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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
NEWS OF
THE NATION
POSTAL SERVICE is IN
NEED OF MANY
MILLIONS.
THE WOMEN OF MARTINIQUE IN
PANAMA ARE WIVES OF
LABoRERS.
Wants S1e3,OOO,OOO.

Postmaster-General Cortelyou re-
Gently completed and forwarded to the
secretary of the treasury estimates for
the postofice department for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1907. They show
reduction of expenses wherever 1t Is
believed ii will not impair the service,
but provision for development OF pos
tai facilities to meet the growing needs
of all sections of the country.
The amount asked for salaries in the
department proper is 81 ,4S1,250, an APP
parent increase of SCI $3.50 over the cur
rent appropriation; but as $5S,3O0 of
this is simply a transfer from other
appropriations the net increase is only
$500 The estimate submitted for
next year is $4,000 less than the esti-
mate submitted one year ago. The
clerical force Of the department, there
fore, will remain practically as it now
is during the fiscal year.
The estimates for the postal service
at large aggregate $193, 100000, an in
crease over last years appropriation
of about 100000. This increase rep
resents the normal growth of the ser
vice based upon what the postal au-
thorities regard as the most careful
and conservative estimates. Each sue
ceeding year sees a large increase in
the business of the department.
The principal items in the increase
are the rural delivery service, railway
mail service, compensation to post
masters and their clerks, and the COM
pensation of letter carriers.
For the maintenance of the rural de-
livery service and its proper extension
over $29,000,000 will be required. This
is an increase of $780, 900 over the
appropriation for the current year,
which, in turn, is over s5,000,000 more
than that of last year, so that the
present estimate is s1,400,000 less than
the increase of the present over the
previous year
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
CONVINCING EVIDENCE
That DR.. Williams Pink Pills VIII Cure
Rhcumatism.

"People can cure themselves OF good
many common ailments at very small
cost il they go about it the right way"
said Mr.. Hoar, recently. "For instance,
l have just cured myself of very pain
full disease. / might have begun TO treat
it sooner, that's all the mistake / made
i'll the matter. But / found the root OF
the difficulty and picked out the right
remedy without the aid of doctor.
cit was really all in my blood. first
felt twinge i'll my left foot and ankle
in the middle of last January, following
exposure TO cold. realized had rheu-
matisin and / knew that really comes
from bad blood. Gold simply develops
it. Then my hands aud feet were cold
and clamny even in hot weather. and
numb great part of the time. / con-
cluded that my blood was thin and poor
and the circulation sluggish.
"After time my feet and ankles
swelled so badly that / could only tie
my shoes half way mp. My legs swelled
terribly and / could walk only a short
distance before giving out completely.
"When | read of the cures of all kinds
OF blood diseases, that had been effected
by DR.. Williams Pink Pills, l was con-
WINGED that they were just the remedy
for my case, and so it proved. could
see that they were benefiting me before
/ had quite used up the first box. The
improvement was decidedly marked af-
ter had taken two boxes. Three more
boxes restored my hands and feet and
legs TO natural size and feeling and
then stopped taking medicine and have
since been perfectly we'll"
Mr.. f. LIE Roy Hoar lives at No. l32
Constitution street, Bristol. Il. /. Any
one can get convincing evidence that
Dr. Williams Pink Pills have cured
anemia, rheumatism, erysipelas and
other serious diseases of the blood by
simply writing to the Dr. Williams
Medicine Co. Schenectady. Ny.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
(From the Chicago Journal, Nov. c,
1905.)


When Commissioner Garfield went
to the Chicago packers and asked
permission TO inspect their books, the
condition was made that no informa-
ton he might obtain therefrom would
be used in court proceedings against
them.
Mr.. Garfield gave this pledge, 1t is
stated, and the packers allowed him
to study their business in all its de-
tails from the inside.
Now, ii is announced, the results OF
his study have been turned over TO
the government department OF justice
TO be employed in legal prosecution OF
the packers.
Commissioner Garfield would not
have ventured to give the pledge that
was demanded by the packers without
instructions from Washington He
pledged, not his own word, but the
governments. II is not his good faith,
but the governments, that is in ques-
ton now
The Journal has no concern for the
packers, except as they are citizens
of Chicago. If it can be proved that
they are guilty of engaging in a con-
spiracy in restraint of trade, they
ought TO be punished.
But their guilt, If they are guilty,
must be fairly proved. They must be
given a square deal.
Since the government has elevated
its vision TO such a height as to over
look the nest of defiant criminal trusts
in New Jersey, almost within the
shadow of the capitol dome, in order
to fasten itself a thousand miles away
upon Chicago, the government and
the President cannot be too careful
to avoid suspicion that they are more
anxious to prosecute western offend
ers than offenders in the east.
Some of the methods already en-
ployed in this case have not been par
ticularly distinguished for decency
When the government breaks into a
mans house and steals his private pa
pers, when it drags the wives of pack
ing-house employees into court and
puts them under heavy bonds, 1t is
hardly dignifed, not to say honorable,
nor even respectable.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
Given a Chance.

Herbert Manly, chief clerk in the
Jackson county abstract office, has adj
mitted that he used, during October
and November, about $3.50 of the coun-
tvs money in gambling. Manly, 1t is
said, made a clean breast of every
thing and agreed to pay back into the
county treasury every cent used by
him. AS a result of this declaration
he has been retained in Office and will
be given full opportunity to redeem
himself. Manly says he has lost $1,000
in the gambling rooms of Jackson in
the past seven months.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
EIoped With Chauffeur.

A story coming from Los Angeles,
Cal. that Miss Elizabeth A. Botsford,
a former Port Huron society girl,
daughter of William F. Botsford, mil
lionaire president of the Los Angeles
American National bank, had eloped
with Albert p. Fransen, her fathers
chauffeur, has created a sensation in
this city.
Miss Botsford disappeared from her
home and was married to Fransen by
a justice of the peace. The young wo-
mans father is unable to obtain trace
of her and her husband but he be-
lieves that they have gone to Colorado,
where Fransen owns a ranch.
1t is said that Botsford may try to
have the marriage annulled on the
ground that his daughter wasn't ment-
ally competent to select husband.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
WORE HAT AS A DECORATION.
Antiquary's Idea of the Beginning Of
Human Headoear.

Dlscoursing on the subject OF hats.
an antiquary expressed the opinion
that the hat was first used quite as
much for decoration as for protection
The ancestor of all hats he considers
to have been the fillet or band around
the hair worn by the ancient Greeks.
among others. Probably the first hint
gained by men regarding head orna-
ments was through observing the
crests, plumes and antlers OF various
birds and beasts. The eastern races
with their fondness for ceremony and
display, afford the most notable in
stances of the use represented as
wearing elaborate forms of headgear.
In Korea the fashion attains its
height, no fewer than fifty kinds OF
hats being worn by the natives as IN
dications Of their social position
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

heavy backaches, and my general
health was affected when | began us.
ing them. My feet were swollen, my
eyes pulled. and dizzy spells were fire.
quent. Kidney action was irregular
and the secretions highly colored. To
day, however, am a well woman, and
| am confident that Doan's Kidney
Pills have made me so. and are keep
ing me we'll"
Sold by all dealers. so cents n box
Foster.Milburn Co. Buffalo, n. Y.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
Kills Rino-Tail Cat.

ring-tail cat, IN animal decidedly
rare in northern Michigan, Mas been
caught by Herman Thiele, Negaunee
man. II was the first specimen ever
captured by either Mr.. Thiele or his
father, and together they have been
engaged in trapping for 40 years The
animal has fine, silky gray fur. The
most striking characteristic is a series
of black rings around the bushy tail In
this appendage ii differs radically
from the ordinary wildcat, which has a
bcb-tail.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
The North PoIa

II is often said that, when the North
Pole is discovered there will be found
a Scoschman doing business. The
Highlander always ranked foremost
amongst the pioneers of the Ameri-
can West. His Herculean strength
fitted him for frontier life, and to his
constant use Of "porridge" for break
fast is attributed his splendid ply
sique. This generation can be as
brawny by eating Pillsbury's Vitos.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
MICHIGAN
HAPPENINGS
ESCAPED FROM JACKSON
AND WAS KILLED
IN LIMA.
MOVE TO HAVE EARLY HEARING
OF THE MICHIGAN RAIL
WAY TAX CASES.
"Skeeta" Is Killed.

Harry Slater, alias "Skeets' Foote,
alias Henry Wilson, who escaped from
the Jackson, Mich, penitentiary Au-
gust O. 1904, while serving a 11-year
sentence for robbery of the Richland,
Mich. bank, and who was shot through
the abdomen in a running pistol duel
with Policeman Daniel Kelly in Lima,
o.. last week, died Saturday. He made
no confession except to FIR Manning,
of ST. Ros' church, who administered
the last sacrament of the church. Sla-
ter's wife resides in Laporte, Ind. The
captors of Slater will not receive the
reward offered, as ii was stipulated
that the convict must he returned to
Jackson prison alive.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
The Railroad Lax Cases.

Attorney General Bird will ask the
United States supreme court TO ad-
vance on the docket the q railroad tax
suits which the companies appealed
from the district court of western
Michigan, where Judge VANITY decided
them in favor of the state, The COM
panies are equally DESTROYS of an early
hearing. The court will be requested to
hear the cases in January. If they are
not advanced it will probably be year
before they are heard.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
ULCERS FOR go YEARS.
Painful Eruptions From Knees 20 Feet
Seemed NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Ends Misery.

Another of those remarkable cures
by Cuticura, after doctors and all else
had failed. is testified to by Mr.. NJ.
c. Moss of Gainesville, Texas, in the
following letter: For over thirty
years ! suffered from painful ulcers
and an eruption from my knees to
feet, and could find neither doctors
nor medicine to help me, until used
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills,
which cured me in six months. They
helped me the very first time | used
them, and | am glad to write this so
that others suffering as did may be
saved from misery"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

While working in the saw mill OF
the Amy Lumber Co at Pontiac Gus
Bagley was struck in the abdomen by
a flying timber with the result that his
bowels are paralyzed and 1t is feared
that the accident will prove fatal.
Bagley is 20 years of age.
Miss Mabel Cook and Mrs. Harvey
Brigham, of Traverse City, are twins
and when Miss Cook and Gordon Brig
ham appeared before minister to be
married. with Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Brigham as best man and matron OF
honor, the preacher came very near
getting the sisters mixed in the cere-
uoDy.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
Height of Sea Waves.

Careful experiments made by
noted English navigator along the
north coast of Spain show that waves
frequently attain a height of AZ feet.
which is nothing compared to the rise
of Pillsbury's Vitos in the estimation
Of people who like good, pure, COM
nonsense wheat food. You will like
It. Ask for it at your grocers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

The new sugar beet factory at Bliss
field is now running. The plant, which
cost in the neighborhood of 500 900,
employs over 200 men and has a ca
pacity of 600 tons of beets per day.
Unless Co. G, Third Regiment. NJ.
y. G., is provided with an armory 1t
will be mustered out. This is the ulti-
matium of Gen. Wagner and Maj. Yer
nou, who have just inspected the com
pany.
Back to Nature Preacher John
Kleinst, 90 years old, who has for
years tramped the country winter and
summer, clad in thin raiment and
wearing only sandals on his feet. died
Tuesday in Chicago from over fasting.
The Indians OF Neuchatalitz are
holding sorrow dance in which the
breasts until blood is drawn. to mourn
for the Indian hunters of the overdue
sealing schooner Fawn. believed to
have foundered en- route home from
Boring sea. There were six white men
and Fl Indians on the sealing vessel.
An electrical padding machine, in
vented by Prof. Dennis, Is now in op-
Grafton in the public school in East
Peoria, III. The mode of operation is
to place the recalcitrant pupil over a
chair near the spanking machine, press
button and the flow of electricity
starts a series of paddles in operation
which play upon the anatomy of the
spankee.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

The crew OF the steamer Kilkeel tell
at Halifax strange story of seeing
a two-masted steamer run on the rocks
off Beaver Harbor during the recent
big gale, her boilers exploding and the
craft disappearing as II by magic.
Secretary Shaw will remain as sec.
rotary of the treasury in President
Roosevelt's cabinet until the concIu-
sion Of the approaching session of con.
gress, and, perhaps. for several months
longer. II has been understood. in A
tentative way, that Secretary Shaw ex.
pected TO retire about the first OF Feb.
ruary next, so that he might be free
to promote his presidential boom.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
Those Imported Women.

Immoral women will be deported
from Panama if any Of them have been
sent there. Secretary Taft declared
that he had received information from
Gov. Magoon that Magoon had directed
the chief of police of Panama to in
stitute an investigation and il it dis
closed that any immoral women have
been imported from Martinique TO
send them out of the country Gov. Ma
COON expressed the opinion that there
are no women of this class in Panama
but that the 300 women who had ar
rived at Panama are the wives of la
borers at work on the canal. 1t was ad,
mitted in official circles, however, that
the idea of marriage entertained by
the people in the tropics Is not exactly
in accordance with that of the Ameri-
can people and that statistics show
that more than 60 per cent of the in
habitants of Martinique and Jamaica
live together as man and wife without
the formality of a marriage ceremony.
This is one Of the most difficult ques-
tons with which the canal commits
sion las to deal, but Secretary Taft
states that every effort will be made
to stamp out immortality on the 18TH
mus.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

and other kidney Ills,
will find comfort in
the words of Mrs.
Jane Farrell OF COG
Ocean avenue. Jer-
sey City, N. j., who
says: Il reiterate
all | have said be-
fore in praise OF
Doan's Kidney Pills
l had been having
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

Land adjoining this can be purchased
from railway and land companies at from
s. to SO per acre.
On this land this year has been produced
upwards of twenty-five bushels Of wheat TO
the acre.
1t is also the best of grazing land and for
mixed farming it has no superior on the
continent.
Splendid climate, low taxes, railways
convenient, schools and churches close al
hand.
Write for Twentieth Century Canada"
and low railway rates TO Superintendent Of
immigration, Ottawa, Canada; or TO
authorized Canadian Government Agent
M. V. McInnes, 6 Avenue Theatre Block,
Detroit Michigan; or G. A. Laurier, Sault
Ste. Marie, Michigan.
(Mention this paper.)
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
Reward for Assassin.

William S. Vinegar, of Grand Rap
ids, heads a subscription list, of $500
already raised as a reward for the
capture of the murderer Of Josephine
Dom, and the council has adopted a
resolution urging the sheriff to hang
up a reward of $500. The Grand Rapids
Herald also offers a reward of 5000.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
tIOw'S This?

We OFFER One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case Of CatarTh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrt. Cure.
J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known +. j. Cheney
for the last Is years and believe him perfectly hon
orable in all business transactions and financially
able to carry any obligations made by his firm.
WALDyNo, KINNAN d. MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O..
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Testimonials free. Price IS cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
Two Tots Cremated.

Mrs Dell Wright, of Lake township,
near Baldwin, locked her two children
in the house while she went to visit a
neighbor The house caught fire
and both children persisted. They were
aged and 5 respectively.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
Ellen Glenn Sentenced.

Ellen Glenn. the woman with the
mysterious past, who swindled Steph-
en- A. Lockwood, a Lapeer merchant,
out of $500 by means of fraudulent
deed and abstract in a land deal. was
sentenced by Judge Dodds to from one
to ten years in the Detroit house OF
correction. Judge Dodds recommended
that the maximum be three years.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
Two Section Men Killed.

Foreman John Thomas and Chris
Hoverman. section hand, were in
stantly killed by a Grand Trunk flyer
while at work near Vicksburg. Hover
mans skull was crushed, his back and
limbs broken, while Thomass injuries
were principally about the head The
men had stepped from one track to
another TO avoid freight train, and
did not hear the express train APP
preaching.
Hoverman's wife died six months
ago, and now his six children are left
orphans. The families of both men live
al Schoolcraft.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
Ask Your Druggist for Aliens Foot.Easo.

az tried ALIENS FOOT-EASE recent
" and have just bought another supply. 1t
has cured my corns, and the hot, burning
and itching sensation in my feet which was
almost unbearable, and would not be with
out IL now Mrs w. j. Walker, Camden,
NJ j." Sold by all Druggists, BIC.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
Some Commercial Amblaultx.

From a window in the city: Buy
our boots. Every pair will bring the
customer back" This is not clear
Will the customer be inside the boots
or outside them Punch
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

king of Spain is a skilfull and
ss rider, a keen motorist, a dead
bt with either rifle or revolver, a
did fencer and an exceptionally
Ter boxer. The people hope that
will also be a good king.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
Mother cray's Sweet Powders for Children.

Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
I'm the Children's Home in New York, cure
Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate the
Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30, 900 tes-
timonials. At all Druggists, 25c. Sample
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

New York was started by
burning of pile of letters ignited
the heat from a radiator. Unless
I were love letters one Janitor,
st be doing all that can reasonably
of him.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

? is soon to be ex-
90, but the Office
never achieve such
s at times been at.
.es at Mole st. Nicho-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
ol,.orvo tbot tbo

% observe that the
Jcahontas have been
Tough at last to arrange
, monument tc the mem
'lustrious anccstress.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

.ngrateful of Russia not to
Stead's remedies for dis
NATION, considering the fact
ne has not patented them.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

ssia is going to have douma
China is going to have a parlia-
!. Why is it none Of these for
nations ever wants a congress?
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

IAN prisoners at Kishinev re-
in a body and set fire to the
he simple life did not appeal to
nen so much was going on out
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

ms Kendrick Bangs carries out
antior to become a New Eng
per, he will find that farming
.England is no joke.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

e wants a divorce be-
and spent all his
crime, as all wives
nds should bring all
and leave it on the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

telling people how
as they should be, do
popular demand. What
want to know is how
short as they mostly
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

100000 package Of securities
found intact in the street in
a. Now somebody will
sumo that it was hidden in
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

It's just as easy to predict one kind
OF weather as another-but what's the
use?
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

students are rioting now.
football is a good thing after
" purpose of working off the
surplus energy.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

Jim Jeffries' remark that he
football for 1000 a
,learly how the princely
aessful prize fighter
{ when discussing
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

A woman is always afraid her son
will marry beneath the family stan
dard.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

Many persons are not listening
they are asleep.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

Traverse City is to have the largest
clothes pin factory in the world
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

One touch of the bunko man doth
the farmer skin.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
TwIcE.ToLD TESTIMONY.
A Woman Who Hao Suffered Tells
How to Find Relief.

The thousands of women who suffer
backache, languor urinary disorders
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

i Me,ssq ~ OF New Jersey is out of
Tn,. 100000 in the treasury.
Everybody knows it's faint
-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

"She's out Of sight" can't be said
of the woman in bathing suit or ball
dress
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

-. a wise suggestion
Fan never gets the at
to a foolish proposition
man?
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

Mr.. Stead pro
100000 lives in
a pessimist. he
wo millions. But
5 emotional.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

co.,. .ao Wins the New York
'' The lawyers can not
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

i s,Hl Pursuing the Russian
y Japan. They are to be
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

49, s','on has left the country,
s"M viii continue the effort
? 70 bis pictures.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

lin woman's club decides
ufnln not love man and art
J me. Then let art be
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

Who has erected a
is front yard and
4 the good little
he earnest SYM
. lcLane.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
The Government Of Canada

Gives absolutely
r r z E to every
settler one hum
dred and sixty
acres of land i'm
Western Canada.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30

,o.e'a''y presidents can
oscore. ~ '''' ''e'i ~
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-30
Twain was cast
~ York. What
Z voter.

" iitSDn in Brazil last
4 lours. Some saloon
lave capitulated early.