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MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

burned at Gobleville; loss $1,000.
Port Huron citizens have struck
gas well and will now try for oil.
Carl Kasuber, near Utica, was fatally
injured by falling from load of hay.
Mrs. j. Il. Deadman, of Sault Ste.
Marie, has given birth to three healthy
boys.
Ezra Grinnell, aged so, a well-known
pioneer of Eaton county, died from the
effects of the heat.
Sunstrolxe caused the death of Miss
Amelia Wagner, of Scio township,
Washtenaw county.
George Funk, an aged farmer near
Niles, fell under his mower and was
nearly cut to pieces.
Herman Neifert, aged AZ, succumbed
to the heat while working in his potato
patch at Flat Rock.
5Dan WEIGH, aged 60, a well-to-do
farmer near Flint, fell from load of
hay and broke his neck.
Walter Hewitt, aged 10, was acct
IDENTIFY shot over the left eye by his 12-
year-old brother Robert.
Ex-City Clerk Fred j. McMurtie was
arrested at Three Rivers on the charge
of embezzling city funds.
Milo Rich, aged 35, of Quincy, was
killed by train while driving across
the tracks near Coldwater.
Irving Guilford, aged 50, of Grand
Ledge, was killed by Michigan Cen
trail train near Pinconning.
The summer school at the u. of M.
has opened in all departments with a
total registration of about $50.
John Rowe, aged Is, was drowned
while swimming in the mill pond near
the Wolverine mine location at Calumet.
Benton Harbor reports dozen pros
trations from heat, but only one was
fatal-Ed Greenland being the victim.
John Fallahay, farmer near Mill
ington, set fire to his barn and was
burned to death, while temporarily in
sane.
Jos. Kroff, aged 65, committed sui
eide at st. Joseph by jumping into the
canal while crazed by the excessive
heat.
John Anderson, a log scaler, stepped
off trolley backwards, at Manistee.
He fell and his hands were cut off by
the wheels
C. Leroy's eight-year-old son of
Rochester, was kicked In the forehead
by vicious horse and his skull crushed
beyond hope of his recovery.
VIM. w. Dickerson, the oldest en-
ploye of the Michigan Central railroad,
and for many years passenger con-
ductor died at his home at Detroit
James McGinn, of Maple Rapids, has
been sentenced to Ionia for six years
for attempting to criminally assault
the 11-year-old daughter of Geo. Float
The apportionment of the $500, 900
made by congress to provide arms and
equipment for the militia of the various
states makes Michigan's share a little
over S12,O 900.
Milton Patterson, aged 49, was
drowned 10y bathing in Kenyon lake,
near Sherwood. His 15-year-old COM
panion was so frightened that he did
not call for help.
Hon. George Van Ness Lothrop, one
of the most prominent lawyers of the
city and state, and eXU. s. minister to
Russia, died at his home at Detroit,
at the age of 70 years.
Mrs. Margaret Guy, colored, nearly
100 years of age, of Ionia, mistoolk a
cup of diluted carbolic acid for drink
ing water and drank it, death result
ing within five minutes
can of arsenic was mistaken for
baking powder by Mrs. Franklin, cook
at Rondo lumber camp, and the
whole crew was made very sick, but
all are out of danger now.
Four buildings of the old Bachelor
mill plant, including the boarding
house of the Melbourne Salt Co., six
miles down the river from Saginaw,
were destroyed by fire. Loss $4,000
A brick arch in the boiler-room of
the West Michigan furniture factory at
Holland, collapsed suddenly, probably
fatally crushing Henry Strovenyaans,
aged II, and Frank Costing, married.
Robert Gamble, aged 8, was run over
by an electric car on Genesee avenue,
Saginaw Both legs were so badly
crushed that amputation was necessary,
but he could not survive the operation
Chasles Tolles, janitor in the high
school building at Ludington, suicided
by shooting himself in the right tenn
Pile. A reduction of salary from $40 to
$40 month for the summer was the
cause.
5The Richardi & Bechtold woodenware
factory at Bellaire was destroyed by
fire. Loss $4,000, partially insured.
Sc evenly men are thrown out of en-
, ployment, but the plant will be rebuilt
, at once.
Roy Mcdonald, sailor of Port
Huron, was killed by Grand Trunk
train in Sarnia. Several years ago he
jumped from ferry boat and saved a
woman, receiving a medal from Presi-
, dent Cleveland.
The Anti-Saloon league at Croswell
; had seven saloon men arrested on a
: charge of selling liquor without legal
bondsmen. One of the signers of the