Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-01-19
NEWS IN BRIEF.

are that there are so deaths daily
from the bubonic plague.
Capt. j. ~ Rogers, one of the most
famous gun fighters in the southwest.
has resigned from the Texas state
rangers service, to which he belonged
for 20 years.
Bills were introduced in the Wash
ington Legislature abolishing the
death penalty for murder and treason
and providing commission govern
ment fer the state
Chemist Overlook OF London Eng,
who announced that he had discover
ed how TO make alcohol without fer
mentation, has patented a process for
de-alcohoiZing malt liquors.
The state department has been ad-
vised that the Panama congress has
authorized the expenditure of $780,
00O, 600 i'm the Panama Davis railway.
The road will be narrow gauge.
J. S. Paulding. aged 80. an early
friend of Mark Twain and known by
many noted men and women of two
continents. committed suicide in an
undertaking establishment In Butte,
Mont
Rev. Samuel F. Howard. who the
state charges has been married five
times, three OF the marriages having
been contracted since last October,
was arrested in Shelbina. Mo-, on a
charge Of bigamy
The United States battleshin Mich
igan. Of the Atlantic fleet, which 4.
now at Guantanamo bay, Cuba, pass.
ed in the Virginia capes and arrived
later at Norfolk navy yard. She will
go into drydock for repairs.
DR.. Albert Warren Ferris. president
of the New York state lunacy com
mission. has announced his sympathy
with the movement of the anti-cigar-
cite league of America. which is con
! Quoting campaign in New York
state.
Cashier Rrsse, of the government
sub-treasury, In Chicago, announced
to Sub-Treasurer Len Small that the
actual cash in the vaults had passed
| the s1O0,000,000 mark for the first
time in the history of the Chicago
| sub-treasury.
The gulf coast region OF TabascC
| and Yucantan has been swept with the
| severest storm known there for more
! than 20 years Enormous damage
was done to property and probably
many lives were lost. Shipping inter
ests suffered heavily.
Judge A. H. Blair, who convened
court at Portsmouth. o.. announced
that he will institute an investigation
of political grating in Scioto county
similar to that in Adams county. The
! adjoining counties Of pike and Law
renee will also most likely be inves
tigated after the conclusion of the
! probe of Scioto
A decision holding that private
ownership of "ebb and flow" lands
including oyster beds. in Louisiana, j;
illegal, was handed Gown by Judge
Fred d. King, in the civil distric
| court in the case o. the state o.
Louisiana against the Bayou johnson
Oyster company. The decision, i
sustained by the supreme court. vii
! dispossess many eastern corporation!
now working the oyster beds Of tht
state
Under the direction of Capt Mar
tin, senior naval officer and b S
Hartley, director Of studies, the Ca
madam naval college, will January /,
begin the instruction OF future Off
GERS Of the dominion's ravy Tn,
first class in the new naval schoo
has enrolled with a membership o
p midshipment. The naval buildini
in the dock yard has been temrcra'
lily fitted with lecture rooms for tn
use of the students
Capt Frank A Wilmer commandan
of the Portsmouth y H.. navy yart
has been placed on the retired lis
because of physical disability II
has been in the navy since June So
1869 He is a native of Ohio
The exports of wheat, corn. Sou
meat and dairy products, food en-
mails and mineral oils, for the caller
dar year, 1910. were consideraD.
less than the exports for the yea
previous, according to figures con
piled by the bureau OF statistics {
. the department OF commerce and !;
Dor i'm Washington. The exports {
! cotton. likewise. decreased, but II
creased in value.