Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-30
STATE BRIEFS.

The government OF Spain has de-
cided TO dismiss the bishop OF Opor-
to on the grounds that he encouraged
the people to revolt.
III. Smith, a veteran OF the civil
war, and one of the most prominent
men In the section. Is dead at his
home in Eaton Rapids, aged So
The monthly crop report shows
that wheat suffered in February in
all sections of the state. Live stock
is reported to be in excellent con-
dition.
Ninety persons, many OF whom were
children, were burned 10 death and 40
others injured In fire which destroy
ed a moving picture theater at b.
logoie, Russia.
The legislative Junket committee
OF five visited the Lapeer Home for
the Feeble Minded, and the total ex-
pense of the trip wes $3.50, the &C.
tual railroad fares.
Postmaster Blatchford received from
the Pere Marquette several packages
OF envelopes and invoices taken by
yeggs last week and abandoned in "a
tox car near Plymouth.
A company to manufacture buttons
out OF clam shells has been organized
in Grand Rapids with a capitalization
OF $4,000. About 100 people will be
employed at the start.
Michael Onofolo was convicted in
Kalamazoo of stabbng to death Jo-
seph Marello. a wealthy Italian gfoc-
er, two months ago. Tony Ross is
awaiting trial on the same charge
Phil Pammalee, the St Johns avia-
tor who recently went south TO man
ipulate Wright machine. will do
scout duty for the government in an
air craft on the Mexican boundary.
United States Senator Charles r.
Townsend is confined to his room at
the Battle Creek sanitarium with la
grippe. The senator caught cold in
Washington and hurried to Battle
Creek for treatment
A rehearing in the case involving
the constitutionality OF the Oklahoma
bank guaranty law of 1907 was denied
by the supreme court of the United
States. The court recently held that
the law was constitutional.
kissing goodnight woman on
whom he had been calling, Louis
knitel, of Alpena, aged so. slipped at
the top of a fight of stairs and fell
to the bottom, his head striking
stone. He died half an hour later.
Senator William Alden Smith. Rep.
Fordney, Rep. Nye of Minnesota, vii
lis L. Moore, head of the weather bu.
reau In Washington. will speak at the
membership" banquet to be given by
| the Saginaw board of trade March II
An explosion, thought to nave re-
suited from dynamite placel in a
coal bin by enemies, occurred in the
home of John Cartich, OF Calumet.
wrecking the kitchen and badly in
iuring Mrs Cartich and three chill
dren.
Stuyvesant Fish, William Nelson
| Cromwell, Henry Clews and other
prominent New Workers, will partici-
pate in dinner to Edward Payson
| Weston, the veteran walker, on the
occasion of his seventy-third birthday,
March 10.
a number of Pere Marquette officials
were in Saginaw on tour of inspec-
ton. They will inspect every mile OF
| trackage to determine how many i'm
provements recommended by division
| heads can be carried out. The party
went 10 Ludington.
Members of the Federated Women's
clubs of Saginaw have arranged TO
publish one edition of an afternoon
paper. using articles written by au-
thorities all over the United States
on civic Improvement. pure milk, and
other things in which the clubs are
| interested.
Fire broke out in the drying room
| OF the plant of the Quaker Oats Co
| at Battle Creek. Within an hour the
| roof had fallen in and the four-story
| building will be total loss. The prop
| erty loss will be about 100000. A
stiff breeze was blowing, hamperng
| the work of the firemen.
The 1912 junior hop committee has
| settled its accounts and mas turned
| S33S.S1. the surplus, over to the Mich
| igan Union, at Ann Arbor. This is
| the largest balance ever lett after
| the bills incurred in staging Michi-
| gan's big social event, have been set
| tied The total expenses were
! $2,106N.
Lieut. Bague accomplished sensa-
tional and daring feat by flying over
| the Mediterranean from Antilles to
| the little island OF Gorgona, off the
| Italian coast He covered a distance
| of more than 124.5 miles, establishing
| a new record for oversee flights
! This he did without the assistance OF
| tugs, torpedo boats or any other
craft to guide him or add to his con-
! fidence by their presence
Ignatz Rataczak and Walter Cooper
were arraigned in circuit court in Bay
| City on a charge Of highway robbery
| Both of the men were in a railway
| accident near Grand Rapid two years
ago Rataczak lost both legs and
Cooper lost one. The men pleaded
not guilty to the charge o. holding
.up and robbing Mrs. Mary Curry on a
country road near Bay City. She is
pack peddler. She said the men
came along in buggy and offered