Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-02
CONDENSED NEWS.

Commander Eva Booth, of the Saliva
ton Army, is i'll IN New York with APP
pendicitis.
Cocoanut trees were SO badly whip
ped and wrenched in typhoon on the
island of Guam, Sept. &c, that they
will yield no crop for two years. They
are the main dependence of the island.
Albert Hummuerle. of Philadelphia.
aged %, shot and killed his wife Alice,
aged 81, and then turned the weapon
upon himself, ending his own life. The
pair were married last January, and
lived unhappily.
Dressmaking will cease TO be the
profession of Mrs. S. e. Browdell, Of
Los Angeles, Cal, since she has I'M
eXpectedly come into a fortune of
$4,000 left her by an uncle, l.. Hill
ton, of Colorado.
Wealthy Chicago women formed q
club to raise money for a teacher for
the exclusive production of the classics
in drama. Their purpose is to pro-
duce only the works of Shakespeare,
Ibsen, Sudermann, Hauptmann and
others of their class.
FIR. Ricard, astronomer of Santa
Clara college, who by reason of a clear
sky is enabled to keep close watch Of
the remarkable disturbances in the sun
first reported October 20, says the spot
has disappeared, but will reappear in
two weeks larger than ever.
Fire at midnight badly damaged the
residence of Bert Jamison, of Traverse
City. The family was aroused by the
crying of an infant, and the inmates
escaped in their night clothes. Loss OF
house and furniture, $500 The fire
was caused by a leaking gas pipe.
Gov. Pennypacker has committed TO
life Imprisonment the death sentence
of Mrs. Catherine DAM, the Philadel
phia woman who poisoned her hus'
band with powders obtained from a
"voodoo" doctor, G. p Hossey, who Is
to be hung for similar offense
Myrtle Williams, of Abba, Ia, while
lovingly caressing Harold Stepp, her
lover, slashed his throat with a razor
and left a gap that required 40 stitches
to pull II together. Myrtle claimed that
Harold was too attentive TO another
woman. Steps recovery is doubtful.
A bulletin issued by the bureau of
statistics of the department Of com.
MERGE and labor at Washington. esti-
mates that the foreign commerce of
the United States for the calendar year
1905, will amount TO more than a
billion dollars.
Paul Hammond, residing near Hart,
Oceana county, nearly lost his life in
an encounter with a mad bull He and
two companions were leading the ami.
NAL through the streets of Pentwa.
ter when the animal suddenly turned.
catching Hammond on it's horns and
throwing him high in the air. People
expected Hammond to fall and be
gored TO death, but he drew a sheath
knife and slashed the bulls throat, af.
forwards shooting it. Hammond is
but slightly injured.
Gov. Folk of Missouri has been
caught in the act of accepting 4
bride in exchange for a pardon. The
prisoner was sent to Jail for six
years for false registration, but does
not seem to have understood what
ho was doing. His wife, with her
three children, came to see the gov
ernor, but he was still in doubt. The
prisoners 5-year-old daughter an
prcacned him tiInidly and said: "If
you let my papa go I'll give you a
kiss" The governor replied a trine
huskily: "All right, little girl. you
shall take him home with you"
Henry Seigle, while beating his way
into Dayton, o., had his right arm
mangled by the car wheels.
A record of the De Soto expedition
has been found on the shore on Lake
Itasca, Mimi. under a huge bowlder.
The record, written on the skin of an
antelope, was found by Chester Gray.
a farmer living on the shore of Lake
Itasca, which is the source OF the
Mississippi river. He will send the rec.
ord TO the Smithsonian Institution in
Washington. The record, which IL
barely legible, Is dated August Q. 1547.
and signed by Ferdinand Villena and
Sancho Cueva. members Of De Soto's
expedition.