Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-10

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Cause of suicide unknown.
Mrs. Margaret Harding, wife of
Dayton, o., barber, was found dead
in bed in her room. A bullet wound
| in the right breast and revolver at
| the foot of the bed indicate suicide.
A horse driven by Henry Beuhler
and wife near Saginaw became fright
ened at an electric car, ran into a tele-
graph pole, throwing Mrs. Beuhler out
upon her head, killing her instantly.
Nun Sturgeon, of Fife Lake, was
instantly killed while blowing into a
muzzle loading rifle TO see il it was
loaded. He had his foot on the ham
mer and it slipped, discharging the
rifle.
The Presbyterian church at Howell
was struck by lightning while Sunday
school was in session. A ball of fire
rolled into the gallery, knocking two
boys from their seats and shocking sew
eral girls.
The supreme court has decided that
there being no other provision for the
sale of land for the payment of drain
taxes than that found in the general
tax law, that drain tax titles are as
valid as any other tax title.
The salt lifters in the State Lumber
Co. s mill at Manistee have struck and
caused the shutting down of the entire
| lumber mill and salt block as we'll as
three lumber camps closing, throwing
several hundred men out of employ
ment.
An herb doctor selling medicine
about Cheboygan, gave Mrs. David
| Hudak powder. After taking it she
went to sleep and could not be aroused
and died on the second day. The doc
| tor is under arrest pending develop
| ments.
The objection of the sultan to receiv-
ing DIR. James Il. Ange Il, of Michigan, as
minister of the United States, is with
drawn, and the state department mott
fed by Mr.. Terrell, the present diplo-
matte representative of this country in
Constantinople.
A Mrs. Wood, of Deerfield, who trav-
els for medicine company, was fatally
burned by gasoline at Deerield. Mrs.
| Bloomfield, who was filing the tank,
stepped on match causing an explo-
sion. Mrs. Bloomfield was burned,
but will recover
James Simpson and Mrs. Amanda
Bailey, of Deer Creek, were arrested at
Howell charged with unlawful cohabi-
tation. They were not able to furnish
$500 bail The woman's little girl,
aged 5, went to Jail also, having no
other place to go.
Interviews with western Michigan
growers show that the peach crop is
almost ruined. Curls are dropping off
at an alarming rate. There has been
| little frost, but continued cold weather
has done more harm than could any
frost in the way of blasting buds.
Deputy Attorney General Chase says
that under the bill providing a method
! for the state to obtain possession of
escheated estates and bank deposits,
which have been unclaimed for seven
years, the state will come into posses
sion of at least 100000 in the near
future.
Owing to the legislature having cut
the appropriation of the Michigan fish
commission from $50, 900 to ST., 200 the
commission has decided to cut off the
propagation of practically everything
but trout for the INLAND streams, even
then everything will have to be kept
at hard pan.
Capt. William Cary died at Benton
Harbor, in his 10th year. He was 80
years captain OF various craft, sailing
the lakes from Detroit, Chicago, st.
Joseph and other points before the
danger shoals were marked. Cary
sailed the first brigantine out of De-
troit that fioated on Lakes Huron and
Erie.
Bishop Gillespie presided at the an
nual diocesan Episcopal convention of
western Michigan, at Ionia, and re-
ported the diocese in prosperous con-
dition. The convention refused to
send delegates to the national anti-sa-
loon league. +. L. Montgomery, of
Ionia, was elected treasurer, and Rev.
A. L. Wells, of Traverse City, registrar.
Thomas Daxtator, aged 35, unmar-
ried, n c. & w. NJ. switchman, caught
his foot in a split switch at Grand Rap
ids. The train was backing down upon
him, and Daxtator, to save his life, de-
liberately threw himself across the
rails. One leg was cut off near the
thigh, and the other below the knee.
The plucky man has powerful ply
sique, and may live.
Mrs. Warner Neal, of Forest Ledge,
the new deputy game warden for Grand
Traverse county, declares that she is
not afraid of gun nor spear, and that
she will enforce the law to the letter.
She can handle a gun like an expert.
Mrs. Neal is AZ years old, of medium
hight, has light blue eyes and her hair
is slightly tinged with gray, and she is
a modest and unassuming woman.
John Borgers, Jr., aged Is, appeared
at the Office of the of the Holland Fur
niture Co. and demanded his pay,
which was not due. The clerk, Her
man Van Ark, referred the young man
to the manager, whereupon, Borgers
pulled a revolver and fred three shots,
none of which took effect. After his
arrest, Borgers attempted suicide by