Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-20
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Australians who endeavored to found
a colony on the Bellamy plan found it
to be a failure.
Mrs. Nelson Byers, aged SO, and her
four-year old grandson were killed
by train at Williamsport, Pa
BY the breaking of the grip on
Milwaukee avenue cable car at Chicago
seven persons were injured, two fatally.
Senator Brice has announced his in
tention of becoming candidate for
reelection as United States senator
from OLio.
Will Douglass and Fred Koontz
fought duel at Bloomington, Ind,
for the hand of a girl both admired.
Koontz was fatally shot.
Boat No. 16, Capt. Oseko, of the
Japanese navy, foundered at sea off
islands Chinese fishermen could have
rescued the IL members of the crew.
but would not do so.
The state department has received a
cablegram from Minister DENLY saying
that in the recent Chinese riots at
Cheng Tu the AmericP1 mission prop
erty was not much da mayed and that
no Americans were hurt.
dispatch from Redwood. H., says
David Chirrin is the inventor of an
electric camera which can be attached
to the telephone or any other electric
instrument or circuit, its oh ect being
TO reproduce a photograph of the per-
sons speaking to each other.
A letter received at san Francisco
states that two women and one man,
shipwrecked passengers of the Colima,
landed It Narrangastilla, so miles
southeast of the Manzanillo, Mexico,
and have been cared for by the Indians.
The party are all Americans.
Secretary Lovejoy, of the Carnegie
steel company, said that the company
would shortly begin the erection of a
new blast furnace neTr the Duquesne
mills to block the game of the Rookie
Teller syndicate, which is to build an
immense steel plant near Cleveland.
At country church festival near
Huntington, W. Va, there was fight.
creed Harvey was shot through the
heart, dying instantly. Mrs. Amy
Lunsford was seriously injured by be-
ing struck on the head with a stone.
Jack Ward and Rhoda Perdue, the
murderers, leaped through the win
dow and escaped.
The reply of Manitoba to the Do
minion government 5 order suggesting
that redress be given the Roman
Catholics in educational matters and
that the separate school system, previ-
ously in vogue, be re-esta blished, is a
stern refusal on the part OF the prov
ince to comply with the order.
On new railroad in course of con-
struction near Elkins, w. Va, some
men unde rtook to run down grade on
lumber car. The car got beyond
their control and they saved them
selves by jumping. The car, however,
went on and struck a hand-car with
five men on it, killing four of them.
Late advices from the Island of For
mosa say that business is entirely sus-
pended there and that there is much
rioting in the tea producing district.
The japanese are taking possession of
the island under the terms of the treaty
of peace, but are meeting with the de-
termined resistance of some Chinese
who are entrenched at Chung Wa.
Paris: The Gaulois processes to be-
lieve that Russia will support France
in Egypt in return for her assistance
rendered to Russia by France in the
Chino-Japan protest. Russia has asked
France to help in raising the $50, 600, 900
Chinese loan, leaving Germany out in
the cold on that deal The Gaulois
also says that President Faure will
accept the invitation TO be present at
the coronation of the car at Moscow.
Near Wickliffe, O., yacht contain
ing Daniel Bentley. Samuel Wellner
and an unknown man, was capsized on
the lake during squall. bentley
was drowned and the other two men
were rescued with great difficulty.