Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-08-25
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

William Martins daughter, was run
over and killed by a water tank at
tached to a thresher at Brockway.
Romeo had one brave boy-Edward
p. Smith-in the Michigan Naval Re
serves, and the whole town turned out
! to welcome him home.
Col. A. T. Bliss, of Saginaw, whose
hand was badly lacerated on July by
cannon fire cracker exploding in his
hand, will have to have two fingers
amputated as they will not heal.
A sneak thief secured 81, 500 worth
of diamonds from the dressing room of
Mrs. w. +. Slime, of Kansas City, at
the patatorium at Charlevoix. Mrs.
Slime was in the swimming pool at the
time.
The 10-year-old son of William Fur
stenburg, near Monroe, climbed upon
the seat of large land roller. He fell
off and the roller passed over him,
breaking his neck and crushing his
body.
Gov. Pingree and a party of promi-
nent Detroit and Michigan men re-
viewed the Michigan Naval Reserves
on board the Yosemite at the League
Island navy yard, Philadelphia, before
they started for home.
Marion Gray, one of four brothers,
all members of the 31st Michigan regi-
ment band died at the hospital at
Chickamauga of dysentery. Two of
the brothers left for their home in
Tecumseh with the remains.
The Saginaw division of the Michi-
gan Naval Reserves was given a royal
reception upon their arrival at Sagi-
nav which was fully as enthusiastic
as that of the Detroit people. A whole
week of receptions, etc, was planned
for the boys.
Lightning destroyed the barns, hay
and gram stacks, sheds, ETC., owned
by John Ovens, northeast of Tecumseh.
Several horses and cattle persisted, and
in attempting to save the family horse
Mr.. Ovens was kicked and probably
fatally injured.
The Lenawee county farm barns,
loutbuildihes, etc, in Madison town
ship, were destroyed by lightning
About 125 tons of hay and large
quantity of wheat burned. This is the
third time the barns on that farm have
been destroyed by lightning.
Deputy Customs Collector Henry
Avery had desperate struggle in at
tempting to arrest Thomas Maher, an
alleged smuggler at the st. Clair Flats.
Maher attempted to shoot the officer.
but Avery threw him from his boat and
clapped the handouts on him.
A gang of tramps held up a Michi-
gan Central freight near Charlotte and
after they had been put off four times
uncoupled the train in two places and
fled to swamp. Sheriff Hall and a
posse of men chased the hoboes down
and arrested them, after winging the
leader-a big colored fellow-with
bullet in his leg.
BY the overturning of sailboat on
Otsego lake "Teeter" Creska, aged Is.
and Allie Stott, aged 10, were drowned.
There were eight people in the boat
and the other six were rescued with
difficulty. All were attending the
Gaylord Baptist Sunday school picnic
and the pastor, Rev. Fenner, was one
OF those rescued.
Orders have been received at Fort
Brady, Sault ste. Marie, directing the
immediate evacuation of the post by
the three companies of Pennsylvania
volunteer infantry. The battalion will
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join their regiment. The detachment
of the same regiment at Fort Wayne,
Detroit, has also left.
AS the last of the SD Michigan boys
were being taken to the auxiliary
cruiser Harvard for their trip north
the lighter Laura with $50 Michigan
boys on board, struck rock in Santi-
ago harbor and sank in 10 feet of |
water. No lives were lost but an ex-
citing scramble occurred and many of |
the men fell into the water.
A gloomy letter has been received by |
Bay City parties from the Moore broth
ers, who left last fall for the Klondilxe, |
They arrived in Dawson July IL. On |
the cath they wrote that the country |
has been lied about by every Canadian |
official interested. A more disap- |
pointed and respondent lot of men
were never seen. Thousands are |
without money, with very
little provisions and no work. Out of |
the thousands of claims recorded in |
this vicinity. only about so are paying
Gov. Pingree's trip to Washington
and his hobnobbing with Secretary |
Alger, Adjt. Gen. Corbin and other war
department officials, to say nothing of
his visit to President Mckinley, is
bearing fruit, not the least of which
IS the change in war department plan
the 35th Michigan regiment
will remain in Uncle Sans service and
will be detailed to garrison duty. The
governor also visited New York while
'n this trip and was the only governor
20 visit Admiral SIMPSONS fleet upon
is arrival in New York harbor.
Mrs. Henry w. towering suicided at
Jackson with morphine.