Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-07-07
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

| tial club.
On ST. Johns day Three Oaks Masons
dedicated a new temple with imposing
ceremonies.
III. III. Jones, colored, of Jackson, fell
from train and had both legs and
hand cut off, at Ann Arbor.
The Bradley homestead at Bay City
will be converted into hospital, in
charge of the Sisters of Mercy.
The Stars and Stripes now float from
a flag staff $50 feet high recently
erected on the campus of the IT, of NJ.
At Whitmore Lake, a boy named
Bailey, aged 10, son of Supervisor
Bailey. of Salem, was accidentally
| drowned.
Frank Howe, aged IS, of Muskegon,
was killed instantly by being cut in
two by Michigan Central freight
train at Niles.
The regents of the L. of NJ have
elected Keene Fitzpatrick, the we'll
/ known physical trainer, acting director
of the gymnasium with "A salary of
81, 900 per annum. Fitzpatrick is at
Yale at present.
Maggie Vogt was washing curtains
with gasoline at Adrian. The friction
of rubbing caused an explosion. The
girl was enveloped in flames, but she
escaped with her life, although She is
severely burned.
The Toledo e Northwestern railroad,
in course of construction between AL
bion and Charlotte. which suspended
operations about three months ago
has resumed work under control of
! Chicago capitalists.
The Detroit & River st. Clair railroad
ran several excursion trains over the
new line between Chesterfield and Al
gonac, for the first time on the Fourth
stopping at New Baltimore, Anchor
vile and Fair Haven.
The building occupied by j. ID. Pow
ers as a grocery store and residence at
Eaton Rapids, was damaged g., 500 by
fire. The fire was caused by an explo-
sion of gasoline stove. Miss Powers,
a sister, was badly burned about the
head
James Pendill, of Marquette, has
been active in the prosecution of sa-
loonkeepers. The other night large
quantity of kerosene was poured on
his house and set on fire, but the flames
were discovered before much damage
was done.
The meeting of the Alumni associa-
tion of the L. of VI. was largely at
tended by representative members, l..
L. Barbour presiding. The reports
show an encouraging condition, there
being 1,s00 members. Total receipts
for the year were 81, 733 GO.
a party of young married people
from Saginaw went into the woods
near the city to celebrate the Fourth
in quiet way. Samuel Holden, a
prominent man of the south side,
| climbed into tree to fix a swing He
fell to the ground and broke his neck.
Privates Northrup and Dykema, who
left Grand Rapids with a batch of re-
cruits, deserted at Richmond, Ind.
The men were arrested and sent on TO
Tampa, whore they will proba bly, be
tried by court-martial. Northrup was
married the day before he started south.
The 54th annual commencement of
the University of Michigan closed with
the presentation OF GA sheepsllins to
graduates. divided as follows: 263 in
the literary. IS in the engineering, 90
in the medical and 200 in the law de
! partment, 20 in the school Of pharmacy.
9 in the homeopathic medical college,
and So in the college of dental surgery
Louis st. Charles was fatally shot by
Henry Duschane. the bullet piercing
his lung. Duschane then tried 10 kill
himself but was unsuccessful. A week
ago Duschane's wife left him and went
to live with St Charles. her brother
in-law. DuSchanc went to the house.
and when ordered away drew his revol-
yer and shot st. Charles and then
turned the gun on himself
The Spaniards at Santiago are using
brass-sheathed lead bullets and the
brass rips on touching and tears the
flesh horribly, while the small brass
splinters cause blood poisoning. They
are practically explosive bullets and
are used in the Remingtons. They
also cut small cross through the end
of the Mauser bullet, so that it mush-
rooms on striking, with similar result.
The resignation of Adjt. Fred L.
Abel, of the 31st Michigan, at Chiclla-
manga, has been accepted by the sec
rotary of war. Mr.. Abel does not like
the routine work of the adjutant's
office, and prefers commission in the
! line, Lieut.. Homer ID. Nash, of Co. III
! (Jaclson), has been appointed adiu-
tant. and Lieut.. /. j. Collins, Co ID
| (Jackson), will succeed as regimental
commissary.
Last March Insurance Commissioner
| Campbell notified the United Friends
of Michigan, a fraternal insurance or
1 ganization, that it could have until
June IS to fix up its books and get in
proper shape to do business. Matters
have not been fixed up to suit the com
missioner, and he refused the order
| license to do business in the state.
! Campbell advices the officers to fix up
| the affairs of the order, and will give
| them reasonable time To make IA
vorable showing.