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was taken to Ceresco, Mich, for burial.
Judge S. N. Owen, of Columbus, o.,
ex-iudge of the Ohio supreme court,
fell on the beach at Bay View and sus-
tanned a compound fracture of his
right leg.
The first trust which English CAPT
talists were trying to form on the
Great lakes has fallen through, and
the American fish dealers have taken
up the idea.
The auxiliary cruiser Yosemite, with
the Michigan Naval Reserves as the
crew, has arrived at Newport News
after lengthy period of blockade duty
off Porto Rico.
The peppermint yield in southwest
ern Michigan will be an immense one.
In Kalamazoo, Van Buren,, Allegan
and st. Joseph counties the value of the
crop is estimated at $250,000.
One of the rods on the side of an
engine flew off at Pavilion, and Dick
Waters, Grand Trunk engineer, of
Battle Creek, was hurled into the air.
Both his legs and hip were broken.
BURGERS looted Kivel & Schroeder's
saloon at Calumet and secured $500 in
cash and jewelry and papers valued at
$500. The same place was burglarized
about four months ago and 5000 stolen.
Four large wheat stacks on the farm
of o. p. Richards, near Hanover,
burned mysteriously The separator
had arrived TO do thrcshing but had
not yet been started, when fire broke
out and destroyed the four stacks and
the machine
Owing to the death of her husband
and resultant poverty Mrs. Carthon, of
Iron Mountain, attempted to drown
herself and her four children. When
discovered she had waded into the lake
up to her waist and her little ones
were clinging to her.
The new camp of the 32d Michigan
at Fernandina, Fla, has been named
Camp Carpenter by Col. McGurrin, in
honor of the division commander. The
heat became so oppressive that the
morning drill was dispensed with-75
men being overcome in one day.
Fred Robertson, of Owosso, gave an
exhibition of the blowing up of the
Maine at Dansville, and accidentally
dropped some acid in a big charge of
powder which exploded, blowing his
head off and killing him instantly.
Lightning struck the house of VIM.
King, in Pulaski, Jackson county, in
which an ice cream social was being
held, OF the 10 persons present only
one escaped injury entirely, and sew
eral were marked with burned streak
from head to foot and severely shocked.
Lieut.. Glen Lawless, Co. /, 34th
Michigan, left Camp Eaton eight
weeks ago weighing IT'S pounds and in
sound health Soon after landing in
Cuba he contracted malaria and rheu-
matism and is now home on sick leave,
weighs only las pounds and is broken
down in health.
The Railway Baggage Agents of
America held their annual convention
at Detroit. w. X. Maxwell, of the
NJ, X. & T. railroad, was elected pres
ident; j. L. Quick, of Toronto, of the
Grand Trunk railroad system, secre-
tary-treasurer. The next convention
will be held at Charlevoix.
The boys of the 32d Michigan are
well pleased at their removal from the
swamp camp at Tampa TO high ground
at Fernandina, Fla. Their trip across
the state was continuous ovation, and
OF lat ly, la laIinc cd tho hnx-c
so royalty that number of the officers
and men missed their train.
1t required 393 ballots to nominate
Henry c. Smith, of Adrian, as the Re-
publican candidate for congress at the
Second district convention at Ann Ar
Dor. Mr. Smith gained notoriety by
commencing suit against the Lake
Shore railroad, several years ago, to
force the road to sell family mileage
tickets.
Mai. Chas. Il. Nancrede, SD Michi-
gan, who is home for short time,
having been detailed to accompany the
sick and wounded soldiers brought to
Fortress Monroe from Santiago on the
transport Seneca, says he will resign
his position in the army in the fall and
resume his duties in the University of
Michigan.
Gov. Pingree and Lieut.-Col. White
went to Was hington to present Michi-
gan's war claim of $3.50, 900 against the
national government, and incidentally
TO try and WELD enough influence with
the war department to get the 35th
regiment into some kind of service as
soon as possible. The 35th would not
object to going to Honolulu, but would
prefer to go to Porto Rico or Havana.
The follow ing Michigan soldiers who
are sick or wounded have arrived at
Norfolk. Va, on the transport Seneca:
Thirty-third regiment-Sergt. +. w.
Pope, Co. T.; BENZ. Powell, Co. L; c. Nj.
Courville, Co. A; J. w. Bode, Co. L;
Robt. Smith, Co l.; c. w. Walgawood,
Co. X; Musician Burt Il. Bryan. Co. a;
j. L. Monahan Co. l.; Hugh McCurdy,
Co. G; II. Eaton. Co. G.; III. Simms, Co.
ID. Thirty.fourth regiment - Lieut.
Glen Lawless, Co. l.; II. Haight, Co. l;
r. Passe, Co. T.; Lewis Phillips, De-
trot; H. Burleigh, Co. l..
Sheriffs Jordan, of Ionia county, and
H.