Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-07
NEWS I'm BRIEF.

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Eugene V. Debs denies that he is
formulating a new movement as a sub
stitute for trades unionism.
The king of Ashantee has rejected
the ultimatum of Great Britain to
place Ashantee under protection of
the British The king said he would
light before accepting.
Christopher Miller. living near Mt.
iilead o., shot his wife fatally, then
suicided by hanging. He had been
hdJudged insane, but relatives kept
MN from going to an asylum.
Geo. ii. Smith, who killed an old
man at Albany, and Chas. n. Davis.
who outraged and killed a 6-year-old
Elrl at Cohoes, were electrocuted in
In one day at Dennemora, n. Y.
Escaping gas caused an explosion in
house On New Church court, Strand.
London, by which the house was COM
pletely demolished and six persons
killed. As many more were very seri-
ously injured.
Commander Heyerman, Il. $. NJ,
who was in command of the famous
hearsarge when she was wrecked on
Roncador reef, died on an Atlantic
steamer while on his way to Dresden,
TO visit his aged mother
The report of the Canadian DEPART
ment of finance shows that real estate
In the dominion is mortgaged to the
amount of Sis. 500, 900, and that never
In the history of Canada has the land
been so heavily mortgaged.
Great Britain is about to get into
trouble with Brazil because of her at
tempt to maintain her fiimsy claims to
to the ownership of the Island of Trim
dad, off the coast of Brazil, which was
seized by the British recently.
John ID. Rockefeller, the Standard
oil magnate, his presented the Chicago
University $4,000, 900, making his total
gifts to that institution amount to
$1,000, 900. Mr.. Rockefeller conditions
the payment of 81, 900. 0OO-requiring
the raising of its equivalent by the year
1900.
Three persons were fatally burned
at Philadelphia in one day. by their
clothing catching fire. Mamie South
wick, aged years, was playing with
matchess, Mrs. Caroline Snyder, aged |
%, burned by the explosion of a coal |
oil lamp, and Mrs. Rebecca Cohen. |
aged "a, burned by the explosion of an |
oil stove.
w. w. Windle broke three worlds |
bicycle records at Chillicothe, Ohio. |
which were held by Champion John
son. He made a half mile in AS flatB
Johnson's record being 81. The quar-
ter was made in 30 40, against John
sons :23, and the third in 80 3-5.
against Johnson's :32 %. Windle was
paced by quad.
A formal invitation has been sent bv
Brazil to the United States to ioin in
conference looking TO an agreement
between all the American repu blics
or an alliance to resist European az
recession on this continent. The adj
nlnlstration is heartily in accord with
he proposition and that the United
'tates will designate representa- tives
{ once.
The Lincoln monument ut Spring
eld, Ill, which has been admired by
thousands during the past 20 years, is |
a state OF dilapidation. What has
cen supposed To be a solid pile of |
ranlte proves to be merely a ricketv
tructure of brick, veneered over with +,
labs of granite. The monument cost
.O6, 500, the money being raised by
opular subscription, and was erected |
1 1874.
Owing TO the refusal of Sir Cameron | /
ees, governor of British Guiana. to L
'rtify the Venezuelan border and
uild military road through the ter !
tory In dispute between Great Britain
al Venezuela, as ordered by British Il
'cretary of colonies, Joseph Chamber L
IN, Gov. Lees has been recalled 1t
said that Prime Minister Salisbury
III not reply to the note sent by the
nlted States urging arbitration of \
le Venezuelan dispute until Gov. :,
ees reports to Sails bury. II
In view of the refusal of Secretary Z
the Navy Herbert to award a con y
act for building gunboats to the
etrolt Drydock Co, there Is a strong p
obabllity OF the abrogation of the e.
eaty of 1914 with England. which ~
BOD In the way. Hon Don NJ. Dick
son VIII lead movement in this
rection. With this treaty removed
ere VIII be vigorous competition from
Up oull iers In every city from Buffalo an
Duiuth FOR ship building contracts WI WI
tn the navy department. DIE de
The Standard Oil Co, recently stole 81,
march on the Michigan Central rail- Sc
AZ at Bay City by running a pipe OF
der the tracks SO as to fill their u, siI
nks from their oil boats and save ab
tipping the oil by freight. The rail me
I'd people thought TO get even and e ea
rted to take up the pipe under their ab
icks. 1t happened that as they went OF
work oil was being pumped from a am am
At and when an opening was made ma
oil gushed forth in a stream and pri
'ore it could be stopped over 500 pr
'rels of oil were wasted and David iro
! shipyard was soaked. gra
'ov. Rich has appointed the follow I,
delegates to represent Michigan co,
the commercial travellers congress Lii
be held at Atlanta, Ga, commence ina
Nov. 10: Maj. X. w. Jacklin and oo
omas ). McGraw, Detroit: George +.
en- and l.. NJ. Mills, Grand Rapids;
nuel Simons and Frederick Fox. mas
NAV; Ezra l.. Smith and Il. T.. nae
ldron. st. Johns; A. h. Peale, Jack hu
! w. Richards, Union City; James NO
damned, Lansing; j. l.. Root, Vas LA
+. Il. Streat, Flint. i
at [
here is a strong effort on foot Nv,