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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
INvALlD's SAD PLIGHT.
After InfIsmmatory rheumatism, Hair
Came Out, Skin Peeled, and BED
Sores Deveioped-Only Cuti-
cura Proved Successful.

about four years ago rhad a very
severe attack of infiammatory rheuma-
tism. My skin peeled, and the high
fever played havoc with my hair,
which came out in lunches. / also
had three large bed sores on my back.
] did not gain very rapidly, and my
appetite was very poor / tried many
sure cures but they were of little
help, and until | tried Cuticura Re-
solvent / had had no real relief Then
my complexion cleared and soon j felt
better. The bed sores went very soon
after few applications of Cuticura
Ointment, and when ! used Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment for my hair
II began TO regain its former glossy ap-
pcarance. Mrs. Lavina j. Henderson
1873 Broad ST., Stamford, Conn, March
and II, 1907"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
1.-TWO ToPERs."
A Teachers Experience.

my friends call me The Postum
Preacher, writes a Mimi. school teach-
err, because | preach the gospel NJ
Postum everywhere | go, and have
been the means of liberating many
'coffee-pot slaves.
II don't care what they call me 10
long as | can help others to see what
they lose by sticking to coffee, and
can show them the way to steady
nerves, clear brain and general good
health by using Postum.
while school girl / drank coffee
and had fits of trembling and went
through a siege of nervous prostration,
which took me three years TO rally
from.
Mother coaxed me to use Postum,
but thought coffee would give me
strength. So things went, and when
married i found my husband and
were both coffee topers, and can
sympathize with a drunkard who tries
to leave off his cups.
AT last in sheer desperation /
bought package of Postum, followed
directions about boiling 1t. served il
with good cream, and asked my hus-
band how he liked the coffee.
I'VE each drank three cups apiece.
and what a satisfied feeling IL left. Our
conversion has lasted several years
and will continue as long as we live.
for IL has made us new-nerves are
steady, appetites good, sleep sound
and refreshing
There's Reason" Name given by
Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich. Read
The Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
/ interest.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
Major Roynton PensIoned.

After one OF the most strenuous
fights of his life to remain at the
head of the Modern Mae cabees. Major
n. $. Boynton was defeated at the SEES
sion held in Toledo last week and all
now seems to be harmonious. The final
count showed that George s. Lovelace,
of Muskegon, had been elected great
commander over John b. Mcllwain. of
Port Huron, by 211 TO 154. McIlwain
then moved that the election be made
unanimous and declared there We're
no sore spots about him. The two
candidates then shook hands.
After some discussion it was decided
10 give Major Boyntor, who was elect
ed past lieutenant commander. pen
sion of $4,000 year for the remainder
OF his life
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
LATEST NEWS
OF MICHIGAN
A MISSING FARMER AROUSEs
SUSPICION AND A WOMAN
is ARRESTED.
MRS. BARNETT SUSPECT
She Tells Strange Story Of the Death
Of Oscar Peterson, Whose Body Is
Found Buried Near Her Home.

Taken into custody on the charge oil
knowing something about the myster
ious disappearance of Oscar Peterson
bachelor farmer who lived near the
Barnett home. Mrs. Charles Barnett
admitted to Sheriff Hartley, OF Bay
county. that her story that he had
gone to Sweden was untrue. She de
clared that instead he died natural
death and that she buried him in the
sand between the Peterson and Bar
nett homes The body was found
buried in the woods midway between
his little shack and her place by
searching parties. Mrs Barnett, who
had promised TO reveal to Sheriff Hart
ley the place where she had concealed
the body had previously led the Of
ficers in the opposite direction. When
the body was not discovered where
she said she had placed 1t, she de-
clared that someone must have re-
moved it,
Mrs. Barnett. big raw-boned, muscu'
lar and untidy in appearance, is the
wife Of hunchback squatter who lived
in shack made Of poles and banked
up with marsh hay, mile west OF
the west side water works. The family
husband and wife only, were miserably
poor. Within gunshot, in shack of
boards which he himself had built
and he was very poor amateur car
penter, lived Peterson, a middle-aged
bachelor, poorer than Neighbor Bar
nett, il possible, save for few tawdry
personal effects. The status of the
Barnetts as landholders was indefinite
and rld-wide-they had no title. Pc
terson had nominal title to 40 acres,
on which he had paid a contract price
OF $40 several years ago, since paying
nothing but the taxes.
The hunchback disappeared about 80
days ago. The bachelor neighbor dis
appeared May so. The woman hung
around the two places, frequently ap.
pearing in the city, looking for clues,
and Offering $50 reward for informa-
ton
Charles w. Barnett, the missing
husband of Mrs. Barnett, who took the
officers to the spot where the body oil
Oscar Peterson was buried, is alive,
according to sister, who lives In
West Bay City. The officers say that
she admitted that Barnett was work
ing in Vernon, Shiawassee county. The
sister, whose name is withheld, says
she received letter from him from
that point on April Z. about 20 days
after lie disappeared
Mrs. Barnett still insists that she
saw Frank Peters drag Peterson $
body from the cellar of the victim 5
house and bury ii. Pending the report
Of the chemist who is seeking for
traces in Peterson's stomach the of
ficers are unable to do anything more.
The woman said that on Decoration
day she had been in Bay City, and
that she was returning to the Peterson
house when she saw from a distance
Peters and another man drag the body
of Peterson from the cellar She saw
the men take the body TO the thicket,
where ii was found buried, she said
She also declared that the men threat
ened her with death if she told any
thing about the matter
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
A Bare Possibility

In his diary. which is incorporated
in the Life and Letters OF Sir Richard
Claverhouse Jebb," the great Greek
scholar recorded fash OF his own Wit
which is of most appealing variety.
AT dinner at Cambridge Sir Rich
ard, then Mr.. Jebb. took in young
woman, who got through the first
course with little conversation. Sud
denly she startled him by saying, in
the most unprovoked way. while SIZE
was still dining with apparent good
appetite:
ever die OF broken heart?"
Perhaps other organs may have
something to do with II" he proffered
in reply.-Youth's Companion.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
GATHERING.
Taft and the Platform Ready, Now
Who viii Be Running Mate?

Sunday and Sunday night the dele
gates and swarms of politicians who
are to attend the Republican national
convention were i'm evidence in the ho-
tells of Chicago. The number being con-
stantly increased as trains from all
parts of the country came in some
with banners and bands and gaily
uniformed marchers; others made up
OF state delegations with their con-
spicuous leaders and their cohorts of
strong-lunged followers and shouters,
others with the friends and admirers
of the various presidential candidates,
and still others and again others of
The curious onlookers drawn from
every section of the country, including
many of the representatives of
foreign governments who have come
to witness this national spectacle.
The platform came I'm for renewed
consideration Saturday, as Senator
Hopkins, OF Illinois. who is TO be chair
man of the resolutions committee,
held a lengthy conference with Wade
Ellis. of Ohio, who is the custodian of
the drafted platform embodying the
Roosevelt-Taft ideas. Mr. Hopkins re-
marked:
You can depend upon il. there will
be no platform until the resolutions
committee appointed by the conven-
ton consider it fully and passes upon
it finally
While this was accepted as tech
nically exact, it is none the less be-
lieved that most of the essential feat
ures of the coming document have
been made with exactness and await
only the formal approval of the plat
form committee.
or the numerous candidates men
toned for vice-president, Dolliver, OF
Iowa, and Cortelyou are seemingly far
stronger than any of the others, but
there are so many of them that a jolly
strange mix up is the result and "A de-
lightful uncertainty as to the result,
that will come on Thursday when the
final work of the convention is done.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
MIGHT YET BE PERSUADED.
Sweet Girl Brought to Ask Time fo'
Reconsideration.

"Since you can be no more than q
sister to me- said the heartbroken
young man, will you not give me one
kiss ~ FAREWELL"
She assented. albeit coldly.
And Mannering drew the girl to his
heart, he pressed his lips to hers with
a passionate fervor born OF his de-
spair.
Afterward her head sank gently up.
on his shoulder.
MIR. Mannering," she breathed-
this is all so-all so new TO me-so
strangely different from my expecta-
tions-perhaps. IL you would give me
time-time to reconsider
But. dear reader. let us draw veil
over the sacred scene.-Exchange.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
New Chart corrects Errors.

The great practical utility OF the
magnetic survey made in the Pacific
ocean by the yacht Gailee since 1905
is shown by new magnetic chart,
from which it appears that the charts
previously used by navigators in me
pacific ocean were erroneous along
some much-traversed routes 10 the tx
tent of from three 10 five degrees,
and the errors at times We're syste-
matte. Errors of this magnitude are
of Importance in practical navigation
where the indications of the compass
should be as accurate as possible,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
'FRENz|ED MOTHERS
AWFUL DEED
THE BLOODY WORK OF A CRAZY
MOTHER HoRRlFiEs CITY
OF CADILLAC.
THE VICTIMS SHOT DEAD.
Chloroformed Her Husband and Six
Children, Then Shot Them and
Killed Herself.

A tragedy executed with a cool de
liberation that adds horror to the deed
was discovered in Cadillac Saturday
morning and seven of the eight victims
of frenzied woman's bloody work
were taken to the morgue. The story
is both pathetic and horrifying. The
dead are
Daniel Cooper. As years old
Mrs. Cooper, A. years old
Harry, aged IA.
IneZ. aged IL years.
Samuel, aged 10
Georgiana, aged D.
Florence. aged ~ years.
The son Fred, aged IL was taken to
a hospital and the doctors began
fight to save the lads life.
Mrs. Daniel Cooper. wife of a retired
farmer, administered chloroform TO the
seven sleeping members of the family
her six children and her husband, and
then shot them through the head, one
after another, finishing her awful work
by sending bullet through her own
brain
The discovery of the tragedy was
made by Mrs. Cooper's mother Mrs
dead but Fred He was taken TO the
hospital in a seemingly dying condi-
ton. After .reviving a little at about
the noon hour he said: Mother did
it." AT 5 o'clock the boy revived again
and said: II heard shot, it didn't
quite wake me up
This was the shot that killed little
Harry, who slept with Fred At the
time Fred made this statement his
pulse was so strong that Drs. c. E.
and G. ID. Miller were emboldened to
say that he had the fighting chance. .
How remarkable is his vitality and
how slim his chance will be under
stood from statement as TO the ma
ture of his wound His mother held
the deadly pistol SO close to his right
cheek that the flesh is powder
scorched. The bullet passed upward
through his head and emerged high
in the back of the skull, carrying away
a small piece of bone with it, If a
boy can live with hole through his
brain, this boy can live. He is big and
strong for his years, a typical farm
boy, and ii is said that he was in per-
feet health.
for several months and was unable 10
work, and though the oldest boy, Fred.
worked steadily and their farm yielded
them considerable income, they were
not in the best of circumstances
financially. This, coupled with the
fact that Mrs. Cooper was very morbid
and excitable. leads to the belief that
worry over her family misfortunes tenn
porarily deranged her mind. When
her baby, Florence, was born a year
and half ago. Mrs. Cooper was out
OF her mind and she often blamed her
last born as the cause of all her sor-
rows and many times had threatened
to kill the child and herself and fam
lily.
Coroner Ralston feels certain that
the deed had been planned by Mrs.
Cooper for several weeks. as she in.
CURED not long ago as TO whether or
not her beneficiaries would secure the
life insurance she carried if she
should commit suicide.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18

There are in New Haven about 1000
persons who have come from sin.
gle province in Italy. They pride
themselves-and we'll they may-on
the fact that during the last 20 years
not one of them has been sentenced
TO Jail in New Haven, there has not
been single divorce case. no one
has been implicated in a murder case,
and there have been few civil actions
among them. II is evident, either
that these Italians are most uncom-
monty good people by nature, or that
the air OF Connecticut makes 1t still
the land of steady habita"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
The Missinu Link.

What was said TO be the missing
link between man and ape" was found
by Dr. Dubois in 1895 on the banks
of the Bengawan river. in central
Java. These fossil remains consisted
OF skull, a thigh bone and two molar
teeth, from which the scientists con
structed' an animal, not human, vet
nearer to man than the ape. The
link" was named "Pithecanthroul
Erectus. New York American.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18

Charles l.. Carey, South Haven drug
gist. pleaded guilty 10 selling liquor In
violation of the local option law and
got 500 and costs and GO days in Jail.
The lawyers and county officers OF
Genesee county with their families,
will go to Detroit for their annual out
ing Wednesday, June II.
Norman Thortlesen. aged IL, of Bay
City. played hockey from school and
was drowned while boating. His two
companions were able 10 swim and
saved themselves.
Picking up live wire that had been
blown down I'm the storm, 10-year-old
Eric Wieland. OF Lansing, received a
charge OF 1900 volts OF electricity IL
required two hours of hard work on
the part OF a physician To restore him
20 consciousness. His right hand was
burned 20 the bone.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
Accused of Arson.

Benjamin Slough, aged ~, is under
arrest on the charge Of having at
tempted 10 burn the hotel i'm Brecken-
ridge last Saturday night. \ man
passing i'm an automobile saw the no.
tel barn burning and at the same time
Slough came calmly out OF the hotel
Office. Later it was found that oil had
been scattered on the second floor of
the hotel. The prosecutor charges that
Slough had a grudge against J. w.
Matthews, the hotel owner.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
internal Revenue" Collections.

The term internal revenue" has
been restricted in its meaning TO such
revenues only as are collected under
the internal revenue bureau con
nected with the treasury department
and does not include all revenues that
are, properly speaking. from internal
sources, that is. from sources other
than duties levied at the frontiers
upon foreign commodities. Thus
moneys arising from the sale OF public
lands. from patent fees, or the reve
nues of the postal service, are not gen
orally known as internal revenues
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18

A new German law provides that
the German language shall be used al
all public meetings in all parts OF
the empire. This is part of the sys.
tematic effort to bring about the Ger
manization, of Alsace. German Poland
and the Danish districts of Schleswig
Holstein. The number OF people ar
fected is about 100000. Language
is the mightiest implement OF con
quest.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
Detroit's Wind Storm.

A storm broke upon the Detroit riv.
er late Saturday afternoon that
wrought destruction and in one in
stance death, among the hundreds of
pleasure-seekers, who needed not the
harbinger. The stream. dashed into
fury by the slow-approaching squat,
was the scene of scores of narrow es.
capes. overturned canoes and sailing
yachts, dotting the surface at all
points, and especially i'm the vicinity
of Belle Isle, on the American side
In the city there was not so much ex.
element, although trees and sheds
and barns were victims of the storms
fury. Providence took kindly hand
in the proceedings. There was only
one fatality. A man was drowned i'm
an effort TO save the life OF woman
who had been on the river with him in
a canoe.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
To INVESTIGATE.

James H. Malcolm, member OF the
board OF trustees and treasurer of the
Michigan Employment Institution for
the Blind. charged with purchasing
supplies in his official capacity from
himself contrary to the state law, had
long conference with Gov. Warner
Friday. When the governor left for
Grand Rapids he said that he would
have to investigate the matter further
before deciding whether he would re-
move Malcolm
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
The Great Essential.

"Dumley's just back from trip
after trout. and he says it was the
most dismal failure he ever eXpe-
r:anced."
What else woulG you expect "
him? lie couldn't make fishing tip
success because he has absolutely
no imagination. philadelphia Press.
Let us have faith that right makes
might, and in that faith let us dare
to do our duty as we understand l. -
Lincoln.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18

foreign nobleman who has been
Visiting in this country says that
American girls are foolish TO marry
for titles, as the titled husbands are
no good and do not represent the best
OF their class He need not be giving
this out for information, after the IT,
tied fortune hunters themselves have
been doing everything in their power
to publish broadcast the same knowl.
pdrp
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18

France is confronting a serious prob
lem in the excess OF the death rate
over the birth rate. 1t is more than
a nation SO conspicuous in history
and in romance. in poetry and gallant
achievement as France 10 be com
PEELED to face, even remotely, the pros.
pect of diving out.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
AuusEMENrs n DETROIT

Week Ending June 20.
I.YCEtM THEATER-Eye Night. Mats:
sun. We'd. sat. l5c, use soc Vaughn
CHASER stock co
WHITNEY OPERA HOUSE - Matinees
Daily except Wednesday. Toe. zoe ace
TEMPLE THEATER 49, VAUDEVILLE
Afternoons, 2:i5. 10c TO 25c. Evenings S:l5,
&c to soc.
NEW LAFAYETTE--Mov Pictures and
Vaudeville. and 10 cents.
ELECTRIC PARK-Bcllc Isle bridge.
furnishes enterta inment for all. Free
Vaudeville, by high-class talent, a spe-
cial feature.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18

A young man in New York was ar.
rested for kissing girls on the street,
but explained he kissed them because
seeing so many pretty girls set him
crazy. What a wave of oscillation
would strike Baltimore, eXclaims the
Baltimore American, if the number of
pretty girls turned masculine heads
like that
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
Bryan's Cinch.

William j. Bryan now claims his
nomination is assured. At his Office i'm
Lincoln Saturday it was announced that
697 delegates to the Democratic conven-
ton at Denver We're pledged to vote
for Bryan for the nomination for presi-
dent, this being 20 more than the
necessary two-thirds majority.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18

Gold has been discovered in the
Philippines. Those islands may yet
pay handsomely Alaska was long
called Stewards Folly But it is one
of the finest investments any country
ever made
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
Nothinu TO Sneak OF.

you are to take these capsules, +"
said DR. Pussy. before meals, not
after. remember
OH said the patient. Il guess it
doesn't matter much"
But il does matter, sir"
You wouldn't say that, doctor, If
you had ever had meal in our board
ing house. "-Catholic Standard and
Times.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
After undergoing four operations in

After undergoing four operations in
Chicago, the sight OF Mrs. Elliott
Stewart, OF Port Huron, has been re-
stored She was blind two years.
Fire OF unknown origin DESTROYED
three large barns containing guam
tity of hay, grain and farming nipple
ments on the farm OF II. b. Peters. in
Fairfield township.
Arthur X. Meyers, the law student
from Chicago who got into trouble a
week ago on account of a board bill
and a financial misunderstanding with
the proprietors OF the Cook house. has
been expelled from the u. of NJ. on the
eve of his graduation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18

1t is reported that a wo!l-known
football player is suffering from the
effects of overstudy. This sounds ex'
tremely like story that can be cor
rectly classed with the nature fakes.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18

II the matter were to be put TO a
votes of males between 10 and 20, The
schools would be closed and all mathe-
NAUTICAL problems would be worked out
on score cards.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18

The back is the handspring of
woman's organism. 1t quickly calls
attention to trouble by aching. 1t
tells, with other symptoms, such as
nervousness, headache, pains in the
loins, weight in the lower part of
the body, that a woman's feminine
organism needs immediate attention.
In such cases the one sure remedy
which speedily removes the cause,
and restores the feminine organism
to a healthy. normal condition is
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18

There are 800 paint factories in this
country, making over 100,000,OO0 gal
Ions of paint year and the business
demand is increasing faster than the
facilities
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18

The symptoms are that the print
paper and wood pulp schedule will
have TO wait and take its chances
with the others. Meanwhile it will
remain sacrosanct.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18

Depositors of busted Japanese
bank have formally requested the
president TO commit suicide, whereas
in this country the depositors are ex-
pected to do that
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18

DETROIT AND BUFFALO STEAMBOAT
CO.-Foot Of Wayne -. For Buffalo and
Niagara Falls daily at r. m Week end
trip $3.50.
WHITE STAR LINE-Foot Of Griswold
ST. For Port Huron and way ports week
days al 2:30 p. m Sundays at 1900 a. m.
For Toledo. daily at 4;0o y. m. sunday at
90 y.
DETROIT AND CLEVELAND NAV. CO.
Foot Of Wayne St For Cleveland and east
crn points daily at 1880 y. m For Mack =
day $50 a. m.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
Grain. Etc.

Detroit.-Wheat-C No. > red
81 sc; July opened &c lower at S7i4 G.
advanced to sac and closed at 50 tac:
September opened at sc l2c. worked mp
to Sal and closed AT SIC; No. 8 red,
SSstc. No. | white. 9134c.
Corn--Cash No. 3. 13i2c: No. 3 yell
low. - re asked
Oats-cash No 3 white, ears AZ
lac. August. 5000 IN at 31l4c. Sep
TENDER. 1000 bu at 36i4c; sample, ] ear
at sec.
Iiye-Cash No. >. soc.
Beans--Cash and June, 81 80: Octo-
Der 81 30 asked.
Feed--In 100-lb. sacks. iobbing lots
Bran. see; coarse middlings. s2g: fine
middlings. $50: cracked corn and coarse
.cornmeal, SOS: corn aud oat chop s26
per ton.
Michigan patent. hest S. so:
ordinary patent. 81 %. straight 81 So:
clear. 81 65 per bbl. i'm wood