Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-28
News I'm Brief.

Army officers discredit the story of
conspiracy TO secure the independence
Of Alaska.
Lieut. Hildebrand gets two years
In Jail in Berlin for killing Lieut..
Blackowitz in n duel.
Floods have caused a three weeks
armistice between rebels and govern
ment troops in Colombia.
Twenty-three senators and thirty
seven congressman have arrived in
Washington for the approaching ses-
sion.
\ large shipment Of Mausers and
cartridges has just LEFT La Guayara
on a Venezuelan gunboat for the Co
lombian insurgents.
German Ambassador Won Holleben
says the kaiser feels the utmost
friendliness for the United States and
has no intention Of doing anything I'M
pleasant.
Another letter from Miss Stone. the
American missionary held by the bril-
gands. has been received ut Sofia, Bull
garia. She and her companion, Nine
Tsilka are we'll
The pay rolls of the board of cleo
tions of Greater New York show that
the recent city election cost the munlc-
ipality $670,O0O or 81 0S for each voter
that was registered.
Salisbury says: England Is, | be-
lieve, the only country in which dur
ing great war eminent men write
and speak. publicly, as If they be-
loDged to the enemy"
Two fleets Of Is steel constructed
canal boats. which have been plying
the Erie canal for the last two years,
have been sold to the United States
government for service in the Philip
pines.
The Louisville G. Nashville railroad
has advanced the wages 10 per cent
of all the shopmen in Louisville who
formerly drew S1.75 day or over.
About 1000 men will be benefited. The
increase was unsolicited.
Ex-President Cleveland's cold Is
broken up and it is only a matter Of
two or three days when he will be
fully recovered. Only n part OF his
right lung was attacked by pneumonia
and that readily yielded to treatment.
Another letter has been received In
Sofia. Bulgaria. from Miss Ellen NJ.
Stone. Her health has been somewhat
affected by her continual confinement
and hard fare, but she expresses her.
self as still confident of ultimate re-
lease.
The residence of III. A. Garrett, OF
Akron, o.. was wrecked Thursday by
an explosion Of natural gas. Mr.. Gar.
rett was terribly burned. and his wife.
who was sick in bed, was thrown
against wall with such force that
she will probably die.
Mayor Tom l.. Johnson, of Cleve.
land. has asked for n mandamus TO
compel the state board OF equalization
to reassess the railroads OF the state
for the purpose Of taxation their val.
uation to be determined by the market
value Of their securities.
George Galloway. OF Cleveland. O.,
charged with drunkenness. was sen.
fenced TO be trounccd Ivy his wife, who
pleaded for his release. "If you'll
promise to take n broomstick." said
the judge. "and give him what he dc.
serves, when you get him home. I'll
discharge him." Mrs. Galloway
agreed.
NJ. Baudin, French minister Of pub.
lie works. has obtained sanction to n
scheme TO reduce gradually the hours
of labor in the coal mines. The plan
provides for nine hours labor. begin.
ming next July. eight and one-half
hours in 1904, and eight in 1909.
The cabinet meeting Tuesday lasted
about two and half hours. The
whole time was spent in the reading
of the presidents message and In
commenting upon its various features.
The message is long and is said TO be
vigorous in tone. in that respect at
least quite characteristic OF President
Roosevelt. No other business was
! transacted.