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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
Prepare For Trouble.

Although Gen. Chaffee. chief of staff.
and Gen. Ainsworth, military secre-
tary, both assert there is no special
significance in the removal of consid.
cradle bodies of troops to the rnilip-
pines at this time, il is known that
the president, from inside advices,
fears an international rupture in Chi
ma that may possibly reach the magni-
tude of revolution in the provinces OF
Canton, Shanghai and other sections.
The war department says that troops
are constantly moving to the Philip
pines to replace those coming home
after the regular three years service
there, but none are coming away now
to make room for the First regiment.
two regiments of battery brigade, and
others, to move in January.
1t Is simply claimed that these are
being sent this time because transport
facilities and other conditions make it
easier now than during hot weather.
Thus, whatever explanation the GOV
eminent offers. it is apparent that an
increase of troops has been ordered in
the Philippines for the time being, at
least, and this. with expectation of
Chinese troubles, MAKES ground on
which are based rumors in the army
of possible active service in the far
east.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
CONDENSED NEWS.

The brutal side of man can be
brought to THE fore without much in
the way of pfWocation.
Prof. Gustav Hanback,, of the Wash
ington University, St Louis, one Of
the most eniirent biologists in the
United States was run down by. fire
engine and ssnously injured Tuesday.
Drop a nitkel in the slot and see
how ! will look when | am hanged. Z"
is the cheerful request made to every
visitor at his cell, by William Van
Dalzn, to be hanged in Louisville Jan
uary 10, for The murder of Fanny
Porter. He has made a miniature scat
field, trap and dummy connected with
a slot machine A nickel dropped in the
slot springs the trap and hangs the
dummy.
The Chinese minister. Sir Chentung
Liang Chens, called at the state de.
partment to notify Secretary Root of
ficially of the departure from China
for this country Of an imperial com
mission composed of two Chinese of
high degree AID a numerous and bril-
liant staff OF attendants, who have
been charged by the Chinese govern
ment with th task of studying AM
erican poliucl, military. naval edu-
cationai and Industrial methods
Chairman Shonts, of the Panama
canal commission Is in favor of a lock
canal at a Moderately high level.
Frank A. Tisdel. supposed reput-
able citizen and business man of
Scranton, Pa has confessed TO the
inert or i've watches. silverware ana
an overcoat lie gives no explanation.
The heirs Of Capt. S. S. Brown. the
Pittsburg Millionaire and sporting man
who died recently. have decided not 10
drag out The family skeletons. ana
settlement viii probably be made. Mrs.
Grace Brown the dead mans daugh
ter-in.law, iwnl be given several nun.
dred thousari doyars by the other
heirs.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
BACKBONE
BROKEN
THE BLOODY SCENES IN
MOSCOW END WITH
WHITE FLAG.
a FEW HELD OUT IN HOPELESS
CAUSE THAT MANY MIGHT
SEEK SAFETY.
RUSSIAN GUNS WROUGHT HAVOC
TILL AT LAST PITlFUl SUR
RENDER FOLLOWED.
Troops Hold Moscow.

White flags flying from a dozen fac
tories in the tenement houses Of Pres
ma district, where the rcvolutionaries
made their last stand, now bear mute
witness 10 the end of the December
uprising in Moscow" The entire dis
trict is now occupied by troops.
During Friday night the vast major
ity of the members of the fighting
legions" either surrendered or, after
throwing away their arms. endeavored
TO escape in the guise OF peaceful citi-
lens. Only the members who acted as
guard to the revolutionary commit
tee stuck to their colors and the sur
render of this handful this morning
finished the last act Of the sanguinary
drama.
The staging Of this last act was adj
mirable-a snow-coveTed landscape,
the small black residence with tiny
red flag huttering from the gable, the
end of Gorbatoff bridge, black with
the guns of artillery, and a thin encir-
cling line Of the Seminovsky regiment
of the guard. broken only directly in
the line OF fire. Suddenly there was
flash of red fire from the mouth of
one of the guns and solid shot
ploughed through the walls of the
house. A few spluttering shots replied
from a window. The cannon spoke
again and again until dozen shots
had been fired.
Ii looked like murder to the specta-
| tors on hill and so evidently thought
the officer in command of the battery,
which ceased fire. A reserve company
of the Seminovsky regiment then ad-
vanced and fired voleys at the upper
windows. At the third volley a white
handkerchief attached to a bayonet
was pushed through a shattered pane.
II waved frantically and all was over.
! The little garrison of thirty marched
out and laid down their arms, a
strange collection of rifles ana repeat
ing shotguns. All had revolvers.
! Strange TO say, not one of the men
had ever been wounded, and when they
found that they would not be imme-
diately executed they appeared to be
rather relieved that the end OF tne
struggle had cone. They gathered
around the soldiers bivouac, stretched
their hands eagerly over the cheerful
fires and begged cigarettes from the
) lJc.ds.
The number of pfisdNt~ rs bein
!. constantly augmented. most of the ne,
0 arrivals being arrested at the bridge
: or at other points Of egress in tn
. Presna district, which is crowded VIII
] refugees.
After the fall of the Prokharoff col
' ton mill and other factories a counc
C was hastily held, at which it was dc
cided that the revolution had failed
r and an order was given to every ma
: TO save himself as best he could. .
hundred agreed TO hold together so a
; to keep mp a show of fight under cove
:: of which the others could escape.
After the final surrender the inhal
: itants swarmed into the district, an
1 in a remarkably short time cleare
e away the remains of the barricade
and other Instructions with which tn
!, revolutionaries had blocked the di.
trict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
TEST THE LAW.

Pursuant to his opinion, as quoted
some time ago, that the new tax COM
mission law Is unconstitutional, Attor-
ney- General Bird Is preparing TO test
the law in the supreme court as soon
.ts the annual assessment OF the rail-
lads Is made next month.
This act was known in the legisla-
ture as the Galbraith bill, and gives
the commission power OF equalization
between the assessment OF corporate
and general property in taxing the
former. Bird has always contended
that the granting OF such power TO the
commission was a violation of the con-
stitutional provision requiring all
property to be assessed at It's true
cash value.
Gov Warner, who signed the Dill,
and the tax commission have agreed
with Bird that this will be the most
satisfactory method of deciding the
validity of the law. AS soon as the
January Is assessment is made the at
torno, general will bring suit, probably
in tie form of writ of mandamus, re
curing the tax commission 10 make
| it's cash value assessment as under Inc
old law. The tax commission will be
represented by special counsel. Corpor
alton Counsel Tarsney, or Detroit, and
Chief Assistant Hally have agreed mol
! to institute action in the name OF the
Detroit board of education, as they haC
/ threatened TO do, leaving the matter
! to a friendly solution inside the state
administration.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
TOO MUCH FOR THE POLICEMAN.
He Had But Dim Ideas of Symbols in
Public Library.

Aunt Sally Freemans education had
not been forced, and when she was
on her first visit to Boston, a short
time ago. and was shown the sights,
the public library was not overlooked.
Just inside the entrance she spied the
brass figures of crabs, fishes, bull, etc,
in the flocr. After looking them over
for few moments, she asked the DO
liceman on duty why they were put
there.
We'll, madam" he replied, when
| first came here and saw them.
thought they must have been sent
by the meat and fish handlers union,
but | hear that they call it the sign
of the Soda Act. What that token is
| don't know, but they have one like
1t in Washington that they use in
making up weather reports, though
how they do it beats me."-Bostor
Herald.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
Bennett Pardoned.

After one year of freedom under
parole Edwin T. Bennett has been
granted a pardon, the first issued by
Gov. Warner during his first year in
office. Bennett was convicted in June,
1902, OF manslaughter in the death OF
Agnes Eberstein, of Battle Creek, who
died in Bay City hotel after a Grim
inal operation, she having been Ben
nett's mistress. He was sentenced TO
seven years Imprisonment, but was
paroled by Gov. Bliss just before
Christmas in 1904.
Mr.. Bennett was formerly owner of
the Bay City Tribune and has many
friends who worked for his parole and
his pardon. Both of Benefits wives,
one of whom is divorced, also aided
In the matteE Bennett is now in Bay
City on a visit to his aged blind
mother, who never knew of his being
sent to prison.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
MALARlA2 2 ?
Generally That Is Not the Trouble.

Generally That Is Not the Trouble.
Persons with a susceptibility to ma
larial influences should beware of cof-
fee, which has a tendency to load up
the liver with bile.
lady writes from Denver that she
suffered for years from chills and
fever which at last she learned were
mainly produced by the coffee she
drank.
II was also grievously afflicted
with headaches and indigestion" she
says, which | became satisfied were
likewise largely due to the coffee
drank. Six months ago / quit its use
altogether and began to drink Postum
Food Coffee, with the gratifying result
that my headaches have disappeared
my digestion has been restored and
have not had recurrence Of chills
and fever for more than three months.
| have no doubt that it was Postum
that brought me this relief, for have
used no medicine while this improve
ment has been going on" ct was
really relief from congestion of the
liver caused by coffee)
"My daughter has been as great a
coffee drinker as I, and for years was
afflicted with terrible sick headaches,
which often lasted for a week at
time. She is brain worker and ex-
cessive application together with head
aches began to affect her memory
most seriously. She found no help in 4
medicines and the doctor frankly adj
vised her to quit coffee and use PoE
UNI.
For more than four months she
has not had a headache-her menta/f
faculties have grown more active ~
vigorous and her memory has been
restored.
mo more tea, coffee or drugs for
us, so long as we can get Postum"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Greek, Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little
book The Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
BURNING Homes.

w. e. Smith, an American resident
of ST. Petersburg, reports that 5000
armed insurgents from the Baltic prov
inces have crossed the railroad be-
tween Radjitza and Pskoff and that the
whole country is lighted up by fires
from burning residences. He says that
the insurgents, who are well armed
and who have a battery of machine
guns. announce that they are annex
ing" the region to the Lithuanian re-
public" Rich landed proprietors and
their families boarded the train at
Pskoff with nothing but hand satchels.
They told Mr. Smith that they were
glad to escape alive.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
Our Gentle Middies.

Midshipman Geo. w. Hewitt, the
first witness against Midshipman Cof-
fin, who Is being court martialed for
hazing Jerdone p. Kimbrough, broth
er midshipman, did not know which
way 10 turn when he faced the glitter
ing uniforms of the judges yesterday.
You need not testify to what would
tend to incriminate YOU was the ad.
vice of the judge advocate TO the wit
ness.
Then followed query by the latter:
Did you visit the room of accused
December - and there see Mr.. Kim
brough being hazed by Mr.. Coffin"
II merely looked in the room and
saw Kimbrough standing on his head,
admitted Hewitt. Il passed along and
five minutes later | looked in again
and he was in the same position
So that there might be no mistake
about what standing on the head Is
like, the court asked Kimbrough, who
was sworn. to demonstrate it, and with
head and hands on the floor of the
court he kicked his heels in the air.
Because Of the rule that no cadet Is
permitted 10 look at another during
the hazing process, Kimbrough assert
ed to the court that he was unable to
identify Coffin as one of his torment.
ors.
From the testimony of several mid
shipmen called in defense il was made
to appear that Kimbrough was hazed
because his associates considered him
not altogether truthful.
The ch2Eee against Midshipman De.
catur. who is next on the list for trial,
for hazins Midshipman McCrary, is
that he compelled him to stand on his
head about $50 times in succession,
and to perform other exercises TO the
point OF exhaustion
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04

Mouth and Eyes Covered With crusts
Hands Pinned Down-Miraeulous
Cure by Cuticura.

when my little boy was six months
old, he had eczema, The sores extend
ed so quickly over the whole body
that we at once called in the Doctor,
We then went TO another DOCTOR
but he could not help him, and In our
despair we went to third one. Mat
tiers became so bad that he had regu-
lar holes in his cheeks large enough
TO put a finger into. The food had to
be given with spoon, for his mouth
was covered with crusts as thick as
a finger, and whenever he opened the
mouth they began to bleed and sup
purate, as did also his eyes. Hands,
arms. chest, and back, in short the
whole body was covered over and
over. We had no rest by day or night.
Whenever he was laid in his bed, we
had TO pin his hands down; otherwise
he would scratch his face and make an
open sore. think his face must have
itched most fearfully.
I'VE finally thought nothing could
help, and | had made up my mind TO
send my wife with the child to Eu-
rope. hoping that the sea air might
cure him. otherwise he was to be put
under good medical care there. But,
Lord be blessed. matters came differ
emily, and we soon saw a miracle. A
friend of ours spoke about Cuticura.
We made a trial with Cuticura Soap,
! Ointment and Resolvent, and within
ten days or two weeks we noticed a
decided improvement. Just as quickly
as the sickness had appeared 1t also
began to disappear. and within ten
weeks the child was absolutely well,
and his skin was smooth and white
as never before. +. Hohrath, PreOi;
dent of the c. l.. Hohrath Company,
Manufacturers of Silk Ribbons, to 20
Rink Alley. South Bethlehem, Pa,
June 5, 1906"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
ToWnsend's Bill.

Rep. Charles e. Townsend is still
confident that his railroad rate reg
ulation bill has not been shelved, as
has been intinisted from Washington
He says he expects that when the in
terstate and fofeign commerce commit
tee meets January the Esch-Town-
send bill will BE- taken up. Mr.. Town
send is sanguhe that no bill can pass
both houses Of congress unless it en-
bodies the principle of the Esch-Town-
send bill. The president. according to
Townsend, has said it. and so it will
he
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04

Nine men are dead at Torreon, Mex,
il is said as the result of poison put
in punch by political enemies.
William McNeir, of Michigan, has
been appointed chief of the bureau of
rolls and Libraries of the state depart
ment at Washington.
Rabbit hunting is one of President
Roosevelt's recreations at Pine Knob.
Va, where he has gone to forget public
cares. A drizzlng rain, which later
became a downpour spoiled yester.
days sports. Theodore Roosevelt. Jr.,
and Surgeon-General Ripley have
Joined the party with three beagle
hounds and two white settlers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
Ray CitY's Great Fire.

The American Shipbuilding Co.'S en-
tire plant in Bay City. excepting one
warehouse and the office. was de-
stroyed by fire. causing a loss of s25c,-
600 and throwing / 900 men out of en-
ployment. The fire was one of the
most rapid ever seen, the fiames
spreading throughout the plant in ten
minutes. A boat being built for the
Gilchrist Transportation Co. was bad
~ damaged. There is considerable
anxiety 10 know whether the pIant
will be rebuilt.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
oStts5easssaI Ss11SS.yssSa..s-l

A recent visitor to the cnurchyard
in Beaconsfeld. England, asked a mid
dle-aged native of the village to be di.
rected to the graves of Burke and
Waller. The man said he had no recol-
lection of any such persons having
been buried there. But" he added.
you see that little chemists shop over
there? That's the shop where Dever.
eux, the trunH-murder man, used to be
an apprenticei"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
Oh! Rats! Ratsl

The third annual muskrat carnival
OF the Monroe Yacht club is over and
1t goes down in the history of musk
rats and muskrateers as the greatest
event on record. Three thousand hun
CRY men sat down, 500 at a time, to
muskrats parboiled, salad, pickles, Gel
cry and coffee. There was also gush-
ing fountain Of muskrat cocktail.
Only the size of the armory limited
the numbers at the tables. Flags, bunt.
ing, white-coated walters, blue.uni-
formed commodores, yachtsmen by
hundreds, rat eaters by thousands.
crowded the hall. packed the auditor
ium, and surged in and out from the
annex, where the muskrat geyser bub-
bled. There were ten bands all playing
"A Hot Time in the Old Town To
night as the hungry men ate. Wheth-
er any rats escaped after the dinner is
not stated.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
AMUsEMENTs IN DETROIT.
Week Ending Jan. 8.

TEMPLE THEATER AND WONDERLAND After
Moons 2;l5, lOc. TO 25c; Evenings s:l5, l0c TO SIC
Nela Bergen.
LYCEuM--P.ices Is a5-37-5 Toe Mats. Wed
and sat. Primrose's Minstrels
WHITNEY Evenings 1920 39c; Mats. lO-l5-25c
McFadden'S Flats.
LAFAYETTE THEATER--Prccs Sl50, Stc0 75c
and DC. Mats Wed, and Saturday.
out OF the Fold.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
"Plav Rall.n

The football question was para
mount in be high school section of the
State Teachers association in Lans-
l 2,k,sa1sIr...,,,1e I 1sss- !, - ..-
degradingl and ,Idemoralizing, while
others were inEned to believe with
President Roosd cit, that It should be
modified and Continued as recog-
rized college and high school sport
on accourA of ID value in the physical
development oflroung men.
One set of resalutiors, providing for
the suspensionlOf the game for two
years, was discussed and laid on the
table. AfterW-d another resolution
was offered putting the association on
record in favoHOf the game on Satur-
days and holidays only, discouraging
the practice oflemploying professional
coaches and in favor of ending the
football schedule by the middle of No
vember.
This resolution was adopted
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
Headache.

Headache may often be cured BY
finding on the forehead a handker-
chief in the folds of which has been
sprinkled black pepper and the whole
saturated in camphor. When the cloth
becomes dry again saturate it. Relief
will come in few minutes and sleep
will be induced.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04

John Culp, OF Sumner, has lost his
NTH horse from poisoning. How the
animals got the poison is unknown.
Stung by an insect while passing
through a swamp. William II. John
son, formerly Of Saginaw, has met
death by poisoning at Jacksonville.
Fla An attempt was made TO save
his life by amputating his arm at the
shoulder.
Albert Neal. aged 10, was found gull
ty Of ncn-support. His wife was form
erly Miss Frances Conger, and both
resided at Akron, Tuscola county. A
family row broke out and estranged
the young couple.
The girls were so pretty that he
couldn't help hugging them i'm the
streets was the confession of Allie
Ward TO Justice Erb. of Muske gon.
There were several of the pretty girls
in court at the time and they blushed
becomingly and felt sorry they had
complained against him. Allie was
fined 800 and costs. He had the
$1,000 with him, paid his fine and was
free
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
Moisture in the Air.

The capacity of air for holding
moisture is twice as great at SO de.
gress as at 80, and four times as great
at IS degrees as at the freezing point
of water-32 degrees Fahrenheit.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04

late Edward Atkinson tried to
Il how little a man could live;
died Of indigestion. Burgundy
errapin are unsafe when you
accustomed yourself TO turnips
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04

epidemic of humps at Syracuse
Esity has stopped work in the
|Inent of mathematics for the
being. And yet it is not unusual
college students with swelled
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
THE MARKETS.

Detroit-Good mich cows were . ,
trife lower and nothing brought over
s45 to 81, and they had to be 3ta,' extra |
grades were duh. Extra dry steers ana
heifers. 81 so; steers and heifers, i,Ooo
to 1,90o. $4@4 500 steers and helters,
500 to 1000, SO 50@4; steers and heifers
e cRi sas s9y. - s;.@.S i; good ;ais
yyS c s2gS 81 Gom a9@p COWS cSolas
heavy bulls, sSa 80; fair to good boz
! lognas, bulls. 81 5Om3; stock bulls,
~ Peg ~ choice feeding steers, 500
500 TO 200, $3U3 so; choice stockers,
! 500 to 700. $3m3 80; fair stockers, 500
! to 700. 81 50@3: stock heifers, So ESQ
: 10; mixers large young, medium
| age, $3S a ~; common mixers, $lSM2T.
| The supply Of veal calves was very
| light and prices paid were about 25c
| higher than they were week ago.
Hogs-The hog trade was active from
| start to finish at prices 10 cents higher
! than last week, nearly everything
bringing, s. 10 per hundred. Range OF
prices: Light to good butchers, So 10;
| pigs, $5u5 10; light workers. 50 10;
roughs, 81 25m 4 so; stays one-third off.
Sheep-Sold about 15c higher; demand
good. Prices: Best lambs 81 so; fair
| 10 good lambs. $7M7 %; light to COM
mon lambs $GM6 so; fair to good
butcher sheep, $4@5; culls and common.
81 95d3.
Chicago--Choice to common steers.
! "a: bulls 81 4OG3 Is; calves, $5G7.
Hogs-Light, $5m5 10; prime butch
ers, IS 1O@5 Is; packing, 81 1O@5 10;
prime heavy, S4@4 20.
Sheep-Market steady to 10@15c
lower: sheep. SO 5Om6; yearlings, 81 %
az; lambs, s. 25@7 IS.
Grain. Etc.
Observation-Disclosures. ! white. cars
at sac; No. red spot. / car at sc a c,
7 car at SEC; December, 5000 bu at
S6Ac, 5000 bu at S6Ac, 1000 bu at
Sc &c, 5000 bu at sec; May, 10000 bu at
90hc July, 1000 bu at S5Ac, 5000 bu
at S5isc, 5000 bu at Soc; No. red. SIC
per hu.
Q cars at iGc, cars at 45 2 G; No. vel
low, 2 cars at 44hc, / car at 44Ac: by
sample, car at - We; No. white, l
ear at 45c No. white. / car at 44c bu.
33Ac No. 4 white, car at 33 &c. / car
\ by sample at 3Shc per bu:
: Rye-No , spot. nominal at GIisc bu.
clover seed-PIrime spot, 80 bags at
at IS S0; by sample. % bags at 81 10,
l , at 81 65, . at 81 so, is at 81 IS, and
~ at sc 20 per bu. Prime alsike. 81 IS:
by sample. bags at Sc % per bu.
Beans-December. 81 81 nominal; jan
uary. 81 81 bid, 81 80 asked March,
81 s. bid. 81 81 asked; May, 81 IS bid.
81 20 asked
spring wheat. s2is @s5c; No. 3, so@S4c:
No. . red S61s dS7isc; No. 2 corn,
47hc; No. 2 yellow 47Ac; No. oats.
30 Z Gsi%Sc; No. : rye, siG 6se; good
feeding barley, G37ac; fair to
choice mailing. 41@49c; No. flaxseed.
81 0S; No. ] northwestern, 81 ID; prime
timothy seed. SO S7h; clover, contract
grade S13
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04

/sentiment against babies has re
| such a tremendous momentum
e that those of us who have al
had the good fortune to be born
reason to congratulate ourselves