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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
TRANSvAAL WAR ITEMS.

According TO dispatch from Lord
Kitcl ener, jamestown was surrendered
to Kritzinger's commando on the morn
ing of the I'd, after four hours fighting
The governor of Bermuda has re
ceived notification that the transport
Armenian will arrive at Hamilton
July with 900 Boer prisoners and that
two companies of the Royal Warwick
shire regiment will act as their guards
After a long and somewhat embit-
tered discussion of the policy of the
British war Office in buying horses for
use in South Africa the house of COM
mons by vote of $50 to 60 on the 9th
voted the sum of els, no, 900 for trans
ports and re-mounts.
Col. Wilson, with 24O of Kitchener's
scouts, surprised and routed 400 Beers
belonging to the Beyers command, "a
miles west of Warm Baths, on the 9Th
The Beers resisted stubbornly, but
finally broke and fled, leaving 81 dead,
100 prisoners and all their wagons and
supplies, including 5000 cattle, in the
hands Of the British. The loss of the
latter was men killed and Is wounded
The Rev. H. ID. Won Broeckhuizen,
of Pretoria, South Africa, the minister
who closed the Voll<sraad with prayer
after President Krugers ultmatum,
had been read TO that body, is in New
York. His brother, DR.. III. j. Won
Broeckhuizen, of the Orange Free
State, who served in the Boer armies,
accompanies him. Their mission in
this country is to raise money for the
Boer women and children now in
refuge camps.
Details regarding the fighting at
Nlakifontein, show that it was one of
the most desperated engagements of
the war. Gen Dixon's column was trav-
ersing the district and establishing
posts when it was attacked by 1900
Beers under Commandant Kemp. The
Beers were SO close that so British fell
at the first volley. The Yeomanry held
the position, protecting the guns until
they were nearly decimated; and then,
finding it impossible to save the guns,
the artillerymen shot the gun horses
to prevent the Beers moving the guns.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
Twas "A Bold UOld-Up,

One of the most daring hold-ups ever
perpetrated in Pennsylvania took place
in Ellwood City on the 3D.. Three un-
masked men met Costen Burns, an
aged and wealthy resident of that
place, who was on the way to his quar-
ries with 81, 100 to pay his hands. The
hold-up men seized him by the throat,
and made off with the cash. A posse
was hastily organized and came upon
the highwaymen about two miles from
the scene of the robbery. A heavy ex-
change of shots took place between
pursuers. and pursued One of the
robbers was crippled by a shot and
was an easy victim, while the leader
was captured after his ammunition ex-
hausted. Over S40o was found on the
second robbers person, but the third
man escaped, and is yet at large with
l,7oO Of the stolen money.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13

Nutmegs grow on little trees which
look like pear trees, and are generally
not over twenty feet high. The flow
ers are much like the lily Of the valley.
They are pale and very fragrant. The
nutmeg is the seed of the fruit, and
mace is the thin covering over the
seed. The fruit is about as large as
a peach. When ripe IL breaks open
and shows the little nut inside. The
trees grow on the islands of Asia and
in tropical America. They bear fruit
seventy or eighty years, having ripe
fruit upon them all the seasons.
A fine tree in Jamaica has over
1000 nutmegs on II yearly. The Dutch
used to have all this nutmeg trade,
as they owned the Banda islands, and
conquered all the other traders and de-
stroyed the trees. To keep the price
up they at once burned three piles
OF nutmegs. each OF which was as large
as a church. Nature did not sympa-
thize with such meanness. The nut
meg pigeon, found in all the Indian
Islands, did for the world what the
Dutch had determined could not be
done-carried those nuts. which are
their food. into all the surrounding
countries, and trees grew again and
the world had the benefit.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
city of ErIe-Tasbmoo Race.

In the grandest steamboat race in
the history of American navigation,
the Buffalo steamer City of Erie on the
4th established her right to the title of
Queen of the inland seas" For four
hours and 10 minutes she struggled
with Detroit's splendid steamship
Tashmoo, and when it was all over the
two magnificent craft had raced for
nearly hundred miles and were but
a few seconds apart at the finish. No
other such struggle is known in his
tory. As the City of Erie started first
and finished first, no one seemed to
know which had won, but it soon de-
veloped that she won by margin of
but As seconds. How much money was
lost and won on the race will never be
exact known. 1t amounted to many
thousands, some say 500, 000
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
Pension Figures.

The commissioner of pensions states
results of the efforts of the bureau for
the IL months of the fiscal year ending
May 81, as follows: Original pensions
have been granted: On account of war
of 1912, widows, .; on account of In
dian wars, widows 1l2, survivors :; on
account of Mexican war, widows 1926,
survivors IA; for account of service
prior to 1861, g. making total of 466
pensioned for account of service prior
10 the civil war. On account of the
civil war there have been pensioned
for disabilities incurred in service: In
valids, 1851; for disability as provided
by act of 1890, invalids 16, $50; for wild
dows under old law, 2,0O1; for widows
under act of 1890 and amendments, IA
479; for nurses 25, making a total orig
inal issues account of the civil war of
IS, 30s.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13

Eight Italian miners were killed in
the Ludington shaft of the Chaplin mine
on the 4th. Damp powder ignited and
burned, and the men were suffocated
by the fumes. In attempting to es-
cape one fell down ladder to the
eighth level, and was run over by an
ore car. Two others died in a cross
cut, and the other five were found to-
gether in slope No. 2. How the pow
der caught fire Is not known. Thirty
one children are left fatherless.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
BAD WRECK ON D., |. Z ".
Five Persons Were Killed and
Seven Were Injured.
WRECKOCCURRED IN NEW YORK
Quarter OF Mile From the scene
Were Burned.
Trolley Line FRO m Ohio Coal Fields.

transportation of coal by electric
lines is one of the possibilities of the
near future. The Everett Moore syn
dicate has decided to build a line con-
Meeting Akron with Canton and Mas
sillon. The right of way has almost
entirely been bought up and work on
construction will soon begin. The cleo
tric line will penetrate the Massillon
coal fields. One of the objects which
the magpates have in mind is the sup
plying of coal TO the many power
houses Of the electric lines which the
Everett Moore syndicate controls. The
syndicate in the making of the power
10 run its lines, consumes enough coal
to make it an object TO figure on cheap
means for the transportation of its fuel.
A rate war between the Pomeroy and
Everett Moore syndicates may be in
augurated as soon as the respective
Norwalk lines of the two syndicates
are in operation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13


Five men were killed and seven in
jured in a wreck at Vestal, n. Y, on
sth. Seven others, all but two of
them train men, were injured. Several
of those who were thought to be fat
ally hurt recovered from the concus-
sion and figure in the list of the
slightly hurt. On the 9th the rescuers
toiled about and among the burning
freight cars at the scene of the explo-
sion, but it was not until late in the
afternoon that portions of the last dis
membered body accounted for were
discovered a quarter of a mile from
where the explosion occurred, while
the tracks of the Delaware, Lacka.
wanna & Western railroad were com
pletely blocked
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
Game warden's Report for May.

State Game Warden Morse, in his
monthly report to the secretary of
state, says that during May the de-
partment investigated more COM
plants for violations of the game and
fish laws than in any previous month
in its history. A large majority of the
complaints were for violations of the
fish laws, both in inland and CONNER
cial waters. There were 969 com
plants investigated, resulting in 126
arrests, 10 being for violations of the
fish laws and Is for violations of the
game laws. One hundred and two con
victions were secured, with one ac-
quittal, two dismi sails and - cases
pending. Twenty-seven seizures of
immature and illegally-caught fish
and fishing apparatus were made.
Quail and partridge are reported in
good condition. and with good weather
in June, the warden says, there will be
a plentiful field of game birds for the
coming season.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
MINOR MICHIGAN MATTERS.


Alma was visited by sl2, 900 Are on
the 5th.
Horsethieves have been operating to
a small extent in Washtenaw county
of late.
The Seventh Day Adventists Of Bad
Axe have dedicated new house OF
worship.
The carly strawberry crop in the vi
cinity of st. Joseph is now considered
failure.
Both houses of the legislature adj
journed sine die, without incident, at
noon on the 9th.
The annual state encampment of the
Michigan National Guard will be held
at Manistee, Aug. to II.
Lansing will celebrate independence
Day on July 3 in order to secure greater
liberty for the saloonists
The business section of Fennvilie
was swept by fire on the 9th. Loss,
S35, 600; insurance, $1,000.
One of the biggest carnivals ever held
in southern Michigan is scheduled to
occur at Marshall, July 9-5.
The voters of Adrian will decide bv
ballot on June % whether to bond the
city for $4,000 for public improve
ments or not.
Gov. Bliss sawmill and Thompson &
Lambs planning mill and lumber yards
at Carrollton was damaged to the ex-
tent of $50, 900 by fire on the night of
the 4th.
Supt. L. p. Church, of the state school
for the blind, who has been suffering
from an abscess of the ear, died on the
4th after painful illness of several
weeks, aged GO.
All the blacksmiths and boilermak-
ers and their helpers in the Pere Mar
quette shops at Saginaw have joined
the machinists who are out They
number about 20.
A man giving his name as Harry T..
Moore, and who is supposed TO have
lived in Detroit, dropped dead in a
hotel at Birmingham on the 9th. Death
was due to blood clot
Capitalists are vestigating the ex-
tensive mari beds near Lake Odessa.
with view to utilizing them. 1t is
reported that the large st mari deposits
TO be found anywhere in the state is 70
be fornd there.
The new medical regulation law was
| sustained by the supreme court on the
4th in the case against Aug. G. Reetz,
who was prosecuted for his failure 10
comply with the medical registration
law, and convicted.
Coal prospectors who have been
working the Saginaw valley fields the
past few years say that there is vein
of coal between 400 and 500 feet below
the surface which 1t would pay the
operators TO go after.
| Speaker j. J. Carton has issued in.
vitations to prominent members of the
Michigan bar and the Genesee county
bar association TO attend gala day on
his large farm in Clayton township.
near Flint, on June %
The languages to be taught at the
! u. of Nj. are: Greek, Latin, French.
German, Italian, Spanish, Sans krit.
Hellenistic Greek, Hebrew, Assyrian.
| Arabic, Gothic, scandinavian, Old
English, Aram tic, Syria and Ethiopic.
making IL in all.
The annual commencement exercises
of the Central state normal school, Mt.
Pleasant, will be held June 9 to 10.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
Aged Lover Disappointed.

Jas. III. Townsend, aged about 60,
short and thick set, with dark mus
tache and dark hair, slightly tinged
with gray, went to Sparta few
weeks ago and stopped at the Sawyer
residence. He represented Pennsyl-
vania dry goods house. Soon the gos-
sips whispered it around that the aged
stranger was papiny marked attent on
TO Nellie Sawyer, aged about 10. Her
teacher investigated and laid the mat
ter before Deputy Sheriff Smith, who
advised Townsend TO leave town. He
accepted the advice.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
Mrs. ouimpy,s Confession.

Prosecuting Attorney Kirby, of ST.
Louis, reports that Mrs. Quimby con-
fessed on the sth that her husband,
Elmer Quimby, helped her to murder
her two children some three weeks
ago, and who is now lingering in the
county Jail for trial. She stated that
Quimby gave the poison to the children,
gave them water to drink, ordered her
to write the letter, waiting until she
had partly written it, then left the
house. After he was gone she lost her
nerve and sent for the neighbors
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13

Noiseless baseball, as distinguished
from the game played largely with the
lungs, may not be so far distant as It
seems to many respondent lovers Of
sportsmanlike game. A graduate
publication, representing a well-known
college, declares that the adoption Of a
noiseless game would do more good
to that institution than winning the
Championship. The campaign motto
of baseball nine ought to be, Give
an opponent every opportunity to do
his best-and then beat him" A row.
dy may resort to barbaric yells as a
means of defeating an antagonist, but
a gentleman is bound to refrain from
debasing methods of gaining a tri-
umph.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
shonld Heed the warning.

The state communicable disease in
spector reports a peculiar case of
smallpox The child sick with the dis
ease slept for few nights on feather
bed on which one of his relatives, a
member of family in which smallpox
existed, laid in Missouri about two
years ago. There was no other known
source from which the disease could
have been contracted by the child.
The feather bed was recently sent TO
the family in Michigan by the Mis-
souri, relatives This, the state board
says, should be warning to persons
having dangerous communicable dis
eases in their families, TO make sure
that all articles used are thoroughly
disinfected before being used again.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13

Gov. Bliss on the 3D. signed the bill
for the reorganization of the National
Guard, and it is now law of the
state The new law makes Sc yeral inn
portant changes in the government of
the National Guard. The governor is
given greater power, the membership
of the military board is increased by
the addition of the brigadier-gcneral
and the commandant of the Naval Re
serves, the board is empowered when
ever it's deemed expedient to increase
the number of military companies to
more than 40, to muster in a company
of colored troops;s the state e1camp-
ment will last 10 days instead of six,
and a more rigid military government
will be the result Of the new law.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
society woman Terrorized bubbles.

Chief Norton, of ST Joseph, on the
4th ran down the writer of the anony-
nous letters which have been terror
izing St Joseph husbands. The writer
is a prominent society woman, who
wrote the letters to rival society lead
ers, exposing the alleged immortality
of their husbands. She confessed in
full, and on promise to stop anonymous
correspondence the officers agreed TO
keep her name a secret The letters
almost ruined the happiness of num-
Der of the best homes in the city.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
r.. r.. business shows improvement.

Railroad Commissioner Osborn has
issued statement showing the Michi-
gan earnings of the railroads of the
state for the month of April The to-
tai earnings for the month were So
414,9sl 30, as against S3,1s3, 1873. IS for
the same month in 1900, the increase
being s23l $50. "a. For the four months
of 1901, ending April 30, the total earn
ings Of Michigan roads were Sl2,533,-
s00.o3 an increase of S433, SIS. 80 over
the corresponding period last year.
The per cent of increase was 1901.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
Russia and Japan May go to war.

Advices from the orient are far from
reassuring as to the maintenance of
peace in the future, even after the sue
cessful adjustment of the existing diff
6culties between China and the powers.
Those who have recently come from
Japan confirm the reports of trained
observers there that the japanese are
generally preparing for early war with
Russia limitations have several times
been given since the close of the war
between China and Japan in 1895 that
Japan would regard interference with
the autonomy of Korea as a hostile act
The japanese, including their repre-
sentative ministers, have firmly made
up their minds that when the results
of Russian intrigues are disclosed in
an open movement hostile TO Japan,
the Japanese army shall be landed in
Korea, and Russia warned that she
must retrace her steps or fight.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
Murdered Ills wire,s Mother and suIcld

Robert Fulford, prosperous Chicago
contractor, murdered his mother-in-
law, Mrs. Robert McCord, and blew
in London township, near London,
Ont, on the night of the sth. Fulford
went to London searching for his
young wife who, it is alleged, deserted
him three weeks ago, and not finding
her at the home of her parents, up
braided his mother-in-law for secret
ing his wife, and killed her. Before
any one could reach him, the desper-
ate man had placed the muzzle of a
second revolver in his mouth and
blew his own brains out.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
A GLORIOUS SIGHT.
Fields of Wheat In which the Shocks
Were So Thick 1t Was Almost I'm
possible to Drive between


To the Editor: A gentleman from
Duluth made trip through a portion
of Western Canada last summer and
writing Of what he saw, says
Wheat, for instance, will average
twenty-five or thirty bushels to the
acre. | saw shocks so thick in the
field that it would be almost impossi-
BILE to drive between them. Winters,
it is said are longer than near Du-
luth, but the Japan current, warm
chinook winds and dry atmosphere
make the winters comparatively mild"
Thousands of such testimonials are
to be had from settlers who have taken
advantage Of the low-priced lands OF
Western Canada. During the present
year new districts will be opened up
in the Saskatchewan valley and adj
vantage should be taken of this at
once Information can be had from
any agent of the government, whose
advertisement appears elsewhere in
your columns. Yours truly,
OLD READER.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13

According to report by United
States Consul Grout, recent expert
ment in wireless telegraphy off the
coast Of Malta has resulted in the sue
cessful transmission Of a message 134
miles. The message was received in
an unexpected way. While expert
menting on ship in the open sea the
operators were surprised to receive a
message in Italian asking the position
of their ship. 1t was afterward found
that the message came from an Italian
war vessel at Syracuse.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13

The Philadelphia Academy Of Nat
ural Science has been enriched by one
of the most curious collections ever
known-a collection of locks of hair
from the heads of all the presidents Of
the United States from Washington
down to Mckinley. These are accu-
rately authenticated and neatly ar
ranged in an appropriate case. and in
some instances are accompanied by
family coats-of-arms.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13

Although "A years old, Gideon Haw-
Icy of Erie, Pa, is still running an en-
CINE on the Lake Shore railroad. He
began railroading in 1916 and has been
with the Lake Shore since 1852. A few
days ago Hawley was put through a
severe examination, the railroad Off
Gals believing that it was about time
he should retire. To the surprise of
the company not a trace Of color
blindness or dim vision or defective
hearing could be found.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13

In Hawaii enormous quantities Of
ducks are raised by the Chinese upon
the edges of the ocean. Twice a day,
within restricted areas. they are per-
mitted tC eat the young fish which
swim in the inclosed coves. Fish are
reported to be growing scarcer every
year and by some this diminution is at
tributed to the wholesale destruction
Of the young fry by the Chinese.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13

What sort of halo ought an Alas
kan saint to wear? A mission worker
thinks that the frost and ice encom-
passing the face and head of a mission
airy bishop, when he appeared to make
his expected visit at Circle City, con-
stituted the kind of a halo appropriate
to sainthood in that region.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13

Owosso's common council has re-
iected the offer of the Michigan Bell
Telephone Co. to furnish free phones
in the residences of city officials. Union
Telephone Cos instruments will BE- put
in at "a total rental o: 500 per year.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13

Telephone poles and wires are held.
In Kruger VS.. WIsvr----a Telephone
Co. (Wis), so L. r. A. 29S, to make
an additional burden upon a street, for
which compensation must be made to
the owners of the land as a condition
OF such use, and this decision is in ac-
cord with the majority OF the prece-
dents, as shown by the note in "a l.. X
A. 721.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13

The Navy Department at Washing
ton has received a fine oil portrait of
II. w. Crowninshield, who was secre-
tary of the navy from 1914 to 1918. The
portraits of American naval secretaries
now are about complete. Secretary
Whitney's portrait has not been OBJ
tanned as yet, however. Acting Sec
rotary Hackett recently urged him to
add his portrait to the collection.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
THE BELDINC BANNER
8ELDlNG, = MICHIGAN.
MICHIGAN.

Tom. Mulfay. q psO4alt.
shant of Chicago. says: ut is dis
grace to get ncn and 10 avoid tins
disgrace Mr.. Murray will henceforth
give haf the eeen $ Of his business
TO the poor and needy.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13

! French scientist has discovered
that plants are very sensitive to poi
son The higher plants, as we'll as
of copper, mercury and other toxic
s...,......~-a, o..-~A chemical analysis
does not detect.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13

The woman who designed Mrs.
Grover Cleveland's gown for two In
augural balls was sentenced to five
days in the New York goal for drunk
enness on Wednesday. She Ia Mary
Culllamore, forty-one years old, known
as the needle woman of the gaol." In
the past year she has spent 273 days
In prison for intoxicatlon. During her
terms OF Imprisonment she spends her
time in planning party dresses for the
wives of the judges who sentence her.
often she comes out of her cell with
800 or more earned in this way. Her
friends have given her up as hopeless.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13

All shining buttons, buckles and or
naments are to be dispensed with In
the new military uniform for German
forces. A grayish brown cloth will be
used for coat trousers and cap. War
without glitter will be less fascinat-
ing as the years go by, and that is
well. Nothing ought to disguise its
real significance. Only the patriotic
sense of duty will make men engage In
war when IL shall have been stripped
of It's romance, and when Its deadly
purpose shall be written in every fea-
ture. II there were no men to bury,
no bills to pay, war would be popu-
lar resource Of excitement seekers;
but graves and debts are acoompani-
ments which mock at romantic theo-
ries about campaigns and battles.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-13
Turn the RaScalS Out

We are speaking of the grip microbes
The well and strong can resist their poi
son, the sickly and weak are their prey.
Baxter's Mandrake Bitters are ma
from the system. At druggists, in liquid
or tablets at 25 cents per bottle or box