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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-26
A story coming from the east sounds

A story coming from the east sounds
like an echo of the strenuous past
The report is to the effect that pi-
rates in North Borneo, East Indies,
have captured an American citizen
To this is added that a British war.
ship is on the track of the pirates
and will cooperate with Americans In
efforts at rescue. The old days OF
brigandage and piracy have disap
peared, no doubt, forever. But now
and then a deed of the sort in ques
ton serves to remind the world that
here and there the spirit survives
Raisuli's exploit in Morocco, the
latest East Indian attempt and The
modern train hold-up are survivals ol
the former practices, and the last
mentioned is the most daring anC
dangerous.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-26

The whale fisheries ''petered out"
years ago, when mineral oils and
other products took the place of the
oil gathered from the cetaceans. To
be sure, there are still a number of
vessels engaged in the business, and
there also is a moderate demand for
the oil, whalebone and other products
they secure. But the industry has no
such proportions as in the days of old.
Now it begins to look as though the
sealing industry were also doomed to
extinction. An experienced captain
of a sealing craft who has just re.
turned from Halifax after a ten
months cruise, says the business In
the South Atlantic at least is unprofit
able and will soon become a thing
of the past. In this he is sustained
by other veteran seal hunters. The
main reliance, apparently, is to be on
the Alaskan sealing grounds, and care
will have to be taken to prevent their
depopulation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-26
BALLOON BURST.
Walter Wellman's Second Failure to
Reach North Pole.

Walter Wellman's second attempt
10 sail over the north pole in a bal
loon has resulted in failure. The
giant dirigible balloon America, in
which Wellman and his party of three
set out on their perilous flight August
10, met with a mishap after ii had
proceeded about 80 miles from the
starting point. according TO dis
patches from Spitzbergen. Wellman
and his party succeeded in making a
landing without injury to any mem
Der, and returned to Spitzbergen on
board the steamer Fran, which also
towed in the disabled balloon.
After a long preparation and wait
ing for favorable weather, the oppor-
tunity came August Is, and Wellman
decided early in the morning to make
the start. Everything had been in
readiness for some time, and only the
final details of setting out on such a
hazardous flight remained TO be car
ried out.
1t was 10 o'clock in the morning
when the great airship was brought
out of It's shed and the daring explor-
ers took their places in the car. When
the anchors were cast loose the air.
ship ascended beautifully, the engines
were set in motion and everything
seemed to work TO perfection. The
big air craft was Unanswered for some
time, and answered the helm perfect
ly. Then its head was turned to the
northward and it set out at a speed
of % miles an hour
Suddenly, after having covered
some 80 miles, and when everything
seemed to be going splendidly. the
! leather guide rope. TO which was at
tached 1000 pounds of provisions and
stores, broke away The accident oc
Cured just as the airship was nearing
the pack ice OF North Spitzbergen.
Released from this great weight
the airship shot upwards at terrific
pace until IL was at a great hight
above the clouds. The pilots succeed
ed, however, In bringing ii down near
| the earth, turned IL about and set
out to fight their way southwark to
the edge of the pack Ice, where the
steamer Fran was anchored. After
much difficulty a tow rope was got
| ten aboard the Franz which started
Immediately to tow the airship to
| Spitzbergen. The strain was SO great
however, that 1t threatened to tear
the car to which the rope was at
tached to pieces. and Wellman finally
decided to bring the airship down tc
the surface of the water. This was
effected without mishap and the cal
rested on the surface of the water
until all the members of the crew
the dogs and the scientific instru
ments could be transferred aboard the
Franz A fresh start was then made
and the America was towed back &c
the landing stage and within short
distance OF where the start was made
But the i'll luck of the expedition
was not vet at an end. Just as the
airship reached the landing stage ant
everything looked favorable for IL:
rescue without serious damage, a sud
den gust OF wind caught the big in
fiated bag broadside on. and snatch
ed II away from its tow lines.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-26

Seven Lives Lost On the indianapolis
Track Last Week.

Another toll of death was paid at
the motor speedway in the closing
auto race at Indianapolis Saturday,
when three people were killed. three
badly injured, and number bruised
either in being struck by the wrecked
automobiles or In the rush to escape,
which amounted almost in panic.
IL was while thousands of persons
were pushing and surging for places
at the fence and while the 300-mile
race was in progress that the National
car with Merz as driver and Kellum
as mechanician, came down the track
with terrific bursts of speed, dashed
into the fence and the spectators at
the south side of the speedway. The
tire on the right front wheel had burst
and the machine turned turtle. Kel-
lum was pinched against the fence
and Merz was caught under the ma.
chine. In twinkling he reached up
and turned off the throbbing engine
and then called to those who had
gathered around to look after Kellum,
having no thought of himself.
The second accident which result
ed in the wrecking of the Marmon car
driven by Bruce Keene caused the
American Automobile association to
cut short the program and meeting.
The Marmon car ran into the side
Of the overhead bridge opposite the
bleachers. The car was put out of
commission, but was not badly wreck.
ed Keene was badly cut about the
head, but was thought to be not
fatally hurt His mechanician was
painfully bruised.
After the second accident, the Off
Gals decided TO call off the 300mile
race when the leading cara Jackson
with Lee Lynch at the wheel-had
covered 235 miles
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-26

The friends OF Commander Peary
having INDUCED in little harmless
boasting, the admirers of DR.. Fred
erick A. Cook, the missing Arctic en-.
plorer, are expressing the opinion
that the doctor has succeeded Ia
reaching the pole, and that he is now
ON the west coast of Greenland await
ing transportation back to civilization
This is all pure surmise. There is a
possibility in both cases, and the fun
Their chance that DR.. Cook may come
south with Peary when that persistent
explorer returns.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-26

Business in Chinatown, New YORK,
is said to be stagnant as result of
fear bred by the revelations incl
dent to the Elsie Sigel murder. Shop
men are idle and restaurants are
without patrons. The good Cinnamon
are suffering with the wicked, and
the entire colony is receiving lesson
which admonishes aid TO the author
tiles in keeping out agitators of the
various tongs, and maintaining law
and order.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-26

out cane. and as | continued my
health gradually returned. l was so
grateful l made public statement of
my case, and now seven years have
passed, am still perfectly we'll"
Sold by all dealers. soc a box. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-26

Samuel f. Clarke, 50 years old, for
many eSears librarian in the general
land Office and department of the in
terror, Washington, ID. c., died last
week He was for long time editor
of the Portland Oregonian and was
the author of several historical works
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-26

lame, weak, run
down to a mere
skeleton. My back
was so bad / could
hardly walk and
the kidney secre-
tons much disor-
dered. A week after
/ b e gan sin <
Doan's Kidney Pills
/ could walk with
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-26
AS Like as Not.

BILL see man is trying to DRIFT
across the arctic circle. Where do you
suppose he'll bring up?
Jill-Oh, on the lecture platform
probably.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-26
, The Prospect.

Il am sorry that there is a craze for
these aeroplane flights"
why SOP"
Because the lovers who want to
take them will be more in the clouds
than ever"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-26
The LARGEST Drain.

The dredging OF the Maple river
was completed last week by the Chi
cago company which had the contract,
thus ending the largest drainage job
ever done in Michigan. The work
was commenced three years ago last
October. and has been going on day
and night ever since. The river was
dredged out for % miles, beginning
at its head in Shiawassce county.
Thousands OF acres of land in ShE-
wassee and Clinton counties, hereto.
fore practically worthless. are re.
claimed by the job. which cost the
two counties 100000
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-26
WIFELY SOlICITUDE.
Within Her Means.

pretty little girl of three years
was in a drug store with her mother.
Being attracted by something in the
showcase, she asked what it was. The
clerk replied: That is a scent bag
allow cheap" replied the little girl.
I'll take two."-Lippincott' Maya
zine
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-26

Sylvester Drake, farm hand,
thrown from mis- scat by a runaway
team and hurled against tree, lay
unconscious for several hours before
he was discovered. His skull was
fractured and he will die.
Mrs. Clara Barcia. of Bay City,
whose husband was run down and
killed by train recently. has begun
suit for $4,000 damages against VIM.
Schnell, local saloonist, and the
Michigan Bonding & Surety Co. of De-
troit She claims that the saloonist
sold her husband liquor, making him
intoxicated. and that the fatal acci-
dent was tho direct result
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-26

Grand Rapids will loan the state
the 100000 State Treasurer Sleeper
wants, II 31a per cent interest is Of.
fered. Tho city now gets 2.30 per cent
in the city depository. and can net
800 per cent by buying short-time i'm
provemont bonds
Trying &c save his 7-year-old son,
who had fallen into the bay. John
Launderville OF Escanaba. was
drowned. The lad was saved by a
yawl from a passing steamer.
Mrs. Mae Hanson. OF Howell. has
sworn out a warrant charging Anton
Self, brewer, with selling a keg OF
beer to her l5-ycar-old son.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-26
THE MARKETS.

Detroit.-cattle--G grades strong;
bulls. 15c@ 25c lower; other. grades
steady; last weeks SSpening we q Snif
and heifers. 500 to 1000 lbs. $3.75@
25 grass steers SSG b and hefers 5ha1 are
steers and heifers that are fat. 800 to
100 lbs. s3.25Q $50; choice fat cows.
$S.75d 40; good fat cows, $50 a 800
common cows, $2.50@3: Gamers, $3.50
az: choice heavy bulls, $3.75 fair to
good bolognas. bulls. $3.50; stock bulls.
s2.50@3; choice feeding steers 500 to
1000 lbs $4G4.25; fair feeding steers.
500 to 1000 lbs. s3.50@4; choice stock
ers. 500 to 700 lbs. $3.50M3.75; fair
stockers. 500 to 200 lbs. $3m3.40 stock
heifers, SO; mixers. large, young: me-
dunn age. s40@5o; common mixers.
$25935.
Veal calves-Market steady last
weeks prices. Best, 1913 500; others,
Mich cows and springers--steady.
Sheep and lambs-Market soc lower
than last week. Best lambs, 1915; fair
to good lambs. s6@6.75: light to COM
mon lambs. SlM LOO; yearlings. IS a.
$50: fair to good sheep. $3.75@4.25;
Hogs-Market steady last week 5
prices Range Of prices Light to good
workers. s7.25 a 7.15: stays, l-3 off.
East Buffalo-Cattle-Tw loads OF
extra prime cattle sold at 81: The me-
cline of from Is a 25c. Best export
steers. S6.50G 6.75; best 200 to l,306-lb.
shipping steers, s5.S5 a clio; best LOO
to 1-20O-lb. steers. s5.60@5.S5; medium
butcher steers $4.25 a $50; best fat
cows, $4.25 M4.50; fair to good. 3.504p 4;
cutters, $3.50; best fat heifers. SAFE a
5; fair to good. sid 4.5O; common. 1915
"a; best feeding steers $4m4.25; best
stockers. sS.5oa 3,75; light stockers. 81
a<.N n. ~ . n
best fresh cows and springers, s45 @55,
fair to good do s25 35; common do.
S2Od25. Hogs Receipts. so cars; mar
ket lower; heavy, S1O@S25; workers.,
$50 SO? s tags p SIS 625. Sheep: Re-
cepts. 80 cars; slow; best lambs, SD
725; fair TO good, s6@6.75; culls. s4.75
s5m5.l0: ewes, $440m4.75. Calves
Steady; best s9q9.25; heavy, S4q5.
Grain. Etc.
Detroit -Wheat--cash No. . red.
sl09; September opened &c higher al
81 .0S. advanced to $1.10 and declined TO
s1.O9; December opened at slolH
and closed at s1.OSh; May opened at
sl.10h, gained 1c dropped back "a
SLEW and closed at sl.1i&; sample
c cor al ASH No. no w car at 9iAc
closing at INC: No. , yellow. car
at 73c. ? at I3hc.
cars at 40c; standard. 4lc: Jcptcm-
Der standard. i0c: sample. car 1T 40c
Rye-Cash No. !, 6S1s asked.
Beans-Cash $40: october. 81 no
venber. sl.a5.
Cloversoed--Prime spot. $3.50; Octo.
ber $40; Match. loo bsEa a, $3.50
81. . al sG15. ~ ut $3.50.
Timothy seeG--Prirns spot CO bags al
si15.
Feed In 100-lb sacks. jobbing lots
| Bran. $21: coarse middlinGs. $9S. IN,
| middlings. $50: cracked corn. s3l
coarse cornmeal. $50: corn and GA
chop. SIS per ton
Flour--I,est Michigan patent so25
ordinary. patent Sc; straight, s5,ae
patent. $3.50 per Dbl IL wood. iobblnl
| lots
| Grand Rapids will loan the state
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-26
PROVED BY TIME.
No Fear of Any Further Trouble.

David Price, Corydon, Ia, says: II
was in the last stage of kidney trouble
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-02
New Skin Remedy
Stops All Itching
Skin Troubles Of Adults and Infants
Quickly Cured.


Skin Troubles Of Adults and Infants
Quickly Cured.
When it is known that poslam,
the new skin discovery, will stop
the torturous itching attending
eczema with first application and
bring immediate relief and comfort
to sufferers from all skin troubles,
Its merit will be appreciated and
its wonderful success understood.
On the tender skin of. chatting in
fants, poslam may be used with
soothing and beneficial effects. It
is applied externally, and it's re-
markable healing powers begin at
once.
All skin diseases. including &C.
zema, acne, herpes. rash, letter,
ETC., yield Immediately to poslam.
Occasional applications, in small
quantities, will quickly Danish
pimples, hives, blackheads, blotches
and will relieve and cure itching
feet, scaly scalp, humors, etc. A
special so cent package is prepared
for those who use poslam. for these
minor skin troubles. This, as well
as the regular 81 jar, is on sale at
Murgittroyd's and Ritter's, and
other leading drug stores, in Spo-
kane.
An experimental supply of pos
lam may be obtained free of charge
by writing to the Emergency La
boratOries, 80 West Twenty-fifth
street, New York.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-02

ELOPES WITH GIRL

With only knowledge that he"
is 40 years older than "she." and
puzzled to the limit as to whether
she" is eligible for the plunge
into matrimony's troubled set, or
just mere green girl, with primp
and puff and curl, to whom the
sound of the curfew gong should
bring a CULVER, the police have
been asked to see that 'he" and
"she" do not merge their interests
hither. Yet so far as they can
see, the only objection there can
be to the tying of this connubial
knot is that he has already lived
40 years longer than has been her
lot.
This is simply one more of the
peculiar cases that has come be-
fore the Spokane police. They
have received q letter from Mrs.
Anna Newton of Boomers Ferry,
Idaho. plaintively telling that
there is man and woman head
ed this way who have gone away to
get married." and how that wonl-
an happens to be Eva Newton. her
daughter, ana that grandfatherly.
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covered and there Il no competi-
ton here IN the way oY price reduc-
ton and chances to get bargains
for the cash. The retail grOcors
have the situation we'll ii hand
and get fair margin Of profit. In
this respect they have one 81 the
most effective organizations in the
country. It was different here in
the old days. 1t was etery man
for himself then. and there was
price siashing right and left. In
this way the shrewd buyer got
bargains, as he does in other cities,
but this feature exists no longer
here"
According to official figures,
meat comprises One-third of our
dietary, of which the consumption
of beef and veal constitutes Al per
cent, pork As per cent, and lamb
and mutton z per cent. 1t is COM
monty accepted that on the basis
Of cost, fresh beef holds first place
on the table of the average work
ingman. Butter is second, milk
third, eggs fourth, flour and meal
fifth, fruit sixth, and then follow
the vegetables.
A study of the prices of COM
modities issued by Bradstreet's
show clearly the big advances
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-02

from September. 1900. to the
present day.
Mess pork has gone up Is per
cent in these nine years, bacon IS
per cent. cheese s. per cent, veal
AZ per cent, beef 81 per cent,
beans 20 per cent. potatoes ~ per
cent, and wheat "a per cent.
On some Of the Kitchen necessi@
ties the gains since 1900 are very
small, while on Re wothers the
prices actually have declined, but
this latter number ia. exceedingly
small. Rice is only "a cent high
or than 1t was nine years ago, and
hams show an advance of only 1-2
cents a pound.
Coffee does not cost as much
today as five or ten years ago, the
price having declined fro n 5-S to
l "a cents pound; salt is 80 per
cent cheaper, while tea IL exactly
where 1t was In 1900.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-02


ST. GAINESVILLE, O., Nov. 2.
AS a climax to one of the
strangest of love tragedies. Mrs.
May Smith, handsome. 23-year-
old matron, is paroled on seven
year prison sentence, after con-
Tossing that she ambushed and
shot her affinity. AS Judge John
J. Pollock gave her her freedom
she and her husband parted for
ever in the court room.
The shooting followed a third
degree love test imposed by her
husband. Scott Smith, superinten-
| dent of the Belmont coal mines,
and the victim was Noble Ault, po-
litical dictator here.
When Ault was found apparently
dying from bullet wound, search
of his pockets disclosed a blood
stained note on which he had
scribbled what he thought were
his last words. They branded
Smith himself as his assailant.
Smith was charged with the
shooting. Before he could be ar
raigned his wife astounded the
court by a confession which rivals
tale of Dante for it's grisly de.
tails. On the strength of this con.
fession, which Judge Pollock cred.
tied. she has been sentenced and
paroled.
One night last March there was
a tense conference between Smith
and his wife. The husband. torn
between love for her and proof
that she had been Ault's affinity,
and vengeful toward "the other
man." put his wife through a re
markable third degree.
He reused her at midnight, babe
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-02

to the door with members Of the
lndustriai Workers q the World
martyrs to free speech--who were
were taken In custody for speaking
on the street In violation Of the
city ordinance. From the shoulder
Of each fIuttsrsd = scarlet ribbon,
the orders color.
In all between 20 and Is Of them
had been arrested, but 40 sooa %
the police nabbed one Of the speak
ers, another was ready 20 mount
the improvised stand and invite ar
rest to 90 to Jail for the cause Of
Independence.
II was repetition Of the trouble
Of year ago. There was no vio-
Isnce, for the police went about
their work In matter-of-fact way
and the speakers who mounted the
stan ddid 50 40 . matter. Of duty
to their politics, and went with the
police without protest.
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her dress herself and come with
him.
Through the winding country
roads about their home they
CROPPED their way in the chilly air,
the moons light serving as a faint
guide to their footsteps. The wife,
trembling with fear, could only
obey her husband, who doomed up
beside her like a ghostly shadow
in the darkness.
Ahead was an abandoned coal
shaft. Dank odors poured forth
from the cave-like entrance where
no human foot had trod for years,
Into this pit went husband and
wife, in utter darkness. Only the
accusing voice of her husband
served to recall the world to the
mind of the woman, torn by twin
terrors. She knew of her love for
another. and she could hear the
scurry of rats and the glide of ser
penis along the cold stone floors
of the cave. At intervals a hollow
boom would mark the fail of q
mass of rock in the shaft, peri
that was present as we'll where
she stood. The rotten timbers
creaked as if in a groan at hel
husbands charges.
Smith went mercilessly on; he
was to lure Ault into the country
by a decoy note, and the woman
was to kill him. Thus | nthe cav
ernous shaft was the bond sealed
| Ault got the note, kept the ap
pointment, and was shot by the
woman he loved. His love for hel
endured to death itself, for he
thought he was dying when he
| wrote the words that shielded her
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-02

II you don't believe it, go and see
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Lots, 21s mile circle, 50x139, lev
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See us if you want to buy or sell.
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Spraaue. Phone Main 1856.
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yet gay, Lochinvar is Hector Nc
Kenzie. All that she wants ID to
have Hector Mckenzie arrested
and her daughter expressed with
all possible haste back to the shell
ter of her own paternal roof.
The author of the puzzling epis-
tie states that she has notified the
probate Judge and license clerk at
Standpoint, Idaho, Of the flight of
the clippers, hence has the matri-
monial jug with its sweet nectars
sealed to them there. All that she
wants now is to throw a barrier
in their way in Spokane and re-
claim her daughter once again. for
che is 40 years older than she."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-02
TSTAGE GIRLS
YALE CAPTIVES
Students Hold On to Them Until a
Senior Interferes.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Nov. g.
Coming out of rehearsal at the
Hyperion theater six of the chorus
girls in "The jolly Bachelors" Lew
Fields new show, crossed the street
to Vanderbilt hall and watched the
Yale students. Soon the students
recognized the girls and invited
them into Osborn hail. When they
accepted. the students barred the
door and held the girls prisoners
nearly 10 minutes. The girls seem
ed to enjoy their predicament and
made no effort to escape. and Mer-
rill Clement, senior. and chair
man of the Yale Record, ordered
the students to dispense. They
grudgingly permitted him to clear
a way to the gate for the girls, but
they didn't seem grateful to him.
Clement is the son of Justice Ste
phen Merrill Clement of Buffalo.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-02

want to follow In the path of De-
mosthenes are instructed to put
vim. vigor and verve into their
speechifyings.
Sometimes they do so.
Only the other day Philip
Hamilton was billed to recite The
Charge of the Light Brigade, 4"
which is full of that cannon to
the right Of them, cannon to the
left of them" stuff. Phil pulled a
surprise on the crowd in the
chapel.
When he came to the gun part
of It he whipped out a revolver
and let loose realistic volley.
For the remainder of the term
young Hamilton will be restricted
to with silent awe hail the
early morn" selections.