Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-04-14
WIRE BULLETINS.

The state supreme court has upheld
the constitutionality OF the law fixing
a maximum rate for the transporta-
ton of oil in Kansas.
Gov. Crothers, of Maryland, an
nounces that he will veto the bill now
before the legislature providing for
disfranchisement of negroes
The Chicago Y. NJ c. A. has COM
pleted a $1,000,000 endowment found
near the end of spectacular two
year campaign for subscriptions.
Announcement is made by officials
OF the Pittsburg & Lake Erie rail-
road OF an increase in wages to Its
trainmen amounting to Z per cent, az
fecting 1000 men, to 60 into effect
at once.
Members OF the Chicago Teachers
Federation have drafted a compliment
tary letter to Emil Seidel, mayor-elect
of Milwaukee, lauding his attitude TO-
ward school children and the people
OF his city
Factory No. l Of the Union Drawn
Steel Co., Beaver Falls, Pa, and the
plant OF the Acme Typewriter Manu-
featuring Co., adjoining, were dam
aged by fire to the extent of 100000
Saturday night
About 200 men employed by the
Norfolk & Western railroad in Gin
cinnati, have received word that off,
Gals Of the road will raise salaries
per cent for all employees receiving
less than 1855 a month
First to be launched Of the new en-
larged type OF ocean-going torpedo
boat destroyers, the destroyer Perkins
was sent down the ways into Fore
river Saturday from the yards of the
Fore River Shipbuilding Co, Quincy
Mass.
A charter for the worlds Pan-Amer-
lean Exposition Co. was approved by
designated representatives from New
Orleans and other parts OF Louisiana
1t provides for a capitalization of &c.,
100000 and corporate existence of
20 years
The state OF Colorado will receive
from the estate of the late Thomas
F. Walsh, as an inheritance tax, $780,
900. The estate is valued at $4,000
900 and the inheritance tax Is COM
puted at per cent of the value OF
the estate.
Cattlemen from La Guna, Sonora.
Mexico. report that the Colorado river
is rapidly forming a second Salton sea
in Lower California A party of en-.
gineers are preparing to visit the lit
tie known region said to be inundated
to investigate.
The legislative investigation COM
mittees report made TO Gov. Hay, Of
Washington, states that for years
purchasers Of state timber lands have
Systematically plundered the state
through the laxity, incompetence or
dishonesty OF employees of the state
land department
Suit to prevent the purchase and
Joint operation of the Hooking Valley
and Kanawha & Michigan railroads
by the Chesapeake e. Ohio and the
Lake Shore systems was filed in the
common pleas courts at Columbus
Saturday. The deals involve property
valued at S45,C00,000.
In line with the recently announced
policy OF the United States Steel Cor
poration to minimize Sunday work at
Pittsburg. the custom of hauling great
ore trains over the Bessemer e. Lake
Erie railroad on Sundays is to be
given up entirely. The order which
takes effect today will relieve train
men and switching crews, station men
and hundreds of other employees from
Sunday labor
Building operations throughout the
country in March were upon phe-
nomenal scale in point OF money in
vested, according to advance sheets
of the Construction News. Permits
were issued in SO principal cities for
the construction of 20,718 buildings,
involving a total estimated cost Of
$70,695, 753, as compared with IL, 4S1
buildings costing 500, 05S,1S4 the same
month a year ago. There were in
creases in 33 cities and decreases in