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MICHIGAN
Manners in Business.
kELDING

For the average man success fire.
quently depends more upon his man
ner and appearance than upon his
knowledge of his trade or business,
or. as one might say, of his profession.
A Chicago newspaper has lately been
noting some failures and their causes.
1t cites the case of one man who
was a successful salesman in a bust
able to get any custom when sent on
the road. The general manager OF the
business went to lunch with him enc
day, to talk over the matter The man
crumbled crackers into his soup until
II was thick, and then ate the mixture
from the end of his spoon in great
mouthfuls. When the meat was served.
he shoveled it in with his knife. and
had finished eating and was noisily
picking his teeth almost before the
manager had begun his meal. In re-
ply to a question, he told the man
ager that he always took his GUS
toners out to lunch, and used every
method TO win their confidence and
friendship" The manager then said:
You couldn't sell me a stick of gum.
No man whose personal habits are so
obtrusively vulgar IS yours could have
the slightest influence with me. Had
lunched with you before sending you
on the road, | would never have dis
graced our house by giving 1t such a
representative" These words hurt,
says Youths Companion, but the man
profited by them, and to-day is one
of the most gentlemanly as well as
on the road. Another case cited is
that of a minister whose unrefincd
manners annoyed his women relatives.
They tried to help him, but he re-
scented their suggestions, and men less
able intellectually, but with more OF
the graces OF refinement in their mGn-
ners, were called to the opportunities
for service in the pulpits of the large
and influential churches. They used
10 teach manners in the old days. Now
there is little formal instruction. II
a youth does not learn good MANNERS
at home, he has to pick them up when
he gets out into the world, or else be
handicapped. Great geniuses have
commanded respect in spite OF boor-
ishness, but it is never safe for a
young man to assume that he is
genius.
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LEGISLATION
OF THE SESSION
FOUR ACTS or CONGRESS WHICH
WILL BENEFIT THE COUNTRY.
PRESIDENT is PLEASED
The Day Of the Man With the Patch
on His Breeehes Has Come and for
the Man With the Dollar to Go.
Resume OF Work.

The present session of Congress
will adjourn with four important
pieces OF legislation to its credit
free alcohol, railroad rates, consular
reform and statehood These four
important legislative enactments
make a pretty good session record,
and both Houses, now that the hot
weather has come, are willing TO rest
on il and postpone everything else
until the short session next winter.
Consular reform was recommended
by the president in his message last
December. but it has been accom-
plished only in part, owing TO the un-
Willingness of senators TO relinquish
the best that now remains OF official
patronage. Still, the new law will &C
complish a great deal. IL Will per
haps prevent another era OF consular
corruption in the far east, and there
will be promotions in the service and
strict examinations previous TO APP
pointment that will help make the
service what it ought to be.
Statehood will be accomplished on
ly in part, so far as the executive rec
ommendation is concerned. Oklaho-
ma and Indian Territory will be adj
mitted, but Arizona and New Mexico,
will be permitted at a special election
TO vote on the proposition.
AS TO railroads, the president gets
even more than he asked for in his
message. All that he then asked for
was power 10 the interstate com
merce commission TO name rate 10
take the place of an unjust rate com
planned of The bill as amended III
the Senate carries much more than
this provision. Free alcohol was not
advocated in the annual message, but
it received the presidents cordial ap-
prevail when il came up later on. and
he urged il in his recent message
about the Standard Oil Co.
Among the important matters that
will go over are: Philippine tariff
preservation Of Niagara Falls, Santo
Domingo treaty, pure food regulation
ship subsidy. immigration and natur
alization, and probably the type Of
canal.
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AFFlRMS BURTON DECISION
Kansas Senator Must Serve Six
Months in Jail and Pay Fine, Be-
sides Losing Office.

Washingtcn.-The supreme court OF
the United States Monday rendered a
decision In The case of United States
Senator Ralph Burton, of Kansas.
The decision was against Burton. az.
frming the decision of the limited
States circuit court for the eastern dis.
trict OF Missouri, by which Burton was
sentenced 10 six months Imprisonment
In the jail Of Iron county. Mo-. re.
CURED to pay fine of $1,000 and de.
prived OF the right to hereafter hold
Office under the government The
opinion was by Justice Harlan All
OF the points made in Burton's inter.
est were overruled.
Senator Burton was prosecuted on
the charge OF violating Section 1882
of the revised statutes, which prohib-
its senator's and representatives from
receiving compensation for services
rendered before any of the government
departments In any matter in which
the government may be interested
He was specifically charged with ar
cepung fee of $500 per month for
five months from the Rialto Grain &
Securities company, of st. Louis, for
services rendered that company in an
effort to prevent the issuance Of an
order by the post Office department
prohibiting the use of the mails by
che company.
Immediately after promulgating it's
decision in the Burton case the su.
preme court of the United States Mon.
day granted motion TO give 60 days
to Senator Burton in which to pre-.
pare a petition for a rehoaring. The
action will have the effect of taking
the case over until the next term Of
court beginning in October. as the
present term will expire next Monday.
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Timber on State Lands.

Although the supreme court granted
new trial TO Frank Christian, OF
Altoona county. convicted of cutting
timber on state lands, 1t construed the
law in such "a manner as TO make 1t
easier in the future to secure convic-
tions for criminal trespass. The court
holds that under a recently enacted
statute the state is not required to
prove an intent to violate the law in
cases OF trespass and in effect says
that men who cut timber must know
that they are doing so on their own
property. The law makes the cutting
OF timber on state lands a felony. IL
does not devolve upon the state to es-
tablish its title TO lands in order to
secure 4 conviction. The decision is
regarded as a notable triumph for the
state and 1t will doubtless result in
preventing much trespassing.
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MICHIGAN
EVENTS NOTED
THE LOSSES BY FIRE IN THE UP
PER PENINSULA REDUCED.
FIGURES SHOW $250,0OC
Not More Than One Hundred Home
steaders Burned Out, Number OF
Buildings Less Than $50.
Upper Peninsula Fires.

The latest estimate of losses by the
forest fires in the upper peninsula,
given by John FitZgibbon, staff CORE
spondent of the Detroit News, makes
the grand total only about S25O,OOO.
The information upon which this esti-
mate is based has been furnished
largely by the owners of lumber, &C.
1ar and pulpwood lands in the six
counties, Delta, Marquette, Dickinson,
Menominee, Iron and Luce. in which
the fires burned
These owners have had their men
looking over the burned sections for
several days to see how badly stand
ing trees are damaged, and generally
the reports of these men are that the
damage to the trees is not nearly As
great as had been feared The $780,
600 estimate is accepted as pretty
nearly correct.
The number of buildings burned
will not exceed $50. These included
the depots at Quinnesec and Talbot
and about 20 store buildings. The
only church burned was the Catholic
church at Quinnesec, a frame edifice
that cost about $4,000, and which was
part of the charge of Rev. FIR. Nos
houses were destroyed. The only life
lost was that of old Pete Lafonde,
cook at one of the l. Stephenson Co.'S
camps, near Hates, Marquette Co,
who thought he would be safe in the
root cellar until the fire passed over,
but suffocated
All told, not many more than 100
homesteaders were burned out. Fire
a do in
more places in district about 20
miles wide and extending some GO
miles northwest towards Republic
yet in this district but 16 homestead
ers were burned out
Niagara, on the Menominee river
Just over the Wisconsin line, is the
site of the great Kimberly & Clark
pulp mill, one of the largest in the
country. Fire appeared in a number
of places in this section, yet in ter
ritory of 10 miles square. with Mag
ara as the center, but six homestead
ers lost their homes. A few thousand
will cover the damage to pulp wood
Every lumber and cedar and pulp
wood operator as we'll as the small
iobbers, except two of the latter, who
lost their outfits. have resumed oper.
ullOu anu dIt IlONlHS OH lut
same scale as if there had been no
fire.
Leaving out the losses in Talbot
and Quinnesec towns, three-fourths
of the whole fire loss will fall upon
wealthy companies and individual OPP
orators. Most of the burned out
homesteaders are back at work for
wages, cutting lumber, timber or ce-
dar posts and poles or pulp wood,
and none of their families are suffer
ing. There has, in fact, rarely been
such a demand for woodsmen in the
northern country as at the present
time, and wages are high. The fires
are all out and even shoulder is
rare. When the big wind of Friday
last week subsidized the flames began
TO die out, for with so much green
vegetation the woods wouldn't burn
without a wind to fan the fire. A
mild rain helped along the eXtinguish-
ing
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-31

The man who knows it all" and
deems himself all-sufficient for all oc-
casions, and especially for emergen-
cies, is familiar figure in all en-
Payments, public and private. More
men achieve failure by knowing too
much and trying to do too many
things to which they are not called
than by the opposite course. The
overdoer, more frequently than the
man who keeps below high stand
ard, fails to realize his aims. Dom
mated by a deep and abiding sense OF
his capacity for usefulness and by an
equally robust doubt of other mems
qualifications, this inflated parsonage
is a nuisance at all times and in any
avocation.
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The Referendum Districts.

Returns from every county in Mich.
igan show that in at least AZ repre-
sentative districts the Republicans
will vote June IL on the referendum
relative to the adoption of direct nom
nations. 1t is generally believed that
most districts will adopt the plan.
The only modification of this esti
mate will be found in a limited num-
Der Of cases where possibly some
technically invalidates the petitions
for the referendum.
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Political Geography.

A new study has been added to the
curriculum of certain American col
leges. 1t is known as political geo.
graphy and is defined as the study of
geography in relation to political and
social institutions. To teach economic
subjects, as we'll as otner university
branches a knowledge of elementary
geography is required. 1t was found
that many students, though primed
with Greek and latin, lacked any
thing approaching familiarity with
this old-fashioned study. Hence the
invention of political geography. The
elementary side is taken up and, in
connection with this, emphasis is laid
upon an explanation of hiw each coun-
try studied came to be a separate, dis
tinct country; upon its political in
stiutions and the geographic inhu-
ences that have affected them, and up
on the present political problems OF
paramount interest in connection with
each of the countries studied The
WOTLu eNenIS vi the past lWo year
have greatly assisted in making the
coarse interesting. This year, while
the class was studying Great Britain,
the Irish question was agitating Brit
ish politics; in the study of France,
the great question of separation of
church and state came up for discus
sion; the interest OF the class in Nor
events that have led to the separation
of Norway from Sweden; the Balkan
question has been at the forefront for
a few months past and for two years
the great Russo-Japanese war has
made the study of Russia and Japan
OF especial interest.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-31
ANARCHISTS ATTACK BANK
Two Customers Killed in General
Melee at Warsaw In
stitution.

Warsaw.-A brief but bloody en-
counter took place Friday afternoon at
the Industrial Savings bank, which
was attacked by a band OF anarchists
The latter. with revolvers in their
hands, ordered the clerks and custom
ers present to hold up their hands.
The chief clerk promptly drew re-
volver and fred at the intruders. This
was the signal for Il brisk fusilade
during which two of the customers
were killed and two customers, five
clerks and one of the anarchists were
wounded. The anarchists then es-
capped carrying off their wounded.
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No Receiver for Zicn.

Chicago.-The first decisive legal
victory between the warning factions
of Zion went to the adherents of John
Alexander Dowie Tuesday in the dis
triet court. Judge Lands declared his
investigators found no evidence OF
misappropriation of funds, that the as
sets exceed all liabilities. and that no
receiver will be appointed.
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DISORDER DUE TO GUARDS
Deputies at Plum Run Mine Fire Gun.
to Intimidate Striking
Mineworkers.

Siubenyi,le. o. - The Plum Run
Eires OF the United States Coal
company were started Thursday with
125 nonunion men. The men were es-
corted to the mines by armed guards.
There was no disorder. but the foreign
element is feared if the mine is kept
running. Reports Of attacks and riot
ing were the result of some of the
deputies who early Thursday fired
their guns in the air TO intimidate any
of the strikers that might be about.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-31

Miss Grace NJ. Varcoe, who is now
in New York, mas crossed the Atlantic
81 times as the agent of an English
diamond concern and on each trip she
has carried with her gems valued at
from $4,000 to 100000 Miss Var
coe is said to be an expert lapidarist.
She has travelled in all the principal
cities in this country, Canada and
Europe as the representative Of her
firm. She speaks four languages and
incidentally carries revolver, which,
should occasion require, could also
speak"
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Leads santo Domingo Rebellion.

Washington.-Dis advices
have been received by the state depart.
ment relative to revolutionary move.
ments in the West Indies. directed
against the administration of Presi-
dent Caceres. of Santo Domingo. De-
tails of these movements are vague
and are difficult of access, but they
indicate that ex-President Morales is
making determined effort to expel
Caceres and regain the presidency of
Santo Domingo.
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Home Products for Canal.

Washington.-The senate commit
tee on finance Wednesday favorably
reported a resolution directing that
materials for the Panama canal shall
be of domestic production and manu-
facture, unless the president deems the
bids for the same exorbitant. The de-
natured alcohol bill was ordered re-
ported favorably by the senate COM
mittee on finance.
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Congressman Smiths Speech.

A remarkable speech for govern
ment ownership of the telegraph was
made in the House Saturday by Rep
resentative Samuel w. Smith. He
contended that the government should
own and control the means Of com
munication by wire as well as by mail,
and quoted noted statesmen Of the
past in support of his argument He
also maintained that the profit on
telegraph service was so great that
by it the government could not only
wipe out the annual postoffice deficit,
but turn it into a surplus.
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Churches Are United.

Des Moines, la do solemnly de-
clare and here publicly announce that
the basis of union is now in full force
and effect and that the Cumberland
Presbyterian church is now reunited
with the Presbyterian church in the
United States of America as one
church" With these words uttered be-
fore the general assembly Thursday
moderator Hunter Corbett officially es-
tablished the union of the two denom-
nations.
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Detroit a Center.

Rev. Fr. Frederick l.. Odenbach, an
expert in earth shocks. declares that
his microseismograph, an instrument
for recording terrestrial disturbances.
recorded distinct quake Wednesday
coming from the direction of Michigan
The tremors.' says FIR. Odenbach
lasted about 80 seconds. They began
at 2:11:5O and lasted till 2:12:40. The
shock, ] think, came from the vicinity
of Detroit, which is an earthquake cen
ter. This is the first time in six years
that a local shock has been recorded
here"
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PERKINS is DISCHARGED.
New York Decides Ex-Life Insurance
Official Cannot Be Held for
Grand Larceny

New York. May 2G.-The appellate
division of the supreme court Friday
handed down a decision discharging
from custody George w. Perkins.
whom the supreme court had held to
await action of the grand jury on a
technical charge Of grand larceny in
connection with the campaign contri
button of the New York Life Insur
ance company to the Republican ma
tional committee
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Woman Retains Golf Title.

Auburndale. Mass.-Miss Pauline
Mackay. of the Oakley Country club.
the national and state woman's golf
champion, Friday retained her state
title by defeating Miss Harriet S. Cur
It's, of the Country club, in the final
round Of the womans state golf tour
nament
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Rural Delivery Order.

Washington-The fourth assistant
postmaster genreal has issued an or
der providing that after July l rural
delivery carriers. when making their
trips. will visit and examine only
those boxes for which they have mail
for delivery and those on which the
signals are displayed to indicate that
there is mail for dispatch.
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rornado pemolishes Honsa

Sioux City, IA tornado struck
the town of Whiting, Ia, at six o'clock
Friday evening and demolished resi-.
dence and barn. The occupants saw
the storm approaching and escaped in
jury by taking refuge in the cellar.
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Amusement Resort DESTROYED.

Cleveland. O.-Fire Friday prac-
tically destroyed the famous amuse-
ment resort known as the White City,
a few miles east of Cleveland. Numer-
Gus buildings with their entire con-
tents were completely wiped out The
loss is estimated at at $4,000.
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An Heiress.

Mrs. John Edward Roberts, whose
husband is serving term of two and
half years at Jackson state prison.
anG who herself has been an inmate
of the st. Clair county home the past
year. has received word that she had
inherited small fortune through the
death Of Canadian relative. The
news was conveyed to her by her
niece. who lives in Port Huron and
who brought her there from the poor
house. Mrs. Roberts was a former
resident OF Marine City
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-31

Madrid-The royal train bearing
King Alfonso and his future bride.
Princess Ena of Battenberg. arrived
Friday evening at the Pardo station.
The princess was escorted to the par.
do palace with imposing ceremony.
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Allege Violation of Pool Law.

Kansas City. Mo.-The grand jury
Friday returned six indictments
against Or. j. S. Gardner, president of
the Kansas City Jockey club. and
Charles Oldham, bookmaker, for vio-
lation of the pool selling act.
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Athletes Home Again.

New York.-The White Star liner
>epublic, having on board the victori-
Gus American athletes who competed
in the Olympic games at Athens.
Greece. arrived in quarantine at 5:15
o'clock Friday morning.
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insane Man Threatens Roosevelt.

Washington. -Following allegations
that he had threatened violence to the
president. Robert p. Lewis, a Hawai-
ian. was arrested here Friday on sus-
picion that his mind was affected and
was sent to st. Elizabeth's asylum for
the insane.
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San Francisco Death List.

San Francisco.-According TO the
records to date in the coroner's Office
the death list from fire and earthquake
Is now i02. The last name added is
that of Fred F. Stanley. a letter car
rier.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-31

Elmore Gray. of Pontiac. son of DR..
and Mrs. Mason w. Gray. OF Pontiac.
has passed the physical examination
for admission to West Point.
The wife of Rev. ID. Finley. of Elsie.
dropped dead from overwork in caring
for her daughter. who is dying from
consumption, and her husband. who is
i'll with nervous trouble which forced
him TO give up his pulpit.
Bartholomew Champion. aged So,
employed in the Grand Rapids Chair
Co.'S factory for % years, was stricken
with apoplexy while at work, Tuesday
afternoon. and died soon after. A wife
and seven children survive.
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BRIBERY EXPOSE.
Governor Of Indiana Offered EVi-
dence for Bakers immunity.

Arthur l.. Hughes, of Wabash, Ind,
has proposed TO Gov. Hanley that O.
A. Baker, known as Cigarette
Baker, because of his attempt to bride
member of the last general assem-
bly, to vote against the anti-cigarette
bill, will return To Indiana and give
startling testimony regarding corrup-
ton among members of the Legis-
lature ii the governor will promise
him immunity from punishment.
Hughes came to Indianapolis and
had a conference with Gov. Hanley.
He said he had become a business
successor to Baker in a Marion con
Germ, and that he had there found in
Bakers desk a mass of letters, tele-
grams and other papers that proved
that Baker had been for several years
an agent of the tobacco trust and
other great institutions in the work
of corrupting Legislatures, county and
municipal officers and the courts.
He said he knew Bakers where
abouts and that Baker would return
to Indianapolis and disclose the en-
tire scheme of graft II Gov Hanley
would promise that Baker would not
be prosecuted under the Indictment
that now hangs over him.
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It's easy for fellow to be whole
souled when he is we'll heeled.
Cyclones Friday killed the infant
child of ]. ID. Luke in Waxahachie.
Tex. wrecked house and barn in
Whiting, Ind. and injured a number
OF persons in Oakland. Neb.
Herman Reckling. at Hazleton. Pa,
suffered SO intensely from toothache
that he blew off his head with dyna-
mite.
Chief of Police John Briggs and ex-
Prosecuting Attorney Henry G. MUIR
ply, of Omaha, have been arrested
for alleged Matchmaking of resort
Keepers.
Fake handmade trees that would
look like growing coffee trees were
to be used in helping to float the stock
of the Ubeno Fruit company, accord
ing to testimony In the trial OF FerdI-
nand Il. Borges, on trial for larceny
in Boston.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-05-31

1899 club" has been organized in
Traverse City It will have 999 mem
bers, each of whom pledges himself
to do something to beautify the city.