Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-06-29
SEEN AND HEARD
in MICHIGAN


at their closing session. The COVER
nor arrived from Detroit on the morn.
ing train, where he was met by a
delegation of newspaper men and &C
corded warm reception. In his
remarks Governor Osborn stated that
he intended to get out of Office, as
soon as possible, and would like to
renew his connection with the Mich
gan Press association, which or
ganization he eulogiZed. At the close
of his speech he placed James Scher-
merhorn of Detroit in nomination for
president of the Michigan Press as
ISOLATION The governors suggestion
was taken up with alacrity by the
members and Mr.. Schermerhorn was
unanimously elected at once
Grand Rapids. - An investigation
conducted by Health officer e.
G.. Slemons and Food Inspector
Eldon Smith revealed that there are
more than 10000 gallons of impure
milk being shipped into and sold to
the consumers of this city daily And
there is no way by which the health
authorities can confiscate the fluid
and protect the health of thousands
of infants This condition is due to
the fact that the local ordinances are
applicable only to the retail dealers,
and wholesalers who sell improperly
chilled or heated milk that contain
bacteria cannot be reached.
Hastings.-Elias G. Hunt, farm
er of Baltimore township, who
was a leading merchant of Mason
twenty-five years ago, has received
5000 as conscience money" from an
unknown person who says that he de-
frauded Mr.. Hunt years ago. Mr..
Hunt retired from commercial life and
took up farming after he had lost
nearly everything he possessed in
fire at Mason. Coming to him now,
the money is very acceptable.
Kalamazoo. After living over
again during the last two weeks
the terrible events of his IA months
Incarceration in the Confederate prison
at Andersonville during the Civil war,
Thomas W. Travis suddenly expired
at his home. For several days he
had been delirious and while surround
ed by his family he raised himself III
bed aud with cry of Charge"
dropped back lifeless.
Breckinridge.-F Steinhoff, 4
prosperous farmer, fifty years old,
who lived five miles northeast Of
here, committed suicide by taking a
quantity of strychnine tablets which a
physician had left for an affection Of
the heart Mr.. Steinhoff had been in
poor health for several months, and 1t
is thought that overexertion in the
extremely hot weather caused his mind
to become unbalanced
Bad Axe - While Carl Anshitz
and his wife were working in
the field on their farm, two miles
west of here, they left their five
months old baby asleep in a cab in
the shade of a tree near by. A gust
of wind struck the cab and blew it
into a drain ditch containing several
feet of water Before the parents
noticed the absence of the cab, the
baby was drowned.
Ithaca. When Sheriff Rowell
went to arrest WILDER Collins,
negro from West Virginia, for
the theft of suit of clothes, Collins
took to his heels. He easily outdis
tanced the corpulent officer, but the
latter stuck to the trail and finally
ran down the negro FIVE miles east
of here in a thicket of underbrush.
Menominee-At the ninth annual
conclave of the upper peninsula
Knights of Pythias league, the Wis
consin cup was won by Appleton with
Fond du Lac second.
Monroe.-A humane society was
organized here with Otto Wies
as president and Thomas Ma
varre. Mrs. VanMiler and Mrs. Mat
Sfeg as vice-president. Mrs. Hub
para DIS SeCItldly anu l<OuioO
Bloodgood as treasurer. Jefferson
Butler. secretary of the Michigan
State Humane association. addressed
the meeting
Kalamazoo.-When workm en- start
ed shoveling gravel from the roof
OF the Majestic theater, the noise
so resembled the cracking of floors
that 500 women in the theater became
panic-stricken and many of them
rushed from the building One woman,
Mrs. Howard Merkle, tainted on the
stairs and fell to the floor although
she was not seriously injured by the
fall. An unknown boy was also slight
ly hurt in the rush. Someone, hearing
a call of FIRE, turned in fire alarm and
the coming of the fire department
added to the excitement. After order
had been restored. the matinee was
continued
Flint.-About 200 members of
the Michigan association for the