Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-05-05
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

"A through f. & p. NJ. freight was
wrecked near Flint and Is loaded cars
were demolished.
Mrs. Louis Dahl, living near New
Buffalo, was burned to death by gas
oline stove explosion.
Several hundred Michigan physicians
have volunteered to go to the front
with the Michigan boys.
The muster rolls show that there are
3,5l0 officers and men at Camp Eaton,
exclusive of staff officers.
Fruit men in Oceana county say
there were never SO many good buds at
this time of the year as now, and they
are all looking for an immense crop
this season.
An unknown man crawled into a
charcoal kiln at CULVER, near Manis-
tique, set the coal on fire and was
speedily asphyxiated by gas. 1t was a
clear case of suicide.
Capt. Geo. +. Judd has been formally
installed as commandant of the Sol
b. Taylor, of Port Huron. as adjutant,
and Mrs. Welch as matron.
Isaiah w. Austin, aged IS, war vet
eran from Charlevoix county, commit
ted suicide at Adrian by placing the
muzzle of gun in his mouth and snap
ping the trigger by means of stick.
Clarence A. Black, one of the trus-
tees of Harper hospital at Detroit,
called on Gov. Pingree at military
headquarters and rendered the use "a
the hospital to the state in the present
war emergency.
The semi-annual apportionment of
primary school money To be made this
month will distribute S350,617 among
the several counJIes. This Will be at
at the rate of so cents for each child OF
school age in the state.
Clinton Pierre, a farmer, six miles
east of Manton, was killed in a run
away, his team becoming frightened at
something by the roadside. His wife
and little child escaped uninjured.
The same team killed two persons in
previous runaways.
Camp Eaton at Island Lake has been
declared a regimental camp, Brig. Gen.
Irish, adjutant-general of the Michigan
National Guard, having taken command
under orders from Gov. Pingree. The
entire control of the regiments and in
dependent battalions in the hands of
the commanding officers.
Just before the Light Infantry left
Owosso Sergeant Henry Bertram was
thrown from "A frightened horse near
the armory. The horse reared and
stepped on his face, smashing in the
left cheek bone and multilating the
whole side of his face. He will lose
one eye. The accident east a feeling
of depression over his comrades.
The salt block of Louis Sands, at
Manistee, was totally destroyed by fire
at a loss of over S40,0 900; insurance but
$4,000. A gale was blowing and the
air was filed with frebrands. which
makes it almost a miracle that two
large mills within 200 feet escaped de-
struction. The salt block was lust
about to begin operations after long
shutdown for thorough repairs.
The American Lake Superior Power
Co., at the 500, is asking for bids for
the construction of a water-power
canal one and half miles long. 200
feet wide, % feet deep. The work is
one of great magnitude, involving the
expenditure of several millions of dol
lars. A lease for a 20, 600 horse power
engine to be ready in two years has
been made to the Lake Superior Car
bine works New York and Philadel-
phia capitalists are pushing the work.
The war department has appointed
Capt. BENZ Munday, assistant surgeon
of the u. 5. army, as chief physical ex-
aminer at the muster in of Michigan's
troops. He will be assisted by DIR. II.
S. Kiskadden, of Detroit, and DIR. w.
ii. Jones, of IIoughton, appointed by
the governor, and by the three sur
geons of each regiment. The U $. mus
tering officers are Capt. Irvine and
Lieut.. Winans, who begin the enroll
ment of the Guardsmen as soon as the
medical examinations are completed.
The first funk among the Michigan
boys at Camp Eaton was when 10 mem
bers of the Scott Guards of Detroit,
Co. c, Fourth infantry, signified their
intention to refuse to volunteer. The
remaining members of the company
met Immediately and took action re-
questing the designations of those who
| fiunked. Two on-commissioned officers
were then appointed to accompany
them TO Detroit and return as soon as
possible with an equal number of re-
serve men of the Scott Guards
Gen. White has named the camp al
Island Lake Camp Eaton, after the late
Adjt. Gen. Charles L. Eaton.