Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-26
News I'm Brief.

fhe navy department has announced
the final acceptance of the battleship
Wisconsin
Mrs. Mckinley is reported to have
made no Improvement physically since
the presidents death.
An Omaha, Neb., grand jury has in
dicted AS business men and others for
maintaining slot machines.
Oklahoma and Indian territory stock
men expect 10 per cent loss OF cattle,
owing to cold and blizzard.
Cherokees are reported starving in
Going Snake district Indian territory
Loss of crops and blizzard.
Frozen stcampipeS in American Car
& Foundry plant, Jeffersonville Ind,
send $500 men into idleness.
Mrs. ROnine, who was acquitted Of
tie murder of James S. Ayres will not
reside in Washington any longer.
San Juan, Porto Rico. business men
ask that Porto Rican sugar be pro-
tected against the Cuban product.
A bill has been introduced in the
senate by Mitchell, fixing 50 as the
minimum wages to be paid to women
in the employ of the government.
About 500 persons out OF employ
ment and demanding bread rioted at
Vienna Monday. They were dispersed
by the police and Is Of them were in
jured.
The Chinese court has left Kai-Fong-
Foo for Pekin. The dowager empress
intends TO rest at Pao-Ting-Foo 10
days. arriving at the capital on Jan
uGry l..
Owing to lack of funds the govern
ment microscopic inspection Of all hog
livers exported will cease on Jan. /.
and on all American meats on March
1 next.
VIM. Laschcll, alias WIN. O'Day. was
killed in street duel at New Orleans
by Finch Gerard. who has served n
term in the Texas penitentiary. Gerard
was also wounded.
Henry Williams. an AlSbama des-
perado, was killed at Russelville, Ala,
Thursday, and his brother, Tom, and
brother-in-law, Frank McClurg, fatal
ly wounded, in a fight with officers.
The division of insular affairs of the
war department has issued n state
ment showing the customs revenues In
the Philippines for nine months ended
September 80, 1901. were $6,275, 295.
Sam Roper, member of the noted
Bill Cook gang Of outlaws that ter
rorlzed the southwest in the late SOS,
has been rounded up in Oaklahoma.
He had not been heard of in 10 years
until recently.
Chas. p. Chip, formerly doorkeep-
err in the office Of the collector Of as
sessments ana arrears, branch of the
comptroller's office. has been arrested
in New York, charged with the lar
ceny of $4,000.
The fall of snow in Scotland is the
heaviest in 80 years. Sheepmen have
suffered heavy losses. Many herders
are missing. The storm has been gen.
eral in the United Kingdom and has
also been severe on the continent.
Mrs. Helene Eleanor Woodville. OF
London, England. has been granted n
divorce at Lincoln. Neb., from her
husband, Richard Woodville. an Eng
lish artist Of note She says she came
to this country to avoid scandal.
A. Phelps, express messenger; w.
Garland, fireman, and J. Thurber, bag
gageman, were killed in the wreck of
the Southern Pacific railroad near Up
lands. Cal, Thursday morning. and %
persons were injured. none fatally.
Henry g. Payne, new postmaster
general, said: mo man In this ma
ton win more sincerely rejoice at my
appointment than Hanna. All talk OF
friction between the president, Hanna
and myself Is sheerest nonsense"
Labor unions OF Michigan continue
to send petitions to congress that have
aroused the steel trust. The petitions
are for the passage OF n bill to extend
the eight-hour federal law so that all
interests that furnish material for war
ships must limit the hours of work to
their men to eight hours In 81.
The headless body of a man. sup
posed to be that OF Prof. Chandler, n
school teacher who lived In Polk coun-
ty, Ca, has been found beneath n
mass % rock in Oak Level, Clerburne
county. Ala. 1t was In October that
Chandler disappeared. He was seen
one day with 1926 in money and the