Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-15

ile Iislu heeh 10 Bath village, anu WIS
on MS way home, walking on the
track. He was badly mangled lie
vas about GO years old.
Harlow ). Person. instructor in po-
lltlcal economy i'm the university, has
accepted the position Of assistant pro
Iesspr OF commerce and industry at
dartmouth college and will commence
his duties there next fall
Alonzo III. Burke died on Michigan
central train near Battle Creek
lhllr>uay morning from tuberculosis.
lis home was i'm Texas, and in com
pany with his wife he was coming to
lnsilanti TO visit friends.
The city Of ST. Clair has commenced
suit against the Rapid Railway Co, for
damages to its water pipes from cleo
tr"lysis resulting from the operation OF
the electric line, Damages are placed
at the nominal sum Of $1,000.
j. III. Weir. of Grand Rapids, who
has been working on Il hotel directory
IN owosso for two weeks. was arrested
Saturday night by Il deputy sheriff
from Bay City on the charge of OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses.
Frank Wright. a married man A.
wears OF age. was struck by the De
troit excursion train on its way back
from Battle Creek Sunday evening
and fatally injured. one Of his legs
was cut off and his head badly
smashed
Max Burkhart, n Bay City barber,
just released from Jackson prison
where he served three years for burg
larry. Tuesday struck an old man
named Ed Traveller and then offered
him ST to have him arrested. He was
accommodated
Within the past few months the
Seventh Day Adventists have estab-
lished colony mt Beirien Springs.
They have purchased n 340-acre farm
and have broken ground for Il univers'
ity building which they have an
nounced will cost S12J.n00.
The body of Lieut.. Howard $. Az
cry Of the Fourteenth regiment sta
toned ut FIT. Wayne. Detroit. was
taken from the river Sunday. He was
drowned April 3, and all search for
his remains was futile. Some boys
saw il floating near Il dock.
Last week while drilling for wafer
on his farm in London township Lewis
" Moulton struck a strong flow of gas
at depth Of thirty sin feet. n second
well was drilled with the same result
and now the people in that part of
the county have the gas fever.
Boyd. the Kceleyyile burglar, pilot
ed the officers TO spot where hidden
book containing several thousand dol
lars in notes. mortgages, checks and
pension papers was found. All the stOl-
en- property is now recovered. Both the
men under arrest have done time in
several states.
A Cincinnati safe expert succeeded
i'm opening the Bank of Birmingham
safe Thursday morning. This is the
money chest the outer shell Of which
was blown off by robbers recently.
The time lock of the safe was found
intact. and it was set going and is
about as good rs new.
Thursday morning an attempt was
made to crack the safe Of the Pennsyl-
vania Iron Co.'S store at Norway. The
large vault was blown open with
dynamite The burglars were fright.
ened away by the explosion before the
wrecked the entire building.
Ben III. Weeks. traveller for Amos Il.
McNairy & Co. of Cleveland. left
Saginaw supposedly last Tuesday
morning. His grips were found in I'll
waukic by the chief of police and De-
tective Parker Owens. They con
tanned clothing. samples. checks. etc.
and the police are now looking for
Weeks.
Mrs. Robert Murray of Owosso
made known the fact Saturday that on
Thursday afternoon she and her little
daughter saw the body of q boy about
II years Of age floating down the Shia-
waSsce river. Mrs. Murray says she be-
lieves the body was that of Lesn Morse
who disappeared from the Agricultural
College.
\ rather unique wedding took place
at CcntervilIe "Wednesday night. The
contracting parties were deaf and
dumb, MS We're also many of the in
yited guests The ceremony was per-
formed mt the residence Of Sheriff Adj
Olson by Rev. III. :. Bailey. and inter
preted in sign language by DR.. A. +.
Kingsley.
Gust Johnson. Il SWede employed at
StcarlIs' mill. Ludington. fell head fore.
most from tramway a distance of
eighteen feet TO the ground Saturday.
Johnson was pushing a cart of heavy
lumber when he slipped and lost his
balance. His face was terribly cut and
his coilarhonc broken. lie will prob
ably recover.
The jury which investigated the
cause Of the death Of 5-year-old Helen
Stcver, Of Owosso. returned verdict
that pneumonia was the cause. This
completely exonerates young Wood
ard. who was accused of causing the
child's death by striking her on the
temple. The doctors found the left
lung badly congested.
h. j.. Scott. of Bath. Mich. drank n
pint Of whisky Thursday morning and
then lay down by the railroad track to
sleep il off a Michigan Central pas.
senger train hurled his body Il few
minutes later 20 feet into the swamp
which bounds the right OF way. lie
never knew what hit him.