Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-06-24
STATE BRIEFS.

Inc DOuN OF harold LdAty, tHc w
year-old boy who was drowned in
Thread creek, near Flint, Saturday
night. was recovered Sunday morning.
Vern Keller, aged II, was drowned
while boating on Gilead lake, near
Sturgis, and his cousin. Glenn Roster,
was saved only after hard work by
spectators.
Regent Junius E. Beal says that he
does not believe the board OF regents
will decide on a successor TO DR.. James
B. Angel. as president of the q. OF M,
until next year.
Fire. which is believed 10 have been
incendiary, destroyed the Becker
Bros grain elevator at Saginaw with
loss of $4,000. The building was
insured for $4,000.
Ashaal Hubbard, CO. an inmate OF
the soldiers home, is dead as result
OF injuries received by street car.
He was veteran of the civil war and
came from Hillsdale coutny.
While playing with companion at
a rubbish bonfire, Henry Cornelius
Malak, aged 6, OF Alpena, slipped and
fell on the heap and was burned so
badly that he died from the effects.
Mrs. Georgia De Chopper has sued
two Grand Rapids saloonkeepers for
10000 alleging that they sold her
husband liquor on the night he sus-
tanned the loss of three OF his fingers,
Almont citizens are planning for
big Homecoming celebration, to be
held there July 20 to August /. The
NJ Mil
dian, who is said 10 be 1913 years old.
John b. Chaddock. former prescott
ing attorney of lonia county, has re-
signed his position as special attor'
ney in the bureau Of corporations IN
Washington and will reside in Detroit
Land Commissioner Russell says
that in his opinion the Legislature can
transfer 10 the government the large
tract of land near the 500 asked for
by Maj..Gen. Fred Grant for a big
maneuver ground.
President Angel, Of the U. of NJ,
received letter from an upstate wo-
man, Friday, in which she asked him
TO recommend her rooming house TO
two of the best looking young grad
uate dentists or doctors.
Confident they will finish their jour
ney in less than six months. Edward
Ollinger and Henry Propson, two Stur-
geon Bay boys, reached Menominee
Thursday morning on their canoe
trip TO the gulf of Mexico.
There are four candidates for state
Offices in Grand Rapids: Judge Mont
gomery and Amos S. Musselman both
for governor; Roger J. Wykes, for
attorney general, and Huntley Rus
sell. for land commissioner.
James A. Presley and Gladys Rose,
each 10 of prominent Bay City fam
lilies, eloped Tuesday and were mar
ried in Detroit The parents, who were
taken by surprise by the news, say
the marriage is agreeable TO them.
Home coming" will be celebrated
in Brighton in August with pro
gram unique In several details. The
main feature will be street pageant
so arranged as 10 exemplify the prog
ress the town has made during it's
life.
While five men were unloading a
carload of bananas which arrived in
Flint from New Orleans, little Brazil
ian monkey jumped out of the car,
over their heads and ran down the
tracks 1t was killed after long
chase.
A Morley commission merchant
states that beans, as a commercial
crop, are the best paying TO the farm
er of anything he can raise. He says
that the last 10 years shows an
average per acre as high as wheat,
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An unusual wedding at Big Rapids
was that of Miss Amanda Regan.
Ferris Institute graduate, who finished
writing final examination at $40 p.
m, then went TO her rooming place
and was married at o'clock to Ben
jamin F. Richardson, OF Salt Lake
City, Utah, who had just arrived from
the west.
Floyd McGraw, IA, and Albert Claw
son, IL, are under arrest in Flint, they
having confessed TO stealing large
amount of merchandise from local
stores Saturday night. They were
found sleeping beside the plunder in
an improvised tent on the outskirts
had taken the goods from several
StOItS Willie the CltlhS NSIt DuSy WIFI
the Saturday night trade
While trolling in Grand river below
the Soldiers home, Carl Schultz hook
ed the body of Jacob Ulrich, GS, who
had been missing since last week.
When Ulrich disappeared he had
about $50, and as but cents and
silver watch were found on his body,
the theory of murder was first adj
vanced. Coroner Leroy. who made
an examination, is inclined to discount
this theory, but the victims wife still
clings 10 il.
Two much-wanted men were nabbed
in ST. Joseph Wednesday, one for al
legged murder, the other on forgery
charges. Trailed across the lake by
two Chicago detectives, Ed Ewing,
known as bad man and wanted for
the killing of man in a suburb of
Chicago, was found working as a
deck hand. Ewing was arrested be-
fore he had chance to fight. While
the officers were trying TO obtain
confession from Ewing a second pris-
oner was brought into the station.
The Chicago officers recognized him as
Richard Fav. wanted in the Windy