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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25
NEWS OF THE WORLD:
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Brief Chronicle of Matters of importance.
Tweniy-One Indicted

lWenty-one men have thus rar Deen
indicted for participation in the crime
OF peonage in Alabama. Twenty Of
THIS number have been arrested and
released on bail. District Attorney
Reese has subdivided the indicted men
according 10 the parts they played In
connection with the enslay wing OF ne
groes. Five of them are land owners
WHO held the negroes i'm slavery. Four
dfe justices of the peace, who tent
their Offices TO the hidcOuS business of
iaklhg court proceedings for the pur
pose of enabling the land owners to
obtain slaves. Six are constables. who
secured the counties of Coosa and Tai
lapoOsa Tor stray negroes. Every un-
fortunate black man and woman pass
ing through the towns to which they
are accredited would be seized upon
by them. arrested ana taken before
one of the four Justices OF the peace
named. They were the agents Of the
iand owners. They had perpetual
commission 10 obtain poems for Pace,
Turner and the Cosbys.
Tie remaining six indicted men are
known in the records of District At
torney Reese's office as guards and
heaters" the latter appellation being
given 10 them because they are the
ones who generally welded the gin
strap or buggy trace OH the backs Of
unfortunate slaves.
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Perished In the Flood.

According to Gdvices from Inflated
lieppner, Ore. one Detroit woman was
lost in the terrible flood which devas-
tated the town. Tuesday DR.. Il. r..
Ellis received telegram saying:
Mother and father both drowned
ana was signed Belle" Reference is
made to Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander NJ.
Gunn, the latter daughter of DR.. Ell
lis, who went to Heppner fifteen years
ago Belle Is one of the daughters
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Gum and from the
tact that the dispatch was sent from
lone, which is two stations east Of
Heppner, 1t Is supposed that she has
Deen taken there with the others who
nave been rescued. There were three
other children in the family, Mary,
aged IA: Marcus, aged 10, and Ger
trude, aged Z, but what has become
or them Is as yet unknown, although
1t Is thought they must have escaped
else their deaths would have been
mentioned in the telegram. Belle is
Is years old. 1t is also known that
the family was In the habit Of visit
ing friends who lived on higher ground
ana 1t is thought that the three other
children might have been away from
homie when the deuge came. Mrs.
Gum was born in Owosso. Mich, in
1898, and came 10 Detroit with her
parents about thlrty-fve years ago
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Following Judge Speer's nresent.
mem 10 the grand jury ut Macon
Thursday that peonage existed i'm the
south revelations in Alabama tend 10
sustain his position. The law itself
creates peonage There is nothing like
1t on the pages of the statute books
Of any other state I'm the union. II II
'hedleNal III conception and its exist
ence today In Alabama presents an
anomaly that Is difficult to understand
Every Alabama lawyer of standing
viii tell you frankly that the purpose
OF II Is TO enable the owners OF plan
tations to retain the services of their
negro hands who may be unfortunate
enough to have committed a misde.
meanor. Pace, tho Cosbys. the Turn
ers, the DlXops and others. who figure
In the disclosures before the Mont
gomery grand jury, perverted the law
by bribing justices and constables to
get up false Prosecutions and trials.
1t Is more horrible because the slave
drivers, relieved of a sense of respon-
sibility for the well-being of human
property, treat their victims with bar
barous cruelty. They keep them con
hned in filthy Stockades, work them
IN irons and, ms I'm the case of Sarah
Nealey, do not hesitate TO beat them
to death when they believe they are
stubborn.
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The Railroads Fight.

Twenty-seven railway companies
having tracks in the state of Michigan
have returned to the fight over the
validity Of the ad valorem amendment
TO the state constitution. Attorney
Butterfield, general counsel for the
Michigan Central system. and T. j.
. Brien, OF the Grand Rapids & In
diana road, filed 81 bills of complaint,
ana individual attorneys from all parts
or the state and from Chicago and Mil
waukee. filed complaints, bringing the
total number up to ~ At the request
or the railroads Judge VANITY. of
Grand Rapids. issued temporary re-
straining orders, directed against
Perry F. Powers, auditor-general,
which prevents him from proceeding
against the roads to collect the adj
d1tional sums due as taxes under the
al valorem act The order is return
able on the morning of August II. The
roads have pooled their interests even
more fully than on the occasion of the
commencement Of the original suits
and, as then, the case will be tried out
on the basis of the Michigan Centrals
contentious.
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Investigating Thorpe'- Death.

The relatives OF Warren Thorpe, =
prominent Blackman farmer who was
found dead last week in his bedroom,
with a bullet through his head, are
not satisfied that he committed suicide,
ana searching inquest was begun
Saturday. Thorpe, who was upwards
OF go years OF age, had been married
for the third time twenty months be-
fore his death, and testimony was in
troduced that the revolver with which
he killed himself had disappeared at
the time that Mrs Thorpe had left him
temporarily last January and that she
had been overheard to declare the
night before the tragedy that he would
not swear and curse at her long Other
testimony was positive that Mrs.
Thorpe was out in the yard at the
time of the shooting. There are sew
enteen witnesses subpenaed.
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Liquor Bill vetoed.

Gov. Bliss has vetoed the Monroe
liquor bill for the following reasons:
This measure is in the main drafted
along lines so closely to those of the
Fuller amendments to the liquor IL
cense law provided in senate enrolled
act No. 81, series Of 1903. that / cam
not see any reason for placing it
among the session laws. When the
enactment under consideration departs
from the Fuller act, as in the pro-
vision levying n specific tax upon bus
mess done 10y no'1-residents. | am adj
vised by the attorneygenerars depart
ment that II imposes an demonstrations
III burden upon interstate commerce.
As far rs has been made to appear,
there has been no general demand for
any changes in the policy of the state
on the liquor question. and tho reas-
ons for the alterations proposed in this
Dill are not clear. In my opinion the
Fuller act is ample legislation on this
subject for this session, and il Is bet
ter TO defer further changes to a fu-
ture session"
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breaks PreNiour Rccords.

All records will be broken by This
years graduating class at the UDiver.
silly of Michigan in the number of de.
grees to be conferred. The grand to-
tai OF diplomas to be conferred. exclu-
sive OF honorary degrees, is SIG. Last
years class was record breaker up
to date with T76 winners of degrees.
But this June there are just 40 more
graduates than there were in 1902
This speaks well for the steady pro-
gress of the state university, and most
notable Is the showing of a world
wide fame Of the great institution
with its students drawn, not alone
from Michigan, but from every other
portion of the United States as well;
and also from many foreign countries.
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Must Make No DELAY.

President Roosevelt spoke very
plainly to District Attorney Beach and
Assistant District Attorney TaggarI
Thursday concerning the leisurely
manner In which the pOstoffice fra nd
cases now pending before them are be
ing conducted. A private report from
Pittsburg says that Abner Mckinley,
brother of the late president. is being
>sweated'' by postJfiice inspectors at
his home at Somerset. Pa. near Pitts
burg. There is neither denial nor con
firmati0n o. the report in Washington.
1t is learned on unqUestioned author
ity that the grand jury has voted to
return indictments against August w.
Machen, Diller Il. Croft. Samuel 4.
CIR #, George T.. /. r'nz ard Mrs.
Lorerz. the two latter being residents
of Toledo. q. The specific charge. il
Is understood. will bc conspiracy to de-
fraud tie government.
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New boards Named.

Grow. Bliss on Thursday appointed
the following boards and commissions
provided for by acts of the legislature:
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
commissioners-Frederick b. Smith,
Detroit; Aaron r. Ingram, Fenton
Roy 5. Barnhart. Detroit; Charles +.
Downey, Lansing; Austin Farrell.
Gladstone.
Board of examiners in Osteopathy-
Samuel Il. Landes, Grand Rapids. for
one year; w. S. Mills, Ann Arbor, two
years; G. L. Rider, Detroit three
years; +. II. Williams. Lansing, four
years; Richard L. McGavock, Sag.
inaw, five years.
Commissioners to erect a monument
at Monroe to Kentuckians who fell at
the battle Of River Raisin-Harry \.
Conant, Moproe; John Strong, South
lockwood; IA4hard b. Robbins,
Xdrian.'
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25
MIss HImhnrr,s Ence

Thre days have passed and Minnie
Himberg has not made another "con-
fession' as TO who marked her pretty
face with carbolic acid. With each day
the impression grows stronger that
Miss Hinberg put the acid on herself
to annoy her successful rival. Mrs.
Ell Wilkinson, who Is now under ar
rest charged with the crime. This
theory seems to he supported by the
fact that the stains on Miss Himburg's
face are turning from dark to a pink.
making 1t evident that something else
than carbolic acid had been used to
create the big sensation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25
The New Judgeships.

Since Gov. Bliss signed the bill ere,
atlng three new judgeships Of the su.
preme court, lawyers and politicians
have been discussing possible candi.
dates for the new places, and it seems
that there will be no lack of aspirants
Following are suggested names: Dali
las Boudeman of Kalamazoo: Judge
hinne, of Ann Arbor; Judge Shepard
OF Bay City; Judge McAlvay. Of Man
istee; Moses Taggart. city attorney of
Grand Rapids; Judge Stone of Mar
quette; Russell G. Ostrander. of Ian
sing, and Judge Steere. of Sault Ste.
Marie; Charles \. Blair, of Jackson,
and Judge L. Il Van Xile, of Detroit.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25
TElEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

Peter the first Of the dynasty of the
Karageorgevitches. is now king of Ser
via by grace of the army and Joint
session OF the senate and skuphtina.
FIR. Cnidwick chaplain of the ill-fat
ed Maine at the time of the explosion
in Havana harbor, has resigned from
the navy to take UP parish duties in
New York
The food at Heppner. Ore, came
with such suddenness that the inhabi-
tants were unable to seek places of
safety, and were carried down TO death
by the awful rush Of water.
Mrs. James Hammond. Of Mabel
buried her husband on Saturday. and
on Sunday the house in which he and
she had lived for more than 40 years
burned to the ground with most of
its contents.
Gen. John Il. Gordon, commander of
the United Confederate Veterans. has
asked the police to locate his son
Capt. Frank Gordon. who wandered
from home in Il highly overwrought
nervous condition.
Former Lieut.-Gov. John A. Lee tes-
tilted before the st. Louis grand Jury
Tuesday that he had been offered ST.
600 n month to place himself beyond
the reach of the grand jury until after
the Doodle investigation shall be ended.
The bodies OF A. l.. Carr and CIar-
ence Benjamin, who were drowned I'm
Muskegon lake on the evening of Me.
mortal day with DR.. Benjamin. father
of Clarence. and son-in-law of Mr.
Carr, have been recovered as well as
that of the doctor.
A honeymoon in the White House is
the prospect of Sherman Bell. rough |
rider. personal friend of President
Roosevelt and acknowledgement of Col. ;
orado. who married Mss Efie Carter
Mt Colorado Springs. President Roose-
Welt In a telegram OF congratulatlon
sent a special invitation.
Mrs. sarah Howell was given a YER
dict of s4.192 against the Lansing
Street Railway Co.. for injuries re-
ceived in a runaway car last Novem-
Der.
Thomas Young was burned to death
and Maj. G. ii. Serving. president Of
the company, seriously hurt in the de-
struction OF the Arkansas City mills,
which caused loss of over 100000
A Binghamton lawyer named G. H.
Wales has brought suit against John
Mitchell. the United Mine Workers
president, fer 100000, alleging that lie
furnished for the mine workers the
plan that resulted in the settlement OF
the great strike last wear
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Reserve Funds Not ToxnbIe.

In a unanimous opinion written by
Justice Moore the supreme court az
firms the judgment Of the Wayne cir
cult court In the case Of the Michigan
Mutual Life Insurance Co VS.. Detroit
common council and board of assess
ors. This means that the reserve
funds of a life insurance company are
not taxable In Michigan and that the
council and assessors must strike from
the tax rolls an item of $6.934. 529. 50
assessed against the Michigan Mutual.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

Kentucky is priding itself on the
death of a centenarian in his bed. We
hazard nothing in saying that he did
not live in either Clay or Breathitt
county, where forty g considered a
green old age.
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Another Let Ont.

As a result OF alleged indiscretion I'm
matters pertaining r. the award of
contracts for printing the money order
forms of the government. James T..
Metcalf, for many years superintend-
cnt of the money order system of the
postoffice department, today was re-
moved from office by the postmaster
general. A full investigation of the
case will he made later.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

Two Austrian princesses and a baro-
mes. will attempt to swim across the
English channel Whether they sue
coed or fail they will have taken a
step materially nearer the variety
stage.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25
C. Endicott Allen. a young Harvard

c. Endicott Allen. a young Harvard
graduate, has been asleep with brief
Intervals for four weeks ut the Mon
mouth hospital, Long Branch. Even
ammonia fails to awaken him. He Is
the victim of neurasthenia.
Herman c. Pitton, a member of this
years graduating class of the Stanton
high school, made n record for himself
by walking 10 miles a day - and from
school and was neither absent nor
tardy during the entire year.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

1t is pretty hard to work up much
sympathy for the American girl who
thinks she has married titled foreign
er and then finds that he is a first
class waiter or has an honorable
record as a coachman.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25
Forest Fires Raging.

Forest fires have been raging for
three days near Eckerman and other
points In the east end Of the upper
peninsula. Much standing timber as
well as logs and cordwood and tan
bark has been burned, and several
lumber camps have been saved only
after hard fight Unless rain falls
soon the losses will reach high
figure
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

Next to the man who volunteers ad-
vice on how to cure rheumatism, the
man with panasea for political ills is
entitled to place in the race for the
position of leading nuisance.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25
Nan and Money Missing

frank VI. Bennaway, a well-known
lumberman and treasurer of the Rapid
City lodge of Oddfellows. has disap-
peared. About $3.50 of the lodge money
and about $500 belonging to Cameron
4 Co., OF Central Lake, are alleged to
be missing. Bennaway was last seen
by acquaintances in Central Lake last
Friday. All efforts to locate him have
so far failed. His friends here stand
ready to help him make his alleged
shortage good If any there be. No war
rant has been issued.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

Eighteen languages. including Eng
Iish, were spoken in New Amsterdam.
The principal difference between that
time and this seems to be that, while
more than eighteen other languages
are now spoken, English isn't
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

John l.. Sullivan casts an X-ray on
Emerson's essay on the over Soul by
suggesting that he was full when he
wrote it," Set a Bostonian to catch
a Bostonian
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25
ID II. Ploss. of Watkins \ =

d. II. Ploss, Of Watkins, y. Y. while
In the Soldiers home at Dayton. O..
purchased a pincushion from com.
rade He had been using IL for two
years. and has just discovered that q
contained IL 800 bills, neatly folded
up. The man from whom the Gin
cushion was bought is dead and leaves
no relatives.
Over % years ago l.. ID. Halstend Of
Coldwater. had n harness stolen This
morning 10 received this letter with
no signature; a good many wears AGO
] tuck q harness ont Of your barn Ills
is TO pay for IT," In the letter were
two 500 bills
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

No one who has observed the ten
acity with which woman clings to
an opinion once fixed will ever again
refer to her as member of the weak
er sex.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

That Burlington, VT, blacksmith
who became mayor few days ago is
already greatly surprised at the large
number of people who seem to be able
to use the hammer.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

It is claimed that Carnegie has more
than $l00,000,0O0 left This, however
may be mere rumor started by his
enemies who want the tax man to get
after him.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

strawberry raisers In the vicinity OF
Galien are having great difficulty in
securing pickers enough.
chase ,. Osborn, while in Lapland
recently. procured a number of curios
which nave been presented to the 500
nigh school museum. Among them Ia
cradle, purchased from Lap
chief' whose wife was then using II
for her baby daughter. The frame il
made of wood, covered with tanned
reindeer skin, and the inside is lined
with Iceland moss The cradle Is 50
constructed that it can be carried Oh
drawn MS a sled 1t rocks endwise.
Eugene Ward, formerly janltor ai
the Lakeyiew congregational church,
has been bound over for trial on 4
charge OF taking indecent liberties
with 1O-year-oid Hazel Hicks.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

Few things make a man madden
than going TO the theater and seeing
about everybody that owes him money
absorbed in the performance from a
seat in the box.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25
Floods in New Mexico.

Santa Fe., N. NJ, dispatch. Flood
conditions prevail throughout northern
and central New Mexico. The Rio
Grande is flooding the low lands, and
settlers are taking to the high grounds
for safety.
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stock Exchange Seats Lower.

New York special: The sale of
seat on the stock exchange is reported
at $4,000. This is a drop of $4,000
from the high record Of few months
ago and $4,000 below the last sale.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

Patrons of the Roman amphitheatre
never knew what they missed by liv-
ing before the automobile was ir-
vented
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

The Reliance is said to have "a full,
blunt nose So long as it is not out
of joint and she wins the race we can
probably forgive the rest.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

The message will get there while
you are saying Marconigraph. Think
UP shorter one.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

New Yor, is to have a building Al
feet long, 26 feet wide and II stories
high. They might save valuable
space by using the building asfits own
chimney.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

1t needed no Minnesota supreme
court to establish the fact that mash
er is a parasite But it may make the
job of scraping him off easier.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

Wouldn't it be a sight TO see the two
Shamrocks and the three American
9O-footers all together in a big race
over here
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

The astronomers have formed a
trust. Within another year the people
will have to pay dearly to look heaven
ward.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

Japan does not seek war with Rus.
STA, but it cherishes the hope that war
may be forced upon it,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

Daniel j. Sully has made so much
monet handling cotton that ne has
got to go to Europe to spend it.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

TIE racing automobile is the dead
Nest toy that millionarism has ever
amu.ed itself with.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25
George McCauley. "the Washington

George McCauley. "the Washington
Fagin." and one OF the most noted
criminals in the country. committed
suicide at the almshouse. Many Wash
ington boys became pickpockets. safe
blowers and burglars under his i'll
struction. McCauley has spent IS of
his 90 years in Jail.
The bodies of Herbert Morgan or
southern Michigan, and William Nor.
laid. of the 500, who joined in tb.
Cedar river drive March Is. were as.
covered on the bottom of the river
where they had lain since that date
The men az camp thought they bos
Jumped the job" and gone home.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

Frank Garfield, who stole 81 GO from
a child's bank IN Munday last Septem-
Der, was given five years AT Marquette.
He was an alIround bad one.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

1t seems a pity that about the only
way for man to learn what kind Of
a woman he ought not to marry is to
marry her.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

TIE bolo rush would appear to be
pretty nearly as strenuous as the cane
rush.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

a woman's feet grow on her way from
the shoe shop to her home.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

Miss Littleboy is to be married, ac-
cording to Los Angeles paper. Many
happy returns of the day.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

A laxative friend is often more
dangerous than a silent enemy.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25

China admits that in the doc. bust
ness Russia practically has a cinch.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-25
LANES FAMILY MEDICINE

All druggists by all IS cts and 80 cts Buy IL 70
day. Lanes Family Medicine moves tho
bowels each day. In order TO be healthy this 10
The Monticellonian., 1903-10-29
AMBITIOUS DUCK.
Rhode Island Fowl Makes n Bid for Fame by Laying ERGs That
 Are Black.

Another freak in the egg-laying line is just announced, and while the par ticular bird who is responsible for it does not allow her fame to rest on fecundity, like Mrs. McNallys hen, the variety of the eggs that she lays is something new to these parts, says the Providence Jour- nal This particular bird is duck, a black duck, and she lays black eggs, a freak of nature that has never been en- countered before by the duck raisers of Rhode Island.
 It is an ordinary sized duck egg and is deep drab in color The color is mot tied in some places, and the only light spot on the egg is at the small end and there 1t is somewhat white. This egg is not freak with the particular duck, for it is said that she has never laid any other kind of egg, and that she would be much surprised if she ever laid a white one.
 , The egg was brought in by John H. Montgomery. relative of MT. Young, and he is authority for the statement that the meat in it is as good as in a white egg.