Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-07-04
THE NEWS CONDENSED

tract FOR electric lighting Pekin.
Bessie Stewart daughter of Senator
stewart, Of Nevada. has opened mil
linery store in Newport X. |.
some old Nevada mining claims left
Mrs. Mckinley by her father are PROV
Inc valuable. 1t is said they are worth
| S2j0000.
Gen. Macarthur has ordered 1900
| Filipino prisoners of war released in
the Philippines on promise of peaceful
behavior.
pants in the Santiago naval campaign
are to bear the head of Rear-Admiral
Sampson.
The government will buy no more
horses for use in the Philippines, owing
TO the cessation Of active hostilities in
the islands.
The state democratic executive COM
mittee OF Pennsylvania has decided to
hold the state convention at Harris
burg on Aug. -.
w. c. Mendenhall, geologist is lead
ing n United States exploration party
of six in the deepest wilds OF Alaska
for the government
Gen. Corbn, Gen. Weston. Senator
Dietrich and Congressman Kahn have
sailed for Manila from San Francisco
on an investigating tour.
The Forty-third regiment. the last of
the volunteers to leave the Philippines
has arrived at San Francisco on the
transport Fitzpatrick, % days from Ma
Mia.
Good judges of the situation assert
that the great railway deals now i'm
process OF contamination will Ice com
pleted before the crops Of 1901 are
moving.
Several persons have been burned in
the fire which was started Tuesday
night by lightning striking tank be-
longing To the Standard oil Co. mt Pre-
bic Ind.
The executive committee Of the Ma
tional Hospital for Consumptives. To-
Gated at Denver, Col, has received $780,
600 to be applied to the building now
in course Of erection.
Aid. Goodman. of New York. wants
10 send at least 5000 of the unem-
ployed men and women of Me- York
city to the fields of Kansas and other
western states 10 help harvest the
crops.
Fridays statement of the treasury
balances i'm the general fund exclusive
Of the S15G.0O0.000 gold reserve in the
division of redemption. shows: Avail
able cash balance. $173, 1913, 13J; gold,
.9S. 092 f26
Representatives of the Japanese gov
eminent are in Chicago for the pur-
pose of examining the American
horse and ,le methods of it's breeding
with the view of its extensive intro
duction into Japan.
During n heavy thunder storm Tues
day night holt of lightning struck the
College Of Physicians and Surgeons, on
/ Harrison street. Chicago. The fire de-
stroyed the college building, one of the
finest in the west.
Owing TO the machinists' strike,
work is entirely suspended on the ar.
mored cruisers California and South
Dakota. and on the monitor Wyoming
and the cruisers Tacoma and Milwau-
kee, ut San Francisco.
The United States assay Office for
the Salt Lake district reports the min
eral output for 1900 exceeded in value
that of 1899 by nearly % per cent, the
principal increase being in the silver
and copper production.
Under the recent decision OF the
United States Supreme Court declaring
the war revenue tax on export ship
mcnts unconstitutional the government
will have to refund millions of dollars
TO the railroad companies.
The government at Washington has
received some of the franchises grant
ed by the Porto Rican legislature. Tn
der the Foraker law these franchises
must be passed on ny the president be-
fore they become effective
The navy department has given ont
statement to the effect that it is
ready TO give every encouragement to
the naval militia This was called out
by reports that the department had de-
cided to abandon the militia.
The annual message of Mrs. Mary
Baker Eddy TO her communicates was
read At the Mother Church in Boston.
The church, she said. now has 21,G31
communicates. and that since last No
vember 2,r56 had been added.
What Is said to lie the largest oil
gusher yet struck i'm the southwestern
field is az Red Fork Creek Nation.
north of Denison. Tex. The oil spout
cd 100 feet in the air. 1t is still gush-
ing and is wasting in great quantities.
Adelbert Hay. killed in New Haven.
Conn. will he buried in Cleveland.
Col Hay has received thousands of
messages Of coincidence, including dis
patches from King Edward VII. Pres
dent Loubet, Earl Roberts, Earl Ross
lyn. Lord Pamcefote and Sir Henry
Irving
The Cuban republican and national
parties have signified their approval
of the Plat amendment. The nation.
al party takes this action with the un.
Outstanding that it will later use all
possible legal means to effect the re-
peal OF re amendment.
With surplus of ordinary receipts
of $50. 100000 and n cash balance of
S1S5 900. 600 confronting the treasury
at the beginning of the new fiscal year
ON July 1. il becomes an interesting
question how congestion Of money i'm
the treasury can be prevented