Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-27
NEWS TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS
Minor Happenings of the Past
Week.
EVENTS OF LAST SEVEN DAYS
Political, Religious Social and Criminal
Doings of the whole World Carefully
Condensed for Our Readers-The Ac-
cident Record.


St. Augustine, Fla.-Fifteen men on
the missing lifeboat from the wrecked
steamer Gen. Whitney were sighted
and rescued.
Halifax, N. S.-The steamer Manito-
ban, from Liverpool. before reported
disabled off Newfoundland, arrived.
She was not disabled, but merely seek
ing or a passage through the ice.
Kansas City, Mo.-It is announced
that Joseph l.. Bristow, fourth assist
ant postmaster general, has entered the
race for the Kansas senatorship.
Treval, Texas-In a shooting ARRAY
Edward Harding and James c. Ire
bathan were killed and l.. c. Harding
fatally wounded.
London-A dispatch to the Daily
Mail says Emperor Williams new
drama. Der Eisenzahn," will probably
be staged during his forthcoming visit
to Wiesbaden.
Atlanta, Ca Eight companies OF
state militia are guarding the Fulton
county Jail, owing to report that a
mob from Woolsey and Fayetteville
were coming to lynch George w. Ker-
lin, who murdered Miss Pearl Knott.
Fort Worth, Texas-Leading fire in
surance agents in Texas declare that
the fire insurance men intend enjoin-
ing the antitrust bill now pending in
the Texas legislature within forty
eight hours after it becomes law.
Toledo, Ohio-N. w. Kendall, a
wealthy capitalist, has been elected
president of the new Maumee Brew
ing company. He will also act as the
general manager Of the company, which
has been recently reorganized and the
capital stock raised from 100000 to
100000.
Washington - President Mckinley
has received a letter from Lieut.-Gov.
John T. Kean of South Dakota strong
ly opposing Gov. Lees demand for the
recall of South Dakota volunteers from
Manila.
Washington-An official denial is
made at the Chinese legation of a pub
lished report that Minister WI Ting
Fang had resigned or been recalled.
ST. Louis, Mo.-Almost the entire
S., 900, 900 that the citizens have pro-
posed to raise to elinch the PROPOSE
ton of holding a worlds fair is in
sight.
Ripon. Wis.-Zinzow Bros Manu-
featuring company's plant was burned,
entailing a loss of $4,000.
Nashville, Tenn.-Mill A of the Cum
berland -four mill plant was totally de-
5troyed by fire. The lose 10 estimated at
s15O,00O, fully insured.
Atlanta, Ca, Gov. Chandler appoint
ed Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta
Constitution. a member of the board
of trustees of the University of Geor-
gia.
Woolsey, Ga-George w. Kerlin,
wealthy farmer and a deacon in the
Baptist church, has been found guilty
of the murder of Miss Pearl Knott.
Birmingham, Ala.-Gov. Johnson's
effort to repeal the recently passed law
providing for constitutional conven-
ton will be fought to bitter end by
the democratic executive committee.
Paris-In the fifty-kilometer bicycle
race here Tom Linton. the Englishman
won in $3.50 3-5. Edward Taylore was
second and E. A. Walters third.
Smith Center, Kas.-Charles Stock
man of Kensington was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded by his former
wife. Stockman secured a divorce re-
Gently
Mishawaka, Ind.-The 3-year-old son
of Lincoln Giske, living south of here,
fell into a cistern on a neighbours lot
and was drowned.
Evansville, Ind.-James Halpy, aged
80 years and single, committed suicide
by taking morphine. He was despon-
dent because he lost his position
month ago.
Detroit, Mich.-Edward Ascher, alias
Robert Lang, was found guilty of muir
dering Valmore c. Nicholas on August
10 last.
Oshkosh, Wise. b. w. Ryckman
was disbarred from practice at law for
two years by Judge Burnell. Ryck-
man collected $1S5 on two notes and
neglected to turn the money over to
his client.
Milwaukee, Wis.-Joseph Digby, alias
Thomas Rolf was arrested on charge
of shoplifting. Several silk waists, a
few pairs of corsets and a number of
other articles, which the manager OF
a store alleges were stolen, were found
on his person. Th prisoner is 80 years
of age and of respectable appearance.
and killed his wife, child and brother
at his home, five miles west of Graf
l. t. Hatema is full-blood Choctaw
Milwaukee, Wis.-Samuel Robinson,
colored, q years Of age, was arrested
at Bay View on charge of attempting
to kill Policeman Vogel when the lat
ter accosted him a fortnight ago.
Jackson, Miss-Sam Washington, a
negro, was hanged at Yazoo City for
the murder of a plantation manager
named Coker.
Gainesville, Ala.-Andrew Mack, a
young farmer, shot his wife and then
himself, both dying at the home of his
father-in-law, w. l.. Weir.
New York.-The cruiser Chicago has