The Yale expositor., 1897-11-26
MiCnluAN NEWS ITEMS.

Daggett. committed suicide by hang
ing himself in smolSehouse.
New Michigan postmosters; Carleton,
Monroe county, Samuel l.. Wallace,
vice Alfred McCollum, removed; Full
ton, Kalamazoo county, David l. Fertz,
vice III. G. Weaver, removed.
Three petitions are in circulation
among the Michigan travelling men ask
ing Gov. Pingree to call a special session
of the legislature TO take action on the
two cent railroad fare question.
Mort Strong, South Haven local
option law volator who had already
paid one fine of S1lO during the present
term of court, has been fined $50 more.
He says his tiger" is dead now.
John w. Ulm, of Chicago, has com
menced foreclosure proceedings against
the Ohio Paper Co. TO recover S153, 06O,
and against the Niles Paper Mill Co.
to recover $44, $50. Both mills are at
Niles.
The Corunna Coal Co. claims to pay
the highest wages of any coal mine in
the United States. Rates are from so
20 95 cents n ton and experts make
from S.. so to 81 day, and none fall
below S1.50.
The strike at the Atlantic mine at
Houghton is still on and 100 men are
idle. The company says that they can
not raise the wages and if the men do
not return at once others will be hired
in their places.
Over 1000 feet of drifts in the Frank
lin, Jr., mine, near Hancock, have been
opened up, showing continuously rich
veins. The company is about to build
a stamp mill and L'Anse and Baraga
have offered sites.
Michael Kennedy's house at Owosso,
was discovered 10 be on fire at n. IN.
He was found on the floor dressed and
dead. There are many suspicious cir
cumstances that point to murder. He
was quiet, inoffensive old man.
Dell c. Slaght, secretary of the Com
mercial Travellers union of Michigan,
took three grains of morphine and
turned on eight gas jets in the EllSs'
club room at Flint. He never regained
consciousness, and died soon after be-
ing discovered.
Robt. NJ. Steel, the former million
aire banker and manufacturer of ST.
Johns, whose failure last year created
a big senation, died of paralysis. The
failure had much to do with undermin-
ing Mr.. Steel's health, and he left most
of his business in the hands of his son,
Geo. A. Steel, state treasurer.
Mrs. Anna Bentley Lewis, who cele-
brated her one hundredth anniversary
at Saginaw, had remarkable dream
which came true. On the Sunday
night before Lincoln's assassination
she dreamed that the president was
dead, and awolze to find herself weep
ing and wringing her hands.
Alexander PhilliapsSy was found
hanging from a small window in the
rear of Anderje wslli's hall, at Bay
City, where a dance had taken place.
The body was still warm. An inquest
will be held. He was intoxicated and
probably stood up in his buggy, stuck
his head through the window and the
horses walked off.
Edgar and Herbert VIM. of Black S
Corners, near Inlay City, boarded a
train at Lapeer, bound for Flint They
did not get off at the station, but
waited until the train had reached the
f. e. z. Nj. junction, and then jumped
while the train was in motion. Edgar
struck the bridge and was thrown back
under the wheels, both legs being SO
badly crushed that amputation at the
knee was necessary. Herbert is unin-
jured.
George Hart, a young farmer living
near Meridian station, lngham county,
was shot and killed by John Burgess,
aged 10, through mistake. Hart,
who was engaged TO Burgess sister,
thought he would play n joke on him.
So he dressed himself up as a cowboy,
with pistols and knives and SLOUGH
hat, and pol1ed his head in at the door,
asking for something to eat 1t was
refused and Burgess grabbed a gun
when Hart pushed into the room and
shot him in the head.