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would be admitted only after it had

would be admitted only after it had
been shown that Mrs. Eddy controlled
the action of the church. Mr.. John
sons examination then proceeded.
He produced his books and found the
record for November 6, 1895. There
was nothing in that record, he said,
to indicate at whose suggestion Mrs.
Woodbury. was dropped from member.
ship. The witness had received no
communication from Mrs. Eddy rela-
tive to Mrs. Woodbury's admission.
The question of dropping her from
membership in 1899 was not referred
to by Mrs. Eddy.
The witness said he was familiar
with the handwriting of Mrs. Eddy.
Shown a document, he said he was
Shown a document, he said he should
say it was not in the handwriting of
Mrs. Eddy, whose signature was at
tached. The letter was submitted to
the attorney for the defendant for
examination, after which it was read
by Attorney Peabody. The letter was
addressed to Mrs. Woodbury. and re-
viewed her relations with the church
and with Mrs. Eddy. In it Mrs. Eddy
complained that she had been un-
Justly treated by Mrs. Woodbury. and
quoted from alleged conversations
with her wherein she, Mrs. Woodbury.,
virtually admitted that her conduct
in the past had not been entirely
blameless. Mrs. Eddy claimed in this
letter that she was not responsible
for Mrs. Woodbury's dismissal.
The letter concluded with the fol
lowing: IN. BLOW dare you, in
the sight of God and with your char
acter behind a curtain, and your own
students ready to lift it on you, pur
sue the path of heresy?"
Mr.. Peabody then claimed that a
letter had been sent by Mrs. Wood
bury's students asking Mrs. Eddy tc
lift the CURTAIN and offered in evi
dence several kilograms sent to Mrs
Eddy in reply to her letter.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-31
SEPARATION WAS BRIEF
ColoDel Miner Follows His De-
voted Wife to the Other
Shore.

Cincinnati, May 2S.-Colonel James
G. Miner, who was assistant secretary
of the Confederate navy during the
civil war, died in poverty today at
Milford, aged 81 years.
He was a graduate of Edinburgh
university, a native of New England,
but a resident of Texas and friend of
General Samuel Houston. He served
under Taylor in the Mexican war. Be-
fore the war he was one of the own
ers of the famous Tredegar Iron
works Of Richmond, Va. The civil war
swept away his fortune and since then
he has battled unsuccessful in the ef-
fort to build up a new fortune.
He invented a h~igh-pressure engine,
but could not bring it to financial sue
cess. In a trunk in this city he had
a million dollars of Confederate bonds
and money.
Three weeks ago his wife, who
bravely shared his i'll fortune with
him, died. aged so, and Mrs. Spencer,
of Milford, gave her burial and took
! the broken hearted old man to her
home. The manufacturers here, whose
places Colonel Miner loved to visit
have procured a lot in the cemetery
and will see to his burial.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-31
WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIA-
TON IN CONVENTION.
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION
Disposition of Funds Realized from
Big Bazaar to Be Finally
Decided.

Minneapolis, May 29.-The National
American Woman Suffragist associa-
ton opened its 33rd annual nve
ton in this city today, to continue
with morning, afternoon and evening
sessions, until Wednesday evening,
June 5. The meetings are being held
in the First Baptist church with the
exception of the executive committee
meetings, which are held in the West
hotel. ...
The convention is dignifed by the
presence of Susan B. Anthony, the
venerable honorary president of the
order, who has done probably more
than any one woman in the cause OF
suffrage. She, with the younger wo-
men about her, who are known as
aunt Susan's girls,''. form an inter
esting group.
The present officers re: Mrs. Car.
RE Chapman Gait, president; Mrs.
Harriet Taylor Upton, treasurer; Rev
Anna H. Shaw, vice-president at large;
| Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery, %correspon'
ding secretary; Miss Alice Stone
| Blackwell, recording secretary; Misses
Laura Clay and Catherine McCul
Tough, auditors. 1t is probable that
all these officers will be reelected
with the exception of Mrs. Avery. who
is to retire temporarily from active
work in order to give more time tc
her young daughters. She will prob
ably be succeeded by Mrs. Gordon
Wells.
Perhaps the most important bust
.<,ss to be transacted will be the u"
cision as to what is to be done will
the funds accumulated by the Zig Iva
zaar held last winter in New Ycrl
City.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-31
AGITATION
London Times Takes No Stock in
"Concert of Europe" Against
United States.

London, May Accommodating edi-
torially on the agitation in Germany
and Austria for a combination against
American commercial competition, the
Times says:
'The sole hope for Pan-Europe, ac-
cording to these writer's, is to imi-
tate Napoleon and introduce a CONT
mental system against the United
States. 1t must be owned that the
precedent is rather disheartening. If
the continental system failed in Ma
~poleon's iron. grasp it would hardly
succeed in the hands, of our old friend
Concert Of Europe But it is quite
certain that the concert of Europe
could not be got to adopt it and if
by any conceivable infatuation any
or all the continental powers were to
combine for such an end, the British
empire would leave them to their fate
and would continue to trade with its
| American kinsfolk. Our interests, re
lations and inclinations all dictate
that course to us.
with the markets Of Great Brit
ain and her colonies remaining open
the suggested boycott against Ameri
ca does not wear a hopeful aspect
che scheme is preposterous and i'm
practicable on the face of it, but edi
total articles which propose it de
serve attention as a revelation of the
continued deep jealousy and fear O
American competition which prevail!
on the continent
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-31
OF CURIOSITY.
Boer Genera! Accidentally Killed by
Lydite She'll.

Boer General Accidentally Killed by
Lydite Shell.
Pretoria, May 2S.-The Boer gener-
al, Schoemat, and his daughter have
been killed and his wife and two
others have been badly injured by the
explosion of a shell. General Schoe-
mat and his family and some friends
were examining a 4.5-inch lydite shell
which they kept in the house as a curl
osity, when the shell exploded, killing
the general on the spot, mortally
wounding his daughter and severely
injuring his wife and two other per-
sons.
General Schoemat was a great Kru-
gerite. He led the commando of Coles
burg and surrendered on the occupa-
ton of Pretoria. He was afterwards
captured by the Beers and released
when the British occupied Barberton.
The general then went on a peace
mission, was retaken by the Beers and
was again released, when the British
took Petersburg. Since that time
General Schoemat has resided in Pre-
toria.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-31
STREAK OF FLAME
Duluth Incline Railway Power
House Burns Followed by
Exciting Event.

Duluth, Mimi, May 28.-The pavil-
ion on the hilltop at Duluth, 600 feet
above the level of Lake Superior, was
entirely destroyed by fire this morn
ing, together with the power house,
from which the incline railway was
operated.
The fire broke out in the coal bunk
ers of the power house about Z o'clock.
1t was a frame building, and it was
but a few moments before it was e
veloped in flames. There is no wa
ter supply on the hilltop and the fire
took it's own course without Interrupt
ton. In a few moments the pavilion
was a mass of flames. 1t was a tim
Der structure about $50 feet long and
100 feet wide, TWO stories in height,
with a high roof surmounted by a
tower, and was as dry as powder and
burned quickly and with tremendous
heat.
An exciting incident occurred after
fire had been burning an hour. The
incline is operated by a large cable
and one car starts at the bottom
while the other is at the top. The
car at the top caught fire and finally
the cable burned through. Down the
incline the car shot, a streak of flame,
travelling the entire distance in a few
seconds time. 1t struck the bottom
600 feet below and everything above
the wheels crashed through the gates
and out into the center Of Superior
street. Many people at the bottom
who barely escaped injury, were
cleared out of the way by two men,
who appreciated the danger.
The pavilion represented an invest
ment of $15O,OO0. The machinery in
the power house was heavy and ex
pensive and the loss on it will be
large. 1t cost $4,000 to install it
and the loss will aggregate in all prob
ably $780, 0 the total insurance being
SIS. 500.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-31
"It is with a good deal of pleasure

"It is with a good deal of pleasure
and satisfaction that l recommend
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy" says Druggist A.
w. Sawtelle, of Hartford, Conn. "a
lady customer, seeing the remedy ex-
posed for sale on my show case, said
to me: I really believe that medi-
cine saved my life the past summer
while at the shore and she became
SO enthusiastic i've it's merits that !
at once made up my mind to recon-
mend it in the future. Recently q
gentleman came into my store so over
come with collie pains that he sank
at once to the floor. l gave him q
dose of this remedy which helped him.
l repeated the dose and in fifteen min.
utes he left my store smilingly inform
Ing me that he felt as well as ever
Sol \ by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-31
The Horses Escaped.

Benton Harbor, Mich, May 29.-Pas-
senger train No. "a, of the Big Four,
ran into a gypsy outfit south of Niles
tonight, killing Ethel Whipple, aged
6. Her brother, Pabst, is dying, and
the father, Charles Whipple, is badly
injured. The accident occurred at a
blind crossing and the wagon was not
seen till too late to stop the train,
though the air brakes were applied.
The wagon was completely wrecked,
but the horses escaped injury.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-31
AN OHIO

Buckeye Robbers Loot Another Bank
and Successfully Escape.
Fostoria, O., May 29.-The Bradner
branch of the Mechanics bank of this
city was wrecked early today and
1000 stolen. Two charges of high
explosives were used by the robbers,
the first blowing the outer door off the
vault and the second opening the
strong box.
Waterman Denny discovered the
robbers as they were escaping and
fired two shots at them, which they
returned. They then escaped on a
handcar. The entire glass front OF
the bank building was blown out and
the walls were cracked by the force
of the explosion. =.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-31
Plague at London.

London, May 29.-At Willesden an
outlying suburb of London a man sup
posed to be suffering from the light
est form Of bubonic plague, has been
discovered. Persons with whom he
had come in contact were detained.
but have now been released. The pa
tient himself is still under observance.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-31
It Dazzles the World.

No discovery in medicine has ever
created one-quarter of the excitement
that has been caused by DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption.
It's severest tests have been on hope
less victims of consumption, pneu-
monia, ~hemorrhage, pleurisy, and
bronchitis, thousands of whom it has
restored to perfect health. For
coughs, colds, asthma, Group, hay
fever, hoarseness and whooping cough
it is the quickest, sureest cure in the
world. It is sold by the Chapple Drug
Co, who guarantee satisfaction or re-
fund money. Large bottles so c and
800. Trial bottles free. Chapple
Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-31
A KENTUCKY INCIDENT.
Guns Drawn in Court During Murder
Trial.

Trial.
London, KY, May 29.-During the
moor recess Of court here Jem Cash
of Manchester, attorney for julie Webb
now on trial for killing Charles Hall,
was attacked by George and Dick
Hall, brothers to Charles Hall, in the
court room on account of some state
ment made by cash as to what would
be proved in the case. Pistols were
drawn and great excitement prevailed
for a time, but no shots were fired.
When court re~-convened, Judge
Tinsley ordered the sheriff to search
everyone in the court DON for weap-
ons.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-31
object to Interest Rate.

Pekin, May 2S.-Chinese plenipoten-
tiaries have informed the ministers
of the powers that the court has mott
fed them of it's willingness to pay in
demnity to the amount of $50, 600, 900
taels, but the court objects to 4 per
cent interest.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-31
Deaths by Plague.

London, May 29.-Sir Henry Blake,
governor of Hong Kong, reports to
the colonial office that during the
week ending May 25 there occurred
in Hong Kong 1877 deaths from the
bubonic plague.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-31
New Era Dawninq.

Havana, May 29.-La Discussion
says that the country generally ap-
proves acceptance of the Plat amend
ment and predicts the beginning of an
era of prosperity.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-26
COURTESY IN BUSINESS.
IL is Not Costly Butts "A valuable As
sistant.

About the cheapest and yet most
effective factor that business man
can employ to further his own pupu-
larity and thereby his business inter-
ests is courtesy, and yet how often we
come across sself-important individuals
who act as though they hardly knew
the meaning of the word. '
There is not enough courtesy in
business life. Courtesy is a lubricant
for the wheels of commerce whose
value is not appreciated by as many
merchants and business men as it
should.
Courtesy makes friends, and nine
times out of ten business is done on
more or less personal friendships. As
between the salesman whom you know
and are friendly with and the one
whom you do not know or has never
shown you much courtesy the choice
is easy, and who shall not say that
business is not influenced by courtesy?
BE courteous to customers, be court
eous to your employees, be courteous
to everybody as far as you can.
There are. of course, some people
whose own innate discourtesy leaves
them out of this proposition entirely.
One can never see ahead to the ben
efits accruing from courtesy or the
incalculabe amount of trouble that
may rise up as a result of discourtesy.
The effects of discourtesy are cumu-
lative and sooner or later they must
be met.
A man may go on being discount
eous to customers, to employees, to
practically everybody, in fact, for
years, but some fine day he wakes up
from his egoistical dream Of self inn
portance to find his customers buying
from a more courteous man. his en-
ployees going with a more courteous
employer, and friends at a premium
and few and far between because
courtesy, that great characteristic
that almost compels friendships to
whom it is shown, has always been an
unknown quantity to him.
Courtesy is an asset worth 100 cents
on the dollar. Discourtesy has made
many a man call a meeting of credit
| Ors
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-26
A Large Gathering.

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo Putnam, who are
well known for their hospitality, on
Christmas eve threw open their home
on "Peck's Hill" and entertained
most pleasantly and enjoy ably COM
pany of about eighty of their friends
and neighbors. There were games,
music, a magic lantern display for
the special entertainment of the lit
tie folks, refreshments also were
served and then there was the Christ
mas tree resplendent in its glory and
loaded with presents. BY special ar
rangement the occasion was graced
by the presence of Santa Claus and
wife. 1t was jolly evening.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-26
Definition of Tact

Tact means touch. Sincere means
transparent. One may be tactful,
that is quick to feel and respond to
the feelings of others, therefore sym
pathetic, and at the same time above
deceit. The habit of saying pleasant
things is praiseworthy, and there is
not the slightest necessity for their
being untrue. As a rule the people
one meets are good and kind, and
there is much opportunity for being
nice to them. Look for the best
in friends, and cultivate the accom-
plishment of praising it. She who
says disagreeable things needlessly
even if they are true, is a social guer
rila The Ladies' Home Journal fol
January
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-26
FOURTH ANNUAL BANQUET.
Jan. 3Ist Is the Date Fixed For the
Gridley Club Gathering.

The arrangement of the prelimi-
naries for the fourth annual banquet
of the Gridley Republican club of
Ionia county are now being proceeded
with and it is expected to make this
gathering no less successful than
those that have proceeded it.
The Belding vice presidents are w.
p. Hetherington, Hon. j. ID. Morse,
ID. C. Sheldon.
Executive Com. Fired A. Washburn
chairman, Hon. II. +. Powell, f. M.
Douglass, DR.. G. z. Lathrop, Chas l..
Goodwin, VIM III. Mattison, Cecil
Lane, Seymour Coles, d. G. Aelick,
Glenn j. Lawless, Geo. w. Moulton,
Nathan 7. Gould, II. l.. Page, w. b..
Heath, Capt. c. G. Eyster, w. L..
Beals, Frank Fox, Harry f. Spencer.
Arrangements-Fred Cutler, Jr.,
chairman, e. M. Davis, j. II. VanNess
AL A. Aniba, Frank Faulkner, Mont
gomery Webster, Chas. II. Foote,
Capt. H. f. Hatch, w. Z. Hethering-
ton, w. T. Remington, VIM. b. Van
vliet, Otis Fuller. b. f. Hall, Levi A..
Burhans, A. w. Burnett, Stanley Cor
nell, Holland G. Hart, Archie Bene-
dict.
b. +. Hall is on the committee to
procure speakers, and f. b Lapham
and b. f. Hall on the committee for
recention of speakers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-26
MORE WORK FOR CUTCHE0N.
Republican County officials Don't
Know There Are Newspapers
Outside the County Seat.

There is more work for the Port
land Observer. The county treasur-
er i'm the month of December, each
year, according to law, has to have
published in two newspapers in his
county a report of liquor licenses is
sued. Last week it appeared in the
Ionia Sentinel and Ionia Express in
this county. The Express is publish
ed by Mr. 0. c. Wight, the same
gentlemen whom such a disturbance
was recently kicked up about because
it was suspected two Belding super
visors voted for him instead of the
regular Republican candidate. It's a
small matter, and the BANNER cares
nothing about it as far as the dollars
and cents involved are concerned, but
why does the Republican county treas
urer give it to this newspaper of con-
trary faith whose editor seems to be
so obnoxious to some Republicans at
least. Doesn't he know there are
other newspapers printed in the
county besides those in Ionia city?
They know all about it when they
are running for the office, but alas
howsoon we are forgotten when cleo
tion is over. The BANNER is not a
kicker on general principles, and no
one can say that we have been, but
we do know when we are not used
fairly. We make no claim to having
been any more entitled to the publi-
cation of this report than the Saranac
Advertiser, but under common party
usage one or the other was entitled to
it. The BANNER has printed it once
in ten years and the only reason we
were given it that once was because
when John Mick was deputy county
treasurer and gave it to the Ionia
Standard, we asked him why, and he
said he simply followed the custom of
his predecessors. He placed it here
the next year
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-26
A SHOOTING AFFAIR
Matt Thompson Tried To XIII His
Son-in-Law and Then Himself


The township of Keene, in this
county, was the scene of a double
shooting late Thursday afternoon
of last week. Matt Thompson. a
farmer, quarreled with his son-in-law
Fred G. Johnson, with whom he has
been living about two miles north of
Lowell. The former has been acting
queerly for some time, and he went
to the field where Johnson and others
were working, and complained that
the boys we're working the farm horses
at night. In the alteration whichfol-
lowed johnson received flesh wound
in the arm from bullet from Thomp-
sons revolver. Jol nson's compan-
ions attempted to ofsarm the old MN
but he kept them at bay with the
gun. He finally returned to the
house, where he locked himself in,
first ordering Mrs. Johnson to leave
on pain of instant death if she stayed
in the house.
Mrs. Johnson fled in terror and she
had no sooner got beyond the thres-
hold than Tompson slammed the
door, locked it, and returned to the
sitting room, where he prepared di-
rections for the disposition of his
disposition of his property. This
task completed Thompson unfastened
his clothes and, taking deliberate aim
fired bullet into the pit of his stom-
ach. Doctors probed for the ball and
found that it had lodged in the mans
back Johnson's injuries are not SER
ious.
Thompson and his son-in-law had
apparently been on the best of terms,
and there is no cause assigned for the
deed. The old man expressed regret
that his bullet had not killed John
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-26
HAVE THEIR FRAN CHISE.
Citizens Telephone Go. Actively Pre-
pairing 10 Establish An Exchange.

Citizens Telephone Go. Actively Pre-
pairing 10 Establish An Exchange.
Miss Jessie PRESLEY, who has been
local manager of the New State Tele-
phone Co. ever since that exchange
was established in this city, resigned
her position last week to take effect
Monday morning but owing to no one
being furnished to take her place,
and in order that the patrons may
suffer no inconvenience, she is stillin
charge at this writing The city
council at their meeting of last Fri
day evening passed the ordinance
granting a franchise to the Citizens
Telephone Co. consequently there is
no occasion for anyfurther secrecy in
regard to their plans. They propose
to put in an exchange here just as
soon as it can be constructed, and Miss
PRESLEY will be their local manager
They have leased the front rooms in
the second floor of the Belding SAY
ings Bank building for their head
quarters in this city, and Miss Pres
sley says she has assurances from a
very large number OF people that they
will put in that phone although they
have not asked for any signed con-
tracts yet. The Bell company will
transfer the State exchange to Wild
er's store and will consolidate the two.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-26
Where school Teachers Have Gone

Miss Joy is at Albion, Miss Whitney
at Big Rapids, Miss Stuart at Carson
City, Miss Myers at Gobleville, Miss
Peckham at Casnovia, Miss Huhn at
Saranac, Misses Laura, Nellie and
Minnie Mcconnell at Hartford Miss
Mable Spencer and Carry Tallman of
this city attend the State Teachers
association at Grand Rapids this
week, also Superintendent a. L. Mar
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-26
Hot one for Albion Girls.

The Homer Index is responsible for
the following: Sam T. Jones dealt a
heartless blow to the vanity of the
fair sex of Albion on the occasion of
his recent lecture over there. He
ridiculed the follies of youth, and did
not forget to mention the girl whose
chief ambition is to be a ''pretty little
thing" He inquired what particular
purpose there could be in a desire to
be pretty and declared that an ex-
quisitely handsome face was a danger
Gus possession. He avowed that he
would rather have his daughters face
pitted with small poX scars than have
her so attractive that she would be
the target of every licentious scoun-
drel=that walks the earth. From
Cleopatra to the present time, he
said, history furnishes innumerable
examples of women whose beauty has
proved their destruction. Sam paused
a few moments TO allow his hearers to
ruminate upon the truth and force of
his assertions, and while some of the
sweet things" we're worrying over
the danger which threatened them,
the speaker let them down with dull
thud without a moments warning by
observing in his peculiar drawing
style, ooh, well, / don't see as any
body here in Albion needs to get
scared -