Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-05-14
STATE NEWS BRIEFS.

Bay CITY Is 10 have $3O,uOO Vauue
Vile theater, capable of seating 1000
people.
| When robbers stole s31G from Paul
c. Warren, they took his clothing, even
his pants.
Monroe women will vote for the first
time on the proposal TO bond for a
new high school.
A bear weighing 600 pounds was
caught i'm steel trap northeast of
Stand;sh recently.
The Escanaba shops OF the North
western railroad have been ordered
| closed, throwing 200 men ont OF work.
Bogus check men have been busy in
Lansing and II is said that local mer-
1 chants have lost over $500 by such
means.
f. ]. Mllington former lumber
jack" and pastor OF the Congregation
al church, was ordained at Cadillac
Thursday night.
W. r. Shelby. vicepresident OF the
/ G. r. & l.. fell from his wagon, the
wheels passed over him. he broke two
ribs and is badly bruised
! Chairman Glasgow, OF the railroad
| commission. states that during the
| past two months the reductions have
! been l29 and the increases %.
| Charging that he was forced 10 work
J 10 or 8 hours day, w. K. Schaffer,
one of the oldest motormen on the
| Tpsi-Ann internrban, has resigned.
Ii has transpired that the spine oi
Mrs. l.. III. Chamberlain. OF Detroit,
was injured in the ID. L. II. Denton
wreck and her condition is serious.
The Michigan State Telephone Co.
has reported 10 the auditor general
gross earnings Of $2919,S2 for 1907,
and tax OF sS7.494.S9 will be levied.
Miss Pauline Westcott has returned
TO Durand for a years furlough after
an absence of six years doing mission
airy work in the Hin Hau school in
China.
The Volunteer mine in the Cascade
district of the Marquette iron ranst.
has Teen sold by the Alger estate If
Detroit to the new Volunteer Ore Co
of Deluth.
Charles Vanderlip. aged Sc, of Trav-
erse City, got up at 4;30 a. m. TO attend
TO his wife, who had been i'll all night.
fell to the floor, dead.
The name OF Charles Blum as side
walk inspector was passed on by the
Lansing common council Tuesday
night, but they did not know at that
time the man was dead.
When Joseph Jackson pleaded guilty
TO being one of the men who blew the
postofIice safe at Dansville. Judge
West sentenced him to from 10 to
% years in Marquette prison.
The military board have received no
tice from Washington that 81 900 900
will he appropriated for the military
manueuvres In July and the Michigan
troops will go to Indianapolis.
The funeral ceremonies for Uncle
Dan" Whipple. los years of age, were
held in the First Congregational church
at Traverse City. A large number OF
civil wsr veterans were present
A delegation of prominent men from
Flint We're in Toledo recently obtain.
ing ideas for the construction of the
new Masonic temple. Some time ago
the Masons voted 10 erect a 100000
building.
Miss Julia Nicholson. stenographer
employed in Lansing. has received a
check for $4,000. which is the proceeds
from the sale of the property of a
young man she was to have married
who died.
Because Homework was disagree.
able TO her, Mary Christensen shot and
killed herself in the residence OF her
employer. w. I. Moore. Of Grand Ran
ids She had just been asked to wash
the front steps.
MS. Sarah J. Bodine. an Oakland
cCLnty pioneer. fell dead at her huq
bands feet. She was 81 and her hus-
Lana was &c. He is feeble and many
Celicve he will not withstand tho
stock Of her death.
Max Poet, medical student. was
fined S. and costs for shooting a black
crowned night heron in an Ann Ar
Dor cemetery. The bird was nesting.
and was the third Of It's species ever
seen in this country.
Frank w. Lyle and Ira b. Gage. pres
ident and vice-president. respectively.
of the defunct Dowagiac City bank.
were arraigned in court Friday and
bound over to the present term OF the
circuit court under bonds of $4,000.
Harry Il. Smith was fined $50 in
the United States court at Bay City
for fraudulent use Of the mails. He
was arrested two years ago. bat
jumped his bail and got to Canada. He
was lured back by he federal officers
at Detroit.
PresiIen, Angel Of the u. OF NJ. is
i'm Washington attending the meeting
OF governors. called by President
Roosevelt 10 discuss the problem OF
conserving national resources Gov
Warner appointed President Angel TO
represent Michigan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Davenport were
arrested Saturday night charged with
having murdered their infant. sup.
posedly by strangulation about
month ago. The couple came 10 Kaia.
mazoo from Cloyerdale. where the al
legged murder occurred short time
ago.
\ committee OF the Marshall Bust
ness Mems association recommends in
yestng $4,000 I'm bonds for the build.
ing OF north and south railroad. The