Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-04-19
MINOR EVENTS OF TH[ WEEK.
Items of General Interest Told lr
Paragraphs.
COMPLETE NEWS SUM MARY.
Record OF Happenings OF Much or Little
Importance from All Parts or The
Civilized world-Prices OF Farm Pro-
duce In Western Markets.

MARQUIS de Gallifet, French minis
ter of war, believed TO be dying or
pneumonia.
Rome fearful that meeting OF en-
perors threatens ltaly's interests IN
dreibund.
German Colonial society may ex-
pertinent with cotton in Africa.
Two French merchant vessels to Do
built in Germany.
More Russian troops sent to Port
Arthur.
Pugilist Terry MeGovern will become
an actor with speaking part"
Gov. Taylor of Kentucky is in Wash
ington looking over his case before Su-
preme court.
Too much pressure exploded de-
fective gas pipe near Logansport kill
ing two men,
Troops sent to prevent rioting by
strikers at the Croton dam.
Automobiles to be used on the La
PARA ranch in Texas.
New Yorks Easter parade larger
than usual.
Senator Hanna i'll with the grip
Real estate in Fifth avenue. New
York, is held at $1,000 a front foot
Women in a Cleveland church alb
stained from new Easter millinery and
gave the money to raise church debt.
DR.. Parkhurst wants a revision OF
the Westminster confession, declaring
it an incubus that prevents Presbyte-
rian progress.
President Harper will invite Count
Tolstoi to visit Chicago.
Secretary Root asked congress TO
establish six additional brigadier gen
eralships as reward for officers.
Secretary Root favors sending stan
men back into the line every now and
then.
Navy department agreed TO pay
$3.50, 900 for the Holland submarine
boat.
| DR.. ID. X. Pearsons of Illinois will
give away 100000 to celebrate his
eightieth birthday.
German paper is stirred 20 anger
by the election of American trade pro-
moters to membership in a Lusatian
chamber of commerce.
Miss Helen Gould is besiege1 by
thousands of applicants asking mil
lions in charity. In one week the re-
guests aggregated $1,54S,502.
Plot to dynamite the Jail at Wat
seka, H., and free James Dunlap,
held for bank robbery, is discovered.
Miss Nellie Lewis is awarded dam
ages in $4,000 for breach of promise
against Millionaire Sam Strong of
Cripple Creek, Colo.
Commodity prices show no sign OF
reaction.
The largest and most powerful To-
! connective in the world is being built
in Pittsburg and will be exhibited in
Paris
DR.. +. Benjamin Andrews, DIR. Hen
ny Wade Rogers, and other prominent
educators lost money by fostering a
scheme to take 5000 teachers to Paris
for study and TO see the exposition.
Wall street men are elated over the
showing of the weekly bank statement.
Colorado college built a 100000 lab
oratory and will get $4,000 from DR..
| Pearsons.
Two New York magistrates favor
whipping post for wife heaters.
French ministry sustained, after at
tack led by Castellane and based on
failure to protest against landing of
British at Biera, on Millerands influ-
ence, and on measures against politi-
cal monks.
Russian minister OF war will inspect
every post In ccntr'l Asia.
Men defeated women in Beattie,
Kan.
Constant weeping over death of hus-
band and daughter made New York
woman blind.
DR.. Taylor in Utica presbytery urged
elimination OF election and reproba-
ton doctrines.
New Yors Mcthodists voted against
criticsing the Rev. Mr.. Sheldons
paper.
Spiritual;sts' national convention
opened at Chicago.