Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-07


uokalani must pay the income tax on
her annual allowance of $500 from
the territory The tax amounts to
4 $50.
The corOner'S jury, investigating the
disaster III the JOhnstown rolling mill
mine on July 10, found that the eX.
/ plosion was caused by an open lamp
being taken into room where gas eX-
/ listed.
The Chinese foreign office has noti-
/ fed United States Minister Conger that
/ government troops have killed between
800 and 400 rioters i'm SZe-Chuen PROV
/ ince and that order is now restored
| there.
David Morris. n farmer. aged 4s. was
killed by his son Dave Morris. aged
%. near Plattsville. o. The son de.
manded the use Of horse. When the
father refused the son struck him with
q club.
The body of James Meyers com
mercial traveller. drowned Tuesday mt
Manitou Beach. near Rochester. y.
u. was found Thursday by young
woman Dather who dived close to the
corpse.
Reports from the country around
Hornellsville. " ", show that the
cloudburst of Saturday night affected
nearly eighty square miles of territory
\ broad estimate of the damage Is
$250,00o.
Gov. Gotta of the province OF For
mosa, Japan. has visited Ellis Island
TO study American methods of eXcud-
ing Chinese immigrants. Japan Is
said to be preparing to adopt an ex-
clusion act
Baruabas McCann a well-known
Brookville. Pa. citizen, committed
suicide Thursday by igniting stick of
dynamite. Ills body was frightfully
mangled and his home partially
wrecked by the explosion.
A heavy loss Of life has occurred
from an explosion at Mt. Kimbla col
liery at Wollongong. 10 miles from
Sydney, y. $. w. One hundred and
forty miners were rescued. but
100 are still entomber. A portion Of
the colliery is on fire.
Seven men were fearfully burned
Thursday by an explosion in one of
the buildings of the Stoddard Manu-
featuring Works ut Dayton o., cauS
ed by leakage of natural gas. Ed
ward Banker. John Connors and Ed
ward Fetters may die.
Mayor Golden Rule Jones has fin
ally disclosed his whereabouts. which
have been carefully kept a secret for
three weeks that he might have
cnance to get good rest. He is i'm
Petoskey. Mich. serving as a farmer.
gardener and section hand.
Twcnty-eight refugee negroes driven
from Womelsdorf. w. Va. as a result
of the race war following the murder
of chief of Police Wilmot. have ar.
rived at Cumberland. Md, destined for
eastern points. Negroes are leaving
the vicinity of Womelsdorf by scores.
While cholera is decreasing in Ma
Mia reports received from the prov.
inccs show Il large number of cases
and deaths. Since the outbreak Of the
epidemic there have been reported
throughout the archipelago a total Of
u. Hos cases and 16,105 deaths.
The will Of Thos. i. Lane. the Amer
lean representative of Nickers and
Maxim. who died in Washington, ID,
c.. nearly two years ago. has been
found i'm safe deposit vault in Wash
ineton. His widow, who was
daughter Of Senator Blackburn, Of
Kentucky. died recently.
The Flint council has passed an or
dinance prohibiting the Detroit United
cars from running faster than II miles
nm hour inside the city limits.
Henry Rich Muskegon laborer,
was crushed by a falling PLATFORM
laden With 1000 pounds of cement
Saturday. and killed. Aged 81. He
leaves u widow and four children.
&. w. Merchant, j. H. Parramere
and Il. q. Anderson, of Abilene, and
Cape Willingham, OF Mcmillan, prom
inent Texas stock men. have arrived
at Dallas Ell route to Canada, where
they will engage Il range for next sea-
son. Heretofore Texas cowmcn have
been sending cattle to the DakOtas and
the Wyoming country. but next spring
they will try the experiment Of using
Canadian range. as they expect in
Canada to meet with less disturbance
from public authorities. The Texas
combination expects +, pasture about
300 head Of cattle In Canada next year.
James Mcconnell and George Gar
rett. 15-year-old boys. have just ended
n Journey from New York to Chicago
In lightweight gasoline automobile
According to the record kept by the
boys their actual running time was II
DAYS. | II hours but the full time OF
the journey was 30 days. Nearly 20
4 days was lost at different points walt
ing for repairs. Their best run was
\ 100 miles In nine hours.
The interior department has sent out
notices asking for bids for the pine
timber on sections rs and 30 of each
OF the townships of the Red Lake res
ervation, and OF part OF the White
Earth reservation, in Minnesota.