Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-04
MICHIGAN BRIEFS.

mind closed doors held a meeting with
view 10 organizing 10 fight local OPP
dion
The body OF Floyd Ward, the last of
the party of three who lost their lives
on Muskegon lake. was found on the
beach.
Overexerting himself by moving
the lawn, o. Il. Perry. aged 60. OF
Muskegon, dropped dead at the break.
fast table
David Ciarkson was buried under
falling slate in the Riverside mine,
Saginaw, and was dead when workmen
dug him out.
James Kennedy, OF Port Huron. will
contest the will of his brother, Thorn
as, who died i'm Emmett and left his
$4,000 estate TO brother-in-law, John
Kavanaugh.
The RELIANCE Motor Truck Co. sue
ceeds the Detroit concern OF the same
name and will locate at Owosso with
capital OF $25000O.
The board OF review has finished its
labors and raised the assessed valua.
ton of Marshall to $2.432 600 an in.
crease over the previous year of sl2,-
600.
John Boyd, aged SO. while alone in
the engine room of the Stearns Salt
a. Lumber Go. at Ludington, was
caught in a belt and killed His body
was found scattered about the floor.
While William Perkins, Henderson
farmer. was trying TO burn wart
from horse with acid the animal
reared, spilling the fluid over Perkins
face and arms. He may lose his eye.
sight
A movement has been started TO
name the different buildings on the
campus after the noted members of
the faculty OF the University OF Michi-
gan. The regents are said TO favor
the plan.
Because OF the action of the faculty
in disbanding the Pipe and Bowl so
ciety, the Friars. a similar organiza
ton, omitted its public initiation at
Ann Arbor. fearing to call attention
to the club.
Led by the university band 5000 L.
OF NJ. students paraded the city and
then marched to Sleepy Hollow where
1000 freshmen burned their caps
Prof. Wenly addressed the students
and an audience of 5000
Unionville common council has de
cided that two saloons are enough for
that village, and refused TO give a
third applicant a license. This gives
the two hotels of the village a monop
oily of the liquor business.
Becoming violent while at work in
the residence OF Police Justice Bene-
dict, of Port Huron, Mrs. Maggie Robe,
aged 40, drove the family into the
street. She is in the county Jail await.
ing sanity investigation.
George II. Cook, of Adrian. who sat
directly across the aisle of the Wa.
bash car in which Yelo Lukes shot
at his wife and hit Y. Andrews, has
been subpenaed as a witness in the
case against Lukes in Detroit
William c. Hall, who lived in Sagi,
nav % years ago, has just written to
Mayor Baum and confessed that he
defaced two or three street signs be.
fore he left. He says he would like to
pay the amount of the damages
Prof. Bradley Nj. Thompson, of the
L. OF M. class of SO. will present
huge boulder as the memorial of his
class June II. l.. +. Holden, of Cleve.
land, will afterward give a dinner to
the IL survivors of the class OF 81.
At the present time there are seven
prisoners and one witness detained at
the st. Clair county jail for the
United States government. Several
of the prisoners held for Uncle Sam
were arrested as undesirable citizens.
Mayor Ellis, of Grand Rapids. init
mated that the spy system of the
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heads of the saloonkeepers In a
warm meeting Commissioner C. II.
Bender demanded that he furnish
proof.
. Owing TO the lateness of the army
maneuvers which will be held in In.
dianapolis in September. the state mil
itary board will probably extend the
time for enlistments in the national
guard to July ] instead OF June ] as it
is at present.
The supreme court decided that
residents of East Lansing could use
the VI. A. c. water supply and sewer
age system. Atty. Gen. Bird held
the college was prohibited from en-
tering into such contracts and started
suit 10 break il.
A. NJ Stirton, a former Methodist
minister. delivered a Socialist lecture
in John Ball park, Grand Rapids. Sun
day. but there were no arrests. TO the
disappointment of the local Socialist
colony Stirton denounced all relig.
ions as capitalistic.
Word has been received in Ann Ar
Dor that Prof Henry Adams, head OF
the department of political economy
will return TO the u. of NJ. in the fall
Prof Adams was granted a two years
leave of absence TO go TO Washington
ID. c., as statistician of the interstate
commerce commission.
Tentative subscriptions to the
amount of 100000 have been secured
for the citizens share of Battle Creeks
100000 canal. designed to prevent
repetitions of the disastrous 1904 and
1908 foods. The actual cost of the
canal is figured at $4,000 by City
Engineer Hunt, but cost OF the
right OF way will bring the sum up to
100000 w |. Fell and Frank Turner
representing the committee of citi-
zens say that the subscriptions will
reach $4,000 or over. IL the city will
nut in the balance