Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-01
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| Two HNes nave been lost.
South Beach, bathing resort on
Staten Island, was swept by fire Sun
day night. Loss $4,000. The fire
was of incendiary origin.
| Nine Cake sailed for Europe on the
st. Paul. She said before she went on
board the steamer that she had said
goodby TO her American friends for
the last time
The case Of Berry Howard, on trial
in Frankfort, Ky, as the alleged prin-
cipal in the Goebel assassination, was
given to the jury at 1905. At 1910 the
! jury brought In verdict of not guilty.
BY order Of the president, Gen.
| Funston has been directed to cease
| further discussion Of public questions.
! The president has telegraphed Fun
ston not to speak at the Middlesex
banquet I'm Boston.
Frank Haven. of New York, died
suddenly ut Gray's logging camp in
Montana. 1t is said he ran out of
whiskey and as substitute drank
horse liniment. He is said to have
been graduate of Cornell university
The amount of deleterious food pro-
ducts placed upon the market each
year. Senator McCumber says was
valued at fully $1,170.0000 while the
| total amount of aduterated food pro-
ducts each year was nearly : 100000
! 600
Capt. Charles t. Clark. eX-com-
mander of the battleship oregon, has
declined the appointment of special
| naval representative ut the coronation
Of King Edward and the president
has named Rear Admiral Watson for
that mission
The Nebraska state central commit
tee of the Democrats and Populists
have fixed the place and date for
their state conventions for Grand ISL
and. June y. Fusion has been prac
tically agreed TO. but the apportion-
ment OF Offices was not decided.
The postotiice fraud involving the is
sue and circulation of millions of post
al cards has been brought to II close
by P0stoftice Inspector Stuart. who ar
rested Louis Smith at Chicago and
confscated over 100000 cards. print
ing presses, cardboard and plates.
Student reports give the total num-
Der of arrests in Moscow. during the
last two or three weeks. as 1.S00. They
anticipate the exile to Siberia of the
greater part of the 400 students who
offered the government armed resist
ance in the University of Moscow.
Abraham May. aged GO years, of
Kingston. Tenn. was shot and instant
ly killed by his wife to whom he was
married four months ago. She is
50 years old. Mrs. May confessed
to the killing and stated 1t resulted
from Il family quarrel. She is now in
jail
The morning bulletin posted at Cas-
tie Loo Friday announced that Queen
Wilhelmina slept at intervals during
the night. Her fever Temperature con-
tinues to indicate that her majesty's
illness, which has now entered its
third week, is taking its regular
course.
Scurvy and typhoid fever are de-
vastating the peasantry throughout
the whole OF the Altai Highlands OF
Siberia) region, formerly the chief
granary of Siberia. The starving peo-
pie there have consumed even the last
remnants of their seed grain and no
spring crop has been sown.
torch of the statue of liberty. New
York harbor. which was extinguished
in the forepart of March by the light
house department. has been re-lighted
under the supervision of the war de-
partment. TO which its control has
been transferred
Mrs. Sarah Lynch. % years old. OF
Cleveland, was found dead in the rear
of her home, and her husband. Martin
Lynch. 60 years old. is under arrest.
charged with her murder. The woman
was shot through the temple. Lynch.
when taken into custody, was covered
with blood and In a drunken condition
The body Of Angelo Carill, the last
victim OF the Negaunee mine disaster
of Jan. Z, was recovered Thursday.
The body was found within 20 feet Of
the shaft where most of the other
bodies were located The miners
worked i'm the wrong direction in
search of the remains for month
past.
Secretary of State Hay, for the
United states, and Minister Concha,
for Colombia, signed treaty provid-
ing for the transfer to the United
States Of the rights incident to the con-
struction OF the proposed Panama
canal. This treaty is similar to the pro-
tocol recently signed. the terms OF
which have been published.
The jury in the case of Burton. Will
lis and Frederick Van Wormer.
charged at Hudson. \. ". with the
murder OF their uncle Peter A. Hal
lenback, returned verdict OF murder
in the first degree against all three OF
the accused. They were sentenced to
be electrocuted In the week of May 30
next. The case will be appealed.
President Roosevelt has determined
the succession to the vacancy of the
international tribunal i'm Egypt by pro-
noting Judge Batcheller from the
court of first instance to the court OF
appeals to succeed Judge Kelly. re-
signed. Judge Van Horn. of Utah. has
been named to fill the vacancy in the
lower court caused by the promotion.
Mrs. Lottie G. Dimon. widow OF
Henry G.. Dimon. who was killed I'm the
Park avenue. New York, tunnel acct
dent. on the New York Central rail.
road several months ago. was awarded
oaa 600 1amnUea ro met Tho ,.otI.o,.I