Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-04-14


While acting the 1irt of n peace
maker IN Durand saoon row, Rich
| ard Crane was STABBED by Ernest
Walker, Crane is in serious condi-
ton and Walker Is il. all.
Fred ID. Woodwork. sentenced for
two years To Iona. dlc year ago. for
cmbezzling the funds bf Ingham coun-
| ~, That CAME into hishands rs county
clerk, was paroled Friday.
Roy Travis. Who aot and killed
Michael Boland. n franklin union
picket, in Chicago. saturday. was a
Battle Creek pressfceer aud a young
man with good reputation.
BY a threefomths majority. west
side voters OF Bay dty approved OF
bonding that Municipality for 100000
TO complete new payments ordered,
ana to extend the wder mains.
fergilIia Lamb;trd, the Italian
miner who was stabbed Mt Trimoun-
tain by Antoine Fl9sli. pcddler, Is
dead, Flossi Is held and will be tried
for murder ut the Apil term of court
Judge Wolcott. of tie Grand Rapids
circuit court, has isspd mandamus
compelling the Gran, Rapids a. In
diana railroad TO reduce their fares III
this state from > cents to ~ cents
per mile.
TWO young men wlo pleaded guilty
TO stealing $500 ponds OF copper
from the Pere Marquette railroad
company, say that tie copper is sunk
in Black river Th, diver is unable
to find It.
The American Fraernal association,
Il fraternal benefit society OF Detroit.
exclusively for the iisuring of colored
people has been grated preliminary
License. enabling it ~ compile It's or
ganizaHon.
Rev. III. +. Collins who has been
pastor of the Coldwater Presbyterian
church the past twenty-five years.
broke the marriage record one day
last week by tying four nuptial knots
in one day.
Mrs. Jane Bowen, - years old. Of
Ironwood. hanged herself in closet
Her daughter FOUND her. Her hus-
band deserted her n few years ago.
Three children had since helped To
support her.
\ 35-mie gale wrecked the Escan-
aba street railway power plant smoke
stack Friday. causing "A suspension Of
street car service and Of all other lines
of business supplied with power from
the company.
John Elliott. Of Lansing, who jump
ed from Il straw stack couple Of
weeks ago. fracturing both ankles, is
dead. blood poisoning having set in.
Elliott had refused to have one Of his
legs ampTtated.
The pardon board will recommend
a parole for DR.. f. u. Woodwork,
convicted Of misconduct in office while
county clerk in Ingham county. He
has served one year Of twoyear
sentence at lonia.
Burglars entered The Farwell post
office Through, tee CsIr window Wed
ncsday night and worked the cpmbi-
nation of the safe. taking SO in
stamps. The Office was robbed year
ago la"t September.
The Carnegie institution of Wash
ington. -. C.. has renewed its grant
of last yea ri 500 To Prof NJ. Com
berg of the chemistry department OF
the University of Michigan This sum
is expended for assistants pay.
Fishing has begun at luke lake.
and in the Huron river. and grass
pike are plentiful Will NJ. Klinck.
telegraph operator for the Ann Arbor
railway. caught two-pound grass
pike with has hands in the railway
ditch.
President stephen Corven issued or.
dcrs to the Michigan Mine Workers
Friday To resume work ut all the
mines Monday morning. This settles
working conditions for two years. and
both operators and miners look for
ward to a period OF prosperity.
William Allen. John Klldee and Ed
ward Cronn. well-to-do farmers near
Traverse City. have been sued for
$1,000 damages for frightening the
wife and daughter Of Lester Priest 50
seriously last October that both
women have been seriously i'll since.
The report Of State Salt Inspector
Porter shows there was inspected in
the state in March 1S1.13i barrels OF
salt. the inspection In Wayne county
being 80. 40 barrels The total inspec-
ton since Dee. last was S11.222 bar
rels. an increase over the same period
last year of 90,375 barrels.
Cock fighting and gambling while iii
the Philippines are alleged to have
been the causes of the downfall of
Lieut. Frank Pratt, the former First
United States infantry officer, who
was sentenced 10 dismissal from the
army and years imprisonment for
duplicating vouchers and other
olfenses. He was once n resident OF
Flint.
There was recount Of the votes
cast on the proposition TO bond Battle
creek for 100000 for new city hall,
owing to protest on the part of an
alderman. The recount showed the
proposition was carried Ivy larger
majority than was returned at the
first count There were 2,111 votes
east for to l,Si1 against, making 2T2
majority.
Duck hunters report IN unusuap
number OF Wild swan this spring.
Dozcns Of them have been seen in the
Monroe marshes, many have been
killed between there and Toledo, and
tho oilpY laV thpra WAS n big flock nj