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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

r. r. Commissioner Glasgow and
Mechanical Engineer Bice start on
July for an inspection of all of the
railroad lines in the state. It's the first
/. three years.
ames White, aged 80, of Kalama-
ZOO, says that religion was the cause
of the separation Of his wife and him
self eight years ago. She became a
convert to the Seventh Day Adventist
faith and insisted that he share their
home with a brother" of that belief
and his wife. White refused and his
wife went to Wisconsin They have n
child years old which White has
never seen.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
A Million Immigrants.

Commissioner of immigration Rob
ert Watchorn has completed some fig
uring which indicated that the num-
Der of immigrants arriving in the port
OF New York last year was 1000,
and for the entire country, 1,026.00O
The number coming over and entered
at New York during the present fiscal
year, which ended June 80, was L.
loo. 900.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
p. M, FLYER Wrecked.

A locomotive pulling the Pere Mar
quette Cannon Ball" resort flyer
jumped the track one mile north OF
Thompsonville Tuesday night, carry
ing seven sleepers with it and tearing
up long stretch of track. Charles
Stanfield, Of this city. baggageman
sustained several broken ribs and in
ternal injuries. Traffic is completely
tied up, trains going via the Manistee
& Northeastern.
This train was making its first run
south for the season. When coming
north from Chicago in the morning
the train was delayed four hours by
a freight wreck.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
Is 1o3 Years Old.

Levi Rivers, of Jnwood township.
Schoolcraft county. who has the dis
tinction of being the oldest person liv-
ing in the upper peninsula, has just
passed his 103d milestone in life.
Rounding the century mark in 1905, he
is still hale and hearty, and is sur
prisingly active for a man of his
years. A walk of upwards a mile,
taken shortly after breakfast, is his
daily exercise when the weather is
pleasant. The cid man has been a
great grandfather for a number of
ears. He has always been a user of
tobacco.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
Found the Plumber.

Nhile walking home just after mid
night Albert West, an elderly man of
Battle Creek, was stopped by an at
tractive young mulatto woman, who
asked him TO go with her. West pushed
her aside and went home, but on ar
irving there found his pocket had
been cut open and his roll of bills,
amounting to $3.50, removed. Police
Capt Bymer sent patrolmen 10 all the
colored resorts and Officers Hamilton
and Abbey arrested Marion Miller, of
Cleveland, who answered the descrip-
ticn. a stovepipe hole in one room
had suspicious appearance and there
the officers found the amount of money
West said he had lost.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
Conscience Stricken

Homer Town, now a prosperous citi-
zen of Battle Creek. Mich. lived at
New Carlisle, Ind, fifteen years ago.
He suddenly disappeared one day,
leaving a number of unsettled obliga-
tions. Town is now making regular
remittances to his former creditors,
writing them that he can no longer
endure the sting OF his conscience,
and that he cannot go to his grave
with single stain upon his life. He
was supposed to have been foully dealt
with after his disappearance from New
Carlisle.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
"Pitchfork Ben"

"Pitchfork Ben" Tillman was in the
500 with his wife and three daughters
as passengers on the steamer North
west. He refused to name his choice
for the Democratic nomination for
president. Regarding the race problem
he said northern people do not under
stand the question as do the southern.
ers. He said We want the south TO al
low the black rights which we wont
give them in the north.
Treat the blacks as equals and they
will bother the life out of you" he
said
Mrs. Tillman discussed the race
question along the same lines.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
Gave the Babe Away.

In Justice Battdorf's court, Battle
Creek, Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Blod-
gett, the former a railroad man
signed away all rights to their child,
aged four months. Neighbors saw the
infant was starving and notified the
police, who asked Miss Bertha Bah
cock, serving as probation agent, to
investigate. She reported filth and
starvation. saying the child was al
most skeleton. The parents did not
fight the police plans, being too glad
TO escape arrest. Laziness, not power
", is the claim advanced against the
family. the house being unkept and
neglected
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
Adrian's Homecoming.

Adrian's homecoming celebration
eclipsed all others. At least $500
former residents returned to greet
each other and old home friends and
relatives. The most interesting per-
sonage was VIII Carleton. the poet,
now of New York, who read an origin
al poem written fer the occasion,
Forest and Homestead"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
Eats Needles

Mollie Dressler, % years old, who
last September underwent an opera
ton in a New York hospital when 40
needles were removed from her stom-
ach, was taken TO the Fordham hos
pital Tuesday night suffering from
the same needle complaint" This is
the third time Miss Dressler has en-
dangered her life by swallowing
needles. She denies she is trying to
commit suicide, but refuses to give
any reason for her strange habit
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

The State Association of Probate
Judges, which meets at Monroe July
81 to August inclusive, will be enter
tanned at the city's expense.
A. J. Greulich. roofer. fell so feet to
a cement sidewalk while working on
Grand Rapids school BUILDING and
was instantly killed
Miss Luella Burton, deputy factory
inspector, who looks after the inter
ests of women employees. takes a
whack at Flint because there is no
provision for the welfare of It's work
ing girls out Of shop hours She says
she is surprised that there is no Y.
w. G. A.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
James ]. Hill though not . G.

James J. Hin though not Cath.
Ollie, may receive title from the
pope. He has been for years a close
friend of Archbishop ireland and. 1t
is said, has donated several millions
TO the church, including $1,000, 900 for
the new st. Paul cathedral. Mrs. Hill
IL a Catholic. Hill courted her when
she was a waitress In a hotel and
gave her a college education.
Gov. Warner, Senators Sam Smith
and Thsd Seeley are named among
the stockholders in a new burial
ground installed just inside the city
limits on the Detroit road. The com
pany is capitalized at 100000.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

The most unique method of deliver
ing mail doubtless is that employed
by steamers passing the islands Of
the Tonga group in the Pacific. On
account of many reefs landing is ex-
tremely dangerous. and the few let
tiers to be delivered are attached to
large skyrockets, which are fired and
reach the shore in safety.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
The Cars OUTING.

Car Nicholas and his family have
removed from Tsarskoe Selo to Peter
hof for the summer. Most extraordi-
nary preparations were made during
the winter for this visit and every
thing. has been done which the wit
and ingenuity of man can conceive
to secure the safety of the Russian
ruler and those dear to him.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

The Evening Mail, of New York,
goes earnestly If not profoundly into
the question of what makes or breaks
a hotel. 1t talks pleasantly about the
old-time boniface of rubicund counte-
nance and warm jolly at the tap, tells
how he is succeeded by the modern
clerk and upon these premises places
the unassailable conclusion that the
hotels that get the money are made
and that those failing to get 1t are
broken. II only took a little over
half a column. says the Detroit Free
Press, TO work out the syllogism.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

The historic plains OF Abraham will
be dedicated as a national park at
the celebration next year of the three
hundredth anniversary of the found
ing of Quebec, provided those most
prominent in the commemoration are
able to have their way At present
the plains are marred by a rife fac
tory, and instead of listening to the
demand that they remove to another
site, the owners Of the plant demand
more room.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
Thaw Is m.

Harry Thaw is desperately i'll in the
Tombs and grave fears are entertained
that he is on the verge of collapse.
An application will be made to a
supreme court justice for bail for
Thaw on the ground that his life will
be endangered II he remains In prison
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

Former Judge A. B. Morse has
tied up lonia's new city hall project
with an injunction, after the people
had voted TO bond for 500. 600. the
bonds had been sold to Chicago par
ties and preparations had been made
to purchase a site.
Sammy Pendill. agel II. OF Shelby.
was playing "buzzsaw" with a large
button on a string when the string
broke and the revolving button struck
him in the eye, almost severing the
eyeball
Charles II. Davis. aged 81, of VIII
son township, civil war veteran,
dropped dead while driving COWS
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
Encroachino.

Magazine Editor-Seems to me our
verse contributors are getting mighty
particular.
Assistant-They are?
Magazine Editor-Yes; here's one
who insists on having his poem run
next to pure advertising NATTER
Puck.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
Gov. Maeoon Stays.

Gov. Magoons rule in Cuba will
continue for Is months, Secretary Taft
said after his conference at Oyster
Bay with the president. The interven-
Ing time will be needed to complete
the census of the island, prepare for
and hold an election for president and
install the new executive.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

Chinese laundrymen in Chicago are
organizing military company in an.
ticipation of an upheaval at the death
Of the dowager empress. We should
think they could do damage enough
by going home and doing washing for
their enemies.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

1t is said that anyone wishing to
dilute wine with water can be sure
the wine will kill the microbes which
may Turk in the water within six hours
after the mixture is made. But how
long does it take the water to kill the
germs of brain storms" in the wine?
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
Child Killed

Little Lillian Robbins, aged IL, was
Killed by train at Vanderbilt. She
was crossing the tracks with some of
her companions and her friends got
over safely, but when she reached
the middle of the track she stopped
second as If afraid and was caught by
the engine which backed down on
her
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

A st. Louis university has estab-
lished a chair for chauffeurs. Doubt
less it will be much pleasantef to be
run over by a college graduate than
by some rude person who knows moth
ing about the classics.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
Bio Mill DESTROYED.

Fire at Baraga destroyed the large
sawmill of the hester Estate Co,
causing a reported loss of $685. 900 and
throwing 800 men out of work. The
town Itself had a close call, as did
large piles Of manufactured lumber
1t was necessary to summon a fire
engine and tugs from Portage Lake,
the former being rushed TO the town
by special train.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

After she has secured him and has
safely put him away where she knows
she can get him at any time doubtless
the girl who won a husband by hitting
him with a SNOWFALL will confess to
him that she was aiming at a COW on
the opposite side of the street from
him
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

The former office boy Of st. Louis
clock company has been made its tenn
porary manager. The moral of this
brief story is uncertain. Which pays
better-to be on time or to keep ones
eye on the clock?
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

Kalamazoo.-Three valuable race
horses and man were killed In a
cyclone which struck Recreation park.
William Wiedmayer, aged 80. was
found dead two hours after the storm
had passed. He was killed by coring
in contact with a telephone wire.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

Roller skating parties in rink
erected on a lawn are the latest fad.
If this roller skating craze gets much
worse we shall have TO pave all the
streets with asphalt and warn auto
mobiles and wagons off.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

A Paris paper says Emperor Will
liam looks and acts like Frenchman.
1t is evident that the Partisan editors
are bound to keep Germany and
France from becoming friendly.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
Hudson Pioneer Passes Away.

Hudson.-Cornelius Whitbeck, SO
years old. died He was one of the
oldest settlers of this county, coming
here in 1885. Four sons and four
daughters survive.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

Npe woman who applies for a d.
voreN1 says that her husband took her
home W their wedding day and that
his fcrnYSr wife was at the door and
wouldn't let her in. but took back her
husband. Some men are so careless
about doing things OF that sort.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

Or. Emil Reich says music is dead.
Perhaps they have no piano in the
fat above the one Dr.. Emil occupies.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

favor the negro, Is one OF the pest
sprinIers in America Re IS warrant
ed fast black.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

Are we not to be permitted TO retain
a single old belief? A Washington ex-
pert now says that it is healthful to
eat green fruit.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

With famine, rebellion and earth
quakes, China isn't missing many Of
the big things gcing this year.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

Once in while some girl who has
never been in chorus succeeds in
getting a rich husband, thus showing
that there are exceptions to all rules.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

Underneath the reassuring reports
as TO Mr.. Chamberlains health given
out by his family there circulate per
sistently rumors of the incurable ma
ture of his malady One statement
very strongly made in England, in pri-
vate circles, is that Mr. Chamberlain
is dYing from cancer.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

Prof. Bell says we shall soon be fly
ing. Others have thought that. too,
professor, but the law of gravitation
has been in the way.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

II women would rather do the pro-
posing than the surprising, why, the
men ought TO be agreeable.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

Says an Alabama poet Il said in
my haste all fishermen are liars"
Haste? After due reflection you mean,
man.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

The doctor who collected 1900
skulls ought TO be an ex-officio men,
Der Of all the Greek-letter fraternities.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

Norway's seaweed, used as fuel,
yields a greater revenue than do the
fisheries of that country.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

A Chicago girl refused to marry a
man. who al once justified her lack
Of confidence by killing himself.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

There are now $40 students regis
tered at the u. Of NJ. for the summer
school, and the number is steadily in
creasing. II is probable that there will
be at least LOO.
Henry Reed Of Victory. Mason
county. possesses a much sought and
valuable coin, a 25-cent piece OF 1872.
But four coins Of that denomination
were made.
The Muskegon contractor has begun
work on the new binder twine plant
az the Jackson prison and expects to
have 1t enclosed by April 1. Warden
Armstrong believes he can begin work
next April
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
GrnIn. Etc.


80 Detroit,-Wheat-Cash No. 2 red.
at s4%e. 5000 bu at s4%c 10000 blu at
95c. 5000 bu at 947sc. 5000 bu at e4%c,
5000 bu at sue. 5000 bu at 94%c. 10
600 bu At sac. IL. 900 bu at 95c 5000
bu AZ SO nc 1000 bu at 96kc. 5000 bu
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9Slsc; september. % 600 bu at &c, l5.-
600 bu az 97isc. 90 600 bu at 97hc. 5000
bn az 97hc. 1000 bu at 97%c. 900 bu
at 97Ac. IL 600 bu al &c 1900 bu at
~ &c, 10000 bu at 97asc. $4,000 bu at
91Rc. 10000 bu at csc. 5000 bu at sSi5c
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hu at 81 Of; December 10000 bu at
80 hc, 10000 bu at S9lsc $4,000 bu at
e9ssc. $4,000 bu at s9Ac. 10000 bu at
s9lhc, 5000 bu at 99%c, 5000 bu at
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9s%c. 5000 bu at 81. 10 900 bu at 81 OF
: 600 bu at 81 a. 10000 bu al 81 O2K
$1,000 bu at 81 OF. 10000 bu at 81 O3It
Corn-Cash No 2. SIC: No. Yellow
car at 55hc. No. 4 yellow 3 cars at
54c. AZ 54hc; sample. car at 52hc;
rejected, ] car ut SIC.
nats-Cash No. white, cars at
47ikc.
Ry.-cssh No. 2 SIC.
Beans-Cash and June 81 &c: July.
81 61 asked October, 81 20 asked; Mo-
vember 81 SO
Cloverseed-Prime spot. SO: October
I'd December. IS 20; prime alsike,
Timothy seed-Prime spot. 81 Is.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04

East Buffalo.-The general market
was draggy from start to finish. with
decline OF from ! SC TO zoe on the good
kind Of steer cattle and about 20c to
30c on decline on the female kind; best
export steers S6Q69O; best shipping
steers, s5.70@625; best 1000 TO HOO
10 steers. $500 $50: best fat cows
81 a 80; fair 10 good. s3.75G4 trim
mers. s2G2.25; best heifers. s4.75 G5.25:
mediums 70 good, $3.75@4; best feeders
Si@ 4.25. yearling steers. S3q3.50: com
mon stock steers, s2.75@3 export bulls
s45QQ5; bologna bulls. s3.25G3.5O;
stock bulls, 81 900 "a; the COW market
was about 81 per head lower than
last week; good to extra. s45@4s.
d30
Hogs-Market sc 70 10c lower; heavy.
S625 a $50; workers. and pigs, $4,000
6.35. roughs. $5.2065.3O
sheep and lambs-Higher; spring
lambs. s725Q $50; culls, s5.5066.50;
yearlings s6d650; culls. s56550:
wethers, 1925 @5.75; culls. 500; ewes
$4,000
Calves-Strong; best s725m75O.
heavy, S4M4.50.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-04
THE MARKETS.

Observation-Disclosures fine stock In
yards. Choice steers. s5Q5 30: good Il
choice butcher steers, 600 to l.2O(
pounds. 81 50d4 rs; light TO good
butcher steers and heifers, 700 TO goo
pounds. s3G4 so; mixed butchers fat
cows, SO 40; Gamers, 81 5000; common
bulls. ~ 50d3 so; common feeders
SO 50Q3 rs.
Veal calves-Market strong 81 5O67
mich COWS and springers, $40d50 each
Sheep and lambs-Market quiet; best
spring lambs, 81 50Qs; fair to good
lambs, 81 50d6; yearlinRs. s6@6 so
fair to good butcher sheep, SO 5064 SO
Hogs-Market lower. Range OF prices
Light TO good butchers. Sc 05. pigs
Sc O5; light workers. Sc 05; stays one.
third off
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-02-03

If Andrew Carnegie does not beSt0W
one of his hero medals upon the Mis-
souri, conductors Elias Haywood who
captured the bandit who was robbing
q train. then A c. should go out of the
medal business at once and forever.
No belted knight ever performed Il
Drawer act than this unpretending Mis-
souri, conductor, and it was who'll
some deed. To charge a battery in the
excitement of battle animated by the
gaudium certaminiS in company with
hundreds or thousands of ones shout
ing comrades has ever been accounted
heroic performance. but it is easy be-
armed, watching an opportunity. single
handed he pounced on the robber who
had his pistol in his hand, knocked him
down and held him till he could be
tied. Certainly Carnegie ought to give
him a medal. and the railroad company
ought to give him a life pension equal
to his salary. Leonidas at Thermony-
lac. the Light brigade at Balaklav;l
the Old Guard at Waterloo-none o.
these showed more courage than did
Conductor Haywood. All honor to his
name. May his tribe increase. Like
Lord Byron. he awoke one morning to
find himself famous. Conductors who
act as he did are as scarce as poets
who write as Byron wrote. If Hey
wood We're of proper age, he ought to
be sent to West Point. but as he is
siXty-four that cannot be. IT he had
performed his heroic feat within the
realm of Napoleon while that might,
man was emperor of France, he would
most certainly have been rewarded
with the cross of the Legion of Homo.
and given even more substantial re-
wards. Even in this prosaic age He,
wood should not go unrewarded.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-02-03
THE NORTH LOUISIANA COT
TON PLANTERS AS
ISOLATION.

In the court house, on Wednesday
January 80, there was held a meeting OF
the North Louisiana Cotton Planters
Association. In this gathering were men
who have for years been striving to adj
vance the best interests of all growers
of cotton Until the growers of cotton
had effected some system of organiza-
ton they were more or less at the mercy
OF the rapaclous spectators whose pur-
pose was to keep cotton at the minimum
plrce, As ~as well said by Captain
Marston, the State organizer, cotton
will never again sell for less than ten
cents pound In his speech Captain
MarSton presented facts which could not
be disputed. The growers OF cotton have
been in a sense the hewers of wood and
the drawers Of water for coterie OF
spectators who have grown rich and
powerful at the expense of the tiller OF
the soil. Not only have encouraging re
suits been derived through the assoc1a-
ton OF cotton planters, on the advance
of the price OF the staple, but the se}d,
which had limited value as the pri Ice
was controlled by trusts, has been H.
HANGED and commands a recognitiont it
had not enjoyed preceding the Birmirig
ham meeting
Since the trusts are organized against
the producers and the consumers, it is
but natural that the producers of cotton
should be combined inteligently and
protect their interests. The organization
of the growers of cotton is being
strengthened every day, and in little
while will embrace in its membership all
growers of cotton in the States of the
South.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-02-03
SPONSORS AND MAIDS
An Order OF General s. D. Lee, Com
handing the United Confederate

An Order OF General s. D. Lee, Com
handing the United Confederate
Veterans
\ few days since General Stephen D
Lee issued an order FIXING june l. :
and 3 as the dates for the Reunion a,
Richmond, Va, when the monument tc
Jefferson Davis, President OF the Con
federacy, will be unveiled
In a second order General Lee says
1T can not be denied that what was in
tended as an honor TO the descendants
OF the glorious women Of the Confeder-
acy has grown to such a degree that
Confederate soldiers have in a manner
been forced into second place
This statement is surprisingl A. re-
union without the lovely, fascinating.
charming, adorable and loveable spon-
Sors and maids OF honor would be dis
credit to the old Cornfeds. If the adop-
ton of this order were left to the Con-
federate soldiers who participated &C
lively and untiringly i'll the great strug-
gle from beginning to end, General Lee
would be left IN hopeless minority.
This order OF General Lee elininat-
ing the sponsors and maids OF honor
should be revoked
Instead OF striking at the sponsors
and maids OF honor, whose presence at
such reunions is an inspiration, Cen
eral Lee should suggest the reduction OF
the Generals, the "COlonels," the
Majors" and the Captains created
annually and whose increasing numbers
are now greater than the pr1vates, who
expect no reward or recognition by be-
ing elevated to ranks they did not hold
III actual service, and which, in reality,
are misleading and do not conform to
the record of facts. The South is now
overrun with military titles accorded in
peace. Suppress the Generals the
"Colonels,' the <"Majors," the Cap
tains' and the 'Etceteras" and give the
young ladies the fullest opportunity of
enjoyment as sponsors and maids of
honor.