The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-04-19
CITY AND SUBURBS.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED IN AND
ABOUT A BUSY CITY.
THE UNrIMELy DEATH oF ONE or CRYSTAL
FALLS MOST INFLUENTIAL ANDBELov-
led crrIzESs-rHE AcCIDENT A GREAT
ER SHOCK THAN ms SYSTEM
COULD BEAR UP UNDER.
THE REMAINS TAKEN TO
NEoAUNEE FOR IN
TERMENr

The accident which befell Capt. VIM.
Hooper one week ago yesterday, proved
To be much more serious than was
thought and resulted in his death Mt
seven O'Clock Sunday morning last. The
accident was very bad one, but that
alone would not have caused death, but
the captain was in poor health and
should have left his work "a month ago
and taken rest, but he was not man
OF that make and remained at his post
Of duty, though during the past six
weeks he had not had nights rest.
The result was that his system was com
pletely run down and quite unable to
bear up under the shock
IL was evident from the first that the
injured leg would have To be amputated
and the surgeons were only waiting until
the captain recovered somewhat from
the shock. DIR. Tracy, OF Escapaba, was
to have been here To assist, Sunday
morning ON a special train, by the kind
ness OF the Chicago 4 Northwestern
Railway Co. The train was made upand
about 10 start, when the doctor received
word that il was too late.
Tuesday afternoon, short services were
had at the house, Rev. +. O. Jones being
present. The Masonic fraternity, OF
which Mr.. Hooper was an honored mem
Der, also rendered their burial services,
which are very impressive and closed
with the laying Of the white apron, nm
emblem Of purity, belonging to the de-
ceased brother, upon the casket, which
was profusely decorated with cut flow
ers Masonic emblem, the work 81
Mesdames C. r. Crandall and S. ID. IIol-
lister, Jr., and wreath and cross placed
there by the classmates ~ Laura and
james, daughter and son OF the deceased
The remains were inferred ut Negaunee,
on Wednesday afternoon. The morning
passenger train went over the Great
Western mine spur TO the house OF
mourning.
BY the death OF Capt. VIM. Hooper,
Crystal Falls loses one az It's foremost
and beloved citizens, man among men.
He was one of the sturdy, Woodworking
kind and whatever task he undertook
did II with will and only AZ il
should be done. With his mine work he
was ~ one OF the miners, he WIS with
them every day, working with them and
had IL not been 80, would no doubt be
alive to-day.
William Hooper was born in Cornwall, |
England, December 81, 1916. and his
age was thereforeat the time Of his death |
forty-five yeHis. three months and thir-
teen days. AT the age 81 eighteen years
he left his boyhood home and with a /
party ~ friends came 60 America, com
ing direct to the Lake Superior country. |
Until he WIS twenty-one years old he re-
sided in different parts 81 Ontonagon
county and then went to Detroit, where
he had charge OF machinery at the tun-
Dcling Of the Detroit river at Wyandotte.
lie next went To Champion, where he be-
came time-keeper and assistant captain
AT the Champion mine and remained
there until he came here April /, 1884,
TO assnme control OF the Great Western
mine In 1868 he was married 10 Miss
Mary Jane knight, Detroit lady, who
with five children, John, James, Laura,
liIla aud Mamie, survive him. Mr..
Hooper was very much wrapt up in his
amily and his first thought was always
10 the end of good for them. Mrs. Hoop
r. was completely Frustrated by the sad
blow 10 her happiness, but IL gaining a
little since her return from the sorrowful
GRAND 10 Negnunec. The many friends
d the family are doing AL possible 10
ighten the terrible burden and To them
Inc feels verygrpteful.
Thursday night previous o. the acct
lent, the captain had dream. which
lwoke him from troubled sIumbcr,
Wherein Inc saw a iall 81 dirt and a tram
mr. In the Great Western mine. resulting
n The death of one man and the injury
u three Others. The dream seemed 40
'cnl that II bothered him little and he
old his mining captain and intimate
riend, Harry Chrllcw 81 ". Mr.. Chellew
= a believer In dreams Co a certain cx-
tent and IL worried him not "A little, 40
much 40 IN iact, that he endeayord To