Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-26
MEMS TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
Minor Happenings of the Past
Week.
EVENTS OF LAST SEVEN DAYS,
Political. Religious. sociaI aud Criminal
Doings OF the Whole World Carefully
Condensed for Our Kesders-Ths Ac-
eiaent Record.

dying by the hundred, their bodies
tanning the air close to a Spanish
fort"
Cleveland.-The Union Rolling Mill
company has resumed operations again
after shutdown lasting nearly two
months, owing TO the C .rcity of coal
and the men refusing 10 work until
the Anal gamated scale was signed. All
departments will resume, giVine WORK
to between $50 and 40 men.
Worcester, Mass.-Bernard j. Wei
ers broke the worlds record at the
oval in this city in the 12O-yard dash.
He made the distarce in OIL 2-5. cut
ting on two-fifths of a second from
the record, winch he already mad
equaled and held in common with
Bailey, the English crack Splinter, and
\ two others.
San Sebastian, Spain.-The Queen
Regent has Conferred the Premier
ship upon General Azcarraga, who is
also Minister of War. The cabinet will
not be modified.
Hastings, Neb.-Will Lipps of East
ola uoy were fatally injured by the
explosion of threshing engine boiler.
An attempt was made to run the en-
CINE without water gauge and the
explosion followed.
Elwood, Ind.-Oil has begun seep-
ing out of gas wells south and west
of this city, and so strong is the oil
pressure that the output of gas is
greatly impeded Oil operators are on
the field and are leasing land prepara-
tory to drilling wells.
Elkhart, Ind.-George Johnson, liv-
ing north of this city, was run over
and killed by Big Four train.
Pierre, S. D.-The total figures of
the South Dakota assessment for this
year are completed and show an as
sessable valuation of $12O, 100, a
raise of $775,004 over the assessment
of last year.
Martinsville, Ind.-Newton Prather,
a young farmer, was instantly killed
here while he was loading logs upon
a ear. A wife and two children sur
vlve him.
Elwood, Ind.-While engaged /
building some new streets in Pendlr
ton workmen unearthed a number :;
skulls and bones, and upon investiga
ton it was found that they had rlowed
into an old burying ground which hal
not been in use for forty years. All
the remaining bones will be taken up
and reburied.
Mount Pleasant, Mich.-The Peoples
Savings bank of this city closed it's
doors and is now in the hands of the
commissioner of banking. According
to the last statement, made in January,
the capital stock OF the bank was $780,
900, with $4,000 in deposits.
San Francisco, Cal.-Solly Smith Of
Los Angeles repeated his performance
at Roby four years ago by knocking
out Johnny Griffin of Boston in the
seventh round.
Winona, Minn.-Dr. George o. Vir-
tue, instructor in political economy at
Harvard university, formerly of the
University of Chicago, has accepted the
chair Of history and clvics in Minoca
Normal college, assuming his new du-
ties October 1.
Calcutta.-The Official Gazette pub
fishes notification to the effect that
the Turkish newspapers Sabah and
Malumat will hereafter be prohibited
from circulation in India.
Providence, r. IA large wooden
mill, operated by Henry c. White &
Son at Chapachet, was destroyed by fire
together with several houses occupied
by mill hands. The total loss is esti-
mated at nearly $4,000 There is an
insurance of $4,000.
Brussels.-Dr. Cook, an American.
will join the steamer Belgicia, carrying
the Gerlache Antartic expedition, at
Montevideo. 1t is expected that the Bel
gicia will arrive at Grahams Land
early in December. She is provisioned
for two years.
Anna, Ill.-Four business houses
were destroyed and one badly damaged
by fire here. The blaze is supposed to
have originated from a gasoline stove
explosion. The loss is S16,595, and the
insurance s11 200.
Kokomo, Ind. Incendiaries burned
two barns on the Samuel Gray farm
ten miles north of here. The loss is
$1,000, with an insurance of $4,000
The incendiaries are being traced by
bloodhounds.
Vincennes, Ind.-The stave factory
at DecAers, this county, burned. Loss.
$4,000; no insurance.
Galesburg, Iii. M. Keller, trav-
cling salesman for a Chicago firm, has
been arrested at Wilbur NeD., and will
be brought here TO answer to a charge
of securing $50 on forged check.
Menominee, Mich.-William Kodatz's
boot and shoe store on Stephenson ave-
nue. was totally destroyed by fire. In
sured in the Palatine for $500.
Eagle River, Wis.-Fire destroyed
the Gerry Lumber Company yard,
with 10000 600 feet of lumber. Loss,
$4,000; some insurance.
Newman, Ill.-Homer Bare, while
digging a well, unearthed the skeleton
OF human being. 1t is thought to be
the skeleton OF man who mysterious
ly disappeared from this city fifteen
years ago.
Kfnmnndy III Mrs Mary ORan il