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l. VIII KES Al I'VE ARES CHICAGO WC)NA

day the boat set sail he was on board. Is
'.it Nassau there were a good many
English people and large number OF
i Confederate sympa thizers. They knew
the nature OF the Molly Porter but no
one knew that of the two passengers
we landed there one was the slayer OF
Lincoiun.
Booth told US during the voyage that
Iir. Samuel Mudd, who was later seri-
tc:.ced to life Imprisonment on the Dry
TortuSas Island. had cared for him with
out knowing that he was the assassin.
When the pursuing party Showed DR..
Aiudd a Photograph OF Booth. the doctor.
was unable to Identify it as the picture
Of the man he had treated. and some have
claimed tl:rt 1t was not Booth who was
treated. bat heard Booth hipself say
it was ne. Despite the records OF his
tory. that was the last trace they ever
had OF the man. and I have been told
ey one member OF the pursuing party
that he knew II was not Booth who had
been shot This man told me another
r ember Of the party had threatened to
shoot him II he ever said 1t was not
Eooth. for most OF the members OF the
y,arty believed they had killed the aa-
sassn. No grsver mistake Is recorded Ia
history. ard some day some ore who
knows the exact truth may speak out and
trll what an awful sham that hunt was
The man who knew it was not Booth told
re so when he learned that I had myself
seen Booth three month. later
TT was at Nassau on board the Molly
Porter that John Wilkes Booth gave mo
this ring He was wearing It on the little
finger OF his left hand. 1t being too small
to be worn on any other finger. AS
wa1 bidding him goodbye he removed
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at the time. Owing to the destruction
Of the records Of the "trip | am unable
TO give exact dates, but | know We
sailed from Tanpico soon after We re-.
ceived werd OF the assassination Of the
President.
THE MEETING WITH BOOTH.
1T was almost, il not quite. three
months later when we entered Havana
harbor. We remained there for some
time discEarging part OF our cargo and
.allings or other merchandise We deter
mined to set sail for Nassau. and one
evening, several days prior to our de-
parture. Captain H8ggett said he had
met two men in Havana whom he knew
and who asked for passa Sc We never.
carried passengers on the vessel, but in
this case the captain told me he had
agreed to take the men. lie told me
that the prospective passengers We're
John Wilkes Booth and Captain Synmes.
..As we were both warm secesstonists.
we were glad to help Booth In getting
away. The day before We were to sail.
for Nassau my husband Went ashore
and returned with his passengers. Booth
was lame and showed the effects Of an
anxious flight. He had endured great
hardship and welcomed the trip to Mas
sau with enthusiasm.
..John Wilkes Booth, Captain Symmes.
th., mate of the vessel. Captain Haggett.
and myself were together during the
vnvace and we talked frequently with
*Eonth who soon was in better spirits
/. result of what he considered his
safety. He referred often to the staying
Of Lincoln, and said he only regretted
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accounts TIE disputants say, while
straigh tforward ana positive enough in.
sylatax, have always sinIred over some
8of the more Important facts regarding
the flight and the idsntiHcation Of the
nan shot iS Sergeant Boston Corbett
ii ~ barn on Gatretts farm in Nir-
gis,ia.
Mrs. crssp declares she will take oath
that Booth escaped Sire declares she was
With Inn Galiag his fight from l!aNaiia
10 Nassau. and She owns a diamond fitss
which She declares john Wilkes Booth
gave he4, wien ne lett CAPTAIN tiasEgsIt Il
Vessel .fnJs i,i.ig which SHOWS tie et-
fleets Of long wearing. is engraved WI
NE initiats ~. ". 49, THIS ring, MIS-
9f',.isf 1S.2Ats Isootn took from his little
finger and handed TO her. SAYING, axe
this as 4 remembrance Of me. whom you
have 80 greatly bef:enqea,
srol.f. TOLD BY MRS. cRIs.,
Persons haze called me mad for say
i,,.- TINT .isbn yYil!iess Booth presented ne
Win has rfTs' Mrs Cr4st said to- ie-
,,arttr fo,, the Sanday Inter-ocean one
d0ssilast week. hui am wiling TO take
oath as to the truthfu{ness of my STORY.
john Wilkes Booth escaped quickly anu
SAFELY from Washington and returned 20
i;.l1g and the home OF his ancestors ana
lle lived there unidentified for years re
may he alive to-day, but i relieve ne ne
y'ied about SIX years ago. His successor ~
flig,at MAS known only 10 a few, and SO
persistent is the bel,efe that he was Killed
,,iat nal many are ready to believe that
lie ever chad London.
MY former husband CAPTAIN Thomas
Iiagget,, was a friend OF the Booths. and
he AIDED John Wilkes Booth to escape TO
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the ring from his finger and handed 10
to me. fIa had no money and my huS-
bard told him repeatedly that he would
accept nothing. as he WAS only TOO glad
70 help Booth to get away
I'VE kept the Molly Porter at Nassau
for some time. and about the time We
left the port for the Bahamas Booth and
his companion found passage on SAIL
ing vessel bound for London He left
Nassau on the ship and UPON arriving in
England lost himself in Lo;.dori. Six years
agoI heard in q vague sort OF way that
nc had Just d.ed, known only to a few.
Whether he really Is dead or living to-
DAY personally do rot know. bGt | do
know that he was never killed. was
no. glad that Eooth killed Lincoln bat
Gsad to help the man who committed the
deed get @away.I am proud OF the fact
that he made the voyage In our vessel.
and that we helped him to place OF
security"
cantain Haggett and his wife came to
chicago In 1895. and later moved to New
Orleans. where Captain Haggett died. In
1879 Mrs. Haegest was married TO ]. c.
or ar who died eight years ago Since
then she has resided In Baso't. Wis. and
in AIS city She travelled over great
mar, OF the world on the Molly Porter.
which was tramp ship. Several times
/ ,ap-atn Haggest left the sea and lived
n san Francisco New OrleAn.. and the
c;t,es OF the West Indies. Before the
E Cfv3l WAR he lived for the most part In
New york city, Ee had an extensive ac-
cua,n.ance among the STAGE tolk OF that
period, and the Rooths we're among his
closest friends. says hrs. crtse-
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that. he had not killed the President

instantly.
TELLS OF HIS FLIGHT.
Before coming aboard the ship he had
told Captain haggett how he reached
Havana He said that ne escaped from
Washington on horseback. and that he
journeyeds southwark through part of
MARYLAND, and finally crossed into Vir-
girlia Overland. aided by Confederate
syIrpathizers. he made his way to Sa-
vannah, Ga. He sd d he had planned to
esca pc from that port, but in case It
would be impossible he had planned to
continue on TO New Orleans. and possibly
TO Mexico He said he never doubted
for moment that he would not get
safely out OF the country. and that when
he cot a safe distance from the capital
Il he was never pressed.
HE remained In Savannah for some
time. ard eventually got passage on a
blockade runner plying between Southern
ports and the West Indies. After a
roundabout cruise this vessel landed him
at Havana. He d not disclose his
identity white in the Cunan pita' until
he met and recognized Captain Hagsetr
IN his anxiety TO get from Havana
to some other port where he could get
passage for England Booth haunted the
wharves and learned the nature and des-
tination OF every vessel that came into
the port. One day when Captain Hag-
gett was ashore Booth approached hin.
mace h mse.f known. and asked whittier
The Molly Porter was bound. When told
that the vessel was to be taken to Mas
sau. Booth asked If he might make the
VOYAGE and take a friend with him.
Booth was promised passage. and the
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snearer had never lost man on the
river, simply and solely because he IN
variabiy took the dangerous tasks upon
himself.
III three days the railways were broken
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and roll the logs out in such hat tast.
ion that 4 head OF water should SEM
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-09
SHOWING THE WAY.

Most OF our readers know all about
the aches and pains of bad back.
very lew people are free from sick
kidneys. as the kidneys are the most
ovcr-worked organs OF the body and
Ego wrong" at times no matter how
well the general health may be. The
trouble is so few understand the in
dications of kidney trouble. You are
nervous, tired out and weary, have
stitches, twinges and witches OF
backache pains. but lay IL to other
causes; finally the ANNOYANCE and
suffering attendant with urinary dis
orders, retention OF the urine, too fire.
quent urination makes you realize the
seriousness of it. At any stage
you should take a remedy that will
not only relieve but cure you. Read
the following and profit by the lesson
II teaches:
c. j. McMurray, a resident OF Free
port, H., address AZ Iroquois ST.,
says. Il have greater faith in Doan's
Kidney Pills to-day than had in the
fall OF 1897, when | first took that
remedy and II cured me of an acute
pain across the back and imperfect
action of the kidneys. Since | made
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recommended Doan's Kidney Pills to
my friends and acquaintances, thor
oughly believing as | did both from
observation and experience that they
would do just as they were represent
ed to do. | am still pleased to re-
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public shortly after | first began to
use the remedy"
A FREE TRIAL Of this great Kid
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-09
In the Wrong Berth
Politician Makes Serious Mistake While Searching
fer Necessary Sustenancc.

For a week or two past F. Combs.
secretary of the Jefferson club of st.
Louis, has been meekly buying cigars
and other things for his friends, hop
ing thereby to keep them from worry
ing him about a mistake he made
while travelling on a railroad train. He
and about a score of other st. Louis
politicians went To st. Joseph on what
was called a fishing trip, making the
journey at night Billy" Flynn. one
of the party, had brought with him, by
the merest chance, bottle of 5-year-
old whisky. Ii is not believed to have
been the only bottle on the train. 1t
happened that when Flynn produced
this bottle and gave nip to one or
two Of those present, Combs was in
the smoking car and when he returned
TO the sleeper Flynn had gone to bed.
Somebody told Combs of the fine
liquor and he at once asked what berth
Flynn had.
Lower. No. H." said one of the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-09
Tunnel Not Needed
AlLLand Route from New York to Paris Too
Tedious to Be Popular.

Explorer De Windt seems very
much impressed with the idea that
IL is commercially as well as mechan-
ically possible to establish an all
rail route between Paris and New
York He has been over the ground
at considerable expenditure of time
and an immense amount of discomfort
and hardship. The proposition to
bridge Boring straits he ridicues as
the absurd dream of certain VISION
aries In Paris, but he believes that a
tunnel could be built beneath those
waters and that the rest of the all
rail scheme presents no particular
engineering difficulties, reports the
Brooklyn Eagle. Well supposing the
tunnel were constructed and the
necessary rail connections made
through Alaska and British Columbia
with the Canadian Pacific on the one
side and with the Transsiberan rail
way on the other, what would be the
use of the five or six thousand miles
of track thus created?
We are now distant less than
week from Paris and not much more
greatly removed from most of the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-09

VIM. ID. harrington. OF Grand Rap
Ids, was killed as a result of an insult
offered woman. He was on his way
home with party OF convivial friends
and MS they passed the home of Thos.
A. Stewart, colored man, Barring
ton aroused the household by kicking
the door. Mrs. Stewart came TO see
what was the matter and she was adj
dressed by harrington with an insult
ing remark. Her husband was stand
ing near and overheard what was said.
Quick as fash he let fly his right
hand and caught the insulter blow
on the jaw. harrington fell to the
walk and never moved. Stewart pick
ed him up and carried him into his
home, and after summoning medical
aid gave himself up to the authorities.
The postmortem showed that Barring
toms death was caused by cerebral
compression. the cavity of the skull
being filled with blood.
Stewart has always borne n good
reputat ton and it is thought there will
be no trouble In securing his acQuit-
tai, as the case seems to have been
one of justitiable homicide. The dead
man was widower. IS years old, and
leaves a daughter 13 years old
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-09
Wonderful Chimes. LANGUAGE.

Chinese is an Geographic language.
1t conveys the idea and not the word
for thing as the figure represents
the idea and not the word The Chi.
nese have invented more than 10000
marks for their writing. but it re-
quires only about 1000 marks for mer.
camille correspondence. and il is said
to be easier to learn them than the
words of an ordinary foreign Ian.
guage Russian Is more difficult for
Americans than Chinese. It takes
much longer to learn the spoken Ian.
guage, because of the variety of dia-
iscts, but anyone can learn enough OF
the writings 20 answer ordinary pur-
poses IN a few months and have his
knowledge perfected by a linguist
within about a year Exact nstruc-
tons in one Of the Chinese languages
can only be given by Chinaman.
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An Embarrassing situation.

What a situation that must have
been at recent reception in London,
where a lady appeared in gorgeous
gown looted from the imperial palace
at Pekin, and later in the evening
found herself face to face with the
Chinese ambassador! 1t may be de-
scribed as "curdling" The ambassa-
dor, for a moment. apparently thought
some lady of the royal family OF China
had suddenly appeared in London
drawing room, for the material Of the
gown had never been worn by any but
Chinese royalty. He couldn't conceal
his agitation in meeting an English
lady thus arrayed, but she fortunately
had the tact to leave the reception,
and thus somewhat relieve the embar-
rassment, but the incident, 1t is re-
ported, will not soon be forgotten by
those who witnessed it. One cannot
envy or pity a woman who would wear
looted gown, transformed though it
might be by the fashionable dress
maker.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-09
One Rector's Troubles
Found There Were Drawbacks to Being Pastor Of
Fine Old Church.
~~v~ NV
~OO~NN~"

Il should think that you would be
happy that you are pastor of so old a
church. and not one of those new Gre
ations," said the woman from the city
to the rector of one of the oldest sub
urban churches about here. 1T must
inspire you to know that you are
carrying on work begun 200 years
ago.
The age of the church does add
dignity to the work" said the rector,
but it brings a flood of trouble to
me-"
You mean that the income from
the church property is more than you
can spend?" she asked.
Not at all, he answered. There
is a mistaken idea afloat about the
rector's salary; but was not referring
10 that. An old church is supposed 10
have, generally does have, records
Records are invaluable to some per
sons, especially TO those who are
working out a family tree. They come
to see me about them. they write to
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-09

Congressman George Henry White, OF
Tarboro, n. c., writes the following
letter TO DIR. Hartman in regard 20 the
merits of the great catarrh cure, Peruna:
House of Representatives,
Washington, Feb. 4, 1899.
The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus, o.:
Gentlemen al am more than sails
fled with Psruna, and find IL so DO an
excellent remedy for the grip and ca
farrh. Ihsve used IL I'm my family
and they all Join me I'm recommending
ID as an excellent remedy"
Very respectfully,
George n. While.
Peruna is an internal, scientific, sys-
temic remedy for catarrh. 1t is no
palliative or temporary remedy; IL 10
thorough in it's work, and in cleansing
the diseased mucous membranes cures
the catarrh.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement Of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, q
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me, and one man even sent this tele-
gram: Wire me full name of my great
grandfather, cherished in your church
by John and Mary Smith
He wanted ii to continue genealog-
icai Investigations in Boston, and after
an hour of hard work found it. Peo-
pie do not seem to realize that one is
not particularly interested in the tree
of another family. A woman came to
see me the other day and said, as
though she were comforting the great
est possible favor:
4 am perfectly willing that you
should help me go through the church
records. 1t will be so interesting
Il gave her the christening book
ana left the room. When | returned
she was in the act OF cutting out an
entry which referred to her family
She wanted to frame it for her Ii.
brary. ork Tribune.
The coal miner kicks because he is
kept down in the world
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-09

On motion Of Prosecutor futile nm
order of nolle PROSE- was entered by
Judge West, OF Lansing. IN the case
OF James III. Brown. the former pres
ident of the state live stock sanitary
commission, who was indicted for max
ing illegal charges against the state
for per diem and expenses. One year
ago jury disagreed rs to Browns
guilt and since then the respondent
has broken down mentally and physi
cally. The order was made after
Judge West had n conference with
Brown and his wife.
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The APOLOGY WAS SINCERE.
But Under No circumstances Could II
Be Called FIatterirg.

But Under No Circumstances Could II
Be Called FIatterirg.
A philanthropio lady visited the
asylum at Kingston, Canada, not long
ago. and displayed great interest in
the inmates. One old man particular
ly gained her compassion.
And how long have you been here,
my mani" she inquired.
Twelve years" was the answer.
"Do they treat you well?"
yes"
do they feed you well?"
yes"
After addressing n few more ques-
lions to him the visitor passed on.
She noticed broad and broadening
smile on the face of her attendant,
and on asking the cause heard with
CONSERVATION that the old man was
none other than DR.. Clark, the super
lntendent.
She hurried back to make apologies
How successful she was may be gath.
cred from these words:
81 am very sorry, DR.. Clark. ! will
never be governed by appearances
again"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-09
Smoke From Exnerience.

A man who tries to uphold all his
statements with the prop Of personal
experience is pretty sure sooner or
later to find himself in difficulties.
What kind Of posts should you say
I'd better have for my piazza?" asked
a summer resident of the oracle of
Bushville. CEDAR"
NO" was the instant reply; mot
less you want to pay for poor stuff.
Gi. pine. Pine will last ye a hundred
years"
Are you sure?" asked the summe.
resident, doubtfully.
"Sure!" echoed the oracle. 81
never state a thing without l can
prove it. I've tried 'em both. Tried
'eri twice on my south porch, tell
vel"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-09
THE WISH AND THE THOUGHT
self-Appreciat.>n Of Lecturer Receives
Severe Setback.

self-Appreciat.>n Of Lecturer Receives
Severe Setback.
1--WE spent more delightful quarter
hours than those that marked Wednes-
DAYS outrage in Musical Fund hall,
said Colonel George f. Naples; but
the persistence with which Rowdy Bill
Knight yelled order! Order! moved
me to laughter in view of the fact that
he was the main creator OF disorder
from beginning to end. The situation
brought to mind story OF a clergy
man who undertook to preach to the
inmates of an asylum for the feeble
minded. and. trying to interest them,
told of the Hindoo mothers who threw
their babies into the Gauges in order
TO appease the wrath of the gods. One
of the inmates, a bulldog-like chap,
glared at the speaker so intently that
the latter wondered IL he really had
succeeded in creating some interest.
When he had finished, he approached
the man who glared and. taking him
by the hand, politely asked If the talk
had been entertaining, adding:
II noticed you regarded me very
intently when | told of the mothers
throwing their infants into the river,
and wondered what was in your
thoughts at the time
Il was wondering replied the fee
ble.minded one, why your mother
didn't throw you in