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gasoline stove explosion. Loss $1,000.
After a quarrel with her husband
Mrs. Bert Croy, of Grand Rapids, took
dose of laudanum. and her life was
saved with difficulty.
One OF the large warehouses of Bous-
field & Co., at Bay City, was destroyed
by fire. The loss will be about $780,
900, covered by insurance.
Simon Becker was found at his home
at Lake Odessa hanging to beam.
He leaves widow and several children.
No cause is given for the act
State Banking Commissioner Just
has entered upon his new duties and
announces that hereafter the state
banks will be examined at least twice
each year.
The body of new born baby boy
was discovered in the lake at Mosher-
vile. 1t had evidently been thrown
in the water alive for the purpose of
drowning.
Michigan has captured another good
Office under the Mckinley administra-
tion-Gen. o. l.. Spaulding having
been appointed assistant secretary of
the treasury.
The dwelling of Warren Brooks,
north of st. Louis, burned to the
ground with all its contents, without
insurance. The family only saved the
clothes on their backs. Loss $1,000.
Joseph, the little son of Joseph
ta1 ot
the effects of burns received at the
kitchen stove while the mother was
away. His body was terribly burned
A sneak thief entered W. II. Halls
residence at Ypsilanti and secured
vest containing over 500 in cash, a
check for small amount and a gold
watch and chain worth $3.50. No clue.
George West, of Alpine township,
Kent county, drove upon an embank-
meut near the Alpine church, tipped
over, and in the fall broke his neck.
He leaves widow and five children in
Germany.
Hope college at Holland will cele-
brate its semi-centennial by the erec-
ton of costly monument in the shape
of large brick laboratory. The ex-
pense will be covered by subscriptions
and endowments.
Earl, the 12-year-old son of Byron
Kells, of Howell, went to Cohoctah, IL
miles away, to visit his grandfather.
He went hunting, and his body was
found later in the woods with a bullet
throught the heart.
The supreme court granted a per-
emptory mandamus directing the cleo
tion commissioners of Gratiot, st. Jo-
the middle-of-the-road Populist ticket
place on the official ballot.
Fred Mosher, aged 81, was killed by
the cars on the Air line at Homer. He
jumped from train going 20 miles an
hour. He was evidently struck on the
head by the cars, as his skull was
cracked near the base of the brain.
Fr. Casimer Skory, the Gaylord
priest. whom both factions of the dis
rupted Bay City Polish church say
would be satisfactory, was born in
1864. in Prussian Poland. He came to
Bay City when about IL years old, with
his parents.
A well-dressed stranger worked off
about 40 counterfeit silver dollars on
street railway conductors at Saginaw
in one evening. The fraud was not
detected for several hours. Frank
Alexander. of bay City, was arrested
on suspicion.
Richard NJ. Hoar, of Houghton, who
failed last week, has rendered his resig
nation to the common council as
mayor. His liabilities continue to
grow and have now reached $11l,000.
Creditors do not expect to realize much
more than 80 cents on the dollar.
The Langley mansion, on the bank
of the ST. Joseph river, at ST. Joseph,
burned with all its valuable contents
of curiosities secured from all parts
of the world. 1t was built in 1863 by
Capt Samuel Langley, who sailed the
first steam brig on Lake Michigan.
The loss is $50, ,0OO.
The Michigan Academy of Science the
third annual meeting at Ann Arbor.
| A large number of prominent scientists
attended, including about 80 members
| of the academy from outside the city.
Prof. volney M. Spalding, of Ann Ar
Dor, was elected president; Prof. w. B.
Barrows, of Agricultural college, sec
retary; and Prof. w. ii. Munson, of
Hillsdale, treasurer.
The Metropolitan Iron & Land Co.
announce an increase of 10 per cent in
the wage scale in their mines at Iron
wood. This increase affects about
1000 men working in the Norrie, East
Norrie and Pabst mines. The company
also announces that they will increase
their forces by the addition of 800 men.
While the wages are still very low
there will be plenty of work this
summer
Herbert Leathers and Edward Saw
age, who reside about 10 miles south
of Saginaw, left their homes a week
ago for days work down the Shiawas-
see river. They embarked in boat
and took n basket containing lunch.
Not returning, friends began n search