Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-11
NEWSY CONVERSATIONS.

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Spain has secured options on several
warships nearly completed by British
shipbuilders for another government.
Hotel San Marco, at St Augustine,
Fla. one of the finest resort hotels in
the south, was burned by incendiaries.
Loss $3.50, 900, insurance $50, 900.
The large floating drydocx built in
England for the use of Spanish war
ships in Cuban waters has been safely
towed across the Atlantic to Havana.
The President has ordered court
martial to try Capt. Lowering, who
brutally punished Private Hammond
for disobedience at Fort Sheridan, Chi
cago. The court will meet Nov %, at
Fort Sheridan.
While celebrating over the election
at Cincinnati John Shafer, shoe
maker, waved aloft huge tin horn he
had been blowing. 1t came in contact
with live electric light wire and
Shafer fell dead.
Because their victim had no money
two Chicago footpads placed pistol
against VIM. kastner's throat and
fired. The bullet cut through the vo-
cal cords and complete destroyed
Kastners power of speech.
Major Benjamin Butterworth, u. 5.
commissioner of patents, is danger
ously i'll mt the IIollenden hotel, Cleve-
land. His physician announced that
he is suffering from pneumonia. He
was taken suddenly i'll in the Office of
Senator Hanna.
A c. e o. express train, from Cincin-
natl to Washington, was wrecked near
Old Shadwell, Va. Four persons were
killed and II injured. The accident
was -ouu5v,.-e y--..a-s-- ~-ssr- s.,syuotug.
The engine left the track on a sharp
curve and was hurled against a rocky
hill. Two ears plunged down a steep
embankment and one of them went
into Rivanna river.
A Washington dispatch says that
there are indications o. an attempt be-
ing made soon after congress asse mbles
to take the government printing Office
ing that it is an adjunct of congress
and not really part OF the executive
branch of the government. There will
also be All attack made on the civil
service system in the congressional
library.
The British expedition to the head of
the Afridis country, 50 far as actual
fighting is concerned, is about to end
This war has already cost $50, 900, 900
and has left the Indhn treasury alb
solutely depleted. Some thing must be
done quickly to assist in saving India
from utter bankruptcy This costly
war was concurrent with the enor-
nous additional expenditure of fight
ing famine and pestilnce.
Stewart Young, az aeronaut, was
drowned in Lake Michigan at the foot
of Monroe street, Chicago, while at
tempting to descend rom his balloon
in parachute. Thousands of persons
witnessed the accident. Young as
cended from the Wintr circus at Hub
bard court and Wabsh avenue. His
home was in Chicago and he was a
nephew of President Nick Young, of
the National Base Bal league.
A quadruple murje is reported from
Rawdon, Quebec. TIE victims are the
three daughters and one son of Mr.
Nulty, farmer who upon his return
from visit, found tlr children muir
dered. The girls we is, 10 and IA,
and the boy 10 years ID. Thos. Nulty,
an older brother of tie murdered chill
dren, was arrested carged with the
murders, and he conesscd the awful
deed. lie said his TO oldest sisters
provoked him to uncotrollable anger.
Commi Toner of ebsions H. Clay
Evans, in his annual eport shows that
there were added to ne pension rolls
during the year 5 i,07 names and for
the same period the losses by death
were $1,000, by remariage of widows
and mothers l,074, an Tor other causes
s0s6, an aggregate OF 4l,l22. The
whole number of perlons on the rolls
June 30. 1897. was g10l+. The total
amount dsbursed iis Sl39.9i9,7l7.
This exceeds the preious years pay
ments by the sum of ,bs4,4s0
When the old L. cruiser Yantic
ran down a Canadin steamer near
Montreal, while on frway TO Detroit,
the Michigan Navf Reserves were
charry about acceptislthe boat until
Uncle Sam had assuied all RESPONSE
bility and had repaid the damage To
the Yantic. Assistai Secret ry OF the
Navy Roosevelt prorpuy notified Gov.
Pingree that unless lichigan accepted
the boat as She ws She would be
turned over to and,er state which
wanted her The osernor at once
replied that Michisn would accept
the Yantic as soon athe navy depart
ment was ready to tn her over.