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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18
WIRELETS.

Matthew Aston Wilks, who married
the daughter Of Mrs. Hctty Green.
will live with his bride i'm a hand
some residence bought by his mother
'n-law, who keeps the title. IL is in
Fifth avenue. New York. and worth
about 100000. The richest woman
in the world will live in il also.
Theodore and Mrs. Roosevelt plod.
ded through three miles of slush to
get to church Sunday. meeting and
chatting with many of the Oyster Bay
people on the route. Kermit and Miss
Ethel drove The entire family left
before the services were all over to
avoid having to hold another recep-
ton.
r. B. Glenn. who as governor Of
North Carolina, led sensational fight
against the railroads OF the state, has
taken to the pulpit and intends 90 de-
vote his remaining days to religious
work. lie is a Presbyterian and q
striking speaker.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18
HE WENT WRONG;
PAYS THE PENALTY
A YOUNG MANS BRIGHT FUTURE
BLASTED BY A PRISON
SENTENCE.
WAS SKILLED MECHANIC.
The Current Events and Happenings
That Have Been Noted About the
State Briefly Told.

William Miley, aged "a, who was
sentenced to serve Is years In the
Michigan state prison for robbing the
postoffice at Hillsdale, is the son of
well-known Indianapolis family He
is also the inventor of a continuous
rail device for use on railroads and
interurban lines, which his family
values at $4,000. Since he was
small boy, William Miley has en-
ployed his leisure hours working with
different sorts of mechanical devices.
He has patented a number OF minor
inventions, but his continuous rail de-
vice on which he obtained patent pa
pers one year ago last month, is the
most valuable. Mrs. Miley, the young
mans mother, stated that she was In
possession of a cigarmaking machine
which her son completed recently
and for which she intends 10 ask pat
ents.
When seen at the home OF her
daughter Mrs. Miley said that her
son had never been in trouble be-
fore. She declared that he had al
ways been industrious, and that he
had no bad habits that she knew Of
knowledge of his arrest in Michigan
came as a surprise. 1t is thought she
is sufficiently recovered TO prevent
her condition being made worse on
account of the news Of his sentence.
Miley is by trade cigarmaker He
worked for a number of years at that
trade.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

The intermediate Valley Fruit
Growers association has been organ
lied at Bellaire with $4,000 capital.
After repeated threats to end his
life, Michael Schelf, SO, of Grand Rap.
ids. was found hanging in his wood
shed. The body was still warm, but
life was extinct The old mans daugh-
ter had recently moved into the house
with him to prevent an attempt to
take his life.
Two U. of NJ. students, giving their
names as Ralph Johnson and David
Dickens, arrested respectively charged
with disorderly conduct and assault
and battery on Clerk William Gauss,
OF the st. James hotel. were bailed
out by Dean Reed, OF the literary de-
partment The arrest was tho out
come. of a row between the varsity
students and the town boys.
According TO a request made by the
rescue mission, every Sunday school
worker and mission worker in Michi-
gan on Tuesday offered a PRAYER for
the speedy recovery of DR.. c. X. Len
huis. former president of the Michigan
Sunday School association. who is now
III of tuberculosis in New Mexico.
The supreme court, in ain opinion
handed down Wednesday, decided
against Ionia county liquor men wno
were asking mandamus to compel
the county beard Of supervisors TO re.
consider the local option petition on
tho ground that some of the signers
were ineligible.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18

William Jennings Bryan, In Univers.
fly hail. Ann Arbor, Sunday night
was in the midst of an attack on the
theory of evolution as advanced by
Prof Charles Darwin, when q loud
shrek from the balcony interrupted
his address. An investigation re-
vealed that Mrs. c. l.. Grimes, 81 years
old, resident OF the city, had died
OF valvular disease of the heart. The
woman was quickly removed to her
home.
Mrs. Grimes, with several friends,
was occupying seats in about tho
center OF the balcony. She had been
In unusually good health all day and
was apparently feeling fine. She
made the remark 10 one OF her COM
panions that she enjoyed Immensely
the lecture as far as il had pro
crossed. DR.. J. A. Wessinger, who
was in the audience, rushed to her
side as soon as the alarm was given,
Mrs. Grimes death Is thought to
have been due to the closeness OF the
hall. The building was packed, every
available chair and space being
taken. Nearly 300 were turned away.
Two other women tainted during the
lecture.
Mrs. Grimes had resided in Ann
Arbor three years. A son, Charles l..
Grimes, is a junior engineer in the
university. She has three other
sons, one in Detroit. one at Crystal
Lake, Mimi, and another in New
York CITY,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18
Poisoned the Whisky.

Sheriff III. Fl. Smith, OF Schoolcraft
county. came to Owosso and arrested
Mrs. Winnie Loucks, 80, at the home
Of her sister, where she has been stay
ing for the past few days, on charge
of attempting to poison her husband.
James Loucks. The couple lived on
the farm of Richard Crusen in Germ.
flask township, and ii is alleged that a
short time ago Mrs Loucks presented
her husband with a pint bottle OF
whisky. and left soon after in the COM
pany of Crusen. who had drawn 500
which he had deposited in a bank
there.
Loucks became suspicious. and sent
the whisky to Ann Arbor to be an
alyzed There it was discovered that
the fluid contained large amount of
arsenic, and warrant was sworn out
for the woman. Crusen is being held
at Petoskey, and Sheriff Smith will
pick him up on the way to the upper
peninsula with the woman.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18
Roads spurn Mina,s Liability Bill.

A formidable array of railroad Off
Gals, including general managers and
general counsel of various trunk lines
were given a hearing before the joint
railroad and judiciary committees of
both houses on Senator Mings en-
ployers' liability bill, which is aimed
at the railroads by making them liable
for damages irrespective Of negligence
on the part of fellow servant Gen
eral Counsel Russell of the Michigan
Central told the committee that the
federal statute is dead letter.
The railroads of the state" he said,
would not object to law that would
give Justice TO both sides, but we are
opposed to the unjust discrimination
that would be afforded under this bill.
1t is nonsense to say that a jury can
measure the degrees OF negligence.
What the legislature should do is TO
pass a law stating specifically the
amount of damages that can be recov-
cred and make 1t payable directly to
the persons involved, so that money
cannot be assigned TO lawyers. In
England the amount is fixed at three
times the annual earning capacity of
the man injured and in Canada it is
five times. In both countries the law
has worked successfully"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18
State LEGISLATURE;
news OF S0L0NS
WHAT THE LA.v-MAkE RS AT
LANSING ARE DoiNG-kEW
BILLS UP.
PLAN AN ECONOMY BODY
Commissions Duty Is to Cut Expendi-
lures of State Departments
and Other Institutions.

Lansing.-An economy commits
SION to see that no state department
or institution expends more money
than II should is provided in a bill in
troduced In the lower house of the
state legislature by Representative Du-
senberry.
The state has on its payroll an army
of employees approximating $500,
whose annual salaries exceed $1,000
900.
There are % public institutions In
the state, including the five insane
asylums, four normal schools, three
prisons. the University of Michigan,
the agricultural college. two industrial
schools and several other institutions
for the care OF afflicted persons. Sta
tistics compiled in the Office OF the
state accountant show that these in
situations employ 3,443 persons.
The commission will be authorized
to scrutinize the number of employees
in any department or institution and
prescribe their hours of work.
Representative Farmer introduced a
bill providing that bank directors must
sign their names to the records of the
directors meetings they attend.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18
FLASHES FROM THE WIRES

Mrs. Charles w. Morse, Of New
York, whose husband, the former ice
king, is now in prison awaiting the
outcome OF his appeal against his Is
years sentence, has sold her fnrs and
Jewels TO pay attorney fees and her
own expenses. She confirms the re-
port that his fortune is entirely gone.
Il only did what any other woman
who loved her husband would" she
said.
East Liverpool. o.. experienced the
nearest thing to a blue Sunday the
police were able to supply The lid
was ordered clamped down hard, and
the old Puritan laws enforced TO the
letter. No arrests were made but the
names OF all those working, including
street car men, chauffeurs, telephone
operators and the like, were taken,
and they will be prosecuted.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18
Abolish High School Frats.

Representative Myles F. Gray OF
Lansing proposes to abolish fraterni-
ties and sororities in high schools. The
bill which he introduced in the house
prohibits any school pupil joining a
fraternity or sorority and directs that
any school teacher, principal or SUI
perintendent ascertaining that any
pupil has joined such society shall re-
port the offense TO the board of edu-
cation and that body is required to
forthwith suspend the offending pupil.
A fine of $40 or 80 days in jail is pro-
vided for any school official failing to
carry out the terms of the bill.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18
Minor Legislative Doines.

The senate decided that it would
be useless to make another effort to
get supervisor of rural schools and
concurred in the house amendment
fixing the salary Of the superintendent
of public schools at $4,000 year.
Senator Bolt wants to revamp the
personnel of the state board of equal
ization and introduced bill naming
as members of the state tax commits
sion the auditor general and land COM
missioner on the theory that they
should have the best knowledge as to
land values throughout the state.
Representative Straight of Cold
water introduced bill requiring all
packages to contain a statement of
the weight and contents and estab-
fishing a uniform system of weights
and measures. The Michigan Millers
Endorsed the plan for a bill of this
kind at the meeting here the first of
the year.
A revamped edition of the automo-
bile tax bill which was before the leg
islature two years ago was introduced
III lnC HOucC ny
Schantz of Barry. IT requires the pay
ment of tax of three dollars on au-
tomobiles of not to exceed 20 horse
power; five dollars up to 80 horse
power, and SO for those exceeding 30
horsepower.
Representative Sanders of Ingham
introduced q bill in the house which
requires all members of boards of con-
troll of state institutions to sign their
names to each voucher passed upon
by the board at any meeting which
the member attends.
The house committee on state af-
fairs is preparing to report out a So
called pure drug bill, which would
give the state food and dairy commits
sioner four more inspectors and an
other analyst. AS drafted 1t carries
an appropriation of $4,000 year. but
the plan is to get the bill through and
leave the appropriation blank until
1911.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18
THEBELDINC BANNER
MICHIGAN
BELDINa,
A llfe-Preserver.

The middle-aged, unframed woman
suddenly left without means of sup
port is one of the tragic facts Of mod
ern life. Every charitable agency
knows and breads her discouraged
face Every kind-hearted clergyman
feels the burden of her story. Her rel
atives and friends grow weary OF her.
by virtue OF their inability to help her.
Each case presents its own pathetic
difficulty, but the cases are so many
that they cease to be recognized as In
dividual, and the protest, More USE
less women!" is made almost in the
hearing of the crowd of applicants for
some respectable way of earning
living" Every mother of daughters is
bound to do what she can to prevent
her girls from joining this melancholy.
struggling army of the unfit. Sending
girls to college does not insure them
against catastrophe 25 years after
their graduation. The most effective
protection is the ability TO do well
some manual work There is con-
slant market for high grade of man
ual work, reinforced by intelligence.
The girl who is a skilled milliner, and
who practices her art for her own
amusement for 20 years, will be able
to make living from it, If she needs
II at 40, says the Youths Companion.
Millinery. dressmaking, machine-stitch-
Ing, typewriting, telegraphy, stenog-
raphy, professional cooking, practical
housekeeping for large establishments,
fine laundering, designing, advertising,
gardening, Horticulture, upholstery-all
these occupations and a thousand
others may be taught our girls, and
once learned they may prove veritable
supports in time of need. When every
girl, rich or poor. provides herself with
some such trade as a sort of life-pre-
server. there will be fewer feminine
casualties as the result of financial
shipwrecks.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18
The Ice Harvest.

Some 500 men are employed cutting
Ice overtime on Mullett lake, south of
this city The ice is a foot TO is
inches thick. So anxious are the fee
men to get all they possibly can out
before the breakup comes that the
Michigan Central gives the ice trains
the right of way over all others.
About 200 carloads a day are being
shipped to Bay City and points south.
So we'll is the company cooperating
with the icsmen that even passenger
trains are sidetracked so as not to
delay the ice trains.
But busy as they all are, the reports
tell that at all points of delivery there
will surely be a shortage in the sup
ply for next summer"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18
February Condition of wheat.

The state crop report issued by the
secretary of state says that S29 CORE.
spondents throughout the state report
that wheat suffered no injury during
February, while 279 correspondents
state wheat did suffer injury during
the month II is estimated there are
still 4,750,000 bushels of wheat in the
hands OF growers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18
Furniture for Prison Cost Lot.

Representative Saunders has been
looking up some of the bills for Jack.
son prison now on file in the auditor
generals office. He has discovered
some interesting facts.
Armstrong must have been living
pretty high down there" he said. Il
find that several thousands of dol
lars were spent in furnishing the war
den's personal quarters, most of which
went into furniture. The vouchers
show that in a number of instances as
high as 500 was paid for single ar
ticles of furniture, nothing but ma
hogany being good enough"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18
Agree to Reforestation.

The house of representatives in
committee of the whole agreed to q
forestation bill which provides that a tax
of FIVE cents an acre be spread agains;
the state at large to provide funds for
protecting forest reserves. The for
estry commission is authorized TO use
any suitable state tax lands and home.
stead lands for its purposes provided
the lands so taken do not exceed 20
per cent. of the acreage OF any county.
Provision is made for pri;ate forest
reserves not exceeding i60 acres each.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18

It may interest the musical youth
In this region to know that mechan-
ical piano has been introduced into
York cottage for the benefit of the
Prince of Wales children, who like
to grind out all the latest popular airs
on the machine-played piano, but it
does not prevent the children from
being taught their notes on the real
instrument and "practicing' so much
every day. They also have a gramo-
phone of large size, and both these in
yentions. are a great source of delight
10 Princess Mary and her brothers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18
Nurses Get Thelr Commission.

A big delegation of physicians from
number of different cities met with
the members of the house committee
on state affairs to consider the bill to
create commission for registered
nurses. After going over the matter
substitute bill was framed providing
for a commission to consist of three
physicians, two from the medical
board of registration and the third to
be the secretary of the state board of
health, and two graduate nurses. SUI
perintendent Babcock voiced the opin-
ion that two years was sufficient TO
equip nurse to perform her duties
and this was agreed to. Under the
substitute bill the nurses will get their
commission.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18

Medical and legal associations in
New York are among the latest advo-
Gates of reform in the use of expert
testimony. They urge that experts be
more fairly treated by lawyers in the
courtroom, that they be paid officers of
he court and not hirelings of the
client. The proposed change, if en-
forced by legislation, would do away
with the unfair advantage lying with
he richer litigant, and would relieve
he expert of the temptation to testify
.ather in his employers interests than
n the interests of scientific truth.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18
Care of County Funds.

The house devoted an hour to the
consideration of bill requiring
boards of supervisors or boards of au-
ditors to name the places OF deposit
for county money and then referred
the bill back TO committee. As the
bill came before the house it directed
the beard to name either a state or
rational bank as the place of deposit,
the banks to bid for the money. and
exempted the treasurer from RESPONSE
bility for money placed III n bank in
accordance with the prs. ions o. me
bill.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18
Wanted Bounty on Bears.

Representative Yeo wanted the
house to pass bill providing bounty
of $25 for bears, claiming that these
animals were raiding the sheep in Are
mac, but his colleagues started in 10
make sport of the measure and 1t went
back to the committee for burial. Rep
resentative Whelan OF Shiawassee
county declared that his constituents
make pets of all the bears they can
find.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18
Boost judges PAY TO $4,000.

The house by a vote of as to "a
passed the bill giving to the 3S cir
cult judges of Michigan salary of
$4,000 a year. The original bill called
for a salary stipend OF $4,000, and
there was an effort made to reduce
the amount 10 $4,000. The judges now
draw $4,000 from the state.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18
Military Board Intact.

The house military committee de
cided to abandon the effort to change
the present military board and re-
ported out the Stewart military bill
with the section relative to the board
eliminated 1t is understood that Gov.
Warner has said he would veto the
bill if it reduced the grade of the quar-
termaster general from brigadier gen.
eral TO lieutenant colonel
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18

A man in New Jersey who died late
y has left a will in which he be-
Iueathed all his property, including
his gold mines and castles in the air,
o John ID. Rockefeller, providing the
after could find them. 1t will soften
he blow to the legatee that he hap
pens himself to be a member OF the
American Humorists' association.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18

Rain falls on the just and the unjust
like, but snow discriminates. II fire.
luently deposits its deepest drifts on
he Just mans sidewalk.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18
THE MARKETS.

higher than last week. We quote dry
fed steers, 50; steers and heifers, 900
500 to 1000. s4.5Om5: steers and heifers
that are fat. 500 to 700. $4.25 D4.65:
choice fat cows, s4.25@ 4.5O; good fat
Gamers s1.50@2 choice heavy bulls.
Si25m450: fair TO good bolognas, bulls,
s3.75@4; light. s3@S.25: mixers. large.
young, medium age, S4o@ 90; common
Veal caives-Market soc lower than
last week; best. sS@S.25; others. SAC
$50; mich cows and springers. good
steady, common dull.
Sheep and lambs--Market strong at
last weeks prices; best lambs - $5,5O@
light TO common lambs. $4,000: year
linIs. S5.50M6.25: fair to good butcher
sheep. s4@5; culls and common. $4,000
Hogs-Market quality common. Toe
10 15c higher than last week. Range or
675; pigs. s6@615; light workers, 1926
@6.50; stays, 1-3 or
East BuffaIo-Cattie-M fO@15o
higher; best steers. SO 25@6 10; best
/ 200 TO 1.300-lb shipping steers, 81 $50
6 so; best 1000 to 1.l0o-lb do. S. 5000;
heifers, IS 25@5 IS: butcher heifers,
5000 sqo best s. Dss S sSs at b atsTs
Sc sSS7 sixs Sac 10 yssns5:
sheep9The market was active and
about 6 7 hgheF So thai qar sa
%7 70; 'cuiiI lambs. Sc 55aF SO. skin
culls, IS 5o@6;, warnings Sc bo@7:
Sn ssees 5S ~ 5c 8 7s
9 25: medium to good, SOS rs; heavy.
Detroit Wheat-Prices in III. De-
No 2 red wheat Soc aor No. 3 corn and
No receipts and no shipments OF
wheat on THURSDAY. Stocks are 32l.S2i
bu.. against 2s9.4tS bu q year ago
closed with a loss Of &c. Receipts have
been large for several days.
Beans are lifcless and unchanged In
price There has been no business I'm
this line for several days.
oats closed with Z. drop Of 10 and
not much business doing.
Receipts Of -four yesterday were 200
bbls. No shipments.
Rye is quiet and in fair demand. No
Chicago reported a decrease in cash
demand.
Barley is firm and In good demand.
China is about to take a census or
tho uncounted millions within her
borders. The returns fer the census
for families must be completed by
1912. All Chinese living in foreign
lands must be enumerated.
Jacob NJ. Dickinson. secretary of war
and Democrat. explains Taft's reason
for selecting him for his cabinet. He
says Taft has always been friendly
with the south and wanted To show his
friendship. Selecting a southern Re
publican wouldn't do this and taking
a Democrat who mad voted for him
would cause comment. Therefore he
chose an cut.andcut Democrat.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-03-18

The man whom every farmer of
Michigan must know and the man
who knows nearly every farmer in
Michigan is Charles w. Austin, mem
Der OF the house of the Michigan legis-
lature and chairman of the commit
tee on agriculture. In every session of
the Michigan legislature there is more
or less need for a man who knows the
Wolverine farmer and his wants and
that is the theme 10 which Represen-
tative Austin has devoted much of his
time, when solonic duties at Lansing
do not call upon him to pay too heavy
penance.
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