Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-27
NEWS IN BRIEF.

At picnic at Pellyton, KY, Thomas
and James Cockett shot and killed
Daniel Kidd. The murderers escaped.
At family reunion near Tilton, Ia,
ii persons were poisoned. Jacoo
Trout died but the others Will recover.
Nebraska supreme court has de-
clared the law requiring engineers to
whistle at every public highway cross
ing unconstitutional.
Anton Metzgar, of Allegheny, Pa,
committed suicide by placing bomb
in his ear and touching it of. The
whole side of his head was blown OFF.
Lightning and storm played havoc
in the oil fields near Wapakoneta, o.
Nichols a. Levy's loss will reach about
81, 900, while in the auckland field the
loss will be more.
Near Arensville, H., the family of
Gustave Kunz contracted anthrax from
eating the flesh of a diseased COW. The
mother and four children are dead.
The father and one child may live.
A San Francisco morning paper says
attempts have been made TO organize
filibustering expeditions to to Homo
lulu and overthrow the government.
Exiles are said TO be the prime movers
in the plot.
Secretary Herbert has ordered the
Raleigh To proceed TO Key West, Fla,
to watch for filibusters and see that no
more expeditions leave this country
for Cuba with contra bands or men for
the insurgents.
From 10 to 1G cars of fruit are daily
being shipped from sacramento Cal.
This is about one-half the usual guam
THY for this time of year, the crop be-
ing short. BARTLETT pears will be less
than half a crop.
c. Il. Birch, cash receiver for the
West Chicago street railway at the
Armitage avenue cable barns. was
shot five times and fatally wounded
by man who attempted to rob him Of
the days receipts.
A cyclone passed eight miles south
of Albert Lea, Mimi. A number of
barns were wrecked and horses killed.
The storm was accompanied by hail,
and crops were badly damaged. hail
stones as large as lemons are reported
near llokah.
The skeleton of an unknown woman
was found under the floor of a cottage
on Wisconsin street, Toledo. The
police believe that the body is that of
Mrs. John Munda, who lived in the
house and suddenly disappeared about
two years ago.
The motion for a new trial in the
case of Special Examiner Il. /. Waite,
of the pension department, convicted
of intimidating "a witness in the cele
brated Van Leuven investigation, was
denied at Cresco, Iowa, and he was
fined $3.50 and costs.
A list of the total casualties in the
japanese armies during the war with
China has been officially published;
Only 623 were killed in battle, l72 died
of wounds, 2,9s1 were wounded, but
not fatally, and 2,4S9 died of cholera
and 2,9S1 of other diseases.
An important engagement has taken
place near Placetas, province of anita
Clare, Cuba. The insurgent leader,
Casallas, was killed. The insurgents
lost two more killed. had four
wounded. The insurgents were com
PEELED to retire. Four Spaniards were
killed.
Lawson Barger and Dan Duffy called
at the home OF the Misses Nicum at
Anderson, Ind, and made themselves
obnoxious to the girls. Their father
heard the racket and emptied two bar
rels of shotgun into the mems bodies.
The gun exploded and Nicum was also
badly injured.
After being out all day, the jury
hearing Capt Howgate case at
Washington brought in verdict of
guilty on each indictment, one being
for forgery and one for Justification
of accounts. The jury recommended
the defendant to the mercy of the
court A new trial was asked.
The Nicaragua Canal commission
has completed its examination of the
line of the Nicaragua canal. but before
returning to the United States it will
make similar examination of the
Panama canal with view of compar-
ing the rival projects and embodying
the results in report to congress.
Eight weeks ago Engineer Frank
Holmes, of Bloomington, Ill, was shot
and killed by train robbers on the G. q
"A. railroad while defending his train.
The officials of the Alton road will
build a cottage at bloomington for
Holmes widow. costing 81 500, and give
her $1,000 cash in appreciation OF
Holmes fidelity and bravery
At the conference between the wage
committees of the Amalgamated asso-
citation and the Iron and Steel Manu-.
facturers' order at Plttsburg, a scale
To run from July /. 1895, TO June &c
next year, based on the selling price
of sheets, was adopted. The workers
are TO get per cent increase on every
10 per cent advance in the price OF
sheets. This wage agreement insures
work for 20, 900 men.
w. C.. Owens, representative from
the Ashland district of Kentucky, who
defeated breckenridge, is poisoned by
spiders bite, and his condition is
alarming. lie was bitten over week
ago and his arm is terribly swollen.
lie had been attending the races az
Cincinnati, but left hurriedly for his
home on a special train A physician
told him that his arm would have
TO be amputated to save his life, and
he wanted his own surgeon to do the
work.
A panic among the 200 women and
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