Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-09-16

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| of the death of an old friend.
The Michigan Central warehouse on
the dock at Cheboygan was burned
with loss of $4,000. L. f. Aver, o.
Chicago, lost lot of telegraph poles
worth $4,000, and the tug Favorite 500
worth of supplies. Tramps started it.
+. S. Persing, of Kalamazoo, de-
tective employed to ferret out the
"blind tiger" saloons at South Haven,
has been arrested there. Two girls
under 10 years Of age, charge him with
having given them liquor and treating
them improperly.
Samples of paper cottages for Klon-
dyke and other miners are being sent
out by the Portable Cottage Co., of
Grand Rapids. The cottages will be
about 10x15, of waterproof paper.
They weigh 100 pounds and will be
packed in convenient form.
Michael Willxie left his home at Al
bion while under the influence of
liquor. The next day his horse was
discovered hitched near Spectacle lake
and after search Wilkes body was
found in the water The coroner's jury
SAID accidental drowning or suicide.
Forest fires are burning fiercely in
sula. MaclIiuaw City is almost sur
rounded by the flames, especially on
the south and west. Bert Auble, a
young farmer, four miles west of Pc
toskey, lost his house, barns ard stacks
of grain, by forest fires communicate
ing to the stubble fields. The loss is
about $500.
+. j. White, an old soldier of the
civil war, has threatened to commence
suit against Galien township, Berrien
county, for $500. He claims he paid
$500 for substitute and was after
wards drafted. The township paid
him back 500, and now he wants the
rest of the $500. The $500, with COM
pound in terest since 1854, would amount
to considerable sum, and the town
chip will contest.
John Schlicht, of Ypsilanti, Michi-
gan Central brakeman, engaged in a
scuffle with friend at Ann Arbor dur
ing which he struck his head against
the corner of crate Nothing was
thought of it until he fell unconscious
on the locomotive soon afterwards.
He was taken to the u. OF NJ hospital
where he died. The blow had caused
q blood clot on the brain and paralysis
and death ensued.
Ex-City Clerk C. p. McKinstry, of
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the charge of embezzling $1,000 city
funds The city attorney had been in
structed to sue the bondsmen, but the
bonds are now missing. Matters are
further complicated by the fact that
Mr.. McKinstry gave bonds as city
clerk and not as clerk of the water
board. which reports a considerable
sum not accounted for
The travelling men of the state are
bringing pressure to bear on Gov. Pin
gree to call special session of the
legislature, with the 2-cent railroad
fare question among the subjects to be
considered. They are very much
wrought up over the interchangeable
mileage book now issued, claiming it
it not what was promised them, and if
the special session is held they will be
there in force to lobby for fat 2-cent
fare.
The TRAINERS at the Negaunee mine
at Negaunee have struck for raise o
cents day. This prevents the min
ers from working and the mine closed.
The strikers were getting 81. 40 a day
while the trammers ut the Cambria
and Lille mine. get 81. 65, owing TO
these mines being so much wetter. 1t
is feared that the trammers at the
Queen, Cleveland Cliffs. Lake Angelina
and Lake Superior mines will also de-
mand an advance.
A delegation of prominent lumber
limit holders of Michigan waited upon
the Ontario government at Toronto to
protest against the proposed prohibit
ton of the export of logs The depu
tation conferred with the members of
the cabinet for nearly an hour, but re-
ceived little satisfaction. The delega-
ton included ex-Gov. John T. Rich,
Thos. Pitts and Albert Pack, of De-
troit; Senator Savage, of Grand Rap
ids; Frank Gilchrist, of Alpena, and
others.
Foo Lee is an up-to-date Chinese
laundryman at Niles. He recently in
vested in bicycle, and soon became
very proficient. lie accompanied the
local clubs on country runs and made
'em all go and run um feet off" He
got to be a regular scorcher and re-
Gently entered race. A big crowd
turned out to see the heather Chinese
get beaten, but he won his race
handily. Since then he is getting of
fers from all over to appear as the star
attraction at race meetings. He will
accept several offers.
Fire at Oscoda destroyed block of
buildings in the central part of the
town. Alex Bonefant's saloon caught
and the flames leaped across the street
TO C. V. Hicks drug store. The village
hall, Jail, hose tower, Charles Ernest's
bazaar stock, Marks clothing store,
George Smiths cigar store, John Greg
ory's barber shop, and the old Copper
house were destroyed. Most of the
merchants removed their goods in time
and some of the buildings were unoc-