Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-18
CONDENSED NEWS.

a false prophet has appeared in
Ponce. Porto Rico. He represents him.
self as the spirit of ST. John the Evan.
gelist, and a great many people are
following him
OF the 245 saloons in Omaha. Neb..
not one was open on Sunday, for the
first time in many years. This is q
result of vigorous campaign recently
started by the civic federation.
Mayor Brand Whitlock, of Toledo,
has issued positive orders that every
wine room and Sunday saloon must
be closed up. Sunday theaters and
baseball may be stopped later.
There is a bin before the Missis.
sippi state Legislature If passed will
re-establish the whipping post for both
men and women. Three lashes shall
be deemed equivalent of one dollar,
at the option OF the culprit.
Tramps. wife-beaters and men con.
victed of not supporting their fam.
lilies in any OF New Jerseys cities will
be put 10 work on the public roads and
works with ball and chain on their
ankles. This will act as preventive
OF crime
minister.
who is staying at the Hotel De France
at st. Petersburg, had a narrow es-
cape from assassination at the hands
of young Korean, said TO be the min
listers interpreter The would-be as.
sassin stabbed the minister eleven
times with a knife.
VIM. j. Bryan while in Duluan. Min.
danao, was created a datto and salut.
ed by 80 pieces of native artillery. af.
ter which he was conveyed along the
river TO Datto Piangs palace in a
royal vinta Ca small boat, manned by
40 Moros. Al the palace he received
many presents.
Magistrate Finn, in performing a
marriage ceremony peculiar to the
police in the Tombs court in New
York. purposely omitted the word
"obey" after looking over the bride.
He said, "Oh. she looked big enough
to lick two such fellows as him. and
as he has promised TO love and cher.
ish her for life, didn't think it fair
10 use obey
Among the Is cities whose gates are
thrown open TO the commerce of the
world, by provisions Of the recent
the fruits of the recent war which
Japan shares with her sister nations.
are Lao Yang, the city from which
one of the bloodiest battles of the
Manchurian campaign was named. An.
other principality is Fengwangcheng.
where Kuroki fought the first decisive
engagement after his crossing of the
Yalu. The cities are distributed
through three provinces.
John Wilson, bachelor farmer. liv.
ing near Buena Vista. Ind, was buried
in the coffin which he made for him.
self in the last two days of his life.
Feeling that death was approaching
rapidly. he called a carpenter TO his
aid and constructed the coffin from
wood which nc had kept in his house
forty years for the purpose He then
called in his neighbors and divided
his money and farm among them. pro
ducing a chart of the farm to show
how he wished the land 10 be divided.
Death came a few hours later.
James II. Leisure. Caldwell. O.. was
locked up on charge Of numbering his
uncle William Leisure. Young I.eis.
ure's infatuation for his uncle's wife
led to the tragedy.
Sir Horace plunkett, NJ r., score
tary of agriculture for Ireland. is in
Washington to confer with Secretary
Wilson and other officials of the de.
rartment of agriculture regarding va.
rious problems OF agriculture. An Eng.
lish law prohibits the growing OF to.
bacco in Ireland, but through the ef-
forts OF Sir Horace the opportunity
has been afforded 10 demonstrate the
practicability OF raising tobacco for
commercial purposes in that country.