Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-12-21
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

A defective gasoline lighting plant
caused loss Of $4,000 in Sandusky,
Mich
During November there were 2,644
deaths in Michigan, of which 1877 were
from tuberculosis and 143 from cancer.
Judge w. r. Kendrick, of Saginaw.
will be reappointed by Gov. Warner a
member of the state board Of pardons.
Bessemer tax rate, which has just
been fixed at S4.S1 on every 500 valua-
ton, Is the highest the city has ever
had TO pay.
Williamsburg woke up when the
youths of the town gave an all-night
serenade to Hiram Leonard, who at "A,
married Mrs. Emma Cross, aged 20.
Lima e. Chaulton, aged 10, OF Bay
City, who was married at 13 and a
mother at IA, asks for the annulment
of her marriage 10 Leonidas Chau,.on
aged AZ.
With eight cases of typhoid fever
in Laingsburg, it seems justifiable to
call it an epidemic, although no deaths
have occurred. There are three cases
in one family
Efforts are being made to raise So
600 TO $4,000 for portrait OF Presi-
dent Angel, 10 be painted by John Sar-
gent AID hung in Memorial hall, soon
TO be erected.
The U. of NJ. regents have con
demned the west end of the old med
ical building and no more classes will
be held there after the close of the
first semester.
Earl Hampton has been arrested and
taken to Bay City, where he will be
charged with murder, if Warden Bee
be, of Bently, whom he playfully shot
in the back, dies.
The state has received from the fed
eral government $1,522, which is 8
per cent of the receipts of sales of pub
lie lands within this state during the
year ending June 20.
DR.. Louis Gelston, of the Calumet
& Hecla medical staff, is dead from
overwork, caring for victims Of the
scarlet fever epidemic. The disease at.
tackled him in his exhausted state.
Francis Leroy, an old soldier Of Bay
City, still lives after swallowing three
ounces of carbolic acid while on a
spree. He tried the same deed four
years ago, but was pulled through.
The skeleton of a man with one shoe
/ intact was washed ashore at Lake Har.
Dor. A dent in the skull leads TO the be-
lief OF possible foul play, but the death
must have occurred at least two years
! ago.
Jerry Thomas, of Traverse City. was
convicted in the circuit court of the
premeditated attempted murder of Gil
bert Olson, whom he got drunk, led "a
the Pere Marquette trestle, struck with
billy, robbed and threw into Broad
man lake.
Mrs. Oliver Little, the youthful St
Johns bride, is stopping at hotel with
her husband awaiting the time when
her parents will forgive her runaway
marriage. The mother is said to be
trying TO patch up a peace, but the
father is obdurate.
The supreme court of the United
States has entered an order advancing
the argument in the 2S cases before
the court involving the application OF
the Michigan ad valorem tax cases &c
the railroads of this state and set the
hearing for February - next.
Marine insurance companies have
been hit harder by the season OF navi
cation just closing on the great lake.
than ever before. The total value o.
vessels destroyed or damaged, together
with the loss on their cargoes, reache!
the enormous figure Of $5,375.000.
Despite the most stringent quaran
tine, efforts so far have failed to stamI
out the diphtheria epidemic which ha.
infested Gladstone for nearly two
months. Several new cases are report
ed Area Bellinger, the 15-year-old sol
OF John Bellinger, is dead. Two new
cases are reported in the family of Au
gust Martin, whose oldest daughte
Ethel died of the disease.
r. c. Bergeron, of Calumet has beer
awarded $4,000 by the board of stat,
auditors, to be paid at the rate OF So
a month, for the loss of both legs whel
he fell off train while returning from
military camp last year.
The last thing the Michigan Manu-
facturers' association did before clos
ing its fourth annual session Tuesda,
afternoon was to adopt resolutions in
dorsing President Roosevelt's plans ii
regard to railroad rate legislation. an
urging all members Of the association
10 write TO Michigans senators an
representatives in congress askin
them to assist In securing the legis
lation.