Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-05-28
TElEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

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The town ana village of Niagara
Falls will be united as the city Of Nj
agara Falls.
About 10000 ex- Confederates march
ed in the parade at the reunion at New
Orleans Friday
Arthur r. Bailey, of Michigan. was
elected national warden of the Junior
Order Of Mechanics at the Frisco con-
vention
Rev. Geo. L. Brown. a colored
preacher, Of Morrisville, Pa. was sent
TO prison for 10 years for stealing
chickens.
A Calling gun will back mp the 100
troopers who will be on duty at jack
son. Ky. during the grand jury in
vestigation of the feud murders.
Gov. Becknam has ordered n COM
pany OF state troops to Jackson to
guard the grand jury which is to in
vestigatc the Breathitt county feuds.
Mark Hanna says: Il have often
stated. both privately and publicly,
that / am not and will not be a candi
date for the presidential nomination
The recount of the Lorimer-Dubor-
row election contest in Chicago gives
Congressman VIM. Lorimer Il major
ity of .G01. The original returns gave
him 9S5
William X. Vanderbilt and other
millionaires whose country places are
on Long Island. have contributed Il
fund of $4,000 TO eXterminlte the
mosquitoes.
Herbert Moreau. of Montana. shot
himself through the head at Baltimore.
He had moneyiin every pocket and on
a card he had nfitten, Bury ms quick.
All expenses paid"
Suicide in a bath tub was the meth
cd Chas Adams, in jail at MiddletOwn,
y. Y, took to evade trial for attempt
ed murder Of his wife. He left let
ter saying he knew he'd be convicted.
Because of a schoolboy fight Walter
l.. Campbell ran away from home at
Kansas City 81 years ago and has not
been heard of in - years: we. his
father has just left $4,000 estate to
him.
A big bull moose. which has been
prowling around, made a call in San
gerville. Me-, knocked down fences,
tore up lawns and waded through
things in way which looked as if a
cyclone had struck town.
Mrs. Alice Hull Burdck. widow of
the man who was so mysteriously
murdered in his home at Buffalo. has
been granted the guardianship of her
three children. but does not control the
haunaat ha1 70 thnpo
Rocky Mountain grasshoppers are
devastating one section of Montana,
while three feet of snow has fallen
over a large section during the past
week Between the two, stockmen are
having serious time, feeding their
cattle.
Chambers has caused the death ~ ST.
mon Wilson, colored Stabeman at
Newark. ~ j. This Is the second case
there in which this disease peculiar to
horses has attacked human being.
Alfred Meyer is in the last stages OF
the disease.
The hero who fought Off the 30 fan
atical bolomen to save the bodies Of
Capt Ovcrton and Private Noyes and
protect wounded Trooper Harlow in
the fight at Suciatan. Mindanao. was
VIM HallOn. cavalryman who was
not wounded,
Two thousand native houses have
been destroyed by fire In the Tondo
district of Manila. About eight thou
sand persons are homeless and are be-
ing fed and sheltered by the munich
pality. The damage Is estimated 1t
1000, 900 pesos.
over 5000 workers over the pres
ent available supply are needed to can
the present California fruit crop. 1t
Is estimated that unless there Is inn
mediate immigration Of labor the loss
from failure to handle the fruit crop
will be % per cent.
Mrs. Jacob Hanson. of Kokomo. Ind.
was so overcome with JOY at the sue.
cess of her daughters Grafton at the
high school commencement. that she
died where she sat, and her daughter
went on to the end without knowing
what had happened to her mother.
Mrs. Alvin Bachman. of Slatington,
Pa, cut TIE threats OF her two young
est children, Edna, aged 3. and Roy,
aged j, using her husbands razor.
Standing beside her babes as they Jay
In their bed, she cut her jugular vein
and crawled into the bath tub to die.
A man In woman's garb was the
companion and murderer OF Fred
Yeager near Kokomo. Ind, Is the latest
theory OF the detectives investigating
the murders Of two young swains 10
gan English. Frank Eads and Willard
Eads. who were arrested because OF q
feud between boys OF rival towns
were released from custody. They es.
tabished strong allbis.