Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-06-08


A Resolution indorsing Gov Mar,
shall for the presidency in 1912 was
adopted by the Indiana Democratic
Editors association at its summer
meeting In Laporte, Ind.
John Hays Hammond. the special
ambassador to represent the United
States at the coronation OF King
George. accompanied by his family,
arrived In London. Sunday night.
In a leading article the Noveo
Vremya points warningly to the
Chinese armament. in Manchuria,
which. 1t says, calls for the greatest
vigilance on the part OF Russia.
John d. Rockefeller is the largest
contributor to the fund to provide a
safe and sane Fourth of July cele-
bration for New York city. The oil
man heads the list with $500 SUBJ
scription.
Rear Admiral Joseph B. Murdoch.
commanderin-chief of the United
States Asiatic fleet, gave dinner In
atoga to the Japanese army and
naval dignitaries.
The Yale art school announces that
j. III. Halladiian, a student from An
itab, Turkey, is the winner OF the
Ethel Child-Walker prize and the
Yale Anatomy price, two of the most
coveted awards OF the year VI
Capt. Day, who commanded the
first steamer running between Liver
pool and Japan, and who was one OF
the first steamer captains to make
the voyage from England to India.
died at his home in Berkeley, Cal.
The French naval maneuvers in
September will be noteworthy.
Dreadnaughts are to be attacked by
the new offensive submarines. while
four aeroplanes starting from Toulon
will sail over the open sea, acting as
scouts
Major Gen Frederick d. Grant will
relieve Gen. Carter as commander of
the maneuver division at San Anto-
MO, Texas, July /. A month later
Major Gen. Arthur Murray will sue
coed him. remaining until the camp
Is abandoned. 'o1 CESS 44 4Ha
On account OF report emanating
from Munich that cholera epidemic
was prevalent In a certain section of
Italy, the authorities have issued an
official statement to the effect that
the conditions of health throughout
that country are excellent.
Pauline Wayne. the White House
COW, has accepted an invitation to be
the guest of Iowa dairymen at the
Waterloo convention next week. and
now the dairymen are trying to get
President Taft to arrange his trav-
cling plans so he can also take in
the convention. %
Investigation has shown that out
of 800. 900 deaths of infants annually
in this country, one-third are pre-
ventable,'. said Miss Ella Philips
Crandall of New York at the conyen-
ton in Boston of the Nurses asso-
citation alumnae OF the United States.
Although the wheat will not be
ready to cut for two or three weeks,
Kansas farmers already have called
for 10000 harvest hands. Charles
Harris. director of the state free EN-
ployment bureau, said that the bu-
reau expected to, ask for from $4,000
to $4,000 men this year.
For a consideration of upwards of
S1S,000.000 the United States Steel
Corporation has taken title to 1000
acres of coking coal of the Pittsburg
Coal Co. in the Connellsville field in
Pennsylvania. and 10000 acres of
undeveloped holdings of the Monon-
gehela River Consolidated Coal and
Coke Co m-.'i+
Either this month or at the begin
ming of the next college year the Yale
academic faculty, joining with that
of the scientific. school, will take up
the matter OF allowing the best schol-
ars in the preparatory schools. in
Guiding public high schools. to enter
those two Yale departments without
examinations.
The anniversary of the birth of
Jefferson Davis was observed
throughout the south as Confederate
Memorial day In all the larger cit
les the cotton exchanges, boards of
trade. banks and public institutions
were closed. Military parades and
varied memorial ceremonies were
held at many places
Nearly 100000 persons witnessed
the inauguration In Rome of a mag.
nihcent monument to King Victor
Emmanuel III. Interest was added
to the occasion by reason of the Gel
ebration of the granting of the con-
stitution by King Charles Albert in
1913, the same constitution which
still rules United italy
Joseph G. Robin, who pleaded gull
ty to the larceny OF $4,000 from the
Washington Savings bank and later
testified before the grand jury
against certain officials Of the sus-
pended Carnegie Trust Co., will be
sentenced Oct 9. The Indictment
charging perjury against Robins sis
ter DR.. Louise Robinoyitch, was dis.
missed.
A gold strike is reported TO have
been made on Indian Creek, Alaska.
tributary of the Koyokuk river, 300
miles up the stream. Pay earth has
been struck in two places. Miners
are stampeding from Fairbanks Gold
has also been struck on Long Creek.
on the south side of the Yukon. OPP
posite Melozie. The earth yielded
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