Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-08-08
THE NEWS CONDENSED

Washington !; district prosecutor has
asked the commissioners to suppress
parrots.
Southern lumber mills in 1880 had
an output Of SIS, 11G,O0O. Now it is
$l05, 575.S19 year.
Charles Hunter, 90 years old. of
Branch, Ark, is under arrest for dis
emboweling mis- father.
The Dowager Empress Frederick of
Germany is very i'll, and the emperor
is Fastening TO her bedside.
Chicago iron molders employed by II
firms have dropped their strike and re-
turned to work without concessions.
Harry Fletcher, charged with forg
ing 10 shares of stock Of the Central
National Bank, Of Cambridge, O., was
arrested
The Beers in the field maintain a
regular service Of dispatch riders.
Gables are received and filed at Loren
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Alfred Il. Kitteridge. Of Sioux Falls,
has been appointed United States Sen
ator to fill the unexpired term of Jos.
III. Kyle. deceased.
Ambassador Cambon in Paris has
been praising the American troops,
volunteers and regulars, saying that
they are brave, enduring and hui
name"
At Amsterdam, Kruger received
Robert III. Van Schaak, treasurer &C
the Holland Society of Chicago, VINO
presented to him an invitation to visit
the United States.
No negotiations, say London dis
patches, are now in progress between
the American embassy and the British
foreign office respecting the revival Of
an isthmlan canal treaty.
Ruth Hanna will use a bottle Of
water when she "christens" the new
cruiser Cleveland in Bath, Me-, next
month The wine is probably too bad
in that State to risk breaking bottle
At Orleans, Ind. frebugs threatened
to burn the Touring mills unless the
owner left q bag of money where they
could get. it, \ bag Of buggy washers
was left. and in revenge the mills were
burned.
When the sexton OF the First Baptist
church of White Plains. y. Y, visited
the edifice to prepare it for Sunday
service. he found the interior entirely
consumed, probably set on fire by
lightning.
The monthly statement of the pub
lie debt shows that ut close of bust
ness July 81, 1901, the debt, less cash
in the treasury, amounted to S1,369,-
1899. a decrease for the month of
$2.92S.65S.
Catherine Griffin died in Yonkers, n.
V. the other day in wretched howell
where she had lived for some years
an object of charity. Bank books found
in her possession showed balances to-
falling $4,000.
Charles Vrooman scared an embalm-
or almost out of his wits in Harvey,
ILL.,. by kicking off his shroud and
pitching the poor fellow out of doors.
Vrooman had supposedly been dead for
a day and night.
Official supplementary estimates is
sued show that 35.0OO,O00 for odds
and ends are needed Immediately for
the English forces in South Africa. 1t
is estimated that $500. 100000 more will
be needed by Christmas.
Norway. Me-. has to pay $50 in ali
pony yearly to Mrs. II. l.. Merrill,
/ whose suit for divorce was fought and
lost at the expense Of the town, which
attempted to foist her support on her
recreant hubby and must now take his
place.
Adulterated milk and cream are to
be confiscated i'm future at the receiv-
ing depots of all railroads in Chicago.
The discovery of formalin at the re
ceiving depots will result in the seiz-
ure of the cans and the dumping OF
their contents into the nearest gutter.
The feeling against American COM
petition Is becoming most bitter in
Vienna The authorities have refused
permission to American shoe firms to
open stores i'm Vienna. This LAS
brought about by the fact that Vfirm
in Philadelphia have already taken
premises on which to open stores in
eighteen districts Of the city.
Details of what at first seemed an
column and Boer commando near
Nuuta July % shows that hard all
day fight occurred Four hundred Beers
repeatedly rushed the British position,
killing Maj. Edwards and Gunner Car
penter. The gun was limbered up and
taken Mt gallop for three miles under
heavy fire. Five British were killed.
As n result OF the longshoremen's
strike I'm san Francisco. all freight
traffic between Seattle and the Cali
fornia metropolis is stopped entirely.
The Spanish ministry of foreign af-
fairs Is engaged upon an extradition
convention and general treaty of peace
and friendship with the United States.