ao, MOL Northern, SAKE, Sep
TENDER Sc, December &S41Sc,. May, $40.
j FLAX-Cash 81. 50A, to arrive 81. Ash,
September Sl.5O1z, October 81. "a Novem-
Der S1.4771, May $3.50. ~ ':s' s.s7s
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25

There is an increase Of inning grafton
to the northwestern states notwithl.-.
standing the widely circulated reports
Of poor crops. Many people are max
ing their homes in Washington and
Oregon. F.ss ss.:i
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25
Minneapolis Wheat.

= =. = - J. MkNNEAP0L1s, sept. "a
WHEAT-In store-september 1890,
December 5000, May :. $500 $3.50,
On Track-No. / hard $50, No. l North
ern SlAc, No. 2 Northern 1910.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25

The best sign OF the times is the
Help wanted" M Sign. that Is, displayed
sinS front Of he factory on the farm ali \
IN the advertising column OF the news news
PAPER. &'ss :. 4 $.fs is
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25
Said That Forty italians Are
Drowned M an u IN ocks$o III. III
Sheep Lost M
ALL HE RAN CH IS SWAN PED
Town q Y n; of Brentwood Fl ded
and People Are Fleeing NJ
for Safety. I! N, . .s
.Raining for 8 Hundred Miles
In An Dire ctions From
Il. That Place.

CHloAao. Sept. "a IA dispatch to
The Times-H Herald from Dallas, Tex,
says: a cloud burstSin the Neuoes river
country, 80 miles west on the Southern
Pacific road, resulting in . terrific Hood
and much loss Of life reported. Meager
details have been received, but ii lie
claimed that from 80 TO 40 Italians en-.
ployed on the sheep ranches were,
drowned and all the ranches swamped.
Many focks of sheep have teen lost
and "a large amount of property de-.
stroyed. s& g: =,
From the most reliable information
obtainable, extensive storm damage has
been inflicted on the upper Colorado
and the Chonco river valleys, partition.
larly at and near Brownwood, Blanket
and San Angelo. Wire communication
with all these places is cut off and the
railroad lines damaged so that no trains
can reach them. #. r. r. -: ,.rrzs3. + ss#.
Reports indicate that that the heay.
lest damage is at San Angelo, although
many bridges in =Brownwood = -
Have Been Wrecked or Injured. *
It is also feared many lives have been
lost. The last telegram from Brown.
wood stated that the town was flooded
and entirely surrounded by water and
that people and goods were be removed
to. places Of safety in rowboats and
raft. II. ,-'' , 4 &:.
Bulletins from Temple state tina tthe
tracks Of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe railroad are under water to the depth
Of 10 feet south Of Brownwoad and that
nothing can be heard from places up
the line. The rain is pouring down and
streams are still rising The country
districts cannot be heard from. =: 2srs
It is raining hard for approximately
100 miles in all directions from Brown.
wood, and as the streams in that part
Of Texas are very treacherous in the
matter Of sudden raises . disaster is
feared. 4 y: +, t%. l4f " s. q Mn
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25

Even IL Tod Sloane did win the Fu.
turity he had only one suit Of clothes
to his back on hts return voyage to-
England. Such is the reward Of fame.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25

s#5}s$s 81 National League Games. 3 2;L&it
AT st. Louis j; Pittsburg, 3. t%@S i.
IS At Cincinnati, A: Chicago, s.. Second
game, Cincinnati, l. Chicago, g. Il IS
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-25
st. Paul Union Stock Yards.

,s ST. Paul Union Stock Yards.
=. +. L. SOUTH ST. PAUL, Sept. -.
i; HOGS-Market opened weak and DC
lower, closed weak at the decline.
Range Of prices 4,9o@5; ~ ~
4, Market steady. &Gse< y 3',..r-.
Sales ranged at "a. @5.l 5 for good to
choice butcher steers, $4,000. Is good to
choice butcher cows and heifers, So. 50
GA 90 for fat b BULLS, $5.5O@4.OO for choice
steer calves. E@@%s' ~ j. y =. "a" 4
SHEEP Market quiet and prices un-
changed f$E .4 sF>@a 2
sales ranged at .s4.s5@5.oo for good to
choice butcher lambs, ,s3.4o@5 30 for
choice wethers: a MI NJ: .%@$. ;:.., IA. .;s...
Z, Receipts: Cattle TO-, calves 5, hogs
$50, sheep IS. ~ h ,- y: :, mr. :
I'd z ~ Chicago Union Stock Yards. e
5,@.S3 : l:ssy CHICAGO, Sept. a.
" CATTLE Market steady, unchanged.
sales range d st IS. 45@5. S. FOR good to
prime steers, $4. 50 D5. 40 for poor to me-
dunn, 2.75@465 FOR stookers and feed
or q, Sc. 80 OSLO for cows and heifers, $3.50
as. 10 for Texas steers. LIAM Z Il, d
7: HOGS Market steady, closed lower.
Sales ranged at S5.10@460 for mixed
and butchers, S6l0@5. 5211 for good to
choice heavy, $4.9O@50O for rough
heavy 1920 70 for light, s5.s0@5. so
for bulk Of sales. E ;s. VI 81, Ia
n, SHEEP Market steady to strong. 81.
1 4 Sales ranged at $3.25@42o for sheep,
81 OU@5. 10 for lambs. S Il 42:.:
4 Receipts: Cattle 900, hogs Is ZOO,
Sleeps 1000. ~. .... .z, "
h n, IA Chicago Grain md Provisions Nh
!, H. ( ,:ss ss S55 CHICAGO, Sept. ~. is
1 4
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-09-27
Puerto Rico's Demand on ,,uba

Puerto Ricos demand on Csba for
the repayment of more than So, 500, 600
advanced to Spain to conduct military
operations against Cuba has been the
source of considerable amusement.
Cubans are asking why they should
repay funds lent to the enemy for the
express purpose of subduing them.
Gen. Wood will return the documents
forwarded from Washington TO Gov.
Allen of Puerto Rico. together with a
memorandum, couched in diplomatic
language, pointing out that he is I'M
able to take any action in the matter.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-09-27
Means Work for 10000.

The conference committees of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron &
Steel Workers and of the manufac-
turers at g. 30 o'clock on the morning
of the 23d signed the wage scale that
will be effective until July, 1901. 1t is
what is known as the yearly scale,
which takes effect usually in July.
Owing TO the unusual fluctuations of
the market the new scale had not been
signed when the mills shut down June
80 and the conditions have been UNI
favorable ever since June. so that the
mills have been idle for almost three
months. As soon as the scale was
signed messages were sent in every di-
rection before the eonferees break
tasted ordering the fires built at once.
This decision means employment TO
over 10000 worl1ingmen who have
been idle Since June.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-09-27
WHAT A MooUL CAN DO.

That was a remarkable demonstra-
ton OF what a Mogul can do, that oc-
Cured on the New York Central the
other day, when engine No. 94S, one
OF the new Moguls. hauled out train
No. IL, the Southwestern Limited,
made up OF two mail cars. five pas
senger coaches and nine Wagner cars,
sixteen cars in all. The total weight
OF the train was 1.S32,00 pounds, or
GIG tons, and the length OF the train,
including the engine, was LIZ feet'
or nearly a quarter OF mile. This
engine made the running time OF the
train between New York and Albany,
143 miles. in three hours and fifteen
minutes.
There is no railroad in the world
which has a better roadbed. more
skillful engineers, or better equipment,
backed by loyal men always alert for
the safety of their passengers, than
the New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad. What road can match
its corps OF men, from President Cal
laway down the long line Of en-
ployees, to the humble and faithful
trackmen who watch their sections of
rails through the long hours of the
night and day, in order to safeguard
the lives of the travellers on trains
whirling by their humble shanties,
many of which nestle closely to the
rails under their guardianship.-Edi
torial from the Albany Times-Union.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-09-27
Farm Eouses swept Away.

A dispatch from Waco, Texas, dated
the 23d, says: Heavy rains on the
upper Brazos brought down a IS foot
rise in the river today. This evening
the river showed signs of food and
was rising slowly and lacked six or
eight feet of leaving its banks. Resi-
dents of the flats in East Waco are
moving out tonight fearing that later
rains reported today may cause an
overflow. Cisco and the adjacent
country were visited by heavy rain
and the Texas Central lost its bridge
across Deep Creek, north Of Cisco. A
waterspout was precipitated on
Brownswood and its vicinity today and
the rise in Pecan bayou swept crops,
fences and farm houses away. The
water got up three feet in the city of
Brownswood and much damage was
done. The rain was accompanied by
high wind which wrought much de-
struction to crops and improvements
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-09-27
speed and Pope on Trial

The ghost of the Ingham county
grand jury stuck its head out of the
political maze on the morning of the
18th when the contempt proceedings
against Judge Speed, of Detroit, and
Judge Pope, of Allegan, came up be-
fore Judge Weist. 1t will be remem-
bered that Speed and Pope were attor-
neys for Gen. A. +. Marsh and of a
sudden jumped their job, which neces-
STATED the case going over. Judge
Weist promptly appointed a committee
to investigate their conduct with the
result that they were both cited to
show cause why they show not be pun
ished for contempt. Both the attorneys
evidently realize they have no picnic
party on hand as they not only APP
peared in person, but Speed is repre-
ted by Fred A. Baker and Pope by
Fred w Stevens.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-09-27
Seven Suicides In New York.

An epidemic of suicide seems TO have
struck New York on the 23d. The
number of such cases was considered
by the police as being extraordinary in
that the cod weather of the last few
days has superseded the period when
suicides were more frequent. Besides
the successful attempts the police
handled a number of cases where the
persons failed to accomplish their pur-
pose. There were a total of seven
persons who took their own life on the
above date.