Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-29
MICHIGAN
HAPPENINGS

mules. believed to have suffocated in
their stalls during the first alarm.
But six men were beneath the sur
face when the fire broke out and
after their escape the shaft was
sealed. The Mansfield property, in
the Crystal Falls district of the Me-
nominee range, has been particular
ly unfortunate. II was when the
mine was flooded In September. 1893,
that thirty men and boys were
drowned In the greatest fatality ever
recorded in the Lake Superior iron
region. The deposit proved unusually
rich when the mine was first opened
In 1890, but after the disaster the
property was not worked for years.
In 1897 the river was diverted TO an
other channel and the mine reopened.
1t is now operated by the United
States Steel corporation.
Ann Arbor-Eleven blind-folded
men were led through the slushy
streets Of this town, prodded
and padded as their tormentors willed.
and then taken to the Michigan Union
for banquet. The IL new Griffins.
an honorary society. were: Cyril
Quinn, Saginaw; ]. Fouchard, NUNS
Carpenter, Rockford. ILL.,; ]. II. Van
Auken, Adrian; Car Everbauch. Ann
Arbor; William Daugherty, Washing
ton. d. c.; George Patterson, Detroit:
Kingsley Gould. Battle Creek; Mack
Ryan. Brimley; William Fitzgerald,
Detroit.
Detroit dentist, was found guilty
in the circuit court by jury,
after 1t was out less than FIVE minutes,
Of abandonment charged by his wife.
Amy Price. Judge Gage remanded
Price TO the custody OF the sheriff to
await sentence. but 1t is possible that
the doctor will secure $1,000 bonds
and pay his wife $40 week as ruled
by the court.
Menominee.-The project is on
foot to build a new 100000 bridge
between the twin cities OF Menominee
and Marinette. The citizens of Mari
nette have already approved of prop
osition to bond the city for $4,000
for this purpose and the Menominee
electors may vote on the proposition
In April.
Detroit.-In campaign against
loan sharks In the courts,
Business Mems association has been
formed in Detroit, with fifteen we'll
known attorneys and business men at
its head. The purpose OF the organ
ization will be TO collect evidence
against the usurers. Valuable data
will be furnished by a former conf
Dental agent for one OF the COM
panies. He now Is in the employ OF
the Business Mems association.
Grand Rapids. - Grand Rapids
proposed new charter incorpor-
ating the initiative, referendum. re-
call, civil service, control of rates and
public utilities and non-partisan cleo
tons was defeated by majority OF
1882. A total OF 1s.474 votes we're
cast, about two-thirds OF the normal
vote at a regular election.
Calumet-Claiming Ernest Hen
erickson endeavored 10 ALLEVIATE
the affections of his wife, Jacob Eli
er, Hancock merchant, shot Hen
erickson In Hancock saloon three
times. Hendrickson drew gun
when he saw Eiler approaching. and
fired the first shot. His wound will
not be fatal.
Ann Arbor. = The straw vote
for the presidential nomination
being taken among the students OF
the university stood: Wilson, %:
Roosevelt, 26; Taft. 16; La Toilette.
6; Harmon, 3 Debs, 4; Marshall, q
and Underwood, Hughes and Bever-
idge one each.
Sault Ste. Marie.-A whirlwind
campaign, conducted by the citi-
zens of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont, TO
raise a fund of $4,000 for the cree
ton of Y. NJ. G. A. building resulted
in the contribution OF $4,000 In four
days. Lord Strathcona, Canadian
commissioner to England. subscribed
$4,000. the balance being made up
by Canadian 800" citizens.
Kalamazoo.-James Blass, aged
fifty-five, a farmer, committed sui
eide by cutting his throat Blass
was found by mail carrier dead near
a corn crib. He had almost severed
his head. Dependency over financial
conditions is believed to be respons-
ible for his deed.
Alpena.-A team of horses owned
by r. III. Collins and valued at
$500, while hauling logs broke through
the ice on Thunder Bay river and
were drowned. The ice was supposed
to be three feet thick, but had been
undermined by the river current.