Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-09-25
STATE NEWS CONDENSED.

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~ Ill OF pneumonia at his home in
Los Angeles, Cal, is slightly better.
The body Of VIM. Healey, who has
been missing from his home in Free
land for several days, has been founc
near the county house. He had COM
mitted suicide by cutting his throat.
Hersey and vicinity was visited Sun
day night by one Of the most severe
frosts ever experienced In September.
Corn ana potatoes are badly damaged
ana will he very light crop IN Osce.
ola county.
James Norm, OF Standish, has gust
purchased all the pine and hardwood
\ timber belonging 10 the Rifle River
Lumber company. including their mill
anu stock on Rife river. Considera-
ton. $1,000
! Adjt.-Gen. Fowler, of the National
G \. r.. says that veterans need not
worry about being provided with free
| quarters at the national cncampment.
/ Ample provision will he made to care
Tor every one.
Detective Northgraves. Of London,
! 2dnesday took Fred Butler back To
! Ontario. Butler was arrested in Flint
/ charged with stealing six head of cat
/ tie and confessed his guilt, going back
without requisition.
! Fred Miller was accidentally killed
at Grand Rapids. Mimi. while hunting.
| He was 30 years old He had lived I'm
| Saginaw all his life until seven years
/ ago and was well known. He leaves n
! sister in Saginaw. Mrs George Spind-
| Ter
Arthur Myers. a foreman in Pat
! terSOn'S No. . carriage factory. in
/ Flint. undertook to show an emf loye
| how ia manipulate a machine. When
he got through he had a thumb on
which the Iigaments had been torn
loose.
A movement is on foot among opera
tives in the factories at Battle Greek
to buy n farm near the city limits and
plat 1t. making cooperative village
| The land comprises 40 acres. and II
is intended that 40 families shall &C.
cupy one acre each.
Fred Butler. of Stratlroy. Ont.
charged with stealing cattle. was ar.
rested in Flint Monday by Chief Car.
ton on the advice Of London. Ont.
authorities He admits his guilt and
will return without eXtradition papers.
He took his arrest hard.
j.. Il. Spencer. former representative
in the state legislature from Dowagiac,
has filed Il petition in bankruptcy. In.
judicious investments got him into
debt. and he ultimately lost all his
possessions He is now an employe at
the Round Oak stove factory.
Roy Hopper. the Grand Blanc arson
list. was taken To Marquette Monday.
He has been very morose. and on four
different occasions has hidden the
knives sent with his food \ close
watch was kept to prevent the prisoner
from inhicting injury upon himself.
No trace has yet been found of Chas.
Il. Rabson. the gold mine owner who
came 1000 miles from his home in
British Columbia to marry Miss
Phoebe stephens of Saginaw. The
mystery is the talk of the town. He
had small fortune in his pockets.
samuel Halajia. an Armenian. who il
employed at I'm Ann Arbor hotel. first
on me 10 the United states II years ago.
After becoming naturdliZed, he return
cd to Armenia, was arrested and con-
demned 10 death. DR. j. Il. Angel,
then minister to Turkey, secured his
release
Israel Delano and Roland Hill have
been arrested at Kalamazoo. charged
with statutory assault, the victim being
Lea. the 13-year-old daughter of David
Il. Horton. with whom both men have
boarded The girl was an inmate Of the
reformatory at Adrian for couple of
years. having returned i'm April.
Jackson Is sorely afflicted. One of his
children is just recovering from seri-
Gus Illness Mrs. Williams Is at deaths
door from typhoid fever; Wednesday
another child scalded itself so badly
it may die. and 10 cap the cimoX Will
liams is confined in jail. he having
shown signs of being mentally unbal-
anced.
The deadlock between the city coun-
Gil and the board Of public works i'm
Benton Harbor is now complete one.
II has existed for several months. The
split is over the selection of n new
pump for the city water works. The
board Of public works entered into a
contract with pump company and the
council refused TO approve IT, That was
three months ago and the seven new
wells have been lying idle and the city
has been suffering for water.
The coal hunkers and briquette fac
tory Of the Tesla Coal Co., at Stockton.
Cal. have been destroyed by fire. Loss,
$200,OOO
\ strike OF employees Of the Hudson
Valley Electric railway, New York.
has completely tied up the system for
some time. Several encounters between
strikers and soldiers have occurred
Gen. Joseph Wheeler. who recently
returned from France, where he
watched the maneuvers OF the French
army. was very much impressed with
the French cavalry. and says that,
without doubt. the French artillery il
the best i'm the world, better, even,
than our own.
necayed meat. treated chemically to
hide its condition. and other doctored
meats were sold in St Louis and the
other large cities Of the country be-
tween August. 1899. and May. 1902, by
the members Of the packers trust ac-
cordiup In Testimony of Thomas l.,