Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-09-29
NEWS OF MICHIGAN.


The train crew jumped and no one
was hurt.
The Michigan Bean Jobbers' asso-
citation meeting came to a close at
Saginaw by re-electing President j.
A. Heath, of Lenox, and returning all
the principal officers.
The board of canvassers has decid-
ed TO throw out the entire vote In
precinct 2, Sault Ste. Marie, because
OF irregularities. The candidates for
prosecutor will appeal.
According to reports filed at Ian
sing there were 500 more deaths in
August than in July. The increase
is due largely to infants ailments.
Thirty-three persons drowned.
The wheat crop in the Thumb dis
trict will be the largest in years and
many farmers predict that 1t will be
the main crop. More than 40 bushels
to the acre are being threshed in GER
tain sections.
Because he took his 3-year-old
daughter to theater Bert Puffer has
been arrested In Bay City on COM
plant of his wife for abduction OF the
child. The couple had difficulties and
she left him.
Word has been received that Glen
mont King, of st. Joseph has been
commended by the secretary OF the
navy for bravery on the trip from
China to Japan last August, when one
of the boilers blew up.
The State Federation of Labor has
recommended resolutions asking the
legislature TO pass a statute making
II a misdemeanor for person be-
tween the ages of 16 and Il to ask
bartender to serve him ir -oxicants.
Somewhere between Flint and New
York, in flight, is George Hoffer, a
former Flint resident and he has with
him his 3-year-od son. The local po-
lice are asking the police of other
cities to intercept him, the charge be-
ing kidnapping.
While getting into a buggy. John
Scheck, of Ontonagon, shot himself
through the right leg with a Winches-
ter rifle. His foot struck the gun and
in falling il caught the trigger and
the gun went off. The bullet tore
an ugly hole
That he forced his wife to swallow
powder containing poison is the
charge against William Lennon, in
Battle Creek Lennon came from Kali
amazoo intoxicated and beat her, it
is said, later forcing the poison down
her throat.
Application has been made to the
Calhoun county probate court to have
the children of Engineer Charles
Spencer, who figured in the Grand
Trunk wreck at Durand, adjudged
neglected Spencer's wife was burned
to. death last spring.
When his father, who was a Chris
tian Scientist, refused medical treat
'ment and died, Arthur Sawyer Of
Battle Creek armed himself with a
razor and said he would kill the first
Christian Scientist he met He was
taken in charge by the police.
Frederic E. Smith, leading mem
Der of the Saginaw bar. until 10 years
ago, when he was partially paralyzed,
is dead. He was a member Of the
board of education, on the west side,
and one of the oldest graduates of
the law department of the U. of M.
The 9-year-old son Of Charles Lin
coin, OF Saginaw, was killed while
bringing a horse from the pasture
the horse ran about the field. The
lads body was found with both arms
broken. his skull crushed and one leg
broken.
Attorney K. s. B. Sutton, OF Sau,t
Ste. Marie, has received letter from
the commissioner of Indian affairs
stating that the department will not
suspend payment of treaty funds TO
the Chippewa and Ottawa Indians I'M
til an investigation has been made
relative to alleged irregularities, as
requested.
The second coroner's jury impan-
eled to identify two passengers who
lost their lives in the Grand Trunk
wreck at Durand, in addition to En-
gineer Spencer and Brakeman Ora
ham, paced the blame for the wreck
on Conductor Chas. F.. Lacey of Bat
tie Creek, for not seeing that Ora
ham did his duty.
At the meeting OF the Michigan AS
sociatidn of Probate Judges, at Sag
NAV, national organization to be
known as the National Association OF
Probate Judges, was formed and the
following officers were chosen: Presi-
dent, j. p. Talmadge, Catskill, n Y;
vice-president, F. b. Ross, Indian
apolis, Ind. secretary and treasurer,
F. II. Williams, Allegan; executive
committee, H. ID. Jewell, Grand Rapids;
John III. Grant, Manistee; c. F. Koch
er, Newark, N. j.
The first annual convention OF the
Trades and Workers association
closed at Battle Creek resolution
was adopted recommending that the
department of commerce and labor
be requested to issue a monthly bull
letin showing the wages paid work
men in different crafts in cities of
over 10000 population all over the
United States and that these bulletins
be posted in all postoffices OF cities OF
over 5000 for the benefit of employ
ers and employees. The convention ad-
journed to meet next year In Battle
Creek when sessions will be held in
the associations new hall, plans Of
which were approved at the session
just closed.
Franz Shaldan Of Chahnvpan raa1