Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-09-29
NEWS IN BRIEF.


Lake City. She was president OF the
general board of the Mormon Relief
society.
Exports from Switzerland to the
united States for the first six months
OF 1910 show decrease as compared
TO the same period of 1909. according
TO a report to this government by Con-
sui General r. f. Mansfield of Zurich.
Sixty-one persons, all but seven OF
them residents of Maine, lost their
lives by drowning in the waters of
that state during the summer just
closed. Most OF the drownings were
due to canoe. boat or bathing acct
dents.
party of distinguished foreign del
egates to the International Prison con-
gress in Washington in October has
left New York for the west on a tour
OF inspection, which will be conclud-
ed in time to insure their return to
the capital for the coming sessions
OF congress.
James Clarke McGraw, who claim.
ed the distinction of being the oldest
ex-congressman in the United States,
died at Kingwood, w. Va, in his
ninety eighth year Death came unex-
pectedly from heart failure following
the celebration of his ninety-seventh
birthday last Wednesday.
The sock-eye salmon season has
closed in British Columbia and large
falling off is reported, compared with
former seasons. Consul-General West,
NQnnnnUnr In
that this seasons pack in the pro-
vince was $4,000 cases as against
S40,441 in 1909.
Seven meat dealers were indicted
by the Essex county grand jury, at
Lawrence, Mass. on charges of giving
false weight. The dealers indicted
we're: Swift & Co.. Armour & Co,
James A. Crane and Ernest p. Odell,
all of Salem. and John p. Squire &
Co, William II. Deed and Alfonso E.
Heal, of Beverly.
There will be more Scotchmen in
Paterson, n j., on October l than
were ever gathered together in any
city in this country before. Parades,
receptions and various festivities are
being prepared for the visitors who
will come in large delegations from
every big city in the eastern part of
the country
Ralph Walker, who shot and killed
his aged father-in-law, William Priest
man, at Lake Odessa, and who has
been at large, although closely pur
sued by Ionia officers, is reported to
be in the vicinity of Marshall. and
Calhoun officials are aiding Sheriff
Cflley, of Ionia, in a search for the
slayer.
General Leonard Wood, chief of
stan, has recommended to the presi-
dent land the recommendation will
doubtless be approved) that the four
military posts in Hawaii be consolida-
ted under one command This would
naturally for the present be the SEN
ior colonel, who will report to the COM
mander of the department of Califor-
MIA, but in the end Hawaii will be
erected into a small military depart
ment.
Indications are that the Russian
cotton crop will exceed the 1909 yield,
which was 39S,000,000 pounds. I'M
ports of raw cotton in Russia during
the early months OF the present year
have been very heavy, their value for
the first four months being more than
$23, 100000. III the demand by the
Russian mills continues throughout
the year, it is declared the buying rec
ord of all previous years will be ex-
ceeded.
Irrigation on a large scale Is to be
tried out in certain sections of Cuba
which have suffered big decrease in
tobacco production during the last
three years through lack of rain, re-
ported Mr.. Jackson at Havana. Pinar
del Rio, where the drouth seems to
have had disastrous effect, has taken
decisive steps toward obtaining an ap-
preparation sufficiently large to irri-
gate the whole province. other pro-
vinces are also considering the irriga-
ton project.
Shippers of goods from this coun-
try to the West Indies are severely
criticized. according to representatives
of the American government there,
because they insist on cash or quick
payment of invoices. The exporters
of Europe are held up in those islands
as examples among credit givers. Be
cause credit is extended to them on a
more liberal basis the merchants on
the various islands give a large por-
ton of their trade to Great Britain
and Germany.
Expulsions of aliens from England
is steadily reducing the amount Of
alien crime, according to a govern
ment report recently published and
forwarded to this government by Con-
sui III. M. Byington, of Bristol Last
year the number of alien convicts in
England was less than 2 per cent of
the prison population whereas six
years ago II was 3 1-3 per cent. The
number of aliens who settled in Great
Britain last year was about 10000, as
compared with $1,000 the year before.
The recent cholera epidemic in Italy
was traceable to the debarkation at
Brindisi OF band of Russian gipsies.
The origin of the infection is de-
scribed by Surgeon Fl. ID. Geddings at
Naples, In a report to the state de-
partment. Surgeon Geddings's report
states that the gypsy wanderers after
proceeding to Trani. the principal
focus of the epidemic, washed their
clothing in vessels which were used