The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

Il mere Is rush III ndTuWOOu luuiDCI-
ing in Wexford and Missaukee counties.
Wilder NJ. Higgins, Co. NJ, SD Mich
igan, succumbed to fever at Fort
Meyer, Va.
Sergt. Chas. Guibord, of Calumet, Co.
d, oath Michigan, died of fever at the
Marine hospital.
Fred NJ. Carr, Co. f, 32d Michigan,
died of typhoid fever at Fort McPher-
son, Atlanta, Ga.
James Stringer, aged 10, was
drowned in st. Clair river at Port HUI
ron, while in bathing.
The governor has received S43, 1891
from the national government for the
aid of the Michigan Soldiers home.
The reception planned out for the
Saginaw soldier boys included the pre-
sentation of new armory to Co. d.
Frank A. Nichols, aged As, filler in
Buckley & Douglass mill at Manistee,
was killed by bursting emery wheel.
Detroit captured the biennial SUI
preme lodge convention and uniform
rank encampment of the knights of
Pythias for 1900
Wallace L. Corwin, aged 10, of On
sted, who fought at Santiago with the
Second L. S. infantry, died at Montauk
of typhoid fever
Uri Cramton, an old man and one of
Ransom's earliest settlers, fell from
the feed table of a thrashing machine
and broke his neck.
Leroy Holmes, aged 6S. ana Olive
Convis, aged "a, were married a. st.
Louis. The next day they broke up,
however, and divorce will follow.
A severe epidemic of diphtheria has
broken out at Pleasant Valley, Mid.
land county. Thirteen eases and three
deaths were reported, and the town is
under quarantine.
Three more Lansing men who went
to the Klondike last February-Henry
Cogswell Richard Van Mugs and
Julius Watzel-have returned with a
fund of experience, but no gold.
Alonzo Potter, of Eaton township,
Eaton county, took paris green with
suicidal intent. Potter, who is g.
years of age had been drinking heavily
and quarreled with his wife, who is a
young girl
Congressman 5. w. Smith. of Pontiac
is in receipt of letter from Secretary
of War Alger which states that the
35th Michigan volunteers will undoubt-
eddy be sent out of the state, presum-
ably TO Porto Rico.
Surgeon Major Andrew p. Riddle,
3lst Michigan. has sent his resignation
to the war department. DR. Owen, of
Hpsilanti, will succeed him and DIR. A.
ID. Mclean, of Detroit, will be pro-
NOTED to assistant surgeon.
Chas Evans, Co. II, saith Michigan,
died in the detention hospital at Camp
Wikof, Montaul Point. and was buried
before Col. Petermann was notified.
The colonel at once had the remains
disinterred, embalmed and sent home
OF the Michigan boys who were too
i'll to be moved when the SD and 34th
regiments left Santiago the following
have since died: George Briggs, Co. /,
34th regiment, pulmonary tuberculosis;
Joseph Berry, Co. l., oath regiment,
typhoid fever.
Adelbert Pike, a highly respected
farmer living west Of Lapeer, was ar
resnsd on the charge of brutally horse
whipping Lydia Pearsall, a little girl
s years of age, whom he had adopted.
Two physicians who examined the lit
flo ,ri,.1 ha,. conI,t;o,, &c
Burglars broke the Office of II. NJ.
Olney IL Co., at Hartford, and blew the
outside doors off the safe. Then they
evidently became discouraged and
went away. Thousands of dollars in
cash were inside. which they might
have secured if they had persevered.
The remain of Charles Evans, Co. II,
33d Michigan, who died at Camp Wi
koff, were in terrible state when they
reached Marquette en- route for his
home at Ironwood. The body had been
shipped in rough coffin without be-
ing embalmed and had to be taken
from the train at Marquette and be
prepared.
On the day the 33d and 34th Michigan
regiments left Camp WilSoff for their
homes four Michigan men in the
detention hospital went to that home
where there will be no more disease
and suffering. They were: Charles
GenslSe, Co. ID, 33d; Carleton Day, Co.
ii, 33d Albert Bennke, Co. C, 34th, and
Ray Pardee, Co. e, oath.
Soldiers boys are faring well as pol
iticians in st. Clair county. Capt.
Walsh, Co. +, 33d Michigan has been
nominated for prosecuting attorney by
the Republicans and the Democrats
would not put up n candidate against
him. Frank Wellman, quartermaster-
sergeant 33d Michigan, was nominated
for county clerk by the Democrats.
Since the publication of Gov. Pin
gree's views on the privilege the volun-
teers have in regard to expressing their
opinions about doing garrison duty,
each company of the 35th at Camp
Eaton has had petition drawn up and
circulated and the claim is made that
those in favor of mastering out are on
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